The Neighbor

"Now that... is a beautiful, and positively silly thought."
- Joey Drew

This article contains sources that were not canonical as an official part of the Bendy series or the overall plotline.

See Neighbor (disambiguation) for other related uses.

Overview

Gallery

Theodore Peterson
Battle Information
Enemy type	Boss Enemy
Classification	Human
Health	Invulnerable
Damage	Instant death
Locations
Bendy and the Ink Machine	Ink Machine Room Utility Shaft 9 Projection Booths Sacrifice Room Corridor Maze Throughout Chapter 3 910 Friendly Court (Hello Neighbor)
Misc. Information
Aliases	The Neighbor "The Ink Demon" Figure of ink Bendy
Voiced provider	Aaron Landon (Sammy's role for CH2) Brett Weaver (Hello Neighbor)

Theodore Masters Peterson, commonly referred to as The Neighbor, is the main antagonist of the stealth horror game Hello Neighbor, appearing exclusively in the crossover mod Hello Bendy for Bendy and the Ink Machine, from Chapter 1: Moving Pictures to Chapter 3: Rise and Fall.

In this Crossover Event for Bendy and the Ink Machine, Theodore replaced Ink Bendy for Chapters 1 - 3 and Sammy for Chapter 2: The Old Song.

Bestiary

Description

The Neighbor is a tall, well-built, cartoonish-looking man wearing a yellow shirt with rolled-up sleeves, blue diamond sweater vest, red/orange trousers, black rubber gloves, and black shoes with white caps and shoelaces. Strangely, the letter "W" can be seen on the bottom of each shoe's sole. He has brown hair, green eyes, skinny legs, and a curly mustache.

In the game's Crossover Hello Bendy for Bendy and the Ink Machine, there is no sign of any differences for the Neighbor's appearance, and unlike the other characters, his color palette does not match the game's overall style.

In the crossover version for Hello Neighbor, he appears almost the same as his regular appearance, except his entire body is yellow (because the whole game has been made yellow), and he is wearing Sammy's mask.

Personality

In the Hello Neighbor version of the crossover, the Neighbor is a mysterious, mostly silent, yet smart person. He will act threateningly to chase away anyone he sees as a threat, like the regular game. In the Bendy and the Ink Machine version, however, he is silent besides the music that plays when hunting and chasing. His AI acts the same as Beta Bendy, but other than that, he's the same as he was in Hello Neighbor.

Appearances

Hello Bendy

Bendy and the Ink Machine

In Chapter 1: Moving Pictures after finishing the puzzle to activate the Ink Machine, the Neighbor will suddenly pop out behind the blocked entrance of the Ink Machine's room upon approaching before the whole area and hallways slowly flood with ink, along with web-like ink covering the workshop's entire walls and ceilings. As he appears, he just stands there looking around as if he is on alert before vanishing by the ink flowing in front of him.

In Chapter 2: The Old Song, the Neighbor first appeared when walking by in front of the T-Shaped Corridor before disappearing while quietly speaking some poetry to himself in the same way as Sammy. He will later appear above at the balcony of the recording studio after Henry activates the first ink flow of Sammy's sanctuary.

In Chapter 3: Rise and Fall, the Neighbor first became active when Henry starts solving Twisted Alice's numerous tasks. When he spawns, Henry must quickly hide either inside the Little Miracle Station or the closed elevator. Otherwise, the Neighbor will spot Henry and start chasing him down. Upon being caught, the Neighbor instantly kills Henry, sending him back to a Bendy statue. Just like Ink Bendy, the Neighbor is completely invulnerable to all weapons Henry equips. In that case, Henry's only survival tips during the Neighbor's encounter are running and hiding from him.

Amusingly, in the Hello Bendy Crossover for Bendy and the Ink Machine, the Neighbor shares Ink Bendy's supernatural ability to cause web-like ink covering around the walls, ceilings, and floors whenever he appears, except when he takes the role of Sammy Lawrence in Chapter 2. Furthermore, seen in Chapter 3, the Neighbor can even walk through walls with ink-like substances to teleport. Another amusing fact about the Neighbor in the Crossover is that he strongly dislikes it when anyone destroys the Bendy cutouts.

Hello Neighbor

In this Crossover only for Hello Neighbor, where everything has a black and sepia color scheme similar to Bendy and the Ink Machine, the Neighbor wears a mask that's exactly like Sammy Lawrence's but flipped horizontally.

Another difference about the "customized" Neighbor is that the beta version of the "Little Devil Darling" track starts playing when the chase begins.

Trivia

• Bendy and the Ink Machine (Crossover)
• Hello Neighbor (Crossover)

• Theodore is the first instance of color seen in the bendy games.
• Unlike all 3-dimensional characters from Bendy and the Ink Machine, who were modeled by Pascal Cleroux, the Neighbor was modeled by the Russian game developer Nikita Kolesnikov, who worked at Dynamic Pixels (Now known as Eerie Guest Studios), the company that created Hello Neighbor.
• This is the only human enemy in the game's Crossover.
• In Chapter 2, the Neighbor's mouth never moves when speaking as Sammy and barely express any emotions. This likely was due to either time constrains or an oversight in development.
• In Chapter 2 where he is seen at the balcony and in the Music Department hall after knocking Henry out, the Neighbor never has his gaze following Henry, unlike Sammy.
• In Chapter 3, the "ambient" that plays when the Neighbor is spawned is the exact chase music used for Hello Neighbor's Alpha 2, until it was deemed not scary enough. Incidentally, this music was reused for when the Neighbor was close enough to the protagonist, Nicky Roth, Ink Bendy being in close proximity to Henry Stein, being a similar situation to this. The music, much like Ink Bendy's ambience, is also intended to make the player feel nervous.

• It appears that the Neighbor's nose is a little squished while wearing Sammy's mask. This is to prevent from having his nose clip through the mask.
• From the beginning of the Crossover, there is a noticeable error where the Neighbor is missing his Sammy mask.
  • This is also the case for himself as a giant in nightmare sequences.
• He HATES people tresspassing