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[[WMG: The family lives in [[Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale Night Vale]].]]

[[WMG: Teddy represents the baby's father.]]
This was actually guessed by WebVideo/JesseCox after he finished his playthrough, but it makes a lot of sense. Teddy was a present from your father, constantly worries about you and your mother, [[spoiler: and he helps you and takes care of you when your mother's being absent and neglectful because she's getting drunk]].

[[WMG: Teddy represents the baby's grandfather.]]
From the camp that wants to find the mother sympathetic, [[spoiler: the boy's father was even worse, and his abandonment drove the mother to drink. This is why Teddy and the final man sound older. It's her father, not the boy's.]]

[[WMG: The mother eventually regains custody of the toddler. She kicks her drinking habit, and finds religion]]

[[WMG: This game serves as [[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman's]] backstory]]

[[WMG: There were multiple factors that led to the parents' divorce.]]

[[WMG: Trenchcoat is not representative of The Father.]]

* Umbrella is dressed in a trenchcoat and gloves, while carrying an [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin umbrella]]. It is raining at this time, so the umbrella is necessary to remain dry while out shopping for alcohol.
* Forest Lady is the monster the woman becomes after drinking. This is the most obviously abusive stage, where The Mother is drunk and not thinking clearly.
* Trenchcoat is not just in a trenchcoat, but also so heavily covered that the face is not visible, only the glowing eyes. This is The Mother [[HangoverSensitivity while hungover, covered up to prevent bright light worsening the headache, and becoming very angry when the toddler makes a loud noise by breaking things]]. In addition, The Mother is found after TheReveal to be holding the parts of Teddy that Trenchcoat took away.

* Trenchcoat is not just in a trenchcoat, but also so heavily covered that the face is not visible, only the glowing eyes. This is The Mother [[HangoverSensitivity while hungover, covered up to prevent bright light worsening the headache, and becoming very angry when the toddler makes a loud noise by breaking things]]. In addition, The Mother is found after TheReveal to be holding the parts of Teddy that Trenchcoat took away.

Just about every scene with them suggests that some turmoil was brewing between them. The mother might have started drinking at that point and her husband was trying to get her to stop. Then again, something could have been going on with the father. Whatever was going on with him in the DLC could have been resolved with some counseling and him changing who he might have been.

* He runs in fear of trenchcoat people (which translates to a mistrust of [=GMan=] when he grows up).

(Guess courtesy of the SomethingAwful LetsPlay.)

This was actually guessed by JesseCox after he finished his playthrough, but it makes a lot of sense. Teddy was a present from your father, constantly worries about you and your mother, [[spoiler: and he helps you and takes care of you when your mother's being absent and neglectful because she's getting drunk]].

[[WMG: This game serves as [[HalfLife Gordon Freeman's]] backstory]]

Provided the toddler's name is [[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac Isaac]]

Incidentally, the toddler's name is [[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac Isaac]]

This was actually guessed by JesseCox after he finished his playthrough, but it makes a lot of sense. Teddy was a present from your father, constantly worries about you and your mother, [[spoiler: and he helps you and takes care of you when your mother's being absent and neglectful because she's getting drunk]].

It would certainly explain a lot.

[[WMG: The family lives in [[WelcomeToNightVale Night Vale]].]]