Great job but you missed the fact that Teddy and the father's voice sound very similar/are the same. This implies that Teddy is the baby's subconscious representation of the positive protective feelings he associates with his father. Similar to how he sees the mother and the swamp monster as two separate identities, he does the same with his father only in this case its with Teddy and the Trench Coat monster. This is further confirmed when you pay closer attention to Teddy's dialogue in the game, a LOT of times (almost all) he sounds less like a sentient Teddy Bear and more like a parent playing with the baby.
Centipede no the swamp monster is the mother, the trench coat is obviously the father due to how it's trying to get you to represent the father trying to fight for the child's custody. And the bottle thing could be how the father knows the mothers drinking habits and is seeing if everything's okay. Due to how she abuses you when you break them.
Did anyone else notice that teddys voice is the dads voice-- Alright so I made this 2 years ago, and should really elaborate on a theory (I'm not even re-watching this video so a lot of this may be repeated.) Should start with- Teddy is a gift from the child's dad, who is divorced from his mom, and his mother wouldn't let his father see him- and may not have joint-custody anymore. Note I say- 'anymore' because Teddy is a representation of what the child DOES know of his dad before he isn't aloud to see him anymore, hence why the mom gets so angry when he drops off the present at the beginning of the game. Or- He still has joint-custody but doesn't get to have the child very-often and that may be the phone-call the mom gets in the beginning of the game as well, it could be lawyer or something (I don't know how joint-custody works don't @ me) Now, to the monster. The child's mom is clearly an alcoholic, and the monster is the representation of his mother while drunk or angry- which is why the screen shakes when the dad stops by to drop off the present, the mother was angry, like she is throughout the game as the 'monster'. The child finds his time with his dad safe, and Teddy (the dad) was protection from the monster until Teddy was taken away from his drunk mom in her rage, which is why you see her with it at the end of the game. Anything you see throughout the game, is going on inside the kids head, and it's all him trying to hang onto the happy memories after his mother found him out of his room in night, clearly making her mad. The child- as a 2-year-old, doesn't believe this monster is his mother, because he still has so many happy memories with her its hard for him to see them as the same thing. At the end, the mother was calm- crying, but calm- and that's why he sees her as his mother in their house instead of some monster. Of course not all of this will be accurate, I haven't watched this game in a while- and was only brought back here because I oddly (and unexpected-ly) got so many likes and replies that my original statement was kinda bland and obvious. So if you've read this all, thanks!
TBH since the parents argued in the beginning i got the idea that they BOTH might be abusive to the child, and that the voice/teddy at the end was a social worker and not the father. this is a really, really good explanation though !!
It happens because it's tears in the kids eyes. He doesn't like seeing mom angry which makes him cry. Since when mom drinks, she gets angry. The kid sees mom as the monster when she's angry,
I have also noticed that the voice of the man at the ending is strikingly similar to the voice of Teddy. Perhaps because the man is a sign of comfort, so he should be associated with teddy, and because he gave teddy to the player. I know this is a small fact, but take it as you will.
HE IS. He's the one who gave the teddy. He's the one who protected him from the Monster a.k.a. the Mom. The Man could have been the boy's father or a social worker. In certain parts of the game, the Mom sometimes says "NO!" and stuff ( ex: "He can't take you away from me"; forgot what part the mom said this at ) . What R3alt4lk says is a theory. Not 100% true. Same with this theory. The Mom abuses her son when she's drunk. However, I believe R3alt4lk was right when he was talking about the boy believing that whenever she got drunk, She would become a monster.
I love to speculate. No one has mentioned the lady and the little girl in the puzzle piece picture. Maybe the mom had a miscarriage, & it was a little girl. Maybe that is why she has become a drunkard, (that, & of course the stressed relationship with the boy's father over who gets custody over the boy) Maybe that's why she resents the boy so much when she's drunk, because he looks like his father & she wanted a baby girl. But in reality it doesn't really matter, I like that there's some mystery to it all.
blackrosezez one of the pictures thrt change as you get closer to it changes from a mother reading a book with her daughter and a toy then daughter toy and book and then just daughter and book. Could mean something
blackrosezez No, if you read the prologue it shows that the father was abusive to the mom so she packed them up. Then, haunted by the past, became an alcoholic. But, that was a good theory. However, I feel that they needed to show a dark side to the dad and a good side to the mom, because you have to dig beneath the surface to get the truth.
