The Boogeyman (Video Game)

## Evil-Doer

Continue to haunt, slaughter, and torture anyone or anything he happens to come across. (Ongoing; it's implied he's succeeded and failed many various times)
Haunt and kill Thomas. (Failed)
Team up with The Shark. (Possibly; Outcome unknown; presumably ongoing)

### Crimes:

Multiple Attempted Murders
Serial Child Murder
Mass Murder
Theft
Homicide
Stalking
Mutilation
Man-Eating
Vandalism
Psychological Abuse
Psychological Torture
Breaking And Entering

### Type of Villain:

Enigmatic Homicidal Stalker

**The Boogeyman** is the titular mythical creature used by adults to frighten children into good behaviour. The Bogeyman has no specific appearance and conceptions vary drastically by household and culture, but he's the most commonly depicted as masculine or androgynous monsters that punish children for misbehaviour. The Boogeyman also appears in many different types of media as a powerful villain/antagonist.

**The Boogeyman** appears as the main antagonist of the 2015 indie horror game *Boogeyman* series. He's a demonic entity that haunts and kills children at the dead of night, and unlike the mythical legend, The Boogeyman in the series tends to murder for a much more violent reason, and even at times will murder adults. The Boogeyman stalks the games 8-year old protagonist Thomas as he moves into a supposedly safe house, he must survive up to 5 nights against The Boogeyman in order to live, as he's only armed with a flashlight, one of the only few things that appear to harm The Boogeyman.

He is voiced by the game's creator, Barry McCabe.

## Appearance:

The Boogeyman takes the form of a black humanoid creature with long sharp claws, white glowing eyes with visible pupils, toeless feet, a skull-like nose and twelve razor sharp teeth, when the Boogeyman attacks from under the bed he has pitch black pupils with no visible irises. However, the updated version of the first game gives him lighter skin a gapping mouth of sharp teeth and a more angrier expression rather than a grin and he now lacks pupils.

In *Boogeyman 2*, The Boogeyman has gone through a massive redesign now featuring reddish fleshy skin, pitch black teeth and claws, yellow eyes, and now has long black hair that goes to his shoulders, he also now wears a black trench coat and a black hat.

The Boogeyman receives another redesign in *Boogeyman 3*, his eyes are now bigger and pure white like in the first game and like his previous game appearances, glow in the dark, overall he appears more skeletal with thin white skin, visible rib cage and bones, dark red on various parts of his body, and a skull like face with massive holes where a nose should be and his mouth is full of sharp teeth with visible gums he also seems to possess a long tongue. However despite his vile appearance, The Boogeyman is capable of speech, and will even sadistically speak towards Thomas himself, either by writings on his walls, or by phone calls, usually threatening, scaring, or warning Thomas of potential dangers in a very careful demeanor.

## Personality:

The Boogeyman is a sadistic, psychotic, and maniacally intelligent monster, he takes great pleasure in stalking, haunting, killing, and mentally torturing people, specifically children. He is highly intelligent as he quickly learns to get quieter and quieter each night and uses Thomas' toys as distractions, the Boogeyman also learned how to manipulate electricity and uses it to his advantage, he also seems to be able to control the weather, causing heavy storms and high winds to drown out sound. So this let's him making some, otherwise all of the environmental lights shut down except the flashlight Thomas uses, which causes major fear and distraction into Thomas. The only thing the Boogeyman seems to fear or is currently shown to hurt the Boogeyman physically is the flashlight Thomas has, which used to belong to Alicia, backing away and closing any entrance he was attempting to open before he was hit with the light with a shrill whisper, the Boogeyman fears light so much that even if he is not looking at the light and the light hits a arm or hand he will back away. However, the Boogeyman seems to take notice of Thomas' need to check under the bed for batteries to charge the flashlight, as such, sometimes the Boogeyman will hide under his bed in an attempt to kill him. This disallows Thomas from getting a battery without getting slaughtered, making to obtain a battery a vile risk.

## Biography:

### *The Boogeyman's Possible Past:*

Due to the canon lore of The Boogeyman, and how the video game version does not follow the same legend rules, it's implied The Boogeyman has existed for around 100-500 years, and seems to have killed many others before, both children and adult alike. It's also implied he has had a vast experience against even the worst kinds of people, due to his nature in the video game, as it appears he's had murder and fighting experience.

Strictly before Thomas had arrived and moved into his new house, The Boogeyman had haunted a girl named Alicia and her family, she had made recorded messages before she moved away from her house, in order to help people in case they are unfortunate enough to move into her old house. It's shown in the messages that The Boogeyman had managed to kidnap and most likely kill Alicia's sister.

### *Boogeyman:*

Eventually, Thomas and his family move into the old house of Alicia, not knowing it's dark past or the demonic monster that still lives in it. Once Thomas moves into his room and get's ready to sleep during a night, he finds out about the Boogeyman, and the various recorded messages, as they begins to play, telling Thomas how to defend himself from the chaotic and sinister monster.

## Trivia:

* In most legends, the Boogeyman has no actual physical form because he takes on the shape of his prey's worst fear. In *Boogeyman*, however, the Boogeyman has only one physical form.
	+ Also unlike most legends, The Boogeyman in the games will kill and slaughter anyone who attempts to oppose him, not only excluding children.
* The Boogeyman in the game appears to be a more malicious and malevolent entity compared to the legend it was based on, as the legend about the Boogeyman claims that the Boogeyman scares naughty children to teach them a lesson, while the Boogeyman in the game slaughters and devours young children even if they’re not naughty.
* It's unknown if The Boogeyman has any connection towards The Shark.