Joke Characters in Video Games

[@AustynSN]

Canonically, Glass Joe's only win was against Nick Bruiser (The final boss in Super Punchout!) due to a freak accident.

[@MetaSynForYourSoul]

Lol! 😂I was gonna comment this but I couldn't remember which of the Bruisers he beat!

[@Zetact_]

Actually Super Punch-Out happens after original Punch-Out (returning fighters have more fights in their records than the NES version) and at that time Nick Bruiser has 0 losses so Glass Joe couldn't have beaten him.

[@MetaSynForYourSoul]

@@Zetact_ But it's true in the story. Nick beat Rick, then lost to Joe. They each have one loss a piece. Only cuz it was a "freak accident" its not counted. 🤷🏿‍♂️ Amateur bout or semi pro is what I'm thinking. Actually I thought it's a reference to Tyson and his Amateur loss to this no name he fought again and destroyed him when he got out of prison. Just speculation though.

[@AustynSN]

@@Zetact_ Yeah, I've heard that contradiction mentioned. However, I'm pretty sure it was Nintendo that said it. If so, that does make it canon if completely illogical and contradictory.

[@CoralCopperHead]

I was under the impression that Glass's win was against Mr. Sandman.

[@parkersmith5895]

Glass joe’s helmet is actually something anyone can unlock. If you lose 100 times, like glass Joe, you’ll be able to wear the helmet yourself and fight with it

[@strangecolouredbird]

*99

[@parkersmith5895]

@@strangecolouredbirdno it’s 100

[@strangecolouredbird]

@@parkersmith5895 we'll just have to agree to disagree

[@cl4ppy596]

@@strangecolouredbird it's 100. Since he gets this after losing to Mac, which would be his 100th loss.

[@strangecolouredbird]

@@cl4ppy596 Ah.

[@FlamingZelda3]

I think maybe the most famous joke character in videogaming is luigi. He started as a player 2 palette swap for mario. Then in the 80s mario tv show they decided to make him a cowardly dweeb and that's been his thing ever since. In almost every game he appears in he's supposedly weaker or less capable than mario, but in almost every game where he appears playable he is in fact noticeably stronger than mario with increased jump height, projectile range, and even instant kill moves. Compound this with the internet trend of "Luigi Wins by doing nothing" and Nintendo's very own "Year of Luigi!" which was both extremely hyped up and one of their biggest financial losses in a year ever solidifies his place in gaming culture.

[@Jeffeffery9]

this is the best comment

[@ThisismineIguess]

Nah. In Mario Tennis 64 he was portrayed as cocksure - "Luigi not afraid." You can say "But Camelot developed it-" but it is what it is and Nintendo gave the thumbs up on it. His cowardly persona in Luigi's Mansion was where it became truly solidified, and was much more exaggerated than the 80s cartoon.

[@FlamingZelda3]

@@ThisismineIguess Fair. His trophy in smash 64 mentions that he's secretly cool and popular. Also in mario kart 8 he gives the other drivers death stares. I think this extreme nature of his personality just adds to the comedy of him as a character though.

[@nonamepasserbya6658]

The financial loss was blamed on Luigi but Wii U is a dumpster ground for shovelware and Nintendo cheaped out on Luigi centric games with only Dark Moon being his real spotlight. The failure of Luigi Year was through no fault of his own

[@FlamingZelda3]

@@nonamepasserbya6658 Never blamed it on him. I think the year of luigi marketing was somewhat in response to the bleak outlook of the wiiU and was one of nintendos attempts to stop/reduce the financial losses.

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

Playable joke characters almost always become meta when at least 10 people use them skillfully

[@therealchaosguy]

Fukua from Skullgirls went from a joke copycat character to a literal clone in-lore, and this is why Fukua mains love her

[@anthonyslaptheknee9344]

Remember in like the first major tekken 7 tournament a panda player won. Someone won a major with a joke character. The first big tekken 7 tournament

[@Banana_Man17]

@@anthonyslaptheknee9344 wasn't it the one panda guy

[@NICK-h3c3l]

Dan is decently good in sf5

[@larrydupp3988]

Shout out to Junebug winning a Super Smash Brothers melee regional with DK

[@kyancoqie]

Can't have video games without at least _some_ silliness. edit: why am i famous

[@KenMasters.]

It's like Marvel without Deadpool, DC without Lobo, and Dark Horse without The Mask.

