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An Assist Trophy is an item that, when grabbed, summons a character out of various origins to temporarily aid the holder. Assist Trophies function nearly identical to Poké Balls, however, no Pokémon come out of them, and once an Assist Trophy is grabbed, it is automatically activated only if the holder is standing on the ground without any lag of any kind. Unlike the Poké Ball, Assist Trophies can be eaten.

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, some Assist Trophies must be unlocked in order to be used, such as Isaac from Golden Sun.

In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, some Assist Trophies can be 'defeated' by attacking them, which will make them disappear quickly. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, most of the Assist Trophies can be KO'ed just like any other fighter by dealing enough damage, which gives the player a point. Hence, most of them can be grabbed by the players and are affected with items, but they can also air-dodge similar to that in Melee. They can also be KO'ed by the player who summoned them to avoid others to KO it for a point.

Originally, only one Assist Trophy can be used at any given time. The next Assist Trophy will not appear until the data for the character it will release is fully loaded.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, this has changed. Multiple assist trophies can be active at the same time, creating unique combinations. Some assist trophies will attack enemy assist trophies in addition to the other fighters.

There's a rule for this: only damageable Assist Trophies can be at the same time with another, with the exception of Ghosts, which can be defeated but cannot be with other Assist Trophies at the same time. Non-damageable Assist Trophies still can only appear one at a time. Some Assist Trophies cannot be summoned at specific stages due to platform limitations or because they also made a cameo appearance in the background, such as the Moon in Great Bay.

Some Assist Trophies can show unexpectedly as enemies in spirit battles, or are present as mini-bosses in World of Light.

List of Assist Trophies

This is a list of the every Assist Trophy in the Super Smash Bros. series. Shaded cells denote unlockable Trophies in Brawl.

