Game Theory: I Analyzed Hello Neighbor Frame By Frame

The only thing more savage than MatPat ignoring your desperate tweets begging for attention is MatPat coming back four years later and explaining exactly WHY he ignored your desperate tweets begging for attention. 😂

so glad matpat called out how games like fnaf have such an unnecessary reliance on books, they really should not be mandatory to read to even have a slight idea of whats going on in the story

I totally agree with MatPat. We shouldn't HAVE to read the books to understand anything. I loved it when you just hopped in the game and you had to actually find clues and secrets IN THE GAME. It's so much more fun and it makes you be prouder of your work because YOU FOUND IT YOURSELF. Now we're just basically reading the book and calling it "a theory" it's so exhausting and shouldn't be mandatory.

Caddi is the perfect person to have be a part of The Game Theorists. He's an absolute unit.

I like how Matpat actually said how he felt about the game. It almost felt like he was trying super hard to stay civil while still putting his piece in. It was kinda hilarious to watch lol

Looks like matpat accepted his fate with his enemy

The Caddicarus inclusion was great. So glad the Mattention Pattention Foundation's work has not gone unnoticed

About the jumbled up letters, maybe the character you play as is dyslexic
You’re in a first person view after all, while the show is told in 3rd person
Actually since he was locked away for years maybe he’s forgotten how to read

I love the criticisms of how lackluster in stories popular games are getting. They really need to stop pushing books and actually stay focused on the games themselves!

I like that the new hosts of the channels are being featured on the channel more before MatPat goes, it feels like it'll make the transition a bit easier

4:20 Gosh I always enjoyed that Psychic Friend Fredbear jingle. It's also nice seeing more theories that made our childhoods before MatPat's inevitable passing the torch moment and retiring, it's a nice touch.

“If you're not careful you can spend your whole life looking for what you've lost.”
Thank you, for everything Matpat. Everything.

Idk why but the psychic friend Fred bear jingle almost made me cry.

I love this. Matpat is so snarky and as he should be. He really said "yeah I'm not reading all that" lol. No one should put an expectation on him to play their game let alone analyze it and I'm glad he sorta established that by not doing a hello neighbor theory just because there was pressure to do so. I also like how this felt less like a theory and more like an explanation of what story in the games and show and books. No secrets uncovered, no plot twists, just doing exactly what he said he would: watch it frame by frame.

I was NOT expecting a Caddicarus joke to turn into a cameo, what the heck. XD
It's also really strange that Caddy's subscriber count isn't skyrocketing after that. He's so FUNNY!!

My favorite GT video so far because (1) of the intro, (2) the Psychic Friend Fred Bear song was played, (3) Tom was here, and (4) MatPat has his Youtooz merch for us. Glad I was here for it! ✨️😄🎉

I'm glad MatPat decided to call out the whole why is everything in the books now for most major indie horror franchises

Me listening to this while drawing:
Me, hearing MatPat say “Missouri”: MATPAT KNOWS WHERE I LIVE?!

11:20 As a theorist who welds. WHAT WELDING PROCESS IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE?!😞

I did not expect this video to open up with Caddicarus' Hello Neighbor bit but it was very welcome lol

I really do appreciate that Matt, one of the leaders in over theorizing back in the day, is calling out how insanely obscure, convoluted, and indecipherable ARGs or even just normal “mystery” games have gotten.
If I need a 10,000 character Reddit post to guide me through how to properly interpret and consume 3+ forms of media to understand your story that isn’t clever writing, that’s insanity.
It isn’t _lazy_ as it requires more effort, but it’s a “worker harder without working smarter” sorta thing that helps no one…
Except of course the IP owners.

It was an honor to be here with you matpat, all theses years.

matpat dissected hello neighbour cartoons frame by frame before gta 6 😭

I appreciate that Matpat took the first 2-3 minutes of the video just tearing this game a new one as to make absolutely positively sure that the Hello Neighbor Devs could NEVER use it as advertising.

