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| “ | I remember hearing every moment of it. It went on so long... So agonizingly long. They tried to hide… to run… anything to stay alive… I remember their cries: "What's going on?"… "Why is this happening?"… "What are those things?" (sniffles) Senseless slaughter, that's all it really was. They killed everyone. The guilty, the innocent, didn't matter. All that death… it didn't fix anything. And then, once it was all over, they dragged those corpses down below where they'd never be found. And they… ate the bodies… to stay alive. The Prototype has to die. For this. For everything. | ” |
| — Poppy Playtime in Chapter 3: "Deep Sleep" | ||
The Hour of Joy was a major event that occurred at the Playtime Co. factory on August 8, 1995. This incident was initiated by the Bigger Bodies Initiative, as it set in motion the events of Project: Playtime and Poppy Playtime. The Hour of Joy was planned and orchestrated by The Prototype, who wanted bitter revenge on Playtime Co. It resulted in a vast massacre across the whole factory, targeting both the guilty and the innocent.
Description of Events[]
On August 8, 1995, at 10:45 A.M., Kissy Missy was being relocated to Playcare via train. Fifteen minutes later, exactly at 11:00 a.m., The Prototype and his allies initiated a massive rebellion against their captors.
In the CCTV tape shown by Poppy, Huggy Wuggy is first seen attacking employees in the Main Lobby by biting off their heads, and presumably off-screen killing the Scientist in Final Log a bit after. Next, Mommy Long Legs is shown grabbing people and lifting them to a great height, then killing them by dropping them at the Game Station. Another employee at Water Treatment is seen tripping over and subsequently being swarmed and devoured by a mob of Ruined Critters and Mini Huggies. The scene cuts to a hallway in the School where Miss Delight and her sisters chase a man into one of the classrooms. Then it shows Kissy Missy killing the employees that were transporting her, running after one more in the background. Boxy Boo is then shown in a hallway swallowing an employee whole, then lunging to another employee off-screen. Finally, CatNap is shown in Playcare, seemingly looking for survivors, picking up and throwing an injured employee onto the stairs of the Counselor's Office.
The final part of the tape shows various locations from the first three chapters, like Make-A-Friend, the Game Station, Playcare, and the catwalk leading to the Poppy Room, all filled with bodies. Although an emergency alert notice was sent out to warn the workforce, nearly everyone within the facility, both guilty and innocent, was slaughtered by the toys in the factory. Their screams can be heard in the background of two separate tapes.
The remaining survivors, including Leith Pierre and P.W., were forced to hide while attempting to escape, and their fates are unknown. The toys later referred to this rebellion as "The Hour of Joy," with the monsters remaining in their previous locations. After the event concluded, the corpses of all those deceased employees were dragged to the deepest parts of the facility to be consumed by the toys as a source of food to survive.
Aftermath[]
After the incident, Playtime Co. was swiftly closed, though it remains unclear if any investigation was ever launched. Leith Pierre sent in Resource Extraction Specialists to collect the Toy Parts in the Puzzle Pillars, while The Prototype sent Huggy, Mommy, and Boxy to stop them and use their bodies to feed the rest of the experiments who were beginning to starve around the factory, such as the Wuggies and Ruined Critters. Eventually, Playtime Co. stopped sending in Resource Extraction Specialists, bringing the Bigger Bodies Initiative to a close.
This left the experiments without a steady source of food, which either dwindled or was cut off. The experiments, now desperate and out of options, began to turn on each other for sustenance. Any spare toys or toy parts that the monsters left behind were grafted onto The Prototype, which revived them. This method kept the experiments alive for the next decade. The outcry from the concern citizens and the haunted questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the employees left Playtime Co. with no other choice but to make the difficult decision to permanently close its doors. However, in the following years, the company was eventually forgotten by the public, as the doors of the factory were left unattended by the authorities until the eventual return of The Player in 2005.
Trivia[]
- During the hallucination sequence of Home Sweet Home, there is a radio that plays a secret message in reverse. “You come here and you kill and murder. You pillage and destroy. Your presence was demanded 10 years ago and you didn’t show up. 8/8/1995. You were supposed to be here. Why weren’t you here? You missed the event. You missed the meeting. You missed the party. You have no right to be here. 8/8/1995."
- This confirms that the events of Poppy Playtime take place in 2005.
- It was previously theorized either The Prototype or CatNap freed Kissy Missy, as there are claw marks on the wooden board behind her.
- This was disproven as in The Hour of Joy VHS tape, Kissy Missy is seen attacking the employees as they release her straps.
- Poppy implies she heard voices and screams for a while, but never clarified for how long, meaning it could be possible some employees survived the initial event but were later hunted down and killed.
- This does not confirm if The Hour of Joy did last for a full hour.
- An intact Miss Delight appears in the tape as she and her sisters chase a man into a room.
- It is possible that some of the various broken toys found around the facility were killed by other toys after The Hour of Joy in a quest for food.
- The Hour of Joy taking place on August 8 is a reference to the Five Nights at Freddy's video game franchise, whose first game was released on August 8.
- Although The Player worked at Playtime Co., Poppy tells them "they deserve the truth," confirming that they weren't at Playtime Co. during The Hour of Joy due to (currently) unknown circumstances.
- Although most of the employees and scientists were slaughtered, a few people, including P.W. and Leith Pierre, managed to survive.
- It is uncertain if the Smiling Critters aside from CatNap took part in the Hour of Joy. DogDay states that they resisted the Prototype's control, but though details are not elaborated upon, he implies they were killed for their resistance.
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