Game Theory: Could Tails Really Fly? (Sonic the Hedgehog)

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  • 게시일 2019. 01. 28.
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    We've done TONS of research on Sonic's speed over the years. From how fast he REALLY is to if he can even survive his own speed - we've covered it all! Well, that's only partially true. Until now we've only turned our Theorist eyes towards the blue hedgehog. That ends today! Enter Tails, the lovable fox sidekick. He's famous for helicoptering his way around with his, you guessed it, tails. What I wanted to know was whether or not Tails SHOULD actually be able to fly. Today Theorists, we are going to find out if this fox is flying high or about to crash and burn!
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  • @chopper1_135
    @chopper1_135 4 년 전 +2553

    I just realized that "Miles Per Hour" sounds like Miles Prower, which is tails's real name lol

  • @dmlppspringtraplover
    @dmlppspringtraplover 5 년 전 +4040

    Now that u dissected Sonics speed
    Tails flight
    Now u got to do knuckles strength

  • @zahra3634
    @zahra3634 2 년 전 +917

    Matpat: "he's missing another set of tails"
    Sonic Prime: "We gave tails a new look"
    Tails: "they gave me 7 extra tails"

  • @rizkiyoist
    @rizkiyoist 2 년 전 +201

    Tail's tail is actually possible when the left one spins the opposite way of the right one, it won't tangle. This also means he don't need another tail blade to keep him from spinning out like a helicopter would.

    • @dapimppimpin5684
      @dapimppimpin5684 2 년 전 +7

      That's what i was thinking

    • @zeeveestudios
      @zeeveestudios 2 년 전 +4

      That's what i was thinking

    • @Incepter.
      @Incepter. 2 년 전 +3

      I still don’t get it because im dumb

    • @rizkiyoist
      @rizkiyoist 2 년 전 +10

      @@Incepter. one tail spins clockwise, another spins counter clockwise, it won't tangle because of reasons

    • @Incepter.
      @Incepter. 2 년 전 +5

      @@rizkiyoist but it does tangle tho?im imagining it in my head

  • @nimbuswarrior7377
    @nimbuswarrior7377 5 년 전 +3838

    I actually have a pretty valid theory about how tails can fly.
    Tails has been considered a Kitsune, a Japanese mythical creature that is known to be a fox with nine tails. When Kitsune's are born, they are like normal foxes, but for each one-hundred years it will grow a tail as well as high intelligence. This explains Tails's intelligence and two tails. Kitsune's also can have mystical and magical powers, like shapeshifting, possessing, ect.
    When Kitsune's reach nine-hundred years of age, that's when they are the most intelligent, and will grow a ninth tail in witch they will also turn as white as snow and be able to do even more magical things.
    So I think the reason Tails can talk, fly and have high intelligence, is because he's a two-hundred year old kitsune.

  • @POSSUM_chowg
    @POSSUM_chowg 3 년 전 +905

    Tails now: "I have an IQ of 300 and have fixed a super computer with dishwashing detergent and a toothpick."
    Tails in Sonic the hedgehog 2 (1992) : "Hmm... I'll just walk right off this platform and fall into the abyss, what could go wrong?"

    • @justaperson4656
      @justaperson4656 2 년 전 +61

      That was an experiment, and him learning from that (plus his apparent immortality) is what made him so smart
      (I genuinely think he's a kitsune because of the amount he's survived the abyss)

    • @DumzDev
      @DumzDev 2 년 전 +11

      These thumbnails be so cheesy

    • @GengUpinIpin
      @GengUpinIpin 2 년 전 +16

      "I'm falling"
      -Tails

    • @mileymint
      @mileymint 2 년 전 +13

      *What's next, building a rocket ship out of a piece of pizza and a battery?*

    • @lazyd2.029
      @lazyd2.029 2 년 전 +9

      @@mileymint Of course not, That’d be ridiculous!
      That was last month’s project

  • @karm7956
    @karm7956 2 년 전 +121

    Tails might be able to actually fly if he had a different technique. Tails can run 100 miles mph without the use of his tails. If he used his tails as the top helicopter blade and moved his legs in a biking motion he would not only be able to fly, but he would be able to actually go somewhere while flying.

  • @eclipseruin8265
    @eclipseruin8265 년 전 +18

    I've always argued with myself how unfair an advantage Sonic has over Eggman especially when Tails and Robotnik have the same IQ

  • @jambr054
    @jambr054 5 년 전 +964

    Sega lists canon weight.
    SEGA DOES WHAT NINTENDON’T

    • @ItchyTheSwordfish
      @ItchyTheSwordfish 5 년 전 +10

      Jambr0 XD

    • @smudged4090
      @smudged4090 5 년 전 +16

      I APPLAUD YOU

    • @camsterasmar975
      @camsterasmar975 5 년 전 +30

      Jambr0
      Ah yes, the classic phrase back when Sega actually did compete with Nintendo, until Sega died and Sonic joined Mario.
      Game over Sega!

    • @Death_Skull
      @Death_Skull 5 년 전 +15

      ...NINTENDONT
      ...GOES THIRD PARTY

    • @duck7781
      @duck7781 5 년 전 +4

      Not sure whether to be happy to find a fellow mbmbambino or upset that people think this was your joke
      Its from mbmbam

  • @VTAnimation
    @VTAnimation 5 년 전 +328

    Kind of ironic for a character who is theoretically supposed to be a flying pinball but can balance himself *owns a machine* that is aerodynamically perfect but crashes it all the time.

