User:Aidanzapunk/List of non-gaming media representation

This is a list of non-gaming media that has been represented in the  series, whether acknowledged or not. This includes films, TV shows, literature, music, and other non-gaming media. Such representation can be subtle inspiration for original elements all the way to directly implementing the ideas of another creator. Due to the inherently communal nature of popular culture, it is common for aspects of otherwise unrelated media, espically those in the public domain, to reappear in newer media. The Smash franchise and the franchises that are represented within it are no exceptions.

James Bond
James Bond is a literary spy created by British author Ian Fleming. The first book, Casino Royale, published in 1953, spawned a gargantuan multi-media franchise, with many books, movies, and video games. One of the video games, based on the movie GoldenEye, was GoldenEye 007, developed for the Nintendo 64 by Rare Ltd.. The Motion-Sensor Bomb, an item originating from GoldenEye 007, appears in Super Smash Bros. and the Western releases of Super Smash Bros. Melee (in the Japanese release, it is based on an original Rare game, ). However, references by name to the game in Smash were minimized, and from Brawl onwards, the Motion-Sensor Bomb has been redesigned and treated as an original item.

In an official poll held on Smabura-Ken regarding characters for a potential sequel, James Bond placed sixth overall with 35 votes, tied with Mewtwo from. The poll also included agent 006, who received 2 votes and was tied with a non-specified Blast Corps robot for fourth place among Rare characters. Sakurai stated that he did not include James Bond owing to concerns over Bond's realistic weaponry that included handguns and similar items. Furthermore, the copyright to the game would be owned by Rare, and a number of other copyright issues, such as those involving the likeness of his actor,, and rights involving the film series itself, would have led to numerous legal challenges in development of Melee.

Yume Kōjō '87
Yume Kōjō '87 (, Dream Factory '87) was an event sponsored by Fuji TV and held from July 18th to August 30th, 1987. On the last day of this event, there was a grand finale meant to introduce a new generation of media that would arrive in the years to come, with various technical displays, as well as to advertise Fuji TV's fall lineup of shows. The characters of Papa, Mama, Imajin, Lina, Poki, and Piki, as well as the use of masks as a visual motif, originate from this technology expo.

As part of a deal with Fujji TV, Nintendo developed a licensed game called  (, Dream Factory: Heart-Pounding Panic) to promote Yume Kōjō '87. The Yume Kōjō mascots Papa, Mama, Imajin, and Lina form the playable roster, each with their own set of abilities: Papa is the strongest and fastest; Mama has a high, floaty jump; Imajin is well-rounded overall; and Lina is capable of floating in midair. In addition, Nintendo created a storybook setting for this licensed game, populated with an entirely original cast of enemies including Shyguys, Birdos, Pidgits, Bob-ombs, Snifits, Mousers, and Mamu. The Yume Kōjō '87 mascots can fight these enemies by throwing vegetables or POW Blocks plucked from.

With Fuji TV and Yume Kōjō '87 being exclusive to Japan, Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic was never officially released internationally. Instead, it was rebranded as Super Mario Bros. 2, with the most significant change being replacing the licensed Yume Kōjō '87 mascots with Nintendo's own cast. Papa, Mama, Imajin, and Lina's abilities have become staples of the Mario characters and carried over into their Super Smash Bros. appearances, most notably Princess Peach inheriting Lina's floating ability. Mario being a well-rounded character like Imajin and Luigi being a higher, floatier jumper like Mama, while having precedent in the Japan-exclusive Super Mario Bros. 2 (later released internationally as ), are also further established in this game. The original music, setting, and enemies created for Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic have likewise become mainstays within the Mario series and have been represented in Super Smash Bros., most notably with the Mushroom Kingdom II stage.

