Ribbon Dancer

> This colorful lemur was so excited to explore the world that he grew an extra pair of arms to help him climb trees, quickly learning how to perform aerial stunts and jump from branch to branch. To take a small piece of the world with him wherever he goes, he loves to paint pictures of his favorite places!
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*This article is about the animatronic. You may be looking for his human counterpart.*

## Gallery

Ribbon Dancer is a Dreamworld Entertainment animatronic and a major character in the *Welcome to Dreamworld* series.

## Appearance

Ribbon Dancer is a 6'5 animatronic ring-tailed lemur with green fur. He has wide rainbow-colored eyes and four thin green arms with white gloves. Ribbon Dancer wears a large ruffled collar, a small green top hat, and baggy green pants splattered with paint. His exposed mid-section is capable of rotating a full 360 degrees. Like his eyes, Ribbon Dancer's tail is patterned with pastel rainbow colors.

When Eric is in control of the animatronic, Ribbon Dancer's eyes instead appear to be green, with yellow sclera.

## Personality

Ribbon Dancer is very hyperactive and sporadic, moving around very quickly and talking very loudly. Though Ribbon Dancer acts very stubborn and dimwitted he can display bursts of intelligence, being able to explain Star Light's masks and the facility's layout to Wiatt Nicholson suddenly.

Compared to Ribbon Dancer, Eric is much lower energy. His interactions with the other animatronics are much calmer, though few and far between. Even now, Eric persistently worries and cares for Carly.

## History

Ribbon Dancer was given life with the soul of Eric Gale, though the damaged soul instead created entirely new life, creating Ribbon Dancer alongside Eric within the animatronic shell. Ribbon Dancer quickly befriended Star Light as he was the only other animatronic capable of speech, though he struggled to understand that Star Light used to be Lewis Bright. In order to avoid confusing him, all subsequent animatronics have gone by their mascot name rather then the name they used in life. Ribbon Dancer generally got along well with the others, though his relationship with Cheer was a bit strained as she would be particularly frustrated by his supposed inability to remember being Eric. Similarly, Star Light and the others assumed that Ribbon Dancer was Eric but that his memory was severely damaged.

Once Wiatt Nicholson was employed at the Dreamworld Entertainment Facility, Ribbon Dancer easily befriended him despite the facility's policy keeping staff from interacting with the animatronics. He relayed a request from Star Light to Wiatt calling him down to the Star Light Theater, which inadvertently sealed him in once the facility collapsed.

After the building's collapse, Ribbon Dancer briefly ran into a virus-infected Star Light before finding Wiatt and the Triplets at Arcadescape. He happily conversed with the group, explaining how he saw Star Light before taunting Wiatt over how much he likes him. When questioned about why he himself isn't affected by the virus, he simply laughed that he's already broken before disappearing again. Ribbon Dancer found and dug through Wiatt's locker, discovering his tablet full of personal videos, which he brought back down to the group as they traversed the Arcadescape.

The group searched Madhouse before moving up to Trampoland. Ribbon Dancer warned Wiatt about holes in the floor before LolliPop appeared, scaring him and the Triplets off. After Star Light frantically searched for Wiatt, who went missing during the encounter, Ribbon Dancer briefly changed to instead be controlled by Eric. Eric comforted Star Light, who reacted in shock to being referred to as "Lewis." He commented that he felt as though he drifts in and out of existence, and that he likely wasn't affected by the virus pervading the facility due to his damaged soul. The animatronic glitched again, reverting back to Ribbon Dancer, who went back to happily teasing Star Light over Wiatt. The group then saw a transmission from the remaining virus-infected animatronics who were holding Oliver hostage and threatening his life unless Sara Covetman turned herself in. Following Star Light, Ribbon Dancer began moving up through the facility.

While Ribbon Dancer traveled with Star Light and the Triplets, he spotted and called out Damien Klein, who joined the group. They then promptly encountered a Twimblo, which Ribbon Dancer fawned over alongside the Triplets. The group reunited with Wiatt and Rex as they confronted Sara, along with a virus-infected Cheer. Ribbon Dancer switched to Eric again and worriedly approached Cheer, causing her to panic and making her vulnerable enough to remove the virus. After the chaos died down, Eric spent his time reconnecting and conversing with Cheer; while the contents of the conversation are unknown, the Triplets remarked that both animatronics seem both happy and sad about the reunion.

Once Litho reconstructed the facility, Winnie was ordered to wipe the animatronics' memories, resetting them so that Dreamworld's reopening would go smoothly. Though Winnie attempted his procedure on Ribbon Dancer, the animatronic's memory was not wiped. Ribbon Dancer continued playing his part at the facility, happily playing with the guests and other animatronics. After being found sulking by Star Light, he finally revealed that he and Eric exist as separate entities along with that his memories were still intact. Ribbon Dancer later joined the other animatronics for the party in the facility's Lobby, where he ran into a stressed Celio. Though he initially wanted to help them, he learned that they were being pursued by Star Light, and he chose to side with Star, letting Celio be knocked out in order to preserve their own safety.

When Wiatt returned to the facility to rescue Celio he encountered Ribbon Dancer, along with LolliPop, at the entrance of the Star Light theater. As Wiatt grows angry at Star Light for lying about his memories Ribbon Dancer comes to his defense, explaining that due to the security cameras they had to capture Celio or Sara would know their memories weren't wiped. As their reunion is interrupted by Winnie Ribbon Dancer hands Wiatt a coloring page, saying he thinks it'll be important.

As Wiatt began to leave his animatronic friends stop him, urging him to stay. Ribbon Dancer and Star Light urged him to leave, but eventually the lights turn off and the doors lock themselves. Wiatt flees, eventually ending up in Trampoland after escaping the Madhouse. Ribbon Dancer appears from the ceiling, alongside Cheer. Both the animatronics begin hunting for Wiatt as he runs away, eventually Ribbon Dancer stops Wiatt in front of the floor's gift shop. As he attempts to coerce Wiatt into trust him he's pushed down, the floor collapsing under him after he lands.

After Wiatt re-enters the facility Cheer bursts into the room, holding Ribbon Dancer's disembodied head in her hands. After explaining the revelation that they're all robots Ribbon Dancer's body wanders into the room, Cheer reattaching his head.

## Trivia

* Like Eric, Ribbon Dancer loves bugs.
	+ Ribbon Dancer's extra set of arms may be an allusion to his love for insects.
* Ribbon Dancer was intended to not only encourage exercise and movement but creativity among guests.
* Ribbon Dancer's design was initially going to be a green monkey covered in paint splotches, which itself was similar to an old *Five Nights at Freddy's* character Rainbott designed.
	+ Ribbon Dancer's design was inspired by the Oopsie Bear Care Bear.