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| 4 | !Residents of Welcome Home |
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| 6 | [[folder:In general]] |
| 7 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/welcome_home_puppets.png]] |
| 8 | [[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Howdy, Frank, Julie, Wally, Barnaby, Sally, Eddie, Poppy]] |
| 9 | * AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Wally is yellow, Eddie is orange-yellow, and Frank is gray. Downplayed with Julie, who's pink but a shade that isn't that off from a human flesh tone. |
| 10 | * BlackDotPupils: The whole cast, except maybe Jonsey, has these. |
| 11 | * CastOfExpies: Many of the characters are clearly inspired by characters from ''Series/SesameStreet'' and/or ''Franchise/TheMuppets''. |
| 12 | * FunnyAnimal: Three of the main cast are anthropomorphic animals. Barnaby Beagle is a blue dog; Poppy Partridge is a red fowl (possibly a chicken); and Howdy Pillar is a green caterpillar. |
| 13 | * RainbowMotif: Wally, Poppy, Eddie, and Sally are all associated with the colors of the rainbow. The things that ties them together is the fact that they all participate in different art forms. [[note]]Painting, arts and crafts, knitting, and theater respectively.[[/note]] Barnaby also has this motif, due to the fact that his outfits are meant to match Wally's. (Although one could argue that comedy is an art form as well). |
| 14 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: The female puppets all have eyelashes, while most of the males do not, with the sole exception of Eddie. |
| 15 | * VagueAge: How old the puppets are has never been stated in the WHRP's findings, although Clown himself [[https://www.tumblr.com/partycoffin/712518338620866560/hi-so-uh-i-was-wondering-how-old-are-the commented]] that he always saw each of the puppets as in their late-twenties. |
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| 18 | [[folder:Wally Darling]] |
| 19 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wally_darling.png]] |
| 20 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"That's the most!"'']] |
| 21 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Clown Illustrations (prologue), L. "Frankie" Frankenstein (main series) |
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| 23 | The most prominent character of Welcome Home, Wally Darling is the friendliest neighbor, perhaps even the best painter too. With a smile like his it's hard to disagree! Always eager to make new friends and show them around the neighborhood, Wally is happy to lend a helping hand. But you knew that already, didn't you? He is also the inhabitant of Home. |
| 24 | ---- |
| 25 | * AmbiguousInnocence: How villainous Wally is, or if he's villainous at all, isn't very clear as of yet. |
| 26 | ** During the prologue there's certainly something sinister going on, but whether it's the fault of Wally, Home, both, or some other force isn't entirely clear as of yet. Wally's hidden messages and his below mentioned JumpScare don't appear to be malicious in nature. |
| 27 | ** The 7/22 update muddles this even further, [[spoiler:as Wally gets several hidden tapes in which he speaks to (presumably) the viewer, saying cryptic phrases that reference being able to see the person he speaks to as he gets progressively more agitated. However, Wally never overtly threatens the viewer, and because of his otherwise monotonous tone, it's difficult to tell whether he's expressing anger or fear.]] |
| 28 | * AmnesiacHero: While calling him a hero might be a misnomer due to his ambigous motives, one of Wally's png responses on the guest book indicates he may have lost his memories sometime between the cancelation of the show and the website going live. |
| 29 | -->'''Nosipho:''' ''(begining of the comment is scribbled out with red crayon)'' -and your friends sure seem like a bunch of wonderful folks! What's your favorite memory with each of your friends?\ |
| 30 | '''Wally:''' nomemory_png |
| 31 | * BeehiveHairdo: His hairstyle is a mix between a [[SixtiesHair 1960s updo]] and an exaggerated pompadour that ends in a swirl. |
| 32 | * BizarreAlienBiology: |
| 33 | ** He can eat by staring at food, and unlike the other puppets he notably lacks a nose. |
| 34 | ** In the 7/22 update he teaches the player how to draw his eyes in one of the hidden audio file. Then in the next chronological one claims that he can see through those drawings and refers to it as him having "many more" eyes now. |
| 35 | * BigGuyLittleGuy: The little guy to Barnaby's big guy. |
| 36 | * BodyMotifs: Eyes. This is a common theme throughout the website, but also specifically towards Wally; his eyes are slightly more detailed than the rest of the cast, and he is the only neighbor whose character portrait stares directly at the viewer. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20230321201559/https://www.clownillustration.com/voywex This jumpscare]] has his eyes being the only thing visible, and extra material emphasizes them, sometimes into a full on KubrickStare. |
| 37 | ** WordOfGod also says that he can eat food just by looking at it, and his pupils will briefly get larger once he's finished. |
| 38 | ** In the Links section of the website, the third file down on the left-hand side is a slideshow of every different character, followed by the Welcome Home logo. Every character gets an equal amount of time, and they all look in a different direction, with the exception of Wally, who gets four times the exposure of any other character or the logo, and of course, he is staring directly at the viewer. If you end up finding one of the many secret pages on the website, you will stumble across a spooky variant of the slideshow where Wally is singled out even more, with every other character's time slots shortening and Wally's lengthening until the third round, where the viewers get an extreme close-up of Wally's eyes. |
| 39 | ** One of Wally's messages to viewers is him teaching how to draw his eyes, tracing a pair of red spirals as he fills in the pupils. He implies in the next message [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou that drawing fanart of him]] raises his perception of the outside world, but he's disturbed about how even though he "can see", he can't hear the reader and talk to them properly. |
| 40 | * CaptainObvious: As shown in ''Eddie's Big Lift,'' Wally is prone to stating the obvious, such as commenting on the fact that he's being picked up and put down several times. |
| 41 | -->'''Wally, after Eddie picks him up:''' Oh, I'm up here now. |
| 42 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Everything he likes is "the most"! |
| 43 | * ChasteHero: Again, calling him a hero might potentially be a misnomer, but in the ''Live Interview Audio Segment'' Wally is questioned by the interviewer if he has any romantic entanglements. After some initial confusion on Wally's part he clarifies that he loves everyone, including his friends and the viewers of ''Welcome Home,'' who he views as just other neighbors. So he might be this, or he possibly has a relationship with another character that wouldn't have been [[DeliberateValuesDissonance accepted back in the 70s]], and is [[HideYourGays dodging the question.]] |
| 44 | * CreepyMonotone: His voice is very calm, clear, and even, but it's also a sign that his character isn't quite as sane or charming as some people think at first. [[spoiler:He even maintains it when he's upset, although, he tends to talk more tersely and raises his voice slightly.]] |
| 45 | ** The excerpt of a live interview with Wally featured in the website begins with him distinctly in good spirits before the host asks about the show's popularity and his rise to fame, with Wally [[GoMadFromTheRevelation becoming more and more disturbed]] as it goes on. It ends with Wally slowly muttering that his newfound fame is "just the most" while sounding dead inside. |
| 46 | * DistractedByMyOwnSexy: Wally finds himself attractive and will admire himself in mirrors from time to time. |
| 47 | * TheDitz: He doesn't really grasp the fact that apple pies have apples in them, because they don't ''look'' like apples. He also used to not understand kisses and the concept of "short". This is {{justified|Trope}} by the fact that every episode of the show involved Wally learning something; being initially ignorant about things is part of his role. |
| 48 | * DelayedReaction: In the 7/22 update, Wally demonstrates this quite a bit. He's often slow to react to the actions of his friends or the environment around him, such as not understanding that Julie was testing Eddies' strength in "Eddie's Big Lift" until Eddie has already lifted him off of the ground. He also tends to have a delayed and stilted laugh, which is most obvious in the interview where he laughs a good few seconds after the interviewer and the audience. |
| 49 | * DrearyHalfLiddedEyes: The majority of the recovered illustrations featuring Wally depict him with this kind of expression. |
| 50 | * DullSurprise: Several illustrations depict him in a state of surprise. However, his overall expression is largely the same. This reaction to the happenings of the neighborhood from him are par for the course. |
