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Criminals

Frank

"Hey, kids... want some candy?"

Voiced by: David "Sr. Pelo" Cazares

A shady man always seen in his white van, Frank makes a living out of abducting children off the street, drugging them up to knock them out, and putting out a ransom for the parents to cough up if they want their kid back. He's a good friend of Skid and Pump.

Adipose Rex: As a child, he went out for Halloween as a king, while still retaining the hefty figure he has in the present day.
Affably Evil: He kidnaps children and sells them back to their parents for a ransom, yet when it comes to Skid and Pump, he's always kind and helpful towards them with no strings attached.
Ambiguously Human: While not differing too much from the rest of the human characters, his eyes seem to naturally be pitch black, and he's the tallest character in the cast by quite a margin (outside of Eyes, of course), leaving a bit of leeway if he's really human or not. Interestingly, Lila's photo at the end of "Tender Treats" shows a young Frank with normal eyes.
Befriending the Enemy: His crooked behavior would make him a red flag for pretty much anyone, especially potential victims like Skid and Pump, yet the trio are nothing but friendly and helpful to each other.
Black Eyes of Evil: To sell how shady and sinister he is, his eyes have black sclera and little white pupils, and unlike Skid and Pump he's definitely not wearing a costume.
Card-Carrying Villain: He's rather upfront and nonchalant about his job. This being said, he's a much lighter shade of black to such villains as Bob or the Cult given he's consistently friendly to Skid and Pump.
Creepy Stalker Van: If it wasn't already obvious enough that he kidnaps children, he drives a white van around while searching for victims. In "The Stars", he even disguises it as an ice cream truck to lure kids to him.
Early Installment Character-Design Difference: In his first appearance, Frank's arms are a bit more slender, he's missing ears, and his square chin is more rounded.
Evil Former Friend: A Twitter post by a background artist reveals that the old childhood photo Lila had with Pump's father and Jaune in "Tender Treats" also had a young Frank on the far right side of the image, implying that Frank was once friends, or at the very least, acquaintances with the other adults. Ironically, the sons of two of his old friends ended up befriending him in turn.
Evil Is Bigger: A card carrying child kidnapper with a bulky square frame, and he's a good deal taller than the rest of the cast.
Evil Is Petty: When he's on vacation, he goes from stealing kids to just stealing their candy.
Evil Pays Better: Kidnaps kids purely to get their parents' money. Judging by the stack of bills he's counting in "Deadly Smiles", it's very lucrative.
Evil Poacher: He's effectively turned hunting children into a business, and considers any child who crosses his path (save for Skid and Pump) to be fair game.
Frank: A lone kid? A loan of money!
Friendly Enemy: Frank's a kidnapper who abducts kids to sell them back to their parents for a ransom, but for some reason he never dares to pull any such tricks on Skid and Pump, giving them safe ice cream and even a ride in the back of his van out of goodwill.
I Have Your Wife: He kidnaps kids and then ransoms them back to their parents. He also set up an advert blatantly telling anyone who reads it his stock and trade.
LOST YOUR SON? I probably have 'em lol. Call me if you wanna see 'em again (money first). 928-give-me-my-kid-plz.
Karma Houdini: Unlike all the other criminals and villains in the series, he has somehow continued to avoid being arrested or otherwise facing consequences for all those child abductions. The closest he gets to facing consequences is being frightened by and having his finger bitten by a Dexter-possessed Happy Fella doll after kidnapping it.
Laughably Evil: Detestable as his hobby would be, he's goofy enough to do the Spooky Dance and start nervously stuttering when his latest victim starts to wake up in front of Skid and Pump.
Non-Standard Character Design: Is the only non-costumed human to have black sclera with white pupils, adding to his Obviously Evil appearance.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After he gets the daylights scared out of him by Dexter, he punches his face after the latter bites his finger, then throws him into Jack and John's open-windowed police car before driving away like hell.
Shout-Out: His name is a reference to Frankenstein, with his design being evocative of the Frankenstein's Monster.
Villains Out Shopping: When Skid and Pump run into him in "Tender Treats", he's still committing crimes by carrying a sack of money and swiping a kid's bag of candy, but as for his children poaching business, he states that he's on vacation, complete with a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses.
Would Hurt a Child: He tries to abduct any kids that aren't Skid and Pump by drugging them with sedatives, in order to hold them for ransom from their parents. However, it's implied that's all he does to them, and he seems to have no interest in raping, torturing, or killing any of his child hostages, unlike the cultists or Roy's uncle.

Dexter Erotoph/The Happy Fella

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"I love cats! I'll hug 'em until their br-r-r-rains are out!"

^{As the Happy Fella}

Voiced by: Metamaniac

A pest exterminator who likes killing rats, bats, cats, and everything fast, who Lila brought over to get rid of a "rat" stuck in the attic. He's very much out of his league with what he's really up against: the demon Moloch, who immediately hijacks Dexter's body in order to escape from the attic and get revenge.

After Moloch accidentally kills him in a lapse of judgement, Dexter's spirit ends up possessing Skid's Happy Fella doll, and he slowly proceeds to... ah, lose it, to put it lightly.

General tropes

Bad People Abuse Animals: He's very giddy about his job of exterminating rats and bats, and he's presumably also killed cats before (which aren't pests in most places) if his sales pitch is anything to go by. And in "Deadly Smiles", he approaches a stray cat in an alley while laughing like a maniac in a clear attempt to kill said cat.
Butt-Monkey: As soon as he sets his trap up for Moloch, he immediately gets possessed by the demon, before having his neck snapped. Still applies upon possessing the Happy Fella, as he never manages to kill anything, usually getting interrupted before doing so. The only one he manages to successfully harm is Kevin, a fellow Butt-Monkey.
Create Your Own Villain: While he was already a somewhat twisted psycho as a human, Dexter's transformation into the Happy Fella only happened as an indirect consequence of Skid and Pump summoning Moloch and never freeing him. And after several months of being forced to spend time against his will with two annoyingly hyperactive children, along with being unable to indulge in his beloved passion of exterminating vermin, Dexter was driven to start killing humans in order to both vent his anger and satisfy his sadism.
Demonic Possession: Moloch uses Dexter as a vessel to finally escape from Skid's attic. However, Moloch ends up thwarting his own escape when Pump dares him to pull off an Exorcist Head, with realistic results that kills his host's body. And then Dexter himself soon ends up on the giving end of this trope when his spirit gets sucked into Skid's Happy Fella.
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Implied. In "Hollow Sorrows", video footage that his mother showed to Father Gregor shows him leaving his mother's house to go to work and before he leaves, he tells her that he loves her. Whether or not this was genuine from him is unknown though.
Even Evil Can Be Loved: In "Hollow Sorrows", his mother is revealed to dearly love and miss him after his death. She seems to be blissfully unaware of his true nature though.
Eyes Are Mental: Retains his large white eye while possessing the Happy Fella, which are normally depicted with two black eyes. The Happy Fella Jaune bought having a white eye is a quick indication that he's possessed that one as well.
Faux Affably Evil: In his first appearance, he acts courteous towards Lila, but it's made clear that he's using this courtesy as a thinly-veiled mask for how psychotic he actually is. Even when he comes back as the Happy Fella doll, he tries his hardest to stay nice toward Skid and Pump despite his intention to kill them at first, before eventually throwing all the false courtesy he had out the window and going completely Ax-Crazy.
Mad Eye: His left eye is depicted as a large unfilled circle, while his right is the usual thin black slant the rest of the cast has. While initially just seeming to be quirky character design, it makes his stint as the Happy Fella look all the more unhinged.
Insistent Terminology: Consistently refers to his bloodlust as his "needs", even in situations where it's very obvious what he's actually referring to.
Perpetual Smiler: All pictures of him without his gas mask on show him giving a happy but off-putting smile to the camera. As the Happy Fella, this translates into a wide, manic grin.
Pet the Dog: A rather literal example; despite how much he enjoys killing various types of animals (and later people), he apparently likes dogs.
Sadist: He really enjoys killing animals he doesn't like (such as rats, bats, and cats); and after becoming a living doll, his growing insanity and hatred for Skid and Pump leads him to channel his violent urges onto any (random) human being he's left alone with.
Un-Evil Laugh: He lets out an arrogant and snorty laugh as he plants his rat trap, excited to see what'll run into it; but after Moloch possesses him, the demon gives a triumphant Evil Laugh (in Dexter's own voice). As the Happy Fella, his laughs are more manic and unhinged, though he still lets out a snort after Lila stabs him.
Vocal Evolution: As Dexter the Exterminator, he has a chipper, kind of but not quite German accent to his voice; as the Happy Fella doll, he has an American accent with far more aggression behind it.