Matpat really asked:
"are you a game with mysteries because you have lore
or do you have lore because you are game with mysteries?"
to tinybuild
edit: how did i get so many likes :o

I honestly think this franchise would've wound up way better if they just went with something simple and effective instead. Have the basement be a source of heavenly power that the neighbor needs kids souls to maintain. and it transforms the house making it's shape more wild. Wondrous. Impossible and filled with unimaginable miracles. And it also takes it's toll on the neighbor making him able to turn into his true shape which would be a tall black demonic monster. And our main character is trying to stop this stuff that is essentially necromancy from continuing by investigating it's nature to figure out how to stop it. I would like the franchise substantially more if they went with something like this

*sees Caddicarus*
Oh, so exciting! A new Caddicarus upload!
*sees MatPat*
Oh, right. Forgot I am watching Game Theory for a second.

9:30 The reason that the text is jumbled up is because the main character is dyslexic so when we play the games, we're seeing his POV, so that's why they are jumbled up like that

If that last theory isn't "Sans is Ness part 2" I'm gonna lose it

Wow! Another extremely impressive theory! :0
This is amazing!!
I have a theory request, can you do a game theory on one of the games called “Classmates” ?
Its a very underrated game and theres so much things to discover!
Its okay if your too pressured and you won’t take it, you deserve a break anyway :)

I saw on Twitter (or X whatever) about the youtooz and im happy to say i ordered it on day 1 cause even tho you are leaving matpat you will always be in my heart and now youll always be on my desk reminding me to always over analyze things and find that juicy loooooore ❤

the "Mattention Pattention foundation" made me wheeze so hard 😂😂

Matpat resumed my frustration simply with all the mascot horror games recently : You can no longer understand what's going on in there without ulterior media, ulterior **paying** media.
External source material from the mainline series should only serve to either add intel that isn't a requirement to understand the story, or stuff that helps recontextualize some events.
Even back then, if it wasn't for the books, "Purple Guy" would have stayed "Mr. Afton" (we only learn he's named William in the books) and Henry Emily would be nameless.

tbh like, so cool (I'm running out of comment ideas cause I want to comment before the final vid is out, I alr watched the videos) the in depth analysis was amazing, and made me at least a little hyped for the future of games that do not rely on books!!

What a nice surprise seeing caddicarus. I thought he was the new game theorist for a second. Haven’t seen a video of his in ages. Such an underrated KRplusr

I resonate SO much with MatPat's thoughtd at the end
The over relayance in books that "May or may not be canon" or "May or amy not have canon tid bits we wont ever clarify" is exhausting and just makes it unenjoyable
I gebuinely miss when you could rely solely in the games to understand the story and piece the narrative, it feels like Deltarune and Undertale are the only games from "that era" that have stayed true to this sentiment, all major and important things and virtually wverything relevant to the story is maintained solely on the games themselves, and any extra material, like the Spamton Sweepstakes moatly adds some background and connections that likely wouldn't fit in the game (like Noelle's story with Spamton) or just easers for the future, like "find her" with what we presume is Dess' guitar, everything else is immediatly findable in the game itself, and at worst, the files of the game

I was not expecting Caddy to ever make an apperance on here. Thank you for spreading the word for his cause.

Teachers in 2050, visiting a museum on a field trip: here we see the legendary historian may pay, who uncovered the many great wonders of our world. To our left we see the last of the matpat figures still in in mint condition, the rest worse or missing.

So glad caddy finally got to help these poor indie games in need.

I love how much your roasting them. The let down of the game, paired with the constant harrasment to reveow this, kind of earned it.

The fact that in his last moments/videos he does what the creators wanted him to, and just does it bigger then anything they asked for, just a true internet legend we’re losing folks, a legend.

Wonderful! Thank you so much for the analasys. You gave me some food for thought.

Honestly, a fantastic topic to talk about leading up to your final video

Most things in the gane hint that Nicky is dyslexic, the jumbeled letters and the iconic "simming" posters. This might be why his grammar in the trailer is not perfect.

I'm so glad the Mattention Pattention finally got funding such a needed cause finally getting the support it needs

this is such dedication to an insane franchise. 5 vids left, gonna miss you matpat :(

Mr Peterson's voice and writing is so haunting in the full series, I actually got tense listening to him talk

That's one of the reasons why I love Bendy so much. Yes they have books as well, but they're mainly bonuses for me. The few question they answer really are why Bendy has a big hand and limb as well as who is Boris from Chapter 3. They're used to fill the pieces from the game, not the other way around.

