I didn't pay attention to the fact that this is a compilation, and thinking that Matt came back for a cameo literally has me in tears. I didn't realize how much I missed having him be host (not saying the others aren't great, they are amazing!)
True im crying hearing just couple minutes🥲🥲😭😭i miss him too but i guess RUclipsr sometimes had to quit or retired because of their life but i miss him a lot just hearing his vouce made me cry (Bad English) Edit:thanks for that likes >:)
@Lailaaayira8765 literally over a decade of my life had him as host and I wasn't ready when he retired. I'm so happy he is focusing on his life, but it hurt.
Is it really tough? Every creepy entity that can 'see' the player or viewer always tries to make eye contact. Sonic.exe for one example, as well as any 'you're next' messages in any kind of horror film or other media. After a while, these kind of things just become... standard. Mundane. Nothing special.
Just wanted to thank you Tom for putting so much effort into this channel, being in Matpats shadow and all. I appreciate how you've made the transition as seamless as possible while having your own personality:)
one reason why Frank is in a pile of his body parts could also be a way to show that he isn't the first Frank. Who's to say Home has remade some of the residents who *misbehaves*... That scene with Barnaby, Home, and Wally talking makes me wonder if Barnaby got *remade* that day as punishment for irritating the townsfolk. Home didn't sound happy with the Blue Beagle after all
That'd imply that Frank had already been taken over from the start which may put into question the idea that Frank is the inside man trying to sabotage Home and their efforts, and instead make it feel like Home knew all along and that he's been playing us with this act. The body parts thing could also be chalked up to them being puppets at the end of the day so fixing them may be as easy as replacing whatever part of them is broken with a new one but what do you think?
@@BluestonerEX Thats true. Although, there has been talks about how the characters have their own puppeteers, I mean you can not tell me that the puppet is alive. In the audio with the talk show. Really makes me wonder
Okay, but the way each video transitions into the others is seamless. I've listened to all of these already, but I could only tell we transitioned into a new theory when the story focus changed. Good job, team!
I'm glad you compiled this bc I noticed that a lot of the content scrubbed from the website, and a lot of the content added to the website holds very different tones. Before It looked like they were puttting everything they could find on the site, some of which was rather ominous, like the picture of Wally staring at us with slightly tipped eyes. Now its all super chipper, every depiction of Wally is innocent and goofy, its difficult to imagine he's even capable of malintent or that he could be anything but blissfully unaware. You can even see it in the way a lot of fan content has shifted from mixed reception, ranging from those who thought Wally was a evil Master Mind, to those thinking he was a literal child. Now it's largely very innocent interpretations of Wally. This might be an intentional effect of whomever scrubbed the website to maintain an unsuspicious take on Wally specifically. What I'm wondering is that if the characters WERE trying to communicate with us, or with a certain party, are they going to have a reaction or response to their efforts being removed from the site?
I like to think that the whole "website scrubbing" is, in fact, part of the lore. Like, whomever is controlling the whole thing found out that Wally was trying to communicate with the viewers and has put a stop to it. But what happened to both Eddie and Poppy shows that there are cracks they haven't been able to cover.
1:02:34 I just had a thought. Frank using Eddie’s actual name to snap him back to “reality”. In some fae folklore (I think) your name is holds power So Frank calling him Mr. Dear and realising that Eddie is dissociating, he uses his name to bring power back to Eddie.
Yes! In fae folklore saying your name is incredibly powerful and is how faeries can steal your identity which i feel like could be symbolic of home but idk?
I think it’s because the names might hold more identity and “self” with the neighbors! If you look at the last names, they all follow a kind of adoring theme with terms of endearments, and it’s easy to think it’s a way that the neighborhood blends these characters together, all connected by this common theme. In contrast, the names don’t have that theme. They are disconnected from Home, and therefore more personal and safe than the last names. Their first names are their identity, while their last names are a neighborhood collective. I think that’s why the first name held more impact to Eddie than his last. His self is being recognized and called to instead ignored for his last name, the name that is tied to the Neighborhood Mailman and not Eddie himself.
@@justacursedimagewithintern7235wowowowow that’s an awesome take on it!! Wow, it makes so much sense too, of course, that also connects to why Wally’s name would “reboot” him so to speak, if Home is looking at the world through Wally, and Wally gets called using his actual name, it brings the real Wally back to the forefront!!
The thing where calling someone’s name and buiilding connection stops Home’s control is so very much like how cults actually form. It’s the cutting out from family and friends that gets someone in a cult’s control. This storybis so well written!
That too. I mean, the image of Julie with her siblings, we don't know much about em when we saw the drawing, idk if Julie mentions her siblings or family at all. But surely that is what makes this kinda sad, especially a couple in the neighborhood too
I didn’t realize how much I missed that up beat snazzy voice. Thanks for the video. I love how this community is evolving and growing every day. All of you on the theorist team give me so much hope and strength every day.
