Game Theory: A Boy and His D̴̬̝͖͍̋͋͛̊͆͑̄͋̄͐̏̔̚͠ő̵͔̦̭͉̟̬͌͊̽g̶̹̀̈́̈́͆̃͌́͆̈́́̎͝ (Boneworks / Duck Season)

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There are so many secrets buried in Boneworks as it relates to Stress Level Zero's other games, especially Duck Season. There was still one thing left, after our last episodes, that I REALLY wanted to talk to you about. That is the connection between Arthur Ford, our Boneworks protagonists, and David, the protagonist of Duck Season. You see there is evidence that they are, in fact, one and the same. The SAME PERSON at different points in his life, circling back to where it all began and closing the loop. How did I come to this conclusion, Theorists? Let's get started.
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Writer: Matthew Patrick
Editors: Tyler Mascola, Danial "BanditRants" Keristoufi, and Marc Schneider
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[@CrazyQuilman157]

So, you're saying David's on the run because he'd be accused of killing his mother because...he killed his mother.

[@mrmediocre3462]

Oh my god why is this true

[@Karmonit]

He didn't know that at the time though.

[@kevinsworldK.w69]

OHH MU GOD I NEVER NEW IT LIKE THIS

[@yarinohayon3026]

But he didn’t know he did until the time came

[@ricardohoang8452]

Welcome to the voidway logic! 😂

[@cashelrodriguez4755]

Mini theory: about 17 minutes Regular theory: about 12 minutes Me: .... is me logicaling wrongly?

[@blueotter5954]

Yes, but also no...

[@shrubberyshrubs8508]

But where's the lie tho

[@protalghulnist4126]

@@shrubberyshrubs8508 we were on the verge of greatness, we were this close

[@shrubberyshrubs8508]

@@protalghulnist4126 so true

[@pepeoccult4269]

@tanmay deshpande and just like matpat's diet coke addiction, it's more filling than the original.

[@Mariko2022]

'young david kills his older self" now that is one heck of a suicide

[@powerrangerkid16]

So multiverse? Since there's no grandfather paradox scenario if the dog kills david

[@prolapsdrektem9264]

@@powerrangerkid16 just use Avengers time travel logic and you'll be fine

[@dikephobia]

Also, the void is apart from time itself.

[@skylerpatrick23]

I thought that that's just how suicide worked? The older you isn't going to be alive if it's killed when it's younger...

[@thesymbiotenation.4552]

That sounds awfully familiar to certain Counter Guardian's plan for time travel Suicide

[@diegodelgado6464]

MatPat: the void exists beyond time. Space: am I a joke to you?

[@-_asho_-8429]

guess it doesn't matter

[@taxevaderVR]

Hi

[@sexoffenderpat7426]

What do you think would happen if we split an atom

[@fox4dayz278]

Lol the best part is that it kinda is, like the fact that they transfer digital matter into physical matter sorta makes a massive joke out of the laws of space. . .

[@vardicd1477]

Alternative theory, David's older self came back through time not to stop events, but to provoke his younger self into starting events.

[@jold3174]

Exactly

[@kyumazu1926]

That's what I thought too

[@thetrashcant]

Yeah, otherwise he wouldnt have gone into thw void

[@ricardohoang8452]

*Mind blown in the voidway*

[@jinmushui1soul]

Matpat's theory is better as a narrative. Nothing beats a tragic time loop. Like Dark.

[@itsnot_da_pigeon8749]

Mini theory: *is longer than normal theory* Everyone: this is not the law of equivalent exchange

[@temitolaadegbenro5705]

Eat your Cereal

[@kydentrenton1428]

Fullmetal alchemist gang

[@rattyboi3669]

Well I mean it’s only a mini theory because there’s not enough evidence to support it😄

[@avocadoseed8278]

Eat your cereal

[@avocadoseed8278]

@@temitolaadegbenro5705 ayeeee brotherrrrrrrr eat your cereal

[@lucyhemmer2504]

So basically if david lives, everything dies, and it is stuck in a loop. Canon ending, david runs away, changes his name to Arthur, goes to the companies, enters the void, goes through the apocalypse, and then duck season all over again.

[@shinzu1267]

Pretty much

[@dikephobia]

Yes, but it is a conditional loop. Everything that happens after fuels what happens before but the results of what happens before causes what happens after to fuel what happens before...

[@PyroTF2realone]

@@dikephobia yeah i totally understand what you said

[@KietNguyen-sx6jj]

The dumb thing is why would Arthur use the dog disuse when he himself know that David would killed the dog

[@Hidfuskno]

@@KietNguyen-sx6jj probably because he tried to forget everything that happened that day and forgets David kills 5he dog

[@a.s.1412]

The way Matpat explains and lays out his theories makes me believe everything he says. Even if I definitely know he's wrong and have even watched Matpat say that he was wrong himself.

