I think the Faceless Bandit might more be a representation of the Grim Reaper. Why do I say this? Well, when analyzing when the Faceless Bandit comes onto the screen, the screen gets a bit hazy, the music more ominous, and whatever his scythe touches, they instantly die. Let's see...Mysterious figure, carries a scythe, instantly dies when touched. Wouldn't you say that matches the very essence of the Grim Reaper? EDIT: A good motive for Death in trying to hunt the Bandit is perhaps he's been trying to claim the Bandit's soul due to the Bandit always cheating death. It could also be angered by Miss Undertaker constantly raising the dead and causing trouble in town with them, not allowing them to rest in peace. More may be explained in future chapters of the game.

He's an old verison of Showdown who got betrayed by the puppetmaster and now he's out for revenge. Just you watch.

I find it interesting that this effect that's kinda similar to Henry's hallucinations/visions/limbo in BATIM happens both when Bandit is forcefully attached to his strings AND when the Faceless Bandit appears with his scythe... The very same scythe that Henry can kill Searcher Sammy with and was confirmed to be a teaser for the Showdown Bandit game.

I wonder why the banker’s poster has a flickering light. That could be foreshadowing. Edit: the bandit and the undertaker both have perfectly fine lights.

I thought the faceless bandit was a broken and abandoned version of the showdown bandit,well I mean I think it’s confirmed that they are more showdown bandits but they got killed or something so maybe the faceless bandit was another showdown bandit that got his strings cut and gotten beaten up or something.

Am I the only one that called the faceless bandit a farmer when I first saw him?

I do think it was the original model for the show, but what if they were originally gonna make the bandit a bad guy? It would make a lot of sense from the similarities on the outfit just the only difference is that the faceless bandit has a coat like jacket and the the Bandit has a more friendly style (or something like that XD) and since it was left behind or forgotten it’s become angered and hunts down whoever comes across him to make the others disappear so it could be the only puppet left (this just my thought on it)

Well the multiple Bandits aren’t the same as clones like the Boris ones were, it would make more sense that the tv show had more Bandit puppets made in case one got damaged or made wearing a different outfit for a particular scene or episode.

The game gives the player a warning when the Faceless Bandit appears, I'll describe the warning. "Once the Lookout chimes the bell three times, Death comes." I hope you guys heed this precaution once you play the game.

4:54 these damaged puppets are not stringless! All of them have strings ^^ And I don't know how about the puppet with swirly eyes, binoculars and the bell - there seems to be a character named Lookout that suits them and seems likely to be Miss Undertaker's friend (at least in the past, as Lookout addressed Undertaker as "Lorelei" implying closeness between the two). They didn't seem completely mindless to me either - they might be a bit but seem somewhat more organised than the actual stringless "naked" puppets. For example: Grieves (the one with a tear) - flees when they hear the bell/the Faceless enters the stage or when Bandit uses his gun. Frenzy flees when Bandit is nearby, we don't know what is up with them yet. Lookout - seems to be watching out for something, they mention looking for "trouble" in their note and Lorelei in one of Meatly's tweets talks about something causing trouble in the night - presumably the Faceless Bandit, meaning that the Lookout might be watching out for the Faceless and being the one ringing the bell.

Bandit: Oh Howd- Faceless Bandit: * grabs Bandit * Bandit: “WAIT!-“

Been expecting a showdown bandit theory about the faceless bandit for awhile now. Like maybe faceless was the original bandit, since most of the posters has the bandit without a scar on his cheek and faceless lacks one despite having multiple scars on his face. But something happened to him and was replaced multiple times until the bandit we play as was made and took over the show. Which made the faceless bandit angry and jealous. Making him go crazy by attacking the folks of showdown valley, this brings the attention of the sheriff, making the faceless bandit a wanted outlaw. Well that is just my thoughts.

I think tha the faceless bandit is the minion of the one pulling the strings….

Lookout is not a enemy (mint eyes),he speak which Lorelei Undertaker about the Key in dead man's gulch in a question mark paper,and he is the person behind of the bell before Faceless Bandit appear.

The Faceless Bandit could be a bit like Bendy, when the horrific soulless Bendy was created, Joey locked him up or how Henry wanted a different design but Joey scratched that idea and made the Bendy we all know today. Also if there's a sheriff I'm guessing there might be a deputy. Who knows? Has anyone figured out what the Bandit Bucks or money is for? I had this random thought in my head that the Deputy wasn't always doing their job. Like in another episode he or she would catch and ask you for high amounts of money or to do them a favor to get The Showdown Bandit out of being sent jail or maybe even killed? Weird and Dumb I know

3:28 Dude I’ve been thinking that the Bandit was like Robin Hood. 😂

Maybe the sheriff is going after The Faceless Bandit and Showdown Bandit look’s like the Faceless Bandit

When I first saw the faceless bandit, I thought he was wearing bandages on his eyes. But it turns out, their are scars where his eyes are supposed to be.