    • @natethepnda8528
      @natethepnda8528 5 년 전 +9

      VTAnimation So much for 300 IQ

    • @AnInsideJoke
      @AnInsideJoke 5 년 전 +22

      Not really. Tails is an ENGINEER, not a PILOT. Despite what media would tell you, those are two different skills, to say nothing of the fact that helicopters fly completely different from planes. Assuming that an airplane engineer is also capable of being a top pilot simply because they build the machine is like assuming that someone who designs Hondas is automatically qualified to also be a NASCAR driver.

    • @maquahuitl1989
      @maquahuitl1989 5 년 전 +6

      a machine with an engine powered by chaos emerald.

    • @pokegirl1799
      @pokegirl1799 5 년 전 +13

      wait...
      THATS WHY TAILS CANT FLY HIS PLANE CUZ HES TO USED TO THE AERODYNAMICS OF HIS TAILS AND NOT THE AERODYNAMICS OF AN AIRPLANE THE TWOS PHYSICS R COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

    • @angelmendez-rivera351
      @angelmendez-rivera351 4 년 전 +5

      InsideJoke That's completely irrelevant. From the games, it's completely clear that the planes crash not from bad piloting, but from the planes malfunctioning in mid-air, which is a consequence of bad engineering.

  • @KriskitArms
    @KriskitArms 2 년 전 +29

    MatPat: Tails is everybody’s favorite anthropomorphic fox.
    *Sad Foxy sounds*

  • @Tam3603
    @Tam3603 2 년 전 +273

    Mat Pat, if you really did your research, you’d know that each one of Tails’s tails spin the opposite direction of the other. Therefore, he’d still be able to fly

    • @IGSA101
      @IGSA101 2 년 전 +29

      Also he would only need to hover because he does have a propulsion mechanism in his shoes.

    • @mileymint
      @mileymint 2 년 전 +13

      @super gamer *SEGA, USE MOTION BLUR!!!!!*

    • @AsuraRose
      @AsuraRose 2 년 전 +25

      But wouldn't the tails collide and he'd fall? If he had the `motor` system in his tail then they'd be spinning the same way, if he didn't then he can't spin them without them getting intertwined. Also the tails wouldn't form one circle above/behind him if they were spinning the opposite direction, they'd be seperate circles.

    • @samanthaboulton2119
      @samanthaboulton2119 2 년 전 +15

      no because then they would just keep slappin each other and just not working at all

    • @mileymint
      @mileymint 2 년 전 +10

      This entire conversation is helping me give my character a reason to have trouble flying
      Aaand I just realized that is super out of context

  • @reginaldcopperbottomproduc4845

    Matpat: Its like an eggbeater
    Eggman: Oh no

    • @suegarlick9072
      @suegarlick9072 2 년 전 +14

      Mettaton: OH YE-
      Egg man: WHERE DID YOU COME FROM????

    • @patrioticwhitemail9119
      @patrioticwhitemail9119 2 년 전 +3

      @Rick & roll he tried a "no!" "YES!" meme, but it fell through. A better character would have been koolaid man, since saying "oh yeah" after someone says "oh no" is his thing, but youngsters don't know about him. Only meme games like sans and imposter.

    • @patrioticwhitemail9119
      @patrioticwhitemail9119 2 년 전 +1

      @Rick & roll No. The joke he was trying to make was the situational humor of responding to a passive negative with an aggressive positive. "Oh no" is what his joke was trying to respond to.

    • @ooboomooretiredchannel435
      @ooboomooretiredchannel435 2 년 전 +1

      Lol makes sence

    • @keketski5430
      @keketski5430 2 년 전 +1

      He desearves it ngl

  • @Obi-Wan_Kenobi
    @Obi-Wan_Kenobi 5 년 전 +466

    The thing I respect about Tails is that he always has the High Ground. Matpat, I expected, once underestimated Tail's power and is accordingly trying to discredit Tail's ability to fly. Classic hit-piece.

    • @ashespanda26
      @ashespanda26 5 년 전 +35

      “It’s over Eggman! I have the high ground!”

    • @lowie2658
      @lowie2658 5 년 전 +15

      Hey how was the fight with Shaggy?

    • @Reilers
      @Reilers 5 년 전 +8

      @@lowie2658 One thing i remember about the rise of shaggy... is how quiet it was...

    • @cozzy7635
      @cozzy7635 5 년 전 +3

      Hmm nice play mattpatt I have a challenge make a theory on (a gaming theory) on how Mario in Mario Galaxy on the cosmic clones on what are they made of

    • @pizzatime7433
      @pizzatime7433 5 년 전 +1

      I have the high ground obi wan

  • @mileymint
    @mileymint 2 년 전 +2

    MatPat: All he's missing is another pair of tails!
    Sonic Prime: *Hold my Chaos Cola.*

  • @Turmpett
    @Turmpett 2 년 전 +39

    I like how MatPat can just take any fictional thing, whip it in the creativity bender and make a 15 minute theory out of it.

  • @MajorMokoto
    @MajorMokoto 5 년 전 +357

    I can't wait for SEGA to retcon in that Tails has little rotors in his shoes that stablize him. And when you zoom in on them the rotors say "EAT IT MATPAT" Please SEGA make my dreams come true.

    • @commonsense-og1gz
      @commonsense-og1gz 5 년 전 +22

      tail rotors are only needed on helicopters where the power is coming from the central shaft. what matt failed to look for is the hiller hornet and other experimental helicopters from the 1950's which use tip jets on the rotor blade tips. helicopters with that propulsion don't need tail rotors.

