Captain America: Bucky Barnes is a Total NERD! 🤓

You know that Bucky Barnes is a POWERFUL superhero, but did you know he is also a total NERD? Yes, it’s true! See how his nerdiness survived since the 1930’s.
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[@ottoes8098]

Matpat calling someone a nerd is like the hulk calling someone buff.

[@vocalvortexstudios2058]

So a compliment of high regard

[@thatoneanimefan477]

​@@vocalvortexstudios2058yep

[@classic6288]

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[@luisalejandrolopezbuendia9686]

He kind of has. Thundra is someone that can take on the likes of Hulk and Thing and in one of their fights after fighting for a while, Hulk straight up just asked he "why are you so strong?" in a baffled manner

[@yousawnothinggg]

😂

[@borb4944]

Bucky wakes up and finds out how big the hobbit became and is like “YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS NOW YOU ALL GET IT”

[@mish375]

Sam needs to introduce him to the LOTR trilogy books then the extended editions. Bucky would be like a kid in a candy shop.

[@Clair1868]

And Star Wars. And Indiana Jones. And all the classics... Ooh! Like Captain America! Wait-

[@abysslight2490]

You also have in the first Captain America movie where he took two girls out on a date to a science convention, and got excited when Howard’s car began to float. He’s a big ol nerd.

[@MrAsaqe]

So the idea of fun for a non nerd would be a club or a bar in 1940s?

[@KobeAndersonCactus]

@@MrAsaqe or a park or a movie or, well almost anything is less nerdy than science convention. Floating car would make anyone react tho

[@kyuutakitsune7163]

​@@KobeAndersonCactusor casual racism

[@kingkitty026]

​@@MrAsaqeso your non nerd fun date is a science convention

[@laxxla]

To his credit, the girls were just as into it as he was, so it was a good call.

[@iActuallyLiveinUtah]

Just wait till he finds out theres a book store called Barnes and Noble.

[@jeffsorrows]

So if Peggy Carter was knighted and generally kights came from nobility, would that be the name of their show?

[@instantromy]

Barnes and Noble in NYC was established in 1886. But it was under a different name. The name was changed to Barnes and Noble sometime after 1917 (MCU Bucky's birth year). He knows! :D

[@DestruoTheWithered]

That shop is for the people who forgot.

[@WitheredRosee]

Barnes and Noble is just Bucky and Cap 💀

[@MrsRxgers2]

That’s his nickname for me

[@darthpastry]

I like to imagine Mat running up to Bucky, yelling “LOL NERD!” then running off again before Bucky can react.

[@stevenbobbybills]

Something tells me that Bucky's reaction time is faster than Matt's running speed.

[@darthpastry]

Guess it’s a good thing Mat can’t die then. (GTLive shorts)

[@TimeskipCronos]

​@@stevenbobbybills nah clearly Matt's a speedster.

[@MikePhantom]

you mean trying to but giving up after 10 meters

[@Nae_ex]

That could work as joke, similar to "DO A FLIP!"

[@Dibious]

This paired with the fact that Captain America has seen "The Wizard of Oz" explains how they became best friends in the first place. They're both fantasy geeks.

[@rowdyreese5208]

Oh. My. God. You're absolutely right. It also explains why Steve liked to draw 🤯

[@EvieRawlings]

Now I need an official nerd discussion between Bucky and Peter Parker in the MCU.

[@scarredchild]

Fanfic writers, get on it!

[@John_b123]

​@@scarredchild time to summon the Tumblr artists

[@oranoawesome1607]

​@@John_b123 *begins chanting satanic spell*

[@lolexguy]

​@@oranoawesome1607 accidentally summons NSFW ones

[@oranoawesome1607]

@@lolexguy oh noes, send them back *begins chanting the same satanic spell in reverse*

[@TaysomProdz]

Peggy: “You tryna read this slapper, I just copped when I was back home?” Bucky: “Say Lessss!”

[@ClutchUp44YT]

I cannot like for it too sacred

[@Site_57]

You can now.

[@carsonmontano7116]

Is that even English 😂

[@Devil-yo7og]

@@carsonmontano7116yes it’s something called slang /j(I think this how those “tone indicators” are used I don’t know anything bout them)

[@jessevancooney6963]

​@@carsonmontano7116not in 1937. In 2023 it is

[@CW-hw8nu]

Meanwhile I'm here like "He probably just remembered the wrong year." This is why I'm not a theorist lol

[@allreddan]

Yeah. I'm thinking that the writers just looked to see when it came out and thought, "Of course it was a hit and of course it was everywhere." This is so niche that it is more likely to be a mistake than intentional.

