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Melo

***Melo*** (also known on YouTube as ***Running Shine***) is an online video game reviewer, and leader of *Running Shine*. Like Monkey, he is a fan of the *Mother* series, particularly *EarthBound*.

#### Solo and Other Work

Melo has been producing, writing, editing, and narrating reviews for *Running Shine* since 2015, and has amassed over 33,000 subscribers. Melo additionally co-commentated a stream series with Sonictuber Cybershell, in which the latter played through EarthBound while holding a tomato. Melo also occasionally streams on the Running Shine channel, often with Coast, Post Elvis, and Cybershell as co-commentators.

#### Affiliation with MonkeyNess

Melo is a friend of Monkey's, and has attended several of his livestreams. Additionally, he has contributed music for some of Monkey's videos. In December 2022, during RK-d's comeback Twitch stream, Melo joined RK-d and Monkey later in the stream. Since, Melo has been a guest on several of Monkey's streams.

#### In MonkeyNess's Videos

* Contributed music
	+ *Thoughts on Mother Direct 2022* (June 2022)
	+ *Mother 3 - Unused Content* (August 2022)
	+ *History of EarthBound Rumors* (February 2023)
	+ Should EarthBound be Remade? (June 2023)
* Audio Help for *Mother 3 Bonus Video* (July 2022)
* Thanked in several video essay's credits (since June 2022)
* Co-commentator on streams
	+ PK Scramble (2023)
	+ Super Mario 64 (2023)
	+ Mario Party 6 (2023)

#### Quotes

* *"If"* -Melo, Sonic Adventure Finale Stream (typo)
* *"It's a power fantasy, like stopping a school from a shooting."* -Melo, Mario Party 6 stream (referring to getting 3 stars)
Teddy (Mother series)

***Teddy*** is a character from the *Mother* series and one of *EarthBound Beginnings'* Chosen Four. On the MonkeyNess channel, Teddy is a recurring in-joke and meme.

#### In *Mother*

**Section contains *Mother/EarthBound Beginnings* spoilers.**

In *Mother*, Teddy is the fourth and final party member to join Ninten. He is badly injured during a fight with a robot on Mount Itoi and (in the original Japanese version) is implied to have died as a result. In the ports *Mother 1+2* and *EarthBound Beginnings* however, the ending has been rewritten and has retconned this, showing Teddy survived. In the party, Teddy is the brute/heavy-hitter.

#### Lore

Teddy is the strongest and best character ever. Period. In May 2022, Teddy was offered (and accepted) a request by rapper Kanye West to be part of the rap album *Donda 3* with MonkeyNess, but was later cut from the project (presumably) due to a feud with Kanye.

#### Origins

Teddy was stated to be the best character in the entire *Mother* series by Monkey in the video essay Thoughts on EarthBound Zero, immediatley spawning many memes by fans and being referenced more times by Monkey in later videos from around that same time frame.

#### Impact

Teddy immediately became a common in-joke on the YouTube channel and later in the Discord server. Common phrases such as "Teddy, baby!" and "Teddy Tuesday" continue to be used now. Another common joke is "This video was good, but where's Teddy?" or the comment "\_\_\_ can't be the best, it's not Teddy." This joke has also spread to Twitter and has been made by Melo of Running Shine during one of Monkey's Sonic Adventure livestreams.

##### Mother Direct 2022 Livestream

The joke was spammed in the chat of the Mother Direct 2022 livestream when Teddy appeared in the trailers for the fan-game *Mother Encore* and MapleMoriko's *PSI Universe*.

##### Discord

There are currently three Discord emojis for Teddy, with requests for more being common. The emote of his sprite from *Mother* being a popular one to spam in the server, as well as likely being the most-used.

##### #Teddy Channel

The #teddy channel was created on the Discord server by request of many members, and is designated as a meme and spam channel.

##### Teddy Tuesdays

One of the custom Teddy emojis is called "TeddyTuesday" and depicts Teddy breaking through a wall into the server. This emoji has led to some members celebrating Teddy Tuesdays on the server, and has been suggested as an addition to the #creative channel as a sister day to Monkey Mondays.

#### Mentions

This section is incomplete.

* EathBound Beginnings Playthrough
* Thoughts on EarthBound Zero
* Defending the Easy Ring (Part 1)
* Defending the Easy Ring (Part 2)
* MonkeyNess vs. Kanye West Drama (Explained)
* Thoughts on Mother Direct 2022
* Thoughts on Mother 3: Opposing Force
Stingfly

**Animated** | Episode 30 (A.T.O.M.)

**Stingfly** is a fictional character from the *A.T.O.M. – Alpha Teens on Machines* series.

He is a clone of Hawk that was merged with the DNA of a hornet, a wasp, a dragonfly, and a beetle.

## Appearance

He has insect-like eyes, insect wings, a hornet abdomen, and gray skin.

## Biography

### A.T.O.M. – Season II

He first appears in the fourth episode of the second season with Rayza. He was sent by Mr. Lee to take care of the Alpha Teens, who set to save Shark and Dr. Rachel Logan.

## Abilities

Stingfly's insect wings gives him the ability to fly at very high speed. He can also stick to walls, uses banshee-like howling to stun enemies, and shoot acid eggs from his tail.

## Gallery

Stingfly in the A.T.O.M. – Alpha Teens on Machines.Stingfly in the A.T.O.M. – Alpha Teens on Machines.Stingfly in the A.T.O.M. – Alpha Teens on Machines.Stingfly after transformation.Stingfly in his hard light robot form.
Running Shine

***Running Shine*** is an online video game review series that started in 2015. The series does in-depth comedic reviews of classic and modern games.

