It's always fun when passionate fans run wild with theories of their favorite movies. It is especially interesting when they manage to come up with clever ways two seemingly separate movies may actually be connected in surprising ways.
These theories can look at two movie characters who, at first glance, would appear to have no connection at all. But by looking at the facts of each of them and their traits with their respective movies, fans can uncover some unlikely yet still plausible ways these characters share more than it seems.
Willy Wonka & The Inventor - Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971) / Edward Scissorhands (1990)
In Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands, the unnamed Inventor creates the titular Edward. However, one fan theory points out that the blueprints the Inventor was using show he started out as a cookie factory robot.
This has led some to believe that the Inventor is actually an aged Willy Wonka. The theory suggests that following Wonka giving up his own factory, he sought to create a child of his own with one of his factory robots.
Pinocchio & Donkey – Pinocchio (1940) / Shrek (2001)
Donkey is perhaps the most memorable character in the Shrek series which plays on classic fairy tales in clever ways. However, some fans think Donkey may actually link to one of those famous fairy tales.
One of the most frightening scenes in the Disney version of Pinocchio finds the titular wooden doll trapped on an island where young boys are changed into donkeys to use for labor. The theory suggests Donkey is one of these boys who escaped.
Sam Loomis & Dr. Sam Loomis – Psycho (1960) / Halloween (1978)
Though most people only remember Marion Crane and Norman Bates from Psycho, there are some other key characters. One of them is Sam Loomis, the boyfriend of Marion who goes searching for her after she goes missing and he eventually helps apprehend her killer.
One theory offers the possibility that this experience led to Sam following a career in criminal psychology. He then became Dr. Sam Loomis and eventually served as the chief psychiatrist for a young killer named Michael Myers.
Victor Frankenstein & Jack Skellington – Frankenweenie (2012) / The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Tim Burton's movies often have a similar aesthetic, but some of his movies might be more closely connected than fans realize. His animated movie Frankenweenie tells the story of a young boy who conducts an experiment to bring his beloved pet dog back to life.
In The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington has a beloved ghost dog by his side. This has led fans to believe this is the same boy and his pet now living in the afterlife.
Charlie Bucket & Wilford – Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (1971) / Snowpiercer (2013)
It turns out that Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory has inspired a few theories. This one focuses on how the fun and colorful musical connects to the grim and violent post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie, Snowpiercer.
The theory points out that both movies deal with class inequality and feature characters making their way through the single setting while encountering various dangers along the way. One person making it to the end and discovering to was all an elaborate test by the eccentric inventor. The theory further states that Snowpiercer's inventor, Wilford, is actually an adult Charlie Bucket who built the train and followed in his mentor's footsteps.
Harry Caul & Brill – The Conversation (1974) / Enemy Of The State (1998)
Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is a masterful movie about paranoia starring Gene Hackman as a surveillance expert who accidentally overhears a murder plot. By the end of the movie, he is overcome by paranoia that he is being monitored.
Decades later, Hackman appeared in Enemy of the State in which he played another surveillance expert living off the grid who helps Will Smith after accidentally uncovering a rogue assassination. Many fans have decided that Hackman's two characters are the same man.
Neo & John Wick – The Matrix (1999) / John Wick (2014)
Both The Matrix and John Wick franchises helped cement Keanu Reeves's legacy as an action movie icon. But some fans think these movies might be connected beyond the main star.
The theory looks at the fact that in The Matrix, Neo is introduced to training simulations to help him become a warrior. Therefore, it is thought that the John Wick movies may be one of those simulations which would explain the high level of violence and destruction that the rest of the city seems to ignore.
James Bond & John Mason – Dr. No (1962) / The Rock (1996)
Michael Bay's The Rock stars Sean Connery as a former spy who was captured by the Americans and locked away in Alcatraz prison for years. He is given an opportunity to be released if he helps return to Alcatraz to take down terrorists who have taken it over.
Given the spy background and Connery playing another badass action hero, many fans have decided that his character of John Mason is actually 007 himself, James Bond. To think of this movie as Connery's last adventure as Bond actually makes it even more fun.
Chuckie Sullivan & Doug McReady – Good Will Hunting (1997) / The Town (2010)
In Good Will Hunting, Ben Affleck plays Chuckie, the best friend of Will (Matt Damon). In one of the movie's best moments, Chuckie admits he hopes one day Will will just leave Boston without a word and go on to better things. At the end of the movie, that's exactly what he does.
Some fans think that Affleck's character from another great movie, The Town, is what happened to Chuckie once his best friend left. Also set in Boston, Affleck plays a blue-collar criminal looking to escape his life in this city, perhaps doing what he saw his friend do years ago.
Kevin McAllister & John Kramer – Home Alone (1990) / Saw (2004)
In the Christmas classic Home Alone, young Kevin McAllister defends his house from intruders with a variety of traps. While audiences laughed along as this young kid took down these would-be criminals, what if Kevin's passion for setting traps went too far?
This very interesting theory suggests Kevin would one day grow up to become the Jigsaw killer. His goofy yet dangerous traps evolved into these gruesome and brutal traps that Jigsaw became known for.