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:
  / earthbound_mother_series_conspiracy_iceberg  
  / the_earthbound_theoryknowledge_iceberg  
  / i_made_this_mother_iceberg_roughly_2_month...  

Point-Specific Resources:
Tony is Gay interview: https://earthboundcentral.com/2008/06...
Phil Sandhop interview: http://www.lostlevels.org/200407/2004...
The Military Policemen and the Dismembered Beauty murder scene: https://earthboundcentral.com/2008/04...
Mother 3 Hotdog Stand Theory: http://cromulent.fobby.net/forum/?t=m...
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...
Mother 3 Evangelion connections: http://flintsdoorknob.blogspot.com/20...
The Mother 3 email: https://earthboundcentral.com/2012/01...

General Resources:
http://starmen.net/
https://earthboundcentral.com/
https://tcrf.net/The_Cutting_Room_Floor
https://motherforever.net/
https://earthbound.fandom.com/wiki/Ma...
https://wikibound.info/wiki/WikiBound
  / earthbound  

Gameplay Footage:
   • Earthbound Beginnings (NES) Playthrou...  
   • EarthBound (SNES) Playthrough [Pt. 1 ...  
   • EarthBound (SNES) Playthrough [Pt. 2 ...  
   • MOTHER 3 #1 - Full Gameplay - No Comm...  
   • MOTHER 3 #2  - Full Gameplay - No Com...  
   • MOTHER 3 #3 - Full Gameplay - No Comm...  
   • MOTHER 3 #4 - Full Gameplay - No Comm...  
   • MOTHER 3 #5 - Full Gameplay - No Comm...  
   • MOTHER 3 #6 - Full Gameplay - No Comm...  
   • MOTHER 3 #7 - Full Gameplay - No Comm...  
   • Mother 3 - Final Boss and Full Ending...  

Music used:
   • Видео  
   • Видео  
   • The Distant Snowball - Mother: Cognit...  
   • Ancient Embrace - Mother: Cognitive D...  
   • Видео  
   • EarthBound - The Sea of Eden EXTENDED  
   • EarthBound - Hidden Track EXTENDED  
   • MOTHER 3 Final Cave Ambience (Extended)  
   • Видео  

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shoutouts to simpleflips