The Making of Plush Pichu

OK, you have probably watched it. During the April Fools' Day of 2015, I released a very special moveset claiming to be the “Best I've Ever Made”, which resulted to be just a plush toy of Pichu. This moveset was made bad in propose, but not just bad. In this video, I decided to make the moveset using common mistakes that Lawlers have in my opinion. Not only from bad movesets, I've also included bad stuff that good movesets have. I've even added some of my mistakes from my older videos! This article will explain everything that I kept in mind while I was making this moveset as bad as I could.
First of all, the idea of a moveset bad in propose was inspired by two movesets: Uffe the Ghost and Keygen. Uffe the Ghost, from the Text Lawl “Super ARC Bros Brawl” is what its creator called a Mock Moveset. He tried to make a really bad moveset for a character that doesn't even exist, having the infamous Lawl Ultimate as his inspiration to make it. Keygen, by Aitor Molina, had a similar purpose. However, the moveset was more focused on having a really bad character rather than making a bad moveset. As a fusion of both ideas, I got the idea of making a really bad moveset for a really bad character, but unlike ARC and Aitor Molina, as an April Fools Prank.







Now, let's talk about the character itself: Plush Pichu. How did I managed to have such a horrible idea for a character? Well, it wasn't always like that. This was originally going to be a moveset for Solid Snake. Please don't kill me. Yes, after the roster of SSB4 was released, a lot of people was complaining of the lack of one of the Third Party Characters from Brawl: Snake, who was also the only character from a Rated M game in Smash Bros. Now, while I think there are good reasons to want Snake back, I was fearing that since Snake wasn't going to return in Smash, people will start to suggest him in Lawl. This is because Chincherrinas always adds a Snake Codec as an extra ever since the beginning, and has continued doing this even when Lawl removed the original Brawl cast. But I didn't agree with them because, well, Snake already has a moveset, and he could return. Imagine if someone did it with Mewtwo. However, I thought that this would offend fans of Snake and even MGS fans from my fanbase, so I decided to change Snake by a new character. And that was Plush Snake, which would also have been a satire of movesets for Plush toys (like Plush Mario). Then Chincherrinas made Snake canon as Codec Snake, which is literally Snake's mugshot from the codecs from Brawl and MGS1. People loved this idea. I still don't like it at all, but decided to make the April Fools character not Snake-related. Because if not, my fans could have taken it as a direct jab at Chincherrinas himself. And I didn't want that.



So, I had to change the character. Who could it be? Well, my first idea was Master Hand. What's worse than having a character that has already been in Smash Bros? A boss that was created for Smash Bros! And has been a boss since SSB64! Besides that, it's a shout out to another Prank by the user DavuuWart that he did during El Día de los Inocentes (Inocents' Day, Spain's equivalent to April Fools, which is in December 28th). He made an animation based on Smash Bros which was a poorly animated story about Mario and his “friends” fighting Master Hand. His Final Smash was going to be flipping the bird like in that animation. However, Aitor suggested me “Plush Greninja”, and I had the ultimate bad Smash Bros character: Plush Pichu. This is everything wrong with him:
-He comes from a franchise that's already in Smash Bros, which is some kind of Taboo for my Lawl, and definitely not the greatest choices (unless they're alternative versions like the CD-i). It's even worse considering that Pichu already has a moveset (believe it or not, I have found a moveset for Princess Peach).
-He's a character that has been removed. So the moveset will have instant likes from Sakurai haters. Personally, that's pretty much Codec Snake purpose.
-He's a Pokémon. Ever since Smash Lawler made Diglett, a lot of people decided to make Pokémon movesets because “Smash Lawler (nowadays known as Kirb-Star) made Diglett, so I can make (Insert Pokémon)!”.
-He's a non-joke remake of a Joke Character. Did you know that somebody suggested YTPGuy to make a Non-Joke Irate Gamer? You're probably as shocked as I was. It even got to the Empty Slot 3.
-And finally, it's a plush toy. I already mentioned why that's bad.



