History Headscratchers / TheWorldsEnd

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[[folder:What Happened to the Mouse?]]

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[[folder: The Ending]]

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** Not entirely sure that was deliberate. If all our information technologies were planted and sustained by the Network, an EMP may just be what happens when they stop and leave. At least, I didn't get the feeling they were deliberately spiting Earth...

* The Network complains that humanity is the least civilized race in the galaxy, and so when it leaves the Earth is destroys what little civilization we do have?

* Does it bug anybody else that there's a running theme of [[spoiler:Gary needing to grow up]], only to let him [[spoiler:live out the ultimate adolescent fantasy (be a kick-ass, competent hunter-gather-adventurer with versions of his friends in their "glory days")]] at the end?

** Keep in mind that, as far as the viewer knows, [[spoiler:the general population of Earth remains unaware of the Blanks' origin. It's possible that Gary, Andy, Steven, Sam, and the surviving collaborators are the only ones who had any previous interaction with Blanks, and certainly very few people knew of the Network itself.]]

* How much time elapsed between [[spoiler:the Network leaving]] and the epilogue? [[spoiler:Andy]] doesn't look that much older, yet he's telling the story to a group of kids like they don't know [[spoiler:where the blanks came from]].

* How did the guys in the Glorious Dawn know that Gary's compatriots were Blanks?

* How did the guys in the Glorious Dawn know that Gary's compatriots were Blanks?

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** It appears that he was a [[spoiler:human collaborator but when he gave Gary too much information he was "mulched" and replaced with a blank. It's obvious that he's a blank at the end when he speaks with The Network's voice.]]

** It appears that he was a human collaborator but when he gave Gary too much information he was "mulched" and replaced with a blank. It's obvious that he's a blank at the end when he speaks with The Network's voice.

* It appears that he was a human collaborator but when he gave Gary too much information he was "mulched" and replaced with a blank. It's obvious that he's a blank at the end when he speaks with The Network's voice.

* What exactly happened to [[spoiler:"Reverend Green" after he gets a call from the supervisor?]]

*** My guess would be that when a Blank grabs someone's mouth, [[spoiler:they're uploading their consciousness to the Network, where it is then stripped of anything that makes it human and downloaded to a genetically identical body. It's the same mind, it's just altered - if that weren't the case, the Network's offer of being made physically perfect and "retaining chosen memories" would be meaningless.]] So whether or not they are "turned into" Blanks is a matter of perspective - they are consciously, but their new bodies are completely separate from the originals. [[spoiler:This would also explain why Gary, Andy, and Steven's duplicates are kept in storage, as they don't yet have a mind to fill them.]] But to answer the Headscratcher, [[spoiler:the hand-to-mouth action probably forcibly obtains DNA as well as brain information for when more subtle tactics fail or simply aren't necessary.]] As for [[spoiler:Oliver, his birthmark doesn't come back until he returns from the Gents, and he starts acting happier and a lot more comfortable with the peril he's in - he no longer objects to being called O-Man, or the other four's advances towards his sister. He also gains uncharacteristically strong drinking stamina from that point and is the only character of the five who never gets drunk. It's pretty obvious he changed in the toilets.]]

*** My guess would be that when a Blank grabs someone's mouth, [[spoiler:they're uploading their consciousness to the Network, where it is then stripped of anything that makes it human and downloaded to a genetically identical body. It's the same mind, it's just altered - if that weren't the case, the Network's offer of being made physically perfect and "retaining chosen memories" would be meaningless.]] So whether or not they are "turned into" Blanks is a matter of perspective - they are consciously, but their new bodies are completely separate from the originals. [[spoiler:This would also explain why Gary's, Andy's, and Steven's duplicates are kept in storage, as they don't yet have a mind to fill them.]] But to answer the Headscratcher, [[spoiler:the hand-to-mouth action probably forcibly obtains DNA as well as brain information for when more subtle tactics fail or simply aren't necessary.]] As for [[spoiler:Oliver, his birthmark doesn't come back until he returns from the Gents, and he starts acting happier and a lot more comfortable with the peril he's in - he no longer objects to being called O-Man, or the other four's advances towards his sister. He also gains uncharacteristically strong drinking stamina from that point and is the only character of the five who never gets drunk. It's pretty obvious he changed in the toilets.]]
**** As for when the Blanks got [[spoiler:Oliver's DNA in the first place, if you notice that in the first fight in the toilets the Blanks' arms primarily attack everyone's faces. Perhaps Oliver's was the only DNA they properly reclaimed from there, prompting them to use the school disco in order to make Blanks of everyone else.]]

