The Varsity Jacket-Wearing Child is a character seen in the episode "Friends".
Appearance
The child is a human male who wears a light pink varsity jacket with a white inner-jacket. His outer jacket has an M on its right side, which has an unknown meaning. The boy has black, pointy strands of hair on an otherwise bald head. Unlike Salad Fingers, he does not have irises. Instead, he just has pupils. He also has an oval head. The child wears black pants with black shoes and white socks.
Biography
The child is seen outdoors near Salad Fingers' house. Having spotted the lad, Salad Fingers calls for help several times from within his house, coaxing the worried-looking child inside. Salad Fingers asks the young lad to get a fish out of the oven which has finished cooking, as Salad Fingers is unable to reach the fish himself from its position at the back of the oven. The child, still looking terrified, ventures inside of the oven while Salad Fingers holds open the oven door. While the child is inside, Salad Fingers is enticed by a sharp rusty nail sticking out of the wall next to him and goes over to it, letting go of the oven door. The oven door closes by itself, trapping the young lad inside, who is then burned alive. Salad Fingers caresses the nail, before impaling his finger on it and splattering blood over himself, much to his enjoyment. The blood loss causes him to enter a deep, dreamlike trance.
The child doesn't speak a single word or make any noise during the entire episode. He decided to assist Salad Fingers, despite the obvious horrified look on his face. Salad Fingers sees the boy as a blessing for appearing when he did to remove the 'hard-to-reach' cooked fish from the oven, citing his "supple little frame" as perfect for retrieving the fish from the back of the oven.
The boy was the least mutated (if mutated at all) character in the entire series. Unlike Salad Fingers, if the boy is not insane, then he was most likely horrified by the environment around him and was in shock. His behavior in the house was a good indicator:
- He willingly enters Salad Fingers' home (out of fear or hope).
- The oven either was off when he climbed in, or on and he failed/refused to notice.
- The door shut and he either got locked in or didn't try to escape.
- The boy couldn't get out despite struggling or didn't struggle.
In Birthday, a very similar "M" to the one that the boy had on his jacket can be seen in a dumpster.
Episode List
- Friends (debut and death) - He goes into Salad Fingers's house when he calls for help, attempting to help him get the fish out of the oven. However, he gets trapped inside and burns to death.
Theories
- There is one theory that Yvonne is actually the digested boy.
- It is unknown where the child actually came from. He may have come from the exteriors of the Wasteland, as he does not appear to live in the area and that he looks lost.
- Hubert Cumberdale's distorted electronic screams in Salad Fingers' dream might actually be the screams of the child, who had been trapped in the oven while he was unconscious.
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