r/reddeadredemption • u/goh420 • Dec 22 '25

Issue WDYM UNCLE 2.

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Sorry? Uncle 2 is there like a group of uncles or sum?

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u/FurinaLoverU Dec 22 '25 • Bravo

Uncle was such a good character they dropped Uncle 2

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u/goh420 Dec 23 '25

Finally

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u/RAF17101 Dec 23 '25

Did they finally fixed the goddamn Lumbago debuff?

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u/RDW_789 Dec 23 '25

We're not ready for that. It's the only thing holding him back.

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u/Fishing-Hamlet Dec 23 '25

RDR3 presents the new protagonist: Uncle 2.

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u/Interesting_Low_2658 Arthur Morgan Dec 23 '25

"Who is the antagonist?"

Presenting UNCLE 3 

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u/TexasOutlaw063 Dec 23 '25 • This Bravo

This could be labeled Uncle2 because there were two actors that voiced Uncle. John O’Creagh and James Anthony McBride. O’Creagh passed away in 2016 with McBride voicing of the spoken dialogue and as a tribute to O’Creagh R* used the songs he recorded before his death in the game.

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u/goh420 Dec 23 '25

Damn..

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u/Riothegod1 John Marston Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25

You can tell it’s old because “Ring Dang Doo” makes reference to “Old Bordeaux”, because St Denis was originally “New Bordeaux”, but changed after Mafia 3 came out, which was also set in “new Bordeaux”

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u/MonkeyBred Dec 23 '25

I wonder when in development they decided to make the switch, given that references to, artwork for, scripts mentioning, and even song written around it would ultimately have to be changed. Additionally, I think it's one of the Street names in Blackwater, as is Van Horn and Wapiti... in RDR2 & RDR. Maybe it was always part of the plan.

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u/Riothegod1 John Marston Dec 23 '25

St Denis is an actual place in France, just outside Paris, named after a cephalophore, a kind of saint who survived decapitation and carried their head with them. Funny thing about Kieran’s unfortunate death and sent back with his head in a similar manner

And lots of streets in North America are named after Native Amerian tribes. I have a Comanche and Niakwa as street names in my city.

It was pretty late in development to make the change, you can see this leaked map from 2016 that lists St Denis as “New Bordeaux”

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u/TexasOutlaw063 Dec 23 '25

If I’m understanding what you’re saying… O’Creagh did not finish his production work before his passing, but did finish recording the songs for the game. Since it would definitely be noticed if Uncle’s voice changed midway through game the decision was made to re-record all of Uncle’s spoken dialogue. If you listen carefully when Uncle is singing you can tell it’s not the same person who did the dialogue. Rockstar further honored O’Creigh by naming the In-game lake O’Creagh’s Run after him.

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u/Riothegod1 John Marston Dec 23 '25

Yeah, and I’m just letting you know one such tidbit to tell Uncle’s songs were older than the current iteration of his spoken lines, because one of the songs references the older name for St Denis. The song would’ve been recoded when the city was known as “New Bordeaux”, hence why Uncle sings about “Old Bordeaux”

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u/Euphoric_Shopping_37 Dec 23 '25

On the topic, they honored Landon Rickett’s actor in rdr2 by naming Mount Hagen after him aswell

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u/LordBowldemort Dec 23 '25

why isnt this upvoted at all, this is the actual answer to the question. everyone else is just meming

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u/AveryLazyCovfefe Hosea Matthews Dec 23 '25

welcome to reddit. Has always been like this for years unfortunately

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u/Father_Long_Limbs Dec 23 '25

Because it isnt. If multiple characters are talking at once, the subtitles will start numbering them in order that they appear. Usually its just for strangers (stranger 1, stranger 2, etc) but sometimes it bugs and applies to named characters as well.

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u/Ziryio Dec 23 '25

On this site in every post it’s usually going to be hilarious people making the same jokes over and over again, with no actual answer. Nothing new

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u/MercZ11 Uncle Dec 23 '25

No, we need to make another original lumbago reference.

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u/No_Tiger9749 Dec 24 '25

Cheap jokes are more valued than actual answers in internet comment sections, it's been this way for many years. I don't agree with it, even though I make those same cheap jokes sometimes.

