Inside - Part 3 (END)

[@KeitieKalopsia]

“I really hope it’s not this really weird, ambiguous ending where I have no idea what’s going on” - Jacksepticeye, 1 hour before finishing Inside

[@hanaothman5737]

Me too

[@sylus5602]

I was on the part where jack said that when i read this

[@LimblessAnt]

@@sylus5602 lol same, I read it right when I heard him say it

[@StylishWitch]

lmao *pain*

[@squirrelmeat7603]

Haha little did he know

[@ethan]

disclaimer: I'm a terrible writer. I just finished the game. My mind is exploding with thoughts. This is going to be a bunch of word vomit. So something that I found that fucking bleeewwww my mind was that the whole game we were able to use those mind control devices to control those people. The whole game, everything is unexplained. We dont know who this boy is, we dont know why he's where he is, we dont know why hes going where hes going. Then we get to use the mind control device. When going through the game, our character seems unique and different from all of the other humans that we are using the mind control device on up until the very end when we get into the tank and our characters clothes come off. Once that happens, our character looks like the other humans that we were controlling. When in the tank, the blob had the mind control devices stuck to it. Now again, I dont know if this is actually what happened. But think about this. The blob had the mind control things on it. We dont know why our character is doing what hes doing or going where hes going. In the alternate ending when we pull the plug our character goes limp. Our character couldve been getting controlled by the blob the entire game. The blob was using our character to try and escape, and then once our character completed its task, it just got sucked into the blob with all of the others. This game blew my fucking mind and when i read up on peoples opions on the ending, it blew my mind even more. Again, I dont know if this is actually what happened, but holy balls does that thought make my mind explode

[@kaelyn800]

that actually makes sense tbh

[@gracedowle3270]

Ethan, hey!!!

[@karissabowers6158]

CrankGameplays *Whoa....*

[@notokay4785]

CrankGameplays Beautifully explained!

[@noson8185]

Love it And also hi how's it going

[@jasonng04]

The meaning behind it is the blob was apart of the game from the start. The boy came out of no where & you just randomly chose to keep going forward in a straight line. You chose to walk in a straight line right exactly to where the blob was. The whole thing is about control. When you controlled one of the people to go into another control helmet to control another person it is literally telling you exactly what it is. The blob is trying to break free. The boy is a puppet just like the other people. & so are you the player. You never thought why you kept going straight. But you did. You were controlled by the blob. & you controlled the boy to get to the blob. When the blob finally got outside you couldn't control the blob anymore. Meaning you have done your work. The blob doesn't need to control you anymore. The game is saying you are a mindless puppet as well. & with this it could also be a metaphor for society. I feel this is the basis of all the other theories.

[@jasonng04]

& all the other theories are able to conjoin with this one.

[@johnmctavish174]

+Sophie Ng (ソフィ) you just wasted 5 minutes of your life typing that and no one is going to read it :)

[@cobrasalphas8752]

+Fatty Liam I did.......

[@fetasprite]

Mind fucked

[@jasonng04]

Fatty Liam I know (v.v)

[@lu4y4pants]

Every frame is like a beautiful, messed up painting

[@bliiizy3081]

easy poop

[@cassidytaylor548]

Truest words...

[@raptorjesus2516]

These types of games can make every frame look amazing

[@Schenta]

I saw a comment on another video who explained it like this: "That kid was being mind controlled by you, the player, the whole time. The person you see with the device on their head at the end? That represents you. The screens and monitors represent you watching the kid - that's probably why you see everything in third person. After he unplugs the giant wire, you can clearly see him slump over, just like all the other mind-controlled people do when the kid stop controlling them. You unplugged yourself from the kid. And the game." Personally I like this theory and it's very interesting. Like a fourth wall break and the kid was literally controlled by you. Both in game and in the game.

[@evangeline819]

INCEPTION. But cool theory

[@argonile2344]

Someone already commented this 25 minutes ago lol

[@silentpeace1873]

I love this theory :)

[@Schenta]

oh, i didn't know that. but theres like 4000 comments, sooo thats probably why ;))

[@khames1845]

no one could agree more

[@2nikka22]

Yes! the blob was controlling the kid with the helmets attached to it to free itself from captivity, which were controlling the kid and the mermaid. The mermaid (controlled by the blob) actually wanted to drown the kid so that he could acquire the ability to breathe underwater so to free the blob from the tank it was in. The alternate ending is actually you, the player, controlling the kid to disconnect himself from the blob. The helmet on the background and the cables connecting it to the computers is yourself playing the game, and ultimately disconnecting the kid to prevent the blob from controlling him. Clever game! And I agree with Jack, the visuals and sound design are astounding!

[@theasianfeggets5062]

Thanks!

[@dezi5695]

that makes so much sense! The people who made this game are obviously people who look into physics and realize so it makes a lot of sense if they added that alternative ending to keep up with the realism

[@ghostfreak8653]

I agree with this! This is an ending and story I am satisfied with! I love you for putting your thoughts out there, because I agree with you! Goodday Sir!!!

[@MJ_338]

This randomly made me think of a song called: Master of Puppets by Metallica

[@danishq5430]

I agree with this

[@comradecommie7144]

"Are you the C.E.O. of Blob incorporated? Yes! I have a complaint! :D HALP MEEEEEEEEEEEEE" - Jacksepticeye 2016

[@zeechops401]

Only Jack could make me laugh my ass off while being horrified at the same time!

[@charlottelauner997]

when I saw that part, I rewinded it like, three times and watched it again. laughed so hard that there were tears in my eyes.

[@insanederp3555]

HAHAHAHA!

[@cherry_pie__1336]

-TheNtruder - 😂😂😂😂

[@stacymckeigue8274]

Hands down my favorite moment!

[@youreadthisinyourmindright2604]

35:00 a nice little detail, our camera is behind the glass of the soundproof test room. That's why its so quiet. It also suggests that the boy is just another test subject being observed by the scientists.

[@nayuki-rn]

I like the theory that everything has been elaborately set up to happen on purpose. I still don't get *why* but it's super interesting when you really think about how many things are connected. And it makes scenes like that even funnier, like yeah,we are just part of their experiment.

[@kilroy987]

53:34 I'm impressed with how the log causes a blood trail after Jack pushes it through the er, pile.

[@WhiteTiger950]

Yeah, I noticed that too. Nice attention to detail on the game developer's part.

[@DogDogGodFog]

Same, I also noticed that. As well as the water cleaning the blood from the blob

[@206Zelda]

