Item-swallowing

Kirby and King Dedede swallow items using Inhale.

Wario swallowing a crate using Chomp.

Item swallowing is a technique in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It can be performed by Kirby, King Dedede, and Wario. These characters can use their neutral special moves to eat most items. Kirby and King Dedede use Inhale while Wario uses Chomp. When an item is swallowed, it takes some time for the character to swallow it. Small items like food are immediately swallowed, but large items like barrels have the characters briefly remain bloated with the item in their stomach, before they eventually swallow it. Some items such as Warp Stars take immediate effect upon being eaten, but most simply disappear. Explosive items that are eaten will cause about 6% damage and cause damage to nearby opponents for about 15% of damage.

List of items that can be swallowed

• All normal items except for Smash Ball, Mr. Saturn, Poké Balls, Stickers, and CDs.
• A revolving Hothead
• Link and Toon Link's Bombs
• Snake's Cardboard Box when thrown (counts as a heavy item)
• Gyros
• Hand Grenades
• Diddy Kong's Peanuts
• Power Suit Pieces
• Vegetables
• Waddle Dees and Waddle Doos
• Wario's Wario Bike and wheels
• Apples on Green Greens
• An Auroros stuck in the ground
• A Koopa Troopa retreated into its shell

Trivia

• When using Inhale and Swallow, the player must usually stand directly next to an item. However, certain items will be actually pulled in from a greater distance.
• Interestingly, eating the peanut from Peanut Popgun shots does not heal any damage unless the shell has been broken. While it will stop the projectile, it leaves the character vulnerable while swallowing and thus is generally not recommended.
• Munchlax's function as a Poké Ball Pokémon is to eat all the items (except other Poké Balls) on the stage.
• Yoshi cannot swallow items, making him the only character that can hold opponents in his mouth but cannot swallow items.
• Characters can eat Waddle Dees and Waddle Doos from Dedede's Waddle Dee Toss attack, however, Kirby doesn't turn to Beam Kirby when he swallows a Waddle Doo even though it happens in the Kirby series.
• Characters who can item swallow can eat Sandbag in the Wi-fi room, but another will reappear instantly.
• Wario swallows items quicker than Kirby and Dedede, but still takes a while to swallow big things, such as his bike.