    • @iman5147
      @iman5147 5 년 전 +1

      No retcons plz

    • @iman5147
      @iman5147 5 년 전 +2

      Makes sense though tbh

    • @IndieLambda
      @IndieLambda 5 년 전 +7

      Tails have been shown on a few occations with jet shoes.

    • @artwithaddisonyt7964
      @artwithaddisonyt7964 5 년 전 +1

      Dude he’s just trying to make content

  • @Immadeus
    @Immadeus 5 년 전 +363

    "Citing my sources, I am a changed man."
    *H E A R T B O U N D I N T E N S I F I E S*

    • @tkdace2459
      @tkdace2459 5 년 전 +4

      HyperGamer 120 oh yeah yeah

    • @drakath5727
      @drakath5727 5 년 전 +3

      Speaking of Heartbound, what happened to the development? I still have the current version and it hasnt changed in the slightest since you could preview the three doorways.

    • @Asoue1554
      @Asoue1554 5 년 전 +1

      My heart dropped when he said that idk why

    • @snage-thesnakemage
      @snage-thesnakemage 5 년 전 +1

      @@drakath5727 you cant see for yourself on their youtube channel :P

    • @jacquettaoliver2801
      @jacquettaoliver2801 5 년 전 +2

      Oh yeah yeah

  • @ProfessorMike64
    @ProfessorMike64 년 전 +2

    11:30 And that's why he has the Jet Anklet in Sonic Adventure.

  • @PunakiviAddikti
    @PunakiviAddikti 2 년 전 +9

    Small note: some drones have three rotors. The way they counteract the torque difference is by tilting the rear rotor for yaw control. Some tricopters tilt the two front rotors instead.

  • @MockingbirdInc
    @MockingbirdInc 5 년 전 +123

    "Say, hypothetically, you're a blue hedgehog who was born in the 90's and runs at the speed of sound, but you still wanna show the world that you're hip and cool. Well, first of all, don't make a movie about your exploits. You're just gonna get a lot of hate for that sort of thing."
    What I love about Game Theory is how applicable the given advice is.

    • @mariasullivan493
      @mariasullivan493 5 년 전 +4

      Boi remember what happened w/ the Mario movie? **shudder*

  • @Alovon
    @Alovon 5 년 전 +711

    Nice theory.
    Now do Shadow's shoes, I want me some rocket skate shoe things.

  • @Theredstonedispenser
    @Theredstonedispenser 2 년 전 +6

    At this point, MatPat is my physics teacher.

  • @littykitty040
    @littykitty040 5 년 전 +396

    "... Is everyone's favorite anthropomorphic fox"
    Sad Melee Fox noises.

  • @beauvoirferril
    @beauvoirferril 5 년 전 +105

    _"Hey Sonic, ever call a coin toss? Let me give you a word of advice, always bet on Tails..."_

  • @eastonreynoldsc7540
    @eastonreynoldsc7540 2 년 전 +5

    Tails’s tails spin in different ways one goes lest the other goes right.

  • @JCG-049
    @JCG-049 3 년 전 +5

    MatPat. Tails can't fly
    Literally Tails: *GOD MODE*

  • @MegaJman143
    @MegaJman143 5 년 전 +415

    There ARE helicopters that get away with having only 1 rotor. Just look up “Helicopter without tail rotor”. They counteract the spinning by venting gas from the engines to make thrust. It is possible for tails to fly and control it. He just has to fart crazy hard. Personally I want to see the math on how much butt power it takes to stabilize a helicopter.

    • @magc9961
      @magc9961 5 년 전 +2

      He

    • @PlasticChairVergil
      @PlasticChairVergil 5 년 전 +32

      That sounds like a great theory idea. It could be the sequel to the wario fart one

    • @owendong992
      @owendong992 5 년 전 +2

      lol

    • @dreamcanvas5321
      @dreamcanvas5321 5 년 전 +37

      It would explain why in the cartoon they're so obsessed with constantly eating chilidogs...

    • @VeloJG
      @VeloJG 5 년 전 +15

      So Sonic feed Tails Taco Bell before every level huh

  • @eclipsefox7213
    @eclipsefox7213 4 년 전 +442

    "Tails has a magic tookus."
    -MatPat 2019

  • @streled5361
    @streled5361 2 년 전 +4

    The most common backstory for Tails before he meet Sonic is, he used to get bullied/teased/mocked for having two tails and was seen as an abnormality and everyone avoided him
    When Tails saw Sonic, he immediately idolized him and trained himself to be able to keep up with Sonic's speed to become his sidekick, so, he used his two tails to help propel himself and be fast enough
    Ending up giving him the ability to fly for a short while

  • @henryentertainmentsystem9923

    Matpat: The thing Tails is missing is another set of tails
    Sonic Prime: Thanks for the advice

  • @Dangandronic
    @Dangandronic 5 년 전 +137

    So what is next?
    *How does Knuckles dig?*
    *How can Amy read Cards to see the Future?*
    *How do Shadow`s shoes work?*

    • @MrMinebase
      @MrMinebase 5 년 전 +16

      I really want to know if shadows shoes could work in real life

    • @KilosFoxo
      @KilosFoxo 5 년 전 +3

      Main Game Knuckles can only dig using the shovel claw which functions as a shovel (generations bonus missions and sega heroes don't count)

    • @melon4249
      @melon4249 5 년 전 +2

      How does sonic roll in place without scraping his skull off

    • @DobieMeltfire
      @DobieMeltfire 5 년 전 +3

      How does knuckles glide? With what? His fists?

