Fan theories you like or hate

[Jar-Jar Fanboy]

Surprised nobody has given the Darth Jar Jar theory yet.

This is one of the only theories that I fully believe tbh. The way Jar-Jar's mouth moved in-sync with other characters while he lurked in the background had to be animated specifically, since the actor's mo-cap only covered Jar-Jar's body movements. When they found him fucking around with the ship, what exactly was he doing? They never really explained. His extreme "luck" during the battle scenes wasn't luck at all, it was just carefully calculated to look like luck. The way he stood right next to Chancellor Palpatine at the end of Episode I, and the way he waved his hands around in Episode III when he convinced the senate to elect Papa Palpatine to be Chancellor Supreme. The "look at this dumb fucking muppet but wait, it's actually a Jedi master" was done in the orig-trig, and Lucas planned to do it again, but with a Sith this time around (it's like poetry; it rhymes) but after Jar-Jar received so much backlash, Lucas pussied out, which is why Dooku kind of appeared from nowhere; Jar-Jar's big reveal would have been in Episode II, and would have been the greatest reveal of cinematic history

 

[sasazuka]

Never heard that theory. I have heard the theory that Renges parents are dead and her odd behavior is a coping mechanism her sisters play along with. I don't believe it but its a little more plausible than the older sister is really the mother.

I found it on the TV Tropes page, Renge's parents are around but they're usually working their rice fields or sleeping or otherwise doing things in another room. I think when Hikage got the cell phone in episode 1 of Non Non Biyori Repeat (an anime-original story), she specifically mentioned that she got it from her parents. It was weird that the parents didn't show up to see their middle daughter off when she first got on the train to Tokyo (or, more accurately, the single car train that takes her to another train that connects to the Shinkansen to Tokyo) not to mention not showing up to see their youngest daughter Renge's school entrance ceremony in the same episode, but it's pretty normal for this type of slice-of-life anime to not show parents who are unnecessary to the plot.

The Non Non Biyori parent who is more plausibly dead is Mr. Koshigaya (Natsumi, Komari, and Suguru's father), whose existence, if I remember correctly, is only ever mentioned once: he was the owner of the Super Famicom that the Koshigaya girls still play. Since Non Non Biyori does show Yukiko, their mother, it's a little more telling that their father is never shown, although that still doesn't mean he's dead.

 

[Calandrino]

Bobby Hill from King of the Hill is actually Bill Dautrive's kid. If you watched King of the Hill, you'd know that Hank Hill has a narrow urethra, which makes it harder to have children. Their only child with Peggy, Hank's wife, is Bobby.

Bill Dautrive is one of Hank's neighbors and high school friends. Bill used to be a star football player, now he's fat, alone, divorced and depressed most of the time. And he has a crush on Hank's wife.

Bill flirts with Peggy a lot, but Peggy doesn't like it. The theory is that Peggy had an intimate relationship with Bill at one point before Bobby was born. If you look at Bobby, he shares some traits with Bill. He's fat, he's socially awkward, he even looks like him a bit.

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This link explains it a bit more than I could.

Reminds of the theory that Wesley Crusher is actually Picard's son: it fits the facts well enough, but it probably wasn't intended and it weakens the show and furthermore it triggers me.

Surprised nobody has given the Darth Jar Jar theory yet.

I want to believe. It fits awfully well for such an outrageous idea.

 

[Devilish Jack o Lantern]

I really like this Fan theory . makes a lot of shit help fit the puzzle.

 

[Notgoodwithusernames]

Kreia is Arren Kae

 

[Shield Breaker]

I've always hated the "Squall dies after Disc 1" theory for FFVIII. The game's story sucks ass and there's nothing that supports the theory in the game itself. It started off on various message boards as an attempt by the game's fans to make it seem like it could be more than just a childish romance story with unlikable characters and, thanks to MatPat, it's spread to other gullible idiots.

I like the theory that Ultimacia is the future version of Rinoa, who went mad from losing Squall. Makes more sense than random sorceress wanting to compress time, and explains why the second to last boss is named after the necklace she gives you.

