"Hey bro. Did the sound wake you up? Were you freaked out?" -Stacy, Ness' sister |
"Don't panic! It's just a...what?!...meteorite that...who?!...fell. I just wanna...what!?...go home!!" -Onett Cop |
"A meteorite has landed, the Sharks are running wild in town, you kids are wandering around, and, I'm hungry...I hate my job!" -Onett Cop |
"That's my real job you know...I'm a billboard guy." -Lier X. Agerate |
"That meteorite looks different than usual. It's strange and marvelous...as well as mysterious...ooooo!..." -Onett Cop |
"The town is at peace, but my wife and kids won't speak to me. What's the problem?" -Cowardly Guy in Threed |
"You're the enemy of all zombies! You monster!" -Zombie |
"We won because of our brains, guts, and togetherness. Wow! What a rush!" -Guy in Threed |
"Well, my soap opera is getting to a really steamy part, so I'd better let you go." -Ness' Mother |
"I've heard some bad rumors about Mr. Monotoli. I heard he made a deal with a pure evil entity in exchange for power...you know...stuff like that." -Woman in Fourside |
First Floor - 'Fourside Bakery'
Second Floor - 'Second Floor of the Bakery' -sign outside the Fourside Bakery |
"We know how to sing but we don't know how to handle money or women. Do-wap. do do wop." -Runaway Five band member |
"To meet Geldegarde Monotoli, you'll need our help. I don't know exactly why...it's just a hunch." -one of many "vague" hints in Earthbound, said by a Runaway Five band member |
"If they break their contract, they'll be in deep doodoo with the police. The police would probably say, 'Hey you guys!' or something like that..." -Topolla Theater Manager |
"Last night there was a solitaire tournament...I lost my shirt..." -Guy in Monotoli Tower |
"It's ok to visit him here, but don't wander around the building. Someone might be suspicious and take a pot shot at you with a machine gun." -Security Guard in Monotoli Tower |
"Ooo la la. This...is my poor old friend...Ah...what's your name...Pig's Butt...no no, Ness!" -Pokey |
"Quit staring at my hips!" -Monotoli Tower elevator operator |
"Dinosaurs...Huge, aren't they? Well, that's all I've gotten out of my research!" -Mr. Spoon |
"I think I have a bleeding ulcer from worrying too much. -Gerardo Montague |
"I'm one of the masters of this hole. There are five masters in all. We are all moles, of course. I believe I'm the third strongest amongst us. Take your best shot!"
"I'm really the third strongest master. I'll destroy you now!"
"My strength falls between the second and fourth strongest masters. Do you wanna test me?"
"I'm truly the third strongest master of this hole. I'll demonstrate the power of being third to you!"
"Ha ha ha. You've fought the strongest master of this hole, the second strongest master of this hole, the fourth strongest master of this hole, and the weakest master of this hole! I'm truly the third strongest master of this hole. Now you see the true advantage of being third!"
-The five "third strongest" Guardian Diggers in the Gold Mine |
"...You should thank me. That Diamond is worth maybe...MAYBE...$50. (Thump, thump...Thump, thump! I made lots of money...) -Topolla Theatre Owner |
"Money, that's what I want.
Money, that's what is hot.
Money, that's what I want.
Money, it's what we ain't got,
'cept freedom, freedom, freedom is what we've really sought!
-Runaway Five band member |
"I heard Venus made an appearance at the Runaway Five show. I missed her 'cause I went to the bathroom. I'll hate bathrooms for the rest of my life. -Venus fan |
"Hey dudes! It's summer! It's the manly time of year! Time for sports, guys! -Fourside department store worker |
"Your attention please, would the customer from Onett, Mr. Ness, please proceed to the office on the fourth floor. That was customer Ness, fourth floor office...Gwaaaaaaaaagh!" -Department Store Spook |
"Gwaagh, Gwarrrgh! You finally made it. This department store is gonna be your grave! Gwaaagh. You will be gone, and you'll be burning in...well, you'll go to heaven!" -Department Store Spook |
"Ness, sir...are you staying here tonight? Thanks for being so generous with your tips...you never gave me a tip?...never mind..." -Bellhop at Fourside |
"Hey, you! If you meet a beautiful, seductive woman who's looking for me, tell her 'hi.' Anyway, I don't think a woman like that would be looking for me." -Guy in Fourside Hotel |
"When on your way out
Be sure that you say goodbye
Then lock the door tight."
