Mr. Carpainter is a character and boss in EarthBound. He is the leader of the Happy Happyist cult, and the second owner of the Evil Mani Mani statue, after buying it from its discoverer, Lier X. Agerate. While under the influence of the statue, he believes the key to happiness is to paint everything in the world blue. He makes Pokey Minch his right hand man and orders him and a masked boy to kidnap Paula so she can become a high priestess (although Everdred claims she was kidnapped to be a human sacrifice). For unknown reasons, he is capable of using PSI Thunder β and Lifeup α. He battles Ness using powerful lightning attacks which can be deflected through the use of the Franklin Badge Paula gives Ness while in captivity. He can also use paint attacks, which inflict significantly more dama