Hello Puppets: Midnight Show - The Story Explained

[@The_Exorcist]

Notice that Mortimer laughs hysterically when Owen suggests the game. This might mean this had never happened before, so when he says "NOW YOU'RE THINKING LIKE A PUPPET", he's amused, and hopeful that Owen will choose the Handeeman this time.

[@xBunBunPop]

With Owen not leaving when he had a chance plus Riley said “It’s over” at the end so I think this is the ending the puppets wanted..feels bad

[@LepocalypseLB]

The Story is way more easy to interpret now that we have a prequel to what really went down is the original Hello Puppets game. I think long time fans of Hello Puppets would be happy to see a rough story explain video on what actually happend

[@CrobatmanIamthenight]

I honestly just find it sad that mort felt the need to kill daisy

[@LepocalypseLB]

@@CrobatmanIamthenight That’s mainly because of Daisy’s “Danger Mode”. In one of the Tapes, Riley says if Mortimer found out about Daisy and her “Danger Mode” he was going to probably destroy Daisy. But it was never said what he was going to do.

[@verdantmistral442]

@@LepocalypseLB Actually, I think Mortimer had another reason. Daisy starts manipulating Riley and Nick as she begins to get control of her danger mode and her memories from that. She is subtle about it, but she's the one who puts the rebellion in motion. Mortimer seems to see through Daisy's manipulations though.

[@CaiJabari]

@@verdantmistral442 You're right. Daisy practically told Riley to stage a coup, and that Nick would support it while she herself (Daisy) would respect the results. Riley never wanted to take over, but, in her grief, allowed Daisy to pushed her to it. Daisy knew Nick would go along because he loved Riley, and if need be she could blackmail him into it. She really was the most dangerous in power and cunning.

[@candlelight5028]

Ye

[@ivanhunter6492]

Mortimer- Owen's controlling, Narcissistic behaviour Daisy Danger- Represents his tendency to fly off the handle when things don't go his way as well as his abusiveness towards his staff members Nick Nack- Represents his artistic visions as well as his OCD Riley Ruccus- represents his scientific mind The Mortimer Handee- could represent all the people her treats like puppets Scout- represents the goodness buried deep inside Owen

[@yassinefarah2423]

Not to mention Daisy may represent Owen's dissociation with reality before he brought Mortimer to life, hence Daisy's behavior being that of DID.

[@conejitorosada2326]

Riley Ruccus could also represent Owen's desire for results no matter the cost, as he did buy the book out of desperation and typically when Science projects don't go as well as intended you tend to seek a more.. unethical route to reach it.

[@pundertalefan4391]

And Roscoe?

[@hunterwaguespack3963]

I really liked the character/personality of the puppets in this one, I honestly didn’t much care for Riley in the first one but this one she grew on me and despite being evil and twisted I actually felt like Mortimer really wanted Owen(their father) to accept them even if he had other ulterior motives

[@silverscorpio24]

Agreed. She was a lot less deranged in this game.

[@somedudewhodraws9377]

I think Riley being around Mortimer for years in the first game drove her even more insane. Hes a tyrant leader and rules with fear.

[@fictiontheorizer1991]

I feel like Mortimer could have been a let less stereotypically evil, and a lot more like Owen's or Ted's controling side. Other than that, I loved all the puppets. They did a great job with this story.

[@hunterwaguespack3963]

I kinda see it like this, Riley cared about 3 things data, her puppet family, & rosco & by the end of the tapes she had betrayed one, lost control of another & now just has her data & her loyalty/fear of Mortimer

[@segaman4275]

Like Frankenstein the book not the movies

[@sweethistortea]

One thing I think was really well done in Midnight Show was the voicework, especially of Owen. Owen's voicework was amazing.

[@bananonymoussupreme3345]

I'm a singer so VA is super important and just... holy cow. The emotion and inflection they use. The actors really nailed it!

[@SirBlackReeds]

Interestingly enough, it seems the only other thing the guy has been in is Disco Elysium?

[@thedraftingax5963]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@bananonymoussupreme3345Nice, I’m a VA and it’s such an important role for me!

[@amberjackson1137]

Something that has been confirmed is the reason Nick and Daisy aren't in the first game is simply because there wasn't enough money to finish them and their levels so instead of putting in two sucky levels the remaining went into Rasco. If Hello Puppets gets a remastered with cut content added we may get to see what could have been with Nick and Daisy.

[@coffeemug4136]

But daisy danger is in the original hello puppets, she was just turned into an absolute horrific creature after Riley did a bunch of experiments on her.

[@Hemogg1]

@@coffeemug4136 I don't think it was daisy since the thing name was kathly or something idk

[@tessfabled4115]

@@coffeemug4136 No, that sock puppet's name is Kathy (Mortimer addresses her as such) and the devs confirmed it's not Daisy, I don't know why so many people get confused by this :p

[@aymanplaygames367]

Who's Rasco

[@frosteyetheseal9270]

@@aymanplaygames367 rosco, riley's dog

[@deannatedeschi805]

I fell so bad for Owen. He made the show because he wanted kids to have the joy and guidance he never did, only to have this happen to him

[@WOKEchair]

Bro fell for a fictional character 💀

[@FireBlock101]

@@WOKEchair i think they meant feel unless this was meant as a joke just r/woosh me already.

