Theodore Peterson (Hello Neighbor)

Mr. Peterson and his family moved from Germany to Raven Brooks hoping to escape their past. They settled in the former home of Roger and Adelle Peterson (Ted's parents), at 910 Friendly Court, in 1991. Diane, his wife, is very outgoing. She made friends easily in Raven Brooks and loves to cook for the family. Aaron, their son, was very introverted; he was in high school and liked to stay in the basement drawing whatever he felt like.

Besides being friends with Enzo, Trinity, and Maritza, Aaron was a loner, as was his sister Mya. Mya was in elementary school at the time. She became very close friends with Maritza and Lucy Yi. However, when the storms and crows returned after their move, the townspeople believed the family was cursed. Aaron and Mya suffered bullying, and Theodore lost some motivation to work at his park after the rides were vandalized. The Guest wears a dark purple striped sweater with a small red pocket on the front, where he keeps a tissue. The sweater's hood completely covers his head, which is hidden by a large yellow wooden beak used as a mask. He carries a patched backpack on his back, held in place by a string. He wears lined brown pants and black shoes with yellow laces. His gloves are visibly dirty. His suit was found in the trash.

In the Hello Neighbor novel, Reset Day, the Guest is described as emitting a smoky odor to those around him. He has a hooked beak and tufts of feathers on his limbs. Below his beak, he has a mustache and gigantic limbs. His hands have claws.

It can transform into different people depending on who it communicates with.

Mr. Peterson and his family moved from Germany to Raven Brooks hoping to escape their past. They settled in the former home of Roger and Adelle Peterson (Ted's parents), at 910 Friendly Court, in 1991. Diane, his wife, is very outgoing. She made friends easily in Raven Brooks and loves to cook for the family. Aaron, their son, was very introverted; he was in high school and liked to stay in the basement drawing whatever he felt like.

Besides being friends with Enzo, Trinity, and Maritza, Aaron was a loner, as was his sister Mya. Mya was in elementary school at the time. She became very close friends with Maritza and Lucy Yi. However, when storms and crows returned after their move, the townspeople believed the family was cursed. Aaron and Mya were bullied at school, and Theodore lost some of his motivation to work at his park after the rides were vandalized.

When the Golden Apple Amusement Park opened, Theodore began to increasingly unsettle Aaron's friends, and then Lucy Yi died. Theodore didn't attend the funeral with his family, nor did he speak to them much. He spent most of his time in the basement, working on various devices and gadgets. At this time, he became engaged to the new Puzzle Master, Norman Darby. Theodore was aware of the capabilities of the devices he was working on and decided to leave them in Darby's hands, as Norman was one of the people he trusted most. Furthermore, he was keeping secrets from his own son: he had stolen a wallet Aaron had found and denied ever having seen Ike Gershowitz, whom Theodore seemed to already know was dead.

Theodore became increasingly withdrawn, and one day he lost the person he loved most, Diane. Apparently, she became stressed while driving and accelerated to 30 miles per hour around a corner, causing a car accident. Theodore fell into a depression and spent days without speaking to anyone, until he finally exploded at Aaron, who was bullying his sister.

After Mya's death, Theodore knew he had to protect his son from the authorities, so he locked him in the basement. His behavior changed completely. Now he acts strangely, wandering around the house as if he has a fixed schedule, going to certain places each day of the week, whether it's the Municipal Archives, the park, or the basement of his own house. He knew he had to keep his son out of everyone's sight, but when his neighbor, Nicky Roth, began to suspect something, he knew he had to lure him to the basement too, using Aaron.

Mr. Peterson was a peculiar fellow. His greatest passion was designing plans and ideas for theme parks. In 1977, he married Diane Peterson (her maiden name is unknown). He was 32 years old, but Diane's age is unknown. They lived a comfortable life, traveling the world. He was not at his best and, evidently, did not fully enjoy life.

From Theodore's perspective, the partners he worked with at the various amusement parks didn't like him much and were more concerned with the money they made from the rides. Despite all these problems, he continued trying to make his family happy. He would dress up as a clown whenever his daughter, Mya Peterson, had a tea party, and that always made her smile.

Theodore's life began to decline when he moved back to Raven Brooks, his hometown. In 1991, he opened his last park, the Golden Apple Amusement Park, after reaching an agreement with the Golden Apple Corporation. He witnessed numerous accidents at the park and kept an office at home where he investigated them, using various photographs. He began to feel resentment toward his son, seeing him as a kind of omen for being present at every accident.

Theodore Peterson is a man in his fifties. He has several days' growth of beard, unlike in the first game, likely due to the months he spent in isolation to evade the police. He always wears his black, greasy, and intimidating-looking rubber gloves with the sleeves rolled up. His brown hair, though graying, forms a cowlick on the crown, and his distinctive mustache is always curled at the sides. His bushy eyebrows are usually arched and point towards his triangular, red nose. Theodore has green eyes and appears sleep-deprived. He has prominent cheekbones, a round chin, and wrinkles on his forehead.

His shirt is yellow, collared, with a stain on the left side. The small pattern resembles waterproof material. The vest he's wearing over it is blue with a diamond pattern. The vest's edges are dark blue and ribbed, while the diamonds are a lighter blue. The vest has dotted white lines running through it as part of the pattern. Theodore's pants are orange with darker orange stripes, and his shoes are black and white sneakers.

