A Few Cats are Liquid Theories
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- Опубликовано: 27 июл 2024
- A theory or two (or 25) for Cats are Liquid! Covers both A Better Place and A Light in the Shadows. Includes 25 quick theories, some debunked theories, my own Metaphor Theory, and more!
Cats are Liquid - The Entire Lore (Story Explained)
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Full list of emotions the worlds in ABP and ALITS may represent: (some from Super Kitty Hero)
A Better Place:
World 1S: blank, ready
World 1: happy
World 2: light
World 3: scared/worried
World 4: anxious
World 5: happy
World 6: lost, tracking
World 7: joyful
World 8: confused
World 9: depressed
World 10: hopeful
World 11: determined
World 12: tired
A Light in the Shadows:
World 1: indifferent
World 2: calm
World 3: bored
World 4: interested
World 5: curious
World 6: excited
World 7: scared
World 8: sad
World 9: depressed
0:00 Introduction
0:44 25 Possible Theories
10:27 Names of Cats
10:57 Debunked Theories
13:13 Metaphor Theory
18:56 Conclusion
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The line at the end of ABP: "I just need to smile and everything will be fine", could explain why Lumi's facial expression doesn't change in ALITS when she takes damage.
Solid theory, I wouldn't be surprised if this was intentional
YES
thats right
yeah u can just ask the dev if it right u right
@@guyraanan6383LOL
Honestly, I think the “lumi creates the worlds” is true, cause remember in world 1 (idk the level) it might’ve been in ALitS but remember when she said “too boxy” and the world got rounder and she said “that’s better”? I think it’s true.
Yup, that happens in World 1, and many other times throughout the game. For example, World 4 is confirmed to be created by Red
World 1 Room 3 is when Lumi says too boxy.
If you get the dream theory, CaL lore may be similar to Omori's, like living in a dream where you repress the bad feelings and the truth. An endless dream that keeps looping.
I think that could work. Would definitely help explain The Reset better
I omor?
The Emotion Theory:
All the cats needs to feel different enough emotions in order to get fixed. Lumi however, mostly feels happiness. Other feelings is not strong enough for her to get fixed. Glitches are a warning from the purple cat to make her feel different emotions. Like the companion in both games. But in the first game (ABP) Purple One didn't knew that the Companion only did things worse. In ALitS, she only needed to get out
That theory could be true. Lumi does feel other emotions, like sadness and frustration, mostly caused by the glitches (so it works). Also ALITS is generally agreed to take place after ABP, though you don't have to agree with that
@@SuperPhantomUser There is a typo, I actually meant to say ABP instead of ALitS when I said: "In the first game (ABP)"
This might be true. Getting fixed means moving on, and moving on involves having a feeling strong enough to push the friend's death out of your mind.
The square was probably made before the purple cat lost hope. Because purple was trying to convince her to get out of the loop. Untill purple gave up.
Never thought of it like that, always thought Purple was immune to the "losing hope" thing but never figured that they could have made the Companion before that
Really insightful, thanks!
In the companion pack, Purple still doesn't have a face when you see them in the tenth room of each phase, so it couldn't be this way.
Also, the dev said that the Companion Pack happened right before World 4 in ALITS, and we can find Purple in World 2 Room 3, still without a face.
So that the companion was designed to jump, but purple gave up before the companion can jump.
9:54 I actually think that World 10 represents loneliness, because the rooms are so big that you can't even see the ceiling, the rooms themselves are spacious and don't have a lot of objects, the fact that green was "fixed" and isn't with Lumi anymore... I don't really know how to explain this, but otherwise awesome video
Oh nice interpretation of that, I judged it solely on the style and atmosphere but that could very well be its representation, also glad you liked it!
I don't agree. You can, in fact, see the ceiling most of thee time, and the rooms are so spacious because the ice ability involves moving at high speeds.
No, World 10 represents Blue
Theory:
Purple is someone who suffered a simlar fate, they were so lost in grief they'd simply forgotten everything, and they simply dont know or cannot exit the rooms because of this and they regret not taking the chance because now they want to go back to the real world, everyone had assumed maybe they'd killed themself because of the grief but theyd acutally locked themself in the room, which is why Lumi is suprised to hear they are in the room, i also think purple controls the room and watched Lumi. They sent the companion to convince Lumi to go back to the world and forget so they wouldnt suffer a simlar fate. I also think the glitches are purples because always happen before Lumi accepts something, and the glitches are Purple trying to make Lumi stop and think about the desicion. Purple doesnt want Lumi to get trapper like they did.
Like think the rooms corrupt after a while, and purple was stuck in rooms like ones seen in The Reset, so Lumi and her friends make the other rooms, which is why at one world in ABP is designed to look like the worlds in the Reset and the Companion, Purple was trying to lure Lumi away with that world to protect her from her own grief. Also the companion was meant to make Lumi cry/feel. Crying / feeling would make Lumi subconscious and would make her remember, which would free her from this loop, but she refuses to move on or leave the world in fear that someone else would die or something bad would happen but in these worlds that can't happen, which was why she was staying.
Hmm, interesting. Purple kinda did the opposite of what they were trying to (in this theory), lol. It's said in the game that Lumi made her own world though - how would it have been the same world that Purple was in? Still, the similarities between Lumi and Purple can't be disputed.
The reason Purple is stuck is actually much simpler. In the end of ABP Lumi says that she will create "a place that no-one can escape". Purple knew this was bad for her, followed her in there and got stuck.
Maybe purple is Lumi, but just Lumi in the loop much later or earlier
@@ColorieyGreat theory! I have never heard anything like this before!
I have a theory,
In ABP, it wasn't the cat who was actually there, it was her owner, I think that after the friend died, The owner found a support group who had dealt with losses similarly, and they traveled to a world where death had no Consicunces all taking the form of cat, RGB being generic cats and Lumi being her deceased friends cat ( this would explain the: "I gave you my cat" line in the reset) at the end of ABP after all the friends had recovered from their losses, Lumi wasn't ready to move on so she created another world where death had no Consicunces, But when she got there she was 'The cat' instead of being the owner taking form as the cat ( Hence the: "her owner was acting weird and locked her up in here" ) but in the neon rooms she was 'The owner again' Which is why she never remembered what happened in those neon rooms, At the end she is also 'The owner' again, ( "Why did I lock myself in here?") The owner resets it because they didn't realise how much they liked forgetting about their life ( And living the life of the cat instead) but in the reset, They are still themselves instead of being the cat as they speak to the dead friend ( "It's your fault I'm in here") The purple cat is a reminder to the cat, it symbolizes her problems, Trying to tell her that even if she is someone else, She still can't escape her problems ( " The purple one is still here " ) It's also the reason it wanted to make Lumi cry, to make her realise the rooms aren't good for her, and that she needs to learn to leave and move on.
