Bugsnax's DLC: A Conspiracy Horror Update, For Kids

Bugsnax has received a new Bigsnax DLC Update. The lore implications are horrifying
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[@RTGame]

It's been an incredible fever dream to revisit Bugsnax again! I would STRONGLY recommend you watch my initial Bugsnax video before this one, as this very much picks up from where that one ends. You can find it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWHSaZKJesSIb5o

[@grimreaper9121]

Why does everything makes sense? We need bugsnax 2 to know more.

[@katefeider]

It’s great to see you back on the food monstrosity island.

[@moshuma3739]

I want to say this has good writing, but it is so painful. Then the things you say blur the lines.

[@puki860]

when i saw this in my notification i was filled with abject terror

[@williamhowells806]

this game kinda feels junji ito in a way. brings normal things like food together with parasites

[@reagansido5823]

Even after the first game I NEVER would have expected something like "they're big now!" to be explained with "the soil has been soaked with the blood of thousands."

[@vibevizier6512]

Lmao nice

[@idontneedaname318]

Considering this major twist of the base game I don't know what you _did_ expect

[@inumizuno]

​@@idontneedaname318Did the base game explained the "unique soil"?

[@Apple80089]

@@inumizuno the base game explained that bugsnaks are parasites that slowly kill people

[@BilZebub3739]

Why didnt you say "the soil has been soiled"?

[@enderhugo]

"YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THIS GAY, CHANDLO" absolutely killed me

[@r.wilson470]

“when you’re so gay you change the topography of the earth” was what slayed me fodnfjd

[@enderhugo]

@@r.wilson470 Honestly, it is a pretty relatable situation, happened to me last tuesday That mountain was a pain to deal with...

[@bleedmagic88]

Don't you just hate it when you're hanging out with your partner then the earth splits open 🙄

[@chicocorry1311]

@ender Hugo slay 💅🏻

[@shadoweevee2109]

Time stamp? I can’t find it anywhere and I need this quote in my life!

[@thesmashor4396]

"In this version of the bible Jesus is instead a pair of lesbians." Wildest sentence I've heard today.

[@topaz7462]

That's why it's called the BI-ble

[@pingu4938]

It makes sense, Jesus as in Man, and Jesus as in God

[@mkgaca8721]

@@pingu4938 LESBIANS ARE GOD???

[@pingu4938]

@@mkgaca8721 around 50% of them, yes

[@ashtonisvibing]

@@pingu4938 what about the other 50%?

[@PeeperSnail]

Snacktooth Island being canonically a blighted location forsaken by the goddess of nature is one of the most charmingly horrifying pieces of trivia from this game, nice.

[@JubioHDX]

basically the garden of eden that got taken away from them because of their incessant propagation of the bugsnax

[@masterzoroark6664]

THE SODOME BURNS!!!!

[@chasecole6794]

I was absolutely DYING at the end where Daniel began going off the rails once he found the coffee Bugsnax, the shouting "IT ALL MAKES SENSE" and tying things to religions.

[@drawnwithlove3499]

And then immediately fed the coffee snak to Filbo

[@iasomnium919]

Caffeine can do that to you.

[@privatesectorsec]

IT WAS THE FATHER, SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST

[@changinglemur9733]

His name is RT

[@velconx15]

They called him the Drift King back in college

[@StickMaster500]

Bugsnax turning from a Pokémon-like catching game into an allegory of Christianity is something I never thought this game would go down

[@Username-wh2ij]

The game is already an allegory for drug abuse. Adding Christianity to the bingo card is no surprise.

[@Dustifer]

IT ALL FITS?!

[@unnoticed4571]

@@Username-wh2ij you got a bingo yet?

[@bobross547]

@@unnoticed4571 dude I think everyone has hit every point of whatever bingo card they made by now literally anything and everything that could happen has happened

[@touchdom]

And yet I'm not surprised

[@MLGHazrad]

It is quite reassuring for our character to be allergic to bugsnax. It is like being the few people immune to the zombie plague.

[@flying-magpie]

I wish they delved more into that, kind of felt like plot armor

[@rowanheart8122]

Wait if MC is allergic to Bugsnax what are they eating? Have they been starving the whole game?

[@Dorito_King_Arkus]

@@rowanheart8122 they consume sauce

[@A-really-cool-Youtube-name]

No-one absolutely no-one: The main Character: *Drinks ranch* Sup.

[@livingmoose]

Reminds me of Ellie from The Last of Us

[@applemaster45]

Strabby is also the equivalent of the apple because strabby is the first bugsnax you feed to filbo, indicating the first sin. IT ALL MAKES SENSE!

[@ashtongiertz8728]

The forbidden fruit wasn't an apple; it's just represented by one in Catholic artwork because Catholic artists aren't creative enough to make up a fruit design. Kind of like how they just stuck a horn on a horse and said "I guess that's what a Unicorn looks like."

[@plumtucker9514]

@@ashtongiertz8728 actually, unicorns ha many historical ties to some less than savory things.. one of them being the farming of narwhals for thier horns. another being goats with birth defects giving them only oe horn, and the 3rd being an entirely different birth defect which the skin cells go nuts and just grew a horn on a horse.

[@abithefallenhuman921]

@@plumtucker9514 and the origin of the word coming from European explorers seeing a rhino for the first time. They described rhino's as, "Horned horses," so when the stories spread back to Europe and Britain, the idea of the unicorn was born

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

@@ashtongiertz8728 the Apple was actually a word play. In Latin the word for evil is malum, which is also the same word for an apple. It's a pun.

[@SnakeFruitCookieGood]

@@HolyKhaaaaan are you saying that the person who wrote the bible made a pun that then became a sort of not true fact of Christianity. Are you saying that a pun of all things became something Christians just say "yep the forbidden fruit was an apple" I'm gonna need to take a small break to scream in a corner

[@flyinhigh7681]

Fun fact! The earthquake at 4:02 should have resulted in the liquefaction of the water-saturated sand beneath your feet resulting in the likely deaths of yourself, Chandlo, and Snorpy!

[@cyansy]

Thanks! That is very fun!

