In this video I will tell you exactly who Bon is.

Overview

Jordan Rowe presents an elaborate, explicitly speculative theory about Bon’s identity in The Walten Files. He pauses to replay clips and point out details, while joking that the video is unscripted and that he may be overthinking things. He opens by encouraging viewers to support the series’ creators and repeatedly acknowledges that his ideas are interpretations, not confirmed answers.

Bon’s Identity and the Hippos

Rowe’s central theory is that Bon was the original owner of Bon’s Burgers and a third business partner alongside Jack and Felix. He points to Bon’s recurring suit, facial injuries, and connection to the well as clues.

He also proposes that the Hippo characters represent the three men:

• Pete the Hippo represents Felix. Rowe notes that Pete disappears from a game sequence, Felix’s photo appears in his place, and Pete’s name vanishes from a mailbox. A martini glass in Pete’s house may also point to Felix’s drinking.
• Johnny represents Jack.
• Bobby represents Bon.

Rowe identifies the Shadow Man as Felix and suggests that Felix and Bon were allies. In his interpretation, Felix’s loyalty to Bon—and his guilt over terrible events—helps explain why he would assist him. Rowe sees Bon’s desire to make a “successful burger restaurant” a recurring motivation, even as Bon’s actions become horrifying.

The Children and a Possible Chain of Events

Rowe argues that two children who appear with Felix are not Ed and Molly, citing their different clothes and the children’s consistent designs elsewhere. He speculates that they are Bon’s son and another child.

From there, he imagines that Jack shot Bon and Bon’s son during a hunting trip and hid their bodies in the well. Rowe connects Bon’s son to Showbear/Mr. Snow, suggesting that the character’s line about someone being “so sorry about what he did to them” refers to Jack.

Rowe proposes the following possible sequence of events:

1. Felix, burdened by the secret of what Jack did, later kills Ed and Molly in a drunk-driving crash.
2. Bon eventually tempts Felix with a deal at the well, perhaps involving retrieving Mr. Snow.
3. Felix helps Bon lure Jack back to Bon’s Burgers.
4. Jack disappears, and a strange phone call may indicate that he was held there before escaping and being killed.
5. After Jack’s death, Bon begins targeting Rosemary, possibly because he no longer needs Felix.

These events are presented as speculation rather than established explanations.

Bon’s Fixation and the Story’s Themes

Rowe interprets Bon’s later impersonation of Jack as part of a broader fixation: Bon wants to replace Jack and become the “head” of a pretend family.

This leads to the video’s wider reading of the story: many characters try to escape reality, through denial, medication, drinking, or Bon’s fantasy world. Rowe argues that Bon sees avoidance as a kind of service, though his version of “help” is deeply sinister.

The video closes with a playful “Wonderland” exchange. Rowe also asks viewers to consider donating to a mutual-aid effort for people in Gaza, saying, “nobody is free until we’re all free.”

People and Characters Discussed

• Jordan Rowe
• Bon
• Jack
• Felix Kranken
• Rosemary
• Sophie
• Ed and Molly
• Showbear/Mr. Snow
• Pete, Johnny, and Bobby the Hippos

The recap also includes self-deprecating jokes about Rowe’s rambling, a sleepy late-night aside, and comments such as “God, I hate Bon” and “he sucks.”