Hippie

Hippies are enemies in EarthBound Beginnings and EarthBound. They share many similarities in both games and have their own distinct theme songs when encountering them.
== EarthBound Beginnings ==
They can be found in Podunk and occasionally in Merrysville. They are one of the few enemies that can encounter Ninten at the very start of the game. If the player comes across this enemy at a low level, they can very easily lose the battle unless Ninten does not believe the bullhorn or the Hippie meditates enough times.
== EarthBound ==
The New Age Retro Hippie (きままなにいさん) appears with a huge red afro, beard and mustache, and is dressed in an open blue shirt, red pants, and blue shoes. His in-battle sprite has him with crossed legs.
NPCs with the same sprite as the New Age Retro Hippie can be seen in the crowd watching the Runaway Five or operating a condiment selling stand in Burglin Park. One is seen outside a red house in Happy Happy Village, where a Mr. Saturn lives.
=== Super Smash Bros. Brawl ===
It appears as a sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Attaching this sticker to the bottom of Ness or Lucas's trophies in The Subspace Emissary increases their PK attack by 11.
While the sticker in Super Smash Bros. Brawl claims that it is of the New Age Retro Hippie, the sticker's model is actually that of a Hippie, and it also claims that it first appeared in Mother, implying that the two enemies were confused.
== Trivia ==
* The Hippie's habit of wasting turns may be a reference to real-life hippies being non-violent.
* The Hippie's battle theme is inspired by Chuck Berry's song Johnny B. Goode. A remixed version of the battle theme can be heard in EarthBound in fights against New Age Retro Hippies and Frank Fly, and can again be heard in the Mother 3 versions of the song called Rock and Roll (Mild) and Rock and Roll (Spicy).
* Oddly, in very rare cases, Hippies can be encountered in Merrysville, which isn't the hippies' usual location. Their name is The Hippie instead of Hippie, though their stats are identical. This is most likely an error by the game developers, as they are rather weak compared to other enemies in Merrysville.
* This is the very first enemy the player can come across with the “Hippie Battle” theme and is the only enemy in the entire game to have a song name based around them (other than Giegue).
* Hippies pop up again in EarthBound, this time as the New Age Retro Hippie, who come later in the game, in Twoson, and are considerably easier to defeat.
* In the companion guide, he is called "Young Man" in Mother, "The Hippie" in EarthBound Beginnings, and "Hippie" in Mother 1 + 2.
** Their description reads, "Prowls around from your Home to the Thanksgiving area. He carries a Magic Megaphone, which he uses at every opportunity to persuade you. Also likes to meditate. He'll even flare up in unprovoked anger. A former hippie?".
== Gallery ==
 Early Hippie.jpg | An early sprite of the Hippie.
 NARH SSBB Sticker.png | The New Age Retro Hippie SSBB sticker
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