EarthBound: The Series (Johnsonverse)

EarthBound: The Series is an American-British-Japanese television series that aired on WBC from September 1, 1997 to June 21, 2015, based on the 1994 Super Nintendo Entertainment System game Mother 2, which was released in the US as EarthBound. It is a follow-up to the 1997 movie, and was developed and directed by Timothy Hill, who directed the film.

Season 2 (1998-1999)
Season 2 took place away from Earth. A freak wormhole opens up while Jeff is testing the new interstellar starship he and his father built, transporting him and the ship to the other side of the galaxy. When Jeff discovers Ness and Paula accidentally got locked in a storage closet, they must now all work together to return home. This time, they are truly Earthbound!

Season 3 (1999-2000)
Season 3 premiered on Labor Day 1999. Jeff was absent.

Season 4 (2000-2001)
Taking place shortly after the Tazmily Island incident, the season follows Ness and Paula's efforts to solve mysterious disappearances around the country. Again, Jeff was absent. This was the last season with the original cast.

Season 5 (2001-2002)
One year after the events of Season 4,

Season 6 (2002-2003)
Season 6 follows the battles between the Human-Mechonoid-Renegade Dalek Resistance Group and the Dalek Empire, as they fight for Earth.

Season 7 (2003-2004)
Season 7 saw the battle go galactic, as well as the long-awaited resurrection of Poo, Pokey gaining a new body, and the return of a villain from the past whom Ness and Paula believed dead...

Season 15 (2011-2012)
After the Dalek invasion in EarthBound 2: Invasion, Ness, Paula, and Jeff, all now 16, work to form a resistance group to topple the Dalek puppet government. With Mechonoids and Renegade Daleks on their side, not to mention Gaia (who turns out to be a Morgan Freeman look- and sound-alike) pulling strings with God to bring Poo back to life, they are ready to take back their planet.

All seasons

 * Ness (played by Gary Nelson from 1997-2001, John Helbert from 2001-2008, and Tim Johnson from 2008-2015) is the series' protagonist.
 * Paula (played by Kate Locklain from 1997-2001, Vanessa Parsons from 2001-2008, and Chloe Johnson from 2008-2015)
 * Jeff (played by Jeffrey Paul from 1997-1999, and Billy Michaels from 2001-2015)
 * Poo (played by Shiro)

Season 15

 * Ninten (played by Gary Nelson)
 * Ana (played by Kate Locklain)
 * Loid (played by Jeffrey Paul)

Reception
The series managed to maintain consistently high ratings throughout its run. The highest-viewed episode was "The Return", which was aired on Memorial Day 1998, the second-highest being "Project X", which aired on Labor Day 2011.

Critically, the series recieved universal acclaim. Entertainment Weekly noted in 2012 that the series "is of the same caliber as the movie". The series got a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.