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    1 year ago

    Among “The Big Lebowski” fans there are some that suggest that Donnie isn’t real.
    In the whole movie, Walter’s is the only person that directly speaks to him. The Dude almost always ignores him or talks to him in a generic/patronizing way.
    The theory says that Donnie was probably one of Walter’s war buddies in Vietnam and died and what we see in the movie is just Walter’s hallucination caused by PTSD. The Dude just plays along to not upset Walter.

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        That’s a big question mark. Some people theorized Walter showed up at the mortuary and took the ashes of someone with no family, like a homeless person or something, claiming they were Donnie’s.
        It a stretch but also plausible, since Donnie’s name isn’t mentioned in the scene of the funeral house and no one else but Walter and The Dude showed up.

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      Don’t Donnie and The Dude have a direct conversation at least once though?

      “Phone’s ringing, Dude!” "Thank you, Donnie!’

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      Donnie was probably one of Walter’s war buddies in Vietnam and died

      Probably face down in the mud…