Teddy

• There's no way we can beat 'em with brute strength alone. But we CAN bring peace back to the world. I just know it.

“	The leader of the Bla-Bla Gang and a reliable friend who uses his tempered body to beat his foes into submission.	„
	~ Character Data on Teddy

Background

Teddy (full name rumored to be Teddy Junior, the 3rd) is one of the main characters in MOTHER (localized as EarthBound Beginnings). He lives in Valentine, where he is the leader of the infamous Bla-Bla Gang.

Teddy is normally the fourth and last character to join Ninten's party, although he can be the third character to join Ninten if the player gets to him before reaching Ana. It should be noted that it is not a necessity to have Teddy join Ninten's party in order to finish the game.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Teddy’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Teddy was named after the car repair factory of his parents, which went under the name "TEDDY". Already at the age of three did Teddy display more adult-like properties, where he also used to carry around a package of chocolate cigarettes. He started to enjoy fighting at the age of five, and at the age of ten he surpassed 170 cm in height and switched his chocolate cigarettes to real ones. He was eleven years old during the first time he arrived home in a patrol car, and when he was twelve years old, lied and said that he was twice his actual age to take up a graveyard shift at the Live House. He used his wages to purchase a Siamese cat to his parents as a present at the age of thirteen, and became the leader of the Bla-Bla Gang when he was fourteen. During the events of EarthBound Beginnings, Teddy first meets Ninten in the Live House after the party's musical performance, where he challenges him to a fight, accusing Ninten of beating up some of his gang members. After a few turns, Teddy stops fighting and deems Ninten a strong person, asking him to travel with him for a while. He wants to go to Mt. Itoi to avenge his parents that were killed there, and takes Ninten and Ana up the mountain, taking Lloyd's place. While going up Mt. Itoi, the trio rest at a cabin on the mountain plateau. However, during their stay, they are attacked by a massive robot. Teddy got severe injuries after the ambush, while Ninten and Ana make it out safely, due to a lucky save by Lloyd and his borrowed tank. He is left to recover at a healer's house near Mt. Itoi's base for the rest of the game. After the game's events, Teddy is shown to have recovered from his injuries, and is confirmed to be daily singing at the Live House. In the original Japanese version of EarthBound Beginnings, however, the extended ending is omitted, which left his fate ambiguous. However, Mother 1+2, released in Japan, added the ending sequence that was added to the English prototype.

General Information

Name: Teddy, Teddy Junior the 3rd (Rumored)

Origin: MOTHER

First Appearance: MOTHER 1

Latest Appearance: MOTHER 1 (Canonical latest appearance), Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Non-Canonical; Appears as a spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)

Company: Nintendo

Creator: Shigesato Itoi

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown (Teddy's age is mostly unknown, with the only real frame of reference being he became the leader of the Bla Bla Gang when he turned 14)

Residence: Valentine, America

Story Role: Party Member, Supporting Protagonist

Classification: The Bla Bla Gang Member, Party Member

Species: Human

State of Being: Regular

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

Occupation: None

Ranking: Leader of The Bla Bla Gang

Affiliations: Ninten (After their brief fight), Ana (Friend), Lloyd (Friend, proves his courage to him after he's injured), Bla Bla Gang (Leader)

Enemies: Ninten (Formerly, fought against him for beating up his buddies), Giygas (Killed his family and wishes to avenge them), Starman (Member of Giygas' army), R-7037 (Member of Giygas' army, nearly kills him)

Height: 188 cm (Officially listed as 188 centimeters old in the MOTHER Encyclopedia)

Weight: 78 kg (Officially listed as 78 kilograms in the MOTHER Encyclopedia)

Status: Alive (Despite the implications of Teddy's death in the Japanese Version of MOTHER 1, it was later changed to the English ending where Teddy lives. This is carried on to even later Mother 1 re-releases thus it's very much likely that Teddy lives is canon)

Alignment: Chaotic Good (Teddy is the leader of the Bla Bla Gang, a band of crooks that attack random innocent bystanders, having items such as flamethrowers. Though his true goal is to avenge his family in the mountains. He also shows in his own way to be caring as he tells Lloyd that he's not cut out for fighting and should just rest easy. Learned through his journey that brute force alone is not enough, and after recovering became a popular singer at the Live House)

Protection Level: Global Protector (Aided Ninten and co. on their journey to stop Giygas, who plans to destroy the Earth and all of its people, directly noted that the Earth is in danger, with Ninten himself stating that the Earth's crisis is finally over at the end of the game)

Codex Statistics

Grade: A

Tier: At least 8-C

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Buiding level (Potency) (The strongest physically out of the party. Fought against Ninten to a standstill. Could fight Last Starman, the strongest Starman of all, making it superior to the regular Starman, who can fight and harm the MOTHER 2 cast post-Summers, who can fight and defeat the Kraken, who massively dwarfs an entire ship in size. Defeated enemies such as the SuperEnergy)

