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29 Fan Theories That Made It All Make Sense

August 10, 2023

Some people watch TV shows and movies for entertainment value. They want to be transported away from their own lives for a little while and experience something new. Other people watch TV shows and movies with a completely different goal in mind — they’re looking for clues. They’re trying to piece together the entire story before it’s over. These fans are called “theorists,” and they’re some of the most dedicated fans out there. And many times, like with the examples below, they’re exactly right.

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FREDDY KRUEGER ABSORBS THE DREAM SUPERPOWERS OF HIS VICTIMS. IN THIS IS WHY, AS FREDDY GAINS MORE KILLS, НЕ GAINS MORE ABILITIES (STRENGTH, FIGHTING, CRAWLING ON WALLS) AND HIS POWER to MANIPULATE THE DREAM REALM SEEMS to GROW FROM MOVIE to MOVIE. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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What if Mac, Dee, and Dennis from It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia don't actually look the way we see them? BEA COAST Mac looks strong, but is often shown to be weak. Dee and Dennis look attractive, but they somehow only manage to date weirdos. They are unreliable narrators presenting us with an idealized version of themselves. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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The Big Bang Theory

the BANG BiG THEORY GRAGKED.COM According to Reddit, Penny is a CIA agent. Leonard used to date a North Korean spy who was after the DARPA jet fuel he was working on. Penny is an agent sent in to monitor his activities, so he won't leak government secrets again. This is why she can sustain her spacious apartment with a waitress' salary. We also never got to know her last name, because she is using a codename all along. — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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LUKE SKYWALKER'S HIDING PLACE WAS TERRIBLE ON PURPOSE. Yoda guessed that Darth Vader would let his son have the normal childhood he never got and contact him when he grew up. That' S why he put baby Luke with his only living relatives and didn't bother to change his name. Without the need to scour the galaxy for his offspring, there would be no risk of Vader discovering that he had two children. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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Wall-E is satan himself. WALLE Wall-E (Satan) gives a seedling (apple) to a female robot (Eve), which starts a chain reaction leading to humans losing the carefree and comfortable life in the mothership (paradise). CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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Jack Dawson from Titanic is a time traveler. His mission is to preserve the timeline by stopping Rose from committing suicide. If she jumped, the crew would stop the ship to search for her, delaying the ship. That would make them miss the iceberg. After the ship sinks, he tells her how she'll die - old and in bed -- which seems to happen at the end of the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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This is not Captain Johnathan Archer It's just Dr. Samuel Beckett, on another Quantum Leap. The real Captain Archer of Starfleet history would never bring his dog to negotiations, or threaten to water anyone's sacred landmarks. But flustered, out-of-his-element Sam Beckett might. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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Sheriff Woody is NOT who he says he is If he was made in the 50s, how can Andy be the first kid he remembers? And if someone owned him before Andy did, why does Woody seem as inexperienced and clueless as the other toys when they all face a big move? There's only one possible explanation. Woody is not an original 1950s collectible toy. He's just a knock-off, a modern counterfeit crafted well enough to fool an expert. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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Was Barney on How I Met Your Mother, really that big of a womanizer? CRACKED.COM One fan theory says that, in an attempt to appear as the lesser evil, Ted exaggerated Barney's escapades so that his kids would find his failed dating life (and relationship decisions-aka still chasing after Robin) more tolerable. *Neil Patrick Harris supports this theory! — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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ERASERHEAD ...is Henry Spencer's final dying dream in the electric chair, as he is executed for murdering his unplanned, disfigured newborn child. Hence all the disturbing imagery related to electricity, and Henry's electro-shock hairdo. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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Termina, in The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask, is a scaled down version of the USA. The south features swamps and palm trees, not unlike Louisiana... ...the north features cabins and cold winters, not unlike Minnesota... ...the west features beaches and musicians, not unlike California... ...and the east features massive infrastructure that is tricky to navigate, not unlike New York. CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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Andy Dufresne is guilty. The night Andy's wife is murdered we see him loading a gun, drunk, outside her house. Не is unable to recount details when he is sober. How can we trust his story? The audience accepts that Andy is innocent because he claims he is, several times, but he is an unreliable narrator at best. Similarly, Tommy's secondhand account of an inmate who may have killed a woman similar to Andy's wife is just as unreliable, like a prison version of telephone. Andy spent decades silently plotting his escape. Не is wickedly smart, cold, and calculated. Не — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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Dumbledore is Death personified. The mythical three brothers, who are granted the Deathly Hallows by Death, represent Voldemort, Snape, and Harry. According to this theory, Dumbledore represents Death. Dumbledore gave Harry his invisibility cloak, a Deathly Hallow, and indirectly caused the deaths of Voldemort and Snape. Harry, just like the third brother, escapes Death but willingly meets him at the end. GRACKED COM — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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In Cast Away, Chuck Noland is unknowingly the subject of a TV show, à la The Truman Show. CRACKED.COM It would explain... FedEx Federal Express Wilson The product placement. FedEx Why, in four years, NOBODY found him (they weren't meant to). Why there's a random shot from the POV of a hidden camera. — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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QUI GON was an undercover Sith Lord trying to destroy the Jedi Order from within. Не freed Anakin (through manipulation), but didn't take his mom along. Не insisted on training the kid, despite the Jedi Council forbidding that. And he lost very quickly against Darth Maul; what if he did it on purpose, so the Jedi would train Anakin to honor his sacrifice? CRACKED.COM — Source: 21 Pretty Legit Fan Theories

