Reacting to The Stupendium - A LITTLE THEORIZING | Official Game Theory Song!

[@infinty_yt]

That line about the Pope is pretty funny. So Matpat got to meet the Pope for some reason...idk why. But as a gift, he gave the Pope a copy of Undertale due to the pacifism message the game has. And there's actually some evidence he played it, cause the Pope heard Megalovania later on and he recognized it

[@nathangarner3986]

Wait doesn't that mean he did the genocide route

[@infinty_yt]

@@nathangarner3986 ...oh dang

[@breadmaster5614]

@@nathangarner3986 Mah man the Pope boutta murder the entire underground

[@snowyfate]

​@@breadmaster5614nah he already did xD

[@mynameischris378]

Apparently MatPat got chosen as a representative of the KZbin Community. Gifts are presented to the Pope as a symbolic gesture, and he chose Undertale since the messages of Undertale line up with catholic teachings. Don't ask me why he got chosen, my guess is that his position as both an entertainer and, to some extent, an educator led to him being chosen.

[@bonehead7711]

This song is more or less 'Team Theorists References The Song'. Everything is so amazingly put together and I believe it was one of Mat's editors who did most of the heavy lifting for the visuals. Also the pope line is about how MatPat got to meet the pope with some other people, everyone had a gift for the pope and MatPat's was a copy of Undertale.

[@Altoryu]

It really lets you know which people have seriously been following Matpat or at least know his more notable theories from seeing how many people go 'huh?' to the lyrics in the song.

[@tylermascola]

Hey, I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

[@williamklemp3764]

​@@tylermascola oh shit, it's the man himself! Thank you and all of team theorist for all the hard work you guys do. All of you are absolutely fantastic, and you've done so much for us. I think I speak for a vast majority of the dan base when I say "Thank you all, so very much"

[@tylermascola]

@@williamklemp3764 I appreciate that! I'm very humbled by everyone on this wonderful team. They're all amazingly talented and creative. We're all very excited to bring you guys fun stuff to watch every week. Thanks for being around for it :)

[@paulleagas5385]

Thank you for telling me about the pope line! I thought it was odd that he talked about giving therorys to the pope and thought it probably had a reference. The Pope probaly chose Mercy If he understood it.

[@happy097]

Fun fact: matpat confirmed stupes video is the start of an ARG he is doing, so yes there are secrets hidden inside the video

[@TeamAquaLeaderArchy]

The ARG is actually a link to discount codes used for the merch store either for stupendium or matpat I forget which maybe even both but I'm pretty sure by this point all those codes would have been used up

[@RubikSolver64]

​@TeamAquaLeaderArchy Even if the codes are used up, the ARG is worth it to solve.

[@Red-Apple4]

​@@TeamAquaLeaderArchyit was both

[@Skediew]

the "scottgames teaser" is a reference to some FNAF teaser images in the past where some of the images teased were very dark, and you kinda have to brigten it up in photoshop to unlock some secret clues and hints.

[@Angrytangerine739]

Fuck the fnaf 4 teasers

[@jordanhunter3375]

10:20 That was Robbie, one of Mat's earliest editors who passed away some years ago

[@ProgrammerPenguin]

ronnie*

[@RabbitsFunWorld]

Rip Ronnie

[@gamer1611]

The line "I'll rap it in a bow and give it to the Pope" MatPat gave a code for Undertale to the Pope

[@ksewa1086]

THE SCOTTSGAMES TEASER WAS ONE OF MY FAV LINES!!!! so im happy to explain!! It’s from fnaf obviously and the creator (account name) scottsgames constantly released new pictures/teasers, and they ALWAYS had something hidden in them once you put those into some editor and put the brightness to maximum. Basically the first thing every fnaf theorist does with anything from Scott is to brighten it immediately 😂

[@matthewloredo3665]

As a fan of GT and their other channels since 2016, it makes me laugh when someone doesn't know all the theories Mat has and they get their mind blown over and over. Trust me you'll go down a tunnel you can't leave, love it lmao.

[@infinty_yt]

Sans is Ness is probably Matpat's most imfamous theory. SPOILERS for the Fnaf movie below: Matpat has a cameo as a waiter, and his nametag says Ness. Scott Cawthon, the creator of Fnaf, specifically wanted his name to be Ness because of that theory.

[@MimicMakesVideos]

If Sans is Ness, and MatPat is Ness, does that mean MatPat is Sans?

