Description[]
Super Smash Bros vs. Five Nights at Freddy's. At the end of the journey, you'll face its creator.
Introduction[]
Wiz: Master Hand, the creator of Super Smash Bros.
Boomstick: Animdude, the creator of FNAF World.
Wiz: When it comes to a creator putting themselves in their own fictional work, they often take on a persona to truly lean into their metaphorical godhood status.
Boomstick: And like the Old Testament God, when you invoke their wrath, it will leave nothing in its wake. He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick.
Wiz: And it's our job to analyze their weapons, armour and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!
Master Hand[]
Wiz: It all started with a child’s room, a toy collection of Nintendo’s most notable stars, and a mysterious white hand.
Boomstick: Because what else would happen in a child’s room with a collection of toys? Why, envision epic battles of course.
Wiz: Oh, these weren’t battles Boomstick. These were Super Smashes.
Boomstick: Yeah, that’s what I meant. Children Super Smash their toys together. They aren’t exactly known for being delicate with their possessions. And believe us, everyone is here! Mario, Kirby, Pokémon from Pichu to Arceus, and those who aren’t even Nintendo, but wouldn’t pass up a chance to appear in one of their franchises.
Wiz: If one of these figures triumph over the others in their chaotic battles, then they will arrive at the aptly named Final Destination. There, they will meet the final challenge of their skills, come face-to-face with their very origin.
Boomstick: Oh, not face-to-face. Face to fist! Because you remember that white glove in the child’s bedroom? Well, surprise-surprise, it has a name, and that name is one fitting for a master. It is…Master Hand!
- Background
- Creator of Smash world and World of Trophies
- Author Avatar of Masahiro Sakurai
- Possesses a direct rival in Crazy Hand
- Said to be holding back his true power
- Appeared in Kirby and the Magic Mirror
Wiz: Good hype there buddy. Regarded as the avatar of Super Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai, Master Hand is rightly considered the creator of the Smash Bros universe, with the official centre stage of it all being the World of Trophies.
Boomstick: Like any author avatar, not only is Master Hand the creator deity, he’s also the apex of combat ability. Despite just being a disembodied hand, Master has himself a wide repertoire of abilities, and appropriately, they are all hand themed!
Wiz: Trust us, they’re all much more impressive than that might make them sound. After all, when it comes to fighting, what limb is used more than a hand?
Boomstick: Feet, I suppose, but Master Foot doesn’t sound as impressive. He can punch you, slap you, poke you and grab you for his standard attacks. Or he can snap his fingers, let his fingers do the walking for him, squeeze you to breaking point or even use his fingers like a gun. I’m not kidding, he can literally do the finger hand thing, with real ammo and everything.
- Techniques
- Big Swipe
- Dual Poke
- Finger Bullet
- Finger Drill
- Finger Walk
- Floor Sweep
- Flying Punch
- Flying Slap
- Jetstream
- Power Punch
- Side Punch
- Laser Nail
- Squeeze
- Tri-Poke
- Vertical Throw
- Fake-Out Slap
- Fireball Blitz
- Icy Wind
- Platform Dealer
- Sleeper Grab
- Snapper
Wiz: Not only bullets, the Master Hand can use electricity, generate fire or balls of flame, use powerful winds to generate ice constructs, and even fire beams of energy from all his fingertips. He can propel himself like a missile, spin like a drill, put opponents to sleep with a certain grab and even throw out numerous platforms to change up the terrain he’s fought upon. All of these can hit with enough force to jeopardize many of the Smash Fighters.
Boomstick: Not to mention he’s actually smart enough to psyche out his opponents with a Fake-Out Slap. Think you’ve jumped at the right time? Think again, because now you just wasted your saving leap.
Wiz: Not just techniques, Master Hand also has a variety of reality warping abilities. He can create copies of the Smash Fighters, manipulate gravity to “spike” the opponents, create hazards of ink or orbs, and in general, seems to be in charge of creating the stages the Smash Fighters will battle, or at least maintains them to teleport the Fighters there.
Boomstick: And while you’re probably thinking why Master Hand is just one hand, well there’s another, Crazy Hand, who is Master’s exact equal. Crazy here is able to tear open the fabric of time and space to create black holes, and even alter time limits the Fighters have. It should be no stretch to say that Master Hand should be capable of much the same.
