Revealing GOLB's Secret True Purpose in Adventure Time 

I think you're onto it when you say he "restores order." My perspective was always that Golb is the embodiment of entropy. It isn't really good or evil, it simply consumes and eventually will bring everything in the cosmos back to nothing. It's not a desire to maintain order in the sense that Golb sees people breaking the cosmic rules. It's more that Golb is simply a manifestation of the end of everything.

I think Golb isn't.. exactly an all powerful being. But he also does not stand within time or reality. What if.. he represents the end. Not of life, but of existence. He cleans up dead universes, corrects cataclysmic Universal events. The Lich mentioned he is a Scholar of Golb, and is the embodiment of an inevitable death. What if he only follows one aspect of Golb, where the thing itself represents Chaos and an End of Chaos.

I think you said in another video that the reason finn bumped into Golb as he left the pillow world may have been because he was on his way to consume that universe. I like this theory because it makes sense as Finn and Jake would have dismantled the pillow fort, which would destroy the universe. After your theory of Golb not being "bad", I like to think that rather than destroying universes, he is there to "clean up" what's left of a universe when it gets destroyed by other means.

I don't think GOLB is evil I think his purpose is to end realities that should no longer exist so when Betty summoned him he was only doing what he exists for. Picture it like telling a fish not to swim or a wolf not to howl. It lives beyond space and time to stop different realities from clashing and colliding with each other. It creates chaos to stop multi-dimensional chaos. But that's just my theory.

I think it’s not a coincidence that Golb is so similar to Glob, Grod, Gob, Grob. They both red, pyramid head and powerful with little lore behind the characters.

That monster not attacking BMO once he began singing was no coincidence. The universe and everything in it vibrates at a varying frequencies. And BMO singing was creating some sort of cosmic resonance and vibrating with the very nature of existence.

I love the resurgence of the A.Tuber community that's been going on

Maybe Golb is a natural force that gets drawn to chaotic worlds/individuals, gobbling them up before these potential threats to multiverse could spread and cause havoc?

Nah, fionna and cake kinda blew that theory out the window.

I like the theory that Golb is cosmic/multiversal entropy. Think back to his first appearance in puhoy. In the depths of his relationship melodrama, Finn essentially creates a tiny world populated by pillow people. Golb shows up at the end when Finn "dies" and can no longer sustain that universe. Golb is the being that is there every time a universe dies. His priest, The Lich, worships him and seeks to destroy universes. All of them. But Golb itself probably doesn't actually care about the universes it ends, or consumes, or just watches as they die. But once merged with Betty all bets are off as to how Golb views the inevitable end all universes are heading towards.

One interesting hypothesis is that betty doesn't belong in this world, hence why golb had to step in and erase her. Perhaps because she had too much influence on this world?

Elsewhere in the show, one of the characters talks about how he will live his life the best way he knew, and when he passes on from this world to the land of the dead, his life's actions will be weighed by Golb. I got the impression that Golb functioned as the representation of entropy. "He" is the embodiment of chaos, and as the universe expands and cools, the life in the universe going from ordered to disordered, alive to dead, they fall into the realm of Golb. And with the cosmic imagination, the destruction of life has implications in the destruction of the multiverse I dunno about any cosmic judgements, that sounds like the kind of thing some religion or cult of Golb would include as their dogma; that Golb would judge you... but it seems in actuality it is just a consumer of order. Betty Simon and Finn didn't seem to get any sort of audience or trial; though they are still alive when he swallows them. Maybe it's different for ghosts/souls. There is one thing i could think of for cosmic judgements; perhaps when Golb consumes you, and you are stripped down as you are digested, perhaps your essence is excreted through some psychic mechanism and is placed inyour afterlife in the appropriate dead world... the various dead worlds are the only judgement/dividing metrics I could think of involving the afterlife. What gets REALLY weird is what happens to the form of the universe, and to Golb Itself, when everything loses the last erg of energy, do the monsters return? Orgalorg has his kitten child, so it stands to reason that more primordials could be created... ...showers thoughts... [shrug]

