Game Theory: Tom Nook is NOT a Crook! (Animal Crossing)
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Loyal Theorists, today is the day we FINALLY take a look at the infamous Tom Nook. The Animal Crossing SCAMMER who overcharges you for EVERYTHING… or does he? Is Tom Nook ACTUALLY A Crook? Well, that's what we’re here to find out today, so you better keep the receipt, because you might have just been scammed.
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Tom Nook donating 90% of his earned bells to an orphanage is most likely because Timmy and Tommy were orphans before Nook himself brought them in.
Nook himself was an orphan too and he was also robbed of all his money by Redd who took him in as a kit.
Nah probably just a tax write off...
Its employee investment.
Matpat how can Scooby talk
true
Something else to note. He's not just selling houses, he builds them for you. He's taking a complete loss on labor in the earlier games (newest one you do some building too of course)
Yeah! And he does it all in one night as well!
And who do you think is building all the items you add to the island.
@@peacefulinvasion684 i assumed it was Timmy and tommy?
Where’s part 3
@@Puppet_Endo sure..Timmy and Tommy..yeah 😅
Matpat learning that bells are equivalent to the Japanese yen is strangely amusing to me.
It’s also worth considering that as a tanuki, all the furniture Tom Nook sells you in the entire series is nothing more than plain, ordinary leaves disguised to look like actual items. You all think you’re buying super expensive stuff, but it’s nothing more than yard trimmings with a little yokai magic mixed in. You can see the leaves when you pick up or place down a furniture item, it’s even his store logo!
This exactly! Nothing in your Animal Crossing town is real. That includes the houses. In truth, you're wandering around a deserted island with nothing on it hallucinating buildings, townsfolk, and everything else. But hey, that's just a theory. A GAME Theory!
@@TheSkyRender that souds depressing af
@@TheSkyRenderI mean hey it's a living
😐 This ACTUALLY blew my mind. 😲
The true craftmanship from a tanuki is unmatched. Plus it is completely renewable since leaves continue to grow off trees.
Thanks for the lil' shout-out! Made me smile! :)
Only one like and that's me lol 😆
@@DJRGYT wdym I liked too
Predict?
This is quite the twist for the FNAF timeline, I've always suspected that Tom Nook was William Afton all along but never got around to put the pieces together so I went back to count animatronic toes like a fool, great job solving the deepest lore MatPat!
The real question is how many bells tom is making frome the Freddy fazbears pizza franchise
Nah seriously, I'm tired of these theories of indie games I will *absolutely* never play
@@MrBeanzies animal crossing isn’t an indie game...
At the vary beginning of the video the picture on the file is from fnaf the musical by random encounters.
@@personexisting123 guy mentioned FNAF in his comment dude. don't pretend the last five videos he put out were about Animal Crossing. Just because this video isn't about an indie game doesn't invalidate what I said.
I like to imagine he's only doing this for the orphanage. He's willing to become a crook if that's what it takes to help them
That would be so sweet
We've had a lot of lore videos lately, so it's nice to have an old school number-crunching theory again, great job!
Of course he's not a villain, he gives you a house and tells you "eh, just pay me back when you feel like it, I'll even upgrade it"
Also BOTS!
You are also forgetting that everything is bought THROUGH NOOK WITH NOOK'S CURRENCY. This means that you can only sell to him, can only buy through him, and the money is worthless outside of his island. He is running a closed network where he is basically ripping you off on countless levels.
@@oblitusunum6979 THIS!!
@@oblitusunum6979 actually other places let's you trade it in so maybe it is a legal currency
@@Tman-zp3mt maybe but extremely unlikely. It would likely be considered like arcade tokens rather than actual cash.
My theory is that, Tom being a Tanuki, instead of a raccoon, might have thought about the dangers of the island and, being a tanuki himself, is simply using his supernatural abilities to keep the island completely safe. This is why, even if you fast-forward the clock 10,000 years in the future, everything is still completely fine regardless of what else might happen in the world,
That would explain a lot! Also, the fact that in those thousands of years the worse you get is bed head, and seemingly no one has aged.
i love this 😂
Pretty sure Gajin Goomba already did a video on Tom Nook being a Tanuki. Even the animal crossing Wiki states his a Tanuki. Can't really; be a theory if it's already proven.
Are Nook's testicles THAT huge?
