50 Fun Facts About Bendy and the Ink Machine

Who sent Henry Stein the letter inviting him back to the old studio in Bendy and the Ink Machine?

Joey Drew, Henry's former friend and business partner, wrote the invitation thirty years after Henry walked away. The workplace Henry returns to is abandoned and splattered with ink.

The name Bendy came from a typo made while saving the character's 3D model in which program?

Blender is the free 3D modelling program where the monster got his name by accident. He had been designed first, as the nameless creature haunting a world that looked like a cartoon sketch.

Which shooter series with a similarly antique 20th-century style inspired Bendy and the Ink Machine?

BioShock was the stated inspiration, and reviewers kept drawing the comparison. One also saw touches of Resident Evil and Outlast in the mix.

Which YouTuber voices toymaker Shawn Flynn in Bendy and the Ink Machine and received a special early edition?

Jacksepticeye, real name Seán McLoughlin, was handed his own edition with all five chapters before the finale went public. His Let's Play videos of the earlier chapters had drawn millions of views.

Which canned food can Henry collect around the studio in Bendy and the Ink Machine to restore his health?

Bacon soup cans litter the shelves and double as something to throw at attackers from a distance. Collecting enough of them also unlocks achievements.

Reviewers said the art of Bendy and the Ink Machine recalls the era of which 1928 Disney cartoon?

Steamboat Willie is the short that made Mickey Mouse a star. One reviewer called Bendy an obvious parallel to Mickey and to Betty Boop.

Which former music director wears a Bendy mask and tries to sacrifice Henry in Bendy and the Ink Machine?

Sammy Lawrence worships Bendy as a deity and hopes the offering will free him from the ink. The ritual backfires when the monster turns on him instead.

Which cartoon sidekick befriends Henry in Bendy and the Ink Machine before being turned into a monster?

Boris the Wolf shelters Henry in a safehouse, then is kidnapped by a twisted Alice Angel and remade as a hulking brute. Henry is forced to destroy his old friend.

Which Bendy fan song by DAGames has been viewed more than 200 million times and was added to the game?

Build Our Machine is the most popular of the many fan songs the game inspired. Its creator, Will Ryan, also voices the studio's exasperated accountant, Grant Cohen.

Which game with a similar vintage cartoon look did the co-creator of Bendy hope to cross over with?

Cuphead was popular at the same time and draws on the same era of cartoons. A ScrewAttack animated battle pitted the two mascots against each other, and Bendy won.

Which voice actress became a twisted Alice Angel in Bendy and the Ink Machine after being replaced in the role?

Susie Campbell grew so obsessed with the angel that she came to believe she was the character. In her ink form she harvests other creatures to improve her own appearance.

Which studio employee in Bendy and the Ink Machine became the Projectionist, a monster with a projector for a head?

Norman Polk was the elusive, observant man who ran the film projectors. In chapter four Henry watches Bendy fight the creature he became and tear its head off.

Designer Bertrum Piedmont has fused with which fairground attraction by chapter four of Bendy and the Ink Machine?

An octopus ride is all that remains of the famed British designer, who resented how the studio's boss treated him. Henry has to destroy the attraction to switch the power back on.

Wally Franks, heard in recordings in all five chapters of Bendy and the Ink Machine, holds which studio job?

Janitor Wally turns up on a recording in every chapter. His dustpan is what the crazed music director uses to knock Henry out in chapter two.

What name is given to the monstrous version of Bendy that stalks Henry through the abandoned studio?

The Ink Demon was the first creature the contraption ever produced. In the final chapter he swells into a towering beast and chases Henry from room to room.

Which humanoid ink creatures does Henry battle in the music department of Bendy and the Ink Machine?

Searchers come in variants such as the Miner, and swollen ones can be harvested for ink. One wearing a hat turns out to be the studio's old lyricist.

Which trio of cartoon villains, always at odds with Bendy, returns as the Piper, the Fisher and the Striker?

The Butcher Gang were the recurring bad guys of the old cartoons, and their ink versions hunt Henry in the later chapters. The sequel adds a fourth member, a ghost girl.

Which Bendy cartoon villain, known in ink form as the Striker, is a spider?

Edgar the spider runs with a primate leader and a human sailor. All three were written as the mascot's archenemies in the old cartoons.

Which opening chapter of Bendy and the Ink Machine was made in just five days and released free?

Moving Pictures began as a for-fun project, and its viral success pushed the team to keep going. The second chapter took six weeks.

Which title is on the stolen film reel that Henry plays to defeat Bendy in the final chapter?

The End flashes across the screens around the throne, and the monster dissolves as his story comes to a close. Henry then finds himself back at the very beginning.

For which purpose does Henry step inside a Little Miracle Station in Bendy and the Ink Machine?

To hide from enemies, Henry shuts himself in one of the booths and waits out of sight while he recovers. Saving happens elsewhere, at time card stations.

Which weapon does Henry find first in Bendy and the Ink Machine, just after draining the flooded lower level?

An axe is what he picks up after the floor gives way beneath him in chapter one. Later chapters give him a pipe, a wrench, a plunger and even a Tommy gun.

Which item, unlocked in the final chapter of Bendy and the Ink Machine, does Allison Angel hand to Henry?

The Seeing Tool comes from Allison, and one message it uncovers warns Henry that she will leave him for dead. After the finale it works in the earlier chapters too.

On which indie platform was the first chapter of Bendy and the Ink Machine released for free in February 2017?

Game Jolt hosted the free download that streamers first stumbled on. Steam followed that April, after voters approved the project through Greenlight.

Which publisher brought Bendy and the Ink Machine to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch in November 2018?

