Poppy Playtime Chapter 4 is simply across the nook, with its January 2025 launch window drawing ever nearer, but we nonetheless know treasured little about what to anticipate. Or will we? When it got here to Chapter 3, we already had a number of trailers, the Deep Sleep identify, and a wide range of totally different hints at this level, giving us a reasonably stable concept of what to anticipate on our subsequent foray into the manufacturing unit.
Nevertheless, whereas particulars are comparatively sparse this time, we would know greater than you assume. Okay, possibly it’s extra correct to say that we’ve acquired our theories, however a few of them do have weight and a few stable lore to again them up. Plus, Tilly (PT’s guides editor) and I truly acquired a number of issues proper the final time we did this.
In our Poppy Playtime Chapter 3 theories article, we have been appropriate in our evaluation that Poppy Playtime’s Kissy Missy is our good friend and that CatNap used the crimson fuel to place the kids to sleep – two fairly massive issues to be proper about, so we’re fairly happy with ourselves. Admittedly, we had extra to work with when forming our predictions for Deep Sleep, however we gained’t let that cease us from attempting to gather some ideas on the following entry.
Firstly, whereas we all know that Yarnaby is the large dangerous toy of Poppy Playtime Chapter 4, I nonetheless can’t assist however really feel drawn to Poppy Playtime’s Boxy Boo. As quickly because the credit rolled on Deep Sleep, I had a intestine feeling that we’d see that toy within the subsequent chapter, primarily as a result of he’s the one one from The Hour of Pleasure videotape we haven’t seen but, and he options so prominently within the spin-off Challenge Playtime.
I nonetheless assume there’s probability that Boxy Boo will seem in Chapter 4 in some capability. Or maybe he’s destined to be the star of a special chapter additional down the road – in spite of everything, we extremely doubt that the Poppy Playtime collection will finish with simply 4 chapters. The collection continues to be extremely common, with the primary three chapters even getting a bodily launch in latest months, and there are nonetheless loads of secrets and techniques left to uncover, so we don’t see our adventures within the manufacturing unit coming to an finish any time quickly.
Transferring on to a set of toys we all know seem in Chapter 4, the Poppy Playtime Nightmare Critters designs seem to reflect these of the Poppy Playtime Smiling Critters, with every Nightmare Critter showing to distinction with a corresponding Smiling Critter. This leads us to consider that there’s some type of rivalry between the 2 strains of toys, even perhaps extending from the unique promotional cartoon that they’re primarily based on. The Nightmare Critters are extra like angsty teenagers in relation to character, significantly darker than the childlike personalities of the Smiling Critters. Maybe Baba Chops and co are deeper within the manufacturing unit as a result of they weren’t common, failing to achieve the identical heights as CatNap and DogDay.
Nevertheless, Tilly thinks there could be one thing a bit extra sinister concerning the relationship between the 2 units of toys, declaring that Baba Chops, a Nightmare Critter, eats a mini Canine Day within the first teaser trailer. She believes that the brand new bunch is dominating the Smiling Critters, proving to be a higher risk. Actually, that is sensible to me as effectively. Every chapter has stepped up the sport, introducing increasingly threats, and we all know Chapter 4 is probably the most horrifying but, so it stands to cause that the toys we encounter will probably be extra harmful than the final.
Moreover, we all know that CatNap used the Smiling Critters to do his bidding. So, now that CatNap is gone, does Yarnaby see a gap to step into energy, utilizing the Nightmare Critters to take action? If that’s the case, we want the toy luck, contemplating what the Prototype did to CatNap on the finish of Deep Sleep.
