They Stole Max's Brain! Speculation Thread!
Even though there are several threads scattered all over the forums about different subjects on the next Chapter.
I just thought I should make an official place to make speculations on the strange thing that happened at the end of Episode 2...
And now, to speculate!
I just thought I should make an official place to make speculations on the strange thing that happened at the end of Episode 2...
Sam returns from "The Woods" to find a finished movie and a silent bunnie..
Turning around and looking at Max, Sam gets no answer and as he turns... Max's skull has been severed; and his brain cut out!
And now, to speculate!
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So the question is: are there any cicrumstances under which Max would cut himself open? I think the answer is a fairly resounding "yes", with several exclamation marks after it.
plus, it looks more unzipped than severed, his head is threaded for easy access remember, so maybe Mack Salmon stole his brain
Chilidish pranks?! Childish PRANKS?!
Does this look, like a childish prank to you?
Max's Brain GONE
It's under link for spoiler reason.
This picture on TTG blog of Max's empty skull that was sent in by her!
How could she?! Well there goes the ending of Episode 3, we already know who the villian is!
It's only fair, though. When I put the hat on he tried to eat MY brain. So we're even now.
Interesting how he's not naming Max, then.
These are some of my ideas. Anything I'm missing?
If he did do it, however, we probably won't discover until TCTDNS (TSMB only ending with Max getting his brain back), as the only way the Narrator would work as an antagonist is if he is the Final Villain.
My thoughts:
Sam having "The Gift" isn't likely, he probably has that weird thing where
people get quick glimpses of the future, preminision isn't it called? (Without the bad spelling) and Future Vision triggers it. I think, that Sam & Max and their ancestors, have been sharing their psychic
gifts for hundreds of years; so it's possible that Max's Gift won't work without Sam.
I think it is Sal, if it was Skun-ka'pe then Stinky wouldn't answer the phone. Stinky & Sal are the villians of 303, which is kinda cool but I want the return of Papierwaite early.
But he had a small beard, and a fez! He was cool looking, he was the perfect villian!
The scene gave me the exact same feeling. And I had him in mind as the main villain from the very start. Though Yog Soggoth might be an option for the main villain now, too. Or Paiperwaite? Or all three of them? @_@
Anyhow, I can't imagine it taking more than one episode to find Max's brain. The series is called Sam and MAX, after all. You just can't take the Max out of the game.
Actually I'm even wondering about the third episode. I can't imagine Sam running around alone the whole time. Maybe...
maybe...
maybe Sam temporarely insert's the brain from Skunk'ape's spaceship into Max's body in order to have a companion that can use the powers?!?
That would result in a ... uhm ... very "out-of-character" version of Max... XD
But well, it's more like a trash theory, anyway. Just a possible way to avoid Sam being alone and without psychic powers. But not a thing I'm sure of.
As for the Stinky's I don't think Grandpa knows anything, Girl Stinky right now for me is 50/50
It's just that the Max scenes would be from the perspective of his disembodied brain. Possibly inside of a vat of greenish fluid. Or maybe hooked up to a computer somewhere. Or, terror of all terrors, purely inside his own mind.
Skunka'pe was sucked into the Office Penal Zone while holding them, so I doubt it.
Hmm... Max's brain was stolen in the end of episode 2...
The title of episode 3 is "They stole Max's Brain...
I speculate... that Max's brain was stolen, and that Sam has to find it.
It's "THEY stole Max' brain", not "Someone stole Max' brain". It's likely that there is more than one villain in episode 3. Still, I don't think Stinky and Sal did it. They probably do not have that role in the scheme of things. I'd rather assume they are the modern, perverted Romeo and Juliet side story arc, who will serve as likely suspects in the following game. Also, I assume we meet Sal hiding in the sewers; that's the only place we've had a glimpse of him in the season trailer.
Skunkape probably took Max' brain. While other, new villains might wonder where the hell Sam&Max are at the time, Skunkape knows. "But he's trapped in the Penal Zone" doesn't count. He escaped once without anybody knowing how, he will have escaped another time. It's like the cannibals trying to imprison Guybrush again: He obviously has a secret escape route.
That would of course be the most logical step if this villain returns. As for the Season's main villain, I presume that Yog Soggoth will make an appearance. Also, I wouldn't be too surprised if Yog and Satan are one and the same person. It's the DEVIL's toybox. He'd want it back, don't you think?
If Skunkape returns, he will bring his toys back into the game. I really wonder how many "new" toys we will still get to see. The design plan is hopefully that we get introduced to the powers one by one, doing rather basic things with them, then going for the really wild and complex combinations in episodes 4 and 5.
/update: I watched the first trailer again. In the silhouettes of the probable "villains" at 1:42 minutes, Sal is definitly visible. However, so are the Molemen... and Skunkape is front and center.
The episode icon equals villain equation is undoubtedly a strong argument for this season! Looking back at the previous season icons, I still do not consider this set in stone. For season one, four of six icons presented the episode's villain. In season two, it's arguably three out of five. Santa and Satan were only considered villains first, but turned out to be quite agreable pals (more or less). The very same thing could be true for Sal...
...and, honestly, I think Girl Stinky likes the good guys. It's her tragic flaw.
No, we'll be up against Sam clones then, so Sam WILL be the main villain(s). Or something like that... I fear this episode, to be honest...
And that's WHY I wanna play that episode!