| “ | Hey, I got a package here for someone named "Henry".
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| ― Dave Panpa |
Multiverse Correction is an ending and an achievement in Completing the Mission, dubbed by the community as the "Secret Ending" of the Henry Stickmin series. In order to unlock this ending, the player must first discover every unique fail in every game within The Henry Stickmin Collection, then reach the final choice screen in the "Rapidly Promoted Executive/Presumed Dead" pathway. It may be considered as an auxiliary ending to Toppat 4 Life.
Plot
Intro: Tavern Eavesdrop
The route opens with two drunken Government soldiers named Drake Camper and Josh Taylor in a tavern somewhere in a snowy tundra. Drake brags to Josh about their so-called "surprise" impending assault on the Toppat Launch Site, before being berated by Quentin Alabaster about the urgency of the mission. Henry, who is also in the tavern after faking his death at The Wall, overhears the conversation. Seizing the moment, he clings on the exterior of Quentin's helicopter for a ride to the Government Military Base close to the Launch Site.
Now in the Dogobogo Jungle with three hours before the launch, Drake accidentally releases a supply pack prematurely and it catches Henry in the crossfire. The pack lands safely on the ground, albeit located on an isolated ledge on a cliff face. Henry must find a way up.
- [X] Rope: Henry fires a rope onto the cliff face in order to scale it. The rope, however, acts erratically, moves up and down, and launches Henry away from the cliff. (MSG: Psh! I could've made that.)
- [X] Climb: Henry attempts to scale the cliff face but runs out of stamina in the process. He retreats to his inventory and consumes a Cooked Kielbasa to recover the stamina - this action, however, resets Henry's stance to standing as he leaves his inventory, causing him to lose balance and fall off the cliff. (MSG: I know wieners are good and all, but you can't be chowing down in a place like this.)
- Abuse Physics Engine: Henry slides a rock and it begins to behave erratically, building up momentum in the process. Clinging onto the rock, the momentum eventually causes the rock to launch vertically, gaining enough distance for Henry to disembark at the top.
There, he notices two soldiers named Hank Stockman and Hayden Brock betting with each other that the Toppat leader would stop their operation, which forces Henry to hide. Henry locates a military tent with its backside exposed to entry, but soon notices a patrol tower with a sniper, Madd Ladd on guard. He can:
- [X] Knife: Henry attempts to speed past by abusing the Knife's speed bonus. Bolting for the tent, Madd Ladd quickly notices Henry and shoots him in the head, triggering a kill-feed message. (MSG: Everyone knows you run faster with a knife.)
- [X] Duplicatorange: Henry consumes the orange, producing a clone of himself. They both bolt for the tent, but only the clone makes it, as the real Henry is shot down by Madd. The game then refuses to follow a counterfeit Henry. (MSG: Wait, this isn't the original Henry. We're not gonna follow some COPY!)
- Lagswitch: Henry turns on the device and abuses the lag to run past, while Mad Ladd is left confused after failing to hit him.
Henry finds "Big Boy", a big red tank inside the tent, and gets the idea to use it against the Government on behalf of the Toppat Clan.
- [X] Hijack: Henry boards Big Boy and attempts to pilot it forward. Suddenly, the tank is sent backward and drives off the cliff, running over Mad Ladd in the process as he was searching for Henry’s whereabouts. (MSG: AND you forgot to signal. Sheesh!)
- [X] Walkthrough: Using a nearby computer, Henry logs on to "NewTube" and begins to watch a Completing the Mission walkthrough on how to reach the ending. The commentator of the video repeatedly and randomly deviates from the main topic, encouraging the viewer "to like, comment, subscribe to the channel, follow them on social media, and to 'ring the bell', as well as thanking their sponsors." They also comment about the game and shares their progress in it. In the same choice scenario, the commentator also chooses Walkthrough, causing the scene to loop infinitely. On rare occasions, they'll burp and refer Ellie and Charles as ’that red head girl‘ and ‘the guy with the headset’. Aside from the beginning, the clips are randomized. It can be cancelled by clicking after 15 seconds, but the watch time is determined by whenever you clicked in the fail message. (MSG: Wow... You spent a total of [Time in Seconds] watching that scene.)
- Scrambler: Henry attaches a module onto Big Boy and activates it, causing it to run amok amongst the Government.
The resulting conflict at the military base eventually notifies the Center for Chaos Containment to the scene. Receiving permission to act on the issue, a CCC agent named Ellias Bahtchin notices the chaos from his mobile unit and receives the order to deal with it. He can use:
- [X] Speaker with Button: The CCC agent alerts the agent "Phantom", allowing him to proceed with a nuclear detonation on the military base. As the scene cuts to Reginald Copperbottom and his Right Hand Man making plans about the rocket, a nuclear blast from afar appears in their eyes, destroying everything there. (MSG: Gee, the Center for Chaos Containment sure has a surplus of nuclear bombs, huh...)
- [X] Slider with Snowflake: The ultimate freeze completely halts the flow of time within the base, effectively preventing any future actions. (MSG: Chaos contained.)
- [X] Majora's Mask: An angry face manifests on the moon and it rams into Earth. South America is destroyed in the collision course and Earth is shattered in a cataclysmic event. (MSG: You should have thought about what I am willing to do in order to get the job done.)
- [?] Fingerprint Scanner: See "Toppat 4 Life".
