Film Theory: Does This Backrooms Fan Theory Solve EVERYTHING?

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Theorists, we are diving into The Backrooms again and this time we are going all the way... to Egypt! Yes, you read that right! I think there may be some ancient secrets hiding in the maze of yellow walls. I'm determined to see if this theory has a solid foundation and if it can stand the test of time like the pyramids. Let's go!
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[@unknownvariable9239]

Just imagine you no-clip into the Backrooms and then you see MatPat holding a notebook aggressively writing stuff down as he stares at a wall

[@gameilike8982]

The replies are in their own backroom now

[@ricardoberrios6137]

At that point I know that he has lost his sanity

[@gameyfirebro9645]

@QUEEN ELIZABETH IS BURNING IN НЕLL LMAO 😂 man the bots were faaaast.

[@St3lla-MaR1s]

@@gameilike8982 wow this new type of bot was fast

[@MoonWasTaken2]

Thats..... accurate. Probaly happened already but got out lol

[@j4yd32]

Imagine matpat actually getting stuck in the backrooms and years later he would be documented as an entity acting like a paranoid human that over analyzes EVERYTHING and will tell you LONG complex theories until you go insane and become just like him. Edit:thank you all, this is my first popular comment Ps: I reported ALL the bots

[@annoyinggaster]

@Thank me later 🅥 maybe switch accounts first?

[@kings_grove]

he definitely will get stuck, somehow survive all entities (documenting them in the meanwhile) and then documenting all rooms, just years later we find out he's somehow escaped and describes basically a lot of things to us-

[@musicheaven1679]

The botsss

[@kiyothefunnyguy]

He is one already

[@RpgBlasterRpg]

Or the backrooms could be the outer layer of reality

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

MatPat: *Explains egyptian mythology 101* Me, who read the Kane Chronicles: Interesting

[@jenniferkorf4767]

Rick Riordan, is in the backrooms confirmed?! :0

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

@@jenniferkorf4767 Even worse yet, this particular version is made by Kane Pixels. Coincidence? I think so.

[@Forbillion]

Dope a fellow fan

[@aceeneedstherapyy]

bro, Kane Chronicles is just...yes

[@christianfreed8005]

I like Egyptian mythology more than Greek mythology

[@rogamer7399]

The thing that no one has actually tried is trying to break through the walls.

[@YikesMakesStuff]

actually thats an amazing thing to point out, what would happen if we just- grabbed the axe and started breaking? what if we just ended up in another room though?

[@night0legend]

nor do they try to loot, they just wander

[@artdeco777]

@@YikesMakesStuff if we ended up in a different room I'm sure there would be some kind of pattern connecting the rooms in the first place, I mean what would make us go into that one SPECIFIC room after breaking the wall yk

[@meemtiem1273]

What are in the walls/what are they made of?

[@captainzoll3303]

I wondered that too, whether the walls were actually timber studs with mouldy plaster or if they were some completely solid, indestructible "stuff", but in one of the videos, there is a hole broken in the floor, and you can see bits of concrete and broken rebar. sure, you can't see frayed carpet or suspended ceiling panels as one would expect, but i'd put that more down to a CG limitation than a deliberate statement. but on the flipside, there is also a car that teleported through and smashed into a wall in what looked to be a pretty hard impact, yet the wall was undamaged.

[@AdvSpringBonnie]

Imagine putting all this hard work into a theory, hoping MatPat sees it, and then he makes a video on why it's wrong.

[@lukapuka8320]

@im calling saul you're not calling saul if you are one of those people who are like "Finally it's here"

[@DJSlimeball]

That's how it goes somehow, he doesn't have an obligation to say your theory is correct when it isn't. Sorry about the bots.

[@jinxlover321]

@@lukapuka8320 called it

[@MasterMoonClap]

that would be badass ngl

[@mousepat9256]

@Queen Elizabeth 🅥 Queen Elizabeth? How are you here? You died like 6 hours ago.

[@totallynotsal]

As a native Egyptian who has lived in Egypt my whole life, nothing about the backrooms ever struck me as "This is about Ancient Egypt for sure!" There are some connections but honestly it just seems like a coincidence or some sort of homage for a reason or another. Anyway, I really enjoyed this theory, I love how MatPat looks at theories besides his, very cool to see :)

[@randomthingsxd9030]

kv31 though

[@totallynotsal]

@@randomthingsxd9030 Yes! When I saw that I did think that there might be a connection, but after no further connections I assumed it was just a coincidence, because there was just no more concrete evidence.

[@RealBradMiller]

Nope, you are a paid misinfo agent! Tell us your secrets -and- or we'll burn your house down. Jk, have a good day.

[@somedudewatchingyoutube9163]

Local Egyptian debunks backrooms Egypt Theory, Gets killed by the fandom.

[@totallynotsal]

@@somedudewatchingyoutube9163 Oh no, should I lock my doors? 💀

[@terribleeditor4556]

Today I learned that tombs can be raided for body parts along with actual gold and jewelry, and I'm a little nervous to imagine the kind of people who would actually buy a mummified body part.

[@pineapplefox3673]

If you really want to be horrified, people used to not only buy mummies, but eat them too!

[@terribleeditor4556]

@@pineapplefox3673 I need you to say sike right now.

[@pineapplefox3673]

@Terrible Editor I'm so sorry, if you want more info look up victorian mummy unwrapping parties

[@terribleeditor4556]

@@pineapplefox3673 They had unwrapping parties!? That makes it worse! But honestly I shouldn't be surprised, people can be weird.

[@pineapplefox3673]

@@terribleeditor4556 yea, definitely not humanity's brightest moment 😅

[@elle7938]

To me the back rooms are kind of like a modern retelling of Theseus and the Minotaur. A winding infinite maze that no one has survived or been able to crack as well as a monster lurking the unending halls. As well as People getting sacrificed to the mysterious corridors annually.

[@morganbeck402]

I never thought of it like that, but you're so right. Clever.

[@holdensaia5962]

Maybe that could be a little bit of inspiration from lane pixels or just a fun parallel

[@forcemind1483]

well it was for sure an isnpiration for the 4chan post, that created this theory, or the other people telling their own interpretations, based on the 4chan post, but I beileve that kane didn't take much from it, seeing where the story went and how he written the lore

[@diem1095]

I think there needs to be a theories episode where its just mat looking straight into the camera, deadpan delivery, saying the most OUTLANDISH THEORIES (like those theories that are a 'lets throw a dart at a wall and see if it sticks' kind of theories), and explain NONE of them. It would be a short video, but it would be 3 minutes of a continuious stream of rediculiousness.

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

YES

[@HANKSANDY69420]

Tericho made a troll theory for Poppy Playtime once lol

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

@@HANKSANDY69420 Who's Tericho?

[@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967]

@@joshroehl6098 STOP

[@HANKSANDY69420]

@@cedartheyeah.justyeah.3967 look him up

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I swear some of these fan theories are so well thought out, I wouldn’t be surprised if Kane Pixels himself borrowed some ideas for use

[@vergilsonofsparda2994]

Sorry for all the bots man

[@Emmett_Br0wn]

honestly it could be what's happening! lol p.s. I feel bad for you-

[@Willimann]

13 answers, all (almost) bots. jesus christ youtube, fix your platform

[@Just_Some_Gal]

oh cool, it's you again!

[@Mandela....]

Who tf gave you checkmark?

[@cheilibond6940]

If Matt made a "Backrooms is Secretly a Sequel to Blue's Clues" theory, I think I'd probably believe it tbh

[@ZenIsPan]

Ong

[@marsphoenix1359]

Personally, I don't think the Egyptian link has as much to do with the lore as it has to do with the *inspiration* of the lore.

[@Ap0llo5]

My theory for the Backrooms being “inspired” by Egyptian mythology is that Kane chose those letters, knowing theorists will make the connections of the Backrooms to the tombs, just to throw people off of what is actually happening.

