Walter Bishop/Theories

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At the end of episode 114 it is foreshadowed that Walter wrote, or typed really, the manifesto. But what if the typewriter was Bell's? It's certainly possible, they did share a lab. If so, do they know about "The Multiverse"? It was said somewhere that a lab helper died in the Bishop/Bell lab and only they know the nature of the death. It's a little far-fetched, but it could be related to "dimension hopping" somehow, trying to send them to a different dimension. -- originally posted by Bumblejacket

1. This makes sense considering that Walter was institutionalized at St. Claire's following the lab assistant's death. Who's to say that he didn't testify at the manslaughter trial about the multiverse and then get deemed insane? -- originally posted by Vreddy92

According to Nina Sharpe, she and Walter used to be very close, and she spent a great deal of time with Peter when he was young. Walter and "Belly" worked together in the lab, and were partners until an experiment killed one of their lab assistants. Walter has claimed that only he and Bell know the true nature of their experiments. This, coupled with the fact that William Bell has never been shown, nor has any kind of identifying image on the website for his company massivedynamic.com, lends to the fact that Bell may not be who he is alluded to being. -- originally posted by CrazyBeardedJack

1. They certainly have the same initials: WB.--LabGo 00:05, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

1. William Bell has' appeared, and he has done so together with Walter Bishop - in Fringe Comic Number 1. -- originally posted by Pierre
2. If they are the same person, how would Walter be able to create and build BELLMEDICS into a hugely succesful company while locked up in St Claire's Hospital? -- originally posted by Evil Joe

Robert Bishop was a genius scientist at the University of Berlin. He worked in Fringe Sciences!

1. Walter would have inherited the typewriter from his father.
2. Robert Bishop was German. The manuscript was written in German.

1. The Manuscript was NOT written in German, as clearly seen when characters are reading from it. Only the title was in German, possibly only for an aesthetic purpose. For instance: ZFT sounds cool.

The Walter from this universe and the Walter from the parallel universe somehow melded together and either created two identical entities or one "super" Walter.-- User:CrapTM

1. His eye's are different colors. -- User:CrapTM
2. He has contacts in both universes. -- User:CrapTM
3. Broyles has stated that "there is only one Walter." -- User:CrapTM
4. Walter mentions being visited by an alternate Walter. -- User:CrapTM
5. Walter loves his son so much that he would go to great lengths to save him. If our universe's Walter took the alternate Peter, the alternate Walter would not stand for it. -- User:CrapTM

1. He didn't seem blurry when Olivia looked at him at the end of Jacksonville -- User:CrapTM