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Paula is a blonde haired girl with blue eyes, wearing a pink dress with a white belt around her waist. She has red shoes with white socks, and a red ribbon in her hair. Her clay model depicts her holding a handbag, however she never is seen having one in-game. | Paula is a blonde haired girl with blue eyes, wearing a pink dress with a white belt around her waist. She has red shoes with white socks, and a red ribbon in her hair. Her clay model depicts her holding a handbag, however she never is seen having one in-game. | ||
Paula lives in the town of Twoson in Polestar Preschool, which doubles as her home. Paula is a member of the Jones family along with her mother and her father Paul Jones. | |||
In terms of her personality, Paula is a very kind and helpful young girl. The children at Polestar Preschool look up to her as a mother. Paula appears to have an interest in [[Teddy Bear]]s, as she has a Teddy Bear in the cell with her when she is imprisoned by [[Carpainter]], and she also has a Teddy Bear in her room at her house, inside a present. | |||
Paula is a very kind and helpful young girl. The children at Polestar Preschool look up to her as a mother. | |||
In the Japanese release of Mother 2 she is depicted as also being weak and passive, to the point where she would have cried if Ness hadn't come to rescue her when she was locked up in the cell. In the English release of EarthBound, however, her stronger side is further shown as the line saying she almost cried was changed to say she would have tried to bust her way out if Ness didn't come. According to the English script writer Marcus Lindblom, he changed it intentionally as the original line made her seem very weak and sensitive, and he instead wanted to potray her as a forceful American girl with a "willing to destroy" personality. | In the Japanese release of Mother 2 she is depicted as also being weak and passive, to the point where she would have cried if Ness hadn't come to rescue her when she was locked up in the cell. In the English release of EarthBound, however, her stronger side is further shown as the line saying she almost cried was changed to say she would have tried to bust her way out if Ness didn't come. According to the English script writer Marcus Lindblom, he changed it intentionally as the original line made her seem very weak and sensitive, and he instead wanted to potray her as a forceful American girl with a "willing to destroy" personality. | ||
Paula is noted for being very similar in design and personality to [[Ana]] from ''[[EarthBound Beginnings]]'', and according to Itoi, this was done intentionally to allow the player to decide if they were the same character or not. | |||
==In EarthBound== | ==In EarthBound== | ||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
{{spoiler}} | {{spoiler}} | ||
[[File:Ness rescues Paula.png|thumb|250px|left|Ness rescuing Paula from the cell]] | |||
In [[EarthBound]], [[Ness]] first receives a telepathic message from her in his sleep after defeating the [[Titanic Ant]]. She has been kidnapped, and needs his assistance to break out. He travels through [[Peaceful Rest Valley]] and to a cabin owned by [[Everdred]], where she is being held. [[Mr. Carpainter]] had kidnapped her, in hopes to use her as the "high priestess" for [[Happy Happyism]]. Paula tells Ness that Mr. Carpainter holds the key to her prison, and gives him the [[Franklin Badge]] for protection from his otherwise-deadly lightning attacks. After he retrieves the key, Paula joins his party, and accompanies him for the rest of the game. When the two of them get imprisoned in [[Threed]] by zombies, she sends a telepathic message to [[Jeff]], urging him to go south from [[Winters]] to rescue them. | In [[EarthBound]], [[Ness]] first receives a telepathic message from her in his sleep after defeating the [[Titanic Ant]]. She has been kidnapped, and needs his assistance to break out. He travels through [[Peaceful Rest Valley]] and to a cabin owned by [[Everdred]], where she is being held. [[Mr. Carpainter]] had kidnapped her, in hopes to use her as the "high priestess" for [[Happy Happyism]]. Paula tells Ness that Mr. Carpainter holds the key to her prison, and gives him the [[Franklin Badge]] for protection from his otherwise-deadly lightning attacks. After he retrieves the key, Paula joins his party, and accompanies him for the rest of the game. When the two of them get imprisoned in [[Threed]] by zombies, she sends a telepathic message to [[Jeff]], urging him to go south from [[Winters]] to rescue them. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* | *Contrary to popular belief, Paula's last name is not Polestar, but rather it's Jones. The name of the preschool being Polestar is instead a pun on the Japanese spelling of her name (ポーラ '''Pōra''') and the name of Polestar Preschool (ポーラスター '''Pōra'''sutaa), both of which share the same three katakana. | ||
*Paula is the only PSI user in the EarthBound series that never learns [[Healing]] and [[Lifeup]]. | |||
*Paula is the only party member who does not have a party of their own for a short time. | *Paula is the only party member who does not have a party of their own for a short time. | ||
*The clay models for Ness and Paula for the US release of EarthBound are different from the original Japanese Mother 2 models, and early magazines use an entirely separate model for Paula. | *The clay models for Ness and Paula for the US release of EarthBound are different from the original Japanese Mother 2 models, and early magazines use an entirely separate model for Paula. | ||
**Oddly her American clay model does not have her ribbon. | **Oddly her American clay model does not have her ribbon. | ||
*Two of her default names, [[Nancy]] and [[Jane]], may come from the [[EarthBound Beginnings]] enemies of the same names. | *Two of her default names, [[Nancy]] and [[Jane]], may come from the [[EarthBound Beginnings]] enemies of the same names. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
