The Craftsman reminds me of the guy that worked in the boiler room in Spirited Away.

I just realized that the doll that the pretender was yelling at looks a lot like the girl you free earlier in the game

You know, whenever anyone talks about Six's backstory, they always forget to mention the comics, because they give some Six backstory as well. It shows how the Ferryman finds Six walking down the street in the middle of a city and then takes her to The Maw. So what I think is more likely what happened was that Six took the raincoat and the board and sailed to the mainland, where she found a city and was either found by the Ferryman immediately or she lived in the city for a while before she was picked up.

LN2 is a prequel of LN1, VLN must come before LN2 which contradicts your assumption about six finding the coat in the sea and then hopping aboard the maw. In LN2, six is found without the yellow jacket locked inside a cabin. The main character, Mono, saves her and the 2 set out. Later, Six finds the yellow jacket in a pile of garbage in an alley. And at the end of the game (if you’ve collected all the secret shadow children), Six escapes the tower and a shadow version of herself appears in front of her, pointing at an ad for the Maw. She heads to the Maw (but if you read the comics), she was taken there by boat by a giant fat guy in a trench coat. There is speculation that The Lady is actually adult Six and the entire series is a paradox.

maybe she's called the pretender because she's actually an adult with dwarfism pretending to be a child? she's bigger than the other children after all. just a thought

I actually have a theory on what exactly happened when Raincoat girl hit the water. The pretender managed to kill her. This theory is mostly based around the fact the two were close when they hit the water and raincoat girl had her back to the water. That would make it a lot harder for the said coat to float back up when she died but if her body vanished then it makes sense

The scariest thing about The Craftsman is that he doesn't have his mask over his nose

Just to support your theory, the term ‘pretender’ is often used for a member of a royal household - not directly in-line to the throne - who still has a legitimate claim on it. The most famous in the U.K. was Bonny Prince Charlie, son of James II, House of Stuart. ‘The Pretender’ shares the same power as The Lady but has a different lineage. A right to rule, but not the support for her to do so; so perhaps she’s as much a prisoner as the Butler and Craftsman? Kept there against her will by The Lady who fears her throne might be usurped if she were released?

Gonna be brutally honest, of all the things I wondered about Six, how she got her coat was never on the list of top 100 questions. Great game, but, such an odd thing to reveal.

I would be surprised if it was anything but taxidermy. The kid you released is the one you push over at the dining table. Probably makes that white haired girl think she has real friends Edit: the lady was actually lonely as well because in her room you see her singing to a bunch of fake dolls

I speculate that the system here is like a triangular trade in real life, the three locations being the Mainland, the Maw, and the Nest. I can’t be sure about all the details but here’s what I’ve got so far. The Mainland (least known about location) uses the Hunter and Teacher to capture children and sends them to the Nest, also using the Signal Tower/Thinman to hypnotize the citizens, perhaps making them want to travel to the Maw. Side note: the children in the Teacher’s class are porcelain, the Hunter seems to create trophies of his kills. The Nest imprisons children and grooms the Pretender for the Lady’s job, using some children for the Pretender’s dolls but most going to the Maw for slaughter. The Maw cooks Guests and children to feed to more Guests, for maybe allowing the Lady to become more beautiful, but a real purpose is still unknown. Well, that’s my theory. Comment any additions.

Instead of calling the girl in the yellow raincoat the girl in the yellow raincoat can we call her zero? In the little nightmares 2 digital comics we have 6 protagonists in each story. Mono (meaning one) Two/Duo (the boy with a blindfold and feather.) Three/Tribus (the girl with a bloody nose who tunneled with a spoon in the hospital) Four/Quattour (the chubby boy with the lolipop) Five/Quinque (the boy/girl who is wearing a ghost costume.) I'll edit this comment when I find out the latin words for the numbers. Edit: edited