Durability: At least Buiding level (Fought against Ninten to a standstill). Can withstand Far Stronger attacks with his Resilience (Survived a tank shot hitting him after already being mortally wounded by R-7038 and later recovered from his injuries)

Striking Strength: At least Building Class (Potency)

Lifting Strength: At least Class 5 (Should be comparable to the mid game MOTHER 2 Cast, who are able to lift a submarine, which weigh around 4,750 tons)

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Can move 700 meters in about 13 seconds. Scaled across Mt. Itoi in a short timeframe)

Attack Speed: At least Transonic (Fought against late game Ninten, who can fight similar enemies to the cast of MOTHER 3, who can dodge shouts from the Steel Mechorilla)

Reaction Speed: At least Transonic

Stamina: Superhuman (Can take fatal wounds from enemies along with being shot by a cannon blast, and ultimately recuperating from the injuries)

Range: Standard Melee physically, Extended Melee with Bladed Weapons. Dozens of Meters with Boomerang & Slingshot (Boomerangs on average have a 20-40 meter range. Slingshots can hit around 90 yards)

Intelligence: Gifted (Capable of fighting against Giygas's army and should be comparable in skill to the rest of the cast. He became the leader of the Bla Bla Gang when he turned 14)

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Powers and Techniques

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• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
• Human Achievements (Teddy became a popular singer at the Live House after his recovery)
• Weapon Mastery
  • Blade Usage: Uses swords and knives as his primary weapon of choice.
  • Unqiue Weaponry Usage: He can also use boomerangs and slingshots.
• Enhanced Senses (Still able to hit enemies even while blinded. Can sense when enemies are nearby through the check system)
• Extrasensory Perception (Can sense danger in places that people who normally can see ghost can’t)
• Sheer Will (Accepted his fate to go to the mountains and avenge his family with no issues)
• Regeneration (Mid-Low overtime; Able to take attacks such as zombie bites, animal bites, and explosions without being hindered and can heal from them with PSI and by eating food items. Can quickly recover from being dehydrated. Staying at a rest area overnight completely recovers Hp and Pp)
• Astral Projection (When party members are unconscious they are immediately transported to the hospital until they're picked up, where the cast will have ghost sprites that are acknowledged by characters, and characters directly feeling their presence, and acknowledging they are speaking to their "soul", showing the cast create an astral projection from their soul that observes the party while they are unconscious in the hospital)
• Reliance (Reliance [On Universal System], Partial Protection; Losing a battle causes the defeat to be unwritten, becoming a bad dream and allowing the Ninten and co. to wake up at their last save location)
  • Fate Protection, Time Manipulation (1-T), & Dream Manipulation (Passive; Teddy is among a chosen one apart of a universal system of destiny, along with being watched over by The Player. Just like in Ness’ game over that her dying is all merely a bad dream)
  • Possible Divine Protection (prayers in the MOTHER series are directly noted to be God being with the person, with Paula being able to use prayers to have various supernatural effects to happen in the battle with her prayers being used to ultimately defeat Giygas where in the original translation, Paula was praying directly to God. In MOTHER 1 Ninten is told by Ana's father that they will be victorious on their journey and that his prayers will be heard)
• Information Analysis (Able to identify the strengths and weaknesses of an opponent along with their stats)
• Statistics Boost & Rage Power (Capable of increasing his offense through screaming)
  • Accuracy Manipulation (Teddy’s increase of wisdom raises the chance of inflicting status ailments on an enemy, whether from items or certain PSI techniques. Increasing the fight stat increases the odds of the attack landing and of it being a critical hit)
  • Damage Boost (With smash attacks, can deal far more damage then he can regularly)
• Accelerated Development (Battle & Leveling; Physical Stats & Abilities; Naturally gets stronger as he progresses, naturally gaining resistances through leveling up. His fight, speed, offense, defense, and strength increases at a far higher rate then the rest of the cast in battle)
• Non-Standard Interaction
  • Soul Interaction: Can kill and interact with ghosts.
  • Abstract Interaction: Can physically interact and fight enemies from magicant who are abstract representations and feelings of one’s mind.
• Empathic Manipulation (Defeating enemies causes them to lose their bloodlust and calm down)
• Observation (Unconscious Manifestation; Comparable to Ninten who through ignoring the Forgotten Man, Ninten makes him disappear, it is noted by a resident of Magicant that he was once well known but everyone forgot him)
• Has the potential for:
  • Subjective Reality, Creation, Illusion Creation (Standard Illusions), & Mind Manipulation (Magicant is a universe created entirely from the users own memories. It exists only within the mind of the user and is shaped entirely by their thoughts and desires. Magicant World's are shaped from the users perspective. Maria for example warped her own world to fit her views as a Queen. Ness's Magicant was shaped almost like a Town with stars and planets in the background. Along with that, users of Magicant can create weapons, equipments, healing items, and inhabitants that represent a certain side to their mind (A strong example would be the Flying Men which represents the users own courage). Some inhabitants act as enemies that will attack or serve as either a memory of the users own experience or simple civilians. It's unknown if there is a Sea of Eden in other variations of Magicant, however it is stated by Talah Rama that the Truth makes itself known to humanity with Magicant. Magicant only disappears once the goal of the user has been met. To provide some insight, Maria's goal was to recover from amnesia and remember the melody she sung to Giygas, and Ness's goal was to awaken his full potential by touching the Universal System. The journey has to be a momentous part of the person's life that culminates in an event that causes them to look inward and triggers the ability to access their magicant).