I really like this Fan theory . makes a lot of shit help fit the puzzle.

>4+ hour video.

WTF.

 

[Absolute Brainlet]

Behold, the trifecta of retardation:
Josuke was supposed to travel back in time to save himself
Fugo was dropped because his Stand was too powerful
Pucci created the SBRverse

 

[Saxxon]

Metal Gear Solid 2 is a simulation, it can actually explain a few things about the game itself like for example with difference of the first Solid game, Sons of liberty is just plain crazy. You have things like Vamp being able to run on water, Fortune "luck" not existing until it does, Ocelot being possessed by the ghost of Liquid, Raiden taking down multiple MG Rays, etc.

Now, to which extend is MGS2 not real? That's a really tricky part because there is a high probability that even the Solid Snake that we see in the game might not be the real one but just the idolized version of Raiden. On top of that, one of the messages of the game it's that we must always question the information that we are given, when it's revealed that the coronel and your girlfriend are nothing but part of an IA that's the clue that we as players must start doubting any information given to that point because there's a change that is was just fake, nothing more that a little help for Raiden to play pretend as a soldier.

This is were the whole "You play as Snake" controversy comes into play. Many people seems to believe that Kojima just did it to troll the fans, however, this goes deeper: we the player (Raiden) are being manipulated by the Patriots (Kojima) into completing the 3S plant (Selection for Societal Sanity/Solid Snake Simulation) this going along with a meta narrative about the fans just wanting a game similar to MGS 1, think about it:

• Big Shell is just Shadow Moses
• Dead Cell being a lame version of FOXHOUND
• Emma filling the role of Otacon
• Raiden being a pussy version of Snake that doesn't have any kind of real life experience

Kojima was trying to say to the fans that it didn't mattered how similar he made the sequel it would never capture the magic of the first one. Just like Raiden, the players idolized Snake way to much that they fail to see the real anti-war message that MGS was trying to transmit and instead focus on wanting more weapons and excuses to have Snake kill people just for fun. Then you have the last motivational speech that Snake gives in the end, about not caring if things are real or not and to instead keep the messages that you learned with you, memes over genes.
Later retcons in future games is just Kojima pulling back after the backslash the game received.

 

[Notgoodwithusernames]

After watching Redlettermedias Re:view of Willy wonky I have to say Grandpa Joe being a parasitic leech, coke addict, and commiter of benefit fraud makes a whole lot of sense

 

[Syaoran Li]

A more realistic world where Pokemon still exists? That's interesting.



I think Night, Dawn and Day are supposed to be their own little continuities where the zombie apocalypse happens at different times, ie the 60s, the 70s, the 80s and the 2000s, more an anthology series than sequels in the typical sense.

I think Land is part of that original series though, Diary was meant to be the reboot.

That's a good theory but I go with the idea that Land is set in the same universe as Diary and if Diary is meant as that reboot's version of Night, then Land of the Dead fills the same place as Day in the original timeline.

 

[Basil II]

I really like this Fan theory . makes a lot of shit help fit the puzzle.

isn't this just 4 hours of "it was actually meta bro", Lynch just likes doing weird shit because he's Lynch, nigga was prolly like "that looks cool, add it" he doesn't have an autistic meaning behind everything like Kubrick.

>4+ hour video.

WTF.

welcome to Twin Peaks lore.

 

[tehpope]

Metal Gear Solid 2 is a simulation, it can actually explain a few things about the game itself like for example with difference of the first Solid game, Sons of liberty is just plain crazy. You have things like Vamp being able to run on water, Fortune "luck" not existing until it does, Ocelot being possessed by the ghost of Liquid, Raiden taking down multiple MG Rays, etc.

Now, to which extend is MGS2 not real? That's a really tricky part because there is a high probability that even the Solid Snake that we see in the game might not be the real one but just the idolized version of Raiden. On top of that, one of the messages of the game it's that we must always question the information that we are given, when it's revealed that the coronel and your girlfriend are nothing but part of an IA that's the clue that we as players must start doubting any information given to that point because there's a change that is was just fake, nothing more that a little help for Raiden to play pretend as a soldier.