[@craftyplayz8150]

I’d just take it as the backrooms are slightly influenced Egyptian mythology, but nothing past slight theming. Nothing really past “ayo, that looks/sounds cool, might use this for a bit of finishing theming or something later”.

[@normalchannel2185]

OOOOOR, KV are just his initials(or someone who is his friend/family) and 31 is the age he thought of the backrooms/discovered them(or 13)

[@stultusmcgee9099]

I think that’s way too specific and far fetched of an idea

[@I_love_CreamPuffs]

I was thinking the same thing when I started watching the video

[@eloisethekitkat5223]

@@normalchannel2185 kane is 17

[@Kaia_da_fox]

I love how matpat doesn't *JUST* focus on *HIS* theories and actually goes into the fandom to check out some more different ideas.

[@Flaris]

True. Be amazing if he did this sort of thing for other theories he was absolutely wrong over. But nice every now and then to have him note other prominent theories. Obviously he tends to only do that with theories he can feel confident in saying are wrong so his hold up. But more than what he could get away with doing.

[@victorrivera135]

Its respectful ight

[@ColorTotallyHuman]

I Feel Like 26% Of The Population Does Not Sleep

[@Roz4628]

And then tears them down with arguements that could apply to alot of his theories.

[@foundedcolt2645]

It’s a genius way of ensuring new content stays available

[@NutjobGTO]

I absolutely want to hear the Backrooms/Blues Clues theory

[@TheAdvertisement]

12:00 I would argue that the false door carvings were supposed to be portals to guide to the afterlife, while in Kane's work it's an actual portal to the Backrooms.

[@lordsiomai]

Kane's Backrooms has such a incredibly high level of detail that anyone who tries solve it inevitably falls in this endless maze of different theories and connections and coincidences, kind of like, well... the Backrooms lol. Maybe that's the point Kane was trying to make? Maybe the nature and purpose backrooms was never really meant to be understood by us humans. Thus, anyone who tries solve it 'noclips' into this rabbit hole of endless information.

[@mrdoggo9013]

my dad has work and one of the books for his work had the A symbol for async

[@haventhebeast6050]

It's really fun starting from one single image

[@haventhebeast6050]

I can't wait to see how far we go down this rabbit hole

[@lordsiomai]

@@haventhebeast6050 ikr. it's mind boggling how a single image can spawn all of... this

[@mrdoggo9013]

@@haventhebeast6050 Lol i am not even joking

[@thekansasthinker364]

Anyone else remember when the back rooms were literally just that, Endless yellow rooms with nothing in them? Don’t get me wrong I absolutely love what they’ve done with it and building all this lore; it’s just nice to remember the simple beginnings lol

[@That_Random_British_Dude]

Yeah, there's just too many entities nowadays

[@bowmin1]

@@That_Random_British_Dude Most entities exist for the sole objective of eating human flesh. Theres rarely anything complex to them, and if there are an complexities they are usually silly gimmicks.

[@mobiusone6994]

@@bowmin1 Reminds me of SCP in that way

[@Sinistar123]

I do, it's why I hate the wiki fan community, they became way too obsessed with adding entities and ended up making the Backrooms very generic. I appreciate that while Kane adds the entity(ies) they aren't overbearing and usually only come in towards the end of the videos, and as far as we can tell there's only one type so far. Also there are channels like Matt Studios that make pure OG Backrooms stuff that's just exploration.

[@Sivanot]

@@Sinistar123 How about the Wikidot? The basic Wiki is very low quality and basically anyone can throw whatever garbage onto it they want, the wikidot has more moderation and wuality control.

[@chelseadanico877]

Very interesting, awesome and inspiring analysis of the Egyptian Backrooms theory, I really loved and enjoyed it. Great job and well done, I got a ton of inspiration for the old west/arctic wilderness, and liminal found footage horror series Mysteriarch Mythos I’m working on writing. I love getting inspiration from the Backrooms and Backrooms theories, it’s so interesting and inspiring.

[@Raw3ntertainment]

@The Film Theorists. I found something that you may want to put on a new backrooms theory if you make one. The God particle, the particle of smashing atoms together and almost creating a new dimension for us to see through, on Kanes other channel; Notkanepixels he has a video titled: God Particle, Maybe it links up to opening the backrooms and creating that new dimension. Just thought you may want to check that out! Have nice day!

[@deesnyder23]

In science class, I was told humans search for patterns. We are *wired to see those patters so well we find them in places where they don't exsist. I've always thought about theorists when thinking about this. And I'm glad MatPat can recognize this.

[@low-keylyesmith3048]

When you hop into the GT subreddit, that becomes clear in a hurry. There's a huge ammount of people desperately wanting for connections, either begging for a theory video to be done or drawing these loose connections themselves.

[@davemccombs]

@@low-keylyesmith3048 Yeah. None of any of the content on any of his channels amount to much other than psychologically causing an "itch" in the average child's mind that their favorite weird little game/movie/concept is actually deeeeEeeeeEEEeeeEEEp and SseeeeeCCCccrreeeEEEtttt

[@Spino-hx2mr]

@@davemccombs I'd say quite a bit of his Content is Based on SOMETHING that's there, just he likes he theorize about things that aren't there. It's interesting and fun!

[@rationxlity]

pattern recognition is all you needed to say

[@samanthatorres6749]

I am too.

[@Skywarp2099]

A quick correction Matt: Apophenia is the term used to describe the phenomena of finding patterns in useless data, in a generalized way. Pareidolia only pertains to the 'visual' element of this behavior, where as Apophenia takes into consideration visual, auditory, and other critical thinking methods that lead an individual to their conclusions. Thank you for all of the videos you, Steph, and (most importantly) the crew create for us. Keep up the great work. Wish you all the best.

[@meganmclendon5063]

Thanks for the correction! I didn't know that. Also whats up with the other 2 😂😂 weirdo's

[@trudnepolskieimie3729]

actually 🤓☝

[@Skywarp2099]

@@meganmclendon5063 Bots that trigger on highly rated comments with malicious websites, links, etc. Report them like I did so we can help keep the community safe. :)

[@belomarselo1026]

🤓

[@fallis07]

To be fair he wasn't talking about auditory and other things, he was very specifically talking about the visual side of it.

[@anderssjostrom765]

I got a theory. About no-clipping. You have said in many other videos regarding the backrooms That the world is a simulation broken when Async got acess to the backrooms. Well, what if the no-clip into the backrooms thing is that the world/simulation has as a anti-virus program or something like that who teleports you to the backrooms and not into an endless void beneath the intire world. Thats proably why you can see there is a split second of darkness before a no-clipping occurs in a Kane pixels video. Its a programmed safe-lock that prevents you from glitching the simulation out too much and harming it. So you get teleported to the backrooms instead of the real world so you can't break the world/simulation too much and potetially crashing it... But hey! It's just a Theory, A backrooms theory! Thanks for reading my comment!

[@farhalafridi8028]

Since the back rooms might be set in a different reality, it’s possible to link another popular horror story fandom thing, SCP, to ASYNC. For example, in this reality, SCP took the form of ASYNC and instead of containing SCPs like the way we know, they contain them in a place where they literally can’t escape. Each level of the back rooms is a containment cell for each SCP, or multiple SCPs can be stored in one level. The random stuff like the signs in the house and the rope, could also be SCPs since we know that there are SCPs that look seemingly normal but have something behind them ( for example the pill bottle that can cure any disease ) People nocliping into the back rooms is a mistake made by ASYNC, however they don’t really care as they know they have to do whatever it takes to defend earth against SCPs

[@h.m.tolympic4669]

The backrooms may be similar to that one SCP. You know the milk cartons with the missing children who disappeared when they fell into shadows? People from all over the world and everywhere in the history and future of the world could all be jammed into one space, which may be why nobody seems to notice so many people disappearing.

