This is a list I've made in my free time here. This is a list of every movie, movie short, and television show every Smash character has appeared in to date. Please note that it only contains video-game related media, as well as more major appearances, so guest appearances in shows (such as MAD for example), will not be counted, despite characters from Smash making an appearance there. I try to keep this page updated as best I can, but that doesn't mean I haven't missed anything. If I missed any details (such as characters, media I skipped over, or newly-announced things I haven't yet heard about) or if you have any suggestions on how I could improve this page, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Movies
Released
 Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! |
7/20/1986 | Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser | First movie appearance of Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Bowser. |
| Super Mario Bros. |
5/28/1993 | Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Yoshi, Iggy* | First movie appearance of Yoshi and Iggy. |
 Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie |
8/8/1994 | Ryu | First movie appearance of Ryu. |
| Street Fighter |
12/23/1994 | Ryu | |
 Sonic the Hedgehog |
1/26/1996 | Sonic | First movie appearance of Sonic. |
 Pokémon: The First Movie |
7/18/1998 | Pikachu, Mewtwo, Charizard, Squirtle | First movie appearance of Mewtwo. |
| Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One |
7/17/1999 | Pikachu, Charizard, Squirtle, Ivysaur | First movie appearance of Ivysaur. |
| Street Fighter Alpha: The Animation |
4/26/2000 | Ryu | |
| Spell of the Unown |
7/8/2000 | Pikachu, Charizard | |
| Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns |
12/30/2000 | Pikachu, Mewtwo, Charizard, Squirtle | |
| Celebi: Voice of the Forest |
7/7/2001 | Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Pichu | |
| The Legend of Thunder |
12/30/2001 | Jigglypuff | |
| Pokémon Heroes |
7/13/2002 | Pikachu, Jigglypuff | Jigglypuff only appears in the intro. |
| Pichu Bros. in Party Panic |
7/18/2003 | Pichu, Squirtle | |
| Jirachi: Wish Maker |
7/19/2003 | Pikachu, Mewtwo | Mewtwo only appears in the intro. |
 Fright to the Finish |
9/27/2003 | Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight | First movie appearance of Kirby, King Dedede, and Meta Knight. |
| Destiny Deoxys |
7/17/2004 | Pikachu, Mewtwo, Jigglypuff, Ivysaur, Charizard | Mewtwo, Jigglypuff, Ivysaur, and Charizard only appear in the intro. |
| Lucario and the Mystery of Mew |
7/16/2005 | Pikachu, Lucario, Squirtle, Charizard, Pichu | First movie appearance of Lucario. |
 Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete |
9/14/2005 | Cloud Strife | First movie appearance of Cloud; Cloud's appearance in this is used as the basis for four of Cloud's alternate costumes in SSB4 |
| Street Fighter Alpha: Generations |
10/25/2005 | Ryu | |
| Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea |
7/15/2006 | Pikachu, Squirtle, Jigglypuff | |
| The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon |
10/13/2006 | Pikachu, Mewtwo | |
 Doubutsu no Mori |
12/16/2006 | Villager | First appearance of Villager, though officially named Ai in this adaption. |
| The Rise of Darkrai |
7/14/2007 | Pikachu, Lucario, Mewtwo | Lucario and Mewtwo only appear in the intro. |
| Giratina and the Sky Warrior |
7/19/2008 | Pikachu, Pichu | |
| Street Fighter IV: The Ties That Bind |
