This is my favorite game theory Matpat has ever made even to this day. Here's me hoping that one of the final 9 game theories will be coming back to discuss The Binding of Isaac now that the game has seemingly finished its story. I wish Matpat and the new generation of theory hosts all the best.
@@rakishpotato4783 Sorry dude, didn't mean to be a downer. He made all of us happy and i can't help but feel happy each time i think back on how amazingly awkward he was. He even made it feel charming.
if isaac was dead the parents would have smells his body long before it would get to the point of hanging posers for a missing son. Not that they'd ever post that anyway
@@tentative_flora2690 exactly. She must've smelled the dead cat but she didn't react because she isn't concerned about Isaac or what he does. If he died they wouldn't be the ones to post a missing sign. I think the sign is made to make us believe much time has passed and others have begun to realize he's gone missing
And then Afterbirth/Afterbirth+ dropped, added a new final boss (Delirium) and it turns out that- SPOILERS FOR FINAL ENDING -Issac did actually die in the box and his mother finds his skeleton inside. She just didn't realise he was inside and therefore thought he ran away.
4:30 - I actually have a personal anecdote for this reason. I used to have things like pictures and toys be taken away from me because of (insert punishment/religious/evil reason here) only for them to forget the whole thing and let me replace my disposed belongings with "new" things. It wouldn't surprise me if Issac's mom let him draw new artwork or gave him new toys to use as a leverage to punish him.
Hey just a quick thought that I thought I might share cause it might be true. I got bored and decided "I'm gunna go look at medical illnesses". Since this game has a true final boss, Delirium, I looked that up. When I read what delirium is and what its conditions are, I legit got chills. To name a few, Hallucinations, forgetting who you are, and forgetting where you are. Since Isaac blames himself for his parents divorce he started taking his mothers pills(one of the ways to get delirium is drug overdose/withdraw) and have major panic attacks(this can also cause delirium). The end of the cutsceen shows a drawing on the wall where Isaac is drawn as a demon amd standing on his dead parents(delirium can also cause random outbursts of anger/violence). Shoot, there is even a screen that can show up when starting a new run that says "who am I?" This would also explain all of his alter-egos. Just a quick thought I wanted to put out there and see if anyone else agrees or thinks this might have a sprinkle of truth to it. (Also if Isaac truly does die, delirium can make the person who has it more prone to death)
OK here's another look at this. Reading your theory i had a thought what if he has DID( Dissociative identity disorder) he has a bunch of other personalitys that he has no idea exist but in another personality he eats his mom's pills and gets delirium after eating them every time he switches to that personality. the mom thinks hes being possessed when ever her son switches to a different personality or her son is a sin crawling on her back because one of his personalitys is a girl so she thinks her son is trans so she thinks its a sin. the girl identity has short blonde hair and the nary wig looks like her hair so one day she switches in and has to go to school but all the other kids don't understand the condition Isaac has and make fun of him for looking like a girl. If you've seen the cut scenes it looks like his mom gives him the wig but my way of looking at it is it was Isaac's birthday and one kid who understands Isaac's disorder gives him the wig for Mary as I'm going to call her and then the school thing from before happens. so to recap Isaac has Dissociative identity disorder and delirium. he has at least 2 other personalitys Mary and someone else. the unnamed personality eats the mom's pills and overdoses while the mom is away or the mom finds out and forces him to stop causing withdraw. Mary goes to school get a friend and the friend finds out about the disorder so they buy Mary the wig for her birthday. After all of that one day the mom comes in from making dinner but Isaac hallucinates and sees his mom holding a about to kill him so he hides in his toy chest but as he sees it a trap door and just hallucinates the whole game. for ending 16 i think its him thinking hes messed up so bad hes just a demon so he accepts it and smiles for the first time in a while finally thinking he has an answer. ending 13 is pretty similar to ending 16 but instead of accepting it and being happy with it he feels like a failure to his mom to his dad to everyone hes met. i just hope he gets some help like Jesus save this kid!
Ok yes,as a christian myself I can say this game is totally accurate to the bible,and no I don’t feel like it’s making fun of religion,I think it’s showing an abusive parent that takes the story of Abraham too seriously and starts to go insane. Oh and also 4:37,he could’ve just made some new ones
It's about Ed's critiques about religious indoctrination at a young age, as well as other harsh topics like abuse, death, divorce, alcoholism (literally depicted as poison) and the likes.
@@HowieDewitt535 Mostly presentation. There's a big difference between explaining your religion and way of life and straight up telling a kid "you will go to hell if you do this" (in reference to playing cards). The latter refers to Edmund's experience.
Even though this is old I have to point out there is literally an ending where Issac hyperventilates in the chest while getting memories flashing back to his photos then back to his scared face each time getting more blue until he’s just a pile of bones… This is probably why there is a blue baby to begin with, the pile of bones is blue baby.
This was before afterbirth and repentance Also its blue baby(asphixiated isaac), forgotten and the lost(literally a soul) Bb boi decompised inside his treasure box and ascended
@@blackrabbit8420 no he doesnt. The forgotten proves that isaac can not ascend. His soul is tied to the pile of bones. In that ending we see isaac wandering in purgatory.
Watching in 2023 and looking back post repentance and how huge fnaf has gotten, I really appreciate how reasonable Isaac’s story still is. We’ve gotten tons of elaboration, but the story stays the same at heart. The delirium ending shows a kind of purgatory space and the beast ending gives a more vague heaven sort of thing. (To me, I interpret that as him ascending to whatever ideal afterlife their is after reconciling his religious guilt, I.E. dogma and the beast.) Either way, the mother ending and ascension sequence mainly serve to flesh out isaac’s story, and strengthen the emotional core, making the beast ending specifically really emotional. Compared to the fnaf story, it’s branched out and expanded so much to the point that there’s not much emotion left, if any at all. It’s mainly just answering questions for it’s own sake, at least in my opinion.
