Mother 3/Fridge

Fridge Brilliance

 * At the end of MOTHER 3, you get another "The End?" before getting a definitive "The End". It strikes you then that the "The End" at the end of MOTHER and EarthBound wasn't referring to the game's end - but the franchise's end!
 * In the same vein, it occurred to me (in part thanks to comments on this wiki) that the plot of the sequel, MOTHER 3, concerns a villain . --Filby
 * And that leads to another realization:.
 * Not to discredit the previous troper, but given that Porky sounds uneasy during the event and that he doesn't exactly think things out in the long-term, it's pretty clear that he's locked himself in a horrid little hell.
 * I've been reading quite a bit about this situation with Porky (never played the game, sorry), and being locked in an indestructible and inescapable capsule sounds agonizingly boring, but for the longest time, I thought that he could still keep contact and control of his army and/or servants. But then it occurred to me that for the Absolutely Safe Capsule to be absolutely safe, it must also be air and water tight. He can't even speak to anyone else, and can't hear anyone else. He will live in constant silence, and will see everything there is to see, and not be able to interact with it in any way. Forever. - Battery1320
 * The only person Porky actually tried to replace in his life was Lardna. Ness and company were enshrined, but there's an entire restaurant full of Lardnas-- which is in itself a testament to how screwed up Porky is, that he built a robot duplicate of his mother that only existed to take orders and serve food. But remember that Lardna was always self-absorbed and horribly, horribly negligent; the robot Lardnas were probably more motherly than the real one. Returning to the "womb" provided by the absolutely safe capsule may have made him happy just because it was the closest thing he's ever really had to a motherly influence.
 * Another one, but more related to gameplay. . The Dev Team Thinks of Everything, perhaps?
 * No. The scene with Porky escaping into the Absolutely Safe Capsule is a special event in the game. If you fight Porky when you're not supposed to, this event isn't triggered properly and Porky can't be defeated. This also happens with the second Masked Man battle.
 * Not much of a brilliant observation, but I realized Claus and Lucas were anagrams of each other several months ago. -Candy Entrails
 * The film in Porky's theater became one for me when I realized that nobody was following Ness and his friends with a camera! And since nobody even remembers them anymore, Porky must have personally sat down and created the entire script. That's... a powerful image -- Canonier.
 * Nobody following Ness with a camera??? Do the words "Fuzzy Pickles" mean anything to you?
 * That's a photo camera though.
 * Did it look animated?
 * None of the images in the movie were where the Photo Man took pictures though.
 * After the final boss fight of MOTHER 3, . --Ethereal Zephyr
 * In MOTHER 3, Duster's weapon list includes a Rope Snake and Wall Staples. It's just a pun on the boardgame, snake's and ladders!
 * The song "A Railway In Our Village" seems to sound like "Mom's Hometown", but doesn't really. "Mom's Hometown" is also the Love Theme, making it "false love", and, therefore, . "A Railway In Our Village" plays in, where . --Silver Moon Dance
 * Here's some Fridge Horror for ya: EarthBound is obviously a direct sequel to MOTHER, having similar themes and carrying on the story of Giygas. EarthBound takes place only a few years after MOTHER. However, MOTHER 3 seems to be in a very different universe with different themes and styles and the only recurring element is . However, ?
 * The that  hides in seems flawed at first, since it is inescapable. Then you realize how the name of the  and think about how crazy  is, and realize. The, it !
 * Kumatora is a tomboy.

Fridge Horror

 * In the end of MOTHER 3. ....
 * After the End, ?