Random Home Alone Fan Theories That Are Really Fun to Think About (10 items)

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  (#9) Kevin Was Still Sleeping in His Parents's Bed

  Redditor I_Brittad_It points out how Kevin complains about a bunch of things, such as not having his cheese pizza, or having to pack his own suitcase, but he never mentions anyone sleeping in his bed. This theory suggests that his parents were ready for their not-so-little boy to get out of their room, and saw the beginning of this holiday trip as an opportunity to give him a nudge towards his own bed.

  They’d bump little Kevin to the attic and then boom, he’d grow accustomed to not being in their bed. It points out how helpless he is, like these two comments about him: “Shopping? He can’t even tie his shoes!” and “You’re what the French call, les incompetents.” There are further details supporting him not quite being a big boy in his own bed as well.
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  (#1) Peter McCallister Is Actually a Criminal

  Redditor cubanesis proposed that Kevin’s dad is sketchy and involved in some sort of mid-level crime for the mob. The first sign is when Harry is dressed as a cop scoping out the place. Peter is super defensive during the interaction, immediately jumping to “Am I in some kind of trouble, officer?” mode. Additionally, we aren’t told what his job is, but we know he’s wealthy because they have a bunch of kids inside of a massive home in the Chicago suburbs that’s full of nice things. There are more details in the full theory, but enough evidence is certainly there to make this a possibility.
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  (#10) Peter McCallister Was Training Secret Agents for a Secret Government Program

  This interesting, lesser-discussed idea by user Worlds_Best_Coffee proposed this wild theory:

  "Home Alone theory that may exist elsewhere but I formed it today. Peter McCallister was experimenting and developing methods of training agents for survival and espionage. Watch the film and you'll see that throughout the film whether Kevin is being harassed by siblings and cousins, berated by an uncle or forgotten on another continent that Kevin's father, Peter - is pretty much okay with it - is orchestrating this. Kevin is an isolationist, seeking to detach himself from everyone, even his family. He's 8 and has the know how to deploy a series of traps and pitfalls for 2 grown men in less than an hour.

  Peter has been training specimens for years for the US Government. The McCallister family lives in an enormous house, the man has to be doing something. He started with Buzz, he developed more along the lines of a US Army grunt, some anti-social leaning, he owned a weapon, his pet was a spider, nothing that would develop a real emotional bond with him. Buzz had a girlfriend though, he palled around with his relative - to succeed long term, internationally, an agent needed to be able to survive in unsociable environments. Peter foments the anti-Kevin atmosphere in the house and gives the kid access to his tool-bench in the garage. He's engineering this to see if survival against a stronger foe can be developed and utilized earlier in life. If he's working for the US Government, it's not a stretch for an FBI informant to get an idea worked into the head of a street level crook to rip-off high-dollar homes when everyone is on vacation and viola, Peter has a testing ground for his life's work.

  And the sequel, that's just him ensuring it wasn't a fluke."
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  (#7) Harry and Marv Are Christmas Spirits

  Reddit’s sumojoe believes that Kevin McCallister is a spoiled brat at the start of the first Home Alone movie. He’s granted his wish when he hopes his family disappears. As he’s wishing to live alone and speaking of not needing anyone else, Harry first shows up, and he and Marv begin going after Kevin, reminding him how important his family is.

  A year later, in Home Alone 2, Kevin gets separated from his family again and runs into Harry and Marv, who force him out of the hotel and into a situation where he’s focused on the less fortunate, such as the kids whose presents could be stolen, or the bird lady. This concept would also explain why Harry and Marv would be able to survive like supernatural entities, despite the beatings they take.
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  (#6) Gus Polanski Is Mrs. McCallister’s Guardian Angel

  This is obviously the opposite of the theory that pegs him as the devil, but Flandangle on Reddit sees it this way:

  "John Candy's character of Gus Polinski, Polka King of the Midwest, is an odd quirk to the film overall. He satisfies the role of a weird Deus Ex Machina that finds a way to transport Kevin's mother back to Chicago for Christmas when she can't get any flight there at all.What's interesting is what happens immediately before Gus Polinski enters the scene. Kevin's mother is getting increasingly frustrated at the airline employee when she cannot get a flight and says the following:

  'If I have to get on your runway and hitchhike......if it costs me everything I own......if I have to sell my soul to the Devil himself......I am going to get home to my son.'

  This shows the mother's true desperation, and her willingness to literally sell her soul to Satan to get home to Kevin. It's as this line is said that Gus Polinski comes over and hovers over the mother's right shoulder, before offering the mother a ride in his Polka truck. Traditionally, a person will have two "shoulder angels", the right shoulder housing the good, guardian angel side, and the left housing the evil, devil side. Gus Polinski perfectly approaches over the mother's right shoulder, and solves her terrible problem, and stops an opportunity for her making a deal with the devil in exchange for her soul. Gus Polinski, Guardian Angel of the Midwest."
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  (#4) Kevin Grew Up to Be the Killer From Saw

  This theory by Redditor Jordoom proposes that Kevin being bullied by his own family, combined with being forgotten and left behind on family trips - twice - may’ve messed him up a little bit. He’s an expert in creating crafty ways to injure people, so the idea is that he turned into a much worse person and went from torturing the Wet Bandits to hurting people he deemed deserving of being forced into brutal life-or-death scenarios. It goes in-depth, describing how the little sociopath turns into a full-fledged killer, and it’s rather interesting and eerily possible.

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