Game Theory: Are You a Kid or Squid? - Splatoon SOLVED!

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    Are you a Kid or are you a Squid? The question has plagued the gaming community since... well okay not that long ago, but it was SPLATOON’s main marketing slogan! And in truth, Inklings are fascinating: bipedal childlike creatures one moment, blooper-like ink swimming cephalopods the next. But is it possible to ever truly know if Inklings are more Squid-like or more Kid-like? YES. Yes it is. And today I will prove to you that Inklings are ABSOLUTELY more one than the other!
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  • @daninja4357
    @daninja4357 Před rokem +843

    After beating Splatoon 3, which is YEARS later than this video was posted, MatPat is correct, squids evolved into squid kids from human desire and genetic experiments

    • @sashaprovince3836
      @sashaprovince3836 Před rokem +59

      legit when I first read that bit of lore my first thought was “matpat was right!”

    • @squiffurthewolf6276
      @squiffurthewolf6276 Před rokem +32

      Not for exactly the right reason tho, its not their rng editing or whatever that allowed them to evolve quickly, its the weird human mind reading crystals in the water, well, and maybe a little bit of the rna thing

    • @Shimofae
      @Shimofae Před rokem +16

      big nuke went boom, fishies are now not fishies

    • @jameswilliams2075
      @jameswilliams2075 Před rokem +17

      @@squiffurthewolf6276 it is possible the crystals manipulated the squid rna to make them more human

    • @OrbiterVR
      @OrbiterVR Před rokem +2

      I thought there was no end and you just shoot others

  • @dumpdump1321
    @dumpdump1321 Před 7 lety +3108

    Fun fact, Matpat said "Kid" 20 times and said "Squid" 26 times during this video

    • @4473021
      @4473021 Před 7 lety +161

      DUMP DUMP More squid than kid. Matpat squid confirmed.

    • @J-Coops_
      @J-Coops_ Před 7 lety +75

      You know you have no life when you replay the video to make sure this is true.

    • @bito2041
      @bito2041 Před 7 lety +30

      That's a neat fact, (but how is it fun?)

    • @autis4724
      @autis4724 Před 7 lety +27

      And who da fak counted?

    • @FeatheredThreat
      @FeatheredThreat Před 7 lety +8

      DUMP DUMP obviously

  • @boogtoons4630
    @boogtoons4630 Před rokem +282

    Man, the fact that this is MatPat's only Splatoon theory feels like a bit of a cop-out. The lore in this series is WILD.

    • @EchannelYT
      @EchannelYT Před rokem +4

      Yes

    • @deannal.newton9772
      @deannal.newton9772 Před rokem +8

      I know, I've learned so much from the world of Splatoon from the Sunken Sea Scrolls alone and I still think that there's a connection between Squid Girl and the Inklings.

    • @iAmMadeOfSoup
      @iAmMadeOfSoup Před 10 měsíci +3

      Lmao I just started splatoon and I didn’t it had any lore. It seems like such a simple game

    • @deannal.newton9772
      @deannal.newton9772 Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@iAmMadeOfSoup Well you are about to be surprised because if you even bothered collecting the Sunken Sea Scrolls in the first Splatoon game there is a lot of depth in the Splatoon series than meets the eye. I was surprised to see the Squid Girl outfit as gear in the first Splatoon game though because it could also be a theory that Squid Girl is indeed the first Inkling to exist before The Great Flood.

    • @miles820
      @miles820 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@iAmMadeOfSoupgood luck there’s a lot of lore I have been looking for the lore for awhile and I still don’t know a lot

  • @ZeRandomizor
    @ZeRandomizor Před 3 lety +337

    Squids: *start taking over civilization*
    humans: *kill a bunch of squids*
    the kraken that's been hiding at the bottom of the ocean: its showtime

    • @Wah260
      @Wah260 Před 2 lety

      Help help help help

    • @m_pot
      @m_pot Před 2 lety +1

      But why do they die in water?

    • @firespiritcookie9617
      @firespiritcookie9617 Před 2 lety +5

      @@m_pot I’m not sure, I honestly think that Inklings began shifting to swimming in there ink much more then swimming in the see since salmonoid attack, to the point where they shrivel and die in the water before salmonoids can get to them because how sensitive they grew. Or the water in turf wars and salmon run are more harsh then waters like New Albacore and Mahi Mahi Resort. ((That was all head canons lol))

    • @TheStarGardens
      @TheStarGardens Před 2 lety +1

      *Oh welp*

    • @inky_mesa
      @inky_mesa Před rokem

      Well actualy humans are allredy eradicated becous of ww5 and global warming in splatoon

  • @leiaglacia1426
    @leiaglacia1426 Před 7 lety +5203

    Are you a squid or a kid?
    "No, you're adopted"

  • @abalyes
    @abalyes Před 7 lety +7788

    "Sorry for the tentacle difficulties."
    You've got to be squidding me.

    • @onyxxartist
      @onyxxartist Před 7 lety +299

      Thomas Jackson I SEA what you did there.

    • @abalyes
      @abalyes Před 7 lety +217

      anime art Booth WATER great pun you just made.

    • @joshnegs
      @joshnegs Před 7 lety +236

      I'm not SHORE about that pun

    • @abalyes
      @abalyes Před 7 lety +182

      Galactic Pancake THE ALMIGHTY PANCAKE at least I'm having a WHALE of a time

    • @pog5761
      @pog5761 Před 7 lety +160

      I'd make a fish pun, but i need more time to MULLET over.

