Frying pan フライパンFrying pan
Artwork of the Iron Skillet from Encyclopedia Mother
Type	Weapon
Appears in	EarthBound Beginnings EarthBound Mother 3

Frying pans are equippable items in theEarthBound games. They are used as weapons primarily in thefirst andsecond games.

Usage

When equipped, frying pans raise theOffense of the holder by a varying amount. They are the signiture weapons used by the female party members, namelyAna andPaula. InMother 3 only one frying pan is present in the game, as they have been replaced withGloves which are used asKumatora's signiture weapon.

List of frying pans

InEarthBound Beginnings

The frying pans inEarthBound Beginnings areequippable items that only can be used byAna. There is a total of three different frying pans that can be obtained throughout the game, with varyingOffense increasing values.

List of frying pans inEarthBound Beginnings
	Name		Japanese		Offense	Price	Notes		Where to find
	Frying pan		フライパン Frying pan		+8	$300	Its Japanese name matches that of theFry pan fromEarthBound.		Snowman drugstore
	Ana can USE this weapon best.
	Non-stick pan		'いいフライパン' Good frying pan		+16	$700	Also abbreviated asNonstickPan. Its Japanese name matches that of theDeluxe fry pan fromEarthBound.		Youngtown drugstore
	A good weapon for Ana, with no messy clean up.
	Iron skillet		とびきりのフライパン Extraordinary frying pan		+36	N/A	Also abbreviated asIronSkillet		Mt. Itoi caves
	Ana can USE this heavy metal pan to rock strong enemies.

Artwork

Strategy guide illustrations

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  Illustration of the Frying Pan.

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  Illustration of the Non-stick Pan.

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  Illustration of the Iron skillet.

InMother 1+2

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  Art of the Frying Pan fromMother 1+2.

InEarthBound

EarthBound introduces more frying pans for a total of eight. They arePaula's primary weapon and can only be utilized by her. All frying pans raise her offense with various values, however one also has additional effects.

List of frying pans inEarthBound
	Name		Japanese		Offense	Price	Other effects		Where to find
	Fry pan		フライパン Fry pan		+10	$56			Twoson Happy Happy Village
	Thick fry pan		あつめのフライパン Thick fry pan		+20	$198			Threed Dusty Dunes Desert
	Deluxe fry pan		いいフライパン Good fry pan		+30	$598			Dusty Dunes Desert Fourside
	Chef's fry pan		シェフのフライパン Chefs fry pan		+40	$1198			Fourside Summers
	Non-stick frypan		たのしいフライパン Fun fry pan		+50	$1490			Winters
	French fry pan		すてきなフライパン Lovely fry pan		+60	$1790			Scaraban desert
	Holy fry pan		てんしのフライパン Angel's fry pan		+80	$3480			Lost Underworld
	Magic fry pan		ふしぎなフライパン Miracle fry pan		+50	N/A	Guts+100 Misses 1/4 of the time		Dropped byChomposaurs(1/128 chance)

InMother 3

InMother 3 only one frying pan is present, as their purpose has instead been given toGloves. Similar to previous games this frying pan is only usable by the female party memberKumatora, however it is not her primary weapon, and due to this, as well as it being fake (implied by the name and in game description), it is not as powerful as gloves.

List of frying pans inMother 3
	Name		Japanese		Offense	Price	Additional effects		Where to buy
	Fake Frying Pan		ニセフライパン Fake Frying Pan		+26	18000 DP	ChangesKumatora's combo instrument		New Pork City (theater)
	A frying pan that is clearly fake. Offense +26.

Trivia

• The only frying pan to appear inMother 3 is sold at a theater inNew Pork City, as a reference to the frying pans from the games before it.Kumatora is the only one able to equip the Fake Frying Pan.
• The Fake Frying Pan has a separate attack sound effect fromKumatora's usual combo sound effects.

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