Michelangelo (NASB 1)

Michelangelo's official render

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**Michelangelo** is a playable character in *Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl*, originating from *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*. He was announced in the reveal trailer released on July 13th, 2021.

## Moveset

### Light Attacks

* Nunchuck Strike (Mid Grounded): A short nunchuck swing forward.
* Fist Pump (Up Grounded): An uppercut punch.
* Air Guitar (Down Grounded): Mikey plays an air guitar while moving forward, damaging opponents.
* Shielding Strike (Mid Aerial): Mikey swings his nunchucks on either side of him.
* Helicopter Strike (Up Aerial): Mikey swings a nunchuck above himself.
* Snapback Strike (Down Aerial): Mikey swings a nunchuck downwards before swinging upwards immediately afterwards.
* Skateboard Run (Dash): Mikey rides forward on a skateboard.

### Strong Attacks

* Wild Swings (Mid Grounded): Two forward swings of his nunchucks.
* Handstand Kick (Up Grounded): A flip kick.
* Split Slam (Down Grounded): Mikey slams his nunchucks downward while doing a split.
* Dual Strike (Mid Aerial): Mikey slams his nunchucks forward.
* Sweeping Kick (Up Aerial): Mikey kicks upward twice.
* Aerial Split Slam (Down Aerial): Mikey slams his nunchucks downward.
* Rear Tackle (Dash): Mikey charges forward shell-first.

### Special Attacks

* Wanna Pizza This? (Mid): Mikey throws a slow-moving pizza projectile. When it hits an opponent, a slice shoots in the opposite direction the pizza was traveling; potentially hitting other opponents or being reflected back where it came from.
* Turtle Line (Up): Mikey shoots a grappling hook upwards, which can grab onto a ledge. If it hits an opponent, they’re dragged towards Mikey.
* Party Dude (Down): Mikey spins in his shell. You can move him back and forth in this state as well as jump; hitting any opponents who make contact. Can be canceled with an aerial.

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## Animations

* Entrance: Mikey rides in on his skateboard, and assumes his idle.
* Taunt: Mikey takes out a slice of pizza, and eats it.
* Idle: Mickey readies his fists, which hold his nunchucks.
* Idle animation: Mikey spins his nunhucks. One in the air, and one on the ground.
* Victory animation: The camera shows only Mikey's skateboard, before it zooms up, as Mikey flips into the air, spins his nunchucks, and then comes back down to strike a pose.
* Lose animation: Mikey spins his head around dizzy while sitting
* Team victory animation:

## References

* The move "Fist Pump" ressembles one of Raphael's moves in the game "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters".
* The move "Turtle Line" references a tool used by the turtles in the 1987 animated series. Although all the turtles used to use it, it would eventually replace Michelangelo's nunchucks as his main weapon later on in the series.
* The move "Party Dude" could reference the intro to the 1987 series, where he does a similar dance move. The move's name also references how said intro refers to him.
* His victory animation, as well as his render, reference a piece of official artwork.
* His alternate costume is a reference to "Eastman and Laird’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", a comic series that started the TMNT franchise as a whole.
* One of his intro voice lines (“Dude, I could be gaming.”) originates from Injustice 2, where it was one of his intro quotes when fighting Atom.

## Gallery

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## Trivia

* Michelangelo's internal codename is "pizza", referencing the turtles' favorite food.
* When considering he was the first character shown in the announcement trailer. Michelangelo could very well be considered the first character to be announced for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl.