The Mr. Saturn are an alien race from the video game
EarthBound (called
Mother 2 in Japan). They are also present in its Japan-only sequel
Mother 3.
They are gentle, cute, small and pink creature. Their body consist of a round face, two short legs, two dark round eyes, one big nose, stylish whiskers, large eyebrows and a single string of hair. All Mr. Saturn wear a red ribbon on their hair, except for one in Mother 3 that wanted to travel incognito by wearing a scarf on his head.
Mr. Saturn have their own unique way of speaking called
Saturnian. Their in-game script are also written in big, strange dialect. Shigesato Itoi, creator of the Mother/EarthBound games stated that the Japanese version of this dialect is meant to resemble his daughter's handwriting. Mr. Saturn also finish most of their phrases with strange sounds/words like "Ding Ding", "
Boing", or "Zoom".
Despite their gentle nature and cute figure, Mr. Saturn are also really smart. They even helped
Apple Kid and Dr. Andonuts build the Phase Distorter, a devise capable of taking Ness and his friends back in time in order for them to defeat
Giygas, the Ultimate Cosmic Destroyer.
Other skills known to Mr. Saturn are ladder-building, the maintenance and rejuvenation of rusty old objects, and coffee-making.
Mr. Saturn also appears in the fighting game Super Smash Bros. Melee and its sequel Brawl as a
throwable item which, while not doing lots of damage or
knockback, are great as shield breakers.