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. Ciuraneta, Cristian (November 25, 2022). "Project: Playtime, el nuevo F2P multijugador asimétrico de Poppy Playtime ya tiene fecha en Steam". MeriStation (in Spanish) . Retrieved November 26, 2022. a b c Mehta, Amar (April 5, 2022). "Huggy Wuggy: Parents and schools concerned about viral videos". Sky News . Retrieved April 5, 2022.

Dr. Matthew Wayson– a scientist or psychologist seemingly responsible for recording and monitoring the children and experiments, along with the physiological impact their studies have on the children Newell, Suki (March 15, 2022). "Poppy Playtime: Everything To Know About Mommy Long Legs". Screen Rant . Retrieved March 15, 2022. Huggy Wuggy, otherwise known as Experiment-1170, is a toy produced by Playtime Co., who makes his titular debut in Chapter 1: A Tight Squeeze. As stated by Playtime Co., Huggy is one of their most successful products. Reeves, Brianna (April 29, 2022). "Poppy Playtime Chapter 2: Official Mommy Long Legs Plush Toy Revealed". Screen Rant . Retrieved April 30, 2022.

Eddie M.N. Ritterman– an employee who worked in the laboratory and aided in the deal between Playtime Co. and Warrenbach Construction Reeves, Brianna (May 5, 2022). "Poppy Playtime Collectibles Reveal Terrifying Truth About the Player". Screen Rant . Retrieved May 5, 2022. Barrel o’ Huggys– a barrel of stretchy, flat versions of Huggy Wuggy that can hook together, similar to the real-life Barrel of Monkeys game. Rejected as it was deemed a choking hazard after children tried to eat from the barrel thinking it was candy Owen the Oven– a toy oven with a face, rejected due to multiple children receiving third-degree burns while playing with him

Grobar, Matt (April 27, 2022). " 'Poppy Playtime': Mob Games, Studio71 Developing Horror Film Based On Video Game". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved April 27, 2022. a b c Liles, Jordan (April 6, 2022). "Huggy Wuggy Police Warning Prompts Misleading Rumors About TikTok and YouTube Kids". Snopes . Retrieved April 7, 2022. Wilson, Mike (April 27, 2022). "Studio71 Inks Deal to Develop Film Adaptation of MOB Games' 'Poppy Playtime' ". Bloody Disgusting . Retrieved April 27, 2022.Mommy Long Legs is the main antagonist of Chapter 2, dragging you through a series of deadly games in exchange for the code you need to start the train and get out of the factory. Throughout, she frequently flips between a soft, maternal yet menacing voice, to downright furious screams, and she clearly finds great joy in toying with her prey. This is evident by the fact that some writings say "Starving" and "I'm so hungry." Further proven by the fact that he seems to eat you when you die. Ordonez, Brenda (April 1, 2022). "Who is Huggy Wuggy? Why is Kewaunee Co. school district worried". WFRV-TV . Retrieved April 2, 2022. Around Poppy Playtime 's release, developer Ekrcoaster claimed that Mob Entertainment plagiarized his game Venge. In the aforementioned statement, Belanger denied the allegations, stating that there was no intent to plagiarize. [41] [42]

In a trailer headshot close-up of Huggy, it seemed that behind his plastic "eyes" lie big shot, human-like eyes. As far as we are aware, all of these warnings from schools are originating from fan made content based off of our game, but if you want my personal opinion, I do not think that any of these videos should be cause for concern, and we appreciate all the hard work and dedication our fans are put toward creating content inspired off of Poppy Playtime.”

McNulty, Thomas (April 10, 2022). "Poppy Playtime Trailer Possibly Reveals Mommy Long Legs' True Form". Screen Rant . Retrieved April 10, 2022. The creator of one of the more popular pieces of fan content was Igor Gordiyenko who is TryHardNinja on YouTube. He created the controversial Huggy Wuggy song that has around 5 million views.