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THE PALPATINE PREGNANCY FROM THE STAR WARS: DARTH VADER COMICS, DEBUNKED. There's been a long-standing theory that Emperor Palpatine created Anakin Skywalker, and the theory really took off when, in Charles Soule's Darth Vader comics, Vader had a vision of Palpatine manipulating the womb of Vader's pregnant mother. It also makes sense that, as Darth Plagueis' apprentice, Palpatine could have learned to manipulate the midichlorians to create life. A member of the Lucasfilm Story Group, however, said that the scene is all in Vader's head and has nothing to do with his origin. Soule also debunked it, saying that the — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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IS LITTLE JASON A TETHERED IN US? JORDAN PEELE SAYS NO. I have this kinda concept of Jason that he can sorta see through the veil. You can see these moments where he's observing his mother and he's meant to be a little step ahead of us, the most clever of us that's sorta figuring out there's something more to Adelaide's story than we see. GRACKED COM — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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IN RATATOUILLE, THE THEORY THAT REMY THE COOK AND ANTON THE FOOD CRITIC HAVE THE SAME MOTHER WAS DEBUNKED BY BRAD BIRD. The theory goes that because Remy's dish reminds Anton of his mother's cooking, the flashback we see of Remy the kid being chased out of a house is actually the house Anton grew up in. There are also similarities between both characters' childhood homes. But Bird says the theory isn't true, and that the similarities of the scenes were purely because they needed to reuse props and imagery. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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BRUCE BANNER COULDN'T TRANSFORM INTO THE HULK IN AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR NOT BECAUSE НЕ WAS SCARED, BUT BECAUSE НЕ DIDN'T WANT TO. A popular theory was that Banner, after Thanos beat him in the film's opening combat scene, didn't want to come out and lose to Thanos, again. But Joe Russo said it had nothing to do with a bruised ego. Hulk didn't want to come out because he felt used by the Avengers, and it was the inner struggle for control between Banner and Hulk in Ragnarok that we saw extended into Avengers: Infinity War. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST DOESN'T HAVE AN ALADDIN REFERENCE. When Belle's in the bookshop, she tells the shopkeeper she wants to read her favorite book-the one about far-off places, daring sword fights, magic spells, a prince in disguise. The song she then sings alludes to a Prince Charming in disguise, and many people have said she's referring to Disney's Aladdin. But director Gary Trousdale says it isn't a Disney easter egg, only a foreshadowing of the Beast she's about to meet. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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Get Out

