Baldi Baldimore

LIKES

Subjects, mainly math

Correct answers

Food

Numbers

Inventing things

Going on field trips

Dislikes

DISLIKES

Wrong answers

His least favorite tape or the pay phone playing

The food he is thinking of getting eaten by the player in Pick-Quick-Nic

The campfire dying out in Campfire Frenzy

Baldi is a math-loving teacher seems friendly towards the player at first glance, encouraging them to continue by giving them a shiny Quarter or a present in Birthday Bash. However, upon failing a question, Baldi indirectly threatens the player and starts chasing them, showing an aggressive side to his personality. He slaps his ruler against his hand repeatedly, slowly but surely approaching the player. He gets angrier with each incorrectly solved math problem, causing him to speed up. In Endless Mode, getting all three answers correct after angering Baldi will slightly appease him, causing him to slow down. In Story Mode, collecting all the seven notebooks will cause him to congratulate the player, before informing them they have to get out of the Schoolhouse as fast as possible and laugh at their escape efforts.

In Baldi's Basics Plus, Baldi seems like a fun-loving teacher. Baldi encourages the player to input their name on a blank, and eagerly teaches them how to play the game. Baldi's primary goal is to play a game of Hide-and-Seek with the player, presumably both for fun and to teach them math. At the start of each floor, Baldi counts down from 10 before taking his ruler out and searching for the player. When the player has collected all the notebooks on a floor, Baldi congratulates the player on obtaining them, before informing them they need to find a way out before he catches them. After the player finishes the Floor 2, Baldi waits outside the Pit Stop, wanting to take the player or Johnny on a camping trip if the player has a Bus Pass to give him. He will not appear in later Pit Stops, even if they have that item. Every next floor is harder to beat than the previous. After finishing Floor 5, the player will meet Baldi once again in his office where he congratulates them for beating his game.

However, he is shown to be extremely negligent in maintaining the Super Schoolhouse. As seen in certain events, he has malfunctioning boulder traps and fog machines, flooding with a chance of whirlpools, unaccompanied crowds of students that can push one far away from their destination, etc. He also has dangerous structures that could severly injure someone: cranes that carry one by grabbing on to their head, small ventilation ducts that can pull one in and make them crash loudly into the duct walls due to the air, and heavy super doors that could potentially kill someone if they were to stand under it.

There have been multiple hints at that Baldi cannot properly write or spell, such as "Bald's Bus" and the abandoned spelling room in Baldi's Basement. There are other pieces of text in the game, such as posters, that also have a lot of typos and errors. However, it is unknown whether Baldi wrote these or not

It's generally shown that Baldi likes to invent some inventions in his spare time. For all his known inventions, see here.

In Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered, Baldi is very similar to how he is portrayed in Plus, although he does show some traits closer to Classic. In Classic Style and Party Style, Baldi acts as he does in Classic, giving the player an item if the player answers correct and chasing the player in anger if they don't. Although, he still directly praises them for correct answers in Demo Style, indicating he isn't as enraged as he is in Plus. Baldi playfully tells the player to find a way out before he catches the player when getting all seven notebooks like in Plus.

This is also shown by Baldi being very kind towards the player in the secret endings including him, explaining negative numbers to the player, playing a special song for them, and allowing them to help him test out his new shrink machine in Classic Style, Party Style, and Demo Style respectively.

Baldimore

Baldi is relatively the same, though at times he can be crazy or arrogant, sometimes to the point of violence, like it was in one of the comics, Baldiman, where he threatens to cut off a kid's toes. He is quite clever, being able to invent things, much like how he does in Plus or Classic Remastered, and even break the fourth wall in efficient ways. But sometimes, he can be oblivious to his surroundings, like when he accidentally ate his wife's hairbrush, thinking it is a chicken leg, or when a baseball was thrown at him by TimTom, his possible nemesis. He is also implied to have a big appetite for food according to the deleted BaldiComic X/Twitter account's description.

According to the Hair Brush comic, Baldi may have problems with his perception of reality.

