Phonty

**honograph**, also called **Phonty** for short, is a character exclusive to the Language Level of *Advanced Education with Viktor Strobovski*.

## Contents

* Appearance
* Abilities
* Behaviour
	+ Christmas Curse DLC
* Gallery
* Audio
* Trivia
* Translations
* Version History
* References
* See Also

## Appearanceedit | edit source

Phonty is a robotic phonograph with a yellow speaker and a brown machinery box. His legs are grey and curved, ending in claws. Initially, there is a pink blanket covering his legs, which is covered with hearts.

His Christmas Curse costume consists only of a white headband with white and pink cat ears.

In MrDrNose's YouTube channel, it's shown that Phonty is able to produce drill-like weapons from the ends of his appendages. This has not yet been shown in-game.

## Abilitiesedit | edit source

* **Shockwave Generation:** Phonty can emit amplitudes on the shockwave level from his horn. These are so loud that they are capable of causing anybody nearby to explode.
* **Powerful Strength:** Phonty is capable of effortlessly blasting school infrastructure, including concrete and metal. It's possible that he does this by emitting shockwaves.
* **Echolocation:** Since he has no eyes, Phonty uses echolocation to find and track Angell.
* **Drill:** Phonty has a drill-like appendage at the end of his arms. He has not used this ability in-game yet.

## Behaviouredit | edit source

Phonty plays a similar role as Mr. Mix does in the Math Level, although much less tedious and time-consuming.

When the Language level starts, Phonty will be sitting idle in the middle of the art room, blaring his soundtrack across the room. Angell needs to regularly rewind him in order to make sure he doesn't finish playing his soundtrack. This can be done by going up to him and interacting with him. Similar to using a fortune cookie, there will be a screen overlay, but this time showing Phonty's record with a needle on it. The needle shows how close Phonty's soundtrack is to finishing;  it will slowly move towards the center as it continues to play. The disc can be rewound by dragging it, which slowly brings the soundtrack back to the beginning and moves the needle away from the center.

Once Phonty's soundtrack finishes playing (i.e. when the needle reaches the red section in the center of the record), his blanket will fall off and he will begin pursuing the protagonist at a speed slightly faster than the protagonist's walk speed, similar to Mr. Mix. However, he will also bust down any doors he comes into contact with. In recent updates, such as 0.1.3 Experimental, he will also break down the wall around the door as well as the door itself. At this point, it is almost impossible to win, since Angell has to constantly be running away from him, and if she reaches a dead end such as a classroom or supply room it is very difficult to get around him. If he reaches the protagonist during pursuit, he will bowl the protagonist straight over and end the game.

In older versions, Phonty's record is replaced with a crank that must be unwound.

### Christmas Curse DLCedit | edit source

In the Christmas Curse DLC, Phonty will sit on a pedestal bench in the Dining Room/Caféteria with the other characters, where he will blare out his soundtrack as usual. He won't be able to be interacted with, and since sanity is removed in the CC DLC, going up to him won't drain any sanity. Once Erie goes to the table next to him, either when she's finished placing and decorating all of the Christmas trees/pines or when she's "offended", Phonty will point upward towards her, with lots of floating pink hearts surrounding him. Once Viktor has gathered everyone at the cafeteria, he will stop playing his song, but he will keep looking at Erie.

Spoiler type: **Storyline spoilers**

If the staff manage to stay at the table without the Cursed Ending occurring, once Viktor gets the presents, Phonty will blare another song out.

If you "offend" Erie while she is next to Phonty, he will drop his headband and emerge, causing Erie to panic in his direction telling him to calm down, and he will chase the protagonist with lots of floating red angry faces surrounding him, chasing them until he reaches them and bowls them over, leaving them to die while Erie questions his decisions and Viktor exclaims how much of a stupid idiot he is, triggering a Bad Ending (similar to a normal Game Over).

## Galleryedit | edit source

The **EternityDev Wiki** has a collection of images and/or videos related to **Phonty-Phonograph**.

## Audioedit | edit source

The **EternityDev Wiki** has a collection of voicelines and sound effects related to **Phonty-Phonograph**.

## Triviaedit | edit source

* As said by MrDrNose, Phonty is not a reference to Five Nights at Freddy's
* Phonty one of the only characters not effected by the neodymium magnet.