14:21 This is when *IT* happens: Seeing this scene sparked something inside of me, and I guess the Siren inspired me to re-visit this video and make a comment on what could possibly have happened here, and why the Siren did what it did. The Boy was of his own free mind, in a world where it seemed like there were two separate mindsets: the Controllers, and the Controlled. Because the Boy is not a Controller, but not a Controlled, it's obvious the enemy would seek him out to make him into one of the mindless drones that you see throughout the game (the ones you can control with the helmet). The Siren drowned the Boy, forcing his conscience to shut off and to allow his body to relax (kind of like wiping a data file that was already filled with unique text). The Siren then *purposely* attached one of the Controller's technology bits to his *heart/chest*, probably giving him "new life", since he "died" and then was "reborn" anew as one of the Sirens. Despite how things turn out along as you go, you note that since his "rebirth" he hasn't been attacked by a single water entity, nor has seen anything else malicious in the water. Jack makes a notation of being the "Chosen" one, and I don't think he's far off; the Siren didn't intend to hurt him, but rather to enable the Boy to continue onward in an environment that he likely wouldn't have survived in, all for a supposedly-unknown cause. After giving the Boy the chance to revive, the Siren left, knowing full well what the technology would do for him. It gave the Boy the ability to be a Controller, but the Boy didn't have any desire to Control others for the sake of labor or any selfish desires (other than to catch him when he fell); a child ("Boy") is symbolic of purity, of someone without discrimination and judgment on others, so he would be the perfect choice for a Chosen one to free the test subjects from their cages because he wouldn't have cared what they looked like or how they came into being; he accepted their help and aid all the same. The Boy even went to great lengths to free the Entity from Its prison, and thus being *accepted*, in turn, by It, and thus freeing both of them from a corrupt society that intended to "box" everything in and calculate it. That's just my take on it all. Seeing the Siren do that, although creepifying, gives me a tender moment to think about; to see the boy fall asleep in the Siren's arms, and that particular Siren carefully and gently carrying him deeper into the water, only to revive him and send him on his way without any sort of malice. At 15:16 you see the Siren let go of him, watching over him as he sank to ensure that he would be all right. It's possible that the Siren was a sentient experiment and knew it couldn't do anything for itself, but knew it could give the Boy something to continue on whatever his quest was. I doubt the Boy's intention at the start was to free the Entity, but all that counts is that the Boy ended up freeing the Entity despite possibly having his own desires and wants.

[@eechenglee1369]

holy shit that was deep O_o

[@WraythSkitzofrenik]

You are brilliant.

[@206Zelda]

Thank you!

[@whitefox8376]

i subscribe you for this , you are amazing , i just i don't have words ,i was trying to find a answer and you give an answer

[@206Zelda]

I'm honored! Truly!

[@squeakerlife7676]

I've watched several people play this game, but Jack's insight and eye for detail pointed out a lot of things I still hadn't seen...

[@Lesley_RedRhody]

Squeaker Life My favorite part of *any* game Jack plays is watching how immersed he is in every detail. I love listening to his praise toward the developers! It's wonderful to see him appreciate how much effort goes into creating these games. I also adore how invested he gets in the characters and stories! Most of all, I love his comparisons of games to other games because I do that all the time. Everything reminds me of something else... including what I just said. I probably shouldn't elaborate, though. I'm having a... moment... I wish I wasn't afraid to comment more frequently. I'm probably this channel's oldest viewer, and sleep deprivation is about to make me sound like a gushing fan girl, but fuck it. Here goes: I wish all of Jack's closing thoughts, as well as the outro, ended in full screen like the VR games, Vlogs and Reading Comments videos do. He beams with the wonder of a child and it's such a joy to witness!

[@politure]

Hear hear, I've watched a number of let's plays and reviews of Inside and Jack's one is pretty up there.

[@z0nnyyy]

Dean's Girl You’re a pretty cool person. Would you like to add me on Snapchat? ParanoidDroid21

[@brrobinn]

"Did you play god?" Single best line in the entire play through, watching Jack got me really into this game and it's my all time favorite one.

[@srduncanbyu]

yeah, i found it compelling to hear his excitement for what was about to happen. i was also captivated by the game, but i found it fun to hear jack vocalize his anticipation. my anticipation was just virtual words inside my head if that makes sense

[@brrobinn]

@@srduncanbyu Exacrtly !

[@lagaygang4159]

Well, considering that the boy’s stance following his flicking of the switch mimics those of the zombies when they are disconnected from a mind control machine, this seems to suggest that Inside is breaking the fourth wall here and pointing out how you are in control of the boy. When you turn off the switch, you are effectively cutting off the mind control connection between you and the player-character, therefore ending the game. This suggests that the boy hasn’t been fighting towards the end of the game of his own volition, but rather because you have commanded him to do so

[@sterre217]

Nice theory, love your hair btw

[@toxicmegacolon69]

Congratulations, you have managed to understand the the player controls the character. Just like any other game

[@Dan0RG]

@@toxicmegacolon69 Your name is fitting.

[@sloppyphart7879]

@@Dan0RG not really. I see toxic but no mega colon.

[@Mothloss]

I just had a thought after rewatching this. Ethans theory is mind blowing but it made me think. When the boy goes into the tank his clothes come off. It makes me think of the phrase "being stripped of your humanity". Idk just think about it.

[@varian2666]

Skycil o crap yeah

[@princessthyemis]

Oh yeah...

[@BrianGriffinASMR]

I thought about it, and that’s definitely not what it’s about

[@lukethelegend9705]

I think it’s symbolic of him being stripped of his individuality. I mean he becomes part of the huddle, a massive tangle of people, and takes control of it.

[@arnie_soup]

@@lukethelegend9705 Through the whole game he's the only one wearing red, and as soon as that's taken away he becomes part of the blob - it definitely symbolises him being stripped of individuality

[@CodemanDBZ]

The blob controlled the boy from the beginning and the human created obstacles for the blob to bypass as an experiment. The exhibit where the blob lands is an exact replica of the mountain side where the blob ends up at the end. The experiment was a success and the blob made it to the exact spot that the humans wanted it to. It's all just an experiment.

[@CynicalBastard]

i like that interpretation.

[@CodemanDBZ]

+CynicalBastard the exhibit at 51:30 is an exact replica where the spot light is outside... So honestly the spotlight outside isn't natural lightning... Meaning the blob is still "inside" the facility and still being an experiment. Thankyou for saying you like it :)

[@CynicalBastard]

oh you're welcome. nicely done. yeah, i thought something looked weird about that lighting outside, like it was set-up, like a stage...funny that, Jack even says "don't look at me like i'm some sort of zoo exhibit!" haha. right on. =)

[@CodemanDBZ]

+CynicalBastard Do you do any work with films or voice overs? I see you have impersonations on your channel

[@half-life-citizen3370]

but the manager guy died

[@hairypencilman8890]

The game missed the opportunity to just zoom out and show the ENTIRE FACILITY at the end.

[@sxoco]

it would be huge omg

[@void-creature]

That would just uncover the lie the end tries to sell you... though it would look sick, yes.

[@RuthwikRao]

well, that's the thing. The spot you end up at in the final moment of the game is *still* Inside the facility, as foreshadowed by a Diorama with the localized torch light at the edge of the land that you fall into just a while ago in the facility. The whole "resting in the light" is still something orchestrated by the Facility owners, it's a false sense of freedom from an external perspective. The conversation then goes from being about "is freedom something given to us or something we need to snatch for ourselves?" The blob was still alive at the end, but you lose control of it, hence tying into the idea of it detaching itself from all external control (including you as a player who was only doing what the blob had commanded you all this while through the boy), and by extension, achieving true freedom in the existential/metaphysical sense. I know this might seem a bit out there, but this game doesn't shun away from dealing with these heavy themes of free will, corporate dystopia, environmental disaster and worker exploitation (with obvious metaphors of collective consciousness and revolution paving way for violent snatching of freedom from those in power) and defining freedom for yourself rather than being lulled into a false sense of freedom that's still just deceptively provided to you by the power structures themselves. And in my opinion, this also critiques in some capacity how to achieve this collective consciousness and eventual breaking of your proverbial chains, you'd have to leave behind your individual identity in favor of a larger cause (symbolized by you losing your clothes and pretty much becoming just like any of the formless bodies that you see towards the latter parts of the game including the blob itself). At least that's my understanding of the overarching narrative, obviously a lot is still left unexplained, but that's the beauty of this game I feel, where you can keep finding out new things, making new connections and falsifying previous theories due to newer realizations.

[@scribblecloud]

awww man now i want someone to make an image of that either by going into the game code or something or by photo stiching (but that would take fkn ag e s)

[@ruesylvester]

@@RuthwikRao That's such a great way of putting it, I love your explanation.

