Equipment in the Mother series

The equippable weapons and armors in the Mother/EarthBound series, different from common RPG tendencies, include awkward objects that may sometime give some detail about background story. However, it is commonly accepted that these items, along with, themes and battle and enemy descriptions from the series, is for humor.

Bats
Baseball bats are personal weapons exclusive to Ninten and Ness. It is deduced by this that both children are fond of baseball. This idea is accompanied by the baseball caps that are able to be equipped as well.

Ninten begins with a Plastic Bat, then gets a Wooden Bat, an Aluminum Bat, and Hank's Bat, the latter being an autographed one. Ness uses a Cracked Bat, a Tee Ball Bat, a Sandlot Bat, a Minor League Bat, a Mr. Baseball Bat, a T-Rex Bat, a Big League Bat, a Hall of Fame Bat, an Ultimate Bat, a Magicant Bat, a Gusty Bat, a Legendary Bat, and a Casey Bat, which is the strongest of all bats, but also misses 75% of the time, so players prefer not to use it at all. The Gusty Bat is also special, because it has a 1/128 chance to be found when battling a Bionic Kraken. It raises Offense +100 (the strongest bat reaches +125) but also raises Ness's Guts incredibly, leading to easy critical hits.

A Fake Bat is found in Mother 3 in New Pork City, which may be a sign of Porky Minch's friendship with Ness. At the end of the game, in the cave which contains the last Needle, a Real Bat can be found. It is unknown where this bat comes from or who left it, if someone did on purpose. Both bats are equippable by Lucas.

Frying Pan
Frying pans are used exclusively by the female characters Ana and Paula Polestar. This may indicate the girls like to cook, or it may also be just an allusion to the idea women are related to cooking.

Ana uses a Frying Pan, a Non-stick Pan, and an Iron Skillet. Paula uses a Fry Pan, a Thick Fry Pan, a Deluxe Fry Pan, a Chef's Fry Pan, a Magic Fry Pan, a Non-stick Frypan, a French Fry Pan, and a Holy Fry Pan. The Magic Fry Pan, which has a 1/128 chance of being found with a Chomposaur, raises Paula's Guts and is a bit weaker than the strongest pan, making it similar to Ness's Gutsy Bat. However, the Magic Fry Pan also misses 25% of the time it is used. The strongest fry pan, the Holy Fry Pan, also raises Guts, but in a much smaller scale.

A Frying Pan is found in Mother 3 in New Pork City, along with the Fake Bat. It is equippable by Kumatora.

Guns
Both Lloyd and Jeff Andonuts use guns as their weapons, as they lack physical strength. It is never stated what kind of guns these are, or how they work. One gun, the Baddest Beam, can be reconstructed by Jeff from a Broken Harmonica.

Lloyd uses a Stun Gun and an Air Gun. Jeff uses a Pop Gun, a Stun Gun, a Toy Air Gun, a Magnum Air Gun, a Zip Gun, an Hyper Beam, a Double Beam, a Crusher Beam, a Laser Gun, a Spectrum Beam, a Death Ray, a Baddest Beam, a Moon Beam Gun, and a Gaia Beam. None of these guns have a special effect or raise a stat other than Offense, unlike Ness's bats or Paula's frying pans.

Other weapons
(Knives/swords, Sword of Kings, yo-yos, boomerangs, slingshots, Canine Weapon)

Other
(Poo's Equipment, Rings, Collars)