Line #208 WMG/Doug


1	[[WMG: Doug Funnie is an UnreliableNarrator]]
2	A few things are fact, mainly the important events establishing the point of the series (moving to Bluffington; making friends with Skeeter; being frienemies with Roger; being a StalkerWithACrush in the making with Patti; getting into the music of The Beets, etc). Many of the things are skewed variations of what really happened (the bag a nematoad resolution, how Judy learned to parallel park, the cousin Melvin fiasco) while some things are wishful fantasies written in his journal. (There is no way he'd be hanging out The Beets at the Honker Burger or basketball star Sky Davis asking for Doug's autograph; not to mention everything Porkchop does.)
3	* This would help explain some of the more bizarre solutions to his problems. Rather than admit that things went badly, he instead comes up with strange coincidences that save the day. It would also explain why Roger's behavior fluctuates between episodes. He probably was a jerk to some degree, but Doug liked to blow it out of proportion.
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5	[[WMG: Doug has a SpiritualSuccessor in {{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}]]
6	Not a reincarnation necessarily, but they have a lot more similarities than their respective protagonists being voiced by Creator/BillyWest (though there's that, too).
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8	* A BookDumb guy, hopelessly average in everything he does, is implanted into a new environment completely different than the one he's used to (Doug, Fry).
9	* The name Yancy is a prominent family name (Doug's middle name, Fry's brother's first name)
10	* He lives with his best friend, a bluish-gray non-human who nonetheless leads a full social life and gets treated almost like a full human (Porkchop, Bender).
11	* He has a superhero identity (Quailman, Captain Yesterday).
12	* He develops a crush on the first girl he sees, a girl who outclasses him in everything, but especially athletics. (Patti, Leela).
13	* The girl's best friend is the daughter of the world's most [[Fiction500 prominent multimillionaire]], but herself is SpoiledSweet and friends with most of the cast (Beebe, Amy Wong).
14	* Arrogant, smug rival after the love interest of the everyman. (Guy Graham, Zap Brannigan)
15	* An older mentor character, who's also pretty loaded, and has a high-tech gadget for any occasion (Mr. Dink, Professor Farnsworth).
16	* [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg What About Zoidberg?]]
17	** Maybe it's Doug's friend Bobby from the Disney series.
18	*** Bobby Bodingo has more in common with Fry's girlfriend from the 20th Century, mainly due to the whole being from their past and annoying their social circle. Plus, Bobby Bodingo was only in one episode of Doug, where as Zoidberg is more of a butt monkey that is a regular in Futurama.
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20	[[WMG: Patti and Chalky will end up dating]]
21	Ever notice how similar they are?
22	Two people who are athletic, popular, smart, nice, etc. Eventually they'll see how much they have in common with each other. Assuming neither of them gets [[CharacterDerailment derailed]] in the future, they would be happy together.
23	* They would seem more like just friends or perhaps friends with benefits. Or maybe Patti pits Chalky and Guy (the potential suitor who filled almost the same role as Chalky in the Disney episodes) in a battle of one-upping each other for her affection. This is assuming that the WMG of Chalky being attracted to Doug below is wrong and that Patti isn't into girls herself.
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25	[[WMG: Patti is a lesbian.]]
26	Short hair, check. Hatred of typically girly things, check. Not caring and/or even getting annoyed with the advances of Doug, Roger, Chalky, and/or Guy, check. More butch than pretty much the rest of Bluffington, check. All that was missing in there was her father stumbling onto his daughter looking at girl on girl porn, and that could've happened at any time after the Disney show ended.
27	* Not likely, since there were hints that she might reciprocate Doug's feelings for her, once Creator/{{Disney}} took over the series.
28	** She was open to the idea of going on a date with Doug but could be closeted. Plenty of people go on dates with the other sex while closeted.
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30	[[WMG: Roger Klotz is gay and has a crush on Doug.]]
31	Roger picks on Doug and takes interest in him to the point where it's creepy. He makes many [[DoubleEntendre double entendres]] and has his fair share of HoYay moments. He puts on a tough guy facade so people won't make fun of him or figure out his secret.
32	* Considering that he's developed crushes on girls, he's more likely to be a DepravedBisexual.
33	* Perhaps Doug was the ClosetKey for Roger to realize he can have feelings for guys too. It would explain all the {{Tsundere}} PetTheDog moments Roger tends to have whenever he and Doug are by themselves. Depending on how you view Doug's other romantic options, him ending up with Roger could probably be one of the healthiest options for him in the long run.
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35	[[WMG: Chalky Studebaker is gay and has a crush on Doug.]]