Wiz: If not more, because so far, he’s demonstrated to have something within him Crazy Hand doesn’t. In fact, it’s reveal caused Crazy Hand to flee in terror.
Boomstick: Deep within Master Hand, in its very core, is the appropriately named…Master Core! …I’m starting to think these names aren’t very creative.
- Master Core
- Swarm control
- Master Giant
- Master Beast
- Master Edges
- Master Shadow
- Master Fortress
- Shockwave Generation
- Swarm control
Wiz: The body of Master Hand tore open to reveal a mass of matter called the Swarm, which some strange consciousness is able to shape into a variety of different forms.
Boomstick: Their names aren’t very creative as well, but I will say, they are both appropriate and ominous. Master Beast is a four-armed hulking goliath, which can generate electric orbs, create a vacuum or scream with its mouth and even lift the whole stage up.
Wiz: Master Beast is a transformation into a savage creature with a massive maw and hooked tail, which pounces around and generates spikes across itself and the ground.
Boomstick: Master Edges is a collection of swords of varying sizes, which can cut you down to size faster than you can comprehend.
Wiz: And perhaps most haunting is the Master Shadow, where it will take the form of whatever Smash Fighter is up against it, able to perfectly copy their moves while being practical twice as large as the original.
Boomstick: But the most formidable is the Master Fortress. Absolutely gigantic, Smash Fighters must travel inside of it to destroy its numerous weak points, which isn’t an easy job since its insides are crawling with shadowy enemies and pits of acid.
Wiz: And if you think you’ve overcome the Core with the Fortress’ defeat, you’d be incorrect. The titular Core is still present, and should it not be dealt with in due time, massive shockwaves will render your entire struggle pointless.
Boomstick: Even if the Core is defeated, Master Hand will somehow persist, so how exactly you beat this guy for good is anyone’s guess.
- Feats
- Superior to the Smashers, Assist Trophies and Spirits
- Created the Super Smash Bros universe
- Copies of itself were used by Galeem as universe-spanning energy beams
- Tore open a hole in space
- Defeated 50 Clone Fighters
Wiz: Even so, he can still be defeated. The Smash series has proved this plenty of times, and so have other antagonists, such as Tabuu.
Boomstick: Remember him? He may sound forbidden but that didn’t stop us from pitting him against that dude with the Giant Floating Head. And it certainly didn’t stop Master Hand from fighting back once he got himself properly free. In fact, he seems determined that if the world of Smash Bros is going to be used for anything, it’s for his own joy.
Wiz: Doesn’t sound too altruistic, but the Smash Fighters would easily take him over the likes of Tabuu, or especially Galeem.
Boomstick: That guy really did Master Hand dirty. He trapped him and used him to clone dozens of Master Hand clones, which he turned into laser beams to consume all of the Smash Bros universe. Considering the energy for that attack came directly from those Master Hand clones, which the original certainly compares to, then Master Hand’s own attacks should be similar. Plus, some of the Smash Fighters were able to avoid some of those beams, and Master Hand can easily keep up with them.
Wiz: And whilst it took numerous Master Hands for Galeem to remake everything in its own image, don’t forget, Master Hand is still considered the creator of what extra information statements consider a universe.
Boomstick: And the likes of Arceus are little more than assists to combat Master Hand. Its trophy states it created both the Earth and Sky, clearly in reference to its role in creating the Pokémon universe.
Wiz: Upon being freed from Galeem’s machinations, we witness what may been Master Hand’s true untapped power in combat, defeating up to 50 clone Smash Fighters single, ahem, handedly, with the chances of his own defeat being practically non-existence.
Boomstick: And then he and his Crazy twin worked together to give our Smash Fighter heroes a way towards defeating the Ultimate enemies, Galeem and Dharkon, who fail to do what Master, Crazy and the Smash Fighters did spectacularly; work together to defeat a common enemy.
Wiz: Whatever side he is on, be it his own or his creations’, Master Hand is the Master of Smash Bros, and so long as he is also the hand of Masahiro Sakurai, that is something that will never change.
Animdude[]
Wiz: Want to interact with some Animatronics, but don’t want to get jump scared? Want to search for lore, but don’t want to look over crappy monitors do so? Want to play those minigames, but don’t want to have to play through Five entire nights to do so?
