Justified, as Bird Guy was primarily made as an alternative to Archen that did not infringe on copyright. Moveset Clone: Of Gourami's take on Archen.Make Me Wanna Shout: Screeches for his Side Tilt and Up Strongs.Pre-rework Bird Guy dealt more damage if his percentage is ahead of the opponent's, while he deals less damage if he has more percent than the opponent. You Will Not Evade Me: Her Nebula Trap creates what amounts to a black hole, sucking foes into its position.Unrealistic Black Hole: Her Nebula card has this motif, focusing on moves that alter the positioning of enemies.Trap Master: She can have up to three different card traps active at a time, which can each be remotely detonated.Stance System: Downplayed, she has three cards she can swap between that change up her specials.Space Master: Uses space-derived attacks, invoking the power of things like comets or stars.Projectile Spell: Her Side Specials are all projectiles with varying effects.It focuses on directly offensive abilities that lack in speed. Power of the Sun: The aptly-named Sun card.Mechanically Unusual Fighter: Effectively has three sets of specials depending on what card she has equipped, which can be swapped between at a whim.Mind over Matter: Her Nebula Card Side Special shoots a projectile that forcibly levitates enemies in the direction Astra is facing.An Ice Person: Her comet card, which focuses on multi-hitting moves with good combo potential.

Energy Weapon: Fires a diagonal laser for her comet card's side special, which is somewhat short ranged but the fastest of her side special options.Charged Attack: Her Side Special with the Sun card has to be charged up, but if it is charged, Astra can fire a powerful sun projectile.Cards of Power: Seemingly uses cards to channel her magic attacks.Made by: WishdreamA mountain fox that wields the power of the stars and galaxies. Of particular note is the character Penny, who's codec conversations features a collective near half hour of fully original voice work. Suddenly Voiced: A small handful have vocal audio, either sampled from other media or recorded just for these characters.Retool: Several characters have been heavily reworked since their release.

Red Baron: Nearly all of the ones adhering to Rivals' aesthetic have flashy subtitles, in keeping in line with the canonical cast, to the point that a few out right lampoon the practice.

Original Flavor: Some try their best to fit the tone, art style and aesthetic of the rest of the canonical game.Non-Standard Character Design: Given it's individuals with varying art styles often creating sprites and art assets from scratch, some vary dramatically in over all aesthetic.Oh, My!: Several definitively human characters, in contrast to the ambiguity of Shovel Knight, have been introduced to the game with the Workshop, creating this trope. Joke Character: Many, to the point that the mostly humorous ( but extraordinarily powerful) Ronald McDonald is the most well known character in the workshop among those who don't play the game.Easter Egg: Many have unique interactions or functionality when paired with specific characters, if certain difficulty settings are chosen, if certain button combinations are held down, etc.Battle Intro: Several have these programmed in, in contrast to the canonical cast that lacks them.Notable examples include Melee Fox and Sans. Ascended Meme: Several characters are based off of Memetic Mutations.

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