It is rather strange that she remains so calm (watch the GT live playthrough to see what I mean). Even during the slaughter, she just stares with this look that's either knowing, determined, or begrudging acceptance
An theory about Cornbread: Many tales about Baba Yaga start with a small child getting lost or kidnapped, and their teenage sibling going to find them. When they arrive at Baba Yaga’s, they find the child healthy and playing, and then she tries to eat an older sibling. The small child isn’t in actual danger. Maybe you never wanted to kill Razael. Moreover, since it’s Potato who tells the kids, it’s possible that he killed him, and then you ate his body. That’s why his soul was released
It would make sense that Potato killed the kid thinking that would make the Baba Yaga accept him. Or maybe killed him out of frustration that the lil kid was accepted instead of him? Lines up with how smug the Potato is over the Baba Yaga falling apart after Razael's death.
@@CazadorSlayer this is a better theory to matpat's, if you think about it, the butcher killed the razeal because he thought it would make the baba yaga happy and hopefully tell him her secret, and after the baba yaga found out what happen, she killed the butcher in a fit of rage and the others later, the reason why razeal didnt join the group and instead goes to the afterlife is because he forgives baba yaga, he knows the baba yaga did not kill him and instead wanted to care for him, he forgave her while the others did not and are (probably) angry, the reason why she begun to be sloppy is because if she had came home early or had found what will happen to razeal, she could have stopped the butcher and that razeal is the only human being she actually cared for, this thought clouded her mind years, months, weeks and days. thanks for coming to my ted talk
Baba Yaga is sometimes a separate entity, and sometimes she is one of a trio of sisters- all sharing the name Baba Yaga. Maybe that has something to do with it?
Dont translate😡😡 ເຈົ້າຖືກສາບແຊ່ງເພາະວ່າມັນຖືກແປຖ້າເຈົ້າບໍ່ທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງ, ເຈົ້າຈະຕາຍວິທີດຽວທີ່ຈະທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງແມ່ນເພື່ອຈອງຊ່ອງທາງຂອງຂ້ອຍລົງທະບຽນດຽວນີ....
I feel like there’s still a Theory waiting in the wings for Ryna. The fact that she doesn’t hesitate to grab a knife, she doesn’t look concerned when cornered by the Zakopane Butcher OR when the Baba Yaga chooses violence…and not to mention how each of her friends will comment on how she’s dressed too warmly for the climate. There’s even that line in the original game about how we (the Baba Yaga) cannot sneak up behind her ever again. Or what about when Celina states that Ryna could see better in the dark than the rest of them? I just feel like there’s _something_ more going on with our little Raspberry.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, if you follow Cabbage's advice to "embrace the nightmares" during Nightmare Mode, only Potato and Raspberry remain to appear before the title screen pops up, implying Onion, Cabbage and Bread got released from the cabin. I wonder if Ryna's situation is akin to FNAF's Vengeful Spirit; her hate and pain are just so strong she can't let herself go. As for Potato... I honestly think he's just a freak 😅
As a Croat I've heard many Baba Yaga stories throughout my childhood, well at least enough stories to give me plenty of nightmares. If I were ever been told this theory as a story, I wouldn't have noiticed it was a theory at all, great job!
Also forgot to mention, I was really surprised by the creator name choosing for Oleg and Bolek, since they sound pretty similar to ones of the polish cartoon "Lolek i (and) Bolek".
So a theory on Raspberry, i believe she wanted to fight back against the butcher, and the baba yaga, which is why she remained back while everyone else ran. She was also the last one to die, which would especially imply that she wasn't going down the easy way. A thick coat could possibly absorb a few stabs. There is also a chance that she came prepared into the shack from the start, and she kept hidden weapons on her under the coat.
Great theory- Baba Yaga is one of my favorite folk characters. She is generous (in a manner of speaking) to the virtuous visitors to her hut and…is less than generous to, let’s call them, rude visitors. If Razael was a decent visitor in Baba Yaga’s hut, she would not have eaten him. Yes, he may have experienced some frightening things while there (hence the drawings), but if he remained steadfast to his decent character, he would have survived his encounter with her. I suspect he was able to leave Baba Yaga’s hut (possibly with a blessing from her, as so many character before him did after surviving) and was murdered by Potato on his way back to the village. That’s why Potato says “Say ‘Hi’ to Razael for me” upon attacking the other kids; he killed Razael. Baba Yaga then took out Potato upon his trespassing and probably ate the other four kids. They were not “virtuous” like Razael, as evidenced from the flashbacks of their behavior we see in the DLC, so they are fair game to eat. The Baba Yaga is a monster, yes, but she has a set of rules she abides by.
@@alexafletcher8991 more like neutral neutral in my opinion because she kinda just does whatever she wants based on her own standards but lawful evil works too
She's kinda like a fae in that regard. Those who sre virtuous, courteous and follow the rules of hospitality and respecting others are saved from her punishments. Those who break the rules are punished. Severely
7:58 Just gotta admire that love for imagery there by the editors. That the "potato" sticker falls off and reveals "The Butcher", as an example. You guys are doing such a great job.
Unless you covered it in previous theorizing, you're missing some very blatant symbolism. The characters as food comparisons. I agree with everything said about potato. But what about the rest of the characters? Cabbage is the part that isn't wanted but kinda dealt with as an unavoidable necessity. Onion adds a little flavor to everything. Bread is a little bland, dull, boring meant to be a filler. Based on this added dimension, it is entirely possible raspberry is the Baba Yaga. Raspberry stands out as the odd one of the group. She is a fruit which is a dessert, something left at the end of a meal after everything else has been eaten which all the others represent. The berry also represents youth, succulence, vitality but also doesn't stay that way for long and spoils quickly. If Baba Yaga's secret is staying young then it's more likely to be a young girl rather than an old hag. Easier to lure children when appearing to be a child. There also appears to be some degree of disconnection between the raspberry girl and the other three. Also you mention the raspberry girl's calmness when the rest were scared but you never elaborated more on that detail. I feel it has more significance. But as you might say, it's just a theory, a fan theory. Thanks for reading.
Theory rebuttal here, as much as i like that idea, Raspberry is a part of the chompettes, which means that she is, in fact, Dead. If Baba Yaga is dead, who are we playing as? Where did the fifth mysterious character come from?
That makes 0 sense. If the Baba Yaga is meant to be strawberry, then it is not possible at all for us to be the Baba Yaga at all. If the Baba Yaga is strawberry, then that means she is dead. Also, cabbage heads do in fact spoil, potatoes become mushy, and bread becomes moldy lol.
I get what you’re saying, but here’s the thing: Baba Yaga isn’t someone who’s able to split herself, at least not from the myths I’ve seen. Plus, if Raspberry is a part of Baba Yaga, how is she also a separate being as Chompette? Not saying this to say “lol you’re wrong”, Raspberry is definitely the odd kid out for no particular reason, so I can see where you’re coming from. While Potato was a serial killer and trying to become Baba Yaga’s pupil, which makes sense as to why he sticks out, Raspberry just seems to be a particularly creepy kid, so there has to be a reason.
