Claus (MOTHER 3)

Masked ManUnmaskedClaus

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“	Claus...You aren't Porky's robot. You're our son! Claus, Come to your mother... You must be so exhausted.	„
	~ Hinawa reaching out to Claus

“	Claus, please remember... I've been looking for you for so long	„
	~ Flint to Claus after jumping in to save Lucas

Strong One

Battle Against The Masked Man

Memory of Mother

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The Masked Man removed his mask. His face looked just like Lucas's. It was Claus. Claus fired an intense bolt of lightning! Lucas's Franklin Badge reflected the lightning back! Claus took mortal damage!

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“	I'm sorry it turned out like this. I'm really happy you could be with me just before the end...Thanks. Dad. I'm sorry I didn't listen to you. I'm going to where Mom is now. Lucas. I hope we meet again someday. Bye. Thank you. I'm sorry. I'm sure we'll meet again.	„
	~ Claus before passing on

Love Theme

Its Over

“	Dad. It's me. Claus. I told Lucas to come too, but he's been crying at Mom's grave all this time. Dad. I'm gonna leave this apple here. The core might be hard, but... The core... The core might be too hard to eat, but be SURE you eat it! I'm gonna get stronger. ...I'm gonna get so strong even Dragos won't stand a chance against me! Dad... I...	„
	~ Claus to Flint

Background

Claus (pronunciation: klaos; Japanese: クラウス; Klaus in the North American version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl) is a major character in MOTHER 3. He is a boy from Tazmily Village. Claus is energetic and far more courageous than Lucas. He is last seen by the player lying motionless near the Drago Plateau, although the residents of Tazmily are never made aware of this.

The Masked Man is the secondary antagonist of MOTHER 3; a mysterious character who debuts during the final scene of the fifth chapter. He is the only other person besides Lucas capable of removing the seven Needles. He attacks with lightning, a sword, an arm cannon and PK Love. Additionally, he has the ability to destroy PSI Shields and use mechanical wings to fly away. He also has a lightning attack that is able to instantly render Lucas's entire party unconscious, meaning that only himself and Lucas (because of the Courage Badge that was revealed to be a Franklin Badge) remain in the battle. The attack is unavoidable.

The Masked Man works for Porky Minch, the Pig King, as what he refers to as his "adorable little monster," and never says a word in the story onscreen. A Pigmask states to Lucas (who thought he was the Masked Man since he answered his phone) that he sounded "kind of cheery", possibly signalling that the Masked Man can, in fact, talk, though in an emotionless tone. The Masked Man is the final boss of MOTHER 3, rather than Porky Minch himself. Because of this, Porky has been the penultimate boss in both games he has appeared in.

The Masked Man is in reality, Claus, who was apparently discovered near the Drago Plateau by the Pigmask Army. He was brought back to consciousness and turned into a human chimera. It is unknown whether or not he was dead when found, though the implications point more toward being dead, as the Magypsies sensed no heart in him, and it's also impossible to hear his heartbeat in battle. During this time, Porky used him as a loyal servant and gave to him near full command of the Pigmask Army. While under the control of Porky, Claus's sense of self and memories had been forgotten and pushed deep inside of him.

At the end of the final battle with the Masked Man, after realizing his true identity and revealing himself as Claus, he fires an intense bolt of lightning at Lucas, purposely reflecting it off of Lucas's Franklin Badge, causing himself mortal damage and ultimately killing himself.

General Information

Name: Claus, The Masked Man

Origin: MOTHER 3

Sex: Male

Age: 12

Classification: Psychic, Cyborg, Lucas' Brother

Species: Human

State of Being: Regular

Occupation: None

Status: Alive (Took his own life by purposely reflecting his lightning off of Lucas's Franklin Badge, although the Dark Dragon revived everyone)

Alignment: Chaotic Good normally, Lawful Evil while controlled by Porky

Threat Level: Global Threat (Attempting to reawaken the Dark Dragon, where it's noted that if the Dark Dragon wakes up, it might end up destroying everything and extinguishing all life, stated that the Dark Dragon's would've even killed the author)

Codex Statistics

Grade: S

Tier: At least 8-C, Higher with Intense Bolts of Lightning

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Buiding level (Potency) (Should be equal to, if not stronger than Lucas. Fought against him and his party members at the same time but lost. Lucas and co. can fight similar endgame enemies to the Mother 2 party members, who can fight and defeat the Kraken, who massively dwarfs an entire ship in size), Higher with Intense Bolts of Lightning (Was able to knock-out Lucas and his party members with this technique)