This is a pretty good theory. It's an interesting way of seeing Golb, just because he's evil and mysterious for us it doesn't mean that it's actually evil. The only thing is that the Lich is a scholar of Golb which could mean he is against life aswell

funny how nobody considers that Golb could be the embodiment of the multiversal cycle beginning and end I.E. he devours everything 'digests' it down to its basial form and once he is full births a new reality

I think the fact that Betty tries several wishes with the crown before settling on the one that works suggests that Golb indeed seeks some sort of cosmic balance - following that logic, we might even theorize that Golb might've been one of the initial monsters who actually came up with what we refer to "laws of physics".

I always thought of Golb as a Living Tribunal type character. One that’s there to preserve some sort of balance and is indifferent towards any one “side”.

I always thought of GOLB as a blind idiot god, an entity sort of like Yog Sothoth or other Lovecraftian "gods" that are fathomlessly powerful but not wholley aware of their influence or power, or at the very least live on a scale that they don't care about the small creatures around. Kind of like how we as humans cant relate or fully understand the perspective of an ant or microbe; even if we wanted too. And thats if we even notice them. In GOLBS case, he seems like an entity of chaos and entropy that simply is, like the other ancient beings with unknowable names and shapes. But it's the people who muck stuff up, with cults (like the Lich) and people willing to sacrifice anything to achieve what they desire (in Betty and Magic Man's case). Either way, I love how much cosmic horror influence AT has utilized over the years. As a genre, it really allows for the mind to run wild.

What's the point of a fantasy world if you dont have eldritch horrors thay reflects on to the unstoppable wave of destruction with the only way of "stopping" it is delaying it?

I wonder if Golb recognized Finn after their super brief meetup when Finn was coming back from the Pillow dimension. "Oh hey, it's that dude that parkoured off my tongue. Weird."

golb is a child with his chaotic nature who wants to play with everything and put anything in his mouth, he opened his heart to music calming him down and destroying chaos monsters. he evolved into his mature form after devoring betty.

My golb theory is hes not prismos boss but hes just like so powerful he has no boss and hes not associated with prismo, a thoery i do have is that maybe golb created all the priomordials because they all look like his chaos monsters. Also i believe golb is kind of just doing his job like you say

Something I see no one bring up is the way too coincidental parellels to Golb and Glob. Four eyes, four heads, red, Glob's helmet, their names literally being one letter switched around.

In other words... He is a force of nature. Neither malicious nor benevolent, just fulfilling his purpose indiscriminately even though it may seem cruel.

Now with Fionna and Cake airing and seeing how the Scarab (full of Golb's motives) entire thing is to mantain order this video starts to make a lot of sense

I think Golb might've played a big part in the creation of the universe.(if the monsters created the universe) I think he was the one managed to unite or overpower the monsters to creat a chaotic universe of love and hate. I mean what's more chaotic than a universe full of people with different views, emotion and abilities.

I think what GOLB actually is is just a representation of entropy. Like during that final battle he doesn't actually do anything really, he doesn't even move, he just breaths out and creates monsters. He doesn't react when anyone tries to attack, and he seems to appear only when a dimension is ending unless summoned, then he consumes that universe. Like from what i've seen of him during the final battle he is unmoving and just stares off into space the whole time, and even when they deal damage to him he doesn't react, the only time he does is when the fusion occurs.

Everyone's talking about how Golb is the embodiment of entropy and chaos but... in a way doesn't he also keep order? Like he steps in and munches on interdimensional trouble causers or when one being seems to amass too much power or control. He is a law-keeper just as much as a world-eater if you think about. Making sure things meet their proper end is just as much a means of order as it is chaos. "Cosmic cop" is a great descriptor lol!

Maybe Golb is a personification of entropy, hence why harmonious singing is able to mess with him, since it represents order.