I wonder if KBCU stringtacular extravaganza has some connection to Joey Drew Studios maybe they were established as a subsidiary when television become prominent. with there first major show being Showdown banit running a number of years but when sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union, kicking off the space race, kids sarted to lose interest in westerns becoming more interested in outer space show. which could be the cause for Why Showdown banit was canceled, it could be the show ended on a cliffhanger but then was cancelled afterwards.

0:03 Mike: We return to showdown Balli *_ENGLISH 100_*

The Faceless Bandit could also have just been a messed up Showdown Bandit. Those wooden puppets were probably hand made and I'll bet there were a lot of tossed puppets because they messed up a certain feature or body part. Maybe while crafting this puppet's head it's face was ruined, meaning it would have gotten tossed away. Maybe a good portion of these stringless puppets were rejects and attack others to "take their role" in the show. And the Showdown Bandit being the star would be the most valuable puppet to be...

I just called the scythe wielding bandit "The Reaper" from the beginning. Hearing there is a Sheriff around is the only surprise here, as I figured the Showdown Bandit was a Robin Hood style figure and that Miss Lorelei Undertaker will be one of our greatest allies for most of the game.

Lorelei Undertaker: exists Me: looks at her shoes Also me: WhAt ArE tHoSe?!?!

I think they're both brothers who had different sets of morals the showdown bandit thought that he could act with kindness while his brother the faceless bandit had other ideas this would have resulted in the battle of morals

The way he described the faceless bandit made me think of some other names for him: The Grimm puppet The reaper of strings The reaper of showdown valley The showdown valley reaper The faceless reaper The stringless reaper The stringless bandit

The way you mention that the bandit might be like a robin hood or a person saving damsels makes me think of The Lone Ranger for some reason

WAIT what if the couple puppets near the lantern got taken by the faceless bandit! 😲

I can pick up a few things that the developers picked up from Bendy. For example, the multiple clones of the Bandit. Like the Boris clones. The old-time style. But instead of animation it's puppets. The last one is the invincible "faceless Bandit" who hunts you down through out the game. Bendy also hunts you through out the game, and can not be killed (with any weapon of course). I'm not saying to developers are lazy, but I just wanted to point out some of the connections :v.

The Faceless Bandit maybe a version off him with a False Soul a created one that went bad. This is before I watched the video.

8:15 I now love him.

This Faceless Bandit feels like our new Sammy Lawrence so to speak, he's similar to certain characters, as he is a puppet and a Showdown Bandit main character puppet at that, in the same way Sammy was like a Lost One with a Searcher face and a Bendy mask. He tries to kill the main character, for an unkown reason, similar to how Sammy tried to essentially sell our soul to a little devil. Both of them are strange, mysterious, have questionable goals, and most definetly very twisted minds

The scare in the bandits face is from the reaper/face les bandit

Something tells me the faceless bandit is the ink bendy of this game

I honestly wish the characters had more animation to them. Like, the Banker fidgeting and looking around nervously when speaking, Doc Carver have more emphasized movements, etc.

Nice one S. H. B. I really want to see more theories and videos by you on SB

SHB YOU ARE THE BEST! Love your theories!

“It also seems likely that we’ll be seeing the sheriff gunning for the bandit in the next episode.” Yeah... about that...

When ms undertaker said “I didn’t drag you back up here on purpose” probably means she brought the bandit back to life

I think you are right , It could be . Cool theory , congratulations

Ya I'm really liking this game and the theory's on it keep them up respect dude 😃👍.

I wanna know if BATIM and this exist in the same universe. I would love to see references to Batim in this game and vice versa.

I actually thought the Faceless Bandit had bandages covering his face at first. I only just realised they’re scars.

Plot twist: The faceless bandit is the sheriff, having gone insane in his quest to arrest showdown bandit.

The faceless bandit is a old bandit design look closely you can see orange hair like the bandit

Yes! More Superhorrorbro theories my favorite!!!😁😁

When u were talking about the faceless bandit being the original bandit but gets replaced by the bandit u play reminds me of bench and how he was forgotten so he held a grudge

Dang,your good at these theorys

i hope they work on this more down the line. i'm sure a good number of people are liking this game

If the Faceless Bandit really is the past villain, he's probably angry. Angry that Bandit has always been the "lovable town scamp", while he was always the "nasty ner-do-well" even when Bandit robbed banks and he did the same Bandit never got what was coming to him. Maybe being left to rot while Bandit was put in a tidy box was what tipped him off. And when Bandit came back the Faceless Bandit saw this as an opportunity to finnaly give the Bandit what everyone else couldn't, his punishment.

