The hammer item has been part of the Super Smash Bros series since the original game, inspired by the hammer Mario used in Donkey Kong. In Super Smash Bros Ultimate, released for Nintendo Switch in 2018, picking it up triggers the familiar swinging animation and music while the player can only move and jump. Clips of last second hammer knockouts spread widely on YouTube and TikTok, and creators kept reusing the audio as a shortcut for unstoppable, silly rampages in edits far beyond Smash gameplay.