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"Face your Fears, for here comes your demise."
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| “ | You find yourself confused with blood on your hands in a dark house with only a flashlight to guide you. | ” |
— The Steam description of the game, describing the protagonist.
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Tim Denson is the criminal and the villain protagonist of the 123 Slaughter Me Street series, as well as the creator of the Foggle Friends show. He is the character the player plays as in all the games including the spin offs.
Appearance[]
He is a Caucasian man with black hair, an undershirt, black pants, and small nearly visible stubble later on in the cutscene he is shown in. In 123 Slaughter Me Street Retro he has short brown hair, wears an undershirt and a pair of jeans, and a coat. In the YT channel, Tim has the same clothing, but with different shirts, while also having longer hair and a thicker beard. He has faint facial hair and a medium sized orange nose. He is commonly seen with a tired expression.
Personality[]
While the full extent of Tim's personality was unknown for most of the series, there were implications of Tim being mentally unwell based on the cutscenes from Slaughter Me Street 2.
In 1999, While not entirely canon does delve more into Tim as a whole fleshing out his personality. Here it is revealed that Tim cared about his daughter and only wanted what was best for both him and her. He is also shown to be very attached and passionate about his show "Foggle Friends" due to it being heavily tied to his plan to get both him and his child to a better place, being incredibly hopeful that the show would be picked up to bitter when his hard work was rejected, and immediately going back to being happy when the show was picked up. His creativity is also shown where he can come up with characters both on his own and with inspiration, creativity in which he devotes a lot of time into to the point of fixating on it until it's finished.
He seemed to have problems prior to finding the summoning tome as he goes to a doctor about issues relating to stress. After using the summoning tome, Tim began suffering from more issues from nightmares causing lack of sleep that resulted in blacking out, potentially overworking himself for the show, and eventually paranoia. His behavior at this point has also been described as erratic to the point others started to worry about his child's safety.
History[]
123 Slaughter Me Street[]
At the game's original release Tim was only mentioned directly by the Reporter not only the creator of the puppets that chase the player on the floors and through a report where it was believed that Tim also resided in the apartment complex on 123 Suttermill Street where the player finds themselves at. His name also appeared in the opening cutscene on the apartment under "Denson Studios". Later it was revealed that Tim was the Criminal, meaning while escaping the police he fell through the roof of the apartment complex and is the character the player plays as during the events of the game.
123 Slaughter Me Street 2[]
In this game, Tim is seen physically only through cutscenes. From the opening intro, Tim Denson worked inside his basement as while working on the puppets. While working to make puppets for the show, the horned puppet from the cabinet (that happens to resemble the Nightmare) spoke to him. He suddenly stopped working when his daughter came into his basement from upstairs. While approaching his daughter, he became mentally ill as the Nightmare urged him to kill his daughter, which he did. After the events of this game. He left the house running from the police, becoming the criminal in 123 Slaughter Me Street. It is assumed by the cutscenes that Tim is once again the character the player controls during the events of the game.
Retro Series[]
Tim is once again the playable character, though his name is never mentioned directly. Only serving as the "protagonist" players control through the re enactments of the first game. In both games Tim can also be customizable and is the first time Tim is seen in gameplay.
Slaughter Me Street: 1999[]
In 1999, much more can be learned about him through files scattered throughout the levels. Specifically one's labeled "Tim's Journal", Which helps document Tim's thought process as well as events that are happening to him. These entries timeline the events that made the Foggle Friends show popular through Tim's involvement as well as his gradual descent into madness. This is also the first time outside of the Retro games that Tim is given a physical appearance outside of cutscenes, Appearing on a wanted poster in the Street level. This poster can be located on the window of the S Mart.
The House files[]
From Files found in the house, Tim's journal was started as a suggestion from his doctor to help reduce some of the stress Tim has been dealing with. Not knowing what to write at first Tim simply describes the state of the apartment he and his daughter lives in and his hopes of a show he's pitching to take off. In the second entry Tim finished one of the costumes for the show, Walter the Wyvern. He noted that the legs are a little short but it wouldn't matter if things go their way. In the third entry, Tim is shown to be upset that his pitch was rejected by presumably a higher up at Happy Sun Studios, complaining about how they don't know how much he sacrificed, how hard he worked, and he desperately needed this show to succeed. After this entry, Tim finds a book with strange markings outside of his apartment with a note slid underneath on of the covers saying "Make your dreams come true". On the last entry found in this level, Tim got a call back saying that the higher up changed his mind and the studio will produce the show. It's implied that Tim used the book in order to make his dream come true, soon declaring they'll be out of the apartments promising bigger and better things ahead.
