Poppy Playtime

1. #1Playtime Co. History

   Keys: Playtime Co. History · Secondary:

   1930s: After Elliot Ludwig divorced his wife Molly in 1930, he founded the Playtime Company with the intent to entertain children across the globe, becoming the most famous and well-known toy manufacturing company of its time.

   1950s: In 1950, Poppy Playtime was created with the intent of behaving and interacting in the way that humans do, such as talking and conversing, and she was introduced inside the Vintage Poppy Commercial. The VHS tape simply introduces her as a toy with the ability to converse with a child, a revolutionary technology of her era. As such, Poppy gained mass attention and became popular. Thomas Clarke, a pediatrician who would work at Playcare, was hired in 1955. He would later become Experiment 1199 after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.

   1960s: In 1966, Boxy Boo was created five years after Bron was created. While he was somewhat successful, he wasn't as popular as the other toys, not appearing in the company's main lineup of mascot toys in the 90's. However, Playtime Co. found a new purpose for Boxy Boo in its various experiments. Boxy Boo's box could be seen in the tape introducing the Bigger Bodies Initiative: a group of experiments with the goal of turning orphans into giant toys to avoid lawsuits and have more efficient work done.

   1970s: In 1976, Elliot Ludwig found and created Playcare, the on-site orphanage used to house the orphans that came inside the factory.

   1980s: In 1984, Huggy Wuggy was made, in which he became a roaring success and became one of the many signature toys in Playtime Co. A feminine counterpart was created a year after Huggy's creation in 1985, known as Kissy Missy. In 1989, the Smiling Critters were launched along with a cartoon series based on them. The toy line suffered due to the CatNap toy giving children nightmares. It was later discovered that instead of the marketed scent: lavender, the CatNap toys contained a smokey red mist which was causing the nightmares. However, the controversy had already made its way to the media. To try and rectify the situation, all CatNap toys were recalled by Playtime Co.

   1990s" After getting hired at Playtime Co in January of 1990, Harley Sawyer a.k.a. "The Doctor", approached Playtime Co.'s executives in 1990 with a solution for the company's ongoing problems. Incidents of lower-level employees witnessing confidential experiments and decreasing profits, and publicity incidents such as the CatNap Recall were causing Playtime Co. to crumble. Harley proposed the development of giant toys to increase the workforce and cut costs as a potential solution. After the Bigger Bodies Initiative was accepted, Playtime Co. built the Game Station to test their orphans, as their minds could be easily molded into subservient workers. An orphan would have a toy assigned to them and have to complete three minigames, which would test the child's brain speed and efficiency, reaction time, and physical endurance and strength. As they played the games, scientists would monitor their progress from nearby observation rooms, write down how they did, then send the assessments to Stella Greyber. If they did well, the orphan would be sent back to Playcare, where CatNap would release Red Smoke, putting them to sleep every night until they would eventually get turned into their assigned toy through a neurosurgical procedure. On November 20, 1990, the procedure of Experiment 1188 had begun on Theodore Grambell, taking them around 4 hours longer than they had hoped. Two months later, in January 1991, the Bigger Bodies CatNap, as part of the Smiling Critters, was introduced to Playcare. By February 20, 1991, a Cross-Department report details around Experiment 1188. On May 5th, 1992, Playtime Co.'s Heyday, the Game Station was packed with kids. The children would be guided by Mommy Long Legs, waiting for the pre-recorded Stella Greyber intercom to guide the kids to the next room. On June 18th, 1992, Huggy Wuggy managed to escape the factory at night, with 2 workers alerting Playtime Co. staff about the issue. Several staff members were sent to chase and sedate Huggy Wuggy with tranquilizer guns, but 1170 ended up killing 5 employees and causing 6 to go missing. Eventually, he was caught and sedated 4 hours later. After the incident concludes, Leith Pierre and the Innovation department were very unhappy about the situation and blamed the incident on staff negligence. During that night, 1170 is seen looking at the camera while standing in front of a suburban house, which is presumed to be his foster home. (This implies that the orphan soul inside Huggy was scared and wanted to return to a familiar location.). On August 8th, 1995, The Prototype set up an incident known as The Hour of Joy that made all of the Bigger Bodies Toys hostile and murder everyone within the Factory in brutal ways. During this time, Kissy Missy was being transported to the Playcare as part of the Bigger Bodies Contingency Plan. But once The Hour of Joy started, she broke free and started to attack the employees as well. During that time, The Player, then an employee, didn't show up on the day for (currently) unknown reasons. After everyone (with the exception of Leith Pierre and P.W.) was killed, the toys dragged the corpses of everyone down into the lower levels of the factory and ate them as sources of food. Following this event, Playtime Co was swiftly closed. In the following weeks, Miss Delight and her sisters were locked within the school by CatNap Miss Delight believed she heard something on the other side of the door breathing leading her to create her signature weapon that she named "Barb" in case anything came through. Sometime afterwards, her sisters cut her off from food, presumably due to harvesting food. As time went on, she slowly went insane and started to consider her weapon Barb as an actual person. "Barb" eventually taught Miss Delight that if she stops moving and stands very still, the others will assume that she is dead. She relies on this tactic to ambush the other teachers (and later on, attempts to use it on The Player). Miss Delight kills her sisters off and consumes them to wear off her hunger. Sometime later, she found the door unlocked and discovered CatNap, whom she surmised was the one who locked the door. The two entered into a form of truce afterward both relaying what they see to each other and The Prototype.After the tragic incident, Leith Pierre sent in Survivors to collect the Toy Parts in the Puzzle Pillars, while The Prototype sent monsters (1170, 1222, and Boxy Boo) to stop them and use their bodies to feed the starving Wuggies. Eventually, Playtime Co. stopped sending in Survivors, and the Bigger Bodies Initiative came to a close. Eventually, the monsters ran out of employees to eat due to no more people arriving at the facility. Now desperate and out of options, they began to consume the smaller toys to survive. Any spare toys or toy parts that the monsters left were grafted onto The Prototype, which revived them. This method kept the malnourished experiments alive for the next decade. The outcry from concerned citizens and the haunting questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the employees left Playtime Co. with no other choice but to make the difficult decision to permanently close its doors. However, in the following years, the company was eventually forgotten by the public, as the doors of the factory were left unattended by the authorities.