I feel like us playing as raspberry is more important than then it seems, I thought that we would play as potato, concerning that he seemed the most important. So I think that they are definitely trying to tell us something, or more so that raspberry is more important than meets the eye, her also not having a reaction when all the other kids are running for their lives also seems REALLY important.
Also I don't see anyone commenting on it but...who was the little kid speaking portuguese and hiding in the kitchen? Ryna didn't understand them, but they had a piece of charcoal, and it's said the drawings look like they were made with charcoal
@@sugardemon9999 I think that was Razael, cuz how certain are we that the Baba Yaga just had drawing pencils lying around? Was prolly the lil' kid doodling. Though that begs the question, only angry spirits remain in the cabin, so if Razael was let go, why's he there?
You should look up the other theories I don't think this is completely correct and I don't think we found it out I don't think that the Baba Yaga is the main character maybe the stories are based off the main character because in the secret ending where you date the evil redheaded girl is also able to live for hundreds of years with you and it mentions that you have secret techniques which allow you to live so long but none of them work on her and that's why she died of illness after a thousand years also in the other ending she ends up becoming super strong after eating the bodies of the others and it's mentioned that you can become much more powerful if you eat human meet because the chompets mentioned she would be much stronger after eating all the others
@@RAC_mans I think the dev's said at some point that, that ending was a joke and not much to take serious. Non cannon kind of joke I could be wrong tho, I cant remember where I saw it 😅
For sure, and thanks to Matt uncovering most of it, I was able to develop my theory that the baba yaga possesses new vessels by luring in young victims and living with this new body an appearance to remain immortal. We are actually Razael as MC in the main game, just years after being under the control of it he Baba Yaga. Full theory is here in the comments and on the game theorists subreddit.
You should do a theory on the game "Sky: Children of the Light." It might seem simple and pretty at first but it has some really dark history. I'd love to know more!
The fact that Mat doesn't even mention the portuguese talking kid really shocked me. Like you got for some reason a brazilian kid in a cabin in Poland, it's not said directly that the kid's brazilian but when translated when soon to be raspberry talk to them they say that they were separated from their parent and brought across the ocean, that really got me curious like did the baba yaga go on a trip to Brazil and snatched a kid before going back? Really hope we get more infos on that kid.
An interesting little thing that this DLC confirms without really pointing it out: the Chompette's appearance is based on their original human appearance... So Turnip, from the NG+ ending, is most likely Gregor, not Karin as many of us believed.
If I remember right, Turnip was explicitly called "she" in the game. All the other Chompettes seem to have kept their human genders when they were fooded, so it seems likely that Turnip would too.
@@scaper8 Turnip was called a "he", unless the pronoun has been changed in recent patches. Also, I went to the dev's twitter to look around and they confirmed Turnip was "another individual", not Karin. It would make much more sense if it was Karin, considering she has much more of an impact with the MC than the others (plus turnips can be a rosy red and white, perfect for Karin's color scheme). Hell, it might not even be Gregor, since he's already a vengeful spirit down there in the basement, so why suddenly become a Chompette (and where is Potato in that ending...?).
I think the chompettes have to have a very close relationship to the MC (Razael no longer completely possessed by the baba yaga in my theory) and I feel Karin has the greatest likelihood of becoming a chompette with this reasoning in mind. That is unless the true ending is for us to have a closer bond with Gregor over Karin, and turnip is simply the "friend" we have the closest attachment to and/or the closest friend in the "true ending" of the game.
Theory idea! Throughout the Sims franchise, the biggest mystery that is yet to be solved, is what happened to Bella Goth? I think you would like it. Although there aren’t dead children, there are traumatised children, murder, affairs, disappearances, aliens and alternate realities
I think you also need to take the names into account; every character has a Slavic name except for Razael who has a biblical name. Raziel is the angel of secrects, mysteries, and the keeper of magic. It definitely feels like a major hint.
It seems interesting on how Raspberry was calm before being murdered and the fact she has been pretty threatening is also interesting .. There's more to her!!
From watching all the videos it seems Potato almost intentionally wanted the kids to see him to lead them back to the cabin. Somehow he tracked down Razael to become friends with him and lead him into the forest to the cabin but since Razael was so pure and innocent he was spared for the moment. Is it possibly that the Baba Yaga would have taken Razael as a pupil and Potato hated the idea and tried to make Razael question everything the witch does causing the death of Razael. Personally love this series it’s so fun to watch how the story all ties together!
5:20 Actually, this specific face is one of the protagonist's previous victims! In one of the original game's endings- in the Nightmare mode, I think- when you go down the stairs, that figure speaks to you. It says, in Portuguese, “I'm so lost here. Are you cold? Let's talk downstairs, ok? I have others I want to show you. One of them keeps whispering about a birdcage. See you at the end.” And then in the DLC playing as Ryna, if you go into the kitchen to investigate, at some point, that same spirit will speak to you, their voice coming from the cupboard under the sink. It says “Has she left the hut yet? No? You are really in danger: get out of this accursed place and NEVER come back. She took me and separated me from my parents. Across the ocean…and brought me here. She will devour you all: RUN. GET OUT.” Then when Ryna says she can't understand what they're saying, because, you know, they're speaking Portuguese in game (I just translated it) it replies: “Hahaha…and I don't speak Polish very well… I should stop babbling! Here: take this.” And the voice slides a drawing from out of the cupboard. “He did some drawings before he died. Give this to his surviving relatives. I guess this is goodbye…we will probably NEVER cross paths again.”
I am still waiting for Mat to realize that Zakopane is in Poland and the Portuguese-speaking ghost even confirms it explicitly saying he doesn't speak Polish too well
@@kiniaaggg He says Ukraine and later on when he was playing the DLC on GTLivehe said that he didn't know if it was in Ukraine or Russia but that it must be on the border
I love how the included Baba Yaga! Really reminds me of my childhood living in Russia! For anyone wondering, when younger hunters would step into manhood, they would have a trial spending a couple days in the woods alone, male hunters would dress up as this old which to scare them. And thats how the legend was born.
idk what these other replies r but did any of the older hunters get shot? Like idk bout u if i had a gun or bow while a witch is following me , i would definitly shoot at em
It's fitting they used Zakopane for the Butcher as the name literally translates to 'buried' in Polish. Sorry if others already mentioned this. Also, yes, we make puns with it.
@@blankcanvasstudios3463 sorry for the late reply. It really depends on what folklore you wanna focus on, because it all comes from one point in history and seeps out into others.
Definitely because she isn't always bad or scary. I do recall there are some versions where she provides aid or special tools for the protagonist if they fulfill the tasks she gives them.
Hello, polish speaker here. The butcher of Zakopane was “butchered” by Mat. It’s just the last letter, e, it’s not “zakopan-ay,” it’s “zakopan-eh”. Just a pet peeve of mine. Love the video though!
8:49 hey wanted to point out that this jumpscare is actually NOT the "Butcher of Zakopane", it is Anatoly!! I extracted the files and in the "intro" file you will find this image called "intro_anatoly_red" which is that jumpscare!!!
this was 2 years ago but in case anyone sees this, the developer answered someones question about this in the comments of another video and said it was the butcher, just a coincidence that it looks like anatoly
Dont translate😡😡 ເຈົ້າຖືກສາບແຊ່ງເພາະວ່າມັນຖືກແປຖ້າເຈົ້າບໍ່ທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງ, ເຈົ້າຈະຕາຍວິທີດຽວທີ່ຈະທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງແມ່ນເພື່ອຈອງຊ່ອງທາງຂອງຂ້ອຍລົງທະບຽນດຽວນີ....