[@boiitbespamtongspamton4518]

He would be a great politician probably why he's scared of doing a political theory and only does it sometimes when it come to wakey wakey and Scott

[@axe5745]

Nintendo: Let's make a fun duck-hunting game! Stress Level Zero: *lets make this b e t t e r*

[@somegenericgamer16]

Nintendo : let's add a sweet 🐕 dog Stress level zero: let's add a bit *m o r e*

[@mitchelltarverjr5951]

@@somegenericgamer16 Nintendo: Lets give the child who plays a perfectly harmless playgun Stress Level Zero: B A N G

[@JAGuy]

Could u find my comment and like it so mat can see it’s a theory about how the time travel is more likely David coming to make everything he remembers come true so he can get connected to the void because he is supposedly going to be the villain in the next game can u like so that Mat can see

[@Tippy555]

Tyrell Liddell no

[@roxasthoughts]

stress level zero: watch this

[@megadude967]

Matpat: Get ready for a mini theory! "Mini" Theory: Is a minute longer than last week's video

[@limpkola]

You beat me to it!

[@maxanderson6216]

Ok Boomer

[@Mihai-fp7kf]

Igneul ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya

[@TylerTMG]

LOL

[@completelyunoriginal838]

Yup

[@earthquakewilliam7380]

David: I didn’t kill my mom!! Arthur: Well yes, but actually no

[@roboticgamer4645]

MattPatt: Appropriate amount of shooting Dog: *BEING LOADED WITH LEAD*

[@TheFakeAdachi]

bro has more lead in him than blood

[@silver7215]

“Mini Theory” Video is still as long as most other theory videos

[@austinn_6161]

Silverwind X ikr

[@toemuncher2335]

Wus just gonna comment that. _.

[@twistysprinkles8586]

The last SEVEN videos were shorter than this "mini" theory. XD

[@silver7215]

Crystal Agnew lol that’s what im sayin!

[@azonerath]

Does it matter? We get more matpat theories

[@Lucky-xz4xq]

There should be a segment called “Game Law” where we go back down memory lane for all the theories that were actually canonically correct

[@freakydancer6968]

TheLuckystar 10 this deserves more likes

[@Jeffrey18O]

and the ones that not right *cough sans ness cough cough*

[@manio_e]

mushroom playz *cough* *

[@Jeffrey18O]

@@manio_e oh yeah thx

[@loudsketching]

KnowledgeSource your mom flat lol

[@mrtee2630]

Here's a comment theory: The dog could be David's step dad which is why we have "Bad Dad Bad Kid" and why David's biological dad isn't there. DAVID'S MOM, HAD AN AFFAIR WITH ARTHUR. David's biological dad, who I suspect works for Gammon, used the technology from his company to trap Arthur. But Arthur escapes and understands how Gammon is more defined and better than his current company. This is why there's a room with artefacts from David's House specifically instead of others from the other 12 victims. Once Arthur escapes, he gets back his job so that they could research him. Arthur is AWARE of the void which leads him on his mission to become immortal. Also why the door says "Welcome Home". Because he's been there. Also he may had wanted to do this as revenge against David's bio dad. Because he can now control everything that gets uploaded into mythOS, he could potentially make David's bio dad's life hell. But that's just a theory, A COMMENT THEORY, thanks for reading😋

[@gunblade7610]

Yeah I was actually thinking maybe Arthur might be something else cause if you see Hall of the robot king, there is a blond protagonist, what if THAT is David fighting against Arthur who has become the Evil entity. And yeah maybe the dog isn't Arthur's BIOLOGICAL dad... So maybe the guy in the dog costume is not the real father and kills the mom for the affair and wants to kill David because he's a child of affair.

[@popculturenerdyt7572]

Dude this is WAY more likely than the Arthur is David theory. This needs more attention also if Arthur’s really doing all this just to get back at the actual dad, that’s some reverse flash levels of petty 💀

[@SuperWiiBros08]

This could make a lot of sense

[@reedsstupidstuf6418]

E

[@puddles8903]

E

[@loganlets_playyt991]

It does

[@Slash_Zero_X]

Yes

[@floridaman100]

*could*

[@mutantalloy6288]

Monogon: *discovers a place where space time doesn’t exist and can also make people immortal* Also Monogon: Yea let’s just use this to make a video game

[@gingerinajacket8519]

Right? Like you have the chance to become immortal, and you decided to throw away that for a chance to make VR Chat. People would literally pay all their money to become immortal.

