First off, thank you all for the incredible response this video has had! I've had a few cool convos in the comments about other factors that tie into this theory/explanation. Namely: The Teleporter, and the way the Biggol Sword secret plays out between numerous fails (ie. universes). Here is my attempt to build on the video theory, while including those! The Teleporter appears to work through space AND time - and has some weird manipulative properties of the two. It's one of the only things Henry reacts to BEFORE using, getting increasingly nervous about it. He is reacting to how AU versions of himself have been affected. Despite being a different Henry, it's always the same device (he hasn't failed with it yet perhaps), and the device is imposing the weight of those previous failures upon Henry! Alternately, the stakes are simply higher each time, and he knows the device is finicky. But that's less cool and sci-fi oriented ;) The sequence for acquiring the Biggol sword includes interactions with the CCC in order to acquire the necessary code for the door. There is a chance that in a similar way the Teleporter has manipulated space, time, and Henry - the CCC's interference with timelines and universes have granted Henry some limited multiverse knowledge. The exchanging of that flash drive, from Henry to the CCC, and their interference with their discs (all connecting with Henry), resulted in an unintentional criss-crossing of universes on a less-than-physical level that have granted Henry a small _fragment_ of universal awareness. It's all a bunch of mingling timelines, coalesceing, and granting inter-universal knowledge! So despite never reading or learning the code, he is able to essentially pluck it from the ether of another universe thanks to goofed-up time and space.
I Challenge(JK just hear me out), Your theory is pretty good that there are finite number of alternate timelines and each timeline will, no matter how it ends always forces to the the next mission one way or another BUT during the one of the fails in completing the mission, specifically the 'Sprite Form' when the sprite punches the write hand man into an alternate timeline where Hendry never came across with the TopHat clanand the right hand man never gets cybernetic enhancements ... Basically, we can't fully know for certain whether we live in universe where all Hendry 's actually ending are the only possible ending. Also in the bio of the right hand man in completing the mission it is mentioned that he was defeated by Hendry and had got cybernetic enhancement. So we might still have infinite number of universes Edit:Or That every ending, including fails is an ending, that is probably the only possible way this could happen....
*"The sequence for acquiring the Biggol sword includes interactions with the CCC..."* Problem, Henry isn't in the same room, ergo, he himself cannot interact with the CCC, heck, he gets the drive in a different path altogether. To me at least, what's happening to Henry here looks very similar to what happened to (Zero Escape spoilers ahead!, don't continue reading unless you don't care about spoilers! You have been warned)... ...Junpei in the first Zero Escape were he was mentally linked to his love interest's younger self Akane because she needed him to avoid being incinerated. What am trying to say is that somebody else (maybe the player?) is messing with Henry's thoughts and basically telling him what to do, ergo, the existence of the multiple endings.
Something that I noticed when watching some youtubers play CtM is that the Majora’s Mask chaos containment fail has the narrator speak in first person, as if they were the person who launched the moon... or perhaps the narrator IS the moon! Ok, I was kidding about that last bit. But the fact that the narrator spoke in first person in a way that suggests that they impacted the multiverse is still quite significant.
I feel like Henry knows about the fails and different outcomes because with each time he used the teleporter he becomes more and more hesitant to use it until he finally breaks it from doubt.
That's something I've been vaguely aware of, but didn't make the connection mapping out this video. It could be a super significant point! I had it in mind, that the "narrator" for the fails is clearly aware of multiple endings and fails, since they leave snarky remarks about Henry trying something multiple times. But the idea that Henry himself is aware if a whole other can of worms! Well done :)
@@2leftthumbs Ever hesitate to make a decision because you feel like it'll go wrong? What if that's you from other universes who made similar decisions telling you "don't. it won't work"?
Gotta love how Puffballs just allows everyone to choose their own path and for that specific person anything could be their ending. But offically every ending is canon. So from there, if any person wants to make fan content of a specific ending, because of their own experiences, it's completely in the limit. Should there ever be another game after Completing The Mission, there would be so many endings to continue but i don't think we will see that anytime soon. And let's be honest, no one wants Valiant Hero to be canon.
I’m surprised that so many people talk about Valiant Hero but never Revenged. In VH, Charles dies, but in Revenged, it’s the heccing MAIN CHARACTER of the story. Plus, he passes away cold, alone, and helpless. At least Charles was on a mission with a friend.
they both made me cry, but vh it harder wow my grammar was great a month ago- anyway, came back to edit this comment. Henry maybe kinda deserved it? i mean- he killed everybody in the airship, i rewatched the revenged ending and i didnt see any escape pods or parachutes. assuming nobody survived, Reginald had the right to kill him in the betrayed ending- Henry just walks in the airship kills RHM and captures Reginald, obviously he doesnt wanna go to jail or whatever so he gives his leadership for his freedom. Reginald obviously cares about the toppat clan, most likely has always been with them, and Henry hasnt proven himself. in Toppat King Henry risks his life for them. therefore, proving he can take care of the clan. wowee that made no sense. if anyone wants to attack me or add on to my comment go ahead. have a nice day/night
Wait that means there are universes where Henry didn't infiltrate the airship... Edit: I just realized it's never explained if it was in the past of the other universe
@@hypocritehenry4619 its technically a side grade since RHM loses his prostetics after being slung into a different timeline which means that travelling to a different timeline overwrites the selfs you have there. There aren't going to be two Henry or two RHM like there would have been if D4C is used. In exchange for this nerf in terms of Universe switching as I would call it, Reference has the extra ability of switching itself and Henry so I guess Reference's true ability is the act of 'Switching' from either switching places in space or even time.
An alternate path to be sure! Many of the fails are "endings" in the sense that Henry dies. There is a real chance Henry went on to do great things after that delicious cheese break haha
12:59 "It's possible that the CCC is doing more of this low-key meddling throughout, perhaps nudging things on a regular basis" so, what you're saying is they're responsible for the tank on the last dance off fail.
@@aquoobis Agreed. Even though i like Minecraft more. I guess because it has more options. You wanna play Solo? Minecraft is the Only way because you don't play with Players. You can still play Multiplayer in MC and it's really good but if you want free Multiplayer then Fortnite it is.
To me the original cannon ending to escaping the prison was the ending where he stole the cop car, as in the old flash version of airship in the interactive loading screen we can flip around cameras and one of them is a garage camera with, you guessed it, the exact same cop car.
I actually thought it was a bummer that the loading screen thing wasn't a part of the remasteres, because it showed that little extra of how Henry was captured. Now I'm wondering if it was dropped in order to leave some extra ambiguity of how he Escaped?
The thing is Puffballs slightly reconned the PD, in the Flash version the last screen shows a plane taking off while in the HSC it just shows Henry walking in the snow so it would make sense for that to be reconned too
14:15 i just realize that the Helicopter shutdown the blade as it fall down for Ellie and Henry to enter and not in slow-mo. I was so confused how they can bravely ride the helicopter and not hit the blade( that would be lead to another failure lol) with such small percentage of succeeding.
Yep. Charles shut down the engines to make it easier for them to hop on. You can realise that due to the background “beep beep beep beep” that the heli is making due to the engine being shut down and it losing altitude really quickly.
It is also a sort of reference to FtC, in the IRO path, if, at the last choice on the helipad, you choose the bottom option so Henry jump from there and Charlie say something like: "Wait, that was the plan? Man, we could've organized us better" This means that Henry already had the idea to enter in the helicopter in a free fall... Or at least Charles understed that.
Well, the bios wasn't joking when they stated him as "one of the youngest and most experienced pilots" the goverment have (I think this imply that he's a prodigy of some sort). But this is just me.
I propose there is actually one ending that isn’t canon, at least it can’t be canon without creating a plot hole, the “Lawyered Up” Ending in Escaping the Prison. In the beginning of Infiltrating the Airship, the Captain lists Henry’s criminal record, all of the crimes that he is wanted by the government for: breaking into the bank, breaking out of prison, and stealing the diamond. The only problem is, if the Lawyered Up ending is canon, two thirds of that criminal record wouldn’t exist. In the Lawyered Up ending, Henry is declared as not guilty for his attempted robbery at the bank, thus expunging his criminal record at that point and letting him leave the prison legally. He didn’t “escape” the prison, he walked out a free man. When the Captain later claims that he is wanted for both breaking into the bank and escaping prison, it directly contradicts one of the endings to Escaping the Prison since we’ve established Henry wouldn’t have those crimes on his record. Therefore, the Lawyered Up ending cannot be canon without contradicting every single ending in Infiltrating the Airship.
It's a solid argument! My theory there would be that Winston Davis was confirmed to have been wrongfully convicted. We know that that was the case. Spo potentially a skilled detective could have brought new evidence forward. They overturned that ruling, but it was too late to bring Henry back in. So he still "Escaped". We also know that Winston goes on to join the Toppats. He only could have done that if he himself escaped (possible, since he's now imbittered and working with criminals), or he was let out legally when they realized they had the wrong man
Well,I think that general may guess that henry just set it all up to break out of prison. Plus,Winston's friend Tedd didn't go to prison,as he was with Winston all this time and he knows what actually happened,so general may also find out truth from Tedd somehow. I know,it's a silly theory,but still
You should’ve put “By the way, if you read this far, click here for a free medal.” in the middle of the text, as a reference to the “tl;dr” achievement in Stealing the Diamond
@@epicnightmare5600 it's on attacking the airship. You steal a gold vault with a teddy bear inside. It's hinted that Henry is shot because of this failiure
Here is my theory: It all starts and ends with the package, due to the package Henry escapes prison and does all the things that lead up to CtM and ultimatly, the multiverse imbalance. The package is in fact the cause of the imbalance. But as much as it is the cause of it, it is also the end. The CCC has to correct the multiverse imbalance, but why sending Henry the package, as that is the lead to the imbalance? Simple, a balance goes both ways, remove the package, and there will be too few multiverses, Henry would be stuck in prison forever , end of story. The CCC sends Henry the package through time and space creating the setup for multiple universes to exists, at the end of the day, the multiverse gets overloaded and has to be defragmented. The CCC does so making sure it stays in balance by sending the package to Henry. And then we've come full circle, the CCC will keep on balancing the multiverse for eternity, with or without knowing they've done it countless times before. This makes that we, the players, can make our own stories without messing up the multiverse and creating infinite possibilities. Henry will always complete his mission, but how he does that, is up to us.
I like to think the true ending is "Triple threat" -Charles lives -Henry and Ellie are with the government (and Charles) -Top hats cant steal from people anymore -Ellie isn't mad(rather happy) -The main characters+charles(the best character) are on a team edit: I know all endings are canon lol, it's just that this one would be the best one to be canon
Stop adobe flash from ending! Flash has tons of games we love! Good or bad, there are thousands of amazing games! Don't let them get taken away from us!
@@latirefofinhodomarata4189 I know. I played all of them. Still, it's not THE game I played as a little child. Everything, from the loading screens, to the simpler art, all were a part o my childhood. Strange, isn't it? I feel nostalgic about waiting for Henry Stickmin to load up as I looked at the things around. Plus, a few of my favorite songs in HS got removed, like Infertehno and Forgotten Aura. And beyond Henry Stickmin...so many other Flash Games that never got as big as Henry will now die.
Thinking about it, the CCC seems to be in EVERY universe. Is it possible that WE, the player, are the CCC looking over all the possible universes. It would make sense, or maybe a group that works against the CCC trying to cause chaos with Henry as their pawn. How does henry get all the other items he uses for his actions, we seen that the CCC can give an item to a universe, as they delivered the package to him. So who's to say they didn't also give him a ton of other items or ideas as well.
I like to think of it like the post-game of Hypnospace Outlaw. In HO, after the main events have unfolded you are left to archive all the various webpages on the micro-internet that was Hypnospace. Perhaps the player is a member of the CCC taking glimpses into other timelines and archiving what they see. The whitty remarks from the "narrator" could be your supervisor making comments on the archives you create and basically telling you "That one's a dud, move on."
The Distraction ending is the true ending: To defeat the guards, Henry must distract the guards. Mr. Stickmin does this by doing a dance. The plan works guards get distracted by Henry. However, it works too well and Ellie also get distracted. All four people are stuck, doing the same dance for all eternity.
That kinda reminds me of a plague involving dances,where people have continued to dance over and over for days...I don't know if i'm just making it up though...wait,nevermind,Researching it takes you to "The Dance Plague of 1518".I doubt that's what the creators are referencing to,but i thought i'd just say something lol
Eventually Dmitri notices that two convicts have gone missing and sends people after them. Guards stumble upon them one by one and all get Distracted too, until the entire Wall is Distracted, dancing for eternity. Reports of a mysterious ghost prison appear around the world and people go there to investigate, only to go missing as well. When enough go missing, the police get involved and disappear themselves, which catches the attention of the government, who sends in the military. The military also goes missing, and the Wall is covered in the Distracted dancing forever. It becomes an international emergency which will eventually doom stick-kind and swallow the Earth in an endless loop of Distraction.