## Version Historyedit | edit source

**Alpha 0.0.6**

* Phonty was added to the game.

**Alpha 0.0.6d**

* Phonty's unwind speed was increased.
* Phonty's shockwave radius was decreased.

**Alpha 0.0.7**

* Changed Phonty's walk speed.

**Alpha 0.0.8**

* Phonty's handle no longer unwinds while the game is paused.
* Changed Phonty's default music to Terry Tucker's Orange Clockwork.

**Alpha 0.10**

* Phonty can no longer kill the protagonist through walls.
* Changed Phonty's chase music.

**Alpha 0.13b**

* Added a new door breaking effect for Phonty.

**Alpha 0.14x3**

* Phonty's design was redone.
* Changed Phonty's default music to Switzerland National Anthem.

## Referencesedit | edit source

1. ↑ In the Christmas Curse DLC, when Erie sits next to Phonty at the dinner table, Phonty looks at Erie and produces heart particles from his head. Also, if Angell insults Erie in front of him, he will become angry and begin chasing her.
2. ↑ Discord messages about Phonty's echolocation
3. ↑ Phonty drill attack animation

## See Alsoedit | edit source

* Advanced Education with Viktor Strobovski
* Art room

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JonasCBaldi3·30/10/2020

Phonty's new design in a nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azGKRF5r-EM

FireyDeath4·31/10/2020

JonasCBaldi3: ***ｐｈｏｎｔｙ　ｐｈｏｎｏｇｒａｐｈ***

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JonasCBaldi3·30/10/2020

I like how old Phonty has a single wind, but in his emerging frame he has two.

FireyDeath4·30/10/2020

goof

JonasCBaldi3·31/10/2020

Big goof.

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A Fandom user·22/10/2020

Christmas curse Phonty is a catboy

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A Fandom user·12/10/2020

Anyone else feel like the old model was actually creepier, or is it just me?

FireyDeath4·12/10/2020

Obviously. Didn't you see the poll below?

...of course not because you were too late for unified community platforms

I call lies. It doesn't include all the things comments could possibly have using MediaWiki features. The polls automatically removed themselves. This is stupid.

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A Fandom user·26/09/2020

when i was in untitled 2 and enraged phonty his chase music was uhh bass boosted? instead o his original chase theme so the death was normal then i enraged him again and his chase theme was back to normal... im guessing thats an easter egg???

A Fandom user·01/10/2020

Nice

A Fandom user·16/01/2021

It's a bass boost of the pen pineappe apple pen song, and it replaces his regular chase theme very rarely sometimes

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TEMGamingYT225·20/09/2020

Does anyone else think that Phonty will get a full 3D model like Erie?

FendCat·20/09/2020

to actually answer your question, yes

A Fandom user·23/09/2020

But which 3D model? he already has a 3D model but rendered as 2D in the game, does this mean Phonty is gonna be remodeled or is he gonna use the 3D model from the test videos? I presume they're the ones that is used (rendered in 2D) in the current game?

FendCat·24/09/2020

I assume so, he may change it slightly but I don't think he'll completely redesign him.

A Fandom user·24/09/2020

im excited but terrified at the same time .\_.

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A Fandom user·01/09/2020

UHHH I SEE LIL CLEANYS ON MY SCREEN HELP!

FireyDeath4·01/09/2020

Senseless JavaScript code is making a mess

A Fandom user·01/09/2020

oh lol

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Toshdeluxd·21/08/2020

Wow,I didnt know that if you listen closely on toreador march,YOU can hear people that are crying!

JonasCBaldi3·31/10/2020

Why did you capitalise you?

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A Fandom user·20/08/2020

So I just found out that if you crouch when Phonty is coming to blast you, he is unable to reach you. You just get stuck under him. He will also blast down any doors you approach.

A Fandom user·21/08/2020

wat i gotta try this

JonasCBaldi3·30/10/2020

Did it work?

**And then we never heard from him again.**

JonasCBaldi3·30/10/2020

Where will he go? Is he working at Taco Bell?

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TEMGamingYT225·12/08/2020

Phonty is defiantly my favorite character in AEwVS.

A Fandom user·19/08/2020

Same.

FireyDeath4·21/08/2020

"defiantly"

had to kill every other character for that lol

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A Fandom user·29/07/2020

I assume the drill thing is going to be used as a new death sequence, considering where we saw it first was in an 'attack animation'.

