What The Glitch ACTUALLY MEANS! - A Learning with Pibby Discussion and Theory! 

Its also interesting that anyone affected by the glitch is smiling uncontrollably. It happens to Fred Flintstone when he gets swallowed and Bun Bun when he is revealed at the end like they are being forced into this new role whether they like it or not

I think that the glitch is representing corporate greed it consumes all corrupts all of the shows but keeps them somewhat recognizable but fundamentally different

I have a interesting theory What if this series is essentially a metaphor for how little we realize the role of side characters in all our favorite shows have within them. We’re so focused on whatever the main characters are doing that all the side characters just pass our eye. Sometimes, we don’t even notice their appearance. They are just there This show may be a metaphor for how great their position in a show is. The main characters have captured our attention for so long that it requires those same characters becoming evil and corrupted for us to fully understand the truth about them. Even the side characters themselves don’t believe they can do it at first, because we never gave them a chance to

This is interesting, I hope the glitch has an non cliche explanation other than rule of cool, and also that the show is an actual crossover. It seemed really ambitious from the trailer, I don't know if they can get all those rights. Although if the characters are able to interact because they belong to the same pack, then they should still be able to crossover if they belong to the same service. As a random thought, since Pibby seems to be the only character who is able to visit other shows, what if the darkness doesn't actually want to kill her and is only trying to scare her away so she runs to another show, allowing the glitch to follow her and consume her. It would be interesting if she realized that every time she runs she is dooming another universe.

I personally think the glitch represents corporatism and how tv networks turn good, passionate shows and turn them into cash cows. You can see this with how all the infected characters are smiling, as the networks rip away all personality and just replace it with mind-numbing "happiness" in order to win the appeal of as large an audience as possible.

Let's pay attention to the characters that are corrupted for a bit. The vast majority of these characters are from shows that ended. It doesn't matter if it is from CN, Nick, Disney, or whatever. If a show ends, they are BOUND to become corrupted. Could Pibby and the gang also work to protect the shows that haven't ended yet?

I think it means an end to the show, that the glitch has to remove all characters before a new show takes its place, once all the characters are corrupted the world can be reset

8:03 Did anyone else notice Ben 10’s Omnitrix at the bottom, Friday Night Funkin mod creators, get to it.

I believe that the glitch represents many things: 1) Growing up as cartoons are meant to be our escape from reality as children, but as we grow up reality bleeds in and destroys our fantasy worlds. 2) Corporations trying to survive by destroying and twisting their franchises into something terrible 3) The internet making jokes and twisting children shows into horrible parodies. but I'll add your theory to the collection.

I think Rob from Amazing World of Gumball may actually be the key to stopping this thing He is an expert on all things that have to do with the cartoon reality, but there’s the biggest thing He’s already corrupted so there is a high possibility that he is *IMMUNE* to the glitch

I've been hooked on this since the adult swim April Fools tie ins and didn't know how deep this lore went. Here I was waiting for a film/game theory on this but you, sir, knocked out of the park one of the most interesting theories I think I'll ever hear. . . And thus, you've earned yourself a subscriber

I feel like I know how this show ends. Pibby sacrificing herself to stop the glitch. Pulling a why nobody remembers her show creepypasta. Also pibby having her eye taken and her fighting fate(if your theory is correct) is very reminiscent of odin in norse myth.

This have the potential to be the best creepy pasta show that ever existed

Even SpongeBob isn't going to make it out of this I swear if they're able to get all the original creators and voices to participate in this show THIS IS GOING TO BE A LEGEND

Imagine being in the Pibby universe and just starting your day like every other time (aka the theme song/ sequence) and just getting swallowed by a rainbow black void like Fred Flinstone did. That’s some real terrifying stuff.

Yeah…as much as I wanna believe this is gonna be full on epic…but yeah…I have a good feeling this show could go meta in the end…and I may be okay with that.

"Did I go full Game Theory by predicting a series before it even comes out?" YES.

Pibby looks so badass. I really love concept of it, how the cartoon universe is threaten by a black glitchy-distorted monster that consumes all in its path and turns cartoon favorites into distorted drones. This has so much potential and looks to be an amazing show, let’s hope it happens!! 😁👍💙

The thing that's "HALLIROUS' is that you can see the glitched sun and normal moon bout to brawl when they all of them charge into battle with each other 2:09

7:20 from here til the end of this whole section gave me chills

In my opinion, the Glitch is an example of tv channel overlords. When a show is created, and has run a certain amount of times, they toss it aside and treat it as if it hardly existed, with only parts of it showing what it once was. I wouldn't be surprised if this is what the show is portraying, and I'd be excited to see how it turns out. Edit: Matpat should get on this so we can see his theory on what the glitch/virus is.