*** My guess would be that when a Blank grabs someone's mouth, [[spoiler:they're uploading their consciousness to the Network, where it is then stripped of anything that makes it human and downloaded to a genetically identical body. It's the same mind, it's just altered - if that weren't the case, the Network's offer of being made physically perfect and "retaining chosen memories" would be meaningless.]] So whether or not they are "turned into" Blanks is a matter of perspective - they are consciously, but their new bodies are completely separate from the originals. [[spoiler:This would also explain why Gary's, Andy's, and Steven's duplicates are kept in storage, as they don't yet have a mind to fill them.]] But to answer the Headscratcher, [[spoiler:the hand-to-mouth action probably forcibly obtains DNA as well as brain information for when more subtle tactics fail or simply aren't necessary.]] As for [[spoiler:Oliver, his birthmark doesn't come back until he returns from the Gents, and he starts acting happier and a lot more comfortable with the peril he's in - he no longer objects to being called O-Man, or the other four's advances towards his sister. He also gains uncharacteristically strong drinking stamina from that point and is the only character of the five who never gets drunk. It's pretty obvious he changed in the toilets.]]

*** My guess would be that when a Blank grabs someone's mouth, [[spoiler:they're uploading their consciousness to the Network, where it is then stripped of anything that makes it human and downloaded to a genetically identical body. It's the same mind, it's just altered - if that weren't the case, the Network's offer of being made physically perfect and "retaining chosen memories" would be meaningless.]] So whether or not they are "turned into" Blanks is a matter of perspective - they are consciously, but their new bodies are completely separate from the originals. [[spoiler:This would also explain why Gary's, Andy's, and Steven's duplicates are kept in storage, as they don't yet have a mind to fill them.]] But to answer the Headscratcher, [[spoiler:the hand-to-mouth action probably forcibly obtains DNA as well for when more subtle tactics fail or simply aren't necessary.]] As for [[spoiler:Oliver, his birthmark doesn't come back until he returns from the Gents, and he starts acting happier and a lot more comfortable with the peril he's in - he no longer objects to being called O-Man, or the other four's advances towards his sister. He also gains uncharacteristically strong drinking stamina from that point and is the only character of the five who never gets drunk. It's pretty obvious he changed in the toilets.]]

*** My guess would be that when a Blank grabs someone's mouth, [[spoiler:they're uploading their consciousness to the Network, where it is then stripped of anything that makes it human and downloaded to a genetically identical body. It's the same mind, it's just altered - if that weren't the case, the Network's offer of being made physically perfect and "retaining chosen memories" would be meaningless.]] So whether or not they are "turned into" Blanks is a matter of perspective - they are consciously, but their new bodies are completely separate from the originals. [[spoiler:This would also explain why Gary's, Andy's, and Steven's duplicates are kept in storage, as they don't yet have a mind to fill them.]] But to answer the Headscratcher, the hand-to-mouth action probably forcibly obtains DNA as well for when more subtle tactics fail or simply aren't necessary.]] As for [[spoiler:Oliver, his birthmark doesn't come back until he returns from the Gents, and he starts acting happier and a lot more comfortable with the peril he's in - he no longer objects to being called O-Man, or the other four's advances towards his sister. He also gains uncharacteristically strong drinking stamina from that point and is the only character of the five who never gets drunk. It's pretty obvious he changed in the toilets.]]

*** My guess would be that when a Blank grabs someone's mouth, [[spoiler:they're uploading their consciousness to the Network, where it is then stripped of anything that makes it human and downloaded to a genetically identical body. It's the same mind, it's just altered - if that weren't the case, the Network's offer of being made physically perfect and "retaining chosen memories" would be meaningless.]] So whether or not they are "turned into" Blanks is a matter of perspective - they are consciously, but their new bodies are completely separate from the originals. As for [[spoiler:Oliver, his birthmark doesn't come back until he returns from the Gents, and he starts acting happier and a lot more comfortable with the peril he's in - he no longer objects to being called O-Man, or the other four's advances towards his sister. He also has uncharacteristically strong drinking stamina and is the only character of the five who never gets drunk. It's pretty obvious he changed in the toilets.]]

** First off, they don't "turn into" Blanks - As evidenced by the scene [[spoiler:in the bunker underneath the World's End]] and [[WeHaveReserves the same Blanks that had been destroyed turning up again]], the Blanks are duplicates. Secondly, at around the fourth pub, [[spoiler:Oliver heads into the Gents on his own - He was replaced when he was away from the rest of the group]].