[@LaDaDaDeDaDaDa..]

@@WOKEchair you can sympathise. Feeling sorry for a character doesn't mean you simp.

[@nemopouncey3827]

the next FNAF.

[@owl6637]

@@nemopouncey3827 WHY does every horror game have to ne compared to FNAF, this is in no way like Fnaf, please just don't

[@dragonborn7955]

The puppets represent a aspect of Owen. Scout represents something positive while the Handymen represent the negative.

[@somedudewhodraws9377]

I didnt think about it that way. He based the Scout Puppet off of Harper and he considered her an actual friend as she does care about Owen and his safety.

[@allanbaker3958]

If anything, Nic Nac was the positive part of Owen's Personality. Daisy was his naiveite and anger. Mortimer was the cold calculations and desire to keep the show going. Riley is the endless questioning of "What must I do" feeling combined with a broken heart. Least, that's what I get.

[@dragondog1017]

@@allanbaker3958 I agree plus I think all of Owen’s repressed daddy issues he had were all mirrored to Mortimer as well

[@EleanoraDzen]

@@allanbaker3958 Nic Nac and Mortimer are a visualisation of Owen and his father. Mortimer abuses Nic Nac more than anyone, eventually locking him up without a host in the original game.

[@somedudewhodraws9377]

@@dragondog1017 wait Mortimer is Owens dad as a puppet? Well personality wise.

[@LadyBern]

Can't we just take a moment to appreciate how they were able to do a prequel that barely conflicted with the existing lore and tone of the original Hello Puppets? It enhanced it wonderfully. Other games, I won't name names, you can see that it leads in but at times you really have to fudge it, force it, and tie yourself into knots to make it work, and even then there are so many loose ends it's a chore. Plus it leaves the door open for a sequel (well the door was already open for 1 but there are greater possibilities and growing interests.) The puppets are alive. Owen is technically alive somewhere that's why they're still here, once Owen is gone they'll all cease to be.

[@silverscorpio24]

I really hope we get a true sequel to the first game. I'm curious to know about the fallout between the puppets after the Host's escape, and how the rest of the humans deal with the Handeemen. Obviously fire doesn't work and Owen can't undo the spell anymore. And was Scout the only good puppet? I love this game so much ❤

[@pokerface4396]

It would have been more of a problem if Riley got to be the leader like she originally wanted. Unlike Mortimer, she prefers to stick to the shadows, abducting people and plotting against them -- she is also preparing for outright war against humanity. Mortimer wanted to restart the show, believing humans would come and willingly put puppets on their hands (that's the trick here, the host must do the first step). Needless to say, his plan sucks because a) it's not enough to just turn the camera on and start recording to get a show broadcasted, b) his puppets are ugly af, while the Handeemen behavior is downright creepy, so the only people coming to the place would be the police, instead of kids and parents. And I think that fire works very well against them, but they simply managed to avoid the damage by retreating to the levels untouched by fire.

[@elijahaaron6949]

@@pokerface4396 just bomb the entire area then

[@alexandrewildfire6405]

It would probably be a very short game, even if police did not believe a "i was kidnapped by magic living puppets", the protagonist of the first game is still a man with his mouth sewn shut and a pupet in the place of his hand. Any police investigation would put an end to the pupets, they seem to go limp has soon has they don't have a human hand on them so the only dangerous one is rosco. Even 2 people could probably put and end to them by just..grabbing the host and pulling the puppet off ,or cutting off i guess

[@pirusaogostoso741]

This would imply that we succeed on the original game, no? because if scout's "Life" come to an end implies that whatever that was sustaining her body to keep her alive is no longer there, and if what sustains her is the same thing that sustains the other, if she's gone, automatically everyone else is

[@22Tesla]

Possible, Though I think it could be more like she got out of range of his power. She was tethered to him, and since she wasn't fully in control of her host, she wasn't able to survive after getting far enough away from him. But Riley and Rosco are able to go further as they have control of their hosts, using them as a living battery to keep going even when out in the world away from the studio and Mortimer's sphere of power. He's the basically the main source of energy for all the puppets. Or so I gathered

[@superbendy7303]

Scene Selection 0:00 - Intro 1:01 - Part 1: Owen Gubberson & the Handeemen 3:57 - Part 2: The Magic Book 6:08 - Part 3: The Quest for the Lost Pages 7:59 - Part 4: Saving 'Harper' 11:26 - Part 5: The Ending Explained 17:54 - Outro

[@Sandwhichioussandwhich512]

Thanks S U P E R B E N D Y

[@justacookie918]

Ty

[@umdemuitos2005]

Brazilian?

[@superbendy7303]

No?

[@umdemuitos2005]

@@superbendy7303 ok. It's because there is a word called Outro in Brazilian Portuguese that means other. I am Brazilian btw

[@TreguardD]

One thing that really impressed me is that Matpat's plothole, being completely accurate at the time, got a neat explanation at the end of MS.