This theory checks out when you notice that the solution to Golb's chaos was to bring Ooo together in harmony

I never noticed Golb was trying to eat Finn after he dies in pillow place I always thought when Finn was in pillow land he lived out a lifetime in another dimension cause Golb passes the ones gravitating around him & returns without kuch memory of it. I haven't watched the show since it came out when i was in college but i remember watching it a ton there was like a dedicated TV in the place i stayed that always had this on n it grew on me as a great show that would do semi vague things for the viewer to discover instead of being spoon fed it. Thats why i loved the show. It was smart and this theory makes sense. I wish they made more but they ended it so well.

Like your idea, but im pretty sure in the episode they say that Betty is "doing a ritual to summon Golb." which is like, the reason why he shows up. And Golb is looks like a baby and is probably just existing and just has all these powers that just happens because its a baby. And then when Betty fuses with Golb they become adult Golb.

It's not solely the music that disrupts Golb , it's actually Order. Music was just a source that has absolute order.

I don't think golb is a hero or villain he is simply the embodiment of nothing and chaos. the reason Finn seed him when he dies in pillow world is because he was nothing for a second until returning to ooo

"There is no order without chaos" is a perfect yet simple quote to explain Golb's role in AT universe. Fantastic video!

I love this fresh perspective on Golb. When characters are this mysterious, you have to keep an open mind. My daughter who got me watching the show in the first place is gonna like hearing this too, so thx again for posting!

its interesting how somewhat backwards his physical existence is. he's an embodiment of chaos. so something harmonic rather then stabilizing, destablizes his form. a being who's form is about destabilize reality, spawning chaos in his presence, is itself torn apart by stability, like a harmony

i dont understand why this video has such a large number of dislikes? i can only assume most of them are people that just assume golb being chaos means there is no purpose, but just his existence alone should be more than enough to justify that he has purpose. he goes places, and sometimes does things. i think it makes far more sense for an uncaring entity of chaos to at least have some specific job to play rather than just "i am chaos rawr"

Golb backwards is blog. Dudes just a multiverse blogger and when people summon him he gets shy and starts messing things up.

Hes like the janitor at your school. He keeps everything clean and he's relatively chill. But if he catches you doing somthing you shouldnt be doing then he'll made you stop, in a not very safe way. This analogy also goes with the theory that Glob was there to clean up the pillow world since Jake and BMO were taking it down

Galactus level character who does Galactus level stuff, I understand.

Ok so Fiona and Cake came out, and Prismo said something about his boss, but also we can finally understand what Magic Man was doing! Spoilers: In one of the episodes, (I think the first) we can see Simon doing the exact same dance, but we can finally hear him saying “REVEAL THE PATH AND GRANT ME PASSAGE. REVEAL THE PATH AND GRANT ME PASSAGE.” Which we later get to figure out you have to think about someone to summon them. He was trying to summon Betty! AKA Golb, so maybe Magic Man was thinking about Golb while doing the dance! Also when Prismo hears Simon summoned Fiona and Cake rather then Betty, he gets mad and says “Come on dude! You can’t just mess with my stuff like that even if it’s in your head!” Which wow- anyway it would probably be worse if he summoned Betty, imaging future Ooo seeing that colossal monster just descend on them

As I take it, Golb is a physical representation of a law, which is chaos. Music effects Golb, since it's a close thing to the polar opposite, which is harmony/order. I think Golb makes things vanish, that try to put it under the laws of order/harmony. So it selfcorrects whatever tries to rewrite the law, selfcorrect whatever tries to put chaos into order.

This is probably the most interesting take i've seen about GOLB, Good work.

Whether or not we call Golb good or bad doesn’t really matter. Golb is way beyond our rationalizing of what is good or bad. He was there before the universe even existed when we can say something is good or bad. He is just a force of nature.

Golb isn’t evil, he’s just a being of chaos, that’s why he keeps punishing different Lichs by turning them into those shapes, because the lich keeps killing everyone which was never golb’s intent. There can’t be chaos where there’s no life. Death is order and life is chaos.

