Pit

Pit, the "Kid Icarus".
Pit
Species	Angel
Eye color	Brown
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

In the first Kid Icarus, Palutena is captured by her evil sister, Medusa and Pit ends up trapped in the Underworld. From there Pit is forced to ascend his way from there, to the Land of Men, back to Angel Land, and at last the Sky Palace. On his way he had to gather the Sacred Armaments so he would be prepared to fight. He also received training from Zeus along the way there, as well. When he finally reached the Sky Palace, he was able to do battle with the evil Medusa and free Palutena.

Pit was forced to nearly repeat the same adventure when the evil Orcos arrived and took over the Sky Palace. Once again trapped in the Underworld, 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 Sky Palace, he was able to defeat Orcos in both his forms and free Palutena again.

Other Major Roles

Video Games

• 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.

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 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.