The Hidden Dark Secrets of The Signal Tower | Little Nightmares 2 Theory
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- The Signal Tower in Little Nightmares 2 is one of the most mysterious areas. In this video I offer some theories, references and things you might have missed in the Signal Tower area.
Remember, these are just fun theories, I am not presenting them as factual, and the beauty of Little Nightmares is that you can explain it however you like!
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Here’s my personal theory for Monster Six: The Signal Tower requires a Thin Man for it to stay together. This is why the next time you see Six after she’s captured, she’s normal. But it’s only after you kill the current Thin Man that she transforms - she has become the tower’s replacement Thin Man. And when you mess with her by destroying her music box, the tower begins to fall apart. After Six is back to normal, the tower only stabilizes when Mono takes the throne, that’s when the flesh walls hide and are replaced with walls.
Oh I like this theory!
Nice I heard a theory that says that children with certain abilities would replace their predecessors gaining more power and having a rule over their domain. Mono and six are both examples of that since six took over the maw and mono took over the signal tower.
Reminds me of Indian movie
Tare zameen par
makes sense. Only thing I'm still wondering, is why Six dropped Mono. Why would she want the signal tower to keep running? She should not have dropped Mono so they could put a stop to the cycle. Get ride of the Signal tower for good. This might be because of some evil taking control of her actions.
I thought so too. It's like the signal tower is a parasite and it needs a host to continue on living.
for someone that makes really good theories, youre criminally underrated
Indeed
Lol that made me laugh “criminally” you ask someone why you in prison, i criminally underrated someone content.
He needs more attention
fr it feels illegal to see, it's like a premium subscription or a private video that I didn't pay for
Tericho being underrated is illegal
The monos fear of being alone makes so much sense but u can’t rly blame him for not wanting to be alone tho. And u can’t blame six for dropping him but I’m still pissed at her tho😂
Lol sameee
I was drawing six and after two hours I remembered what she did to Mono now I'm unmotivated :(
@@ParkJimin-co8jz draw mono
@@user-fv7mj4rg7n ur wrong because before the time loop six would have still dropped mono so thin man is actually the good person thin man tried to save mono and kill six but mono saved six,mono was ,is the only thin man so if she was good he wouldnt have taken her
@@elpatron7185 but also, Six dropped Mono cuz she realised Mono is Thin Man who took her and tortured her to become Monster Six and Mono also let Thin Man take Six so Six is not really the evil but neither the victim
It’s crazy how good someone can be at writing stories like these
"If the adults in this world are the nightmares, she is the little nightmare " CHILLS
The Baker is a cut-character from Little Nightmares 2, though he does make a brief appearance within the Little Nightmares 2 comics and concept artwork.
The Baker works within a kitchen/ television studio within the Pale City, allowing for his show to be broadcasted through the use of the Signal Tower’s transmission.
In the concept artwork, the Baker is an incredibly tall figure, though that is common among most adults. He dresses in a long-sleeved white shirt and teal apron. There is nothing incredibly abnormal about his physical appearance, other than that his head is missing, and instead has five large cables protruding from his throat, implying that he is connected to some sort of unseen device located somewhere within the studio that may play a part in his broadcast/ ability to function. And despite having no head, the Baker seems to function just the same. It is unknown how, though the thought of it is incredibly similar to the patients within the Pale City hospital.
In the Little Nightmares 2 comics, the Baker is essentially the same as his concept artwork counterpart, with the only significant difference is that the Baker within the comics has a head. He looks incredibly similar to a Viewer, though his face is obscured by a bright light, so it is unknown if he has any defining facial features or not.
But, if the Baker is able to preform a skill-driven task, such as baking food, without the interference of a television, than that must mean that he is not a regular Pale City citizen, similar to the Teacher, Barber, and Doctor.
Barber? What barber? The only enemies are the hunter, the students, the teacher, the doctor, the viewers, thin man, and the signal tower.
@Salah Mohamed The Barber is another cut enemy.
We have seen his portrait within one of the corridors of the Pale City school and within the residential quarters of the Governess, meaning the Barber has some sort of relationship with the Governess. This may indicate that he is a rather influential figure within the Pale City. Similar to how both the Teacher and Doctor have their portraits featured in the residential quarters of the Maw and are incredibly impactful within the Pale City.