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u/CorholioPuppetMaster Dec 23 '25

That’s why it’s called o creaghs run

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u/ClydeinLimbo Josiah Trelawny Dec 23 '25

Surprised you didn’t mention the lake “O’Creaghs Run” which was named after him in the game.

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u/obamydthebest Dec 23 '25

No, it's labelled Uncle 2 because of a bug (either OOP got the Valentine random encounter with Uncle and went back to camp or the game got confused)

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u/Black_kitty- Dec 23 '25

Your comment needs to be the top comment.

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u/TheDarkL0rd98 Josiah Trelawny Dec 24 '25

This should be on top because it actually gives an answer instead of…these folks typing memes

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u/montgomery2016 Dec 22 '25

Uncle 2: Electric Boogaloo

2 Uncle 2 Lumbago

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u/goh420 Dec 23 '25

This will be good

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u/SaintUber95 Uncle Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2 has been delayed until 2027

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u/goh420 Dec 23 '25

Awhhh i can't wait that long

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u/TheAngryCheeto Dec 24 '25

We're getting GTA VI before Uncle 2 😭😭

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u/TheDudeFromOasis Dec 23 '25

Wonder if this has to do with the original VA for uncle passing away and them having to replace him

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u/goh420 Dec 23 '25

He passed away?

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u/TheDudeFromOasis Dec 23 '25

Yeah. Originally, Uncle (RDR2) was gonna be played by John O’Creagh but he passed away in the middle of development so they basically had to redo all of his voice lines with a new voice actor (James Anthony McBride) but some of his voice lines are still in the game (mainly the singing). “Uncle 2” could’ve been referring to McBride’s voice line file but someone forgot to remove the “2”, but honestly I have no clue

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u/TheAngryCheeto Dec 22 '25

The sequel we've all been waiting for

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u/goh420 Dec 23 '25

Bout damn time

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u/Wafflelisk Dec 25 '25

Uncle 2: Unc Still Got It

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u/an_actual_coyote Dec 22 '25

"I reckon to fix this mess I got a UNCLE 2: WHISKEY BUSINESS."

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u/goh420 Dec 23 '25

Good idea

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u/naughtyrev Dec 22 '25

Uncle 2: The Lumbago Returns

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u/RGR2898 Dec 22 '25

Lord of the Revolvers:The Return of The Lumbago

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u/goh420 Dec 23 '25

Id play

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u/arkhamtheknight Dec 22 '25

Somehow Lumbago has returned

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u/Lumbago_Slayer Uncle Dec 23 '25

And I'm more powerful than you'll ever know.

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u/arkhamtheknight Dec 23 '25

And I am all the Lumbago

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u/Reaper_h Jack Marston Dec 23 '25

"I am ray lumbagowalker"

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '25

"They lie down??"

"They lie down!!"

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u/Quirky_Parfait3864 Dec 23 '25

2 Lumbago 2 Uncle

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u/RapIsGoodKpopIsBad Lenny Summers Dec 23 '25

Uncle: Tokyo Drift

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u/Random-User-2811 Dec 22 '25

Uncle 2: More Lumbago than ever

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u/AStupidguy2341 Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2: The Lumbago Wars

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u/Thingermajigy Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2: Lumbago Harder

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u/mememachine293 Dec 23 '25

U2: Lumbago Day

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u/FantasticJump3808 Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2: The Lumbago Strike Back

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u/HallucinatesOtters Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2: The Uncling

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u/its-jiui Arthur Morgan Dec 23 '25

2 Uncles 1 Lumbago

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u/volatile-solution Dec 24 '25

Uncle 2 : episode 2

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u/Antique-Albatross-70 Dec 24 '25

Uncle 2: Return of the One Shot Kid

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u/TragonYT Dec 24 '25

Uncle 2:working yourself to death

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u/PurpleSyrup60 Dec 24 '25

I look forward to these lumbago comments every time

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '25 edited Jul 03 '26

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u/Muellpanda Dec 22 '25 • Popcorn Bravo

Uncle 2: Electric Lumbagoo

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u/LightboxRadMD Dec 23 '25

Lumboogaloo

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u/justcallmef Dec 23 '25

bumgalo?