Boomstick: Well you can, in a whole other World. A Five Nights at Freddy’s World! Although you do still need to stare at a monitor, just in real life.
Wiz: An adventure-role playing game, FNaF World takes the Animatronics of the main series and makes them playable in a series of battles.
Boomstick: And makes them look so much cuter too! Look at that widdle Springtrap…or should that be Spwingtrap?
Wiz: Preferably not, there are enough Stringtrap variations running around as it is. Like any world, this one is also presided over by a creator, and naturally, it’s the series creator himself-
Boomstick: And the bane of MatPat’s existence.
Wiz:-Scott Cawthon. As for the form he takes, its simplicity is appropriate, for sometimes, less is more for the creator of a universe.
Boomstick: So his is a blocky blue, featureless figure? Makes sense.
- Background
- Creator of the FNaF Series, including World
- Author Avatar of Scott Cawthon
- AKA The Puppetmaster, The Storyteller, Omega Scott
- Takes the form of There Is No Pause Button’s protagonist
Wiz: Bearing the name Animdude, this Puppetmaster made himself known to the Fazbear party, angered at the player for being unsatisfied with the content he was putting out.
Boomstick: Well stop making it all so vague then Scott! Oh wait, he can’t, he’s not creating the games anymore. Anyways, Animdude revealed himself to go Old Testament on his fans.
- Attacks
- Bash
- Neon Wall
- Mega Virus
- 4th Wall
- Alarm
Wiz: Whilst he has a small pool of signature attacks, they’re all pretty devasting, leaning into the fact that like his controller Scott he too viewed the FNaF World as the game it was.
Boomstick: Except for his simple Bash attack, but don’t worry, because even then it can take down a character in one go.
Wiz: With the Mega Virus, Animdude can infect his enemies with a lethal virus which destroys them over time. With his Neon Wall, he can negate half of the damage dealt to him, and do the inverse with the Fourth Wall, which ignores his foes’ defences.
Boomstick: And perhaps his most devastating technique is his Alarm system, where he can deal 9999 damage with each one unless someone has a barrier of their own.
Wiz: Now, this certainly makes Animdude sound like a simple but effective one trick but should the Animatronics pull of a hard-earned victory against him, then they will be able to add him to their ranks in due time. And with that, Animdude will gain a whole plethora of Bytes and Chips.
Boomstick: I think you mean “chips to bite”. Common mistake.
Wiz: You know that’s not what I mean. Bytes and Chips are means for a playable party to support or enhance their performances in battle.
- Arsenal
- Bytes
- Insects
- Medpods
- Reapers
- UFOs
- Shields
- Bombs
- Eyepots
- Fan
- Pearl
- Chips
- Green
- Headstart: Defence
- Headstart: Strength
- Headstart: Speed
- Headstart: Weak
- Quickstart: Party
- Block: Jumpscare
- Run: Luck
- Gold
- Endless: Defence
- Endless: Strength
- Endless: Speed
- Evercomet: Strong
- Auto: Hiftboxes
- Auto: Regen
- Find: Characters
- Red
- Curse: Status
- Freddle: Fury
- Auto: Shield
- Auto: Mimic
- Counter: Bite
- Pizza: Furry
- Block: Unscrew
- Green
- Bytes
Boomstick: Insects fire out stingers and UFOs fire out lasers for extra damage, Metapods heal you during battle, Reapers have a 1 in ten or 1 in 2000 chance to insta-kill normal and boss enemies respectively, and Shields protect you from damage.
Wiz: Bombs will detonate once per battle for a high amount of damage and Eyebots are especially noteworthy, since they can drain health from bosses, slowly but surely helping damage to mount over time.
Boomstick: And last, but not least, is the ultimate, the deadly, the unstoppable…FAN! Now it doesn’t just make you sound cool when you speak into it, but now it can shoot out powerful laser beams which deal critical damage on each hit. It doesn’t even need to be deployed, it’ll always pop out to help you.
Wiz: Chips serve as more of a means of boosting a performance, and come in Green, Gold and Red classifications.
Boomstick: Green ones can increase defence, strength and speed at the beginning of a fight. Evercomet calls down stars to damage opponents, Party ensures enemies won’t fight back for a short time Block: Jumpscare prevents the titular attack from happening. Now that’s something many players probably would have liked. Then they wouldn’t have run away, which the Party can do easier with Run: Luck.
