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:''For the innkeeper from [[Mother 3]], see [[Tessie (Mother 3)]].'' | :''For the innkeeper from [[Mother 3]], see [[Tessie (Mother 3)]].'' | ||
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|jpkana={{tt|タッシー|Tasshī}} | |jpkana={{tt|タッシー|Tasshī}} | ||
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|image=Tessie. | |image=Tessie EB Sprite.png | ||
|size= | |pixelated=yes | ||
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|caption=Tessie as it appears in EarthBound. | |caption=Tessie as it appears in EarthBound. | ||
|games=[[EarthBound]] | |games=[[EarthBound]] | ||
|town=[[Winters]] | |town=[[Winters]] | ||
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'''Tessie''' is a large sea monster in [[EarthBound]]. | '''Tessie''' is a large sea monster in [[EarthBound]]. It carries [[Jeff]] and [[Bubble Monkey]] across Lake Tess in [[Winters]]. | ||
Tessie is first mentioned when Jeff goes south of winters, and finds the [[Tessie-Watching Club]], they all claim to have seen a gigantic sea creature. Jeff | Tessie is first mentioned when Jeff goes south of winters, and finds the [[Tessie-Watching Club]], they all claim to have seen a gigantic sea creature. Jeff briefly rides on Tessie's back, thanks to the help of the Bubble Monkey, who calls Tessie and floats onto its head using the [[List of key items in EarthBound|Pak of bubble gum]]. Tessie takes Jeff and the Bubble Monkey to the opposite side of Lake Tess, where they continue on to [[Dr. Andonuts]]'s lab. Later, when Ness returns to Winters, Tessie can be used for the same purpose. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Tessie is apparently the cousin of the Loch Ness monster, an urban legend of the Scottish Highlands. Tessie also gets | *Tessie is apparently the cousin of the Loch Ness monster, an urban legend of the Scottish Highlands. Tessie also gets its name from the legend, as the monster is sometimes refered to as "Nessie".<ref>"This morning's Twoson Tribune... Ooops! My mistake... I brought the TwosonStar newspaper instead... Well, let me read this anyway... "Tessie in Lake Tess is cousin of Nessie" ...That's about it." -Hotel worker</ref> | ||
*Either Tessie or a model thereof appears in the room of EarthBound objects in the [[Empire Porky Building]] in [[Mother 3]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{EarthBound characters}} | {{EarthBound characters}} | ||
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