   2000s: In the year 2005, an unknown person sent a letter and a VHS tape which features a tampered version of the Vintage Poppy Commercial to The Player. The letter makes an astonishing claim: the employees that disappeared a decade ago were still there. After reading the letter and watching the tape, The Player finally decides to return to the abandoned factory to look for the company’s missing staff, leading to the events of Poppy Playtime.

2. #2The Hour of Joy

   Keys: Massacre, Hour of Joy

   On August 8, 1995, at 10:45 A.M., Kissy Missy was being relocated to Playcare via train. Fifteen minutes later, exactly at 11:00 a.m., The Prototype and his allies initiated a massive rebellion against their captors. In the CCTV tape shown by Poppy, Huggy Wuggy is first seen attacking employees in the Main Lobby by biting off their heads, and presumably off-screen killing the Scientist in Final Log a bit after. Next, Mommy Long Legs is shown ripping a man in half before grabbing several people and lifting them to a great height, then killing them by dropping them at the Game Station. Another employee at Water Treatment is seen tripping over and subsequently being swarmed and devoured by a mob of Ruined Critters and Mini Huggies. The scene cuts to a hallway in the School where Miss Delight and her sisters chase a man into one of the classrooms. Then it shows Kissy Missy killing the employees that were transporting her, running after one more in the background. Boxy Boo is then shown in a hallway swallowing an employee whole, then lunging to another employee off-screen. Finally, CatNap is shown in Playcare, seemingly looking for survivors, picking up and throwing an injured employee onto the stairs of the Counselor's Office. The final part of the tape shows various locations from the first three chapters, like Make-A-Friend, the Game Station, Playcare, and the catwalk leading to the Poppy Room, all filled with bodies. Although an emergency alert notice was sent out to warn the workforce, nearly everyone within the facility, both guilty and innocent, was slaughtered by the toys in the factory. Their screams can be heard in the background of two separate tapes. The remaining survivors, including Leith Pierre and P.W. were forced to flee the factory. The toys later referred to this rebellion as "The Hour of Joy," with the monsters remaining in their previous locations. After the event concluded, the corpses of all those deceased employees were dragged to the deepest parts of the facility to be consumed by the toys as a source of food to survive.

   Aftermath: After the incident, Playtime Co. was swiftly closed, though it remains unclear if any investigation was ever launched. Leith Pierre sent in Resource Extraction Specialists to collect the Toy Parts in the Puzzle Pillars, while The Prototype sent Huggy, Mommy, and Boxy to stop them and use their bodies to feed the rest of the experiments who were beginning to starve around the factory, such as the Wuggies and Ruined Critters. Eventually, Playtime Co. stopped sending in Resource Extraction Specialists, bringing the Bigger Bodies Initiative to a close. This left the experiments without a steady source of food, which either dwindled or was cut off. The experiments, now desperate and out of options, began to turn on each other for sustenance. Any spare toys or toy parts that the monsters left behind were grafted onto The Prototype, which revived them. This method kept the experiments alive for the next decade. The outcry from the concern citizens and the haunted questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the employees left Playtime Co. with no other choice but to make the difficult decision to permanently close its doors. However, in the following years, the company was eventually forgotten by the public, as the doors of the factory were left unattended by the authorities until the eventual return of The Player in 2005.

3. #3Bigger Bodies Initiative

   Keys: Kissy, Experiments, Catnap, Huggy, Mommy, Doctors, Orphaned Children · Secondary: Playcare

   The Bigger Bodies Initiative was the driving force of Playtime Co.'s human experiments and the catalyst of the company's eventual downfall. It was proposed by Harley Sawyer to address the ongoing declining profits, failed experiments, and accidental sightings at Playtime Co., which rose after the Smiling Critters fiasco. The Bigger Bodies Initiative entailed illegal and unethical experimentation on humans, mainly orphan children. The bodies of these subjects used in tandem with poppy flowers, believed by Elliot Ludwig to process life-altering properties, would bring about organisms modeled after the toys produced by Playtime Co.

   History

   • Founding: Harley Sawyer, known simply as "The Doctor", approached Playtime Co.'s executives in 1990 with a solution for the company's ongoing short comings. Declining profits, failed experiments, lower-level employees bearing witness to confidential projects, and publicity incidents such as the recall of all CatNap toys were causing Playtime Co. to enter into a stage of rapid decline. Sawyer proposed the creation of organisms known as Bigger Bodies, oversized vessels modeled after the company's toys, created with the purpose of replacing the human workforce at the Playtime Co. toy factory in order to cut the company's costs and avoid future lawsuits.[1][2]

   • Post-Introduction: After the Bigger Bodies Initiative was accepted, Playtime Co. built the Game Station to test their orphans, as their minds could be easily molded into subservient workers. An orphan was assigned a toy and had to complete three minigames, which tested the child's brain speed and efficiency, reaction time, and physical endurance and strength. As they played the games, scientists monitored their progress from nearby observation rooms, recorded their performance, then sent the assessments to Stella Greyber. If they did well, the orphan would be sent back to Playcare, where they would stay until eventually being turned into their assigned toy. At night, CatNap would breathe out the Red Smoke which would make the children fall asleep, allowing the scientists to carry out their duties and take any children out for their toy procedure. However, these procedures sometimes had unexpected side effects: some experiments couldn’t remember who they were or what had happened to them. By March 30th, 1991,[3] via Harley's leadership, Playtime Co. had created multiple experiments to aid in different parts of the factory. Experiment 1170 served as the factory's security, Experiment 1222, served as the Game Station's host, Experiment 1188 was the caretaker of Playcare, and Experiment 1160, who was also the first successful bigger body, served as a last resort for disposing any lower-level employees aware about the initiative. Most of the experiments were made from orphans at the Playcare, whereas some experiments were made from volunteering employees. They also created a Bigger Bodies Handbook and Relocation Guide to implement into employee training. Presumably, in case the experiments ever rebelled (or to keep lower-ended employees in the dark), Playtime Co. placed Toy Parts inside the Puzzle Pillars so they could continue to build more giant toys. However, Experiment 1006: The Prototype, did not want the Bigger Bodies Initiative to continue and began to sabotage Playtime Co.'s progress, presumably after he escaped confinement. On June 18th, 1992, Huggy Wuggy escaped Playtime Co. after accessing the ventilation system, killing five of the security team employees sent to get him and causing the other six to go missing before he was finally sedated and captured, whilst standing in front of a house presumed to be his foster home. (This implies the orphan turned into Huggy was scared and wanted to return to a familiar location.)

