Why Did Poppy Change at the End of Chapter 2? | Poppy Playtime Theory 

when someone says "i'm going to need you to trust me" that's a red flag to me 👀🚩

But have you heard Poppy's deleted voice line? It actually makes her seem less sinister but it gave away some stuff that would make you think.

It’s funny, contrary to how everyone seems to react to poppy’s monologue at the end, I never real thought of it as to pointing her to be evil. Morally questionable, yes. Manipulative, yes. But evil, no. She seems to have a legitimate drive to repair the damage done in this factory. We just happen to be the tool she needs

This is exactly what I imagined

I think she will be an antihero on this story. She seems angered by the "terrible things that have happened" and wants justice. To "set things right" as she says, she will need someone who is capable. Seems like a complex character that can be manipulative, cold blooded and cunning, but in her mind the ends will justify her means

Mentioning the eyes, maybe you have noticed how almost if not every toy that is "murdered " across the hallways with slashes and have their eyes taken, not any eye is left around near the toy corpses, maybe thats a key part that the Prototype is after and Poppy having actual real eyes from our perspective in comparison to the other toys encountered makes her more vital for the prototype's experiment and Popy knows or suspects this, giving her the idea to make the player her ally to ruin his plans but also gain something from both. Maybe what the Prototype is building is not just his own body but a recreation of a human body with parts of flesh stolen from the other toys ( I noticed when the Claw crawled in one of the videos, that the forearm part had real bones to replace metal) And when that presumed body is finished both the prototype and Poppy would fight for it .

If you ask me, Poppy’s behavior strikes me as “every doll for herself” at the start. She tells the Player to wake up, maybe as a thank you for freeing her, before immediately running off and trying to get out of the factory. When you show up to make things a bit easier for her, she probably decides just before being abducted that maybe she can team up with you to escape after all. Yeah, I kinda have to agree with a few others here: She’s not evil (not that we know of yet), she just realized that there might actually be a chance to take 1006 down for good. If anything, her monotone voice when we rescue her strikes me as remorseful, not wanting to stay and keep you here but also not wanting to pass up the opportunity.

I don't think Poppy is evil, even after chapter two's ending. She betrayed us by keeping us there, sure, but she has a pretty good reason. She wants us to stop the horrors that are happening in the factory, and she was probably too scared to just ask because we used to work there. Also, her behavior at the beginning might be explained by the case. We don't know exactly how long she was in there, just that it was a long time. She probably didn't even know what state the factory was in and was discovering some of the true horrors for the first time right along side us. She had some pretty first hand experience on how bad it was when she was taken by Mommy Long Legs, seeing the state of her mind and how violent the toys are. She probably had the full intention of escaping with us like she said at the beginning, but then she realized how bad it was and decided she had to try and stop it, and in her tiny doll body, she can't do it alone. That's my theory anyway, we'll find out more about in chapter three I'm sure but until then, this is what I believe.

I believe that they learned their mistake with Huggy and made his "better half" by not giving Missy full control of her arms, I honestly don't think she'll be able to attack at all. She also seems more aware? She takes time to study the player and decide on whether to help. I agree that she definitely seems like she'd be another employee and not an orphan.

Poppy changed her mind at the end and decided that the both of us can't leave the factory just yet. After learning of how capable we still are in the factory, she saw that there might be hope of helping the toys/orphans/staff after all, so she needs us to complete tasks that will hopefully result in the freedom of everyone in the factory. She's not evil(for now at least), she's just determined to make things right. Only then I think will we be free to go home and HOPEFULLY(I'm wishing with all my might on this one!) we'll take Poppy home with us.

For kissy missy I feel like back then she was programmed to be kind and friendly especially around the staff [and children of course]. So I think when Kissy missy saw us, they knew we used to be one of the staffs-

Here’s my theory personally: in playtime for the ‘toys’ have the consciousness of children (their consciousness were transferred after experiments were done to see who was best fit) and then very traumatic eprermients were done for a very long time, now when you look at it most toys seem to have multiple personalities and depending on the ages these experiments started this could have caused these children to from DID or OSDD which would explain why they all have multiple personalities that can be triggered by multiple things. Example: mommy long legs. With her you can see her personality completely change depending on the person near by and if you check her file you can see she is very friendly and motherly to the children and other experiments but can be VERY hostile to staff and after ‘conditioning’ had happened (I assume putting them through shit till they get their act together) more ‘personalities’ were created. It would make a lot of sense these children became systems with their trauma Because these ORPHANS already had trauma when they came, were consantly under supervision and put through a lot of testing then they were put through the traumatic experience of having their consciousness transferred into toys and then were put through even more that is currently unknown but we can assume it wasn’t pretty. Not to mention after every employee was killed these toys were abandoned for many years where we don’t exactly know what happened. This could have caused more trauma to them and made more alters. This would explain why in chapter 2 poppy was very cheerful and very childlike(could have been a system little) but by the end, after she was kidnapped by mommy long legs and put through a traumatic event, she was very dark and serious which was a complete personality change from who she was at the beginning

I believe it’s her realizing a few things - (1) she’s a really small and ‘normal’ toy, so the things she can do is very limited compared to the others. (2) She saw all the feats the player has done, and because of the first point she doesn’t want to lose her best chance at getting the job done.

