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| − | [[File:HappyHappyists.png|thumb|250px|A fraction of the 180 Happy Happyists who gather at founding member Carpainter's headquarters. The lighter blue ones will move out of the way in-game.]]'''Happy Happyism''' is a form of religion in ''[[EarthBound]]''. A cult in nature, Happy Happyism was established by [[Carpainter]], and up until early in the game, possess the [[Happy Happy Village|their own village]] in [[Peaceful Rest Valley]]. The cult worships the color blue, as evidenced by their mission to paint "everything in the world blue" and their chanting of "''Blue, blue, blue''" several times a day and once before their bedtime. After their [[Carpainter|leader]] was defeated the cult was disbanded. |
+ | [[File:HappyHappyists.png|thumb|250px|A fraction of the 180 Happy Happyists who gather at founding member Carpainter's headquarters. The lighter blue ones will move out of the way in-game.]]'''Happy Happyism''' is a form of religion in ''[[EarthBound]]''. A cult in nature, Happy Happyism was established by [[Carpainter]], and up until early in the game, possess the [[Happy Happy Village|their own village]] in [[Peaceful Rest Valley]]. The cult worships the color blue, as evidenced by their mission to paint "everything in the world blue" and their chanting of "''Blue, blue, blue''" several times a day and once before their bedtime. After their [[Carpainter|leader]] was defeated, the cult was disbanded. |
==Membership== |
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| − | Most Happy Happyists are former residents of [[Twoson]], the nearest town and only access point to Peaceful Rest Valley, where their village headquarters are located. Aspiring members appear to have scheduled meetings with Happy Happyist counselors in order to determine their allegiance to the "religion". High-ranked Happy Happyists are directly involved with the operations of the cult's founder, Carpainter, while the lower ranked members are responsible for painting everything, from buildings to animals (including a |
+ | Most Happy Happyists are former residents of [[Twoson]], the nearest town and only access point to Peaceful Rest Valley, where their village headquarters are located. Aspiring members appear to have scheduled meetings with Happy Happyist counselors in order to determine their allegiance to the "religion". High-ranked Happy Happyists are directly involved with the operations of the cult's founder, Carpainter, while the lower ranked members are responsible for painting everything, from buildings to animals (including a cow), the color blue, and spreading the word of Happy Happyism. |
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Revision as of 11:27, 31 May 2013
A fraction of the 180 Happy Happyists who gather at founding member Carpainter's headquarters. The lighter blue ones will move out of the way in-game.
Happy Happyism is a form of religion in EarthBound. A cult in nature, Happy Happyism was established by Carpainter, and up until early in the game, possess the their own village in Peaceful Rest Valley. The cult worships the color blue, as evidenced by their mission to paint "everything in the world blue" and their chanting of "Blue, blue, blue" several times a day and once before their bedtime. After their leader was defeated, the cult was disbanded.
Membership
Most Happy Happyists are former residents of Twoson, the nearest town and only access point to Peaceful Rest Valley, where their village headquarters are located. Aspiring members appear to have scheduled meetings with Happy Happyist counselors in order to determine their allegiance to the "religion". High-ranked Happy Happyists are directly involved with the operations of the cult's founder, Carpainter, while the lower ranked members are responsible for painting everything, from buildings to animals (including a cow), the color blue, and spreading the word of Happy Happyism.
Appearance
Insane Cultist
Happy Happyists who work directly for Carpainter dress entirely in blue garbs that loosely mirror the attire of the real-life Ku Klux Klan, a cultlike American white nationalist group. In battle, they are seen carrying containers of blue paint, as well as brushes. Average residents of Happy Happy Village do not dress accordingly, but are equally intent on painting everything blue.
In the original Japanese Mother 2, the Insane Cultists have the letters "HH" on their caps. Most likely to decrease their similarity to the Ku Klux Klan (Who sometimes have the letters "KKK" on their robes), the localization team removed the letters and added fluffy little balls at the end of the caps.[1]
Matthew Patrick, creator of the YouTube series "Game Theory", cited in his Earthbound episode several similarities between the Happy Happyists and the Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult, who were responsible for several sarin gas attacks in Japanese subways in 1995.