A Few Wild Fan Theories I Stumbled Upon

Written by Shae Rufe

Are you like me? Do you spend hours on the internet doing stuff, and things? If so, then have you ever come across the weirdest theories about cartoons and shows that you love? Well, if you have, then take my hand, and walk with me down this really, unpleasant, journey. It gets weird.

So, first things first, Courage the Cowardly Dog is literally the weirdest cartoon on the planet, aside from Ren & Stimpy, from my generation. For those of you who don’t know, Ren & Stimpy is a cartoon that literally traumatized me for life. Talk about never trusting cartoons. This violent, weird, and freaky cartoon was probably not meant for children, but the ‘90’s were a fun time to be alive. Anyways, later on we got Courage the Cowardly Dog, and talk about an acid trip gone wrong, this show still freaks me out to this day too. So, when I came across this theory, I was like 'Huh, now it makes sense.' The supposed theory to explain the cartoon's weirdness states that everything is in Courage’s head. Yes, the whole show involving so much weirdness is just a little dog coping with the tiny world he lives in. That alone is wild but think about it. The happenings within the show are too strange to just explain as reality, but if it’s the imagination of a dog? Well now it all makes sense, considering Courage is a small lap dog.
 
Rugrats is another one ‘90’s show that has an interesting, but far more complicated theory. Supposedly, the whole thing is in Angelica’s head. The other kids aren’t real, or were supposed to be real? So, supposedly Phil and Lil were an aborted pregnancy, and they’re twins because Angelica didn’t know if the baby would have been a boy or a girl; Tommy is a still born, Chucky died with his mom during childbirth. Dil is a premature baby that didn’t survive, and the only one who is real is Suzie. What about Kimi? She’s not important. The adventures in the show are based on Angelica’s twisted imagination that is likely brought on by her schizophrenia, and Suzie just plays along with it. Interesting theory, but, I genuinely don’t believe it.

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This next fan theory, is well, lengthy. This is a pretty popular theory, so if you’ve not heard of it, sorry? The Pixar theory states that all movies within the Pixar Universe are connected. I’m not going to go into as great of detail as the theory actually does, you get the condensed version of the story. Basically, the theory states that everything happens within the same universe and dimension. Okay, but how? Of course, it’s not all happening at the same time! Basically, humans are slowly starting to ruin the earth, thus radiation starts to effect things, like Bugs and Toys, and even Cars and People. We see this with Toy Story, then A Bug's Life, of course The Incredibles, and eventually Cars. Things get so bad that the humans leave the earth, allowing Wall-E to happen just after Cars. What about Monsters, Inc.? Well, before Cars and Wall-E, we have a mutation that, well, creates Monsters. Boo has her adventure with Sully and Mike…but then what? In her search to find them, Boo becomes a Witch…and ends up in the Past, that’s right, Brave brings it full circle. Of course, the actual theory explains this a lot better than I do, but you know. This is what you get.
 
My personal favorite fan theory is one involving one of my favorite films. Okay, listen, I know Frozen is a bit overdone, and a lot of people don’t like it. But it’s a good film. No, it’s not the first to teach girls that they don’t need a man. Nor is it the first movie to show us that sister love is more powerful than anything else; it’s just a really good movie. The theory is that Elsa and Anna’s parents left to go to Rapunzel’s wedding. Why? Well, the theory is that the two queens happen to be sisters. Making the girls all cousins, which might explain why Blondie and Eugene end up in Arendelle for Elsa’s coronation. Though, a new fan theory suggests that Elsa and Rapunzel are really sisters separated at birth, and that Anna and Elsa are really the cousins. This would explain why Elsa has powers and Anna doesn’t…or does it? Both are pretty far out there.
 
The newest fan theory for a Disney film suggests that Lilo and Nani’s parents were CIA. What? Where did that come from. Well, let’s take a minute. Mr. Bubbles doesn’t seem like the average Social Worker. In fact, he even mentions being ‘former’ CIA at the end of the film. Throughout his and Lilo’s interactions, we get a sense of something more with Mr. Bubbles.  Okay, but why would he be hanging around Nani and Lilo? Their parents being former CIA would make Mr. Bubbles an old friend of theirs. Perhaps he promised to look after the girls if anything happened to them. Granted, that doesn’t explain why he would want to separate the two, but…it’s a theory worth thinking on…

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