Earthbound (film) (MinecraftFan11ofScratch's take)/Trivia

Trivia for the 2020 film, Earthbound (film) (MinecraftFan11ofScratch's take).

Trivia

 * This film has a couple of differences from the original game's plot. For instance:
 * Moments not used in the original Earthbound and dialogue between the Chosen Four are used to give a richer narrative to the film.
 * Ness and King team up with Picky to explore the meteorite out of pure curiosity, instead of Pokey calling Ness to help him find Picky.
 * Ness and Pokey's relationship is explored more thanks to the expanded story. While Ness used to see him as a misunderstood friend and overlooked his flaws until the film's events, Pokey praises yet feel jealous of Ness' charisma and popularity, becoming obsessed with topping him thanks to Giygas' influence.
 * Pokey is reported to be missing through Onett, and Ness initially tries to find him through his journey, only to find out he's slowly descending to an evil path.
 * Even in the Japanese version, Paula keeps her brave personality, while in the Japanese version of the original game, she's portrayed as a more frail girl.
 * Poo's Mu Training is bowdlerized for the limbs, ears, and eyes simply vanishing to keep the PG rating.
 * Giygas is shown at first in his MOTHER/Earthbound Beginning's form, only to transform gradually through the movie into his Earthbound appearance.
 * The method Giygas is defeated is completely different, even if the way the heroes use to reach him is the same. In the game, after the first phase, Paula must pray, reaching out to all the people on Earth and eventually the player, to eradicate Giygas. In the film, praying is also used, but by all the Chosen Four members, and it's implied they call out the whole population of the planet Earth because of the impossibility to repeat the effect of calling the player (although audience participation is encouraged). Even then, Giygas is only finished for sure with one last attack from Ness, instead of solely by the prayers.
 * This might imply this version of Giygas is even more powerful than the game version of the character, as he resists his weakness even if it's exploited by billions of living beings.
 * The film's tagline is a reference for the original MOTHER's tagline, "No crying until the end."