Game Theory: Bendy's Tragic Ending EXPLAINED (Bendy and the Ink Machine Chapter 5)

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  • @PurpleBandanaStudios
    @PurpleBandanaStudios 5 년 전 +23571

    Tell me another theory uncle matpat

  • @candyelfboii1980
    @candyelfboii1980 5 년 전 +9228

    Plot twist: Henry moved on from Joey Drew Studios to create Freddy Fazbear's Pizza

  • @ShoShoArts
    @ShoShoArts 5 년 전 +3192

    The Meatly after seeing this:
    ...
    *”Time to pull a Scott Cawthon and release another chapter to throw him off.”*

    • @PhoenixRisingVODS
      @PhoenixRisingVODS 5 년 전 +86

      OH MY GOD I WISH

    • @munafruit
      @munafruit 5 년 전 +67

      Mscott 2704 i'd like that tbh. "but hey that's just a story" was kinda a let down ending for this game imo.

    • @dogwatersoda
      @dogwatersoda 5 년 전 +56

      The Meatly plans on making more BENDY games, We ain't done with our little darling devil just yet. . .

    • @lopsidedloop9363
      @lopsidedloop9363 5 년 전 +27

      I honestly think Scott cawthon made his last games as a test for matpat

    • @dovely3691
      @dovely3691 5 년 전 +9

      I think Scot just says no to every thing matpat says and changes it completely

  • @mondohasbigboobies9970
    @mondohasbigboobies9970 4 년 전 +3631

    The ending is so wholesome and angsty when you interpret this way

  • @_greggy_8510
    @_greggy_8510 3 년 전 +416

    i love how matpat is like "and joey is left with his regrets in a never ending cycle of pain" then he is like "bUt hEy, tHaTs JuSt A tHeRoY, a gAmE tHeRoY."

  • @ameliaradick2250
    @ameliaradick2250 4 년 전 +1083

    I love how henry writes "I'm sorry buddy" on Boris' poster in the hallway
    Boris dying actually hurt me it's sad

    • @ABSOLUTECHAOS74734
      @ABSOLUTECHAOS74734 4 년 전 +44

      The person who represents boris in real life name is buddy so that's why it says that

    • @bonbonsukii
      @bonbonsukii 4 년 전 +6

      that was audrey who wrote that

    • @chacefbi6102
      @chacefbi6102 4 년 전 +34

      ლyυĸι тнe ĸawaιι ĸιттyლ ・ω ・ it’s been confirmed that it’s henry. each time he goes through a loop he uses invisible ink to write the messages to guide him.

    • @Anti-HyperLink
      @Anti-HyperLink 3 년 전 +3

      @@chacefbi6102 No it hasn't.

    • @chacefbi6102
      @chacefbi6102 3 년 전 +5

      Anti-HyperLink It has. I don’t know exact where but it literally has been confirmed in theory.

  • @earthtoprecious5169
    @earthtoprecious5169 4 년 전 +3706

    *but hey, that’s just a theory*
    *(flips table full of notes)*

  • @dandeliondandylion4517
    @dandeliondandylion4517 4 년 전 +629

    I really enjoyed this theory because it meant that almost everyone lived happy lives after the studio shut down, while some died they weren't cut short of what was ahead of them. That's probably the most fulfilling ending for me

  • @straybulletxiii4477
    @straybulletxiii4477 4 년 전 +664

    Even though you know that his theory is partly wrong, you still watch this theory many times for the sad parts.

  • @fivenightsofben6096
    @fivenightsofben6096 5 년 전 +1409

    8:33 I like it how MatPat gets mad when the subtitle said want but Joey said need, but when he reads this secret message"That's the Joey I knew," MatPat read know, instead of knew.

  • @buddergolem9463
    @buddergolem9463 5 년 전 +806

    with MatPats luck, there's going to be a new bendy game, spinoff, and movie announced by tomorrow

    • @brooketpwk4352
      @brooketpwk4352 5 년 전 +49

      Just like the FNAF franchise. XD and to be honest, you are probably right my friend.

    • @user-Jay178
      @user-Jay178 5 년 전 +8

      Lol yeah

    • @Evilrocket22
      @Evilrocket22 5 년 전 +15

      They are going to continue the series they said this on there youtube channel

    • @queefburglar6948
      @queefburglar6948 5 년 전 +3

      flame1107 gaming yes

    • @Me-od4gy
      @Me-od4gy 5 년 전 +1

      Rip

  • @Punykirby
    @Punykirby 3 년 전 +257

    "The cycle is broken"
    The Meatly: "Yes but actually no"

  • @kars2431
    @kars2431 년 전 +128

    I really like this ending mostly because it's happy and instead of making joey out to be 100% horrible it gives him redemption

  • @LaurenZside
    @LaurenZside 5 년 전 +5926

    I was SO confused by the ending. THANK YOU Matt for finally helping me make sense of it!! I feel satisfied with it now. 🙂

    • @foop204
      @foop204 5 년 전 +55

      hi lauren! im a sub since last year! uwu

    • @foop204
      @foop204 5 년 전 +36

      also, when is batim the sims coming back?