4. #4Playtime Co. (Setting)

   Keys: Upper Levels, Zone #, Factory, Train, Playcare, Gamestation

   Appearance: In general, the Playtime Factory is a dark and out-of-commission factory that glows a dark cyan color throughout all rooms. Multiple large cubical with technical innovations and control modules can be seen on-foot or seen throughout the walls of the factory. Each room is unique, filled with the familiar glowing lights yet each has a different format. The main highlight of this facility is the large one-eyed mechanism sitting in the middle of the factory, sitting alongside many toy production lines and a Puzzle Pillar. Zone 01 is one of the nine zones seen throughout the Playtime Factory. This zone concentrates on hand-crafting designs, with a disconnected design facility and elevated platform that can be acquired through a slide-like staircase within the room. Production tables, innovating supplies, and eatables can be seen throughout the area - primary facing towards the wall. Zone 02 is one of the nine zones seen throughout the Playtime Factory. It emerges into a light olive green color, unlike the original cyan-blue color. The room consists of a Puzzle Pillar is closed off by two Crash Doors, and features such as multiple rack sets holding toys and pipes throughout the walls and ceiling. The room across from it appears to be an employee storage, with multiple scattered lockers, shelves, and rackets. Finally this zone is connected to Zone 5 through a Grapple Handle and great pit connecting the two rooms together. Zone 03 is one of the nine zones seen throughout the Playtime Factory. This zone appears as a rectangle-shaped area with a single Puzzle Pillar within it. Small desks and connecting pipes can be seen around/inside this area, alongside a small garbage dump nearby. A Crash Door can be shut from the far left, and a Grapple Handle can be scrutinized, simply covering a minor part of the room. Zone 04 is one of the nine zones seen throughout the Playtime Factory. This zone has a singular ventilation system that looks similar to a plus sign. The ventilation system serves no real purpose other than as a diversion for Monsters chasing Specialists, and there are no other props in this room aside from hazard warnings and signs. Zone 05 is one of the nine zones seen throughout the Playtime Factory. This zone acts as if a supply closet with a single Puzzle Pillar featured. The room consists of small props hanged on shelves, alongside mechanisms and tools kept in storage for certain innovative situations. Red buckets, yellow crates, and red gas cans can be seen sitting on these shelves. Bron-themed water-tanks and pipe supports can be seen sitting in the corner of the room. Finally, the room has many exits, including many ventilation systems and a small hallway leading to Zone 02. Below the zone composed of a Employee Only, appearing as though a Kitchen. Disparate any room, the place glows an orange color as apposed to the traditional cyan lights. The room composed of a kitchen station complete of supplies and tools such as a fridge, microwave, and more. Sweet, snacks and various variants meals could be found around the station, messily placed onto the counters. Alone from the station, a blue board featuring more messily placed snacks could be scrutinized all over the all board. Zone 06 is one of the nine zones seen throughout the Playtime Factory. This zone mainly consists of a compact, small area with only one highlight, a Toy Deposit mechanism. Outside this area there are many sitting defective items in yellow garbage bags. Zone 07 is one of the nine zones seen throughout the toy factory. This zone contains a small control module-area with many long counters full of buttons and technology. A Port-A-Lounge can be found within this room, a small shelf featuring the same props seen within Zone 05 can also be found, and a toy deposit mechanism can also be found in this area. Zone 09 is one of the nine zones seen throughout the Playtime Factory. This zone depicts a power-managing area, featuring many power boxes and mechanisms that appear to be connected to the walls. The room also features a large hole blocked off by railings, with the hole featuring numerous pipes going down to nothing below. A Puzzle Pillar can be featured within this zone as well. Finally, an elevated surface that leading to a long hall connecting Zone 06 to Zone 08 together via catwalks connecting all the zones throughout the factory. The Game Station is an underground area with no natural light, which was raised as a concern in a Formal Request Form to add fake windows to ensure that the children maintained good mental health. It contains a series of playground structures for kids to play with while waiting for the next mini-game to start. In one of these playground structures, a Train Trophy can be collected. These structures are incredibly colorful, full of red, yellow, and blue colors. Most of the structures include a playground-like area with slides, circular monkey bars, and spinning wheels. In the far center of the area, a massive train can be seen under the Game Station logo.

5. #5Playcare (Setting)

   Keys: School, Playhouse, Gas Production Zone, Playcare, Counselors Office

   The second Train Station serves as a general location for the train to make a stop at to Playcare, with a set of yellow neon lights around the tunnel walls. At the station itself, there is a set of 2 tripod gates with a statue of Huggy Wuggy in the middle of it with some blood spattered on it as well. These gates lead to some stairs which head up to Elliot's Express. There are also two doors on each side of the room. one that leads to the security room, and the other to the power room. In the security room, there is a desk with 15 monitor screens above it showing static, and another door that leads to the power room. On the train tracks, there is some scattered debris that came from the ceiling, and to the left of the door leading to the Trash Compactor area, there is a burning wreck of what remains of the Train that the Player once used to try and escape the toy factory.

   Playcare is an underground location in Playtime Co, accessible through Elliot's Express. When entering, it has a stairway alongside with a red carpet, little trees with red, yellow and blue flowers, red and yellow street lamps with yellow lights on them with red, blue and yellows steamers. On the stairs are some rope poles with broken toys on them, blood stains, and cardboard cutouts of Bron and Bunzo Bunny. Once entering, there is a sidewalk into a circle, and on the sidewalk are cutouts of Huggy Wuggy, Mommy Long Legs and PJ Pug-a-Pillar, and a bunch of Bron themed streetlamps. In the center of Playcare, there is a large low pillar. It is white on the bottom, leaves are overgrown around the top, a white fence is set around it with flower pots. On top are statues of the Smiling Critters holding hands, while the CatNap statue has collapsed onto the floor due to a cloud falling down on it. Around the base of the pillar are podiums with descriptions for each of the Smiling Critters and a button to hear a voice line. At the front is a map of the locations in Playcare. Inside the pillar is a backup generator that needs to be powered by the backup generators in the other locations at Playcare. At the top of dome is a gigantic artificial skylight, the inside of the vast dome is painted a blue sky with clouds and trees, and when the lights go out, stars can be seen painted on the inside of the dome. Fake clouds hang from the ceiling, and on the grass are stones, flowers, yellow tables, blue chairs and longer trees. On the left side of the cable car, there is also a door to the Gas Production Zone. Playcare has five main locations around the area: a Counselor's Office, a Toy Store, Home Sweet Home, a School, a Playhouse, and a Duck Pond. There is also a playground near the schoolhouse.