@@cosmicsilhouette3858 his theory wasn't that he was a tanuki, re read the comment again
The part where it says Tom nook's donating to orphanage, and then the visual just shows Tom nook giving batman bells is so funny 😂😂
Bro puts more though into his video game theories than most governments put into working together and fixing societal issues. 💀👍
Uh that's just not true, check his Metroid theories and hollowknight theories
@@vertebrae2438 never heard of those games and don't really care that much but oK
@@The_Real_Doggo_Gaming games where he ignores the lore to create a theory that the game states very clearly isn't true
“Maybe this is a lesson to stop overthinking things”
Says Matpat analyzing the exchange rate of a bell.
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Classic matpat
I really wished you dived into Nook's backstory you get in Wild World after building a relationship with the Able Sisters. Particularly with Sable who’s sowing in the back. She and Nook are actually childhood friends and revealed that he was once conned when he moved to a big city to chase his dream.
Specifically by a fox........ REDD!
@@Teon5072 ro maybe his father
Gaijin Goombah did that, whom I discovered through matpat, so close enough in my book.
As well as the fact that Nook raised Timmy and Tommy, two orphans. The twins are so grateful to him that they decide to work for him. If you were a selfish greedy businessman, you would not go out of your way to save some random children you find on your doorstep
Nook is actually william afton
Okay... now I want MatPat to do a definitive calculation of currency in D&D for at least 5e. I know it's not a video game, but it's still a game.
The DND movie means it can be on film theory
Hope everything's okay with Team Theorists. Because it's odd for you guys to miss posting a video on Saturday.
I got on board the Animal Crossing train waaaaayyyy late and had always heard the tales of what a crook Tom was. I was surprised then when I actually started playing and found him not to be terrible at all and imo very fair with his upgrades and offers. Kept waiting for him to turn into an evil overlord, but has yet to happen.
captions at 10:54
He's fair handed and equal in his dealings, unlike Sidorovich...
literally!! he’s my buddy and i love him so much!! he’s such a nice and helpful guy!!
@@enchantedshears5357 I don't care what his motivation is; if we had debt lenders like him IRL, it's be pretty sweet~
The only thing I found troublesome was that if you abandon a construction project, he will throw away all the bells that went into its development.
Listen man. If tom nook can expand your house without you knowing, build an entire museum, build a clothes shop, a general market which has a seemingly infinite supply of wooden tools and DIY recipes, bridges, or an entire neighborhood in 24 GOD DAMN HOURS, I think he deserves the money, for both the house, and the insane labor.
Me: Oh so Tom Nook ISN'T actually bad!
MatPat: *Now hold on, I'm not finished yet.*
This is strikingly similar to the way we bought our first house... super cheap, nice yard, decent starter home... cut to nearly 3 years later and we are dealing with a basement full of water and 2 windows and a garage door having been shot... I don't blame our realtor, and I am thankful we have a home, but I cannot WAIT to move eventually...
Matpat amazes me with how much info he gathers for a silly game topic. Great job!
Since when is 'housing prices' a silly game topic?
@@douglasmarshall6949"In a GAME"
Yeah he often lies and leaves out crucial information that disproves him tho. You really have to take these with the biggest grain of salt
@@Hamantha last I checked this Channel doesn’t call itself Game Facts for that exact reason
@@Hamantha Ppl always forgetting this is a theory is so baffling to me, theories are not supposed to be FACT for a reason, which means it’s fine to omit things to prove a silly theory you have, I don’t get why ppl hate on him so much for this
I think nook has a big heart and cares a lot for the players and villagers especially Timmy and Tommy. He just loves money a little to much 😂
kinda like mr crabs
He's kinda like the Grunkle Stan of Animal crossing-!
@@Geekwithapencil2048 totally but he doesn't have an underground lab and a sibling that has been overtaken by a demonic entity
@@Lucki_MORELIKEUNLUCKI That we know of/j. But yeah that pretty much sums it up!
The bells = Yan theory makes sense when you ponder it. Animal Crossing was made in Japan, so it kind of seems fitting.
