Tabuu

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“	The ruler of Subspace and master of operations. Tabuu controls Master Hand with chains of light to excise this world and build up his great maze. He used Shadow Bugs to form Subspace and manipulates the servants of Master Hand to his heart's content. Born in a vastly foreign realm, he also possesses great leadership powers. Tabuu...No name is more suitable.	„
	~ Tabuu’s trophy statement

“	Tabuu with wings extended. The dreadful energy surges cast from these wings instantly turn all fighters back into trophies. Knowing this, King Dedede assembles all able-bodied troops and sets a timed device on each of them. This device is a brooch that, after the designated time runs out, revives all fighters wiped out by Tabuu.	„
	~ Tabuu’s (Wings) trophy statement

Background

Tabuu is the leader of the Subspace Army, the main antagonist and final boss of Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary. He is a powerful, supernatural entity who embodies the dimension of Subspace and rules it as a god. He uses the Subspace Bombs to send entire locations to his dimension, where he absorbs their power to increase his own, pursuing his plan to conquer and subjugate the universe. His name is a corruption of the word taboo, referring to something that is forbidden.

Aside from his appearance in Brawl, Tabuu appears in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a spirit.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Tabuu’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Tabuu is the true ruler of Subspace. His plan was to cut World of Trophies into pieces and take them to Subspace for his world. However, he himself cannot leave Subspace, which is why he created the Subspace Army to act in his stead. Tabuu took over the Isle of the Ancients, the home of the R.O.B.s, and forced them to serve him under the threat of annihilation. Tabuu first discovered that Mr. Game & Watch had Shadow Bugs in him and captured him to harness the power, and thus the Subspace Army was born. Tabuu studied and took control of the master of the World of Trophies, Master Hand, binding him with chains of light. Tabuu used Master Hand to enlist the help of Ganondorf, Bowser and Wario. These three were sent to hunt down any fighters that would stand in the way of Tabuu's plans, while remaining unaware of Tabuu's existence. However, King Dedede learned the truth about Tabuu and began interfering with his plans. Later in the story, after the heroes destroy the Subspace Gunship and enter Subspace, Ganondorf betrays Bowser by using a Dark Cannon. Ganondorf then goes to greet Master Hand. Ganondorf then realizes that Tabuu was actually controlling Master Hand, and that he was not actually following Master Hand's orders but was being tricked by Tabuu. Enraged, he charges a futile attack at Tabuu who effortlessly knocks him back. Ganondorf's body hits the puppeteered Master Hand, thus breaking him free of his chains of light (and turning Ganondorf into a trophy in the process). Master Hand also charges at Tabuu, but to no avail. With Master Hand lying motionless on the ground, Tabuu uses his Off Waves to turn everyone into trophies as soon as they approach. However, thanks to the Dedede Brooches, two trophies who had been left behind - Luigi and Ness - were later revived, and they proceed to revive King Dedede himself after Ness realised that it was thanks to him that they were restored. King Dedede joins their team and they rescue everyone else by collecting their trophies in Subspace (Part I), including Bowser, who had a fight with Dedede, and joined the team because Tabuu is so powerful, and he killed Master Hand. Around the same time, Kirby was revived by the brooch the captured princess had when he swallowed it and went out to save the rest of the fighters in Subspace Part II, between the characters, there are Wario, and Link and Zelda, who revive Ganondorf, and suggest him to join them, he accepts, because he can not do anything to Tabuu, Wario does the same, because King Dedede, Luigi and Ness pointed him where are going everyone, so all the characters enter to the adventure. Tabuu then creates a maze out of the worlds that have been consumed by Subspace and brings back the old enemies. He also creates dark clones of all of the heroes to slow them down. Once the player reaches Tabuu, he attempts to turn everyone back into trophies again, but is ambushed by Sonic the Hedgehog, who shatters his wings with a Spin Dash before he can do so. As a result, Tabuu's Off Waves are weakened, becoming "only" a one-hit KO attack instead of causing immediate trophification for any Smasher in reach. A selection of characters from Sonic, Bowser, Kirby, Luigi's group and those revived by these two groups (first: Luigi, Ness and King Dedede; second: Kirby), then fight Tabuu, until he is defeated. After his defeat, the Subspace Army is gone, lands are restored, and the Isle of the Ancients disappears afterward because of the effect of so many Subspace Bombs going off at once (commanded by Ganondorf so Tabuu could get a Subspace Gunship into the World) making it impossible for the Isle to escape Subspace. A glowing X is left behind. Tabuu's true fate is unknown - he is last seen contorting in pain shortly before the Great Maze was restored to its original places and forms - though it is likely he was destroyed.

Codex Statistics

Tier: Unknown

Name: Tabuu

Origin: Super Smash Bros.

