Mother 3/Characters

Lucas
The protagonist of the second half of the game. He starts as a crybaby, but after his adventure, he grows a lot more mature. "Voiced by Lani Minella in Super Smash Bros."


 * Badass Adorable: Despite starting out as a Lovable Coward and looking like a pretty average "sweet little boy" in general, Character Development that occurs later on in the game causes him to become (both physically and emotionally) one of the franchise's strongest characters since Ness. He also.
 * Big Damn Heroes/Moment of Awesome:.
 * Break the Cutie: The game really goes out of its way to do this to Lucas. If you listed all of the traumatic things that happen to him over the course of the story, you'd more or less have a summary of the plot of the game.
 * Carry a Big Stick: He uses sticks as weapons, just like his father (Flint).
 * Character Development: His transformation from a Lovable Coward into a "Ness 2.0" in Chapter 4; it even gets mirrored in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
 * Combat Medic: Continues the series' trend of the main protagonist being the game's primary healer. Lucas has the largest arsenal of healing abilities of the four party members as well as the strongest physical attack.
 * Farm Boy: His father is a shepherd, even!
 * Hair of Gold: Representing his innocent, pure-minded personality.
 * Hurting Hero: He gets his family utterly torn apart by and is forced to watch as his world becomes a Polluted Wasteland due to what  does to it. To make matters even worse for him, he also ends up having to kill  and fight  twice.
 * Kid Hero: Following the tradition of Ness and Ninten before him, he's implied to be around 12 by the time he picks up the role of Main Protagonist and fights the Pigmasks.
 * Lovable Coward: Until his Character Development kicks in during Chapter 4 and turns him into a new Ness, at least.
 * Magic Knight: Has a great deal of healing, shield and buffering moves, but also deals that most damage in the party and can take quite a bit of damage.
 * Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Downplayed; in combat, Lucas is definitely vastly stronger than Kumatora when it comes to physical stats, but Kumatora is an Action Tomboy while Lucas is a shy and sweet little boy.
 * Mushroom Samba: Complete with a large dose of Nightmare Fuel.
 * Never Accepted in His Hometown: Other characters in the game seem to rather-frequently mock him for his cowardice during the game's first three chapters, and from Chapter 4 onward, he becomes a massive target for the Pigmasks that have taken over his hometown and is also-rather-frequently mocked for not wanting to participate in his world's new consumerism craze. In fact, even the Post Final Boss that Lucas encounters at the end of the game is.
 * Plot Induced Stupidity/Gameplay and Story Segregation: !
 * Psychic Powers: As per tradition, Lucas is Psychic like the Main Protagonists before him, complete with his own unique Special PSI Attack, PK Love.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Lucas is blue to Claus's red.
 * Shrinking Violet
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: Lucas is timid and gentle, while Claus is more outgoing and excitable.
 * Simple Staff/Carry a Big Stick: His weapons of choice range from either yo-yos, sticks, staves or baseball bats.
 * Theme Twin Naming: Lucas and Claus are anagrams of each other.
 * The So-Called Coward: He becomes almost as strong (and brave) as Ness during Chapters 4-8.
 * Unlikely Hero: Claus' shirt is blue and yellow—the same color as Ness's and Ninten's before him. He also acts like a Hot-Blooded hero, capable of ridiculously selfless and suicidal actions on behalf of the people he cares about. Everything about him is deliberately engineered to scream "hero!"... but it's timid Lucas who gets saddled with the position instead.
 * Shrinking Violet
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: Lucas is timid and gentle, while Claus is more outgoing and excitable.
 * Simple Staff/Carry a Big Stick: His weapons of choice range from either yo-yos, sticks, staves or baseball bats.
 * Theme Twin Naming: Lucas and Claus are anagrams of each other.
 * The So-Called Coward: He becomes almost as strong (and brave) as Ness during Chapters 4-8.
 * Unlikely Hero: Claus' shirt is blue and yellow—the same color as Ness's and Ninten's before him. He also acts like a Hot-Blooded hero, capable of ridiculously selfless and suicidal actions on behalf of the people he cares about. Everything about him is deliberately engineered to scream "hero!"... but it's timid Lucas who gets saddled with the position instead.

Claus
A description of the character goes here.


