History WMG / CarnEvil

** '''Dr. Klot.'''
** Smeek.
** Tinsel.

** Mame.
** Smiling Bob.
** Guilloteen. (They seem like they were once just an ordinary teenager working a side job.)

Way back when he was alive, [=CarnEvil=] and Umlaut lured people in to murder them and turn their corpses into "performers" for the carnival. Ludwig von Tökkentäkker was a famed monster hunter who decided to go into the carnival and destroy it. When Umlaut saw how much Ludwig enjoyed shooting down the {{Mooks}}, he manipulated Ludwig into working for the carnival with promises of fame and power. [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie And Then Ludwig was the Ringmaster]]. For evidence, notice how some of his weapons are similar to the ones that the protagonist uses. There's also the fact that [[spoiler: if the ending is any indication, the protagonist is quite a BloodKnight]] which made me think that Ludwig might be a {{Foil}} to him.

** Broodal, Nik-Nak, and any other animals. BadPeopleAbuseAnimals, after all.

** Guillotine. (They seem like they were once just an ordinary teenager working a side job.)

[[WMG:Each Gool contains multiple human souls, [[AndIMustScream trapped together inside an evil monster's body]].

* Tinsel.

Just an idea, there's nothing much in the game to support this. It could explain why they are similar. from Tökkentäkker (if you subscribe to the theory that the Player 1 character became a BloodKnight at the end.) It could also explain why Tökkentäkker wants to make them his "masterpiece" instead of turning them into just another {{mook}}.

[[WMG:Umlaut's tokens imprison souls]]

* This idea would definitely be worth exploring in a sequel, if we ever get one.

[[WMG:All of the torture chamber enemies(excluding eyeclops) are people who asked for refunds]]

[[WMG:The entirety of carnevil takes place in a coma]]

[[WMG:The protagonist is a monster hunter of some sort]]

[[WMG:Umlaut is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of [=CarnEvil=] itself.]]

* I agree. The token-styled monocle that Tökkentäkker wears has Umlaut embossed on it, rather than the standard token pattern that the Protagonist uses. That's awfully weird, if Umlaut is just his sidekick. No wonder the other enemies call Umlaut a kiss ass...

[[WMG:Alternative theory on Tökkentäkker's backstory, based on the above 3 theories]]
Way back when he was alive, [=CarnEvil=] and Umlaut lured people in to murder them and turn their corpses into "performers" for the carnival. Ludwig von Tökkentäkker was a famed monster hunter who decided to go into the carnival and destroy it. When Umlaut saw how much Ludwig enjoyed shooting down the {{Mooks}}, he manipulated Ludwig into working for the carnival with promises of fame and power. [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie And Then Ludwig was the Ringmaster]]. For evidence, notice how some of his weapons are similar to the ones that the protagonist uses. There's also the fact that [[spoiler:if the ending is any indication, the protagonist is quite a BloodKnight]] which made me think that Ludwig might be a {{Foil}} to him.

[[WMG:The DamselInDistress "bystanders" are products of Carnevil]]
Not only do they all look exactly the same, but one appears reacting in horror on a poster at the Freak Show. Either they're supposed to be a distraction, or, if you subscribe to the idea that Carnevil's intention is to entertain the person who summons it, they're meant to make victory all the more fulfilling.
* Not likely, as such a theory would contradict Betty’s official bio from the game's website (that she is a local girl who reluctantly went along on the Ghost Tour with her friends), and her appearance next to the Protagonist in the game's introduction, which was prior to [=CarnEvil’s=] summoning. Also, the girl on the aforementioned Freak Show poster, advertising Flap-Jack, has a completely different color and hairstyle.

[[WMG:The protagonist was a former member of the carnival.]]

Tökkentäkker started out with decent intentions: he just wanted his carnival to live on through the ages. To meet this goal, he started experimenting with immortality, and it somehow led to him and his performers being transformed into murderous zombies. If the theory about Umlaut being the real villain is true, maybe this was a result of Tökkentäkker making a DealWithTheDevil.

[[WMG:To resolve the SchrodingersPlayerCharacter situation, Player 2 is Betty.]]
Should she manage to have both an appropriate firearm and her wits long enough to be helpful. In this case, the Betty's seen on-screen would be either other DamselInDistress bystanders or perhaps apparitions summoned by Carnevil itself, using Betty's likeness to try to fool the Protagonist Player 1.

[[WMG:The protagonist sealed [=CarnEvil=] away forever at the end.]]

* Betty's scream, and the EvilLaugh heard at the end, make this theory uncertain, but it's easy to think of ways that they could support this theory. Betty could be screaming because she ''thinks'' the carnival is about to be summoned again, only to realize that it's not. The EvilLaugh sounds deep and unlike any other character in the carnival. Maybe it could be Umlaut (or the carnival itself)'s dying gasp, in a way? The carnival lived sending dozens of grinning and laughing maniacs to kill people, so it's only fitting that the carnival DieLaughing itself.

Just an idea, there's nothing much in the game to support this. It could possibly explain why they are similar. from Tökkentäkker (if you subscribe to the theory that the Player 1 character became a BloodKnight at the end.) It could also explain why Tökkentäkker wants to make them his "masterpiece" instead of turning them into just another {{mook}}.

Your player character[s] was simply an employee for the carnival...that got into a coma after the place got destroyed...

Just an idea, there's nothing much in the game to support this. It could possibly explain why they are NotSoDifferent from Tökkentäkker (if you subscribe to the theory that the Player 1 character became a BloodKnight at the end.) It could also explain why Tökkentäkker wants to make them his "masterpiece" instead of turning them into just another {{mook}}.

[[WMG:Umlaut is TheManBehindTheMan for Tökkentäkker.]]

Back when Tökkentäkker was alive, he was the ringmaster of an unsuccessful circus. So he sought out Umlaut, the figurehead of an ancient magical carnival, and made a DealWithTheDevil: Umlaut puts Tökkentäkker in charge of [=CarnEvil=], who in return helps Umlaut gain people to be turned into performers and freaks for the carnival. In other words, Tökkentäkker's [[Disney/ThePrincessAndTheFrog got friends on the other side]]!

[[WMG:The protagonist sealed CarnEvil away forever at the end.]]