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0:00Your little slingshot game ends here.
0:02Everyone we know is in danger.
0:04>> The pigs ARE STEALING OUR EGGS.
0:05>> You have annoyed me for the last time.
0:08We will eat the eggs.
0:11>> Angry Birds is a game about a flock of
0:13birds attempting to rescue their eggs
0:15from the bad piggies.
0:17Yes, that is their real name. And I'm
0:19sure at some point in your life you may
0:21have played this game for yourself.
0:22Maybe you've even seen the movie or the
0:25cartoon shorts or the spin-off games or
0:28the merchandise. The point is this
0:31franchise is insanely successful.
0:32However, something about the story of
0:35this game [music] isn't quite adding up
0:36to me.
0:37Recently, I decided to buy The World of
0:40Angry Birds official guide. I will
0:42admit, level 3-1 was kicking my ass.
0:45What in the Whoopi Goldberg machine is
0:46going on here? But in all seriousness,
0:49what could you possibly need guidance
0:51for in Angry Birds? It seems pretty
0:53self-explanatory. You pull back the bird
0:57and let it go.
0:59The end. But to my surprise, this book
1:01doesn't actually teach you how to play
1:03Angry Birds. It doesn't really talk
1:06about the game at all. The World of
1:07Angry Birds quite literally explains the
1:10lore of the Angry Birds world. Fun fact,
1:13did you know that the bad piggies live
1:14on Piggy Island? Yeah, I could have
1:17guessed that too. But I bet you didn't
1:20know the Angry Birds live on Piggy
1:22Island too.
1:23>> [music]
1:24>> This shouldn't make any sense. Why would
1:27the Angry Birds live on an island named
1:29after the pigs who repeatedly steal
1:31their eggs? Is there not a bird island
1:34they can go to? Unless this bird island
1:37they reside from doesn't exist or maybe
1:42something happened to it. What if I told
1:44you that beneath this charming kids game
1:46full of colorful birds and bad piggies
1:48is a tale of greed, golden eggs, and
1:51extinction. The World of Angry Birds
1:53hides a story of mass genocide within
1:55the bird population with it all tracing
1:58back to the mighty eagle. It may not
2:01seem like it now, but after I show you
2:03the evidence I found, I promise you you
2:05will never see Angry Birds the same way
2:08again.
2:11>> [music]
2:17>> So, the world of Angry Birds is already
2:19pretty confusing. Back in 2022, there
2:22was this whole Angry Birds multiverse
2:25concept made by a Rovio employee
2:26claiming that the film dimension and the
2:28classic dimension was set in two
2:30different realms. And also, Angry Birds
2:33Space is in its own dimension
2:36for some reason. Was space too different
2:40to include in the classic series? They
2:42went through a random portal and then
2:44came straight back home when they were
2:45done. The guidebook literally proves
2:47this. Angry Birds go to McDonald's and
2:50eat Cheetos and drink Coca-Cola.
2:53Oh, Cannon. Green Terence.
2:57Who the hell is this? But the creator of
2:59this Angry Birds, yes, I am not kidding.
3:02That is its real name. Also answered
3:04further questions on Twitter about its
3:06plot holes and other contradictions
3:08using phrases like in my opinion, which
3:10kind of made it sound like he's making a
3:12theory of his own. And saying all of
3:14this in 2022 doesn't really mean much to
3:16my theory since this was thought up six
3:18years after the Angry Birds movie came
3:20out. Am I seriously supposed to believe
3:22that the makers of this movie had no
3:24intentions whatsoever of connecting this
3:26to the [music] games? There's also this
3:27contradiction with the villain in the
3:29movie being a playable character in the
3:31game Angry Birds 2. None of this Angry
3:34Birds stuff really makes sense to me and
3:36seems like more of a fun way to
3:38categorize everything on a bookshelf
3:40rather than help you understand the
3:41lore. Find the Easter eggs that bind
3:44this all together cuz there are
3:45connections there that frankly, even
3:48after all my time here at at Rovio and
3:50all the time I spent digging into this
3:52brand, I'm still discovering.
3:55Anyway,
3:57Piggy Island, am I right?
4:02>> [music]
4:06>> According to the World of Angry Birds
4:08Official Guidebook, Piggy Island is a
4:10region apparently untraceable on any map
4:12of the world, making this dot in the
4:14ocean invisible to anyone other than its
4:17residents. This to me is peculiar. As on
4:20the very same page showcasing the
4:22island, you can spot a note left by the
4:24Mighty Eagle. I'm guessing he serves as
4:26some kind of narrator for this book,
4:28suggested by both his introduction and
4:31the narrator's unusual fixation with
4:32sardines. The note lets us know that the
4:35island is inhabited by specifically a
4:37flock of Angry Birds and a kingdom of
4:40Bad Piggies. I don't think the Mighty
4:42Eagle could have made it any more
4:43obvious that something bad happened to
4:45the Angry Birds. He even labels Piggy
4:47Island as the Angry Birds home while
4:49showing regions we actually encounter
4:51throughout the original game, meaning
4:53the Angry Birds have been living on this
4:55island for quite some time now. This
4:57obviously begs the question, what
4:59brought them here? The Angry Birds
5:01obviously weren't born on Piggy Island.
5:04That that wouldn't make any sense,
5:05especially with how desperate the pigs
5:07are to steal their eggs. Thankfully, we
5:09can try to piece together what happened
5:11in the past by asking the Angry Birds
5:13ourselves. There's a segment in the book
5:15where we, for some reason, get the
5:17chance to interview each bird about life
5:19on Piggy Island. Most of these questions
5:21ask fairly general things like, "What do
5:23you do for fun?" or "What is something
5:25you can improve about yourself?" But
5:27after skimming through these interviews,
5:29I found Mr. Angry Bird himself, and what
5:32he had to say led to the reason why
5:34you're watching this video.
5:36What's the worst thing about living on
5:38Piggy Island?