[@Leo-nm1ne]

Inability of creating entertainment lacking any degree of tomfoolery

[@BigEOT3]

Unless you’re Virtua Fighter.

[@cesarv7685]

Even some horror games have some silly/funny easter eggs

[@alo7712]

​@@BigEOT3 i mean i guess the only silliness virtua fighter has is the dlc costumes for 5

[@Jaice00]

Dan is actually really talented lorewise. His one-handed hadouken is something only the strongest street fighter characters, being Gouken and Akuma, are able to use. Dan being able to do the technique despite not completing his training is actually impressive.

[@dragonbornascended5968]

Maybe he's stronger than both of them, in a more unexpected way, but we'll never know.

[@noobplayz2655]

@@dragonbornascended5968I mean with enough training he might be. In one of the comics Dan was shown to be possessed by the satsuino hado (I think that’s how it’s spellled?) before tripping on sakura’s backpack and falling. This man actually performed the raging demon though, showing he could be a threat if he knew what he was doing.

[@felixmartinez1100]

​@@noobplayz2655 Satsui No Hadou

[@dieptrieu6564]

@@noobplayz2655 Yeah, isn't one of the reason gouken kick him out was because he sense his compatibility with satsui no hadou. So he doesn't want to create another akuma hence dan got kick

[@rahn45]

I like the irony of how Dan actually does practice the actual "Strongest Style" but in a very incomplete form. That perhaps he has the most potential and room to grow of any fighter, but no one who would be able to develop it.

[@lpnp9477]

While I agree that Wii fit trainer certainly fits the bill, I feel like plant is way more emblematic. Free herbaceous dlc with animations that make no physical sense!

[@CoralCopperHead]

Potted Piranha Plants had already been shown to be capable of sprouting roots long and sturdy enough to run on in the Mario franchise. I wish I could remember which game they first showed up in, but they were around long before Ultimate.

[@NoBillsOfCrashDamage]

​@@CoralCopperHead I believe their first appearance was in Super Mario Bros 3.

[@Joshuajande]

Bro I main you wii fit trainer

[@DionneDion]

Wasn't there this bug with the plant that it could delete your entire save data or something? I feel like this is the only time a joke character..Ahem..Took it's own joke too far.

[@glauciarochelle]

the reason why wii fit trainer was so popular in smash and outside is of our beauty boby and the hands of the rule34 artists this is just my honest opinion

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

The funny thing about Dan Hibiki is yes, he's a combination of Ryo Sakazaki with Robert Garcia's head. But Robert Garcia was based on Steven Seagal (complete with pony tail), a real life joke character.

[@frds_skce]

Dan Hibiki is Steven Seagal confirmed

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

@Firdaus FDZLH If you want real proof, play SVC Chaos and find out what Kim Kaphwan says to Dan.

[@Terminal_Apotos]

No wonder he looked similar

[@thatguymatt5816]

Sagat saw how much Dan’s fathers death was tearing him apart so he let Dan win in their next fight, ridding him of his need for revenge

[@randoontheinternet5842]

Did Sagat have a redemption arc?

[@thatguymatt5816]

@@randoontheinternet5842 totally! He’s basically an anti hero now!

[@thatrandomcrit5823]

That´s terrible

[@panikk2]

@@thatguymatt5816 sagat has the most interesting story in all of SF imo. he struggles with trying to be the best in the world while also staying a true martial artist in every sense of the word. in a way he has all the same struggles as ryu but sort of goes in the opposite direction. as the series progressed you saw more and more of evil ryu and sagat became more and more distanced from his past with shadaloo and trying to make peace with who he used to be.

[@NICK-h3c3l]

Didn't dan refuse right? Sagat was nice enough to even let him win.

[@Magic_Ice]

My favorite Joke character in a fighting game is Jigglypuff. “Ok let’s design a fighting game about platforming and create a character that floats around the platforms.” Genius.

[@Otherface]

Kirby...

[@Magic_Ice]

@@Otherface yeah but Kirby’s air speed sucks have you tried playing him like puff it doesn’t work

[@kirotalksyt]

Jigglypuff is definitely the OG Smash Joke character.

[@Random_User666]

@@Magic_Ice honestly, Kirby was just badly designed in Smash in general. Like, the concept of Kirby being this ultra beginner friendly character that can give Mario a run for his money is great and all, but the execution was horrible.

