Is no one talking about how one of Huggy Wuggy’s biggest attributes was that he’s obedient? Wouldn’t that imply that someone, or something, is telling him to harm the player? They could be controlling him to do things because he’s engineered to listen and obey

This game literally took the "I just hit an orphan, what are they gonna do? Tell their parents?", and dialed it up to 11.

Has anyone pointed out the flower imagery of this game? I've never played, but Poppy flowers are a theme, and many of the enemies in the game relate to nature (the caterpillar-esque creature, Mommy Longlegs, etc) and also Makayla's last name is Hyssop, which is another type of flower. Kinda sounds like cultivation and kinder*garden*... cultivation.

The last name being the Production team leader, who also tortured them, does make sense in why the letters were on the floor. They wanted his name destroyed most because he tortured them more than the others did.

The theory of the player's name being Jamie B Honey makes a lot of sense, because there's literally a bee toy in production at Playtime Co. and the cutout for it says, "You need to get out of here."

The "Jamie B. Honey" name would actually justify Cat Bee showing up so much, and us needing to create one in the first chapter.

6:58 As Mat says in the newest Poppy episode, the big Mommy was made before the little toy versions, so she was probably called Mommy Long Legs because the kids would call her Mommy “because she was the closest thing they ever had to one”

After looking back at all the theories so far. I think the prototype is NOT Elliot Ludwig. I think it’s Pierre, the head of innovation. “INNOVATION IS KEY” is very much something he would say bc he was so obsessed with his experiments, and he feels like he would be chaotically mad enough to continue after being shifted.

Silly Matpat. We’re not the antagonist. We’re his son attempting to undo all his wrongdoings.

My own theory is that the prototype is actually made using an adult. That's why it would be far more intelligent than the other toys that were brought to life. If the others were made with children, they would actually be less aggressive and more obedient and more willing to cooperate with the staff there.

glad to see you finally talk about the orphans being turned to monsters theory. i though of it right at the start of the game honestly

It’s funny how he said “maybe it’s Elliot talking” when he’s talking about red messages, then a couple theories later he’s like: *”they turned Elliot into the prototype”*

For anybody that hasn't figured this out yet. The noises you hear after you leave the first two games are Mommy in a rage killing bunzo and the mini-wuggies, it took me a couple plays but you can actually see bunzo and the wuggies in her webs back in the game station, so she's actually a lot more angry than she makes out when we win the games

One thing I noticed about Poppy’s design was that her main theme was red hair and blue bows. For those who don’t know, blue bows and ribbons are symbolic to those who were victims of child abuse. If Poppy really was Elliot’s adopted daughter, then his violence towards his daughter could give us a hint as to why he was perfectly okay with using children as test subjects.

I have my own little theory on us being head of production, Jamie B. Honey. You see, in most production quarters I'd imagine that there job is to, as he said, make adjustments to toys to present them to the public. However, I think we did come here not to exactly to repent OUR sins but our co workers. Because when you think about it, no one knew about the orphans going missing nor could the toys leave. So why go back to the factory and get rid of evidence if no one is suspicious to begin with? Well, I believe that we, Jamie B Honey, are wanting to make-up for what happened. My theory here is, we knew about the experiments HOWEVER! We didn't know it was on orphans. Now I know this has a few pot holes, like 'if we didn't know, then why would Mommy try and kill us?' Or 'why would we get our own slide if we didn't know?' Well, everyone I have a small theory on that as well. I think we are going back to the factory not just to find any employees, but perhaps Elliot Ludwig. Why the owner of Playtime CO? Because I think we might be a close friend of Elliot Ludwig's which would explain why we have a big role but didn't know about the orphans because he wanted to keep us safe after incidents from Prototype 1006 started happening. It also explains why the toys try to kill us because they know we are close friend of Elliot Ludwig who, maybe, the person who is behind of all this. But again that's just a theory. A game theory! (Thank to those who read the theory, I normally don't share these....)

I have a slight feeling we might be Eliot Ludwig. Why? When mommy said “If anyone should die alone it’s you.” And as we know Eliot Ludwig lost someone close and these toys seem to be after us because of what we have done.

MatPat: “The player is the villain.” Also MatPat: Saw Jacksepticeye but still kept him as a character in the game.

A quick note! Marcus said "dothering," not "gathering." What he was saying was that the thing was kind of lazily moving around the hall.

