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'''Pit''' (ピット ''Pitto'') is the main protagonist of the ''[[Kid Icarus (series)|Kid Icarus]]'' series, first appearing in ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987 (1986 on the Famicom), followed by an appearance in ''[[Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters]]'' for the Game Boy in 1991. Other than a handful of cameos in other Nintendo games, Pit did not make a major appearance again until the release of ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', seventeen years after ''Of Myths and Monsters'', in which he was one of the first newcomers shown and one of the starter characters.   

{{cquote|''I fight for all creatures living and breathing! I fight for all departed souls still hanging in limbo! But most of all, I fight for Lady Palutena, the goddess of light! And it's in all their names that I will crush you, [[Hades|Lord of the Underworld]]! I won't let you desecrate another soul!''}}

Despite Pit being a flightless angel, he is still a skilled and versatile fighter. Pit regularly fights entire armies and towering monsters single-handedly. He has even defeated skilled warriors and powerful gods such as [[Hades]]. Pit is commonly described to be the most powerful warrior of [[Palutena's Army]]. [[Viridi]] states he is destructive as "a hundred [[Reset Bomb]]s", and [[Magnus]] comments he's the only member of his own army to be able to pull his own weight, and even Hades seems to view Pit as a worthy opponent.  

He originally started out as an archer that mainly specialized in using the bow, but over the years he has become more experienced with using various weapons like the [[Blade]], [[Claws]], [[Cannon]], and [[Staff]]. The angel has no actual magical powers of his own, but he can utilize impressive abilities known as [[Powers]] which are granted by Palutena. Although Pit has access to numerous weapon classes, he has preference for bows, specifically the [[Palutena Bow]], which is also his signature weapon. Apart from the various weapons he wields, Pit is also skilled in driving the various vehicles of the gods such as [[Exo Tank]]s, [[Cherubot]]s, [[Aether Ring]]s, and even the legendary [[Lightning Chariot]]. Despite having seen some of these vehicles only once, Pit quickly learns to master each of them, showing he is a fast learner.  

Even though Pit has a childish appearance, he seems to possess great physical strength, and is capable of utilizing massive weapons like the [[Arm]], [[Club]]s or Cannons. Pit has a surprisingly high pain tolerance, having survived injuries that would have proved fatal to other beings. Over the course of the game, Pit has been burned, electrocuted, frozen, eaten alive, fallen from the sky on multiple occasions, even had his wings burned off and left near death. Pit engaged the [[Chaos Kin]] in an aerial dogfight, fighting his way through 13 waves of replicated enemies from every faction, fought the Chaos Kin again on foot and showed no signs of tiring.