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Newton is the main antagonist of LittleBigPlanet 3. Despite his friendly nature in Prologue, his desire to improve Bunkum's creativity through the use of the Titans leads to him betraying the player and becoming possessed by the Titans.
Story
Newton is first seen at the end of the game's introduction level as he transports Sackboy to Bunkum, where he informs the player of Nana Pud's "evil plan" to bring back the three Titans. Afterwards, he guides the player through Needlepoint Peaks and Newton's Airship, where he explains the basics of the game and the use of the Pumpinator.
In the level Tinpot Towers, after stopping Nana Pud's guardian, Newton reveals that he had tricked Sackboy into helping him release the Titans, and that Nana Pud is actually his mother. He then releases the Titans, planning to use them for the creative benefit of Bunkum. However, they possess him, and intends on destroying Bunkum instead.
During each encounter that follows, Evil Newton unleashes 1 of the 3 Titans to attack the player. Shortly after releasing the last Titan, Newton regains control of his body. He is then seen riding a small boat with Sackboy at the near end of the boss level.
Upon returning to Stitchem Manor, Newton remakes the Dimensional Doorway, allowing Sackboy—accompanied by OddSock, Toggle, and Swoop—to return to Craftworld.
Profile
Appearance
Newton shares a similar physique to that of a Sackperson, but instead has a large light bulb as a head. He wears a bowler hat that appears to be an egg timer, along with a purple cotton jacket, a magenta undershirt with pants, and black boots with cardboard soles.
Newton's face before he became evil.
His facial "filaments" were originally orange with his bulb head also being yellow, but when possessed by the Titans, they became purple. When he broke out of his possession his filaments returned to being orange.
Personality
Newton seems to be very foolish and not very smart. Despite this, he tends to accept unearned credit and even comes off as a bit narcissistic at times. He often makes excuses and lies, such as tricking Sackboy into attacking Nana Pud, when in reality his plan was to release the Titans himself. Upon being possessed by the Titans, Newton becomes more evil, threatening the lives of the characters at one point. After beating the third Titan, Newton meets his father again. When confronted, he pretends he didn't know releasing the Titans was a "strict rule", much to his father's anger. He claims he was the "Brave Leader" during the fight for placing the explosive device in the guts of the third Titan. Nearing the end of the cutscene, Newton attempts to twist the story in his favor.
Name
Newton was most likely named after Isaac Newton, a famous scientist, physicist, and mathematician that invented calculus and most importantly, worked heavily on light. However, it may be possible that he was also named after newtons, a measurement of force.
Due to Captain Pud & Nana Pud being his parents, his full name is believed to be Newton Pud.
Inventions
- Pumpinator
- Walking Fort (While Possessed)
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Spanish | Newton | Same as in English |
| French | Newton | Same as in English |
Trivia
- Newton's default costume can be acquired by completing "Even Bosses wear Hats Sometimes...", while the Evil Newton costume can be acquired by completing the 4-player co-op level 'Race For the Stars' in Manglewood within the time limit.
- Newton is the first character to have both evil and ally costumes to collect.
- In development versions of LBP3, Newton wasn't possessed by the Titans (or Phantoms in the alpha). In the cutscene where he releases the Titans/Phantoms, he does not fall in the pot of holding like he does in the released version, and his filaments were always purple, even before he released them. The cutscenes where his real mind fights his Titan possession were still unstarted placeholders at the time, so it is unknown how his turn to the good side would have played out.
- Newton's filaments were actually purple in his original designs.
- This can still be seen in the final game, as one of the drawings on his airship depicts his early design.
- It's considered that Newton may not actually craft objects himself, but more or less copy creations that other people have made; Newton mentions that his airship was made by Captain Pud, however he "added some refinements of my own!" As well as that, according to the level Two's Company, he had flunked Popit Academy, and may have not invented the Pumpinator himself.
- In The Journey Home, It is revealed that Newton miscalculated the Dimensional Doorway, sending the heroes far from where they were supposed to land.
- In some of his early concepts, it appears that he wears blue slippers.
- The names 'Newton' and 'Negativitron' both rhyme and alliterate. It is unknown if this is a coincidence.
- Newton and The Negativitron both have very similar color sets.
- Rik Mayall was originally the voice for Newton, but he died a couple days before LittleBigPlanet 3 was revealed, But after he died they got Hugh Laurie to play the role; Rik Mayall's voice lines were re-used for the burning town ambience in Stichem Manor. In addition, this is also Laurie's first ever video game role.
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