Cartoon Theories Are Dumb.

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  • čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
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    Cartoon Theories are Dumb.
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    3:25 Cartoon Theories Are Dumb
    6:03 Representation Theory
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  • @LSMark
    @LSMark  Před 7 měsíci +736

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  • @rammix131
    @rammix131 Před 7 měsíci +2669

    Guys: Mark is actually in a coma. My proof is that .

    • @CouliousJason
      @CouliousJason Před 7 měsíci +176

      Can't argue with those points

    • @leviticusprime4904
      @leviticusprime4904 Před 7 měsíci +88

      @@CouliousJasontruly compelling evidence

    • @Loscxxo
      @Loscxxo Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@CouliousJasonliterally

    • @dominothealphaandomega5512
      @dominothealphaandomega5512 Před 7 měsíci

      @@leviticusprime4904Those 6 Hours of Reading were totally worth It!
      #SaveLSMark

    • @Satellaview1889
      @Satellaview1889 Před 7 měsíci +44

      @@CouliousJason It's really only one point. "Points" implies that there are multiple points in space, rather than the single one he has.

  • @Vailskibum
    @Vailskibum Před 7 měsíci +3709

    CZcams isn't even a platform that really exists. It's a figment of our coma imagination.

  • @user-je2id7sw5i
    @user-je2id7sw5i Před 4 měsíci +612

    I love how every cartoon theory is just:
    *"this character is in a COMA!"
    *"this character is INSANE!"
    *"everyone is DEAD!"
    *"this character is on DRUGS!"
    *"this character has (INSERT MENTAL ILLNESS HERE)!"
    with NO variation.

    • @Mistressofthelostones
      @Mistressofthelostones Před 3 měsíci +9

      Yep

    • @TheBlueguy-yg8vu
      @TheBlueguy-yg8vu Před 2 měsíci +5

      Literally and it annoys me

    • @SugarbirdyOvO
      @SugarbirdyOvO Před 2 měsíci +31

      Anything fantasy is probably going to have at least one person going 'I bet it's all imaginary' and like. Yes it is. That's... literally what fantasy is. That's why it's so unrealistic. It isn't because Finn is in a coma, this is just the genre.

    • @GoldenGrenadier
      @GoldenGrenadier Před 2 měsíci +10

      IKR? Why can't there be a funny one like the children in Edd, Ed, and Eddy actually being aliens trying to study human behavior except all of them are from different planets and they dont know that everyone else is also an alien. That one could be an actual show

    • @SugarbirdyOvO
      @SugarbirdyOvO Před 2 měsíci +6

      @@GoldenGrenadier Holy shit that's such a good idea :O

  • @loziclec.1295
    @loziclec.1295 Před 7 měsíci +403

    My favorite thing about the "Ash is in a coma" theory is that it says his coma was caused by the lightning from the first episode. Usually "it's all a dream" theories are used to explain the fantastical elements of a show, like the one for Adventure Time. But the Pokemon theory says the first episode still happened, so Pokemon are still real. It's just Ash's adventures that aren't real. What's even the point?

    • @piretiris8223
      @piretiris8223 Před 4 měsíci +54

      They use it to explain why Ash doesn't age past the age of 10

    • @muzicalassassin2901
      @muzicalassassin2901 Před 4 měsíci +21

      @@piretiris8223but isn’t there already an explanation? He made a wish on Ho-Oh, right?

    • @legocaptainrex5546
      @legocaptainrex5546 Před 4 měsíci +92

      @@muzicalassassin2901I’m personally a fan of the theory he did everything in a year max
      He’s just built different

    • @bg8561
      @bg8561 Před 4 měsíci +26

      It seem in Japan, He DID age, but the west didn't acknowledged it. (I was wrong)

    • @marcoz6281
      @marcoz6281 Před 2 měsíci +3

      @@piretiris8223or why he has a massive pokemon fight win-strake

  • @HatKidTime
    @HatKidTime Před 7 měsíci +8646

    Let’s be honest the most original cartoon theory is the one where the main character is in a coma and is just imagining the entire series

    • @SlatyRamen
      @SlatyRamen Před 7 měsíci +902

      I really hate that theory everybody can just pull up that excuse

    • @prageruwu69
      @prageruwu69 Před 7 měsíci +424

      that one's my least favorite

    • @ipostrandomclips
      @ipostrandomclips Před 7 měsíci +172

      Thats legit every show eve rif ya think about it

    • @MadMax-ii8gq
      @MadMax-ii8gq Před 7 měsíci +194

      That’s the most popular Walking Dead theory actually and it’s still really dumb there too.

    • @gabrieltheboy3598
      @gabrieltheboy3598 Před 7 měsíci +84

      @@SlatyRamen Theory: Princess Giselle from Disney’s Enchanted is in a coma and all the live action movies are from her.

  • @mythcat1273
    @mythcat1273 Před 7 měsíci +2965

    Butch Hartman is the closest any real human being will get to the uncanny valley

  • @_ThoughtlessHour_
    @_ThoughtlessHour_ Před 7 měsíci +208

    Character: Being creative and imaginative
    Random redditor: He's on drugs

  • @thelagnificentleader
    @thelagnificentleader Před 5 měsíci +546

    “The Pokémon anime changes tone after Ash gets hit by lightning!”
    My brother in Christ that was the FIRST EPISODE

    • @AnoushPinkfox
      @AnoushPinkfox Před 3 měsíci +43

      Fair, but even the tone of the first episode was shockingly different before the strike

    • @ourgoldenspires
      @ourgoldenspires Před 3 měsíci +52

      @@AnoushPinkfox "shockingly" HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

    • @AnoushPinkfox
      @AnoushPinkfox Před 3 měsíci +18

      @@ourgoldenspires oh dang I didn't even realize I did that lmfao

    • @donrol93
      @donrol93 Před 3 měsíci +12

      ​@@AnoushPinkfoxThe sheer example of "No pun intended." 😂

    • @AnoushPinkfox
      @AnoushPinkfox Před 3 měsíci +6

      @@donrol93 😂

  • @MathematicalVoid
    @MathematicalVoid Před 7 měsíci +1445

    I hate how small child characters can't have active imaginations without so many people chalking it up to schizophrenia and not, y'know, small children having the imaginations of small children.

    • @EngineerMonkey-zp3yj
      @EngineerMonkey-zp3yj Před 7 měsíci +31

      I like your profile picture!

    • @Wiziliz
      @Wiziliz Před 7 měsíci +171

      Reminds me of that one South Park episode with Butters getting treated for his other personalities when it's really him playing pretend

    • @benceszarvas5464
      @benceszarvas5464 Před 7 měsíci +20

      That episode was cool even revealing to the public who actually has multiple personalities.

    • @thatblindnerd5070
      @thatblindnerd5070 Před 7 měsíci +60

      Unfortunately adults can't just enjoy something for kids without making it dark or disgusting because "UGH! THAT's FOR BABIES!!!!!"

    • @aguyinyourwalls6946
      @aguyinyourwalls6946 Před 7 měsíci +23

      In this comment we can see MatgematicalVoid must be scitzophrenic because they dont belive that the rugrats all take place inside reptars head after going into a dinosaur coma

  • @rainbowditto9033
    @rainbowditto9033 Před 7 měsíci +990

    What kills me is that the 'adventure time is a coma' theory blew up right before the show revealed that it literally takes place in a post nuclear apocalypse planet. Like, these 'theorists' were 1 childrens cartoon dark twist stereotype away from predicting the show.

    • @edenengland1883
      @edenengland1883 Před 7 měsíci +100

      everyone already knew that it was a post apocalyptic world though, that wasnt really something that had yo be theorized about, i mean one of the first things you see in every episode is a nuclear missile shell it isnt hard to put 2 and 2 together

    • @jesusramirezromo2037
      @jesusramirezromo2037 Před 7 měsíci +19

      Pretty sure like the 3D episode showed a flooded city

    • @se.224
      @se.224 Před 7 měsíci +12

      I'm pretty sure they made a joke about it in the show

    • @leoultimaupgraded9914
      @leoultimaupgraded9914 Před 7 měsíci +53

      Weirdly enough, the nuclear apocalypse isn’t what created the magic. Sure, the Lich came from it, but magic existed before the nuclear apocalypse, as shown with the Elementals
      this isnt relevant to the theory at all but i couldnt stop myself from ranting, sorry

    • @crimsoneclipse1882
      @crimsoneclipse1882 Před 7 měsíci +17

      ​@@leoultimaupgraded9914It kinda reminds me of how in the Ash is in a Coma theory, the Pokemons are still a real thing in the world.

  • @criiss2712
    @criiss2712 Před 6 měsíci +306

    Back when adventure time was still in it's earlier seasons, there was theories about the cartoon taking place in a post-apocalyptic world. That was one of the few old theories that were ACTUALLY right.

    • @guy.animations2935
      @guy.animations2935 Před 2 měsíci

      Granted there was actual evidence of that being the case unlike the sponge bob world is the result of nuclear bombs

  • @TheGlooSniffer
    @TheGlooSniffer Před 7 měsíci +115

    “But we still prefer to think that Christopher Robin had REAL talking animal friends” The whole point of Winnie the Pooh is that they aren’t real. He’s playing with stuffed animals.

  • @kecleonfan7495
    @kecleonfan7495 Před 7 měsíci +2540

    The restraint to not bring up Film Theory even once is astounding. Hats off to you, Mark.

    • @crimsoneclipse1882
      @crimsoneclipse1882 Před 7 měsíci +486

      I think Film Theory's pretty safe from that since it at leaat presents it as just a fun theory, while some of these tiktoks are so serious about it, like they're discussing it the same way you would real life issues it's bizarre.

    • @roatedmarshmellow240
      @roatedmarshmellow240 Před 7 měsíci +331

      The one small detail what saves FT, it's his main line by the end "But hey! It's just a theory!"
      Like he knows what this all isn't serious.

