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* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Although Giygas and Porky have earned their spots as villains in the series, the most reviled characters in the series are Porky's parents for inflicting horrific abuse onto their eldest child and starting him down an extremely dark path that could've been avoided with some actual parental love. George and Wess have also earned some ire for their {{Jerkass}} actions despite never doing anything villainous.
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* ItsPopularNowItSucks: Surprisingly, given the series's SacredCow status over the years. Upon ''[=EarthBound=]'' and ''[=EarthBound=] Beginnings'' being released on the Wii U eShop and thus allowing it to be known to a larger audience, a VocalMinority of [[OldGuardVersusNewBlood old guard]] has been in an uproar about it the more newcomers get into the series. It's gotten to the point where a few have proclaimed they ''don't'' want ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' to be rereleased in America, so it can "stay something unique" to the people who were in the [[CultClassic cult fanbase]] years before the above rereleases.[[note]]Along with general worries that an official Nintendo translation would end up [[{{Bowdlerise}} Bowdlerising]] some of the game's darker moments and completely get rid of Kumatora's occasional swearing, but generally these two go hand and hand with the above.[[/note]]
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* HypeBacklash: The NewbieBoom that happened after the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and UsefulNotes/WiiU UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole re-releases of ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' and ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' caused some newcomers unaware of the SacredCow status of the series to point out its otherwise overlooked flaws, some even going to the point of calling it overrated. This more affected ''[=EarthBound=]'' and ''VideoGame/MOTHER3'' though, since ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' being a divisive game has made it an accepted target for criticism.
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* HypeBacklash: The NewbieBoom that happened after the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and UsefulNotes/WiiU UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole re-releases of ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'' and ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' caused some newcomers unaware of the SacredCow status of the series to point out its otherwise overlooked flaws, some even going to the point of calling it overrated. This more affected ''[=EarthBound=]'' and ''VideoGame/MOTHER3'' though, since ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' being a divisive game has made it an accepted target for criticism.
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* QuirkyWork: It's most apparent in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', which mostly keeps things silly and wacky outside of its infamous FinalBoss. While ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' and ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'' have their silly moments, they're generally far more serious in tone than ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}''.
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* QuirkyWork: It's most apparent in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}'', which mostly keeps things silly and wacky outside of its infamous FinalBoss. While ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' and ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'' have their silly moments, they're generally far more serious in tone than ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}''.''[=EarthBound=]''.
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** The cartoony style and odd sense of humor make it hard to believe at first that this is one of Nintendo's darkest franchises. On the other hand, those traits [[SurpriseCreepy can serve to]] [[CrapsaccharineWorld make it]] [[BreakTheCutie even]] [[SubvertedInnocence darker]].
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** The cartoony style and odd sense of humor make it hard to believe at first that this is one of Nintendo's darkest franchises. On the other hand, those traits [[SurpriseCreepy [[DisguisedHorrorStory can serve to]] [[CrapsaccharineWorld make it]] [[BreakTheCutie even]] [[SubvertedInnocence darker]].
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** We've been taking Shigesato's nostrils too lightly! [[labelnote:Explanation]][[http://earthboundcentral.com/2015/06/shigesato-itoi-mother-1-in-gintama-anime/ A reference/joke from]] ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', which in turn was referencing ''VideoGame/{{Mother 1}}''. Naturally, the fanbase quickly latched on to it.[[/labelnote]]
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** We've been taking Shigesato's nostrils too lightly! [[labelnote:Explanation]][[http://earthboundcentral.com/2015/06/shigesato-itoi-mother-1-in-gintama-anime/ A reference/joke from]] ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', which in turn was referencing ''VideoGame/{{Mother 1}}''.''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings''. Naturally, the fanbase quickly latched on to it.[[/labelnote]]
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* JerkassWoobie: [[BigBad Giygas]] is an [[AliensAreBastards alien menace]] hellbent on conquering the world, but has a rather pitiable past. Accidentally abandoned by his race on planet Earth as a baby, he was found by Ninten's ancestors, George and Maria, who proceeded to [[HappilyAdopted happily raise him]] as their own child, and Giygas [[HumanityIsInfectious grew to love Earth]]. However, George went behind his back and leaked the secrets of [[MindOverMatter PSI]], the trade of Giygas' race and their one weakness, to the government, which angered Giygas once he grew up, leading to him [[VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings declaring war on Earth]]. After his humiliating defeat by Ninten and co. through the use of the [[MagicMusic Eight Melodies]], the very same tune Maria used to sing to him as a child, he returns to Earth [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 10 years later]] and plots on using the Devil's Machine to grant himself NighInvulnerability and spread his influence across the globe. Said machine, however, gives him invincibility at the cost of [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity destroying his brain]], causing him to ramble incoherently and constantly feel pain, leaving him, as Porky describes him, an AlmightyIdiot. Because of his adoptive father leaving his race at risk of extinction, Giygas grew to be a global threat who lost his sanity in the process.
