I never thought I'd see the day, but here we are. Matt Pat theorizing about a show about talking rescue ranger dogs God I love this channel :)

and here I was thinking Ryder recruits them to give them a home and a purpose, thanks MatPat

Matpat making theories on what his kid watches so he doesn't go crazy is the funniest thing to me

Well considering the 2nd Paw Patrol movie has Sky’s origin story,showing how she wasn’t picked by any families because she was the runt of the litter,it essentially confirms the theory that Ryder is collecting not only stray and orphaned pups,but also ones that were ostracised by other pups.

I love how he takes this as a addiction that he dose not want and it makes it so much funnier

Man, it's weird to think that MatPat has been doing this long enough that he's officially attacking the the next generation of childhood.

Interesting theory. However, it doesn't take into account the possibility that some former members of the Paw Patrol may have simply grown up and entered a form of retirement, still alive & well. In line with this thought, it's also possible that the human leader of the group isn't the original founder, but rather was chosen by his predicessor to continue in their place once they entered retirement.

I can’t stop imagining Mat just chillin watching paw patrol with Ollie and Ollie’s just sitting there smiling watching the show like, “Dad look at the cool dogs!” While Mats just staring intensely looking for lore and theorizing in his brain 💀

This man quite literally woke up and chose violence Also there’s a problem with the theories, in a few episodes some puppies get trapped, and we even see Marshall try to leave out of his own will, if they were expendable, why would Ryder try to find them?

*This man can find the darkest stuff in the literal most nicest and innocent child show ever*

3:19 I worry for MatPat’s sanity sometimes, maybe he’s been creating too many bizarre theories lately

I love how he goes at the end “andddd cut.” it’s amazing!!!

Not to mention Ryder already has the badges for the pups before they're even recruited

Only matpat can make a children's show like paw patrol dark... never change mat Edit: wow this is my most liked comment on youtube thx so much (now I may see people mad that I thanked for likes)

I’m just saying, I feel like it could also be that the puppies just grow up and then get swapped out with younger dogs as the older ones go into their respective jobs. Like Chase would become an ACTUAL K-9 Unit for example. Just a thought.

Just coming back to this after matpat retired, it's so sad re watching the old videos when he was still here

Your child is eventually going to find this video.

I like how if there's even the slightest hole in a show's lore, Mat will just tear the whole thing open

This is it. A TV show for 3 year olds physiologically theorized, entire background dug into, spending countless hours watching every episode of Paw Patrol. This is what i’m living for.

Zuma is the forgotten dog I’m not even capping💀

Every time rider said "i need your winch" made me laugh

Rather than wondering why this theory is a thing, I'm strangely more curious over who's funding a 10 year old to put dogs in perilous situations. Like he probably has himself in a bit of danger as well as he's got his own vehicle and is seen with the pups on missions, like in the clips and pictures that are shown. Who's paying this child? In fact, isn't this child labor?

One thing that always bugged me with the show when my little sister was into it a few years back was how there was no adult dogs for some reason. The puppies are out there doing rescues for several seasons and yet they never grow up and never meet an older dog.

matpat is the key to being able to theorize about a kid's show with no shame

My wife has always asked "where does he get these wonderful 'toys'??" He's gotta be independently wealthy... but she can't admit to herself the possibility, but Matpat can, that Rider's exploiting the pups for his own gain.

MatPat; "And that's why Cinderella is the real villain of the story." Therapist; ".....Lets begin with your childhood, your relationship with your parents during that time."

Perfect. I love your stuff, and had my first kid a couple years after y'all had Ollie. The Paw Patrol movie is on in my living room every day.

I would just like to say that Rubble and Zuma are the same age, but Zuma is the same size as usual.

That last line: "I might not end up Talking to Ollie about this one..." Implies that MatPat tells his son about all of his theories.

You know after watching MatPat for a while, all I know is. It's never "only an animation error"

"Get your winch out, Chase" had me dying.

The vicious and constant attack on Zuma (my favorite pup followed by Rocky) (yes I know this isn’t normal) was actually pretty hilarious 😂 poor puppy…

As someone who has been working on this show for over a decade, this was a kick to watch! I can verify that the animation team is very much in on the joke that Zuma never gets called on missions (we make internal memes of it all the time XD ). And the Rubble badge on the screen at 5:30 I think was just a straight-up oversight. It was season 1, things got missed. We had no idea at the time it would blow up to the phenom it's become but sure glad it has!

I wondered why they don’t have a medic dog, when there’s an aviation one. Surely in a fantasy kids show even in the US you can pretend EMTs are affordable public service. Edit: MatPat’s theory actually explains this as well. EMTs don’t tend to die during service.

Loved this show while growing up, I watched like every episode. Guess I now feel the feeling of a ruined childhood by Matpat.

