Baldi

Baldi is the titular main antagonist of the Baldi's Basics series, as well as the Baldi's Basics 1 1/2 franchise. He is the head teacher of both the Schoolhouse and the Rearranged Schoolhouse, giving the player math problems to solve on the You Can Think Pad. As the game series is not what it first seems, a twist reveals a more sinister side to Baldi's personality when the player makes their first mistake.
==Description==
Baldi is a poorly-modeled CGI character with a humanoid appearance. He has a light complexion, long, skinny fingers, red lips, and a copper strand of hair on his head. He wears a long-sleeved green shirt, blue jeans, and light brown shoes. Although he has no visible ears, his poster mentions that he has an excellent sense of hearing.
Baldi's facial expression while chasing the player is neutral and not one of anger, though it is heavily compressed and distorted. This is most likely due to dithering, a technique used to reduce the number of colors in an image.
==Personality==
At first, Baldi acts friendly towards the player, encouraging them to continue by giving them a shiny Quarter. However, he gets frustrated upon the player getting a math problem wrong, showing a more menacing side to his personality. He slaps his ruler in his hand repeatedly as if it is some sort of compulsive habit, and slowly but surely chases the player, getting faster the angrier he gets. After collecting all the required notebooks, he gives the player a chance to escape the school, albeit in a limited time span, and laughs at their escape efforts.
==Mechanics==
At the very beginning of the game, Baldi, standing in front of the player, will greet the player while waving his arm in a sloppy manner. Whatever happens next depends on whether or not you are playing in Hide-and-Seek Mode. It is also worth noting that in Explorer Mode, Baldi will simply stand forever, and will not chase nor harm the player in any manner.
=== Regular Mode ===
Before obtaining the first notebook in one of the beginning classrooms, the player needs to solve three math problems using the You Can Think Pad. During this time, Baldi gives instructions and reads out the questions. If all three questions are answered correctly, Baldi will give the player a Quarter. To get the second notebook, the player will have to answer three more math problems, but after solving the second problem, the third question is replaced by the equation: "1/0". There is no possible answer for this equation, so the player will be forced to get it wrong.
When the player gets their first problem wrong in the You Can Think Pad, Baldi's face will become distorted, making him appear to be frowning intensely, and his eyebrows will furrow. After the player fails a question, Baldi disappears on the bottom left-hand corner of the You Can Think Pad for the rest of the notebooks. Once the player exits the You Can Think Pad after getting their first problem wrong, Baldi begins to chase the player through the Schoolhouse, signaling his movement and location by slapping a ruler on his hand.
=== Hide-and-Seek Mode ===
Baldi will tell the player that they will be playing Hide-and-Seek, with him being the counter and the player being the hider. After his instructional speech, he will begin counting down from 10. After the countdown, Baldi will begin slapping his ruler, and the game truly begins.
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Baldi is the main threat in the schoolhouse. His unique abilities make him a formidable opponent. Unlike other characters, Baldi moves in a unique way. He appears to sprint a short distance each time he slaps his ruler. This allows him to cover ground quickly and catch up to the player if they are not careful. Baldi also has an excellent sense of hearing. If the player makes a sound, Baldi will instantly head for the source of the sound. As quoted in his poster in the Principal's Office, he specifically knows who makes a sound or not. This means that it is important to be quiet when trying to avoid Baldi, by waiting for another character to open a door so you can enter. The Baldicator appears on the left side of the screen when Baldi hears a sound emitted by the player. This head indicates whether Baldi is coming to the location where the sound was made or is still trying to find the source of the sound with a higher noise value than the new one.
There are also a few characters who are capable of attracting Baldi, including but not limited to:
* Principal of the Thing - When he teleports the player to detention, Baldi will head to the center of the Principal's office if nothing that causes a higher noise value than detention was made.
* Math Child - if the player gets all of the questions incorrect on his YCTP, then Baldi will be alerted of that and will head towards the location of where the player was when they were answering the questions.
* Three-Headed Baldi - Baldi will easily be alarmed if one of these two alerts multiple characters of where he/she found the player.
* Carol - If the player succesfully returns her lost music sheet to her, she will sing a tune, catching Baldi's attention and causing him to head towards her location.
* Vannalemon - Much like the Principal, when she teleports the player to detention, Baldi will head towards the Principal's office.
If Baldi does not see or hear the player for two hallway turns, he will start wandering in random directions until he notices the player again. However, when Baldi passes a window and the player sees Baldi through the window, he will not head for the room behind the window, because he has no eyesight through windows, like Principal of the Thing, as mentioned in the "windows" poster.
