Playtime

Apperance

**Playtime** is a character who appears in the *Baldi's Basics* series. She is a little girl that roams the halls of the Schoolhouse or Super Schoolhouse, acting as a significant obstacle for the player.

## Description

Playtime's in-game sprite is a poorly drawn, animated image of a small girl with a jump rope.

She has light skin, a smile (which turns into a frown when the player uses the Safety Scissors on her jump rope), and a long, cartoony nose. She is described to have poor eyesight, but she is not entirely blind. Her black, scribble eyes possibly indicate retinal damage, or were just drawn for stylistic purposes.

Even though Playtime is young, two lines on both sides of her face under her eyes make her look older. However, it could possibly be bags under her eyes, or even, based on

the position of the lines, scars.

Her pixie-cut long hair is mostly black, but there are some tan strands. Upon closer inspection, the tan strands appear to be scribbled in a circular spread-out style, while the black strands appear to be cross-hatched zigzag lines, implying that the tan strands are curly and/or more tangled than the possibly-straight black strands.

Her pose makes her appear as if she is balancing on her left foot, and her arms are outstretched as if she is trying to hold her balance.

Her hands are misshapen as well; her left hand is a side-viewed open palm as if she was leaning against a wall, and her right hand somewhat resembles a 4-digit hand with her thumb (or index finger, if she has 5 digits counting a hidden thumb) and pinky fingers sticking up.

She wears a red, long-sleeved dress with a pair of cyan pants and simplistic light brown shoes, which could possibly be boots or high-heels since they go up to her pants sleeves.

Her jump rope and some parts of the black hair constantly move, the former in a manner that makes her appear to be jumping rope, hence her name, and the latter as if it is being blown by wind.

She does not appear to jump over the rope when it comes down though, because excluding that and her hair, none of her body moves. When her jump rope is cut, however, her entire sprite becomes a static image.

The jump rope itself has two scribbly handles, and the rope is a single, curved line connecting the handles. Each handle is drawn on each of Playtime's hands, so they appear to be attached to her hands and it does not actually look like Playtime is holding it.

The entire jump rope is black, and when it is cut, each half resembles a short whip being held upside down.

Her voice is distorted by poor audio quality, and her speech is consistently monotone and somewhat masculine for a little girl because Micah McGonigal provided her voice. Her voice is also constantly peaking in audacity, making her one of the loudest characters speaking "naturally".

## Personality

Playtime's personality ranges from being inconsistent to inscrutable, as her voice, mannerisms, and behavior are illogical and uncanny.

Whenever she is happy, cheerfully seeking a playmate, or congratulating the player for winning her game, she always maintains a flat and deadpan tone in her voice. Her few genuine responses are when she is upset, specifically her outcry when she has her rope cut by the Safety Scissors.

Despite this, she is apparently very social and is always searching for someone to play with in her game. She seems to be very optimistic about being friends with others, but is also unprepared for hostility, which will leave her upset and confused for a short time once it happens.

However, after said short time passes, she will continue to be social and cheerful again, and she will trust the player again.

Her poor eyesight and short memory is possibly why she never turns corners after the player and immediately trusts them again after they bully her, respectively.

The poor eyesight might make her unable to tell if the corridors are still straight during a chase, and the short memory presumably prevents her from remembering that the player is mean to her, or even recognizing them for that matter, also possibly explaining her being unprepared for conflict.

All in all, her true intentions are never to purposely cause harm or make others upset, despite them thinking otherwise. Hence her name, she just wants to play with others and have fun. She most likely does not realize Baldi is pursuing the player for sinister intentions.

## Gallery

Playtime when you cut her jumpropePlaytime in her birthday hat.Playtime sad in her birthday hatPlaytime's Poster