Little Nightmares 2 Ending Explained (and Theory for LN1)

In this video I explain the ending of Little Nightmares 2, giving what I believe to be the most logical explanation for why Six did what she did.
I also offer a theory for why Six might have traveled to the maw after the events of Little Nightmares 2.
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[@NoArtisticLimitation]

I just realised... Six is the only one who doesn’t NEED the signal. Even in the first game, she turns on the tv, but can run away. Everyone else who’s near a tv when it’s on can’t resist. Not even the janitor, not even Mono.

[@CarmenRodriguez-gq5gq]

all the children are immune to it. it only affects the adults and Mono

[@sweetdreams1678]

Six does get drawn to the signal tower during the pale city part of the game When you walk along the rooftops you reach the closest you've been to the signal tower Six runs past you and and gets drawn to the signal tower as well

[@selimyucel741]

I do think she seems more like effected by Mono's signal tho considering how mindless she follows Mono and sometimes acting weird

[@toasty_tonsty]

@@selimyucel741 i imagine mono having little antenna shape in his hair lmao, like a portable radio

[@toasty_tonsty]

I think most kids can ignore the tv yet still have the effects that happens on the adults

[@theethereal188]

Mono really does redefine the idea of a fallen hero.

[@Galaxy_World]

Yeah

[@Tericho]

😂 Too soon

[@selimyucel741]

Welo yes,but actually no

[@NbLumineIzHere]

Wait i just got it- 😂😂😂😂

[@marjoriehibberd8536]

@@Tericho Hey Tericho! I know this isn't related to your video but can you please tell me how to get the enhanced version of LN2? I've bought it as a disk and I can't seem to find the update anyware on my XBox so can you say how you did it? I've looked on the official website by the link you had but it said that it should already be there which it isn't for me.

[@peanutmuttplays104]

I agree with the point at 8:50. If Six was always going to leave Mono, then she would’ve just kept running. She didn’t. She consciously turned around and held her arm out to catch him. Then she hesitated for awhile before dropping him. What really does it for me is when she slowly rises, staring down as she watches her friend plummet. Even though you can’t see her face, there’s a lot of emotion there.

[@ilewis.1817]

Chances are she could be crying or about to, I think she's nine so it's not to farfetched, showing her face, feelings and thoughts really would put a different perspective on the game

[@DFRNTMZIK]

I really think mono let go on purpose. He ate children remains. Six ate a gnome. Nobody in this game is a good person. Mono probably wanted power just like six

[@drowsyfloof]

OKAY BUT- that would be so cool for a third game/finale, to have Six venture back through another part of the world to get back to Mono and free him- maybe not because he’s her friend but because she understands that this is the only way to fix the fractured timelines. perhaps along the way we will get to meet the other children and see what they are capable of… like an epic quest to free their world from the signal, whether or not that includes saving Mono. edit for people still commenting on this in 2024: i haven't followed this creator for a couple years now, because of some rather insensitive comments made towards me (a trans person) during a conversation about trans people. i'm leaving the comment here because i enjoy this franchise, but i'd appreciate if i didn't get replies anymore. happy theorizing.

[@ronangus0575]

I agree with you

[@aristobrat4987]

Likely it would mean killing him Children forced to be the ones to save themselves. This whole game feels like, 'look at what the world is doing to the children, look at what they do to eachother'. Like i get a little choked up thinking of a world as horribly lonely and terrifying as the pale city. All those children scared and without love

[@psychcjs]

@@aristobrat4987 same. As a mom, it made me reevaluate how much face to face time I have with my sons WITHOUT a screen between us. As a society in general, we've become so consumed in capturing the memory that we forget to experience it. This game changed a lot for me. Now that I'm more unplugged, I see so many distracted by their signal devices. In traffic, kids parties, doctor visits, school, etc. As a society, we're all chasing the signal. It's sad

[@bluedoogtheceoofdog660]

Wow I agree

[@aristobrat4987]

@@psychcjs youre the type of woman every one deserves as a mother. Your ability to see this says so much about your character. Your children are blessed to have you

[@hhowdy]

Six dropped Mono because his hands were sweaty

[@chiefspartan02]

@Six Secrets.

