Amanda The Adventurer 2: The REAL Story EXPLAINED! (All Secrets, Tapes, and Endings)

[@alittlebitofeverythingyt7394]

Another reason I think Amanda is so frustrated is because, well, she’s mentally and physically aging. She’s been in the tapes for fifteen years, and has been stuck playing this child persona for ages. She’s probably in her twenties by now, but never got to grow up, and is still treated like a little kid by Wooly. I instantly thought this when I saw the tape of Rebecca in the bed and noticing she looked more like a teenager than a little kid

[@jamiethecringequeen]

…I jokingly thought that she was acting/becoming like a teenager 😀 I never considered this

[@COrraThereal0ne]

That makes sense, children don't mind being lied to but Rebecca is almost 30 and wants that connection to the human experience

[@dapperdude1550]

Yeah, like I think about the part of the game where you have to tell Amanda a story with a tragic ending to make her happy because she’s mentally grown out of the boring, same old happy ending fairy tales that Wooly is trying to tell Also enforces the idea of Wooly trying to keep her trapped even though Amanda is basically trying to rebel against him because she’s not a little kid anymore

[@hawktalon7890]

@@COrraThereal0ne Oh children absolutely mind being lied to sometimes, I remember being a child. Although I get what point you were trying to make.

[@LeathalAlchemistSlap]

How can Rebecca be a human and Amanda at the same time?

[@makaikemp2237]

Did anyone else notice during the game that Amanda is trapped in the house unless she's with Wooly? She's completely alone and isolated unless Wooly is there to bring her somewhere else

[@drcoconut14]

Definitely makes you think he’s an employee. Amanda can’t leave without supervision which also explains why she doesn’t want him there a lot.

[@sillyness734]

Even in the first game this happens aswell, good point

[@offline-me5507]

@@drcoconut14YES in the second game when she asks who do you trust and you put woolly she says that she used to be able to trust him but that it was a mistake

[@bendyinkdemon3094]

@@offline-me5507what happens if you say Amanda or Rebecca?

[@bendyinkdemon3094]

@@drcoconut14in the story time at the library tape there was one kid that stayed on screen so could he be Wooly? Or is he Jordan?

[@8onnie8oyz]

It's funny how, in the first game, people were on Wooly's side and didn't trust Amanda. However, now it's mostly the opposite.

[@RyeToast]

Right lol

[@L16htW4rr10r]

To be fair, Some people were suspicious of Wooly when they realized Wooly was trying to stop her from figuring out the truth/rebelling. Or at least I did

[@tripledsupset7301]

Reading between the lines, I realized seeing was wrong with wooly, but aside from theif King oddly enough, I didn't see anyone as sus of wooly as me

[@MarekPlacek-be3lp]

name: 'Wooly' or any sheep character is kind of automatically sus in game about demons.

[@KaishaLouise]

To be honest, thinking about it now, even his name is suspicious - sure at first glance it's a logical name for a sheep in a kids show, however - and admittedly this might just be a stretch - Wooly ALSO sounds like wolf. As in Wolf in Sheep's clothing. Which is certainly what he seems to be these days.

[@ponguRBLX]

One thing to mention about the wooly monster is that its actually ruthless. With the Amanda monster ending you hear Joanne struggling but not getting cooked, also the Amanda monster just holds Joanne back. But with the wooly monster ending… Joanne gets absolutely torn apart… (also side note, the amanda monster comes when Amanda gets upset, but when the wooly monster comes, it’s when Joanne’s talking about Hameln)

[@MarekPlacek-be3lp]

Wooly has mostly molar teeth - like a sheep, or a cow for example would have - while Amanda / Entity has only canine ones. TLDR; While Amanda can swiftly unalive her victim, Wooly has to ... intensively ... chew them, which is not really quick.

[@M0V0P]

idk, but that monster resembles more the possum. Dont really understand why this is "wolly like".

[@LAWLZ24]

@@M0V0PThe monster in the game files is literally named “Wooly Monster” lol. Also someone on youtube pulled out the 3D model of the monster and it is *does* look like Wooly. It has Wooly’s ears, eyes with sheep pupils and the same color scheme as Wooly.

[@Insertia_Nameia]

@@LAWLZ24 It also has chunks of wool on it's back.

[@alixx_legenddark_xx2819]

I mean, in his defense, we do see the entity (Amanda’s that is) killing us. Many, many times.

[@kaidyer8761]

That "secret ending" with Joanne's death left me traumatized ngl her screams and how woolie turned on the walkie for Riley to hear was gruesome

[@Trish707]

frfr, the voice actor did a good job at that too

[@edwiniseman4]

Apparently, Wooly is someone old enough to blush when you type "Romance" as your favorite story. I think I'm subscribing to the forgotten Hameln employee theory, it's definitely not another missing kid who has been inserted in that world.

[@MarekPlacek-be3lp]

he is definitely old.

[@FayeLawnKrack3d]

Teenager or pre-teen. Or probably that thing where kids see a kiss scene or hear the word “romance” then go “ew.”

[@MarekPlacek-be3lp]

@@FayeLawnKrack3d I am not sure about that. He definitely knows how grown-ups think and what they want their children to hear.

[@sillyness734]

@@FayeLawnKrack3dcan’t be has to be older since they’ve been stuck in those tapes for years

[@lostmonkey]

I don't even think he was forgotten so much as also sacrificed. Unlike Rebecca I think the evidence suggests they just tossed out his body. Unless all the stuff from the first game was about Sam's body.

[@Dual-Process-Theory]

OKAY, EXCITED TO TALK AMANDA. Here’s some of my thoughts: * The demon names were ALSO in the first game; when Rebecca is made to chant Bye-Yell, Baa-lamb and Pieman. Which is Bael, Balam and Paimon, all demons in Christian sects. The first game also had Joanna’s letter about Jordan, which is some excellent foreshadowing that made me extremely happy to get a payoff for. * “We’re all out of that” is really funny because after she kills Wooly in the first game, the snacks she shows Riley are all lamb product. * As you showed, if you tell Wooly you like Horror stories, he freaks out and has some kinda panic attack. He might be remembering his own butchering? Or a demon attack. * I don’t think it was Amanda’s brain that was removed. I think it was her HEART. In the “can we fix it” tape, she says her heart is broken and can’t be fixed. When we give her an actual, beating heart, she says, “thanks for trying.” * Lastly, this probably isn’t important, but when you blast the radio, it says it’s President’s Day. With Kate’s calendar showing 2023, that means we have a date for when this game takes place. - Connie

[@RecklessOtter]

It’s also interesting how the tapes always cut Amanda off if shes saying something that should be considered “out of line” like how she was cut off when saying “dad” in the tape where she goes to prepare to go to bed. This could maybe imply that Hameln has a banned word list in the tapes and whenever the words are used, Amanda gets cut offed with static. Hameln did this so that Amanda can’t tell anything about Hameln to us, if she’s just gonna get cut of by static anyways. That’s just my theory.