    • @vibive
      @vibive 5 년 전 +2

      How about how does he TELEPORT
      I think that’s a bit more important than his frickin SHOES

  • @ethanbrown6352
    @ethanbrown6352 4 년 전 +717

    Imagine tails just flailing his arms around to counteract the third law.

  • @while_coyote
    @while_coyote 2 년 전 +19

    Tails isn’t actually using his tails to fly He’s actually just using magic

  • @diamondaniel2483

    MatPat when a video game character has unnatural power:
    SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE [PHYSICS BOOK]

  • @Liquid23
    @Liquid23 5 년 전 +650

    How to prove all of sonic characters physics false:
    Step 1 : prove sonic is slow
    Step 2 : prove tails can’t fly
    Step 3:
    Prove knuckles is weak

    • @emargaux
      @emargaux 5 년 전 +23

      Only Infinite is weak.

    • @Liquid23
      @Liquid23 5 년 전 +3

      Emem theory busted

    • @joker3889
      @joker3889 5 년 전 +29

      Step 4 : prove amy isn't in love with sonic.

    • @Liquid23
      @Liquid23 5 년 전 +2

      The Joker of Earth-0801 yea

    • @ShackleYT
      @ShackleYT 5 년 전 +11

      we could prove knuckles can't climb with those puny spikes, or they'd snap right off

  • @rubenhenriksen5744
    @rubenhenriksen5744 5 년 전 +310

    I want to mention that not all helicopters have tail rotors, there are helicopters with a NOTAR system. It means a No Tail Rotor, instead they use exhaust gasses to act as a tail rotor. They will look similar to other helicopters but with air blowing out the sides of the tail section, instead of rotor blades.
    Basicall i think if he could fart constantly and control the direction of his rear to couteract the rotational force of his main rotor i think his flying plauseble, if your rules apply.
    Great video hope you see this MatPat.

    • @notagent4128
      @notagent4128 5 년 전 +8

      lol you got me. XD

    • @insertobject4002
      @insertobject4002 5 년 전 +22

      Tails isn't Wario

    • @lemoniieeee
      @lemoniieeee 5 년 전 +11

      I don't think sonic would wanna get carried by him anymore lol

    • @nihildwo4874
      @nihildwo4874 5 년 전 +4

      i mean you ve seen dorkly's old man sonic? he clearly has a secondary rotor system

    • @goldilock4199
      @goldilock4199 5 년 전 +1

      @@insertobject4002 how do you know? Maybe Wario is just a furry

  • @SgtDude2012
    @SgtDude2012 2 년 전 +1

    tails: *can fly*
    game theory: *talks about helicopter*
    helicopter meme when tails fly: HELICOPTER HELICOPTER

  • @gigglesdoesstuff8062
    @gigglesdoesstuff8062 7 개월 전 +1

    Mobius is Earth, just after it went through a mutation. That's why the Mobians are part human and part animal.

  • @abbyagust
    @abbyagust 5 년 전 +479

    who' teaches you?
    student: my teacher
    me: matpat

    • @kr1ckz220
      @kr1ckz220 5 년 전

      XD

    • @astrolight5708
      @astrolight5708 5 년 전 +1

      I wish you'd listen and agree he's just a paid actor by the youtube partnership he is getting paid for false information.

    • @mrlol9283
      @mrlol9283 5 년 전 +1

      Well, I believe you, mat doesn’t teach much grammar.

    • @kevinolinga2700
      @kevinolinga2700 5 년 전

      Do true

    • @freedom8753
      @freedom8753 5 년 전

      @@mrlol9283 Mat*

  • @brastix2051
    @brastix2051 5 년 전 +162

    Game designers: *gives official data on characters*
    MatPat: MUAHAHAHA

  • @amundherfindal6577
    @amundherfindal6577 2 년 전 +11

    Simple answer: one tail spins one way, and the other tail spins the other way

    • @Marcelelias11
      @Marcelelias11 2 년 전 +1

      Then they'd twist into each other.

    • @amundherfindal6577
      @amundherfindal6577 2 년 전

      Yeah proberbly

    • @dimitriitcaci8922
      @dimitriitcaci8922 2 년 전

      @@Marcelelias11 but then it will be like "the adventures of sonic the hedgehog" tails that he twists his tails and *boom* magically flies (make no sense right???)

    • @totallynotaminecraftchanne1923
      @totallynotaminecraftchanne1923 2 년 전

      Actually not, INSERT LONG PHYSICS EXPLANATION here but basically lift dosen’t work that way.

  • @lezlue2273
    @lezlue2273 년 전

    Matpat: All Tails needs is another set of tails
    Tails: grows two more tails. "jokes on you, I'm a kitsune. We're literally known for growing new tails."

  • @yourdad7389
    @yourdad7389 5 년 전 +199

    The real question is, *Does Tails Get Nauseous?*

    • @MellowDoesYT
      @MellowDoesYT 5 년 전 +1

      One word Sonic Heroes
      My heads spinning!

    • @moyai6618
      @moyai6618 5 년 전

      dustBoxed.isUpNORTH it was actually supposed to sounds like that

    • @dergor7342
      @dergor7342 5 년 전

      Reached 20m yet lol?

    • @starbreaker6740
      @starbreaker6740 5 년 전

      He gets _*SUBNAUSEOUS *_

    • @spartanwar1185
      @spartanwar1185 5 년 전

      @@MellowDoesYT That's like 5 words...
      Increase your sense manufacturing skills, man

  • @UltraCboy
    @UltraCboy 5 년 전 +82

    11:47 You should absolutely get started on that

  • @dragonscalier3576
    @dragonscalier3576 9 개월 전

    Love the content theory man. I always figured Tails spun his tails like a kmax helicopter. But ig he'd need more tails for that.

