Starman Junior

The Starman Junior (Japanese: Starman's Son), also written Starman Jr., is an enemy that appears in the Mother series. Two such Starmen appear as bosses in EarthBound Beginnings and EarthBound; in both instances, it appears to be among the weakest models of Starmen.
== EarthBound Beginnings ==
The Starman Jr. is the second boss of the game and appears inside in the Podunk City Zoo, where it is revealed to be the source of the noise driving the animals crazy from a giant capsule floating in the middle of the zoo superintendent's office. After the Starman Junior is defeated, it flies away in the capsule, and the animals return back to normal.
=== Battle ===
==== Strategy ====
* The damage dealt by its PK Beams is very high, even in its α form, but due to the Starman Jr.'s low amount of PP, it is not able to be used more than four times, or one, if the γ is used once, giving an extra turn to attack when it runs out of PP.
* Its PK Beam γ can be reflected back at it if Ninten has the Franklin Badge, which will hit the Starman back and defeat him with his own move in an instant.
* There is a rope the player can get in the Superintendent's Office. Using the rope on the Starman will render him unable to move for a random amount of turns. If Ninten is lucky enough, he can be defeated without him landing a single move.
== EarthBound ==
A Starman Junior is revealed to have followed Buzz Buzz, a mysterious survivor of an enslaved Earth ten years in the future, back to Ness's time. After Buzz Buzz follows Ness and his group (which includes Pokey and Picky) home, the Starman Junior intercepts the group, and a battle ensues.
=== Battle ===
Despite Starman Junior's arsenal of PSI Fire and PSI Freeze attacks, Buzz Buzz's repeated usage of PSI Shield Σ neutralizes any attempts to harm Ness and co., and the Starman eventually falls.
== Trivia ==
* There is an unused sprite in EarthBound that strongly resembles the capsule the Starman Jr. escaped in after its defeat in EarthBound Beginnings. This sprite could have been a placeholder for the diamond sprite that represents the majority of machines in the game or could have been used for the Starmen of the Cave of the Past as the ones in Stonehenge Base use the actual Starman sprite. This could imply that the Starman Jr. seen in EarthBound Beginnings that fought Ninten in the City Zoo is the same Starmen Jr. that came to kill Buzz Buzz in EarthBound ten years into the future after leaving in his capsule.
* Starman Junior's last line of dialogue, "I'll stomp you hard!," is used by one of the Frightbots during their invasion of Saturn Valley in Mother 3.
* You can use the sprint button to speed up the capsule's departure sequence in EarthBound Beginnings.
* In the companion guide, he is called "Son of Starman" in Mother, and "Starman Jr." in EarthBound Beginnings and Mother 1 + 2.
** Their description reads, "Son though he may be, he is of the Starman line, so he's not easily dismissed. Controlling the zoo animals is a piece of cake for him. He holds the fort on the top floor of the Zoo Curator's Office.".
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