The Player (Tattletail)

The Player is the unseen main character of Tattletail. They are a child who upon opening their christmas present early get roped in a dangerous misadventure due the bloodthirsty mother of their new best friend, Tattletail.

The Player
Origin
Origin	Tattletail
Creator	Ben Esposito and Geneva Hodgson
First Appearance	Tattletail
Actor	N/A
Characteristics
Species	Human
Gender	Unknown
Pronouns	Unknown
Sexuality	Heterosexual
Age	Unknown, is shown as quite young
Birthday	Unknown
Ethnicity	N/A
Status	Alive (Good ending) Deceased (Bad Ending)
Alignment	Neutral Good
Archetype	Everyman
Occupation	N/A
Time Period	1998
Language	English
Combat Style	Street Combat
Homeworld	Earth
Relationships
Affiliations	Baby Tattletails
Enemies	Mama Tattletail

Background

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

In Tattletail December 20, 1998' The Player wakes up during the night to get a peeking at one of their present. upon going down the basement, The player opens their Christmas present early, which is revealed to be a purple-furred Baby Talking Tattletail. They feed fees and brush him before then putting him back in his toy box and wrapping him back up. The Player then returns to bed for the night. December 21, 1998 The player is woken up by a sound coming from the basement. Upon going down to investigate, The player finds Tattletail in the dryer. As Tattletail's battery is low, The Player charges him before the former prompts them to play a game. The player is accordingly tasked with finding a vase to "play" with. In doing this, the vase breaks, and the lights go out. After the player retrieves the flashlight, Mama is seen briefly in the dark just before the lights turn back on. After putting Tattletail back in his box and wrapping him back up, the player will return to bed for the night. December 22, 1998 The Player is woken up by a grinding sound coming from the basement. Upon going down to investigate, The Player finds Mama Tattletail and inserts a nearby tape into her. Upon listening to Mama's story, The Player goes back upstairs to find that Tattletail has a made a mess in the living room. Upon seeing the player, Tattletail will request to be taken to Mama whom, upon the player arriving to her previous location, has vanished. Tattletail is put back in his toy box and wrapped back up, while the Player goes back up to clean his mess while beign attacked by Mama. Upon the mess being cleaned, the player will return to bed for the night. December 23, 1998 The Player is woken up by chattering from outside. Upon going out to investigate, The player will encouter their Tattletail in the garage conversing with a yellow Tattletail. The player interacts with this Tattletail by playing Hide & Seek with it, in which the yellow Tattletail goes to hide for an increasing amount of time while the player is left to survive with their own Tattletail against Mama. At the end of this chapter, the player finds a VHS tape featuring a Tattletail commercial in which Mama Tattletail appears, showing her being responsible for the murder of Waygetter security guard. December 24, 1998 The Player is woken up directly by their Tattletail telling them to wake up. After the player picks up Tattletail he says that he and other implied Tattletails are "having a party for Mama". The player is requested to help them. The player is led towards the basement, where the previous yellow Tattletail is accompanied by a blue Tattletail. The player sets down their own Tattletail on the charging station and is told to bring friends from under the Christmas tree and in the garage, alongside other various items, all the while avoiding Mama. Bringing down and placing these items accordingly will then begin some sort of ritual involving a pentagram to banish Mama. During said ritual, Mama will steal the candles and hide them in vases around the basement, while also hunting the player. Surviving the ritual and destroying the VHS tape ends in the five Tattletails being wrapped into presents, after which the player goes to bed. Canon Ending Upon waking up, the player will go open their Christmas present. upon opening it, Purple Tattletail is revealed. Tattletail will give the player his tag, on which is recorded his manufacturing information and date of 'birth,' as well as a Golden Flashlight, which takes longer to drain than the normal flashlight. The player then goes to wake up their mother. Upon opening the door, the mother can be heard yawning, and Tattletail says "Thank you!" to the player. then The game will end on a white screen. Bad Ending A Tattletailtoy box is given to the player on Christmas Day. After it is opened, it is shown to be empty, which then triggers Mama to jumpscare the player, thus meaning the ritual was unsuccessful. In The Kaleidoscope 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.

Personality

• Impatient: The game starts with the player waking up in the middle of the night to open their Christmas present early.

• Selfless: Chose to restore Tattletail back to how he once was despite needing to go to the Kaleidoscope.

Relationships

Purple Tattletail

The Purple Tattletail is the present the player would have received on Christmas had they not open it early. Tattletail and the player are shown to share a close friendship, with the player even going to great lengths to restore Tattletail to his original self upon their memories being changed.

