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|firstappearance= ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' (1986)
|firstappearance= ''[[Kid Icarus]]'' (1986)
|latestappearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' (2014)
|latestappearance=''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' (2014)
|affiliations= [[Medusa]]
|affiliations= [[Underworld Army]]
|type= Grounded
|type= Grounded
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* [[Wikipedia:Orthrus|Orthrus]], the double-headed guard dog owned by [[Wikipedia:Geryon|Geryon]], is the possible inspiration for Twinbellows. Orthrus was the "brother" to [[Wikipedia:Cerberus|Cerberus]], another multi-headed canine that guarded the Gates of Hades.
* Twinbellows appears to be take inspiration from both [[Wikipedia:Orthrus|Orthrus]], the double-headed guard dog owned by [[Wikipedia:Geryon|Geryon]], and its "brother", [[wikipedia:Cerberus|Cerberus]], the three-headed hellhound that guarded the gates of Hades.
*Twinbellows's Japanese name appears to be a portmanteau of the words, "twin" (ツイン ''tsuin''), and "Cerberus" (ケルベロス ''keruberosu'').  
*Of all the returning bosses from the original NES game, Twinbellows is the only boss not to receive a speaking voice in ''Uprising''.
*Of all the returning bosses from the original NES game, Twinbellows is the only boss not to receive a speaking voice in ''Uprising''.
*Official descriptions such as Twinbellows' Idol call the monster an "it", while in-game dialogue from ''Uprising'' refers to Twinbellows as a "he".  
*Official descriptions such as Twinbellows's Idol call the monster an "it", while in-game dialogue from ''Uprising'' refers to Twinbellows as a "he".  
*Twinbellows' Idol description possibly references the size of his sprite in the original Kid Icarus (where he was around Pit's height), as it mentions that Medusa resized him when she attacked the town.  
*Twinbellows's Idol description possibly references the size of his sprite in the original Kid Icarus (where he was around Pit's height), as it mentions that Medusa resized him when she attacked the town.  


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