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Moveset

Combos

Matchups

About

No one expects Grandma Gertie to save the day!

Gertrude "Gertie" Shortman is Arnold's eccentric grandmother. An upbeat, goofy woman with a tendency to have odd habits, such as calling people she knows unusual names or mixing up holidays, Gertie is surprisingly powerful for her age, boasting a black belt in Martial Arts and even having some insane feats such as hijacking a bulldozer and even saving a subway train from going dark. She owns the Sunset Arms boarding house along with her husband, Phil, who affectionately calls her "Pookie".

Playstyle

In spite of her age, Grandma Gertie is a fast, agile rushdown character. She excels at comboing the opponent with her big aerial buttons while also being able to take their stock fairly quickly with her Forward Aerial. She is not lacking on the zoning side either, though: she also has several very long strong attacks, and a goodie basket Down Special that summons not one, but two items! Grandma Gertie also has a versatile recovery, great survivability, and decent out of shield options. Gertie really does it all.

If you're looking for a character that's all about adrenaline, Grandma Gertie might be for you!

Metagame

Grandma Gertie is ranked 22nd out of 29 on the current tier list, in the B tier.

Grandma Gertie is a surprisingly fast character for her size, having great movement and mobility. She is an extremely intimidating character on shield, as a lot of her moves are huge and pose little risk if she whiffs them. Gertie also has a wild card in her Down Special, which can pose a great benefit to her if she rolls a Flyswatter or a bomb. Gertie also has some very scary kill options, with the centerpiece being her Forward Air, having her opponents run the risk of being killed off of an edgeguard or ledgetrap at an early %.

However, Gertie has notable flaws. Her tall frame means she's combo food in a lot of matchups, and due to being rather light, she can be very frail in some matchups. Gertie also has a rough disadvantage, which poses trouble if she is down a stock. Finally, while Gertie's recovery is good, it is exploitable, and if she's too low to the ground, her Up Special may not connect in time for her to recover.

Gertie was previously a very popular character in the metagame, having a sizeable playerbase and very strong results across all of tournament play. However, subsequent nerfs to her strongest tools and her weight in Patch 1.13 diminished interest in the character, and her playerbase dwindled. While Gertie still has some dedicated players, she is a very rare character in the present metagame, and is generally considered a mid-tier character. Despite this, however, some still have more favorable opinions of her, and believe she could rise in the future to a higher place in the meta.

Grandma Gertie


Franchise	Hey Arnold!
Weight	0.87
Fall Speed	1.35
Gravity	1.5
Run Speed	1.28
Air Speed	1.17

Strengths

Weaknesses

Shield pressure: Gertie has the best shield pressure in the game due to her huge normals and strong attacks. If you shield against her you will most likely have a very difficult time getting out.
Amazing normals and strongs: Grandma Gertie's normals are all excellent for pressuring and combos. Her strong attacks are some of the most heavy-hitting in the game and are excellent at keeping opponents at bay
Christmas Gift: Down Special allows Gertie to summon two random items. Several of these items are extremely useful for neutral and stage control, and allow Gertie to slow down the pace of the match to the player's content.
Versatile Recovery: Grandma Gertie has good recovery tools in both Side Special, Up Special, and Down Aerial Strong.
Movement: Gertie moves extremely fast, perhaps to the surprise of most people. This means she can be a tricky character to get a hold of.

Bad Disadvantage: Gertie can struggle to close the gap when she's a stock down.
Big target: Gertie is a rather tall character, which means she has trouble escaping certain combos at low %.

Moveset

Ground Light Attacks

Spinning Yarn
Light

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Chopping Knife
Forward+Light

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Axe Kick
Up+Light

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Sweep
Down+Light

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Take the Shoe!
Light (Running)

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Air Light Attacks

Twister
Light (Airborne)

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

The Knee
Forward+Light (Airborne)

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Frying Pain
Back+Light (Airborne)

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Head Smash
Up+Light (Airborne)

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Cleaning House
Down+Light (Airborne)

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Ground Strong Attacks

Homerun
Strong

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

For the Empire
Up+Strong

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Kickulator
Down+Strong

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Air Strong Attacks

Flying Kick
Strong (Airborne)

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Rebellion
Up+Strong (Airborne)

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Freedom Swing
Down+Strong (Airborne)

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Special Attacks

Calamity Strike
Special

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
Grandma Gertie charges her punch before going upwards with a flying uppercut dealing a lot of damage. DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Blitz
Forward+Special

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
Grandma Gertie lunges forward in a quick motion, dealing damage at the end of the lunge. DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Christmas Gift
Down+Special

"It's just a purse, you know."

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
Grandma Gertie pulls a random item out of her purse. There are a total of 16 to experiment with!

Getting Hooked
Up+Special

For now on, call her "Chief".

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
Grandma Gertie throws a hook diagonally upwards, dealing damage. She can use it to grab onto the ledge and stay there handing for a brief moment.

Grab/Throws

NAME PLACEHOLDER
Grab

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Dash Grab
Grab (Running)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

NAME PLACEHOLDER
Light (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

NAME PLACEHOLDER
Up (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

NAME PLACEHOLDER
Forward (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

NAME PLACEHOLDER
Down (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

NAME PLACEHOLDER
Back (Grabbing)

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Super

NAME PLACEHOLDER
Slime+Light

Let's all hold hands, here on the subw-AUGH!!!

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Taunts

NAME PLACEHOLDER
Taunt

"Be as the frog in the pond, Arnold."

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

NAME PLACEHOLDER
Down+Taunt

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

NAME PLACEHOLDER
Up+Taunt

CAPTION PLACEHOLDER

Damage	Startup	Active Frames	Total Frames	Safety
00%	0	0-0	0	-0
DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER DESCRIPTION PLACEHOLDER

Strategy

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Techniques

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Combos

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Matchups

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Other Resources

PLACEHOLDER
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PLACEHOLDER

Videos

PLACEHOLDER

Costumes

Gertie's Default Outfit.
Gertie wearing a stealth outfit from the episode "Field Trip".
Gertie in a blue dress and a chef hat from the episode "Field Trip".
Gertie wearing her karate outfit from the episode "Mugged".
Mind controlled Gertie (unlocked by defeating Gertie twice in campaign mode).
Gertie's Ghost Clone (unlocked by defeating Gertie thrice in campaign mode).

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 == About ==
-No one expects Grandma Gertie to save the day!
+'''''No one expects Grandma Gertie to save the day!'''''
+Gertrude "Gertie" Shortman is Arnold's eccentric grandmother. An upbeat, goofy woman with a tendency to have odd habits, such as calling people she knows unusual names or mixing up holidays, Gertie is surprisingly powerful for her age, boasting a black belt in Martial Arts and even having some insane feats such as hijacking a bulldozer and even saving a subway train from going dark. She owns the Sunset Arms boarding house along with her husband, Phil, who affectionately calls her "Pookie".
 == Playstyle ==