Starter	Unlockable

Trophy	Universe	Debut	Description	KO'd^[1]
Akira	Super Smash Bros.	Virtua Fighter (Arcade)	Akira attacks the opponents and blocks any physical attacks from them.	Y	N	N	Y
Alucard	Castlevania	Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse (NES)	Alucard slashes at players several times and transforms into a bat to attack. He can also dodge if tried to attack him, making him tricky to KO.	Y	N	N	Y
Andross	Star Fox	Star Fox (SNES)	Andross appears in the background and shoots tiles at the players.	N	Y	Y	Y
Arcade Bunny	Super Smash Bros.	Nintendo Badge Arcade (3DS)	Summons a claw above the stage that grabs any enemies, pulls them up, and drops them. The number on the claw shows the number of tries before it disappears.	N	N	N	Y
Ashley	Wario	WarioWare Touched! (DS)	Ashley possesses a purple cloud that will make anyone in the dark zone take damage and possibly end up buried in the ground. Players also disappear for a few seconds within the cloud. If someone eats food in the dark zone, they will receive damage instead.	N	N	Y	Y
Barbara	Super Smash Bros.	Daigasso! Band Brothers (DS)	Barbara strums on her guitar creating damaging soundwaves, similar to Konga Beat, but with less range and duration. Unlock in Brawl: Obtain twenty five Songs.	-	Y	N	N
Black Knight	Fire Emblem	Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (GC)	Black Knight uses strong slash attacks to his opponents, though he walks very slowly, but doesn't flinch with standard attacks.	Y	N	N	Y
Bomberman	Super Smash Bros.	Bomberman (NES)	Bomberman appears and places his bombs on the ground which explode in four directions. His bombs can also be attacked by other opponents to backfire him or other opponents.	Y	N	N	Y
Burrowing Snagret	Pikmin	Pikmin (GameCube)	Burrowing Snagret pops up from the ground and pecks at the enemies when they are near it. Might get stunned if attacked from back while pecking.	Y	N	N	Y
Chain Chomp	Mario	Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)	Chain Chomp can try to reach the opponent quickly to attack them.	Y	N	Y	Y
Chef Kawasaki	Kirby	Kirby Super Star (SNES)	Chef Kawasaki attacks by throwing plates. He ends by pulling fighters with his ladle and then cooks them in a pot, damaging them, then splashes them out, leaving some food.	Y	N	N	Y
Color TV-Game 15	Super Smash Bros.	PONG (Color TV-Game 15)	2 paddles from the video game "Pong" appear on the edges of the screen, hitting a ball back and forth that can injure players. The paddles can also damage players on contact.	Y	N	Y	Y
Dark Samus	Metroid	Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (GC)	Dark Samus is seen shooting beams rapidly and unveiling blue tentacles around her. Became a playable character in Ultimate	-	N	Y	N^[2]
Devil EUR: Demon	Super Smash Bros.	Devil World (NES)	Devil shirfts the stage boundaries. However, Hoop Damage is not added if you are out of the boundaries the Devil creates.	N	Y	Y	Y
Dillon	Super Smash Bros.	Dillon's Rolling Western (3DS)	His attack involves rolling a quick charge. He proceeds to charge up one last time, turning yellow, repeatedly dealing damage while doing so, and shoots off the screen.	Y	N	Y	Y
Dr. Kawashima	Nintendo DS	Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! (DS)	He flings bubbled numbers at the fighters, which can be attacked to change their direction. When they collide and form a "10", a giant explosion occurs. A number greater than 10 will create a small, weak explosion, while a number lesser than 10 will fly as usual.	N	N	Y	Y
Dr. Wright	Super Smash Bros.	SimCity (SNES)	Dr. Wright summons buildings to rise up out of the ground. This damages opponents who are standing in the area of the building, and produces great vertical knockback. Occasionally makes a massive skyscraper.	Y	Y	Y	Y
Elec Man	Mega Man	Mega Man (NES)	Elec Man shoots his signature Thunder Beam horizontally and vertically.	-	N	Y	N
Excitebikes	Super Smash Bros.	Excitebike (NES)	Excitebike racers ride around the stage causing damage to those they collide with. Some of them, if on a stage with an edge, will go back and forth until their time runs out.	-	Y	N	N
Flies & Hand	Mario	Mario Paint (SNES)	Flies appear on-screen and a hand with a fly swatter swats the flies and opponents.	Y	N	N	Y
Ghirahim	Zelda	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii)	Ghirahim moves acrobatically across the stage, attacking with a sword and knives. Any projectiles thrown at him are reflected.	Y	N	Y	Y
Guile	Street Fighter	Street Fighter II (Arcade)	Guile crouches to the ground, and when his opponents gets closer to him, he attacks them with his Flash Kick. Can also blocks projectiles.	Y	N	N	Y
Ghosts	Pac-Man	Pac-Man (Arcade)	Original Pac-Man enemies, Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde. They move in the air, damaging other players that touch them. Each ghost have a unique movement pattern.	Y	N	Y	Y
Gray Fox	Metal Gear	Metal Gear (MSX)	Frank Jaeger, the Gray Fox, runs around slashing opponents. Also reflects stray projectiles. Unlock in Brawl: Unlocked with Snake.	Y	Y	N	Y