*Wally: Calling out for Home because he heard a squeak* *Home: Confused because that was just a normal house creak* I feel like that *HAD* to happen at least once
hello tom. i just want to say that since matpat retired you have done a great job following his footsteps and i hope you continue to do videos and hopefully we could hear from matpat again
Don't forget about the Sally Star audio where she talks about how there are things the happen in town at night when everyone is asleep, and she has seen them. I don't remember which update or where it is, but it is very interesting and reveals a lot about her and the town.
42:52 I believe these are old fashioned clothespins - they all used to look like this before the spring-closing clothespin was invented. One side rounded to hold easily, the other with a slit that, when slid onto a clothesline alongside an item, could provide just enough tension to hold it up. They were in fact commonly anthropomorphized, by children especially, to the point that they were often called "dolly pegs". Kids would often paint them and use them as cheap dolls.
Yup I was about to add it in to qhen I thought the check the posts. I remember my mom using the As a kid of the 80s. I remember using them to make angels, butterflies, or paper dolls.
I caught *Telltale Heart* in the picture book toward the end, and the neighbors bricking Poppy into her home is similar to *Cask of Amontillado* , both Edgar Allan Poe short stories about one person luring another person to their death. Interesting! I love this kind of compilation video. I usually go back and rewatch previous theory videos when a new one in a series drops, so this is more convenient.
the staff article refering to the toy phone ringing till the listener goes mad is similar to the "TELLTALE HEART" also I really think your on to something
Lore-wise, it makes sense that Home went after Eddie first, as the one person who doesn’t live inside of their walls. According to Clown, Eddie Dear and Frank Frankly are canonically married, but since they’re from a children’s show from the 70’s, they have to keep it on the down-low, which is why they refer to each other as “Mr. Dear” and “Mr. Frankly”, to keep up appearances. But what does Frank do when he notices something’s wrong with his husband? He drops the facade, ever so slightly, and gets worried, even more so than he did with Wally before and than we see him do with Poppy in the new update. If Home doesn’t want the neighbors getting too close, it makes sense to go after the married couple, especially when one of them is trying to stop Home from taking control of everyone. And if that’s the plan, I wouldn’t be surprised if Julie is next, as Frank’s best friend…
@ Don’t quote me on this, I found out about it secondhand, but I think it was on Clown’s personal tumblr that they said Frank and Eddie were a couple. It would explain partially why Eddie would have Frank help when there’s a bug in the post office. Who do you call when you find a spider? Your significant other.
@@Descender98Yes,but they're not already married in this part of the story now..perhaps when clown was asked "How did Frank and Eddie got together" he said something like "I think is a lot funnier to watch it unfold rather than me outright confirm or deny what it's happening."
The "humanoid things" are clothes pegs, they are used to hold clothes to a clothes line to dry them, they're also used in arts and crafts in the 70's and 80's, look up "wooden clothes pegs" and you'll see this sort and the sort with the spring in the middle.
Another thing to note, the neighbours bricking up Poppy’s home is reminiscent of “The Cask of Amontillado”, a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, the same person who wrote “The Telltale Heart”, the story the neighbours were performing. For those unaware, “The Cask of Amontillado” is about a man who lured his drunken friend to the wine cellar, only to then chain him up and brick him up behind a wall. Whereas “The Telltale Heart” is about someone who killed his roommate under the conviction that he was evil, buried his body under the floorboards, but was then haunted/driven crazy by the sounds of his roommate’s beating heart only they could hear. I'm not sure how this ties into the story of “Welcome Home”, but I think it's noteworthy to mention.
Dude I loved this sm! But there was something I wanted to point out, if you go in the transcript of the book on Away From Prying Eyes, the part where Sally and Frank are trying to reassure Poppy telling her she’s okay, instead of them being listed as Frank and Sally, they are listed as '???' I don’t know if that’s super important, but it’s had me stumped for months now 😭
0:35 The MAN, the MYTH, the LEGEND....... Edit: The most amount of likes I ever got was 50. Heartily thanks to all those that made this comment get to 399 likes! Edit: Nahh, 452 likes?! Insane.
There are little drawings hidden around and if you open them in a different tab, you'll see the title of each tab is a letter, the letters are I, O, M, A, N, F, S, E, W, A, R, Y, G, P, Y, E, R, N, W, W, W. I'm not sure what it's for, but I think it's important
I woke up feeling awful today. I like watching game theory while I'm drifting off. I find Matthew's voice very calming so this is a very nice Christmas present. You're doing a great job. Tom
It was a nice suprise to see matpat back. But *HEY* I wanted to mention in the welcome home website that If you click on Wally on the page that says "Hold my gaze and follow me", it shows a photo of Wally and what seems to be Barnaby with messed up text saying "'Look' wally exclaimed. 'I made a dog'".