Golb gives off lawful neutral vibes

Golb represents the viewer watching the show. That's why his form is like a child sitting expectantly in front of the t.v. and his extra eyes drive the point home that he's watching. Even his hanging tounge and transe-like expression convey the personified face of pure entertainment consumption, ready to lap up every second of anything attention worthy poured into it from the "boob-tube". When finn died in pillow world he just bounced him back because we still want to see where his story leads. When he turns the lich into a tetris block it's because we're done with his b.s. already. He was ready to digest Simon and betty the same way the audience was ready to finally find satisfaction in witnessing the culmination of their shared storyline at long last. ..And his love of chaos is the epidemy of what truly exists in the core of the heart of the viewer of any spectacle.. when he created havoc at the end of the gum war,, he could have just destroyed anything or everything easily and simply but the choice to create interesting and exciting monsters to do epic battle with the forces of good that would have otherwise stood no chance at all against golb directly was a choice directly in line with what the audience wants to see in the series finale of a show like adventure time. Although he only reps the viewer (or audience) he does also have power to influence the AT-universe., much in the same way real viewers' of a show in the real world 's feelings and wants and opinions can and do influence it over time and even during it's very conception through ways of feedback of all sorts that get to the makers and writers, whom wouldn't get to make a show at all if they don't give the viewers what they want. BUT now that he's merged with betty it's not that cut and dry anymore because of that character's will and personality's influence and, I suspect more importantly, the overwhelming influence of Betty's crown wish. I theorize that Betty's wish to save Simon (or perhaps that's not exactly the right way to state what her wish was..?) is still in the process of being fulfilled during the first batch of episodes of fiona n cake. That's why, even after cake had already traveled through the portal of blue sparkles connecting ice/cold in the magicless gender swapped f&c world to the back of Simon's head in "our" f&j's land of oooo,, cake could still hear the song that should only be known to Simon and Betty and why she saw more blue sparkles at the ice kingdom even from far away and so felt compelled to travel there! Why would she be seeing blue sparkles if she's already escaped Simon's head and in the same world he's existing in too? Because they're not just a detail of the portal but are in fact guiding cake to the ice kingdom for some reason that ultimately has to do with Simon finding happiness or fulfillment or etc.. She prevented Simon from putting the crown back on because she knows that's sure to make him never happy again if he does and it's also why she interferes with scarab. I have a theory of why her picture, not gender swapped either, was in the newspaper the squirl was reading/eating back in f&c's magicless world that fits with this and why the clouds are turning into golb tetris blocks too but I still haven't watched the next episode after that one (the second of the 2 for this week) so it might sound stupid to say now if that becomes clear after watching it. Maybe I shouldn't have written any of this until then but I know I wouldn't have come back here later so I just lived in the moment. Shmowzow

Isn't Golb said to represent chaos in a way? Chaos isn't right or wrong it just is. so saying he's restoring order isn't really chaotic? if anything I think he goes wherever order is the most weak (I mean the whole finale you can say was pretty chaotic especially with Betty doing whatever she did to summon him) but I'm just guessing

for some reason I feel like Golb and Glob are like brothers of some sort

This video aged well in terms with the new Fionna and Cake show.

This really isn’t a far fetched theory. Basically he’s the Galactus of the Adventure Time universe.

I don't think Golb is Prismos' boss, but the other theories you said make a lot of sense. I kinda have another theory. When Golb is seen, he rarely moves. He just sits their waiting for food. What if Golb is just a baby. He just sits there and breathes, and it creates monsters. I don't think he's directly trying to make monsters. I think he's just a baby doing baby things, and when he fused with Betty, he became full-grown. This doesn't make sense with a few things like why Golb came to Ooo if he's just a dumb baby, but I think it's still a cool theory

A cosmic cop sounds about right! Prismo and MAYBE cosmic owl work under golb to medicate lesser chaos, like the tax wolves overpopulating and being eaten by cosmic owl (and you know dream stuff) or the whole ice finn stuff with prismo, this might also explain why the 2 are so close, they’re not just friends, they’re business partners!

