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44:30 theory: the pumpkins limbs are underground, and the classmate just simply dug himself out. Also if this ends up in the third part of this series, I would be SO happy.
19:28 Fun headcanon: The scarecrow is actually Lucky, just disguised as a scarecrow, and Momo just hangs out there while watching over the match because they're close friends. Or maybe, still looking for confirmation on Momo and Lucky's relationship.
The bit about breathing underwater is part of Japanese folklore. If you come invited to the underwater realms, the underwater gods give you the ability to breath underwater for the time of the visitation. Look up Urashima Tarō (浦島 太郎)
The candelabras in the background of 20:55 and 21:15 are pretty similar, and the carpets match as well. Not really anything that significant but it goes with the idea of the Great Ghoul Duel being at the Magic Cat Academy
44:33 I think the pumpkins may have an ability to retract their limbs or something along those lines, I don’t really have anything to support that but, it makes the most sense lol
It’s extremely fascinating how many theories can get crafted out of all these little things. Just a single sentence can string together a crazy amount of threads. I’m hoping the next interactive doodle can give us some more to chew on.
For the pangolin love segment, I'm holding out hope The pangolin we see on the beach isn't the same color as either of the two in Pangolin love. The color is moreso somewhere in between, like a mix of the two colors
I'd be surprised if the Santa tracker was updated to have momo references I imagined they'd have their own universes with one for Christmas and another for the rest of the year
If Momo specified that they had animal and vegetable friends, that could mean that vegetable and animals dont normally act like humans, possibly meaning that they were "humanified" by magic and the humans are used to this
You freaking out over chickens being both sentient and food is funny to me because like. Chickens will eat chicken if they get it. If they break their own unfertalized eggs, they'll eat the yolk. It's really not that weird.
I think when the great ghoul was once Cats VS Ghosts teams. Momo was the Cat referee, and they made the spider as the ghost referee. They look similar because they had the same purpose, but when they changed it to be ghosts against ghosts, they got rid of momo, so now we just have a momo looking spider.
My theory for the animals is there’s two types of animals. The anthro animals like Momo and Froggy are, like, evolved version of those animals, while the animals that get eaten, or are less sentient are unevolved-or maybe they just have a common ancestor, so it isn’t as weird as it might seem
One thing I noticed while watching this summary was that the chocolate bar section of the Candy Cup game has ghosts that act as obstacles. I point this out because they have a similar design and angry expression to the ones in the Magic Cat Academy games. It doesn't have much significance besides cementing the Candy Cup to occur before Magic Cat Academy, but it still bears mentioning.
To be honest, I just assumed that the golden retriever student was the blue witch's familiar like Momo would is to the yellow witch, and they use magic they learned (likely from the school or their respective witch) to transform between student and familiar/pet like magical girls or something.
Nice that I'm seeing this just after I watched the first! :D Anyways, I wanna say something about how I believe the aftermath of the Candy Cup and the ghosts are related. As you said, only three of the four ghosts on the green team seem to have corresponding traits to the four witches of the Candy Cup, Jade having a book out and reading it while waiting on the loading screen seems to be an ode to Green, Sage having iconic glasses or shades that stand out similar to how Blue has iconic star shaped glasses, and olive being a cat ghost is basically referencing Yellow's obsession with cats. However, Red is much more like Plum from the purple ghost team in demeanor rather than Kelly. So, when thinking about this, I was thinking that red, as shown when we see that yellow has won the Candy Cup and is with the trophy while the other three witches are in the bottom right corner, was not happy with the results, seemingly angry with the fact that Yellow won. So, going off from the last video, if Green really did start gathering manuscripts and was on her way to build the Magic Cat academy, then I think the the other two witches helped her but not red since she hadn't won and may have partly blamed the other two as the reason of her loss or thought of the other three as in the wrong and that she should've won. So she was basically not on their side at that point in time but I like to believe that eventually her tenderheartedness came through so she came to terms with it, set aside her pride, and helped the other witches out, even if she was a little late in helping out. Now how does this relate to the ghosts and their attributes to the witches? Well, as we can see, there are ghosts present on the scene where the Candy Cup takes place. So, most likely back when the Candy Cup had just finished, either the ghosts we see now in the Great Ghoul Duel were the ghosts who tried to cause mischief on the scene for the witches or they knew the ghosts who did that and those ghosts told them about the witches and their competition, so then, some way some how, they started to admire the witches for who they were ig. Fast forward to the GGD and since it is thought that ghosts are able to take just about whatever form they wish, I guess that they kind of adapted the traits of the witches since the witches are overall generic in style