  • @analeal9693
    @analeal9693 Před rokem +50

    PLEASE do more splatoon theories the game has so much lore to be uncovered

  • @oomnimercy
    @oomnimercy Před 3 lety +95

    "Hello, internet, welcome to Gay..."
    MatPat, 2017

  • @synthesize9276
    @synthesize9276 Před 4 lety +2258

    “Are you a squid or a kid?”
    Me: *SQKID*

  • @dinoxman8584
    @dinoxman8584 Před 4 lety +877

    Squids: Evolved
    Humans: Extinct
    Hotel: Trivago

  • @sirbromine4516
    @sirbromine4516 Před 3 lety +20

    after the announcement of splatoon 3, there have been many map changes, one of the ones I found was on the map with the ship, it says:
    "see you in splatlands, 2022"
    you can find this on one of the many flags on the ship.
    maybe we can figure out the story behind why the world is so scorched and broken in the trailer before the game is released.

    • @quep1
      @quep1 Před rokem

      Lore-wise, it has been explained. Humans nuke antarctic or south pole, they melt, multiple tsunamis occur, and humans die

  • @chimetal_
    @chimetal_ Před 3 lety +19

    When I clicked o this video, I was not expecting to hear about how squids are going to take over the world...

  • @GallyGears
    @GallyGears Před 7 lety +3348

    Came here for a harmless theory
    Instead got confirmation that squids will one day rule the world and enslave all mankind
    Well alrighty then

    • @SegaMaster172
      @SegaMaster172 Před 7 lety +83

      Um, in Splatoon's lore, humans went extinct long before Inklings even laid a tentacle onto land due to raising sea levels.

    • @matthewwalker3131
      @matthewwalker3131 Před 7 lety +53

      SegaMaster172 it's much more likely that a human fucked a fish at one point

    • @Darkkiinho
      @Darkkiinho Před 7 lety +8

      SegaMaster172 he is talking about the real world dummy

    • @earthwarren6143
      @earthwarren6143 Před 7 lety +38

      What did tentacle porn not give you clues to our future?

    • @robertomullerr5965
      @robertomullerr5965 Před 7 lety +1

      Dander ito I

  • @notpearl3590
    @notpearl3590 Před 4 lety +1432

    You will always be a squid...
    Unless you beat the Octo expansion.

    • @maxbrooks8438
      @maxbrooks8438 Před 4 lety +17

      I certainly have

    • @iamRageTheWolf
      @iamRageTheWolf Před 4 lety +20

      veemo

    • @BiAndProud_
      @BiAndProud_ Před 4 lety +7

      Holoskian r/woooosh

    • @BiAndProud_
      @BiAndProud_ Před 4 lety +8

      Holoskian if I’m a degenerate, then you are “he who must not be named.” I’m making a joke incase you SOMEHOW weren’t aware. r/woooosh

    • @strawberrydog3270
      @strawberrydog3270 Před 4 lety +1

      99 likes, do I like?

  • @Shiba129
    @Shiba129 Před 2 lety +9

    5:01 For those of you who care, Octo expansion came out a year after this video.

  • @toby.theram2496
    @toby.theram2496 Před 8 měsíci +4

    I’m praying and begging that MatPat makes another Splatoon 3 theory now that we’ve got two new games and a story mode that practically tells us the answer to this video

  • @datguy4208
    @datguy4208 Před 7 lety +1372

    Mat you could've solved this by looking at one scroll which shows the evolution of the squid into a squid kid.

    • @gregoryliew161
      @gregoryliew161 Před 7 lety +155

      Pupitect But where's the fun in that

    • @zephyrorsomethinh1528
      @zephyrorsomethinh1528 Před 7 lety +66

      Gregory Liew its called reason and fact

    • @zoemilian4954
      @zoemilian4954 Před 7 lety +11

      Yeah and your born as a squid

    • @skyman2716
      @skyman2716 Před 7 lety +72

      This just meant that he confirms the origins of the inkling but in a much more detailed manner

    • @datguy4208
      @datguy4208 Před 7 lety +65

      I know he wanted to prove it with science but the thing is he didn't even mention the scroll making it look like 1. Nobody else has found it and 2. Like he figured out all these hidden Easter eggs even though there's a scroll.

  • @XxSuRgicaL
    @XxSuRgicaL Před 4 lety +805

    Better question:
    Why arent their shirts ever painted

    • @youtubechicken120
      @youtubechicken120 Před 4 lety +26

      Magic movie/game liquid is magic

    • @bruhmoment6625
      @bruhmoment6625 Před 4 lety +13

      W A X

    • @peachtea7269
      @peachtea7269 Před 4 lety +13

      Oh crap now I'm questioning that

    • @LanieMae
      @LanieMae Před 4 lety +35

      Well in splatoon the ink disappears when microbes eat it so the microbes might be attracted to cotton and if it’s got ink on it they will eat it fast

    • @russianbee4973
      @russianbee4973 Před 4 lety +3

      @@LanieMae but what about other materials

  • @_lux__
    @_lux__ Před rokem +10

    This video is the whole reason that got me into genetic engineering and genes. Thank you so very much Game Theory for unlocking the entire factor of genes to me.

  • @ToadPower147
    @ToadPower147 Před rokem +4

    DO MORE SPLATOON THEORYS THERES SO MUCH LORE

  • @Alt400
    @Alt400 Před 4 lety +1397

    0:00 Welcome to gay!
    CZcams: OBSERVE

  • @yoshiplays14
    @yoshiplays14 Před 4 lety +2066

    Well if squids ever take over mankind, let’s just blame Nintendo.