Dexter the Exterminator

Asshole Victim: Perhaps to prevent the audience from feeling too sorry for Dexter when he suffers Demonic Possession by Moloch, his introductory scene has him gleefully admit to killing cats just for fun alongside the rats and bats that he exterminates for his job.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Despite his pleasant demeanor around clients, he makes it obvious that he enjoys killing vermin a little too much, and that he even views cats as just another kind of pest he wants to destroy. His ad in the phonebook states that he kills "rats, bats, wasps and everything fast", so he does have enough self-awareness to know that most people wouldn't want to hire a creep who likes to harm cats.
Body Horror: After Moloch inadvertently leaves himself paralyzed in his body, Dexter's patient file in the post-episode ARG for "Tender Treats" reveals his skin became incredibly hard and tough, while his blood literally boils, with Patty breaking multiple saws as she tried to cut through it.
Expressive Mask: His exterminator's gas mask acts as his face and is just as emotive as it would be, with the nozzle even squashing and stretching like a mouth.
Freudian Slip: Rather than using "wasps" like his slogan stated in the phonebook ad, Dexter says "cats" are some of the animals he kills. When Lila notices this, Dexter tries to pretend that he was just kidding and that he actually "loves" cats enough to "hug 'em until their brains out". He then admits he's actually a dog person when Lila asks what kind of cats he likes.
Pragmatic Villain: He got into the extermination business just so he'd have a way to kill things without crossing (too many) legal and moral boundaries.
Psycho for Hire: Dexter became an exterminator so that he could freely satisfy his bloodlust and urge to kill living creatures in a legally acceptable manner. Money doesn't seem to be his main priority.
Villain with Good Publicity: Based on Lila's decision to hire him, it seems as though he had a good track record despite his bloodlust, and even when he's resurrected as the Happy Fella, nobody seemed to suspect that he and Dexter were the same guy. It's emphasized further by how Jaune comes across a missing persons report of him on the news, with no indication by the press that he's anywhere near as deranged as he actually is.
We Hardly Knew Ye: About a minute of screen time and a couple of lines, and Dexter as we knew him is gone as Moloch takes over to make his getaway. Not too long after, Moloch and by extension Dexter are dead. This is zigzagged in "Deadly Smiles"; while Dexter is possessing the Happy Fella, having to deal with Skid's and Pump's antics and being unable to kill things has left him with so much Sanity Slippage that he basically functions as a different character.
What the Hell Is That Accent?: He has an accent that sounds vaguely German, but his dialect is distinctly American.

Dexter the "Happy Fella" Doll

And I Must Scream: "Hollow Sorrows" reveals him still alive despite being burned in the oven twice, with his goopy remains stored in Skid's attic, where he can only move his eyes around.
Ax-Crazy: After discarding his eccentricities from his previous outing, he's become a completely indiscriminate murderer. He sets his sights on Skid, Pump, and Lila, but also takes the time to try and kill both the Thieves and Kevin, who know absolutely nothing about him, just because it satisfies his "needs".
Berserk Button: He despises being called an ugly doll, which is too bad since he is constantly referred to as such throughout "Deadly Smiles".
Dexter: I'm tired of all of you calling me ugly!
Big "NO!": He yells out a loud "NO!" while melting in the oven after his plea for mercy from Skid and Pump fails, and Lila turns on the oven. Then this happens again when Jaune throws the second Happy Fella doll that Dexter immediately possessed afterward into the oven, prompting him to yell "Oh, No... Not Again!" as he suffers yet another death by melting.
Body Horror: After being burned in the oven, he is reduced to purple-grey goopy ash with his eyes still intact.
Child Hater: He's horrible to everyone, but he seems to especially despise Skid and Pump, drawing them dead for his picture, and later yelling in anger about how obnoxious they are. This may have been caused or at least exacerbated by his declining sanity, as one of his notes in Pump's toy chest is "I can't kill them they're kids" written over and over.
Cooked to Death: Lila and the boys dispose of the Dexter-possessed Happy Fella doll by trapping him in the oven and roasting him until he melts... but then they have to do it again, as Jaune comes by with another doll that Dexter's ghost subsequently possesses.
Creepy Doll: Even putting aside the fact that this doll is possessed by the spirit of a sadistic psychopath with murderous tendencies, many characters remark that the Happy Fella on its own looks rather ugly, especially with its big creepy smile.
Cruel and Unusual Death: He melts to death in the oven at the end of "Deadly Smiles". Twice.
Eat the Camera: When he possesses the new Happy Fella toy, he's thrown inside the oven again. He screams as he flies into the oven, and the camera is placed inside the oven so that the void of his mouth as he screams provides a cut to black to the next scene.
Even Evil Has Standards: It's likely Played for Laughs, but he joins Ross and Robert in scolding Roy for demanding Skid's and Pump's clothes in exchange for him until Roy clarifies he meant their sweaters.
Expy: His appearance as the Happy Fella is an obvious parody of Chucky from the Child's Play movies, being a possessed doll owned by the child protagonist that tries to kill people. In his commentary for "Deadly Smiles", Sr. Peloinvoked states that while he wanted to homage Child's Play, he didn't want to copy Chucky one-to-one, and so screwed with the character's concepts to make something a bit more unique: while Chucky is possessed by a serial killer who intentionally put his soul into a Good Guy doll so he could live on after death, the Happy Fella is possessed by an animal killer whose soul was forced into the doll after his unintended murder. In addition, Charles Lee Ray is sadistic and plans out his killings, while Dexter is desperate and throws himself at anything and anyone in the hopes he can kill it.
Eyes Are Unbreakable: Even when the rest of him is goopy ash due to being burned to death, his eyes are intact. Justified, as they're made of plastic, while the rest of him is plush.
Karmic Butt-Monkey: He suffers a lot of physical abuse in "Deadly Smiles": such as being punched in the face by Frank, being sneezed on by John, having gum thrown at his face by Kevin, and finally ends up melting inside an oven twice. Given that he was a cat-killing weirdo in his human life, and spent most of this episode trying to kill two kids and other humans just because he really wanted to see them die, it's more than a well-deserved fate.
Living Toys: Much like Chucky, this thing is a talking doll for children that is possessed by an evil human's soul.
Madness Makeover: As he slowly loses more of his sanity, his unsuspecting doll appearance soon starts to slip away as his face becomes a menacing Slasher Smile and his hair becomes spikier and unkempt.
Man Bites Man: He bites into Frank's thumb after terrorizing him.
Manipulative Bastard: In the 7 months that Skid and Pump share him, he tries his hardest to sway Skid into being an accomplice for his bloodlust, specifically by telling him to ask Lila to get a cat. Lila notices how much her son's changed thanks to him, pointing out how Skid doesn't even like cats.
Morphic Resonance: Downplayed: while the Happy Fella doesn't look like Dexter in the slightest, the doll's hair becomes messy and unkempt over the course of "Deadly Smiles", heavily resembling Dexter's hairstyle when he was human.
Not Quite Dead: After Lila and the kids melt him in the oven, Dexter simply possesses the next Happy Fella doll that Jaune brought with her... until she throws that one into oven as well. "Hollow Sorrows" reveals that he is still alive despite all that and has been reduced into goop, with him unable to do anything except move his eyes.
Perverse Puppet: The Happy Fella dolls are children-sized toys with a rather unsettling stare and smile. A hidden advert has a concerned parent warning that their child's soul got consumed by their doll, and said doll is now roaming loose. But the boys keep their doll anyway, learning a bit too late that it's possessed by a murderously evil spirit (Dexter the exterminator).
Psycho Knife Nut: Following becoming a doll and undergoing Sanity Slippage, he tries to kill Skid, Pump and later on Lila as well with a knife in "Deadly Smiles".
Sanity Slippage: When introduced in "Unwanted Guest", Dexter comes across as a cheerful and friendly (if eccentric) person. By the time of "Deadly Smiles", he's completely lost it, trying to kill anything and everything he can get his hands on. This is exemplified by the notes he left in Pump's toy chest, which start out in regular capitalization and clean handwriting and devolve into all-caps and scratchy writing. Two notes next to each other also go from Dexter reminding himself that he can't kill two children to saying that he needs to kill Skid and Pump.
Sinister Switchblade: Picks a switchblade while at the police station and attempts to use it on the Thieves, only to be thwarted by Jack happening to walk by, who then takes it back.
Slasher Smile: He's perpetually smiling while he tries to attack people.
Soul Jar: The Happy Fella dolls are purposely made to absorb the souls of the dead, explaining why Dexter ended up trapped in the doll Skid and Pump bought. The Happy Fella's box even has a disclaimer◊ that says "The doll is a vessel for ghosts, do not bring it close to a cemetery, abandoned house, or kill someone close to it".
Took a Level in Jerkass: Goes hand in hand with his Sanity Slippage. When talking with Lila in "Unwanted Guest", he's outwardly friendly, if somewhat eccentric. But as a doll, he either insults everyone or tries to kill them. And they are not mutually exclusive.
Villainous Breakdown: After making several attempts to kill various people, which all get thwarted due to his chosen victims defending themselves, outside interference, or Skid and Pump continuously dragging him along, Dexter quickly reaches his breaking point as he drops his doll façade altogether, and decides to just openly attack the two boys along with Lila.
Dexter: I'm tired! I'm tired of you two! Your Spooky Month and that dumb dance! (mimics the Spooky Dance) I've been trying to fulfill my needs, and you always stop me. I CAN'T HANDLE IT ANYMORE!!
Villains Want Mercy: In dialogue lifted almost word for word from Child's Play (1988), he immediately changes tune and tries to beg for his life after getting pushed into the oven. Just like in the original film, this fails, and Lila turns the oven on and melts him.
Dexter: I'm your fella, kids! I'm here to make you happy!
Voices Are Mental: Retains his voice while possessing the Happy Fella, even though the toy has its own voice box.
Was Once a Man: He's confused and frustrated after finding that his original human body has somehow been replaced with a ridiculous-looking doll.
Would Hurt a Child: In the toy chest notes, he goes from a Madness Mantra of how he shouldn't kill children to needing to, seeking to kill Skid and Pump just because he hates them and their annoying quirks that much. He tries to trick them into both letting their guard down, so he can attack them with a knife before being interrupted by Susie. He later tries to attack them and Lila at the end of the episode.