[@JJSSBU]

I didnt even think about that and I'm a Jigglypuff main XD

[@DrRank]

One of my favourite joke characters comes from Crash Team Racing. Earning the Red, Green, Blue and Yellow Gems in Adventure Mode unlocks the first four boss characters - Ripper Roo, Papu Papu, Komodo Joe and Pinstripe, respectively. So naturally I assumed that the Purple Gem would unlock the final boss, Nitros Oxide. But instead, we got Fake Crash, a bushy-browed, buck-toothed clone of Crash. What makes it funnier is that Fake Crash only exists because a toy manufacturer messed up a Crash plushie and Naughty Dog said, "Let's put him in".

[@klaushassen3954]

You forgot the literal crates that crash smashes

[@DrRank]

@@klaushassen3954 Ah, yes, the Iron Checkpoint Crate. The personification of "Yeah, they laughed. And then they built it." But the original PS1 version just had Fake Crash.

[@DionneDion]

Oh yeah I heard about this, though it was an unofficially licensed plush right? Therefore a bootleg.

[@fiqures1529]

Wii Fit is actually kind of good in Ultimate because they buffed her deep breathing. If you use platforms right you can get close to 100% with nair and other falling aerials

[@Dangusthemateballmaster67]

Yes but I think he means that she is a weird choice and not fit with fighting

[@logandunlap9156]

@@Dangusthemateballmaster67 not even a joke character, wii fit is an important part of nintendo’s accessory history. like ROB but not as cool

[@CoralCopperHead]

@@logandunlap9156 I get the feeling that Kiro here doesn't fully understand what makes a "joke" character.

[@XBC3403]

wii fit was never really a joke character anyway. the joke characters in smash were more of a moment that the devs surprise players by making something you wouldn't really expect to be a character and make it one. Mr. game and watch in melee, ROB in brawl, Duck hunt in smash 4, and piranha plant in ultimate.

[@jayblack5942]

​@@Dangusthemateballmaster67 That would describe about half of the smash roster.

[@hypn00s197]

Phoenix Wright in Ultimate Marvel vs Capcon 3 would be one of my favorites. Imagine a lawyer defeating monsters, supervillains, demons and even cosmic entities by just throwing paper at them.

[@blvckgoogle]

well he has airbending objections

[@Average_PlayerFromRBX]

thats what we call "the power of justice"

[@asterisk5054]

was looking for this comment!

[@DionneDion]

I was gonna say Frank West is one of them too but then I realized he was actually kind of born a fighter, seeing with what he actually had to deal with back in Dead Rising...

[@fray4life407]

Back when I played Super Smash Bros with my friends, I started playing as the Wii Fit trainer as a joke. Time passed It became my main.

[@SimonMoon5]

My favorite joke character was Roll (the sister of Megaman/Rockman) in Marvel vs Capcom, the first one. She had basically the same moveset as Megaman except worse in every way (much like Dan is like Ken/Ryu but worse). The one real advantage she had was that she was so short, most projectiles would go over her head (even some supers). I used to play her all the time at my local arcade and one guy called me the "patron saint of Roll" as I used her few advantages to do reasonably well.

[@megapokesonicx]

and in a strange turn of events, when Roll was added in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, she got a new unique moveset and her classic design, and she's actually really good gameplay wise. Kinda like how Pichu went from Smash Bros Melee to Ultimate, being an awful joke character to actually pretty good competitive wise

[@tjtourette5261]

The Tekken series has a lot of joke charakters. From Mokujin/Combot over Panda and Kuma to Gon and Roger Jr., there's a lot of strangely weird charakters

[@SeiPR727]

Doctor B. in Tekken 3 getting random backaches while fighting

[@MasatakaEbina]

Yoshimitsu

[@elmono6299]

Roger Jr. is my favorite fighter in Tekken, along with Kuma as a close second. While the Kangaroo is a gag character, I wouldn't consider the bear a joke only because of how incredibly strong and dangerous they are in real life. 🦘🐻

[@JustJulyo]

Sometimes the joke characters are the best ones. Like a reoccurring punchline like old man getting hit in the crotch by a football

[@FlamingZelda3]

pichu's actually super fun in smash. (he's really fast and his neutral air attack feels like you're a dodgeball - it's pretty funny)

[@WIld-cHILd-1273]

This reminds me of blacks ops 1 because despite the mpk5 being a beginner weapon I would have rocked that gun many times without hesitation

[@brandonwilliams6119]

I really love Dan Hibiki as a character, he’s such a goofball and his point blank one handed Gadoukens are so pitiful, but nothing beats his super taunt, in the Marvel Vs Capcom Games he even has a Raging Demon where he grabs you and sacrifices his health to deal heavy damage to the opponent. Dan debuted in the hit game Street Fighter Alpha which released in 1995 right? Well that’s the same year I was born 😎💖

[@axelthealpha8147]

Glass Joe isn’t a joke, he’s the toughest French boxer that you’re ever gonna know.