Hammer Bro	Mario	Super Mario Bros. (NES)	Hammer Bro throws hammers in an arc to the opponents by either standing or jumping.	Y	Y	Y	Y
Helirin	Super Smash Bros.	Kuru Kuru Kururin (GBA)	Helirin floats around the stage while rotating, acting as a solid platform or wall.	-	Y	N	N
Infantry & Tanks	Super Smash Bros.	Famicom Wars (Famicom)	The Advance Wars infantry and tank sprites roam across the stage shooting at players. When spawned, they follow the direction of the summoner. Unlock in Brawl: Play 300 Battles.	-	Y	Y	N
Isaac JP: Robin	Super Smash Bros.	Golden Sun (GBA)	Isaac pushes opponents off the stage by using a skill called Move, represented by giant magic hands. It can be dodged and escaped. However, escaping is just about impossible unless you're on the tip of the hand. Unlock in Brawl: Play 200 battles. In Ultimate, he can also grabs opponents upwards and pounds then into the ground.	Y	Y	N	Y
Isabelle	Animal Crossing	Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS)	Isabelle will toss various fruits at the one who summons her, healing them upon touch. Other opponents can also heal themselves with these fruits by picking them. Became a playable character in Ultimate	-	N	Y	N^[2]
Jeff	Earthbound	Earthbound (SNES)	Jeff Andonuts shoots 5 homing rockets from his Multi Bottle Rocket five invention (four small and one large) at his opponents. Sometimes fires a second round.	N	Y	Y	Y
Jill JP: Dori Kururi & Rasanda 8	Super Smash Bros.	Drill Dozer (GBA)	Jill attacks opponents with her drill, sometimes getting stuck.	-	Y	N	N
Kapp'n	Animal Crossing	Animal Crossing (N64)	Drives his bus to off-screen. Carries away a fighter who got hit by the bus, while others get knockback. Can be escaped like any grab.	N	N	N	Y
Kat & Ana	Wario	WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! (GBA)	Kat and Ana fly in different directions, slashing at anybody in front of them. However, they always cross in the same spot.	-	Y	Y	N
Klaptrap	Donkey Kong	Donkey Kong Country (SNES)	Klaptrap walks around, latches on fighters and bites them constantly.	Y	N	N	Y
Knuckle Joe	Kirby	Kirby Super Star (SNES)	Knuckle Joe delivers a series of Vulcan Jabs to his opponents and finishes with either a Smash Punch or an uppercut attack named Rising Break.	Y	Y	Y	Y
Knuckles	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Genesis)	Attacks enemies with his fists and also does homing attacks similar to Sonic. Can also go underground to do stealth attacks. Any enemies on ground will be buried.	Y	N	N	Y
Krystal	Star Fox	Star Fox Adventures (GC)	Attacks other fighters with her staff and does ice attacks with it.	Y	N	N	Y
Lakitu and Spinies JP: Jugem	Mario	Super Mario Bros. (NES)	Lakitu drops Spinies onto the field, spiking opponents on the way down. Upon landing, the Spinies walk around giving damage to opponents. Lakitu can be knocked off the screen or killed.	-	Y	Y	N
Little Mac	Punch-Out!!	Punch-Out!! (Arcade)	Little Mac runs around punching opponents. *Became a playable character in 3DS/Wii U* onwards**	-	Y	N	N^[3]
Lyn	Fire Emblem	Fire Emblem (GBA)	The screen darkens, as Lyn focuses and then having teleported, she delivers a single, powerful strike focused on the nearest opponent, similar to Galaxia Darkness in animation and knockback.	Y	Y	Y	Y
Magnus	Kid Icarus	Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS)	Magnus attacks by swinging his sword, and jumping and then swinging his sword. Can meteor smash airborne opponents.	-	N	Y	N
Metroid	Metroid	Metroid (NES)	A Metroid latches onto players and repeatedly gives them damage. Can be attacked and shaken off, but prevents the victim from using recovery moves. However, if done right, the character can spam recovery moves indefinitely until the Metroid disappears. It can be defeated only with ice attacks or damaging it when frozen.	Y	Y	Y	Y
Midna	Zelda	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GC/Wii)	Midna uses her hair to grab an opponent and swing it at any part of the stage. Ocassionally teleports around the stage if she is idle.	Y	N	Y	Y
Moon	Zelda	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)	Comes in from the background of the stage and covers a great portion of it. It makes a very powerful impact and deals repeated damage to all fighters it hits before eventually exploding, launching them away with great knockback.	N	N	N	Y
Mother Brain	Metroid	Metroid (NES)	Appears in a beaker and shoots a rainbow-colored laser from its eye. She is also protected by Rinka enemies. Becomes vulnerable after her laser attack.	Y	N	Y	Y
Mr. Resetti	Animal Crossing	Animal Crossing (N64/GC)	Mr. Resetti gives speeches about different topics. If attacked, he will keep talking. If attacked too much, he causes an explosion.	-	Y	N	N
Nintendog	Nintendo DS	Nintendogs (DS)	A "Nintendog" (Either a Labrador Retriever in Brawl, a French Bulldog in 3DS/Wii U, or a Toy Poodle in Ultimate) blocks the screen.	N	Y	Y	Y
