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Get ready to have your mind blown by some of the funniest fan theories the internet has ever dreamed up! Join us as we count down the most hilarious theories about our favorite comedy films. From Kevin McCallister secretly being Jigsaw to Brick Tamland being a time-traveler, these theories will make you question everything you thought you knew!
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00:00You guys give up, or you're thirsty for more?
00:02Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at wonderfully entertaining theories the internet
00:07has cooked up about our favorite film comedies. Minor spoilers to come.
00:11Okay, dude, I can see you don't want to be cheered up here. Come on, Donnie, let's go get us
00:15a land.
00:17Evan and Seth are actually popular kids, super bad. This teen film follows the misadventures
00:22of high school buddies Seth and Evan, who are determined to lose their virginities before
00:26going on to college. This is our last party as high school people. Unfortunately, Seth and Evan are
00:32unpopular, so this is much easier said than done. Or is it? One Reddit theory posits that Seth and Evan
00:38may be more popular than they think. Oh man, dude, this is crazy. She called, she said, I can't wait
00:44for you to get there. For one thing, the teen girls react well to them, with Jacinda throwing herself
00:49on Seth, Becca trying to seduce Evan to take her own virginity, and Seth's crush Jules inviting him
00:54to her party. And most interestingly, the two aren't ever victimized inside the school. A lot of kids
01:00would like to be this level of unpopular. On the upside, I think you look cool with a black eye.
01:06I'm just gonna throw that out there. I don't, I don't know. Well, thank you, smart guy. It's a secret
01:12sequel to Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Election. A black comedy, Election follows U.S. history teacher
01:18Jim McAllister as he tries to sabotage his student Tracy's chances of being student government president.
01:23I was talking to Mr. McAllister about my leg, and how I still want to do something for the school.
01:28So Mr. McAllister asked you to run. Well, um, I talked to him and everything, but he just said
01:34that he thought it would be a good idea. But what if there were more to the story? One fan
01:39claims that
01:39Election is an unofficial sequel to Ferris Bueller's Day Off. According to this theory, the truant
01:44fourth wall breaking Ferris becomes the embittered Jim, distancing himself from his past by changing his
01:49name. Tracy, you're a very intelligent girl. You have a lot of admirable qualities. But one day,
01:57maybe you'll learn that being smart and doing whatever you need to do to get ahead, and yes,
02:02stepping on other people to get there. Well, there's a whole lot more to life than that.
02:07Interestingly enough, director Jason Reitman screened both movies for an audience in 2010,
02:12buttressing this theory. This isn't the only Bueller what if. Another one claims Ferris himself
02:17doesn't exist. Now that is a mind bender. They bought it. It's a superhero origin story.
02:23Ace Ventura Pet Detective. A private detective in Miami, Ace Ventura is known for talking to animals,
02:29escaping sharks, and surviving car crashes. He even catches bullets with his teeth. Not to mention,
02:37of course, the crimes that he solves that the police could not. This begs the question,
02:41is Ventura actually a superhero? One Reddit theory claims just that, with both sequels being Ventura's
02:56superhero origin story. Ventura is clearly only just discovering his powers and doesn't have them
03:01under full control yet. The line between comic shenanigans and superhero powers is a thin one
03:07indeed. Now, where's Nick Fury? Embark on your own superhero origin story by swimming up to watch
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03:22Excuse me, it's break here. Thank you. It's a dodgeball prequel, Heavyweights. This comedy
03:30follows Jerry Garner as he struggles to survive weight loss camp, befriending his fellow campers.
03:34Welcome to the chipmunk bunk, Captain. The best bunk in the entire camp.
03:38Yep, sure it is. You guys aren't gonna call me Captain all summer, are you?
03:44He also has to contend with quirky fitness entrepreneur Tony Perkis Jr.,
03:48replacing the camp's usual activities with a punishing exercise regimen.
03:52What if Perkis, however, went on to become White Goodman from 2004's Dodgeball,
03:56who owns a high-end fitness gym?
03:58Oh, hello. I'm White Goodman, owner, operator, and founder of Globo Gym America Corp.
04:06And I'm here to tell you that you don't have to be stuck with what you got.
04:10Goodman is an antagonist to underdog protagonist Peter LaFleur,
04:13trying to sink his gym under. These two characters are quite alike in lack of dignity.
04:18So this theory is delightfully possible, if not probable.
04:21I don't enjoy this part of the job, but it's vital to the success of the Perkis system
04:27that we remove all temptation from your lives.
04:37Peter Dinklage plays one character, Death at a Funeral.
04:40After the success of the original British comedy,
04:43an American remake was released in 2010, also by the same name.
04:46What side of the family is he on?
04:49Probably a friend of Dad's from work.
04:50In this remake, Peter Dinklage reprises his role as the secret lover to their dead father,
04:55although he is now called Peter instead of Frank.
04:58Very typical for Hollywood remakes, but what if there were an in-universe explanation?
05:02Uh, what did you want to talk about?
05:04Your father and I were very close.
05:07Ah, that's nice. That's nice.
05:09Spent a lot of time together.
05:10Okay, well, you know, Dad was a fun guy.
05:14One theory posits that Dinklage was playing the same con man to two different families,
05:18to Daniel and Jane as Frank from the 2007 film,
05:21and now to the Barnes family as Peter in the 2010 one.