[@Balend]

Oh my God this is horrifying. Dont know if you heard it, but theres a baby's voice in the blob as well.

[@idoru__]

may this be our boy’s voice? :0

[@henrygames4554]

I heard it and it wasn’t the boy’s

[@emdash2997]

Oh no o.o

[@mariathompson4073]

I watched the video saw this comment went threw the video again and I heard it😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺😳😳😳😳😞😖😣😩😫😥😱

[@Lyricidal0X]

At what time?? @

[@Poad77]

Well technically, the boy did not have any choices either. He was doing the will of the player.

[@jacksepticeye]

Yeah that's what I was thinking, very meta

[@arcakavas3319]

+Chubby Bear Productions dude I want this game now that u play it

[@witheredbonniegaming2225]

+jacksepticeye Hi! idk really.... lol

[@Travminer123]

I love that pulse, i love the sound it makes :D

[@michaelbrooks4100]

+jacksepticeye I whatch the same vid lol I love all of your videos can't wait until your next video😀

[@rebann]

Markiplier: King of Squirrels. Jacksepticeye: Friend of Fish

[@veronicahilario3900]

Mark is also king of five nights at freddys

[@batmanfan1017]

good idea

[@rotgut-12]

Hehe

[@Wolffman109]

He knows they aren't food.

[@domenicodle1134]

just like how the boy is controlling the other people, jack is controlling the boy. that's why it's in third person all the time. so the boy is just like the other zombie people and jack,the player,is controlling him.

[@romeogabon7429]

Nice theory man

[@danielc7490]

No that is the idea it is meant to signify that you are the controller and are setting the boy free

[@sinisterwombat3128]

3 years late, i know,i still think it's important to concgratulate, you understood what a video game is. Thanks for the insight, i hope your wisdom will make the world a better place one day. Hell, maybe by now someone already found your genius and turned it into something even more beautiful. Players control video game characters, maybe you want to share that with the scientific community! You can't imagine how grateful i am because i'm allowed to share this planet with a mind like yours.

[@xiuxiuenjoyer]

@@sinisterwombat3128 congratulate*

[@eimaj3185]

@@sinisterwombat3128 yikes

[@imdalool]

jack: "go away fishies!" *5 minutes later* jack: "cmon fishies lets go!"

[@mihanesabyake2074]

Blob: I'm a people person.

[@MinecraftMineturtle]

*Ba dum, tss!*

[@Goldennote]

You deserve a reward. *like*

[@morty1504]

Take the W!

[@mannyuppal4020]

wat

[@polbxyz]

lol

[@kittyofpink]

🎶Here comes Jackaboy, here comes Jackaboy, right down Jackaboy lane! Billy and Bobby and all his fan base giving him his fame! Billy's dying, Sam is flying, all is loud and so fun! Hide your cookies and save your cakes 'cause Jackaboy's needing some sun!🎶

[@uwuangel]

This is my favourite thing ever.

[@septipliershipper4431]

* stands and claps * STANDING OVATION FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE!

[@kittyofpink]

Thanks! I just came up with it really quickly

[@septipliershipper4431]

holy crap, quickest reply ever! standing ovation for that too! xD

[@alysker]

I've commented the exact same thing before... Please dont steal my stuff

[@betamash1197]

The way the game is presented, from the art style to the lack of a UI, it looks like a movie, and the way the game starts and ends with you jumping straight into it, no cutscenes, no pauses in gameplay, it's one of the few games I can watch over and over again.

[@anoufox]

37:15 Let the bodies hit the floor. Let the bodies hit the floor. Let the bodies hit the floor. Let the bodies hit the floor. Let the bodies hit the... FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@Pagreance]

That was my favorite song :D

[@tyroe5002]

I'm laughing so hard right now. Oh, my God.

[@anoufox]

:3

[@ayri3879]

/\ Same

[@drmsqnc1913]

Ahahahah

[@hannahandersen6869]

Merbitches still gets me to this day

[@rustic2975]

Your comment is 3 years old and this Is your first reply

[@quentin2598]

your comment is 3 years old and this is your second reply

[@theodore6253]

Your comment is 3 years old and this is your third reply.

[@ilovejollibee123]

Your comment is 3 years old and this is your 4th reply

[@Uh-_-JustAnotherPerson]

Your comment is 3 years old and this is your 6th reply

[@xxwolfyxx7270]

and to think the whole thing startet whit a little boy running from men in the woods

[@PsychoDog_Music]

actually it started with a little boy running from a giant spider and other little boys (this is set after Limbo)

[@PsychoDog_Music]

Dude, this comes after Limbo, their other game

[@Incognitus30]

@@PsychoDog_Music just because the game came after doesn't mean that they are linked, which the two games are not.

[@bloodybee3553]

The wolf picture you have is the same picture I used to have as my profile on an app called Amino... oh God memories...

[@NeverOhVer]

@PD2002 - Music & More It’s an entire different universe. That’s basically saying Call Of Duty is in the same universe as Monster Hunter.

[@buob3827]

who else is re watching the whole inside playthrough again because of little nightmares 2

[@sunstripe85]

I'm watching it for the first time but definitely because of LN2 :) I just watched Limbo too. 2021 Jack sending his peeps back in time ;)

[@ZiiRii]

mmAYBBE

[@damndekudevastations338]

He kept bringing it up I couldn't not lmfaoooo

[@urmom-sy4tv]

I got nostalgia while watching him play LN2 because he kept mentioning it and I enjoyed this game so much :v

[@bagster6499]

bro

[@ashnami3475]

Jack : "I don't think there's much more left of the game" Me : *looks at the time* WOW 1:00:00 *NOT MUCH GAME LEFT AT ALL*

[@marqueespowder4730]

ViTality lol

[@weirdowithnobeirdo2.o533]

AshNami lol 😂

[@Timmering]

AshNami same lol

[@venomlesspoison2170]

Actually, it's 1:14:44

[@sauce7624]

Dalton Le'Roy Bitch he said it around 14 so he had about an hour left

[@lauramariani9328]

You did not escape. At 51:30 the scientists were all looking at some kind of scale model of a mountain environment that looks exactly like the "outside". You escaped from your small cage, just to enter a bigger one. And that's where you'll ever be, INSIDE the cage.

[@JMLS7999]

OMG your are very right!! What an eye that you have!

[@JMLS7999]

+jacksepticeye read what Laura said, she is right

[@harisemunkdemidoff7720]

Great theory.c:

[@geraldinemcilvaney9249]

well done great eye

[@TJ-xy5md]

You have a very keen eye, Laura. Props to ya! Jack even says "don't look at me like an exhibit". Not sure if he even realized that he (the blob) REALLY became an exhibit at the end of the game. THE POWER OF FORESHADOWING

[@amberg5266]

your hair is ON POINT

[@saltymisfit6566]

I love how everything is timed out so precisely for maximum panic attacks

[@cloudspinner]

