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The Vintage Poppy Commercial, otherwise known as The Most Incredible Doll, is a VHS Tape recording released on October 8, 2021 and was featured as the opening cutscene for Chapter 1: A Tight Squeeze. The tape itself plays an archived commercial for Poppy Playtime along with advertising factory tours. It is seen along with the note of the package in The Player's Home of the opening of Chapter 1.
Analysis[]
The Player inserts the VHS tape into their VCR from the package which includes the note. The tape introduces with a man walking towards the camera, who we now know is Elliot Ludwig. Ludwig is seen proposing the new Poppy Playtime by showing the presumed publishing department an ad entirely dedicated to Poppy Playtime, alongside offering tours at Playtime Co.'s Factory.
A commercial for the Poppy Playtime doll commences. A female narrator can be seen describing Poppy and her entertainment features. Poppy Playtime gets her shoes polished, and later her hair brushed by request. As the narrator explains Poppy's realistic nature, Poppy exclaims that she is a "real girl, just like you".
The commercial ends with the Playtime Co. slogan before an unknown male narrator advertises factory tours in the Playtime Co. Factory for a mere $2.99 a person. The tape abruptly cuts to a spliced-in footage of the Poppy Room entrance where a graffiti of the Poppy flower of the entrance is seen representing the location that The Player must find and ends as the narrator speaks.
Audio[]
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"You are about to see the most incredible doll ever invented. Her name is Poppy, and she is the first truly intelligent doll in the world. A little girl can talk to her, Poppy gives her answers. She is the first doll actually able to have a conversation with a child. Hard to believe? Just watch." "Poppy Playtime!" "Poppy's as lovable as a real girl, and she talks like one, too!" "Hi! My name is Poppy! I love you. Can you help me polish my shoes?" "Why, of course Poppy! Just like a real girl, Poppy always wants to look her best." "Perfect! Thank you." "Her hair is sturdy and won't come out when you brush it, and smells just like a poppy flower! Is there anything else you'd like to say, Poppy?" "I'm a real girl, just like you." "What's the time?" "Playtime!" "And, if you've ever wanted to see how all of the nation's favorite toys were created, Playtime Co. is now offering factory tours at just $2.99 a person. An entire hour in the most magical toy factory on Earth. What are you waiting for? Come visit the factory! We can't-" |
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Theorizing[]
Poppy Playtime stating that she is a real girl can be interpreted literally, meaning that a person may be possessing the Poppy Playtime doll. Fans have theorized that the family death heard in Elliot Ludwig Biography was his presumed daughter who later went on to possess the Poppy Playtime we free in Chapter 1: "A Tight Squeeze" however it is unknown if Elliot and Molly Ludwig did indeed have a child before divorcing.
Trivia[]
- The beginning of the tape is taken from a 1970's commercial for the Smartypants doll, redubbed word-for-word by one of the devs, but replacing "Smartypants" with "Poppy", and tinted purple.
- When reversing said tape, multiple lines heard from Poppy can be scrutinized even though said audio is reversed.
- Lines like "Let me out" and "We all kill people". can surprisingly be heard, yet also could simply be coincidences by human error.
- Interestingly, despite the fact VHS tapes was not invented until the 1970s, the commercial appears to maintain an aesthetic from a prior time period, not to mention the fact Poppy Playtime would have been an over 20 year old product by the time of the VHS format's creation. One possible explanation is that the game universe may possibly have an alternative history to real life events.
- This is the only VHS Tape in a intro that does not focus on the Chapter 1’s main antagonist, Huggy Wuggy because the VHS Tape is part of the package with the note and it focuses on Poppy Playtime commercial.
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