Ness

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Pure Good
Full Name	Ness
Alias	Loser The PSI Powerhouse
Origin	EarthBound/Mother 2
Powers/Skills	PSI Pyrokinesis Electrokinesis Telekinesis Cryokinesis Teleportation Flight Superhuman durability Incredibly high attack power
Family	Ana (mother) Unnamed father Tracy (sister)
Allies	Paula Jones Jeff Andonuts Poo Dr. Andonuts Apple Kid Buzz Buzz Picky Minch Runaway Five Lucas
Enemies	Giygas Porky Minch
Goals	Save the world from Giygas. (succeeded)
Goodness Zone	Saving the universe from Giygas
Type of Hero	Psychic Savior

Ness is the main protagonist of the 1994 SNES science fantasy video game EarthBound. He is a psychic preadolescent boy who investigates the debris and finds a bug named Buzz Buzz, who sends Ness on a globe-trekking journey to recruit three friends into the "Chosen Four" and save the world from Giygas, an "embodiment of evil" that exists outside of spacetime.

He was voiced by Makiko Ohmoto in the Super Smash Bros. series, who also voices Kirby.

What Makes Him Pure Good?

• He defeated Frank Fly and his gang, The Sharks.
  • When he defeated Frank, he also indirectly helps redeem him and changes his evil ways.
• He helped fight against evil on numerous occasions.
• He helped rescue Paula from Mr. Carpainter.
• He used the $10,000 that Mr. Everdred gave him to pay the Runaway Five/Tonzura Brothers debt.
• He defeated the Boogey Tent along with Jeff and Paula.
• He saves Threed from the zombie invasion using the zombie paper invented by Apple Kid, with the help of Jeff and Paula.
• He, along with Paula and Jeff, defeat Master Belch and free the inhabitants of Saturn Valley.
• He and his gang assist in digging for a treasure in a mine in the desert and repay the theater proprietor on behalf of the Runaway Five.
• After entering Moonside, he and Jeff destroy the Mani Mani Statue and end its corrupting influence for good.
• He saves Paula after she was kidnapped by Monotoli.
• After he and his gang enter Stonehenge, they defeat numerous Starmen.
• He and his gang defeat Starman DX, freeing Dr Andonuts, Apple Kid and other kidnapped people.
• When Dr. Andonuts tolds him that his soul must be removed and put into a robot body to enter the Phase Distorter, Ness and his friends unhesitatingly agree to the procedure.
• He saved the universe from Giygas.
• He cares a lot for all his friends.
• Went into a deep sleep and destroyed his evil self in Magicant, subverting any corrupting factors he may have had (such as his possible ignorance that comes off-putting to Aloysius Minch or his ability to rudely say no to things such as Jeff's friendship.)
• Though he is shown to be ignorant of Porky and seemingly stopped hanging out with him, while not stopping others like even his own mother from bullying him, which led to his insecurities, it is strongly implied he still cares for Porky but doesn't know how to interact with him. Given how a version of Porky appears in Ness's Magicant, wanting to spend time, it is likely he deep down enjoys having him around.
  • Though Porky is hurt when Ness doesn't respond to his apology in the original Japanese version, it is unclear if Ness did it purposefully to shun him.

Trivia

• He, Mario, Link, Kirby, Fox McCloud, Pikachu (Pokepark Only) and Luigi make up the 7 of the 12 fighters from the original Super Smash Bros. who are considered Pure Good.
• He, Paula, Jeff and Poo make up the Chosen Four, a group of humans prophesized to save the universe from Giygas' wrath. This makes the Chosen Four a rare instance of a gang that has all of its members qualify as Pure Good.

External Links

• Ness on the Heroes Wiki
• Ness on the EarthBound Wiki

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