5:40>> The pigs. They're always trying to get
5:42their dirty little trotters on our eggs.
5:45It makes me mad.
5:46>> What makes you angry?
5:48>> Didn't you hear me? Why can't those
5:50swine just leave us alone?
5:53>> What is the best thing about living on
5:54Piggy Island?
5:56>> The eggs. They are the future of the
5:58flock and all that matters.
6:02>> Wait. These eggs in the intro to the
6:04game supposedly make up the entire
6:07future generation of their kind?
6:09That that can't be right. But, that's
6:12when I noticed a strange pattern. In
6:14every episode of Angry Birds, the pigs
6:16always manage to capture the same three
6:19eggs. This isn't just some coincidence.
6:22In Angry Birds 2, we see the same three
6:23eggs yet again being taken away. In the
6:25Angry Birds Toons series, again the same
6:27three eggs throughout each episode.
6:29Angry Birds Space, Angry Birds Rio, even
6:32in the Angry Birds Read It Yourself
6:34books, the same three eggs can be
6:36spotted, seemingly waiting for the next
6:38time they'll be taken. This happens
6:41every time, always taking place on Piggy
6:44Island. I was even able to find a now
6:46deleted article about the Angry Birds
6:48cinematic trailer, which asked the
6:49creators of the game if there was any
6:51real lore to the franchise. They
6:53responded,
6:55"It didn't exist. There weren't these
6:58rules yet. One of the other big things
7:00we decided was that even though there
7:02are lots of eggs in the game in
7:03different places, there are really only
7:06three eggs."
7:08So, if Red is telling the truth about
7:10these being the last three eggs in their
7:12existence, what the hell happened to the
7:14Angry Birds? It seems like in this
7:16universe, despite the Angry Birds being
7:18the good guys, they are clearly not
7:20winning the war against the pigs. This
7:22completely goes against every other
7:24popular game story from this era. So,
7:26why did Rovio decide to give Angry Birds
7:29such a depressing and dark story?
7:32I also just can't seem to get over the
7:34birds calling Piggy Island home. It
7:37feels like we've somehow skipped over an
7:38entire chapter proving how the Angry
7:40Birds got here. And whilst it does feel
7:42like we're onto something big, the book
7:44doesn't really mention too much more
7:46about how the birds got here in the
7:47first place. Plus, the developers have
7:49been pretty quiet about this whole
7:50secret backstory anyway, ever since they
7:53went on and did bigger projects like the
7:54movie and merchandise and
7:56collaborations. Wait. The Angry Birds
8:00Movie.
8:02If you weren't familiar with the Angry
8:03Birds Movie, the story follows Red
8:05learning to deal with his anger despite
8:07being an Angry Bird at heart. We get a
8:08quick backstory showing Red being picked
8:10on as a kid and mocked for believing in
8:12the Mighty Eagle.
8:12>> Eyebrows, didn't your parents ever tell
8:14you Mighty Eagle isn't real?
8:16>> And soon after he meets the rest of the
8:18Angry Bird gang like Chuck, Bomb,
8:20Terrence.
8:22What did you do, Terrence? To summarize,
8:24the bad piggies featuring their
8:25spokesman Leonard introduced themselves
8:27to the birds.
8:28>> Hi.
8:29>> Hey.
8:29>> I'm a pig.
8:30>> But shortly after, steal all of their
8:32eggs with their homes left in ruin
8:34thanks to the pigs' TNT. This encourages
8:36Red to teach the birds how to be angry
8:38whilst it's revealed that Leonard
8:39happens to be the king of Pig City,
8:41cited as King Mudbeard. The Angry Birds
8:44seek revenge on the bad piggies giving
8:46us the money shot of the movie and the
8:47birds get to celebrate rescuing their
8:49unborn hatchlings giving Red the happy
8:51ending he deserves.
8:54Obviously, this whole movie seems to be
8:56a big contradiction to the Angry Birds
8:58game and I know some of you might be
9:00saying, "Well, duh. We know they're not
9:03the same. They are literally from
9:04different dimensions." Okay, just hear
9:07me out. What if instead of these worlds
9:10taking place in two different universes,
9:12they actually were meant to be part of
9:14the same one? Take a look at the
9:16exchange that Leonard has with the
9:18mayor.
9:19>> We saw your island across the sea and we
9:21thought, "Wonder what they're up to?"
9:23>> Welcome to Bird Island.
9:26>> Welcome to Bird Island. The Angry Birds
9:29over the events of this movie do not
9:31live on Piggy Island like the guidebooks
9:33told us. But, what's more interesting
9:35here, the birds had no idea pigs even
9:37exist.
9:38>> Uh, hey, I'm a pig.
9:41>> What's a pig?
9:42>> You would think that the birds should
9:44know about the pigs considering what
9:45they can do to their eggs. It's basic
9:48predator and prey survival, but they are
9:50just completely oblivious to the fact
9:51these pigs even existed.
9:53>> But there's no other place besides here.
9:56>> Yes, there is.
9:57>> So, how does this make any sense? The
9:58birds in the movie live on Bird Island
10:01and seem to not know who the pigs are.
10:03But the game shows them trapped on Piggy
10:04Island and constantly on the run to keep
10:07their eggs safe. Well,
10:09what if this movie is supposed to be the
10:12beginning of the Angry Birds timeline
10:14before anything we know goes wrong in
10:16the future? The reason why these two
10:18universes feel so disconnected is
10:20because the game takes place long after
10:22the events of the movie. This would
10:24explain why at the start of the movie
10:25Red is only carrying one egg instead of
10:27the three we see in the games, because
10:29this is not an egg at all.
10:31Let me explain. Red doesn't have to
10:33worry about protecting anything other
10:35than his job, since this was just a cake
10:38he was attempting to deliver on time.
10:40Red is not the leader of the flock like
10:42the book describes him here. If
10:44anything, Red is only looked down on by
10:46the other birds for being an outcast.