[@spiceice0]

:0

[@Quackz-]

Knees weaks and arms are heavy

[@City_Streets..]

Lol

[@yoseflopez5141]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@echochii328]

It amazes me that, everytime I think you have milked the possible theories and explanations for this franchise dry, you pull out yet another new angle to look at things, great job man. And now it gets me wondering what else you can look into in LN....perhaps rationalizing what creates Shadow Six and other shadow children littering LN 2? In any case, excited to see what you can pull up next.

[@shadowarro9426]

Yeah

[@JohnSmith-do4oe]

I like that whenever you're about to say something real goosebumps-inducing, you pause for a while, which adds to the effect greatly

[@BettimusFrostCafe]

Honestly I think Six has embraced the darkness of the world the moment she was turned back from "monster", and based on the music of that bridge scene, she didn't regret that decision. And as a repercussion she is now starving like everything else in the world. Mono as well, accepting hopelessness turns into what he was running away from or avoiding from becoming. Poor dear.

[@TableTurnip]

Oh the joys of a world where tv is known as "Fast Travel- Press X to Teleport (Mono Edition)"

[@tidymosquito8345]

The x on Xbox, PS4 pc? 🤨

[@TableTurnip]

The x on the x button

[@endermono6098]

I have thought of this stream idea for a while: Get a timeline of all the important events in the franchise and with the help of chat you can find appropriate songs cause I have quite a few ideas. Also, if you're looking for simple theories then I have another idea for you: The first time Six say Mono's face is after he rescued her and maybe she realized he would grow up to become Thin Man. I have to say I like your theories more though

[@johnw81floyd]

That was your best yet Tericho, outstanding theory and I hope it's true. I've been trying to make sense of this like you since it was released and this is the only theory that doesn't seem to leave holes. It gives lots of scope for expansion on the story and further DLC's too, that would be a perfect ending. I really hope Bandai Namco carry this on where Tarsier left off and don't spoil it or leave the story incomplete. Thanks for making these videos!

[@shadowarro9426]

👌

[@osmanthuswine5336]

I like the theory that the signal tower erased some of Six memories of Mono to make sure she dropped him since she kinda cared for him

[@littlehope9729]

That is quite a good theory

[@andurasu1204]

Well, if so, Six would not lend him a hand anyway so no

[@osmanthuswine5336]

@@andurasu1204 I mean I said SOME memories, also he just saved her so idk maybe it was instinct or something

[@selimyucel741]

I do think Eyes are just viewers too considering how they are only going for Mono and how the rest of Monsters only attack Mono too mostly

[@osmanthuswine5336]

@@selimyucel741 I feel like a bunch of viewers couldn’t start and control a time loop, so I think they are either more powerful than they seem or someone else in involved

[@prettyoriginalnameprettyor7506]

I think she dropped him fur multiple reasons but the main ones are: Mono releases thin man, mono fails to save her from thin man, mono destroys her only form of escapism in the tower, the platform is cracking and crumbling (it even falls immediately after six leaves)

[@user-hm9xv7sx8j]

I would like to think that Six does come back to save Mono, but thats a happy ending. She might fail horribly, maybe killing Mono in the rescue . But this is if it ever happens. I really like how you keep LN alive with these great theories.

[@landongimenez2915]

I seriously love your theories! You always apply so much logic and past knowledge and factors from both games to come up with these very realistic scenarios. You seriously deserve way more recognition!!

[@wfheg5644]

loving the content streak right now!

[@rebeccar946]

Great theory! I really like that last part about Six and her possible redemption, and I think part of Little Nightmares II may support that. There's the easter egg where you can find what seems to be The Lady's apartment in the Pale City. It's possible that at some point, Six did try to come back, using what she had from the Maw, and left some things behind in that apartment, or was using the flat as a sort of base. It makes sense seeing as architecture and inanimate objects don't seem to be affected by the loops. It feels more plausable than the apartment in the Pale City specifically being where The Lady's from. Maybe Six did try to break Mono from the loop, possibly more than once, and just didn't make it to the end.

