Resistance to Disease Manipulation & Zombification (Zombie bites do not affect him), Poison Manipulation (Resists the effects of the stinger), Mind Manipulation (Madness Manipulation; Can resist Giygas’s influence, whose black clouds appearing over the mountains caused all the townsfolk and its people to go crazy. 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), 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)
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Teddy
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“ | 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! |
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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
Sex: 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[1])
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[2])
Weight: 78 kg (Officially listed as 78 kilograms in the MOTHER Encyclopedia[3])
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[4])
Powers and Techniques
Equipment
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.
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.
Gallery
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In-Game Sprite
Battle Records
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References
- ↑ "And, when he turned 14, Teddy became the leader of Valentine's delinquent group, the Black Blood Gang"
- ↑ MOTHER Encyclopedia, Page 24
- ↑ MOTHER Encyclopedia, Page 24
- ↑ "And, when he turned 14, Teddy became the leader of Valentine's delinquent group, the Black Blood Gang"
- ↑ Listen well, Ness. I am about to tell you something so important that you should probably write this down.
Ready? You are a chosen one. Your destiny is not yours alone… It is part of a universal “system”. - ↑ In MOTHER 2, Paula’s mom tells Ness not to worry about Paula, because “God is with her”. In EarthBound, this was localized to “She has a guardian angel, it seems.”
It’s not a big deal, and it’s pretty well-known that NOA didn’t want any religious stuff in their games back then, so the change is to be expected. I think the guardian angel line sounds better, anyway. But yeah, there’s no way NOA would’ve let a mention of the Christian God fly in their games back then.
But note that even though she mentions God in MOTHER 2, there are no real serious religious themes in the game. So don’t take this one change out of context and make a big deal out of it 😛 - ↑ In MOTHER 2, during part of Paula’s first prayer, she says something like, “Please, God, if you’re there…” or possibly even, “Please, God, if you’re real…”
In EarthBound, this religious reference got the smack-down and was trimmed to just, “Please…” - ↑ The truth of the universe travels the cosmos like a grain and like a wave and speaks to the universes known as man.