The Barber owns his own barber shop which is located somewhere within Pale City. The inside is quite well-kept, which is in complete contrast with the many dilapidated apartment complexes that surround him.
The Barber seems incredibly sadistic towards children, as he attempts to kill any within sight with his hair-cutting scissors. Though this is common among most adults.
@@penguinthepuffin785 That’s not all the enemies.
@@penguinthepuffin785 And the Mannequins?
@Salah Mohamed WAIT. If the Baker appears on the television within the Little Nightmare 2 comics, does that make him an official character!!!!
bruh, tell me why it took this dude saying "If the adults in this world are the nightmares, she is the *little nightmare* " for me to finally understand what this games metaphor truly is...
It's the perspective of children in the world. I mean, think about it...the adults in this game are trying to do their jobs and Mono/Six keep getting in the way. The adults tried to catch them to save the world, yet they got away. In the kids perspective, the adults (ultimately doing the right thing) are the bad guys. And in the adult's perspective, the kids are *little nightmares* making life harder for everyone.
It's actually a metaphor for abuse, and children growing into adults who embody what they feared most, reflections of those abusers... If you took this game and decided that the most reasonable message was just "kids are annoying and need to learn their place," then you may have some issues.
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I absolutely adore the amount of time and effort for out of the box theories (which always seem the most plausible) you put in. The amount of psychology and history in culture, art, location, time and people, is awe inspiring. You made me think of a quote from one of the best shows in my opinion... "One day, you're gonna look around and you're going to realize that everybody loves you, but nobody likes you. And that is the loneliest feeling in the world.” - BoJack Horseman -in reference to your mentioning of CZcams fame- (Sidenote: every time the stairs are shown, am I the only one that wants to watch the Labyrinth?)
"if the adults of this world is the nightmare, (then) she is the little nightmare"
NOW PRINT THAT IN A SHIRT
Dude I'm so happy you touched on this possibility of Mono being a TV personality or content creator! I've been posting this theory a lot. The pulsating, organ like beast that chases you I theorized could be a metaphor of him being in the belly of the beast and that all eyes were on him. Therefore hinting that he was the one who a lot of the citizens in the Pale City were watching. Also, the fact that Six was pulled into the TV could be a hint that she was sucked into that TV lifestyle. I personally believe both of these games don't take place in any sort of reality, but are nightmares that reflect some of the darkest parts of each of these characters psyches'. I loved this vid though! Well done!
It's been uncovered that in the tv theirs pictures of certain things in the pale city. Some of these scenes have mono in it.
On ItsJustJord’s video he did show what the bullies were singing.
It’s like *their version* of the Veronica song
He addressed this too during the hidden dark secrets of the school
12:21 this remember me to 5 from umbrela academy an adult guy traped in a 12 y/o child body
Yes! I didn't think of that but I love that show.
Lots of people think the lady is a future version of Six, and we saw a picture of multiple geishas in the maw. Maybe the girl in the rain coat is Six’s sister and might’ve grown to be one of the geishas in the photo. Heck, if we’re going with future versions of characters, the Pretender could even be a future version of the raincoat girl (she does ‘pretend’ to be Six, or at least it tricks the players into thinking she’s Six). Don’t mind me, just thinking.
I beleive the theory that the lady is future six originated from fabric writers.
They wanted a little drama you know what I mean?
Six reunites with mono all grown up, I guess it made for some fanfic material.
Anyways, apparently the lady and six have absolutely nothing to do with each other, according to tarsier.
By the way, i dont know if you know this but
back when it was just little nightmares and the dlc,
there was a theory saying that six was actually the lady's daughter.
Even though that theory was wrong, there was absolutely no concrete evidence to disprove the theory.
In fact, there was so much evidence proving the theory that tarsier had to outright disprove the theory themselves.
I don't know why I mentioned that, it's just an interesting thing to me, so I thought I'd share with you.
Fanfic writers*
Not fabric writers.
@@boomdrops6748something called *editing*
Maybe the hunter was trying to save six. Think about it, it looks like six has been in the signal tower for a long time (since she has a picture there). And the hunter looks like he wants to be alone, to not be a part of all the madness. So maybe he took six and locked her down in the basement so she would not escape back to the signal tower.