Okay, wait - I still have many questions: 1. If we are playing as the BY (I ain't familiar with this story so if she's anything like...uh...Confectionery Dude, I'm not messing around) in the base game...was the relationship with BY and Karin supposed to be romantic or just like, super reverent? I'm sure Supernatural love has no boundaries but...wouldn't you be, idk, scared? 2. What was with the super modern looking Polish cop lady...just, in general. Uniform, timing, was it a dream, all of it. 3. Who was the face in the kitchen cabinet who spoke Portuguese? 4. How did Mariah find out the correct answer to the question? 5. In the base game, why did it seem like only one of the group turned into a chompette? And didn't they refer to Turnip as "he"?
2. The cop woman part was apparently a joke reference to some other game. The dev said this in a comment on another video and that they didn’t expect almost anyone to ever get that cop woman joke ending. 3. The Portuguese speaking person is a brazilian kid that was somehow dragged all across the ocean into the cabin and became a victim. He says so in his portuguese dialogue and he refers to the protagonist as “she” so this kinda confirms we are Baba Yaga. The dev also answered questions about him and said they wanted to add something in Portuguese that would also tie in with the story because game’s sprite artist is brazilian and they wanted to thank him. There’s apparently a folklore related reason as to how a Brazilian kid could be dragged from their home country all across the ocean by a Slavic mythical character. The dev said that paying special attention to the translated portuguese would make things clearer but I personally haven’t figured it out and I also don’t know much about folklore from Brazil to really know how it all connects.
Idk, honestly, as someone from Brasil who speaks portuguese, it's kinda confusing. I don't recall anything from our folklore that could be attached to the baba yaga
And not just that, if the MC is in fact the baba yaga, then why would we be scared of Karin? This is a fact that's brought up by both the Chompettes and Karin herself towards the end of the game multiple times
As a polish i heard many baba jaga stories. One of the stories was about 2 little kids that were left in a woods, found house made of sweets and started eating untill they got caught. Now the picture you showed of cages in the room actually reminded me of that story because in that story the boy were the one hold in the cage while his sister was forced to clean and feed her brother
Something I noticed in the basement was what looked like a giant cauldron, or it could be a Mortor, which is something that the Baba Yaga was said to use as a mode of transportation.
This episode holds a very special place in my heart. It was the most recent episode to be released when I joined the Theorist community (yes, I know, I'm a baby here) and I got hooked. The intro to this episode played over and over during the week as I visited the channel page to find a new video to watch. Now, with MatPat's final video out, I felt the need to revisit it as this brief but amazingly impactful chapter of my life comes to a close. With the next door opening next week, it felt right. ❤
It's interesting to hear about foreign folklore and making a dating-sim/Visual Novel out of it was a weird and fun idea. My theory senses are tingling about Raspberry though even if you didn't really mention her beyond "She doesn't seem afraid" when the Baba Yaga kills everyone, and it's making me hope that you do a follow-up that might reveal some more lore about why this young girl appears to be so fearless.
It feels nice when the devs dont make up the plot mid-way through even after GT videos drop, while not making you feel like you did nothing and the previous theorys were wrong. Love the devs, I am scared and Cooking Companions are Great :)
Love the theory! I’d like to hear what you think about Ryna acting so chill in the run scene. It definitely had me curious seeing her not running in fear
Ever since cornbread first appeared shown to be freed I’ve been having a sneaking suspicion that he wasn’t. instead just placed somewhere else where he doesn’t have to suffer by the baba yaga. after all she has been described as a trickster. This might be a stretch but In eastern Slavic areas the story of baba yaga also includes the fact that she has a male counterpart named koshchei the immortal a figure who has been known to die then reanimated to continue the cycle. My theory is that she’s using cornbread soul as an object to protect koshchei soul until she can come up with the spell to save him just like in the stories. I might be far out there but I’ve been reading wayy to much
Fun fact: I'm pretty sure that bolek and Oleg is a reference to a polish cartoon/comic series called Bolek and Lolek in Poland. I don't know about Celina tho, maybe their sister.
Love the fact that he didn’t specifically mention that the story with her left eye being shot out is from a Hellchild(? Hellboy? Sorry can’t remember the name) comic series.
0:34 Mat: "And welcome back to -." Me: *THE SUPER AMAZING END-CARD TOURNAMENT* Mat: "- Cooking companion." Me: "Oh ..." I don't know why that memory came back so fast to me, with only hearing those words.
I do wonder why Ryna seems so chill about her near demise both with the Butcher and whoever makes the other children run towards the camera, perhaps when the Baba Yaga consumed Razeal it looked like him, and it was like them running to hug the kid or have “him” put down the knife. Also one idea is that maybe instead of eating him The Baba Yaga just yanked Razeal’s soul out of his body and hopped in, probably be around the right age to be a young adult like karin and co. From the regular game
At 5:45, he mentions the weird thing in the darkness, but you can actually see it at other points in the game, like when you check the kitchen, or in I believe nightmare mode in the original game, you can see it on the stairs while going to the basement, and the two points that I mentioned it in it speaks to you in what I believe is Portuguese, meaning that is not the Baba Yaga in the darkness, but most likely one of the past victims, or something related to the Slavic folklore
aww I wanted to see them cover the new nightmare mode endings with this one... here's hoping that becomes the main focus if they decide to make another theory on this game
I think Oleg and Bolek are pretty much relatives to tie things up with Razael being Bolek's cousin and Oleg's relative. I'm even gonna go so far as assume they are brothers since most often than not, siblings are named in a theme: Similar sound; Same starting letter/s; Same category, etc. Maybe an additional indicator would be how the two hug in fear while Celina tries to cover them.
When the player character points out that Cornbread was Onion's cousin and not Bread, Bread actually asks if he is related to Onion. And the player character says no. Now, admittedly, this *is* the player character, so it's unclear if they really know or if they are lying or even just guessing, but... it is mentioned.
Bolek and Oleg must be a reference to a polish cartoon about two brothers called "Bolek and Lolek". It might confirm that they are in fact related or it might be a just a fun easter egg, but I thought it was interesting
So... why Raspberry is not fazed by the butcher in the basement again? Did she already know what she is getting herself into when the group decided to go searching for Razael, like she has to KNOW she is going to die to be so unfazed right?
I don't know a ton about Baba Yaga, but from the few stories that I do know of her, it does sound like she sometimes does help children who are in truly terrible situations. Sure, she usually kills and eats most kids that come her way, but every once in a while she really does seem to care about the children who find their way to her. I just like how this theory seems to vibe well with that.
6:50 you think THAT handwriting is bad? You should see rollo's handwriting in dragon quest builders. It's so bad that the game literally says 'the handwriting is so bad [player name] cannot summon up the will to read any more.'