36	Chalky Studebaker wears a pink and purple letter jacket and in the mess that is his planner (in the episode he cheats on a test) that he is keeping track of tasks, one of the tasks on there was inspect bathroom. Factor this in with the fact that someone who is smarter than Doug having the same test answers as him, and the reason why he had the same answers as Doug on that test become obvious, he's infatuated with the green vest wearing everyman. A way to compare it better is to look at Doug's fantasies and how Patty would always cheer Doug on and observe the reality in each episode and the cheering would always come from Chalky. Doug has an admirer in Chalky the same way he's an admirer of Patty. Doug being oblivious and delusional doesn't pick up on this at all.
37	* It WOULD be nice if Fanfiction.net writers could write a slash fic along these lines. It's getting pretty tiresome reading through the 100 billionth Doug/Roger story.
38	** PREACH. I always thought Doug and Chalky would be the better slash pairing. The jock and the dork? Plus, they seem like they'd be a compatible gay couple. I don't understand the Doug/Roger fascination. It would be like shipping Kyle and Cartman from South Park.
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40	[[WMG: Fentruck really did have a crush on Patti]]
41	He just used the excuse of writing a letter for his sister when Doug realized what was going on and blurted out his crush on Patti to Fentruck. Unlike Doug, Fentruck actually has some social skills and the ability to tell people what they want to hear. After Doug wrote the letter, Fentruck made the adjustments to it and wrote a love letter to Patti. Needless to say, after all of that it didn't work and Fentruck was rejected by Patti.
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43	[[WMG: Doug's neighbor Bud Dink is a pedophile.]]
44	For someone who isn't a relative, parent's friend, or teacher, Mr. Dink takes quite an interest in Doug. He doesn't seem to have any adult friends, and in the first episode of the Nickelodeon series he is seen hiding in the bushes with a video camera. He doesn't have any kids of his own, he's the boyscout master, and his name is slang for penis.
45	* Bluffington must be a haven for sexual predators because Mr. Shalackey (the creepy guidance councilor with the "Hug Me" shirt) gives off these vibes even more than Mr. Dink does. Somebody should let [[{{Series/Dateline}} Chris Hansen]] know about this.
46	** I could've sworn that Flounder (The Beets Guitarist) was dating Judy at some point in the Disney series, which puts a member of Doug's favorite band on the registered sex offenders list due to Judy being underage.
47	*** The less said about the strange men hiding behind the bushes and trees outside of Chalky's house the better.
48	* Alternatively, while he's not a pedophile, [[AccidentalPervert he's also so incredibly clueless]] that he opens himself up to being in [[NotWhatItLooksLike inappropriate looking situations with kids]] like in the episode ''Doug on the Trail'' where due to a streak of sheer bad luck, he ends up buck naked aside from some well placed foliage, alone in the forest with his scout troop.
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50	[[WMG: Mr. and Mrs. Dink are unable to have children, And Mr. Dink sublimates his desire for fatherhood into his relationship with Doug.]]
51	You will note Mrs. Dink often steps in when Bud tries to show off his latest purchase to Doug, she knows this isn't healthy and tries to keep them apart yet at the same time realizes that doing so will hurt her husband. Her air of disinterest is due to their mutual disappointment in being unable to conceive. Also, "DINK" is an acronym for "Dual Income, No Kids"; notice how every episode Bud has a new item that is "very expensive".
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53	[[WMG: Mr. Dink is a [[Series/DoctorWho Time Lord]]]]
54	And his Tardis is [[MemeticMutation the grill that Doug and Skeeter broke]]. Luckily for them, breaking the grill top was merely the equivalent of breaking a window on the door and Mr. Dink could merely press a button to fix it. He did force them to grill for him as punishment because that's what adults do when neighborhood children accidentally break stuff, regardless of whether they're a Doctor or not.
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56	[[WMG: Skeeter has HollywoodTourettes.]]
57	His goofy noises are an undiagnosed case of Tourrettes.
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59	[[WMG: In the Doug Universe, blue people are African American.]]
60	Skeeter is Doug's TokenBlackFriend. In a couple other episodes, we see blue people who are basketball stars and people with hairstyles from early 1990s hip hop.
61	* I thought that Sky Davis (the Basketball Star) had purple skin, like all of the other people with money to spend.
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63	[[WMG: Mr. Bone really does wear pink underwear.]]
64	He likes wearing pink underwear because he feels that RealMenWearPink Underwear. He also feels that it's nobody's business but his own what type of undies he wears under his trousers so obviously when a bunch of bratty kids are using this for humor and undermining his authority, he's got every damn right to be pissed. This gets even worse when receiving a gift of pink boxers during the school news program where everyone in the whole school is going to see.
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66	[[WMG: Skeeter is the nephew of Michael Winslow from ''Film/PoliceAcademy''.]]
67	Both are African American and experts at making sound effects with their mouths.
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69	[[WMG: Al and Moo are related to Mr. Dink somehow.]]
70	They have similar skin tones, they are interested in gadgets (Mr. Dink buys them, Al and Moo make them), and their leitmotifs have similar notes in some respects.