[@974cerebrate]

5:25 That part does not make sense to me. The people warped by the signal tower aren't supposed to absorb Mono, just "watch" him. Why would they absorb him only when they are not part of the flesh monster ? That does not make sense to me

[@charybdis7958]

I'm not 100% sure, but I like to think that its a metaphor for people "consuming media", they're so desperate to watch the signal.

[@sansaladyofwinterfell6133]

Hmmmm maybe bc thin man was still in that tower?we didnt see any other viewers when mono Set him free right?

[@joycekelly5935]

I have three theory’s 1. They see Mono as the signal but also see him as a human which leaves them confused and since they are not merged with the tower and unable to understand what he is they think the best idea is to get rid of him. 2. They are almost fully absorbed with the tower but not there yet as they haven’t turned into the fleshy monster. They understand what Mono is and his connection to the Thin Man and they believe that they have no chance of beating the Thin Man but think they have a chance of beating Mono. 3. They are trying to somehow rewire Mono to change the ending as it’s an endless loop to finally achieve their freedom.

[@juliemassam933]

That makes a lot of sense! Also leaves it open in case we ever do get another game in that world.

[@szymonk.7267]

I love the idea that Six is saving Moono AND I love you theory's, they can be only described as unique

[@Prizzlesticks]

I've already monologued at length about my theory, and it basically aligns with this. I never did realize the eyes only look at Mono, though, I like the conjecture that she realizes this. And of course, I don't think Six becomes the Lady because she leaves the Maw after she gets those powers, so a little rescue mission (or revenge mission, if a darker, edgier story suits a theorist better) makes the most sense. I will say, though, that if this was the first time she experienced The Hunger, she may not be as weak as all she gets late into the LN game. For one, it's a progressing hunger. It starts out small, and ends with her eating a Nome and Lady, so it might have been a weaker hunger. Also, the hunger fits themselves start small. She isn't immediately debilitated, you can walk around for a bit before it takes her down. But notably, she does begin to curl in on herself at the end of her walk away from the ledge. Personally, I think it's because she's had a bad day, and this was the cherry on top of her sad ice cream. But, you could argue it's similar to how she curls in and clutches her stomach when she starts getting hungry. Personally, either explanation works for me. Or heck, why not both? People make decisions based on numerous factors, it's very rarely a single cause for a single effect. :)

[@whereislamp3912]

my headcanon is whichever theory resolves in a happy ending with mono and six. not because i ship them, thats just weird, but because they both deserve a happy ending after everything they've been through.

[@toasty_tonsty]

Not just Mono and Six, but evey kid, especially RK i think hes the one with the least karma in,the series

[@yassinefarah2423]

I believe Six dropped Mono because he destroyed the music box, the one thing that comforts her in that dark world when she was trapped and how it brought Mono to her twice. Their story starts and ends with it and by destroying the music box to save Six, he is the one who becomes trapped.

[@rimuru6253]

Nah I don't think so mono probably looks like a yong thin man but yong so six dropped mono because he looks like thin man

[@selimyucel741]

There is a chance considering the Music box does the same job as TV's at addicting people and hoa viewers would die for TV its kinda accurate for Six to kill someons over it

[@aHoomanBeing2324]

4:16 it would be interesting to know why there is more than one chair, but we are only able to sit on a specific one

[@anonymouskumar3261]

You have made me speechless this is a great video and the best explanation of the ending of little nightmares 2 Great bro keep it up.👍👍👍

[@PrestonWillis]

Just finished both little nightmares games and am really enjoying the videos

[@penguin32700]

I read other theorists saying shadow six may actually be a piece of sixes soul torn from her body during her time in the pale city and supposedly this is where her hunger came from, it’s the emptiness of her missing soul she is trying to fill. But again, it’s just what they think.

[@kandieharrison4055]

That makes sense, since when the Thin Man takes Six, it leaves a shadow Six, which leads Mono to her. Mono saves her and reverts her back to her original form, but we never see her get that part of her back. Mono also could absorb the other shadow children, but didn't absorb shadow Six, so I can only assume that the shadow Six we see at the end and in LN1, is the same shadow that lead Mono out of that subway station.

[@Ulyusha]

The supposition at 10:03 gave me acute shivers! OMG, Tericho, You are a Genius! This would be such a great plot line for LN3!!! What a mindblowing twist it would be.....