[@jushiromegafan66]

Hey, yu gi oh did it so why not

[@Hurricayne92]

To be fair developing a complete virtual reality world before the year 2000 is a bit more than just a game.

[@elkhiderbabiker4383]

Cash money baby

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

Maybe the people in the VR world are just test subjects to see how void energy interacts with the human psyche. Considering that the only entities to come out of the void so far have been a killer dog who if Game Theory is right used to be human and and a trickster cat I’d be just a tad worried that prolonged exposure would turn you into a power maddened killing machine, Equestria Girls style. So testing its effects on people you don’t care about ie your customers seems smart. Unless they turn into an army of the damned and murder you, but that’s why they were minimizing the risks.

[@williamlang6728]

"I'm excited to talk about a game that isn't Boneworks" Scott Cawthon has entered chat

[@SSingh-nr8qz]

Wouldn't it be something if this was actually some secret Scott Cawthon project (like a crossover with FNAF in the next game) just to mess with Matpat?

[@zanderoneil3405]

Toby fox entered the chat.

[@silvertipstudio9622]

Masahiro Sakarai has entered the chat

[@witheredbonnie9268]

Plot twist Scott Cawthon worked on Boneworks and Duck Season

[@williamlang6728]

@@witheredbonnie9268 What a Twist! - M. Night Shyamalan

[@xBuggutzx]

Theories usually: 12 mins or 18 mins Mini theory: just a lilllll bit shorter (16 minutes)

[@eliasromero2429]

Maybe the dog's psycopathic behavor is related with him having already lived the Machine King apocalyps, wether is him the master mind behind the machines or not, all the stress, trauma, killing and warping throu planes of excistence let him not only with the mission of killing his mom and himself in the past (thing that actually wouldn't work since it would provoke a paradox) but also with a shatered mind and sadistic behavor most of the time, this would also explain why the dog has such a smoking habit, the nicotine maybe relaxes him enough to not totaly lose his already decaying sanity, but hey, thats just q theory (sorry for any gramatical mistakes, english is not my first lenguage)

[@popculturenerdyt7572]

Yeah, I feel like anyone would go insane at that point.

[@axelpacheco7253]

The video: Is this a mini-theory MatPat: Well yes, but actually no.

[@dovahkiin0357]

Oh yee

[@obviouslykaleb7998]

But actually nuu

[@SuperPatriotFan]

Lmao, if bought those earbuds I could flex with 4 pairs of headphones now. Because I got my Beats, wireless Skullcandy neckbuds and the wired Pixel buds that came with my phone.

[@san_itizer]

Theoretically yes but technically no

[@ifthisisjustasmallworld4281]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYO5enWXlNOtlas

[@theone1930]

*"Mini Theory" *Is longer than last episode

[@gtimivec]

4?

[@kait6387]

*is longer than the last 7 episodes

[@TheReapershadow]

taking him down with the appropriate amount of force. (machine gunned down) 2:00

[@Ray_Starshine]

“Eyes colors usually change under the age of one” Me who’s eyes changed colors when I was 2: * swears nervously *

[@quailub8189]

"A Game Hypothesis" "A Game Speculation" but have you met "Game Conspiracy?"

[@redneat8181]

yes !

[@wkeezz]

Quailub KZbin doesn’t like that word

[@eagledon]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/harZmnuKbpx0q9U/god bless poor people

[@centurion0-199]

Or maybe a game theory

[@director00donut39]

Remember the Polybius Game Theory? Of course you don’t. THEY don’t want you to know.

[@couchpringles8597]

regular and normal game: exists Game Theory: WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN!!!

[@riskyy2657]

pewdiepie commented on my new video 😮😮😮

[@trevthereap3r298]

@@riskyy2657 shut up, and no he didn't

[@wishfuldentochoosensilver3923]

This is far from a ‘normal’ gamee😂😂😂

[@user-ri7xr3qq1c]

Boner :()

[@kingduck1807]

1

[@platinum_noelle]

Little addition I wanna make, it could be that in different timelines, all the endings are canon, and each ending is with different Arthur-dogs from different timelines as well. While this world's Canon ending has David on the run and growing up into Arthur, he may go back as the dog with a different goal and cause a different ending, which loops to cause another different ending, and eventually it comes full circle to cause the Canon ending to in order to stop the mom from working on her game. The different endings cause different futures and motivations for David/Arthur, and most of them cause him to feel the need to go back and try to "fix" what happened as the different entities in the different timelines release what's in the void.