[@mavendeo]

The guy has a metal arm and wears a Mortal Kombat mask, and you question his nerdiness? C'mon...

[@protalghulnist4126]

​@@mavendeo thats more proof of hydra being nerds then him

[@allreddan]

@@mavendeo :) Not his nerdiness. The writer's ability to make him that nerdy in that specific way on purpose. Lucky accident I say. :D

[@THOMAS_VANN]

Or the writers don’t know all the stuff they regerence

[@mlgibson88]

The fact that you dove into Bucky has made me so so happy.

[@8butsideways]

My dude pulled the "I knew about before it was cool" card

[@ismaelmayer7918]

Or the "I was there when it was written."

[@Daluckyplays]

​@@bionicleguy32 Jolkien Rolkien Rolkien Tolkien

[@lolexguy]

I had this for Among us. my cousin and I used to play it when they stayed with us back in 2019. All the randos we played with would always theme their names after jjba.

[@coffeeaddict9605]

Bucky also spent night before leaving to fight in WWII going to a science fair.

[@Whobornyesterday93]

This is my new head canon, but I’m sure the writer just wanted to make a joke, looked up when the book came out and didn’t put in anymore thought

[@dabatman5187]

True, based on the effort put into the rest of the series, but this still is a fun head canon

[@pablito-e]

Maybe Bucky forgot he read it in 1938 and googled himself when it came out

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@dabatman5187 they put a lot of effort in the series it’s very unique and ambitious and unlike any other show that exists

[@madnessarcade7447]

Ur wrong but whatever

[@josharko111]

​@@pablito-e that's also a fun idea

[@NoveculentLIVE]

The fact that he was into British children’s fantasy novels got me 😂😂😂

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@Fanman1217]

I mean Bucky is British American.

[@Angelawinterschild井]

@@Fanman1217what?

[@Fanman1217]

@@Angelawinterschild井 I'm sure the comics say he's British American or is the son of British immigrants

[@Angelawinterschild井]

@@Fanman1217 I thought Bucky was part Romanian cuz zemo said Romania was his home or something

[@madalynnr9940]

This could lead down a theory rabbit hole of Bucky being connected to the Barnes from Barnes & Noble and got the Hobbit on an early shipment of the book prior to being released in America

[@Frankie_1908]

I saw this headcanon on Tumblr and it doesn't seem impossible lol

[@madalynnr9940]

​@@Frankie_1908 I think calling it a headcanon is the right way to go, there isn't anything concrete enough to put it into theory territory but there's more than enough to make a solid headcanon. There's always the chance that something more concrete will appear in a future project to change that

[@Frankie_1908]

@@madalynnr9940 true, true. It's still a fun thing to imagine though

[@Iliadic]

It could be interesting to explain why Bucky has the amenities he may have; if they want to give him anything nice, that is.@@Frankie_1908

[@Mia199603]

He did have like a thousand sisters so I bet he has descendants from their side. And the name would carry on even though they were women, because Bucky's family subscribes to the tradition of passing on the mother's surname: his middle name Buchanan is his mother's maiden name. So his nieces and nephews would all have the Barnes middle name.

[@ChrishyChrishShorts]

We’ll miss u matpat

[@ceilinh6004]

That's adorable. Bucky is such a sweet nerdy boy.

[@ThomasYoung1]

💀💀

[@Daisystar1222]

Him being a nerd makes me love him even more. ★

[@suyashbhagat6505]

Considering how he says it so proudly it makes a lot of sense

[@englishlady9797]

I think its because Sam believed Gandalf was one of those modern pop culture references Bucky would not understand but he understood perfectly because The Hobbit is nearly as old as him.

[@Ash-b49]

This video has given me a new appreciation for Bucky

[@venomfan2020]

Well That escalated quickly. I have a newfound appreciation for the Winter Soldier.

[@nicozpro]

Me too

[@blunderingfool]

If only the writing was't vapid trash. SO much wasted potential.

[@AndrewDukes]

@@blunderingfool how was the writing bad

[@Lovemetender757]

@@blunderingfool the writing was great, you bandwagon hater.