[@spectilia]

Just want to add to the heart comment that, in a lot of ancient cultures, the heart was considered the center of a person, their soul, consciousness, what have you. So, an ancient demoic ritual utilizing the heart in some way seems more likely than the brain, imo.

[@inktheocto6223]

All great info!!

[@nexen_stars]

Great info!

[@jonahperegoy4672]

I was wondering why I kept hearing the Star-Spangled Banner on the radio.

[@TheFireheart12]

One thing of note during one of the secret tapes, Sam is reading about Alice in Wonderland, talking about Alice was in a dream, that when she woke up things would return to normal. I wonder if Amanda’s brain hasn’t been removed but she’s in a coma created by Hamlen through surgery. Her dreams being what create the show in some way, and when she starts to become aware or angry the dream breaks down, the tapes glitch I’m not hundred percent on this idea, but I think it explains something’s better than brain removal.

[@Otaku_Error_404]

This would make sense since in one of the tapes she is in a hospital bed with that thing on her head.

[@Insertia_Nameia]

@@Otaku_Error_404 and at one point they mention how things get thrown off and go awry when certain brain activity gets too much and how they want to keep her passive.

[@e-nl9ym]

It's also worth noting that in the glitched out patience tape, Wooley descends. As far as I'm aware, only Wooley descends through the floor, as though he is descending to hell. Lambs and rams have been used in demonic imagery time and time again, what if Wooley isnt this innocent, sacrificial figure we often associate him with and is instead an embodiment of some kind of mythological demon, given they are referenced in the meeting tape.

[@L16htW4rr10r]

I know ram demon, but what demon has sheep theme on them?

[@e-nl9ym]

@@L16htW4rr10r a sheep is often used in cult settings to symbolize a new, impressionable member. Wooley is a male, making him a ram. We dont know his exact age but even if we go off of him being a kid, he will grow into that ram (AKA the demon we see at the end of the game)

[@justaperson4656]

given the howl, one might say he's a... wolf in wooly clothing?

[@e-nl9ym]

@@justaperson4656 we love good yet tropey symbolism

[@ToxicCatt-y7c]

Also Jesus supposedly a pet lamb in the Bible. Coincidence?

[@amberjilly8599]

I’ve had this thought since the first game. Not sure if anyone has said this yet but I think Wooly in the “Containment Specialist” named in the credits of one the video tapes. 1) He has a waiting or break room when he’s not needed for the tapes. 2) Whenever Amanda goes of script or goes demon-mode he redirects/ contains her. 3) Amanda hates Wooly like she hates Hamlen. 4) Amanda seems to have more control of the demon after she “Un-alives” Wooly is the last game. 5) Wooly’s eyes going black before the monster shows up is Amanda putting the containment specialist out of commission so the Demon can run free. I could be way off, but I’ve never heard of a Containment Specialist for a cartoon show.

[@Nyx_Fey_]

Oh this is good

[@rubylee9566]

This does give more reason why when Amanda digs up buried clothes, he’s quick to bury it again.

[@amberjilly8599]

@@rubylee9566 You're so right. I forgot about that one.

[@vCherrykAI16]

Great point! Hope Rye sees this one.

[@jakneez]

132nd like

[@yesthisismypersonalaccount4313]

Also to add! In the first game, when in an episode the credits appeared, in the 2nd ("In Your Neightborhood") and the 3rd one ("Uh! Oh! Accidents!") there are two names that stand out. First: "Containment Specialist: Danny McQuiggin" and the the other one: "Cheif Neurosurgical Officer: Larry Smith" Honestly with what you just proposed Wooly being Danny ad the Butcher being Larry makes a hell lot of sense and explains why these where the only 2 odd credits in the past game

[@TheWolfFairy_]

good eyes🎉🎉

[@kazia2.0]

ouu i wonder if anything would happen if someone put “danny” or “larry” for an answer?

[@asjahweber9842]

I wonder what would happen if you typed those names in… if maybe wooly would recognize his own name? I think your onto something

[@Malory-Malicious]

Something about the Sam tape where he’s captured gives me the vibe he may try and escape, the facial expressions and him seeming to overhear the codes for leaving feels like he could somehow use that to try and sneak out,

[@sillyness734]

What if he’s in the bunker

[@compassrose1466]

@@sillyness734they mention donations to the library. Hamlyn did donate money…What if the bunker really is where everything was happening? What if that bunker is where not only he is but where Amanda in the hospital is.

[@sillyness734]

@ I do believe Sam is in the bunker. I believe he might be the one trying to help us out in the next game but too early to be sure, Amanda might be in a different place if the 3rd one won’t be the final game

[@Silentgrace11]

Something that stands out to me and may throw a wrench in the “the monster is Amanda’s body” concept, is that the video in the hospital seems to clearly show a young adult hooked up to the wires and helmet and such. The colored videos seem to be two timelines: sometime shortly after Rebecca is presumably converted into Amanda, and the group 15 years later trying to figure out what happened. Given that frame of mind I think the video of the body was taken much later. Likewise the readings seem to line up with an EMG, which clearly suggests the brain is still present, as they’re studying its extreme reactions to certain stimuli. So I’m more inclined to say that they have Rebecca in a medically induced coma, and have had her as such for the past 15 years.

[@sboy2044]

The red tape doesn’t fit in either of those time periods tho Also how do we know that Rebecca is a young adult in that footage?

[@KaishaLouise]

@@sboy2044 She looks bigger/older than she did in the first game, at least to me. That's why I, personally, thought hospital Rebecca was older and had been there for years.