 * Badass Normal:.
 * Be Careful What You Wish For: "I'm gonna get stronger. ...I'm gonna get so strong even Dragos won't stand a chance against me!"
 * Decoy Protagonist
 * : It works.
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Keet: He even wears bright colors!
 * Logical Weakness:, which renders your combo system useless.
 * : Well, Flint never did despite his greatest efforts. ...
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Lucas, blue, and Claus, red.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: Lucas is timid and gentle, while Claus is more outgoing and excitable..
 * : Deflecting Thunder PK onto.
 * : King P gloats that this is the case.
 * Theme Twin Naming: Lucas and Claus are anagrams of each other.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Keet: He even wears bright colors!
 * Logical Weakness:, which renders your combo system useless.
 * : Well, Flint never did despite his greatest efforts. ...
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Lucas, blue, and Claus, red.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: Lucas is timid and gentle, while Claus is more outgoing and excitable..
 * : Deflecting Thunder PK onto.
 * : King P gloats that this is the case.
 * Theme Twin Naming: Lucas and Claus are anagrams of each other.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * : Well, Flint never did despite his greatest efforts. ...
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Lucas, blue, and Claus, red.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: Lucas is timid and gentle, while Claus is more outgoing and excitable..
 * : Deflecting Thunder PK onto.
 * : King P gloats that this is the case.
 * Theme Twin Naming: Lucas and Claus are anagrams of each other.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: Lucas is timid and gentle, while Claus is more outgoing and excitable..
 * : Deflecting Thunder PK onto.
 * : King P gloats that this is the case.
 * Theme Twin Naming: Lucas and Claus are anagrams of each other.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Walking Spoiler

Flint
A description of the character goes here.


 * Badass: To say the least, he is an absolutely definitive example of one of these.
 * Badass Longcoat: His design in the scrapped N64 version. This was most likely removed to make animations clearer.
 * Badass Normal: In a world where the Mooks wield rayguns and the heroes wield psychic powers, he's still more than capable of making his way on his quest with nothing more than a good block of wood.
 * Carry a Big Stick: Primarily uses sticks as weapons.
 * Determinator: In addition to being Made of Iron, he becomes so determined to that it causes him to seemingly forget that Lucas (or anyone else, for that matter) even exists.
 * Deus Angst Machina: Chapter 1. . All of this within the space of a day or so.
 * Iron Woobie: Much of what applies to Lucas also applies to him.
 * Dumb Muscle: When it comes to combat, at least; he has the overall-lowest IQ stat out of all of the game's playable characters and has literally no combat "talents" other than his own sheer strength, but said strength is easily comparable to Ness' in Earthbound in offense terms and actually appears to be significantly superior to it in defense terms. And then there's the fact that ...
 * Happily Married: To Hinawa.
 * He Who Fights Monsters: In the process of getting his revenge for the fact that, he attempts to ; luckily, however,.
 * Hurting Hero: He, , got less screen time than Salsa, et cetera...
 * Irony: He is a cowboy who is named after a type of gun (flintlock) but doesn't actually use guns in combat.
 * Kindhearted Simpleton: Until you make him angry, at least.
 * Made of Iron: Special mention goes to when.
 * Nice Hat: Flint wouldn't be Flint without his signature cowboy hat.
 * Papa Wolf: A deconstruction; he gets so torn up about Claus' disappearance that he spends most of the game neglecting his other son in his rampant search for him.
 * During the final battle between Lucas and the Masked Man, Flint will try and protect Lucas, taking two rounds of heavy damage for him.
 * Rancher
 * Rated "M" for Manly: He looks and acts like both Chuck Norris and Clint Eastwood at the same time and is also strong (and determined) enough to.
 * Sexophone: His attack/combo instrument, although it's probably supposed to represent the blues.
 * Stealth Pun: His attack/combo instrument plays the blues.
 * Supporting Protagonist: He briefly assists (or, more accurately, is assisted by) Duster and Boney during Chapter 1.
 * Rated "M" for Manly: He looks and acts like both Chuck Norris and Clint Eastwood at the same time and is also strong (and determined) enough to.
 * Sexophone: His attack/combo instrument, although it's probably supposed to represent the blues.
 * Stealth Pun: His attack/combo instrument plays the blues.
 * Supporting Protagonist: He briefly assists (or, more accurately, is assisted by) Duster and Boney during Chapter 1.

Hinawa
A description of the character goes here.


