Hothead

Hothead
Hothead artwork from Brawl and Ultimate.
Universe	Mario
Appears in	Brawl SSB4 Ultimate
Item class	Throwing/Living
Article on Super Mario Wiki	Hothead

Hotheads (パサラン, Pasaran) are enemies from the Mario series.

Origin

A Hothead from Super Mario World

Hotheads made their debut in Super Mario World as castle level enemies and has become a recurring enemy in the Mario and Yoshi series. They are large balls of sparkling energy with simple eyes. Hotheads are known for simply moving along platforms and being immune to every attack, except for Invincible Mario.

Overview

A Hothead emitting sparks.

Hothead debuted as a throwing/living item in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

In its stationary state, Hotheads can be picked up and thrown, but will become mobile when thrown. Once they land on the ground or on a platform, they will move along the surface in the direction they were thrown, clinging to the floors and the ceilings of said platforms and periodically release sparks that deal 1.6× more damage. If it moves on a soft platform, the Hothead will fall off of the edge and continue to fall until it lands again or falls off the screen. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Hotheads will change their direction when they travel offstage on flat surfaces instead of disappearing.

Hotheads can also be attacked, causing them to grow larger and deal more damage. They can be attacked both before and after being set into motion. The incoming damage is multiplied by some value and added onto the Hothead's current damage (e.g. a 7% attack and a multiplier of 0.7× will add 4.9%); this new value will used and added onto with further attacks. When the damage it deals reaches certain thresholds (see table below), the damage increase from further incoming attacks will decrease or stop completely after passing the last threshold. In Brawl and Super Smash Bros. 4, only flame and electric attacks can increase the damage, while in Ultimate any attack can increase their size but will receive a 0.3× multiplier alongside the normal multiplier if it is not a flame or electric attack.

In Brawl, the Hothead is one of the main components of the "Lucario Black Hole," a glitch that can crash the game.

Multipliers

Game	Range	Multiplier
Super Smash Bros. Brawl	d≤12%	0.7
	12%<d≤20%	0.3
	20%<d≤26%	0.013
Super Smash Bros. 4	d≤12%	0.7
	12%<d≤20%	0.6
	20%<d≤26%	0.013
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	d≤10%	0.7
	10%<d≤16%	0.5
	16%<d≤24%	0.1

Damage output

Action	Brawl	SSB4
Collision	6%	6%
Throw	11%	13%
Dash attack throw	13%	16%
Up tilt throw	12%	13%
Forward tilt throw	13%	13%
down tilt throw	N/A	N/A
Forward smash throw	16%	17%
Up smash throw	12%	18%
Down smash throw	N/A	N/A
Air throw	13%	12%
Air Drop	12%	12%
Air forward tilt throw	13%	13%
Air up tilt throw	12%	15%
Air down tilt throw	12%	12%
Air forward smash throw	12%	13%
Air up smash throw	12%	15%
Air down smash throw	12%	16%

Note: All of these damage percentages were taken with an uncharged Hothead.

Trophies

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Hothead's trophy in Brawl

Hothead

An item that, when tossed, sticks to the terrain and moves, causing damage to those it touches. Whoever threw it won't take damage. It will grow larger if it's attacked, which ups its attack range. However, an increase in size corresponds to a decrease in the time it stays on the screen. A really big Hothead will take up the entire screen, and is quite a sight to behold.

An item that, when tossed, sticks to the terrain and moves, causing damage to those it touches. Whoever threw it won't take damage. It will grow larger with some attacks, which ups its attack range. However, an increase in size corresponds to a decrease in the time it stays on the screen. A really big Hothead will take up the entire screen, and is quite a sight to behold.

: Super Mario World

In Super Smash Bros. 4

The Hothead trophy appears in both versions.

Hothead's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Hothead's trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Hothead

Once thrown, this guy will move across the ground and damage anything—except you—in its path. You can make the Hothead bigger by hitting it with attacks, much to your opponents' dismay. If you make it really big and powerful, it may just carry you to victory!

: Super Mario World (08/1991)

: Super Princess Peach (02/2006)

Throw this on the ground and it'll slide around, damaging everything in its path, except you. You can make the Hothead get bigger and more powerful by attacking it with fire and lightning, and it's pretty impressive just how big and powerful it can get!

: Super Mario World (04/1992)

: Super Princess Peach (05/2006)

Spirits

The Hothead also appears as a Novice-class support spirit.

The Hothead's Spirit Battle uses a Curry Pac-Man puppet fighter and is fought on the Mushroom Kingdom U stage's Slide Lift Tower layout. During the battle, the Hothead appears as the item while Pac-Man starts off with a Hothead.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
58		Hothead		★	2	Hothead Equipped	Super Mario Series

In addition to the above, equipping the Plasma Wisp or Zip support spirits will give the player a Hothead at a start of their stock.

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
376		Plasma Wisp		★	2	Hothead Equipped	Kirby Series
1,249		Zip		★	2	Hothead Equipped	FlingSmash

Gallery

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  The Hothead in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	パサラン	Pasaran
English	Hothead	—
French	Tête Brûlée	Hothead
German	Großschein	Big Light
Spanish	Chispino	Little Spark
Italian	Sfavillo	Sparkle
Chinese (Simplified)	大电火球	Big Electric Fireball
Chinese (Traditional)	Hothead	—
Korean	파지직	Clenched Fireball
Dutch	Hothead	—
Russian	Головешка	Firebrand

Trivia

• Oddly, even though Hotheads do fire damage, they cannot ignite Blast Boxes or idle Bob-ombs upon contact.
• If the first attack a Hothead receives deals more than 30% and it sparks, it can one-hit KO.
• Brawl's trophy states that the larger a Hothead is, the faster it will disappear. This is false and the only reason it would last a shorter amount of time is based on the time taken to make the Hothead larger.
  • It also mentions that a large enough Hothead will take up the entire screen despite it not being able to grow to more than twice its size.
• In-game, Hotheads are actually a 2D texture; however, the Brawl trophy of the Hothead is a 3D model.
• In Brawl, the highest possible damage output known for a Hothead without hacking is 274% when smash thrown, and 426% when it sparks. For a Hothead to become this strong, Marth's Critical Hit must launch five Soccer Balls that have sustained the maximum amount of damage into the Hothead.
• Hotheads will cling to and slide over the surface of some bosses.
• Without the aid of items or customs, Roy can create the strongest Hothead out of any character by hitting it with a fully charged Flare Blade.

External links

• DOJO!! list of items