Who Is PW in the Poppy Playtime Orientation Notebook? Theory

[@unsightedshadow2780]

The 'W' could stand for 'White'. In Ch3 a 'Dr. White' is mentioned in a tape, and his name is highlighted in the credits. He's wasn't just a random scientist, he was someone important. And were being clues to that.

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

Paul White maybe?

[@ABAO2009]

I thought it was Professor White, but yeah it probably is the letter of his first name

[@Cactus123_yt]

I don't think he is Dr. White. The higher ups didnt seem to care about the employees. And considering that he was helping to create bigger bodies might mean that he was a higher up.

[@dosentexsits]

his name is Harley sawyer

[@breadwinner80]

@@Cactus123_ytpw was ALSO helping with the bigger bodies though.

[@Cinnalock]

Another connection could be the reports on the BB Bobby Bearhug's struggle with the transition, and then her cutout lines in the actual games, saying she was lost without the player and has been lost for a long time before begging the player to take her with them. The Bigger Body struggled to recognize and navigate it's environment, maybe PW took it upon himself to be Bobby's caretaker, or at least was the one to escort her to different parts of the factory when she needed to be moved? So maybe Bobby is lost without PW to lead her around anymore? I'm curious as to what state a Big Body would have to be in to be deemed a failure and scraped versus one that's not optimal but able to still be experimented on to try and get it to work.

[@entityunknown732]

The failures are the experiment that didn't make it, the experiments have four digit numbers. The rejected toys can also be seen as failures.

[@PixieYelsraek]

I felt the "They were people. Not things, people." implied that they were turned into toys upon their deaths, becoming "things"

[@SQUISHYCANDYGUT]

Not exactly, at least I don’t think so. They clearly valued the employees more than the toys. The toys were prolly considered “things” in the company’s eyes, since they obviously try to control the toys.

[@PixieYelsraek]

@@SQUISHYCANDYGUT LOL you aren't disagreeing with me though. Once they died, they were no longer people to the company anymore. A company like that, can't tell me it wouldn't have a clause someplace in the small print employment contracts giving their bodies for experiments.

[@MrEditerishere]

P.W. is a Playtime Co. employee who worked as a biologist. During his tenure, he exploited the cracks in the company's recording policy to uncover its dark secrets. He debuted in the Orientation Notebook and lent his voice in the Poppy Playtime Orientation Notebook Announcement Trailer.

[@antleredfox]

The fact the safety message was rejected shows that even though they were in the science division they didn't have a lot of sway. Their safety concerns were ignored and that might of put them in bad graces with the rest of the company. The other thing I'm curious is about is how the prototype found out about the blackout. Before he died Rowan Stoll said he set up an hour blackout so that he could get information out. He died before but the blackout still happened and helped with the Hour of Joy.

[@Forgottensnapdragon]

Pretty sure bunzo saying "June 28th" is a reference to Markiplier's birthday

[@tinyarsonic8756]

That would be a cool easter egg for sure but why Mark? As far as ik he has no involvment in the franchise? (Like for example Jacksepticeye has, so wouldn't his birthday make more sense?) I think its connected to something else :0

[@Forgottensnapdragon]

@@tinyarsonic8756 Idk, when I looked it up the wiki said it is in fact a reference to Mark's birthday but if it's actually just a coincidence, then my bad.

[@auragleaf02]

It's been confirmed by jacksepticeye that it's true he was the one that asked the developers it in to scare mark

[@compassrose1466]

@@tinyarsonic8756it’s not. It’s been confirmed by staff on the game and Jacksepticeye who asked to have it added..