That’s probably why the lich lost all purpose. Cuz killing everything wasn’t Golbs intent and probably only realized it til he was done

Golb doesnt "judge" people. He's the embodiment of entropy; the natural force of chaos in the universe. being that he is the embodiment of entropy, it makes sense that he's attracted to the largest concentrations of energy, and order. someone pulling some mega powerful magic and having lots of crazy destiny crap happen to them would certainly be both lots of energy and lots of order; both food for the chaos god. Breaking a super powerful or ordered being down to their components would lower the concentration of "order", that's my guess. like putting an entire pencil though a sharpener; now its just a chaotic mess of shavings.

If you think about it this theory makes a little bit more sense about a 'Cosmic superhero' or something that keeps order with in the universe considering betty's wishes the first ones being to 'Banish golb' but it refused because it may do more bad than good but the second one is to 'Keep simon safe' which was taken as yes since golb just let betty fuse with him to keep simon safe and to keep simon alive while also making up for what ever crime she did by also banishing herself, And when i think of this i imagine betty fusing with golb is a sort of 'Community service' since she also has the power to keep simon safe

Everybody wonders who is Glob, but i think we should all be thinking “How is Glob?”

This guy’s an actual scholar of Golb

The way you talk and the words you choose sound so much like they're ripped straight from Adventure Time!! I love it! 💛 Good job!

Ya know what there’s also some color consistency too. The random chaos before time is yellow, just like magic man’s hat. So maybe the same can be said about golb and the universe map

One theory I heard that makes perfect sense for Golb is he's an entity of a higher plane, and simply an eater of worlds/universes.

I’ve always sort of seen Golb as like a multiversal janitor, rather than a universal cop. Like Galactus from Marvel. When a universe meets its destined end or has existed for long enough, it’s Golb’s job to erase it from the multiverse. Hence why he appears in the pillow episode. The pillow universe was created because of Finn’s dream. Finn then wakes up, meaning that universe ends since it’s his dream. That’s why you can see Golb flying in the opposite direction as Finn is flying out of the pillow world. Golb is on his way to consume the pillow world, since it no longer has a purpose, since it only existed to be a dream for Finn. Edit: This is also why I think it makes sense for the Litch to worship Golb the way he does. The Litch might admire Golb for bringing about extinction, but doesn’t understand that Golb only does it out of universal balance. This causes the Litch to imitate Golb in an attempt to please it, by causing as much genocide as possible.

To think if finn spent a few more minutes in pillow world golb would eat him.

Honestly someone pointed out that Golb looks like he's always looking at the viewer through the screen and have never been comfortable with him since.

I feel like Golb is basically the Alduin of the Adventure Time universe. He's there to keep the balance.

After watching Fionna and Cake I must say, well done - you were basically right about Golb being Prismo's boss 🤘

I love your energy in this one

The shape of Golb's head is a pentagonal prism. similar shape and same color of the demon blood sword.

I’m now naming the combination of Golb and Betty Bolby. I love Bolby’s look with the ribbons and EVERYTHING

I kinda forget that there is technically a Glob as well, I wonder if that is the opposite of Golb, so instead of the God of Chaos, it’s the God of Harmony

I just think Golb have no moral basis of what he does like humans do since he's a cosmic being. So i think he's not really evil, just not good either

"... keeping the multiverse all nice and balanced." (9:21) Oh my Glob... Golb is the Thanos of the multiverse...

Lemon grab said pb created him and she was his glob. I just thought that glob was the creator of the Adventure time universe.

