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1 | Theory/Analysis Summary | Link to Reddit discussion | Link to Off-Reddit Analysis |
2 | 1 | https://www.reddit.com/r/overthegardenwall/comments/2plgbw/interesting_analysis_of_lorna/ | |
3 | 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 | |
4 | 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 |
5 | 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 |
6 | 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 |
7 | The black turtles are not evil. | ||
8 | Quincy Endicott and death in general | The black turtles are not evil. | |
9 | 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 | |
10 | The Beast is the embodiment of hopelessness. | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7YtqvFoizo | |
11 | OtGW takes place on October 31st, 2014 | None 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. | |
12 | 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/ | |
13 | 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 | |
14 | "The loveliest lies of all" What does it mean to you? | ||
15 | The beast is still alive | None 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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