The DARK Lore of Shade in Brawl Stars

[@M1CHA3L_YT]

Hey everyone, I wanted to clarify a few things in the video: 1) When I say "Shade is a figment of Gus' imagination" I meant Shade being "alive" and "moving" is a figment of Gus' imagination. 2) When I say" the straightjacket that Shade wears" I mean that jacket Shade wears symbolizes a straightjacket. When Shade does his animation, the arms of the jacket loop around him, almost resembling how a person in a straightjacket has their arms tied behind them.

[@arjanaleem-mason1998]

@@M1CHA3L_YT Jessie is not a lost child because if you read Pam’s description it says that her daughter is Jessie

[@arjanaleem-mason1998]

Jessie is not a lost child because In Pam’s description it says that Jessie is her daughter

[@M1CHA3L_YT]

It's widely theorized based on substantial evidence that Pam was running the wkbrl stream and was overly consumed with that leaving Jessie to live on her own (not including Nani).

[@НиколайНейков-б9к]

11:36 the inscription on Gus´s balloon says 6us just like you said in your past theories

[@skistorm739]

​@M1CHA3L_YT so what if is mix physlogic problems and fantasy becoming reality into reality maybe his gus mental illusions mix with crystals brought to the items to life with seen memories gus theses items have

[@Toaster-Kingofbread]

4:53 “gus suffered A Severe Injury” Gus: Has a bandage

[@M1CHA3L_YT]

lol (but in all seriousness the child from the investor video has quite a serious brace on)

[@Wheat_Land]

@@M1CHA3L_YT That brace was probably just since the child’s leg… yk but idk

[@Christhepro8]

What is it?

[@cookiecatyt6824]

@@Toaster-Kingofbread that’s what I was thinking 😭😭

[@hintsahaile7523]

wtf shade

[@MSCtheDJ]

THE GLASSES COULD ALSO REPRESENT ROSE TINTED GLASSES. his innocence is shown in the way that he sees things in an innocent and playful way

[@M1CHA3L_YT]

Definitely!

[@loading381-26]

"shade dosent want to hurt people" theres a reason why he does 3.2k damage when hugging.

[@chengjunbong9096]

The fact that Juju still literally started the angels vs demons event because she sold the cursed book to fang and buster.(As you can hear in the lyrics of one of the demon menu soundtracks.)

[@syontuteja7689]

But if u had checked to the side of the contest thingy you can see the texts from the thing in the Halloween event and it has a spike bookmark just like colletes book suggesting that she also played a big role in the event I have a video about it

[@Keaton427]

And demon Mortis sings the demon song because he talks about the official animation while it happens in order and talks about facing Edgar after trying to kill Kit

[@bdxbdx]

You’re a genius! This is very smart. It’s crazy how a children’s game could have this much lore.

[@M1CHA3L_YT]

Thank you!! It's honestly crazy to me too!

[@noahnewman6051]

@@bdxbdx don’t forget it’s a theory, yeah there’s lore, but this specific video is like, explaining a theory. I think. Idk I’m high asf 🤷‍♂️

[@bdxbdx]

@@M1CHA3L_YT yea lol

[@bdxbdx]

@@noahnewman6051 lmao

[@CC-jy6ow]

@@bdxbdx definitely not a children's game. I play it and i'm 25! I'm all about lore in games though

[@Brawl_enjoyer]

A thing I noticed is that Juju has a similiar Glove as Shade and maybe the way Shade manifested is that she took Gus’ innocence and all the other things that define shade, were put into those pile of clothes, including Juju’s glove. Afterall, Juju posses dark magic and she is seen messing with others with Voodoo dolls and much more! Maybe you could investigate Juju more for this!

[@LARADEKA]

The only thing that debunks most magic theory is that Supercell themselves confirmed that there's no black magic in the Brawl Stars universe.

[@Brawl_enjoyer]

@ so why did they add juju into this?…. Wouldn’t this contradict the statement of them not adding black magic?

[@WouterDienske]

Wow its true i checkd it

[@Jon21KLam8]

You might be onto something… I actually think Shade was a child too but your lore is just amazing and I agree with most of it.

