The Prototype is Good and the Children are Alive | Poppy Playtime Theory

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

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[@AAI_Einstein]

⁠one reason the prototype can’t be “good” or at least not in the way many people think; is Dogday, if the prototype was a good guy, Dogday wouldn’t have refused working with him.

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

Still doesn't make any sense for the Hour of Joy. Yes, I got a government agency that could have come in there and decided to continue the experiments. The Prototype can mimic voices there's no reason that the Prototype couldn't have used that to call emergency services.

[@sarahdragons861]

The idea of the Prototype senselessly slaughtering the staff as a necessity had never occurred to me. I think the point of, "none of them can leave because if the word gets out and the government comes here, they might continue the experiments" is a really good one. I also never thought of connecting the Smiling Critters cartoon to the orphans during the hour of joy, that's really smart. I'm at a point where I genuinely have no clue who's good or bad here.

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

Honestly "Good" In this Poppy Playtime Universe is very... loaded. I don't think either of them are "good" like I said in the video, but it's interesting to see what is causing Poppy and the Prototype to follow through with their actions. It's a gray area.

[@mattpro1318]

@@PhoebzOrPhoebe So that means that on the final chapter we will killed the Prototype on it.

[@ashemabahumat4173]

That seems like the most obvious conclusion tbh

[@jacobmillenbach2561]

@@PhoebzOrPhoebedo you think the theory of Eliot Ludwig being the prototype makes too much sense given what we’ve learned about him from chapter 3 cause from what we heard radios in the hallucination what he does behind closed doors is takes organs and parts of dead corpse and are found in his yard in his estate

[@NadinePoricanin]

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[@darklightss_]

I also think the prototype is giving us a choice too, especially IF or protag was majorly apart the experiments. The prototype is trying to play with us until the end where we get a choice to betray poppy and trust him or the other way around

[@lonewolf4215]

Ive just had thought, why would the factory still need sleeping gas after 10 years? If the orphans were not there anymore they would have gotten rid of it, maybe the orphans are still there in induced comas withe feeding tubes to keep them fed

[@dynasty701]

oo, I really like your thinking here.

[@TheJohnstitution]

The game is literally called ‘Poppy Playtime” it makes sense how she is using us to carry out her revenge just like a child playing her toys. I think in the end Poppy is going to turn out just as evil as the Prototype since we have already killed 2 of the children

[@LearningGabriel]

I personally don’t think that Poppy is necessarily wicked or even evil. I think she’s genuinely a decent person, but not entirely a good one due to her lust for vengeance. I think it’s more of an ignorance on her part with that there’s a chance that she probably doesn’t know if the children are alive at all. And in a way what she said was somewhat right when it came to the slaughter of all the employees. They killed both innocent and guilty alike, rather than actually differentiating in between the people who were good and had no idea about the experiments taking place, and the people who were carrying out the experiments without any remorse. While you could say the prototype had to kill the good people included to prevent what happened about the factory reaching the outer world, that still doesn’t change the fact that that he instigated and directed the killing of genuinely good people. People who may have even loved the children themeselves, as is made evident by the fact that some of them felt bad for living in play care and some of them wanting to adopt them. On another note there is no good reason why the prototype killed CatNap. It wasn’t really to put him out of his misery because while he was close to dying from the fire that we put him in, he got himself out of it and still could have recovered. Not to mention the fact that CatNap himself was a child that was experimented on, which only makes things worse for the prototypes reputation in my opinion. As is the case with Mommy Long legs being an experiment, and every other living toy. And that doesn’t mention the fact that the smiling critters opposed him. And while I don’t know why, I feel that there really must have been a good reason considering everything that the prototype has done and may seek to do in the future. And considering the fact that the minnie smiling critters were practical forced to follow the prototype because even slightly opposing him would either result in them getting dog days fate or being killed and eaten themselves, as made clear by dog day himself.

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

Catnap seemed to have done a lot of the dirty work for the prototype. If anyone was against the prototype catnap took care of it. NOW, whether that was just due to catnap worshipping him, OR due to commands from the prototype, we do not know that yet. I agree with you. I personally hate the prototype, but I also do not trust Poppy. Both of these theories are the wildest to me so I wanted to discuss them and try to see how these theories would relate to the information that has been provided to us from Mob Entertainment so far.