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Ruler of Subspace, Master of Operations

Status: Deceased (Killed by the Smash cast during the end of The Subspace Emissary)

Alignment: Neutral Evil (Attempted to take over the entirety of the world imagination, rendering dozens of places to death with his subspace bombs)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Unknown (Easily above Master Hand within the world of imagination. His defeat causes the Subspace realm to be destroyed, an alternate universe with stars in it)

Durability: Unknown

Striking Strength: Unknown

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Travel Speed: Unknown

Attack Speed: Faster Than Light (Comparable to other fighters, like Kirby, who avoided beams from Galeem's, which can reach alternate space-times and separate time periods)

Reaction Speed: Faster Than Light

Stamina: Likely Limitless

Range: Dozen of Meters with Energy Beams. Hundreds of Meters with Off-Wave

Intelligence: Gifted Intelligence (Tabuu is the ruler of subspace who pre-planned and set the entire events of subspace to defeat all of the fighters in the World of Trophies. Manipulated the likes of Ganondorf and Bowser by controlling Master Hand. Would have won if not for King Dedede putting Brooch on other fighters knowing about Tabuu’s plan)

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Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Reality Warping (Can control all of the previous worlds and merge them together to create the Great Maze), Flight (His natural state is flying and he can maneuver around as such), Body Puppetry (Can control Master Hand with chains of light), Forcefield Creation (Created a forcefield that easily defeated Master Hand), Durability Negation & One Hit Kill (Off Waves one-shotted the entire smash cast), Transformation (Can transform into a wing, can transform into an object that traps the enemy and slams them away), Electricity Manipulation & Telekinesis (Telekinetically controls the orb inside of him that unleashes electricity), Teleportation (Tabuu constantly teleports around), Explosion Manipulation (Causes explosions while teleporting), Creation (Can create a shuriken that acts as a boomerang), Weapon Creation (Can create a sword), Energy Projection (Can create a weapon that fires out an energy blast. Can shoot out lasers), Curtain Fire (Can fire out multiple energy beams at once), Size Manipulation (Can grow in size), Chain Manipulation & Light Manipulation (Uses chain of lights in combat and to control Master Hand), Duplication (Can create multiple duplicates of himself to attack)

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Equipment

• Chains of Light: Tabuu produces a Chain of Light and throws it in front of him in an attempt to catch the player. Despite its range, it cannot catch those too close to him. If he succeeds, he will swing the player around before smashing them into the ground, with high knockback and considerable damage (up to 47%). If played in Co-op mode, the other player can be damaged by the hitbox generated by the attack.

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Notable Techniques

Move	Name	Description
A	Blade Charge	Tabuu turns into a shark shape and flies across the stage.
A^	Eye Laser	Tabuu shoots lasers from his eyes.
Av	Tabuu Charge	Tabuu swoops down onto the stage holding a blade.
A<	Tabuu Smash	Tabuu rapidly slashes the air with karate chops.
A>	Discharge Attack	Electricity swirls around Tabuu in multiple rings.
B	Tabuu Fire	Tabuu points and causes multiple explosions.
B^	Tabuu Shot	Tabuu shoots a chain of bullets, followed by a huge fireball.
Bv	Tabuu Boomerang	Tabuu throws a boomerang.
B<	Shadow Laser	Tabuu summons a dark dragon that shoots a huge, azure horizontal laser across the stage.
B>	Clone Attack	Tabuu shoots multiple projections of himself. The amount of projections is not always the same.
X	Off Waves	Tabuu opens his wings and blasts three red rings outward from the background. It is always a one-hit KO.
L	Chain Throw	Tabuu uses his chain. If he grabs the player with it, he will slam them into the ground. If two players are playing, he will slam the caught player into the other player.
R	Movement Throw	Tabuu turns into golden brackets. If he grabs the player, he will slam them into the ground.
Unusable move 1	Explosion Attack	Tabuu teleports and explosions suddenly occur wherever he teleports.
Unusable move 2	Teleport	Tabuu teleports around the stage.

• Shark Blade: He transforms into an energy blade and rams into his opponent.
• Golden Bracket : Transforms into 2 brackets, grabbing his opponent and slamming them down with great force.
• Diving Slash: Tabuu teleports high up into the air, then changes his arm into a blade and slashes down on the target.
• Chain of Light: Subdues his opponent with chains of light. This technique was used to control Master Hand against his will.
• Electrical Shield: The sphere inside Tabuu's chest comes off from his chest and splits into several fragments, emitting electricity while flying around him.
• Rapid Chops: Chops at the target multiple times, leaving a series of visible purples slashes behind.
• Ghost Projection: Tabuu splits himself in half and shoots out many ghost images of himself in all directions that explode after reaching a certain distance.
• Bullet Rain: Teleports to a random area and fires a barrage of small bullets at the target, ending the move with a huge energy sphere.
• Pinpoint Explosions: Points his finger at a single location, causing a deadly explosion.
• Dragon Laser: Creates a cannon in the shape of a dragon's maw, using it to fire a powerful laser.
• Shuriken Boomerang: Throws an enormous energy shuriken which will return to him after being thrown.
• Eye Laser: Grows to colossal proportions before firing lethal beams from his eyes.
• Off Waves: Sprouts an ornate pair of wings, briefly charging up energy before releasing an attack capable of scouring the area clean of life.
• Explosion Teleports: Tabuu teleports and explosions suddenly occur wherever he teleports.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Tabuu will normally sit with a forcefield and do a massive off-wave attack that instantly one-shots, if one can get past that he will proceed to use various attacks in battle all while flying and teleporting around.

Weaknesses: None notable

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