1:03:04 To skip to the latest update. Also while I’m hear, the Brick By Brick story contains a few nods to Edger Allen Poe. Sally’s play is literally an adaptation of The Tell Tale Heart, and the act of bricking Poppy into her house is very similar to The Cask Of Amontillado. I’m currently unsure how this connects to the Welcome Home theory, but I just felt it was worth pointing out.
I literally screamed "MATPAT" in the same way he screamed "MUSIC MANNNN" then I realized it was reused audio I did not know about this before watching this! W video
I was busy making a little house while letting the TV roll with RUclips on. This actually made me stop for a second, once I heard ‘Welcome Home’. That’s when I heard Matpat and that is when I knew…I HAD to write a comment on this. I get all my Welcome Home info from the channel, genuinely haven’t seen any welcome home content for months. Last week, I went to the website out of boredom and I missed this series so much ! I’m so glad this video is out. Best Christmas gift ever. Thank you Tom and Matpat !!
It's nice to have a concise collection of everything we know about this series! While I'm here, I just wanted to note down some things I noticed about the read-along video: - It's weird how Sally is sorta made to feel guilty and inconsiderate for asking Poppy to join the play. It may be common knowledge that Poppy didn't like scary things, but I think the idea of Sally simply asking her if she wanted to join being this rude and awful thing was a bit of an overreaction. After all, Sally relented to Poppy's apprehension in the end, and Poppy herself didn't seem to feel upset or railroaded in her responses. This to me is another subtle indication of the indoctrination of the neighborhood, where those specifically seeking closer bonds or in some way opposing Home's influence is reprimanded systematically. Seems another attempt by Home to further ostracize the neighbors from each other slowly and quietly, like picking the wings off a butterfly. - It was also a bit jarring how the neighbors immediately decided to go to the extreme and brick up Poppy's windows without even asking her first. Given how Sally felt about possibly hurting her friend, one would think she and the others would at least visit Poppy directly and suggest bricking her windows, but no....they just go onto her property and tamper with it. The idea of not respecting a person's boundaries and making decisions for them is also a common thing seen within most cult practices, as it takes away a person's individuality and dehumanizes them. We've already seen this occur with Eddie Dear, and now it's happening to Poppy. - A bit of a lighter observation, but notice that the first characters Home tries to take control of (after Wally that is) are known to be particularly large in size. Sorta feels like the classic tactic of taking out the largest opponents first so the weakest members of a group are left defenseless.
3:37 thank you matpat I literally missed hearing LORRRRRRRRE I’ve been typing that he should try it for awhile but to no avail so thank you for doing that.
I’m glad you’re coming back to this ARG because it’s one of my favorites. Also, humorous side note, I can do a really good Wally impression and I always want to when I see stuff about Welcome home but when I do it I creep myself out really bad😅
I'm still so glad Welcome Home theories keep going despite the fandoms being in shambles, Didn't expect MatPat to return for a bit but I'm still glad how he continued to talk about Welcome home!!
funny enough yesterday i had just speedrun a few old and new theory videos from all across the theorist channel while drawing, and although its always nice to nostalgia and watch the old one's when matpat was host, the five of you are all doing an awesome job. Tom, Amy, Santi, Lee, and Ash. keep up the amazing work! I love every theory y'all made, every dynamic y'all have, and i love the differences in how all of you tell and explain your theories. its always fun to watch :3
The guy who hears the phone and isn’t able to answer it cause it’s in his head makes me think of Finding frankie, the phone character who wants the ringing to stop but it never does until his head explodes.
Can we just get 1 video per year for matpat to star an episode i love watching tom and hes doing a great job I just feel like 1 episode is like a blast to the past
Lol loved the home alone meme at the end thank you for compiling this together I wanted to watch all the welcome home episodes but didn’t feel like watching all the episodes
You’re doing amazing tom!! Whether or not matpat is present in these videos, your stuff is awesome, and youre doing an amazing job carrying on this channel !!
For a minute there I thought I was tripping when I heard matpat’s voice but then I read the title and looked at the video’s length and connected the dots
Those are "garden Clips" they're used to clamp vines or squeeze/hold parts of plants together, they're commonly used with squash to route the leaves up and grapes to weave the vines to prepare them for a mesh. or net fixtire against a watering fence or wall.
I didn't pay attention to the fact that this is a compilation, and thinking that Matt came back for a cameo literally has me in tears. I didn't realize how much I missed having him be host (not saying the others aren't great, they are amazing!)