The Forest Files[]
Sometime after the show got picked up, Tim began having strange dreams involving the demons, first seeing a pair of glowing yellow eyes in the window from his bed. Said creature looked like it was trying to speak to him, but Tim couldn't understand what it was saying. By the dream's end a large blue goat-like entity and a lanky pink bird monster broke into his room. This experience ends up giving Tim the idea for two characters on the show. He continues having dreams of the yellow-eyed creature for weeks that feel more like "nightmares" than dreams. This has made sleep difficult, but it wasn't going to stop Tim as He and Happy Sun Studios were almost finished with the first episode of his show, excited for people to see the results of his hard work.
The Street Files[]
The strange dreams continued after this. One instance had yellow-eyed demon appear in Tim's room directly in front of him. Tim described this entity's appearance as a large, red bat-like creature covered in black marking and grimy wet horns, but unlike previous nights this creature didn't speak. It merely hovered there for what he felt like were hours. Tim woke up exhausted afterwards as if he never slept at all. He wonders if his doctor would know what the dreams he's been having meant if anything, before attempting to rationalize them as stress related, with their appearance being the way they are due to his puppetry work. Regaurdless, Tim ends up getting another idea for a character in the same manner as his previous encounters with these strange entities, except this time, this character was explicitly made as a mockery of the creature that has been tormenting him. A grumpy, annoying, insignificant hand puppet named Gomez. However, this lack of sleep would end up effecting Tim on set, causing him to black out constantly. One moment he'd be watching the actors, and the next he'd be in his trailer staring at the wall. He also begins struggling to remember the events that has happened during this period due to how tired he feels. The next entry sees him complain that a nanny quit on him due to feeling unsafe in the House, brushing it off as paranoia and stating he doesn't have time to look after his daughter. He needed to finish the show.
The Studio Files[]
Eventually, filming of the Foggle Friends show concluded, with Tim feeling more relieved than excited. Having barely remembered half of the show's production, he just wanted to go home and rest. The next entry has Tim entirely succumbing to paranoia, saying he's being watched no matter what he does or where he goes. He ordered a Storm Shelter to be built in the backyard of the house so that he can hide as he thinks something is coming for him.
The Inferno Files[]
The first entry found in this area has Tim's writing "scrambled". Based on the text, it could be inferred that the demons found him and are trying to possess him due to Tim saying "They're all around me" and "They're inside me". Afterwards is contradicting sentences shifting to polar ends of "can'ts", the last few sentences state that Tim is no longer himself and that "They" are all that remains. The last entry simply states "It wasn't worth it. I'm sorry".
Investigator Files[]
The Investigator's logs mention Tim consistently due to the case revolving around his Daughter's safety and Tim being a prime suspect. The Investigator traces Tim's steps from the House through the bunker to the Forest, then heading to the Street to check the Suttermill apartment building, and finding the trail lead to a fire escape which led him to the Studio where he comes across a dead end as the people working at the Studio hasn't seen Tim for over a week and having no further leads that haven't been searched. The Investigator also finds items presumably related to Tim such as the Summoning Tome in the Apartments that has his name written in it a few times and gains more information about Tim overtime.
Other Appearances[]
Odd Stories for Odd Children[]
Tim Denson has made brief small appearances on the Odd Stories channel during the period when John Kolbek used some of the Slaughter Me Street characters in his videos. Tim Denson was the only character to be solely played by a live actor, John Kolbek himself. His appearances were mostly as brief cameo appearances in music videos centering around the other puppet characters, but was the main focus in "The Lonely Maddness of Tim Denson" videos.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Apparently Tim Denson would've had a voice stated by DAGames on a live stream. Will had decided to scrap this idea as it wouldn't have fit in with how the game feels.
- On the Odd Stories Youtube channel Tim does have a voice (by Kolbek), most notably in The Lonely Madness of Tim Denson, However, this is considered non canon.
- There is a common speculation that Tim died during the fall through the Apartment complex's roof and the events of the first game is going through purgatory until he winds up in Hell.
- While non-canon to the series, Super Retro supports this speculation with the floor after being floor 666.
- Tim Denson's name was based on "Jim Henson", the original creator of The Muppets Show and Sesame Street.
- There are three Relics that are related to Tim specifically, The Crowbar, Summoning Tome and the Foggle Friends poster. The crowbar presumably being the the murder weapon, the summoning tome being the book that Tim used to get his show accepted, and the poster of the show itself being Tim's creation.
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| The Reporter • Police Officer • Tim Denson • Tim Denson's Daughter • The Voice • The Investigator |