Stickpeople are sticks, so they are pretty light, but Henry on the other hand, is fat. Must be the reason why Ellie couldn’t catch him in CtM, and he fell through the vent in EtP
2866hourman5 he gets sent to prison, then he escapes & steals the diamond & escapes successfully, he then infiltrates an airship & gets caught no matter what happens in the airship & is thus sent to the Wall even if he helps the government, he flees the complex & goes onto completing the mission where he does separate things in each universe depending on which ending combo he picks, (RPE & TB will result in Henry’s Mission being to take down & exact revenge on the Toppat Clan, resulting in the Revenged ending. RPE & GI will have Ellie take over as the leader of the Toppat Clan & try to kill Henry as revenge for abandoning her at the Wall, resulting in the Toppat Civil War ending etc.)
@@Sleepy-yp4wx The fails for Breaking the Bank have been confirmed to be canon. They aren't separate timelines. Henry's Doctor Analysis in Lawyered Up states he took quite the beating. The pictures for Breaking the Bank in the intro for ItA showcase fails.
The "Multiverse defragmentation" that the CCC actuates is probably just "Erase all the Universes where Henry failed his objective, thus not reaching the 'Mission'. The Universes where Henry fails DURING 'Completing The Mission' can continue to exist, until further events" This is what I think: every choice that doesn't lead to a main ending is deleted, unless it happened in "Completing The Mission"
I feel like the “all endings are canon” thing is a shrödingers cat scenario, this is even alluded to in the box in escaping the prison. All the endings are canon until you go down a path that gets you one. Charles is dead and not dead until you get an ending.
I was actually thinking that the package wasnt the anomaly, but something else. Let me explain In Stealing the Diamond, you can see that Henry's financial situation is desparate. Meaning that no matter which way Henry got out of prison, he would return to his life of crime. But the only crime Henry commited before EtP was Robbery, meaning that his sentence is temporary. He will definitely get out. And if he gets out, he returns to his life of crime, he will be able to complete the mission.
@@ghasthordegd1201 we don't know how long he sentence was though. It could have been long after the events of CtM, hard to tell since there's not clear indications of the amount of time between each chapter.
@[TSA]canal mais variado/ most random channel That's not true because the anomaly correction in completing the mission says "1 year ago" then goes to escaping the prison, so there couldn't have been that much time. also ctm came out in 2020 alongside the collection, what are you talking about it coming out in 2018?
Theory: What if the CCC actually spawns every item Henry would possibly need to create each universe? I mean, they do summon the box in prison, so it's very plausible that the CCC is actually controlling every fail, rank and ending Henry does, IN ORDER to overload the system, which would then fill up and send the package to Henry in prison. The CCC traps the multi verse into an endless loop whith little nagging, such as the box or any other item Henry magically posses when u choose it. Also, Henry remembering using the teleporter before might be because the CCC is putting the memory of using the teleporter and dying in other universes. They can summon stuff, so probably they can also control memories and, in this case, put memories inside a person's mind. Just another nagging to some more fails, some more universes and the eventual overload, further supporting my previous loop theory. I don't know if this is canon, but, for me, it is very possible.
No. The CCC may have given the box Henry received in Escape the Prison, but I don't think they control Henry's fate, actions and endings. Also, it's not clear if the failures are also canon, because Henry could have used the teleporter off-screen and known in advance of its ineffectiveness.
the cannons in Stealing the Diamond and Completing the Mission are both canon Edit: WOW. This is the most likes I have gotten! also someone pointed out the Solid Gold Cannon in Infiltrating the Airship
"Canon" is whether or not something is a part of the accepted continuity. ie. All the Star Wars movies are canon. The Mandelorian TV show is canon to that series as well. All the AU novels are not canon. And despite being officially produced, are considered high production fan-fiction
About the fact that Henry becomes hesitant of using the teleporter as evidence of his acknowledgement of his previous failures... Dude, I think you can become resistant anytime to use something you feel that wouldn't work. Henry just had a feeling that using the device wasn't duable, so he broke it.
Permafreux but before this, the only time he wouldn’t have died using it led to his success, so he wouldn’t distrust it unless he knew he had died using it several times.
The teleporter in Completing The Mission appears in Jewel Baron which can be accesed by choosing the endings Pure-Blooded Thief (ITA) and Presumed Dead (FTC). Interestingly enough, both of these endings have the teleporter as a choice....
Permafreux Dude, he’s willingly used the teleporter multiple times throughout the series, as well as other devices and he’s never gotten the feeling they wouldn’t work. Henry gets the sense that the teleporter has failed him multiple times, though not in his universe, which is why he stares at it for so long, before smashing it on the ground. Smashing it takes him to different locations. Lava, Ice, the shooting range he teleported in (from EtP) a white void (from StD) the outside of the bank, etc. Saying he smashed it because, “Henry had a feeling that using the device wasn’t duable (correct spelling is doable)” doesn’t connect, because this is henry stickmin.
Vitorgue . yay he hesitates in the airship to give the screen a look of... disappointment? And then grimaces as he uses it, expecting something bad to happen
This reminds me of undertale. There' many differences. Many things that can change and happen. But in the end you always meet Toriel, you always hide behind the lamp, you always get led by alphys or stand in that hall with Sans.
Have you ever thought that the player is some rogue CCC employee or something? Think about it. The player can switch through all the timelines and go to them at any moment.
I was about to say that I would like to see a spin of about how ellie went to the wall but if in the case of this theory it can't be made one because she is able to not appear in completing the mission for example meaning that she is not like henry and can have a diferent life trought options Or maybe I am very bad thinking
Honestly, I'm with you dude. I wanna see Ellie's story and how she became so bad of a criminal that she would be sent to the wall. Because, when you think about it, she is as greedy as Henry, and she dosent seem to be bothered by killing, but besides that, what else is wrong with her? Theres no signs of psychopathy, PTSD, or any other condition surrounding her, shes just oddly normal, and seemingly just as prone to fail as Henry. If Puffballs really does make a game explaining her backstory, then I'm excited, because shes one of my favorite characters from the game. (2nd place to Charles, but one above Henry)
As long as all the endings lead Ellie to the Wall, that would be perfectly reasonable since the specifics of whatever she did to end up there aren’t ever mentioned.
Unless she did have a role during CtM, in parts that we weren't always seeing? Off on her own mission perhaps? But it is an interesting observation that her own path might not be as pre-determined as Henry's. That being said, I bet there would still be room for her to have a prequel story that ended there. Considering Henry was hunted by the Wall no matter what his specific crimes were - they could target Ellie for numerous things, even beyond what we specifically see in a game of her.
Capital Gains - Henry and Ellie became one of the richest criminals in history, The Toppats lost their two leaders and gave the leadership to a stickman I never know, Theres a chance the the Toppats will get revenge on Henry and Ellie for stealing their wealth unless the government defeated them Toppat King - After Henry came back to Dogobogo Jungle, Reginald still hates Henry inside but shows a nervous face to him, meanwhile the government attacked them and Reginald saw Henry's skills and potential, Reginald accepted Henry as a leader and the Toppats becomes the most feared and powerful criminal organizations Pardoned Pals - After a change of plans with Ellie to join the government instead, the military now pardons the two and both of them became normal people, its basically the Freeman ending, but Henry has Ellie as a friend (or possibly a future lover) Toppat Recruits - Successfully killed the Wall Wardens and shoots down Charles' helicopter, Reginald accepted the two as Toppat Members, Henry and Ellie lived a life of crime with the Toppats Master Bounty Hunter - Henry takes on the right hand man, and defeated him with a cheap combo technique (possibly from a fighting game) after they captured the leader, The Toppats surrenders and all of them were arrested, Charles saw Henry's potential of capturing leaders of criminal organizations, Henry is now a soldier who specializes in capturing big time criminals Stickmin Space Resort - Being able to steal the Rocket and making the Toppat members employees of the rocket, Henry successfully becomes a great businessman a now owns a Rocket Space Resort Cleaned em Out - Henry successfully steals the Toppat's wealth without getting spotted, he is now the most richest criminal in history Little nest egg - Its basically Cleaned em Out, but Henry chose to put his tank into action and ambush the train, Henry successfully steals the golden cart and got stranded in random land, he was still happy to be able to have so much wealth despite being trapped in random land, He might possibly put the wealth into his land similar to the Intruder on a Scooter ending Special BROverts ops - After the general saw the duo's great teamwork, he decided to promote them both (Even though Henry isn enlisted), the two later becomes elite soldiers and might be one of the best Toppat 4 Life - After sabotaging the government's efforts to attack the Toppats, Henry came back gloriously to the Rocket and might be one of the greatest leaders in Toppat History Freeman - Escaping from the clutches of the Toppats, Henry enjoys his life as a normal person Toppat Civil Warfare - Leaving Ellie out in the Complex might have been backfired because later she accused Henry for being not a gentleman, Reginald sees a opportunity to dethroned Henry and was successful, later Henry rescued his loyal companions (Even Dave) Jeffrey decides to make everyone ride into a escape pod and land on a desert, Reginald who got throwed a while ago got killed by getting crashed by the pod, along with the right hand man who was carrying him, Ellie became leader of the toppats and later 2 sides has been split and it ends up in a Civil War Valiant Hero - Being a awesome duo once more, they successfully put the Toppat's station into a state of exploding, as Charles and Henry are escaping some random asshole Toppat desperately attacks them, Charles throws Henry into the escape pod, and once the pod has been released, Charles is now gonna explode along with the station, he later dies by the explosion as Henry saw the horrific sight, Henry became sad (or depressed) later on and gives Charles his respect, Henry is now a badass soldier with a sad past Revenged - This ending might be the 2nd most saddest ending, after Henry was betrayed by Reginald he sought to have revenge after getting cybernetic enhancements by a russian girl, defeating the Reborned right hand man he later trapped Reginald by stapling him to the ceiling, Henry was about to escape when Reginald suddenly shoots him and rather's to take Henry with him, The Airship later crashed, Reginald dies due to injuries, Henry on the other hand was still alive but also dying, he cant move his cybernetics so he barely needs to walk using a stick, he later sits down on a rock tired, Henry later dies due to untreated injuries, this ending is sad if you realize that Ellie and Charles arent his friends in this time, he only got betrayed, but his actions are now justified, this ending is the only one Henry officially dying Jewel Baron - Henry gains a life achievement by stealing 3 great jewels, he enjoys his life being a luxurious man Triple Threat - Making the Toppat's rocket go into the wall, The Toppats might be possibly dead, or maybe some of them were arrested by the wall, Henry and Ellie on the other hand celebrates their victory with Charles and they possibly work together in future missions, the three of them might possibly be life time friends (Henry and Ellie might be lovers and Charles might be the third wheel) Note: I wouldnt have put this in here, the replies reminded me on this ending so give them a little credit Multiverse Correction - Restarting the Stickman Universe, they send the same box again in Escaping the Prison, Meaning that the universe was only looped by Henry actions, this might be my 3rd saddest ending as the end screen says "Thank you"
and also, i'm actually curious to know who gadget Gabe is. she/he made so many things to help henry out... well if she/he even knows who henry is i guess. maybe he stole her/his machines to use it for good?/evil?
maybe an Ellie game could use the same 'Choose your own adventure' format that Henry Stickmin did, like, maybe whatever got Ellie in the wall depends on what ending you get on that game?
