History WMG / MalcolmIntheMiddle

[[WMG: Malcolms future is basically to become [[HouseOfCards Frank Underwood]] ]]

** Being similar to VideoGame/TheSims, it makes sense. Although the stats you can edit in Virts may differ from Sims (or some are more importantly monitored by the game than others, like the "handsome/beautiful" scale), the stats being all maxed makes it very easy to work against you if not handled with care. A sim with maxed personality stats (from cheating or otherwise), for instance, could be incredibly energetic, outgoing, playful, clean and nice among other things. But then they are also very sensitive to a point crying fits are common, they get very easily anxious and on-edge if things don't happen (according to them) as they ''should'' happen right then and there, they become so playful they take absolutely nothing seriously or become very, ''very'' quick to bore or [[BigEater quick to become hungry]] constantly, they are constantly starving for attention and get so focused on being in the spotlight they can do stupid things from flirt with someone when [[WhatAnIdiot another person they wooed is in the same room]] or forget to put on some clothes while running to work when they previously fell asleep naked, and become so concerned everything ''must'' be clean to a point they curl up in the fetal position if their house becomes anything less than spotless for too long. It doesn't harm one to have flaws, but having too many flaws overwhelms them to a point they become very unstable because they can't handle too many extremes, unlike a more level-headed, evened-out-personality sim. Malcolm maxes everything out for wish fulfillment (like a mary sue), but then forgets having too much of something without some degree of self-control can backfire horribly.

* Any analysis of whether Reese is gay or not needs to take into account the fact that his actor, Justin Berfield, is openly gay. A lot of the subtext could just be his actor's sexuality seeping through, or there could be subtle hints that his actor placed along the way as a joke or something.

* in the episode where he defects from the military, Reese's InnerMonologue says that he [[[PerverseSexualLust dreamy voice]]]''love''[/[[PerverseSexualLust dreamy voice]]]s GreenLantern.

Not in the sense that she was [[Put On A Bus]]. My theory is that after she lied about having sex with Malcom, the news of the false rumor spreads to Julie's attention. Whom may or may not still hold a grudge against Malcolm from that trash incident. Julie at first believes the rumor considering that kids normally do this. But as the clues begin to debunk it as a fluke, she begins to contemplate revenge against both. This goes horribly wrong when Julie fails to attract the attention of Malcolm while accidentally sending Cynthia away. Right now, the very last area investigators searched in was the local dump. To which is a dead end for the rest of the series.

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Laugh if you must at this absurd theory's title, but if you really think about it, nearly everything Lois says, acts, and thinks throughout the entire series is nearly similar to what nearly every African-American motherly character in the entirety of American television history (From ''LifeWithBeula'' an actual early 1950s SitCom starring HattieMcDaniel, to Rochelle of ''Series/EverybodyHatesChris''). She does this so her sons will have a better life and not end up as criminals. However when you really start looking at Lois's behavior and thought process this get a little... wonky.

[[WMG: Lois' obsession with being right stems from her upbringing.]]
We've seen in other episodes (the one with the burnt dress springs to mind first, but many others exist) where she was completely wrong but refused to accept (in some episodes, even when confronted with proof otherwise, such as the one where the cop stops her for blocking another car) that her first assumption was correct. When she was a child, Ida almost definitely tormented her any time Lois spoke back or even contradicted what her mother said. Lois held it back, convinced that she was right, and never intentionally told a lie to keep from ever being wrong. Eventually, this changed to a believe that she was incapable of being wrong, especially when she got married to a guy who always agreed with her and had four kids that she attempted to rule with absolute authority.

[[WMG: Malcolm and possibly Dewey (but he has fewer problems communicating) have [[HollywoodAutism Asperger's syndrome]], and it comes from Lois' side of the family. Reese and Dewey and Jamie have some sort of hyperactivity.]]
May sound like something that just popped into a boring fan's mind, but, even though I can't go into detail (it would be too personal...) I'm speaking from experience...
* Also in the episode where Dewey's friend from the emotionally disturbed class spent the night, Hal said he went and looked for any mistake at all in the dictionary so Reese, Dewey & Jamie might have gotten it from him.
** Actually, Hal filled in all the holes in the letters of the encyclopedia (colouring in the one hole in the P's, the two holes in the B's, etc.) When Dewey asks him how crazy he really is, he tells him he's on his third set of encyclopedias. It kind of gives you some creepy insight into what Hal's really like on the inside...

