Editing Lightning Bolt

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[[File:lightning.gif|thumb|left|Toad and Toadette are struck by Lightning in ''Mario Kart: Double Dash!!'', shrinking them in the process.]]

The Lightning Bolt made its debut in ''{{iw|mariowiki|Super Mario Kart}}'' and serves as the logo for the {{s|mariowiki|Lightning Cup}}. It can only be used by racers who are in or near last place. When used, it summons lightning to strike the other racers, causing them to simultaneously spin out of control and shrink in size. Shrunken racers have lowered top speed and can be easily knocked around or even flattened when getting run over. Since ''{{s|mariowiki|Mario Kart DS}}'', the length of the shrinking time depends on what place each opponent was in when the item was used, with those at the back returning to their normal size instantly for much longer.

==Overview==

[[File:LightningBolt.jpg|thumb|Lightning Bolt artwork from ''Brawl''.]]

The Lightning Bolt debuted as a status item in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]''. When used, it will shrink every other fighter to [[tiny]] size, similar to the effect of the [[Poison Mushroom]], reducing their attack power to 0.7x, making them lighter, and increase the amount of [[knockback]] that they take. However, it can backfire as well, shrinking the fighter who picked it up or causing the other fighters to become [[giant]], similar to the effect of the [[Super Mushroom]], causing them to grow to 2.4x their normal size, and their direct attacks will deal 1.84x their normal damage.

In [[Special Smash]], these effects stack with Mega/Mini modes. Touching a Super Mushroom or Poison Mushroom will cancel the Lightning Bolt's effects.

Unlike most other items, the Lightning Bolt requires a character to simply make contact with it in order to activate its effect. Any character affected by knockback while being struck by the Lightning Bolt is still affected by knockback after the shrinking/growth effect occurs, similar to the occurrence with the Super Mushroom and Poison Mushroom.

In ''Brawl'', if a character uses the Lightning Bolt on {{SSBB|Zelda}} or {{SSBB|Sheik}} and either character [[Transform]]s, this glitch makes the size of the Lightning Bolt user permanent until either Zelda or Sheik gets [[KO]]'d or picks up another size-changing item.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsD0AxEMFzI</ref> This glitch does not occur for {{SSBB|Charizard}}, {{SSBB|Ivysaur}}, or {{SSBB|Squirtle}}.

 

 

 

 

 

Lightning Bolt.jpg|The Lightning Bolt in {{forwiiu}}.

*The Lightning Bolt is the only item that doesn't spawn normally on two different stages: [[The Great Cave Offensive]] and [[Garden of Hope]].

*Although being mini reduces one's ability to recover, certain up specials which are affected by a fighter's gravity stat will actually go higher as a result of the reduced gravity applied by being tiny.

*The largest a character can be under normal circumstances is in [[Special Smash|Mega Smash]], after lightning backfires. In this state, all size-altering effects are at their strongest, including character voices and sound effects being even deeper than collecting a Super Mushroom in Mega Smash, or after lightning backfires in a normal match.

**Prior to ''Ultimate'', the largest a character can be under special circumstances is in [[Classic Mode]] during a Giant battle after lightning backfires on a Giant CPU.  

***This could be visually amplified even further with [[Mario]]’s size-altering taunt prior to ''Ultimate''; during Classic Mode if a player faces against Giant [[Mario]] who gets a lightning backfire and KOs the player or another CPU he can still use his up-taunt which will also stack with the Giant status and lightning backfire.

*In ''Brawl'', [[Pikmin Throw]] uniquely won't change pitch upon growing or shrinking.

*In ''SSB4'', although Pikmin grow and shrink with [[Olimar]], the pitch of Pikmin depends on what size they were when plucked, and this pitch persists even after further size changes.

*If a character grows while getting struck by Lightning during Mini Smash, the character's pitch will sound normal, despite their current size still being slightly smaller than default.