Malt Shop (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how the Malt Shop appears in Super Smash Stadium. For information about it in general, see its article on the Scooby-Doo Wiki.
Making history on Super Smash Stadium by being the only retired stage to come back, the Malt Shop is (once again) an active stage on the show.
It initially debuted on the Season 32 premiere and is the 96th stage to debut overall. In its original form, it barely lasted that season and saw only 15 playings. However, on the Season 43 premiere, the stage came back with an all-new appearance as well as new characters for whom it was the home stage (also, a new Assist Trophy, making it the only stage to have changed Assists). Curiously, it's still considered a Scooby-Doo universe stage even though its current incarnation is almost fully based on St. Clair Publications properties; Alex likely did this out of respect.
==Stage overview==
You fight inside what's essentially a modern version of a 1950's-style diner (or Saloon). The bottom kill zone is completely blocked off while the side kill zones are walk-offs. A cash register sits on the left side, with multiple swivel stools in front of it, while tables exist off to the right. These are all soft platforms. There's also a jukebox in the middle, which may change the stage music if attacked hard enough. Finally, if you jump high enough, you can reach the roof on the outside of the stage, the primary way to access the kill zones. The roof is flat. Characters go behind the soda glass and hamburger seen on the storefront sign. The roof is also a soft platform.
==Changes==
The first version of the stage was supposed to make history in the Smash Bros. franchise by being a "two-tiered" stage in which you could fight on the outside, in front of the entrance, as well as the inside. In practice, however, this was too hard to film, and the automatic doors had a nasty tendency to malfunction, so after just two playings, the stage went to outside-only. For most fans, the appeal of the stage was, therefore, lost. The blue parts of the current stage were also red in this version.
The current version of the stage is set up similarly to the since-defunct Luigi's Mansion, or Tomodachi Life (which currently isn't a stage on SSS).
==Why it was retired the first time==
Already noted above.
==In its own universe==
In the Scooby-Doo series, the Malt Shop, or an equivalent thereof, was a common hangout spot for the Mystery Inc. crew. It technically only exists under that name in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!; however, St. Clair Publications brought it back with the more modern appearance seen on the stage. In SP canon (at least, as of Back to Coolsville), the Malt Shop apparently closed in 1980 but reopened in 1997; 1980 represents the apparent "death" of the Scooby-Doo franchise with Scrappy-Doo and the show going to a "three shorts" format that got rid of Fred, Daphne, and Velma, while 1997 represents the franchise's "revival" through Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island.