We have come a long way from six-being-the-lady's-child theory

Apparently, there is dark magic in the LN Universe that requires some specific things like Children's ashes. There is a secret room with ashes in a jar in the original LN. The Lady is not the only one who can have these dark powers. That is maybe why there are gnomes in the Nest. If you Six's face (using mod, analysing the trailer of LN2 and searching in the gamefiles) you can see that she has white cloaths and dark short hair. In the LN Comics, we see that the child that gave Six a piece of bread is a boy. In the Maw there are drawing and pictures of a little girl with dark hair and a raincoat. Some people thought that Six was the Lady's daughter, but the developers said no. Maybe the little raincoat girl was the daughter, but she was a deception for the Lady and she had to escape (or maybe she was more beautiful than the Lady). Then they thought that Six was her and that is why she was in the Maw, even if she didn't belong there. I think that the Nest theory could be acurrated. But who knows? Maybe there is not a corelation between the Maw and Nest...

Theory:if the pretender Disintegrates you when you die then maybe when you fell in the ocean she did get you but the bubbles are there because the pretender dies and that’s why only the rain coat comes up only

Damn Everytime six makes a new friend they die

7:58 I just realized the doll that we knock down and The Pretender later gets upset over looks a lot like the kid we freed earlier in the game. Maybe they didn’t escape, after all...

Heres a thought, what if the pretender's is related to the lady? Not a daughter but a niece instead? What if the lady wants the pretender to be her heir but the girls father, the hanged man, didnt alow it and so he was killed leaving her alone with a mother whose always away?

Now that the second game is out, everything makes a lot more sense. So what happened in my opinion was that Six sailed to the forest in the beginning of LN2, where she was captured by the Hunter (as you can see in LN2 comics) then she was saved by Mono, and everything in LN2 happened. After she left the Signal Tower, in the extra ending we can see that she ended up back in the Pale City and found a poster of the Maw. We also know from the LN comics that the Ferryman found her in the city and took her to the Maw. So the order of the games are VLN-LN2-LN/DLC

9:30 her face has me thinking "It puts its name upon the the test, or else its sent to the nest........"

I personally don't think the lady has any ties to the Mansion in Very Little Nightmares. I think there is a deeper lore within this game. I think that people have sold their soul, or something to gained immense power which drives them to insanity: the eyes being a representation of the one who gave them the power. When the eyes turn people to stone, it represents how easy the power can be taken while also acting as security for it's followers. The Lady wanted to be powerful, but her beauty was the price. The pretender wanted to stay a child forever, but at the cost of sucking the life force out of anyone she touches. That's the reason the Craftsman makes her dolls, to keep her company. As for the Butler, his powers were either a side affect of the Pretender's getting her own, or he is so loyal to the family that he wanted powers to keep serving his mistress.

7:57 isn't that the same person that we freed in the cage?

I don't think the Pretender is a villain. She's just a girl who wants to have friends. But when she manifested her powers, anyone she touches dies. That's why she has dolls, pretending to be friends who she can actually touch.

**gasp** *THROWS VASE AT HER * 4:48

What if the reason the hanged man hung himself is because the lady told him his daughter would be the heir to the maw and he couldn't take it? Maybe the note next to him was giving to him by the lady saying this. He knew he couldn't tell the lady no, he would be killed, so he just thought it was better to kill him self. Maybe she is called the pretender too because right now she is pretending to be a little girl when she is so much more. Just a thought. Love the video by the way.

The craftsman is stuck in the chair because of his deformed feet.

The craftsman was ready for corona all along.

2:39 Damn, homie was prepped for COVID.

The girl You released in the cage is the same one that the Pretender yells at

The Pretender's a little lady ya know. Hey, you should play Little Misfortune sometime. Good spooky game!👍🏻

2:39 man's just trying to stay safe from the virus

The way the clothes of Six just remain on the ground after encountering The Pretender, really reminds me of how the people disappeared from Little Nightmares 2 with their clothes just sitting on chairs, etc.