Just a theory but I thought I'd share it, I'm aware it has many flaws
I like your ideas, they do have some connection to the metaphor theory with other parts being completely new, like the relationship between the owner and Lumi, and the role of the Purple cat
Consicunces
@@badpiggs consequences* 😭
A long one
I realized when Lumi gets the power to destroy the purple walls, it could be like breaking through the parent's demands or advice if we are following that purple is like a father figure
I like that way of thinking of it - she also feels the most alive with that ability
@@SuperPhantomUser Thanks! Btw I really love your theories cuz they are entertaining to dive into.
I didn't think about that!
9:27
Here are some cases of these symptoms in the game:
Fear of abandonment and extreme avoidance of separation or rejection: the ALITS loop, the cat stays in her world so she doesn't have to think about her friend's death
Unstable relationships: ABP World 4, the cat loved her friends one moment and then thought that their advice was bad
Self-hatred and rapid changes in identity: end of ALITS, the cat thinks that she had lost everything and suddenly decides that she wants to stay in her world
Stress-related paranoia: ABP glitches
Thank you! I mean I knew these symptoms were present, but I never got around to writing the concrete examples for them. These all make perfect sense and add to this small theory
Very interesting, I have a comment about the relationship between the purple and the companion. As we can see, the companion is hurt by the purple things and the purple cat created the companion. So maybe the square is a failed creation ? That the purple one can't use it because they would hurt it so they gave it to Lumi to help her because Lumi is white and it's not dangerous for the square.
Also I think Lumi just has a split personality, she is the owner. She hurts herself and gets into dangerous situations and then feels bad about it. She then falls into madness and despair, as we can see her mood varies from calm (at the beginning mostly), angry and sad until she loses hope completely because of what she did to herself.
The Companion technically could be a failed experiment, but it says in-game that they were specifically designed and made to help "the cat." Now this cat could refer to Lumi or Purple, we don't know, but since in 3-10 of the Companion Pack the square's "mission starts" it makes sense that they would be going to Lumi.
What if the square is a not exactly healthy coping mechanism?
Yes, Lumi locked HERSELF in ALITS, and she says that her owner locked her in there in the first room, so this could mean that she is her owner in some way.
I have a theory :-
The names of the other cats might be the translation of their name in Finnish and shortened, like
Green - vihreä - (Virea)
Green's name might be Virea
Blue - sininen - (Sinine)
Blue's name might be Sinine
Red - punainen - (Punain)
Red's name might be Punain
(My naming skillz are not gud)
That could be, the game was made in Finnish
Really cool theory
Cannon enough for me.
Don't worry, you don't have to write bad stuff about your own theory. No one is going to kick your butt if you write a theory that is not true in the comments.
@@user-ot4wp4mz6l who said it wasn't true? I'm not saying that it's true, I'm saying that is *could* be true
I think Lumi may not completely be a robot, but part of her may be because "Machines can Hope" and "Machines can Dream" which, if you don't know, are the main themes that play for both games, however not much information other than that can say this.
Wait, what if companion is a robot?
I always thought he (Companion) was
Well the Companion is "built" so they must be some kind of manufactured thing, at least inside the game (idk about the metaphor into real life)
And yeah I mention the machine soundtracks later on in the video, and now that you say it I bet those tracks are referencing the Companion still having thoughts
I'm gonna be dumb rq
World 6 in abp is where companion was manufactured
@@kuro.mp3126makes a bit of sense because of the pipes
The Companion isn't a robot. In the first video on CaL, SPU shows that the square can think, feel pain and cold..
3:23 The glitches could represent the leaving of Red, Green & Blue. As the glitches contain the colors red, green, an blue, if you stop to look.
I never noticed that! That's pretty cool, and most times the glitches appear Lumi's friends leave
But why would they put the glitch?
@@SuperPhantomUser it could have been to represent lumi's friends randomly disappearing? They could have glitched to a different stage not knowing
@@_zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzlumi is the one leaving by the glitches as they only seem to happen for her
@@SuperPhantomUserMaybe purple is trying to prepare Lumi for this event, perhaps?
By the way, about the glitches.
When I was playing the Hope pack, there was one very RNG-dependent section. You had to do parkour after a glitch effect appeared and paused on the screen. Therefore, you just had to hope you would get a good glitch that didn't cover the part of the screen you used to watch your steps while jumping.
The owner and "i give you my cat to you" topic is most complicated thing in whole lore of CaL. For me these worlds have something like permissons to create. Its on the TBP that this world are made to share with friends. Dead friend gives this permisson to a lumi "i give my cat to you" its can be just metahopr for i give you a power of this world to you. This theory is can support that pronuts are changed in the end of the reset pack.
And i have theory about gray square. First goal of the lumi is to get out of the rooms. Purple having goal of free the lumi is trying to help her by giving her a gray square. At reset pack lumi wants to stop him because he i always trying to free her.
So would Lumi not be a cat at all, the "cat" in "I gave my cat to you" being the metaphor for the control of the worlds? (Would this be similar to the metaphor theory in a way?)
this is a random idea, but i do think lumi has some kind of personality disorder. her name could mean light, and blue, red, green are the main light colors, part of white. if it were to be like this, the 'friends' would just be lumis 'own self'
In ALTIS, the lives icon are now lumi's face which I think leads to the reset world once the respawn point is broken.
The lives lead to the reset world?
@@SuperPhantomUser Sorry, I realize how wierd that sounds, the respawn point malfunctioning results to a portal forming once you get to the end and lumi somehow knew about it.