  • @RevolutionaryOven
    @RevolutionaryOven 2 년 전 +6

    But... have you considered his tails spinning in opposite directions, like those military helicopters that have no rotor but a second propeller?

  • @feralfernweh6091
    @feralfernweh6091 5 년 전 +321

    I just now got the joke. Miles Prower = Miles per hour. HOW DID I NEVER REALIZE THIS

    • @Chief-VR
      @Chief-VR 5 년 전 +6

      Boi

    • @Ejeffers-eh2om
      @Ejeffers-eh2om 5 년 전 +5

      OMFG

    • @M_LikesToStab
      @M_LikesToStab 5 년 전 +15

      OMG, you just made my favorite Sonic character even better by showing me a pun.

    • @enderkatze6129
      @enderkatze6129 5 년 전 +5

      Probs Same as how I never Realized it:You live in Not 'Murica and use the Metric System and Probs don't even know how many KMs Translate Into a Mile

    • @dat_fast_boi
      @dat_fast_boi 5 년 전 +7

      Oh god, you’re right. Quick, what’s sonic’s full name? Is that a pun too? What about eggman? Mario? Is everything a pun?

  • @just-a-silly-goofy-guy
    @just-a-silly-goofy-guy 5 년 전 +546

    Tails casually ripping off his tail in the thumbnail

    • @SpaceCore2053
      @SpaceCore2053 5 년 전

      kremit the frog Hi kremit!!!

    • @ravenpotter3
      @ravenpotter3 5 년 전

      kremit the frog why are you in every comment section of every video I watch?

    • @TheGeladoo
      @TheGeladoo 5 년 전 +2

      I don't know if that's "casually", he doesn't look very happy about it.

    • @abstract0407
      @abstract0407 5 년 전 +1

      EPICCC (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

    • @PC_Princess
      @PC_Princess 5 년 전

      But of course!

  • @Whoami-hx7fn
    @Whoami-hx7fn 2 년 전

    2:34 Thank you for noticing that detail I realize right now

  • @Enigma_toons
    @Enigma_toons 9 개월 전 +1

    Well like hover boards he can just lean forward for him to fly in control,it doesn’t mean that he has to be an accurate helicopter

  • @MaryPoggers
    @MaryPoggers 5 년 전 +363

    can't fly a plane but can make a tv out of paperclips
    *seems legit*

    • @mengchee6725
      @mengchee6725 4 년 전 +5

      True

    • @maryanngorham5920
      @maryanngorham5920 4 년 전 +3

      LOL

    • @maukio
      @maukio 4 년 전 +8

      He *can* fly a plane, but okay I guess.

    • @jamiewaswrong
      @jamiewaswrong 4 년 전 +2

      @@maukio bruh don't ruin it

    • @marlenilainez973
      @marlenilainez973 4 년 전

      Meng Chee hkzxñ gjxxjhh eso Fox The Flash en Sanex Roar hizo Fox Fortuny Five Years que oyes güey o Fox por HIS bike ya suite You te Oates en hito en infláis Body Falldown

  • @the_angle2969
    @the_angle2969 5 년 전 +238

    According to all known laws of aviation tails should not be able to fly, its tails are to small to get its fat little body off the ground.Tails of course flies anyway because tails doesn't care what matpat thinks is impossible

    • @ladedadedayoh3188
      @ladedadedayoh3188 5 년 전 +9

      Ya like jazz?

    • @gecko2023
      @gecko2023 5 년 전 +7

      Angel Luevano there’s also that stuff with bees shouldn’t be able to fly but idk, they just kinda felt like to re enact an asdf movie sketch of ‘screw gravity’

    • @unbeliekess8335
      @unbeliekess8335 5 년 전 +3

      I applaud for this

    • @starsandsticks4515
      @starsandsticks4515 5 년 전 +6

      I love this comment more then I probably should.

    • @ladedadedayoh3188
      @ladedadedayoh3188 5 년 전 +1

      @@gecko2023 It's a Bee Movie reference...

  • @dzakwan2994
    @dzakwan2994 2 년 전

    I havent watched game thorist in like 2 years or something and the music intro is so nostalgic

  • @blueherostudios8591
    @blueherostudios8591 개월 전 +1

    This is the first Game Theory video I ever watched!🤩

  • @bucketman3095
    @bucketman3095 5 년 전 +135

    "Tails is undoubtably everyone's favorite anthropomorphic fox."
    Fox McCloud: Am I a joke to you?

  • @DanielSambar
    @DanielSambar 5 년 전 +251

    Tails can spin his tails so fast to the point where he can fly...
    _That’s how gravity works._

  • @degenerate1363
    @degenerate1363 2 년 전

    "Tails is undoubtedly everyone's favorite anthropomorphic fox" -Matpat
    *Furries burst in*
    ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?!

  • @kirbomatic1573
    @kirbomatic1573 3 년 전 +2

    I just realized that "miles per hour", when said quickly enough, is "Miles Prower." this may or may not be how they came up with the real name of Tails.

