Helpless

Helpless, also referred to as free fall and special fall, refers to the state in Super Smash Flash 2 and Fraymakers of which no movement can be made by the player except for horizontal movement, fast falling, or grabbing a ledge. It often results from using a particular special move, particularly a recovery move, though certain special moves with no recovering abilities can cause this too. In Fraymakers, all characters become helpless when airdashing without canceling it into an aerial attack and landing it.
Helplessness most commonly ends upon landing on a platform or being KO'd, although it also ends early if the helpless character flinches, allowing them to attack use their recovery moves again. A helpless character is denoted by both a flickering black overlay and, in many cases, a distinct falling animation.
Characters are not able to enter a helpless state in the original Super Smash Flash, due to the game's severely limited mechanics.
== Moves that invoke helplessness in Super Smash Flash 2 ==
Character	Move 		Notes
 	Waddle Copter 		Will become helpless while descending if the player cancels the move by pressing the down input.
 	Warp 		
 	Jetpack 		
 	Whirling Fortress 		Grounded version cannot grant Bowser helplessness unless he enters midair while using it, such as being pushed off of a moving platform. This will use his normal falling animation.
 	Raptor Boost 		Will become helpless if he does not hit an opponent and the move ends in midair.
 	Falcon Dive 		Will become helpless if he does not hit an opponent and the move ends in midair.
 	Chibi-Copter 		
 	Spinning Kong 		
 	Falco Phantasm 		rowspan="2"
 	Fire Bird 		
 	Fox Illusion 		rowspan="2"
 	Fire Fox 		
 	Flame Choke 		Will become helpless if he does come into contact with an opponent and the move ends in midair.
 	Gerudo Hawk 		Will become helpless if he does come into contact with an opponent and the move ends in midair.
 	Instant Transmission		Will become helpless if the move ends in midair without him hitting an opponent. The same applies for Kaiō-ken Goku.
 	Engetsuzan 		rowspan="2"
 	Kōtei-ki Tōshin 		
 	Scoop 		
 	Inhale 		Can copy Mach Tornado, which retains its original helpless properties.
 	Final Cutter 		If the player lands on a platform, sometimes the momentum will make Kirby fall from it in a normal helpless state.
 	Staff Rocket Boost 		
 	Spin Attack 		
 	Tempest 		rowspan="2"
 	Tiger Blade 		
 	Extreme Speed 		
 	 		
 	 		
 	Dolphin Slash 		
 	Mach Tornado 		rowspan="4"
 	Drill Rush 		
 	Shuttle Loop 		
 	Dimensional Cape 		
 	Shadow Clone Slash 		
 	PK Thunder 		Will enter helpless state if he uses PK Thunder 2.
 	Pac-Jump 		If PAC-MAN or an opponent tries to bounce on the trampoline while it is red, they will then fall through it and become helpless.
 	Agility 		
 	Quick Attack 		
 	Power of Flight 		
 	Helicopter 		Will become helpless while descending if the player cancels the move by pressing the down input.
 	Shoryuken 		
 	 		
 	Bob-omb Toss 		Will become helpless if it tries to use the move while holding a non-Bob-omb item or while invincible.
 	Vanish 		
 	Ring Grapple 		Will become helpless if he attempts to use the move in midair a second time (without hitting a wall the first time).
 	Light Dash 		
 	Flowmotion 		Will become helpless if the move ends while he is in midair and he does not make contact with an opponent.
 	Airlift 		rowspan="2"
 	Fly 		
 	Whirluigi 		
 	Corkscrew 		
 	Farore's Wind 		
== Moves that invoke helplessness in Fraymakers ==
Character 	Move 	Notes
All characters	Airdash 	Will become helpless if used without canceling into an aerial attack and landing it.
 	Up special move 	Will become helpless if used without canceling into a midair jump with the rainbow trail active.
 	Side special move 	
 	Puddle Teleportation	Will become helpless if used without a puddle present on-stage.
 	Rising Uppercut 	
 	Rocket Jump 	
== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
Helpless - Falco.png|'s helpless animation.
Fox free falling.png|'s helpless animation.
Kirby helpless.png| helpless animation after a cancelled Final Cutter on .
Helpless - Luigi.png|'s helpless animation.
Helpless 2.png|'s helpless state.
Helpless - PAC-MAN.png|'s helpless animation.
parasol helpless.png| becomes "helpless" when fast falling while she is using parasol.
QA helpless.png|'s helpless animation.
Helpless - Samus.png|' helpless animation.
Helpless - Sonic.png|'s helpless animation.
==Trivia==
*Throughout the history of SSF2, many special moves have had their helplessness-causing status changed:
**'s Haste, 's Kamehameha and Kaiō-ken Attack, and 's Shoulder Bash used to grant helplessness.
**'s Instant Transmission, 's Light Dash, and ' Airlift used to not invoke helplessness.
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