Earthbound Beginnings: Difference between revisions

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* [[Distressed Damsel]]: [[Overly Narrow Superlative|Probably]] the only RPG in existence in which you have to rescue [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|Pippi Longstocking]] from zombie gangsters.

* [[Dr. Jerk]]: The doctors that restore your negative statuses... for a price.

* [[Dummied Out]]: There is an item called Time Machine in the game's code, as well as an IC-chip. Poison Needle and Stone of Origin were also items that poisoned and stoned the enemy, but in the final game they are just enemy attacks.

** IC-Chip may possibly have been the item Memory Chip which can be found in Mother 1+2 only which is obtained after {{spoiler|EVE gets killed off}}. The item is like a second Onyx Hook, except that it transports you to that same spot that {{spoiler|EVE died.}}.

* [[It's All Upstairs From Here]]: The final battle is at the peak of Mt. Itoi.

* [[Joke Item]]: The Swear Words and Words O' Love, both of which require a small sidequest, only display the words "I hate you!" and "I love you!" respectively, when used in battle. The Last Weapon [[Fridge Brilliance|tells you how to reset the game]]. As is the Last Weapon, the Real Rocket is expensively buyable in the Twinkle Elementary lab. From the name of it, it seems like it would be quite a cut above the Bottle Rocket item. But if you buy it... It never even goes into your inventory.

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: The Katana is Teddy's [[Infinity+1 Sword]]. It's better than the Sword.

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|EVE. For players of the original Famicom version, Teddy also does this, but later versions of the game make it clear that Teddy lives.}}

* [[Level Grinding]]: The player is forced to do this after recruiting Lloyd and Ana. They come at a low level, and so one naturally goes to Magicant to train them.

* [[Lost in Translation]]: {{spoiler|After Loid has his [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment in the tank while Ninten, Ana and Teddy were getting their butts handed to them by R7038, due to how his speech was translated, it seems as if Loid accidently shot Teddy, and that it's actually his fault that Teddy is criticly injured. Turns out that, as shown by the more accurately translated Mother 1+2 Fan Translation, Loid was supposed to instead say that he was too late.}} Just goes to show how poorly [[Earthbound]] Zero was actually translated. Of course, there are more moments than this, but this was the most notable, as it practically affects the plot.

'''Loid (Mother 1+2 Fan Translation)''': "Oh no! I'm too late!" }}

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Queen Mary is actually Ninten's great-grandmother Maria, who was sealed into Magicant (with her memories removed) after Giygas seemingly killed her.}}

* [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form]]: {{spoiler|As true of Giygas' attacks in this one as in the sequel, though at least he has a physical body here.}}

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