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People Share The Most Disturbing Fan Theories From Kids' Movies And TV Shows

People Share The Most Disturbing Fan Theories From Kids' Movies And TV Shows

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All this popularity of fan fiction and fan theory.

Fans have continued to add to their favorite cinematic and television universe through different theories and fiction writing.

Some fill in gaps and major plotholes, and some make you look at some of your favorite classics with entirely new eyes.


Redditor phantom_avenger wanted to discuss what fan fiction may not need to be made, so they asked:

"What's a dark and disturbing fan theory from a kid's movie or show that you believe is 100% true?"

Fan theories freak me out.

Where do people come up with some of this stuff?

Donkey boys

Good Morning Smile GIF by DreamWorks AnimationGiphy

"That donkey from Shrek is one of the talking donkey boys from Pinocchio."

Psychological_Put395

"I didn’t know who the 'donkey boys' were, but I looked it up and it’s horrifying on its own… to see one of those boys grown up and still a Donkey seems pretty dark to me!"

spolite

She's a Help

"The trolls in Frozen manipulated everything to get Christoph on the throne beside Anna, including making Hans go crazy, all the way back to their parent's deaths."

PicnutIn

"Frozen 2, guess who happens to show up in 2 mins after Elsa ‘activates’ the four elemental spirits to ‘help out’ the citizens of Arendelle."

"Guess who tells the queen and her only heir ‘we’ll look after the capital while you go the enchanted forest that no-one is able to escape from’. Guess who tells Elsa she needs to undercover the truth about her past which in the end makes her dive too deep and get frozen solid in Ahtohallen. Grand Pabbie is a villain confirmed."

Cryptand_Bismol

Crazy/Cracked

"Casper is the ghost of Richie Rich."

Apprehensive_Goal811

"I read a Casper 'parody' comic strip in 'Crazy' magazine when I was a kid that was a bit like this. 'Cracked' was a low-rent terrible shadow of MAD magazine, but 'Crazy' was the next tier down, just nasty."

"In the story, the kid's dad throws him head first into a TV (CRT type), killing him, and his spirit is left floating around: Casper the ghost."

"It made me so upset and worried as a kid and made me feel yucky inside. I wish I had never read it. It still comes to mind even today, and the sour feeling with it."

The_One-Armed_Badger

Thins them out...

"Peter Pan kills the Lost Boys when they become adults. The pirates are Lost Boys who ran away and formed a conclave to protect themselves from Peter."

"The book technically says that when Lost Boys grow up Peter 'thins them out' which could be killing or could be kicking them out of Neverland. But if he kicks them out, where do the pirates come from?"

Lord_Mikal

"Peter Pan is definitely killing the Lost Boys that start to grow up, and the ones who dare to rebel against him, the ones who get tired of playing with him too. Those who survive then become pirates."

Rare_Hovercraft_6673

And Piggy?

Press Conference Kermit GIFGiphy

"Kermit the frog caused 9/11."

"In lt's a very merry muppet Christmas movie, they edit out the twin towers, however, they forget to do it in the 'what would life be like if I didn't exist bit.'"

"Meaning canonically, kermit the frog caused 9/11."

kg123xyz

Now that one is wild.

Torn

beauty and the beast smile GIF by DisneyGiphy

"That the Beast from 'Beauty and the Beast' killed some of his servants because of a brief scene revealing torn apart furniture and several other inanimate objects."

Kandy_669

Science

"The Telly Tubbies are human scientists on a terraforming mission in the far future. They crash landed while still in hypersleep, trapped inside their bio- encounter suits, their minds reduced to those of children. The world they live in is the result of the attempts of the ship AI (sunbaby) to simultaneously complete the mission and rehabilitate the crew."

WittyNomDePlume

Yo home to Bel-AIr

"That Will Smith died during the fight on the playground and being sent to his family in Bel-Air was actually heaven. That’s why his parents would only see him on his birthday/other holidays, because they were visiting his grave."

G8585

"Would also make sense as to why he and the fiancé just randomly called off their wedding at the altar. Entangling someone else wouldn't match with whatever purgatorial state he was in."

"Then the parents bizarrely getting married instead let him know his loved ones were going to be ok without him. Kinda sweet in a way. Still, I never understood that storyline."

Dangercakes13

The Dark King

"Prior to the events of Lion King 2 Simba and Nala had another child (this is the cub seen at the end of the first movie), however that cub was murdered by Zira resulting in the banishment of the Outsiders.

"Hence why Zazu refers to them as 'murderous' outsiders and why Simba is so overprotective of Kiara. Also, while not in itself 'evidence' the movie does make a quick reference to Kopa from the Lion King books. At the start of the song We Are One Simba pushes Kiara off a rock and her tail lands on her head."

"The way the tail floor is positioned makes it look like she has the same mane as Kopa did in the book (so even if this theory may not have been intentionally part of the story it is possible Kopa still served as a partial inspiration for some of the writers and animators)."

"And yes, IK Kopa survived in the books, but I prefer the idea of him dying or at the very least never returning. Since if that isn't the case it'd mean he's the 'true' king and that'd undercut Kiara's story."

Theher0not

Interesting

Flying George Jetson GIFGiphy

"The Flintstones and Jetsons take place at the same time, reflecting the widening divide between the wealthiest and poorest of society."

FalseAlarmEveryone

Now that is a show I'd watch.

Do you have any other theories? Let us know in the comment below.

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