    • @crimsoneclipse1882
      @crimsoneclipse1882 Před 7 měsíci +257

      @@roatedmarshmellow240 Especially when you watch his GTLive streams where he's clearly just having fun with it and not taking them too seriously. I do miss his more science and math focused theories though, always preferred those to the lore theories.

    • @ahmadmalaki8364
      @ahmadmalaki8364 Před 7 měsíci

      Yeah his shit content is all that
      I know he is a nice guy
      But I still think his content is awful he build a whole channel out of lies
      Will theories is fun to make you should still be aware that they are not true despite how much believe in them

    • @ahmadmalaki8364
      @ahmadmalaki8364 Před 7 měsíci +32

      @@roatedmarshmellow240it wouldn’t stop me from hating some of his theories
      Like Mega man is evil doctor willy is a good guy seriously

  • @MariotheMastermind
    @MariotheMastermind Před 7 měsíci +2265

    I love how Adventure Time has some of the most intricate, detailed, and creative world-building of any cartoon, and people are like: "What if it's all just Finn in a coma?"

    • @reddeadspartan
      @reddeadspartan Před 7 měsíci +346

      It's also funny because the series does have a dark twist, that the world actually set after an apocalypse, so why try to add another twist by saying Fin is in a coma?

    • @MmeCShadow
      @MmeCShadow Před 7 měsíci +150

      This theory might have had more credence if it was Ice King (rather, Simon Petrikov) in a coma. The Ice Crown didn't make him crazy, it was an undiagnosed brain tumor. After a dangerous episode Betty was forced to have him hospitalized and put into a medical coma, making him feel 'cold' as his heartbeat and body temperature lowered. He imagine the powers of the Ice Crown, and the Mushroom War, and all of Ooo is a reflection of his deteriorating and fractured mind with fragments of lucidity, experienced as separating from the Ice Crown and returning his human state, where he also subconsciously realizes that he's dying. Finn is a reflection of his childhood self, a boy who longed for adventure (which ties in to him becoming an antiquarian pursuing ancient artifacts) and Jake his beloved dog, both viewed from a physical distance in the way that adults may view their own childhoods as though they were different people; Marceline is the daughter he one day hoped to have with Betty.
      And Gunther, of course, represents penguins.

    • @UltimatePerfection
      @UltimatePerfection Před 7 měsíci +39

      That's just a huge ripoff of the Ash coma theory.

    • @literallygrass1328
      @literallygrass1328 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@UltimatePerfectionyeah but its not retarded

    • @dracocrusher
      @dracocrusher Před 7 měsíci +67

      @@reddeadspartan Yeah, that's what I was thinking! The world is ALREADY a dark internet fan theory, but it's real! That's way more interesting than this boring thoughtless nonsense!

  • @pkcell
    @pkcell Před 7 měsíci +269

    The issue with a lot of the mental illness theories is that they portray them as a way to make the story edgier when it's just as easy to go "hey I think this character might have this disorder because they show these signs" and have an interesting concept to think on that doesn't have nearly the problematic weight of "mental illness=eDgY." For example, Ace Attorney has a very popular theory that Miles Edgeworth has PTSD. It's not confirmed, but many points in the games make the theory extremely plausible, so it's a reasonable conclusion to make.

    • @augustoof13
      @augustoof13 Před 5 měsíci +17

      I agree with you 100%. What I do is make all the characters I like autistic… because I am and I said so lol

    • @TheChefBoo
      @TheChefBoo Před 4 měsíci +6

      Isn't it practically confirmed that Miles has PTSD because of that one event in 1-4?

    • @ruairicorrigan3582
      @ruairicorrigan3582 Před 4 měsíci +7

      Wait, that's only a *theory*? I thought that was just a fact of the game. I mean, the whole turnabout seems like it hints that way, from the dreams, to his sudden reaction to earthquakes.

    • @zerir.3726
      @zerir.3726 Před 3 měsíci +4

      ⁠@@TheChefBooright like he has panic attacks multiple times throughout the series they’re just not going to say it out loud lol

    • @tjreardon8495
      @tjreardon8495 Před 3 měsíci +7

      Didn't he watch his dad get shot right infront of him how the hell do you not have ptsd

  • @rudevoices9204
    @rudevoices9204 Před 6 měsíci +177

    Ok unironically thinking about it, i think the mayor being a fairy in disguise would be a cool little twist for how Timmy manages to get away with the entire town being changed and then no one caring about how everything changes back at the end. Hes like the damage control that Jorgen keeps specifically in Dimmsdale because of how problematic Timmy is.
    I don't actually _believe_ this and it's moreso everyone is too stupid to notice, but i can see the merit of this. Seriously why do they keep talking about Veronica when this one is just a goldmine waiting to be uncovered

    • @rudevoices9204
      @rudevoices9204 Před 6 měsíci +33

      Combine this with the fact that every fairy aside from Jorgen is short and stubby and guess who else fits that description and...yeah I think I cracked something here (my mind)

  • @Light_Dies_07
    @Light_Dies_07 Před 7 měsíci +1198

    I love how Regular Show has a coma theory even though it's the only show in this video that you could reasonably apply an "on drugs" theory to 😭

    • @RoninCatholic
      @RoninCatholic Před 7 měsíci +189

      Considering In The AM PM as one of the prototypes, "Mordecai and Rigby were trying to get stoned but accidentally took other drugs with their weed and hallucinated. Also they gave some of their 'candy' to their boss Benson without him knowing it was drugged until he started tripping out." would be a pretty reasonable theory, if a boring one compared to "Nah, all this stuff is real bro".

    • @skybison4481
      @skybison4481 Před 7 měsíci +29

      @@RoninCatholicI was just abt to comment this, it’s such an interesting piece of regular show info

    • @ChicoStopMotion
      @ChicoStopMotion Před 7 měsíci +13

      That is literally what I was thinking. I am 100% sure the whole show is like an acid trip.

    • @StarSlayer02
      @StarSlayer02 Před 6 měsíci +9

      ​@RoninCatholic bro it wasn't Rigby in that short it was Benson and mordecai as if you watched it entirely the guy turns into a bird and the other guy turns into a gumball machine

  • @redjirachi1
    @redjirachi1 Před 7 měsíci +979

    I love the irony that people used the "Finn is in a coma" theory because its dark only for the actual Adventure Time canon to be incredibly dark for a kid's show

    • @joshraid1550
      @joshraid1550 Před 7 měsíci +96

      Like so many of these theories are obviously wrong because if they were true they'd be addressed. Like you don't make an important character in your story a magical creature in a show about magic only to never bring it up even once.

    • @RylishZaliou12
      @RylishZaliou12 Před 7 měsíci +39

      Honestly people should stop recycling theories and come up with new ones for goodness sake.

    • @ThePapaja1996
      @ThePapaja1996 Před 7 měsíci +3

      Did you know that The brothers lejonheart has that plotpoint.

    • @lunalesombras1150
      @lunalesombras1150 Před 7 měsíci +11

      ​@@joshraid1550I will note that if you're going to use Jorgan as your counterexample to "all fairies have pupils..." my dude, Jorgan isn't exactly a standard fairy. For all we know he could have been a human with a particular bond to the fae, similar to Movie!Timmy.

    • @Constantine_Cvl8
      @Constantine_Cvl8 Před 7 měsíci +24

      "Before there was time, before there was anything, there was nothing. And before there was nothing... there were *_monsters_* ."
      - The Lich, The Last Scholar of Golb

  • @PossumsAreNice
    @PossumsAreNice Před 7 měsíci +36

    As someone who grew up with the old Smurfs cartoons, I’ve always “smurfing” despised “that” theory. I remember watching all these “dark theory” videos and trying to find one for the Smurfs that was *literally anything other then **_that_** theory.* I could never find one though, and I always felt bad for liking my little blue guys after having that theory shoved into my face (and was the only time anyone ever talked about them). I remember 12 year old me making up my own “dark theory” for them that actually considered the show’s ✨lore✨. Looking back at it I’m actually proud of it because it wasn’t just a buzzword template and actually explained a question I had about the show.

    • @samandom8772
      @samandom8772 Před 4 měsíci +3

      You cant just say you made a theory and NOT elaborate on the theory.

    • @PossumsAreNice
      @PossumsAreNice Před 4 měsíci +10

      @@samandom8772 (note, this is talking solely about the cartoon, I didn’t really have access to the comics) Basically, I to this day have no idea why Papa Smurf was the oldest (aside from grandpa, but I didn’t see the episode he was introduced. He was always someone who just sort of appeared to me). He talks about growing up in a village of other smurfs, but he couldn’t have just left it to start his own village because he also says that there aren’t any other smurfs anymore. I can’t think of a reason he’d lie about either of these things, so I thought there must have been some major disaster that took all of the smurfs except Papa. But this theory is more specific then that. In one episode, Gargamel learns of some alchemy thing that turns lead into gold, and it requires someone to boil six smurfs. From that episode on, that becomes Gargamel’s motive. It used to be eating the smurfs, but I guess the producers thought being boiled alive was less scary for kids then being eaten. With this in mind, my theory was that Papa’s old village (and any other village) was basically hunted into almost extinction by alchemist who boiled then for gold. Papa and Grandpa were the only survivors. I can think of two potential holes, but they can be explained. The first hole is that in the cartoon, smurfs are commonly believed to just myths. You would think that a key ingredient to the formula that turns lead into gold would be considered “real” by the public at large. But the explanation for this involves how slowly smurfs age compared to humans. Basically, 10 years of aging for us, is 1 year of aging for a smurf. Which doesn’t seem like a lot, until you realize that a smurf with the mind similar to a human 10 year old, is _100 years old._ And if all this happen when Papa was a child (say 100-140-ish), and he’s canonically 546 (according to Google), that should leave plenty of time for people to grow up thinking that this supposedly extinct creature is just a myth. Adding to this, the formula for this spell is lost to time. People are actively trying to recreate it in the show by throwing stuff against the wall and seeing what works. If it’s even remembered that smurfs were a part of the formula, it they would probably feel even more like a myth. The other hole is that the smurfs make a handful of human friends throughout the show, and Papa is chill with it. But this has two explanations tbh. One, Papa through the show has been proven to be the type of guy to not hold every human on earth accountable for something like this. He’s saved Gargamel and Azrael’s life a few times. And while he does approach humans with a lot of caution, the ones the Smurfs are friends with have proven they’re trustworthy. Also maybe a human helped young Papa escape and that’s why he knows some humans are cool? Maybe both. But yeah

    • @samandom8772
      @samandom8772 Před 4 měsíci +5

      @@PossumsAreNice wow. Its a Great theory considering you were 12 when you made it haha

    • @PossumsAreNice
      @PossumsAreNice Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@samandom8772 Thank you!!