#### YouTube Channel

The channel has produced reviews, music albums, and livestreams. The channel is run by a team of creators, led by Melo (writer/editor/narrator for the reviews). The channel has over 36,000 subscribers as of July 2023.

#### Members of Running Shine

* Melo
* Tropics
* PostElvis
* Coast
* Spicy
* RK-d

#### Future Videos

Melo has announced upcoming videos on FM mixing and *The World Ends With You.*

#### Affiliation with MonkeyNess

The Running Shine YouTube channel made an appearance in chat during a *MonkeyPaula Plays EarthBound Blind* livestream in May 2022, which led to Melo and Monkey becoming friends. This likely also led to Monkey becoming friends with Arcade, an illustrator for the reviews. MonkeyNess has also been in the chat for *Running Shine* livestreams and several of RK-d's. In March 2023, Melo and RK-d both appeared on Monkey's EarthBound Randomizer stream, and again in June 2023 for his Super Mario 64 stream.

#### In MonkeyNess Videos

RK-d and Melo have been thanked in several of Monkey's videos, and Melo has contributed music on occasion. RK-d now also works as Monkey's illustrator. Monkey, RK-d, and Melo have also appeared on each other's streams.
MonkeyPaula

***MonkeyPaula*** (also known as EarthBound Girlfriend) is MonkeyNess's wife, and has been mentioned in some videos, as well as being featured in others. In videos, she's been portrayed by Paula's clay figure, or Bubble Monkey's Wife.

#### Mentions

She has been mentioned in some playthrough videos by Monkey, mostly in his first *EarthBound* playthrough.

#### MonkeyPaula Plays EarthBound Blind

From May to July 2022, MonkeyPaula was featured as the player in a livestream series of her playing *EarthBound* for the first time along with MonkeyNess and Alpha Theories. These streams are also notable for coining her name "MonkeyPaula."

#### Personal Life

Not much is known, other than her and Monkey have been married since September 2023. Before her *Mother 2* stream series, she had previously seen all of *Mother 2* and *Mother 3* by watching Monkey play them.

#### Work on MonkeyNess channels

* Player on MonkeyNess
* Player on PrimateNinten
* Moderator on Discord server
* Voice actress in Mother 3 series

#### Social Media

* Discord
	+ MonkeyPaula#9427
Mother 3

***Mother 3*** (Japanese: マザースリー *Mother 3*) is the third and final installment in the *Mother* series. It was developed by HAL Laboratory, Inc., Nintendo, and Brownie Brown and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance on April 20, 2006.

It has currently been released only in Japan. However, there have been multiple fan-made English translations of it. It was designed and directed by Shigesato Itoi, with music by Shōgo Sakai. *Mother 3* tells the story of Lucas, a young boy, and his friends who journey the Nowhere Islands to save the islands from an invading army and its leader, who have been introducing new technology and infrastructure to the islands.

Up until its release, the game remained near the top of *Famitsu*'s most wanted games list. Immediately before its release, *Mother 3* was the most wanted game in Japan according to *Weekly Famitsu*.

The title began as a project titled "*EarthBound 64*", a direct sequel to the *Mother* series' second installment, *EarthBound*, for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. *EarthBound 64* was in development for many years before the project was finally terminated on August 21, 2000, partially because of the Nintendo 64 Disk Drive's commercial failure. *Mother 3* was announced in June 2003 during a *Mother 1 + 2* television commercial. Although details of its development were kept secret, it has since been made known that *EarthBound 64* was reworked into *Mother 3*. It was released for the Wii U Virtual Console on December 17th 2015, in Japan only.

In 2006, EarthBound series creator, Shigesato Itoi, declared that there were no plans for further installments in the *Mother* series, and because no official English version has been announced, a fan translation was developed and released on October 17, 2008. Throughout the progress made on the project, Tomato and Jeffman were firm in stating that if Nintendo announced an official localization of *Mother 3*, they would immediately cease their work, indicating that their sole goal was to ensure that the game was translated to English. The president of Brownie Brown, Shinichi Kameoka, has stated that if they were requested to make a port of *Mother 3* for worldwide audiences, they would happily do so.

#### MonkeyNess and *Mother 3*

MonkeyNess did an in-depth playthrough series of *Mother 3* from September 2021 to March 2022, it also being his longest series to date. It is also currently the only main series to not have a bonus episode. Monkey also did a challenge run of the game, in which he beat all required bosses with only Salsa at a minimum level.
MonkeyNess

***MonkeyNess*** (born December 14) aka ***Monkey*** is a YouTuber who specializes in content relating to the *Mother/EarthBound* video game series and monkeys. He currently has over 10k subscribers. He is one of the most well-known YouTubers in the Mother community.

#### Personal Life

Not much is known about Monkey's personal life besides that his birthday is the 14th of December and he is married to MonkeyPaula (as of September 3, 2023, according to a tweet from Monkey). He also watches many movies, saying at one point he was watching at least one per day. MonkeyNess is a pescetarian. Monkey has mentioned being a member of the site Newgounds for a long time. He is also an avid reader, and mentioned *The Catcher in the Rye* and *To Kill a Mockingbird* as some of his favorite books. He and his spouse have two pets, a hedgehog named Pop-Tart, and a puppy named Meatball, who they got in January 2024.

#### Other Videos and Work

Besides the *Mother* series, Monkey has also made videos and done streams of the games *Minecraft, Donkey Kong Country,* *Megaman 2*. *Sonic Adventure, Pokemon FireRed Nuzlocke,* and *The Last of Us Remastered.* Monkey also hosts a randomly-updated book club series called *Monkey Book Club,* formerly monthly. The series was previously posted on the channel MonkeyNess, but has since moved to ApeLucas. In October 2022, Monkey released *Thoughts on Undertale,* and *Thoughts on Deltarune* the following month. In a March 2023 livestream, Monkey announced he was collaborating with MapleMoriko on an episode of her *What If* Mother animation series, confirming she was directing/animating while he was the primary writer of the episode. He is additionally listed as a member of the PSI Universe staff on Maple's channel. In November 2023, Monkey did a video review of the *Five Nights at Freddy's* movie due to it containing an EarthBound reference.

