The Earthbound/Mother Iceberg(s) Explained

After 2 months and most likely 100+ hours of work, it's done! This was a blast to make but it definitely got much bigger than I anticipated. I hope you enjoy watching this essay as much as I did writing it. Chapters: Intro: 0:00 The Sky: 1:24 The Tip: 8:50 Into the Water: 18:14 Center of the Iceberg: 26:05 Bottom of the Iceberg: 32:44 Deep Darkness: 39:43 The Abyss: 48:07 Outro: 56:22 Original Iceberg Threads: https://www.reddit.com/r/earthbound/comments/houv9m/earthbound_mother_series_conspiracy_iceberg/ https://www.reddit.com/r/earthbound/comments/jjzcnv/the_earthbound_theoryknowledge_iceberg/ https://www.reddit.com/r/earthbound/comments/ijt14h/i_made_this_mother_iceberg_roughly_2_months_ago/ Point-Specific Resources: Tony is Gay interview: https://earthboundcentral.com/2008/06/yes-tony-is-gay-and-mr-saturn-is-innocent/ Phil Sandhop interview: http://www.lostlevels.org/200407/200407-earthbound2.shtml The Military Policemen and the Dismembered Beauty murder scene: https://earthboundcentral.com/2008/04/the-military-policeman-and-the-dismembered-beauty/#scene Mother 3 Hotdog Stand Theory: http://cromulent.fobby.net/forum/?t=msg&th=31152&prevloaded=1&&start=0 Lucas and Claus are based on The Notebook, The Proof, The Third Lie interview: http://starmen.net/eb64/interviews/5.php The Gods of Scaraba: https://starmen.net/articles/theories/Hieroglyphs.php Mother 3 Evangelion connections: http://flintsdoorknob.blogspot.com/2012/01/mother-3-and-evangelion-connections-and.html The Mother 3 email: https://earthboundcentral.com/2012/01/the-mother-3-e-mail/ General Resources: http://starmen.net/ https://earthboundcentral.com/ https://tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor https://motherforever.net/ https://earthbound.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page https://wikibound.info/wiki/WikiBound https://www.reddit.com/r/earthbound/ Gameplay Footage: https://youtu.be/xTonuqUL_MU https://youtu.be/EIoLcNLyd0g https://youtu.be/kXvnR6ay5QI https://youtu.be/J_ARl1RoDHA https://youtu.be/9TP8LEWba5o https://youtu.be/-_UG4qMeggk https://youtu.be/o9RMxp_dJ0M https://youtu.be/nf_ZKJRYph8 https://youtu.be/CsU0sXFKfl0 https://youtu.be/xx-IEFW6Yyw https://youtu.be/5c0TUPV3ZZI Music used: https://youtu.be/0qKF2y3I9Pc https://youtu.be/wlY84u8fkAg https://youtu.be/D5zXCjcZ3ik https://youtu.be/3mcs68a96tw https://youtu.be/HA8oa1PnYbs https://youtu.be/yWdxWqhzV4I https://youtu.be/rAnqfa49n5s https://youtu.be/W7nSUBGDL4o https://youtu.be/OuRBHEa6ZjA Twitter: https://twitter.com/JonahZgo Discord: https://discord.gg/K2Q2CRN shoutouts to simpleflips