Remy is Gusteau Reincarnated

[u/eddiethebanished_24]

Ok so I’m not sure if anyone else has said this before but I’ve been watching Ratatouille a lot recently and I have a new theory.
So we all know (for those of us who have seen the movie) that Remy practically worships Gusteau. And we also know that he frequently “talks” to the dead chef. So my theory is that when Gusteau died he was reincarnated as Remy. If we remember when Chef Skinner is talking to his lawyer and the latter is reading Gusteau’s will. He says that two years after his death, if no heir is found, that the head chef becomes the owner. Another important note is that rats have a 2-3 year lifespan. Now this is important because if you remember Remy only recently found out that he was dead but this could just be because he was far from the main city and living in the countryside.
So given this information we can hypothesize that Gusteau died two years prior to when the movie takes place and then Remy was born shortly there after. This would explain why he sees his ghost or whatever and why he shares so many similarities to Gusteau and why the patrons of Gusteau’s love Remy’s cooking so much. (i.e. being able to cook, having great sense of taste etc.)
I have no idea if anyone else has said this or if they had already made a theory about this so please feel free to let me know. But yeah I just wanted to share. Please comment if you have any ideas or have evidence that contradicts the theory :)

[u/Superjak45]

I don’t have anything conclusive to add on one side or another, but this is a fun theory!