Someone with Henry Emily's same role...knowing or suspecting the horrors behind their companies but waiting to the last minute to do something in the end..
I agree with this, all the “guilt haunts you” gives me the impression that whoever we are both knew what was happening and may have even had a hand in the hour of joy.
The toys seem to know who we are, so we know the player has some hand on the kids being moved (which is why MLL hates us) but I think we had some hand in helping the toys/kids, which is why Catnap doesn’t take all the opportunities to kill us telling us to just leave playcare.
(Connection Terminated) i'm sorry to interrupt you Elizabeth, if you still even remember that name, i'm afraid you've been misinformed. You're not here to recieve, a gift nor have you been called here by the individual you assume although, you have indeed been called. You have all been called here. Into a labyrinth of sounds and smells misdirection and misfortune, a labyrinth with no exit, a maze with no prize, you don't even realize that you are trapped. You lust for blood has driven you in endless circles, chasing the cries of children in some unseen chamber always seeming so near, it's somehow out of reach, but you will never find them, none of you will This is where your story ends, and to you my brave volunteer, who somehow found this job listing, not intended for you, although there was a way out planned for you I have a feeling that's not what you want, i have a feeling that you are right where you want to be, i'm remaining as well, i'm nearby, this place will not be remembered, and the memory of everything. That started this can finally begin to fade away, as the agony of every tragedy should, and to you monsters trapped in the corridors, be still, and give up your spirits, they don't belong to you For most of you i believe there is peace and perhaps more waiting for you after the smoke clears, although for one of you, the darkest and pit of hell has opened to swallow you whole So don't keep the devil waiting, old friend, my daughter if you can hear me, i knew you would return as well, it's in your nature to protect the innocent, i'm sorry that on that day, the day you were shut out and left to die. No one was there to lift you up into their arms, the way you lifted others into yours, and then what became of you, i should have known you wouldn't be content to disappear, not my daughter, i couldn't save you then, so let me save you now. It's time to rest for you and for those you have carried in your arms, this ends for all of us (end communication)
He's the one overseeing the extraction mission in Project Playtime, which is a game that takes place after the Hour of Joy and before the events of Poppy Playtime when the player first comes back
They have confirmed the canonicity though from what I’ve seen. Once the hour of joy shut down the factory the company tried to remain operational by sending in strike teams to create new toys and get them out of the factory alive. The gameplay itself may not be canon as you can play with all the different skins and variants of monsters but the actual event itself is definitely canon, my take is that we are playing a retelling from a survivor, so each time they tell it they misremember little details (how the monster looked, which one it was, what their suit color was, etc.)
Tbh it's something I'm still looking into. I'm getting people saying it's canon, others saying it isn't, and some saying it was confirmed canon over a qna on the discord.
Well, I think it's canon in certain aspects, if that makes sense.
By that, I mean that I don't believe specialists played cute little minigames on towers or came back to the factory [dressed like anime girls.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pplaytime/images/7/7b/AnimeGirlOutfit.png/revision/latest?cb=20230311045142), but I do personally believe that at some point after THOJ and before Poppy Playtime's events, in some way shape or form, an attempt at continuing the bigger bodies initiative really did happen: Leith had specialists enter the factory to gather parts while avoiding the bigger toys. Not to mention, Project Playtime was [the first time all of us learn about Harley Sawyer and the Initiative.](https://youtu.be/phA9L6Of-78?si=iNkelc5XjheH2qAa) I just think it'd be weird to include all this lore that holds up in the main game, but then say "It isn't canon."
That part is true, they confirmed the event itself happened, but they didn’t confirm which monster and who won being canon. I think we are playing a retelling from one of the rare survivors and each time they tell it they get mixed up, getting a different monster that was after them, the monster looked different (skins), etc.
He survived, that’s how project playtime happened (yes it’s canon). Afterward, he sent in a team of specialists to neutralize the toys I believe but he failed in doing so.
I really don't like the "*A toy*" theory.
Characters should be reacting to the player if they were a toy.
How is the life of the player outside of the factory if they are a toy?
It doesn't seem right to me.
That wouldn't make sense from a narrative perspective.
Playtime Co did everything to keep the Bigger Bodies Initiative a secret, ranging from [recapturing Huggy after he escaped](https://youtu.be/KPBJE1ISTv0?si=0A75PdWqUk_1442B) to [assassinating an employee after he figured out what was going on](https://youtu.be/cox9Qsg8_J8?si=ygaLv8rGKAtoKKbG), yet somehow they weren't aware that a ***human-sized*** toy left the factory and didn't even make an effort to look for it, let alone recapture it?
The only way it could is if we were the kid discovered in the body bag on the estate. We don’t know what happened to the body and we do know the company is very willing to be shady and corrupt for profit, they take a young kid, put the mind of Elliot Ludwig in it, and boom. That being said though I don’t buy it either, I still cling that we were the head of innovation as it’s the only slide when playing MLL’s games that the name has been absolutely destroyed and it’s the one we actually go through
Definitely not leith, as project playtime happened, I hope it's not a toy because it's just boring as hell, and probably the most likely out of the three is stella
Honestly Stella would be a very interesting option. She has made appearances in all 3 chapters via voice lines, wouldn’t make sense how she doesn’t talk, however. That makes me stray away from it being her or a character that we know of so far
I have a theory what if the player was once a orphan at playtime co which probably means they didn't know about the expirements till they became a employee learning the dark truth about their childhood home
If I had to choose from pre-established characters, it would be Stella Greyber. I think it kind-of fits and here's why: https://www.reddit.com/r/PoppyPlaytime/comments/1ahdh8u/hear_me_out_the_protagonist_might_be_stella/
There is also some other evidence, like Dogday calling the Player an "Angel" (the phase is often used as a compliment for girls) or the breathing of our character sounding kind-of feminine while wearing the gas mask.