Wiz: Gold Chips are essentially enhanced versions of Green, which grant endless boosts to defence, attack and speed, has the Strong variation of Evercomet. Unique Gold Chips are the Giftbox summoner and the Auto: Regen. And after battles, Find: Characters increases the chance to find a new ally.
Boomstick: And Reds are considered the best of the three colorations. Curse will cause all enemies to lose attack, defence and speed. Frendles can be summoned with another to attack constantly and automatic shields can be called upon. One can be used to summon a Mimic, which in turns summons Virtua-Freddy to reuse another character’s attack, and Counter: Bite enables one to inflict damage on a direct harmer. The most delicious attack of all is Pizza: Fury, where a pizza wheel attacks foes, and you don’t have to worry about potentially insta-kill attacks with Block: Unscrew. Phew, that’s a lot, and more than makes up for his powerful yet small move set. By the way, in the world of Death Battle, are we the creator stand-ins, or do we have our own?
Wiz: The former.
Boomstick: Wait, but I have my own hopes and dreams and…oh god, I’m not real!
Wiz: Will you stop having an existential breakdown if we write up our own?
Boomstick: *Sniff*…maybe.
- Feats
- Capable of taking out most Animatronics in one hit
- Essential in defeating Chica’s Magic Rainbow
- Came back after the FNaF World’s universal destruction
- Scales to rainbow-dodging Animatronics
- Created the FNaF universe
Wiz: Being the creator of the FNaF world universe, Animdude can pretty much survive its entire rebooting, showing up again non-the-worse.
Boomstick: Good thing too, and that he’s able to be used as an ally, because there’s an even greater evil lurking within. One which takes on a deceptively appealing appearance. One which lures in others with fun and games, only to brutally eviscerates them, and indeed does exist as a malicious piece of code. I’m talking, of course, about Chica’s Magic Rainbow. The embodiment of pure evil who makes even the Purple Guy turn white in terror.
Wiz: The Rainbow is able to fire rainbow beams as a means of offence, and considering that rainbows are essentially light themselves, those who dodge them can clock in at similar speeds.
Boomstick: Animdude is someone you always want to utilize against the Rainbow. His Virus and 4th Wall are perfect counters against her Mini-Rainbows after all, buying time for Animdude and the other Animatronics to take her out before her most powerful attack charges.
Wiz: Even though the Rainbow blows Animdude out of the water with her power and health, the fact he can help to eventually overcome her certainly means something. And one cannot forget that Animdude is the extension of Scott’s own will.
Boomstick: That means every little bit of lore you can squeeze from this instalment comes from Animdude himself. Including the Fisherman’s advice about letting go to achieve piece, and the Desk Man’s dire warning about some very intense stuff down the lane. Because be it as himself or Animdude, this collective of identities is the mastermind of Five Nights of terror, and the mythos that came with it.
Interlude[]
Wiz: Alright the combatants are set, and we've run that data through all possibilities.
Boomstick: It's time for a Death Battle!
The Battle[]
Setting: Final Destination
On the stage, surrounded by vast, star and planet-filled space, stood Animdude. He was surrounded by the sparking remains of various Animatronics, looking up at Master Hand, who hovered in the air above him. Despite his lack of a face, the anger from him was clear.
Animdude: I was assured that letting my creations into your world would be a fair process…but every fan I’ve heard says they are of this “F Tier”.
Master Hand wiggled his fingers about and a laugh emanated out.
Animdude: Yes, you would find it funny. But perhaps we should see how much you – somehow – laugh when I’ve broken every bone in your body!
Master Hand made a “Bring it on” gesture, before clenching himself into a fist and shooting down towards Animdude. And around Animdude, Green and Gold Chips blinked in effect, increasing his speed, strength, and defence.
FIGHT!
And perhaps most significantly, the Green Chip of Weak which instantly lowered Master Hand’s offense and the Quickstart. So, still a fist, Master Hand froze just before hitting Animdude, the sudden stop causing a shockwave to blow away the Animatronic Remains. With Master Hand exposed, Animdude unleashed a series of strikes from his blocky fists, which ended in a Bash attack. This caused the freezing effect to come undone and Master Hand spun backwards but flipped back forwards to make himself a finger-gun.