Pibby could actually go one step even further, and darker. The characters wont just be reborn into streaming, they cant. But they can get reboted to be able to. With streaming, binging is now possible, and shows are being made with that in mind. The 1 tiny mystery every episode of scooby doo just wont cut it on streaming. Instead, it could be changed to have big mysteries that last an entire season. But because these are new shows, the old ones have to die. The glitch makes shows worthy of streaming but can no longer exist on tv. Pibby will either die or just live on as the glitch stuck for all eterinty, while a new Pibby takes her place on streaming.

I got an ad right after his creepy laugh at 2:32

Hearing the Drop Dead theme in the background is a pleasant surprise. Have been thinking about that game lately.

You know...im going to be honest. This show concept terrified me. I had a event happen to me as a kid that this show reawakened some deep fears. And, everyone was talking about it, which made it EXTREMELY hard to even glance at RU-vid or Twitter without seeing it. So I took a chance with this video. Not only is it a decent theory, but its also a solid one. I miss watching cable television some days

It's possible the glitch could represent something I like to call "content decay", which is when a form of art slowly but surely begins getting less accessible and thrown into obscurity. Like how a lot of old 70's and 80's anime ends up becoming lost footage or how video games start becoming harder to come across thanks to only being available on an old console that's too expensive to buy on the modern market.

It’s kinda sad because these shows have made childhoods and parents with kids are not gonna understand the shows we used to watch and could never see the best of our old generations.😔

OK, your theory just makes sense. I think that thing of the cable TV is nostalgic, and, in our memories with the time, it will be erased, and as the LAST person to remember Adventure Time, Spongebob, etc. forget the series, the series will not die...

Adult Swim is now becoming more creatively dark to make the best darkest trailer ever. I love it. I hope they'll make a powerful series to know what really happened. Pibby is so damn cute, too.

Theory: Every show you see is dead, cancelled, forgotten, and the likes of. The Glitch is an entity that could represent either: Executives in the "Real World", a metaphor of pulling off shows from channels, and/or a 4th Wall Break that will be hinted at. That's my thoughts. But there's more than meets the eye...

I had a nightmare I was consumed by a black void with sparks of light in it once and seeing Pippy reopened that wound, I want more.

the ending almost made me cry this show is about to be crazy

Interesstingly, I have two theorys on my own, about that glitch thing, and what it represents. The first one, is actuall the complete opposit, of your explanation. That Pibby and all the other shows, are already on streaming platforms, and the glitch represents the power of the old ways/versions. It is a manifestation, of the kable and co. channels, that try despairtly to cling on the new versions, in order to stay alive. Like an rebelion, against the inevitable Evolution, that is happening in the media. That's why all the characters faces are frozen in a weird smile, since back in the old days, many of these Shows did bring us laughter and childish joy, and were mostly carefree and had an overall happy theme. The glitch tries to go back in that time, by freezing the laughing/smiling faces, of the characters, so that it will never be over, and lasting forever, ensuring its survival. The second theory is, that the glitch represents all the scrapped shows, that never made it to the actuall board. All the abonded Shows, that are only known f.e. through pilot episodes, trailers, teasers or not at all, since they were not popular enough. And lets be honest, especially in the case of cartoon Network, there would be quite an amount of them. And now they're taking their revenge, by glitching into the more popular/new shows, to make the ones they think are responsible, suffer like they did.

*holds up Pibby* This blue bean can hold so much trauma!

Also with the death of cable being the point of the synbolisn, the fact that it's only including ended/cancelled shows makes perfect sense. Cable isn't dead quite YET so the still ongoing shows are safe. But they won't be for long when they inevetably end.

I think the glitch means that it is time for them to go, so if you think about it all of the tv shows corrupted are shows that stopped making more episodes other than holiday episodes. Adventure time, Gumball, Steven universe, and ect are done making more episodes.