I actually think that the companion from ABP is "my cat" from the reset level, is given to Lumi then she lost is or "left it" but the purple one found it and re-create it to help Lumi
Could be, I don't know why the dead friend would say "cat" instead of "square" or something, but since it's symbolizing then that could be the case
@Super Phantom User
Just a question that came to my head. How could the dead friend talk to Lumi if he died in the real world, unless he died in CaL world, and Lumi is trying to find him. And that's what she meant by " is it because of her?" in ALitS.
@@SuperPhantomUser
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Also a part of my theory, but a little bit different
I think that Lumi is schizophrenic . The glitches are actually Lumi seeing the real world . Also , in the last few rooms, the new abilities that Lumi gains resembles Lumi's friend's abilities (except for blue so the theory that he plays a bigger role can be true). The ice resembles greens ability, because you can use it as a block spawner and the hook at world 11 resembles reds ability.Also, another thing i wanna mention, at the ending of ABP Lumi's face gets a bit blurry. Just like when her friends are getting fixed. This could mean that Lumi was thinking about moving on from the dead friend and getting fixed.
Yeah, I like all of these theories. When Lumi's face becomes blurry she could be getting closer to being fixed, before the glitches ruin everything
Great video as always!! I can't help but notice how much effort you put into editing, flawless job.
You know, I always assumed that The Dead Friend is represented by the color orange. The obstacles in the game are something that hurt you, and in the companion's case, the kill parts are all purple and I always thought it's because The Purple Cat is someone who brings it pain, not minding whether the companion is okay or not. So since the killparts take their color from a thought or experience that hurts, the kill parts with Lumi may be orange because that was the color of the dead friend if they were a cat, and the fact that orange reminds her of them hurts.
I definitely like the idea that the Dead Friend was the color orange, if they were a cat in the CaL universe. The Companion being hurt by the Purple one is also a nice touch because Purple doesn't really treat them well so it seems. It also explains why the Companion isn't hurt at all by the orange
That's a good theory! I never thought about the logic that the clour hurt her but now it makes a lot more sense!
I think that Purple made purple things hurt the Companion in the level pack because they weren´t sure what the Companion would meet in the main game and did these things JUST IN CASE it happened. This explains the abilities the Companion gets in each phase: Purple made them similar to the friends' abilities just in case the Companion met the friends.
Blue looks like Tom from Eddsworld
Why is that so accurate lol
YOU DID BOTH BLUE AND TOM DIRTY ☠️
I think I have a theory.
I think the theory that "there is a sixth friend" is true,
And their color is ORANGE-
I think the orange cat would've hurted her, idk about how they aren't in the game or anything..
Also remember that lumi said in altis "Every orange hurts her"
It also may be like that the purple friend made the power rings idk-
Would the orange cat be related to the orange obstacles? I would assume so. How would they relate to the Purple One? A cool theory but it could be fleshed out more
@@SuperPhantomUser Well, I think the orange cat was also a friend of them, and later they had somethin like an argument and then the orange one became ex-friends to Lumi, the purple oneand t he other cats and for revenge the cat tried to hurt them and make them regret leaving the orange cat..
@@SuperPhantomUserbro where is ur reply waited for 2 weeks...
Most people think that orange things hurt her because Orange was the dead friend and it hurts to think about that.
Don't be so scared about your theory, we will think about it even if it isn't true ^~^
game theory: ABP represents *maybe* depression or loneliness.
Why write "maybe"?
How did i never thought her friends being in a support group
It took me a while to think of it too, but I think it makes sense
12:08 I think that green could be talking on behalf of the friends
Ohh I didn't even think about that. That would probably make sense!
@@SuperPhantomUser What? How?
I have something to add to your Metaphor Theory:
I think the Companion actually represents some kinda hobby in the real-world, like you mentioned a few times.
Lumi may have been given this by Purple (the parental figure) as a way to try & give her some comfort & help her through her grief.
The latter might make a bit more sense here, as that'd also explain the Companion's time-limit. One usually can't spend all their time just doing the same hobby, or it's gonna lose its charm & become bland. And similarly, Lumi losing the Companion is like losing interest in a hobby. Lumi seeming a bit upset at the Companion for a moment is like the hobby being unenjoyable.
Heck, this could even add to the parallels between the Companion & Lumi's friends. Perhaps indulging in this hobby reminds Lumi of the support group? Could be cuz it made her feel more at peace again, or maybe it's more detailed than that.
I like that interpretation, everything you said here makes sense. It does make me wonder about the Companion's narration in the ALITS Companion Pack, as a hobby would usually just be an object/thing, not something with real thoughts. Very interesting ideas though!
@@SuperPhantomUser The Companion could be simultaneously a hobby and some sort of living thing. That also fits in with your theory that it's a pet!
Maybe their owner is a scientist? Maybe after the dead friend died and he takes the cat, he locked her there to see what is her reaction
Or maybe he just want to keep the cat alive with loops, to remember the dead friend
That would be pretty dark, but not out of the question
@@SuperPhantomUser so uhh its can be possible?
2:21 I remember that song.
Yup, it's from SPC!
For theory number 13, Lumi has possibly gone through so many resets that purple gave up.
Sadly I can confirm that I have Borderline personality disorder
I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe you can connect to Lumi at a more personal level, though.
Maybe you can understand her better and come up with a theory!
If in the Cats are liquid Lore you said for the "i gave my cat to you" line in the Reset ALITS, you just say that Lumi owner was Purple and she was gave the cat to another owner. If this true, Purple is not the owner. Is sort of parent, (due that an cat that own an cat is impossible) so Purple is female can be an sort of mom.
Bad grammar, I don't understand
The Start of all the worlds in ABP, before the use of power rings, may represent more than one emotion. Also, checkpoints could be pieces of the power rings. The evidence? The middle of the checkpoints are white, like the outer ring of the power ring & the two other parts of the checkpoints, which are colored, could be the inside of the power ring for ABP.
(For ALITS, it's the other way around.)
The lore for the checkpoints and power rings, and how they work technologically, is pretty unknown. Still, if the checkpoints are part of the power rings, why don't the power rings act as checkpoints? (the power rings would have some of the checkpoint fluid that Lumi seems to have inside her as well)
@@SuperPhantomUser Here are my two theories in better context: In the level editor, The last list contains mixed world themes, like World 4 - Blend. The mix of world themes could represent more than one emotion or a transition/shift in emotion.