[@thedarkdevil1661]

Very important question, considering how close midnight show is to the original (it happens after the fire). What causes Mortimer to change appearances? Every puppet's clothes are changed, like different coloured clothes and Mortimer's bigger-sized hat, which could be explained by "they wanted to change clothes". But the puppets in the original have smaller pupils, somehow, and the original's Mortimer had more sharp, claw like fingers, aswell as having more "curve then a flick" style eyebrows. This is instead of Mortimer's big green pupils, Semi-sphere like fingers, and his simple curved eyebrows, he has in midnight show. And I wonder why the smaller pupils, different eyebrows, and sharp claws? Is the smaller eyes because Owen accepts them and they start going "full chucky", making their appearance more "human" and therefore their eyes change. I thought they might've edited themselves because of the fire, but the ending throws a wrench in that, since this takes place years after the fire.

[@steampunkguy2036]

My theory is that the spell used to brings the puppets to life turns them into more sinister versions of themselves throughout the years, like how Mortimer is shown as a more kid-friendly appearance in Midnight Show and after several years, his body, along with the rest of the Handeemen, shifted into more vicious and twisted versions in the original

[@babypower14]

could be story or could be just more money first game did almost go over the budget so they had to cut alot of things so they may have used different designs reworked for this one or Maby the humanizing effect after owen accepted them

[@thedarkdevil1661]

@@steampunkguy2036 I thought that originally, but since Scout was made via the same method and has no changes to their physical appearance, mainly the smaller pupil (they only have a more bloodied shirt with mortimer's logo on), it means this has to be something specific to the other puppets. And since they haven't been harmed by the fire, it can't be a rebuild because of the fire either.

[@thedarkdevil1661]

@@babypower14 I doubt the former because, in the original, there were posters showing that they've had the designs from midnight show for ages, and could've used the designs in the original, but didn't. (The posters show Mortimer with his more curved eyebrows and his "unclaw-like" fingers. Plus, Riley has the costume from midnight show in the posters from the original, instead of the original's design, with a shirt and tie. So the only explanation is the latter. Their appearances change due to Owen accepting them, but that still doesn't explain why Scout didn't receive those changes, yet Owen clearly accepted her. Maybe they got messed up by a just who escaped, and Riley had to chase them down, before repairing the puppets, making them all, aside from Scout.

[@silverscorpio24]

I want to know at what point the Skeptical Ghost Hunter with the funny hand tattoo entered the studio

[@neofulcrum5013]

I hope we get a sequel where we can end the puppets once and for all. For Scout!

[@wilsonweiseng6485]

Yeah, too bad she died

[@sarahsims6164]

Same here, for Scout!

[@connieyuan1664]

For Scout! ✊

[@alessandrosignore7500]

for scout...*charge*

[@HarmonyOC]

For scout! **hand on the heart**

[@ImmortalAbsol]

Owen's consciousness must still persist somewhere for them to continue, right? Is he in that puppet made from his corpse and just not moving because he has no host?

[@Lumiblanc]

holy shit thats a fate even worse than death F

[@sokaize]

That would be horrible. I don't think it would be that, to be honest.

[@thelonecourier3439]

What if he’s in the host that escaped, except in a more dormant state?

[@shmyananimations3375]

@@thelonecourier3439 Get some Moon Knight type shit going on where the host and Owen switch who is in control. That would be an interesting mechanic in the final game if that theory is true.

[@thelonecourier3439]

@@shmyananimations3375 that would be fun. Either that or as some sort of voice in the host’s head

[@OldDeadAcct44]

Some things I’ve noticed/questions remaining: -Handee Men sounds like Hand Demon -Owen’s last words to Scout about having a good friend echo Scout’s last words from the first game -It’s still not clear where Daisy and Nick Nack are in the first game. Anybody? -How did Rosco die, anyway? The fire? -It’s also not clear exactly who set the fire. Rachel, Riley, Owen, they could have all been candidates.

[@rolay7730]

I don't know why him accepting them did anything. The book dealer said that he had to be alive to power them. He even used the idea of a child brought back by their parent, dying as soon as the parent does. So I think he is still forcibly kept alive in some other form.

[@pokerface4396]

I think they devoured his soul, the creator's soul, to sustain themselves. In audio records, Riley admits that she doesn't know how to use a microscope, while Mortimer knows. As if he is more "alive" than she is. So, I think they need Owen, the part of his soul to be with him all the time - but they can only absorb it if he is willing. So they torture him until he gives up. That's my take on the events. It also explains why other puppets made by Handymen (and not Owen) are barely sentient. However the idea that Owen is still alive in that mutilated husk is creepy af.

[@HarmonyOC]

@@pokerface4396 imagine in the new hello puppet game, as you search for stuff, owen body would would follow you everytime you turn your head

[@rolay7730]

@@pokerface4396 I looked through the audio logs, and she actually said that she doesn't know because Mortimer doesn't know. She is limited by her creator's knowledge. Owen didn't bring her to life. In fact, Mortimer was the only one brought to life by a human. All the other puppets are linked to Mortimer himself. That also would be why they didn't just kill Mortimer when they rose up. If he dies, they all go down with him. I have a theory. Their needing him to accept them has less to do with the spell that brought them to life and more with erasing his mind. They keep sending him to new bodies because their life forces are tied to his. If they can get him to stop fighting, it would be easier to completely suppress him. They can keep transferring the obedient remnants of his mind to new hosts and use him as a battery forever. That, or they plan to modify him to make themselves better. If Rylie is limited by the original mind, then modifying the mind transference spell could start ripping skills from the host's heads and storing them in Own's soul.

