Fred

* First Form
* Second Form

Fred which is a name given to this pumpkin creature is a main character in In Bloom.

Fred is based on scrapped concept art of Monster from the game Friday Night Funkin'.

## Appearance

Fred's main feature is its pumpkin-shaped bottom half. On this side of its body there are pinkish reddish teeth/thorns.

## Personality

Fred at first is an uncaring monstrous creature who has no sympathy for humankind. They are well-spoken and aim to get as much information/knowledge as possible to be able to control the world. Despite this attitude, Fred secretly wants intimacy with others. They get it by watching and reading romantic films. Later in the story, Fred grows to extremely caring about Beta. Fred gains a lot more human emotions and becomes extremely protective of him. Fred despite being extremely smart is very naïve about the current modern world and its social norms making Fred make clueless decisions.

## Abilities

Fred has a range of different powers and abilities. When Fred first awakes from his enteral slumber they are very frail

### Transformation

Their most notable ability is being able to transform themselves, others, and objects, At the beginning of the story Fred transform into a snake plant. Fred later is able to transform into a blobby monster. Other examples that showcases this power is Fred' s ablity to transform the car that they drive through the story to not be rengozied by the police.

### Portals

Fred is able to make small portals. This is only mentioned once.

### Immortality

Fred does not age and is unable to die from natural causes. This does not mean Fred is unable to die. His pumpkin form he is very valuable to violence.

### Resurrection

This power was mentioned by Fred but not showcased in the story. It is unclear if Fred was lying saying he had this ability to make Beta feel better.

### Time Altering

Fred's most powerful ability showcased was being able to reset time all the way back of the beginning of the story. This power could be a more powerful form of Fred's portal power. Resetting time physically destroys Fred's whole being.

## Background

Not much is known about Fred. The birth date of their existence is even unknown to them. Fred does know what their purpose was for being created and that is to take over all of humanity. Before Beta, Fred was asleep for fifty years. Fred throughout his existence had other keepers that were unable to help them in their purpose. Fred has hinted that these previous creators hated them in everyway and never showed them kindness. The most recent owner before Beta was a woman who left Fred to sit in front of the tv screen watching movies. This lead to Fred's love of romance.

Fred struggles every time he is awaken because of how much society changes and how often they are in a whole new place every time. Time changes a lot of things and it takes a while for Fred to adjust. Besides this Fred's plan often fails because of his lack of control over getting a competent keeper. The keepers he get often end of getting themselves killed or being bad at helping Fred, If Fred keeper dies, they will go back into slumber.

## In Bloom

Fred makes his first appearance in the very first chapter. As of right now Beta just thinks that they are just a harmless plant. This all changes when Beta accidently pricks his finger and blood drops onto Fred. Fred awakens and immediately threatens Beta.

## Trivia

* There a influence of Fred being based on Audrey 2 from Little Shop of Horrors.
* Fred's blob form is based on Hedorah from Godzilla.
* Some of Fred's favorite romances are West Side Story and Casablanca.
* Fred has a third unused form that was designed by \_vukiii\_ on Instagram. This design is the most human out of all of Fred's form and serves as a "what if" on if Fred was alive again.
* Beta has given Fred the nickname Pumpkin Pie. This is also a reference to the mod who used the Beta Monster form as a mod.

## Gallery

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Older concept art for Monster from Friday Night Funkin. Fred/ Beta Monster inspiration