Poochy

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## **Character Info**

Poochy is a lovable dog and friend to Yoshi who is somehow able to safely walk across spikes and lava. When needed, he has no problems allowing Yoshi to ride on top of him as Poochy carries him and Baby Mario safely through dangerous terrains. During one of Yoshi’s adventures, Poochy’s own Poochy Pups joined in on the fun to help Yoshi out in finding secrets and even allowed Yoshi to throw them like Yoshi Eggs! One day a terrible brainwashing spell covered Yoshi’s Island and affected Poochy and a Ukiki friend of his. After being defeated by Yoshi in a panel-based puzzle game, the two broke out of the brainwashing and helped Yoshi free the rest of their friends from the curse.

## **General Information**

### **Entrance**

Poochy will wake up from a nap and take a big stretch before he gets up on all fours for the fight.

### **Kirby Hat**

Kirby will have a large circular spot on his head encompassing his left eye and will wear Poochy’s collar like a headband.

### **Taunts**

**Up Taunt:** Poochy stands on his hind legs as a Poochy Pup appears beside him. The Poochy Pup leaps up, and the two high-five! The Pup disappears and Poochy lands back on his feet.

**Down Taunt:** Poochy will sit on the stage and lift his back leg up and scratch the back of his head.

**Side Taunt:** Poochy will gain a sudden interest in his tail and begin spinning around in place as he chases his own tail.

### **Victory Poses**

1. Poochy will eat out of an over-filled dog bowl which has Yoshi Egg patterns on its sides.
2. Poochy will run right towards the screen and start licking the camera repeatedly.
3. Poochy runs after a frightened Toadie, who is hurriedly flying away from him as they both come from the back of the screen. The victory screen ends on a freeze frame, with the Toadie inches away from the camera and screaming as Poochy leaps up, just barely out of its reach.

## **Moveset**

### **Standard Special**

**Watermelon Spit:** With a tap of the Special button Poochy will spit out a rapid flying watermelon seed. A single seed will only deal half a percent of damage, but the move comes out quick and easily interrupt an opponent’s attacks. Unfortunately the range of the watermelon seed is fairly short, but they can flinch opponents. If the Special button is held down Poochy can fire up to 20 watermelon seeds in rapid fire and he’s even capable of running and jumping while spitting out the seeds. Watermelon Seeds do have a bit of a recharge on them however and it takes 7 seconds for Poochy to regain 20 seeds.

### **Side Special**

**Hound n Bound:** Poochy will leap forward a short distance before curling up into a ball and landing back on the stage. Poochy will continue forwards with his momentum and roll along the stage similarly to Yoshi’s Egg Roll attack. Poochy moves quickly in this state and is capable of making quick turns to reverse the direction he’s rolling in. However if the player turns three times then Poochy will fall out of the roll. Poochy players should be careful when using this move as they can easily roll off the edge of the stage by accident with minimal chance at recovery. Opponents hit by Poochy with this attack are knocked back a fair bit as the full force of Poochy’s weight bashes into them.

### **Up Special**

**Pup Toss:** A reticle very reminiscent of the one from Yoshi's Island appears, allowing Poochy to aim with a forwards-diagonal slope. While doing so, Poochy will balance a Poochy Pup on his back paws and be able to move back and forth (albeit slower than usual) while on his front ones. It's a great circus act! Upon pressing the special attack button again, Poochy will toss the pup forward with a cool backflip. It'll come barreling towards opponents and will dish out some solid damage upon impact. The Poochy Pups will likely even stay latched onto opponents and nip at them, causing minor damage. Different colored pups have different pup-erties; cyan - ice, yellow - electricity, red - fire, black - shadow, navy - aura, pink - chance for sleep! Although, the pups can also be KO'd or easily shaken off by opponents in a manner similar to Olimar & Alph's Pikmin Toss. Since the pups are made of yarn, they will unravel when they are KO'd. Being an Up Special, Poochy gains minor air upon throwing the Poochy Pup while in mid-air, making it rather similar in effect to Yoshi's own Egg Toss.