[@OK-69420]

​@@blunderingfoolwtf his writing wasn't trash, it's one of the most emotional plotline in the mcu

[@Monke-uz1vp]

Him knowing all of this makes him an even bigger nerd

[@AspasiaDGordon]

I read a theory/research someone did into the costuming between Bucky and Steve, basically pointing out that Bucky comes from money. So importing a book would definitely make sense.

[@JanWyman-dv1qh]

How would this not be so obvious, with Bucky's father working at the Pentagon?

[@irrespondible]

So he's a rich nerd... man, talk about not judging a book by its cover

[@defonot_rkb157]

In captain America he said that he’s setting off to England in the morning

[@nutellatoast9671]

Yeah pretty sure they were in a pub in Captain America so he probably picked it up in London

[@dexoearth9167]

But that was in 1943.

[@marvelismylife946]

This could also work for my theory that the barnes were a pretty well off family for the time, like he would have to have a good bit of money too either travel to England or specially order it

[@markotnanatkapietruszki]

They were, have you seen his suit in "The First Avenger"? Definitely loaded.

[@wildoneizzy]

Yeah, noticing it and picking it up on a trip to England would have been my guess (rather than hearing about it somehow in the States and having it shipped over).

[@madisongerber132]

Also he says that Steve used to stuff his shoes with newspapers, not mentioning himself, meaning that during war rationing and after the Great Depression, he had shoes that fit him well and did not have holes in them

[@olivergillespie9841]

It is also a possibility that Bucky happened to be in Great Britain at the time, and just saw it in a bookstore and thought “hey this looks a’ight.”

[@magnum9588]

Bucky Barnes, the only person that makes a Hobbit reference saying, I read the book.

[@Echo556_]

The books pretty good though

[@fallis07]

You say that like no ones read the Hobbit lmao load of people have, I have

[@JEDonnert]

I read that book when I was 14 and loved it

[@axemaster8331]

The Hobbit is actually my favorite book 😊

[@YEETUSDAFEETUS]

so the comment section isn't going how you wanted how do you feel?

[@kvetchenfinks7044]

Counterpoint: He remembered the year wrong. Its been a while.

[@Bisexualdragon4042]

Now, all I can imagine is Steve buying all the Hobbit movies just so he and Bucky can watch them together.

[@jozopako]

His friend brought that book from ENG to USA.

[@TheTurdle]

Or he was just on vacation in the UK and bought a book that looked cool.

[@marvelcraver]

Unlikely because at that time the us would have be in the great depression. No clue how he would have got the money to import though so maybe

[@wantrcy]

​@@marvelcraverno 1937 was after the great depression not during and it could be that a British tourist came to the US took the book and gave it to him The last one is very unlikely

[@luisalejandrolopezbuendia9686]

​@@wantrcy it's more likely that happened than Bucky going to Great Britain. In the MCU canon, both Bucky and Steve were very poor and the likelihood of any of them going out of country (especially without the other which makes thing even harder) is very unlikely.

[@markotnanatkapietruszki]

​@@luisalejandrolopezbuendia9686 Bucky wasn't poor. Steve, yes, but the Barnes had money.

[@soliduszor]

​@@luisalejandrolopezbuendia9686 some Americans went to Britain after pearl harbor

[@Wheatandtoes]

I’m about to dig up my inner Winter Soldier nerd. In the comics Bucky went to England for special training before meeting Captain America, it’s not hard to believe that Mcu Bucky did something similar, he does go into the war as a Sargent and as far as I’m aware you’d need some kind of training to pull that off, in 1937 when the Hobbit came out Mcu Bucky would’ve been around 20 and could’ve been undergoing whatever training was needed for his rank in England when the book came out and just so happened to read it. This is the only way I can think of him saying this without screwing up the year.

[@goldhover409]

Bucky forgets what year he read a book off the top of his head Mat pat: he's a nerd

[@AlligatorCakes07]

The thing about this is he was stationed in Great Britain, he probably found it a book shop thought it sounded interesting so he bought and read it

[@HeisenbergFam]

Matt should be a beta tester for movies before release to see if there are plot holes

[@jgcoverkknot5701]

Stolen comment

[@wulf1046]

Also, the version he read is not the version we read today. Bucky read the first version which most notebly had no One Ring, (there was a magic ring that made you invisible but it wasnt THE one ring)

[@UnusualPete]

Or maybe he borrowed it from Peggy Carter... She's British. I don't remember the first movie very well but maybe they knew each other. Maybe she was the nerd.