I theorized that too. That perhaps the real victims are the toys trying to kill us. Like the other games, they experiment on these orphan children, knowing they didn’t have families to go back to. Those who value other things than the lives of children like Laith Pierre relentless turning them into creatures they play with. They say that when something happens to a child, their soul becomes corrupted by rage and sadness and that’s what happened to these kids - turned monsters. Their furious, sad, but above all ..have absolute hatred for those who did this to them. That the character were playing as- was involved in such horrifying experiments. Maybe a peculiar child got turned into Huggy Wuggy, which is why he attacked us. It would be awesome if it was confirmed. Like Huggy wouldn’t attack anyone else but you because you were involved and their hatred is to see you dead.

I feel like the theory on us being the head honcho himself, is pretty far fetched. Because, at the end of chapter 2, poppy doesn't recognize us. She calls us special and that we can save them. It seems more realistic if we were someone who worked there and is named Jamie B Honey than anything

Every single Horror Game theory has to have a “YOU ARE THE VILLIAN” theory by MatPat

"Its jacksepticeye of course he's gonna be important for the lore" -MatPat 2022

I watched all parts of game theory about this game, and it is strange that Matthew never talks about the multiple messages inside the vents during the chase sequenc in chapter 1.

I haven’t even played this game, I just like hearing MatPats theories and reading the subscribers theories.

This theory makes so much sense considering the main character we play as is able to use the GrabPack just like any other regular worker of the Production Area would.

I'm surprised Mat didn't acknowledge that the two notes we find about the child assessment end abruptly, as if the proctors were interrupted by something.

I was wondering how the kids could disappear at the factory without repercussions but them being orphans checks out, I suppose

imagine a team of the greatest detectives like the batfamily and sherlock holmes where given this case.

The biggest question that’s bothering me in this game is “why we’re not dying?” Is there someone always saving us? Or are we immortal somehow

Fun theory: “Poppy” Playtime may not refer to poppy herself, but maybe to the poppy flowers that were used to “revive” or “create” the toys and failed rat experiments. Just a quick thing I thought of, made sens to me

12:23 sounds like Mat really has it out for Scott Cawthon.

Why was I expecting "since I last sung this song so I could ponder, the man behind the slaughter"

You know I was rewatching the gameplay, and when our character dies, it tells us to “Get up”, it says “You can take it”, “Don’t die just yet”, and a lot of others things that signal to me that we are recounting what we’ve said to others, the children. It sounds like we’re talking to the children while torturing them, antagonizing them. This is just my small theory/thought while watching the gameplay.

This does make me curious how Kissy Missy seems less hostile than the other toys. Maybe her conditioning didn't follow through to obedience? I hope we get more clearance about her in the next chapter.

The plot line is slowly becoming a violent mix of Fnaf and Bendy... I LIKE IT! Minus the whole twisted orphan murder thing...

Can we just say how amazing GT's 2d rendition of sinister smile poppy playtime is just.... perfect

I've seen a lot of theories surrounding the player himself, and im glad MatPat also made a theory about it.

can’t wait to laugh at “jamie b honey” being wrong, or laugh even harder at “jamie b honey” being right.

One poster in the games says, “Don’t hide behind doors to scare Leith Pierre, and then it says, “Don’t enter Innovation wing without authorization.” Kinda sounds like Leith Pierre is writing this, since he heads up Innovation. …And because no one else would stand to say they don’t like to watch someone get scared by opening a door

What if Jamie is the one talking about The Prototype? His and Ludwig's voices are the only ones we haven't identified yet after all.

It makes a lot of sense “Jamie” would be in Production. Consider the previous character, where we had to go to the “make a friend” department. And this chapter, where we had to build our own green hands

I’m surprised the talking cutouts weren’t mentioned. They seem to be partly sentient as well. They say ominous things to the player (except Kissy and Daisy I believe) when you keep pressing their buttons. Not only that but you can “feed” Candy Cat until they’re full but if you keep going you can basically hurt or kill or upset (I’m not sure tbh) Candy Cat since they ask you to stop. Boogie Bot’s cutout also says “The button hurts me.” And also says “Am I a real boy?”. Gives me suspicion that some of these cutouts might also be partly alive but also programmed to say lines. But that’s just a theory…A GAME THEORY

Anyone realize that the letters for the main characters name are changed from JAHYEONBAIM to JAHYEEONBIM so the real words couldnt possibly spell out Jamie B honey. original letters : 15:48. changed letters: 15:59. Im not accusing or anything i just want to know.