[@keystone5750]

One of the funniest things about Dan is his SFV infinite. Eventually, they patched it out, but outside of the context of the infinite, the move that enabled it was buffed, having a random chance to knock down. Also, I remember seeing someone point out that Kage’s fighting style was closest to Dan’s but I don’t remember the exact reasoning.

[@TylerMcNamer]

The trainers are not all that silly. I think they're a couple of badasses!

[@lucemonfalldownmode]

Fun fact, Pichu, which was literally designed to be a joke character in Super Smash Bros. Melee, ended up being better than Bowser, Kirby, Ness and Zelda, who were not intended to be bad.

[@AdamChan318]

When I think joke character, Neco Arc from Melty Blood is the first thing that comes to my mind - weird origins, bizarre moves, and their hurtbox is soo small that a lot of moves and combos will just miss (though not as much in the most recent game)

[@Arton_White]

I’ve been looking for this and you’ve made my day.

[@CoralCopperHead]

...Except Neco-Arc's hitbox was explicitly made the same size as everyone else's. It might look like you missed, but nine times out of ten, she just crouch-blocked a low that looked like it should've been a high because of her tiny sprite. Flip the coin, and if she's standing up, a roundhouse that hits everyone else in the head also hits her in the "head" even if it looks like it should be a whiff.

[@bottomgear4055]

@@Arton_White I also agree with that

[@ThisismineIguess]

Don't forget Neco-Arc Chaos. Just didn't become a porn meme because it's a guy.

[@bottomgear4055]

@@ThisismineIguess He’s too cool and badass for r34

[@justarandompurplefox3243]

I don’t remember which specific game, but on the GameCube, there was a DBZ fighting game featuring Hercule. His ultimate was basically a surprise nuke, literally leaves the background desolate lmao

[@taskmanager_1021]

I'm surprised you didn't bring up Tofu Boy from Super Meat Boy. Great video by the way

[@KenMasters.]

Fun Fact: If you beat games with Dan on the highest difficulty with no continues, it proves you are a Street Fighter god! Especially in that SUPER Puzzle Fighter II X spin-off where it's impossible to win with Dan.

[@Beessokoo1coo1]

Street fighter god no more like a street fighter universe!

[@DoNothingCrazy]

pichu and puff were meant to both be joke characters where one through the thousands of community hours put towards it is arguably an s tier character and the other is used when axe plays pools. Both amazing stories and utilizations by the community and why i love joke characters in the fgc.

[@Chip10591]

Dan was also canonically able to perform Shun Goku Satsu (raging demon) in the comic, tho it did not land, he tripped over a bag before he could connect it.

[@weightingramsss]

Found the channel yesterday, now I’m watching every upload

[@ImTheMan0fSteel]

I bought a Wii fit when I was a kid. I was super hyped about the technology itself. I thought they'd add it to Wii games like tennis so you could use it to move around. I also actually still enjoyed it. I was playing football at the time and loved challenging myself with push ups. It was actually rather in depth and the work outs were true workouts.

[@natecgames4612]

Dan seems like the biggest character to just be a jab at the knock-off source material. But strangely enough, it seems that the sf devs have given him some of the most respect out of every joke character to make him actually have a big reason to be the way he is without loosing the ludicrously stupid concept on paper

[@Sly88Frye]

Mr Game & watch I say is kind of a joke character but I guess maybe Nintendo never thought of him that way because he's such a classic from the old school game and watch. But seriously the kind of moves he has are just funny and the fact that he's not animated and that he's 2D.

[@dragonbornascended5968]

Strangely enough, Mr Game & Watch is actually a 3d model.