[@KorliWolf]

If that happen then snaktooth Island wouldn't have been Jerusalem as the chat said, but Sodom and/or Gomorrah, the cities that where destroyed by God, and the new island would have been Jerusalem. I don't know how I feel about either of these paths that are, or could have been. Freak out aside, this is a very interesting geology fact

[@eve6262_]

Counter point: that isn't sand! As everything on the island is made of bugsnax, including the lava, the sand is also likely bugsnax, and therefore did not liquify.

[@ferret3423]

@@KorliWolf But both Islands are past civilizations. So isn't the main island Jerusalem? The one not infested by bugsnax?

[@flyinhigh7681]

@@eve6262_ but this cannot be the case! Dan has supposedly caught every bugsnax, yet has never forced anyone to eat sand! Certainly, if ReTweet Game had captured every bugsnax (as the achievements said) filbo would be naught but a pile of loose unstratified sediment.

[@St3lla-MaR1s]

Bugsnax being a story about Lovecraftian horrors, an allegory for Christianity, a kids game, and conspiracy theories, all experienced through the eyes of a deranged Irish man who talks to some being called Chat is such an experience.

[@X-SPONGED]

717 likes with no replies ? Lemme fix that for ya...

[@St3lla-MaR1s]

@@X-SPONGED 0 likes and no replies? Let me fix that for you

[@ms.antithesis]

@@St3lla-MaR1s noi dislikes or replies? let me fix thatt for yaa

[@voxicwaste]

HE'S IRISH??

[@ms.antithesis]

@@voxicwaste you're.. being ironic I'm guessing..its like 7am I can't tell

[@Stryxo]

waiting for the 7 hour long essay video to appear on youtube that actually correlates bugsnax to an allegory of the bible, christianity, and jesus and the thumbnail is like filbo getting crucified or something

[@dukep9750]

Got you covered with the filbo crucified Picture. Look up “xenogear chu-chu crucified” I was watching a review of xenogear and chu-chu looks like filbo but pink. So just change the color and you have the picture. Have a good day

[@daymuntaku6590]

make it 2 hours and I'd bloody watch it

[@sarinabina5487]

replying 2 this so i remember 2 make this a reality someday

[@S3b0rg]

@@sarinabina5487 Not if I do it first

[@silvershadow1271]

artist_zero created one

[@GambeTama]

Given how absolutely paranoid about EVERYTHING H.P. Lovecraft was, I can say with 100% certainty that this is what he saw every time he went grocery shopping.

[@nyarg33]

hp refused to eat anything other than candy and was hallucinating from malnutrition basically his entire life, which explains the stuff he wrote. he was also terrified of seafood specifically, which is why many of his most famous monsters have aquatic features. he was also unbelievably racist! look up his cat's name :)

[@GambeTama]

@@nyarg33 The literal only thing about this that is new to me is the candy thing. At the same time, the fact that this rabbit hole STILL keeps going further down makes it all the funnier XD

[@LuckyHicks2]

@nyarg33 While the racism trivia is pretty accurate, I haven’t found a source for the candy thing. He enjoyed beans, cheese, and veggies, among others. He also apparently had a tier list for different veggies; “…I like peas & onions, can tolerate cabbage & turnips, am neutral toward cauliflower, have no deep enmity toward carrots, prefer to dodge parsnips & asparagus, shun string beans & brussel sprouts & abominate spinach.” -Hovercraft Povercraft Lovecraft, 1931. I do admit that this was near-ish to his death, though, so maybe you and I just heard stories from different periods.

[@natsusekai6190]

"Floofty, did you tell the journalist to throw acid at you?" the delivery of this line was perfect, 10/10 to all the voice actors for doing such a stellar job

[@StabbyMay0825]

it does, it defenetly does.

[@furnacewreath]

i fucking loved this line too lmao

[@richelledecastro7705]

Disappointed Parent Voice.

[@gav1049]

23:47

[@ValeriaPaper]

And the way Floofty tries to avoid answering the question is like icing on the cake lmao

[@OurJynx]

The last few minutes of this video feels like falling down a set of stairs and down several hills of nonsense that somehow makes sense once you shake off the concussion.

[@nplt8263]

So, like the ending of Bugsnax?

[@bradymclaughlin6376]

My reaction to the Mort theory

[@springbreezegaming4017]

@@bradymclaughlin6376 hello other mort theory watcher. I didn't expect to see a comment about that here. XD

[@Paradox_Edge]

It's the feeling of falling *up* a mountain. Only to realize that the mountain top is the bottom of the ocean.

[@bradymclaughlin6376]

@@springbreezegaming4017 you can't deny though, that this has the same conspiratorial insanity as the Mort theory

[@a.j.8135]

I'm disappointed that no one used the portmanteau "snackrifice" when the initial grumpus sacrifice mural was found.

[@palecaptainwolfkayls8499]

Probably a term no modern Grumpus would know, really.

[@dylo7564]

It makes so much sense why there are so many calories in bugsnax... THEY WERE PEOPLE.

[@ashtongiertz8728]

So bugsnax = Soylent Greens?

[@Polar_Pyro_YT21]

CANNIBALISM.

[@TheGameChangerLord]

No it's because thats a (somewhat) normal amount of calories. Everyone was getting calories and kilocalories mixed up.

[@TheGameChangerLord]

BUT ALSO BUGSNAX IS PEOPLE

[@chronee5390]

What’s even better about the coffee bugsnax is that one of the post-it notes said to look for non-sauce food, implying that they saw the transformation of (maybe Tiffany’s grandma) after they had too much coffee.

[@XCaptainJelloX]

hey nice pfp

[@coladadlee]

@@XCaptainJelloX for a second I thought you were the same person replying to themselves

[@kakao-katze]

@@coladadlee same here, which would have been pretty funny, ngl

[@TravelingToby]

@@coladadlee Thought the same thing.

[@TravelingToby]

me too!

[@SomePerson5]

This entire game feels like a weird dream that slowly shifts into a nightmare as time goes on and you have no idea what's going on.