[@pballen9745]

I think it's established that the Hour of Joy was canonically at 11:00, they were transporting Kissy right beforehand at 10:45. I think they were locked in a cafeteria we haven't seen yet. (I know there's one in Chapter 1, but it's all the way at the top of the facility so I imagine there's another one down below for the kids.) There's a school schedule on the bulletin board during Miss Delight's section that says the kids were scheduled for a snack at 11:00-11:45. I think the Prototype planned the Hour of Joy so the kids would all be safely in one room, their cafeteria, while the adults were still freely roaming the facility.

[@c.r.blankenship9040]

I thought that was true too - this is the second video I’ve seen claiming that 10:06 may have been with the HoJ happened but it was stated directly that it happened at 11:00am

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

That would make sense and line up! I did not know they had a schedule in the school! Thank you for letting me know! :)

[@keyo3316]

Interestingly, this same thought crossed my mind a few days ago. I figured Poppy was probably Playtime's first successful prototype for smaller toys. This would be around the time they were transferring humans into toys like Bron as we saw in the video interview about a former employee. This could be a matter of Prototype vs Prototype. Both Poppy and 1006 have almost the same level of intelligence and appear to be truly sentient. I wonder if that will be a big reveal? Only time will tell which route Mob chooses to take the story. What would make this even crazier is if it becomes a father vs daughter situation where Poppy is revealed to be Ludwig's daughter and Ludwig is revealed to be the Prototype. It would be like Poppy putting an end to her father's madness.

[@Neku628]

How long ago did that conversation between Catnap and Miss Delight take place? If it was years ago, are the kids still alive? Do the kids have any source to clean water? You can go a pretty long time without food, but water, no.

[@thepuppyplayer890]

I think that may have happened within the year that the hour of joy took place.

[@megansorters332]

I think catnap has literally kept them in a cryo state. That’s why they don’t need “food” and why it’s so important that we get 100% of gas production away from them. They will probably be emaciated but alive

[@thepuppyplayer890]

I completely agree

[@sunsetlover123-y7c]

I mean...if The Prototype is possibly encouraging Catnap to do...THAT to heritics. (Dogday.), you're really gonna question whether or not he's the good guy. Which kinda sucks because The Prototype being the good guy would've been very unique apart from most horror games where the name dropped antagonist is always unapologetically evil. (Which, isn't a bad thing ofc.)

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

The Prototype has done TERRIBLE things to anyone who was against him during the hour of joy and after. The reasoning that leads him to the hour of joy is what I find to be interesting and the fact that he has been leaving our character alone for so long.

[@sunsetlover123-y7c]

@@PhoebzOrPhoebe right...I get your point there. Well that's relieving since I would find it very unique if he IS the good guy. (As I already mentioned) Good analysis btw

[@getyaw8up]

To be fair, DogDay says “the prototype is HIS god and this is what HE does to heretics..” I think the he is referring to CatNap. No real way to tell if that was what the Prototype actually wanted.

[@dynasty701]

there might not be any good guys in this entire series, honestly

[@sboy2044]

@@getyaw8upCatNap is extremely impressionable to the Prototype’s commands tho and he could easily tell him to stop

[@ErzsebetF-tr5nf]

Something interesting that I noticed was that in the hour of joy tape, the poppy door was seen and there was no writing on it, however when you visit it,you can see writing to turn back. The only bigger body left with hands is the prototype, maybe telling you that she is evil. Or perhaps it was the orphans who were alive.

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

People theorized that the writing was from the bigger body of crafty corn

[@ErzsebetF-tr5nf]

That is a very good theory, but I think it would make sense if children who scribble things onto walls because of fear would tell you to turn back.