True im crying hearing just couple minutes🥲🥲😭😭i miss him too but i guess RUclipsr sometimes had to quit or retired because of their life but i miss him a lot just hearing his vouce made me cry
(Bad English)
Edit:thanks for that likes >:)
@Lailaaayira8765 literally over a decade of my life had him as host and I wasn't ready when he retired. I'm so happy he is focusing on his life, but it hurt.
same
But he's already done like 50 cameos since he quit bro
ngl i was so used to him being host i didn't even notice, it just felt normal
It's unnerving to see how EVERY image of home is staring back at you.
Omg I’ve never noticed that😭
LANA LORE VIDEO PLEASE
@@KimberlySinagathey already did one
Is it really tough? Every creepy entity that can 'see' the player or viewer always tries to make eye contact. Sonic.exe for one example, as well as any 'you're next' messages in any kind of horror film or other media.
After a while, these kind of things just become... standard. Mundane. Nothing special.
Can you do Rayman Legens lore please?😊
1:03 hearing Mat Pats voice made me feel like a child whose dad just surprised them by coming home for the holidays from the military
Same here
FOR REAL
Same❤️🩹
FRRR 😭
The fact that child was me at Christmas except im a teenager
Not only an hour long episode but we get to hear mat. The best late Christmas present
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I agree
Just wanted to thank you Tom for putting so much effort into this channel, being in Matpats shadow and all. I appreciate how you've made the transition as seamless as possible while having your own personality:)
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@cjdookrealthe heck??
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@Funtimes_in_aNightmare bot is replying to a bot, nothing to see here in the dead internet.
I love Wally’s tone deaf singing, it’s like a parent who can’t sing well singing for you anyway because they love you
It’s also delightfully unsettling (which is what comforts me most. “My bloody walls 🥰 I can finally sleep.”
one reason why Frank is in a pile of his body parts could also be a way to show that he isn't the first Frank. Who's to say Home has remade some of the residents who *misbehaves*...
That scene with Barnaby, Home, and Wally talking makes me wonder if Barnaby got *remade* that day as punishment for irritating the townsfolk. Home didn't sound happy with the Blue Beagle after all
That'd imply that Frank had already been taken over from the start which may put into question the idea that Frank is the inside man trying to sabotage Home and their efforts, and instead make it feel like Home knew all along and that he's been playing us with this act.
The body parts thing could also be chalked up to them being puppets at the end of the day so fixing them may be as easy as replacing whatever part of them is broken with a new one but what do you think?
@@zerodiversion4509 I think your right, but it could also be that the image happened in a dream, as a silent warning from home.
@@BluestonerEX Thats true. Although, there has been talks about how the characters have their own puppeteers, I mean you can not tell me that the puppet is alive.
In the audio with the talk show. Really makes me wonder
Okay, but the way each video transitions into the others is seamless. I've listened to all of these already, but I could only tell we transitioned into a new theory when the story focus changed. Good job, team!
I'm glad you compiled this bc I noticed that a lot of the content scrubbed from the website, and a lot of the content added to the website holds very different tones. Before It looked like they were puttting everything they could find on the site, some of which was rather ominous, like the picture of Wally staring at us with slightly tipped eyes.
Now its all super chipper, every depiction of Wally is innocent and goofy, its difficult to imagine he's even capable of malintent or that he could be anything but blissfully unaware.
You can even see it in the way a lot of fan content has shifted from mixed reception, ranging from those who thought Wally was a evil Master Mind, to those thinking he was a literal child. Now it's largely very innocent interpretations of Wally.
This might be an intentional effect of whomever scrubbed the website to maintain an unsuspicious take on Wally specifically. What I'm wondering is that if the characters WERE trying to communicate with us, or with a certain party, are they going to have a reaction or response to their efforts being removed from the site?
I like to think that the whole "website scrubbing" is, in fact, part of the lore. Like, whomever is controlling the whole thing found out that Wally was trying to communicate with the viewers and has put a stop to it. But what happened to both Eddie and Poppy shows that there are cracks they haven't been able to cover.
@@ZimVader-0017which is why i think w is hone
1:02:34 I just had a thought.
Frank using Eddie’s actual name to snap him back to “reality”.
In some fae folklore (I think) your name is holds power
So Frank calling him Mr. Dear and realising that Eddie is dissociating, he uses his name to bring power back to Eddie.
Yes! In fae folklore saying your name is incredibly powerful and is how faeries can steal your identity which i feel like could be symbolic of home but idk?
I think it’s because the names might hold more identity and “self” with the neighbors!
If you look at the last names, they all follow a kind of adoring theme with terms of endearments, and it’s easy to think it’s a way that the neighborhood blends these characters together, all connected by this common theme.