Talking of CatNap, we’ve lengthy thought that his heinous fuel belongs to him alone, however one take a look at the Yarnaby trailer reveals that the Pink Smoke is making its return in Chapter 4, and seems to be touring deep into the Poppy Playtime manufacturing unit through some pipes. However why? We all know that the Pink Smoke is a semi-hallucinogenic, sleep-inducing fuel that may induce maniacal conduct and nightmares, therefore the rationale CatNap was discontinued to start with. Possibly this fuel is what makes the toys under a lot worse than what’s come earlier than. Sure, we’re assuming that the toys are extra lethal in Chapter 4, however contemplating they’ve gotten progressively worse throughout the primary three chapters, Tilly and I really feel this can be a truthful assumption.
One other chance, as identified by Tilly, is that Playtime Co. used the fuel to regulate the experiments that reside deeper within the manufacturing unit. When you pay shut consideration all through the Yarnaby teaser trailer, you’ll be able to catch sight of bars, cells, and surveillance cameras, main us to consider that we’re about to enter a jail or one thing akin to at least one. If that’s the case, utilizing the fuel round right here is sensible, and it appears doubtless that we’re going to wish to maintain our masks shut as soon as once more.
Earlier than we go any additional, let’s take a second to consider who or what may reside in these cells. The obvious take is that the scientists housed failed (or harmful) experiments in them, although we predict there’s additionally an opportunity that among the youngsters ended up right here – maybe those who misplaced their sanity throughout the horrid experiments. One other chance is that it’s not simply orphans that Playtime Co. experimented on, however criminals from exterior the manufacturing unit, too – possibly they’d a shady cope with the federal government to supply check topics as they continued their analysis. Both manner, whoever the corporate saved right here, it’s clear that they wanted some safety measures, and we predict one in all them is Poppy Playtime’s Yarnaby.
The kid who turned Yarnaby was Quinn Navidson, a younger lad who fashioned fairly an attachment with Physician Henry Swayer after trying to downplay his intelligence within the Sport Station. Sawyer brainwashed him, turning the boy into Experiment 1166 – in any other case often known as Yarnaby. The physician meant to make use of him as a private bodyguard, however Playtime Co. later ‘eliminated’ Sawyer, inflicting Yarnaby to lapse into an unresponsive, grief-stricken state. Given the character of this firm, we assume that ‘eliminated’ truly means ‘killed, so we predict it’s unlikely that we’ll see Sawyer anytime quickly.’ Sawyer’s substitute, Dr Carmine McKabe, then deemed Yarnaby a failure, finally leaving his destiny to the higher-ups.
Our idea is that the higher-ups noticed the identical potential for Yarnaby as Swayer, finally turning him into some type of a guard or surveillance measure within the jail. There’s each probability that the desk and surveillance digital camera within the Yarnaby trailer as soon as belonged to Henry Sawyer, however, contemplating the later occasions of the Hour of Pleasure, we predict we’re onto one thing with our ‘he’s lifeless’ idea, even when he survived on the time. This additional helps our assumption {that a} higher-up turned Yarnaby right into a bodyguard to guard themselves as an alternative. Who is aware of, even perhaps the Prototype has one thing to do with this, as a result of, as Tilly factors out, “the Prototype makes use of all the major toys as its underlings till it not has use for them.”
Diving even additional into a possible connection between Yarnaby and the Prototype, it’s closely implied by the Chapter 4 Icepick ARG that Yarnaby can sew toys collectively, as proven by the Huggy plush sewn collectively by Yarnaby’s threads. In the course of the Poppy Playtime Chapter 3 trailer, we see the silhouette of what we consider to be the Prototype, seemingly made up of a number of recognizable Poppy Playtime characters morphed into one. And, on the finish of Poppy Playtime Chapter 2, Mommy Lengthy Legs screams, “he’ll make me a part of him.” Is it potential that Yarnaby is the one connecting these toys to the Prototype? If that isn’t the case, Yarnaby could be copying Experiment 1006. Both manner, it’s one thing to think about.