 * Happily Married: To Flint.
 * Sunny Sunflower Disposition: Sunflowers are associated with her presence throughout the game..
 * Sunny Sunflower Disposition: Sunflowers are associated with her presence throughout the game..
 * Sunny Sunflower Disposition: Sunflowers are associated with her presence throughout the game..
 * Sunny Sunflower Disposition: Sunflowers are associated with her presence throughout the game..

Boney
A description of the character goes here.


 * Badass Adorable: Unlike King, this giant puppy actually stays with Lucas until the end of the game (and is controlled by the player during combat).
 * Enemy Scan: His sniff ability. Some enemies either have no scent or one that Boney can't handle.
 * Evil-Detecting Dog: During the Mushroom Samba on Tanehineri/Tanetane Island, Boney's the only one that won't follow you into the hot spring. And for good reason...
 * Fragile Speedster: Can outright be upgraded to a Lightning Bruiser if you're skilled with the combo system.
 * Heroic Dog: Basically King if King wasn't too lazy to become a permanent party member.
 * Team Pet

Duster
A description of the character goes here.


 * Armed Legs: Duster attacks enemies by kicking with his crippled leg.
 * A clubbed foot, if I remember correctly.
 * Badass Beard/Badass Mustache: Yes, he has both.
 * Badass Normal: He doesn't need any PSI to take down Chimeras or otherwise, being a trained Thief.
 * Butt Monkey: Particularly in Chapter 2, during which Wess calls him a "moron" as if the word is going out of style. Later on in the game, however, other characters mostly just ignore (or mildly insult) him.
 * Disability Superpower: He walks with a limp, and it's noted by several characters. Surprisingly, he incorporates it into his Secret Thief Arts combat style. Duster's weapons are shoes, and he kicks enemies in combat. He can make preemptive attacks at the start of random encounters, and he can even negate sneak attacks.
 * Handicapped Badass: That leg must REALLY have a lot of velocity in order to deal that much damage to enemies. He's even the second strongest Physical Attacker of the party, after Lucas.
 * Heavy Sleeper: He's even asleep on his naming screen! Boney has to drag him by the neck through the rain during most of his introduction scene. It's implied that he's a night owl, but still, it takes about three quarters of the cutscene for him to finally wake up.
 * Improbable Weapon User: His Thief Tools (wall staples, a scary mask, a siren beetle, a tickle stick, smoke bombs and a hypno-pendulum) are all things he can use in fights.
 * Master of None: He's a member of your party most of the game, and aside from his status effects, he's mostly just around to bash things.
 * Mushroom Samba: Along with quite a bit of Nightmare Fuel.
 * The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: After the mission in Osohe Castle that Wess sends him on, he's never shown stealing anything despite being classed as a thief.
 * Stepping Stone Sword: Wall staples, which can be driven into the wall.
 * The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything: After the mission in Osohe Castle that Wess sends him on, he's never shown stealing anything despite being classed as a thief.
 * Stepping Stone Sword: Wall staples, which can be driven into the wall.

Wess
A description of the character goes here.

"Wess: I'd like to join the search, but they told me to stay here because I'm old. Seems nobody's aware of just how strong I really am."
 * Abusive Parents: He constantly belittles his son, Duster.
 * Badass Grandpa: He's in his 60's (or thereabouts), and he's so tough that the game nerfs him by making him attack rarely during the short time he's in your party. One of his rarer attacks is enough to one-shot anything you can encounter at the time.
 * Badass Normal
 * Blatant Lies: "I'm not going to stick my butt out or anything, though."
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass:


 * Domestic Abuse: His constant belittling of Duster.
 * Grumpy Old Man: Especially whenever he is around Duster, whom he constantly criticizes.
 * Guest Star Party Member: When he becomes one of Duster's combat sidekicks during Chapter 2.
 * Running Gag: Him calling Duster a "moron".

Kumatora
A description of the character goes here.