Cultists

Tropes about them as a whole

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Voiced by: David "Sr. Pelo" Cazares (hooded cultists in "Unwanted Guest")

An enigmatic evil cult that was formerly led by Mr. Clown until his death. They're plotting some sort of sinister occult conspiracy, which is under investigation by Sheriff John and Deputy Jack.

Apocalypse Cult: While their exact beliefs are unknown, it's strongly implied that whatever they're planning will likely have horrible consequences for their town, if not the rest of the world.
Arch-Enemy: It seems that John especially hates them, probably because he knows that one of them burned down his house (and presumably killed his daughter).
Arc Symbol: A diamond sign seems to be their seal: it could recall the shape that the glow emitted by the Eyes of the Universe's eyes takes when it observes the city from the sky.
- Said symbol appears in some places or in the clothing of people who seem to be connected to the cult: it is present on the medallions of cultists, on the door of Father Gregor's church and on Mayor Evermore's nameplate and limo.
- It's worth noting that, in a painting of the old house, Skid's father wears a gold ring with a diamond-shaped teal gem; in Pelo' sketches he had the same symbol on his tunic, probably to show that he was the leader of the cult.
Arc Words: They appear to be related to words containing the preffix "Every".
Big Bad: It seems that they're being built up as the main antagonists of the whole series, particularly in John's and Jack's plotline throughout the Newgrounds endings, and later on they even break Bob Velseb out of prison. They also manage to kidnap Father Gregor and sacrifice him to The Eyes of Universe.
Color Motif: Seems to be aqua green/cyan, to recall the color of the Eyes of the Universe' sight.
Destroy the Evidence: In the Newgrounds ending of "Deadly Smiles", a cultist makes an effort to get rid of the dirt John's dug up on them, and to do so, they burn down his house.
Greater-Scope Villain: John and Jack are trying to arrest them, and they broke Bob Velseb out of prison to let him wreak havoc in "Tender Treats". It's strongly implied that they have some direct ties to all the occult and supernatural phenomena in the town, or are at least exploiting it for their own goals.
Hidden Agenda Villain: We don't know much of anything about what their ultimate goals are, but the methods they use indicate that it's nothing good, due to being responsible for multiple child abductions and breaking a serial killer out of jail to let him wreak havoc.
Latin Is Magic: They are heavily associated with the Latin language, from their vaguely Ominous Latin Chanting when John and Jack come across them in the Newgrounds ending of "Unwanted Guest", to the post-episode ARGs containing written texts related to them that need to be translated from Latin, which itself are related to the concepts of fear, the end, and the cult obtaining "everything".
Malevolent Masked Men: Aside from Bob, the Thieves, Mr. Clown, and the Candy Dealer, all of them wear red robes with face-concealing hoods, which only have several small holes to see through them.
Mystery Cult: Their membership aside from the Clown and Bob is unknown, as they all secretly meet together in an old house without showing their faces.
Pyromaniac: One of the cultists burns John's house down to the ground with a match, apparently with themself in it, just so any leads John has on them are removed. From the details noted in previous episodes, it would appear that Ignacio works for them and that he was the one who burned down John's house.
Red Is Violent: They are an extremely dangerous secret cult characterized by their red tunics: they have no qualms about hurting others to hide the evidence of investigations or kidnapping innocents (especially children) to sacrifice them to The Eyes Of Universe.
Religion of Evil: They're an evil cult that worship the Eyes of the Universe, and sacrifice Father Gregor to it in "Hollow Sorrows".
Villain of Another Story: Barring a brief appearance in "Deadly Smiles" and a mention by John in "Tender Treats", they've only been appearing in The Stinger of the Newgrounds releases starting with "Unwanted Guest", engaging in (mostly) Offstage Villainy while John and Jack try to investigate their activities.
Would Hurt a Child: Members of the cult are not exempt from harming innocent children, whether to make their sacrifice rituals work or for personal purposes:
- it is implied that the cult had Mr Clown kidnap six children and then use them as offerings to The Eyes Of Universe;
- being a member of the cult, Roy's uncle had set the record straight since his first appearance, as demonstrated when he approaches Skid and Pump menacingly;
- Bob Vesleb also counted children among his victims, and could have killed Skid and Pump if it had not been for the intervention of John and Jack;
- if you believe the theory that Ignacio is a member, it is possible that he killed Hope, John's daughter, when he burned down his house to destroy evidence.

Bob Velseb

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"Did you know... the halal method produces more tender and fresh meat?"

^{Bob without his costume}

Voiced by: David "Sr. Pelo" Cazares ("It's spooky month", flashback in "Tender Treats"), Corey LeVier ("Tender Treats")

A serial killer in a devil costume who murders and cannibalizes innocents on Halloween, rarely before offering an interesting tidbit about meat. His more fortunate victims are able to placate him with candy instead of their lives, but this is never a guarantee...