| 51 | * EmotionlessBoy: Both the website and Clown's personal page suggests that Wally may have started out not knowing about or feeling any emotions, only learning about and experiencing them over the course of the show. By the time Wally begins using the website to communicate with the player he shows a descent array of emotions, as volatile as they might be. |
| 52 | * EveryoneKnowsMorse: Wally understands when Home communicates in Morse code. [[spoiler:It seems Wally can communicate in it himself. At one point in the hidden video featuring Sally and Poppy, Wally's hand hovers over a cup of tea in front of him. He taps out the word "tea" (- . .-)]] |
| 53 | * EvilPhone: In his attempts to connect to viewers, Wally is associated with the "It's for You!" toy phone that is one of the items found by the restoration staff. Illustrations of the phone show Wally's face reflected over it. The Question-Answerer began to hallucinate it ringing from time to time and had a case of sleep paralysis in which he saw [[spoiler:Wally offering the phone from the other side of the room but was unable to talk to him. However, an apologetic message from Wally seems to indicate that the nightmares created by the phone [[PowerIncontinence are not something he's doing on purpose]].]] |
| 54 | * FlatCharacter: He has never really been described as anything other than a friendly face in Home. ''Or so we think…'' |
| 55 | * GothSpirals: There is a mysterious association between Wally, eyes and hypnotic red spirals. He even has a swirly pompadour. |
| 56 | * GoMadFromTheIsolation: While the other puppets still seem to be around in some capacity, losing the "ninth neighbor" [[note]]AKA You[[/note]] seems to have done a number on him. By the time he's found the player through the website he seems to have a few screws loose, although [[MaskOfSanity he hides it fairly well.]] |
| 57 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: It's heavily implied that he didn't take the initial discovery that he's a puppet in a kids TV show very well. |
| 58 | * HollywoodToneDeaf: One of the audio files for the Homewarming update features Wally singing Doris Day's ''Toyland'', and... oh boy. He's obviously trying his best, but his flat voice and off-beat delivery don't lend themselves well to this particular performance. |
| 59 | * HypnoticEyes: Wally's association with spirals and the constant focus on his eyes slightly give off this vibe. Especially with some of the more unsettling pictures of his eyes staring back at the viewer either dilated or just plain manic looking (with some having a small white dot in the middle). In one hidden audio, he's teaching the viewer on how to draw his eyes. He starts off with a giant circle, but how does he draw his pupils? In spirals, before colouring in the empty space. |
| 60 | ** He seems to be associated with hypnosis or some form of mind manipulation in general. [[spoiler:With how the Question-Answerer's sanity started to dwindle from a sleep-paralysis incident, the Restoration Team's compulsion to recover the show that's implied to be unnatural, and a very odd substance covering a lot of the recovered merch and media, and it's all implied to be Wally's doing...safe to say Wally knows how to get into people's heads. Though it's implied that was unintentional on his part.]] |
| 61 | * InformedAttribute: Wally is stated to be the shortest of the puppets at 3 feet (or 12 apples) tall, but some illustrations depict him as the same height as or taller than Julie. |
| 62 | * LiteralMinded: The "Hotdogs" audio file on the website's Media page reveals that Wally doesn't understand figures of speech. |
| 63 | -->'''Barnaby:''' Hiya, Howdy. I think we're gonna enjoy ourselves the usual.\ |
| 64 | '''Howdy:''' A usual for my usuals? Comin' right up, pal-ly!\ |
| 65 | '''Wally:''' The usual? I thought we were getting hotdogs. |
| 66 | ** He seems to take remarks at face value as well. On the "Live Interview" audio excerpt, the television host talking to Wally takes note of his endearing nature. |
| 67 | --->'''Interviewer:''' Is that why they call you Wally Darling?\ |
| 68 | '''Wally:''' They call me Wally Darling because that's my name. |
| 69 | * MaskOfSanity: In the hidden audios, Wally presents himself similarly to what his show persona presumably was. However, as the audios go on he becomes increasingly agitated about the player's lack of response and more and more desperate to hear you. As a result, it's clear that Wally isn't entirely all there. |
| 70 | * MellowFellow: The first update establishes him as being one within the show itself, with him just sort of drifting from activity to activity while being polite to the others and calmly enthused about the happenings around him. |
| 71 | * NiceGuy: Within the show itself. Whether or not the Wally we interact with through the website will remain this way is questionable, as he's shown getting frustrated during a few audios. |
| 72 | * NonstandardCharacterDesign: Wally has a few subtle design differences that make him stand out a bit more than his neighbors: |
| 73 | ** While everyone else has circular eyes, Wally's are more almond-shaped with defined eyelids, which make his expressions significantly more relaxed. While this makes him appear calm and friendly, it also causes his expression to look a bit more... [[https://www.tumblr.com/partycoffin/658810591049285632/us?source=share manic]] when his eyes are open all the way. |
| 74 | ** Wally is also the only puppet to completely lack a nose and eyebrows, which makes it slightly more difficult for his design to read as puppet-like. The lack of eyebrows also makes his expressions harder to read, which is perhaps an InUniverse explanation for why he is a PerpetualSmiler. |
| 75 | * NoSenseOfHumor: Wally doesn't seem to understand how to tell jokes, needing Barnaby to coach him on how to tell them before going to Howdy's. Likewise, Barnaby was the one who taught Wally how to laugh, as Wally had no idea what a laugh was before meeting him. Even then, Wally's laugh is ''extremely'' stilted and unnatural. In fact, Wally's [[DelayedReaction slow responses]] to jokes he hears implies that he doesn't actually find them funny, and is instead searching for the socially appropriate time to laugh. |
| 76 | * TheNoseless: He's the only puppet that lacks a nose. |
| 77 | * NoSocialSkills: From what we see of Wally as of the 7/22 update, he struggles a great deal with social niceties despite his own friendliness. He's literal minded, has slow reactions to the people and things around him, and can't tell a joke due to poor timing unless he's been coached beforehand. He also seems to be on the flightier side, even by the standards of the rest of the neighborhood. Meanwhile, Wally doesn't seem to understand why his friends might not appreciate him standing still and silently staring at them, as shown in the ''Just So-Demo'' audio. This can lead to the interpretation that the Wally the player interacts with through the website doesn't have any malicious intent, he's just not in the position to realize how sinister he comes off as. |
| 78 | -->'''Wally:''' Hi, Julie. Hi, Frank. Home wanted to know if it can play croquet too?\ |
| 79 | '''Julie:''' ''(gasps)'' Of course!\ |
| 80 | '''Frank:''' Well, I don't see why not!\ |
| 81 | '''Wally:''' Oh, swell.\ |
| 82 | ({{Beat}})\ |
| 83 | '''Frank, seemingly uncomfortable:''' I-is there ''(clears throat)'' something else, Wally? |
| 84 | * NoticingTheFourthWall: The first time Wally became aware of his and his neighbors status as children entertainment characters is heavily implied to be during the interview one can find on the ''Media'' page. Considering his sudden shift in demeanor towards the end one can assume he [[GoMadFromTheRevelation didn't take it very well]]. |
| 85 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The first update establishes Wally as a MellowFellow NiceGuy who gets along with all his neighbors within the show. However, some of the hidden audios in the same update show him becoming increasingly frustrated over his inability to hear the player. Meanwhile, one of the hidden videos shows Barnaby becoming concerned over the fact that Wally is zoning out and not speaking. |
| 86 | * {{Omniglot}}: Wally answers multiple fans in the website's guestbook in languages other than English, and he understands Morse code as well. |
| 87 | * PerpetualSmiler: He has a constant [[PlayfulCatSmile cat smile]]-esque expression. His yellow skin tone also evokes the HaveANiceDaySmile. One illustration featuring him and Frank implies he's physically incapable of performing any other expression, even if he ''wanted'' to. |
| 88 | -->'''Frank, pointing at his own frown:''' Frowning is easy, see?\ |
| 89 | '''Wally, still smiling but with a frustrated look in his eyes:''' Maybe for you, but not for me! |
| 90 | * PingPongNaivete: Seems to be one of his primary characteristics within the show itself. Justified, as his lack of knowledge is what sets up the plots of the episodes, and he would learn about these subjects alongside the viewer and his friends. |