2/20/2009 | Ryu | |
| Arceus and the Jewel of Life |
7/18/2009 | Pikachu, Pichu | |
| Zoroark: Master of Illusions |
7/10/2010 | Pikachu | |
| Pokémon The Movie: Black - Victini and Reshiram Pokémon The Movie: White - Victini and Zekrom |
7/16/2011 | Pikachu | |
| Kyurem VS The Sword of Justice |
7/14/2012 | Pikachu, Squirtle, Ivysaur, Charizard, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo, Pichu, Lucario | All playable Pokémon fighters except Pikachu and Greninja only appear in the intro. |
 Wreck-It Ralph |
10/29/2012 | Pac-Man, Bowser, Sonic, Ryu | |
| Genesect and the Legend Awakened |
7/13/2013 | Pikachu, Mewtwo, Charizard | |
 Bayonetta: Bloody Fate |
11/23/2013 | Bayonetta | First movie appearance for Bayonetta. |
| Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist |
5/13/2014 | Ryu | |
| Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction |
7/19/2014 | Pikachu, Greninja, Charizard, Mewtwo | First movie appearance for Greninja. |
| Hoopa and the Clash of Ages |
7/18/2015 | Pikachu | |
| Pixels |
7/24/2015 | Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Duck Hunt | First movie appearance for Duck Hunt. Both the duck and the dog appear. |
| Street Fighter: Resurrection |
3/15/2016 | Ryu |
Announced
| Volcanion and the Mechanical Magiana |
7/16/2016 | Pikachu, Greninja | |
| Street Fighter: World Warrior |
TBD 2017 | Ryu | |
| Sonic the Hedgehog |
TBD 2018 | Sonic | |
| Super Mario Bros. |
TBD | Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser | I apparently missed the memo, but apparently on December 2014, Sony Pictures is managing to slowly get the rights from Nintendo to create an animated remake of the film, with Avi Arad being involved. Let's just hope this time it goes right if it gets made.... |
| Untitled Live Action Pokémon Movie |
TBD | Pikachu | This was just recently announced. The Pokémon Company is auctioning off the rights to a live action movie, with big companies such as Legendary, Warner Bros., and Sony eyeing it. Legendary is in the lead in the auction. It'll most likely suck, but let's hope it's still at least better than the anime. |
 Metal Gear Solid |
TBD | Solid Snake | First movie appearance for Snake. |
 Mega Man |
TBD | Mega Man | First movie appearance for Mega Man. |
| Wreck-It Ralph 2 |
TBD | It's a major video game movie. Someone will appear....most likely Mario, because they did say they'd like Mario in the sequel. On March 24, 2016, Rich Moore stated that a sequel is still being planned. Moore also hopes to specifically include an appearance from Mario, citing a "good relationship with Nintendo". |
Movie Shorts
| Pikachu's Vacation |
7/18/1998 | Pikachu, Charizard, Squirtle, Jigglypuff | First movie appearance of Pikachu, Charizard, Squirtle, and Jigglypuff. |
| Christmas Night |
12/22/1998 | Pikachu, Squirtle | |
| Kanga Games |
12/22/1998 | Pikachu, Squirtle | |
| Pikachu's Rescue Adventure |
7/17/1999 | Pikachu, Squirtle, Jigglypuff | |
| Winter Games |
12/22/1999 | Pikachu, Squirtle | |
| Stantler's Little Helpers |
12/22/1999 | Pikachu, Squirtle | |
| Pikachu & Pichu |
7/8/2000 | Pikachu, Pichu | First movie appearance for Pichu. |
| Delibird's Dilemma |
12/22/2000 | Pikachu | |
| Snorlax Snowmen |
12/22/2000 | Pikachu | |
| Pikachu's PikaBoo |
7/7/2001 | Pikachu | |
| Camp Pikachu |
7/13/2002 | Pikachu, Pichu | |
| Gotta Dance!! |
7/19/2003 | Pikachu | |
| PK13 |
8/1/2004 | Pikachu, Jigglypuff | |
