Lucas

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**Lucas**, also aliased as **the boy from nowhere**, is the titular deuteragonist of Nintendo's 1994 SNES video game series, *EarthBound*, as well as being the titular main protagonist of *Mother 3*, the teritary game of the *Mother* series.

Like Ness and Ninten, Lucas is a 12-year-old young boy with a high possession of psychic abilities, referred to as PSI. However, compared to Ninten and Ness, Lucas' journey developed in quite a different story. He is the son of Flint and the late Hinawa, the younger twin brother of Claus, as well as one of Alec's grandsons. He was living a peaceful life in Tazmilly Village with his family until the Pigmask Army attacks the village. To make matters worse for Lucas, his mother gets killed, causing his brother to go missing. In Chapter 4, Lucas sets out on an adventure to save the world from the Pigmask Army. Sticks are his primary weapon and means of offense/defense, but he can also equip baseball bats, yo-yos, or a flail mace. His signature power, PK Love, grants him the ability to pull the Seven Needles to awaken the Dark Dragon sleeping underneath the Nowhere Islands.

Lucas is voiced by Lani Minella in the *Super Smash Bros.* series, who also voiced Pit and Sonic Boom from the *Kid Icarus* and *Skylanders* series, respectively.

## Physical appearance

Lucas' overall design heavily resembles Ness, albeit with a few noticeable differences. Lucas is a 12-year-old, short, light-skinned and blonde-haired boy who wears a red and yellow-striped T-shirt, blue shorts, and orange and yellow shoes with white socks. He has black button-like eyes that are sometimes shown to have a blue/purple hue, especially in *Super Smash Bros. Brawl*. His hairstyle is long, coral/lemon blonde (similar to Sayori's strawberry blonde hairstyle), and curves vertically on his left side.

His appearance noticeably differs himself from the previous protagonists of the *EarthBound* series, Ninten and Ness, who both wear red baseball caps, blue and yellow-striped T-shirts, and have black hairstyles.

## Personality

Compared to his energetic brother Claus, Lucas' personality is more laid-back. He is a pinnacle of kindness and honestly, like Ness, which is noted by Alec to be how Flint had raised him. He is also the more timid of the twins; in turn, he is perceived as being shy and coddled, sometimes shown to be nervous at times, but despite this, he is entertained in playing along. The former (his shyfulness) and latter (his entertainment) trails fittingly reflects the personalities of Yuri and Sayori, respectively. This, along with his kindhearted and charming nature, is often considered the reason Yuri and Sayori are at the top of his friendship list, similar to Ness' relationship with Monika and Natsuki, although the lattermost two are still close friends with Lucas nonetheless.

Lucas, however, is also shown to be weak and emotional during the events of Chapter 1. Lucas is visibly the most heartbroken after the death of Hinawa to the point where he earned the reputation of being a "crybaby." Lucas began to struggle with guilt after being lectured by Alec for letting Claud go alone into the mountains to avenge Hinawa. Throughout the following chapters, Lucas becomes shut in, refusing to leave his home after Hinawa's funeral and Claus' disappearance, being unable to sleep. At the end of Chapter 3, Lucas finally shows his strength when he hurries to rescue Kumatora, Salsa and Wess from the Pigmasks by calling a Drago to smash their tanks. He learns about the current situation of Tazmily Village, which combined with the losses he endured, he begins to strengthen up and have a heightened level of maturity.

When Lucas has grown up three years later and after the events of the Subspace Emissary, his personality is different. He is strong, determined, brave, resourceful and no longer the kind of "crybaby" he initially was after Hinawa's death, however, he is still kind and cares for his family, townsfolk and Literature Club, although he also became almost expressionless. He still occasionally visits Hinawa's grave, which shows he still misses her, and this is further implemented in Chapter 6 where he tries to reach Hinawa in the sunflower field. Lucas's self-esteem is shown to have grown as he is one of the few resudents who refuses to purchase a Happy Box due to his awareness of the current situation, and pays no attention to several residents who treat him unfavorably due to his refusal. Lucas, however, admits to Kumatora in Chapter 4 that he still wants to become stronger. Throughout the rest of the game, several of his friends take notice of his personality growth and describe that he is not the same as he was three years ago, which is especially apparent in the Saturn Valley coffee scene which shows that Lucas has grown strong enough to help those he otherwise couldn't in the past.

However, Lucas still displays glimpses of himself from prior to Chapter 4. He still shows his love for his family and the Literature Club, and is still seen to become emotional, as he is stated to want to cry during the final battle with the brainwashed Claus. Nevertheless, Lucas has still became a kind, resilient, and brave boy and fights through the odds up to the end. Despite the soft feelings that define him, Lucas is capable of great bravery when pushed and facing his antagonists, especially Galleom, and his arch-nemesis, Porky Minch, alongside Ness.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/mickmick247/art/Question-N-Answer-w-Ness-and-Lucas-ft-Monika-978967877