[@Forgottensnapdragon]

@@auragleaf02 Ah okay

[@diypropsmodels7064]

I think P.W was like “ I want to expose them somehow but I don’t want to get murder by this company “ especially if you remember how Rowan Stoll ended

[@Cactus123_yt]

I didnt say anything about him volunteering🥱

[@diypropsmodels7064]

@@Cactus123_yt he didn’t volunteer anything lol

[@franciscomorales883]

In chapter 3 poppy mentions “I know you came back to look for your co workers but they’re gone. Terrible things have happened.” Somewhere around there. I feel like we might be playing as PW

[@lowstress420]

He cared about his friends but didnt give a fuck about the kids, crazy

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

I think that's kind of the point of Paul Walker aka P.W. doing something. I think they're going back to try to fight for ALL involved by burning everything to the ground. One of the death screens in CH 3 says something along the lines of. "Burn it all down." Implying the company as a whole. I think Paul is realizing that he should have fought for both the kids and employees and is going to end everything. That is after getting the rest of the kids out that were taken by CatNap during the Hour of Joy. My guess is everyone is in the labs that will be seen in CH 4.

[@RotheAlien]

He says they wouldn't let anyone except specialised workers interact with the kids so it's not like he could do much about them, you can't save someone you cannot talk to and meet. He seems like the sort of character that cares about the things that are in reach, like his own wellbeing and his team, but that's it

[@Xainos28]

PW could also be short for Playtime Worker

[@Planet9Boiiiiiiiiiiiii]

No it’s short for his first name and last name

[@Xainos28]

@@Planet9Boiiiiiiiiiiiii doubt it, if it was different letters than pw I could believe it, but this is too simple to be a name

[@thecutecat2561]

​@Xainos28 Playtime worker would not have the W capitalized as that was not his official job title. Also, a biologist would never be that low in the hierarchy to ever sign off official incident reports with such a meaningless title. He says he wants to sit down and talk with the higher-ups about plans he seems to already have about improving security. He is very passionate in this plea and it is going straight to the highest people in the company, it would make no sense for him to use such a generic set of initials here. Plus his own copy of his orientation book, which included his own personal notes, birthdate, and working schedule, and his back story!! It has huge identifiers if anyone else found it, and he doesn't need to hide from himself, so why call himself P.W. throughout his own book. That makes zero sense. That's like a person using generic job initials that fit anyone at work to sign off their personal home diary where they write down all their secrets and identifying information. It serves to lead to more headaches then helping anything.

[@swordheartstudios]

When really thinking on who PW is from what we know from the book along with game it could be possible that PW is Dr. White who was first mentioned in Poppy Playtime Chapter 3. We don't know much about their character from Chapter 3 other than a mention from Miss Delight from the VHS tape in Home Sweet Home. But with PW's last initial being a W it could stand for White along with the fact that he's said to be a biologist in the book that could support this theory. Dr. White is a seemingly important character that was brought up in Chapter 3 and it makes me wonder what the Mob Entertainment have in store for the future unraveling more of the mystery with the characters we don't know much about as of now.

[@terrifytee]

Good point!

[@Enmulower1]

In chapter 3 we were introduced to a new character called dr white “p.w” could be dr white

[@phoneguy4637]

it could either be a new name or just short for "playtime worker".

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

This is true it could mean Playtime Worker but I prefer Paul Walker. I don't know just sounds better to me.

[@tinyarsonic8756]

Could be but its odd that pw is written in the 'name' section if thats the case

[@New3DSLuigi364]

I'm Not Convinced. . . that cut-out could've just been for anyone who had a birthday on 6/28; Plus; I'm Still on the Bandwagon that thinks OUR Player could be the 5th Executive on the broken nameboard with each slide being for one of the higher-ups. . . Jamie Boyhan

[@johantapia70]

I think that mob entertainment could already be revealing the identity of the player with this book since what it says in the promotional video was hired for the experimental area in addition to the fact that the toys hate player for having played an important role in the experiments and not They would hate any employee so much.

[@cmtocco]

I think P.W. is us because notice that some pictures he taped in are from the collapsed factory such as the furnace room from chapter 2 as well as old blood on progress reports and stuff but new blood on the pages and even on top of those reports possibly from mommy, when catnap attacked us in the offices and catnap's death (not to mention that is some of those factory pictures it has OUR grabpack

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

I'm still of the mindset that P.W. stands for a man named Paul Walker.

[@skyenight-by8yh]

Or maybe even Patrick Warren? Polly Wright? Peter Watterson? There’s only so many guesses. 😅

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

@@skyenight-by8yh Very true I like the other three names you came up with.