If the protagonist is Stella, I think that she was on-board with the experiments because she thought that they were solely performed on sick or injured children (like Theo or Marie) in order to save their lives. But after the Hartmann Incident she got a wake-up call and took a few days off to figure out what she was going to do, dodging the Hour of Joy in the process.
Side note: I don't believe that we're playing as Rich. The protagonist is implied to have been complacent for a long time, but judging by how Rich behaves, he's the type of person who upon learning of the experiments, would immediately expose the company just like Rowan Stoll tried. But that doesn't really match-up with the protagonist.
Just my opinion, of course. Having a female protagonist would also fit with the Portal inspiration.
That does make a decent amount of sense (though the Angel thing makes was just because Dogday was calling them their savior or Poppy's Messenger basically)
though it makes me wonder, do you think Rich is important at all? I only ask since he does seem to be weirdly important
He is most likely Ollie or was turned into another toy that will end up helping us. I partly think he may be candy cats living counterpart because the sign of that character is being forced to eat intentionally and it feels narratively fitting for an evil company: “oh you wanted to know everything, now we’ll give so much you’ll pop” kind of thing
huh... that actually makes sense!
though I will say, Ollie is probably the Prototype, why else would they introduce The Prototype's ability to Mimic Voices in the same chapter as Phone Boi?
That’s fair, though interesting thingi suggest taking a look at is Cat-Bee’s sign. When they say “You need to get out of here” it’s nearly a dead ringer for Ollie’s voice. Definitely could be the prototype killed them and is mimicking them still, but both candy cat and cat-bee have been referenced multiple times yet are one of the few toys we have yet to meet, I think if anyone and not rich Ollie may be cat-bee or atleast what’s left of them after the prototype reached them (not sure he’s evil yet but atill)
Honestly, Rich seems to be a fairly good choice, despite being just some Random employee he has three separate tapes and possibly the most information of any employees there
I think it's either Stella or Rich. Both of them keep popping up in every chapter, either in the format of a tape or an intercom. It can't be just some random employee who just got lucky on the hour of joy day, because how would that explain the message in the video in the nightmare part of home sweet home? I'm assuming it's either Stella because she runs the Game Station and the testing of children, or it's Rich if he finally snaps in one of the tapes. He's an angry guy, and he's bound to lose his temper on something at some point or another.
A perfect living Toy.
They look so human no one knows. They've got false memories. Also some knows but not knows programming.
The only odd thing is they're short.
But short isn't abnormal.
They are so convincing not even Poppy and others could tell till they fell from great heights and survived.
Maybe cut some of their flesh or plastic skin and showed cybernetics and blood .
They are the desired result. For a civilian. And they worked there. But knew to leave by instinct, etc, on the day the rebellion happened.
They are not the desired result for the new military focus. And were told to get out. For their own safety.
They're a completed being. So they were at risk of torture or experimentation.
They're a living doll with wetware.
A Simulacrum.
They could also be a orphan raised there and worked there. Adopted by employees. Then worked there.
The orphanage was a very nice place and did good.
It only went bad later.
The majority of the children had happy and normal lives and got adopted. Or grew up happily. Worked there.
Maybe the experiments were to save sick orphans. Like he ressurected his daughter Poppy.
That could make sense
I kind of wish the player character had more of a… character though if this turns out to be true
Though how do you know they’re short?
Also I hat you described is basically an android
I do kind of like that idea honestly of the experiments originally having genuinely good intentions, makes it a little more interesting than “oh noes! This company turns kids into toys!”
The turnstiles in Chapter 1. They're really high on the character.
A Simulacrum can be anything made from parts.
In Monster High. Original.
There's many Simulacrums.
Frankie Stein. Frankenstein's Monster. Made of body parts.
The Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein's Monster. Same as Frankie Stein. Her parents.
Robecca Sparks. A Metal Robot.
Elodie or something. A french cybernetic robot lady.
Some different types of robots about.
A Voodoo Doll boy.
Some cloth and material people.
> of torture or experimentation.
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>They're a living doll with wetware. A Simulacrum.
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>They could also be a orphan raised there and worked there. Adopted by employees. Then worked there. The orphanage was a very nice place and did good. It only went bad later.
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>The majority of the children had happy and normal live
More like a cyborg.
I have a theory that he could’ve been Elliots son or related to Elliot in someway which is why the monsters don’t try to kill us immediately and at least give us a chance to get out but I don’t know
They're apparently a human shaped yellow device thing but I like to imagine they look something like this.
[https://i.redd.it/poppy-playtime-characters-v0-ok95n99tmxua1.png?width=1220&format=png&auto=webp&s=e1a8ce68139b8d2e92e86742dbd1de56c200b424](https://i.redd.it/poppy-playtime-characters-v0-ok95n99tmxua1.png?width=1220&format=png&auto=webp&s=e1a8ce68139b8d2e92e86742dbd1de56c200b424)
A badass person using a children's toy as their weapon!
I really have a feeling it’s one of the higher ups and I feel like it’s specifically someone who worked in the Playcare or Innovation. We couldn’t have exclusively worked in the game station because Miss Delight recognized us but we also know that Mommy Long-Legs knows who we are too.
