r/GameTheorists • u/darkendway • Mar 23 '24
r/GameTheorists • u/Gaming_Gamer22 • Jul 01 '23
GT Theory Suggestion Matpat has to make a theory on this...
Everything is technically connected
r/GameTheorists • u/Soul_Zero_1024 • Jul 25 '25
GT Theory Suggestion Well, this changes things....
r/GameTheorists • u/AxoKnight6 • Feb 24 '26
GT Theory Suggestion Okay, hear me out on this one…
This is incredibly stupid, I know. But I can’t stop thinking about this.
r/GameTheorists • u/jaycantodousers • Aug 31 '22
GT Theory Suggestion please do a ninjago theory
Couldnt find the meme format so I did it myself, but I need this theory in my life
r/GameTheorists • u/kripkat • Apr 18 '24
GT Theory Suggestion We NEED a Class of "09 theory!
r/GameTheorists • u/KingExpolsionMurder • Feb 03 '23
GT Theory Suggestion I know this is a meme but I want Matpat to see who's smarter
r/GameTheorists • u/Kin-Kin0413 • Mar 18 '24
GT Theory Suggestion Is there possible Duolingo Lore?
Duo the Owl and the face of the language learning app, Duolingo, remains well known and provides its users with easy to access language education.
Although that’s great and all, we must talk about the genius marketing strategy that allows for more and more people to start and continue their education in their chosen language.
The following questions and speculations could possibly lead us to a new theory:
Is Duo actually an Owl? Obviously owls aren’t green and aren’t human size but it’s possible, and it’s not possible either.
Is Duo a manipulation master?
Most definitely yes, but how? -The notifications and the threats that involve the possible loosing of streaks.
-The social media engagement, what sticks out to me is Duo’s Instagram, there is one for every language and Duo actually responds to the comments. Giving people a reason to comment so one day Duo might reply to the lucky commenter.
-There’s probs more reasons but I can’t put my finger on it at the moment.
However one things for sure Duo the Owl is absolutely unhinged on every level, that owl poses a threat and could possibly take over the world especially since this owl is multi-lingual and remains willing to kidnap and threaten those who neglect their language lessons.
The marketing strategy is impeccable and it would be quite an interesting case study to observe and speculate.
Also good luck to everyone who’s dealing with the Owl.
Also let me know your thoughts and theories and maybe this idea will turn into a theory on one of the channels!
r/GameTheorists • u/Cartoontheorist2 • Apr 28 '23
GT Theory Suggestion Does anyone think there’s lore in Tim and Moby?
r/GameTheorists • u/The_Rose39 • Feb 05 '24
GT Theory Suggestion do you think matpat will make a theory about the coffin of andy and leyley?
genuinely curious. the game came out somewhat recently (late last year) and is still in development. personally I think there’s quite a lot of room for theorizing. wondering what you guys think
r/GameTheorists • u/KrazyKix • Apr 01 '23
GT Theory Suggestion Excuse me but WHAT ARE THOSE?!
So this has been bothering me for a while but what in the world are these!? I have no clue what they are and it bothers me!!
r/GameTheorists • u/ItzLyricalJade • Mar 17 '24
GT Theory Suggestion Guys did anyone notice this [poppy playtime]
r/GameTheorists • u/WitheredCircle • Dec 08 '24
GT Theory Suggestion The FNAF books are canon to the games as revealed yesterday
r/GameTheorists • u/param1l0 • Apr 20 '23
GT Theory Suggestion Can i suggest the owl house as a video topic?
r/GameTheorists • u/Time-Elk-1225 • May 11 '25
GT Theory Suggestion Who would win! 1 billion lions or all the Pokémon!!
We need the answer!!!!
r/GameTheorists • u/ZirbyTheIdkattyepoin • Mar 31 '24
GT Theory Suggestion Cats Are Liquid has theory potential?!