The way that I view this game (and trust me, I have put quite a bit of thought into it because I love the game so much and am obsessed with the art style) is as follows: 1. The slaves are either "puppet creations" or they are actual people (when they are lined up by the truck in the beginning of the game it sounds like there is snoring amongst them) who are now mindless, either way, these things are being controlled by a hive mind 2. The enemies/the government in the game are all wearing masks which you can clearly see - those people I believe are either humans like us in this world, but are wearing those masks to look like the rest of society aka their creations *(I'll get to that soon) or are also blank faced, but the masks are almost to imply superiority or what the government wants: people with faces - a movement that says essentially that the guards/government are powerful (and mysterious) OR they too are blank faced, but have their faces drawn on the masks to again show power or are giving an example of how they intend to further develop their creations (to have faces) 3. *the "normal" people in the game are, just like the boy, blank faced. This can possibly mean two things: either everyone in the world of Inside is naturally blank faced, or the citizens are like the mindless people creations(if they are experimental creations, not actual humans) &were created by the government-however, unlike the mind-controlled folk (again, considering that they are not actually human but just amorphous flesh made into human form) were made to be actual regular citizens with personalities to populate their world and continue with "humanity" whilst those chosen/made to be mind-controlled are workers 3.**ALTERNATE THEORY for the above mentioned point: if everyone in the world of Inside are all naturally blank-faced real humans, then the mind-slaves having blank faces would just be the norm, not a differentiating factor of human vs. government creation. 4.The land either faced a natural disaster or there was just so much industrialization going on that the entirety of the world (except for the land at the end) became polluted. 5. The boy is one of the experiments(has a blank face, meant to become one of the mind slaves, not one of the regular citizens, but he escaped. Why does losing just one mind-slave to gain one more regular citizen matter? In other words, why wouldn't the scientists and government let it slide? Because not only the boy was conscious and saw how the people were being created/what the government was doing, but also right from the start, the boy is running away - the government probably feared any creations like the boy -who did not turn out the way they were supposed to(or did, but also saw things he was not meant to see/gained consciousness of the reality around him)-to rebel if given the freedom of a regular citizen. 5. ***ALTERNATE THEORY for the above mentioned point: the boy was not one of the experiments - he just found (either intentionally or stumbled upon) a government base and saw things that were meant to be kept secret from the civilians, the government authorities saw him, and therefore targeted him, trying to hunt him down and kill him. 6. The boy really didn't have any idea of where he was going I don't think - I think he just wanted freedom, so he ran and went wherever seemed right and just kept going trying to escape and reach freedom- wherever that may be - I'm not sure if he knew or not that the freedom was the healthy environment that had not yet been destroyed. I also don't believe he knew about the blob beforehand, he just saw it with everyone else and knew that he needed to disconnect the hive mind (I'll also get to that later) and use it as a forceful power to break walls and escape. 7.the blob is many many people who once were actually real, but then fused into this amorphous shape - the people are not conscious/have been stripped of any mental control - essentially they were turned into mind slaves - but with their vacant heads, they, just like the other mind slaves, can make noises. I think that the people who make up this blob , however the government(I'll call them the enemies-) were able to make the people who make up the blobs' minds go blank I'm not sure- but this very mind-wiping is what the enemies used to control the new mind slaves. In other words, I believe that the blob is the hive mind and because the minds of the people in which the blob is made of are blank, once whatever is used is injected into the mind-slaves before they became mind-slaves is something that stems from the plugs which were initially plugged into the blob, therefore resulting in the people's minds becoming/staying blank just like the people who make up the blob. IMPORTANT SUMMARY/FURTHER EXPLANATION: the plugs on the blob are yellow like the helmets that the boy puts on to control the mind-slaves, so perhaps the blob-people's mind's have not been wiped, but are instead just being controlled - the plugs would be like the helmets for the blob, but the catch is: only the regular people wear the helmets, so why would the blob have the plugs which would hypothetically control something? the answer: so that the mental power of all the people making up the blob can control the mind-slave population with their blank minds(just a little bit of mind is left so that they can function & comprehend) - so this would make not only the blob people blank minded, but also the other mind-slaves in which it is controlling, and THAT is why the government has the slaves doing those tests where they walk and stop and turn around and jump - not only are they weeding out the ones who "don't work", but they are also re-orienting the mind-slaves. 8. the easter-egg orbs are the main connecting power source to the hive-mind (the blob)- so they are used as back up to make sure that if the yellow controlling helmets were to be destroyed they could be remade and the ability to control the mind slaves would not be tarnished 9. the water girl is possibly a discarded, but not destroyed mind slave who evolved sort of/gained a bit of consciousness in the water, or perhaps she she didn't at all, she just was aggressive like that from the beginning. OR maybe she wanted to help the boy all along, but she did not understand how to guide him fully and would not understand the placement of where in the water they were, so if he was not in the water at the area near the plug which made him able to breath under water, the plan wouldn't work to drag him down and plug the cable into him, so she would just attempt to do that, but it would be in the wrong spot, so the boy would drown. OR maybe she was meant to be a guard for those areas who would kill all trespassers who were not authority figures - she would be controlled so that she would not be able to attack a government figure/scientist in a submarine. OR she was made/was maybe a human who was experimented on to become an improved human-one that would be able to do non-human things, but the experiment failed and she was tossed in the water/maybe escaped and then evolved to be able to breath underwater. OR maybe the wires sticking out of her body imply that she was used for experiments pertaining to an alternate method of mind control through wiring rather than whatever was injected into the mind-slaves(if there was anything to be injected, again, they might have just been made in a lab/labs) in case the helmet method or whatever other method(s) used stopped working. 10. Maybe the boy knew that he would die when/if he escaped/reached freedom - maybe he wanted to die(amongst other things including trying to destroy the hive mind), but wanted to go nicely and peacefully, and the only way to do that was to escape. Those are my thoughts :)

[@cloudspinner]

Krimson Soul haha I couldn't help myslef xD so many thoughts! ;D

[@killyadude4559]

holy shit thats a whole video of mattpats right there lol

[@vvichev3376]

thats alot of stuff im not reading lol

[@jadew3303]

WOW...

[@ReaperPeaper.]

Thank you for all this cool theories

[@zendpixie]

"Oh God I'm inside it!... I *am* it!!" Is it just me or is this one of the reasons animators didn't do this series - they'll have to animate Blob Jack... That'd be cool and weird at the same time..."

[@kaylajsims]

Okay so, if the boy unplugs the computer thing and there's no power, that suggests he's a mindless. Since he's going through all of that without being actually dying (he keeps coming back) it suggests that he's disposable. The thing about the blob and the model makes since then too. He's just a puppet, being controlled by the player. The point of the game is for the industry to see if they can fake the player into thinking there's an actual escape. They make you think you're in control of the story, but you're really just following their plan.

[@Thiricola]

Ye.

[@michaelcollins8701]

ok

[@-Big_Big]

i think that the kid was a being like the ones in the blob (brains) able to control all the other servant types (even getting fish/chickens) to follow it. the blob wanted freedom and to go outside

[@helloworld5050]

Maybe the boy is a mindless lucky person :v

[@aaronmilligan5672]

MIND BLOWN💥😵

[@pssteenagers]

"i dont want there to be an ending where i dont know what is going on." oh boy are you in for a ride

[@FreorgeWeasley]

"Indiana Jones and the Temple of Butt-Clenching" - Still would be better than Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was

[@missk6233]

lolll should get a billion notes😂😂😂

[@magicrainbowkitties1023]

Yeah at least they won't rape Indiana Jones again... right?

[@joylolly4458]

Was looking for this comment😂

[@Choujifangirl]

i thought kingdom of the crystal skull was pretty good all things considered, but that's my opinion

[@VictorWirtz]

Yeah cause Jack would be Indiana Jones

[@JM-nl7bj]

Ariel has really let herself go

[@melissagarcia5184]

lmfao

[@cloudbasedbear]

she became hungry for children

[@kimchik6825]

+Jazz Bear Nah, she just got lonely :/

[@ashk6791]

She's going through a phase

[@aubrim.9956]

+Ash K XD

[@6LordMortus9]

This series was an absolute joy to watch!!!