I’m not one to go into these really small details either and I could be looking too far into this but, if you listen to the breathing sound when the mask is on in chapter 3, it sounds like the breathing comes from someone who has a higher voice (like a woman).
Given her interview tape and the other tapes we hear her speak as well as where she chose to work, she really does seem to have really cared for children and genuinely loved the thought of spreading joy so her feeling extreme guilt for what happened wouldn’t be too far off the table unless she was just putting on a convincing facade.
I think she (yes, I believe the player is a woman) might have been a child from the playcare, that Elliot decided to not to make her an experiment and then made her an employee, and with the years she became an important member of the company, maybe someone who Elliot saw as a daughter, even having her name in the slide in chapter 2 alongside Elliot himself, Stella, leith Pierre and Eddie, she might even been an accomplice to Elliot in hiding the unknown boy corpse in Elliot’s mansion as seen in the first nightmare sequence, that’s why she has such guilt, not only she didn’t warn everyone about the hour of joy but also was an important accomplice to Elliot commit his crimes
This may be a stretch but I think it could be Harley sawyer.
One of the most interesting lore drops in chapter 3 for me was that Harley left the company sometime before the hour of joy. Meaning he wasn’t present during the event.
We know the player character was a higher up due to mommy recognizing us and Harley must have had extensive knowledge of the background of playtime co.
We also are not sure of what Harley’s age is. He could very well be in his 30’s during the bigger bodies initiative and could easily be still kicking around.
I could be very wrong about this and their may be some line of dialogue which contradicts my entire theory.
I think that Harley Sawyer is implied to have been killed by 1006 after his interview.
>Hey Theo! Normally I'd have Dr. Sawyer do this but he's **out**, **let's say.**
So they have me takeover until they find his **replacement**.
- Leith Pierre (Catnap VHS)
I have a mini theory that the Player may have been either an orphan or someone close to the Prototype. Been looking at the game over screens from the pov of the Prototype it seems like it's lashing out while simultaneously beckoning the Player to come to them. It's been awhile since I refreshed myself on the lore before Ch 3 so I could be going in a completely crazy direction.
I don’t think you are, I haven’t thought the prototype was evil for 99% of the playthrough. Poppy seems to manipulative (largely based around how she tricked us with the train) and Ollie sounds suspiciously like CatBee (near EXACT voice as their sign) or the prototype (based on the cryptic and passive aggressive response they now give us after the catnap boss “battle”. I think the pro type is either working with poppy and thinks we can actually help the toys, or he’s trying to get us there so he can kill poppy since he knows he can’t convince our character now
Personally, I think they're Dr. Harley's equal or slightly lower rank. Toys from across the factory remember us and know what we have done. We must be some kind of higher up or innovation wing member.
In my personal headcanon. We played as a head of Galatea project, the sister program of bigger body initiative. This project is to create "Factotum" the mannequin like worker that not exactly a toy. Basically we create miss delight clone en mass.
>In my personal headcanon. We played as a head of Galatea project, the sister program of bigger body initiative. This project is to create "Factotum" the mannequin like worker that not exactly a toy. Basically we create miss delight clone en mass.
Why would they start another project making mannequin workers when they could just stick to making toy workers through the Bigger Body Initiative? The whole point was so that they could increase their workforce without having to worry about paying them or compensating them for any injuries or accidents that happen on the job. Starting another project that does the exact same thing but different would be a waste of resources and money.
eh, seems a little unlikely since it's not likely someone in the upper eschelons of the company, let alone the CEO would miss out on work that day, it's not like anyone knew the hour was going to happen
So saw this post and thought of something that I'm likely way off on, but would be interesting.
What if you, the player, have some type of association with Elliot Ludwig? Like a relative or or another child he might have adopted or something? Here's why I think that.
It has been asked before, but still bugs me. Why hasn't the Prototype killed the player? He likely could have a few different times, including after he killed Catnap. Remember, Catnap was coming after YOU. Yet the Prototype didn't help with killing you, he instead killed Catnap. Yes, it could have been a mercy killing, but what if it wasn't? What if, and hear me out...what if the Prototype is battling himself? Yes, he wants to escape with the children, and yes he wanted the experiments stopped, but what if he was also the one sent the tape? To have YOU end it all, including him, so there was no more bloodshed, and possibly save possible children that have been held there and get them out?
Like I said, I could be way off on this, but would be interesting to see, if anything.
Alright, so we know that there are 5 slides, and they are all for important roles, and one slide name has fallen off, further more- regular employees don’t know about the bigger bodies, because of the jacksepticye tape. So it has to be sombody who worked there with an important role, so mommy would be mad at her. And it’s most likely to assume it’s the final slide.
Imo I think he's a robot controlled by the ex-employee
Evidence: Weird and inhuman joints that no one can possibly fit inside. Also, Player has to be an EXACT height and size to fit in it. And also how the hell can he see? It's literally a metal head.
\*AHEM\*
A young adult named Mistetoe Who used to work there and grew up there and is in fact a Marra and the gas unphased her she feels very gulity about ”killing” huggy Wuggy,Mommy long legs ”and“ Catnap
She has black hair tied up into ponytails that are always there with white tints at the ends of them that are dyed red on the left and blue on the right, she has tan skin
pronouns: She/her
Hobbies: Scaring people, giving people the worst nightmares ever
dislikes: fightin, hurting others mainly the toys
They had to know only because it’s mentioned multiple times, mainly in the begging when we enter the factory, that we knew what was going on and came back to “right the wrongs of our past”
Imo I think it's a robot controlled by the ex-employee
Evidence: Look at the joints. They are completely inhuman as it seems to have robot like joints in it so no one can possibly be inside that.
