Game Theory: Monika Has ESCAPED! (Doki Doki Literature Club Plus) 

If Monika gets out she'll be surprised how many people would legit welcome her with open arms

“Not only did the game developers become part of the lore, but YOU are also a part of the lore” *Trust nobody not even yourself*

Can we just appreciate that Team Salvato includes the SOUNDTRACK into their lore hunting?!

Goddamnit, Monika. WE WERE SO CLOSE TO *FINALLY* SOLVING FNAF. **FINALLY!**

So Doki Doki + is a game about people who believe they are in a simulation and create a simulation to figure out if they are in a simulation.

What's dumb is when I first played this, I was kinda sad that I couldn't impress Monika or spend time with her. Guess I got what I wanted.

I like how matpat describes the other club members as their personality while monika is basically just called the club leader

I think that Monika is the one who created Portrait of Markov. She wants her friends to remember right? So she shares knowledge of the other world (vm2) with “The smartest person in the club”. She’s practically BEGGING Yuri to figure things out - that she’s in a simulation. If she realizes, then she can start to open her third eye. With that knowledge, she can help Monika.

Mattpatt: Today, we'll find out EVERYTHING on fnaf. Monika: *n o.*

Something Monika says goes with this too when you’re in the end with her. “You remember that book you were reading with Yuri?” “Portrait of… whatever it was called- It’s funny, because I’m pretty sure that book-“ “Ah, actually I don’t think I should be talking about this”

Something that I like is that Monika is the only one who stares directly at you. The other ones look bashfully of to the side even if there eyes look at you Monikas the only one who looks directly at the camera with her entire body and head.

I honestly really like the workaround they came up with when bringing the game over to console. Having a file folder sounds a little dumb at first but the way they implemented it was honestly really cool, especially with all the stuff they added to it

"This will be my final fnaf theory...." Monika and security breach be like - ha ha lore go brrrrrr......

"Have you ever had the feeling that you exist in a virtual simulation of a school" *Danganronpa music intensifies*

The thought of Monika escaping is either really awesome or really terrifying. If Monika already escaped the game she lives in and controls Ive, she might be able to affect other devices and she could even appear in our world.

I was suspicious of Monika from the beginning because her name is the only one that doesn't end with an "i" lol

Monika has been lingering in my head since I first played the game and I'm terrified to this day

Interestingly enough, the achievement for 100% completion is called "breakthrough" maybe a literal breakthrough?

Some person gave Monika knowledge of the simulation and watched as she instantly started killing all her friends.

I wonder what would happen if you named the character "Ive" in the games...

Let's just appreciate how "pulling a William Afton" is part of Game Theory terminology. I can't help but mention how fascinating and how deep the DDLC lore goes.

MatPat’s version of “This is my final FNAF theory!” Is the equivalent of a band director saying “Run it one more time. Just one more time I promise!”😂

It’s already been a year. ITS ALREADY BEEN A YEAR

I want to point out that, regarding the side story, that without the player, the game isn't a game. Monika isn't able to gain the self awareness she did during the main story. Meaning the MC is the game trigger, and without the MC, no one would know about Libitina

MatPat: today, we solve everything about FNaF once and for all. Monika: We don’t do that here.

Lol Scott watching the video in the beginning must have been like “I’m coming out of retirement and adding another 2 games and 3 books to shut him up.”

I will always sympathize with Monika, imagine finding out your intire life is just a computer game, and the person your inlove with is never an option because he can't chose you.

Monika walks out on to a street, everyone wearing Doki Doki merch.

MatPat: This is the final FNaF theory. Monika: no

"Everyone's always asking who the best girl is. Not how the best girl is." TRUTH

I can understand this theory better than my math homework.

I can't be the only one who's still processing that they made a whole other desktop compete with files, music and other stuff 10 minutes into the video.

Can we stop to appreciate how fitting Steph's voice is to Monika? lol

Monika: _Takes over a human body_ Afton: "First time?"