[@henrydean2568]

I've always said religion was a mistake

[@naofumitempest7231]

Weird gay nightmare

[@goodyule3335]

BARNACLES!!!!!

[@Fetapetu]

I have a fever, and I watched this half sleep, and I did have weird dreams.

[@sagapulastation1711]

@@Fetapetu i want to know the dreams

[@anna48792]

The realization that the person who's been leaving logs for you to find around the underground facility has likely been transformed into the mutated animal that just ran past you is my favorite Bugsnax Moment

[@adrianen4644]

A bug you can feed to other people…

[@abithefallenhuman921]

Unfortunately no, Alegander Jamfoot is alive and well. He's the '???' voice you hear in the true ending who talks to Clumby, and Clumby is the journalist Jamfoot refers to in the first recording, and why you find a hat from the GNN in Jamfoot's office. He even tries to contact Clumby in the end credits if you listen to every tape, where he sais that someone (the player) found his secret tapes.

[@kaiser2979]

@@abithefallenhuman921 yes but you won’t know that in the moment. It’s deliberately designed so that you assume he is dead

[@abithefallenhuman921]

@@kaiser2979 not if you got the DLC after you beat the game, which I think most players did

[@patrickbone5993]

Bugsnax is oddly a really effective drama, given it's subtle hints to the realities of what's really going on. And the horrors of everything disguised as a kids game. Like many jokes in kids shows, it has a very different context if you're an adult.

[@iwakeupandboomimarat]

honestly i wouldve shat myself as a kid playing this but like. i still would've played it

[@sapphire4310]

That's my favourite thing about kids shows. Like when I re-watched the finale of adventure time and realised the main villain was literally a berserk reference

[@toastbot9496]

I hate at how the end chat managed to create a somehow working conspiracy that bugsnax is an allegory to Christianity itself. Although, I would gladly accept the hot take that Beffica is a representation of Judas of all people.

[@justafurrywithinternet317]

I haven't watched the vid yet, what the fuck?

[@charondusk5608]

Don't insult Judas by comparing him to Beffica.

[@StabbyTheSkaven]

the thing is i would actually suspect floofty more as the judas then beffica. i mean beffica is horrible but floofty also seems to have some ties to the secret consipiracy so it might be her.

[@GrandiaKnight]

Bugsnax is one of those games that can be interpreted in so many different ways.

[@olliefischer]

this is literally the trope Everyone is Jesus in Purgatory

[@sidhackney8831]

"Nevermind translating the hieroglyphics, if you just read the room here it says fuck off"

[@vanessaolbertz5340]

Bugsnax is funny for a My First Evangelion

[@Raphael_27]

the DLC is basically you running around knowing the truth and not being able to tell the truth. This game truly makes you feel like a journalist.

[@chaiznt]

cassandra simulator

[@claralima1967]

@@chaiznt Grumpin' Apollo, man, bet it's his fault

[@dragonninja3655]

To be like a journalist, you'd have to be actively lying in the game.

[@heathercalun4919]

My head cannon is that this is taking place after the ending. The island exploded, and then everyone went back anyway because the rest of Grump civilization doesn't actually exist. The island is all.

[@fukkthisnewupdate8882]

​@@heathercalun4919 it's like black Mesa

[@saltstar7109]

The delivery for Shelda's "Floofty did you tell the journalist to throw acid at you?" Is so funny to me for some reason. Just the deadpan-ness of it when Shelda's usually so floughty

[@wildr3drapt0r90]

Ah yes Bugsnax, the Lovecraftian horror disguised as a kids game

[@samjetstream9]

Reminds me of kirby....

[@Oxygen1004]

So, Kirby?

[@psydenspeed3018]

@@Oxygen1004 oh boy

[@user-fc1kv7oy1c]

@@Oxygen1004 Well somebody lack critical information

[@potatodude3947]

@@Oxygen1004 Oh yeah, Kirby games are cute and cuddly up until the very end, where a lovecraftian horror is the final boss. It gets even darker when you look into the surprisingly complex, yet consistent lore. Kirby's Dream Land 3's true final boss has the most gore in a first-party Nintendo game ever.

[@stealthcheck49]

this was the most unhinged stream I ever had the honour of joining. when everyone in chat and dan were going fully insane with theories of bugsnax being a modern gay allegory for the bible, I was doubled over. if you can catch this guy live like that and experience what the fuck him and his community can come up with real time, join in. it's worth it.

[@-voiddemoni-9243]

It really is one of the greatest moments in the channel and real time it just feels amazing

[@Sinchu9]

Dan saying the line "The coffee's not sauce" in genuine greif, is why I love him

[@pogoknight428]

We never learned why we needed a remote detonator Update: upon unlocking The Triplicate Space and scanning the Cappucceetle, it seems that this is the only Cappucceetle of its kind. If you press square for more information, it gives you an excerpt from Jamfoot. “I named him Joey Quickbeans. He is my best friend. I have been here a long time.” I haven’t caught it because that’s so sweet ;_; My god I wish Bugsnax was more well known, there is so much theory material. Like an unbelievable amount of information of an unknown use.

[@abithefallenhuman921]

If you catch him you can put him in Gramble's barn and give him pets! :) I myself also dressed him up in a pirate hat, since the Snakolytes originate from dread pirate Grumpbeard

[@fishthefish1063]

The mural of the 3 queens depicts the first 2 but the 3rd one also depicts Lizbert AND Eggabell because the Earthquake that consumed and dragged Lizbert under, while Eggabell is the one at the top looking for her

[@zeeb2190]

that raises more questions, like, how are they prophetic, and, whyd they eat the things if they'd know what'd happen.

[@drawnwithlove3499]

@@zeeb2190 religion is a lot like that, sacrifices and such. They fed their people to the snax because it would make them more snax that they could eat, they thought of it more as a 'cycle of life' rather than a cruel ritual of sacrifice. They probably also thought of their sacrifices as saviors who could save their people by feeding the snax. The earth feeds them, they feed back the earth, and the earth feeds back, so on and so forth.