You explained that really good but i think you got some things wrong. I think the so called "coat monster" is the mom trying to not show the baby what she's wearing to the bar to flirt with men. Also to cover herself from the rain. The teddy bear is the dad the baby has great memories with the dad and see's him as a nice teddy bear in the toddlers imagination. When the teddy is floating he is grabbed by the mother because she doesn't want the toddler to remember the father. I think the mother puts Teddy in the washer to damage the teddy bear so that she has a reason to throw it away. The drip monster is the mother over a hangover so good for that. The book reminds the child of the mom drinking her alcohol. But of course that's what i think the main story is. If you seen the prologue here's what it means The toys are gifts from the father this is where the whole divorced mom and dad part comes in. There on a vacation when the mom's alcohol addiction comes in. That's when the dad stops the mom by hitting her. What the mom does is spy on the toddler seeing how he care's so much about the dad by trying to get the toys making the mother cry. In the end the child goes outside when the mother thinks its enough and the toy reaches out same as the toddler as the toddlers memory fades away. If you think this makes sense and please comment. Screen becomes blurry when monster is near= Toddler crying because doesn't want another beating
Yeah but at the end she hits the child to make it go away. The trench coat is always chasing the child, if she was the coat why would she spend all her time chasing him then when he goes to her, hit him and make him go away.
Smithy 54321, yeah. Right. Anyways the mother should have allowed the father to see his dear child, us, the player who was his two year old son. But too bad she didn't let him see us/his son. Instead she just took the gift from him and bought it to us/the son/the baby. How rude of her! What a mother! But I think that at least happened and it was a good thing that they left the mother alone. She deserves to not have a husband or a child because of her baby abusing habit! Though I feel a bit pity for her, but I am not changing my mind! Plus isn't Teddies voice was familiar to our/the kid/the baby's father. I think the father gifted his son Teddy so that he could help him on his journey.
One thing you missed: In the dlc prologue, the baby walks through his father's house, seeing memories almost all the time. They explain why the parents divorced. Apparently the father had been abusive and would hit the mother; there's a quick memory where the mom is on the floor and the dad is standing over her with his hand raised like he was going to hit her. This caused the mother to be an alcoholic, to try and get away from her problems. As you go through the father's house, boxes start blocking your path to anywhere but the door, meaning the mother was moving out with her child. When you find your last missing stuffed animal, the mother finds you and picks you up, saying, "It's too much." Confirming that everything that was happening in the memories were abusive. Everything else that happens after that was up to the child's imagination. (Dear lord sorry for such a long post but hey thanks for reading through it!)
This is my theory so please don't hate on me!! My Theory is that the mother and father had a divorce right? Well when the toddler was in the kitchen with Teddy he saw a monster attacking somebody! I think the father was arguing with the mother to stop her drinking problems and when he enters the lounge room he sees a monster hurting somebody well I think it was the mother (who was a alcholic ) grabbed the father and attacking him which leaves him leaving the mother and child, so then the toddler received a gift from the father which was a teddy to play with it, but the teddy was the father watching him to protect him from the mother aka the monster. The toddler had horrible memories with the mother because she was drinking which leaves him drawing his mother being a monster abusing him. Than the mother put the baby and the teddy in the crib and when it was nightime the mother grabbed the teddy slowly and put him in the washing machine because the mother knew that the teddy was the father watching him, then she flipped the crib over and then the baby rescues the teddy and then they go off to a Journey to escape the horrible memories of the mother and the monster with teddy, the mother had to take Teddy away from the toddler at the end because she didn't want her son to go to her father. The todder was out of the closet with Teddy's arm and went to the kitchen to see his mother with a botte and drinking. The toddler went to grab Teddy off of thr mother which leads him to getting pushed by the mother. Then the toddler heard the knock and went over to see his father with the teddy and the father finally was able to take him and the teddy with him. That is why there were tons of boxes when the 2 year old toddler was out of his room, because he was moving with his father. This is my theory! So please don't hate on me and I don't think this theory is true sl please dont hate on me :(
Well yea the mother was the monster all along and that big monster must be the mother so the dad was trying to save the baby but then where was the dad tho he could be a monster?