Rooster Teeth Games published the console versions, which were pushed back from October so that all three systems could launch on the same day.

Which creator of Bendy and the Ink Machine, who was not a programmer, also voices hero Henry Stein?

TheMeatly, the pen name of Paul Crawford, dreamed up a world that looked like a cartoon sketch and needed a partner to code it. He voices two of the studio's other employees as well.

Which stealth horror game swapped its villain into Bendy and the Ink Machine for a Halloween 2017 crossover?

Hello Neighbor lent its Neighbor to stand in for the ink monster in the first three chapters, complete with his own chase music. The swap lasted only until October 31.

Derek Kolstad, who voiced interest in a Bendy television series in 2020, created which action film franchise?

John Wick creator Derek Kolstad said he wanted to adapt the horror hit for television. A feature film was later announced separately.

What name is given to the time loop that traps Henry at the end of Bendy and the Ink Machine?

The Cycle sends Henry back to the moment he walks through the front door, so the same events play out again. It restarts whenever the ink monster dies.

The 2022 sequel to Bendy and the Ink Machine is titled Bendy and the what?

Dark Revival arrived with all five chapters at once, after years of delays. Its makers said it was ten times the size of the original.

Which animator, a creation of the Ink Machine herself, is the heroine of the 2022 Bendy sequel?

Audrey works for the company that took over the bankrupt cartoon studio, roughly ten years after the first story. She turns out to be the studio boss's ink-made daughter.

Which villain of the 2022 Bendy sequel commands creatures called the Keepers and merges with a cartoon sailor?

Wilson Arch is the son of the tycoon whose company took over the studio. He fuses with Shipahoy Dudley, a character he invented to replace the old mascot.

Which author wrote Dreams Come to Life and three more novels set in the world of Bendy?

Adrienne Kress set her 2019 prequel around a teenage gofer nicknamed Buddy who is hired at the cartoon studio. The Illusion of Living, The Lost Ones and Fade to Black followed.

Which publisher released the Bendy novels and the Crack-Up Comics Collection of vintage-style strips?

Scholastic also put out an Employee Handbook that walks through all five chapters and most of their secrets.

Which animated Bendy short premiered inside the chapter three reveal trailer in August 2017?

Tombstone Picnic was the first of seven vintage-style shorts posted to the developers' YouTube channel. Two more followed before that year was out.

Which YouTube troupe made Bendy and the Ink Musical, one of the fan songs later added to the game?

Random Encounters saw their musical tribute placed in the finished release beside other fan-made tracks from DAGames, Kyle Allen and JT Music.

The album Bendy's Inky Megamix, a collection of popular fan songs, raised donations for which cause?

COVID-19 relief was the goal, with donations collected for the charity United Way through the fundraising site Tiltify.

Bendy Royale, an April Fools' trailer from the makers of Bendy and the Ink Machine, parodied which game?

Fortnite was the target of the fake 2020 trailer, which promised a last-one-standing brawl between the cartoon cast.

A 2025 April Fools' remake of the first chapter of Bendy and the Ink Machine rebuilt everything around which food?

Pickles were the theme of Bendy and the Brine Barrel, a Windows-only gag reachable for a single day through a QR code hidden in another title.

Which name is given to the 1920s cartoon style of curving, jointless limbs that Bendy and the Ink Machine imitates?

Rubber hose animation gives characters arms that bend like tubing, with no elbows to get in the way. Reviewers grouped the look with other modern homages to early cartoons.

Bendy and the Ink Machine attracted a large audience of children while carrying which ESRB age rating?

T for Teen is the rating on the box, yet the grinning mascot pulled in much younger fans. A co-creator put the popularity down to the characters.

Which fairground attraction must Henry power up in chapter four of Bendy and the Ink Machine to continue his rescue?

A haunted house is where the trail leads, and Henry has to throw four power switches around the storage area to start it. His kidnapped companion is waiting inside, horribly changed.

In Bendy and the Ink Machine, most of the ink creatures were made from what belonging to the studio staff?

Their souls gave the creatures life, which is why the mascot turned out so wrong: he alone was made from scratch, with nothing human inside.

At the end of chapter one of Bendy and the Ink Machine, Henry passes out after stepping on which symbol?

A pentagram is drawn on the floor of a room lined with coffins, and stepping on it floods Henry's mind with flashing images of the mascot.

Tom, the wolf who travels with Allison in Bendy and the Ink Machine, is marked out by which feature?

A mechanical arm marks out Tom, who was once the engineer hired to construct the contraption at the heart of the story. He distrusts Henry until the final chapter.

What chases the barge that Henry rides down a river of ink in the final chapter of Bendy and the Ink Machine?

A giant hand belonging to the ink monster pursues him while his two new allies sail ahead on a barge of their own.

Which Norwegian director of Trollhunter was hired on Halloween 2024 to direct a Bendy and the Ink Machine film?

André Øvredal came aboard on the same day that a second production company, Double Down, joined the adaptation.

The Bendy novel The Lost Ones, about three young friends infected by ink, takes place in which seaside resort in 1946?

Atlantic City is largely owned by one protagonist's rich, corrupt father. Trouble starts when the son takes a job repairing the contraption from the cartoon studio.

Besides drawing the cartoons, Henry Stein had which role at the studio in Bendy and the Ink Machine?

Co-founder Henry created the cartoon characters themselves, then walked away from the business three decades before the story begins.

What does the twisted Alice Angel promise Henry for completing her errands in Bendy and the Ink Machine?

His freedom is the bait: she sends him to the lift once the chores are done, then drops it down the shaft when she spots the companion she wants for herself.