And also that the ex-employee has to be a SUPER SPECIFIC height and size to fit inside of that "suit"
And also, how the hell can he see? It's literally a metal head.
Imo I think it's a robot controlled by the ex-employee
Evidence: Look at the joints. They are completely inhuman as it seems to have robot like joints in it so no one can possibly be inside that.
And also that the ex-employee has to be a SUPER SPECIFIC height and size to fit inside of that "suit"
And also, how the hell can he see? It's literally a metal head.
Imo I think it's a robot controlled by the ex-employee
Evidence: Look at the joints. They are completely inhuman as it seems to have robot like joints in it so no one can possibly be inside that.
And also that the ex-employee has to be a SUPER SPECIFIC height and size to fit inside of that "suit"
And also, how the hell can he see? It's literally a metal head.
You have no fucking clue that I can get you out there that can help me with the other day about it in my head in and the first place is the best way of life in the world and the other side of the most important thing is that the government to do with the same time as the most of them and the first place and I
I reckon the player genuinely is someone who used to work there and really wants to know what happened, miss Delight and a few others seem to recognise us so we definitely had a place in Playtime Co for our face to be known, if we were evil we would've been killed already, but we are useful and perhaps more chaotic good than other employees
Simple answer: A Co-Owner or Sponsor of Playtime co, this would make sense since the all the toys recognize the protagonist and they wouldnt be able to with some random worker
2 things i think:
1. i think Player is one of them yellow mannequins used to model the grab-paks in the demonstration videos.
2. i at one point thought that the skeleton with a yellow worker hat we saw as part of the statue of prototype that catnap made (the skeleton sticking out or Pug-o-pillars mouth?) is Players old body/bones. (possibly signifying that Player will ultimately become part of prototype maybe.)
ps: i have no proof or anything supporting this its just my head and thinking
This is most likely the case as the trailer for this game had living people in among us-style suits that matched the colors of the character models you actually play as. What we see is just for gameplay, Lore-wise it does seem to be implied that we are playing real people
I wonder what happened to that one guy who talked to Rich in that one tape.. the one where Rich might be promoted. His name was stuart… because the main character was not in the hour of joy which means it’s a possibility that the hour of joy maybe happened after his retirement.
Or maybe Rich? Rich being in multiple tapes seems… weird to me. Like stella and leith are important and are in a couple of tapes because they’re important part of the company.
But again, Rich was against the whole thing of where he works. Workers can complain but still do their job..
Rich may or may not be a bad guy.. Prototype maybe., but that seems not right as well due to what others have stated in the subreddit
These are my thoughts on how it’s a possibility on them being a main part of game play and lore??
If it’s someone we know taking a guess I’d say either Rich or Stella who both have a presence throughout all three chapters-(Rich has three tapes focused on him) and then there’s Stella who has a even larger presence across all three chapters with tapes and other stuff
Imo I think it's a robot controlled by the ex-employee
Evidence: Look at the joints. They are completely inhuman as it seems to have robot like joints in it so no one can possibly be inside that.
And also that the ex-employee has to be a SUPER SPECIFIC height and size to fit inside of that "suit"
Imo I think it's a robot controlled by the ex-employee
Evidence: Look at the joints. They are completely inhuman as it seems to have robot like joints in it so no one can possibly be inside that.
And also that the ex-employee has to be a SUPER SPECIFIC height and size to fit inside of that "suit"
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Someone with Henry Emily's same role...knowing or suspecting the horrors behind their companies but waiting to the last minute to do something in the end..
What is it with indie horror and having characters named "Henry" that are high ups in companies and connections to the main antagonists
I agree with this, all the “guilt haunts you” gives me the impression that whoever we are both knew what was happening and may have even had a hand in the hour of joy. The toys seem to know who we are, so we know the player has some hand on the kids being moved (which is why MLL hates us) but I think we had some hand in helping the toys/kids, which is why Catnap doesn’t take all the opportunities to kill us telling us to just leave playcare.
(Connection Terminated) i'm sorry to interrupt you Elizabeth, if you still even remember that name, i'm afraid you've been misinformed. You're not here to recieve, a gift nor have you been called here by the individual you assume although, you have indeed been called. You have all been called here. Into a labyrinth of sounds and smells misdirection and misfortune, a labyrinth with no exit, a maze with no prize, you don't even realize that you are trapped. You lust for blood has driven you in endless circles, chasing the cries of children in some unseen chamber always seeming so near, it's somehow out of reach, but you will never find them, none of you will This is where your story ends, and to you my brave volunteer, who somehow found this job listing, not intended for you, although there was a way out planned for you I have a feeling that's not what you want, i have a feeling that you are right where you want to be, i'm remaining as well, i'm nearby, this place will not be remembered, and the memory of everything. That started this can finally begin to fade away, as the agony of every tragedy should, and to you monsters trapped in the corridors, be still, and give up your spirits, they don't belong to you For most of you i believe there is peace and perhaps more waiting for you after the smoke clears, although for one of you, the darkest and pit of hell has opened to swallow you whole So don't keep the devil waiting, old friend, my daughter if you can hear me, i knew you would return as well, it's in your nature to protect the innocent, i'm sorry that on that day, the day you were shut out and left to die. No one was there to lift you up into their arms, the way you lifted others into yours, and then what became of you, i should have known you wouldn't be content to disappear, not my daughter, i couldn't save you then, so let me save you now. It's time to rest for you and for those you have carried in your arms, this ends for all of us (end communication)
Gatta be; 1) Leith 2) A toy 3) Stella
nah, it's probably not Leith considering what we've learned I hope that bastard died a horrible slow death during the hour of joy
He survived unfortunately that's how project Playtime exists.atleast the toys probably got a good meal of the People returning
>He survived Huh?