[@ninees5491]

@@drawnwithlove3499 That is a really interesting way to put it. Although I wonder how these ancient empires and civilizations tends up to fall into pieces. Maybe they didn't commit enough sacrifices to the snax, which it makes the snax consume entire civilizations of grumpus who failed to do their part and sacrifices. The many corpses around the island would explain the consumed grumpus or maybe these grumpus died because of the natural disasters that happens when the snax are hungry just like we get to see at the end, even the other temple was mostly into ruins filled with corpses.

[@drawnwithlove3499]

@@ninees5491 maybe some revolutions happening? There may have been some grumps who didn't agree to the cycle and thus it disrupted it and that angered the bugsnax

[@ninees5491]

@@drawnwithlove3499 Yeah that seems to be the case!

[@Clockwork935]

Time for more horrific body transformations with everyones favourite sociopath

[@TheSkyRender]

But RT played this, not Let's Game It Out...

[@onnopleaseno649]

ITS BUG SNAX, TALKING BOUT BUGSNAX

[@vanessaolbertz5340]

Welcome back to Dysfunctional Body Modifications: The Game with everyone’s favourite person, Rumble Tumblegamer. Today’s episode is Dysfunctional Body Modifications but with a sack of Christianity in it: The Game Midqual.

[@amberhawksong]

Your pfp looks familiar willnairn

[@Clockwork935]

Funnily enough, this is the second time that its been recognised from a comment made on an RTGame video

[@talonzilla1322]

I think the Cappucceetle might be the previous reporter that Jamfoot was talking to through the tapes, after they learned of and later joined the snakolites they vowed to never eat a bugsnak, but perhaps Jamfoot thought the previous journalist not worthy of being in the snakolites, so day by day he would give them a cappuccino, considering Jamfoot was a barista, the Journalist would drink the cappuccinos unaware that they were bugsnax, until the journalist became a Cappucceetle

[@arrontheprotogen9276]

That makes way too much sense

[@likeapro4242]

I like the theory, but I theorized that the reporter he’s talking too is actually Clumby due to the fact that she not only is part of the snaxolites, but she also is still in contact with Jamfoot and she even sends that letter that about how you know too much like she did

[@randirollz5571]

Yeah, and I figured that the cappucceetle was actually Triffany's grandmother. One of the tapes was like 'you don't wanna follow where Bronica Lottablog went', and well, it would explain why the journalist couldn't find the grandmother's remains anywhere, and it was heavily implied that the Snakolytes took her. Idk sorry for replying like a year later haha

[@richelledecastro7705]

I love when Shelda drops the accent for Floofty. She sounds like a disappointed parent.

[@ltsme_You]

Never thought I'd see a game that's not only a love craftian horror, metaphor for the Bible, and made for kids What a time to be alive

[@StabbyTheSkaven]

i mean we need to teach the young ones how completely horrible the unknown is, fear the color out of space, fear what lurks between the oceans, fear those that dream beyond and dont forget to top up with a bugsnax from time to time.

[@charbomber110]

Actually, I think Kirby did that a *long* time ago.

[@mr.j7444]

I mean lovecrafts mythos is basically extra books for the Bible. God exists within the lovecraft pantheon the creator who’s parallel is azathoth the blind idiot god that is destruction.

[@ashamanrich6286]

It already existed. It's called VeggieTales

[@whoamu.8439]

Eldritch horrors are just so great alone Like- Their bigger than human gods, their bigger than any god that we worship. They're simply...eldritch And god I love itm

[@JasakutheLeafeon]

Psychological horror is still a perfect description for this game

[@protondium_8927]

Does this imply that bugsnax are algae? I mean, most seem to be made at least partly from photosynthesizing organisms, and certain species of green algae can be parasitic! I mean yeah it was likely a typo but I'm starting to like the idea that the plant-based parts of bugsnax are photosynthesizing tissue, similar to how some aquatic animals form mutually beneficial relationships with algae to have an extra energy source!

[@warpedmine9682]

@@protondium_8927 how would this work would the bugsnacks act like fruit to the green which is very common for the island causing it to diffuse into the bugsnacks?

[@protondium_8927]

@@warpedmine9682 Some animals, like hydra and certain gastropods, have bits of tissue that algae can live on. The animals protect the algae from being eaten, and the animals gain an extra source of energy; this is especially great for animals that have trouble moving toward food. In theory, an ancient symbiotic bond like this could eventually lead to a lichen-ish situation (which is part algae!) where the two organisms act more like different parts to the same organism. This eventually turns into the bugsnax, which have sonce diverged into most niches on the island! (Hopefully this makes sense, I haven't been in spec bio spaces in a while)

[@ashtongiertz8728]

@@protondium_8927 wait wait wait, Hydras are a real thing?

[@protondium_8927]

@@ashtongiertz8728 Yea! They're microorganisms in the same phylum as jellyfish, and some can even photosynthesize !

[@bEEgMark]

I'd like to think one of the devs of the game was watching RT's stream and when they got to the end they were either like, "this man has gone insane" or "YES! FINALLY! SOMEONE GETS IT!"

[@yesplease8805]

bugsnax: so yeah, turns out there IS an underground bugsnax conspiracy! us: so the conspiracy theorist character was right? bugsnax: oh, no, it's nothing like what he predicted. that guy might just genuinely have some kind of mental illness. and/or ptsd. us: ...oh. wow. that's, uh- bugsnax: honestly it's kind of impressive he's managed to last this long without professional help. us: bugsnax: for kids!

[@caritahearts2405]

Boyfriend > therapy

[@ikeohno9767]

Genuinely think Snorpy just has reallly bad psychosis

[@LuckyHicks2]

@caritahearts2405 To be fair, if Shelda’s to be believed, boyfriend is not a substitute to therapy. It’s why you don’t ask a paleontologist to do heart surgery; I’m sure she’s a professional, but getting people to open up just ain’t her job.

[@danielsbarrow581]

It's funny to even hear the dev's point out the horror conspiracies of bugsnax.