[@ErzsebetF-tr5nf]

Now that I think about it, maybe you were prophesied to come back to the factory, maybe that's why there were scribbles on that door after the hour of joy so that the player would make the right choice. Maybe the players goal is to chuck the factory into the abyss and poppy would make you stop that but that's what the children would want. Or maybe poppy was trying to be kept away because she knew that with our help she could defeat the prototype and the children viewed him as a god so the keep out signs were put there to save the prototype :0

[@RosesTeaAndASD]

TL:DR Emergency war bunkers underneath for the kids. Ludwig would have been a child through WW1 but been drafted for WW2 so it's very plausible that when he came back from the war Ludwig was afraid of a 3RD World War and wanted to be prepared. This would be before he began his orphan program and he would have needed to work backwards: - dig the space for Playcare - dig underneath for the emergency bunker - build the safety platform and switch to connect the levels - Regularly stock and restock the bunker - THEN build Playcare and take in orphans. Kept in good condition, tinned food such as veggies and fruit can last for up to 30 years, so this is very plausible. Also a lot of people are STILL afraid of WW3 happening and have well stocked bunkers. Doomsday preppers. Elliot may have decided that the staff could flee in an emergency, but underground the children would be trapped in the factory. So he built his safe guard. With no idea how it would be used after his passing. I still believe that the factory was altered after his death. We see everyone reporting to Leith Pierre, but no one ever going to Ludwig. I think the tape mailed to us is the only one showing his face and we're warned at the start not to watch it. Sorry for the ramble.

[@supersmashproductions9890]

I think Poppy is trying to find the kids for some reason because why she really hasn't said where specifically were going too

[@bryanyoung1397]

Yes and Yes .. Been talking about this very path for awhile now. I think you're on the right track.

[@jktech2117]

catnap, is that you?

[@nickmilano2516]

I want to see that we finally see the arms and it turns out that’s it. The prototype is literally just arms connected to circle and then you beat the crap out of it and that’s how Poppy playtime ends

[@marialash4925]

I had this idea, what if the Player and the Prototype don't know but both of them have the same goal? "That kind of makes sense, I wish it was, it will make so much sense?"

[@dg4545]

There's one thing that stands out to me though, why didn't the prototype kill poppy? He put her in a case rather than just killing her which is odd because we know he has no problem killing toys, even those loyal to him, to make himself a new body. So what makes poppy so important that rather than just killing her, he would encase her in a creepy room made just for her? Something tells me that all is going according to plan for him.

[@DenmarkyorDEN]

Multiverse/Theory for chapter 4: we try to go to save kissy missy, but she is nowhere to be found just gone.... and then poppy just leads us somewhere else not looking like she cared about the death of kissy and there we see the rest of the smiling critters dead, and we just look for a while around the place of their dead bodies. and then out of nowhere there is a VHS and we hear the same voice from the start of chapter 1in a not so happy voice he says something like...." whoever you are you've gone insane to come all the way done here are you out of your mind? TURN BACK there is nothing here besides dead bodies and that.....thing it just collects and collects more and more things to add to itself it's killed most of my co-workers and others the only thing it keeps safe are those kids it just keeps them Mrs. Delight has already gone insane with her little weapon barb and catnap locked here in the schoolhouse..... SHE ATE MY FRIENDS! I'm the only one here now....wait whatever you do don't listen to that doll named poppy I think. she just using people for her own good... and there was one more thing that killed alot of my friends oh i remember it was -glitching out-" and then we get done with a few puzzles but we still think "what was he going to say" and in chapter 5 there with be a giant twist

[@amandalane5581]

I have a theory that catnap was killed per his request of the prototype. Evidence? Look at the way he created a shrine to him. He worshiped the prototype LIKE A GOD. The ultimate thing to him was probably becoming a part of the prototype and serving a "higher purpose". Theo was unalived via electrocution and I imagine at the point he was catnap, he wouldn't want to relive that experience. You could even view it as a mercy unaliving. Catnap wouldn't have wanted to relive the agony of those electrical burns or barely making it through the healing process alive. He probably would have viewed becoming a part of the prototype as a mercy or even a way of being saved. He didn't look like he was reaching out to the prototype for help. He looked like he was offering himself as sacrifice.

[@FictionalRen]

I mean, considering the part where there's a forest around the factory and the train. It's entirely possible that there's a secret exit to the outside where the kids were led out of the factory to a hidden place where they rejoined society and never told anyone they were from Poppy Playcare Orphanage. The Prototype just knew that the toys would want to be with the kids but the chances were too high that they might kill the kids so it was better to just never allow either to see each other again. Alternatively, all the kids now work at a nearby farm that used to belong to Playtime Co. which had other orphans who grew up in the system farming for cheap crops to feed the facility to save costs.