  • @agq1665
    @agq1665 4 년 전 +321

    Sonic in a car: why?!
    Tails in a plane: why?!
    Kunckles in a glider: proceeds to jump off a building

    • @An_average_BA_enthusiast
      @An_average_BA_enthusiast 3 년 전 +7

      What's wrong with him having a plane? To counter whatever point you may have, answer this: why live when we can all die

    • @jbbajangamer
      @jbbajangamer 3 년 전 +16

      I mean, Sonic in a car is weird, since can run faster than it anyways, but Tails in a plane makes more sense, since flying on his own everywhere would be tiring, and planes are much more manuverable (and he can carry Sonic on it)

    • @josephfoster622
      @josephfoster622 3 년 전 +8

      Sonic needs to rest his legs at some point and tails needs to rest his tails at some point and knuckles just knows how to glide he is on a floating island how else is he supposed to get down

    • @agq1665
      @agq1665 3 년 전 +2

      Easy explanation to my replies, it's a J O K E (not trying to sound toxic or anything)

    • @sjahbw
      @sjahbw 3 년 전 +2

      Sonic’s In A Car To Make Things Fair

  • @BIastProcX
    @BIastProcX 5 년 전 +120

    Well then maybe Tails can fly.
    But can you explain why he has infinite lives in the classic games?

  • @Gabowsk
    @Gabowsk 2 년 전 +1

    Tails: Sorry, MatPat, but you know too much.
    It's time for my blaster to take disposal of you.

  • @taylorgarman6278

    The reason he can move his tails so fast is bc he winds them up so when they unwind there goin super speed and I already new this but I’m happy u did a therory about this ur a fricken genius

  • @jctopsasss2841
    @jctopsasss2841 4 년 전 +464

    Revolutions per minute is how the the French measure most things

    • @VoxelMusic
      @VoxelMusic 4 년 전 +22

      I swear theres a medal for these kinds of comments.

    • @sanosu87
      @sanosu87 4 년 전 +3

      @@VoxelMusic yep

    • @icel8828
      @icel8828 4 년 전 +4

      What about us here in the United States?

    • @mranxiety9995
      @mranxiety9995 4 년 전 +4

      @@VoxelMusic yea.....the like button

    • @saiykokaiten7270
      @saiykokaiten7270 4 년 전 +12

      @@icel8828 burgers per minutes or freedom per day

  • @rajkangriwala2898
    @rajkangriwala2898 5 년 전 +109

    You forgot to mention how he can lift sonic off he ground without falling to his weight or at least slowing down dramatically

  • @rjd-kh8et
    @rjd-kh8et 3 년 전 +4

    In the future in the Archie Comics, Tails has a son named Skye Prower, who hasn't learned to fly properly yet and spins his whole body aroud.

  • @PastelSlumber
    @PastelSlumber 2 년 전 +1

    Does anyone know that they announced a Netflix Show? It's called "Sonic Prime"
    And Fun Fact: he has 9 Tails now with makes sense with @NimbusWarriors theory of Tails being a 900 year old kitsune.

  • @samscenefordummies8706
    @samscenefordummies8706 4 년 전 +201

    When he said "miles per hour" I thought he said "miles prower"

  • @shadow-kage9943
    @shadow-kage9943 4 년 전 +152

    Matt: *SONIC IS SLOW, TAILS CANT FLY*
    Me: Cant you leave my childhood alone?

    • @kenji586
      @kenji586 4 년 전 +3

      ME TO I AGREE

    • @gameboy2451
      @gameboy2451 4 년 전

      Huhu

    • @trueblueflare
      @trueblueflare 4 년 전 +3

      Well, Sonic is canonicaly around 55 mph (by pixel measurements) and Tails COULD theoretically fly, but couldn't control it... at all...

    • @turbopros1430
      @turbopros1430 4 년 전 +3

      Leave our childhoods alone internet I mean just look at the sonic fan base it's all sorts of weird I still can't forget that awful sanic meme!

    • @raptorzeraora2632
      @raptorzeraora2632 4 년 전 +2

      Matt: no i cant

  • @truthspreader1996
    @truthspreader1996 2 년 전 +3

    I wonder if the second Sonic movie will touch on Tails' ability to fly?

  • @millowandbobbie7918

    I LOVE UR INTRO, IT HAS THE BEATS

  • @EggsBenedicts
    @EggsBenedicts 5 년 전 +171

    What I learned from this video:
    Tails is one thicc boy
    Also he can’t fly

    • @commonsense-og1gz
      @commonsense-og1gz 5 년 전 +5

      yes he can, matt didn't do much research into vintage helicopters. tail rotors only apply to helicopters that have their power running through a central shaft. if you place jets at the tips of rotor blades, as is the case with the hiller hornet of the 1950's, then a tail rotor is not required, they are called tip jets.

    • @oofernuggz6737
      @oofernuggz6737 5 년 전 +1

      @@commonsense-og1gz but im gonna guess there are no jets at the tips of Tails tails

    • @commonsense-og1gz
      @commonsense-og1gz 5 년 전

      @@oofernuggz6737 you wouldn't be able to tell due to his fur, and the method is really never given. the thing to keep in mind is that engines don't have to be placed at the tips, but compressed air as in this old video about the voljet. krplus.net/bidio/h7F7n4WGc4vFlqg.

    • @DitieBun
      @DitieBun 5 년 전 +1

      @@commonsense-og1gz r/woosh

    • @jordanandluner
      @jordanandluner 5 년 전

      SeriousMANBOT/Kim/NFT/mOOmOOcOWcOW Stf

  • @awesomepossume3682
    @awesomepossume3682 5 년 전 +438

    False. In nature, yellow foxes have been observed to be able to fly with their tails. You may even see flocks of them fly past your house during the winter

    • @moemuxhagi
      @moemuxhagi 5 년 전 +50

      Man, one day one of them flew right over my trampoline and my little sister had a chainsaw. The poor little guy.

    • @hazeltree7738
      @hazeltree7738 5 년 전 +20

      I saw them migrating today, a massive flock of foxes straight over the house!

