Rather than warning children about specific dangers such as Momo or Huggy Wuggy, parents and professionals can better help children by teaching them good practices online.

Players solve puzzles to find the maniacal mascot, who then pops out of vents and chases them around. Scenes from the video game have popped up on YouTube and social media — and young children have reportedly been watching, according to reports from police.On November 18th, 2021, YouTuber [4] TryHardNinja uploaded a video featuring a song titled "HUGGY WUGGY SONG 'Free Hugs'" that included references to both Poppy Playtime and Huggy Wuggy. In roughly one year, the video received over 10 million views and 104,000 likes (shown below). With this in mind, I wondered if the warnings from schools had come as a surprise? “The vast majority of the controversy we are seeing regarding warnings from schools about the Huggy Wuggy character are completely untrue and/or grossly exaggerated. One of the things we've read online is that Huggy Wuggy whispers creepy things into one's ear while playing, but anyone who has actually played Poppy Playtime would know that Huggy Wuggy does not even have a voice in Chapter 1, so it's impossible for him to have whispered anything.” Huggy Wuggy's appearance goes hand in hand with a barbarically nasty character that knows only violence and destruction. That's why he not only behaves in a spontaneously violent manner, but also takes a strategically manipulative approach to destroying his opponents. While his hobby used to be hugging other people, he's now more interested in stalking and killing. In Poppy Playtime, he first pretends to be a statue, only to chase the terrified player through the darkness and try to catch him before he can reach the catwalk.

The goal of this web optimized port is to make FNF and this mod more accessible to players that can’t otherwise play it on their potato PC, on a Chromebook, on their Mac, on their Linux, or simply can’t run the EXE files on their computer. Chris Conroy, cyber protect officer for Dorset Police said: "There are videos people have made, songs people have made, and it's popping up all over YouTube and TikTok using this quite graphic imagery of this bear-like character with razor sharp teeth. It's based around jump scares and things you certainly wouldn't want children exposed to." Enhanced Strength: As a gigantic mutant toy, Huggy Wuggy possesses feats of super strength. He can lift heavy objects, smash through metal and easily kill his opponents. What advice would he have for parents if they were worried about children finding the song and being upset by it? “As a parent, if even after making sure I’ve done everything I could to filter out this content and it still gets through, I would sit with my child and talk to them about what they saw, their feelings and reassure them that Huggy Wuggy is a made up character that can’t hurt them.”

While we did locate some tutorials on YouTube Kids that showed how to draw the Huggy Wuggy character, we did not see any of the "very distressing" videos mentioned by the lone police report. It's entirely possible that some parents saw the Huggy Wuggy drawing tutorials on YouTube Kids and wrongly believed, without evidence, that that meant the "very distressing" videos in question were also available on the platform. (YouTube Kids is designed for children under the age of 12. Meanwhile, TikTok has a "Teen" setting as well as a "TikTok for Younger Users experience" for children under age 13.)

However, following our research, we concluded that the police warning about Huggy Wuggy led to some misinformation and confusion. For example, Huggy Wuggy does not sing songs in "Poppy Playtime," nor did MOB Games create official videos of the character singing. One of the main songs that was referenced by blog articles was created by a fan of the game. The video's creator told us that the upload settings for the clip would not have allowed it to appear on YouTube Kids. In Chapter 2, in the last puzzle room before Mommy Long Legs' transformation, blue fur and blood marks can be seen on the walls, heavily implying that Huggy Wuggy survived and climbed up, albeit in a bloodied, injured state.In Log 08502, Huggy was briefly mentioned as Experiment 1170, and was dubbed the most optimal subject, as he possesses the ideal amount of intelligence and is obedient to the scientists working at the company. If you had fun and would like to keep up-to-update on the mod, make sure to support mod creators on their social media by subscribing, following, liking, etc.