Travis Touchdown

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## **Character Info**

Travis Touchdown is an assassin living in the city of Santa Destroy, California. While living in near-poverty in the No More Heroes Motel, he entered the UAA (United Assassins Association) and aimed to reach the #1 Rank. He’s faced down countless thugs and other ranked assassins - always lethal, though not always sane. Utilizing a powerful Beam Katana mixed with pro wrestling moves, Travis’ skill and often near-superhuman durability makes him a formidable force to be reckoned with.

## **General Information**

### **Entrance**

Travis holds out his beam katana, activates the blade, and moves into a fighting stance.

### **Kirby Hat**

Kirby gets Travis’ hair and his default orange Casual sunglasses.

### **Taunts**

**Up Taunt:** Travis jerks his thumb sideways and chuckles as if to say “get a load of this guy.”

**Down Taunt:** Travis deactivates his beam and spins it around on his finger before re-activating it.

**Side Taunt:** Travis crouches down and pets his cat, Jeane.

### **Victory Poses**

1. Travis does an Akira-style slide on his motorbike, the Schpeltiger, and the camera zooms in on him.
2. Travis spins his sword around and brings it up in a pose similar to his No More Heroes character artwork. “In it to win it, baby!”
3. Travis approaches a toilet and begins unbuckling his pants. Rolls of toilet paper conveniently unroll across the screen as he turns around, obscuring his lower half as he sits down and breathes a sigh of relief (based on his saving animation).

## **Moveset**

### **Standard Special**

**Charged Beat Attack:** Holding the B button, Travis charges his Beam Katana before slashing horizontally, the blade glowing brighter the more it powers up (with lightning crackling around it at max charge. Fully charging this attack will break most opponents shields, but it leaves Travis vulnerable to attacks while charging the blow.

### **Side Special**

**Dragon Suplex:** A command grab where Travis places the opponent in a headlock and bends his back to the floor with full force, slamming their head on the ground. The move does additional damage if the opponent is grabbed from behind.

### **Up Special**

**Tiger Style:** Travis crouches and instantly transforms into a tiger, leaping vertically in a slight arc with his claws outstretched to damage opponents. At the height of his jump he transforms back and enters free-fall.

### **Down Special**

**Weapon Clash:** Travis swings his Beam Katana forward in a wide arch. While this appears to function as a fairly standard move, it is also useful as a sort of counter. If the swing clashes with an opponent’s attack, both will be locked into place, pushing against each other. A spinning circle icon appears in the middle of the clash, signaling for both players to rapidly rotate their control sticks. Whoever manages to spin the fastest during the brief clash period will knock the other opponent away with higher damage than the attack swing would deal without clashing. A clash can only be initiated while Travis is grounded; the attack can be used in the air without initiating a clash, but the damage will be weaker. It also won’t work against disjointed attacks such as projectiles.

### **Final Smash**

**Desperate Struggle:** Travis shouts “it’s game time!” and performs a wide vertical slash in front of him, trapping opponents in a cinematic finisher. Equipping the dual katanas known as Rose Nasty, Travis whirls around slicing repeatedly at the trapped opponent(s). Time slows down as Travis brings both katanas above his head, and a pixelated arrow appears on-screen pointing down; the player can a brief window where they can flick the control stick in the direction to add a small bit of extra damage, or ignore it and let the animation finish automatically a moment later. Opponents are sent flying away as the cinematic finishes, and if an opponent’s damage surpasses 100% they are instantly KO’d.

### **Extra Skill**

**Battery Charge:** In the No More Heroes series, the Beam Katana Travis uses runs on a battery that highlights its current energy; more energy results in more damage output. Similar to how Inkling charges their Ink meter, holding Shield and repeatedly tapping B will cause Travis to shake his Beam Katana and charge it up. A battery icon next to Travis’ damage percentage will show how much charge the Beam Katana has left. At full power damage output is just above maximum, while landing moves that use the Beam Katana will gradually decrease the charge over time. In the interest of adhering to Smash’s age rating, the action has been adjusted to look a bit more like Travis is shaking a pop can, and less like… well, you know.

## **Alternate Costumes**

Travis has hundreds of customizable in-game clothes options, so any combination could work. This artwork by Catherine Yoshizawa gives a perfect example of what Travis’ alts could be, based on the clothing brands he can purchase:

## **Associated Content**

Click Here to read a vignette written by KellyJelly about Travis Touchdown interacting with characters from Super Smash Bros.!