[@Arrowkeys]

Kane actually responded to one of your theories in an interview he did. Just search up "kane pixels interview Wendigang" and you'll find it. If I remember correctly he says that his backrooms and lore behind it isn't a game simulation. I gotta admit though that your theories on that were pretty believable.

[@I_love_CreamPuffs]

Really? I wonder what's the true lore burried deep in the sand

[@defaultdan7923]

that’s pretty interesting considering most of the backrooms lore is deeply rooted in video game esque ideas. even level ! has food that replenishes what is essentially an invisible stamina bar, and there’s the whole “level” naming scheme and the no clipping thing. i wonder how this series will play out.

[@DrDingsGaster]

^ Exactly, it's not a game or simulation. And I don't quite believe the Egypt theme either.

[@takeables1799]

@@defaultdan7923 thats whymost people say the backrooms are ruined today, everything is over explained and they made it from this cool concept to just this well, "level game" and/or some levels are just stupid

[@WAUTOR]

@@DrDingsGaster tbh i believe the game simulation theory more than the Egyptian theory

[@sirlogan4786]

*Theory:* The developers implemented many strange coincidences to desensitize people and keep them inside the simulation without questioning anything.

[@The31ator]

Can we stop the bot replies..

[@nachgeben]

@@The31ator Report all of them.

[@xiaohavercade]

I reported the bots

[@CrispyMilkk]

@@kingmankingboy8743 That’s not a valid theory, try again later

[@poyonomber2]

The person who is editing these videos is really good at it!

[@SeraphimCramer]

As a lover of mythology, I was really excited by the premise of this theory & to see how it was all a modern reinterpretation of Egyptian myths... until you said "that's all the evidence for this theory," & I was just like "really? That's it?"

[@christianfreed8005]

Same

[@colekiesler6218]

MatPat: Tries to solve the missing puzzle piece of the Backrooms. Also MatPat: “Lots of Google badges are the biggest internet mystery.”

[@satoshikang]

@Brook Riston who asked

[@itawesome85]

@@satoshikang your mom

[@Sarge_plague]

Yes

[@itawesome85]

@Manaj hold on what-

[@Sarge_plague]

@Manaj Who came to you and asked for this?

[@MIN1K0]

If the backrooms were real, MatPat would make a theory on how to get there and actually no-clip into the backrooms…. Then make a video or two on it.

[@asulsius4916]

Wow 3 bots in one reply section

[@MIN1K0]

@@asulsius4916 HAJHSJSJSSHDJJDJS 4 NOW

[@LitPinata]

@@asulsius4916 There's 4, actually.

[@Tasteful_Milk]

What channel would that even be on?

[@MIN1K0]

@@Tasteful_Milk maybe GTLive he just livestreams the backrooms lol

[@Rivalic]

I have a film theory for ya MatPat. Can we talk about how Bubble Buddy from SpongeBob is not so innocent as he seems? He gets rid of Scooter, letting him ride with the tide of blue lagoon. Yet at the end of the episode everyone is totally kosher with the idea of him actucally being alive and not just a figment of Spongebob's imagination. Does Bubble Buddy regret this act or is he using SpongeBob as a cover to covertly off Bikini Bottoms residences?

[@bloodstarvedbeast3675]

Yess the buddle buddy episode is so great, very sinister though with the witch hunt for bubble buddy and the fish guy that gets left to die 😂 it’s kinda disturbing tbh but nobody ever noticed bc SpongeBob is just a goofy hilarious show

[@emilytabisz2366]

I like this idea, I never trusted bubble buddy.

[@peachguava]

U aren't kidding He's as sus as they come...

[@peachguava]

If we don't get bubble buddy 😤

[@madalsmommy]

YES! This is fantastic! I want to see how this plays out

[@DARKINGSGOON]

*Theories that oppose matpats theories exists* Matpat: "you are insane"

[@loganjeter7682]

While we’re on ancient mythologies, the backrooms have always reminded me a lot of the labyrinth from Greek mythology. An ever changing almost alive place known to be next to impossible to not get endlessly lost in. I could even see where the bacteria monster could be a parallel to the Minotaur .

[@siriuslymentalthatone2528]

So that would mean the backrooms were BUILT to contain the bacteria monster. So who built it and what is their connection to the monster?

[@GrimmDemon]

You might be on to something, my friend, that the backrooms are like the labyrinth. Considering, so far, we haven't seen the bacteria monster able to leave the backrooms and that whenever someone goes in there, that isn't a part of A Sync, always get lost and never can find the way back to where they no-clipped in. Like Siriuslymentalhatone said, does that mean the backrooms were built and if so, why did these people (or whatever they are), I'm assuming, create the bacteria monster or have a connection with it in the first place?

[@I_love_CreamPuffs]

@@siriuslymentalthatone2528 matpat made a thoery that the bacteria monster was actually a normal bacteria but got stuck and came into the backrooms when it was opened, so I doubt the bacteria monster was a bacteria monster in the beggining and the backrooms was made to lock it in, but it's your choice to believe it or not

[@sarahhartle4286]

Ancient Egyptian myth also relates the journey to the Field of Reeds to a kind of set of challenges, so I can see where the Backrooms are a set of dangerous challenges that maybe we just haven’t seen the back end (or payoff) of?

[@Anonymous-ks1pn]

except the labyrynth wasnt always changing that was a detail made up for percy jackson

[@Azravald]

I feel like an important point about the doors was missed. MatPat pointed out the "false" in false doors in Egyptian tombs and dismissed the connection to the Async door due to its functionality. But I think there's a good point to be made when you take into account the purpose of false doors. Yes these doors aren't real or functional, but the intent is that they are actual doors between worlds, allowing access from one to the other. And I don't know about you but that sounds to me like a perfect match for the door into the backrooms at the Async facility.

[@universalpower419]

Okay, sure, but what does that mean? Because a door between worlds is a pretty common thing in media and mythos, lt doesn't mean that is connected to Egyptian tombs.

[@thesupervisor4515]

And everyone is slipping over the logo... It's a fricking pyramid!

[@destroyerofturtles5024]

@@thesupervisor4515 I never even thought about that.

[@DuneArmado]

@@thesupervisor4515 It's a triangle. you could connect it to the illuminati just as easily from that alone.

[@MonsterPumpkin]

@@thesupervisor4515 The logo is a stylized A like the A in Titanfall lol

[@darkside7603]

Last year in 2022 I went to Egypt, and I tell you inside the compartments it is HOT and HUMID. Not as exiting as you would expect but I still loved it.

[@kayleethompson8678]

Maybe the naming convention is less a coincidence and more analogous to function. Yes, the name is the same between the Backrooms and a real life grave site, because it fits with the theory that the backrooms are an asset graveyard, of sorts. In that situation you can have the metaphor of the name, but without the metaphor stretching to accommodate an entire reinterpretation of the backrooms

[@Toby_jmc]

My thoughts: The evidence looks like they work however I doubt this is what the creator had in mind. Just because there are similarities, doesn't mean there is a connection. It's like fnaf games and the fan games, just because they play the same doesn't mean the story is the same.

[@Maddie-sn7yt]

@Queen Elizabeth 🅥 rest in peace my lady

[@breather8758]

The source must be silenced.

[@communadog7874]

But is it really here?

[@EditDeath]

Just a small suggestion for anyone wanting to keep following this theory: look for feather imagery. A significant part of ancient Egyptian afterlife lore is the idea of weighing a person's sins against a feather, with paradise reserved for those whose sins don't exceed its weight. Similarly, look for scales. Without one or both of these elements, I gotta side with Matpat

[@PeterEmrys]

same, without any of the elements that distinguish the Duat from other "otherworldly" settings, like anything about the heart weighing, or sun imagery for the journey of Ra, or a snake for Apophis, there just isn't enough for the theory to stand up.