In contrast, the names don’t have that theme. They are disconnected from Home, and therefore more personal and safe than the last names.
Their first names are their identity, while their last names are a neighborhood collective. I think that’s why the first name held more impact to Eddie than his last. His self is being recognized and called to instead ignored for his last name, the name that is tied to the Neighborhood Mailman and not Eddie himself.
@@justacursedimagewithintern7235 omg thats such a good take
@@justacursedimagewithintern7235wowowowow that’s an awesome take on it!! Wow, it makes so much sense too, of course, that also connects to why Wally’s name would “reboot” him so to speak, if Home is looking at the world through Wally, and Wally gets called using his actual name, it brings the real Wally back to the forefront!!
a very good story thats all about names and their power is SCP-4000, I recommend it
The thing where calling someone’s name and buiilding connection stops Home’s control is so very much like how cults actually form. It’s the cutting out from family and friends that gets someone in a cult’s control. This storybis so well written!
That too. I mean, the image of Julie with her siblings, we don't know much about em when we saw the drawing,
idk if Julie mentions her siblings or family at all. But surely that is what makes this kinda sad, especially a couple in the neighborhood too
I didn’t realize how much I missed that up beat snazzy voice. Thanks for the video. I love how this community is evolving and growing every day. All of you on the theorist team give me so much hope and strength every day.
yk it’s a good game theory vid when it’s a full lore of it with matpat
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So real
Pat, pat
Fr fr!
@cjdookrealhelp your so unknown, plus your teeth are more yellow than the default emojis.. and your lips have more crust than a rusty car..
*Wally: Calling out for Home because he heard a squeak*
*Home: Confused because that was just a normal house creak*
I feel like that *HAD* to happen at least once
You type like a toddler
@@ireallylikenuggets9490 welp that sucks 🤣 idk what to tell you
😂
FRFR
@@Dat_chill_1dk i agree, it sucks for you
eddie wrapping presents while he can’t/isn’t working is so real as a postal worker
hello tom. i just want to say that since matpat retired you have done a great job following his footsteps and i hope you continue to do videos and hopefully we could hear from matpat again
I'm so genuinely used to matpat's voice that I didn't realize he was the one speaking until 2:29
So I'm not the only one that felt that, good to know.
Omg same lol
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Lol
same except till 4:45, was just blissfully scrolling through my phone and then realised "OH WAIT"
Don't forget about the Sally Star audio where she talks about how there are things the happen in town at night when everyone is asleep, and she has seen them. I don't remember which update or where it is, but it is very interesting and reveals a lot about her and the town.
42:52 I believe these are old fashioned clothespins - they all used to look like this before the spring-closing clothespin was invented. One side rounded to hold easily, the other with a slit that, when slid onto a clothesline alongside an item, could provide just enough tension to hold it up. They were in fact commonly anthropomorphized, by children especially, to the point that they were often called "dolly pegs". Kids would often paint them and use them as cheap dolls.
100% accurate. I actually had a project to make a doll out of an old clothespin back in the 1st grade.
Yup I was about to add it in to qhen I thought the check the posts. I remember my mom using the As a kid of the 80s. I remember using them to make angels, butterflies, or paper dolls.
The answer popped up on screen. No need to explain
I caught *Telltale Heart* in the picture book toward the end, and the neighbors bricking Poppy into her home is similar to *Cask of Amontillado* , both Edgar Allan Poe short stories about one person luring another person to their death. Interesting!
I love this kind of compilation video. I usually go back and rewatch previous theory videos when a new one in a series drops, so this is more convenient.
It would make sense with the constant ringing as well! Like the beating heart that won’t stop and leads to him revealing his crime.
I was getting extreme thomas the tank engine vibes. Like what happened with henry
the staff article refering to the toy phone ringing till the listener goes mad is similar to the "TELLTALE HEART" also I really think your on to something
Lowkey from what we know in the welcome home lore, frank is actually an absolute DIVA 💜 if home gets to him im actually gonna start crying
Lore-wise, it makes sense that Home went after Eddie first, as the one person who doesn’t live inside of their walls.
According to Clown, Eddie Dear and Frank Frankly are canonically married, but since they’re from a children’s show from the 70’s, they have to keep it on the down-low, which is why they refer to each other as “Mr. Dear” and “Mr. Frankly”, to keep up appearances. But what does Frank do when he notices something’s wrong with his husband? He drops the facade, ever so slightly, and gets worried, even more so than he did with Wally before and than we see him do with Poppy in the new update.
If Home doesn’t want the neighbors getting too close, it makes sense to go after the married couple, especially when one of them is trying to stop Home from taking control of everyone. And if that’s the plan, I wouldn’t be surprised if Julie is next, as Frank’s best friend…
Yo that's so interesting!!! Where did you find out that Frank and Eddie are married?
