Popups are a mechanic used in many horror games. The idea is to flash the player with a disturbing image or animation, often with a loud sound playing. It is supposed to scare the player. This mechanic is used in Slendytubbies, Slendytubbies II and Slendytubbies: Anniversary Edition.
Appearances[]
Slendytubbies + Slendytubbies: Anniversary Edition[]
The pop-ups are screens showing the current situation of each character.
Laa-Laa and Po.
A small pop-up of Tinky Winky. It means he is very close to the player.
Slendytubbies II[]
The pop-ups are edited pictures of Teletubbies, coming from several sources. Some of them are just supposed to scare the player, while others seem to refer to the early development of the series' lore.
Tinky Winky and New Borns, on the large screen.
Grotesque version of Laa-Laa and Dipsy.
Dark picture of Tinky Winky.
Dark picture of Laa-Laa.
Po, with Tinky Tank behind.
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Ditto, brightened.
The four main characters, hanging.
Original[]
- The pop-up showing Tinky Winky with New Borns is an edited version of an art piece “Without Title” made by a DeviantArt user.[1].
- The “Dark picture of Tinky Winky” is originally the thumbnail of the 2007 video “teletubbies are scary” uploaded by YouTube user chicksSCY.[2]
- The pop-up showing Po and Tinky Tank is a reworked form of “Teletubbies say Eh-Oh” by Flickr user TudorCostache.[3]
- The pop-up showing hanging teletubbies is an edited version of a previously photoshopped image of the Teletubbies in the gallows. The source of this image is unknown, and while the earliest record of this image leads to a 2004 post made by Fotolog user analyzator, another post using a higher quality image was made in 2006 by Fotolog user diego_x16.
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Trivia[]
- In Slendytubbies: Anniversary Edition, there is another pop-up with the message “Your Next” written with blood.
- The art piece “Without Title” was the inspiration behind the creation of the New Borns.
- Pop-ups didn't return in Slendytubbies III as the developers considered they were outdated and not scary anymore[4].
- Only one pop-up ― Tinky Tank's face ― occurs in Slendytubbies III, when Tinky Winky breaks the Custard Machine in Chapter 0 ― “It Was Good”.
- The Halloween costumes of Laa-Laa and Dipsy were inspiration for the non-canon original characters named the Brute Twins.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ “teletubbies”, by Yaro42 on DeviantArt.
- ↑ “Teletubbies are scary”, on YouTube.
- ↑ “Teletubbies say Eh-Oh”, on Flickr.
- ↑ “Frequently Asked Questions”, on the ZeoWorks website.
| Items | Builder’s Torch • Chainsaw • Flashlight • Interact • Night Vision Camera • Tubby Custard • Tubby Toast • Weapons |
|---|---|
| Mechanics | Character Customization • Easter Eggs • Quick Time Events • Pop-ups • Special Abilities • Weapon Vendors |
| Game Modes | Collect • Infection • Sandbox • Survival • Versus |
| Campaign | Chapter 0 • Chapter 1 • Chapter 2 • Chapter 3 |