Game Theory: The Monster In The Shadows (Poppy Playtime Chapter 2)

Today we return to the terrifying world of Poppy Playtime. Now that I've had the chance to play through all of Poppy Playtime Chapter 2, it's time to see what secrets we can uncover from the gameplay as well as the game files. We are talking DEEP LORE, Theorists! From The Prototype, 1006, to Poppy herself - we have our work cut out for us!

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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick and Tom Robinson
Editors: Alex "Sedge" Sedgwick, AbsolutePixel, and Jerika (NekoOnigiri)
Assistant Editor: Caitie Turner (Caiterpillart)
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

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[femkev.]

In the game itself, it is VERY strongly implied that the other toys were created from the orphan children. If you read the test sheets, you’ll see that each orphan child participating in the game station has been assigned a toy. It’s likely that after they completed the tests to the company’s satisfaction, they were fused with their assigned toy.

[AUserThatIsDeleted]

I think that Huggy Wuggy having "Maximum obedience" implies that he wouldnt have tried to kill you on his own accord and that someone sent him after you.

[jaygamer]

The death messages “The prototype saved us” and “ isn’t he wonderful?”, gives me the assumption that The prototype perhaps saved the other possessed toys by murdering the humans experiment on them. I believe the toys were at first grateful to the prototype until the prototype started killing the them. I also think the orphanage the company advertised was really to have more test subjects

[jameswest]

Personal theory on my part: Poppy didn't send the letter. She was locked up until we came along, so not sure how she could have done it. The Prototype is, what I think, the most likely suspect. Why still remains to be seen though

[dontmindme]

A suggestion: If we go along with the theory of "orphans being turned into monsters" and the poster encouraging adoption, what if the kids that weren't adopted were turned into toys, so they could still be "adopted into a household" in a sick way. I know this is most likely untrue but it's a weird thought I got.

[robbieking]

You didn’t mention how Poppy said “We’ll set things right.” And before the train crashed she was suddenly cut off by something. I believe the Protptype or maybe Huggy crashed the train and attacked Poppy. We don’t know what her plan exactly is, but I don’t think it’s malicious. She wants to put a stop to the evil her existence has lead to the creation of.

[Storm-rece]

The prototype is giving me a death row inmate vibe. He's smart and resourceful, knows how to escape, and is extremely willing to kill. Is it possible that Elliot used someone who was already meant to die before moving on to testing "less intelligent", more obedient orphans? That would explain why the prototype has an abnormal design. He was never assigned a toy because he isn't a kid.

[racquelillustrates]

I’ve been watching other theorists, and some of them believe that Stella still got her wish to become a toy. Not as Poppy, but as Kissy Missy. Think about it, even though we only saw her once, she didn’t attack us and instead helped us. Plus, with the way she looked back at the Player, she might’ve recognized them as a former employee or at least isn’t feral and still retained some of Stella’s kindness.

[CrazyHawkeComics]

6:58 Everyone keeps thinking Huggy Wuggy survived and pulled himself into the vents, but what I think makes more sense is that the Prototype dragged his corpse into the vents and incorporated him into itself like Mommy Long Legs says as she's ground up!

[Darke_Exelbirth]

Personally I feel that the protagonist is themselves an experiment. Something about the way Poppy says you'll do whatever she asks makes me think of that "maximum obedience" line.

[jasminmorris]

My theory is: When it was announced that Huggy Wuggy was obedient, they were referring to the "security measure" put in place from the beginning of the game in Chapter 1. In first tape the guy said something about tame security measures, but Huggy Wuggy isn't one of the tame measures. That is what they mean when they say he is obedient because he is basically a security measure for trespassers.

[rinthewolf]

Based on some of the death screens, such as "The prototype has saved us" and "Isn't he amazing", I wouldn't be surprised if we found out the player character was a successful experiment of some kind. Like sombody decided to see if the tech used to make dolls could also make a human.

[TheTrueDiablix]

Mommy Long Legs recognized the player character as a staff member and said you deserved to die for your role.
In chapter 1, we're told the factory has unconventional security measures, but we never actually see any actual security. Huggy Wuggy doesn't initially attack you, and in fact gives you the key to get inside, which means Huggy Wuggy probably recognized you as staff immediately. The only reasons that seem reasonable for why he attacked you later was either 1. Someone sent him after you (maximum obedience), or 2. You entered a part of the factory that you didn't have security clearance for and psycho Huggy Wuggy was the unconventional security measures.

It seems strange that you would be recognized so quickly and easily when they presumably haven't seen you in over a decade, and that mommy long legs says for your role you deserve to die unless the player character was either a head researcher of some kind or someone high up in the company who kept the experiments going.

[seal]

All I know is that I hope we see more of Kissy Missy, I don't know how helpful lore wise she'll be, but... Come on... She's adorable.

[realBlueMoonMusic]

Question is: who's giving Huggy the orders if he's so obedient? Obedience doesn't simply mean obeying anyone and everyone you see but loyalty to your superior (at least that's what the context is seeming to say).

[PleureSurLePoulet]

Like everytime, MatPat is here to create the lore of a game

[KrishnanandKJ]

I love how MatPat is just roasting the game while also theorizing it.

[ebonykermode]

4:37 // I don't really know if I'm overthinking the background noises or they are genuinely what they think I are, but if you listen closely to the background noises while the male scientist is talking, you can hear banging on what I would assume to be a metal door and screams from all of the other Playtime Co. employees.

Based on the situation, the background context of how the Prototype has a history of escaping confinement, it's a possible theory that the audio log during // 4:37 // happened in a confined room with all of the Playtime Co. employees within, while someone (or something, most likely the Prototype) is trying to break in.

[knightofpwn]

I find it odd how the beta scene has Poppy's voice more sad and Sympathetic but the final version is twisted and happy. It's like they debated on the direction on if Poppy was a Victim to care for or a Villain to fear.

[katjustdied]

The FNAF similarities are golden, and this just shows how (sarcastically) excited Mat is for a new update on their lore