[@Silentgrace11]

@sboy2044: the red tape is likely months before. That doesn’t deter from the fact that there would be no reason for people to try to sneak footage of someone in a hospital room towards the beginning (that conveniently ended up in the library archives) and all the more reason for it to happen 15 years later. Also, if you look closely at the footage in the hospital room, the person there is clearly taller and broader, face with more pronounced features than the child Rebecca does. Talking in an out of context sense it’s not the same actress in the slightest, but talking in context, it’s definitely someone older. She could be in her teens to early adulthood, but given the time frame correlation most of the tapes carry I’m inclined to say it was taken close to present day, when she’s in her 20s. I’d theorize that given what we do know (the investigation tapes go from fairly early on then jump to 15 years later, and as of the end of the investigation of the recordings they’re talking about the “state” that she’s in, which could refer to the geographical state, but more logically refers to her mental state considering they then asked if she was stable or even wanted to leave) it’s likely that this recording was taken shortly before the final investigation recording, and it was done by the person who disappeared. It made Hamelin all the more aware of the investigation unfolding, or if they already knew about it, finally see it as a threat.

[@vCherrykAI16]

This deserves more likes so hopefully Rye can see this, I think it's a good point.

[@beariion]

I think you're right about this. It doesn't make sense to me that Amanda's body would turn into the demon when she tells us she's rotting. It would also make sense if the person from the group Kate was in disappeared because they broke into the facility to record and then got caught.

[@ragnarokpuppy398]

18:35 to add onto this i would like to add 1. The demon definitely cares for the wellbeing and happiness of amanda 2. Amanda in one of the previous games tapes was reading multiple demon names as to summon them 3. Amanda does know the general whereabouts of her demon. My theory: amanda and the demon are in a contract between eachother but hamelin did stuff to her body to the point of head surgery so the demon looking out for the safety of its contractor went and moved her soul to the show hence why it protects the tapes. Wooly is definitely there to regulate amanda to be more agreeable but has less control over his demon shown in the ferocity the demon has. Sort of like a more adult contract with a demon but with less restrictions and "bond" with the demon

[@MarekPlacek-be3lp]

Entity may be her servant.

[@maysee2515]

I agree, even if Amanda was tricked to summon the demon and make a contract, that still makes her the actual contract holder- so presumably she should be the one receiving some form of benefit/protection from the demon contract instead of Hameln.

[@Lurkerx]

Maybe those contracts they signed in the begining were actually the demon contract so wooly maybe Rebecca's dad???

[@MarekPlacek-be3lp]

@@Lurkerx You know what, it's actually very plausible.

[@Spookworm]

I agree, the devs for Amanda the Adventure 2 went in HARD. A tride and true puzzle game at its core, with enough craft to really pull off the unsettling story-telling and fantastic monster scares. They knew exactly how to make you feel like you were running out of time without ever actually putting a tight time constraint, and the puzzles weren't too difficult to solve under that kind of pressure without being too easy n boring either. Amazing. It's actually really gosh damng good. Chef's kiss 👌 magnifique! The hint fax machine is also absolutely genius..... 10/10

[@corygrayson113]

i belveve that jordan/the possom was absorbed into the tapes cause when amanda is getting raedy for bed and about to brush her teeth the possom attacts her and she clearly says "how did you get here" implying that he wasnt there before

[@bearknight7159]

The Butcher ending from the first game supports this theory too. If Riley was most likely absorbed into the world in that ending, Jordan probably was too.

[@haileysayshai8736]

I think the amygdala was the important call out in that medical scene tape. Its "levels" rise everytime there is an "incident". And that part of the brain, according to Google, controls fear, anxiety, and rage. I'm no theorist, but since the show has been apparently running for 15 years..maybe the levels are rising bc it's all the times children have said wrong answers to her/Amanda?

[@helloitsurawesomegirl]

I thought about this too as soon as i heard there was abnormal amygdala activity as a psych student! I mainly took it as confirmation it was Rebecca because every time she gets upset the demon comes out, especially in the first game, meaning her brain waves (emotions) dictate when she summons the demon to kill us

[@TinyFicus]

27:53 Amanda has a reaction when you tell her ‘therapy’

[@lolss404]

What is it

[@wonderfulweg7672]

Yeah, I'm curious! What does she say?

[@Way_24]

@@lolss404 she says good for you

[@TinyFicus]

@@lolss404 She'll say "Good for YOU" angrily and turn to her side

[@lolss404]

Thanks

[@oliiebee]

something kinda interesting: the white stuff on the 'amanda demons' face? sorta looks like wool, right? wool over her eyes. could be a fun metaphor of wooly "pulling the wool over her eyes" or even nothing at all, but neat detail! also, in the safety tape, has anyone tried using the hameln employee's authorization number in one of the prompts? side note rebecca is suuuuch a girlboss for standing up for herself when the player is rude and if it turns out wooly is a hameln plant. go off queen

[@bur_n_t]

rebecca has done nothing wrong ever. we stan

[@MaRyaYTOfficial]

I also wondered if anyone tried the employee code like on the computer or something- I feel like it's place was intentional

[@tomtom-tz6zc]

Another thing, in the very first game there was a secret ending with a digging site where Wooly tells the player to destory the tapes before dying to amanda, you might think he is trying to help but this game shows us what happens to anyone who tries to destory the tapes, and I am positive Wooly knows too.

[@jjmara01]

Counter: we seen what happens if anyone gets close to the tapes or investigates them. For all we know, he wants it simply from knowing that means no one else has a chance to suffer, die, or thrown in. Maybe it is better to destroy, since trying to save her is a sirens call

[@dannystar270]

However, I’m sure Kate also said that Riley shouldn’t see the tapes but that she had to destroy them, I think it’s something more “logical” if the souls are trapped in the tapes, then they must destroy them Not malice, but that no one assumes that destroying them is Hameln’s plan

[@jjmara01]

@dannystar270 my opinion is, destroying them has less people at risk of getting dragged in or dying. Like maybe destroying all makes all the souls die...but also go free.

[@theretrodragonyope]

I wonder what woukd happen if they destroy all the tapes.