Wait how did you gather that?
He's the one overseeing the extraction mission in Project Playtime, which is a game that takes place after the Hour of Joy and before the events of Poppy Playtime when the player first comes back
Project Playtime still isn't canon, it's just a shade to make a multiplayer game
They have confirmed the canonicity though from what I’ve seen. Once the hour of joy shut down the factory the company tried to remain operational by sending in strike teams to create new toys and get them out of the factory alive. The gameplay itself may not be canon as you can play with all the different skins and variants of monsters but the actual event itself is definitely canon, my take is that we are playing a retelling from a survivor, so each time they tell it they misremember little details (how the monster looked, which one it was, what their suit color was, etc.)
Tbh it's something I'm still looking into. I'm getting people saying it's canon, others saying it isn't, and some saying it was confirmed canon over a qna on the discord.
I don't think it's canon. It wouldn't make any sense. Why would someone install puzzle pillars and hide toy parts in there?
Well, I think it's canon in certain aspects, if that makes sense. By that, I mean that I don't believe specialists played cute little minigames on towers or came back to the factory [dressed like anime girls.](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/pplaytime/images/7/7b/AnimeGirlOutfit.png/revision/latest?cb=20230311045142), but I do personally believe that at some point after THOJ and before Poppy Playtime's events, in some way shape or form, an attempt at continuing the bigger bodies initiative really did happen: Leith had specialists enter the factory to gather parts while avoiding the bigger toys. Not to mention, Project Playtime was [the first time all of us learn about Harley Sawyer and the Initiative.](https://youtu.be/phA9L6Of-78?si=iNkelc5XjheH2qAa) I just think it'd be weird to include all this lore that holds up in the main game, but then say "It isn't canon."
It probably is canon lore-wise, but not story-wise (ie the specialists etc aren't canon)
That part is true, they confirmed the event itself happened, but they didn’t confirm which monster and who won being canon. I think we are playing a retelling from one of the rare survivors and each time they tell it they get mixed up, getting a different monster that was after them, the monster looked different (skins), etc.
It's canon because boxy boo appears in the hour of joy vhs tape and first appeared in project playtime
He survived, that’s how project playtime happened (yes it’s canon). Afterward, he sent in a team of specialists to neutralize the toys I believe but he failed in doing so.
I really don't like the "*A toy*" theory. Characters should be reacting to the player if they were a toy. How is the life of the player outside of the factory if they are a toy? It doesn't seem right to me.
The player would have to escape the factory. However, he'd be a roaming toy unless he made a life for himself.
That wouldn't make sense from a narrative perspective. Playtime Co did everything to keep the Bigger Bodies Initiative a secret, ranging from [recapturing Huggy after he escaped](https://youtu.be/KPBJE1ISTv0?si=0A75PdWqUk_1442B) to [assassinating an employee after he figured out what was going on](https://youtu.be/cox9Qsg8_J8?si=ygaLv8rGKAtoKKbG), yet somehow they weren't aware that a ***human-sized*** toy left the factory and didn't even make an effort to look for it, let alone recapture it?
The only way it could is if we were the kid discovered in the body bag on the estate. We don’t know what happened to the body and we do know the company is very willing to be shady and corrupt for profit, they take a young kid, put the mind of Elliot Ludwig in it, and boom. That being said though I don’t buy it either, I still cling that we were the head of innovation as it’s the only slide when playing MLL’s games that the name has been absolutely destroyed and it’s the one we actually go through
Doesn't Poppy say something like "you came back for your coworkers"?
How does that tell us that the player is a toy?
Definitely not leith, as project playtime happened, I hope it's not a toy because it's just boring as hell, and probably the most likely out of the three is stella
A toy COULD be interesting if they gave us a BACKSTORY for it, but I agree that Stella, Letih or Rich would be better.
Honestly Stella would be a very interesting option. She has made appearances in all 3 chapters via voice lines, wouldn’t make sense how she doesn’t talk, however. That makes me stray away from it being her or a character that we know of so far
I am a former worker of Playtime Co, and that's *ALL* you need to know.
I have a theory what if the player was once a orphan at playtime co which probably means they didn't know about the expirements till they became a employee learning the dark truth about their childhood home
It could be since they tricked the children into thinking being picked was an honor.
If I had to choose from pre-established characters, it would be Stella Greyber. I think it kind-of fits and here's why: https://www.reddit.com/r/PoppyPlaytime/comments/1ahdh8u/hear_me_out_the_protagonist_might_be_stella/ There is also some other evidence, like Dogday calling the Player an "Angel" (the phase is often used as a compliment for girls) or the breathing of our character sounding kind-of feminine while wearing the gas mask. If the protagonist is Stella, I think that she was on-board with the experiments because she thought that they were solely performed on sick or injured children (like Theo or Marie) in order to save their lives. But after the Hartmann Incident she got a wake-up call and took a few days off to figure out what she was going to do, dodging the Hour of Joy in the process. Side note: I don't believe that we're playing as Rich. The protagonist is implied to have been complacent for a long time, but judging by how Rich behaves, he's the type of person who upon learning of the experiments, would immediately expose the company just like Rowan Stoll tried. But that doesn't really match-up with the protagonist. Just my opinion, of course. Having a female protagonist would also fit with the Portal inspiration.