71	* Al and Moo Sleetch have a light green skin color (similar to Connie Binge), Mr. Dink had purple skin (similar to the Bluffs). Now that doesn't mean they can't have a distant ancestor from the "Settling Betwixed Two Forketh Trees" days.
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73	[[WMG: Doug's friend from the Disney Series, Bobby, has Asperger's Syndrome.]]
74	The kid lacks social skills, is immature for a twelve year old, and is fixated on comic books.
75	* Strangely, if you add the unrequited crush, this pretty much describes Doug Funnie.
76	** Or they both could have [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Assburger's]].
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78	[[WMG: Doug himself has Asperger's Syndrome or some other form of autism.]]
79	See above. Social awkwardness, anxiety, a tendency to zone out and get lost in his own thoughts, yet a great creative thinker who excells at writing and drawing cartoons... it makes sense. Besides, Creator/BillyWest, his voice actor in the Nickelodon series, is on the autism spectrum in real life.
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81	[[WMG: Doug at one point lived in [[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} Elwood City]] prior to living in Bluffington]]
82	He was stated as being friends at one point with Arthur and Buster by Judy reminding him of this (while stating that Doug had reservations about moving). Yes, it was stated that the Funnies moved from Bloatsburg to Bluffington, but that doesn't rule out the possibility that they've moved more than once. Plus moving from one town to another every few years would be a good explanation for why Doug hates change.
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84	[[WMG: Patti Mayonaise's eating disorder was a long time coming and didn't get resolved in the end of that VerySpecialEpisode]]
85	Patti has the tragic backstory of her mom's death and her father's near death and resulting disability. Factor on top of that her perfectionist tendencies (the episode with Doug's winning streak shows how much of a wreck Patti was when she wasn't the best at everything) and it was a ticking time bomb that was waiting to happen. Also, the issue was going on a lot longer than anyone realized. The episode itself is merely Doug's retelling of what he found out about her. It doesn't show the long hard road to recovery that Patti goes through on the show because everything is told from Doug's point of view.
86	* Another disturbing element about this is how she learned how to have her eating disorder, she and her friend [[MeaningfulName Connie Benge (which sounds like "binge")]] go on a diet. Connie, being the one sent off to fat camp between the Nick and Disney series to lose weight, taught Patti how to starve herself and possibly the binge and purge elements of bulimia too.
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88	[[WMG: Boomer Bledsoe started smoking between the Nick series and the Disney series.]]
89	It would be an in-universe explanation of why he went from sounding like a kid in 6th grade (the Nick series) to sounding like a miserable 75 year old man in the 7th grade (the Disney series) in spite of the fact that the character had the same voice actor throughout both shows. It would also explain why there wasn't an episode based on him in the Disney series like there were for Roger Klotz's other two tag-alongs (Ned's house burning down and Willy getting Ms. Krystal fired), even though it would've been better than yet another episode that veered off into a Quailman fantasy.
90	* Even a Quailman fantasy could've been used for this story. A villain that looked like Boomer could've been forcing people to turn into smokers like him. He's made Roger into a villain in a Quailman fantasy for less (The time Roger coordinated a surprise party for Doug).
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92	[[WMG: Skunky Beaumont is on some sort of mind altering drugs by the time he's permitted to go to middle school]]
93	He pleaded insanity when that yodeling trophy was placed in his locker, forcing him to spend all day with that creepy guidance counselor. When he talks to Doug from off screen, he sounded like a nerd. Cue his appearance in the Disney show where he sounds like a stoner. Either he is smoking weed to calm him after that insanity plea's major backfire or he's on some mind altering drugs of sorts that changed the way he talks; whether it's LSD or actual experimental prescription drugs not yet tested by the FDA. The webbed toes he has may suggest the experimental drugs.
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95	[[WMG: Chalky Studebaker grows up to be ComicBook/TheCreeper]]
96	Both are athletic yellow-skinned green haired people with goofy smiles. All it would take for Chalky to go over the edge into that sort of CreepyGood insanity is being tossed into a vat of chemicals while being doused with laughing gas by another lunatic with green hair. Plus it explains why he isn't incorporated as a hero/villain/anti-hero/anti-villain in any of Doug's Quailman stories, because he is one in real life (also explains why he doesn't have time for studying for tests.)
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98	[[WMG: Doug Funnie eventually grows up to be Edward Norton's character in ''Film/FightClub''.]]
99	Given that he is socially awkward and tries to conform so he can impress Patti, that failure could result in quite the dark path to Douglas Yancey Funnie. Throw in some of the more odd aspects of how he sees the world (Technicolor people and an anthropomorphic dog that walks on two legs are hardly a normal world view) will set himself up for a crushing soul sucking reality as he gets older. Since he is quite the over imaginitve and high strung individual, creating an alter ego that is cool and cerebral (not unlike how he perceives Quailman to be although better dressed than wearing a towel as a cape) to deal with his terrible life is yet another form of escapism is not too much of a stretch.
