We all know that sinking feeling when a great movie comes to an end or when we finish another season of our favorite show, leaving us with that nagging question: “What now?” Well, fret not, fellow fiction lovers, because we’ve got just the remedy for your entertainment hangover — a comprehensive collection of fan theories that will add extra spice to your favorite fictional worlds! We’ve included everything from movies, TV shows, cartoons, and even video games, ensuring there’s something for everyone. After all, as any true fan knows, the story never really ends. It just finds new ways to surprise and enchant us.
As avid participants in fan theory discussions, we can attest there’s no better way to keep the magic of your favorite stories alive than by diving headfirst into the world of speculation and imagination. Rest assured, these underrated fan theories will take you on a rollercoaster ride through intriguing plot twists and mind-bending revelations that’ll make you see your favorite characters and stories in a whole new light.
From the hidden depths of video games and cartoons to the swirling vortex of TV show fan theories, we’ve scoured the farthest corners of the internet to bring you a curated collection of interesting, bizarre, but always utterly entertaining speculations. These little gems have flown under the radar, just waiting for you to discover them and share them with fellow fans.
Prepare to have your mind blown as we delve into unexplored character motivations, crazy plot twists, and other details of the stories you thought you knew inside and out. We’ll explore everything from the darkest corner of character backstories to the most unexpected crossovers. Who knows? You might just find yourself starting a movie theory or two!
#1
"Peter Pan k*lls any lost boy that grows into adulthood. Captain Hook and his pirates are all lost boys that have escaped and aim to stop him."
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49points
#2
"Scooby snacks are actually just edibles and Shaggy/Scooby are really f*cking high the entire time."
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45points
#3
"Pinky is the genius.
Even the theme song hints at the theory, "One is a genius, the other's insane: they're Pinky and the Brain".
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42points
#4
A user wrote:
"Bikini bottom is a nuclear bomb testing site which is why the fish have legs."
"Bikini bottom is a nuclear bomb testing site which is why the fish have legs."
The_Techie_Chef replied:
"Nevermind the mushroom clouds every time something falls off screen/in the distance."
"Nevermind the mushroom clouds every time something falls off screen/in the distance."
votemarvel added:
"That's not a fan theory. Bikini Atoll is a real place in the Marshall Islands where the US used to test radioactive weapons."
"That's not a fan theory. Bikini Atoll is a real place in the Marshall Islands where the US used to test radioactive weapons."
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40points
#5
"The "real world" in the Matrix movies is just another layer of the Matrix, designed specifically to appeal to people unwilling to conform to the normal Martrix. Humans in this outer Matrix have confirmation of their belief that something was wrong, and get to indulge in the fantasy of being a heroic freedom fighter against the faceless evil machines, thus choosing to accept this false reality.
The anomaly of the One is that he's capable of rejecting both realities, which is the reason why he had powers in the real world."
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37points
#6
"James Bond's primary purpose is to be a distraction to keep attention off the spies who actually spy. Villains and other spies know him, he rarely takes an alias, he makes his presence known early on and keeps messing up operations for the villains, but other spies have already infiltrated their ranks and work while Bond does as much visible damage as possible to keep the others safe."
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34points
#7
"The Jetsons and the Flintstones are living at the same time in a dystopian future where the ‘haves’ live above the clouds and the ‘have nots’ are stuck on a wasted Earth. The signs include that Flintstones celebrate things like Christmas and other holidays which doesn’t make sense and The Great Gazoo alien appears in both series."
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32points
#8
"In Empire Strikes Back , when Luke tells R2 to stay in the ship at various times, he doesn’t stay put, because the last person to tell him that was Anakin and he never came back."
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30points
#9
"Doctor and Rose in the parallel world are perfectly happy with each other."
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27points
#10
"Kermit caused 9/11, not really much of a fan theory though since it's unintentionally canon.
**in the 2002 TV film "It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie", there's a part where an angel shows Kermit an alternate reality where he was never born. For whatever reason, the editors didn't really think about it, and continued to use footage with the twin towers still standing for this scene, however they aren't there in his original universe. Therefore, something that Kermit did in his life, did in fact cause 9/11 in Muppet lore."
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26points
#11
"After several rewatches with my kids I’ve picked up on the fact that Sid’s parents are addicts. We see the dad passed out watching tv surrounded by cans of... something, and their mom is nowhere to be found except to call Sid down to the kitchen to eat pop tarts or something once. The poor kids are neglected and Sid obviously takes his anger out on his sister and the toys."
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26points
#12
"The reason each It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia episode starts with a date and time is because they’re all testifying against each other in court."