Past Yarnaby being a potential guard within the jail, we additionally want to deal with the eyes that seem on the pc monitor, indicating somebody is watching. This leads us properly to our hypothesis on what the brand new mechanic could also be. In Deep Sleep, it is advisable use a fuel masks to traverse by means of areas stuffed with CatNap’s sinister crimson fuel – one thing we strongly consider you’ll must do within the new chapter, too. Nevertheless, as Mob claims Chapter 4 is about to be the largest but, we predict it’s doubtless that there’s going to be one other new gimmick. Nevertheless, myself and Tilly have differing ideas on what this could be.
As a result of chance of you going to a jail and coping with somebody watching our each transfer with safety cameras and surveillance tools, Tilly believes that we might have to cover from each Yarnaby and the cameras – a robust idea for positive, particularly when you think about our different speculations. Nevertheless, I feel there could be a brand new mechanic by means of yet one more new toy.
Following the official unveiling of Poppy Playtime’s Pianosaurus, I can’t assist however take into consideration how the secondary antagonist can play a job within the new installment of Mob’s horror recreation collection. Properly, because it’s a musical toy with piano-like keys on its physique, what if there’s a portion of your journey during which it is advisable depend on sound to find out the place he’s?
Each Poppy Playtime’s DogDay and Poppy Playtime’s Miss Delight have chase sequences in Chapter 3, identical to Mommy Lengthy Legs and Huggy Wuggy do of their respective chapters, so possibly Pianosaurus gives that in Chapter 4 as an alternative, and I actually hope to see his musical facet play a component one way or the other. You by no means know; maybe each Tilly and I are onto one thing with our theories on the brand new mechanic, that means we would must keep away from cameras, pay attention for noises, and have restricted imaginative and prescient because of the returning crimson fuel. Yeah, we’d like to go away the manufacturing unit now, please.
Okay, we all know we aren’t leaving this hellhole any time quickly. We finish Chapter 3 on an elevator able to take us right down to no matter awaits under, and the trailer means that Chapter 4 picks up precisely the place we left off. Nevertheless, it’s fascinating to notice that it seems like we’re revisiting the caverns in Chapter 4, an space you go to ever-so-briefly in Deep Sleep. From the glimpses we’ve seen to date, these caves might function a mass grave for discarded (murdered) toys. If that’s the case, Yarnaby might be the grave keeper so to talk, as we see a shadowy determine resembling the toy within the trailer, skulking among the many corpses on all-fours.
We’ve lined a whole lot of floor for what we would see in Chapter 4 and the way the totally different toys might play a component, so permit me to maneuver from theories into wishful considering – we’re hoping that we’re going to save lots of Kissy Missy. I really like Kissy, Tilly loves Kissy, all of us love Kissy, and we have to save her. On the finish of Chapter 3, we start to journey the elevator again up into Playcare as she screams within the background, clearly being attacked, and within the trailer, we hear extra shouts from what seems to be Poppy herself. Is it Yarnaby who attacked Kissy? Is he dragging her by means of the cave system and additional into the manufacturing unit?
Whereas my intestine response tells me no, if we run with our idea that Yarnaby could be making a transfer for extra energy, it is sensible that he’d all of a sudden seem on CatNap’s turf after his demise. It is also so simple as the Prototype attacking her, as we all know he was within the space on the time. Regardless, we wish her again. I hope and pray we save her in Chapter 4, but when I put wishful considering to at least one facet, we would not uncover what occurs to her till Chapter 5.
Properly, that’s a whole lot of unraveling we simply did, a lot in order that Yarnaby may in all probability sew Tilly and me to the Prototype with all that thread (please don’t). Whereas there are various extra theories with some benefit, these are those that give us pause for thought, and you may ensure that we’ll revisit this text to see how proper we’re when Mob Leisure lastly releases Chapter 4.
Within the meantime, try our Poppy Playtime story defined article to remind your self of what’s occurred to date, then try our Poppy Playtime Poppy and Poppy Playtime Ollie guides to study extra about among the most essential figures on this world.