I doubt he will, because a lot of what I've seen actually ties in almost perfectly with his theory here. So I think there's just not enough to talk about to have a full Game Theory episode for it.
Well, Matpat, you said you'd be going over old theories for the 10th anniversary, this is a GREAT one to redo now that Repentance has completely rocked the story.
Theory: You can see that in Isaac’s imaginary world, he thinks that he’s crazy or going insane. It shows that because there’s a final boss that he fights called “Delirium”. You can also see that he remembers his family in the imaginary world, such as his mom or his cat, Guppy. For example, there are items in the game called “Mom’s Knife” or “Mom’s Heels”. There are also items called Guppy and then a part of Guppy. When you get all of those pieces, you can turn into Guppy.
I would invite you to revisit this theory. As an Isaac player, this theory can go so much deeper with the items and the bosses. For example: Why is it that when Isaac uses Mom's Bra, enemies freeze? Could it be that mom is taking off her bra for random men and when they see her pillows, they freeze? Why does Mom's Pad make enemies fear Isaac? Could it be that Isaac's dad would run out of the bathroom if he saw a pad in the trash? Why is it that Kidney Stone gives you a burst of tears randomly? Why does the vanity give you pills? Why does Mom's Coin Purse give you pills? Why is it that kids make fun of him during the cutscenes for doing what he thinks is normal--better yet, why does Isaac think that his acts in the cutscene are normal? So many questions, not enough answers. So what's the story--or theory rather?
Definitely more to answer as I watch more Isaac players. For example, why is it that when mom's hand appears in a room prior to depth II, they are normal hands, but if the hand appears in depth II or after, they are the skeleton hands?
Now, with Afterbirth+, I think we can change this theory a bit. Isaac died in the box, and he felt guilty about everything. Only with death he could accept how he was, and move on. His body was found in the box, but he never felt so free and alive, while people thought he was missing, actually, he just found himself.
Also, I think his mother started acting like that because of his father. It is shown in the new ending brought with the Afterbirth+ that she was crying and burned Isaac's father from all the pictures.
+The Professor Excellent advice my friend. Even an end to a song can be as beautiful as the beginning. Death may be a mystery to everyone here but it's part of life. I see it like a big test. You prepare for it, study it. The more you worry about it the worse you make it on yourself. Afterwards you feel comfort that it's over. You either realize you came prepared or don't let it bother you how well you did but take pride in trying your best, or spend more time beating yourself up for being unprepared or don't take responsibility for it. Just don't torture yourself, try to do good, focus on living life how you want, and try to achieve where you want to be in this life. Or in the end regret will be heavy in your heart.
Matpat needs to revisit this game sometime and make a theory on it. Hopefully the community can voice this. With all the updates, added lore and many many new characters and endings that he can explain and make a new story for
"The original murderer, the first killer, and the guy who got a haircut-" Me: Girls like bad boys, and bad boys are sinners, so mom, cut my hair so I can be as sinner too and attract a harem.
this was uploaded 7 years ago, and this has been a theory I've been coming back to and watching again and again for years. Its honestly kinda just a take back because I remember when this came out, it's honestly just a "why am I getting old" moment
The blue baby part makes sense because there's actually an item that confirms that and Isaac you get the cross and it says infinite life and if you die you turn into blue baby
Even if this was made 9 years ago, matpat doesn't stop making wild theories that sometimes doesn't make sense. I wish the series luck in the upcoming years
Yep. I hate it when someone just says the word religion in a video and people start saying stuff like "Religion is for retards who can't think for themselves" and stuff like that. (Most) Christians can respect the fact that some people are atheist. I can't understand why (some) atheists can't respect that other people are religious. They accuse religion of all these terrible things and hatefulness, when they themselves are being hateful to religion.
I believe it was trauma from being taught Christianity in the wrong light. I mean Abraham killing Isaac? That's not a biblical story you tell to a child because it is difficult for a child to understand. You don't raise a Christian child through fear, but with love. Showing the love of Christ. My parents tried raising me through fear of God, and it did traumatize me for a long time and I stayed away from faith for a log time. Then someone showed me the love of Christ, the love of God, and I realized the life I had been missing out on for almost 19 years.
There are three 'media' schools: The Prometheous School of Running Away from Things, The Stormtrooper School of Aiming, and The FNAF School of Storytelling Yup
After looking at the afterbirth endings, I actually think that Isaac didn't run away, his mom was actually looking for him outside when there was a decaying body in the chest.
100% of comments: lol he said aggressive religious comments so I'm gonna say agresive religious comment I'm so quirky and original 0%: actual aggressive religious comments
People who play Issac really aren’t focused on the lore... like at all so it’s pretty expected that no one would care about the origins and religious themes
It’s the practically a tradition to rewatch this video every year as this was my introduction video to fame theory but now that he’s gone I feel like I would just ball my eyes out knowing it’s jover
The one showing the drawings, Isaac dying, mom crying? That kinda stuff? Yeah Hell, for all we know Isaac living and dying could be different timelines. Isaac accepting himself allows him to live. Isaac trying to fight his darker side, causing him to die
Fre hush was is near death experience. Delirium is his last moments alive as death appproaces. As the lack of oxygen kills him he can't think straight anymore, that's why the last world has everything in it, put without any sense. In the end isaac dies in that box, he never left it, instead he's completely "lost" in it
There's 20 ending in the binding of Isaac afterbirth plus and 3 new character the lost, Apollyon and Lilith. You should do a part 2 of the binding of Isaac theory ending.
there isnt a need for a theory. the delirium ending says everything clearly. Isaac hides away in the chest from his abusive mother. This isnt any kind of chest though. It's a self-locking chest. The type that has suffocated children for decades. The game is just a *delirious* fantasy of isaac running out of air, and dying in the chest. His mother puts the lost poster, thinking he ran away. When you unlock the lost with said poster, you get a ghost. Because that was the only thing that ran away. Years later, Mom opens his toy chest and finds his skeleton. The Forgotten. She buries it in the backyard, and thats why you have to use mom's shovel to get him.
