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A '''stage element''' is simply any aspect of a [[stage]]. There are many kinds of stage elements, and they may exist conceptually, as events, or as tangible parts and their abstractions. A stage is typically made up of many elements, the most common of which are backgrounds, a large central [[platform]], and [[edge]]s. There are some things that appear during gameplay on stages that are not a part of a stage, such as [[character]]s and most [[item]]s.

Some elements have virtually no impact on gameplay, such as the [[score]] on [[75m]], while others may aid players or are [[Stage hazard|hazard]]s. Some elements may even serve multiple roles, intentional or not, such as the [[Shy Guy]]s on [[Yoshi's Island]] who may bring food or accidentally obstruct [[projectile]]s.

The elements in official stages cannot be removed or altered in any in-game way except those that are dependent on whether or not items are turned on. The [[Stage Builder]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' introduced the first way for players to create their own stages, although all the provided parts (except for the theme and background) are exclusively tangible and there is no way to create abstractions or events.

==Element varieties==
Note the following list contains superficial or tentative titles.

* [[Platform]]s
* [[Ledge|Edges]]
* [[Ladder (stage element)|Ladder]]s
* [[Water]]
* [[Stage hazard|Hazards]]
* Switches
* Transporters (see [[Warp Pipe]])
* Backgrounds
* [[Background character]]s
* Some weather effects (such as rain)
* Scores
* [[Blast line]]s
* [[Stage transformation|Transformations]]
* Physics changes
* Camera shifts
* Loops
* Cycles
* Rails
* Random events
* [[Microgame]]s

==Event patterns==
An '''event pattern''' is a stage element in ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'' that dictates the flow of other stage elements. There are a few basic types of event patterns - loops, cycles, rails, and random events - and at least one appears in every official stage and [[custom stage]].

===Loops===
A loop is a continuous event pattern for [[stage element]]s that will move or transform before eventually returning to their initial state. Loops are often very simple in execution. A loop should not be mistaken for a cycle, although a loop may be an aspect of a cycle.

Some loops have virtually zero impact on gameplay, such as changing backgrounds, while some feature global shifts as on [[Rainbow Cruise]] - the game state will begin on the cruise ship, which will eventually drop below the lower blast line as the players make their way around obstacles, eventually circling around the stage where a new cruise ship will be waiting for them to begin the loop again.

Loops are frequently an aspect of rails.

====Examples of loops====
*The motion of the lower platform on Peach's Castle
*The background for [[Lylat Cruise]]
*The path of the track on [[Big Blue]]

===Cycles===
Cycles consist of a loop of regularly occurring, noncontinuous individual events.

====Examples of cycles====
*The Pokémon that appear in [[Poké Floats]]
*The [[stage transformation]]s in [[Castle Siege]]
*The ordered set of drawing variations in [[PictoChat]]

===Rails===
A rail is any stage element that follows a set path to completion and may or not form a loop. The term "rail" is derived from a type of Shoot 'em up video game subgenre which requires the player to follow a specific route from which they may not deviate, as in ''[[Star Fox 64]]''. Incidentally, several stages from the [[Star Fox]] franchise feature rails.

====Examples of rails that loop====
*The camera path in [[Big Blue]]

====Examples of rails that do not loop====
*The camera path in [[Mushroom Kingdom]]

===Random events===
Random events occur outside of prediction, although they are sometimes dictated to occur every so often by default so as to actually appear in the game.

====Examples of Random events====
*What global transformation occurs on [[Pokémon Stadium]]
*The direction from which a [[Banzai Bill]] approaches [[Princess Peach's Castle]]
*The first set of drawings that appear in [[PictoChat]]
*The [[Great Fox]]'s laser on [[Corneria]]

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