   The Gas Production Zone is a location seen in Chapter 3: "Deep Sleep" of Poppy Playtime. It is the production area for The Red Smoke and where to control its direction. Entered via a door in the back of Playcare's dome, the Gas Production Zone is a large room where the Red Smoke is produced. In the center is a giant machine with a terminal with three tubes, which control the destination of the Red Smoke. Found in the backrooms of the zone is a sludge-like liquid known as Poppy Gel. A smaller room contains the GrabPack 2.0 and the "GrabPack 2.0 Prototype" tape. An elevator in the far left of the room leads to the Safe Room. A doorway to the left leads to the Hatch Room.

   Home Sweet Home, first mentioned in the Chapter 3 Interactable ARG, is a major location in Chapter 3: "Deep Sleep". It is a sub-division of Playcare where the orphans slept. It is also where CatNap used to reside in, using The Red Smoke to put the orphans to sleep. Home Sweet Home's exterior resembles a two-story wooden house, with brilliant sky-blue walls, curved roofs, and a large wooden foyer overlooking the property. The foyer holds a few patio chairs and two window box planters, each possessing three fake flowers, while three stone pillars hold up a slanted roof, which in turn supports the second-floor balcony. Above the wooden balcony door, shaded by a second but smaller slanted roof, lies a statue of the famous Poppy Playtime. The roof itself comes with a chimney and has six poppy flower designs dispersed across its brown tiles. Inside of Home Sweet Home appears to have wooden floors and walls, and its rooms are filled with bunk beds. The beds all have Playtime Co. pillows and sheets with blue mattresses. Like other locations in Playcare, Home Sweet Home's walls and floor are covered in CatNap's claw marks and inscriptions. Inside there are multiple types of sleeping arrangements, both single/double bedrooms and large communal barracks on the upper floors. In the center of these barracks is a large Bobby BearHug statue, which (when powered) will turn towards any person in its line of sight. The location also features multiple secret doors leading to staff areas of the facility, these were normally off-limits to kids. There is a large central foyer which acts as a central hub for the facility, along with laundry rooms in the basement. The walls of Home Sweet Home are decorated with many photographs of children, presumably those who were adopted out or sent off for processing as part of the Bigger Bodies Initiative. The facility has some form of security system that enters lockdown during the "night" restricting movement between sections.

   The Schoolhouse,[1] or School, is a location seen in Chapter 3: "Deep Sleep" of Poppy Playtime. It was one of the five main buildings within Playcare, intended to be an educational institution dedicated to teaching the orphans basic subjects. This is also where Miss Delight and her sisters used to reside in to teach the orphans. The School’s exterior resembles a large school building. It is mainly red with two blue doors as the entrance with different colored handles, an arch above the doors, as well with windows with blue outlines on each side, and a mailbox of Boxy Boo can be seen nearby. The building’s roof is red with blue outlines, with painted flowers on top, and in the middle of the roof is stout belltower with the giant bell inside. There are giant crayons acting as pillars supporting the roof in front of the entrance and at two corners. The School’s interior appears to be abandoned inside. The building’s walls are white with flowers and grass at the bottom, and the ceilings are covered in ruined tiles with broken toys hanging out. It has long hallways with multiple doors of abandoned classrooms, and Playtime Co. lockers with eyes on them, as well as multiple posters of the Smiling Critters. Going deeper in the School, a bunch of banners of Bron, Candy Cat, and Boxy Boo can also be seen around the school.

   The Caverns is a large underground cave system that takes place outside of the dome of Playcare. There is a bunch of platforms and catwalks connected to each other. Close to the entrance that leads into Playhouse, there is a big shrine that is a mix of toy body's and parts that was created by CatNap to worship his god, The Prototype.

   The Playhouse is an indoor play area location seen in Chapter 3: "Deep Sleep". It was one of the main buildings within Playcare, where orphans could play. After The Hour of Joy, it became the home of the Ruined Critters as well as a jailhouse for heretics under CatNap's vigilance. The Playhouse’s exterior resembles a circus tent. In general, the outside of the Playhouse is painted in yellow and blue, with the main entrance door is a yellow and red door with a sign above it that tells the building name with blue and red stars coming out of the sign. On one side of the tent is a slide that used as a way to leave Playhouse. In front of the main entrance is a open treasure chest with coins that has the Playtime Co logo on them. The interior of the Playhouse resembles a playground with maze like elements, which has colorful bricks walls and tunnels. Going further in the Playhouse, there are multiple holes to where the Ruined Critters comes crawling out of, as well as jail cells. Catnaps room is also in here its refered to as his 'prison' its a room decorated likemost of this place but with a cat paw like bed with scratch marks everywhere. The Ruined Critters were originally a neutral party that joined the rebellion of the Bigger Bodies experiments on August 8, 1995, but later chose to ally with CatNap and The Prototype upon witnessing their larger counterparts' downfall. The Ruined Critters inhabited the darkness of the Playhouse. Though initially presented as mindless feral creatures, the Ruined Critters are, in reality, driven by an intense desire for self-preservation. Like the other experiments, they participated in The Hour of Joy to obtain freedom, which Playtime Co. had refused to grant them. After bearing witness to the decimation of their Bigger Bodies counterparts, who had orchestrated a futile coup against The Prototype's expanding influence, they pledged their loyalty to CatNap, obeying his orders without question. Because The Prototype's side was the dominant force of the now-abandoned factory, this alliance ensured their survival in the long run. Like CatNap, the Ruined Critters enjoyed the thrill of the hunt when confronting their prey. During The Player's trek through their home, they emitted distorted giggling and animalistic snarls as they approached the intruder. The Ruined Critters also displayed wariness when they were met with resistance, keeping their eyes locked on the aggressor as they retreated backwards into the safety of Playhouse's infrastructure.