I think the main problem with this theory is that mommy long legs doesn't really show any signs of having different personalities. Her behavior is pretty consistent. And besides that, the file says nothing about conditioning. It just says that the children calm her down. It also says she hates the staff and that she'll attack them if they get too close. And our character used to work at the factory.

So there's been some thoughts going through my head after your playthrough of Poppy Playtime and I'd like to share them. My main issue is who wrote the letter. We've assumed that Poppy must have wrote it, after all the message asks us to "find the flower". But here's my issue. How could Poppy ever be able to write the letter, while in the form of coma/stasis. Not to mention that the language she is using doesn't seem to be that of a child's. Assuming the flower in the message is the drawn flower outside Poppy's room, then the one who wrote this letter was someone who's associated with Poppy in some form or another. Now, I've got 2 guesses. One is that the write is actually Kissy Missy and the other is experiment 1006 . Kissy Missy: We know that Playtime Co. has been experimenting on children, turning them into toys. We also know that the children were given toys to bond with. The stronger the bond, the better their affiliation with the character the toy represents. Thus the more successful the transformation of the children to the toys and the characters they represent. We've assumed that the letter was written by a child, wishing for people to come to the abandoned factory. That's because of the use of ALL capitals and the grammar misteikes. So what if the one who wrote this is Kissy Missy, who is friendly enough and doesn't seem to wish to be an obstacle for the player? She in fact was helpful towards us. And from what we know, she wasn't confined anywhere like Poppy. Not to mention that the message states that the Staff[We] is still in the factory. Why would Poppy call herself a part of the Staff instead of someone who had been working in the factory. Exp.1006: We know that experiment 1006(I will call be calling him Ex6 from now on) is a very brutal experiment. He has killed guards, attacked personnel and is probably responsible for the deaths of many of the toys. He also wants to escape and is extremely intelligent. If he wanted to attract someone, he could probably write a letter. As for the mistakes, I believe they are intentional. We all assumed that it's a child's writing but what if Ex6 did this on purpose to make us, the player, or whomever else believe that the ones that are stuck there are children? We learn from Mammy Long Legs that the player used to be an employee there. We don't know whether or not we were sinister, only that we used to work here. And since your theory of us being toys seems to be correct, we could assume that we are like Mammy Long Legs [An employee that worked with children or was aware of their existence]. Thus seeing an innocent message like this, would make us think that there are children in danger. And that would only lead to us being caught in Ex6's Web. It is either using us to escape or to become stronger or even to defeat some obstacles like Huggy Waggy and MLL. Of course, there is a chance that Ex6 was not expecting us to defeat Huggy Waggy, but instead hoped that we'd die trying to collect our dead bodies. In other words, Ex6 and Kissy Missy were free to roam the facility(and find the necessary tools to write the letter) and do seem to have a goal in mind by reaching Poppy.

Thank you for pointing out how real her eyes look and how they change. In every video I've watched I always rewind and compare to make sure I wasn't crazy. I also feel like the line in the tapes about how obedient Huggy Wuggy is can relate to how/why he helped with the key in the first game then attacked us later. Maybe Kissy missy is the same way and they both were under orders by something else to 'help' us.

I think poppy changes her tone because she was probably told by mommy long legs that the player will not be able to make it out of her tests to save poppy cause they were rigged from the jump. When the player DOES make it, poppy realizes time is of the essence and cannot afford to be jovial with the player. She can probably sense that exp. 1006 is out on the prowl and that she needs to hurry. It may even have been 1006 or some other character we havent met yet that snatched poppy off the train as she was speaking at the end of the chapter. The fact we crash near the ‘playcare’ indicates to me that we may see an enemy similar to the daycare attendant from fnaf security breach with split personalities and behavior patterns depending on whether the lights are on or off

I find it surprising how no one besides Game Theory has noticed that it isn't just soul-play involved in the toymaking process at Playtime Co....these humans have almost definitely had not only their souls but their bodies converted into these toy bodies through some bizarre scientific experiments. I mean, look at what we've seen so far: all over the place there are scrapped toys lying in puddles of blood, for starters. But more tellingly, look at Huggy Wuggy and Mommy Long Legs - Huggy has a gaping maw with very-visible saliva - something I'm pretty sure an inorganic body couldn't produce - and when we defeat him and send him hurtling into that deep pit, he smacks his head on a couple of pipes on the way down, leaving bloody marks behind. Then, when we defeat Mommy and she gets dragged into that grinder, we can see that she bleeds as her torso is crushed, and, when you slow the scene down, turn up the brightness and look *very* closely, you can even catch a glimpse of internal organs. Even Poppy herself; in her trailer when her battery is removed, we can see that it's dripping with blood, and her eyes, as Tericho said, look too real; I'm willing to bet that they ARE real. Like, who decides to put capillaries on a doll's eyes??? And I haven't even mentioned all the hidden notes in the first trailer about the experiments having functional digestive systems. No, these aren't just haunted toys. These are actual living and breathing organic creatures, which in a sense makes the game all the more terrifying. Again, I'm just surprised how barely anyone has touched on this.