Sandy the RU-vidr wolf Teddy is a symbol of his father who "will keep him safe". Since the father isn't allowed to see his child, in the beginning he plays with him since he never spent that father-son quality time. He showed him the closet to show him a hiding spot when his mother gets dangerous. It also explains why he has an older man's talking voice. Which could just be his father. Before the divorce, his father must have been very important to him as the child finds safety, happiness and comfort when he is around Teddy. And that would explain the mother's hatred towards Teddy each time he plays with him. Note also at the beginning the mother never gave the gift to her son. After their first play date, the mother steals Teddy from the son's hand, knocks his crib down and puts Teddy in the washing machine. The mother is also the monster that never actively looks for the child insinuating that she ignores him and when he enters her sight, she violently goes towards him to attack him. The father is seen once as the monster with the trench coat who tries to save his son when he is falling down and since he can't be physically there, he grabs Teddy's hand and Teddy holds the son making the father connect with his son through the bear giving it a voice, a personality and need to protect the son(from the beginning Teddy knows who the son is and becomes very friendly and protective). Teddy's hand breaks insinuating the fathers failure to be with his son and the child falls into darkness.
The story itself really kinda touched my heart, there are so many little details about what the child has experienced and in what situation he is or has been. Krillbite really tried to give us some sort of message, or at least a thing to think about. To see what that kid was going through with that cutesy type of artstyle and a lot of hidden messages that, when you think about them all feel kind of emotional.
When this game first came out I had no clue on what it was about, and now I’m just like “dang this game has a genuine and meaningful story that has a lot of depth behind it.” And the story is actually quite beautiful when you realize that the trench coat monster is the dad trying to look for and save his son from the swamp monster portrayed by the mom being an alcoholic.
Hey, Krillbite developer here. I just wanted to say that I really liked your video! It's very interesting to hear your takes on it, and you did an excellent job. Keep it up!
Great explanation.. the game itself really connected with me as my mother may not be alcoholic, but my parents are indeed divorced. I suffer from depression and this game was cool to find and even better when it was explained. Thanks
Nice job that really cleared it for me thank you! my favourite character is teddy he reminds me a little bit oft Ted, but at the beginning when you ignore the mothers shouts , when he says "we need to find a dark place" he sounds Mike Pedo"Bear" xD
The coat monster is still the mother when she is angry as teddy says in the enhanced version at the museum level it comes out when the kid is making a mess
What I like about this game is that you can actually see hints that the mother is an alcoholic from the very start of the game and that the scene at the end is just an explanation for the player of what the toddler has been seeing. For example: -The mom has a wine stain on her shirt at the beginning of the game. It's not easy to spot at first, but it's around the collar of her shirt. -There are white chalk drawings of Hyda AKA The witch (the monster in the swamp) all around the levels, indicative by the spikey, branch-like hair and the skirt. Hyda also resembles the monster present in the drawings to some extent. -At some point, you need to sneak past Hyda through a swamp and then a library. You can hide under the bookcases and the desks. Looking directly at Hyda while too close will cause distorted vision, but looking at Hyda while far enough away allows the player to see her clearly. *When not pursuing the player and after walking around for a little while, Hyda will perform an idle animation that looks like she is taking a swig of a drink, indicated by her holding her hand to her mouth and tilting her head back as if she was drinking from a bottle.*
Wow! I should have known all along! So the teddy was the dad but the mom gets drunk for some reason and the child try's to find his mom but his mom turns into a monster also the dad came back to take the child away from the mom because the mom is drunk and the dad takes the child away far away from the mom then they had a happy life together
But you missed something... In coryxkenchens gameplay of among the sleep in the closet u hear a dripping sound which I noticed had a red liquid dripping from some where above u... Could this liquid be acohal or blood?
