Calvin Hill

Calvin Hill in his signature Yellow Rabbit suit

Calvin Hill is the main overarching antagonist of the Gilbear & The Looney Birds saga. He makes his first appearance in Gilbear & The Looney Birds, and reappears in every entry of the series. He is an animatronic inventor and tehnician turned serial killer and is presumably responsible for the murders and disappearances tied to the Gilbear's Pizza and Gilbear's Family Diner restaurants.

## Early Life

Not much is known about Calvin's early life. He is one of three children of Gilbert Hill, a robotics tehnician and original owner of The Robotics Company. He has two brothers, one of them being Robert Hill, the phone guy from Gilbear's Pizza and another unnamed brother. His relationship with his brother is very much unknown, other than Robert and Calvin may have worked together at Gilbear's Pizza.

From an early age, Calvin had a difficult relationship with his father. He admired him and loved him dearly, often working together with him and learning robotics, but it is also apparent that he was abused by his father, both physically and psychologically. A recurring motif throughout the Gilbear's series is Calvin's basement. If you interact with the tapes made by Calvin in the first game, you will find that most of them were originally found in his basement. In a later installment, Calvin is also seen sitting at a table in his basement, drinking what is presumably alcohol.

It is currently unclear what these references to Calvin's basement mean, but this question is sure to be explored in future installments.

Not much else is known about Calvin's early life.

## Adult Life

It is presumed that Calvin was married or at least had a partner at some point in his life, due to him having a son, Edwin Hill.

Calvin became an employee of Robotix Co. in 1976, when he was 29 years old. He conceptualized the springlock mechanisms, which were used in two of the first animatronics built for Gilbear's Family Diner, those animatronics being Gilbear and Bonnie. It is likely that Calvin also built the other animatronics found throughout the series. In 1977, he was one of the three co-founders of Gilbear's Family Diner, along with Martin Fitzgerald and Gerald Hudson. It appears that the springlock suits were used up and until 1983, when Robert Hill's tape regarding the banning of the use of the suits was recorded.

It is unknown who came up with the idea of Gilbear and Bonnie, but it is implied that Calvin Hill imagined Bonnie as a follow up of the golden iteration of Gilbear and thus he became his favourite character.

In 1983, the springlock suits were banned by Robotix Co. after an incident at a location which resulted in multiple springlock failures. After this incident, Calvin's involvment with the company began to dwindle as he was more and more isolated by the higher-ups and Fitzgerald. However, the fatal blow to Calvin's career and the trigger that made him become a murderer happened on April 28th, 1983. The event which happened was the infamous Bite of '83. The four bullies, Mike Hudson, Jeremy Fitzgerald, Brian Welson and Tyler Newman, put Mike's younger brother, whose name is yet to be revealed, in the Gilbear animatronic's mouth while it was performing. The animatronic proceeded to critically wound Mike's brother, which resulted in a huge downfall for the company's reputation. In an attempt to save the company, the board of directors decided to pin the incident on Calvin and take him to court to get ownership of all of his animatronics and remove him as a shareholder of the company.

## Serial Killer

In the aftermath of the Bite of '83, Calvin was booted out of the company. Calvin became extremely depressed due to his reputation forever being tarnished and his life's work ruined. One night, he was drinking in his basement when his son Edwin walked in. It assumed that Edwin somehow began to bother the alchoholized Calvin, who got enraged and picked up his son. Due to being extremely intoxicated, he didn't realise how much force he was using and he ended up accidentally choking his son, who died due to asphyxiation. Calvin immedietaly regreted his actions, and was heartbroken after accidentally ending his son's life. Calvin lost his mind and in a panic buried Edwin in an unknown location. He started to contemplate his life and decided to get revenge on the company that first ruined his career, then his whole life.

On May 8th, 1983, Calvin lured two children into the backroom of Gilbear's Family Diner using the Bonnie suit. The children were never seen again, even though evidence of their presence in the backroom was found by police. After this disappearance, Gilbear's Family Diner was closed, as Calvin had intented. Calvin wanted to completely kill Robotix Co. and on June 26th, 1983, lured 5 children to the backroom of Gilbear's Pizza. Since it was closing time, there weren't many witnesses to the disappearances and the location didn't have a functional security system. The disappearances of the five children actually make Calvin a serial-turned spree killer, contrary to the popular belief that the purple man is a only a serial killer. The children were never found and Gilbear's Pizza stayed open for two more weeks, before getting closed down by the I.D.I. The company installed a security system in the location, and Calvin applied for the security guard position under a fake name and deleted any evidence of the disappearances. He quit the next week and was replaced by Jeremy Fitzgerald. During Jeremy's final day on the job, he also disappeared. This prompted a full investigation by the I.D.I. which was ultimately abrupted for unknown reasons and the location was closed.

## Later Life

Not much is known about Calvin's later life, the creator of the game has confirmed that he will appear in Gilbear's 2 and presumably in Gilbear's 3, but it is unknown what kind of role he will play.

Calvin probably died sometime in 1995, as one of his files found in Gilbear's 1 reveals he was 48 years old when he pronounced legally dead.