Fawful is the main villain of the Mario and Luigi Series. He is a trickster who works almost entirely alone and is a genius inventor and planner. He managed to take over Peach's castle and Bowser's castle in a very short time, even obtaining a very powerful artifact called the Dark Star. His moveset is based off him being a trickster and him having possession of the Dark Star.
Appearences: Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time, Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Entrance - rides in on his hover platform, then jumps off
(Every Dark Star move will have Fawful holding out his hand while the Dark Star hovers slightly above it)
- Every Dark Star punch involves the Dark Star punching with Bowser arms
- Every Dark Star shell move involves the Dark Star using a Bowser shell on its back
- The Dark Star doesn't have a hitbox
Jab - Dark Star punches with one fist, Dark Star punches with the other fist, Dark Star fire breath (like Bowser's but purple) then the Dark Star does a sliding punch while Fawful stays stationary
- The Dark Star has a hitbox while coming out during the first punch
- Jab, jab, rapid jab you can hold, final jab
- The fire breath is the rapid jab
Side Tilt - gun twirl
- This is a multihit with low knockback and endlag
Up Tilt - swipes his gun upwards
Down Tilt - kick
- Similar to
Ness's Down Tilt, but without the raised arms and facing the screen
Dash Attack - twirl
- Similar to how he dances on stage in Bowser's Inside Story
- Multihits
Neutral Air - twirl
- Same as Dash Attack
Forward Air - Dark Star punch
Back Air - Dark Star body bash
- The Dark Star just rushes out of Fawful's coat
Up Air - Dark Star uppercut
Down Air - Dark Star shell bash
- Spikes
F Smash - Fawful throw's the Dark Star like a boomerang
- This is from both the Dark Star battle in the Air Way (specifically the attack where the Dark Star breathes some energy like it's Bowser's fire, then he rams Mario and Luigi who are suspended above) and the Final Battle (specifically the attack where Fawful chases Mario and Luigi through some fog while the Dark Star flies around trying to hit the duo)
- Charge this for a farther throw
U Smash - vacuum helmet swing
- Fawful's vacuum helmet extends and swings in an arc
D Smash - laser blasts on either side of Fawful
- This is from when Fawful steals the Dark Star by breaking some machinery with laser blasts
Neutral Special - dark arrow
- This attack comes from the final battle in Bowser's Inside Story, in which the Dark Star (After Fawful's legs and glasses were broken) would shoot a giant arrow head at either Mario or Luigi
- Charge for a bigger and strong "arrowhead"
- Can be angled
Side Special - dust cloud shot
- Fawful shoots a dust cloud out of his vacuum helmet
- It's a move that Fawful's been using since we first saw him in Super Star Saga
- The clouds are slow moving and have low knockback, but are more for disrupting the enemy
- Fawful can bounce off the clouds
Side Smash Special - ice beam
- Shoots an ice beam that freezes
- A lot of start lag (Fawful has to pull out his gun, which he spins, and shoots)
- It's from when Fawful turns Midbus into Blizzard Midbus
- Inputted like a smash attack (like
Samus's super missile)
Up Special - vacuum helmet flight
- Similar to
Chibi-Robo's old up special, Duck Hunt's, and Olimars
Down Special - vacuum helmet suck
- Fawful sucks in opponents, letting then decide the direction to shoot them
- They are shot out automatically after 1 second
Grab - tractor beam
- Fawful grabs with the beam he used to take Peach out of Bowser's body
- Similar to
Pac-Man's grab
- While holding the opponent in a grab the Dark Star is floating on the opposite side of the opponent that Fawful is on
Pummel - dark star punch
- The Dark Star punches the opponent
Forward Throw - vacuum helmet suck and spit
- Fawful's vacuum helmet sucks in the opponent and spits them forwards
Back Throw - Dark Starmite bomb
- Fawful lifts up the opponent and the Dark Star shoots a Dark Starmite bomb at the opponent
Up Throw - tractor beam shot and Dark Star bash
- Fawful lifts up the opponent and shoots a laser blast at them, then the Dark Star rams himself into them
Down Throw - Dark Star punch down
- The Dark Star punches the opponent downwards
- This spikes (not a very strong spike, but enough to have the opponent bounce off the stage and get sent downwards at the edge)
Shield Stance - Fawful puts his hood up
Forward Roll - twirl
- Like Dash Attack
Back Dodge - twirl
- Like Dash Attack
Spot Dodge - IDK
Air Dodge - twirl
- Like Dash Attack
Neutral Taunt - laugh
- Fawful does his iconic laugh at the screen
Side Taunt - Dark Bowser laugh
- The Dark Star comes out as his Dark Bowser image (in the Air Way, before his battle; is missing its legs and looks like gas)
Vertical Taunt - twirl and pose
- Like he does at the Fawful Stage in Bowser's Castle
Final Smash - Spider Fawful
- From the final battle of Bowser's Inside Story
- Hold attack during any hand-based normal to add energy orbs to your hands
-- More damage and knockback
- All slash are done with hands
- Jab - slash to the right, slash to the left, slash to the upper right
- F Tilt - horizontal slash
- U Tilt - arc slash
- D Tilt - star ring
-- From when it grabs Mario and Luigi
- Dash Attack - walk
-- Like Porky Minch's Dash Attack in Super Smash Bros Crusade
- Nair - double star ring
-- Like when Fawful starts the foggy chase attack the Dark Star releases two star rings
- Fair - vertical slash
-- Like
Bowser
- Bair - horizontal slash
- Uair - arc slash
- Dair - legs stab
- F Smash - hands with energy orbs in them in the ground on either side
-- Based off the attack where Fawful sticks his hands into the ground and energy orbs travel down them into the ground to create shock waves
- U Smash - hands clap with energy orbs in them
- D Smash - swing dark "arrow" around Fawful
- Neutral Special - dark arrow
-- Same as regular Neutral Special, but with a wider range for angling
- Forward Special - energy breath
-- That attack during the Final Battle and during the Air Way fight based off Bowser's flame spit, but not fire
-- Charge for a bigger energy attack
- Up Special - dark star carry
-- The Dark Star retracts Fawful and carries him up, giving you full horizontal control while flying
-- Similar to Duck Hunt's Up Special
- Down Special - foggy chase
-- That move where he chases Mario and Luigi down a foggy hallway while the Dark Star tries to hit them
-- Massive damage
-- Ends final smash if tried
- Grab - pick up
- Pummel - star ring
-- Like when he picks up Mario and Luigi
- Forward Throw - toss
- Back Throw - toss
- Up Throw - toss
- Down Throw - slam on the ground
- Shield Stance - cover eyes
- Forward Roll - walk
- Back Dodge - walk
- Spot Dodge - IDK exactly, but it should involve two of his legs getting retracted
- Air Dodge - IDK exactly, but it should involve all of his legs getting retracted
Victory - spotlight, twirl, and pose
Clap - he claps, nothing special
Kirby Hat - vacuum helmet
Pocketable by
Chibi-Robo - dark arrow, dust clouds
Absorbable by
Ness - ice beam
Reflectable - dust clouds, dark arrow