[@sheenage7578]

About the hair change: it’s possible. Blonde hair often turns brown after adolescence.

[@dikephobia]

He mentioned that

[@corruptedfiles2652]

Well technically he is accountable for killing his mom since if he was the dog... he killed his mom

[@zachariahwenning8887]

big brain moment

[@LifebeThatway]

I had that same thought 😂

[@meemah3973]

Yes. This is big-brain time

[@Kraygus1]

Yes.... but no.....but yes

[@wheel4155]

Brain size large.

[@Cobra-Commander83]

Next time on Game Theory: Matpat has a mental breakdown while trying to figure out ways in which Duck Season, Boneworks, and the FNAF universe could be connected in some way. With a time travelling ball pool, any things possible.

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

MatPat has already had 7 distinct mental breakdowns, most notably being him delcairing that Sans is Ness, and that the Pale King is the Knight...

[@maxanderson6216]

Sorry ur late

[@theplushtoywolf1038]

What youn don’t realise is that security director ford is actually ness, who is actually sans, who is actually pink guy, who is actually actually Smith from accounting, who is actually Batman

[@maxanderson6216]

Good point...

[@kristyn429]

@@theplushtoywolf1038 who is actually matpat

[@icyvr6000]

I love how the mini theory is bigger than the regular theory

[@xithael8709]

When you talked about the pipes in the house, in a past episode of this mini trilogy, there was a conversation talking about this. “Piping in void energy,” I think. Very intriguing, keep it up

[@thefiretailedweasel6206]

When he said "Mini Theory" I expected a picture of his son

[@sivlare3476]

thefiretailedweasel I thought so too lol

[@Weirdthingsareexisting]

Yeah just do one with little matpat

[@madfoot]

OMG YESS

[@snackpanda6446]

AlienZGamer no

[@Dark_Slayer3000]

His wife is satisfied with his "mini theory"

[@australiangamer7956]

I thought we all agreed you would be calling mini theories “diet theory” Edit: wow kinda expected people to agree but didn’t expect so many likes

[@markosthedragon138]

Not since he stopped drinking diet coke

[@underfall2749]

Yeah what happened to that?

[@scaredofsociety6351]

@@markosthedragon138 wait when did he stop?

[@andrewhite1178]

Jeez this has only been up for 3 hours and has 700 likes

[@patrickaycock3655]

But thats just a theory. A diet theory. Now with more sodium.

[@matthewglover2218]

13:42 It could also be the fact that David (Arthur) suffered a very, very traumatizing event, that his mum was brutally slaughtered and butchered and that a man in a dog suit escaped a game and then attempted to attack David. So it could be trauma that changed his hair and eye colour.

[@user-oi7qh5tl6k]

this makes plenty of sense but why would he kill the other 12 kids

[@JanAside]

"Less of a theory and more wild speculation." So classic game theory then.

[@belisarius6949]

DAVID FROM DUCK SEASON IS NESS FROM UNDERTALE

[@subcyber7199]

@@belisarius6949 dundunduuuunnnnnnnnnnnnn

[@marrimars]

Sans time

[@theoverlord3937]

john doe *cue clip of all those guys going “OHHHHHHHHHHHH”*

[@PotatoMateYT]

I can just imagine how “Arthur” killing his mom unfolds “Arthur”:mom, I’m sorry… David’s mom:what, who is that? “Arthur”: *SHANK*

[@nathanpozos3118]

PotatoMateYT oh god

[@riskyy2657]

pewdiepie commented on my new video 😮😮😮

[@houseofonion6959]

I have something I need to do but idk if I’m strong enough to do it

[@AceeQr]

@@riskyy2657 but he didn't

[@Radver0]

Riskyy dummy go comment on some garbage like reddit text to speech

[@jaydice7299]

Ik I'm late af to this whole thing but are we really gonna overlook that at 2:23 the realty company that sold the house in duck season was named Amityville Realty

[@Terrifyger]

I know this is 4 years late, but I'm revisiting some of my favorite videos on this channel and I wanted to share my own thoughts on this theory. Personally, I have a different theory for which character is which, and my only evidence for it relates to the hair colors, since the differing hair and eye colors of David and Arthur just strain my credibility of this theory. In _Duck Season's_ "Stuck Forever" ending, the TV comes back on to show a different kid - one with brown hair and brown eyes. I know that the "Stuck Forever" ending isn't the canon ending, but it at least shows that a kid like this exists in this in-game universe. It could be that THIS kid is a young Arthur Ford, and he ended up learning about the Void from the cursed _Duck Season_ cartridge (since he probably ends up going through something similar to what David goes through). And as for David... well, in that poster for "Hall of the Machine King", it shows a huge robot glaring down at a man - likely the protagonist of that game - and the man clearly has blonde hair. That man could very well be David, meaning that he's possibly the protagonist in "Hall of the Machine King". It's probably not true, since I have even less evidence for it than Matpat has for his own theory here, but it still makes sense to me.

