Mama Tattletail

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Mama Tattletail is a toy created by Waygetter Electronics that was discontinued shortly after her conception. She is the mother of all Tattletails, and the main antagonist of the game.

Mama Tattletail
“ The children thought that Mama would never find them as long as she couldn't see them. Turn the page. But Mama could still hear the children. The pitter-patter of their little feet lead Mama right to them. Turn the page. Then Mama found the children, every last one, and put them right back to bed. „
~ Mama's Story
“ Come to Mama! „
~ Mama's famous catchphrase in Tattletail
“ ORANGE YOU FORGETTING SOMEONE!? „
~ Mama's famous catchphrase in The Kaleidoscope
Origin
Origin Tattletail
Creator Ben Esposito and Geneva Hodgson
First Appearance Tattletail
Actor N/A
Characteristics
Species Tattletail Toy
Gender Built to be female
Pronouns She/Her
Sexuality Heterosexual
Age Around 10 months old
Birthday Unknown
Ethnicity N/A
Status Alive
Alignment Chaotic Evil
Archetype Monster/Horror Villain
Occupation N/A
Time Period 1998
Language English
Combat Style Street Combat
Homeworld Earth
Relationships
Affiliations Baby Tattletails (Formely)
Enemies The Player, Baby Tattletails

Background

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Mama's story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!
In Tattletail

Mama was one of the Tattletails that were announced in the commercial that was on the VHS Tape. While the cassette was viewed by the player, Mama teleported to different areas of the commercial set, and was located next to one of the two Waygetter Electronics employees present. She is implied to be responsible for murdering the aforementioned employees. Years before this, however, Mama was rumored to have bitten a child's eyes out of their head, leading to her recall and ban. On December 22, 1998, Mama is found next to an unplugged refrigerator with a cassette inside. When the player puts the cassette in, Mama explains her true nature to the player. When the player goes to the basement to bring Tattletail to Mama, she mysteriously vanishes and teleports into the living room area, and the player has to avoid her. If Mama hears Tattletail, she will jumpscare the player. Throughout the rest of the nights, she becomes increasingly more active. When one of the Tattletails play hide-and-seek with the player, Mama comes out and the player has to avoid her. On Christmas Eve, the Tattletail children are planning a party for Mama. However, in actuality, they are preparing a ritual to banish Mama. The player has to help put the candles in front of each Tattletail and light them. During the first attempt at the ritual, Mama steals the candles so that she can stay forever. When the player gets all five candles and re-lights them, the ritual resumes and the VHS Tape begins to glow and the Tattletail children tell the player to rewind the tape and destroy it to banish Mama. When the cassette is destroyed and the ritual concludes, the five Tattletail children are then wrapped up and the game tells the player to go to bed.

In The Kaleidoscope

Mama returns as the main antagonist of the DLC expansion. When the player opens their present on Christmas Day, they find Tattletail to be significantly different; he now has spots on his fur, his eyes are green, and now gives out educational facts periodically. The player then hears knocking on their front door, and finds a mysterious letter telling them that the events occurring are not what actually happened, and that they must go back to previous nights to try to remember what actually transpired throughout the week. As the player travels back through time, they find memories that portray Mama as a kind, loving, and harmless toy. The player receives more letters that say that their memories have been tampered by someone, and must enter a warped dimension known as The Kaleidoscope, where all memories are stored. When the player enters The Kaleidoscope, they can find a deactivated Mama in the kitchen, with the option to load a cassette within her. The man speaking during the tape, most likely a Waygetter Electronics executive, introduces Waydrives, which are responsible for giving the Tattletail toys their unique personalities, and possibly their sentience. Traveling further down, the player finds a distorted version of the VHS Tape, showing an alternate version of the Tattletail advertisement. After watching it, the player is sent back December 20, with the original talking Tattletail instead of the educational one. The night transpires the same way it did in the original game, until the player is instructed to wrap Tattletail back up. When the player is halfway to the box's location, Tattletail tells a knock-knock joke. After the player's "who's there" response, Tattletail says "Orange!". After the player responds "Orange who?", the screen blacks out, and Mama jumpscares them, finishing the joke with "Orange you forgetting someone?!", indicating that the player never left the dimension. The player and Tattletail are then sent back to The Kaleidoscope's distorted version of the house, and Mama returns to her malevolent persona. The player then has to find the exit to the dimension, and escape Mama. As the player nears the exit, Mama becomes increasingly more desperate, as she begs that they do not leave her, in a desperate attempt to feign mercy from them. After exiting The Kaleidoscope, they are sent back to their house, with everything normal restored again, as well as receiving another letter congratulating them for their success. The expansion ends with the camera ominously zooming in on Tattletail, with Mama's chase music playing, before abruptly stopping. He then jokingly says "Me love you!" to the player, as the screen transitions to the credits.

Appearance

General Description: Mama Tattletail is a a Furby-like toy with tall ears, a muzzle, and no arms. she also has a small white tuft of hair and brown fur. While hunting the player, Mama has glowing red eyes, long, thin, sharp teeth, and torn ears.

Personality

Relationships

Baby Tattletails

Created as the mother of the Baby Tattletails, Mama sports an angressively protective nature towards them. This has caused the Baby Tattletails to deeply fear her, and would later on result in them performing a ritual to banish her with help from the player.