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* SacredCow: Boy, was it ever... Though this status has become increasingly downplayed over the years thanks to [[NewbieBoom more people getting into the series]] ([[HypeBacklash and pointing out its flaws]]).
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The cartoony style and odd sense of humor make it hard to believe at first that this is one of Nintendo's darkest franchises. On the other hand, those traits [[SurpriseCreepy can serve to]] [[CrapsaccharineWorld make it]] [[BreakTheCutie even]] [[SubvertedInnocence darker.]]
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The cartoony style and odd sense of humor make it hard to believe at first that this is one of Nintendo's darkest franchises. On the other hand, those traits [[SurpriseCreepy can serve to]] [[CrapsaccharineWorld make it]] [[BreakTheCutie even]] [[SubvertedInnocence darker.]]
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* QuirkyWork: It's most apparent in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', which mostly keeps things silly and wacky outside of its infamous FinalBoss. While ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' and ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'' have their silly moments, they're generally far more serious in tone than ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound|1994}}''.
* SacredCow: Boy, was it ever...Though Though, this status has become increasingly downplayed over the years thanks to [[NewbieBoom more people getting into the series]] ([[HypeBacklash and pointing out its flaws]]).
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** The cartoony style and odd sense of humor make it hard to believe at first that this is one of Nintendo's darkest franchises. On the other hand, those traits [[SurpriseCreepy can serve to]] [[CrapsaccharineWorld make it]] [[BreakTheCutie even]] [[SubvertedInnocencedarker.]]darker]].
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* WidgetSeries: It's most apparent in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', which mostly keeps things silly and wacky outside of its infamous FinalBoss. While ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' and ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'' have their silly moments, they're generally far more serious in tone than ''VideoGame/EarthBound''.
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** To show how dark it is, the third game begins with the player character's wife dying, them having a mental breakdown, and one of their children going off to fight the creature that killed his mom.
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* WidgetSeries: It's most apparent in ''VideoGame/EarthBound'', which mostly keeps things silly and wacky outside of its infamous FinalBoss. While ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' and ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'' have their silly moments, they're generally far more serious in tone than ''VideoGame/EarthBound''.
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* HypeBacklash: The NewbieBoom that happened after the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and UsefulNotes/WiiU UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole re-releases of ''VideoGame/EarthBound'' and ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' caused some newcomers unaware of the SacredCow status of the series to point out its otherwise overlooked flaws, some even going to the point of calling it overrated. This more affected ''[=EarthBound=]'' and ''VideoGame/MOTHER3'' though, since ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' being a divisive game has made it an AcceptableTarget for criticism. This has ''not'' gone well with the older fans. Even the newcomers who praise it have been given backlash because...
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*** "Is Ness Varik!?!"[[labelnote: Explanation]] The most common non-Sans variant is that Ness is Ares, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Brandish}}, due to Ares, under his localized name of Varik, being the protagonist of VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack and said hack bringing some implications that Ness and Ares are the same person.[[/labelnote]]
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*** "Is Ness Varik!?!"[[labelnote: Explanation]] The most common non-Sans variant is that Ness is Ares, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Brandish}}, ''VideoGame/{{Brandish}}'', due to Ares, under his localized name of Varik, being the protagonist of VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack and said hack bringing some implications that Ness and Ares are the same person.[[/labelnote]]
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*** Heck, Giygas is a meme unto itself!
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*** Heck, Giygas is a meme unto itself!itself! Whenever a MindScrew occurs, ''MOTHER'' fans will bring him up.
