Food

Food (, Food) is an item that, when used, recovers a small amount of the user's damage. Although they often spawn in groups from Party Balls, the items can spawn on their own, and some items of food are unique to specific stages.
==Origin==
The use of food as an item in video games is not uncommon, and some Nintendo games also featured the use of food in such a way. In , for example, a variety of vegetables appear in each level. If a player collects all the vegetables, they are awarded a bonus. required Yoshi to eat thirty fruits within a level to complete it; in these cases, the fruit also recovered some of his health. The series also featured the use of both everyday and esoteric foods as recovery items. In the series, there are often food items placed throughout Dracula's Castle to replenish or deplete the health depending on the food item.
Food that restored the player's health also appeared in Kirby Super Star as well as many other Kirby series games, acting as a common, yet low-powered method to recover Kirby's health. The use of food in the series is especially relevant to the item's appearance in the Super Smash Bros. series, as items featured in Super Smash Bros. Melee would later reappear in Kirby Air Ride as a common, low-health recovery food. In addition, several food sprites from the Kirby franchise have been reused and modified to accommodate the sprites for the Super Smash Bros. series.
==Operation==
===As an item===
Food commonly spawns on stages in the games, and large bundles of food are frequently dispensed from the Party Ball. As a relatively common item, food generally does not recover significant amounts of damage. The strongest food items recover only 9-12% of the player's health, with a majority often recovering below 6%.
In Brawl, there is a special "gulp" sound effect for when characters consume food that happens to be a liquid, like the tea or orange juice items.
===As a stage feature===
Three stages in the series, Green Greens, the Summit, and Tortimer Island, dispense unique foods: Green Greens features Apples, the Summit features from the original Ice Climber game (complete with unique sound effects from the game when consumed), and Tortimer Island features some tropical fruits like s. In the case of Green Greens, some of the apples dropped by Whispy Woods will instead take the form of items that can be thrown at opponents; if items are turned off via the Item Switch, these apples will always be the type that can be thrown. If items are disabled on Summit, the Vegetables will never spawn; it is unknown if this is the case for Tortimer Island.
Yoshi's Story has Shy Guys flying around that carry normal food, which repeatedly shifts between different types of food as they hold onto it unless they drop it when attacked. If items are turned off, the food will disappear but the Shy Guys will remain.
===As a Pokémon item===
The Pokémon Chansey in Melee can potentially drop Eggs as a part of Softboiled. These Eggs can potentially heal any players that pick up the items though, like the food items on stages, this does not happen if food is disabled; they will either explode or drop other items.
===In individual attacks===
Five characters (Peach, Daisy, Diddy Kong, Villager, and Mr. Game & Watch) can spawn Food themselves. Peach can summon a variety of peaches as part of Peach Blossom. Daisy can summon daisies with Daisy Blossom. In Brawl, Diddy Kong's Peanut Popgun and Rocketbarrel Barrage can potentially spawn shelled peanuts. Mr. Game & Watch summons food with Judge hammer #7 (1 random food item in Melee, 1 apple in Brawl and Smash 4, 3 apples in Ultimate). Villager's Timber has a very small chance of dropping a cherry, orange, pear, apple, or peach.
==="Eating While Reclining"===
Brawl added a technique called Eating While Reclining (, Eating items while downed or DownEatU and DownEatD internally in Brawl files, depending on which side the character is lying). If a character lands hard by some food, the player can press the attack button to grab and eat the food without needing to get up first.http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/howto/technique/technique10.html This technique, however, has no practical use, and it can even be detrimental; knocked-down players will be unable to use their getup attack if they land near food, removing a getup option, and since the action leaves players vulnerable, it may even get players unaware of this obscure mechanic's existence punished for trying to use a getup attack near food.
==List of food==
Food comes in many varieties, some of which only appear in certain games. Ultimate has 36 types of food that are not character-exclusive, while previous games have 28. As a general rule, the more mass a piece of food has, the more damage it heals.
