Once in a blue moon comes a game that sweeps the internet into a meme-gasmic frenzy.
It shakes the foundations of what is possible, it throws caution to the wind and leaves even
the sharpest minds wondering….wh-wh-what’s happening?
In 2018 the title that has taken this glorious position is Baldi’s Basics in Education
and Learning.
Everyone from us to PewdiePie to Jacksepticeye, ManlyBadassHero, Markiplier, GT Live, 8-Bit
Ryan and even etc has jumped on this spooky, poopy revolution in indie horror.
And that means...the fear of this game runs deep.
They get at something the human mind can’t help but obsess over.
Within the winding halls of Baldis schoolhouse lives a story so important, so relevant and
filled with wisdom that we collectively turned our heads towards it.
This is no laughing matter people...this is a story about imprisonment.
About those who have been trapped in a place they cannot leave.
That’s why I used the word trapped.
Because they can’t leave.
Do you understand now?
This horror is not to be taken lightly.
THIS IS A MYSTERY WHICH HAUNTS ALL OF YOUTUBE.
IT SPEAKS TO PARTS OF US SO PRIMAL AND SO INGRAINED THAT THE INTERNET COULD NOT HELP
BUT PICK IT APART.
What is this schoolhouse really?
What goes on here that has captivated us so?
In the last Baldi SYNK we used flawless logic to conclude that this schoolhouse...this...place
exists!
Recall that upon completing the first math quiz we get a confirmation that we exist!
Which means so does our character and all the other characters in it!
Socrates himself be jealous of that logic.
And would you believe...the update confirms this terrifying conclusion even more?
The update pushes further that Baldis schoolhouse is a purgatory for sentient beings who cannot
escape.
And so everything which unfolds is a scrambling towards some kind of freedom.
Be it true freedom from this place that only comes from escaping or the mental freedom
which the Broom aka Gotta Sweep experiences by being so hyper-focused on sweeping that
it doesn’t even notice the low-quality hell that surrounds it.
This is profound stuff people.
And it only gets profounderer from here.
So grab your pink safety scissors, stop existing in the halls, do some bad voiceover into a
microphone and PREPARE YOURSELF for the story of consciousness trapped in a game, for reality
peeling apart to reveal an existential horror, this is the story of Baldi’s Basics in Education
and Learning Update version 1.3.1 THE STORY...you never knew
First things first let’s talk about the elephant in the room.
And I’m not talking about your mom!
Sure we got a new character named ”first prize” but he’s not the nearly as important
as...the secret ending.
I mean people have been calling it secret but it’s not a secret anymore.
As you may or may not know if you collect all seven notebooks, fail every quiz question,
and walk through those beautiful doors to freedom you’ll have the option to go to
Baldi’s office.
Upon walking through the door you’re greeted with exactly what you’d expect.
A weird guy who's not completely filled in, a floating banana and a distorted Baldi just
kind of...there.
Somehow I’m not surprised this is where Baldi gets his work done but I’d be lying
if I said it wasn’t creepier and more confusing than even my imagination could concoct.
That’s a fancy way of saying I don’t like this office and the things that happen within
it.
No Baldi doesn’t have a me too scandal behind these closed doors but he does have...this
student….known mysteriously as..filename2.
The internet has been quite abuzz about the words that come from this mysterious entity.
Filename2 has interesting things to say but his message is interrupted and obscured by
super annoying worse-than-dial-up noises.
When the beeps and blairs are ignored and the transcript is revealed...strange things
are heard.
Let’s listen in:
Yeah like I said the beeps are super annoying so let’s look at the transcript
The transcript goes,
“Oh jeepers, you found me.
Good job, I'm glad you found me, because I have something kind of important to say.
*beep* It's about th-the game..Don't, *beep* Uh, Eh.
Don't *beep* Don't, just, this is..
This is probably looking pretty ridiculous *beep* Don't tell anyone about this game.
You wanna..
Don't, don't bring attention to yourself.
Destroy it, destroy the game.
Destroy the game.
Before, it's too late.
*beep* What i'm saying is.. is get out of this, while you still can.
*beep* Just, don't..
don't know that you probably know i'm not saying that i'm trapped inside the game, no
that would be ridiculous.
No i'm.. *beep* I can't..this is..i'm not..the game was..kind of..*beep* I got really corrupted....”
Filename2 goes on to clarify that “they” corrupted the game and therefore he makes
things pretty clear that the true meaning of his message has been censored by the corruption.
Censored by…”they”.
Whoever they are.
(“They” is Baldi).
Filename2 is begging...PLEADING for us to “destroy the game” as though he was trapped
here and that if we “don’t get out while we still can” we will meet the same fate
as our incomplete and corrupted compadre over here.
That ain’t no way I wanna end up!
Yet if I didn’t know any better...I’d say filename2 was once a living breathing
human being like you and me but now has been sucked into the digital poopurgatory schoolhouse
by Baldi and his black magic.
BLACK MAGIC!
Or whatever you wanna call it I dunno THIS GUY GOT SUCKED INTO THE GAME FROM THE REAL
WORLD AND NOW HE’S GOTTA SPEND HIS TIME NEXT TO A FLOATING BANANA AND ABSTRACT BALDI.