  • @littleblueclovers
    @littleblueclovers Před 4 měsíci +23

    I used to love theories because it would give me an interesting perspective on a show I already enjoy, like “Gosh, you’re right! The Krusty Krab IS a crab trap! The secret ingredient is seafood!”
    But then I started seeing all these boring, repetitive theories like the coma one or the mental illnesses, and I got really tired of it.
    Recently I’ve been more interested in the “wholesome theories” just because the theories tend to be more original. I remember really liking the “Courage is a small dog so he interprets his rural home to be in the middle of nowhere and find outsiders scary” theory and it made me smile.
    I’m sure it’s only a matter of time until the wholesome ones also get repetitive, but in the meantime I’ll enjoy it while I can :)

  • @snoopsq.527
    @snoopsq.527 Před 7 měsíci +797

    To be honest, I find the “Andy’s Mom from Toy Story is divorced” actually compelling as a theory. Practically speaking the real reason the dad isn’t present is because it was incredibly difficult to render CGI humans and strictly from a writing standpoint you only really need ONE parent for Andy. But I find that unlike other cartoon theories this actually adds a certain amount of depth to the film when you watch it with that in mind.

    • @Doug_Edwards99
      @Doug_Edwards99 Před 7 měsíci +252

      What makes that an actually decent theory is that it doesn’t invalidate the actual events of the movie(s). Like it’s not some theory on how the Toys aren’t truly coming to life and it’s just Andy’s imagination.
      Instead that theory allows the events of the story to happen, and can add an interesting layer, if we theorize that Woody was a toy that Andy’s dad gave to him, hence why he’s Andy’s favorite.

    • @morganorwhatever
      @morganorwhatever Před 7 měsíci +123

      This is the kind of theory I can get behind. It was probably not intended by the creators, but it’s plausible enough and adds meaningfully to the story

    • @Forcommentingpurposes
      @Forcommentingpurposes Před 7 měsíci +30

      I thought Jimmy Two Shoes was explicitly in hell???? I do not remember him NOT being in hell. Interesting

    • @Kaisona2017
      @Kaisona2017 Před 7 měsíci +33

      I remember a video talking about how one of the film’s writers had this idea that Andy’s Dad had Polio, and that Woody, Mr Potato Head, and Slinky Dog used to be his Dad’s toys, before he died. It also has an entire backstory movie’s worth of ideas, that I can’t fully explain in one comment, so instead I’ll recommend you watch the full video by Super Carlin Brothers.

    • @toasterifclj9974
      @toasterifclj9974 Před 7 měsíci +12

      To add on to this one there also moving could be to a smaller house to deal with the loss of the fathers money

  • @MouseCreations
    @MouseCreations Před 7 měsíci +837

    I heard someone say that they hate these theories and decided to do the opposite, which is to take dark shows and say that they're just children with wild imaginations or something. Like the Walking Dead is just kids playing zombies, Breaking Bad is just Walter White's students writing fanfics about him and Game of Thrones just being a D&D game

    • @rudevoices9204
      @rudevoices9204 Před 6 měsíci +192

      Wait that Breaking Bad one is actually good idk I'm kinda into that

    • @jojogottagogo9234
      @jojogottagogo9234 Před 5 měsíci +28

      Yep lol that was a Tumblr post

    • @chimp4225
      @chimp4225 Před 4 měsíci +65

      Breaking Bad is just Hal from Malcolm in the Middle having a VERY long nightmare

    • @syppy7416
      @syppy7416 Před 4 měsíci +59

      John Wick is just a kid making a spy game to cope with the loss of his dog, and everyone joins in on the game

    • @cevatkokbudak6414
      @cevatkokbudak6414 Před 3 měsíci

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  • @amyvasquez4268
    @amyvasquez4268 Před 5 měsíci +34

    An example of a good “dark” cartoon theory that I could think of is the now confirmed Bluey theory that her mother Chilli had a miscarriage. It actually had some good clues and evidence in the show, like a moment during her a play about her life that her kids put on for her. Plus, it did add something interesting, sad and heartwarming to the canon when it was proven true.

  • @therealestcupheadonyt
    @therealestcupheadonyt Před 6 měsíci +61

    I have a theory that Ray William Johnson is a hamster.

    • @johird9990
      @johird9990 Před 6 měsíci +13

      Have you seen them in the same room?

    • @creed8712
      @creed8712 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I have a theory that he did your mom

    • @Poopenfarden
      @Poopenfarden Před měsícem

      i have a theory that otis the cow in barnyard is a dragon!!

  • @LadyDarkHatter
    @LadyDarkHatter Před 7 měsíci +836

    One thing I will say about Winnie the Pooh is that the "all the characters are mental illness" theory goes a bit further in the original literature. The original book was written shortly after WW1 and in a university course on children's literature I took, there was a prevailing thought that the characters were meant to represent different aspects that coincide with PTSD and teach children how to properly interact with adults suffering from those symptoms. But that's just a theory- A LITERARY THEORY

    • @jorymo4964
      @jorymo4964 Před 7 měsíci +94

      Interestingly, in Kingdom Hearts, the Hundred Acre Wood is used to represent adolescence, childhood interests, and the idea of having to maintain a connection with one's inner child.

    • @beepbeeplettuce5890
      @beepbeeplettuce5890 Před 7 měsíci +52

      people were barely aware of ptsd at time though, it wasnt even called ptsd, it was called shell shock, people forget how little awareness of mental healtg existed at the time, so that "theory" is impossible

    • @smeeghead
      @smeeghead Před 7 měsíci +37

      werent all the winnie the pooh characters just based off the author's son's childhood stuffed animals? idk if im phrasing that right but you get what im saying

    • @leesimmons5453
      @leesimmons5453 Před 7 měsíci +8

      ​@@beepbeeplettuce5890Did you ever hear George Carlin's bit about shell shock vs. Ptsd?

    • @wolfetteplays8894
      @wolfetteplays8894 Před 7 měsíci +3

      That’s actually pretty damn cool

  • @toganium4175
    @toganium4175 Před 7 měsíci +925

    The theory of “Doofenshmirtz is Phineas’s dad” is quite literally disproved by the episode used as evidence.

    • @KaijuofSteel
      @KaijuofSteel Před 7 měsíci +199

      I hate how popular that theory is, when even Dan Povenmire himself has refuted it several times.

    • @smt64productions40
      @smt64productions40 Před 7 měsíci +130

      And the freakin creator said "It is not the case" and people try to say the creator is wrong

    • @Drax69420
      @Drax69420 Před 7 měsíci +81

      I remember when some guy on Twitter made a theory that Pinhead Pieare was actually Phineas's dad, and the dude actually provided some evidence. So even that's more accurate then Doofenshmritz being Phineas's papa.

    • @user-ts1kp5dj9q
      @user-ts1kp5dj9q Před 7 měsíci +34

      literally the next scene after that disprooved it lmfao

    • @GordanTheToad
      @GordanTheToad Před 7 měsíci +37

      I remeber Doofensmirtz litterally said in an episode that they only dated for a single day.
      I mean he COULD still be the father, but I don't think that's the kind of direction they want to take the series.

  • @mm123gchannel9
    @mm123gchannel9 Před 7 měsíci +37

    I think these types of fan theories make more sense for properties like Gravity Falls or FNAF, properties that actively encourage their audience to look for clues to solve a deeper mystery. Not properties like SpongeBob or The Fairly Odd Parents that were clearly never made to be that deep, especially with how often they contradict their own rules and continuity.

  • @GamingG4276
    @GamingG4276 Před 7 měsíci +28

    I hear you, Mark. Lately, I've been really into The Owl House and that has some fan theories as well.
    Like that nothing Luz is going through is actually real, and that's she's actually stuck at that camp and dreams to escape reality. Or that she got in some kind of accident and is slowly dying in a hospital bed, with her adventures just being a figment of her dying brain. And at the end of the show, Camilla accepts there's no saving her and let's her die. These theories make me sad, so I refuse to believe them.

  • @eduardoflores1503
    @eduardoflores1503 Před 7 měsíci +461

    I heard once, a theory of Winnie-the-Pooh that was actually nice. That reason why Tigger states "the wonderful thing about Tigge's, is that I'm the only one" is because Tigger is homemade. That Christopher Robin's mom made Tigger as a gift for him. While Pooh and the others were store bought plush toys. That being Tigger having a sping in his tail, being something the mom put in as a little play feature. Or how some of the stripes on his belly and muzzle go over like stitching in a plushie.

