Poppy Playtime's Kissy Missy has to be among the best characters in the horror franchise. Unlike other toys, she's one of the good ones, seeking to put an end to monstrous events that plague the factory - a stark contrast to her worse half, making you question the relationship between Kissy Missy and Huggy Wuggy. So let's take a look at what you need to know about the pink, lanky lady.
As she makes her debut in Poppy Playtime Chapter 2, playing a minor role, it's a good idea to give our walkthrough guide a read, particularly if Poppy Playtime's Mommy Long Legs is causing you problems.
Here's what you need to know about Poppy Playtime's Kissy Missy:
Who is Poppy Playtime's Kissy Missy?
Kissy Missy is one of the toys from Playtime Co, and she's the other half of Huggy Wuggy (the names probably give that away). It was in 1985 that she first hit the market, just one year after Huggy Wuggy, with her Bigger Bodies version arriving in 1990 as Experiment 1172.
She's a precious soul whom I'd honestly protect with my life. She's a trooper who deserves so much more than what she gets in this hellhole.
Kissy Missy and Huggy Wuggy
As we mentioned, Kissy Missy and Huggy Wuggy are a pair. For the longest time, we didn't see them interact, but that finally changed in Broken Things - the moment is adorable, with the pair bonding over their injuries. Kissy manages to calm Huggy down from his murderous rage, only for the Prototype to show up and ruin it all.
What is Poppy Playtime Kissy Missy's role in the story?
Kissy Missy shows up briefly to help you out in Chapter 2 as she pulls a lever that raises the gate that previously blocked your way forward (admittedly, we're unsure how helpful this is considering how much Mommy Long Legs wants to kill us, but we'll take what we can get in this hellhole). She disappears by the time the gate rises enough for you to get through.
Following her disappearance after aiding us in A Fly in a Web, Kissy Missy reappears in Chapter 3, and, despite her initially throwing you to the floor after you first see her in Playcare, more specifically, in Home Sweet Home, it's clear that she really is one of the good toys, as she lets you go after Poppy tells her that you're "one of the good ones."
Kissy Missy then places Poppy on her shoulder, showing a clear friendship between the two, and we hope she now loves us, too. Come the end of the chapter, Kissy Missy's future is hanging in the balance, as it sounds like another evil toy, or the Prototype himself, goes after her after she pulls the lever to allow us and Poppy to go down an elevator. Look, we're just going to say it: there was enough room on that elevator for her to come with us.
Poppy, clearly distraught at the thought of losing her friend, overrides the elevator, leading us back up. Luckily, Kissy survives her encounter with the devil and is present in Chapter 4, continuing to be a valuable ally and friend - lord knows we need one after what happens with Poppy Playtime's Doey and Poppy ditching us.
Kissy is with Poppy when you first see her again, and she helps you hide from the Prototype, but she spends the rest of the chapter recovering from her injuries in Safe Haven. At the end of the chapter, she accompanies you and Poppy as you try to contact Ollie, who has the least surprising reveal of all time as the Prototype (okay, that's an exaggeration, but we did guess that would happen). Following some explosions, Kissy tries to save you from falling into a pit, but both you and her arm fall into the abyss below.
Warning: the following features spoilers for Broken Things!
Kissy Missy then appears along with Poppy in Chapter 5, with them both being prisoners of Lily Lovebraids. Luckily, you bust them out, but not so luckily, Lovebraids recaptures all three of you, forcing you to sit at a table for a confrontation with the Prototype.
Experiment 1006 seriously injures Poppy, breaking her face, which sends Kissy into a rage so fierce that she successfully wards off the Prototype, allowing her to escape with Poppy in her arms.
The final time you see Kissy is heartbreaking: the Prototype stabs her, after stabbing Huggy Wuggy right in front of her. The toys were bonding, reuniting, and she was seemingly winning Huggy over to our side, only for Experiment 1006 to come along and ruin it all - we can but hope the pink fluff ball is somehow alive.
Poppy Playtime Kissy Missy's personality
Kissy is a kind, benevolent, and caring soul - for the most part. While we stand by those nice words about her, she does have a more ruthless side akin to that of her counterpart, Huggy Wuggy. While she helps you on numerous occasions, only attacking you once when she perceives you as a threat (quickly letting you go when Poppy tells her you're good), she did play a role in The Hour of Joy.
However, we still consider her to be evil in the slightest. The poor toy snapped, killing the workers who were trying to move her to Playcare, though that's all she does, as she returns to the gurney after dealing with them rather than going after innocent people. Something Mommy, Huggy, Boxy, Miss Delight, and CatNap can't say, for they went all in on the massacre.
It breaks our hearts every time we play Deep Sleep and see her sitting in a room in Home Sweet Home looking at a photo. Presumably, this was her as a child, indicating she may have been one of the orphans in Playcare.
Poppy Playtime Kissy Missy appearances
So far, Kissy Missy has appeared in every chapter, though she's only on posters in A Tight Squeeze. In Fly in a Web, she helps you out briefly before disappearing - you see her for about a minute - and then in Deep Sleep, she has a stronger presence, aiding Poppy Playtime's Poppy as she tries to put an end to the terror plaguing the factory. She further cements herself as an ally in Safe Haven, and it honestly breaks our hearts to see her so scared, but not as much as her fate in Chapter 5.
Is Kissy Missy Dead?
While we all rejoiced at seeing Kissy Miss alive in Chapter 4, we might not be so lucky a second time. Kissy, during an incredibly sweet moment with Huggy, is attacked and seemingly killed along with her other half - I love her, I think she's the bravest character in the entire series, so I'm really hoping that somehow, someway, she's still alive, but my gut tells me it's wishful thinking.