Hello Puppets: Mind Games
Ok I may have been the one who originally started this Hello Puppets x Psychonauts crossover idea. But this next part is an expansion (or a sequel) to the story and was created by mjackson97-blog1 So if it's ok with you I'm posting their idea on my blog so others can see it. I got to be honest this might even be better than my original idea, so good job mjackson97-blog1 😎👍 So without further ado I present to you Hello Puppets: Mind Games
Plot: Albert mentallis, Otto’s nephew, and his new friend scout explain to the Psychonauts what had happened. how he and scout first met at the abandoned handeemen warehouse and how they escaped from there that night. The others already know about Mortimer’s handeemen like…
Raz knew about the show when he took his younger siblings, mirtala and queepie, to watch it at a public library while the Aquato family circus was staying in a small town at the time. He also saw reruns of episodes.
Lili thought the show was too childish for her tastes, but it did have a sort of creepy edge to it.
A few of the adult agents have read and heard about the strange things going on with the show’s creator, Owen gubberson. how he was a crazy recluse, perfectionist and control freak, caused trouble during production and they have heard those “rumors” about how he had dabbled into voodoo cultism to bring his puppets to life because he believed that puppets contained souls. Well they’re not rumors anymore thanks to Albert and scout.
I headcanon that Norma has pupaphobia, the fear of puppets. Since she was a kid she had always been creeped out by them. That and it would be satisfying and funny to see norma scared out of her wits as karma for being a jerk to Raz.
The stakes rise higher when our heroes notice that Strange, new episodes of MH start airing on TV, which is suspicious because the show is supposed to be cancelled. But this is no revival for these episodes had hypnotic messages and images affecting those who watch it for too long, hinting that the handeemen are getting ready to unleash their world-conquering plan.
So now it’s up to Raz, Albert, Scout and co. to travel back to the handeemen warehouse, apprehend the evil puppets and stop their plans once and for all.
Other notes: I believe that scout doesn’t need to be literally attached to a host’s arm to survive, thanks to mortimer’s magic affecting her differently and Albert’s psychic healing saving her life. There’s a scene where after he and scout escape from the warehouse, Albert carefully snips off the stitches on his arm and scout crawls off of it, surprising him.
At one point, Lucy/Nona decides to sew some legs for scout, thus turning her from a hand puppet to a sort of plush doll.
The rest of Raz’s family (Mainly Queepie and Mirtala) also enjoy having scout and Albert around. Albert teaching Augustus and Frazie radar sense and psychic healing and scout would be amazed at the Aquatos’ acrobatic performances.
Daisy danger and Nick nack are present. Daisy would be as twisted as some of the other puppets but Nick would be pretending to be evil and be on the good guys’ side. Nick didn’t wish to abuse hosts like his peers did, and he was tired of being abused by Mortimer and Riley so he rebelled like scout did. He would secretly help from the shadows, stand up to the other handeemen and sacrifice himself to save the heroes.
Raz would confront Mortimer at some point (everyone interaction he would have with the handeemen would be ready to fight and snarky quips like one on Riley’s evolution theory, saying that she and the handeemen evolved from trees) but since according to Mortimer a child host wouldn’t hold much energy to sustain him long, he casts a spell on the junior agent, said spell slowly turning Raz into a puppet (as he first notices his left hand becoming wood). The spell is slow-acting though, so it’s a race against the clock to find the reversal spell or else Raz would become a full puppet.
Maybe ford knew Owen in the past, as in they were old friends before going their separate ways or ford met Owen sometime during the show’s production. Either way, it would be shocking for him to find Owen’s body taxidermied into a human puppet. He would also discover that Owen’s soul is still being kept alive to keep the handeemen alive even without regular human hosts.
Since the handeemen are representations of different aspects of Owen’s mind and personality, maybe they contain bits of Owen’s memories. Maybe Raz could explore their minds and find said memories to learn more about Owen.
(Once again, this Expansion of the Hello Puppets x Psychonauts crossover belongs to mjackson97-blog1)