[[WMG: Malcolm will end up creating ComicBook/TheJoker in Film/TheDarkKnight.]]
Or, rather, ComicBook/TheJoker will come into being out of various aspects of the Wilkerson brothers' psyches. The brothers tried a magick ritual one Halloween night to play the mother of all pranks on Lois and Hal, and, being the short-sighted idiots they were, accidently pissed off some force on the other side that killed them and used their souls to build a monster. Reese's sadism, Malcolm's intelligence, Francis' determination to rebel, and Dewey's artistic tendencies, all rolled into the most evil motherfucker on God's green earth, determined to do what the boys did best: Upset the natural order and create chaos.

[[WMG:Jamie is autistic.]]
We know he takes a long time to start talking, which is a common sign of autism. Furthermore, Lois was over 40 when she had him, and at that age, the probability of a child being autistic is rather high.
* Sometimes, kids just don't want to talk. This troper knew a girl that didn't have autism or anything, but didn't talk until she was seven years old.

In Season 2 of ''Breaking Bad'', Walt pretends to visit his mother, after some convincing from Skylar. Walt is unsure at first, as he has an estranged relationship with his mother. If you watch [=MitM=], it's pretty clear that Malcolm and Lois have an estranged relationship, and perhaps this carried on as Malcolm / Walt entered adulthood. The main 'debunker' is obviously the name. Why would Malcolm change his name? Well, firstly, we never find out Malcolm and his family's surname in [=MitM=], so for all we know it could well be White, which would then only mean he would have to change his first name.

[[WMG: Lois and Francis are the mirror-world counterparts of ''GameOfThrones''[='s=] Cersei and Joffrey.]]

[[WMG: Lois is really a poor Black Woman]]
Laugh if you must at this theory's title but really think about it, nearly everything Lois says, acts, and thinks throughout the entire series is nearly similar to what nearly every African-American motherly character in the entirety of American television history (From Life With Beula an actual early 1950s SitCom starring Hattie [=McDaniel=] to Series/EverybodyHatesChris). She does this so her sons will have a better life and not end up as criminals. However when you really start looking at Lois's behavior and thought process this get a little..wonky.

[[WMG: ''The Virts'' is designed to discourage the creation of Mary Sues.]]

[[WMG: The Malcolm in the Middle and Scrubs worlds are the same one.]]

[[WMG: Malcolm and possibly Dewey (but he has fewer problems communicating) have Asperger's syndrome and it comes from Lois' side of the family. Reese and Dewey and Jamie have some sort of hyperactivity.]]

[[WMG: Malcolm is the alternate universe equivalent of [[Literature/TheCatcherInTheRye Holden Caulfield]]]]

[[WMG: Dewey is Haruhi Suzumiya.]]

[[WMG: Malcolm grows up to become Walt from Breaking Bad]]
Walter White is clearly a genius, both in the subject of science and in many other areas. Malcolm, with an IQ of 165, is too something of a genius. When we meet Walt in the first episode of Breaking Bad, he is a high school chemistry teacher. Malcolm obviously had an interest in chemistry, as we see in a flashback scene where Malcolm causes the house to fill with smoke whilst playing with a chemistry set, as a young child. In season two of Breaking Bad, Walt pretends to visit his mother, after some convincing from Skylar. Walt is unsure at first, as he has an estranged relationship with his mother. If you watch MitM, it's pretty clear that Malcolm and Lois have an estranged relationship, and perhaps this carried on as Malcolm / Walt entered adulthood. The main 'debunker' is obviously the name. Why would Malcolm change his name? Well, firstly, we never find out Malcolm and his family's surname in MitM, so for all we know it could well be White, which would then only mean he would have to change his first name. The only possible explanation I can think of is that this stems from his rebellious behaviour as a child. With grown up Malcolm and Lois no longer speaking, and Malcolm somewhat bitter, he may well have changed his first name as an act of defiance against his mother. Why would Malcolm choose Walt? Well, what's interesting is that in the MitM episode Family Reunion, we are introduced to Hal's family, and his father, whose name happens to be... Walter! So Malcolm renamed himself after his deceased Grandfather. Next, Walt enjoys making his millions from the meth business, and will stop at nothing to carry on his empire. Lois' plans for Malcolm to become president had obviously fallen through, and Malcolm / Walt had ended up in a crappy job with a crappy house, which made him bitter, and gave him the ruthless nature needed to do what he does. Of course there's the issue with the underpants - grown up Malcolm has clearly inherited Hal's love of walking around in his whites. Plus, it's only natural that Malcolm would grow up looking somewhat like Hal.

