The Snatcher

**The Snatcher** is the secondary antagonist of *A Hat in Time*, serving as both the deuteragonist and main antagonist of the third Chapter "Subcon Forest", as well as the main antagonist of the *Death Wish* DLC mode, and the overarching protagonist of the *Vanessa's Curse* DLC. He is a manipulative shadow spirit who competes with the mysterious Queen Vanessa for the control over Subcon Forest, playing tricks and making deals with others in order to obtain their souls.

He was voiced by Luke Sizemore.

## What Makes Him Magnificent?

* Initially starts off as a rude, bossy manchild but very quickly sheds these traits as the story goes on and thus becomes magnificent
* He is an expert level manipulator who uses his contracts to get people into doing his dirty work
* Speaks to Hat Kid with a charming, affable manner most of the time. While he does have moments of loosing his composure or having his anger get the better of him, these moments are brief and he recovers from them
* Strategically takes away Hat Kid's hat, which is the main source of her powers, forcing her to fight him without the gimmicks the Hat grants. This may be an action you would expect from a cheater, but this isn't the cowardly type of cheater, as somehow he is the only character in the game to know where Hat Kid gets her powers from and thus this only serves as a display of competence and strategy. Infact, he actually holds back his powers because he knows Hat Kid doesn't stand much of a fighting chance, only upping the ante when she does find a way to beat him by deflecting his blue potion attack back onto him and thus making him vulnerable.
* Despite being a deceitful dealmaker, he keeps his word of rewarding Hat Kid upon completion of Death Wish contracts
* When defeated, he tricks Hat Kid by begging for mercy in some sort of 'false weakened' state, but quickly forces her to take a seat and immediately negotiates the terms of her leaving the forest. Due to this, the cowardice he shows isn't genuine and is merely a trick.
* While Hat Kid DOES turn the tables on him where he goes under a humiliation conga, he then turns it back in his favor again in Death Wish mode.
* Tragic in nature and thus earns the audience's sympathy, as he was left to rot in the basement by Queen Vanessa over a misunderstanding and transformed into a shadow spirit in his own misery
* Snatcher is laughably evil, and his comedic moments go hand in hand with his villainy such as him making jokes when Hat Kid dies in a Death Wish contract
* Enslaves the dead children of the former Subcon Kingdom, which, given their condition at the time, is rather generous as being forced to serve a shadow ghost with cool powers as well as obtaining a new body and a second chance at life is MUCH better than just floating around as a masked spirit.
* Steals letters from mailboxes and gives them to his minions to make them feel better.
* Due to the fact he has claimed hundreds of souls, it is very obvious he is extremely competent
* Hides in a box to sneak onto a luxury cruise because the tickets are 'too expensive'. This is arguably one of his most comedic and likeable moments
* When Hat Kid returns to his forest after he tells her to leave, he tells her to get lost instead of killing her
* In the finale, when Mustache Girl makes herself invincible by giving herself a shield, the Snatcher signs a contract with a Goat from the Alpine Skyline to supply Hat Kid with bombs to destroy the shield
* Throughout Death Wish mode, he comes up with a variety of tricks in order to make the levels more difficult for Hat Kid
* Organizes a heist on Queen Vanessa to steal crowns from her

## What Makes Them a Baddie?

* He is basically the A Hat In Time's equivalent of the devil, as he makes deals with his victims to get them to do his dirty work and eats the souls of his victims
* It's confirmed that he has bodycount in the hundreds due to how many souls he's taken
* Forces Hat Kid to sign his first contract and kills her if she refuses too many times and as such serves no use to him
* Is not above attacking and killing children (Mind you, child murder is actually kinda normal in the A Hat in Time storyline because every antagonist has attempted to kill Hat Kid at least once).
* Has Hat Kid kill a group of fire spirits as their punishment for creating various fire barriers in HIS territory (Unbeknownst to him however those fire spirits wanted to die in order to burn bright and thus he accidentally helps them while doing so).
* Sends Hat Kid into his ex-girlfriend's manor to steal a timepiece from the attic in what is possibly the scariest and most disturbing part of the game.
* Accidentally has Hat Kid's soul possess a toilet and forces Hat Kid to fight the possessed toilet while his minions cheer her on.
* When the contract expires, the Snatcher attempts to kill Hat Kid since she no longer served any use for him as well as the fact she was stealing his last time piece.
* Puts Hat Kid through threatening ordeals in Death Wish mode, and jokes about her suffering while giving her advice
* Sends Hat Kid into Queen Vanessa's manor a second time to steal crowns in order to get revenge.

## External Links

* The Snatcher at the Villains wiki
* The Snatcher at the Inconsistently Heinous wiki