I believe the "Glitch" to either be a... Decayed represantation of us, of our Nostalgia, trying it's hardest to preserve what it has loved, only to unknowingly corrupt what it had been trying to save. However, another notion to consider is what the "Glitch" seems to be, as of yet, it seems to be some sort of sentient "Datamosh," which is basically a corrupted part of an image or video, if compared to real life, it could be similar to that of "False Vacuum Decay," a theoretical situation where it corrupts a spreading portion of reality itself in a cascade. In a way, both are the same, to the Cartoons, "DataMosh" is their reality being stored wrong or damaged, whereas "False Vacuum Decay" is the same thing, in which a "Higgs Field" suddenly leaves it's state of "False Vacuum," causing it to trigger other "Higgs Fields" in a destructive cascade of energy, this cascade is what "False Vacuum Decay" is, however, due to what "Higgs Fields" do, Physics within the space that was consumed by the False Deca would change, corrupting reality.

I think it’s a representation of the original versions of all these classic cartoons no longer existing, either by being unceremoniously cancelled or being molded into a stupid reboot

Fun fact: My grandparents on my father’s side actually still watch cable TV.

i believe the glitch is targeting shows that have been cancelled, aired their finale, or is coming to an end

The symbolism is outstanding. I truely hope this becomes a full series.

very interesting theory you got there Finn, but we'll have to see if whenever pibby gets picked up for an series or not

That theory is so cool!! And that idea of the ending brought CHILLS down my spine.. With just someone holding a remote.. and turning it off-- just WAH--- (also more random question, what version of Lavender Town was playing in the background during one of those segments? :3)

*To be honest, the fact that Spongebob is affiliated with this is the only thing out of the ordinary. Some of the shows that are now on Boomerang were originally on Cartoon Network, so the characters from those shows being in this make sense.*

I remember in Rob's statement, after Tina bashed him into the ground, he was talking about that they needed to evolve to escape the void/glitch. Notice how Rob is glitched out in some parts and doesn't look like how he does in S:1, this gives us a clue that the glitch started in TAWG, but it manifested into classics like Adventure Time, Scooby Doo, Flintstones, Regular Show, etc. Because those shows got a crappy reboot like Teen Titans to Teen Titans Go, or got canceled/ finished like Regular Show: The movie, Adventure Time, or Gumball. But if you remember watching Regular Show, they always end up saving the world due to something normal and harmless, did they cause a accident with the glitch/void from Gumball and made it travel across NETWORK shows

Ok I had a stupid idea for lore of the show but like What if re-runs of episode or shows were like time traveling in a way Still being able to save some characters, but they would be the exact same as they would have no idea what will be coming for them

the "wtf is that" at 1:59 got me laughing so hard

What remix of lavender town is this playing in the background at 4:32 ?. I just want to know.

Woah my gosh. Whether the horrors of this program have gotten better or worse with this theory, the world will definitely be changed by it.

Personally I think the creators or writers will just ruin the whole thing by making the glitch us or rather the fandom of all these shows. Something about corrupting our consuming shows, nostalgia, wanting more idk but I really hope they dont. I just want it to be a mysterious evil entity. It doesn't need to symbolize anything. It can just be an evil glob of glitches.

4:50 this did not age well considering Netflix

just that introduction of the main 3 characters is an automatic like from me but that whole theory of these characters never being able to meet each other again and being trapped in their own worlds is honestly both scary and heartbreaking

What I think about the “Glitch” is that it’s about shows that have already ended and the void trying to get their souls out of the network. But the fans still want to bring them back. The cartoons have power and try to get out of the void to capture more cartoons that have discontinued. Since “Learning with Pibby” ended, the glitch try to capture Pibby and her pals. Thats my opinion, so yeah.

so we not gonna talk about how velma got ban hammered by off brand robin 1:41

Imagine if after the glitch affects Cartoon Network, it affects Warner bros, the Disney, then Viacom, then other forms of media (RU-vid, movies, TV Shows, video games, music)… AND THEN US NEXT…

It's actually true tv cartoons are starting to go and it's a bit sad since we got so attached to them that watching them go felt like your entire like flashed before your eyes

I like this theory a lot more than the standard Corporate Greed architype that things like this are associated with. It's why I also liked Gumbal's Void theory. Rather than it being a benevolent evil exploiting and reshaping the characters into shitty remakes and things like that, this is an erasure of a past tradition that we may never see the same way again as Icons get abducted and taken off the air forever, and get separated into their own isolated bubble, frozen in time for the rest of eternity as Pibby tells a story about how change is inevitable, and we can't always escape it, but we can make the most of it and continue on with out lives, fighting for both what we believe in and the friends we make along the way as the story may inevitably come to an end, it's our choice to decide how we get to it. Do we accept fate early on and give up? Do we try to run from it? Or do we fight it head on? And that's a choice everyone has to make.

Shoot man, A deep theory that makes sense, AND A VEGGIETALES REFERENCE! I'm sold!

