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[Lindstrom]

I keep wanting to post in other people's question threads so I'm just making my own. It's probably overkill for the 80 threads we have already, but whatever, if people don't wanna see more they won't post. Anyway ask questions or something.

[Lindstrom]

In the early 1900's, a dark shadow covered a small country town in rural America. At that time, a young married couple vanished mysteriously from their home. The man's name was George, the woman's name was Maria.

Two years later, as suddenly as he left, George returned. He never told anyone where he had been or what he had done. But, he began an odd study, all by himself.

As for Maria, his wife... She never returned.

The main character, Ninten, George's great grandson, is a young boy living in a town called Podunk (Ninten is analogous to Ness in almost every way). Strange things begin to occur, such as objects coming to life and attacking people, zombies pop up, animals get violent, as well as some people. As he travels, Ninten makes friends with other children named Lloyd (Jeff), Ana (Paula), Teddy (more like Frank Fly than Poo), and Pippi (just like Pippi Longstockings), and discovers 8 special melodies, which when played together make a uniquely magical song. He also discovers a magical kingdom called Magicant, ruled by a benevolent but amnesic Queen Mary.

Spoiler:
George and Maria were kidnapped by aliens, but were treated well. George learned about PSI from them and returned to Earth to do studies on it, while Maria stayed to raise a young alien named Giygas. At present day (like, 1989), Giygas, having matured, leads an alien invasion on Earth because of the information George had taken (though he didn't publicize it). Ninten, upon learning all 8 of the melodies, sings the song to Queen Mary, who regains her memory. She is none other than Maria, who remembers the tune as a lullaby she sang to Giygas. She then vanishes, as does Magicant, and Ninten and his friends must then face Giygas, who has kidnapped a number of people. While fighting him, Ninten and his friends sing the song, which causes Giygas to breakdown emotionally and leave Earth, swearing revenge on Ninten. Everyone then has a dance party for a celebration.

Link to a video pertaining to the spoilers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DMMD1boKZU

There are a great number of parallels between MOTHER and EarthBound, though the only character who is actually in both is Giygas.