[@somecompletemoron]

Okay, so we know that Scout isn't Harper. However, the Scout that helped us in Hello Puppets is not the same Scout that we have here, as seen by the Scout here being in the room that we spawn in in the original. My theory is that the puppets realized that Owen had created a new puppet and wanted to try to create new puppets themselves. However, the spell mirrors the caster, and since they are all mirrors of Owen with certain traits amplified and/or diminished, it mirrored the diminished trait (Owen's compassion) and put that into the new Scouts. Since they had essentially the same personality, they all got the same name. We know that the spell probably mirrored the diminished trait in the puppets because Mortimer had brought the other puppets to life, not Owen. Essentially, Riley, Daisy, and Nick Nack are mirrors of Mortimer (because he was the one to cast the spell) and emphasize his less prominent traits (seeing as how he isn't really scientific, but still science-y enough in order to use Riley's notes to bring back Rosco). Also I think that Owen might have failed with this Scout. She's probably decommissioned/dead. Could you check if the Scout that you used ended up in the spawn room in the first game? it might confirm this.

[@nobodyinparticular3328]

It looks like the scout model at the end of midnight show is in the OG game. In his playthrough part 1 of the original, the third puppet is missing but by the time GTLive got around to playing it, the puppet that was missing (in the middle of the semicircle) is present and looks extremely similar to the one at the end of Midnight Show.

[@toryjuno9583]

Yeah you can actually see her in SuperHorrorBro's first episode of the first game. The scout puppet from this game can be seen in the room he wakes up in and SHB states that "He can't pick the puppet anymore that he could before", or smth like that, referring to the OG Scout as if he picked her in a test play or smth and now she was locked out. So I guess you can play through HP1 with the OG Scout.

[@somecompletemoron]

@@toryjuno9583 Thanks for the clarification.

[@PenInkLee]

i loved hearing your take on the story! i believe you've summed it up quite amazingly; the fact that you've been putting so much work into this game and these videos for us is extremely admirable. never would have found this game without you; thanks a bunch!!

[@lililove1978]

I hate horror games. I get scared so easily, but I love the lore of them so much! That is why I adore your Story Explained videos so much! They are so well made and detailed! I can't get enough!!

[@LadyBern]

The puppet rebellion began all because Nick knack had a crush on Riley (which is kinda weird cause I swear I heard Owen say she was to be his sister/have a sisterly role). Seriously He makes a sketch. Daisy finds it and thoughtlessly hangs it up like a proud mom hanging your art on the fridge. When he finds out he purposefully makes her go into danger mode to black out and forget. In fact he does it multiple times to both forget and get her put down to hide his secret as only she knows. Riley realizes Daisy blacks out during these rages and figures out who is provoking her. She then logically (and out of a bit of kindness) realizes rather than walking on eggshells with Daisy it's better if she knew how to control it and remain conscious. Morty continues to act like a tyrant and demands Riley destroy her Rosco, her literal pet project because he wants Owen to accept them (out of need for survival and perhaps reflecting Owens own parental issues) which breaks her. Daisy noticed during one experiment and suggests Riley take over as leader. Riley gathers supporters and approaches Nick who thinks she's confessing love to him. Morty noticed Nick is happy and gets him to tell him why he's happy tipping him off to it. So he sees value in Rosco for 2 reasons: a guard dog to protect himself and a means to control the one puppet who could actually overthrow him. With Rosco and now Riley at his side the rebellion is over. I don't think he destroys all of the puppets. Maybe a few of the lessers to use them as an example but not the main cast because he's might need them in the same way Owen needed them. Plus we see Kathy at the tea party (I guess she's Mortimer secretary. And idk why but I love her as a side character). And Nick on the sound stage. If Daisy is still around maybe she's locked away in a cafeteria or without a host given what she can do with a danger mode she can control.

[@KennithSimmonsCbars]

Okay ngl I like this. Good job!

[@georgianagheorghe8848]

Owen's situation also reminds me of how people prefer to see the flaws in everyone instead of their qualities. People always prefer to criticize and rarely praise and appreciate others' work at its true value.

[@sophiai1038]

I just realized the way we see the lifeless remains of Owen has him without his legs. Like a puppet.

[@aymanplaygames367]

Huh....

[@LaDaDaDeDaDaDa..]

@@aymanplaygames367 in hellp puppets, we see Owens mangled corpse with no legs, like a hand puppet.

[@JessicaLovesFoxes]

Very good observation, Sophia! I didn't actually notice that before. :o

[@evanraynolds8699]

i like the ennioch being a myth idea. or maybe, owen did the whole mirror spell and ennioch is still in the book.

