In the original Super Smash Flash, the Fan's design is based on its appearance in Super Smash Bros. Melee. As with other battering items, it can be swung forward when attacking while holding it, dealing 2% damage per frame and weak knockback to opponents hit. The Fan disappears after being used ten times. It can also be thrown away by holding up or down while airborne and pressing the attack input, dealing 2% damage per frame to opponents hit and disappearing.
In Super Smash Flash 2[]
In Super Smash Flash 2, the Fan's design is original to this game with a uniquely shaped handle. It is unique amongst other battering items in that its attacks knock opponents toward the player hitting them and turn them opposite to the direction of the hit. Its neutral attack is also much faster than with other battering items, allowing for it to be used repeatedly while keeping an opponent in place, dealing 1% damage and weak knockback with each hit. However, hitting with this attack also moves the player slightly back, making it easier for opponents to escape. It also deals 6% damage when used as a forward tilt, 8% damage as a dash attack, and between 12% and 16.8% damage with upward knockback as a forward smash. When thrown, it deals 10% damage and strong upward knockback to opponents hit, making it effective as a KO tool. It also floats slowly downward without attacking when dropped or after traveling a certain distance when thrown.
Origin[]
In the Super Smash Bros. series, the Fan is based on Manzai (漫才), a traditional style of stand-up comedy in Japanese culture. Manzai usually involves two performers (manzaishi) — a straight man (tsukkomi) and a funny man (boke) — trading jokes at great speed. Most of these jokes revolve around mutual misunderstandings, double-talk, puns, and other verbal gags. In performances, it is common for the tsukkomi to berate the boke and hit them on the head with a swift smack, with one traditional manzai prop often used for this purpose being a pleated paper fan called a harisen (張り扇), resulting in a loud smack noise. This is translated into the Super Smash Bros. games and SSF2, where the Fan is a rapid slapping weapon which produces a characteristic slap sound.