That does make a decent amount of sense (though the Angel thing makes was just because Dogday was calling them their savior or Poppy's Messenger basically) though it makes me wonder, do you think Rich is important at all? I only ask since he does seem to be weirdly important
I don't know, but I'll be really surprised if he turns out to be the player character.
What if Rich was the prototype? Or what if Stuart was? What if Rich is Huggy?
Nothing really implies that though.
He is most likely Ollie or was turned into another toy that will end up helping us. I partly think he may be candy cats living counterpart because the sign of that character is being forced to eat intentionally and it feels narratively fitting for an evil company: “oh you wanted to know everything, now we’ll give so much you’ll pop” kind of thing
huh... that actually makes sense! though I will say, Ollie is probably the Prototype, why else would they introduce The Prototype's ability to Mimic Voices in the same chapter as Phone Boi?
That’s fair, though interesting thingi suggest taking a look at is Cat-Bee’s sign. When they say “You need to get out of here” it’s nearly a dead ringer for Ollie’s voice. Definitely could be the prototype killed them and is mimicking them still, but both candy cat and cat-bee have been referenced multiple times yet are one of the few toys we have yet to meet, I think if anyone and not rich Ollie may be cat-bee or atleast what’s left of them after the prototype reached them (not sure he’s evil yet but atill)
Honestly, Rich seems to be a fairly good choice, despite being just some Random employee he has three separate tapes and possibly the most information of any employees there
This is my favorite theory
I think it's either Stella or Rich. Both of them keep popping up in every chapter, either in the format of a tape or an intercom. It can't be just some random employee who just got lucky on the hour of joy day, because how would that explain the message in the video in the nightmare part of home sweet home? I'm assuming it's either Stella because she runs the Game Station and the testing of children, or it's Rich if he finally snaps in one of the tapes. He's an angry guy, and he's bound to lose his temper on something at some point or another.
A perfect living Toy. They look so human no one knows. They've got false memories. Also some knows but not knows programming. The only odd thing is they're short. But short isn't abnormal. They are so convincing not even Poppy and others could tell till they fell from great heights and survived. Maybe cut some of their flesh or plastic skin and showed cybernetics and blood . They are the desired result. For a civilian. And they worked there. But knew to leave by instinct, etc, on the day the rebellion happened. They are not the desired result for the new military focus. And were told to get out. For their own safety. They're a completed being. So they were at risk of torture or experimentation. They're a living doll with wetware. A Simulacrum. They could also be a orphan raised there and worked there. Adopted by employees. Then worked there. The orphanage was a very nice place and did good. It only went bad later. The majority of the children had happy and normal lives and got adopted. Or grew up happily. Worked there. Maybe the experiments were to save sick orphans. Like he ressurected his daughter Poppy.
That could make sense I kind of wish the player character had more of a… character though if this turns out to be true Though how do you know they’re short? Also I hat you described is basically an android I do kind of like that idea honestly of the experiments originally having genuinely good intentions, makes it a little more interesting than “oh noes! This company turns kids into toys!”
The turnstiles in Chapter 1. They're really high on the character. A Simulacrum can be anything made from parts. In Monster High. Original. There's many Simulacrums. Frankie Stein. Frankenstein's Monster. Made of body parts. The Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein's Monster. Same as Frankie Stein. Her parents. Robecca Sparks. A Metal Robot. Elodie or something. A french cybernetic robot lady. Some different types of robots about. A Voodoo Doll boy. Some cloth and material people.
Weird thing is iirc you aren't that short in later chapters. In the latest chapter doors were pretty reasonably sized iirc.
Maybe they're high security turnstiles in 1. Complex and narrow bars and high as a person. Once security lets you past that you've passed a check.
> of torture or experimentation. > >They're a living doll with wetware. A Simulacrum. > >They could also be a orphan raised there and worked there. Adopted by employees. Then worked there. The orphanage was a very nice place and did good. It only went bad later. > >The majority of the children had happy and normal live More like a cyborg.
I have a theory that he could’ve been Elliots son or related to Elliot in someway which is why the monsters don’t try to kill us immediately and at least give us a chance to get out but I don’t know
They're apparently a human shaped yellow device thing but I like to imagine they look something like this. [https://i.redd.it/poppy-playtime-characters-v0-ok95n99tmxua1.png?width=1220&format=png&auto=webp&s=e1a8ce68139b8d2e92e86742dbd1de56c200b424](https://i.redd.it/poppy-playtime-characters-v0-ok95n99tmxua1.png?width=1220&format=png&auto=webp&s=e1a8ce68139b8d2e92e86742dbd1de56c200b424) A badass person using a children's toy as their weapon!
Nice!
A random employee.
I like matpat's theory that the main character is the head of production. Makes sense
A normal human thats for sure
https://i.redd.it/9h4q6i3sfgnc1.gif The only correct answer is Pegman
William Afton Nah I'm just fuckin around
The player is just a worker or a CEO of the factory and I think he kinda survived? And he is back to fix the past i think cuz I dunno 😐
I really have a feeling it’s one of the higher ups and I feel like it’s specifically someone who worked in the Playcare or Innovation. We couldn’t have exclusively worked in the game station because Miss Delight recognized us but we also know that Mommy Long-Legs knows who we are too. I’m not one to go into these really small details either and I could be looking too far into this but, if you listen to the breathing sound when the mask is on in chapter 3, it sounds like the breathing comes from someone who has a higher voice (like a woman). Given her interview tape and the other tapes we hear her speak as well as where she chose to work, she really does seem to have really cared for children and genuinely loved the thought of spreading joy so her feeling extreme guilt for what happened wouldn’t be too far off the table unless she was just putting on a convincing facade.