[@kangeexx]

LordMortus he’s so excited about everything it’s super cute! Haha love it

[@fatefulafterlife]

:sees the blob: WOW THE NEW AGARIO LOOKS AWESOME

[@ReiAyanami8]

Hmmmmm... I wonder why there's a display of the game's final scene at 51:28. Jack runs past it again at 51:50.

[@mosauridaerex]

ReiAyanami8 Maybe they all knew it was going to happen all along. It explains why they would be helping it but not why they trapped it. Maybe they were trying to stop it from happening. OMG I THINK YOU'VE GOTTEN SOMETHING HERE!

[@noura8955]

Oh yeaaaaah!

[@lilybirdflowergum8683]

Isabel Reyes Don’t worry, I noticed. I was doing the same thing.

[@mollyzegarra3807]

@@camelen3377 your right Maybe that's the reason its called "Inside" Cause you were never really outside the facility

[@ozzy4518]

Maybe this whole thing was a simulation and they were testing The capabilities of a mind control subject to infiltrate a massive corporation it seems like it was a success

[@zom6ie255]

I found it out! The young boy is trying to free him self from YOU! The player! But he can't..You know those weird light things where you control someone, that's what we are doing! The little boy is a limp person just like every other person! But you are controlling him! How do I know? Well in the secret ending (the one where you collect all the collectibles) You hop down a latch and find a power source. Now what do you see in the background? One of those lights. And you know who's controlling that light? YOU! That light you see is controlling that little boy. Now the little boy or you find a lever, you pull it once, that head light controlling thing starts flickering. Pull it again, you break that head light thing. And you see the head light thing completely turn off. Now this is why I said he is one of those controllable limp people. Once you destroy the helmet. The boy falls and looks over at the side. Then he crouches and looks down. He is limping because he's out of control of you

[@zom6ie255]

By the way this is just a theory not an actual fact XD

[@sinfulsabbath2265]

I thought this, too! But I thought it was weird because none of the other limp bodies really breathed like he did when they were crouched like that. He was actually audibly breathing unlike the limp ones that crouched onto the ground.

[@MrRufousSoup]

l8me

[@SideWalkChalk._.]

what...?

[@bulbulitobayagbag8538]

Huh?

[@benz9087]

ONLY CLICK READ MORE IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE SECRET ENDING, SPOILER WARNING! My theory: The blob was the controlling the boy the whole time. He was constantly heading straight towards the thing that was balling to him. When he deactivated the main machine in the secret ending, he shut himself off! You were never playing as the boy, you were always playing as the blob.

[@nelson9151]

Gloomy my theory is that the naked people are like the puppets as they other people took them as their slaves and the naked people thinks that the boy is there slave as well, so this whole concept is about controlling people's minds

[@kon-xy8bj]

Actually its a "Hive mind" not a blob...

[@kon-xy8bj]

SeriousSkillz No. Playdead's controlling our mind..

[@legend_creed8083]

The real question is why did it only control the boy? Was it because of something in him that the rest of the citizens didn’t have? Does that explain why he’s pretty much the only character that is wearing clothing that has colour?

[@olivia-ki2bt]

Clouturtle mind blow 🎇

[@potato7918]

If you want to do a drinking game to this, here are a few words and sentinces to use: Inside go little boy go Audio *General screaming*

[@urmom-sy4tv]

Dude you would be dead of alcohol poisoning by the end of it

[@Lyricidal0X]

"astounding"

[@xxSuperFrogxxGaming]

So weird... so cool... I'm gonna need a Game Theory on this!

[@pffft5679]

YESSSSSSSS

[@jimmya.8024]

MatPat is doing a live stream about this game in about 48 minutes! :)

[@pffft5679]

ill be their!

[@michellewalker8285]

same

[@goldnuggetgaming9381]

yes

[@LittleMissCyclone]

Jack, you glitched the system! That part with the chain you were struggling with? You were meant to start swinging back and forth and that gives you the momentem needed to fly into the water, hit the button and get through the door before she gets you. What you did, it wasn't what you were meant to do, but it worked! You did something WRONG and it STILL WORKED! You goddamn MAGICIAN!

[@mosauridaerex]

calamity-casey He was actually doing it right! You were supposed to use the chain to lure the child then go back to hit the button and go through the door. It would explain why the chain moved back and forth. The way that you are talking about is probably THE COOLEST AND MOST AWESOME WAY YOU COULD DO IT! Now I want to see Jack do it this way!

[@help4343]

If anyone got a glitched solution it was you, no Jack.

[@duckduckgroose9517]

No he did it right

[@lilybirdflowergum8683]

Are you sure that YOU didn’t get the glitch? Because Jack did it how it was supposed to be done.

[@brandonclarke436]

Why does it have to be the "glitched" or "wrong" solution. Why cant it just be a different solution

[@feartheswarm246]

My dream job is marine biology, and if I ever discover a MerBitch, I will quit my job, and live in the middle of the US, away from le MerBitches.

[@abbycadabbie]

SAME! #marinebiologyislife

[@zoesmithers5071]

😂

[@anouklommers8131]

I understand that decision with all of my heart.. #FuckTheMerbitches

[@sirfrostysnow6913]

Same XD

[@ebonymistwood2459]

Agreed.

[@gamecommentchannel3829]

Jacksepticeye: "Theory time!" Me: "It's just a Theory. A Jacksepticeye Theory."

[@frenchie7940]

did you notice that the aquariums had different number on them so the one with the person floating in it had number 3

[@imaduck8189]

And the blob was number 4 and at 56:03 there’s a 5 and a 6 and a 7 in the background. Yes I’m watching this in 2020 I have nothing better to do. Also I like you name! Frenchie it’s cute!

[@colloquially]

@@imaduck8189 You're a duck! Happy new year!

[@goldenecho569]

I'm pretty sure the letters by the numbers were decoded into actual words, I dont remember what they said but you may be able to find it on reddit or steam

[@2z2zl14]

48:41 "That's a great picture!" **takes screenshot**

[@Supergamer-37]

W.D.Gaster it cool!

[@oblivioussenpai8109]

I love how Jack was legitimately both disgusted by and concerned for the monster towards the end, even going so far as to start rooting for it.

[@spaghettibolognese5838]

The mermaid chick wasn't at all trying to kill you, she was trying to get you so she could plug that thing on you so you can be like her. She must be lonely.

[@cr820]

Yeah. I always found her cute, and was pleased when she helped us.

[@joshkohlstedt1336]

nothing like watching all 3 of his videos in one sitting...

[@user-iz2rc7rr3v]

Yep

[@googleinc.3219]

Well u ou could eat 5000 big macs

[@jaizee8578]

there are 2 types of people in this world

[@rainbowthekitty4932]

heck yeeaa :D

[@frosty6923]

I WATCHED IT IN LIKE A WEEK WTF ME

[@juliarodriguez7350]

Your hair looks real good today, jackyyy

[@m33zerella]

The green beacon

[@syonderrose4838]

I agree

[@riellaplume7286]

It's very fluffy!

[@doob62]

I read that in the Uncle (Chan) voice. JACKIEEEE! One more thing!

[@bevandpetermartin5798]

haha noticed😂

[@Blvckquill]

We gotta get an official Game Theory on this... Anyone else agree?

