Game Theory - I Already SOLVED The Next Garten of BanBan!

Episode Date: May 1, 2025

Join Game Theory Host Tom as he predicts the story of the NEXT Garten of BanBan!

Ban Ban is one big mistake. No, I'm not talking about the games, Bam Ban himself is a mistake. But now he's going to be replaced. And that is much worse. Hello, internet. Welcome to Game Theory, the show that would never cheat during a game of hide-and-seek. I saw you peek.

But you know who has been hiding from us for a while? The old Red Devil himself, Bam-Ban. It's been over eight and a half months since we last got ourselves a mainline garden of Ban Bamban game. That's nearly twice as long as the previous longest Bamban drought. And while I normally call that a win for my sanity, I gotta say, I kind of miss the... Never mind. And so, after the epic conclusion of Garden of Bamban 7, I was intrigued by what Bamban 8 would offer. Only, we didn't get Bamban 8. We got Bamban 0. For a game about a kindergarten, this series sure does struggle with basic counting. Though I suppose there is a reason behind this one.

Start on a Bamban Zero is a prequel. Taking place before all the other games in the series back when the mascots were all just riddle babies. I mean, little babies. And it turns out that spending more time on your game leads to a better final product. That's fun. I like that. You're learning, euphoric bros. You're learning. But we're not here to talk about how good the game is or how freaking adorable truffle toot is.

Spoiler, he is my son, and I love him. also not here to talk about the law either, at least not entirely. Because while it is suitably insane for this channel, the thing that's been even more insane is the science. If you watched our last theory, you'll know that I have been a bit obsessed with what the heck the series Maine McGuffin actually is, the green goo that created the mascots, Givanium. Previously, we theorized that Givanium was the genetic material of a particular kind of flatwork, mixed with a gene editing technology. And now, thanks to Gartner-Ban-Ban-Zero, we not only have more details that tell us exactly what gyvanium is, but as a result, we're able to predict exactly

what's going to happen when Bamban 8 does finally happen. So hold on to Truffle 2 real tight, loyal theorists, because we're going to shine a light on the science lurking in the caverns of Garten of Bamban Zero. Unlike previous editions in the series, we're not playing as a parent desperately looking for their missing child. Instead, we actually play as an unnamed mascot who has just awoken for the first time in the facility. We meet Bamban and the other mascots and play a bit of hide-and-seat until a certain familiar face shows up. Syringian, who begins hella scheming with Bam-Ban. Apparently, Bam-Ban is about to be replaced, but Syringian has a plan to save him,

and it has to happen tonight. Later that night, Bam-Ban comes into our room and wakes us up to go on some sort of adventure. Hmm, Red, that's pretty suss. We solve some puzzles, we meet Truffletoot, my goat. But eventually, Bam-Ban tries to do. to sacrifice us to this giant half ram, half snake thing. Oh no, who would have ever seen this coming? Thankfully, we're saved at the last moment by the selflessness of Nab Nab.

We get our final chase sequence and Bam Ban Shuts us in a closet, promising to come back for us, eventually. And roll credits. Now, if you've got the Bam Ban Brain Rot like me, first of all, I'm so sorry. But you will recognize this closet from the first trailer of Garden of Ban Ban 8. Hi, it's been a while. You think we were little kids when you locked me in here.

But this does officially reveal to us who we are playing as throughout Bamban Zero, the blue Bamban known as Flumbo. He was first teased at the end of Garden of Bamban 7 when our character peeled back a sticker of Bamban off a wall to reveal Flumbo underneath. Dramatic Stinger! Oh, no, not you Stinger Flynn, you're not in this game. Thank goodness. But all of this just opens up more questions than it answers.

Why was Bamban being replaced? Why Flumbo? Why is Ban Ban planning on setting Flumbo free in the next game when he was the one who locked him away in the first place? Well, to begin answering all those questions, we need to look where Bamban always hides its juiciest law. The hidden notes scattered throughout the facility. According to one of the case reports, the decision to Axe Bamban came about after they injected Bamban with a new strain of gyvanium, with the hope that it would make him more docile and obedient. Unfortunately, it sort of had the opposite effect.

Quote, at seemingly random intervals, case 6 would experience extremely violent, aggressive, disobedient episodes, where it would attack anything in sight. Physical transformations during these episodes have also been observed. This was the start of Bam Ban's hyper-aggressive, super-strong, wild state that we've seen Bam-Ban transform into many times in previous games. Apparently, over 200 people have been injured as a result of Bam-Ban's sudden rage, with a fatality rate of around 10%. Those are not great numbers when Bamban is supposed to be the mascot of Checks Note, a freaking kindergarten! So, this new strain is apparently causing problems for our dear friend Ban Ban, because it's mixing with the old strain within his body.

