Crowd
The crowd is a group of unseen people that can be heard during matches in all games of the Super Smash Bros. series.
In Melee, having the crowd cheer for the player will earn them the "Crowd favorite" bonus, which is worth 2500 points. A player causing the crowd to gasp frequently during the match (at least 3 times every minute) will earn the player the "Master of suspense" bonus, also worth 2500 points. This is the only time in any of the Smash Bros. games the crowd can affect the match.
Causes of cheering
The crowd can occasionally be be heard cheering by shouting the name of a character that is used by a human player if they are at high damage and does something significant, such as KOing multiple opponents at once. Every character has a unique cheer chant in each of the Smash Bros. games.
In the original game, if a player can just make it back to the stage, after being knocked far away from the stage, the crowd will cheer for the player. The crowd also cheers if Ness absorbs a projectile with PSI Magnet, as well as if a character hits multiple characters or lands a powerful hit.
In Melee and Brawl, the crowd will gasp if the player gets close to the ledge after getting knocked off; they will also cheer loudly if the player hits multiple opponents with a powerful attack.
In Brawl, the crowd will also gasp whenever a Smash Ball or legendary Pokémon appears, with the exception of Latias and Latios.
Crowd chants
Chart of crowd cheers in Super Smash Bros.
- "-" represents a slight pause in the cheer, such as between syllables in a single word.
- "--" represents a longer pause in the cheer, such as between words.
- Words inside two * describe noises made by the crowd, and are not actual words in the cheer.
- Words in () are notes on the cheer, and are not part of the cheer itself.
| Name | Pitch | Description |
| Captain Falcon (SSB) | Group chant | Falcon!!! |
| Donkey Kong (SSB) | Group chant | Donkey Kong!! |
| Fox (SSB) | Group chant | Go - Fox!!! |
| Jigglypuff (SSB) | Group chant | Jigglypuff!!! |
| Kirby (SSB) | Group chant | Kirby!!! |
| Link (SSB) | Group chant | Go, Link!!! |
| Luigi (SSB) | Group chant | Luigi!! |
| Mario (SSB) | Group chant | Mario!! |
| Ness (SSB) | Group chant | Go - Ness!!! |
| Pikachu (SSB) | Group chant | Pikachu!! |
| Samus (SSB) | Group chant | Samus!!! |
| Yoshi (SSB) | Group chant | Yoshi!! |
List of crowd cheers in Super Smash Bros. Melee
- "-" represents a slight pause in the cheer, such as between syllables in a single word.
- "--" represents a longer pause in the cheer, such as between words.
- Words inside two * describe noises made by the crowd, and are not actual words in the cheer.
- Words in () are notes on the cheer, and are not part of the cheer itself.
| Name | Pitch | Description |
| Bowser (SSBM) | Group chant | Bow-Ser! |
| Captain Falcon (SSBM) | Group chant | Falcon -- Falcon! |
| Donkey Kong (SSBM) | Group chant | Donkey - Kong! |
| Dr. Mario (SSBM) | Group Chant | Go - Doc! |
| Falco (SSBM) | Deep male voices | Faaalll-cooo...! |
| Fox (SSBM) | Group chant | Go - Fox! |
| Ganondorf (SSBM) | Deep male voices | Gaaa-non-doorff...! |
| Ice Climbers (SSBM) | Group chants | Ice - Climbers! |
| Jigglypuff (SSBM) | Group Chant | Jig-Gly-Puff! |
| Kirby (SSBM) | Group Chant | Kirby -- Kirby! |
| Link (SSBM) | Group chant | Go - Link! |
| Luigi (SSBM) | Group Chant | Lu-I-Gi! |
| Mario (SSBM) | Group chant | Mar-Rio! |
| Marth (SSBM) | Group chant | Marth -- Marth -- Marth! |
| Mewtwo (SSBM) | Group Chant | Mewwww-Two! |
| Mr. Game and Watch (SSBM) | Group Chant | Game - And -Watch! |
| Ness (SSBM) | Group Chant | Ness -- Ness -- Ness! |
| Peach (SSBM) | Group chant | Go - Peach! |
| Pichu (SSBM) | Group Chant | Pi-Chu! |
| Pikachu (SSBM) | Group chant | Pika-Pika-Pikachu! |
| Roy (SSBM) | Group chant | Roy's - Our - Boy! |
| Samus (SSBM) | Group chant | Samus - Samus! |
| Yoshi (SSBM) | Group chant | Yooo-Shiii...! |
| Young Link (SSBM) | Group chant | Young - Link! |
| Zelda (SSBM) | Group chant | Zelda - Zelda - Hu! |
Chart of crowd cheers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- "-" represents a slight pause in the cheer, such as between syllables in a single word.