For Mommy, the eyes and her hands change with changing to her "mad and angry" form. When in happy form she has a kind of "normal" fingers But when she turns into her mad form, her fingers become long and strong to catch her "prey" faster and with more strength

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Personally, I reckon that Poppy was going to fully explain herself and her plan during the "I'm going to need you to trust me" bit right before she was pulled into the hole, but after being stuck with Mommy Long Legs and fully knowing what's going on in the toy factory, stuff that we as the player haven't fully grasped yet, she becomes desperate and more serious to complete her mission, regardless of what happens to the player or how they feel about it. As for Mommy's personality shift, I watched several other playthroughs of the chapter, and to me it always felt like she was just putting on a fake persona of a friendly happy-go-lucky person whilst occasionally letting little bits of her true self out. The "I'll eat your guts while you're still alive" threat being a little tease of what's to come, and during the statues game she literally says that because the player worked at the factory they deserved to die, and when the player failed to properly end the game the way she wanted it to, you can hear her trying to maintain that persona while also trying not to snap into her real crazy self, which does happen when the player doesn't go back to her and she finally catches up.

I kind of interpreted the real vs. conditioned personalities as opposite, that the more malicious personalities might be the real/original ones with the friendly personalities being the conditioned ones. My logic behind this is that the real personalities are traumatized and morally eroded while the conditioned ones are the most ideal for the everyday public. This leads the question as to why, and I think it's either for the sake of psychological warfare or simply with the aspiration of the toys being able to help any child they could belong to through any difficult childhood traumas they may be going through (like if a child happens to have a huggy doll but that child has an abusive homelife and the huggy doll's sentience allows it to be more helpful to the child) or warfare in allowing the forms of toys to be soldiers in war and conflict getting into enemy households as toys.

This video is out before game theory and it is very consistent. Good job!

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Personally I believe that Long Legs doesn’t really have a split personality. Previous interactions with her show that her happy, caring and “Baby talk” voice and persona is an act, this is especially noted after you beat the whack a Wuggy game. She seems to force herself to retain her childish personality to congratulate us and give up the code. This is further supported by the statues game, where it becomes clear that she had no intentions of just giving up the third code, as she begs the player to come back up and in return she would hold up her end of the game. And when she realizes that her motherly nature won’t work on us anymore, she gets angry, but never completely drops the motherly facade when with us, which could be attributed to her conditioning having a permanent effect on her mannerisms. As for her eyes, if you examine more closely you can see that her irises are still green, meaning her eye change is simply due to her pupils dilating. As for Poppy, I think she wants justice of some sort for what happened at the factory all those years ago, and realizing she can’t do it herself, she’s forcing us to do so. Basically an “the ends justify the means” situation.

Here's an interesting question: We opened the case, but who shoved aside that blockage so we could reach the door? And how did Poppy get on the other side of the door? She'd be too small to reach the handle and open it. Clearly Mummy Long Legs DEFINATELY didn't want to help us - so who did it and then disappeared without harming Poppy or us? Poppy was awake so only she would have seen and known - and she said nothing. On a different track: Poppy was produced on a toyline. I don't see an established timeline where Poppy production ceased. There's no way to tell just how many Poppy's could actually still be inside this factory.

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READ THE TEST SUBJECT FORM AT 9:04 ! If you read the very last line you can see them talking about something inside statues, and as the writer is finishing the sentence, the pen appears to drag off the page asif the writer was snatched

My personal thoughts from a comment on another of your videos go as such: Huggy-Wuggy ONLY got aggressive when you tried to go further into the building, thus attempting to stop you. It's possible that all the toys share the same understanding that Experiment 1006 MUST NOT be let out, and they think (though aren't 100% sure) you're trying to do just that. Kissy-Missy didn't attack because of a single factor (in my opinion anyway) she had a belief that Mommy Long-Legs would be the one to stop you, allowing her to get back to her duty of making sure Experiment 1006 wasn't getting out. Finally Mommy Long-Legs screamed and pleaded with you when she was getting grinded, and said "Don't let me become part of him!" before dying. It's plausible to think that the other toys and the children who didn't survive the process understood the danger of what 1006 was and is. My personal theory is that within the toys there's a permanent struggle going on within them for control; the side that is programmed to stop Experiment 1006 from getting out by any means necessary, the human part of them that just wants to leave (most prevalent in Poppy, so far) and the "battle" when they're freaking out and can't decide which side is in control.

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The ending was actually foreseen from Chapter 1 from the screens, and desperation of Poppy to pop out from the screen dialogues. She shows the bond between you and her. She is trapped in the factory and wanting to escape. But her objectives differ when she somehow knew about the Prototype being unleashed, and wants to know more about the escaped experiment. After all, she was the first official experiment that was successful, as the first living doll. I think she is connected with the Prototype than what we think.