[@not_bons3279]

"Imagine Gus, as a child." What did you think I was going to imagine him as? A toaster? An Apache helicopter?

[@prajwalbaranwal7218]

lol 😂

[@Realgoji1234]

And a M134 Minigun is an American 7.62×51mm NATO six-barrel rotary machine gun with a high rate of fire (2,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute).[2] It features a Gatling-style rotating barrel assembly with an external power source, normally an electric motor. The "Mini" in the name is in comparison to larger-caliber designs that use a rotary barrel design, such as General Electric's earlier 20 mm M61 Vulcan, and "gun" for the use of rifle ammunition as opposed to autocannon shells.

[@ashleybran]

Also if u look at the back of shade’s hat and gus’ beanie u could see a little ghost cartoon and one is smile the other isnt

[@M1CHA3L_YT]

Yeah I noticed that too! It's very interesting that Shade's is the one smiling since as I theorize he embodies childlike innocence and happiness 👀

[@Cupid093]

@@ashleybran I’ve noticed too

[@RoryElder-c9n]

5:01 Chuck has paralysed limbs to the point of paralysis ??? What? This made me laugh so hard😂😂

[@TitusDore]

Is it just me or did it seem like (in the release video) Shade was hostile and about to hurt Gus while Gus was frantically trying to get his balloon back, but then as soon as Gus grabbed onto the string of his ballon again it was like a switch was flipped and Shade became nice. (Edit, potentially it could be because the balloon either protects Gus from ghosts, or lets him see them or both, or grants him power over spirits. Whatever the case it definitely seems like the balloon changes Gus in some way. I believe it is a talisman of some sort and his abilities come from it.) Not sure what it means, but I thought it was very interesting

[@Pebbor]

I know this information isn't useful but Shade's clothes were infact NOT brawlers jackets, ordinary humans clothes etc, and Shade has different clothes from different people making other people forget about him. All of the differenr clothes make up emotions. And emotions soon create: Shade. so the FINAL theory for Shade is that it was forgotten and soon gained emotions and gained life. Also I know it doesn't make sense since Chuck can not see Shade but.. It is a mystery to uncover!

[@Pebbor]

3:23 as you see here, OH YES! Gus's keychain fell on Shade right? And Shade is scared of people and brawlers because of being abandoned for a long time.

[@JcIsMefr]

@@Pebbor very interesting

[@rubenpasion3768]

It might be this or he went into the ghost train and a ghost just haunted the clothing, and gained the child-like innocence and loneliness and became friends with gus, since it is called the ghost train

[@caruspoon5289]

wait then was the ghost technically the sixth child? BRO DIED AND CAN'T EVEN SHOW IS ORIGINAL FORM 😭 HSHADES NEED A DEAD KIDS SKIN FR!

[@JackCochran-r4h]

Brawl Stars Developers: I know, let's give him a mitten! It'll be cute! Brawl Theory: Goes into crazy detail over the symbolism (Don't murder me over this, I'm only trying to be funny)

[@NadirPlays-k5c]

Wait I just realised something when gusses ballon wasnt in his hand shade turnd red and looked “scary” but when he touched the balloon he was back to normal

[@AdamFranks-vf8us]

I HAVE REALISED SOMETHING at the back of shades hat there is a ghost and then gus also has a ghost on his beanie

[@alisonn2384]

I just wanna say he’s may have lost clothes that’s why he doesn’t have pants losing their pants on the train😊

[@Xccept-W]

Brawl Stars is becoming the new fnaf 😭💀

[@Splatastics]

The fact that this is now in the actual brawl stars app is crazy so is it cannon?

[@elladanbferm1934]

0:09 buster locking in a sleeper on gus😂😂😂

[@TreasureUwagboe-s8b]

What if Shade is a kid that got experimented on and now is invisible due to the experiments. Due to the fact that he is invisible he could easily have stolen the keys to rescue Gus and himself, but ending up dead. The tinted glasses could represent the pink heart glasses in which you see the world brightly, lovely and happy. This makes Shade always happy, he doesn't realizes that he is actually dead.

