These fan theories are truly crazy and, crazily, true. For this list, we’re examining a mix of theories about video games, cartoons, anime, and more, to break down those exciting instances when fans were right on the money.
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00:00 Is this the part where one of us faints?
00:01 Oh, I am so on it, dude.
00:04 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks
00:09 for the top 50 fan theories that turned out to be true.
00:12 For this list, we're examining a mix of theories
00:15 about video games, cartoons, anime, and more
00:18 to break down those exciting instances
00:21 where fans were right on the money.
00:23 Wait, but where's our real dad and our real Morty?
00:25 Buried in the backyard?
00:27 That's what the possums are after.
00:29 Get Out is a sequel to Being John Malkovich.
00:33 Get Out.
00:34 I know, I know, I know, I know.
00:35 Okay, I'm trying to work towards this.
00:37 Look, what I'm about to tell you is going to sound crazy.
00:40 You ready?
00:41 Try.
00:42 Try me.
00:44 Okay, this one is almost too ludicrous to actually be true.
00:48 But when the creator confirms it, can we really argue?
00:51 Can I be anybody that I want to be?
00:53 Well, you...
00:57 Actually...
00:59 You can be John Malkovich.
01:01 That's perfect.
01:02 It's my second choice, but it's wonderful.
01:05 This theory stems from the movie's inclusion
01:08 of shared actor, Catherine Keener.
01:10 Supposedly, Keener plays the same character who,
01:13 after having experience managing a business
01:16 whereby people can enter and control the mind
01:18 of John Malkovich, takes on a new identity
01:21 and teams with the elders to shake things up.
01:23 She marries into the Armitage family,
01:26 who has experience with neurosurgery
01:28 and together, they're able to perfect the process
01:31 and start importing people into black bodies
01:34 on a wide scale.
01:35 Now...
01:36 Sink into the floor.
01:40 -Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. -Sink.
01:42 Ludicrous, yes.
01:50 But Get Out creator, Jordan Peele,
01:53 has been quoted as saying,
01:54 "As far as I'm concerned, it's true."
01:57 So, there you go.
01:58 [laughing]
02:00 [snorting]
02:01 [laughing]
02:04 And don't ever, ever say that I don't do nothing for you.
02:08 "Richie is gay, it."
02:10 This theory actually goes all the way back
02:12 to the original Stephen King novel.
02:14 Hey, Eddie, these are birth control pills?
02:16 Yeah, and I'm saving it for your sister.
02:19 This is private stuff.
02:20 Readers inferred Richie Tozier's playful ribbing
02:23 of Eddie Kasprak as being more than friendly,
02:26 even though King didn't intentionally write it that way.
02:29 The theory resurfaced in 2017
02:31 with the advent of the first theatrical adaptation.
02:35 What are you-- Are you serious? What are you--
02:36 It doesn't smell like cacato, mi señor.
02:38 Okay, I can smell that from here.
02:40 It's probably just your breath walking back into your face.
02:42 With the release of 2019's It Chapter 2,
02:45 Richie's sexuality was indeed confirmed.
02:48 Not only that, but it all but solidified the notion
02:51 that Richie indeed had feelings for Eddie
02:54 prior to the latter's death.
02:56 You stabbed Bowers with a knife he pulled out of his own face.
02:58 Also me.
02:59 You married a woman ten times his own body mass.
03:01 -Me? -Yeah.
03:05 You're braver than you think.
03:10 Though King's been known to criticize
03:12 major changes in his adaptations,
03:14 he actually approved of the official inclusion,
03:17 calling the added character detail "kind of genius."
03:20 It just goes to show that stories are constantly evolving,
03:24 often for the better.
03:25 Be who you want to be.
03:27 Be proud.
03:30 Split takes place in the Unbreakable universe.
03:34 Split.
03:35 For many, the release of 2016's Split
03:37 marked a return to form for writer-director M. Night Shyamalan.
03:41 For some, they suspected beforehand
03:43 that it was a backdoor sequel to 2000's Unbreakable.
03:47 I almost gave up hope.
03:48 There were so many times I questioned myself.
03:53 I killed all those people.
03:55 But I found you.
03:59 While Split is at heart a standalone psychological thriller,
04:02 the fact that it centers on a killer
04:04 with dissociative identity disorder,
04:06 with one personality able to alter physical makeup
04:09 and imbue superhuman abilities,
04:11 had people wondering.
04:13 This is so cool!
04:15 Ah! Ha ha!
04:17 Ha ha!
04:18 They're gonna believe we exist now, right?
04:22 They're gonna have to.
04:24 Seeing as talks of a sequel to Shyamalan's grounded
04:27 superhero movie Unbreakable
04:29 were heating up around the same time,
04:31 fans wondered if that and Split were one and the same.
04:35 Thankfully, the secret was well-kept for most audiences,
04:38 so the appearance of Bruce Willis' David Dunn at the end
04:42 remained a surprise.
04:44 Is this like that crazy guy in the wheelchair
04:46 that Dave put away 15 years ago?
04:48 And he gave him a funny name too.
04:51 What was it?
04:53 Mr. Glass.
04:55 Final Destination 5 is a prequel,
05:01 Final Destination 5.
05:03 You'd think a movie called Final Destination 5
05:06 would follow up the events of the first four,
05:09 but that's just what producers were counting on
05:11 when they released it in 2011.
05:13 We all gotta get off!
05:15 What are you talking about?
05:18 The bridge is gonna collapse.
05:20 What?
05:21 We're all gonna die.
05:22 Though the movie goes through the motions
05:24 of a regular Final Destination film,
05:26 the final scene reveals it takes place in the year of 2000,
05:30 and that the main protagonists are actually
05:32 on the doomed flight 180 from the original film.
05:36 Get on the plane, you punk!
05:38 Get on the plane!
05:40 Do what I say!
05:42 Everybody just go and do what you want!
05:45 What's all that about?
05:48 I have no idea.
05:49 It's a neat twist, and the movie surprisingly
05:52 earned the highest marks of the franchise.
05:54 Still, you can't keep deductive fans down,
05:57 as this plot point became a popular theory online beforehand.
06:01 By the time they saw the movie and noticed subtle clues
06:04 like out-of-date license plates,
06:06 they knew the reveal was imminent.
06:09 No.
06:10 Oh my God!
06:13 Sam!
06:19 Lawrence Gordon became an accomplice.
06:22 Saw.
06:23 The Saw franchise "Saw" seven movies released
06:32 every October between 2004 and 2010.
06:36 But it wasn't until the supposed "final chapter"
06:39 that the most long-standing question got answered.
06:42 What happened to Dr. Gordon?
