In Poppy Playtime, Huggy Wuggy is a gigantic killer doll, but in the Chapter 2 trailer, it appears much smaller than it was in the first game, which raises the question of what happened to it. It seems strange for such a terrifying creature to be reduced to a miniature size, but since the next game will feature Mommy Long Legs as its main antagonist, it makes some amount of sense for it to defang its former monster. How it happened is unknown, and the true answer may only come to light after Chapter 2, "Fly in a Web," releases.
Huggy Wuggy is the main monster of Poppy Playtime's Chapter 1. It's an indomitable doll of immense size, possessing great strength and a multitude of sharp fangs. The player can only evade it, and can't fight back against its attempts to catch them and - presumably - devour them alive. Kids fell in love with Poppy Playtime's Huggy Wuggy despite the fact that it's a horror game not aimed at children. At the very end of the game, however, the player drops a crate on Huggy Wuggy's head and sends it tumbling to its apparent doom. It was shown in the reveal trailer for Chapter 2, as the next monster, Mommy Long Legs, carries it away, but it's noticeably smaller than it was in the first game.
There are a few explanations as to why Huggy Wuggy is so much smaller in the Poppy Playtime Chapter 2 trailer than it is in Chapter 1, and not all of them are some grand mystery. Hopefully, the answer will be revealed at some point in the series' future, if not in Chapter 2, then perhaps in Chapter 3. Until then, theories will abound, and all fans can do is wonder. The reveal may even say whether or not Huggy Wuggy is Poppy Playtime's Experiment 1006, as it's heavily implied but not explicitly stated to be. The series is still in its early stages, so there's much that's still unknown; this is just one of many mysteries that the developers will hopefully solve in future entries.
Huggy Wuggy Is Smaller In Poppy Playtime Chapter 2's Trailer
Poppy Playtime's Chapter 2 trailer opens with Huggy Wuggy lying still on a tiled floor. A mysterious pink hand appears and snatches it away, revealing that it's stretched across a large expanse of the factory. This is later shown to belong to Mommy Long Legs, who will apparently be the series' next antagonist. Although Mommy Long Legs is the main focus of the trailer, it does have a very interesting detail about Huggy Wuggy. Namely, the fact that it's several times smaller than it was in Chapter 1. Everything about Poppy Playtime's Mommy Long Legs isn't yet known, but she would have to be gargantuan in order to pick it up with one hand the way she does, and judging by the size of the floor tiles it lies on, she is decidedly not.
For all intents and purposes, it would appear that Huggy Wuggy has shrunk from its former immense size into that of a regular toy. How and why is impossible to say, but just about anything could have happened. Huggy is a monstrous human experiment, so there's no telling what's going on underneath that blue cloth exterior. All the details of the various experiments are largely unknown, and for all players know, it could be normal for them to shrink down to the size of normal dolls after their deaths. After all, playing Poppy Playtime won't reveal all its lore, mostly because it's still being established.
Is This The Same Huggy Wuggy In Poppy Playtime Ch. 1?
The most benign explanation for Huggy Wuggy's new size is that it's not the same one that shows up in Chapter 1. Poppy Playtime may be a horror game with a factory full of monster dolls, but not everything has to be some kind of spooky mystery. Playtime Co. made plenty of regular dolls in addition to the horrifying experiments, after all, so there's no reason why the Huggy Wuggy that Mommy Long Legs picked up couldn't have been one of them. The lack of a blood splatter surrounding it does support this since Huggy did leave blood on the railings of the catwalks it hit when players sent it falling to its apparent death. Poppy Playtime is not safe for kids, and Chapter 1 proved that it's not afraid of a little blood and gore.
If the Huggy Wuggy that Mommy Long Legs drags away really isn't the one that chases players in Chapter 1, then there are a few implications. The first is that Huggy Wuggy could still be alive. Players never see it hit the floor in the game, after all, and if it somehow survived, then it could return in a future game. What role it would play or when it would show up is impossible to say for certain, but it could even make an appearance in Chapter 2. It is massively popular, after all, so MOB Games could make it a recurring character throughout the series. Huggy Wuggy could also lie dead in a different part of the factory, where players may find it in a future game. Additionally, if Kissy Missy is Poppy Playtime Chapter 3's monster, then she could swear vengeance upon the player for killing her other half.
Poppy Platyime Chapter 2: What If This Is The Same Huggy Wuggy?
Just as it's possible that the Huggy Wuggy in Poppy Playtime Chapter 2's trailer isn't the one from Chapter 1, it's equally possible that it is. Killing off its most popular character (so far) might seem like a bad move, but the series is still in its early stages, and Huggy Wuggy's popularity seemingly came out of nowhere. There are also plenty of fan-made characters who prove that it doesn't take much for Huggy Wuggy to become completely different; all it might need is a new color to replace the blue. After Mommy Long Legs, Poppy Playtime could see a rainbow of Huggy clones come to future entries.
Poppy Playtime is a horror game filled with unnatural and horrifying monsters, so just about anything could happen in the future. Some kind of evil magic, even if it's never fully explained, could be revealed in upcoming entries. Considering the bizarre and impossible nature of the monstrous toys, it might be the only explanation for how their creators were able to transplant human body parts into them and bring them to life. What happened to Playtime Co. employees isn't known for sure, but they're heavily implied to have become a part of Huggy Wuggy and the other monster toys. Five Nights at Freddy's did something similar, and Poppy Playtime borrows a lot from it, so this is not outside the realm of possibility. Poppy Playtime may show players unimaginable supernatural horrors as the series goes on.