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Bonus BOBL Film Conspiracies: Let's Ruin Some Childhoods


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In this episode the hosts trade dark, funny and sometimes uncomfortable fan theories about familiar cartoons and movies, joking that they might "ruin childhoods." They run through multiple conspiracies and debate how plausible — or ridiculous — each one sounds.

Key topics include a Fairly OddParents theory that Timmy's fairy godparents are allegories for antidepressants and a sign of parental neglect and abuse, and the Rugrats theory that Angelica imagined the babies due to family trauma, with Dill possibly being the only real child and hints that Angelica could be in an institution or suffering from dissociative episodes.

They also dig into Home Alone theories: that Kevin McCallister’s trauma could lead him to become Jigsaw, ideas about witness protection, MKUltra and mob connections, plus side tangents about Blank Check, Charles Manson parallels, and how Reddit tends to amplify wild interpretations.

The episode is conversational and irreverent, mixing serious-sounding analyses with jokes and disbelief as the hosts weigh the evidence and mock how far fan theories can stretch.

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