[@nachgeben]

Feather imagery is only important for certain ancient gods. The "feathers" you see often are actually reeds. Plants found on the edge of the Nile.

[@viktoria_pikovsky]

I would add up another element to it- the monster named Ammit. It has the head of a crocodile, front body of a lion, and a back body of a hippo, and it eats the souls of those who's heart (oh, and btw the heart of the person was weighted against the feather, not purely their sins) outweighed the feather of truth. Ammit was an essential part of the judgment ritual, as it was the punishment for all the sinners in the form of eating them right then and there for all their sins.

[@PeterEmrys]

@@nachgeben Not in this context, in the weighing of the heart the heart is weighed against the feather of ma'at, the Egyptian concept/goddess of truth, justice, and order

[@zanyboss55]

Hey Mat Pat, so I have a theory that the humming in the lights in the Backrooms level 0 is caused by something like FNAF Illusion disks and like how we see them used in the books.

[@Athenasblaze]

7:30 now you can know which bathrooms to avoid. Clever Mattpatt

[@Vivigreeny25]

0:59 I think one of my favorite things about Team Theorist’s editing is the fact that we get things like that. The window isn’t even open. This shouldn’t be so funny to me yet it is.

[@Vivigreeny25]

Can y’all not

[@fangier0]

Bruh, there are so many bots above me

[@siriuslymentalthatone2528]

It bounced back why is that so funny

[@VirgilAtlas]

@@siriuslymentalthatone2528 because comedy

[@Plazmasoldier]

They even put in a little extra effort and added a light thud sound effect

[@thegammagamer3776]

Here's my theory: The backrooms isn't actually another dimension. I think it exists directly parallel to our own reality. The KV-31 project saw researchers using magnetic distortion to manipulate reality. What ACTUALLY seems to have happened is different. I believe a hole was torn to a vacant space. A space BETWEEN realities. A place that had no form, an empty void. Notice that I say HAD no form. The thing about holes is that things tend to fall into them. The very moment the first threshold was torn open reality came flooding into a previously empty space. What we see is a vacuum filled so fast that things weren't given time to settle. After all if you open the airlock on a wooden chair it's not likely to hold it's shape. And so too is it within the backrooms. So you have an unstable reality that's just been born. What happens next? Well it's a hole. What happens when you continue interacting with an already torn hole? You guessed it! It tears open even wider than before. Just as objects warp when entering the backrooms, so do living things. Humans have a lot of parts. So does a car. You know something so small that warping it slightly changes the whole structure? Bacteria, viruses, and mold. The people who enter have so many parts that as a whole being slightly changed or warped through time has little effect. As for those small things brought with them? Not so much. For some the bacteria/mold on their person could mutate eating away at them until they're a mummified mess. Others may just bring a little too much pollen in with them. Ever find it odd that A-Sync has it's employees wear full on hazmat suits into the backrooms? Well I think you should. There is zero reason to expect diseases or hazardous discovered reality. Unless what you're worried about is what you're bringing in with you... Lastly the girl. The one from found footage #2. At the end the lights we see are rather reminiscent of the effects used when the first door was being opened. I think what's happening here is a new door being opened. A alternate universe A-Sync is opening THEIR first door. Or perhaps time is bending here and this IS the first door being opened? Who knows.

[@cSPACEaSPACEt]

good theory

[@glowpro2532]

How long did you spend writing this?

[@thegammagamer3776]

@@glowpro2532 Too long.

[@wesleybucher944]

Bro why’d you write this like a poem

[@grismatics]

@@wesleybucher944 i think it makes it much easier to read tbh.

[@dethpandable7834]

Kane just does such a great job with their content.

[@Ashtriel]

It feels, like the parallels are, because of the backrooms story may be inspired in the kv-31 story and not really connected to this place, a real life connection for example would be if there were two different myths in ancient history that talked about infinite rooms, a monument built to the after life depicting an endless labyrinth, but in reality it would all be explained by the backrooms phenomenon, it would also means there would be others way to enter and get out (which is actually something you can do backrooms, explained in the wiki). We forget we inspire our stories in what we know, and we usually see the same archetypes over and over again in different stories, that's why they are called archetypes, but people like to make this similarities connections that aren't really there.

[@bleakautomaton4808]

Honestly, the idea of the Backrooms being a combination of a limbo and a modern take on a tomb (with intentionally confusing layout to try to trap/discourage robbers) sounds more interesting. And the corporation's Stargate-like (minus as much ornamentation) doorway would be something. Someone no-clipping into them like falling through sands into a dangerous lost tomb. I see some appeal in it past all the need for details with numbered sites and doors looking the same....

[@_Fizel_]

The Labyrinth from Cretan/Greek mythos was my first thought. Confusing layout with a monster inside.

[@mattarificwolflink9280]

@Jack Wrath still don’t trust

[@bleakautomaton4808]

@@_Fizel_ That's also pretty cool

[@physics_hacker]

Even if this is the case and it's entirely wrong, I feel like a backrooms interpretation that DOES include stuff like this would be really cool.

[@myleswelnetz6700]

That is not guaranteed. He said this was a FAN theory.

[@fluffystuff500]

13:26 I also want to point out that this is just how writing horror works. One of the best ways to scare people is to make use of the uncanny valley and twist something familiar into something that feels warped, corrupted, dangerous, or otherwise off-putting. This is a horror series. Of course it's employing strategies like that.

[@celestialxstorm]

I honestly think the people no clipping into the back rooms are the ones turning into these monsters. There’s something that’s getting into their bodies when they die that makes their dead bodies mutate and reanimate. And the back rooms then shifts around them to resemble their last life. IE the picture in found footage 2 being in the same room as the monster and then being referenced in the “home” video. This could also explain why the other one in pitfalls can sound exactly like a human and seems to be talking to someone. It was once human.

[@PeterEmrys]

As a person who studies ancient Egypt, KV31 immediately caught my attention as a Valley of the Kings tomb, but when I checked and found that it was just a random mostly empty tomb, I just chalked it up to coincidence and moved on. Nothing so far has rung any "This is definitely drawing on ancient Egypt" bells for me. If Kane Pixels had intended the Backrooms to be the Duat, I would have expected some of the more uniquely Egyptian stuff, like some form of judgement to reference the weighing of the heart, or sun or boat imagery to connect it to the nightly journey of Ra, or a snake to represent Apophis.

[@recitationtohear]

Link to the clip to the backroom *kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3TJipxta5hnqLc*

[@BallisticSoul6]

As someone who also studies ancient Egypt (as a hobby mind you, I’m no professional), I have to agree with this take

[@kaleidico]

profile pic checks out

[@joshrivet4011]

I'm wondering if Kane's last name starts with a V and he used his own initials as the designation. It wouldn't be at all surprising if this was his 31st project or 31st attempt at seeing the Backrooms come to fruition.

[@connorcornwall1404]

His name is Kane Parsons

[@jadebeason7552]

@@connorcornwall1404 Maybe his middle name then

[@connorcornwall1404]

@@jadebeason7552 you're overanalyzing tbh,his name is really just Kane Parsons

[@haventhebeast6050]

Is the backrooms real

[@chubbydinosaur9148]

@@connorcornwall1404 I love how assuming that it's his middle name is "overanalysing". I say K stands for his name and V for his crush's name and 31 is their ages combined. His crush died in a tragic car crash and this is his way of honouring them. There junior, THAT'S overanalysing. Have a bitter day.

[@aoandd]

You're incredibly talented and eclectic with your detail. It's relatable because it's to be seen as important and direct as an arrow but also comedy. You're probably cool to drink with but never drink at all. You are a heavy thinker and aren't afraid to think about things that might be importantextra at view but are shunned by everyone else. The world tries to hide stuff so only those that know how to read are able to navigate it, and you're not arrogant but can read the text. Even in pictures. That's exact.