No but the name meatboy and how everything instantly hurts him like a man without skin. The game is an examples of the trials that he felt willing to go through to get his bandage girl back to protect him from the pain of the whole world.
Quote IGTM "Meat Boy is just a mass of muscle and meat. Salt kills him, it's so painful and dry he can't come in contact with it even, which is the source of the Salt Factory levels. Meat Boy is constantly open to the elements and that's why he needs Bandage Girl. She covers up those injuries. She completes him." So, there is a reason it's a cube of meat. The game was starting development not too long after he proposed to his wife Danielle as well. As for the Hell part, I think thats just Edmund...being Edmund
Matpat: *warns about arguments in comments*
The comments: *mostly joking about ignoring the warning*
So true!
I thought bcuz of the warning was gonna cause ww3 in the comments
Best way to get them out of the way
that was his plan all along...
*Infinite IQ*
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This is exactly what I did
+DatSmartAsian me to
“If a kid wants to dress up as a biblical prostitute, I say let him.” -Mattpatt
Context is everything.
FracturedFractal babypat : i want to dress up as a biblical prostitute!
Matpat : sure!
Its matpat not mattpatt
Babypat is gonna be a weird kid
Yup
Yup Dadpat is gonna be awesome
This is my favorite game theory Matpat has ever made even to this day. Here's me hoping that one of the final 9 game theories will be coming back to discuss The Binding of Isaac now that the game has seemingly finished its story. I wish Matpat and the new generation of theory hosts all the best.
i really agree, tboi is wonderful
I hope, too!
I sure hope he does
Didnt happen. MatPat will be missed however. 😔
see ya mat he didnt
Title: Does isaac die?
Thumbnail: Isaac lives?
Other way around.
Multiple personalities
Lol
@@BanditVIP untrue. Look at the title
Illuminati confirmed
This editing just has Ronnie written all over it. We still miss you buddy.
We all loved him R.I.P ronnie
I haven't been watching game theory enough to know eho that is, but I also miss him. F in the chat.
@@katwood7120 good to know
This comment drained the happiness I got from this video
@@rakishpotato4783 Sorry dude, didn't mean to be a downer. He made all of us happy and i can't help but feel happy each time i think back on how amazingly awkward he was. He even made it feel charming.
*MatPat* : Isaac left his mother and he went missing
*Aferbirth DLC* : Isaac went missing because he hid and died in his chest
Aww that's sad :(
if isaac was dead the parents would have smells his body long before it would get to the point of hanging posers for a missing son. Not that they'd ever post that anyway
@@andrewpaul8732 well , tell that to the creator... since he is the twisted mind guy who made the story
@@andrewpaul8732 The same way she would have smelled a dead cat?
@@tentative_flora2690 exactly. She must've smelled the dead cat but she didn't react because she isn't concerned about Isaac or what he does. If he died they wouldn't be the ones to post a missing sign.
I think the sign is made to make us believe much time has passed and others have begun to realize he's gone missing
You got to appreciate how far he will go and how much research he will dig into to make these theories it's really impressive
To be honest, I really hope that Mat visits TBOI again, since there’s a ton of new things that came with Repentance.
Me too. This is kinda Outdated since Repentance has been Announced
Especially the final ending (no spoilers)
Yas
there's a two left thumbs video that covers everything pretty well
I hope matpat thinks about it
This video: exist
Afterbirth and afterbirth+: imma end this mans whole carreer
Jackson Gilman well he just got the « isaac is alive » part false.Because all the « pressure makes isaac psyco » talk is right
Wut ;-;
Wolfy Squad There’s a new dlc coming out called repentance
@@goldenkoi7682 not canon
Somebody really had to add one more like
matpat: issac dies????!!!
the devs: yes, and im tired of pretending he doesnt
Ge aint beat the beast and see
Lol
At least he will rebirth as Angel or a Demon
Tierd??? Thought it was tired.
@@aceospades8781 nah bro it’s for sure tierd it’s ain’t tired
So basically Isaac’s endings are the equivalent to the phrase “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain”
Bro it is
Is that a jojo reference?
pretty much something that Handsome Jack did as well...
Isaac: Kills everything with his tears, including angels and Satan
Also Isaac: *Is 5-8 years old*
I think his tears are holy water.
Maybe his tears have an extreme temperature
And kirby is a baby that has a pocket universe in his stomach
im the 400 person to like
@@pixelworld3686 I'm 480th
Matpat needs to do an updated theory for repentance when it comes out.
why does my TBoI main have a UA-cam channel?
Hi Azazel
Why when it basically confirmed what his theory?
yeah
@@stupididiot4034 I mean, Isaac does die, but he doesn't go to heaven. He's stuck in purgatory.
And then Afterbirth/Afterbirth+ dropped, added a new final boss (Delirium) and it turns out that-
SPOILERS FOR FINAL ENDING
-Issac did actually die in the box and his mother finds his skeleton inside. She just didn't realise he was inside and therefore thought he ran away.
oh no, really?
ya I saw it
Im wa
It's called unforgotten right ???