Honestly I got the vibe that she's probably just ticked off after being kidnapped lol, but there's definitely something deeper going on.

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i feel like their more aggressive personalities would be their original ones, because similar to the animatronics in sister location, these are people who have been trapped and isolated for years and wouldn’t be able to re-enter society even if they wanted to, but because mob games has already been accused of plagiarism i doubt the end of the game will be like the ending of sister location, and the toys are most likely just trying to kill you as a way of getting revenge on one of employees that trapped them in the dolls to begin with

Minitheory: Huggy is a security guard. In the last tape of chapter 2, they say that he is the most obedient experiment. In the first tape in chapter 1, they say that they have lots of surprising security measures. Since Huggy was a successful experiment, just like mommy, he may have gotten a duty in the factory, and it could have been guarding it. Also, huggy has the factory key and the alarms start going off when you see him.

Good theory! It actually makes a lot of sense how they all have 2 personalities since I'm assuming they're the soul of a human and the installed personality that comes with the new doll body. Also what new character do you think we'll meet in chapter 3? Personally I think it will be the candy cat since it's brought up quite a bit in the game and the subject file you showed in the video says the assigned toy was candy cat so that could be foreshadowing that that will be the next antagonist or at least someone we will meet at some point in the next chapter.

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I wonder if there’s a ‘trigger’ for the personality switch? For example, Huggy changes into ‘security/intruder’ mode as you get further into the factory and Mommy changes after the player ‘cheated’.

She was probably suffering from trauma after being stuck since it reminds her of her chase she was stuck in. She mentions how she would've been trapped back in her case therefore she wouldn't be in a good mood. She's not evil however she's been through a lot. She's making you help save the factory because your character would attempt to leave it. She's not evil however she's sneaky. It's also the same Poppy that's why she knows you in chapter 2.

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The true poppy is so sweet and I love her, I'm glad you mentioned this because a lot of people seem to think that poppy was just pretending to be nice even though that just doesn't make sense

Two things I noticed: 1) Poppy’s bubbly voice and playful demeanor at the beginning of C2 was a noticeable contrast not only to the end of C2, but also the end of C1 after we free her. She sounded more somber and almost in disbelief when she says “you opened my case..” 2) I think there is something different about the history of the toys with human-like eyes vs the toys with eyes like Huggy’s and Kissy’s. For one thing, notice how during gameplay Mommy and Poppy talk but Huggy & Kissy don’t. Just some things I hadn’t heard discussion about and figured at least some other folks had to have picked up on. What do yall think??

4:28 did you know that human pupil is also growing like mommy long legs? In stressful situations, pupil starts to grow to catch more light and to see better

Im so glad someone said this. It was driving me crazy how no one else had proposed this idea. I thought it up after playing through chapter two but no theorists seemed to think it.

I’ve been dying for someone to notice poppy’s eyes! I’m glad you pointed that out!

4:31 I think another thing that you missed as a detail for Mommy Long Legs' "transformation" is her hands, you can see the one on the left looks normal until it stretches out into that horrifying claw like shape

Love your videos Tericho

I’ve seen thousands of theories but this is by far my favourite

Does Poppy have a more... highly saturated colour palette by the end of the chapter or is the lighting just really different for the comparison images? To me it looks like she has redder hair as well by the end (her dress seems a bit more blue too). The only reason I ask is that I don't know if there are other Poppy dolls out there, but if there are, is it possible that our Poppy got swapped for another, by Mommy or somebody or somebody else, and left there for us? Because that would explain things if it isn't just the lighting making her look more saturated to me. She's a newer doll, so her colours are brighter due to the current lack of wear and tear.

I know the phrase "better half" is often just a term of endearment, but what if it's literal? What if she is literally the stronger, smarter and faster and overall better version of Huggy and will have a more premeditated and prolonged plan of attack and revenge? It would be very interesting narratively to have the first sentient toy be Huggy and have it come full-circle with Kissy Missy as the last sentient toy before confronting 1006.

I've also noticed that Poppy's voice at the end of both chapter one and chapter two have a similar cadence. Which further proves that it's the same Poppy, she just has two different personalities.

now this makes me think again, the reason why "Poppy" told us that we were too perfect to lose was probably because we managed to pass through all the games without mistakes. Dying or losing does not count to the canon lore so this makes me have second thoughts..