10:48The Angry Birds aren't even angry yet.
10:51They're just birds.
10:52>> ANGER IS NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER.
10:55>> ALTHOUGH, there is one other bird living
10:57on this island that I would consider
10:59more of an outcast than Red. Someone who
11:02doesn't even look the part amongst his
11:04fellow birds, but we'll get back to him
11:06later.
11:08There's also this scene at the end of
11:09the movie where the blues are born
11:11directly after taking down the pigs. We
11:13even see them sneak off to climb into
11:15the slingshot and launch themselves
11:17before splitting midair into three
11:18directions, just like in the game. But
11:21on top of all of this evidence, the dead
11:23giveaway that the movie takes place
11:24before the events of the game is the
11:26fact that Leonard exists whatsoever.
11:28Leonard in the movie is clearly not the
11:30same ruler we see in the game named King
11:33Pig Smooth Cheeks. Now, who came up with
11:35that name?
11:36If this movie is seriously supposed to
11:38be a prequel to the game, then that
11:41would imply Leonard must be some form of
11:42relative to the future King Smooth
11:44Cheeks. And what do you know, on page 13
11:47of the official guidebook, we are told
11:49Smooth Cheeks inherited the throne from
11:50his father King Mudbeard. These two
11:53kings aren't rulers of separate piggy
11:55kingdoms. They are literally the before
11:57and after in this convoluted Angry Birds
12:00timeline. So, if that's the case, what
12:03happened to Mudbeard? There can't
12:05possibly be a big gap in time between
12:07the movie and the game as the Foreman
12:09Pig who was working for Mudbeard
12:11continued to construct forts for Smooth
12:13Cheeks, even stating in his interview
12:16that things were better when Mudbeard
12:17was in power since he was a real king,
12:20meaning Smooth Cheeks must have taken
12:22his father's place right after the end
12:23of the movie where Red blew up Mudbeard
12:26with the pigs' TNT. Well,
12:29that was easy enough. Seems like an open
12:31and shut case to me. I guess Leonard
12:33really wasn't that strong of a king.
12:35>> [music]
12:37>> The pigs didn't die. Leonard isn't dead.
12:41If Leonard is still alive, then how did
12:43Smooth Cheeks take control of Pig City
12:45so soon after? This doesn't add up. I
12:48have to be missing something. And that's
12:50when it hit me. The Angry Birds Movie
12:53somehow got a sequel.
13:00The Angry Birds Movie 2 picks up where
13:01the battle left off between the birds
13:03and the pigs, but for some reason in a
13:05more playful way. Both of these guys
13:08attempted to blow each other up using
13:10TNT. Like, the pigs stole the birds'
13:12eggs in hopes of eating them, which Red
13:14literally acknowledges.
13:16>> I know we've had our differences when
13:18you tried to eat our young.
13:19>> But now we've somehow downgraded to
13:21whipped cream pies and cannonball. I I
13:25this is around the time that Rovio
13:26started to appeal to more kids rather
13:29than focus on the original story they
13:30was going for. I can't imagine that baby
13:33shark has any deeper meaning I'm
13:34supposed to look into nor would the
13:36threequel movie that's set to release in
13:37the future that shows Red being a
13:41a
13:42uh
13:43a struggling father with
13:46three children.
13:48What is this Shrek the Third? What are
13:50we doing Rovio? But regardless, this
13:52movie makes it seem like the story is
13:54about good old-fashioned Angry Bird and
13:55Bad Piggies rivalry. All until we turn
13:58our direction to something beyond the
14:00birds and pigs. A place ruled by a
14:02somewhat familiar kind of bird.
14:05>> To a place CALLED EAGLE
14:06>> EAGLE ISLAND.
14:07>> THIS WOULD explain why the Mighty Eagle
14:09feels so out of place amongst the birds.
14:11Since there's a whole 'nother island
14:12dedicated to only his kind. And yes, I
14:15know that eagles are a kind of bird. But
14:18comparing the Mighty Eagle to the rest
14:19of the birds, he looks nothing like
14:21them. As well as being three times their
14:23size and also being the only bird on
14:26Bird Island who can actually fly. Eagle
14:28Island introduces us to the big bad of
14:30the second movie called Zeta. The plot
14:33writes her off as an eagle who's just
14:34tired of living on a cold island and
14:36finally wants to go out and enjoy the
14:37sun. It's a very inoffensive story
14:40having Red and the crew try to stop Zeta
14:42from taking over their islands. And by
14:43the end of the film, the day is saved by
14:45the Mighty Eagle as he confesses he
14:46abandoned his wife and child for
14:49multiple years.
14:50>> That's my dad.
14:52>> I have a daughter?
14:53>> Am I sure this was made for kids?
14:56Mighty Eagle, you're kind of an
14:58man.
14:59>> Regardless of how bad of a dad the
15:00Mighty Eagle is,
15:02I have a big issue with this movie. Zeta
15:05being tired of her frozen over island
15:07and looking for a tropical paradise that
15:09the birds and pigs seem to share feels
15:12like such a random storyline to help
15:14keep this movie safe for a younger
15:16rating. And it's not just because the
15:18plot doesn't fit into my theory. I
15:19promise. Being cold isn't something I
15:22would typically associate with the Angry
15:24Birds.
15:26Unless you are Ice Bird. I mean, hell,
15:28if you picture the game Angry Birds and
15:30put it on the big screen, you'd expect
15:31to see birds getting injured and pigs
15:33being popped, which may not go well with
15:36certain advertisers. But, it's almost as
15:37if something was changed during the
15:39production phase of this movie, which
15:41might have told a much darker story
15:43unsuitable for children and followed the
15:45intended story from the beginning.