A Fandom user·18/08/2020

yes

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A Fandom user·22/07/2020

I like his new design with the Dr octopus limbs, he looks quite cute too.

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Valentinokonig·20/07/2020

Nihongo?

(Edited by Valentinokonig)

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PoketheHoax·19/07/2020

"Start Remembering what you hear"?

FendCat·19/07/2020

Yep thats what he says

EnigmaticHumanbeing·20/07/2020

-Evil music plays-

(Edited by EnigmaticHumanbeing)

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FendCat·19/06/2020

Thank you to whoever added that. You deserve a medal.

Also, I thought the Toeador March soundtrack was for when Phonty was chasing you, not his default soundtrack. I feel like that would make more sense. But maybe not, I don't know.

RshavoeZelezo201·20/06/2020

Thanks! I played version 0.0.7 and there was this default music.

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A Fandom user·19/06/2020

Yes! Whoever added the oldest song of Phonty here is the best!

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Toshdeluxd·19/06/2020

Someone finally rescued the very old theme of phonty!

RshavoeZelezo201·19/06/2020

It's me. HAHA

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FireyDeath4·04/06/2020

PEEPS WE WERE BAITED RUN

Okay, look, we don't *hate* the new Phonty look. It just...sucks...

OK, send someone who doesn't know what AEWVS is a picture of each gramophone with a caption saying "friendly gramophone robot" under it, and chances are, they'll be much more likely to believe you for the new one than look at it and basically say, "oh, I dunno man, it looks pretty menacing." In fact, look at this video where Phonty is completely docile and just casually walking up stairs with Erie. Now imagine it with the old Phonty design. Do you realise just how unsettling that would be? I mean, imagine the video but with a gramophone with sharp legs violently strutting up and down the steps. lol

I think we can all at least agree that the old one is scarier, and by extension, suits a horror game better. His partner, Erie, is also very out-of-place as well. It's almost like she's in the game because MrDrNose likes her (although that's a bit after he designed the librarian, of course) instead of her actually having a sensible position in the school and story. I mean, she doesn't like anything about her job or place and her librarian title just doesn't suit her. The new effects make up for it a little bit, but you know, JonasCBaldi3 kind of had a point about him just looking like a funny guy who would happily help vacuum your floor. Thing is, if you actually like the new Phonty design because of that, you might be on your way to making AEWVS a normal violent adventure game rather than a horror game. (The jumpscares don't even do much anymore.) I mean, look at the memes it has already. Balance is good.

EDIT: Just looked at them again, and it looks like the new Phonty look also "flows" better, because it looks more natural since the legs are smooth and don't retract and come through the sides, like the gramophone was built normally for it. The old Phonty design looks kind of unnatural, like there's just something monstrous coming out of it. The sight of a gramophone with sharp legs suddenly coming out of it is just generally creepier and scarier, even though it's clearly normal. I mean, look.

(Edited by FireyDeath4)

Head Teacher·12/06/2020

Ya'll taking this too seriously. It's just how I see it though, ever since that new Phonty, even my friends say the old Phonty was better. I like both Phonty, but if I'd choose one to be in the game, I'd go with Old Phonty because he was more scary for some reason. Maybe the shape, not sure. And I also said that so ya'll be talking about why the new Phonty "sucks". And there, this comment tells me why.

FireyDeath4·12/06/2020

Ffffffffffffffreek we've been baited

Time to run

JonasCBaldi3·30/10/2020

Yeah JonasCBaldi3 really did make a valid point.

JonasCBaldi3·30/10/2020

Oh by the way, this is basically what Phonty's new design is in a nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azGKRF5r-EM

Spoilers below btw.

It's a vacuum cleaner sound.

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Roma8374747·03/06/2020

Guys she updated!!!

FireyDeath4·03/06/2020

Don't be sexist three times in a row...

Probably two of them are male and one is genderless

FendCat·04/06/2020

Bruh

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A Fandom user·25/05/2020

To be honest, I actually kinda miss the distorted “Toreador March” from when Phonty first became a thing in this game. Can someone add it too the wiki or make a YouTube video of it?

A Fandom user·28/12/2020

Vreau să văd modelul nostru 3D pentru Phonty

FireyDeath4·29/12/2020

You can see it in galleries (and even in the sprite itself). But not in AEWVS yet

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