Although the Super Smash Bros. series usually credits Super Mario Bros. 2 (or Super Mario Bros. USA in Japan) as the first appearance of elements from this universe, it has occasionally referenced Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic and, by extension, the original Yume Kōjō '87 event that serves as its basis. Shy Guy and Birdo's respective trophies in both mention these characters' debut in the non-Mario game Doki Doki Panic; however, these mentions omit the Yume Kōjō portion of the game's title, presumably due to licensing concerns.

Gaming-related media
Many video game franchises represented in the Super Smash Bros. series have received movie, television or comic book adaptations; certain elements originating from these adaptations have then made their way into Smash.
 * : Bayonetta's and Rodin's Japanese voice actors, Atsuko Tanaka and Tesshō Genda, reprise their roles from the movie, as well as the Japanese dubs of Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2. Game director Hideki Kamiya was initially against having a Japanese voice cast, and thus left one out of the first game, but he enjoyed the movie's cast enough to retain them for Bayonetta 2 and retroactively dub the Wii U re-release of Bayonetta in Japanese.
 * : Four of Cloud's costumes in Super Smash Bros. 4 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are directly based on his "Cloudy Wolf" costume; in Ultimate, these costumes were updated to use Omnislash Ver. 5 as a Final Smash. Sephiroth's default costume in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is based on his appearance in this film, with voice actor reprising his role. The music tracks, , and  are taken directly from the film's soundtrack.
 * : One of Terry Bogard's costumes in Ultimate is indirectly based upon his appearance in the film, using the same metal plate on his hat but overall featuring a differing color scheme.
 * : Marth's Japanese voice actor, Hikaru Midorikawa, reprises his role from the original video animation.
 * F-Zero manual comic: The Falcon Flyer, which appears on Big Blue and during The Subspace Emissary, originates from this comic book. It has never been featured in an F-Zero game.
 * : In Japanese, Meta Knight and Knuckle Joe are voiced by their actors from the anime. Additionally, Galaxia, Meta Knight's sword, got its name and design from the anime. Nightmare's current appearance originates from the anime, which was already adopted by the games starting with Nightmare in Dream Land. The song ' also originally debuted in the anime, though its appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl derives from '.
 * : Pac-Land, which the eponymous stage is based on, was created as a tie-in to the cartoon series of the game.
 * : Many species from the universe are voiced by their anime actors, usually saying their names like in the anime (with some exceptions, such as Meowth)., who produced the series' international dubs until 2006, is credited for their work on the original Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee.
 * : Professor Oak and Misty's trophies in Super Smash Bros. Melee are based on their appearances in the anime. Additionally, Meowth's trophy in Melee is based on Meowth's appearance in, the seventh ending animation for the anime; this Meowth is the same talking one from Team Rocket. , the anime's protagonist, is directly mentioned in Pokémon Trainer's trophy description in Smash 4, which also quotes the ; in Ultimate, the theme is referenced again, in the Pokémon Trainer's Boxing Ring title. Additionally, both 's Classic Mode title and the Pokémon Trainer's crowd chant in Ultimate reference the anime's usage of "I choose you!" when Ash throws out a Pokémon. Goldeen's appearance as a Poké Ball summon is based on Misty's Goldeen in the anime, who was notable for being completely useless on land and would only be able to flop around. Pichu's mechanic in which its electric attacks hurt itself is an element that originated in the  short. The bonus for Star KO'ing all members of a team in Melee is named "Rocket KO", which is named after Team Rocket (particularly, Jessie, James, and Meowth), who are often involved in a recurring gag in which they are sent flying into the sky, leaving behind a twinkling star when they vanish from sight. In the Palutena's Guidance for , calls the trainer a "twerp", similar to the nickname used for Ash Ketchum by Team Rocket.
 * Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back: Mewtwo's portrayal starting in Melee is linked to its appearance in the movie, as implied by its Japanese voice lines, as well as its voice actor in Melee, Masachika Ichimura, who reprises his role from the original Japanese cast of the movie. Shadow Ball was first used by Mewtwo in this movie, before appearing in Pokémon Gold & Silver. Mewtwo's reveal slogan in Super Smash Bros. 4 is the same as the subtitle of this film.
 * Pokémon Heroes: The Latias and Latios spirit battle is on Delfino Plaza, which references Alto Mare.
 * Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew: Lucario's portrayal starting in Brawl is linked to its appearance in the movie, as implied by its Japanese voice actor, Daisuke Namikawa, who reprises his role from the film; other generic Lucario appear throughout the series (voiced in English by Bill Rogers, who voiced Lucario in Brawl), but Namikawa specifically voiced the Lucario from the film, though Namikawa would later voice 's Lucario in ', as well as Ash's Lucario in ' (with both also being voiced in English by Rogers). Sean Schemmel, the English voice of Lucario from the film, would later reprise his role in Smash 4 as Lucario, and Gerhard Jilka, the German voice of Lucario from the film, reprises his role in all of Lucario's appearances. Other references to the film include one of Lucario's victory quotes, "The aura is with me!" (which also appears as the name of Brawl's 25th event), as well as Lucario's All-Star congratulations screen in Smash Wii U.
 * Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and the Legend Awakened: Mewtwo's Boxing Ring title directly references the film's title.
 * :, a form obtained by Ash Ketchum and his Greninja, makes an appearance in Ultimate in Greninja's Final Smash, Secret Ninja Attack, with Greninja transforming into such when activating the attack.
 * : Jonatán López, Sonic's original Spanish voice actor from the show, began voicing the character in the games' Spanish dubs from  onwards until his death in 2020; as the voice clips from those games are reused in Smash 4 and Ultimate, López reprises his role as Sonic from Underground.
 * : Jason Griffith, Sonic and Shadow's voice actor from the anime (who later carried over into the video games, alongside the rest of the 4Kids cast, starting with ' and ' before being replaced in ), reprised his role as both characters in Brawl. From Sonic Generations onwards, the Sonic cast has been dubbed in Spanish, French, German, and Italian, with the French and German voice casts from Sonic X (barring a few characters) reprising their roles. Because the voice clips from those games are reused in Smash 4 and Ultimate, Alexandre Gillet and Marc Stachel, Sonic's French and German actors, reprise their roles from the anime, as does Benoît DuPac, Shadow's French actor. Sébastien Desjours and Claus-Peter Damitz, Knuckles's French and German voice actors, also reprise their roles from the anime in Ultimate.
 * ': Two songs from the universe in Brawl, ' and ', are not present in the Pikmin games themselves; rather, they were chart singles by the band released to promote the series in Japan. ', an abridged cover of Ai no Uta, was used for Pikmin's advertising in France and subsequently featured in Brawl''.
 * Street Fighter Alpha (1996 manga): The Shin Shoryuken debuted in this manga, where it was used by Ryu in his final fight against M. Bison. However, instead of the strong 3-hit combo seen in games like ', it was simply a single strong Shoryuken with lightning effects. Some games, like the Marvel vs. Capcom series and the upcoming ', combine the strong 3-hit combo with the lightning effects from the manga.
 * : Karin Kanzuki, a character who debuted in this manga adaptation, appears as a Spirit.
 * Street Fighter III: Ryu Final: The animation of Ryu's Focus Attack is based on the Kaze no Kobushi, an attack that was created for this manga and has since been frequently referenced, but not directly used, in the Street Fighter games.
 * : One of Luigi's costumes in Smash 4 and Ultimate is reminiscent to his appearance in the movie.
 * Super Metroid Nintendo Power comic: This Nintendo Power comic is the first source to reveal the backstory of Samus Aran, the sole survivor of the Space Pirates' raid on K-2L. This backstory is referenced by Samus's classic and unmasked trophies in Melee. The Metroid games themselves would not allude to this backstory until the Child Mode endings of Metroid Fusion, released after Melee.
 * : The artwork used for Nina William's spirit in Ultimate is sourced from this movie.