[@tangerinepaint3643]

@@dragonbornascended5968 yeah, he’s just flattened by a large amount

[@loopsjam4713]

In all fairness, Hercule survives. Cell backhanding him into a mountain. Getting shot point blank. A punch from Goku (granted he was holding back but Hercule's a human but still) And he was one of the only humans to survive Super Buu airstriking humanity out of existence + he befriended regular Majin Buu. So he may not be on Saiyan tier, but he does have some street cred

[@SakuraAvalon]

My favourite thing about Wii Fit Trainer in Smash, was all the memes, making her seem like she was gone to kill you. The 'I'll help you fit.... Into a coffin' one always got a chuckle from me.

[@sayliyuf3727]

Fun fact, it's strongly implied that Joe's one win is against Mr.Sandman, The final boss of the game

[@Nightmare-kn6ee]

His one win is against Nick Bruiser by freak accident, and not Mr. Sandman, although he also technically defeated Mike Tyson.

[@Lo-Sir]

@@Nightmare-kn6ee Mike Tyson did get his revenge though

[@Pocket-Calculator]

Dan is in the same situation as Hercule: he is one of the strongest humans in his universe but that means nothing when compared to the likes of Akuma. His style also seems to be a fusion of Gouken's karate and Sagat's Muay Thai due to some poses being nearly identical. Sagat ends up letting Dan win because he felt remorse over killing his father and ultimately Dan decided to "spare" Sagat's life because that's what his late father would've wanted. Overall he's surprisingly cool for a one-note joke character.

[@NICK-h3c3l]

He uses a fighting style which has Sagat and goukens as well? Then what fighting style does sakura have since Dan was her master.

[@pigglesgoomshby7249]

@@NICK-h3c3l If I remember correctly, Sakura doesn't really use Saikyo Style moves aside from a small handful, she developed her fighting style by copying Ryu's moves

[@charbplus]

It's simple. I see punch out character, I click

[@aftertone3146]

The circumstances of Dan's creations is to poke fun at Ryo, yes, but the circumstance's of Ryo's creation are not ripping it off. It was made by former SF developers and as these things tend to go, they went off what they know works and Ryo's archetype worked well for the type of game.

[@darkspyro4064]

The funniest thing is Gouken stopped teaching Dan because he could access the Satsui no Hado and could do a raging demon iirc

[@NICK-h3c3l]

Pretty sure the reason was because he wanted it to kill for revenge.

[@lagrush9039]

There's a neat detail in punch out wii. If you get 100 losses you'll also get a face guard like how Joe gets his after his 100th loss

[@CartoDarko]

I was wondering why such a random video got recommended to me, then pizza tower showed up and understood why lmao. another reason to love the game because it's introduced me to you!! great content man, keep it up!!

[@yhm3607]

great video man !!!

[@matthewjones6786]

The Wii was my first console. At the height of its popularity, my dad bought it for us on impulse. My long journey of videogaming began with Wii Sports and other such motion control games, designed to bring in a broader audience than ever before. That's a big part of why I _adore_ Wii Fit Trainer in Smash. Besides being hilarious, she truly represents that era, the first time in gaming that a nerdy child and their out of touch grandma could bond over games together. She's a joke character yes, but also one of the most unironically iconic characters Smash could've added! My absolute favorite. :)

[@lucassvica6388]

I'm learning English and this videos are amazing! I understood everything. Thank you for your good pronunciation and interesting videos! New sub

[@jeannesgm7564]

Fukua in Skullgirls is the prime example of a joke character. Her birthday is April 1st and is only in the game because fans loved her

[@cashordeals3672]

For the longest time Dan has been my favorite joke character ever until grandblue fantasy versus came out and I see lowain dude and the bros are hilarious seriously look up his interactions especially the English version freaking hilarious 🤣

[@superbnns]

There's a meta reason why Dan's fireballs suck. It's s a reference to the spirit system in Art of Fighting. When you spirit is empty, your fireballs don't go full screen anymore, and since there isn't a spirit gauge in Street Fighter at all, Dan's fireballs always suck.

[@cofagrigusfan24]

each Smash game introduces at least 1 joke character 64 - Jigglypuff Melee - Pichu Brawl - R.O.B. 3DS - Wii Fit Trainer Wii U - Duck Hunt Ultimate - Piranha Plant

[@SonicTheCutehog]

3DS and Wii U are the same game

[@therealchaosguy]

@@SonicTheCutehog Silence, Semantics Police

[@therealchaosguy]

The Next Smash Game will prolly have like, Waddle Dee, no not Bandana Dee, just a regular Waddle Dee if such a game ever comes out

[@PepinoTheGreat]

One thing I've learned from this video is that in certain regions, Hercule is the censored western name of Mr. Satan in the DBZ. Also didn't know Go Hibiki was killed by Sagat.