This is very cool theory. I likes it. Btw, my theory about shoe monster or garbage monster is a creature like spider. We Can see his webs before and after the garbage room that wrap a children in it. And there is a drawing in the Maw about Big Spider. And irl, there is a spider named Brazilian wandering spider that live under a shoes, cloth, etc.

I remember in the game that there is a box collectable that depicts a dark version of Six, my theory is that the girl became the shadow that we see whenever Six was hungry.

Never played Very Little Nightmares, thinking I should now. Amazing vid, I agreed with most of your theories, this really explains a lot, and ties a many of the games missing story elements together! Hope the game keeps getting more attention as we finally get Little Nightmares 2

I feel like this game is literally about child trafficking

What if The Pretender has similar powers to the lady but instead of turning them into gnomes she turns them into dolls hence why there are so many dolls

Does anyone think that the butler is a interesting character i have questions Why is hand locks? Why he help the pretender? How he got is powers? I hope suloerhorrorbro found this and make a video about it

in very little nightmare the girl with the raincote was named five

i LOVE how you connected everything from all three games! Great theories!

I thought The Lady and The Hanged Man were married and had The Pretender, which would explain the powers that The Pretender has. Perhaps this takes place before The Moore and The Lady looked different before she began to work for the Moore, leaving the child alone with the Butler and Craftsman. That was my theory.

I think this is a pre-prequel because in the little nightmares II trailer we see six getting the raincoat and stranding on a beach. i think six took the raft and tried getting the raincoat back, but there was a storm and she got tipped over letting her strand on the beach and the rest fallows up with the little nightmares II trailer.

Now that you mention it, the girl in the raincoat does look similar to the ponytailed girl we encountered several times through the first game and the DLC. So, I think its definitely her and she's been guiding Six and the run away boy throughout the Maw.

She found the raincoat in 2 (I know it wasn't released) so that means she didn't took that raincoat here but when she was on raft she went on island and hunter found her and when mono saved her and they went to the city than in like middle of the little nightmares 2 she found that raincoat and remembered that this girl had it and decided to wear this raincoat. That's my theory if you like it I would apprecitate if you like my comment.

is it just me or did anyone else notices at the end when the pretender threw the doll on the ground and had a tantrum, it had the same scarf as the girl who was freed from the cage?

Isn’t the hanging man known as the bellman because in the game if you listen to the tv song it says in the song this “mr bellman mr bellman will you hang around me bellman”you can look at it on KZfaq but the song I think clarity’s that the hanging man was the bellman if you want to hear the song and know what I mean go to “the bellman with (itjustjord)”

I was thinking that the girl was Dark Six, though the braid-girl theory would definitely make sense as well.

So the story timeline is as such: First verry little nightmares where the first kid looses their raincoat and it eventualy washes up in the city, next six exapes on the raft to eventualy get captured by the hunter and get rescued by Mono in little nightmares 2. She then finds the lost raincoat and betrays Mono, exaping to the maw. Finaly six has her adventure in the maw eating the gnome and defeating the lady in little nightmares 1.

there's a ln comic with only 2 issues ya know... there's even a scrapped character known as the bellman who only appears in gamescon 2016

What about the wrapped up bundles? They reminded me of when a spider wrapped up its prey to eat. the Other Child held onto one when they fell down, and they landed in a pile of them. We never see any spiders in the house, but the Pretender is able to crawl oddly down the cliff side, like a spider on the wall. Or it wasn't important to the theory. Idk.