[@tommylap01]

Counter argument for "good" prototype: Most of the experiments have one thing in common, they are alive due to the conscious of a selected human. However there are 2 we do not know for certain the identity of, poppy, and the prototype. Going back to how the prototype organized the hour of joy. By then you would have to think him and all other experiments including ones like poppy and kissy have grown bitter due to everything they have been through. However it is common knowledge that the prototype is one of the most intelligent beings in the playtime facility and communicated with the other experiments to commit a mass slaughter. The prototype most likely tried to communicate this to all other experiments including poppy and kissy. However, even if poppy and kissy were bitter, they still had some form of pure heart and rejected the prototype's proposal. Keep in mind that due to how intelligent the prototype is, one would assume he may have abilities in and practice tactics if manipulation, wether it's because it is his preference, or due to a possible physical constraint at the as we have established he is very strong. However even through his intelligence, due to how bitter he has become, he still has a false world view. So he reaches out to those who are in similar circumstances and manipulates them into joining his cause. However some have rejected, and as a result he threatened to punish them afterwards for not joining his side. Those like kissy and dogday refused due to having a intact good heart. But does poppy really have a reason? Either way the hour of joy happens, and as promised, the prototype punishes those who did not participate. Poppy is trapped in a case, dogday is chained and left for catnap to torture, but kissy missy gets away. Consider how poppy was a successful experiment that seems to not be part of the bigger bodies initiative. What if either due to research not being fully developed or by choice in operation, poppy dies not remember who she was before, she only knew life as poppy. Consider Ludwig's "family loss". It stands to reason that perhaps poppy might be the daughter of him. However Due to undeveloped research or by his own choice, his daughter does not remember who she was. For all she consciously knows, she has always been poppy. Therefore she may not feel bitterness because she doesn't remember, and she saw those she genuinely cared about die and or suffer at the hands of the prototype. She saw it as senseless slaughter because she doesn't really know who she once was. And has now employed the player to assist her and her friends in saving those who remain. And in terms of those who remain. Consider that the prototype might not just be manipulating the experiments, but the trapped survivors as well, especially the children. If I had to guess. The prototype runs a "dystopian kingdom" of sorts. He forces everyone into his religion in which he is god of, and those who don't obey are punished until they do. But the children he could never hurt, but thankfully are easier to manipulate. And the other experiments are just his servants of sorts. However they all wait foe the time if the prototype's true master plan. This would likely be rise to the surface and spread his power and control, now with human followers. His bitterness causes him to manipulate, his ego heightened, he is rightfully king in the world he has created, which he intends to spread as a superior being he sees himself as. To summarize: All the experiments are bitter in some way, poppy and a few others rejected the prototype's proposal and we're punished for so, poppy doesn't remember who she really is, the prototype is the overlord of a cult in which he is forcing the survivors to conform to.

[@musicmaker742]

poppy's been lying to us, in chapter 2 she said that mommy trapped her in that case and in chapter 3 she said that the prototype was the reason poppy's been trapped in that case for so long

[@LOREisDEAD]

She's just lying constantly. We're gonna get to end and she'll be like "No. You can't leave. You need to stay here forever."

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

My only reaction to this is what else is new?

[@whatsupguys9716]

Can we talk about the kids being orphans during the hour of joy and then 10 years passed? they should be adults if theyre not big bodies, how can we tell the prototype is now keeping adults alive?

[@jktech2117]

as i noticed in the comments very few people seemed to not notice that the experiments didnt seem to care for being transformed, but after they were transformed they practically lost their freedom and identity because they had to fill roles of characters for the other kids. since CG5 song is indeed canon, it has a really strong focus on the desire of freedom, once they were ruled by the employees and now by the prototype. but they dont fight back cuz for them prototype is whats left of hope and they might not trust us so much since we were an employee, a brazilian theorist compared the lore to the book Animal Farm. also dogday might *also* still be alive (but wont show up until the very end) because when the player gets attacked we hear a "nooooo", and we see dogday tied again in the CG5 short abt the song and dogday is in a different room. he even tried to escape struggling a bit and ask "maybe i can still get out" but then give up. so maybe prototype or someone else tied him again once noticed hes still alive, so the suffering will just continue. the CG5 thing might be or not canon, we need confirmation abt this.

