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Mini theory: *is longer than normal theory*
Everyone: this is not the law of equivalent exchange

Alternative theory, David's older self came back through time not to stop events, but to provoke his younger self into starting events.

'young david kills his older self"
now that is one heck of a suicide

MatPat: the void exists beyond time.
Space: am I a joke to you?

There should be a segment called “Game Law” where we go back down memory lane for all the theories that were actually canonically correct

Nintendo: Let's make a fun duck-hunting game!
Stress Level Zero:
*lets make this b e t t e r*

So basically if david lives, everything dies, and it is stuck in a loop.
Canon ending, david runs away, changes his name to Arthur, goes to the companies, enters the void, goes through the apocalypse, and then duck season all over again.

David: I didn’t kill my mom!!
Arthur: Well yes, but actually no

So, you're saying David's on the run because he'd be accused of killing his mother because...he killed his mother.

Mini theory: about 17 minutes
Regular theory: about 12 minutes
Me: .... is me logicaling wrongly?

The way Matpat explains and lays out his theories makes me believe everything he says. Even if I definitely know he's wrong and have even watched Matpat say that he was wrong himself.

MattPatt: Appropriate amount of shooting
Dog: *BEING LOADED WITH LEAD*

Matpat: Get ready for a mini theory!
"Mini" Theory: Is a minute longer than last week's video

“Mini Theory”
Video is still as long as most other theory videos

Here's a comment theory: The dog could be David's step dad which is why we have "Bad Dad Bad Kid" and why David's biological dad isn't there. DAVID'S MOM, HAD AN AFFAIR WITH ARTHUR. David's biological dad, who I suspect works for Gammon, used the technology from his company to trap Arthur. But Arthur escapes and understands how Gammon is more defined and better than his current company. This is why there's a room with artefacts from David's House specifically instead of others from the other 12 victims. Once Arthur escapes, he gets back his job so that they could research him. Arthur is AWARE of the void which leads him on his mission to become immortal. Also why the door says "Welcome Home". Because he's been there.
Also he may had wanted to do this as revenge against David's bio dad. Because he can now control everything that gets uploaded into mythOS, he could potentially make David's bio dad's life hell.
But that's just a theory, A COMMENT THEORY, thanks for reading😋

This could make a lot of sense

Monogon: *discovers a place where space time doesn’t exist and can also make people immortal*
Also Monogon: Yea let’s just use this to make a video game

The video: Is this a mini-theory
MatPat: Well yes, but actually no.

Theories usually: 12 mins or 18 mins
Mini theory: just a lilllll bit shorter (16 minutes)

Maybe the dog's psycopathic behavor is related with him having already lived the Machine King apocalyps, wether is him the master mind behind the machines or not, all the stress, trauma, killing and warping throu planes of excistence let him not only with the mission of killing his mom and himself in the past (thing that actually wouldn't work since it would provoke a paradox) but also with a shatered mind and sadistic behavor most of the time, this would also explain why the dog has such a smoking habit, the nicotine maybe relaxes him enough to not totaly lose his already decaying sanity, but hey, thats just q theory (sorry for any gramatical mistakes, english is not my first lenguage)

"I'm excited to talk about a game that isn't Boneworks"
Scott Cawthon has entered chat

regular and normal game: exists
Game Theory: WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN!!!

taking him down with the appropriate amount of force. (machine gunned down) 2:00

Little addition I wanna make, it could be that in different timelines, all the endings are canon, and each ending is with different Arthur-dogs from different timelines as well. While this world's Canon ending has David on the run and growing up into Arthur, he may go back as the dog with a different goal and cause a different ending, which loops to cause another different ending, and eventually it comes full circle to cause the Canon ending to in order to stop the mom from working on her game. The different endings cause different futures and motivations for David/Arthur, and most of them cause him to feel the need to go back and try to "fix" what happened as the different entities in the different timelines release what's in the void.

I thought we all agreed you would be calling mini theories “diet theory”
Edit: wow kinda expected people to agree but didn’t expect so many likes

"A Game Hypothesis"
"A Game Speculation"
but have you met
"Game Conspiracy?"

About the hair change: it’s possible. Blonde hair often turns brown after adolescence.

I love how the mini theory is bigger than the regular theory

Next time on Game Theory:
Matpat has a mental breakdown while trying to figure out ways in which Duck Season, Boneworks, and the FNAF universe could be connected in some way. With a time travelling ball pool, any things possible.

When he said "Mini Theory" I expected a picture of his son

13:42 It could also be the fact that David (Arthur) suffered a very, very traumatizing event, that his mum was brutally slaughtered and butchered and that a man in a dog suit escaped a game and then attempted to attack David. So it could be trauma that changed his hair and eye colour.