[@wordfr]

Ok

[@cockmaster314]

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[@cheesuschrist4473]

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[@kwibloupthesomething]

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[@shincci]

RT joked on the stream about Bugsnax having violently graphic ending of characters murdering each other, but the funny thing is that is pretty much one idea of original ending/plotline. In original script, Eggabell was taken over by the bugsnax, turning into almost something like a zombie and tried to murder Lizbert (as she wasn't able to control herself anymore). Lizbert pushed her off the cliff in self-defense and Eggabell then fell to her death, her body splitting apart into bugsnax. It's real, look it up.

[@youropinioniswrong8021]

The ending was changed because it indulged in bury your gays. Not because it was too dark, but because the lesbians need to survive

[@shincci]

@@youropinioniswrong8021 It was also changed because devs didn't like idea of Eggabell being dead as it would've left her character more empty/less important-feeling as player would be unable to interact/know her outside of the recordings/what other people told about her. My point wasn't that the original ending was too dark, but that how Dan's offhand joke was pretty much on point with that script, which is pretty funny coincidence. I really appreciate devs' decision to change the ending as I agree Eggabell feels more meaningful character in current game. Also because I always enjoy myself some good lesbian rep as one myself.

[@Stratelier]

Don't forget if you fail the minigames during the finale and the characters eat too many Snax they DO dissolve into snax, which can be considered "graphic" enough already. (Noting that any character who you've completed the questline for _will not_ eat any Snax during the finale thus survive by default, including at minimum Filbo)

[@arrontheprotogen9276]

You’re bluffing. Please tell me you’re bluffing.

[@shincci]

@@arrontheprotogen9276 I'm not. Google it.

[@Woodland_Adventures]

Shelda: "Flooflty, did you tell the journalist to throw acid at you?" Floofty: "..." Flooftly: "Well, this has been surprisingly not a waste-"

[@whitetober7825]

Honestly playing the dlc gave me a better appreciation for Shelda - considering she was relatively forgetful during my first play through. I'm glad they were able to give her more depth

[@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123]

I like Shelda because she's a hypocrite the same way an Alcoholic telling you not to drink is a hypocrite. They made a terrible choice and want you to do better.

[@colmecolwag]

"Bugsnax is an allegory for drugs/alcohol" is a interpretation ive heard that kinda makes sense too tbh. Which is part of all the side quests being "tries to fix personal issue with Bugsnax. Doesnt work out." Like Snorpy's anxiety and paranoia, or Wiggles quest for a muse. They tend to all be things people turn to drugs for, but they aint the answer. Its fun

[@drawnwithlove3499]

It's also an accurate allegory to believers in general and how they'll bend their own rules so it conforms to the ideal way they view their beliefs. It honestly kinda hit home for me so I was a bit pissed that Dan just hates her for being a hypocrite. That's just the pipeline of religion for ya. You praise it's beliefs, find the little holes, attempt to patch it up, but realize it was always beyond fixing

[@LitPinata]

And then you wallow that the holes are unfixable, 'till you realize that it's supposed to have the holes.

[@yoursonisold8743]

@@LitPinata It isn't "supposed to", humans are just incapable of making something without holes.

[@mothichorror446]

It's literally her character arc in the base game, she wants to be a role model and show that Bugsnax have no power over her, but she can't stop herself.

[@CliffCardi]

16:20 the Latin at top translates to: “You know what you’re eating. Every living thing from Bugsnax.”

[@Stratelier]

"Tu quid eddas" is more commonly translated as "you are what you eat" (the game's most direct theme).

[@sadbread7261]

*"The coffe is not sauce"* Hit like a truck.

[@slaymen587]

My theory as to why sprout the Strabby stays on your side: the ball he's in constantly isolates him from the hive mind.

[@powercore1987]

As a Christian, when RT first said something about how the game is an allegory for the Bible I was like "Haha yeah it is kinda like the bible"... then he KEPT GOING.

[@techstuff9198]

Welcome, in time you will understand the horrors of God!

[@techstuff9198]

Have a complimentary forbidden fruit pie and gain transcendent KNOWLEDGE.

[@Glisten456]

For me, I lost it when he found out that there are twelve main characters/twelve Apostles

[@LiveNishikiyamaReaction]

As somebody who knows nothing about the bible or Christianity, I AM VERY FUCKING CONFUSED.

[@techstuff9198]

@@LiveNishikiyamaReaction Read it, it's fucking hilarious for all the wrong reasons. And that anyone would believe that you need religion to have morals? That's knee slap inducing hilarity.

[@drawnwithlove3499]

We love accurate representation of gay couples. Especially the earth-moving, reality-bending, time-warping powers they hold

[@basementdustproductions1069]

🏳️‍🌈This is the representation we need

[@unpaintedcanvas]

We stan a gay human centipede 🙌🙌🏳️‍🌈

[@downwordspiralofpiss]

As a lesbian I can confirm 👍

[@voicetale]

We also stan a NB scientist who tried sawing of their own head

[@downwordspiralofpiss]

@@voicetale I forgot that happened. This game really is a fucking horror story

[@onelovelylilidiot4959]

Glad this DLC delved more into Floofty and Shelda more than the base game. Since they were some of the last grumpuses to recruit they had the least time spent building them

[@tinyz7575]

I love how they embraced the "there's something more than meets the eye" part of the story for the dlc. The game went from haha eat burger rhino to resident evil villian transformations. Now we know its even worse than that. I can see the game theory video for the Christianity thing.

[@TheBritishDragong]

And that means another wave of “MatPat horrifyingly out of context” videos

[@juliaportes6603]

Rt:"I can't belive Filbo bit off the head of Wambus" Everyone : WAS THAT THE BITE OF 87?!?!

[@Harsh-tf9he]

god damn lovecraftian horror, bible references and now FNAF lore in a kids game

[@bungerroyale5144]

Was that the Bunger of snaktooth island!?!

[@Polar_Pyro_YT21]

It's been so long...

[@pink_sky_morning4842]

@@Polar_Pyro_YT21 SINCE I’VE SEEN THE LAST OF MY SON

[@NianJKL]

I was at the steam for this and I only realized shortly after the stream that spoilers the recordings you found were probably made by your boss who interviewed the probably now leader of the snackolytes. Hence the mention of triffanies grandmother and the other things they don’t quite add until you put it in the light I did . Not the biggest relevation I know but still interesting so I thought I’d share.

