Spooky Sam's Ghost Tour
"On your left you’ll see the tomb of Ludwig von Tökkentäkker, where the Legend of Greely Valley all got started. You all know the legend of Greely Valley…" |
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Spooky Sam's Ghost Tour was a hayride hosted by the local self-proclaimed ghost expert of Greely Valley, Spooky Sam. On a drizzly late October night he took five teenagers to Greely Valley Cemetery in a cart pulled by his tractor, telling them about the Legend of Greely Valley. The Main Character took off from the tour early and placed a golden token into the mouth of the Jester atop Professor Ludwig von Tökkentäkker's tombstone, summoning CarnEvil. Only the main character and Betty are seen after this, and it is unknown what happened to the rest of the Ghost Tour after the carnival's return.
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Spooky Sam
Spooky Sam is Greely Valley's own self-proclaimed ghost expert. He is a man with denim overalls, a tractor, a flashlight, and a pumpkin on his head. It's possible his clothing is a Halloween costume of a scarecrow, rather than his regular attire. Sam thinks himself knowledgeable enough about the local folklore of Greely Valley to consider hosting the ghost tour in Greely Valley Cemetery.
His name may be a reference to Samhain, the Pagan feast of the dead, or the two Samuels on the design team. |
The Main Character
CarnEvil is a dark, gloomy, 3-D horror movie, and the player is the ultimate hero. (manual) The Main Character is an unnamed teenage boy who wears a red jacket, a red baseball cap and denim jeans. He also has a flashlight, but he loses it. He went along on Spooky Sam's Ghost Tour and is the one who summoned CarnEvil. Upon seeing the Shooting Gallery rise from the ground, he took a gun from it and decided to try and fight his way out of CarnEvil or die trying. He's very reckless, and does lots of dumb things during his adventure, like climbing into a lit cannon or jumping from the top of the Slay Ride to the moving carriage of the nearby Big Bunyan Ride.
After defeating Tökkentäkker and waking up beside his grave the next morning, the teen chooses to try his luck again and reinserts the token into Umlaut's mouth, despite Betty pleading with him not to. |
His concept art describes him as 11 years old, rather than a teenager. Whether this was later changed so that he would be a similar age to Betty, or he is simply younger than the rest of the the Ghost Tour, is unknown.
Betty
A contemporary teenage resident of Greely Valley, Iowa, Betty reluctantly agreed to go along with her friends on the "Spooky Sam Ghost Tour" through Greely Valley Cemetery. Little did they know that this would be the night that CarnEvil would return. Betty is now helplessly trapped within the twisted walls of CarnEvil. Do you have what it takes to save her?
(official bio) Betty is an innocent bystander. She often gets herself into trouble and in the player's way. She has blonde hair tied into a ponytail, blue eyes and wears a pink shirt, denim short shorts and pink shoes. She is voiced by BethAnn Smukowski.
Shooting her reduces part of the player's life, but the player is not rewarded for saving her from enemies that are attacking her (the enemies cannot kill her, however). How much health is lost depends on the 'player starting health' difficulty level. In the game's ending Betty wakes up next to the Main Character in the cemetery, and tries to stop him when he reinserts the token into Umlaut's mouth. Betty has unused voice clips seemingly thanking the player for saving her. For info on where Betty appears, check out Betty locations in our Stages guide. |
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The Other Guys
The remaining three of the ghost tour group. They are:
- a boy with a green hat, a striped shirt and a brown leather jacket - a girl with a green shirt and brown hair - a girl with a green shirt and black hair These characters are just recolors of Betty and the Main Character's models. |