With this said, I also wanted to make a Roster at the beginning with other characters I'd hate to see in a Lawl game. All of them with explanations:
-Boshi: Minor character from a Smash Bros franchise. It's always annoying for me. That's why we have Smash, or fangames.
-Beared Robin Williams: A different version of a character that has little to no difference to the original, or less moveset potential. Sonic X characters and Simon and Marcy from Adventure Time come to my mind.
-Toon Greninja: Same as Williams. Plus, another Pokémon.
-Amy Rose: The face of the most infamous Lawler ever.
-The Motherf*cking Snakes: This was during the Snake/Plush Snake era. I added three more Snakes to the Roster: Box Snake, Snake on a Plane and Snake (The Simpsons). When the moveset was changed to Pichu, it wasn't as funny, but I still kept them. By the way, Snake from The Simpsons is the only character from Lawl Noba that I could make official.
-PSX Mina: Same as Williams, as well as a fighting game character. Also an example of “Liking a character doesn't mean he/she fits in Lawl”. Yep, Seung Mina is my main in Soul Calibur.
-Fulgore: Found in a surprising amount of Rosters, and a fighting game character.
-The Fat/Oliver Hardy: Separating an obvious choice for a Tag Team.
-Young Anakin: Again, like Williams.
-Heinous Rose and Spelunker: These two are just personal. I hate both Heinoustuck and Spelunker Sensei so much that they don't even deserve a moveset. Professor Spelunker will be the new Sandbag, though.
-Modern SpongeBob: Same as Williams, and a poor excuse for a Joke Moveset.
-Squeegee: It's just stupid.
-Wun: Some people want my characters in Lawl, there you go!
-Sacha Scar: From a Spin Off that wasn't very good, it's a character that isn't that good. Plus, too similar to Scar.
-Killager/Rule 34 Wii Fit Trainer: Aitor suggested them because he considered them for his game and recognised that they were very bad ideas.
-Johnny Test: He doesn't appear on the Roster, but decided to add him suffering Pichu's Final Smash. Why? Just search “Johnny Test Death”. Cry.




With the Roster done, it is time to work on the Moveset itself. Before it starts, we have the opening, which is just a bad parody of Pac-Man's trailer. This is based on Marcianito's Trailer, some dude who made a parody of Smash Bros with a 3D animated gif of an alien, ripping off other parodies like the Crash Leak or some trailers for Shrek. Then the Roster, which is shown during a very small period of time and the moveset begins.
The song is the DK Rap from Super Smash Bros Melee, a song that has nothing to do with Pichu and doesn't even fit. What's next? Nathan Drake with JonTron's Theme? Well, it happened. It's actually the reason why I made this. The first part is the intro, which is just falling from the Sky. It has an inspiration clip, which is something bad for me. I mean, some characters have inspiration clips on their entrances, while others don't? The Inspiration Clip is that scene from the SSB64 intro where Pikachu falls, and that's why the entrance is called 64 Fall. This is based on Banjo and Kazooie's moveset, where the entrance is called “Trailer Door” because Banjo comes out from a door from a trailer from one of the Lawler's videos. Oh, and this entrance is seen in Poké-Floats. As much as I like Melee stages, this one was a big stretch. Specially considering the interesting locations from the Pokémon games.
His Neutral B is called Electric, and it's just a basic projectile. You can easily see movesets where characters have a basic projectile with no special effects at all, most of the times as the Neutral B. It also parodies the fact that some movesets just mention how much damage an attack does instead of showing it in the HUD. I wanted to use the Inspiration Clip from Melee, but I couldn't find it so I used a scene from the Pikachu and Pichu short film. The stage is Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. I don't need to explain why.
His Side B (or Side+B) it's Dark Pit's Electric Arm. Yes, I didn't call it Electroshock. This is where the set just forgets it's about Pichu, and sadly that often happens. Some movesets just don't care about the character and add random attacks. Wanna see the biggest example? Toon Moblin from Collaterale1. That one was a big mess. Anyways, this attack was chosen because both Dark Pit and Pichu are clones hated by the fanbase and also because I wanted to add a move that's inspired by other, but reduces it to be more generic. Classic Sonic, for example, had Kirby's Beam Hability... for some reason. However, instead of using a Whip that turns into a beam if it's charged, it was just a chargable projectile. Even worse, compared it with the Mega Buster, and this set was made before Smash 4. This time, Electroshock is just a simple punch, which is also common in bad movesets. The Stage is a Pokémon battle. Just look at it to see how bad it is.
His Up B is Eleport. This move is a regular Teleport move. I wasn't sure if I should have put a simple Jump or a teleport, but I went with the Teleport. There isn't much to say, just more reference to the Mega Buster Beam with the fact that the Inspiration Clip shows Zelda, but the description mentions Mewtwo. This scene is the one with more charaters on it, even if Pichu doesn't even attack any of them. The stage is the LJN logo. Did you know that there's a cult following of logos on the Internet? Sounds as weird as you think, and Lawl has been contagied with it.
His Down B is Pichu's Tornado, misspelled as Pich' Tornado. This move is identical to Dr. Mario's Tornado. An example of just ripping off an attack with no changes at all. I also think that Dr. Mario's Tornado is a bit overrated. People already say that Dr. Mario is the best clone and better than Mario just because of this tornado. The stage is... the sky. Yeah, go figure.
And his Final Smash is Wombo Combo. This is less of a Lawl problem and more of a Smash problem: Final Smashes that are just the character grabbing the opponent, do some cool attacks, and finish the move with a strong attack. There are many attacks that look like that, and Crusade is even worse. My friends and I usually call this attacks the “combos”, so which better Combo than the Wombo Combo? And to make it worse, I added the entire moment in the video. Because we need that, right Konata/Toon K Rool? Oh, and I added it again as the Inspiration Clip. You're Welcome. This move also mentions that Pichu wins if he manages to catch an opponent. Just to make him overpowered compared to the Joke Moveset from Melee. The stage is a trophy stand. It doesn't really look as bad as the other stages.