So last video I made a comment about Elliot Ludwig and his "tragic family loss". I speculated his family loss was probably his adopted child that he somehow made into The Prototype. Polly was made to early for his family loss. How she was made I don't know yet. But I hope we figure it out soon. Matpat making the connection between the red screen messages and a parent ignoring their child's faults is what really helped locked it in for me. Elliot (if he's the one talking in the red screens) seems to be excusing his adopted child's, the prototypes behavior. And I don't think it stops there. Elliot has an ex wife. Maybe she's Mommy Long Legs? Not a whole lot of evidence here just a hunch I had. Mommy Long Legs is described as a motherly figure to the other experiments. Maybe Elliot's ex wife has some maternal instincts that carried over. I think it would be really cool to have Elliot Ludwig, the man who seemingly advocated for peace and love on the outside, to actually be heartless, cruel, and be willing to sacrifice everyone around him. And if we are really the head of production. And we helped to sacrifice a bunch of innocent lives who's only crime was to be too close to Ludwig then I think it would be really cool. Sorry if this makes no sense I'm writing this at like 3:00am cause I can't sleep

Us being head of production makes even more sense when you realize that we never make noise in the story (yet). Obviously this could be from a protag perspective of "wanting to keep the game immersive" or something. But when you think about it, as a main person in the company, you would know easier ways to deal with these monsters, I think our character knew they'd encounter monsters, so they try to stay quite as to not draw any attention to themselves.

I feel like the prototype is Elliot Ludwig himself, and the person, voiced by Robin (in the tape with jack) is who took over and began these experiments, it just sounds way too calm for you know everything that’s happened

TO BURN THE WHOLE PLACE DOWN Matpat thats sounds suspiciously like oh FNAF!

Whoever voiced the Prototype was amazing.

The biggest question that is torturing me in this game is: “ Why are we not dying?” Is there a possibility that someone is always saving us? Or are we Immortal somehow?

Has anyone else thought about the purpose behind CandyCat being overfed? The audio expressed CandyCat being intially excited about the "Candy" But after getting full still ends up getting fed and apparently begging doesn't matter enough to stop for whoever is feeding him So does that mean the "Candy" serves another purpose entirely?

Matpat: Drumroll please! Editors: Nah, I don't think I'll do that *Puts on dramatic music instead* Matpat: Understandable, have a great day

Wait a minute if Elliot’s adopted daughter died sometime in the 1960s the how is she poppy because Poppy came out in 1950

Honestly seeing that the player is the true horror instead of the actual game itself is something that definitely should be looked upon in other games, which can make them more unique. This is something I hope gets looked upon on because future games can have an impact on having some potential with this kind of approach.

10:56 Jacksepticeye’s cameo in this, is the most amazing part about this game, the legend is going places for sure.

Jack is here too? Man, game companies really love Jack, don't they? Don't get me wrong, I like him too, but like... I see him pop up in every game that pops off. First Bendy, now here? Man's got himself out there!

The big question mark for me is... if we are the head of production, how old is our character? Because if they were a founding member we'd have to be seventy at the youngest.

The name Jamie also makes a lot of sense as it's unisex; it could be applied to any player easily. Also, as much as there are similarities to FNAF, this game has a different feel. Maybe games should have a new genre of "childish horror" or something for games like these lol Edit: changed androgynous to unisex

When you said "I'd hate to see my torturer again" I was expecting to see a picture of Scott truly a missed opportunity

That prototype voice gave me chills. But no I don't think that the production leader is us. What if the production is the prototype or even the owner of the company consumed by his obsession of making toys, and maybe he didn't come out completely pure when he was transformed into 1006, cause his intentions were selfish, he new his daughter was alone being the only toy so he tried to turn himself into one but the guilt, the regret, and the selfishness turned him into something far worse than he could of imagined as a person. But also if 1006 is the prototype it wouldn't make sens that the creator of the company would somehow be the prototype idk

Great theory! Love your content even though I sometimes don’t understand. But the amoubt of hilarious jokes evens it out😂

For those who are trying to figure out the name, here's a tip that Matt doesn't mention in the video. If you look closely at the sign, you can see that the first name has 5 letters and the last name has 6 letters. I learned this from Super Horror Bro so credits to him. Jamie B Honey does work but there might be some other possibilities. I wish you all luck :)

Mommy long legs reminds me so much of the other mother/Beldam from Coraline: the fact that she toys with children falsely acting as a “mother”, she loves games but hates cheaters, and has that chilling spider like movement

Matt Pat will never get anything right because as soon as the creator of the game realizes that he got it right they’ll just I don’t know pulled out a note or something random telling the player his name😅

You can also kind of add to this idea that you're the production head because of the scene where you build CatBee. If you're the head of production, you would know how to build the characters.

