Which Smash Character Is in the Most TV Episodes?

"which super smash bros fighter appears in the most episodes of tv shows?" surely this is a simple question. surely this will be easy and unambiguous and will also require fewer than five hours to discuss. join me in deep diving into the world of video game tv shows! in this video i delve through several dozen tv shows (and movies, and shorts, and things that are not any of those) and build up a count of each character's appearances. 10 exciting things to expect in this video: (1) at-length litigating over the meanings of "fighter", "episode", and "appear" (2) at-length litigating over the identities of several characters (3) ad-hoc micro-reviews of several series (4) The Problem With Adapting Star Fox (5) the fundamental rot at the heart of pac-man (6) noah centineo being terrified (7) yu-gi-oh, for some reason (8) netflix's failure to understand birthdays (9) a sinister theory about doug walker (10) a bunch of other things that are not tv shows viewers watching with friends or in groups are encouraged to make a game out of predicting the top 10 characters! they/them CHAPTERS 00:00:00 intro 00:01:08 defining terms 00:13:02 mario (tv shows) 00:43:04 mario (movies) 00:54:13 mario (weird stuff) 01:16:38 zelda 01:24:53 metroid 01:26:17 kirby 01:37:21 star fox 01:41:20 f-zero 01:48:58 fire emblem 01:50:25 misc nintendo 01:51:49 kid icarus 01:55:05 pikmin (& animal crossing) 02:01:32 splatoon 02:04:53 metal gear 02:10:21 misc third parties 02:11:28 sonic (tv & movies & knuckles) 02:29:59 sonic (weird stuff) 02:44:41 mega man 02:52:18 pac man 03:06:56 street fighter 03:20:55 castlevania 03:21:48 dragon quest 03:40:07 snk 03:43:29 minecraft 03:47:56 tekken 03:51:40 kingdom hearts 03:57:18 [redacted] part 1 04:35:39 [redacted] part 2 04:48:56 [even more redacted] 04:56:47 miis 05:05:54 the count 05:22:06 postmortem 05:27:25 closing thoughts 05:41:36 outro GAMEPLAY FOOTAGE SOURCES bs the legend of zelda: LabyrinthHunterSKB star fox 64: Carls493 manhole: me :^) via Itizo's emulation on itch metal gear solid digital graphic novel: IGN sonic spinball: Anon7906 pac-man: Old Classic Retro Gaming pac-man and the ghostly adventures: packattack0408 pac-man 256: Eryx Channel street fighter iv: No Commentary Gameplays fire emblem awakening: Roland N minecraft story mode: LucasDotje sonic 06: JeraCyclo Gaming kingdom hearts 358/2 days: Korbal Kludge Wise pokemon scarlet/violet: DynamoJono pokemon leafgreen: IMaximusDMI the count lucanor: KlausGaming pokemon channel: Japancommercials4U2 pokemon let's go: pokeli, NintendoCentral wii menu: Frafox super smash bros ultimate: Calem MrNazreenn ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Super Mario 599 font via textstudio Tabuu background by DyllonStej Gaming THANKS Incalculable thanks to everyone that has preserved or documented any of these series. The wikis and fansites without which this video would not have been possible: Wikipedia, Mariowiki, Bulbapedia, Sonic Wiki Zone, Serebii Other sites that were helpful: IMDB, Zeldawiki, WiKirby, Captain N Wiki, Pikipedia, Inkipedia, SNK Wiki, Street Fighter Wiki, Mega Man Knowledge Base, Rockman Corner, Pac-Man Wiki, Yu-Gi-Oh Wiki, Pocketmonsters The preservers: Cabbusses, BetaGems Lost Media, Cracken T, KuriiboShoe, Tropia, OKeijiDragon, Ghost, Howard_Casto, Gamefam, Pokemon Learning League Archives, the King Koopa's Kool Kartoons Discord server SOCIALS https://www.tumblr.com/indigosfindings @indigo-f.bsky.social Thank you for watching! :^)