15:50Guess what I found. As if pulled from
15:53thin air, a bunch of the storyboard
15:54artists from the movies published their
15:56work online, giving us a lot more
15:58content to work with. And deep within
16:00the Angry Birds Movie 2 storyboards lie
16:02a couple scrapped scenes that hint at
16:03what was supposed to happen in this now
16:05deleted movie. At the start of the film,
16:07Zeta was actually meant to show up at
16:09Piggy Island unannounced, calling in her
16:11army of eagles to destroy Pig City as a
16:14message to Leonard. This led to Zeta
16:16demanding him to tell her where the
16:17owner of this feather happens to be, or
16:20else. Following the story from the
16:22original movie, I think it's quite clear
16:24that this feather belongs to the Mighty
16:26Eagle. And Zeta clinging onto Mighty
16:27Eagle's feather here is kind of weird.
16:30It's like how those police dogs use a
16:32criminal scent to track them down and
16:34locate where they escaped to. But, the
16:35Mighty Eagle isn't a criminal. He
16:37wouldn't have a reason to escape from
16:40anything. Well, it's funny because his
16:43guidebook interview, which took place in
16:45the present, seems to coincidentally
16:47line up with what's happening in this
16:49canceled script.
16:51What is your biggest secret?
16:53>> Why? Did you hear something about me?
16:56No.
16:57Well, don't ask me or anyone else. Okay?
17:01>> Yeah, that's a completely normal
17:02response from someone who's not hiding
17:04something. What would you improve about
17:06yourself if you could?
17:08>> Matilda is always telling me to let go
17:10of the past, to forgive myself for my
17:14mistakes.
17:16Uh, sorry. I just don't want to talk
17:18about them.
17:19>> Mistakes is an interesting word to use
17:21here. If you ever played Angry Birds as
17:23a kid, you may have seen the Mighty
17:25Eagle as some mystical figure who could
17:27save the day at touch of a button. He
17:29was powerful. Some would even consider
17:31him a hero. So, as a veteran who fought
17:35in a war, why would the Mighty Eagle
17:37recall his past as a mistake? It's
17:39almost insulting to actual soldiers who
17:41fight in wars. We see them as noble,
17:44brave, maybe even patriotic. So, why is
17:49the Mighty Eagle acting strangely
17:51regretful towards his past? And why does
17:54he seem to not have an issue with
17:55teaching the Blues about his old war
17:57stories despite not wanting to talk
17:59about it anyone else? Well, what if it's
18:02not regret he's feeling? Maybe it's
18:05guilt. In one of the very first pages of
18:08the guide, we briefly learn about each
18:09core part that is Angry Birds, like the
18:12slingshot and a summary of the pigs and
18:14birds. But, at the bottom right of the
18:15page, the Mighty Eagle can be seen
18:18cropped out of frame commenting on his
18:20isolation along with the label Mighty
18:23Eagle's disgrace. To clarify, the
18:25literal definition for disgrace is the
18:28loss of respect, shame, or dishonor
18:30brought upon someone. And the leading
18:33example of disgrace relates to one's own
18:36family. Whatever the Mighty Eagle did on
18:38Eagle Island similarly started the chain
18:40of events resulting in the Angry Birds
18:42now living on Piggy Island. And I
18:44believe what the Mighty Eagle did was
18:46not decide to abandon his wife that is
18:49still insane to me, but instead, he
18:52chose to steal. As inside his cave when
18:54first introducing himself to Red and the
18:56crew, Mighty Eagle flaunts his
18:57collection of trophies he was supposedly
19:00awarded for being such a heroic figure.
19:02But, taking a closer look at these
19:04items, you'll start to notice that none
19:06of these items actually belong to him.
19:09These trophies weren't awarded to Mighty
19:11Eagle for his strength or [music]
19:13bravery or anything remotely heroic, but
19:16instead thanking him for his
19:18participation.
19:20And this trophy was just taken from a
19:22store display. In fact, every piece of
19:25Mighty Eagle merchandise in his cave was
19:27stolen, all because they resemble an
19:29eagle in some shape or form, as if they
19:31were made solely for him, which would
19:34explain why these human-shaped clothes
19:36are in a cave of an eagle. The Mighty
19:38Eagle is quite literally a kleptomaniac.
19:41So, if the Mighty Eagle really did steal
19:44something from Eagle Island, what could
19:46it have possibly been that caused Zeta
19:48to hunt him down? Well, what's other
19:51item in Angry Birds could be considered
19:53the most desirable other than a golden
19:56egg?
19:58>> [music]
19:59>> The golden eggs in Angry Birds were
20:01these fun secret collectibles you could
20:02unlock, leading to bonus levels for
20:04players seeking extra challenge. But, in
20:06the lore of this franchise, golden eggs
20:08are much more powerful than just some
20:10random collectible. We see in the Angry
20:13Birds Stella series that golden eggs
20:15have the power to turn anything it
20:17touches to gold with its distinct side
20:19effect of corrupting its host with a
20:21strong desire for power. The greed that
20:23overwhelms its host is so strong that it
20:26led to Stella's former friend Gale
20:28risking everything to protect the golden
20:30egg whilst ignoring the lava threatening
20:32her own life. The Stella series also
20:35shows us that these eggs function like
20:36ancient artifacts located in concealed
20:39areas like in caves or deep underground
20:42as if past civilizations attempted to
20:44keep them hidden away, preventing any
20:46future tyrants from breaking loose. In
20:49one of the scrapped storyboards, Zeta
20:51and her flock make it to Mighty Eagle's
20:52cave whilst Red and the gang attempt to
20:54hide. But, in the corner of the room
20:56after swiping away a tapestry, we can
20:58see a bright glowing egg. This egg, we
21:01later find out, was originally hidden
21:03deep within Eagle Island's volcano as
21:06marked on Mighty Eagle's very own map.
21:08This wasn't just some spontaneous idea
21:11of his. This was a planned heist from
21:13the Mighty Eagle, abandoning his own
21:15kind to exploit the golden egg's power
21:17after becoming corrupted. And if you
21:19think all of this doesn't sound quite
21:21too convincing, well, isn't it a bit
21:23convenient that the Mighty Eagle has a
21:25strange obsession with golden artifacts?