[@thabangsibanda3282]

You really deserve more subscribers, your LN theories are always tiptop and I agree with everything you said, you keep making mind-blowing LN theories videos as usual.

[@EmilySpiritExT]

Aw that bonus theory is so sweet! That'd be so crazy if she wanted to gain some supernatural power to take on the signal tower, somehow free Mono of being a signal and they would get to hang out as they survived together! But if the ending where Mono grows up is actually him just growing up, then I think sadly that Six had "forgotten" about him and won't free him. And that's terribly sad. I never understood the loop theory at all until this video. I don't know why I couldn't figure it out before this video. The Thin Man was waiting for when Mono would free him from the TV in every playthrough. I think there's some kind of time corruption that allows the Thin Man and Mono to be in the same places at the same time. But there's one comic about the loop, that Six is completely aware of the loop and that she dances and waits for when Mono will come free her from the cabin again meanwhile Mono is freaked out why he was just born from a TV like "why is this happening?!" I don't like that comic at all. It makes no sense at all. I believe if there's a loop that characters are going through none of them can become aware of being in a loop. It's impossible for them to know it's a loop. So Six wouldn't know that at some point Mono would come save her from the cabin and then they'd go on the adventure again. Yet I love your theory that Mono is the signal. He's the one the viewers are attracted to and will want to keep him among them so they can watch. I believe that Mono is very naive that he doesn't understand his TV powers and doesn't know that he's a signal. Hell, who knows how he managed to form himself a physical body to move around in the world. And I don't know what the viewers got from watching Mono age up into the Thin Man. It looked like a very sad and boring show, him sitting there as he grows taller.

[@geckokid8265]

I wonder if six is becoming a monster hunter of sorts, because she couldn't save mono from becoming the thin man so she goes after the lady and if there were going to be any other games (apart from very little nightmares) I would imagine that she would be going after another being similar maybe to deplete whatever is pulling the strings of power. whatever created the signal

[@shadowarro9426]

That would be cool

[@Nickilob2006]

Speaking of six wanting to rescue him , it actually makes sense . At the end of little nightmares 1 it does seems like she's going to leave to somewhere else . So what if , she travels to the pale city , rescues mono , and then , when she wants to go with mono through the tv to the maw ( so she would have a place to eat ) , mono goes into another the place in the beginning of little nightmares 2 and six gets into the hunter's house .

[@fandubindo1891]

Good job tericho, this is the best betrayal theory so far!

[@leflamantbleu]

I had the theory that Six recognize the Thin Man in Mono without his mask and thought that the cycle will stop by dropping and killing him. She's smart and not afraid of making cruel choices

[@doll9340]

I like that idea. That Six plans on saving Mono but has to abandon him first

[@alissaoldham7128]

I like the idea that six knew mono couldn't leave the signal tower so she gets powers from the lady to come back and save him

[@lashonnakennybrew4847]

Mono is the true hero and fallen hero that's what I truly love about mono he never quit and never gave him mono you are a true man in my heart

[@zakjumah]

Do you think there's a reason her shadow looks like a Nome when she comes out the tv at the end. I don't mean the literal reason (it's just her shadow cast by the tv) but the developers reason as to why they made it look like a Nome.

[@toasty_tonsty]

Its like the nome's shadow in reverse lmao

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Heh, not bad, not bad Tericho, a very well crafted Explanation video and Theory, if i do say so myself. However, based on that, if you ever read this, i would like to ask a Question: When Little Nightmares 2 was still on its way, Bandai (and maybe Tarsier too) decided to show a section called Key Features on their website and one of the things that was shown in that section was this: AWAKEN YOUR INNER CHILD TO SAVE SIX FROM THE DARKNESS Six is fading from this world and her only hope is to guide Mono to the Signal Tower. In this world of nightmares, you are her only beacon of hope. Can you muster the courage to fend off your tormenters, and co-operate with Six to make sense of The Signal Tower? Now, what to know is, what do you think they meant by showing us these lines of text? ‘Cause when i went through the game, when it came out, i was expecting to get some sort of clarity to what they meant by all this, but that never happened, so now i am just left wondering what was the point of showing this to us, so I would like to know your take on this Tericho, what did this mean?