It could be that a grandmother has a place in this. The little girl in the painting must be the mom (Zoey) and she is with her mom but her mom was always like what she is now, an alcoholic. And she hates remembering all of this and on top of that the divorce. In the beginning when she will give you the second piece of cake (frosting) The dad is at the door and tries to get in to see the child but you can faintly hear "What are you doing here?" "Get out" and the one everyone can hear "NO". The mom doesn't like how he gave the boy a teddy and she wants to ruin it so she can throw it away and the boy will have no memory of the father. The monsters are all her Cloak: To cover herself so she won't be suspicious. Idk why it's a 2 year old. Dude with the umbrella: Hangover she will look like a dude with a hangover. Swamp monster: When she is drunk Her at the ending pushing you away means that she doesn't want to the boy to see what she is. But LaDy He SaW yOu like dis! All the memories are good and something the boy wants to hang on to. The closet is something he goes into to hide from her. When she pulls you out she is a bit tipsy already. And when you see the bear floating she was grabbing it. When you go into the swamp it means you are closer to her or in the kitchen or her room. The ending could be a social worker got there or the dad. Idk you tell me. It's just a theory.
Hey I’ve got something that I really want to say here. So this game might be “horror” and scary, but I don’t get scared. I cry. I cry because this game is 85% more sad, then horror or scary. And I love how the teddy bear instructs the kid (player) what to do in the start of the game, and while it continues. Somehow making him ready,...or preparing him for something, which is what happens when he wakes up. I also love how teddy, says that he can hug him if or when his scared and protects him and tells him what to do in order to keep him safe.
Realtalk "Excuse my German" You mean excuse your Norwegian? :) Sorry, had to reply here because for some reason RU-vid won't let me post an independent comment... always has to be replying to another one.
It’s kind of funny how the child wants to stay with his mom and is afraid of his father. It’s a psychological phenomenon that children go through when dealing with abusive parents. They are so focused on getting positive reinforcement from the parent, that when the other parent comes in to defend the child they’ll see them as the villain, due to them wanting so badly to please the abusive parent.
The mother is a drunk who beats her son, and the father is a good guy who left due to her refusal to quit drinking.. he still loves his mom but is also afraid of her, the father shows up like a savior in the end..
I didnt watch the vid so heres my short explaination of the plot: The dad tried to take you away because mom was abusive alcoholic. The monster was mom cause when the monster attacked you started crying like at the ending where mom hits you and the teddy bear was the dad. Moral: Always trust your terrifying teddy bear
You missed the 3rd monster, which is called The Playground Stranger that appears in the house and represents the mother when she comes back from buying alcohol after a storm. And the trench-coat is actually another representation of the mother 'cause it only shows up when you knock over a bottle.
Ama -zing XD to understand : mom was drinking. Dad was fighting with her. The child is seeing monsters. He views them as his parents. The mom wants the baby, I don’t know why. Probably because they aren’t together anymore. So she thinks that he would not be a good dad. When you get teddy from the end she says she is sorry. Because she drinks. That’s really all I know. Hoped that cleared you up.
I was wondering if anybody has figured out the drawing on the bench in that dark playground where you can hear a baby screaming and crying. When I saw it, it looked as if the playground was caught on fire (because there was yellow all over the environment of the paper), surrounding the baby.