21:29>> care about anyone but himself.
21:32>> So, what does any of this have to do
21:34with the Angry Birds? Finding out about
21:36this secret golden egg mystery does make
21:38the Mighty Eagle seem pretty shady, but
21:41Zeta ends up taking back the egg anyway
21:43after scaring off the birds in Mighty
21:45Eagle's cave. The remaining storyboards
21:47that follow don't really lead us
21:48anywhere useful. There is not enough
21:51evidence here for me to confidently put
21:53together the rest of this timeline.
21:54[music] It kind of makes this canceled
21:56script detail just a big waste of time.
22:02>> [music]
22:03>> I
22:05postman.
22:09>> [music]
22:13>> Recently, I picked up a copy of the Art
22:15of the Angry Birds Movie. Yes, this is
22:17the third book I've now bought just for
22:19this video. Please press the like
22:20button. With this copy in particular,
22:22originally was intended for Pete Oswald,
22:25the legit production designer for the
22:27film, who is also the guy who designed
22:29Bird Island. I'm not quite sure how I
22:32managed to get my hands on this book,
22:33but regardless, this book goes over a
22:35bunch of fun early designs featuring the
22:37Angry Birds throughout the film. And
22:39whilst these were amusing to look at,
22:41there was one early pre-production
22:43render from the movies that didn't
22:45really fit in with the rest. On one of
22:47the other storyboard artist's websites,
22:49you can spot a piece of concept art for
22:51the second movie which looks like this.
22:55Eagle Island flooded with the corpses of
22:57dead eagles featuring the same volcano
23:00from Mighty Eagle's map that protected
23:02the golden egg. This had to have taken
23:05place right after the Mighty Eagle and
23:06the birds plan to go to Eagle Island for
23:09the egg. And it appears that every Eagle
23:11might have fought over the golden egg
23:12once Zeta brought it back to the island.
23:15I mean, with the Mighty Eagle finding
23:16its location, why wouldn't every other
23:19Eagle want a chance of obtaining that
23:20power? But, if that is really what
23:22happened,
23:24then how did Zeta and her small flock
23:26take down the entirety of Eagle Island?
23:28In another concept of the Eagles, we see
23:31large claw marks nearly wrapping around
23:33entire trees. Oh, and I bet you didn't
23:35spot Red, Chuck, and Bomb standing on
23:37the chest of this defeated Eagle. They
23:39are tiny in comparison, but you're
23:41probably thinking, "Oh, Brando, this is
23:44obviously just exaggerating the size of
23:45the Eagles in some sort of character
23:48proportion concept art dynamic thing."
23:51But, if that was true, then why is the
23:54Mighty Eagle not also massive like the
23:56other Eagles?
23:58Someone clearly didn't win the genetic
24:00lottery. And with Zeta and Mighty Eagle
24:01supposedly being the same size, this
24:04makes it impossible for Zeta to have
24:05taken down everyone on Eagle Island. I
24:07mean, on paper, sure, she was in
24:09possession of the golden egg, which
24:11could have maybe given her some sort of
24:13strength. But, even that detail falls
24:15apart as soon as you remember the
24:16storyboards from earlier, which shows
24:18Zeta somehow inside of the volcano
24:20lacking any idea on how to use the egg's
24:22power. So, if Zeta didn't need to use
24:25the golden egg to get inside, then Eagle
24:28Island didn't need conquering because it
24:31was already empty. Zeta could not have
24:34been the one to take down the Eagles.
24:36The timing alone doesn't make sense. I
24:38also don't think this could have been
24:39some kind of virus that spread across
24:41the whole island like the scourge virus
24:43in Invincible. Something about [music]
24:45this feels intentional. For the Eagles
24:47to end up like this, it would have taken
24:49something with power on the level of the
24:51golden egg. The kind of strength that
24:53can tear through a whole island before
24:55anyone realizes. And if you're still
24:57unsure who would carry out an
24:59island-wide bird genocide,
25:01well,
25:03I think I know who might.
25:05And I know this sounds crazy, seriously.
25:07The Mighty Eagle is most definitely a
25:09kleptomaniac, but now he's also a serial
25:12killer. Trust me,
25:14what I'm about to show you is my
25:16strongest piece of evidence that I found
25:17yet. In the first movie, Red is talking
25:19to Bomb and Chuck about the Mighty
25:21Eagle. They all have this little moment
25:23where they envision what the Mighty
25:24Eagle looks like and how cool he is.
25:26Obviously, none of this is supposed to
25:28be taken seriously. Chuck literally
25:30pictures him shaking his ass in a cowboy
25:31hat. But, for some reason, when Bomb
25:34pictures the Mighty Eagle, I notice
25:36something that looked somewhat familiar.
25:38Bomb's premonition, instead of being
25:39about dancing and signatures, shows off
25:42the strength and power of Mighty Eagle
25:44in his point of view. Something about
25:46this montage just feels off. I mean,
25:49doesn't this part when he's up high in
25:51the mountains kind of look like the
25:53Mighty Eagle is nose-diving into the
25:55ground like he's scavenging for
25:56something? Like, why else would he go
25:59underground here? That's kind of the
26:01opposite of what eagles are known for.
26:03But, for some reason, this causes the
26:05ground to crack and tear apart as the
26:07camera pans [music] towards Mighty
26:09Eagle's home. Now, this might sound
26:11silly, but the cracks that Mighty Eagle
26:13caused kind of lead to his own future
26:16success, which I think can represent all
26:19of the eagles he had to defeat before
26:20making it to the golden egg. I'll admit,
26:22this seems like a pretty weak
26:24connection. I mean, Mighty Eagle's
26:26mountain isn't even a volcano. And other
26:28than these two photos lining up pretty
26:29well, everything else here is just
26:31random speculation. However, that was
26:34until I watched the rest of this
26:35montage.