"These aren't just any children, they're orphans!" please someone explain why my brain heard that and decided it was the funniest part of th video 💀

Mini Theory: The Red Death Messages are things that the Player remembers hearing from when they worked at Playtime. "They're just hungry, The Prototype has saved us, and Isn't he wonderful, INNOVATION IS KEY, and MAY WE FORGET DEATH" are likely things Elliot has told the player to justify the monstrosities he was making, and the experimentation on the orphans. "HE IS LOOSE, and THIS IS AN EMERGENCY LOCKDOWN" is what the Player remembers hearing when the Prototype went rogue.

Dan:*refuses to animate FNAF assets* Dan literal two seconds later:*animates 2 FNAF assets*

NO WAY THEY ACTUALLY PREDICTED HOW CAT NAP DIES IN THE INTRO

Wouldn’t it be cool if Poppy Playtime had two endings based on this theory: one where the protagonist rights all the wrongs in the factory and escapes to reveal the truth to the world and one where they bring down the factory and cover up everything.

That actually fits really well, because Jaime can be a male or female name, as video game characters usually have both available.

I think mommy meant something else when she said "They just played and never came back"....she maybe meant after they were experimented on, they were taken and turned into toys Its like she knew where they would go due to the reason she gave for like, trying to kill the protagonist.

I love hearing Matt Talk about theories of my favorite game series but but I like SuperHorrorBro theory/theories on this game

Fun fact: he's a legend because he never takes another breath, he's just on the same breath for like 17 minutes

My take on this is: Poppy doesn’t seem to recognize us, she speaks as if we’re new. Lines like; “You freed me…” “you’re perfect, too perfect to lose.” Etc… As well as being delighted we know how to solve the electricity puzzle in the beginning of Chapter 2. If we were the head of production, we would’ve known about her. Maybe she was in a stasis? Opening her case is what springs her to life, or so it seems. Yet in the letter from the very beginning, it tells us to “FIND THE FLOWER” in bold and underlined. Yes, this may just be for the player. The notes too. Her acting like she isn’t familiar with us while the others are is strange… She hates the experiments, even saying that there were so many wrongs that needed to be righted. That alone makes me believe that we may not be the head of something, so… Why is she so unfamiliar? Why is Mommy the only one who knows that we worked here? My guess? We didn’t pull kids apart and make them into toys. Oh no. We adopted certain kids to send away via Stella’s orders. Mommy says we deserve “to die alone.” She knows us because we would “adopt” kids, she recognizes us because we gave the orphans a hope of having a family. We sent them to die and spend eternity in a toy. The prototype may be Jamie B Honey, continuing the experiments on themselves. Now, I’m no theroist, not by a long shot. But this makes more sense to me. Edit: I absolutely LOVE the questions and other theroies coming from you all! I try to respond and spark more ideas best I can, so by all means. Leave a reply on your thoughts! :)

I've been wondering if you play as Stu in poppy playtime. If Rich did become huggy wuggy because he was a disgruntled worker and Rich was Stu's replacement because Stu was retiring. It would make sense for Stu to not show up on the day of joy and why he is still alive. That's why you see a nightmare version of huggy in chapter 3. If your character shows a connection with huggy. And that would explain his guilt as to wondering what happened to his ex coworkers. He seemed to care about them.

Great Video! *This theory is so amazing*

Whoever is voicing these characters are amazing your doing a great job mat!!

I wonder if the game is called “Poppy Playtime” not because of Poppy the character. Rather the role the poppy flowers have in this game? Since they play a huge part in the living toys creation along with all the other side characters uses such as the scientists. As poppy flowers can symbol sleep, peace and also death. Which fit the games themes perfectly. Though, I will warn, poppy flowers can mean much other things depending on which culture we’re talking about.

I got Jamie from the letters thing, but it took me a while to get the surname because I didnt think of the possibility that one of the letters would just be an initial.