  • @Candy-md1uk
    @Candy-md1uk Před 7 měsíci +327

    The only dark theory i liked when i was a kid was the “adventure time happens after a nuclear war”because the writers turned around and said “you know what? Yeah” and it became an important part of the plot

    • @jackcouch8322
      @jackcouch8322 Před 7 měsíci +53

      I always thought that was always the idea from the start

    • @Thatkid_one
      @Thatkid_one Před 7 měsíci +71

      @@jackcouch8322I feel like adventure time wasn’t supposed to be like that at the beggining and some writers during season 3 went absolutely buck wild

    • @professionalhater9
      @professionalhater9 Před 7 měsíci +55

      They actually went with it while they were producing season 1, which is why you can see a lot of the nuclear bomb stuff even in the earliest intro

    • @guccifer764
      @guccifer764 Před 7 měsíci +64

      @@jackcouch8322
      It wasn’t originally, but early in season 1 they did an episode where they unfreeze a bunch of business men who are clearly from modern times. One of the writers of the episode joked that this made AT post-apocalyptic, and the creator of the show liked the idea and made it canon.
      So while it wasn’t always a post-apocalypse, it was by the time the show hit the air.

    • @Candy-md1uk
      @Candy-md1uk Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@guccifer764 I didn’t know that! That’s really cool. I thought it became a thing in later seasons when they started really exploring it

  • @juicecakes2458
    @juicecakes2458 Před 6 měsíci +23

    I think the most fun thing about Adventure Time's coma theory is that it still isn't nearly as dark as the actual AT lore. Sure, it's dark, but it's fake dark.

  • @Masterge77
    @Masterge77 Před 7 měsíci +69

    My favorite cartoon theories are usually the more unconventional ones like "The Magic School Bus students are the Planeteers from Captain Planet" or "The Flintstones is set in a post-apocalyptic future/alternate stone age universe". But instead we get the same three or four theories recycled again and again, just with X replaced with Y, which always seems to involve a character dying or being dead. Like you said, they're just creepypastas but without the "Hyper-realistic blood" or anything like that.
    Like even MatPat has better theories, sure they're dumb theories, but they're at least not the same four theories regurgitated.

    • @johnh.mcsaxx3637
      @johnh.mcsaxx3637 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Plus the Flintstones one may very well be canon given the crossovers with The Jetsons.

    • @apocalypseofplush
      @apocalypseofplush Před měsícem +2

      ​@@johnh.mcsaxx3637 that and the fact they celebrate Christmas

    • @CheeseChurger
      @CheeseChurger Před měsícem +1

      @@johnh.mcsaxx3637 Also works with the old "Bomb them back to the stone age" saying

  • @valliniumguy2878
    @valliniumguy2878 Před 7 měsíci +436

    "Steven after not surviving" is genuinely fucking hilarious I don't know how anyone could take such a masterwork of comedy seriously

    • @rosemary3029
      @rosemary3029 Před 7 měsíci +18

      Lol i didn't know it was meant to be satire

    • @godwin972
      @godwin972 Před 7 měsíci +43

      and then toby hit us with the "spamton after not surviving"

    • @bobtheball5384
      @bobtheball5384 Před 7 měsíci +5

      As a kid the joke went over my head

    • @deesnyder8201
      @deesnyder8201 Před 7 měsíci +3

      I was 7 okay

    • @_Tzer
      @_Tzer Před 7 měsíci +8

      i mean ness is sans existed...

  • @Jornag
    @Jornag Před 7 měsíci +733

    For the record, Dan Povenmire and Swampy Marsh (The creators of the show, for those unfamiliar), have disconfirmed the "Candace has schizophrenia" theory on multiple occasions, and actively ridiculed it.

    • @bouel2709
      @bouel2709 Před 7 měsíci +52

      Now my headcanon is that the created the Zebra that calls Candace "Kevin" only to laugh of the theory

    • @foursidekm
      @foursidekm Před 7 měsíci +16

      To be honest I was never a fan of that sorta approach. I mean the creators can do what they want but I'm a believer of death to the author. I prefer what the creator of Courage says. Every fan theory is true

    • @A_Real_Bloody_Vampire
      @A_Real_Bloody_Vampire Před 7 měsíci +97

      ​@@foursidekmAlways hated death to the author it's so insulting to the creator of a book, movie or cartoon it's basically like saying "I know your creation better than you" it just feels so arrogant

    • @foursidekm
      @foursidekm Před 7 měsíci +3

      @@A_Real_Bloody_Vampire idk if I ever made a popular piece of art I would love for people to interpret it in different ways

    • @nqk_0662
      @nqk_0662 Před 7 měsíci +34

      @@foursidekm no screw that that’s a sad exuse to say awful and tasteless subject matter

  • @Liex59
    @Liex59 Před 7 měsíci +26

    My favorite theory I've ever heard came from Making Fiends. Charlotte being an angel (or demon) sent to torment Vendetta by being the only one in town with more power over the people or her own fiends than Vendetta herself, always subverting Vendettas plans for domination with her own childlike chaos while also never actually taking an active role to end the suffering Vendetta causes through the townspeople. She isn't the towns savior. She's Vendetta personal hell.

  • @CallieCalico728
    @CallieCalico728 Před 2 měsíci +8

    A really good video to bring up is Jacob Geller's "Every Zelda is the Darkest Zelda". All these theories are dumb because they promote really bad media literacy. Zelda games can definitely be dark, but even in the darkness Link and good still prevails. There's still humor, there's always a happy ending, there are always new places to explore. A world that's 100% dark and boring isn't a compelling world. Saying things like "everyone is in a coma because the show is too cheerful" doesn't make you sound any smarter, it just spits in the face of the artist's intentions.

  • @NurseValentineSG
    @NurseValentineSG Před 7 měsíci +331

    "Spongebob is on shrooms because imagination" is just the worst. Why are there so many people out there thinking that you cannot have a wild imagination without drugs?

    • @mikethegoo
      @mikethegoo Před 6 měsíci +2

      Maybe it's because they're boring and never had a creative thought in their life so they can't imagine doing that without being on drugs.
      Nice Valentine PFP, BTW

    • @Hadeto_AngelRust
      @Hadeto_AngelRust Před 6 měsíci +24

      blame the druggies for making everyone else associate imagination with weed

    • @Acorn905
      @Acorn905 Před 5 měsíci +7

      Agreed i've got a big imagination and from what i know i'm not in a coma or on drugs '•3•

    • @olakpasa6486
      @olakpasa6486 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Let be honest , no one can be as chill as Patrick without some of that devil grass , other than that the theory is trash

    • @syppy7416
      @syppy7416 Před 5 měsíci

      true that yo@@olakpasa6486

  • @ECKohns
    @ECKohns Před 7 měsíci +572

    The one Phineas and Ferb theory that interests me is that the Mom is fully aware of Phineas and Ferb’s projects.

    • @RoninCatholic
      @RoninCatholic Před 7 měsíci +121

      She clearly eventually _becomes_ aware by the time they're adults with their own children as shown in one time travel episode, but also very clearly _not_ aware at least at the start of the summer as shown in another where a dystopian timeline branch is created by Candace successfully getting her to see the roller coaster from the first episode. So the question isn't _if_ so much as _when_ she becomes aware.

    • @bouel2709
      @bouel2709 Před 7 měsíci +96

      @@RoninCatholic the father is awere and almost all the city is awere, I am pretty sure that someone has told her sometime something like "ey, when your kids are gonna build another beach?"

    • @justalula7151
      @justalula7151 Před 7 měsíci +47

      ​@@bouel2709She probably laughed it off and thought it was just a joke. Since the universe itself seems to like step in to stop her from finding out.I remember there was this one ep where Candace asked one of their neighbors to tell Linda about it, then that person ended up getting arrested before she was able to tell her ....

    • @SubtotalStar850-uh8pg
      @SubtotalStar850-uh8pg Před 7 měsíci +3

      That's not a theory though that's just canon

    • @syppy7416
      @syppy7416 Před 7 měsíci +1

      that is actually a good theory NGL
      I mean Laurence just straight up knows, so why not Linda?

  • @monkeygodemperor.9412
    @monkeygodemperor.9412 Před 7 měsíci +25

    I kinda wanna do the reverse of these theories, take a random serious adult tv shows and make them mundane, breaking bad? A bunch of bored teens writing a funny story about the “secret life” of their grumpy chemistry teacher, the walking dead? A bunch of kids playing pretend, and the reason so many characters die and get replaced is because kids have to go back home or they changed their mind about who they wanna be.

    • @asierx7047
      @asierx7047 Před měsícem +5

      Game Of Thrones is a middle school dnd campaign

  • @aneonfoxtribute
    @aneonfoxtribute Před 2 měsíci +9

    It's kind of funny how many of the purgatory theories inevitably have "she was raped and murdered". Kids Next Door, Ed Edd and Eddy, there's no reason for it, they just threw it in there to be edgy.

  • @VagabondRetro
    @VagabondRetro Před 7 měsíci +494

    My main issue with these "Theories" is that they are often less of an actual dissection of the property and more akin to a glorified fan-fic.

    • @NRG349
      @NRG349 Před 7 měsíci +57

      My fan theory is "it was all just a dream". Explanation: "None of this shit can happen in real life". And boom, that's it, no need to speak gibberish for 15 minutes.

    • @pastelquartz6857
      @pastelquartz6857 Před 7 měsíci +19

      ​@@NRG349Some people can't just see fiction as fiction. Besides, it's so dull to know that everything in a cartoon is "too unrealistic". Like yeah? It's a cartoon! THATS THE POINT! I feel like these theories are just made to be edgy.

    • @NRG349
      @NRG349 Před 7 měsíci

      @@pastelquartz6857 precisely

    • @thereallocke8065
      @thereallocke8065 Před 7 měsíci +15

      ​@@NRG349 the "it was all a dream" thing is frustrating. Like yeah I know this isn't real but I want to explore and engage with the possibilities presented by the world and the people in it. It just pulls the weight from whatever happened. We saw some hero save the world fall in love lose a close friend have a final showdown and redemption with the rival turned villainous no 2. And it's just a dream. It's now even less real than the cartoon or book or whatever it was before

    • @JrIcify
      @JrIcify Před 7 měsíci +19

      We should just normalize fanfiction already. Creepypasta had me feeling the same way a lot of the time. Nothing against any of the writers but it's like they don't know they're allowed to write a fanfic, which can even be horror themed without needing to be a "lost episode creepypasta."

