Shadow Tubbie is a character of the Slendytubbies saga. It appears as an antagonist in Slendytubbies 2D.
Appearance
It is a huge, pitch-black teletubbie with an antenna that looks like a bracket. Its body is similar to the regular bodies of the teletubbies, but larger. The only facial features it has is a wide, bloody and toothy grin. It is also bigger than the rest of the teletubbies.
Behavior
It appears as the sole threat of Laa-Laa's Dream. It follows the player while invisible. If it is looked at from afar, it will freeze in place and become visible. If it is close to the player while visible, it will begin to chase the player, killing them on contact. If it is far away enough and is not looked at, it will become invisible again. It is slower than the player, making it easy to outrun. However, its color can camouflage it and make it unpredictable.
Trivia
- It acts in the same way as Tinky Winky, Ghost Girl, Laa-Laa and Lake Dipsy.
- It is said that this was the monster that chased Laa-Laa in the nightmare she talks about in Slendytubbies III.
- Since it is pitch-black, only its grin and its screen are visible in the dark.
- It's the only monster along with Ghost Girl that shares its chasing sound with another monster, in this case, the same aforementioned Ghost Girl.
- Its size is the game files is huge next to all of the other characters, but is similar to Yeti Tubby's size in the game itself.
Shadow Tubbie reappears in Slendytubbies III as one of the different threats, in Multiplayer.
According to Sean Toman, it is a representation of the infection and its danger while the dream where it appears is a warning about the future. It reveals that the Shadow Tubbie is the metaphorical villain of the Slendytubbies saga.
Appearance
It has a similar appearance from the previous opus: An huge, pitch-black teletubbie with a bloody glowing grin and a bracket-shaped antenna. However, its body is slightly different and seems to be slightly muscular.
Multiplayer
In Collect and Versus, it appears as the threat of Laa-Laa's Dream.
Like other monsters, it will approach the closest Tubby Custard to the player and patrol around it, until it spots the player. When the player is spotted, it will start to chase the player until all nearby players are far away enough or dead. It is rather of a threat due to its fast attack but the map is large and open enough to easily avoid it.
Survival
For more infos, see Survival
It appears as the boss at the tenth wave of its respective map.
Sandbox
For more infos, see Sandbox
It can appears as an enemy, an ally or a playable character.
Campaign
Chapter 0
When Po talks to Laa-Laa and ask her about how she is feeling, she talks about a bad dream that she had the last night, where bad things were happening to her and the rest.
The Dream is a warning about the massacre that is going to happen at night while the Shadow Tubbie, even though not directly mentioned, represents the infection that is going to happen as well as the dangers that follow.
Chapter 4
The Shadow Tubbie briefly appears in Slendytubbies III: The Apocalypse DLC in an hallucination endured by The Guardian.
Trivia
- It doesn't share anymore a chase track with Ghost Girl.
- This makes this track being its own chase sound.
- However, Evil Guardian use this track as well.
- It is the only character of the entire saga to be completely mute.
- It and the Brute Tubbies are the only hostile teletubbies to not be infected.
- Its nickname "Shadow Tubbie" is referring to it being a shadowy entity without physical details.
- It was represented as being the biggest teletubbie in Slendytubbies 2D but is smaller than a few infected teletubbies in Slendytubbies III.
- In The Apocalypse DLC, The Guardian refers to it as a "he", eventually implying that it's a male character, unless it's only how The Guardian sees it.
- The fact it was seen by The Guardian, in addition to have been seen by Laa-Laa, implies that the Shadow might be more than a representation of the infection.
- It shares its attack speed with Cave Tubbie, Crawler Tubbie, Spider Po, Arrow Tubbie, The Announcer and the New Borns Duo.
Slendytubbies 2D
Sprites
Slendytubbies III
Sandbox
ZeoWorks
Smiley
Screams/ Spotting Sounds
Slendytubbies III
Theme
| Teletubbies | Test Subjects | Arrow Tubby • Cave Tubby • Dipsy • Laa-Laa • Po • Tinky Winky • Yeti Tubby |
|---|---|---|
| Military / Workers | Anne • Conor • Dutch • Finn • Gary • Lenny • Miles • Richard • Tobby • Ron | |
| New Borns | Newborn General • Scorpion Newborn | |
| Others | Brute Twins • The Guardian • Shadow Tubby | |
| Artificial Intelligence | The Announcer • The Imposter • Noo-noo • Mini-Announcer •Spider Droid• Unit 437 | |
| Miscellaneous | Coat Men • Ghost Girl | |