[@Tf2pyrothedestroyer]

That is actually a good theory, i should research more of this

[@PoyrazMeteYuzuak]

Shade: looks at a mirror and sees himself

[@GeberLopez-zf7sw]

Did you not see him say rose tinted glasses?

[@Tf2pyrothedestroyer]

@@GeberLopez-zf7sw wat?

[@TreasureUwagboe-s8b]

@@GeberLopez-zf7sw I actually did. Just saying😐

[@TailsplayzYT]

Also chucks face when he saw the clothes on the train seat and was confused what he is doing

[@aminediallo9101]

Gus putting on shades outfit = ultimate ghost

[@szejoshua]

ONE MORE DETAIL One Shades keychain there are keys so Gus probably wants to escapes

[@pipysnipy5929]

I really love the implications to the lore that the whole ghost train trio has for this game. Gus’s whole character implies that a kid died and what we’re seeing is a ghost

[@Sammzzyyy]

It was confirmed that the clothes Shade is made out of are random abandoned clothes from many different owners, and because of that he has the fear of being abandoned, explaining his need of hugging everyone and staying close to people.

[@jamesc3794]

This Lore video is so amazing, Peak Final Theory. Man I seriously wish other brawlers got their own individual brawl theory but to be honest there really isn't anything to make a theory about some. Anyway, It was a pleasure watching your videos, & I'll still watch all of them.

[@M1CHA3L_YT]

Thanks James, I appreciate you man! 🙏

[@jamesc3794]

@@M1CHA3L_YT You're Welcome! :)

[@Ampercentile]

u telling me Gus has had Homelander level experiments done to him as a kid?

[@M1CHA3L_YT]

Most likely 😭

[@JoseSanchez-r1v8b]

What if shade was the first child to get captured and passed out from the green gas wearing that close he has

[@Starlit_mpg]

I have a theory that gus got lost on that train while a man was trying to help him find his mom. Gus could barely remember this man so all gus remembers is the clothes shade is imagined as

[@Itsiixisa]

Gus is my favorite brawler, and watching this makes me so happy and even more interested in his lore ❤

[@M1CHA3L_YT]

I'm so glad to hear that! I appreciate you watching :)

[@gabrielcheng1216]

Same

[@danildagrullon8594]

Yeah. My fav trio. Ghost station

[@mayor_theo]

I bet on 8th dec u'll have another favorite brawler

[@Itsiixisa]

@mayor_theo How so? Tomorrow is the 8th

[@cookiecatyt6824]

Imagine shade is actually spooky as a fully visible and interactive ghost

[@liamrocksatgeography]

Did anyone realize that gus' hat looks like a baloon deflated

[@ImJustWierd]

Wait if shades clothes builds up his personality than he only came to life when Gus threw his braclete on him because Gus is a ghost?

[@lifeofbeida2299]

Nah you cooking bro❤😂 nice content.

[@davisewing200]

My theory is that Gus is the body, of which is still sentient and moving and shade is his spirit

[@JamislArt-pe9po]

I know the sixth child, from the brawl talk, our newest mythic

[@natebernasconi]

Saw the name of the video, thought "Please be M1CHA3L" looked down and thought "Awwww yeah, this gonna be good" :D

[@stacychao8843]

Wait in our inventory are green gems but the gems we see the minor collect are purple 😮

[@misskimot]

I didn’t no that balloons can do a lot of damage, but Gus Gus is my favourite character

[@AndrewMcNutt-gm1be]

I heard that shade looks exactly like the clothes Bonnie has

[@digicomcyber5640]

ollie the new brawler is one of the lost kids of starr park

[@Cubicnoir]

7:46 nah it’s a straight jacket but a sweater

[@JabsEmerald]

Maybe...shade is Gems essence? Because on shade animation when he awakes an pink-purple light appear

[@chryy-]

During shades introduction video thing when chuck turned around to check on Gus you can see that shade is just a pile of clothes and Gus is dancing, by himself.