Mate; you called it with this video, most of the theories if not all you suggested about Golb are literally proven in the Fiona and Cake series. A definite must watch, didn’t think I would enjoy it this much tbh

My theory is Gulb is an ending, the "puhoy" episode ended so it was no longer important he just went to destroy the non important universe. the episode ended so gulb went to destroy it one the gum war ended Gulb came the show ended it was no longer important therefore it no longer needed to exist.

i thought golb was there when finn was leaving the pillow world because he just happened to be traveling there at the same time. which would imply golb went there to destroy pillow world and all of finns pillow family became dead or deformed

So in adventure time, not only universes exist because they were observed, but everything is made up by smaller everything

GOLB is a child. Kid just chillin, and breathing. Was?

Golb actually looked back at fin when he went by... He barely even reacts to anything

Golb can basically rewrite reality. He lives in a void between realities and he steps in when there is a huge chaos going on and he eats it. He basically absorbs chaos onto itself to keep universe balanced in a way.

I wonder if Golb has like, consciousness, it almost seems like he's just a force without a mind, almost like an ant or something, like an animal, he just does, he doesn't think, he IS chaos, but like, chaos personified instead of a person that causes chaos, kinda like Godzilla but with less brain power

Golb be like: "hey don't bounce on my tongue :( "

Post Fiona and Cake... uhm... pretty spot on, bro 10/10

No one can convince me that the Adventure Time creators didnt do drugs.

there's always the possibility that golb is some sort of necessary evil that keeps greater things at bay

I doubt that Golb would be policing the universe but is just IS yknow what I mean I think Golb just doesn’t have a consciousness at all that’s why it was surprisingly easy for Betty to replace Golb as her consciousness can just fill in the gap

Adventure time: Fiona and Cake explains everything. It’s got all the answers to all these questions.

My opinion is that adventure time runs on quantum mechanics and string theory, in string theory there are some theories about quantum forces and we know only have a actual theory on one force and five sub forces with that one force, glob could be a unknown fundamental force in adventure time’s version of string theory.

I think that it only represents *"the end",* or anything we might perceive as it. Being life, reality, time, our favorite series, or even just a fanfiction story, it represents that "end" nobody ever wants to face but is unconsciously aware of its inevitability eventually looming on everything, being a character, a plot or existence as we all understand it. It is fighting it that perverses its essence and warps it into an ever-increasing, unbeatable and grim inevitability, _but accepting it and embracing it is what can only eventually can warp it from an enemy to simply the natural cycle of everything:_ Creation and destruction, birth and death, *and the unknown that lies beyond it all that the eyes can't see but the soul can feel.* So even when the series ended, there's still videos made and stories written about it. Just like AT one day began as a thought by some guy that had the luck to be eventually spread and live on other universes, other minds that will eventually create other works based in it, _turning the grim and unwanted "end" into a natural cycle that will forever repeat itself,_ as long as there are those that want to create. And not even the end can stop the march of consciousness, only making sure it returns. __ that's all Glob ever wanted, lolz.

I think Golb's power is up there with The Maid, or Prismo's boss

I love the parallels between GOLB and Grob Gob Glob Grod. GOLB is an anagram of GLOB. GOLB is red, Glob is red. GOLB has four eyes, Glob has four heads. GOLB’s head is the same shape as Glob’s hat.

Golb is the watcher he keeps everything in order

It's simple. Golb is just an avatar of the void.

Golb is like the Living Tribunal from Marvel Comics.

I think its more like. Golb and Betty were meant to fuse. From the perspective of smaller beings, Golbs actions look chaotic, but from Golbs perspective, if meant to be an omnipotent creature, then Golb acting out was the catalyst for Betty to make the wish that ended up fusing her to Golb.

I think the word you're looking for is Entropy. He exists at the very end of absurdity (chaos) in order to remain as the universal Omega. When something threatens to overtake his role, he steps in.

Like how adventure time lore analysis is coming back

Love the adventure time lingo. sticking to character

Ain’t no way you predicted golb being prismos boss.

I love that music effects Golb, it makes sense. Music (besides no-wave stuff ig) is nothing but order. Ordered sound. Ordered vibration. Golb being nothing but chaos means that "pure order" would probably not feel very good to him.