Durability: Buiding level (Withstood his own intense bolt of lightning. Able to tank attacks from the rest of the party)

Striking Strength: Building Class (Potency) (Can harm Lucas with physical attacks)

Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Should scale to the playable characters, which would scale him to the MOTHER 2 cast, who are able to lift a submarine, which weigh around 4,750 tons)

Travel Speed: Superhuman (Can keep up with Lucas, who can keep up with Ninten, who can move 700 meters in about 13 seconds)

Attack Speed: At least Transonic (Fought Lucas in a one on one battle in the end, who can dodge shouts from the Steel Mechorilla)

Reaction Speed: At least Transonic (Able to react to Lucas and his party members attacks, who can dodge shouts from the Steel Mechorilla)

Stamina: Very High

Range: Standard Melee, Extended Melee with his sword. Hundreds of meters with PSI and his Arm canon.

Intelligence: Genius Intelligence (Should be comparable to Lucas as they are twins. Capable enough to command the entire Pigmask Army and carry out Porky's plan of awakening the Dark Dragon. Was able to break free of Porky's control upon being reminded of his true identity)

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Powers and Techniques

Innate AbilitiesWith PSI

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Supernatural Willpower (Was able to break free of Porky's control upon being reminded of his true identity), Cyborgization (Partial), Weapon Mastery (Sword & Firearm Mastery; Skilled with energy sword and arm-cannon), Regeneration (Mid-Low; Should be comparable to the playable characters), Accelerated Development (Battle; Physical Stats & Abilities; Claus can grow from battle just like Lucas and co., as shown during the beginning of the game), Non-Standard Interaction (Soul Interaction; Should be able to interact with ghost based enemies like Lucas can), Power Nullification (Can break shields and forcefields regardless if they were barriers for physical or psychic attacks via the Shield Killer), Flight (With mechanical wings), Explosion Manipulation (Carries bombs with him), 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 Status Effect Inducement (Completely immune to Brainshock, Paralysis, Hypnosis, & Poisoning), Uncontrollable crying (Crying is only 40% effective), Fire Manipulation, Air Manipulation and Heat Manipulation (PK Freeze and Fire are only 60% effective), Electricity Manipulation (PK Thunder is only 85% effective), Explosion Manipulation (Bombs are 60% effective on him)

Innate PSI AbilitiesUnique PSI Abilities

Psionics & Energy Manipulation (PSI is the manipulation of psionic energy, being described as a mysterious and useful power), Telekinesis (PSI Users such as Ninten can use their psi to telekinetically unbend a spoon, along with Ness as an infant being able to telekinetically move his baby bottle), Telepathy (PSI users all naturally share PSI Telepathy, Ninten uses this to be able to read minds and speak to animals, Paula uses it to telepathically call to Ness in her dreams, along with telepathically speak to other members of the Chosen Four from across towns or even continents. The ability seems to be universal to all PSI users as their consciousness no matter their age is fully aware and can speak with people), Power Bestowal (Limited; PSI users can give PSI abilities to other PSI users, such as when an infant used their mind to give Ninten PSI Teleport, or when the Chosen Four taught a monkey how to use PSI Teleport).

Resistance to Mind Manipulation (The natural PSI users consciousness is already matured and able to defend against other mental attacks)

Sealing Negation (Can use PK Love to pull the Seven Needles that sealed the Dark Dragon and was what put it to sleep), Electricity Manipulation (Able to shoot out intense bolts of lightning that can one-shot the party)

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Equipment

Sword, Arm-canon, Mechanical Wings, Bombs

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Notable Techniques

• Sword Swing: Swings his sword to attack the enemy. Can also do this by leaping into the enemy.
• Beam: Fires an energy beam from his arm-cannon.
• Electrical Shock: Produces electricity to attack multiple enemies.
• Shield Killer: Stabs sword to automatically break any shields or forcefields the enemy is using.
• Intense Bolts of Lightning: Uses his sword to conduct very powerful lightning bolts to rain down. His most powerful move.
• PK Love: Powerful psychic attack that assaults all enemies. Can also be used to pull the seven needles. Him and Lucas are the only ones who can use it.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Always leads with Intense Bolt of Lightning. Will swing with his sword at his opponent and use PK Love along with his Arm cannon.

Weaknesses: If he is reminded of who he is, then he will stop fighting. PSI users need to concentrate in order to use their PSI.

Gallery

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  The Masked Man using the Intense Bolt of Lightning on Lucas and his party members

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  Claus as he appears as a skin for Lucas in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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  The Masked Man as he appears as a skin for Lucas in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS

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  Claus as he appears in the unreleased EarthBound 64.

Battle Records

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