"You wanna hate me, but you can't help but love the RAAAAAAAWWWWK!"
-Rawk Hawk
You know what Smash needs? More dirty fighters. More heavyweights. More villains. More RAAAAAAAWWWK!
Rawk Hawk is the champion of the Glitz Pitz, a suave fighter known for his arrogance and dirty tricks. In Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, he is defeated by The Great Gonzalez after what may be the most memorable boss fight of all time. Outside of his bouts against the Great Gonzalez, Rawk Hawk has never lost a fight.
So, how likely is he? Rawk Hawk is admittedly a longshot. Scratch that, he's a near impossibility. He's a minor character from an old game from a series that is already overrepresented. I'm not going to make a list of counterpoints... because none exist, other than Rawk Hawk's inherent epicness.
But still... he does bring a lot to the table. Most notably, Rawk Hawk fights dirty. Additionally, he is known for his aerial fighting abilities: wouldn't a character that uses flying attacks and low blows be interesting? I've made a moveset, which can be viewed below. Unfortunately, I feel it fails to capture the true nature of the RAAAAAAAWWWWK, so I'm still taking suggestions.
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[collapse=ImaClubYou's Moveset]Now for a moveset. Let's look at Rawk Hawks movement, habits, style, and attitude.
Flips, Dives, high jumping, kicking(he has huge arms, but he never uses them, lol), and dirty fighting(grabbing the ceiling and dropping stage props).
Note: For normal and weak moves attacks may not be "canon."
Standard A combo
-Rawk dance. Simple kick, kick, spin kick. Somewhat like Lucas but not derpy looking.
Forward tilt
-Stretch kick. Pushup position but kicks out his legs forwards while Rawk Hawk faces down.
Down tilt
-WoodPecker. Slams his beak down and can bury an opponent for a set time of 1.5 seconds.
Forward Smash
-Rawk Signature! Rawk Hawk puts one hand on the ground while charging up and jumps high in the air doing multiple front flips as he lands on the ground. He only moves in front of him slightly but covers a huge vertical distance(about the size of Luigi's full jump). The hitbox in the air has low knock back and the ending hitbox does huge damage and massive knock back. If the attack hits on landing Rawk Hawk will bounce off and flip again for aesthetics.
Down Smash
-Around the world. Rawk Hawk handstands and kicks his legs in a circle. Similar to Falcon/Ganon get up attack.
Up Smash.
-Hawk Claws! Rawk Hawk pushes the ground with his hands causing him to jump and perform a "rising" dive kick. Massive vertical distance, good anti air attack.
Dash Attack.
-Slide Kick. Rawk Hawk does an sliding kick that covers the entire Battlefield stage but moves quite slow.
Neutral Air
-Fox Nairplane. Fox Nairplane.
Up Air.
-Rawk Punch! Rawk hawks only punch. Rawk Hawk punches upwards and turns around after. Vertical kill move.
Down Air
-Palm Dive! Rawk hawk dives at an angle with palms facing forward. If opponent is grounded he will be buried. If hit in the air they'll be meteor smashed. If Rawk hawk hits the ground or an opponent he'll flip back where he initially jumped from.
Forward Air.
-Dizzy Kick! SSB64 Mario forward air.
Back Air
-Eagle Slash! Rawk Hawk kicks in an arche. Kill move. Zoning move.
Neutral B
-Dirty Trick. Rawk Hawk throws random stage props. Depending on the prop depends on angle it is thrown, if it arches, knock back, hit box, and damage(Stage light, bucket of water, giant fork, giant knife, wiggly bag thing).
Down B.
-PUNCH! Jk, KICK! Rawk Hawk readies for a punch. If he is hit during this action he will block it and counter with a kick below the belt! If your character is male you are sent flying, if it is female, you take get set up for a tech chase.
Up B.
Rawk Wall. Rawk Hawk bounces off a wall created by programming in midair and aesthetically walk kicks back to stage. If used on the ground Rawk Hawk will form a wall behind him and kick it to propel himself forward as an attack. It also can block all attacks behind him.
Forward B.
-Rawk Glide. Rawk Hawk glides forward with fists facing forward(similar to Knuckles/Super Man). Does minor damage and has no killing potential.
Grab.
-Rawk Hawk will grab you with his hands.
Pummel.
-He'll slam his beak into you and can be performed rapidly.
Forward throw.
-Rawk Hawk simply tosses you like how Link from LoZ tosses objects.
Back throw.
-Rawk Hawk pushes you with his feet but continues to hold tightly unto you. After a while he'll lose grip and you grind your face on the ground.
Up throw.
-Rawk Hawk raises you up with one hand lets go and quickly does an upside down, cart wheel triple kick.
Down throw.
-Rawk Hawk raises you up with one hand with a different expression in his face, slams you into the ground, jumps, lands right on you, and finally pecks you in thr butt *wink wink*
1st taunt
-Rawk Hawk points at the screen. A small text bubble appears saying "FEEL THE RAWKKKKK"
2nd taunt.
-Rawk Hawk flashes his crystal star belt.
3rd taunt.
-Rawk Hawk points his finger up and does a flashy somersault.
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Signature Icon 2 (courtesy of CrapZapper)

Fans of the RAAAAWK: Groose, ImaClubYou, BKupa666, Kiteinthesky, Glaciacott, KingofPhantoms47, Loganhogan, Spacejell0, Gam3rALO, Opossum, OcarinaofDoom, Diddy Kong, Wariofan1, Ianwordyes, Masko'Gears, Falkoopa, Thethirdkoopa, Aldelaro5, and Pikachu FTW