#### Relationship with the *Mother* Community

In mid-2022, Monkey became highly-involved with several members of the *Mother* fandom, including with such fan-games as *EarthBound: Dimensions* and being cast as the voices for Salsa and Samba in the *EarthBound 64 Recreation Project*, which he has previously helped to advertise with videos showcasing the project, though he's since ceased involvement in it. Monkey has also become affiliated with several notable *Mother* fandom community members, including MapleMoriko, Pkdotts, Snakeshroom, Thane Gaming, Antourenein, Nyaasu Nekoban, MegaHarv, and Coyote Cocktail. Previously, Monkey has said he was a member of Starmen.net. In September 2022, Monkey released a critical review of the ROM Hack *Mother 3: Opposing Force*, and amicably talked about it with the game's director. MonkeyNess has expressed his dissatisfaction with the concept of "Motherlikes" and prefers not to compare them to the *Mother* series.
Stream Edits

***Stream Edits*** is a series hosted on the channel PrimateNinten, which are highlight videos of MonkeyNess's livestreams. The series began in summer 2022 with a single episode then went on hiatus until summer 2023 when it returned. Stream Edits is the only MonkeyNess series to ever have had another editor, with Alph editing the first one.
EarthBound Analysis Series

The ***EarthBound Analysis Series*** is an ongoing series by MonkeyNess in which he analyzes the entirety of EarthBound in a sort of walkthrough-style. The series has been ongoing since September 2022.

#### Development

MonkeyNess was considering doing the series since June 2022, mentioning the possibility of it on a livestream. Monkey has confirmed he's "mapped out" what he wants to cover with each episode. The first episode was MonkeyNess's first video essay in two months. Monkey confirmed on Twitter he'd be producing other videos not related to the series during its production as well. The Jeff YIIKing Out Discord sticker (drawn by RK-d) was released along with the first episode. The series went on a nearly nine month hiatus from September 2022 until June 2023 when it returned with its third installment. In August 2023, along with the fourth installment of the series, Monkey updated the thumbnails of the first two parts. The fifth episode released in December 2023, making 2023 yield more episodes than than 2022's two.

#### Episodes

1. EarthBound's Opening is Perfect
2. How EarthBound Teaches You to Play
3. Onett Explains Everything
4. The Pursuit of Happy-Ness
5. How EarthBound Seduces You

#### Reception

The series has been received well, with many noting its depth. Some has criticized it for being considered "over-analysis" or "reaching" with some points made. Monkey has responded to this criticism on Discord: https://discord.com/channels/976722985362796554/976722985362796557/1028100232032030830

Some have been skeptical of the likelihood of series being completed. Many have complimented the depth and length of videos of the series.
Tavg

**Tavg** is a viewer of MonkeyNess's who frequently attends his streams and has nicknamed several of MonkeyNess's Pokemon during the Pokemon LeafGreen Nuzlocke stream series.

**V arc**

The V arc lasted from the 22nd of September 2023 to the 30th of September 2023, All of Tavg's letters were removed besides V and he could only talk in Vs. a quote from Tavg during the V arc "v'v vvvv vvvvv vv vvvvvvv vv vv vvvv vvv vv"
Thoughts on Undertale

***Thoughts on Undertale*** is a video essay and review by MonkeyNess that was released in October 2022.

The video details Monkey's overall views of the independent RPG *Undertale* and the latter half is about his thoughts on its connections to the *EarthBound* fandom and community.

#### Artwork

The thumbnail and Jeff YIIK art were created by RK-d.

#### Reception

The video has been received mostly positively, though some have objected to Monkey's suggestions of a "retry battle" option and making the Genocide path easier to discover. The video has resulted in requests from viewers for Monkey to do more videos on games outside the Mother series, such as Omori, OFF, and Deltarune.
Taco Bell

**Taco Bell** is MonkeyNess's Bellsprout from the Pokemon Nuzlocke stream series.

##### Lore

Monkey and all his homies hate Bellsprout. Taco Bell is considered a curse on the team since episode 3.

Taco Bell was caught at level 13 on Route 5, and has been with the team since episode 2. He is Monkey's sole grass type Pokemon.
YoshiKoopa

YoshiKooper is a member of the MonkeyNess Discord server and is a common part of the lore.

#### Who is YoshiKooper?

YoshiKoopa is a regular member of the MonkeyNess Barrel. His character is based on the Yoshi Partner from "Paper Mario The thousand year door" with aspects from Meta Knight, specifically his Armor and Mask. YoshiKooper will make art for the Monkey Monday and has several affiliations with members of the server. and has made a few content related things on his channel, Notably Videos on Kirby, Pikmin, and Paper Mario.

YoshiKooper has a Joke form commonly known as "Raccooper" With a crude doodle being made to represent his appearance as it. Its based on a Raccoon

He is also they creator and main contributor of the "VGM of the Day" Thread within the server
EarthBound 64 Recreation (video series)

The ***EarthBound 64 Recreation Project*** is a fan game/recreation of what Mother 3 may have looked like when it was previously being created for the Nintendo 64, and later N64DD, being developed by **Team Polysoft**. The project has been active since December 2021. The project is being developed in Godot engine.