    • @redmations20
      @redmations20 Před 4 lety +61

      No they are warning us

    • @Daeneiracorn
      @Daeneiracorn Před 4 lety +39

      @@redmations20 they gave them the ideaaaaaaaa its nintedo's fault

    • @redmations20
      @redmations20 Před 4 lety +24

      @@Daeneiracorn no cause they are waring us that this is gonna happen

    • @black97_0
      @black97_0 Před 4 lety +20

      Yes, and if teleportation ever gets invented, and we see giant bread monsters, we can blame Valve XD

    • @alyssandrarosina2022
      @alyssandrarosina2022 Před 4 lety +11

      *_I’M SUING_*

  • @autumnhays4534
    @autumnhays4534 Před 2 lety +2

    Matpat You should totally do a splatoon 1 and 2 lore video like Mr. Grizz, Octo Expantion, stuff like that.

  • @AveDoku599
    @AveDoku599 Před 2 měsíci +2

    This... Is my first game theory video. Thank you, matpat!

  • @guardianofpotatos4730
    @guardianofpotatos4730 Před 7 lety +753

    So, basically, if life was a game, squids would be hackers.

    • @joshlopez8270
      @joshlopez8270 Před 7 lety +8

      Lijthesurvivor pretty much

    • @omarocampo3373
      @omarocampo3373 Před 7 lety +6

      Lijthesurvivor Humans would be the hackers

    • @speedylion482
      @speedylion482 Před 6 lety +20

      No, I'd consider humans to be the hackers because of genetic engineering.

    • @mr.amazio1023
      @mr.amazio1023 Před 6 lety

      Yup. I wonder if they're using PK Hex or something...

    • @donflamingo8375
      @donflamingo8375 Před 6 lety +1

      Speedylion and we could do this to it'd just take a little while.

  • @lightswitchy
    @lightswitchy Před 7 lety +448

    "Hello internet, welcome to gay-"
    *Tentacles appear.*
    I think we all know where that's going...

  • @EmperorSarnie
    @EmperorSarnie Před 3 lety +3

    Also just watch the lore where they say, 'to squid'

  • @quackadoodles9249
    @quackadoodles9249 Před 3 lety +4

    This theory also makes sense as kids would have no reason to become like squids, which aren’t as good as kids, but squids would need to become like people in order to really survive, and therefore makes this theory even more realistic

  • @gabrielcresporabell3720
    @gabrielcresporabell3720 Před 4 lety +993

    "Are you a kid or a squid?"
    Me: *The inklings need to be 14 to be in full control of their abilities so they're technically teenagers.*

    • @bunnyben87
      @bunnyben87 Před 4 lety +23

      thats from a coloring book.

    • @ottoneuman2590
      @ottoneuman2590 Před 4 lety +10

      They are younger than I know that because it is in one of the sunken scrolls in splatoon 2

    • @lionturbulence
      @lionturbulence Před 4 lety +20

      @@ottoneuman2590 You talking about Pearl? She's 21 so she could've just been much shorter when she was younger.

    • @triptaylor855
      @triptaylor855 Před 3 lety +6

      @@ottoneuman2590 it appeared around that age in splatoon 1 in story mode's sunken scrolls. I completed almost all the game, so I know. I haven't played splatoon 2 because I don't have a switch yet, though.

    • @I_Stole_Your_Toast
      @I_Stole_Your_Toast Před 3 lety +4

      @@triptaylor855 oof

  • @DillyzThe1
    @DillyzThe1 Před 5 lety +845

    Internet: So, are you a squid or a kid?
    Me: *Yes*

    • @blankstablookghost9455
      @blankstablookghost9455 Před 4 lety +10

      Now I see why this is a meme

    • @tacotheotaku7074
      @tacotheotaku7074 Před 4 lety +1

      I’m both. Because I have 3 hearts. * well because people say I’m nice and I feel heart pain in 3 places unless that’s how it works..... I’m a idiot... * And because I’m a kid :/ also my elemental is water and I pertend I!m water queen because I bored. And like I said... I’ma kid :3

    • @iamthemeguyhere
      @iamthemeguyhere Před 4 lety +5

      Some people: *BOTH*

    • @tacotheotaku7074
      @tacotheotaku7074 Před 4 lety +2

      Confusion BOMB Studios lol me

    • @iamthemeguyhere
      @iamthemeguyhere Před 4 lety +4

      *I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS*

  • @pigzzz6229
    @pigzzz6229 Před 3 lety +1

    MatPat: *Doing Awesome Puns*
    Me: *Finding out where else he could put more*

  • @leoleonid5400
    @leoleonid5400 Před 3 lety +4

    Oh. So they are squid and not kid.
    FBI go away, they are SQUID.

  • @marp_625
    @marp_625 Před 4 lety +1180

    Fun Fact: Some octopus have been able to successfully escape from aquariums on multiple occasions. They are very incredible In stealth as Mat says.

    • @ashbowden3231
      @ashbowden3231 Před 3 lety +27

      tell me more

    • @trabubble871
      @trabubble871 Před 2 lety +22

      Finding Dory: *Heavy Breathing Intensifies*

    • @jocelynhealy6998
      @jocelynhealy6998 Před 2 lety +26

      Funner fact: we have yet to create a containment that an octopus couldn’t get out of should they desire.

    • @Quakz199
      @Quakz199 Před 2 lety +2

      Isn’t it octopi?

