| Plup "Pluplue" | |
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| Character info | |
| Melee mains | Sheik, Fox |
| Other Melee characters | Samus, Luigi, Falco |
| Brawl main | Marth |
| Smash 4 mains | Rosalina & Luma, Pikachu, Diddy Kong |
| Project M main | Samus |
| Other Project M characters | Meta Knight, Sheik |
| Team info | |
| Crew(s) | Panda Global, Red Bull |
| Former crews | Versus |
| Rankings and results info | |
| Most recent ranking |  2017 SSBMRank: 5th |
| Winnings | ~$38,222.29  ~$2,109.10 |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Justin McGrath |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Apopka, Florida 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill | Top professional  Semi-professional Top professional
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Plup is a smasher from Florida who is considered to be one of the best Melee players in the world. He is considered one of the two best Sheik players (along with Mew2King), a top Fox player, the best Samus player in the world, and one of the best Luigi players in the world. He has had strong placings in nationals, such as 1st at GENESIS 5 and DreamHack Atlanta 2017, 2nd at The Big House 7, 3rd at EVO 2016, 4th at CEO 2016, and 5th at EVO 2017, Smash Summit 2 and Smash Summit 3. He is also the second player in competitive Melee history to have taken a set off of each of the Five Gods, after defeating Armada at The Big House 7. He is also a strong doubles player, frequently teaming with Hungrybox to great success, and more recently teaming with Mew2King to take 1st at Genesis 5 doubles. He is currently ranked 2nd on the Central Florida Melee Power Rankings and 5th on the 2017 SSBMRank.
After Apex 2015, Plup made the switch from Samus to Sheik while still using Samus as an occasional counterpick. Plup also has demonstrated his competence with other characters such as Luigi which he used exclusively at CEO Dreamland, defeating Nintendude and Druggedfox and placing 5th to give the character its best placing at a major. He also managed to place 3rd at CFL Smackdown 72 by playing exclusively Young Link. In addition, he won the tournament Frame One in 2016 using only Fox, defeating Wizzrobe, Axe, and Colbol in the process.
Plup is also a professional Project M Samus player, and also plays Meta Knight and Sheik occasionally in both singles and doubles. He took 1st place in CEO 2014 Project M doubles with fellow Florida smasher Wizzrobe.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Melee
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabits 6/27 | June 27th, 2009 | 7th | — | — |
| NOOB 1 | February 20th, 2010 | 7th | — | — |
| NOOB 2 | April 17th, 2010 | 5th | 4th | Nasty |
| CEO 2010 | June 5th-6th, 2010 | 13th | 9th | Nasty |
| WATO 12 | September 4th, 2010 | 5th | 3rd | Apollo |
| NOOB 3 | January 15th, 2011 | 5th | 4th | Nicaboy |
| Advent II | October 8th, 2011 | 2nd | 1st | Hungrybox |
| Advent IV | December 10th, 2011 | 3rd | 1st | Hungrybox |
| Apex 2012 | January 6th-8th, 2012 | 33rd | 2nd | Hungrybox |
| Apex 2013 | January 11th-13th, 2013 | 17th | 2nd | Hungrybox |
| NOOB 4 | March 30th, 2013 | 2nd | — | — |
| MICE | August 17th, 2013 | 2nd | 1st | Hungrybox |
| Tipped Off 9 | December 14th-15th, 2013 | 7th (DQ) | 1st | Hungrybox |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 13th | 3rd | Hungrybox |
| CEO 2014 Winterfest | February 1st, 2014 | 3rd | 1st | Hungrybox |
| CEO 2014 Prologue | March 28th-29th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Fear The Green Missile | April 26th, 2014 | 2nd | 1st | Hungrybox |
| Super Smash Sundays 5-18-2014 | May 18th, 2014 | 7th | 4th | HugS |
| VGC EVO Sponsorship Tournament | June 14th-15th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| MLG Anaheim 2014 | June 20th-22nd, 2014 | 9th | 5th | Hungrybox |
| CEO 2014 | June 27th-29th, 2014 | 5th | 2nd | Hungrybox |
| EVO 2014 | July 11th-13th, 2014 | 9th | 1st | Hungrybox |
| Smash the Record | August 22nd-25th, 2014 | 7th | 1st | Hungrybox |
| Simply Smashing | August 30th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Tipped Off 10 | September 20th-21st, 2014 | 5th | 1st | Hungrybox |
| The Big House 4 | October 4th-5th, 2014 | 9th | 2nd | Hungrybox |
| CFL Smackdown 6 | October 14th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 8 | November 11th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 10 | November 25th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 12 | December 9th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Monthly 7 | December 20th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 13 | January 13th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| Paragon Orlando 2015 | January 17th-18th, 2015 | 5th | 1st | Hungrybox |
