Summary[]
Theodore Peterson, commonly known as The Neighbor, is the main antagonist of the 2018 indie game "Hello Neighbor", as well as the subsequent games.
He was once an amusement park designer, living a peaceful life with his family, before a series of unfortunate events crippled the poor man's psyche. He created the "Golden Apple Theme Park", in which the dangerous "Rotten Core" roller coaster killed a first-grader, leading to the town burning down the theme park. This resulted in the Peterson family fleeing and eventually finding themselves in Raven Brooks. Sometime after Nicky Roth's family moved into the neighborhood, and the boy became friends with Theodore's son, Aaron, Mr. Peterson and his wife got into a horrible car accident which hospitalized and later claimed the life of his wife. Only a few days after that, his son, Aaron, accidentally pushed his daughter, Mya, off the roof of their house, killing her as well.
Afterwards, Theodore buried his daughter and locked his son in the basement, which was witnessed by Nicky Roth through a window. After the events of Hello Neighbor's Act 2 and Secret Neighbor, the Neighbor's house was burned down, leaving Mr. Peterson's whereabouts unknown.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: High 8-C | High 8-C, likely High 6-B with Weather Manipulation
Key: Hello Neighbor | Hello Guest
Name: Theodore Peterson, The Neighbor | The Forest Protector, The Guest, The Raven Man
Origin: Hello Neighbor
Gender: Male
Age: 39 (The secret of Bosco Bay); 46 (Bad Blood); 47 (Grave Mistakes; Puzzle Master); 50 (Missing Pieces, Hide & Seek and Waking Nightmare); 51 (Hello Neighbor act 1, act 2, Buried Secrets, Search and Rescue, Hello Neighbor 2 and Welcome to Raven Brooks)
Classification: Human
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Minor Acrobatics (Hypermobility; Can leap that is over his own height)
- Genius Intelligence
- Preparation
- Enhanced Senses
- Limited Weapon Mastery
- Stealth Mastery
- Perception Manipulation (In Hello Neighbor, the player's vision darkens when the neighbor is nearby.[1] In Secret Neighbor, children who escaped from Clown Neighbor become temporarily dazed[2])
- Shapeshifting (Can disguise himself as children. Clown Neighbor can "Camouflage" himself as household objects, though the object can be identified by his moustache on the front)
- Rage Power (After being hit by five items in a row, he becomes temporarily invincible and far faster)
- Smoke Manipulation via Smoke Bombs
- Clairvoyance (Has a sonar in the house that shows the Neighbor the locations of the children and locked passages)
- Possibly Darkness Manipulation and Pseudo-Teleportation (When knocked down in Secret Neighbor, the Neighbor turns into The Thing, splitting off into dark tendrils and teleporting to a different area in the house)
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Genius Intelligence
- Bodily Weaponry (Beak)
- Stealth Mastery
- Surface Scaling (Is mastered at climbing without the need for tools)
- Intangibility (Can pass through a wall)
- Shapeshifting (Morphed into a raven[3])
- Darkness Manipulation (His shadows are seen without his physical appearance[4])
- Explosion Manipulation via dynamite
- Dream Manipulation
- Animal Manipulation
- Underwater Breathing
- Possession
- Supernatural Luck
- Probability Manipulation
- Death Manipulation
- Creation
- Gravity Manipulation
- Electricity Manipulation
- Flight
- Perception Manipulation
- Mind Manipulation
- Teleportation
- Smoke Manipulation
- Sound Manipulation
- Illusion Creation
- Possible Time Manipulation (via time loops)
- Weather Manipulation
- Low Reality Warping
- Possible Madness Manipulation
Resistance to:
Attack Potency: Large Building level (Harmed Nicky Roth, who tanked long falls, broke out of bear traps with relative ease, and thrown objects long distances at a high speed as a child.[1] Broke a window with relative ease.[1] Easily overpowered Pris and Regina, who tanked an explosion with no injuries. Fought and overpowered a group of police officers) | Large Building level (Can harm Ike,[4] who should be stronger than Hello Neighbor's child protagonist, who can throw objects long distances at a high speed. Can easily broke doors blocked with wooden boards. Ate Quentin alive, who can easily tank high falls and multiple bullets without any mortal injury. Blocked and defeated Pris, who tanked an explosion with no injuries. Stomped Mr. Peterson multiple times, who wasn't injured after a building fell on him, a high-speed car crash, and his own bear traps. Created, destroyed, and manipulated the whole Regina’s dream), likely Large Country level with Weather Manipulation (Implied to be able to create storms as the Forest protectors and the Weather station. Above the Forest protectors, who could turn the sky purple and create a massive hole in the sky and cause storms. Their storms are called Record Breaker and could make it one hundred of time stronger. Their storms seems becoming stronger overtime)
