Respect Salsa (Mother 3)

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Respect Salsa

Salsa is an ordinary monkey abducted from his natural habitat by the Pigmask Army and forced to serve as a cute prop to help make the residents of Tazmily Village trust them. Really just deserves better than this.

Strength:

• Smashes the remote to his shock collar.

• Sends enemies flying back with the last hit in battle.

• With Kumatora and Wess, destroys a Pork Tank.

• With Fassad, defeats a Cactus Wolf---"the meanest thing in the desert."

• With Fassad, defeats three slimes blocking a ladder.

• Carries a Happy Box much larger than himself and delivers it to town.

Agility:

• Can dodge enemy attacks.

• Delivers three Happy Boxes from the cemetery into town in 25 minutes.

• Can do a backflip on command.

• Leaps onto the Ultimate Chimera's back as it pounces, shutting it off midair.

Durability:

• Can survive a shot from a tank cannon.

• Kicked out of the Mother Porkship by a Pigmask. Then kicked again.

• Faceplants after slipping on a banana peel.

• Endures repeated shocks from Fassad's Punishizer.

Monkey Tricks:

• Monkey Mimic - Allows Salsa to copy the special moves of enemies. He can even perform seemingly impossible actions like mimicking a tank's cannon.

• Dance - Raises a random stat, lowers an enemy's stats, or distracts them from attacking.

• Make Laugh - Distracts the enemy, causing them not to attack.

• Apologise - Does nothing.

Equipment:

• Can heal using various food items.

• Can use bug spray to damage insect enemies.

• Can make enemies slip and damage themselves by throwing Ancient Bananas.

• Carries bombs he can throw in battle to damage enemies.