Phone Guy

The **Phone Guy** refers to a character in a Return to the Factory game who gives you information about what to do and sometimes lore hints as well. There are Phone Guys in ***Return to the Factory, WarioWare Intrusion,** and **Return to the Factory 2.***

## **Five Nights at Wario's: Return to the Factory**

The Phone Guy in RTTF 1 is an unnamed employee who has knowledge of how the building's security functions work. He uses this knowledge to teach you how the various different mechanics work. He also brings up rumors and an investigation of the factory's basement. He calls the player every night, before his death caused by Wario on Night 6.

Wario hijacks the employee's phone after killing him outside the factory on Night 6 and mentions how he was in the same office as the player 7 years ago, a reference to Night 0. He continues to say he will not stop his hunt, and will make the player a part of his group.

## **Return to the Factory: WarioWare Intrusion**

The Phone Guy for WarioWare Intrusion is Richard McRoy, who was previously the night guard protagonist of RTTF 1. Here he seems to be an employer, hiring Thomas Taylor as the night guard via e-mail.

He is kind and friendly at first, and explains what to do in case anything unwelcome enters your office. He also frequently brings up his "factory experiences", what he learned after surviving against Wario and his friends.

However, things slowly take a dark turn. As the week goes on, Richard is slowly being possessed more and more by the spirit of Luigi. He becomes less enthusiastic, more uncaring and passive-aggressive. These feelings eventually evolve into bitter hostility in the last two nights, where Richard locks the player inside the building over the weekend under the complete control of Luigi.

After Night 7 is completed, Richard makes his escape after witness and photographer Matt Parker calls the police after hearing strange noises and claiming to have seen Richard in the building looking dangerous. A report is published in the newspaper, and the police immediately chase after him. WarioWare Inc is closed for good after this.

## **Return to the Factory 2: The McRoy House**

The main Phone Guy in Return to the Factory 2 is Max Peterson, an employee at Safe n' Security. He, like the employee from RTTF 1, has knowledge about the game's mechanics, and explains them to help the player progress through the game.

Max oddly knows a lot about ghosts and how they react to different types of defenses in different rooms. This could mean he is an avid ghost researcher, and has great knowledge of how they behave in certain situations.

During Night 4, the phone lines get hijacked by Richard, now possessed by Peach. His messages are mostly the same no matter what room you hide in, bantering about how Edward could be *the one*. This is mostly done to scare Edward, and act as a warning for what happens the next night.

During the second part of Night 5, at 2 AM, Richard McRoy breaks into Safe n' Security, and stabs Max Peterson to death thinking he was the one. Richard was proven wrong, and makes his way over the the McRoy household. If the music box is not played, and the clock hits 6 AM, Richard kills Edward Coleman.

## Voice Actors

* **WwwWario -** V.A. for the unnamed employee in *Return to the Factory 1*.
* **NodOff -** V.A. for Richard McRoy in *WarioWare Intrusion*, and *Return to the Factory 2*. (Previously the unnamed employee in the 1.0 version of RTTF1)
* **EpicTagey Games -** V.A. for Max Peterson in *Return to the Factory 2.*