   The Counselor's Office is one of the five main attractions in Playcare, and was presumably a place for children to seek counseling if need be, and is the area CatNap mostly roams. The Counselor's Office exterior resembles a large marble building. Upon approach, there is a large stairway to the main entrance, and after the first, there two trash bins, with one of them knocked over, and The Hour of Joy sign written in blood. On the side of the the stairway, damage construction can be seen. Similar to the Train Station, two statues of Huggy Wuggy can be seen in each side. The Counselor's Office has poles attached to the roof, and the front of the rooftop features the Smiling Critters on top. The office has windows with the entrance having a brown door, as well as a mailbox that resembles Boxy Boo on the right side of the entrance. The inside of the Counselor’s Office appears to have a room with two doors, while one of them has The Red Smoke inside, as well as a slot where the Batteries can be found above the seats. The building inside mostly has long hallways with multiple doors and offices, breadboards, as well as multiple toys, papers and blood on the floor, and a couple of the offices are overlooking the locations in Playcare.

6. #6The Prison (Setting)

   Keys: , Prison, Hell

   The Prison is on the lower levels far under Playcare. It's where Playtime Co. did all it's experiments and kept them in cages. Lots of children taken to be turned to monsters. It's a large facility in a cavern like system built for containing everything that's being made.

7. #7Safe Haven (Setting)

   Keys: Safe Haven

   The Safe Haven is one of two major locations, the other being The Prison. It is controlled by Doey the Doughman. It is used for keeping passive friendly toys safe from all the danger using a generator that isn’t controlled by The Doctor’s Omni hand. It's a large room in the Prison with outside defenses. On the inside it's filled with tents and childlike tents.

   History After The Hour of Joy, Doey forms The Safe Haven to keep all the passive toys safe from danger. Hoppy Hopscotch brought in an injured toy after they were jumped (presumably from The Prototype, the Nightmare Critters, Ruined Critters, or other monsters). Poppy and Kissy Missy bring the player to Safe Haven and meet up with Doey and his “family” (Smiling Critters and Mini Huggies) acting as survivors of The Hour of Joy.

8. #8The Smiling Critters

   Keys: Bobby BearHug, KickinChicken, PickyPiggy, CraftyCorn, DogDay (Leader), Bubba Bubbaphant, Hoppy Hopscotch, CatNap

   Description: The Smiling Critters are small, colorful, anthropomorphic animals, each appearing as a plush toy with a zipper on the front chest, large gaping smiles, and black eyes with white pupils. Each toy has a unique pendant representing the core aspect of each of their personalities. In addition to this, each Smiling Critter comes with the ability to emit their own unique scent via a hole in their mouths by pulling on their tails, all of which are traditionally used to aid with sleep or relaxation, being based on a specific type of fruit, herb, or flower.

   History: In the summer of 1989, the Smiling Critters were created by Playtime Co., and to promote the launch of the toys, a cartoon of the same name would air on Saturdays.[1] However during its air, parents were concerned about how silent and distant CatNap was from the rest of the cast, as well as finding him putting everyone to sleep disturbing.[1] During the production of the plushies, a mistake caused some CatNap plushies to emit The Red Smoke instead of the preferred lavender, making kids in the US who owned the toy suffer violent nightmares. Because of the controversy, the cartoon's reception would run afoul and turn sour[1], and as a result, CatNap was recalled from the lineup and removed from all promotional material. Following the negative reception of the cartoon, it was pulled off air and put into Playtime's vault, never to be repeated. At some point, the Smiling Critters became the main mascots of Playcare. After late 1990, the characters would be used in the Bigger Bodies Initiative,[2] with an orphan, Theodore Grambell, becoming CatNap, designated Experiment 1188, and would be housed in Home Sweet Home. On August 8th, 1995, CatNap and their plush toys participated in The Hour of Joy, killing everyone within Playcare no matter if they were innocent or guilty, and feasting on their bodies, leaving only the children alive.[3] However, the rest of the cast allegedly fought back against The Prototype's control but were eventually killed off by either him or CatNap, with DogDay being the only survivor and kept tortured within the Playhouse's prison cells. It is unclear as to whether the other Smiling Critters characters were recreated for the Bigger Bodies Initiative besides CatNap, Bobby BearHug, and DogDay, since their names are never directly mentioned in relation to the project. The Smiling Critters appear as the secondary antagonists of Chapter 3: "Deep Sleep" as worn down miniature versions of themselves, referred to as Ruined Critters. Only DogDay and CatNap's Bigger Bodies counterparts are fully seen in the chapter, though both eventually perish. The Smiling Critters cast also make appearances in the forms of Playtime posters, cardboard cutouts, and statues in the center of Playcare's dome, the latter two of where audio files of them can be played. Bobby BearHug also appears as two security statues in Home Sweet Home, from which The Player must obtain Batteries. Hoppy Hopscotch does not make many direct appearances, but motifs of her enthusiastic plus cooperative personality and lightning bolt pendant both occur repeatedly within the chapter. The other Smiling Critters characters do not appear to have any special occurrences.

9. #9The Prototype

   Keys: The Prototype, 1160

   Appearance: The Prototype's physical appearance is yet to be revealed, though CatNap's shrine seems to give an idea to his overall appearance. His only known body part is his left arm, resembling slender silver pins that appear adept at a large array of movements. Although his fingers appear fragile, they can effortlessly puncture through flesh with unnerving smoothness. His upper arm is adorned with red wires and metallic components, while the forearm contains a human radius and ulna. It can be assumed 1006 was roughly the same shape and morphology as the person used to make him, as it was not until Experiment 1160 that experiments were no longer bound to those rules regarding their shapes and sizes.

   Personality: The Prototype exhibits a personality solely built upon his hatred and wishes for the downfall of Playtime Co. He is cunning, stubborn, and rarely displays sarcasm. In a conversation with Harley Sawyer during Log 24459, the Prototype's voice is heard for the first time, as he mockingly replays the voices of various employees like Stella Greyber. He engages in a monologue about his motivations, questioning Harley Sawyer's thoughts on the effects of the Bigger Bodies Initiative and the treatment of experiments. After Sawyer comments on learning something new about the Prototype at each meeting, he sarcastically thanks Harley and repeats his words back at him. The Prototype is manipulative, telling Theodore Grambell how to get a GrabPack despite knowing his young age and inexperience. He also seems careless, using the experiments as pawns for his reign of terror, particularly evident in the RESTRICTED tapes. These tapes depict toys being taken over by the Prototype, aiming to sabotage their attempts at progress and transportation of their experiments. The most notable example is Huggy Wuggy, whom the Prototype ordered to flee the Playtime Co. factory. As soon as Huggy Wuggy ran too far out, he began simply roaming the woods and only attacked employees after being aggravated. There is only one instance where he seemed to care for another being. After Theodore was electrocuted, the Prototype gave up his chance at freedom to save the boy, bringing him to a scientist for medical aid. This may likely be another case of manipulation, since Theodore, as CatNap, would feel indebted to the Prototype and follow him around whenever he was present, despite the Prototype largely ignoring him.