#### Relationship with MonkeyNess

In May 2022, MonkeyNess made two videos covering the state of the project. The first was a showcase of a barebones prototype (covering the village and desert), and the second was one covering a more expansive open-world prototype (featuring the Snake Dungeon, crossroads, and Forest). The second video was a demo given exclusively to Monkey by the two lead developers, who also said they would be happy to give him access to more demos in the future. MonkeyNess and the EB64RP follow each other on Twitter. Monkey posted his third video on the project in September 2022 of the Exploration Demo, which also itself featured him as the voice of Salsa in the opening.

On August 8, 2022, it was announced MonkeyNess will be voicing Salsa and Samba in the game. In March 2023, Monkey announced via his Discord server he was stepping down from voice acting in the game, as well as distancing himself in participation of the project for personal reasons, though he wished Team Polysoft the best.

#### MonkeyNess videos

* EarthBound 64 Recreation - Prototype Showcase
* [Exclusive] Mother 64 Recreation Project - Open World Demo
* [Exclusive] EarthBound 64 Recreation - Exploration Demo!

#### Notable People

* L / N64 man
* mr mine splat
* theSagernerd
* MapleMoriko (Discord community member)

#### Social Media

* @Earthbound64RC (Twitter)
* EarthBound 64 Recreation (YouTube)
* Official Discord server
Whopper

**Whopper** is MonkeyNess's Snorlax from the Pokemon LeafGreen Nuzlocke series.

##### Lore

Whopper murdered Momkey during their battle while Monkey was attempting to catch him. He is disliked by a majority of the chat and according to Monkey is only kept around for his raw strength. Whopper was forgiven of his sins in part 6.

He was caught at level 30 in part 4 and died during the final rematch against Ape in part 9.
Criminal

Criminal is a Caterpie from Monkeyness's Pokemon Nuzlocke Stream :) and he was named by Tavg.

He is named after the Criminal caterpillar from EarthBound. His crimes were revealed in part 3 of the series, where Monkey revealed Criminal was a former Team Rocket member after being abducted.

He was caught on Viridian Forest and died in Viridian Forest at Level 6. Criminal was the first Pokemon that died in the Nuzlocke,
Door

Door is a Pidgeot from Monkeyness's Pokemon Nuzlocke Stream :) and she was named by Wide Clide.

Door was the first Pokemon caught by Monkey (not including his starter, Borb the Squirtle) on Route 1 at level 3 as a Pidgey. She quickly became a fan favorite team member, and it is common for the stream chat to cheer "DOOR" and spam 🚪 whenever she is sent out into battle.

###### Lore

Not much is known of Doors past, however Door and Keys are known to have a sort sibling relationship, with Door acting as a sort of older sibling to Keys. Door is a two-time Hall of Famer, and is Monkey's sole surviving Pokemon from part 1 of the series. Door even debatably won the final battle, defeating Ape's Arcanine during the rematch, after having not fought at all in the initial Elite Four battles.
Monkeyverse

The following is a page listing people involved and canonically part of the MonkeyNess Universe.

#### Monkeys

* MonkeyNess
* MonkeyPaula

#### Friends and Collaborators of Monkey

* Alpha Theories
* Melo / Running Shine
* RK-d
* MapleMoriko
* Justice
* Micheal

#### Other Collaborators

* Thane Gaming
* Antourenein
* GGFan
* Juice Snatcher
* N64 man / L
* mr mine splat

#### Other Affiliates

* Coyote Cocktail
* MegaHarv
EarthBound Player's Guide Overview

***EarthBound Player's Guide Overview*** is a miniseries in which Monkey covered/read through the EarthBound Player's Guide in a documentary-like style. The series lasted from May to July 2022, with 4 episodes, running about one hour total.

#### Title Changes

Part two was originally titled "EarthBound Player's Guide (Part 2)" but was changed to "Tribute to the EarthBound Player's Guide (Part 2)" later. Monkey later abandoned this titling format and gave the latter two episodes completely original names. Later, episodes 3 and 4 ("How Did EarthBound Get Away with This?" and "EarthBound LIES to You!") were both retitled to have a format in line with the first two episodes.

#### Reception

The series was met with warm reception, the first and third parts performing very well, the third getting over 10,000 views, and the second and fourth parts also performing well.

#### Twitter

Monkey has also posted many of his favorite images/quotes from the guide on his Twitter account. YouTuber Cybershell also posted an image of the enemy "Noose Man" from the guide on his Twitter during the series, leading some to believe he had seen Monkey's videos. Monkey's illustrator RK-d also made some tweets about the series, mostly answering questions Monkey asked in some episodes.

#### Possible "Director's Cut"

On the Discord server MonkeyNess's Barrel, Monkey suggested possibly releasing a version of the series in one single video with some additional information, running a little over an hour at some point.

#### Future

Monkey has said he will do a video covering mistakes he made during the series and other things he missed in the main episodes. He has also said he may cover the *EarthBound* and *Mother 3 Handbooks* by Fangamer at some point, though he has not mentioned the possibility of the original guide for *Mother*, likely since it has not been translated.
PR Wiki

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EarthBound series

A list of every *EarthBound* playthrough series by MonkeyNess:

#### Mother 2/EarthBound

* EarthBound playthrough
* 1/128 Challenge
* EarthBound prototype (cancelled)
* EarthBound Randomizer: RuedaBatta
* EarthBound Keysanity
* Mother 2 Keysanity
* EarthBound but if I die I start over (livestream series)
* EarthBound: Hard Mode
* MonkeyPaula Plays EarthBound Blind! (livestream series)
* EarthBound Playthrough (PrimateNinten, privatized)

#### Mother 3

* Mother 3 playthrough
* Low Level Salsa Solo Challenge
* Mother 3: Hard Mode (PrimateNinten, privatized)
Alph Quotes

##### Origin

***Alph Quotes*** is a recurring meme on MonkeyNess's livestreams. Alph during streams will frequently say random things, giving detail to his rather cartoonish personality. This led to the chat developing a series of quotes beginning with ***"Alph the type of guy to"*** Which is frequently followed by a cartoonish stereotype

##### Twitter Page

Chat has even gone as far as to develop a Twitter page for this, ***@AlphQuotes***.
Bubble Monkey

***Bubble Monkey*** is a side character in *EarthBound* who assists Jeff (and later the Chosen Four) in crossing Lake Tessie.