| CFL Smackdown 14 | January 27th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| Apex 2015 | January 30-February 1, 2015 | 49th | 13th | Colbol |
| CFL Smackdown 17 | February 17th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 18 | February 24th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 19 | March 3rd, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 20 | March 10th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| Bad Moon Rising | March 14th-15th, 2015 | 2nd | 4th | DruggedFox |
| CFL Smackdown 21 | March 17th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 22 | March 24th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 23 | March 31st, 2015 | 1st | 1st | Pi |
| CFL Smackdown 24 | April 4th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Monthly 9 | April 12th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 25 | April 14th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 26 | April 21st, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 27 | April 28th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| 2015 Versus EVO Qualifier | May 2nd, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 30 | May 26th, 2015 | 4th | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 32 | June 9th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash 'N' Splash | June 13th-14th, 2015 | 2nd | 2nd | Wizzrobe |
| CFL Smackdown 34 | June 23rd, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CEO 2015 | June 26th-28th, 2015 | 7th | 7th | DruggedFox |
| CFL Smackdown 36 | July 7th, 2015 | 3rd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 37 | July 14th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 4th | 3rd | Hungrybox |
| CFL Smackdown 39 | July 28th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 41 | August 11th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 42 | August 18th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 44 | September 1st, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| Paragon Los Angeles 2015 | September 5th-6th, 2015 | 9th | — | — |
| HTC Throwdown | September 19th, 2015 | 25th | 7th | Wizzrobe |
| CFL Smackdown 47 | September 21st, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 48 | September 28th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| The Big House 5 | October 2nd-4th, 2015 | 13th | 7th | DruggedFox |
| CFL Smackdown 50 | October 12th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 51 | October 19th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash the Record 2015 | October 23rd-25th, 2015 | 17th | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 52 | November 2nd, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash Summit | November 7th-8th, 2015 | 4th | 5th | PPMD |
| Eclipse | November 14th-15th, 2015 | 4th | 1st | Axe |
| Kickstart 4 | November 22nd, 2015 | 1st | 1st | Westballz |
| DreamHack Winter 2015 | November 26th-29th, 2015 | 3rd | 7th | Wizzrobe |
| CFL Smackdown 57 | December 7th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 58 | December 14th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 59 | January 4th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 60 | January 11th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| GENESIS 3 | January 15th-17th, 2016 | 9th | 25th | M00NShoez |
| CFL Smackdown 62 | January 25th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 63 | February 1st, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 64 | February 8th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 66 | February 22nd, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Tampa Never Sleeps 6 | February 27th-28th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 67 | February 29th, 2016 | ? | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 68 | March 7th, 2016 | 1st | 2nd | Pengie |
| CFL Smackdown 69 | March 14th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Battle of the Five Gods | March 17th-19th, 2016 | 5th | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 70 | March 21st, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Pengie |
| CFL Smackdown 71 | March 28th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Pound 2016 | April 2nd-3rd, 2016 | 5th | 1st | Hungrybox |
| CFL Smackdown 72 | April 5th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — |
| Frame One | April 9th-10th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Wizzrobe |
| CFL Smackdown 74 | April 18th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | — |
| Smash Summit 2 | April 21st-24th, 2016 | 5th | 2nd | Hungrybox |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 76 | May 2nd, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Pengie76 |
| CFL Smackdown 77 | May 9th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 78 | May 16th, 2016 | 2nd | 1st | Pengie |
