Firebrand and Thunderhand (powers)

This page is about the Firebrand and Thunderhand **powers**. For the episode, see Firebrand and Thunderhand (episode).

## Firebrand and Thunderhand

Mario & Luigi demonstrating the powers of the Firebrand and Thunderhand in the titular episode.

### Power

Fire (Firebrand)
Electricity (Thunderhand)

### Owner/user(s) of attack

Mario
Luigi

The **Firebrand** and **Thunderhand** powers are abilities/attacks given to Mario and Luigi in *Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga*. Mario and Luigi use them in the GaleemDharkon series.

## Origin

The Firebrand and Thunderhand originate from the 2003 video game, *Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga*.

At Woohoo University, Cackletta and Fawful are confronted by Mario and Luigi as they attempt to awaken the Beanstar with Peach's voice. Cackletta and Fawful are defeated, and Fawful escapes carrying a dying Cackletta's Soul in his headgear, later creating Bowletta after having Cackletta posses a defeated Bowser in Stardust Fields (Area 64). Mario and Luigi travel underneath the university where the Beanstar escaped after the battle, being awoken by Birdo's voice and then destroying the ground (don't ask). After defeating Popple and Rookie in the Woohoo University, Mario and Luigi hang onto the Beanstar along with the duo. Rookie then realizes that he is actually Bowser and shouts, causing the Beanstar to explode (it doesn't liek bowsa voice). Mario and Luigi land at Gwarhar Lagoon, soon learning the Firebrand and Thunderhand powers from Firebrand and Thunderhand, respectively. Mario learns to produce fire out of his hand from Firebrand while Luigi learns how to produce electricity out of his hand from Thunderhand.

In battle, the Firebrand and Thunderhand attacks can deal critical damage to enemies specific to each of the two moves. Typically, there is some sort of obvious weakness that an enemy has to the respective attacks (such as being an ice enemy, therefore being weak to the Firebrand), but sometimes they heal from one of the respective attacks (such as a Hammer Bro. healing from being attacked by the Firebrand).

In the 2017 remake, *Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions,* the Firebrand and Thunderhand have the same function as the original game. Additionally, the Thunderhand's icon is used for the lightning command in *Bowser's Minions*, likely just to conserve memory.

In the Super Smash Bros. series, Mario uses a fire attack as his forward smash that is comparable to the powers of the Firebrand, however it originated before the debut of the Firebrand ability that was given to Mario in Superstar Saga.

Since the Thunderhand's debut in *Superstar Saga*, Luigi has not returned with lightning related attacks (ignoring the return of the power in the remake of Superstar Saga). However, there is recurring theme of Luigi being associated with natural disaster related attacks ("green thunder", tornado kick from Mario Strikers, etc.).

## Appearance

The Firebrand gives its user the ability to generate fire from their hands. The Thunderhand gives its user the ability to generate electricity from their hands, not thunder. The fact that the Thunderhand produces electricity instead of thunder is joked about in the episode these powers are shown in.

### List of appearances

* Firebrand and Thunderhand
* Best of GaleemDharkon 2022!

### Major appearances

#### Firebrand and Thunderhand

The Firebrand and Thunderhand serve as the titular powers in this episode where Mario and Luigi show off their new abilities. Mario questions Luigi about how these powers are "scientifically impossible" and that Luigi is holding electricity in his hand, not thunder. The entire episode is based off Mario questioning how realistic the Thunderhand's powers are.

## Gallery

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### Videos

Firebrand and ThunderhandBest of GaleemDharkon 2022!

## Trivia

* Despite the Thunderhand being named the Thunderhand, it produces electricity in addition to thunder.
* The sprite used to represent the fire produced by the Firebrand is the same one used to represent the fireballs shot by Bowser in a few episodes.
	+ While the sprite for the fire produced by the Firebrand has been reused, the one for the Thunderhand has not.

## See also

* Firebrand and Thunderhand (disambiguation)