    • @EuphoricLumiix
      @EuphoricLumiix 5 년 전 +59

      When i saw the ending I just sat in my chair and thought "Well....that was a ride...."

    • @sorasong9708
      @sorasong9708 5 년 전 +13

      Now if he could just expose ProtoMario already.

    • @ginaedgefield3864
      @ginaedgefield3864 5 년 전 +38

      LaurenzSide WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

  • @your_friendly_neighborhood4289

    MatPat: And this is the end of Bendy and the Ink Machine...
    TheMeatly: *Releases Bendy and the Dark Revival* I wouldn’t be so sure about that...

  • @lylawinters3276
    @lylawinters3276 4 년 전 +313

    2:03 he should have ended that with "I'm OUTTA here."

  • @flugel3692
    @flugel3692 4 년 전 +1371

    It’s a cycle
    Me: Joey I’v come to bargain

  • @izzy_theog9658
    @izzy_theog9658 5 년 전 +1269

    Moral of the story:
    1) Never steal someone's art. Copyright Act is there for the reason.
    2) Some wounds are too deep to be healed. So we have to forgive ourselves and move on.
    Edit: Wow, thnx for 1k likes! You guys are awesome!

  • @savagecrowbar9338
    @savagecrowbar9338 3 년 전 +974

    Plot twist Henry, Joey’s partner left Joey to work with William Afton!!!

  • @lulolie
    @lulolie 3 년 전 +45

    The second you revealed Henry is dead, and then the loop of him going through it with the lens of truth, I was like "hm... Sounds like the depths of heck. "

  • @sakkii8153
    @sakkii8153 5 년 전 +662

    When you think about it it's not a horror game, just a sad story.

    • @joeyrambo20
      @joeyrambo20 5 년 전 +32

      But a sad story doesn't make it any less of a horror story

    • @shadey_yellow_boi
      @shadey_yellow_boi 5 년 전 +2

      Duhhh same with fnaf

    • @elbertspieker1836
      @elbertspieker1836 5 년 전 +33

      @@joeyrambo20, perhaps the most horrifying stories are the ones that leave you feeling truly sad. After all, we inherently want to believe that our personal lives (& perhaps the lives of all others) will eventually get better. A story that tells us otherwise could be described as horrifying...ly sad?

    • @manolgeorgiev9664
      @manolgeorgiev9664 5 년 전

      @@shadey_yellow_boi true

    • @paulapolestar5134
      @paulapolestar5134 5 년 전 +3

      Yes it is! I knew BATIM it not just horror game is like a sad story

  • @cristaltophat
    @cristaltophat 5 년 전 +175

    Can you imagine Joey telling this gruesome story, in The same way you played the game?
    (Chapter 1)
    *Joey:* and then Henry back tracked cause he missed the record sitting on the floor again for the eighth time.
    *kid:* Uuuuuugh!!
    (Chapter 2)
    *Joey:* yeah he died from getting mauled by evil goop monsters.
    *Kid:* wait, what?!
    (Chapter 3)
    *Joey:* Henry/Boris came across a room littered with the dead mutilated corpses, as boris stairs blankly at his body double wondering if his life is meaningless.
    *Kid:* (making a horrified face)😱
    *Joey:* Alice,Having trapped Henry in the room with her, subjected him to the worse torture imaginable.
    *Kid:* (quivering) what did she do to him uncle Joey?
    *Joey:* Give him Fifty Fetch Quests!!!
    *Kid:* NOOOOOOOOO!!!!
    [The list goes on]

  • @MrReadySetDance
    @MrReadySetDance 2 년 전 +29

    I actually thought Henry was an ink creature. He doesn’t remember that much about himself before being tuned into an ink creature though. So the immediate moments before hand like meeting with Joey are fresh. That’s why the memory in the kitchen is so vivid and the items he’s seen like the wrench and gear and what not are fresh in his memory & when he defeats the man that did it to him he relives them loop all over again.

  • @pancakeuwu2934
    @pancakeuwu2934 4 년 전 +60

    Matpat: “... well that’s the end.”
    Me: “well you said that so many time’s on FNaF... so I am VERY skeptical...”

  • @arturoreyescortez2476
    @arturoreyescortez2476 5 년 전 +416

    I just finished the game, and it's really sad. Without considering the supernatural elements, Joey did a lot of horrible stuff: he betrayed Susie, treated Bertrum in a condescending way, stole Thomas' inventions, stole the credit of Henry's work, wasted money on risky plans and made many infractions against the USA code of safety. All his ambitious plans were like a Faustian bargain, and he paid the price.