Ambiguously Human: While his demonic appearance is just a costume, the fact it took being run over and shot multiple times before he keeled over, along with him looking the exact same as when Lila was a child, and Pump's eyes turning teal after Bob's hit by the police car, implies he's not entirely human.
Ascended Extra: In the first short, Bob was little more than a quick gag in a Rapid-Fire Comedy. "Tender Treats" is entirely focused on him as the antagonist, hunting the cast and following Skid and Pump around as they trick or treat. The episode's Newgrounds ending also reveals he has ties into the greater plot regarding the cult.
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Bob has an affinity for candy and usually stops to eat any he finds before continuing, allowing potential victims to temporarily get a headstart in escaping.
Ax-Crazy: On top of being completely and violently insane, he's ridiculously persistent, as he still tries to attack Skid, Pump, Lila, Jaune, John, and Jack despite being repeatedly run over and shot up with many bullets by John and Jack; he's just that spiteful and bloodthirsty.
Big Eater: Loves eating, especially candy and human flesh, even down to knowing the proper ways to prepare the latter. He's seen snacking on candy, and also Streber's arm, multiple times in "Tender Treats".
Big Red Devil: His costume invokes the stereotypical devil, with a red mask, horns, clawed gloves, and a red sweater. A newspaper headline even refers to him as the Devil.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Judging by the photos that Bob has hanging in his house, it is presumable that he used his façade of a cheerful and friendly man to mask the fact that he was a sadistic cannibal.
Cerebus Retcon: "Tender Treats" shows that not only did Lila call the cops on him immediately after offering him candy in "It's spooky month", but that he was genuinely after her life to begin with, which left her with a seriously untreated case of PTSD.
Character Tics:
- Sharpening one of his knives with a steel, producing a sinister scraping sound.
- He has a tendency to tilt his head to the side, which is used to make him creepier.
Connected All Along: The Newgrounds ending of "Tender Treats" shows John and Patty uncovering an amulet on his corpse matching the one worn by the cultists, revealing Bob and the cult were working together after they broke him out of prison.
Curb-Stomp Cushion: When John and Jack finally catch up to him, they waste no time in running him over and gunning him down, even going as far as to completely unload their guns into him when he seems dead after they've already run him over with their car and shot him. The problem is that even this much punishment doesn't actually put him down for good, and he still manages to get up twice to put up a fight, but for as much of a fight he puts up he still doesn't stand a chance against the cops, and Jack eventually kills him for good by running him over a few more times.
Crazy-Prepared: He's excessively prepared for his killings, as he wears a tool belt that carries various different types of bladed weapons, and even a pepper grinder for seasoning his meat.
The Dreaded: As Bob is known to be a convicted serial killer, and the local news announced his recent escape from prison, almost everyone in town is aware of what a monster he is and is overwhelmed with fear when they see him. Especially Lila, who's still traumatized from their last encounter when he broke into her house and held her hostage at knifepoint.
Early Installment Character-Design Difference: In his first appearance, his mask has long pointed ears rather than the devil horns he'd become known for in "Tender Treats". Even when the artstyle flashes back to that of "It's spooky month", his early design was slightly altered to have the horns instead.
Evil All Along: He's treated like a guy just pretending to kill Lila in "It's spooky month", but "Tender Treats" reveals that he wasn't joking, and that he's a cannibalistic Serial Killer.
Evil Chef: He spouts quite a bit of info about the preparation and consumption of (animal or human) meat before he attacks his victims. If the man in Lila's photo is truly him, he also used to work at a restaurant called Boys 'n Grills. Additionally, an animation made for the soundtrack of "Tender Treats" shows Skid and Pump having hamburgers at Boys 'n Grills, and for one frame◊, their waiter has Bob's signature Slasher Smile, hinting that he still worked there prior to the episode.
Evil Former Friend: One of Lila's childhood photos reveals that many years ago, Bob was once rather chummy to the families of the now-adult characters (specifically Lila's, Jaune's, Pump's dad's, John's, and Frank's). It also hints that he was just that much of a Faux Affably Evil Bitch in Sheep's Clothing and Villain with Good Publicity, with nobody at the time being aware that he was a deranged psychopath with hidden violent tendencies.
Evil Is Bigger: He's a heavyset and generally just large man, towering over most of the other adult characters, and is a very sadistic and cannibalistic serial killer.
Evil Is Petty: He kills a Creator Cameo of Sr. Pelo all because he was using the only bathroom stall that had toilet paper in it.
Expy: He's based on Michael Myers, being a near-implacable Serial Killer who kills on Halloween that possesses some form of connection with a major female character (Lila for Bob, Laurie Strode for Michael), and both of them also have ties with the occult (original timeline Myers at least). Bob also spends the first few minutes of "Tender Treats" completely silent, similar to Michael, though he begins speaking once Lila threatens him with a lemon.
Fat Bastard: He's an evil cannibal with a big fat body, fitting for someone who loves to eat.
Faux Affably Evil: Can act polite and soft-spoken, such as when he talks with Skid and Pump about playing hide-and-seek, or when he offers a fact about the preparation or consumption of meat. Absolutely none of it is genuine, as his murders and threats can attest to.
Heinousness Retcon: When introduced as an unnamed character in the first episode, Bob was little more than a gag, holding Lila at knifepoint but happily letting go once Skid reminds them both that it's Spooky Month and Lila offers him some candy. In his return in "Tender Treats", he's revealed to be a serial killer with a high body count and taste for human flesh, and a flashback to the first episode shows that Lila called the cops on him moments after Skid left the house.
Hillbilly Horrors: He's a sadistic cannibal who speaks with a thick Southern accent.
Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: When initially meeting Skid and Pump, they think he wants to play hide-and-seek, and he more or less runs with it. If they win, he gives them more candy. If he wins, he murders them. Of course, he conveniently leaves that last part out so that the two don't suspect anything.
I'm a Humanitarian: He really enjoys the taste of human flesh, and likes to tell his potential victims about the best ways of producing fresh meat. In one instance, he casually snacks on a piece of his victim's body. He's also stated to store the meat for later consumption, or for cooking it at the Boys 'n Grills restaurant.
Implacable Man: He takes multiple gunshots and is run over by a cop car without dying, determined to kill Skid, Pump, Lila, and Jaune. Nevertheless, the Newgrounds ending confirms that all that carnage finally did him in.
Kick the Dog: His brutal disfiguring of the harmless Streber only serves to exemplify Bob as a sadistic killer and a major threat to the cast.
Knight of Cerebus: Downplayed, as while the comedy isn't removed entirely and Bob himself is even subject to some of it, unlike with Roy's Uncle, the overall tone of "Tender Treats" becomes darker and more tense whenever he's onscreen, to the point even Skid and Pump are screaming in fear by the episode's end.
Leitmotif: "The Devil Butcher" is a slow, ominous, ambient track that perfectly pays homage to the themes of slasher villains who inspired Bob.
Louis Cypher: His name is a chopped-up version of "Beelzebub", another name for Satan, and he's dressed in a devil costume while committing murder.
Mad Libs Catchphrase: He always introduces himself to his potential victims with "Did you know-?", followed by a fact relating to meat preparation and/or cannibalism.
Meaningful Name: "Bob Velseb" is the reversed and slightly modified version of the name "Beelzebub", the demon representing the cardinal sin of gluttony: for his part, Bob is not just a cannibalistic serial killer, given that he loves eating sweets and is distracted in both from Lila and Kevin through this method, as well as sparing the Hatzgang after they gave him their Halloween candy.
Not-So-Harmless Villain: Bob is treated as a joke in "It's spooky month", with Skid suggesting that he's only holding Lila hostage as part of the Halloween spirit. Later in "Tender Treats", it's shown that he's a very real threat who's killed eight people that year, and even more in the years prior.
Occult Blue Eyes: When Bob violently threatens to kill the boys, Lila, and Jaune in the police car, his eyes grow larger and turn blue, similar to Pump's eyes when danger is threateningly close to him and Skid like in "Unwanted Guest", and they stay that way until Bob finally dies. The Newgrounds ending of "Tender Treats" implies with his relation to the cult that this is not a coincidence.
Older Than They Look: Downplayed. Bob was already an adult when Lila was a child, implying he's at least middle-aged in the present, depending on his age at the time the photo was taken — however, Bob lacks all of the series' usual design traits for older characters, such as gray hair and age lines, making him look younger than he actually is.
Only Works Once: After their first encounter, Lila's attempt to distract him with the Spooky Dance only has him dance for a few meager seconds before resuming his attack. Given that's what bought her enough time to call the police, it's reasonable he'd only do it for a few seconds at most to taunt her.
Painting the Medium: His subtitles in "Tender Treats" are written in a unique cursive font, adding to his unnerving nature and giving him an "other" feel in comparison to the rest of the cast.
Pragmatic Villainy: He spares the Hatzgang instead of killing them... only because they gave him their bags of candy.
Psycho Knife Nut: Given that he's a cannibalistic Serial Killer with plenty of experience in carving (animal and human) meat, he mainly uses a fillet knife to attack people with, and has plenty more stashed in a tool belt hidden under his sweater.
Psychopathic Manchild: Bob's loves of candy implies that even with the horrifying exterior he's rather childish, and he even mugs the Hatzgang for their Halloween candy rather than outright killing them. Later when he happens upon Skid and Pump, he disguises him hunting the two as an innocent game of hide-and-seek, even betting each others' piles of candy to trick them into playing his twisted game. When he attempts to attack the boys, Lila and Jaune after being run over, he throws the equivalent to a tantrum, completely dropping his unnervingly calm persona to wildly slash at the four while shouting that they "don't know anything".
Punny Name: Bob's name is a chopped-up variant of Beelzebub, which fits with both his devil costume (Beelzebub is a major demon, and is also another name of Satan) and his Big Eater status (Beelzebub is the Deadly Prince of gluttony in demonology).
Rasputinian Death: As confirmed by the Newgrounds ending for "Tender Treats", he's finally killed after getting hit by a police car, shot multiple times, and then run over three more times — though Jack pulls a prank on John in the morgue by propping Bob's corpse up to make it look like he's still alive after all that.
Red Is Violent: He is a very violent cannibalistic serial killer dressed in a red sweater and devil mask.
The Secret of Long Pork Pies: He used to work as a cook at a barbecue restaurant called Boys 'n Grills, and given his cannibalistic tastes, it's implied that he has served and fed some of his victims' remains to unsuspecting customers before.
Serial Killer: He's a homicidal cannibal who's killed and butchered at least 8 people because of his insane obsession with cooking and eating human meat. In "Tender Treats", he successfully attacks and mutilates one poor guy (Streber) and leaves him for dead, and also fatally stabs another man in the bathroom, so that brings the total to about 9 or 10 known victims, not counting other missing people he may have also killed in the past.
Slasher Smile: Aside from Lila throwing lemon, seasoning, and bacon at him and his one trip to the bathroom, he never stops smiling, even as he's in the process of killing someone. His final effort at killing Skid, Pump, Lila, and Jaune causes him to completely drop it, furiously trying to stab them while they're just out of reach.
Sweet Tooth: Bob loves candy just as much as human flesh. This is actively exploited by multiple characters, who either use it as a distraction or a bribe to get away from him.
Teleportation: Much like the man he's based on, he seemingly has the ability to move from one location to another without being spotted. When Lila has a flashback and calls Jaune, Bob effortlessly winds up in her house, and while John and Jack are scouring the attic while Lila guards the door, Bob somehow manages to exit the house without a sound.
Tom the Dark Lord: A relentless, cannibalistic serial killer with the rather common and unassuming name "Bob".
Too Dumb to Live: When he originally attacked Lila, as soon as he was handed a piece of candy he immediately started doing the Spooky Dance. Lila then took this opportunity to call the police. When she tries to distract him with it again, though, it doesn't work as well.
- Not that this trait is lost on him, as just using candy as a distraction permises his potential victims to run away from him: Kevin in fact manages to distract Bob with gumballs, allowing him and the children to escape to the back of the store while he is busy eating them.
Took a Level in Badass: While he's still not particularly hard to distract in "Tender Treats", he's a much more persistent predator, killing one person and seriously injuring another while stalking Skid and Pump. It's outright stated that he's been killing more and more on every Halloween as each year goes on, with eight victims in that year alone by the time Mayor Evermore brought it up. For perspective, Skid and Pump hadn't even left their houses by this point.
Villainous Breakdown: He drops the grin and his Faux Affably Evil nature after getting hit by Jack and John, savagely shouting at Skid and Pump that they don't know anything while wildly swinging his knife at them, Lila, and Jaune.
Vocal Evolution: In the first short, his voice is gruff but nondescript, sounding similar to Frank. In "Tender Treats", he has a much deeper and more subdued voice with a thick Southern accent, courtesy of his new voice actor, Corey LeVier.
Weapon-Based Characterization: Being a cannibal, Bob always carries a knife with him to fillet meat, which he sharpens especially when he gets close to his victims; in the end of "Tender Treats" it turns out he worked as a cook and butcher at the restaurant "Boys & Grills", where the main dishes were meat-based.
Would Hurt a Child: He stalks and tries to kill Skid and Pump in "Tender Treats". He also briefly menaces the Hatzgang, although he's satisfied with just stealing all their candy.