@ Don’t quote me on this, I found out about it secondhand, but I think it was on Clown’s personal tumblr that they said Frank and Eddie were a couple.
It would explain partially why Eddie would have Frank help when there’s a bug in the post office. Who do you call when you find a spider? Your significant other.
@Descender98 thanks for letting me know!!
Aww that's so sweet when you look at it from that angle
YESSS I WAS SHIPPING THEM ALREADY IM SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS
@@Descender98Yes,but they're not already married in this part of the story now..perhaps when clown was asked "How did Frank and Eddie got together" he said something like "I think is a lot funnier to watch it unfold rather than me outright confirm or deny what it's happening."
35:19 "ofc Ima touch it" basically sums up matt's entire personality
You know that we’ve got a good episode when MatPats narrating again and it’s over an hour long ❤
Two of my favorite channels uploading hour long videos AND MatPat is involved in this one. When I needed it most. Thank you.
what's the other channel?
An hour? I would have never EVER expected an hour-long episode on this of all things.
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Well, its a compylation
i think its a compilation of the other videos they've made on it
Theres is no new content in this video. Its just a cut of 4 old theorys. And theres is not a "special Surprise" at the end
Gotta get that Dec ad rev
The "humanoid things" are clothes pegs, they are used to hold clothes to a clothes line to dry them, they're also used in arts and crafts in the 70's and 80's, look up "wooden clothes pegs" and you'll see this sort and the sort with the spring in the middle.
I love that the crew is so respectful to other creators.
Didn’t realize how much I missed Matt’s voice until hearing it again and feeling so much comfort from it 😢
Another thing to note, the neighbours bricking up Poppy’s home is reminiscent of “The Cask of Amontillado”, a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, the same person who wrote “The Telltale Heart”, the story the neighbours were performing.
For those unaware, “The Cask of Amontillado” is about a man who lured his drunken friend to the wine cellar, only to then chain him up and brick him up behind a wall. Whereas “The Telltale Heart” is about someone who killed his roommate under the conviction that he was evil, buried his body under the floorboards, but was then haunted/driven crazy by the sounds of his roommate’s beating heart only they could hear.
I'm not sure how this ties into the story of “Welcome Home”, but I think it's noteworthy to mention.
Dude I loved this sm! But there was something I wanted to point out, if you go in the transcript of the book on Away From Prying Eyes, the part where Sally and Frank are trying to reassure Poppy telling her she’s okay, instead of them being listed as Frank and Sally, they are listed as '???' I don’t know if that’s super important, but it’s had me stumped for months now 😭
THE RETURN OF WELCOME HOME IS 1 HOUR DEFINITELY WORTH THE WAIT
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Ooooo ur pfp! U like Alan? I do too! That's cool!
@Titanium-n6y nah I'm good
Holy moly ma boi got bot annihilated
@cjdookreal majority wins
Oh I got like 25 minutes in and realized it was a compilation😂 not me thinking mat was back and going “WE WERE TRICKED”🤣🤣🤣
I was like: Ugh, Bite Me!!!
0:35 The MAN, the MYTH, the LEGEND.......
Edit: The most amount of likes I ever got was 50. Heartily thanks to all those that made this comment get to 399 likes!
Edit: Nahh, 452 likes?! Insane.
legends never die no matter what but we let him do this last theory of the year :)
@Valstrax_bazelgeuseisn’t this just a compilations of past vids/the surprise at the end?
@@alexbartel25 I think so
0:11 back over this weird and wonderful AUTISTIC serie
That's what I heard at first lol 😆😆
that's what i heard too 😭😭
As an autistic, yeah, this series is surely autistic
It's not so far off 😂
I'm glad i wasn't the only one lol
I just watched an older analysis of welcome home and I am so happy that this video came out with the most updated stuff!!!
So good to see and hear MatPat Again
Would you like to play Gacha life with me
Its a complication
@user-dv2ee5yg9sthat doesn’t mean matpat isn’t in this videos 😭?
The speed at which I clicked on this video when I saw it is frightening. Welcome home has a grip on me😭😭
ME TOO!! I just got my Wally plushie 😭
love to see matpat show wisdom and love and support to others even tho he retired
0:33 DIDN'T EXPECT ENTRY OF MATPAT!
Does anyone want to play Gacha life with me
@knLreemss-zt2ve No.
It's a compilation
Its a compilation
I was just thinking about this series yesterday, what a gift!
Would you like to play Gacha life with me
Sammmeee
The moment I heard Matt, I was about to cry. Talk about looking back to our past!
Thanks for putting this together! It really helps the 'watchers' (like me who don't/can't do the ARGs), to keep track of the narrative.