Tragic. I love the cartoons but they were alive butval good things must come to an end. Spongebob, peppa pig, the flintstones, steven universe, adventure time and gumball were beautiful shows. (Dont be sad its gone be happy it existed)

Since we're all sharing our theories on the Glitch, I may as well share mine. It may sound farfetched to some, but there is at least some possibility to it. I believe the Glitch is a corrupted form of a prototype version of Pibby. How and why do I think this? Well, this is mainly based on an earlier version of this theory of mine, that theory being the Glitch was the main character of a show that was about to be pitched, however the original pilot got corrupted beyond repair, forcing the show to be dropped. Now the reason why I think it's a prototype of Pibby, or at the very least the protagonist of a kid's show, is because everyone that's been infected by it has a big smile on their faces, leaving me to believe the Static's show was supposed to teach kids happiness and how to spread positivity, with the assimilation it's doing being a much more corrupted and twisted version of its message. Now, why would it be doing this? Well going back to the corrupted pilot real quick, the Static saw all of these other more successful shows which caused it to grow envious because they managed to go off without the same hitch that caused the glitch's show to be cancelled. All of that hatred grew into the idea of ensuring that there was only one show in existence, THE GLITCH'S show, and once that happens, everyone from kids to adults will be forced to watch its show whether they like it or not. And it will soon attain the fame and recognition that it believes is rightfully theirs. And if people don't like it, well... then they'd better be prepared to see the shows they used to know and love get cancelled right in front of their eyes. So yeah, that's my theory, what do you guys think?

Wow that was dark, but I don't think streaming are the end of cartoon time schedules because think of the services as a time machine it allows you see all your favorite cartoons either from the past or the future. Not to mention cartoon schedules will still be a thing no matter where you go because you still have to wait for the creators to make the new episode.

it would be coll if the glitch is like a demonic entetity from hell that somehow slipped an angels radar and is targeting all of these different universes explaining why any characters are confused and scared having to fae off within actual demon would be terryfing

I like how the moon is eying the sun and glitch itself like,"YOU BETTER WATCH OUT, CUZ I'M GONNA COME DOWN THERE AND CLAP THEM CHEEKS BOI",.

Seeing TV stuff come to an end is pretty heartbreaking. The last time I got to see a lot of my friends togther in one place consistantly, was when Samurai Jack was rebooted for that last season. We made a small party out of it, meeting up beforehand with food and drinks and hanging out, something there just isn't as much time to do nowadays.

That brought some conflicting feelings. Very well done. Very well thought out. Change is inevitable, for good and ill.

Well, there's also the fact that (most) of the characters found here are from ended shows, aside from a couple like Craig. I believe the Darkness resembles the ending of a show, rather than cable TV in its entirety.

1:51 WELL THAT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD 🤣. Also........are you matpats long lost brother?

My Theory: The corruption isn't a being, with a mind of it's own. It is a force of nature, consuming the old to make way for the new. The only shows it seems to target are ones that have "died" or are no longer airing. Pibby's show must've just reached the end of it's run time, so everything in it was assimilated. And anything it misses, it will chase to the end of time until it catches them.

Many of the shows seems like shows that are either older or ended at some point.

This was amazing and it does teach a lesson on how we should move on to this new era of streaming and tv

The corruption looks to be some kind of living, liquid like creature. Using the different worlds as a food source and eventually escaping into our world to do the same. Like GlitchTrap in the FNAF franchise

I’m curious if the glitch is a force that corrupts the characters like the virus of a zombie infection or if it’s an entity that doesn’t see the cartoon characters as people but as toys or puppets something that they can use for fun like Bill Cipher

Kinda depressing, ain’t it? If you’re right, this may mean tv isn’t going to be as easy to watch anymore…

That’ll be sad honestly, already aware that nothing could be done about it, but the nostalgic thoughts will always reoccur.

That ending made me a little sad😞 Btw, we're all gonna owe him a thousand dollars if he's right

5:11 “This isn’t just some rumor” *shows the rumor weed from Larry Boy* Sir, you have my respects

Oh my god I was talking about this a couple of days ago. I totally agree with this statement. You rock man!

I think the glitch is representing the shows ending and slowly dying. Every character in that’s corrupted has been around for years. It kinda shows that they’re slowly being forgotten.

Bro...the ending quote of this video was so deep, not gonna lie.