-Everdred's Haiku Poem |
"What? Does Mr. Monotoli come here often? Hello! Time to get up! It could never happen! ...Well, actually that's not true." -Cafe bartender in Fourside |
"Welcome to Moonside. Wel come to moo nsi ns dem oons ide." -Guy in Moonside |
"Hello! and...goodbye!" -Warp Point Guy in Moonside |
"If you stay here too long, you'll end up frying your brain. Yes, you will. No, you will...not. Yesno, you will won't." -Guy in Moonside |
"I can sense...that...you have a controller...in your...hands..." -Sign in Moonside |
"I have no patience for people who interrupt me when I'm busy doing nothing!" -Guy in Moonside |
"You confront the Abstract Art." -Battle Introduction Message |
"Finally, I can measure my own tail!" -Girl Monkey, after you give her a ruler |
"One of my friends can use the teleport. What? You've never heard of it? Then, I'll give you King Banana. That didn't make sense, did it? But, anyway, I'm attractive, don't you think?" -Girl Monkey |
"Master Pokey's cool! He gave me something the other day, and said, 'this is fit for a maid...'" -Electra, Pokey's maid |
"Let's break into the room next door...'Cept I need to go to the bathroom first..." -Runaway Five band member |
"When I'm off duty from my bodyguard job, I still have a lot of pent-up energy. But don't worry, I won't come after you. Unless you're kinda itchin' for a fight..." -Monotoli Tower bodyguard |
"A lot has happened to me. I have to try and sort it all out...thinking is tough for me." -Monotoli Tower bodyguard |
"I've come up with another wacky invention that I think has real potential. Maybe you won't, but anyway...It's called the 'Gourmet Yogurt Machine.' It makes many different flavors of yogurt. The only problem is, right now, it can only make trout-flavored yogurt..." -Apple Kid |
"So, I'm having the machine delivered to you via Escargo Express. It's coming, 'Neglected Class.'" -Apple Kid |
"Yeah, everything is...*KABOOOOM!* Uh, I'vegotsomeproblemsheregottago, bye!" *click* -Apple Kid, on the telephone |
"Jeff wets his bed sometimes. But other than that, he's a good boy." -Dr. Andonuts |
"Oh yes, yes. My co-worker, Big Foot, dislikes violence. He's such a nice guy, and he loves people. He often shares his beef jerky with me..." -Dr. Andonuts |
"Say, 'fuzzy pickles!'" -Photographer |
"Hey, talking to people at another table in a restaurant is like...breaking into their room and checking their drawers for valuables. Yeah, other people on important adventures do such things, but you have to admit that it's bizarre!" -Guy in Summers |
"Ness can eat my shorts! For a neighbor, he's a loser!" -Graffiti on sign in Summers |
"As strange as this may sound, there are statues of rabbits blocking your way." -after investigating rabbit statues in Dalaam |
"Ah, I see...Well, it doesn't make me happy, but I understand your point about the fate of the world being at stake." -Ness' Dad, if you refuse to agree to his suggestion to stop playing |
"Once a dungeon is built, monsters always start moving in."
"I built a bulletin board without a message."
"I couldn't agree more with the opinion of the left billboard."
"The grass is always greener on the other rope...I wonder why that is."
"What's a dungeon? That is my eternal question."
"I put out a bulletin board, but it's probably unnecessary."
"Rusty Bicycle. Rust is the perfect brake."
-Signs in Brickroad's/Dungeon Man's dungeon |
"Barf! vomit! barf, barf! chuck! chuck! Drown to death in puke! Don't you think that's an incredibly masculine taunt to throw at you?" -Master Barf |
"Recently, everyone is able to talk a lot, so I've lost my identity." -Talkative Tenda |
"Hey! What are you doing inside our dinosaur cage?" -Boss Tenda, the tendas are the ones surrounded by dinosaurs |
"Listen Ness. I'm going to tell you something very important. You may want to take notes. Ready? ......You're the chosen one." -Talking Rock, in the Underworld |
"You created Magicant, the realm of your mind. In Magicant, there's beauty, kindness, sorrow, and hatred. Of course, there's an evil and violent side to you." -Star Master, Magicant |
"I am your courage. I follow you here in Magicant. ...My name? Let's say, Flying Man." -Flying Man |
"I'm the evil part of your brain. You can't beat me. Because you are the one who forced me into being." -Ness' Nightmare |
"Listen. Free your mind and KNOW what you must do!" -Ness, to himself |
"You cannot grasp the true form of Giygas' attack." -Giygas' attack description |
"You know, my heart is beating incredibly fast, I must be experiencing absolute terror!" -Pokey |
"Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness, Ness..." -Giygas |
"Ness! Now, I...well...It's going to seem like I'm running away..." -Pokey |
"If...Just maybe...Well, if you two get hitched someday, maybe I'll be the one that fixes your broken electronic devices." -Jeff |
"Since you left home on your journey, things have changed around here. For example, I don't have as much laundry." -Ness' Mom |
"I must try to come to a deeper understanding of this trait called 'courage.'" -Apple Kid |
"Spankety spankety spankety!" -Pokey |
-Merlin |