[@povyousearchedbackroomonru9865]

Pour moi, les Backrooms est une dimension qui a toujours exister, un monde parallèle au nôtre, mais qui n’était pas sous une forme matérielle ou en tout cas pas sous une forme dans lequel les être humain ( ou notre monde actuel) pouvait interagir, une réalité avec des lois abstraite et instable. Le projet KV31 a permis à cette dimension de se matérialiser sous une forme matérielle et "accessible" (comme on peut le voir l’or de la première activation du portail qui fonctionné une sorte de carte qui se forme) mais puisque que ce monde se “calque” sur notre monde, ou plutôt prend des éléments de notre réalité pour se former, elle reste “instable” et devient de plus en plus distordu, avec des choses qui ont des proportions exagérée comme avec le monstre bacteria qui sera un amalgame de câble et de caméra qui aurait pris vis garce a la présence d’une bactérie commun chez nous, mais exagéré, distordu dans les backroom, ou encore le fait est que plus les scientifiques s'éloigner du portail, plus le monde était bizarre avec des objets au proportions anormal, ou la présence d’espace n’ayant aucun rapport, comme la maison, ou se qui semblerait être une partie d’un ruel ou bien même le fait est que à un moment l’un des scientifique a fait un saut dans le temps. Ce qui met en avant l’idée que l’univers des backroom se “forme” grâce au lien que le portail a créé. Cependant, l'aboutissement du projet KV31 n’a pas qu'impacté le monde des backrooms, mais aussi le notre, comme avec le phénomène du noclip qui sont des “trous de vers” qui transforme tout est n’importe que dans cette dite dimension, ou encore la scène ou on voie un épisode des simpsons, interrompue par une pub qui n’est qu’arrivé dans les années 2000. En conclusion : Les backrooms ont toujours existé, mais KV31 a permis de connecter nos de monde, et de matérialisée une réalité instable, en rendant la nôtre instable. La détruisant petit à petit jusqu'à qu’un de monde se détruit en dépit de l’autre. C’est juste une petite théorie que j’ai fait à but "personnel", il y beaucoup d'autres éléments que je n’ais pas citer pour l’unique raison que j’ai la flemme. Je tiens aussi à signaler que cette théorie est purement personnelle, qu’elle ne viens d’aucun forum, et que je n’est pas regarder les autres vidéo de cette chaîne qui porte sur les backrooms. Et désolé de l’avoir écrit en français, c’est plus simple pour moi a expliquer.

[@chaincat33]

Something that these kinds of communities do, they can't separate inspiration from allegory. It's entirely possible that the backrooms were inspired by egyptian tombs... And that's it. The backrooms aren't necessarily some allegory for egyptian tomb raiding and pharoahs' curses or whatever. They're creepy but cool underground tombs with cool naming schemes and interesting architectural designs. The Backrooms clearly wants to be its own thing. If it draws on inspiration from real life, that doesn't make them one in the same, just masked through layers of allegory and storytelling, it just means that art imitates life.

[@pairjax8065]

Ok, hi. I made the original comment about the King's Valley connection. I LITEARLLY said it was meant to be an artistic choice Kane Pixels made to show the parallel, not LITERALLY say it's an egyption tomb. I can't believe he made a whole video on a comment I made in passing LOL

[@titusdobrin7567]

@@pairjax8065 you know sometimes you can have two different people, with the same idea. :/

[@OrderedEntropy]

The backrooms simply draw upon the uncanny valley, the side of it that has things you can recognize but not understand, (opposite to uncanny things we understand but appear to be senseless or out of place) The term backrooms is from 2017 i believe (4chan) but the actual sharing of empty forgotten places like offices, factories and such were shared around the internet under the universal term uncanny as early as at least 2003 (had my first (private use) pc in 2001 then my first with internet in 2003) and uncanny scenes have always been an obsession to many humans I used to find backroom* (uncanny places) as well as what we now collectively classify as cursed or blursed images on all kinds of forums and irc's back in the day. Used to find most when checking archives (it used to be normal for people to have some directory open for people to peek in) some still exist to this day but they arent as interesting as the early 2000s. What people seem to have lost grasp to these days, is that the meaning to a word almost always predates the word coined to it, a word is coined when enough people recognize a specific understanding.

[@young__blacksmith]

Hey, it’s just theory

[@spudermoth]

What I particularly dislike about this video is that this exact same logic can and IS constantly applied to almost EVERY one of matpats theories by people who actually know about these games and shows. The ONLY reason why he made this was to validate his own theory. You know how many stretches matpat makes? A LOT. Every theory is gonna have stretches. That's why "it's just a theory" right? Notice how that's the one quote matpat purposely shys away from. Get people to believe you're some mastermind and you get those clicks and views.

[@cloudfinraptor]

Theories like this also show the prosecutor's fallacy. Where you have and ending you want to get to, and take evidence that correlates to prove causation. But then again most theories would be thrown away if we didn't tie together loose ends. I think Egypt may have been an inspiration, but not the root of the design, or the central location.

[@thedarkblade3866]

Don't click the links

[@rac1dd137]

I was thinking that yea

[@Abeer-k10n]

My opinion on the backroom is that its random and how no matter how much we try to figure out what happening it no use because random things doesn’t make sense the backrooms is just some places that used to be full of people or things most people use or rely on

[@chronred8190]

here's my theory: MatPat will never use any good theory that contradicts theories he genuinely believes or wants to think off as truth

[@umpteenthreason9627]

"Evolution, can you give me pattern-seeking brain?" "To avoid predators?" "Yeeees." *Actually finds connections in things to explain the unexplained like a boss* THEORY TIME

[@siriusk1453]

or you know, amogus

[@nautica8745]

Btw, Wendigoon interviewed Kane himself a couple weeks ago, definitely worth the watch for sorting out theory-crafting.

[@purplex_purple7717]

Definitely is. I told everyone

[@kosmic_overlord]

love me some Wendigoon

[@ClairJSmiles]

i have a theory: once you fall into a coma you have a slightly chance to get into the backrooms, from there on youre fighting for your life. if you escape the backrooms, you wake up. if you dont you die. Something like that yk

[@theholycornpriest]

Can we just talk about how he actually made a proper backrooms blueclues thumbnail for an incredibly short gag

[@Ezrys]

So hear me out, I doubt the backrooms were always "modern" like if someone from the 1400's were to accidently no clip into the backrooms would there be florescent lights and wallpaper or would it be stone walls with torches, did the backrooms evolve as we did, or in 4500 will they still be yellow wallpaper and florescent lights rather than whatever future stuff we have, like imagine you're living everyday life as a roman then all of the sudden fall into this place with weird walls and magic lights, plus this furry flooring that is usually just a small rug opposed to the whole floor.