[@CantThinkOfAGoodUsername_]

@@MimicMakesVideos I WAS JUST GONNA COMMENT THAT😭 , But hey thats just a theory... A FILM THEORY

[@Matthew_Draper]

​@@MimicMakesVideosna stupendium is matpat and matpat is stupendium

[@leinahtan5806]

Pretty much every single line in the song is a reference to an existing thing from the Theorists. I am half tempted to just go through it line by line and explain what I know

[@RedeemerofDark]

Go ahead

[@fridayguy2649]

Do it

[@leinahtan5806]

Fine welp I did it, enjoy what I spent my morning writing on "How hard does a headshot blow?" - One of GT's oldest theory about being able to survive a headshot "How fast does a hedgehog go?" - A reoccuring theory for GT with multiple vids on it and one of the oldest "Frogger might not last in biology class" - Didn't actually know this one until I searched it but there's a Game Theory about Frogger "But have you tried to dissect a toad" - There's a GT vid about trying to figure out what a toad is "How creepers get to explode" - GT vid about what MC creepers are, man-made creatures from the theory if I remember "You'll never guess what happened to the guests that were left in that restaurant though" - Reference to FNAF "You're not a Scottgames Teaser, you're already bright enough" - Reference to FNAF and it's creator Scott, more so in the teaser's Scott made of the games where clues were hidden in them but we had to up the brightness of every single teaser we got "So sit back and grab a diet coke" - Matpat is a massive diet coke addict "Or a can full of human souls" - Reference to the game and GT vid about Onlycans and the souls trapped inside of cans "And ask if you might survive the jump" - I know the line isn't over yet but the visuals is referencing a GT about practicality Assassin's Creed's Leap of Faiths "Chucking nuggets into the hole" - GT about surviving falling down with chicken nuggets to soften your fall in the game Kindergarten "Build a city in the sky... The glass will probably be broken" - didn't type the whole thing but those lines reference two bioshock GT vids that I haven't watched "Then it's still more likely than the FNAF box ever opening" - FNAF box is a mystery in FNAF that's just never going to be solved, like Scott confirmed he changed what he thinks is inside the box so many times "Carrion Flesh" - An episode from one of the series hosted by another person, Austin, who has now split off to their own channel(Shoddycast), made a Carrion theory "Marionettes" - FNAF "Keeping Companions fed" - The game Cooking Companions where GT has a theory about Baba Yaga "How old Ash Ketchum gets" - just an actual Pokemon Game Theory "Sans is Ness" - Infamous meme about GT's old theory of Sans from Undertale is Ness from Earthbound "Markiplier getting freaky" - The line, but moreso the visual, reference A Date with Markiplier vid/ARG(? not sure how to classify it), GT has a vid on that "With a Pokemon made by combining other species" - Yeah during the craze of Mark's Smash or pass, GT made two vids about his smashes and what his most smashable Pokemon for him would be with that "Volcanic Pressure Washing Coughing" - Didn't even realize this line just listening to it. Reference to Powerwash Simulator and GT's theory that all the mess is volcanic ash and residue "Dogs inside the TV" - Reference to the vr game Duck Season "The horror that is Monika and finding she could see me" - DDLC vid "The secrets of the Bottle Flip" - Yes, GT did a vid about the most optimal way to bottle flip "The ender dragon obelisks" - Part of GT's Minecraft series "Just why is zipper's body zipped" - Animal Crossing, I think he theorized it was the player's dad "But you aren't as rich as Luigi" - Luigi's Mansion, Not just the mansion but the items inside were calculated and Luigi is really rich. "We're not contained to video games, there's load to explore" - Not sure you knew this but the Theorists have many channels: Film Theory, Food Theory, Style Theory, and their livestream channel GTLive "Will you or the food expire first locked in a grocery store?" - A Food Theory, you can live for a long time "When navigating a labyrinth, how will you locate the door?" - Film Theory about the Backrooms (Kane Pixel's specifically), Mostly about what to do in mazes and labyrinths "Five pro-strats for surviving traps if you were chosen in Saw" - Film Theory, haven't watched it but probably what it says "The Cannibalism practiced on the Axiom Starship" Film Theory on Wall-E, about that the food there are people and they eat dead people in slushies form "The Dragonfly mechanics of some animate cars" - Film Theory on Cars, I think it was what cars were and how they would work and that they are the future/sequel to A Bug's Life "Impractical dynamics of a family of sharks" - Film Theory on baby Shark, about Baby Shark being adopted, yes that's serious "Or the best hamburger tactics when you're stacking the parts" - Food Theory about best stack order, they tested different stack orders "If everyone together does a clap and a half" - It's a thing on GTLive, whenever they do a clap to celebrate or things like that, they do a clap and a half, They do a clap and half of a clap. It's something that Matpat got from an old teacher of his "We're having a laugh" - The people on the screen are all important people in the channel. From top left to bottom right: Jason; Head of Production, Ash; cohost on GTLive, Dan; Head Editor, Santi; Creative Director on Food Theory, Amy; Creative Director on Style Theory, Tom; Creative Director on Game Theory, Lee; Creative Director on Film Theory "Then I'll wrap 'em with a bow and give it to the pope" - Reference to when Matpat gave the pope a copy of undertale when he went to represent the gaming community Also just wanted to say at the second to the last visual on the monitor at the end, before the original Game Theory intro, showed Ross, a member of the Game Theorist and a good friend of Matpat that unfortunately passed on of his own choosing(That's as tactful as I can make it). We really miss him The visual at the end is also his first intro, "Welcome to game theory, gaming's Tangential learning experience"