    • @Quakz199
      @Quakz199 Před 2 lety +5

      Octopodes. My bad

  • @alinosalan8728
    @alinosalan8728 Před 5 lety +292

    -Are you a kid or a squid?
    -I'm an Octopus

  • @riu8504
    @riu8504 Před 2 lety +2

    MatPat is the type of person who sees a slogan for a game and ask "Is anyone gonna make a theory about that?" and not wait for an answer.

  • @zekkomite
    @zekkomite Před 2 lety +1

    Evolution: Takes 200 million years
    Inklings & Octolings: Best i can do is 10,000

  • @edog9404
    @edog9404 Před 7 lety +2078

    Here's a challenge Matpat, can you explain the paranormal activities that happen in the mushroom kingdom (aka: boos and ghosts). What dies to become boos? Why does Mario always enter every mansion he runs into? And most importantly, where do these mansions come from?

  • @researcherchameleon4602
    @researcherchameleon4602 Před 3 lety +758

    That... and in the in game “sunken scrolls” explicitly says that the inklings evolved from modern day squids after humans went extinct from rising sea levels

    • @lavinissensonthecommenter4197
      @lavinissensonthecommenter4197 Před 2 lety +5

      I know

    • @elscruffo2264
      @elscruffo2264 Před 2 lety +33

      but thats not as fun

    • @captainwhitepikmin6564
      @captainwhitepikmin6564 Před 2 lety +11

      I don't care if it's not fun the game always said it

    • @elscruffo2264
      @elscruffo2264 Před 2 lety +33

      @@captainwhitepikmin6564 well people don't really watch game theory for real answers, they watch them for entertainment and to learn some cool science

    • @toast_2375
      @toast_2375 Před 2 lety +37

      @@elscruffo2264 In my opinion, the canon lore is way more fun and easy to understand!
      Sunken scrolls state inklings have a full skeletal structure made of flexible cartilage and very good adapted eye sight after hundreds (because of RNA) of years of evolution.
      Octolings are the same, but reproductive systems are different, where as inkings have sexual intercourse, while octolings cut of tentacles from their head and grow it.
      The reason they evolved into bipeds that can switch between forms was because a nuclear bomb was launched at a base in Antarctic during WWV (World War 5), melting all of the ice there, causing tsunamis and flooding. The acidity of sea water was now that of tomato juice, so cephalopods decided to NOT die and evolved to live on land, giving them a natural weakness to water.

  • @r0yals1n37
    @r0yals1n37 Před 3 lety +1

    matt: using science to prove that inklings are squids
    nintendo: releases official artwork showing that inklings are born as squids anyway and only gain control of a humanoid figure at the age of 14
    matt: years of training wasted!

  • @imtheblueguyanimations182

    5:04 bro predicted a commander tartar line

  • @ryanwilliams76
    @ryanwilliams76 Před 7 lety +230

    Honestly I thought he was gonna touch on the fact that Splatoon takes place in an alternate reality of Super Mario Sunshine where Mario fails in his quest and dies.

    • @deffdefying4803
      @deffdefying4803 Před 7 lety +15

      Ryan Williams
      Wait what is that true

    • @seacliff217
      @seacliff217 Před 7 lety +35

      No, it's not. Some of the developers for Splatoon claimed they even forgot about Mario Sunshine.

    • @WednesdayMan
      @WednesdayMan Před 7 lety +3

      nope splatoon is not related to mario sunshine.
      speaking of mario and splatoon. where's Mario in splatoon!? come on let us have a mario inkling.

    • @meowrio_5969
      @meowrio_5969 Před 7 lety

      HeT

    • @joseph2177
      @joseph2177 Před 6 lety

      TheKHfan358over3d sadly i tried to use the 8bit mario amibo, no such luck

  • @douche-canoe
    @douche-canoe Před 4 lety +618

    Darwin:makes theory of evolution
    Cephalopods:we don’t do that here

    • @Carbon-cringe-human
      @Carbon-cringe-human Před 3 lety +3

      @Pemika Nuchit
      Plants:hello there

    • @forkwithasuit
      @forkwithasuit Před 3 lety +1

      *The Amazing World of Gumball has left the chat*

    • @ashbowden3231
      @ashbowden3231 Před 3 lety +3

      me trying to bioengineer inklings: how bout i do anyway?

    • @winterblox1
      @winterblox1 Před 3 lety

      Animals: ok lets nope the heck outta here

  • @gaetino6020
    @gaetino6020 Před 3 lety +1

    The question of which one as evolved into the other is answerd in the lore when they say that squid came out of the ocean and became the inklings

  • @seapop311
    @seapop311 Před rokem +2

    “When splatoon 2 comes out in a couple of months”
    Us now, with splatoon 3 coming out in one week

  • @villainapologist7858
    @villainapologist7858 Před 7 lety +239

    "the squid is undercooked, its a kid now."

  • @mysticmaniac1663
    @mysticmaniac1663 Před 4 lety +959

    Fans: are the inklings squids, or kids?!
    Nintendo: yes.

