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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an enemy appearing in {{CC}}. Found in [[Cape Howl]] and [[Lizard Rock]] ([[Home World]]), BeachBum appears to swim as it walks into you. This behavior is useless, other than in water. BeachBum is one of the first enemies encountered in the game and is extremely weak as an opponent.

During battle, BeachBums generally attack with normal physical blows, throwing in the occasional [[AquaBall]], an excessively over-powered [[Element]] for an enemy encountered early on in the game. BeachBums prefer to travel in pairs or completely alone, but they sometimes pair up with [[Opah Fish]] or [[SandSquirt]].

The blue-tinged skin, the floppy arms, the rotund body, and the lackadaisical frown all bear a striking resemble to [[Nu]]s, [[Fiend]]s encountered in prequel, {{CT}}. Unlike the BeamBums, however, the Nu speaks coherently sentences, is trusted enough to run shops in [[Kajar]] and [[Last Village]], and serves as the guardian of the [[Forest Ruins|North Palace Ruins]]. Interestingly, the items sold by Nus are typically healing items; items stolen from or dropped by BeachBums are exclusively healing items as well.  

Additional theories stem from the BeachBum inhabiting the chamber beneath [[Belthasar]]'s desk in the [[Viper Manor]] library. In ''Chrono Trigger'', the [[Guru of Reason]], Belthasar, built [[Epoch]] and stored it in a futuristic dome. He died several years before [[Crono]] investigates [[Keeper's Dome]] to retrieve the Epoch and finds a robotic Nu guarding the vessel. After Crono and his friends alter the timeline, Belthasar ends up in [[Termina]]. In a secret chamber beneath the sage's desk resides a BeachBum guarding the remains of what is clearly the Epoch, assisting the idea that BeachBums and Nus are variations of the same creature.