Carl from UP was DEAD the whole time (THEORY) | DISNEY DEBUNK

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[plucas]

Even crazier, what if Russel was the ghost of the child Carl and Ellie lost? What if he came back to help his long-lost Dad cross over...

[christineclarke]

"Go toward the light, master" - Dug

[CocoandZee]

Hey! Interesting thing about Muntz not appearing as old as he should be, early on in the film's development, the idea was that Kevin's eggs had a "fountain of Youth" property that Muntz used to stay young. If you happen to have/ get "the Art of Up" book, you can see some really cool development art of an ancient- looking Muntz. I'm actually not sure why this was cut out of the film, such a cool idea!

[Guest-zkyr]

When carl shuts off his clock its sounds a lot like a flatline representing his death

[robertpoole]

To be honest, I'm falling into the category that this theory is just one of those "(X) has fantastical elements, so therefore one of the characters must be imagining it somehow/all or one of the characters are dead." It can apply to literally any form of fictional media, meaning it has no grounds whatsoever. They just change the wording to fit whatever story more, even though they always say the same things.

The character's old? He must have died.
The character's young? Must be imagining it

Obviously that's not always the rule (See Eds in Purgatory theory), but that's usually what happens.

[happychaosofthenorth]

Please debunk the stupid "Tarzan is Anna and Elsa's brother!" theory. So many people are accepting it as fact just because some guy who worked on the film made a joke. That one makes zero sense.

[WegraX]

God I am so freaking sick of these "Dead the whole time" theories. It was cool the first couple of times but after a while it gets old

[snipperjoey]

One of the main reasons that this theory has never help up all that well for me besides the ending is Kevin. Just Kevin as a whole. If Carl is dead, Russel's the guardian angel and Muntz and his dogs represent his biggest idols and dreams, what is Kevin supposed to represent? Kevin is an incredibly important part of the story but with the afterlife theory he just doesn't fit at all. If he doesn't represent anything the whole theory basically falls apart.

[JLplayz-kzep]

he actually dies when the storm hits and he "gets knocked out" because then on he is as active as he was in his 20's but earlier he couldn't go down the stairs.

[jillianunrau]

I usually don't like "the character was dead the whole time" theories, but this one is super interesting. Up is one of my favourite Pixar films too, and now I can't wait to watch it again through this lens. This is a really cool idea for a series and I can't wait to see the other videos you make for it!

[katherinecolglazier]

cartoon conspiracy mixed with film theory  I Iove it!

[dintadoba]

Carl's real life sucks and filled with misfortune
In his imagine trip to afterlife, every action became just so smooth, fly house works, travel to dream destination in almost no time, meet rare bird, meet dream idol and he lives just as what Carl wish to be.
They call it near death happiness. feeling joy to let go is what one's brain's last job

[jasongamer]

10:44 you are pretty correct to put it in to support the theory but it could still be his psychology changing for the better and actually having a motivation

[idacookies]

Truth be spelled troof is so amazingly ironic.

[trashtrash]

You could say that its the Gospel troof

[AndrewNovitsky]

It was very evident from the ending titles that this adventure is kid's exaggerated imaginary interpretation of spending time with the old guy

[Eckertainment]

3 years late to this party but this was an amazing video! I hadn't really heard this theory until I saw the vid thumbnail popping up in my recommendations recently and I think next time I watch UP I'm going to think about it as the after life transition. As if that movie wasn't already super emotional TvT

[somebvnny]

hey chad, good to see you again! i absolutely love this new segment, these kind of videos are so interesting! super excited to see more videos like this from you :-)

[ywqu]

wow journey to the afterlife that really is disturbing now hearing it

[mianieves]

This is so freaking good! Can’t wait for more of the theories! ♥️