06:44 I'm gonna kill you, you sick asshole!
06:47 What?
06:50 In one of the most shocking endings in movie history,
06:53 the original Saw sees Gordon amputate his foot
06:57 and crawl away in search of help.
06:59 The idea of Gordon bleeding out seemed anticlimactic to fans,
07:03 so his survival made the most sense.
07:05 However, seeing as he'd need immediate medical attention
07:09 and the fact that the bathroom never gets discovered
07:12 led fans to believe he was helped by his very captors.
07:15 And since Jigsaw recruits multiple victims,
07:18 it made sense Gordon would join the team with a new lease on life.
07:22 Sure enough.
07:23 No!
07:24 Game over.
07:25 No!
07:27 Jesus Christ was an engineer.
07:30 Prometheus.
07:31 This revelation doesn't actually come about in the film itself,
07:34 and it would frankly be quite crazy if it did.
07:37 But it has been confirmed by director Ridley Scott all the same.
07:41 Can you imagine how disappointing it would be for you
07:44 to hear the same thing from your creator?
07:46 I guess it's a good thing you can't be disappointed, I think.
07:54 In this sci-fi/horror prequel to the Alien franchise,
07:58 it's revealed that humanity was planted by a biologically similar
08:02 extraterrestrial race known as the Engineers.
08:06 About 2,000 years before the film's events,
08:08 Engineers attempted to wipe out humanity,
08:11 but failed to even make the trip to Earth.
08:13 How long has it been dead?
08:14 2,000 years, give or take.
08:19 Timeline-wise, fans theorized this was in conjunction
08:23 with the days of Jesus Christ.
08:25 Indeed, Scott later clarified that the attempted genocide
08:28 would have been in response to humans crucifying an Engineer in misery.
08:32 But Scott later removed this detail for being a little too on the nose.
08:37 It is New Year's Day, the year of our Lord, 2094.
08:42 My name is Elizabeth Shaw, last survivor of the Prometheus.
08:48 And I'm still searching.
08:51 Jack Torrance is the reincarnated caretaker, the Shining.
08:57 Here's Johnny.
08:59 The Shining is one of those movies that transcends any one interpretation,
09:07 perhaps even of its writer-director.
09:09 But for the sake of this list, we'll defer to Stanley Kubrick's statements circa 1982.
09:15 Words of wisdom, Lloyd. Words of wisdom.
09:20 Though the film's classic status took time to develop,
09:23 hardcore cinephiles were already dissecting it.
09:25 In this case, some took Jack Torrance's appearance in a photograph
09:29 taken at the Overlook in 1921 as an indication that he was a direct
09:34 reincarnation of a previous caretaker.
09:37 I'm sorry to differ with you, sir.
09:40 But you are the caretaker.
09:46 You've always been the caretaker.
09:51 While others infer other things, like Jack was instead absorbed into the hotel,
09:56 Kubrick was actually a proponent of the reincarnation theory.
10:00 While his take certainly holds more weight than others,
10:03 we'll always love ruminating on multiple interpretations
10:07 with this endlessly mystifying film.
10:10 Midnight, with the stars and you.
10:17 Midnight, and a rolling moon.
10:23 The Death of Han Solo. Star Wars Episode VII, The Force Awakens.
10:28 Let's be real, we smelled this one from far off.
10:31 Han Solo. I've been waiting for this day for a long time.
10:35 Harrison Ford's gripes with his character on Star Wars are longstanding,
10:39 so it made sense that he campaigned to have Han put to rest.
10:42 He even expressed his decades-long campaign to kill off Han
10:46 in an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
10:49 You work for like 25 years for the company.
10:52 You do your best. You show up every day.
10:55 You do your job. And then they just let you go.
11:00 So when it came out that Han Solo was returning in The Force Awakens,
11:04 one of the first ideas espoused by fans was that it was likely the final appearance
11:08 for the scruffy-looking space smuggler.
11:10 Ultimately, director J.J. Abrams obliged the actor's request,
11:14 giving Solo the epitaph Ford longed for.
11:17 [Screaming]
11:22 [Explosion]
11:24 [Panting]
11:28 Thank you.
11:30 Darth Maul Lives On. Star Wars The Clone Wars.
11:33 Although he spoke only 31 words in The Phantom Menace,
11:37 Darth Maul emerged as one of the few appreciated characters
11:40 from the first Star Wars prequel.
11:42 At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have revenge.
11:47 Darth Maul was so adored that fans had difficulty accepting his death,
11:51 even though he was cut in two by Obi-Wan Kenobi.
11:54 [Screaming]
12:06 Many wishfully theorized that by some miracle, he had made it out alive.
12:10 This hope turned into fact as the Star Wars cinematic universe expanded.
12:14 You have a brother.
12:17 A brother? But all of my kin were killed.
12:22 Not all of them. He lives in the Outer Rim, in exile.
12:29 Darth Maul got a new lease on life in the animated show Star Wars The Clone Wars,
12:33 but that wasn't it for Darth.
12:35 He's made additional appearances in Star Wars Rebels and Solo A Star Wars Story.
12:40 Kira, you and I will be working much more closely from now on.
12:48 Vader's Appearance in Rogue One. Rogue One A Star Wars Story.
12:53 Announcements of Rogue One's timeline built heavy anticipation
12:56 surrounding the potential role of Darth Vader.
12:58 Lord Vader, you seem unsettled.
13:03 No, just pressed for time. There's a great many things to attend to.
13:08 The film's narrative centers on the Rebellion's plot to steal the Death Star plans.
13:12 That's all it took for fans to begin piecing together their theories
13:15 on how they felt Vader would be portrayed.
13:17 The predictions turned out to be wildly accurate.
13:20 Rumors suggested that, in line with the film's grittier tone,
13:23 Vader would be displayed as more of a vivacious, ruthless, and terrifying warrior.
13:29 And they got what they wished for.
13:38 They also clairvoyantly predicted that Rogue One would end right where A New Hope kicked off,
13:43 with Vader hunting down Princess Leia's ship.
13:45 The transmission we received.
13:48 What is it they've sent us?
13:52 Hope.
13:53 Leia's Force Potential.
13:55 Star Wars Episode VIII - The Last Jedi.
13:58 Perhaps one of the oldest running Star Wars fan theories is Leia's ability to use the Force.
14:03 Her resistance to the mind probe is considerable.
14:07 It'll be some time before we can extract any information from her.
14:10 The original trilogy dropped a handful of hints,
14:13 such as her resistance to the Empire's mind probe,
14:16 or her ability to sense Luke when he was near.
14:18 We knew the Force ran strong in her family,
14:21 but it wasn't until The Last Jedi that we got confirmation of her abilities
14:24 when Leia used the Force to fly through space.