[@Danothemano]

Yeah totally agree

[@tristanwalker2484]

Yes

[@turtl3warr1or]

My thoughts exactly

[@carryjones9605]

Truly do bro :)

[@grimoireskull8300]

Agree

[@lizzyverdiflor8807]

sounds kind of silly, but while I was playing I actually had the theory that the boy and the sirens were clones (or relatives) and that the boy was rescued (by organization opposing human experimentation) before he could fully transform into a siren, so that's why he acts kind of human (and also because as long as you press the up button the boy will not drown no matter how long). The reason they've been doing the experiments? The sound waves, they've been trying to create 'organisms' that can survive it (either by being thought or being able to live underwater), and are using unintelligent human clones, etc. to achieve that. I also think that the siren and boy knew each other before (the first siren attacked on sight because submarine = couldn't recognize the boy) but the second one didn't attack immediately, and the third didn't try to harm us but only dragged us under, reawakening our original siren powers using that orange thing that grants powers. Also that other giant water creature behind glass 03 that didn't seem hostile as well.

[@funnychilli123]

Comments summarized 10% People watching all 3 videos one sitting. 20% Quotes from video 20% Talking about the ending 40% Steven Universe references

[@funnychilli123]

Cyber MashiMash Oh, oops xD

[@darionhoover4213]

the other 10 percent is the people who point out flaws in coments XP

[@loomiechu1911]

how is this even remotely similar to SU lmao

[@usernamedeleted9328]

^^^ the blob is kinda like the cluster/fusion experiments in SU

[@funnychilli123]

Jasper Lover With the fusion os people.. C'mon man. You clearly don't watch SU

[@eyebagels496]

I have 4% to watch a 1 hour episode...okay we can do this. Let's go!

[@diamondcry5470]

my battery is like that somtimes too.

[@fandomruler2668]

lol I know the feeling turn the brightness down and hope for the best and try to find a charger :p

[@grannybean9564]

Brave

[@leandropinheiro2138]

A moment of silence for such a brave action.... I start panicking when it gets to 10% ¬_¬ lol

[@fandomruler2668]

I panic at 3%

[@AlleyCryptid]

The blob is controlling the boy the entire time. He's a zombie like all the workers but a different kind of mindless zombie. The blob needs him to get out in order to be able to be free.

[@AlleyCryptid]

Or that it hadn't been active until you came near to it.

[@AlleyCryptid]

I don't think they knew what they made at all. i think they made this thing and were completely unaware of what it was or what it was capable of. They didn't 'activate' anything. They made something they were most likely studying and thought was effectively brain dead. But when the boy comes along it suddenly begins to act up.

[@AlleyCryptid]

If you gather all the hidden things in the game you actually get an ending showing that the boy really was a brain dead zombie although he had enough cognitive sense to realize danger and was not nearly as immortal as the other workers. While they can fall from great heights without an issue, the boy dies constantly.

[@AlleyCryptid]

You start running to an unknown location, for reasons never fully understood. You dodge scientists and 'man hunters' alike in order to gain access to other laboratories and the experiments hidden within. One such experiment even helps you for no known reason, by granting you the ability to control other creatures (the fish and the other humanoids) without the help of a helmet as well as being able to breathe underwater.

[@AlleyCryptid]

You do all of this in order to suddenly suicide, to become absorbed by some creature with no other intent than to become free.

[@scp_foundation_user1433]

Jack: "I really hope this doesn't have a weird, ambiguous ending…" Playdead: Oh Jack, I'm sorry to disappoint

[@Wolffman109]

No they aren't.

[@boopdot9106]

I see mines. I see sea mines. I see icy sea mines. 🙂

[@mikailozturk2148]

Sora Bell i see Mc icy sea mines! =p

[@ihavenonamestilldonthaveon8970]

My brain...

[@prod.gravenlaw]

Oh, you can`t trap me... I`m the GINGERBREADMAN! xD

[@Snow-qz9tf]

jackaboy-man!

[@prod.gravenlaw]

xD

[@aloox9532]

I am a ginger

[@tinyybiceps]

i'm a breadman

[@soggywater5037]

I'm the Ginger-Blob-Man! ;D

[@sophiabeebeeboo4579]

“Indiana Jones and the temple of butt-clenching”

[@neonzplayz5060]

So when is it coming out?

[@Ghosty54]

What if the player didn't actually go limp because of mind control in the alternate ending, what if he just went limp because he knew or at least thought that it was finally the ending, that it was finally over and he was just relieved

[@duckduckgroose9517]

No he went limp like the rest of the drones

[@Poli.Zygotikk]

He went limp because he was being mind controlled by the blob too. The whole point of the game is that you're not an individual and you need to help the blob escape. The reason why it ended right after the boy was no longer mind controlled is because the blob can't escape without him. There were little hints in the rest of the game that suggested the boys mind control over the other drones was more powerful because it was the blob controlling him the entire time.

[@Ghosty54]

@@Poli.Zygotikk bro, I made this comment 5 years ago. I was 15, I don't remember anything about this video 😂

[@ilovecakeeee]

I'm noticing that there was a model built at 51:31 which is the exact replica of the trees, the water and the sunlight at the end of the game. What if the scientists created 'a cage' for the blob to stay, which was the place at the end. I say 'a cage' because i saw wooden planks supporting the walls at 1:03:53. And it would make sense if they did because some people were helping and guiding the blob. So although the place looked like the outside, there truly is/was no outside, and even though it looks like it, the blob never really escaped and was trapped inside.

[@ArielVHarloff]

That's quite logical. That explains the weird behavior of the people. I think they looked less surprised and scared (at least the ones in a save distance) but more like they have been waiting for this to happen so that the could spectate it. If that was the case that could mean one 3 things in my opinion 1. the boy (and you the player) where controlled by whoever created the blob (mostly in a sense of intentionally making paths for you and so on not actual control like the mindless workers) to lead him into the trap. Your whole journey was merely a farce to eventually when you'd join the blob make them believe that they have achieved freedom. I don't really know what the intentional purpose of the blob was then but it probably gained some level of consciousness by mistake and had to be dealt with like this because they didn't have enough control over it anymore. The secret ending then would be the boy realising that he's been played with and shutting down the system to not be controlled anymore not realising that he's a part of it. 2. The boy is controlled by the blob and you the player are the tool helping the boy (like the chick's and the workers) free the blob but none of you realise that the people who made the blob anticipated all of that and set a trap. Then the secret ending would be the blob purposefully ending himself because he realised that there is no freedom. 3. The boy is actually free (or rather some glitch) and him freeing the blob is more of a coincidence. The blob escaping or maybe even being transferred to the place of the end scene was planned all along and that's what everybody has been waiting for. That got way more elaborate than I intended when I started to write this comment 😅

[@opequenobren]

So that's why the game's called "INSIDE"

[@aubreycurtis1661]

Holy shit I never thought of that, I noticed people helping it so maybe it is caged saying no one is really free in away?

[@jaymongeorge2088]

that makes complete sense

[@cl0ud5urfer]

This is too deep for me

[@danniplays3345]

Jack! at 51:30, the place you fall into has a tiny model of the mountain you roll on in the end! Giving you a heads up on what is to come. Theory: I think that because you only could move in one direction, is because the blob was controlling you. It needed you in order to get it's freedom. In the different ending (which you probably won't do) you pull the plug to a computer controlling everyone. Then when it's shut down, you get into a stance like all the other mind controlled people. This proves that even if it seemed like the boy was able to move and think freely, he was still mind controlled. Now the blob itself can - and probably have - a deeper meaning, but I won't dig into that, and just focus more on the boy. What do you guys think about my theory?

[@kari1140]

I believe actually

[@thebossgaming7648]

w o w...

