In 2019, SpongeBob SquarePants storyboard artist Kurt Snyder drew an ad for a Nickelodeon Smash tournament which depicts multiple Nicktoons and Nick Jr. characters as Smash characters. A few months later, Nickelodeon Animation's Twitter account posted the updated version of the poster with many new additions. Below is a list of who each character references.
| Reference | Character | Series |
|---|---|---|
| Master Hand | Hans | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Crazy Hand | The Chum Bucket glove | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Ken | Korra | The Legend of Korra |
| Palutena | Shine | Shimmer & Shine |
| Meta Knight | Anti-Cosmo | The Fairly OddParents |
| Lucario | Bunsen Monster | Bunsen Is a Beast |
| Dark Samus | Henry | KaBlam! |
| Samus | June | KaBlam! |
| Pac-Man | Gerald Johanssen | Hey Arnold! |
| R.O.B. | Karen | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Mr. Game & Watch | Snap | ChalkZone |
| Donkey Kong | Stimpson J. Cat (Stimpy) | The Ren & Stimpy Show |
| Villager | Dora Márquez | Dora the Explorer |
| Daisy | Susie Carmichael | Rugrats |
| King K. Rool | Bubble Bass | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Bayonetta | The Gromble | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters |
| Zelda | Helga Pataki | Hey Arnold! |
| Peach | Angelica Pickles | Rugrats |
| Turnip | Cynthia | Rugrats |
| Red Pikmin | GIR | Invader Zim |
| Olimar | Zim | Invader Zim |
| Ness | Tommy Pickles | Rugrats |
| Pikachu or Pichu | Sheldon J. Plankton | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Ganondorf | Roger Klotz | Doug |
| Luigi | Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom | Danny Phantom |
| Kirby | Patrick Star | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Ice Climbers | Cat (Nana) and Dog (Popo) | CatDog |
| Jigglypuff | Wanda | The Fairly OddParents! |
| Mario | SpongeBob SquarePants | SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Lucas | Jimmy Neutron | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius |
| Rope Snake | Carl Wheezer | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius |
| Young Link | Ronnie Anne Santiago | The Loud House/The Casagrandes |
| Snake | Craig Slithers | Sanjay and Craig |
| Sonic | Norbert Beaver | The Angry Beavers |
| Link | Lincoln Loud | The Loud House |
| Cloud | Arnold Shortman | Hey Arnold! |
| Mii Brawler | Aang | Avatar: The Last Airbender |
| Diddy Kong | Darwin Thornberry | The Wild Thornberrys |
| King Dedede | Heffer Wolfe | Rocko's Modern Life |
| Bowser Jr. | Michaelangelo | Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| Koopa Clown Car | Raphael | Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| Mega Man | XJ-9/Jenny Wakeman | My Life As A Teenage Robot |
| Incineroar | Manny Rivera/El Tigre | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera |
| Falco | Harvey Beaks | Harvey Beaks |
| Mewtwo | Ren Hoëk | The Ren & Stimpy Show |
| Dark Pit | Phil DeVille | Rugrats |
| Fox | Rocko | Rocko's Modern Life |
| Lucina | Lucy Loud | The Loud House |
| Isabelle | Bessie Higgenbottom | The Mighty B! |
| Duck Hunt | Blue (dog) and Señor Tucán (duck) | Blue's Clues/Dora the Explorer |
| Pit | Lil DeVille | Rugrats |
| Bowser | Filburt Shellbach | Rocko's Modern Life |
| Wario | Nigel Thornberry | The Wild Thornberrys |
| Piranha Plant | Ickis (leaves), Krumm (head), and Oblina (stalk) | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters |
Excluded charactersEdit
- Yoshi
- Captain Falcon
- Sheik
- Dr. Mario
- Marth
- Roy
- Chrom
- Zero Suit Samus
- Ike
- Pokémon Trainer
- Toon Link
- Wolf
- Wii Fit Trainer
- Rosalina & Luma
- Little Mac
- Greninja
- Mii Swordfighter
- Mii Gunner
- Robin
- Shulk
- Ryu
- Corrin
- Inkling
- Ridley
- Simon
- Richter
- All DLC fighters (sans Piranha Plant)
TriviaEdit
- While the hands that appear in the picture are meant to represent Master Hand and Crazy Hand, both hands are right hands like Master Hand, rather than one of them being a left hand to match Crazy Hand.
- Weirdly enough, the Chum Bucket hand itself is a left hand.
- Hans and the Chum Bucket hand are doing Arnold and Gerald's handshake from Hey Arnold!.
- Some of the characters also make references to the show they originated from. For example, Gerald, while dressed up as Pac-Man, is holding up a strawberry, referencing the episode "Downtown as Fruits" where he was dressed as one; Bubble Bass is wearing Kevin C. Cucumber's crown; and Stimpy is wearing his ape outfit from the episode "Monkey See, Monkey Don't".
- Much like how Diddy Kong's hat features the Nintendo logo on it, Darwin's hat features the Nick logo on it.
- Similarly, much like how Mario's and Luigi's hats have a red "M" for "Mario" and a green "L" for "Luigi", SpongeBob's hat has the anchor seen on the Krusty Krab employee hats (albeit retaining its blue coloration instead of being changed to Mario's red), and Danny's has a green "D" for "Danny".
- Additionally, Lincoln's shield has the initials "LH" for The Loud House to mirror the Hylian Crest on Link's and Ronnie Anne's has the initials "CG" for The Casagrandes to mirror the Kokiri symbol on Young Link's.
- Roger Klotz from Doug is featured on the poster, despite Doug having become a Disney property following the sale of Jumbo Pictures in 1996. This is due to Nickelodeon retaining the distribution rights to the 52 episodes produced under their ownership.