The outer ring and inner line of the power ring & checkpoint seem similar in a way. What do you think?
People who play the game would probably do a theory of why green does not have A MOUTH
Lol, then again where all of the cats' ears?
@@SuperPhantomUseri always think that green is unique than other cats ( red and blue ) and it's selfish cuz he didn't give lumi any thing unlike other cats.
@@PixelCraftEditsit's?
He's not selfish, he just left first. Then Lumi got sad, the other friends realized this, and decided that she needs a gift.
I have a theory in mind, there was an owner who had the purple one, and for some reason, the purple one dies and lumi was given to the owner to help the owner forget about the dead one (purple cat), and then lumi was put in the maze. Maybe she reminds her owner of the purple one. (Which explains world 1, room 1). And the purple one is just watching her, either jealous or wanting to make sure she's safe. And the purple one wanted to help lumi out so they (purple one) gave lumi a grey square to help her out in the maze. All the friends know about purple except for lumi. As if she's a new one. They know that purple was the first cat to the owner and that the purple was dead. Also, i think that Alits comes before Abp became Alits was released in 2015. And abp was relesed on 2019.
Another theory,
Maybe the purple one was also an old cat by the owner but didn't die, she was just put in the maze just like lumi but before lumi, and when purple saw lumi, they (purple) wanted to help lumi, not wanting her to suffer like they (purple) did, so the purple one gave lumi the grey square to help her. And the purple remains stuck forever. Idk why, though. They could've helped themselves. It's just a theory, I guess.
This is definitely a different interpretation, but I think it checks out. Lumi being the "replacement" to Purple would be interesting, especially since she obviously doesn't like them (since she wants to stop them in The Reset). Your other theory could work as well
I'm not sure though about my first theory. Now that I think about it, lumi trapped herself (I totally forgot that while writing the theory, sry 😭), I really love CAL theories. Sometimes, I just want to find out the truth. I'll play it again for the 5th time. Maybe I'll find more theories? And yes, I agree that lumi at some point doesn't like purple.
@@SuperPhantomUseralso, lumi’s face and purples face are very similar
abp is before alits, watch this channels other video called cats are liquid full lore, it’s confirmed by the developers.the reason alits was made first is bc abp is a prequel, the opposite of a sequel.
I think the theory that The Purple One is a member of Lumi's family is wrong beacause when you click on Always There reward, it says "Always there , always watching. You can't escape". A mother would never say that to her daughter
I agree that a mother would never say that, but a child could definitely think that about their parent, especially a controlling one
Ok, I google searched “what is always there, always watching. You can’t escape”, and the 2 things it came up with were society and its judgement and god.
@@Coloriey Excuse me, WHAT
3:26 its also that purples texture is the texture you get if there is no texture. Most of the times it happens because of a bug
I think that's just LQD putting the default texture when they didn't have a texture for Purple yet, I don't know if it actually relates to the lore
@@SuperPhantomUser the original texture was a different type of glitched texture and the one in game is inspired by the glitched texture of another game. Also, for 2d unity games you dont need a texture and the default texture is white, you get purple when you delete the texture a sprite is using
The Purple One: Always there, always watching Plus I love your theories , their so interesting especially about
CaL (cats are liquid) and both games ABP and ALiTS keep up the amazing theories 👍👌
When I try to watch a video but the internet connection is bad:
Almost there, almost watching...
Just hear me out, I think that the line “But I gave my cat to you, doesn’t that make you the owner?” and the second line of ALitS mentions that her owner locked her in here means that since Lumi is the owner, then it also explains why she locked herself in the rooms
I never thought of it this way, she locked herself in the rooms because of "my cat" she was given, which would mean a lot of things motive-wise...
I've got a new theory.
Lumi didn't completely wipe her memory before starting ALITS, she kept some elements from ABP. First of all, Worlds 1 and 2 are the same color across both games. Also, the Companion leaves in World 8. And the Reset is similar to World 12 in ABP, in it the cat reviews her memories of the previous worlds. And that's not to mention all the similarities between obstacles in the two games.
A lot of that could be attributed to the games just being part of the same series, but there are some things there that could support that Lumi remembered some of ABP, even subconsciously
I think that the orange objects could represent something because in the first level of ALITD it says that Lumi recognized the spikes and she didn't like them, so I think that the orange objects could represent fear or anger, because she doesn't like those feelings, and shes afraid of them, just like the spikes, she didn't like them, "They hurt her." Those feelings could hurt her in some way, like her heart, and she just wants to forget, she just wants to forget her fear and anger at the dead friend, and I think I might have the whole story mapped out...
Yup, the orange could definitely represent the dead friend which is why it hurts her in both games
i've always assumed there's a 6th cat who is the one that died because in the reset mentions that the purple one made the companion and they said it in 3rd person. i don't know anyone who does refer to themselves in the third person, and her friends are clearly alive since they are with her in abp and talking to her in alits. but that's just a theory. A GAME THEORY
I wonder if the Dead Friend was the narrator for all of ALITS, and maybe even ABP too. An interesting prospect to consider...
I based my theory around the opposite
To be honest, some of the theories do make sense, but some are a bit..weird either way loved thr vid
I agree that some of the theories are a bit far-fetched, but I wanted to give all theories I found an equal shot
I really love this game and I love the community's theories! Sadly it is difficult for me to understand them fast because English isn't my native language and reading lots of words that I barely know makes me feel dizzy 🥴
Don't worry, you'll get the hang of it :)
And some of my videos have captions that you can use the auto-translate feature with, I may add captions to my CaL videos soon
@@SuperPhantomUser Thank you!
1:32 Blue and red seem to be purple because when you mix blue and red you get purple
Thank you Captain Obvious!
Wait about Purple flying! Lumi can fly given the right ability. Purple and Lumi being the same? Or maybe Purple is just so op they can fly. But who knows.
I didn't even think about the gas ability, and since it's infinite in ALITS then Purple could very well be using it. Only thing is we don't know for sure if the other cats can use power rings, or even see them at all
@@SuperPhantomUser Test it in ABP Editor
1:25 I have some extra proof for this theory: Red can jump, Blue can stop time, and if you add them together, you get flight! And Purple can, indeed, fly!