26:40The mountain suddenly erupts like a
26:41volcano as Mighty Eagle bursts through
26:44from the inside. This is literally him
26:47leaving the volcano on Eagle Island with
26:49the golden egg. The concept I made for
26:51this scene even suggests that its
26:53initial impact with the ground
26:54devastated the island's wildlife,
26:56possibly explaining how Eagle Island was
26:58frozen over in the sequel. Volcanoes in
27:00real life after a huge eruption release
27:02copious amounts of ash and gases into
27:04the sky, which blocks sunlight from
27:06reaching its island. If the Mighty Eagle
27:08destroyed all of Eagle Island's wildlife
27:10and caused a massive eruption dropping
27:12its temperature, this could explain how
27:14it turned into this frozen seal-infested
27:17iceberg of an island.
27:19>> Silver even confirms that the volcano in
27:21Eagle Island is a composite volcano.
27:23>> Actually, it's a composite volcano.
27:25>> An extremely dangerous variation that
27:27produces far more pollutants into the
27:29atmosphere.
27:31This is a lot of information to digest,
27:34and I'm sure I've already lost a few of
27:36you with this theory. I mean, why does
27:38Eagle Island being frozen cause him to
27:41move to Bird Island? What evidence do I
27:43have to prove Mighty Eagle even knew
27:45Bird Island existed? The thing is, I
27:48haven't been telling you the exact
27:50truth. In the deleted storyboard for the
27:53second movie called The Heist, Mighty
27:54Eagle initially pulled out a map that
27:56doesn't seem to resemble Eagle Island.
27:58He begins revealing information on where
28:00the residents of this island sleep,
28:03where they eat, train, and where they
28:05keep their valuable.
28:07Is
28:08Is this the Mighty Eagle's mountain?
28:10And that looks like Red's house. How did
28:14the Mighty Eagle
28:17He knew about Bird Island all along.
28:20Just like stealing the golden egg, this
28:22was all a part of Mighty Eagle's plan.
28:24Red and Bomb literally spot their own
28:26houses on the map before Mighty Eagle
28:28throws it away with a guilty grin on his
28:30face. So, the Mighty Eagle stole the
28:34golden egg, which caused the volcano to
28:35violently explode, leading to him taking
28:37out every other eagle as a result of the
28:39golden egg's brainwashing, and
28:41abandoning their corpses to rot on the
28:42island's remains, causing it to turn
28:44into a frozen wasteland as the Mighty
28:46Eagle flees to Bird Island, claiming the
28:48mountain as his new home, continuing his
28:51obsession with golden objects and
28:52stealing artifacts, whilst the birds
28:54down below for some reason treat him as
28:57their hero.
28:58Just one small problem with this whole
29:02Mighty Eagle egg theory. How did Bomb
29:05actually see this? Remember, this is
29:08just what Bomb sees when Red brought up
29:10the Mighty Eagle. No one else thought of
29:13this. It's not like Bomb was there on
29:15Eagle Island to witness the egg being
29:17stolen. So, what gives? Is this just one
29:21big coincidence that Bomb magically
29:22thought up? No.
29:24Um, I actually think it's the opposite.
29:27Earlier in the video, I brought up Red's
29:29backstory for when he got picked on, but
29:31if we look at this scene more closely,
29:33we can see Red and the other hatchlings
29:34are actually being taught about the
29:36Mighty Eagle. Assuming Red and Bomb are
29:38around the same age, it would mean that
29:40Bomb was taught about the Mighty Eagle
29:41growing up, too, which would probably
29:43explain why Bomb doesn't see the volcano
29:45from Eagle Island in his daydream. Since
29:47he spent his whole life on an island
29:49that doesn't feature a volcano. In fact,
29:51all of these birds have no idea what
29:53exists beyond Bird Island.
29:55>> There's no other place besides here.
29:57>> Therefore, Mighty Eagle, after arriving,
30:00must have told Bird Island he saved them
30:02from a great war, which we now know is a
30:04lie, making Mighty Eagle Bird Island's
30:07new hero. Except that doesn't make any
30:11sense. Take a listen to what the teacher
30:13is saying here about the Mighty Eagle.
30:15>> This is the legendary Mighty Eagle, but
30:19no one has seen him for years.
30:21>> The Mighty Eagle, according to the
30:23teacher, hasn't been seen in years, even
30:26referring to him as missing.
30:28>> Mighty Eagle is missing.
30:30>> Bird Island must have at least spoken to
30:32Mighty Eagle, otherwise how would they
30:34know about the war he fought in? Like,
30:37they made a whole statue in his image.
30:39That doesn't just randomly happen. Did
30:40they just not look when he went back up
30:42to his mountain? The way the teacher is
30:44talking about the Mighty Eagle is as if
30:47he's some urban legend or myth on Bird
30:49Island. But, unlike Bigfoot or the Loch
30:52Ness Monster, the Mighty Eagle isn't
30:54scary. He can actually be seen all over
30:57the island in the form of comics,
30:58posters, toys, and even representing the
31:01police station. But, despite that,
31:03everyone on Bird Island is acting like
31:05he's some mythical creature as a fun
31:07story to tell the hatchlings. Hell, even
31:09the kids don't believe that the Mighty
31:11Eagle is real.
31:12>> Didn't your parents ever tell you Mighty
31:13Eagle isn't real?
31:14>> They're talking about him like he's the
31:16Easter Bunny or something. And it's not
31:18just the kids who think this. When the
31:20Mighty Eagle reveals himself at the end
31:21of the movie, every single bird was
31:23shocked to see he even exists.
31:26>> Do you see what I'm seeing? This guy
31:28looks nothing like his statue.
