Heartwarming / Game Theory

• His Draw My Life video for seeing his enthusiasm and thankfulness towards his fans for getting him 500,000 subscribers.
• His speech at the end of "The Dark Side of Mother", helped immensely by the fact that "Smiles and Tears" is played in the background. I think it speaks for itself:
  When Shigesato Itoi set out to create a different kind of RPG, one based on the real world, he did just that. And didn't limit himself to simply replacing tonics with hamburgers and merchants with department stores; he dealt with issues you see in the media every day: rape, religious fanaticism, violence. But handled them with a dash of humor, and a heaping spoonful of bizarre storytelling. EarthBound isn't about a boy trying to stop an alien menace; it's about a boy growing up, leaving his home, and experiencing both the good and the bad of the world. That's why Giygas is so scary; he's based on the moment Itoi lost that childhood innocence. And that's why the ending of the game is so satisfying, because Ness faced that darkness and made it through, becoming a young adult. He's grown up, and we as the player have cared enough to get him there. It's truly a triumph of the gaming experience, and one I recommend to anyone. But hey, that's just a theory. A Game Theory.
• MatPat's posthumous rewarding Charles Darwin for proving his theory of evolution in the Pokémon games..
• The video where he explains the reasons he gave Pope Francis a copy of Undertale.
  I just want us to start having a conversation, because you know what? It's an essential discussion to have, to help the world understand and respect people of different backgrounds. That includes us, as gamers. More knowledge is rarely, if ever, a bad thing. It broadens our understanding of the world and allows us to empathize with outgroups it'd be far easer to write off as different, weird, or scary. But all in all, life is just too short to hate.
• After the first WD Gaster video, where the first few minutes were spent talking about the backlash from his previous Undertale videos. This prompted many of the show's fans to show support for MatPat, and several former haters to apologize for their behavior; he thanked all of them for it at the beginning of the second part.
• The relationship between MatPat and his wife Stephanie is absolutely adorable. During February leading all the way to Valentine's Day, Matthew decided to give Stephanie small gifts everyday to make her happy. Aww...
  • The 2018 streams had them playing a 'know your spouse' game where you had to guess your partners responses to various questions... They scored stupidly high.
• While the moment is Played for Laughs, MatPat agreeing that Stephanie is the "Fairest Theorist of Them All" in his Snow White video on Film Theory is really sweet.
• The G.T.Live Stream gets an unexpected visitor. Everyone is delighted.
  Steph: Oh my god do I get to hug MARIO??!! (she does.)
  • In an oddly awesome moment, Matt took the opportunity to do what he's been trying to do for half a decade: find our Mario's canonical height based on the costume. Turns out, he was right in guessing he was 5'11.
• MatPat and Steph are going to have a baby!
  • Introducing Oliver Julian Patrick.
  • We haven't seen much of him in the videos, but the two appearances he has made indicate that Mat and Steph are doing a stellar job. The first is in the Food Theory episode on two-ingredient mug cakes, where Ollie is drawn in by the smell of all the fast food desserts bought for the theory and very politely asks for a taste of the soft serve ice cream. The second is in the Film Theory episode on Minions, where after seeing how much Ollie loved the Minions Christmas decorations, they decided to get him one.^note By that we mean Mat swiped one from Mr Beast. His delight in the resulting clip is palpable.
  • During one of the GTLive videos, Mat was reacting to The Walten Files, and got an adorable distraction. The way his face lights up is precious.
    Ollie: Hi, Daddyyyy!
    Mat: Hi, bean! How are you, buddy?
    Ollie: Good!
• MatPat prevented a boy from commiting suicide, simply by talking to him and being nice.
• The fact that MatPat kept his pre-Game Theory videos and the few vlog videos he made after starting Game Theory. So many creators view their oldest stuff as Old Shame and delete it but he kept his musical theatre videos from 2009-2010, which many fans have appreciated.
• In his final(?) Five Nights at Freddy's theory MatPat says that decoding FNaF's lore has been the most exciting and enjoyable challenge he did on Game Theory and thanks Scott Cawthon for creating all those games.
• While it is subtle, it's noticeable that the theories on Ash Ketchum's age are less caustic than many of his other videos. Even with a few quips, it's clear that he does respect what Ash has accomplished, unlike admonishing him for what he has not like many on Youtube and beyond.
• After an entire video saying that the best way to "win" The Purge was to participate in organ harvesting the corpses that will be readily available, he closed the video by saying that blood and bone marrow donors are desperately needed for thousands of people around the country and encouraging people to donate if they are able.
• Raising money for the St Jude Charity. To the tune of over a MILLION DOLLARS. Steph literally broke down crying.
  • Repeating, and more than doubling it, in 2020 by raising over $3 Million.
• As opposed to being all kinds of negative on Mario, MatPat's theories tended to be overall positive towards Luigi. In fact, as pointed out at the end of his video measuring Luigi's dong, according to his theories, Luigi's a super powerful half-a-billionaire who eventually marries Peach, and, assuming he's a grower, is rocking a pretty hefty 7 inches. This slightly is subverted with a video where MatPat ends up finding something negative to mention about Luigi anyway in the video on his brainwashing and transformation into Mr. L, stating that in actuality, the Mr. L persona was Luigi's inner feelings brought forward.
• ninjamuffin99's heartfelt appreciation for MatPat's Friday Night Funkin' theory, despite the episode being rather controversial among the game's fanbase, is quite the joy to see, especially him fully batting for MatPat against critics of the theory, stating that there's nothing wrong with harmless speculation.
• After he did a FNAF "Ultimate Timeline" series, on GT Live, several of the fans forwarded ID Fantasy's video on when Sister Location happened in the timeline. While some of the fine details he disagreed with, he found the video well put together. And when ID ended her video asking to join the timeline retrospective livestream, he stated on video that he definitely would. And she did.
• The video on My Friendly Neighborhood is less of a theory and moreso MatPat spelling out the game's message. He tells the viewers that corruption is the absence of good, and for people to become corrupt, it must mean we were good at some point but changed. That change, however, is reversible, as much in real-life people as in the game's protagonist Gordon, who describes it like being lost in a tunnel until the light of the sun guides him home.
• Toby Fox wishing MatPat well on his retirement and even posting art of Sans and Papyrus in Ness outfits, after all the wild speculation among the fanbase of bad blood between the two due to Toby criticizing him once and MatPat not doing any Undertale or Deltarune theories for years.
• In the first video for his final run of theories before he retires from hosting the shows, MatPat insists on bringing back the full Game Theory intro with the Science Blaster theme. As the comments indicate, the fans are very pleased with this move.
• In Matt’s final theory video, Scott Cawthon himself makes an appearance at the end. Considering Matpat’s dedication to the FNAF franchise over the years, the moment is especially poignant.
  • Keep in mind, Scott has never appeared on video before. Not for the movie (either as a cameo or in behind-the-scenes footage), or even for Dawko. It's clear Scott has a lot of respect for MatPat.
  • Prior to that, a montage plays of various Game Theory fans saying "That's just a theory...", before cutting to the new lineup of hosts, who each name drop the show they'll be running. Then MatPat salutes the audience and says "Thanks for watching" one last time.

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