#### MonkeyNess and Bubble Monkey

Bubble Monkey is MonkeyNess's icon on YouTube, Twitter, Discord, and TikTok. Bubble Monkey is also frequently used as Monkey's avatar in videos, and is commonly used by fans in fan art to depict him. Aside from being Monkey's avatar, Bubble Monkey also makes several appearances as himself in videos, including starring in a now-deleted short called "MonkeyVerse" that was uploaded in June 2022, but removed due to copyright problems.

#### Lore

It is unclear if Bubble Monkey and MonkeyNess are two separate people, as he is frequently used as MonkeyNess's avatar, as well as Bubble Monkey's wife being used as MonkeyPaula's avatar.
Mother Encore Demo! (w/ Maple & Monkey)

***Mother Encore Demo! (w/ Maple & Monkey),*** also called ***MotherTubers Encore*** was a livestream on both MonkeyNess and MapleMoriko's YouTube channels on August 5, 2023. The stream consisted of the two both playing through the Mother Encore demo (released July 27, 2023) at the same time while talking on Discord.

The stream was announced on July 31, 2023 and lasted about two and a half hours, and spawned a stream edit on PrimateNinten.

##### Hosts

* MonkeyNess
* MapleMoriko

##### Notable Chat Members

* Pkdotts (Mother Encore director)
* Castor28 (Mother Encore dev)
* John Mother 1 (Mother Encore dev)
* JAMcade (Editor for MapleMoriko)

##### Other Channels

Late on August 6, 2023, one day later, MonkeyNess uploaded a stream highlights video of the stream to PrimateNinten titled *MonkeyNess Plays Mother Encore! (Stream Edit) ft. MapleMoriko*. It features art created by Castor 28, a dev on Mother Encore.
Keys

**Keys** is MonkeyNess's Persian from the Pokemon Nuzlocke stream series in summer 2023.

Keys's name is reference to Door, Monkey's Pidgeotto/Pidgeot, and the lore states the two share a sort of sibling relationship, though Keys has gone on to far surpass Door in terms of position and use on the team.

Keys was caught at level 11 as a Meowth in episode 2.
The Incarceration of EST gang

***The Incarceration and Deportation of the EST Gang*** is an ongoing struggle and series of events in the MonkeyNess Discord server.

#### History and Events

On August 7, 2022, Random Rants of EST Gang and Tiggywoovit of EST Gang were both incarcerated and sent to Brazil by the MST gang. The reason of there Imprisonment and eventual banishment is Unknown. the Two, after retuning from Brazil, they both stared a war against MST gang, there battle is in a separate Page

#### Victims

* Random Rants
* Tiggywoovit
MST GANG

The **MST** **Gang** is a group of members of the MonkeyNess discord server that lives in the MOUNTAIN Standard Timezone. The **MST Gang** does not do much other than just boast about living in the MOUNTAIN Standard Timezone.

Members of the **MST Gang** are as follows:

* Camz92
* MarcieBound (betrayed EST gang, Member of Monkeyness Official Police)
* Starman\_01 (Member of Monkeyness Official Police)
* Salsa 1 (Member of Monkeyness Official Police)
* Micheal
* them

This is a complete list [Note that Salsa 1 has came on record saying that he is not a member of MST gang, unsure of Starman\_01.}

#### Incarceration and Deportation of EST GANG Members

On August 7, 2022, EST GANG member MarcieBound revealed her true alignment as a member of the MST GANG, incinerating and deporting users Tiggywoovit and RandomRants to Brazil.

(PS, RandomRants says that MST gang is poopy)[camz responds with zuian curses]
Club

**Club** is MonkeyNess's Sandslash from the Pokemon LeafGreen Nuzlocke series, and has been alive and boxed since part 5.

Club was nicknamed by Monkey himself, and is a reference to his boxed Sandshrew named "BLT," with the former's name also being related to a sandwich.

Club is the last Pokemon caught by Monkey during the main story of Pokemon LeafGreen, on Route 23, the final route before the Elite Four. Monkey forgets to capture a Pokemon on Victory Road after it, rendering Club as the final catch of the main game.
MapleMoriko

***MapleMoriko*** (also known by just ***Maple*** or ***SSBBfangirl1*** as her previous name) is a well-known MotherTuber, sprite artist, and livestreamer who has been active for over ten years. She is most well known for her *PSI Universe* animated series. As of September 2023, she has over 9.5k subscribers.

#### Solo Work

Maple's best known for her sprite animation series *PSI Universe*, even being featured in Mother Direct 2022 and 2023. She additionally has done vlogs, and other videos/animations on the *Mother* series. Maple also streams work on her videos and Pokemon TCG unboxings on her YouTube channel.

#### Affiliation with MonkeyNess

She joined the MonkeyNess Discord server on August 7, 2022. She appeared in the chat of a *MonkeyPaula Plays EarthBound* and Sonic Adventure livestream. The two have become friends. Monkey has expressed respect for her work in his *Mother Direct 2022* and *2023* videos, and on several streams. On August 8, 2022, Maple was promoted to moderator status and helped develop the server's level-up system and updated moderation bots with Micheal. Monkey and Maple regularly frequent each other's livestreams. During Maple's October 2022 charity livestream, Monkey donated $50 USD, which was $69 in Canadian currency. For a collaborative fun facts video in October 2022, Maple created a custom pixel sprite for Monkey, depicted as a light-blue Salsa with Ness's hat, and a purple scarf. Since 2023, the two have collaborated several more times. Since March 2023, Monkey has joined Maple's PSI Universe Staff.