   Backstory Little is known about the Prototype other than the fact that he was the ideal vessel or result Playtime Co were looking for. He had been created sometime before or during 1989 prior to the Bigger Bodies Initiative. So he was presumably a prototype for an unnamed scientific field referenced in the Chapter 4 Icepick ARG. Experiment 1006 was the first experiment to be sentient after the company's attempts at replicating Elliot Ludwig's attempts at post-mortem vessels to possess. The Prototype was also stated to be an outlier with their other experiments, as he did not require any substance or food for survival. These findings were one of many that employees, primarily Harley Sawyer, enjoyed perceiving. It was stated that the Prototype showed a new trait of himself during every session, being an interesting figure to examine. Scientists said he was very clever and intelligent.

   Scientific Logs LogVideo The Prototype as seen during the Final Log.

   During one session, specifically during Log 24459, the Prototype converses with Harley Sawyer, questioning if any employees felt remorse for the experiments, asking why they "stick...beat...[and] tear at [their] flesh." Harley Sawyer cleverly retorted, challenging the Prototype and pointing out how he continuously uncovers new aspects about him in each session. The Prototype thanked Harley before mocking him once more, remarking how he too learns something from Harley every day in Harley's own voice.

   In another session, during Log 08502, the familiar Scientist recounts an incident relating to the Prototype. It is stated that 1006 was primarily kept in his chamber, monitored at all times. However, one day, he created a laser pointer from the digital alarm clock in his room, fired it at the camera and disabled it for 28.3 seconds. Upon which he hid in a blind spot, forcing a surveillance specialist to come in. He tried to escape through the door but was re-locked before he could. He apparently killed the specialist who was trapped inside, as 'one casualty occurred.'

   Theodore Grambell In 1989[2], the Prototype escaped confinement and hid inside Playcare, recruiting a troubled orphan named Theodore Grambell to his cause. He frequently encouraged the young boy to sabotage Playtime Co., but to no avail. Their friendship became notorious amongst the staff, who at first believed that the boy's "friend" was imaginary.

   One day, Theodore received instructions from 1006 to open a maintenance door in Playcare using two stolen GrabPack 2.0s and a Green GrabPack Hand, with the intention of either allowing the orphans to escape or allowing himself to escape. But due to his young age and lack of expertise, Theodore overcharged the Green GrabPack Hand[3], electrocuting himself and requiring immediate medical attention. Though they opened the door, the Prototype chose to sacrifice his freedom to save Theodore. He brought the wounded boy to Thomas Clarke's office, the latter spotting him, before he was recaptured by Security.

   Two years later, 1006 reunited with Theodore Grambell, who had now become CatNap. During their time together, CatNap followed the Prototype around "like a lost puppy," as stated by Leith Pierre, with 1006 seemingly ignoring him.

   RESTRICTED-disappearance On June 18th, 1992, Huggy Wuggy was influenced by the Prototype and instructed to leave the Playtime Co. factory. Without any warning, Huggy Wuggy hastily exited the facility through an open bay delivery door. Huggy Wuggy oddly did not display any hostile behavior during his escape, merely running out of the building before being captured on surveillance footage wandering in the forest. Upon encountering employees who started firing darts at him, Huggy Wuggy, although not under the Prototype's direct control, perceived their presence as a threat and attacked them. This led to the death of nearly 11 employees, with 6 others reported missing.

   The Hour of Joy “ Experiment 1-0-0-6. The Prototype. Coordination and cooperation is evidently within his skillset, as well as the skillset of all other experiments of his type. Though still missing, today's events are no doubt in relation to him. His absence was a flaw in the scientific process, which should have under no circumstances been left unaccounted for. ” — The Scientist's description of the Prototype.

   HourofJoyHuggyScene The beginning of The Hour of Joy, starting with Huggy Wuggy in the Main Lobby.

   In an unspecified time during the 1990s, the Prototype was declared missing. In one VHS Tape, Marcas Brickley Reprimanding, it was stated that a figure with "fifty feet and a thousand legs" stole a mop handle which, while it may imply that this figure was PJ Pug-a-Pillar, the motivations to steal such item is unclear, leading to the idea that it was the Prototype.

   During this time of freedom, 1006 took over the Playtime Co. factory on August 8th, 1995. This event, known as "The Hour of Joy," involved a large-scale massacre and jailbreak against all humans present in the factory. While the employees were focused on transporting Kissy Missy to Playcare, the Bigger Bodies experiments began a rebellion as they mindlessly slaughtered all adults and scientists all while under the influence of the Prototype. After the event concluded, the bodies were dragged into the depths of the factory and the toys ultimately fed on them to survive. The sudden disappearance of all of the employees led to the closure of Playtime Co. However, as the human supply diminished, the toys started betraying one another in an effort to secure the remaining food resource. Any spare toys or toy parts that the monsters left behind were grafted onto the Prototype. This continued for a decade until the eventual return of The Player in 2005.

   Chapter 1: "A Tight Squeeze" After Huggy Wuggy was killed by falling down into the depths of the factory into the Water Treatment at the end of the chapter, the Prototype presumably took him away, and grafted him onto his body offscreen. The Prototype isn't seen in the entire chapter, however he is mentioned by his experiment number in the Final Log.

   Chapter 2: "Fly in a Web" After Mommy Long Legs was killed by the grinder and her severed torso fell to the ground, the Prototype's claw appeared from under the half-closed door to the left. He reached out and took Mommy's torso away, dragging it away back under the door. After this, he presumably grafts Mommy onto his body and isn’t seen again for the rest of the chapter.

