Popeye Theories

Just like Mike, there are various theories pertaining to RUC leader Popeye in Crashocalypse. Whether they are canon or not is unknown but most of these are theories.

## Crashocalypse is Popeyes dying dream

This was touched upon in the "Mike doesn't exist" theory but this theory states that the entirety of the Crashocalypse video game is just a dying dream Popeye was having. The basics of the games events came to fruition but due to Popeye being unstable and not being around to see most of the game, when he was dying on the ground after his defeat, he was dreaming of the events of the game to make sense of his downfall.

This was when his mind created a man named "Mike". An Amalgamation of various people he killed in his life. Mike never existed at all in this universe but due to Popeye's mind unable to comprehend dying without an arch nemesis, he created Mike to fill in the gaps. This could explain the weird oddities within the game like the copyrighted material, the fact he sees everything as a cartoon, Mike, the random events, The Universe being sentient, etc.

As Popeyes vision began to fade, all he could see was his life long nemesis he formed in his mind staring at him. Mike went "Fuck this shit" as Popeye closed his eyes for the final time and the Resistance cheered. This explains why shortly after the games release, the real Mike went on his long hiatus: With his "job" done in Popeyes dream, he doesn't need to exist anymore.

The theory isn't proven because Mike very could still exist, albeit in a smaller capacity. But if Mike doesn't exist but everyone sees him, does this mean we're all still inside the dream? Do we all exist? If you see this theory, pinch yourself: It'll disprove or prove the theory.

## Popeye has Pyro Vision

In Team Fortress 2, the Pyro class sees the world through his own eyes as "Pyroland", a whimsical, colorful world where everything he is doing is sweet and cute when in reality he is brutally murdering people. This theory states Popeye has his own Pyro Vision, or "Popeye vision" in this case. He sees the world in this colorful, whimsical land where he is the hero and people who slight him become incomprehensible horrors in his mind. All the "good" acts he does in his "Popeyeland" is merely all the notorious war crimes and atrocities he has been doing in reality. He is also able to see him and his friends as various cartoon characters he enjoyed throughout his life to try and make the world more "unique".

He would still be a terrible person but it can explain his disconnect from reality. What he sees as hugging someone or saving them is him bashing their skull in and what he sees as fighting an actual demon is killing an innocent woman. This does beg the question, what about the other RUC members? If they believe in demons too, do they see Popeyeland?

The answer is yes. The minute someone is inducted into the RUC, they gain a part of Mass delusions as part of the delusional Popeyeland hivemind of sorts. They see what he sees and believes what he sees. Not everyone is like this, especially if their brain is wired differently. There was a test about RUC delusions with a regular, run of the mill pretending to join the RUC after attempting to interview Popeye himself. The instant he did that, the scientist had a freak out, screaming in terror before ultimately killing himself.

Even with the RUC defeated and Popeye dead, the Popeyeland delusion is strong enough to stay there. Popeye may be dead but his beliefs and mass delusions stay.