  • @sam4gaming135
    @sam4gaming135 Před 2 lety +3

    Nintendo basically just confirmed they're squids in the latest direct

  • @WabbitInDisguis
    @WabbitInDisguis Před 3 lety +1

    I was laughing at "tentacle difficulties"and the game is so funny that my head went beside the phone and then the game theory it just started rolling and I just got my head up really fast because it was too loud. 😂

  • @rhjubarb
    @rhjubarb Před 5 lety +191

    Is this a Squid or a Kid?
    "No, this is *Patrick* "

    • @georgepownceby9053
      @georgepownceby9053 Před 4 lety +3

      Frick i was just about to comment this

    • @buggs8111
      @buggs8111 Před 4 lety +2

      Comment of the year

    • @ermmie
      @ermmie Před 4 lety +1

      You literally made me crack up!! (>0

  • @angelestyler60
    @angelestyler60 Před 5 lety +351

    Matpat: Tentical Difficulties
    Me: Im losing brain cells

    • @kstormgeistgem461
      @kstormgeistgem461 Před 5 lety +2

      hey be thankful... there are too many other franshises he Could have covered that hopefully won't be like Dracula & pop out of their graves to get us.

    • @fassieclod8562
      @fassieclod8562 Před 5 lety +1

      kstormgeistgem He’s joking

    • @gwizmane9572
      @gwizmane9572 Před 5 lety +1

      Truw

    • @lucabalsa5368
      @lucabalsa5368 Před 5 lety +2

      Hey ocean fact! Coral dies if it’s stressed. Why would it be stressed you ask?
      *CURRENT* EVENTS

    • @ravioliravioli118
      @ravioliravioli118 Před 4 lety

      @@lucabalsa5368 OH MY GOD YES.

  • @mcventi4859
    @mcventi4859 Před 3 lety +1

    Marie in splatoon 2 said “surprised you didn’t break any bones. Well squids don’t have any bones soooooooooo”

  • @GothTheSadisticMasochist
    @GothTheSadisticMasochist Před 2 lety +2

    When he explained squids literally changing their genes, it makes me question why humanity even tries to make life easier anymore...

  • @isaacmorris5459
    @isaacmorris5459 Před 7 lety +249

    When I die, I'm going to have my splatoon teammates lower me into my grave so they can let me down one last time.

  • @dinadina2000
    @dinadina2000 Před 4 lety +908

    "Welcome to gay"
    "I'm sorry we are are experiencing tentacle difficulties"
    Why am I thinking of a gametheory gay hentai now?

    • @MarioFlynnCr33
      @MarioFlynnCr33 Před 4 lety +34

      I wasnt the only one yay

    • @marshuno7530
      @marshuno7530 Před 4 lety +22

      I thought the same thing too lmao 😂

    • @CYB3Redux
      @CYB3Redux Před 4 lety +16

      wtf is wrong with you 3

    • @jupitersgodzilla7114
      @jupitersgodzilla7114 Před 4 lety +20

      +TheMemeDoge21 Gay people: hey it’s fine, we like hentai too... don’t ask!

    • @CYB3Redux
      @CYB3Redux Před 4 lety +5

      @@jupitersgodzilla7114 no it just y

  • @AirFrameGam3
    @AirFrameGam3 Před rokem +2

    If he had made this after Splatoon 3 this theory would have changed a lot

  • @scottposton3428
    @scottposton3428 Před 3 lety

    "Precision shots with the charger"
    -when your charger only works at a certain angle and you find that angel

  • @celesgiris
    @celesgiris Před 7 lety +534

    I guess this theory really took a lot of thINKING.
    I'm not sorry.

    • @cargojeans
      @cargojeans Před 7 lety +10

      Perfect.

    • @matthewshramek5271
      @matthewshramek5271 Před 7 lety +11

      I love it

    • @realdieperdors
      @realdieperdors Před 7 lety +4

      Actually, this is the very definition of scraping the bottom of the barrel, "Are you a kid or a squid?" Is THAT the best he can come up with??

    • @rexhex3700
      @rexhex3700 Před 7 lety +1

      I respect that

    • @Y337n3ss
      @Y337n3ss Před 7 lety +1

      (rimshot)

  • @aguyonyoutube4sure
    @aguyonyoutube4sure Před 4 lety +131

    “Sorry for the tentacle difficulty’s”
    I sea what you did there

  • @bystandrr
    @bystandrr Před 3 lety +2

    Matpat : Economic crash and apocolypse that cause humanity to collapse!
    2020 : write that down *WRITE THAT DOWN*

  • @ultimaterasutidebringer3979
    @ultimaterasutidebringer3979 Před 6 měsíci +1

    You know, there's a question that I personally think would be interesting to look into in the future. Between the three Splatoon games, how much energy does the Zapfish and by extension the Great Zapfish emits to power the three major cities

  • @shanojan.19
    @shanojan.19 Před 7 lety +1831

    Can everyone forget the theory for now? Let's take a minute's silence for the editing in ALL of MatPat's videos.

    • @luxs3329
      @luxs3329 Před 7 lety +4

      Sanso Definitely

    • @moocow3592
      @moocow3592 Před 7 lety +1

      Sanso What I was thinking

    • @tagpplgames1191
      @tagpplgames1191 Před 7 lety +1

      YASSS

    • @NyanMango
      @NyanMango Před 7 lety +22

      Sanso Not to mention all the research he does. This guy is fantastic.

    • @yaboii7903
      @yaboii7903 Před 7 lety +45

      MatPat, in my opinion, is the world's best CZcamsr.

  • @Dat-Doomba
    @Dat-Doomba Před 4 lety +444

    Me: Watching a vid about games
    My mom listening: Hmm, he is watching science vids.

  • @xoiyoub
    @xoiyoub Před 2 lety +3

    I wish MatPat makes another Splatoon theory after Splatoon 3 comes out

  • @lazy_eli
    @lazy_eli Před 3 lety +3

    i wish he did more splatoon theories :(

  • @Nighto
    @Nighto Před 4 lety +166

    This came on while I was in the shower and you have no idea how terrifying it was for me to hear "WELCOME TO GAY-" Then a few random noises.