[@eb7389]

Manta from Shaman King: Spirit of Shamans. In the manga this game is based on, he's the "Token Muggle", as in, "the only normal person in the group with no shamanic powers whatsoever". He can see ghosts, but he's overall an average (if VERY short) kid next to his friend who are able to fuse and fight with said ghosts, and as such he's the comedic relief/audience surrogate character. So when they made him playable, they made him a joke character, as his entire moveset is based on gags he's seen performing in the manga, like beating people on the head with an enormous encyclopedia, summoning his shoulder angel as his personal spirit to fight with and SHOOTING FRIGGIN LASER BEAMS FROM HIS EYES.

[@Multienderguy37]

Glass Joe’s one win was against Nick Bruiser, the final boss of super punchout. The incident was considered a “freak accident” so it doesn’t show on his record.

[@gutter339]

I'm really getting tired of seeing this comment. Nick is undefeated by the time we fight him. If Glass Joe's 1 win is on his record, why isn't Nick's 1 loss on his record? Also the rumor seems to have started cuz when you beat Nick Bruiser one of the best times is "G. Joe" or something in reference to Glass Joe, and Nintendo just rolled with it, prob to shut ppl like you up

[@Multienderguy37]

@@gutter339 The reason was stated in my comment. Nintendo confirmed it. Why are you angry?

[@Skylord__Brown]

I came here hoping for a little bit of Robo Ky from Guilty Gear and while there wasn’t any of the silly robot man this video was really well done! Fingers crossed for a part 2 though, even if there’s not a bit of Robert Kyle finding about all these joke characters is a lot of fun 👀

[@otakubullfrog1665]

I'll always think of the goof-off class from Dragon Warrior III. Sure, the way they can fail to do absolutely anything in a fight (even parry) is funny at first and they can become a sage without needing the book, but it's hard not to give up and swap them for somebody much more useful long before you make it to the shrine where you can change classes.

[@magicmarv98]

I love this channel and this man. Thanks for the videos

[@christopherlopez2464]

Your gonna be be BIG. Just keep going all your elements shine like the big timers do. I can’t wait to enjoy more of your content, you’ll brake the mold I can see it already. Your my friend are going places 👍👍👍

[@christopherlopez2464]

*You’re

[@KakkaRotSRL]

Kiro does not miss. He is one of like 15 youtubers I have the bell on for, and his essays are really, really good. I am not a sonic fan, but even I watched all your sonic shit when I was binging your channel. Super excited for you to say something about that sonic murder meme game that just came out. Your opinion on it is literally the only opinion I care about.

[@FlamingZelda3]

There are 15 youtubers you have the bell on for? That's wild. I have like 3. I'd hate to get all those notifications.

[@Terminal_Apotos]

@@FlamingZelda3it’s not like your getting notifications every 5 minutes lol

[@sebblitz]

In SF5 Dan is no joke fighting-wise, and his Haogadoken fully charged is one of the strongest fireballs in the game and it goes full screen.

[@pretzel105]

Amazing channel to stumble upon while watching KZbin before bed, banger vibes I love it

[@vonVile]

SNK's response to Dan was Yuri Sakazaki stealing all Street Fighter characters' moves. I can't even list them all. Just watch the video Yuri's Revenge, which shows them.

[@naomiassan9988]

Reminds me of Johnny from the Metal Gear Solid series. From having multiple diarrhoea to trying to hold up Solid Snake with his gun's safety lock activated. Bro can't get a break.

[@garrettprice6507]

Absolutely love all of your videos and was so stoked to see this in my feed!! Please keep up your super amazing work!!!

[@the_Wally_man]

Here are some joke characters I know: In Super Meat Boy, there is a character named Tofu Boy and hes the worst character in the game, having the slowest speed and lowest jump. You unlock him after writing "petaphile" in your keyboard in the character selection menu. Not only that, he comes from a Peta SMB remake where Tofu Boy is the main character. Since Peta's games are normaloy pretty bad, it controlled bad. In the sequel, Tofu Boy also appears in SMB Forever. Talking about that, let's talk about Meatsona from the 2nd game. So Meat Boy is a cube, but Meatsona aint. He has a human like body appearance, and his "head" is in the torso of that person. He is unlocked after beating the 3rd warp zone (test your meat) which references mortal combat. He doesn't have downgrades or anything, he works just like Meat Boy. In Miitopia, in the final tower in the game, you have to climb it up to the end and defeat the Darker Lord, although, the ex dark lord will be following you in that tower. The joke part is that his attacks do 1-2 damage, and since youre pretty much a level 20-25 in that place, the enemies have pretty high health (talking about 300-400 HP), the only big part he helps in is giving you HP bananas. Thats it for every joke character I could know, thanks for reading!

