Wally Darling

> Wally Darling is the friendliest neighbor in Welcome Home, perhaps even the best painter too. With a smile like his it's hard to disagree! Always eager to make new friends and show them around the neighborhood, Wally is happy to lend a helping hand. But you knew that already, didn't you?
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## Appearances

### Portrayed by

DaFrankiesteinClown

**Wally Darling** was one of the 9 Neighbors that lived in The Neighborhood during the 1970s television series, Welcome Home.

## Introduction

"Wally is the most prominent character in Welcome Home, as he is often the focus of merchandise, advertising, and is present in every episode and book. His segments were focused on drawing and painting with viewers. Barnaby was often depicted alongside him and illustrated pages note that they were best friends multiple times. (Most notably scenarios where Wally and the viewer are learning something new.) They also share similar characteristics, like hearts on the sole's of their shoes and paws, of which only Barnaby has the latter.

A notable characteristic of Wally is his house named Home. Home is regarded as the ninth neighbor, but seemingly cannot speak as illustrations show Home speaking only in onomatopoeias. (Creak, Squeak, Bang.) Sources say, however, that this puppet's eyes could move through a hand crank on the other side of the prop facing away from the camera. Additionally, it's doors, chimney, and windows were supposedly very animated during episodes. It is implied that Home is the most lively house within the neighborhood, as none of the other house's seem to have eyes."

## Appearance

**Wally** is 3 feet tall with an average build, yellow fleece skin, and blue hair styled into a tall, spiraled pompadour. He is most often depicted wearing a blue cardigan with yellow bordering and buttons, a white undershirt, a red necktie, vertically striped rainbow pants, and white-and-blue dress shoes with hearts on their soles. He has droopy eyes and a cat-like mouth with no teeth. He has no nose or eyebrows.

## Relationships

### Home

Little has been uncovered about Home and Wally's relationship, but it is implied that they were close.

### Barnaby B. Beagle

Wally was regarded as Barnaby's best friend. They were often depicted hanging out together in official media from the series. Barnaby is also mentioned in Wally's character description from the website.

## Media

There are multiple pieces of canonical audio featuring Wally's voice.

* Wally Singing

## Trivia

* Wally loves apples. Not eating them, just admiring them.. His favorite type is Red Delicious.
* In comparison to other characters from Welcome Home, Wally's character description was notably shorter, with most of his description being dedicated to Home.
* Wally's voice was described as slow, easygoing, and monotonous. His voice was likened to that of Teddy Ruxpin.
* In old conceptual work, Wally had crosses on his cufflinks. Those were later removed, and is non-canonical according to Clown.
* Wally's character sheet is the only one to say "Goodbye!" at the bottom rather than "Go Back."

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/DaFrankiestein/status/1638945544289804288
2. ↑ https://partycoffin.tumblr.com/post/706663757979467777/hello-apologies-if-this-has-been-asked-before
3. ↑ https://www.clownillustration.com/wally
4. ↑ https://partycoffin.tumblr.com/post/707934874254917632/is-there-a-height-chart-as-of-right-now-i-would
5. ↑ https://partycoffin.tumblr.com/post/712515067493679104/are-barneby-and-wally-ya-know
6. ↑ https://partycoffin.tumblr.com/post/712879084586303488/i-love-welcome-home-and-wally-so-much-is-there
7. ↑ https://partycoffin.tumblr.com/post/707850757338284032/i-just-have-to-ask-whats-everyones-favorite