A ‘Home Alone’ Fan Spotted A Tiny Moment In The Film That’s Sparked All New Theories About Kevin’s Dad

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By now most of us have seen the movie Home Alone, or at least one part of it or another, probably more times than we can remember.

However, unlike Home Alone fan “bobcobble” on Reddit, either we don’t have the kind of eagle-eyes this person has or else they have way more free time than we do.

Because this week, “bobcobble” spotted an tiny moment in the film that I know that I had never really paid attention to before (sorry, if you have, but stick around for the A+ conspiracy theories anyway) that has led to several new theories about Kevin McCallister’s dad.

Were you aware that even before Kevin’s family hit the airport and flew to Paris that Kevin’s dad had already pretty much sabotaged any chance he had of joining his family on that trip?

Because he did. Check this out…

Dude just tossed Kevin’s plane ticket in the dang trash can!

Naturally, since many people did not catch this quick moment in the movie, it has shed a whole new light on Kevin’s dad Peter.

He totally knew what he was doing. ~ Ipodman94

And he hired those two robbers to rob his house without telling them Kevin would be there, with the plan being that they would panic and kill Kevin (which seems to be what they tried to do by the end). ~ CollectableRat

Years later there’s a rash of break-ins in adult Kevin’s neighborhood. Calling on experience he sets a couple of traps, only this time he kills the attempting home invader. Kevin feels a rush like never before and quickly justifies the death as “justice against the wicked” and begins his new secret life as… Jigsaw. ~ JD-King

Pretty good. How about another theory?

Peter didn’t want Frank to spoil the vacation so when he found the perfect opportunity to throw out Kevin’s ticket, he took it right here. ~ boodleoodle

How does throwing out Kevin’s ticket prevent Frank from spoiling the vacation? ~ Miley_Dahmer

I’m guessing it’s because Kevin is the one member of the family that Frank didn’t get along with. ~ AnythingForAPint

Then why not ruin Frank’s ticket instead of his son’s? ~ Miley_Dahmer

Frank is an adult who paid is responsible for his own ticket. He would be much more likely to notice it’s missing and either sort a replacement or catch a later flight. ~ greatkingrat

Not bad. Here’s another one…

You need to look deeper. Peter is dead inside. He has a huge house, family, good job…but he dresses like he shops at Sears? He hates his life, but doesn’t actually know it. His subconscious is controlling him more than he knows. When that milk spills, his inner rage and despair rises to the surface. His subconscious takes over and throws away Kevin’s ticket.

Notice what we see on the ticket in the trash:

-First off, there’s “me rli”. This is actually meant to point towards /r/me_irl, showing the audience about the depression and hopelessness.

-The “Kevin” on the ticket is clearly an adult handwriting. But the way the “K” is written implies some kind of rage. Almost like who wrote it was upset that they had to write “Kevin” on the ticket in the first place.

Lastly, the napkins are red. This is about Peter slowly bleeding out in life. ~ Posseon1stAve

Whoa… okay…

Then there’s this unrelated-related observation…

I feel like it’s a gigantic misstep to not know that you’re throwing a plane ticket. ~ Caloricfoil98

The gigantic misstep is drinking milk with pizza. ~ double_positive

Truth.

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