| CEO 2016 Prologue | May 21st-22nd, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 79 | May 23rd, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 80 | May 30th, 2016 | 2nd | 1st | Oaty |
| CFL Smackdown 82 | June 13th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 83 | June 20th, 2016 | 1st | 7th | Snowdrops |
| CEO 2016 | June 24st-26th, 2016 | 4th | 2nd | Axe |
| CFL Smackdown 86 | July 11th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| EVO 2016 | July 15th-17th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 87 | July 25th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Oaty |
| CFL Smackdown 88 | August 1st, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 89 | August 8th, 2016 | 9th (Forfeit) | — | — |
| Unrivaled | August 20th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Derdian |
| CFL Smackdown 91 | August 22nd, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| Shine 2016 | August 26th-28th, 2016 | 7th | 1st | Mew2King |
| CFL Smackdown 94 | September 12th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Pengie |
| Unrivaled II: Doubles Edition | September 17th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Gahtzu |
| CFL Smackdown 95 | September 19th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Pengie |
| The Smash House | September 23rd-25th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Gahtzu |
| CFL Smackdown 96 | September 26th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Colbol |
| CFL Smackdown 97 | October 3rd, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Oaty |
| The Big House 6 | October 7th-9th, 2016 | 17th | 5th | Westballz |
| CFL Smackdown 98 | October 10th, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| Smash Conference LXVIII | October 14th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 99 | October 17th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Come To Papa 2 | October 22nd-23rd, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Mew2King |
| CFL Smackdown 100 | October 24th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | The Author |
| CFL Smackdown 101 | October 31st, 2016 | 1st | 1st | Gahtzu |
| Smash Summit 3 | November 3rd-6th, 2016 | 5th | 5th | Hungrybox |
| CFL Smackdown 104 | November 28th, 2016 | 1st | 2nd | Oaty |
| CFL Smackdown 106 | December 12th, 2016 | 2nd | 1st | Hungrybox |
| CFL Smackdown 108 | January 2nd, 2017 | 1st | 1st | Oaty |
| Norcal Validated | January 14th, 2017 | 1st | 9th | Liz |
| Get Smashed at the Foundry 105 | January 17th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
| GENESIS 4 | January 20th-22nd, 2017 | 5th | 4th | Axe |
| CFL Smackdown 115 | February 20th, 2017 | 2nd | 1st | Oaty |
| Smash Summit Spring 2017 | March 2nd-5th, 2017 | 5th | 5th | Westballz |
| CEO Dreamland | April 14th-16th, 2017 | 5th | 5th | Axe |
| DreamHack Austin 2017 | April 28th-30th, 2017 | 5th | 2nd | Mew2King |
| CFL Smackdown 125 | May 2nd, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 126 | May 8th, 2017 | 2nd | 2nd | Derdian |
| Runback 2017 | May 20th-21st, 2017 | 1st | 1st | Westballz |
| Smash 'N' Splash 3 | June 2nd-4th, 2017 | 5th | 4th | Axe |
| CFL Smackdown 131 | June 13th, 2017 | 1st | — | — |
| CEO 2017 | June 16th-18th, 2017 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 132 | June 20th, 2017 | 1st | 2nd | Druggedfox |
| CFL Smackdown 133 | June 27th, 2017 | 2nd | 1st | Oaty |
| Bad Moon Rising 2 | July 1st, 2017 | 13th | 1st | Druggedfox |
| EVO 2017 | July 14th-16th, 2017 | 5th | — | — |
| FUSE | July 16th, 2017 | — | 3rd | Axe |
| DreamHack Atlanta 2017 | July 21st-23rd, 2017 | 1st | 1st | Mew2King |
| CFL Smackdown 136 | July 24th, 2017 | 3rd | 2nd | Oaty |
| CFL Smackdown 137 | July 31st, 2017 | 1st | 1st | Oaty |
| Super Smash Con 2017 | August 10th-13th, 2017 | 3rd | 2nd | Mew2King |
| Shine 2017 | August 25th-27th, 2017 | 5th | 4th | Swedish Delight |
| Smash the Record 2017 | September 14th-17th, 2017 | 2nd | 1st | MacD |
| GameTyrant Expo 2017 | September 29th-October 1st, 2017 | 5th | 3rd | Mew2King |
| The Big House 7 | October 6th-8th, 2017 | 2nd | 5th | Mew2King |
| Too Hot to Handle | October 28th-29th, 2017 | 3rd | 1st | Crush |
| Smash Summit 5 | November 2nd-5th, 2017 | 5th | 2nd | Mew2King |
| CFL Smackdown 155 | December 14th, 2017 | 1st | 1st | Oaty |
| Melee at The MADE #54 | January 12th, 2018 | 1st | 3rd | Liz |
| Pre-Genesis 5 Melee & Marvel | January 17th, 2018 | Top 4 | — | — |
| GENESIS 5 | January 19th-21st, 2018 | 1st | 1st | Mew2King |
| CFL Smackdown 163 | February 12th, 2018 | 1st | 1st | Oaty |
| CFL Smackdown 166 | March 5th, 2018 | 2nd | 2nd | Crudo |
| EGLX 2018 | March 9th-11th, 2018 | 2nd | 1st | Mew2King |