Food 	Description 	Healing	Healing	Healing	Healing
Food 	Description 	 	 	 	
Apple 	A red apple with a stem 	5% 	4% 	4% 	4%
Bananas 	A three-banana bunch 	5% 	—	—	—
Bread 	A thick loaf of white bread sliced in thirds 	—	—	10% 	10%
Bun 	A bread roll with a cross cut on top 	—	3% 	—	—
Chashu ramen 	A bowl filled with ramen noodles, seaweed, egg, fish cake, and pieces of roast pork 	7% 	—	—	—
Cheese 	A wedge of yellow cheddar Swiss-like cheese A wheel of white cheese with about one-sixth missing 	4% 	7% 	—	5%
Cherries 	A pair of cherries attached at the stem 	—	—	1% 	1%
Cherry pie 	A slice of cherry pie 	—	7% 	6% 	6%
Chocolate 	A bare 2-by-4 chocolate bar A 3-by-5 chocolate bar partially wrapped in aluminum foil 	—	6% 	5% 	5%
Cola 	A glass of soft drink with ice and a slice of lemon as a garnish 	—	—	3% 	3%
Cookie 	A shortbread cookie in the shape of a heart 	—	2% 	—	—
Corn dog 	A corn dog with ketchup on a skewer 	—	—	—	6%
Cream soda 	A vanilla ice cream float with melon soda as the liquid 	—	5% 	—	—
Curry rice 	A plate with rice on one side and curry sauce with meat and potatoes on the other 	7% 	—	—	—
Daisy 	A giant daisy head (spawned by Daisy Blossom) 	—	—	—	20%
Dim sum 	A shu mai dumpling with a green pea on top in a steam basket 	—	7% 	5% 	5%
Donut 	A donut with the near half glazed in chocolate icing A donut with the top glazed in chocolate icing A plain donut 	4% 	6% 	—	5%
Drumstick 	A chicken leg wrapped in a blue and red-striped white piece of paper 	—	12% 	—	—
Dumplings 	Two bao dumplings and lettuce on a plate 	—	—	—	5%
Eggs 	A plate of two sunny-side-up eggs with broccoli and bacon on the side 	—	—	5% 	5%
Fried rice 	A bowl of rice fried with various vegetables (fancy bowl in Melee, dark red bowl in Brawl) 	7% 	11% 	—	—
Grapes 	A cluster of purple grapes (with leaves in SSB4 and Ultimate) 	3% 	3% 	4% 	4%
Gyūdon 	A bowl of rice topped with beef, onions, and red pickled ginger 	7% 	—	—	—
Hamburger 	A burger on a sesame seed bun with cheese, lettuce, and tomato A burger on a sesame seed bun with onions, lettuce, and tomato (with mayonnaise in Melee, chicken burger in Melee, beef burger in Brawl and Ultimate) 	6% 	7% 	—	7%
Hanami dango 	Three rice flour dumplings colored pink, white, and green on a skewer 	3% 	—	—	—
Hot dog 	A hot dog on a bun with lettuce, pickles, mustard, and ketchup 	—	—	6% 	6%
Ice cream 	A sugar cone with soft-serve vanilla ice cream A wafer cone with a mix of vanilla and strawberry ice cream 	3% 	6% 	—	—
Kebab 	A corn cob, a piece of shrimp, a cherry tomato, a bacon-wrapped sausage, and other pieces of meat on a skewer 	—	—	5% 	5%
Kiwi 	Half of a kiwi fruit with the skin intact 	—	—	2% 	2%
Lemons 	A pair of lemons with leaves 	—	—	2% 	2%
Lollipop 	A swirl lollipop on a stick in rainbow colors A swirl lollipop on a stick in candy corn colors 	—	9% 	3% 	3%
Melon 	A green honeydew melon of the Yubari King variety with a stem that forks in 2 directions 	6% 	7% 	—	—
Milk 	A blue and white carton of milk with "MILK" in a red all-capitals serif font written on itA bottle of milk with a blue wrapper reading "SMASH MILK" written on it in a white all-capitals sans-serif font with a purple cap (thin in Brawl, thick in SSB4)	5% 	4% 	5% 	5%
Mont Blanc 	Pureed chestnuts piped on a cake base with a chestnut and a marzipan leaf on top 	—	—	5% 	5%
Omelette 	A white plate of rice covered by a French style omelette, tomato sauce, and parsley 	7% 	—	—	—
Onigiri 	Rice molded into a triangle laying on a strip of seaweed 	6% 	—	4% 	4%
Orange 	A round orange 	4% 	—	—	—
Orange juice 	A wine glass filled with orange juice A thick milkshake glass with an orange slice on the edge and a pink straw filled with orange juice 	3% 	3% 	—	—
Pancakes 	A stack of pancakes topped with butter and maple syrup 	—	—	7% 	7%
Parfait 	A fruit parfait with ice cream on the top 	—	11% 	—	—
Peach 	A regular-sized peach (spawned by Peach Blossom ) 	—	5% 	—	—
Peach (giant) 	A giant peach (spawned by Peach Blossom ) 	—	—	20% 	20%
Peanut 	A de-shelled peanut (spawned by Peanut Popgun or Rocketbarrel Barrage ) 	—	4% 	4% 	—
Pear 	A light-green skinned pear with its stem 	—	—	4% 	4%
Pineapple 	A whole pineapple with its rind and stem 	—	5% 	—	5%
Pizza 	A thin-crust pizza with various toppings A thick-crust pizza with tomato and basil 	8% 	11% 	—	7%
Popcorn 	A red and white-striped bucket filled with popcorn 	—	—	6% 	6%
Power Pellet 	A pixellated circle (spawned by Power Pellet) 	—	—	2% 	2%
Salad 	A mixed vegetable salad in a bowl topped with dressing 	—	—	5% 	5%
Salisbury steak 	A slab of Salisbury steak on a plate topped with mushroom sauce with a side of cabbage, potatoes, broccoli, and carrots 	—	—	7% 	7%
