Salsa

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Salsa
Name	Salsa
Place of Birth	Unknown
Race	Monkey
Age	unknown
Family	Samba (Girlfriend), Fassad (Forced master).
Alignment	Good
Weapon	None
Abilities/Skills	Monkey Tricks
Appears in	Mother 3

Salsa is a protagonist of Mother 3. He is a monkey who was captured by a mysterious man called Fassad and forced to cooperate to free his girlfriend Samba from their evil clutches. Fassad has also forced Salsa to wear a Punisher, a collar, which will shock him at the push of a remote control button. This can be used to an advantage, as it cures certain status ailments for 1 point of HP.

Salsa's name in Japanese is Sarusa, a pun on the Japanese word for Monkey which is Saru.

Salsa's Stats is very low except for his speed, which surpasses Boney's. Salsa has no PSI but has four skills like Flint. They are: Apologize, Make Laugh, Dance and Monkey Mimic.

Apologize has a small success rate, but if it works the enemy will cease attack permanently.
Make laugh has a better success rate but only stalls the enemy for 2-3 turns.
Dance will slightly increase a random stat of a party member (Speed is boosted in insane amounts) decrease an enemy's random stat, or stall the enemy for a few turns.
Monkey Mimic is his strongest skill. It makes Salsa go into a stance and attacks the enemy with any attack that hits him for the same damage as the original attack (This will be used a lot to compensate for his low attack power). This skill can make him do crazy things like spray his digestive fluids or "fire his cannon".

Salsa is unique to Chapter 3 and makes a small re-appearance in Chapter 7.

Salsa is the only character (besides Wess, who mastered "Open Sesame Oil") who has mastered the Osohe Dance "Open Sesame Tofu".

He is a big reference to the Bubble Monkey in Earthbound, since there are many similarities:
They are Monkeys, They have girlfriends,They have inflated cheeks,They do very little damage.
Their differences are that Salsa is a fully playable character while Bubble Monkey is a guest character.

Major portions of this page were written by: Flippy