Viola

The Witch’s House- Undermine

**Viola** is the fourteenth playable character revealed in *Smash Bros Lawl Beatdown*.

## Character description

Viola is the main protagonist of the RPG maker horror game, *The Witch's House*. She is a 13-year old girl of sweet demeanor. One day, Viola wakes up in the woods with the only way out being blocked off by roses. This resorted her in going into a mysterious house, guided by a black cat. Once she steps into a mysterious room that transforms into the entire first floor, her adventure begins.

### Role in the Beatdown Lore

Taken off the heels of the true ending of The Witch's House, "Viola" has long escaped the house and had been living with her father. Viola's Beatdown invitation was intercepted by the Black Cat, who pushed for Viola to join due to the powerful gathering of souls and how Viola "owes" him. Viola walked to the Mansion, where she came across Dr. Watts and Dr. Rosalene giving Frisk their intro tour. Once recognizing her as a new fighter, Watts and Rosalene bring Viola into the tour to discover the mansion.

The tour is interrupted by a phone call for Rosalene, which detailed the injury Dan Backslide sustained while his invite was delivered. During the discussion, Frisk could sense a dark presence towards Viola, as they were caught staring at her. As Rosalene went to guide Frisk to their room, Watts continued on with Viola while telling her she will enjoy mansion life. This was interrupted by the sounds of destruction, as Watts took Viola along to investigate the freakout destruction being caused by Stephen Quire and Psycho Dad.

Viola was also present during the first Beatdown Direct, meeting PeanutButterGamer with the rest of the fighters, as well as the newcomers from the Training Colosseum. Viola would also return to the Colosseum during mandated training matches, being in the audience of Karkat Vantas and Psycho Dad's match (which was interrupted and overtaken by Gary Oak).

During one rainy night, while Frisk felt a presence (which ends up being Chara), they get into a defensive stance that is broken by Viola. Viola tells the child that she noticed all the times Frisk had been suspicious of her. Viola makes a warning that she won't hesitate to kill Frisk if they get too nosey, but not before Markiplier walks in on the conversation. Viola leaves, as Mark begins to feel uneasy about Viola. Because of this rocky relationship, Viola does not talk with Frisk in BeatdownBound, instead acting hostile towards them when spoken to.

Viola would casually point out Mrs. Mavilda's flawed logic in forcing fighters to work when there's nothing to do, even laughing at Mavilda due to PBG's comment. Viola was also in attendance at the world premiere of Dangeresque: 4 REAL This Time!, taking pleasure in seeing Mrs. Mavilda be injured as a stunt double.

## Moveset

### Playstyle

Viola has been through so many trials throughout The Witch's House, but in combat she unleashes her true nature. As the game incorporates chase scenes frequently, Viola excels at pressuring opponents with various move setups. By utilizing her unique Souls mechanic, she can increase her offensive power even further in order to back opponents into a corner. Viola players need to be mindful of how many Souls they have at a time, trade them for the correct moves for each situation, and let the opponent fall to their superior pressuring power.

### Souls

Viola has a special mechanic where she has to gain Souls by fighting enemies in order to exchange them for new powers and upgrades. Her Smash Attacks each have an upgrade variant.

### Special moves

 Side special
 Up special
 Down special
 Final Smash

## Gallery

### Palette swaps

1. "Just For A Day?" Standard
2. "Keeper of Time" Based on the stopwatch death
3. "TASTE POISON" Based on the poison death
4. "Viola?" Based on Viola's Father
5. "Women of the Region" Based on the Yellow Hair woman
6. "Painting Come to Life" Based on the Mona Lisa painting
7. "Silver Maiden" Based on the Silver Haired woman
8. "Concealed Orbs" Based on the Red Haired woman
9. "You Don't Know some of the Words" Based on Ib from *Ib*
10. "Old Doll" Based on Aya Drevis from *Mad Father*

## Trivia

* Depending on the stage, the Black Cat will be standing on different things. The ones seen so far are:
	+ Abraham Lincoln's Grave (Tokyo City)
	+ A Chopped-down Tree (Ellen's House)
	+ A Bench (Anya)
	+ Colonel Sassacre's Daunting Text of Magical Frivolity and Practical Japery (John's Home)
	+ A Pizza Box from "The Pizz" (Strong Badia)
	+ A Tree Trunk (Ridgeway Residence)
	+ A Fancy Desk (A Very Potter Hogwarts)
	+ A Box with the Sgrub Logo on it (The Dreambubbles)
	+ A Table with a piece of cheese on it (New Home)
	+ A "You must be this size" Sign (ASDF Land)
	+ A Rock (The Dreambubbles)
	+ A Simple Rectangular Table (Durdum Lane)
	+ A pool chair (Quire Family Backyard)
	+ A Short Wooden Crate (The Field)
	+ A Large, Round Table (Matsuno Household)
* Viola's lose pose was first revealed as a character cameo in Lawl Demic's Sabitsuki Moveset.
	+ Meanwhile, Sabitsuki and L-Neo's Jyushimatsu both appear as cameo in the video, while the latter was a cameo as an opponent.
* Viola's true Nationality is unknown, as it's unknown where exactly The Witch's House is set in. However, she is listed as hailing from Germany in Beatdown. This also applies to Ellen.
* Viola is one of the 4 characters in Beatdown who have a special moveset mechanic. The others being Matt, Ellen and Spamton.

Strong Bad · John Egbert · Edd · Markiplier · Mama Umbridge · Stephen Quire · Watts & Rosalene · Frisk · Gary Oak · The Thwomps · PeanutButterGamer · Mrs. Mavilda · The Crystal Gems

Unlockables:

Homestar · Karkat Vantas · Vriska Serket · Tom · Matt · Tord · Dan Backslide · **Viola** · Psycho Dad · Kiran · Stu Pickles · Spamton  · The Batter

*Dangeresque*  · *Eduardo*  · *Darkiplier* ·
*Chara*  · *Ellen*  ·
*Psycho Kid*

Indeterminate:

	+ **Misc**: Black Cat  · Frog Friend  · Viola's Father  · Flowers of the Garden
* **Stages**: Ellen's House