Poppy must want us to stay here because she’s seen what the player is capable of and that they can survive such monsters so she decided to keep us here in order for her safety and escape

The process of transformation is really painful and that pain might be the reason for the angry side of the dolls and since we are an ex employee they are mad at us for ( maybe forcefully ) doing this to them

Dear Tericho, First of all great video. You're always doing great content and are absolutely amazing. You're one of my most favorite youtubers and I really enjoy your theories and of course you too. Second, my theory about why Huggie Wuggie is aggressive and Kissy Missy isn't, is that Huggie is one of the more "tame" security measures like Leith Pierre mentioned at the beginning of Poppy Playtime chapter one. So to combine it with your theory that almost every "toy" has two personalities, their human personality and a programmed personality, I think Huggies human personality gave us the key or so I think, but as we the protagonist progress further and go into really high security places, Huggies programmed artificial security personality kicks and tries to eliminate us, because we are about to uncover the truth about he factory or the toys. Kissy Missy does not have this kind of personality because she's placed in the child area, so there's no need for programming an artificial security personality. But maybe it's like you said, that she's been made a "toy" more recently than Huggie or the others, hinted through the missing control of her body and so still has more of her real personality left and wants to help us. But that's just what I think. Thanks for reading my comment and I wish you a good day/night, whoever reads this and whatever time you have right now. Btw Tericho you are great.😁

Okay, maybe it is just me but when you pause at 5:34 and look at the two versions of Poppy... the left one - the friendly one if you want it that way - has not only different eyes. her dress is also a much lighter blue. The Poppy on the right, after Mommy Long Legs had her little "conversation" with her, has more insense colours in her dress and yes, bigger eyes but i also think her lips don't look the same. If you are able to hear their voices compared to each other you might as well will notice a change there too, just like i did. The Poppy we meet near the end of the game is either another Poppy or Mommy did something to her.

Yea, this is exactly what I imagined! It just doesn't sit right that she was acting like a friend, one of the only nice things in this factory (besides kissy for now) and suddenly she betrayed us. Not to mention she sounded kind of soulless after she was "saved"

its interesting that the toys are conditioned into having more friendly personalities after experiencing some of possibly the worse pain in both physical and mental. But the conditioning wouldn't stay after 10 years, not unless it is consistently done over time; mommy literally said that she hasn't even seen the place up and running for years and that she hasn't seen the children in those same years. She was conditioned to be their mother figure, to help escort them from game to game. Its likely that part of the conditioning she had vanished way before the player arrived, because she wasn't able to be around children thus cracking the company's ideal personality to mix with the anger of the human. It makes me wonder because Huggy was apparently intelligent but also obedient due to conditioning that maybe huggy's response with helping us but also attacking us is that, while he knows the player was once an employee, but we weren't someone who is meant to be in a certain area. Perhaps the employees who learnt about the dark secrets by entering prohibited rooms were met with a grisly fate regardless of willingness to keep silent.

Another thing of note aside from the eyes is most of the toys also alter their appearance in some other way when they turn aggressive, when Huggy turns aggressive, he grows rows of jagged teeth, when MML turns her fingers double in length. Poppy doesn't seem to change in any way other than her eyes but one thing I noticed is in our first encounter, Poppy's eyes look more realistic, however upon rescuing her from MLL's clutches, her eyes appear cleaner and glassier, like an actual doll, this can go one of 2 ways, 1. This is the same Poppy and an alteration to her eyes also means an alteration to her personality, or 2. There really are multiple Poppys and this is not the same one.

I noticed that while playing. Before she was clear and cheerful, at the end she was very negative with voice and not as child instincts would do.

the enlargening of the eye pupil happenes when exposed to less light this might mean that when mommy long legs enters "hostile" mode enlarges the pupil is so she can chase you through the dark

I think Poppy is just pure evil. 1) Poppy is always hidden away (or hiding and watching) 2) The other 'toys' are what chase you (Poppy commands to them) 3) She's very aware, and wants our attention (she apparently gets kidnapped by Mommy Long Legs and put in a case, she also gets dragged into the hole and used like a puppet by Mommy Long Legs (I think it's all a plan, she wants our attention by making herself a 'victim', she may even have Munchausen Syndrome 4) The game's called Poppy Playtime (playtime for Poppy, you're her toy)

I had this theory too bru W thought process

About Kissy I feel like one difference between Huggy helping you in Chapter 1 & Kissy helping you in chapter 2 is that Huggy later in the EXACT SAME chapter tries to kill you but Kissy doesn't even though she probably could have in chapter 2. Also Huggy kinda looks like he's trying to hide the fact that he's alive while helping you in chapter 1 while Kissy doesn't try to hide that from you when she helps.