[@Whirlwhind1]

Oh, so those recordings were an Interview of Jamfoot by Clumby?

[@shincci]

The recordings are made by the guy in the radio, Jamfoot, to the player's boss, Clumby. Jamfoot wasn't journalist himself (just like he says in the tapes, he is archivist, crypto-snakological researcher and barista), being already part of the secret society Snakolytes. Clumby however, is journalist just like the player. And it's also mentioned in her game profile she is addicted to coffee (also there are dialogue of her mentioning coffee at beginning of the game), just like implied in the final room, likely belonging to her, or that Jamfoot also was coffee addict and he got Clumby into drinking coffee too. So basically, what the whole deal is that Triffany's grandmother came to Snaktooth years ago, just like Liz and other grumps currently. Clumby followed her to the island just like the player, and just like Liz she was vanished too (either by the bugsnax or Snakolytes). Snakolytes, with Jamfoot staying in the island in watch of their base, weren't fond of Clumby snooping around and this captured her and took her in their ranks (noted by the final record tape). Clumby also literally sends the player letter telling "now you know the truth, don't repeat my mistakes", after you've gone through the Triliminal Space.

[@Diamond1234]

@@shincci Yeah, so ironically Clumby gives us a warning about it and doesn't tell Jamfoot about us since he doesn't know who broke into his base. Surprisingly nice of Clumby, actually.

[@shincci]

@@Diamond1234 yeah, I wonder if that means Clumby isn't really that loyal to the Snakolytes as she was pretty much forced to be part of them, so even if she doesn't really show much care towards the player, she's still more willing to cover for them over telling about them to secret society that threatened her to join their ranks.

[@dfquartzidn6151]

Oh my God. Thank you for changing my view of Clumby’s character. I hope this game will have a sequel which will fill in all the blanks.

[@lixyororke]

an earthquake occurring and dan saying "you shouldnt have been this gay chandlo, you caused this" is exactly my humour

[@Amayawolf_01]

Filbo's laugh sounds like he's acting positive while actually dying inside

[@cunkjunk]

god i fuckin relate to that immensely

[@lunatpr5594]

I like how the icons show the default appearance of the characters despite how they look nothing like the icon.

[@charlottel8879]

I don't even recognize them anymore

[@ShudowWolf]

When we watched the stream, none of us, not even RT, knew we would learn Bugsnax was actually just The Bible: Director's Cut.

[@DJBaphomet]

I made sure to play before I watched this, and it's so funny seeing RT trash talk Shelda at the start knowing full well this little expansion is basically a redemption arc for her and how she's like, the primary source of comedy for this update Sad that the 'That boy needs therapy' line was cut out in this video though, that line's hilarious

[@something6833]

When does that line show up?

[@thedarkkissel5331]

I have watched many a horror movies, I have seen many horror game let's plays. I have never seen anything like Bugsnax. The progression, from "haha cute fruit animal" to "parasites that you WILLINGLY put inside your body" is absolutely terrifying for me. Good lord save us all.

[@JustAnotherHaiku]

If Triffany's grandmother is the coffee, then it would be really fucked up to feed her the coffee, wouldn't it?

[@ashtongiertz8728]

I know what I'm doing if I ever play this game!

[@LocalManwhore]

OH SHIT I JUST GOT THROUGH MY PLAYTHROUGH OF THE GAME WITHOUT EVEN THINKING ABOUT THAT WHEN I GOT BACK FROM CATCHING IT, I FED IT TO THE FIRST SNAXBURG RESIDENT I COULD FIND THE FIRST ONE I CAME ACROSS IN TOWN WAS TRIFFANY....

[@abithefallenhuman921]

I always thought they tried to make Triffany's grandmother the new Queen of Bugsnax, since Jamfoot brings up the point they plan to make a third queen, and that Beronica's journal mentiones the final resting place of Grumpbeard (founder of the Snakolytes), and her final entry is the very mountain that led to Lizbert's transformation Would also explain who the mysterious 'B' is when you first find the key

[@the_legendary_fire]

What's scary is I went into this expecting horror and still came out terrified

[@drawnwithlove3499]

Did that with Kirby too, still confused on what the fuck Fecto Elfilis is

[@thecommonman9524]

@@drawnwithlove3499 just the ultimate lifeform that can tear holes in dimensions with just a thought. Nothing too horrifying.

[@spud5921]

I'm pretty sure the intended way to catch the coffee is with the aggressive bugsnax near its paths in each area, but breaking its AI and tripping the tripwire yourself works too I guess

[@abithefallenhuman921]

I forgot Joey existed and summoned the Sushi snak for one of Gramble's side quests (donate every legendary snak), and poor Joey ran directly into the dragon's path and got sent flying across the area. Tell you what tho, easiest capturing of my entire playthrough

[@spud5921]

@@abithefallenhuman921 that's certainly one way to do it!

[@ayaanmohammad6645]

31:50 This is the equivalent of "I hope the Rapture comes before my student loans are due."

[@17kpk]

Came for the Bugsnax, stayed for the Eldritch horror, wasn't expecting the Christian symbolism.

[@syrupsandwichhhh]

This was the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 alternate route we’ve all been waiting for

[@Jr837_]

Thats Bugsnax: Live Action for you my friend

[@beanface7408]

@@Jr837_ it's Bugsnax: The Movie

[@bepisthescienceman4202]

Oddly enough CWCM2 actually sorta goes down a path sorta like this

[@Jr837_]

@@beanface7408 yeah thats a better title lol

[@abadgurl2010]

@@bepisthescienceman4202 no, CWaCoM2 was different because 1. The foodimals were literally water that was microwaved by a robot in a way that turned the water into food(the machine's original purpose) that it later made sapient food creatures after realizing that making hostile food creatures would make people want to destroy the machine. 2. The foodimals desperately DON'T want to be eaten unlike the Bug Snax who do. 3. The foodimals are created by the machine from water & microwave radiation so that's how they populate. Whereas the bug snax reproduce by being consumed by people who get converted into more bug snax and are addicted/mind controlled to not freak out over the transformation unless they're told the truth before it's too late.

