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| “ | You two! You kept me in the attic for two years! Eating rats and spiders! I will burn your skin and feast on your flesh! | „ |
| ~ Moloch to Skid and Pump for trapping him in Lila's attic for two years. |
| “ | Abandon all hope, priest. Their salvation is futile, they belong in my eternal flame. You are NOTHING! | „ |
| ~ Moloch to Father Gregor while possessing Skid and Pump, also his last words before his presumed death. |
| “ | I've spoken with some god-like being, fiery by nature as a sphere (set) in the wood, knowledge bestowed upon by the king. With the dark sun risen into the sky, I shall begin to pray to the burning god, and there shall arise a prayer of brazen blasphemy. The king shall ask for tribute, six offerings pure in flesh and spirit, to reach beyond the divine self (or to reach beyond the body to the divine"), then and only then shall another day bloom. I beseech you, Oh benevolent blaze, protect me...free me from the eternal night.. | „ |
| ~ A translation of the scroll image in the Spooky Month ARG, referencing Moloch and (possibly) The Eyes of the Universe. |
Moloch is the secondary antagonist in the Spooky Month webseries, serving as a minor character in It’s spooky month and the main antagonist of Spooky Month: Unwanted Guest and Spooky Month: Hollow Sorrows.
He is a demon from the underworld who was originally prank-called into reality by Skid and Pump, growing to resent them after they forgot to let him out of the attic for over two years. He later escapes said attic by possessing an exterminator called Dexter that Lila hired and goes on a rampage, but accidentally kills his vessel after getting tricked by Pump. Later on, after Dexter is being autopsied, Moloch returns and possesses the morgue worker Patty, going on a rampage after returning to the real world, only to be exorcised by Father Gregor and banished back to Hell. He serves as Father Gregor's arch-nemesis.
He was initally voiced by the series creator, Sr Pelo, who also voices Frank, Mr. Clown, Roy's Uncle in the same series. But as of the episode, Hollow Sorrows, he now has a proper voice actor, Alexander Katnik, who also voices Mayor Evermore in the same series. While possessing Patty, he is voiced by Monica Franco, who also voiced Vaggie in the Hazbin Hotel pilot and Wendy Worm in Smiling Friends.
Biography[]
Past[]
Moloch's origins are completely unknown, but it's implied in the Spooky Month 6 ARG that a person sacrificed six children in order to summon him. After the summoning, Moloch gave the person the inner workings of the universe, which maybe led to The Eyes of the Universe being summoned and pursuing them.
Spooky Month[]
Moloch's first appearance was in "It's Spooky Month", in which he is summoned by Skid and Pump in Skid's attic, who tell him that it's the Spooky Month, causing him to start dancing. However, in the true ending on Newgrounds, he overhears Lila telling the two kids that the month was actually November, to which Santa Claus suddenly appears and starts elbowing Moloch in the face while saying "Ho-ho-ho!".
Moloch's brief second appearance was in "Spooky Month: The Stars", in which he appears, stuck at the attic stairway, asking Skid to let him out. Skid declines, telling him that he can't since it's Spooky Month and walks off, which causes Moloch to say that Skid also said that last month.
Moloch's third appearance was in "Spooky Month: Unwanted Guest" as the main antagonist. His constant slamming of his fists onto the roof annoys Lila, so she assumes that the cause of the noise is a rat and calls an exterminator. However, Moloch possesses the exterminator and attacks Lila, who attempts to fend him off with a ruler but fails. When Skid and Pump arrive home, they see Moloch hovering in spot while grabbing Lila, who tells them to run. Moloch notices them and angrily floats towards them, ranting about how they kept him in the attic for two years, where he could only eat rats and spiders. He threatens to burn their skin and feast on their flesh.
Skid doesn't recognize Moloch as the exterminator he is possessing is wearing a yellow suit, while Moloch is normally red. Pump, however, recognizes him, and tells him to spin his head around as only real demons can do that. Moloch agrees, saying he will kill them later but snaps his neck, presumably killing him. However, in a file on Dexter's autopsy in the Spooky Month ARG, a shadow with Moloch's yellow eyes can be seen in the corner of the mortuary in one of the pictures, implying Moloch survived although now he lacks a physical form. He also makes a brief cameo in the episode Deadly Smiles where Skid draws him possessing Skid, Pump and the Happy Fella, remarking that he misses the demon.