This is were the whole "You play as Snake" controversy comes into play. Many people seems to believe that Kojima just did it to troll the fans, however, this goes deeper: we the player (Raiden) are being manipulated by the Patriots (Kojima) into completing the 3S plant (Selection for Societal Sanity/Solid Snake Simulation) this going along with a meta narrative about the fans just wanting a game similar to MGS 1, think about it:

• Big Shell is just Shadow Moses
• Dead Cell being a lame version of FOXHOUND
• Emma filling the role of Otacon
• Raiden being a pussy version of Snake that doesn't have any kind of real life experience

Kojima was trying to say to the fans that it didn't mattered how similar he made the sequel it would never capture the magic of the first one. Just like Raiden, the players idolized Snake way to much that they fail to see the real anti-war message that MGS was trying to transmit and instead focus on wanting more weapons and excuses to have Snake kill people just for fun. Then you have the last motivational speech that Snake gives in the end, about not caring if things are real or not and to instead keep the messages that you learned with you, memes over genes.
Later retcons in future games is just Kojima pulling back after the backslash the game received.

isn't there a theory that MGS1 was not the actual events but Raiden in a VR simulation of the whole Shadow Moses incident? Snake even talks about how the simulation wasn't accurate to the real events in MGS2.

Season 3 is pretty solid. It was confusing watching it, but it mostly made sense in the end. The extra ending Lynch tacked on after CoopBob was killed was bullshit. If it had ended with Coop and Diane going through the door, I'd be as happy as a clam. The identity of Judy was changed between 1992 and 2017. I don't Judy was supposed to be this overarching all powerful villain. I think Judy was supposed to be a relative of one the characters.

 

[Dom Cruise]

This is one of the only theories that I fully believe tbh. The way Jar-Jar's mouth moved in-sync with other characters while he lurked in the background had to be animated specifically, since the actor's mo-cap only covered Jar-Jar's body movements. When they found him fucking around with the ship, what exactly was he doing? They never really explained. His extreme "luck" during the battle scenes wasn't luck at all, it was just carefully calculated to look like luck. The way he stood right next to Chancellor Palpatine at the end of Episode I, and the way he waved his hands around in Episode III when he convinced the senate to elect Papa Palpatine to be Chancellor Supreme. The "look at this dumb fucking muppet but wait, it's actually a Jedi master" was done in the orig-trig, and Lucas planned to do it again, but with a Sith this time around (it's like poetry; it rhymes) but after Jar-Jar received so much backlash, Lucas pussied out, which is why Dooku kind of appeared from nowhere; Jar-Jar's big reveal would have been in Episode II, and would have been the greatest reveal of cinematic history

That would have been funny as shit, it's too bad if that really was the plan Lucas backed down on it.

 

[I Love Beef]

Spoiler shit heavy stuff incoming:

Stuff I Like:

Jojo: Diavolo is really Santana's son, who escaped sometime during the 50 some year period into the modern day from a Speedwagon Institute containment block. We know he can break all of his bones and reform after squeezing himself through the tightest of cracks, which is how he was able to impregnate his mother. The reason for this is so that Santana can repopulate the Pillar Men into existence, and it's why the Speedwagon Foundation was noted to continue searching for stone masks and other remnants of the Pillar Men civilization, because they know what he was capable of.

Mega Man X: The entire series after Classic is but one of the simulations created in the capsule that X is in, and Command Mission represents a separate timeline where the events of the Elf Wars never happened, showing us that alternate continuities are merely diverging branches in the simulation. It's like that episode in Futurama where Bender goes to get recorrective installments, which takes the form of an extremely adaptive simulation based on his personality to teach him lessons. The entire point of these simulations are so that Mega Man X and beyond doesn't represent the ultimate future; rather like The Terminator, a possible future, a probable occurence by the variables in life. It is also why Inafune and Capcom doesn't give a legal shit about fangames and lets be them without a hitch.