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26points
#13
"The only way to get into Gryffindor is to want to get into Gryffindor. All the other houses are specific traits, where Gryffindor is primarily about bravery. The bravery you need to get in is the bravery to want to be in Gryffindor. Also adds up with Harry being Slytherin-y, Hermione and McGonnagall being Ravenclaw-y, and Ron and (if you ask me) Dumbledore being Hufflepuff-y. If anyone is a natural born Gryffindor that we see, it’s Cedric, and he’s a Hufflepuff. I’d argue it’s cuz he didn’t want to be Gryffindor."
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25points
#14
"Kevin from Home Alone grows up to be Jigsaw from Saw lol so dumb, but amuses me."
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25points
#15
maleorderbride wrote:
"The Last Airbender is not, as many have suspected, meant to be a big screen version of the TV show of the same name. It is, in fact, a subtle but clear adaptation of the show's episode "the Ember Island Players," in which a poorly informed in-universe theater troupe recap the events of the series in an inaccurate and comedic style."
"The Last Airbender is not, as many have suspected, meant to be a big screen version of the TV show of the same name. It is, in fact, a subtle but clear adaptation of the show's episode "the Ember Island Players," in which a poorly informed in-universe theater troupe recap the events of the series in an inaccurate and comedic style."
A reddit user responded:
"There is no movie in Ba Sing Se."
"There is no movie in Ba Sing Se."
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#16
"The Trolls in Frozen used magic to make Hans turn on Anna so Kristoff could have her.
Hans never really shows any signs of evil before the reveal. He even has that dumb smitten smile after meeting Anna.
"So she's a bit of a fixer upper. That's a minor thing." and "Get the fiance out of the way and the whole thing will be fixed."
If his plan was always really as he said, he risks everything by letting Anna go after Elsa alone, without really even trying to either stop her or go with her.
He instructs his guards to make sure no harm comes to Elsa when they go to her palace. He should want her to d*e in the conflict. Way less messy than bringing her back and trying to have her executed while still marrying Anna.
It makes too much sense."
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23points
#18
"My favorite R2 theory is that in a new hope when he and Obi-Wan meet again, that unlike C3PO, R2's memory was never erased but they pretend not to know each other (this is obviously because the finer details of the prequel trilogy weren't ironed out when a new hope was originally released). Now the widely accepted fan theory is that Obi-Wan says nothing because he doesn't want Luke to know who he is and what his relationship was to Anakin so as to keep him from being corrupted by the influence of the dark side. Whereas R2 doesn't give anything away because he ain't no f*ckin' snitch."
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22points
#19
lasbro wrote:
"Padme died because Darth Sidious used her to save Anakin."
"Padme died because Darth Sidious used her to save Anakin."
thepresidentsturtle responded:
"Yeah, I don't believe for a second she just lost the will to live. Her d*ath made no sense to anyone present in the movie.
"Yeah, I don't believe for a second she just lost the will to live. Her d*ath made no sense to anyone present in the movie.
Palpatine knew how to stop someone from dying through the Force. He used that forbidden knowledge to save Darth Vader, using Padme to do it. Because without Padme he could control Vader.
It all seems so obvious but nobody believes it. "Haha she died of sadness, Prequels bad."
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#20
originalchaosinabox wrote:
"House d*ed in the fire in the final episode. The last ten minutes where he rides off into the sunset with his best friend Wilson are his final hallucination."
"House d*ed in the fire in the final episode. The last ten minutes where he rides off into the sunset with his best friend Wilson are his final hallucination."
linkman0596 responded:
"I've always thought the biggest mistake of the finale was when Wilson finds House after the funeral, House should have had crutches, and stood up revealing his leg was gone, and just said "apparently when they find a big enough piece of you left behind in a burning building, they don't ask where the rest of you went" then after a pause where they just don't know what to say to each other House then just says "it doesn't hurt anymore."
"I've always thought the biggest mistake of the finale was when Wilson finds House after the funeral, House should have had crutches, and stood up revealing his leg was gone, and just said "apparently when they find a big enough piece of you left behind in a burning building, they don't ask where the rest of you went" then after a pause where they just don't know what to say to each other House then just says "it doesn't hurt anymore."
ArmyMedicalCrab added:
"That’s a good one. I kind of thought going into the finale House would d*e, and I kind of figured House was nothing if he couldn’t be a doctor anymore, so him being d*ad is fitting."
"That’s a good one. I kind of thought going into the finale House would d*e, and I kind of figured House was nothing if he couldn’t be a doctor anymore, so him being d*ad is fitting."
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