Owen the Owner

> “I know I won’t die. That’s because I’m not a villain… I’m the main hero.”
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Owen the Owner is the overarching secondary antagonist of The Toolbox Remastered, as well as the protagonist of The Toolbox Classic. He is also an secondary antagonist and playable character in The Cruelbox: Evil Party.

## Appearance

Owen the Owner is a simple character design, just a white stick figure with a blue bandana and an evil grin. In the Toolbox Classic, Owen was simply a normal guy with a slight smirk and some extra shading pixels.

## Personality

Owen is shown to be quite racist and evil throughout the entirety of the game. He will also do anything to be accepted. To him, his pride in being the most important being is the only thing that’s real to him.

## History

In the original game, Owen the Owner was the main protagonist, replacing Wilson the Wanker. He looked like a Normal Guy but with a half smirk and slight shading on his head. His personality was even more lacking than Wilson’s, with little setting himself apart from others. He served as a stand-in main character that didn’t reference anything in particular.

### The Toolbox Remastered

Blinded with spite and jealousy, Owen’s motivations in The Toolbox Remastered primarily stem from his desire to return to the protagonist role. He follows the player throughout the game, spying on them and trying to thwart their progress, in an attempt to soft lock them so they’ll be forced to play The Toolbox Classic. His quest can be activated by interacting with the bush outside the Northern Castle gates in The Village, where he can be seen hiding. After this, Owen will teleport into a glitched area in the bottom right of Enchanted Entrance, which the player will gain the ability to glitch into. Here, Owen achieves the first part of his plan to create a tiny city. Owen will then stalk the player throughout the game, and even create a wall in Enchanted Entrance, blocking the player from advancing. The player can only get past the wall by purchasing Ratatouille. Finally, Owen’s quest ends in climactic battle in which he brings back older versions of the Toolbox, using their sprites from The Toolbox Classic, and uses them as an army to attack the player. Upon defeat, Owen is banished to the game files.

### Post-game

Owen the Owner is entirely absent from the post game, however, it’s implied that he swaps places with Pablo the Proprietor.

### Toolbox of Time

Owen has a prominent role in the Toolbox of Time DLC. First appearing as Old Man Owen, Owen claims he’s from the future where he learned to be good, and just wants to get out of the dungeon. The player helps him unlock the final room, where they see a portal. They find an alternate version of Storm, and they team up to fight Owen, who obviously was revealed to be evil, and plotting to use the portal to enter the real world.

### The Cruelbox: Evil Party

In The Cruelbox: Evil Party, Owen’s evil plan is expanded on and more detail is given to his journey. Throughout the game, the Cruelbox constantly tries to recruit Owen, however he refuses because he doesn’t believe himself to be a villain character. At the beginning of the game, he is seen trying to steal monsters in the Undertow. Defeating him unlocks the Monster Shop. After that, observing Enchanted Entrance on the Dark Side reveals a staircase where Owen enters Tiny City, showing how he got there in the original game. Later on, when Rich Man vanishes in Frisky Forest, Owen is seen in the flies. He explains to the player the nature of the flies, and then teleports them out.

Owen’s most memorable appearance is in his optional late game quest, in which he appears in front of one of the Undertow’s portals. Owen uses the portal to summon The Toolbox Classic version of himself, and murders him. He then tries to summon the army of Toolbox Classic Heroes, but he accidentally summons a bunch of mysterious Heroes. Owen asks for the player’s help, and you assist him in battling the rag tag team. In the game, you don’t actually see Owen’s final showdown with the Toolbox. However, in the Castle Entrance, you can glitch inside a wall and enter the game files, seeing Owen banished. Talking to Owen gives you the option to recruit him.

After recruiting Owen, the player is given the option to get the “Good Ending” of the game. By confronting the Toolbox in Castle Keep with Owen in your party, the fight will be significantly harder, virtually unwinnable. Upon defeat, a cutscene plays of the Evil Party obliterated by the Toolbox. Because Owen was in the party, and he wasn’t considered a “protagonist” of this game, the Toolbox win and the Evil Party can’t respawn. So, they give up, going to the Pub and celebrating their new friendships. Owen is noticeably absent, but going outside will show a brief interaction with him and Rich Man: Rich Man asks him to come inside, but Owen says nothing and walks away. This is considered the canon ending of the game (at least to the original game’s continuity).

## Trivia

* In The Toolbox Classic, Owen’s few shading pixels were only added to his sprite once people realized they his sprite goes almost entirely invisible in Frisky Forest.
* Owen’s existence in any game was always kept secret throughout development.
* If you do not interact with Owen’s bush before defeating Octored, he will leave it, permanently softlocking you out of starting the quest line.