Speed: Supersonic+ (Comparable to Quentin, who can dodge bullets from a shotgun after the bullets getting shoot), higher in Rage | Supersonic+ (Runs on all fours, faster than he was running normally), up to Hypersonic to Massively Hypersonic+ (Their attacks are described as “like a lightning” and that makes sense, considering forest protectors and guest are related to them cause of the weather)
Lifting Strength: Class 25 (Able to lift heavy furniture, such as couches weighing anywhere from 77kg to 110kg. Overpowered Nicky Roth, who can throw objects long distances at a high speed as a child.[1] Overpowered Aaron, who accidentally broke a jaw with a single punch, which would yield this much force) | At least Class 25 (Easily lifted Quentin, an adult man. Should be comparable or even superior to Delroy and Nicky, who can easily lift 4 bowling balls or 4 trash cans)
Striking Strength: Large Building level (Capable of taking out the Player in a single blow) | Large Building level
Durability: Large Building level (Can withstand high-speed car crashes and other heavy objects being thrown at him, if he steps into one of his own beartraps, it will just stop him in place for a few seconds instead of breaking his ankle or even noticeably injuring him. Tanked from getting collapsed by a large building) | Large Building level
Stamina: Athletic (Able to continue chasing the player for extended periods without having to stop or slow down) | Superhuman (Comparable to other charachters like Nicky, who managed to not sleeping or sleep only Nightmares where he was full conscious for months. Never showed to be tired)
Range: Standard Melee Range, higher by throwing tomatoes, glue bottles, bear traps, and Smoke Bombs | Standard Melee Range, Extended Melee Range with shovel, Hundreds of Meters with powers
Standard Equipment: Bear Traps, Glue Traps, Tomatoes (can temporarily challenge the player's vision), Children's Mask, Smoke Bombs, Sonar | Shovel, Dynamite, Guest Doll and another deal doll, Phone
- Optional Equipment: Mannequins (Robots that can easily overpower humans), A Tiny Robot Shark (basically a bear trap attached to a tiny shark-shaped vacuum cleaner with a motion sensor designed to go and snap at anyone it detects other than The Neighbor), Motion Sensors around his house, Shovel | Unlucky Coins, Knife
Intelligence: At least Genius (Can build robots to use against the player. Is an expert in security and can afford motion sensors. Constantly adapts and improves his security while changing tactics to counter the player's attempts to deal with him. The prequel books establish that he was a highly skilled engineer and built some of the greatest designs and attractions at amusement parks ever conceived, including robot vendors) | At least Genius (Manipulated Aaron to make a deal with him. Stole objects and kidnapped people for many years and never got found. Manipulated the whole town for years and made everyone believed he was nothing more than an urban legend, while he was controlling everything from the shadows. Implied to be the leader of the Forest protectors, a cult that everyone thought was only a urban legend and would have been discovered more than 30 years later. Good stalker, probably smarter than the Rescue squad, who can create in some minutes a spaceship and flying cars with only old scrap. Manipulated Regina. Officer Keith, a good police officer and dectetive with a lot of experience couldn't resolve Mr Peterson's puzzles, while the Guest did it easily. Kidnapped Mr. Peterson in a blink of an eye[3])
Weaknesses: He can accidentally step into his own beartraps (though this only stops him in place for a few seconds instead of breaking his ankle or even noticeably injuring him), After he lost his wife and daughter, he suffered a mental breakdown | Runs away if looked at, but will still attack if the player is within melee range.
Note: As Hello Neighbor and Secret Neighbor are consecutive in the timeline, they are listed as the same key. However, The Guest is a different entity, separating the key between them.
Notable Matchups[]
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