Idle pose

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Idle poses (sometimes referred to as idle animations) is a pose that the character will do if the character doesn't move, attack, or get attacked. In Super Smash Bros., characters didn't make idle poses other than common motions like looking to either side of them or blinking.

List of idle poses

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List of idle poses in Super Smash Bros. Melee

Name	Idle pose 1	Idle pose 2
Bowser
Captain Falcon
Donkey Kong
Dr. Mario
Falco
Fox
Ganondorf
Ice Climbers
Jiglypuff
Kirby
Link
Luigi
Mario
Marth
Mewtwo
Mr. Game and Watch
Ness
Peach
Pichu
Pikachu
Roy
Samus
Sheik
Yoshi
Young Link
Zelda

Chart of idle poses in Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Name	Idle pose 1	Idle pose 2	Idle pose 3
Bowser	Clenches his fists and releases steam from his nose
Captain Falcon	Does a battle pose	Does a battle pose slightly different from the first one
Charizard
Diddy Kong	Looks around	Jumps in place
Donkey Kong
Falco
Fox
Ganondorf	Crosses his arms and looks around
Ice Climbers
Ike	Tap his sword to his shoulder	Rubs his sword from the middle to the edge of his sword
Ivysaur
Jigglypuff	Makes small hops in place
King Dedede	Puts his hammer on his shoulder
Kirby	Sleeps for a while, then shakes his head and wakes up again	Hops a bit to look back, then hops again, returning to normal position
Link	Spins his sword	Look to the screen, then behind the screen
Lucario	Move his hands slowly in a fighting way
Lucas	Tap the edge of his shoe	Cowardly shakes his fist in front of his body
Luigi	Rubs the back of his head sheepishly	Pulls on his nose, stretching it and snapping it back
Mario	Moves his head from left to right and holds his fists in front of his face	Moves his hat.
Marth	Holds chest and takes a breath	Brushes hair out of his face
Meta Knight	Glances behind him	Pulls his cape around him
Mr. Game & Watch	Looks back with an opened mouth
Ness	Closes his eyes and places his finger to his forehead, similar to Lucas' Down taunt	Looks back
Olimar
Peach	Looks over her shoulders and rubs something off her dress	Raises arms up and stretches
Pikachu	Scratches one of it's ears	Looks left and right
Pit
Pokémon Trainer
R.O.B.
Samus
Sheik
Snake	Scratching his beard	Looks back
Sonic	Turns towards/away from the player, waving his finger in a patronizing manner while grinning	Taps his foot impatiently
Squirtle
Toon Link	Taps the ground with his boot
Wario	Crosses his arms, fists clenched	Scratches his bottom
Wolf
Yoshi
Zelda	Flips hair back
Zero Suit Samus	Checking her Paralyzer	Stands straightly with Paralyzer besides her head, then looks around

Although not being an idle pose, when crouching Mario and Donkey Kong will raise their hands then look right and left. Donkey Kong's is a reference to Donkey Kong Country and Mario's to Super Mario 64.

Gallery

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  One of Luigi's idle poses.

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  One of Lucas's idle poses.

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  One of Sonic's idle poses.

Trivia

• If Link is not doing one of his idle poses, his shield can actually block some projectiles.