Nightmare	Kirby	Kirby's Adventure (NES)	Nightmare appears as the power orb before reverting to his wizard form, upon which he engulfs the screen into complete darkness. This effect causes players to attack blindly.	N	N	Y	Y
Nikki	Super Smash Bros.	Swapnote (3DS)	Nikki appears in front of a screen and draws various creatures and objects on her Nintendo 3DS which ultimately come to life on the battlefield, acting as potential hazards.	N	N	N	Y
Phosphora	Kid Icarus	Kid Icarus: Uprising (3DS)	Phosphora soars through the air at a high speed, shooting lightning bolts.	Y	N	Y	Y
Prince of Sablé	Super Smash Bros.	Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru (GB)	Transforms into a snake or a frog, and unloads multiple attacks on any opponent he catches.	Y	N	Y	Y
Rathalos	Super Smash Bros.	Monster Hunter (PS2)	Flies across the stage and do aerial attacks, and also blast fireballs onto the opponents.	Y	N	N	Y
Ray MK III	Super Smash Bros.	Custom Robo Arena (DS)	Ray MK III flies around the stage shooting missiles and green energy bullets. Unlock in Brawl: Play 100 Brawls	-	Y	N	N
Riki	Xenoblade	Xenoblade Chronicles (Wii)	Attacks using Arts such as Happy Happy, which heals all characters within its vicinity, Freezinate, which freezes opponents, Yoink!, which causes those within the vicinity to trip, and Bedtime, which puts opponents to sleep.	N	N	Y	Y
Rodin	Bayonetta	Bayonetta (Xbox 360/PS3/Wii U/Switch)	Rodin appears and punches the enemies with his giant arms through the portals. Also uses heel kicks similar to Bayonetta.	Y	N	N	Y
Saki Amamiya	Super Smash Bros.	Sin & Punishment (N64)	Saki Amamiya slashes and fires with his Dolphin Gun.	-	Y	Y	N
Samurai Goroh	F-Zero	F-Zero (SNES)	Samurai Goroh slashes his swords while chasing opponents. Can jump to reach airborne opponents.	Y	Y	Y	Y
Shadow the Hedgehog	Sonic the Hedgehog	Sonic Adventure 2 (Dreamcast)	Shadow slows down time with Chaos Control, similar to the Timer item, but with shorter duration. The summoner continues to move at normal speed. Unlock in Brawl: Unlocked with Sonic. In Ultimate, he will also freeze opposing players in place before leaving.	N	Y	Y	Y
Sheriff	Super Smash Bros.	Sheriff (Arcade)	From homonym 1979 Nintendo`s arcade game, he will shoot at the opponents at various directions.	Y	N	Y	Y
Shovel Knight	Super Smash Bros.	Shovel Knight (3DS/Wii U/Switch/PC/PS3/PS4/Xbox One)	Attacks with his Shovel Blade by digging out dirt and his signature Shovel Drop. Also digs out food from the ground.	Y	N	N	Y
Skull Kid	Zelda	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)	Skull Kid summons a variety of effects such as flipping the screen in different directions, reversing player controls, and making players invisible in his cloud.	N	N	Y	Y
Spring Man	Super Smash Bros.	ARMS (Switch)	Spring Man punches his opponents with his very long arms and ends with a special attack.	Y	N	N	Y
Squid Sisters	Splatoon	Splatoon (Wii U)	Performs a concert and the stage blast line will shrink over and over.	N	N	N	Y
Starfy JP: Stafy	Super Smash Bros.	Densetsu no Stafy (GBA)	Starfy spins, damaging players. Provides very little knockback.	Y	Y	Y	Y
Starman	Earthbound	Mother (NES)	Starman teleports at random parts of the stage while shooting out lightning bolts from his eye. Shows the message "SMAAASH!" from the game Earthbound after defeated.	Y	N	Y	Y
Sukapon	Super Smash Bros.	Joy Mech Fight (Famicom)	Sukapon appears and throws the enemies in different directions. It also attacks by throwing its head.	Y	N	N	Y
Takamaru	Super Smash Bros.	The Mysterious Murasame Castle (NES)	Takamaru uses his Multidirectional Pinwheel Knife Rook Attack and slashes with his sword.	Y	N	Y	Y
Thwomp	Mario	Super Mario Bros. 3 (NES)	Thwomp crushes his opponents, but only when they are near him.	N	N	N	Y
Tiki	Fire Emblem	Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi) (Famicom)	Tiki transforms into her Manakete form and breathes fire at the opponents.	Y	N	N	Y
Tingle	Zelda	The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)	Tingle randomly summons a variety of strange effects (see article).	-	Y	Y	N^[4]
Vince	Super Smash Bros.	Art Academy: First Semester (DSiWare)	Vince draws his paintings to blind all the opponents.	N	N	N	Y
Waluigi	Mario	Mario Tennis (N64)	Waluigi repeatedly stomps players into the ground. This onslaught is followed by either a strong kick or a strike from his tennis racket. If an opponent is in the air, Waluigi will jump up and repeatedly send his foot downwards, meteor smashing any opponent he comes in contact with.	Y	Y	Y	Y
Wily Capsule	Mega Man	Mega Man (NES)	Dr. Wily pilots his Wily Capsule from Mega Man 7 and attacks the opponents with his orbs. However, when his Wily Capsule is destroyed, Dr. Wily surrenders and begs for mercy.	Y	N	N	Y
Yuri Kozukata	Super Smash Bros.	Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water (Wii U)	Yuri uses her camera to take pictures at the opponents, and when she does, it will damage and stun them.	N	N	N	Y
Zero	Mega Man	Mega Man X (SNES)	Zero uses his beam sword to do slash attacks and beam attacks.	Y	N	N	Y
Total					27	39	59