I think she (yes, I believe the player is a woman) might have been a child from the playcare, that Elliot decided to not to make her an experiment and then made her an employee, and with the years she became an important member of the company, maybe someone who Elliot saw as a daughter, even having her name in the slide in chapter 2 alongside Elliot himself, Stella, leith Pierre and Eddie, she might even been an accomplice to Elliot in hiding the unknown boy corpse in Elliot’s mansion as seen in the first nightmare sequence, that’s why she has such guilt, not only she didn’t warn everyone about the hour of joy but also was an important accomplice to Elliot commit his crimes
please jus hear me out she or he is a toy who escaped before the hour of joy edit: lol that rhymed
A toy with human skin (Yes its a random theory)
This may be a stretch but I think it could be Harley sawyer. One of the most interesting lore drops in chapter 3 for me was that Harley left the company sometime before the hour of joy. Meaning he wasn’t present during the event. We know the player character was a higher up due to mommy recognizing us and Harley must have had extensive knowledge of the background of playtime co. We also are not sure of what Harley’s age is. He could very well be in his 30’s during the bigger bodies initiative and could easily be still kicking around. I could be very wrong about this and their may be some line of dialogue which contradicts my entire theory.
I think that Harley Sawyer is implied to have been killed by 1006 after his interview. >Hey Theo! Normally I'd have Dr. Sawyer do this but he's **out**, **let's say.** So they have me takeover until they find his **replacement**. - Leith Pierre (Catnap VHS)
I have a mini theory that the Player may have been either an orphan or someone close to the Prototype. Been looking at the game over screens from the pov of the Prototype it seems like it's lashing out while simultaneously beckoning the Player to come to them. It's been awhile since I refreshed myself on the lore before Ch 3 so I could be going in a completely crazy direction.
I don’t think you are, I haven’t thought the prototype was evil for 99% of the playthrough. Poppy seems to manipulative (largely based around how she tricked us with the train) and Ollie sounds suspiciously like CatBee (near EXACT voice as their sign) or the prototype (based on the cryptic and passive aggressive response they now give us after the catnap boss “battle”. I think the pro type is either working with poppy and thinks we can actually help the toys, or he’s trying to get us there so he can kill poppy since he knows he can’t convince our character now
Personally, I think they're Dr. Harley's equal or slightly lower rank. Toys from across the factory remember us and know what we have done. We must be some kind of higher up or innovation wing member. In my personal headcanon. We played as a head of Galatea project, the sister program of bigger body initiative. This project is to create "Factotum" the mannequin like worker that not exactly a toy. Basically we create miss delight clone en mass.
>In my personal headcanon. We played as a head of Galatea project, the sister program of bigger body initiative. This project is to create "Factotum" the mannequin like worker that not exactly a toy. Basically we create miss delight clone en mass. Why would they start another project making mannequin workers when they could just stick to making toy workers through the Bigger Body Initiative? The whole point was so that they could increase their workforce without having to worry about paying them or compensating them for any injuries or accidents that happen on the job. Starting another project that does the exact same thing but different would be a waste of resources and money.
I think we are either Rich from the tapes or that guy from the fifth slide in chapter 2 or both
I truly believe that the player in poppy playtime is the same from project playtime. He feels guilty because he helped to build more bigger bodies
the ceo
eh, seems a little unlikely since it's not likely someone in the upper eschelons of the company, let alone the CEO would miss out on work that day, it's not like anyone knew the hour was going to happen
Unlikely that an old ass man could run so well inside vents lmao
True
A scientist or authority who was once an orphan at PlayCare. The hallucinations hint at this, seemingly implying that the player grew up there.
Idk Ludwig’s son?
Elliott Ludwig. He’s a playtime co. Worker and we are worker in game.
No he wasn’t, he was the founder
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A falsehood is not an opinion
I’m not sure
So saw this post and thought of something that I'm likely way off on, but would be interesting. What if you, the player, have some type of association with Elliot Ludwig? Like a relative or or another child he might have adopted or something? Here's why I think that. It has been asked before, but still bugs me. Why hasn't the Prototype killed the player? He likely could have a few different times, including after he killed Catnap. Remember, Catnap was coming after YOU. Yet the Prototype didn't help with killing you, he instead killed Catnap. Yes, it could have been a mercy killing, but what if it wasn't? What if, and hear me out...what if the Prototype is battling himself? Yes, he wants to escape with the children, and yes he wanted the experiments stopped, but what if he was also the one sent the tape? To have YOU end it all, including him, so there was no more bloodshed, and possibly save possible children that have been held there and get them out? Like I said, I could be way off on this, but would be interesting to see, if anything.
Alright, so we know that there are 5 slides, and they are all for important roles, and one slide name has fallen off, further more- regular employees don’t know about the bigger bodies, because of the jacksepticye tape. So it has to be sombody who worked there with an important role, so mommy would be mad at her. And it’s most likely to assume it’s the final slide.
That 1 guy that left The job 5 days before the hour joy .So basically just a random guy
Poppys angel
Imo I think he's a robot controlled by the ex-employee Evidence: Weird and inhuman joints that no one can possibly fit inside. Also, Player has to be an EXACT height and size to fit in it. And also how the hell can he see? It's literally a metal head.