[@2T0mc]

“A boy and his dog...” Middle schoolers:

[@magoichi75]

Clouty Boy the red fern....oh god the memories

[@stcannoli9895]

PTSD from reading Old Yeller intensifies

[@snackpanda6446]

AlienZGamer no

[@thatguyi919]

I thought this was about Johnny Test, but okay

[@dukeandhazzard2721]

That Guyi lol Scooby doo

[@muraalia]

My hair was really dark when I was a baby, then almost glow-in-the-dark-blond when I was a kid, and now it's a darkish brown. Always wondered why that happens.

[@nockradqkdak7992]

Epigenetics

[@mide2476]

@@nockradqkdak7992 I understood that reference.

[@ConcernedAlien]

That's pretty much exactly how it was with my hair as well!

[@Radver0]

Dirty blonde

[@goldengifts3830]

It means you’re a bee

[@emilywright4161]

fell asleep listening to this and was consequently visited by my sleep paralysis demon. thanks matpat.

[@user-rd9jz8wf9i]

Matpat: with an appropriate amount of force *dog: is now replaced with 25 tons of lead*

[@bethkeenan8800]

“Me, you, baby” Matpat: this is not the father Me: Ah, then it is the mother

[@normalhuman9878]

The mother killed herself

[@saltaie5044]

Wait, are you onto something???

[@angelaqson1718]

Me: ah, then it is the petifile. Get it? You, me, baby? David is 11?

[@angelaqson1718]

@@normalhuman9878 no, the petifile killed her.

[@offtheradar-5802]

Angela Qson pediphile*

[@Lofi_101]

Sooo if the dog stabbed the kid that would be the GOOD ending since the cycle would be broken right? Oh Man *Purple Guy was right all along*

[@Vinssyyy]

Omg so your saying...... Purple guy is further who changed his name?! This is a joke ok

[@mayonaka8888]

Yay, child murder :> JKJK-

[@madestmadhatter]

Nay, the multiverse shall insure it's survival.

[@DrCleff-bp4vj]

No that would be a time paradox

[@blazegaming798]

Haha

[@allosaurusreviews170]

The intro was adorable and funny. Btw your theories are amazing thanks for making them!

[@PretzelTheProto]

Critics: I know *EVERYTHING* about this game! MatPat: Hold my Diet Coke.

[@TheHeavyshadow]

Matt: "Well, the Dog is David." Me: "What kinda fool do you take me for? The kid is David, Arthur is David, the dog is David, I AM DAVID! Are there any other Davids I should know about?" Cat clock: "Meow."

[@Cyclone718]

The mum is also David... lol

[@decepticreep952]

Uh...your face is David! Wait...

[@wraith9667]

RoughShadow The spongebob references are strong in this one. Well done mate!

[@nicolerobertson2654]

🤣 SpongeBob reference!

[@thesingingthing]

I’m outta here

[@rxguexe]

“with the appropriate amount of force” cue an absurd amount of bullets being fired

[@mandoe2894]

That was the joke

[@ArtePlays]

@@mandoe2894 yes

[@rxguexe]

guys i know it was the joke... it’s just funny....

[@NotSoProishNoob]

@@rxguexe Badumtss

[@thedamnguy2896]

The adequate amount of force

[@averagememeenjoyer5598]

I have a theory, after the ending of duck season where the dog dies, David is put in witness protection where his name is then changed and was adopted afterwards by the Ford family. He works on the other side of the company that created duck season, he is trying to destroy the dog permanently and that’s why he works on both sides to destroy the dog and save his victims, or the shadow figures from the ending. He worked for the other company to get into the void so he cand defeat the dog and the other cryptids once and for all.

[@henrymiller7735]

Matpat:the dog is- Me:THE MAN BEHIND THE SLAUGHTER--

[@rosey1802]

Mat: The hair and eyes colors are different Me: CHECK THE EARS! DANGLING OR ATTACHED?!?

[@mew2wand447]

Lol

[@thatoneshipthatneversails9677]

ATTACHED. BOTH OF THEIR EARS ARE ATTACHED

[@wheel4155]

*Princess Peach*

[@hyperfixationcentral6200]

@@thatoneshipthatneversails9677 yes!

