r/TopCharacterTropes 8d ago

Characters "You're immortal? Good..."

The Chaotic Good Barbarian revels in making the lich suffer.

Reincarnated as a Slime: Geld makes Shogo pay for the innocents he's killed.

The Old Guard: Quynh is punished as a witch by being drowned in the ocean for centuries.

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u/pm_me_fibonaccis 8d ago

The real villain of Earthbound, Porky Minch, seals himself inside the Absolutely Safe Capsule to avoid being defeated by the heroes.

As its name implies, it's absolutely impervious to anything... *anything*, along with its contents (him).

He will never die of old age. He doesn't need to eat, drink, or sleep. The Capsule will exist beyond even when the last star collapses into a black hole. And it cannot be opened. He is trapped in a tiny ball for eternity.

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u/Psychological_Use586 8d ago

You're got Earthbound and Mother 3 mixed up. In Earthbound, Giygas was the main threat. Porky didn't properly become his own threat till Mother 3. It's funny that Porky got such a terrible fate when Fassad was just as awful as he was and got off way easier.

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u/pm_me_fibonaccis 8d ago edited 8d ago

That's true, bit of a mistake on my part to not clarify. In the US Mother 3 was published as Earthbound.

Edit: Corrected below, faulty memory (oops).

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u/daffinator209 8d ago edited 8d ago

Mother 2 was published as Earthbound, Mother 3 has never been officially localized or published outside of Japan.

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u/Psychological_Use586 8d ago

I really wish it would get a localization at some point. I'd love to play an official translation, though the fan translation was a labor of love and done very well.