7:50 "your new game host Tom was insane enough to read them all!"
ayy..! thats the level of insanity we appreciate!

I’m glad to say that I have pre-ordered the mat pat youtooz and this is a special day for me since I never get youtuber merch but I felt that matt was special

I’ve loved your videos since I started watching KRplus and you made up most of my childhood. It’s sad to see you go but I wish you best in life! 👍

I feel like FNAF and the MCU have had the "homework" problem as of very recently. That being said Marvels last movie "the Marvels" was the first movie to truly get hindered by it being based on 3 shows and only Ruin got that problem where some fans who watches Mark and not Matpat won't know who the Mimic is. Hello Neighbor seemed like it wanted to artificially keep hype going and eventually prolong its relevance as a childrens horror game through books alone. Scott Cawthon made the book problem most likely because he was passionate about making a story that didn't end in an animatronic jumping you. Kids horror games like Bendy and Hello Neighbor saw that FNAF was successful and assumed it was because the lore is stripped from the games and required to buy in the books as a marketing strategy.

I jumped for joy when I saw Caddicarus in the opening, he is a criminally underated KRplusr and seeing him in one of MatPat's final Game Theories is just super cool to see.

Man you hit the nail on how the final game turned out, i was absolutely devastated with the outcome. I had never defended something so hard in my life, until i just stopped because i came to terms that they ruined it themselves.

At no point did I ever think Caddy would show up on this channel. Two legends! ♡♡

the fact that you guys used caddicarrus's joke about it in stride makes this episode SO much better.

"You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself talk about Hello Neighbor again."

LOVE seeing all the old intros again sm, nostalgia blast

I
like how matpat says a lot of things and usefull info about games I play it's usefull and stops me question ing and guessing

the way that mascot horror side-books should be done is like how bendy does it. The bendy books are creepy, interesting's novels that tell stories that could be cannon, could not be cannon, but ultimately don't affect the games. sure they'll give you more info, but they're just there for those who want to read them. all the stories of the games is in the games.

He did it. He actually did it
Ty Mathias Pathias

I like how Matt Patt is already introducing the new host to us, helping to smooth out the transition

9:08 Have gone.
That works, too.
20:00 Kind of reminds me of Precure not doing crossover films as much.

If your game needs you to buy books or a streaming subscription just to know what's going on, you don't have a story and I personally feel your game suffers. I appreciate channels like The Game Theorist that go through and do this so others that aren't as interested or have the funds to do so don't have to just so they can understand what's going on.

Honeatly so true that so many theories are just recaps of the books that I'll likely never read. It's a bit of a pain to watch or play something and then have to look up a lore video on it just understand what happened.
This is why I think games like Iron Lung are getting popular, minimalistic and self contained

Think im on to something the reason the letters are jumbled in the game is because its a first person from the character, he was kidnaped as a yound boy meaning his education might be effected so its not the letters that are jumbled up its the playable characters lack of ability to read where as the show isnt shown through the protagonists eyes and we can read (this is honestly just overthrowing and probably just a neat coincidence that explains a consistency error)

I can’t believe you didn’t get a youtooz figure sooner
You are literally one of the best KRplusrs on youtube

if the final game theory with matpat DOESNT have the actual, original intro from the first ever theory, im gonna cry
edit: we got the best ending.

I agree so much on the book issue. I got into fnaf when security breach came out, did my best to watch all the videos about fnaf game lore while waiting for ruin, and when that dlc came out i was simply just confused.
I remember watching so many theories about it and i was barely starting to understand that the mimic was even a thing

I have my own theory on the strange language in the alphas: in Hello Neighbor, both the main release and some of the alphas and betas, the text is in English, but its all jumbled up and does not make any sense (as stated in this video). My theory is that Hello Neighbor is all a dream, this is because that scientists have proven that in dreams, you are unable to read, so everything looks like words, but its all jumbled up. Plus, your character in the games is always seen falling asleep and waking up (prime example is the end of the cutscene and beginning of the actual act in Act 3). And that is my theory on Hello Neighbor.