[@ILuvHudson1]

I am definitely leaning toward the prototype being good, and the orphans being alive wouldn't surprise me. After all, if the prototype is Elliot Ludwig, he wouldnt kill them, and freeing them also isn't practical (maybe one of the worst outcomes). The only thing I've been struggling with reconciling is Dog Day calling the player "Poppy's angel." If we decide its Poppy vs the prototype, that would put Dog day on her side, and I liked him. BUT it could also be Poppy manipulating the other toys. She certainly seems capable!

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

This is an excellent point Poppy could be manipulating the other toys still alive around the factory. Even if it's just to gain trust.

[@RowanTS]

Genuine question that sounds sarcastic: is there a real reason why Elliot’s Walt-Disney’d-body parts couldn’t have been put into Poppy? That she’s Elliot, knowingly or unknowingly? I mean what better toy to put Ludwig’s dead/dying self into than the toy that made him successful?

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

I've always theorized and assumed Elliot is the prototype. I had not considered Elliot to be Poppy! It might be something to look into!

[@RowanTS]

Neat! Poppy seems so much more advanced than the other ‘Bodies’. But this ‘living’ Poppy we’re talking to needn’t have been made at the same time as the initial doll - that was what truly launched Elliot’s success and got him money for all his projects in the first place after all. If we’re to assume the ‘Huggy Plays Bigfoot’ dot mp4 that ends with him just before recapture and standing outside a house, is in fact elderly Ludwig’s house (if I were Huggy I know who I’d be beelining to murder), that gives a ~2 year window for Poppy’s creation. A much more perfected process by now if Sawyer wanted it to be; we saw she was locked up without need to eat, so maybe he finally discovered 1006’s ‘secret’ of immortality. Perhaps the intent being to have this reborn Poppy give the orders in her own titular company? It makes a great image at least. We found Poppy in the Ludwig area, his office locked with a Poppy key. And Poppy was locked in the box with the poppy red gas which causes horrific nightmares - again, makes sense as revenge they would want, never-ending nightmares of a personal hell. And we were told to go back, messages scrawled on the paint, to leave the poppy and its secrets. The Prototype once tried to escape, but no more, now the coast is clear but it’s keeping everything and itself locked down here. The one trying to breach containment is Poppy. Perhaps it fears that this would all start over again. I’d say the biggest argument against could be Poppy’s presumably real eyes being blue, but we only have one bit of one Chapter One tape that shows a potentially dark-eyed Ludwig, with everything they’ve ever released since having the face/eyes obscured, which is clearly a choice the developers have made though so… If Ludwig was supposed to have a dead female relation, especially young, and perfectly blameless and innocent thank you very much please ignore the horror genre, I feel like there would be more seeds sown for that by now. That’s the reason why most theorists assume she’s Stella or another repeatedly mentioned character - there’s no real groundwork for anyone beyond the main cluster of named characters, and she acts too…’morally complexly’ to put it nicely. At the moment the fleeting mention in the video of a ‘family death’ in the 60’s is the lone thing which could even possibly hint at that, but could just as easily be a red herring and simply the start of Ludwig’s obsession with making the dead live again. Whereas currently the seeds sown are that Poppy always seems to know more than she says; intends revenge on what captured her rather than trying to escape it and telling the world the truth; and that there is no innocence to be found in anything down here. ((And okay I’m not going to take ‘gender-bend to obscure narrative’ theory to ridiculous extremes, so I’m not saying I believe this, but have to float it…his wife was called Molly. The voice is called Ollie. Just seems weird. Not saying it’s her, but there’s got to be a direct relationship with Ludwig there right? …And I’m now just realising that’s totally where he got the habit of putting -y sounding suffixes on everything’s name didn’t he, cus of her? Urg.))

[@MatthewKing-Alexander]

What an excellent video, I have been a fan of this KZbin channel for 3 weeks, and I am happy to have found another new cool KZbin channel.

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

Aww, I'm glad! Thank you so much for being here!

[@MatthewKing-Alexander]

@@PhoebzOrPhoebe you're welcome

[@leomartinez8382]

I believe poppy playtime is not because of Poppy her self but it's more referencing the strage power of the poppy folower based chemical to create toys and reincarnating the protagonist. In the end you will probably need to end whatever proces is bringing you back from the dead.

