pull a yellow toad

To pull a Yellow Toad is to exclude a character from a sequel, usually being replaced by someone else. No one ever uses this character, but it was still nice to have them as an option, and their absence in the sequel is immediately noticed. This term originates from the transition from NSMBW to SMM2, where Yellow Toad is replaced by Toadette. It is less common, but a commonly used character can also have a Yellow Toad pulled on them, such as when Blue Toad was replaced by Toadette in the transition from NSMBW to NSMBUD.

Another instance was when Smash Bros. pulled a Yellow Toad on Lucas going from Brawl to Smash 4. At least 90% of Smash players can agree that Ness is overall better, but it was still nice to have him there, even if it meant I couldn't play as Ness for a while in SSE. In Smash 4, when it said I unlocked all the characters, I immediately noticed Lucas was gone. I didn't notice that Snake, Ice Climbers, and Pokémon Trainer (replaced by Charizard) were gone, so I wouldn't say a Yellow Toad was pulled on them, I would just consider them that irrelevant. However, a character having a Yellow Toad pulled on them is subjective, as I'm sure Hideo Kojima noticed Snake's absence in Smash 4. Also however, you can't pull a Yellow Toad on someone who isn't usually there, such as Blue from the Pokémon series, whose replacement gets replaced every game. This also doesn't apply when these games without this character count as an alternate timeline or a side series. The reason the term is "pull a Yellow Toad" and not "pull a Lucas" is because my immediate realization of Yellow Toad's absence in SMM2 is when I coined the term, despite Yellow Toad having had a Yellow Toad pulled on him after Lucas. Yes, I invented the phrase, so no, it technically doesn't exist, but my brother understands what I mean when I say it. This phrase was coined in late July or early August of 2019, sometime after my brother got SMM2 for his birthday.

by justsomerandomkidwholikesgames December 31, 2020

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Get the pull a yellow toadmug.

Pulling A Rene

An act that occurs when an individual jumps into the middle of a very simple conversation extremely confused and having no idea what is occurring

Dude Mathew just came out of nowhere while we were talking and was totally pulling a rene

by Crowley_95 February 15, 2018

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Get the Pulling A Renemug.

Pull a Charlie

To steal someone's man

Damn u gonna pull a Charlie?

by Saxthot January 26, 2018

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Get the Pull a Charliemug.

the tractor pull

During anal sex, the receiver squeezes his or her anal cavity tightly and immediately starts running, thus dragging the giver around.

How dare he do the tractor pull on me!? I have a bad knee and now, I have a broken dick!

by Doozy pozy November 18, 2017

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Get the the tractor pullmug.

pulling a trofey

The act of disappearing when you know you can't win. Pulling a trofey can be seen both as unsportsmanlike behavior but it can also be seen as a way to conserve precious time. For some, it's a way of life.

1) ...so Marko and me met these 2 student chicks in the bar last night.. The beautiful blonde clicked with me right away, but the chubby one went for Marko. 20 minutes in to it, the guy couldn't handle it so he pulled a trofey. Had to buy Becky cheeseburgers all night to avoid the cockblock.

2) I've paid my son 5 months of private tutoring for the graduate exam, i was so sure he was ready for medschool. You know what happened at the exam? Little bastard didn't last 10 minutes without pulling a trofey!

3) A: Wow Jenny, long time no see.. Last time you were telling me Brendan proposed on you?

J: That asshole pulled a trofey on me...
A: Omg, that is horrible, what happened?
J: One day I told him I was pregnant. He was so happy to hear it, i couldn't anticipate anything. Anyway day after when i came from work his things were gone and he has not been in town since..

by agent rapha February 10, 2024

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