Photo-man

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Photo-Man
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Photo-Man
The Photo-Man as he appears in EarthBound.
Gender male
Age no
Appears in EarthBound
Residence Unknown
Occupation Photographer

The Photo-Man[1] is a character in EarthBound. He appears at various points throughout the game, taking pictures of Ness and his companions to preserve their memories of their adventure. When Ness walks onto a set area, the Photo-Man will gracefully fall down to take a picture, saying "Pictures taken instantaneously! I'm a photographic genius if I do say so myself!" Instead of the commonly used "Say, cheese!", the Photo-Man exclaims, "Say... fuzzy pickles!". At the end of the game after bringing Paula home, when Ness arrives at his home, his mother will tell him that a man dropped by a photo album. During the credits sequence, the player can see all of the photographs taken by the Photo-Man.

The Photo-Man appears before Ness for the first time.

Photo Locations

The Photo-Man takes a total of 32 pictures throughout the game. Below is a list of locations:

  • In front of Ness's house after the sun rises.
  • Inside the $7500 house.
  • In front of the Bike Shop in Twoson.
  • Northern Peaceful Rest Valley.
  • In front of the cabin Paula was locked in.
  • In front of the Chaos Theater in Twoson.
  • In front of a tent by the coast of Lake Tess in Winters.
  • After checking a sign ironically pointing out caution towards falling objects in the Brick Road Maze.
  • The Graveyard in Threed.
  • In front of the waterfall in Grapefruit Falls.
  • In front of Milky Well caves in Saturn Valley.
  • In front of the circus tent in Threed after clearing out the zombies.
  • After talking to the black sesame seed in the Dusty Dunes Desert.
  • The Gold Mine entrance after clearing it out of all five Guardian Diggers.
  • On the bridge to Fourside.
  • Outside the Dinosaur Museum in Fourside.
  • Inside the Dinosaur Museum in Fourside.
  • Behind the Monotoli Building in Fourside.
  • The top floor of the Fourside Department store.
  • In front of Poo's throne in the palace in Dalaam.
  • In front of the palace in Dalaam.
  • Below the entrance to Stonehenge Base.
  • In front of the hotel in Summers.
  • Inside the restaurant in Summers.
  • Next to an umbrella on the beach in Summers.
  • On one of the docks in Toto.
  • Beside the bazaar in Scaraba.
  • In front of the Pyramid.
  • Near the trees in southern Scaraba.
  • Near a present in Deep Darkness.
  • After talking to the Tenda chief after loaning them "Overcoming Shyness".
  • Saturn Valley after defeating Giygas.

Trivia

  • In the Japanese version of EarthBound, the Photo-Man says to say "cheese sandwich", as opposed to "fuzzy pickles".[2]

References

  1. "The photo-man brought an album by. I'd like to look at it with you..." - Ness's mother
  2. EarthBound Central: "MOTHER 2 vs. EarthBound: Onett"


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Ness's motherNess's fatherKingPicky MinchLardna MinchAloysius MinchLier X. AgeratePhoto-ManB.H. PirkleRuffiniPaula's familyOrange KidMr. PoochyfudGonzaresMaxwellTessieBrick RoadSebastianGeorge MontagueGerardo MontagueSanchez BrothersSesame seedPenetella GiovanniMiss FakeVenusMr. SpoonElectraJackieWarp ManTalah RamaMan K. ManMonkonnaRisosha RichmondeMr. ForkPoo's MasterStar MasterRed SnakeAy-go StikkeNicoMr. PrettymanEnrich Flavor
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