Make your own dumb Rayman theories!

[Mortamon Saturn]

The Nymphs were implemented as a marketing strategy to make weeaboos buy the game.

[PluMGMK]

Mr. Stone is actually the one who threw the rock which destroyed the Musician's guitar, he really hated his music.

I don't see what's dumb about this. In fact, I think it's strongly implied by the fact that the crushed guitar is the very first scene in the level named for Mister Stone.

[Steo]

The reason Rayman had to go through so much trouble in Picture City was because Clark accidentally knocked over his open pencil case, then giant stationery was scattered everywhere. He was also fond of using a fountain pen and had an ink jar which also smashed, creating the inky sea.

[StelzenBomber]

Rayman has limbs
but they are currently at break

[Mortamon Saturn]

Mr. Stone is actually the one who threw the rock which destroyed the Musician's guitar, he really hated his music.

I don't see what's dumb about this. In fact, I think it's strongly implied by the fact that the crushed guitar is the very first scene in the level named for Mister Stone.

That could indeed be what happened, and as he only specifically destroyed the guitar, it could be accurate... though, It could also be an "accident", because I would expect Mr. Stone to throw rocks in the mountains for various reasons, and one could have just landed here. Who knows...



Mr. Dark created Candy Chateau in an attempt to kill Rayman by overfeeding him. Turns out Rayman wasn't that hungry.

[Steo]

Reflux The Knaaren got his name because he has the powers to give people acid reflux (heartburn). This in theory is why he failed to defeat Rayman, since Rayman has no neck in order to suffer from acid reflux or regurgitation.

It's also come into speculation that Reflux himself caused El Stomacho to have acid reflux in the Rayman Origins level "You're on Fire!".

[Mortamon Saturn]

Reflux is actually the weakest Knaaren, this is why he is not invincible like the others, his champion title and reputation were actually about his dancing skills.

[The Jonster]

It's well-known that Space Mama fled into space after being hunted by Razoff's ancestors, and once there she fended off her enemies to survive, like Rayman. He is not actually fighting her in Picture City but the moon, hence why the level name is called Space Mama's Crater.

[Steo]

Rayman Designer was made so that people could come up with inspirational ideas for Rayman 2, that was until the 2D version was cancelled in favour of the 3D game we have today.

[Mortamon Saturn]

Rayman Designer and Rayman By His Fans were a first attempt to make players make the games themselves to allow Ubisoft to make money without any efforts, but the original team didn't wanted kids to surpass their creation so they went back to what they were originally doing.

[PluMGMK]

That and the fact that the levels in Rayman By His Fans generally sucked.

[Mortamon Saturn]

Rayman Legends is intended to be released on every single gaming platform coming in the future, the next ports will all be named Rayman Legends Forever.

[The Jonster]

Polokus's first nightmare was that his creatures would look at him like he was a fire-breathing one-eyed monster and fear him, which was how Jano was born.

[PluMGMK]

Polokus's first nightmare was that his creatures would look at him like he was a fire-breathing one-eyed monster and fear him, which was how Jano was born.

Again that's not really dumb. It's actually quite interesting!

[Steo]

Rayman lost all of his limbs by performing the magic trick where you cut yourself in half, however he messed it up and lost all of his limbs.

[The Jonster]

I guess the last one I made wasn't dumb enough.

Eat at Joe's is named as such because in reality Rayman had lunch there first, but since it involved Joe cooking otherworldly endangered animals and their blood, it was not shown and the parts where Rayman first visits and when he leaves and crosses the water are displayed only.

[Mortamon Saturn]

The Flying Blue Elves in Rayman 1 are actually on a quest to shrink every lifeform in the Glade of Dreams so they could take over the world and remain the only big ones, but they decided to help Rayman because Mr. Dark got on their way.

[The Jonster]

The air bubbles in Rayman Revolution are really blue lums in disguise, but they wanted to be much more important to Rayman than just flashing lights so they asked Ly to put a spell on Rayman (via the silver lum she gives him) so he would see air bubbles instead of blue lums, amplifying their usefulness.

[Steo]

Rayman Classic was made by a true Rayman fan. The reason it was made so badly by them and with touch controls was to make Rayman fans go back and play the original again since it's much better. It was then bought by Ubisoft and taken off the app store so that even though it was terrible, people would want it back and they'd even pay for it.

[The Jonster]

Gumsi used to be called by a different name until Patrick Star came up to him as a kid and put gum on his head since he had no idea what to do with it. When other Knaaren noticed they made fun of him by calling him "Gumsi", and he hid this by putting on a crown, which eventually permanently got stuck to his head.