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{{Character | {{Infobox Character | ||
|image = | |image= File:ALBW Mother Maiamai Model.png | ||
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|race = | |race= {{Term|ALBW|Maiamai|link}} | ||
|gender = Female | |gender= Female | ||
|game = | |game= ALBW | ||
|other = | |other= | ||
|era = | |era= | ||
|family = | |family= 100 {{Plural|ALBW|Lost Maiamai|link}} {{Small|(Children)}} | ||
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|theme | |theme= | ||
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{{Term/Store|Mother Maiamai||Series, ALBW}} is a character in {{ALBW}}.<ref>{{Cite Book|quote= |book= E |publisher= |page= 300 {{Exp Game|ALBW}}}}</ref> She is a [[Maiamai]] who asks Link to find her missing children,<ref name="Intro">{{Cite|My, oh, my! What business have you with Mother Maiamai? Forgive me if my spirits aren't flying so high. We were on a great voyage through all the worlds, my tykes and I... Then I lost sight of my little Maiamais! All {{Color|ALBW Red|100 of my babies}}, by and by!|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> in exchange for {{Term|ALBW|Item|link}} upgrades.<ref name="Upgrade">{{Cite|Oh, I can make something of yours nicer! Please give it to Mother Maiamai!|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Mother Maiamai | Mother Maiamai resides at [[Lake Hylia]], in a [[Cave]] that has been blocked off to contain the "strange creature" inside, which can be opened with a [[Bomb]].<ref>{{Cite|Do Not Enter! Do Not Blow Up Wall! Very Strange Creature Inside!|Sign|ALBW}}</ref> When [[Link]] encounters her, she explains to him that she was traveling the worlds with her children when she lost all 100 of her babies.<ref name="Intro"/> She asks the young hero to locate them, informing him that they will be crying out for her.<ref>{{Cite|Could you find all of them? You'll hear my children crying—calling for their Mother Maiamai!|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|They call out with such cute, chirping sounds. Yet they must be so sad, missing their Mother Maiamai.|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> If Link accepts, she gives him the [[Maiamai Map]] to help locate her children.<ref>{{Cite|Thanks! Mother Maiamai finds you quite a kind child. Here—take this. It will help you know if my tykes are nearby. Oh, yes—upon the {{Color|ALBW Blue|Maiamai Map}} you can surely rely!|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> | ||
In exchange for locating and returning her babies, she gives Link | In exchange for locating and returning her babies, she gives Link upgrades to his weapons, turning them into "Nice" weapons.<ref name="Upgrade"/> For every 10 {{Plural|ALBW|Lost Maiamai}} that Link brings back, she will upgrade one {{Term|ALBW|Item}} that Link owns himself (as she cannot upgrade {{Plural|ALBW|Item}} that Link is renting from [[Ravio's Shop]]). The upgrades she gives improve the performance and attack ability of the weapons. For example, the upgraded [[Bow]] allows Link to shoot 3 Arrows at once, instead of just one. When all 100 babies are returned, she will upgrade Link's [[Spin Attack]] to the [[Great Spin]].<ref>{{Cite|I knew you'd be able to help me. Thank you—oh, thank you! You found all of my babies! Please take this from Mother Maiamai! [...] Mother Maiamai can't thank you enough. You found all my Maiamais! You're nice, child, very nice.|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> | ||
When enhancing an Item, ten of her babies form a circle around her and chant while she inhales the Item, shakes it around and glows with a bright light, then spits it back out, upgraded. The babies then jump into the surrounding waters. When all 100 Maiamai are found, Mother Maiamai will inhale and spit out Link himself. | |||
If Link speaks to Ravio after | If Link speaks to [[Ravio]] after learning the Great Spin and returns to Mother Maiamai, she will say that she and her children are leaving for a different dimension.<ref>{{Cite|You came just in time! It's a bit sudden, but we must bid you good-bye. I'm off to a different dimension with my Maiamais! Oh! But Mother Maiamai doesn't even know your name! Ah...{{Player Name}}. What a nice name. There's nothing more I could do to make it nicer, oh, good friend of mine. My darling tykes owe you their lives. May we see you again, by and by.|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Good-bye! Good-bye! And thank you, {{Player Name}}!|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> The next time Link returns to the cave, there is a lone Maiamai left behind; the 72nd one that Link saved.<ref>{{Cite|Hello there, {{Player Name}}! I'm the 72nd Maiamai you saved! Thanks for all your help. Mom and the others have gone off. But I—? Well, I stayed behind. Time for me to be my own Maiamai.|Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> She states that she remained to become her own Maiamai, and asks Link to wish her luck on being as good of a mother as Mother Maiamai was.<ref>{{Cite|Hopefully I'll learn to be as good of a mother as my Mother Maiamai. Wish me luck, {{Player Name}}!|Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> | ||
