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Theory/Analysis SummaryLink to Reddit discussionLink to Off-Reddit Analysis
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1https://www.reddit.com/r/overthegardenwall/comments/2plgbw/interesting_analysis_of_lorna/
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The song that plays while the brothers tumble down the hill tells us that the black train represents death or temptation.The Woody Guthrie song uses the "little black train" to symbolize death, but it seems to be used in OTGW to hammer in the theme of death
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The Beast is the woodsman daughter because she ate/used a turtle as lantern fuel.https://www.reddit.com/r/overthegardenwall/comments/2oyyt0/an_interesting_theory_about_who_the_beast_really/Disproved in the comics
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OtGW is a retelling of Dante's Inferno.https://www.reddit.com/r/overthegardenwall/comments/2owj2j/wirts_infernodantes_unknown_allusions_to_the/http://globegander.tumblr.com/post/102962248481/wirts-inferno-dantes-unknown-allusions-to-the
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Pottsfield is a reference to "Potter's Fields".https://www.reddit.com/r/overthegardenwall/comments/2mr48g/pottsfield_is_a_reference_to_potters_field_a/http://elsarine.tumblr.com/post/102335870241/over-the-garden-wall-pottsfield
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The black turtles are not evil.
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Quincy Endicott and death in generalThe black turtles are not evil.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/overthegardenwall/comments/2mcuqo/the_nature_of_the_beast_a_over_the_garden_wall/http://erraticallyinformed.tumblr.com/post/102143905382/the-nature-of-the-beast-a-over-the-garden-wall-fan
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The Beast is the embodiment of hopelessness.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7YtqvFoizo
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OtGW takes place on October 31st, 2014None that I know of. It's the only modern Halloween which was 1. on a Friday (HS football game) and 2. has a half moon.
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OtGW takes place in the same universe as Cartoon Network show "Clarence".https://www.reddit.com/r/overthegardenwall/comments/2mr48g/pottsfield_is_a_reference_to_potters_field_a/
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The cemetery is Wildwood Cemetary in Mass.  This is where Pat McHale, the creator, lives.http://megamadridista4life.tumblr.com/post/102711518749/over-the-garden-wall
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"The loveliest lies of all" What does it mean to you?
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The beast is still aliveNone that I know of
At the end of Langtree's Lament, she sings: "I wish I had nine lives like that one". While this may just be referring to Enoch or just a cat in general, I like to believe that "that one" is the beast, and that he still lives.
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