but I guess that would slightly explain Olive's form as a cat as a cat is seen with Yellow and is kind of an attribute that sets or puts some emphasis on her in a way. SO, if they are basically trying to be like their idols or those witches they admire, it would also explain plum being on a different team than the other three since the Red witch I believe had some kind of rebellion/thing against the other three after the tournament for a bit but it would explain why Plum is seen with Jade since if Plum wants to be like the red witch then it's very possible they also are a bit tenderhearted at heart and have a tendency to cave in at times or smth. Also, is it unrealistic to think that most or all of the ghosts at least know each other, if not are friends? It would kind of explain why the GGD is a yearly thing but it necessarily doesn't have to be that way. For all we know the ghosts may have not known each other until the GGD and ig bonded over it. Plus, since the ghosts seem to keep appearing and Causing mischief around Halloween, do you thing there's some kind of like "ghost fever" or some kind of spirit in the air that just makes ghosts more prone to causing mischief during that time? If so, that may explain why the GGD came to be, as you said, so that Momo can keep the ghosts under control and prevent them from destroying stuff and causing possibly severe damage during that specific time, or just all year round in general. One more thing I would like to add is, even though this is from the last video, I think the reason why instead of the lightning spell there's a kind of swirl spell that does a similar effect is that if Momo did use such a spell in the ocean that would basically cause a lot of damage to just about everything in the vicinity including herself and the sea life so I think that was opted out bc it wouldn't makes sense to have a spell that could possibly get out of control and cause harm to the caster themselves so yeah. I honestly didn't mean for this to be this long, can't believe I even wrote that much... ,:'D...
Another great video! I don’t believe I commented on the previous one, but when I first saw it I was so excited to watch it because of the unique concept that I’d also thought of a bit myself, and now It’s like the exact same feeling.
A detail you missed when Momo and Lucky are looking down in the celebrating pani puri, instead of getting mad when you have a lower amount of time, they seem to get stressed and are sweating.
i find it funny how momo being a black cat (supposedly unlucky) and lucky being a calico cat (supposedly lucky as you said) meet and become good friends (or girlfriends, whichever) lol
11:20 Look, ma! I'm famous!! These videos about the Google Doodle lore have been a blast to watch! Idk if there will be a part 3, but I can't wait to see what you have in store!
Theory: Everything started when a bunch of people teleported to the google doodle lands and four of this people were teenagers who desided to learn magic. At 2015 was the candy cup after witch green, blue and yellow witches became close friends and together created a magic academy. Also I think the red witch is the bad guy who made the gnosts attack the magic academy, cause she was jealous. Honestly I think that four witches will comeback in next doodles. I loved the video, it has super much effort and I hope that you will make more videos about google doodle lore.
I over hear in art about an art contest for the google logo and I participated, I was watching this video while drawing and ended up drawing all the important google doodle characters together on the logo
Imagine some uninitiated junior dev working on the ghoul duel... "Hey, can we have Momo the cat as the referee??" Senior dev: "Nah, it doesn't fit into the lore." Junior dev: "The WHAT???"
Thank you so much for bringing the fact that google doodles EXIST into my life my school is very strict so they are the only games we can really play, I love looking for the secrets like froggy and the creature from the Valentine’s Day thing and I’m so close to seeing Momo in Champion Islands for my first playrhrough
Theory idea : If The Golden Retriever is actually The Blue Witch's dog, then the book might have been passed to her dog-The Golden Retriever put it into the library since as shown in the games, that The Golden Retriever doesn't seem to use magic I'm not sure if this is true, but it could be a possibility Love your video's ❤
!! this was so good!!!!! the people of the doodleverse do like their organised sports, don't they? i think that the ggd would gather many in-universe fans pretty quickly, so merch exisiting makes a bunch of sense! I'm not too sure about the museum being dedicated to the ggd, because of the dinosaur skeleton, but the fact that they've decorated the place so spectacularly is quite indicative of the in-universe response to the game! thank you for taking the time to make these videos
Something I'd like to say is that in the new valentines doodle, when you mix together Argon and Flouride, you get a nice image of a pet shop. However, in the top right corner, you can see a cat who looks remarkably like Momo. This may mean nothing, but I like to think Momo was just hanging out in there in her cat form. Maybe the Yellow Witch took her to get a checkup or something? I dunno, but it might be a completley outlandish theory.
4-th wall breaks, realizes she's in a game, name starts with an m. Sounds like another game character, Monica. They're definitely in no way related just throwing this out there
In the Champion Island credits when you finish everything, there is one thing! In the background you can see a sort of mountain with a half circle taken out of it.. with a smiley face!! Reminds me of the volcano boss from magic cat academy 2 huh?