##### Lore

Maple is not-so-secretly the Hamburglar from the McDonald's franchise, and insists everyone call her by that name.

#### Social Media

* YouTube: MapleMoriko
* Twitter: @MapleMoriko (inactive)
* Twitch: MapleMoriko (inactive)
* Discord: MapleMoriko
	+ She also has her own private PSI Universe Discord server
* DeviantArt: Maple Moriko
Kanye West

***Ye*** (also known as ***Kanye West***) is an American rapper, fashion designer, and businessman. He is one of the best-selling music artist of all time.

Ye has been referenced directly and indirectly several times by MonkeyNess.

#### Lore

##### MonkeyNess vs. Kanye West Drama

In May 2022, Monkey uploaded a video detailing fictional drama between him and Ye, stating he and Teddy (from *Mother*) were cut from the upcoming album *Donda 3.* Monkey was saddened by this, and was then depicted being murdered by Ye in a music video by Ye. In August 2022, Ye tweeted for the first time in 2 years, making a live Twitter Spaces room, where he talked about killing MonkeyNess for 7 minutes, deleted the tweet, and logged off. It was reported by SEGAnerd that Kanye is currently working on a MonkeyNess diss track.

#### Discord Emojis

Ye appeared as two custom emojis on the MonkeyNess Discord server as Happy Ye and Mad Ye. These emojis, and the "Find God" sticker were removed in October 2022, likely due to controversial acts and remarks made by Ye.

#### References in MonkeyNess Videos

* Referenced visually and musically in "Ninten in Paris"
* Mother 3 part 43 "Runaway" is possibly a reference
* Referenced musically in "EarthBOUND 2"
* Appears in "Defending the Easy Ring (Part 1)"
* Appears in "EarthBound is a Work of Art"
* Mentioned several times in *MonkeyPaula Plays EarthBound Blind* streams
* Appears in "MonkeyNess vs. Kanye West Drama (Explained)"
* Musically referenced in video essay credits:
	+ Momma's Boyfriend (Could EarthBound Work as a Movie?)
	+ Never See Me Again (Why EarthBound is a Work of Art)
	+ Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 (Picking on EarthBound)
	+ Follow God (Giygas's Teeth (I Promise This is Interesting))
	+ Through the Wire (Is Mother 3 REALLY Too Controversial?)
	+ Ghost Town (Ness is a Perfect Silent Protagonist)
	+ Good Life (How do you pronounce "Onett"?)
* Referenced musically in "GOOD MORNING" (ApeLucas)
* Referenced musically in "Good morning.mov" (ApeLucas)
* Mentioned in "Best Teeth in the Game?"
Mother 3: Salsa Low Level Solo Run

The ***Mother 3: Salsa Low Level Solo Run*** is a series by MonkeyNess from May 2022. It is the last playthrough series hosted on the MonkeyNess channel. In the series Monkey defeats every required boss in Mother 3 (excluding the Masked Man) with only Salsa via the Debug Room, only allowed to gain experience from said bosses. The series is Monkey's attempt at the challenge, which was created by GGFan in 2021.

##### Trivia

* The bonus episode is hosted on ApeLucas
* GGFan has seen the series
Monkey Mondays

***Monkey Mondays*** is a weekly event on the MonkeyNess Discord server and MonkeyNess's Twitter account where members post their fan-art and other creations of monkeys and other primates to the #creative channel. Each week, MonkeyNess picks his favorite monkey creations and posts them on his Twitter account.

#### Format

On each Monkey Monday, MonkeyNess makes an announcement as a reminder on the #creative channel on the MonkeyNess Discord server. Submissions are taken throughout the day, and MonkeyNess posts his favorite submissions in a tweet on his Twitter account that evening. MonkeyNess also sends reminders over the weekend leading up to MM, though this role has also been filled by Alph.

#### Impact

**"***the only way I know weeks are even passing anymore is because of monkey mondays" -**Micheal***

Monkey Mondays has led to members of the Discord server to suggest *Teddy Tuesdays* (there also being an emoji on the server with the same name), *Hole Wednesdays, Orangutan Thursdays,* and *Sussy Friday*s. It's also caused an influx of regular monkey-related art to be posted in the server.

#### Notable *Monkey Mondays* Artists

* MonkeyNess
* RK-d
* Micheal
* Mother3Flint (uncredited)

#### Art Forms

A list of types of art that have been submitted for Monkey Mondays.

* Drawings (paper)
* Digital drawings
* Pixel art
* Image edits
* ROM Hack

#### Notable Monkey Mondays

**July 18, 2022**

* ***YoshiKoopa*** is the first person to submit something for Monkey Monday
	+ https://discord.com/channels/976722985362796554/976737262031212565/998618836196675645
* ***Voorphy, I P\*op in Urinals,*** and ***YoshiKoopa*** are the first people to be featured on Monkey Monday
	+ https://twitter.com/PrimateNess/status/1549190130941952006/photo/1
* The first Monkey Monday is hosted, and first MM tweet is made
	+ https://discord.com/channels/976722985362796554/976737262031212565/998590807466590428
	+ https://twitter.com/PrimateNess/status/1549190130941952006/photo/1