General Information

Name: Unknown

Origin: Tattletail

First Appearance: Tattletail

Last Appearance: The Kaleidoscope

Creator: Ben Esposito and Geneva Hodgson

Actor: N/A

Gender: Unknown (The Player's gender is left ambiguous with in-game familiy photos showing both a young boy and a young girl)

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Pronouns: Unknown

Handedness: Right-handed (Picks Tattletail up with their right hand likely meaning it's their dominant hand)

Age: Unknown, is shown as quite young

Birthday: Unknown

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

Timeline: Main Timeline

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: The Player's House

Story Role: Primary Protagonist

Legacy: Unknown Legacy

Influence: Event Influence (Banished Mama Tattletail with the help of the Baby Tattletails)

Language: English

Ethnicity: American

Religion: N/A

Classification: Tattletail's best friend

Species: Human

State of Being:

• Good Ending: Alive (Succefully banished Mama Tattletail with the help of the Baby Tattletails and would later on also escape the Kaleidoscope alive)
• Bad Ending: Deceased (Was killed by Mama Tattletail after the banishment ritual backfired on the Baby Tattletails and banished them)

Date of Death: December 25th 1998

Physiology: Humanoid Physiolgy

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: N/A

Combat Style: Street Combat

Affiliations: Baby Tattletails

Enemies: Mama Tattletail

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Alive

Alignment Neutral Good (Upon being given the choice to go back to bed and forget about Mama entirely or go to the Kaleidoscope to restore Tattletail back to his normal self, the player chose the latter option)

Potential

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

Archetype Everyman

Codex Statistics

Grade: C

Tier: Low 10-B

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: None

Attack Potency: Subhuman level (Can break vases and a casette tape)

Durability: Subhuman level

Striking Strength: Subhuman Class

Lifting Strength: Below Average Human

Travel Speed: Average Human

Attack Speed: Average Human

Reaction Speed: Average Human

Stamina: Average (Can spend a good portion of a night running away from Mama Tattletail)

Range: Standard Melee

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Journeyman level (Despite being a young child, the player could explore the Kaleidoscope which is considered highly dangerous even impressing the note sender with them commenting the player did a lot better than them)

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Powers and Techniques

The PlayerTattletail

• Limited Light Manipulation (Has access to a flashlight)
• Non-Euclidean Physiology (Can explore the Kaleidoscope which is a place where reality is distored such as rooms curving into themselves or doors leading to rooms that are bigger on the inside)

• Unconventional Resistance to

• Memory Manipulation (The Kaleidoscope is where all memories are stored meaning one would need access to it to change the player's memories)

• Small Size
  • Small Animal Sized: Can easily be carried around in a child's hand
• Inorganic Physiology
  • Non-Living Objects: Is an electronic toy which requires charging
• Non-Euclidean Physiology (Can explore the Kaleidoscope which is a place where reality is distored such as rooms curving into themselves or doors leading to rooms that are bigger on the inside)

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Equipment

Tattletail

• Description: Tattletail is the titular deuteragonist of Tattletail. It is the player's Christmas present which they opened early.
• Usage: Companion
• Function: If Tattletail's needs are not met, he will began emitting a plethora of noises that can alert Mama Tattletail.

Waygetter Flashlight

• Description: A flashlight created by Waygetter which instead of using standard batteries, uses magnetic induction to build electricity.
• Usage: Used to see in the dark
• Function: Shaking the flashlight five times will give it a full charge. The light will slowly dim out necessitating to frequently shake it to keep it charged.

Waygetter Gold

• Description: The Golden Flashlight is an upgraded version of the standard flashlight. It is given to the player by Baby Talking Tattletail in the Good Ending.
• Usage: Used to see in the dark
• Function: Shaking the flashlight five times will give it a full charge. The light will slowly dim out necessitating to frequently shake it to keep it charged.

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Other

Standard Tactics: The Player will run away from a threat while attempting to meet Tattletail's needs.

Weaknesses

• Flashlight Weakness: Requires the player to shake it to power it up which creates noise.
• Tattletail Weakness: Tattletail is scared of the dark and will begin screaming if left in it too long. Tattletail requires frequent charging. Upon one of his needs getting too low, Tattletail will loudly complain until said need is met.
• Unique Weakness: Is a young child with seemingly no way of fighting back.

Trivia

• Ben Esposito (the game's creator) has said that the child was not intended to have a set gender, but it can be assumed they are one of the children seen in the photograph of their room. Many assume they are male due to the boyish look of their bedroom. Or they could be a girl with a tomboy personality.
• In the game, the protagonist appears to have a dog, but it is only alluded to through the appearance of a doghouse outside and the presence of dog food in one of the eggs. Additionally, a doggy dish is present in the basement. When asked about the whereabouts of the dog, Waygetter refused to comment on it.
• The Protagonist can be seen in a couple of photos to be good at sports, which may explain their running capability.
• The protagonist's gender is not known, but in the photo above we can assume one of the children is the protagonist. It is thought that due to the player's gender, they get to choose which child they are from the photo.

Battle Records

1 - 1 - 0

VictoriesLossesInconclusive

• Mama Tattletail - 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.

• Mama Tattletail - 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.

None.

Versus Threads

0 - 0 - 0

VictoriesLossesInconclusive

None.

None.