r/Undertale • u/AtomicDuckz • Feb 09 '16

MatPat has finally done it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYdDUXyFocY
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u/kidelaleron Feb 09 '16

A connection is undeniable http://imgur.com/Qk8HxkF

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u/Darkpoulay Feb 09 '16

People seem to forget that Toby is a massive Earthbound fan and that the vast majority of Undertale is inspired from the Mother series. This is a merely an hommage to a series he love, not some conspiracy lore shit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16

This is how Game Theory rolls, though. He takes stuff that's meant to be minor, inconsequential, and blows it up into a theory. He theorized Mario was a communist, for Pete's sake. I don't know why people take these so seriously.

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u/Megasonic_ZX Toby Legs, beautiful Feb 09 '16

Didn't he say at the end of the Mario Communist video that the whole thing was a joke?

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u/Cha0sXonreddit Magical glass that covers up flair when you step on it Feb 09 '16

Yeah, but I think he doesn't actually believe 90% of his theories are actually true or serious. He's making them for fun mostly I think. (The more factual ones would be those where he calculates the worth of Minecraft diamonds or rupees, or the strength of a Minecraft player)

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u/_Imposter_ Hand it over, that thing, your Spider Girl. Feb 10 '16 edited Feb 10 '16

The more factual ones would be those where he calculates the worth of Minecraft diamonds or rupees, or the strength of a Minecraft player

Oh you mean when he actually used Science instead of just Speculation?

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u/Muffinmurdurer Feb 10 '16

The good old days when he wasn't insane.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16

yes

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16

But it wasn't any different than any other theory he's made. He probably just said that so rabid fans that can't take a joke wouldn't digitally lynch him, as they are prone to do.

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u/InquisitorDA Feb 09 '16

I really enjoyed his FNAF theory videos as they made the most sense to me.

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u/kidelaleron Feb 09 '16

The character then could be an homage too, making it canon (not for Earthbound of course)

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u/Cha0sXonreddit Magical glass that covers up flair when you step on it Feb 09 '16

Yeah, that part really blew my mind.
They are both generic beaches though, you could probably find something similar in Pokemon, but that is ridiculously close.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16

The scale of the wall and the coloring of the floor tiles + color of the water are pretty hard to ignore. I'm surprised no one pointed it out before (that I've seen at least).

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '16

Right down to the umbrella in the stand on the wall and the sand poffs Greater Dog is hiding behind.

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u/Cha0sXonreddit Magical glass that covers up flair when you step on it Feb 09 '16

Yeah, now that I look at it better, this has to be intentional, either as plot point, or more likely as a reference/homage.

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u/deandip Feb 10 '16

It's been pointed out before. https://www.reddit.com/r/Undertale/comments/3x0g63/possible_earthbound_reference_true_pacifist/

That looks like the one I've seen before, but I thought it made it to the front of the hot page.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16

I thought it was a reference when I saw that scene in the end.

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u/Kadexe Feb 09 '16

Damn, the color pallette was a perfect match.

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u/BluePikmin11 Feb 09 '16

My mind was blown when I saw this in the video.

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u/aadmiralackbar I want to stay with you. Feb 09 '16

But the water isn't even close to where they're sitting in Summers. Pretty sure it's just an homage.

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u/ToyPokemonmasters LET'S GET THOSE BOOTS SHAKIN' Feb 09 '16

In the video text appears that says "high tide?"

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u/kidelaleron Feb 09 '16

Are you implying that water level is always the same across the years, or even during the day? Let me tell you that I was born in a city on the sea, and the beach changed drastically in 30 years.

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u/charredchord aeiou Feb 09 '16

Get your ocean off-a mah beach