I remember that I spent the longest time only seeing Earthbound stuff via music remixes, and one fanart for the background of a Paula's Theme remix had Paula with the mushroom on her head from fighting the mushrooms... but I never watched a playthrough, so I spent multiple years thinking this gal just casually had a mushroom on her head for an accessory, as part of her character design... until Earthbound became available on the switch and I discovered that was a status effect lol
I remember that I spent the longest time only seeing Earthbound stuff via music remixes, and one fanart for the background of a Paula's Theme remix had Paula with the mushroom on her head from fighting the mushrooms... but I never watched a playthrough, so I spent multiple years thinking this gal just casually had a mushroom on her head for an accessory, as part of her character design... until Earthbound became available on the switch and I discovered that was a status effect lol