Happy Boxes are an important plot element inMother 3, sold and created by thePigmask Army.

In Mother 3

Happy Boxes are first seen inChapter 3, advertised bySalsa under the control ofFassad. Happy Boxes are implied to be brainwashing devices, hypnotizing people to buy consumer goods fromNew Pork City, and also leading to the modernization ofTazmily Village. The villagers in Tazmily Village were skeptical at first, and only three were sold, toAbbot andAbbey,Biff, andIsaac, respectively. Three years later inChapter 4, it is shown that nearly everyone in the village owns a Happy Box, excluding a select few.Lightning often strikes the homes of anyone who does not own a Happy Box, namelyFlint's family,Alec, andReggie.

Despite their similar appearance to televisions, they are not actually displaying anything, and they were redesigned multiple times to make them less resemble televisions.^[1]

Memodescription

"It is said that just by putting one of these suspicious-looking boxes in the corner of a room, one can achieve happiness. By Fassad's demand, Salsa was forced to distribute them."

Gallery

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  A package containing a Happy Box.
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  Salsa carrying a Happy Box, as it would have appeared inEarthBound 64.

References

• Mother 3 items