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This feels like the status quo for the channel.

Regardless, there are various issues. Picking apart specific pieces of evidence isn't worthwhile unless you pick them all apart, as otherwise the theory can just fall back onto what's left. If you want to debunk it, you have to attack the underlying logic and method.

In this case, there's the major error of overcomplication. Namely, it assumes that holding all else equal, the more complex explanation is the way to go. So where there are these small allusions to Earthbound, the argument goes that these must be clues that Undertale takes place within the Mother universe. As opposed to, say, each allusion being merely a reference to a franchise that the creator loved. The homage explanation is far more likely, given that we have to assume that Toby is clever enough to subtly connect these two game universes in such a complex way, but misses the very important consequence that Sans, being human, would have a human soul, which as many other commenters pointed out in his video, is not possible given what we witness in the game.

There's also the usual problems, such as ignoring other points of dialogue that seem to contradict the theory, or ignoring other possible explanations for the same pieces of evidence.

Though as I said, it feels like the status quo. From what I've seen, I've never really felt that Mr. Patrick actually believes any of the theories he presents on the show. They are pure entertainment instead.

It raises an interesting point about what "go home" and "go back" is supposed to refer to in Sans's dialogue, though.