100	* There are plenty of signs that can suggest that that Doug Funnie is [[http://dougfunniesjournal.tumblr.com/ crazy]]
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102	[[WMG: Skeeter's dad is showing early signs of Alzheimer's.]]
103	He always forgets what he's going to say until someone reminds him, and even forgets his own name. This could be why he has a short temper.
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105	[[WMG: Ned Coffee, one of Roger's goons is a cousin of Doug's.]]
106	This explains why he doesn't harass Doug like Roger does. He's the only other character in the show who's Caucasian flesh colored. There was the episode where he stays with Doug and it's not mentioned, but he could be a distant cousin on the other side of Doug's dad.
107	* It seems more likely that the Coffees moved to Bluffington much like Doug's family did, which would explain why Ned's skin color isn't the technicolor that most people born in Bluffington have.
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109	[[WMG: The show takes place in the mid to late 1990s.]]
110	The first show was released in 1991 and shows technology and fashions of the time, but isn't a total UnintentionalPeriodPiece. In Disney's Doug it is stated to take place around 1996 and they have the internet. The first series could take place around 1994, 1995.
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112	[[WMG: Mrs. Dink had a miscarriage.]]
113	This explains why Mr. Dink sees Doug as the son he never had and why Mrs. Dink is deadpan and indifferent to the world.
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115	[[WMG: Bluffington has the most polluted water supply in North America]]
116	This would definitely explain why most of the citizens have skin colors of Blue, Green, Purple, and Orange. The "Lucky Duck Monster" stories and the movie that reveals it exists pretty much makes this canon thanks to the Bluff Corporation dumping toxic waste into Lucky Duck Lake.
117	* Possibly jossed. Fentruck the Yakastonian exchange student is green. In another episode we see a man who moved from Bloatsburg and he's blue, as well as every movie star and actor.
118	** Yakastonia sounds like a name for a former part of the Soviet Union and for all we know could border Ukraine near Chernobyl (in universe). As for the man from Bloatsburg, he could've been born in Bluffington and moved to Bloatsburg when he was 11. As for the celebrities; they are known for having unhealthy life styles. Perhaps side effects for Yakastonisian Opium mixed into their drugs.
119	* The "Nematoad" could also be a product of the Bluff Corporation polluting Bluffington. The fact that it is considered mythical like bigfoot even though the Lucky Duck Monster is real proves two things; one the Bluff Corporation has been getting away with this for a very long time and two they have been able to manipulate the local government with this.
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121	[[WMG: WesternAnimation/TheOblongs takes place in a suburb of Bluffington (or vice versa)]]
122	The Oblongs focused on showing a family that lived in an area filled to the brim with pollution where many of the citizens had genetic deformities. Bluffington has quite the case regarding pollution in the theory above. Having the city the Oblongs live in be a suburd of Bluffington or Bluffington be a suburb of where the Oblongs lived conveniently ties together two shows where everyone lives in a polluted shithole made that way by the [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Morally Bankrupt and Corrupt One Percent]].
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124	[[WMG: Bluffington has had some ineffective mayors in their recent history]]
125	We all know that Robert "Bob" White is an UpperClassTwit who is incompetent when running the city (case and point the way he fled instead of handling the crisis on "Student Government Day" and the 'Beautify Bluffington" campaign that created a larger mess). We also know that there are pictures of Mayor White's ancestors in the halls of city hall suggesting that there have been multiple Whites running Bluffington into the ground. Now knowing this, Bluffington will likely resemble [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartII Alternate 1985 Hill Valley]] with the crime level of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Gotham]] [[WretchedHive City]] within a month of Willy White being a mayor.
126	* Not to say that Tippy Dink is the best mayor in Bluffington history (though it does seem that way compared to her incompetent predecessor). She seems ineffective as a mayor also. How much of this is on her vs. how much (a lot) is on her predecessor is left to the imagination. At the very least, her leniency of the Bluff Corporation's pollution is alarming.
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128	[[WMG: Doug is related to J.D. from Scrubs]]
129	Both are unathletic daydreamers who have black best friends and develop lasting crushes on blonde female friends. Both also act out their fantasies from time to time oblivious to what is really happening in the world. It's possible that Doug's mom and JD's mom or dad come from the same family making them cousins. Imagine the hell that is a family reunion involving the both of them, especially if the meal being served is lasagna.
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131	[[WMG: Doug's Crush on Patti won't end well]]
132	Doug's social awkwardness combined with the fact that Patti doesn't seem to have the same feelings towards Doug that he has towards her means that Doug will likely be relegated to the [[http://xkcd.com/513/ friend zone]] at best and at worst it could turn into a case of LoveMakesYouEvil via [[RapeIsASpecialKindOFEvil rape]] as illustrated [[http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/153274/ here]].
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134	[[WMG: Patti Knows about Doug's [[StalkerWithACrush Crush]] and changes her name as an attempt to flee from Doug.]]
