Pit

Pit, the "Kid Icarus".
Pit
Species	Angel
Hair color	Brown
Eye color	Blue
Voiced by	Lani Minella (2008)
Debut	Kid Icarus

Pit is the protagonist for the short lived, two-part Kid Icarus series. Based off the Greek Myth of Daedalus and Icarus, Pit is an angel in the service of Palutena in Angel Land. Despite being an angel, Pit doesn't seem to be able to fly on his own.

Background

Pit was a young angel who acted as the leader of the Icarus Army, the personal guardians of Palutena in Angel Land. In the first Kid Icarus, Palutena was captured by her evil sister, Medusa and Pit ended up trapped in the Underworld. However, Palutena was able to use her power to send him a bow and arrow from the Palace in the Sky, and with it Pit was able to escape his prison due to the low amount of guards in the Underworld due to the invasion of Angel Land.

From there Pit was forced to ascend to the Land of Men, back to Angel Land, and at last the Sky Palace. On his way he had to gather the Three Sacred Treasures so he would be prepared to fight. He also received training from Zeus along the way there. When he finally reached the Sky Palace, he was able to do battle with the evil Medusa and free Palutena. Palutena award him with a new adult body and a kiss.

Pit was forced to nearly repeat the same adventure in Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters when Palutena's soothsayer foresaw the coming of a great evil called Orcos. She then sent him to train so that he would have sufficient power to wield the Three Sacred Treasures by fighting his way from the Underworld up. Pit ascended from there back to the Sky Palace while also gathering his previous arsenal of weapons to prepare himself for Orcos. After finally returning to the Angel Land, he completed his training just in time for Orcos to attack and whisk away Palutena. In the Sky Palace, he was able to defeat Orcos in both his forms and free Palutena again.

Abilities

In the original Kid Icarus games, Pit's primary weapon is his bow. He also he could not fly with his wings originally, except temporarily with the Angel's Feather Item. It is only after gaining the Wings of Pegasus, one of the Three Sacred Treasures, that Pit can fly indefinitely.

Within Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Pit can use his wings to fly and glide a certain amount of times. He can also split his bow into two blades. He has the following special moves:

• Standard Special Move: Palutena's Arrow- Pit fires an arrow from his bow.
• Side Special Move: Angel Ring- In this move, Pit spins his bow around in front of him in a circular motion. This move can cause great cumulative damage to all fighters who get caught in it.
• Up Special Move: Wings of Icarus- This move temporarily allows Pit to fly freely through the sky.
• Down Special Move: Mirror Shield- Pit pulls out his reflective shield, which can be used to reflect projectiles.
• Final Smash: Palutena's Army- Palutena appears in the background and a swarm of centurions are summoned who attack all the other fighters.

Other Appearances

Video Games

Pit's redesigned look in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

• Pit appears as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In this game, Pit has received a drastic makeover to make him appear older. In the game he is able to split his bow into two blades to attack with. His Final Smash ability allows him to call in Palutena and Centurions to battle his opponents. Pit has two unlockable trophies in the game, one being a normal one while the other is of his Final Smash. Oddly enough, Of Myths and Monsters is not mentioned in any of the Kid Icarus related trophies and is only seen listed in the Chronicles section.
  • Pit also plays a large role in Brawl's "The Subspace Emissary". He is first seen watching the battle between Mario and Kirby in the Mid-Air Stadium from Angel Land and cheering on. After the Subspace Army attacked the stadium, Pit was granted his bow and arrow by Palutena along with a pair of bracelets, and he then set out to fight off the Subspace Army. He soon discovered Mario trapped in trophy form and freed him. The two then teamed up together in fighting off the minions of The Subspace Army. They first attempted to pursue the The Ancient Minister, but he ultimately eluded them in the Plains. Then a misunderstanding led to a battle against Link and Yoshi, but ultimately the four realized their mistake and teamed up to pursue King Dedede, while joined by Kirby. They were unable to find Dedede, but they wound up fighting off minions of the Subspace Army in the Canyon area and ultimately united with the other heroes to form the main party that traveled into Subspace to battle Tabuu.

Other Media

• Pit was a major character in the Captain N cartoon series. Unlike in the games, he was constantly in flight, went by the name "Kid Icarus", and added "-icus" as a suffix to different words.

Trivia

• Pit also appeared as a trophy in Super Smash Bros. Melee.
• In Wario Ware: Twisted! there is a mini-game that features a sample of the original Kid Icarus. The caption for the game tauntingly says of it, "This is the closest you'll ever get to a sequel!"
• Pit is apparently ambidextrous, as his various artworks often have him switch which hand holds the bow and which holds the arrow. In Brawl, he is apparently left-handed.