[@Antii-gglol]

Some things in the new animation where i think I'm onto something: At some point in the train there is a sign that points to a direction with the word ,,cell" In the train one of the graffiti saying ,,crazy" And I find it suspicious the S!! maybe they're warning us of shade or something Also Gus in the investor video besides the balloon he holds a thing that looks just like the kinda stardrop shade has by his keys

[@DaBaconGod-1728]

5:07 i got a shade brawl stars ad here

[@apokemonscreen]

I think that shade is a pile of lost n found clothes, that probably solves why he doesn’t have pants.

[@m1fe.x]

W Lore , W Michael , W Banger , W KZbinr , W Everything 🙌🏻

[@M1CHA3L_YT]

appreciate you man! keep up the great content as well 💖

[@m1fe.x]

@M1CHA3L_YT thanks man 🙏🏻❤️

[@SQUASHEDADAM-y6x]

Chuck is a Insane Asylum Patient in a Wheel Chair. Thinking he is A Conductor of a Train

[@ZeinAnimatezBruh]

brawl stars would have no lore if gus didn't exist or if mortis frank and Chuck were in a trio because they all look dead

[@dolcestilnovosound8485]

7:31 I think it’s a hoodie not saying “ERM AKTUALLY THATS WRONG *snort*”

[@Quacks618]

You know that chuck didn’t see shade maybe shade is a hallucination?..

[@julieceriliagedeon1948]

Wait a minute when shade attack he like claps but it kinda look like he wants to hug you but instead accidently attacks you 😅 wait a minute then when shade attacks trough walls and goes in walls or floats faster shows how desperate he is for affection wow😢❤

[@MitchYuriG.Opeña]

Here's my questions: Some lost children have been separated themselves in Starr Park but some reasons; Leon and Nita are became lost and they raised by stepfather Bo, and second Jessie is the daughter of Pam who've been created some robots by child prodigy (including Nani) thirdly Bonnie and Janet are sisters who is also adopted by Stu when they were orphans or lost children.

[@Corrupt_gaming466]

They should make a TV show for brawl stars

[@MichaelOntiveros-fe7oq]

I was watching this and I got a ad and it was the shade animation

[@Galaxy_bacon123]

I got a brawl stars shade ad while watching this 💀💀

[@Matthewadams889]

What if shade is Gus’s soul from his death in the future?! (Most likes thank you 😊)

[@EliasZakher]

Gus is dead

[@DavidClark-n3z]

@EliasZakher yes but this Gus is from the future

[@mikailcimentor4281]

You know a brawler can’t be an other brawler

[@НиколайНейков-б9к]

i just realised that the hat on gus has a sad ghost and the hat on shade has a smilly ghost

[@chantecureton8308]

The fact that he used the avatar thing for spiritual state

[@Averagecrown23]

The shade post in the thumbnail reminded me of something else🙋🇦🇹

[@Moontrix_1286]

Rose or pink tinted glasses also make the world more colorful and warm.

[@Soknnico]

Coco is the child too after you play too much music you turn to step in like coco

[@Tan-l9m]

Not me getting a brawl stars ad on a brawl stars video

[@Starrs-Show-Park]

Shade is the sixth kid of star park correlating to the kids of star park (6us/ 6 of us/ 6 us) 12:13

[@DJANDTK4L]

I just realized in one of the animations gus is in the train tracks and buster had to save him i think gus didn’t really care because thats the thing that killed him in the past and maybe another theory about his legs or maybe why they were injured in the first place

[@Dark_Carpe]

But didn’t Dani Said that Gus found shade? If that so I have a theory : I think shade is multiple brawlers clothes, with their emotions, actions etc… +! Shade Glove Might Be Like A Sam or Primo, The jacket might be Janet or Bonnie There’s soles clothes under the jacket and that’s for sure something like Jessie.. it seems strange because he’s related to the lost child

[@ilijacosic9221]

Shade could have been an experiment gone wrong after he was exposed from the gems which was abandoned and sent to the ghost train to never be seen again. In the animation when he came to life you could see the pink-purple light which could be a hint for the gems. He could also be an unalived man or kid(bcuz he is really energetic and fun) after an experiment gone wrong. He came back to life prolly bcuz of the gems which could be inside the hoodie and serves as a heart. It’s prolly actually chuck which is crazy since he couldn’t see shade. He’s more alone and older than Gus.