135	The name she uses is [[Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack Yoga Jones]]. Unfortunately, this doesn't sway Doug away so she ends up killing him.
136	* It could be that Patti is trying to avoid all of the males that have shown an infatuation with her due to the fact that [[AllMenArePerverts EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM]] are stalking her. As a result she murders all of them (Doug, Chalky, Roger, Guy, Fentruck).
137	** In other words a darker version of Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary with the ending of ''Film/{{Heathers}}'' is how Patti ends up in the slammer.
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139	[[WMG: Doug takes place in the same universe as WesternAnimation/PepperAnn]]
140	The two premises are similar, geeky middle schoolers who want to be cool and accepted. The animation styles and character designs are somewhat similar, but going by the theory that Bluffington is polluted, that's why everyone on WesternAnimation/PepperAnn is normal looking.
141	* Additionally; other Creator/OneSaturdayMorning shows such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TheWeekenders'', and ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'' are all part of this universe.
142	* ''WesternAnimation/HouseofMouse'' is the nexus point, along with Lilo and stitch that links all the Disney series together.
143	* Then what about ''WesternAnimation/PBAndJOtter'' and the Cartoon Pizza shows?
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145	[[WMG: Doug and Pepper Ann are married]]
146	Both want desperately to be cool and accepted, are socially awkward, have crushes on popular blonds who may or may not reciprocate, are prone to severe anxiety over minor problems, and have extremely elaborate fantasy sequences. On some level, they are the only two people who could tolerate someone like them for that long. (They may or may not have met in the waiting room for therapy) (Also, they may or may not still be lusting after Patti and Craig respectively)
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148	[[WMG: Doug is the center of a major universe of cartoons]]
149	Playing a little more with the theory above featuring the Creator/OneSaturdayMorning shows being in the same universe, since Doug is also a Nicktoon, it effectively places the Nicktoons and the One Saturday Morning shows in the same universe (assuming that the Nicktoons are all one universe) which as a result makes WesternAnimation/PepperAnn and WesternAnimation/HeyArnold in the same universe.
150	* Taking this theory further, WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow (and to an extent WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants) was shown on both Nickelodeon and MTV, effectively connecting the MTV Animated Shows in this universe, which means that ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' is in the same CrapsackWorld as WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead.
151	** Playing a little more with this, a character from the short lived MTV show ''WesternAnimation/{{Downtown}}'' named Goat was also in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'' (as a background character at a Dethklok concert). Now playing with the theory of the MTV universe being part of the same universe as Nicktoons, this character appearing on both shows links Creator/AdultSwim shows (and Cartoon Network shows in general) into the same universe; which means that now ''WesternAnimation/SuperJail'' and WesternAnimation/MoralOrel belong in this universe and since WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy appears on Creator/AdultSwim and Fox; and Futurama has appeared on Fox, Creator/AdultSwim, and Creator/ComedyCentral; those shows link WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons and WesternAnimation/SouthPark respectively into this universe.
152	*** ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'' also get to the same place due to being an animated show by ''Crator/MikeJudge''.
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154	[[WMG: Why The Honker Burger Closed Down]]
155	I think the reason why The Honker Burger closed down is because its customer base was made up almost exclusively of middle school kids, so almost no adults or younger children wanted to go. I wouldn't be surprised if Swirley's suffered the same fate at the end of the Disney series.
156	* Considering the way Mr. Swirley runs his Ice Cream Factory and his factory that makes Bluff Scout Booster Bars, I'd be surprised if his restaurant passes a health inspection without massive amounts of bribery (and a morally bankrupt health inspector).
157	* Wasn't the Honker Burger bought up by the former trailer park owner once he got paid money from Mr. Bluff so he can build a new school shaped like his daughter's head.
158	** It was bought and turned into a French restaurant.
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160	[[WMG: Patti's dad was paralyzed when her mom died.]]
161	Her mom died in a car accident and he was in the car. He lost the use of his legs in the accident.
162	* I believe this is canon and was touched upon in the episode where Patti's dad starts dating Ms. Crystal.
163	** They don't directly state it in the episode, but the fact that Patti has a picture of both her parents and her from that day in her music box hints that it was the last time Patti saw her. Plus it starts raining in the flashback, possibly implying that the car crash was due to the rain.
164	** An online "interview" with Patti during the Disney series' run [[WordOfGod confirmed]] that her dad did become paralyzed in the same car crash that killed her mom.
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166	[[WMG: Guy Graham is a womanizer and was Typhoid Mary to the Bluffington Mono epidemic]]
167	Guy is smart, rich, and can get almost any girl he desires (making him the perfect foil for Doug). In addition to that, he is quite the charmer which helps with getting younger girls. The fact that as a middle schooler he contracted Mono (the kissing disease) and gave it to Patti while "rehearsing" for that ludacris play Skeeter came up with says that he was playing the field even then (the other option that Patti was the village bicycle makes Doug even more pathetic). Now imagine what other girls Guy could've been with while doing this:
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169	* Beebe Bluff - Both come from rich families and Mr. Bluff is a mentor of sorts to Guy, giving him plenty of time around Beebe for fooling around.