| 91 | * PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: During the ''Live Interview Audio Segment'' he declares he loves his neighbors (the other residents and the show's viewers). He'll also tell the player that he loves them in several hidden audios. At present, he hasn't shown any indication that those feelings are anything other than platonic. In fact, it's not entirely clear if he understands what romantic love ''is.'' |
| 92 | * PowerIncontinence: One of the [[spoiler:blacklight messages in the safe,]] which is implied to be from him, indicates that the SanitySlippage, dizziness, and fatigue that the Restoration Team and the Question-Answerer are going through is unintentional on his part. |
| 93 | -->'''Wally:''' I am so sorry. |
| 94 | * PrettyBoy: Wally is noted to be one in-universe. Enough so that he enjoys looking at ''himself'' in the mirror. |
| 95 | * RainbowMotif: Wally wears rainbow colored slacks as part of his main outfit, and a rainbow suit jacket as a part of his secondary outfit. Given his status as an artist and his [[AmbiguouslyGay uncertain]] [[QueerColors sexuality]] this is pretty notable. |
| 96 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: While he doesn't sport them himself, whenever he draws eyes, or is associated with them, they are usually in the colour red. |
| 97 | * SignatureLaugh: A monotonous "Ha ha ha" instead of actual laughter. |
| 98 | * SleepParalysisCreature: As detailed in the Question-Answerer's NightmareSequence, Wally [[spoiler:appeared to them in such manner, holding a ringing "It's-For-You" toy phone and silently beckoning them to answer it.]] It's not entirely clear if Question-Answerer was [[NothingIsScarier actually asleep during this]]. |
| 99 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: As of the first update, if one zooms out enough you'll find a pair of eyes that are clearly Wally's staring at you. This shows that he's trying to watch the player beneath their notice. While Wally is fairly obsessed with communicating with player, and tells them he loves them, there's no indication of ''romantic'' love. As such, his spying and obsession comes off as this. |
| 100 | * StepfordSmiler: Wally's face may be locked into a soft smile (with the occasional wide-eyed deranged glare) but he [[https://www.tumblr.com/partycoffin/687711282404687872/is-barnaby-aware-that-wally-cant-feel-emotions cannot understand emotions]] and, if anything, appears to be depressed. Wally was taught how to laugh by Barnaby, but he can only say "Ha Ha Ha" in a monotonous and robotic way. |
| 101 | * TerseTalker: Wally has a habit of speaking in simple, short sentences. Wally responds to messages in the guestbook with his own illustrations, with the png files being short verbal responses. The "try again" [[https://web.archive.org/web/20230321201559/https://www.clownillustration.com/voywex jumpscare]] makes it clear that this is a consistent trait of his. Justified in that he's a children's show host and needs to speak very clearly and simply because of the target audience of young kids. |
| 102 | * TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Although Wally has yet to do anything blatantly threatening to the player, he makes it very clear that he knows you're there and that he's watching you. |
| 103 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Apples, although it's noted that he prefers looking at and holding them over actually eating them. This doesn't seem to extend to food that contain apples in them (such as pie) as he [[TheDitz doesn't seem capable of recognizing an apple as such unless it's raw/whole.]] |
| 104 | * UnknowinglyInLove: Clown has stated that Wally both doesn't fully understand the concept of love, and that he also falls ''in'' love (seemingly platonically) easily over and over again despite that. |
| 105 | * UnsoundEffect: When he wants to shush someone, he'll say the word "shush" instead of the typical "shhh!" |
| 106 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: While his motives are still questionable, what's at least obvious is he's desperately trying to get the world's attention. It's what he does in his desperation that puts him here. Despite the implications of what he did [[spoiler:[[SanitySlippage to the Restoration Team and Question-Answerer]]]] were unintentional, his actions surrounding the website, the guestbook responses, the hidden audio files, [[HypnoticEyes (one in particular)]], and the Restoration Team's [[MoreThanMindControl impulse]] on recovering the show seem completely intentional. [[AmbiguousSituation Key word is "seem"...]] |
| 107 | [[/folder]] |
| 108 | |
| 109 | [[folder:Barnaby B. Beagle]] |
| 110 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barnaby_b_beagle.png]] |
| 111 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"What do you call a beagle with no ears? Nothin'! He can't hear ya anyways!"'']] |
| 112 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Clown Illustrations (concepts), [=SyntheticCharmVA=] (main series) |
| 113 | |
| 114 | A goofy layabout with a love for jokes, Barnaby B. Beagle is Welcome Home’s funniest neighbor. Always ready with a joke on hand or even a silly observation, this big blue beagle always knows how to have fun, much to the dismay of some of the grumpier residents. He is Wally's best friend. |
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| 116 | * AlliterativeName: '''B'''arnaby '''B'''. '''B'''eagle. |
| 117 | * AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Downplayed. While blue dogs do exist in real life, none of them are the pastel blue of Barnaby's fur. This is discussed in one of the secret tapes, where Frank shows skepticism that Barnaby is naturally blue. |
| 118 | * BigBrotherMentor: He's often seen explaining or teaching Wally things, giving him words of encouragement and calling him things like "kid" and "little buddy." He's also the one who most often expresses concern about Wally, asking him how he's doing and in one video sounding rather worried when Wally isn't responding. |
| 119 | * BigFriendlyDog: Barnaby is a huge beagle and is a funny, smiling goofball. At least...he's ''supposed'' to be. [[spoiler:So far, the update has shown him to be a lovable, wise-cracking goofball, but there are hints he could be more self-aware than he's letting on]]. |
| 120 | * BrutalHonesty: He blatantly called Julie "unfunny" when she's trying to crack jokes. He's also pretty straightforward with Frank when the other's neuroticism shows its face. |
| 121 | * CanisMajor: While not gigantic, his height is officially around 7- to 8-feet tall, which is still quite huge for a dog, and he is overall one of the tallest characters alongside Howdy and Poppy. |
| 122 | * CompositeCharacter: Barnaby shares physical similarities with both [[Franchise/TheMuppets Fozzie Bear and Rowlf]], though his jokester personality more befits Fozzie's. [[spoiler:The update showcases Barnaby's voice, which many have compared to [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Barney Rubble]], [[WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants Patrick Star]], or [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans.]]]] |
| 123 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: A strongly downplayed trope considering the saccharine nature of the show, but Barnaby's backstory, in what little detail it shares, seems more dour compared to the other neighbors. He was orphaned as a pup, implying that his birth parents either died or even possibly abandoned him, and was HappilyAdopted by Ms. Beagle. |
| 124 | * DontExplainTheJoke: Shown to believe in this in one of the hidden videos. When Julie tries to explain the joke she just told him he begins ribbing her even harder for it then he already was. |
| 125 | * FurryReminder: Claims it's only natural for him chase Eddie, because he's a dog and Eddie is a mailman. |
| 126 | * TheGadfly: The first update reveals that he likes to mess with the other residents of the neighborhood to varying degrees. He excessively pushes Frank's buttons, taunts Julie for her bad jokes, and chases Eddie for quite literally no other reason than the fact that Eddie is a mailman and that Barnaby is a dog. The only ones who he doesn't target appear to be Howdy and Wally. |
| 127 | * HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: He is a dog that wears a vest, but no pants. He even lampshades it. |
| 128 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: While it's not clear whether they are explicitly ''heterosexual,'' Barnaby and Wally are described as best friends, with a lot of extra material having the two do many activities together. It's often expressed that Barnaby helps teach Wally when he learns something new, and the two also have a lot of design details that they share, such as hearts on the bottom of Wally's shoes and Barnaby's paws. |
| 129 | * ItAmusedMe: His gadfly-antics can be more or less summed up as just him doing whatever he finds funny in the moment. |
| 130 | * InterspeciesAdoption: He's described as being the adopted son of "the chicken who crossed the road," whose surname was inexplicably "Beagle" for the sake of humor. |
| 131 | * MailmanVSDog: Barnaby loves to terrorize Eddie during his mailing route, as expected of a dog. |
| 132 | * MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: The character description for Barnaby mentions a running joke where Barnaby would claim that his middle initial stands for things related to himself or the situation at hand, such as bark, blue, or buddy. |
