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and tackle the question of, "Who is Alberto's father?" We get very little information
about Alberto's father, other than the fact that
at some point in time he did abandon Alberto, which is a detail that
I think Alberto himself is still slowly coming to grips with. - You live up here? - Yeah, me and my dad. He's not even here a whole lot so I pretty much just do whatever. - But later in one of the
more depressing moments of the entire movie, we learn that it's not
that he's not around often; he's just not around at all. That being said, though, there
is one detail about the movie that I do think points us in the direction of his father's first name. - Silenzio, Bruno. - "Silenzio, Bruno." It is Alberto's like rally
call whenever he needs like the extra confidence to do something that maybe he shouldn't. But when Luca asks where this
particular name comes from, Alberto just kind of dodges
the question entirely and explains that it's the
voice inside of his head that tells him he can't do something. And that's about it. It's like the mantra for
the rest of the movie, but they never discuss it ever again. Nonetheless though, I don't think it's a particularly difficult
leap to go to the idea that Bruno is the name of Alberto's father and he was the one
constantly telling Alberto the things he couldn't or shouldn't do. Possibly this was to maintain his safety, because let's face it, Alberto's
relationship with gravity is lax at best. - Gravity! - Or it's possible that his father just wasn't exactly father
of the year material. Either way, the thing
that we definitely know is that his father
ultimately abandons him. So it doesn't really matter
what his intent was originally, that's 100% wrong. And I'm sure from Alberto's perspective, it definitely draws the
question to mind of like, why do I need to trust this
person who abandoned me? The end result is anything
his dad ever said was wrong, and therefore anything he
said not to do is right. So, "Silenzio, Bruno," indeed. I'm going to be riding this rickety Vespa down this long rock
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is a character by the name of Bruno Motoreau, and while he only has this
small role as the crew chief for Raoul CaRoule, and again, in "Cars 2," I do still think he could
be incredibly relevant to answering today's question. And right off, I do hear you. Like, so what? They're both named Bruno. But like what do cars
have to do with "Luca"? Well, not for nothing, but
Alberto and Luca literally start their friendship by building vehicles and then immediately entering a race. And one of the few details
that we do in fact know about Bruno is that he
comes from a long line of rally race car drivers. But really to start getting
into the meat of this theory, I think we need to revisit
how we interpret cars existing in the Pixar theory. Here's the refresher. Basically the cars that
exist in the "Cars" movies take on the personality of the
former drivers of those cars, and they are powered by the same thing that powers everything
in the Pixar universe, human memories. And a good example of how the
real Lightning McQueen existed during the time of the humans is that the truck driver
from "Finding Dory" actually has a Lightning McQueen bandaid. And I'll be the first to admit that it's kind of an
incredibly important bandaid, but it is in fact proof
that the human version of Lightning McQueen did exist
during the time of the humans during the Pixar timeline. This is also why in the time of the cars, technology seems to progress
in a similar timeline to how it did during the human time, because the cars themselves
wake up in a similar fashion to when they were invented. This is why Doc Hudson,
being an older vehicle, kind of is the forerunner
to Lightning McQueen. And fast forward a few years
with Lightning McQueen, and all of a sudden on
the scene is Jackson Storm and all of the other electronic vehicles. But from there, we're
just gonna continue on assuming that you agree with
me on this particular point. If you wanna check out the complete video about how "Cars 3" fits
in the Pixar theory, you can do so right over here. But to get back on track, eh, our argument is that the
Bruno car from "Cars 2" is the car recreation of
Alberto's actual father Bruno. And again, we don't
know an enormous amount about Bruno from "Cars 2" because he's just not one
of the main characters, but when the movie was released, there was also a book that out with it called "Meet the Cars"
where we do get more details about the character. So, what we currently do know
about Bruno are the following. One, he is French; two, a
softy in plays the accordion; three, likes romantic drives
along the river Seine; four, his favorite movie is
"The Engine of Dr. Motoreau"; five, he comes from a
long line of rally racers. So examining some of
these characteristics, he likes romantic drives
along the river Seine and likes playing the accordion. He kind of sounds like quite the charmer, maybe someone who could
be good with the ladies, so to speak, but also not
willing to settle down somewhere. Kind of a hopeless romantic, if you will. And now, I'm gonna take a few leaps here, but I really do think we
can back all of this up with information that we know from "Luca." First, you may immediately
be thinking that, "Ben, this character is French "and 'Luca' is very much
and very intentionally "an Italian movie. "That is a theory killer." But no. Geography lesson for you, France is located
immediately next to Italy. So I'm not really that fussed with the difference in heritage. So we have Bruno who I
believe through circumstances finds himself the single father of his sea monster son Alberto. "But wait," you must be asking. "You mean to say that his father "wasn't a sea monster at all." Correct, and I actually think this is a fairly critical
piece of the theory because, again, when we go back to when Luca first meets Alberto, he is living in this island on land. - Me and my dad. He's not even here a whole lot so I pretty much just do whatever I want. - This white lie hides the