Theodore is using the weather station to cause a flood so the residents of Raven Brooks will know what it's like to lose something valuable. Two stepsisters, Regina and Pris, encounter him after a car accident. After being taken to a store and exchanging a few words, Regina gets angry and runs away. She hides in the back of Theodore's truck, and he takes her to the weather station. She convinces Theodore to stop using the machine, but just as he's about to turn it off, the Guest takes over. The machine explodes, and the flood ends. The police arrive, but the Guest continues to roam the town.

Theodore Peterson has left his home, as the police are on his trail. He's moved into a museum and made it his hideout, only to realize that Quentin has discovered him. Quentin, being a journalist, is quite inquisitive when it comes to stories. This one is no exception, and Quentin will try to get inside to uncover its secrets.

After working for a long time, Theodore realized Nicky had entered his basement. He locked the door, trapping Nicky inside. Using another entrance, he searched for him and discovered that Nicky had entered his underground amusement park and greeted him. The park resembled a prison, and Nicky was trapped. Two months later, Aaron freed Nicky from the basement, prompting him to escape from Theodore's house. After he managed to leave the property, Theodore, distracted by the sound of breaking glass, nearly chased him across the street.

In 1995, Theodore's son befriended Nicky Roth, the boy across the street. One time, Nicky had a sleepover at Aaron's house and, looking for a glass of water, wandered into rooms he shouldn't have. Theodore scared him and sent him back to Aaron's room. Later, Theodore and his wife were out driving to a store. On the way, they collided with a pizza truck. Theodore climbed out of the wrecked car to get help, while Diane, seriously injured, was trapped in the wreckage. Theodore waited at the hospital until she died of a heart attack. In the weeks following Diane's death, Aaron fell into a deep depression and, while playing, accidentally pushed his sister off the roof. Theodore then brought Mya into the garden. At Diane's funeral, Theodore waited inside the house and suffered a nervous breakdown. Afterward, he locked Aaron in the basement to protect him and became even more unstable.

The Golden Apple Amusement Park opened, and a girl named Lucy Yise was found in the first car of the Rotten Core roller coaster. Due to a lack of safety measures and the actions of Gordon Cleave, she fell against a tree and died. Shortly afterward, two German detectives traveled to the United States and attempted to arrest Theodore for the accident in Germany, but they failed. After finding Ike's wallet, Theodore stole it and worked in the basement for weeks. The wallet contained the pieces of a secret device that Ike had taken from Theodore's parents. Theodore made his own device with them, and it worked just like the others. It granted good luck to the user, but bad luck to those who did not possess it. It was stolen by a society of humans disguised as birds, the "Guardians of the Forest," before Theodore could deliver it to the puzzle master, who was to safeguard it. The Guardians of the Forest used it in a ritual when a storm began, bringing bad luck to the town. However, it didn't seem to work, as two of them, Gordon Cleave and Dale Tapps, were arrested, and one lost his job the next day. During this ritual, the Lucy Yi ceremony was also taking place, and the Golden Apple Amusement Park was amplified, causing the surrounding forest to catch fire and the tunnels near the ritual site to fill with smoke and collapse.

In 1991, Theodore's amusement park in Germany closed after a water ride accident resulted in the drowning deaths of four teenagers. The Peterson family quickly emigrated to the United States and settled in Raven Brooks, Missouri. The house they moved into, at 910 Friendly Court, had belonged to Theodore's parents. Theodore joked that he would keep his son's new bedroom, since it had previously been his. Theodore set up an office in the basement and began working there. He noticed his son's unique talent for drawing, which intrigued him. Shortly afterward, the Golden Apple Corporation approached Theodore about designing an amusement park for them, which he accepted. Theodore reconnected with Ike Gershowitz, and they had pizza at the Petersons' house. However, Theodore and Ike had an argument, after which Ike was kicked off the property. Soon after, Ike disappeared. His wallet was later found in a tunnel.

In 1984, Theodore was working at a new park in Bosco Bay. He was testing a new attraction, the Pharaoh's Tomb, an Egyptian-themed ride. A boy named Joe snuck onto the ride and, during testing, became trapped in a corner of the track in the rock room, where he died. The park manager, Bosco Enterprises, claimed he was never satisfied with the ride's design. Theodore tried to cover it up, as the manager wouldn't take responsibility and the blame would fall on him. The park was demolished shortly after the opening of Ferry Farm Funzone, Theodore's next park.

When Theodore was a child, he always played at home with his best friend, Ike Gershowitz. Theodore's parents, Roger and Adelle Peterson, were well-known meteorologists and had built a weather station. Theodore would sometimes go with Ike to the tunnels beneath the station. Over time, the townspeople began to suspect Theodore's parents and their work. Sometime between the late 1960s and late 1970s, Roger and Adelle mysteriously disappeared.

Theodore Masters Peterson, also known as The Neighbor, is an unemployed and unstable man. A former international theme park designer, he began to lose his sanity after the deaths of several people on rides he designed. He did a lot for his family and wanted to protect them. After the deaths of two of his relatives, his son Aaron is his only remaining family member.