[@verdantmistral442]

I think it is a little bit different. The Ennioch myth reads a bit like an allegory to this story. Ennioch is the mirrored reflection that you have to over come to reach greater heights. You need to look at your faults and recognize them. Owen unable to see his faults manifested them instead and has to literally overcome his faults, but seemingly cannot. He ultimately gives into his faults and lets them rule him.

[@evanraynolds8699]

@@verdantmistral442 ohh, that's cool

[@22Tesla]

@@verdantmistral442 Same, I see Ennioch and Owen being the two halves that makes the puppets have life. Ennioch allows the puppets to exist, but Owen/any host is the battery keeping them going and without one half, the puppets will cease to exist. But given Ennioch is a dead god's soul in a book/wherever, and Owen's soul keeps being transfered into new body (where he constantly fights and becomes worn down enough to accept who he is and is taken by the puppets), the puppets will not die off. But, Owen is a lot like Alan Wake in a sense of never giving up even if it means losing. Every soul transfer, he relives the hellish night it all went wrong over and over again. But at the end, he creates another new Scout, another good puppet to destroy the Handeemen someday. He loses the battle, but I suppose he figures he'll one day win the war. Owen keeps making Scout clones, each time the puppet comes out, Alan Wake keeps writing. Each hoping this time, they will be released from their prison. I imagine if Mortimer were destroyed, all the puppets would be destroyed and one person would wake up, only they would be Owen Gubberson, free at last, but in a new body.

[@ImBarelyMe]

Owen, a man so desperate to share his vision with the world that he became blind until it was too late, seeing Owen's corpse after playing as him really makes it sadder knowing he's gone

[@bdpickett]

I think Owen looks like that because they taxidermied him into a human puppet.

[@clawz161]

When I was watching your playthrough I thought the puppets were similar to what happened in 9. Where the scientist put his traits into the dolls, splitting his soul into 9 pieces, and ending on the last one which killed him, which finally put an end to his worst creation. But now I don't think that at all. Now I think that due to owens one track mindedness and obsessiveness he created these puppets the way they are. Mortimer the strong leader, Riley the fearless woman obsessed with ANYTHING science, nick the drama nut, Daisy danger the split personality baker. These are all the characters he created, but turned up to eleven. And last but not least scout. The strong willed sassy friend. The magic book isn't a demon prison, or a way to split one's soul. It's simple and as old as time. It's a monkey's paw. "Be careful what you wish for" Owen wanted his characters in real life. He got them. But they were more horrifying than he could possibly imagine.

[@pokerface4396]

I think the reason why the puppets turned out that way was Owen's loneliness and bitterness. He craved friendship and family comfort, but he had no idea how either of them should look, act or feel like. Moreover, he was still a child in an adult body -- he mentioned not having any toys in his childhood, so for him, his puppets were the compensation for that lackluster and painful period. He even got jealous when others tried playing with his toys "the wrong way", constantly criticizing actors and cutting them out of episodes to do everything himself. Jake and the others did their job great; it was simply Owen not wanting to share his favorite toys with anyone. It was as if all those people didn't *deserve* to play with his toys. He didn't make them for these people. Also explains why Owen decided to milk his TA for money during one of the episodes --- for any mature showrunner trying to influence kids to donate to the show is manipulative and wrong. But Owen didn't see anything wrong about it -- he only cared about being able to play with his puppets more freely, probably express his frustrations and criticism without script writers censoring him, etc. I.e., he wanted to be left alone with his puppets and show all those stupid, criticizing, and bothersome people how good they were. And his wish came true in the worst way possible. With Scout, however, he got some perspective and based a character not off himself or his expectations from people but off a real person with her quirks, flaws, and good sides. Scout didn't reflect his personality or his perception of the world. She was a tribute to a friend, who can call him out when he is wrong, but still would be there for him.

[@XenotHedgehog]

Something worth noting for your next vid. in the tapes, Owen describes Mortimer as the "father figure" of the puppets. He also describes a less than ideal relationship with his own father. put these two thoughts together, and you have at least a partial explanation for why Mortimer treats the other puppets the way he does.

[@novemberkitten1]

I'm still kinda confused. At what point did original Owen die? And why did they try to turn him into a puppet. Also does that mean that Owen is still alive just being moved into new hosts every now and then.

[@pokerface4396]