Baldi also has an excellent sense of hearing; if the player makes a sound, he will instantly head for the source of the sound. However, if it has lower priority than the sound he is currently investigating, or if the player is in line of sight, he will not go to that sound. He also completely wipes his sound "storage", and heads where he last saw the player. As quoted in his poster in the Principal's office, he specifically knows who makes a sound. This means that it is important to be quiet when trying to avoid Baldi, by waiting for another character to open a door so the player can enter a room without making a noise by themselves, using WD-NoSquee, or other methods. The Baldicator will appear at the bottom right of the screen each time Baldi hears a sound. This head indicates whether Baldi is coming to the location where the sound was made. But technically, Baldi does not necessarily know where the player is, only relying on sound and sight, so if the player does not open doors or does not get in Baldi's sight, he will just wander around until he finds the player.

If Baldi fails to see or hear the player for two hallway turns, he will begin wandering around the Schoolhouse. Baldi can see the player through any set of yellow swinging doors, but cannot if they are behind a window; however, he can see them if the window has been shattered.

Baldi's interval between slaps will decrease for every notebook the player collects, as well as every incorrectly solved math problem. If Baldi's anger value exceeds

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When the player gets their first problem wrong in the You Can Think Pad, Baldi's face will become distorted, making him appear to be frowning intensely, and his eyebrows will furrow. He either says "I HEAR EVERY DOOR YOU OPEN" or "I GET ANGRIER FOR EVERY PROBLEM YOU GET WRONG". If the player gets all 3 questions wrong, it will display "I HEAR MATH THAT BAD" instead. When that happens, Baldi gets alerted of where the notebook was, and goes directly toward it. After the player fails a question, Baldi disappears on the bottom left-hand corner of the You Can Think Pad for the rest of the notebooks. Once the player exits the You Can Think Pad after getting their first problem wrong, Baldi begins to chase the player through the Schoolhouse, signaling his movement and location by slapping a ruler on his hand.

Appearance: Baldi is a poorly-modeled CGI character with a light skin complexion, long skinny fingers, red lips, eyebrows and a single hair strand on his head which appears to be colored ginger/orange. He wears a long-sleeved green shirt, blue jeans, and light brown shoes. His left elbow is blue in Baldi's Basics Plus, and gray in Baldi's Basics Classic and Birthday Bash. Although he has no visible ears, his Principal's office poster mentions that he has an excellent sense of hearing.

Baldi, whose full name is Baldi Baldimore, is the titular main antagonist of the Baldi's Basics series, hence his name, and the titular main protagonist of the Baldimore comic series. He is the head teacher of both the Schoolhouse and the Super Schoolhouse, giving the player mathematical problems to solve in the You Can Think Pad or one of his several educational activities before they can collect notebooks.

Arts and Crafters (Sock)- When he teleports the player, Baldi will not only be teleported too, but also head to the location where the player is teleported at. Unless Baldi has seen the player, and he does not see them after being teleported, which causes him to head back to where he last saw them. This is extremely unlikely, however, as it requires the player to be extremely lucky with the seed/map they are playing on or use a Dirty Chalk Eraser the exact frame the player get teleported by Arts and Crafters.

Playtime - When the player messes up a jump, Baldi will head to the location where Playtime and the player are playing, unless a higher noise value is going off.

Principal of the Thing - When he teleports the player to detention, Baldi will head to the center of the Principal's office if nothing that causes a higher noise value than detention was made, like the Alarm Clock, or the tape player/pay phone is disrupting Baldi's hearing. It is also worth noting that Baldi will prioritize sight over this (and any other sounds/teleportation), so he will go to exactly where the player was when being caught by the Principal before he heads to the Principal's office.

1st Prize - When he collides with a surface while he is accelerating towards the player at fast speed, the Bang! sound will play and it will attract Baldi to the location where this sound is played, with a high noise value, obstructing any other noise that was quieter than the noises the player has made.

Dr. Reflex - Baldi cannot catch the player if he has been squished by Dr. Reflex's hammer, even if the player is squished as well.

Gotta Sweep - can sweep Baldi away, allowing the player to get away from him more easily.

Mrs. Pomp - When the player goes to exit a room after the timer runs out, Mrs. Pomp will drag the player to her class in a rage, and Baldi will head to the center of the classroom. This attraction also happens when the player enters her classroom either they get dragged around by her or enter her classroom by themselves. This will override every sound, except for the sound for when Baldi sees the player.

Baldi, Great teacher due to his incredible hearing abilities! He can not only tell where any sound came from, but who made it too!

Playtime

Despite her poor eyesight and short memory, she's always looking for a playmate!

"Let's play!"