170	* Connie Binge - Doesn't appear in many Disney's Doug episodes aside from ones that either involve Patti's girl posse or ones involving music, giving plenty of time to hook up with Guy.
171	* Sally - Plenty of nights in Newspapers together, though this one seems less likely since Sally was around in the episode where Guy and Patti get Mono and yet she doesn't get sick as well.
172	* Cassandra Bleem - Popular girl in the same grade as Guy, plus it gives a reason for her to hate Patti in that episode where Doug tries to impress her.
173	* Muffy Silverson (and by extension the rest of the Junior Daughters club) - Like Beebe, also rich. Plus, that country club lifestyle could include some mingling with Guy (since Guy is rich and is friends with Mr. Bluff).
174	* [[HotForTeacher Elaine Perigrew]] - Unlikely but could happen, after all she didn't appear much towards the end of the Disney series.
175	* Loretta Laqigley - Rich and has a tendency to stretch the truth. Might have given Guy Mono in the first place.
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177	And that doesn't even factor in background characters in the school like the girl that was in Al Sleetch's group of new friends or the girl in that Beets shirt.
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179	[[WMG: Cassandra Bleem isn't the Vile Self-Centered Bitch she was made out to be]]
180	There is more to her than what was seen in the episode Doug's Older Woman I.E., from [[TheRashomon Doug's point of view]]. This theory does rely heavily on the theory above that Doug is an UnreliableNarrator. About the only things in that episode that were correct was that she was around Doug for a time, she invited him to a party, and she is older than Doug. The rest of it can be questioned including:
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182	* Cassandra laughing and insisting that Doug was funny: Perhaps she was laughing at Doug in a consistent rate because Doug was having fantasies and re-enacting them every time he was around her. After all, he does have a history of doing this, [[FridgeHorror IN TRAFFIC NO LESS]]. This does put [[TheCassandra Cass]][[MeaningfulName andra]] in a new light that she can see how Doug really is and oddly enough was okay with it until...
183	* The Party itself: There were quite a bit of Geeks and Nerds at this party and there could be some reasons why that is the case. Maybe some of them were there for the sound system (there were some A/V kids there). Maybe Cassandra and her friends think NerdsAreSexy and/or merely GiveGeeksAChance. Maybe Mrs. Bleem had forbid her daughter from inviting the [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Bad Boys]] and [[JerkJock Jocks]] to said party. Maybe there was a combination of some of these things. Either way, Doug was oblivious to anything wrong until...
184	* The subject of Patti came up: Cassandra seemed to hate Patti Mayonaise when the subject of Patti came up (whether Patti was at the same park and within distance for this to come up is questionable). This set off Doug to call out Cassandra before he left. What it doesn't take into account is why she could possibly hate Patti. Perhaps she was Guy Graham's girlfriend before he dumped her for a shot at Patti. Perhaps she is to Patti like Roger is to Doug or vice versa. Either way, it wasn't touched up on because Doug has an quite the [[StalkerWithACrush odd]] relationship with Patti and as a result anyone that dislikes Patti (or Patti dislikes) is in his eyes pure evil (The episode with the Junior Daughters Club is proof of this example). What Doug seems to gloss over is the fact that...
185	* Doug and his friends tried using Doug's brief time around Cassandra as their ticket to popularity: If Cassandra is as bad as she appears from Doug's vantage point after the fact then Doug doesn't understand the meaning of hypocrite. He used Cassandra being interested in him for all that he could until he realized that he hated her. The fact is that Cassandra should've called out Doug for this, however she didn't. This may lead to the idea that Cassandra is actually a lot nicer than given credit or was completely shattered by Doug calling her out.
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187	In the end, Cassandra was the only girl in his relative age group besides Patti that Doug really showed any interest in and unless he only liked her for vain superficial reasons (He only likes blondes or he was using her for her status and nothing more) or is attracted to horrific bitches (which gives a different interpretation of Patti), she couldn't have been as bad as she was made out to be.
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189	[[WMG: Dirtbike Funnie is going to have a rough life ahead of her]]
190	Despite the fact that her first name is Cleopatra (which can be shortened to Cleo), everyone refers to her by her middle name of [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Dirtbike]] (a name that in universe was off of Doug's Christmas list). Sure it may seem [[IncrediblyLamePun Funny]] and perhaps cute to an extent to be calling a baby girl Dirtbike but once she enters grade school all of the other children will pick on her mercilessly. Not to mention what'll happen when she is in high school; which if Doug took place in the mid to late 90's, than Dirtbike will be a teenager right around the time that cyber-bullying via text and facebook started getting national attention (cue crude jokes about her being the "Village Dirtbike"). One would be surprised if Dirtbike didn't turn to drugs or outright suicide to end the life of torment all because her idiot parents mistook her brother's Christmas list in 1996 as a names list and chose the name "Dirtbike" because of her older sister's sarcastic comment about it being an excellent girl's name.