[@8-BitFredbear]

mentions the ln2 ending the fans: so you have chosen death!

[@iroquoiskaram8639]

Six IS the lady grown up. The timeloop has happened 5 times before, look at the broken TVs in the forest at the VERY START of the game. Everytime Mono gets trapped, another Mono gets born through the TVs and hence we see so many of them broken. Six wants the power of the lady because she will become the next one, and she dropped Mono cuz she knows this is the only way things can be. Every main antagonist in the games has their own magic or power. Like Mono has the power of the signal, Six has the hunger, the teacher can make the bullies alive, the doctors can make the mannaquins alive etc.

[@Raj19365]

But developers has said that six and lady are not related to each other also in official LN2 comic you see story of mono and six before the tv from where he teleported and game started so your theory is completely fake

[@iroquoiskaram8639]

@@Raj19365 Of course they are not related to each other because THEY ARE each other.

[@Raj19365]

@@iroquoiskaram8639 then tell me why would lady try to kill six if they are same

[@Crimson_Dagger8]

Great vid(btw have you done a vid on the run away kid id like to see that)

[@shadowarro9426]

Yeah

[@HarrenTonderen]

Could it be a time loop... Or could The Tower use Mono's greatest fear as weapon against him? Taunt him with an terrifying foreshadowing, use it and remind him of what he will become, a thing that makes Mono want to wear something on his head just to hide himself from this future. Mono was going to open that door for a reason after all, he wanted to touch the hands of Thinman to erase this glitched image when door was opened... Unfortunately, Thinman arrived much more powerful than he thought, and erasing him took much more time

[@OfficialBogTrotter]

I really love this entire theory/explanation, as well as the eye-monster theory, and I think the content is incredibly well done. My only (very gripe-y) suggestions could be changing the background music into a more brooding or theme-fitting genre, like maybe a slow piano or something. Also, maybe have slightly more recordings of various places in the game to use as filler footage. For example, instead of reusing the scene of mono running down the corridor from the eye-monster and getting crushed by a wall (lmao) which cuts to black and slightly steals the viewers attention (or at least mine) to something like you sneaking through the more filler-y areas in the game between sections, even if it is less related to what your saying about the monster. Or when commenting on the distorting effects of the signal tower, instead of returning to the footage of Mono on the chair surrounded by eyes (even if it is related to the content) to other things including that which also show the extent of the distortion such as the stretched neck of the teacher, exaggeration of the doctors obesity or the artwork of the citizens or the barber? I have no experience in the field, so take everything I have said with a grain of salt, and this isn't meant in any way to be critical, just what I think as a casual viewer. Love your vids and I hope anything I said could be in any way helpful to you! (I also liked the new introduction to the video, really sums up your channel well I think)

[@yodaben9072]

Been waiting for a new vid

[@darianasanchezalgarate2955]

WOW. I knew from the last video this one was going to be mind-blowing. I noticed that LN1 and 2 endings have a bit of connection becuase of the way Six is walking. The last minutes of the video got me thinking for how the story could go (in ideas of a fan, really). Starting with DARK SIX: the shadow was there by side Mono a few times, and even though it didn't appear throughout the entire last act of the game, she might have watched something, she might have seen the power, she might have been a witness of Mono's intentions to save her counterpart, and so, after Six finally was out of the tower, the shadow put on a "hunger" for power to force and urge Six to get it and come back at some time to give Mono freedom. I still don't know the most precise theory of why Thin Man kidnapped Six and why Monster Six acts like she does, or even why Six looked so "mad" after getting back to normal form (unless she understood everything at that point). But I imagine, if Six with the Lady's power is to return and fight the Signal, the tables may turn: she defeats what could be named Monster Mono but when he is back, he is the one to be mad and maybe the ending to that game would only be another origin for a void in the chest.

[@alyciazapata5622]

Is saving mono her goal? Idk but it’s my favourite headcanon now

[@dfglaw]

Hello! I just want to point out that at 3:48 or around it you can see six hunch over a bit. I’m just pointing it out since it might be a clue for something. Also I don’t mean at the start if the bridge when Mono gets their but after. And also around 6:10 when they get out of the TV six scoots away from him. Many people probably saw it though. Also if you read this far I just want to say that I just want to point certain stuff out that I believe might be important!

