Father

**Walter Willoughby** (mostly known as **Father**) is one of the three main antagonists (alongside Mother and Orphan Services Agent) from Netflix's 2020 animated film *The Willoughbys*. He is the neglectful and idiotic biological father of the Willoughby children, who try to send them away to a far off place where they could orphan themselves after growing tired of the adults' constant abuse.

## Biography

The Willoughbys were a respectful family line with a rich history. All that came to end with Father who only loved Mother and didn't give any love to his children.

He had their first child, Tim, who is constantly locked up in their coal bin. They have numerous times, neglected their children, and fed them leftovers which are hardly found. When the four Willoughby siblings found an orphan, they demand to give her out or they would be kicked out of their house.

The Willoughby siblings give the orphan to a candy factory's owner and they set out to send their parents to trips to dangerous places around the world so they can orphan themselves.

During their trips, they were seen having fun, so they sent in a Nanny to look after the Wiloughbys and later sell their house which both the Nanny and Wiloughbys sabotage the event.

After the whole other events happen to the Willoughby children, they seek out for their parents on Switzerland's Mountain where they are freezing to their deaths. After they found their parents, the children attempted to persuade their parents to love them again and restart their whole lives being a family again; at first, Father and Mother were convinced and they slowly walked towards them- until the two are actually after the children's vehicle and left them in the snow. They are found in the sea and are last seen kissing each other as it is shown shark which presumably eats them whole.

## Personality

Neglectful, snobbish, selfish, rude, idiotic, inconsiderate, lazy, uncaring, and despicable beyond belief, the Willoughby parents are self-absorption at its worst. The pair are so in love with each other and themselves, they barely notice anyone around. The only redeeming quality of the pair seems to be their love for each other, though even that leads to horrible things. When their unfortunate guide was repeatedly hurt due to the couple's self-interest, they paid no attention and barely noticed. Their uncaring and lazy nature can get the better of them and they even come off as foolish and stupid. This is shown when they steal the children's vehicle, without having a clue how to operate it and crash it into their demise.

## Appearance

His appearance was based on fashion in the 1920s and 30s. He is tall and has a thin with pointy nose, bright pinkish-red hair, dull bluish-lavender circles around his eyes, and both are wearing former clothes of the time. Father has slick hair and a thin pencil mustache.

## Trivia

* His house is based on Eldon House, a historical museum in London, Ontario in Canada.
* All of the yarn in the Wiloughbys' house is Father's shaved mustache hair dyed up.
* Both parents serve as a foil to their own children (Tim, Jane, and the Barnabys): both want a life of their own, even if it means discarding others by means necessary. Difference is the Willoughby children want a more loving family life where they are not neglected whilst their parents want a peaceful life that's devoid of children. Eventually, after Tim comes to terms with his family being already great no matter what, he and his siblings get what they want and finally live a life that they desired, whilst Walter and Helga Willoughby keep neglecting their children at any opportunity they can, ultimately leading to their near-death experience in Sveetzerlund and almost getting eaten by a shark. Their neglectful actions represent what their children would have become if it weren't for The Nanny and Commander Melanoff's loving behavior influencing their choices.