  • @ItsPizzaTime-hn4qy
    @ItsPizzaTime-hn4qy 4 년 전 +1195

    Harry as Henry: Is this real, or all in my head?
    Dumbledore as Joey: Of course it's in your head, Harry, but why on Earth should that mean it's not real?

  • @cydiesoriano7528
    @cydiesoriano7528 2 년 전 +36

    I actually really like this ending! Joey finally finds peace within his life, and gets over his life regrets! It’s actually really poetic and beautiful.

  • @ryokoshanamikaze_9909
    @ryokoshanamikaze_9909 3 년 전 +41

    Okay.... I'll be honest- I am now running his song "Bendy and the Ink musical" all over my head every-time he makes a bendy theory

    • @afellowpotato
      @afellowpotato 2 년 전 +1

      He didn't make that. Random Encounters (A.J) did. He sang it though.

    • @ihaveanamexd4466
      @ihaveanamexd4466 년 전

      NO WAY ME TOO LOVE RANDOM ENCOUNTERS

  • @simsica5435
    @simsica5435 5 년 전 +531

    I went from scared to depressed really quickly

  • @GalahadTheBear
    @GalahadTheBear 5 년 전 +879

    mat pat doesn't talk enough about the bacon soup...
    L E T S M O T I V A T E H I M W I T H A C O N T R O L L E D S H O C K

  • @marinoanims9235
    @marinoanims9235 3 년 전 +122

    Note: This theory isn't mine! I found this theory on the comment section of a different video I forgot who made this theory
    So a person said that the whole game was just Joey telling Henry's daughter about Henry's adventurer to the studio in a very exaggerated way so she won't be bored in his house hence the storyboard on Joey's house, so the whole time Henry was just checking out the studio but there are no ink demons or ink monster it was just Joey telling Henry's daughter about Henry's adventurer to the studio that's why she said "Tell me another one Uncle Joey" maybe the next story will be Bendy and the Dark Revival and maybe the game will end with Henry picking up his daughter from Joey's home
    Again this isn't my theory I just found this on the comment section of a different video

    • @siddhantroy3286
      @siddhantroy3286 2 년 전 +3

      Seems legit to me..

    • @cazter901
      @cazter901 2 년 전 +3

      This seems very logical.

    • @Ana11411
      @Ana11411 2 년 전 +3

      Nice theory my dude😌👍

    • @marinoanims9235
      @marinoanims9235 2 년 전 +5

      @@Ana11411 it aint my theory tho

    • @Ana11411
      @Ana11411 2 년 전 +4

      @@marinoanims9235 Ok then, TO ANYONE WHO DID MAKE THIS THEORY, its Noice👌

  • @loganbatis5573
    @loganbatis5573 3 년 전 +9

    10:23 “to put a close to bendy”
    Bendy and the Dark Revival: Allow me to introduce myself.

  • @papierboa
    @papierboa 5 년 전 +1132

    Me: no other game can be more confusing than fnaf
    BatIM: hold my -beer- bacon soup

    • @Nmnz516
      @Nmnz516 5 년 전 +7

      XD

    • @aseymour64
      @aseymour64 5 년 전 +5

      XD

    • @Yammerlink
      @Yammerlink 5 년 전 +4

      XD

    • @icariusaugustus3878
      @icariusaugustus3878 5 년 전 +31

      Even though fnaf is ended. There are still massive mysteries to it. Bendy and the ink machine (in my opinion) easier to figure out, still nice comment.

    • @buttons5036
      @buttons5036 5 년 전 +8

      @@icariusaugustus3878 fnaf isn't fully over yet?

  • @finchidee
    @finchidee 5 년 전 +629

    *complains about Joey saying "need" instead of "want"
    *says "any choice" instead of "a choice"
    But seriously, this theory was amazing. At first I wasn't super excited about the ending BATIM gave, but this just made it so much better. Thank you Matpat, for what you did, and what you always do.

    • @PheOfTheFae
      @PheOfTheFae 5 년 전 +22

      And says, "that's the Joey I know" instead of "knew". You're just trolling us now, aren't you? ;)

    • @RustyGreen21
      @RustyGreen21 5 년 전 +2

      I watched the video and I was going to comment this!!!! You beat me XD

  • @Navillea
    @Navillea 4 년 전 +20

    I feel bad for Joey but at least Henry forgave him and was finally able to close the Bendy chapter in his life and move on.

