Strong Bad

**Strong Bad** is the first character in *Smash Bros Lawl Beatdown*.

## Character Description

Strong Bad is one of the main characters in the *Homestar Runner* body of work. Alongside his brother Strong Mad and pet The Cheat, he usually causes trouble through pranks or schemes, or cheating at events. He describes himself as an awesome ladies man, however his own ego and perception of reality is quite skewed. He would check emails from fans every week and respond in comedic ways.

## Moveset

### Playstyle

Strong Bad, for all his talk on how cool and tough he is, doesn't really have the physical strength to back it up. He's light and does not do well with up close combat. He is, however, great at cheating and using outside resources to fill in his weaknesses and gain the upper hand. Strong Bad's special moves allow him to mess with his opponents while his standards use tools to extend his hitbox and give him more of an edge over his stubby bod. Thanks to his partner in crime The Cheat, Strong Bad never has to worry about a direct offense when he is able to take control over the stage with traps and tricks.

## The Cheat Standard Moves

When Strong Bad uses his Neutral Special and summons The Cheat, The Cheat will use his own standard moves opposite of Strong Bad. The Cheat's Up and Down moves are opposite to wherever Strong Bad uses the same moves.

### Special moves

* He can be commanded with B again to dart forward and munch on an opponent, holding them in place and dealing 9% before The Cheat throws the opponent at Strong Bad for followups.
* Commanding him with Side B with make The Cheat dart forward towards a trap, picking it up and placing it back down behind Strong Bad's last position, it belongs to him. If it's an enemy trap The Cheat will vandalize it, rendering it useless for 10 seconds before reactivating.
* Tapping Up-B will command him to give Strong Bad a minor healing food item. This move has a cooldown of 15 seconds.
* Tapping Down B will make The Cheat return to Strong Bad and despawn from play. He can re summoned once again by pressing B.

 Side special | Fthoom-Bang | Strong Bad places down Fthoom-Bang fireworks. Tapping Side B will set down a Bang, which explodes and deals 10% if an opponent gets too close. Holding Side B will put down a Fthoom, activating if an opponents moves above it before flying into the air, carrying opponents with it before exploding for 15%.
 Down special | Prank Call | Strong Bad places down Marzipan's Answering Machine, tapping Down B will cause him to send a prank call. If anyone is in the radius their last special attack will be disabled. If Up B was the last move, the second last special is used. Their special is restored once they leave the range of the special for 2 seconds or 2 seconds after the call ends (or the machine is destroyed).
 Final Smash | Deleted | Strong Bad goes on his computer, and he deletes one of the opponents by body-slamming on his desk. Opponents must be close to the attack or the Final Smash will simply end.

## Gallery

### Palette swaps

**Strong Bad**

1. “Check me out! No seriously, check me out!” Standard
2. “He’s way better than that ugly washed-up The Cheat I used to have!” Based off Sterrance
3. “I just saw this sassy planet on the cover of one of your stupid books and thought it looked cool.” Based off Strong Bad’s Halloween costume as The Planet on the Cover of *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*
4. “Meh” Based off The Cheat/Strong Bad dressed as "The Bee".
5. “The Fish was Delish and it made Quite a Dish” Based off the Strong Bad recolor in the Sbemail *Radio*
6. "What manner of uncivilized ribcage is this anyways?" Based off Old Timey Strong Bad
7. “Pretender of the Galaxies!” Based off Space Captainface
8. “Depressio” Based off Strong Sad, specifically Strong Bad’s costume of him in the sbemail *impression*
9. “I’M CARMEN FREAKIN SANDIEGO!” Based off Strong Bad’s Carmen Sandiego Halloween costume from *The House That Gave Sucky Treats*
10. “Hooray for me!” Based off Tiny-Handed Strong Bad

**The Cheat**

1. “Who's the guy that looks like The Cheat?” Standard
2. “That lil blue guy!” Based off The Cheat’s Halloween costume as Drywall from *Scud: The Disposable Assassin*
3. “UNLESS” Based off The Cheat’s Halloween costume as The Lorax
4. “You can’t handle my style!” Based off Strong Bad
5. “A rare collectable!” Based off Subtlefuge from The Cheat Commandos toons.
6. ”If you've got a caper, then you know who to call- It's The Sneak!” Based off The Sneak
7. “Strap in, Strap!” Based off Harold “Strap” Coopmore
8. “Stupid friggin' Cheat-in-a-Bag…” Based off Strong Sad’s Left Leg from the sbemail *impression*
9. “Not a good Command Name” Based off Firebert
10. “Inside was a lifetime supply of fish sticks… and a The Cheat!” Based off the Old Storybook The Cheat

### Screenshots

Strong Bad's updated splash screenThe range of the Prank Call specialGrabbo Arm maximum rangeDangeresque Down TauntThe Cheat's attack with a Side SmashThe Cheat holding down Dan with bites while Strong Bad moves awayThe Cheat fetching Fthoom Bangs with his Side B commandStrong Bad using the Paper to avoid Frisk's FIGHT Final Smash
## Video

**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:

	+ **Bosses**: Trogdor
	+ **Assist Trophy**: Strong Mad
	+ **Misc.**: The Cheat · Pom Pom · Bubs ·Dangeresque Too ·Renaldo ·Cutesy Buttons
* **Stages**: Strong Badia · The Field