• Resistance to
  • Disease Manipulation & Zombification (Zombie bites do not affect him)
  • Poison Manipulation (Resists the effects of the stinger)
  • Mind Manipulation (Force decreases the chances of puzzled, confusion, or sleep working on Ninten)
  • Sleep Manipulation (Force decreases the chances of puzzled, confusion, or sleep working on Ninten)
    • Madness Manipulation (Can resist Giygas’s influence, whose black clouds appearing over the mountains caused all the townsfolk and its people to go crazy)
  • Sense Manipulation, Poison Manipulation, & Paralysis (The more Teddy's strength raises the less chance he has of being hit with Blindness, Poison and Paralysis)
  • Information Analysis (If Ninten is put into a position where he checks Teddy there will be no effect)
  • Radiation Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation, Air Manipulation & Poison Manipulation (Can endure the Nuclear Reactor Robot’s explosion without suffering any adverse effects, which would include an intense pulse or wave of heat, light, air pressure, and radiation including a lack of oxygen and carbon monoxide poisoning)

• Statistics Amplification (With coins and rings, raises one's defense)
  • Statistics Reduction (With bullhorn, can accidentally raise ones stats if you fail to convince them or lower their stats, the Flea Bag can decrease an enemies offense and defense)
• Fear Manipulation (Passive; With Repel Ring drives away any weak enemies)
• Attack Reflection (Passive; With the Franklin Badge capable of completely reflecting lightning based attacks back at the enemy. Shown in MOTHER 1 that it can also reflect PK Beam r. It can even reflect attacks from Giygas)
• Status Effect Inducement (With flashdark, can blind an opponent decreasing their accuracy)
• One Hit Kill (With Insecticide, and Super Spray, will instantly kill any arthropod-based enemies, the super bomb instantly kills all enemies in battle)
• Teleportation (With Onyx Hook, allows Teddy and co. to teleport back to Magicant without the need of finding an entry point. This can also help get him out of BFR)
• Binding (Physical Restraint; With Rope, bounds an enemy making them unable to move or attack)
• Healing (With various food items, can restore health. With antidote, neutralizes poison quickly)
• Purification (With AsthmaSpray, cures Ninten of his asthma. With Mouthwash, cures Ninten from colds. With Noble Seed, cures Ninten of his confusion)
• The Last Weapon, tells one how to turn off their NES.

• Resistance to
  • Electricity Manipulation (With Earth Pendant, halves the damage taken from PK Thunder)
  • Ice Manipulation (With Fire Pendant, halves the damage taken from PK Freeze)
  • Fire Manipulation & Explosion Manipulation (With H20 Pendant, halves the damage taken from PK Fire)
  • Elemental Manipulation (With Sea Pendant, halves the damage taken from every PSI attack except PK Beam)

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Equipment

WeaponsLimited/Unlimited Use WeaponsEquippable Defense ItemsGoodsGag Items

Blades

• Butter Knife: Teddy's starting blade, the weakest of the blade weapons, increasing Teddy's offense by 15 when equipped.
• Survival Knife: A stronger blade Teddy gets. Increases Teddy's offense by 38 when equipped.
• Sword: A much stronger blade then previously, increases Teddy's offense by 46 when equipped.
• Katana: Teddy's best offense-affecting equipment, and the overall strongest offense-affecting item in the game, increasing his offense by 58 when equipped.

Other Equippable Weapons

• Boomerang: Weapon anyone can equip, raises offense by 32.
• Slingshot: Ranged weapon that raises offense by 7. Has a higher chance of missing then other weapons.