A THEORY SUGGESTED THAT ROD THE TSA GUY IN GET OUT WAS IMAGINING THE ENTIRE STORY IN REACTION TO HIS BEST FRIEND GOING TO MEET HIS WHITE GIRLFRIEND'S PARENTS. The theory also says that this is why Rod is the hero in the end, because of course he'd be the hero in his own story. Jordan Peele debunked this, saying that everything that happens in the movie is very much real. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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NO, NEGASONIC TEENAGE WARHEAD'S GIRLFRIEND IN DEADPOOL 2 IS NOT A VERSION OF SURGE IN X-MEN. Although a resemblance could be argued, this theory was debunked by the writers. She's a super-minor character. The character's name is actually Yukio, an assassin - but who's an adult assassin, so we just aged her down. She's such a minor character, we thought we could pretty much get away with anything. CRACKED COM — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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THE TOY STORY 4 PRODUCER DEBUNKED THE PIXAR THEORY. Producer Mark Nielsen and director Josh Cooley said on the Blu-ray commentary track that part of the reason for using the antique shop in the movie was to debunk the Pixar Theory that states all Pixar movies happen in a shared universe. The truth is, what leads to a lot of these theories is the fact that we've reused characters and sets from previous movies for efficiency's sake.... Without knowing that, if you're going to look at it, you could read intentionality there that's not really there. That's really what's happened — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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RA'S AL GHUL REALLY DID DIE AT THE END OF BATMAN BEGINS. A theory goes that Ra's al Ghul calmly accepting his death right before his train crashes at the end of the movie indicates that he knows he'll be resurrected in the Lazarus Pit. But co-writer David S. Goyer has finally come forward to debunk this theory, saying that there was no deception and that Ra's al Ghul did in fact die. It fitted into the more realistic approach Christopher Nolan was going for. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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WAS PELLE RESPONSIBLE FOR DANI'S PARENTS' DEATH IN MIDSOMMAR? One theory of the film says that Pelle orchestrated the entire thing, even her parents dying, to get Dani to Sweden. Director Ari Aster, however, said that the theory was totally incorrect. CRACKED COM — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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THE GAMORA-MANTIS THEORY As a result of the famous Snap in Avengers: Infinity War, Gamora has lost her memory and doesn't remember any of the Guardians. One theory that has become quite popular suggests that Mantis, with her ability to affect people's emotions, could help Gamora restore her memories. Director James Gunn, however, said that memories are thoughts, not emotions, and that Mantis cannot read or send thoughts. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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WHAT IS THE ONE TRUE MEANING OF THE GASP AT THE END OF HAMILTON? WELL, THERE ISN'T ONE. There have been many interpretations, including one that says Eliza gasps because she sees the audience at the end and realizes that the story has survived and is still being told. Lin-Manuel Miranda said that, although a nice theory, The Gasp is The Gasp is The Gasp. Не also notes that everyone who's acted in the play before had their own interpretation, meaning there isn't one true meaning behind the gasp. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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ARE THE DURSLEYS MEAN TO HARRY POTTER BECAUSE НЕ HAS A HORCRUX INSIDE OF HIM? NO, THEY'RE JUST TERRIBLE PEOPLE. A popular theory states that the Horcrux in Harry had such a negative influence that it turned the Dursleys vile. But this isn't true, because it would've made Harry equally vile, if not more. A story published in Pottermore by the author also explained that the Dursleys had a terrible relationship with Harry's parents, with their last encounter ending in a lot of hate. The lack of any reconciliation translated into them projecting their hatred onto Harry. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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COULD STEVE ROGERS CONTROL THE INFINITY GAUNTLET IN AVENGERS: ENDGAME? NOPE. The theory comes from the fact that Cap could briefly resist Thanos using the gauntlet in Avengers: Infinity War, and lift Thor's hammer in Avengers: Endgame, but screenwriter Christopher Markus said that it doesn't mean he'd be strong enough to handle the gauntlet. I think Steve would be toast. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Convincing Fan Theories, Debunked

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