| Noods Noods Noods: Oakland Edition | April 7th, 2018 | 2nd | — | — |
| Aegis | April 21st, 2018 | 1st | 1st | Cal |
| Smash Summit 6 | May 3rd-6th, 2018 | 5th | 3rd | Mew2King |
| Get On My Level 2018 | May 18th-20th, 2018 | 2nd | 1st | Mew2King |
| DreamHack Austin 2018 | June 1st-3rd, 2018 | TBD | 1st | Mike Haze |
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tipped Off 9 | December 14th-15th, 2013 | 4th | — | — |
| Gaming Knights January Gamefest | January 12th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 13th | — | — |
| CEO 2014 Prologue | March 28th-29th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| Fear The Green Missile | April 26th, 2014 | 2nd | — | — |
| CEO 2014 | June 27th-29th, 2014 | 9th | 1st | Wizzrobe |
| Simply Smashing | August 30th, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| Tipped Off 10 | September 20th-21st, 2014 | 4th | 1st | Wizzrobe |
| The Big House 4 | October 4th-5th, 2014 | 17th | 2nd | Wizzrobe |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 11 | December 2nd, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Paragon Orlando 2015 | January 17th-18th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 24 | April 4th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| Smash 'N' Splash | June 13th-14th, 2015 | 2nd | 2nd | Wizzrobe |
| Paragon Los Angeles 2015 | September 5th-6th, 2015 | 9th | Top 6 | MrLz |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 48 | September 28th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| Project M in The Big House | October 3rd, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 50 | October 12th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 57 | December 7th, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 63 | February 1st, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown 71 | March 28th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 77 | May 9th, 2016 | 2nd | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 86 | July 11th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 88 | August 1st, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 98 | October 10th, 2016 | 1st | — | — |
| Runback 2017 | May 20th-21st, 2017 | 1st | 1st | Westballz |
| Smash 'N' Splash 3 | June 2nd-4th, 2017 | 33rd | 1st | Junebug |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 10 | November 25th, 2014 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 12 | December 9th, 2014 | — | 1st | Gahtzu |
| CFL Smackdown Monthly 7 | December 20th, 2014 | 9th | — | — |
| Apex 2015 | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 | 33rd | 13th | Wizzrobe |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 19 | March 3rd, 2015 | 9th | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 22 | March 24th, 2015 | 7th | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 24 | April 4th, 2015 | 5th | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 26 | April 21st, 2015 | 1st | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 27 | April 28th, 2015 | 7th | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 30 | May 26th, 2015 | 4th | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 32 | June 9th, 2015 | 7th | — | — |
| Smash 'N' Splash | June 13th-14th, 2015 | — | 3rd | Wizzrobe |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 34 | June 23rd, 2015 | 9th | — | — |
| CFL Smackdown Weekly 36 | July 7th, 2015 | 5th | — | — |
| Frame One | April 9th-10th, 2016 | 9th | — | — |
Trivia
- Plup has a positive record against Leffen (7-5).
- Plup humorously forgot to receive his medal on stage with the other top 8 finishers at EVO 2015.
- Plup dropped and broke his 1st place trophy at DreamHack Atlanta 2017, which was later replaced.
- Plup has taken at least 1 set off of each of the members of the top 6. He first defeated Hungrybox at Advent II, Leffen at Paragon Orlando 2015, Mango at EVO 2015, PPMD at Smash Summit, Mew2King at Battle of the Five Gods, and Armada at The Big House 7.
- By placing 5th at CEO Dreamland while using only Luigi, Plup became the highest placing Luigi ever at a national Melee tournament, beating Abate's 7th place finish at The Big House 5.
- Plup is one of the only three non-Gods to win a tournament with two or more Gods attending, doing so at DreamHack Atlanta 2017 over Hungrybox and Mew2King, as well as at GENESIS 5 where he beat Mango, Armada and Hungrybox. The others are Jman and Leffen, at Don't Go Down There Jeff and B.E.A.S.T 5 respectively.
- Plup is also the second player to defeat each of the Five Gods in a tournament set at least once (after Leffen).
- Plup is also the only player that has taken multiple sets off of each of the Gods.
- Plup is also the second player to defeat each of the Five Gods in a tournament set at least once (after Leffen).