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The majority of the video involves Noodle dancing around and then, just before the end, Murdoc waking up in bed with another man. This could be interpreted as epressed desires--in this case, pedophilia and homosexuality. Then there's the fact that the lyrics could be interpreted as lyrics about masturbation. Finally, at the end of the video, Murdoc wakes up sweaty and frightened, or

Well, for a Start, the majority of the video involves noodle dancing around and then,just before the end when Murdoc wakes up in bed with another man, could be interpreted as Repressed desires, in this case, Pedophilia and Homo Sexuality. Then there's the fact that the lyrics could be interpreted as lyrics about masturbation. Finally, at the end of the video, Murdoc wakes up sweaty and frightened or
confused at whats just happened............

Two bands, separated in time but both spread "artificially" - and they're both named after misspelled simians.

* Murdoc might have given another hint towards it when he once mentioned that at first he thought Russel was making a [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean euphemism]] when told everyone he lived in Ike Turner's basement for awhile. Or Murdoc might just have been trying to be a dick. It's hard to tell.

[[WMG: The Band's name was inspired by the the Monkees]]

3) Unseen and unstoppable forces -- i.e. Damon and Jamie -- would have prevented the plan from coming into fruition, had it crossed their minds at all, for the previous reasons.

He died in one of the two car crashes, and being around Murdoc all that time built up enough occult energy to bring him part of the way back. His brain power never recovered fully. Explains why he can apparently get around perfectly well when he should be blind thanks to his eye injuries - zombies don't need eyes.

He's green, smells bad, steals people's organs ...

All but outright stated, considering his [[ComedicSociopathy sense of humor.]]

* This troper has a theory that [[LegacyofKain Kain]] is Murdoc's grandfather. It would explain a lot, as both have green-ish skin and MagnificentBastard overtones.

[[WMG:2D is a masochist.]]

[[WMG:2D is a masochist]]

If he's telling the truth about hitting puberty at the age of eight, it might run in the family.

Assuming that Murdoc really ''did'' go into Hell to look for Noodle, Beelzebub could have seen a perfect opportunity to collect on Murdoc's promise of his soul. However, he only managed to take a portion of Murdoc's soul before he escaped. A lot of the fanbase seems to agree that Murdoc has become a lot more [[CompleteMonster heartless and unhinged]] between Phases 2 and 3, and losing part of his soul may explain some of this. This may also explain why the Boogieman is after him: to collect the portion of Murdoc's soul that's left.

[[WMG:Murdoc is literally soulless -- or, at least partly.]]
Assuming that Murdoc really ''did'' go into Hell to look for Noodle, Beelzebub could have seen a perfect opportunity to collect on Murdoc's promise of his soul. However, he only managed to take a portion of Murdoc's soul before he escaped. A lot of the fanbase seems to agree that Murdoc has become a lot more [[CompleteMonster heartless]] and unhinged between Phases 2 and 3, and losing part of his soul may explain some of this. This may also explain why the Boogieman is after him: to collect the portion of Murdoc's soul that's left.

* TOTALLY!!!!!! You know why the movie AlphaAndOmega has gotten bad reviews? Murdoc purposely somehow sabotaged the movie's success so it would get bad reviews!!!!!! Hell, he probably disguised himself as all of the critics and wrote bad reviews. Once he was done killing Mr. Hopper, he threatened the movie makers to dedicate the movie to him in utter disrespect! Like my friend said: "If they dedicated this movie to him, he must be rolling in his grave!"

** TOTALLY!!!!!! You know why the movie AlphaAndOmega has gotten bad reviews? Murdoc purposely somehow sabotaged the movie's success so it would get bad reviews!!!!!! Hell, he probably disguised himself as all of the critics and wrote bad reviews. Once he was done killing Mr. Hopper, he threatened the movie makers to dedicate the movie to him in utter disrespect! Like my friend said: "If they dedicated this movie to him, he must be rolling in his grave!"

It's probably {{Too Soon}}, but I think it's certainly plausible.

Her old memories are erased while the phrase is spoken and new ones start being made as it ends, and her very first new memory ends up being the last word in the phrase. Which is why it was the only English word she knew when she first arrived at Kong, and why it would stick out in her mind when she was deciding how to greet the new people around her.

During Murdoc's attempted ram-raid of the store 2-D worked at, he suffered a severe head injury. Said injury didn't get any better and he lost touch with much of reality. He still had the idea of a band in his mind, but 2-D, Russel and Noodle only joined in his imagination, fueled by random bits of information that managed to stick. Everything that Gorillaz achieved is only a daydream he will never leave.

It makes sense if you think about it - yes, Cyborg!Noodle ''looks'' like Real!Noodle, but her ''personality''? Let's see here - violent, gun-happy, and a tendency to be as creepy as possible? Yep, sounds a lot like Jimmy to me. Both Noodle and Jimmy were in the lighthouse at one point; if Murdoc got it from in there, there's a pretty equal probability that it was Jimmy's rather than Noodle's.

Has already been suggested by at least one fanfic (see [[FanFicRecs/{{Gorillaz}} the fic recs]]). Debateable whether it's from his mother's or father's side, but since we know very little about his mother, it could go some way towards explaining where he came from. Also, normal people, even within the cartoon canon, tend not to have green skin.

** And Murdoc is infamously an UnreliableNarrator.
*** Even taking that into account, he may not necessarily ''know.'' He probably does have enough contacts in both the living world and the underworld that he could find out about his parentage, but he may simply not care enough to bother. If he does know, he's likely not telling.
* Not to mention the fact that he's been practically living on rum for several months and is still alive. ("[[{{DMFA}} You mean it's NOT full of vitamins and nutrients?]]") Okay, presumably he's been eating food as well, but [[ImmuneToDrugs most people would be dead of alcohol poisoning by now]].

Think about it...he's not just stupid, he's not used to earth ways. The blue hair explains a bit. The falling out of a tree story could only be a cover story.
* His eyes could just have been for disguise, thus explaining why he can apparently function perfectly well without them.
** He still has eyeballs, they just both have eight-ball fractures (effectively a permanent bruise on the eyeball). Logically he probably should be blind, though.

The designs for both are strikingly similar. Beyond that SMS seems to be a general corrupting force fueled by greed like the Strange Folk from Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head

Murdoc thought that the Cyborg started talking on her own because "maybe there’s some kind of organic, ‘psychic’ link between the two." At the same time, Real Noodle seems a lot more angry and quick to use violence than she used to be (though admittedly it's understandable in the situation, and who knows how often pirates have gone after her since El Manana to wear down her patience). So, the connection could be effecting both of them; the Cyborg's developing a few more human traits while Noodle's being hit by Robo!Noodle's lack of empathy and pirate-killing bodyguard programming.