[@skyenight-by8yh]

@@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon Thanks, and these were just at the top of my head. 😅

[@Bench322]

Or maybe... PLAYTIME WORKER?

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

@@Bench322 that could be the case

[@anamecalledname]

I think the June 28th link is the biggest hint at who we are as the player. Why would it just be an "easter egg" for the Bunzo cardboard to say? What would be the point of that if it wasn't linking it? And the guilt thing much so much sense for us to be playing as P.W. because in chapter 3 in the home sweet home, while in deep sleep, you see "guilt haunts you" and then hear the screams of slaughter, and P.W. put in a note that the port a lounge literally saved his life. Which could mean P.W. was there the day the toys attacked and hid in the port a lounge, then left and didn't return for 10 years. Now guilt haunts him. These are things he is seeing in his fever dream, his OWN guilt. Outside of that dream, in the real time, you see words on the wall that ask the player "why did you come back?" so the toys have no idea why this employee that experimented on them is back.

[@Sith_MidoSith_Mido]

I think he is the player because in home sweet home you can see messages, reminding him of his guilt, and he was one of the scientist who worked on the bigger bodies initiative

[@tywallace7173]

I do think we are P. W. In Poppy Playtime, as in the same month notes of P. W. Say he wanted to quit working at Playtime Company but was pressured to stay, so that also does support this theory that we are playing as P. W. And in the trailer for the book, P. W. Voice sounds like a males voice, hinting that P. W's gender is Male. Anyways, take care and have a great day/night friend.

[@wildwolfwitch8226]

Obviously, we are playing as PW: Peewee Herman

[@YT_ThePlayer]

I could be wrong but I think P.W. Is the prototype or un-employee that keeps all secrets

[@Planet9Boiiiiiiiiiiiii]

That makes no sense😑

[@karolinakulesza4233]

Isn't june 28th Markiplier's birthday?? Wasn't it an inside joke????

[@Animalsquadforever]

Yes but I think they used it for the p.w person

[@kpoplover4193]

What if P.W just initials for Past Worker?

[@PrincessKitty-ee7lb]

There is a lot of combinations of names that P.W. Could be, but perhaps it’s just as simple as Playtime Worker. I mean it would be a simple and somewhat symbolic like they see themselves as equal as every other Playtime Workers there. Just a theory, a game theory! (No that is not a hint, just being a bit silly.) But being honest here just some it just came to me when the guy mentioned that there is no other initials for PW and he shows the Playtime Co building.

[@loganentertainment1814]

It's hard to say exactly, but I do like the idea. Even the slide we go down in chapter 2, there's one that has a label, but there are letters on the floor that's supposed to spell out a name, so if there's a P and W in that pile of letters, it could be possible we are playing as P.W?

[@kashmiraaj1529]

You are the best book teller book!

[@anxious-_-panda]

I think it’s too convenient if P.W is our character, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s mentioned in Ch4 as possibly someone else who tried to come into the building after the factory closed? Just throwing it out there but he could also be Ollie’s father? (Possibly bought Ollie into the factory when exploring and when/if P.W was killed then it would leave Ollie alone in the factory, also makes sense as to how Ollie sounds quite young) I have no evidence but it’s always good to just throw ideas around!

[@anxious-_-panda]

Also Ollie could have sent the letter to our character (explains the misspelling) if our character was an old work colleague of P.W, he (P.W) might have mentioned to Ollie to get in contact with us (the player) if anything were to go wrong when exploring the factory

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

I'm still convinced that Ollie is the Prototype. The Prototype is known to be able to mimic voices. I feel that that's the one who sent the letter.

[@anxious-_-panda]

@@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon that’s very true, I think he is as well. We have no idea if Ollie is actually still alive? He could have been captured by the prototype for all we know!

[@diphalwe6915]

P.W. survived the hour of joy though. He mentions the extraction team from project playtime in one of the notes. But that actually is still possible.

