![]() Thus, the other installments in the series will cover the other "core subjects" (i.e. As a result, his students end up traumatized and soured towards the subject entirely. However, if you question him, disobey him, or disagree with him, you will be insulted, screamed at, or receive some other Disproportionate Retribution. He sadistically abuses his position of power and cares less about his students' education than teaching them what he says is right, even though it becomes increasingly clear that he either has no idea what he's talking about or is intentionally giving out misinformation For the Evulz. ![]() ![]() Tony is likely a history teacher, given the obsession with time.Trying anything else will result in putdowns and punishment, and she ends up smothering her students' creativity far more than nurturing it. Notepad is the patronizingly cheerful art teacher who wants you to be creative, but only in the ways she thinks are valid (according to her own bizarre and apparently arbitrary rules).The series will turn out to be a metaphor for the ways in which the school system can stifle children's minds.The behaviors of both Tony and Notepad are easily read as the behaviors of bad teachers: The fourth instalment also has the puppets growing up wrong, as they are mesmerized by the computer and become addicted to the point that they forget about the real world.The third installment also has the puppets (or rather just Yellow Guy) grow up wrong, as his loneliness and feeling unloved makes him susceptible to the brainwashing of The Love Cultists.The fact this happens makes me wonder if the puppets represent children being molded by their Abusive Parents (Tony and Paige) and learning what they want them to learn (about creativity and time), but the way they are being taught and the way the 'parents' treat them causes them to grow up wrong, only for it to Snap Back at the end like nothing happened, hinting that the events that happen both times are either not real or haven't happened yet, but the puppets secretly fear will. Both times, the puppets seemingly survive the ordeal. ![]() The series is about the fear of growing upBoth Notepad and Tony the Clock treat the puppets like children, and in both of the instalments, the puppets grow up "wrong", first by being seemingly driven insane by the 'Creativity explosion', the second time their age is sped up significantly so they physically rot alive. ![]()
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