Hi, BTW in the chase scene with the eye for one second it looks like a guest chasing six, upcoming theory? Lol
Whut?
wait srsly, what part,
@Anonymous Anonymous people like to look at small details to see if its foreshadowing or could be evidence for a theory, this channel makes theories. That’s all.
@Anonymous Anonymous someone doesn't actually know what little nightmares is
@Anonymous Anonymous neither one, you didn't see the ending or two, you are just dumb
I've been wondering about the blindfolded kid in the second episode of little nightmares 2 comics and I think his power is that he can see without using his eyes somehow, I mean he walks around without stumbling with his eyes covered and crawls into a small hole in the ground with no issues, I mean he could be using echolocation and I've also noticed that the janitor clicks and makes popping noises just like people who use echolocation to see, and I might be overstepping my boundaries... But could this kid be the janitor?
No, he's too young and doesn't use his arms for orientation.
I get what you are saying.
I have a thought that maybe all the monsters (Teacher, Janitor, Guests, etc.) are kids that grow up or something. It is a bit difficult to word what I mean
Ä in swedish is more like "ea" in bear or wear.
Ahh thanks for letting me know!
@@Tericho e
Same for German
EA game’s
@@koshie7879 hah
Dude you are a legend this could be it. This also supports the theory of LN2 is a prequel which I love even more. This is about the best theory I’ve seen as of right now and the one that makes the most sense. I also had a thought that time is definitely different then it is outside of the tower and that she was forced to stay there for so long and ur right that would explain why six seems less scared in the first game then she was in LN2 and such
HA! When it comes to Little Nightmares theories, I knew you couldn’t resist MISTER Tentacles.
Listen, I am convinced they are tentacles xD
Heh heh heh
I can't even put into words how underrated you are!! You put so much work into what you do and its evident. Your theories are so well thought out and are the only ones I've been so invested in. I really appreciate your videos so much and you genuinely deserve way more recognition far beyond just the Little Nightmares series as well!!! I'm glad to have come across your channel because I'll definitely be sticking around. I have your notifications set to all (with no shame at that) and just wanted to say thank you! 💙
Thank you so much for your kind words! And I’m really glad you are enjoying the videos! They are a joy to make!
6:43 This is where I'm pretty sure Mono x Six started
Oh no
Y does that ship exist
maybe the pretender and the girl somehow manifested into the yellow rain coat? i feel like simply accepting their deaths without confirmation, closes off possibilities considering the yellow raincoat is part of six's character at this point? idunno
Bro this has been my theory fr. 2 deaths and the raincoat is left. I believe 6 took the pretenders abilities.
Ok, I see you have found many Dark theories, but have you found any happy or "Light" theories in Little Nightmares?
I havent :l
the game name's is little (NIGHTMARES)
you can kick a ball into a soccer goal meaning mano likes soccer
@@pastaroasta8001that's a very good point! I wonder if Mono not having a mask or hat in the end signified him growing as a person, maybe becoming more confident
uh Mono and Six had a secret relationship that the player didn't know of?- XD I don't believe this really as a theory and I don't really have proof anyways but regardless I ship them-
@@madamephoenix1909 * loads gun * We don't ship Children around here
what if its the other way around and six is keeping mono as a hostage and so she drops him at the end because she doesnt have any use for him anymore
if we presume that Six was stuck in the tower for possibly years, the thin man had to take care of her, she could have developed the stockhoml syndrom for him, so when mono saves her, she is angry, he took him away, so when she has the opertunity to save him she doesnt, because he killed someone she cared for and who cared for her fo possibly years
"This may be me going WAY too far down the rabbit hole-"
No... Continue. This is the kind of theory I love to see.
edit: Lol I should have completed the video before writing this, it is almost the same thing
I think the time inside the signal tower might be different from outside of it and changes to be much longer, I will explain why I think that and please pardon my English.
so at the beginning of the game Six was hugging the music box and as we all know it makes her feel safe but didn't care about it that much even to the point of giving it up to run from the hunter's house. so why hating Mono after breaking the music box and betraying him the way she did? will, during the game we see her growing to care for Mono ( like telling him to run when she saw the thin man or reaching her hand out to chick on him after they have fallen from the TV ) and even after Mono didn't help her when the thin man kidnapped her, she didn't hate him but instead when they met she started showing him the music box. now the question is: why did Six hate Mono for a music box she didn't care about at the beginning of the game? the answer is " Time ", she spent a very long time in the signal tower alone with only the music box to comfort herself and feel safe. that's why she cared about the music box to the point of throwing Mono in the abyss after everything the lived together. do you think it makes sense?