↑ In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Became a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
↑ Became a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U and Ultimate.
↑ Present in Great Bay as a cameo.

Trophy Description

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

A capsule that contains characters who will help you out in battle. You won't know who's in the capsule until you open it. It may be someone everyone knows or someone who's a bit of a mystery. The majority of these characters are invulnerable, so attacking them is not an option. You know what that means, right? RUN!

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

This strange capsule contains a guest character who will aid you in your battle. Who will emerge? Grab it to find out! Maybe it'll be a famous character from a popular game, or perhaps a goofy sidekick here to prove his or her worth. Too bad you can't choose who shows up or control them...

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Trivia

Hammer Bro. is the only Assist Trophy character to appear as an enemy in the Subspace Emissary.
In Classic Mode, if the character who summoned an assist trophy dies, the assist trophy goes away. However, this does not happen in All-Star mode.
In the GameCube preview issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, the Smash Bros Melee article comments that Nintendo originally tried to implement Assist Trophies in Melee. The only trophy concept they gave details on was one that would release the ducks from Duck Hunt to fly around the stage and interfere with the fighters.
Oddly, they appear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate despite regular trophies being absent.
Fans show dissapointment when a specific character is announced as an Assist Trophy because they were hoping to see the character playable in the installment while there is no source of confirmation that being an Assist Trophy disqualify the character from being a playable fighter. Fans were more vocal at the Assist Trophy announcement of a character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This has happened to Waluigi, Bomberman, Knuckles, Krystal, Shadow the Hedgehog, Lyn, Isaac, Zero, Spring Man, Ashley, Black Knight, Midna, Skull Kid and Shovel Knight

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Assist Trophies
Introduced in	Andross · Barbara · Devil · Dr. Wright · Excitebikes · Gray Fox · Hammer Bro. · Helirin · Isaac · Infantry & Tanks · Jeff Andonuts · Jill · Kat & Ana · Knuckle Joe · Lakitu and Spinies · Little Mac · Lyn · Metroid · Mr. Resetti · Nintendog · Ray MK III · Saki Amamiya · Samurai Goroh · Shadow the Hedgehog · Starfy · Tingle · Waluigi
Introduced in	Ashley · Chain Chomp · Color TV-Game 15 · Dark Samus · Dillon · Dr. Kawashima · Elec Man · Ghirahim · Ghosts · Isabelle · Magnus · Midna · Mother Brain · Nightmare · Phosphora · Prince of Sablé · Riki · Sheriff · Skull Kid · Starman · Takamaru
Introduced in	Akira Yuki · Alucard · Arcade Bunny · Black Knight · Bomberman · Burrowing Snagret · Chef Kawasaki · Flies & Hand · Guile · Kapp'n · Knuckles the Echidna · Krystal · Moon · Nikki · Rathalos · Rodin · Shovel Knight · Spring Man · Squid Sisters · Sukapon · Thwomp · Tiki · Vince · Wily Capsule · Yuri Kozukata · Zero

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[1] In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

[playultimate-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Became a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

[3] Became a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U and Ultimate.

[4] Present in Great Bay as a cameo.

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