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MOTHER: Cognitive Dissonance

The title screen for Mother: Cognitive Dissonance.

Also shortened to Mother: CogDis and full name being Cognitive Dissonance: Between Two Times, Mother: Cognitive Dissonance is a fan game created by otherhand that takes place in the timeline between EarthBound Beginnings and EarthBound. It follows the story of group of aliens known as the Applechasers, who travel across the Solar System to search for and protect the Apple of Enlightenment, that has prophesied the defeat of the alien army's commander, Giegue, at the hands of four Earth children. The game plays with a chapter system similar to that of Mother 3.

The plot begins in 198X shortly after Giegue was defeated by Ninten and company. On the planet Saturn a blue Mook named Alinivar is forced to flee his cave after a meteor crashes, and shortly after his paintings and flora come to life. Giegue then breaks out from the meteor and kills Alinivar and a neighboring Mr. Saturn. Alinivar wakes up in a grayscale landscape and hears a voice (later revealed to be the Apple of Enlightenment) that offers to resurrect Alinivar if he is willing to embark on a journey to protect its pieces from Giegue, who it prophecies will lose control of his powers and become the universal cosmic destroyer Giygas. The Apple of Enlightenment grants Alinivar the power of PSI for him to use on his journey.

Alinivar then travels across the Solar System and meets three friends who join him to form the Applechasers: a Mr. Saturn named Colonel Saturn is an old Rock War veteran; Larice, a Starman who was formerly deactived until he wakes up aboard the Mothership, who then betrays the other Starmen to help Alivinar; and Zarbol, an incectoid ailien who is later revealed to be Buzz Buzz. The Applechasers travel across the Solar System to find the eight Points of Power, which are the eight pieces of the Apple of Enlightenment. A major character is Niiue, he is first introduced as the second in command of Giegue's army, he guides the Applechasers on their mission serving as a mentor. Later it is revealed that Niiue is actually a manifestation of Giegue's compassion and other human emotions, ejected from him following the latter's battle with Ninten and his friends on Earth. At the endgame the Applechasers reach the location of Giegue, but Niiue and Zarbol stay behind so that Zarbol can travel 10 years into the past to warn a child of the soon destruction of the world. The others battle their way through the barriers of Giegue's mind, and are once again joined by Niiue as they confront Giegue at the unfinished Devil's Machine.

Giegue begins to lose control, destroying his mind and physical form and becoming Giygas, the universal cosmic destroyer. From here the actions of the player determine the outcome: in the"bad ending" the Applechasers are all killed and the events of EarthBound unfold. The "good ending" occurs if the plsyer successfully reached the eight Points of Power. Alivinar learns PK Harmony, using it eight times will restore Giegue back to his sane state where he is no longer evil. He and Niiue then express their thanks and use a mysterious power to erase all of the evil actions of Giegue. There are also ther unique endings: a "paradox ending", a "joke ending", and a "severence ending".