==Trivia== | |||
*Mother Maiamai speaks almost entirely in rhymes. She has a variety of speech quirks in the different localizations of {{ALBW|-}}: | |||
**In the Japanese,<ref>{{Cite|'''ミー''' [Me] は{{Color|ALBW Blue|マザーマイマイ}}<br/>世界を旅するマイマイ族の '''マザー''' [Mother] なのデす<br/>こう見えて'''ミー''' [Me] は今、'''クライング''' [Crying]……<br/>号泣してるのデす<br/>'''ホワイ''' [Why]、なぜかって？<br/>旅の途中で{{Color|ALBW Blue|100人の'''ジュニア'''}} [Junior] {{Color|ALBW Blue|たち}}と<br/>はぐれてしまったデす|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|'''ミー''' [Me] の'''サンクス''' [Thanks] の気持ちを<br/>カタチにできる道具持ってるデすね<br/>'''ユー''' [You] の道具、'''ミー''' [Me] にちょっと預けるデす<br/>'''ドンウォーリー''' [Don't Worry]、悪いようにはしないデす<br/>'''ベリーナイス''' [Very Nice] なものにするデすね|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> Korean,<ref>{{Cite|이래 보여도 저는 지금 '''크라잉''' [Crying]……<br/>통곡하고 있습니다<br/>'''와이''' [Why], 왜냐구요？|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|'''돈 워리''' [Don't Worry], 해되는 일은 없을 거예요<br/>'''베리 나이스''' [Very Nice]한 것으로 만들어 드리죠<br/>화살 이걸로 '''오케이''' [Okay] 맞죠？|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> and European French versions,<ref>{{Cite|Mon nom '''is''' Big'ornette. Je suis une maman gorneau qui voyage à travers le monde. '''I am''' en larmes, comme tu peux le voir... Tu veux savoir '''why''' ? J'ai été séparée de mes 100 '''children''' pendant qui nous voyagions. Oh, mais '''you''' ! Tu pourrais retrouver mes '''children''' ?|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|'''Thanks''' ! Tu es encore plus '''great''' qu'il n'y paraît ! Tiens, un '''small''' cadeau ! '''Look''' ! C'est la {{Color|ALBW Blue|carte O'gorneaux}}. Je sens la présence de mes '''children'''. C'est comme ça que j'ai pu la faire !|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> she occasionally uses English words. These words are rendered in {{Wp|Katakana|katakana}} and {{Wp|Hangul}} for the Japanese and Korean versions, respectively. | |||
***Also in the Japanese version, she uses the politeness marker ''"-desu"'' excessively, and certain words and syllables are expressed in katakana, indicating a disjointed or unfamiliar style of speaking. Even some of Link's responses to her questions are expressed in the same manner.<ref>{{Cite|弓矢でオッケーでスね？<br/>［ハイ！］<br/>［イイエ！］|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> | |||
**In the North American French version, she almost exclusively uses subject pronouns and infinitive verbs, indicating a very basic understanding of {{Wp|Grammatical conjugation|grammatical conjugation}}.<ref>{{Cite|Mon nom être mère Meille. Moi être en larmes, comme toi pouvoir le voir... Toi vouloir savoir pourquoi? Moi avoir perdu tous mes petits pendant mon voyage. Oh, mais toi! Pouvoir-toi retrouver mes petits? Eux devoir être en train de pleurer. Mes pauvres bébés...|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref><ref>{{Cite|Merci! Toi être encore plus gentil que les apparences! Toi prendre ça, être petit cadeau! Regarder! Ça être {{Color|ALBW Blue|carte des meilles}}. Moi sentir présence des petits à moi. Ça être comment moi l'avoir fait!|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> | |||
**In the German version, she also speaks in rhymes,<ref>{{Cite|Welch Unglück mir hier widerfuhr?<br/>Mein Fleisch und Blut, die ganze Tour,<br/>verschwunden ist, ganz ohne Spur!<br/>Tausend Tränen muss ich weinen<br/>um meine hundert süßen Kleinen...<br/>O kleiner Mann mit großem Herz,<br/>beende Mama Maimais Schmerz!|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> as does the baby Maiamai who remains in Hyrule.<ref>{{Cite|Mein nächstes großes Lebensziel?<br/>Kinder haben... laut und viel!<br/>Wie Mama sein, so gütig, warm!<br/>So hüt ich meinen Maimai-Schwarm!<br/>Wünsch mir Glück, {{Player Name}}!|Lost Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> | |||
**In the Italian version, she speaks with a lateral lisp.<ref>{{Cite|Shono {{Color|ALBW Blue|mamma maimai}}... Shono la mamma di un popolo nomade shempre in viaggio per il mondo. Anche she non shi vede, mamma maimai piange, piange a dirotto! Eh? Mi chiedi perché? Perché durante queshto viaggio shi shono dishpershe {{Color|ALBW Blue|100 delle mie piccoline}}!|Mother Maiamai|ALBW}}</ref> | |||
*Mother Maiamai bares a close resemblance to the [[Storyteller|storytelling octopus]] from {{ALttP}}, as well to the octopus-shaped targets in the game's [[Shooting Gallery]]. | |||
*Mother Maiamai's theme music is one of the 23 songs from the entire {{TLoZ|Series}} to be played by the [[Lucky Lobby Ball]] in {{TFH}}. | |||
==Nomenclature== | |||
Her name "Maiamai" comes from the Japanese word {{Romanize|マイマイ|Maimai}}, meaning "snail". The name is also a play on the phrase "My, oh, my!" | |||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File: | File:ALBW Mother Maiamai Babies.png|Mother Maiamai with all her babies | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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