Maybe the defeat the glitch but it’s death destroys the whole tv block of cn but pibby vents all the other characters into streaming services they all wake up in their specific shows and pibby accepts that they needed to change and with bun bun saved and the cartoon multiverse affectively preserved she officially is considered the most badass cartoon characters in the multiverse

That ending would make alot of sence... Shows going off the air for good and going to a streaming service losing all memory of what happened it makes so much sence

i love this show so much its just the best creepypasta to be made the show representing the Death of Cable tv and the Curruption representing the fact that all these characters will be turned into Digital Versions of themselves to be put on internet Streaming Services Its absolutely fantastic that is happening

We are the darkness that hides in you and the darkness you wish to keep inside we are not the villains here we are saving you in our way we are what you deny and choose to forget us but you can’t hide from us for long Iff we can’t harm you we will harm the things you love and slowly show you what we are here for

Almost all side characters from the cartoons survive. Love to see them in the spotlight.

You make a pretty good point about the glitch. However, I have my own personal theory which could also be true : Somewhere in another universe, there's a Mickey mouse that is head of Disney. That same Mickey could have possibly created and sent the glitch to run cartoon network into the ground and beat the competition, which in this case is Warner Bros. (I know It sounds kinda far out but trust me, it makes at least a bit of sense, right?)

i like to think the cartoons that havent converted see them as monsters/shells of their former selves because they aren't used to change but once they get "corrupted" their world is flip-flopped and they view the ones that werent "corrupted" as the ones that are actually corrupted so they try to revert them back by attacking

Has anyone noticed this? Notice that the only shows corrupted, are the ones that have ended, example: Flintstones, The Amazing World Of Gumball, Adventure Time, and so forth. And now, its going after the ones (or at least I think) that are still being aired on TV, that being Learning with Pibby, and the other shows (I don't know the names, but the other main characters shows) with both Alloy Boy & Melira escaping the unknown force and meeting Pibby

I hope it explores the concept of each episode of every series is actually a different universe/continuity meaning that the main cast have been doing this for an eternity and that there is literally no ending because of that. EDIT: Can't wait for Uncle Grandpa to comeback as like some omnipresent being.

I have a few theories about what the glitch is. One of my favourites is the possibility the glitch is either an incomplete or broken entity trying to absorb everything to fix itself, or an entity absorbing everything to gain knowledge (hell, it could even be one of Pibby's friends we haven't met yet, terrorising the multiverse to do what they were made to do: learn)

I would like to see the Animaniacs in this series. It'd be so cool.

In my opinion; it’s innocence vs something that seeks to destroy it. Because cartoons are something that gives life to us as children, but over time because of us “ maturing “ we lose a sense of innocence and fun. So Pibby and gang fights against the bad side of maturing which is learning what violence is; but using it for good, and etc.

NOT Only Do I wish for this Learning with Pibby to be a full series But They should take this concept and make it a video game series and have it be there version of Kingdom Hearts But with Cartoon Network characters Hannah Barbera characters Nickelodeon characters you name it you know you'd want to play it and they should make it b

Seeing Muriel with a hammer is just hilarious and badass at the same time

8:08 wait… THE GLITCH GOT BEN 10

I have candidates for survivors. Helluva Boss's cast has a good chance of battling and defeating/escaping this thing. Blitz is the gunman, but too headfirst, Moxxie plans everything out, Millie is the protector, Loona is the rusher, and Stolas uses the grimoire to get them out of situations. Asmodeus would be captured due to the sheer size, Verosika dies due to overconfidence, and generic sinners perish in the dust. Oddly enough, a good chance is Mario Mario, due to having two shows. He and Luigi have good chances of living due to having MULTIPLE characters in the Mushroom universe. Strength is teamwork for this show. Now for characters that would be slaughtered mercilessly. Nearly all Disney characters would die due to not being able to keep up with the virus' sheer agility, having a rubberhose-like movement set. Horrid Henry is down for the count due to most if not all characters being children or regular adults. Same goes with Loud House. Thanks for reading this if you got all the way through.

I'm gonna quickly say I loved the way you decided to present this theory.

3:40 My memories are sneaking with my sister to watch stuff. Getting up early in the morning when we spent time at Nana's or staying up late to watch stuff on the computer.

I probably think that the glitch, is actually us, We're the ones cancelling our shows due to tax write-off, running out of episode ideas, the show getting too much dislikes, etc.

I have a theorized ending, it’s like that when Rob tried to save everyone by making them live action. Maybe Pibby can save everyone by converting all their shows to streaming in order to save everyone. It’s like Crisis on Infinite Earths from Dc

2:54 UNIKITTY!