    • @Nugcon
      @Nugcon Před 4 lety +2

      n o u

    • @Nighto
      @Nighto Před 4 lety +2

      come on we gotta get this to 69 likes

    • @CYB3Redux
      @CYB3Redux Před 4 lety +2

      oh no

    • @so3269
      @so3269 Před 4 lety +1

      NRG Night-o you have 123 likes so ima pass on liking the comment

    • @CrimsonKaia
      @CrimsonKaia Před 4 lety

      I am very sorry for you, my friend...

  • @joe-xw6yv
    @joe-xw6yv Před 4 lety +103

    are you a squid or a kid?
    Me an intellectual:a ditto

    • @CYB3Redux
      @CYB3Redux Před 4 lety +2

      :3

    • @broadcastingroom786
      @broadcastingroom786 Před 4 lety +1

      Don't use my meme

    • @winterblox1
      @winterblox1 Před 4 lety +1

      That would actually make sense, cuz ditto’s can transform into anything, so inklings are kind of like a ditto but its a squid
      (I like making things more logical than they need to be)

  • @jimuelyutrago2577
    @jimuelyutrago2577 Před rokem +1

    Nintendo: Makes a game about squid kids with ink guns with a slogo kid or squid*
    MatPat: Teaches a whole biology class*

    • @Strawbjello_
      @Strawbjello_ Před rokem

      Imagine In biology you have to do squid stuff and whatever and you say to your friends H E R E watch this

  • @craftedsoapy6167
    @craftedsoapy6167 Před 4 měsíci +2

    “Popping out of primordial Ooze”
    … So… Who’s going to tell him about ROTM…

  • @alanvance2147
    @alanvance2147 Před 4 lety +205

    side note: Inklings actually can't live in water, they just flail a bit and melt

    • @trycalculatingthis6526
      @trycalculatingthis6526 Před 3 lety +3

      Wait what?

    • @katsushi2329
      @katsushi2329 Před 3 lety +53

      @@trycalculatingthis6526 Yeah if you jump in the water they flat out die. So they obviously had to genetically modify themselves to live on land. The ink is probably what keeps them together and the water breaks them apart

    • @arafe.1012
      @arafe.1012 Před 3 lety +3

      lets just edit some rna, yep they're taking us all slaves

    • @e_kedi
      @e_kedi Před 3 lety +1

      i think they just drown

    • @Macaroni_Art
      @Macaroni_Art Před 3 lety +8

      Inklings can survive in water, it just has to be really cold or they will explode

  • @melaniebisnath717
    @melaniebisnath717 Před 5 lety +665

    “Hello internet welcome to ga-“
    Me- gay?
    LGBT community: *enters comments*

    • @hutao9373
      @hutao9373 Před 5 lety +24

      *comes out of nowhere* I WAS SUMMONED?!?

    • @starry_sylv
      @starry_sylv Před 4 lety +13

      WHO SUMMONED ME

    • @hutao9373
      @hutao9373 Před 4 lety +3

      @@starry_sylv idk but chill

    • @AcidArrestB
      @AcidArrestB Před 4 lety +11

      LGBT community when summoned: aw crap, here we go again

    • @jabatatherich
      @jabatatherich Před 4 lety +8

      i was just about to type gay theories

  • @newkoma4432
    @newkoma4432 Před 3 lety +1

    Mat: They can OPEN A JAR
    Kids: We can make jars...

  • @grapeygirl9822
    @grapeygirl9822 Před 3 lety +2

    im rewatching in 2021 and splatoon 3 just got reviled ah memories of watching this in 2017

  • @briar1408
    @briar1408 Před 4 lety +144

    But what about Octolings?
    YOURE AN OCTOPUS YOURE A KID YOURE AN OCTOPUS YOURE A KID YOURE AN OCTOPU- I’ll stop

    • @nati1765
      @nati1765 Před 4 lety +3

      you're a veemo you're a kid

    • @dataexpunged3914
      @dataexpunged3914 Před 4 lety +1

      Yay, octopodes for the win

    • @CYB3Redux
      @CYB3Redux Před 4 lety

      yYYYYYYYYTTUY UT T HI FUIR YT?F79T9TUURURHFUYDYRUYDYRUDU YERY6FUFU RY FU FUUFFUUEHRUGJFUU EH RHUCHH BERB HE UCUEHUFUU EHHD HDGDG U SHBDEHUWUSIFOOFUEGDUFI

    • @itsmelauren3273
      @itsmelauren3273 Před 4 lety

      Your a VEEMO your a WEIRDO

    • @princessncn4674
      @princessncn4674 Před 4 lety

      part of the squid famliy so the thorey works for them to just octos have 8 hand like things insted of 6 hand like things

  • @eris_078
    @eris_078 Před 4 lety +385

    I know this is an old video, but it is actually explained in the game that the society the the inklings live in, is after all humans had been wiped out. That automatically makes it so they are more squid than kid. Just proving your theory correct.

    • @Aditya.sajjai
      @Aditya.sajjai Před 3 lety +9

      Yeah man

    • @teoborges3949
      @teoborges3949 Před 3 lety +6

      but there's one thing, *PRIMATES!*
      Primates have a relative high inteligence, and the squids to turn into humans would like *NEED BILLIONS OF YEARS* and to humans die soo easy like that doens't make sense, is more likely the coastal country's & islands would be wiped out but the Humans would still relatively still alive.