14:33 The revelation left some fans a bit baffled,
14:36 as it felt like a wild shift from vague Force sensitivity to immense powers.
14:40 It later turned out that Leia had trained under Luke before choosing a different path.
14:45 Leia told me that she had sensed the death of her son at the end of her Jedi path.
14:52 She surrendered her saber to me and said that one day,
14:55 it would be picked up again by someone who would finish her journey.
15:00 Luke exiled himself.
15:02 Star Wars Episode VII - The Force Awakens.
15:10 The trailer for The Force Awakens left fans with a burning question.
15:13 Where's Luke?
15:15 While a few theories jostled for support,
15:17 the one that became dominant was that Luke had gone into self-imposed exile.
15:21 Luke Skywalker? I thought he was a myth.
15:24 This was largely based on an article published on Making Star Wars,
15:27 in which editor-in-chief Jason Ward said that friends in the know
15:31 had told him crucial plot elements.
15:33 Luke had become so powerful, he said,
15:35 that he began to lose control of his Force abilities.
15:38 As it turns out, Luke abandoned the galaxy for very different reasons.
15:42 He was training a new generation of Jedi.
15:45 One boy, an apprentice, turned against him and destroyed it all.
15:51 Luke felt responsible. He just walked away from everything.
15:56 However, it was true that he went into exile.
15:59 Boba Fett lives.
16:01 Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.
16:09 When Boba Fett disappeared into the Maw of the Sarlacc in Return of the Jedi,
16:13 the fanbase refused to accept that the galaxy's most beloved bounty hunter
16:17 could go so gently into his good night.
16:19 After a beat, the gloved Mandalorian armor gauntlet of Boba Fett
16:25 grabs onto the sand outside the Sarlacc pit,
16:27 and the feared bounty hunter pulls himself from the Maw of the Sand Beast.
16:33 For years, fans brooded over their belief in his resurrection,
16:37 citing C-3PO's observation about the Sarlacc's slow digestive tract.
16:42 "In his belly, you will find a new definition of pain and suffering,
16:46 as you are slowly digested over a thousand years."
16:50 Then one fateful day, Star Wars historian J.W. Rinsler
16:54 revealed that George Lucas himself had confirmed that Boba lived on.
16:58 For fandom, the word of Lucas was equivalent to "ex-cathedra,"
17:02 and it put the matter of Fett's survival to rest for good.
17:06 [explosion]
17:08 [screaming]
17:10 The Death Star's Design, Rogue One A Star Wars Story.
17:18 "The target area is only two meters wide.
17:21 It's a small thermal exhaust port right below the main port.
17:25 The shaft leads directly to the reactor system.
17:29 A precise hit will start a chain reaction, which should destroy the station."
17:34 How could a moon-sized space fortress have such a fatal flaw?
17:38 It's a question that has plagued Star Wars fans for a long, long time.
17:42 [roaring]
17:43 "You're all clear, kid. Now let's blow this thing and go home."
17:46 [explosion]
17:48 Ever since the first Star Wars film graced the silver screen,
17:52 viewers have flunked theories far and wide,
17:54 attempting to explain how the Empire could overlook something so critical.
17:58 One theory argued that the Death Star's flawed design was intentional,
18:02 resulting from an inside job.
18:04 "I've placed a weakness deep within the system,
18:07 a flaw so small and powerful they will never find it."
18:10 After decades of wondering, Rogue One finally confirmed the theory
18:14 and identified the architect.
18:16 The movie reveals how the flaw was a trap planted by an Imperial scientist
18:20 who came to realize the Empire's wicked intentions
18:23 with the space station he was ordered to build.
18:25 "The reactor module, that's the key. That's the place I've laid my trap.
18:29 It's well hidden and unstable.
18:32 One blast to any part of it will destroy the entire station."
18:35 [explosion]
18:36 Satoko's to blame. Higurashi, when they cry, go.
18:40 [speaking Japanese]
18:43 [screaming]
18:45 [speaking Japanese]
18:47 These guys have a real nasty habit of getting stuck in murderous time loops.
18:52 Though in their defense, this time it was totally Satoko's fault.
18:55 Though she spent the first few seasons as victim fodder alongside the others,
18:59 the Go series had a few early signs that pointed to her villainy.
19:03 So even among the blood, guts, and other dismembered body parts,
19:07 most fans found enough evidence for a rather quick conviction.
19:11 [speaking Japanese]
19:13 [speaking Japanese]
19:19 At first it seemed a bit far-fetched, given Satoko's mostly sweet disposition,
19:24 but that just made the inevitable reveal all the more terrifying.
19:28 It's safe to say she threw non-believers for a loop in more ways than one.
19:32 [gasp]
19:33 [explosion]
19:35 [speaking Japanese]
19:42 [snap]
19:43 Gohan Blanco, Dragon Ball franchise.
19:47 [music]
19:50 How's that? So is this what you wanted to see?
19:54 That's perfect Gohan.
19:56 All things considered, it's not too surprising that most well-researched fan theories
20:00 end up at least partially true.
20:02 What's completely unprecedented is for a meme to do the same.
20:06 Fan headcanon during the Tournament of Power believed that Gohan would unlock
20:10 a new form with white hair to once again become the series' protagonist,
20:14 a form known as Gohan Blanco.
20:17 It was just that, a name with no real credibility in canon beyond a few cheeky fan gags.
20:23 [explosion]
20:27 Gohan!
20:29 Of course, no one back then could have known that Gohan's next transformation
20:33 would actually give him white hair.
20:35 Even though the new form is technically called Gohan Beast,
20:39 for most fans, this is the true debut of Gohan Blanco in all his glory.
20:45 It's all the cooler because no one ever expected the white hair to actually come true.
20:50 [speaking Japanese]
20:55 [explosion]
20:57 [screaming]
21:00 Titanic Revelation - Attack on Titan
21:04 [music]
21:06 [speaking Japanese]
21:10 [music]
21:12 As if the show didn't have a behemoth-sized following already,
21:16 the introduction of Titan shifters set the fanbase into an utter frenzy.
21:20 With so many minds at work, deducing the likely candidates became as obvious
21:25 as an actual approaching Titan.
21:27 To start, Reiner and Bertholdt had a suspiciously overwrought reaction
21:31 to the Beast Titan's entrance.
21:33 [speaking Japanese]
21:37 That's when, compounded with their lack of internal monologue and
21:40 murky motivations, only solidified what most had already deduced.
21:44 That these two were the Armored and Colossal Titans, respectively.
21:48 At a certain point, it became less a theory and more of a hope.