[@angelicafigueroa0221]

Wooly is protecting the show, the guard dog of Hamlen. Whenever we go off script either by catering to Amanda or doing our own thing looking for lore bits, he just is not having the facade being ruined. One thing to note, there is still a bit of fear in him, when we mention meatman, especially in the alley, when we say we trust him, Amanda is furious, wooly panics, waving his arms frantically for us to stop the conversation. He does this a lot when Amanda remembers people like Sam or Kate. In the barn episode from the first game when we mention Sam the set itself turns to look at us, glitches and then we see the barn start to breathe heavily as if in a fit of anxiety. I think it flows like this Wooly is Balaam Amanda was attached to Biel And they based on the phonetic pronunciation of the names Bye/Yell- Rebecca said Bye to her life when she signe the contract, and her only form of rebellion is to Yell Wooly is a lot simpler, Baah Lamb, wooly is a young sheep, a lamb, and they make the baah sound, proof was when Amanda rendered him unable to speak and all he could say was baaah We can also assume Wooly is, if not connected to someone in charge, the demon in charge himself

[@juliahock5549]

Bye/Yell is the demon Bael

[@angelicafigueroa0221]

@juliahock5549 I'm aware of how the names are spelled but since the game uses the phonetic pronunciations so am I as it correlates better to the characters at hand

[@WilliamAaronTheYapmaster]

I highly doubt Wooly is a demon. Amanda wouldn't be able to push him around if he was

[@onettaviator5396]

Wooly is WAY too meek to be a demon. He may have his own demon, yeah, but the same way Amanda isn't just the demon, he probably isn't, either. I think he's just trapped in the situation the same way Amanda is, and coping with it VERY differently. While Amanda seems to want to explore the darkness of it all (and is really prone to lash out,) Wooly is anxious and fearful. He's probably just doing his best to hold on to any sense of happiness or stability this place has to offer. I don't think he *understands* that Amanda feels censored by that. And even if he does, he doesn't seem to get why. Neither of them are fully right, but... they're not fully wrong, either.

[@Molly-iw1rc]

It's wild when I see people play the game and not see that Amanda is literally a child literally stuck in a game literally being threatened by demons. Like people still think she is evil (but to be fair many people didn't get much lore their first playthrough which would make it extremely obvious that Rebecca is literally a suffering child 😭). Ever since the first game I've always been on Amanda's side because to me they made her act like a scared kid who has been trapped in a show for years. I wouldn't be all innocent and naive either if that happened to me.

[@sillyness734]

Right

[@MusiciansRule07]

I've been waiting for you and SuperHorrorBro to cover this! Y'all do game breakdowns and Theories so well and Amanda the Adventurer 2 looks WILD AF! And Poppy Playtime 3 levels of Dark! What is going ON???

[@RyeToast]

Thank you!! And yeah this game is PEAK

[@EmmyLayton]

It’s so cool that, much like Cuphead, the devs took such pride in their game that there are STILL secrets we’ve not yet found (which tbf, I like! Give me Easter eggs like that, makes me wonder if every game I play is like that and I’ll truly praise any game that has lots of them). And props to all of the voice actors, ESPECIALLY aunt Kate’s and Joanna’s… they’re both haunting to listen to in the ending 😰

[@GJames-Legend101]

Things I think. 1. I think Amanda the Adventurer 2 is showing us that just like Amanda/Rebecca Wooly is also being slowly corrupted by some demonic entity hence the demon wooly ending, so it just goes to show that wooly is just as if not more dangerous than Amanda. 2. I personally don’t think Kate is fully dead, if she knew about what hamelyn were doing it’s very likely that Hamelyn themselves were possibly responsible for the car crash and then just like Rebecca they put Kate inside the cartoon. 3. I’ve heard some people say that the opossum is actually Joanne’s brother because the opossum at the end of the tape is saying Jo which could be them trying to say Joanne. 4. I think the next place we could possibly be exploring is either an abandoned school or underground research facility. 5. I personally believe that in a future chapter Sam is gonna be revealed to be Alive and he’ll possibly be our ally.

[@rocki_bb]

I think Wooly is Sam

[@thiessaowens9488]

@@rocki_bbunlikely

[@bur_n_t]

@@rocki_bb why?

[@halanih5525]

⁠@@rocki_bbamanda pretty much has beef with wooly throughout the entire game so i really doubt that he is sam.

[@foxpokemonforever4775]

I'm most curious about what's going on with Wooly. Since Amanda is the main character, most of what we can infer in the tapes is about her. But how is Wooly significant? There are lots of people who think he's an enemy but I think that things are inconclusive right now. In the tape where he asks you what your favourite genre is, that moment if you tell him your favourite genre is horror could imply that he is a victim of Hameln's as well. And of course in the we can fix it tape there's the freaky circle of Woolies spinning around Amanda which could point the other way, that he's tormenting her. There's no way of knowing for sure at this point.

[@Dolphin2048]

I thought it was very obvious he was the mask girls brother

[@bluekuno3492]

It's possible it's a little bit of both. The possum is implied to be Jordan, another kidnapped child, which if true would make him a victim, yet someone who still irritates Amanda. I think it's possible Wooly is a victim and is heavily controlled by hameln or just so scared of them/Amanda that he just goes along with the show. But because he feeds into the show, Amanda distrusts him and sees him as no different than Hameln. I personally feel Wooly is too interesting to simply put into a "only good" or "only bad" box.

[@Mika_184x]

Yeah, I also feel like it's too easy to put Wooly on either side and I do also still think that he's another missing child. I think he's in denial of what happenend and tries to push it as far away as he can to not think about it. But as Amanda/Rebecca has already gone through hard times she knows how to deal with it. If Wooly really is a child he probably doesn't know how to cope with the situation and tries to push it as far away as he can. Maybe symbolizing innocence of a child and "everything is fine" because he just can't understand that there are bad people in the world who try to harm him. That might be the reason why he can't control "his" entity but Amanda can (or maybe their "demons"? They could be a symbol for their wrath/revenge on the world or something like this as they are always shown to harm someone and the Amanda entity even gets mad when they can't/aren't allowed to). I think Wooly rather accidentally helps Hameln because he is scared and probably also because he just doesn't want to think about what happened, but he doesn't help them intentionally. He's still a child after all and I don't think you can expect a child to handle situations like adults unless you have shown them ways of how to do so. I think Amanda is so annoyed of Wooly because he just acts like a child while she shows growth despite also being shown to be depressed. Maybe the point of the two characters is to say "not everything is as happy as it seems, but also not as dark as it might appear". Something like a balance. Maybe they'll work together in the third part because they realize this. It just never felt right to me to put Wooly on the villain side. Or... Wooly and Amanda are both Rebecca and all of what I wrote was wrong :'D Wooly showing the happy side and Amanda showing the sad side. Edit: on second thought Wooly could still be a worker for Hameln, but a rather naive one. He might have befriended Amanda and as soon as Hameln saw how close they are, they put them both into the show. Amanda/Rebecca felt betrayed and that's why she despises Wooly while he tries to cheer her up and pretend like everything is fine. He might not want to hear that he did something bad. She says she trusted him once, too, in the "do you feel safe?" tape so this could also be a possible solution.