31:30>> So, how do the birds know about the
31:33Mighty Eagle war despite never actually
31:36seeing him? I think it's because the
31:38birds genuinely haven't seen the Mighty
31:40Eagle. During the high story board, Red
31:42can be seen attempting to cheer up the
31:44flock after Zeta stole the golden egg
31:46back by saying, "We've survived this
31:48long. We are not going to let our
31:50parents sacrifice go to waste." That's
31:53funny. Um I thought the Mighty Eagle was
31:56Bird Island's hero. I mean, sure, I
31:58suppose there could have been a few
31:59casualties in
32:01this war.
32:03Wait a minute. I thought this war was a
32:05lie to cover up the Mighty Eagle wiping
32:08out Eagle Island and make the birds
32:10believe he's the hero. What Was there a
32:13real war which these birds fought in?
32:16What war could this have even been? We
32:18already know that the pigs haven't
32:19visited Bird Island yet. So, who would
32:22have tried to attack them? And why is
32:24Red talking about their parents'
32:26sacrifice just after the golden egg was
32:28stolen? What do his parents have to do
32:29with the golden egg? It's not as if they
32:31could have seen it. It was hidden away
32:33on Eagle Island before the Mighty Eagle
32:34stole it and went to
32:37Bird Island.
32:39You don't think
32:41No.
32:42Mighty Eagle wasn't protecting the birds
32:44in a war. He was taking them out just
32:47like the eagles back on Eagle Island.
32:49Mighty Eagle was taking out his entire
32:52bird family.
32:54The only reasonable explanation in why
32:57he'd do this is the golden egg
32:58brainwashing him into believing the
33:00birds were a threat to the egg's safety.
33:02How else would Bird Island react to a
33:04huge eagle appearing on the island for
33:06the first time? Both Gail and Dahlia in
33:09the Angry Birds Stella series turned
33:10against their own kind once coming into
33:12contact with the golden egg. With Gail
33:14attempting to leave Stella trapped in
33:15rising lava and Dahlia straight up
33:17attacking Stella for taking away the egg
33:19from her. So it would make sense that
33:21Mighty Eagle would do anything in his
33:23power to stop the birds from taking it
33:24away from him. But of course, we know
33:26that Bird Island didn't go extinct,
33:29which only means that he must have
33:30spared the unhatched eggs. Not out of
33:33remorse, but so he could easily
33:35manipulate them into [music] believing
33:36he's their protector, teaching them what
33:38he did back on Eagle Island was some
33:39heroic gesture. Your parents sacrificed
33:42were for a good cause. Remember what
33:43your parents sacrificed. I am your
33:45defender. I saved you. Mighty Eagle even
33:48references the song he taught the
33:50hatchlings to remember what he did for
33:52them.
33:53>> You must have grown up singing this song
33:55in school.
33:58>> Yeah.
33:59>> Do it.
34:00>> Yeah, do it.
34:02>> Wow, you know it better than me.
34:05>> Why else would the Mighty Eagle be
34:06surprised here that the birds know the
34:08song better than him if he didn't create
34:11it? Well, by pure coincidence, at the
34:14end of the film when thanking Red for
34:16saving their island, the hatchlings sing
34:18the exact same song.
34:20>> Mighty, mighty, Red, you rescued me.
34:24>> Defender of our homes and liberty.
34:28>> The same song their parents sang when
34:31they were spared by the mighty eagle
34:32many years ago. I am aware that this is
34:35a very bold claim to make. Seriously, if
34:38mighty eagle did somehow take out the
34:40birds, then where are all of the birds
34:43bodies? Were they just abandoned like
34:45the eagles? The mighty eagle couldn't
34:47just leave the corpses of the ex-parents
34:49behind. It would ruin his whole plan.
34:52He'd have to stash them somewhere out of
34:53sight where no future bird could ever
34:55reach. Hidden amongst other poached
34:57belongings in his very own cave. And
35:00whilst we don't unfortunately get to see
35:02these bodies in the movie, in the
35:04movie's art book, there appears to be a
35:06pull-out tab which depicts some kind of
35:08scene plan for the events of the movie.
35:11And by taking a closer look at the
35:12scenes where Red meets the mighty eagle
35:14for the first time, we can see a
35:16cutscene depicting bird skulls left in
35:18the mighty eagle's cave. That's why no
35:21one remembers mighty eagle. That's also
35:24why no one remembers this great war. And
35:26that's why Bomb saw what happened on
35:28Eagle Island. So, how does any of this
35:31tie into the Angry Birds future? Sure,
35:33the mighty eagle turned out to be the
35:35mighty hoax, but this doesn't seem to
35:37have any correlation to Piggy Island at
35:40all. Come to think of it, I don't think
35:42I've brought up the pigs once in this
35:43entire theory.
35:46Except, that's not exactly true.
35:54In the Eagle Island concept art, it
35:56turns out Leonard also chose to go with
35:59the Angry Birds to get the golden egg.
36:01Leonard seriously shouldn't be here,
36:03especially when he has no relationship
36:05with the mighty eagle whatsoever. If
36:07anything, he should be afraid of
36:08stepping foot on Eagle Island after what
36:10Zeta did to his own kingdom. He is quite
36:12literally an enemy to all the birds.
36:15But, being King Pig of Piggy Island,
36:18i.e. the only person who is allowed to
36:20eat eggs, it would make sense that he
36:23would want to see this golden egg for
36:24himself. Red also admits in the heist
36:27storyboard that they'd struggle without
36:29somebody with a history of poaching eggs
36:31who could stand a chance against Zeta's
36:32army. So, what if Leonard only chose to
36:35go along in another attempt to betray
36:37Red and the flock by stealing this
36:39golden egg for himself? And in some
36:41end-of-movie comic justice cliché,
36:44Leonard tries running off with the egg
36:45in a fit of excitement only for Zeta to
36:47keep up with him and fulfill his fate
36:49promised to him at the start of the
36:51movie. If this was actually how the
36:53second movie was supposed to end, that
36:55would mean Leonard's son Smooth Cheeks
36:56inherited the throne, which would make
36:58perfect sense as to why Smooth Cheeks
37:00acts so immature as Piggy Island's new
37:02monarch because he's literally still a
37:04child. In the toon series, there are
37:06countless examples of Smooth Cheeks
37:08acting childish or how a kid would,
37:10outright proving something drastic must
37:12have happened to Leonard for Smooth
37:14Cheeks to become the new king so soon.