[[WMG: Lois and Francis are the mirror-world counterparts of Game of Thrones's Cersei and Joffrey.]]

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[[WMG: Malcolm will end up creating SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker in Film/TheDarkKnight.]]

Or, rather, SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker will come into being out of various aspects of the Wilkerson brothers' psyches. The brothers tried a magick ritual one Halloween night to play the mother of all pranks on Lois and Hal, and, being the short-sighted idiots they were, accidently pissed off some force on the other side that killed them and used their souls to build a monster. Reese's sadism, Malcolm's intelligence, Francis' determination to rebel, and Dewey's artistic tendencies, all rolled into the most evil motherfucker on God's green earth, determined to do what the boys did best: Upset the natural order and create chaos.

[[WMG: Francis is mildly schizophrenic.]]
Even early in the series, he generally acts like a pretty decent guy who just happens to be a bit of a slacker, especially when it comes to following orders. Usually when he is acting out, he's got a real "crazy conspiracy theorist hobo character" vibe, which provides distinct contrast when compared to his normal self, considering he was originally the most responsible of all four kids and ''any'' of the people with which he was associated in their hometown and was the OnlySaneMan through a lot of the Alaska episodes. It could fit with the appearance of his actions in the flashbacks to when he was a small child and drove Lois to dumping him with her mom.

[[WMG: Most of Malcolm's family is schizophrenic.]]
See above for Francis. For Dewey and Reese, they openly admitted to each other that they hear voices when nobody is around. Hal hallucinates ''all the time'' - both visual and auditory. Malcolm could go either way - one wonders if the self-narration might be to some entity he's hallucinating - either way he often acts unjustly paranoid. The severity of the symptoms vary (they all confirm to Type I/paranoid schizophrenia, though), but judging from the behavior Hal and Reese have the worst of it, while Malcolm, Dewey, and Francis have more mild symptoms. The latter three seem to have mostly moved into the third phase, while Hal and Reese remain fairly acute.

* He invented the world's first [[SoylentGreen cost-effective]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Suicide booth]]! That's why he's constantly being punished for his intelligence!

Laugh if you must at this theory's title but really think about it, nearly everything Lois says, acts, and thinks throughout the entire series is nearly similar to what nearly every African-American motherly character in the entirety of American television history (From Life With Beula an actual early 1950s SitCom starring Hattie [=McDaniel=] to EverybodyHatesChris). She does this so her sons will have a better life and not end up as criminals. However when you really start looking at Lois's behavior and thought process this get a little..wonky.

[[WMG: Dewey, Jamie, and the new baby will be {{GenerationXerox}}es of their older brothers.]]
Dewey is TheChessmaster ConMan like Francis, Jamie seems to have picked up Reese's bullying habits, and the new kid will be the OnlySaneMan.

[[WMG: After graduating rom Harvard, Malcolm does take the job he was offered before.]]
At that point, Lois will be too preoccupied with the new kid to remember her plan for Malcolm.

***** Okay. Doesn't matter in the end anyways, though. Although I might contribute what I know about this show, regardless of how little, if at all, I've watched it, it doesn't mean I like the show. Actually, the concept of the show (a severely dysfunctional family) is probably something that could be considered a nightmare. Not to imply anything about you guys, though. I only post because, hey, thought I might post some knowledge anyways. It's not really that much different than when kids end up having to go to school despite not liking it one bit to me, really.

[[WMG: Hal was put on trial for being mistaken or framed as [[BreakingBad Heisenberg]].]]