RoryMM

Rory and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

**RoryMM** is the theory that Midnight Motorist is about the kidnapping of Rory, the main character trapped within the nightmare experiments in the *Tales from the Pizzaplex* story Dittophobia.

## Evidence

* In Dittophobia, it is stated by a message on a cassette, most likely made by William Afton, the creator of the nightmare experiments, that Rory ran away from home.
	+ This description largely matches the runaway child in MM.
* The cassette also states that Rory was unhappy with his life at his regular home, feeling stupid in school and not feeling cared for by his parents.
	+ This would be in reference to the abusive yellow guy, the parent of the runaway that we play as in Midnight Motorist.
* Rory's parents are stated to be absent from home because they work so much. His dad is described as "never home" and his mom was "gone most of the time."
	+ With the couch person representing Rory's mom and yellow guy representing Rory's dad, they could match this description, since Rory's dad comes home late when Rory has already gone to bed.
* It is implied the yellow guy goes to Jr's frequently, since the green guy standing outside of Jr's recognizes yellow guy and asks him to leave.
	+ Rory's dad getting drunk late at Jr's could explain why he's never home when Rory is awake.
* The interior of the house in Midnight Motorist is unique in its design, meaning it makes sense for it to be a different house to the one seen in the FNAF4 mini games.
* "That place" could refer to many different locations: the mound off the side of the road, Jr's, or the clubhouse Rory built with his only friend Wade.

## Problems

* Under this theory, many details of the mini game have little to no significance in relation to the overall story.
	+ These include the title of the secret mini game "Later That Night," the purple car, the mound off the side of the road, and the layout of the map being similar to the Sister Location bunker map and the FNAF4 mini game map.
* In Dittophobia, Rory vaguely remembers his past, and has to be reminded by the message in the cassette.
	+ This may imply that Rory is being gaslighted into believing he was not cared for as a child,
	+ However, Rory remembers specific details about his past, meaning parts or all of what was said by the cassette could be true.
	+ The bad details about Rory's past are likely cherry-picked by the man in the cassette, since Rory can remember a good memory of playing football with his dad that is not mentioned by the cassette, nor is his best friend Wade mentioned.
* Rory's parents are described differently to how the parents are shown to be in Midnight Motorist.
	+ Rory's mother is described at a clean freak who cared less about him and cared more for how clean everything looked. The couch person in Midnight Motorist watches TV in a couch or chair, telling yellow guy to leave the runaway child alone, which would show that she cares for Rory. She also says nothing about yellow guy tracking in water or dirt from outside.
	+ Rory's dad is never described to be drunk or abusive towards Rory, he's mainly described as working a lot and being away from home all the time.

* Rory does not remember being kidnapped.
	+ The footprints would imply that Rory was lead from their window towards the bushes by William, which he should remember if he remembers running away.
* It is raining outside, yet the animatronic footprints imply that William was wearing a Spring Bonnie suit while kidnapping the runaway. This would be impossible because springlock suits fail when they become wet, as shown in the mini game Follow Me.
	+ This problem can be circumvented in 2 ways: either Rory was kidnapped before it started to rain or William used a different costume that wouldn't kill him if it became wet, perhaps something similar to Glitchtrap.
* Yellow guy implies that the runaway runs away frequently by saying he, "ran off to that place **again."**
	+ It is never stated in the story that Rory has run away multiple times.

* This theory can only work under the assumption that *Tales from the Pizzaplex* is in the same continuity as the games (TalesGames).
	+ While many in the community believe in TalesGames, it is important to note that not everyone does, and one's stance on it could be a deciding factor in how to treat this theory.

## Related Theories

* AndrewMM
* MCIMM
* RoryDreamer
* TalesGames

## Conflicting Theories

* AftonMM
* AndrewMM
* BVRunaway
* HenryMM
* MikeRunaway
* OriginMM
* OswaldMM
* MCIMM