Twinkle Elementary School is a school in the town of Merrysville in EarthBound Beginnings. There are two floors with six classrooms each. Its roof is locked, forcing Ninten to acquire a key to the roof from the janitor in a first floor classroom. On the roof, Lloyd can be found hiding in a Trash Can. Ninten must bring him Bottle Rockets from Sweet's Little Factory to recruit him.
The fifth door (second floor) has 2 presents. The present close to the door has a Plastic Bat and the present next to the cupboard has a Slingshot.
Services[]
Upon attaining Lloyd and blowing up the classroom, reentering the room will make a teacher who sells goods appear. Some of these goods don't help Ninten and are a waste of money as gag items.
- Last Weapon $1048 (Gag Item)
- Super Bomb $1800 (Takes the place of Time Machine in EarthBound Beginnings)
- Time Machine $2775 (Original Famicom exclusive, Gag Item)
- StkyMachine $3200
- Real Rocket $3485 (Gag Item)
Trivia[]
- A sign introducing the school is seen directly north of it which reads “Twinkle Elementary School SOUTH”.
- Ninten must first interact with the staircase on the second floor before he can talk to the janitor. Trying to go to the janitor’s room prior will have him say “I’m busy, So I can’t help you right now. You’ll have to come back later.”.
- The interior of the first floor shares many similarities with the interior of Union Station. The pink door and windows are placed in the exact same place.
- The middle doors in the first floor are misaligned by 1 unit to the right. The last door in the second floor is misaligned by 1 unit to the left.
- The brown hair girl in the first door (first floor)’s name is Suzy who proclaims that she is Miss Merrysville. If the player says “yes” to her being gorgeous she will compliment him back, but if the player says “no” then she will say he reminds her of a “noodlenoggin”.
- The blonde girl in the third door (first floor) states she saw a strange man in the school lab. This is most likely the teacher who sells items in the school after Lloyd accidentally blows the classroom up.
- There is a nurse in the fifth door (first floor), but she serves no purpose.
- Strawberry Tofu is mentioned for the first time in the first door (second floor) by the kid in the red hat.
- The fourth door (second floor) has a piano that looks exactly like the piano found in Rosemary's House, although checking it yields no results.
- Talking to the brown haired girl at the sixth door (second floor) will reveal that the room is a library and give Ninten a cold.
- Various references to Magicant are present. The philosopher man who is said to be good at nicknaming comes up with the name “Noodlenoggin” for Ninten, the same one that Suzy said. When Lloyd is first recruited, he admits to Ninten that people call him Foureyes, which is an enemy that can be encountered in the Crystal Cavern.
- SPOILER: Given this information, it is interesting to see the connection made between the school and Magicant. Although Magicant is simply a figment of Maria’s imagination, it seems to imply Ninten’s imagination has some sort of influence as well.
Gallery[]
The rooftop of Twinkle Elementary School where Lloyd can first be found in a trash can. Notice the foreshadowing on Mt. Itoi in the background.