I don't actually think that Poppy's intentions are evil, but I don't think she has the player's best interests at heart either. First off, who is the player? I personally think that they're the unnamed scientist from the videos, he does mention that he'll be back with one breakthrough, and if that's the case, the toys have a lot of reason to dislike the player. At the one room with all of the names over the door, one of them has been removed and scattered on the floor, since the names are company executives, we can assume the unnamed door is the unnamed scientist, which if it's also the player, answers a number of questions. 1. Why was the player lured back to the factory? (Poppy was sealed, so she didn't summon the player). 2. In conjuncture with the above question, why would a random employee matter enough to be summoned back to the factory? 3. Why would a random employee even go back to the factory? (It has to be someone of influence, who has a particular interest in returning there, the scientist states that he'll be back). 4. Why would Poppy need the player's help, even after getting on the train? (The scientist might be able to help change her to a more suitable body, where a random employee could only help her escape). Here is what I personally think may have happened, I'll try my best to lay it out in a rough timeline, note that this is a hypothesis based on pooled information, so I'll be filling in some of the gaps: 1. Stella Greyber joins Playtime Co during the 1940-50s, Elliot Ludwig is impressed by her, they become intimately involved and she gives birth to a daughter (Not my theory, but it makes sense). 2. Daughter is likely killed by a tragic accident in the factory, pushing Ludwig to find a way of bringing her back to life as a toy, and so Poppy is born. (Stella Greyber's video shows Poppy's hand, and her voice actress is the same, implying a connection. But Stella cannot be Poppy because she was still alive after Mommy Long Legs was made, as her voice is on the recording at the Game Station). 3. Even after Poppy was created, Ludwig was still determined to find a way of bringing his daughter back to life, this is when the 'Unnamed Scientist' joins the company (I'm going to just call him Dr. X for now), and showed a lot of merit with his innovative ideas, much of which were questionably ethical in nature (Probably 1970s). 4. Dr. X convinces Ludwig that the methods used to produce Poppy could provide a great benefit to society in the long run, extending human lives indefinitely, Ludwig agrees to work with Dr. X, with the understanding that Ludwig himself is used for the first experiment. 5. Ludwig places Playtime Co in Stella's hands, and undergoes the surgery, where he becomes experiment 1006, the Prototype (Could be Sunni Buddi/Daisy; Daddy Long Legs seems unlikely, as they wouldn't use the Spider theme twice for a main enemy, where Daisy is on Ludwig's desk, and was used in a recycling poster, reusing parts is something the Prototype does, so it could have been foreshadowing). 6. Over time, Ludwig gradually loses his memories and sanity, so they kept him isolated and monitored in the factory. 7. Stella turns out to be less suited for her position than Ludwig had hoped, and is easily influenced by the rest of Paytime Co's executives, granting them more influence in the company, which gradually becomes less and less humane with their experiments and treatment of the staff. 8. Dr. X starts experimenting on orphans, as Stella desires longevity and the notion of living as a toy, she sets her morals aside in favor of 'it's all for the good of humanity'. 9. 1980s, Leith Pierre, a fierce executive who is extremely loyal to his position in the company, takes up the surgery becoming experiment 1170, Huggy Wuggy (Which is why Huggy's hand is shown in the Closing hours video, it's also why he's seen hiding behind a door, he's getting even for all the pranks that were made on him when he was human). 10. Having lost all influence in Playtime Co, Ludwig is disgusted by the fact that his company is now experimenting on orphaned children, with his sanity deteriorating, Ludwig attempts an escape and rallies the other experiments, which start attacking the employees; Huggy Wuggy, who has been a loyal follower of Ludwig for years, willingly complies. 11. Dr. X flees the factory, no one else escapes. 12. A hierarchy is created in the factory, Ludwig's sanity is all but gone, though he sits at the top of the food chain as the Prototype, gradually modifying his body using the parts of broken toys, as he never lost his obsession with creating new things (The bone on his arm could be from Ludwig, the female security guard or a randomly killed employee, but shows how far his sanity has degraded, along with the hatred he now feels towards the direction his company had taken). 13. The Prototype has one final grudge that's on his mind, Dr. X still lives, so he summons Dr. X to Playtime Co, to settle things once and for all. 14. Dr. X decides to return to Playtime Co, perhaps regretting his past misdeeds, but he's also applied modifications to his own body, so he is no longer a normal human either. 15. Dr. X frees Poppy, at first she plans to use him to escape, thinking that he might be able to help her acquire a new body, but later decides that Playtime Co has become too dangerous to leave alone, and that every toy must never be allowed to leave alive, including Dr. X and herself. For a final thought, if Stella was made into a toy, I think the only likely candidate would be Kissy Missy, because as stated earlier, Stella was still alive after Mommy Long Legs was created, and Poppy was created long before her. We also hear Mommy Long Legs say: "Obey the rules, or I'll tear you apart, and eat your insides while you're still alive"; note the use of the words 'tear you apart' and 'insides'. There are a number of ways the devs could have written this, but since it's assumed that the player might actually be a toy, 'insides' could also mean 'organic parts'.

It's also possible Kissy isn't strong because she's in docile mode. Huggy was strong when he went aggressive. I think a part of Poppy's shift is that she has decided to use us. At the start she isn't aware of how, in her words, Perfect and Capable we are. At the end, she's decided to betray us, and that probably doesn't line up with her friendly side.

Your videos are so great

I hope you get your camera soon. I can't wait to see what will happen in Chapter 3, as well as who's gonna be the next big bad? 🤔 Edit: 5:50, When you look at Poppy's eyes, it looks like they've changed.

7:51 hugy might be the man who was so angry about the toys from chapter 1, the thing that made him mad was there so many toy boxes and cant handl more then that and what made hugy tern aggressive was might be us making another toy and adding one more box to go.

I think there might be two poppy's within the factory as that might explain the personality shift and the changing in motives between the beginning of the chapter and the end. But im not too sure

6:50 Kissy missy probably wants us to uncover the mistery of what happened to the toys, she tells you with the way she looks at you that she needs your help to get huggy back to normal, but if not possible, to help the others we may not know. This is probably one of the prototypes trick to kill everyone, as he is very VERY smart. What do you think?

