| “ | Her name is Kissy. Kissy Missy! *giggles* | ” |
| — Kissy Missy's cardboard cutout | ||
Kissy Missy is one of the two main deuteragonists of Poppy Playtime, alongside Poppy Playtime. She was a toy produced by Playtime Co. and created in 1985, one year after Huggy Wuggy's release.
In 1995, the experiment form of Kissy was recommended to a work position in Playcare. However, the day of her scheduled relocation was the day The Hour of Joy began, which she briefly participated in presumably out of anxiety and self-defense. Following the massacre, Kissy remained in the abandoned factory for years, briefly becoming acquainted with the Safe Haven's inhabitants before wandering the factory. In 2005, she crossed paths with The Player, eventually forming an alliance with them and Poppy Playtime to kill The Prototype and end his despotic reign.
Appearance[]
| “ | Kissy Missy has exactly the same product specifications as Huggy Wuggy but with pink fur and lashes on her eyes. Aside from these two things, all components of Huggy and Kissy are identical and interchangeable at the production stage. | ” |
| — Orientation Notebook | ||
Chapter 2: Fly in a Web[]
An official render of Kissy's former model.
Kissy Missy's appearance is very similar to Huggy Wuggy. Like Huggy, she is a tall, slender creature with thick wool, but she is pink instead of Huggy's signature blue. Her features, such as her blue bow, yellow hands and feet, and eyes are similar to Huggy's except for her eyelashes.
PROJECT: PLAYTIME[]
Kissy Missy is also seen in the spin-off horror title, PROJECT: PLAYTIME. Appearing as an unlockable skin for Huggy Wuggy, this version of Kissy Missy remains largely similar to her debut appearance. However, exceptions make her look like her better half of Huggy Wuggy - with a large maw featuring dozens of jagged, needle-like teeth. Her eyes also appear dilated, with pitch-white dot pupils.
Chapter 4: Safe Haven[]
After suffering several wounds from a yet unidentified attacker at the end of Chapter 3, the right side of Kissy's face and body suffered severe injuries that resemble burns along with several deep slashes to her body with her right arm being kept in a makeshift sling. At the end of Chapter 4, Kissy loses her right arm after grabbing the Player in an attempt to save them from falling into a large pit.
Aside from the Bigger Bodies version, there are also miniature versions of Kissy Missy residing in the Safe Haven. They are all killed when the Safe Haven is destroyed.
Personality[]
| “ | The dash of pink to Huggy’s blue, Kissy’s the cute-as-a-button friend every little Huggy Wuggy needs. Are they friends? MORE than friends? That’s up to YOU. One thing’s for sure, one’s not complete without the other. | ” |
| — Official character bio.[5] | ||
For Huggy Wuggy, his general premise is to hug children, with his name being a play on the word 'Hug'. Going on the same logic, Kissy Missy's purpose would be to kiss children, hence it can be safely assumed that her toy form's personality is loving and kind.
According to the Digital Collectible Campaign, she is a stickler for rules and does not hold back on reprimanding those who go against said policies.
Unlike the other toys, who are very hostile, she appears to be benevolent, sweet, and helpful towards The Player, even going so far as to assisting them in opening the gate door via the lever on the other side rather than killing them. In Chapter 3, she assisted them once more alongside Poppy Playtime, serving as the latter's form of transportation in order to stop the Prototype and end this once and for all.
However, during the Hour of Joy Tape, she killed the train workers (with her arms alone) who were escorting her to Playcare, showing a much more ruthless, merciless and stronger side akin to Huggy Wuggy. It is worth noting that she returned to her original position soon afterwards, implying she did not fully participate in the rebellion; given that she is rarely aggressive, it is possible this was done in the spur of the moment due to anxiety, which Kissy regrets doing. Kissy also harbors bitter memories of Playcare, appearing again while exiting out of Home Sweet Home and tackling The Player, though sparing their life under the request of Poppy Playtime as she had mistaken them for a threat.
History[]
| “ | Due to the huge success of Huggy Wuggy, in 1985 we launched Kissy Missy, a female version of Huggy. She is officially Huggy Wuggy's "better half", but be aware this is just a figure of speech. It should not be taken to mean Huggy Wuggy is in any way bad. | ” |
| — Kissy Missy's description in the Orientation Notebook | ||
Backstory[]
Little is known about Kissy Missy, but through gathered information, it is revealed that she was made in 1985, one year after Huggy Wuggy was created. Huggy had skyrocketed in popularity, and so Playtime Co. seized the opportunity to create a feminine counterpart to further boost their profits.[6] (This was and still is a common trope in almost every industry to date. Should there be a boy/girl version of a toy, usually a variant of the same toy is released as the opposite gender.) Some time in the 1990s, Playtime Co. created an experiment form of Kissy Missy's as part of the Bigger Bodies Initiative.