**July 25, 2022**

* ***Random Rants, rat lady,*** and ***Marciebound*** are the first to submit MonkeyNess fan-art for MM
	+ https://twitter.com/PrimateNess/status/1551698851127500800
* ***MonkeyNess*** participates for the first time, posting twice on Discord
	+ https://discord.com/channels/976722985362796554/976737262031212565/1001310451600216114
	+ https://discord.com/channels/976722985362796554/976737262031212565/1001325661350277180

**August 1, 2022**

* First Monkey Monday to have too many submissions to include all of them in the Twitter post
	+ https://twitter.com/PrimateNess/status/1554226940168572928

**August 15, 2022**

* **RK-d** is a featured artist, for her *The World Ends With You*-inspired monkey "Monkey Neku"
	+ https://twitter.com/PrimateNess/status/1559317502009741312

**August 29, 2022**

* **Micheal** submits a ROM Hack of Pokemon Emerald that allows players to use Salsa as their starter Pokemon
	+ https://discord.com/channels/976722985362796554/976737262031212565/1013838695075418132

**October 17, 2022**

* For the first time, MonkeyNess misses posting for Monkey Monday on Twitter, posting it on Tuesday, October 18
MonkeyNess's Barrel (Discord Server)

***MonkeyNess's Barrel*** is the official Discord server for MonkeyNess, launched in May 2022. As of July 2023, it has more than 230 members.

#### Staff

* MonkeyNess **(lead staff member)**
* Micheal **(lead staff member)**
* MapleMoriko
* Justice -
* Alpha Theories
* MonkeyPaula
* RK-d / Arcade

#### Former Staff

* mr mine splat
* L / N64 man

#### Emojis

The server has many custom emojis, some of the most notable are:

* Several monkeys from the Mother series
* Several of Teddy
* Ness Gets Trolled
* Nerd Lloyd

#### Early Video Releases (May - August 2022, September 2022 - Present)

MonkeyNess previously released new videos to the Discord server 10 minutes early in the #new-uploads channel. This function has since been taken over by a bot, retiring this feature. In September however, the feature returned for unknown reasons.

#### Roles

There are currently several custom "roles" in the #roles channel.

* Level-Up Roles (EarthBound Sanctuary Locations)
* Pronoun Roles
* Completed Games (Mother series)
* Ping Roles (new upload notifications)
* Chimp (allows people to post images and non-server emojis)
* Monkey (mod role)

#### Discord Channels

* Member Updates
	+ #new-members
		1. level-ups
* MonkeyNess Updates
	+ #monkeyness-blog
	+ #new-uploads
* Information
	+ announcements
	+ rules
	+ #welcome
	+ #roles
* General
	+ #general-chat
	+ #general-gaming (forum)
	+ #creative
* Mother
	+ #mother-spoilers
	+ #mother-1
	+ #mother-2
	+ #mother-3
		1. mother-fangames (forum)
* Suggestions
	+ #server-suggestions
	+ #emoji-suggestions
	+ #monkeyness-suggestions
* Voice Channels
	+ General

#### Deleted Channels and Other

A list of deleted channels and other things from the server.

* #monekyness-discussion
	+ Previously for discussing MonkeyNess videos, converted into #monkeyness-wiki-community
* #monkeyness-friends
	+ Previously for promotion of MonkeyNess's friends' content, now deleted
	+ There were also briefly "Alph" roles, for notifications from Alpha Theories
* #primateninten-suggestions
	+ Originally for suggesting series for PrimateNinten, converted into #monkeyness-suggestions
	1. monkeyness-wiki-community
* #book-club
	1. teddy
	2. no-mics
	3. online-gaming
ApeLucas

***ApeLucas*** is a YouTube Channel ran by MonkeyNess, where he uploads clips and shorts primarily. He has also uploaded unused and bonus videos to this channel. The channel has over 1.15k subscribers.

#### Monkey Book Club

In July 2022, the series Monkey Book Club was moved to this channel, as Monkey didn't think it fit on *MonkeyNess* anymore. It is unknown how regularly the show will be updated.

#### Unboxing Videos

A couple unboxing videos have been released on the channel, such as presents from friends, and Hobonichi merchandise.
History of EarthBound Rumors

**History of EarthBound Rumors** is a video by MonkeyNess uploaded in February 2023. The video is notable for marking Monkey's return to YouTube and Twitter after disappearing for several months after the release of his previous video "Deltarune Impressions."

##### Content

The video is made up of several stories of news coverage, leaks, and other assumptions made regarding the Mother series since the late 1990s up until the 2020s. Micheal helped with translation of some Japanese.

##### Reception

The video was positively received by MonkeyNess's viewers, who many of were happy to see him return to YouTube.
Videos MonkeyNess Might Make

This page is a list of videos MonkeyNess has expressed interest in making, or are possible.

* Video about Mother 3 and *The Notebook* novels
* MonkeyPaula Plays Mother livestream series
* MonkeyPaula Plays Mother 3 livestream series
* Mother and Mother 2 novels coverage
* Mother 3 Handbook video series
* EarthBound Beginnings Handbook video series
* American Jeff vs. Japanese Jeff
* American Poo vs. Japanese Poo
* EarthBound Bonus Episode 2
* Video essay about Giygas vs. Giegue
* Video on Mother manga/comics
* Magicants Comparison video
* Tears of the Kingdom Playthrough
Mothercraft

***Mothercraft*** is a series by MonkeyNess where he recreates *Mother* series (and related) pixel art in Minecraft. Monkey had made Minecraft videos before this, but the series officially started on April 17, 2021. The series was updated regularly from April to June 2021, and an anniversary video in April 2022. The series has seemingly been discontinued.

#### Commentary (2021)

The first 28 episodes of the series had no commentary, and were just timelapses with music from the Mother and Super Smash Bros. series. Since episode 29 (Alec from Mother 3), episodes have had post-commentary, and the anniversary episode had live commentary.