    • @nichsulol4844
      @nichsulol4844 Před 3 lety +2

      ablities sucking tons of sun fuel

    • @Elmopayingforhissins
      @Elmopayingforhissins Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah and it sound like he believes in evolution at this point ( like in this video) and later it sounds like he gave up on that theory

    • @Ohree
      @Ohree Před 3 lety +1

      Well they evolved like humans

  • @matthewquan9083
    @matthewquan9083 Před 3 lety +3

    Actually, there's no reason Inklings would have the same facial expressions and gestures if they were originally squid. On the other hand, unscrupulous or innovative humans have plenty of ways to bypass evolution. Neoteny, pseudohair appendages, and a preference for human clothing would make me create a new theory:
    They aren't squid
    They aren't human
    They might be children
    Specifically, someone's genetic engineering project discovering a sense of identity and self direction with their keepers now long gone.

  • @TheDemonOfSemen
    @TheDemonOfSemen Před 2 lety +2

    Of course you're a squid, what else would you be? An Octoling? Yeah right

  • @AquariusSubscribeToTechnoblade

    "Tentacle Difficulties"
    Dad Joke Community: *HE IS THE ONE!*

    • @vladimiralexandru9666
      @vladimiralexandru9666 Před 4 lety +7

      Nice one!

    • @coleneumann5076
      @coleneumann5076 Před 4 lety +13

      “Would you please listen? I am not the messiah!” “HE IS THE MESSIAH!”

    • @rosie5330
      @rosie5330 Před 4 lety +4

      Cole Neumann Game Theory: Tentacle difficulties
      Also Game Theory: I am not the messiah!
      Dad joke community: HE IS THE MESSIAH

    • @lillybell3942
      @lillybell3942 Před 3 lety

      Tentacully, you are right. He is just squiding if he says he doesn't make dad jokes. Or, he doesn't have an inkling about what he is saying half of the squiding time.

  • @HoshiArt
    @HoshiArt Před 7 lety +218

    8 legged overlords... OUR SAVIOR LORD HELIX HAS COME

  • @stopanimatecreep3400
    @stopanimatecreep3400 Před rokem +1

    If the cartoon cat was in inkopolis, when meggy was around 7 to 12, this would explain why we don't get to see meggy's parents that more often

  • @SplatMack
    @SplatMack Před rokem +3

    Hearing him say "Ink War" just made me so mad

  • @softsylvie5770
    @softsylvie5770 Před 5 lety +503

    The_Internet: Are you a Kid or a Squid?
    Me: I'm Sophia.

  • @eliben4066
    @eliben4066 Před 6 lety +312

    When we play splatoon, we roll kids into their own pile of blood and squid flesh

    • @hud5307
      @hud5307 Před 6 lety +14

      Smith Peter But it is also rolling kids into puddles of ammunition

    • @wonkydrive5080
      @wonkydrive5080 Před 6 lety

      I come from the land of the future with Splatoon 2 having been released for the Nintendo switch with a wuote from marina, “this really gets my ink pumping.”

  • @xLeLeEx
    @xLeLeEx Před 2 lety +1

    My game theory is that millions of years after mammal went extinct, squid managed to evolve into squid people and back. They started making structures and forming civilizations when they discovered how different coloured ink affected them. They started making weaponry and attacking each other trying to coverage much land as possible with their own ink varient. With Splatoon 2 a d the Octo expansion, they got an enemy. They were octopuses that had gone onto land but formed diffrently. They saw how the world now was about fighting and fought strong. Agents were sent out to stop them but scientists thought to create a better version and more human (well at this stage more inkling like) octonarians. They first had some that escaped but set the rest into war. Hope that makes sence. 😊

  • @le_zoink
    @le_zoink Před 3 lety +1

    i honestly expected matpat to go down the genetic engineering route there, and to end up with "kid" as the final answer

  • @TastyPieyay
    @TastyPieyay Před 7 lety +114

    As a biochemist when Mat Pat said 'when our DNA gets copied there is a lot of junk in it' I shed a single tear. My man has no respect for intron functionality and the benefits of having more regulation by alternative splicing :(

    • @The_Remage
      @The_Remage Před 7 lety +5

      Finally someone who understands this aswell!

    • @rachelholden792
      @rachelholden792 Před 7 lety

      MLG Jesus wait introns are actually used for something?

    • @drakey2000
      @drakey2000 Před 7 lety +5

      MLG Jesus we arnt all biochemist my friends. He kept it simple to thr core

    • @kidz9499
      @kidz9499 Před 7 lety +3

      As an American highschool student I can very firmly state that I can't conceive a single reason he'd mention all that. Sorry bro.

    • @averagejoessb3110
      @averagejoessb3110 Před 7 lety +1

      +Cynist yeah exactly he basically uses science for dummies

  • @gavitronian9477
    @gavitronian9477 Před 7 lety +2203

    What the HECK Is going on with this comments section. My pinned comment was deleted I can't seem to find any of MatPats' loved comments either. Not to mention it is filled with scam links, links to explicit pictures and content and the top comment right now only has 6 replies. I have never seen anything like this. Sorry you gotta deal with this MatPat. Let all the loyal theorizers give a firm salute.
    P.S. Thank you so much everyone for liking my comments and to MatPat who pinned two of them on the same video. I AM SPEECHLESS hope everyone who reads this has a wonderful day :)

  • @Sykune.
    @Sykune. Před rokem +1

    You may want to consider doing more splatoon theories as...the lore itself its quite dark...especially in the third game...and goes more deeply into this theory of kid squid knowledge :^

  • @Oddle_
    @Oddle_ Před 3 lety

    "And I'm here today to answer the rhetorical question Nintendo...
    Already answered in the game."

