For the enemy, see Starman.

The Starmen are a race of beings in Mother and EarthBound. They are extraterrestrial beings, and are among the original users of PSI. George, one of two humans abducted from Earth by an alien race in 1909, studies PSI without the race's permission, and later escapes back to Earth. Once matured, the alien Giygas is tasked by his people to ensure PSI never spreads onto Earth, and commands a number of sentients, including the Starmen, to carry out this order. Ninten and his friends' triumph over Giygas ends his reign, and he and the Starmen recede back into space, only to enslave the world, draping it in "infinite darkness", sometime in the future. One alien survivor, Buzz Buzz rides ten years into the past on a meteorite, in order to contact another chosen boy, Ness. However, a Starman Junior is revealed to have followed Buzz Buzz back to Ness' time, and a battle ensues, after which the Starman falls.

It is unknown if Starmen are organic or synthetic, or if their outward appearance is just a suit; the American EarthBound player's guide implies in their enemy descriptions that Starmen are robots. Their speech in EarthBound also reflects this; in the original Japanese, Starmen use the katakana script, which is a common way to denote robotic-sounding speech. The English version, lacking this, gives them 'whirrs', 'beeps' and 'clicks', to indicate they are robotic beings.

There are eight models of Starmen: the Starman Junior, Blue Starman, Last Starman, Starman, Starman Super, Starman Deluxe, Ghost of Starman and Final Starman. Also, according to the official EarthBound Player's Guide, Atomic Power Robots are early prototypes to the Starman series.

While they do not appear in Mother 3, the Pigmask Army plays a similar role as a group of enemies aiding the game's antagonist.

Battle Music Edit

• Battle Against a Machine
• Otherworldly Foe

In Super Smash Bros. Brawl Edit

The Starmen species are represented by the Starman enemy, who appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a sticker. Attaching this sticker to the bottom of Ness or Lucas's trophies in The Subspace Emissary increases their PK attack by 10.