#### Hiatus (June 2021-April 2022)

The series went on hiatus in June 2021 until an episode in April 2022. Monkey said the reason was that his Minecraft account had been hacked, but he had since gotten it back, and that episodes would resume but be released randomly.

#### Non-Mother Creation

Monkey recreated Totoro from the anime Ghibli film *My Neighbor Totoro* for an episode, to celebrate its anniversary, as Shigesato Itoi (Mother series creator) was the voice of the father in the film.

#### Future

Monkey also expressed interest in doing a series of Mothercraft videos where he would recreate entire locations from the series. The series could possibly continue on PrimateNinten.
EarthBound

***EarthBound*** (Japanese: MOTHER 2 ～ギーグの逆襲～*Mother 2: Gyiyg Strikes Back!*), subtitled as **The War Against Giygas!**, is a game that was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System on August 27, 1994 in Japan and on June 1, 1995 in North America. It was designed and directed by Shigesato Itoi, with music by Hiroshi Kanazu, Keiichi Suzuki and Hirokazu Tanaka.

*EarthBound* chronicles the adventures of Ness, a 13-year-old boy who journeys around the world using his "PK" or "PSI" to collect eight melodies in order to save the future from an alien of pure evil, intending to sentence all of reality to the horror of eternal darkness.

Despite being successful in Japan, the North American version was released to a poor commercial response. Years later, the game was praised for its atmosphere, graphics, humor, gameplay, music, and final battle; though was criticized for original English translation. The game is now lauded by gamers worldwide for its humorous depictions of American culture and parody of the RPG video game genre, and has since become a cult classic.

*EarthBound* was released on Nintendo's Virtual Console service for the first time on March 20, 2013 in Japan and July 18, 2013, in North America, and for the first time, Australia and Europe. It was released for the New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in March 2016. On September 29, 2017, *EarthBound* was one of the 21 games released on the English SNES Classic. On February 9, 2022, via Nintendo Direct, it was announced the game would be added to the Nintendo Switch Online Super Nintendo app later the same day day.

A sequel to *EarthBound*, titled *Mother 3* was released only in Japan on April 20, 2006, and has yet to see a western release.

#### MonkeyNess and *Mother 2*

EarthBound was Monkey's first playthrough series, and he has since done many other playthroughs and challenge runs of the game. He also did a livestream series in which his significant other, MonkeyPaula, played the game blind. Most of Monkey's videos relate to *Mother 2*, with much more content related to it than the other *Mother* games.
RandomRants

### Who is RandomRants?

RandomRants is a viewer of MonkeyNess, and a regular of the MonkeyNess discord server. He joined the discord server during the third part of the MonkeyPaula EarthBound streams. And ever since, he had been very active in the discord server.

#### What has RandomRants done?

RandomRants, is a very small youtuber that occasionally makes art in the MonkeyNess discord server. He has made many friendships with others in the community. He has been a part of the MonkeyNess lore, and the Outbacc lore. But we will get to that later. RandomRants (at the time of writing this) is doing a stream series on Sonic Adventure 2.

##### The Lore.

RandomRants has contributed to the MonkeyNess and Outbacc Lore. In the MN (MonkeyNess) lore he was a part of the EST gang and is the creator of the strongest ability in the universe, "PK Gun". He has taught this ability to a friend of his, Termina. He was a big supporter of the EST gang, but in the end, he was the one to end it. After he learned how this "gang" created separation inside the community. In the Outbacc Lore, he has the ability to turn into the powerful Pink Starman JR. And joins Starman\_01 in battle. He has gone through wars, learned new abilities, and created new forms. And was one of the reasons Starman\_01 and him one all of the wars he is in.

###### Connections

RandomRants is friends with many other people in the community: Termina, Starman\_01, Tiggywoovit, Waidav (no longer in the server), MarcieBound, rat lady, Hyperslinky81, and penguinlinks.

###### Leaving the Server

Rants has left server, and has been a more independent streamer since then. he still has connections with some previous member of the Monkey Barrel. He has yet to return
Monkey Book Club

***Monkey Book Club*** is a randomly updated book discussion series by MonkeyNess

#### Format

In the videos, Monkey has appeared *on camera* in a mask to discuss his recent reads, and later in the series began to inform viewers of the next books he would read so they could participate. As of July 2022, the "face cam" format has seemingly been retired in favor of a form closer to his other videos.

#### Run on MonkeyNess (2021-2022)

From November 2021 to April 2022 (technically July 2022), MonkeyNess released videos almost monthly discussing the most recent books he had read. The series used a "monkey" titling scheme. The series took a vlog format, where MonkeyNess would appear *on camera* in a monkey mask to discuss the books, though this was retired in July 2022. The videos were privatized in October 2022.

#### Move to ApeLucas (2022-present)

In early July 2022, MonkeyNess uploaded a book club video titled "Mr. Saturn's Strange Origins", which was met with mixed reception, many complaining the video did not completely revolve around this topic. In response, MonkeyNess removed the video, and then shortly reuploaded it on his channel ApeLucas. Monkey made a post on his Discord blog saying he apologized to those who felt misled by the video, and decided to move the series to ApeLucas from now-on as he felt the series didn't really have a place with his recent content. The series resumed in August 2022 with *the video Monkey Book Club - August 2022.*

#### GoodReads Account

In early April 2022, Monkey introduced an official GoodReads account, where he updates his progress on what he's reading.

#### Bookmarks

In April 2022, Monkey released free MonkeyNess/Monkey Book Club bookmarks in a file format, which can be printed and cut out to be used by anyone. They all feature Bubble Monkey with different text, there being three designs. As of August 2022, these are the only official pieces of MonkeyNess merchandise.