[@theflyingspaget]

Mini theory: Way longer than some actual theories. Everyone: wut

[@subcyber7199]

Yesh

[@anotherdono1829]

Shh they don’t need to know

[@malenkaratsoleli6523]

@@subcyber7199 hhfg

[@manychins5109]

“-With the appropriate amount of force.” *police proceeds to go full American on the dog*

[@Paul-jv3cq]

12:37 when I was a toddler I had super blonde curly hair and now at 13 from when I was maybe like 6-8 I have had kinda the same hair color as Ford so I think the theory is still valid and makes a lot of sense

[@kartikiyer3067]

GT: David is Arthur Me: Sure, entirely possible GT: David is Arthur and the Dog Me: What is this, some sort of Father, Son and Holy Spirit kinda deal???

[@davidkueny2444]

More like Modalism, tbh.

[@realspartan5206]

and arthur/david/Dog is also the main character of hall of the machine king

[@manuelmiranda5950]

Correction: UNHOLY spirit

[@thesingingthing]

The Father, The Son, and The Howly Spirit

[@Enby_Wendigo]

The unholy trinity

[@Nich011]

*"A boy and his dog"* *Shaggy and Scooby be like:*

[@gamesfan290]

Shaggy is a (young) manly man, get it right

[@zanderoneil3405]

So that's why he has so much power.

[@SilverVolo]

@@zanderoneil3405 shaggys true power has never be revealed

[@helly.Jelly787]

Isn't that the name of the movie adventure was based off of????

[@Nich011]

@@gamesfan290 Of course, I'm sorry for my insolence...

[@blackwolfboi3679]

Mat:- *calls it mini theory* Also Mat:- *makes it longer then the other theory videos

[@Bec007]

Bone lab just came out and we see the dog as an avatar in the game. Coincidence?

[@katrinacarroll56]

When you cast this to a tv, the title reads only "A Boy and His D"

[@Michael-cg7yz]

Give the kid some privacy, he's only 11!

[@childmanmanboi4916]

XD

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@Michael-cg7yz Too late! 😂

[@AstralShot]

@@Michael-cg7yz Stalkers be like

[@HenRicoTrader]

Katrina Rankin apesar de não entender nada mais Tabom

[@toastervan]

Mat: "E3 this year" Me: * Laughs in march *

[@loganhunt5995]

Toaster Van same

[@xxfatal_playzxx4671]

*laughs in april*

[@karlea580]

@@xxfatal_playzxx4671 same

[@vinandbea3724]

@@karlea580 *laughs in may*

[@cooliostarstache5474]

@@vinandbea3724 Same

[@nigelamari]

matpat be like: makes a theory on a simple game the game creators: ahhh fu-

[@ggGamer-fi6yx]

This gives me the scary feeling that he may be right. I mean... for once, everything adds up, there aren't any loopholes, no loose ends. If this theory is true, Matt Pat is officially a prophet. Because through all of his theories, he is either completely wrong, or 100% right.

[@misspelled3677]

“A boy and his dog... but actually they are the same person”

[@blueotter5954]

Sounds awfully furry

[@Partymancoolguy]

What about the voice, David had that voice in that one ending of duck season. DOES IT MATCH ARTHUR'S

[@mrpenguin4083]

partyman coolguy time takes a toll

[@Partymancoolguy]

Purberty

[@voidraldarken]

Game Theory: It’s a mini theory. Also Game Theory: But that’s not all.

[@Can0pener]

The fact that David is running away because he could be suspected of murdering his mother, is such a huge point that Branch is out and could make any theory connecting other games with it, colossally outrageous but also possibly true.

[@uneibol1968]

I hope these theories continue with Bonelabs. Possibly one of my favorite Game Theorist series tbh lol

[@MightyRian]

I was another such kid: bright blonde with hazel eyes until I was about in middle school, then my hair darkened until I started dying it myself to make it stop looking grey and now it stays brown when it grows out. One of my kid brothers? He was the same way. Except he had blue eyes that darkened to brown in middle school, as well as the hair. Human phenotypal changes are just crazy.

[@scoobysnax]

exact same here, and it happened with my mom, too. it's not as rare as people think.

[@RenHeng_canon]

@@scoobysnax Nope, it still is rare. Even for caucasians.

[@TyGuay]

@@YoungAlienBoy Why?

[@papajohn8513]

Spooky Filmz Ent. Stop trying to get views asshole

[@Feytouched.Locket]

Me and both my parents were the same, super blonde as kids, now all have brownish hair, a very similar colour to Arthur’s actually

[@theocobb9960]

I have a theory: The kid from duck season is the kazoo kid

[@theironspider2127]

Theo Cobb *claps*

[@ricardohoang8452]

Arthur Ford is that Kazoo kid??? 😂

[@green_clver621]

Hahah! 😂🤣👌

[@VictorRodriguez-js4ve]

@@theironspider2127 wait a minute Who are you

[@myusernameis_pasword6860]

Yez this was my first thought!