| 133 | * MysteriousMiddleInitial: It remains unknown what the "B." in Barnaby B. Beagle stands for, and Barnaby constantly jokes about it being different things. |
| 134 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His voice was clearly based on Creator/RodneyDangerfield. |
| 135 | * PungeonMaster: Much like his inspiration, Fozzie Bear, he has a habit of cracking puns whenever the situation calls for it. |
| 136 | * RainbowMotif: Due to the fact that he and Wally are meant to dress similarly, he shares this with the other man. Also of note, his pipe is shown to produce multicolored smoke. |
| 137 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Although Barnaby teases most of the neighborhood, he and Frank seem to have a far more biting dynamic. What with Barnaby going out of his way to poke fun at Frank, and Frank openly admitting he's not fond of Barnaby. |
| 138 | * SmokingIsCool: Despite being a children's show character, Barnaby canonically smokes from a pipe, and the smoke that comes out is multicolored. This is justified, as while smoking was known to be bad for the health since at least the 60s, it wasn't nearly as frowned upon in the US as it is today. So children's shows could get away with portraying characters performing the act without getting much if any heat from the censors. |
| 139 | [[/folder]] |
| 140 | |
| 141 | [[folder:Julie Joyful]] |
| 142 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/julie_joyful.png]] |
| 143 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"How about we all play a game! I just thought of a new one! All we'll need is a pogostick, a bowl of pasta, and a pair of roller skates!"'']] |
| 144 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Clown Illustrations (concepts), cyberscraps (main series) |
| 145 | |
| 146 | Undoubtedly the cheeriest neighbor a puppet could ask for, Julie Joyful is Welcome Home's happiest resident. Amidst such a rainbow of brightly colored neighbors, that's really saying something! Upbeat, silly, and always ready to play with her friends, there's never a boring day in Welcome Home while she's around. She is Frank's best friend. |
| 147 | ---- |
| 148 | * SixtiesHair: Late 60s, specifically, as a chronological reference to the show's 1969 premiere. She wears her hair long, but with a visible bump that highly resembles a bouffant. She sports SeventiesHair in "later" concept art that depicts her with feathered hair à la Creator/FarrahFawcett. |
| 149 | * AlliterativeName: '''J'''ulie '''J'''oyful. |
| 150 | * {{Calvinball}}: The "Just So" audio implies she enjoys playing chaotic games that lack rules. |
| 151 | * CheeryPink: She has pink skin, and is defined by her [[MeaningfulName joyful]] attitude. |
| 152 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Julie may be the most eccentric of the cast; she'll say and do the most off-the-wall things and some of her suggested games are just plain bizarre. [[NoodleIncident Apparently her game of "Hopscotch to the Max" ended up with her stuck on Howdy's roof for an hour]]. |
| 153 | * CompositeCharacter: She's quite reminiscent of [[Series/SesameStreet Prairie Dawn]] with her pink skin and blonde hair. According to Clown, Ernie, another Sesame Street character, was one of the characters that Julie was inspired by. |
| 154 | * CuteMonsterGirl: She's described as being a [[OurMonstersAreDifferent "rainbow monster"]], but the only indicator of this is her short, nubby, candy corn-like horns, and as of the March 2024 update the mention of her having paws. She otherwise looks like a [[TheCutie cutesy puppet girl]]. |
| 155 | * TheFashionista: Julie is shown to have many outfits, although whether this is limited to her book appearances and animated appearances, or if her puppet form also displays this isn't known yet. |
| 156 | * FlowerMotif: Julie has a strong association with flowers, with even her base outfit making her greatly resemble one. Whether or not this will have greater meaning isn't clear as of yet. |
| 157 | * GenkiGirl: She is the happiest resident of Home, being constantly full of energy and always looking for a chance to play a new game with her friends. |
| 158 | * GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: Is the former while her best friend Frank is the latter. Also has shades of this with Sally, as the latter's attention hog tendencies clash with Julie's carefree attitude. |
| 159 | * GreenThumb: ''Possibly.'' The first update hints to it. |
| 160 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Her beautiful bouffant hair is one of her most prominent features, and despite her idiosyncrasies, she is a sweetheart. |
| 161 | * HighPoweredCareerWoman: Parodied in one piece of art featuring her and Eddie. One of the hidden videos of the update has her and Eddie attempting to establish a buisness (much to Eddie's own confusion), only for her to dramatically pretend they've gone bankrupt after getting a call from Barnaby (who she pretends is someone else). |
| 162 | * LargeHam: In contrast to Sally's ColdHam, particularly when pretending to be a business woman. |
| 163 | * NonHumanNonBinary: Julie is canonically genderfluid. She is also a rainbow monster/puppet. |
| 164 | * NoodleImplements: Most of her games involve random, arbitrarily-selected objects, as shown with her description quote above. |
| 165 | * PinkMeansFeminine: Julie is very feminine-presenting, has light pink skin and she is shown to have several outfits that have pink incorporated in them. |
| 166 | * PlatonicLifePartners: With Frank. The two are best friends and are almost always featured together, but since Frank is confirmed to be gay and in a relationship with Eddie, all of their interactions are purely platonic. |
| 167 | * TalkingToPlants: As shown in the tomatoes audio. |
| 168 | [[/folder]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[folder:Frank Frankly]] |
| 171 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frank_frankly.png]] |
| 172 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Frankly, I don't think there's anything wrong with being frank!"'']] |
| 173 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Clown Illustrations (concepts), L. "Frank" Frankenstein |
| 174 | Arguably the smartest neighbor in Welcome Home, Frank Frankly is the resident bookworm with an expertise on butterflies. Despite being the grumpiest and greyest of this colorful cavalcade of neighbors, it's good to have someone so organized and matter-of-fact amidst the bunch. After all, he enjoys being frank, even if it means being Frank, whatever that means! He is Julie's best friend. |
| 175 | ---- |
| 176 | * AlliterativeName: '''F'''rank '''F'''rankly. |
| 177 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Played with and enforced. WordOfGod says he and Eddie are a couple, but within the context of the show in-universe this was only ever hinted at due to the show having aired during the 70s. |
| 178 | * AmbiguousSituation: Frank is implied to know more than he lets on, due to (literal) bugs appearing throughout the pages of the website after the first update. Whether or not he's in cahoots with Wally or working against him is unclear. There's also the matter of the [[spoiler:photo of him in the safe, where he appears to be clutching a glowing red paper with a frightened look on his face.]] |
| 179 | * BigOlUnibrow: Has a thick, dark one that emphasizes his grouchy personality, like he's always in a furrow. |
| 180 | * BlushSticker: Frank has two red circles on his cheeks. |
| 181 | * {{Bookworm}}: He was often depicted with a book, which would explain why he's apparently knowledgeable on various subjects and the others look to him for information. |
| 182 | * CaringGardener: Frank might seem rough around the edges, but he's actually very sweet, and lovingly tends to a garden. |
| 183 | * CartoonCreature: Out of all the character's speices, Frank's is the most unclear. Wally and Eddie appear to represent humans, Julie is a "rainbow monster", Barnaby is a dog, Poppy is a bird, Howdy is a caterpillar, and Sally is a star. But, what is Frank supposed to be? |
| 184 | * CasualKink: His "Oh my!" when Eddie successfully lifts Barnaby implies that he's... ''appreciative'' of Eddie's strength. |
| 185 | * ColorMotif: He is gray, matching his plain and almost joyless demeanor. |
| 186 | * CordonBleughChef: He likes to make 1950s-style jello salads. One drawing from the website shows him happily showing off a two-tiered gelatin dish with various fruits, veggies, and miscellaneous foodstuffs inside it. |
| 187 | * DeadpanSnarker: Considering his apparent status of the OnlySaneMan, it's not too surprising that he dabbles in this when caught up in his neighbor's antics. |
| 188 | * {{Expy}}: He's strongly reminiscent of [[Series/SesameStreet Bert]] due to being a somewhat more grumpy character, having an intense interest in a small flying animal species (butterflies as opposed to pigeons), and being part of an OddCouple duo with the cheerier and more childish Julie. His gay relationship with Eddie may also be a reference to the rumors of Bert and Ernie being gay, which the Sesame Workshop has had to clear up multiple times. Where he differs from Bert is how he's ''much'' more willing to engage with his neighbors in various activities, be they preparing food, dressing up, or approaching him for information (even if, according to his blurb, his answers tend to be dismissed). |