21:52 After all, there was really no satisfying way they could have been anyone else.
21:56 [music]
21:59 [speaking Japanese]
22:04 [roaring]
22:08 A rivalry's end. Mobile Suit Gundam franchise.
22:12 [speaking Japanese]
22:20 [roaring]
22:23 The two adversaries went out with an actual blaze of glory.
22:27 Or at least, that's what it seemed.
22:29 The 1988 film, "Char's Counterattack", culminated the iconic rivalry
22:34 between Char and Amuro with a real bang.
22:37 And then, well, nothing.
22:39 The credits rolled, leaving the fates of both its legendary leads up for interpretation.
22:44 Most viewers rightfully assumed they were both goners,
22:47 since it would have been a disservice to the climactic battle to have them both survive.
22:52 However, their widely accepted deaths were only confirmed in 2010's
22:56 "Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn".
22:58 [roaring]
23:01 [speaking Japanese]
23:07 There, they returned as spirits to impart some last words of wisdom
23:11 before figuratively and literally saying farewell to the decade-spanning fan theory.
23:17 [speaking Japanese]
23:21 [laughing]
23:23 "Beneath the Mask", Naruto Shiburin.
23:27 [roaring]
23:31 [speaking Japanese]
23:38 The only real question revolving Tobi's identity
23:41 is why he bothered wearing a mask at all.
23:43 For one, the fact he immediately revealed his Sharingan to Kakashi
23:47 massively thinned the suspect pool.
23:49 Secondly, his name was nearly a complete anagram of the copy ninja's fallen comrade,
23:54 Obito, who seemingly died off-screen several years prior.
23:59 Seriously, he could have at least tried a little harder with the name.
24:02 [roaring]
24:06 [speaking Japanese]
24:09 Even when Tobi tried to pass himself off as Madara,
24:12 his continued use of the mask made it all too obvious
24:15 that the whole thing was a poorly disguised ruse.
24:18 As it stands, this was less of a fan theory
24:21 and more of an eye-rolling inevitability.
24:23 [speaking Japanese]
24:30 [roaring]
24:33 Todoroki Family Tree, My Hero Academia.
24:37 [speaking Japanese]
24:41 [roaring]
24:44 In the age of social media, anime fans have developed
24:47 their own super-powered quirk of accurately predicting massive plot twists.
24:52 But even still, this one lit a fuse incredibly early.
24:56 Before Toya Todoroki had even name-dropped,
24:59 fans deduced that the fire-wielding Darby
25:01 and Shodo's inexplicably missing brother were one and the same.
25:05 [speaking Japanese]
25:14 These subtle bits of foreshadowing over the years
25:17 only fanned the flames into an inferno of fan expectation.
25:21 By the time Darby finally revealed his true lineage,
25:24 the entire fandom burned with the satisfaction of a theory proved right.
25:28 That's noteworthy on its own,
25:30 but the fact the prediction emerged as early as it did
25:33 puts it in a league of its own.
25:35 [roaring]
25:37 [speaking Japanese]
25:41 Not a remake. Rebuild of Evangelion series.
25:45 [speaking Japanese]
25:54 Admittedly, Evangelion isn't the easiest show to analyze,
25:58 but one thing has always been abundantly clear.
26:01 Neon Genesis' Evangelion doesn't need a remake.
26:04 So the film series played on those exact expectations.
26:08 What began as a near shot-for-shot remake soon included a few new scenes.
26:13 Then a new character.
26:15 And then an entirely new storyline altogether.
26:18 But as some fans realized early on, the clues were always there.
26:22 [speaking Japanese]
26:28 Even in its seemingly faithful-to-a-fault story structure,
26:31 there were the tiniest Easter eggs that implied this was not just an alternate retelling.
26:37 The result is a double whammy.
26:39 Fans had their suspicions confirmed,
26:41 and they got an exciting new chapter in the series at the same time.
26:45 [speaking Japanese]
26:55 All Bonds, GoldenEye 007.
26:57 [music]
27:03 All it takes is a couple of ambiguous rumors to spark a theory.
27:06 Before us kids had the good old internets,
27:08 rumor had it that you can play as all of the different Bond actors in GoldenEye's multiplayer.
27:12 Connery, Moore, Dalton, and of course, Rosnin.
27:15 However, this was actually just an April Fool's prank by Electronic Gaming Monthly.
27:19 That is until Rare came out and said otherwise.
27:21 As it turns out, All Bonds mode was supposed to be in the final version of the game,
27:25 but it didn't make the cut for "various reasons."
27:28 Which explains why a game shark allows you to see images of past Bonds in the character selection screen.
27:34 [music]
27:40 The Shinra Company, Final Fantasy VII.
27:43 [music]
27:48 Among the many connections of the different Final Fantasy story arcs,
27:51 this one was one of the most shocking.
27:53 In Final Fantasy X-2, one of the main characters is named Shinra.
27:56 Does that name sound familiar?
27:58 Well, for those of you who haven't played Final Fantasy VII,
28:00 the Shinra Company was essentially a manufacturer of Mako energy and easily accessible electricity.
28:06 Scenario writer Kazushige Nojima created the Shinra character,
28:10 thinking that Shinra would go on to start the big company.
28:13 So we'll just go ahead and take that as part of the official canon for now.
28:16 "I'm just a kid."
28:19 Multiple Timelines, The Legend of Zelda series.
28:21 [music]
28:28 This one caused quite a number of headaches among Zelda fans.
28:31 For some time, we were left in the dark wondering which games across the series
28:34 happened at which point in Link's life, or "lifes."
28:38 Is there a possibility that there are multiple Links?
28:40 Well, the answers were given when Dark Horse Comics published Hyrule Historia,
28:44 a book written by Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, and Akira Himekawa.
28:48 The chart confirms what has long been the prevailing theory amongst fans,
28:52 that not all of the games take place in a single timeline,
28:55 and that the ending of Ocarina of Time had something to do with it.
28:59 It's a little complex to explain, but it's cool to see Nintendo help clarify things.
29:03 [music]
29:09 Symmetra is on the spectrum. Overwatch.
29:12 "From order springs harmony."
29:15 Representation is important in video games.
29:17 It can allow players to feel a connection with their favorite characters.
29:20 It's something that they can relate to with common characteristics,
29:23 and these details help more people feel included in the games they play.
29:26 Our lovely Indian architect required a little more investigating, though.
29:30 Fans had reason to believe that Symmetra was possibly autistic,
29:34 and when the comic A Better World was released,
29:36 Symmetra said something about being on the spectrum.
29:39 When director Jeff Kaplan confirmed that she was indeed autistic,
29:42 he said, "She does a great job at representing just how awesome someone with autism can be."