[@danfromthevan]

Your theories are so addictive 😂

[@lunareclipse4612]

The second try for the mini theory thing was funny and cute, way to go, Mr. P! (That bein' MatPat, ya know...I feel like a wanna be Foxy saying that! XD)

[@mothcatcher893]

Mini-Mini theory: Welcoming Arthur home to fantasyland, could also mean he found a safe space in video games, which could also be another slight parallel to David.

[@PoP-ri7sr]

That's very "mini" theory

[@mothcatcher893]

@@PoP-ri7sr nano theory

[@matthewbartontaylor7600]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHjCpqeIZ8qXldk please watch

[@elanortriestoart6447]

To address the "hair color" loophole to this theory: All my siblings were born with bright blonde hair that turned brown. Might this be similar? Also, if I were on the run and wanted to change myself to the point of changing my name, wouldn't it make sense to change your appearance also? Such as hair dye, a wig, etc? Just speculation, as you said. But I like the theory.

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

My hair color has also darkened over the years. Born strawberry blonde, was a platinum blonde until... 2nd grade? By which point i was a dishwater blonde. Simply light brown to a lot of folks. Now it all depends on the lighting and exactly where on my head you look. Some dark brown, some light, some still a daek blonde, and even spots where it looks ginger.

[@emilymarley4505]

My brother had blonde hair that went brown fairly young so yeah it's not far-fetched (I'm still blonde though 😂)

[@pacientenumero3797]

That's what he said.

[@Ryan-qh2wy]

I used to have blonde hair and blue eyes and now I have dark brown hair and green eyes, so I believe it is definitely possible.

[@StudioHannah]

Same, all my siblings and I began blonde and are now all varying shades of darker. I think two of us could be considered dirty blonde, but the other two of us are definitely brunette now. My mom also had blonde hair as a child and now her hair is a pretty dark brown... well, grey, now, I guess. But all through my childhood she had very dark hair.

[@HallowHappiness]

The second mini theory was adorable. DO MORE

[@pepekovallin]

4:37 I was thinking exactly the same thing when I saw the other videos, when you said that Arthur and David might be the same person, I immediately thought about this ending, and maybe this is the reason of why he would've changed his name, so that he could work at the company

[@s1lica_]

Here’s a point you didn’t mention. In the two employees’ conversation in the last theory, the unknown employee mentioned that the only company that has already tapped into the void was “Sabrelake.” Flashback to your playthrough of Duck Season VR. In the Easter Egg showcase room you discovered at the end of the stream, there was a model of an officer in full uniform. Next to him was a logo labeled “Safety Agent Sabrelake.” This agency is obviously tied to the Sabrelake company mentioned by the Monogon employees and the “Hall of the Machine King” game. Through this information, we know that Monogon wasn’t the first company to tamper with the void, and could have possibly caused the events of “Hall of the Machine King.” But that’s just a theory...

[@r3strt]

A GAME THEORY!

[@wkoya4803]

Hmm, that's how 9 could've came into being, since they are clearly from the void

[@toastervan]

A short theory

[@Jeff4theRaid]

A possibly substantial comment theory

[@EvanDoesYT]

A game theory

[@adamc.rivera1309]

"Appropriate amount of force." Remember that alien they capture in the movie Independence Day? Will Smith just punches it once. You gotta AT LEAST double tap THAT thing. From a helicopter eye level to a murderous human in a dogsuit on the lawn.... man, I get it. You just gotta make sure.

[@zanderoneil3405]

Mhm.

[@antiitokyo3028]

what language is this in

[@Lunam_D._Roger]

@@antiitokyo3028 American.

[@clonechoopa31]

I'm guessing they were special forces or some sort of military task force to get away with that "appropriate" amount of force because no police officer would ever get away with that! The media would be all over it and the officer that fired the shots and the one that gave the order would not only be fired for excessive force but also arrested and convicted in a court of law for the unlawful and unnecessary murder of a civilian.