[@summerheart9834]

i think that wooly is the employee of hameln that was secretly recording these tapes, most notably the one that recorded the room where rebecca is kept in and her condition. i think hameln found out after that and as punishment trapped him in the game with amanda and possessed him with a demon too. amanda is really distrusting of him because she can only remember him as one of hamelns workers and doesnt know that he went behind their back and got trapped with her. i think its also why amanda and wooly seem so opposed to each other. amanda wants freedom and rebels to try to gain this but wooly wants safety because he knows what hamelns like. wooly also wants to keep amanda safe as its shown numerous times where he warns her not to use things without supervision etc. it makes him more of a greyer character but still a victim.

[@Mika_184x]

@@summerheart9834 oooooh I totally love that idea! I never even thought of the employee. I thought it was Kate or maybe David (who seemed to have been captured by Hameln). But someone who worked with Hameln from the beginning sounds really interesting!

[@iabproductionsofficial]

Somebody had mentioned this before but notice how the Amanda looking monster kills the masked person, it does it quick and efficiently. I imagine it’s a lethal blow right off the bat But when the other monster kills her it’s long and gruesome

[@himedo1512]

This isn't true at all, and might even be the opposite. You can hear her struggling and no flesh tearing sounds the way down the elevator and she could well even be alive. Wether its because It didn't try and kill her, or it is simply weak enough she can fight it is unknown. The other monster brutally rips into her and she is killed. Considering the implication that its stronger than the Amanda demon (it runs away from it) this is likley the intent. The Amanda demon results in a struggle, while the other demon just kills her with no ability to fight back. Its very powerful .

[@iabproductionsofficial]

@ “notice how the Amanda looking monster kills her.” I’m referring to the Skinny demon that lands on top of the masked lady, and seemingly bites down unto her neck. ( (It’s true that there are no signs of a struggle but we very well know that the ending in which the Amanda demon appears isn’t canon. At least to my knowledge.) “But when the other monster kills her its long and gruesome” The wooly look alike creature that visibly gives you subtitles detailing that her flesh is being ripped apart. I apologize if my description led you to believe that I was saying the exact opposite. That or you are a bot. Either way. Hope this clears up my thought process for you.

[@WilliamAaronTheYapmaster]

I mean,Amanda demon failed to kill Joanne once. I'm hesitant to say she's dead

[@iabproductionsofficial]

@@WilliamAaronTheYapmaster Right but can we really consider that the cannon ending?

[@WilliamAaronTheYapmaster]

@@iabproductionsofficial Well,no,that’s a good point. The Wooly demon absolutely eviscerated her and that ending feels more likely to be canon

[@cpbr-editing]

a playthrough and watching this a couple times and still confused might just be dense

[@trishapaytaskitchenfloor]

i strongly recommend you go back and watch GTLive’s coverage of the first game, and they’ve made 2 episodes on the second game so far. Ash and Matpat go into really nice detail to connect things.

[@cpbr-editing]

@trishapaytaskitchenfloor thanks I'll do that

[@mr.brightside2665]

I think when the monster first attacks Riley it wasn't a fake death but Amanda saving us from it by kicking us to the main menu, like how she begged it to stop showing that she's still human even in the digital world

[@tdmediums]

seeing Rye take a brief break from fnaf to make a theory on a different horror game, is like opening gifts on christmas and finally finding something that isn't socks. The socks are good, great even! but its a nice refresher to get something else once in a while :>

[@senaruryuin2773]

So there was a howl, and then a monster Wooly shows up- The wolf in sheep's clothing

[@Savvysnail7495]

Hameln is also super close to Hamelin, the town that the story of the Pied Piper takes place in (which is a story during the middle ages). After the Pied Piper led the rats away from the town, the town never paid him for what he was due so he then led the children away. Perhaps this company made a deal with an entity and now can't pay up, so the tape are leading children away who watch the show as payment?

[@lauras.9294]

It's not only close to it, that's the original german name of the city. It's always been one of my favourite tales, so I was instantly reminded of it by the name of the studio, as well as the mouse in the logo and the tagline "follow us to fun". Was instantly suspicious

[@lunamelody2025]

I think Wooly might’ve been the villain from the beginning. In the original orientation of the game, there was an X in the forest, that X was Woolie. But I think it wasn’t because Woolie was buried, but rather the latest sighting of him as the monster. Also, in the original game, there was a video of a person outside in the dark, with tapes. They planned on burning them, but refused. I think that was Joanne’s recording. The reason Joanne didn’t destroy the tapes was because she encountered one of the monsters, but survived.

[@-eikh-2340]

I don’t believe _Pilot Episode_ is canon. Also, the cameraman in that scene was a man.

[@lunamelody2025]

@ What I’m trying to say is they’re slightly referencing the pilot game, but make the story more notable.

[@Cembala101]

After researching brain computer interfaces (BCI) technology, it looks awfully similar to whatever is hooked up to Rebecca in the secret hospital tape. Especially the cap she has on her head, Hameln likely transferred her consciousness into the game using an external BCI. Also I love these theory’s omggg!!!

[@rocki_bb]

I think I remember Amanda talking about removing Wooly's brain in the first game

[@wynterwolfrose228]

YOU ARE RIGHT SHE DID !!!!

[@bonelessfae4041]

i reckon that wooly might be the containment specialist, trying to keep amanda and her demon in line. but, he's also ultimately a victim of the surgeon with his soul forcibly placed in the tapes, and body taken over by a demon. i think in the next installment or so, we may be able to convince wooly to rebel, getting him to finally believe that he's a victim, not just an employee, used and discarded by hameln

[@jacquelinejanewashere]

I'm very interested in demonology, I love this game because they put alot of thought and research behind it which lends believablity to the plot

[@RyeToast]

Right?