  • @TomTheyy
    @TomTheyy Před 7 měsíci +1356

    It's pretty funny to think Phineas and Ferb would be this immensely sad dramatical story of a sister coping with the loss of her baby brother when in reality it's the show that gave us Squirrels in my Pants.

    • @GippyHappy
      @GippyHappy Před 7 měsíci +94

      S I M P SQUIRRELS IN MY PANTS

    • @ZbJeeBies
      @ZbJeeBies Před 7 měsíci +60

      _step right over and watch her put it downnnnn_

    • @pkmntrainermark8881
      @pkmntrainermark8881 Před 7 měsíci +27

      Squirrels, squirrels!

    • @jessicapinkman-hd4bw
      @jessicapinkman-hd4bw Před 7 měsíci +17

      it's the show that gave us the word simp

    • @Hamilfan31
      @Hamilfan31 Před 7 měsíci +22

      @@pkmntrainermark8881 step right over and watch me put it s to the I to the m to the p

  • @SeanA099
    @SeanA099 Před 7 měsíci +14

    Doofinshmirtz is Phineas’s dad?!?!? Because he went on one date with his mom where they explicitly say they never met again? Also triangle head and inventions

  • @kit4616
    @kit4616 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Unfortunately the Smurf’s thing at the beginning does hold some weight. I was unfortunate enough to grow up in a household with a white supremacist and the Smurf’s was one of his favorite cartoons. He had a strange enthusiasm for it I could not understand. This wasn’t a normal, “oh look a cartoon from my childhood,” either, as he took special delight in sitting my sister and I down to watch it and would be cheering throughout the whole thing, trying to ensure we paid attention. Turns out Gargamel is a bad Jewish stereotype and a dogwhistle for white supremacists. Actual Jewish people have talked about this issue at length and it gets brushed off just about every time because people really don’t want to hear that they’ve been raised on Nazi propaganda.
    The Smurfs themselves aren’t bad. The problem is that the main villain is a racist caricature of a Jewish person and nobody cares because he’s white.

  • @IcyDiamond
    @IcyDiamond Před 7 měsíci +791

    It’s funny how so many people can’t accept cartoons are fantastical and it also has to be that the character is in a coma or they’re insane

    • @SnrubSource
      @SnrubSource Před 7 měsíci +36

      i genuinely don't care, i will always love cartoon theories and welcome them with open arms because they remind me of old shitty creepypastas and it feels comfy

    • @eternallyconfusedneveraware
      @eternallyconfusedneveraware Před 7 měsíci +53

      You know what's more interesting than a magical world filled with whimsical people and creatures, kids flighting evil adults with wacky inventions, or a world of super heroes and villains?
      If it was actually just the ordinary mundane world and the MC just imagined the entire thing so none of the story actually mattered. Obiously.

    • @genericname2747
      @genericname2747 Před 7 měsíci +36

      It's so boring. I'm going to start making theories that are more insane than the show.
      Timmy Turner is a goldfish with human intelligence who is writing a story about goldfish who turn into fairies.
      Finn the human is actually Jake the dog, pretending to be a human. The Jake we see in the show is actually the Lich pretending to be a dog. Its all part of his plan to kill everyone.
      The smurfs are humans with a skin disorder and Gargamel is god. The whole show takes place in an alternate world where God made a world before our own, and was experimenting with creation.
      Spongebob is a kitchen sponge, not a wild sponge.

    • @TheRealLegoDocOck
      @TheRealLegoDocOck Před 7 měsíci +10

      @@genericname2747
      You’re about to be the next Matpat!

    • @genericname2747
      @genericname2747 Před 7 měsíci +6

      @@TheRealLegoDocOck no please god no have mercy please no

  • @cheezbunni3530
    @cheezbunni3530 Před 7 měsíci +920

    I feel really bad for people who made their careers off of theories because ultimately they’re kinda just trying to make a living. Matpat for example has a loving family at this point and while I understand that nobody is beyond criticism the amount of seething hatred for this regular guy just for some dumb internet videos is genuinely sad to watch

    • @kingtiger3390
      @kingtiger3390 Před 7 měsíci +29

      To be honest MatPat as a person has rubbed me the wrong way for years already.

    • @cheezbunni3530
      @cheezbunni3530 Před 7 měsíci +106

      @@kingtiger3390i definitely get that but I don’t think it’s anything different from any other big youtube personality

    • @Skullicgan
      @Skullicgan Před 7 měsíci +9

      ​@@kingtiger3390can i ask you why?

    • @SomeBsMovieOfficial
      @SomeBsMovieOfficial Před 7 měsíci +86

      mat has been transparent about how much of a business his ventures are and gives people the leeway to be more critical of his theory videos because their aim is purely profit-driven

    • @SoraFan23
      @SoraFan23 Před 7 měsíci +65

      His theories are not meant to be taken seriously. Gosh you people always find anything to be mad about.

  • @rychu_sr
    @rychu_sr Před 6 měsíci +14

    I think it is more plausible that when ash saw Ho-oh in that same episode, he wished to be able to be a pokemon trainer forever and that's why he doesn't age.

  • @PinkPokemon574
    @PinkPokemon574 Před 7 měsíci +7

    Cartoon theorists when people in shows have character flaws (show writers cannot give their characters any form of personality apparently):

  • @rebekahscheu4245
    @rebekahscheu4245 Před 7 měsíci +372

    It's hilarious how they try to peg Timmy as being the only one who imagines Cosmo and Wanda, when there are scenes that are clearly from his parents perspectives as they are being affected by Timmy's wishes

    • @andreasmeelie1889
      @andreasmeelie1889 Před 7 měsíci +17

      I was thinking the same exact thing!😂😅

    • @cellanimation
      @cellanimation Před 6 měsíci +20

      The big twist of the entire show is that Timmy is a 40 year old man who wished to be a child forever meaning the world is stuck in a time loop. Another episode had a christmas time loop which affected everyone too. It's just a cartoon, which to me makes mundane explanations like it being imagination or a coma even more stupid. Why limit a fantastical world to real physics?

    • @slycooperrocks5826
      @slycooperrocks5826 Před 6 měsíci +10

      Also Timmy's parents have met Cosmo and Wanda multiple times

  • @billyweed835
    @billyweed835 Před 7 měsíci +713

    While I don't like the schizophrenia thing, I actually do like the Winnie the Pooh one, but I interpret it as less of an edge thing and more of a neurodivergent support group thing. Eeyore's depressed, but his friends don't think any less of him for it. So it really just ends up reinforcing the positive vibes. They're all abnormal, but they're found acceptance and friendship in the 100 Acres and that feels kinda sweet.

    • @leesimmons5453
      @leesimmons5453 Před 7 měsíci +52

      It galls me he talks for ten minutes about SpongeBob SquarePants then calls Winnie the Pooh " a baby show."

    • @grey_cybernetix.1299
      @grey_cybernetix.1299 Před 7 měsíci +30

      i actually love this interpretation so much i’m gonna think about this heavily for the next 5 days

    • @stephaniesheep1147
      @stephaniesheep1147 Před 7 měsíci +77

      I like this, because instead of "oooh spookyyy it's all a mental illness allegory!" that most of these mental illness theories lean towards, it's a wholesome "yeah we may have this, but we're friends supporting each other despite it"
      (Also why is it almost always schizophrenia???)

    • @guto5285
      @guto5285 Před 7 měsíci +18

      I think is more probable that the Pooh adventure are Christopher Robin imagination since Pooh and his friends are plush toys.
      The stories are just Christopher Robin playing his toys
      See? Way less edgy and makes way more sense than the original one.

    • @prageruwu69
      @prageruwu69 Před 7 měsíci +2

      that's a nice spin on it

  • @novarin9912
    @novarin9912 Před 6 měsíci +8

    The pokemon one is especially wild since that “tone shift” was literally episode 1

  • @OsmSkylandersCheats
    @OsmSkylandersCheats Před 6 měsíci +21

    I kind of want to see a cartoon where one of these kinds of theories is 100% true and done on purpose by the creators.

    • @squidmeta
      @squidmeta Před 3 měsíci +1

      Adventure Time?

    • @johnh.mcsaxx3637
      @johnh.mcsaxx3637 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Gravity Falls. Many the theories were proven correct, though the show itself encouraged its fandom to theorize a lot more than other shows.

  • @skeletonskeleton9010
    @skeletonskeleton9010 Před 7 měsíci +230

    Some of the very specific theories such as "Finn had a bad family life, his only friend was his dog, etc" make so many claims that are never established in the show to support itself that it's impossible not to call it fanfiction.

    • @estebangutierrez160
      @estebangutierrez160 Před 7 měsíci +10

      What doesn't make sense is the existence of Marceline, Princess Bubblegum, Ice King, the fictional Fionna and Cake, his arm getting cut off.

    • @thebiolibrary5572
      @thebiolibrary5572 Před 7 měsíci +9

      Okay, it's generally implied that Finn's adoptive family was very good to him, but his mother was a non-entity thanks to his dad running away with him and his dad gives Buck Cluck a run for his money in terms of "horrid parent"ness, so the whole "bad family life" idea is almost accurate, until the point where he gets adopted by good parents.

    • @bayardkyyako7427
      @bayardkyyako7427 Před 7 měsíci

      What theory channels are you watching? Normally people come up with stuff based on evidence in other episodes, not make shit up entirely.