Su Mô what is?
Me: *sees this was made 9 years ago*
"Oh so it was made in 2011"
*Then I realized*
standing here, i realize, i'm just like you, zooming throught history
Dude I love this theory
I'm gooning rn
Either the warning made everyone nice, or it just wasnt needed
Simbach Vazo bOtH???
Nope it made everyone talk about the warning
Redstone Rebel Exactly what Matpat wanted us to doz
"His external life is rough"
*shows him in the bathroom with no toiletpaper*
Well god damn
Christian tv program s
John Guglielmo poop.
That is the scene that fits best
Poor thing just wanted to use the bathroom
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Matpat: "... So grab your bibles and knifes..."
Me: *looks over at my desk* " Knew these were going to be useful today
Lol
Haha same
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU
o-o
Dreftzilla You have them on your desk too?!
in the hush fight there are small clips of faint breathing sounds that are meant to be him suffocating in the chest
“Have you ever thought about death?”
*it was time for Thomas to leave, he has seen enough*
69th like. Nice
Sal Vulcano my name is thomas
I love Thomas Was Alone
@@potatoo4905 Thomas realized that he had to much and decided it was good to leave
Thomas had not seen such b****t
Sees the warning:
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Maria Øverland me tho
Maria Øverland lol me TOOOOOOO!! 🤣🤣
That exactly what i did ligit
XD
yeah
Mat- *Kids are the worst*
Mat (3 years later)- *I AM DADPAT*
Hilarious
Jessi Rayne ikr XD
Lol
Dadpat will handle kids better.
MikitaMiridoka :3
4:30 - I actually have a personal anecdote for this reason. I used to have things like pictures and toys be taken away from me because of (insert punishment/religious/evil reason here) only for them to forget the whole thing and let me replace my disposed belongings with "new" things.
It wouldn't surprise me if Issac's mom let him draw new artwork or gave him new toys to use as a leverage to punish him.
It reminds her of her husband because he encouraged Issac to make them
“This may be personal, but have you ever thought about death?”
Welp, time to go to sleep now
Yeah boi
Yes
Lol
😰😨HALP
No
Hey just a quick thought that I thought I might share cause it might be true. I got bored and decided "I'm gunna go look at medical illnesses". Since this game has a true final boss, Delirium, I looked that up. When I read what delirium is and what its conditions are, I legit got chills. To name a few, Hallucinations, forgetting who you are, and forgetting where you are. Since Isaac blames himself for his parents divorce he started taking his mothers pills(one of the ways to get delirium is drug overdose/withdraw) and have major panic attacks(this can also cause delirium). The end of the cutsceen shows a drawing on the wall where Isaac is drawn as a demon amd standing on his dead parents(delirium can also cause random outbursts of anger/violence). Shoot, there is even a screen that can show up when starting a new run that says "who am I?" This would also explain all of his alter-egos. Just a quick thought I wanted to put out there and see if anyone else agrees or thinks this might have a sprinkle of truth to it. (Also if Isaac truly does die, delirium can make the person who has it more prone to death)
Whoa.
@@hadesflynn811 same
OK here's another look at this. Reading your theory i had a thought what if he has DID( Dissociative identity disorder) he has a bunch of other personalitys that he has no idea exist but in another personality he eats his mom's pills and gets delirium after eating them every time he switches to that personality. the mom thinks hes being possessed when ever her son switches to a different personality or her son is a sin crawling on her back because one of his personalitys is a girl so she thinks her son is trans so she thinks its a sin. the girl identity has short blonde hair and the nary wig looks like her hair so one day she switches in and has to go to school but all the other kids don't understand the condition Isaac has and make fun of him for looking like a girl. If you've seen the cut scenes it looks like his mom gives him the wig but my way of looking at it is it was Isaac's birthday and one kid who understands Isaac's disorder gives him the wig for Mary as I'm going to call her and then the school thing from before happens. so to recap Isaac has Dissociative identity disorder and delirium. he has at least 2 other personalitys Mary and someone else. the unnamed personality eats the mom's pills and overdoses while the mom is away or the mom finds out and forces him to stop causing withdraw. Mary goes to school get a friend and the friend finds out about the disorder so they buy Mary the wig for her birthday. After all of that one day the mom comes in from making dinner but Isaac hallucinates and sees his mom holding a about to kill him so he hides in his toy chest but as he sees it a trap door and just hallucinates the whole game. for ending 16 i think its him thinking hes messed up so bad hes just a demon so he accepts it and smiles for the first time in a while finally thinking he has an answer. ending 13 is pretty similar to ending 16 but instead of accepting it and being happy with it he feels like a failure to his mom to his dad to everyone hes met. i just hope he gets some help like Jesus save this kid!
This would make sense, as he knows certain pill effects like paralysis, he knows mom has a pill bottle so it would make sense he took some
The overdose makes sense cause all of the pills in his imagination like he knows about the overdose but doesn't cause of delirium and the other thing
“Ending 16, The hardest to reach in the game “
Hutts: Well yes, but actually no.
RIP Lenny
Lab rex you are right i want lenny challenge lenny!!!!!!!!
EthernalCearel yes hutts will do 16
(0\__ o)
I dont remember doing 16
Ok yes,as a christian myself I can say this game is totally accurate to the bible,and no I don’t feel like it’s making fun of religion,I think it’s showing an abusive parent that takes the story of Abraham too seriously and starts to go insane.