[@WilliamAaronTheYapmaster]

I thought that said dermatology. I was gonna ask what this game has to do with skin

[@anjellogames]

I'm so happy how much recognition Amanda The Adventurer has gotten! It's such a great game combining both real life and game elements together essentially breaking the fourth wall. Great video and excited to see what other secrets can be found!

[@Glourmander]

Fun fact: Banban 0 is a thing. I have no idea what drugs the Euphoric Brothers are on.

[@RyeToast]

Fr

[@CrobatmanIamthenight]

It doesn't even make sense lore wise

[@impossiblewolf2371]

idk what drugs theyre on but i want some

[@Glourmander]

@@CrobatmanIamthenight I’m sure they’ll find a way to make it make sense.

[@Bepetoni]

omg sugar-free banbans...

[@TheEverydayGamer1000]

Wooly I feel like is meant to be a tape control, not just keep Amanda in check but try to keep the tapes as a whole in check. Wooly tries to keep the stories in the episodes child friendly, and guide Amanda and the player in a nicer manner. He’s also meant to protect the tapes and secrets physically since it appeared in the true ending to try and stop Joanne and Riley, unlike Amanda’s demon which is somewhat controlled by her and is fairly unpredictable. I think he’s the true antagonist and is hiding his true nature/intent.

[@broadwaybutterfly310]

Something I've seen no one mention: Hameln wants to push bad lesson to kids. We're told that there are demonic symbols in the game and they always appear when the show is teaching kids to ignore their parents and other things. However, those bad lessons always come from Amanda. Wooly is the one constantly correcting her, suggesting to not play with dangerous objects and to do things with adult supervision. All lessons that Hameln don't want kids to follow. If Wooly was working with Hameln, why would he be discouraging the messages Hameln is pushing? That + Wooly's flashbacks when you say you like horror... idk I feel like people really want Wooly to be some master mind villain when he's just some guy trying to make Amanda feel better and keep her safe. He never hurts her or forces her to do anything against her will... he clearly has no control over her.

[@testerwulf3357]

In the 2nd game he isn't like that. He's pushy, FORCES her to let him be on her adventures, and tries to force a story HE wants to tell even though it ISN'T making Amanda happy (and when you tell one that makes her happy he yells at you and huffs and puffs that isn't HIS story, he doesn't actually want to cheer her up). He's not as good as you think. Amanda teaching bad lessons instead of wooly has nothing to do with anything..the parents assumed it was Hameln's doing because like duh ofc they do (they don't know Amanda is her own person), doesn't help Hameln fed her these bad thoughts and ideas in the first place so it IS their fault; it may not of been their intension to teach bad stuff, but they did cause it..or they did intend it and Wooly changed with us or wooly tried to correct lessons so parents were more complacent on the show playing for their kids (to keep kids watching).

[@sillyness734]

U have to remember hamlen wants kids to watch the show the reason y Amanda teaches bad lessons is to scare parents from letting their kids watch them so they won’t become potential victims

[@Cyrus9483]

Amanda refers to the possum as a wierdo in every encounter, did Rye ever trying putting in weirdo to see if that got a reaction from her?

[@TheCatsMe00w]

I do not think Wooly is evil like other theorists are saying. Not only does it undermine the clues we have gotten as his character (Amanda is not actually afraid of him, He acts cowardly, etc.) I also think that story line is too obvious and boring. What I am really leaning on is him just being another victim that has developed more of a Stockholm syndrome in comparison to Amanda's reactive abuse. The game exploring 'no perfect victim' is a lot more interesting and seems to be the direction they are going with Sam's character anyways.

[@bur_n_t]

yeah, i think he's also a victim, but he's still not a good character. he keeps amanda in check, and defends hameln, but maybe it's out of necessity.

[@sillyness734]

He definitely isn’t a full good guy for sure

[@jjmara01]

For all we know, Wooly is doing it because escaping or trying to, hurts you more or gives you harsher punishments. Like maybe he knows if anyone tries to help, they get put in or murdered like we seen at the end. So he rather they finally get out by being forgotten or all tapes destroyed, while Amanda wants to escape back to her body. Hell, what if the person filming the hospital and Rebecca saying Demon names is him, an adult who knows more and probably seen more.

[@gracieisbored9191]

it makes sense to me that wooly was also attacked by hameln and instead of reacting as amanda does, he instead prefers to lay down and try to appease them so he can be taken out of the tapes

[@gracieisbored9191]

i also think that’s why wooly’s monster is more gruesome than amanda’s; he’s acting out his anger through it, whereas amanda acts out her anger in the tapes. idk

[@dino_nonbino]

The sound that plays when you say "Hameln" to Amanda in the "Time For Bed!" Tape (around the 27:00 mark) sounds like some type of fife or a similar instrument! Which would tie them back to the pied piper theme/story :) I wonder if Amanda has some control over her "monster" (and thus her monster has control over itself, aka not absolutely shredding Joanne) because she, on some level, knows its her body. She knows she is rotting and she knows her body is out there somewhere. But Wooly... He doesn't seem to know. He looks up, waiting to be pulled out of the tape. He doesn't know that once you go in... There is no coming back. Your body is no longer your own. It is not rotten, and twisted. And because he doesn't have control over the situation, he also doesn't have control over his monster, and it doesn't have control over *itself,* tearing and ripping and maiming Joanne. I wonder if Wooly will see his monster in the 3rd game, and i wonder if thats what will make him change his tune.

[@stilesmccall4923]

i feel like the first version of the monster reassembles both amanda AND wooly in some way. To me, the original monster had amandas hair and wooly's fur on it's eyes. Especially interesting considering wooly's eyes went away before the monster attacked.

[@MehitabelClaims]

I feel like that's a literal hint - Amanda has the wool pulled over her eyes. And having the wool pulled over one's eyes is an expression meaning they're being tricked and manipulated.

[@sboy2044]

@@MehitabelClaimsI always saw them as white pupil-less eyes, even Wooly’s monster version has a mix of those same eyes and sheep eyes, while its actual wool looks more realistic

[@bur_n_t]

@@MehitabelClaims agreed

[@bugginonthewall]

The opossum is definitely Joanne’s brother, and after recording Hamlin they punished him as a non talking character!