fact that "Not very often" actually means he left
and has never come back. But I also think that for
this lie to have been created to begin with, it is absolutely the case that
his father once lived there. Or else, why is this land-based home specifically where he has
been counting tally marks on the wall waiting on
his father's return? Especially when keeping in mind that it would be much more
likely for a sea monster to live like, you know, in the sea. But also worth mentioning that
while they do live on land, they specifically do not live in town, which is just not that far away. To me, this sounds like
the solution of a man who himself cannot live under water, but needs to stay far enough away so that his son isn't found out, especially when you consider this statue is in the center of that town. And I'm sure at this point
what you must be wondering is, "Well, if his dad isn't the sea monster "than his mom must have been, right?" And if that's the case, then there kind of is the question of, then how did his dad meet
his mom to begin with? I'm so glad you asked. Remember how earlier we said
that Bruno really enjoyed romantic drives along the Seine? Well, the Seine is a river in
France, a really big river. It goes right through Paris. But do you know what else seine means? Because I personally think this is an incredibly clever clue. A seine is, wait for it, "A fishing net which hangs
vertically in the water, "which floats at the top and
weights at the bottom edge, "the ends being drawn together
to encircle the fish." This is literally,
literally the exact thing that catches Alberto
during the opening sequence of this movie. And maybe you know where
I'm going with this, but my conclusion is that Bruno
quite literally caught her. Plenty of fish in the sea, am I right? I'm gonna give myself (clap)
a self-five for that one. It's pretty good. And think about it,
once she's above water, it just looks like he
accidentally caught a woman in his net. Oh my god, I am so sorry. Let me help you. No, no, it's fine. It's my fault. Wow, do you play the accordion? Need I say more? I don't, but I will,
because it gets even better when we take into
consideration the other details that we know about Bruno from "Cars." One of the other details that
we are specifically given about this character is
that his favorite movie is "The Engine of Dr. Motoreau." Now, this is certainly
the car-ified version of this particular story, but during the reign of humans, the actual name of the story
is "The Island of Dr. Moreau." Island as in island. But don't worry, that's not actually the connective tissue here. "The Island of Dr. Moreau" was a, well, not so great 1996 movie. - Oh, oh, no! Oh my. - But it is based on a
story written by H.G. Wells a century earlier in 1896, which tells the story of, "Edward Prendick who is a shipwrecked man "rescued by a passing boat. "He is left on the island
home of Doctor Moreau, "a mad scientist who creates
human-like hybrid beings "from animals via vivisection." (Luca spitting) Human-like hybrid beings on an island. You mean like sea monsters
that can biologically shift their actual physical appearance
upon exiting the water. I mean like the description
of this character is just consistently giving us clues that all point in the exact direction that he is in fact Alberto's father. And did I mention his name is Bruno? And his favorite movie is this
incredibly obscure selection about living on an island with
hybrid human-like characters. He is absolutely a romantic, and when you consider the
double meaning of the word seine and the fact that they literally live just like a boat ride
away from a fishing town, and the seine net is
literally what catches Alberto in the beginning of the movie. Alberto takes after his
mother and is a sea monster, but takes after his father
by way of enjoyment of racing and living on land, specifically on land very
close to civilization but far enough away to go unnoticed. Which leads us to the great big question, what happened to his parents? Where did they go? Where is his mother? Why does his dad leave? And here is where I think
things get kind of sad. Portorosso has the wrong
idea about sea monsters, thinking of them as dangerous, but they're not wrong in
the fact that they do exist. So pair that fear with the
fact that Alberto's mother is someone who has now
grown to trust humans more and might venture closer to land. And with that, I think there
is a very strong possibility that she was spotted and
hunted by the locals. After all, again, going
back to that fountain in the center of town, it shows a man slaying
one of these sea monsters. And it is only his father that Alberto wonders about coming back, which makes me think
that his mother's leaving is more permanent. And I think this leaves
Alberto's father heartbroken, and to eventually leave altogether to apparently go and coach
the real human version of Raoul CaRoule. So to put it all together, we have a hopeless romantic named Bruno who is living on an island
who captures Alberto's mother and falls in love with her. They have Alberto, who
takes after his mother, but lives on land like his father. His mother is eventually killed
by the local townspeople, which ultimately breaks his father's heart and drives him away. So that leaves us with a small boy living on an island by himself, fascinated with human artifacts, counting down the days
until his father may return and hiding the trauma of
the loss of his father with his mantra, "Silenzio, Bruno." Guys, for my question of
the day, what do you think? I know this theory takes
some weird dips and dives, but the specific things that we know about this character Bruno from "Cars 2" just feel too odd and fitting
to this particular situation. Let me know all of your thoughts in the towel section down below. But guys, as always, thank
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