Jesus how many feckin theories are there? I’m loving them tho 😭
Me: Didn't he say he is going to Upload today
He: 22:41 Go brrrrr
23:31
"if the adults of this world are the nightmares, she is THE LITTLE NIGHTMARE" - 12:48 WOW dude, i loved this phrase!! Sounds awesome!!
I'd like to add something about the impossible triangle. If you look at the videos of LN2 in first person, you'll see that behind every TV, there is an ominous triangle symbol with an eye on it, which might represents the entity or whatever kind of Lovecraftian creature twisted the world into the nightmare that it is, but could also be another reference to the impossible triangle, and so to Oscar Reutersvärd.
This theory is so good and I can't imagine how much time it must've taken you to think about all this!
The eyeball monster reminds me of the wall of flesh, from Terraria. The thing is, many of the bosses in Terraria are inspired from lovecrafts book- wall of flesh, chuluthlu, etc.
I thought the inside of the Signal Tower would be a dark, twisted, and deranged office building and not a chaotic mindscape that breaks all the laws of physics.
If Six is a stand in for the King in Yellow, then quite literally the real Little Nightmare was the friend we made along the way
I think it was sixs fault that the thin man existed/ mono became the thin man
Six dropped him into hell where mono had a chair and grew up on it surrounded by nothing
There he made his choice of failure and became it, the thin man
Recently I discovered your channel, I love all your theories!! Keep up the good work!
You can also get a Japanese vibe from Mono's teenage form outfit
He's wearing a Japanese High School uniform
I wonder who are those in the picture frame looks like six, the wired giy with white eyes and a scratch women when white dress
**Calling Mono a villain and saying he is basically her captor**
Dude, he's 9. ✋😭
Btw, this is lighthearted lol. I understand that he's just piecing things together from history for this theory and saying how it would all make sense, I just thought it was funny.
Do you mean by 9 as in age or one of the other children Nine
@@Jonzerker15 9 as in the age
So is six
@iFallo_ yeah they're both children not villains, I actually don't remember what this video was about bc apparently it's been 3 years, but they were both kids thrown into the craziest circumstances ever so we can't blame them really
Very interesting theories here, you never disappoint to give a unique yet more appropriate theory or timeline on the channel! 👍🏻
The eye ball monster is MONO in the non linear sense, looking "back" and observing itself going through the trauma.
I absolutely love your theory about six being in the signal tower for much longer than we thought I had never thought about it but now that you mention it that makes so much sense! Brilliant theory 10/10 great work!
I actually really like this theory, especially about how six is the little nightmare, which is why she's affected by the hunger as well as the adults. Seriously underrated!
This is crazy. We see that there is so many theories and confusing things that this games does to us. It confuses us like ilusions. Just belive how much details they needed to do so they can relise this masterpiece.
The thumbnail: something on the wall of the signal tower
The video: *sweden, sweden sweden*
I talk about the thumbnail directly in the video. If you would have watched the video you would have known. Besides, the part about Sweden is directly related to the inspirations of the game.
i like how 'experimental' the theory is but i dont know if they would steer the story in such a 'region specific' direction. They are very smart with the way they do their games and would more likely use generally understood concepts. Thats why i found it kinda funny😂
Did u notice when you go to the signal tower there is the door in the middle and it closes but if u look at the top there is an eye
These are honestly my favorite theory videos, it is just so cool to listen to honestly.
I JUST watched your other 3 videos about the school, the hospital and the cabin. Perfect timing
I don't think Six has Stockholm syndrome, if you remember, six was captured by bullies in the hallway and was tortured but mono freed her, ِAfter sometime when Mono and Six tried to cross a bully, Six jumped over him and killed him brutally.
My theory is that Six is dreaming of a nightmare where all her nightmares have crossed to the physical world and overlapped to create Little Nightmares World. She may not remember them, but they do and they chase her. Maybe Mono was a nightmare among the few she had in which she betrays him, but of course, Six just wakes up IRL and the nightmare ends. But the nightmare remains in her inner mind and Mono turns into the thin man overtime waiting for her to dream of him again. So happened, Six dreamed of that nightmare where all her nightmares came true, Mono unknowingly released the thin man, and now it's his chance to come after her.