[@xantishayde-walker4593]

This sounds like the same idea that in previous times we imagined great and powerful, natural forces as Gods and Divine beings and now we have tales of Aliens or Extradimensional Beings to replace them. I was thinking the same thing while thinking about the Backrooms. I think it might be a modern take on something like the world of the Fey or Faries. That's just the thing that makes the most sense to me, except the idea of being led in by a Will o' The Wisp or any such corollary is missing. It might just be how in ancient stories the powers were personified and had some kind of personality that, even if said personality couldn't be understood, at least the moods of it could be recognized as human or human like. Aliens on the other hand are inscrutable to most who have said to encounter them. In this it's taken on another form and incorporated Gamer logic into it, with no "guide" or abductor involved at all, you just take a wrong step and boom, you just no-clipped into a developer area of the map. Have fun with the creatures roaming the halls. I mean, the thing that makes more sense than the Field of Reeds of Ancient Egyptian myths is, as someone else has stated, the Labyrinth of Minos with the Minotaur as the deadly creature prowling it's halls, ready to rend apart any who are unfortunate enough to find themselves there. I'm pretty sure you didn't just randomly pop in there. I'm positive that the King of Minos put criminals and traitors in there to be ripped apart by the abomination. There's more but I won't bore anybody who doesn't want the details. Suffice it to say, the only parallel I can draw from it is that a Kings' wrath (which may have been arbitrary and unfair) has been replaced with just random chance. No Kings, Gods or other powers, just random chance. I think it comes from many peoples' estrangement from religion in general and is relatable to modern people, especially gamers, who have experienced this in their favorite (or most hated) game and probably think it's a cool, modern "fairy tale" or urban legend, creepy pasta, etc. So, in short, I think that yes, it's just a modern take on the tales of old in which people, for some unknown and unexplainable reason, have found themselves in a familiar yet eerie and hostile world in which there is most likely no coming back from. Whether it's the Labyrinth, the Lands of the Fey or the Backrooms, it's basically the same idea with a different coat of paint.

[@rolandomontana1389]

Its a mixture of everything in time, past and present all mixed in, cavemen have been found, dead tho, but one thing is you won't find future things just past and present and maybe future not more than a few years.

[@connorcornwall1404]

This can be proven from one of the soundtrack Kane made in his second channel titled "Long Time Ago" featuring a painting of an old civilization, slowly shifting into an Asnyc Researcher then the threshold as it continue to play

[@ckl9390]

On a similar note, is "The Backrooms" even the same for all or any given human today? The dilapidated and haphazardly organised office aesthetic is by far not universal as a standard of mundanity among humans alive today. Not even in North America, Europe, or East Asia would it be consistent. The more common "office building" or "institutional building" (like a government building or school) I'm familiar with would be a combination of brick, stone masonry, and cast concrete, with wood panelled partition walls and largely exposed wood or steel support beams depending on when it was made or how large the initial project of addition was. Even then, I rarely am in office buildings so they would not be "mundane" for me. So then, would different regions of the Backrooms be different according to their corresponding geographies or vary by the human who gets caught up in them? Also, if the walls of this entire structure is made of gyprock (like a "typical" modern office building), then why hasn't anyone just punched and kicked their way through in a straight line until the get out another side?

[@key0777]

Bro, you're in too deep. It's just a bunch of cgi videos trying to be scary.

[@knee980]

I find the backrooms so interesting because of how it represents the human condition in our modern, mundane, urbanized world. It’s a dream-like manifestation of the loneliness we feel in a “rational” society that values efficiency and reason over passion and creativity. The endless halls of yellow wallpaper and fluorescent lights reminiscent of an ordinary office building. The Backrooms are a prison not unlike the prison that an office building is or a school is or a hospital or any institution in the western world. It’s a prison that we have created to constrain individuality. Maybe the monster represents authority, it mimicking a human like the way authorities pretend they are helping you, like how they have justified your 9-5 workday or school day as being rational and necessary and for the benefit of all. But in reality they are bacteria, parasites that are always watching, enforcing, driving the paranoia, keeping you running endlessly through the yellow labyrinth of a rational society with no escape.

[@savageraccoon787]

Ahhh god, you took too many English classes

[@CalvinNoire]

English majors be like:

[@TheWolfboy180]

i dunno if that’s a good theory but i do agree that the rich are parasites

[@knee980]

@@TheWolfboy180 yea less of a theory more me over analyzing the backrooms’ metaphorical implications lol

[@finpin2622]

I definitely read it very similarly, but to me the bacteria creatures feel a lot more like they're our fellow man, just twisted beyond recognition. It's kind of the idea that we're all alone in this corporate hellscape thing and anyone/anything else we encounter, we can't even read it as human. We can't communicate with each other. Even people that travel in groups can get torn apart in the blink of an eye. Really goes heavy on the themes of isolation! (Fellow English nerd here to appreciate you)

[@drexcitement9579]

If there’s one thing I love about these channels it’s that the editor puts chapter in so that if you want you can skip the sponsor section

[@pb_film]

Oooo I think MatPat is gonna blow up over the new Backrooms Video. Don't forget to look into why Informational Video takes place on 2/29/90, a day that doesn't exist🫣 perhaps it was just Peter who ventured alone into the backrooms after all...

[@toons8056]

Don’t know why, but I like Mat Pats history lessons

[@toons8056]

@doliio volay lol yea

[@spicegrill]

M..

[@Therealalastor666.]

@@toons8056 ?

[@Misslosarus]

@@toons8056 what?

[@Misslosarus]

@@spicegrill???

[@genesisyugioh9405]

I think Game Theory perfectly encapsulates a counter argument for kids being "dumb and lazy" or "refusing to learn". I have no interest in the Backrooms myself. I preferred when it was just a liminal space that vaguely implied there might be a monster. However, I have watched every one of these videos out of curiosity. Why? Because it's presented in an interesting manner. You're not blabbering about something over stock footage of a desert or something. You're presenting ideas over footage that is both relevant and interesting to see. Make learning fun and people will be more apt to retain it than someone giving a lecture and being like "k write a 1000 word essay on what I justbsaid I need it by tomorrow but won't grade it for a month k bye"

[@cadentan9083]

Someone got a bad grade on their essay

[@genesisyugioh9405]

@@cadentan9083 I graduated years ago dude lol. I just think presenting information in a fun way is better, that's all

[@redboy8985]

@@genesisyugioh9405 you are right man I watch almost all of the videos even tho I havent watched a movie in like 3 years. Its interesting.

[@morvernmair6845]

okay i have a few ideas on this so bear with me. while i don't think that the backrooms ARE a twisted version of ancient Egypt, i do think that they are heavily inspired by the massive pyramid tombs. Egyptian tombs are know for being designed to protect the pharaohs body by being filled with traps, mazes, secret tunnels etc. that confuse and prevent any thieves from entering. the sarcophagus also would have had many runes and charms to keep the soul of the pharaoh safe, almost like guards. i also think that slaves would have been buried alive inside the tomb along with the dead pharaoh so that they would have servants in the afterlife. anyway, the intention was allowing only the soul of the pharaoh to escape into the afterlife. anyone else who entered would be doomed. the backrooms share a lot of these traits. the endless maze, the confusing items, the possible embodiment of a scarab beetle charm,( the bacteria thing) the fact that people who no-clip into the rooms could be chosen to serve whatever is in there... in short i think that the backrooms could be a tomb for something that OR you could go down the opposite route and say that they could be a cage designed to keep something inside of it... a perfect cage filled with traps and tricks to stop whatever is inside of it from getting out. that has now been opened up. DUN DUN DUNNNN there is also the idea that the backrooms are an entity in themselves that feeds like an angler fish. it designs itself to look familiar (or as familiar as it can) to lure people in deeper from the spots they fell in through by creating things that it knows we see everyday. the houses, chairs, signs, lights, ect. but gets them slightly wrong. it splits up groups by creating the endless maze and drops in the floor. the bodies of the victims are then digested by the bacteria or maybe the moist carpet and fed into the being. if you read this far then thank you so much for engaging with my brain dump. i would love to hear any other comments on this( also. tell me why can i write this much on a fictional concept, but cant on an English essay?)

[@flkilosdealer]

being a kane chronicles fan is great for this episode, i was thinking of the duat before mapat even mentioned it & i had the biggest smile on my face hen he did

[@zeliardforty-two4692]

The only connection between the back rooms and any sort of afterlife is some sort of modern version of purgatory. An empty place where lost souls wander endlessly. Combine that with scientists using computers from the 1980s to create a “pocket” in reality and you end up with hallways that seem to go on forever!