The Hour of Joy[]
Eventually, Kissy, who was residing in the Storage B facility, was recommended for an unknown work position at Playcare. Her relocation to Playcare was scheduled to take place on August 8 1995. On her relocation day, Kissy was loaded on a cargo train headed to Playcare per the Bigger Bodies Contingency Plan. But on the way there, she was suddenly released from the straps as the train accelerated, and seconds later, The Hour of Joy took place. Influenced by the Prototype, or perhaps driven by stress and self-defense, Kissy Missy knocked down two workers handling her and later chased down another worker who ran away from her. At 11:14 AM, she returned to the same position she was originally, but covered in blood and surrounded by corpses.[7]
After The Hour of Joy, with the factory now abandoned, Kissy Missy stuck with Poppy, Doey the Doughman and their allies for a while.[8] She would be present in 2005 when The Player returned to look for their missing co-workers.
Chapter 2: Fly in a Web[]
Kissy Missy about to pull down the lever.
Kissy Missy makes a brief appearance in Chapter 2: Fly in a Web, where she simply assists The Player before walking back into the darkness. She appears after attempting to enter the Cart Corridors. The door on the other side of the gate rises, revealing her silhouette, and she walks toward the gate in a similar manner to Huggy Wuggy (which might make players mistake her for her better half). When she reaches the gate, she notices The Player on the other side. Kissy tilts her head and stares at them for a moment before deciding what to do next. She then pulls down on the lever nearby, but her hand slips off of it, so she tries a second time, and she successfully pulls the lever. As the gate slowly rises, Kissy turns around, looking at The Player once again, and walks away, back into the darkness.
Chapter 3: Deep Sleep[]
Kissy Missy looking at the picture.
Kissy Missy makes her first appearance in Home Sweet Home, looking at a picture of a girl. After leaving Home Sweet Home, The Player is suddenly tackled by Kissy before Poppy Playtime talks her down. She assists Poppy with reaching a panel to call down a lift, and shortly after she and Poppy leave on the lift, Kissy can be seen waving to The Player. Afterwards, Kissy teams up with Poppy and The Player to take down CatNap and 1006. At the end of the chapter, Poppy tells Kissy to send them down on a lift to the prison, but then they hear commotion and her shrieking on the way down, implying she was attacked or kidnapped by an unknown entity. The Player and Poppy desperately attempt to raise the lift again to help Kissy before the hatch closes, but ultimately fail.
Chapter 4: Safe Haven[]
Kissy Missy resting because of her injuries.
Kissy Missy makes her appearance right before entering the Safe Haven, hiding The Player from The Prototype. For the rest of the game she can be found resting from the injuries inflicted to her at the end of Chapter 3: Deep Sleep. At the end of the game, she can be found inside of some kind of ventilation shaft accompanying Poppy Playtime while trying to contact Ollie, who is revealed to be The Prototype in disguise, later creating a hole in the room via explosives. The Player falls into the pit but is saved momentarily by Kissy Missy, losing her right arm while trying to get them out.
Chapter 5[]
TBA.
Trivia[]
- Before her official name was revealed on Twitter,[9] "Lovey Dovey" was a popular name for her, given to her by fans.
- Kissy Missy's relationship with Huggy Wuggy has been confirmed, shown on the Kissy Missy Collectible.
- As her description stated: ""Kissy Missy is more than just Huggy Wuggy's better half..."[10]
- The term better half most prominently means a partner or spouse.
- As her description stated: ""Kissy Missy is more than just Huggy Wuggy's better half..."[10]
- When Kissy Missy pulls the lever in the Cart Corridors, she has what appears to be a tear in her left eye. This is due to her model not having its own textures, instead just replacing visible blue fur with pink fur from Huggy Wuggy's model. However, in Chapter 3, the tear is gone, meaning she now has her own model.
- Digging into the game files reveal that Kissy's initial shadowy gait was indeed Huggy's walk.
- Kissy Missy has the most cutout voice lines, with a total of nine.
- Kissy is the main playable character in the Poppy Playtime DLC for Dark Deception: Monsters & Mortals.
- During the adventure through Home Sweet Home, The Player can find Kissy looking at a photo of a girl, possibly implying that the girl was once her.
- After restoring the Sky Dome's backup power, Kissy is seen waving at The Player while Ollie is talking.
- It's speculated she helped Poppy at the end of Chapter 2.
- She is said to enjoy writing and drawing, despite the difficulties she has when using a pencil.[11]
- Taking this into consideration, it is possible that she is the one who wrote the letter seen at the start of Chapter 1.
- Her being an ally of Poppy Playtime further supports this, as she would have wanted Poppy to be free again.