| 189 | * ExorcistHead: In-universe concept art indicates his head can fully rotate. There is yet no information as to ''why'' he has this ability, but it's explained that it spins when he is panicked or angry, according to [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com/post/652574592114868224/clown-manifestation-im-still-too-nervous-to-talk this post]], and it's implied that it's [[LosingYourHead detachable]], according to [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com/post/645679103702450176/clown-manifestation-did-i-ever-put-barnabys another]]. |
| 190 | * FriendToBugs: Frank adores bugs, butterflies in particular. [[spoiler:Bugs could be found on certain pages of the website, which led to the hidden video files. This could mean Frank is familiar with more than one type of bug...]] |
| 191 | * GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: Platonic variant with Julie and romantic variant with Eddie. He's the grumpy for both. |
| 192 | * GreenEyedMonster: A seemingly platonic and downplayed example, but Frank is implied to be at least a little jealous of Wally and Barnaby's close friendship. He even flat out asks Wally why he bothers hanging around with the blue dog in one hidden video, [[WhatDoesSheSeeInHim apparently seeing little to no redeeming qualities in Barnaby]]. |
| 193 | * LastNameBasis: With Eddie, who he refers to as "Mr. Dear", who likewise calls him "Mr. Frankly". [[spoiler:When he refers to him as Eddie at the end of the hidden commercial video it's purely out of worry...]] |
| 194 | * MeaningfulName: As written in his blurb, Frank enjoys being frank, which is [[BrutalHonesty to be honest in a very blunt manner]]. |
| 195 | * MoralityPet: Not only is Frank implied to be at least somewhat aware of what's going on, it also seems he's trying to convince Wally (and possibly the player) to be content with their current lot in life. Considering the SanitySlippage that's happening to the Restoration Team and the Question-Answerer, he's quite justified if this is his endeavor. Most notable is his closing lines in the 9-14-fp hidden video. |
| 196 | -->'''Frank:''' Besides, we're all safe and sound here. Wouldn't you agree, Wally? |
| 197 | * MysteriousPast: Unlike all of the characters (sans Wally), Frank's backstory is pretty much unknown, as the website mentions no records of what his life was like before moving to Home. |
| 198 | * NonHumanNonBinary: Frank is canonically non-binary. He is also a puppet. |
| 199 | * NonstandardCharacterDesign: In contrast to the pastel color schemes of most of the characters, Frank's design uses plenty more black. Frank is also the only puppet with grey in his color scheme. |
| 200 | * NotSoAboveItAll: Frank is the smartest and most posh of the neighbors, but he's also not above participating and having fun, as he helps Poppy to bake, gleefully hangs out in the garden with Julie, and even participates in Sally's plays, if "Julie-rella" is any indication. It becomes clear that, for all of their neuroticism, Frank does see the neighborhood as his friends. |
| 201 | * OddNameOut: While the other residents have first names that end with the long "e" sound[[note]]"E" as in "easy"[[/note]], Frank's name is the only one whose name does not end in that sound. He's also the only one whose surname ''does'' end in that sound. |
| 202 | * OnlySaneMan: Seems to be this if his behavior in ''Eddie's Big Lift'' is anything to go by. |
| 203 | * PerpetualFrowner: Downplayed. As the local grump, Frank's puppet is said to have had a fixed frown on his face, but illustrations show him with more varied emotions, like [[WhenHeSmiles smiling]]. |
| 204 | * SitcomArchNemesis: Although Barnaby teases most of the neighborhood, he and Frank seem to have a far more biting dynamic. What with Barnaby going out of his way to poke fun at Frank, and Frank openly admitting he's not fond of Barnaby. |
| 205 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Frank is grumpy and abrasive at times... but he's also very caring towards most of his neighbors, and will go out of his way to meet their needs (helping Eddie get rid of a bug, willfully going along with Poppy's excessive safety measures to put her mind at ease, helping Julie get sticks out of her hair, etc). |
| 206 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Downplayed but seemingly present in recent updates. Frank acts as Barnaby's SitcomArchNemesis, the latter along with Howdy and Sally are also shown to criticise him in the hidden videos by mocking his cooking or ideas for Homewarming, he and Sally get into what sounds like a physical fight during Frank's audio rendition of Silent Night, and he's generally left out of a lot of activities that the neighbours do together, often coming by later on to ask what it is they're doing without him. |
| 207 | * TheSmartGuy: Seems to be the most well-read in the neighborhood, and the Restoration Team implies a common joke in the show involved the others asking for an explanation on something, him giving the right answer, and then the others disregarding it for some reason or another. |
| 208 | * StraightGay: Aside from maybe his posh fashion sense, there's nothing about his character that indicates that he identifies as gay aside from his heavily censored relationship with Eddie. |
| 209 | * TeamDad: Frank seems to play this role, in part due to his OnlySaneMan tendencies. He's shown trying to keep his neighbors out of harms way on multiple occasions, and also tends to their emotional needs quite a bit. |
| 210 | [[/folder]] |
| 211 | |
| 212 | [[folder:Poppy Partridge]] |
| 213 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poppy_partridge.png]] |
| 214 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Oh my, I'm such a feather-fingers!"'']] |
| 215 | ->'''Voiced by:''' unknown (concepts), Sarah Jolley (main series) |
| 216 | Perhaps the most frantic, frazzled, and feathered neighbor in Welcome Home, Poppy Partridge is the resident chicken so-to-speak. From a sprained beak to sunburnt feathers, she always thinks about the worst outcome of a pleasant situation. Then again, it never hurts to have a neighbor with a band aid on hand. She's either [[ProperlyParanoid properly]] or [[ImproperlyParanoid otherwise]] paranoid but, regardless, comes prepared. |
| 217 | ---- |
| 218 | * ADogNamedCat: Implied. It isn't clear what species of bird she is, but despite being called Poppy Partridge, she describes herself as being "a bit of a flamingo on her father's side and a bit of a hen on her mother's side." |
| 219 | * AlliterativeName: '''P'''oppy '''P'''artridge. |
| 220 | * AnimalStereotypes: She highly resembles a chicken and is called as such in her description, referring to her tendency to panic. Combined with her size, she's a [[LiteralMetaphor literal]] "[[VisualPun big chicken]]". |
| 221 | * {{Expy}}: She's ''Welcome Home's'' answer to [[Series/SesameStreet Big Bird]], being a large walk-around bird puppet with a kind soul. However, whereas Big Bird is very childlike, Poppy is explicitly an adult with a baking business--the centerpiece of most of her skits in her show. She's also far more pessimistic, always prepared to deal with the worst outcome of any given situation. |
| 222 | * FeatherFingers: Her wings act as regular hands, though it's implied that she's somewhat clumsy with them. Her character page quote seems to be using "feather-fingers" for "butterfingers!" Her character page also says that the actual puppet was an aversion, and the puppeteers actually couldn't do much with her wing-hands, and often had other characters "helping" her to cover for it. |
| 223 | * IntergenerationalFriendship: ''Maybe.'' There's some implication throughout the website that she might be a fair bit older than most of the other residents, but nothing has been explicitly confirmed as of yet. |
| 224 | * LipstickLesbian: Word of God lists her as being a lesbian transwoman. Although not a fashionista like Julie, she has a very traditionally feminine personality and hobbies. |
| 225 | * LiteralMinded: One of the [[spoiler:hidden videos on the website]] implies that Poppy doesn't seem to understand metaphors. We get this exchange between her and Sally: |
| 226 | -->'''Sally:''' Let's get down to brass tacks.\ |
| 227 | '''Poppy:''' Oh, ah, well, I don't think I have any of those - I don't like to keep anything too sharp around here, you know–\ |
| 228 | '''Sally:''' ''Details'', Poppy dear. Details. |
| 229 | * LovableCoward: She gets scared easily and is prone to worry, but is otherwise a likable member of the neighborhood since her cautious behavior is said to be helpful at times. |
| 230 | * NervousWreck: Poppy is very easily frightened, and is overall someone who is naturally anxious a lot of the time. |
| 231 | * RainbowMotif: She has many rainbow colored feathers. This may be indicative of the fact that she has a somewhat artsy personality, as well as the fact that she's queer. |
| 232 | * QueerColors: She's confirmed to be a lesbian transwoman, and she has many rainbow colored feathers. |
