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Characters are the NPCs and the player character in the Baldi's Basics series, which can be either students, school faculty, or other entities in the Schoolhouse or Super Schoolhouse alike. While almost all of the characters are obstacles to hinder the player's progression, Baldi is the only hostile character who possesses the ability to end the game by catching the player themselves in the whole series.
Description[]

The original cast of characters from left to right: Arts and Crafters, Playtime, 1st Prize, Baldi, It's a Bully, Principal of the Thing, Gotta Sweep, and Cloudy Copter.
All of the non-player characters are designed as 2D sprites (non-Plus), similar to the items and environment objects. For the game's weird, bizarre purpose, the characters lack stylistic unity. The characters' sprites consist of CGI models, flash animation, 2D drawings, and realistic photography. To fit the game's nostalgic themes, most of them are applied with a dithering effect and a lot of size reduction.
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Protagonist[]

- Main article: The player
The player is the only playable character and the main protagonist in the Baldi's Basics series.
Schoolhouse/Super Schoolhouse characters[]
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Baldi | Great teacher due to his incredible hearing abilities! He can not only tell where any sound came from, but who made it too! | |
Playtime | Despite her poor eyesight and short memory, she's always looking for a playmate! "Let's play!" | |
Arts and Crafters | Shy, and tries to be avoided. Doesn't like being looked at, and gets jealous at people with more notebooks than him. | |
It's a Bully | Here at here school, we believe every good school needs a good bully! That's why we have this kid! | |
Principal of the Thing | "If I see anyone breaking the school rules, I'll make sure justice is served! It tastes good and fills my tummy!" | |
1st Prize | Won 1st Prize at the Science Fair! Loves hugging people, rushing towards anyone it sees. Sadly, it turns super slowly. | |
Gotta Sweep | What do you do when the school opens in 7 hours and you haven't hired a janitor? Hire a broom! It sweeps everything! | |
Cloudy Copter | A cloud who loves being a cloud doing cloudy things. Floats around and blows strong winds down halls. | |
Chalkles | Some kid drew this face and next thing you know it's floating around, laughing and making mischief. | |
Beans | Tries to impress others by blowing bubble gum bubbles, but usually just ends up spitting them out. | |
Mrs. Pomp | Hops around in her high-heeled shoe inviting students to her class. Make sure you're not late! Or else! | |
The Test | If you want to keep an eye on anyone, look no further than this fella! Don't forget where you last spotted him! | |
Dr. Reflex | A cheap doctor who employs a unique reflex testing method to diagnose students. Don't leave until the test is finished! |
Johnny[]
- Main article: Johnny

Johnny as he appears in his respective store.
Johnny is the shopkeeper of his store. He will greet the player upon entering the store in the Pit Stop. He will offer filled maps and items. The player has to earn You Thought Points to purchase things in the store.
Corrupted/Glitched characters[]
Corrupted characters are characters that were merely glitched or corrupted file-like figures, mostly appearing deep in the series itself. They are mysterious and unpredictable, which might freak the player out.
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Null | A corrupted entity that is inside Baldi's Basics and tries to tell the player to destroy the game before something bad happens. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Glitched entities that appear in the glitched school. A red variant replaces Null after being defeated in NULL Style. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Unknown wall-like entity hidden in Baldi's Basics Birthday Bash and Classic Remastered. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Two unknown entities found in the NINENINE secret. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Easter egg characters[]
Minor characters that appear hidden in secret locations as Easter eggs. They lack overall personal behavior functions as they play a very small role in the game.
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An old scrapped Gotta Sweep design, which only appears in the glitched school on a wall at the end of a hallway, only in Baldi's Basics Birthday Bash. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A head used as a placeholder which also makes some cameos between various Baldi games. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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An image of the game's creator, mystman12, which appears after beating Glitch Style. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bladder | A character parodying Baldi's bootlegs, appears in a secret room in Demo Style from Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Crazy Baby | An old character created by mystman12, appears as a cameo in Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BadSum
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A character that appears on an error screen or ending in Baldi's Basics Plus. |
Other characters[]
There are several characters that have only been mentioned, only appear in the comics, or have been scrapped from the games. Here is a list of them:
Trivia[]
General[]
- The idea of characters appearing as 3D models, drawings, or photo-cropped may be based on the Cartoon Network animation series The Amazing World of Gumball where it also has a lack of stylistic unity on characters.
- All 3D-model characters (Baldi, It's a Bully, 1st Prize, Mrs. Pomp, The Test,
PlaceFace
and Cloudy Copter) are made in a 1999 3D-modeling and animation program called Anim8or. - All 2D-drawn characters are made in GIMP (Chalkles and Johnny), Paint.NET (Beans), and Microsoft Paint (Playtime).
- Dr. Reflex is the only character that is made with claymation.
- Principal of the Thing is the only character who's sprite has been seen undithered, including in a prototype of the character or small portion of a character.
- Interestingly, none of his merchandising includes an undithered Principal of the Thing.
- Out of all the characters in the series, only four have appeared in every single game/demo. Those four characters are Baldi, Principal of the Thing, It's a Bully and the player.
- Almost all of the Schoolhouse characters have a name that directly refers to what they do or what they look like.
- Baldi - He is a bald teacher.
- Principal of the Thing - He is the school principal.
- Playtime - She makes the player play a mini-game when they encounter her.
- It's a Bully - He is a bully.
- Arts and Crafters - He looks like a sock puppet that a kid would make in an arts and crafts class.
- Gotta Sweep - He is a broom that sweeps a lot.
- 1st Prize - He is the science project that won first prize.
- Cloudy Copter - He is a cloud that looks similiar to a helicopter.
- Chalkles - His name is likely a pun by the two words "chalk" and "chuckles", due the fact he is made of chalk and also for his laughter.
- Mrs. Pomp - She has blonde pompadour hair at the very top of her head.
- Dr. Reflex - He is a doctor who tests other people's reflexes.
- The only Schoolhouse characters who do not follow this are The Test and Beans.
- Almost all NPCs cannot see through windows. There is a poster in the Schoolhouse that explains this. However, the player can see them through windows.
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- Baldi and angry Dr. Reflex can focus on sound. However, Dr. Reflex does not use an indicator.
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Baldi's Basics Plus[]
- Sometimes, NPCs can enter a room without opening a standard door or pass through the swinging door. This is especially common when they are faster than the player's running speed.
- Since V0.3, all characters are faster than in prior versions because the aforementioned version increases the overall speed of the game.
- Since V0.4, the entity system has been changed. As a result, the characters can interact with the balloons and the merry-go-rounds.
- Since V0.6, all characters cannot see behind the dust clouds created by the Dirty Chalk Eraser.
- Since V0.8, NPCs will not be able to see the player in the dark.
- The Test and Principal of the Thing are the only characters that affect the lighting.
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- Chalkles is the only character who sees through the dust clouds.
- Mrs. Pomp is the only character can stop the game environment.
Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered[]
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Gallery[]
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About page • Mentioned • Unused/Removed • Comic-exclusive • Category | |
Protagonist |
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1st Prize • Arts and Crafters • Baldi • Beans • Chalkles • Cloudy Copter • Dr. Reflex • Gotta Sweep • It's a Bully • Johnny • Mrs. Pomp • Playtime • Principal of the Thing • The Test | |
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