Lumi's in a coma,
Maybe.
Idk
Could be
I said in the Metaphor Theory that Lumi could be dreaming, but if she actually dies and goes to the afterlife and back then a coma would make more sense
It could also be her life flashing before her eyes in a strange way
Sixth friend was possibly an orange cat and if she touched an orange spike she would remember the trauma of her dead friend
Yes, that's a very popular theory.
This Will be interesting... Or at least something to watch.
Maybe i Will revisit the lore video depending on the Future situation.
I would like to add something about theory, that the purple is a kind of spirit. You said, they can fly in ALiTS. And also we can go through them in ALiTS, so they isn't material. But in ABP they can't fly, and is material.
We all know that ABP happens before ALiTS. So, maybe, after ABP the Purple became powerful enough to fly, not to be material and, probably, to create smth like Companion and Power Rings. Maybe, after Lumi's friends' leaving, the Purple took their abilities and, probably, gave them to the Companion, but they modernized them a little bit.
So, there's my theory, which can unite some other theories.
P.S. i'm not a native speaker, so i could make some mustakes, sorry
Hmm, how would they gain this power? I could see it as possible, and them simply being an illusion or drifting out of the material world in ALITS could explain the Purple one's whole deal with them flying.
Also ironically the only mistake that I caught was "mustake" just a simple typo, your English is spot-on though!
Maybe, the purple one is really an illusion or a hallucination of Lumi.
Yeah, my "mUstake" is so ironical
Thanks, that you rate my English so good :D
THEY IS
Id Just like to mention How i implied about the "lumi wrote Narration in aLitS" theory due to the rating on the falling blocks,along with How i noticed the heartbeat-like sound in one of the tracks in aLitS,but i never expanded any theories,so credit still goes to the broader comunity.
Also,Ive noticed a bunch of the songs in this video were not from CaL, and idk the ones that were because theres quite a few. Maybe you should make a pinned comment with each song and a timestamp for those that want It? Or dont,its your choice.
Oh, I heard that theory from a few people, but I do remember you mentioning the "0/10 wouldn't recommend" thing from ALITS
And for the non-CaL music I might put that in a comment like you said, I decided against it when making the video but since you (and others) might care, I guess I could do it
Maybe you should read the description?
12:38 couldnt ABP start if she is able to leave? She got close in the loop we saw, maybe she would escape in another loop.
If she's able to leave a loop, then I guess technically ABP could start after, but the gifts that Blue and Red give her weaken that
And I doubt she'd be able to leave a loop, especially since the Dead Friend comments that it's not the first loop after ALITS
@@SuperPhantomUser Yes, but maybe it's just that not all loops are the same...
13:55 i believe, instead of lumi and her friends eventually leaving bc the friends are actually a support group, i believe they wanted to leave abp once they were “fixed” from the death
Interesting...
Ah, that kinda goes along the same lines, but works just as well!
PLEASE make a second part of this! We have so many theories in the comments, it would be so nice to see them out in the open!
I plan to, though it probably won't be anytime soon, as I have a bunch of other videos coming up first
@@SuperPhantomUser OK
I read all ARH today (it was half past midnight but idc) i cant understand it at all
Somewhere i remember i read something like tells purple is on computer. I know we play as purple but that was like we are controlling purple on screen/pc
Also idk how i can understand like Lumi-Owner-Dead friend like same people/cat.
The dead friend gave Lumi to Owner? But Dead friend told "i gave my cat to you" to lumi
(And last, is purple good?)
I recommend you understand the Metaphor Theory before reading ARH. Purple (spoiler alert) represents Lumi's mother, and Lumi represents the owner, or Purple's child. I think you misread the thing about Purple being on a computer - since ARH is a GDD, I had to specify all the controls of the game, and I included the controls for both PC and mobile gameplay.
For the Lumi-Owner-Dead Friend debacle: Lumi in the game represents The Owner in the real world. Purple in the game represents The Owner's mom, and the friends represent The Owner's friends from his support group. The Dead Friend was The Owner's previous friend who died tragically. The Dead Friend used to have a cat, named Lumi, in the real world. Before the Dead Friend died, she told The Owner that if anything were to happen to her, she would want The Owner to have her cat Lumi. Lumi is the only cat to have a name because Lumi is the only cat who actually exists in the real world, even if she represents someone else in the game world. With this lens, the "I gave my cat to you" line makes perfect sense because the Dead Friend gave The Owner their cat, Lumi.
Lastly, yes, Purple is good, that's my personal headcanon but I think that is implied through the game itself too. Purple made the Companion to make Lumi "feel" and "cry," which seems like a bad thing, but the Companion thinks it will help Lumi. It seems to me like Purple simply wants to help Lumi leave this loop.
That was a lot LOL, anyway thanks for reading ARH even if you couldn't understand much of the story, and I hope this helps you understand a little bit better
The Companion Pack is definitely very weird. What are the grey blocks? Are they like ladders, taken from ABP and modified for the square? Why is everything orange? Is it Purple preparing the square to not be scared of orange like the cat? Is the bouncy substance on the floor just a jump pad in disquise? There are so many things to talk about here!
I love the Companion Pack, both lore-wise and gameplay-wise, I feel like it adds so much more as well as having the Companion of course (one of my favorite characters)
This is a bit of a weird theory but I think it's kinda plausible: What if Purple is an angle? Maybe Lumi's dead friend had told Purple to help Lumi. Especially with how Purple acts in ALITS, it feels sort of right
I think they could be an angel, it would explain how they're "watching over them"
i feel like maybe the dead friend was an orange cat. That probably explains why orange hurts lumi and the other cats because loosing a loved one hurts
OMG THATS A GOOD THEORY
Very common idea
Yepp, would explain why the orange hurts her so much, and why she doesn't notice in ABP but she does in ALITS
@@SuperPhantomUser HI SUPERPHANTOMUSER! i have a new theory. My theory is possibly the reason why green and purple don’t have tails. My theory is that green is secretly evil and tried to attack lumi without her knowing, and purple stepped in. The 2 cats got in a fight and lost their tails and now don’t talk to eachother. I rlly like this theory, I also have a theory that purple abused the companion and forced it to follow lumi
I have a theory:
Even though Purple exists in the ABP Editor, this doesn't mean that they exist in the main ABP. Some things, such as the ladder, the Platforming Cats song, active platforms and spinners, and the "two health left", "one health left", "hurt" and "dead" expressions also exist in the Editor but not the main game.