It’s because we’re so used to laughing at our favourite characters deaths because we can always hit retry and do it better, but then suddenly one of them is dead and there’s no retry this time, it’s sad because it’s unexpected and we aren’t prepared for it
Fun fact: there’s a chance that all the “main” characters (ellie, henry and charles) have a minor sense of timeline knowledge(spoilers ahoy) Henry: someone else mention the whole “teleportation” idea, which I don’t wanna mention for the sake of “stealing.” But to tl;dr it, henry becomes more scared of the item per game. Also minor point, apparently punching people through timelines doesn’t break the multiverse (henry’s jojo spirit punched someone into a timeline where the two didn’t meet) but a bunch of fails does? Is it because this was a fail that this overloaded the multiverse? If this was the main route (as in the right option), would this have even done anything to the timeline? Charles: there are three things he says that i wanna bring up (all in CTM). In FTC, when you select the “charles” option, he says “this is the greatest plan” before failing you. And right before dying in the “valiant hero” ending, he says “you could say that this was the greatest plan.” Selecting charle’s plan in CTM has henry and charles talking. I’ll only abbreviate the whole convo for typing reasons “I’m going to crash into the window” “You know what I’m talking about, right henry?” (Henry nods) It should he noted that there’s a high chance charles never mentioned the plan in FTC and ITA because of henry’s shocked expression each time before he fails, except he’s aware of it now and agrees with it. Final point: This is in one of the intro cutscenes. Charles mentions a plan then says “you could say, we’re going to _complete the mission_ ,” only for ellie to go “why did your voice change?” If that isn’t a fourth wall break, I don’t know what is. Ellie: ok I’m kinda just assuming since she’s a main character, despite her not only not being aware of charles’ plan, but also the fourth wall break I mentioned. All together, it’s safe to assume that the main cast have _simple_ timeline/multiverse knowledge. It isn’t really useful to them (as in they are only related to fails and stuff), but it’s safe to say they have it Also the “fail narrator” being thing _defiantly_ has timeline knowledge and manipulation because of, not only the references, but the fact that THEY MADE A LOCK APPEAR ON THE DOOR JUST SO HENRY CAN LOCK PICK IT AND FAIL Edit:grammar errors, also probably won’t correct stuff here but in the comment section for the sake of them all making sense
so the main characters are omniscient basically theyre aware of their past, present, future, and parallel self. the fail narrator omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent lmao. and a little theory what if the fail narrator is suppose to keep henry in check as he is the agent of chaos
LikeDaBoss I wouldn’t call the main cast “all knowing” just “knowing” since it’s not like they tried to abuse it at one point :b then again, henry does technically have the option to “load the game” (unless the narrator does that) and do some specific game stuff like “clipping through surfaces” , “corrupting the world” and “hacking/being banned” Also wouldn’t be surprised is the “fail narrator” either helps/controls harry or just laughs at every “stupid” thing harry does. Tho i think it’s the latter cause unless they’re the one providing all the options (even then that overloads the multiverse and most of them dont work), they don’t intervene directly. Heck, the only example that i know that the narrator directly changed something is to add a lock pick, and that ended with a fail
If there were canon endings to each game I think it would be this: Escaping the Prison: Badass Bust Out Stealing the Diamond: Intruder on a Scooter Infiltrating the Airship: Government Supported Private Investigation Fleeing the Complex: Convicted Allies Completing the Mission: Triple Threat
@@CabbageTheMan But Jewel Baron suggests that Henry didn't sell the diamond (I know, it doesn't make sense since Henry has an actually good house, but maybe he was able to successfully rob a bank in between games) so Unseen Burglar wouldn't work.
What do you mean by canon endings to each ending? That doesn't really make sense. (also this is just my opinion but Triple Threat is too overrated, it takes away attention from endings with far better stories like Toppat Civil Warfare and Free Man)
AAandAG I said IF there were canon endings. (I think Toppat Civil War is one of the worst imo because it ruins everything between Henry, Ellie, & the Toppat Clan)
There's also that path where he works with 3 government operatives to disrupt the launch, the scene is called "a game by puffpalls United" and it open with a fairly cinimatic scene with opening credits, that path also seemed pretty canonical to me
@@hyperfairy7779 That scene is an homage to Metal Gear Solid, particularly MGS3 due to the sharing of a jungle setting. It's mimicking the intro credits of MGS3, which includes "A Game by Hideo Kojima", a credit present in games directed by him.
I don’t think this counts for _canon_ It just works to say that the main cast has minor timeline knowledge Charles mentioned that the VH hero was “the greatest plan” and the FTC charles option was “this is the greatest plan~” It doesn’t make add to the timeline, but to the character. It just makes it so that you can say that charles has minor timeline knowledge
@@Nam_gwen Charles only consistently calls it "the greatest plan" because he always wants to do it. Let's say you're an American and you want to go to Europe this Summer. In an alternate universe without COVID, you do. However in our universe, you can't. However, in our universe, you go in 2 years once you can afford it again. This isn't because you know that "oh yeah in this previous timeline I went to Europe", it's because you wanted to the entire time but weren't able to due to restraints. Charles always wanted to call something "the greatest plan" but couldn't because nothing was fitting until either of those situations, they just happened to be in different timelines.
This doesn't add anything really but its interesting that the government probably only got involved after stealing the diamond because they assumed the diamond was stolen by the Toppat Clan, considering their history of stealing large jewls. Then they investigated further and found that Henry was responsible, and you know the rest.
Yeah He also got pardoned for the event, or at least punished in secret as the news mentioned that the tophats stole the diamond, not henry. This is _after_ FLC so the government had to know henry did everything a long time ago
While I understand that the Stickmin series has ended, this video has given me an amazing idea. Fighting the Multiverse The CCC, in an effort to stem the number of multiverses, has fused certain lines into a single point, and pitting Henry against the one force that could stop him: himself. You have Valiant Hero Henry looking to replace his alternate universe self, so that he could live in a universe where his best friend is still alive. Meanwhile, Triple Threat Henry has been sent into Toppat Civil Warfare while having no prior connection to leading the Clan to begin with. Just an interesting idea.
On Twitter, The Creator of Henry Stickmin said that all endings are canon... so I think what the creator is trying to say is the options that you have chosen are canon and it is different person to person.
An appeal by Winston (or Vladimir) could have turned up info (perhaps supplied by the CCC?) proving that Henry did, in fact, tie himself into the bag before Winston and Ted stumbled across it, proving Winston’s innocence and getting Henry in trouble for perjury, libel, and slander against Winston, not to mention having the attempted-robbery and burglary charges put back on his record.
Imagine getting a sequel to every CtM mission (or at least every mission with loose ends), each with their own branching storylines. Going back to rescue Ellie from the wall after Cleaned ‘em Out. Henry, Ellie and Charles going on a new mission after Triple Threat. Hunting down the rest of the Toppat Clan after Valiant Hero. Henry vs Ellie in Toppat Civil War. Trying to survive the path home after Revenged.
@@tableprinterdoor I’m pretty sure it’s just called that because the ‘Mission’ has such a wide variety between each ending. You can’t call it ‘Stopping the Rocket’ or something because lots of the missions are completely different.
@Aidan Tenesaca I don’t remember Henry dying at the end of Revenged... and even if he did, he’s already been brought back once on that path. It’s possible he could do the same again.
Fun fact: There are 144 ways Henry's life can play out "But there are only 16 endings in Completing the Mission!" Correct, but the previous games affect that number. Here's how it's calculated (it's really not hard) First, let's start before ItA, since that's where things get messy. There is only one way to go in BtB, so we don't have to consider that since that just multiplies our answer by one (which, obviously, just gives you the same number) There are three ways to break out of the prison, and three ways to steal the diamond. That leads to nine possible combinations. When we reach ItA and FtC, we're not actually just going to multiple the number of endings. After all, some of the ItA and FtC endings aren't compatible (you can't call the government to save you if you abandoned them). Luckily, we don't have to determine how many are compatible. CtM has already done that. There are sixteen ways Henry's life can play out from ItA onward. Finally, we just multiply nine (the number of combinations of stealing the diamond and breaking out of jail) by sixteen (the number of endings in CtM) and we get 144. Just because you get the Triple Threat ending, doesn't mean there aren't multiple ways to get to that point. For example, Henry might get Sneaky Escapist, then Intruder on a Scooter, then Government Supported Private Investigator, then Convict Allies. However, Lawyered Up, Just Plain Epic, Government Supported Private Investigator, then Convict Allies also leads to Triple Threat yet it's a unique combination of events for Henry's life to take. This comment is useless and way too long. If you read all the way down here... I'm sorry, I wasted your time.
That may be so, but the three endings of EtP & StD define only one output each, and therefore only have one output, albeit in nine different ways. So even these two games don't set a different fate and are like BtB in terms of consequences. And so we have 1+1+1 total of 3 consecutive endings before ItA & FtC determining Henry's future. They are again 16 because it doesn't matter what endings are achieved in EtP & StD because they lead to the same stage in StD & ItA.
Funny enough, the REAL unanswered question remains in Breaking The Bank. How did Henry tie the disguise knot? I know that these games don't necessarily follow logic, but they have SOME explanation to them.
Thats infair you guys just care about charles i dont mean i hate charlea is cuz is just desbalanced the love to henry stickmin characters is now just ...... C H A R L E S and i love his plan they the better ones but cmon accept you guys dont even got sad in revenges and why? You guys dont noticed that *HENRY DIES* and no no no he dont die he just sitting in there heck even puffballs confirm it but even knowing you guys just say "all endings suck charles and charles plans and also valiant hero" and this is getting out of control so STOP >:V
Very interesting video, I'm glad someone took their time to make analysis vids on Henry. I had a couple different interpretations regarding what you were talking about so I'll write 'em down. I thought that the multiverse imbalance bar is more of a thing where the max is when the imbalance is great enough to need fixing, but now that I think about it your theory about it is better. Also you mentioned something about other people making choices to make that imbalance greater, but I think that Henry is the only one who's choices lead to new timelines, since the bar doesn't increase by itself, you need to get all the fails first, well... Henry does. Not go through the routes to wait until some other people make choices in the world. Also it's a nitpick, but Henry doesn't always play a role in the rocket launch. In the Toppat Civil Warfare route we don't see anyone talking about the rocket, nor do we even see the Dogobogo jungle. Also my interpretation of what defragmentation ment was that it scrapped EVERY fail, hence why none of the outcomes of them are canon. They don't count as ranks, they don't count as endings. It's much simpler than the stuff you came up with, but I personally think it works better.
With the BIG events and many people, maybe every person-to-person decision and interaction doesn't count. But inevitably with Henry as a central character to those events, it will begin to massively spin out of control. But I agree that my in-video explanation may not be the most concrete. Good call on the TCW route! But in any other RPE-based route, the Rocket is still happening. It appears that even under Henry's leadership, that was always where the Toppat's were headed. But with TCW taking place so shortly after his escape form The Wall, it may not have had the time to quite get there. So it doesn't mean the rocket wasn't in the plans. But it's a good point from you, that that isn't a certainty, since that route takes place earlier than the others! Legitimately, your explanation of defragmentation is more elegant haha. I think either explanation works, but I would tend to agree that your simple look at things actually makes for a better fit xD
It doesn't make sense, it's just a joke. Puffball as said multiple times that no ending is more canon than the other and there is nothing to add to that since he's the creator. He even said it wouldn't make sense to have a canon ending since it would ruin the very point of a "Choose your own adventure" story.
I would like to note that these decisions concerning “everything is canon” that PuffBallsUnited made is probably set up to *support* their decision to make this the last Henry Stickmin entry...OR, its the other way around: this is how they decided to set up the Collection, but realized that if they were to make a sequel, it would be very hard, maybe even impossible, to do so without throwing away what was set in stone in the Collection. So in a way, it’s good that they aren’t making a sequel...but then again...it would be possible to do it correctly. Heck, they pulled off the multiple endings combinations thing with Completing the Mission, so there’s that...
I agree. I have a similar reaction to people asking for Portal 3. The story (or in the collection's case, stories) ended perfectly, lets not fix what isn't broken. An Ellie-focused prequel, however, would be cool. Alas, that is not to be.
My theory: Henry is going through a Groundhog day scenario: the beginning of the loop starts with the box in ETP and end at ???, then he wakes up in prison with faint memory of the past loop
I think it's a different Henry everytime. Once Completing the Mission ends Henry is no longer affected by the "constantly branching timelines" thing and he can live like any other person, not ending up in fails all the time.
I think that Badass Bustout in the first episode is the most canon one. Beacuse in the flash version of Infiltrating The Airship, in the loading screen we can see that henry stole a police car.
It's basically a cliffhanger. An open ended ending. What actually happens won't be documented, it's up to the player to think of what would happen next.
I personally like the idea that the whole story is being told in like a 6th person perspective. That they heard this story from a guy who heard it from another guy who heard it from another guy and the details are fuzzy so they're trying to figure it out while they tell it and it gets out of hand
The canon ending is up to you For example my head canon is: Henry robs the bank, hires an attorney, steals the diamond, gets evidence for the toppats with Charles, escapes the Wall and is presumed dead, destroys the space ship and Charles
Like someone else said, considering Henry's "stand" sends people to alternate universes, I like to think that infinite alternate universes DO exist in the game but we merely look over the universes that coincide with the decisions we make in the game
Is it just me or I just love to see Stickmin in other consoles,Cameos on other games (not including flash games), Wanna see him in Smash But since its not on consoles yet its 1%
What's weird is, in the original Infiltrating the Airship, it shows that he was found in the wall after using the teleporter, the hole he used to escape sneakily, and the penny he used to steal the diamond sneakily, which assumes he did everything sneakily which is why the government chose him. That seemed to be retconned in CtM, where the path you chose up to this point become the things they point out.
5:28 Well, we OG fans who played the old flash version know that the canon ending for Escaping the Prison is Badass Bust Out, since Henry had a police car parking in his garage in the loading screen of Infiltrating the Airship, when it was "just" a Flash game. But hey, still awesome video :D
The protagonist as always been Henry Stickmin, never Stickman. His name is said in the legal ending of Escaping the Prison and he didn't have a name in Breaking the Bank.
I think they even play with this in Fleeing the Complex, during the events of the Pressured Dead timeline. When the Warden, Dimitri, is being told he escaped.