[@tylamcgilverson3923]

My hot take is Ollie is the original boogie bot aka the security system and they made a toy off it

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

👀

[@crashkey]

That was a good take, the VHS representing the orphans during the hour of joy is a very kewl thought! and i did not notice the clocks were all saying 10:06! Nice vid! I think another layer that is shown through that VHS is that after Catnap arrived on the scene he killed the critters (as we would later find out), what with Dogday being represented on the couch with no legs and arms stretched out. That final shot of him smiling with their bodies all around him and Dogday's pose is well.. Great stuff they clearly put effort into that.

[@FMasterMCPEG]

In the "Hour of joy" Tape I saw 2 children in 1st and 2nd clip thay the toys didnt attack and just let them run away from an employee

[@zoewonderling5812]

If Catnap is trying to protect the orphans, is Dogday against that? Is Catnap even responsible for cutting off DogDay's legs? They produce red gas other places, maybe Dogday didn't know who he actually saw. Far fetched I know, just having a hard time adding everything we have up, by design😅

[@TheRB3]

I have a theory I have been pondering, what if.... even though, Huggie, Mommy and Catnap were deranged and hostile, they were trying to keep the prototype from getting out and recking havoc?

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

That's an interesting theory! I think the thing that makes me doubt Huggy and Mommy keeping the prototype in is that the prototype is very intelligent. He is the one who convinced the bigger bodies to participate in the hour of joy. I think the prototype is the master mind.

[@TheRB3]

Yeah, that is the thing that is keeping me from fully going into that theory. I hope we get more insight in Chapter 4!@@PhoebzOrPhoebe

[@kioger8956]

Fun fact that picture with the 4 kids with their faces scratched out are the kids who went into huggy wuggy, cat nap, kissy missy and possible boxy boo if you want a explation reply to my comment

[@LOREisDEAD]

I would like to hear more actually.

[@t-girl9643]

Honestly, I don't think this game really has a 'villain' in this story. Because just like Poppy, I belive the prototype genuinely belives that he's doing the right thing, even if it means making selfish choises. The biggest reason the Prototype was able to start the hour of joy, is promesing the other toys freedom, yet they still are in the factory. Most likely because he knows the toys will hurt people when they are outside. The Prototype lied to them, just like Poppy lied to us, but with reason, even tho it's selfish. Like father like daughter i guess. If the kids are alive, that would mean, to keep them alive, the Prototype would had to feed them the bodies of the dead employes. Besides the kids would had grown into adults, wich EVERY experiment hates. Remember that in home sweet home, you can find cribs, so there's a chance that there are still kids in the factory. BUT most likely had see the old ones get killed, or even eat them. So either way, good intetnions or not, the player has to stop the Prototype. Wether or not the kids are still alive.

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

You worded this greatly! There's a lot of gray area in the Poppy Playtime Universe

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

So this whole thing could just be another "Shadow of Colossus" style type of storyline? Now that would be very interesting. It would be nice to see the kids alive getting them to proper homes.

[@OMAR3ITO]

Honestly Im starting to feel like the end of this game may come to a good or bad ending Maybe the good one is being to escape after realizing why this happened

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

Agreed. After everything that has happened just in the first 3 Chapters, I am not sure if our main character will be able to ever make it out of the factory.

[@autumnscanlon]

Theory: CatNap and Mommy Long-Legs are still alive. Reason: Mommy got crushed, but her head and torso are still there. With CatNap, all he got was a burn and a stab in the mouth. He could definitely be alive. So we are bad for doing that. EDIT: And we already know Huggy is alive.

[@jveda4029]

Finally someone who thinks Poppy’s a bad person 👏🏾🥹

[@kaplasquad]

you're back with more theoriess!!!! i love your videosss🫂

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

Yay! Thank you!

[@nowhere18]

I think chapter 4 will be the last chapter. I think poppy is traumatized is blinded by vengeance the way things are going chapter 4 is going to darker

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

I heard that there might be 5 Chapters but I have yet to confirm it. I think the developers were teasing 5, but again could be wrong. Either way, I am excited to see where this story is headed.