General Information

Name: Mama Tattletail

Other Names: Mama

Origin: Tattletail

First Appearance: Tattletail

Last Appearance: The Kaleidoscope

Creator: Ben Esposito and Geneva Hodgson

Actor: Geneva Hodgson

Gender: Built to be Female.

Assigned Gender: None

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: She/Her

Handedness: Handless

Age: Around 10 months old (Should be as old if not older than The player's Tattletail who was "born" on Feburary 25 1998, 10 months before the events of the game)

Birthday: Unknown

Time Period: 1998 (The game offically take place in 1998 from december 20th to december 25th)

Timeline: Main Timeline

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: None

Story Role: Primary Antagonist

Legacy: Country-wide Legacy (the trailer for Tattletail claims that every kids remembers Talking Tattletail with them being considered a very popular product)

Influence: Event Influence

Language: English

Ethnicity: N/A

Religion: N/A

Classification: Tattletail Cassette Player, Mother of Baby Tattletails

Species: Tattletail Toy

State of Being: Nonliving

Physiology: Tattletail Toy Physiolgy

In-Universe Creator: Waygetter Electronics

Occupation: N/A

Combat Style: Street Combat

Affiliations: Baby Tattletails (Formely)

Enemies: The Player, Baby Tattletails

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Active

Alignment Chaotic Evil (Is behind the murder of a Waygetter Electronics security guard and attemps to kill the player who is a young child)

Threat Level: Street Threat (Killed a Waygetter Electronics security guard and can kill the player)

Potential

  • Type(s) of Potential: Fixed Potential
  • Level of Potential: Fixed
  • Description: Shows no notable potential statements or feats.
  • Limitations: Standard Limitations.

Archetype Monster/Horror Villain

Codex Statistics

Grade: A

Tier: High 10-B, Higher with Penetration Damage

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Possibly Waydrive (The waydrive is what gives a Tattletail their unique personality)

Attack Potency: Above Average Human level (Can one shot the player, a young child and was the cause of death of a Waygetter Electronics security guard), Higher with Penetration Damage (Is rumored to have been banned for eating a kid's eyes out)

Durability: Above Average Human level

Striking Strength: Above Average Human Class

Lifting Strength: Unknown: True Class (Lacks arms and thus would naturally be unable to lift anything)

Travel Speed: Athletic Human (Can rush down the player before they can react)

Attack Speed: Athletic Human

Reaction Speed: Athletic Human

Stamina: Limitless (Unlike baby tattletails which require their battery to be recharge, Mama Tattletail seems to lack the feature altogether, being able to chase the player for the entirety of the night)

Range: Standard Melee, Far Higher with Technological Manipulation (Able to shut down lights while not physically present)

Intelligence: Average Intelligence (Mama naturally uses her hearing to track down the player alongside killing their flashlight to handicap them)

Knowledge: Journeyman level

Powers and Techniques

Equipment

Nothing Notable

Other

Standard Tactics: Mama Tattletail will listen for noises to find her prey whilst shuting down their light source. When finding her prey, Mama Tattletail will physically rush them.

Weaknesses: Mama Tattletail makes a grinding noise that can inform one of her location. Mama Tattletail lacks arms, altought this hasn't been shown to handicap her.

Trivia

  • Mama Tattletail is voiced by Geneva Hodgson, one of the game's co-creators.
  • Mama Tattletail's design is heavily influenced by Teddy Ruxpin, a real-world electronic toy that reads stories with a tape-deck in its body, much like Mama Tattletail. This is also seen in her concept art.
  • Mama Tattletail's grinding sound actually came from an old coffee machine.
  • Mama Tattletail's tail is rarely seen. It's small, and limp unlike the tail of her younger kin.
  • If the player types in a corresponding order of numbers into the VHS tape as a secret code (before pressing "PLAY"), the player can see a warehouse full of Mama Tattletails that were taken off of store shelves. This might prove that the Mama Tattletail present in the game is a prototype.
  • Mama Tattletail's official model is available on Steam Workshop, along with Baby Talking Tattletail and his box.

Battle Records

2 - 1 - 0

  • Waygetter Security Guard - Shown
    • Conditions: Unknown
    • Location: Waygetter Company
  • The Player & Baby Tattletails - Fight
    • Conditions: The Player & Baby Tattletails were working together to banish Mama
    • Location: The Player's house
    • Note: This only happens in the non-canon bad ending. in it, the ritual ends up backfiring on the Baby Tattletails, banishing them instead, resulting in Mama killing the player on december 25th.

  • The Player & Baby Tattletails - Fight
    • Conditions: The Player & Baby Tattletails were working together to banish Mama
    • Location: The Player's house
    • Note: This is the canon ending of the game.

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Versus Threads

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  • Night Blight - Thread
    • Rules: A regular Night Blight was being used. Location was within a house. Both combatant started in diffrent rooms but were aware of the other's presence. Standard Battle Assumptions.
    • Overall Consensus: Mama Tattletail's relience on her hearing allowed her to work around the Night Blight's pereception manipulation alongside being able to teleport and being generally stronger.


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