But why? Well, in our previous theory, we concluded that Jivanium was actually DNA, mixed with the gene editing technology CRISPR CAS 9. Specifically, it was the DNA from a species of flatworm called by Palium Coence. It had the uncanny ability to regritty. grow back body parts after being damaged. Something it seems like all the other experiments can do after suffering major injuries. It had a non-mammal-like circulatory system.

It could regenerate its own memories and its head even looked like syringians. Now in Bam Ban Zero, we're given even more evidence that this is in fact the case. Or at least the DNA part. Written on the whiteboard in the secret room is a message that says gyvanium can proliferate indefinitely. Just like how DNA can theoretically self-replicate, making more and more copies of itself. basically forever. Therefore, with Givanium being DNA, that would mean that we now have two similar but slightly different strains of DNA. Not different enough to be classified as a new genome, but not similar enough that everything just works as the scientists would expect.

And that is something we can actually witness for ourselves if we step outside the four walls of this ungodly kindergarten and into the world of species hybridization. Normally scientists define a species as a group of organisms who are able to mate with each other to produce viable offspring. For example, every human on earth can theoretically produce a viable human offspring with any other human on earth. Therefore, all humans are part of the same species. Meanwhile, other organisms, even closely related ones like chimps, are excluded from our species.

But of course, nature has a funny way of really messing with our clearly defined and agreed upon definitions. Because there are some organisms who technically aren't part of the same species, but they can produce offspring. with a few catches. For example, donkeys and horses are able to produce offspring known as a mule. You can get wolf dogs, which I think you can guess how you get that. One of my favorites when I was a kid was the Liga, a mix of a male lion and a female tiger. And they were my favorites, until I realized that these hybrid animals don't exactly live the best lives. More often than not, these hybrids come with a whole host of problems as a direct result of them mixing their genes together. First off, many of these new hybrid creatures, such as the mule, once created, are unable to make offspring of their own.

My formerly beloved Ligas have been documented to suffer with organ failure, neurological defects, cancer, arthritis and other mutations. There's also some research that indicates that these hybrid cats and wolf dogs can have a whole host of behavioral problems, including being way more aggressive than either of their parent species, just like Ban Ban. The scientists must have thought, Eh, these species are close enough, how much harm could it possibly do? The answer is, a lot. Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn't stop to think if they should.

But the question I have is, what species is this new strain from? It need to be something genetically close to the current strain of gyvanium by paleium co-wents in order to still be considered gyvanium rather than a new genome. The scientists were also trying to find ways to make Bamban more cooperative, more docile, more suitable for their evil plans of running a kindergarten. Similarly, whatever species we find should also demonstrate some of the traits we've seen manifested in Ban Ban post-injection, like his animalistic hunger, and, of course, his love of pancreas. The species I found that fits the bill for this new gyvanium strain is a species known as Gerardia Dorotacephala, or GD for short.

Much like our old strain, GD is a type of planaria, sharing a lot of the same genes and characteristics, like their ability to regrow half of their bodies when damaged. But on top of that, GED has a great. ton of other characteristics that fit everything the scientists were looking for. First, location. Last time we mentioned that Givanium comes from our neighbours, quote, down south. We have a ticket for a flight coming out of Montreal, so their southern neighbours are almost certainly the United States.

We also said that our previous dream, Coence, fits the bill because it came from the US. Except that's not entirely accurate. Coence is actually from Asia, but was accidentally introduced to North America. So it's considered an invasive species. GD, on the other hand, is native to North America. This not only fits the bill much better, but it also reflects what the scientists were looking for. Coence is invasive and disruptive to its environment, whereas GD is not disruptive. It is part of the ecosystem and so likely will play nicer than an invasive species like the old givanium strain.

There's also the matter of where in the environment you can find these little flatboys. GD tends to be found in surface freshwater environments, like ponds and especially flowing rivers. Living in a river, you not only have to contend with flowing water, but also every other creature that makes it home, dirt and dust running off into the river, and just the general chaos of that environment. Plus, there have been a bunch of studies on GD specifically that show when put under environmental stress, they were incredibly quick to adapt and highly resistant to those stresses, even going so far as to physically change the environment around them, like the pH of the water or soil in order to

keep their bodies working optimally. Meanwhile, Coence lives in what is probably the opposite of a stimulating environment. Coence mainly feed on earthworms, and where do earthworms live in the dark, damp world underground, under rocks, away from just about everything. And remember, the ultimate goal of these Givanium creatures was to have them be interacting with children in a kindergarten. And if you've ever spent, I don't know, five seconds in a kindergarten before, you know they tend to be pretty chaotic places.