  • @enustronghold
    @enustronghold 4 년 전 +14

    8:34 "That's the Joey I know"... i think the game said differently

  • @skeletalking9782
    @skeletalking9782 5 년 전 +418

    this theory makes so much sense, and honestly.. its probably the saddest one.
    This one makes everything metaphorical, while the others ive seen keep it literal, that Henry is trapped in a loop and the entire studio is a cartoonish hell and hes hunting for a way to break it. (seen from SuperHorrorBro)
    I love both theories. this one makes me sad but happy at the same time, and the other makes me excited but worried.
    great job again at your theories Matpat, cant wait to see more

    • @franciscodetonne4797
      @franciscodetonne4797 5 년 전 +3

      Those time loop ones aren't convincing me at all...

    • @meowkittymeowmeow2786
      @meowkittymeowmeow2786 5 년 전 +2

      Treesicle is my personal favourite bendy theory

    • @skeletalking9782
      @skeletalking9782 5 년 전

      @@franciscodetonne4797 Thats fair. not everyone is going to get into that type of theory without more evidence for it, or just wont like it, although the possible points for it apparent.

    • @skeletalking9782
      @skeletalking9782 5 년 전

      @@meowkittymeowmeow2786 I'll have to try watching that one then!

    • @atesz7636
      @atesz7636 5 년 전 +1

      I think the story of fnaf was sadder.

  • @themarionette9521
    @themarionette9521 4 년 전 +687

    Matpat:And this is end of Bendy and the ink machine..
    *Suddenly Bendy the dark revival*

  • @acbdabcd7284
    @acbdabcd7284 3 년 전 +5

    I love the way that you get to see Joey drowning in all of his past regrets .But it is so sad that Joey is stuck in his past, so many of the creators are dying and Henry trying to figure out how to exit the workshop , but it appears that there is a demon trying his best to ruin Henry's life .

  • @teresaellis7062
    @teresaellis7062 3 년 전 +8

    Although it is a sad ending, it is also a happy ending. Joey is able to be forgiven and to forgive himself and in that way the demons are put to rest. Far better than the idea that all those people got eaten by a horrible machine and the only happy ending is a release from a cycle of pain. I like this ending. It was sort of a "it was all a dream" story, but it was more like stepping into Joey's mind. An exploration of what it feels like to be tormented with regrets. Until I was diagnosed with anxiety, I was crippled by what I now realize were trivial mistakes or choices. I can understand the release of all the weight and tension that Joey felt when he was forgiven by Henry and was then able to forgive himself.

  • @majoraswrath8316
    @majoraswrath8316 5 년 전 +431

    So, something I came to realize throughout all of this was that Bendy most closely relates to Felix the Cat. Felix was the king of the era of silent cartoons, a character people thought would be around forever. Until Steamboat Willie debuted, rocketing Mickey Mouse, and sound cartoons, into the stratosphere. Felix slid into relative obscurity, as Paramount floundered with the IP. Bendy even LOOKS more like Felix than Mickey Mouse or any other major star of the era.
    Also, props to The Meatly for combining the three major black-and-white cartoon empires (Disney, Fleischer, and Paramount) into one big trio.

    • @jeremystinson2124
      @jeremystinson2124 5 년 전 +3

      Felix more than Bimbo?

    • @erboch7124
      @erboch7124 5 년 전 +2

      @@jeremystinson2124 They're both fleischer but Felix was bigger

    • @amayabrewington8980
      @amayabrewington8980 5 년 전 +1

      how can you just relize that bendy and felix the cay are simular

    • @nguyenhaianh1288
      @nguyenhaianh1288 5 년 전

      Actually Fleischer worked for Paramount

    • @thecornettmultiverse
      @thecornettmultiverse 5 년 전 +1

      Congratulations. And you didn't need a theory to point that out for--
      Oh wait, that was Matpat's first theory on this game....
      Well, better late to the party than never showing up, although at this stage that's like showing up right as the hosts are cleaning up and everyone else has already left...

  • @george_w_schroeder
    @george_w_schroeder 5 년 전 +489

    Anyone else get annoyed at 8:35 in the video when MatPat says: “That’s the Joey I know,” but the actual text says “that’s the Joey I knew?”
    Wait a second....

  • @laurenismeme
    @laurenismeme 3 년 전 +13

    Gosh, I was so confused when I first saw the ending, and this cleared it up A LOT. Thanks!

  • @cachorrodekatana117
    @cachorrodekatana117 4 년 전 +5

    What about drak revival,buddy boris, the message complimenting henry's drawings? MATPAAAAAAAT

  • @bethfowler1508
    @bethfowler1508 5 년 전 +469

    You know what, I like this one. I don't even care how close it is to what the creator meant. It makes me happy.

    • @KostisPlayz
      @KostisPlayz 5 년 전 +4

      TAKE YOUR JOY!
      TAKE YOUR JOY!
      TAKE YOUR JOY!