Oh and also 4:37,he could’ve just made some new ones
btw the “god” was actually the devil trying to tempt abraham
and the mother
It's about Ed's critiques about religious indoctrination at a young age, as well as other harsh topics like abuse, death, divorce, alcoholism (literally depicted as poison) and the likes.
@@hashtags_YT But what wouldn't be indoctrination at a young age?
@@HowieDewitt535 Mostly presentation. There's a big difference between explaining your religion and way of life and straight up telling a kid "you will go to hell if you do this" (in reference to playing cards). The latter refers to Edmund's experience.
The entire plot point of “Isaac is dead in the chest” traumatized me when I was 9. Still scared to sit in small, closed spaces to this day
So you have claustrophobic or however you spell it
@@ThatOneGuyHere462 claustrophobia you mean. I mean yeah I kinda do but it’s more like I’m afraid that I’ll die and no one will know
This video gave me claustrophobia when it came out (I think. I'm not sure) rn I am 13
I guess im lucky cuz it didnt rlly affected me
@@gamingwithevie8303 Im pretty sure you need to be diagnosed with claustrophobia, you cant just say you have it
Even though this is old I have to point out there is literally an ending where Issac hyperventilates in the chest while getting memories flashing back to his photos then back to his scared face each time getting more blue until he’s just a pile of bones… This is probably why there is a blue baby to begin with, the pile of bones is blue baby.
Nope, the pile of bones is the forgotten
And blue baby is Isaac suffocating in the chest
That final is the delirium ending in afterbirth plus (sorry for poor English )
That ending came after this video
This was before afterbirth and repentance
Also its blue baby(asphixiated isaac), forgotten and the lost(literally a soul)
Bb boi decompised inside his treasure box and ascended
@@blackrabbit8420 no he doesnt. The forgotten proves that isaac can not ascend. His soul is tied to the pile of bones. In that ending we see isaac wandering in purgatory.
7:32 “his external life has been rough...”
OH NO MOM WE RAN OUT OF TOILET PAPER
Lmfao
7:42-“JEEZ, KIDS ARE THE WORST!!!!!!!”
Oliver- Am I a joke to you?
Turds
Candyman Puppy 😂😂😂😂😂
Candyman Puppy 😂😂😂
Honestly, Matpat should revisit this game for Repentance
Under 301 club! Suck on tha...Oh wait...no I'm not. :(
But I am! :D
/s
matpat is a dick turd
First relpy meh
Lol
Same here:(
Honestly, I don’t fear death itself. I fear the pain that comes with it, and the grief it causes others.
I feel the same so...
Would you rather
Feel EXTREME PAIN or die?
Agreed
@Onion Cutter Ninja same.
Thx goth
Yyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssss
I’d like to see another theory on this game. There’s a lot to cover!
That and it’s sequel The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth
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@@andrewmichael9201 theres a sequel?
Yes
@@xdem6746 ok
Watching in 2023 and looking back post repentance and how huge fnaf has gotten, I really appreciate how reasonable Isaac’s story still is. We’ve gotten tons of elaboration, but the story stays the same at heart. The delirium ending shows a kind of purgatory space and the beast ending gives a more vague heaven sort of thing. (To me, I interpret that as him ascending to whatever ideal afterlife their is after reconciling his religious guilt, I.E. dogma and the beast.) Either way, the mother ending and ascension sequence mainly serve to flesh out isaac’s story, and strengthen the emotional core, making the beast ending specifically really emotional. Compared to the fnaf story, it’s branched out and expanded so much to the point that there’s not much emotion left, if any at all. It’s mainly just answering questions for it’s own sake, at least in my opinion.
Therapist: Front facing Mario doesn't exist. He can't hurt you
Front facing Mario: 0:47
@PokemonFAN oh gosh no
It scared me ;-;
Why must you hurt me in this way
And he's 3d oh god
AAAAHHHH
I'd love to see an updated theory surrounding the new final area, boss, and ending added in Afterbirth +.
YES oh my god that's what I was about to say
Yes
Megan Dismuke me to
I doubt he will, because a lot of what I've seen actually ties in almost perfectly with his theory here. So I think there's just not enough to talk about to have a full Game Theory episode for it.
〈The Nickname〉 yea coz hush is a suffocating child trying to get out
"him struggling in the box"
there's a keyhole, he's fine
Plus he got like a lot of time
But there’s no key.
Lol
@@jaxonmourning its for oxygen
@@jaxonmourning for o2
the wave of nostalgia from watching this editing style is insane. i cant believe i grew up watching this it feels like it was yesterday :')
plot twist:actually almost all the monsters in the basement are isaac-made recreations of himself
The game does take place in isaacs mind so that makes sense
That could be true
thats it, thats the game.
*cough* _fly's_
@@racim3443 he said *almost*
“No one can have so has many different endings as this game!”
Scott: hold my beer
Ha. Check out 'Don't touch anything!'
@@rozenoid0600 *YUP*
MeliKeli xox XD
Drinks Scott’s beer
Don’t you mean “hold my exotic butters” ?
Well, Matpat, you said you'd be going over old theories for the 10th anniversary, this is a GREAT one to redo now that Repentance has completely rocked the story.
Aggressively arguing over the
merits of organised religion.
ooof he never did
Fun fact: this video traumatized me 8 years ago.
Aggressively arguing over the
merits of organised religion.
so cristinity is just jewish on crack but with buddists peioples
@@anthonywetter4569 what
@@notanidiot567 what
Anthony Wetter what
No u
Well, you just told us not to go here and literally everyone is here...
And there is no arguing.
Waow....
📿🔪 grabe your bibles and your knives
Welp guess it’s time to argue
MAYO S U C K S .