[@raymondqiao9481]

a more wild theroy is that you are not control of anything the blob does because when you get outside you can't control the blob anymore because the blob let you so you can solve it so at the end when the blob is free it doesn't need you anymore

[@danniplays3345]

Raymond Qiao Exactly! That was my thoughts too :)

[@Tathbubs]

Danni Plays i also wonder why they made him stop moving as the blob, and if there will be a sequel

[@packbadge]

I believe that Inside is a direct symbolism for a human getting cancer, and depending on the ending, either being cured or succumbing to it.

[@jp_the_lemur8536]

Yea seriously. Dude that is probably right, that is a baller theory.

[@packbadge]

Cody Lent Also read my comment right under my original comment. I can't take credit for the theory. But it sure seems interesting.

[@ihrtedward]

I do too, I definitely got a "inside the human body" feel from this whole thing.

[@thetatu1685]

2edgy4me

[@wrx1th873]

The 4 key words is "inside, outside , controlled , controller " you're not even close but no offense

[@totallyrealname6376]

"is this enough from what ive experienced its never enough" *doesnt move it more* "awe man it wasnt enough." classic jack

[@lovelysophxox]

My theory to the alternate ending: I read somewhere online where a theory was said about how the blob is controlling the player and the character themselves. The alternate ending produces that you go back to the cornfield and doing a musical code to continue forth into the tunnel, where showing a computer thingy hooked up with similar wires to the mind control helmet. When removed, all life form from the boy is lost, hinting that the boy might also be mind controlled as well. Going back to where the blob is the controller of everything, the point of the game is to manipulate the player forward onto an unknown mission. Then later on the boy gets swallowed by the blob and it's plan is in action of escape. So, if the boy were to shut himself down and going limp like the zombified "humans" in the alternate ending, the blob's plan of escape is failed and the game ends, resulting in a lose in the game. By pulling the plug, the boy disconnects himself with the blob since he is being...

[@lovelysophxox]

(Continued) manipulated by the blob, the purpose was to rescue it from whatever it needed to be rescued from (further experimentation, death, etc.). In short: the blob is controlling everything and in the alternate ending the boy shuts down and could result in a failed attempt at rescue. Hence, you lose the game all together.

[@davidbulko6975]

+Sophia OSheaf well you did it well, i think you are the closest,but then it means the boy had just a little spark which allowed him to not be controlled by the blob and kill himself

[@KaelajaneaColdingvtfan]

i just saw video talking about it

[@bloodybarbarian6066]

So that's why the zambies follow him.

[@chillyboy0616]

...

[@davinky1231]

*peridots voice* THE CLUSTER!!!!!

[@soulshard4713]

I actually got flashes of the fusion experiments with the blob

[@nsimba_777]

Secret Ending Explanation: When you unplug the boy and he stops moving, he is unplugged from YOU, the player, you were the one controlling him, he is just a humanoid like the one's you controlled.

[@carl9824]

but you weren't fully in control of him were you?

[@nsimba_777]

+hevs Well, in the game, through the controllers, if you take it that precise

[@nsimba_777]

+William Sasaki Nice 😂

[@jorenbaplu5100]

maybe you pull the plug on the mind controlling devices on the blob, so he can't control anyone anymore. I think they created the blob to control everyone.

[@jorenbaplu5100]

***** because they still needed it for experiments.

[@jaredf9542]

"this might be a longer episode" * looks at time * * grabs popcorn * IM READY JACK.

[@aiscience9139]

The blob is actually not free, At 51:30 you see a model of the scene at the end of the game and at 1:04:08 you see the wood was used to construct the ending scene

[@MinecraftMineturtle]

Isn't the wood just a part of the structure though? What I will wonder though, is why the outside world is so dark... As if everything were enclosed, or underground.

[@aiscience9139]

Cranberry X (Old) It is part of the structure for the scene in the end. It's like a jail you can see it model at 51:30 the people drove the thing to get there where it thinks it's free but it's not

[@aiscience9139]

Cranberry X (Old) What i mean is it's all fake. People made all of this sky,trees, the sun light so that the thing thinks it's free but it's not

[@aiscience9139]

Cranberry X (Old) They weren't scared that , and you can't really see their expression because of their faces. And yes all of that was planned maybe by the computer in the other ending, also that could be the reason why they helped something like that

[@MinecraftMineturtle]

Ai Science Hmmm, interesting, that is true!

[@shelbywilson1734]

49:44 So this is what homeworld thinks of fusion...

[@666AMC666]

1 like for SU

[@sindrawolf2345]

It's creepy because the forced fusions they do look just like the one here

[@shelbywilson1734]

Like the Cluster!

[@frostypinesanimation]

It reminds me so much of the Cluster, it's scary!

[@TheLovelyVocal]

aww, you said it before me!

[@TerminalSports45]

16:44 that means the mermaid kissed you, once you are kissed by a mermaid you can breathe underwater or so the legend goes

[@bakedbeems1028]

I don't think that's actually a mermaid? Isn't it a person that was experimented on?

[@galaxine93]

it was actually the thing/wire that was plugged into made the boy that made him able to breath underwater and also allowed him to control others without the helmet

[@TerminalSports45]

and I need to work on typing jokes... the joke has died

[@Sevofthesands]

yes in truth i think its the mind control thingy that saves you AND i have a theory on this.. but im not sure if jack with do the secret ending or not.. and i dont wanna spoil if he is gonna do it.

[@hugobrown6680]

this is kinda like little nightmares meets portal

[@mwynhau]

Agreed

[@knighteix]

OO!sparky!OO true

[@zoebrunner6550]

Little Nightmares WAS made by the same developer, so this is totally true!

[@BasiliskDark536]

Because of the dystopian theme?

[@dangernoodle3343]

Well funny how that worked out huh

[@fifijones494]

"He just drowns me though. What a nice little man." ( 9:11 )

[@velviong102]

eyyy 911

[@silje1770]

Just drowning, no big deal...

[@kanyefair934]

jackaboy 2016

[@footballLoverLoves]

I mean, he's such a nice little man!!!!

[@conradsmith6619]

When jack was swimming with the fishes I couldn’t help but think “you have the most harmless army jack.”

[@laurenliberty2239]

The kid was controlled by the blob the whole time and the blob needed the kid the whole time to get out. That is why the kid goes straight towards the blob. That is the short of it.

[@Thiricola]

Watch the alternate ending.

[@ritrr]

This is what I think aswell. I found a really plausible theory on the comments of the alternate ending video basically saying that the blob is controlling us, the player, to control the boy to free the blob. In the alternate ending where the boy plugs out a wire or something, he's basically freeing us and him from the blob's control. And I think the blob was some sort of abomination that the scientists created while turning people into mindless ones.

[@DeadDancers]

I think it's meaningful that the kid not only turned into one of the underwater breathers towards the end but also lost all his clothes and, naked, looked almost identical to the 'merbitches' that had come before. Maybe he was just the closest in a long line of attempts?

[@Folker46590]

The identity of the boy is the real mystery, he's clearly not human, he's a younger version of the mindless one's but how he got where he started is the mystery. And he missed the fucking secret, damn it.

[@orlandomartinez610]

sounds decent, but that ain't it.

[@ClockworkBanana]

Jack in part 1: This company should make a horror game! Me: *looks slowly at the camera*

[@righteousjewel4277]

it took jack 3 episodes it took pewds 5 episodes its probably gonna take mark like 25 episodes

[@jaydenspiritanimations3495]

sad, but true XD

[@commissarluke2898]

And it will take Jessie cox 43 eps

[@theanninator3000]

love the joke but i think pewds' episodes were way shorter

[@Elsa-wq1ep]

+Anni With they were 20 something minutes I think

[@NakiaRodgers]

Well, Mark tends to break his long games into 30 minute intervals, so maybe 6 or 7?

