Victory Pose

A victory pose is a short (often random) animation that any character does after winning a match while the losers stand in the background, applauding politely. Typically, every character will have three different poses that can be performed at the end of a match by holding down a certain button.

Mario

 * Jumps and turns around with one arm in the air.
 * Spins arm and punches screen
 * Does a little dance then stop in front of the screen.

Donkey Kong

 * Shakes arms above head 2 times
 * Flexes
 * Thumps chest

Link

 * Kneels while sheathing his sword.
 * Swings around with back turned
 * Flashes sword upwards

Samus

 * Flashes gun towards screen
 * Shoots fire upwards
 * Cocks gun

Yoshi

 * Twirls and waves
 * Throws around punches
 * Twirls and kneels

Kirby

 * Does several handstands across screen
 * Slides across screen
 * Kirby has only two poses

Fox

 * Scoffs
 * Points gun
 * Swirls gun into holster

Pikachu

 * Sleeps
 * Scratches right ear
 * Backflip and twirl

Jigglypuff

 * Jiggles
 * Nods
 * Rests

Ness

 * Jumps and nods confidently
 * Looks over shoulders and scratches head grinning
 * Swings bat

Captain Falcon

 * Kicks up
 * Kneels in a determined pose
 * Brings arm up then down confidently

Mario

 * Does a short spin-jump and lands in a strong-man pose shouting "Here we go!"
 * Winds up for a punch and steps forward shouting "Here we go!"
 * Makes fire explode from his palm and strikes a pose

Dr. Mario

 * Holds out his stethoscope
 * Throws two pills, dusts his hands off, and then pulls out the same pills he already threw while laughing triumphantly
 * Does a short spin-jump and lands in a strong-man pose shouting "Here we go!"

Link

 * Cuts the air three times and turns his back to the camera
 * Cuts the air once, spins his sword and sheaths it
 * Puts his sword and shield together and then raises his sword high into the air

Captain Falcon

 * Does a spinning flying kick and comes down in a kneeling pose
 * Crouches low then spins upward with a roundhouse kick
 * Kneels and thrusts his chest forward shouting

Donkey Kong

 * Does a backflip, flexes his biceps and roars
 * Beats his chest and grunts
 * Waves his hands in a fist over his head

Bowser

 * Steps forward, builds up a little and roars
 * Spins around in his shell and comes out laughing
 * Takes two steps forward while swiping with his claws twice

Luigi

 * Falls down twice as stiff as a board
 * Childishly swings at the air and glares at the camera
 * Turns around and makes gun motions with his fingers saying "Let's-a go!"

Pikachu

 * Sleeps
 * Ears perk, he scratches his left ear
 * Backflip, aerial spin an inch off the ground, and says "Pika Pikaaaaaa!"

Bowser

 * Steps forward, builds up a little and roars.
 * Spins around in his shell and comes out laughing.
 * Takes two steps forward while swiping with his claws twice.

Captain Falcon

 * Does three consecutive roundhouse kicks
 * Two jump kicks
 * Charges up red energy

Diddy Kong

 * Shoots the air with his Peanut Popguns
 * Spins with his Rocket Barrels then faces the screen, dancing with hands on his head and chin
 * Does a small dance, then holds still in a breakdance-like pose, clapping his feet together

Donkey Kong

 * Beats his chest
 * Hands above his head together, he moves them side to side
 * Does a backflip, holds up his arms

Falco

 * Dashes from the sky and poses on the ground
 * Does rapid kicks and says "Had enough already?"
 * Crossing his arms, he looks upward and says "You aren't worth the trouble!"
 * (When fighting Fox he says "You're off your game, Fox" while doing the second pose)

Fox

 * Crosses his arms, looks upward
 * Points with his gun, puts it back in it's holdster, and says "This is Fox. Returning to base."
 * Poses with his gun saying "Mission complete."
 * (When against Falco, he says, "Better luck next time, Falco." while doing the second pose.)

Ganondorf

 * Evil laugh
 * Punches, then holds a chest block
 * Makes a "Yes!" pose

Ice Climbers

 * Popo and Nana sway from side to side in a straight line
 * Both nod and high five one another
 * Both jump up and down

Ike

 * (Up) Folds arms and says, "You'll get no sympathy from me."
 * (Left) Slashes sword twice and says, "I fight for my friends."
 * (Right) Performs Aether while facing the screen.

Ike's Up pose is noticeably out of character for Ike.

Jigglypuff

 * Rests, wakes up for a split second before resting again.
 * Jumps up two times, then an aerial flip
 * Attempts to bounce up, but ends up on her back

King Dedede

 * Pats his belly while a Waddle Dee stands in front of him
 * Spins his hammer
 * Slams his hammer down on his left side, does the same with his right

Kirby

 * Spins, holds his hand up
 * Does some flips, holds his hand up
 * Skids to each side, holds his hand up

Link

 * Gives two swipes of his sword, then sheathes it
 * Horizontal swipe with his sword, then holds it up, giving off a battle cry.
 * Three swipes with his sword, turns to his right.

Lucario

 * Poses and says "The aura is mine"
 * Poses and says "Behold the aura"
 * Faces to the right with his palm out in front of him and growls

Lucas

 * He bends down on one knee and shoots hexagonal PK shocks from his fingers in the air in front of him.
 * He pulls forcefully on a large needles (from Mother 3) before the large needle flies off-screen with a trail of sparkles while Lucas looks towards the screen.
 * With his back towards the screen, crouching, Lucas does something on the ground with a large stick before turning his head around towards the screen, saying "Hmm?".

