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* BigBad: She's the main threat of the game.



* BigBad: She's the main threat of the game.
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Not nearly powerful, otherworldly or bizarre enough to qualify


* EldritchAbomination: He can teleport, think very intelligently (for a Toys/{{Furby}} expy, anyway), and [[spoiler:was able to use RitualMagic with his friends to get rid of Mama]].



* EldritchAbomination: Let's see, she's able to teleport, can easily kill you despite being a giant Toys/{{Furby}} expy, and likely ate a child's eyes right out of their head.
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[[folder: The Protagonist]]

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[[folder: The [[folder:The Protagonist]]



[[folder: Main Tattletail]]
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[[folder: Main [[folder:Main Tattletail]]
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* EldritchAbomination: He can teleport, think very intelligently (for a Toys/{{Furby}} expy, anyway), and [[spoiler: was able to use RitualMagic with his friends to get rid of Mama]].

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* EldritchAbomination: He can teleport, think very intelligently (for a Toys/{{Furby}} expy, anyway), and [[spoiler: was [[spoiler:was able to use RitualMagic with his friends to get rid of Mama]].



[[folder: Mama Tattletail]]
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[[folder: Mama [[folder:Mama Tattletail]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Her first scene [[{{Establishing Character Moment}} establishes]] this. See FauxAffablyEvil below.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Her first scene [[{{Establishing Character Moment}} [[EstablishingCharacterMoment establishes]] this. See FauxAffablyEvil below.



--> "The children thought that Mama would never find them as long as she couldn't see them. Turn the page. But Mama could still hear the children. The pitter-patter of their little feet led Mama right to them. Turn the page. Then Mama found the children, every last one, and put them right back to bed."

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--> "The -->"The children thought that Mama would never find them as long as she couldn't see them. Turn the page. But Mama could still hear the children. The pitter-patter of their little feet led Mama right to them. Turn the page. Then Mama found the children, every last one, and put them right back to bed."



* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: Traversing the Kaleidoscope in the expansion pack offers a cassette tape, which features a description of the Waydrives, the devices that are implied to give the Tattletails their [[ItCanThink "unique personalities"]]. Just ''how'' it does this is unknown, so it's debatable on whether it's a case of AIIsACrapshoot or HauntedTechnology.]]

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: Traversing [[spoiler:Traversing the Kaleidoscope in the expansion pack offers a cassette tape, which features a description of the Waydrives, the devices that are implied to give the Tattletails their [[ItCanThink "unique personalities"]]. Just ''how'' it does this is unknown, so it's debatable on whether it's a case of AIIsACrapshoot or HauntedTechnology.]]



* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler: She's the only Tattletail that's actually evil]].

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* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler: She's [[spoiler:She's the only Tattletail that's actually evil]].



[[folder: Boring Tattletail]]

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Even her own children don't like her.



* HatedByAll: Even her own children don't like her.



* MamaBear: Taken UpToEleven. She's so overprotective that she tries to kill anyone who simply wants to play with her children. [[MyBelovedSmother They don't seem fond of this behavior.]]

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* MamaBear: Taken UpToEleven. She's so overprotective that she tries to kill anyone who simply wants to play with her children. [[MyBelovedSmother They don't seem fond of this behavior.]]

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* MadeOfIndestructium: He's a very durable thing. The second night shows that putting himself through a washing machine's spin cycle was just for fun.



* TonkaTough: He's a very durable thing. The second night shows that putting himself through a washing machine's spin cycle was just for fun.
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* MechanicalAbomination: Though Mama Tattletail has the appearance of an oversized Tattletail doll, she's actually a monstrous, murderous supernatural entity inhabiting a mechanical vessel. Her presence is accompanied by {{Ominous Visual Glitch}}es and the whirring, grinding sound of her casetophone, and [[spoiler:the closest thing she has to a true form is the VHS tape that you banish in the end]]. Besides her [[VillainTeleportation teleportation]] abilities, the "Kaleidoscope" expansion reveals that [[spoiler:she can also [[FakeMemories modify memories]]]].
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* HollywoodGiftwrap: Quite capable of re-wrapping up Christmas presents.

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* HollywoodGiftwrap: Quite capable of re-wrapping up Christmas presents.presents perfectly, in the dark and under stress.



* PresentPeeking: Opens theirs five days early.

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* PresentPeeking: Opens theirs their present five days early.early, with unusually lethal results.



* AdorableAbomination: Unlike his mother, he's a [[spoiler:genuinely nice thing underneath.]] He's quite adorable, annoying as he may be.

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* AdorableAbomination: Unlike his mother, he's a [[spoiler:genuinely nice thing underneath.]] underneath, despite being capable of the same things she is]]. He's quite adorable, annoying as he may be.



* BigGood: Having to care for him to stay alive aside, [[spoiler:he puts together, and leads, a ritual used to ultimately defeat Mama Tattletail]].