Hey Matpat. A few months ago you made a theory on power washing simulator. There's been more updates and I recently cleaned a ancient statue and after I cleaned it, a beam of light shot through its head. A gym on his head shooting light towards the volcano. The volcano you did a theory on how it makes houses, cars, planes, etc, dirty. But you get a text from a guy who's frightened by the volcano and rushes out of the city. But the volcano suddenly calms down after the lights shoots towards it. (The statue faces the city and I'm guessing volcano). All I know and got.
The thing that whispered to you underneath the sink was a passs victim it was warning you about what was going to happen to you and what it did to them.
One question, what’s Raspberry/Ryna’s relationship with the Baba Yaga? I feel like there’s something more going on with her because she was so calm when getting chased and the conversation with Potato and the witch after becoming a chompette.
One year late but there is another game on the horizon. This stuck out to me. The new "turnip" npc being Karen. That doesn't feel right, I think it is Gregor instead. He was the only one who actually died in the cabin. (Except Karen, that is a nother fan theory for another day.)
I still think that Raspberry has a lot more to do with it. The fact that we play as her and her relationship with potato interests me
It is rather strange that she remains so calm (watch the GT live playthrough to see what I mean). Even during the slaughter, she just stares with this look that's either knowing, determined, or begrudging acceptance
maybe she has a serial killer fetish
IKR! I kept waiting for matpat to elaborate...
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They keep mentioning her coat and she’s weirdly calm, doesn’t even bother to run, it’s really strange
An theory about Cornbread: Many tales about Baba Yaga start with a small child getting lost or kidnapped, and their teenage sibling going to find them. When they arrive at Baba Yaga’s, they find the child healthy and playing, and then she tries to eat an older sibling. The small child isn’t in actual danger. Maybe you never wanted to kill Razael. Moreover, since it’s Potato who tells the kids, it’s possible that he killed him, and then you ate his body. That’s why his soul was released
It would make sense that Potato killed the kid thinking that would make the Baba Yaga accept him.
Or maybe killed him out of frustration that the lil kid was accepted instead of him?
Lines up with how smug the Potato is over the Baba Yaga falling apart after Razael's death.
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That makes a lot of sense, actually. Hope MatPat sees this!
@@bluelfsuma he won't lmfao
@@CazadorSlayer this is a better theory to matpat's, if you think about it, the butcher killed the razeal because he thought it would make the baba yaga happy and hopefully tell him her secret, and after the baba yaga found out what happen, she killed the butcher in a fit of rage and the others later, the reason why razeal didnt join the group and instead goes to the afterlife is because he forgives baba yaga, he knows the baba yaga did not kill him and instead wanted to care for him, he forgave her while the others did not and are (probably) angry, the reason why she begun to be sloppy is because if she had came home early or had found what will happen to razeal, she could have stopped the butcher and that razeal is the only human being she actually cared for, this thought clouded her mind years, months, weeks and days.
thanks for coming to my ted talk
Ryna definitely has a bigger part. She is calm during the death of the killer, and not even shocked. Almost as if she knew it would happen
And despite not running, she died last...
Maybe she's just depressed
Maybe she was helping him
Yeah and also the portugese kid has to have something to do with this
Baba Yaga is sometimes a separate entity, and sometimes she is one of a trio of sisters- all sharing the name Baba Yaga.
Maybe that has something to do with it?
5:21 "yep that is a human face staring right back at you."
have you ever seen a human?
underrated comment
Nah
Lol
No he’s too busy solving FNAF to have any social interaction
Mat:proceeds to traumatize everyone geting ready to sleep
Also mat:THE STOCK MARCKET
Don’t know what you’re on about THAT’S the traumatizing part xD
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OH GOD NOT THE STOCK MARKET
I don't see the difference here maybe I'm missing something because I swear the stock market is more traumatizing
Dont translate😡😡 ເຈົ້າຖືກສາບແຊ່ງເພາະວ່າມັນຖືກແປຖ້າເຈົ້າບໍ່ທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງ, ເຈົ້າຈະຕາຍວິທີດຽວທີ່ຈະທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງແມ່ນເພື່ອຈອງຊ່ອງທາງຂອງຂ້ອຍລົງທະບຽນດຽວນີ....
I feel like there’s still a Theory waiting in the wings for Ryna.
The fact that she doesn’t hesitate to grab a knife, she doesn’t look concerned when cornered by the Zakopane Butcher OR when the Baba Yaga chooses violence…and not to mention how each of her friends will comment on how she’s dressed too warmly for the climate. There’s even that line in the original game about how we (the Baba Yaga) cannot sneak up behind her ever again. Or what about when Celina states that Ryna could see better in the dark than the rest of them?
I just feel like there’s _something_ more going on with our little Raspberry.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, if you follow Cabbage's advice to "embrace the nightmares" during Nightmare Mode, only Potato and Raspberry remain to appear before the title screen pops up, implying Onion, Cabbage and Bread got released from the cabin. I wonder if Ryna's situation is akin to FNAF's Vengeful Spirit; her hate and pain are just so strong she can't let herself go.
As for Potato... I honestly think he's just a freak 😅
@@floran5041 Right? It’s like the devs left puzzle pieces for Ryna, I’m just not quite sure what the pieces come together to make just yet.
Honestly, the fact that she is the only fruit alone is a major hint that there is something about her that makes her different.
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Makes sense...
As a Croat I've heard many Baba Yaga stories throughout my childhood, well at least enough stories to give me plenty of nightmares. If I were ever been told this theory as a story, I wouldn't have noiticed it was a theory at all, great job!
My russian dad also told me a bunch about these stories
Also forgot to mention, I was really surprised by the creator name choosing for Oleg and Bolek, since they sound pretty similar to ones of the polish cartoon "Lolek i (and) Bolek".
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@Wrath 🅥 stop commenting this it's not funny anymore
Im also Croat ^^ Hey Brother, ignore bots
So a theory on Raspberry, i believe she wanted to fight back against the butcher, and the baba yaga, which is why she remained back while everyone else ran. She was also the last one to die, which would especially imply that she wasn't going down the easy way. A thick coat could possibly absorb a few stabs. There is also a chance that she came prepared into the shack from the start, and she kept hidden weapons on her under the coat.
That actually makes sense
Is that a coat? I thought it was just a poofy dress
@@monroerobbins7551yeah pretty sure the game calls it a coat(sorry if you know that now)
Makes so much sense
"He wants the secret he's willing to sacrifice kids for the answers"
Matt, that's literally just what happens before every math exam ever.
Thats how purple men think
Well, you are not wrong
@Emotional D nobody cares
@Bella dont think i forgot about you Bot#2
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Great theory- Baba Yaga is one of my favorite folk characters. She is generous (in a manner of speaking) to the virtuous visitors to her hut and…is less than generous to, let’s call them, rude visitors. If Razael was a decent visitor in Baba Yaga’s hut, she would not have eaten him. Yes, he may have experienced some frightening things while there (hence the drawings), but if he remained steadfast to his decent character, he would have survived his encounter with her. I suspect he was able to leave Baba Yaga’s hut (possibly with a blessing from her, as so many character before him did after surviving) and was murdered by Potato on his way back to the village. That’s why Potato says “Say ‘Hi’ to Razael for me” upon attacking the other kids; he killed Razael. Baba Yaga then took out Potato upon his trespassing and probably ate the other four kids. They were not “virtuous” like Razael, as evidenced from the flashbacks of their behavior we see in the DLC, so they are fair game to eat. The Baba Yaga is a monster, yes, but she has a set of rules she abides by.