The original Owen died as soon as he said "I'm ready." I think the puppets were keeping his alive yet unconscious body somewhere while migrating his mind between different hosts -- they only disposed of it after getting what they wanted. It's unclear when he switched bodies for the first time because we see the game from Owen's POV, and his memories aren't intact. He is even unaware he is in a female body. So, it's up for speculation. I have several theories: a) Owen fell into Mortimer's clutches from the moment he blacked out, and we can't really trust anything Owen sees after he wakes up. It's quite possible that Mortimer used him to get full control over the studio, imprison staff members, and animate other puppets, and only then did he start working on getting Owen to accept them. That explains why there was no noise about staff members going missing and how puppets managed to build intricate obstacle courses across the studio with no one noticing. The puppets probably could use host voices and make them answer phone calls to uplift the "nothing's going on" air around the studio to the outside world. That's why nobody came in to check. Also, Rachel managed to cancel the show, so everybody assumed that studio had closed down already. b) Owen agreed to surrender the pages in exchange for Harper --- there wasn't any final challenge. He led Harper to safety but refused to go with her, feeling guilty about his actions. He probably also was the one who tried to burn the studio down, intending to kill puppets, free the souls of their victims and sacrifice himself as well. But his plan partially failed as Mortimer, and the gang survived and probably managed to pull his mind from his body and transfer it to another host, so they could force him to accept them. That's when the repetitive cycle with mixed or false memories started --- Riley mentioned changing variables until Owen cracks, so we can't be sure about the chronological order of events. c) There was the final challenge, but Mortimer was convinced that Owen would choose them over Harper by telling her the truth about Owen and his spells. It always worked --- people disappoint Owen, Owen hates them, and confides in his puppets. But Owen didn't care about Harper being angry with him, he wanted her out of harm's way, and Harper still felt sorry for him. So, Mortimer pretended he is letting them go, only to sic Handeemen on them, so Owen stayed behind to buy Harper some time and probably decided to go down with the ship, setting everything on fire (there is a reason why the fire happened shortly after the Dream Warriors premiere).

[@ScorpioGP]

What an amazing job dude! Thanks for doing all this! Take some time off, you deserve a long break.

[@xXJennismsXx]

I don't know if I'd say that Owen accepted the puppets. He accepted that they were from him and his own darkness corrupted them, and in the end chose to face them rather then run away, but I don't think he 'chose' them over humanity. They want him to side with them, which he wouldn't. He wants to stop them.

[@J1P2K]

If they do a sequel, I want it to be where the player from the first comes back armed with everything needed to destroy the puppets and get revenge for Scout.

[@dragoncross42]

Always glad to watch these story-explained videos! This really gave me a good look into the story of Hello Puppet and answered some questions I had about the first game. Thanks for this video~!!!

[@cydneyking7453]

Love that they had the actresses for Scout and Harper both share similar cadence and tone cuz all through the game I was like “this is scout……but not quite.” Scout is simply based on the person who brought out the good in Owen, allowing him to mirror that into an ally for the future protagonist, even though he doesn’t know if they’ll ever come or who they’ll be. I love how much more personal the story of the first game is now that we’ve met Owen.

[@ciel.142]

You’ve been grinding really hard for this game. I appreciate it king ❤❤❤❤

[@hangeishot7919]

SuperHorroBro. This was really good. I've always loved your analysis and explanation.

[@ravenclawfairy3648]

Thank you so much, Mike! Your videos are seriously what has helped me handle horror games ❤️

[@L3V1_H0N1]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I WAS WAITING FOR THIS. I didn't even know this game until I watched you played this and now I'm obsessed. Also I'm new to this, and you're voice helps with the games I find scary skshshshshhdjd

[@warcats-cat]

I think it's really interesting if we think of the spell as a mirror, because if you really think about it, Owen built all the puppets, but technically, only used the spell on Mortimer and Scout. Technically, Mortimer used the spell to bring the other three to life while in control of Owen. So that makes me ask the question, are Riley, Nick, and Daisy kind of a mirror of Mortimer more than Owen - like, that's why they all follow Mortimer and are so violent and nasty, as well as having their reflections of Owen's personality over all. Mortimer is running the show, but also is typically alone. In the security tapes, you can hear the other three interacting and having their own 'lives'/activities outside of Mortimer's obsessive game.

[@VideoGamingMaster]

Amazing video! I have been watching your channel for 3 years now and am still loving the video no different than when I first started watching! Keep up the amazing videos!

[@anaserratails4892]

I really loved this game and video! Really clear and straightforward! Can't wait for more!! 🥰❤️❤️

[@amberdeangelis404]

I’ve been refreshing KZbin all day waiting for this today.

[@justatouchkajm]

Describing this game's story in one word: Tragic

[@graythepokemonartist6427]

I’ve been waiting for this I’m so excited that it’s finally here

[@sbujdaszmovies6715]

0:00 Intro 1:01 Owen Gubberson & Handeemen📽📺 3:57 Magic Book🩸📖🩸 6:08 The Quest For The Lost Pages📜 7:59 Saving Harper🦸‍♂️ 11:26 Ending Explained🔎 17:54 Outro

[@belladonna1950]

Owen could have based the puppet scout on Harper. Since at the end he helped Harper and Harper was nice to Owen.

[@8888EACHDIVIN1TY]

omg i was so excited for this thanks for the constant content !! 💘

[@RafaelCabreraAzrael]

Mike you deserve MORE views, your channel is god emperor tier

[@abigailseals8950]

I love this video so much!!! I'm gonna watch the VHS tapes video now!! I hope you're well Mike!!

[@Yellowberd69]

it’s almost the end of spooky month, perfect timing I guess

[@r16-q6v]

Owen in a certain way opened the Pandora’s box by using the magical book. Mortimer and his Handeemen are the evils contained inside him while Scout represents hope.