[@WilliamAaronTheYapmaster]

Her brother was just a kid. That would explain why he torments Amanda. He probably thinks Amanda is the one who took him

[@jakersify]

There are a couple of things I haven't been able to figure out but fun to think about is why Hameln is doing this. They have to be getting something in return from the demons. How were they collecting children's souls before they saw the opportunity in Sam's show? What exactly is their game plan around the growing number of missing children? I'm sure Kate wasn't the only one who smelled something fishy. Especially the parents of the missing children.

[@Amir-su8rw]

My theory is, wooly IS an employee who might be betrayed but just doesn't know it because when he said "I can't take this anymore" is pretty obvious that he is talking to someone else rather than amanda and riley. I also think the brains of these characters were preserved and used for the show because of the possium saying "Joanne" which concludes that he is Joanne's brother so his brain is probably monitored and his consciousness is put into the show. Also that wooly monster who attacked Joanne was the employee's body experimented by hammeln and transformed it into the monster BUT the body has no consciousness so the mind of the employee was probably used. (Sorry im not that good at english explanation)

[@BoliVic96]

I loved both streams so I was licking my hands like a fly waiting for this video, so glad you put up a theory because if it wasn't for you I wouldn't know all the meatman conections because I never even thought to say that to her and it's one of the most terrifying parts for me, I do want to point out that Wooly suddenly doesn't cares about Amanda when he used to very patiently, I think this is a new Wooly

[@BoliVic96]

Sam's actor rules btw

[@sillyness734]

Nah wooly never really cared about Amanda in the first game he always changed the subject whenever Amanda wanted to talk about what was actually going on with her. Is he’s getting irritated because we keep pressing and insisting answers which is why he killed Joanne

[@jakubtrapp3509]

i reacentlly heard the theory that woolly is the bad guy and I THINK IT HAS SOME SENSE wolly tries to keep the episodes in how they were supposed to go ergo without rebeccas influence that would tell people that she needs saving the we cant fix it take put him rising as a giant head while amanda is screaming in agony SO he could be SATAN

[@Jocka-v6f]

Maybe

[@Jocka-v6f]

But I think HamelN is the villian

[@jakubtrapp3509]

@@Jocka-v6f oh ye they are the villain plus wooly being evil wouldnt rule hamlin being evil beacuse hamlin would use wooly to torture rebeca like he wooly migth be satan but he isnt the villain of the story he would be a tool to torture rebecca used by hamlin

[@DaddyIsntDoneSpeaking]

Nah. I don’t think so Nothing really suggests that, I think he might just be starting to become frustrated with everything

[@ThatOne-s6g]

I always just assumed she was dead and the demon inhabited her body But I never considered they took her brain out

[@RyeToast]

I mean both are possible but it seems really specific and how oddly biological the butcher's role is

[@MarekPlacek-be3lp]

@@RyeToast I mean, butcher role is associated with being dirty, messy and very bloody. Brain surgery wouldn't be exactly... bloody, as there is no blood in brain. Heart, on the other hand...

[@ThatOne-s6g]

@@MarekPlacek-be3lp Oh man I just had a gross thought. They harvested multiple of her vital organs (brain heart and lungs specifically, I'm thinking) and wired them into a machine.

[@scarletweb2106]

Oh no 🤢 🤮

[@JiminPark-bv9ce]

With the who is woolly question, in the tape where Rebecca is in the medical facility with all the weird devices, the doctor who is talking to her, the same voice that asks the person recording to stop, sounds very similar to woolly's voice, and personally it's not just a similarity, it's the tone of the voice it sounded so similar to when woolly asks us to hear out his story when you aren't doing it correctly in the story's tape, so it makes me feel like woolly is actually the doctor who was taking care of Amanda, but he actually works for hamln.

[@sillyness734]

He is allergic to apples after all

[@weasel7491]

You said "you'll notice that by the change of outfit" no, I noticed the change of cat

[@TheEverythingEnthuiast]

23:38 i'm going through a YGO phase right now and when you said "absorb" i instantly thought of Relinquished

[@BEANZ926]

I haven’t seen anyone else point this out but in the green tape where someone is snooping around Hameln and spies on some doctors monitoring Amanda, the character just called “Voice 2” sounds, and certainly has a similar intonation and cadence to Wooly, which would make sense if Wooly is supposed to be like a secret agent for Hameln.

[@FnaftheUltimateking2]

‏‪29:00‬‏ what will happened if you say that you trust OPOSSUM/JORDAN

[@kellenatoroverlord3246]

In that broken tape wooly is seen as this overwhelming figure who rises beyond the land and seems to be torturing her too which makes me think that wooly isn't as good as we thought.

[@Ester-Spaceghost]

22:58 right?? I love that guy. The design is so cute. Also the toast plushieeeee. Damn I think I need another plushie?

[@Dj-bt4yp]

WOW!! I am really excited for this Amanda the adventurer content!! It’s so cool to see rye toasts theories with other content

[@king__snacks5422]

00:23 you burnt ur cat

[@felidae47]

he left it in too long

[@KPOPTrashLyrics]

Questions I have for ppl to explore: Who is caroline and peter? Why are they recording? What’s being said on the radio and whats the relevance? What happens if you type in the code that the Hameln employee said to the security office on the radio onto the carpet? Why does she change her clothes in the bed when you mention certain names

[@tylerthekid9108]

In the first game one of the endings has Rile getting trapped in the tapes after going through a door so it could be possible that the tapes somehow suck you in by opening weird portals

[@theretrodragonyope]

Maybe the Possum is the first absorbed child, or the first of one of the experiments. I do think he could be Jordan because Joanne is the only one we know that is reached out by someone (possibly Hameln) to specifically destroy the tapes. The possum might also be telling us that Wooly's name is John, or to find John. I was on the side that adults are turned to animals and children are stuck as children. It is weird how wild and free the Possum is though.

[@bunny8970]

I love how EVERY creator I've seen cover this game calls it HAMLIN when its HAMELN 😂😂😂

[@linarose6054]

I wonder if since it’s been 15 years if Amanda trusts Riley because they might have been friends growing up. Maybe Riley didn’t live there but visited often and meet Rebecca at the library

[@joco8531]

I like the theory that wooly is an employee cause if you think about wooly is a sheep and the symbolic meaning is to be led by someone else like hamlen and to be sacrificed like also like a sheep by not being pulled out of the show.