[@adiksaff]

They did it ladies and gentlemen!!Scroll up or down for their comments!!

[@RedeemerofDark]

@@leinahtan5806 a bit late but thanks for doing this.

[@spoopyvirgil4944]

The "But you're not a ScottsGames teaser is a reference to how every teaser for just about every FNAF game had hidden details that could only be seen when brightening them up. I've been watching FNAF theories and stuff about the teasers since.. whenever the second game released XD

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

You absolutely nailed the Luigi’s Mansion theory. It’s exactly the kind of rabbit hole you dive down when you start really thinking about the stuff happening in games

[@matthewscorner2990]

The ScottGames teaser thing is a reference to how Scott Cawthon, the creator of FNAF, used to often post teaser images for his upcoming games on his website, ScottGames. Viewers quickly realized that if you brightened up the images, you would find hidden messages and stuff in the shadows.

[@jdevdawg1]

6:35 the game that Monika is from is called "Doki Doki Literature Club" 7:04 luigi won the Mansion for free in a raffle that he did not sign up for

[@NautilusGray]

Just letting you know Dave, matt patt and his team have a video for I’m pretty sure everything that’s said in the song 😅 you will definitely be going down some rabbit holes 😂

[@michael2rutherford238]

This song is an absolute bop. Also, I think it would be interesting to see a few reactions to some Game Theory videos. Or Film Theory. Or the two newer channels, Food Theory and Style Theory.

[@necroticskeleton3474]

And everything in this song is a reference to one of matpat's previous theories, I love it

[@gavin5724]

This hits a lot more now that Mat Pat retired as the host. Good luck Matthew!

[@jayemar527]

this song is a total banger, glad to see it get love

[@SeraidenAF]

The Pope bit it mentioned, was back in the day MatPat got to meet the Pope and gave him a copy of Undertale because the whole you could do a full pacifist run and such.

[@makerofthebroken]

Yes, Fnaf was originally made by Scott Cowthon and Scott'sgames was his website where he would post teaser images of his early Fnaf games. The joke in the song is referring to how, in those early days, those teasers were always super dark, so you'd have to up the brightness in Photoshop to see the actual image.

[@iAmGGlitch]

fun fact: this music video was made by the team theorist editors!

[@zayaanghanchi3905]

the part where it says that your not a scott games teaser calls back to when scott cawthon used to post teasers of his website and in those teasers you needed to brighten it to see something hidden and sense you are not a scott games teaser you are already bright

[@Dev_Soren]

So great you saw this. You think the Luigi bit is great but I think you'd get a real mindblower on Rosalina's GT vid. Always love these reactions, and I look forward to seeing any posts/vids if you end up watching some theories

[@BrandanZ]

The Scottgames teaser line is referencing how most of the secrets hidden in Scott Cawthon's teasers were found by increasing its brightness...

[@patfre]

5:33 I don’t know enough about bioshock to know which game it is but the next underwater scene is bioshock and it’s The Stupendium’s favorite game

[@jordanhunter3375]

City in the sky: Bioshock Infinite Ocean: Bioshock 1 and 2

[@patfre]

@@jordanhunter3375 oh thanks for the information. I also didn’t doubt the city in the sky was that as he said as I did know it might know it better than me but the ocean scene I did recognize.