[@WorldWeave]

While I also don’t agree with the “mercy drop” theory, it could be argued that Six’s hunger gets worse as time goes on, given how what she eats gets more and more out there The theory I like the best is Gaming Beaver’s theory that Six dropped Mono because she’s angry at him for destroying the music box, even if it was for her own good, the music box was her comfort object, and since meeting mono, she’s experienced nothing but trouble, and then when Mono destroys the music box, in her mind, mono is no longer her friend, he has now literally and figuratively destroyed her safe space, and she can’t forgive that In fact, I’d argue this is a better application of Ockham’s Razor, something tells me that Six, being a child, doesn’t really have the emotional maturity to recognize that the eye monster WANTS mono…MAYBE she could think it’d chase them, but I think it’s much more likely she just wanted to avenge her music box

[@vbbrothers]

Maybe you can cover the americain megee alice games? It has a cool dark twisted world and other inteŕresting stuff.

[@Srijandagamer2145]

Cool theory it's kinda right at this point

[@VulgarInitials]

the six getting the powers to rescue mono plot should be the third game's story, it would be a great end. but as far as we know...t there are no happy endings

[@selimyucel741]

I don't think considering there are alot more places than only The Maw,Pale City and The Nest and how a telekenesis monster is a butler I do think there might be 100× worse than Eyes,Thin man and The Lady

[@Raj19365]

Remember you only get the know the real taste of water when you are very thirsty

[@ivystar8069]

8:59 mono decided to come back up

[@luvlols4462]

It seems like the Tower needs a "thin man" and was going to take one of the kids as a replacement. They couldn't both make it out. Six might have realized this from her brief stint as the tower's resident gangle monster. But Mono was the one to free and kill the thin man causing a need for his replacement in the first place. Six may have thought he deserved to fall for doing so or just that only one of them would make it out. You notice she walks out very slowly, knowing well that the tower won't stop her now that it has it's replacement thin man. If you subscribe to the time loop theory then it's probably extra happy to have it's OG thin man back.

[@arienchen5212]

I had this theory long ago, and i wrote long comment about it, but i dont remember in which video. Its really nice to see that someone also thought about this theory

[@Mazazamba]

This would explain the bag and the fact that he's always had that issue with the TV.

[@xvie_z2900]

9:49 maybe she was sick of being weak, being chased and being helpless This world stands for If you don't get them first They'll get you NO MERCY except on hunter

[@yoseflopez5141]

Tericho, I also wanna being to your attention two other concepts. First, looking at the footage of LN2's ending in your video versus other channels I've noticed that Mono's movements aren't the same. When Six catches Mono he tries to get her to pull him and even looks over his right shoulder at the bottomless pit before Six drops him. But in your footage, after he tries to get her to pull him up he just stops moving. I know it's a very small detail, but it's questionable and I've seen the ending enough times to notice that Mono's behavior isn't the same. The second point I wanted to call attention to is the cliff. In VLN and LN2 we have two characters that Six tries to help only for them to end up falling. In VLN the original raincoat girl died when Six tried to help her. What if in LN2, in some twisted way, Six knew that by not helping Mono that it would ensure his survival? I'm also playing off your idea of Six being a hex to those around her. So in retrospect, her doing good leads to bad things happening while her doing bad results in something positive.

[@wendigostudiosLNandMlp66]

Six grabbing powers from the Maw and coming back to save Mono is an idea is exploring in my Little Nightmares fanfic: Little Nightmares Butterfly Effect

[@khayrisdoom]

My personal theory is that Six got a clear look at Mono’s real face, she got scared and thought Mono was danger, therefore dropping him.