    • @moemuxhagi
      @moemuxhagi 5 년 전 +12

      @@hazeltree7738 And, what did the foxes say ?

    • @alexwolfy1055
      @alexwolfy1055 5 년 전 +12

      @@moemuxhagi Weird combination of barking and screaming.

    • @hazeltree7738
      @hazeltree7738 5 년 전 +23

      @@moemuxhagi They told me to upgrade mah satellite dish to a nuclear weapons launcher...

  • @maheshnair3835
    @maheshnair3835 3 년 전

    I always love to watch the intro song
    It is the best intro i have ever seen

  • @christophermullinax6767

    Oof I had to watch this twice before I realized that this is actually a pretty good game theory on my little buddy, my favorite two tailed fox, and my number one favorite fox. sorry foxy but your my second favorite. Great job on this episode of game theory Matpat keep it up. 👍

  • @KnightSlasher
    @KnightSlasher 5 년 전 +270

    Have you tried turning him on and off again

  • @blackout3681
    @blackout3681 4 년 전 +267

    “Tails, just like every other fox is grounded”
    shows picture of Fox mcCloud a fox that flies a ship

  • @evanrobert175
    @evanrobert175 년 전

    What's crazy about the RPM needed, is it matches the animation. The tails in the Sonic 2 move fast enough it's a 2 frame animation, but modern tails, has a little more than double that.

  • @firefi1960
    @firefi1960 2 년 전 +5

    Huh.
    "Tails has the weight of a six year old"
    Tails is canonically 8 years old, so if we're scaling to humans here, he's pretty darn small for his age

    • @Youtube_Enjoyer12
      @Youtube_Enjoyer12 년 전

      I was about to comment that!
      But did you know, tails from “the adventures of sonic the hedgehog”
      He’s 4 years old

    • @firefi1960
      @firefi1960 년 전

      @@KRplus_Enjoyer12 ...I did not know that, that's actually really interesting!

    • @Youtube_Enjoyer12
      @Youtube_Enjoyer12 년 전

      @@firefi1960 thanks!

  • @futabamajima
    @futabamajima 5 년 전 +312

    Gravity isn't the same on Mobius.
    Its acceleration is 34.5394736842 cm every second (Sonic 1, which I based this off of uses linear acceleration)
    Yes, I actually calculated that

  • @GMDTheOnyxGuyEizzX
    @GMDTheOnyxGuyEizzX 5 년 전 +330

    Knuckles is *NEXT*

    • @jaschabull2365
      @jaschabull2365 5 년 전 +4

      Knuckles probably paid MattPat off in helping him make an ad that one time.

    • @moemuxhagi
      @moemuxhagi 5 년 전 +2

      @@jaschabull2365 Well, MatPat *_DID_* say that a *_portion_* of the episode was brought by Google's Pixel 3. Not *_all_** of it.*

    • @moemuxhagi
      @moemuxhagi 5 년 전 +8

      *_HOW CAN A PORCUPINE LIVE IN UGANDA ?_*

    • @User_1767
      @User_1767 5 년 전

      Knuckles has already been done, a looooong time ago, one of the first Game Theory sonic videos I think

    • @jomuffins6551
      @jomuffins6551 5 년 전 +1

      And knuckles

  • @bensell982
    @bensell982 2 년 전

    "If Tails could design himself a Tail rotor assembly for him to to wear while he flew like say on his foot or something he could technically have a chance." You mean like the Jet Anklet in Sonic Adventure?

  • @names_are_useless
    @names_are_useless 2 년 전

    1:37 Emotional Attachment to a video game character ...
    > CWC Joins the Chat

  • @114Freesoul
    @114Freesoul 5 년 전 +185

    Consider this: Tails' tails spin in opposite directions

    • @exittheflorpus7354
      @exittheflorpus7354 5 년 전 +14

      Yeah, exactly! We've never seen a slow-mo of his tails spinning, and barely any footage of him flying from a birds eye view. So, it just may be true that his tails spin in opposite directions

    • @NotASpyReally
      @NotASpyReally 5 년 전 +10

      then even if he had a magic butt/rotor to spin them, they would get tangled.

    • @114Freesoul
      @114Freesoul 5 년 전 +19

      A-ha! But there are actually two rotors! One is an outer ring with one tail attached to it, the second is the inner ring with the other tail - they spin independently in opposite directions, and the tails never tangle!

    • @psychautica
      @psychautica 5 년 전 +4

      RazzleDazzle114 What about three rotors? One that spins both of them, one that spins one, and the other spins the other. Dunno how'd that work but it sounds fun lol.

    • @frozenwintershitty
      @frozenwintershitty 5 년 전

      no, because when you look at the images etc its clear that the tails are on the same level, they can't spin in opposite directions

  • @josiahwhaler1253
    @josiahwhaler1253 5 년 전 +113

    next sonic theory: knuckles "knuckles" are broken
    edit: wow this is like the most likes i have gotten ever thanks guys

    • @elijahspitze9837
      @elijahspitze9837 5 년 전 +6

      Josiah Whaler no pretty sure it’s going to be
      Sonic theory: egg mans little eggs down below are scrambled

    • @mjcgwmjcgw1522
      @mjcgwmjcgw1522 5 년 전 +4

      Problems with mats theory
      - assumes mobius is earth
      -assumes tails can magically spin (not a problem it just counteracts his point about spinning the opposite direction)
      - talks about how drones have two / four / 6 / 8 rotors to counteract the spinning in the opposite way
      Since tails already has magical tails that spin, is it such a stretch to think one goes the other way?