  • @rukouJJ
    @rukouJJ 5 년 전 +340

    Games : Alright this game will never be solved!
    Game Theory: *comes along*
    Games : ...
    Games : GET HIM

  • @jubiejellybeans2804
    @jubiejellybeans2804 3 년 전 +6

    I’m re-watching this because I feel nostalgic and I cried so much at this video. This theory made me so incredibly sad, but I loved every bit of it.

  • @cheesestickhathreturned6875

    “the only choice for Joey is to end it”
    when he didn’t finish the sentence I was so confused -

  • @babbettemurphy9744
    @babbettemurphy9744 5 년 전 +811

    Themeatly: YAY I finished my game! I'm gonna move on now.
    Scott Cawthon: Why didn't I think of that?

  • @jamessturrs8550
    @jamessturrs8550 5 년 전 +749

    I'm just really happy I wasn't the only guy paranoid about the need/want caption problem.

  • @acedelta12
    @acedelta12 3 년 전 +6

    I can honestly tell you that I did not expect such a powerful meaning behind the ending of the game when you deciphered it, and I'm a fan of theories as well.

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi
    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi 5 년 전 +1178

    That's not tragic, that's happy! It means Joey finally broke free from his regrets and is able to move on with his life! It's a happy ending, with a hopeful message that anyone can find happiness eventually even if they made some mistakes in the past! :-)

    • @MaJunior00
      @MaJunior00 5 년 전 +160

      I'd say it's more bittersweet than happy. Joey got his closure, but it consumed so much of his life.

    • @DelinquentChibi
      @DelinquentChibi 5 년 전 +93

      Yeah, it is kinda tragic. Sure, he was able to move on in the end, but he's already aged. He spent all his life embroiled in his regrets and obsessions. There's not much that's left for him anymore.

    • @Kenji_195
      @Kenji_195 5 년 전 +9

      Happy ending?
      More like a happy landing!, Imma right?, no?, ok

    • @ridleyisbored.5393
      @ridleyisbored.5393 5 년 전 +4

      Hello there.

    • @kyotheman69
      @kyotheman69 5 년 전 +42

      basically showing the ending is moral or warning lesson to anyone, don't let things consume you, try strive for happiness. Clearly Joey was blinded with greed or success in the end it consumed him, eventually made him wrong choices and broke him

  • @NoHandle44
    @NoHandle44 5 년 전 +341

    8:34 Does it bother anyone else that MatPat said, "That's the Joey I KNOW" but the captions(writing on the wall) says "KNEW"?

    • @embutter6710
      @embutter6710 5 년 전 +14

      Yes. It annoyed me. A lot.

    • @LLT8
      @LLT8 5 년 전 +35

      SwiftBlade4
      And HE complained about OCD

    • @myopiniondoesntmatterbut6988
      @myopiniondoesntmatterbut6988 5 년 전 +9

      Yes but only because he said something about the game's mistake

    • @Roboboy17
      @Roboboy17 5 년 전 +12

      It DID! And he complained about the game doing the same thing. The irony xD

    • @sammy20024
      @sammy20024 5 년 전 +7

      I wondered if he had done that on purpose.

  • @ActualGeorgeWashington

    Matpat: it’s the end of bendy
    Bendy and the dark revival:are u sure about that

  • @Aries_Studios
    @Aries_Studios 년 전 +4

    Bendy and the dark revival: *I'm boutta run this mans whole career*

  • @SparksSupreme
    @SparksSupreme 5 년 전 +200

    So you are telling me that it is not a mystical ink monster story but a metaphor of an old man regrets

  • @taylor3511
    @taylor3511 5 년 전 +514

    Meatly:I made a sketch world
    Scott cawthon:I made five nights at a chuck e cheese ripoff

    • @inkbendy3524
      @inkbendy3524 5 년 전 +11

      Sketch over wretch.

    • @emery-gaming
      @emery-gaming 4 년 전 +4

      Meatley: I made a fun game with exciting jumpscares and some good gameplay, though it has a couple lows.
      Scott: I made a game with predictable and annoying jumpscares and barely any gameplay...

    • @echo1475
      @echo1475 4 년 전

      Wasnt made because of Chucke cheese but this is funny

    • @xxikkoxstarzxx45
      @xxikkoxstarzxx45 4 년 전

      In 2020 again there comes a fnaf game
      Matpat:NOOOOOOOO
      ME:YYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHH

    • @xxikkoxstarzxx45
      @xxikkoxstarzxx45 4 년 전

      And a bendy game
      Me:YYYYYEEEAAAH

  • @iguessimhere1
    @iguessimhere1 3 년 전 +4

    "But hey, thats just a theory, a GAME THEORY!"
    Never gets old.

  • @theanonymouscall2193
    @theanonymouscall2193 2 년 전 +1

    MatPat:"We solved Bendy and The Ink Machine!"
    Bendy and The Dark Revival: allow me to introduce myself

  • @StevieStyle
    @StevieStyle 5 년 전 +207

    that intro is 100% appearing in my nightmares for the next decade, thanks mat.