[@ianq155]

Tericho it progresses to the hunched over state first it’s her stomach growls and then a bit of the growling stomach then is the hunched over state where she’s in immense pain

[@livgeneral6487]

I legit cried when I was watching the ending cause I was watching a KZbin let's play it an i couldn't believe the ending 😭

[@MaxlvlMarcus]

A really great detail in the game that I’ve seen no one talk about ( correct me if I’m wrong ) is how when you fight the Thin Man, beneath Mono are waves or pulses. If you look at the pictures scattered throughout the game of the Signal Tower, it’s depicted sending the very same signal waves. So this is either just some neat detail, some form of foreshadowing, an implication that Mono is only somewhat connected, or that he’s just the downright source

[@oobie7448]

This is probably my favourite interpretation of the ending

[@Miruq]

It would be cool if there was a DLC where you can play the whole game again before Six dropped Mono in the first timeline

[@uhhRosiPosi]

I just realised the song the kids sing during the school bit sounds like a nursery rhyme called five little men in a flying saucer but sped up and a bit disoriented

[@ethribin4188]

To me, six recognizing mono as the thin man and, either as revenge, or to prevent the thin man from ever happening, or both, drops mono. The views chassing the signal is only iceing on the cake.

[@kristianjose3161]

Here's a theory. It's a never ending loop. Mono will always be the thin man and his mission is to take revenge on Six, he really did try to stop her from betraying Mono (his younger self) by kidnapping him. and at the same time stopping Mono from saving Six. His target ever since the beginning was Six. Period. What I Just observed throughout the game (Correct me if I'm wrong.) Remember whenever the thin man takes a kid, their glitching soul will be left behind, these glitches are scattered across all the locations in the game even in the beginning which is the camping location, meaning the thin man have been there. What if those glitches were Six's? Like the Thin Man did try to stop him many times on many locations on each cycle of the loop then no matter how hard he'll try to stop Six the ending will always be the same where Mono will try to save Six, get betrayed, get old as the Thin Man and the hunt for six will start again. As you can see in the beginning of the game Mono wakes up with a TV flashing beside him, meaning he came out of it, not realizing he got the power to do it but you can observe that there are lot's of TV's scattered on that area, meaning the loop have been going on for quiet a while now.

[@darealshinji]

Mono is not the signal, Mono is... ...OBVIOUSLY the lady 😜🤣🤣

[@Tericho]

Got him 😉

[@chiefspartan02]

Nah,He's the docter

[@saraagnor6717]

I don’t know if it’s a part of the game or if a bug happens, but if you look closely when six drops mono and walks away mono pops up again. It goes super fast and idk what’s happening, but I see him “glitch” up. 😱

[@remnock]

Something I've noticed, Six is bigger than Mono in the ending, despite being shorter for most of the game

[@Nickilob2006]

It may be just the angle...

[@remnock]

@@Nickilob2006 I don't think so, I've played through that section a few times, and during the final chase scene I managed to get Mono right up next to six and she's definitely got a bigger model.

[@Nickilob2006]

@@remnock oh

[@maki_yoru2310]

I think that nobody knows that When six drag mono out of the TV six is just only standing up by her own But when the last time mono drag her out of the sofa,they stare at each other Then six poles mono out of the TV six raise her hand to touch mono

[@Wertguzzzzzzzzzzz]

Creepy Theory: the Hunger is the pain from her past, all the evil things she had doned only to save her own life and I think when she drops Mono, she basically starts the Timeloop again.

[@VybeX-]

i think since little nightmares 3 focuses on two new main characters, these two characters will be the solution to save Mono from becoming the thin man in the signal tower.

[@Galaxy_World]

Ty

[@arienchen5212]

I dont know if this was in any theories, but i got an idea that Six got mad at Mono when he hit the music box because this music box was calming not only six, but the eye monster too. When Mono completely breaks the music box, Six gets back to her usual form, and the eye monster also gets back its "powers", because untill exactly that moment Mono was freely travelling in the tower, but after box was broken, monster started chasing him.

[@SophiieStew]

Okay if they never make another game again (I know it's likely they wont

[@jayddenburgos]

Question is it possible that the people turn mono into the thin man. If you look back. You see a tall skinny man hanging himself.

[@Eric_The_Eccentric]

Holy shit! That's the exact theory I had in mind for the longest time. Except for some details here and there.

[@v.v365]

That moment in the secret ending where Six stands up, her shadow gets longer, it’s like her shadow almost looks like it’s morphing from her general shape to the shape of the nomes to the shape of the tall man that Mono would later become

[@azmonbored3837]

I hope you’re right. I want these kids to have a happy ending.