| 233 | * ShrinkingViolet: Although more of the situational variety than the more common social variety. |
| 234 | * SweetBaker: The resident baker that is always eager to share her treats with her fellow neighbors. |
| 235 | * TeamMom: Implied to play this role in her character bio. The hidden videos from the 7/22 update establishes that she knits and bakes for the others, and is constantly fretting over their safety. |
| 236 | [[/folder]] |
| 237 | |
| 238 | [[folder:Howdy Pillar]] |
| 239 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/howdy_piller.png]] |
| 240 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Howdy-Do Fellas! Care to let me share my wares?"'']] |
| 241 | ->'''Voiced by:''' [=SyntheticCharmVA=] |
| 242 | Howdy Pillar is Welcome Home's friendliest and happiest shopkeeper! This colorful caterpillar knows his store like the back of his hands, which is impressive considering how many hands he has. Charismatic, quick-witted, and remarkably jolly, Howdy always seems to have whatever his neighbors need with a price that just can't be beat! |
| 243 | ---- |
| 244 | * BigCreepyCrawlies: He's a giant anthropomorphic caterpillar who towers over the other characters in artwork. Subverted since he's the good-natured local shopkeeper. |
| 245 | * BigScrewedUpFamily: Howdy is revealed to have one in "Howdy's Holiday Hullabaloo" Record which spends almost ten minutes going through the various members of his family as they visit him for Homewarming. |
| 246 | * ButWaitTheresMore: Prone to doing this when trying to convince the other residents to buy something. |
| 247 | * FourLeggedInsect: {{Inverted|Trope}}, Howdy has eight limbs while an actual caterpillar only has six. |
| 248 | * FriendlyShopkeeper: His role within the neighborhood is to provide whatever the other characters need through his humble store, and is a friendly character to boot. |
| 249 | * {{Hypocrite}}: He briefly complains to Wally about Eddie's talkative nature in one of the hidden videos of the 7/22 update. This despite the fact he himself is a MotorMouth. |
| 250 | * InformedSpecies: He's an anthro caterpillar, but he looks like a multi-limbed humanoid with antennae. |
| 251 | * ALizardNamedLiz: Howdy's last name is derived from cater''pillar''. |
| 252 | * MotorMouth: In a way that's reminiscent of telemarketers from the 1950s-70s. |
| 253 | * MultiarmedMultitasking: He's often depicted doing two or more activities at once, which makes working at a general store while also managing it an easier task for him. |
| 254 | * RhymesOnADime: His conversation with Barnaby about his family members is in rhyme. |
| 255 | * UnfortunateItemSwap: In one hidden video, while trying to sell Sally some instant mashed potatoes, he accidentally grabs a box of cleaning supplies (as is evident by Sally's bubble comment). Instead of admitting his mistake and grabbing the right box, he proceeds to sell it to an oblivious Sally anyway, knowing she plans to use it for dinner. |
| 256 | * WeirdCurrency: Despite his arguable flaws, it can at the very least be said that he'll sell you something in exchange for something as simple as a joke, rather than for money. |
| 257 | -->'''Howdy:''' Listen, pal, time is jokes and if I'm not laughing then I don't have time! |
| 258 | * WormInAnApple: He's a caterpillar, and he's said to have originated from "an apple core in a tree alongside his plentiful brothers and sisters". |
| 259 | [[/folder]] |
| 260 | |
| 261 | [[folder:Sally Starlet]] |
| 262 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sally_starlet.png]] |
| 263 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"Celestial, astronomical, stupendously fantastical- So few words can capture the radiance of Sally Starlet!"'']] |
| 264 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Gina Moravec |
| 265 | The most rambunctious resident in Welcome Home, Sally Starlet shines above the rest. She's a fire-cracker who is willing to let her imagination run wild in the name of a new adventure, albeit at the occasional expense of her more cautious neighbors. Thankfully, she's got a good head on her shoulders and perhaps, one could even say, a sunny disposition to match! |
| 266 | ---- |
| 267 | * AlliterativeName: '''S'''ally '''S'''tarlet |
| 268 | * AttentionWhore: Sally's backstory is pretty close to that of Satan himself, and she makes it clear she wants to be a star. Her desire is to be famous at acting and singing, and she occasionally ropes her friends into her antics. [[DownplayedTrope That being said]], she's not mean and invites her friends to join her in her performances, and often takes the role of director. |
| 269 | * ColdHam: Much of Sally's lines are poised, calm, and suitably dramatic to make a mundane situation seem to have higher stakes than it actually does, and a sign that she takes herself far too seriously. |
| 270 | * JerkassToOne: She's very dismissive of Eddie, only referring to him as "mailman" and basically treating him like her servant. |
| 271 | * MeaningfulName: Her last name is "Starlet" and she is described as having fell to Earth as a shooting star. A starlet is also another term for an actress who's just starting out. |
| 272 | * OddFriendship: Sally has this with both of the other feminine characters in the main cast. Sally is a serious and dramatic ColdHam while Julie is a goofy GenkiGirl and Poppy is a frantic ShrinkingViolet. |
| 273 | * OlderThanTheyLook: While all the neighbors are adults, as evident by them being homeowners and some of them having jobs, Sally's outfit is far more kid-ish than the others, making her appear younger than she really is. The others meanwhile all wear clothes that an adult would be more likely to wear, regardless of how colorful they are. |
| 274 | * RainbowMotif: A bit more blatant than some of her neighbors, since she has a rainbow arch on one her pockets. Like most of the others, this may be tied to the fact that she has artistic endeavors. Theater, in her case. |
| 275 | * SatanicArchetype: The [[https://www.welcomehomerestorationproject.net/sally bio on her page]] mirrors that of Satan from [[Literature/TheBible the Old Testament]]. |
| 276 | * SentientStars: She's a yellow star with a human body. According to the "Happy Haunting to Boo and Yours" storybook, she's capable of shining light when she's angry. |
| 277 | * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: This is a habit of hers. Sally is quite verbose and overcomplicates her sentences to reflect her prima donna personality. |
| 278 | -->'''Sally:''' "I know, I know, having a star for a neighbor can be so intimidating! She's so terrific, you're probably thinking! Phenomenal, staggering, breathtaking- I'm taking the words right out of your mouth, I bet!" |
| 279 | * StepfordSmiler: The Happy Hunting to Boo and Yours record has a bit where she records over her original lines and reveals she knows ''something'' is stalking the neighborhood, and when her cheerfulness drops, she's terrified. |
| 280 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: She's the tomboy to Poppy and Julie's respective girly girls. |
| 281 | * VocalDissonance: Her voice is a fair bit deeper than what the fanbase was expecting based on her design. |
| 282 | [[/folder]] |
| 283 | |
| 284 | [[folder:Eddie Dear]] |
| 285 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eddie_dear.png]] |
| 286 | [[caption-width-right:350:''"I'll tell ya, I fold my letters flatter than a fritter, and when it comes to friendship I always deliver!"'']] |
| 287 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Joshua Waters |
| 288 | Reliable, kind, and ever determined, Eddie Dear is the best mailman Welcome Home has ever had, albeit the only one. Despite being a bit of a clumsy and forgetful fellow, Eddie loves his job and always manages to deliver everyone's mail right on schedule. He is also Frank's husband. |
| 289 | ---- |
| 290 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Played with and enforced. WordOfGod says he and Frank are a couple, but within the context of the show in-universe this was only ever hinted at due to it airing during the 70s. |
| 291 | * TheBigGuy: Strong enough that he can lift ''Barnaby'' over his head. |
| 292 | * BuffySpeak: Briefly lapses into this when trying to explain the bug-in-the-post-office situation to Frank, much to the other puppet's fond amusement. |
| 293 | * TheDitz: Implied to be a bit of one based on his UnreliableNarrator status. |
| 294 | * ExtremeDoormat: Another notable trait of Eddie's is his reluctance to refuse other people anything, even to his own detriment. This is best shown in "Eddie's Big Lift", when Eddie lifts his neighbors at Julie's goading even when he's clearly uncomfortable and tired, and in a hidden tape where Howdy gives Eddie an order of bowling balls to deliver to Julie. Frank even comments on Eddie working too hard. |
| 295 | * ForgetfulJones: Eddie is stated to be very forgetful from his character description, with a RunningGag in the show being him mentioning the name of his hometown, only to realize he was actually thinking of a place he had previously delivered mail to prior to coming to the neighborhood. His call on the "It's For You!" telephone has him wonder if he meant to call someone after nobody responds, forgetting he heard it ring. |