Other media
These franchises did not originate or are not based on video games in any way, and are only represented in Smash by technicality.
 * : A fictional French thief and the titular character of a series of stories written by Maurice Leblanc. Arsène, a Persona that debuted in  and appeared in Ultimate alongside Joker, is loosely inspired by this character.
 *  is a Japanese manufacturing company that specializes in the production of professional microphones, headphones, turntables, among other audio equipment. The Persona 3 Protagonist's earphones are modeled after the ATH-EQ300M SV clip-on earphones, which appear in the character's Mii Costume.
 * : A female vampire and the titular character of the early vampire novel of the same name by Josep Sheridan Le Fanu. A very loose interpretation of Carmilla is first seen in , and this version appears in Dracula's Castle in Ultimate.
 * : Verses taken from some of the poems featured in this medieval collection are used as the lyrics of ; specifically, verses taken from , Estuans interius, Veni, veni, venias, and Ave formosissima.
 * ChocoBall: A Japanese brand of chocolate-coated malt balls, similar to America's Whoppers or Britain's Maltesers. Pyoro, a series character who appears as a Spirit in Ultimate and background element on the Gamer stage, is a parody of ChocoBall's mascot,.
 * : A vampire and the titular character of Bram Stoker's novel of the same name. Dracula is a recurring antagonist in the Castlevania franchise, and the depiction of Dracula from  is the basis for the boss character in Ultimate. Jonathan Morris's surname is a reference to the novel character Quincey Morris.
 * : Alucard is loosely inspired by the main character of this Universal film, Count Alucard.
 * : A police crime drama about detective Joe Friday. The Game Start jingle from Donkey Kong, which is used in Smash in the 75m stage whenever Donkey Kong steps into the foreground and incorporated in a few remixes, is based on a portion of Danger Ahead, the famous brass cue that plays before the Dragnet March, the theme song of Dragnet. The Danger Ahead cue is itself based on a cue from the 1946 movie The Killers.
 * : A tabletop role-playing game designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The, a shapeshifting monster created for the game in 1977, serves as the inspiration for both the creature of the same name from the Dragon Quest series and the Mimicutie.
 * : A chamber ensemble piece originally composed by . The "" track, which is based on the level begin tune from the original arcade game, uses a short excerpt of this piece.
 * : A science fiction/horror novel written by Mary Shelley. The Creature in Dracula's Castle is inspired by the monster in this novel, particularly its portrayal by Boris Karloff in the 1931 film adaptation.
 * : A martial arts film starring, written and directed by in his final film project, as he died during production. The outfit Bruce Lee wears throughout the film was the inspiration for Bayonetta's yellow costume in , which itself inspired her yellow costume in Smash.
 * : An English folk song. The "" track from Kid Icarus includes a short excerpt of this song.
 * : A long running kaiju/tokusatsu franchise, which spawned from a drama/horror movie from 1954 inspired by the 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the 1953 movie The Beast from 50,000 Fathoms. A few Pokemon like Palkia and Solgaleo use modified versions of some of the monster's roars, taken directly from the 2006 CD Godzilla: Sound EFX / BGM on Japanese Film. One of Rathalos' roars samples 's roar from the 1991 film .
 * Goro Maze-Solving Robot: A series of two robots designed by Namco for competitions. The titular character of the  series, appearing in the Namco Roulette, originated as one of these robots, with the game being inspired by the competitions.
 * : A religion/pantheon of myths that originate from Greece around the 18th century B.C. Serves as the basis of aspects from multiple universes, including:
 * is heavily influenced by Greek mythology, and the series itself is named after the myth of (which likely serves as the inspiration for Pit's inability to fly). Many characters from Kid Icarus are directly named after figures from Greek mythology, including, Pandora, , and . Palutena's name is derived from Pallas Athena.  and  are likely based upon the mythological creatures  and , respectively.
 * The Medusa Heads from are based upon Medusa, a monster featured in Greek mythology.
 * The character of Heracles from the series is based on the demigod of the same name.