there's actually a third monster, the first monster you encounter. his name is "harald", a black shadow figure with an umbrella. the frizzy haired one is hyda and the coat is heap
Wow now I feel bad for the kid, and the mother and the father. But thats deep, it is just too much to handle for a 2 year old, not to mention his abusive mother and his father who always tries to take him away from his mother who was divorced. So he had to hide from his mother, who he imagined as the 'swamp monster', while not accidently bumping into his father who tries to take him away, who he imagined as the 'cloak monster'. His only friend is the teddy who helps him find back the good times he had with his mother to make him feel better about his situation. At the ending, when the 'cloak monster' grabs teddy and holds on to the main character, that symbolises him trying to pull the kid out of what is happening now, or as the hole of horrible memories like it is said in the video. So the main character ends up back in his room, and the player knowing this is all an imagination adventure. They went downstairs and saw the mother drunk who striked him. And the 'swamp monster' static scene shows up, which in the video it said that the child is seeing the monster inside her again. Then the doorbell rang and the child went to answer it. The person at the door seems like to be his father, who sound exactly like the teddy like CottonFluff 0042 said, which means to the child during the game and their conversations even though the child didn't say anyting, dad is more on the good side with him like the teddy, but also tries to take him away from who he also loved in his life. Like not even the mother could handle just a divorce, but the baby had to go through all I just said! One like for another perfect day for that poor baby.
This explenation is great Most of us who finished the game did find out the mother was a alcoholic and that the monster represented the mother but I bet most of us didn't know about most of the things you said
Wow,I never thogut I would find a video that would explain this game until I found this video:)You did such a great job explaining everything step by step and especially the parts of the game that ally of people got confused on.I subscribed to your channel because tbh I really was confused, but thanks to you I understand it now:)
I have a Theory but I got this from someone else The Father is Teddy And the mother is the monsters because in the ending you find your mother drunk and your father takes you away, so Teddy is the father is protecting us , The mother has became abusive because of the break up
I thought that the trench coat monster could have been the mom when she comes home from work. I think this because near the end you follow the lights with the mother/monster coming and going she mentioned having a rough day meaning the child would probably irritate her after a long rough day of work.
My theory: The teddy is the dad like The detective Pikachu (the new movie) the pikachu is the dad in this case teddy is the dad (this was before I watched this)
Dear fellow RU-vidr I have a theory so in the beginning the mother is arguing with a man at the door right? Yes. The man was the child’s father. Then the mum comes back with a gift, not saying who it is from. It was a teddy from the father. The teddy is the father watching over him. The mum knows this and stuffs him in the washer to drown, luckily, the child saves him. The mom is the monster cuz she is a alcoholic and she is the monster due to the child’s imagination. Then she takes and rips teddy. Teddy’s arm ripped off. Then the child finds his mum crying. The child takes the teddy and the mum pushes him. (Dear lord sorry about how long this is)
It would be cool if the swamp monster is mommy, teddy is daddy and Trench coat is CPS. Obviously the trench coat is also daddy, just stating my original theory.
I think the babies father is the teddy bear because of how at the end of the game the father sounds just like the teddy bear, plus the teddy bear seems to usually talk when he's bear the coats. (correct me of I'm wrong)
I think the trench coat monster is still the mother just wearing the coat because when the monster takes the coat the next place you see it is with the mother and she might be trying to take it because it came from the father and she doesn't want the child to like the father, but that's just me
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Maybe they got a divorce and the dad wanted to pay a little visit by giving the teddy as the present ad that's probably why om didn't open the present for you. In the end the dad came back again and the teddy he made was some kind of robot that had his voice in it to accompany the baby because he knew that things would go wrong without him.
The ending there is that the father’s voice is teddy’s voice i think that no one wants to be the teddy’s voice so the teddy’s voice is the father right well I guess
If I played that game In...RL And teddy was actually talking I would be like Crawling back into my Crib Like " HELL NAW! MY MOTHER DID SOMETHING TO MY CAKE!! I KNOW SHE DID! SHE DON'T LOVE ME XDD. I TELL YOU THAT! " And This is Teddys Reaction " I can talk!!!! Jeez Crazy 2 year olds... " =_=
The mother divorced with the father the gift is from the father that mother was a alcoholic each time she drinks she turned into a monster in the child’s imagination as that monster the mother is abusing him,she is a alcoholic because of being divorce, she wanted to take “good” care of the toddler soon the dad came to be the hero and he took good care of him and the teddy. No one knows what happens to the mother at the end maybe she still lives by herself or who knows, that’s the mystery