My look on the Huggy Wuggy switch is that as we were told in the very first tape we were told that the factory had “more tame” security measures, those being the local law enforcement. The other one can be assumed as Huggy. I think it is a part of his programming/servos is to be a stronger security measure, hence the reason he is at the front entrance, it may be his post. He may have helped us at the start to give us a false sense of security and to sus out how far we were willing to go with this, would we stay where we were or would we continue further into the factory? Just my brain, not really that set on it but it definitely had me thinking 😅

I've been a fan of these theories for a while now, so I'd like to point out some stuff. They used the "subjects" actual organs (example, heart and brain) to make the toys for a more realistic feel. Therefore the subjects consciousness is the same in the toys. They get brainwashed beforehand, but the bipolarity in some of the toys could be the brainwashing wearing off, and the subjects realising what they got themselves into, therefore the cause. The theory of this applying to Poppy is, in fact, understandable, but there's a hole in the theory. In chapter one, we were introduced to an employee named Stella Graybur in a tape. We see her name on one of the slides. She is Poppy's subject, and I assume this because in the VSH tape she even talks about returning to childhood and wanted it to last forever. What better way to do that than become a walking, talking doll that the children play with? But, she _was_ describing her desire to become a child once again, which means she actively wanted to be a subject. BUT I have another idea for this. Poppy was probably traumatized before we came along, by experiment 1006 going on a massacre. She only needs us to do what she wants to prevent 1006 to kill ever again, we killed Mommy Long Legs, after all. At first, she acted cheerful and tried to get us out, then finding that we could survive and can destroy the other experiments, realizing this could be stopped altogether, so she prevents us from leaving because she WANTS us to stop 1006. She only sounds monotone and sinister because of the traumatic memories flooding back to her. I'm not sure if this is canon, but it is a possibility. But I honestly don't know who came first, 1006 or Poppy, but if 1006 came first, it could be a realization that this was wrong, but with the same intentions to get us out and the realization in the end. Hope you enjoyed reading this.

In the scrapped version of the ending she actually says alot more explaining how she's the cause of everything and wants to fix things and that's why she needs you

I think two things happened during chapter 2 behind the scenes one mummy must’ve told poppy about the player and who he/she was which explains her more upset tone at the end or Poppy had second thoughts of letting us escape and decided to keep us here to help her she has good intentions she was just set up to look more sinister

Tericho I love your theory but super hero bro mike has a theory that makes more sense or I should say that the both of your theories together would make the best theory. As he was saying that they were conditioned to be good, and they were only around children. It’s why the notes in the game tell the researchers to stay at least 20 feet away from the experiments as they tend to attack more. He said that he believes the longer the toys are around our character, adult, the more aggressive they become. (Though I also believe that they’re original personalities do poke out, hence the hatred for those who worked in the lab. (Amazing theory! Keep up the good work!!)

Thank you! Someone else noted how creepily realistic her eyes are! Also glad you pointed out Kissy Missy. Kissy Missy fumbles with the switch. It's like she's not used to her body. Like it's her first time using her arm like that and she has to learn how to do it. Meanwhile Huggy Wuggy grabbed the key quickly and effortlessly. Just the way she moves seems very important especially when the scene is designed for us to focus on her hand fumbling with the switch. She also moves like she's slowly comprehending that the switch will likely help us. Again, it's setup for us to look at her head first and notice her clearly thinking about how she can help us. It's slow but it's more learning than calculated.

I wonder if it's not that Poppys second personality came through, but more that she realised she can't ask you nicely. She was going to have you trust her as she did something important, and we were going to go on the train anyway. I think after Mommy Long Legs, Poppy realised she can't play nice. That she'll have to just get you to do what she wants, as 'you're too perfect to lose.' This was her plan the entire time, we were never going to leave, but she will manipulate us into doing what she wants. Is she a villain, I don't think so. I can see her being an anti-hero, one who has to do the dark things to help solve the mystery. But, she could fall into villainy, and that is always an interesting thing

8:04 i haven't seen the rest of the vid but I thought of something and wanted to tell you. what if the Prototype thing(the claw thing that you see grab mommy long legs after she died) made the other toys have a Sinister personality, like it corrupted the Conditioned personality and made it a more aggresive or scary one.

Something else that I think might be interesting to think about. Is the voice lines from the cardboard cutouts. With every one of them starting out friendly or playful. But if you push the button multiple times they almost all turn into much more creepy lines or even threats.