I like the idea that Henry is aware of all of these other dimensions, and someone made a good point in the comments, saying that EVERYTIME Henry uses the teleporter, he starts to get more and more hesitant, until destroying it out of doubt. Now this would also explain the very wacky ways Henry is able to succeed, he explored literally every option he had until it worked out, no matter how bizarre it seemed. It would also explain the very simple fails, such as just just eating cheese, or eating a cupcake, or choosing to do nothing. It’s most likely just to see what would happen, because anything else as simple usually succeeds (the cloud drawing for example, and the sandwich in FTC)
I think the universe where Charles said “Completing the mission” in Completing TheMission is the cannon because... come on, it’s obvious why I think that
I feel like the multiverse was at a normal capacity but because of Henry’s chaotic adventures and how many times and ways he could both fail and succeed, he just starts to tear apart the multiverse. Henry Stickmin IS the anomaly.
I just thought the CCC was just to balance the chaos in events of Henry Stickmin games...... But when I saw this, *it has gone too far to comprehend* ......
The quote shown from Puffballs, "Making one ending the 'real ending' defeats the purpose of choosing your own path," is an especially good idea to reference in games where a morality system is present. Shadow the Hedgehog contained a last story that essentially retconned every ending. Doing it this way may seem boring, but it makes too much sense.
Ok so if the ccc have sent Henry that box which required the defragmention process to start we have a sort of chicken and egg scenario. There would have to be a branch where Henry escapes on his own without the package from the ccc, but that wouldn't really make sense with the whole "limited amount of outcomes/branches" thing
Exactly what came to my mind. The package didn't need to be from some multiverse conspiracy, it could have been from a family member, or a previous partner in crime, or maybe even Ellie, who knows.
I think the true ending is the ending when the center of chaos containment send Henry the cake, because that could mean that it's a time circle, that will ever end, for me that's the real ending.
I like how early on he gives you the answer so you don't have to sit through the whole video to get the answer so if you aren't really a fan of theorizing and stuff you can just watch a little bit in this is the sign of a good youtube I will definitely be interested in this channel's content keep up the good work! :D.
It's weird that you didn't bring up Tribute/Reference once. Despite its active use being a fail it implies that through it Henry has access to a variety of these timelines within this contained multiverse.
As others have already said, Henry does seem aware of the various fails and different outcomes, but I've noticed he also seems aware of the *player.* There's a few times where he looks directly at the screen (or "camera"), indicating he knows the player is there and is questioning their choices. For example: -In "Infiltrating the Airship", when choosing the "Leap" option to get across the gap between the Records and Vault/Cells, Henry first looks straight at the camera with a hesitant look on his face before jumping, as if to say "You're really picking THAT option?" -In one of the Teleporter fails (I think it may be the one in "Fleeing the Complex"), Henry hesitates for a *long* moment, looking between the Teleporter and the camera with an extremely unamused and pouty expression, before finally deciding to use it. It may be worth mentioning that Charles looks directly at the camera and breaks the fourth wall as well (in his "we'll have no problems... _Completing the Mission."_ dialogue), but Charles is also just a goof in general.
Wow, I already knew about the whole multiverse thing but this video really clears up what the CCC's real motivation is. I think they're a much bigger force at play here than what we believe. Also, I believe this is the explanation as to why Henry breaks the teleporter out of fear in CtM: So, it has been confirmed that every fail in BtB is canon due to Henry's doctors analysis and the BtB picture in the intro of ItA. I believe Henry broke the teleporter in CtM but didn't in the other games because of this. Henry has had some extremely close calls even with his correct choices, now that he is 6 episodes deep he does not want to tempt fate more with the randomness of the Teleporter, keep in mind it already failed him one time, and he would rather play it safe. That's why he breaks it. To add onto this, in the timelines where Unseen Burgular is the ending that happened, he has already tempted fate with the teleporter again and it overshot the teleportation, luckily it was too small for Henry to die. In every game following BtB he is very hesitant to use it as you can see him being nervous whenever he activates it. Also also the fail text narrator is definitely omnipotent as in FtC he acknowledges the ItA Charles fail. Also also also the Lightning Quick Larcenist fail is acknowledged in FtC's trailer because it's a false report. GSPI is missing because the government did not reveal Henry helped them as it was stated to be an anonymous tip. So for some reason the Wall took in the Teddy Bear as a report, despite it not being canon.
First off, thank you all for the incredible response this video has had! I've had a few cool convos in the comments about other factors that tie into this theory/explanation. Namely: The Teleporter, and the way the Biggol Sword secret plays out between numerous fails (ie. universes). Here is my attempt to build on the video theory, while including those!
The Teleporter appears to work through space AND time - and has some weird manipulative properties of the two. It's one of the only things Henry reacts to BEFORE using, getting increasingly nervous about it. He is reacting to how AU versions of himself have been affected.
Despite being a different Henry, it's always the same device (he hasn't failed with it yet perhaps), and the device is imposing the weight of those previous failures upon Henry! Alternately, the stakes are simply higher each time, and he knows the device is finicky. But that's less cool and sci-fi oriented ;)
The sequence for acquiring the Biggol sword includes interactions with the CCC in order to acquire the necessary code for the door. There is a chance that in a similar way the Teleporter has manipulated space, time, and Henry - the CCC's interference with timelines and universes have granted Henry some limited multiverse knowledge. The exchanging of that flash drive, from Henry to the CCC, and their interference with their discs (all connecting with Henry), resulted in an unintentional criss-crossing of universes on a less-than-physical level that have granted Henry a small _fragment_ of universal awareness. It's all a bunch of mingling timelines, coalesceing, and granting inter-universal knowledge! So despite never reading or learning the code, he is able to essentially pluck it from the ether of another universe thanks to goofed-up time and space.
I Challenge(JK just hear me out), Your theory is pretty good that there are finite number of alternate timelines and each timeline will, no matter how it ends always forces to the the next mission one way or another BUT during the one of the fails in completing the mission, specifically the 'Sprite Form' when the sprite punches the write hand man into an alternate timeline where Hendry never came across with the TopHat clanand the right hand man never gets cybernetic enhancements ... Basically, we can't fully know for certain whether we live in universe where all Hendry 's actually ending are the only possible ending.
Also in the bio of the right hand man in completing the mission it is mentioned that he was defeated by Hendry and had got cybernetic enhancement.
So we might still have infinite number of universes
Edit:Or That every ending, including fails is an ending, that is probably the only possible way this could happen....
Silly all of them are cannon
*"The sequence for acquiring the Biggol sword includes interactions with the CCC..."*
Problem, Henry isn't in the same room, ergo, he himself cannot interact with the CCC, heck, he gets the drive in a different path altogether.
To me at least, what's happening to Henry here looks very similar to what happened to (Zero Escape spoilers ahead!, don't continue reading unless you don't care about spoilers! You have been warned)...
...Junpei in the first Zero Escape were he was mentally linked to his love interest's younger self Akane because she needed him to avoid being incinerated. What am trying to say is that somebody else (maybe the player?) is messing with Henry's thoughts and basically telling him what to do, ergo, the existence of the multiple endings.
Something that I noticed when watching some youtubers play CtM is that the Majora’s Mask chaos containment fail has the narrator speak in first person, as if they were the person who launched the moon... or perhaps the narrator IS the moon!
Ok, I was kidding about that last bit. But the fact that the narrator spoke in first person in a way that suggests that they impacted the multiverse is still quite significant.
no cares about how every ending is canon the real question is...
how did henry tie the bag from the outside
I feel like Henry knows about the fails and different outcomes because with each time he used the teleporter he becomes more and more hesitant to use it until he finally breaks it from doubt.
holy crap I just realized
I never wondered how he knew
That's something I've been vaguely aware of, but didn't make the connection mapping out this video.
It could be a super significant point! I had it in mind, that the "narrator" for the fails is clearly aware of multiple endings and fails, since they leave snarky remarks about Henry trying something multiple times.
But the idea that Henry himself is aware if a whole other can of worms! Well done :)
That might only be because the teleporter warps spacetime. Afaik there aren’t any other times Henry proves he has any knowledge of his other timelines
@@2leftthumbs Ever hesitate to make a decision because you feel like it'll go wrong? What if that's you from other universes who made similar decisions telling you "don't. it won't work"?
“All. Endings. Are. Canon.”
But first, we need to talk about parallel universes.
don't worry, leave it to undertale, (just kiding)
@@santiagomontiellaverde74 no don't dump me into that game again, its ships and au have gone to fa- *oh god their shipping Henry and Ellie*
@@heresywithana you see it now?
Watch for rolling Stones with half an A press?
@@santiagomontiellaverde74 why
Somewhere in the alternate timeline, Henry is still watching the walkthrough
Ya know, your not wrong-
👁👁
You wanna pick walkthrough here, it'll bring up a video of this guy who's like-
Yeah um I kinda watched uh- 500 seconds of that
I watched it for like, a minute before realizing.
i love how the Multiverse Correction ending basically means that Henry fails and wins so much he breaks the multiverse lol
So basically a bunch of "aaHH-!" "whoa-!" "AHHHhhhhhh-!" and "AH!" breaks the universe.
*nice*
I didnt know the multiverse could be filled
@@AshTheQueenOfRodents you wouldn't think that, but Henry Stickmin has a habit of being unpredictable.
@@LucasMiddleNameandLastname22 fair
@@AshTheQueenOfRodents that's a cool new concept!
"Which Ending is Canon?"
PuffballsUnited: Yes.
the one where he smuggels himself in to the bank.
"Well yes but actually yes"
Joseph Hernandez that’s the point
Joseph Hernandez r/wooosh
Are you 6?
The real canon ending is in stealing the diamond when Henry ate cheese
This comment needs more attention
Couldn't be more true
@@EachDuck u r sus cuz u cant understand a joke
There should be a completing the mission ending like this
@@EachDuck r/woooosh, my guy
Gotta love how Puffballs just allows everyone to choose their own path and for that specific person anything could be their ending. But offically every ending is canon. So from there, if any person wants to make fan content of a specific ending, because of their own experiences, it's completely in the limit.
Should there ever be another game after Completing The Mission, there would be so many endings to continue but i don't think we will see that anytime soon.
And let's be honest, no one wants Valiant Hero to be canon.
Don't speak on behalf of me, please. People who say VH isn't or shouldn't be canon just because it's sad is extremely annoying.
Imagine PuffballsUnited making one more Henry stickmin game but it takes place after Valiant Hero
For me VH is canon because it shows how much of a friend Charles is
@@Duckverse *today, old friend*
Henry Stickmin, Forming the Singular Point
The walk through is the Canon ending cmon guys
yes
Welcome to part 65 of Henry stickmin today we are doing a walkthrough
RED Engineer huh so today ima go to the red tank part.
See you got three options here and you wanna pick walktrough.
@@gabinchorein-parisot3255 and then there's this really boring guy who's like "welcome to the henry stikmin walkthrough"
Some people are still watching it to this day. For them. It really was the true ending.
I’m surprised that so many people talk about Valiant Hero but never Revenged.
In VH, Charles dies, but in Revenged, it’s the heccing MAIN CHARACTER of the story.
Plus, he passes away cold, alone, and helpless. At least Charles was on a mission with a friend.
Its because Charles is the most loved character
He was the bold action man
@@djeuwinahdkd with the greatest plans
But headset guy...
they both made me cry, but vh it harder
wow my grammar was great a month ago-
anyway, came back to edit this comment.
Henry maybe kinda deserved it?
i mean- he killed everybody in the airship, i rewatched the revenged ending and i didnt see any escape pods or parachutes.
assuming nobody survived,
Reginald had the right to kill him in the betrayed ending-
Henry just walks in the airship kills RHM and captures Reginald, obviously he doesnt wanna go to jail or whatever so he gives his leadership for his freedom.
Reginald obviously cares about the toppat clan, most likely has always been with them, and Henry hasnt proven himself.
in Toppat King Henry risks his life for them. therefore, proving he can take care of the clan.
wowee that made no sense.
if anyone wants to attack me or add on to my comment go ahead.
have a nice day/night
Henry’s stand, Referance, literally slings right hand man into an alternate universe and back. I think that’s a pretty big clue.
Goro Akechi so ...
ITS THE SAME TIPE OF STAND AS STAR PLATINUM
Wait that means there are universes where Henry didn't infiltrate the airship...
Edit: I just realized it's never explained if it was in the past of the other universe
So, are you telling me,
Henry’s stand is D4C but buffed and reskined?
The real Scouter Yes yes yes
@@hypocritehenry4619 its technically a side grade since RHM loses his prostetics after being slung into a different timeline which means that travelling to a different timeline overwrites the selfs you have there. There aren't going to be two Henry or two RHM like there would have been if D4C is used.
