Mother 3

Mother 3 is an alternate reality game YouTube channel crafted with joke and intentionally low-quality videos by an anonymous creator. It revolves around a singular image showcasing an eerie stuffed Lorax doll. Little is known regarding the purpose of this channel, as it appears to have only a tenuous connection to the actual Mother 3 video game. Rather, it seems to have evolved into a running gag intertwined with the essence of the channel itself. This channel holds balance between being a joke channel and an alternate reality game channel as within certain videos, cryptic messages are shown, adding an air of mystery to this channel.
==History==
Mother 3 was created on August 23, 2020, but the channel went largely unnoticed. Over the first two years, the channel struggled for recognition, gaining only a few subscribers. However, by late 2022, there was a notable change as the channel approached 900 subscribers, slowly edging towards the 1000-subscriber mark. Finally, in January 2023, the channel reached the milestone of 1000 subscribers. On March 22nd 2024, Twitter user @marsybarz stumbled upon the YouTube channel and conducted a short analysis of the Mother 3 accounthttps://twitter.com/marsybarz/status/1770972592968503682, delving into the mystery behind the channel. The tweet garnered 20,000 views, significantly boosting awareness of the YouTube channel.
==Content==
===Videos===
Each video within the YouTube channel is always just titled "Mother 3," with the majority of them fixating on the peculiar stuffed Lorax doll. Some of these videos feature edited versions of the image accompanied by music or an image slideshow, while others delve into more unsettling territory, contributing to the channel's eerie ambiance. The videos seem to emulate the style of older productions often associated with Windows Movie Maker (or are simply made with windows movie maker)
====Notable Videos====
*Mother #01: the very first video on the channel shows a stretched image of the eerie Lorax doll with the "Undertale OST: 001 - Once Upon A Time" playing in the background. This video is being highlighted, as many others on the channel follow a similar formula.
*Mother 3 #03 features a black and white video of a 2016 theater play adaptation of Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax,"https://vimeo.com/150696078 along with strange distorted music and. The video includes strange and distorted footage featuring what seem to be workplace environments in the background. It concludes with a highly ominous sculpture delivering a speech.
*Mother #16 Mother #16 begins with a man awakening in his bedroom, startled to find a video of the strange lorax doll playing on his television screen. His initial confusion quickly morphs into fear as he watches, captivated yet by the unfolding events, he runs down to his basement. As the protagonist finally gets down to his basement, he struggles to approach the basement door out of fear. Upon finally reaching the door, the screen begins to flicker wildly, revealing a image of a person with Lorax makeup, with empty soulless eyes, the word "hello." can be seen as the video flickers. After a while The RGB colors shift to red, The number 3 now appears in the center of the screen. The video concludes with a still frame of the person wearing Lorax makeup, gradually zooming out from the frame.
*Mother 3 #28 released specifically on Mother's Day (get it), showcases a slideshow comprising heavily distorted images of individuals, each sporting Lorax's iconic mustache meticulously applied to them.
*Mother #39 Mother #39 opens with black and white footage of a forest, slowly panning upward to the sky. It then shifts to a tranquil shot of a lake, where an edited image appears of a man with a third eye on his forehead and a Lorax-like mustache, gazing with concern at the viewer. Throughout the video, a distorted and slowed down piano melody plays in the background, adding to the atmosphere.
====Messages connected to each video====
In certain videos, peculiar cryptic messages are embedded, with some of them being heavily compressed to render the text excruciatingly difficult to decipher, thus rendering it unreadable.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJPCQn2WIAAUe0k?format=jpg&name=largehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJPCQqVXkAADeJV?format=jpg&name=largehttps://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJPCQs9XgAARVBH?format=jpg&name=large
===Community Posts===
Similar to the videos, each community post on the channel either just states "Mother 3" or features the infamous Lorax doll. Occasionally, eerie yet remarkably high-quality artwork is also shared in the community posts.
==Cameos==
===Mysikt===
A fan channel devoted to Silvagunner, known as Mysikt, ran a Mother 3-themed event somewhere around 2021 or 2022, during which the channel owner altered their banner to feature the infamous image of the creepy lorax doll as a reference to this channel. Its also said that the mother 3 account would spam "Mother 3" in each video around that time.
===Saivation===
A channel called "Saivation," which used to post Music Fusion Collabs, shared a final video titled "Graze the Roof Fusion Collab." It featured a remix of the original track with Mother 3 instruments, accompanied by a creepy Lorax doll, being a reference once again, to the channel.
==Trivia==
*The wet owl memehttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wet-owl shows up in a few videos and is seen as a second protagonist in this ARGhttps://youtu.be/piav1L8QMoM?si=aJiESzPuXse1S0JR&t=60https://youtu.be/AilDD4AKRZM?si=pc8Xuir_g3dw053u&t=28.
*The channel initially featured predominantly shitposts and YTPMVs before transitioning towards horror content.
==Gallery==
Mother3.png|The Lorax doll this channel is solely based on
-1711453331.jpg|The Channel Banner
Mother3cryptic.png|one of the hidden message found in one of the videos 
Mothernewedition.png|"Mother 3: New Edition" Posted on the community tab
==References==
Category:Meme YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2020
Category:YouTubers