Lawful evil?
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"Professionals have standards..."
@@alexafletcher8991 more like neutral neutral in my opinion because she kinda just does whatever she wants based on her own standards but lawful evil works too
She's kinda like a fae in that regard. Those who sre virtuous, courteous and follow the rules of hospitality and respecting others are saved from her punishments. Those who break the rules are punished. Severely
7:58 Just gotta admire that love for imagery there by the editors. That the "potato" sticker falls off and reveals "The Butcher", as an example. You guys are doing such a great job.
Yeah the editing makes their videos so entertaining
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@@maceeeee kinda the point lol
Unless you covered it in previous theorizing, you're missing some very blatant symbolism. The characters as food comparisons.
I agree with everything said about potato. But what about the rest of the characters?
Cabbage is the part that isn't wanted but kinda dealt with as an unavoidable necessity. Onion adds a little flavor to everything. Bread is a little bland, dull, boring meant to be a filler.
Based on this added dimension, it is entirely possible raspberry is the Baba Yaga.
Raspberry stands out as the odd one of the group. She is a fruit which is a dessert, something left at the end of a meal after everything else has been eaten which all the others represent. The berry also represents youth, succulence, vitality but also doesn't stay that way for long and spoils quickly. If Baba Yaga's secret is staying young then it's more likely to be a young girl rather than an old hag. Easier to lure children when appearing to be a child. There also appears to be some degree of disconnection between the raspberry girl and the other three. Also you mention the raspberry girl's calmness when the rest were scared but you never elaborated more on that detail. I feel it has more significance.
But as you might say, it's just a theory, a fan theory. Thanks for reading.
Theory rebuttal here, as much as i like that idea, Raspberry is a part of the chompettes, which means that she is, in fact, Dead. If Baba Yaga is dead, who are we playing as? Where did the fifth mysterious character come from?
That makes 0 sense. If the Baba Yaga is meant to be strawberry, then it is not possible at all for us to be the Baba Yaga at all. If the Baba Yaga is strawberry, then that means she is dead. Also, cabbage heads do in fact spoil, potatoes become mushy, and bread becomes moldy lol.
I get what you’re saying, but here’s the thing: Baba Yaga isn’t someone who’s able to split herself, at least not from the myths I’ve seen. Plus, if Raspberry is a part of Baba Yaga, how is she also a separate being as Chompette?
Not saying this to say “lol you’re wrong”, Raspberry is definitely the odd kid out for no particular reason, so I can see where you’re coming from. While Potato was a serial killer and trying to become Baba Yaga’s pupil, which makes sense as to why he sticks out, Raspberry just seems to be a particularly creepy kid, so there has to be a reason.
@@soundwavesuperior28I think you meant RASPBERRY nto strawberry😅
I feel like us playing as raspberry is more important than then it seems, I thought that we would play as potato, concerning that he seemed the most important. So I think that they are definitely trying to tell us something, or more so that raspberry is more important than meets the eye, her also not having a reaction when all the other kids are running for their lives also seems REALLY important.
Also I don't see anyone commenting on it but...who was the little kid speaking portuguese and hiding in the kitchen? Ryna didn't understand them, but they had a piece of charcoal, and it's said the drawings look like they were made with charcoal
I thought that aswell since it seems she knows theirs no hope or something
Also btw I seen you on other channels
I agree-
But why are their so many bots!?
@@sugardemon9999 I think that was Razael, cuz how certain are we that the Baba Yaga just had drawing pencils lying around? Was prolly the lil' kid doodling. Though that begs the question, only angry spirits remain in the cabin, so if Razael was let go, why's he there?
I love when games just let the theorists have their way and don't change anything to the story despite us already figuring it out.
I like your profile picture! :)
You should look up the other theories I don't think this is completely correct and I don't think we found it out I don't think that the Baba Yaga is the main character maybe the stories are based off the main character because in the secret ending where you date the evil redheaded girl is also able to live for hundreds of years with you and it mentions that you have secret techniques which allow you to live so long but none of them work on her and that's why she died of illness after a thousand years also in the other ending she ends up becoming super strong after eating the bodies of the others and it's mentioned that you can become much more powerful if you eat human meet because the chompets mentioned she would be much stronger after eating all the others
I'm looking at you FNAF
@@RAC_mans I think the dev's said at some point that, that ending was a joke and not much to take serious. Non cannon kind of joke
I could be wrong tho, I cant remember where I saw it 😅
*cough cough* fnaf *cough cough*
Finally, another cooking companions video, this game really has an interesting story to say the least.
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@@ElitheSnowFox JEEZ There are a lot of bots are we hanging out on youtube or amazon headquarters! I SHOULDA NEVER CANCELED MY PRIME!
For sure, and thanks to Matt uncovering most of it, I was able to develop my theory that the baba yaga possesses new vessels by luring in young victims and living with this new body an appearance to remain immortal. We are actually Razael as MC in the main game, just years after being under the control of it he Baba Yaga. Full theory is here in the comments and on the game theorists subreddit.
You should do a theory on the game "Sky: Children of the Light." It might seem simple and pretty at first but it has some really dark history. I'd love to know more!
He really should.
The cooking Companions theories are great keep them coming!
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Same here
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@@oscarrrrr520 why bien
Still need to know what's with Ryna's reaction (or lack of) in the basement and what kind of connection they have with the butcher/Potato...
Yeah she's definitely pretty sus.
I really want to know too! Also it was kinda wierd how everyone talked about her jacket or something.
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@@scissorbanner9735 Yeah, it looks like they hit some of the other comments, too...
I love how this game looks so cute at the beginning but by the end it’s a mix of cannibalism, folklore, murder and murder-
Reminds you a lot of DDLC, which I think is part of the origins of this.
The fact that Mat doesn't even mention the portuguese talking kid really shocked me.
Like you got for some reason a brazilian kid in a cabin in Poland, it's not said directly that the kid's brazilian but when translated when soon to be raspberry talk to them they say that they were separated from their parent and brought across the ocean, that really got me curious like did the baba yaga go on a trip to Brazil and snatched a kid before going back? Really hope we get more infos on that kid.
An interesting little thing that this DLC confirms without really pointing it out: the Chompette's appearance is based on their original human appearance... So Turnip, from the NG+ ending, is most likely Gregor, not Karin as many of us believed.
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the appearance thing could just be visual shorthand
If I remember right, Turnip was explicitly called "she" in the game. All the other Chompettes seem to have kept their human genders when they were fooded, so it seems likely that Turnip would too.
@@scaper8 Turnip was called a "he", unless the pronoun has been changed in recent patches. Also, I went to the dev's twitter to look around and they confirmed Turnip was "another individual", not Karin. It would make much more sense if it was Karin, considering she has much more of an impact with the MC than the others (plus turnips can be a rosy red and white, perfect for Karin's color scheme). Hell, it might not even be Gregor, since he's already a vengeful spirit down there in the basement, so why suddenly become a Chompette (and where is Potato in that ending...?).