In exchange for this nerf in terms of Universe switching as I would call it, Reference has the extra ability of switching itself and Henry so I guess Reference's true ability is the act of 'Switching' from either switching places in space or even time.
So that means there’s an alternate ending where Henry ate cheese?
An alternate path to be sure!
Many of the fails are "endings" in the sense that Henry dies. There is a real chance Henry went on to do great things after that delicious cheese break haha
@@2leftthumbs or the cupcake with charles
@@2leftthumbs Yeah. He may have used the cheese to get a bit of extra energy to plan his next move when he ate it.
Lol
MLG Quikscoper it was stealing the diamond
12:59 "It's possible that the CCC is doing more of this low-key meddling throughout, perhaps nudging things on a regular basis"
so, what you're saying is they're responsible for the tank on the last dance off fail.
FORTNITE SHALL PERISH
@@yigitorhan7654 i think the hate to fortnite is annoying now, everyone says "fortnite must die!"
@@aquoobis Agreed. I just wrote what CCC might say if they dropped the tank
@@aquoobis Agreed. Even though i like Minecraft more. I guess because it has more options. You wanna play Solo? Minecraft is the Only way because you don't play with Players. You can still play Multiplayer in MC and it's really good but if you want free Multiplayer then Fortnite it is.
@@MariusBoss11458 you know that there are free launchers of minecraft, right?
To me the original cannon ending to escaping the prison was the ending where he stole the cop car, as in the old flash version of airship in the interactive loading screen we can flip around cameras and one of them is a garage camera with, you guessed it, the exact same cop car.
I actually thought it was a bummer that the loading screen thing wasn't a part of the remasteres, because it showed that little extra of how Henry was captured.
Now I'm wondering if it was dropped in order to leave some extra ambiguity of how he Escaped?
I want a link of this
@@Juan_3M3R Just go to Puffballs' newgrounds. You can still play the original games there. puffballsunited.newgrounds.com/
The thing is Puffballs slightly reconned the PD, in the Flash version the last screen shows a plane taking off while in the HSC it just shows Henry walking in the snow so it would make sense for that to be reconned too
@@DOGMA20051 Yeah
Because if he flew off he couldnt do the other endings that are available to him
Never thought there would be actual lore in these games, considering the amount of fails that exist.
The CCC was always a mysterious group to me.
ccc is just a mobile version of scp if they didn't capture abnormal stuff
@@heresywithana why capture some thing when you could just nuke it/ prevent it from ever happening
@@alexandrasheffey3141 collateral damage, could be a fight gone at the white house or statue of liberty.
@@alexandrasheffey3141 and they capture people for interrogation
@@alexandrasheffey3141
So the GOC?
14:15 i just realize that the Helicopter shutdown the blade as it fall down for Ellie and Henry to enter and not in slow-mo. I was so confused how they can bravely ride the helicopter and not hit the blade( that would be lead to another failure lol) with such small percentage of succeeding.
Yep. Charles shut down the engines to make it easier for them to hop on. You can realise that due to the background “beep beep beep beep” that the heli is making due to the engine being shut down and it losing altitude really quickly.
It is also a sort of reference to FtC, in the IRO path, if, at the last choice on the helipad, you choose the bottom option so Henry jump from there and Charlie say something like:
"Wait, that was the plan? Man, we could've organized us better"
This means that Henry already had the idea to enter in the helicopter in a free fall... Or at least Charles understed that.
Well, the bios wasn't joking when they stated him as "one of the youngest and most experienced pilots" the goverment have (I think this imply that he's a prodigy of some sort). But this is just me.
I don’t mean to brag, but I knew that’s how he did it the first time I saw that.
Me : Wait it’s all cannon?
Puffballs United : Always has been...
NOOOOOO
*helicopter crashes into everyone*
*cannon*
ah yes everything is a cannon
@@CreeperMan2254 ehheeheheheeh
ConfusionUnoCard LOL
I propose there is actually one ending that isn’t canon, at least it can’t be canon without creating a plot hole, the “Lawyered Up” Ending in Escaping the Prison. In the beginning of Infiltrating the Airship, the Captain lists Henry’s criminal record, all of the crimes that he is wanted by the government for: breaking into the bank, breaking out of prison, and stealing the diamond. The only problem is, if the Lawyered Up ending is canon, two thirds of that criminal record wouldn’t exist. In the Lawyered Up ending, Henry is declared as not guilty for his attempted robbery at the bank, thus expunging his criminal record at that point and letting him leave the prison legally. He didn’t “escape” the prison, he walked out a free man. When the Captain later claims that he is wanted for both breaking into the bank and escaping prison, it directly contradicts one of the endings to Escaping the Prison since we’ve established Henry wouldn’t have those crimes on his record. Therefore, the Lawyered Up ending cannot be canon without contradicting every single ending in Infiltrating the Airship.
Yes
It's a solid argument!
My theory there would be that Winston Davis was confirmed to have been wrongfully convicted. We know that that was the case. Spo potentially a skilled detective could have brought new evidence forward. They overturned that ruling, but it was too late to bring Henry back in. So he still "Escaped".
We also know that Winston goes on to join the Toppats. He only could have done that if he himself escaped (possible, since he's now imbittered and working with criminals), or he was let out legally when they realized they had the wrong man
Well,I think that general may guess that henry
just
set it all up to break out of prison. Plus,Winston's friend Tedd didn't go to prison,as he was with Winston all this time and he knows what actually happened,so general may also find out truth from Tedd somehow. I know,it's a silly theory,but still
Or the lamest explanation, after that ending he breaks the bank and escapes the prison off-screen.
You should’ve put “By the way, if you read this far, click here for a free medal.” in the middle of the text, as a reference to the “tl;dr” achievement in Stealing the Diamond
"and something about a teddie bear. We don't know what that one is about."
I dont remember a teddy bear in the series though
@@epicnightmare5600 it's on attacking the airship. You steal a gold vault with a teddy bear inside. It's hinted that Henry is shot because of this failiure
@@spencercarlton4006 oh yaaaaa
@@spencercarlton4006 Infiltrating the Airship: Am I a joke to you?
Plot Twist: The narrator of the Fails is actually a bored CCC employee
Actually since the CCC scenes are the only ones in first person view meaning that the player might actually be that CCC worker
The ccc is just the scp, which makes dr bright the writer for those clips
I think that too, that makes sense.
That will be my headcanon.
Dun dun dun
@@kingkoopa7376 Player is Clyde Jenkins confirmed
Here is my theory: It all starts and ends with the package, due to the package Henry escapes prison and does all the things that lead up to CtM and ultimatly, the multiverse imbalance. The package is in fact the cause of the imbalance. But as much as it is the cause of it, it is also the end. The CCC has to correct the multiverse imbalance, but why sending Henry the package, as that is the lead to the imbalance? Simple, a balance goes both ways, remove the package, and there will be too few multiverses, Henry would be stuck in prison forever , end of story. The CCC sends Henry the package through time and space creating the setup for multiple universes to exists, at the end of the day, the multiverse gets overloaded and has to be defragmented. The CCC does so making sure it stays in balance by sending the package to Henry. And then we've come full circle, the CCC will keep on balancing the multiverse for eternity, with or without knowing they've done it countless times before. This makes that we, the players, can make our own stories without messing up the multiverse and creating infinite possibilities. Henry will always complete his mission, but how he does that, is up to us.
Damm deep but makes a lot of sense
They need thanos
didnt read but seems true
Yes
or they never send the package and kill henry
I like to think the true ending is "Triple threat"
-Charles lives
-Henry and Ellie are with the government (and Charles)
-Top hats cant steal from people anymore
-Ellie isn't mad(rather happy)
-The main characters+charles(the best character) are on a team
edit: I know all endings are canon lol, it's just that this one would be the best one to be canon
I agree. Charlie also literally says "completing the mission" in the route.
There's a little problem, during the CA route Henry frees almost all the prisoners from the wall
@@alyplanty0837 yikes, I forgot about that
Aly Gamer08 Ehh it doesn’t need to end perfectly happily
According to puffballs all endings are canon
According to him, it's because having a "true" ending would ruin the idea of choosing your own path
The real ending is where henry's dancing to distract those two guards.
Stop adobe flash from ending!
Flash has tons of games we love!
Good or bad, there are thousands of amazing games!
Don't let them get taken away from us!
@@balala8668 Sigh, I agree with you. But I'm powerless, and there's no way I'll gain enough power in such a short amount of time.
But who did Heath deal the 70 damage to?
@@lolmeme69_ collectioon has all Henry stickmin flash games remastered
@@latirefofinhodomarata4189 I know. I played all of them. Still, it's not THE game I played as a little child. Everything, from the loading screens, to the simpler art, all were a part o my childhood. Strange, isn't it? I feel nostalgic about waiting for Henry Stickmin to load up as I looked at the things around. Plus, a few of my favorite songs in HS got removed, like Infertehno and Forgotten Aura. And beyond Henry Stickmin...so many other Flash Games that never got as big as Henry will now die.
Thinking about it, the CCC seems to be in EVERY universe. Is it possible that WE, the player, are the CCC looking over all the possible universes. It would make sense, or maybe a group that works against the CCC trying to cause chaos with Henry as their pawn. How does henry get all the other items he uses for his actions, we seen that the CCC can give an item to a universe, as they delivered the package to him. So who's to say they didn't also give him a ton of other items or ideas as well.
I like to think of it like the post-game of Hypnospace Outlaw. In HO, after the main events have unfolded you are left to archive all the various webpages on the micro-internet that was Hypnospace. Perhaps the player is a member of the CCC taking glimpses into other timelines and archiving what they see. The whitty remarks from the "narrator" could be your supervisor making comments on the archives you create and basically telling you "That one's a dud, move on."
What is CCC?
@@adrgaming5209 Center for Chaos Containment.
Sorry, just looked up!
@@adrgaming5209 It's fine.
I was happy at the end. Because i saved my friend and completed my mission.
Hope your in a better place
Hope your in a better place
And That Is All That Matters
Keep on being a legend in Heaven, aye
It was the greatest plan
Puffballs had said all endings are canon.
But I'd like to believe that if something had to be the true one, it'd be Triple Threat.
the only more canon ending than the others canons ending is the valient hero ending.
Charles even said the name of the game "completing the mission" so it's canon
There was nan cannon ending is the betrayal in flee the complex i think that ending is not the "cannon" ending
This is the greatest plaaaaaaaaan
all ending are equal! ):
The Distraction ending is the true ending:
To defeat the guards, Henry must distract the guards. Mr. Stickmin does this by doing a dance. The plan works guards get distracted by Henry. However, it works too well and Ellie also get distracted. All four people are stuck, doing the same dance for all eternity.
Distraction Ending? Mind your words. It's Professional Dancing Professionalist. PDP Ending.
@@Gabowsk my mistake
That kinda reminds me of a plague involving dances,where people have continued to dance over and over for days...I don't know if i'm just making it up though...wait,nevermind,Researching it takes you to "The Dance Plague of 1518".I doubt that's what the creators are referencing to,but i thought i'd just say something lol
then, eventually, every living creature in the universe is doing the exact same dance until the end of time.
Eventually Dmitri notices that two convicts have gone missing and sends people after them. Guards stumble upon them one by one and all get Distracted too, until the entire Wall is Distracted, dancing for eternity.
Reports of a mysterious ghost prison appear around the world and people go there to investigate, only to go missing as well. When enough go missing, the police get involved and disappear themselves, which catches the attention of the government, who sends in the military. The military also goes missing, and the Wall is covered in the Distracted dancing forever. It becomes an international emergency which will eventually doom stick-kind and swallow the Earth in an endless loop of Distraction.
7:07 Henry is six feet tall, 28 years old, and 110 pounds, probably because he is a literal stickman.
Stickpeople are sticks, so they are pretty light, but Henry on the other hand, is fat
Stickpeople are sticks, so they are pretty light, but Henry on the other hand, is fat. Must be the reason why Ellie couldn’t catch him in CtM, and he fell through the vent in EtP
Well one could say the ending of breaking the bank is canon cause it starts the multiverse
yeah, but what happened to henry after?
2866hourman5 he gets sent to prison, then he escapes & steals the diamond & escapes successfully, he then infiltrates an airship & gets caught no matter what happens in the airship & is thus sent to the Wall even if he helps the government, he flees the complex & goes onto completing the mission where he does separate things in each universe depending on which ending combo he picks, (RPE & TB will result in Henry’s Mission being to take down & exact revenge on the Toppat Clan, resulting in the Revenged ending. RPE & GI will have Ellie take over as the leader of the Toppat Clan & try to kill Henry as revenge for abandoning her at the Wall, resulting in the Toppat Civil War ending etc.)
Even then there are different canons, because each fail is a different universe.
Absolutely it's canon! It's just by far the most linear.
@@Sleepy-yp4wx The fails for Breaking the Bank have been confirmed to be canon. They aren't separate timelines. Henry's Doctor Analysis in Lawyered Up states he took quite the beating. The pictures for Breaking the Bank in the intro for ItA showcase fails.
