Mother Brain

Mother Brain
Affiliation	Space Pirates
Base	Zebes
Debut	Metroid

The Mother Brain is a giant mechanical organism that coordinates operations on Zebes. The origins of this creature is unknown, but it seems to have preceded the Zebesian Space Pirates. It's primary purpose is to coordinate the traps and much of the operations found on Zebes. It receives energy through a sequence of Zeebetites which travel through tubes straight into the Mother Brain.

Background

The Mother Brain has the literal appearance of a giant brain. It is protected by a thick glass casing, but the casing is not impenetrable. The Mother Brain has a single eye which is capable of firing energy beams, but is presumably used for sight. It is capable of accessing security cameras on Zebes and monitoring the many locations on Zebes. The Mother Brain is kept in Tourian and is heavily protected, mostly by automatic turrets and other weaponry. The Mother Brain even has a self destruct system as well.

The Space Pirates on Zebes work closely with Mother Brain and go to great lengths to protect it. Although the Mother Brain is not their leader, it is one of the keys to their operations on Zebes. Samus Aran's last foe on both of her missions to Zebes was Mother Brain. The first time, Samus simply had to eradicate Mother Brain with a barrage of missiles. Upon defeat, Mother Brain initiated a self-destruct sequence.

The second time, Mother Brain was relocated to a more secure location. After Samus defeated Mother Brain in the same manner as the first time, Mother Brain transported itself on top of a large organic beast. Samus Aran was nearly defeated by Mother Brain's stronger form, but was saved when the Metroid hatchling sucked away most of Mother Brain's energy and gave it to Samus. The Mother Brain destroyed the Metroid hatchling for this, but in the end was destroyed by Samus Aran. However, this time Mother Brain activated a self destruct that destroyed the entire planet.

Trivia

• In the e-Manga, Mother Brain was designed by the Chozo to make it possible to live on Zebes and coordinated their daily lives. It afterwards betrayed the Chozo, leading to the Space Pirate occupation.
• In the original Metroid, it is suggested that Mother Brain is the Zebesian leader, but it is later indicated that Ridley is.
• Another version of Mother Brain, which had a face and was voiced by Levi Stubbs, appeared as the leader of the League of Darkness in the Captain N cartoons.