Editing Hand Slap

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{{Infobox Special Move
|name=Hand Slap
|image=[[File:Donkey Kong Down B SSBU.gif|300px]]
|caption= Hand Slap in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.
|user=[[Donkey Kong]]
|universe={{uv|Donkey Kong}}
|interwiki=mariowiki
|interwikiname=Super Mario Wiki
|interwikipage=Hand Slap
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'''Hand Slap''' ({{ja|ハンドスラップ|Hando Surappu}}, ''Hand Slap'') is [[Donkey Kong]]'s [[down special move]].

==Overview==
Donkey Kong delivers an earth-shaking series of slamming-slaps to the ground, sending nearby enemies skyward. It has considerable power, consistent and repetitive damage, and a very large hitbox that can punish [[roll]]s very effectively. Overall, it does 10% damage when fresh in ''SSB'', 11% in ''Melee'' and 14% in ''Brawl'' and ''SSB4''. In the former two games, the move has set knockback, but from ''Brawl'' onwards it has high base knockback with low knockback scaling, preventing it from acting as an effective KO attack; the slaps also cannot harm airborne opponents, impairing the attack's ability to potentially combo into itself.

This move is good against bosses but only works on certain grounded ones, such as [[Rayquaza]] and [[Galleom]]. Prior to ''Smash 4'', it was one of the few down special attacks in the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series that couldn't be used in the air, and in [[Super Smash Bros.|the original game]], it was the only special move to do so. When used on a platform, enemies can also pass through the attack unharmed if they don't land on it, due to the attack using a specific type of hitbox.

An interesting note is that as long as one keeps pressing the special button after a hand slap, they do not have to hold down the [[control stick]] or [[d-pad]] for it to continue.

In the co-op mode of [[Home Run Contest]], when used along a character performing a fast rapid attack, such as {{SSBB|Ness}} with his [[down tilt]], it can quickly rack up tons of damage (potentially over 300%). It is also used often by casual players to easily complete [[Multi-Man mode]]s.

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', Donkey Kong can now use the move in midair, causing him to slap down twice below himself. It does 11% and meteor smashes opponents hit with the second slap, which can, however, be difficult to connect. The grounded version of Hand Slap now also does plenty of shield damage, shattering full shields in 3 hits.

==Instructional quotes==
{{InstructionalQuotes
|ssbmchar=Donkey Kong
|ssbmdesc=Press {{Button|GCN|B}} to deliver this earth-shaking move and send nearby enemies skyward. It can be used over and over again.
|ssbbchar=Donkey Kong
|ssbbdesc=Slap the ground and send nearby foes into the air. Can be performed multiple times in a row.
|ssb4-3char=Donkey Kong
|ssb4-3desc=Slap the ground to hit foes with shock waves.
|ssbuchar=Donkey Kong
|ssbudesc=Sends out shock waves by slapping the ground, sending foes into the air. Has a meteor effect when airborne.
}}

==Customization==
Special Move customization was added in ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''. These are the variations:
{{CustomSet|DonkeyKong|Down|name1=Hand Slap||desc1-ntsc=Slap the ground to cause shock waves that send opponents into the air.|desc1-pal=Whacks the ground to cause shock waves that send opponents into the air.|name2=Focused Slap|desc2-ntsc=Smaller shock waves, but opponents will be stunned and sent flying.|desc2-pal=Causes shock waves in only a small area, but opponents will be stunned and then sent flying.|name3=Hot Slap|desc3-ntsc=Creates flame pillars that can hit airborne fighters.|desc3-pal=Creates flame pillars when you slap the ground. Good against fighters in the air.}}
# '''Hand Slap''': Default.
# '''Focused Slap''': The shock waves are smaller, but opponents will be [[paralyze]]d by both hits and launched by the second hit. Deals 21% damage with high vertical knockback, KOing {{SSB4|Mario}} from the center of {{SSB4|Final Destination}} at 73% with no [[rage]] and at 54% with full rage. The aerial version does 19% damage, has powerful horizontal knockback and is not a meteor smash. The aerial version also paralyzes with both hits and launches opponents with the second one. {{Main|Donkey Kong (SSB4)/Down special/Custom 1}}
# '''Hot Slap''': Creates flame pillars that can hit opponents in the air. Has less range than normal, but has less start-up, does 19% damage and has good horizontal knockback, KOing Mario from the center of Final Destination at 124% with no rage and at 80% with full rage. The aerial version does 10% damage, has moderate horizontal knockback and does not meteor smash. {{Main|Donkey Kong (SSB4)/Down special/Custom 2}}

