Bendy and the Ink Machine - Story Explained

SPOILER WARNING!

Hello everyone, and welcome to the next installment of Lore and Order, where I unpack game lore and stories from games. In this one, we look at Bendy and the Ink Machine. There will also be book spoilers in this game, so please be warned!

CHAPTERS

Intro - 0:00
Plot - 0:33
The Books - 4:50
The Studio - 5:23
The Ink Machine - 9:10
Sammy Lawrence - 14:13
Alice Angel - 15:49
Joey Drew - 17:51
Henry Stein - 20:00
The Cycle - 21:19

ALL MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO FROM EPIDEMIC SOUND
ALL GAME FOOTAGE CAPTURED BY MYSELF ON PC

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[red-eyeghoul]

It’s sad that Joey was basically like if you didn’t make me succeed then you disappointed me and will know be stuck in your own disappointment. That’s what I took from it. This opened my eyes to a lot of things and makes me even more excited for the new game.

[Becktastic]

Joey is the worst. Henry should never have gone back to the workshop. I hope it is only a story Joey made up.

[jeremyglass]

One major correction: the ink demon is ink bendy, the monster that chases Henry throughout the game, he's the "he" referenced by Sammy in "he will set us free". Ink bendy was the first attempt of using the ink machine to create a living cartoon by joey drew and Thomas Connor. The animatronic thing is just a little detail without much story significance, likely a FNAF referecne. It was ink bendy who joey had locked away "because he would scare off investors" and who was set loose by buddy, who was later drowned by him in "dreams come to life." Because the ink is alive, the ink demon is essentially immortal/indestructible, so he comes back shortly after. Ink Bendy/the ink demon is largely the central antagonist of the entire franchise, who is a literal embodiment of all of joey's past wrongdoing, and without a soul to guide his character, he is a hollow vessel who only does one thing, and that is to kill anything that moves.

[ABANDONED]

YAY SOMEONE WHO FINALLY ACTUALLY EXPLAINS THE STORY INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING THE EVENTS OF THE FRICKEN GAME

[damariuswingfield]

And when you look at the state of Disney now....

[brendagates]

Could you try doing a story explained video on WE Happy Few it's a pretty interesting game even though it does have a few plot holes but it's interesting how the story goes.

[masterzoroark]

Sammy drinking the ink reminds me of SOMA and how couple of characters (like Terry Akers) were drinking a substance called structure gel- quite ink looking substance carrying the AI in it
These people also start to regard the AI as some sort of saviour

[thealmightyone]

You gotta be amazed at joey drews guts, his suggestion for his employees to spend their 5 unpaid holidays at his amusement park after 5 years of nonstop working just to get his money back.

Because that's what a vacation is all about. Going to an amusementpark with the same characters you've been cooped up with nonstop. How any one of them didn't torch the studio down from going insane in that time is just baffling.

Joey drew Takes susie out to lunch at JOE'S fine dining...
Yeah probably not a coincidence. Not surprising at all either.😅

[masterzoroark]

Also, some old theories still ring in my head- since all of the employees that are still sane and sapient are characters from the studio cartoons it means that Henry himself is also turned into one.
I always presumed he turned onto more or less perfect version of Bendy- quite fitting and tragic since Bendy was his creation

[pinkemerald]

0:22 I'm watching this video because I DON'T want to play the game or watch people play the game (and get jump scared), but I want to learn about Bendy and the Ink Machine. There you go, now you know why else someone would be watching this video ^^

[Levi-]

Loved the game as a kid in 2017, when the second game came out, It had me thrilled asl

[DocsGamingLair]

The fact that this game is getting ported to VR makes it a 100% scarier and immersive

[budchumplaylists]

11:15
I'm sorry but- DID ANYONE ELSE THINK TWICE ABOUT 'TOM & JERRY', OR WAS IT JUST ME??

[SCARECROW]

Henry left before heavenly toys, reson for this is when he left, joey wanted more, and thus created heavenly toys.

[SoffyChannel]

I'm watching/listening to your videos while drawing and I just want to thank you for the hard work you've put into your videos! I don't play games but I love the Bendy aesthetic and your videos are very easy to follow and just so interesting! Thank you!!

[JENNIFERSAFFELL]

I think when Henry walked into joeys workshop and arriving in chapter one it was just a flash back not a groundhog day

[rebeccamowery]

It's the best.It's the best bet Beth story ever told.I love her man

[LMN_KAT_T]

You know at the bit where Henry starts running from the ink demon and tries to get to the exit but fails and falls into the ground? I feel as if that the ink demon was actually Joey, and in reality when Henry pulled up the ink machine Joey popped out of no where and started talking to Henry, but Henry felt as if Joey had malicious intent so he began running, and the ink demon that roared and chased Henry was actually Joey shouting at him to come back, and right when Henry nearly got to the exit, Joey caught up to him and knocked him out- dragging his unconscious body back to the ink machine and throwing him in for more power. Leaving Henry in a everlasting loop that'll never end until he properly opens his eyes and sees the truth, the truth that Joey was the ink demon and that he was the one that caused him to be in a circle of pain for years and years on out.

[HiLykSpace]

I keep watching this instead of a walkthrough. I also got the game cause I've watch both your videos

[Spider-Gwen_]

I haven't played the game but did Joey kill Susie? At 16:42 you can see that Susie called Joey a 'charmer' and that he called her Alice. Did he think of her as a threat or something and decided to take her out?