- Multiple theories regarding who attacked Kissy have been suggested:
- It is theorized that Yarnaby was the one that attacked her at the end of Chapter 3. However, given that Yarnaby was locked in his cell deep underground before being released by Dr. Sawyer, there is a chance something else attacked her instead.
- Another possible candidate is the Prototype himself. As shown following his conversation with Poppy, the Prototype is exasperated by her continued rebellion against him and is attempting to get her to come to him. The Prototype could have attacked Kissy in order to force Poppy to stand down, or possibly to lure Poppy in so he could capture her. This may explain why The Player reunites with Kissy and Poppy hiding from the Prototype.
- She is shown to have survived in the Chapter 4 Gameplay Trailer, albeit with belts on her torso and half her head being burned after being attacked.
- When The Player is tackled by Kissy Missy, a blue reflection light is shone across her body, almost giving her the appearance of Huggy Wuggy.
- The same happened to Huggy Wuggy when he returns in the end of Chapter 4: a pink shadow falls over his body, making him easily mistaken for Kissy.
- It is very likely that Kissy's experiment number may be 1172, as Weekly Checkup: 1172 documents the subject demonstrating stressed behavior similarly to Kissy, and marks the experiment for transfer out to the same location as Kissy.
References[]
- ↑ Poster
- ↑ RESTRICTED_relocation_08-08-1995.mp4, RESTRICTED_restoration.mp4 (briefly)
- ↑ Chapter 3 Official Game Trailer 1, Chapter 3 Official Game Trailer 2, Chapter 4 Trailer: Yarnaby (distant screams), Chapter 4 Gameplay Trailer: Doey the Doughman, Chapter 4 Console Trailers
- ↑ Digital Collectibles, Sleep Well Music Video, 12 Days of Playtime, Poppy Playtime Official Store (character bio), Safe Haven Music Video, The Motives For One's Humanity
- ↑ https://poppyplaytime.com/pages/characters
- ↑ Orientation Notebook
- ↑ RESTRICTED_relocation_08-08-1995.mp4, The Hour of Joy (VHS Tape)
- ↑ Safe Haven Music Video
- ↑ Isacx on Twitter: "Which other toy was your favorite in Poppy Playtime?"
- ↑ https://sweet.io/sale/https%3A%2F%2Fcollectible.sweet.io%2Fseries%2F960
- ↑ https://x.com/mobgamesstudios/status/1869096358537199890/photo/1
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| Experiments | |
|---|---|
| Organic | 814 • 1006 • 1007 • 1015 • 1026 • 1160 • 1163 • 1166 • 1170 • 1172 • 1174 • 1176 • 1186 • 1187 • 1188 • 1198 • 1199 • 1222 • 1223 • 1322 • 1354 • 1391 • 1393 • 1395 • 1398 • 1399 • 1424 • 1467 • Poppy Playtime • Kissy Missy • Candy Cat • Miss Delight • 7 Sisters • Mini Huggies • Wuggies • Mini Smiling Critters (Ruined • Izzy • Odd Ed) • Boogie Bot (Medic • Scout) • Mini Nightmare Critters • Bubba Bubbaphant • CraftyCorn • KickinChicken • DogDay • PickyPiggy • Hoppy Hopscotch • Riley • Baba Chops • Icky Licky • Allister Gator • Simon Smoke • Poe • Touille • Maggie Mako • Toy 1 • Toy 2 • Safe Haven Toys |
| Mechanical | 1006 • 1354 • The Doctor's Bodies • GrabPack • GrabPack 2.0 |
| Chemicals/Materials | Red Smoke • Elastic Plastic • Doey Dough • Poppy Gel |
| Non-Canon | A.I. |
| Bigger Bodies | |
|---|---|
| Numbered | Boxy Boo • Pianosaurus • Yarnaby • Huggy Wuggy • Experiment 1172 • PJ Pug-a-Pillar • Bunzo Bunny • Bobby BearHug • Experiment 1187 • CatNap • Rabie Baby • Bron • Mommy Long Legs • Experiment 1223 • Doey the Doughman • The Doctor • Experiment 1391 • Experiment 1393 • Experiment 1395 • Experiment 1398 • Experiment 1399 • Experiment 1424 • Experiment 1467 |
| Unnumbered | Kissy Missy • Candy Cat • Miss Delight • 7 Sisters • Mini Huggies • Wuggies • Mini Smiling Critters (Ruined • Izzy • Odd Ed) • Boogie Bot (Medic • Scout) • Mini Nightmare Critters • Bubba Bubbaphant • CraftyCorn • KickinChicken • DogDay • PickyPiggy • Hoppy Hopscotch • Riley • Baba Chops • Icky Licky • Allister Gator • Simon Smoke • Poe • Touille • Maggie Mako • Toy 1 • Toy 2 • Safe Haven Toys |