   When Ollie talks to The Player about Playcare, he says that the new antagonist, CatNap, has overtaken Playcare and dedicated it as a "church" to the Prototype. Poppy explains later that it was the Prototype that was responsible for the needless slaughter of so many people, saying that she intentionally stopped The Player from leaving in the first place since she needed them to destroy him. When sneaking through the Caverns, The Player spots CatNap worshipping a shrine built seemingly after the likeness of the Prototype. In the Playhouse, DogDay further elaborates on CatNap's reverence of the Prototype.

   CatNap sees the Prototype as his god and that any who oppose it are labelled as heretics, with DogDay and the rest of the Smiling Critters being among them. Many toys would be killed, forcing the rest of them into submission to the Prototype, and DogDay is cruelly tortured for his rejection of the Prototype's control. Exiting the Playhouse, Ollie corresponds DogDay's story, saying that before CatNap was CatNap, the Prototype saved his life. This led to CatNap seeing the Prototype as the saviour for all the toys in Playtime Co.

   As The Player sneaks through the Counselor's Office, CatNap attacks them and sends them into another dream. Just before the dream ends, the Prototype's hand reaches through the open roof of the Main Lobby.

10. #10Harley Sawyer

    Keys: Dr. Sawyer, Dr. Harley Sawyer, Sawyer, Dr. H., The Doctor

    Appearance: Sawyer appears as a brain in a machine. Or an eye on computer monitors throughout the foundation.

    Personality: Harley Sawyer was a cruel, merciless, narcissistic, sociopathic and apathetic scientist who cared little about anyone or anything other than himself and his goals. With his Bigger Bodies Initiatives, he sealed the fate of in-numerous amounts of orphans and other unfortunate employees into living toys and pioneered an era of what could essentially be said as mass murder and terror. Few of his personality traits listed below can be considered positive, and it is heavily implied that even as a young child, he was already very troubled, carrying his distinctive trait of pure and utter focus on himself and little of others.

    While his "normal" personality appeared to be one of staidness combined with a gentle voice and general politeness, this personality broken (which can be done easily as shown numerous times) reveals that he was actually an angry, violent, and irritable person who can hardly tolerate anyone, even his co-workers, even finding it disgusting when he saw some employees show sympathy for the living toys. In the tape Your gift has finally arrived., Sawyer found out someone was recording him and ferociously yelled that the camera be turned off immediately, immediately contrasting with his gentle voice. With this attitude in mind, he is widely disliked by almost everyone; his colleagues when he worked as a neurosurgeon thought of him as a joke as he constantly worried that the world was not too far off from ending and was a major perfectionist, while in Playtime Co., none of the heads (Eddie, Leith, and Stella) could tolerate his behaviour for long and various Specialists wished he could be killed off by Boxy Boo.

    Sawyer also appears to be notoriously picky; in the Sandwich Note, the writer tells their friend that Sawyer resented sweet pickles, warning them that if they take his order, they must not pick out sweet pickles lest they get punished severely. Even if this is a joke from the writer, it provides a good insight of his personality and implies he is very childish despite his age.

    In the Experiment 1188 Bigger Bodies Proposal, the person writing the proposal states that "Dr. Sawyer insists he handle the extraction himself.", indicating that Sawyer was very much dedicated to the Bigger Bodies Initiative and/or wanted to be credited for the extraction, either as an honor for his dedication to research or an arrogant way to gain recognition.

    In the Prisoner Profile for Yarnaby, Sawyer notes that it should be kept isolated, having only contact with him, saying: "By the time I'm done...I'll be its whole world. It'll know nothing else." This shows Sawyer to be manipulative and apathetic to the plight of his experiments, simply not caring for them in the least. It also shows him to be very merciless and cruel, as what Sawyer implies is him having total control on Yarnaby, which no doubt would involve torture in various ways. After Yarnaby’s death, Sawyer shows no feeling for his pet, merely stating that he was not the only one of his pets, further supporting this.

    In the Chapter 4 Gameplay Trailer: Doey the Doughman, Sawyer states that he wishes to make a game out of the Player and, before the Player is dropped down an unknown shaft, he sarcastically waves at them, showing that he can be extremely sadistic and that he likes to toy with people who are at his mercy

    History Backstory In his youth, Harley Sawyer joined and participated in the Young Geniuses Program, as indicated by Leith Pierre, which is presumably where Sawyer got his start in Playtime Co. However, Ludwig became concerned at his lack of humility and willingness to experiment simply for the sake of progress rather than for the "benefit of humanity". He tried to instill that humility in Sawyer, which only served to anger him. Seeing no other choice in the face of this, Elliot Ludwig regretfully ejected him from the Young Geniuses Program. Sawyer saw this as a betrayal, coming to see Elliot Ludwig as "soft", "small-minded" and a "backstabber".[3]

    Later on January 15th, 1990, Harley Sawyer was hired by Leith Pierre to work as a neurosurgeon at Playtime Co. and eventually became the Head of Special Projects, a secret division within the company. During his employment, he learned about the company's failed experiments and realized they would go bankrupt if they got sued, which seemed to be an eventuality. Determined to prevent this, Sawyer strove to find a solution for the toy company.

    Can you hear us? Can you see this? Harley Sawyer approached the Playtime Co. executives with a solution for the company's ongoing problems. Incidents of lower-level employees witnessing confidential experiments and decreased profits were causing Playtime Co. to crumble. Sawyer proposed the development of large toys to increase the workforce and cut costs as a potential solution. He called this solution the Bigger Bodies Initiative and requested that he oversee and lead the project.

    Archive 5b00 Transcript Sawyer takes an interest in Quinn Navidson, upon noticing that Quinn appears to be holding back during tests. He personally promises to oversee Quinn's next test after telling him that he knew Quinn could achieve a good result.

    Prisoner Profile Following Quinn's transformation into Experiment 1166, Sawyer notes that 1166 lacks higher cognitive function, but he also observes that 1166 also displays an 'odd loyalty' to the security staff, something he finds "nauseating", comparing it to the manner in which domesticated cats behave. Realising this means that 1166 could be "bent", Sawyer orders 1166 to be isolated, coming into contact with only Sawyer himself. He expresses that he needs "protection" because of his importance to the Bigger Bodies Initiative, and that he might "get a good laugh" at the "pathetic" noises 1166 makes.

    Advertisement Cross-Department Report In the Cross-Department Report released on February 20, 1991, Harley Sawyer on behalf of Research talks about the difficulties of CatNap's procedure, and how he is extremely pleased about CatNap's behavior, even considering him to rival Experiment 1170.