Luigi

 * Turns around and makes gun motions with his fingers saying "Bang, bang."
 * Childishly swings his arms at the air and gasps twice with exhaustion.
 * Falls to the ground two times, stiff as a board.

Mario

 * Does a short spin-jump and lands in a strong-man pose.
 * Winds up for a punch and steps forward.
 * Makes fire explode from his palm and strikes a pose.

Marth

 * (Up) Sheaths his sword while speaking Japanese.
 * (Left) Turns with pride, spins his sword then clashes it to the ground, while speaking Japanese.
 * (Right) Poses with his sword sheathed and his right arm out. Its quite girly.

Meta Knight

 * Disappears while saying, "Come back when you can put up a fight"
 * Turns and spins his sword while saying "Victory... is my destiny" then hits it against the ground.
 * Flings out his cape and says "You have much yet to learn"

Mr. Game & Watch

 * Jumps up and down in the air
 * Does a bizarre form of disco dancing
 * Rings his bell

Ness

 * He jumps up and down twice, swinging his arms, before quickly nodding twice towards the screen with arms akimbo.
 * He swings his bat many times before holding the bat with his right hand, outstretched and pointing diagonally upwards.
 * He looks to his sides quickly before facing the screen, putting his hand on the back of his head.

Peach

 * Spins and waves to the screen, saying "Oh, did I win?"
 * Swings her arm out and puts it behind her, saying "Peachy!"
 * Turns to her left and says "This is fun!"

Pikachu

 * (Up) Ears perk, he scratches his left ear
 * (Left) Backflip, spins on the ground, ground, and says "Pii!"
 * (Right) Sleeps

Pikmin & Olimar

 * Olimar plucks various Pikmin, and each jumps on him before hitting the ground, until a Purple Pikmin lands on top of him.
 * Looks to the sides while three Pikmin run around him in a circle.
 * Waves his arms up and down as if he's fanning the player, or flexing.

Pit

 * Slashes with his swords and says "You can't defeat me!"
 * Bows with the bow in front of his face, then stands up and lifts bow, saying "Great Palutena, victory is ours!"
 * Slowly spins his Swords in front of him in one piece then stops saying "Too easy"

Squirtle

 * Squirts water in three directions, does a backflip, then poses.
 * Does some poses,spins around doing a breakdance move, and ends on his bottom scratching his head
 * Pokemon Trainer kneels down and hugs Squritle, who says "Squirtle Squirtle".

Ivysaur

 * Jumps and lands on his belly.
 * Stands in a battle-ready pose.
 * Pokemon Trainer pets him, and Ivysaur jumps on him, but Pokemon Trainer puts him down and continues to pet him.

Charizard

 * Roars up to the sky while flapping his wings.
 * Stomps and flaps his wings once while roaring.
 * Pokemon Trainer pets his head and hugs his neck.

R.O.B.

 * Fires blue beams, then flexes it's upper body
 * Spins around up a slight inch in the air, then lands
 * Spins its arms, moves them in a strongman pose

Samus

 * Readies her blaster
 * Punches then fires a shot from her blaster
 * Rapid fires three shots while on one knee

Zero Suit Samus

 * Side Kick flex
 * Cartwheels to the screen
 * Slashes with her energy whip and says "Be still."

Snake

 * Throws off his cardboard box disguise and stands up, saying "Not even close!"
 * Crawls forward a step and rolls into a crouching position, saying into his codec "This is Snake. I'm done here."
 * Seen in a crouching position from the side talking into his codec.

Sonic

 * He spins once and poses while holding a blue Chaos Emerald in his hand, and says "Too easy! Piece of cake!"
 * Runs off the screen, screeches back and gives a thumbs up, and says "Sonic's the name, speed's my game!"
 * He break-dances and then does a pose with his fist, and says "Hey, we should do this again sometime!"

Toon Link

 * He waves the Wind Waker baton.
 * He tries to catch a pig but ends up tripping and falling on his bottom.
 * He catches a pig and holds it above his head.

Wario

 * He does a donut on his bike and makes a "W" sign with his hand.
 * He laughs gloatingly and then falls over.
 * Pats his belly then farts, sniffs his behind, scratches his head

Wolf

 * With his back facing the screen, he raises his arm and then turns around to look at the screen while saying, "Weaklings, the bunch of you!"
 * He claws the air twice, pauses for a bit, and then does a kick before posing. During this, he says, "I'll be the one who'll... take you down."
 * He bends over a bit and snarls before standing up, crossing his arms, and laughs.
 * NOTE: When winning a match against Fox or Falco, he says, "Play time is over, Star Fox!" He performs the third victory animation.

Yoshi

 * Punches a few times, and then turns his back on the screen.
 * Looks up at the sky with his hands together, spins once, and gives a peace sign with his hand
 * Punches the air, then makes a "ta-da" pose.

Zelda

 * Conjures bright red magical energy
 * Turns her head to the left, making an elegant stance
 * Praying, she turns her head upward

Sheik

 * Two kicks, then a ninja stance
 * In a crouch, she slashes the air with her needles, then stands up
 * Keeps her mouth concealed