[@samandom8772]

Everyone's wondering where triffany gets all the bones when her job is literally looking for bones. She's just good at her job leave her alone XD

[@birdsocks9083]

Honestly, the depiction of the ‘gapping maw’ some what resembles the Aztec belief of the earth being made of a ravenous giant murderous creature. Keeping this creature fed, therefore stopping the the creature devouring life on earth, is one of the various reasons the Aztecs sacrificed people. Aztec mythology and beliefs are genuine interesting once you get past the gore in the details. I do not think this is a very accurate telling of the myth, do your own research if you’re interested. I think I remember that this particular creature is to do with the Aztec creation myths, if you do want to research on you own.

[@idontneedaname318]

i thought the Aztecs believed that the sun god needed to be fueled by blood otherwise the sun would be killed by the moon and stars

[@chubishroom9500]

so you're telling me that apart from a lovecraftian horror, a christian allegory and gayness, this game is also a reference to the Aztecs, wich also leads to the pillar men from jojo, making this game a jojo reference?

[@birdsocks9083]

Chubi shroom Oh shit oh fuck

[@tiredtrickster4353]

@@chubishroom9500 you didn't have to speak those words. why did you speak those words? those cursed, cursed texts? now i'm gonna be thinking about this all night, dammit

[@spikydemon9017]

I was about to correct you that the monster from the Aztec mythology got in fact killed by Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl, and they used it's corpse to create the world... But then I started overthinking and my mind started a fucked up theory that the world of this game is somehow "alive" So I should just stop and leave it just like that...

[@HPFireYT]

The dlc that nobody expected, but we all needed in the end. Love the return to this psychological horror game.

[@samuelvandenbroek101]

As a Christian, I cant decide whether to be happy or horrified about the Christianity parallels edit: Upon further inspection, the three queens being the holy trinity makes a scary amount of sense. The first is vengeful, like God in the old testament destroying Jerusalem for it's sin, the second is benevolent and helpful, like the holy spirit is to believers, and The third dies to save the settlement, like Jesus

[@alexanderendrizzi462]

Oh my fucking god

[@ron133.]

DANG

[@AlphaPizzadog]

Sour patch kids: first they're sour, then they're sweet. Then they're gone

[@PeeperSnail]

General rule of thumb: If it's vaguely Christian and involving veggies somehow, it's gonna be some bomb ass Christian media

[@ethanwinters3281]

"Dies" take that with a mountain amount of grain of salt

[@bigmood4404]

"Bugsnax was an allegory for the Bible" was NOT what I thought I'd be taking away from this video

[@misstearybox]

Dude I cannot be the only one weirdly obsessed with these videos right? Like I'm trying to sleep for an early morning but was having difficulty, decided I need background noise to sleep and IMMEDIATELY thought of bugsnax... so weirdly comforting

[@solstice_clouds8616]

you are not the only one! bugsnax is very comforting for me too, especially Dan`s playthrough

[@soragami6247]

I can just imagine the player character desperately trying to convince them to not eat any bugsnax but they don't listen.

[@tallmyster1323]

I just realized, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is possible in this. Pastafarianism for Bugsnax 2 plot, a religion that opposes the Snakolytes lol

[@dfquartzidn6151]

We've only heard of Jamfoot's voice and have only seen photos of him but I love him already, lmao. I also like how despite the firing and her being annoying, Clumby wasn't always that bad. She didn't want you to be involved.

[@BraveLilToasty]

So basically the tapes were for Clumbernut because she was the second one that followed in Bronica's footsteps, and became a Snakolyte after she found out. The coffee may be or may not be Bronica but as far as I know it's just Jamfoot's pet, who I think drinks in it for coffee. The proof of this is the Press hat on the table, the tape where Jamfoot will take all of their recordings, and the letter from Clumbernut saying "don't make the same mistake I did and don't let Jamfoot push you around." And the three queens are the unknown person, eho was sacrificed and became the wrathful, the second which was lady naturae, who ushered peace, and since she couldn't control the bugsnax anymore, tried her best to make the survivors leave the island and to never come back, saying that the toxins must not be consumed. And that is where Shelda came from. And the third queen is Lizbert. And Eggabell just decided to join, which is a wildcard since she wasn't mentioned in the prophecy because you know, never was it mentioned that a queen can just scoot over and let someone else in. The first queen was also the one that left the massive crater on the middle of broken tooth island. Before mother naturae took over and built an altar on the middle of it. Which can be seen used on the mural on the left before the cheddar spider boss.

[@sectorzisnumbuhone]

Ooooohhh…

[@anonygooose]

You know how you had to interview everyone once you got them back into Snaxburg- what if Clumbernut was planning on using said recordings to give it away incase something like this were to every happen- she has all the info she could ever need about all the survivors, even Eggabell and Lizbert. This is intense- and I'm shocked me and my friends were right about so much prior to this DLC. I love this game and how deep it goes omg

[@guggelguggel7491]

Tbf, in the ending you get a cutscene where they make up a syory about how the bugsnax were just a rumor, yeah, too good to be true, sorry. Which probably means the main character probably didnt give Clumpfoot the tapes?

[@MrGemHunter]

I love how genuinely concerned RT is for everyone's safety

[@usernametaken017]

Except shelda

[@drawnwithlove3499]

@@usernametaken017 and Beffica

[@digstrememcdingus1463]

Fun fact: If you decide to play this game despite knowing, here's a tip for catching Capuucheetle. You can catch him in the boiling bay by placing the trip wire over the exit, chasing him there and luring a paletoss after warming it up a a little (lure it over the lava or into the water) to whack the Capuucheetle

[@cirix15]

it's probably just a coincidence but floofty's line at 22:25 unlocked an old memory in my brain from the youtube series "Is It a Good Idea to Microwave This?" where in the intro they shout "The masks, they do nothing!" and the nostalgia trip has been wild.