So while an old strait of Ban Ban might be able to handle the cold, dark caverns of the basement of the kindergarten, these violent outbursts will only get worse when he's overstimulated in the kindergarten classroom, while the new strain from G.D. would likely have a much better time with it, and may even be proactive in lowering the stress of that environment for its own survival. Our new strain of Givanium also happens to have a more varied appetite. Last time I said that Coence would eat rotting flesh and organs like pancreases. Well, this is where I have to apologise a bit. The study I used for that point does say that certain Plinarians do that.

It's just that Coence isn't actually one of them. They pretty much stick to exclusively earthworms like they're Phil and Lil from the Rugrats. But do you want to guess what Plenarian the study said, did enjoy pancreas? G.D. So after a little injection from this new strain, it's no wonder Ban Ban might have developed a more aggressive diet. So my bad for making that mistake in the last episode, but hey, it worked out. in the long run. There's also the side effects the scientists didn't mention. Like how Coence happens to produce a substance known as TTX, which is a, uh, let's see here, a super dangerous

neurotoxin. Glados eat your heart out. But yeah, not exactly what you want around children, or adults, for that matter. Thankfully, our new strain, GD, is 100% TTX-free. But the real reason that GED fits our potential new strain of gyvanium the best and why the scientists at the kindergarten would be super interested in this species in particular has to do with the flatworms superpower. As I've already mentioned, flatworms have the uncanny ability to regrow entire parts of their body. If you cut a flat worm in half, not only will the head grow back its tail, but the discarded tail will also grow back a replacement head. What's even freakyer is that the tail that re-grew the entire new head will somehow retain some of the memories of its decapitated head. and G.D. takes this superpower to an even bigger extreme.

In one study, scientists took a bunch of GD worms and divided them into two groups. One group was trained using electric shocks to avoid a particular light, while the other group was left as a control. Then, the scientists brought in a separate group of GD worms that hadn't been trained in anything and had these new worms eat the experimental groups. And what they found afterwards was shocking. Sorry, they found that the worms who had not been trained to avoid the light, but did eat the worms who had was significantly better at avoiding the light than the worms who had eaten the non-trained worms.

Basically, the memories of one worm was transferred to another after being eaten. Nature is wild, man. If this kindergarten's goal is to make Bamban more obedient and docile, one way they could do that is to try and get him to remember more of his docile human self. Bamban's human genome donor was Dr. Uthman, a scientist at the facility. that knows about the experiments and why everything is being done. If Bam Ban can unlock more of the doctor's memories, then he likely would be more docile, more cooperative,

as he would remember what his true purpose is. And we can confirm that this memory transferring ability is something the scientists are aware of, because during Ban Baner, when Syringian is having a sneaky conversation with Bamban, he says this. I'm also nap that doctor samples as promised. I am certain they'll drive away, For issues, you'll be a new use.

Doctors samples? Like DNA samples? Syringian is planning on adding more of Dr. Uthman's samples to Bamban in order to make him remember his past, to make him less prone to his aggressive outbursts. And we know this worked because at other points in the series, Bamban has more memories of being Dr. Uthman, even thinking that he is Dr. Uthman at one point. And this makes him more, quote, docile and cooperative. exactly what the scientists wanted. But all of that comes later. As far as the scientists are concerned during Bamban Zero, giving Bamban the new strain has been a failure,

and they plan on moving on from him and training up a replacement, Flumbo. But remind me again, how did the scientists refer to getting rid of Bamban? They didn't say they were destroying him or killing him. They are repurposing him. And that was when everything began to click into place. Flumbo was created to take Bamban's business. plakes made purely out of the new strain of gyvanium to avoid the mistakes from before, a strain that allows Flumbo to absorb the memories of any creature he consumes.

Bamban's new purpose was to be food for Flumbo. Flumbo would then gain even more of Dr. Uthman's memories, making him more intelligent and more docile while avoiding all the side effects brought on by hybridization. That's why when we first wake up as Flumbo, they start immediately asking us questions about our memory. figuring out the starting point, which they will then test again once we've eaten Ban Ban. But of course, Bam Ban didn't let that happen. Although, according to the study, G.D. only really become cannibalistic like this when they're hungry. So as long as Ban Ban can kept Flumbo well fed and not locked away for years,

he'd likely never get to the point of wanting to eat him anyway. Oh. Now, there is a chance that Bamban is actually banking on this detail, using Flombo's hunger to eat his way through all of the other experiments that stand in his way. Problem is, he's going to absorb more and more memories and abilities each time he does. And with the newest trailer being called Retribution, and with images like letters glitching from red to blue, this game seems to be setting up an epic conflict between Flumbo and Bamban, a battle of the devils.

Because now that Flumbo is out, he's going to be hungry for two things, flesh and revenge. But hey, that's just a theory. A game theory! Thanks for watching.