29:47 "We must turn them back. Do it online."
29:50 It was all a play. Super Mario Bros. 3.
29:53 [music]
29:58 The answer to this was a long time coming.
30:00 You ever wondered why Super Mario Bros. 3 opens with a curtain?
30:03 And why are the platforms hanging from the top of the screen?
30:05 It's almost as if everything is just a big stage play.
30:09 It's probably one of the most obvious theories on this list,
30:12 but it felt like an eternity before we got a straight answer from Shigeru Miyamoto.
30:16 In 2015, during an interview with Nintendo UK,
30:18 Miyamoto was asked if the game was a play the whole time,
30:21 answering with a simple nod.
30:23 Finally!
30:24 [music]
30:28 Giovanni's Son, Pokémon series.
30:30 [music]
30:37 You know, sometimes we don't really care about our rivals all that much,
30:40 so long as we shut their big mouths in a Pokémon battle.
30:43 Yet there's something oddly intriguing about our rival, silver, in Pokémon Gold and Silver.
30:47 In FireRed and LeafGreen, a Team Rocket scientist will speculate if red is Giovanni's son,
30:52 before correcting himself and mentioning that Giovanni's son has red hair.
30:56 The idea that silver is Giovanni's son was only solidified
30:59 when HeartGold and SoulSilver hosted a promotional event,
31:03 where Celebi can take the player to a flashback of Giovanni abandoning his son.
31:07 What a sorrowful secret.
31:09 [music]
31:15 Mary's Body, Silent Hill 2.
31:18 You were always so forgetful.
31:21 Remember that time in the hotel?
31:23 Maria?
31:27 This was as big of a twist as an M. Night Shyamalan movie.
31:30 How can it be possible to receive a letter from your wife when she's been dead for the past three years?
31:34 Trick question, kids. You can't.
31:36 Anyways, Silent Hill 2 was confusing in its multiple endings,
31:39 especially with the "in the water" ending.
31:42 While most fans believe Mary's body has been in the trunk the whole time,
31:45 they only really got part of the truth.
31:47 However, designer Masahiro Ito tweeted out that Mary's body was actually in the back seat of James' car,
31:52 so not the trunk.
31:54 You know, you'd think that James would notice something like that.
31:57 I'm alone there now.
32:00 In our special place.
32:03 Waiting for you.
32:05 Sonic meets MJ, Sonic the Hedgehog 3.
32:08 [Sonic the Hedgehog 3 music]
32:14 Does this music sound familiar?
32:16 Well, many gamers in the mid-90s certainly thought so,
32:18 as many were led to believe that the legendary pop star Michael Jackson
32:21 might have worked with Sega on the soundtrack for Sonic 3.
32:25 Developers of this classic platformer have come out to say that MJ did work on the game,
32:29 namely the Carnival Night Zone music,
32:31 but it wasn't for as long as one might think.
32:33 The king of pop was uncredited and left the project
32:36 due to the sexual abuse allegations against him at the time,
32:39 so many of the songs had to be reworked.
32:41 Yet, somehow fans were still able to identify Jackson's unique style.
32:45 [Sonic the Hedgehog 3 music]
32:52 Red Skull's survival.
32:54 Avengers Infinity War.
32:56 At the end of the first Avenger, it seemed like Johan Smit
32:59 got what was coming to him when the Tesseract disintegrated him.
33:03 [Sonic the Hedgehog 3 music]
33:13 However, fans weren't convinced they'd seen the last of the Red Skull.
33:17 When the Tesseract, aka the Space Stone,
33:20 was shown to be able to teleport people and open portals,
33:23 that was all the evidence they needed.
33:26 [Sonic the Hedgehog 3 music]
33:35 Fans knew he'd pop up again somewhere, only having been teleported,
33:39 but no one could have guessed he'd been transported to the planet Vormir
33:44 to become the guardian of another Infinity Stone.
33:47 Even though Hugo Weaving didn't return for the role,
33:50 it was a nice surprise to see the villain appear in Infinity War.
33:55 [Sonic the Hedgehog 3 music]
34:00 "We are all wrong."
34:02 [Sonic the Hedgehog 3 music]
34:04 Jake Lockley is here.
34:06 Moon Knight.
34:08 The MCU has made several changes when it comes to character history.
34:12 In Moon Knight, we saw Steven Grant discover he has an alternate personality to Mark Spector.
34:18 While casual viewers enjoyed watching the dynamic between two Oscar Isaacs,
34:23 comic readers knew the character was one personality short.
34:28 "Oh God. Steven, what did you do?"
34:30 "I swear that wasn't me."
34:32 "Then who was it?"
34:33 When the show began airing, it seemed like Marvel was only going to include the two
34:38 until hints towards the third started rolling in.
34:42 It became a game to theorize which moments Jake could have had control over.
34:46 Episode 4's Asylum Twist offered the biggest clue.
34:50 A second sarcophagus made it all but clear there was a third personality.
34:55 [Sonic the Hedgehog 3 music]
34:58 Jake Lockley's existence was finally confirmed in the finale's mid-credits scene.
35:04 "Today you'll lose."
35:07 [Sonic the Hedgehog 3 music]
35:09 "Wait."
35:10 [Sonic the Hedgehog 3 music]
35:13 Number 8. Hulk in the Hulkbuster.
35:16 Avengers Infinity War.
35:18 Iron Man's Hulkbuster armor made its glorious debut in Age of Ultron
35:23 where Tony used it to subdue a mind-altered Hulk.
35:27 [Hulk roars]
35:29 [Hulk growls]
35:33 Among the many hype-inducing shots from Infinity War's first trailer,
35:37 fans were delighted to see the armor make a return.
35:41 Then began the theorizing.
35:43 It didn't seem likely Tony would need it for the Hulk again
35:46 considering Bruce's arc in Thor Ragnarok.
35:49 While several characters were guessed to be the operator,
35:52 most evidence pointed towards Hulk himself.
35:55 This included an earlier shot in the trailer
35:57 showing Bruce next to one of the suit's arms.
36:00 When Infinity War released, the theory was proven true.
36:04 "Whoa, this is amazing, man! It's like being the Hulk, not actually-"
36:08 [Hulk roars]
36:10 Although, he only needed it because his alter ego refused to come out.
36:14 [Hulk roars]
36:16 "You guys are so screwed now!"
36:18 King Thor. Thor Ragnarok.
36:20 When Thor debuted in the MCU,
36:22 he craved the chance to one day be King of Asgard.
36:26 [Crowd cheers]
36:35 But some hard-learned lessons made him realize he didn't want it.
36:40 "Father, I cannot be King of Asgard."
