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23 Theories About Popular Franchises That Left Our Jaws on the Floor

By:: Eric B

July 03, 2023

23 Theories About Popular Franchises That Left Our Jaws on the Floor

Places like Reddit are a playground for fan theories where users come up with ideas of their own about the things they watch that are usually beyond the writer’s intent. Sometimes these interpretations even find their way to the show’s creators with some impressed and others just utterly baffled.

Notice how you never see children on Sesame Street? Some super sleuths seem to think that the kids might be the meal of choice for the fuzzy puppets of the block. While other grade-A mind-bending fan theories beg questions like what if Bikini Bottom is a nuclear testing site? What if Aladdin takes place in the distant future? And what if the Smurfs are hallucinogenic? If you’ve got a favorite show, there’s someone out there who has come up with a theory about it.

Here are 23 popular franchises that have been subject to some wild theories and will change the way you see some of your plot lines forever…

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According to prophecy, Harry Potter will defeat Voldemort. The prophecy goes, The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches .. born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... The thing is, all of those things also apply to Harry's classmate Neville Longbottom. What if Neville is the chosen one? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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Aladdin's Genie makes a lot of pop culture references. The Genie has been trapped in his lamp for 10,000 years. When he pops out, he makes constant jokes about the early 1990s. What if the movie takes place in the distant future? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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Gargamel is addicted to catching Smurfs. Usually he wants to turn Smurfs into gold, but sometimes he just wants to eat them. The Smurfs are minding their own business, living in magic mushroom houses that they hollow out by eating. What if the Smurfs are hallucinogenic? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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Skynet keeps failing to put a stop to the human rebellion. Throughout the Terminator film series, Skynet goes to ridiculous lengths to try to snuff out John Connor, the head of the human rebellion. But why? They could easily wipe out our entire civilization in a matter of weeks by irradiating the planet with nuclear weapons. Then there'd be nothing but robots, with nothing but time on their metal hands. What if they keep the humans around to give themselves purpose? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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In Skyfall, Silva goes to insane lengths to get revenge on M. Former British agent Raoul Silva is so pissed at M that rather than just killing her, he contrives an absurdly elaborate plan to stalk her and destroy everything she cares about, all the while saying creepy things like Mommy was very bad. What if she's actually his mother? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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SpongeBob SquarePants has bizarre characters. SpongeBob is a talking, square sea sponge who lives in a pineapple, has a meowing pet snail and works in a restaurant owned by a crab. It all takes place on the sea floor beneath Bikini Atoll, the site of underwater atomic tests back in the 1940s. What if they're mutants caused by nuclear testing? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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Willy Wonka's factory is more than a little sinister. Не takes the kids on a terrifying boat ride, and on the way he recites: Are the fires of Hell a-glowing? Is the grisly Reaper mowing? Yes, the danger must be growing, For the rowers keep on rowing. Then one by one, the children are judged. What if it's Dante's Hell, across the River Styx? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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You never see the same kids on Sesame Street. The same adults stay on Sesame Street year after year. So do the puppet characters, who mostly seem to be monsters. Yet the children come and go quickly, often appearing on just one episode. What if The Count is feasting on them? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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Isn't it weird how Ben Kenobi doesn't remember R2-D2? In fact, there is a lot of lore from the prequels that Old Ben has forgotten. On top of that, Ben seems to have aged 40 years in the space of 17. It's like Ben and Obi-Wan are completely different people. What if Obi-Wan was his clone, OB-1? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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Why didn't the fellowship fly giant eagles to Mt. Doom? In Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, the party of nine has to pass through the Mines of Moria to get through the Misty Mountains (which is, incidentally, where the giant eagles live). Gandalf is (temporarily) killed. As he's falling into the abyss, he commands, Fly, you fools! What if the eagles had been Gandalf's plan before he died? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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A Song Of Ice And Fire is fairly cataclysmic. It starts with the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros under Targaryen rule, like a beast with seven heads and seven crowns. Then Robert Baratheon leads a rebellion against them, then Daenerys swoops in with her dragons and rains fire on the land. Plagues ravage Westeros, then a white army shows up. What if it's a retelling of the Bible book Revelations? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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Hans abruptly turns from hero to villain, in Frozen. Hans and Anna share some genuinely romantic moments, and seem to really click. If he were after Elsa's throne all along, why didn't he just stay put when she abdicated? Instead he climbed a mountain just to defend her. When Hans inexplicably turns on Anna, she winds up with Kristoff, who is the magical trolls' pet human. What if the trolls used magic on Hans? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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Ferris Bueller leads a ridiculously charmed life. When his friend Cameron is home sick, Ferris persuades him to get out of bed, steal his father's car, and have the adventure of a lifetime. They magically flit from a baseball game to a five-star restaurant to art galleries and leading a parade. What if Cameron made him up to explain wrecking the car? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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In Batman V. Superman, Batman goes kill-crazy. Batman breaks his no-kill rule so hard that it looks like he's having a psychotic break. Не finds Robin's suit scrawled with Joker graffiti-but what if the Joker didn't kill Robin? Jared Leto's Joker doesn't have the rictus grin, but is covered in ink, including tattoos where Robin would have had bullet scars. What if The Joker is actually Robin? CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan Theories About Popular Franchises To Break Your Brain

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HOUSE IS AN ADULT DOOGIE HOWSER GRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan (Non-Batty )Theories

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Samurai Jack takes place in a post- apocalyptic world that was once home to The Powerpuff Girls. TALKING DOG Says... 100 TALKING DoG* Sayle 7003 1% letter des CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan (Non-Batty )Theories

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Doc hadn't tested the Delorean and was shocked when it worked. Driving it directly at himself indicates only one thing Doc wanted to die CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan (Non-Batty )Theories

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23 Theories About Popular Franchises That Left Our Jaws on the Floor — Source: 25 Fan (Non-Batty )Theories

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Anti-censorship advocate Suzanne Collins created the names Peeta and Katniss as a joke knowing that teen fans would portmanteau them into the name Peeniss. CRACKED.COM — Source: 25 Fan (Non-Batty )Theories

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Different faces. The same man. James Bond, like Doctor Who, is a Time Lord. PPYP CRACKED COM — Source: 25 Fan (Non-Batty )Theories

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CRACKED COM The events of Aladdin never actually happened. The merchant made up the entire story, just to sell a lamp. — Source: 25 Fan (Non-Batty )Theories

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CRACKED.COM Pete and Trudy Campbell's daughter will marry a man named 'Edison'... ...and have a daughter called Annie who goes to community college. — Source: 25 Fan (Non-Batty )Theories

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