37:16But unlike his father, Smooth Cheeks
37:18doesn't care about golden artifacts or
37:20the birds. His only goal being the new
37:22king is to follow tradition and eat
37:25>> [music]
37:25>> an egg. The guidebook is obsessed with
37:27telling us this exact fact, going on to
37:29say Smooth Cheeks hasn't actually eaten
37:31an egg in his lifetime. Out of the 10
37:33things to know about the bad piggies,
37:35seven of them are about Smooth Cheeks
37:37not eating eggs and how important they
37:39are to pig society. Smooth Cheeks is
37:41fully aware if he doesn't get his hands
37:43on an egg, he'll be forced from the
37:45throne for breaking their code. But what
37:47is he to do after seeing his father's
37:49failure in capturing the eggs? The birds
37:51now know their true intention. There's
37:53nothing left for King Pig to do to get
37:55these eggs. Unless he could make the
37:58eggs come to him. What if there was a
38:02way for the birds to walk right up to
38:04his front door, eggs in hand, without
38:06the need for an elaborate plan? You
38:08might be saying,
38:09"That's just impossible." What could
38:11Smooth Cheeks possibly have said to
38:13convince the birds to go along with that
38:15idea? It's simple, really. Just like his
38:18father before him, he'll just blow up
38:20Bird Island all over again, but this
38:23time for good. Where are the birds left
38:26to go other than his very own island? Of
38:28course, maybe a few birds get captured
38:30in the crossfire, but why would
38:31SmoothCheeks care? It's not like he
38:33would know birds lay the one thing he
38:35supposedly desires. SmoothCheeks is
38:37literally proven to be the least
38:38intelligent pig in all of pig society.
38:41Hell, even Mudbeard wasn't aware that
38:43these birds were infinite egg-laying
38:44machines.
38:45>> Is that what I think it is?
38:47>> That's how our children are born. You
38:49guys don't like egg?
38:50>> I wish we did.
38:53>> And in SmoothCheeks' poor attempt of
38:54capturing the eggs with their endless
38:56supply of TNT, Bird Island and its
38:58occupants were completely wiped out.
39:00Apart from the three eggs Red and the
39:02surviving flock managed to save. Bird
39:04Island being left in the same state as
39:06Eagle Island leaves only one place for
39:08these remaining eggs to survive. After
39:11all, they're the future and all that
39:14matters.
39:18Oh, and as for Zeta, I'm honestly not
39:20too sure what could have happened to
39:21her. Considering that Mighty Eagle's
39:22regretful from his past, I would assume
39:24this means that he broke free from the
39:26golden egg curse controlling him, which
39:27is exactly what happened to Gale in
39:29Angry Birds Stella.
39:33>> [screaming]
39:35>> We can even see as soon as he returns
39:37Eagle Island for the egg, he is
39:38completely shell-shocked after realizing
39:40what he did to all of his friends and
39:42family, which potentially changed his
39:44mind in wanting to steal the egg back
39:45again from Zeta. Zeta probably now
39:48remains alone on Eagle Island's ruins,
39:50reunited with the golden egg for the
39:52better or for the worse. But, what
39:56happens now? I mean, sure, whilst we may
39:58have solved what led up to the birds
39:59being trapped on Piggy Island, this
40:01doesn't necessarily answer what their
40:03future looks like. The Angry Birds' new
40:05life on Piggy Island appears to resemble
40:07some kind of twisted game of cat and
40:09mouse with them fighting against the
40:11brink of extinction thanks to
40:13SmoothCheeks continuously attempting to
40:15poach the last three eggs in their
40:16species existence. Chuck on Piggy Island
40:19even attempts to go on a date with
40:21himself, since all of the other female
40:24birds were taken out on Bird Island. And
40:26in a separate episode of the Toons,
40:28Chuck can be seen practicing martial
40:30arts trying to impress a boulder. There
40:33is literally nobody left for these birds
40:36to build a community with. And if you
40:38still somehow don't believe that these
40:40birds are going extinct, during the
40:42trailer to Angry Birds Rio, we can see
40:45the birds protecting the eggs before
40:47being kidnapped and smuggled off to
40:49Brazil. Now, if you know anything about
40:52the movie Rio, you'll remember the plot
40:54focusing on Blu attempting to rescue all
40:56of the exotic and rare birds being sold
40:58on the black market, which would make
41:00sense why Nigel chose to trap the Angry
41:02Birds due to their species becoming so
41:04rare. And whilst this might sound like a
41:06stretch for what appears to be just some
41:08marketing stunt between two bird
41:10franchises, Nigel himself in the trailer
41:14proves this theory by revealing a wanted
41:16poster labeling the Angry Birds as an
41:18endangered species. These birds are
41:21literally all that's left on this island
41:24in the fight against the pigs to protect
41:26their kind. So, with all the egg hunting
41:28torment from King Smooth Cheeks, how is
41:30the flock supposed to compete with a
41:32kingdom of pigs? Well, these repeated
41:35poaching attempts seem to have led
41:37Smooth Cheeks to the same fate as his
41:38father. As in the note he left in the
41:40guidebook, Smooth Cheeks points out a
41:42tin of sardines landing in front of him
41:44followed by a scream of agony. And by
41:47closing the book entirely and turning it
41:49over, we get a pretty good idea of how
41:51this Angry Birds story ends. With the
41:53Mighty Eagle confirming what he did as
41:56one last act of revenge. And that is the
41:59Angry Birds extinction theory.
42:03Or the Angry Birds is right all along.
42:06Isn't that right, Angry Birds Space?
42:10Yep.

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