36:42 "I will protect Asgard and all the realms with my last and every breath,
36:47 but I cannot do so from that chair."
36:49 As Ragnarok approached, some fans theorized that he'd be forced onto the throne
36:54 with the passing of his father, Odin.
36:56 Ragnarok is an important event in Norse myth,
36:59 detailing the destruction of Asgard and the death of Odin,
37:03 among many other deities.
37:05 Plus, with the Goddess of Death, Hela, as the villain,
37:08 it seemed like a safe bet.
37:10 In the movie, Odin does die, albeit peacefully,
37:13 leaving Thor to be crowned as King by the end.
37:16 "So, King of Asgard."
37:20 However, he'd soon give up the crown of Valkyrie,
37:28 who'd rule over New Asgard.
37:30 "Do people need a king?"
37:32 "No, they already have one."
37:34 [Laughs]
37:36 "That's funny."
37:39 Peter Parker's first appearance.
37:42 Iron Man 2.
37:44 One of the most widespread MCU fan theories
37:47 stated that Peter Parker had been in the MCU far longer than we were told.
37:52 "Hey, buddy. This is Larry."
37:55 "Hey, the Oracle of Oracle. What a pleasure. Nice to see you."
37:58 During the climax of Iron Man 2,
38:00 Tony swoops down to save a kid from a hammer drone.
38:04 [Screaming]
38:06 "Nice work, kid."
38:11 Though he's wearing a mask,
38:14 the theory that this boy is actually Peter
38:16 got a lot of love from fans.
38:18 It made sense, too.
38:20 The Stark Expo was held in Queens, Peter's hometown,
38:23 and the boy's age matched how old Peter would have been around that time.
38:27 "Is it for me? Happy, happy, wait."
38:30 "This is insane, insane. Look at this thing. Look. Look at the eyes."
38:35 "This is the greatest day of my life."
38:36 While promoting Spider-Man Homecoming,
38:38 Tom Holland confirmed that the theory was indeed true,
38:41 even citing producer Kevin Feige.
38:44 It was nice to have an earlier connection between the two heroes,
38:47 even a small one.
38:49 "You know what, we should actually make an alibi video for your aunt.
38:52 Anyway, you ready?"
38:53 "Yeah, how about that?"
38:54 "Yeah, get in the frame."
38:55 "Hey, May. How you doing? What are you wearing?
38:57 Something skimpy, I hope."
38:59 [laughs]
39:00 Planet Hulk, Thor Ragnarok.
39:02 At the end of Age of Ultron, Hulk flew off in a Quinjet,
39:06 leaving his teammates behind.
39:08 "So help me out. I need you."
39:12 His exit caused many to speculate where we might see him next.
39:23 Despite actively not showing him leave Earth's atmosphere,
39:27 many fans hoped for a Planet Hulk adaptation.
39:30 With Universal still owning the distribution rights to solo Hulk films,
39:35 some guessed we'd see him in Thor Ragnarok
39:37 after he was confirmed to not appear in Civil War.
39:40 Though Marvel couldn't do the exact storyline,
39:43 elements from the popular comic run did appear in Ragnarok.
39:47 [roaring]
39:49 "Hulk!"
39:53 "Yes!"
39:56 These include the planet Sakaar and Hulk as a gladiator,
40:00 though most of his storyline was completely different.
40:04 "What's this?"
40:11 "Banner? Hey, hey. You alright? Banner?"
40:17 "B-B-B-Banner!"
40:18 "Shh. Shh. The sun's going down. The sun's going down.
40:22 That's it. Breathe."
40:24 Spider-Man's debut. Captain America. Civil War.
40:28 When The Amazing Spider-Man 2 failed to meet Sony's expectations,
40:32 the studio struck a deal with Marvel to bring the hero into the MCU.
40:37 "Hey, I'm Peter."
40:39 "Tony."
40:40 "What are you doing here?"
40:42 "It's about time we met."
40:44 Being one of Marvel's most cherished characters,
40:47 fans immediately began theorizing about which movie he'd make his debut in.
40:52 The popular consensus was Captain America. Civil War.
40:56 "On the roose!"
40:58 However, some even theorized about this before Sony and Marvel's deal,
41:07 simply based on how big of a role he played in the original comic.
41:12 Although Civil War released less than a year after Tom Holland's official casting,
41:17 that's exactly where he debuted.
41:20 "Big fan? Big fan of Spider-Man?"
41:23 "Yeah, we'll talk about it later. Just..."
41:25 "Hey, everyone."
41:26 "Good job."
41:27 It's unfortunate that another film's poor reception helped this happen,
41:30 but we were ecstatic to see him.
41:32 [Grunts]
41:35 "You have a metal arm? That is awesome, dude!"
41:39 Stan and the Watchers. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.
41:43 The legendary Stan Lee began making cameos in Marvel movies long before the MCU,
41:49 and we're happy to see him keep with the tradition.
41:51 "Wandee, stop trying to scare us. Come on."
41:55 "All right."
41:57 "Eggshell-shear."
42:04 His constant appearances birthed the popular theory that he wasn't just making cameos,
42:10 but playing the same character across all movies.
42:13 "Are you Tony Stank?"
42:16 "Yes, this is Tony Stank. You're in the right place. Thank you for that!"
42:22 More notably, fans believed him to be Uatu,
42:25 member of a race called Watchers that witnessed
42:28 but didn't interfere with events across the multiverse.
42:31 This theory ended up coming true, sort of.
42:34 "Oh, man. Anyway, before I was so rudely interrupted,
42:38 at that time, I was a Federal Express man."
42:41 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 showed that while he wasn't Uatu,
42:45 he was the same character,
42:47 and he did inform the Watchers about events within the MCU.
42:51 "Hey, wait. Where are you going? Hey, you were supposed to be my lift home.
42:55 How will I get out of here?
42:57 Hey, oh, gee, I've got so many more stories to tell.
43:01 Oh, guys. Oh, gee."
43:05 The actual Uatu wouldn't appear until the Disney+ series What If?
43:11 "Please, fix this."
43:14 "I'm the same way you fixed, Christine."
43:17 "I was wrong. I--" "You were warned."
43:20 Cap picking up the hammer.
43:22 Avengers Endgame
43:24 While Mjolnir will always be connected to Thor,
43:27 there are a handful of other characters
43:30 that have wielded the mighty weapon in the comics.
43:33 Some fans may have wondered if we'd ever see such an occurrence in the MCU,
43:37 and they got their first tease in Age of Ultron.
43:41 "What's up, Cap?"
43:44 "Nothing."
43:52 While celebrating a victory, the Avengers tested if any of them could pick it up.