    • @sofaking8646
      @sofaking8646 5 년 전 +2

      they had enough time to animate it better imo.

    • @randomtv485
      @randomtv485 5 년 전 +2

      StevieStyle you ani’t wrong

  • @randomshit3355
    @randomshit3355 5 년 전 +473

    MatPat: Dream too big and you will fail. More like GRAMMAR fail! Am I right! Up top! Okay you don’t have to high five me. That’s okay...
    Me: *High-fives screen*

  • @vanillayt4621
    @vanillayt4621 3 년 전 +4

    HEY MATPAT! So I have an idea for your fourth channel (to complete the little circle thing in all of your channel logos, food theory being the third one). It could be Life Theory, involving things in the real world. Things like “why do people enjoy __ so much?” You could get I to more science and math stuff, because both science and math are part of real life. Personally, if you did make this, I would love for you to explain why schools teach us stuff we might not even need in the real world. I think that’s a question we all want the answer to. Well, I doubt you’ll actually be reading this comment, but I’m gonna do my best to get it in your sight.

  • @doomguy3539
    @doomguy3539 2 년 전 +2

    Dreams Come to Life : I'm about to end this theory's whole career

  • @Qwerty-qg6db
    @Qwerty-qg6db 5 년 전 +552

    How could I've thought this horror game was a sad story story of regrets

    • @marchymeow4584
      @marchymeow4584 5 년 전 +10

      Ikr but it is and i feel so sad for joey

    • @1thepieman
      @1thepieman 5 년 전 +35

      Honestly, our regrets are the true horrors people deal with. It consumes us, traps us, makes us freeze... regret is just another way of being scared, but with much less choice about not being afraid.
      Regret _is_ horror. One of the rawest forms.

    • @alexissophia8182
      @alexissophia8182 5 년 전 +1

      @chiliad wait that's a game? I thought it was just a movie

    • @bitterfox518
      @bitterfox518 5 년 전 +2

      @@alexissophia8182, yes... That's a video game series... The movie was based on it.

  • @ithinkflutterawesome6511

    It’s not a true indie game if it’s not obscure enough to drive MatPat insane!

  • @calebvonweichardt7785

    Great, now I can be terrified AND depressed while playing this!
    Thanks Matpat!

  • @arturoayala1004
    @arturoayala1004 4 년 전 +1

    0:39 That’s the cutest intro music I have ever heard!

  • @darikabeloved6318
    @darikabeloved6318 4 년 전 +504

    The Game Theorists: this is Bendy´s Ending
    TheMeatly Games: Bendy and the dark revival

  • @theabruun1028
    @theabruun1028 5 년 전 +122

    Wow, this is incredibly depressing. I never thought I would feel bad for an ink monster, but here I am, I guess

  • @carenamartinez3433
    @carenamartinez3433 3 년 전 +3

    The theory is amazing, I'm kinda sad that it's over T^T, the last thing is Joey maybe doesn't have a family but a niece and can you do a theory if Joey and Henry if there related to see if they are to confirm if Joey is an uncle?

  • @casdj906
    @casdj906 3 년 전 +3

    How about this? What if BATIM's chapters represent the five stages of grief? Chapter 1 is about denial, which Henry denies about all the things happening in the studio at first. Then in chapter 2, the musical puzzles are hard and can be frustrating, thus representing anger. Next is chapter 3, in which Alice Angel bargains Henry to give her Boris and in return, she gives him freedom, representing bargaining. Chapter 4 represents depression, because the carnival tries to entertain, only to be ended with a sad death. And finally, chapter 5 is acceptance, which, you defeat Beast Bendy, who represents your grief, and you accept everything in the end.

  • @StayStrange
    @StayStrange 5 년 전 +332

    The date on the Calendar during the final cutscene has been different during every playthrough I've seen/my own playthrough. There must be something to it.

    • @LaCrownedGamer
      @LaCrownedGamer 5 년 전 +40

      I mean it's a loop constantly continues right? It might signify how Joey everyday regardless is going through the cycle of regret. So even if days months or years go by he's still going through the same cycle.

    • @devlinmcguire7543
      @devlinmcguire7543 5 년 전 +2

      @@LaCrownedGamer yeah, probably.

    • @clicky5243
      @clicky5243 5 년 전 +4

      Every time Joey tells the story it's a new day

    • @shilohwhiloh9636
      @shilohwhiloh9636 5 년 전 +1

      It would kind of break the "endless time loop" feel of the game to have the calendar marked as the same date in every playthrough.

    • @codasalteregos2110
      @codasalteregos2110 5 년 전 +2

      I think the dates were the dates of when the people have been playing the game. Since the Bendy clocks were set to their computer times.

