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

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shoutouts to simpleflips

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