Spooky's Father

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Spooky's Father is a character in Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion first appearing as notes written by him in the Karamari Hospital DLC, and then getting a physical appearance in The Doll House DLC. He is the founder of GL Labs and director of the Doll Project.

Appearance[]

Spooky's father appears as a caucasian male with black hair wearing a lab coat, blue pants and brown shoes. His eyes aren't visible as they are covered in darkness.

Gameplay[]

Karamari Hospital[]

Spooky's Father first appears in a note in Karamari Hospital seen after completing the Isolation Room maze and escaping Monster 5. In the next room, a note from him can be found. If the player gets the alternate ending for Karamari Hospital, which requires the player to kill most of the Monsters, the note will show a different message.

The Doll House[]

In The Doll House, there are more notes written by him. He wrote multiple notes describing his attempts to bring his daughter back, and one note dedicated to his deceased wife, Monica. The dad gets a physical appearance, appearing slouched over on a wall in the Seal Chamber. If he is interacted with after completing the Nightmare Sequence, a message will be displayed.

In the HD Renovation, his corpse won't appear until the player completes the Nightmare Sequence.

Notes[]

I'm so sorry my little angel.

I've tried hating the man that took you
from us, but in the end the only person
I can hate is myself.

You always liked to scare people,
especially when they didn't understand
something. I was confounded no one
understood your costume but I guess
people don't read Poe anymore, even
with the new Price film. That man
clearly overreacted to your fireworks,
but we can only blame a PTSD
sufferer so much.

I hate myself for what I am doing,
but I can't wait any longer.

Your mother puts on a brave face
but I know she wants this too.

I'm making fair progress in bringing
you back, but it seems to only work
for a moment even with larger thresholds.

Today I think I found the answer.
A second device is needed to bind the
spirit to the earth after it has been
brought back. I know this sounds
macabre but I will turn it off and
let you return to heaven after your
mother and I get to see you again.

My Dear Monica,
Although it was difficult, I've respected your wishes and let you rest. I miss you everyday. I miss you. So much.

I'm still going to try to save our daughter. I know it's not what you wanted, but I've already gone too far. She's so close, I just have to find a way to keep her here.

I love you,

The seal is almost complete, and then you can return to me.

It requires a nightmare to work. So I will surrender mine.

The same nightmare that took you from us, will now bring you back.

I always wanted to tell you.

How that night really ended.

But I couldn't. Because you were gone.

I need your forgiveness. That's why I wanted you back at any cost.

But in the end I robbed you of both life and unlife. Please go on, and be with Monica.

I'm sorry.

A doll is a timeless thing. In the shape of a human but created perfect. Immortal and unmoving. Yet hollow, devoid of soul.

A fitting symbol and possibly usable device for our goals here.

Soon I will have you back, my dear. But first I must make sure it won't constrict you.

After all our research and experimentation, we were looking in the wrong place. The dolls did little but distract us. They could not fill my heart and they were not suitable for you to inhabit. That is why you did not come back to me.

But now I've found something else.

A relic from the old kingdom era that seals spirits to the earth. Though it originally was used for great evil, I will use it for you.

Trivia[]

The Nightmare Sequence itself is a recreation of how Spooky's Father killed Spooky, which is also shown in the Secret Arcade Machine in Story Mode. He shot her after Spooky lighted up some fireworks, triggering her father's PTSD, causing him to grab his rifle and undergo a psychotic episode where he is being ambushed by soldiers.
- The rifle that appears in the Nightmare Sequence is the M1 Garand, used during the Vietnam War where the father most likely developed PTSD from, assuming he has around the same age as Monica, that Spooky was born a few years before he went to war, and that he came back when Spooky was about 12 years old.
- The empty bottles scattered on the floor in the sequence, which are most likely beer bottles, point to the fact that Spooky's Father was an alcoholic. This would explain why Spooky looks blurry in the sequence or the father simply couldn't tell the hallucinations apart from Spooky wearing a Halloween costume, which were both red.