"Who remembers Talking Tattletail? It was SO creepy, right??" - Steam Page
Talking Tattletail is a line of Furby-like toys shown off in Tattletail. They were developed by Waygetter Electronics. The player was supposed to receive one by Christmas, but opens it from its present five days prior, and must take care of its needs every night before it can go back to sleep.
Overview
Appearance
Tattletail is somewhat small, and has an egg-like body shape with small, human-like feet. Tattletail can come in many different colors, as shown by the purple, blue, and yellow Tattletails that appear late in the game. Tattletail also has an egg hole.
Features
Tattletail is able to speak and respond to the environment. Tattletail is also able to eat food, and can leave eggs filled with "goodies".
Gameplay
Tattletail has several needs that must be maintained throughout the night. Tattletail must be fed, groomed, and kept charge. These needs can be kept track of by the bars on the top left of the screen. When these needs fail to be fulfilled, Tattletail will emit noise. This will initially make the player assume that Tattletail is an antagonist, as it attracts Mama.
Tattletail can be groomed by using the brush found on the couch in the Living Room.
Tattletail can be fed by using the fridge located in the Kitchen.
Tattletail can be charged by using the charging station located in the Basement. Performing this action takes significantly more time than the others.
Tattletail does not like the dark, and will emit noise when light is low or absent. The Flashlight is used to counter this when the lights are out.
In-Game Appearances
December 20, 1998
The Player opens his Christmas present early, which is revealed to be a light purple-furred Talking Tattletail. It is to be fed, and groomed. Tattletail is then put back into the box and back into the wrapping.
December 21, 1998
Tattletail is found in the basement dryer when The Player goes to investigate it. The batteries in Tattletail then must be charged. Afterwards, The Player is tasked with finding a vase to play with. In doing so, the vase breaks and the lights go out. After retrieving The Flashlight, Mama is seen briefly in the dark before the lights come back on. Tattletail is then to be put back into the box and wrapped back up.
December 22, 1998
After investigation of the whirring noise in The Basement, Tattletail is found upstairs, having made a mess in the Living Room. Tattletail is then to be taken to Mama, whom, upon arriving to her previous location, has disappeared. Tattletail is then to be put back into the box and wrapped back up.
December 23, 1998
Tattletail is found in the garage with another yellow variant. The Player interacts with this Tattletail by playing Hide & Seek, in which the yellow Tattletail goes to hide for an increasing amount of time while The Player is left to survive with their Tattletail against Mama.
December 24, 1998
December 25, 1998
An empty Tattletail box is given to the player on Christmas Day, 1998 before Mama attacks them. It is unknown which Tattletail inhabited the box, though it was most likely the purple one.
Trivia
- Talking Tattletail has an official Twitter account, which randomly posts phrases spoken by the character in-game and occasionally responds to mentions.
