Salsa サルサSalsa
Salsa's sprite from Mother 3
Gender	Male
Appears in	Mother 3
First chapter	Chapter 2
Occupation	Performing monkey
Traveling partners	Kumatora Lucas Boney Duster Fassad(Non-controllable) Wess(Non-controllable)
Signature weapon	N/A
Non-PSI ability	Monkey Tricks
Combo Instrument
Cuíca	https://wikibound.info/wiki/File:Salsa.ogg

Salsa is a monkey character inMother 3, and is the mainplayable character duringChapter 3.

In Chapter 3

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The chapter begins with Salsa being thrown out of aMother Porkship, where he is captured byFassad and forced to follow every command because hisgirlfriend is kept hostage. Additionally, Salsa is wearing a shock collar, which is activated by a single controller called thePunishizer. Fassad then forces Salsa to act as a performer in a performance duo, where he doestricks to gain the appeal of the villagers inTazmily Village. Fassad and Salsa then travel tough the end of theDeath Desert, where the entrance to theCandrum Underpass is guarded by theCactus Wolf. When they arrive in Tazmily Village through the underpass, Fassad stops to talk withButch about the earlier sale of pigs, while Salsa catches a glimpse ofDuster. Fassad and Salsa then see Butch hide the money from the sale in the well in the middle of the town before resting for the night in theYado Inn.

The next day, Fassad forces him to advertiseHappy Boxes by performing with him during a speech, getting shocked by electricity if he refuses to. He then hand-delivers each box and reports back to Fassad, where he is once again shocked. Later, Fassad and Salsa go on an expedition throughOsohe Castle to search for theEgg of Light, where Salsa learns theOsohe Dance. Using the dance to open the door leading to the waterway, the two find a lever, which Fassad forces Salsa to trigger. Doing this, the floodgate opens, andKumatora,Wess, and Duster are forcefully expelled from the castle. Salsa and Fassad then witness an outbreak involving the money that was stolen from the well, where Salsa telepathically communicates with Kumatora, which he is shocked for. That night,Kumatora andWess come through the hotel window to rescue him. After he is freed, Wess retrieves the Punishizer, where Salsa stomps on it, getting zapped one last time. The group then discusses, while Fassad interrupts them, and begins giving chase. As they attempt to escape through theSunshine Forest, the three are attacked by aPork Tank, which they demolish. Soon after, Fassad catches up, followed by yet another tank, surrounding them.Lucas witnesses this, and without fully understanding, he whistles for aDrago. Destroying the Pork Tank, the Drago then attacks Fassad, injuring him greatly. After the group tells Lucas what they had witnessed, Salsa then goes off with Kumatora, as the chapter ends.

In Chapter 7

Once again captured, Salsa and his girlfriend, Samba, run loose in theChimera Lab. Lucas,Boney, and possibly Duster depending on the order in which the events in the chapter are completed, disguise themselves as Pigmasks and begin searching for them. After Lucas' party finds them, the two flee. When they finally corner them, theUltimate Chimera blocks their exit, and begins moving towards them. Lucas's mask is then knocked off, revealing his face. Salsa, recognizing him, jumps onto the Ultimate Chimera, hitting the switch on its back that turns it off. Salsa then joins Lucas, using the Osohe Dance to open the door that leads to theMagypsy,Doria's home, where Kumatora had also been staying. After Lucas pulls theNeedle near Doria's home, Salsa chooses to remain there. When the group tries to leave, Salsa stops Kumatora to give her aNut as a gift.

Trivia

• Salsa's name in Japanese is a pun on the word monkey ("サル" (saru) means "monkey", and Salsa's name in Japanese is "サルサ" (sarusa).
• In an unused cutscene from the ending ofMother 3, Salsa and Samba can be seen inMurasaki Forest cowering away from the carnage unfolding throughout the island. Multiple distressedDogfish andBatangutan also appear in the cutscene^[1].
  • A similar unused scene also exists forAlec.

Gallery

• 
  Salsa's regular appearence.
• 
  Fassad and Salsa, in an earlyEarthBound 64 render from 1996.
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  Salsa (bottom left) with Samba, as they would have appeared inEarthBound 64.

References

Characters inMother 3
Party Members	Lucas • Kumatora • Duster • Boney • Flint • Salsa •  Claus
Allies	Hinawa • Alec • Magypsies • Wess • Samba • Dragos • DCMC • Mr. Saturn • Lighter • Fuel • Leder
Antagonists	Pigmask Army • Fierce Pork Trooper • Fassad • Masked Man • Porky
See also	Abbey • Abbot • Angie • Bateau • Betsy • Biff • Bob • Brenda • Bronson • Bud • Butch • Caroline • Dona • Ed • Elmore • Isaac • Jackie • Jill • Jonel • Linda • Lisa • Lou • Matt • Mapson • Mike • Nan • Nana • Nichol • Nippolyte • Ollie • Paul • Pusher • Reggie • Richie • Scamp • Sebastian • Tessie • Thomas List of all characters

• Mother 3 characters