    • @MarcyTheKindaCoolWizard
      @MarcyTheKindaCoolWizard Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@thebiolibrary5572 Not quite, Martin and Minnerva genuinely loved Finn and cared for him, the only reason why Martin went rogue is because he lsot Finn trying to escape the Human Citadel and got bonked in te head way too hard, they were very good parents who were thrown under very bad sotuations, in half because of Martin's bad habits, yes, but you have to be a bit dense to think he ddin't genuinely love Finn or Minerva back then

  • @cerebrummaximus3762
    @cerebrummaximus3762 Před 7 měsíci +186

    Usually cartoon dark theories tended to be creative then slowly fell into the banal "they were all dead!" "Tis was but a coma dream" "The guy imagined it because he was depressed". The most creative one was a Loud House theory suggesting that Lincoln and Lucy were the only existing siblings and were depressed for some reason (I cant remember why, I think perhaps they were orphans or something) and the way they handled the depression is Lucy became a goth whilst Lincoln a schizophrenic and imagined up all those sisters. Then these theories begun going wild.
    Edit: I thought the Spongebob being an effect of radiation was confirmed by the creator, no? Bikini atoll is a real place.

    • @chocolixo
      @chocolixo Před 7 měsíci

      Mark forgot to mention that the show's stock explosions came from these nuclear tests, so there are 2 coincidences

    • @fractiouslemon
      @fractiouslemon Před 7 měsíci +44

      The Bikini Atoll theory wasn't confirmed, but Stephen Hillenberg jokingly said he wished he'd thought of it because it would fit the absolute goofiness of SpongeBob SquarePants.

    • @cerebrummaximus3762
      @cerebrummaximus3762 Před 7 měsíci +14

      @@fractiouslemon Oh that explains where I got that from, thanks :)

  • @antoinedesgagnes9969
    @antoinedesgagnes9969 Před 4 měsíci +5

    15:37 Ok, the Angelica is hallucinating the other kids just killed me. I mean, in the early Rugrats seasons there were stories where Tommy was alone among adults (and teenagers in a specific case). Even afterwards where the perpetual presence of other kids was generalized, Angelica wasn't always there... because the main character was Tommy duh.
    It's not even funny, it's just too ridiculous for that.
    The "Jon Arbuckle" is schizophrenic doesn't hold together because there are many strips where isn't even there...but it still manages to be funny because were talking about 3 cases strips, not 10-minute-long animated segment. It's funny to mentally erase Garfield or look at strips whre Garfield got photoshopped out.

  • @jayonnaise6105
    @jayonnaise6105 Před 3 měsíci +6

    In the 2010 My Little Pony cartoon, there was a theory in the early seasons that the parents of the character Applejack had died at some point before the show started. This was mainly because she lives on her family's farm with her grandmother, older brother & younger sister, while her parents were never seen and rarely mentioned. This theory was eventually confirmed, and led to a really good episode where the Apple siblings try to learn more about what their parents were like because they were too young to really remember them before they passed.

  • @caitlinb1657
    @caitlinb1657 Před 7 měsíci +213

    My biggest issue is that they often aren't dissections of the media or anything like that. They are just high thoughts that got passed around so much that they become "facts"

    • @MasterOfViewership
      @MasterOfViewership Před 7 měsíci +10

      like urban legends

    • @psychedelicpunk5031
      @psychedelicpunk5031 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Welcome to america, where overr half the population is high on drugs there are no high thoughts, just mindless thoughts.

  • @ShadyRK9
    @ShadyRK9 Před 7 měsíci +405

    I remember when Butch Hartman said that the ghost in Danny Phantom ain't ghost but monsters. Years later after the show ended! 💀

    • @D7DE
      @D7DE Před 7 měsíci +28

      Makes literally no sense ☠️😭

    • @leviticusprime4904
      @leviticusprime4904 Před 7 měsíci +37

      Well ghosts are technically a type of monster yes, but if they are only monster and not in any way tied to dead spirits then why is it that throughout the entire show they act as if these “monsters” are still ties directly to humans

    • @micjimster4845
      @micjimster4845 Před 7 měsíci +27

      Are you surprised? The dude bearly had anything to do with the show.

    • @jankoleon3785
      @jankoleon3785 Před 7 měsíci +10

      Well, they never explicitly say heaven, hell, or purgatory in the show and substitute purgatory for the ghost zone. But, at the same time the ghost zone could just be interpreted as another dimension and not really an afterlife

    • @jankoleon3785
      @jankoleon3785 Před 7 měsíci +1

      ​@D7DE Well, they never explicitly say heaven, hell, or purgatory in the show and substitute purgatory for the ghost zone. But, at the same time the ghost zone could just be interpreted as another dimension and not really an afterlife.

  • @jinhunterslay1638
    @jinhunterslay1638 Před 6 měsíci +12

    There really is an art form to theory-making. The guy making SpongeBob theories made his video so funny yet plausible at the same time, that I always go back to watch

  • @lapiswolf2780
    @lapiswolf2780 Před 2 měsíci +9

    28:47 The Great Depression theory doesn't work when they drive a 1970s-80s van.

  • @Redvee_Ilikemen
    @Redvee_Ilikemen Před 7 měsíci +208

    I have a theory that LS Mark is in a coma and all these videos are all in his head, but you guys arent ready for it.

    • @Scott...
      @Scott... Před 7 měsíci +13

      Mark is in a coma and we’re all just inhabitants in his dream

    • @NRG349
      @NRG349 Před 7 měsíci +8

      Yeah, and it turns out that all of us viewers are all just imaginary friends to cope with some hardship or whatever!

    • @lennypayne4241
      @lennypayne4241 Před 7 měsíci +4

      My childhood has been ruined. 😭😭😭😭😭

    • @berto17
      @berto17 Před 7 měsíci +3

      its all in le head

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi7
    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi7 Před 7 měsíci +388

    The funniest thing is that almost every creater debunked them.
    Edit: How did this comment get 300 likes?

    • @bluetiger2468
      @bluetiger2468 Před 7 měsíci +44

      I just feel bad for the show creators that have to debunk them over and over again. Because even if they already debunk it, there's still going to be that one person that'll spam "Is Doofenshmirtz Phineas's real dad????" But I guess Butch Heartman is the acceptation? Tho, it really seems like he's riding those obviously fake theory to desperately cling onto his past success. If he confirms or denies it, people will move on, if he leaves it vague, then people will keep talking for a little bit longer.

    • @estebangutierrez160
      @estebangutierrez160 Před 7 měsíci +21

      What's funny is that the creator of Courage The Cowardly Dog has admitted the dark fans theories of Courage are all true since he loves them. The creator of The Owl House saw the theory of Luz having ADHD, which Dana Terrence didn't intended for that but is now canon.

    • @paisleepunk
      @paisleepunk Před 7 měsíci +7

      ​@@estebangutierrez160good theories are good, ya know?

    • @wolfetteplays8894
      @wolfetteplays8894 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@paisleepunkagreed

  • @clairemcdaid4310
    @clairemcdaid4310 Před 7 měsíci +26

    18:35 I don’t know why but I find this really funny.

  • @pastaman7278
    @pastaman7278 Před 6 měsíci +10

    honestly adventure time being a kids coma is way lighter than adventure times real story

  • @Wince_Media
    @Wince_Media Před 7 měsíci +195

    Yknow what's funny? The spongebob bikini atol theory actually ended up being true when Spongebob's pitch Bible was leaked, and the introduction to bikini bottom is by stating it was underneath bikini atol

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP Před 7 měsíci +10

      Yeah, it’s the radioactive part that’s iffy

    • @analog_jake
      @analog_jake Před 7 měsíci +18

      ​@BinglesP you'll never guess what happened at the bikini atol

    • @asbestos464
      @asbestos464 Před 7 měsíci +5

      the sungerbob bible?

    • @Mars-dw2zc
      @Mars-dw2zc Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@asbestos464 fellow slav? sundjerbob kockalone?

    • @Wince_Media
      @Wince_Media Před 7 měsíci +3

      @@asbestos464 a pitch Bible is basically a book showrunners make to convince executives to fund it

  • @swiftlyaswiftie
    @swiftlyaswiftie Před 7 měsíci +196

    As a person with OCD I find it so amusing how they relate clean & order = OCD when my room's a mess and I procrastinate so much till the last minute.

    • @Kaitou1412Fangirl
      @Kaitou1412Fangirl Před 7 měsíci +51

      Exactly. Perfectionist or neat freak =/= OCD. I'm no psychologist, but I'm pretty sure they're *very* different.

    • @swiftlyaswiftie
      @swiftlyaswiftie Před 7 měsíci +23

      @@Kaitou1412Fangirl exactly, I'm a perfectionist but that's seperate of my ocd and it's so frustrating trying to explain to people

    • @TheStarsTwilight
      @TheStarsTwilight Před 7 měsíci +20

      Part of the confusion may be because there's a different condition called OCPD - obsessive compulsive personality disorder - that IS defined by extreme cleanliness and perfectionism.
      However, OCD itself is a lot more related to anxiety disorders - it even used to be classed as one before the DSM-V. The compulsions it causes CAN be hygiene related - for instance, the need to excessively wash your hands is a pretty common one - but that's not a requirement. Pretty much any minor task that gets constantly repeated out of an underlying, irrational fear something will go wrong otherwise can be a compulsion. Sadly, like a lot of mental illnesses, OCD is severely misunderstood by the general populace.

  • @GippyHappy
    @GippyHappy Před 7 měsíci +19

    7:00 I always thought Jimmy Two Shoes WAS in Hell, until recently when I thought about it and was like "...there's no way they'd have a kids show about that" and I looked it up and, yeah, it's not technically Hell, even though it was definitely Hell.