I think the chompettes have to have a very close relationship to the MC (Razael no longer completely possessed by the baba yaga in my theory) and I feel Karin has the greatest likelihood of becoming a chompette with this reasoning in mind. That is unless the true ending is for us to have a closer bond with Gregor over Karin, and turnip is simply the "friend" we have the closest attachment to and/or the closest friend in the "true ending" of the game.
It’s always about living forever with these guys. I swear there would be no problems in these games if they just accepted their mortality already.
WILLIAM STARTED IT
Fr like who would actually want to be immortal, would get boring and depressing after so long
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That's the point of the letter towards the end
Love how Game Theory always has murder in it 💕
Yes
That's fax
Hehe.
Ther emust always be murder
Don’t forget the orphaned dead children!
Theory idea! Throughout the Sims franchise, the biggest mystery that is yet to be solved, is what happened to Bella Goth? I think you would like it. Although there aren’t dead children, there are traumatised children, murder, affairs, disappearances, aliens and alternate realities
So, why was Ryna so calm in the face of the Butcher and the Baba Yaga then? Seems like a likely important detail...
Because she already knew what was going to happen so she basically accepted it.
I think you also need to take the names into account; every character has a Slavic name except for Razael who has a biblical name. Raziel is the angel of secrects, mysteries, and the keeper of magic. It definitely feels like a major hint.
real question is: why did he become "cornbread" when his name doesn't start with a c?
It seems interesting on how Raspberry was calm before being murdered and the fact she has been pretty threatening is also interesting .. There's more to her!!
As a polish native speaker i see this game as an absolute win
As a Czech speak I find this game a win to
As an also polish native speaker I agree
i was just about to comment that
MatPat’s theories really hit the home run, murder, children eating, all that stuff!
Childeren eating?
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Gahd dam the amount of bots, god i wish youtube removes links in replies
@@ajoe.8461 There is a settings in YT to remove comments with links but it's up to the creator to enable it.
From watching all the videos it seems Potato almost intentionally wanted the kids to see him to lead them back to the cabin. Somehow he tracked down Razael to become friends with him and lead him into the forest to the cabin but since Razael was so pure and innocent he was spared for the moment. Is it possibly that the Baba Yaga would have taken Razael as a pupil and Potato hated the idea and tried to make Razael question everything the witch does causing the death of Razael. Personally love this series it’s so fun to watch how the story all ties together!
5:20 Actually, this specific face is one of the protagonist's previous victims! In one of the original game's endings- in the Nightmare mode, I think- when you go down the stairs, that figure speaks to you. It says, in Portuguese, “I'm so lost here. Are you cold? Let's talk downstairs, ok? I have others I want to show you. One of them keeps whispering about a birdcage. See you at the end.”
And then in the DLC playing as Ryna, if you go into the kitchen to investigate, at some point, that same spirit will speak to you, their voice coming from the cupboard under the sink. It says “Has she left the hut yet? No? You are really in danger: get out of this accursed place and NEVER come back. She took me and separated me from my parents. Across the ocean…and brought me here. She will devour you all: RUN. GET OUT.”
Then when Ryna says she can't understand what they're saying, because, you know, they're speaking Portuguese in game (I just translated it) it replies:
“Hahaha…and I don't speak Polish very well…
I should stop babbling! Here: take this.”
And the voice slides a drawing from out of the cupboard.
“He did some drawings before he died. Give this to his surviving relatives. I guess this is goodbye…we will probably NEVER cross paths again.”
OH MY GOD THANK YOU. I watched a playthrough of this game and that drove me up a friggin' wall not knowing what the spirit was saying!!
I was just thinking “I need a MatPat theory vid on the new CC DLC” so yea my day is officially made now
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Dang dude, the bots completely ganged up on you
@@therealmeal2666 YEAHHH
@@therealmeal2666 They're on all the comments I've seen so far
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I am still waiting for Mat to realize that Zakopane is in Poland and the Portuguese-speaking ghost even confirms it explicitly saying he doesn't speak Polish too well
He mentions that Zakopane is in Poland in the first video
@@kiniaaggg He says Ukraine and later on when he was playing the DLC on GTLivehe said that he didn't know if it was in Ukraine or Russia but that it must be on the border
A Brazilian spirit in a Polish cabin is so weirdly specific that I need to know why that is the way it is
@@valerial9081 Yep, I thought he was at least gonna mention that but hopefully next theory
7:53 A dual wielding Potato is just too dang cute. 😂
4:07 funny how Ryna simply doesn't care they're all about to get brutally murdered
I love how the included Baba Yaga! Really reminds me of my childhood living in Russia! For anyone wondering, when younger hunters would step into manhood, they would have a trial spending a couple days in the woods alone, male hunters would dress up as this old which to scare them. And thats how the legend was born.
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idk what these other replies r but did any of the older hunters get shot? Like idk bout u if i had a gun or bow while a witch is following me , i would definitly shoot at em
It's fitting they used Zakopane for the Butcher as the name literally translates to 'buried' in Polish.
Sorry if others already mentioned this.
Also, yes, we make puns with it.
As a person who loved to study folktales as a kind, I always found Baba Yaga one of the most interesting and scary story with scattered pieces
I'm trying to get into folklore, can you suggest a starting point?
@@blankcanvasstudios3463 sorry for the late reply.
It really depends on what folklore you wanna focus on, because it all comes from one point in history and seeps out into others.
Definitely because she isn't always bad or scary. I do recall there are some versions where she provides aid or special tools for the protagonist if they fulfill the tasks she gives them.
@@msk-qp6fn yes, in fact, before the advent of Christianity, Baba Yaga was a guide to the world of the dead. Therefore, one leg is bone, the hut turns
I’m becoming scarily addicted to this game’s lore and theories…
Hello, polish speaker here. The butcher of Zakopane was “butchered” by Mat. It’s just the last letter, e, it’s not “zakopan-ay,” it’s “zakopan-eh”. Just a pet peeve of mine. Love the video though!
JFC youtube needs to clamp down on these bots
haha love the pun
You got botted :(
To be fair Eh is usually pronounced Ay in north America XD
I think they mean "eh" like in "meh". So the second E in "never".
I always thought Razael was the kid from the potato barrel, this sounds super cool! Never thought of it that way
wow that would be a cool detail
Glad to see that some of it was confirmed. This particular game story is very intriguing cuz I'm always enthralled by the complexity of the story.
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8:49 hey wanted to point out that this jumpscare is actually NOT the "Butcher of Zakopane", it is Anatoly!! I extracted the files and in the "intro" file you will find this image called "intro_anatoly_red" which is that jumpscare!!!
yea i thought it looked liked anatoly!
this was 2 years ago but in case anyone sees this, the developer answered someones question about this in the comments of another video and said it was the butcher, just a coincidence that it looks like anatoly
I love how matpat tries to correctly pronounce "zakopane"
And he nails it tbh
hahah this!! tbh i wouldn’t be even close myself if i hadn’t heard it said a handful of times by my Polish native best friend
@@hillskevin924 what's here? Your brain? Cuz I still can't seem to find it
@@finnleyjack331 Damn lmao
better than how i would have pronounced it: zack-o-pain.
Ah yes, a game about being possessed and eating your friends, my favorite!