- "--" represents a longer pause in the cheer, such as between words.
- Words inside two * describe noises made by the crowd, and are not actual words in the cheer.
- Words in () are notes on the cheer, and are not part of the cheer itself.
| Name | Pitch | Description |
| Bowser | Deep male voices | Bow - Ser! |
| Captain Falcon | Mixed chant | Cap - Tain (high female voices) - Fal - Con! (deep male voices) |
| Diddy Kong | Group chant | Di - Ddy - Kong! |
| Donkey Kong | Group chant | Don - Key - Kong! |
| Falco | Group chant | Fal - Co! |
| Fox | Group chant | Fox - Fox - *clap clap clap* |
| Ganondorf | Deep male voices | Gan - On - Dorf! |
| Ice Climbers | Mixed chant | Na - Na! (high female voices) -- Po - Po! (low male voices) |
| Ike | Group chant | We - Like - Ike! |
| Jigglypuff | Group chant | Jig - gly - puff! |
| King Dedede | Group chant | Kiiiing -- De - de - de! |
| Kirby | High female voices | Kir - By! |
| Link | Group chant | Go - Link! *clap clap clap* |
| Lucario | High female voices | Lu - Ca - Ri - O! *clap clap clap clap* |
| Lucas | Group chant | Lu - Cas! |
| Luigi | Male voices | Lu - I - Gi! |
| Mario | Group chant | Ma - Ri - O! |
| Marth | High female voices | Marth - Marth - Marth! |
| Meta Knight | Deep male voices | Me - Ta - Knight! |
| Mr Game & Watch | High female voices | Mis - Ter -- Game - And - Watch! |
| Ness | High female voices | Ness - Ness - Ness - OOOO! |
| Olimar | Mixed chant | Pik - Min (high female voices) -- Oli - Mar! (deep male voices) |
| Peach | Group chant | Peach! |
| Pikachu | Group chant | Pika - Pika - Pikachu! |
| Pit | Group chant | Pit - *clap* |
| Pokémon Trainer | Group chant | Po - Ké - Mon! |
| R.O.B. | High female voices | R - O - B - R.O.B.! |
| Samus | Group chant | Sam - Us! |
| Sheik | Group chant | Sheik! |
| Snake | High female voices | Snake - Snake -- Snaaaaake! |
| Sonic | Group chant | Go - Go - So - Nic! |
| Toon Link | Group chant | Toon - Link! |
| Wario | Group chant | Wa - Ri - O! -- Cha - Cha - Cha! |
| Wolf | Group chant | Wooolf! - *howl* - Wooolf! - *different howl* |
| Yoshi | High female voices | Yo - Shi! |
| Zelda | Group chant | Zel - Da! |
| Zero Suit Samus | High female voices | Ze - Ro - Suit -- Sam - Us! |
Trivia
- The Japanese crowd cheer for Meta Knight is the same as the American cheer.
- Ike's cheer, "We Like Ike", is often associated with the presidential campaign of Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower.
- Luigi's cheer in Brawl is shouted by only a few people, in reference to the fact he is often overshadowed by his brother and ignored by others.
- Snake's cheer is a reference to Snake's death sequence from the Metal Gear Solid franchise, in which Otacon can be heard repeating Snake's name in the same manner as the crowd cheer.
- In Japanese versions of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, King Dedede's crowd cheer is different - as he is not known as a "King" in Japan, his crowd cheer is "De - De - De -- De De De -- De - De - De - De - De - De - De!"
