Item

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Various items in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

An item is an object that appears on stage that characters can use or throw. Items are a large part of the gameplay of the Smash Bros. series. They may appear at any time in designated spawning areas during a match.

List of items

The items that appear during regular gameplay and are listed under Item Switch may be broken down into several different types of items based on how they are used and their effects.

Container items

Container items can be broken if thrown or hit and will release other items when broken. Opponents hit by thrown container items will be damaged. Container items have a 25% chance of exploding, dealing greater damage than normal but at the same time not releasing any items.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	Melee	Brawl
Party Balls
Capsules
Crates
Barrels
Eggs
Rolling Crates
Sandbags

Note: Sandbag is not considered one of the other Containers in Brawl's Item Switch and thus has a separate switch. In addition, it has no chance of explosion, and cannot be carried, but still releases items.

Battering items

Battering items change each character's neutral attack, forward tilt, dash attack, and forward smash into a damaging item swipe. They can be thrown, tilt-thrown, or smash-thrown with Z and the C-Stick as well and may also have certain special effects.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	Melee	Brawl
Beam Swords
Home-Run Bats
Fans
Star Rods
Parasols
Lip's Sticks
Golden Hammers
Hammers

Shooting Items

Shooting items are items that can fire projectiles a certain distance.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	Melee	Brawl
Ray Guns
Super Scopes
Fire Flowers
Star Rods
Cracker Launchers

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, characters are able to move while shooting, the C-Stick can be used to fire while moving in the direction it's tilted, or throw the shooting item if it is out of ammo.

Projectile Items

Projectile items thrown at enemies, and are often explosives. They may stick to characters or surfaces, or even hang midair, but are always used by simply pressing A.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	Melee	Brawl
Green Shells
Red Shells
Flippers
Freezies
Mr. Saturns
Poké Balls
Bob-ombs
Motion-Sensor Bombs
Bumpers
Barrel Cannons
Gooey Bombs
Pitfalls
Soccer Balls
Banana Peels
Smart Bombs
Uniras
Smoke Balls
Deku Nuts
Hotheads
Springs
Blast Boxes

Performance Items

These items take effect the instant a character picks them up and increase or change his or her natural abilities. They wear off after several seconds, depending on the item. Some affect the user, and others work on opponents.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	Melee	Brawl
Starman
Franklin Badges
Warp Stars
Lightning Bolts
Dragoons
Super Mushrooms
Poison Mushrooms
Screw Attacks
Metal Boxes
Bunny Hoods
Cloaking Devices
Superspicy Curry
Timers
Smash Balls

Recovery Items

Recovery items will reduce the damage of the character who picks them up. In Super Smash Bros., a character may not pick up a healing item while holding another item; this was changed in Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	Melee	Brawl
Food
Maxim Tomatoes
Heart Containers
Team Healers

Assist Trophies

Assist Trophies (called "assist figures" in Japan) are very much like Poke Balls (called "monster balls" in Japan) in that they summon random characters, however, instead of throwing them, they are automatically activated upon pickup. They only activate when standing; a character will continue to hold an assist trophy and he/she can even be knocked away if an opponent hits him before it takes effect.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	Melee	Brawl
Assist Trophies

Collectibles

Collectibles are items that can only be picked up in the course of game play. They do not cause any direct or immediate change to a match. Stickers can be used during The Subspace Emissary to enhance a character's abilities. CDs add to the list of songs playable during matches. Trophies (called "figures" in Japan) give some background information about various elements in the game.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	Melee	Brawl
CDs
Stickers
Trophies

Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary

These items are only available in the Adventure Mode of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Trophy stands (called "smash plates" in Japan) are thrown at an enemy to transform it into a trophy ("figure" in Japan) after greatly weakening it.

Item appearance
Item	SSB	Melee	Brawl
Trophy Stands
Keys
Stock Balls
Auroros

Other

Other items can be produced only by certain characters, stages, or other items. These include:

Item appearance
Item	SSB	Melee	Brawl
Vegetables
Peanuts
Bombs
Apples
Electrodes
Hammer heads
Walking or flashing Bob-ombs
Yoshi's Eggs
Birdo's Eggs
Invisible Bombs
Peaches
Smash Coins and Bills
Power Suit Pieces
Grenades
Cardboard Boxes
Gyros
Wario Bikes and Wheels
Sonic's Springs
Pellets

Enemies

The following enemies appear in Template:G and will sometimes come out of containers. Some of them also appear in Template:G but they will not come out of containers.

• ReDeads
• Octoroks
• Goombas
• Koopa Troopas
• Koopa Paratroopas
• Polar Bears
• Topis
• Like Likes

Reflection

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This chart shows if an item itself can be reflected by the following characters. That means smashing Forward+Z to throw the item, not to shoot or batter.

Item reflection
Item	Fox/Falco/Wolf	Zelda	Mario/Dr. Mario	Mewtwo	Ness	Lucas	Pit		R.O.B.
Attack	Reflector	Nayru's Love	Cape/Super Sheet	Confusion	Bat swing	Stick	Mirror Shield	Angel Ring	Arm Rotor
Ray Gun						?		?
Super Scope						?			?
Fire Flower						?	?	?	?
Beam Sword						?	?	?	?
Home-Run Bat						?	?	?	?
Fan						?	?	?	?
Star Rod						?	?	?	?
Parasol					?	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Lip's Stick					?	?	?	?	?
Green Shell						?		?	?
Red Shell						N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Flipper					?	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Freezie						?	?	?	?
Mr. Saturn						?	?	?	?
Poké Ball						?	?	?	?
Bob-omb						?	?	?	?
Motion-Sensor Bomb					?	?	?	?	?
Screw Attack						N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hammer Head				?		?	?	?	?
Party Ball						?	?	?	?
Capsule						?	?	?	?
Crate						?	?	?	?
Barrel						?	?	?	?
Egg	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

• Mario/Dr. Mario can explode a Bob-omb with the Cape/Super Sheet, but it doesn't reflect or hurt them.
• When Mewtwo reflects with Confusion, it still counts as the thrower's item and doesn't hurt them. For example, if a character throws a Poké Ball at Mewtwo and Mewtwo reflects it, the Poké Ball will not hit the thrower when reflected. When it lands, the thrower gets the Pokémon and not Mewtwo. This applies to all items that Mewtwo can reflect (but explosives can still hurt the thrower if they land at the thrower's feet).
• All of the question marks have not been tested yet.
• When Fox reflects a Poké Ball in Super Smash Bros., the original thrower of the Poké Ball gets it.
• Egg will always break when it gets reflected by anything, or explode if it was boobytrapped for that matter.

See also

• Stickers