Tape 10

## Overview

Tape 10 - titled *Are\_Y0u\_HappY? | Lost VHS Tape (Revamped Ending)* - was posted on YouTube on June 17th, 2020. The tape stars two boys (Andrew and Markus) along with Banzo as they venture out to find The Toymaker to receive the "perfect toy".

## Summary

In this tape, Andrew is seen entering the scene with Banzo awaking Markus from his dream. Markus isn't impressed by the awakening, talking briefly about what he had been dreaming about whilst gradually turning to the camera. He talks about dreaming of a man dressed in red with two cones on his head (assumed to be the entity described at the end). Before he can finish, Andrew interrupts him yet again with:

"*That's ridiculous Markus, you should be thinking about the perfect toy to ask The Toymaker to make*".

Markus brushes off the interruption, asking Andrew if The Toymaker is in town to which he responds with excitement that he is.

The boys - along with Banzo - venture off to visit The Toymaker. However, both of them are unable to find The Toymaker when arriving at a beige building. At this moment, Andrew and Markus turn their heads towards the camera yet again asking the audience "Do you see The Toymaker?" which may have prompted a younger audience to interact and state his location just a few steps west from them. In the scene, you can see replicas of The Baby Doll, Jack-In-The-Boxes featuring the Jester and a newspaper article discussing about Martin Greywhinder being pronounced a fraud (which The Toymaker is reading).

When encountering The Toymaker, Markus and Andrew ask him if he can create the perfect toy for the pair of them. He then goes off into a short narrative about how his toys are able to blink, walk, eat and talk. But, The Toymaker is incapable of making toys seem "life-like" by making them see, dance, taste and sing, causing his downfall in production. During this scene, some speculate that The Toymaker uses emotional manipulation through self-pity to guilt-trip the boys into helping him create the "perfect toy" (which proved to be successful when they offer).

As Markus asks if there is anything they could do to assist him, the screen dims rapidly as The Toymaker's mouth finally moves with a low and somewhat distorted voice stating "*Why yes there is...*".

Both Andrew and Markus stare awkwardly in silence for a few seconds before Andrew asks "*Well, what is it?*".

The Toymaker quickly announces in his calmer voice the "*four main ingredients*": a needle with thread, fabric with paint - later revealed - Banzo and their voice. Markus tries to interrupt him declaring the boys don't have money to which The Toymaker responses "*Don't you want to be happy?*" in the same distorted voice as before. The staring and awkward silence repeats again before the camera cuts to The Toymaker listing off the ingredients.

Eventually, Andrew and Markus leave to find the first ingredients: the needle and thread. They soon spot a line of red thread leading underneath the bridge which they follow to discover a closed-up bag. Upon opening it from curiosity, they find a corpse but quickly brush this off when also finding a needle alongside the body. They return back to the The Toymaker who informs them their next ingredient is fabric and paint.

In a short segment...[Work In Progress]

Whilst it is not shown, both boys seemingly find the fabric and paint as the next scene involving them includes Andrew announcing they found the paint only to be interrupted by The Toymaker proclaiming his praise over their determination. This is when they ask what is the third ingredient to which The Toymaker says enthusiastically "*The next thing I need is your dog!*".

At this comment, Andrew is visibly confused and anxious about allowing The Toymaker to have Banzo. He attempts to ask him why he would need Banzo to be answered with "*The toy needs to be happy, and it can't be happy without a friend*". Markus jumps in trying to question the choice only for The Toymaker to almost repeat his line from before with "*Don't you want it to be happy?*" in - yet again - the distorted voice.

As a result from the harsh response to their questions, Markus forces Andrew to push aside his doubts and give him Banzo as to "*not be square*". The scene abruptly fades to another segment involving Henry before fading back to the cartoon.

Andrew and Markus return to The Toymaker, all eager to see the final product. But, he declares the forth and final ingredient is their voice via singing. Just when the boys are able to repeat after him, a loud emergency siren is heard as a warning appears reading:

"*Warning - The following audio recording is an unauthorized release of private footage. For your safety we ask that you please discard the tape immediately. If there is any audio from the original footage, please cover your ears and close your eyes.*"

Until the warning disappears, Banzo's monstrous form can be seen gradually being zoomed in from the center of the warning. Once this ends, The Toymaker prepares the children to witness the creation on the other side of the door. He states with distortion "*I really do hope you enjoy it...*" with the camera tinted red as - presumably - both Andrew and Markus scream in horror at what was done to Banzo.

Before the cartoon ends, a few seconds are spared to showcase Banzo's new appearance via his face which zooms in and out with a heavily glitched filter. A memorial of sorts plays as Banzo fades away, showcasing the lives lost including: Amy Wilson, Richard Smith, Nathan Barnes and Banzo.

## Trivia

* In the description of this tape, there is a link to an unlisted video titled "RG9uJ3QgeW91IHdhbnQgdG8gYmUgaGFwcHk" (translated to "*Don't you want to be happy*").
* Many commenters noticed and often praised Battington's usage of typical traits from children's cartoons for this episode (e.g the characters facing the screen, the characters at times acknowledging the audience, etc).