[@DParkerNunya]

Yeah the Claw thingy is from Infinite

[@contentconsumer963]

I love that you can choose just to jam to this or pick it apart and challenge yourself to catch all the theory references.

[@ryanblack6273]

scottgames or Scott Cawthon which is the creator of FNAF. The brightness line is probably about how most of them tend to be purposely misleading and some secrets cant be seen unless you turn the opacity and brightness up

[@glitchedsouls7593]

The Scottgames Teaser joke was because there were always details hidden only able to be seen if you brightened up the pictures

[@epicsoul8136]

The line about Scot Games Teasers are about how infamously the first thing the FNAF community does to it is brighten it, hence “But your not a Scot-games Teaser, your already bright enough.”

[@Beatlesfanish]

I don't know if it was mentioned already but the one about Monika seeing you is from Doki Doki Litratureclub. You guessed the game just tought I'd drop the title.

[@Cybernetic-alien]

I would recommend the song “and so we fall.” It is a fall guys song, and even being someone who has never played the game, I enjoy it a lot.

[@Himiko89723]

This song gave me so much nostalgia Some of the references in this song are from game theories that are almost a decade old

[@trubluduhu9055]

From what i gathered, which was much later, with the Scottgames Teaser, one or multiple of the teaser had hints and clues and Easter eggs hidden from being really dark, so when you brightened the image, you'd see the hints. One of them if i remember correctly, for FNAF 4, when brightened, it revealed numbers

[@flumpicesphone2490]

Proposing a What it Do Dave Game Theory reaction series

[@whatitdodave]

Dropping my first one tomorrow haha.

[@no_regrets_]

Long Live The Theory King

[@SnakeBP]

Yes Scott Kaufman makes Five nights at Freddy's. So yes

[@Auspop]

Scott Kaufman sounds wrong...

[@selenagoodwin4157]

His voice is so relaxing

[@Mr2011Deadman]

the sans is ness line is about an old game theory video :3

[@SuperTakoss]

theres a whole ARG hidden in the song, people solved it in like 3h

[@DParkerNunya]

If you've followed The Theorists for years this song is just chock full of references, and if you haven't then you get to experience them out of context and then you want to know and soon, well, you're gonna wanna do some theorizing

[@Spookworm]

Stupendium is just out here, luring everyone into a Gametheory rabbit hole with his damn good music

[@qualandrew201494]

my fave refrencer in this is the kindergarten one. is such an amazing game and to hear a refrence to it damn

[@ihavenolife5554]

PLEASE I beg you to do the reaction for Sans is Ness theory! Title of the theory "Game Theory: UNDERTALE - Sans's SECRET Identity"

[@takethistourgrave]

I loved seeing you getting those lightbulb moments when the questions are posed. Looks like Matt got another subscriber outta you! ❤

[@derpaderp8984]

Is Dave gonna start reacting to game theory due to this song? 🤔🤔 That is bio shock infinite when he puts on the sky hook, the three hooks that spin in a circle

[@kevingross6774]

7:41 this is absolutely a twist on the OG Game Theory theme

[@themilkman579]

the scotts game teaser line is that Scott Cawthon the creator of fnaf would hide things in the backround of his teaser trailers and pictures to were you would have to brighten the image to find hidden things

[@pixlv6384]

This song never fails to put a gigantic dumb smile on my face

[@RubikSolver64]

I'm pretty sure each theory mentioned is a pipular video on one of the theory videos. You could search, for example, "sans is ness game theory" and get the video on the first try.

[@Leader7353]

You were right about Bioshock Infinite, but the one following that was not Subnautica, it were the other two Bioshock Games

[@allengrove1864]

Yes the FNAF was made by scottgames and one of his favorite was to hide things was you would have to brighten his teasers

[@skyriderp]

The part where he says a scott games teaser with a light was because scott would hide secrets in his images if you brighten it it would be revealed

[@Vent.imlistening]

There’s a animatic by Fishy Mom with this song and there’s a lot of Easter eggs and comments help to figure things out if you’re stuck

[@rinthewolf]

Bro, I'd this sends you down the game theory hole, have fun. It's deep and full of twists

[@WhyyousoGnarpGnarp.]