LITTLE NIGHTMARES 2 SPOILERS : After playing LN2, hear me out, just a theory: VLN takes place before LN2. She gets captured and as they are taking her to the hunter’s cabin for who knows what, what if she lost her coat in the process? What if, when Mono saves Six, six was actually just using him to escape because she knew she couldn’t do it alone. She seemed to kind of know the way, and needed help along it. Just a thought. Maybe Mono and Six kind of retracted the steps back to when Six was captured, hence retrieving her coat back. I mean, it was just laying there in the middle of the path. No body, no child. That’s why when everything happened in Little Nightmares 2, she ends up betraying Mono and allowing him to be trapped so she could get away. MAYBE she was pissed at him for her getting caught while he sat there. When they were both running from Thin Man in the house, she hid under a small table, and Mono hid under the bed. When Six got caught, she reached out for Mono, but Mono covered his head instead of reaching out to her. What if that's why she let go? That was her revenge for all of that stuff he put her through. Maybe she thought he was too dangerous for her. Her shadow version that we see in both Little Nightmares 1 & 2, points at the picture of the Maw, and then Six begins getting hungry. Which sets up for the beginning of Little Nightmares 1. Six seemed to kind of be weary of Mono the more the tv incidents happen. You could tell she became frustrated with him. Maybe that’s why she left him, maybe she felt he would slow her down, and she was on a mission. She did hesitate, so you know she felt bad or really considered it, but in the end, she made her choice. I definitely don’t think the Teacher is the Pretender’s mother. I’m pretty sure all the monsters in LN2 are puppets. It clearly shows them being put together. All of the humans are dead or hypnotized. There’s so way, no matter how hypnotized you are, that you could make someone neck’s stretch through pipes and such. Or maybe... just maybe... like how the kids are being stuffed and killed to be little play puppets, what if the humans are being hypnotized to be controlled, also killed, where their hair, skin, and body parts are taken to create life like puppets to do the evil-doers intentions. Maybe the teacher is her mother? Or perhaps... wearing the skin of her mother? We already know the Chefs, and the Janitor are puppets wearing people’s skin. In the second game, you actually see the Janitor’s skin-face up on the wall before you meet the Doctor. Who is literally stitching together puppets and bringing them to life. Also another thing, I feel this deep meaning from both games about things that are killing us today, in the real world. I mean, LN1 was about gluttony, and maybe envy? or perhaps just Gluttony. What if all of this is about the 7 Deadly Sins? I'm probably hella reaching. But six? (6) Mono? (1) What if Six is Pride, and Mono is Wrath? Mono DID grow up to be the thin man, and most theorize he's stuck in a time loop trying to take revenge on Six for her betrayal. He becomes the enemy, the one thing he was fighting against, and proceeded to take it out on us. It could definitely not even be anything like that. But everything in this game feels like a massive finger towards the problems we face today. 1. Everyone is basically hypnotized to technology nowadays. All about what's on the tv, and it makes such a huge impact on people because of the crap we fill our minds with. The people in authority pick and choose what we see on social media, at least they try. That's why so much negative/false information is on the internet, twisting peoples' minds, pissing people off. When there is so much light just not being shown because it's not as "effective" or some say. 2. Too obsessed with our looks. Too worried of what others could think. Tearing down others to feel better about ourselves. The people in this game who are still alive act like rabid sheep, one easily influenced or led. Doesn't that kind of sound like people today? Like I said, I could be very much wrong, but it's still neat to think about.

I was glued to my phone watching this! Amazing video and commentary 👏

Imagine if Six was actually the Pretender the whole time.

I theory that I have is that the girl you play as in very little nightmares is ment to be Mono in little nightmares 2, that's why the two become quick friends

I believe that the pretender was extremely lonely unloved by everyone feeling lonely she started to make dolls until her powers started to form making every child into her toys. This could be why she always wants more always needed more.

I love your videos they give me a large theories about my favorite games

Me sees superhorror bro uploads Me: *I am SpEeD*

i just noticed that the little doll and girl with blue hair and a pink scarf is the same person so the conclusion is right they're turned into dolls.

Great video and the lore in this game is cool

This gives a lot more insight to when the Little Nightmares II takes place. Thanks for that!