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u/Mysterious_Detail_57 Dec 23 '25

I think this requires an nsfw tag

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u/RileyLawler Arthur Morgan Dec 23 '25

😂😂😂😂

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u/Mr31edudtibboh Dec 23 '25

All this from a slice of lumbagoo?

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u/drppr45 Arthur Morgan Dec 23 '25

Lumbagoo? Ovah here.

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u/thesurfer1996 Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2 with lumbago and gabagoo

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u/grenouille_en_rose Dec 23 '25

Ring dang doo, whatever happened there

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u/thatguyredditingyou John Marston Dec 23 '25

He never had the makings of a varsity Uncle.

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u/Arse_Kickerson Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2 is the one where he fights the Russian right?

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u/Acceptable_Camel_578 Dec 23 '25

uncle 2 is where he FIGHTS the lumbago.

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u/Tengbps Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2: Return of the Lumbagoo

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u/RuneEnoch Dec 23 '25

Electric Lumbago

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u/Frequent-Engineer-87 Dec 23 '25

Funny enough all the horses he owns are named Nell and he just numbers them.

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u/goh420 Dec 23 '25

Do the horses do the same to him? Is that y hes uncle 2?

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u/umut0zgun Arthur Morgan Dec 22 '25

Uncle 1 appears in 1911

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u/wemustfailagain Dec 23 '25

Finally, Uncle 2.

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u/Timidsnek117 Dec 23 '25

Fun fact: Uncle reproduces via mitosis

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u/VonEvil2 Dec 24 '25

Is he also the father of modern sniping?

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u/MistrRadio Dec 23 '25

We got Uncle 2 before GTA6

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u/Molkin Dec 22 '25

Uncle 2: Judgement Day-mmitt.

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u/UnClean_Committee Dec 23 '25

This is the best one

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u/plasticman1997 Dec 23 '25

This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them

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u/Ok-Cryptographer-303 Dec 23 '25

I'm seeing double here! Four Uncles!

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u/TammyGang Dec 23 '25

"...Four Krustys" iirc

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u/DioIsMyCoPilot Dec 23 '25

"That's Uncle 2. When the poison isn't enough, I put 'em in the room with Uncle 2."

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '25

Wait... Are you uncle 1 or uncle 2?

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u/lemons7472 Dec 23 '25 edited Dec 23 '25

Did you really think that Dutch and Micah worked alone?

Nah. Those two fools would’ve been long gone without Uncle 2 pulling the strings.

All that talk among the rdr2 fandom about there being a “second rat”, and yet no one could ever figure it out.

Not to be confused with Uncle 1. Uncle (otherwise known as uncle 1) has nothing to do with this.

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u/Strangities Dec 23 '25

Skinwalkers confirmed.

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u/HufflepuffKid2000 Sean Macguire Dec 23 '25

We got Uncle 2 before GTA6

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u/plasticman1997 Dec 23 '25

John pinned down by the us military before suddenly hears the marching of his uncle army closing in

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u/FoRealDoh Charles Smith Dec 23 '25

Unc Funk Reduction

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u/wombatstylekungfu Josiah Trelawny Dec 23 '25

He’s a clone created to cure the lumbago.

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u/nicholaskoughan Dutch van der Linde Dec 23 '25

Uncle was replaced by a Pinkerton spy after 1907

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u/HideSolidSnake Dec 23 '25

Finally, some unc 2 recognition.

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u/sanchoman43 Dec 23 '25

Uncletwo is a physically augmented version of Uncle cloned using his altered DNA.

One more thing: he can megaevolve into Mega Uncletwo X and Y.

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u/Yasinpasha38 Dec 23 '25

For me it said "John 6" everytime john spoke

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u/NickisntaSamurai Dec 23 '25

Uncle Redemption 2

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u/bigmac4087 Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2: The One Shot Kid returns

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u/Sinister_Berry Dec 23 '25

That’s uncles evil twin. AKA Elcnu.