Moloch returns in-person in Hollow Sorrows as the main antagonist, trapped in a glass container after Patty extracts him from Dexter's body. However, during Skid and Pump's visit to the morgue, Moloch's prison is knocked over and he escapes, possessing Patty. Using Patty's body, Moloch would trick Dexter's mother Michelle into going into the morgue, promptly murdering her. Later on after Skid and Pump bring Father Gregor to the hospital in an attempt to apologise to Patty, the priest notices her displaying demonic signs and the surroundings covered in blood so he quickly rushes the two kids away, placing them in the care of Jack and John before taking on Moloch himself. However, before he can begin Skid and Pump reappear and while the two recognise their old "friend", Father Gregor insists that they do not speak to Moloch and begins the exorcism. Moloch attempts to attack the trio, so Father Gregor dodges and continues his attempts to exorcise the demon after he hides his demonic form and attempts to get the children to help him. Seeing the two kids, Moloch makes an attempt to attack them but is knocked down by Father Gregor, who manages to force Patty to regurgitate Moloch, returning her to normal.
Reforming into his physical form, Moloch demands that Skid and Pump be given to him, and while the kids insist they were just playing and Patty asks him to do so, Father Gregor refuses, believing it to be a trick. Moloch creates a illusion of Dexter and his mother, asking that he help them by giving him the children but Father Gregor sees through said illusion and throws holy water at them, demanding the demon to give him his name. As Moloch refuses and threatens to kill the priest, Skid and Pump step in and try to protect Moloch, insisting that they were just playing. After the two kids reveal that they summoned Moloch, Father Gregor is enraged that despite all the chaos they've brought, Skid and Pump still think it's a game. However, Moloch bashes through the wall and runs away, forcing the trio to give chase.
Moloch continues to terrorise the townsfolk and possess numerous vessels whilst Skid and Pump continue to protect him. Eventually, Moloch crashes into Skid's house and the duo quickly offer for him to possess them and hide from Father Gregor. When the priest enters, Moloch attacks him and taunts Father Gregor, proclaiming that the two kids are beyond salvation and will be damned to his realm. Father Gregor however, musters his strength and drives the demon out from the two, forcing him to flee to the attic. With this, Father Gregor exorcises Moloch back to the pits of hell, leaving his physical body to turn to stone with the oujia board he was summoned from reading "goodbye" as well. Despite this, Skid and Pump still believe Moloch to be their friend and mourn his death, while Father Gregor only grows more frustrated with their childish behaviour, attributing Skid's delinquency to Lila's negligence as he leaves.
Personality[]
Moloch is not particularly evil and has shown to be somewhat childish, seeming very excited when he hears that it is Spooky Month and disappointed when he realizes it is November. However, he is shown to resort to very drastic measures to get what he wants and vents his anger on others, shown by how he keeps slamming his fists onto the floor in anger and chases after Lila in Unwanted Guest, seemingly wanting to kill her. He also seems to have no problem with child murder as he threatens to eat Skid and Pump. Fortunately, he is rather dimwitted and arrogant as, seeing that Pump didn't believe he was a demon, he tried to prove him wrong by snapping his neck which ended up killing him.
In Hollow Sorrows, Moloch is much more malevolent, sadistic and vengeful, as he sees no qualms with hurting innocent people, even possessing Patty in a painful manner and traumatising her after he uses her body for his nefarious deeds, like murdering Dexter's mother Michelle in cold blood. He's also shown to be much more willing to hurt the children, no longer joking around as he even uses illusions of Dexter and his mom to try and pressure Father Gregor. Despite this, he's still shown to be somewhat cowardly as he tries to flee from the priest and takes advantage of Skid and Pump's friendliness to him to possess them, allowing him to hide from Father Gregor. Moloch also breaks his front of pure evil at times as he seems genuinely shocked by Skid and Pump still viewing him as a friend and is casually shot at by Ignacio after attempting to terrorise him.
Appearance[]
Moloch resembles a stereotypical Western demon, with a muscular physique, red skin, glowing yellow eyes, sharp teeth, and four horns, two on both sides of his head and two smaller ones on the top of his head. His entire lower body seems to be the Ouija board he was summoned from, and he possesses darker red hands with yellow lightning-like patterns on his fingers. When exorcised from Patty, his lower section is revealed to be black with a coal-like texture, with Moloch possessing a furnace in his abdomen and ungulate-like legs complete with golden hooves.