@@missingindy agreed ;)
I think Mat just had so much experience with this kinda stuff, he just thinks this will happen no matter what happens.
@@mackisheere7004 in a world like this, anything can happen
Theory: You can see that in Isaac’s imaginary world, he thinks that he’s crazy or going insane. It shows that because there’s a final boss that he fights called “Delirium”. You can also see that he remembers his family in the imaginary world, such as his mom or his cat, Guppy. For example, there are items in the game called “Mom’s Knife” or “Mom’s Heels”. There are also items called Guppy and then a part of Guppy. When you get all of those pieces, you can turn into Guppy.
EPIC
If I remember correctly, Delirium is just Isaac's life flashing before his eyes before his death.
honestly one of my favorite episodes of game theory i still remember
Same cuz I have an addiction to TOBI the binding of iassc
I would invite you to revisit this theory. As an Isaac player, this theory can go so much deeper with the items and the bosses. For example: Why is it that when Isaac uses Mom's Bra, enemies freeze? Could it be that mom is taking off her bra for random men and when they see her pillows, they freeze? Why does Mom's Pad make enemies fear Isaac? Could it be that Isaac's dad would run out of the bathroom if he saw a pad in the trash? Why is it that Kidney Stone gives you a burst of tears randomly? Why does the vanity give you pills? Why does Mom's Coin Purse give you pills? Why is it that kids make fun of him during the cutscenes for doing what he thinks is normal--better yet, why does Isaac think that his acts in the cutscene are normal? So many questions, not enough answers. So what's the story--or theory rather?
This is a wonderful conversation that I would love to be a part of
Yes, such intriguing aspects of the game not addressed in this theory
That good, and your username is a fun twist on words
There's more as well since technically Afterbirth+ destroys this theory due to Hush and Delirium and their endings.
Definitely more to answer as I watch more Isaac players. For example, why is it that when mom's hand appears in a room prior to depth II, they are normal hands, but if the hand appears in depth II or after, they are the skeleton hands?
*When you scroll down but nobody is aggressively arguing over the merits of organised religion:*
He has lied to us everyone attack with your Bibles!
@@dirtdoes6272 oh ok *wips out a gun*
@@dirtdoes6272 I'll just pick up my sword
He must pay with his blood
*pick ups Holy Cup*
@Verlisify would like to differ
Now, with Afterbirth+, I think we can change this theory a bit. Isaac died in the box, and he felt guilty about everything. Only with death he could accept how he was, and move on. His body was found in the box, but he never felt so free and alive, while people thought he was missing, actually, he just found himself.
Also, I think his mother started acting like that because of his father. It is shown in the new ending brought with the Afterbirth+ that she was crying and burned Isaac's father from all the pictures.
shh we dont talk about AB+
Patrick Claudino Actually, Isaac died BEFORE this happened.
That's no reason to ignored the new lore added to the game
ok no if you think this listen HEAR its the fact that well if issac WAS dead then the endings would be different
“Isaacs fantasy world has reached its darkest limits”
Afterbirth(+) and repentance: are you sure about that
Title: Does Isaac die?
Thumbnail: Isaac lives?
Me: *visible confusion*
Does Isaac is dies?
I didn't even notice that lol
The rumor come out: Does Isaac is dies?
Noice 69 likes
Does Issac do does is dies?
Here's advice, don't fear death. You don't stop listening to a song because you know there's an end, do you?
But then if you care about death, you'll want to make sure whatever happens after you'll be on the good end of the spear.
+The Professor Excellent advice my friend.
Even an end to a song can be as beautiful as the beginning. Death may be a mystery to everyone here but it's part of life. I see it like a big test. You prepare for it, study it. The more you worry about it the worse you make it on yourself. Afterwards you feel comfort that it's over. You either realize you came prepared or don't let it bother you how well you did but take pride in trying your best, or spend more time beating yourself up for being unprepared or don't take responsibility for it.
Just don't torture yourself, try to do good, focus on living life how you want, and try to achieve where you want to be in this life. Or in the end regret will be heavy in your heart.
I tend to fiddle with my genitals from time to time
xD
Steven Kollin Oh.
Gosh I can’t believe he posted this 3 years ago
EmilyEpicGamer 74 lol the old intro and everything
I can’t believe it either
What? I remember this I remember this getting posted and clicking on it!
Makes me think what I did with my time through the years
Ya I remember the old intro
Matpat needs to revisit this game sometime and make a theory on it. Hopefully the community can voice this. With all the updates, added lore and many many new characters and endings that he can explain and make a new story for
Aggressive Arguments over organized religion
ua-cam.com/video/Nmca6PJU_kg/v-deo.html Why dont i ever get to comment on anything first?
Butter God more argument about organized religion
Unsupported rebuttal about the merits of organized religion
Butter God XD
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
the old intro! not to be cliche but anyone watching in 2019?
aye 2019
Yes
Ayeeeeeeeeeeeee
No I’m watching in 2014
@@felixthornley5978 lie
"The original murderer, the first killer, and the guy who got a haircut-"
Me: Girls like bad boys, and bad boys are sinners, so mom, cut my hair so I can be as sinner too and attract a harem.
Shironox............ *since when?*
@@dinoxman8584 Since middle school- but not after that.
They also like people without anime girls as their profile pictures
Isn't a harem a sin as well?
Ultimate logic
this was uploaded 7 years ago, and this has been a theory I've been coming back to and watching again and again for years. Its honestly kinda just a take back because I remember when this came out, it's honestly just a "why am I getting old" moment
You always surprise me with your content, keep it up :)
I love your vids
Max Fernando I love that you love them XD
thenthapple well I love that you love that I love them too
Max Fernando Should we keep going or,,,,,, XD
thenthapple I think we should keep going
MatPat: “Gee! Kids are the worst!!”
