Christine Tuttle

— **Christine Tuttle**

**Christine Tuttle**, who is primarily referred to as **Mom**, is one of the twelve playable Cleaners in *Back 4 Blood*. She is the tough and caring second-in-command of Fort Hope.

## Official description

*The only person surprised that Mom became the voice of survivors in Finleyville was herself. She's never shirked from a challenge and always puts the needs of others over her own. Still, for one who's used to bucking authority, her newfound responsibility sometimes weighs uneasily on her. Although she has faith in her Cleaners, Mom has questioned other leaders' strategies on more than one occasion, especially since the death of her son. Mom's goal is simple, make the Ridden pay.*

## Traits

The following traits are being granted to Christine with her Cleaners card:

**DEN MOTHER**

+ 1 Support Inventory

**KILL THE PAIN**

Start with Pain Meds

**MOTIVATOR**

+ 100% Team Revive Speed
20% Slower Team Temp Health Decay

## Appearance

Christine's head is covered with a red headscarf featuring a simple flower pattern. Her gray hair is neatly braided into two plaits hanging on each side of her face. Sizeable silver earrings dangle from each ear.

Moving down to her upper body, she wears a charcoal long-sleeved shirt beneath an olive green army jacket. A noticeable "Old School" patch is stitched on the right front. Three button pins on the right breast pocket include one with the letters R I D E and a skull with 86, another with a flame and the words "Ride" and "Dead," and a third displaying a white motorcycle on a yellow background with "Penn State Riders" and Turtle Rock Studios.

On the left breast pocket, two khaki patches overlap—one forming a T-shape with the word "TEAM" and two blue stars, and the other bearing the red-lettered label "Funk." The left sleeve carries three distinctive patches—a skull with an eye patch, a white one with the number "73" below, and a petite red star-shaped patch. Adding a personal touch, she wears four silver rings on her left hand, with only her ring finger remaining bare.

Strapped to her back is a charcoal gray rucksack with brown leather straps, and a torch hangs from the right shoulder strap. A leather belt encircles her waist, featuring a holster on her right hip.

Descending to her lower body, Christine wears dark blue denim trousers with the cuffs turned up. A combat knife is strapped to her left shin. Completing her look, she strides confidently in brown leather boots.

## Developer comments

In the video "**Back 4 Blood - Breakdown of All 8 Playable Characters (Meet the Cleaners)**" by media news outlet **IGN** lead writer **Simon Mackenzie** and co-founder and creative director **Phil Robb** at Turtle Rock Studios did a breakdown of all eight playable Cleaners in Back 4 Blood.

The following quotes are *shortened versions* of the comments they've made about Christine's character:

And it's like the military characters [e. g. Walker] that we have and she kind of represents the civilians and because of her strong personality and "No shit."-attitude, the civilians kind of look to her to be their voice.
— **Simon Mackenzie, Lead Writer at Turtle Rock Studios**

And not all of it I would say would be mainstream - she's kind of almost a counter-culture type of character.
— **Phil Robb, Co-Founder/Creative Director at Turtle Rock Studios**

— **Simon Mackenzie, Lead Writer at Turtle Rock Studios**

In the recent "**Turtle Rock Studios Back 4 Blood Art Blast**" on artstation.com character concept artist Gue Yang shared information about the design of Christine's appeareance.

— **Gue Yang, Character Concept Artist**

## Journal entry

Christine's journal entry has been shared on the Back 4 Blood 𝕏 account on May 26th, 2021.

We survived 6 months together after everything went to shit and if it weren't for Phillips sending him on that mission with Ren...Jason would still be here with me now. I thank the Lord I had Doc to help me keep it together in the days following...
Now I'm everyone's "Mom" and I'm going to do my darndest to make sure no one else suffers my son's fate.
— **Christine's journal**

## Gallery

* Main Gallery
* Concept Art
* Promotional Material
* Miscellaneous

Character render by Gue Yang.
Christine render by Jared Chavez.
Christine render by Jared Chavez.
Christine render by Jared Chavez.
Christine render by Jared Chavez.
Christine render by Jason Hill.
Christine render by Jason Hill.
Christine render by Jason Hill.
Christine render by Jason Hill.
Christine hair render by Johan Lithvall.
Christine hair render by Johan Lithvall.

Character concept art by Gue Yang.
Christine's Battle Hardened concept art by VOLTA Studio.
Christine's Total Apocalypse concept art by VOLTA Studio.
Christine's ZWAT concept art by VOLTA Studio.

Promotional material featuring lore text of Christine.
Mom is voiced by Barbara Crampton
Promotional material featuring Holly and Christine for the International Womens Day.
Promotional material featuring Christine for the International Womens Day.
Promotional material featuring Christine.
Promotional material featuring Christine for Mother's Day.
Promotional material featuring Jim Hossler, Karlee Fincher, Howard Robert Hoffman, and Christine Tuttle in their holiday skins.

Trait overview from the "Meet the Cleaners" trailer.
Christine's Cleaner card.
Christine's banner artwork by Airi Pan.
Christine's Buttons provided by Alex Boatman.
Christine's Patches provided by Alex Boatman.
Christine's knife

## Sources

1. ↑ Barbara Crampton on IMDb.
2. ↑ Official description from the official Back 4 Blood website.
3. ↑ "Back 4 Blood - Breakdown of All 8 Playable Characters (Meet the Cleaners)" by IGN article and YouTube video.
4. ↑ "Turtle Rock Studios Back 4 Blood Art Blast" on artstation.[1]
5. ↑ Christine's journal entry release (𝕏)