Food

Food (たべもの) is a set of multiple recovering items coming in different shapes and colors, whom some are original or may hail from multiple universes. They have first appeared in Super Smash Bros. Melee and often spawn in groups from Capsules, Party Balls or other means. Though they do not appear in the original Super Smash Flash, they do appear in the reboot, Super Smash Flash 2.

Overview[]

Food frequently appears on stages, and due to their small rate of healing its variants tend to have, they appear very commonly, usually spawned in great numbers after opening a Crate or Party Ball. Each variant recovers either 1%, 3%, 5%, 8%, or 10% damage.

There are various unique ways for Food to appear throughout the game in addition to its normal item spawning methods. Mr. Game & Watch has the ability to spawn three apples if he successfully connects a #7 with his side special move, Judge. It is also thrown by the Poké Ball Pokémon Chansey, who throws seven eggs that each have a 50% chance of recovering damage (though they each recover 10% damage rather than the normal 5%) rather than being throwable container items, and Delibird, who throws seven items that each have a 90% chance of being a random Food item. Food also acts as a stage element for Super Happy Tree, Yoshi's Story, and Smashville, in which a random Food item is periodically carried toward the stage by a carrier (Propeller Shy Guys on Super Happy Tree and Yoshi's Story and a balloon on Smashville) that drops said item when attacked, though said carrier does not bring any Food if the item is disabled in the item switch.

List of food[]

The following is a list of all the food variants that can appear during matches, accompanied by a brief description (which may include whether the food is a reference to a major game series or franchise) and the damage value they recover.