[@pastachaos]

I think that this is my favourite game I found Jack playing this year. It looks amazing (light and shadows o.o) and the storytelling is very intriguing and well done in every way :) I am in love with the meta aspects of games, that's why I think that the secret ending is actually about us mind-controlling the little boy and when he pulls the plug, the game ends.

[@CloroxBleach-gr2yq]

me to

[@pastachaos]

+kaste Me too, but I think he started playing it last year :p

[@davidxrobbins]

+Clorox Bleach I see you a lot in comments 😂

[@vellawoodbury4258]

+Nina:3 I thought the same about the alternate ending

[@JMunny]

FUSION IS JUST A CHEAP TACTIC TO MAKE WEAK GEMS STRONGER.

[@nishaingle1327]

Big buff cheeto puff is life

[@JMunny]

Nisha Ingle Yep.

[@treborsmith4664]

I read that in the voice of your profile picture

[@bushona6488]

* *

[@ellasharpe123]

I'VE SEEN WHAT YOU *REALLY* ARE!

[@falcones7]

I came here after watching you play Little Nightmares 2. I loved both of these series, and it was so great watching you play both games. As amazing as the games were, it is really frustrating the trend of these games -"we have a bunch of intriguing ideas, don't worry about explaining it." The mermaid girl who tries to kill you, then drowns you which somehow gives you water breathing abilities was really intriguing. But then they just forgot about that and moved on to the next idea. The people jumping off the buildings in LM2 was really creepy and intriguing. But then they just forgot about that and moved on to the next idea. Hopefully we can get games of this caliber that are equally committed to telling a story as they are to the mystery.

[@aaljustaal1890]

Can someone plz call MatPat because I need an explanation

[@cottage-core_]

Ikr, I'm hoping he'll make a theory or two on it.

[@cactusmonster2603]

Yes!

[@libby5055]

Oh my god I was thinking the same thing

[@dax2be]

I think a Game Theorists/CP Games collab is in order for this insanity.

[@laige8533]

Definitely

[@weissgalathynius640]

What even. . . I have never wanted matpat to explain a game more than this one

[@Mizatsuwu]

oh boi, i feel you

[@ArielVHarloff]

Yes I feel the same. We should try and get him to do it 😊

[@CatBountieHunter]

^ this needs to happen....my mind was totally exploded.

[@Kevin56438]

Same

[@ibambi8171]

someone tweet him this!!

[@qrowbranwen8698]

When you went up into the water, Jack, I thought I was going to die. I pulled a Nikki from Camp Camp (great online cartoon series for adults, I highly recommend) and said with all my heart "I don't wanna be here."

[@babycircus1538]

Very very very very true

[@bubblekiwi577]

Lol, I love Camp Camp

[@killyadude4559]

camp camp is 10\10 👌

[@yeettheskeet2778]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh there’s a place I know that’s tucked away a place where you and I can stay.

[@periculo]

Who else is here after watching the nostalgia week let’s play to see his reaction to his first time playing?

[@Minecrafterz524]

You aren't actually outside at the end. Rather, you are in a bigger version of the model at 51:30

[@soupmadesoup]

WTF I DIDNT EVEN REALISE THAT

[@kali.9255]

and inside the model is another model.. and inside that model...

[@aubreycurtis1661]

+Spencer D same it blew my mind.

[@stevenserdula1872]

BRAINSPLOSION PSHHHHHHHHHHHH😛LOL

[@viviancarbajal2390]

whaaa? can u explain me a little better?

[@kaylabird9895]

MatPat should REALLY do a theory about this.

[@sarahpagano1278]

1000 TIMES YES

[@henrih6151]

OMG fuck Yeah

[@pleaseinsertcreativeyoutub8401]

+Sarah Pagano times. That some more YESSSSS SOOOOOOOO MANYYYYYY OF THEEMMMMmm

[@claireclayton642]

Yassssss!!!!!

[@ArielVHarloff]

Yes

[@godsdonttalk597]

SPOILERS (but with probably the meaning) It's called "Inside" because you have never really been ACTUALLY "outside" apart from the (probably) very beginning. In fact, you have never left this facility. The little spot of light doesn't make any physical sense, and the only physics-defying stuff happens only inside the facility. Additionally, we've seen a dome with the replica of an exact same place earlier.

[@MrTintenFish]

Ohh yees! the boy was also way too far down for the blob to just "fall" down from some where. and that eplains why there is an replica of the end scene inside the lab1!

[@samuelarthur5051]

that makes sense...

[@samuelarthur5051]

too much sense,it really looks like it's true

[@miconia]

Deep.

[@taywilson3813]

you know jack is going to banned you for youtube right

[@briankai4936]

I feel like the blob is made up of discarded experiments but it gained sentience

[@CaptainQwazCaz]

24:18 it does make sense. Luke was in the background using the force. It's super obvious.

[@evangeline819]

haha

[@Talkingg]

I clenched so hard I got a cramp in my foot

[@celiafalco264]

AllBandTrash same

[@erinocelotl3578]

OWWW NO THOSE ARE TERRIBLE

[@sierrawiencek8740]

I think the term "Inside" is used to represent how you are inside the mind and perspective of the boy while also seeing the inside of his society and their deepest darkest secrets. The "power" that controls the boy is supposed to be a representation of you because you can control the boy and the choices he makes, and the power that he plugs into to control the people is the boy's influence he has over a small fraction of society. The power that controls the things you cannot control is the people in the higher ranks of society who make people into monsters without even realizing it. In the end, the blob thing is the number of people that did flock to you and believed in you instead of what society tells them. You and your followers escape the hold society has on you to only realize you are alone, but you are independent and free.

[@jacobatkins3428]

Good theory

[@angelinateeples2624]

I agree with this.... Nice job dude👍🏻

[@renzesparza6281]

Wow... That's good.

[@chanyeolkxiubun3791]

I understood nothing but it's pretty nice?I guess

[@tylerlange7099]

Really like this. Good theory!!!

[@unicornfangirl9168]

"jacksepticeye - friend to fish" *_LMAOO DEADDD_*

[@unicornfangirl9168]

im literally dead remember me

[@blahblahtoucan5329]

JACK !!! I watched this one video saying that you as the player even though you have no idea what you're doing you still solve the puzzles so that shows that your objective is to get the blob and the only reason that is your objective is because the blob is controlling you. the video also said that since all the technology like the gravity machine, only worked on water, and that the leeches or being used on pigs since pigs are sort of similar to humans that shows that it was before limbo.

[@blahblahtoucan5329]

sorry about the spelling and grammar, I'm on a phone (hard to type so I used voice recognition).

[@TheBluebird27]

what video was this? Give us a link please.

[@not_fruti2909]

+western child - that weirdly makes sense... hmmmm

[@leonardofoladi6641]

that was really in depth :D

[@shaheen1235000]

In through the giant metal butthole we go Jacksepticeye 2016

[@sl0rion]

lol

[@cheekib839]

lol

[@daebelly9844]

+Kyle Does Salt I actually know who Angela-45 is.

[@turtlelover8956]

Lol

[@CrazyRiv]

LOL

[@CherryCharley]

YES YES YES! So pumped to watched your version of the end! Wish me luck guys, see you one the enlightened side!

[@Vaporeon0]

yep!

[@kb7208]

+Johnson lol

[@nashkijoseph5795]

Daddy likes ;)

[@kaylawalker4475]

Yes yes YESSSSS daddy LIIIIKE.

[@ponyyville]

+Alison Lake are you quoting Matt from supermega haha