Arts and Crafters

Shy, and tries to be avoided. Doesn't like being looked at, and gets jealous at people with more notebooks than him.

It's a Bully

Here at the Super Schoolhouse, we believe every good school needs a good bully! That's why we have this kid!

Principal of the Thing

"If I see anyone breaking the school rules, I'll make sure justice is served! It tastes good and fills my tummy!"

Gotta Sweep

What do you do when the school opens in 7 hours and you haven't hired a janitor? Hire a broom! It sweeps everything!

1st Prize

Won 1st Prize at the Science Fair! Loves hugging people, rushing towards anyone it sees. Sadly, it turns super slowly

Cloudy Copter

A cloud who loves being a cloud doing cloudy things. Floats around and blows strong winds down halls.

• Baldi: The main antagonist and teacher who chases the player around the school while slapping a ruler, speeding up every time you answer a math question wrong.

• Principal of the Thing: Enforces school rules like running or breaking-ins, and puts the player in detention if caught.

• Playtime: A girl who forces the player to play jump rope with her, slowing your escape.

• Its a Bully: A student in the hallways who steals a random item from your inventory.

• Mrs. Pomp: A teacher who roams the halls and demands you make it to her classroom before time runs out.

Obstacles and Anomalies

• Gotta Sweep: A giant animated broom that sweeps everyone down the hallways at high speeds.

• 1st Prize: A robot that tries to give you a big hug, pushing you around and trapping you against walls.

• Arts and Crafters: A sock puppet that teleports you and Baldi closer together if it catches you looking at it after collecting enough notebooks.

• Dr. Reflex: A doctor character who listens for noise and tests your reflexes.

• Null (Filename2): A mysterious glitch entity and background antagonist in the game's loream

Dave works at "Dave's Fun Algebra Class/Dave's Fun Algebraic Education"Dave has the appearance of a very young adult, in his 20s with a round head (and skull). He has brown hair with round bangs on the sides and also round eyes with black pupils, black lines near his forehead, and hair that serves as eyebrows, along with a simple but wide grin. He wears a blue set of long-sleeved clothing, consisting of a medium-colored shirt and dark-colored pants. Due to an scientific experiment, Dave lost the rest of his legs that come just after his shins, having dark metal lozenge-shaped plates as replacements, in addition to always sitting in a black and light gray wheelchair. Dave has the appearance of a very young adult, in his 20s with a round head (and skull). He has almost shaved brown hair with round bangs on the sides and also round eyes with black pupils, black lines near his forehead, and hair that serves as eyebrows, along with a simple but wide grin. He wears a blue set of long-sleeved clothing, consisting of a medium-colored shirt and dark-colored pants. Due to an scientific experiment, Dave lost the rest of his legs that come just after his shins, having dark metal lozenge-shaped plates as replacements, in addition to always sitting in a black and light gray wheelchair. Dave can distort 3D and 2D reality, but he does so unintentionally. He can also involuntarily transform his body into a 3D form, which causes him some pain. This usually happens when he's stressed, angry, or scared, when he turns into his 3D version. Dave is afraid of his 3D form because of an accident he had in the lab. When he's stressed, he switches to 3D, and when he's in 3D, he can distort his surroundings between 3D and 2D, which makes him even more scared and stressed. He feels bad and scared because he can't control this power.

In Dave's school characters:

Dave: The primary antagonist and school founder. He moves in a wheelchair, quizzes the player on algebra, and chases you down in a rage if you get an answer wrong.

PlayRobot: An animatronic character whose role is to get students active, acting similarly to looping or moving obstacles in the halls.

Green Alien Monitor: An alien from outer space who serves as a hall monitor patrolling and protecting the school grounds.

This is Garrett: A student character who roams the school and interacts with the player's path.

Gotta Sleep: A sentient broom that functions like Playtime/the broom from Baldi's Basics, sweeping up and forcing nap time/pauses.

Diamond Man: A shiny student in the school who shines bright in the hallways.

Tristan: Dave's adoptive son who occasionally appears or takes a protagonist/playable role in spin-offs like Dave's House.

Aski / Cell / Spike / Rock Man: Minor student or environmental entities appearing across the original game, remasters, and sequels like Dave's Fun Algebra Class Remastered to hinder or populate the school. Expunged is a powerful 3D being that initially takes the form of Bambi, and is a top secret primary antagonist of the mod and lore.