The Prototype

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The Prototype

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The Prototype
Aliases	Experiment-1006 Claw
Affiliation	Playtime Co.
Physical Information
Status	Alive
Species	Unknown
Gender	Male (mentioned in tapes & by Mommy Long Legs)
Height	Unknown (possibly tall)
Appearances
Voiced by	Michael Kovach (Project: Playtime)
Appears In	Project: Playtime (GrabPack hand)
Debut	Chapter 1: A Tight Squeeze (VHS Tape) Chapter 2: Fly in a Web (physical)

“	The others are hungry. The others are starving. GET UP.	”
— Presumed Prototype to Huggy Wuggy in Project: Playtime.

“	Experiment 1-0-0-6. The Prototype. Coordination and cooperation is evidently within his skillset, as well as the skillset of all other experiments of his type. Though still missing, today's events are no doubt in relation to him. His absence was a flaw in the scientific process, which should have under no circumstances been left unaccounted for.	”
— The Scientist's description of the Prototype.

The Prototype (commonly known as Experiment-1006 or as the Claw in his plaque form) is a mysterious entity mentioned within two VHS Tapes. No information is currently known about The Prototype's main appearance or motives, but he is presumed to be the main antagonist of Poppy Playtime.

Appearance

While his main appearance remains mostly unknown, his arm has been seen. It is a robotic arm with red wires and a hand with long, sharp needle fingers, resembling a claw. He also seems to have a bone attached to his forearm for additional support.

Personality

The Prototype has been described as though he actually wants to commit violence for no reason. He has also been confirmed to "possess an unprecedented level of intelligence", being able to combine basic objects and wreaking havoc around the factory. A scientist explained, in one of the VHS Tapes, that The Prototype had managed to construct a laser pointer from a digital alarm clock in his cell and tried to escape by using said laser pointer on the camera in his chamber, then hiding in the camera's blind spot whilst the camera was being fixed.

It is theorized that The Prototype takes parts of other toys around the factory and makes them a part of him, most likely to strengthen himself and help him achieve his motives (or to keep them alive), though said motives are currently unknown.

In the Chapter 1 Trailer's background, flashing messages state that The Prototype 'finds no necessity for sustenance (unlike the others)'. This, coupled with the Scientist's description from Log 08502, confirms that The Prototype is highly violent for no apparent reason, at least to the scientists.

As his claw appears immediately to take the torso of Mommy Long Legs after her death, and the door then opens for The Player with no other hostility, it is possible that The Prototype is "helping" The Player progress through the factory in order to use them to kill the other experiments for himself to assimilate. This suggests an uncanny knack for manipulation, planning, prediction, and deception.

Story

Backstory

Little is known about The Prototype other than he is the 1006th experminet made by Playtime Co. Guessing by his name and the flashing messages from the Chapter 1 Trailer, he is the prime example for "the type of vessel which (we) are trying to create". The Prototype likely had the optimal "vessel" of a living organic experiment, of which he was serviceable as a crucial example for "the others", presumably the other experiments.

The Prototype was kept in his chamber, monitored at all times. However, one day, he created a laser pointer from the digital alarm clock in his room, fired it at the camera and disabled it for 28.3 seconds. Upon which he hid in a blind spot, forcing a surveillance specialist to come in. He tried to escape through the door but was re-locked before he could. He apparently killed the specialist who was trapped inside, as 'one casualty occurred.'

Hearing from the Final Log Tape from Chapter 1, he managed to escape and go missing. On August 8th, 1995, he started a massive massacre/jailbreak, theorized to be called "The Hour of Joy", against the scientists, based on the sounds of screaming, pounding, something running around in the vents, and the cutting off/supposed death of the scientist recording the tape.

Chapter 2: Fly in a Web

After Mommy Long Legs was killed by the grinder and her severed torso fell to the ground, The Prototype's claw appeared from under the half-closed door to the left. He reached out and took Mommy's torso away, dragging it away back under the door. After this, he isn’t seen again. Near the end of the chapter, before Poppy's monologue gets cut off, we hear the sound of an alarm clock going off, implying that the Prototype has captured Poppy.

Project: Playtime

While he doesn’t make a physical appearance, his hands are one of the GrabPack Skins in Project: Playtime. Although, it has been theorized that he is the one that instructs the monsters during their tutorial.

Abilities and Anatomy

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Trivia

• With the initial release of Chapter 1, players theorized that The Prototype was Huggy Wuggy. That theory was eventually disproved in Chapter 2, as Huggy Wuggy was referred to as "Experiment 1170" in one of the logs left by the Scientist.
• Human bones can be seen tangled in the wires of the hand, showing that The Prototype was once human or that it took bones from the employees.
  • It could likely have been taken from those he killed, as when Mommy Long Legs was being crushed to death in the grinder, she screamed that "He'll make her part of him." This suggests that he's taking parts of toys and humans and making them part of his body.
  • Given how Mommy states it, it is implied that toys are fully aware of what is going on in the factory.
• A number of death screen messages mention The Prototype.
  • From Chapter 1, 'Exp. 1006. Isn't he wonderful?'.
  • From Chapter 2, 'The Prototype has saved us! Isn't he wonderful?'.
  • Another from Chapter 2, 'HE IS LOOSE. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY LOCKDOWN'.
• The numbering of the experiments suggests that The Prototype was created before Huggy Wuggy (Experiment 1170) and Mommy Long Legs (Experiment 1222), but after the failed experiment on a rat (Experiment 814).
  • This, along with his name, suggests that The Prototype may have been the second successful living organic experiment (the first being Poppy Playtime).
• In Project: Playtime, a mysterious voice instructs Huggy Wuggy on what he needs to do to stop the survivors. Judging by it's tone and mannerisms as well as the use of the arch words "Get Up", it is heavily implied that this voice belongs to The Prototype.
• The appearance of this claw may be a reference to the hand of the Other Mother from the movie Coraline.
• It is speculated that The Prototype was trying to save the kids and experiments from Playtime Co.
  • This was backed up by one of the VHS tapes in Chapter 1 saying: "Coordination and cooperation is in his skillset."
  • It is also speculated that The Prototype is Elliot Ludwig, protecting those he had failed by fighting back against Harley Sawyer.