If there would be an “official ending” I want it to be where Ellie, Henry and Charles make a good trio
Triple threat
Mighty Purplelicious Same here, that’s my favourite ending
AmethystAnimationz! ! Best ending in the game
Oh my, kinky
ill do you one better the toppats and charles are on the same page
The "Multiverse defragmentation" that the CCC actuates is probably just "Erase all the Universes where Henry failed his objective, thus not reaching the 'Mission'. The Universes where Henry fails DURING 'Completing The Mission' can continue to exist, until further events"
This is what I think: every choice that doesn't lead to a main ending is deleted, unless it happened in "Completing The Mission"
I feel like the “all endings are canon” thing is a shrödingers cat scenario, this is even alluded to in the box in escaping the prison. All the endings are canon until you go down a path that gets you one. Charles is dead and not dead until you get an ending.
I was actually thinking that the package wasnt the anomaly, but something else. Let me explain
In Stealing the Diamond, you can see that Henry's financial situation is desparate. Meaning that no matter which way Henry got out of prison, he would return to his life of crime. But the only crime Henry commited before EtP was Robbery, meaning that his sentence is temporary. He will definitely get out. And if he gets out, he returns to his life of crime, he will be able to complete the mission.
@@ghasthordegd1201 we don't know how long he sentence was though. It could have been long after the events of CtM, hard to tell since there's not clear indications of the amount of time between each chapter.
@@3eve0n that's fair
@[TSA]canal mais variado/ most random channel That's not true because the anomaly correction in completing the mission says "1 year ago" then goes to escaping the prison, so there couldn't have been that much time. also ctm came out in 2020 alongside the collection, what are you talking about it coming out in 2018?
Remember, in an alternate universe, dance off did work.
PFFFT
Also Distraction Dance
no you idiot, didn't he just explain that there are no infinite universes?
rbxless I never said a alternate universe of the games. BRRAAKKA MONOGA!
@@juanito_198 ok, i just assumed that was what you meant because the whole video is about the multiverse in henry stickmin
Theory: What if the CCC actually spawns every item Henry would possibly need to create each universe? I mean, they do summon the box in prison, so it's very plausible that the CCC is actually controlling every fail, rank and ending Henry does, IN ORDER to overload the system, which would then fill up and send the package to Henry in prison. The CCC traps the multi verse into an endless loop whith little nagging, such as the box or any other item Henry magically posses when u choose it. Also, Henry remembering using the teleporter before might be because the CCC is putting the memory of using the teleporter and dying in other universes. They can summon stuff, so probably they can also control memories and, in this case, put memories inside a person's mind. Just another nagging to some more fails, some more universes and the eventual overload, further supporting my previous loop theory. I don't know if this is canon, but, for me, it is very possible.
thats a lot to take in but i completely understand what you mean
Brooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
No. The CCC may have given the box Henry received in Escape the Prison, but I don't think they control Henry's fate, actions and endings. Also, it's not clear if the failures are also canon, because Henry could have used the teleporter off-screen and known in advance of its ineffectiveness.
the cannons in Stealing the Diamond and Completing the Mission are both canon
Edit: WOW. This is the most likes I have gotten! also someone pointed out the Solid Gold Cannon in Infiltrating the Airship
Yes
“Don’t worry bro. None of this is canon. But *this* is!”
- Uncle Grandpa
what is the meaning of canon i'm dumb
Well yeah it's like that because no matter which way you did one of the ending you do. You still get the diamond.
"Canon" is whether or not something is a part of the accepted continuity.
ie. All the Star Wars movies are canon. The Mandelorian TV show is canon to that series as well. All the AU novels are not canon. And despite being officially produced, are considered high production fan-fiction
About the fact that Henry becomes hesitant of using the teleporter as evidence of his acknowledgement of his previous failures... Dude, I think you can become resistant anytime to use something you feel that wouldn't work. Henry just had a feeling that using the device wasn't duable, so he broke it.
Permafreux but before this, the only time he wouldn’t have died using it led to his success, so he wouldn’t distrust it unless he knew he had died using it several times.
The teleporter in Completing The Mission appears in Jewel Baron which can be accesed by choosing the endings Pure-Blooded Thief (ITA) and Presumed Dead (FTC). Interestingly enough, both of these endings have the teleporter as a choice....
Permafreux Dude, he’s willingly used the teleporter multiple times throughout the series, as well as other devices and he’s never gotten the feeling they wouldn’t work. Henry gets the sense that the teleporter has failed him multiple times, though not in his universe, which is why he stares at it for so long, before smashing it on the ground. Smashing it takes him to different locations. Lava, Ice, the shooting range he teleported in (from EtP) a white void (from StD) the outside of the bank, etc. Saying he smashed it because, “Henry had a feeling that using the device wasn’t duable (correct spelling is doable)” doesn’t connect, because this is henry stickmin.
But he uses on other games without hesite
Vitorgue . yay he hesitates in the airship to give the screen a look of... disappointment? And then grimaces as he uses it, expecting something bad to happen
This reminds me of undertale.
There' many differences. Many things that can change and happen. But in the end you always meet Toriel, you always hide behind the lamp, you always get led by alphys or stand in that hall with Sans.
We can't have a henry stickmin game without the teleporter
Never trust Gadget Gabe
Always works.
@@buddy5196 but his gadgets always work!
Zachary Pelayo Leads to a FAIL tho
@@buddy5196 the only gadgets that didn't lead to a fail were: the teleporter (twice), the paperizer, shrink and grow, the swapper, and the succpack
Have you ever thought that the player is some rogue CCC employee or something? Think about it. The player can switch through all the timelines and go to them at any moment.
I was about to say that I would like to see a spin of about how ellie went to the wall but if in the case of this theory it can't be made one because she is able to not appear in completing the mission for example meaning that she is not like henry and can have a diferent life trought options
Or maybe I am very bad thinking
No you're good, it could work. Her story ends at the wall and the ending is the beginning of fleeing the complex
@@walls_of_skulls6061 but the thing is
Does she have diferents paths that all ends in the wall or is only one true path?
Honestly, I'm with you dude. I wanna see Ellie's story and how she became so bad of a criminal that she would be sent to the wall. Because, when you think about it, she is as greedy as Henry, and she dosent seem to be bothered by killing, but besides that, what else is wrong with her? Theres no signs of psychopathy, PTSD, or any other condition surrounding her, shes just oddly normal, and seemingly just as prone to fail as Henry. If Puffballs really does make a game explaining her backstory, then I'm excited, because shes one of my favorite characters from the game. (2nd place to Charles, but one above Henry)
As long as all the endings lead Ellie to the Wall, that would be perfectly reasonable since the specifics of whatever she did to end up there aren’t ever mentioned.
Unless she did have a role during CtM, in parts that we weren't always seeing? Off on her own mission perhaps?
But it is an interesting observation that her own path might not be as pre-determined as Henry's.
That being said, I bet there would still be room for her to have a prequel story that ended there. Considering Henry was hunted by the Wall no matter what his specific crimes were - they could target Ellie for numerous things, even beyond what we specifically see in a game of her.
Capital Gains - Henry and Ellie became one of the richest criminals in history, The Toppats lost their two leaders and gave the leadership to a stickman I never know, Theres a chance the the Toppats will get revenge on Henry and Ellie for stealing their wealth unless the government defeated them
Toppat King - After Henry came back to Dogobogo Jungle, Reginald still hates Henry inside but shows a nervous face to him, meanwhile the government attacked them and Reginald saw Henry's skills and potential, Reginald accepted Henry as a leader and the Toppats becomes the most feared and powerful criminal organizations
Pardoned Pals - After a change of plans with Ellie to join the government instead, the military now pardons the two and both of them became normal people, its basically the Freeman ending, but Henry has Ellie as a friend (or possibly a future lover)
Toppat Recruits - Successfully killed the Wall Wardens and shoots down Charles' helicopter, Reginald accepted the two as Toppat Members, Henry and Ellie lived a life of crime with the Toppats
Master Bounty Hunter - Henry takes on the right hand man, and defeated him with a cheap combo technique (possibly from a fighting game) after they captured the leader, The Toppats surrenders and all of them were arrested, Charles saw Henry's potential of capturing leaders of criminal organizations, Henry is now a soldier who specializes in capturing big time criminals
Stickmin Space Resort - Being able to steal the Rocket and making the Toppat members employees of the rocket, Henry successfully becomes a great businessman a now owns a Rocket Space Resort
Cleaned em Out - Henry successfully steals the Toppat's wealth without getting spotted, he is now the most richest criminal in history
Little nest egg - Its basically Cleaned em Out, but Henry chose to put his tank into action and ambush the train, Henry successfully steals the golden cart and got stranded in random land, he was still happy to be able to have so much wealth despite being trapped in random land, He might possibly put the wealth into his land similar to the Intruder on a Scooter ending
Special BROverts ops - After the general saw the duo's great teamwork, he decided to promote them both (Even though Henry isn enlisted), the two later becomes elite soldiers and might be one of the best
Toppat 4 Life - After sabotaging the government's efforts to attack the Toppats, Henry came back gloriously to the Rocket and might be one of the greatest leaders in Toppat History
Freeman - Escaping from the clutches of the Toppats, Henry enjoys his life as a normal person
Toppat Civil Warfare - Leaving Ellie out in the Complex might have been backfired because later she accused Henry for being not a gentleman, Reginald sees a opportunity to dethroned Henry and was successful, later Henry rescued his loyal companions (Even Dave) Jeffrey decides to make everyone ride into a escape pod and land on a desert, Reginald who got throwed a while ago got killed by getting crashed by the pod, along with the right hand man who was carrying him, Ellie became leader of the toppats and later 2 sides has been split and it ends up in a Civil War
Valiant Hero - Being a awesome duo once more, they successfully put the Toppat's station into a state of exploding, as Charles and Henry are escaping some random asshole Toppat desperately attacks them, Charles throws Henry into the escape pod, and once the pod has been released, Charles is now gonna explode along with the station, he later dies by the explosion as Henry saw the horrific sight, Henry became sad (or depressed) later on and gives Charles his respect, Henry is now a badass soldier with a sad past
Revenged - This ending might be the 2nd most saddest ending, after Henry was betrayed by Reginald he sought to have revenge after getting cybernetic enhancements by a russian girl, defeating the Reborned right hand man he later trapped Reginald by stapling him to the ceiling, Henry was about to escape when Reginald suddenly shoots him and rather's to take Henry with him, The Airship later crashed, Reginald dies due to injuries, Henry on the other hand was still alive but also dying, he cant move his cybernetics so he barely needs to walk using a stick, he later sits down on a rock tired, Henry later dies due to untreated injuries, this ending is sad if you realize that Ellie and Charles arent his friends in this time, he only got betrayed, but his actions are now justified, this ending is the only one Henry officially dying
Jewel Baron - Henry gains a life achievement by stealing 3 great jewels, he enjoys his life being a luxurious man
Triple Threat - Making the Toppat's rocket go into the wall, The Toppats might be possibly dead, or maybe some of them were arrested by the wall, Henry and Ellie on the other hand celebrates their victory with Charles and they possibly work together in future missions, the three of them might possibly be life time friends (Henry and Ellie might be lovers and Charles might be the third wheel) Note: I wouldnt have put this in here, the replies reminded me on this ending so give them a little credit
Multiverse Correction - Restarting the Stickman Universe, they send the same box again in Escaping the Prison, Meaning that the universe was only looped by Henry actions, this might be my 3rd saddest ending as the end screen says "Thank you"
Amazing description to each ending.
You didn’t get them all but whatever.
@Queena Yang Super nice
Im sorry I had to ruin the 69 likes
You said for "triple threat" Charles is a third wheel but you forget the threesome option 😏
Considering that this whole series happens in a year, Henry gets around. Also I think we need a ellie only game to explain her story.
“-Gadget Gabe, 2009”
“-Gadget Gabe, 2018”
@@GameyGaming Gadget Gabe keeps his old prototypes on sale for reasons hehe
and also, i'm actually curious to know who gadget Gabe is.
she/he made so many things to help henry out... well if she/he even knows who henry is i guess. maybe he stole her/his machines to use it for good?/evil?
Kaexe Wirus Gabe is a boy name
maybe an Ellie game could use the same 'Choose your own adventure' format that Henry Stickmin did, like, maybe whatever got Ellie in the wall depends on what ending you get on that game?
Not gonna lie, the Valiant Hero ending legit got to me.
