Bear

For the item in EarthBound, see Teddy Bear.

The Bear is an enemy in EarthBound Beginnings. It can be encountered in Merrysville, Mislay Triangle, and Spookane. It attacks physically and sometimes wastes a move This enemy's battle theme is Battle with a Dangerous Foe.

Defensively, the Bear has 80 HP and 64 DEFENSE. Offensively, it has 42 OFFENSE, 30 FIGHT, and 28 SPEED. Its resilience to Status Ailments is 20 WISDOM, 40 STRENGTH, and 10 FORCE. It drops 70 EXP and $250 when defeated.

The superior version of this enemy is the Polar Bear and GrizzlyBear.

Trivia

• The In-battle Check is a reference to popular fairy-tale The Story of the Three Bears.
• Interestingly, this creature and its family are similar to the Ursa Minors from its kin series, Dragon Quest, with Dragon Quest III having introduced the monster just a year before.
• EarthBound's equivalent to the Bear is the Mighty Bear. It is found in Lilliput Steps. It has significantly more HP and attacks physically, functioning similarly to EarthBound Beginnings. Mother 3 lacks an equivalent enemy.
• In the companion guide, he is called "Bear" in all versions of the game.
  • His description reads, "Comes at you with risky suicide attacks such as scratching or bearing down on you (no pun intended). He isn't all that ferocious, but he is pretty strong. Also occasionally employs an advanced technique that's sort of like diminishing one's own presence so as not to be noticed. Prowls Reindeer.".