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* BigGood: Having to care for him to stay alive aside, [[spoiler:he puts together, assembles and leads, leads a ritual used to ultimately defeat Mama Tattletail]].



* ExtremeOmnivore: Tattletail eggs are similar to owl pellets in that they contain anything Tattletail can't properly digest. Based on the ones you find, they'll eat anything small enough to fit in their mouth.

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* ExtremeOmnivore: The collectable Tattletail eggs are similar to owl pellets in that they contain anything Tattletail can't properly digest. Based on the ones you find, they'll try to eat anything small enough to fit in their mouth.



* MeaningfulName: Tattletail needs to be appeased to avoid him giving away your position to Mama with his complaints.

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* MeaningfulName: Tattletail needs to be appeased to avoid him giving away your position to Mama with his complaints. The other Tattletails live up to their name as well, seeing as they'll tell Mama exactly which room you're currently in.



* TonkaTough: He's a very durable thing. Putting himself through a washing machine's spin cycle for fun.

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* TonkaTough: He's a very durable thing. Putting The second night shows that putting himself through a washing machine's spin cycle was just for fun.



* ArmlessBiped: Again.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:She was banished by her own children. Even they saw how monstrous she was.]]
* AxCrazy: You ''don't'' want to meet mama.

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* ArmlessBiped: Again.
Again, thanks to being a Tattletail.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:She was banished by her own children.children to somewhere. Even they saw how monstrous she was.]]
* AxCrazy: You ''don't'' want to meet mama.Mama, since she's hunting for the protagonist to kill them.



* EldritchAbomination: Let's see, she's able to teleport, can easily kill you despite being a giant Toys/{{Furby}} expy, and likely ate a child's eyes right off of their head.

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* EldritchAbomination: Let's see, she's able to teleport, can easily kill you despite being a giant Toys/{{Furby}} expy, and likely ate a child's eyes right off out of their head.



* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: Traversing the Kaleidoscope in the expansion pack offers a cassette tape, which features a description of the Waydrives, the devices that are implied to give the Tattletails their [[ItCanThink "unique personalities"]]. Just ''how'' it does this is unknown, so it's debatable on whether it's a case AIIsACrapshoot or HauntedTechnology.]]

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: [[spoiler: Traversing the Kaleidoscope in the expansion pack offers a cassette tape, which features a description of the Waydrives, the devices that are implied to give the Tattletails their [[ItCanThink "unique personalities"]]. Just ''how'' it does this is unknown, so it's debatable on whether it's a case of AIIsACrapshoot or HauntedTechnology.]]



* RedEyesTakeWarning: When her eyes are red, you're screwed.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: When her eyes are glowing red, you're screwed.



* WouldHurtAChild: Obviously.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Obviously.Obviously, seeing as she's trying to kill a small defenceless child.



* CoolToy: Adverted. Whereas baby talking purple Tattletail, for a toy of the late 90s, is technologically [[LivingToys leaps and bounds]] [[LoveImbuesLife ahead of anything]] we currently possess [[note]]almost twenty years later at the time of this trope's writing[[/note]], this toy... is the more [[BoringButPractical realistic and less cooler]] product.

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* CoolToy: Adverted.Averted. Whereas baby talking purple Tattletail, for a toy of the late 90s, is technologically [[LivingToys leaps and bounds]] [[LoveImbuesLife ahead of anything]] we currently possess [[note]]almost twenty years later at the time of this trope's writing[[/note]], this toy... is the more [[BoringButPractical realistic and less cooler]] product.
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* MeaningfulName: Tattletail needs to be appeased to avoid him giving away your position to Mama with his complaints.
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* CuteButCacophonic: Many players find him adorable. He also has a tendency to repeatedly shout if he's hungry, needs grooming, or if it's dark, which often gets on players' nerves, especially if Mama is nearby.
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* CuteIsEvil: Well, a bit taller than the normal Tattletails, but shares their cuteness. However, her nature is much worse than her appearance lets on.

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* CuteIsEvil: Well, a A bit taller than the normal Tattletails, but shares their cuteness. However, her nature is much worse than her appearance lets on.
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* SecurityBlanket: Carries baby Tattletail around with them everywhere.
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* CoolToy: Adverted. Whereas baby talking purple Tattletail, for a toy of the late 90s, is technologically [[LivingToys leaps and bounds]] [[LoveImbuesLife ahead of anything]] we currently possess [[note]]almost twenty years later at the time of this trope's writing[[/note]], this toy... is the more [[BoringButPractical realistic and less cooler]] product.
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* FakeMemories: Given ''loads'' of them from Mama Tattletail in the ''Kaleidoscope'' DLC, but since she was [[ChildHater so hostile to you]] before, you know there's no way these [[RepressedMemories "taped over memories"]] are true.

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