The Thieves

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"It's weird, right? You move the X to the other side, and you have the answer!"

Voiced by: Kellen Goff (Fat Thief), Chase "CoffinJockey" Corbin (Thin Thief)

A duo of ski-masked crooks who were burglarizing Skid's house before being caught red-handed — twice.

Ambiguously Evil: While the two were introduced trying to burgle Lila's house, they aren't treated as being serious threats at all, and immediately get caught and arrested. However, the newspaper reporting on Bob Velseb's escape from prison mentions that the Thieves also broke out of prison at the same time; assuming they didn't just exploit a lucky opportunity when the cultists were breaking out Bob, this implies they may be connected to the cult as well. The Newgrounds ending of "Hollow Sorrows" firmly ends up tying them to the cult, with them being berated by the Candy Dealer for failing at their jobs again.
Ascended Extra: they first appeared as two simple thieves who wanted to rob Lila; in "Hollow Sorrows" it is revealed that they actually work for the cult under the Candy Dealer, and that they were looking for something more important in her house.
Blatant Burglar: Dark coats, flashlights and ski masks? They couldn't be any more obvious to anyone who isn't Skid.
The Comically Serious: The tall man is too bitter to put up with his partner's goofiness, and only does the Spooky Dance as a distraction because Lila caught them trying to rob her. Whilst inside the cop car after being busted, he only gets a very disappointed and tired face when Jack lets go of the steering wheel to Spooky Dance and promptly crashes.
Expy: Heavily based on Harry and Marv from Home Alone, being a pair of inept burglars who attempt to rob a house during a holiday (Christmas for the former, Halloween for the latter). They also have a visual resemblance to Harry and Marv, one being short and fat and the other being tall and thin, though personality-wise the tall one is the smarter of the two while the short one is the dumb one.
The Faceless: While the two wearing ski masks is justified due to being burglars, they otherwise refuse to show their actual faces, as in prison, their faces are covered with the pillow protectors from their beds.
Jack: And take those things off, they're for pillows!
Fat and Skinny: The short fat man is the jolly and excitable one, while the tall and thin one is the professional and agitated one.
Gleeful and Grumpy Pairing: The shorter thief is more reactive and upbeat, happily dancing the Spooky Dance when Spooky Month is mentioned, while the taller thief is more reserved and one of the few characters to not dance when Spooky Month is mentioned.
Goldfish Poop Gang: The Newgrounds ending of "Hollow Sorrows" shows that they're part of the cult, but they're by far the least effective members of it, committing multiple failed heists and being scared off by a spider.
Harmless Villain: Compared to the other antagonists, they're rather incompetent buffoons that are more of a threat to their own plans than to the protagonists. It helps that they're never seen acting violently towards Lila or the kids.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Kellen Goff's goofy voice for the Fat Thief is a dead ringer for Frank Oz, bringing to mind his performances as Grover and Yoda.
No Name Given: Individually, they're only referred to as the "Fat Thief" and the "Thin Thief" by the credits.
Not So Above It All: The Thin Thief appears to be much more intelligent than the Fat Thief and is constantly annoyed by his partner's stupidity. However, during "Deadly Smiles", he's shown wearing a pillowcase over his head right alongside Fat Thief, despite the fact they're in jail and hiding their identities is pointless.