| 296 | * TheFriendlyTexan: Although his origins aren't confirmed, he has all the qualities of one, down to the [[DeepSouth deep southern accent]]. |
| 297 | * GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: Forms a romantic variant with Frank. He's the gleeful one. |
| 298 | * GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler:In [[https://www.awayfrompryingeyes.net/commercials a "Homewarming" cartoon]], Home makes Eddie aware of the neighborhood's true nature by suddenly hitting him with a cacophony of visions from the show's commercials, nearly driving him mad before Frank shakes him back to reality.]] |
| 299 | * HiddenDepths: Despite his initially coming of as a simple, sweet, if somewhat scatterbrained mailman, in the "HAPPY HAUNTING TO BOO AND YOURS" recording, Eddie is the only neighbor to recognize Sally's clown costume as Pedrolino, relating that he's read ''CommediaDellArte'' in his spare time. Also, despite not remembering the name, he appears to have chosen his own costume as [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein's Monster]] because he found the book's "moral conundrum" interesting. |
| 300 | * TheKlutz: Is described as this, as promotional art shows him accidentally wreaking havoc in Welcome Home. |
| 301 | * LastNameBasis: With Frank, referring to him as "Mr. Frankly", who likewise calls him "Mr. Dear". [[spoiler:You know there's something wrong when Frank refers to him as "Eddie" at the end of the hidden commercial video...]] |
| 302 | * MailmanVSDog: Eddie's terrorized by Barnaby during his shift, hounded by the dog for his packages. As expected of a mailman and a dog! |
| 303 | * MeaningfulName: Eddie ''Dear'' works as the town's mailman: "Dear" is commonly used as an opening for letters. |
| 304 | * MotorMouth: A peculiar case in that Eddie can talk a mile a minute when he's interested in something, all while maintaining his slow southern drawl, an accent not common for this trope. |
| 305 | * NiceGuy: Eddie has been shown to be nothing but kind and polite, if a bit of a doormat. |
| 306 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His Texan drawl was based on Creator/AndyGriffith. |
| 307 | * OddNameOut: He's the only character whose surname is only one syllable. |
| 308 | * OverlyNarrowSuperlative: He's described as "the best mailman" in the neighborhood, but also points out in the same breath that it's because there are no other mailmen to compare him to. |
| 309 | * QueerColors: Is a gay man wearing a rainbow tie. |
| 310 | * RainbowMotif: While he dresses fairly plainly (he's typically seen in his mailman uniform), he does wear a rainbow tie. This may be to reference his artistic endeavors (i.e., Arts and crafts) as well as the fact that he's a gay man. |
| 311 | * StoutStrength: He's on the heavier side, but he's still quite strong, with "Eddie's Big Lift" centering around the other characters trying to test how strong he is by making him lift them. |
| 312 | * StraightGay: Aside from maybe his emotional openness, there's nothing about his character that indicates that he identifies as gay aside from his heavily censored relationship with Frank. |
| 313 | * SweetHomeAlabama: He's got a rolling Dixie drawl and is a big softie. |
| 314 | * TertiarySexualCharacteristics: He's the only male character with eyelashes, although they're below his eyes instead of above them. This is to indicate he's a bit of a sensitive guy. He even signs his name in cursive with {{heart symbol}}s all around it. |
| 315 | * UnreliableNarrator: The ''Welcome Home'' Restoration Team notes that a RunningGag would have him remember his hometown fondly, only to realize he was thinking of a place he had previously delivered mail to. |
| 316 | * UnstoppableMailman: He's described as a {{Determinator}} who always gets his mail delivered to the others right on schedule. Being the only mailman in a neighborhood isn't an easy feat. |
| 317 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Eddie is apparently freaked out by bugs, as he calls Frank to deal with one during the first update. |
| 318 | [[/folder]] |
| 319 | |
| 320 | [[folder:Wally's Home]] |
| 321 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/home_new_update.png]] |
| 322 | |
| 323 | The SapientHouse that Wally lives in and calls Home. |
| 324 | ---- |
| 325 | * AmbiguousGender: Given Home is a house, the gender of its consciousness or whether it has one at all isn't currently known. |
| 326 | * AmbiguousInnocence: Like Wally, Home seems to be connected to something sinister. However, how involved Home actually is and whether or not it's a willing association isn't revealed during the prologue. |
| 327 | * CuteMute: Home is a very cutely drawn sentient house who has to speak in onomatopoeias due to having no voice. |
| 328 | * ADogNamedDog: A sentient house that is referred to as "Home" and "Wally's Home." |
| 329 | * EldritchLocation: The prologue hints at the possibility. Home is a sentient house with moving eyes and whose body seems to leak black ooze. One JumpScare depicts Home with jittery bloody eyes. Meanwhile, if one clicks and drags Home's icon on ''The Neighborhood!'' page (or view the page on Mobile) then you'll find a black void in its place with a white spiral within. [[spoiler:One that has been steadily growing with each update to the website, and has a distinct eye within the center that is shaped eerily like Wally's.]] |
| 330 | * EveryoneKnowsMorse: A transcript for one of the hidden messages from Wally in the website, where he asks if the viewer can hear their house the way he can hear his own, helpfully notes that sometimes Home's noises are actually it communicating in Morse code. |
| 331 | * MindRape: [[spoiler:In [[https://www.awayfrompryingeyes.net/commercials a "Homewarming" cartoon]], Home overwhelms Eddie with visions of a series of ''Welcome Home'' commercials [[GoMadFromTheRevelation until he's nearly driven crazy]] by the cacophony of images and sounds. It is unknown why Home decided to do it to him and only him at that time.]] |
| 332 | * OminousObsidianOoze: ''Something'' black is shown coming out of the bottom of Home's front door in ''The Neighborhood!'' page of the website. Some illustrations depict a similar substance coming out of its eyes. |
| 333 | * SapientHouse: Notably, the only living building in the neighborhood. |
| 334 | * TearsOfBlood: One of the prologue jumpscares features Wally kneeling in front of Home's shaking, bloody eye. |
| 335 | * TerseTalker: It can talk in Morse code via its noises, but as of the prologue it only makes a few short statements such as a simple "hello". |
| 336 | * WrittenSoundEffect: Home's onomatopoeias appear to be portrayed as this in books due to the change in media. |
| 337 | [[/folder]] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | !Supporting cast |
| 340 | [[folder:Julie's Siblings]] |
| 341 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ftrq83jwyaa_gq8.jpg]] |
| 342 | [[caption-width-right:350:(From left to right above Julie: Franny, Jonesy, Bea)\ |
| 343 | ''"Sometimes a family is just three siblings and you.\ |
| 344 | Julie has two sisters and a brother too.\ |
| 345 | Franny likes to talk and Bea likes to sing.\ |
| 346 | Jonesy likes just about any fun thing."'']] |
| 347 | |
| 348 | Franny, Jonesy, and Bea Joyful are Julie's siblings. They live somewhere outside Home. |
| 349 | ---- |
| 350 | * AlliterativeName: '''J'''onesy '''J'''oyful, a trait he shares with his sister, Julie. |
| 351 | * AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Lampshaded with the verse, "Sometimes a family is just three siblings and you (Julie)." It's not acknowledged what ever happened to their parents, or if they even had any. |
| 352 | * BeehiveHairdo: Bea's hair is styled in the classic beehive. |
| 353 | * ChromaticArrangement: With all four siblings together, Julie is red and pink, Bea is orange and yellow, Franny is blue, and Jonesy is green. Justified, since they are rainbow monsters and therefore, are ColorCodedCharacters by default. |
| 354 | * CuteMonsterGirl: Bea and Franny are fairly pretty monsters, even while the latter is skulking all the time. Jonesy might count as a gender inverted example from his groovy outfit alone and his insinuated likeness for fun things. |
| 355 | * EyesAlwaysShut: Bea's eyes are never open in the only two illustrations we've seen of her. |
| 356 | * ExtraEyes: Jonesy is an ambiguous example of this; in the Halloween update, a secret video features Julie briefly bringing him up in conversation. Within the conversation, Julie is unsure if Jonesy has two or three eyes. |
| 357 | * TheFaceless: Jonesy's face is covered by his long green hair, which looks like tendrils. |
| 358 | * FlatCharacter: Not much is known about them apart from a short poem that vaguely describes each of their interests. |
| 359 | * FlowerMotifs: |
| 360 | ** Jonesy is a possibility. His pants are embroidered with flower patterns, his loud tie is patterned in a slightly different but similar fashion, and the hem of his flared pants is shaped like a flower's petals. Like Julie, it remains to be seen if this will have any significance. |
| 361 | ** Although much less obvious than their siblings, Bea and Franny also share this motif. Bea has a brooch shaped like a three petaled flower on her ascot. Franny meanwhile has a matching belt-buckle on her design. |