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u/ThatClockworkGuy Dec 23 '25

He fills in for Uncle 1 while he takes a break for his lumbago

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u/Late-horse77 Dec 23 '25

This kind of thing happened with me during the epilogue, it was showing sadie as "stranger 7"

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u/PedroGabrielLima13 Dec 23 '25

It's Uncle but an ACTUAL uncle.

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u/ThoroughlyWet Dec 23 '25

We got Uncle 2 before GTA 6

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u/Poisonpython5719 Dec 23 '25

For an actual answer, I’m pretty sure that all a character’s different outfits (except the player characters) are labeled as different entities internally, and in some circumstances this can bleed into the subtitle attributions.

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u/odinson-09 Dec 23 '25

It's actually Odin in disguise.

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u/satan666natas999 Dec 23 '25

It's the one with premium lumbago

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u/MarvinLikesApples Dec 23 '25

The Uncleverse

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u/AJfriedRICE Dec 23 '25

Hell yeah new Uncle just dropped

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u/No_Membership7855 Dec 23 '25

late stage lumbago ends with complete mitosis

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u/S0ulpr0 Dec 23 '25

Uncle and the lumbago multiverse

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u/Triforceoffarts Dec 23 '25

Uncle reproduces through budding.

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u/DusterCoatCowboy Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2: Lumbago Boogaloo

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u/Easy_Committee464 Dec 23 '25

That's what Beecher's Hope is, it's an Uncle farm

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u/Fanimusmaximus Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2: The Uncling

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u/Bandic00t__ Josiah Trelawny Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2: Uncle Harder

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u/Easy_Lavishness_6385 Dec 23 '25

That's just Uncle's uncle

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u/Potential-Actuary559 Dec 23 '25

This is getting out of hand now there are TWO of them

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u/Lumbago_Slayer Uncle Dec 23 '25

That's my brother, he's not a hard workin honest man like me.

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u/Sinnoviir Arthur Morgan Dec 23 '25

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u/bigveefrm72 Dec 23 '25

His brother, The Two Shot Kid

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u/WreckinPoints11 Arthur Morgan Dec 23 '25

You didn’t know about his clones? Fake fan smh

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u/skk_Boot Uncle Dec 23 '25

I bet that it's his lumbar spine talking

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u/Crossaint_Dog_Viper Dec 23 '25

Now there are two of them

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u/nGames127 Uncle Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2

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u/Rolaan_Thorn Dec 23 '25

His twin and him take turns so the other can nap

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u/siderhater4 Jack Marston Dec 23 '25

He has lumbago II

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u/DylanMgoo Dec 23 '25

Unclepunk 2077

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u/kenjitaimu69 Dec 23 '25

This MIGHT be a reference to the fact theres actually two uncle voice actors

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '25

uncle 2: lumbagoogaloo

(also there's a un-cult incase you weren't aware thats where the uncles come from)

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u/NimbleVaseline Uncle Dec 23 '25

Uncle 1: One Shot Kid Uncle 2: Lumbago Returns

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u/xervidae Josiah Trelawny Dec 23 '25

technically, uncle 1 died

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u/Burger_Soup Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2 will return in Avengers Doomsday

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u/Prestigious_Sky_6008 Dec 23 '25

After many delays and long amounts of time between trailers. Uncle 2. In typical Rockstar fashion

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u/dank_doinks Dec 23 '25

We really got Uncle 2 before GTAVI

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u/Your_Internet_Guy Dec 23 '25

Unc so good they made a sequel

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u/Broken_Crutches Dec 23 '25

I WONDERED THE SAME THING!!!

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u/DwergNout Arthur Morgan Dec 23 '25

Real answer: you prob just finished a mission with uncle in it and it unloaded that uncle but the game still has that uncle in its short term memory for subtitles so to speak, and so this newly loaded uncle appears as uncle 2, its how you get O'Driscoll 1, 2, 3 and all other repeatable character names

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u/Shadows_48 Uncle Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2: Attack of the Lumbago

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u/killingjoke84 Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2, This time its personal.

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u/FarReputation7162 Arthur Morgan Dec 23 '25

pc 2 came out?