Baldi can be distracted by a regular apple, or a Granny Smith Apple. If he is given a regular apple, it will take him 14-18 seconds to finish it. In contrast, if he is given a Granny Smith Apple, he will eat it for 36-40 seconds, which is more than twice the amount of time it takes for Baldi to consume a regular apple.
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=== Story Mode ===
Every time the player collects a notebook in Hide-and-Seek mode, or answers a math problem on the YCTP incorrectly after Baldi becomes hostile, Baldi's slap intervals become shorter and shorter, thus making him move quicker and quicker.
Once the player collects the very last notebook, Baldi moves so fast that he can catch them even if they are sprinting. The only way to get away from him is by using a BSODA or getting pushed by 1st Prize or Gotta Sweep, but with the possibility of ramming into Baldi.
=== Endless Mode ===
Answering all three problems correctly in a notebook (except the very 1st one), or collecting a notebook in Hide-and-Seek mode will slightly decrease his speed, emphasizing the objective to answer as many math problems correctly as possible, and allowing the player to avoid him longer in-game.
While Baldi will still become faster should the player answer a problem incorrectly, the speed curve will gradually increase independently over time. Thus, he will eventually speed up more and more on his own, with correctly answered notebooks making him slower and slower. After a certain amount of time, Baldi's speed will become so fast that he will be practically impossible to avoid, meaning that in order to achieve a high score, they must get as many notebooks as possible while Baldi is still slow. The longer the game lasts, and the more problems the player gets wrong, the faster Baldi will become overall.
==Trivia==
*Baldi's ability to slap quieter is inspired from Viktor Strobovski's ability to walk quieter in AEwVS.
*In The Renewed School, many of Baldi's custom voicelines created by Punkred had to be replaced due to significant controversies surrounding Punkred's unacceptable behavior.
**Instead of asking another person to voice Baldi, TOQ used kits.ai to recreate some of those voicelines.
*Contrary to popular belief, the creation of Baldi's angry idle voicelines was not inspired from Baldina's angry voicelines from Baldina's Basis. Rather, the developer noticed that during the development of BB 1 1/2's first game, Baldi's pre-existing script had an unused list of audio clips. He asked Punkred to make the angry voicelines later on and implemented them into the game after the creation of those voicelines were finished.
== Audio Files ==
=== Voices ===
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File 	Caption(Transcript) 	Description
File:Baldi_Spotted.wav 	Oh, hi there! Welcome to my Rearranged Schoolhouse! 	Baldi's greeting if the player is not playing Hide-and-Seek with him.
 	Oh, hi! Are you ready to play Hide-and-Seek? Because I am! I'm going to count from 10 to 0, and you need to go hide! Alright, let's begin, shall we? 	Baldi's greeting before playing Hide-and-Seek.
File:BAL NewMathIntro.wav 	Now it's time for everybody's favorite subject: MATH! Answer the 3 questions correctly, and you might get something special! 	When the player interacts with the first notebook on the beginning without any question answered.
 	Use the number buttons to enter an answer. Once you think you have it right, press the "OK" button. 	Baldi teaching the player how to answer a question in the You Can Think Pad. This unused audio file from Baldi's Basics Classic was reused for Baldi's new instructions voiceline.
 	Oh yeah, and I almost forgot to tell you this, but don't forget to round your answer to the nearest hundredth if that answer is long enough. 	Baldi telling the player to round the answer to a division problem. This can only play after Baldi gives a division question for the first time.
File:BAL ComeOut.wav 	Come out come out wherever you are! 	Baldi's idle voicelines.
File:BAL NoWorry.wav 	No need to worry! Everything is OK! 	Baldi's idle voicelines.
File:BAL NotAngry.wav 	I'm not angry, I just want to talk! 	Baldi's idle voicelines.
File:BAL_Crygor.wav 	It sounds like Penny Crygor needs to hear about this! 	Baldi's idle voicelines.
File:BAL Event BrokenRuler.wav	Uh oh! Looks like my ruler broke! Now I can't slap normally until I get a new one. You know what that means! 	Baldi announcing various events on the Baldi TV.
File:BAL Event CloneBreach.wav	Attention! Attention everyone! Some clones have absconded and are now wandering around the schoolhouse! We recommend to not interact with any of them, as they are considered extremely dangerous!	Baldi announcing various events on the Baldi TV.
File:BAL Event DentalVisit.wav	Milk has arrived and is looking for patients to diagnose! Avoid being seen by her unless you want her to give you dental complications! 	Baldi announcing various events on the Baldi TV.
 	Hey! I want to make this chase a bit more exciting. So now, I'll make it so that my slaps are a lot quieter! This will be fun! 	Plays when Baldi begins to slap quietly after 5 notebooks are collected.
 	Congratulations! You earned a minimum of 5,000 XP points! Now go get those notebooks if you haven't already. 	Plays when the player collects 5,000 XP points.