[@StrawberryDiaries]

Don’t forget Big the Cat He always scared me as a kid

[@Gatorade69]

Was he supposed to be a joke character from the start or has he just become the joke character ? When I think about it I can see both scenarios.

[@randoontheinternet5842]

@@Gatorade69 Either they always knew are decided on that fast because he appears as a goofy easter egg in certain levels of the Dreamcast version of SA2

[@DragoEpyon]

Dan's taunting is also an SNK reference, since they created taunting in fighting games.

[@SilverBioWolf]

God fuxking damn this was a good video great job man I’m gonna binge ur catalogue been missing content like this recently

[@mrmacross]

You could make an entire video of how often Capcom has used Dan to pan SNK: 1) His victory quote and pose is the same as Yuri Sakazaki's post fight celebration 2) SFA3 quote: "I hate the art of fighting, but I want to be the king of fighters." 3) Father Go Hibiki wears a Tengu mask, just like Ryo and Yuri's father, Takuma 4) His Marvel Superheroes vs. Street Fighter ending is straight lifted from Ryo's AoF ending

[@hermit6123]

Dan was not created to necessarily riff on SNK but is rather referential as prior Capcom employees worked at SNK. The main design of Ryo was designed by the same person who designed Ryu in the original Street Fighter.

[@lordferdinand33]

I don't think Johnny from FFVII is a joke character but he has come to my mind while watching the video LOL he is so random in the story. However, I love him, he is so funny and cute to me

[@williambotner2317]

Great job

[@jimbobcheezeburger2020]

Underrated channel, keep up the good work!!

[@barbecueshoes9212]

I think my favourite joke character has to be Phoenix Wright in Marvel VS Capcom. The man’s literary just a lawyer in a fighting game with superheroes and inhuman freaks.

[@andynachos2045]

Honestly, everyone in every Punch-Out!! Character is really, really, really, jokey. Like, hilarious. So funny.

[@Devilsblight86]

I kinda feel that saying that Glass Joe can beat Hercule Satan from DBZ is pretty much an insult to Hercule and downplaying his strengths. Cause, yeah, he can't really match up to people like the Z fighters and other martial artists who use ki. But Hercule actually is an accomplished martial artist and have won many tournaments before the Cell Games. There's a reason Spopovich hated the guy.

[@classiccustoms2010]

I actually beat Smash 3DS' All Star mode on hard using Wii Fit Trainer. I want to say he/she's a bit of a glass cannon, but his/her ability to heal is pretty good NGL.

[@sodapopinski8064]

All of my characters created in video games revolve around Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! Glassjoe is one of my faves to use, with the exception of my name here. You know you're having a bad day in an MMO when you get wrecked by a gnome named Glassjoe lol

[@DanPantzig]

Being a fighting game enjoyer named Dan, he became my main and I got pretty good with him.

[@CoveredCoconuts]

loki thought glass joe’s boxing glove on the left in the thumbnail was a penis 💀

[@Nagatem]

The fact that wii fit trainer is a character way before Isaac from Golden Sun is just soul crushing What’s also soul crushing is Isaac had more moves added to him as an assist trophy and he’s still not playable

[@dopey473]

My favorite joke character will forever be Robo Ky from Guilty Gear XX. If I had to desrcribe everything weird about him I'd be here all day so I'll just leave you with the fact that his victory quotes including simping and telling people to kill themselves.

[@retroblue9558]

Glass Joe actually beat Nick Bruiser (yes, the Special Circuit Champ), but it was apparently an accident x)

[@dragonslayer7724]

my headcannon is that super punch-out is an in-universe video game licensed by the WVBA and they declared the nick bruiser fight so hard they would give anyone who sent in proof of beating it an official boxing win, and glass joe was the first

[@epicdaftpunk]

Good day when Kiro uploads

[@ceciliavaldez843]

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[@epicdaftpunk]

@@ceciliavaldez843 thinking back on it, this is what a bot would say.

