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- Generally kinda stupid (laughs at his own joke he thought of so loud he alerts Foxy, mixes household cleaning chemicals in a closet he locked himself in, hands his daughter a water gun to defend herself from Foxy... etc.)

- Had a terrible father (Mentions his father swearing at him in the context of doing things perfectly, mentions his father playing hide and seek with the intent of terrifying him to the point of tears for fun)

- Autism (Just look at him)

- Morally questionable; especially pertaining to his loyalty to Faz Ent. (though I believe he improves as a person throughout the book, he definitely has a hand in covering up things like the bite of 87.)

- A good father (Though he does have issues with being a workaholic, he noticeably values Coppelia more than anything, he always rushes home as soon as possible to get to her, his last thoughts are usually about Coppelia, he always finds little trinkets for her to show his love... I'd say his biggest flaw as a father is his obsession with his job. He isn't perfect, but he's good.)

- Kleptomania (he is constantly picking up little trinkets and things, which isn't my point, my point is he steals stuff he's clearly not supposed to take-- at one point he literally takes one of the animatronics, Mr. Cupcake, to his house. I understand picking up items moves the plot along and gives us more options, but DUDE. PUT THE CUPCAKE DOWN!!!)

- Absolute fucking YAPPER (this is something we all already knew from the first game, but this man LOVES to ramble to anyone who will listen, whether he sees them or not. I primarily cite the games, like Into The Pit where he leaves whole messages just talking about random stuff, and the games, of course, where his monologs meander into other topics-- but in TWB when he talks to Dave he can't seem to keep himself from chatting a little. He just loves to talk!)

- Silly (Constantly thinking up silly jokes, reciting little catchphrases, playing with objects he finds like the water gun, trying to lighten the mood for his coworkers, and more.)

In Mario Kart 7, Wario Shipyard contains a "Banana Bounce Trench" where all bananas thrown into it will bounce for up to a minute before disappearing.

This is due to the invisible floor of the trench being mistakenly designated as a wall in the code, and bananas being coded to bounce off walls. Normally a banana will only bounce off a wall once or twice before landing on the floor, but if the floor itself is defined as a wall, the banana will bounce indefinitely until it despawns.

More rarer images of Neil, my beloved:

20 years.

I find it so beautiful that this little rat's life has been remembered with love for 20 years and will be hopefully for decades to come. Truly a marvel of the internet.

happy 20 year anniversary of Neil banging out the tunes!

though every rat is special, it's a wonderful and unusual thing for their accomplishments to be remembered and cherished by so many people so many years later. we're all so fortunate to know about the rat who banged out the tunes!

thank you to all the people who sent me reference photos of their beloved rats for this piece!!! credits under the cut!