[@joeson9582]

And Chapter 6

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

@@joeson9582 UGH I hope its only 5 Chapters I don't want to wait 10 years to play all of these games 😭

[@joeson9582]

No that can't be true if there going to be a chapter 6 maybe it might come out in 2026 or 2027

[@SoulsTheory]

7:20, Poppy never implied that the children were senselessly slaughtered. It's clear she's talking about the employees. The point of us being recruited by Poppy is to free the children (as implied on the dream sequence and an unused audio of Poppy at the end of chapter 2). Also, the Prototype tortures toys who disagrees with him (hence, DogDay...I love that everyone on the "poppy is evil" camp tend to not take much attention to DogDay's words or condition, as it doesn't fit the theory) and forces the smaller critters (i.e. the children) to do what the Prototype says in order to be fed.

[@RowanTS]

Also I thought the kids were turned into the ‘millions of pairs of eyes’ that are the little smiling critters that ate DogDay. Cus who else can they be? They’re clearly biological-hybrids given their hunger, and the kids are linked to the Smiling Critters in the cartoon. The Mimic- I mean Prototype, just mimics what it’s already seen. Which is how to make a veritable army of living toys.

[@jacobtww3677]

Yes I have been waiting for a theory like this‼️🔥

[@riftwalker190]

Here's a wild Theory, the prototype was never involved in the hour of joy. What if after theo almost dying and the prototype saving him, poppy used him as a god figure to encourage the toys to turn on the humans. After the hour of joy, poppy would turn on the prototype so they would side with her. In a quick move, the prototype would trap poppy in that case to contain her. He might also have had help from another toy. In the end, a good Chunk of the factory would have believed Poppy's lies about the prototype, thinking he was a monster think dogday and monmy. Poppy would understandably want revenge so she manipulates us to turn on the prototype, just like with the toys. This theory is supported by the fact that we don't see or hear anything about the prototype in the hour of joy. its always been we think and info poppy herself gave us. Its also Worth noting Poppy's scented hair with a possible calming aura so people trust her. Its just a theory though... A GAME THEORY!

[@ScoobyDoobi]

I feel like the story that is slowly unfolding is one where there really is no true "good or evil" everyone has there agendas, everyone has there own reason for there choices. Even our character. And i feel like NO ONE talking about this, our character was a employee, the game even hinted throughout OUR nightmares scenes we have guilt over leaving and came back for our own reasons when a piece fo the past was delivered to the player character. We the player are only learning these new things but our character must already knew what was going on. I have my own theory about our character we play as. I heavily believe as it been hinted in the game we must have played as one of the scientists that been conducting these experiments. And i believe the hallway nightmare segment where we listen to a radio news talk about when a body was found in the company owner home it actually was a event that happened, we listened to that news and our character had there own "wake up call" too how truly messed up every thing was and we left before going any deeper and then the hour of joy happened. And with how huggy keeps popping up throughout chapter 3 i heavily believe we had something to do with the creation of huggy and feel even mkre heavy guilt for killing him. There no way the character we are playing is any way guilt free themselves and chapter 4 is going to reveal more of our true identity and what we have done whether it is my theory or something justt as horrible.

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

I agree with you! No one is good in this story... And I actually made a whole video theorizing about who our main character might be! I think Chapter 4 is going to give us more information about our main character and the prototype.

[@keshiaanders6452]

I don't think the Prototype is a "good guy," and it's highly unlikely that the children are alive; unless you're talking about them being turned into toys against their will, only a few are "alive". The one theory I think is most likely to be true is that the Prototype & Poppy are connected. As in the Prototype is Ludwig, while Poppy is/was his daughter that he brought back to life as the doll. But they have different goals in the game, while Ludwig/Prototype wants to live forever in his growing abomination of a toy's body, Poppy wants to end it all because she doesn't want to be alive anymore if her father keeps on doing this to many countless lives for years or more to come. And I'm guessing this all ends with all of toys being turned back into lifeless plastic & plush (the blood stains are still there, but it doesn't look it came from the toys), including Poppy now that their spirits are free to pass on.

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

I definitely feel like it is a father and adopted daughter situation with those 2

[@sboy2044]

No the toys are very obviously organic. Have you not seen Miss Delight’s face?