"Mr. Clown"

"Eeee-HEHHEH-HEHHEH-HEH!"

Voiced by: David "Sr. Pelo" Cazares

A jolly clown who loves laughing, telling jokes, and beating kids over the head with a hammer. He turns out to be a high-ranking member of an evil cult, if not one of their leaders.

Ascended Extra: in his first appearance he was a simple parody of Pennywise from Stephen King's IT, then became an important villain due to being a member of the cult.
Asshole Victim: He ends up suffering a fatal case of Police Brutality in the form of a Multiple Gunshot Death, courtesy of Deputy Jack and his extreme coulrophobia. Given that he's a Monster Clown who kidnapped (and most likely murdered) children for his evil cult, his death is treated as nothing more than Black Comedy.
Big Bad Wannabe: Although the Clown gloats to the cops about how he and his followers will do something very great and evil, he doesn't last much longer before Jack just kills him on the spot. Afterwards, the other cultists are still able to continue their evil plans without being hindered by their apparent leader's death.
Continuity Cameo: Appears as a photo on John's String Theory board in the Newgrounds ending of "Deadly Smiles", strings connecting him to the cult and various missing children reports.
Elective Unintelligible: The Stinger for the Newgrounds version of "Unwanted Guest" reveals that he's capable of speaking normally just fine as he gives a brooding speech toward John and Jack.
Mr. Clown: Eeee-HEHHEH-HEHHEH-HEH! We will take all and get everything! Everything will give us MORE THAT IS ALL! (Evil Laugh)
Evil Gloating: He appears in an after-credits gag for "Unwanted Guest", where he gives a brooding speech of his cult's imminent world domination, only to get cut off when Jack mag-dumps him with extreme prejudice.
Expy: Mr. Clown definitely bears some resemblance to a more famous Monster Clown, Pennywise from Stephen King's IT (particularly the 1990 film's version of the character). He's even seen standing in the streets with a red balloon, luring kids to him to abduct (and presumably kill) them. But unlike Pennywise who's a demonic Humanoid Abomination with supernatural powers, Mr. Clown is just a regular human who's only armed with a hammer and crazy cultist dogma.
Jump Scare: He appears in the YouTube ending credits of "The Stars" (instead of Ooga Booga) to give the camera a wallop with his mallet and try to steal the viewer away, Laughing Mad all the while.
Monster Clown: Visually, he's about as human as they come, but his ties to the cultists in the abandoned manor mean something's up about him. He also enjoys bludgeoning and kidnapping children, presumably to use for some horrible cult rituals.
No Name Given: His real name is unknown, and is only addressed as "Mr. Clown" by Skid and Pump.
Paper Tiger: He might be a creepy, child-abducting cult leader who talks about how his group will take over everything, but he goes down just as easily as anyone else would once he gets shot in the chest.
Red Is Violent: He is a clown with a red nose and hair, wearing colored clothes with red shades and holding a red balloon in his hand; he is also a serial child kidnapper and a prominent member of the cult.
Uncertain Doom: John and Jack seem pretty sure he's dead, however, the fact he's of the same rank within the cult as Bob Velseb, who was able to survive after being shot with far more bullets, suggests there's a good chance he's still alive.
The Unintelligible: His joke to Skid and Pump is just letting out a hearty laugh, Skid and Pump heard it just fine but the audience is clueless. Turning on the subtitles reveals his joke, though.
Mr. Clown: What's a ghost's favorite dessert? I-Scream!
Wacky Sound Effect: Getting shot in the chest by a pistol gets a high-pitched honk noise out of his wound.
"Wanted!" Poster: He's standing right next to a torn wanted poster of himself, which is a couple of feet away from a bunch of missing person's posters, most of whom are children.
Would Hurt a Child: After Skid and Pump leave, another child comes to ask for a joke, with Mr. Clown beating them over the head with a hammer and stuffing them in a rucksack in response. John's String Theory board in the Newgrounds ending of "Deadly Smiles" has him connect various missing children reports to Mr. Clown, indicating he did it frequently before his death.

The "Candy Dealer"

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"Would you kids help a poor, lonely, candy dealer?"

Voiced by: Chase "CoffinJockey" Corbin

A tall, dark, and foreboding man in an all-concealing trench coat, a big obscuring hat, and an ever-present cigarette inside his shadowy silhouette. He gets the boys to help him deliver some sugar to Kevin.

Ambiguously Evil: Considering the "sugar" he had on his person was being tracked down by a gang, it appears he may be up to something sinister, even if it's not drug dealing. His status is even more ambiguous after "Hollow Sorrows" where he is shown to be aligned with the cult in the Newgrounds ending, but he doesn't do much besides oversee the thieves' attempt to break into Lila's house.
Ambiguously Human: His pink eyes, snake-like movements, and an all-consuming trenchcoat that makes it impossible to see any actual part of his body; coupled with his extremely shady way of selling actual sugar, leaves it vague if the Candy Dealer is human or something else entirely.
Bait-and-Switch: The whole joke about this character and the package he's carrying is that he looks and acts like a drug dealer trying to smuggle cocaine, while lying that it's just sugar. Then it turns out that he was in fact a candy merchant carrying actual sugar. This even extends to what appears to be a cigarette in his mouth actually being a lollipop stick.
Comically Lopsided Rivalry: According to his ad in the "Unwanted Guest" ARG, he's trying to directly compete with the Candy Club, however he conducts his business in the most off-putting way possible all by himself. Kevin also seems to be completely unaware of who the Candy Dealer even is.
Conspicuous Trenchcoat: Due to the way he is drawn and wears his trench coat, we never get to see any part of his body save his eyes.
Dark Is Not Evil: This incredibly suspicious-looking guy is just some candy salesman with a mean competitive streak, and his package is a brick of sugar. Subverted from the episode "Hollow Sorrows", where he is revealed to work for the cult and is the leader of the two thieves.
Mistaken for Murderer: Shortly after Skid and Pump seemingly die on the spot in order to go to the hospital, someone off-screen sees the bodies and thinks that the Candy Dealer killed them. In response, the Candy Dealer meekly leaves the scene.
No Name Given: Justified because he's deliberately concealing his own identity. He's only ever referred to as the "Candy Dealer".
Oral Fixation: The Candy Dealer is never seen without a lollipop in his mouth (Although the way that the sugary part of the lollipop isn't usually visible makes it looks like he's got a cigarette in his mouth instead).
Serious Business: He's a tall, dark, and trenchcoat-clad figure who meets the boys outside the mall to smuggle some "sugar" for him. When they get to Kevin at the Candy Club and give him the package, it really was sugar the whole time. The "serious" part comes in with an advert that can be found in a hidden QR code in the same short, with the Candy Dealer dedicating an ad to out-compete the store Kevin's in, and treats the business like it's drug trafficking.
Shadowed Face, Glowing Eyes: His face is obscured by the shadow of his hat, save for his pink eyes.
Sweet Tooth: Implied; The Candy Dealer always has a lollipop in his mouth, and also he treats the transportation of sugar to Kevin's store like it's Serious Business.
Villain: Exit, Stage Left: He warns the boys that they could visit the hospital if they hold onto that sugar for too long. The boys then promptly decide they want to visit the hospital anyways and die on the spot. He only gets a few seconds to be confused over what just happened before someone starts screaming that he just killed the two, causing him to meekly walk out of frame as the scene ends.

