"Mr. Widemouth" is a Creepypasta Short Story by PerfectCircle35.
The story is told from the perspective of an adult looking back on their childhood. At five years old, they met a small, cute looking creature named Mr. Widemouth, who becomes their friend in their new home. But things get a bit strange when the little guy starts trying to convince them to do all sorts of dangerous things.
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"Mr. Widemouth" contains examples of:
- Adorable Abomination: The titular Mr. Widemouth himself. He's a cute but evil little Furby lookalike of unknown but almost certainly paranormal origin.
- Ambiguous Gender: The narrator. The story is told in the first person so their gender never comes up.
- Ambiguous Situation: The last time the narrator saw Mr. Widemouth, the day they left with their dad, they saw Mr. Widemouth from a upper window, sadly waving goodbye while holding a steak knife. At no point is it clear if Mr. Widemouth wanted to outright kill the narrator that day.
- Asshole Victim: It's strongly implied that Mr. Widemouth died when the house he was bound to burned down. Given that he was a serial killer of children, this fate was well deserved.
- Cheshire Cat Grin: As his name suggests, Mr. Widemouth has this as his default expression (though it could also be a Slasher Smile).
- Children Are Innocent: Averted; it's made clear that the protagonist, despite only being 5 years old, has enough common sense to know that they wouldn't "bounce off" after falling from a two-story window or come out unscathed after juggling kitchen knives; and they decide to keep the fact that they and their family will be moving away from the house within the next few weeks a secret from their "friend". The last line of the story, though, suggests that many other children weren't as lucky and fell for Mr. Widemouth's trap, paying it with their lives.
- Cute Is Evil: Mr. Widemouth is an adorable little Furby-like creature that is also a repeat child murderer.
- False Friend: Mr. Widemouth himself, who befriends the narrator for the sake of tricking them into getting themself killed for his own amusement. And he's done it before, too.
- Faux Affably Evil: Mr. Widemouth pretends to be friendly in order to deceive the protagonist into doing what he wants them to do, no matter how deadly. Tellingly, he drops the affability when they resist one too many times.
- Foreshadowing: At one point, Mr. Widemouth tells the narrator about a trail he wants to take them down one day when they're "ready". Later, this trail turns out to lead to a graveyard, filled with Mr. Widemouth's previous victims.
- For the Evulz: Mr. Widemouth only seems to trick children into killing themselves for his own amusement.
- Haunted House: The ending implies that Mr. Widemouth was bound to the house somehow. After it burned down years after the narrator moved out, it's strongly hinted that Mr. Widemouth perished along with it.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Mr. Widemouth himself is described as a cute little fuzzball, but this doesn't make him a good guy.
- Serial Killer: Turns out, the narrator was only Mr. Widemouth's latest intended victim.
- Shout-Out: The narrator compares Mr. Widemouth to a Furby.
- Sick Episode: The narrator was suffering from a case of mononucleosis when they first met Mr. Widemouth.
- Twist Ending: Mr. Widemouth has killed people before.
- Villainous Breakdown: Mr. Widemouth starts losing it when the narrator decides they won't keep going along with his schemes. Eventually, he resorts to just trying to kill them himself, though fortunately they end up moving away before he can.
- Wham Line: When the narrator finally follows the path that Mr. Widemouth told them he wanted to take them to one day.The trail ended at the New Vineyard Memorial Cemetery. I noticed that many of the tombstones belonged to children.
- Would Hurt a Child: Mr. Widemouth tries to trick the then five year old narrator into killing themself through various methods, such as jumping out a window or juggling knives. While the narrator escapes, at the end they learn that other kids weren't so lucky...