Finally, someone who makes a video on Tom Nook that doesn’t hate on him
I miss when the dialogue was more unhinged. While I love how popular New Horizons was, the earlier games and the chaos you can cause was more realistic
For real though, I want Rosie to yell at me and tell me my clothes are ugly
I’m glad Mat is actually defending a character who is often called a villain
You know, rather than claiming Mario is insane
Edit: damn it Mat
Misled by a title again
somebody has to outduel the bots, and I am attempting that task
There are so many bots oml
@@JohnWickOfficialli have a feeling you are yourself a bot
@@insertunoroginalnamehere6189 They are, 100%
you should finish watching the video
THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT MATPAT AND THE GAME THEORISTS ARE PUTTING INTO THESE VIDEOS IS INSANE!!!!!!!!!
Mat when is part 3 of the timely coming 😢 I am waiting
I love the fact that Matt depicted nook as a boss villain
God bless you and whoever reads this, Jesus loves you and if you proclaim that Jesus is Lord you will be saved .
Less a boss villian and more old school mobster
I hate it, I can't stand the voice. Awful
That's alot of bots
I actually remember hearing somewhere before that Bells were equivalent to Japanese yen, so I'd already known the prices were actually way lower than they seemed, but this was a great explanation of it!
I mean, you know what they say: Write what you know.
@Grace Ryane BeGONE, *_BOT!_*
3:40 Thank you for including a reference from my favorite show in a video from my favorite channel about my favorite video game
It amazes me how long it took for Mat to realize bells were equivalent to Yen... the currency of the country the game was made in, and obviously close to the same scale.
I wonder when he'll figure out what pokemon money is equivalent to...
@Dragonlord DarkSpyro "Pén"?
@Dragonlord DarkSpyro i just call it P (like, pee/pea) because they never say what it is in the games and thats just how ive always read it
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@Dragonlord DarkSpyro you don’t them poke dollars?
He did a video on the income of a pokemon trainer, and I'm 90% sure he compared poke dollars to yen in that video.
Okay but, could we argue that Tom Nook robbed us of another timeline video?
They said something about not wanting to split it into four parts, so part 3 would be a massive episode. That means a lot of editing and such, so just be patient 😂
Why are there so many bots on this one comment?
@@Funky_Formalities
Because they're everywhere, under every comment.
@@finaldusk1821 I know, just why this one comment
I’m better than Game theory
I love that he can make any innocent game into a game where you may die
You can't keep running from part 3 Mat.
10:40 I love how when Tom Nook is giving money to the orphans he's just giving money to batman.
Took me a few seconds to get the joke
My brain went instantly to Harry Potter lol
Alternative title, Mattpat spends almost 15 minutes not considering that housing prices scale WAAAAAAY differently in Japan than they do in the US due to far more permissive zoning laws than in the US.
actually the reason they scale differently in Japan is because they're not being flooded with immigrants taking all the houses (and jobs)
@@adsasfasfasfsddddddd it's not racism to want your country to look after itself first and foremost. It never was. That's actually how great civilisations get built that improve the whole world.
@@dextersynesterformerlysorb5334 i love a bit of xenophobia in the morning. really spices up the day
I think the dude forgot that the US was made literally by all foreigners and immigrants
@@dextersynesterformerlysorb5334 or maybe corporate companies intentionally increasing housing and land value for profit?
I loved the intro, especially the part that Mr. Nook implied that he would give you subs. XD
Not to be *that* guy or anything... but is part 3 coming out like soon? I'm invested. I know you have to split em up to the algorithm doesn't mess with your channel's views, but... next week? Week after?
I would like to formally redact this earlier comment.
This man uploads two FNAF videos back to back and holds off on the third one, absolutely genius. The carrot dangling over the pig’s face to keep interest. That being said, when will the next one be out Matt?
… next year :)
FNAF sucks.
@@jiblitin1520 quit trying to start fights over the internet and touch some grass kid.
This is the 3rd part tom nooks is william afton
@@thomasthecrunkengine3512 You should try playing FNAF instead of just watching videos of it on UA-cam.
man I’ve been waiting on part 3 all week those videos got me hooked matpat please drop it soon🙏🏽
This is part 3 nook is william afton
Everyone’s here
Microsoft rewards
John wick
Rust
The gangs all here
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Part 3 of what?
@@RespawnJupiter a fnaf timeline
You can run but you can't hide matpat part 3 better come out
When he made an animal crossing theory about the Easter bunny I have watched that like 1 million times so I’m so excited to watch this
I missed classic game theories like this, using the side of in game objects to do real world calculations to expose a in universe conspiracy.
Truly the hallmark of a Classic game theory
well hes only doing this cause hes stalling for part 3
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Part 3 gonna come sooner or later Mat can’t avoid it forever.