    • @theswig2339
      @theswig2339 5 년 전

      That's actually an interesting theory! would love hear a theory about that

    • @hankenthusiast6187
      @hankenthusiast6187 5 년 전

      And knuckles.

    • @josiahwhaler1253
      @josiahwhaler1253 5 년 전

      @@elijahspitze9837 lol thats nasty 🍆🥚🥚

  • @havelockvetinari3032

    He's not my favorite anthropomorphic fox. Swiper will forever hold that spot in my heart.

  • @menimo2898
    @menimo2898 2 년 전 +1

    game theory: TAILS IS BROKEN
    game theory: SONIC IS BROKEN
    Me: hmmm I wonder if these two characters have something to do with each other

  • @cadetjones9205
    @cadetjones9205 5 년 전 +191

    Tails ain't broken, he was nerfed last patch.

  • @MildlySpider-Man
    @MildlySpider-Man 3 년 전 +295

    designers of tails
    "hmm, robotic set of tails, write that down!'

    • @LSF17
      @LSF17 3 년 전 +1

      No not funny

    • @LSF17
      @LSF17 3 년 전 +1

      @Michael Mamo And

    • @Sonicandmario_fan
      @Sonicandmario_fan 3 년 전 +7

      @@LSF17 and your being extremely rude like dude get a life instead of ruining others focus on yourself more

    • @liamstevens68
      @liamstevens68 3 년 전 +1

      Kkjj

    • @Owen-xc3pi
      @Owen-xc3pi 3 년 전 +1

      @@LSF17 high tails
      Tell us what you're doing today

  • @tuneableice
    @tuneableice 2 년 전 +2

    My theory is that tails just twists his tails until he can't anymore so he gets tired and goes down which is shown in sonic 2.

  • @guy_plays4751
    @guy_plays4751 년 전

    i love the intro music and sync

  • @georgetetradas7775
    @georgetetradas7775 5 년 전 +403

    1:59 Tails is unquestionably everyone's favourite anthropomorphic fox.
    Star Fox: Hold My Beer

  • @1leg1der
    @1leg1der 3 년 전 +489

    In the Sonic TV show Tails actually twists his tails like a rope to let him propel forward constantly when they are released.

    • @joko2882
      @joko2882 2 년 전 +7

      Is that actually Canon?

    • @leaf_teaf2107
      @leaf_teaf2107 2 년 전 +12

      There’s a sonic tv show?!

    • @joko2882
      @joko2882 2 년 전 +33

      @@leaf_teaf2107 and comics and a film. Milking a videogame cow isn't that unique.

    • @Still_Loading_1010
      @Still_Loading_1010 2 년 전 +23

      @@leaf_teaf2107 Sonic Satam, adventures of sonic the hedgehog, sonic x, and sonic boom

    • @ooboomooretiredchannel435
      @ooboomooretiredchannel435 2 년 전 +1

      The cartoons suck must be a reason why the franchise is dead well until the new
      Movie and sonic mania

  • @martletsimpofficial

    i am from the future. and im glad to intruduce you to: nine (sonic prime)
    he is just tails, but he has 7 robot tails. which is the second pair of tails' tails, that he needs to have to work perfectly.
    also soic prime is a nice show, might wanna check it out

  • @squidgamegirl9573

    Could you make a theory on how shadow activates his shoes is there a trigger in there that he just curles his feet to activate or is it something else

  • @landenb.hitchcock8986
    @landenb.hitchcock8986 5 년 전 +122

    This is what I call a "Traditional Theory." It's a theory in which Mat goes to certain extents to figure out how things work and see how it applies to a game/character. Some Traditionals include the Assassin's Creed Leap of Faith theory, the one about Starfox's legs, and the one about Dig Dug and popping tomatoes and seeing if the same stuff applies to people. It's the old way of doing things, and I like that. It's a it's a breath of nostalgic air, thanks MatPat. I've been a sub for a long time now and I hope things with your kid work out. Oh the video "Best Boobs in Gaming" is a favorite traditional of mine also.

  • @AndresFlores-xp4so
    @AndresFlores-xp4so 5 년 전 +65

    HOLD UP WHAT IF HIS TWO TAILS ARE SPINNING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.

    • @Omega55333
      @Omega55333 5 년 전 +5

      Exactly my thoughts
      Tho I guess if his tails have the same length, it would yet again be physically impossible

    • @Kahadi
      @Kahadi 5 년 전 +7

      Because of their locations, that would make them either wrap around each other or smack into each other and stop spinning. To be theoretically possible, they would need to be completely detached and spin around a shaft on his butt instead of actually connected to him, but even then that would change the physics to making him more of a single rotor helicopter, going back to the physics of the Chun Li video and making things even less likely

    • @turkeypeck5152
      @turkeypeck5152 5 년 전 +1

      I said that too

    • @SillviaTV
      @SillviaTV 5 년 전 +4

      TheLunaticOmega look at a chinook’s design, they have a dual rotor system that can get so close to each other they overlap. If tails can tilt his tails away from each other, he could spin them in opposite directions, therefore outsmarting Newton’s third law. He might have to work the tails a little harder, but the example Matpat gave with the 6000rpm drone negates that theory.
      But hey, that’s just a theory

    • @cwiebe9
      @cwiebe9 5 년 전 +4

      That is what I always thought was happening.

  • @PurpleManYT1985
    @PurpleManYT1985 2 년 전 +1

    There are 2 things that could saport in flayng 1 He Has a mechanizm in his shoes 2 He can spin his..... You knows what

  • @Actually_JustAvery

    I’d like to see an episode like this but with “Nine” from Sonic Prime