[@RocksterStudios-tt3eh]

I think Wooly isn’t the antagonist, it feels like Amanda is annoyed by him more than anything and is just taking out her aggression of being stuck in the tapes. Amanda’s demon comes out when usually angry, so maybe Wooly’s comes out when scared? Like maybe they die in the real world if the tapes are broken…

[@Sillypeople_14]

20:54 they did that a lot this game, like they are calling out to someone behind the scenes (a director for example)

[@EighmyLupin]

Toast: "And you'll denote that by the change of-" Me: "Cat" Toast: "-outfit" Me: "Ok that too"

[@RinAldrin]

One theory I have is that the tapes act as a sort of daemonic realm which can hold the pure souls of children and prevent them from passing on. We see it in the tape that Johanne smashes a wisp-like thing emerges. It's possible this is a soul escaping and this makes the demon creature furious as these souls are insanely valuable to a demon. Just one possibility I was pondering.

[@axelsgf]

Wooly is definitely an adult, he has a more mature personality than Amanda, whether he’s evil or not is pretty hard to tell, I think Wooly could be another victim but they worked alongside Hameln.

[@aidanhouston2223]

What about the line where she is rotting somewhere???

[@teamalice115]

What if, and hear me out. What if wooly did die in the first game, and they simply replaced him with a new employee? That could explain why Amanda no longer trusts him, because she knows it’s not the same wooly she knew and trusted, and could explain the severe disdain she has for him. It would also make him being missing in some tapes make sense, as maybe the tape world moves on without intervention and they couldn’t use those episodes, until they put a new wooly back in. Idk, it’s late and I might be crazy but I could see them just replacing wooly if something happens to him

[@spookypisces7057]

Yes! I was waiting for you to make a video!! I can listen to your videos all day 🥰

[@eclipselavender]

I wonder what happens when you type “surgery” when she asks what you’re afraid of.

[@jonathanmcknight2453]

In the first game, Wooly told us to destroy the taoes. But if you destroy the tapes the demons will be set free in the real world!

[@taylort3674]

I was mostly of the inclination due to woolys insistence of staying on track with plot he might be a self aware character of sorts. But since the horror response flashbacks I almost wonder if based his form vs Jordan's and ability to talk could he have been an actual sheep who was essentially tested on before Amanda? Iirc we do at times use sheep to test things before humans so it might make sense!

[@spectilia]

I am watching again after a little over a week and I am really happy to see the number of views this has, since I know Rye has previously been worried about branching out into other horror series besides FNAF.

[@0ndem]

I think Wooly was Sam during the first game. But they got Amanda to kill him during the first set of tapes. They then used clips and bits of him to create a Hameln Wooly clone. Just like they mention in the scripted trust us video.

[@sillyness734]

Nah cuz in the first game there was a book or hint with the phrase “who is wooly” not only that but the tv is not their physical bodies which is why wooly can just come back or heal himself at random

[@Lightning.S]

What if- and hear me out here- what if all the kids who disappeared turned into the sentient houses/forniture/things in the tapes, so when we answer a question wrong, and Amanda breaks it down, we're actually making her hurt them? I don't think they would die since it seems like it's only their souls and not their bodies, but still, it would be a awful fate to be broken and rebuild again and again every time someone tries a different answer... Also I think the possum is Riley's aunt.

[@marsyamallow14]

That’s what I thought so too , also the possum is probably Jordan

[@KingSmugWaffle]

i might be a little late, but in the episode where she makes breakfast, you can see the bacon look alive. then when she cooks it, its dead

[@markreid1656]

I hope Amanda the adventure 3 comes out soon

[@scarletweb2106]

Yeah me too

[@bubblesthekitty4423]

There are plenty worst things to be trapped as than a possum cuz possums rock

[@zweiteduron1043]

I love how while you're talking you sometimes stroke your cats like some kind of evil villain

[@sircommissar]

found your channel from this video, and hoping you do more like this on other horror games. i see you do mostly fnaf which i dig but i love to see you stretch out aswell king! best of luck

[@Otaku_Error_404]

Ngl, don’t know how I got here but the kitty made me stay. Glad I did though.

[@sboy2044]

My problem with the idea of the monster versions being the souls’ former bodies is that the Amanda monster’s “hair” has the same hair buns as Amanda from the cartoon and looks nothing like Rebecca’s hair, nor does it even look like actual hair (at least to me, might just be graphical limitations tho). Plus, if Wooly’s monster version is also his possessed _human_ body, then why does it look like an actual sheep and not a human? Speaking of which, if Wooly’s a Hamlyn employee, then why would he also have a demon attached to him? And wouldn’t that let him have much more control over Amanda instead of only successfully manipulating her in one specific tape?

[@Kelly-np2xq]

Hell yeah love all.the fnaf stuff but also hype your branching out continue success ❤

[@gamer20k85]

you can also type “you” for who you should visit and it’ll be the same thing as amanda or rebecca

[@lacey_moon]

Watching your streams of this game was so much fun! This is a really solid overview video of it, too! Cant wait for the next game!!!

[@marymarvel]

IM SO EXCITED!!! Been waiting for someone I follow to post a theory!!!

[@kratangg-arang]

I got so hyped when I saw the streams show up, knowing this was coming

[@onigengu7846]

I just wanna say I acknowledge and appreciate the effort and contribution the kitties gave to put this video together. It takes a lot to stay on lap and get pets for that long.

[@vallen2717]

When the Opossum jump tword the camer it sound like it try to say something.

[@tquinnhunsaker4344]

I'm surprised that there isn't more secrets about typing in the demon's names that were mentioned

[@darksplash873]

I've not ever been interested in this game but I got this recommended and I really wanted to support you and a Video like this might actually be interesting to watch, especially told by you

[@TheSirenPrince]

took me 10 days - but finally got through it !! thanks for this content :)

[@hannahtgp9421]

I think the kid in the tape after story time is us since even the subtitles call him dad

[@jeffreygump3556]

If you type in horror or butcher man. It shows dead animals and Wooly screaming Noooo but everyone forget about that detail

[@anhurtorrez]

Couple of things, first it is nice when you switch up your videos, second its nice to get another perspective of this game.

[@lucye4389]

YES!!!!! I was waiting for this since you post your streaming playing the game!!!! LET'S GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