Earth Bound Series - Recurring Elements - Characters - Giygas

Giygas

Giygas, known in the Japanese versions as Gyiyg (ギーグ, Gīgu?, Giegue in Earth Bound or "Mother"), is the leader of the alien race bent on conquering the universe, and the main antagonist of both Mother and EarthBound. Giygas' PSI power is beyond human comprehension, and can tempt people with evil hearts into serving him. Giygas was raised by George and Maria, the great-grandparents of the main character of Mother. Maria grew to love Giygas as if he were her own child. She said that he was always wagging his tail, but would only stop when she sang her lullabies. One of Maria's lullabies was used against Giygas in Mother.

Between the events of Mother and EarthBound, Giygas' mind was destroyed by his own incredible power, and he lost control of his power and awareness of his actions. A device known as the "Devil's Machine" helped Giygas control his power and was hidden in the Earth's distant past. Ten years after the time EarthBound takes place, Giygas succeeds in conquering the universe, but a friendly alien traveled back in time to warn Ness of Giygas' attack on the Earth. Ness and his friends traveled back in time and destroyed Giygas in the distant past, undoing Giygas' apocalypse.

The final battle of EarthBound was inspired by the Shintōhō film entitled The Military Policeman and the Dismembered Beauty, which Itoi accidentally saw as a child at an adult theater. Specifically, the scene that inspired the battle was a scene that, according to Itoi, depicted a woman being raped near a river, although the scene in question depicts a murder rather than a rape.