• Bullhorn: Amplifies one voice to possibly intimidate an enemy. It'll either decrease their statistics or raise them upon failing.
• Flashdark: Induces blindness on an enemy making them miss attacks more often.
• Fleabag: Decreases an enemies offense and defense.
• Rope: Makes the enemy unable to do anything until it escapes.
• Insecticide: Instantly kills any arthropod-based enemies.
• Super Spray: Instantly kills any arthropod-based enemies. Has unlimited uses.

• Repel Ring: One look at this strange ring will drive away weak enemies.
• Brass Ring: Raises defense by 8.
• Silver Ring: Raises defense by 14.
• Gold Ring: Raisese defense by 28.
• Peace Coin: Raises defense by 5.
• ProtectCoin: Raises defense by 11.
• Magic Coin: Raises defense by 20.
• H2o Pendant: Defends against PK fire and explosion based attacks.
• FirePendant: Defends against PK Freeze.
• EarthPendnt: Defends against PK Thunder.
• Sea Pendant: Defends against all PSI attacks.
• Franklin Badge: Passively reflects against lightning and light based attacks.

Important Items

• Onyx Hook: Allows Teddy to warp back to magicant without finding entry points.

Foods

• Crumbs: Used to make it out of dungeons quickly.
• Big Bag: A bag filled with magic herbs, each healing 30 HP.
• Bread: Heals 20 HP.
• French Fries: Heals 20 HP.
• Hamburger: Heals 50 HP.
• Orange Juice: Heals 10 HP.
• SportsDrink: Heals 100 HP.

Medicine

• Antidote: Neutralizes poison.
• AsthmaSpray: Heals Ninten's asthma.
• LifeUpCream: Used to heal wounds.
• Mouth Wash: Neutralizes colds.
• Noble Seed: Cancels wicked seed.

• Last Weapon: Tells the player how to turn off their NES when used.
• Real Rocket: Immediately after purchase the Mysterious Teacher accidentally launches the Real Rocket into orbit, thus losing it.
• Ruler: Measures things in battle with no real purpose.
• Swear Words: When used in battle the words "I hate you." are displayed. Nothing happens as a result.
• WordsO'Love: When used in battle the words "I love you." are displayed. Nothing happens as a result.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Teddy uses mainly brute force to attack enemies.

Weaknesses: One of the two party members that doesn't have PSI. Initially open to brute force though learns near the end of the game that's not the way to solve every problem. Can contract colds just from people simply coughing near him or sneezing near him. Their astral forms are unable to interact with anything, where it's shown characters like Jeff being unconscious makes him unable to fix broken items as his conscious physical body is not there.

Note

• There is some conflict over whether or not MOTHER cast actually become genuine ghost or not, as the games at time makes mention that the characters are just unconscious along with the resurrection system in the game requires going to the hospital where they note the person has been unconscious in there, and thus some write it off as the ghost are not actually there but sprite place ins. However, the ghost sprites are acknowledged by NPCs, with the mouse in the department store noting he has an eerie feeling that a ghost is walking with the party whenever unconscious party members are around, Paula's dad can sense her presence in the room when she's unconscious, and Poo directly notes he's communicating with Ness' soul if he comes to the party while Ness is unconscious. With this in mind, it is accepted the characters create an astral projection to keep observing the party on their journey while they are unconscious in the hospital. This is further supported with the MOTHER 2 cast being able to have their souls leave their bodies. In MOTHER 3 this does not exist as there's rarely hospitals around so they are just unconscious on the floor with the head party member dragging them around.

Explanations

• A good chunk of the scans used on this profile are from the MOTHER 1+2 fan translation, translated by Clyde Mandelin (Tomato), he is a professional translator, widely known for his legendsoflocalization post on EarthBound or MOTHER 2.

Trivia

• Pippi's stats are identical to Teddy's, however because Teddy is met at a higher level and Pippi stays for a short time, it's difficult to notice right away.
• Oddly, even if the player doesn't trigger the incident with the tank on Mt. Itoi, or even just skips obtaining Teddy entirely, the ending still states that he "fully recovered".
• Jack was his early fan-name among English fans, originating from the shop in Easter being named "Jack"; Teddy happens to bear a resemblance to the boy running the shop. When his real name was discovered, it was phased out.
• The police officers use the same overworld sprite as Teddy, but discolored and slightly modified.
• Teddy is often compared to Frank Fly from EarthBound, as both are misguided leaders of gangs who reform upon being defeated by the player.

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• R-7038 - Fight
  • Conditions: R-7038 surprised attacked Ninten, Ana, & Teddy.
  • Location: Mt. Itoi
  • Note: The cast had no way to win, with the R-7038 only fleeing because Lloyd appeared with a tank.

• Ninten - Fight
  • Conditions: The fight was a one on one between Teddy and Ninten.
  • Location: Live House, Valentine
  • Note: Each side threw some blows at each other before Teddy stopped the fight being impressed by Ninten's strength.