[@ladysnowblood]

I thought about her wanting to rescue him but there won't be another game, so there's no satisfying conclusion. I like that there isn't a happy ending, but there should be some sort of resolution, story wise. IMO

[@KvngLeroy1]

I wish they would've shown more in terms of the tower and its effects

[@shadowarro9426]

@@KvngLeroy1 Same

[@ilewis.1817]

Really, really like the thought of her trying to save mono. Not just because it's a nice ending, as you said we never get that, but it also shows why she's obsessed with power hunger, like killing the runnaway kid. Also I know I have no evidence really to back this up, but what if the TV she comes from in the secret ending is inside the maw, or in other words how does she make it to the maw. Probably by the boat the guests use or the boatsman

[@beyssantos9908]

I cried at the end of this game 🧍🏻‍♀️

[@BettimusFrostCafe]

Same :

[@nity9753]

Ahhh bcs mono is like..bringing danger with them so she's like "F this i aint die today" *let go of mono*

[@JackChurchill101]

Maybe, but I always thought that she drops him because she recognises that he's the thin man who captured her. In any case, I think these theories doesn't work as a direct narrative, but more so if seen as a rolling metaphor. The children are innocence/vulnerability. The villains in the first game eat/feed off of that innocence, much as the player will feed off the suffering of the characters. The people in the city are now directly commenting on the blind devotion to media, where they die to receive their entertainment. Mono Is The signal, quite literally, as he is what we are watching. The eye monster is us... Six let's mono go, because the only way to escape the signal and the people dying to consume them, is to let the signal die... We players tormented her in the first game, then in the second, and if she stays with mono, the signal, then we will watch her forever, tormenting her. So to escape, she kills mono, the signal. Sad that she had to do it. There's no way a game like this was created only for narrative fun, - it's drenched in metaphor.

[@drhapi5308]

Nah, Six was just bitter Mono took her music box. It had just happened and there was no reconciliation. She was vindictive and mad.

[@psychcjs]

I believe Mono becomes the signal because he's the only person committed to living outside of it so he's the only person who can provide the world with 'new content' for lack of a better expression. No one else in the city is really living, they're just waiting for new input from the signal. Six has decided to fight and dismantle the machine, or so it seems, while Mono gets dropped back in to be the distraction she needs to fight the good fight. Six definitely saw something and figured she did what was best to get the job done. There's so much in this game 😩

[@FeelTheFlaw]

Fun thing is when finishing the game I let Six go the exact moment she did it so eventually I thought it was me who let her go to save her.

[@rustyshade2971]

I've had that specific theory at the end of the vid in my head for a couple of months already. Glad someone agrees with me

[@CalamityEvermore]

Man, only if mono took those normal pills, six would've saved him!

[@lionessoftor4139]

Six reverts back after Mono destroys the music box, right? I wonder if other monster adults could also revert in a similar way? Or is it only that Six is still a child that saves her?

[@omniboy3627]

six's shadow in the secret ending reminds me of a Nome..

[@suonoblu6650]

In the Little Nightmares universe, the signal emitted by the Tower would have the same effect on humans as the resonant wave emitted by the Resonator, a device that appears in a tale by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, entitled "From Beyond". In short, the signal stimulates the pineal gland, enabling people to connect with an interdimensional reality.

[@ritasopheaknal9250]

Wait this is blowing my mind, I've never seen this theory before 💀 it makes so much sense too

[@solereflection9284]

That's actually an awesome idea. But now it it's question of if Six has a vendetta or power struggle against Mono or if she wants to save him. Either way, the story is fun to follow, and it's great how open ended it is so far.

[@ethribin4188]

Six is not a bad or evil person inherantly. She is a product of her enviroment, of the world of little nightmares. You could say shes a deamon. But not of her own. But a deamon that was created by the world she lives in. And one that will rip that world appart because of what it made her into.

[@passionneal7777]

Love it. That would be so cool if Six came back for mono

[@meat_2.080]

I don't know if some people knew about this but. (btw its not abt the video just pointing it out) The chair that mono sits in at the end IS THE SAME CHAIR THE HANGING MAN WAS ABOVE-

[@Kimw382]

I really like this theory I just really want a happy ending for both six and mono especially her getting redeemed