MATPAT! 1:23
MATPAT!
My childhood legend 😭😭😭
There are little drawings hidden around and if you open them in a different tab, you'll see the title of each tab is a letter, the letters are I, O, M, A, N, F, S, E, W, A, R, Y, G, P, Y, E, R, N, W, W, W. I'm not sure what it's for, but I think it's important
Maybe they spell a sentence?
@bookworm0414 I've tried using many anagram decoding websites but there's no word that uses all those letters
Its a website call Away From Prying Eyes just search it and may appear
@@bookworm0414 Can be but it can be any full sentence.
It's a url
1:03 guys, it's the Christmas magic
I woke up feeling awful today. I like watching game theory while I'm drifting off. I find Matthew's voice very calming so this is a very nice Christmas present. You're doing a great job. Tom
i love long gt videos. Especially getting Tom and Matt just talking nonstop
It was a nice suprise to see matpat back. But *HEY* I wanted to mention in the welcome home website that If you click on Wally on the page that says "Hold my gaze and follow me", it shows a photo of Wally and what seems to be Barnaby with messed up text saying "'Look' wally exclaimed. 'I made a dog'".
1:03:04 To skip to the latest update.
Also while I’m hear, the Brick By Brick story contains a few nods to Edger Allen Poe. Sally’s play is literally an adaptation of The Tell Tale Heart, and the act of bricking Poppy into her house is very similar to The Cask Of Amontillado. I’m currently unsure how this connects to the Welcome Home theory, but I just felt it was worth pointing out.
hi guy
This actually makes so much sense. The way the Cask of Amontillado ends is with Fortunato being sealed up in the walls by Montresor
The way I covered my wide open mouth at the "HELLO INTERNET" was priceless
Wish I could see myself
I literally screamed "MATPAT" in the same way he screamed "MUSIC MANNNN" then I realized it was reused audio
I did not know about this before watching this! W video
I said it like Ash saying remnant 😂😂
Me when I realized that it's reused auto: I'll die mad now
@Uzi002 Fr
I was busy making a little house while letting the TV roll with RUclips on. This actually made me stop for a second, once I heard ‘Welcome Home’.
That’s when I heard Matpat and that is when I knew…I HAD to write a comment on this.
I get all my Welcome Home info from the channel, genuinely haven’t seen any welcome home content for months. Last week, I went to the website out of boredom and I missed this series so much ! I’m so glad this video is out. Best Christmas gift ever. Thank you Tom and Matpat !!
THE FACT THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS SERIES JUST THE DAY BEFORE
It's nice to have a concise collection of everything we know about this series! While I'm here, I just wanted to note down some things I noticed about the read-along video:
- It's weird how Sally is sorta made to feel guilty and inconsiderate for asking Poppy to join the play. It may be common knowledge that Poppy didn't like scary things, but I think the idea of Sally simply asking her if she wanted to join being this rude and awful thing was a bit of an overreaction. After all, Sally relented to Poppy's apprehension in the end, and Poppy herself didn't seem to feel upset or railroaded in her responses. This to me is another subtle indication of the indoctrination of the neighborhood, where those specifically seeking closer bonds or in some way opposing Home's influence is reprimanded systematically. Seems another attempt by Home to further ostracize the neighbors from each other slowly and quietly, like picking the wings off a butterfly.
- It was also a bit jarring how the neighbors immediately decided to go to the extreme and brick up Poppy's windows without even asking her first. Given how Sally felt about possibly hurting her friend, one would think she and the others would at least visit Poppy directly and suggest bricking her windows, but no....they just go onto her property and tamper with it. The idea of not respecting a person's boundaries and making decisions for them is also a common thing seen within most cult practices, as it takes away a person's individuality and dehumanizes them. We've already seen this occur with Eddie Dear, and now it's happening to Poppy.
- A bit of a lighter observation, but notice that the first characters Home tries to take control of (after Wally that is) are known to be particularly large in size. Sorta feels like the classic tactic of taking out the largest opponents first so the weakest members of a group are left defenseless.
New content starts at 1:03:00
Tyy!!
Thank u so much for the info. I was a really big fan of this game. I was a bit lost but not anymore. Thank you so much to bring the fandom back. 👏
Loreeeee
3:37 thank you matpat I literally missed hearing LORRRRRRRRE I’ve been typing that he should try it for awhile but to no avail so thank you for doing that.
FINALLY A HOUR LONG GAME THEORY EPISODE
Would you like to play Gacha life with me
plot twist: it's just a compilation xp
@ r u ok
@@aykrivwassup WHEN HE SAID TAKE IT AWAY MATT 💔
Yessss!!
Welcome Home is so ambitious and well made. Thanks for the compilation, team! I can tell you put a lot of work into this.