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Dont translate😡😡 ເຈົ້າຖືກສາບແຊ່ງເພາະວ່າມັນຖືກແປຖ້າເຈົ້າບໍ່ທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງ, ເຈົ້າຈະຕາຍວິທີດຽວທີ່ຈະທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງແມ່ນເພື່ອຈອງຊ່ອງທາງຂອງຂ້ອຍລົງທະບຽນດຽວນີ....
Hey matpat, thanks for making my childhood, you make me entertained when im bored, happy when im sad, and laugh when i cant. Thank you.
Don't translate😡
ເຈົ້າຖືກສາບແຊ່ງເພາະວ່າມັນຖືກແປຖ້າເຈົ້າບໍ່ທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງ, ເຈົ້າຈະຕາຍວິທີດຽວທີ່ຈະທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງແມ່ນເພື່ອຈອງຊ່ອງທາງຂອງຂ້ອຍລົງທະບຽນດຽວນີ້. ,.
I'm surprised this game isn't more popular. It's genius and I've been obsessed with it ever since I played it.
I feel like Matpat can look at a trash can and discover 10 videos worth of lore happy to been seeing him since 2013
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Okay, wait - I still have many questions:
1. If we are playing as the BY (I ain't familiar with this story so if she's anything like...uh...Confectionery Dude, I'm not messing around) in the base game...was the relationship with BY and Karin supposed to be romantic or just like, super reverent? I'm sure Supernatural love has no boundaries but...wouldn't you be, idk, scared?
2. What was with the super modern looking Polish cop lady...just, in general. Uniform, timing, was it a dream, all of it.
3. Who was the face in the kitchen cabinet who spoke Portuguese?
4. How did Mariah find out the correct answer to the question?
5. In the base game, why did it seem like only one of the group turned into a chompette? And didn't they refer to Turnip as "he"?
I have these questions too
That fact they the person/spirt speaking Portuguese is never brought up is driving me mad!
2. The cop woman part was apparently a joke reference to some other game. The dev said this in a comment on another video and that they didn’t expect almost anyone to ever get that cop woman joke ending.
3. The Portuguese speaking person is a brazilian kid that was somehow dragged all across the ocean into the cabin and became a victim. He says so in his portuguese dialogue and he refers to the protagonist as “she” so this kinda confirms we are Baba Yaga. The dev also answered questions about him and said they wanted to add something in Portuguese that would also tie in with the story because game’s sprite artist is brazilian and they wanted to thank him.
There’s apparently a folklore related reason as to how a Brazilian kid could be dragged from their home country all across the ocean by a Slavic mythical character. The dev said that paying special attention to the translated portuguese would make things clearer but I personally haven’t figured it out and I also don’t know much about folklore from Brazil to really know how it all connects.
Idk, honestly, as someone from Brasil who speaks portuguese, it's kinda confusing. I don't recall anything from our folklore that could be attached to the baba yaga
And not just that, if the MC is in fact the baba yaga, then why would we be scared of Karin? This is a fact that's brought up by both the Chompettes and Karin herself towards the end of the game multiple times
The customized intros for each video just goes to prove how much effort he actually puts in to these videos
judging the fact that Baba Yaga is slowly falling apart and hesitating with each kill she will perish soon and release the spirits of past kills
I think you would like looking into "Game for Anna" / "Darkness under my bed". Has some beeg theory potential.
As a polish i heard many baba jaga stories. One of the stories was about 2 little kids that were left in a woods, found house made of sweets and started eating untill they got caught. Now the picture you showed of cages in the room actually reminded me of that story because in that story the boy were the one hold in the cage while his sister was forced to clean and feed her brother
That's one of the stories that actually got exported worldwide. Were their names by chance Hansel and Gretel?
Hansel and Gretle are a Baba Yaga story? Interesting……
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In poland its called "Jaś i Małgosia"
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Yeah I think so the names translated to this so
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Fnaf check list:
✔️Using dead kids to become immortal
Man, can horror games get any original nowadays without relating back to Five Nights At Freddy’s?
Steph has some of the best voice acting
Don't translate😡
ເຈົ້າຖືກສາບແຊ່ງເພາະວ່າມັນຖືກແປຖ້າເຈົ້າບໍ່ທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງ, ເຈົ້າຈະຕາຍວິທີດຽວທີ່ຈະທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງແມ່ນເພື່ອຈອງຊ່ອງທາງຂອງຂ້ອຍລົງທະບຽນດຽວນີ້. ,..
@@oscarunxverse234 I would rather die
Fully agree
Something I noticed in the basement was what looked like a giant cauldron, or it could be a Mortor, which is something that the Baba Yaga was said to use as a mode of transportation.
Yes! I've missed this channel so much, especially since I've been having a bad day. Thanks Matpat!
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Same, I haven't slept much today and watching a video by matpat was just what I needed.
About two real comments here outside of me.
That intro with the cabbage chompette actually sent chills up my spine holy hell
I love this already!
I love how Game Theory is always about dark and killing never about someone being nice but that's actually the reason we all love GT
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@Wrath 🅥 wtf even is this?
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This episode holds a very special place in my heart. It was the most recent episode to be released when I joined the Theorist community (yes, I know, I'm a baby here) and I got hooked. The intro to this episode played over and over during the week as I visited the channel page to find a new video to watch. Now, with MatPat's final video out, I felt the need to revisit it as this brief but amazingly impactful chapter of my life comes to a close. With the next door opening next week, it felt right. ❤
It's interesting to hear about foreign folklore and making a dating-sim/Visual Novel out of it was a weird and fun idea.
My theory senses are tingling about Raspberry though even if you didn't really mention her beyond "She doesn't seem afraid" when the Baba Yaga kills everyone, and it's making me hope that you do a follow-up that might reveal some more lore about why this young girl appears to be so fearless.
It feels nice when the devs dont make up the plot mid-way through even after GT videos drop, while not making you feel like you did nothing and the previous theorys were wrong. Love the devs, I am scared and Cooking Companions are Great :)
Love the theory! I’d like to hear what you think about Ryna acting so chill in the run scene. It definitely had me curious seeing her not running in fear
I need to remind myself to never watch his videos at night because of how he makes everything so sinister/eerie 😭
13:34 So like pirates of the caribbean said. It isnt about living forever, the trick is living with yourself forever
Ever since cornbread first appeared shown to be freed I’ve been having a sneaking suspicion that he wasn’t. instead just placed somewhere else where he doesn’t have to suffer by the baba yaga. after all she has been described as a trickster. This might be a stretch but In eastern Slavic areas the story of baba yaga also includes the fact that she has a male counterpart named koshchei the immortal a figure who has been known to die then reanimated to continue the cycle. My theory is that she’s using cornbread soul as an object to protect koshchei soul until she can come up with the spell to save him just like in the stories. I might be far out there but I’ve been reading wayy to much
Why do I watch these when I'm about to go to sleep, while also having wild imagination. My timing always hits different.
Same here
@kevinzen no one asked
@Recommended For You 🅥 okay wrath, I won’t click the link
FR😭
2:08 Zakopane in Serbian and other slavic languages means The burried (female plural)
Ooo cool i didnt know that :O
8:42 my cat did *not* appreciate that noise
You ever wonder if Baba Yaga's chicken leg house would be street legal?