True, true - I suppose the presence of Purple in the editor can be assumed just as proof that they still exist in the lore in general, that LQD hasn't forgotten about them
Hello, I have a theory, I don't know if you'll see this, and please don't hate me, it's just my personal belief, im not a American, so my english aren't perfect.
Okay okay, so, it's my theory:
1)The cat, that the dead friend gave to Lumi, is represented by the square.
2)It's has been treined for the purple one, that can be a parent of lumi in real life, and it need to make Lumi happy, angry, sad, make her feel anything, for be "more human"
My prooves:
1)The square wanna help Lumi, can't be away for her and, if the square die in a level, Lumi die too, prooving that they are both loving each other
2)The purple one have no face, it's because he probably doesn't have more hope to save his son (Lumi), and he is anywhere, what prooves that he's so much better in pass levels, create them and need to see her.
Again, pls don't hate me, If you disaproove this, make me see this, im open to new arguments
@@Oultimoterrariano Oh don't worry, this guy is pretty polite
Great theories! You just made a little mistake here: in Proof 1 you said that "if the square dies then Lumi dies too", but that is only true for ABP. In ALITS, the room just resets.
"the companion had a connection to lumi's friends"
in the companion pack i see that lumi's friends had a similar ability with the companion that's the reason why lumi had a deep impact of lost of the companion like her friends
Yeah, each ability is somewhat similar to one of her friends... makes it even sadder
Lumi did actually create the narration for the ALitS. We know this because she had said that she’d make a world just like ABP, so she must’ve given herself false memories, because she doesn’t remember her friends.For all we know, lumi and her friends could’ve been strays.This also explains why she wouldn’t remember the friend that her “owner” lost, she might not have gone through the time to make that up, and we know she didn’t have an owner because she gave herself false memories, or just took away the memories of her friends, though she could’ve noticed that she remembered she was with someone, which would have just made her more depressed than she already is.And if she had taken away all memories from her friends and ever being with anyone, that would explain why she’d thought she’d been going in these rooms for what felt like forever, though the loop may also explain that, because we have no idea how many times she’s looped the rooms (I also do believe that purple the friend that Lumi lost, but I’m not gonna go into that because I don’t wanna bore y’all ) .
This actually kinda makes sense, because the narrator knows her feelings. In the last world, the narrator says “The cat couldn’t take it anymore” and “she saw the gray square and wasn’t sure what to think of it”,
it’s her thoughts, i thought everyone knew this..
Yep! You're correct that the narration is Lumi's thoughts, and all your evidence (plus more) supports it. However, the theory was that she physically wrote the narration on the walls after going through the rooms so many times - which your evidence actually supports as well!
Dis comment be LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONGGGGGG
My theory is that the worlds represent states of the cat's mind. This could explain the different colours. And the friends are strong emotions that could help get through this. But in the end, even they leave, and the cat ends up going crazy and locking herself in her world.
AYOOO THEORIES VIDEO! I WAS WAITING FOR THIS!
Here is my theory the purple cat is actually lumi looking at her past mistakes engulfed with grief and sadness hence it having no face having lost all hope who soul is trapped in the maze and to help a version of herself purposely killing her so she can see her friend's and move on with life unlike purple
Hmmmm, not a bad theory. I do wonder though, as the friends in the neon room seem to know of the Purple One's presence, so it seems like the Purple One and Lumi are definitely two separate entities
A part of her which knows what is right and what is wrong, rather than just continuing to do things she wants to.
@@SuperPhantomUser Of course they do, they talk about Purple in W5R10!
I believe this theory, and if you look at the quotes it makes sense even more
“Did you know the purple one is still here”
“Did you know your future self is still here”
“How can I stop the purple one”
“How can I stop myself”
She created the companion to get herself out
She is always watching (through memory) her past self
When the dead friend says it’s too late, it might be the dead friend saying that Lumi’s in too deep.
I wonder. Will LQD ever give us an official explanation of the entire story? It would ruin the fun of theorising about it, sure, but also we're all dying to know what the devs actually meant :))) Also, I wonder, will another CaL game ever be made? If it was, I don't even know which would be more interesting: a prequel to ABP or a sequel to ALitS? haha
I don't think that LQD will ever give a full explanation, for the exact reason that you said - the theories and dark lore are part of what keeps this game alive. As for another CaL game, we don't know if it will ever be made (LQD isn't working on one), but I feel like an ALITS sequel where you play as Purple would be pretty exciting
@@SuperPhantomUser At one point we thought GTA 6 would never come out, but it is coming. The same might be true for Cats are Liquid
A sequel to ALitS might be better. What's the point in leaving us with a sad ending?
@@SuperPhantomUser I have an idea: if LQS doesn't make a third part, we fans can get together and make it ourselves! I know this will be difficult, but we have to try. This also has a bonus: we can use our own music!
I hope there are more cats!
So yellow as gold.
And cyan as diamond.
Finally, magenta as lumi's mother.
The worlds have emotions of lumi herself!
World 1 is calm
World 2 is happiness
World 3 is hostile
World 4 is tiring
World 5 is fine
World 6 is lost
World 7 is friendship
World 8 companion
World 9 dark
World 10 preframost
World 11 diagnosis
World 12 loneliness
World 2 blend confiness
World 3 blend moderate
World 4 blend dangerous
World 5 blend bittle
World 6 blend lost in pipes
World 7 blend free to live
World 8 blend friend of who
World 9 blend negative
World 10 blend icy and frosty
World 11 blend joyful hooks
Final = death
After watching all these CAL lore videos, i came up with a theory myself but i feel like i might be wrong at some parts cuz i rlly focused on the hard gameplay than reading the storyline ;'(
So Lumi's friend (the purple one) dying might be a happening in real life, where they are in the form of humans. (from @charaunofficial' s comment, i also apply the happening of how Lumi adopted her dead friend's cat.)
That's why Lumi can't let go, the cat made her remember abt her dead friend and she just can't move on. Also maybe why in the last companion level it said 'to make the cat cry' after all, the companion was created by the Purple one (her dead friend.).