[@jktech2117]

tbh i rather being of plastic and plush than dying someday XD but surely not test stuff on others (even if this does speed up progress, if ur doing stuff with the human body then ofc human experiment end up getting things faster)

[@sboy2044]

@@jktech2117 What do you mean?

[@jktech2117]

@@sboy2044 OP idea that some wanna just die cuz they got plush and plastic bodies

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

It would be interesting if Poppy is being genuine all along and that the Prototype really is just trying to protect the children. What if Ollie is the true antagonist who initiated the hour of joy and has been playing Poppy and the Prototype against each the entire time to get at the orphans? I have a theory that the boy found in the duffle bag at Elliot's estate is somehow connected with Ollie. I know this sounds like a huge stretch, but what if Ollie was an orphan that had a terminal illness or something and Elliot saved him by turning him into a toy (baby long legs), but then Elliot quickly discovered that Ollie was evil to the core, which shook Elliot's entire worldview about how children are all inherently good.

[@Neku628]

Who's to say Poppy isn't actually an adult employee, probably a higher up? I mean, that would explain the manipulation since adults are better at manipulating others than kids are. I hope I am not sounding ageist.

[@bryanyoung1397]

no one ..cause she quite likely IS.

[@Bobthelargecamera]

Your cat so cute

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

Thank you his name is Cirrus!

[@amandamoore7512]

Poppy Playtime shows it’s important to understand the meanings of protagonist and antagonist as well as unreliable narrators. They do *not* mean good guy and bad guy, they mean main journey character and their opposition with an unreliable narrator being someone who’s perspective cannot be trusted as reality of the narrative I’m convinced Poppy is our unreliable narrator and potential antagonist Lolita is a perfect example of these archetypes as not only is it an unreliable narrator story but the protagonist is not a *good* guy. He’s simply the person who’s journey is being portrayed. Lolita herself is the *antagonist* as she is actively working against his goals but *she’s* the *good guy*

[@MaheenUsman-m9k]

Phoebe i love your videos your so prettyy !

[@TheGunslingerofGames]

8:38 speak of the devil! A catnap!!!!😂😂

[@realmirrorofficial]

i find it ironic that poppy is manipulating us cos we have no choice but says the same thing abt the prototype. how the tables have turned...

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

How the tables have turned is correct.

[@Rockstar_Baby]

Poppy didn't crash the train she just redirected it, the player crashed the train

[@lmads8023]

How did poppy crash the train? Wow she's mighty strong and shocked herself. Who did crash the train?

[@mxmo.outdanced]

ppl think chapter 4 will be the last but imo it wont. i think it will be like fnaf where its never ending, also the devs (i think) said they planned 5 and 6 and wants it to make it to chapter 10

[@Lillian-p4g]

What happened with the orphanags

[@Justmyselfyt]

If wego to the VHS tape part I belive maybe the children are still asleep

[@TheLostGrem]

I swear a hear a theory from somebody for the first time and now everyone says the same thing

[@JamisonFitzwater-fz7gt]

I like prototype because the prototype my ether the popy or poppy’s dad

[@JellyHydi]

Phoebe

[@MTF_resh-1_operative]

Isn’t that gun that like rifle-shotgun thing the Luftwaffe used in Africa?

[@laymansterms1776]

But the children would be adults now...

[@FlintsForge6931]

due too a tape we see elliot ludwig talking too catnap so the prototype cant be elliot ludwig

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

In the Chapter 3 Catnap VHS Leith Pierre was talking to catnap. Not Elliot Ludwig

[@FlintsForge6931]

@@PhoebzOrPhoebe thx for correcting my stupidity at recognising voices

[@nicepeeva1048]

Guys.I don't think the prototype is good guy maybe that thing was trying to get revenge for this strange sciencents to make him human to monster. And also Poppy isn't a evil maybe she trying to help the player to the destroying.

[@djmena06]

Hi out of topic but is that a real fox on the chair ? ✨🤩

[@PhoebzOrPhoebe]

It's my cat! His name is Cirrus

[@kileyottinger3298]

I think the prototype is good

[@AYoutubeChannel44]

It’s gray not black or white

[@TRG_R17Two]

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[@kenschannel8051]

He saved player…duh

[@2012manj]

Give me your Siamese kitty i don't care pls my dream is to have a cat 😺🐈😺🐈😺🐈