191	* Or, due to the sheer Irony she'll be the most popular, well adjusted girl at her school, because hipsterism, and just a guess here she'll turn into a total hard-ass butch girl who no one will mess with, fixin up Dirtbikes and become a reality tv show star. both are very possible.
192	** Based on the description of Dirtbike being well adjusted, popular, and good at most things, it seems like she grows up to be just like Patti Mayonaise (only without baggage of losing her mom, nearly losing her dad, etc...). This could possibly lead to some [[BrotherSisterIncest squicky]] problems with her older brother down the road.
193	** Considering that Judy has some violent mood swings and issues to the point of having to go to a special school and Doug is already established to be [[http://dougfunniesjournal.tumblr.com/ crazy]], it seems like there is something wrong with the collective genes of Mr. and Mrs. Funnie, or their parenting methods at least are to blame. Either way, their first two kids are messed up and their [[EmbarrassingMiddleName embarrassing middle names]] aren't the names they go by. The cards are stacked against Dirtbike becoming a MarySue though stranger things have happened (especially in Doug's mind).
194
195	[[WMG: Skeeter Has A Borderline-Abusive Father]]
196	His father is angry all the time, he wasn't even aware of his own intelligence until earning a perfect score on that intelligence test, he often downplays his own book smarts despite being revealed to be an excellent student in the Disney version. And, on top of all this, he seems bent on never actually "growing up." Me thinks this guy has some major unresolved daddy issues!
197	* Borderline nothing, Skeeter is suffering from psychological abuse. They named their kid [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Mosquito]] and then lied to him constantly by claiming it was a family name until he believed said lie.
198
199	[[WMG: Mr. Dink's inventions are created by [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Stu Pickles]]]]
200
201	[[WMG: The Lucky Duck Monster was really a mutated "Nematoad"]]
202	It originally was a smaller size (more like the size of a dog if that) but in the case of the Lucky Duck Monster, a trip from Stinson's Pond to Lucky Duck Lake messed with it's size to the point that it was a cross between Swamp Thing, a Velocirpator, and the Toxic Avenger.
203
204	[[WMG: Judy went to a School for Troubled Teens]]
205	Judy has quite the high strung personality and a flair for the overdramatic. It could be that she has some deep emotional problems (which could be one of the reasons the family kept moving). If going by the episode where Doug tries to sabotage their float, that school has nothing remotely similar to a regular school. Perhaps this give a glimpse of where Doug will be going to High School in if he continues to act out his fantasies in the middle of class.
206	* Hell, the name of the school is [[MeaningfulName The Moody School]]!
207
208	[[WMG: Theda Funnie is the daughter of a Hoarder]]
209	Theda Funnie is way too obsessed with trash and recycling in that episode where Doug tried making that horrible monster movie, more so than any normal person would've been. Perhaps the reason why is because she grew up with a hoarder for a mother; this mother being Grandma Opal. The episode where Grandma Opal spends the day with Doug (and gives everyone in the family crappy gifts that they pretend to like) may be a common example of the family dealing with her issues with hoarding (not to mention that she rarely appears in their lives). This makes one think that maybe Doug is estranged from his maternal grandmother due to Theda's trauma growing up with a hoarder for a mom, the zealous attitude towards trash being an outlet for said trauma that has been accumulating since childhood.
210
211	[[WMG: Doug Funnie Really does have a cousin Melvin]]
212	Melvin is the son of one of Theda's bald brothers so Melvin does look a lot like Judy's disguise (aside from the wig color) and was supposed to visit but couldn't due to being sick. The part that was made up about this lie was Melvin staying with the Funnies,which was enough to cascade into the horrible snowball of a lie, mainly due to Doug and Judy being crazy.
213	* [[FridgeBrilliance Perhaps the real Melvin lied about being sick just to avoid his insane cousins.]]
214
215	[[WMG: Patti's ImportantHaircut is the early stages of hair loss]]
216	Patti's haircut at the start of the Disney series is way shorter than the hair cut she got in the episode about Doug's Pimple yet Patti isn't complaining about how short it is, in spite of the fact that she inexplicably had the hairline of John Mcenroe. This leads to the speculation that perhaps Patti is suffering the early stages of Alopecia. Patti keeping it a secret as to why her hair line is receding leads to nobody really talking about this, well that or [[UnreliableNarrator Doug glossing over this due]] to his infatuation with her.
217	* Or she could be intentionally pulling her hair due to stress.
218
219	[[WMG: Doug originally only had one set of his signature outfit]]
220	When the Dylan Farnum look became famous, Doug bought multiple sets much like everyone else. While it was true that he did have that outfit in his wardrobe, he didn't have a closet full of them until after that episode of Teen Heart Street. This explains why he would show them his wardrobe instead of a picture book to prove that he's always worn that look.