Maybe Six realized that if she rescued Mono, then Mono is the only one who crosses the TV or she doesn't wanna cross the TV with him as she remembered him from her past nightmare, so I think she somehow absorbed his powers to cross the TV and survive! And Mono lost his ability to transport, escape, or even to survive. I noticed that the thin man appeared to be glitched at the beginning of the game as evidence that he can transport but old Mono or (the new thin man) seems to look like a normal human.
also you can notice that right after Six held mono's hand, the tv lighted up as another evidence that she drained his power
At 13:06, if you take a very close look to the guts-eyed following six and mono, one of them has a very oddly yet big similarity to the teacher’s face. Maybe the teacher is also a creation from the signal tower. That could explain her ability to stretch and bend her neck so much, she’s another monster 🤷🏻♀️.
As a fine artist, I loved when you mentioned 1 point perspective. My professor never told me it had Japanese roots. 1 point is very annoying, but I feel it can portray things in a very distinct, surreal way when applied properly.
congrats on 30K and I cant wait to watch this!
I was super immersed in your storytelling 😍 I hope you keep making these if you can ❤
Thank you! I still have plenty of more ideas!
@@Tericho that's amazing! I'm looking forward to it 😍
I really love watching your theories :DDD
Not only do you theorize the story but you also give pieces of information that are new to me, I simply love watching your theories, it's entertaining at the same time I learn a few things uwu
Theory- mono was also stuck for years like six so mono become thinman and six twisted because of signel tower power but when mono breaks. The music box it makes him back
Everyone will be monsters, beautiful monsters, and we don't ever have to be alone again.
... omg how did I never think of Six as the King in Yellow that's one of my favorite lovecraftian concepts??
Love the theories! Nice work dude 👌🏻
I think the confusing stairs are our mind we sometimes lost in it and can not find a way-out
*(Tericho if you mention this theory can you show my comment? unless someone already has claimed it of course)*
So, the Little Nightmares community as a whole is sure that the LN world is stuck in a loop, right? And most people are convinced Six is the Sixth person going around this loop, correct? But what about Mono? Mono means "one", and therefore he can't be rebirthed, the developers are hinting there's only one of him. Therefore, doesn't it make the most sense, instead of Mono "killing" the Thin Man near the end of the game, that's the moment he sends himself back in time? (most likely with amnesia). The fight between them may be a fundamental variable of the cycle restarting (the other most important variable being 6 dropping Mono). Therefore, the Thin Man is transported back in time (is now a kid again, therefore Mono), has amnesia, adapts and survives, rediscovers his powers, eventually sees six being captured by the hunter, saves her, runs away with her to ultimately send his older self-back in time who will eventually do the same. This makes the most sense to me, Mono is one, therefore he can't die and be rebirthed, he is all forms at once, the Thin Man and Mono are one.
These video are always so entertaining, I love how you said that the signal tower is following Mono, over time they have become accustom to watching him and are fans of him. Kinda like how toxic stan culture is today. Maybe the signal tower corrupted Six and gave her the shadow form because I don't think we see that in Little Nightmares 2, she found out about the loop and the signal tower forced her to drop Mono so the viewers could watch Mono forever and the signal would go on and therefore, the loop.
Here's my personal theory because I just finished the game and I have no one to talk to about it: I think Monster Six and then regular Six's hunger symbolize the result of trauma: children who experience trauma tend to be described as "mature for their age" (explaining her experiencing the hunger that only really seems to affect adults), and both children and adults who experience trauma are known to lash out at people close to them and seek comfort anywhere they can find it, even if it's not the most healthy way to cope (why Monster Six lashes out at Mono and viciously defends the music box). The battle with the Thin Man is Mono's battle with who he was/is becoming as a result of his own traumatic experiences. He starts by running away, being so afraid as to leave his only ally at the mercy of the Thin Man ("driving" Six away due to his own fears of the future and who he might become). Of course Mono eventually is able to face and overcome his fears of what could be and change his perspective, which could be another explanation as to why Mono's powers got stronger after defeating the Thin Man and why the Signal Tower begins to deteriorate (because he "broke the cycle"). In the end, Six is cruel and lashes out possibly because she's hurt that her only ally "left her" or "drove her away", which would feel like abandonment in either case, and then when Mono was ready to reconcile, she wasn't, and he repeatedly pushed her out of her comfort zone (smashing the music box). Six dropped Mono like someone would drop a toxic friend that they'd given 17 chances too many to and were struggling to let go of. He may have changed, but she didn't want to chance it. She became a product of her environment as a necessity in order to survive, which, unfortunately, forced a continuation of the cycle Mono struggled to break.