| 362 | * GirlishPigtails: Franny has large twintails and looks rather feminine overall. |
| 363 | * InformedAttribute: Justified, for the time being. Their very short poem says that Franny likes to talk, Bea likes to sing, and Jonesy likes to have fun, but in the only official art of them (either in-universe or by Clown himself), none are portrayed engaging in these respective activities. It's assumed that once more material is uncovered by the ''Restoration Team'', this might change. |
| 364 | * TheOneGuy: Of the four siblings, Jonesy is the only brother. |
| 365 | * PerpetualFrowner: If Franny's dour expression is anything to go by, she can give Frank a run for his money because, unlike him, we've yet to see her smile. In addition, it looks as if she's scowling. |
| 366 | * RhymeThemeNaming: All their names end with a long "e" sound. |
| 367 | * SharpDressedMan: Jonesy is a quintessential 70s version of this, as seen [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com/post/703832332537380864/hello-i-am-revealing-more-of-my-work-from-my here]] with his matching flower-patterned green bell-bottoms and wide necktie, and a white dress shirt layered with a green vest. |
| 368 | * VSign: Jonesy is seen flashing this on top of Julie's head in the group picture with his siblings. Whether he's giving her the playful "bunny ears" or he simply gestured a peace sign above her is not clear. |
| 369 | [[/folder]] |
| 370 | |
| 371 | [[folder:Ms. Beagle]] |
| 372 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_0d887a2aa096fb1a65ef87b4662942ea_2959e1b4_1280.png]] |
| 373 | %%[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]%% |
| 374 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Anonymous "Puzz" Puzzler |
| 375 | |
| 376 | She is Barnaby B. Beagle's adoptive mother, who is said to be "the chicken who crossed the road." |
| 377 | ---- |
| 378 | * AccessoryWearingCartoonAnimal: She wears a striped, colorful apron and a red collar around her neck, as seen in the picture. [[spoiler:In one of the advertisements for the hidden commercial, she also wears a red bonnet decorated with a flower.]] |
| 379 | * AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Zig-zagged. She's colored like a typical hen, but she also has red, yellow, orange, and blue spots all over. |
| 380 | * ADogNamedCat: She's a chicken that bears the surname "Beagle". According to Word of God, it's purely [[RuleOfFunny for laughs]]. |
| 381 | * FeminineWomenCanCook: Implied. [[spoiler:If the hidden commercials are anything to go by, Miss Beagle has her own eggnog recipe that is so special, it has its own commercial where it's referred to as "Mama Beagle's Barnyard Eggnog,"]] and her default outfit is an apron tied around her waist. |
| 382 | * FlatCharacter: Both in-universe and out, she's only ever mentioned as being Barnaby's adoptive mother and the titular character of an old joke. What her personality is beyond that is a mystery, [[spoiler:although the hidden commercial shows her to be [[GoodStepmother a very doting parent]] to Barnaby.]] |
| 383 | * GoodStepmother: Her adopted son, Barnaby, often talks fondly about her. |
| 384 | * {{Housewife}}: Despite not apparently being married, considering her "Miss" title, her characterization revolves around being a mother to Barnaby [[spoiler:and, in one commercial, her special "Barnyard Eggnog," [[FeminineWomenCanCook implying that she's a good cook as well]].]] |
| 385 | * InterspeciesAdoption: She adopted Barnaby, a blue dog. |
| 386 | * LastNameBasis: She's exclusively referred to as Ms. Beagle. |
| 387 | * NoNameGiven: No clue as to her first name. |
| 388 | * SmallParentHugeChild: Justified. She's a hen, and her son is a dog who has since grown up to be 8 feet tall. |
| 389 | * SpeciesSurname: Subverted. Ms. Beagle is a chicken. |
| 390 | * UnseenNoMore: Downplayed. While she's never TheGhost since we know what she looks like, [[spoiler:she appears in two still drawings ([[SuddenlyVoiced complete with spoken dialogue]]) in an advertisement for Mama Beagle's Barnyard Eggnog as part of the hidden commercial videos.]] |
| 391 | [[/folder]] |
| 392 | |
| 393 | !Other |
| 394 | [[folder:The ''Welcome Home'' Restoration Team]] |
| 395 | The group of people running the ''Welcome Home'' website who are trying to uncover the truth about its cancelation and restore as much of the show's content as possible. |
| 396 | ---- |
| 397 | * AmbiguousInnocence: Much like Wally and Home, it's unclear if the Restoration Team are victims, if they're actively participating in the sinister ongoings of the website, or both. |
| 398 | * AmbiguousSituation: It's not entirely clear as of yet whether or not the hidden messages on the ''About Us'' page are actually from them, or if they're from another character (like Wally). |
| 399 | * ApocalypticLog: The hidden messages in the ''About Us'' page, that are presumably from the team, act as this. |
| 400 | * CollectiveIdentity: It's not known exactly how many members there are, but none of them have revealed their names as of yet, and they're collectively known and referred to as the Restoration Team. |
| 401 | * MaskOfSanity: The ''About Us'' page makes the Restoration Team seem like a perfectly normal, dedicated group of people who came together to preserve a piece of lost media. Dig a little and you'll find that they don't seem to be as sane as first appearances would make you believe. |
| 402 | * MoreThanMindControl: There seems to be ''something'' compelling the team forward despite the apparent danger and sinister-vibes surrounding the show. The "About Us" page shows a bit of that evidence: |
| 403 | -->[[spoiler:'''(Hidden answer to Why Did You Make This Website?):''' When I unwrapped the first letter, I felt it. I heard it. Open. Open. Open. I want it out. I'm going to get it out.]] |
| 404 | * NoNameGiven: None of the team members have revealed their names as of yet because they wish to remain anonymous. [[spoiler:The team member behind the hidden Away From Prying Eyes website signs their posts with a W but it's unknown what this stands for.]] |
| 405 | * SanitySlippage: If the hidden messages are from them, it would appear their level of sanity is on the downturn. |
| 406 | * SchmuckBait: The restoration team are receiving strange, paint covered envelopes containing damaged pieces of a lost media in the mail from an unknown source. Rather than report the strange activity to the police, they've come together to create a website and work together to document their findings despite the sinister-vibes that are very prevalent throughout the website itself. It's implied that there's something unnatural compelling them to do so. |
| 407 | [[/folder]] |
| 408 | |
| 409 | [[folder:The Question-Answerer]] |
| 410 | An ally of sorts to the Restoration Team. They are museum curator who hosted the Playfellow Exhibition. |
| 411 | ---- |
| 412 | * AmbiguousGender: Question-Answerer is only referred to with they/them pronouns, but it's possible that this is for anonymities sake rather than a reflection of their gender identity. |
| 413 | * ApocalypticLog: Their notes that can be found [[spoiler:in the safe]] show the progressing downward spiral of the Question-Answerer's sanity, with the final sticky note simply reading "[[spoiler:THE PHONE IS RINGING]]". |
| 414 | * NightmareSequence: A description of one can be found [[spoiler:in the safe]] where they talk about a nightmare involving [[spoiler:Wally sitting at the foot of their bed, holding a ringing toy telephone, and waiting unblinkingly for them to answer it. However, they are unable to do so.]] |
| 415 | ** [[spoiler:It's slightly implied the Question-Answerer wasn't sleeping at all and all he really did to make Wally appear was just by touching the merch and media. The minute the Question-Answerer [[HypnoticEyes looked into Wally's eyes]], they lost control of their body and couldn't move. And ever since, they've been going into a downward spiral, questioning things and [[TerribleTicking hearing ringing phones]].]] |
| 416 | * NoNameGiven: Much like the Restoration Team, the Question-Answerer wishes to remain anonymous. |
| 417 | * SanitySlippage: If you can manage to [[spoiler:get into the safe]] from the 7/22 update, you'll find a few notes (among other things) from them that indicates coming into contact with the items from ''Welcome Home'' has done a number on their sanity. |
| 418 | * SchmuckBait: The Question-Answerer was explicitly told not to touch any of the items with their bare hands, but is implied to have done so anyway. |
| 419 | * TerribleTicking: Their notes [[spoiler:in the safe]] describe how they hear a continuous [[spoiler:ringing of a phone]], but can't find the source of it. |
| 420 | [[/folder]] |
| 421 | |
| 422 | [[folder:Ronald Dorelaine]] |
| 423 | The alleged creator of the Playfellow Workshop, the creative studio that produced the in-universe ''Welcome Home'' TV Series |
| 424 | ---- |
| 425 | * TheGhost: Virtually nothing is known about him, aside from his name and that he was the founder of the studio that created the ''Welcome Home'' television show (and even that is questionable). |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
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