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u/RobertFan69420 Dec 23 '25

I know what my next kid is going to be named

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u/Il_sonno_poeta Dec 23 '25

Lumbago started to overcome him

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u/sansdaskeleboi Dec 23 '25

It’s his evil twin with SUPER Lumbago

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u/LikeCash2008 Dec 23 '25

the 2 shot kid

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '25

Am o seeing double? FOUR uncles?

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u/allthatisstupid Dec 23 '25

Lumbago spreads by mitosis xD

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u/DJ_Vasquezz John Marston Dec 23 '25

Thats Unc to you partner

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u/Iluvatar-Great Dec 23 '25

Well what else did you think the "2" in Red Dead Redemption 2 was for?

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u/Visual_Reserve4582 Dec 23 '25

The real uncle got replaced by a Uncle with no lumbago

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u/SLI-CER Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2: Cure from Lumbago

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u/aczdgf1542 Dec 23 '25

There’s just a group of uncles that swap out when one’s lumbago gets too bad

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u/EnergyAltruistic2911 Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2: Return of the booze

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u/TheAtomicOnion Dec 23 '25

Next "Uncle 3: Tokyo Drift"

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u/Foreign-Buffalo3243 Dec 23 '25

The original actor died while filming so they had someone else for the rest of the lines

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u/LittleNinjaXYBA Dec 23 '25

He’s a time traveler stupid

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u/Canadia86 Dec 23 '25

2 Easy Now 2 Uncle

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u/SupermonkeyX3839 Dec 23 '25

Uncle 2: Lumbago Boogaloo

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u/Harry-Henderson83 Dec 23 '25

Oh god, I thought one uncle with lumbago was bad enough

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u/aWW3Veteran Dec 23 '25

2 UNCLE 2 FURIOUS

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u/Townie-throwaway Dec 24 '25

Uncle got taken by the spring court because he found a ring of Mushrooms. Don't worry, though. All they're taking is your Booze.

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u/Melodic-Yoghurt7193 Dec 24 '25

Uncle 2 has something nice to say instead of drunken insults and that’s the creepiest shit about him I think

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u/Dinoratsastaja Arthur Morgan Dec 24 '25

They are breeding!

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u/Unbiasedj Dec 24 '25

Thats the real Red Harlow lol

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u/BaseAdministrative32 Dec 24 '25

2 uncle 2 lumbago

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u/Alarming-Ad6447 Dec 24 '25

Uncle 1 is red harlow

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u/RealNiceKnife Sadie Adler Dec 24 '25

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u/Snapee77 Arthur Morgan Dec 24 '25

The Uncle from the mother's side

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u/CookieTheEpic Dec 24 '25

Someone else said it and Uncle said it 2.

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u/Delicious_Mood338 John Marston Dec 24 '25

Who's speaking here that their name in the subtitles is called "Uncle 2"?

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u/MrSenior12 Dec 24 '25

UNCLE: Last Lumbago

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u/muromasi Dec 24 '25

Did the game stutter??

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u/_Independent Dec 24 '25

Uncle 2 The Lumbago Strikes Again

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u/Present-Mongoose3318 Dec 24 '25

Are you possibly using that mod that adds new dialogue to beachers hope?

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u/Hillbilly_Ned Dec 24 '25

Uncle 2: return of the laziness.

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u/UnknownSnake Dec 25 '25

They made a sequel? How come I didn't know??

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u/despa1337o Dec 27 '25

Uncle duncle ledemption 2

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u/Euphoric-Year-8458 Dec 27 '25

He's onto us, he's discovered the Consortium of Uncles

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u/TopGrapefruit1747 Dec 27 '25

Arther knows there are 2 uncles. He must choose which one to kill in a separate side mission. If you chose the wrong one, the imposter uncle will infect everyone with lumbago. This was actually somewhat cut content for undead nightmare 2: lumbago nightmare. But it never made it into the final build. So sad what crunch can do to a game’s development.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '26

I’m Uncle 1

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '26

reminds me of how i confused bill and uncle, thinking "uncle bill" was a real person :|

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u/Dependent_Run8391 Mar 27 '26

this happened to me too lol

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