I've been binging your theories and I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL I LOVE ALL THE THEORIES
I think it's actually monos fault because if he didn't release his adult self six would have never dropped him and mono wouldn't have pull out a hat out of nowhere
I really enjoy every single theory video! 🥰
And the yellow King sounds so intersting!
This is By far my Favourite Theory! ✨💞
im swedish and had no idea tarsier studios was swedish now im very happy knowing that a part of little nightmares is swedish
The long neck lady is a Japanese yokai, and the creature that Six turned into is almost like the ghost from the Okiko story who inspired the girl from The Ring.
six is the little nightmare that gave me chills
I have to give a round of applause for your amount of commitment to these theories, they're very impressive
The bullies signing awayls makes me laugh
Also I forgot to mention the thing about mono covering his face I can agree he's most likely hiding his ability but at the same time I feel like all the childern or anyone really has to cover thier eyes to prevent the single tower frim takeing control that's why you never atucally see any of their eyes it's wayls thier hair or a hat or raincoat coverering thier face I would probably fall everything time from not being able to see
Yo what if Six is the one creating the nightmares of the geisha lady dreams in LN1 and the tall man dreams in LN2?
Bruh, when he mentioned "Six has Stockholm syndrome for Mono" broke my damn heart! Goddamn!
It's very likely been said before, but at the end of Little Nightmares 1 in the DLC. They show a TV with what I'm guessing is the Thin Man.
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The more I watch the video, the more I understand the entire video game universe, outstanding job for you dude!
I got a really strange theory.
I personally think that six only uses mono to get further (or more power). The signal tower is something beyon time and space so it could be from any time. The drawings where six is held captive seem to be read from left to right. It kinda seems like a plan laid out. At the end of it there is the signal tower. The tower has the power to absorb humans, which is the same as the power six obtains from the geisha.
My theory is that six actually IS the signal tower. She uses monos power to "broadcast" her power to a wider area.
Lemme know what you think!
Hey guys I posted this by mistake on an older video
I know what you are supposed to do with the mysterious package you find in the suitcase on the viewers part you are supposed to deliver it. Get the package and go to the far left of the room and in the door there will be a mail opening with a eye on the little door bring the package near the door and a hand will reach out and get it. Post industrial achievement
Prime gang
I really like your videos, i honestly dont know how you do it! Keep working hard and just know that even though there are negative comments and haters, theres a whole community of people here that love you!
Haters get muted anyway. 99% of the CZcams comments are awesome! But thank you 😁
Congrats on 30k!! 🥳🥳
Thank you!!
30k Congrats 👍
Absolutely love the videos keep up the great work
The staircase image used is actually a reference to the piece called ‘Relativity’ by Maurits Cornelis Escher. He’s a Dutch artist! I actually covered this on my channel! Glad to see someone has spotted this too! Nice one man!
I really love the end theory that six spent years in the signal tower and grew up in the signal tower its really smart!
I do have a question, mono litterly bended reality just moments before, so why didn't he do it again to get out of there, or hell even just do the same manoeuvre to the tv screen/door?
Has anyone else noticed how Six's shadow grows when she steps out of the tv? Looks like a nome.
(Edit: finally someone brought up mono being a tv-personality! Ty)
My fav theory yet, we see mono as the problem instead. Nice
The Lovecraft similarities actually go much deeper than that. Allow me to present all the evidence in favor of the eye-mass being an all-powerful entity inspired by lovecraftian horror (part 2 of 2):
In the trailer for LN2 titled “Nightmares explained with Derren Brown”, Brown says that “Perhaps they (nightmares) are the result of an external, malevolent force...timeless...ageless. Perhaps it is the nightmare itself preying upon you, drawing its strength from your weakness - the nightmares have crossed into the physical world”. The phrasing he uses here seems to imply that some malevolent, immortal, external force has entered our world and turned it into a nightmare, similarly to how a Lovecraftian monster would.