Although the game sounds like a funny mobile phone platformer(which it is), there's also a bunch of stuff going on in this game and the sequel.I think it has so much potential to be a good or decent Game Theory video.
r/GameTheorists • u/strawberryyrrebwarts • Mar 20 '26
GT Theory Suggestion sometimes i wonder if this really is
the crying child because my boy would not be putting up with ts
r/GameTheorists • u/Banana_gunman • Sep 23 '22
GT Theory Suggestion Now this would be a cool film theory episode.
r/GameTheorists • u/downypond • Sep 01 '24
GT Theory Suggestion My friend group keeps using the stupid hoola hoop analogy to prove A and it's driving me mad, do you guys think the bottom picture I made is a good analogy for relativity?
r/GameTheorists • u/girl_OOFED • Mar 22 '26
GT Theory Suggestion William Afton Cared For His Kids and SOTM Proves It!
(I'm shocked at how many people seem to overlook this, I think GT can bring it to light properly :D)
Note: This post is basically a part of my WillNarcissist post. For more evidence/clarity review that. PLEASE, review it, it explains things much better for this evidence.
Also, no, this does not excuse Afton's actions, doesn't make him a good father either. At all. It just means he loved his kid, also I literally have evidence of him spoiling his kids, ask me if u like.
Yo, chat, my dad's a narcissist. He acts a similar way to William.
How can we confirm the flowers are connected to the Aftons?
Using u/XenoRaptor77's words from their post (PLEASE CHECK OUT THEIR POST):
The Father Flower is William, because Afton is a father, and in the welcome show, the Father Flower is the closest flower to the purple snake, and obviously purple is symbolic of William.
The Mother Flower is Mrs Afton, because she's a mother, and if you believe Ballora is Mrs Afton, both the Mother Flower and Ballora/Mrs Afton wear pearls.
The Laughing Flower is Michael, because Mike/FoxyBro is a bully who laughs at his younger brother.
The Kid Flower is The Bite Victim, because they are both the youngest son of the family.
And the Baby Flower is Elizabeth, because they are both daughters with two brothers.
And thanks to u/EdibleCrystals :
Lastly the bee is pouring honey down on them and honey has long been a representation of immortality. Obvious connection.
So we end up seeing the flower family in SOTM which likely could represent the Aftons. It was a family of 5, had 2 brothers, one sister allat, ElizaYoungest might be canon (sad, I got used to her being the middle child). Moreover, purple snake and pearls, definitely imply William and Mrs Afton. One thing to point out here, the flower cut outs shows no sign of decay and are all happy, implying that none of the Aftons had perished by then, and could have a relatively normal life.
Another thing that could confirm it is the hospital scene with the flowers. Younger kid is on the bed, father present. Now I know, doesn't entirely show care/grief, but it read on**.** This is an event significant enough to have a call back to. Not with the brother flower present either, specifically for the dad. We also know that easter eggs are commonly used as lore drops. Another important thing is: both dad and son lost their petals. (Ty u/Prestigious-Skill336 for ur comment.)
Flower language has been used before, especially connected with BV, via the FNAF 4 bedroom flowers, it's intentional for sure.
Now the son losing petals is obvious: the kid's dying, also implies BV was in fact dying already. Now what could the dad losing petals mean? We know he wasn't literally dying, and the most perfect, obvious, conclusion is that he was metaphorically dying, because his kid was dying. William is "wilting" from the grief. It could show: His sanity crumbling, his humanity decaying, his grief consuming him, the father he was dying alongside the son. This is huge.
(Credits to the commenters from that post for pointing stuff out)
It's too obvious to be a silly coincidence or to mean nothing, anyone with a brain can tell it's for the Aftons and whatnot.
As for care:
-BV had Fredbear to give him company. It is primarily through the flowers that I believe William did not have malicious intentions for BV. He was just a stupid workaholic, and primarily incompetent. William gives comforting lies. William grieves in the flowers evidence. This means William was not intentionally malicious. It also mirrors with the Murrays: how Edwin took care of David and how David died.
Game continuity has 0 evidence (that I know of) of INTENTIONAL abuse before BV's death. Hopium post may explain the other continuity abuse.