    Your gift has finally arrived. Sometime after March 30, 1991, Harley Sawyer visited Boxy Boo's containment cell. The angry hunter roared as the doctor revelled in his success, proclaiming the creature to be "the first of many" and its very existence opening many possibilities- some presumably leading to immortality. Sawyer then decided the creature's appetite must be attuned to human flesh. He asked a nearby doctor for an update on Rowan Stoll. When a phone started ringing, Sawyer noticed that someone was recording him, and yelled for them to turn off their camera.

    Log 24459 In a log documenting the Prototype, Sawyer mentions that although the experiment was still stubborn and silent, he was able to make new discoveries about the Prototype. Before he could mention what he discovered, the Prototype makes an unintelligible noise that gets the attention of Sawyer. He ends the log but the conversation is still heard, with the Prototype asking a question while changing his voice. The Prototype asks Sawyer if he feels anything, although Sawyer does not understand the question. The Prototype clarifies by saying he harms the toys, asking if he feels it. Sawyer merely says there's a secret inside the Prototype that is "valuable beyond all measure". He states he harms him and makes more progress every session. He dares the Prototype to "speak, or don't. Fight, or give in", as regardless for Sawyer, he always learns new things of the Prototype, which he laughs about and says excites him. The Prototype thanks him, which Sawyer is surprised about. The Prototype then replays Sawyer's voice and cunningly restates his sentence about learning new things.

    Incident Aftermath Following the theatre incident, which resulted in the death of an unknown number of people Gerad Lockehart investigated its cause and informed Leith Pierre, Stella Greyber and Eddie M.N. Ritterman that Sawyer was responsible.

    “The Doctor” VHS Tape Following the revelation that Sawyer was responsible for the theatre incident, which was the most recent in a long-running line of incidents for which he was responsible, Leith Pierre, Stella Greyber and Eddie M.N. Ritterman discuss what to do with him. Eddie suggests killing Sawyer, an idea that Leith shot down because they still needed Sawyer's mind. Despite not being able to deal with Sawyer in a more permanent manner, Leith says that he has an idea on how to deal with him.

    “Experiment 1354” VHS Tape Sawyer was subjected to his own procedures and turned into an experiment himself, with Dr. Bruno White performing the procedure. Sawyer awakens in a state of disorientation, before realising what has happened, referring to the higher-ups as "backstabbing traitors". Sawyer remarks how he feels like something has gone wrong, that Dr. White must have done something wrong. When Dr. White tries to calm Sawyer, Sawyer demands to know who gave the order. Leith Pierre confirms he gave the order, and Sawyer tells him that he has no idea what kind of mistake he had just made. Leith retorts, berating Sawyer for having so many chances to fix his mistakes but being unable to. Sawyer scoffs at the idea that Leith could do better than him, replying angrily that they needed his intellect, to which Leith tells him that's why he was converted into an experiment rather than being fed to Boxy Boo. Leith tells Sawyer what will happen from then on: he is to give the other scientists answers when they need them, and to perform procedures as directed. Sawyer furiously tells Leith that he will die for what he has done, that when he gets his hands on Leith, he's a dead man.

    CatNap Check-In In a recording made in 1994, Leith Pierre mentions Sawyer and says he would normally be there to check up on CatNap but that he's "out" and needs to do his work until they find a replacement for Sawyer. This is due to Harley Sawyer having been turned into an experiment himself.

    Experiment 1166 Weekly Check-Up In a report made in October 1994, Dr. Carmine McKabe notes that 1166 had formed an attachment to Sawyer despite Sawyer's apathy towards him, and that with Sawyer's removal from his presence, 1166 has lost his motivation.

    “Time” VHS Tape Sometime after the Hour of Joy, Harley Sawyer is heard meeting with the Prototype, who deliberately spared him during the event. 1006 tells the Doctor that his suggestions have so far failed, and questions whether or not it was a good idea to spare him. Sawyer replies that more time is needed, but the Prototype angrily states that they do not have any time. Sawyer suggests he finds some more or give him lab access, yet the Prototype denies his request, telling him to “stay put”. Sawyer says that what he is trying to accomplish cannot be done quickly, leading the Prototype to ask him what his use is in that case. Sawyer replies that he is the Prototype’s “best shot”, which satisfies 1006. He tells the Doctor that he will try again, but warns him that if he is “stalling... or worse”, he should remember that his usefulness is the only reason he wasn’t “stripped for meat and spare parts”.

11. #11Grabpack

    The GrabPack (also stylized as Grab Pack on the Grab Pack Training tape) is the main and most invaluable utility in Poppy Playtime. It allows The Player to interact by grabbing, pulling and collecting objects, open GrabPack-exclusive doors, connect wires to turn power back on, carry electrical impulses to and from power sources, and move The Player across areas.

    Appearance The GrabPack appears to be made up of three parts: a backpack-like coil box with a retractable cable, and two hands attached to them, one blue and one red (green in Chapter 2: "Fly in a Web"). The hands are activated using triggers that fire the cables. The cable is capable of conducting electricity, and is used to turn on power throughout the game. The blue hand is situated on the left and is the only hand available when first getting them. The GrabPack 2.0 looks nearly identical to its predecessor but has been modified with many new features, with the most notable apparatus being an air tank on the back, which is connected to air jets to reduce fall damage and comes with a new hand already attached. It also has a built-in slot on the right handle that can open up to reveal a flashlight. It has some new aesthetics on the arms, with a red band just before the hands and some blue plates.

    New Hands and Abilities: The GrabPack 2.0 is the new GrabPack introduced in Chapter 3, which uses both the old Blue and Green Hands while also being tweaked to be able to switch to other obtained Hands. The Purple Hand, also called the Rocket Hand, is obtained along with the GrabPack 2.0 in a backroom in the Gas Production Zone. It can be accessed after using a battery to open the room it is contained in and has a more high-tech appearance than the others. Its special ability is to launch its user in the air when touching its receivers. The Orange Hand, also called the Flare Gun, is obtained in the School, specifically after the Miss Delight chase scene, around a corner at the end of a hallway next to a Hoppy Hopscotch cutout. It has the appearance of a finger gun, being the first hand that can be used somewhat offensively, shooting flares that illuminate the surrounding area and can scare off the Ruined Critters within the Playhouse. It can hold a maximum of five flares and takes a few seconds to reload.

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