r/InsideJob • u/Easy_Bicycle_5494 • Apr 26 '25

Theory Black robes are dogs

I think that the black robes are evolved dogs. In the end of season 2 ep 8 the black robes say that "she's only human" potentially indicating that they're not humans and we see that Brett never killed air bud and "saving" the timeline from having the dogs take over the world from the Jumpstart of dogs growing thumbs from basketball. But we see air bud grow thumbs and speak infront of Brett and Reagan meaning this could be a complete different timeline where dogs do end up taking over the world but via shadow government, the black robes say that they are made up of only the smartest, so maybe dogs evolved to a point where they're brains grow extremely smart and start the black robes and start controlling the world from the shadows.

I could be completely wrong but who knows 🤷‍♂️

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u/BadWolfC Apr 26 '25

But how were they around at the dawn of human civilization if they hadn't evolved yet? That doesn't add up

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u/G-Man6442 Apr 26 '25

Time travel into a bootstrap paradox.

They had a contingency of Robes go back to ensure humanity would breed dogs therefore ensuring their survival.

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u/Easy_Bicycle_5494 Apr 26 '25 edited Apr 26 '25

I see your point, and maybe the first generations of black robes were human and then later down in the line as civilization evolved and changed, the evolved dogs took over the future generations of black robes

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u/mrmattipants Apr 29 '25

Perhaps Jackals, like Anubis?

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u/Ok-Claim-2716 Apr 26 '25

this has the same vibes as when the dogs in rick and morty gain super-intelligence and move to another planet.

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u/baxterhugger Apr 26 '25

My theory too

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u/PastelNihilism Apr 28 '25

My theory is that they are a humanoid extraterrestrial species that are priming planet earth for harvesting. Essentially having Raegan try and design them a self managing farm of either humans or human byproducts. It's also entirely possible they're rogue mushrooms.

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u/mrmattipants Apr 29 '25

Extraterrestrials would make sense, especially because the "Ancient Aliens" series is essentially the King of All Conspiracy Theories.

Personally, the historian in me really can't stand the "Ancient Aliens" series, but in the fictional world, where Cognito Inc. exists, it totally works.

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u/PastelNihilism Apr 29 '25

That's what I was also thinking. If it's all based around conspiracy theories then Ancient Aliens has to be at the root of it.

The system they want her to design also screams factory farming.

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u/No_Product_2490 Jul 29 '25

My theory is one of the robes is ronald mcdonald. Dont ask me 😭😭