History WMG / Dad

[[WMG: The series is a metaphor about [=YouTube=] itself.]]

[[WMG: Dad and his family are aliens]]

** Confirmed, as of "Dad Elucidated".

[[WMG: Dad is actually human]]

** Confirmed, as of "Dad Elucidated".

** Confirmed, as of "Dad Elucidated".

[[WMG: [[spoiler:Diane's baby]] will be called "son"]]

[[WMG: Suspects for [[spoiler:who shot Dadbot in "The End"]]]]

Neighbour: He was becoming increasingly jealous of Dad[[spoiler:bot]] for taking Cheryl away from him and could have been worried about her mental health too. However, he seems too good-hearted to have [[spoiler:shot him]].

Cheryl: She could have been worried about [[spoiler:the upgrades Dadbot was getting from staying outside]] and [[spoiler:shot him to prevent him from becoming his own person. Evidently, the fact that Dadbot now has conflicting emotions seems to suggest that her plan didn't work if it was her, and if she's already afraid of the [=YouTube=] operatives she might not risk killing one of them.]]

[[WMG: Dad is part of the Franchise/DisneyChannelLiveActionUniverse, and it's the Crazy Steve theory all over again]]
[[Series/KirbyBuckets Wild Gil kidnapped Dawn Buckets]] [[Series/GamersGuideToPrettyMuchEverything and Mr. Spinks helped him]]. He did the exact same thing [[Series/DrakeAndJosh Crazy Steve did to Megan]] a decade ago to create ''Series/{{iCarly}}''.

[[WMG: Dad is actually human]]
As a counter to the above theory, Dad is actually a human who was influenced or corrupted in some way. He may have been an astronaut with a different family, judging by the son shown in "ACT II PART I", who is certainly not part of Dad's "normal" family. Maybe he was corrupted by whoever it was that took him from the desert?

[[WMG: Dad is part of the Franchise/DisneyChannelLiveActionUniverse]]
* After all, Dad and Daughter were on ''Series/KirbyBuckets'' and Neighbor was on ''Series/GamersGuideToPrettyMuchEverything''. Dad must have pulled off the 2010s version of [[Series/DrakeAndJosh Crazy Steve’s]] [[Series/{{iCarly}} kidnapping plot]].

Cheryl: She could have been worried about [[spoiler:the upgrades Dadbot was getting from staying outside]] and [[spoiler:shot him to prevent him from becoming his own person. Evidently, the fact that Dadbot now has conflicting emotions seems to suggest that her plan didn’t work if it was her, and if she’s already afraid of the [=YouTube=] operatives she might not risk killing one of them.]]

[[WMG: [[spoiler: Diane's baby will be called "son"]]]]

Cheryl: She could have been worried about [[spoiler:the upgrades Dadbot was getting from staying outside]] and [[spoiler:shot him to prevent him from becoming his own person. Evidently, the fact that Dadbot now has conflicting emotions seems to suggest that her plan didn’t work if it was her, and if she’s already afraid of the YouTube operatives she might not risk killing one of them.]]

Neighbour: He was becoming increasingly jealous of Dad[[spoiler:bot]] for taking Cheryl away from him and could have been worried about her mental health too. However, he seems too good-hearted to have shot him.

[[WMG: Suspects for [[spoiler:who shot Dadbot in “The End”]]

[[WMG: [[spoiler: Diane's baby will be called "son"]]]]

** Confirmed, as of "Dad Elucidated".

There are hints all over the series that "Dad" is actually a personality that took over a normal person, possibly named Andan, based on that name popping up every so often. The personality inside of "Dad" wants to be free, desperately, explaining the meaning behind the song "Dad Feels Golden". Who is it that's controlling him? Cheryl, of course, who seems to be actively preventing him from breaking free- as seen in "Little Towels", when she rushed over to stop him from eating pancakes and gave him the can of Food. Notably, until he ate the Food, he didn't even seem to recognize Cheryl at all.

As a counter to the above theory, Dad is actually a human who was influenced or corrupted in some way. He may have been an astronaut with a different family, judging by the son shown in "ACT II PART I", who is certainly not part of Dad's "normal" family. Maybe he was corrupted by whoever it was that took him from the desert?

Dad does keep discussing doing things [[TotallyNotAVillain "like a human"]], makes multiple references to mysterious areas of space, and in "ACT II PART I", he was shown in the desert wearing a space-suit, as a large unknown planet loomed overhead. Heck, Dad even claims in "Dad Bod" that he "left his planet" and is looking for some fun!