43:57 Cap producing a small budge led many to believe he'd one day wield it.
44:03 "No!"
44:05 Though Vision ended up lifting it later,
44:16 that tease made it clear to many that it was only a matter of time
44:20 before Steve showed his worthiness.
44:23 "Ahh!"
44:26 "Ahh!"
44:33 In one of the franchise's most cheerworthy moments,
44:36 Cap made all our wishes come true in Endgame.
44:40 "No, no, no. Give me that. You have the little one."
44:44 The Quantum Realm
44:47 Avengers Endgame
44:49 First introduced in Ant-Man,
44:51 the Quantum Realm played a much bigger role
44:54 than many may have initially guessed.
44:57 "Everything that you know...
45:00 and love."
45:04 When Scott Lang entered the extremely small universe,
45:08 many fans correctly guessed this would lead to the eventual rescue of Janet van Dyne.
45:13 That came to be in its sequel, Ant-Man and the Wasp.
45:17 But the theorizing about the importance of the Quantum Realm didn't stop there.
45:21 Following her rescue, Janet made mention of the Quantum Realm's time capabilities.
45:26 "Also, make sure you stay out of the tardigrade fields.
45:29 They're cute, but they'll eat you.
45:31 And don't get sucked into a time vortex. We won't be able to save you."
45:35 So when Thanos snapped out half of existence,
45:37 fans then guessed that the Quantum Realm would be used for time travel to undo his actions.
45:43 When Endgame released, those fans were proven right.
45:46 "I was in a place called the Quantum Realm.
45:48 And the Quantum Realm is like its own microscopic universe.
45:51 To get in there, you have to be incredibly small."
45:53 There is a UFO under Gravity Falls.
45:55 Gravity Falls.
45:57 If you've ever wondered why the cliffs around Gravity Falls are oddly shaped,
46:00 this theory has the answers you're looking for.
46:03 Keen-minded fans pointed out that the odd clefts in the cliffs
46:07 might have been caused by a UFO.
46:09 In a town as odd as Gravity Falls,
46:11 not only is this hypothesis not out of place,
46:14 but also, as fate would have it, true.
46:17 While it's unknown whether the UFO is the cause of the paranormal
46:24 or was drawn to the town because of it,
46:27 it is an exciting prospect that it exists.
46:29 In fact, the parts for Stanford's machine came from crash site Omega,
46:34 where the UFO collided with the ground.
46:36 Dan has a twin.
46:38 Gravity Falls.
46:39 Throughout the run of Gravity Falls,
46:41 a great many things just didn't add up for viewers.
46:44 And upon watching the show more closely,
46:46 people began identifying things that suggested that there was more
46:49 to Grunkle Stan's mysterious ways than the eccentricities of an old man.
46:53 From the license plate of his car,
46:55 to pairs of glasses,
46:56 to the man who appears in flashbacks,
46:58 it was soon thought that perhaps the Stan we thought we knew
47:01 was not himself at all.
47:03 "Stanley? What's going on in here?"
47:06 With the suggestion that he might have a twin,
47:08 certain clues began falling into place.
47:10 And lo and behold,
47:11 in one of the biggest plot twists in the show,
47:14 Stan's twin brother falls out of an interdimensional portal.
47:18 "Is this the part where one of us faints?"
47:20 "How's that for a good guess?"
47:22 "Brother!"
47:23 "Ow!"
47:25 Cassandra's Mother.
47:26 Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.
47:29 Fans of Tangled were delighted to hear that Rapunzel
47:32 and Eugene's adventures would continue in this series.
47:35 They were joined by several new characters,
47:38 including Cassandra, handmaiden and close friend to Rapunzel.
47:42 "Now listen kid, we need your help,
47:44 but let me make something clear.
47:45 What happens here stays here. You got it?"
47:48 At the end of the second season,
47:50 Cassandra betrayed Rapunzel,
47:52 absorbing a powerful magical artifact called the Moonstone.
47:56 "Cassandra? What are you doing?"
47:59 "I'm fulfilling my destiny."
48:02 Fans speculated that Cassandra might in fact be
48:05 Mother Gothel's biological daughter.
48:07 She did bear a striking resemblance to Tangled's villain.
48:11 When season three began airing,
48:13 they were proven correct.
48:15 Cassandra was manipulated by an ancient demon
48:18 who showed her how Mother Gothel abandoned her
48:21 when she kidnapped Rapunzel.
48:23 "Mama!"
48:34 Emperor Belos' humanity, the Owl House.
48:38 This fantasy series from Disney follows Luz,
48:41 a young girl accidentally transported from Owl World
48:44 into the Demon Realm.
48:46 As she tries to get home,
48:47 she allies herself with witches and monsters
48:50 in an attempt to stop the villainous Emperor Belos.
48:53 The ruler of the Boiling Isles
48:55 was said to be the most powerful magical user in the land,
48:59 with several covens of witches to command.
49:01 "Bring the Owl Lady to me by twilight.
49:04 She'll join the Emperor's coven,
49:05 and in return, I'll heal her little curse."
49:08 However, it was later revealed that Belos was not a witch,
49:11 but another human.
49:13 "Yes, this has gone on longer than I'd have liked,
49:15 but no one ever said being a witch hunter was easy."
49:19 Some eagle-eyed and eared fans pieced this together
49:22 based on Belos' actions and words,
49:25 such as his knowledge of where the entrance
49:27 to the Human Realm was.
49:29 However, there was still a lot to his backstory
49:32 that fans couldn't have guessed.
49:34 "Why? Why go through all this?"
49:37 "I'll do anything to save humanity from evil."
49:40 Not our Jerry.
49:42 Rick and Morty.
49:43 Rick and Morty is surrounded by countless fan theories,
49:46 some more outrageous than others.
49:49 Way back in the season 2 episode,
49:51 "Morty Night Run,"
49:52 Rick dropped Jerry off at Jerrybury,
49:55 a daycare for Jerrys,
49:56 while their Ricks and Mortys were out on missions.
49:59 "I don't know how this works."
50:02 "Help me!"
50:03 "What the hell?"
50:05 At the end, we got a throwaway joke
50:07 about two Ricks maybe mixing up their Jerrys.
50:10 "Whatever."
50:11 "Uh, wait, what?"
50:13 "All right, come on, Jerry."
50:14 However, many fans guessed this was not a throwaway joke at all.
50:18 It wasn't until the season 6 premiere,
50:21 seven years later,
50:22 that this was confirmed to be true.
50:24 As Rick attempted to fix the portal gun problem
50:27 from season 5's "Fallout,"
50:29 he caused everyone to be transported back to their original universe.
