The *REAL* Identity of the Thin Man | Little Nightmares 2 Theory

The Thin Man in Little Nightmares 2 is one of the most mysterious and odd characters.

Most people think they have figured him out, but there might be a whole backstory that we have missed!

This is my theory on exactly who the Thin man is in Little Nightmares 2!

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teacher: *teaches*
doctor: *does surgery*
hunter: *hunts*
thin man: I was a business man doing business

[hollywebber]

Everyone in the Little Nightmares community starts out just watching a couple youtube theory videos because they want a bit of extra content about the game. But we all eventually become the Pepe Silvia meme.

[picklerick]

I'm learning more about the Little Nightmares series than my school works to be honest

[glitchdoctor]

The ”Thin man” who hangs himself, also was waiting on a chair behind a door with an eye on it. These games are filled with so cool little details. I played through little nightmares 1 DLC today and after the credits, you can see a teaser for the ”thin man”. There was a movie series back in the 1930s about a PI that was called ”the thin man". Maybe the thin man in ”little nightmares” is loosely referring to the movie series.

[cacomeatballmarinara]

Well another thing that points to Mono and the Thin Man not being a set entity could also be from the way the clothes work, seems odd, but here me out. As Mono grows up (in the cutscene and the art) his clothes slowly morph into Thin Mans clothes insisting the tower has some ability to morph an entity’s appearance (like six, huh) meaning anyone could be underneath the suit and the surface level look, meaning any number of children could’ve been turned into Thin Men and what not

[scrico]

Everybody is trying to find answers to questions like "why did Six betrayed Mono" or "who is the Thin Man". My question is if there are kids in the game, who the hell are giving birth to them?

[spoon]

thin man is so hype. this makes me love the character even more. This could also explain why six and mono aren’t destined to be together. While the lady is the leader of the children-snatching Maw, the thin man is trying to get the kids back. They just aren’t compatible, even in child form.

[shiro]

well, that might be the reason why thin man did not kill Six. when he was a PI he searched for missing children, now he has this special power so he is taking them to the signal tower, to keep them "safe" in his own way

[maddiepilgrim]

I used to think that this whole phenomenon just appeared suddenly out of the blue. However, if it makes much more sense if this thing developed slowly over time.

[notdaunte]

six's shadow also cast a shadow of the THIN MAN when she's looking at her shadow self!!!

[naominathanson-parry]

This is probably the best little nightmares theory I've come across

[seeshibo]

I love how any one these thin man theories just makes mono way cooler.

[lucky_dogo]

Six: mono what do u what to be when you’re older?
Mono: T h i n m a n
Six: 😀 what

[anevilstripper]

This reminds me of the cycle of abuse. Often a child abused will grow up to be an abuser themselves.
Maybe the Thin Man abused mono, and so when mono grew up he became him.

[mr.smileyfacetwo]

Something to add to the theory, maybe the reason the thin man is taking the kids is to find the next thin man. When we find six we see that they became a monster l. Maybe this is because they wanted to see if they were the next thin man. It also would explain why they only go after kids. The kid have not been distorted yet meaning they could be transformed into the thin man.

[NotAgnor]

It’s a shame that Tarsier Studios aren’t making another Little Nightmares, I’d love a perfect end to the trilogy 😩 💔

[cammo]

At First I thought it was a bit of a stretch but it all made sense in the end, nice theory!

[aster]

Just a thought, the thin man is a reporter, people get “glued to the tv” when reports of missing children are on.

[darianasanchezalgarate]

When you mentioned that there may have been more than one Thin Man, I remembered something: from the comics app, we see the Thin Man just two times, in the second and sixth chapter. I noticed that, in the second comic, the character that snatchs the kid may have the hat, but doesn't have a suit, or at least, not long sleeves, unlike the Thin Man that gives chase through the game. And also, the character that keeps snatching children in the last chapter is thin and has no long sleeves. However, in his shadow, there appears to be no hat on his head.
Other than that, I liked your theory, very mind-blowing!

[brageselns]

Fun fact: The Thin man is made out of TV static, if you look close at his model you can see that everywhere on his body is weird dots looking alot like TV static