[@jawz9455]

🤔

[@creativename6126]

He didn’t know her in 37. I think they met around 1941 but they definitely talked a lot around then. I think it’s more likely he just knew somebody who had one

[@ismingo4264]

@@creativename6126 nerd

[@Niko__01]

@@ismingo4264 No, it's just common knowledge... America wasn't (officially) part of WWII in '37, so why would Bucky know Carter in '37? They probably met during WWII during military operations, as seen in the first Captain America movie, and America didn't (officially) become part of WWII until '41.

[@TheOriginal_Unaleska]

No, I do not believe they ever met.

[@oneskruloose487]

Let’s just completely overlook that the Howling Commandos base of operations during the events of The First Avenger was in London, shall we

[@_Solaris__]

To be fair, the first Captain America movie took place in 1942 so...

[@johnreddick7650]

"It's nice to find that little American boys really still do say 'Gee Whiz'."

[@josephkennedy484]

I think he read it when he was in Great Britain because in the comics, he was trained by the British commandos so he could have found it or given it by one of the commandos

[@HoverMelon2000]

These shorts are so good. It's like a whole episode in only 60 seconds!

[@DualDexx]

either that or he picked it up while he was abroad in the military randomly because he thought it looked cool, and really liked it, only to find out when he wakes up that the small little fantasy novel he liked in his time is a massive phenomenon in this time.

[@Iamwtfboi]

I have another theory, he could've been on a tour in Britain for a training exercise and on a break he decided to get the book

[@jadelynnurbanumeryetmut1928]

In that case, Bucky is a handsome and adorable nerd and we can't deny it

[@davincent98]

Alternate theory: he was in England in 1937 when it came out and read out on his down time

[@joshfactor1]

well, he's only the biggest until mr. fantastic comes along

[@Sky_RandomArt]

Ok Buck, GO STRAIGHT TO QUEENS AND TALK TO PETER PARKER ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW!!!

[@brianwinchester8954]

It's cool how he's a nerd because I feel like that makes him more relatable also I imagine him and Steve needing out together lol

[@ryderhinojosa9590]

Please come back MATPAT you helped raise me to be a theorist 😢

[@ohiyoresident]

This made me realize that in 14 years The Hobbit will be 100 years old

[@SchplatJR]

Easier explanation: he lied. He had his own list like Steve did in Winter Soldier and The Hobbit happened to be one he had on that list. He just wanted Sam to shut up.

[@nerium1440]

I like to think Bucky was already in the military was just stationed in the UK. The US didn’t enter the war until 1941 but we were neutrally supporting the UK with supplies and had some non active military bases there. Still makes him a huge nerd since he read one of the few copies, but clears up the difficulty of knowing about it and getting his hands on it in America

[@BraydenFerrando]

I miss Matt 😭😭😭

[@Mogtoa]

Get over it

[@BraydenFerrando]

@@Mogtoa hater

[@TheStrangr2112]

Bucky: how did you know I was a need Matpat: it was in your eyes, I could just tell

[@EcnavMC]

I want some scene of Bucky first coming out of the Winter Soldier thing and just going online to find a copy of that book he liked once only to find out that there is *so much more* now and being ecstatic.

[@maucazalv903]

Seeing what happens to your favorite franchise must be one of the either worst or best experience for someone defrosting/getting free after so many years xd

[@warriorkala3960]

Good way to wrap up in the ending. When you play the video on loop, it feels like you’re listening the end matching with the beginning words

[@Lochtimus-1701]

My theory is Bucky’s dad knew Tolkien (from ww1 or whenever) and on a whim Bucky (on a vacation) decided to pick it up.

[@mrblahbah2522]

It’s a cool theory but remember the mcu is a different universe where things r different, like the existence of superhero’s so theirs nothing denying that the whole hobbit books situation didn’t play out entirely different

[@hihowareyou424]

his parents were really rich, so it's possible that his parents managed to get it imported, or they managed to get their hands on one of the 1,500 hardback copies of The Hobbit in America at the time, which were also really expensive

[@kuoiha7512]

He's probably working at Britain at that time

[@SpiderGuyy]

This man was a nerd and turned into a super powered soldier with a metal arm. Crazy

[@I_GET_NO_SL33P]

He does Nerd Gym

[@Toby_Hon_Cannoli]

You know what, that’s kinda wholesome 😊

[@onigiri2032]

I got this short now and almost had a heart attack bc I thought MatPat came back 😂

[@schizism1]

This makes me simp for Bucky more mat, you’re fueling the shippers😱

[@myadoesrandomthings]

What if his parents owned a book store… one *Barnes* and Noble book store?