It’s because we’re so used to laughing at our favourite characters deaths because we can always hit retry and do it better, but then suddenly one of them is dead and there’s no retry this time, it’s sad because it’s unexpected and we aren’t prepared for it
That hit me hard
Game Difficulty_42 Kinda remids of Avengers Endgame
Michael Stoica yeah
RIP Charles😔
Fun fact: there’s a chance that all the “main” characters (ellie, henry and charles) have a minor sense of timeline knowledge(spoilers ahoy)
Henry: someone else mention the whole “teleportation” idea, which I don’t wanna mention for the sake of “stealing.” But to tl;dr it, henry becomes more scared of the item per game.
Also minor point, apparently punching people through timelines doesn’t break the multiverse (henry’s jojo spirit punched someone into a timeline where the two didn’t meet) but a bunch of fails does? Is it because this was a fail that this overloaded the multiverse? If this was the main route (as in the right option), would this have even done anything to the timeline?
Charles: there are three things he says that i wanna bring up (all in CTM). In FTC, when you select the “charles” option, he says “this is the greatest plan” before failing you. And right before dying in the “valiant hero” ending, he says “you could say that this was the greatest plan.”
Selecting charle’s plan in CTM has henry and charles talking. I’ll only abbreviate the whole convo for typing reasons
“I’m going to crash into the window”
“You know what I’m talking about, right henry?”
(Henry nods)
It should he noted that there’s a high chance charles never mentioned the plan in FTC and ITA because of henry’s shocked expression each time before he fails, except he’s aware of it now and agrees with it.
Final point: This is in one of the intro cutscenes. Charles mentions a plan then says “you could say, we’re going to _complete the mission_ ,” only for ellie to go “why did your voice change?” If that isn’t a fourth wall break, I don’t know what is.
Ellie: ok I’m kinda just assuming since she’s a main character, despite her not only not being aware of charles’ plan, but also the fourth wall break I mentioned.
All together, it’s safe to assume that the main cast have _simple_ timeline/multiverse knowledge. It isn’t really useful to them (as in they are only related to fails and stuff), but it’s safe to say they have it
Also the “fail narrator” being thing _defiantly_ has timeline knowledge and manipulation because of, not only the references, but the fact that THEY MADE A LOCK APPEAR ON THE DOOR JUST SO HENRY CAN LOCK PICK IT AND FAIL
Edit:grammar errors, also probably won’t correct stuff here but in the comment section for the sake of them all making sense
so the main characters are omniscient basically theyre aware of their past, present, future, and parallel self. the fail narrator omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent lmao. and a little theory what if the fail narrator is suppose to keep henry in check as he is the agent of chaos
aeiou
Its alright because all they know are their failures and some other stuff.
Ok
LikeDaBoss
I wouldn’t call the main cast “all knowing” just “knowing” since it’s not like they tried to abuse it at one point :b then again, henry does technically have the option to “load the game” (unless the narrator does that) and do some specific game stuff like “clipping through surfaces” , “corrupting the world” and “hacking/being banned”
Also wouldn’t be surprised is the “fail narrator” either helps/controls harry or just laughs at every “stupid” thing harry does. Tho i think it’s the latter cause unless they’re the one providing all the options (even then that overloads the multiverse and most of them dont work), they don’t intervene directly. Heck, the only example that i know that the narrator directly changed something is to add a lock pick, and that ended with a fail
Wait henry dies in the revenged ending? I thought he was just sitting down to regain energy before getting back up!
Me too. But apparently he is dead!
If R has henry dying, AND R is canon, is CtM the last episode in the henry stickmin series?
@@imDANIILQW1111 every ending is cannon. The creator confirmed it.
@@imDANIILQW1111 Yes.
Serously you guys dont knew? :v
"I watch rick and morty."
"I watch henry stickmin."
Or “I play Henry stickmin”
Plexz 7 it’s an anime tho
Oh yeah...
If there were canon endings to each game I think it would be this:
Escaping the Prison: Badass Bust Out
Stealing the Diamond: Intruder on a Scooter
Infiltrating the Airship: Government Supported Private Investigation
Fleeing the Complex: Convicted Allies
Completing the Mission: Triple Threat
I think for Stealing the Diamond it'd be Unseen Burglar since in Jewel Baron they say it's presumed that the Toppat Clan stole the Tunisian Diamond
@@CabbageTheMan But Jewel Baron suggests that Henry didn't sell the diamond (I know, it doesn't make sense since Henry has an actually good house, but maybe he was able to successfully rob a bank in between games) so Unseen Burglar wouldn't work.
What do you mean by canon endings to each ending? That doesn't really make sense. (also this is just my opinion but Triple Threat is too overrated, it takes away attention from endings with far better stories like Toppat Civil Warfare and Free Man)
AAandAG I said IF there were canon endings. (I think Toppat Civil War is one of the worst imo because it ruins everything between Henry, Ellie, & the Toppat Clan)
AAandAG oh I must’ve typed ending by accident, I’ll fix it.
My Theory: Henry Stickmin is a figment of everyone's imagination which is why there are so many different recounts of what happened.
ibtastico Woah. Such great theorizing
Wow
Or it’s all his dream
now that is interesting
Its triple threat. Charles looks directly at the camera and says "COMPLETING THE MISSION." idk about yall but like that seems pretty final to me
There's also that path where he works with 3 government operatives to disrupt the launch, the scene is called "a game by puffpalls United" and it open with a fairly cinimatic scene with opening credits, that path also seemed pretty canonical to me
@@hyperfairy7779 That scene is an homage to Metal Gear Solid, particularly MGS3 due to the sharing of a jungle setting. It's mimicking the intro credits of MGS3, which includes "A Game by Hideo Kojima", a credit present in games directed by him.
I don’t think this counts for _canon_
It just works to say that the main cast has minor timeline knowledge
Charles mentioned that the VH hero was “the greatest plan” and the FTC charles option was “this is the greatest plan~”
It doesn’t make add to the timeline, but to the character. It just makes it so that you can say that charles has minor timeline knowledge
@@Nam_gwen Charles only consistently calls it "the greatest plan" because he always wants to do it. Let's say you're an American and you want to go to Europe this Summer. In an alternate universe without COVID, you do. However in our universe, you can't. However, in our universe, you go in 2 years once you can afford it again. This isn't because you know that "oh yeah in this previous timeline I went to Europe", it's because you wanted to the entire time but weren't able to due to restraints. Charles always wanted to call something "the greatest plan" but couldn't because nothing was fitting until either of those situations, they just happened to be in different timelines.
That could just be a reference to "What are we, some kind of Suicide Squad?"
This doesn't add anything really but its interesting that the government probably only got involved after stealing the diamond because they assumed the diamond was stolen by the Toppat Clan, considering their history of stealing large jewls. Then they investigated further and found that Henry was responsible, and you know the rest.
Jumaqui Mamani great point
I'll say the fact that the Mayor ended up being part of the Toppats reinforces your point so nice catch
Yeah
He also got pardoned for the event, or at least punished in secret as the news mentioned that the tophats stole the diamond, not henry. This is _after_ FLC so the government had to know henry did everything a long time ago
@Eric Lee i think he is in the luxury escape pod in Validant Hero
While I understand that the Stickmin series has ended, this video has given me an amazing idea.
Fighting the Multiverse
The CCC, in an effort to stem the number of multiverses, has fused certain lines into a single point, and pitting Henry against the one force that could stop him: himself. You have Valiant Hero Henry looking to replace his alternate universe self, so that he could live in a universe where his best friend is still alive. Meanwhile, Triple Threat Henry has been sent into Toppat Civil Warfare while having no prior connection to leading the Clan to begin with.
Just an interesting idea.
Wow.
And revenged is like: man half my body ain’t working and I’m probably dying as we speak 😓
My favorite canon ending is:
*Sneaky ending* + *Unseen burglar* + *Goverment supported private investigator* + *Convict allies*
sneaky ending - unseen burglar - pure blooded thief - convict allies
THE PP ENDING
SteamCruncher Oh. That’s nice
I recently spent way too much time trying to work out the most “Badass” cannon ending
Game Difficulty_42 oh. That’s easy
On Twitter, The Creator of Henry Stickmin said that all endings are canon... so I think what the creator is trying to say is the options that you have chosen are canon and it is different person to person.
Absolutely!
But there is also a good in-game reason for that to be true :)
1 ending still doesn't makes to me: lawered up: if henry got out legally then why whoud they charge that on henry?
An appeal by Winston (or Vladimir) could have turned up info (perhaps supplied by the CCC?) proving that Henry did, in fact, tie himself into the bag before Winston and Ted stumbled across it, proving Winston’s innocence and getting Henry in trouble for perjury, libel, and slander against Winston, not to mention having the attempted-robbery and burglary charges put back on his record.
Imagine getting a sequel to every CtM mission (or at least every mission with loose ends), each with their own branching storylines.
Going back to rescue Ellie from the wall after Cleaned ‘em Out.
Henry, Ellie and Charles going on a new mission after Triple Threat.
Hunting down the rest of the Toppat Clan after Valiant Hero.
Henry vs Ellie in Toppat Civil War.
Trying to survive the path home after Revenged.
Well this is called “completing the mission” indicating it’s the final game
@Aidan Tenesaca wait.. he DIED?? I thought he just looked at the sky just to rest for a bit lol
@@tableprinterdoor I’m pretty sure it’s just called that because the ‘Mission’ has such a wide variety between each ending. You can’t call it ‘Stopping the Rocket’ or something because lots of the missions are completely different.
@Aidan Tenesaca I don’t remember Henry dying at the end of Revenged... and even if he did, he’s already been brought back once on that path. It’s possible he could do the same again.
Pretty sure the creators confirmed his death on revenged
I can't believe Charles death is canon. That is the saddest ending ever.
He didn’t die in the other ends so technically he’s still alive
Now I think think it was a sad ending
In fact I think it was the saddest e-
Fun fact: There are 144 ways Henry's life can play out
"But there are only 16 endings in Completing the Mission!"
Correct, but the previous games affect that number. Here's how it's calculated (it's really not hard)
First, let's start before ItA, since that's where things get messy.
There is only one way to go in BtB, so we don't have to consider that since that just multiplies our answer by one (which, obviously, just gives you the same number)
There are three ways to break out of the prison, and three ways to steal the diamond. That leads to nine possible combinations.
When we reach ItA and FtC, we're not actually just going to multiple the number of endings. After all, some of the ItA and FtC endings aren't compatible (you can't call the government to save you if you abandoned them). Luckily, we don't have to determine how many are compatible. CtM has already done that. There are sixteen ways Henry's life can play out from ItA onward.
Finally, we just multiply nine (the number of combinations of stealing the diamond and breaking out of jail) by sixteen (the number of endings in CtM) and we get 144.
Just because you get the Triple Threat ending, doesn't mean there aren't multiple ways to get to that point. For example, Henry might get Sneaky Escapist, then Intruder on a Scooter, then Government Supported Private Investigator, then Convict Allies. However, Lawyered Up, Just Plain Epic, Government Supported Private Investigator, then Convict Allies also leads to Triple Threat yet it's a unique combination of events for Henry's life to take.
This comment is useless and way too long. If you read all the way down here... I'm sorry, I wasted your time.
You are a big brain
That may be so, but the three endings of EtP & StD define only one output each, and therefore only have one output, albeit in nine different ways. So even these two games don't set a different fate and are like BtB in terms of consequences. And so we have 1+1+1 total of 3 consecutive endings before ItA & FtC determining Henry's future.
They are again 16 because it doesn't matter what endings are achieved in EtP & StD because they lead to the same stage in StD & ItA.
@@georgebrankov2143 I said unique paths his life could take, not unique outcomes.
Tl;dr all options are cannon, but also not at the same time, which means Charles is essentially the new shrodinger's cat
The concept of them all being a Shrodinger's ending is a fun summary of it :)
We need a henry stickmin spinoff with Ellie, Charles, or Dave as the main character
yes to dave
I am down with Charles or Ellie
I still want to know HOW Ellie got into the wall...
@Samuel David Sarmiento Amador dave is the guy who appeared in every game except for breaking the bank. Dave Pampa
@@brokenchalk1607 simple, she did a bad thing, got captured, and ended up in the wall
@@JKDrixter I don't think he appears in Fleeing the Complex
Funny enough, the REAL unanswered question remains in Breaking The Bank. How did Henry tie the disguise knot? I know that these games don't necessarily follow logic, but they have SOME explanation to them.
Im really late but the knot was probably tied by the CCC since they have added things to help henry continue before, such as the box
“Logic only applies when it feels like it.”
-Puff during the directors commentary
He probably grabbed the knot through the bag, forcing the side of the bag to mold into the shape of his hands so he could tie it through the bag.
If every ending is canon, then that means Revenged is a canon ending.
That means *Henry's death* is considered canon.
Wait, Henry died in that ending?
Elite Smasher yes but it was off camera
No in completing the mission he has cybernetic enhancements
When the nurse patched him up So maybe but I beg to differ
Sorry for spoilers
You: Which ending is canon?
Me: yes.
All jokes aside, this is a great video!