I think that the idea of Monika escaping works, but not necessarily as presented here. The main issue with this is that when you reset VM1, Monika is reset with it too, or at the very least, a new Monika is initialized to go with the new instance of VM1 (all 4 entities/characters are given new indentifying numbers when "restored"). If the Monika from VM1 were to have the potential to escape, then there would be no reason to believe it wouldn't happen any give instance. Since they mention reseting VM1 many times, you would end up with many Monikas have had escaped, which doesn't really make much sence. Where this idea could work is if you were to say that the Monika from the control VM were to escape. It wouldn't be unreasonable to say that the control VM would never have been reset the same way as VM1, as you would not expect the control value of the expeiment to change. Furthermore, in "Meeting notes 3" they say they are to compare the end of the control VM to the start of VM1. Left neglected, without effort put into hiding Monika elevated privileges, the Monika of the control VM could potentially end up like the Monika of VM1. Since they only really care about what happens up to the point of where VM1 starts, you could say that they would stop caring after that point, leaving that Monika to have that same epiphany but just under possibly different circumstances. I overall don't think there's sufficient evidence for the whole idea of Monika escaping, but it's not too crazy to consider. Something else to consider is the significance of "Stories of Friendship and Literature" starting with a segment of "Dreams of Love and Literature", a detail unique compared to the other songs of the side stories. It's probably just a stylistic choice (especially when thinking about it as the credits for the entirety of the game), but you never know

3:29 “Thats what she said, - matpat”

It gives me chills when he doesn't says it's just a theory anymore.

I love that "pulling a William Afton" is now a thing.

Whilst watching it I got an advert saying: "you're watching a game theory video, aren't you. And I flipped out"

Fact that helps this theory is that Monika talks about crossing over to "our reality" very often in MaS.

Imagine if the whole “solved fnaf” thing actually happened and Scott just said it’s all a dream

bro i love how the title is “Monica has escaped” but it starts with fnaf

8:30 Third eye got me lmao

My gosh the complexity of this game and its background is absolutely stunning

i KNEW something wasn’t right when MATPAT claims he’s FINALLY “figured out FNAF” PFFFF YEAH RIGHT, in your dreams

Man... I really envy game developers for FNAF & DDLC. The fact that they created such a unique game with lore and interesting game mechanics just makes me go *WOW* . Also, I appreciate Mat's time and effort in creating these game theory videos for us to watch. (in short, they are really great games)

I was legit so confused at the beginning like “hold up this is fnaf??”

4 years ago these ddlc theories scared me but now in present they only give me a minor spooks

Honestly in the beginning I was convinced that the developers ACTUALLY gave Monika access to doki doki but then I realized its just a game XD they made it look so real! Edit: Ayo 2k likes!? Wish I had that many sub's qwq

It was the first ever game that i legitimately had no spoilers for and played through it was a ride...

8:44 well, that company is kinda famous now

What would be hilarious is if Team Salvato just threw random stuff to see what Game Theory would do with it, and then go with the theory.

is it just me, I feel old looking at the old DDLC theories

I love how he goes from a crazy deep ending to “And don’t forget you can still pick up this sweet merch!”

i am in love with these videos it always gives me chills

Bro, watching this video after both MatPat’s ultimate FNAF timeline four-part series and his final Game Theory send-off, the intro hits way different.

Mat: "TODAY WE SOLVE FNAF!" Scott: "Yeah buddy, about that... There's another book on the way, sorry pal."

This idea just came to me as I was watching this. I don’t think it has an actual meaning from what team Salvato thought, but it’s interesting at the very least. In the end of the first DDLC, you get an ending song made by Monika with her voice, or we think so. But isn’t it weird that she has a voice when she only lives in a visual novel and does nothing but communicate through writing. Maybe that has something to do with the possession thing. I don’t know, but hopefully this was helpful.

I like how matpat goes from horror things to advertising

*He saying "Monika is the entity" so calmly*

it'd be dope if having both ddlc's installed, they would detect eachother and maybe unlock more secrets

IF "Monitor Kernel Access" gives us "Monika", then "Monitor Adjacent Runtime-Level Access" gives us Marla from the same mail. Interesting!

MATPAT YOU WILL BE MISSED ❤️

Monika: *escapes* Everyone: WOOO FINALLY!