[@plutoplexus8656]

Facts

[@neonbunnies9596]

9:50 Ancient Egypt lasted for an incredibly long time. Remember, there were Ancient Egyptian archaeologists uncovering secrets left almost a thousands years ago

[@thewolves9732]

Ah so many bots

[@Nyx_Fey_]

@Wolfe Take it as an opportunity to stop, and smell the report button.

[@BraveShowBoys]

@The TacoCat …. Let me get this straight… theres a full video…. Explaining what this video Of matpat explaining why a different theory is likely wrong?? Who wrote these bots? Straight some of the dumbest stuff ive ever seen. At least make them seem intelligent

[@TekkenMasterPL]

Hey MatPat, speaking of analog horror - any chance we'll get a theory on Monument Mythos/Nixonverse lore? The story of this project is kind of revealed already, but there are plenty of confusing plotpoints and an entire timeline of events still waiting to be solved. Not to mention tons of fans who are still confused even tho the story seems to be finished.

[@cannibalcactus2118]

New Kane Pixels video dropped yesterday! Hoping for more Backrooms theories/lore to come ^^

[@wittyreviewer]

I'm reminded of that Star Trek TNG episode where Picard and the crew notice some odd discrepencies, with even Data acting strangely. It turns out they'd come across an alien race that didn't appreciate visitors, but they agreed to let the crew go on the condition they wipe their memories of the encounter and anything that could lead back to the aliens. After they end up finding them again, the aliens consider destroying them until Picard explains that humans love mysteries, and the first time around they'd made the mistake of leaving too many things that the crew would immediately suspect as being unusual, meaning they'd feel compelled to find out why.

[@obsidiandave7566]

Personal theory: I think the backrooms is the minotaurs labyrinth from Greek mythology. Just because it fits so perfectly with the native story. I think the backrooms are leaking into reality due to how in Greek mythology the labyrinth was a huge super structure of endless hall ways and corners with seemingly no exit thus no entrance which is why you will need to open the door to the labyrinth but I assume if the door is open for to long the door expands and makes gaps in reality that objects can no-clip through. The bacteria is the minotaur due to how if people back in those days could see the bacteria they will make a guess of what they are looking at which is a man with a bulls head. And lastly to fit with mats theory, what if the creator of the labyrinth didn't build it but rather program it? Let me know what u think about this. If mat sees this I so Wana see your opinion about this.

[@maybeiamepic2263]

You think this about the Kane Pixels series or the original backrooms? And are you saying the 2 are the same or that Kane’s direction is inspired by the labyrinth?

[@davidhong1934]

I've always seen the Backrooms as the result of an algorithm that duplicates rooms. Specifically: - input a model of a given room - generate a random number representing the total number of rooms to create - create an empty linked list - fill linked list with, each ssigned an arbitrary number of attributes and connections, with the connections dependant on the total number of rooms For the most part, the algorithm peforms as intended. However, it was also only intended for the original yellow wallpaper room, which was the simplest possible definition of a room. It was not intended to handle things like props or furniture. I think that's what went wrong with the chairs. The algorithm took in an object and tried to treat it as a "room". No matter how much it stretched and pulled, the chair wouldn't become a room. Eventually, it threw an error and moved on.

[@wilbyylarrensburg9306]

@@maybeiamepic2263 the one we are talking about here is Kane pixels one. So ig Kane pixels?🤷‍♀️

[@GamerGod_88]

It could also be a metaphor about A-sync being like Icarus, flying too close to the sun

[@maybeiamepic2263]

@@GamerGod_88 that’s an interesting connection

[@Therealalastor666.]

I think the backrooms are sentient Can you do a theory on this if you can lol

[@pvzknowsbest9449]

MORTY TIME: The company who made the back rooms had a test with 6 people (as proven at 12:38 )to explore this new world. When they went into the back rooms to find the 6 people. When they found the 5 of the 6 people, the 5 people were dead. The interesting part was that they never found the 6th person. Then, they came to realize the 6th person wasn’t dead, but was some sort of creature. That creature was the pencil monster thing (sorry I don’t know it’s name)

[@pvzknowsbest9449]

Plz read

[@pvzknowsbest9449]

Plz read MatPat

[@CallMeKes]

I still think the "bacteria" monster reminds me a lot of the creatures in The Music Machine. And I'd love to hear what MatPat thinks about that game as a whole let alone whether there could be any connection. I doubt he would agree but it will always be a partial head canon for me.

[@Exclusive1011111111]

Music machine or……. MUUUUSSSSIIICCCC MAN!!!

[@CallMeKes]

@@Exclusive1011111111 The Music Machine is pretty dark, actually.

[@CallMeKes]

@GigglesDoesStuff It's a game. A brief but good one. A little odd but if you can get past that it's quite rewarding.

[@rnadomlol]

Rip the queen, may she Rest In Peace. I’m devastated

[@user-vv7vg5fr8n]

Ok ima call Brit (short for: stereotypical British person)☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️

[@DragonObviously]

0:25 shreks head letter 👁👄👁

[@The_NW_EngineYT]

Thanks for teaching me more about Ancient Egypt then my actual history class.

[@Phillip_Anatra]

Steve and blue can jump in and out of paintings, just like when people noclip into the backrooms and their cameras come back out somehow. The backrooms is a blue's clues sequel Let's find more evidence, who's with me?!

[@meganmclendon5063]

Oh my God 😂😂😂

[@nightsky2722]

I’m in!

[@Phillip_Anatra]

@@nightsky2722 wow, for real? Cool cool

[@alexandrucurtusan7152]

I once heard of a theory that says that the properties of the backrooms change every few years, for example in the 90s the backrooms have properties like the lore of kane pixels and in the 2000 can have the properties of the wiki the liminal archives

[@danielestrada3390]

its prolly cuz the backrooms is a different distorted space, different parallel universes interacting with each other. And personally, I'd say that if you tear a distort space, you'd also be distorting time since time and space are interlocked(my vocab isnt advanced enough to explain it properly) Parallel universes are infinite, anything is possible, multiple parallel universes interacting with each other is bound to create new, distorted realities because biology and physics on parallel universes may not be the same as each other

[@plushiez_show8827]

The wiki is not canon in kane pixels universe

[@lirima-hirumi]

2020 will be the SCP archives, good luck with the lizard

[@Hollowed0ut]

I think thats less of a "theory" and more of just a headcanon lmao

[@Arash_Leopard]

@@lirima-hirumi christ this won't be a good idea. if he adapts his hearing to 100x we will be heard no matter how silent we are

[@lasershriek]

this pareidolia thing is actually super interesting

[@brateo1989]

Here's a little theory I theorized: The metal door, the giant metal lockdown door, what if they were transported back in time, to Ancient Egypt and the people of that time found out about it and redecorated/sealed (idk what I should call it) it? You said it yourself, time works differently in the Backrooms. If things from the backrooms can travel into the future in the real world, who's to say it can't travel to the past either?

[@Apexassassin141]

I think the backrooms are more related to the labyrinth from Greek myth: endless turns and hallways, async use a rope to find their way back line thesus did, and the bacteria monter could be backrooms version of the minotaur.

[@Mr_Reaps25]

And the labyrinth is much more well known, so this idea is actually quite good for one

[@marykateharmon]

You could also try to tie the missing people into the sacrifices to the minotaur that were within the legend. Sacrifices of science that sought to go beyond the bounds of what they should in their hubris.

[@laurenbee6340]

I actually thought that too.