| PK14 |
3/18/2005 | Pikachu | |
| PK15 |
8/1/2005 | Pikachu, Squirtle | |
| Last Order: Final Fantasy VII |
9/14/2005 | Cloud Strife | |
| Pikachu's Ocean Adventure |
5/20/2006 | Pikachu, Squirtle | |
| Pikachu's Island Adventure |
8/1/2006 | Pikachu, Squirtle, Pichu | |
| SS019 |
3/23/2007 | Squirtle, Charizard, Pichu, Pikachu | |
| PK18 |
8/1/2007 | Pikachu | |
| PK19 |
8/1/2008 | Pikachu | |
| Sonic: Night of the Werehog |
11/17/2008 | Sonic | |
| PK20 |
8/1/2009 | Pikachu, Pichu | |
| SS022 |
2/28/2010 | Pichu | |
| SS023 |
3/7/2010 | Pichu | |
| Pixels |
4/9/2010 | Pac-Man, Donkey Kong | First movie appearance for Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. |
| Street Fighter: Legacy |
5/6/2010 | Ryu | |
| PK21 |
8/1/2010 | Pikachu | |
| SS025 |
2/3/2011 | Pikachu | Pikachu only appears in a photograph. |
| PK22 |
8/1/2011 | Pikachu | |
 Thanatos Rising |
3/8/2012 | Pit, Palutena | First movie appearance for Pit and Palutena. |
| Medusa's Revenge |
3/16/2012 | Pit, Palutena | |
| Palutena's Revolting Dinner |
3/19/2012 | Pit, Palutena | |
| PK23 |
7/3/2012 | Pikachu | |
| Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade |
7/14/2012 | Pikachu, Pichu, Jigglypuff, Squirtle | |
| SS026 |
7/11/2013 | Pikachu, Mewtwo | |
| Eevee & Friends |
7/13/2013 | Pikachu | |
| SS027 |
10/3/2013 | Pikachu | |
| SS028 |
3/27/2014 | Pikachu | |
| SS029 |
4/3/2014 | Charizard, Lucario, Mewtwo | |
| Pikachu, What's This Key? |
7/19/2014 | Pikachu | |
 Pikmin Short Movies |
11/5/2014 | Olimar | First movie appearance for Olimar. |
| SS031 |
11/6/2014 | Charizard | |
| SS032 |
3/19/2015 | Charizard, Jigglypuff | |
| PK27 |
7/18/2015 | Pikachu, Pichu | |
| SS035 |
10/29/2015 | Charizard |
Cancelled Movies
| Super Mario Bros. 2 |
N/A | Mario, Luigi | While not outright confirmed, a sequel was hinted at the end of the first movie, but would've been ultimately dropped due to the critical failure of the first movie. |
 The Legend of Zelda |
Cancelled by 2007 | Link, Zelda | Would've been the first movie appearance for Link and Zelda. In 2007, Imagi Animation Studios, who provided the animation for TMNT and Astro Boy, created a pitch reel for a computer-animated Legend of Zelda movie, though Nintendo didn't take the studio up on their offer due to the failure of the live-action movie adaption of Super Mario Bros. |
 Metroid |
Cancelled by 2007 | Samus Aran | Would've been the first movie appearance for Samus. The movie was first agreed upon in 2003 with Nintendo being on board, but was cancelled sometime in 2007 due to Nintendo not having a good grasp of Samus's origin at the time, and didn't feel comfortable with the production team being in charge of creating her origin due to the commercial flop of Super Mario Bros. |
Fan films
Fan films follow under a different set of rules compared to the other categories here: They must be notorious enough to be noticed by the original creators, and said creators have to publicly state their opinions about it. If a fan film does not meet this requirement, it will not be added to this list. Additionally, any and all characters in this category will not follow under the "first movie appearance" habit, nor will any of them be removed from the "Unannounced" section if they appear here. If you happen to know of one that meets this requirement that isn't already here, please take it to the talk page with proof of the film's existence and proof that it meets the requirement.
| Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy |
9/27/2009 | Solid Snake | |
| The Legend of Zelda: The Hero of Time |
12/14/2009 | Link, Zelda, Sheik, Ganondorf | Strangely enough, despite being based entirely on Ocarina of Time, Young Link does not appear in any form in the movie, even before Link pulled the Master Sword. |
TV Shows
Released
 Pac-Man |
9/25/1982-11/5/1983 | Pac-Man | First television show appearance for Pac-Man. |
| Saturday Supercade |
9/17/1983-8/24/1985 | Mario, Donkey Kong | First television show appearance for Mario and Donkey Kong. |
| The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! |
9/4/1989-12/1/1989 | Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser | First television show appearance for Luigi, Peach, and Bowser. Peach and Bowser are named Princess Toadstool and King Koopa, respectively. |
| The Legend of Zelda |
9/8/1989-12/1/1989 | Link, Zelda | First television show appearance for Link and Zelda. |
| Captain N: The Game Master |
9/9/1989-10/26/1991 | Pit, Mega Man, Donkey Kong, Zelda, Link | First television show appearance for Pit, Mega Man. Pit is named Kid Icarus. |
| The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 |
9/8/1990-12/1/1990 | Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Larry*, Roy*, Wendy*, Iggy*, Morton*, Lemmy*, Ludwig* | Peach and Bowser are named Princess Toadstool and King Koopa, respectively; The Koopalings are named Cheatsy (Larry), Bully (Roy), Kootie Pie (Wendy), Hop (Iggy), Big Mouth (Morton), Hip (Lemmy), and Kooky (Ludwig), respectively. |
| Super Mario World |
9/14/1991-7/25/1992 | Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Yoshi, Larry*, Roy*, Wendy*, Iggy*, Morton*, Lemmy*, Ludwig* | First television show appearance for Yoshi. Peach and Bowser are named Princess Toadstool and King Koopa, respectively; The Koopalings are named Cheatsy (Larry), Bully (Roy), Kootie Pie (Wendy), Hop (Iggy), Big Mouth (Morton), Hip (Lemmy), and Kooky (Ludwig), respectively. |
| Mega Man: Upon a Star |
1993 | Mega Man | |
| Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog |
9/6/1993-12/4/1993 | Sonic | First television show appearance for Sonic. |
| Sonic the Hedgehog |
9/18/1993-12/3/1994 | Sonic | |
| Mega Man |
9/11/1994-12/10/1995 | Mega Man | |
| Street Fighter II V |
4/10/1995-11/27/1995 | Ryu | First television show appearance for Ryu. |
| Street Fighter |
10/21/1995-5/14/1997 | Ryu | Ryu is named Ryu Hoshi in this. |
 Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem |
1996 | Marth | First television show appearance for Marth, mistakenly translated to "Mars" in the English dub. |
 Donkey Kong Country |
9/4/1996-7/7/2000 | Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong | First television show appearance for Diddy Kong. |
| Pokémon Pokémon Chronicles |
4/1/1997-Present | Squirtle, Ivysaur, Charizard, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo, Pichu, Lucario, Greninja | First television show appearance for all Pokémon fighters. |
| Sonic Underground |
1/6/1999-5/23/1999 | Sonic | |
| Kirby: Right Back at Ya! |
10/6/2001-9/27/2003 | Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight | First television show appearance for Kirby, King Dedede, and Meta Knight. |
| Sonic X |
4/6/2003-3/28/2004 | Sonic | |
 F-Zero: GP Legend |
10/7/2003-9/28/2004 | Captain Falcon | First television show appearance for Captain Falcon. |
| Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures |
6/15/2013-4/25/2015 (Hiatus) | Pac-Man | |
| Pokémon Origins |
10/2/2013-11/22/2013 | Pokémon Trainer, Charizard, Squirtle, Mewtwo, Pikachu, Ivysaur, Jigglypuff | First television show appearance for Pokémon Trainer; Named Red in this. |
| Sonic Boom |
11/8/2014-Present | Sonic |
Announced
| Mega Man |
TBD 2017 | Mega Man | A new series coming to celebrate Mega Man's 30th anniversary. |
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Cast List
Legend
| * | The character in question is not an official character (only being a costume for a character), but is still acknowledged separately due to them being complete remodels as opposed to reskins like Peach's Daisy costume, as well as the fact that the narrator announces them separately. |
| ^ | The actor for this character is not yet known, and it is requested that anyone who knows who voiced them let me know through the talk page. |
| Bolded Text | The actor in question has done voice work for the Smash series, but not as any of the fighters they've played as in other media. |
| Bold and Italic Text | The actor in question has done voice work for the Smash series as one of the fighters they've voiced in other media. |