 * The titular character of is based loosely upon the Greek goddess of the same name, which in turn was followed up by  and its protagonist Athena Asamiya, who appears as a spirit and a background character on King of Fighters Stadium.
 * : A pantheon of myths originating from Japan. Serves as the basis of aspects from multiple universes, including:
 * : Goemon, a Japanese folk hero based on an outlaw from the 16th century, serves as the basis for a Konami character of the same name, whose appearance inspires a Mii costume in Ultimate.
 * The universe is based upon traditional Japanese folklore, including the stories of  and, among others.
 * : An ancient Chinese novel and legend depicting the adventures of Sun Wukong the monkey king, known as Son Gokū in Japanese. The  universe is based upon this novel, with its main character Goku being based upon the Monkey King.
 * : A 19th century Russian folk song, based on a poem by . The "" track is based on this song.
 * ''': Various characters from this multimedia company's comic books, such as the and the, are referenced in the Palutena's Guidance for Ryu. Namely, Viridi's line "cyborgs, androids, mutants, giant monsters, super heroes, aliens, and demons," referring to the ' series, in which both Ryu and the aforementioned characters are playable.
 * : An anthropomorphic cartoon mouse created in 1928 by Walt Disney, serving as the main character of the eponymous franchise and the mascot of Disney. Mickey's emblem appears as the keychain of 's Keyblade; however, references to him and other Disney characters are otherwise minimized in Smash.
 * : A religion/pantheon of myths from the north Germanic people in modern day Scandinavia. Serves as the basis of aspects from multiple universes, including:
 * The Kraken from is inspired by the mythological creature from Nordic folklore.
 * Odin from is based upon the Norse god.
 * The eponymous feature of Yggdrasil's Altar, and the World Tree seen briefly in the background of Cloud Sea of Alrest, originate from the Norse legend of.
 * Valkyrie, a character who appears in Namco Roulette, is inspired by the Norse mythological figures of the same name.
 * : A play and novel by J. M. Barrie, telling the tale of, the boy who never grew up, famous for being able to fly with a combination of happy thoughts and fairy dust. The plot was later adapted into a film by Walt Disney in 1953, which is one of the more famous adaptations. Link's original green look is based off the design of Peter Pan (with his association with fairies paying homage to ), and Sora's on-screen appearance features him flying around using the power of flight he obtained from Neverland in the original Kingdom Hearts.
 * : A historical fiction novel written by Stephen Crane. A very loose depiction of Henry Fleming, the main protagonist of the novel, appears as a character in Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., which appears as a spirit in Ultimate.
 * : A product of unmanned aerial vehicles developed by . As a result of it appearing within the series, Snake's up special in all of his appearances utilizes the Cypher.
 * : A science-fantasy multimedia franchise created by . The Beam Sword is loosely based upon the, using similar sound effects in the Japanese version of 64; the international release of 64 and all versions of Melee had more distinct sound effects, but all versions of the series from Brawl onward use similar sounds to the original Japanese 64.
 * : A self-help book written by Japanese neuroscientist . The universe is based upon this book, and Dr. Kawashima himself appears as an Assist Trophy. Dr. Kawashima is notably the only real-life person to have directly appeared in the Super Smash Bros. series.
 * : The debut studio album by English post-punk band . The design of the shirt that Travis Touchdown wears in the artwork for his spirit is a parody of the album's cover art.
 * : A toy company from California, USA, known for novelties such as the Frisbee, the Hula Hoop, or the Slip 'N Slide. The trophy of Disc Dog from Wii Sports Resort is called Frisbee® Dog on the PAL English version of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and the Super Hoop is referred to as Super Hula Hoop™ in Canadian French versions of Ultimate.
 * : A toy company from California, USA, known for novelties such as the Frisbee, the Hula Hoop, or the Slip 'N Slide. The trophy of Disc Dog from Wii Sports Resort is called Frisbee® Dog on the PAL English version of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and the Super Hoop is referred to as Super Hula Hoop™ in Canadian French versions of Ultimate.