Also when you delete monika early in the 2017 game, all her "knowledge" goes into sayori who ended up killing herself due to the horror visions she received

There's still something bugging me tho. Towards the end of the original DDLC, after deleting Monika, we had to play with a world without Monika and Sayori suddenly was the one who was aware that she was in a game and had control over it. But why? Why does she suddenly gained control? That's a part that hasn't been mentionned and that still confuses me to this day.

Literally nothing else has been able to get me to question my existence so much as this game.

2:00 I actually have this backpack. And forgot the zipperlock was a thing, and was like, "IT COMES WITH A LOCK?!" Just a fun fact that no one's gonna care about.

nooooo!! the ending matpat didn't say *BUT HEY THAT'S JUST A THEORY A GAME THEORY* it gives me chills feels like matpat is serious..

Matpat: “So let’s solve everything!” Monika: *”N o”*

dude im playing ddlc right now while videos just go on and on in the background and this pops on! what "luck" lmao

The most terrifying part of this video is that the person holding the camera in the intro doesn’t have a reflection in the bathroom mirror

I wish I could see Mat’s reaction when he realises that the TEST VM has thousands of lines of randomly generated dialogue that provides details about Project Libitina which he needs for the theory

"Yuri must've slipped that in there" Man, that is something, i can't-

I would love in one reality if Monika escapes in the real world, see how things are post 2020 and just hop back into her game lol

In the beginning I for real thought RU-vid glitched or I pressed the wrong game theory vid-

I'm just saying, when you unlock the secret "Candy Hearts" song not only is it creepy, but you hear what sounds like someone (or more?) being tortured. Could be a node to the end of the theory and perhaps they need to save the Dokis?

Steph is such a good voice actor. I wonder if she would ever considered being one? I can definitely see her making it big; her voice is amazing and very flexible.

the way i had to genuinely double check if i clicked the right video 😭 😭

I really want to see the behind the scenes of both the original ddlc and plus lol

Remember one of that rare phrase before the game that replaces the psycological horror warning: "PM died for this". One of the guys that send e-mails during DDLC+ is called Paula Miner.

Actually in the side stories we do exist we just arent there when its happening Sayori hints at this because when Monika tells her to pretend to be a normal passerby sayori says "Literature is stuupid! I'm going to the anime club!" And she says "i was just thinking of a friend of mine." So we actually do exist in the side stories

The fact that after this came out in the june of 2021 and then in the october of 2021, facebook rebranded to become metaverse...

You nailed the intro!

“I have the answer to every question you could possibly ask me” “How do you turn a door nob with your nose?”

I feel like this entire game was made just for MatPat to solve

I wonder if the character Marla, in the VM2 is just a life Monika has lived before? I started thinking of that since both characters must be dangerously important to the plot, also is these both that stand out way more than the rest, and just as a hint (I assume), both Monika and Marla's characters were named by an acronym name. I also believe that when we finally get to see the game Marla is in, we we'll also see 2 versions of it. One being were she is aware of the game, and the other not, just like the original DDLC games

MattPatt knows the most about video games he has given me so much useless information and I really like it

I literally burst into laughter when Matpat said this is his final FNAF theory! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Silly Matpat... there will NEVER be a final FNAF theory!

Ive Laster isn't a real name, it's an anagram for "relatives" and "versatile." I'm pretty sure all dev. names are anagrams too with just how similar they are, starting with 3 letters

looking back on this, this was posted on my birthday and my fav game is ddlc..

"With just Monika... (intense music)" *The Canadian tire ad*

when there's a special intro that's when you know, this episode is gonna be a banger

Am i the only one that thinks that these theories are scarier than the actual game? :D

I think this has to be in my top 10 (if not top 5) favorite Game Theory intros.

4:53 I’m sorry, I just love how you said “Finding clueueues”.

Mat: I will solve fnaf finally! Monika: You're not that guy pal trust me *You're not that guy*

Stephany voicing Monika: something I never knew I needed in my life.

I wonder if that game MatPat predicted will ever come out I really hope it will

I really hope that team Salvato continues the lore of DDLC because its been A YEAR since this video was published and we havent got a single update on the story.