Finally, we might as well compare the game itself to an actual piece of Lovecraft fiction. Now as I said before, there are countless similarities in terms of themes, story, and actual monsters, but for simplicity’s sake let’s just choose one of my personal favorites - The color out of Space, which Lovecraft wrote back in 1927. There was also a film adaptation starring Nic Cage that was released in 2019, which I would highly recommend watching to get the best vision of this horror. The story follows a farmer and his family as a meteorite lands on their property, which scientists inspecting it cannot determine the origin of. The meteor begins leaking what is described as an extra-spectral color (portrayed in the film version by the color magenta) before being destroyed by lightning. Soon it is revealed that the color inside the meteorite is actually some vicious alien entity that is now loose on the farmer’s property. As the story goes on the entity begins to corrupt and warp reality on the farm; the farmer’s crops grow huge at first but prove to be inedible; the farmer and his family are altered both physically and mentally; and several time-space anomalies occur throughout the story. By the end of the story the entity begins killing each member of the farmer’s family, either directly or by turning them into mutated monsters. After killing the farmer himself the entity blasts back off into space, leaving the area around the farm a colorless wasteland.
After comparing these two things, I can’t help but wonder...what exactly is the eye-mass’s goal? As far as I can tell, it seems to want to either kill humanity completely or turn its worst inhabitants into mindless slaves. As some have suggested, we can assume that other characters like the janitor, teacher, etc were all lured into the signal tower’s presence and mutated in similar fashion to how Six was at the end of the game. I agree with this point, but allow me to also add onto it by suggesting that perhaps the mass chooses people for mutation based on their innermost desires. As Derren Brown says in the Nightmares Explained trailer, “Or perhaps dreams are, as Freud believed, a communication of our will, our desires”. When you look at each antagonist you can sort of see what I’m talking about - the lady wanted to remain young and beautiful. The craftsman and doctor probably wanted to continue practicing their “arts” forever. The guests wanted to stuff themselves to bursting point. The viewers wanted to continue watching TV as long as possible. The Pretender wanted endless material possessions. The teacher wanted authority. And so on. And then Six...well, Six likely wanted to return to the peaceful life she had before she met Mono and embarked on this crazy adventure towards the signal tower, hence why she can be seen playing the same music box she had at the beginning of the game. But here’s the final nail in the coffin - the second comic for the original game literally revolves around this exact same concept. Think about it - the entire comic literally revolves around a group of children who are nearly captured by a monster after seeing their desires shown to them through mirrors - desires which then manifest in the real world by altering the children’s bodies. Furthermore, I would say that this comic also explains the existence of the Mirror Monster, North Wind and even the Thinman - they are likely creations or servants of the eye-mass that are tasked with hunting down and capturing children who have a desire and are therefore prime candidates for mutation. However as the comic and the games suggest, these desires aren’t all they are cracked up to be once the eye-mass fulfills them, as many of the monsters I mentioned above are killed by Mono and Six or are put through some other form of torment. It would also explain why the Ferryman is collecting the children from the comics and bringing them to the Maw - they are the children who SHOULD have been taken, but literally fought the odds and lived to tell the tale.
With this in mind, let me propose another theory: Shadow Six is another one of these special-child-hunting monsters, just slightly different. Think of it like this: we know the eye-mass has some plan involving Six and the Maw before Mono ruined it (and for that the mass turned Mono into the Thinman as punishment), but what was that plan? In my opinion it likely had to do with putting an end to the Lady and the Maw, since she and other monsters had essentially been using it as a means of hiding below the ocean, isolated from the eye’s influence. Of course the eye can’t have that, so what does it do? It creates Shadow Six and tasks her with the same thing as the other special-child-hunting monsters - luring Six into finding her true desire, greed. As Six progresses through the Maw, Shadow Six appears and subtly encourages her to fill her desire through consumption, each time making her get prey that’s bigger and more lively. By the end of it Six has proven her desire by eating the Lady, allowing Shadow Six to possess her in full force and unleash her powers, turning Six into the monster the eye had always intended her to be. After that her fate is unknown.
