Paula (SSS)

:This article is strictly about how Paula appears on Super Smash Stadium. For information about her in general, see her article on the Earthbound Wiki.
Paula Jones is a playable character on Super Smash Stadium. She debuted close to the end of Season 6, alongside Magicant.
==In her own universe==
Paula is the first partner Ness meets in Earthbound. A resident of Twoson, her house also doubles as the Polestar Preschool, which she helps her parents with running. However, during the events of EB, Paula has been kidnapped by the Happy Happy Cult. She broadcasts a "signal" using her PK powers which Ness just happens to hear with his own developing powers, and rescues her, picking up a Franklin Badge in the process (which might explain why Magicant debuts the Badge for use on SSS).
Despite being the stereotypical "girly girl" (to a point where Nintendo of America clumsily rewrote a line about her crying to claiming she would've broken out of her prison herself had Ness not come), she is actually stronger than Ness in some aspects. Ness could not use PK Fire or PK Thunder in EB like he can in the Smash Bros. games and on SSS; it was Paula who used those techniques instead.
==Attributes==
Paula fits a character archetype of St. Clair Publications that dates back to at least Life in FCHS, where "girly" characters have strong mental abilities rather than physical. To that effect, almost all of her toolkit involves her PK in some way, and she has very few physical options. This makes her the inverse of Little Mac: she's got a ton of projectiles and can put the hurt/massive pressure on opponents from far away, but she has few good options close up. She's the most lightweight of the Earthbound cast.
She can also float, just as Peach can; however, it's not for quite as long.
===Changes===
...Yes.
===Moveset===
Entrance: Descends from a column of light.
Move Name	Description
Neutral Special:
PK Freeze	See Lucas. Paula's version of the move is stronger, can travel further out, and can freeze longer.
Kills at 120%.
Side Special:
Maxi-Mini	A combination of her PK Offense Up and PK Defense Down moves from Earthbound, Paula boosts her own power, range, knockback, jump, and launch resistance for 15 seconds while lowering those of the opponent closest to her for the same amount of time.
Cannot kill.
(Coincidentally, Maxi-Mini is also the name of a Badge Power in Tropes vs. Women in Pokémon Training with a similar effect.)
Up Special:
PK Thunder	See Ness and Lucas. The move functions like the former's PK Thunder, with the following differences:
*It's faster, and thus harder to control
*It's stronger
*If she hits herself with the move, she gets her double jump back, but cannot use this move again until she hits the ground.
Kills at 250% on its own, 55% off a PK Rocket.
Down Special:
PK Shield	Similar to Ness's PK Magnet, but reflects projectiles rather than absorbs them. As such, she can't heal HP with this move.
Her ability to kill with this move depends on what she reflects back.
Final Smash:
Pray	Showers the entire battlefield in holy light, which blinds opponents and makes the field impossible to see while healing herself and any allies by 100% each.
Ashley Variant: While using the move, Ashley says "Am I in again?"
Cannot kill on its own.
===Taunts===
*Up Taunt: Makes Ness's "okey" pose.
*Side Taunt: Does a front flip.
*Down Taunt: Floats in the air briefly.
===Victory===
*Pose: Twirls in the air while levitating (my sugarboo), then settles down on the ground.
*Theme: Team Earthbound's victory theme.
*"No Contest"/Loss Theme: Team Earthbound's loss theme.
==Costumes==
*Default
*Sky Blue
*Yellow
*Aqua Green
*Yuki Chic: Black and purple
*All white
*Red/yellow
*Pink/lime green
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