Food items
Food	Description	%
Apple	A red apple with a yellow bottom with a stem.	8%
Apple Gel	A gelatinous red candy. From the Tales franchise.	8%
Banana split	A banana cut in half with vanilla ice cream topped with a cherry in the gap, served in a glass bowl with a spoon.	10%
Bananas	A bunch of four yellow bananas. May be based on the banana bunches from the Donkey Kong Country games.	5%
Cabbage	A big green cabbage.	5%
Cake	A two-layer dessert covered with cream and colored sprinkles, and decorated with strawberries, cherries, and a candle-like star at the top. From Super Mario 64.	10%
Candy cane	A cane-shaped, red-striped hard candy.	3%
Carrot	A long orange carrot with a bright green stem.	5%
Cheese	A large wheel of cheese filled with holes and with a section taken out.	5%
Cherries	A pair of cherries attached by a stem.	5%
Cherry lemonade	A refreshing drink made from lemon juice and cherries served in a glass with a straw, ice cubes, and a slice of lemon.	8%
Chili dog	A sausage on a bun with sauce and cheese on top. From the Sonic franchise.	3%
Chili pepper	A big red chili pepper.	3%
Chocolate bar	A 2-by-4 patterned bar of dark chocolate.	3%
Coffee cup	A white cup on a saucer with black coffee inside.	5%
Coke	A glass with carbonated soda and a red straw.	3%
Corn	An ear of corn with part of its husk.	8%
Croissant	A pastry rolled and folded in a crescent shape.	5%
Curry	A red curry sauce and white rice beside each other on a plate. It resembles the Superspicy Curry from the Kirby series but without the fiery smoke stemming from the curry and the spoon.	10%
Dango	Three round dumplings, including one pink, one white, and one green, together on a skewer.	5%
Deep-Fried Shwaffle	A breaded shrimp covered in teriyaki sauce and mayonnaise, on top a waffle. From the Splatoon series.	8%
Doughnut	A pink-glazed fried doughnut with colored sprinkles.	3%
Drumstick	A grilled chicken drumstick.	5%
Dubious Food	A gross green and blue blurred substance on a plate with a bone sticking out. From The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.	1%
Dugtrio Sandwich Trio	Three sandwiches with tomatoes and lettuce and Dugtrio faces standing up with a cup of tomato soup on a wooden plate. From Pokémon Café Mix.	10%
Egg	A white egg inside its shell.	5%
Egg on toast	A fried egg splayed over a slice of toasted bread.	3%
Eggplant	A purple aubergine.	8%
Fortune cookie	A folded crisp cookie with a "fortune" paper sticking out.	5%
French fries	A set of fried potatoes served in a gray cup emblazoned with the Super Smash Bros. symbol.	3%
Gigantamax Curry	A large serving of curry with sauce circling above it on a plate with a spoon. From Pokémon Sword and Shield.	10%
Grapes	A cluster of purple grapes.	8%
Green pepper	A bulbous green pepper.	8%
Hamburger	A sesame seed bun with lettuce, tomato, a beef patty, and cheese.	3%
Hearty Durian	A green durian with a black stem. From The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.	8%
HP Juice	A bottle filled with a green juice. From ARMS.	5%
Ice cream	A wafer cone served with curled strawberry ice cream.	3%
Invincible Candy	A swirling white and red lollipop on a stick with a yellow star. From the Kirby franchise.	3%
Lasagna	A three-layer pasta dish on a plate topped with cheese and garnish.	10%
Lava Cookie	A Japanese rice cracker wrapped with nori. From the Pokémon series.	3%
Leek	A long leek.	3%
Lon Lon Milk	A bottle filled with milk. From The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.	8%
Meat	A piece of broiled meat covering a thick bone.	5%
Meat Skewer	Three pieces of broiled meat served on a skewer. From The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.	10%
Mushroom	A dark brown shiitake mushroom cap with a light stem.	8%
Nut	A nut inside its shell. From the Mario & Luigi series.	5%
Onigiri	A rice molded triangle held by a strip of seaweed.	5%
Orange	A round orange.	8%
Orange juice	A thick glass cup of orange juice with an orange slice and a red straw.	8%
Pancakes	A set of pancakes on a plate with butter and syrup dripping from the top.	10%
Paopu Fruit	A yellow, star-shaped fruit. From the KINGDOM HEARTS franchise.	8%
Peach	A round pink peach.	8%
Pear	A green and yellow pear with a brown stem.	8%
Pie slice	A baked, pastry dough slice with a red filling.	5%
Pizza	A thin-crust pizza with various toppings with a separated slice.	10%
Popcorn	Buttery popcorns in a red-and-white striped bucket.	5%
Pretzel	A large salted pretzel.	3%
Pudding	A sweet, milk-based dessert on a plate with chocolate toppings and a tiny cherry on top.	10%
Ramen	A noodle soup served with egg. From the Naruto franchise.	10%
Rare Candy	A candy wrapped in an M-patterned blue wrap. From the Pokémon franchise.	5%
Red Potion	A round bottle of red potion with a cork in the top. From the The Legend of Zelda franchise.	10%
Salmon sushi	A hosomaki-type salmon sushi roll.	3%
Sandwich	Lettuce, tomatoes, ham, and cheese sandwiched in sliced bread and pierced with a skewer containing a green olive. Greatly resembles the Sandvich Edible Device from Team Fortress 2.	8%
Sausages	A pair of sausages drizzled with ketchup.	5%
Sea-salt ice cream	A frozen snack on a stick with a salty and sweetened flavor. From the KINGDOM HEARTS franchise.	5%
Seafood Risotto	A blue dish with cooked rice accompanied with a variety of seafood such as shrimps and octopus. From the ONE PIECE franchise.	10%
Spaghetti	Spaghetti noodles topped with tomato sauce on a plate with a fork holding them up.	10%
Spinach Smoothie	A soft drink made of spinach in a glass cup with a clove of spinach. From Ring Fit Adventure.	10%
Steak	A slab of grilled steak on a plate.	10%
Strawberry	A single strawberry with a stem and leaves.	8%
Strawberry shortcake	A two-layered shortcake with whipped cream and a strawberry on the top.	3%
Sundae	A milkshake glass cup filled with vanilla ice cream, topped with chocolate syrup, whipped cream, a brown wafer and a cherry.	5%
Taco	A fried tortilla containing ground beef, tomatoes, and cheese.	5%
Takoyaki	A set of eight fried wheat balls filled with octopus meat and coated with sauce, spices and served with a toothpick.	10%
Tamago sushi	A nigiri-type egg sushi made with vinegary rice and topped with an omelette slice.	3%
Turkey	A whole roast turkey on a plate. From the Castlevania franchise.	10%
Watermelon	A large watermelon on a stem. From the Yoshi franchise.	8%
Watermelon slice	A half-slice of watermelon.	8%
Yoshi Cookie	A heart-shaped cookie with red icing. From the Yoshi franchise.	3%

Origin[]

Food as a healing object is a very common staple in video games. Games from the Yoshi series and the Kirby series have a strong focus on food items, and being a gluttonous character is a trait of their respective protagonists. For instance, in Yoshi's Story, Yoshi has to eat a set of 30 fruits in order to complete a level, and eating fruit invariably heals Yoshi and replenishes his life meter. However, the concept of healing food in the Super Smash Bros. series, as well as SSF2, is more similar to how it is applied to the Kirby games. Beginning with Kirby Super Star, there is common food scattered across levels that acts a low-recovery item when Kirby eats it. Several food items are very similar between Kirby Super Star and SSF2 as direct result of this.

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Trivia[]

There are certain instances where Food is programmed to recover different amounts of damage than what is normally recovered, including in All-Star, where turkey that recovers 25% damage appears on the All-Star Rest Area on Insane difficulty, and event #3: Gourmet Race, where each Food item recovers 1% damage.
There are various Food variants that have been removed over the course of the game's development. Notable references include a Cheri Berry from Pokémon, an Energy Capsule from Mega Man, and a Pork Chop from Minecraft.
The original Food artwork (seen above) that depicts Kirby collecting some food is actually a recolored image derived from the Gourmet Race preview on the file select screen for Kirby Super Star.