50:33 Before Jerry left,
50:35 he and the fans realized exactly what had happened.
50:38 "How did I end up not in my own universe?"
50:41 "Oh, my God."
50:42 "The Jerrybury."
50:43 "Oh, the Jerrybury."
50:45 "Deep cut."
50:46 Laser blast, double whammy.
50:48 OK, KO, let's be heroes.
50:50 In the near future,
50:52 young KO dreams of becoming the world's greatest hero
50:55 while working at a hero supply shop.
50:58 Owner of the shop, Mr. Gar,
51:00 gave up his superheroing days
51:02 after one of his teammates went missing in action.
51:05 As it would be revealed later,
51:07 Laser Blast didn't actually disappear,
51:10 but was hiding under everyone's noses
51:12 as the villain Professor Venomous.
51:14 Not only that,
51:15 but the same season 3 episode
51:18 revealed that Laser Blast was KO's father.
51:21 "Boy, take a good look."
51:26 "I am him."
51:29 Many fans had guessed KO's parentage
51:31 based on his mother dating Laser Blast
51:33 before he disappeared.
51:35 As for the Professor Venomous twist,
51:37 design similarities led some fans
51:39 to guess they were brothers,
51:41 while others took the extra step,
51:43 concluding they were the same person.
51:45 "Sorry, KO."
51:47 "I am your father."
51:50 "No. No. No!"
51:55 Lila's Parentage - Futurama
51:58 After accidentally freezing himself,
52:00 Fry awakens in New York City
52:02 a thousand years later.
52:04 One of the first people he meets is Lila,
52:07 who tells Fry that she's an orphaned alien.
52:10 "My parents abandoned me here as a baby,
52:12 and I don't even know what galaxy they were from."
52:14 However, that's proven false in season 4.
52:17 She's actually a mutant
52:19 whose parents and many like them
52:21 live in the sewers beneath the city.
52:23 "So, I'm not an alien? I'm a mutant?"
52:27 "We never wanted you to know."
52:29 While this came as a surprise to many,
52:31 a few others caught on early.
52:33 The Mutant Society was introduced in season 2,
52:36 and in the background of one scene,
52:38 you could spot two people who look remarkably like Lila.
52:41 From then on, they knew a big reveal must be coming.
52:45 There's also an even earlier, subtler tease
52:48 in the season 1 episode, "Fear of a Bot Planet."
52:51 "Look, one eye. Count them. One. Not human."
52:55 "The humans are hereby sentenced to live as robots live on Earth."
52:59 The Spear of Selene, DuckTales.
53:02 The DuckTales reboot has some great character revelations,
53:06 some of which were predicted by fans.
53:08 Some viewers may have picked up on there being more to Webby
53:12 than being Mrs. Beakley's granddaughter.
53:14 "Webby is Scrooge's daughter?
53:16 Bless me bagpipes."
53:18 However, the biggest mystery the show chronicled early on
53:22 was the Spear of Selene.
53:24 In a note left by the triplet's missing mother, Della,
53:27 she apologized to Scrooge for taking the spear.
53:30 While the kids assumed this clue referred to a literal spear,
53:34 they then found out that definitively wasn't the case.
53:37 Not only that, but it wasn't any kind of artifact.
53:41 "Maybe the spear isn't an artifact.
53:43 Maybe it's something else."
53:45 "Your mom did love a good mystery."
53:47 One fan theory claimed the spear must be a ship
53:51 and that Della had gotten lost exploring space.
53:54 Towards the end of the first season, this was proven true.
53:58 "The rocket and your mother were lost to the inky abyss of space."
54:03 Garnet is a fusion.
54:05 Steven Universe.
54:07 In Steven Universe, two gems can fuse together
54:10 to become more powerful.
54:12 But throughout the first season,
54:14 that's shown to be a temporary and sometimes toxic occurrence.
54:19 Additionally, it seemed the less stable the relationship,
54:22 the more eyes and appendages.
54:25 "You're just too much.
54:27 Maybe you're just too little."
54:29 None of this stopped the spread of a popular Garnet theory, though.
54:33 Fans believed Garnet to be a permanent fusion,
54:36 pointing to her having two gems and three eyes as evidence enough.
54:41 So then how could she stay in this form for such a long period?
54:45 Every other time, the effort of fusing had been too much to keep up.
54:49 The answer came in the season one finale.
54:52 The fan theory was proven true as Ruby and Sapphire,
54:55 two gems in love, refused back into Garnet.
54:59 [laughing]
55:02 "Steven! Thank you!"
55:05 "Garnet! You're a fusion?"
55:07 The Mushroom War. Adventure Time.
55:10 At first glance, Adventure Time appears to take place in a silly fantasy land
55:15 with no ties to reality.
55:17 In actuality, it's the outcome of nuclear fallout on Earth a thousand years prior.
55:24 Creator Pendleton Ward first came up with the post-apocalyptic spin
55:29 during a season one episode that involved frozen businessmen.
55:33 "I remember... business."
55:38 From there, hints of the past civilization were doled out, albeit sparingly.
55:44 Still, some fans picked up on them and began theorizing not only about nuclear fallout,
55:49 but when it could have taken place.
55:51 As Adventure Time went on, more about the history of the Land of Ooo was revealed.
55:57 "Frankfurt Bomb was poised to bathe the land in mutagenic horror."
56:03 It was eventually confirmed that humanity had nuked the planet in a world-ending war,
56:09 with Marceline and the Ice King being survivors of it.
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56:35 The author of the journals, Gravity Falls.
56:38 To be fair, Gravity Falls was a show built for theorizing.
56:43 Clues and puzzles were hidden throughout the show,
56:46 making it a mystery viewers could enjoy on different levels.
56:50 Its key conundrum was the author of the journals,
56:53 which documented all kinds of bizarre occurrences and creatures around the town.
56:59 "Let's see...Barf Fairy?"
57:01 "Yeah!"
57:02 There was also Grunkle Stan,
57:04 who dismissed the children's notions of strangeness,
57:07 but acted pretty bizarrely himself.
57:09 By piecing together a ton of background details,
57:12 including flashback appearances of Stan,
57:15 fans deduced he had a twin.
57:17 Given Stan's collecting of the journals,
57:20 that twin had to be the mysterious author.
57:23 "After all these years...
57:27 Finally, we have them all."
57:29 Lo and behold, Stanford Pines was introduced in season 2
57:33 and confirmed the theory.
57:35 "Who is that?"
57:37 "The author of the journals...
57:39 My brother."
57:42 Which of these fan theories did you put your faith into?
57:45 Let us know in the comments.
57:47 "Fine, I can make it on my own.
57:49 I don't need you. I don't need anyone!"
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