- "A bee I am not... I'm from 10 years in the future. And, in the future, all is devastation..."
- — Buzz Buzz
Buzz Buzz (ブンブーン Bunbūn) is a character in EarthBound. He is a rhinoceros beetle-like insect from ten years in the future, who arrives in Ness's time by the meteorite that crashed in northern Onett. He informs Ness of Giygas's plan, and sends him off on his adventure. Despite his size, Buzz Buzz has access to powerful PSI and strength beyond his physical appearance.
Buzz Buzz fights alongside Ness and Picky, who are accompanied by Pokey, on the journey back to their houses, defeating Starman Junior who was sent after him to prevent him from changing the past. During this battle, Buzz Buzz would cast PSI Shield Σ on the party, rendering them all immune to the Starman Junior's PSI attacks, and will also occasionally attack the Starman Junior with physical attacks as well.
He suffers a somewhat sudden end when Lardna Minch, the mother of Pokey and Picky Minch, swats him, mistaking Buzz Buzz for a dung beetle. The injuries that Buzz Buzz sustained from Lardna's smack were fatal. Before Buzz Buzz dies, he gives Ness the Sound stone and tells him to seek the eight "Your Sanctuary" locations.
Buzz Buzz's tombstone.
His grave manifests itself in Ness's Magicant, where it is located next to the house of the Flying Man. The gravestone reads, "This is Buzz Buzz's tombstone. He appeared earlier in the game and gave up the ghost before he achieved his goal."
Quotes[]
- After being smacked by Lardna
- Agh! *Gasp*
- I was...
- ...much weaker than I thought...
- So you must now begin your adventure...
- see...
- you...
- Oh, I just remembered...
- Listen to my final words...
- To defeat Giygas, your own power must unite with the Earth's...
- the Earth will then channel your power and multiply it...
- There are eight points that you must visit. Make these places your own...
- Each of these locations is Your Sanctuary.
- One of them is near Onett. It is called Giant Step.
- Go there first...
- Do you understand?
- [No]
- ...I see.
- I apologize. I guess I didn't explain it well enough...
- [Yes]
- All right.
- You are a very intelligent young man... and...
- Oh! The pain!... Everything is getting dark... urgh!... *Gasp*...
- Before I pass on, I want to give you something...
- It is the Sound Stone.
- You can record the melodies from the eight locations into this stone. It is an awesome item...
- By the way... I'm almost gone, but did you want to hear the story one more time?
- [Yes]
- Good!
- It's already dawn outside...
- But it doesn't matter to me. I'm fading fast...
- Argh! *Gasp*
- [If Ness's inventory is full]
- Oh, okay...
- What the...?
- It seems that you have too many things to carry already...
- Since you can't take it, I'll give it to your sister.
- In the blink of an eye, like magic, she'll have it.
- Eeeyah!
- .....
- It's already dawn outside... but it doesn't matter to me. I'm fading fast... Argh! *Gasp*
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Trivia[]
- In Mother 3, one of the robots in Lardna Minch's image in New Pork City's Beauty & Tasty restaurant will say "Aaaaayyyeee, I think it's a dung beetle!" which is the line she says when she meets Buzz Buzz.
- In the Japanese version of EarthBound, Mother 2, Lardna Minch mistakes Buzz Buzz for a "pesky toilet fly" and tells him to die and "Go to hell!"; this was changed to "I'll smack your guts out!" This change was likely made to avoid explicit language, and was one of several religious elements of the game changed in translation.
- The only official design for Buzz Buzz other than his in-game sprites and guide illustrations is his appearance on a MOTHER 2 "choose your own adventure" book cover, which is displayed above.
- Its implied by Starman Junior that Buzz Buzz’s Bug-like form isn’t his original form.
Members in EarthBound]]