[@EpicDoggiez]

Adam C. Rivera yeah but they didn't know it was a void creature. They just thought it was a murderer human in a dog suit

[@tkhemlani]

I just watch this over and over again

[@stefanotermini7748]

MatPat: Welcome to mini theory! Me: *I AM CONFUSION*

[@greenpooljama]

0:45 please tell me why arthur looks like he’s taking a school picture but he needs to fart really bad

[@gamingmoon4265]

GreenPool Officially best comment ever

[@rodriartra9396]

Oddly specific

[@wyattxu9765]

Because he does

[@greenpooljama]

AlienZGamer nope :)

[@greenpooljama]

Gamingmoon 42 thanks :)

[@pabloalvarez6994]

Lmao I don’t even play these games but their so addicting to watch

[@xnxahx481]

Ikr

[@sillyman603]

Ikr

[@randomahhuser420]

ikr

[@naplinmush5515]

@@randomahhuser420 ikr

[@pabloalvarez6994]

Ikr

[@ValensBellator]

My eyes were dark blue through much of my childhood and were more greenish blue by my 20’s. I don’t think I’m the only one to have that gradual transition.

[@AugustTheStag]

The fact that we've heard so much from and about The Cat makes The Monkey, who we've heard almost nothing about, even more scary

[@Psyga315]

"He is also the dog" {me checks the time to make sure he doesn't end on a cliffhanger for the 20th time}

[@user-yn2ib1jw4w]

❤💔💟💝💘💗

[@tigersfan8459]

Me: * following where hes going * Mat: hes stopping an apocalypse Me: wait, what?

[@mchusk5842]

Terminator

[@Mothgirlybestfriend]

I’m sorry but the way they shot the dog was so overkill and I love the sarcasm that goes withthis

[@Chris98632]

I love how at the start he says mini theory but the videos almost 17 minutes long 😂😂

[@f_woody3824]

So David ran away for being accused of murdering his mum although he technically did

[@issusx]

Big brain time

[@AllisterVinris]

10:09 I almost thought you were going to say " I don't just think that David is Arthur. I think David is Arthur Ford and also SANS !"

[@Artist-128]

Spooky Filmz Ent. Hi, I disliked for you. Congrats on the almost 500k dislikes! You get the satisfaction of saying “Sorry bro, you’re wrong” to those who say “There is no such thing as bad publicity.”

[@Artist-128]

I disliked my own comment.

[@dalefn7789]

Allister Vinris lmao 😂

[@cherylvollen8426]

I thought he would go "I dont just think that David is Arthur I think that David is Arthur Ford and William Afton"

[@ORIONVIIXI]

Maybe the door saying welcome home with the baseball doorknob is actually welcoming David's dad home

[@mondaynightmood7997]

Therapist: Teenage David doesn’t exist, he isn’t real. Teenage David: 12:57

[@endymion7585]

Imagine being Mini Theory - This post was made by Diet Theory Gang

[@IamBlackFang]

💯

[@mimik2561]

I love that the mini theory video is longer than the actual theory video lol

[@emr2779]

Matpat you’ve really gotta label these with an order cause I just got into game theory not that long ago and trying to figure out which of these came first was a pain

[@be.real.]

This whole theory is basically the terminator trilogy matpat

[@laciden2407]

I were just thinking the same thing

[@riskyy2657]

pewdiepie commented on my new video 😮😮😮

[@jjwang7597]

Riskyy no he didn’t, and I don’t even need to look to know that

[@TalecraftTavern]

Which one?

[@user-ri7xr3qq1c]

:() boenr

[@RRRSSS71]

"MINI THEORY" Me after realizing the video has 16 minutes: Wait, that's illegal

[@dominiquereed3523]

This comment will get 500 likes in 2 days

[@CandyCrushers]

How it is illegal?

[@chrisellis2087]

Candy Crushers because it is supposed to be smaller yet it is the same length as always

[@riskyy2657]

pewdiepie commented on my new video 😮😮😮

[@guspiotrowski4389]

sociudancergirl.link/0vUjurMTUUg

[@mikaylasabiniano7876]

kid:*tries to sleep* YOU CAN NOT SLEEP RIGHT NOW,THERE ARE MONSTERS NEARBY.

[@sniperxauthor6221]

Matpat: I'm not looking for reasons to draw parallels between these two! Me: *Sureeeee....*

[@ProfDragonite]

I can imagine MatPat, wearing a tinfoil hat, hunched over a laptop, gleefully uploading this onto fanfic.net.

[@amberstar2832]

MatPat: "Yes, YESSS!! THIS IS WHAT MY READERS WANT!!!" *chuckles insanely while aggressively typing up a **-conspiracy theory-** fanfiction*

[@meowntown69]

Does anyone still use fanfic.net?? Thought we all switched over to ao3

[@marie3031970]

@@meowntown69 I still do sometimes since there are fanfics there you cannot find on Ao3.

[@veronicalodgesawyer3099]

I really want him to make an account