Yes i also agree abt Red and Blue not being her real friends but the Purple One,, i still don't know much stuff abt Green to make a whole theory...
(rip my hands typing this at 3 am while thinking the Purple one is right behind me)
So sorry if i got something wrong, in making my theory, just reply ❤️
#catsareliquidfangang
The Purple One doesn't seem to be the Dead Friend because the Dead Friend mentions Purple as a different person in The Reset pack, but the Companion having a double meaning of "to make the cat cry" (where it makes her cry because it has a connection to Purple) is an interesting theory.
Also thinking that Purple is right behind you at 3am is relatable lol
Hey about the emotion theory the achievements you get also kind of represent them in a way but idk
One of the theories you show here is that Purple and Lumi are related in some way. And a good option to prove that is that the cat's friends, Red, Green, and Blue, make her color, white, when mixed as lights (RGB color system), but they make something darker, like purple, when mixed as paints (CMYK color system). Watch about this theory at 1:00
A lot of people have talked about mixing the colors, but not many have said the white vs purple difference in different color systems, which I like. Supports two theories with one fact
teory:Lumi can be have 2 souls start of alits narrator said "her owner started act weirdly and she locked to this room" and a dialuge in reset pack she(isnt lumi) said "i give my cat to you" preveiosly lumi can be spirit and lumi can be deal with the cats owner and lumi can be in the white cats body this means the white cat include the cats and lumi's soul
Ok, that could make sense, in that case is the narrator at the start of ALITS talking about Lumi (the soul) or the cat?
@@SuperPhantomUser in start of game (alits) narrator speak about cat
Two things i want to point out
1. ABP - A = BP wich is borderline personality
2. Purple is refered to as "the purple one" which makes it seem like purple is a god of some sort
1. While the Borderline personality disorder connection is cool, I don't think that it's intentional, since ABP stands for A Better Place.
2. Yeah, it could very well be possible that Purple is the one controlling all this, making them a god in their worlds
No
@@SuperPhantomUser But Purple's face is similar to Lumi's, this means there is some sort of relationship between them, and that doesn't make sense.
Purple might be some sort of spirit because they can fly and could have powers (such as controlling others in their world and glitches)
Omg i need this thanks man
Might be unrelated but could purple have something to do with the companions timer. In ABP, the timer is shorter but restarts when Lumi collects it, but in ALiTS, the timer is at 100 for the entire level.
Also another question, does lumi have a presence in the real world. I know this could conflict with other theory’s
I think that has to do with the gameplay aspect of the games. LQD said that in ALITS, the timer only exists to remind players to pick up the Companion again after using it. In ABP, it seems like they wanted to make the timer have more of an effect.
Also, Lumi's presence in the real world can be complex, and can't really be answered in a yes/no question. (It really depends on the theory)
Here is a theory:
Maybe Lumi was the owner (mentioned at the start of Alits). I thought of that because of the "i gave my cat to you" line in the Reset. Idk if you will accept this ;-;
(another theory Because this one has been mentioned alot of times)
I think that Purple is actually Lumi's creator. I know they also created Companion, but it is still a theory. When you said that Purple is like a parental figure, i thought about it aswell.
The Dead Friend does indeed say that Lumi is the owner, though it might be more of a symbolic title....
Also, Purple being the creator of Lumi makes a lot of sense, and can tie into the Metaphor Theory in the way you described! :)
Super Phantom User accepts *everything*. If it's wrong, he just writes back why, so don't worry about posting your theories!
I think the purple one dint loose hope since if you explode a bomb in him then it shows you a tail. So he's always facing backwards
That’s just Lumi’s tail. It’s just a weird glitch
@@Coloriey no, its purple and its nowhere near lumi. You can also see a ball that there's lots of since gte purple one is diffrent than others.
I've never seen this before. Whether it's a glitch or not, the tail can be visible without Purple facing backwards (they could be facing left/right and in that case we should be able to see their face)
@@SuperPhantomUser i mean in alits
Whoa, I never thought of blowing up the most dangerous and suspicious character in the game!
Getting banned on the Cats are Liquid Discord for no reason makes me cry no less than playing the game
In ALitS purple give companion to Lumi to feel sad (IDK) and in ABP Red and blue give his ability like turned blue when turning to liquid. And she said in Alits he wants to get out but when I don't know what level is the wall is gone but doesn't have any Exit ,and all orange thing maybe it's a fire but idk what Lumi body is... She is the snow or what?
Plus, I think at the last world level I think she bit crazy to get out of that maze
The contrast between orange as "fire" and Lumi as "snow" (because that's the definition of her name) is interesting, could definitely be symbolic
@@SuperPhantomUser I actually also thought of the orange stuff being hot like lava and burning her when she touches it
what if the square is a friend or therapist that the parent went to to ask for help for their child
That would be really sad considering how much Purple controls the square
I don't think you should try to connect the glitches with different emotions and events, they could just mean something weird or bad is going on, like real computer glitches.
Probably (I think I'd connect it to Lumi's BPD, if that theory is true)
A theory I agree with is that Purple controls the friends. This explains why in W3R1 of ABP the friends didn't understand Lumi when she asked where they had been and wanted to rejoin, but they did understand when she said she wanted to be alone a while longer. Purple wanted to keep Lumi separated.
If Purple wants the best for Lumi, why would they want to keep her separated? It seems more of a case of memory loss or duplicate friends
@@SuperPhantomUser You said in your video that they separated her because they wanted to prepare her
So after I played alits first and then abp(because I just knew that abp exist),sometime I thinked that lumi in abp and in alits is different,but same soul,but it so messed up,like,if so,then alits time line should be first rather than abp,so she killed herself,the purple gave her a new body(it kept reminding me about her word "I gave my cat to you"),and she goes to alits wich was messed up,
however what's more confusing for me than "I gave my cat to you" is,"her owner said she reminds her of someone",wich was really weird because the owner should've actually be lumi herself,but I guess there should have been different theory about this
also,why did she lost her memory when she goes to abp? she proudly said everything will be fine with herself and wanted to stay tgere but in abp she lost her memory,even about the ring,superpower,bomb,etc, and wanted to go outside,yet at the end she kept wanting to stay again,
and also(I don't even know why i asked so much question),if lumi can control the world,wich was proven with "too...boxy, *making it rounder*, that's better" and how when she wished to die and reset suddenly a thorn(?) from the ceiling suddenly came out,if she really wished to get out she probably done it faster by spawning the exit door right away(wich she did it at the end where she's emotional and physical very tired),so did the "owner" wouldnt let her out until she remembered what she forgets?
