Ruffini (called Itako Dog in Mother 2) is a dog in the Onett Drugstore in EarthBound. He claims to be possessed by the spirit of the game designer, and gives a simple tutorial about buying weapons. Late in the game, the spirit of the game designer changes his message to say that if the player wants to send Nintendo their comments on the game, they can find the company's name on the box and send them "attention EarthBound, Ruffini the dog". His name may be a pun of the sound "Ruff" and Harry Houdini.