Poppy Playtime theories
Poppy Playtime Chapter 4...I have to say I have so much expectations for this one. I looked forward to meeting all the enemies, and maybe the Player will encounter new friends. Since they and Poppy Playtime enter the prison, toy dump and toy graveyard domain of the Playtime Co, it would mean that the labs will appear in Chapter 5. It will take more than four chapters for this chapter story game to end. I hope it will be just five chapters because the story is intense and fun. But even if the game does end on the fifth chapter, I hope there will be a sequel or prequel for it.
A prequel will be about Poppy Playtime, such as how she was created, her daily life in the Playtime Co. Factory, her interactions with the other Bigger Body Toys, even with the staff members, and maybe some of the orphan children.
As for the sequel, it's tough to theorize what it could be. Maybe Playtime Co has a sister location where they can continue their toyline and even their experiments, maybe like the other companies we're involved with experimentation with, like Warrenbach Construction.
I heard that a Poppy Playtime film will be made once the game is completed with their chapters. What kind of film? That's a tough one to think about what it could be. I can't come up with anything since there's not much info about it. I hope it's animated instead of live-action.
Now back with Chapter 4, Yarnaby is something to fear. Cute on the outside, but nightmare fueled on the inside. The way he opened his mouth during the trailer, yikes. But I still have a hunch Boxy Boo will show up. I think they are both wardens from different sides of the Chapter 4 area like Yarnaby to east and Boxy Boo to the west. They're territorial, meaning they won't consider working together to take on the Player. If that's the case, the Player can trick them into meeting each other and fighting each other to the death while they and Poppy can go down to the Labs to face the Prototype. The Nightmare Mini Critters can be seen on any side of the Chapter 4 area, indicating they are free to roam wherever, if they're careful of not eating or stomped on by Yarnaby and Boxy Boo. The Piano Dinosaur, they can be on Yarnaby's side since they're both colorful. As any other upcoming monsters, they can join Boxy Boo.
Now for the Biggest, Worst and Scariest Baddie, the Prototype. Many fans believe he could be Elliot Ludwig, maybe one of the works, or a child. But he is an AI with parts from toys and human sacrifices. It would explain how it would be possible to speak in different voices. The Prototype can be like a lich, a computerized entity, or a robotic brain or heart that needs to be repaired. Because the labs may be in the lowest part of the factory, there may be a heart within there. This Heart of Playtime Co. could be the power source for the factory and where the Red Gas is made. In this case, it would be like a giant poppy flower, like the flower mural where Poppy was found. Perhaps Poppy knew something dark about the Heart, but the Heart can become a doomsday device if the world knows too much about the dark side of Playtime Co's secrets. The higher-ups would gather all data, but leave evidence of their crimes in the factory so it could be destroyed once the Heart explodes the factory. Poppy Playtime may be the key to activating the Heart's properties: She would make the great sacrifice to activate the heart so Heartime Co. would end, along with all the poor souls trapped in the factory.
As she gets the Heart at Heartpower, the Prototype will show up to stop it. The Player would have to fight the Prototype to stall for Poppy to keep the preparations. In the end, when it looks like the Prototype had the upper hand, the toys he took and killed to repair himself turned against him and held him down so the Player could do the final blow. With the Prototype down, Poppy activates the countdown and gets the Player to follow her to the one way exit out of the Playtime Co. Factory, an elevator rocket capsule.
It's a race to elevator as Playtime Co starts to fall apart. But once the duo reached the elevator, Poppy was grabbed by the Prototype, so the Player tried to pull to the elevator they were already in. However, Poppy insists that the Player live on because they have redeemed their sins by helping Poppy on her quest. So, she lets the Player go and sends the elevator flying out of the factory before it explodes. Despite escaping Playtime Co, the Player looked upset for losing all of the allies and friends they made, Poppy. That is until they find a note in their hands, revealing another company continuing PLaytime's evil deeds. Poppy wants them to continue her work to destroy the place and expose the dark secrets. So, the Player decides to let that company dig up the dirt. However, a secret ending shows Poppy getting out of the rubble and half her face gone. But the claw of the Prototype is coming out on the very far side of the ruins.