05:25The strong point of this theory is that the American remake did change the character names,
05:29and all the actors except Dinklage.
05:31Either way, it's hilarious.
05:32Fine, but this is on your head.
05:35Rex Kwan Do explains the entire movie.
05:38Napoleon Dynamite.
05:40This cult comedy is a slice of life of its socially awkward protagonist who attends high school.
05:45Can you bring me my chapstick?
05:47No, Napoleon.
05:48But my lips hurt real bad.
05:50Just borrow stuff from the school nurse.
05:52I know she has like five sticks in her drawer.
05:54I'm not gonna use hers, you sicko.
05:56See ya.
06:00Idiot.
06:01Simple, right?
06:01There are many fan theories circulating around this film,
06:04but one fan surmises that the scene with martial arts instructor Rex secretly explains the whole movie.
06:09Rex teaches Dynamite et al. three simple rules.
06:12Have someone watch your back, discipline your image, and learn self-respect.
06:16Now, for only $300, you can sign up right now for my eight-week program.
06:21By the end of the film, the loner Dynamite has Pedro watching his back,
06:26improves his social image by asking Trisha to the dance,
06:29and learns self-respect by doing a dance routine in front of the school.
06:32You could say the film has a Rex Ex Machina.
06:41Brick is a time traveler.
06:43The Anchorman franchise.
06:44A dim weatherman on Ron Burgundy's team, played by Steve Carell,
06:48Brick Tamlin seems like your everyday meteorologist who likes a nice pair of slacks.
06:52I would like to extend to you an invitation to the pants party.
06:57Excuse me?
06:58The party.
07:00The pants with the pants.
07:02Party with pants.
07:04Brick, are you saying that there's a party in your pants and that I'm invited?
07:08That's it.
07:09One Reddit theory posits, however, that there may be more to Brick than meets the eye.
07:13In the first film, Brick explains that a doctor will tell him of his low IQ years from now.
07:18Years later, a doctor will tell me that I have an IQ of 48.
07:23In the sequel, he comes into possession of a ray gun,
07:26and talks nostalgically of that one time 10 years from now.
07:30Is Brick's habit of using the future tense a sign of his quirky lack of smarts,
07:33or is he really a time traveler?
07:35Only time will tell.
07:36I am Brick!
07:38Yes!
07:39I'm alive!
07:40Yes!
07:41The entire movie is set in 8649, Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
07:46This cheerful and endlessly quotable parody of King Arthur mythology may, in fact, be less medieval than you think.
07:51Order, you should be quiet!
07:53Order, I hope you think he is.
07:55I'm your king.
07:56Well, I didn't vote for you.
07:58The title card of the film claims it takes place in 932 AD.
08:02One sharp-eyed Reddit user, however, noticed the number 2 was much smaller than the other numbers, like an exponent.
08:08If that's the case, then this would read as 93 squared, meaning the film actually takes place in 8649 AD.
08:15Who are you?
08:16We are the knights who say...
08:19No, not the knights who say...
08:21All of Monty Python, then, is set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland in the future,
08:25now populated by killer bunnies, black knights, and rude Frenchmen who accuse your father of smelling like elderberries.
08:32Yeah, no, it tracks.
08:33Is there someone else up there we can talk to?
08:36No, now go away or I shall taunt you a second time.
08:40Everyone knows they're in a movie, except Donnie, The Big Lebowski.
08:44This absurdist comedy follows slacker bowler Jeffrey Lebowski, who gets mistaken for another Jeffrey Lebowski.
08:49Let me explain something to you. Um, I am not Mr. Lebowski. You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the dude.
08:56One fun fan theory is that amid all the shenanigans, all the characters know they're in a movie except Donnie.
09:02There is a narrator who directly talks to the protagonist, a film within a film,
09:07and archetypal characters that seemed to have come from entirely different films altogether.
09:11His name is Lebowski? That's your name, dude.
09:13And then there's Donnie, the only character who doesn't seem to conform to an archetype.
09:18And when he asks logical questions a real-life person would ask, is shut down immediately.
09:23Food for thought.
09:24Where you going, dude?
09:25Going home, Donnie.
09:28Phone's ringing, dude.
09:29Thank you, Donnie.
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09:41Are you not entertained?
09:43Kevin McAllister is Jigsaw.
09:45Home alone.
09:46We're laughing already.
09:48When Kevin McAllister is accidentally left behind,
09:50he finds himself quickly beset by two criminals intent on robbing his house.
09:54This is my house. I have to defend it.
09:57So naturally, Kevin calls the police and, just kidding,
10:00instead, he sets up increasingly dangerous and even disturbing traps and tricks
10:04that would easily kill anyone were this not a family comedy.
10:07Dead kid.
10:16Ingenious, creative, but absolutely unhinged.
10:19Jigsaw, is that you?
10:21One theory claims just that,
10:22that Kevin grows up to become the psychopath from the Saw films,
10:26also prone to setting traps.
10:27The line between comic shenanigans and blood-curdling horror?
10:31Well, you get the idea.
10:32Let the game begin.
10:33Which fun fan theory is your favorite?
10:35And do you have any of your own?
10:36Let us know in the comments.
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