- Multiverse Imbalance, FIX: Hidden behind 3 stacked sticky notes, this option cannot be interacted until all the fails in every game have been viewed once. Once the "Multiverse Imbalance" gauge is filled up, it will glow orange, with a button saying "FIX" popping up.
During the Toppat 4 Life route, in the final choice screen, agent Ellias Bahtchin of the Center for Chaos Containment will begin to notice the "Multiverse Imbalance" gauge at max capacity. The meter is usually under a pile of sticky notes urging the agent not to peel them aside.
A "FIX" button is presented once the player has obtained all fails, and with the push of that button, the screen cuts to black and the multiverse begins a defragmentation process. During the process, an anomaly is detected and corrected.
Cutting to one year before the events of Completing the Mission, a package addressed to Henry appears out of thin air inside the West Mesa Penitentiary. Dave Panpa discovers the package and has it delivered to Henry, thus kickstarting the events of Escaping the Prison, and, effectively, the entire Henry Stickmin series.
The screen then fades to black to feature a "Thank You" message from the developer, PuffballsUnited, thanking the players for their years-long support of the Henry Stickmin series. Then, it goes back to the Completing the Mission menu.
Characters
- Henry Stickmin (Mysterious Vagabond) - Protagonist
- Icepick
- Snowcap
- Nacy Popo
- Sten Lundgren
- Helmutt Vykoff
- Perry Sherman
- Natascha Tadin
- Travis DeGroot
- Josh Taylor
- Drake Camper
- Quentin Alabaster
- Hank Stockman
- Hayden Brock
- Madd Ladd
- Unknown Walkthrough Narrator
- Andrew Cobbler
- Dijon Ponjelo
- Timothy Turner
- Many Unknown Soldiers
- Brock Hollowitz
- Ellias Bahtchin
- Phantom
- Right Hand Man
- Reginald Copperbottom
- The Moon
- Dave Panpa
- Rupert Price (voice)
- Captain Hubert Galeforce (Flashback)
- Danil Dolche (Flashback)
- Lemoy Kreutz (Flashback)
- Jimothy Johnston (Flashback)
Italics indicate the character only appears in this ending.
Underscore indicates the character only appears in a fail.
Trivia
- According to this ending, the events from Escaping the Prison would take place a year before Completing the Mission.
- This, however completely ignores many dates given through most of the games:
- Breaking the Bank takes place on August 27th, 2008, seen in the Security Footage during Lawyered Up and the Government files in the legacy version of Infiltrating the Airship.
- Escaping the Prison takes place during June 2009, according to Ryan Goldman's Bio
- Interestingly, Lawyered Up takes place on September 9th, 2009.
- Stealing the Diamond takes place during July 8th, 2010, seen on Johnny Panzer's KIA death tag in Infiltrating the Airship.
- Infiltrating the Airship takes place during 2013 as seen on Jefferson Smithsonian's pardon note.
- Fleeing the Complex and Completing the Mission both take place during the same year, with the Pinchers Fail stating Completing the Mission takes place in December. They could possibly take place in 2015 as seen in the Shadozer option, or 2018 as seen in the Swapper & Infini³ options, as some of the endings take place either some hours (Revenged) or days (Toppat Civil Warfare) after Fleeing the Complex.
- The Date "10/10" can be seen in the legacy Flash Loader of FtC, it could mean that Fleeing the Complex takes place in October, but that game is set in the Winter before December. It's likely that the date could be applied to Infiltrating the Airship, possible setting that game on October 10th 2013.
- This, however completely ignores many dates given through most of the games:
- According to the Henry Stickmin Collection Developer Commentary, the Time Machine from Toppat Recruits and / or Pardoned Pals was going to activate this ending instead, but Puffballs changed it because he wanted it to be "a bigger deal than a choice."
- This is one of the two endings in Completing the Mission preceded by a Fork. The other Fork is the Pardoned Pals/Toppat Recruits end-route fork.
- However, the fork is not shown in the Map, unlike Pardoned Pals/Toppat Recruits.
- After this ending, the game is redirected to a new timeline at the beginning of the events of Escaping the Prison, where:
- Henry is prisoner of the West Mesa Penitentiary and never met Toppat Clan and The Wall
- Henry never killed somebody and never stole the Diamond
- The Toppats never stole the Norwegian Emerald
- Winston Davis and Magnus Eriksson never became new Toppat Clan Members
- Ted McAdams never became a museum Night Security Guard
- Dave is seen wearing his police cap near his forehead instead of wearing it on his head like in Escaping the Prison, it is possible that he put back to his head while he was on his way to Henry's cell.
- After Rupert calls Dave, the latter says that he's got a package for Henry. However, there is no text in the package other than "[FRAGILE]" written in red.
Gallery
Miscellaneous
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Government Supported Private Investigator • Pure Blooded Thief • Relentless Bounty Hunter • Rapidly Promoted Executive |
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Ghost Inmate • Convict Allies • Presumed Dead • International Rescue Operative • The Betrayed |
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Toppat King • Cleaned 'em Out • Stickmin Space Resort • Little Nest Egg • Special BROvert Ops • Master Bounty Hunter • Jewel Baron • Valiant Hero • Free Man • Revenged • Toppat Civil Warfare • Pardoned Pals • Toppat Recruits • Capital Gains • Toppat 4 Life • Triple Threat Secret: Multiverse Correction |