[@jeffreylagden9198]

Also poppy saying the prototype put her in the box could elude to her father keeping her in that cage before he died. Like its a teaser

[@austint4139]

I’m still with the theory that we play as Rich Lovitz I like to think that p.w is just some guy who quit working at the factory because he hated it

[@diphalwe6915]

1. P.W. was persuaded to stay 2. He survived the hour of joy(he for some reason wrote a note about the extraction team from project playtime in one of the pages of the book) 3. We dont really know Rich's position in the factory after his promotion But he is still on the list of being the player (or the prototype)

[@QUEEN_Alpha_Mama86]

Anything is possible at this point😊 the theories do seem to fit in well especially with the "guilt" Another interesting theory is what if the protagonist - we the player is "elliot Ludwig " 😳 hows that for a twist.... again its just a theory anythin is possible

[@anxious-_-panda]

I like that thought but wouldn’t Poppy mention that? Especially if he’s supposedly her father. I’m not discouraging your theory at all I just threw this out there for debate 😊

[@QUEEN_Alpha_Mama86]

@@anxious-_-panda that is indeed interesting ud think she would, unless maybe poppy is also under the influence of the prototype idk.... some aspects of poppy shes on our side and before the train crash, she changed her mind about not allowing us to leave playtime co. So idk poopy is still unsure to me weather or not she is likely to be trusted, cuz her attitude changed quickly before that train crashed... she sounded evil vs friendly something is definitely off with poppy, but yet again all the characters are off in some way... whats even more odd with poppy playtime is one min we see elliot Ludwig face and other videos of playtime its covered with a black box so its like maybe we dont even knoe who eillott Ludwig is.. Its interesting how this game has twist and turns, makes me wonder if maybe this hole game is an illusion in itself at times i think that.... but idk i aint no conspiracy theorists, but it would be a hell of a twist if us as the protagonist ended up bein eillot Ludwig, just would be a great twist is all i was sayin, if that was true then 1006 is Rich 😂😂👏🏻again it be fun if that happened just sayin lol

[@ThePastTheorists]

I have one question. Why did PW even apply to join playtime co?

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

That's a good question probably for money and thought they were going to make a positive difference.

[@psychosplatterstudios619]

Personally I think we’re playing as Stella. She has tapes in all three chapters, similar to Rich who many think might be the original prototype. She was a higher up, but also actually worked at the orphanage and helped find kids homes. In chapter one she viewed being turned into a doll as a dream come true, and at least in the early days of the BBI, it seems being turned into a toy was a form of mercy (see how they used injured or neurotic kids like Theo and Marie), so she may not have known about the abuse of the toys and how eventually they just started grabbing random kids. She was unaware the child she was helping get adopted was sent to be turned into a toy, and as a higher up she could run away, but no one would bother looking for her because if she spilled the beans she’d have blood on her hands as well, unlike the innocent workers Playtime killed to keep quite.

[@wooden_raven]

me too

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

Sorry, but this Stella theory has been disproven. Watch the trailer for this Orination Notebook the canon voice for P.W. is a guy. We are playing as the kid who wrote the notes in this very book. His birthday is on June 28th as stated by the cardboard cutout of Bunzo Bunny in CH 2.

[@psychosplatterstudios619]

@@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon Wait so if PW a biologist or a kid? Becuse it looks like PW is the one writing the notes and he expressly says he’s an adult. I’m also hesitant to assume PW is the protagonist, for all we know the birthday note could be an Easter egg (I remember people assumed it was a reference to Markapliers birthday when Chapter 2 first came out)

[@breadwinner80]

​@@BurningFlamesofDivineDragonI've seen you refer to PW as a kid multiple times in multiple replies. The book states PW is a biologist who works for playtime Co, not a kid

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

My bad if you check the trailer for this orientation notebook. You'll notice that P.W. has a thin and wiry voice. Sounding about the age of 18 to 25 years old. That's why I call P.W. a Kid so to speak. Recent college graduate. I hope this helps.

[@themymelodyCafe]

Anybody else think it stands for (P) playtime (W) worker, makes sense?