[@shiningarmor2838]

I knew I wasn't the only one who thought this!

[@kittycatdreamz]

both are a reference to the simpsons, "the goggles do nothing" line

[@cerberusmutt4252]

THE TINFOIL SHIELDING ACTUALLY WORKED!

[@nintenfire21]

The fact that someone in chat mention that this DLC had some similarly to Christianity is considered very shocking

[@ashtongiertz8728]

What, you're shocked that in a world where Christianity is the top religion, somebody in Rumble Tumble's chat was familiar with the Bible?

[@nintenfire21]

@@ashtongiertz8728 I mean, I did not know that there connection to this until someone mention this and it makes so much sense that I did not even know that it was possible.

[@BoldTint]

@@ashtongiertz8728 I mean Some of his stuff does have quite a hellish feeling to it

[@vanessaolbertz5340]

Zankoku na tenshi no you ni....

[@leosuber9475]

It's time for another "children's game" that is fun for the whole family!

[@PheenixspeedHR]

Dont forget to Bring i gun and loot of food and water

[@greenumbrella6249]

"Bunger me, bro" has gotta be one of the most mundane starts this adventure could have possibly have had

[@missrebel634]

40:57 Shelda looks like she can hear RT and seems very concerned.

[@robottoucaninc.6752]

before bugsnax: aww look at the cute food pokemon after bugsnax: wait they are actually parasites

[@lilyaster2911]

Now it makes sense why everyone hated the icecream Pokémon.. It was instinct

[@thetakengamer4256]

@@lilyaster2911 Nah, that was just because it was lazy design. The bugsnax was just a coincidence.

[@corokossa]

@@thetakengamer4256 "lazy design" voltorb exists

[@GlitchBunn]

@@corokossa Don't firget electrode, voltorb again but upside down and with a mouth.

[@Imstillhangintherethankgod]

When I first found out about this update, I wondered how they were going to incorporate the psychological body horror of the first game into a new DLC. I regret asking

[@fallingskymedia4421]

"Bugsnax is a metaphor for Jesus" is not the ending I expected

[@MysticG03]

When looking at the mail about where to find The Triplicate Space, it is from someone that starts with B which is in the Snakolytes, ruling out both Clumby Clumbernut and Alagander Jamfoot. The only character that we haven't seen, that starts with a B in either first and surname, which we know... is Bronica Lottablog... is she actually alive and also part of the Snakolytes?

[@lolthispoops9147]

honestly, with the ending being such a big twist to the game i think H.P Lovecraft would love it, maybe not that the food part but the ending is phenomenal writing imo

[@FirstNameLastName-vq7dd]

What was his cats name?

[@lolthispoops9147]

@@FirstNameLastName-vq7dd your mom

[@skymin963]

he hated gay people so i doubt it

[@ashtongiertz8728]

He'd be too scared to play it. That guy was afraid of EVERYTHING.

[@chandra5350]

I think the fact that video games EXIST would be horrifying to him in some way or the other, look at all the bits and pieces that got into making games

[@KahjalDragon]

You talking about Shelda being a hypocrite reminds me of when I was a kid lol my family decided to have the "smoking is bad for you, dont do it!" talk in the middle of the living room when literally like all 8 family members were sitting and chatting and ALL of them smoking. indoors at that. granted, it DID kind of work cause the smell was terrible but like.. just felt so weird LOL

[@aymuhspunj]

If I had a penny for everytime an allegory for Christianity resulted in eldritch horrors, I'd have two shiny coins. And I think that's pretty cool. Looking forward to getting more.

[@sectorzisnumbuhone]

😂

[@Naritarance]

i know the first penny is bugsnax, but whats the second one? faith: the unholy trinity or?- /genq

[@Wired_User]

@@NaritaranceIt could be anything…my first thought is Evangelion.

[@trulyagoose]

I got this game on Xbox yesterday. Really fun to play! I’m sooo excited for the lovecraftian horror that we come across today!

[@M4SKED2001]

I thought it would never return.... And then they released a free DLC

[@VVen0m]

I love how this is actually, genuinely, like non-ironically terrifying once you get the context of completing the game

[@beanids]

39:44 is where the Bugsnax is the Bible tangent starts. You’re Welcome.

[@nerdgirl_113]

Thank you.

[@lynx4082]

Wow what a brightly coloured wholesome looking game! I sure hope this doesn't reawaken some kind of repressed trauma from the last time I saw this and had multiple existential crisis hahah-Hey is that a giant Cheeseburger?

[@Anotherchild_lol]

D-do you need to cry repeatedly into a pillow or something?

[@pink_sky_morning4842]

yo I think you need to talk to someone man😨

[@YY-sz1qh]

First Jack w Stanley Parable and now RT with Bugsnax The Irish lads really b feedin me well today

[@tydshiin5783]

Its weird that lately the best game content creators I've seen are from the Irish, at least it has for me and a few

[@shrekfrog]

@@tydshiin5783 they're putting something in their spuds and quite frankly i hope they dont stop putting whatever it is

[@ron133.]

@@tydshiin5783 irish people have buffs as youtubers

[@racer927]

29:32 That would be hilariously terrifying if "Devils... Monsters..." started playing and a whole swarm of Strabbies started coming at you followed by Snakified Grumpuses.

[@wilbur6110]

I love getting my friends into Bugsnax with them thinking it’s a cute little funny game. Oh - oh they don’t know the horrors it holds

[@brickhammer0464]

Another day another snack. I’m still in shock they actually went the horror route with this game.

[@Zulf85]

I wish I could find that video of a dude basically shtposting "the truth" when the game was announced, but instead he accidentally near-perfectly predicted the game's lore. That was hilarious

[@xanithdegroot5407]

Gotta love RT keeping the joke alive from his original playthrough of the outro just being the game's theme song with screams layered over it.

[@bennothanlesbibutch9591]

"are you suggesting this game is a metaphor for christ" with "bunger bunger bunger bunger" in the background is going to make me cry

[@bungerroyale112]

42:20 this was the most haunting part of the game for me. And this one sound effect from the mascot of the game gives me chills