[@ceciliavaldez843]

@creamcovered yep, totally. Atleast you learned how not to be an npc (no hard feelings)

[@epicdaftpunk]

@@ceciliavaldez843 none taken

[@mikaelamonsterland]

something else with Dan and refrain to SNK, Yuri from Art of Fighting uses his same win pose and "yoyushi!" victory chant as well as copying even more of Ryu and Ken's fighting moves despite her being only a relatively inexperienced karate fighter compared to her brother and his friend

[@Starcircus3000]

I remember the time me and my brother played Smash Brothers together. And I remember that we made a challenge up where we have to play the wii fit Stage But whenever a yoga pose came on screen in the background we had to actually do the yoga pose while playing the game

[@pacoramon9468]

The joke about Glass Joe is that he is French.

[@ic3_115]

Putting piranha plant instead of literally anyone else in Smash is insane 💀

[@byronvonedmund]

Agreed, they could put Alm from Fire emblem Echoes in the game

[@astralisk]

@@byronvonedmund 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@kirotalksyt]

Piranha Plant is right up there with Wii Fit Trainer in terms of weirdness lol

[@TedWilder]

Justice for Waluigi!

[@ninlaw9810]

​@@byronvonedmund no more anime charactwrs please

[@SM2099-]

Humor in a good mood

[@ToastLord2611]

The first ever punch out game I played was the og punch out and I didn’t know any of the controls or how to play so *I lost*

[@cryonicprawn1911]

Surprised there wasn't a mention of Saitama from AHNK. Would love to see you break down how even absurdly strong characters can be treated as a joke.

[@Kailerification]

2:30 Hercule is actually pretty strong for a human, he can drag a multitude of buses at once, and can punch threw steel. It's just Yamcha can blow up planets.

[@reso-9]

Kinda sad that Dan got a place in the spotlight, but Yuri didn't. Yuri became a joke response from SNK to Dan, hell, she has a Raging Demon move in one of KoF games. From top of my head (take what is written here with a grain of salt, I can't check my sources rn), some of the people developing Street Fighter moved on to SNK which is why Ryo has so many similarities to Ryu. Dan's infinite taunting is a play on Taunts being an actual gameplay mechanic in Art of Fighting and earlier KoF, as it was used to reduce your opponent's power gauge. And last but not least, SNK vs Capcom fighting game had Dan be silly, but not a joke character unlike SF iterations.

[@kylesecord9960]

As a Wii Fit trainer main in smash who uses the black shirt dude version I felt shot at

[@MattDustyParker]

Calls Wii fit underpowered, shows clip of deep breathing Excellent video! I love joke characters. What are your thoughts on smash joke characters beyond wft?

[@Rahaad_K]

I still can’t believe this video is only 3w old

[@oranlupton3696]

my favourite little detail is in punch out for the wii when you rematch joe he wears head protection because you would be his 100th loss and when you lose 100 times against a fighter mac gets protective headgear

[@Rubiktor012]

Another important thing that joke characters do is balance games where a veteran player is going against a newer one, thus letting both players have fun.

[@RightNowsReverie]

Hey Kiro, Ik this random to comment. But just know I'm still here. I'm been following you since Day 1, and glad you're doing great then ever. Keep up the great work, and this was a good vid. A nice dive into joke characters

[@Giran_0]

If Budokai Tenkaichi 4 doesn't have Giran in it I'm setting the people in charge of the roster on fire Also I think the Wii fit trainer makes sense to be in the game especially compared to some of the other characters

[@CoralCopperHead]

Ugh. BT4 is just going to be a vehicle for lazy DLC cash-grabs. By the end of the game's "extended lifetime," people are going to have paid something like four times the price for half the roster 3 had.

[@GrumpyTy34er]

I feel like some of the best joke characters are found in the Tony Hawk games. For example, I played through both underground underground 2 recently and some of the joke characters include Gene Simmons, Shrek, a pixilated Tony hawk from the first pro skater game, and The Hand similar to master hand, though without the glove (this last one, of course, is a direct reference to tech decks)

[@johnbillings5260]

One of my favorites is Dr. Bosconovitch from Tekken. It's hilarious to have your character randomly fall down.

[@Chuchel-hh6hq]

Grunts in Halo are kind of a joke characters . Obviously gameplay vise they can be effective on higher difficulties , but overall even their dialogue is always something like - "HE IS HERE !" , "LEADER DEAD , RUN AWAY" , "NO , PLEASE !" .