crackpot theories and thoughts

**Amisiel** · Oct 11th, 2011, 08:48 PM

On with teh crack pop theories im telling you Mr Whiskers is the Rat ALSO he was the first zombie now I dont have any proof other than I like Mr Whiskers,. and felt a need to post.

**uuhhhuuu** · Jan 30th, 2012, 09:01 PM

ok, i have brooding over something over my head now for the past week or so now. Everyone thinks the rat is either one person or another, but no one has yet to ask the question "what if there is more than one rat?" i think Riley could be the rat and Angle, Kalani and Hope are in on it too.
I believe Riley is the main traitor and Angle (because he is so in love) helps her without thinking about it. Kalani as we know was being blackmailed by the Mallers because they had his "Hanna". and last Hope, i think she is in on it because she remembers kalani and hanna from the other tower, also her mom and kalani were both from the other tower when they were takin to the Arena(so she feels like she has to help him) and also because she didn't want kalani to lose Hanna (i bet its his daughter) like Hope lost her mom in all this. i also bet Kalani, Burt, and Angle are still alive. well these are my thoughts, let me know what everone thinks. THX!!

**Raven** · Jan 30th, 2012, 09:08 PM

Someone made a similar connection with Samantha and Hannah both having red hair that they were the 2 of the 3 that made it off the tarmac at LAX but then there is hope bringing it up to four survivors so I don't think that is gonna work but there also wasnt much Hope/Kalani interaction if they did know each other even in passing. Skittles also recognized Kalani so I still say he was a rat. I really still think Kelly over REiley as the other rat because even with the post Tommy she had a bit too sudden of a turn around to get in good with the mains...

**HaveCrowBarWillTravel** · Jan 31st, 2012, 10:32 AM

Didn't really know where to put this since we really don't have a thread for "dumb questions" hahah.
Anyway, This is for the Army/Marine Tank guys:

IF, you stuck a bag of nails up the barrel of the tank and followed that up with a blank/training shell, would the nails project at force??

**Cabbage Patch** · Jan 31st, 2012, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by HaveCrowBarWillTravel

IF, you stuck a bag of nails up the barrel of the tank and followed that up with a blank/training shell, would the nails project at force??

There really aren't "blank" training shells for tanks anymore. Training tank rounds that are used on ranges are actual cannon rounds, but they have reduced explosive charges and less destructive warheads (no explosives, etc.). Training rounds can still do an enormous amount of damage and can destroy anything short of another tank. Tanks use small explosive devices called "Hoffman Charges" to simulate cannon fire during combat training. These are the equivalent of quarter-stick charges of dynamite and sit in a special rack above the barrel.

There used to be true "blank rounds" for tanks but these went away in the late 60's or early 70's. They consisted of a shell casing packed with powder and sealed with a thick plug of grease. When you fired the gun the grease was blasted down the barrel. With one of those rounds you probably could have stuffed nails in front of the shell and used it to blast them downrange like a big shotgun. But it wouldn't have been very accurate and it wouldn't have had very good range.

Without the blank rounds a tank cannon is going to be like a giant blunderbus. Fill the breech with explosives, put in a good gas plug and pack in shrapnel and you can should be able to fire it effectively. Once. Your guess is as good as mine as to whether you can take a second shot.

**7oddisdead** · Jan 31st, 2012, 03:23 PM

Well..i know the question was about a tank...but this could be possible in a more semi-real world scenario...two words

Pumpkin cannon

(sorry,just couldn't resist the idea...)

**Zombiphobe** · Feb 1st, 2012, 02:36 PM

This was inspired after seeing the Cover Art for Episode 26.

Mr. Whiskers was Scratch's cat! Scratch was living at the apartment complex before it all happened.

That's why Angel was familiar to her. She saw him when he visited his girlfriend Cindy.

And the real reason why she has it in for Pegs: She took her cat!

And that special thing she was looking for after the Tower collapses: Mr. Whiskers.

It would also explain where Scratch got her trademark looks. Mr. Whiskers is as feisty as his original owner.

**HaveCrowBarWillTravel** · Feb 2nd, 2012, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by Zombiphobe

This was inspired after seeing the Cover Art for Episode 26.

Mr. Whiskers was Scratch's cat! Scratch was living at the apartment complex before it all happened.

That's why Angel was familiar to her. She saw him when he visited his girlfriend Cindy.

And the real reason why she has it in for Pegs: She took her cat!

And that special thing she was looking for after the Tower collapses: Mr. Whiskers.

It would also explain where Scratch got her trademark looks. Mr. Whiskers is as feisty as his original owner.

hahah. OMG that's original! Love it!!
I can see Scratch only caring about 2 things in life.. her brother and her cat.

**nikvoodoo** · Feb 2nd, 2012, 08:47 AM

The only thing that is completely implausible about this scenario is Scratch found Mr. Whiskers since we know the Mallers have already come and gone.....

.....that and I think we got the original name of the owner when we discovered Mr. Whiskers....you'd figure Datu would know already that Scratch had a big scar on her face and might have made the connection....After all....he is very resourceful.