  • @lebotaquit2782
    @lebotaquit2782 5 년 전 +407

    It's not the end.......
    On the meatly's channel it has a video saying "we have bigger plans for Bendy"

    • @spicypuddin
      @spicypuddin 5 년 전 +12

      What if Henry broke out of this never-ending torture chamber?

    • @paulapolestar5134
      @paulapolestar5134 5 년 전 +3

      Where he said that?

    • @PurooRoy
      @PurooRoy 5 년 전 +6

      Like Bendy Nightmare Run?

    • @hpds3133
      @hpds3133 5 년 전

      bigger plans? better ending?

    • @Actsrelax
      @Actsrelax 5 년 전 +1

      Bendy and the ink machine season 2?

  • @unplannedpeahen2836

    I think that this makes more sense than the other newer ending on this channel. I think that joey didn't bring henry and other employees and turned them into ink monsters. The new one also fails to explain the little girl at the post credits. And I dont think that such a prominent plot point would be only assessable to hackers

  • @cosmic-cat6315
    @cosmic-cat6315 2 년 전 +3

    I’m excited for matpat to make a bendy theory when dark revival comes out

  • @DanielSambar
    @DanielSambar 5 년 전 +741

    Damn, that intro was * muah * _perfect._

  • @AJDoesStuff
    @AJDoesStuff 4 년 전 +268

    Viewer: Joey Drew isn't Bendy.
    MatPat: Hold my Diet Coke.

    • @user-ds7jp1de3n
      @user-ds7jp1de3n 4 년 전 +3

      Lol

    • @bonbonsukii
      @bonbonsukii 4 년 전 +1

      joey really isn't bendy 🤦

    • @AJDoesStuff
      @AJDoesStuff 4 년 전 +5

      @@bonbonsukii That's what the viewers said. MatPat just suggested that in a metaphorical sence, he is.

    • @bonbonsukii
      @bonbonsukii 4 년 전 +1

      @@AJDoesStuff he isnt joey drew

    • @scycIone
      @scycIone 3 년 전

      @@bonbonsukii why not?

  • @nophon34
    @nophon34 3 년 전 +3

    that was so wholesome and scary at the same time

  • @ButterflyDivide
    @ButterflyDivide 3 년 전 +2

    I like how Mat complains about the “Need” and “Want” things, but he says
    “That’s the Joey I know”
    When it says “That’s the Joey I knew”
    Irony lol I love it.

  • @bristian4650
    @bristian4650 5 년 전 +101

    *Nice to see that they gave Boris the Infinity Gauntlet.*

  • @Serakin6857
    @Serakin6857 5 년 전 +104

    I'm surprised that no-one is commenting on the fact that it loops back to the start soon after Perfect Alice says that following the trails of hidden messages always lead her in circles

  • @xelarande333
    @xelarande333 4 년 전

    Great theory !!
    Thank you for helping seeing better in this !

  • @Summer-fv9eq
    @Summer-fv9eq 3 년 전

    This game has some very deep topics, this is such an amazing theory! Thank you!

  • @despicablebadger5472
    @despicablebadger5472 5 년 전 +400

    Tell me another story uncle MatPat

    • @paulapolestar5134
      @paulapolestar5134 5 년 전 +2

      lol

    • @firstnamelastname8903
      @firstnamelastname8903 5 년 전 +4

      Tell me another theory uncle MatPat😂

    • @THECRAZYAPPLEYT
      @THECRAZYAPPLEYT 5 년 전

      Lol

    • @animatedsoap
      @animatedsoap 5 년 전 +3

      No. I don't want the sadness. To get so pulled into a story only at the end to be told,"But hey, that's just a theory." Like.... what? You messed with my emotions, made me believe. All for it to come crashing down on me. Traitor

    • @meghnalekshman4137
      @meghnalekshman4137 5 년 전

      @@animatedsoap That was so sad, even Alexa couldn't play Despacito.

  • @sunnyd4060
    @sunnyd4060 5 년 전 +389

    Does is bother you that he says "that's the Joey i know" and the wall said that's the Joey I knew.

  • @Amber42893
    @Amber42893 3 년 전 +18

    He has OCD that explains the endless fnaf theories 😂

  • @billyma6
    @billyma6 4 년 전 +6

    That intro massacred my perfect pitch lmao

  • @alnimri
    @alnimri 5 년 전 +330

    5:10 I guess all evil horror games must have a inital CEO by the name *"HENRY"*
    _(Looking at you, FNAF.... )_

    • @PurooRoy
      @PurooRoy 5 년 전 +12

      Maybe Principal of the Thing from Baldi's Basics is also Henry, and he's hiding this.

    • @datlittlegayemokid2316
      @datlittlegayemokid2316 5 년 전 +6

      Nimr Al Nimri maybe this isn’t the saddest. Remember pet scope
      I used two boxes of tissues in that series. I have issues’s with children being tortured/used/killed.