  • @jragonsouls1178
    @jragonsouls1178 Před 7 měsíci +97

    My favorite one as a kid was the Courage The Cowardly Dog one. It works because it's all the perspective from a anxious dog who sees any of the visitors as monsters, but in reality it's just friends of Ustes and Muriel. There's lots of other things that back this theory up such as:
    They live in the middle of nowhere: Ustes and Muriel are too old to take Courage for walks often so they stay at home, thus courage believes they just live where there's no outside world nearby.
    Courage is abused and hurt by strange entities and Muriel does nothing: That's because it's just the strangers trying to pet Courage and he's yelling and yelping as if they're hurting him.
    Ustes scares and hurts courage: He's just a bit of a meaner/stricter owner than Muriel and thus the anxious lil dog thinks he's evil.
    The vet and that guy who keeps saying "Naughty" seem to be super evil and abuse him: Well dogs just don't like vets or groomers.
    I really liked this theory as a kid because I never liked seeing Courage get so physically hurt and so hearing that it was all just in his head because he's so naturally anxious made me feel a bit better when watching the show.

    • @DogFishMane
      @DogFishMane Před 7 měsíci +11

      I think it’s valid but at the same time, Courage introduced me to horror so when I first heard it, it made me feel a little disappointed that those creepy things may not have been real.

    • @milesmohrien8964
      @milesmohrien8964 Před 7 měsíci +3

      ⁠​⁠@@DogFishManei think i understand what your saying but im still confused. did you think the horror in the cartoon would happen in real life or just that it was real in the cartoon world. im also confused on how that would ruin the horror? i like the theory because i used to do the same as a kid, something strange would happen and i would make it way scarier. like when you see a shadow in the night and imagine an awful monster, that show perfectly represents that so watching as a kid thinking it was scary then learning the theory when i was older made the show even better for me

    • @DogFishMane
      @DogFishMane Před 7 měsíci +3

      @@milesmohrien8964 obviously within the cartoon. It’s clever to think about it as being from the dog’s perspective but that theory kinda takes away the fantasy element of the show.

    • @EntertainMeTV
      @EntertainMeTV Před 7 měsíci +2

      I’ve never seen ANYONE spell Eustace like that. That’s wild.

    • @coolpizzacook
      @coolpizzacook Před měsícem +1

      @@DogFishMane You can have both. The show itself takes the situation as reality rather than Courage's imagination. But you can take it as that perspective if you want. Just make it a fun headcanon.

  • @Gemnist98
    @Gemnist98 Před 7 měsíci +221

    The only fan theories (for any media) that I like are the ones that actually enhance the story and characters. For example, I heard one that in the MCU, the reason why Spider-Man has seen a bunch of “very old” (80s) movies is because he used to watch them with Uncle Ben. It’s sweet, in-character, and not all that grand for the sake of being grand.

    • @juannaym8488
      @juannaym8488 Před 7 měsíci +41

      would also explain why Peter said in Far From Home that he loves AC/DC. He could've listened to them with his uncle

    • @RoninCatholic
      @RoninCatholic Před 7 měsíci +14

      That he has actually seen Saturday Night Fever and is able to respond to Star Lord asking if it's still the best movie ever by saying that it never was, I loved that for both of their characters. Even if it hadn't been a good movie (which it was), being one of Star Lord's few cultural ties to his life on Earth before being abducted by aliens would naturally inflate its quality in his memory, and him legitimately thinking it's the best movie ever wouldn't be wrong. Peter meanwhile definitely got to see many other movies, and at the time he'd have seen Saturday Night Fever he'd have already seen many other movies a boy his age would've gravitated towards more.

    • @donovanfaust3227
      @donovanfaust3227 Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@RoninCatholicyou mean Footloose?

    • @jessicapinkman-hd4bw
      @jessicapinkman-hd4bw Před 7 měsíci +2

      that sounds tragic

    • @RoninCatholic
      @RoninCatholic Před 7 měsíci +7

      @@jessicapinkman-hd4bw Spider Man's life is always tragic, which is why he resonates so much with a wide audience of people who live in a tragic world.

  • @babypinkbunnyy
    @babypinkbunnyy Před 6 měsíci +14

    nobody gonna mention that he took the ed edd and eddy timeline fanart that had someone's oc added onto it??? 26:48

    • @craftersshaft
      @craftersshaft Před 6 měsíci +4

      thats the 2012 grand prize gnome child, you dont remember him from the show?

  • @lasercraft32
    @lasercraft32 Před 7 měsíci +5

    "It's all just a dream made up by so and so" is like the most frequent and unoriginal theory ever. Its not just cartoons, but also video games, movies, comics, or anything else that has unrealistic or exaggerated events taking place.
    The second most unoriginal ones are the "it takes place after a nuclear apocalypse" theories.

    • @asierx7047
      @asierx7047 Před měsícem +2

      I don't get what you'd even get from the "it was all a dream" reveal, it just completely undercuts the whole plot. At least the post-apocalypse reveal can be used in a fun way when it's true, such as in Adventure Time or multiple ghibli movies.

  • @UntitledNameGangIsTouringAmmos
    @UntitledNameGangIsTouringAmmos Před 7 měsíci +161

    What I like about Alex Bales videos is that he uses the SpongeBob theory videos as a narrative device to tell his own story about a mysterious being forcing him to make those video. That may sound absurd but if you watch them all in order they tell their own sorta meta-story while still working as stand alone SpongeBob theory videos. Underrated creator.

    • @yulee3266
      @yulee3266 Před 7 měsíci +18

      his stropngest and most possible theories are the tv and ms puff one

    • @DaveInSnitchel
      @DaveInSnitchel Před 7 měsíci +5

      Sounds like a nostalgia critic clone lol

    • @shatteredlazuli8092
      @shatteredlazuli8092 Před 7 měsíci +28

      @@DaveInSnitchel The Spongbob theory videos are just part of his arg Happy Meat Farms, he mainly works doing short horror films and series on youtube

    • @stwbmc98
      @stwbmc98 Před 7 měsíci +17

      @@DaveInSnitchelThe biggest difference between Alex Bale and NC is that Alex Bale actually understands filmmaking

    • @Aaron64589
      @Aaron64589 Před 7 měsíci +11

      ​@@DaveInSnitchelNever, EVER, compare Alex to Nostalgia Critic. They don't even make the same type of comtent.

  • @pallasdiana4206
    @pallasdiana4206 Před 7 měsíci +146

    In regards to the Pokemon dream theory, the best way to debunk it would be to point out that Ash being hit by lightning, the point where he supposedly falls into a coma, was in the FIRST episode and really isn't that tonally different than the rest of show.

  • @syppy7416
    @syppy7416 Před 5 měsíci +4

    I feel like the best way to counter these kinds of theories are to make wholesome theories on adult, dark and serious media
    here's some that a friend and I talked about (if these were already made please tell me)
    John Wick: it's all just a game of pretend after a kid loses his dog and the rest of the neighborhood joins in with him to help him feel better
    Stranger Things: to help their friend get through cancer, the boys make an RP game with her making her condition a superpower
    Breaking Bad: Jesse is actually one of Walter's students and the whole show is his fanfiction of his teacher (the Jesse part wasn't said but it makes sense)

  • @korjira6404
    @korjira6404 Před 2 měsíci +5

    I find it funny that the actual story behind Adventure Time is darker than the coma theory. Literal nuclear war isn't dark enough for these people I guess.

  • @Goinmach8
    @Goinmach8 Před 7 měsíci +230

    I remember my brother telling me the candace is insane theory, saying he “ruined my childhood” and I then proceeded to spend the next hour researching it and proved him wrong

    • @jordanbaird8681
      @jordanbaird8681 Před 7 měsíci +34

      Excellent work. That's the kind of nerd spite we should aspire to

    • @mrlaz9011
      @mrlaz9011 Před 7 měsíci +17

      I would just say "cool fanfic, bro!"

  • @crimsoneclipse1882
    @crimsoneclipse1882 Před 7 měsíci +69

    I'm sad you didn't mention the best part of the 'Ash Is In A Coma' theory, which is that in this theory, Pokemons are still real things in the world, which is bizarre.

    • @santiagoaguy
      @santiagoaguy Před 7 měsíci +7

      in latin american community they say that ash's dog had died

  • @Lemons28KZ
    @Lemons28KZ Před 7 měsíci +7

    The only theory I like is one that I recognize is just a complete coincidence. It's the one where the TMNT's weapons represent their weaknesses.
    Raph has a defensive weapon, Mikey has a weapon that requires a lot of focus, Donny has the most low tech, and Leo has the most lethal weapon.
    Though it could also mean the opposite if you think about it.
    Raph needs to be aggressive and get in close with his Sai, Mikey and nunchucks are both crazy and hard to control, staffs are often paired with intelligent people like Donny, and Leo has a weapon representing honor.

  • @edfreak9001
    @edfreak9001 Před 7 měsíci +5

    On the "Krabby Patties are Crab Meat" theory - i think that one has roots from a licensed cookbook Nick put out. I remember seeing it at one of those Scholastic Book Fairs as a kid, recipes based on lots of nicktoons of the time were in it and one of them was a Krabby Patty recipe involving imitation crab meat.
    "Stir, Squirt, Sizzle: A Nick Cookbook" is the title i believe, the cover looks familiar and it was made around the right time.

  • @annaadams9706
    @annaadams9706 Před 7 měsíci +133

    the idea of trixie wishing for a best friend that would love her for her and her fairy veronica turning into that friend would actually make a cool fan fic

  • @HeftyYeti8764
    @HeftyYeti8764 Před 7 měsíci +107

    In adventure time they literally address the dream/coma theory. Jakes says “What if this is all a dream inside someone’s head? That would be pretty stupid.” Or something like that. I just thought that was a cheeky way to address these theories haha

  • @oshkeet
    @oshkeet Před 5 měsíci +3

    I actually created the original Wild Mass Guessing section of TVtropes ages ago which as basically in this wheelhouse, although the -intent- there was to poke fun at the famous (if not necessarily *plausible*) theories you saw within fandoms, just so newcomers to IPs could have an idea where they came from. ANd also cause some of the more obscure shows could have genuinely interesting, or at least fun, theories. I think eventually it just devolved into people adding whatever ""funny"" theories they came up with, most of which are the same level of terrible in this vid.
    Theory stuff is even funnier nowadays where writers raised on social media intentionally throw in stuff for it, but its often just potential unresolved plot threads that ALSO function as quasi-marketing to get you talking about the show.