I’m glad you’re coming back to this ARG because it’s one of my favorites. Also, humorous side note, I can do a really good Wally impression and I always want to when I see stuff about Welcome home but when I do it I creep myself out really bad😅
17:51 My phone is so small, Home is lower, and the other houses don't appear, so I have to click at random to find them.
i didnt even realize that my fav guy mattpat was the narrator until 5 minutes into the video. what a way to get me off guard
A mini movie of welcome home?! A late Christmas gift has arrived!
Would you like to play Gacha life with me a😊
a story about mastermind cult leader doll is just the thing i need before starting 2025
"I mean they Might as well have just said DO NOT TOUCH in Giant red letters"
"So of course, Im'a touch it"
Dang an hour long, we're eating good. Ever consider making a Miside theory?
2:00 FINALY THOMAS MAKES AN APPEARANCE ON GAME THEORY!!!!!!! also MAT PAT!?!?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?!??
Who is Thomas?
@@Woopy-boi-goodThomas the tank engine?
This is a compilation of welcome home videos so far so of course mat Pat's video is going to be part of the compilation
@HorrorBiscuit13Exactly
It's so nice to hear Mat again. A little joyful surprise for the morning.
How dare RUclips hide this from me for 15 seconds
Does anyone want to play Gacha life with me
@knLreemss-zt2vewhen you say mocking Jesus is right, I feel like you should be banned
Bro RUclips hid this from me for an hour
I got 9 de fuke
U
I'm still so glad Welcome Home theories keep going despite the fandoms being in shambles, Didn't expect MatPat to return for a bit but I'm still glad how he continued to talk about Welcome home!!
The level of excitement I got once I realized Matpat was back for this video
I was so surprised this was an hour long video, but I'm here for it! Welcome Home is an amazing project that needs this recognition :]
After months we finally have a welcome home game theory video
its so good to hear retired MatPat
Game Theory knows what I want. I've been binging Welcome Home content this past week and I need more.
real me too
funny enough yesterday i had just speedrun a few old and new theory videos from all across the theorist channel while drawing, and although its always nice to nostalgia and watch the old one's when matpat was host, the five of you are all doing an awesome job.
Tom, Amy, Santi, Lee, and Ash. keep up the amazing work! I love every theory y'all made, every dynamic y'all have, and i love the differences in how all of you tell and explain your theories. its always fun to watch :3
I know matt was a theater kid but him having such a good singin voice is still suprising
Chat he tells this so well sometimes I get scared it's like... An ACTUAL real life threat- 😭
"DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DO SIGN!" *Mattpatt also running over a small child after seeing a stop sign*
Barnaby and Poppy are the next puppets calling it now
Matpat?! An hour long video?! Woah Tom, your really blessing us with this one
I haven’t looked at the ARG in while dude it’s so cool looking back on this franchise. Well done guys, really good stuff.
Hearing the “welcome to game theory” from matpat while doing mundane chores just lit up my entire day 🥲😔🙏
The guy who hears the phone and isn’t able to answer it cause it’s in his head makes me think of Finding frankie, the phone character who wants the ringing to stop but it never does until his head explodes.
1:02 i thought I'd never hear that sentence from him again BUT HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LORE WITH THE LEGEND
matpat:*retires*
also matpat: my retirement was merely exagerated
Can we just get 1 video per year for matpat to star an episode i love watching tom and hes doing a great job I just feel like 1 episode is like a blast to the past
I miss Mr Rogers 0:46
I miss Mr game theory
@@Valimyr64 Me too
Same 😢
For both
I miss matpat
Hope he's having fun
Game theory videos AND long form content for us? We eating good todayyyyyy
Lol loved the home alone meme at the end thank you for compiling this together I wanted to watch all the welcome home episodes but didn’t feel like watching all the episodes
You’re doing amazing tom!! Whether or not matpat is present in these videos, your stuff is awesome, and youre doing an amazing job carrying on this channel !!
The fact that he does the same kind of editing and it looks like he has the same pose like matpat, and he also has the- OMG IS THAT MATPAT-
FINALLY, MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED! A NEW WELCOME HOME VID!
For a minute there I thought I was tripping when I heard matpat’s voice but then I read the title and looked at the video’s length and connected the dots
one of the best presents i have gotten for christmas is Matpat coming back for the new year!
He hasnt come back
I normally don't watch 1 hour videos, but a 1 hour video with MatPat? Count me in
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE 🎉
Those are "garden Clips" they're used to clamp vines or squeeze/hold parts of plants together, they're commonly used with squash to route the leaves up and grapes to weave the vines to prepare them for a mesh. or net fixtire against a watering fence or wall.
Christmas/New Years gift from Game Theory of an hour long theory with Matpat??? We are spoiled