#PH Lore

[waywardmillennial]

Puppet History Trailer Breakdown

The PH season seven trailer dropped on Watcher TV today and I'm going to try to break it down New Rockstars style - so settle in because this is a long one!

disclaimer: I am an oxymoron of a human who notices lots of details and misses other clues - so I might not have caught everything but I tried!

[s7 trailer easter eggs and spoiler-y thoughts under the cut]

The trailer opens with the Professor looking at the billboard for Phorgedytol, the tagline of which reads "(something) WITH YOUR BRAIN"

[note: this is different to the Phorgedytol billboard we see at the end of the trailer that reads "FRENCH THE VOID!"]

the first shot of Ryan in the trailer is from the episode with Aria Inthavong

behind them on the bookshelf you can see what I think is a brachiosaurus (from the late Jurassic era), a pair of alpacas, and the Genie lamp very prominently displayed!

then we cut to this interaction Ryan: How long has it been since we've been in class? to which the Professor gives a very non-committal "Uhhhh...."

[Interesting, no? Possible side-effect of the Professor taking Phorgedytol maybe?]

then we cut to guest Alex Song-Xia with a possibly foreboding comment

[this probably has no lore implications but I like that there's a framed copy of this photo that Ryan tweeted in 2021 on the set]

the trailer continues with the Professor talking to the guests

then the trailer cuts to what could be a major lore drop with Ryan saying, "You keep my wife's name out of your god damn mouth!" as he marches to the theater to slap the Professor

[notice how this is in black and white -that's the trailer edit not mine- so perhaps this is a flashback of some kind? Maybe to something that happened to make the Professor want to take Phorgedytol?]

Remember in s6 Ryan and the Professor were friends (see: the JC Penney photoshoot) so seeing a moment like this in the trailer is, for lack of a better phrase, a slap in the face

Based on what all the guests are wearing in the trailer it looks like The Slap will happen in Claudia's episode, based on the shot right before Ryan gets out of the chair (their reaction face is gorgeous btw)

we get a great out of context line from Sara Rubin

and the Professor talking about his anatomy with Brennan

Then the Lore Drop Hits

[yeah the rest of this was just a drop in the bucket in this trailer tbh]

The cuts happen fairly fast with overlapping VO - I posted most of the main shots earlier and there are some shots of the history skits that I skipped to focus on the Lore. These shots also have some alt descriptions in this post of things I noticed on the rewatch

VO Script Mysterious Puppet: No, you louse. You sops. You absolute men. Ryan: Well, this is collusion. They clearly- Professor: That's not collusion. Ryan: It's collusion! You guys fucking figured it out before this. Brennan: Just get on his wavelength, man. Professor: Get on my level! Ryan: You're just not ready for the truth!

[First reactions: The Professor is wearing a party hat for a lot of this trailer, and so is the new puppet. So they must have been at the same party. Also, the Professor is standing in front of a sign that reads "Six Nasty Seasons" even though this is the trailer for season seven. Is that from the season six wrap party? Could it also point to Phorgedytol symptoms that we're 'missing' a season?

The horse puppet looking through the door has a moustache, so is very likely not Dorothy Ruth or Stanley Melvin Murphy. Maybe DR's fiancé? This same moustachio'd horse is in the pasta scene

Hard to say which horse is walking towards The Brown Derby but fun to note that was a real chain of restaurants in LA starting in 1926]

Then the Professor meets with the new Shane character - shall we call them Patch for now?

and that's the trailer in a nutshell!

*Roll End Credits*

Other reactions:

Delighted that we get canon confirmation that the Professor goes by Connie McNasty, at least some of the time

Love that Joyce and Garrett are back this season!

The noir, old Hollywood vibes of this trailer are gorgeous and overall it looks really well-made!

I hope we get some explanation for the slap that's not Ryan and the Professor becoming enemies again

the Liza Minelli* of it all

Not too sure on many theories at this point, but I'm sure it's going to be a great (but maybe nail-biting) season!

[waywardmillennial]

dilf is also rocking a party hat like the Professor's been wearing !! so whatever they were celebrating they were there!

[000bun]

[spotsupstuff]

day 10

bonus:

[definitelynotshouting]

purse knife came in clutch at the picnic today

[hermesmoly]

why is it so hard to find physical euripides books T-T

[dorodoroart]

Still working on today's Kaiba art but before anything else I'd like to wish everyone a great Kaiba Day!!

[llatimeria]

The HEEEEMIOPTERA IS THERE... inside... your mind...

SING FOR ME, MY CICANGEL OF MUSIC!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! EEEEEEEEE! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[emuanon34]

This is a hard pill to swallow but I think we should start accepting that the Zelda franchise is episodic and does not have serialized storytelling except for direct sequels.

[phosphorus-noodles]

Catch me analyzing every last bit of the new puppet history episode searching for that sweet, sweet hidden Lore (tm)

[waywardmillennial]

Season Seven shots, with no context

[synthshenanigans]

cj fans who are also outer wilds fans....yell at me rn so i know the au im making has an audience..

[youwantyoudont]

(Here’s the three failed Pizza Head/Pizza Boy clones’ reference and heights compared to the perfect clone aka Pizza Head/PH. You can also send asks to these failed clones on here if you want to.)

[slashsleuth]

hey anon! I didn't know it was closed but I opened it now

so Fabian/Morris/Chad (I think someone said flight attendant looks like a Chad lol)

Morris was out at a jazz club when he met Fabian. he was feeling a little low that he hadn't made any deep connections with anyone on the apps, when he saw Fabian playing his saxophone and was so attracted to him that he had to stay after his set and find him at the bar to compliment him, maybe even offer to buy him a drink. Morris didn't think anything would come of it, because he's not the most confident, but Fabian kept giving him these Looks and they ended up back at his place for some very private jazz lessons

a one night stand turned into a weekend where they didn't want to be apart, which turned into Fabian (who's more spontaneous) suggesting they take a trip together. Morris felt a little silly when packing his bags, because he's never this impulsive, and when they got on their flight, Fabian kept remarking how their flight attendant looked like him, and even Morris who is usually oblivious to such things couldn't help but feel like Chad was flirting with them and giving them special attention

(^^I made all this up on the fly and didn't know where it was going tbh)

I did want an excuse to bring up this detail in the ad read - that there was a hot air balloon added to both shots of the planes so my theory is the next ad read character will be an aeronaut (played by Ryan maybe??)

[twinvictim]

What do you mean by Walter having explicitly seen pyramid head in sh2? If you don't mind explaining of course :)

Walter is mentioned explicitly 3 times in sh2 but the one that matters to this is the first one, this comes from the news article in the garbage dump where you find the old man coin. Now later I know they tried to say he was referring to Jimmy Stone who was also referred to as the red devil, but by this point in the timeline of the 21 sacraments Jimmy is already dead and isn't a ghost until Walter's otherworld is prominent in sh4. This article is also supposed to be foreshadowing to seeing pyramid head in the apartments, and nothing in 4 actually directly states it wasn't PH. Considering Pyramid heads role and the fact that out of game artwork implies he was sort of created by the order it would make sense for Walter to have seen him at a point where he was still capable of feeling guilt and fear about what he'd done. Note that it's right after the murders of Billy and Miriam which are the only murders he seems to always feel guilt for (since the children are represented by the twin victims and not ghosts like the other murders)

[executionersghost]

New haunted mansion movie??? With Danny DeVito?