 * Badass Adorable: She looks like a sweet little girl but is actually a borderline(?) Ladette.
 * Bifauxnen: A little kid mistakes her for a boy at some point in Chapter 2.
 * Black Magician Girl: Is this in contrast to Lucas's skillset.
 * Cute Bruiser: Subverted; her actual attack power is mostly magic-related.
 * Fire, Ice, Lightning: She is the only playable character that can use the elemental PSI attacks.
 * Standard Status Effects: Along with Duster.
 * Everything's Better with Princesses:.
 * Gameplay and Story Segregation: Kumatora is universally described as strong, tough and masculine, and off-screen, is capable of single-handedly smacking down two bodyguards that Lucas isn't even allowed to approach because they're too dangerous. Yet in actual combat, she's a Squishy Wizard who has the overall lowest physical damage ratio, even compared to a dog.
 * The Ladette: Kumatora has this sort of personality and attitude, though she does not exhibit any of the behavior commonly associated with it other than swearing.
 * Lady Swears-a-Lot: Although what profanity there is in the fan translation isn't very strong, most of it comes courtesy of Kumatora.
 * Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: See the Lucas example above this one.
 * Mushroom Samba: With a bit of Nightmare Fuel mixed in.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Her name means bear-tiger.
 * Psychic Powers
 * Rebellious Princess:.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: Unlike Nintendo's many damsels in distress, this princess is not afraid to fight. Unless you're planning to heavily exploit her Psychic Powers, however, she isn't actually very good at doing so.
 * She Cleans Up Nicely: In her normal attire, a little girl mistakes her for a guy. !
 * Squishy Wizard
 * Tomboy: She is by far the most masculine-acting out of all of the game's main protagonists (not counting Flint).
 * Tomboy Princess
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair

The Magypsies
A description of the character goes here.


 * Ambiguous Gender: They are neither man nor woman, nor even human. They usually refer to themselves as female, but Kumatora refers to them as male..
 * Camp Gay
 * Cool Shades: Doria.
 * Funny Afro: Aeolia.
 * Heavy Sleeper: Phrygia.
 * Immortality: A Magypsy will only truly "die" if their Needle is pulled.
 * Musical Theme Naming: The Magypsies are named for the modes of the diatonic scale.
 * Meaningful Name:.
 * Nice Hat: Doria and Phrygia.
 * Say It with Hearts: Only in the Fan Translation. Clyde Mandelin admits that this was done to emphasize the "girly" diction they use in Japanese.
 * Sexophone: The Leitmotif of the Magypsies.
 * Wholesome Crossdressers: The Magypsies are all psychic guardians for good.
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair
 * You Gotta Have Pink Hair

Salsa
A description of the character goes here.


 * Apologetic Attacker: One of Salsa's skills is to "apologize profusely" to the enemy. This is a Continuity Nod to one of Porky's totally useless actions when he's a Guest Star Party Member in EarthBound.
 * Butt Monkey: Literally.
 * Electric Torture: Constantly on the wrong side of it, to the point that it REALLY stops being funny after the first few times.
 * Everything's Better with Monkeys: His cuteness eventually ends up being one of the things that Fassad uses in order to brainwash the people in Tazmily Village into (nearly) all wanting Happy Boxes and automobiles.
 * I Have Your Wife: The Pigmasks have his girlfriend.
 * Team Pet: Sort of fills the role in a couple places, most notably when teamed up with Kumatora.

Yokuba/Fassad/
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 * Arab Oil Sheikh: Fassad looks like one, in any case.
 * It's also worth noting that 'Fassad' is an Arabic word that means 'corruption'. It's also a pun on Façade (no, not the game). And it's not even official.
 * Asshole Victim: Him is barely even mentioned by any of the game's other characters after its occurrence, and to say the least, he definitely deserved said fate.
 * Badass Mustache: He has a remarkably Mario-esque one that eventually gets added onto itself.
 * Bad Boss: Towards Salsa the monkey.
 * Card-Carrying Villain
 * The Corrupter: Serves as this to the entire population of Tazmily. And he enjoys his job very much.
 * Crutch Character: In Salsa's chapter, though Fassad only helpes out when he feels like it.
 * Dirty Coward: Especially when he hides behind Salsa during combat encounters in Chapter 3.
 * The Dragon:.
 * Evil Laugh: "Nwehehehehehehehehe!"
 * That's one "Nwe" and eight "he"s.
 * Fat Bastard: Almost as much of one as, in fact.
 * Fate Worse Than Death:.
 * Faux Affably Evil: He seems like a nice guy at first, but in Chapter 3, you realize that he is actually downright despicable.
 * Gonk:
 * Guest Star Party Member: A notable one, as it's likely that he'll be the one doing all the damage while Salsa is taking all the hits (and doing his best to disable enemies so he doesn't get hit).
 * Hate Sink: You will learn to hate him throughout Chapter 3.
 * Hypocrite: He repeatedly punishes Salsa for "misbehaving" while acting like a total dick himself, and he also calls the non-modernized version of Tazmily Village "incredibly un-civilized" while being quite-arguably the most brutish and obnoxious character in the entire game (and, of course, scarfing Luxury Bananas down like a total pig).
 * Hypocritical Humor: In Thunder Tower, he says that Lucas is "the definition of a moron flying into a flame"; once he and Lucas reach the top of said tower,
 * Irony: He has the mustache of Mario but has the personality of Wario.
 * Jerkass: Fassad corrupts Tazmily village for his own profit while torturing an innocent monkey.
 * Kick the Dog: To Salsa. Over. And over. And over. It won't take you long to feel sorry for the poor monkey.
 * Make an Example of Them: Anyone who doesn't play ball and purchase a high quality Happy Box gets their house torched by lightning.
 * Meaningful Name: Fassad's name in the Japanese version was "Yokuba", which comes from . His name in the fan translation comes from the Arabic word and coincidentally, . Fassad could also be something of a reference to Lier X. Agerate, a minor character from EarthBound.
 * No One Could Have Survived That
 * Prophetic Name: The Locrian mode, the scale that is named after, is also known as the 'Diabolus in Musica', a Latin phrase meaning 'Devil in Music', in reference to its dissonant tone. This is likely the reason why the name "" was chosen for the traitorous.
 * The Reveal:.
 * Running Gag: Fassad isn't afraid to stop whatever he's doing to eat a banana then throw the peel on the floor..
 * Snake Oil Salesman: Wouldn't YOU be happier with a Happy Box?
 * Stockholm Syndrome: Fassad may be a chode, but he's an effective teammate (a lot more than Porky or Thomas), and a lot stronger than Salsa. Itoi intentionally wanted to provoke this feeling in players themselves.
 * Stout Strength: Despite how fat he is, he's a very effective ally and.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Luxury Bananas. They even heal him for more than they heal your party members.
 * Turncoat: See The Reveal above.
 * Villainous Glutton: Heavily implied by his physical build and his obsession with Luxury Bananas.
 * The Reveal:.
 * Running Gag: Fassad isn't afraid to stop whatever he's doing to eat a banana then throw the peel on the floor..
 * Snake Oil Salesman: Wouldn't YOU be happier with a Happy Box?
 * Stockholm Syndrome: Fassad may be a chode, but he's an effective teammate (a lot more than Porky or Thomas), and a lot stronger than Salsa. Itoi intentionally wanted to provoke this feeling in players themselves.
 * Stout Strength: Despite how fat he is, he's a very effective ally and.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Luxury Bananas. They even heal him for more than they heal your party members.
 * Turncoat: See The Reveal above.
 * Villainous Glutton: Heavily implied by his physical build and his obsession with Luxury Bananas.
 * Villainous Glutton: Heavily implied by his physical build and his obsession with Luxury Bananas.
 * Villainous Glutton: Heavily implied by his physical build and his obsession with Luxury Bananas.

King P
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 * Actually a Doombot: When you first face him.
 * And I Must Scream:.
 * Animal Motifs: Pigs, for fairly obvious reasons.
 * Big Bad: Of the third game.
 * The Caligula
 * Card-Carrying Villain
 * Climax Boss: And how!
 * Continuity Nod:.
 * Dirty Old Man: More-than-heavily implied by his Fan Room, which is populated by several female prostitutes and.
 * Dragon Ascendant:.
 * A Fate Worse Than Death
 * For the Evulz:.
 * A God Am I
 * Hypocrite: Particularly when he.
 * : Shigesato Itoi has confirmed that he will still be alive.
 * Meaningful Name: He is a fat pig to say the least, and he also leads an entire army of them.
 * Omnicidal Maniac
 * Self-Disposing Villain: See above.
 * Time Is Dangerous:.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * You Cannot Grasp the True Form: !
 * Meaningful Name: He is a fat pig to say the least, and he also leads an entire army of them.
 * Omnicidal Maniac
 * Self-Disposing Villain: See above.
 * Time Is Dangerous:.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * You Cannot Grasp the True Form: !
 * Time Is Dangerous:.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * You Cannot Grasp the True Form: !
 * Walking Spoiler
 * You Cannot Grasp the True Form: !
 * You Cannot Grasp the True Form: !