[@nocontext9635]

The bacteria is the remnants of minotaur after thousands of captivity idk

[@wakawakatakeover]

I mean, when it comes to theories like this Backrooms=Ancient Egypt the thing that I always think is, "So what?" It's all good and well if these parallels exist, but in terms of storytelling, if that's the start and end of it, why does it matter? So there are parallels. What does that say about the story that the creator is trying to say? What does it say about the setting? Is this foreshadowing? Can we gain more insight into the nature of what's going on through this connection? What can we learn from this? So if I came across this theory on my own, I probably wouldn't think much of it either. Because other than a surface level connection, what else is there to this? It's cool and fun and neat and all. But if there's no more deeper meaning or insight we can gain from it, I don't put much stock in it. You know. What's the point and all. It's also why the vast majority of "The main character is dead!" or "This series is a drug trip!" theories don't appeal to me. There's nothing else behind the "So what?" other than sheer edge. And I don't find being edgy for the sake of being edgy to be very interesting nor enlightening. Now if this Backrooms was paralleling specific Egyptian myths or practices that could tell us more about the origins of the Backrooms, how, and why they exist, and to bring a greater meaning or something to find in all of this... Now THAT would be much better!

[@strangerscience3659]

I relate ti the points u made I was also trying to see why the theory was so popular since it has not weight to it, sure u know that it has supposedly Egyptian origins but it didn't help uncover the story finding the setting or links to where its set doesn't help to find the meaning of the story its just a cool factoid

[@Joshuamiller19570]

A theorist after my own heart. Stay frosty my dude o/

[@the1exnay]

Whenever i watched it, i kept coming back to two ideas: platonic ideals, and mimicry. That it captures essence but not intent. Is this the metaphysical space from which the idea of an office is drawn. Brought close to reality by our repeated use of the form? Or perhaps is it a realm built by that which we’ve made? Or perhaps both. In doctor strange, ambitious sorcerers draw power from the dark dimension. Perhaps in this world, architects do the same from the backrooms- even if unknowingly.

[@elmoeboi9544]

A lot of the parts of the theory that you poked holes in I feel like are something you would add onto your own theories

[@SleepingPepper]

The detail you're supposed to take away from this, as far as I can tell is that Async is acting in a very scientific and objective manor. Much like Egyptologists. They're not an evil corporation, they just see the limitless potential of the space they've accessed and are trying to learn more. The worst thing they have done is securing funding to learn more about the complex despite finding a body in there less than a week earlier. That's just science colliding with business!

[@9a_23_tyrantqiu7]

No they're greedy. If they are honest and want to see the potential space, in the video presentation, they should've mentioned the monsters in the backrooms instead of ignoring them entirely.

[@SleepingPepper]

@@9a_23_tyrantqiu7 That seems like a great way to ensure your project doesn't get more funding.

[@9a_23_tyrantqiu7]

@@SleepingPepper but its better than ending up losing the government contract entirely, unlike what they did in presentation.

[@SleepingPepper]

@@9a_23_tyrantqiu7 They did not lose their contract. Kane Pixels said MatPat was completely wrong about that in his interview with Wendigoon.

[@9a_23_tyrantqiu7]

@@SleepingPepper hmm i see... But in a split second in presentation it did say "to deceive the fede-" Could it be the federal government?

[@nadtheamazing3865]

I love how fans and Matpat spend so much time researching into things like this

[@vergilsonofsparda2994]

@here is the full clip potato vid after bots JUST EXIST 📈📈📈📈📈📈📈📈

[@deathbydeviceable]

"I want to live in a world where we all can get along, except the people I don't agree with" fixed it for you

[@kaylynwilliams3807]

Matpat, have you watched Yellowjackets on showtime? I know it’s beyond what you typically cover, but it’s soooo good and just complete theory fodder.

[@SakhotGamer]

A wobbly jenga stack is THE most accurate statement to represent the theories on this channel. They hold up at least, just barely.

[@futureblade6099]

Eh, it's all in good fun

[@autisticbluesloth5244]

that is basically every theory really...

[@dr.consumerock6798]

ay that top reply needs to shut up forever Someone get the rope and chair.

[@LineOfThy]

the analogy better represents how seemingly undeniable explanations are built on flimsy evidence, and proving that one piece wrong topples the entire theory.

[@chillycharizard5985]

"What's here is circumstantial at best" is probably the most hysterical line to be uttered when we consider who is saying it

[@BustedRobotStudios]

This is ZackGardner, the guy who posted the large essay on the Backrooms: I didn't intend for the Egypt connections to be the main highlight of the post, in fact I share largely the same idea as MatPat in that the connections are inconsequential and circumstantial. I was hoping that after his team sent me a message about wanting to use the post for a video, they'd go into my explanation for the No-Clipping phenomena and the consequences of A-Sync breaking reality, so I have to admit I'm a little disappointed that the Egypt section, which I barely wrote about because I didn't think it was a serious theory, is the main focus of this. Cool to be in his video however, cheers.

[@an-animal-lover]

Now I'm kind of disappointed as well that he didn't go over the other stuff, it honestly sounds way more interesting

[@BustedRobotStudios]

@@an-animal-lover Well you win some you lose some, I did message back his team member that reached out to me about using the rest of my essay as the basis for another vid, but I highly doubt they'll double dip.

[@magic.marmot]

It *just* may be possible that Kane Pixels used some knowledge about KV-31 as inspiration, along with a host of other ideas. Good storytelling is very often inspired by real events and history.

[@elifresh2605]

Here’s a theory I found on TikTok. It talks about, “Why are there no bodies in the backrooms?” He simply talks about the floor being wet, and damp. The theory goes on to say that the carpet quote on quote “consumes” the bodies/victims when dead. Kinda got me thinking and would love to see you make a video of it Mat.

[@novadit1935]

Its most likely that the entities the backrooms consume the bodies instead of the entities.

[@_shenanigans_8337]

I think the point is that the backrooms is supposed to be huge so the bodies are there but it’s rare to come across them cuz it’s just a giant labyrinth that has no end

[@universalpower419]

Isn't it supossed to be an infinite space? If it is, then that's Your explanation, it's just higly uncommon.

[@LineOfThy]

@@universalpower419 it's not infinite, but it's big.

[@JoyFerret]

Some other connections I can think of: - The A-Sync logo looks like a pyramid - Just like how KV31 designates one specific tomb, it could also be the designation for one specific entrance to the backrooms. - Tombs are more common than we think. They could be anywhere, like that guy's backyard. And there could be many more tombs that haven't been discovered. Just like entrances to the backrooms, they can appear anywhere and there is no real way to know where they are, or when they will appear. People accidentaly stumble into them. - And also, just like how desecrating a tomb would get you cursed, perhaps the backrooms cursed our reality when A-Sync started with KV31, hence why a lot of people started disappearing into it and why they seem to die of the mold infection when they spend too much time in it.

[@anameski]

Actually the backrooms are connected to the SCP universe. It's just another nearby dimension with a much weaker Hume field, but also an inconsistent one, resulting in the entities being created, and then staying very similiar. The items found in the backrooms are when something slips through the weak spots between dimensions and is then warped by the weaker Hume field. (Note: A Hume field is the amount the laws of reality will affect a dimension.)

[@anameski]

Hume theory came from the SCP universe. If you have any questions, reply or watch SCP Explained's video on The Red Reality and a lot of other random videos on cross-dimensional anomalies for more on Hume theory.

[@ootoriazumi1349]

I think it is intentionally a reference to an unremarkable tomb in the KV group. the backrooms themselves are unremarkable mundane spaces, that typically people are not incredibly unsettled by in real life. But add in the element of deceased bodies into these unremarkable spaces, into these liminal spaces, and you get the unease and tension of the backrooms (and probably similarly, the tombs). Time and research has softened the tension and suspense of archaeologists' exploration of common egyptian tombs, but i wouldn't discount the connection at least on a writing/theming standpoint. Even if it's not actually supposed to mirror the tomb kv31 totally, writers draw inspiration from things that already exist, and that thematic inspiration is something that's intentional and is a tool for creators to generate a layered ambiance with 'shorthand' so to speak. It immediately gives more flavor to the story of KV31 for anyone who has ever heard of the tombs of Kings Valley