The shots he fired from himself where blocked by Animdude’s Neon Wall, which enabled him to withstand the half-damage he was hit with and once against Bash into Master Hand. However, Master Hand turned into the attack this time, spun around and slapped Animdude’s side, sending him flying into the abyss surrounding the stage. With a snap of his fingers, not only did Master Hand hit Animdude with the resulting shockwave but summoned another stage. This was circular in appearance and Animdude hit its dead centre, instantly gripped by its artificial gravity.
Animdude shook off the impact in time to slid away from Master Hand’s punch, which hit the ground where he’d been a moment ago. At where he’d landed, Master Hand hopped onto two fingers and used them to “run” towards Animdude, who glanced off the charge with his Neon Wall. This merely prompted Master Hand to turn around and grab a hold of Animdude, tossing him to the ground before lifting himself up to make himself a fist to bring down on his foe. Animdude rolled backwards and Master Hand went after him like a rocket. This charge, however, was blocked not just by Animdude’s Neon Wall but also the Auto-Shield, the double-layered defence enabling Animdude to jump. He sprung off Master Hand’s back, and when the entity turned to try and follow, he suddenly found himself struck by the Pizza: Furry attack. It grinded into him like a saw, pushing him against the ground, and when it finally bounced away, Freddles swarmed Master Hand, biting and clawing at him. Only by blasting lasers from his fingertips was Animdude able to burn away the swarm and levitate back up.
Animdude clapped his hands together and the three orbs of Alarm sprung into existence. They flashed as they prepared to attack but before they could, Master Hand performed three actions; he sent a fireball to one orb, a gust of freezing wind to the other and punched the third with an electrically-charged punch. The first two spheres where destroyed the third one rocketed towards Animdude, hitting him square in the chest and sending him flying back. He stopped just at the edge of the area, where he suddenly found himself immobilized by spikes summoned by Master Hand which pierced his foot. He fell to one knee and looked up at Master Hand, who was readying to slap him away.
Animdude: So not just a hollow hand it seems. Let’s see what the creator of this poxy little paradise really looks like.
Animdude fired a 4th Wall out, which swept over Master Hand. His gloved cover was torn apart and thus the Swarm was unleashed as Master Core was revealed. It quickly took the form of Master Beast, which lunged at the still trapped Animdude. The latter used one of his many healing options to force his foot free of the spike and activate the Counter: Bite chip, enabling him to repel the Master Beast. In quick succession, the Beast became the Master Giant and it grabbed the platform to yank it from underneath itself and Animdude. Animdude was thus suspended in the surrounding void as Master Giant swung the platform down at him like a club. Calling upon the Bomb Byte, Animdude tossed it into the platform to blow it apart before it could hit him.
Still falling through the void, Animdude summoned the UFO and Insect Bytes beneath either one of his feet, using them to fly like they were winged boots. The now airborne Animdude flew around Master Giant, avoiding the orbs of electricity it summoned in defence and firing shots from the UFO and Insect he rode, chipping away at its body. He then sent out a Reaper to try and instantly take out Master Giant but it reconfigured into Master Edge. The blades sliced through the Reaper and shot straight towards Animdude, who summoned Shield Bytes to try and defend himself, only for these to be sliced by Master Edge. Too quick to try another trick, Animdude’s UFO and Bug were sliced and he was sent tumbling uncontrollably through the abyss.
The Master Edge then shifted once again as it fell after Animdude, becoming Master Shadow and an exact duplicate of Animdude. As the downwards momentum drew Master Shadow and Animdude closer together, the former began charging up the Alarm attack, summoning the flashing orbs and pushing them towards Animdude.
Animdude: You use my own attack against me? This will not stand! But this does!
He drew out the Fan Byte and pointed it at Master Shadow.
Animdude: On a security desk to be exact.
The Fan unleashed a massive beam which engulfed Master Shadow, leaving seemingly nothing behind once it subsided. Animdude felt contentment but it was short lived when he looked below himself.