Also MatPat: *proceeds to have a kid with Steph*
they have a KID
@@xa-123 yes yes they do his name is oliver an i do believe he is 1
he is a good boy
😳
no way......
The blue baby part makes sense because there's actually an item that confirms that and Isaac you get the cross and it says infinite life and if you die you turn into blue baby
It's the ankh, it's an Egyptian symbol
Even if this was made 9 years ago, matpat doesn't stop making wild theories that sometimes doesn't make sense. I wish the series luck in the upcoming years
Jesus, this was four hours ago
but matpat did stop making theories
Oh, the old intro.💙
The video was released in 2015 so the new intro wasn't created yet
Jessi Rayne,
It never gets old
I tight it was the nuw version
True
Jessi Rayne I prepher it
Matpat:it’s like fnaf
Loyal subscribers: here we go again
Scott Cawthon (The creator of fnaf): *OH BOY, HERE I GO CONFUSING PEOPLE AGAIN :D*
True
So many fnaf vids...
So true
Ohh yessğ
Always nice when there isn't a huge religious 'debate' in the comments of a video with a somewhat religious subject
From what I've seen anyway :P
thesheepthatwentmooo I like your videos :)
Snowball's chance in hell this video will get away without a religious argument.
Yep. I hate it when someone just says the word religion in a video and people start saying stuff like "Religion is for retards who can't think for themselves" and stuff like that. (Most) Christians can respect the fact that some people are atheist. I can't understand why (some) atheists can't respect that other people are religious. They accuse religion of all these terrible things and hatefulness, when they themselves are being hateful to religion.
Rayna Grimm Wow, I didn't see any of that :P weird
After beginning tboi, and returning to see if a theory has been done.. I didn’t expect this old intro to hit so hard
Aggressively arguing over the merits of organized religion.
Drache832 *gasp* What sorcery is this?!?!
Drache832 how DARE YOU!!!!!
Aggressive argument against the aggressive argument you posted.
I I'm just posting😧
ARGUING OVER ORGANIZED RELIGONS aggressively
I think Isaac is religiously traumatized. He went through so much and he believes it was his fault because he sees himself as a sinner.
i thought it was because he thought we was causing his father and mother to fight, which eventually led to the father leaving
I believe it was trauma from being taught Christianity in the wrong light. I mean Abraham killing Isaac? That's not a biblical story you tell to a child because it is difficult for a child to understand. You don't raise a Christian child through fear, but with love. Showing the love of Christ. My parents tried raising me through fear of God, and it did traumatize me for a long time and I stayed away from faith for a log time. Then someone showed me the love of Christ, the love of God, and I realized the life I had been missing out on for almost 19 years.
@@ranferihernandezjr3104 Amen
Right
@@FurryTycho yep that's right too
There are three 'media' schools:
The Prometheous School of Running Away from Things, The Stormtrooper School of Aiming, and The FNAF School of Storytelling
Yup
Kawaii Umbreon 225 u watch cinema sins?
I do
Uptownleaf15 1 Yes, I watch Cinema Sins. What's ur fav sin video?
Kawaii Umbreon 225 My fav is fate of the furious when the sin counter breaks
Uptownleaf15 1 You mean 'Fast and the Furious'?
Kawaii Umbreon 225 the 8th movie was called fate of the furious
Who is whacting this from 2024? Goodbye MatPat :(
Has anyone noticed the next Game Theory wil be the... 100th theory!? Something obviously needs to be done to celebrate.
Unless you count multiple part theories, like watchdogs, as one lol.
Yeah, and like the Mario is mental parts, hopefully it will be the 100th soon, if not next.
is it gonna be sonic 06?
Drunk game theory! LIVE (with the script tho, or at least a general layout of what's to be discussed)
I just hope the celebratory cake isn't a lie.
Anybody else here in 2019 miss the super amazing endcard tournament
Yep
Rip bro
Me too breh
Yep
What end card tornament? What year are you from?
After looking at the afterbirth endings, I actually think that Isaac didn't run away, his mom was actually looking for him outside when there was a decaying body in the chest.
Thats dark
Yeah i agree thats the same theory i have
@Kill Me The Forgotten basically confirms that Mom found Isaac's dead body and buried it.
yeah pretty sad there's no hope for Isaac, he just dies
The fear of Isac was dying in the chest, who died the this way.
Watching this and seeing deadlock again is freaking wild. Not only does this remind how old that was, but how much everyone forgot it
*aggressive religion comment*
Whoa come down bro.
Dude that's the most offensive comment I've seen so far
*aggressive religious answer*
*Aggressive input on this aggressive discussion*
*aggressive rage quit*
100% of comments: lol he said aggressive religious comments so I'm gonna say agresive religious comment I'm so quirky and original
0%: actual aggressive religious comments
Okay then
ACTUAL AGGRESSIVE RELIGIOUS COMMENT
there now add 1 1/2
5% What you just commented
95% Says “avoid comments” goes to comments joke
People who play Issac really aren’t focused on the lore... like at all so it’s pretty expected that no one would care about the origins and religious themes
@@hobo_joe7480 not true
@@hobo_joe7480 I play and focus on the story
I would love to see an updated version of this theory, factoring in delirium and his ending
Agreed
Issac goes delirious from lack of oxygen and he hallucinates and he dies the end
MatPat get on this please!
