Cardboard Cutout Thomas (CCT)

CCT in his ominous position at the end of the Squeeze 2

## Cardboard Cutout Thomas (Character)

Cardboard Cutout Thomas or CCT is a Cardboard Cutout replica of Thomas Davis. He is played by the incredibly talented CCT who, to train for this role has taken the vow to stand perfectly still in the "You know I had to do it to 'em" pose since he was born. CCT acts as a mysterious character, he never speaks or moves he is just there. He is shown ominously and mysteriously throughout both the films. CCT can be seen sporting the gray NYC shirt, Classic blue denim jeans, and the slick combover haircut.

CCT has an interesting relationship with both Thomas and Caleb for two different reasons, In the first film, Caleb can be seen dreaming about sleeping with CCT and feeling some form of remorse for it, this means that either Caleb has seen or met CCT or CCT has the ability to manipulate dreams, It was not until the second film that we got confirmation that CCT exists in real life, With this new evidence this makes it easier to assume the former over the latter, even though this series has not shied from characters that have mysterious powers, namely Kevin and Snake Eye, The opposite can be said for Thomas himself since he has shown no signs of even knowing that CCT exists, even though CCT is a cardboard replica of Thomas hismelf,

CCT's motives, backstory and goals are all unkown. He has not done anything thus far that gives us an idea of purpose quite yet, everything is speculation as of now.

## Canonical role in Videos:

Thomas has so far played a minor role in both the squeeze films, He has very little screen time, but is used to play different tropes. In the first film he is used as a comedic relief or tool and almost (if not completely) single-handedly changes the genre of the first movie from Horror/Action to Horror/Comedy. In the second film he is used as the mysterious character that grabs the viewers attention and forces them to question and anticipate the third film,

### The Squeeze

CCT appears twice in this film, The first time being at the very beginning where he is seen lying in bed next to Caleb. In this instance, Thomas walks in, turns on the light and Caleb shouts "it's not what it looks like." The camera zooms in on CCT and the camera transitions out like a dream sequence. The second appearance is similar to the first; Thomas can be seen now lying on the couch in Benson 305 when Caleb walks out of his room and sees CCT. He snaps at CCT saying: "What are you smiling at? You know what you did!" before once again zooming in on CCT and transitioning out of a dream sequence.

### The Squeeze 2: No Time to Squeeze

CCT has a minor appearance in this film and acts as more of a teaser for the third upcoming film. He shows up after the end credits, where the Camera shows both Thomas and Caleb eating in the cafeteria, whilst the camera slowly zooms in and pans up revealing CCT standing behind a window watching them, The screen then cuts and displays "Thomas will return in the Squeeze 3" which may refer to CCT, Thomas Davis, or both.

## Non Canonical Appearances

### The Squeeze: FINDING Salvation\_2514109

CCT appears as your motivator in this fan game made by Gabriel Nestor. When the game opens up, CCT shows up and tells you to find Benji the Plant or he will share incriminating evidence of you sleeping with him. The image is a poorly edited version of the dream sequence where Caleb sleeps with CCT.

### The Squeeze Dating Simulator

CCT is rumored to appear in the Squeeze Dating Simulator which has not come out yet.

## Potential Theories

* As mentioned before CCT has the weird relationship with Caleb Jenkinson, which leads us to the two possibilities of CCT and Caleb having a history, or CCT being able to affect dreams or even minds. This could explain why Caleb is found daydreaming, such weird and cryptic dreams. Likewise CCT could have given Caleb his nightmare in the Squeeze 2. (This might suggest that CCT wants to sleep with Caleb, but not vise versa due to the fact we see Caleb show remorse over the thought of it.)

## Random Trivia

* During the creation of The Squeeze 2, CCT needed to be placed in the room behind the glass window which had people inside of it. Those people were the SGA of Trevecca, and their meeting had to be interrupted, at least for a moment due to the creation of this scene,
* CCT is a picture of Thomas Davis with a shirt from NYC, a Nazarene youth conference, and was given to Thomas as a gift by his aunt,