Monsters

Moloch

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"Their salvation is futile. They belong in my eternal flame. You are NOTHING!"

Voiced by: David "Sr. Pelo" Cazares ("It's spooky month" through "Unwanted Guest"), Alexander Katnik ("Hollow Sorrows")

A demon from Hell whom Skid and Pump impulsively summoned through a Ouija Board, causing the upper half of his body to emerge from the board, before interrupting the ritual and leaving him stuck there in the attic. He hasn't been able to do much for the next two years afterwards.

Alas, Poor Villain: Played with. Skid and Pump are devastated when he's finally killed for good, as they considered him a dear friend (even if it was completely one-sided).
Arch-Enemy: Father Gregor. Although the former didn't even know his name at first, Moloch has a personal vendetta against Gregor and tries to manipulate him multiple times into giving Skid and Pump to him.
Ascended Extra: When he first appeared, he was playfully summoned by Skid and Pump, dancing the Spooky Dance only to realize he is stuck. In the following episodes, he unleashes all his anger towards the two children for having forgotten him in the attic for two years, starting his revenge by possessing people, and being defeated through an exorcism by Father Gregor.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: After possessing Patty he pretends to be her, deceiving poor Michelle Erotoph and leading her to a Cruel and Unusual Death.
Black Speech: His speech is dark and brooding by itself, but the short subtitles give it a distorting and demonic effect around the text via the Zalgo text generator.
Butt-Monkey: Only the upper half of his body was summoned, leaving him stuck in Skid's attic for two years. In the Newgrounds ending of "It's spooky month", he gets beaten up by a small Santa Claus after realizing it's November; in "The Stars", Skid gleefully ignores his pleas to be freed, and in "Unwanted Guest", he manages to possess Dexter to enact his revenge... only to be anticlimactically killed off after trying to turn his head 360° in order to prove that he's a demon. Even worse, he's still stuck in Dexter's body after being taken to the hospital morgue, once again trapped and now being heavily experimented on.
Cerebus Retcon: In the first three shorts, Moloch was a joke who either couldn't get out of an Ouija board or accidentally killed his own vessel to prove a point. By "Hollow Sorrows", he's treated completely seriously, managing to get out of Dexter's body and successfully possessing multiple people including Skid and Pump, requiring Father Gregor to stop him.
Continuity Nod: He's summoned as a one-off joke in the first short, and makes a cameo in the next short still stuck in the attic with no way out. By the third short, he's gotten sick and tired and starts causing a ruckus in the attic, starting the sub-plot.
A Day in the Limelight: After two shorts of being a short joke, he gets his own subplot in "Unwanted Guest" as Lila mistakes his frustration for a rat in the attic, hiring an exterminator and by extension giving him a bodily vessel to escape with. He gets another in "Hollow Sorrows", going on a vengeful rampage against the entire town.
Demonic Possession: He possesses Dexter in "Unwanted Guest"; the possession causes Dexter's body to become far bigger and bulkier, turns Dexter's mask into a gaping maw, and later Moloch sprouts his horns out of the poor guy's head after Lila smacks him with a ruler. The post-episode ARG for "Tender Treats" also reveals that Dexter's skin turned red and became hard as rock, while his blood became incredibly hot. In the episode "Hollow Sorrows" Moloch manages to possess five people in the following order: Patty, Roy, Kevin, Skid and Pump (both simultaneously).
Didn't Think This Through: While possessing Dexter, Pump dares him to spin his own head around 360° to prove he's a real demon. Moloch obliges, but he fails to consider that Dexter is a human, so he accidentally snaps his neck and kills him, leaving him stuck in a corpse for a good while.
Evil Is Burning Hot: Moloch is a very dangerous demon with a burning furnace located in his abdomen.
Face–Heel Turn: While Moloch was already evil to begin with, being a demon from Hell, he initially seemed to be relatively friendly towards Skid and Pump, with the two still considering him a friend even after everything that happened later. However, due to being stuck in the attic for two years, he goes off the rails and attempts to kill Skid and Pump as revenge for trapping him. During his angry Motive Rant, he sounds rather personally disappointed that they never freed him from his imprisonment, and so he threatens to inflict some very horrible tortures on them.
Fire Is Masculine: minimized: Moloch is a male demon with a burning furnace in his abdomen and a chiseled physique, but he is never seen using the power of flames.
Glamour Failure: In "Hollow Sorrows", when Moloch creates illusions of Dexter Erotroph and his mom, the illusions have yellow sclerae instead of the white sclerae of their real counterparts.
Help, I'm Stuck!: Only the top half of his body was summoned from the Ouija board. He's stuck in it and by extension Skid's attic because of it.
Killed Off for Real: After shown to survive his previous setback, he's finally meet his end at the hand of Father Gregor right at where he first summoned.
Knight of Cerebus: In "Hollow Sorrows", he is portrayed far more seriously. While he does still have the small comedic moment here or there, it's far less prevalent than before and compared to other antagonists. He's the main reason as to why ''Hollow Sorrows" is Darker and Edgier than previous episodes.
Logical Weakness: Moloch has shown that his powers have limits:
- When he takes possession of a person, he can give some supernatural abilities (super strength; mutation of facial features and making them fluctuate). However if he tries to do impossible actions for a human body he can cause the death of the vessel: when he tried to make Dexter's head turn 360°, he broke his neck, killing him.
- Being a demon, Moloch is weak to sacred objects and substances, such as crosses and holy water.
- It appears that the Ouija board blocks Moloch in the place where he was summoned, thus preventing him from leaving Skid's attic; however, this does not stop him from possessing those who go up there (Dexter is proof of this).
Madman in the Attic: Emphasis on "mad". Skid's kept him up there for two years, and he's so pissed off that he starts a Roaring Rampage of Revenge first chance he gets.
Manipulative Bastard: After possessing Patty, Moloch impersonates her and successfully deceives Michelle Erotoph, leading her to the morgue and ruthlessly killing her; he later tried to undermine Father Gregor by creating hallucinations of Dexter and Michelle to stop the exorcism, this time failing.
Neck Snap: He gets tricked into turning his head 360° by Pump whilst possessing Dexter, taking him up on his bet that only a demon could do that. Unfortunately for him, Dexter is not a demon, so Moloch ends up snapping his neck and incapacitating them both when he tries.
Nested Mouths: Moloch screaming at Dexter right before he possesses him shows that there's a second set of teeth in Moloch's throat.
Not Quite Dead: The post-episode ARG for "Tender Treats" reveals that Moloch didn't actually die when he snapped Dexter's neck, and Dexter's body with Moloch in tow is currently in the possession of a hospital that has no idea what to do with him. He is permanently killed in the episode "Hollow Sorrows" by Father Gregor during an exorcism.
Not-So-Harmless Villain: Moloch is treated almost like an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain in the first two episodes, until he finally breaks free from his imprisonment in the attic by possessing Dexter and tries to murder Lila, Skid, and Pump for revenge. Even then though, he's still a Butt-Monkey who gets comically screwed over in the end. Played even straighter once he gets out of Dexter's body and into Patty's, and then is exhumed by Father Gregor, as he's treated entirely seriously throughout "Hollow Sorrows".
Ouija Board: Skid and Pump use one of these to summon Moloch. However, they forget to finish the ritual, leaving Moloch stuck in there until he finally takes control of Dexter's body. When he escapes to the attic again, he dies crouching over the very same Ouija board that was used to summon him.
Our Demons Are Different: He appears to be a Big Red Devil with powers of Demonic Possession. While possessing Dexter, he's also shown floating off the ground, and him threatening to burn off Skid's and Pump's skin implies that he is also capable of pyrokinesis. Played with regarding Pump's claim that as a demon, Moloch should easily be able to spin his head around; Moloch seems confident that he can prove this feat, but unfortunately he can't actually do this while controlling a human body.
Public Domain Character: Moloch is the name of a Biblical demon, who was originally a Canaanite god that was worshiped with child sacrifices; which fits the Spooky Month character's desire to kill and eat Skid and Pump. When he fully emerges in "Hollow Sorrows", he's depicted with goat legs and a furnace in his pelvis, befitting the Jewish depiction of the demon that was popularized by Metropolis.
Red Is Violent: he is a huge red demon and not the calmest of otherworldly creatures.
Reduced to Ratburgers: In "Unwanted Guest", he angrily complains to Skid and Pump about how he was forced to eat rats and spiders while trapped in the attic for the past couple of years.
Revenge by Proxy: Implied; Moloch doesn't give any reason for attacking Lila, but he likely knows that she is Skid's mother and targeted her as a way to hurt Skid emotionally. Given that he's a demon, it shouldn't be surprising that his way of seeking revenge for being wronged by the boys would be disproportionate and indiscriminate in scope.
Sadist: In "Hollow Sorrows", he shape-shifts into his two victims, Dexter and his mother, in order to mess with Father Gregor and tries to make him feel guilty for their deaths.
Sealed Evil in a Can: Played for Laughs. He's a malicious demon who is trapped in Skid's attic due to a botched summoning ritual which only allowed the upper half of his body to emerge from the Ouija Board. Despite his desperate pleas, Skid and Pump forget to free Moloch and leave him stuck for two years before he eventually snaps, possessing Dexter so that he can finally avenge his own humiliation by the kids. Unfortunately for him, twisting his host body's neck leaves him paralyzed yet still alive, and he is apparently now locked up in the hospital.
Taken for Granite: His final fate when Father Gregor's exorcism takes. He slowly turns to stone from the bottom up, and is reduced to nothing more than a statue which partially crumbles away.
To Serve Man: He outright threatens to eat Skid and Pump after burning off their skin first.
Transformation of the Possessed: Whoever gets possessed by him, their eyes turn glowing yellow, their jaws become a circular Lamprey Mouth with fangs, horns grow from their head, and long claws protrude from their fingertips.
Weaksauce Weakness: Despite being a demon from Hell, he's susceptible to bullets, as Ignacio shooting him in the face with one causes him to recoil in pain.
Would Hurt a Child: As early as "Unwanted Guest" he showed signs of revenge towards the children, threatening to kill them when they return home; in "Hollow Sorrows" he goes further, as he really wants to brutally murder Skid and Pump as revenge for leaving him stuck in the attic for two years straight, and even threatens to burn their skin and feast on their flesh. During the episode, while wandering around the hospital possessing Patty, Moloch gets dangerously close to the glass of the nursery and looks menacingly at the newborn babies, implying that he wanted to harm them before running into Michelle Erotoph; he also manages to successfully possess Roy, Skid, and Pump.

