Billy (Karlson)

"“This is your partner and companion, Billy” -Announer introducing Billy to the player"Billy is the player’s companion in a game called Karlson where he follows the player and can be used as a punching bag for the player.

Current design
Billy appears as a monitor with legs that are connected with ball joints along with a green face made with colon for eyes, and a parentheses for a smiling mouth.

Unused former design
He originally appeared as a grey square with 2 white squares for eyes and a long, thin, grey rectangular prism with noodle legs.

Development
During development, Dani (the creator of Karlson) wanted to add more enemies to the game, which resulted into the turret enemy, but Dani thought it wasn’t menacing so he decided to give it legs but gave it “strong milk infused” or added ball joints to his legs but the code for the turret enemy’s attack wasnkt working like it wasn’t intended to and just follows the player. So Dani decided to redesign the enemy into its current design. After redesigning it as the player’s companion, he thought it was fun pushing or tossing around Billy which resulted in an entire video called “Bullying Billy in Karlson”.

Synopsis
At the beginning of the game Billy is introduced to the player and so on. He is put in every level to follow the player until he gets to the very end of it or to the goal (which is milk), additionally you can hit or “bully” Billy which changes the face on his screen to D: when hit or :( after being hit.

Trivia

 * Even though the announcer states to be careful with him because he’s fragile, he can withstand an explosion and a barrage of bullets ingame.
 * Billy is mentioned in one of the catchphrases that says “Drink milk, kick Billy and slap your wily nil”
 * Sometimes Billy is jokingly referred in the fanbase as a member of “Orange Juice gang”
 * In the trailer theres a message at the end that says “Don’t trust Billy” which could mean he could possibly be antagonist or some plot twist involving Billy.
 * Some fanart of Billy was an inspiration for the character, Willy