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|caption=B.H Pirkle as he appears in [[EarthBound]]. | |caption=B.H Pirkle as he appears in [[EarthBound]]. | ||
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'''B.H. Pirkle''' is a character in [[EarthBound]]. He is the mayor of [[Onett]], and is shown to be a lazy person, usually preferring for other people to do his work. [[Ness]] first meets him when he is trying to find a way to enter to [[Giant Step]]. He asks Ness to get rid of the [[Sharks]] in exchange for the [[ | '''Bald Head "B.H." Pirkle''' is a character in [[EarthBound]]. He is the mayor of [[Onett]], and is shown to be a lazy person, usually preferring for other people to do his work. [[Ness]] first meets him when he is trying to find a way to enter to [[Giant Step]]. He asks Ness to get rid of the [[Sharks]] in exchange for the [[Key to the shack]]. He gives out the key once the player has defeated [[Frank]]. At the end of the game, he is shown to have been re-elected because he had taken credit for Ness disbanding the Sharks. | ||
B.H. Pirkle's similarities to other mayoral figures in the series, namely [[ | B.H. Pirkle's similarities to other mayoral figures in the series, namely [[A. Goodman]] of [[Podunk]] and [[Pusher]] of [[Tazmily Village]], seem intentional. | ||
Pirkle's name in Japanese (G.H., pronounced "geha") is an anagram for "hage", meaning "bald".<ref>[http://legendsoflocalization.com/earthbound/onett/ EarthBound / MOTHER 2: Onett | Legends of Localization]</ref> One of EarthBound's localizers, Marcus Lindblom, confirmed that the B.H. initials in English stand for "bald head", to carry through the joke from the Japanese subtly.<ref>[http://kotaku.com/the-man-who-wrote-earthbound-1188669175 Kotaku: "The Man Who Wrote Earthbound"]</ref> | |||
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