Give it five yours you’ll see this bad boy in a modern art museum
AND IT’LL BE THE BEST THING THERE!
I mean it’s as though this place really is real.
It’s as though filename2 isn’t just talking to us the character...he’s talking to us
the player.
IRL bro.
Why else would he tell us to destroy the game?
No NPC in other games ever got that meta.
What’s odd is that at no point during this broken message does filename2 directly say
he’s a person trapped in the game.
He can only tell us he’s trapped through sarcasm.
He does clearly tell us to destroy it with short sentences he can get out between ear-splitting
beeps, beyond that everything is said indirectly or in such a way where filename2 doesn’t
really break the fourth wall.
Hmmm...not breaking the fourth wall.
THAT WAS A RULE POSTED UP IN THE HALLWAY.
Along with no entering the faculty.
Yeah I won’t be entering this guy anytime soon believe me.
Heh
What’s important is that the game’s “corruption” censored this message in such a way that it
almost seems to be enforcing the school rules.
In such a way that made “breaking the fourth wall” nearly impossible.
In case you don’t know, breaking the fourth wall is when a character is aware of their
place within a movie or tv show or in this case a video game!
This almost always comes in the form of a character talking directly to the audience.
In this case the player.
And someone made a rule that doesn’t allow for direct contact between character and player.
Because...that would be too dangerous right?
It’s as though Baldi’s schoolhouse has rules in place to maintain complete control
over the entities trapped within it.
Because Baldi wants to keep his control.
Communicating with the outside world is just asking for someone to break this creepy party
up!
Filename2 has made it indirectly clear he’s trapped in this game...He was kept from overtly
breaking the fourth wall because that means IRL players would be alerted to the fact that
the characters in this video game and not merely characters...they used to be people.
Probably.
AND IF OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE REAL WORLD FOUND OUT THEY MIGHT JUST DELETE THE GAME OR DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT BUT ALSO REAL PEOPLE GOT TRAPPED HERE AND NOW WE MIGHT TOO OMG IT’S
SO SCARY!!1 So that means...when Gotta Sweep has gotta sweep sweep sweep...it means more
than you could ever imagine.
BECAUSE IT’S REAL.
THIS BROOM USED TO BE SOMEBODY!
LOOK AT IT
But is this all we can hope for?
That one day somebody will do something to save these poor souls?
Filename2 is held back from being a hero by the corruption.
He does what he can but it’s not enough.
Or...is it?
Maybe...just maybe our unfilled-in friend has more control over the fate of this place
than we think.
CASE IN POINT.
I’m sure you know by now that when you collect all seven notebooks we hear Baldi say, “Congratulations
you’ve found all seven notebooks now all you have to do is…GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL
CAN”.
That last part...when a voice yells ”get out while you still can”.
This voice sounds different than Baldi’s stupid nasaly voice.
Sure it’s yelling instead of talking and that might explain the difference but listen
to this line from filename2…”What i'm saying is.. is get out of this, while you
still can.”
In spite of the distortion we can make out the words “get out of this, while you still
can.”
Almost exactly the same line.
With exactly the same message.
And so I believe the yelling voice we hear after collecting every notebook is actually
filename2’s.
I believe that somehow the corruption has intertwined him with the game enough to where
he can flex some control over what happens.
RRRYes, the wiki does say Baldi said the whole line but WIKIS AREN’T THE END-ALL-BE-ALL
OF WHAT’S CORRECT OKAY.
Anyone can edit this page and at first glance...I too thought Baldi yelled at us to get out...but
really...the similar lines, different voice, and change of tone speak for themselves.
This...is filename2.
He merged with the code and so is able to interrupt Baldi every time.
Even before we saw filename2 in Baldi’s office...his voice cried out and told us to
escape.
Thank you good sir.
You are the hero Baldi’s schoolhouse needs.
THE VOICE OF REASON IN A CACOPHONY OF CHAOS.
THE ONLY GOOD IN A WORLD WHERE SO LITTLE MAKES SENSE AND THE ONLY SENTIENT BEING STANDING
IN THE WAY OF BALDI’S AUTHORITARIAN, IRON-FISTED RULING OF THIS PLACE.
EVERYONE ELSE IS EITHER A STUPID ROBOT OR AN IGNORAMUS OR A SLAVE WHO ENFORCES BALDI’S
RULES.
Thank you filename2...for all that you have done and all that you will do.
Your prison won’t be forever.
Probably.
That’s the story of a hero who seeks to cure the world of cancer.
Of a man trapped in poopurgatory and seeks to shield the world from the same fate...that’s
the Story of Baldis Basics in Education and Learning Update version 1.3.1 the story...you
never knew.
And...that’s my take on the Baldi’s Basics update!
Let me know down below what you think.
It got super serious at the end there.
GASP!
Baldi’s Basics is chalked full of mesmerizing tales of...stuff.
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I’ll leave it right here for you.
Right there.
Yep.
That’s all I got for today.
I’m Grant...and I’ll see you guys in the next one.
Bye!