221	* Either that or Doug didn't think of showing a picture book filled with photos of him wearing that look.
222
223	[[WMG: Doug grows up to be like [[Webcomic/{{Sonichu}} Christian Weston Chandler.]]]]
224	Doug is more than likely an UnreliableNarrator and could be on the Autistic spectrum, we see things as he tells them. It's possible after the show ended he stayed living at home, reminiscing of his elementary school days, and obsessing with Patti (who's long moved on) and his Quailman comics
225	* I can totally see that. Christian likes to insert himself into his comics just like Doug. One of his villains was also his old school principal.
226
227	[[WMG: Doug's rampant fantasizing leads him to write Hollywood screenplays or a series of best-selling fantasy novels when he's older.]]
228	Most people think he's just plain crazy and delusional, but he's shown repeatedly to be an amazing artist and pretty good at writing. Artists generally get pegged as crazy no matter how well-adjusted they are, and for a while Doug fears he ''is'' crazy until a school counselor points out other "crazy" people...all famous Hollywood writers and novelists! Doug soon adopts the pen name of Quill Mann and by the time he's graduated college he's got a six-figure writing deal.
229	* Now who says that he can't be a successful writer of screen plays or novels and still be a psycho? Plenty of those crazy people were legitimately crazy (Creator/ErnestHemingway for example).
230
231	[[WMG: Bluffington is located somewhere in the American South.]]
232
233	Many of the secondary characters have obvious Southern accents (e.g., both Bluff parents, Mayor White, Mr. Bone). Patti's accent has been called "vaguely Texan," suggesting Bluffington and Bloatsburg are located in the South. To top it off, two of Doug's relatives, Aunt Betty Ann and Grandma Opal, have clear accents.
234
235	* Plausible. Creator/JimJinkins grew up in Virginia, and he based some of the show's characters on people he knew during his school years.
236
237	[[WMG: Patti Mayonnaise grows up to be [[Series/{{OrangeIsTheNewBlack}} a prisoner in a woman's jail nicknamed for a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India]]]]
238
239	All thanks to [[QuestionableCasting the casting agency for the show in which she appears being staffed by people who never check resumes.]]
240
241	[[WMG: Dirtbike Funnie grows up to a have sex change and become a crazy Los Angeles electronics salesman who smashes shit and speaks with an Israeli accent]]
242
243	All because Dirtbike Funnie and Crazy Gideon are both CRA-ZZZY!
244
245	[[WMG: Quailman does exist, but in an alternate universe.]]
246
247	In Doug's universe, Quailman is a self-insert character of fiction, but he does exist in an alternate universe.
248
249	[[WMG: Jim Jinkins lied when he said Doug and Patti never got together.]]
250	[[Main/TrollingCreator He was just messing with us.]]
251
252	[[WMG: Let's suppose Jim Jinkins didn't lie. In that case, Doug will end up with Connie.]]
253
254	So he doesn't get Patti. Who else is there? Beebe? Bad style taking over your best friend's ex. If they ever split, that is. All other girls around Doug's age are one-shots or nameless background fillers. That is, all other girls except for Connie.
255
256	This also means that Connie ''does'' secretly have the hots for him. And vice versa. But Doug won't notice until he gets Patti off his mind.
257	* It should be noted that in the [[https://ew.com/article/2016/08/09/doug-patti-ending interview]] telling about what he'd do for more Doug, Jinkins notes that the woman who's "the one" is someone Doug confides his baggage over Patti to since she's a "friend." Considering her interactions with both Doug and Patti, Connie would fit as someone who's trustworthy enough that Doug confides in her but being a good friend of Patti means she'd know her well and be able to offer perspective on the matter.
258
259	[[WMG: The actual reason for Connie's inter-series makeover is Doug.]]
260
261	So Doug has a crush on Patti. Not unlikely that EveryoneCanSeeIt, especially Connie who fell for him as soon as he appeared in Bluffington. But what chance does a nice but pudgy girl have against the likes of Patti Mayonnaise? Right. None.
262
263	Possible solution: Go to a beauty farm and come back the next school year as an assertive bombshell. Except that doesn't work because Doug has got too much Patti on the brain.
264	* Considering Connie asked Doug to that dance which lead to him lying about Cousin Melvin, this sounds legit.
265
266	[[WMG: Ditto her becoming a rock musician.]]
267
268	Only logical, seeing as Flounder has started hanging around with Doug. While she's at it, she turns towards Flounder for advice on becoming a rock star so that if Flounder is with Doug, then so is she. Except that still doesn't work.
269	* Part of me is now picturing in my head Connie & Chalky both talking about how either can't get Doug to notice them while drinking coffee together at a cafe, and it's hilariously awesome.
270
271	[[WMG: Roger's parents are cousins.]]
272

Context WMG / Doug