(Quick side note - I’ve seen some people suggest that the eye-mass might be an amalgamation of all the viewers that have committed suicide. Honestly I don’t think this is true, as we see that every eye that’s part of the mass has the same colored pupil, implying they are all part of the same entity. I do think the mass is trying to get people killed, but more for the purpose of eradicating humanity as opposed to assimilating their bodies).
So in conclusion, I think that the eye-mass seen in the signal tower is the true source of all the terrible things in the world of Little Nightmares. It is an otherworldly, lovecraftian monster with powers over every aspect of our reality, including time and space. It resides within the signal tower which it constructed itself, and it’s goal seems to be to either eradicate humanity or twist it’s worst inhabitants into its own personal monsters. To accomplish this it seeks out those with the strongest and most selfish desires and manipulates them until it can send it’s special minions to “collect” them and bring them to the signal tower, so the mass can then “fulfill” their desires by transforming them into the monsters they really are.
Bonus theory: The reason we see so many clothes discarded throughout the Pale City is because at least some of the children we see in the series are really adults who were shrunken down by the eye into children, leaving their adult-sized clothing behind. However aside from the Nintendo Switch trailer for the original game where we see a similar transformation, I can’t really find any more proof for this theory, so take it with a grain of salt.
I just watched the last video and how he said he was going to post a theory of the signal tower and as soon as I got done watching it this video was posted Lol
Hi tericho! I know imma love this video!
What if during Mono’s time at the hospital for a family member, what if he read H.P. Lovecraft and that shaped his mind into terror of being alone and driven to madness. Maybe that’s why his world is so ridiculous and scary, disproportionate and insane.
I always thought Mono his his face to control his power like an inhibitor
Another great video! Very interesting theory!
This is the best theory I’ve seen so far I think, this is even darker then I thought but I love it.
I love your theories. You deserve a million subs.
Haha thanks! Honestly I am very happy with 30k so far!
@@Tericho congrats and np! I'll look forward to your videos! I hope you get more subs and views cuz srsly you deserve it. Love your videos btw! Thanks so much for noticing me. I'm one of your fans lol
This theory gave me and idea for a Granny theory. I know Tericho already spoke about it a bit but I think with a little twist, it could make even more sense. So: Lady is uncontrollably hungry and she knows it's only a matter of time before she consumes her own daughter as well so she sends her to the Nest (gives her a raincoat for the way maybe, so she doesn't get sick - that's why she's the only child we ever see to have a decent piece of clothing right from the start (except mono, although his clothes and cloak seem a bit dirty too), not ugly, dirty torn clothes like Six does in VLN for example), it's because her mom is THE LADY and she could afford to give her daughter clean clothes.
Girl in the yellow raincoat is then held captive in the nest, not allowed to escape so the Lady can be sure her daughter is safe from her.
When the Pretender and girl in the yellow raincoat fall in the water, the Pretender manages to touch her and casts magic spell on her, except something goes wrong. As they are both drowning, the spell doesn't go as planned, maybe because there was not enough time to cast it properly and it gets interrupted mid-way by the fall in the water, so the girl in the yellow raincoat doesn't dissappear completely, but instead, becomes Granny. Not remembering who she was, her identity completely dissappearing, but body staying and forming into its monstrous looks as all the Granny cares about now is to eat anything and anyone. Lady finds out about this news and is devastated, but cannot help it and still thinks of Granny as if she was her daughter, perhaps even hoping that with time, her daughters consciousness could return to the body and so she orders her people to board Granny onto the Maw, keeping her alive in the depths, feeding her.
I've been waiting so long for this
nailed it right out of the park with this theory my guy. super good and understandable and seemingly logical. i cant wait for the end of the little nightmares where we get the full truth like this all could just be kids delsiousions or a fantasy. but i think whats happened to their world is a real thing but is using the fears and irrational ways of the world to kinda take over the world and instil fear into it and honestly with how important and hated the kids seem to be in the world makes me think that whatever is doing this is a kid or the person who started this or even controls this world could be a child which is why everything is so weird and not logical most of the time. and to a kid time does not fully matter or isn't relevant to them so the messed up timeline could work with that and kids dont like being alone and in a way always want attention so that would make sense kinda with the viewers and the eye monster like what u said with mono and it but idk thats just one of my little thoughts on it.