RiversRunRed

The Bon Burger

Edd & Molly are the most prominent use of color coding in the series so far. Red is commonly seen as a “supernatural” color, historically at least. A lot of artifacts of supernatural deities and gods that have been recovered have shades of red that can still be seen fading from the structures. Besides that, Red is unique in that it’s the colors humans “notice” the most — it stands out more than any other color.

I’m assuming there’s a very specific reason why Martin chose E&M to be the only spirits colored red — and I think it’s something that will have its meaning revealed until later in the series. There is one theory that I like that kind of goes into this; that being that during the scene in TWF3 where Bon is going crazy, it’s because E&M sort of “hijacked” the animatronic to prevent him from more explicitly reaching Sophie through Bunnyfarm.

Besides the general imagery in the scene, there’s not TOO much else that supports this theory, but it’s one I sort of like anyways. I do however think that it’s likely that this is something that can and probably will happen more explicitly in future episodes. It’s kind of a trope in horror that children are closer to the supernatural on account of just, kinda being children. They don’t have the same kind of “common-sense” or ideas that tune them away from that sort of superstition, for lack of a better word.

Bringing this back to the color thing — I wouldn’t be surprised if E&M’s red coloration is meant to represent just that; a more potent and deeper connection to the supernatural. This comes up with their dual possession of Rocket as well. They also have a completely unique manner of speech when in Wonderland as well, and i’d be surprised if this is just them not being “used” to whatever laws govern Wonderland’s nature considering Susan was able to talk in perfect english with her voice and accent still intact immediately after being killed.

Side note that’s related to what I talked about, this shot still bothers me (complimentary). It’d be one thing if it was just a black censor-bar but the red makes me think about this scene shot more than I probably need to.

So much to overanalyze here: Who’s desk is that? Why is he seemingly crouched below it? Is he hiding from someone? Stalking them? Probably a placeholder, but the background does look fairly odd for the interior of a restaurant — does this take place in the bunker? He seems to be more withered here as well, which could support that. Idk, I just really like how freakish he looks here and how poor of an attempt at hiding himself this would be if that’s what he’s doing.