I LOVE this simply because of nostalgia and quality. It is THE best thing I could've asked for and I'm glad that I got to see this while it's still fresh
if momo is in fact a shapeshifter, a possible explanation for it is that shes the yellow witch’s familiar. in classical and modern witch mythologies familliars are spirits that take the form of animals to assist witches - the three forms we see her are both animals, so itd track. itd also put a nice thematic bow on her running the ggd and befriending jinx, because shes also a kind of ghost.
Your logic that the pangolin game couldn't take place after Champion Island because of the arcade machine is sound, but there's another instance of a video-game in there leads to an interesting train of thought. Yes, that's right, ladies and gentlemen, I'm referring to the fact that THESE GAMES HAPPEN AS THEY'RE PLAYED. If Momo is to be trusted, that she really is ACTIVELY playing Champion Island AS IT HAPPENS, Pangolin Love could be even more involved than we ever dreamed of. My theory is that it actually DOES take place in the future, and the reason it's not happening yet is because nobody's PLAYING IT YET. Picture this... The pink pangolin and purple pangolin (who I'll now call "Pink" and "Purple" for simplicity's sake) are already a couple in the Philippines. But tragically, Pink is called away to Champion Island for some unknown reason. Pink and Purple miss each other, and Pink wonders if Purple has forgotten. Pink's also not allowed to leave. But today he's been told by some random friend that he'll get a very special letter later on, and is very excited for it. Who's that "special someone" he's waiting for? THE ONE DELIVERING THE LETTER. And WHO'S delivering the letter? OLIVE THE OTTER!! She delivers the message that he's free to go, and is transported to the place which has the secret entrance to the island, Ghana. Champion Island is a strange, mystical place, so whether it's actually close to Ghana probably doesn't matter. Pink actually starts to like it in Ghana, and considers it better than the Philippines, when... a message arrives. It's from Purple! Purple had gotten wind of Pink's release, and now obviously wants to get back together! So, Pink makes the journey, and like anyone who hasn't seen their loved one in that long, wants to have something to show for it. So, along the way, Pink learns all these skills, but at the end of the day, they're just happy to see each other again. Pink then invites Purple to move to Ghana, where they live happily ever after. I rest my case.
I think the maps where the great ghoul duel take Place are just a series of rooms designed to look like museums and corn mazes. Kinda like a laser tag arena!
A small theory: since the pangolins in pangolin love are pink and purplish, maybe the pangolin seen on champion island, which is maroon, could possibly be their child?
31:10 I think I should probably point out that there is another cat on the island, the one in the noodle shop that you have to get ready for training (at least I'm 90% sure it's a cat)
Just an interesting thing I noticed: the four colors in googles logo are red blue green and yellow, just like the four witches, HOWEVER also like the four champion island guardians you can choose which team to be a part of, it’s kind of like the whole witch competition all over again where players join a team and decide which one will win
ive said it before but i'll say it again. thank you so so much for doing this and putting something thats been living like scattered marbles rent free in my head into a tangebal format. have a good one!
It actually makes sense for the witches to be ghosts since all the hats are worn out. Although that doesn't tie in much with us seeing the arcades with the game on the island, maybe those aren't particularly canon? Or actually could be that the ghosts are kind of avatars of the witches, it also ties in nicely with there being merch since the witches were competing last time, and this could just a game as well. Maybe Monica, I mean Momo used her 4-th wall breaking magic to make this a game.
I have a theory that maybe Calvin is the same cat from the scrapped GGD concept Since they both are tabby cats.Also It would make sense Since Calvin knows Momo.Another theory is that Red the witch was the one who caused The Magic cat academy Ghost Intruders.Since that out of all the Witches Red Is the one who seems the least connected with her other witches.Since she lost the competition.and Blue and greens collaborations with Yellow.Red Used her spells to cause the Ghosts summoning.Since the ghost seem to not have any Magic power all their own.But hey that’s just a theory.
Here’s something I noticed which is that the crow atop the Lucky scarecrow eyes’s seem to be squinted with joy which we can also connect to the fact that at the end of Champion Island we see Momo and Lucky quickly become friends and possibly even be dating in the milk tea game. So that joy while sitting atop the scarecrow could be because she’s happy to be able to see her friend/ possible girlfriend even if it’s just a scarecrow
Kind of funny how calico cats are considered lucky, because Momo is a black cat and those are typically seen as bad luck. It could be a coincidence, but I think that Momo's design might have had some influence on Lucky's. More evidence for this is the fact that the cats appear to be friends (or possibly lovers) in the Celebrating Bubble Tea doodle. Maybe it could say something about their relationship dynamic, like a "night and day" or "opposites attract" sort of trope.
