Teddy (rumored to be Teddy Junior the III, as stated by an NPC) is the infamous leader of the Bla-Bla (short for Black Blood) Gang and the (potentially optional) fourth party member of MOTHER/EarthBound Beginnings, taking Lloyd's spot in the party. Much like the party member he replaces, Teddy lacks PSI, but instead of fighting with guns, rockets, and other mechanical things, Teddy relies on his brute strength (he has remarkably high stats and overall stat growth) and blades (knives and swords) in battle. Teddy's first encountered after the party performs "All That I Needed (Was You)" in Ellay's (Valentine Town in MOTHER) Live House, where he challenges the party to a fight, accusing them of beating up some of his gang's members (which, considering they are enemies found in Ellay, is not an unreasonable assumption). After three turns, he stops the fight (declaring it a draw), deems Ninten a strong person, and asks to join the group, wanting to ascend Mt. Itoi to avenge his parents. He kicks Lloyd out of the party (seeing him as not so good at fighting and telling him to rest), takes his inventory, then joins up with Ninten and Ana for some time. While climbing the mountain, the trio rest at a healer's cabin at the mountain plateau, which is attacked by a massive robot. The robot is stopped, not by the trio, but by Lloyd making a rescue in a borrowed tank. Teddy is severely injured in the scuffle, and is left in a different healer's house at the base of Mt. Itoi for the rest of the game. Teddy's fate is ambiguous in the original release of MOTHER. In EarthBound Beginnings and the GBA compilation, MOTHER 1+2, however, Teddy survives his grievous wounds and now sings at the Live House daily.