Yeah...
Fun fact: I'm pretty sure that bolek and Oleg is a reference to a polish cartoon/comic series called Bolek and Lolek in Poland. I don't know about Celina tho, maybe their sister.
I remember watching that cartoon as a kid ever knew it's from Poland (I'm not from Poland)
i think the devs confirmed that was just a coincidence.
@@ghoulchan7525 ):
@kevinzen i love you, you are the best TH-camr ever
@@wowz9061 still a neat coincidence though
Love the fact that he didn’t specifically mention that the story with her left eye being shot out is from a Hellchild(? Hellboy? Sorry can’t remember the name) comic series.
The face of the purple girl on the right at 3:02 is just like: oh well guess I’ll die
0:34
Mat: "And welcome back to -."
Me: *THE SUPER AMAZING END-CARD TOURNAMENT*
Mat: "- Cooking companion."
Me: "Oh ..."
I don't know why that memory came back so fast to me, with only hearing those words.
I do wonder why Ryna seems so chill about her near demise both with the Butcher and whoever makes the other children run towards the camera, perhaps when the Baba Yaga consumed Razeal it looked like him, and it was like them running to hug the kid or have “him” put down the knife. Also one idea is that maybe instead of eating him The Baba Yaga just yanked Razeal’s soul out of his body and hopped in, probably be around the right age to be a young adult like karin and co. From the regular game
I hope you come back and theorize about this some more. As many other comments stated, I think Ryna Rasberry still has secrets to uncovered.
Bruh at 5:10 an ad played about a horror game I just freaked out
Mine was Reese’s
I was so excited to see that matpat was right about the baba yoga thing while watching someone else's playthrough
Ok Dont read my name
Don't translate😡
ເຈົ້າຖືກສາບແຊ່ງເພາະວ່າມັນຖືກແປຖ້າເຈົ້າບໍ່ທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງ, ເຈົ້າຈະຕາຍວິທີດຽວທີ່ຈະທໍາລາຍຄໍາສາບແຊ່ງແມ່ນເພື່ອຈອງຊ່ອງທາງຂອງຂ້ອຍລົງທະບຽນດຽວນີ້. ,.
How is no one talking about how cabbage was literally about to destroy the ball and string (1:30)
At 5:45, he mentions the weird thing in the darkness, but you can actually see it at other points in the game, like when you check the kitchen, or in I believe nightmare mode in the original game, you can see it on the stairs while going to the basement, and the two points that I mentioned it in it speaks to you in what I believe is Portuguese, meaning that is not the Baba Yaga in the darkness, but most likely one of the past victims, or something related to the Slavic folklore
aww I wanted to see them cover the new nightmare mode endings with this one...
here's hoping that becomes the main focus if they decide to make another theory on this game
Cooking Companions
“The bodies start tublin’ when the bellies start rumblin’.”
Underrated comment
When the bodies start droppin', we start chompin'.
I think Oleg and Bolek are pretty much relatives to tie things up with Razael being Bolek's cousin and Oleg's relative. I'm even gonna go so far as assume they are brothers since most often than not, siblings are named in a theme: Similar sound; Same starting letter/s; Same category, etc. Maybe an additional indicator would be how the two hug in fear while Celina tries to cover them.
When the player character points out that Cornbread was Onion's cousin and not Bread, Bread actually asks if he is related to Onion. And the player character says no.
Now, admittedly, this *is* the player character, so it's unclear if they really know or if they are lying or even just guessing, but... it is mentioned.
@@CatMuto must be a continuity error then.
Bolek and Oleg must be a reference to a polish cartoon about two brothers called "Bolek and Lolek". It might confirm that they are in fact related or it might be a just a fun easter egg, but I thought it was interesting
I love when Poland stuff is in games, first we got Polish text in Inscryption, now Zakopane here, just love that
0:40 Is that an intentional mispronunciation? 'Cuz "ko-wa-i" means "scary" while "ka-wa-i-i" means "cute". My hat off if so!
Literally just finished watching the playthrough of the dlc, what perfect timing. So excited for this theory :))
*Lets be honest we all enjoyed this video by having this:*
*th-cam.com/video/sw-de_1A1eo/w-d-xo.html*
U attracted all the bots lol
@@fay4967 it's an unfortunate superpower :/
@@banshee8901 it's okay, u got the attention xD
Game Theory is the only channel that can transform a game with cannibalism in it into something darker and I'm here for it!
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So... why Raspberry is not fazed by the butcher in the basement again? Did she already know what she is getting herself into when the group decided to go searching for Razael, like she has to KNOW she is going to die to be so unfazed right?
The link is a lie. Just some guys music video. Not even Rick rolled
Fazed? FAZ-ED FREDDY FAZBEAR
@@lizblue159 stop clicking random links
She died last.
The heavy coat also explains why she wasn't running.
4 months and Cooking Conpanions still is not boring, thanks to Matt!
9:50 made laugh so hard
I don't know a ton about Baba Yaga, but from the few stories that I do know of her, it does sound like she sometimes does help children who are in truly terrible situations. Sure, she usually kills and eats most kids that come her way, but every once in a while she really does seem to care about the children who find their way to her. I just like how this theory seems to vibe well with that.
6:50 you think THAT handwriting is bad? You should see rollo's handwriting in dragon quest builders. It's so bad that the game literally says
'the handwriting is so bad [player name] cannot summon up the will to read any more.'
'Five adorable grocery store rejects' got me rolling
Hey Matpat. A few months ago you made a theory on power washing simulator. There's been more updates and I recently cleaned a ancient statue and after I cleaned it, a beam of light shot through its head. A gym on his head shooting light towards the volcano. The volcano you did a theory on how it makes houses, cars, planes, etc, dirty. But you get a text from a guy who's frightened by the volcano and rushes out of the city. But the volcano suddenly calms down after the lights shoots towards it. (The statue faces the city and I'm guessing volcano). All I know and got.
it's so nice sponsors are at the end of the video mad respect for mat pat
It would be fun to see Matpat tackle those small visual novels that aren’t that well known, such as ‘AlterEgo’ and ‘Death Palette’
The thing that whispered to you underneath the sink was a passs victim it was warning you about what was going to happen to you and what it did to them.
👆 Wow congratulations you've been selected among my shortlisted winner's
Ok now I am really wondering why the girl that’s supposed to be raspberry was so calm and didn’t panic like the others
I was waiting for this! I really loved this game when I saw it, so now I'm really invested by it :) I'm excited now
*Lets be honest we all enjoyed this video by having this:*
*th-cam.com/video/sw-de_1A1eo/w-d-xo.html*
One question, what’s Raspberry/Ryna’s relationship with the Baba Yaga? I feel like there’s something more going on with her because she was so calm when getting chased and the conversation with Potato and the witch after becoming a chompette.
And she's the only fruit
@@msk-qp6fn Bread’s the only food who isn’t natural
@@RorThor please show me a corn bread plant?
One year late but there is another game on the horizon.
This stuck out to me. The new "turnip" npc being Karen. That doesn't feel right, I think it is Gregor instead. He was the only one who actually died in the cabin. (Except Karen, that is a nother fan theory for another day.)