Miscellaneous characters

There are various miscellaneous characters, all of which are human, that helps with the worldbuilding of My Friendly Neighborhood. They can be found in notes, newspapes or even textures normally unable to be seen or read properly by the average player.

### Al Gertzwald

Al Gertzwald is the creator of the My Friendly Neighborhood show (which was originally a public acess television show known as Ricky and Friends). He intended for the show to spread a message of friendliness and good samaritanism as well as implimenting said message towards the studio. The show rose in popularity but in the latter years, said popularity has been delclining due to post-war audience expectations, not abiding for what audiences wanted, the puppets not getting along with their human handlers, and the later movies failing at the box office.

The show got cancelled in July of 1983 due to *Puppet Winter Song* failing at the box office. The last collectable note that can be obtained in-game after beating the Almagamuppet is what might be a script for the last episode of the show telling kids about how while there may be darkness and cruelty in the world they must remember that there's always at the very least, a glimmer of hope for a positive change.

### Alex Popoff

Named after the game's actual composer, Alex Popoff is the songwriter for the show. He was such a great composer that he got his own recording studio in the Offices. In the later years of the show's run he struggled to get the star of *Puppet Winter Song, Mark Wells, to sing Fireside family, a song Alex has already made that was originally sung by Shelly Pierson.*

### Andy

A friend of Alex who got kinda mad at Alex for having issues with getting Mark Wells to sing the song. He really only seems to exist to emphasize Alex's struggle with the song.

### All About Space Narrator

A character that was cut from the radio and TV segments that was voiced by Gianni Matragrano.

### Barry Green

He was the head of security for MFN Studios. He's one who created security measure which are the various puzzles found in-game. They were intended to keep the puppets away from areas and items they shouldn't even be around. He does shooting practice targeting the puppets which Julia joins in on sometimes. He's also the one who created the solvent for the jam that clogs up the elevator (which is a normal occurance in this world).

### Benny

Friend and coworker of Julia. He's always asked to walk her home around 6:30 due to rising violence and crime in the city.

### Claire

A friend and coworker of Barry and Julia. Claire states that Norman won't allow for any other piece to be used for the board game. It seems that her note only exists to guide the player on what they need to do.

### Cody Reader

He was one of the directors for the show. He didn't really like *Puppets in Space*. He may be named after the actual prop designer for the game.

### Danna Brandy

She's the actress who played the villain of *The Mystic Maze*. She was also the singer for the song *Mystic Twist*.

### Edmund Wyeth

A structural artist that was commissioned by the City Construction Council to draw the Sunstreet Station.

### Emma Beth

She's the actress who played the protagonist of *The Mystic Maze*. She did a cover of the song *Mystic Twist* at some point. Al's secretary got a autograph from her which is left behind in her desk.

### Inventor/Janitor Hank

Inventor hank is a janitor at the studio who created the weapons used in-game on the side It's implied that these weapons were originally used for special effects purposes and Barry's target practice which may be a good excuse as to why there's ammo and grenades left behind the studio as well as the weapons themselves. He may have gotton a promotion to be the head prop artist of *The* *Mystic Maze* which can explain the The Mystic’s Eye’ Puzzle Dial's existence.

Around the time of *Puppet Winter Song* failing at the box office He had the foresight to *pack everything and leave his job for either a new one or retirement. However, h*e may have had the unfortunate fate of falling down the stairs in the basement since only his shoe remains there.

### Henry H.

An employee who's written on the bathroom stalls stating that he is awesome

### Jerry Love

He's the main star of the movie *Puppet Pirate's Cove*, he played a young lad named Clarke. In the movie, he and Ricky search for treasure but the ship is taken over by Captain Crocodile. Before his role in themovie he was from the in-game show Everyone, it had a large fanbase but sadly it was cancelled by Lawrence Blacksole, the Vice President of the City Network, for low ratings on the first day of his job.

### Johnson Elvis

He was a celebrity singer who sang *Close is not so far*. *He is most likely the Elvis Presley equivalent in the game.*

### Julia

She was the one who always asked Benny to walk her home around 6:30 which is when Al lets her go for the night. As the city got more violent after a mugging incident she sometimes felt like the MFN Studio was the only place that was safe before the studio shutdown. On her note about the city's state she leaves a heart which may indicate that she had a crush on Benny though it is uncertain whether or not he reciprocates those same feelings. She was also the one to suggest to Hank that the Punctuation should be called the Interrobang.

### Lawrence Blacksole

He was the Vice President of Programming for the City Network Broadcasting Group who was the former marketing executive for the company. On his first day he cancelled 30 shows due to poor ratings (including *Everyone and Cowboy Danger*. When he cancelled My Friendly Neighborhood due to poor ratings he claimed that the puppets there are property of the network which led to the puppets inside being abandoned.

### Mark Wells

He's the main star of the movie *Puppet Winter Song*, He refused to pick up calls regarding him singing *Fireside Family* again. After the failiure of the movie and contriversy surrounding the incident with Richie Brown, he didn't want to be associated with the show anymore.

### Nikola Tesla

To be very frief, Nikola was a Famous Serbian American inventor born in 1856. He was a electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist. He was best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. There is a poster of him with a pretty cool design to say the least.

### Peter

He's a filmmaker or editor that may have left behind a rejected film reel in the basement bathrooms.

### Phill

One of the projectionists for the Offices Theatre. He wrote notes on his thoughts on the movies. An example of one is how he really didn't like *Puppets in Space*.

### Radio DJ/Reality Star

The reality star who shows up at the beginning explains how he moved on from his Ex-wife for a brief moment before the channel changes. There was a DJ that was going to be in a track in the game before it got cut.

They're in the same category because the two are played by Brad Wringler

### Richard Lightsbury

One of the journalists for *The City Tribune* who reviewed the My Friendly Neighborhood show and three of the movies. At first he was positive about the franchise but as time went on he became more cynical, stating that in his review of *Puppet Space Quest* the morals are a childish view of how one can make the world better.

### Richie Bromine

He was one if the human stars for the *My Friendly Nighborhood*. He played the role of Stevie, he and Ricky the Sock helped to teach important lessons to the puppets as well as children by proxy. Him having a bigger dressing room than the rest may be a further emphasis on how he's the main star of the show.

However, on August 26 1982, controversy stirred when Ray threw a clothing iron at Richie during a on-set conversation. He alleges that Al Getzwald and the puppets are crazy and no one takes him seriously because he was on the show.

### Shelly Pierson

She's the singer and actress who originally sang *Frieside Family* from *A* *Puppet Winter Song*.

### Talk show guest

A woman in the talk show talks to the host off screen about her depression in the intro. She is played by Katie Thompson.

### Talk show host

A man who is off screen who is talking to the guest about her depression in the intro. He is played by Frank Tipping.

### Tom Cardarson

He was an actor who played Captain Crocodile, the villain of *Puppet Pirate's Cove*. His sea friends were the mice puppets which may explain why there's mice all over the basement.

### Unknown woman

Found Out of Bounds in the Stage 4 makeup room there is a giant portrait of a unknown woman with an active rat animatronic pointing towards its left. The rat bears a striking resemblance to the rat in Five Nights at Candy's. The woman herself is wearing a white tank top and has pigtail braids.

It is possible this portrait is just something one of the artists who worked on the game wanted to have out of bounds and bears no connection to the story and lore for the game.