Unused Poppy voice lines (source: discord) You did it, against all odds! You defeated mommy! I was so scared she'd put me back in that case. But you freed me once again. You are perfect. Too perfect to lose. I’m sorry I cannot let you leave yet. I’ve never met anyone like you (giggles). You have the potential. I know you came to find the ones who disappeared all those years ago. But they’re gone. They’ve been gone for a long time. Do you know how long I have been stuck in that case? Well, too long. I had so much time to think and reflect, time to figure out exactly what I would do when free. We’ll set things right. Terrible things have happened, and I am the cause. Being able to exist as a doll,it has killed so many people. So much is unknown to you. Where do I even begin? But I know that whatever I need you to do, you can fix everything! I see it inside you. You are capable. This train is now heading towards playcare. It’s the best place to start looking. I will - - (Alarm Clock beeps). What - - What is - - Poppy (Full ending speech of Chapter 2)

Hi, I really enjoyed the video. My opinion is that there are two identities in each doll. One is the souls of humans used for experiments and the other is the identity that the factory has placed on the dolls. For example, when mommy long leg starts counting, we notice two different types of tones, one is the voice of the person being tested and one is the voice intended for mom. It is possible that part of the person's personality is trying to express itself in the form of anger because of the experiments that have been done on the method, but the identity programmed on the mommy long leg is trying to prevent it. And I think the only thing that is different is the 1006 test. I feel that this test was not a single human being, but a combination of several human beings. And completely in the form of a wild animal with intelligence we may encounter beyond man. My only question is what is the reason for collecting other doll parts because it does not seem to have a problem in terms of physical strength. sorry if it was long.

It's sad that there's no more little nightmares content from you I mainly subbed just for LN

Hey tericho during the memory game you can hear the voice saying massacre I think this confirms the deadly experiments we believe to be going on

Wild theory here, but remember when mommy was getting grinded she said “you make me part of him” that’s because the arm that took her head was the “him” when you use mods to fly you can see the arm better and there is a human bone on it, if we go to the water control thing at the bunzo factory we can see huggy wuggy’s hair and blood and i think that huggy was pulled by that same arm so the arm is rebuilding it self with the other monsters.

i think its trama or the memory of being recaptive probably a mix of hating being weak and rage at her situation

Another thing about Poppy is in a prototype build of the games her final voice line is way different than it is on the final build lost bits made a really interesting video on it which means pop P literally does tell you she needs to put an end to it and she will let you free if you are able to do it

I was thinking Poppy wants to help you leave, but she also needs your help to set things right. On top of that, I also like the idea of the soul in her being only partially twisted and corrupted, so she switches between personalities (similar to Sun/Moondrop in FNAFSB)

By the way, Now that I'm commenting, I'd like to inform those who don't know yet that the figure for the player is just a faceless yellow mannequin. This means that the protagonist can be whoever or whatever we want them to be eg. A man , a woman or even a toy like one of your theories, that last one(your theory that the protag is a toy) can now be confirmed because the protagonist is whoever or whatever we want. So I choose that the protag is the Drifter from Willy's Wonderland who used to work at Playtime Co. and can't be bothered to fight back against the monsters because he either doesn't feel like it or he's out of Punch Pop soda. It would be pretty cool if the Poppy Playtime movie is a sequel to Willy's Wonderland and the Drifter or Janitor as he's actually called is the protag. This could work because his past and future and Identity is also whatever we want, just like the protagonist in Poppy Playtime. Wow, I talk like a book, don't I?

My original theory was that Poppy had some sort of two personality thing going on, but I enjoy this theory much better than my own. I enjoyed this theory like a lot and it kind helps me explain my theory like a lot because it's super similar, so thanks for that Tericho

I think you should revisit this. Kissy acts similarly in ch3. Also the Hour of Joy. The toys all snapped.

i have watched one of your other videos where you explained how eliot's ex-wife molly could of been kissy, and i just realized that it makes sense how molly didnt adapt to her new form, because she didnt want anything to do with the factory in the first place.

it's funny cause something that really threw me off, is when Mommy was talking to us for the first time while holding Poppy, and Poppy just entered like "doll mode" she didn't move, she didn't struggle, she didn't even dialogue anything, wich is bizarre to say the least, cause its not like a Toy Story situation where "she can't know i can move", so maybe is a self defense mechanism?? idk its just weird

Hm, Poppy’s little tone shift was one of the things that I was wondering about the most after Chapter 2 and while her having a Dual Personality was something that did cross my mind as well, However, that all the other toys has Dual Personalities as well? Can we really safely assume that? Actually, the whole “playful and innocent to straight up sinister Dual Personalities” thing, the way you describe it didn’t make the idea of it entirely clear to me, so could you perhaps elaborate on what you meant by it, by any chance?

I kinda think poppy was being kinda similar to Circus Baby in fnaf, y’know, making us trust her, acting, just so she can use us for her own goals. I think poppy’s whole cute sweet personality was an act so we would let our guard down. The whole mommy long legs think may have been a fortunate accident, or poppy knew it would happen and let it happen

Theory: since it seemed that the workers/orphan that took part in Mommy, Huggy, and even possibly Poppy, they had to use another person, who’s calm, to sort of restrain the more hostile ones. Kissy was already out with a calmer person, so she didn’t need anyone.

This is off topic, but I really hope the arm possibly belonging to 1006 is inspired by the Beldam’s metallic hand from Coraline. I know people have been making those connections, however I don’t know if that was intentional by the developers or not, but I really hope it was. That would be so cool if it was actually a reference to Coraline