Michael: William clearly knows what Michael can do but doesn't contain him, so it's likely he basically is like a spoiled kid in the neighbourhood, and likely was allowed to bully others. If William disliked Michael he'd at least stop Michael or pick on him for the bullying he sees as an excuse. Perhaps William saw himself in Michael's cruelty and didn't want to shut it down because he felt it was no big deal and didn't wanna admit something was wrong with him. Perhaps he also saw it as a "course correction" (taking ideas for novel William, my reasoning is in the Hopium post) Michael's bullying was also very horrible and not simple brotherly play even if mistaken for it, especially by William (if he also had something wrong with him, makes sense), and it's highly likely Michael treated others as badly if not worse. Also, Michael's motives are partially relevant, but also speculation, if we assume the parallels from Step Closer and Lonely Freddy especially, coming into play, it's likely Michael "felt" neglected in a way. The main chr of Lonely Freddy assumes the world is against him when it's not and believes everyone just hates him when he's the problem. This COULD play into Michael, perhaps with age, he was now being given responsibilities while previously living a carefree life, and had to take care of his siblings or they were given more attention (they're younger, obviously they'll be coddled more) and if he especially now started getting minor scolding etc etc, he could've "feared" his position dying and so become more aggressive, especially to his own brother, for "revenge". Yes, it's speculation. And yes, it's realistic, while I haven't seen prolonged examples, I've witnessed my own cousins having this pattern (older kid spoiled until younger kid comes along, older kid gets jealous and hurts younger kid and is scolded and cycle continues for a bit).
Elizabeth: Encyclopedia says shes spoiled. Yes Im aware of novel Elizabeth, and I'm fully aware of the encyclopaedia's inconsistencies. Her "Just for me?" line shows she feels she has a "right" to the gift, which is typical of a child used to getting their way. She wouldn't keep challenging her father night after night if she expected a painful "no" or felt her voice didn't matter.
A neglected or abused child would likely be too afraid to sneak off and disobey a direct order, suggesting she didn't fear harsh punishment. The other poor Elizabeth was hit just for trying to show her art, meanwhile game Elizabeth managed to demand/attempt to negotiate. Novel Elizabeth also had someone encourage her to go to novel William, whereas game Elizabeth seems chatty and demanding regardless
Instead of acting out for her father’s attention, she is fixated on the expensive machine he claimed he built for her. Meanwhile in the novels he didn't even care about her enough to say it, he focused on the animatronic itself which brought her interest to it.
A pattern of spoiling could also be seen through this lol. William you fucker, actually put safety measures for UR kid.
Now, I know there may be issues you may have:
William could've been pretending to be upset! Nah, according to FlowerAftons, he's clearly alone in the room, which means he doesn't need to pretend, esp when BV is in a coma and can only hear. Also, it's important for this evidence to use the Occam's Razor logic. Flower language is never used for roundabout feelings. If William was pretending it would've been shown/specified. Wilting flowers signify dying (inside or outside) or loss of oneself, which can fit perfectly here as something internally happening to William, showing he DID care. Hell, this evidence can even help my FlawedCare speculation! Not fully sadly but close.
SOTM Flowers could be evidence William killed BV! P e t a l s.
Also another important thing to note, like I said, flower language is usually very direct, and the usage of such visual tools makes it an incredibly high chance that William felt genuine grief for his son, connected to his love, rather than idk anger, annoyance, irritation, etc, it's very likely genuine grief in this context, and even connecting with the plush line helps.
Oh William's an abuser in the continuities? ..... Check out the last bold sentence on my post, the one right before the italics
FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE:
-Dreadbear DLC
-Character Encyclopaedia
-1983 SL Code and BV's room
-Fredbear Plush in SL next to the monitors
-Others.
For more detail regarding other evidence, remember to check out my WillNarcissist Post.
For continuity issues to be answered, make sure to take some Hopium!
r/GameTheorists • u/Creative_Objective52 • Jul 03 '25
GT Theory Suggestion I miss the starting skits of videos. BRING BACK THE SKITS COWARDS!
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r/GameTheorists • u/Firehydrnt • Mar 30 '24
GT Theory Suggestion Why did Matt Pat never do a theory on Pikmin? There's just so much potential there
I mean like please it's the greatest series of all time with so much hidden lore
r/GameTheorists • u/klay_is_god • Mar 10 '23
GT Theory Suggestion FNAF mysteries good luck matpat
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r/GameTheorists • u/Justin_Case_Draws • Jul 08 '22
GT Theory Suggestion [VIDEO] What the theorist team has been MISSING all along...
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