[@sarahzahira7432]

Yup

[@verybigAL437]

Feels too cut and dry to be believable

[@sarahzahira7432]

@@verybigAL437 really? What makes you say that?

[@verybigAL437]

@@sarahzahira7432 I mean everyone we know by now has a fully fleshed out name, I feel like that would be slightly lazy writing to reveal that the PW initials was actually playtime worker and not a name like Paul Walker or something.

[@sarahzahira7432]

@@verybigAL437 ok youre not wrong there but still, its a bit early? Like it could be another name like Peter Wattersons, Paige Wyatt, Pedro Warner and so on and so forth, so for now Playtime Worker is the closer cuz it sounds like they don't want to be revealed incase this book falls into another hand.

[@paris_not_france]

Okay. I confess. I am PW. I can’t keep the secret any longer 😂 My name is Paris Wright

[@YT_ThePlayer]

I did be wrong but I think P.W. is the prototype or un-employee that keeps all secrets

[@YT_ThePlayer]

Ignore this I mess up

[@durratulaishah3703]

Just delete it if you messed it up bruh

[@Itz_ASG21Here]

Maybe P.W. stands for Parker Woodstone

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

Parker Woodstone I really like this idea.

[@CamdenKaneakaNeptunesdaughter]

I think this may be the best bet in who we are.

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

I say yes this is definitely who we play as. It has to be Paul Walker. We know what his voice sounds like from the trailer for this Orientation Notebook. I say this because why reveal what he sounds like canonically if Paul isn't the one we are playing as?

[@karlhunt7940]

pw yes karl

[@Forgottensnapdragon]

Never heard of the name "Trenton"

[@error1421]

p.w. stands for playtime wemployee

[@jeffreylagden9198]

Hes name may have been removed from the fun tunnel entrance

[@lowstress420]

Nda dont hold up to this im sure he can go tell the authorities and they would help

[@noobking673]

in the calendar he has on the date of the hour of joy an appointment with the higher ups so he probaply died on this date

[@kittesereten]

I think P.W stands for Patrick Williams

[@angelicafigueroa0221]

We play as an employee Mommy long legs confirmed we worked there before NOW, we could be a human turned into a toy like Braun, and that's why the toys don't trust us..... What if we're the in between or after result of the Ms Delight toy line, what if we're a teacher, proctor toy that was once human, maybe even as close to human as possible and we got out before the hour of joy where we were supposed to join everyone, but we didn't.... WE left.....and now stumbling across that "we're still here" letter we feel bad and go back.... As a toy As a former employee

[@jasperclyntclaridad3385]

also june 28 is actually the birth day of the king of F ive N ight's A t F reddys

[@txlmu]

I know who you are, Phil Wilson

[@ariette6847]

I think it might be the Player

[@LocalRobloxAnimator]

Tbh I think P.W is the player character

[@110pLover]

This comment section has my brain fried

[@dexterwaltz8884]

Bobby bear hug became Bobby bear rug lol !!.... don't kill me

[@entityunknown732]

Nah buddy, you're not safe. JK

[@kaivalyajoshi5595]

PW - Physics Wallah

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

I'm still of the mindset that P.W. stands for a man named Paul Walker. So I say yes this is definitely who we play as. It has to be Paul Walker. We know what his voice sounds like from the trailer for this Orientation Notebook. I say this because why reveal what he sounds like canonically if Paul isn't the one we are playing as? Just seems a bit weird to me to put all of that effort for such a short trailer if we weren't playing as Paul Walker.

[@selestlopez7141]

But what is PW?🤔🌼

[@TomBendyPlayz]

1st

[@thcoolboygameben64]

One Problem With The Player Is P.W Theory, Also At The End Of The Book The Calendar States That He Was Persuaded To Stay At The Company After Planning To Leave, But That Was A Couple Of Days Before The Hour Of Joy, So He Probably Died 🫡

[@BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

Paul Walker probably took a sick day. It seems to be implied that Paul knew the hour of joy was going to happen.

[@thcoolboygameben64]

Hmm, True, Maybe They Were Giving Us A Red Hearing With It