Guys, I think Frenzy (the kne with razors) scratched off the Faceless Bandits' Face And also great video!

0:26 I think the faceless Bandit could be the perverse voice acter for Showdown Bandit.

Hi SuperHorrorBro love your vids

that theme song, that singing voice kinda sounds like Alice Angel( Lauren Synger) and i may agree you your opinion mike

Bro I already suck at Horror games, and these jumpscares look terrifying!! But the theory about the faceless bandit seems likely..

I think the voice at the end is the sheriff because they mention him through out the game also you can here a revolver at the end and spurs witch are both characteristics of a sheriff

I'm getting very inspired by Showdown Bandit, and I don't even usually like cowboy/western stuff. Good job, Kindly Beast!

I loved the theory today and loved the game play even more. My theory right now is, well at least more like a count down to who will be the first to cosplay the showdown bandit and the other characters like miss.Undertaker.

I think this “Faceless Bandit” is...a sort of unseen doppelgänger tethered to our bandit who can’t be killed because if you kill him...you kill the bandit, I think the faceless bandit is a thing known by none, A memory of our bandit’s wrongdoings, It might just be the puppeteer’s....punishment for bandit

over 30k views with only 6 dislikes?! *This channel must be blessed*

"Hey guys, Super horror bro mike here and in todays video we return to showdown valley" LOOOOOL

Awesome theory, Mike. The idea of the Faceless Bandit being the original character is a good idea. But I have an idea aswell. What if the ARAKNITS and OTHER ENEMIES, like the stringless, already existed during the show ? What if these creatures had caused this damage to the Faceless Bandit during the show's era, forcing the people behind it to replace him with a newer Bandit. That would explain why he even destroys the stringless, but is MAJORLY after YOU. Because YOU replaced him. Perhaps the OTHER Bandits we saw at the beginning of the game are ALSO damaged Bandits, but they weren't the first. The Faceless Bandit was. He wants to become the only Bandit in town, and the only solution, is to get rid of the one that he was replaced by.

The faceless bandit reminds me of bendy encounters in chapter 3, because they both look the same in they're encounters.

In Bendy and the Ink Machine, one of the boards shows a list of appointments with Joey Drew. All of the appointments show to have small times, except for one, which shows to have 2 hours worth of an appointment with Joey Drew. Joey Drew's lunch hour is also 2 hours, whilst the other times re very short, as if Joey Drew doesn't mind for them, and wants to get them out of the way, which seems most likely to the fact Joey Drew seemingly has a large ego. About the said 2 hour appointment, it must be important if it is 2 hours. What is even more strange, is that it says "That Puppet Guy" under the name of whom Joey Drew is supposed to have an appointment with. Who could this "Puppet Guy" be? Why is he having a 2 hour appointment with Joey Drew? Could this be related to Showdown Bandit at all? Please try your best to figure this out, I'm having a doozy with this one! Thanks!

👏👏👏👏👏 dude I love your videos are amazing and I enjoy your fairies

Hey SuperHorrorBro can you do a video about the Beast in Shadow Bandit? Like why can't we kill it, or why is it so big? Who was it supposed to be in the original show? I'd love to see your thoughts on this.

2:55 this lyrics reminds me to Spongebob Squarepants intro.. Dont u guys think?

After looking at the theory, it actually makes sense. Both bandits has a bit of the same look, but the faceless bandit has more of a menacing design and appears to be a representation of the grim reaper and death. That’s probably the reason why when he appears, the screen starts to turn dark and distorted. It would make sense if the faceless bandit was actually the first original bandit and was originally gonna be the main antagonist of the show, and the show was gonna have a little mature themes to it as well. But then kids were scared of the faceless bandit and created concerns from parents, so they decided to go for a kid-friendly version and now play as the new and friendly showdown bandit. And who knows maybe we’ll get more back story of this character in the later episodes.

... What if the faceless bandit was THE REAL first Showdown Bandit. Like, the first official one, and his face was worn away after taking so much abuse. So then our character might have been the second showdown bandit. He was the first one who replaced another, and the original grew bitter with hatred. That might explain why he's so mad now.

Does anyone else get reminded of The Reaper from the persona series when they think of the faceless bandit?

The filter that comes up when the Faceless Bandit appears is kinda like that filter you can unlock in Bendy.

I think it would be interesting to explore that giant puppet that tries to eat the bandit. It's such an enigma

i want to point out that maybe the bandit was put back in the box again by the sheiff cause you hear the same sound that the box made when open be heard after sheirff is done talking

I’m curious.. what is the motive of the charaters in the red cloaks aka “Audience” motive for the bandit?

