Mr. Mayor (ちょうちょうさん), alternatively A. Goodman (A•グッドマン) in Encyclopedia MOTHER or the Town Mayor in Earth Bound, is a character in EarthBound Beginnings. He is the mayor of the rural town of Podunk, and is preparing for re-elections when Podunk resident Pippi goes missing. To make himself out to be a hero and have the town vote in his favor, he enlists the help of Ninten to rescue Pippi from the local cemetery. After she is rescued, he asks Ninten to solve the Zoo case and has his assistant Abbott give Ninten an endless supply of zoo keys