    • @carolyns4519
      @carolyns4519 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Omg this feels like meeting a celebrity. I've been on TV Tropes for about a decade now. So you're indirectly behind all the "[character] is a Time Lord" memes?!

  • @poopa_stinka
    @poopa_stinka Před 7 měsíci +10

    The Bikini Atoll theory though isn’t a bad one, and some of the writers have said on social media that some of them consider it a head cannon. So it’s not in the series Bible but a good amount of the writers have it as their head cannon

  • @sonicultimateyt1090
    @sonicultimateyt1090 Před 7 měsíci +304

    I love how you used a peashooter as a metaphor for pea brained. Very creative of you.

    • @mikethegoo
      @mikethegoo Před 6 měsíci +15

      Oh wow, that one went over my head!

    • @78o90g
      @78o90g Před 6 měsíci +3

      So thats why it is

    • @RVAdada
      @RVAdada Před 5 měsíci +3

      @@mikethegooMine too

    • @ericwilliamofficial
      @ericwilliamofficial Před 5 měsíci +3

      shit didn't even notice that

  • @El_Descarriado
    @El_Descarriado Před 7 měsíci +133

    LS Mark is actually the inane imaginings of a Vietnamese software developer who is stuck in a coma.

    • @sberky98
      @sberky98 Před měsícem +1

      he heartedd it its canon chat

  • @surprisedchar2458
    @surprisedchar2458 Před 24 dny +3

    Fun fact: Spongebob’s most used explosion stock footage is from Operation Crossroads. This was a series of atomic bomb tests conducted at…Bikini Atoll.
    The atomic bomb theory has always really been more of a joke than anything.

  • @mrvaldemar66
    @mrvaldemar66 Před 17 dny +3

    The Ash coma one is so dumb.
    "He lives out his ideal Pokémon master adventure in his dream".
    Ash kept eating shit in the until the last seasons.

  • @Tpcool
    @Tpcool Před 7 měsíci +433

    Just wanna say I love the chemistry Mark and the editor have. Mark's sense of humor just clicks with me and the visuals feel like a totally natural extension of that. Keep it up fellas

  • @TheDigitalApple
    @TheDigitalApple Před 7 měsíci +55

    Cartoon theories are either “everyone or the main character is secretly dealing with cancer and the whole show is their fantasy” or “this character is dead”. Cartoon theories are boring.

    • @rompevuevitos222
      @rompevuevitos222 Před 7 měsíci +5

      There's some pretty fun ones.
      -There's a theory where most Pixar movies are interconnected that has a lot of proof behind it (altho it's probably just coincidences because same studio). It basically shows repeats of characters and locations across different movies and how many of the characters could very well be related.
      -In Adventure Time, "everything is a dream" has become more and more plausible with recent reveals of how the multiverse works. Technically the world could very much be a dream, just like Finn's pillow world was a world made out of a dream. It's not as unlikely as it sounds.
      -I like the "Ash is in a coma" one because it explains why
      A: every town has the same pokemon nurse and police officer.
      B: magic unexplainable healing powers during the movies
      C: Ash manages to go from 0 to Pokemon master in under a year
      Which is at least an attempt to what serves as a rather large plothole which is otherwise explained as "this is a cartoon so it doesn't have to make sense".

  • @BeanutPutter01
    @BeanutPutter01 Před 7 měsíci +10

    One of my favorite movies to look at absolutely crackpot theories of is The Shining. Kubrick leaves a lot to the imagination with the film so it leads to a lot of interesting theories but also a lot of dumb ones.

  • @PrettyAndShiny
    @PrettyAndShiny Před 7 měsíci +5

    MatPat: And I took that personally.

  • @invaderneo3227
    @invaderneo3227 Před 7 měsíci +83

    I remember seeing this Invader Zim theory that claimed Zim was actually a human the whole time and the pictures they used to back this up were all pictures of Dib.

    • @irisius7551
      @irisius7551 Před 7 měsíci +50

      Zim made that post himself

    • @mrlaz9011
      @mrlaz9011 Před 7 měsíci

      that's the only way you could make such a stupid post acceptable.

    • @Nakia11798
      @Nakia11798 Před 7 měsíci +26

      ​@@irisius7551Definitely not. Why would Zim, a perfectly normal wormbaby, need to PROVE that he is human?

    • @sberky98
      @sberky98 Před měsícem

      ​@@irisius7551 ofc he did

  • @ImmaLittlePip
    @ImmaLittlePip Před 7 měsíci +158

    With creepypastas making a comeback it was inevitable that the theory sub genre would of made a comeback as well

    • @kittykittybangbang9367
      @kittykittybangbang9367 Před 7 měsíci +13

      Creepypastas are making a comeback?

    • @C-Farsene_5
      @C-Farsene_5 Před 7 měsíci +5

      I know analog horror is becoming more popular, but I didn't know creepypasta is too

    • @riffraff7942
      @riffraff7942 Před 7 měsíci +2

      I didn’t know creepypastas were making a comeback

    • @juannaym8488
      @juannaym8488 Před 7 měsíci +1

      @@C-Farsene_5 I feel like people like me who were terrified by creepypastas ten years ago as kids are now into analog horror as young adults

    • @C-Farsene_5
      @C-Farsene_5 Před 7 měsíci

      @@juannaym8488 same lol, tho ngl some analog horror are based on a meme like the Russian chernobyl polar bear meme, why kinda has potential

  • @mothman2880
    @mothman2880 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Man i didnt even remember watching these theories but I still understood every reference made 💀
    Like now I remember hearing that the main SpongeBob characters were meant to be the seven deadly sins and being like, “woah 🤯 miter krab likes money??? This makes so much sense!!” And then telling everyone at elementary school about it

    • @mothman2880
      @mothman2880 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Knowing every theory mentioned has made me heavily disappointed in myself, god DAMN i ate this shit up at 9 years old

  • @Strawberry_Phox
    @Strawberry_Phox Před 2 měsíci +2

    My favorite Spongebob theory is the one about him at some point being in the military, it wasn't like "he killed many people" or "his friend died in war" it was just a short yet sweet post on Tumblr pointing out that he follows some of the rules and ways of military personnel

  • @Crow_Rising
    @Crow_Rising Před 7 měsíci +85

    The thing about the Pokemon coma theory that never made sense to me is that the series is established right off the bat as taking place in this whimsical world full of magical and mysterious creatures that people catch inside of special spheres and train them to fight each other, and the theory takes place after this established setting is introduced. What would even be the point of introducing the viewer to this world, only to immediately rip them away from it in favor of a dream version for the rest of the series? It's almost like the tone shift is because the show is made to be child friendly and not because it's meant to imply something dark and morbid that most people wouldn't even pick up on anyway.

    • @StudioHannah
      @StudioHannah Před 5 měsíci +10

      There’s a lot of dark stuff in Pokémon anyway when you look into the Pokédex entries and the canon lore. We don’t need fake theories for a dark twist, there are already so many existing twists in there lol

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP Před 4 měsíci

      Hello Zero

    • @dataexpunged4784
      @dataexpunged4784 Před 3 měsíci

      That's because Ash is actually in a DOUBLE COMA! A coma within a coma, Inception style!

  • @funnynamedottxt
    @funnynamedottxt Před 7 měsíci +191

    27:20 Fun fact, the Bikini swimsuit was actually named AFTER the Bikini Atoll with all of the bombs.
    They did this because the creator wanted to get across how small the swimsuit was by naming after a place where they used ATOM bombs.

    • @SangwiSigil
      @SangwiSigil Před 7 měsíci +15

      I think it's called that because it was the first split swimsuit. Because you know - splitting atoms, splitting swimwear.

    • @beepbeeplettuce5890
      @beepbeeplettuce5890 Před 7 měsíci +15

      ​​@@SangwiSigilno the creator said "because it will have an explosive effect on the market" just google shit before you try to sound smart, dude

    • @paisleepunk
      @paisleepunk Před 7 měsíci +2

      ​@@beepbeeplettuce5890idk, doesn't sound like a massive difference to me, still an atomic pun (albeit in different context)

    • @DinoRicky
      @DinoRicky Před 7 měsíci +1

      Nice 😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏😏

    • @RoninCatholic
      @RoninCatholic Před 7 měsíci +5

      Bikini Bottom is named after the swimwear as a joke to make older kids who know what it is giggle.
      Bikini Bottom is placed geographically in the Bikini Atoll to match its namesake and fit the Hawaiian aesthetic because it's close enough geographically.
      The radiation of the Bikini atom bomb tests aren't the reason the fish are anthropomorphic, especially not sixty to eighty years after the bombing. It being a cartoon is the reason. It's a case of a theory getting a couple things sorta right, then going way off track to be edgy.

  • @Hatsune-Miku_Fan
    @Hatsune-Miku_Fan Před 5 měsíci +1

    Cartoon theories: YOU'RE in a Coma and YOU'RE in a coma EVERYONE IS IN A COMA!!!!

  • @StephenDurnan
    @StephenDurnan Před 7 měsíci +4

    I'm 100% sure that adventure time knew the theorists would make shit theories about them so made it bat shit crazy and made it a post war world
    Also, at 20:02. Dreams?? DREAMS??? Dude they're fucking nightmares. Finn himself has part of his mind where he locks away his trauma called "the vault". I mean, if I saw my idle get ripped apart, skinned alive and worn as a suit by a giant, demonic, animated corpse who is quite literally the embodiment of the end and doom itself.