[@DR_CRYUNCH]

I was playing shade and I realized he has a bandaid on the middle of both his elbows

[@zazenzazen3646]

11:02 coasters are actually falling I have a theory when neta and Leon and with there parents in the background top left corner you see the coasters are crashing down

[@zazenzazen3646]

Check the time

[@MaxivNL]

If this is a theory video them I'm gonna say the fact that I don't think someone noticed: It's Gus's keychain!

[@Vee_TheToon]

So I wasn’t fully paying attention but- Shade is gus’s imaginary friend? Sorta.

[@Sukuna.edits1o9]

This channel is so underrated the theories are crazy, keep up the good work ur gonna be famous one day❤👍

[@LiamValidum]

BABY WAKE UP MICHEAL POSTED

[@M1CHA3L_YT]

🔥🔥🔥

[@Parker-p8x]

Shade hugs himself because of the one time Gus hugged him

[@jesebas123]

Bruh it might be a ghost that gus can only see

[@Blacksywashere]

I think that shade is the sixth and the first child who go5 captured in star park and he happened to gus but shade died and bc gus felt how he felt thats why he only can see him

[@Itzz_SleeplyMeli]

Hey I just wanted to point out that the chain is just Gus's key's as you can see in the animation where shade was introduced. Gus threw them on him.

[@ninjaman2350]

7:46 never seen that star power before

[@liamrocksatgeography]

Maybe juju made shade with some sort of ramdon thingymabob and put a curse on gus which only he can see shade Idk

[@Daniyal731]

Theory is confined in the animation chuck looks confused when shades laphing and there's jsut a pile of clothes sitting (were is chucks point of view in this segment)

[@kimmycampbell8849]

WAIT!!!! but if they are lost children, WHY does Jesse have Pam as her mom in the present?😅

[@elenapapasavva4726]

Ι love these brawl theory videos keep up the good work!!!

[@Lunar_TV]

Or the crystals just brought him to life

[@g8litchxx]

I think it has sense but, I think Shade is a ghost lost in the train station so he found this pile of clothes and possesed them (btw I mean that he propably was a kid who was tested on too but died)

[@stacychao8843]

Oh yeah also do you know how spike when he was near the purple gems he came alive except when he comes up he grows the same color as the gems I think he has a gem in him or his pocket

[@CometVRreal]

I Just Think No Legs Is A Gorilla Tag Reference

[@ohioMan-s9m]

Bro his leg injury has a bandaid 😅

[@epicgamer5572]

Really amazing work as always Michael, I do like your theory videos 😁

[@M1CHA3L_YT]

appreciate you bro

[@night_watcher897]

Tbh it seems more logical for shade to be a gost or gus( imaginary friend )that controls those clothes to become visible

[@GraysonBjerkness]

Dude you are very smart 🧠 👍

[@AdamFranks-vf8us]

And they both have plasters cause gus has one on his nee and shade has 2 on his elbow

[@RonanAiden-e8m]

in the game it says that shade is a ghost man

[@Mil0zbl0rp]

Micheal, important question, is it worth getting guz to max power and buying all of his stuff like gear, gadgets and star powers?

[@godwillgalit2029]

I love watching brawl stars theories... never stop making brawl stars content! 😊

[@Forethrone249]

9:21 EXACTLY SOMEONE DEFENDING MY MAIN I mean why is this your last lore video

[@YT_Aggelos.33]

i wish u continue posting. for years now i am tying to solve thi mystery and u are helping me in it

[@M1CHA3L_YT]

don't worry, if there's more lore, I'll be back :)

[@Tblizzard83]

I just thought of something what if shade is Gus‘s old clothes and also what if it’s his spirit it might might sound weird, but it could be a real theory