I believe that the faceless bandit is the very FIRST bandit. It got so overused over time that it was replaced or something went wrong on the set one day causing it to be damaged. Refusing to accept that another bandit has taken it's place, it now hunts the other bandits down making sure it remains the one and only.

The theory that Faceless Bandit is like the grim reaper perfectly reflects an au I made up XD

The enemy puppet with the blade hand and rope-covered body is called Slasher, the one in the old, raggedy hooded cape with the binoculars is called Lookout, and the black puppet in the red cloth is called Psycho.

Faceless bandit is basically ink bendy.

There is a clacking sound at the end of the episode that sound a lot like the sound of the faceless bandits scythe so he might be the sherriff despite being called a bandit

The faceless bendit is like ink bendy from batim

The Faceless bandit is like the ink demon of showdown bandit.

I know this doesn't have to do with the theory- But I wonder if batim and sdb are connected somehow, like how in dreams come to life buddy was supposed to design a cowboy bendy

You mentioned there are two creators for the show. What if SD Bandit holds the soul of one of the creators. It would explain way he's so special. That in turn could mean the other creator is the main villain of the game, or possibly the FL Bandit.

I think FB was the stunt puppet designed to act out the more elaborate scenes so that the actual Bandit puppets wouldn’t get damaged beyond repair

I know this is kinda off topic but why would the banker take out his eyes? Also what if showdown bandit is like bendy and the ink machine and how it has a time loop? You know how Henry is stuck in a time loop in the studio? Maybe it's like this in showdown bandit but that might be a dumb theory. Also,also,I'm taking everything mike says as gospel because he voices one of the characters.

So, the show's plot probably went like this. In Showdown Valley, a kind-hearted outlaw is on the run from the local Sheriff. However, they have a bigger problem, The Faceless Bandit and his Gang, attacking villagers with plans to kill them. Every episode, Bandit ultimately thwarts him (perhaps with secret help from Ms. Undertaker), much to the frustration/annoyance/chagrin of the Sheriff. Maybe the Faceless Bandit was designed that way and he's only attacking Bandit because Faceless is the bad guy.

Can you do a theory on what the hand did to the main character in the end?

The way you described the faceless bandit reminds me of mr X from the resident evil series.

This seems weird but I find Miss Lorelei Undertaker looking hot in the poster

At the end of the first episode, the puppet master reaches down to him. Maybe the puppet master did the same to the faceless bandit?

that was what i was thinking when i first met the faceless bandit i thought he was a version of the bandit that was evil and did all the things that a normal bandit would do and it aired for a while but then they scraped it and rebooted it introducing a more anti hero esc bandit rather than one who was completely villain. The evil bandit being used to his evil deeds of killing he goes around ending the townsfolk thats just what i initially thought

The faceless bandit is a broken showdown bandit. You can tell because of his shape and outfit. Also, he isn’t on any of the promotional posters, which means he wasn’t a character on the show, but is a broken bandit gone insane.

Here's a fun fact for you in the old west a bandit whose face is hidden will always be the final person you ever see ( or something close i am unable to say it verbatim)is both a myth about a bandit of death but also an old belief that in a showdown if you couldn't see the opponents face your to far away for an accurate shot

So basically Faceless Bandit = Ink Bendy. When they appear, the area is distorted. (Ink Bendy = Dark Ink everywhere and moved as he moved.) (Faceless Bandit = The area loses it’s color a bit, and static) Also when they chase the players, unkillable, and they catch the players, instant death. Also a demon and a grim reaper, strong forces from the underworld.

That puppet was a faceless version of Showdown Bandit? I'm never notice that because I was to scared to look at him closer.

I wanna play this game. It looks like it has Tank Controls, with a reasonable purpose.

It would make some sort of weird sense for the Sheriff to team up with the Showdown Bandit in order to take down the Faceless Bandit. Like two rivals teaming up to take down a greater threat to both of them.

I believed that the Faceless Bandit was a very first Bandit. We know that the game takes place in an abandoned studio of a puppet television, so if this show was aired then there must have been a pilot episode a very first episode.

Hey superhororbro, here’s more evidence that Show Down Bandit has been risen from the dead-the velvet inside of his box is far too fancy for a toy or any simple prop, but it’s perfect for a coffin or a casket. Not to mention the color of the box and that convenient name tag.

Say what you will of this game, the lore is excellent. It's really cool your thesis is similar to mine. I couldn't pick apart the game like you (I couldn't make out Bandit's theme song or The Sheriff's voice line) and could only go by watching a no commentary walkthrough but mine was The Faceless Bandit is the original Bandit somehow transfigured into some sort of otherworldly creature.

This is clearly another Sammy Lawrence situation