MatPat bullying Zuma for the entire video💀

Generally feel bad for Mat, he has trained his brain to search for dark hidden lore that he can’t simply watch a nice show without searching for that hidden lore.

I love that most people could probably also come to this conclusion if they just thought about the entire situation realistically. In a world with hyper-intelligent dogs that can perform rescues as good as and sometimes way better than people, a team of expendable rescue pups is not only plausible, but it just makes sense. Sometimes a dark secret isn't that much of a secret I guess lol

I will not be surprised when a horror movie come out about the paw patrol

I’ve been watching you for so long now I love all your videos

I just love seeing how simple kid-friendly approaches to fiction become horrifyingly nightmarish realities in their universe.

No family friendly shows are safe from Matpat anymore. If there's even a small amount of Lore somewhere, he will find it and he will solve it's true purpose

my brother watches you all the time, i am just starting to watch you, you have 1/2 convinced me, i will see the next one

0:17 I thought he was going to say “HONEY ITS HAPPENING”😂

It's glorius how you can grow watching a show just fine, but just one theory later and you call everything into question Thanks MatPat

Gawdly this is such a dark theorie U just earned a sub

This isn't as childhood ruining as I thought. I haven't watched a whole lot of Paw Patrol, but from the little amount that I did watch I definitely get how this is possible. I think Ryder is still being honest though, he is also providing these stray dogs with a home and food as well as a purpose in life. It's a win for all.

I really hope Ollie watches these videos when he is older. He deserves to know what Mat was actually thinking when he was forcing him to watch his little baby shows

Now that Matpat has a son, he's more aware than never of kids show. So be prepare for more theories like this lmao

Your content is so interesting

Moderately popular show with a few inconsistencies and oversights exists: Matpat: *AND I TOOK THAT PERSONALLY*

He made a bright colourful children's show eerie and disturbing. Keep it up man.

This brings up another issue: why is Ryder, a kid, managing pups to do adults' work? Has there been an instance in the show that explain why it isn't an adult that's managing the pups? Of course it's a kids' show so the main character is a kid, but wouldn't it be weird for a kid to manage a team of fire fighters and police officers? Does Ryder even get paid for his work? Did something happen to his parents? Also, if the pups are the only animals talking and behaving like humans (being able to express desires, that is) do they have animal rights only or do they also have human rights? Would them be hired for work be considered abuse or just voluntary work? Because if the previous pups died, did they die of old age/they can retire or are they forced to work until they die in an accident or die in the line of duty, basically?

Matpat making a game theory to explain his love for a show he’s too old too watch

I kept thinking it felt sort of post-apocalyptic many years after a major disaster. It explains why Adventure Bay seems so empty. Nobody older than their 30's either.

As a parent of both a 23 yr old and a 5 yr old, I appreciate that MatPat even covers kid's shows. It makes the times I have to watch the shows SO much more interesting to sit through.

I've... never actually put this into thought. Especially as a 16-year-old who finds himself watching this show when I have nothing to do. This is actually interesting, and quite dark for a kid show. I've actually thought that Ryder recruited dogs because they were "expendable", and this only increases the evidence.

I think that Rider was getting ready to welcome rubble in the crew

I love how we’re all watching a video of theories about a kids show

These are getting more and more ridiculous but I'm totally living for it.

I literally went into this expecting it to be something like “they were ghosts the whole time!” and walked out with a commentary on unethical military recruitment tactics, lol. I kinda dig how some theories lately are like a hairs breadth away from just like, game/film analysis 😭

Yes, this is indeed very dark.. When I was younger and watched Paw Patrol, I never noticed anything you must have a good eye! Even to this day I wouldn’t see it. And I could be watching any other theory, pointing out the darkest secrets and I would ask myself “How do they know this?” But anyways, love your videos! ❤

My first ever Matt Pat video and… 😬 I love it subscribing

Matpat is the only one that can make an incredibly innocent and wholesome movie/series with some dark Backstories. This really got dark real quick Edit : OMG 1.2k likes, mom I'm famous now. Thanks for the likes guys.

I love that this one looked like it was gonna be one of those “Their all dead and in purgatory since the city is always in peril somehow” theory’s, but no- it’s just logical stuff that we’ve seen in the series entirely

The most depressing part is the fact we'll never see this again on march 9 2024

Wait a minute, Rubble's not an orphan, he has a family according to the Rubble's knock off show, Rubble & Crew. So how is Rubble expendable?

the real life rescue dogs are misrepresented though. It's portrayed that they are chosen due to their expendablity, but it really should have been noted that most of the time that dogs have jobs it's because they are better than humans at detecting stuff (people, drugs, explosives, etc.) mostly through scent! They are more qualified than humans in a lot of search and rescue tracking because they have a super sense. That point of the vid does not past muster.