    • @charamatrix380
      @charamatrix380 5 년 전 +2

      What didt fnaf do to you :3

    • @MoonstormInteractive
      @MoonstormInteractive 5 년 전 +2

      Nimr Al Nimri nice job calling that one out

    • @Ramblinmisfits
      @Ramblinmisfits 5 년 전 +1

      *PPTTTTTTTTTTT HA HA*

  • @Syndiate__
    @Syndiate__ 5 년 전 +462

    Bendy's Tragic Ending:
    Once there was a person named Joey. He was so horrible that everyone died.
    The End

  • @allthingsaddi
    @allthingsaddi 년 전

    Omfg I had no idea how intricate and sweet this ending made the game’s lore. Thank you so much for the wonderful explanation… I appreciate this game a lot more now

  • @theonethatgoesbythenameofmono

    Finally, an UNINTENDED pun in Game Theory
    "Ink-credible"

  • @albedos.braids
    @albedos.braids 5 년 전 +194

    MatPat's dropping hints. He is hiding something. Something is going on behind the scenes...

  • @DarkMask6667
    @DarkMask6667 5 년 전 +391

    If you assume this theory is true, then Susie Campbell takes on a whole new dimension if you compare her in-game actions to what they correlate to in the real world. A young actress so excited to be given the role of her dreams, only to be suddenly replaced, she became bitter and vengeful. Susie lashed out at the studio. Unlike Henry who seemed like he eventually bowed out gracefully and started his own family, Susie probably attacked the studio, maybe she sued them, but more likely she's the one who started to reveal to the general public how Joey Drew ran the studio, she convinced other employees to join her, or gathered intel behind their backs, i.e. she "gutted" the employees for what she needed to bring down the studio, she didn't care if she got them fired, but was 'harvesting" she what needed from them. As the villain of chapters 3 and 4, she represented a vindictive former employee who attempted to take down "Bendy", who knows, her working with Henry might even represent her reaching out to him at some point for dirt. Ultimately her attacks faded when "Allison", the new voice actress for Alice Angel, replaced her, thus "killing" her.
    I wonder if I'm right, what Projector Man may represent ...

    • @reachforthemoon05
      @reachforthemoon05 5 년 전 +55

      DarkMask6667 so that's why the company went downhill! She was exposing them because of what they did to her! And if that's the case, then what's Boris's story? My hypothesis is that all those Borises that Susie used were people who worked for her, and when she was done with them, she took "their insides." Thomas, however, refused to help Susie and when Allison was hired, he supported her. This would also explain why he didn't like Henry back in the last chapter, because he had suspicions that Henry was Susie's "little errand boy" as we saw in Chapter 3.

    • @MiyaMarinas
      @MiyaMarinas 5 년 전 +8

      My eyes are hurting from reading all of that!

    • @potatomateyt5830
      @potatomateyt5830 5 년 전 +16

      …and the ink gang guys were just employees that were midgets……I’m sorry

    • @adamh2045
      @adamh2045 5 년 전 +7

      Maybe the projectionist is the projectionist from chapter 2 audio log

    • @zayah_img
      @zayah_img 5 년 전 +2

      👏

  • @mettatonex9731
    @mettatonex9731 2 년 전

    I love how matpat just took this that he is just a sad old man and turns around
    the whole thing saying that joey lured them in to killthem

  • @fallenhorizon7592
    @fallenhorizon7592 3 년 전 +1

    2:03 i seriously expected that "im outta here!"
    conclusion: disappointment

  • @JorgeAlvarado-ws2cx
    @JorgeAlvarado-ws2cx 5 년 전 +91

    man who knew that it was a story about regret and not revenge thats good to hear that he realized what he had done in the past

    • @365ral
      @365ral 5 년 전

      Joey may've regretted it, but he still got away with everything he did, which was a big reason why the ending was so off-putting. We have no reason to feel bad for Joey. HENRY is the one that deserves to live freely. We'd been rooting for him since Day 1, so it was pretty disappointing to see the bad guy win.

  • @enderdrone6432
    @enderdrone6432 5 년 전 +1094

    Wow, this actually makes sense and I find it very believable! It’s very convincing! I love listening to this!

  • @snakm
    @snakm 3 년 전

    8:35-8:39 I love how this all makes more sense now since it's definitely Audrey that's done all the writing...or at least that's what the new Bendy game trailers hinted at.

  • @maxwellp.8728
    @maxwellp.8728 2 년 전 +2

    I noticed the need/want subtitle error before you mentioned it, it bothered me more than I’d like to admit

  • @justgiga79
    @justgiga79 5 년 전 +175

    8:33 don’t you hate how the text says something different than the voice?