Mat u at 12:22 you bring up something about not finding out about the cult in the games but in hello neighbor two there is a room in the mayors house that has a raven mask and robe in there after completing a puzzle

I would never believe one of the last MatPat theories would be about his worst enemy

Man. 5 theories left and im still happy about matpat doing his last theories, I know matpat *isnt fully leaving* but i will miss this guy narrating theories but im also excited of seeing more theorist's in the tgt community! Great and awesome work :)

MatPat I NEED you to do a theory on 98XX! SUCH a cool game and practically MADE for you!

Tinybuild should be honoured that mat chose to make one of his final theories fulfilling their request to analyse this video frame by frame

21:45 so matpat, what im getting from this is that in order to understand the lore, I have to obtain the 7 chaos emeral- 7 books to go lore mode with 50 rin- 50 hours of lore study

I love how with each of these final videos MatPat is trying to send a specific message about how things are changing over the years and how to avoid them. If anyone would notice these trends from all the data he’s gathered, it would be him and honestly at the height of his popularity, I’m glad he’s talking about it openly! We will miss you an awful lot

Watching across the channels...I feel like the last year of varsity where you start saying goodbye. Although, it is still sad, the sadness of saying goodbye feels good...i guess that's what bittersweet means 😂. Thanks for gently letting go

Oooh Tom popping in like a sneak preview of game theories to come.

never thought I would see another hello neighbor theory, glad matpat truely lost his sanity before he retired
these bots do be absolutely wild tho

I remember the video MatPat did couple of years ago why he didn't respond to tinyBuild devs about Hello Neighbour, for the reason devs keep changing plots and routes they were going with the games just to mess around with theorists. I can definitely see why as Matthew is leaving soon he would finally decide to do a final episode (at least from him) on Hello Neighbour.

Gonna miss matpat honestly 😢 like one of the few youtubers i genuinely enjoyed and looked forward to more videos of

Bro me knowing on March 1 matpats gonna give the yt account off watching this opening for the video brings chills down my spine

Speaking of Marvel: that was the reason I stopped reading comic books. Used to be, a person could pick up a single comic, read it, and enjoy it on its own. Yes, it helped to have an understanding beforehand, but was not necessary. Then they made it so that there were arcs, which was fine, but made it more difficult. Someone had to read multiple issues for a single storyline. As they did, the managed to keep it to the same comic, and have it three or four issues. Now, however, it seems like every comic takes place over numerous issues, and multiple titles. So much so, that a person would have to buy MULTIPLE trade collections just for a single story from start to finish.

Only MatPat can make a theory on a game that has been dead for years 😂❤
The amount of bots is crazy 💀

Ya know what’s funny? the official Hello Neighbor show ‘Welcome to Raven Brooks’ made a new episode right after this video was posted!

Also, that intro was great. I totally forgot that Caddicarus made that joke. Now I have to go and find which video it’s from 🤣

I got a theory!
At 9:25 you started talking about the writting in the game. I heard that the main charachter that we play with is actually dyslexic and that is the reason why in games the words are all messed up for example: Missing /Simming. In books we are not in the POV from the main charachter and that is why in books and the short movie words are in normal english.

My man’s matpat is planning out his final few episodes to specifically go crazy

Why did I start tearing up at 4:20😢 we will never hear him again soon

I'm so glad Caddicarus got something in on this. He's great.

Matpat completely forgeting secret neighbor exists is something i do not blame him for

I really like the fact that the bottom text of the intro says "Ruining your childhood since 2011" when these videos are what made our childhoods greater

I really hope MatPat does a theory on IEYTD. It’s a game I’ve loved for ages and seeing a game theory on it would be awesome.

The fact that the name of the neighbour was not in the games but revealed in the books is such a clear reference/throw back to the fnaf Silver eyes wich revealed purple guys name. Truly a great detail.

I think Tinybuild is gonna want to dissect this Theory frame by frame.

0:00 I literally watched this Caddicarus video earlier today and thought about if Matpat would actually do this

Sorry for being a few days late thansk for making these videos we will miss you mat

6:27 crows are also used i a spin off of the game hello guest where someone is dressing up as a crow and doing stuff

He actually did it, the mad man