True
Its been 3 weeks give us part 3 already
MATPAT THERE IS A NEW MERGE MANSION AD AND IT GOES PRETTY DEEP
Oh my gosh I have wanted a Tom Nook theory for so long. He’s my favorite Animal Crossing character 😂
God bless you and whoever reads this, Jesus loves you and if you proclaim that Jesus is Lord you will be saved .
All of the replies are bots
What you talking about?? This is the 7th Tom Nook theory in the last 2 years
One of mine too
I’m better than Game theory
3:39 Tanuki Magic. After all, furniture is stored as leafs.
cmon matt , wheres the part 3?
it’ll come one day and WE are waiting for it
10:14 Hey, maaaaa I finally found out what idiot means. Wait why were you calling me a raccoon 🤨
Note to self: if a game comes out of Japan with some fantasy currency and doesn't also include yen, that fantasy currency invariably equals 1 yen per unit.
The timeline will never stop from being produced mat, we need the 3rd part.
its literally been two weeks yall need to be patient
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@@calledbat4557ou do know the reason he didnt drop it yet is because he doesnt want the algorithm to think he's just a FNAF channel?
@@hellohumans9041 In which case, he should explain that. Not everyone knows how algorithms work, after all.
@@broadwaybaby8914 he did. On gtlive. But obviously everyone only looks at the theory channels. Not every lil thing has to get it's own video when it can just be in one of the vids of gtlive.
Yeah, I am going to marathon old theories so I can cope with Mat retirement
I am happy for him, but I will miss him
game theory should make a theory on ultrakill
1. unsolved lore
2. awesome gameplay and one of the best rated games on steam
3. underrated as hell even as popular as it is now
My favourite think about Tom nook is how the community unanimously agreed to give him the cronk voice.
Wow your reply section is full of bots
Those measurements of the house being 900 sq ft make sense. I kept being frustrated that I could fit more in my IRL apartment (900 something sq ft) than I could in the huge house in the game. I always attributed it to the grid system & not being able to utilize the vertical space & bookcases as much as we should.
PLEEEAAASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEAAASE DO MORE ANIMAL CROSSING THEORIES!!! I NEED MORE!!
STOP STALLING MATTHEW PATTHEW
That 20% off sign when matpat said "for 1/5 the [total] price" made me raise an eyebrow
Why?
@@Moxiephobia "1/5 the total price" means 80% off, since the final price is only 20% the original price. 20% off means that it's 4/5 the total price.
@@Moxiephobia it's the difference between -20% and -80%. They are two completely separate equations.
Me too 💀
@MonochromeDevdle I still don't get it.
0:29 it would’ve been so clever if you made it the bell notification icon.
What a missed opportunity.
Part 3 Mat, you have to do it some day
Where's our episode, MatPat
I actually had a feeling Bells were = to Yen just because of the price of 100 bells for drinks and stuff, which, because of anime and manga, I noticed was a similar price point.
6:42 Heheheheeh…
I need friends.
I laughed too lol
wait how is that funny?
@@sanjeevmaster😏😏
@@sanjeevmasterI feel like as an object shoe fan you should know for some reason
cool content!
i love every part of this, especially the part where MatPat continuously avoids the part 3 :>>
What part three?
This is giving me the motivation to Play acnh again! Thanks matpat❤ you're by far, my favorite youtuber, let alone theorists
PLEASE I WANT PART 3!!!!!!
4:10 gave me a slight laugh attack
Tom Nook lore is not something we needed, but something we ALL wanted
You should do a theory on Tom Nook and Redd there's a ton to unpack there and lots of room for theories.
Calculates Bells as Yen, calculates property based on US average. Nice work Mat, having fun rewatching this😂
Matpat has not released the rest of his FNAF timeline, lets motivate him with a controlled shock.
Agreed
Matpat: *Using the metrical system to measure the inhouse grid*
Me: "Oh, Matpat uses the metres now? Now that certainly is a step forward!"
Matpat: *Goes back to imperial*
Me: *Slight pain*
As the Muppets once said,....
"HEAT WAVE!!! I LIVE ON AN ISLAND UNDER THE SUN!!"
I love that he’s willing to take brunt of all the rumours just so he can teach everyone about responsibility. He’s letting his reputation be tarnished just so he can make sure everyone gets the best. I love him so so much - he’s one of the most misunderstood mischaracterised characters ever, I think.