Other theories I like are that Spike Rosered/Axl The Red from Mega Man X5 represents a possible threat that the Maverick Virus is also capable of creating life due to Spike/Axl being the freak mutation of a nature control system that has come to life of its own accord.

Mega Man Legends: I also believe the point of Mega Man Legends is to represent the lesson that mankind is not merely about the flesh or who is purest; it is about who continues humanity at heart, regardless of their form or consistency. It is possible that humans who lived in the days of the Elder and Master Systems did not just get complacent with their holodeck paradise technology, they also adopted eugenics policies and supremacist ideaologies despite dying out by not being motivated to reproduce, which was another possible reason why The Master and Trigger were devoted to destroying the System as a whole. Another possible thing is that some dumbass decided putting back in the Maverick Virus into Reaverbot programming, or the freak mutation living reploid maverick virus thing prior deliberately created something that became the backbone of The System, ie ruins. This is why all the ruins in Legends have scary ass music and atmosphere.

Earthbound: I like James Rolfe's theory: Ness is really a reincarnation of Gigyas, and he has to break the cycle of karma by destroying who he once was in a past life. Every enemy as explained as being controlled by Gigyas is due to how Gigyas lives in the past and that his presence still lives on in Ness like a curse, and that Ness is essentially the light to Gigyas's darkness, who is the only one able to defeat him.

Star Wars Prequels: Jar Jar Binks is really a master Sith Lord. I honestly believe that shit.

Stuff I don't like:

Gonna get to it later.

 

[Fluoxetine Man]

Zero killed the original Megaman.

 

[-4ZURE-]

A dumb theory, but years ago me and someone discussed the idea that Joker is the only thing keeping Gotham stable and Batman alive.

Throughout Batman continuity, we see multiple villains in fear of the Joker as they do not want to become targets of his unpredictable nature. The Joker wants to be the only one to kill Batman, and as such, anyone who does it before him is bound to die, like in the Animated series. The Joker also seems to not want to kill Batman on many occasions as he is “too much fun.” The theiry hinges on the idea that Joker is the one keeping villains at bay and Batman safe as he has to be the ultimate threat at all times.

Some evidence to this theory could be Arkham Knight. Notice how when the Joker is gone, the villains more easily have a wide scale takeover of Gotham and really push Batman to his limits. How without Joker, all the villains suddenly work together when they were previously trying to kill each other in City. Joker’s very nature has probably divided Gotham’s criminals for years as he is the wrench in their plans, so without him, they can actually be fairly successful.

 

[TungstenCarbide]

Every anime teenager who lives alone actually keeps their parents chained in the basement.

 

[JamusActimus]

Foxy is actually a good guy

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

I had this idea back around Halo 4's release that Cortana may have a piece of Mendicant Bias to her.

There is already hidden bits and pieces of lore that say Cortana had a particular exception to the general imperfections of complex AIs, and that if anything were to affect her stability, it would lead to outcomes that are not only unexpected but seem to work around the issue of rampancy. I do not consider Halo 5's plot to be good, in fact it's a bad riff on a rejected story draft which in execution utterly cheapens her sacrifice. I do also think that exchange between Cortana and the Gravemind at the end of Halo 2 was an inherent parallel to the Installation 07 event during the Forerunner-Flood war.

This will probably be used as a titular plot point in Halo Infinite, since, well, Installation 07. It just seems way too conveniently placed that Cortana is the most advanced wartime strategist AI and had defected to her own cause much in a similar way Mendicant Bias had defected to the Flood.

Further Context: The initial tests of the Halo ring Installation 07's firing at the planet Charum Hakkor was not only a display of the Forerunners hubristic display of control but had the distinction of obliterating ancient structures (due to their neuro physical composition), which for one thing wasn't its intended vector and two had freed what was the last (known) precursor. The following events on Installation 07 include the gravemind and mendicant bias having a forty-three year long conversation which had the effect of corrupting the AI.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

I like the theory that Chewbacca is an agent of the Rebellion and that’s why he goes from a high-ranking warrior to a smuggler’s second-in-command.

I hate all “it was this character’s imagination/coma dream/dying dream” theories because you could apply that to literally any work of fiction.