TLT: Yes, even Valiant Hero is canon
Me: *Instantly suicides from overwhelming sadness*
rip Charles
Oi Josuke LoL
But sad
Thats infair you guys just care about charles i dont mean i hate charlea is cuz is just desbalanced the love to henry stickmin characters is now just ...... C H A R L E S and i love his plan they the better ones but cmon accept you guys dont even got sad in revenges and why? You guys dont noticed that *HENRY DIES* and no no no he dont die he just sitting in there heck even puffballs confirm it but even knowing you guys just say "all endings suck charles and charles plans and also valiant hero" and this is getting out of control so STOP >:V
@@vicenzogames5535 I agree with you
Very interesting video, I'm glad someone took their time to make analysis vids on Henry. I had a couple different interpretations regarding what you were talking about so I'll write 'em down.
I thought that the multiverse imbalance bar is more of a thing where the max is when the imbalance is great enough to need fixing, but now that I think about it your theory about it is better.
Also you mentioned something about other people making choices to make that imbalance greater, but I think that Henry is the only one who's choices lead to new timelines, since the bar doesn't increase by itself, you need to get all the fails first, well... Henry does. Not go through the routes to wait until some other people make choices in the world.
Also it's a nitpick, but Henry doesn't always play a role in the rocket launch. In the Toppat Civil Warfare route we don't see anyone talking about the rocket, nor do we even see the Dogobogo jungle.
Also my interpretation of what defragmentation ment was that it scrapped EVERY fail, hence why none of the outcomes of them are canon. They don't count as ranks, they don't count as endings. It's much simpler than the stuff you came up with, but I personally think it works better.
With the BIG events and many people, maybe every person-to-person decision and interaction doesn't count. But inevitably with Henry as a central character to those events, it will begin to massively spin out of control. But I agree that my in-video explanation may not be the most concrete.
Good call on the TCW route! But in any other RPE-based route, the Rocket is still happening. It appears that even under Henry's leadership, that was always where the Toppat's were headed. But with TCW taking place so shortly after his escape form The Wall, it may not have had the time to quite get there. So it doesn't mean the rocket wasn't in the plans. But it's a good point from you, that that isn't a certainty, since that route takes place earlier than the others!
Legitimately, your explanation of defragmentation is more elegant haha. I think either explanation works, but I would tend to agree that your simple look at things actually makes for a better fit xD
Thank you for this responce, and as I said, I wasn't really making a point with that TCW thing, I was just nitpicking, heh.
i think TT from Ctm is cannon because charles said “completing the mission”
But why did he say it like that?
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No, because it is possible that all main characters know, or at least the ones that have been on screen the most.
It doesn't make sense, it's just a joke. Puffball as said multiple times that no ending is more canon than the other and there is nothing to add to that since he's the creator. He even said it wouldn't make sense to have a canon ending since it would ruin the very point of a "Choose your own adventure" story.
@@alsochesyonno you are wrong Valiant Hero isn't cannon
I would like to note that these decisions concerning “everything is canon” that PuffBallsUnited made is probably set up to *support* their decision to make this the last Henry Stickmin entry...OR, its the other way around: this is how they decided to set up the Collection, but realized that if they were to make a sequel, it would be very hard, maybe even impossible, to do so without throwing away what was set in stone in the Collection.
So in a way, it’s good that they aren’t making a sequel...but then again...it would be possible to do it correctly. Heck, they pulled off the multiple endings combinations thing with Completing the Mission, so there’s that...
I agree. I have a similar reaction to people asking for Portal 3. The story (or in the collection's case, stories) ended perfectly, lets not fix what isn't broken. An Ellie-focused prequel, however, would be cool. Alas, that is not to be.
if there's ever a new game, i would LOVE to see Henry interact with the CCC directly. It could probably answer a lot of questions, too.
That's actually a good idea
My theory: Henry is going through a Groundhog day scenario: the beginning of the loop starts with the box in ETP and end at ???, then he wakes up in prison with faint memory of the past loop
I think it's a different Henry everytime. Once Completing the Mission ends Henry is no longer affected by the "constantly branching timelines" thing and he can live like any other person, not ending up in fails all the time.
I think that Badass Bustout in the first episode is the most canon one.
Beacuse in the flash version of Infiltrating The Airship, in the loading screen we can see that henry stole a police car.
The only important ending is where charles lives
PERIOD 💅🏻
At first i was confused but this actually makes perfect sense
Wow, I've always wondered how they connected.
But the ending where Charles, Ellie, and Henry will always be the canon one in my heart.
triple threat
@@star2536 and technically pardoned pals
@@Noclevernameshere æ
@@star2536 what?
@@Noclevernameshere what what
now the real question:
What's going to happen next? most of CtM's endings close the story, but some open new ones, like the toppat civil war ending
It's probably not going to be explored on because ctm is the last henry stickmen game
I haaate the Toppat Civil War ending. For me, every ending is canon, except that one, because... It's not an ending.
Well... it says in the ending..
*Mission Complete?*
they should make a quick easy last game called "breaking the loop" or something like that to wrap up the endings that didnt close the story
It's basically a cliffhanger. An open ended ending. What actually happens won't be documented, it's up to the player to think of what would happen next.
11:30 "These could lead to the end of the universe, or the entire multiverse."
*flashback to StD, divide by zero
I personally like the idea that the whole story is being told in like a 6th person perspective. That they heard this story from a guy who heard it from another guy who heard it from another guy and the details are fuzzy so they're trying to figure it out while they tell it and it gets out of hand
12:06 That was some perfect editing if I’ve ever seen it.
Real
I’ll always fight for Triple Threat to be my ending, it is my favorite, everyone’s alive, and they go on missions together? How adorable is that??
Agreed!
5:20 I like how the dude on the right is Rupert, the guy who laughed at you after he said that you were free to go in Escaping The Prison
The canon ending is up to you
For example my head canon is:
Henry robs the bank, hires an attorney, steals the diamond, gets evidence for the toppats with Charles, escapes the Wall and is presumed dead, destroys the space ship and Charles
Like someone else said, considering Henry's "stand" sends people to alternate universes, I like to think that infinite alternate universes DO exist in the game but we merely look over the universes that coincide with the decisions we make in the game
Why can't we just say its like containment breach, where everything, including all the fails, are Canon in their own timelines.
Is it just me or I just love to see Stickmin in other consoles,Cameos on other games (not including flash games), Wanna see him in Smash
But since its not on consoles yet its 1%
Not gonna lie, I would love to see Henry in Smash
Some times I just sit there and imagine the reveal trailer
And he should have that cheap fighting combo lol
Neutral: Stickmin punch
Side: Scooter
Up: Teleporter
Down: Biggol sword maybe
Final Smash: The greatest plan
If he gets into Smash, he needs to have the Distraction Dance
What's weird is, in the original Infiltrating the Airship, it shows that he was found in the wall after using the teleporter, the hole he used to escape sneakily, and the penny he used to steal the diamond sneakily, which assumes he did everything sneakily which is why the government chose him. That seemed to be retconned in CtM, where the path you chose up to this point become the things they point out.
5:28 Well, we OG fans who played the old flash version know that the canon ending for Escaping the Prison is Badass Bust Out, since Henry had a police car parking in his garage in the loading screen of Infiltrating the Airship, when it was "just" a Flash game.
But hey, still awesome video :D
Isn't the whole reason why Henry Stickmin's name change (was Henry Stickman) is because they had to fix the multiverse???
Henry stickman and Henry stickmin are two different people (according to the cards)
Henry's name was never Stickman. It was such a painfully common misconception that the mentioned it on his BtB card.
Henry Stickman is an actual character in CtM who joined the Toppats as he was tired of being called a criminal.
The protagonist as always been Henry Stickmin, never Stickman. His name is said in the legal ending of Escaping the Prison and he didn't have a name in Breaking the Bank.
I think they even play with this in Fleeing the Complex, during the events of the Pressured Dead timeline. When the Warden, Dimitri, is being told he escaped.
I like the idea that Henry is aware of all of these other dimensions, and someone made a good point in the comments, saying that EVERYTIME Henry uses the teleporter, he starts to get more and more hesitant, until destroying it out of doubt. Now this would also explain the very wacky ways Henry is able to succeed, he explored literally every option he had until it worked out, no matter how bizarre it seemed. It would also explain the very simple fails, such as just just eating cheese, or eating a cupcake, or choosing to do nothing. It’s most likely just to see what would happen, because anything else as simple usually succeeds (the cloud drawing for example, and the sandwich in FTC)
Btw Henry is also aware of all the fails, he remembers, just look at how his interactions with the teleprompter evolve
all endings are pointed to the rocket
toppat civil war: *am i a joke to you*
Now they’re gonna fight over who gets the rocket :D
I think the universe where Charles said “Completing the mission” in Completing TheMission is the cannon because... come on, it’s obvious why I think that
You dont get the message of this video, right???
All. Ending. Are. Canon.
AndroideReviewer I commented this before I watched the video
The whole point of a comment is to comment about the video or talk about theories of what they put
I feel like the multiverse was at a normal capacity but because of Henry’s chaotic adventures and how many times and ways he could both fail and succeed, he just starts to tear apart the multiverse. Henry Stickmin IS the anomaly.
I just thought the CCC was just to balance the chaos in events of Henry Stickmin games......
But when I saw this, *it has gone too far to comprehend* ......
The quote shown from Puffballs, "Making one ending the 'real ending' defeats the purpose of choosing your own path," is an especially good idea to reference in games where a morality system is present. Shadow the Hedgehog contained a last story that essentially retconned every ending. Doing it this way may seem boring, but it makes too much sense.
Ok so if the ccc have sent Henry that box which required the defragmention process to start we have a sort of chicken and egg scenario. There would have to be a branch where Henry escapes on his own without the package from the ccc, but that wouldn't really make sense with the whole "limited amount of outcomes/branches" thing
Exactly what came to my mind. The package didn't need to be from some multiverse conspiracy, it could have been from a family member, or a previous partner in crime, or maybe even Ellie, who knows.
The ending with charles dying better not be canon- "All. Endings. Are. Canon."
*crying intensifies*
i think he means that you can choose which ending thats canon
I think the true ending is the ending when the center of chaos containment send Henry the cake, because that could mean that it's a time circle, that will ever end, for me that's the real ending.
I mean it is.
So the ending that is with it is canon?
I mean the Correction Ending and the other ending.
I like how early on he gives you the answer so you don't have to sit through the whole video to get the answer so if you aren't really a fan of theorizing and stuff you can just watch a little bit in this is the sign of a good youtube I will definitely be interested in this channel's content keep up the good work! :D.
Bruh I thought this was just a cute little game about stickmin
It's weird that you didn't bring up Tribute/Reference once. Despite its active use being a fail it implies that through it Henry has access to a variety of these timelines within this contained multiverse.
You are very clever, AllyOJustice!
As others have already said, Henry does seem aware of the various fails and different outcomes, but I've noticed he also seems aware of the *player.* There's a few times where he looks directly at the screen (or "camera"), indicating he knows the player is there and is questioning their choices. For example:
-In "Infiltrating the Airship", when choosing the "Leap" option to get across the gap between the Records and Vault/Cells, Henry first looks straight at the camera with a hesitant look on his face before jumping, as if to say "You're really picking THAT option?"
-In one of the Teleporter fails (I think it may be the one in "Fleeing the Complex"), Henry hesitates for a *long* moment, looking between the Teleporter and the camera with an extremely unamused and pouty expression, before finally deciding to use it.
It may be worth mentioning that Charles looks directly at the camera and breaks the fourth wall as well (in his "we'll have no problems... _Completing the Mission."_ dialogue), but Charles is also just a goof in general.
Wow, I already knew about the whole multiverse thing but this video really clears up what the CCC's real motivation is. I think they're a much bigger force at play here than what we believe.
Also, I believe this is the explanation as to why Henry breaks the teleporter out of fear in CtM:
So, it has been confirmed that every fail in BtB is canon due to Henry's doctors analysis and the BtB picture in the intro of ItA. I believe Henry broke the teleporter in CtM but didn't in the other games because of this.
Henry has had some extremely close calls even with his correct choices, now that he is 6 episodes deep he does not want to tempt fate more with the randomness of the Teleporter, keep in mind it already failed him one time, and he would rather play it safe. That's why he breaks it. To add onto this, in the timelines where Unseen Burgular is the ending that happened, he has already tempted fate with the teleporter again and it overshot the teleportation, luckily it was too small for Henry to die. In every game following BtB he is very hesitant to use it as you can see him being nervous whenever he activates it.
Also also the fail text narrator is definitely omnipotent as in FtC he acknowledges the ItA Charles fail.
Also also also the Lightning Quick Larcenist fail is acknowledged in FtC's trailer because it's a false report. GSPI is missing because the government did not reveal Henry helped them as it was stated to be an anonymous tip. So for some reason the Wall took in the Teddy Bear as a report, despite it not being canon.