Love how MatPat is always able to find the dark secrets behind seemingly innocent kid’s cartoons. Never change MatPat, never change

Who's going to tell him that wrench is actually just an animation error

I can relate to matpat, I do the exact same thing whenever my lil sis wants me to watch cartoons with her. ( I'm already beginning to Question almost everything about power puff girls)

My 8-year-old also pointed out that the episode is called “Pups get A Rubble” rather than “Pups get Rubble”. A rubble. Just one of many.

bro MatPat is like the only guy who can say that everyone on the Paw Patrol is dead, and make it sound completely believable and backed with knowledge

Olie when he turns 10 Matpat “listen son we need to talk” talks about the theory

3:33 So true!!Brother loves this show and I am still wondering when she says she loves rider❤❤❤

I think theories about innocent shows for toddlers actually being dark af is probably the best content I've seen in a while

Never did I think that one day I would be watching a full-grown man, theorising about a children’s show about talking dogs saving the city

matpat has addicted me to this and i ADORE it so tnx matpat from a fan

I noticed a detail in the paw patrol movie at the top of the poster it says "OUR FATE IS IN THEIR PAWS"

Matt’s so stuck in with his child he’s getting ideas from it, loving it!

Here's something that makes this theory better, the new mighty pups movie reveals skyes origin is revealed and skye was also a stray

What's scary is that Mat's theories always sound so believable, *like it legit makes sense*

Me finally enjoying a wholesome kids show: Matpat: oh no you don't

How is a ten year old boy allowed to control dogs who operate heavy machinery, let alone the safety of an entire city? Did he graduate college at 8 years old or something?

As someone with a 3-year-old sister who is addicted to this show, I understand the frustration, but MatPat... are you okay?

this children's series actually could have a lot of theories Like how they can talk or How Ryder is able to build technologies more advanced than the US military.He should continue on with this series.

The Katie having a crush on Ryder joke at the beginning 😂😂😂 I’m dead

Another video finished, another childhood ruined. Perfect video as always, with sound facts

The fact that they are expendable is true. They are stray dogs, you can find them everywhere and the show presents it so by recruiting dogs of varied shapes and sizes. At the same time they are not restricted to just the main city. The fact of the matter is that those dogs have all living expenses taken care of. They are given specialized training, equipment and a purpose . At the same time they have a reasonable degree of freedom. They can do whatever, as long as it does not conflict with their purpose (just like any other job). I think that Ryder has the wellbeing of the dogs as a priority (for whatever reason). Ryder does not try to cut costs at the expense of the livelihood of the dogs, nor does it look like he sees them as the equivalent of one-use latex gloves (put them on, if they get damaged or the task is done, throw them and get new ones). When Rubble joins the team, the vehicle handed down was perfectly operational. Besides some exterior wear and tear, it looked like it was properly maintained even when not in use. Also, he tries to save Rubble instead of just finding a replacement. This theory is based around the idea of "recruiting stray dogs". You can look at it from both points of view. Either you lean onto the "expendable" side (cheap and easy to replace), or on the "rehabilitation" side (a new life and a new purpose). The common ground is that there is a trade between the dogs and the community. The dogs are taken care of by the community and in exchange, they take care of the community by handling emergency situations.

This is one of the good theories that I think “there’s no way” at the beginning, but then I get completely convinced. Really great theory!

How the heck did PAW Patrol beat The Creator at the box office?!

I occasionally think of this video and it occurred to me recently I've never seen Alex's parents. He only ever hangs out with his grandpa (Mr.Porter) so now my head canon is that they were killed along with the previous Rubble in a cave-in

A minor theory I have about Ryder is that he's some kind of minor god hiding as a ten year old child, seeing in how at least one episode he lifts an adult male walrus (which weighs around a small car) , is crazy smart, and all the pups obey him without question. Also the fact that he's so unnaturally calm in every situation Just a mini theory though

This video is proof that no matter the theme, mat is still able to get people to click and he gets them to stay with his top notch quality content

I’ve been watching since around when he first started on KZfaq

6:01 the segments were there because they were ready for another pup

I love how he said the water rescue dog was a bad idea but completely ignore the garbage collector dog.

The evidence and logic lines up, though I think Ryder's motivations are more altruistic. Remember he's 10, by all logic he inherited the Paw Patrol from one of his parents, meaning how it functions is just normal to him. He likely sees what he's doing as good, taking orphaned pups off the street and training them to be rescue dogs. Also at just 10 he likely hasn't been in charge long enough and has had a really good run of luck that he has yet to lose any dogs. Ryder's team isn't the first Paw Patrol team it's HIS first team. Whomever ran it before Ryder probably lost many dogs to either accidents or old age, but since this is a show of young kids the topic will be ignore or left as vague as possible and we won't see the inevitable first time Ryder loses a team member.

I feel like the pups ability to talk is a part of Rider's choice in the matter.

We will miss you Matpat