### **Down Special**

**Jackhammer Poochy:** For this attack Poochy will jump up in the air a short distance forwards and transform the lower half of his body into a jackhammer much like Yoshi’s Jackhammer Yoshi transformation from Yoshi’s New Island. Poochy will then fall straight down back to the stage and jackhammer into it. However if Poochy is already in the air when using this move he’ll instead transform into his jackhammer form and fall straight downwards without moving forward a short distance first. Either way, while Poochy is making his descent if any opponent was caught beneath Poochy’s jackhammer they’ll find themselves dragged down with Poochy to the stage and get damaged along the way down. When Poochy makes contact with the stage he’ll continue to drill into it for a brief couple seconds dealing multiple hits of damage to anyone who was caught in the attack before they get knocked away at the end of the attack like debris.

### **Final Smash**

**Welcome Home:** For this Final Smash a Chomp Rock will materialize in front of Poochy and roll forwards a short distance as it knocks the first opponent it hits into a cinematic. This cinematic starts off by showing the inside of the Mario Bros.’ home and focuses on the inside of their front door. The front door will then be seen opening to reveal the opponent hit by the Final Smash. The camera will then spin around to show what the opponent sees to reveal Poochy and a group of five different Poochy Pups. At once, Poochy and the Poochy Pups will run into the opponent and knock them onto the ground as they paw and lick at them before the cinematic ends and the opposing fighter is seen being sent flying away.

### **Extra Skill**

**Pupper Sniffer:** This move can only be used when Poochy is on the ground as it will have him put his large nose at the ground and begin sniffing away at it. At this point a meter will appear above Poochy’s head with three glowing points at each 1/3rd of the bar. Filling up this meter is relatively slow and it can only be filled up by holding down the Extra Skill input and having Poochy sniff the ground. Once Poochy reaches a 1/3rd of the bar it will glow slightly with that glow intensifying with each additional third being filled up. After the first third of the bar is filled, the player can simply tap the Extra Skill input to have Poochy dig at the ground quickly and consume all of the meter that has been charged up. This will cause Poochy to unearth an item, the rarity of which is determined by how full the meter was when it was used. Lower rarity items include the Mr. Saturn and Sprinkler. Medium rarity items include the Steel Diver and Thunder Shield. Higher rarity items include the Ore Club and All-Divide.

## **Unique Traits**

Poochy is capable of crawling along the bottom of the stage, can swim in water longer than most characters, and is even capable of performing a short extra jump in the air.

## **Alternate Costumes**

1. **Regular Poochy [Default]**
2. **Regular Poochy [Beagle]** - Poochy’s fur patterns will change to match that of a Beagle.
3. **Regular Poochy [Old English Sheepdog]** - Poochy’s fur patterns will change to match that of an Old English Sheepdog]
4. **Regular Poochy [Pembroke Welsh Corgi]** - Poochy’s fur patterns will change to match that of a Pembroke Welsh Corgi.
5. **Yarn Poochy [Default]** - Poochy’s model will change to his Yarn look from Yoshi’s Woolly World.
6. **Yarn Poochy [Collie]** - Yarn Poochy’s yarn fur patterns will change to match that of a Collie.
7. **Yarn Poochy [Golden Retriever]** - Yarn Poochy’s yarn fur patterns will change to match that of a Golden Retriever.
8. **Crafted Poochy [Default]** - Poochy’s model will change to his Crafted look from Yoshi’s Crafted World.
9. **Crafted Poochy [Labrador Retriever]** - Crafted Poochy’s crafted fur patterns will change to match that of a Labrador Retriever.
10. **Crafted Poochy [Saint Bernard]** - Crafted Poochy’s crafted fur patterns will change to match that of a Saint Bernard.Alt 2Alt 3Alt 4Alt 5Alt 6Alt 7Alt 8Alt 9Alt 10

## **Associated Content**

Click Here to watch the episode of the Super Cast Bros podcast where Zantok and Jonno created this moveset!