Can you make a video how you make a video. From ideas to research to collect/ creating assets…

MatPat: "The player is the villain." Also MatPat: Saw Jacksepticeye but still kept him as a character in the game.❤️❤️❤️

Theory: Stella Greybur is Kissy Missy. Stella seemed very child-like and friendly to all, both in the VHS tape from Chaper 1 and from the recordings in the game station. Kissy Missy is very friendly and has no desire to attack us, the player. Kissy Missy also seems very child-like and curious. If this theory is true, maybe the reason Kissy Missy/Stella DIDN'T attack us is because she recognized us as her old boss(and maybe as an old friend?) Edit: Stella would probably be the first to speak out when she found out how the kids were being treated, maybe the company manipulated her in some way, and when she found out too much they had to to get rid of her but didn't want any potential to go to waste so they turned her into a toy, and Stella/Kissy's kind nature carried over into her toy form?

OMG THE WAY YOU SAY ALL THIS GIVES ME SHIVERS

a fine addition to the collection

Theory: It's possible the messages after death are memories of different higher-ups talking to us, the player. Considering the theory that we are the head of production, the white messages all sound encouraging, but if spoken correctly, they could come from Elliot Ludwig, the leader of the factory. His bossy tone and backstory seemingly line up with all previous messages that end in a fade to white. Following that line of thought, the messages fading to red could be Eddie or the Head of Research. All messages that end in red line up with the research side of things so it would make sense.

There's one problem with our character being the head of production: Huggy Wuggy was completely obedient to the staff and wouldn't harm someone as important as the head of production. Plus, our character seems to be confused about most of the stuff inside the factory. I think Mommy Long Legs suspects all employees are guilty, just because they worked there. She's blaming us when we're confused about most of it. We returned to try and save all the missing employees because we want to. I think we're playing as Marcus, the character jackscepticeye played. I think he wanted to find someone he cared about, but they became Kissy Missy, which is why she helps us.

Hi interesting thing me and my friend noticed watching markplier playing poppy playtime chapter one.I don’t know if this has been mentioned in a n other video but in clip about 4:44-4:48 if you look up at the vent there should be something pinkish moving through it. Don’t known if that’s helpful love your theories by the way.

How'd it take them hours? Jamie was the first thing I thought of. Although tbf that may have been because when the letters were swirling around the screen J A M lined up

Is it possible that Stella could’ve turned into Kissy Missy, the one that helped us during chapter 2? It makes sense to me because if Kissy Missy was angry about being turned into a toy, she probably would’ve acted hostile toward the protagonist. And since Stella said that she’d be happy to bring joy to kids and everything, it would make sense that she would be happy being stuck inside of a toy. So the fact that Kissy Missy wasn’t hostile toward the protagonist and that Stella inferred that she wouldn’t mind being turned into a toy, the theory that Stella’s soul is in Kissy Missy makes sense. Also, when we hear Stella’s voice in the play room, there’s a cutout of Kissy Missy, but that might be something random.

a random thought, "Jamie B Honey" sounds more like a name for a toy thats supposed to pass as human than an actual human name. what if we were the latest in the many experiments before the factory shut down? What if the factory decided to start making living "toy" workers to run the factory? It would definitely make sense. actual workers would start objecting eventually, maybe even tell the press whats going on. these created workers would be much more obedient and complacent. and WE were the apex of this branch of experimentation and were given a position above the others as a reward. this would also explain the death screens and respawn mechanics, were literally the same as the toys and therefore we are connected to them. and the reason characters like mommy longlegs dont recognise us as being one of them is that we LOOK human. none of the toys do, so they just assume we arent a toy.

the intro of this video is amazing i just love it so much

I knew they got mark to do a bit for the game i had no clue about sean tho thats awsome

*HOLD IT* There's one problem with Poppy being the dead family member mentioned in the tape. The tape says the death occurred in the 1960s. Assuming the living Poppy doll in the game was the very first one made, it CAN'T be her because she was released in 1950.

The name “Jamie B. Honey” would make sense as the first toy that we used to escape in Ch. 1 was CatBee.

It's also worth noting that throughout the game all we are seen doing is producing things. Making a Catbee toy, making a new hand for our grabpack, etc.

I love your vids I needed this evedince

team theorists is working so hard to come up with theories

Poppies represent sleep, peace and death. (In New Zealand, we place poppies over the graves of fallen soldiers, and wear poppy pins to honour them as well :D) So it makes sense why the creators chose to have the poppy flower as the main symbol of the game.

I might have a theory that tells what chapter 4 and 5 be. U see that there is 5 wings of the factory and the 3 wings game station, innovation and playcare have been shown in the 3 chapters but the 2 wings that are left research and production hasnt been showed yet meaning chapter 4 might be the reaserch wing and then chapter 5 might be production wing.

when I saw the letters floating around I knew what the first name was and I was bouncing and punching the air in excitement when I got it right, or what the theory states :)