2:08 He really looks like that dude in Spirited Away. XD

I feel like this "child" who you play as In this game is Mono from Little nightmares 2 Well, in the end of the game where the pretender and "child" fell in the ocean leaving the raincoat floating in the process You see in the trailer of Little nightmares 2 Mono wakes up in some kind of shore(I assumed that Mono was the "child" you play as in VLN because the "child" fell down in the ocean and losing the raincoat floating, Six wearing the raincoat(maybe it's where she found the raincoat after she went after it), and it has something to do with dolls and TV's(theres a section in VLN where there are many dolls sitting and staring at a TV)just like in very little nightmares Do you see what I'm getting at? Maybe the timeline would be Very little nightmares Little nightmares 2(in the trailer Six doesn't seem to have the Lady's powers so maybe 2 is a prequel to 1) Little nightmares

Really interesting. I meant to play Very Little Nightmares exactly cause I knew I could find some connection points with the original game. Nice video ;)

I was on board with Little Nightmares since it was first shown, so I'm happy we're getting more of the story

What if very little nightmares takes place in Six's dreams when she's sleeping in the suitcase at the start of little nightmares??? Boom, big reveal *BUT HEY THATS JUST A THEORY, A GAME THEORY*

Perhaps The Lady is the aunt of The Pretender?

I love your voice. It's perfect for horror vids. Nice👍

Exactly the channel I need to be binging at 8:09 pm, right before im about to go to sleep

If you watched the end credits I think when six left she didn't grab the raincoat yet. It instead happened to wash up where she did in the city, so when she and mono passed by in ln2 she recognized it and grabbed it out of nostalgia probably missing the other kid who died. Edit: I say this because when the kids run away they usually ignore anything that doesn't pertain directly to survival. The wood board was blocked by some rocks so it wouldn't have floated away but the coat wasn't and she was climbing a long way down. By the time she got down there and got the board situated it was probably gone. Or imagine she chased it trying to get it as it floated away and ended up with the hunter.😢

The rain coat floats to the pale city, six uses the raft to the forest in LN2 =>very little>2>1

Subbed. Great content.

You explained this amazing

I can’t believe six dropped mono in ln2

anyone realize the doll at 12:47 is the same doll/prisoner that was freed from the cage in the beginning in 1:17

your video is recommended after Little Nightmares II trailer. congratz :3

Love this video! 💞

I'm just incredibly confused why they showed 6 not simply receive her raincoat in VLN's, but again in LN's 2? I don't see the point of her finding it twice?!

Is anyone going to mention the fact that the child you save from the cage later appears as a doll? You know. The doll you have to drag off the chair to get onto the table? The one the Pretender yells at?

1:17 / 7:58 its the same child poor thing didnt escape

This theory is verry good. Because it all makes sense now. And the way you explained it it makes it true. Good job! Ma e you can explain little nightmares 2 when it comes out.

0:53 What the hell? What kind of cliff is that? How does it keep standing? Doesn’t look very balanced.

The Craftsman has a mask because he is responsible and doesn’t want the virus

Now a coherent video that connects every piece of Little Nightmares media.

I didn’t know there was a very little nightmares, thats awesome

One thing you didn’t mention is how the one doll looks A LOT like the child the raincoat girl freed from that cage

Did anybody notice how the Craftsman’s feet are actually hands?

Thanks for this.

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doesent little nightmares 2 basically contradict this cause six got the raincoat from the floor in that game??

something i’ve been wondering... if the picture in the nest shows the man already hanging, wouldn’t that mean VLN comes after LN??

...THIS IS DEEP LORE, also the girl that you play as in very little nightmares, her hair style is very pretty! If only six had that hair style :(

i saw this random channel because im a fan of little nightmares and its really good

Let me just say this. THE NOMES ARE the dead children of the maw, when you point your light towards them you can see the shadows of the children in the dark.

Can you do a live streem of boris and the dark survival.

Nice video, also what do you think would happen if there were to be a Pokémon war?

That pretender model design is the most Normal One out of the other I've ever seen

So did your theory change after playing the second game.

I don't understand how six finds her raincoat in little Nightmares 2 aswell

This was awesome.

I got this game yesterday (Apr 11) on sale and finished it today (Apr 12). I still have a few secret boxes to find, but I was pleasantly surprised with the game as a tapping app game!