Fun you
It’s the practically a tradition to rewatch this video every year as this was my introduction video to fame theory but now that he’s gone I feel like I would just ball my eyes out knowing it’s jover
he didn't cover the fact that he is abused. you can tell be cause of the items (wooden spoon , cat-o-nine-tails , ect)
DIES*
Don’t forget belt, adds to your speed
6 years later and now there is a dlc where it shows the truth about the whole adventure and that Matt was tenicaly right
Tenicaly
*technically
Woah can I get a link? :0
@@saffi_taffi search up the binding of issac repentance dogma the beast fight
*tenicaly*
We need an afterbirth + delerium ending addition to this thing
Fre you mean the ending that completely makes the fact that isaac lives in ending 15 and 16 false?
The one showing the drawings, Isaac dying, mom crying? That kinda stuff? Yeah
Hell, for all we know Isaac living and dying could be different timelines. Isaac accepting himself allows him to live. Isaac trying to fight his darker side, causing him to die
Yeah, because you find out Issac really dies lol
Fre hush was is near death experience. Delirium is his last moments alive as death appproaces. As the lack of oxygen kills him he can't think straight anymore, that's why the last world has everything in it, put without any sense.
In the end isaac dies in that box, he never left it, instead he's completely "lost" in it
Dude, I'm talking about an updated version of this theory. Seeing as all of these endings disprove the current theory
6:16 u don't realize how relatable this is to me.
**Aggressively arguing over the merits of organized region noises**
Doggo Boi Hour religion* sorry
Devon Batiste sOrrY
*aggressively argues with doggo noises*
It’s a fire fight out here
O:
when i heard the warning i was like
to the comment section i go
Same 😂
Same
same
True
cr0c0d1l3 me to🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
i honestly hope one if the last theorys being about tboi, i want to see his view 8 years later
Especially with the lore of everything after rebirth
You sure it's blue baby? You sure it's not white and gold?
It obviously is black and blue.
That's its unofficial name
I'd tell you to stfu but your profile picture did it for me.
Get out
HA! Hahahahahaha!
Me: "I want to watch an old MatPat vid"
Comments:"2019!?!?!"
Sadly true
Same
Exactly
This man says the truth
No 2020
This is probably Matpat's best theory, and best video. It's not just very accurate, but has his best editing, and just has that Game Theory feel.
why does this bring back nostalgia watching old videos
Bro all I watch is old videos
There's 20 ending in the binding of Isaac afterbirth plus and 3 new character the lost, Apollyon and Lilith. You should do a part 2 of the binding of Isaac theory ending.
The lost was in the game when this theory came out, and you seem to have forgotten (haha) about the forgotten and the keeper
The lost isn’t a new character (hell it’s in this video) and you forgot to mention 2 other characters.
there isnt a need for a theory. the delirium ending says everything clearly. Isaac hides away in the chest from his abusive mother. This isnt any kind of chest though. It's a self-locking chest. The type that has suffocated children for decades. The game is just a *delirious* fantasy of isaac running out of air, and dying in the chest. His mother puts the lost poster, thinking he ran away. When you unlock the lost with said poster, you get a ghost. Because that was the only thing that ran away. Years later, Mom opens his toy chest and finds his skeleton. The Forgotten. She buries it in the backyard, and thats why you have to use mom's shovel to get him.
Because this video is 5 years old
U forgut the forgotten
Old game theory hits different. I got really nostalgic while watching this
Ok Pog Sobble
Back when footferat was still a editor on this channel
I can remember the paper background editing type that belongs to him
Who else went straight to the comments after he said be careful
That_Guy _Who_Yells me
That_Guy _Who_Yells Me 😂
That_Guy _Who_Yells me XD
That_Guy _Who_Yells me😂
That_Guy _Who_Yells me
If only he did a video on repentance
matpat: is there really no hope for isaac’s survival?
repentance: but there is hope for isaac’s survival!
there is no hope after all
@@5uperM But he’s alive and well?
@@morningbowl3156 he's dead
@@5uperM No?
@@morningbowl3156 he's dead. admund confirmed this
Me: *laughs in Afterbirth+ and Repentence*
Heh seems your still playing the BEST GAME EVERRR
wat
Me: Ha Ha noob. You need the holy mantle to win as lost.
Also me: Starts crying in a corner.
@@drakewahl7609 cries in The Lost]
@Zen Animation google it, new isaac dlc coming out.
I suppose that Super Meat Boy is related to McMillen's past as a skinless cube in hell.
Actually, that was my past. We worked closely together to make sure everything in the game was as accurate to real life as we could get it.
***** It was very painful and I'm glad it's over. I felt those deaths, y'know.
No but the name meatboy and how everything instantly hurts him like a man without skin. The game is an examples of the trials that he felt willing to go through to get his bandage girl back to protect him from the pain of the whole world.
Quote IGTM "Meat Boy is just a mass of muscle and meat. Salt kills him, it's so painful and dry he can't come in contact with it even, which is the source of the Salt Factory levels. Meat Boy is constantly open to the elements and that's why he needs Bandage Girl. She covers up those injuries. She completes him." So, there is a reason it's a cube of meat. The game was starting development not too long after he proposed to his wife Danielle as well. As for the Hell part, I think thats just Edmund...being Edmund
why are you everywhere i go
Mat pat:”Azazel, the one who takes the blame”
Me “idc he has brimstone”😂
Everyone: wow this is dark
Matpat: * D E A D C H I L D E N*
Me: ok
Matpat: * D E A D C A T*
Me: OH NO 😭
Da kitty it the Bean!!!!
Oh no I am in danger
It's your profile picture Angel Dust eating pizza?!!!! It's perfection!!!!
ok
Cool, i guess it wouldn't matter if i burn down an orphanage, like who tf cares about chidren lol
Seriously, you people makes me question humanity