The_Mysterious_Stranger
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Can't Anything Good Ever Happen To Me? by The_Mysterious_Stranger
Fandoms: Poppy Playtime (Video Game)
24 Mar 2026
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Catnap had a rough childhood, being the loner kid, pushing everyone away. That was until a sunny canine pushed past his rough exterior and found the softness inside. From that point on, you could always find one with the other, in school and out of school.
Through middle school, they met six others: a chicken, an elephant, a bear, a pig, a rabbit, and a unicorn. They all became friends, getting the nickname of "Smiling Critters" as they were the odd bundle of critters always smiling.
Just a year ago, Catnap confessed his feeling to Dogday and they started dating. Nothing really changed, except for the kisses being more intimate.
Now it's almost time for their anniversary of being together as boyfriends...
Series
- Part 4 of Smiling Critter "One-Shots"
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Crescent Falls and Solmere and two cities that border each other. Because of how close they are, most critters live in one and work in the other.
Solmere is a vibrant city, know for its art, community, and the University of Solmere. The heart of the city is found at the Solmere Pond, know as The Golden Basket
Crescent Falls on the other hand is a quieter city, more focused on the tight knit, family-like community and rich logging history.
With how close Crescent Falls and Solmere are, events are held that go between both cities. The largest event held yearly is the week-long Pride Festival. Every June, Solmere and Crescent Falls host the Pride Festival for many reasons, to showcase the history of being a safe haven for the LGBT community, help people come out who feel like they would be judged, and to make sure everyone feels welcomed, no matter how they are oriented.
Both cities have a landmark that gave them their name. Solmere's name came from the Solmere Pond and the way it glows like the sun when it hits it just right. Crescent Falls's name came from the impossible waterfall a few minutes outside the city, curving as it falls to form a crescent shape.
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New Beginnings, Old Memories V2 by The_Mysterious_Stranger
Fandoms: Poppy Playtime (Video Game)
10 Feb 2026
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The Smiling Citters were made for to complete 2 goals: Raise the children kept in the Playcare, and to combine a toy body with the mind and soul of a person. Harley Sawyer lead the creation of the Smiling Citters through the Bigger Bodies Initiative. After many failed experiments, Dr. Sawyer made a breakthrough with 1170, the first BBI with intelligence. Soon after all the others were made, with 1188 being the final Smiling Critter created. For 4 years, with occasional problems, the BBI's did what they were created to do, but THoJ ruined all that on August 8th, 1995. Almost all employees were killed, putting an end to the torture that all of them faced for those 4 years.
10 years later an employee received a letter, asking for them to return and find the ones who remain. When they come back to the cured building they pause for a moment before entering, descending lower that ever, finding what they missed 10 years ago...
During those 10 years the all Smiling Critters suffered, all but Catnap, the one who made them suffer. On this fateful day, all the suffering will come to an end, and all will move onto the Afterlife.
Series
- Part 2 of AfterLife AU
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Nothings Changed on The Surface by The_Mysterious_Stranger
Fandoms: Poppy Playtime (Video Game)
06 Feb 2026
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The group of friends, known as the Smiling Critters, have grown up. All of them have jobs, relationships, their whole life ahead of them. All but Catnap... He graduated with them and stayed in contact for a while but... he just vanished one day.
Who knows where he went, or what happened to him. Dogday hasn't given up hope in finding him, but each day that passes without him chips away at his hope.
Series
- Part 2 of Smiling Critter "One-Shots"
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Do You Want To Hear A Scary Story? by The_Mysterious_Stranger
Fandoms: Poppy Playtime (Video Game)
05 Feb 2026
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The Smiling Critters get together on Halloween to explore an abandoned building.
Series
- Part 3 of Smiling Critter "One-Shots"
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,746
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 11
- Hits:
- 461
Recent series
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Smiling Critter "One-Shots" by The_Mysterious_Stranger
Fandom None - Fandom, Poppy Playtime (Video Game)
24 Mar 2026
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The master collection of any One-Shot stories I write involving the Smiling Critters.
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- 20,922
- Works:
- 4
- Bookmarks:
- 2
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All AU's that I have that are related to the AfterLife.
New Beginnings, Old Memories (NBOM) is my first AfterLife (AL) series that I made. I ended it because I had nowhere to go with it as I didn't think that far ahead.
New Beginnings, Old Memories V2 (NBOMV2) is the one I'm currently working on and is planned out for a while.
What If? NBOMV2 is a side project.
- Words:
- 68,488
- Works:
- 3
- Bookmarks:
- 1