“Why, I’ve personally donated over 90% of my earned bells to an orphanage three towns over.
I’ve heard folks believe I’m a ruthless and heartless businessman.
This is not true, and not just because I am a raccoon and not a man, yes, yes.
Hm, perhaps I can see the value of having a boogeyman everyone can unite against.
Or in my case, a boogeycritter.
But paying one’s debts is important! If I must be villainised in my pursuit of teaching, then so be it!”
Sweetest guy ever
I’m a guy who actually like Nook. While yes, the dude bill’s you an absurd amount of money, at LEAST he doesn’t ask you to pay him that. He’ll just let you pay him when you think your ready. Much like Mr. Nogami said at 2:41
God I'm cracking up at the thought of this guy who doesn't even know Matt well enough to spell his name properly not only getting into contact with him and getting him to rate his music, but getting him to say "fire" casually as part of that rating.
Mat been making us wait for 2 weeks for the part 2 😭
You mean part 3?
@@generalcjg No i mean the part 2 of the 2nd video.
Mat. You should probably look into this.
Normally foods will either tell you how to make or obtain them when you click the hint thingy with your cursor above it.
But the mushroom stew just says mushroom stew, no obtainment method, no hunger bars that it tells you it restores, not even a discovery method.
Just.. "mushroom stew".. (maybe it does tell you the hunger bars it restores but it doesn't tell the obtainment method in ps3 edition which i find wierd and intentional.)
*New game idea: 'Will You Snail?'*
It's a rage game where someone called Squid predicts where you go and tries to kill you, but there is a lot of secret hidden lore in the background.
If you actually beat the game, you still would have only discovered a third of the map, as you need to beat the game to find most of the lore.
5:44 Ah, yes. Tropical island where you have 4 seasons, snows every December-February, and have the biodiversity of Japan. Can't get more tropical than that.
Place, Japan 🤯🤯
Man I have watched so many of these that as soon as mat started singing Tom's praise I knew something was off lol
i named my island tom nooks lair and it is one of my fav islands so far
I think we already established that Tom nook is a genius
Matt Pat alternates between making innocent heroes seem like criminals, and villains like heroes.
I laughed Matt shows Tom Nook donating money to Batman, while he talks about donating money to an orphanage. Just perfect!
The footfaferret clip surprised me, I love the reference
I really wish more theories were played straight. It takes a lot out of things when I come to the first wrap up of a video and without looking at the timestamp, still know the video isn't over because Matpat always makes his videos contain a reversal.
REALLL when theories didn’t always have to have a twist
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But it's funny
Yeah especially when the twist is just wrong. At least for me, if he donates 90% of his profit, it's not really a bad thing if he ends up making a lot of money. I mean, the player chooses to go to the island and get a house, and it's never said (that I know of) that the prices of later houses are upcharged, it's just assumed for the twist.
Someone else also said that he's magical and can protect the island from danger, and that if you go 1000 years into the future it's still fine in-game, but I didn't play the game so I'm not sure. If it is true though, then it completely debunks his twist too.
The endcard is there for a reason
10:45 Matt: "Maybe this a lesson for us to stop overthinking."
Probably every other human watching this: Matt, that's literally what this channel is about.
And yet he overthought right after.
Mr. Hippo's wisdom fades in like the face of the One William Should Not Have Killed.
Part 3 of timeline please!
Where the f is fnaf part 3?
there is one other thing I want to bring up... and that is.. the nook store. More importantly, the online nook store in game. Tom has probably got a sweet deal when it comes to you, the player, buying stuff over the Nook Shop App in game. Honestly, with how things are run, Tom Nook makes way more money than he loses from the property costs. I mean NOOK is a brand name in universe....
13:53 the orphanage 3 towns over disagrees
An interesting video idea would be talking about animal crossing bells converted to real life currency.
Part 3 Matt!!
Dang
I got really excited to see a breakdown of the cost of labor, and materials we put into the island. Maybe even an estimation of the island's worth at the prestige increases to see exactly how much value we bring to the island, but I get that would a lot to look into
Only with MatPat you can learn how things are measured with Animal Crossing.
GIVE ME PART 3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could ya talk about the main player villager aka the mayors past?
4:23
It sounds like you're teaching some person you found on the internet about the way inches are measured in monitors