[@PrincessOfTheNight01]

I just learned that that sock puppet in Hello Puppets was not Daisy, it was Kathy. My mind is blown. I guess Daisy just doesn’t appear in the first game like Nick Nack.

[@ijustwatchvideosandleaveco1004]

3:47 bro the way you said controversy 😂😂😂

[@TimnationAnimation]

I love these types of videos keep them up!

[@georgianagheorghe8848]

I have a feeling that Owen's flaws are the result of his past. Even in reality, society sees artists, musicians, writers, poets, inventors, geniuses and many others that don't comply to its "rules" as madmen, threats and outcasts, so it tries to dispose of these "threats" in any way possible (see the life of Nikola Tesla, Albert Einstein, Victor Hugo, George Enescu, Mihai Eminescu, Vincent Van Gogh etc.). I remember that Sigmund Freud once said that anything that happened in your childhood (good or bad) can have a major impact on you as an adult.

[@wolfmthehybrid2197]

I have my own theory of the whole Ennioct (Bad at spelling 😅) thing. I think that Ennioct IS in the book. We see evidence with the book dealer sleep walking while possibly being under Ennioct’s control. Plus until the other puppets Mortimer seems more vile than the rest. My theory is that Ennioct is in the book. The spell mirrored both Owen and Ennioct into Mortimer, while the other puppets possibly only mirror Owen.

[@elis2766]

I think that in the original game, the reason we didn't see Daisy or much of Nick Nack might be bcs of them being either punished for betraying Mortimer or they could be currently bussiing Owen's newest host, I think that the consciousness is still somewhere, I think that the corpse of Owen's body is just there bcs Mortimer wanted to keep his fathers first body at least a little intact even with the consciousness being is someone else. That's just my theory tho, a GAME theory (in which the theory is dumb but still)

[@Blocky_buster]

you're the best horror youtuber ever bro, you need to get a prize for being this cool

[@Siliax]

"A dog named Rosco, who's her pride and joy~" Said pride and joy: 👹👹👹

[@Nyghtking]

So i'm wondering if Owen has become a puppet, Mortimer wanted him to join them and wanted him to accept them, we see him in the first game and we assume he's dead, but we also learn in this game that unless a puppet is being worn by someone they can't do anything, plus during one of those picture puzzles we see a picture of owen after he was made into a puppet, and his eye sockets have a small white light in them in the picture. If Mortimer did actually have him turned into a puppet then he might still be alive in the same way the other puppets are, and if thats the case we might actually see him in one of the next games as i'm assuming there will be more since there are still unanswered questions.

[@Noorthebest0513]

3:21 OMG ISHOWSPEED

[@scholasticallynatalie]

Dream Warriors is a great clue as to the twist for this - trapped in his head, tested over and over again. Tormented in the same way those in Dream Warriors are.

[@rose-mariedessert3117]

"The tapes are over an hour" yeah why did you think I didn't watch the tape video. I have videos to catch up on. Stuff to do.

[@JetAnhyzer]

The puppets' desire to have Owen choose them also reflects Owen's desire to control everything about his production.

[@shadedalion5478]

The final chase actually gives a reason as to why in Hello Puppets Daisy and Nick are nowhere to be seen. Mortimer gets really angry at them during their failed attempts to stop Owen. Nick being completely gone because he failed horribly as if putting no effort into it, whereas Daisy got turned to a sock puppet as her punishment because unlike Nick, she actually tried to stop Owen.

[@tessfabled4115]

No, that sock puppet's name is Kathy (Mortimer addresses her as such) and the devs confirmed it's not Daisy, I don't know why so many people get confused by this :p

[@lolunknown9830]

Really like listening to your "story explained" videos. Summarizes the cool storyline easily lmao

[@godricktheminecrafted3113]

Honestly I’m conflicted over Mortimer as a character Sure, he’s an evil puppet animated by voodoo 2 magic, but he also saved two people from having to watch nightmare on elm street 3

[@KTWhatsup]

Lol

[@tri0339]

gotta respect the grind

[@lofipleeb]

the way i binged the entire midnight show series like 5 times already, tysm for covering it all :)

[@FireBlock101]

Just wanna say that the sock puppet we see at the tea party in hello puppets is NOT Daisy, they are reffered to as Kathy by mortimer, there were also tapes that include kathy and you could hear her familier groan. Idk how many times do i have to say this but just because they both have the same hair color, doesnt automatically mean they are the same person, they are both DIFFERENT people. Ty for listening to my rant

[@geomania8533]

This prequel definitely covers most of our questions. However I do say only most. We still haven’t gotten an answer for Nick Nack and his crazy state or why Daisy is a sock puppet. But above all else. How do they keep coming up with so many rhymes. Like jebus man that must’ve been hard to get it right.

[@Da_TreeSloth]

Oh my god. I just noticed this. So, you know how when Owen recorded himself and his voice sounded different? Well, that voice sounds a LOT familiar to the voice we here in a very beginning of the original Hello Puppets game. Listen to that, then listen to the recording. I KNOW I'm not crazy.

