The Real Issue Is Actually The Happy Fella Show, Because If It Was Just Dolls I Could Buy It As A Local

The real issue is actually the Happy Fella show, because if it was just dolls I could buy it as a local thing, but the presence of a show implies this at least reaches farther than one relatively small town in Arizona. The cult's operations are (as far as we know) solely localized in Frighden (pardon the use of HCs) so why they would use a seemingly wide spread brand is beyond me. Unless they're trying to reach out farther for some special reason.

Sometimes I wonder about the company producing happy fellas, like, does the cult have someone on the inside to convert the dolls into vessels or is the whole thing in the cult's pocket. assuming it's the same company that makes the show, then it's the latter because HF's bangs are perfectly placed to cover any forehead holes as we see with skull illustration in the ARG journal/tome. Have you ever thought about this? If so, what's your current opinion.

When I first saw the happy Fella dolls in Unwanted Guest I assume that they were made by the cult, I'm not sure honestly, the dolls are a really interesting part of the lore though

I seldom witness such genius. You should be VERY proud of yourself.

The immeasurable disappointment that there's not an app called HONKR for clown hook-ups.

Imagine: the clowns join, but all of them just keep matching with this scraggly, wet raccoon of a person named Cesare. It's incredibly rude to judge a clown by their cover, but this one doesn't look like they'd be very good at balloon animal jousting. The clowns agree to the dates anyway.

STOP! Hammer time.

Yeah, my thoughts kind of trailed of towards the end, but the main point was that it seems that the Candy Dealer's beef with the candy club goes back a long time.

I'm thinking about the Candy Dealer and "the sugar is a lie" graffiti behind the candy club. Who left that there? One idea I had was that it was a warning from a former employee for future workers and that CD's been trying to sabotage the store for Eyes knows how long. Another thought was that the dealer himself is a bitter former employee of the candy club, maybe not even the one Kevin works at, just the brand in general. After all his goons are Mexican and so is the candy club as a company.

I mean it's supposed to be a Portal reference but it could be something like that aswell

There's a pretty major question about Tender Treats I haven't seen mentioned at all, but first, some context.

At the end of Deadly Smiles we see a news flash saying that Bob escaped from custody and in Tender Treats we see that the issue of "The Everything" that reported on his escape is dated January 9th, putting Deadly Smiles on the night of January 8th.

However in the literal first scene of Tender Treats we see Bob entering his house for what's implied to be the first time since his escape. The problem is said scene takes place on Halloween with Bob preparing for his annual killing spree, which prompts the question: If he hadn't gone to his house until October 31st, just where the hell was he and what the hell was he doing?

Fair enough. My thought process was based on my episode order theory with Frank and Roy being more co-stars with the boys rather than being the genuine villains of their respective episodes.

Since there's still one or two villains we haven't met yet, there are good odds that episode 6 will introduce them to some extent. We should definitely be on the look out for any red flags with any new characters in the next installment.

I mean there's a chance we do know all the villains we're gonna have though, Frank, Roy, the spider, Skid's dad + cult, Mr Clown, the Candy Dealer, we've got 5 episodes left and lore than enough antagonists to fill each

But yeah it's still good to take note of any new characters, every character that isn't an Easter egg/background character has come back at some point

Spooky Month 6 prediction: All That's Sweet Is Not Sugar

The episode will open with a seemingly normal night with the spookeez going to the candy club and Kevin getting annoyed as usual. However as he's about to usher them out they notice that a few people on the street are acting a little funny.

A similar situation happens with John, Jack and Rick at Gonuts, presumably with Rick quitting his latest job at some point.

The two groups try to navigate the situation as the "sugared up" townsfolk grow more dangerous along with shorter scenes of other characters dealing with the "outbreak".

One of the starring characters eventually ends up ingesting something sugar-laced and this results in a dedicated horror scene

The Candy Dealer is revealed to be responsible for the sugar-spiking relatively early into the episode, but it isn't until the last act that we see his real face or discover the true nature of the sugar (possibly an experimental chemical being tested by the dealer who's really a mad scientist).

The thugs who held Kevin at gunpoint in Unwanted Guest will act as the Candy Dealer's enforcers/bodyguards.

In the end the Dealer's own victims swarm him in a blind rage (Adding angst potential if Robert or John end up being involved in his death, that is, if he is related to them).

Personally, I don't think the Candy Dealer is directly working with the cult, but like the manufacturers of the happy fella dolls, is being accounted for by them in their plans (calling back to the OST cover that shows the cultists as the chess masters of all the other characters).

To be frank, I don't think we have enough information to speculate on the secret ending.

That's all I've got ,if you read this far you deserve to see this beautiful image I have dubbed "The Candy Derper", that I accidentally caught while trying to get the image at the top of the post.