“Eyes colors usually change under the age of one”
Me who’s eyes changed colors when I was 2: * swears nervously *

Well technically he is accountable for killing his mom since if he was the dog... he killed his mom

"Less of a theory and more wild speculation."
So classic game theory then.

Ik I'm late af to this whole thing but are we really gonna overlook that at 2:23 the realty company that sold the house in duck season was named Amityville Realty

When you talked about the pipes in the house, in a past episode of this mini trilogy, there was a conversation talking about this. “Piping in void energy,” I think. Very intriguing, keep it up

*"Mini Theory"
*Is longer than last episode

Matt: "Well, the Dog is David."
Me: "What kinda fool do you take me for? The kid is David, Arthur is David, the dog is David, I AM DAVID! Are there any other Davids I should know about?"
Cat clock: "Meow."

fell asleep listening to this and was consequently visited by my sleep paralysis demon. thanks matpat.

I know this is 4 years late, but I'm revisiting some of my favorite videos on this channel and I wanted to share my own thoughts on this theory. Personally, I have a different theory for which character is which, and my only evidence for it relates to the hair colors, since the differing hair and eye colors of David and Arthur just strain my credibility of this theory.
In _Duck Season's_ "Stuck Forever" ending, the TV comes back on to show a different kid - one with brown hair and brown eyes. I know that the "Stuck Forever" ending isn't the canon ending, but it at least shows that a kid like this exists in this in-game universe. It could be that THIS kid is a young Arthur Ford, and he ended up learning about the Void from the cursed _Duck Season_ cartridge (since he probably ends up going through something similar to what David goes through).
And as for David... well, in that poster for "Hall of the Machine King", it shows a huge robot glaring down at a man - likely the protagonist of that game - and the man clearly has blonde hair. That man could very well be David, meaning that he's possibly the protagonist in "Hall of the Machine King".
It's probably not true, since I have even less evidence for it than Matpat has for his own theory here, but it still makes sense to me.

“Me, you, baby”
Matpat: this is not the father
Me: Ah, then it is the mother

I can just imagine how “Arthur” killing his mom unfolds
“Arthur”:mom, I’m sorry…
David’s mom:what, who is that?
“Arthur”: *SHANK*

The intro was adorable and funny. Btw your theories are amazing thanks for making them!

I have a theory, after the ending of duck season where the dog dies, David is put in witness protection where his name is then changed and was adopted afterwards by the Ford family. He works on the other side of the company that created duck season, he is trying to destroy the dog permanently and that’s why he works on both sides to destroy the dog and save his victims, or the shadow figures from the ending. He worked for the other company to get into the void so he cand defeat the dog and the other cryptids once and for all.

Mini theory: Way longer than some actual theories.
Everyone: wut

GT: David is Arthur
Me: Sure, entirely possible
GT: David is Arthur and the Dog
Me: What is this, some sort of Father, Son and Holy Spirit kinda deal???

this makes plenty of sense but why would he kill the other 12 kids

Critics: I know *EVERYTHING* about this game!
MatPat: Hold my Diet Coke.

“A boy and his dog...”
Middle schoolers:

Mat: The hair and eyes colors are different
Me: CHECK THE EARS! DANGLING OR ATTACHED?!?

12:37 when I was a toddler I had super blonde curly hair and now at 13 from when I was maybe like 6-8 I have had kinda the same hair color as Ford so I think the theory is still valid and makes a lot of sense

Mattpat: i’m not actively looking for reasons to compare these two
Me: but what is against all odds they have a crossover what will you do

My hair was really dark when I was a baby, then almost glow-in-the-dark-blond when I was a kid, and now it's a darkish brown. Always wondered why that happens.

Sooo if the dog stabbed the kid that would be the GOOD ending since the cycle would be broken right? Oh Man
*Purple Guy was right all along*

We need the next part of this now that bonelab came out. It has so many questions answered, and a lot of questions asked, it finally explains the radio station door and everything about lava gang. I suggest watching the bonelab video by "virtual panda" than do your gametheory magic, this story is coming to be an amazing stress level zero universe

Matpat: with an appropriate amount of force
*dog: is now replaced with 25 tons of lead*

“with the appropriate amount of force”
cue an absurd amount of bullets being fired

I have a theory: The kid from duck season is the kazoo kid

This gives me the scary feeling that he may be right. I mean... for once, everything adds up, there aren't any loopholes, no loose ends. If this theory is true, Matt Pat is officially a prophet. Because through all of his theories, he is either completely wrong, or 100% right.

Mat:- *calls it mini theory*
Also Mat:- *makes it longer then the other theory videos

Game Theory: It’s a mini theory.
Also Game Theory: But that’s not all.

Therapist: Teenage David doesn’t exist, he isn’t real. Teenage David: 12:57

Your theories are so addictive 😂

Bone lab just came out and we see the dog as an avatar in the game. Coincidence?