With the attacks done, now it is time for the KO's and Taunts, right? Nah, let's forget about those like other Lawlers and move on to the Victory Poses. They're directly ripped off from Melee with a small diference. Now, the song has been changed to the Pichu & Pichu theme from Pokémon Channel. Oh, the Nostalgia... Anyways, this song is a parody of individual Victory Themes. You know those. It began with Meta Knight, and now people want a song for every character. I find that bad. I mean, a victory theme per franchise is fine, both in Lawl and Smash. The only exception I'll make is characters from Disney, since they technically come from different universes. Not to mention that individual victory themes are often too fetched. The song also has lyrics, which is also something I always try to avoid. It just sounds weird to hear someone singing as well as the character speaking.
After that, the Non-Snake Codec. I mean, the Red Leo Media. Using the color errors from Doof's moveset, speaking with Text-To-Speech, and having random characters introducing themselves. Well, that last part is a parody of Loquendo videos (Loquendo is a Text-to-Speech program). They also say that Pichu has no weaknesses, another shown of his overpoweredness, and use Comic Sans as well as bad Grammar. In fact, the whole moveset has really bad grammar, like most of bad movesets. Pichu joins the Bottle is the one I put the most efford in. Lol



There are some other details about the moveset. Like Bandicam. Some people didn't like that in my movesets (until Timmy's Dad) the water mark was seen, so I added it here as a reminder of what I did wrong. Even during the Inspiration Clips, which also had errors. The one for the Neutral B showed Chrome's Resource bar, Down B's had Bandicam's window seen, Side B has a small moment where the video is still loading, and of course, Up B not only had Etika, but also showed me looking for the part where Zelda uses her Up B. Another thing is the Characters' icons. They're the logos of where there are from, and not even colored. This is so common, even Chincherrinas does it (he at least colors the logos). With Boshi I take one step further, having the Super Mario RPG logo, instead of just the Mario logo (or the Mushroom). I saw this on Shadow's moveset. I also originally going to add a description talking about the “reasons” to add Pichu, but scrapped it because it would ruin the surprise. After rewatching the Moveset Intro, I thought it would much better if fans were like “Who is it going to be?”, and then “PICHU!”. Most of what I was going to say is what I have explained here, only explained as good arguments. There's one thing I didn't say at all. I was originally going to mention that he's a plush toy because I don't have Sony Vegas. I hate this excuse, it's like saying that you can't draw because you don't have a pencil, even if you have a pen. Look, I don't have Sony Vegas. YTPGuy doesn't have it. Agito doesn't have it. And we still are able to make good movesets, or at least is what you, my fanbase, think.
Well, that's all folks. Hope you enjoyed the Worst Moveset Ever.