==Origin==
[[File:Retro Hand Slap.png|thumb|Donkey Kong using Hand Slap in ''Donkey Kong Country''. The Banana Bunch next to him came out of the ground he slapped.]]
The Hand Slap originated in ''{{iw|mariowiki|Donkey Kong Country}}'', where Donkey Kong can use it to defeat enemies and to uncover items hidden into the ground. In the source games, however, DK hits the ground once with each hand each time. The animation from ''Smash 64'' borrows from the original animation, where DK slightly hops and successively slaps both hands onto the ground. Starting in ''Melee'', he instead alternates slapping the ground with each hand without hopping.

In ''Donkey Kong 64'', DK's three-hit combo attack when pressing "B" will end with a similar Hand Slap move, but he doesn't hop when doing it.

The move later appears in the [[Wii]] version of ''{{iw|mariowiki|Donkey Kong Jungle Beat}}'', as well as ''{{iw|mariowiki|Donkey Kong Country Returns}}'' and ''{{iw|mariowiki|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze}}''. This version of the Hand Slap, like in ''Super Smash Bros.'', can be used continuously, and also features an earth-shaking effect.

In ''{{iw|mariowiki|Donkey Kong Bananza}}'', which released after ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' and ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', Donkey Kong was given the ability to perform the Hand Slap in midair, although unlike in ''Super Smash Bros.'', he only claps his hands in front of himself once.
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==Gallery==
<gallery> 
Hand Slap SSB.png|Hand Slap in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''
Ssb64donkeykong.jpg|Artwork of Hand Slap in the ''Super Smash Bros. 64'' instruction manual.
Hand Slap Melee.png|Hand Slap in ''Melee''.
Slap.jpg|Hand Slap in ''Brawl''.
DKHandSlapSSB4.jpg|Hand Slap in {{for3ds}}.
Hand Slap SSB4.jpeg|Hand Slap in {{forwiiu}}.
Donkey Kong SSBU Skill Preview Down Special.png|Hand Slap as shown by the Move List in ''Ultimate''
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{langtable
|ja={{ja|ハンドスラップ|Hando Surappu}}, ''Hand Slap''
|en=Hand Slap
|fr=Gifle
|es=Palmeo
|de=Bebenschlag
|it=Manata
|nl=Gronddreun
|ru={{rollover|Лапошлеп|Laposhlep|?}}
|ko={{rollover|핸드 슬랩|Haendeu Seullaep|?}}, ''Hand Slap''
|zh_cn={{rollover|双手拍击|Shuāngshǒu Pāijī|?}}
|zh_tw={{rollover|雙手拍擊|Shuāngshǒu Pāijī|?}}
|pt=Palmada
}}

==Trivia==
*In ''Smash 64'', if a player in {{SSB|Dream Land}} stands below a Level 9 [[Artificial intelligence|computer-controlled]] Donkey Kong standing on a platform, he will continuously use Hand Slap and will not stop until the player moves from beneath him.
*This move shares names with [[Wario]]'s [[up aerial]].
*As of ''Ultimate'', Hand Slap is Donkey Kong's only Special move that lacks [[super armor]].

==Technical details==
*[[Donkey Kong (SSB)/Down special]]
*[[Donkey Kong (SSBM)/Down special]]
*[[Donkey Kong (SSBB)/Down special]]
*[[Donkey Kong (SSB4)/Down special]]
*[[Donkey Kong (SSBU)/Down special]]

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