Jimmy Roth

Jimmy Roth

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Jimmy Roth
Affiliation	Playtime Co.'s Chief Marketing Officer
Physical description
Status	Unknown
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Height	6 feet (1.83 metres)
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Brown
Appearances
Voiced by	Eli Roth
Appears In	Chapter 2: "Fly in a Web"

“	If there is anything Playtime Co. should be known for, it’s not toys, it’s marketing.	”
— Jimmy Roth

Jimmy Roth is a minor character introduced in Poppy Playtime. He debuted in Chapter 2: "Fly in a Web" during his own interview regarding his role in helping Playtime Co. strive with his investing/marketing skills.

Appearance

Jimmy Roth has slicked-back brown hair and brown eyes, alongside a shaved beard. He wears a yellow long-sleeved shirt with a dark blue vest. He is the Chief Marketing Officer for Playtime Co.

Personality

Jimmy Roth is a very smart person and he has somewhat mastered the art of marketing (even with dubious marketing tactics). He is depicted very enthusiastic about his work which shows in his voice. By adding an "e" sound to the end of any mascots' names, Jimmy has been able to market Playtime Co.'s many mascots and creations.

When being interviewed, Jimmy tries not to reveal too much about his tactics nor his job, distracting the interviewer with questions about the interviewers favorite color instead. Jimmy Roth may have a self-centered attitude, believing that he is the best even though his marketing techniques are questionable.

Roth appears to be somewhat resentful of Playtime Co., as his statement on why marketing should be the company's well known product and not it's toys may be a result of his marketing work not being appreciated enough by employees and him being sidelined from actual importance and rewards he believes he deserves. He may also possess an inferiority complex about his role.

In the Orientation Notebook, P.W. claims that Jimmy Roth "takes the credit for everything", possibly implying that he steals the work of other employees and executives and showing a greedy side to him. On the other hand, P.W also claims that had the Smiling Critters succeeded, he would have taken the credit (if he didn't already help create it), but since it did not, he believes he attempted to pin the blame on someone else. This shows that he's not only an opportunist, but unwilling to take responsibility for something that was under his jurisdiction.

P.W also writes that Roth is a "genius at convincing people he is a genius", to the point where it seemed even the executives were impressed by him. This implies Roth is charismatic and charming, which is already shown somewhat in the interview.

Trivia

• Jimmy Roth is played by renowned movie actor and director Eli Roth.
  • Interestingly, Jimmy has the same last name as Eli.
• It may be the case that almost all of the toys after Elliot Ludwig were named by Jimmy, especially considering the rather unique if dubious naming system that was taken from Ludwig himself, as he knew with "Poppy".
  • This also implies he had a bigger role in the Bigger Bodies Initiative than his job would have appeared to.
• Whether or not the "e" strategy really works like Roth claims is unknown, but it is doubtful this is his only method of marketing and may in fact be an exaggeration.