Sausages 	A pair of sausages drizzled with ketchup 	—	5% 	—	—
Shiitake mushroom 	A dark brown mushroom cap with light stem 	5% 	—	—	—
Soba tray 	A square container filled with buckwheat noodles, a dipping sauce, some condiments, and chopsticks 	5% 	—	—	—
Spaghetti 	A white plate of spaghetti pasta with Bolognese sauce on top 	6% 	—	8% 	8%
Squash soup 	A bowl of butternut squash soup on a plate with a wooden spoon to the side 	—	—	4% 	4%
Steak 	A slab of grilled steak (served on a plate in Brawl) 	—	10% 	—	12%
Strawberry 	A single strawberry with its stem and leaves intact 	1% 	1% 	—	—
Strawberry shortcake	A two-layer shortcake with whipped cream and strawberries 	—	10% 	11% 	11%
Sushi 	A wooden tray with a large green leaf and various sushi A simple plate of shrimp and tuna sushi 	8% 	4% 	—	—
Tea 	A simple white cup filled with light brown tea on a white saucer A simple white cup filled with dark brown tea on a white saucer A fancy white cup with a gold handle filled with orange tea on a fancier saucer 	2% 	2% 	2% 	2%
Tempura 	A plate with three pieces of shrimp tempura garnished with parsley 	—	—	6% 	6%
Turkey 	A whole roast turkey on a plate with parsley, tomato, and lemon 	7% 	—	15% 	15%
Unagi rice 	A rectangular pan of rice and Japanese eel 	9% 	—	—	—
Watermelon 	A round watermelon (longer variant in Brawl) 	6% 	9% 	—	—
==Trophies==
The Food item appears as a trophy in Melee, Brawl, and Smash 4. The Ice Climber vegetables also appear as a trophy in Brawl.
===In Super Smash Bros. Melee===
===In Super Smash Bros. Brawl===
===In Super Smash Bros. 4===
==Spirit==
The Eggplant appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a Novice-class support spirit. It can only be purchased at Timmy and Tommy's.
No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Cost 	Ability 	Series
609	 	 	★ 	1 	Stamina ↑	Ice Climber Series	
==Gallery==
Food U.jpg|Food in .
EatingWhileRecliningSSB4.jpg|Eating While Reclining in .
SSBUWebsiteBowserJr5.jpg|Bowser Jr. with food in Ultimate.
Summit carrot.jpg|A carrot in Brawl.
Summit eggplant.jpg|An eggplant in Brawl.
SummitCucumber.jpg|A cucumber in Brawl.
MushroomSummit.jpg|A mushroom in Brawl.
ICCabbage.jpg|A cabbage in Brawl.
ICCorn.jpg|An ear of corn in Brawl.
ICTurnip.jpg|A turnip in Brawl.
ICChineseCabbage.jpg|A Chinese cabbage in Brawl.
ICPotato.jpg|A potato in Brawl.
Summit Eggplant SSBU.jpg|An eggplant in Ultimate.
Summit Carrot SSBU.jpg|A carrot in Ultimate.
Summit Cabbage SSBU.jpg|A cabbage in Ultimate.
Summit Cucumber SSBU.jpg|A cucumber in Ultimate.
Summit Corn SSBU.jpg|An ear of corn in Ultimate.
Summit Turnip SSBU.jpg|A turnip in Ultimate.
Summit Pumpkin SSBU.jpg|A pumpkin in Ultimate.
Summit Chinese Cabbage SSBU.jpg|A Chinese cabbage in Ultimate.
Summit Potato SSBU.jpg|A potato in Ultimate.
Summit Mushroom SSBU.jpg|A mushroom in Ultimate.
==Names in other languages==
==Trivia==
*The eggplant is used as the symbol for the Ice Climbers in Super Smash Bros. Melee and all subsequent games, even though vegetables themselves do not appear in Melee.
*Throughout the series, the food items have always been rendered as 2D cut-out photographs made to always face the player when turning the camera; the food that appears on specific stages, on the other hand, has always been done in 3D.
**Many said photographs have been found in their original resolution, the images were found in various stock image CDs by the company Sozaijiten.Render96 Wiki, Super Smash Bros. Series
*While attempting to eat food, there is a small window in which fighters physically hold the food item before eating it. If they flinch during that time, an item drop will occur. This will not occur with the Heart Container.
*Snake and Steve are the only characters who make unique sounds whenever they consume food or similar items, such as the Maxim Tomato, Superspicy Curry and healing items generated by characters such as Power Pellets. In Snake's case, this references what Naked Snake would do upon consuming food in Metal Gear Solid 3; in Steve's case, this references Steve's unique munching sound in Minecraft.
*The milk in Brawl, Smash 4 and Ultimate says "Smash Milk" on its sides.
*In 's and Ultimates Training Mode, all food initially appears to be a cherry when time does not advance. The food type will change as normal time is advanced.
*In Ultimates Training Mode, if the game speed is altered, food that is spawned in will appear and sometimes change to a cherry a few frames later. The food item will recover the amount of what initially appeared, giving the appearance of cherries healing random amounts or having varying sizes.Time manipulated cherry glitch
==References==
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