One thing I also noticed is that when red and blue goes to the exit after they were 'fixed',lumi has no face and blue and red face are blurry
A lot of the confusion that you are talking about ends up coming down to the fact that it's practically canon that ALITS comes after ABP - it explains why she doesn't remember anything in ABP, and why at the end of ALITS she's just done with everything and decides to kill herself (rather than escaping)
Ooooh so now you are doing some cat are liquid videos , interesting
Yep, been trying to broaden my range into many mobile platformers (SPC, Dadish, Cats are Liquid)
@@SuperPhantomUser Did you try nameless cat?
@Lively Lynx Yeah, I actually love that game (way exceeds my expectations for a mobile game) and I plan to make videos about it too!
You read this and replied to this. By the time I am writing this, the comment you replied to had zero likes, and my comment with my theory has one like. WHY NO REPLY???
@@user-ot4wp4mz6l what, your comment is really confusing, also this video is from a year ago
5:55
Look at me, I'm flying!
Hey Super Phantom User!
We all want a third game, but LQS says they aren´t planning on making it for now.
But what if we, fans of the two existing games, get together and help LQS make the third game?
This will make it quite a bit easier for the dev to make the game. We could provide things like music, ideas, and motivation. LQS will still have to program the entire thing ad write the story. But it will be totally worth it.
P.S.: Please write more than one reply to each comment we make. It will make talking so much easier!
^~^
As much as I love this idea, I think it would be a little hard to have a community-run CaL game, and LQD is already working on another game for Last Quarter Studios (and I'm excited to see how that game turns out).
Also, I get a load of comments each day, so as soon as I reply to one comment it gets buried and is impossible to find again. That's why I only reply once to each comment, it would be too hard to keep reply chains going. If you want to talk further, I'm part of the LQS and SPC Discord servers
@@SuperPhantomUser OK
One theory I have is that the hexagons in ABP are alive. After all, they die and respawn when touching orange, and they are targeted by storm clouds, just like Lumi is targeted by eyes.
I like this theory - they also are emojis in the LQS Discord server, alongside the Companion and other alive beings
@@SuperPhantomUser Is this an emoji?
^~^
The "its all a dream" theory reminds me of omori.
Yes, Cats are Liquid is just a cat version of Omori
Haha I think I can see the resemblance
2:39 to me, Red looks more like anger than excitement. I think the cats do represent Lumi’s emotions, because in ALITS, specifically the Ghost pack, Lumi is angry at the dead friend for leaving her.
While watching a playthrough of CaL, I noticed that Lumi Sounds like a kitten, not an adult cat. What if Lumi was just a kid at the time of the dead friend’s death? That could be why she’s having trouble moving on.
Red's smile makes me lean more on excitement than anger, but I get where you're coming from. And if Lumi is only a kitten that would make the story so much sadder :(
@@AWizardAndaMouse3432 That also explains why Purple is a parental figure
I thought the person talking to Lumi in The Reset was her owner who had an accident..
That (probably) is who she's talking to. Lumi tells the Dead Friend that they're "the owner," and that they locked her in here
You need to make another video on this game, talking about even more theories, mostly from the comments.
I've been thinking about it, since I've been getting so many on the Lore and Theories videos
@@SuperPhantomUser A second part of this would be great!
ALITS world emotions:
1 - happy
2 - happy
3 - happy
4 - happy
5 - happy
(Transition begins)
6 - happy
(Transition is going)
7 - SAD
8 - SAD
9 - SAD. VERY SAD.
Yup, basically describes it
@@SuperPhantomUserYeah
I LOVE CATS ARE LIQUID ✨❤️🌙
Same ^~^
3:54 the youtuber is literally YOU
I saw a therory. T saw the dead friend orange. After her death the spikes or lavas turned orange and when ume/her friends touvh them they get hurt about their feeling(ISNT MY THERORY I FOUND FROM SOMEONE )
16:35
I don't really believe dreams can give extra information, but I have experience that they are like a mixture of memories. Different things are combined in dreams, and after I wake up, I think: "What the F was that? This dream was so weird!"!
By the "giving info" part, I meant that the dreams could make known inner desires/worries in the subconscious that you may not notice - but they definitely can be combinations or representations of memories, which I can see CaL being
@@SuperPhantomUser Now I see! Dreams take things out of your mind and mix them together, and sometimes they take something that you didn't even realize was there in the first place.
You can see that in abp, lumi becomes a cloud when she feels numb, she makes buildings when she feels like she's making her own paths
this implies that (most of) the rooms in abp are affected of their creator's mood.
however, when the cat is feeling like she's being watched, the room isn't affected by lumi, but by the purple one watching lumi.
However in alits, when lumi becomes a cloud she instead freaks out.
weird since, ok, it was her "first" time, but in abp too, yet in abp she didn't freak out
that's because the cloud power wasn't about her feeling numb, she just got it like that.
and then uhh idk what to make based on this
feel free to make theories based on that, i'd be curious to read them
That's interesting - it would explain why she freaks out for the power rings and abilities in ALITS but not ABP, despite it taking place afterward, which would also better insight into the difference between those two worlds
OK, if you think about it, the metaphor theory is the most possible to be true...
Have you seen mine?
@@user-ot4wp4mz6l what is your theory
I beat ABP i kinda cried at the end
Wdym kinda?
i saw a person saying in a comment in another video saying, 'the red cats' name is lynx' idk
Weird, wonder where they got that from
Could be punain. (got this from a comment near the top)
A question I have about the ALitS loop:
Are the friends, the Companion and Purple also in the loop, doing and experiencing things over and over again, or is this like a recording, they did it once and Lumi sees the results many times?
It seems like ABP isn't part of the loop because the text from W1 of ALITS is replayed after The Reset. The Companion/Purple could be, I don't personally think so but it could be or couldn't be (we don't really know)