Game Theory: We Were TOTALLY WRONG! What Bendy's Ending REALLY Meant (Bendy and the Ink Machine)

Today we are explaining what the ending of Bendy and the Ink Machine is all about...again. Stay with me! We've uncovered new evidence that suggests the ending is so much more than we initially thought. The whole TIMELINE has changed! We need to start at the very beginning to be able to unravel the twisted tale of Joey Drew Studios.

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Writer: Matthew Patrick
Editors: Marc Schneider and BanditRants
Assistant Editor: AlyssaBeCrazy
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[rainnebaby]

Does this mean that when the little girl at the end says "Tell me another story Uncle Joey" that's Joey telling the story of Henry's murder to Henry's own daughter? Wow that's twisted.

[dnm]

First theory: Joey’s just a sad old man
Second theory: Joey murdered everyone

[txic_nergy]

Teachers: Don't draw on you hand you'll get ink poisoning.
Henry: * literally swims through ink*
Me: My life is a lie-

[herpesinflammation]

Hot take: I bet it’s as simple as the game’s big twist was called by Matt and other theorists by the time the second episode came out and the developers tumbled over themselves with the final two episodes trying to create a unique twist. Boris was always meant to be Wally, and Bendy was always meant to be Joey, but it was so obvious that they changed their plot midway through development.

[shennamiller]

*That's him smiling at his creator Henry*

Me : Aaawww that's so cute

[chickennugget]

theories about henry throughout the franchise:
Henry is dead
henry is bendy
henry is human
henry is dead

[Natalia-jbvv]

More evidence Henry is a victim: when you die, you are rebirthed in the ink. Meaning you are made of the ink.

[tess]

I thought the strongest evidence was that line about “there is only one thing Bendy has never known-he was there for his beginning but he has never seen The End” and Henry never sees an “ending” either on account that the “ending” loops to the beginning for Henry.

[FootofaFerret]

love that theme song & you <3

Thanks for including my arrangement & for the shout out!

[tired_artist]

MatPat: FINALLY DONE!
Bendy and the dark reveal: I'mma end this man's whole career

[Drawmatic]

MatPat: FNaF is done!
Scotty. C: Hold my Exotic Butters,
MatPat: BatIM is done!
Mr. Meatly: Hold my Bacon Soup.

[livethefuture]

i think that most likely,
part of this was probably the ending they initially planned on doing, where joey is revealed to be bendy, and the ink monsters have the souls of the employees trapped in them.
but then as the series progressed they decided to go a different direction, and chose to go with a more symbolic and story driven ending, as seen in the final scene with henry's daughter. Tying everything back together, and i think personally that was a much more satisfying ending. And it seems the devs probably thought so too.

[BJOHNSON]

Matpat: So is Joey Drew Bendy?

The Bendy franchise: Well yes, but actually no.

[DeadRat]

What is up with horror games making characters named Henry,
who have families,
*DIE AT DESKS*

[ujwalamadishetty]

Is it just me, or the river of ink seems like a reference to river Styx in Greek mythology? The river that only the dead can

[tomedgerton]

With the new game out this was actually really close to the actual lore.

[doge]

When he says "you should've pushed a little harder" he said it deeper than he did everything else

[dimension_]

so basically joey lured everyone back to the studio, killed them, then turned them into ink monsters.

[craigyeah]

If you use the Seeing Tool on the mirror in Chapter 3 you see the message "Who Am I Now?"... pretty solid evidence Henry isn't who he used to be.

[octosimp]

Matpat: look bendy is smiling
Bendy: 😬