When possessing Dexter the Exterminator, he appears like Dexter but he has a more muscular build, glowing eyes, claws, and horns just like in his original form. The filter on Dexter's hazmat mask also seems to now be his mouth, with it being a hole with teeth surrounding it. These traits carry on to whoever he possesses, though the teeth form around the person's lips. When ejected from his hosts, Moloch takes the form of a red, orange and black sludge which reforms into his true form.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Inhuman strength and durability: Moloch was seen pounding on the attic floor in "Spooky Month: Unwanted Guest" and creating rather loud noises. He could also run through a solid wall of concrete with no damage at all. Moloch also seems quite resistant to holy water and crucifixes despite his natural weakness to them, being able to resist Father Gregor’s attacks for a while.
- Possession: Moloch possesses Dexter the Exterminator in "Spooky Month: Unwanted Guest" and seems to be able to completely control him. Moloch can even hide his demonic traits temporarily and is shown to be able to hop from host to host very quickly and can even possess multiple dead bodies.
- Flight: When possessing Dexter, Moloch was capable of flying around in Lila's house with ease, turning corners relatively fast and being able to stay airborne for the entire time. He is also able to levitate and hover around when possessing Patty.
- Pyrokinesis (Implied): Moloch tells Skid and Pump that he will burn their skin and feast on their flesh, implying that he has control over fire. Likewise, his abdomen possess a furnace, his amorphous form looks like lava, and the visualisier for his theme “Valley of Shadows” on YouTube has ember effects, further bringing in fire motifs.
- Thermokinesis: Upon possessing Patty, the temperature of the morgue was lowered enough that mist formed, implying Moloch can control the air temperature.
- Shapeshifting: When being exorcised, Moloch takes the form of a reddish goo allowing him to escape faster. He also grows larger when Father Gregor finally exorcises him in an attempt to intimidate the priest.
- Telekinesis: Moloch has been shown to be able to make objects levitate and fly around, even throwing a table at Father Gregor while possessing Patty.
Weaknesses[]
- Binding: It is shown that Moloch is bound to the Ouija board he was summoned from, leaving him unable to climb downstairs or escape the attic. However, this limit is removed when Moloch is exorcised from Patty and regains his physical form and legs.
- Physical limits (Possessing humans): When Moloch possessed Dexter, it seems that he is now bound by regular human limits, such as not being able to spin his head around without snapping his neck. It's likely that this limit applies to his other hosts.
- Demonic weakness: It's shown that Moloch is weak to symbols of holy forces and the divine, such as holy water or a crucifix. As such, using these tools Father Gregor managed to force him out of Patty's body, causing Moloch to run amok. He eventually is cornered at the oujia board he came from and forced back into Hell by Father Gregor's holy words and crucifix, leaving his hollow shell behind.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- When Skid and Pump summon Moloch with the Ouija board, they spell out the phrase "YOU JUST GOT SPOOKED", which is Ooga Booga's catchphrase when she jumpscares the viewer.
- Moloch possessing Skid and Pump is foreshadowed in the drawing they draw in Deadly Smiles.
- Moloch is one of the most frequently appearing characters in Spooky Month, appearing in-person in all the first three episodes, making a cameo as a drawing in the fourth, having his silhouette appear in the ARG for the fifth episode, as well as reappearing in the sixth.
- He is also the only character as of the sixth episode to be the main antagonist of two episodes, additionally playing both comedic and serious roles during the two episodes.
- The title of Moloch's theme in Hollow Sorrows, "Valley of Shadows" is a reference to the Bible verse Psalms 23:4, which in the English Standard version reads "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."
- Furthermore, Moloch's biblical counterpart was a Cannanite deity associated with child sacrifice, hence this version's obsessive desire to kill Skid and Pump.
- Thanks to the title of Moloch's puppet being "The False Deity", it's possible that aside from serving as a false friend and obstacle in Skid and Pump's path to salvation, Moloch may be a direct opponent to the Eyes of the Universe, seeking to claim the two kids for his own means while the Cult seemingly vies for them as well.
- Despite this, evidence such as Pump's eyes glowing blue when he suggested Moloch possessing him and Skid makes it possible that the Eyes assisted the demon in fighting Father Gregor, seeing as based on other instances within the show, it is fond of the two kids and wishes for them to maintain their childishness.
- It's heavily implied in the Spooky Month: Hollow Sorrows ARG, that someone sacrificed six children to Moloch, it's unknown if this is true or not.
- Thanks to a Twitter user named @Maikolwaves, there is a translation for the scroll image in the ARG that proves it.
- According to Sr. Pelo, Moloch is meant to represent the deadly sin of Wrath among the villains of the show, through him growing increasingly more enraged with the time he spends in the attic.
External Links[]
- Moloch on the Spooky Month Wiki
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The Cult Frank | Moloch | Dexter/Happy Fella | The Tree Entity | ||