The Eyes of the Universe

"I AM THE EYES OF THE UNIVERSE, AND I WILL SHOW YOU THE END..."

Voiced by: David "Sr. Pelo" Cazares

A giant monstrosity with many eyes and tentacles that dwells underneath a house on top of a hill, whom the kids meet after entering the manor looking for a spooky party. The three quickly become good friends.

Ambiguously Evil: It seems to be (intentionally) left rather vague just how malevolent or benevolent the Eyes of the Universe really is. When we first see the Eyes, it looks like a very scary and hideous monster who seems like he is ready to do something terrible to Skid and Pump, but instead it befriends the duo when Skid tells him it's Spooky Month. After this, it seems to not really be much of a malevolent being, and doesn't do anything worse than hypnotize people or accidentally crush Roy's uncle while excitedly running down the hill with Skid and Pump. Given the cult is later shown to throw Father Gregor to get hypnotized by it, it's evident they worship it, but its feelings on the cult are unknown. On another note, if he is evil, it wouldn't be the first time that a originally villainous character gives in to the Spooky Month madness, before going back to their original malevolent personality in their subsequent appearances.
Aside Glance: When the boys are telling Lila that their new friend 'showed them the stars', you can see two stars shimmering extra bright behind her, which promptly wink at the viewer after she says "The stars? That's new".
Brown Note Being: Any mortal who directly gazes upon the Eyes of the Universe will have their minds overwhelmed by his inherently incomprehensible nature... unless you're Skid, who doesn't behave any differently after being exposed to the Eyes. Pump is implied to be not only made immune to the effects as well, but is now able to sense supernatural forces.
Call a Human a "Meatbag": Calls Skid and Pump "piles of flesh" upon meeting them for the first time; this is implied to be less of an insult and more of how the anciently eldritch Eyes sees human beings in general, as he affectionately calls Skid and Pump "flesh" after befriending the two.
Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?: This inconceivably huge, cosmic elder god residing inside the Earth quickly becomes Skid's and Pump's new friend as they tell it that it's Spooky Month, merrily walking downtown with them to shop for candy.
Eldritch Abomination: It's an ancient, unearthly tentacled creature with multiple eyes that can stare anywhere in the universe, because the stars are its eyes.
Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Its name is its role: the eyes of the universe. The stars are its way of seeing all.
Hypnotic Creature: Aside from Skid, any human that directly looks at its Hypnotic Eyes will enter a trance-like state, with their eyes turning the same shade of blue as its own.
My Brain Is Big: Most of its body is brain, with extra eyeballs for good measure.
Mysterious Protector: Seems to have taken a sort of protector role for Skid and Pump after the kids befriended it, with episodes after "The Stars" having two larger than average stars that tend to follow the boys around in the sky between scenes. Additionally, it indirectly gave Pump an ability to sense the supernatural after he gazed at it, which influenced Pump's decision-making when he was in mortal danger against Moloch.
Voice of the Legion: Its voice has a reverberating, booming, and overlapping effect to it.
Your Soul Is Mine!: It's never seen taking any souls, but based on Pump's drawing of it in "Deadly Smiles", it seems to have the ability to suck a soul out of a person's body. Which, considering how Pump was granted the ability to sense the supernatural because of Eyes, he might be telling the truth.

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The Glitch Witch

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A witch that appears in the ad for the second edition of Skid and Pump plushies, marketing them in-universe. Just don't stare at her too long...

Glowing Eyes of Doom: When taking souls, she appears on the TV flickering back and forth from only her eyes glowing from the dark, and then her eyeless face.
Knight of Cerebus: Her appearance turns the second plushie ad — which up to that point was a cute, harmless little parody of old television ads — into a full-on horror.
One-Shot Character: Only appears in the second plushie ad.
Toy Transmutation: She takes people's souls and turns the empty husks into dolls, the unfortunate fate of Skid, Pump, and presumably Lila in her starring ad.
Your Soul Is Mine!: She can steal the souls of those who look her in the eyes.
Witch Classic: Is the stereotypical depiction of a witch: a long-nosed, green-skinned woman with messy black hair and black clothes.

The Piper

A mysterious individual that lures people into the woods by playing a tune on their flute. They appear in the ad for the Volume 1 soundtrack.

Ambiguous Gender: Is just someone wearing a robe, and isn't referred to with any pronouns.
Ambiguous Situation: It's left unclear whether the entity is a spirit controlling a skeletal body, something residing in the pit the skeletal body looms over, or the pit itself.
Dead All Along: The end of the soundtrack ad reveals the Piper is actually a long-decayed skeleton, used as a puppet by the real maker of the music.
Hero Killer: The Piper successfully hypnotizes most of the main and recurring characters barring Skid, and judging by what happens to John and Jack, they all walk into a deep hole and fall to their presumed deaths.
Magical Flutist: The Piper is a robed skeleton playing a song on their flute, which hypnotizes those who hear it into walking into the woods. Subverted when it turns out the music was actually coming from a hole in the ground.
Noodle Incident: John says the Piper's back when rushing into the police station, indicating it's not the first time the Piper has lured people away. The events of that are never elaborated on.
One-Shot Character: Only appears in the ad for the Volume 1 soundtrack, though it's apparently not the first time they've plagued the town.

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