I DON'T SHIPP THEM! ANYONE CAN SHARE A BUBBLE TEA IF YOUR FRIEND DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO PAY FOR IT! If you are shipping them, so prove me they're dating
@@antonioaguiar81 Yk the only reason why shipping exists is when a relationship is NOT cannon. It doesn't need to be cannon for you to ship it. Also, what exactly is wrong with shipping them? They aren't related, their likely around the same age, and they don't have a weird or toxic dynamic. It's fine if you DON'T ship them, just let other people have their own little headcannons about characters and mind your own business.
@@whipped_cream5101 Ok, but shipps are into the original games. I'm creating a RPG. In the RPG a male shopkeeper will fall in love with a mermaid shopkeeper. It's cannon. It's ok to follow a LGBT style. The problem is when LGBTs attacks the straights as they were wrong in date with people of a different gender
@@whipped_cream5101 The problem here is this people are forcing everyone to follow they headcannon. They are so obsessed with they headcannon that they are mean with the guys that doesn't agree with they headcannon
About the whirlpool in a ship thing… That is 100% possible irl,you just gotta make the walls of the pool water entrance thing higher then the water displacement or something,not to mention that sometimes in deep sea construction work small pods will be put near the sea floor that also have similar sea entrances,sustained built pressurized air keeping the water from flowing up into the cabin,although having a whirlpool in it might do something bad idk
"this is obviously pronounced as GIF" i can't believe it's 2024 and we're still having the Jiff debate lmao, but jokes aside i really like your Google Doodle lore videos
Honestly i thought i was the only one who cared about google doodles. I knew there was a connection to magical academy and champion island since i play the games when i'm bored but i wasn't aware of all of the other lore? i didn't even know there was lore 😭
I have a feeling Momo and Lucky do use magic to jump between the two dimensions: The Doodle-verse, and the Human Realm, however, the Doodle-verse has adopted some things from the Human Realm, such as Appalachian Trail. I also theorized that the Pangolins are native to the Human Realm, but have learned to do human-like things (e.g. being bipedal, talking) from the animals in the Doodle-verse, with the evidence to the characters from the Doodle-verse that they're in a game being visible to them, however, not to those native to the Human Realm. I dunno man. It just seems plausible to me.
I have a little theory that could be a little bit of a stretch, but maybe the books from the Magic Cat Academy Anthology: The Adventures of Momo could have little magic tips at the ends like *cough cough* teleporting. Seeing as Lucky must be a pretty big fan of Magic Cat Academy, she probably read the whole series and got a magic tip at the end of one of the books.
50:16 "Can you think of another character that has some practically bright, shaped, colored glasses? Me: Wade from elemental! 50:18 That's right the witch Me: . . . I suppose my mind was elsewhere that time. . . oops
Just want to say sorry for my comment that made it in (I was the one who missed spelled doodle) I was just mad how popularizing some things lead to more mad fans and I was mad at the fans who were mad. It was silly I know I liked the doodle. Was just frustrated I saw everyone hating on it.
I think that the hats that Jinx wears are awards given to him after playing in the Great Ghoul Duel, but that doesn't really make sense because he has an entire outfit to go with them. Maybe he just bought other clothing items to go with them?
32:41 Maybe, the pangolin love game was created by the pangolin, expressing his thoughts that the greatest love is you and your partner, but sadly, something happened to his partner (the purple or blue pangolin) and when he found the otter, he felt as if that love would sprout again
whats off abt championship island is that every single cat in the game like fluffy from the arrow shop and daichi from the noodle shop are completely forgotten in the end
A great video! I was thinking about a theory when you mentioned the Green Team ghosts and Plum being a lot like the witches from the Candy Cup. My theory is that if the ghosts were related to the Witches in one way (which isn't very likely), the Green, Blue, and Yellow Witches don't necessarily care about winning. The Red Witch, the only real competitive witch, is the only witch on the purple team, due to wanting to win against the others.
I think there’s a really interesting connection not talked about. On the museum map of. The candy cup candy shows up in the same glass case type thing as the book furthering the idea that the witch’s are definitely intertwined into the game
56:05 reminds me of how me and one of my friends would always play champion island and magic cat academy at lunch and talk about the lore and strategy and stuff
hot take on the whirlpool, it literally has green and purple swirling around in it like the ghoul duel games, don't think that's an accident. it could mean that, if it functions as a portal, it leads to the universe where momo lives and that universe is the same one as the great ghoul duel, thus proving that those games don't only take place in a different universe than lucky's, but that the ggd and the mca games are indeed canonical to each other.
There might actually be 5 cats in total around the champion island. The fifth is the lazy animal (who I think is a cat?) in the noodle bar that gives you two fetch quests.