I love the Carrion reference

[@djdino5223]

This song literally wants you to watch Game theory. It makes you curious It's in the song. It's a slippery Slope

[@hannahlamagna]

Yess this so g is awesome

[@Jay_Games4409]

The calculator thing calculates to 2011, when Game Theory started.

[@bpphil]

he is having a mental breakdown as he is jamming😂

[@mysticlight5888]

welp, all I know is that WHAT IT DO DAVE should react to some of MatPat's theories, let's see his mind get blown

[@joshuanoon5658]

Scott Cawthon, the creator of Fnaf, makes his teaser images dark, so you brighten them up to see things hidden in the dark for lore.

[@no_regrets_]

Im not seeing anyone explaining this, so i will 4:34, this line is making fun of the fact that the fnaf games caused matpat to have to brighten images a lot (specifically teaser images) cus scott (creator of fnaf) and the game developers liked to hide stuff in the dark corners of teaser images

[@SebasTian58323]

Mario actually does have a castle, one wario took it over in one of the games.

[@Scales-811]

6:36 is doki doki literature club which is a visual novel

[@animage2867]

when scott teased fnaf he would hide things you couldnt see unless you screen shot the image and cranked up the brightness

[@helper_games]

6:03 here's what shocks me about this, you DIDN'T know this theory!?, this is the biggest meme on game theory

[@whatitdodave]

I don’t follow game theory in the slightest, not intentionally anyways.

[@helper_games]

Well fun fact, every verse of this song that isn't the "its time to do a little theorizing" part, is an actual theory mat has done and you mentioning easter eggs, the animation was made by mat's editor dan so there's TONS of them

[@Cherryfalll]

Bro is having a mad yap session (I do love your reactions tho)

[@whatitdodave]

I do like to react during my reaction videos.

[@BenGreen-ns7jq]

The tightening gyre

[@jesusromanpadro3853]

Your face after the "Sans is Ness" bit. 😂

[@no_regrets_]

ITS SANS lol, it was pretty funny

[@jesusromanpadro3853]

@@no_regrets_ corrected. Thanks.

[@no_regrets_]

@@jesusromanpadro3853 lol, np

[@oliversherman2414]

Matpat actually met the pope (hence the pope reference)

[@Indusia1004]

It's Bioshock, 5:40

[@sansundertale_666]

dave when you said the illmunati that was bill cipher from gravity falls

[@MimiKry_K]

Song good

[@universalsubs6935]

I never played luigis mansion but I played the second but what I get from the first one is mario got a letter whit a map to mansion and he went leaving behind and then luigi for him but it was all since when luigi he finds the mansion and was all set up by king boo making a alliance to trap mario for all eternity luigi was not ment to get involved and led to luigi and king boos rivalry I didn't watch "how rich is luigi" theory tho I probably should

[@kimbrandon3083]

You're a true fan of this you will literally know the Easter eggs here

[@whatitdodave]

I think so many went over my head but I caught what I could.

[@davidcarriere2339]

That's a meme, on the channel sans, is ness

[@fridayfunkgaming291offical]

i want to know the 9 people that disliked a video about some guy reacting to a banger song about a theorist

[@itsame43]

This is also a arg

[@Zebrix10]

I need to see life reaction of matpat to this song

[@TiilerNunes-jf4sm]

Yes, it is in the name of the game. Is doki doki. Literature club

[@Theheavytf2]

Man really did not know that scottgames made fanaf

[@whatitdodave]

Nope.

[@userdata9511]

6:23 Doki doki literature club. 👍

[@tito6909]

The Game Theorists are the ones who did all these theories

[@Matthew_Draper]

Dave monika is from doki doki

[@CynABsolver]

SANS IS NESS

[@aperta_fox]

Wqit oh is that "hooh" queen from deltarune????

[@m1sterch3f7]

I think it's from the baldis basics ost

[@contentconsumer963]

Sans is definitely Ness based.

[@Serryy]

Wait, is that a Monika refference

[@thepoeticminecart]

Sans IS nes

[@SnakeBP]

Man you don't man you don't know much about video the game that has that girl in the computer is called Doki Doki Literature Club.

[@ChelynnGreen]

1st

[@dikayevertear3509]

Stupendium is the KZbin version of Weird Al... but better. (Shots Fired!)

[@Serial_Designation_FS]

0:12 and that's why matpat's murder drones video is really bad (no offense. It's just bad)