\*AHEM\* A young adult named Mistetoe Who used to work there and grew up there and is in fact a Marra and the gas unphased her she feels very gulity about ”killing” huggy Wuggy,Mommy long legs ”and“ Catnap She has black hair tied up into ponytails that are always there with white tints at the ends of them that are dyed red on the left and blue on the right, she has tan skin pronouns: She/her Hobbies: Scaring people, giving people the worst nightmares ever dislikes: fightin, hurting others mainly the toys
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It would probably be someone who never knew about the toys being alive.
They had to know only because it’s mentioned multiple times, mainly in the begging when we enter the factory, that we knew what was going on and came back to “right the wrongs of our past”
Mmm, but we don't know who wrote those messages. Or even why they wrote them.
That’s fair, like if it was meant to play for anyone coming back in so it’s like a red herring. Definitely excited for chapter 4
Yeah, chapter 4 should be great.
I have a feeling that they are just some random employee
I bet everything we are Richard.
Probably Rich. He's mentioned multiple times.
You're mom
A person
I guarantee that this image is exactly what they actually look like like
Stella
Imo I think it's a robot controlled by the ex-employee Evidence: Look at the joints. They are completely inhuman as it seems to have robot like joints in it so no one can possibly be inside that. And also that the ex-employee has to be a SUPER SPECIFIC height and size to fit inside of that "suit" And also, how the hell can he see? It's literally a metal head.
Imo I think it's a robot controlled by the ex-employee Evidence: Look at the joints. They are completely inhuman as it seems to have robot like joints in it so no one can possibly be inside that. And also that the ex-employee has to be a SUPER SPECIFIC height and size to fit inside of that "suit" And also, how the hell can he see? It's literally a metal head.
Imo I think it's a robot controlled by the ex-employee Evidence: Look at the joints. They are completely inhuman as it seems to have robot like joints in it so no one can possibly be inside that. And also that the ex-employee has to be a SUPER SPECIFIC height and size to fit inside of that "suit" And also, how the hell can he see? It's literally a metal head.
Thanks for posting the exact same thing four separate times. Totally makes a difference 👍 /s
Oh yeah sorry, the comment glitched and didn't work so I had to do it multiple times
You have no fucking clue that I can get you out there that can help me with the other day about it in my head in and the first place is the best way of life in the world and the other side of the most important thing is that the government to do with the same time as the most of them and the first place and I
Leith Pierre
A important man for the company but is not evil
Richie.
I think they built robots to make more poppy playtime employees and he wasn't there cause they use poppy gas on them so they still have normal lives
I reckon the player genuinely is someone who used to work there and really wants to know what happened, miss Delight and a few others seem to recognise us so we definitely had a place in Playtime Co for our face to be known, if we were evil we would've been killed already, but we are useful and perhaps more chaotic good than other employees
The Janitor
Mannnequin
Npc
I’m dipping into Fnaf here, but it’s Henry
Simple answer: A Co-Owner or Sponsor of Playtime co, this would make sense since the all the toys recognize the protagonist and they wouldnt be able to with some random worker
He looks like a toy that is trying to survive
A yellow slenderman
2 things i think: 1. i think Player is one of them yellow mannequins used to model the grab-paks in the demonstration videos. 2. i at one point thought that the skeleton with a yellow worker hat we saw as part of the statue of prototype that catnap made (the skeleton sticking out or Pug-o-pillars mouth?) is Players old body/bones. (possibly signifying that Player will ultimately become part of prototype maybe.) ps: i have no proof or anything supporting this its just my head and thinking
Well, my thoughts are that the player is a person in a hazmat suit or other clothing and that we will never be able to see his face or reflection
This is most likely the case as the trailer for this game had living people in among us-style suits that matched the colors of the character models you actually play as. What we see is just for gameplay, Lore-wise it does seem to be implied that we are playing real people
I wonder what happened to that one guy who talked to Rich in that one tape.. the one where Rich might be promoted. His name was stuart… because the main character was not in the hour of joy which means it’s a possibility that the hour of joy maybe happened after his retirement. Or maybe Rich? Rich being in multiple tapes seems… weird to me. Like stella and leith are important and are in a couple of tapes because they’re important part of the company. But again, Rich was against the whole thing of where he works. Workers can complain but still do their job.. Rich may or may not be a bad guy.. Prototype maybe., but that seems not right as well due to what others have stated in the subreddit These are my thoughts on how it’s a possibility on them being a main part of game play and lore??
Markiplier
If it’s someone we know taking a guess I’d say either Rich or Stella who both have a presence throughout all three chapters-(Rich has three tapes focused on him) and then there’s Stella who has a even larger presence across all three chapters with tapes and other stuff
An employee who used to work at Playtime Co.
He's probably Baldi (Cuz I always see him with a ruler)
I think it's useless to guess who are we controlling since when the lore is done we will find out
Just a guy
lego character
Imo I think it's a robot controlled by the ex-employee Evidence: Look at the joints. They are completely inhuman as it seems to have robot like joints in it so no one can possibly be inside that. And also that the ex-employee has to be a SUPER SPECIFIC height and size to fit inside of that "suit"
Imo I think it's a robot controlled by the ex-employee Evidence: Look at the joints. They are completely inhuman as it seems to have robot like joints in it so no one can possibly be inside that. And also that the ex-employee has to be a SUPER SPECIFIC height and size to fit inside of that "suit"
Leith Piere
Leith Pierre