[@codenamekhaos]

I've been asleep for just over 70 years and HOLY, these movies are LONG!

[@blistow3519]

Of course Bucky is a nerd he dragged multiple woman to see Howard’s tech expo something he was genuinely really interested in

[@Boomschnitzel]

Fr though

[@Some_Rando_UwU]

We can all agree that Bucky looks better with long hair

[@Sarasgaming04]

He could have picked it up in the war and read it in PT

[@mitchellkiteley8688]

Good thought, HOWEVER the US didn't enter WW2 until 1941,therefore, he wouldn't have been drafted yet and sent off to Britian to be able to read the book naturally in 1937

[@OscarLangleySoryu]

Ugh.

[@markotnanatkapietruszki]

The war started in 1939.

[@Lexg95]

This feels like a CinemaSin but with extra steps and sarcasm.

[@RelimitedDK]

I mean he was a soldier could have gone to Britain at some point when it came out

[@amorfatikhb]

honestly, this is one of the arguments for bucky's family being Rich even through the great depression. not just well-off.

[@a_chill_dude.]

Ahhh a man of quality

[@StupidlyNamed145]

Nah, bro looks so chill in that theory wear

[@thepengoin]

you allways find ways to make bad writing seem exiting 😂

[@modmaker7617]

It's good writing

[@HSTLMLWL]

It's a joke

[@FreshmanGrimm]

Because the media you watch doesn't have any plot holes, look enough and you'll find them

[@rolandcleary1807]

You went from explaining complex lore to proving characters where nerds 👍

[@Pulivari124]

I was told that I am total nerd. What did you do? I read one book.

[@christopherfleetwood5252]

Four words dude… Science Expo Double Date 😂

[@jakubgodyn7413]

Meanwhile writers just gooled "when hobbit was first published" and didn't look into specifics

[@allovas]

They wanted to make him cool, but created a little plothole instead.

[@HSTLMLWL]

It's just a one liner joke

[@OscarLangleySoryu]

Plot hole? People can read books from other countries. Even back then.

[@DAMOVIENERD]

There's also a nod to Skull Island later in the show.

[@Thanat0s28]

He took someone on a date to the science fair in captian America the first avenger. Why are we surprised

[@bellatrixelizabethriddle8677]

And this, is another reason why I love Bucky. Thank you MatPat for pointing out he is a huge nerd.

[@Couldbedumber]

Bucky being a fan of lord of the rings and then seen Elrond look SUSPICIOUSLY like Johann Shmidt must’ve been a mindfuck

[@JohnnyRoads]

I'm glad Matt Pat is gaining traction on shorts now

[@IBF69420]

So yes Bucky just reading the book back in the day and then kater on coming to the future which is very good one

[@noa.kaylynn]

He also says how he was going to England the next day at the start of captain america: the first avenger.

[@liamwelsh8261]

Matpat is more of a need than Bucky for knowing this

[@mayuravirus6134]

Just to let everyone know Bucky's full name is Jame Buchanan Barnes

[@siddharthpandey6795]

It's like Don't recite me the deep magic witch I was there when it was written

[@littleromanofff]

i screamed when i saw this. we miss you!

[@AJ_IS_BETTER123]

Seeing matpat in something that’s not his red jacket is crazy

[@thebeeinatree]

reminder; this was during the great depression. Imagine how much he had to go through to get the hobbit added on to that

[@user-fm4ip7lo8u]

Bucky is the definition of "I liked it before it was cool."

[@MarioSuitedUp]

He could've read it during that war

[@NoahHolako]

Me seeing lord of the rings: matpat seeing Percy Jackson 🤨

[@AquaticMessiah]

Or maybe because he was in the war in Germany, he had a British friend give him a copy. Which is way more plausible then shipping a children's book in the 30s and 40s overseas.

[@puffygasp]

AYO that loop is HOT! Also, I hope Bucky got excited about the Lord of the Rings series being so big.

[@SirFluffy100]

"Childrens Novels"!!!!! 300pages, my dude

[@Am-jk6zu]

Peggy: hey I’ve got this book steve, wanna read it? Maybe bucky will like it. Steve oh yeah thanks Bucky: that was an okay book 👍