Mini-Mini theory: Welcoming Arthur home to fantasyland, could also mean he found a safe space in video games, which could also be another slight parallel to David.

"He is also the dog"
{me checks the time to make sure he doesn't end on a cliffhanger for the 20th time}

I hope these theories continue with Bonelabs. Possibly one of my favorite Game Theorist series tbh lol

4:37 I was thinking exactly the same thing when I saw the other videos, when you said that Arthur and David might be the same person, I immediately thought about this ending, and maybe this is the reason of why he would've changed his name, so that he could work at the company

Me: * following where hes going *
Mat: hes stopping an apocalypse
Me: wait, what?

Here’s a point you didn’t mention. In the two employees’ conversation in the last theory, the unknown employee mentioned that the only company that has already tapped into the void was “Sabrelake.” Flashback to your playthrough of Duck Season VR. In the Easter Egg showcase room you discovered at the end of the stream, there was a model of an officer in full uniform. Next to him was a logo labeled “Safety Agent Sabrelake.” This agency is obviously tied to the Sabrelake company mentioned by the Monogon employees and the “Hall of the Machine King” game. Through this information, we know that Monogon wasn’t the first company to tamper with the void, and could have possibly caused the events of “Hall of the Machine King.” But that’s just a theory...

The fact that David is running away because he could be suspected of murdering his mother, is such a huge point that Branch is out and could make any theory connecting other games with it, colossally outrageous but also possibly true.

Matpat:the dog is-
Me:THE MAN BEHIND THE SLAUGHTER--

I was another such kid: bright blonde with hazel eyes until I was about in middle school, then my hair darkened until I started dying it myself to make it stop looking grey and now it stays brown when it grows out.
One of my kid brothers? He was the same way. Except he had blue eyes that darkened to brown in middle school, as well as the hair.
Human phenotypal changes are just crazy.

To address the "hair color" loophole to this theory: All my siblings were born with bright blonde hair that turned brown. Might this be similar? Also, if I were on the run and wanted to change myself to the point of changing my name, wouldn't it make sense to change your appearance also? Such as hair dye, a wig, etc?
Just speculation, as you said. But I like the theory.

Because of bonelab we now know that David is likely the strong avatar because of his tattoos.

"-appropriate amount of force."
Seems legit to me, send in the Heli with the side mounted MG38.

*"A boy and his dog"*
*Shaggy and Scooby be like:*

Lmao I don’t even play these games but their so addicting to watch

The second try for the mini theory thing was funny and cute, way to go, Mr. P! (That bein' MatPat, ya know...I feel like a wanna be Foxy saying that! XD)

The second mini theory was adorable.
DO MORE

0:45 please tell me why arthur looks like he’s taking a school picture but he needs to fart really bad

10:09 I almost thought you were going to say " I don't just think that David is Arthur. I think David is Arthur Ford and also SANS !"

Parts of this theory is supported by the Canon Ending song “The Season.”
“I know they’re coming to take me away,
So I started running to see a new day.
What is my reason? When is my time?
Now is the season to leave it behind.”

MatPat: Welcome to mini theory!
Me:
*I AM CONFUSION*

When you cast this to a tv, the title reads only "A Boy and His D"

Mat: "E3 this year"
Me: * Laughs in march *

Matpat: I'm not looking for reasons to draw parallels between these two!
Me: *Sureeeee....*

I love how this is a mini theory and this is also longer than the other two vids…

So David ran away for being accused of murdering his mum although he technically did

"Appropriate amount of force."
Remember that alien they capture in the movie Independence Day?
Will Smith just punches it once. You gotta AT LEAST double tap THAT thing.
From a helicopter eye level to a murderous human in a dogsuit on the lawn.... man, I get it.
You just gotta make sure.

9:50 *ahhh yes "weclome home" the perfect way to welcome some one*

I literally theorized exactly what you said before watching it, except for the fact that I don't think he's trying to stop the hall of the machines-but instead encourage it. I think Arthur runs the machine invasion and that he is trying to guide his younger self to make sure that he will forever stay on the path towards the machines, much like Erin Yeager and the rumbling

Duck Hunt Dog: I'm A old retro style dog that's cute!
Duck season dog: *I K I L L E D M Y M O M*

Imagine being Mini Theory
- This post was made by Diet Theory Gang

This is my favorite of you’re theories😌

Stress level zero: let’s make a good game
Fnaf VR: **exists**
Stress level zero: good idea

“A boy and his dog... but actually they are the same person”

"MINI THEORY"
Me after realizing the video has 16 minutes: Wait, that's illegal

kid:*tries to sleep*
YOU CAN NOT SLEEP RIGHT NOW,THERE ARE MONSTERS NEARBY.

if they made a deal we could get the most intense game were the fnaf charecters and other things like that come out of the void and terrorize the player