[@carolinacarrasquillo650]

Hey nice theorys SHB i like all your information on these videos

[@andreajaneulla3811]

It's sad for Owen who never had a happy childhood and maybe his abusive father was very reason why he is so isolated from other people, going so far that he hated people maybe because he believe that they're just like his father... Owen's obsession to bring life his puppets using Voodoo magic but his negative emotions, inner darkness transformed the puppets to evil, mirrored of his own creation.

[@jem2653]

As always SHB Mike your videos are very entertaining & definitely love looking forward to watching more of your horror related content just like this one thank you so very much for playing & as always can’t wait to see your next video. I really hope those watching SHB content also like, comment, &/or at least subscribe to his channel so we can show him love & support he really truly deserves for all his hard work & dedication to provide us with such awesome & entertaining content. Thank you very much SHB.

[@akedokid97]

This game gives me chills

[@SomaShiori]

I now require SuperHorrorBro merch with "puppety plans" on it becaus that was an epic line....

[@SergeiMosin]

I desperately hope we get a true sequel. The world of Hello Puppets is phenomenal, and I think there is enough left to explore to justify a full fledged sequel in which the curse of the puppets is finally put to rest for good

[@happitreez9478]

Bro I’m finally early this time I want to say thank you for making these videos they’re great and I hope that you become really big❤

[@sailortara7]

I love your videos and I really hope they make another hello puppet game soon 🤞

[@anomalocaris2593]

One thing to note is that Mortimer was missing in the end, and considering we are re-living memories it would not be impossible to conclude that this is leading to sequel where other Handeemen succesfullu de-throned Mortimer

[@Sethescope78]

That book seller is quite the strange fellow Omg thanks for highlighting this!!

[@MattAttack911]

4:28 I think the books actually a coffin for Ennioch and his power ⚰

[@Iblamethebarrels]

Thanks for your hard work Mike!

[@-ZeroTea-]

I’ve been waiting for this i clicked so fast 😍 23 seconds new record and I love your videos and this game

[@sokaize]

Now I really speculate that we've always played as Owen because of the prequel, we just have done the loop so many times that we no longer remember who we are in the main game. I also think Scout was the last attempt at recreating Owen's memory of Harper, which he is desperate to remember. She was his only friend. He makes a bunch of puppets that we see in the first game and thats why they all seem like her in personality, but they don't have the appearance. Not the right one for Owen, atleast.

[@garfeld625]

I've been waiting for this all week. The gameplay was so repetitive and confusing that I wasn't sure what was going on

[@PigBoy99]

I’m just glad we got this game I know the first wasn’t exactly a big success but it was a world I really liked and wanted to see more of.

[@vanguardjossu5317]

I think Owen did cast the right spell. However it is because of his emotions (mainly anger and frustration) that Mortimer ended up not being good.

[@Genevieve0880]

After watching some of the playthroughs, and seeing the videos for the original game, I'm really happy we got to see what happened to cause the original game. I've always enjoyed your story explained videos.

[@wes8625]

I think it’s interesting as well that scout is felt, it’s mentioned in one of the tapes that he doesn’t like using felt and only using wood. Shows that scout is really different to the other puppets

[@raylynnafton9327]

Katie and Harper in a way look the same it threw me off- Then again this is a nice seeing what happened before the main game

[@somecompletemoron]

they do wear the same clothes

[@bananonymoussupreme3345]

Man, I loved the first game but MS just knocked it out of the park. The storytelling and voice acting is just super, on par with Bioshock if it had had more time. I hope we get to see an even larger sequel with one final showdown with these puppets!

[@MDNGHTMASS]

You have no idea what this comment means to me. Thank you!

[@bananonymoussupreme3345]

@@MDNGHTMASS Ah man, are you a dev?

[@MDNGHTMASS]

@@bananonymoussupreme3345 I’m the writer and creative director!

[@bananonymoussupreme3345]

@@MDNGHTMASS Omg, awesome! Please pass my words on to the team. I really enjoyed this playthrough and will be purchasing a copy for myself next payday!

[@blazethewolf4898]

I like how this gave us more characters to those that didn't appear much in the original

[@Mxnst3rMutt]

Ok ok, I wonder...theory crafting time: Scout is the final piece of Owen, Thar I can agree with. But if I can remember correctly, we dont play as owen in the first one (not this game, but the other games) so we are an outsider, correct? I feel like Owen creating Scout is him dying. Like he isnt fully dead because Scout retains the good in him and thus the other puppets can be alive, but like what if thats just so scout can defeat them when he is no longer able to. I agree that Scout isnt Harper's soul, but I could see scout being part Owen but not enough that we can see its owen if that makes sense x-x

[@yourl0calshortie254]

YASSS I'VE BEEN WAITING SUPER HORROR BRO THIS IS GONNA BE AMAZING!!*♡♡♡ LOVE YOUR THEORIES AND BREAKDOWNS OF THINGS!!!:)

[@dwreanchinotan]

it also explains why scout's host isn't brainwash, she's not meant to do that.

[@Emi-mk3hj]

Awesome as always shb Thank you so much for all the brilliant content ❤

[@SeavyTheHeavy]

honestly if the devs of hello puppets makes sequel of harper coming back after the host in the first game of hello puppets told the world or warn them about the puppets