File:BAL_YoureDead.wav 	Congratulations! You're about to DIE! 	When the player collects all of the notebooks in Story Mode.
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===Removed===
File 	Caption(Transcript) 	Description
 	Welcome to the Baldi's Basics 1 1/2 New Year Special! The series has existed for about a year now, so I figured that I would make a new map for you to play which contains exclusive content. Thank you guys for all of the support you have given the developer. I hope you enjoy playing this game, so let's get started	Plays when the player is transported to the main menu in the New Year Special. It was only used in the Currency & Math Update, and Workshop Update before being removed in the Achievements Update.
 	Welcome to Baldi's Basics 1 1/2! The game might be a bit hard but who knows! There's a slight chance that it might be a piece of "pi"! HA HA! Get it? anyways, get ready to play! 	An older version of the above file. It was used exclusively in The Renewed School.
 	Welcome to Baldi's Basics 1 1/2! The game might be a bit hard but who knows! There's a slight chance that it might be a piece of "pi"! HA HA! Get it? anyways, get ready to play! 	An even older version of said file.
File:BAL_DemoIntro.wav 	Welcome to the Baldi's Basics Crossover series! The game is still in development, so some things seen here are subject to change! For all I know, the future games will contain an abundance of characters and items, as well as some bug fixes and most likely Hide-and-Seek! Hahahaha! 	Baldi's oldest main menu greeting voiceline that was used from The "Just Beginning" School to The Energetic School V1.2.
File:BAL WelcomeDemo.wav 	Oh, hi. Welcome to my demo! 	Baldi's general greeting voiceline when the player is not playing in Hide-and-Seek mode. This voiceline was removed in Mid-Season 1.
 	Oh, hi! Are you ready to play hide and seek? Because I am! I'm going to count from 10 to 0, and you need to go hide! Alright, let's begin, shall we? 	When playing with Hide-and-Seek Mode enabled.
 	Oh, I almost forgot to tell you this, but don't forget to round your answer to the nearest hundredth if that answer is long enough. 	Baldi telling the player to round the answer to a division problem. This can only play after Baldi gives a division question for the first time. This was used from BB1.5 NYS to The Spectral School V1.0.3.
 	Oh yeah, and I almost forgot to tell you this, but don't forget to round your answer to the nearest hundredth if that answer is long enough. 	Ditto, but it was between The Spectral School V1.5 and The Spectral School V2.0.
File:BAL NotAngryOld.wav 	I'm not angry. I just want to talk. 	An earlier version of one of Baldi's idle voicelines. This was used from The Energetic School to The Adequate School.
File:BAL Event ChefBreak.wav	I'm getting word now that the school chef has temporarily gone on a break, for whatever reason that may be. He should return to cooking soon, so please be patient. 	Baldi announcing the Chef's Break event on the Baldi TV.
File:BAL SlapQuieter.wav 	Hey! I want to make this chase a bit more exciting. So now, I'll make it so that my slaps are a lot quieter! This will be fun! 	Plays when Baldi begins to slap quietly after 5 notebooks are collected. This was used prior to The Spectral School V1.5.
 	Congratulations! You earned a minimum of 5,000 XP points! Now go get those notebooks if you haven't already. 	Plays when the player collects 5,000 XP points.
File:output(2).wav 	Congratulations! You earned a minimum of 5,000 XP points! Now go get those notebooks if you haven't already. 	Ditto, but a much earlier version that was used up until Mid Season 1. Notice how it uses a normal man's voice. This was because before that time, TOQ did not have any one to create custom Baldi voicelines for him.
File:NOTEBOOKS.wav 	Congratulations! You found (failed) all 7 notebooks! Now all you need to do is: Find a way out before I catch you! 	An early version of Baldi's finale voiceline.
===Unused===
File 	Transcript 	Description
File:Punkred_Quieter.wav	Hey player! I wanted to make this chase a bit more exciting! So now, I'll make it so that my slaps are a lot quieter! This will be fun, won't it?	Plays when Baldi begins to slap quietly after a certain number of notebooks are collected. This file went unused because of its use of the word "player". Initially, this voiceline was going to be re-recorded by Punkred because of the foregoing fact, but because Punkred's Discord account was deleted, TOQ used AI to do the voiceline instead.
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==Gallery==
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Baldi GreenApple1.png|Baldi holding a Granny Smith Apple.
BAL GreenEat.gif|Baldi eating a Granny Smith Apple.
Baldi PosterNew.png|Baldi's office poster.
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File:BaldiScared1.png|A poorly cropped image of Baldi crying. It is currently unknown what this will be used for.
File:BaldiGreet'.png|Baldi when the player gets a correct answer on a Math Machine and when he is welcoming the player. 
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