Underneath him was a massive cloud of Swarm which still persisted and he fell straight into the midst of it. Immediately afterwards, it began assembling into Master Fortress, with Animdude buried in the middle of the massive construct, smothered by the newly summoned Fortress. It remained in the void of Final Destination, rumbling quietly, but then, from where Animdude had been buried, his Mega Virus began spreading out. Master Fortress let out a groaning roar as it was engulfed and Master Core shot out of the top of it just before it too was assimilated. It landed on a platform of its own creation as Master vanished and Animdude jumped onto the platform as well.
Animdude: So this is what a creator truly looks like? Pathetic.
He summoned an Eyebot and set it absorbing the remaining energy of Master Core.
Animdude: But even failure creators usually have one drop left to-
Before he could finish his sentence, a massive shockwave emanated from Master Core, smashing apart the Eyebot and striking Animdude, sending him flying. Far into the distance he tumbled, his body cracking apart due to the shockwave’s power, until he finally exploded in a blast of blue light.
Announcer: GAME!
The Swarm returned around Master Core, and soon Master Hand had completely reformed, chuckling as he floated into the air and gave a thumbs up of victory.
KO!
Outcome[]
Boomstick: You know, with Master Hand’s appearance, I’m surprised there aren’t more occurrences of him flipping the bird.
Wiz: Both these two were extremely powerful individuals, befitting their statuses as creators.
Boomstick: While Animdude seemed like a bit of a limited player with his small move set, in comparison to Master Hand’s many means of offense, his access to Bytes and Chips could help make sure he wasn’t a one-trick pony.
Wiz: And with these, he certainly had a few means of winning the fight instantly. His Reaper Byte, Mega Virus and even Alarm and Bash, if we take them as functionally one-shot, might have won him the fight. “If” still being the operative word, considering some of them still do numbered damage. And ultimately, Master Hand was just too fast to reliable hit with these methods.
Boomstick: Animdude can scale to those who dodged Chica’s Rainbow rainbow-rays, although by comparison they still go slower than them. In comparison, Kirby was able to dodge Galeem’s light beams before porting away, which cover a galaxy in seconds. Animdude can easily keep up with Kirby in battle, and so could leave Animdude in the dust constantly.
Wiz: Raw power is a bit trickier from a first glance, although both are certainly universal due to their creation feats. With the vast difference in speed and with how Animdude can be beaten by his own creations, Master Hand would likely whittle him down if they were merely equal. Even with his healing options from the Bytes and Chips.
Boomstick: And there are actually plenty of things we can consider which gives Master Hand a higher level of power. For example, he’s makes an appearance in a Kirby game, and Kirby fought against Master Crown Magolor, whose defeat caused the collapse of 15 other dimensions of universal size. And then there’s Arceus’ trophy description that it created the sky, likely referring to the universe considering its status in its home series, and Master Hand is clearly superior to the trophy incarnation.
Popup: Palutena and Viridi in Smash Bros state there are an infinite number of different worlds due to choices made throughout them; this likely applies to the Smash universe exclusively considering the lack of a “multiverse” in Kid Icarus.
Wiz: Whether or not Master Hand itself possessed higher levels of power than universal, we know that Master Core certainly did, since its presence made Master Hand’s equal, Crazy Hand, flee for its life. Which brings into notice the implication that Master Hand has been holding back against the Smashers who can usually best him.
Boomstick: Whilst by contrast, Animdude ultimately isn’t the strongest character in FNAF World, with that position going to Chica’s Magic Rainbow.
Wiz: And even if the two of them had the ability to warp space, reality or even the narrative of their worlds, they’ve never been made invincible by these abilities, especially when you look at their defeats.
Boomstick: Both might have been able to create but Master Hand was faster and stronger enough to also destroy better, causing a World of hurt.
Wiz: No hand pun?
Boomstick: No, I lost the Thumb drive containing them all.
Wiz: The winner is Master Hand, creator of the Smash Bros Universe.
Next Time[]
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Trivia[]
- Connections: Both are the final bosses in non-canon crossover video games who are primarily white in colouration and are regarded as the avatars of their series' creators (Masahiro Sakurai and Scott Cawthon, respectively) due to being the creators of the worlds they inhabit. Both fight against characters of their ownership (the Smash Bros characters and animatronic characters, respectively) but have fought alongside them against greater foes (Galeem/Dharkon and Chica's Magic Rainbow, respectively).
- Animation Style: 3D.
- OST Idea: 'Worldly Trophies', based on FNAF World and Master Hand's World of Trophies.