One of the newest and most complex characters in Poppy Playtime is Doey the Doughman. The player meets Doey shortly into Chapter 4 while attempting to get out of the prison and deeper into the facility. He helps the player escape from the Pianosaurus, before guiding them onward toward the Safe Haven. Even in that first meeting, the player seems aware that there is more to Doey than meets the eye, and he has a strange relationship with everyone around him.

There is a lot of lore updates in Poppy Playtime Chapter 4, and players will find a lot of intriguing material that allows them to theorize further and find new questions to ask. There are a lot of great characters in this chapter, including Harley Sawyer and Doey. Figuring out who is on what side and how they came to get there is one of the biggest ongoing mysteries in the series, and Doey is a big part of that question.

Who Is Doey The Doughman In Poppy Playtime?

A Character With Great Flexibility & A Moldable Personality

By the end of Poppy Playtime Chapter 4, players will have found various notes, videos, and other pieces of evidence that reveal who Doey is. He is a large creature seemingly made of dough, and he is extremely strong, with the ability to shapeshift and withstand nearly any damage thrown at him. He is not quite invincible, but he is very close.

The player comes to find that he is the leader of Safe Haven and the protector of all of the other toys living there. He had the opportunity to leave and disappear and chose not to, focused instead on protecting the toys and keeping them alive. He is extremely distraught when Poppy suggests a plan that will destroy the entire factory and everyone in it, and when part of the factory is destroyed, he loses control and takes on his angrier personality.

Throughout the chapter, there are hints that he has a split personality. He has three hands on his body, and his voice changes depending on which one seems most in control. The player gets their first major clue about how he came to be and what was going on with him at the very beginning of Chapter 4 in the introductory video.

Doey The Doughman's Origins In Poppy Playtime Chapter 4

Doey's Donor Is A Twist Compared To Other Poppy Playtime Characters

Doey Dough was a small, moldable toy sold as early as the 1950s in Poppy Playtime lore. A different version of him was created later, called Doey the Doughman, and soon enough, he became part of the scientists' agenda as well. The idea was to have three different children turned into this Bigger Body, and it started when a small child named Jack Ayers fell into a vat mixer during a tour of the factory.

The three total children who made up Doey the Doughman were:

• Jack Ayers, 1322A - innocent and playful
• Kevin Barnes, 1322B - angry and intense
• Matthew Hallard, 1322C - strong leadership skills and kind-hearted

It is implied that due to his shapeshifting and origins, the scientists wanted Doey to have this mix of personalities so that he could fulfill multiple roles, with Jack being playful enough to get along with the other kids, Matthew having a strong guiding hand, and Kevin having the ability to take things up a notch when needed.

While Jack doesn’t seem to have much control over Doey, as seen when he is unable to stop Kevin when he lashes out at his parents and how Matthew seems to take over at most other points, he does have voice lines and does occasionally call out for his parents and apologizes to the player. His parents are revealed to be killed by Doey with Kevin in charge, which is likely what the scientists wanted to happen to get rid of any witnesses.

Is Doey The Doughman Good Or Evil?

A Complex Character With A Tragic Ending

There is a lot of complexity in all of the characters, including the monsters in Poppy Playtime, although some have not been as fleshed out. So far, not much as far as redemption goes has been seen for the likes of Liethe Pierre, but the series has at least one more chapter to go. However, Doey does embody the idea of complexity more than most, having three victims inside and not just one.

At the end of the day, his story is a tragedy. Three innocent kids are trapped inside and vying for control. Even Kevin is angry at those who hurt them, and it is likely due to what he was subjected to that gave him the behavioral issues he now has. Doey feels extreme comion for those under his care, and he is distraught at the thought of the Safe Haven being destroyed. While he attacks us for it, it is an extreme emotion caused by a very upsetting event.

He goes against Poppy, yes, but he also goes against the Prototype. Matthew and Jack seemingly know that Kevin’s actions at the end of the chapter are out of line, as they both apologize. He is complex, Kevin’s actions are instinctual, but three terrified and abused kids don’t deserve to be labeled evil for trying to protect the other kids. He was doing his best, and Kevin’s aggression was mostly under control for a very long time.

While some may disagree, it is important to see all of these characters on a scale of complexity. So far, very few have come across as fully innocent, and of those, most of them are orphans who were the victims of everything else. Doey the Doughman is a great example of a well-rounded character in Poppy Playtime Chapter 4, and one that deserved a little more screen time.