  • @squidlasers
    @squidlasers Před 7 lety +140

    Octodad makes so much sense now

    • @casualgamer9728
      @casualgamer9728 Před 7 lety +4

      Laser Squid111 I was thinking about that too!

    • @empath3577
      @empath3577 Před 7 lety +1

      Finally. The war is over. :' )

  • @noemilara4073
    @noemilara4073 Před 5 lety +288

    It literally says in the sunken scrolls ingame that they are squids who evolved to live on land and adopted freshness

    • @boopergoober
      @boopergoober Před 4 lety +30

      Noemi Lara Yeah... but that would make for a boring theory, so, SCIENCE!!!

    • @imtooclueless7202
      @imtooclueless7202 Před 4 lety +9

      This vid is now useless

    • @tylerourada9719
      @tylerourada9719 Před 4 lety +2

      and the Wiki.

    • @kayleedraws948
      @kayleedraws948 Před 4 lety +3

      EXACLY !!!! Thank god that im not the only one to notice that

    • @kyraking2073
      @kyraking2073 Před 4 lety +6

      Well class, if you open your textbooks to page 1, you'll see the entirety of human evolution. Have a nice day!

  • @Autistic_Sandw1ch.official

    Mat: BUT HEY, that’s just a theory!!!
    Me: But what about all that scientific evidence?????

  • @RTOmega
    @RTOmega Před 2 lety +1

    Nobody:
    SMG4: Interesting...

  • @Iplasterer
    @Iplasterer Před 6 lety +51

    This is probably really late but in Stage 14 of the single-player campaign in Splatoon 2 Marie says to Agent 4: “Surprised you haven’t broken any bones! Well squids don’t have bones so...”

    • @crowandcat
      @crowandcat Před 6 lety +7

      GalaxyTear Obviously Marie has education. Callie puts on shades she knows will hypnotize her. #MarieBestGirl

  • @zazakogamer9685
    @zazakogamer9685 Před 7 lety +266

    "We seem to be having some tentacle difficulties".
    Splatoon Theory -Mathew Patrick
    ~ELECTED PUN OF THE YEAR~

    • @branflakes8439
      @branflakes8439 Před 7 lety +5

      That pun is too cheesy... At least I feel GRATE when I say my puns.

    • @medmightdie6545
      @medmightdie6545 Před 7 lety +5

      Those are kind of punny... I never Cod tell good jokes so...

    • @wolfyakuza9076
      @wolfyakuza9076 Před 7 lety +2

      ZaZako Gamer man I love cheese, cheese is so GRATE

    • @Leroyaber
      @Leroyaber Před 7 lety +4

      What a sucker!

    • @refraggedbean
      @refraggedbean Před 7 lety +1

      ZaZako Gamer PUN OF THE YEAR AWARDS

  • @darth_alex
    @darth_alex Před 8 měsíci +1

    the ‘primordial ooze’ bit killed my Octo Expansion ptsd self💀 and MatPat, i will be the future version of you (who specializes in splatoon instead of fnaf) please make more splatoon videos. i love your work and thank you so much for this incredible video! (maybe some squid sisters stuff next?)

  • @pluto_barss
    @pluto_barss Před rokem +2

    You know I think it would be funny if matpat did a lore theory on like grizzco or something now that splatoon 3 is right around the corner

  • @cristallinecircus1566
    @cristallinecircus1566 Před 6 lety +184

    Whenever I watch game Theory I always end up saying "and cut" at the end mistaking I'm not watching Film Theory

    • @IAN_GRAY
      @IAN_GRAY Před 6 lety +1

      it's Wednesday my dudes

    • @felicejohnson9158
      @felicejohnson9158 Před 6 lety

      Need more views y ne cell games pls

    • @jjw_1808
      @jjw_1808 Před 6 lety

      Whenever i watch film theory i always say Thanks for Watching.

    • @jeffmcjeff4897
      @jeffmcjeff4897 Před 6 lety +1

      cristalline circus T.T. - Too True

    • @Extraterrestrial1
      @Extraterrestrial1 Před 6 lety

      honestly cristalline circus, I do that too sometimes OwO

  • @grantcantgame
    @grantcantgame Před 4 lety +336

    (anyone gonna tell him that they are already confirmed in game to be squids fully)

    • @11regretful31
      @11regretful31 Před 3 lety +6

      By him

    • @jimeenalterna
      @jimeenalterna Před 3 lety +16

      the vid was uploaded 3 years ago tho

    • @squibbymun4463
      @squibbymun4463 Před 3 lety +22

      @@jimeenalterna And this is five months old but imam reply anyways.
      See literally anyone who has seen literally anything in the lore knows that they are just... evolved squids. It aint even in Splatoon 2 it's in Splatoon 1

    • @Oddle_
      @Oddle_ Před 3 lety +3

      Yes, I did

    • @flamexp9867
      @flamexp9867 Před 2 lety +1

      I guess he just proved how they are squids then.

  • @gamingpupcutie4974
    @gamingpupcutie4974 Před 2 lety +1

    I feel like Game Theory is the most educational thing I watch on CZcams...

  • @myarmsrgone
    @myarmsrgone Před 3 lety +1

    Splatoon is post-apocalyptic?!
    *laughs in Splatoon 3*