| “ | So we're stuck in here. And if we're stuck in here, we're all doomed! | „ |
| ~ Cassie in her Mansion. |
| “ | Greetings, "Adventurers". I... AM THE WHITE PUMPKIN! One of you has the treasure I desire and I will not rest until it's mine! Even if I have to resort...TO MURDER! | „ |
| ~ The White Pumpkin's introduction to the New Order of the Stone and the YouTubers. |
| “ | Prepare for your DEATH! | „ |
| ~ The White Pumpkin to Jesse and the group. |
| “ | I've been stuck in this stupid world - with its stupid two moons- for YEARS! Trapped with a portal RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE but no key to open it! That is until I finally heard that this world's portal key had been found. I knew it was one of you... So I tried my best to earn your friendship. Figure out who had it. | „ |
| ~ Cassie explaining her motive behind the murders. |
The White Pumpkin (real name Cassie Rose), is a character in Minecraft: Story Mode, and the main antagonist of "A Portal to Mystery". She has a pet cat named Winslow.
She is voiced by Ashley Birch by herself, and by Roger L. Jackson in her suit.
Biography
Appearance
| “ | I think . . . I saw . . . our host. He had a white pumpkin for a head! | „ |
| ~ Jesse to the New Order of the Stone. (Determinant) |
Cassie, by herself, appears to wear a black shirt and blue shorts. She has red hair and wears a blue cap along with black glasses.
In her White Pumpkin suit however, she consisted of a white pumpkin which disguises the wearer's voice, and a black suit with brown gloves.
Personality
| “ | She bobby trapped her BOBBY TRAPPS?! That is so... paranoid! | „ |
| ~ Jesse's opinon on Casse's intensive paranoia. |
When Cassie first appears, she is portrayed to be a grumpy, suspicious individual who seems to be very frightened as well. She also cares very deeply for her cat.
She appears to be a somewhat friendly, yet fearful individual who is good friends with the YouTubers. Even then, her ruthless nature is hinted at, as shown when she suggests throwing Jesse's Gang outside to be eaten by zombies, much to the YouTubers' shock.
As the White Pumpkin, which is also her true personality, she was portrayed to be a ruthless person who would do anything to get what they want and would even resort to murder. The false identity was created to hide Cassie's crimes.
Cassie is undeniably ruthless, willing to do whatever it takes to obtain the enchanted flint and steel. She shows no sympathy for her victims, as shown when Lizzie/Dan is killed, she mockingly crows "Enjoying the party?". She is also highly charismatic, feigning friendship with the YouTubers in order to find out which one had the enchanted flint and steel, with the YouTubers really valuing her as a friend.
Despite this, Cassie has understandable motives. Being trapped away from her home world has made her very homesick, to the point of being willing to kill to get home. She is also very paranoid, as shown if Jesse offers to share the flint and steel with her, she gets agitated, believing that Jesse will betray her and trap her somewhere else, suggesting that she had been betrayed by someone in the past, very possibly by Hadrian and Mevia themselves, as she could've been an Old Builder, or at least, an assistant to them. She also bobby traps her traps in case of someone trying to disabling it.
Despite her negative qualities, she deeply loves and cares for her cat, Winslow, saying that he's her best and only friend. As well as that, she seems to show remorse for her actions after getting trapped when fighting Jesse.
History
Background
Like many characters in the game, not much is known about Cassie's backstory, but presumably she was once either a member of The Old Builders or a close associate with them. She left them for an unknown reason, possibly because she didn't agree with the tyranny of their games.
Presumably after that, she somehow ended up trapped in a world with two moons. She was trapped in that world for years, desperate to get home, until she found out that that world's portal key had been found by one of the YouTubers. She feigned friendship with them to find out who had it.
Clearly too paranoid to simply ask them for help, she either found or built a giant mansion filled with traps, invited the YouTubers there without telling them who their host was (obviously Cassie), and planned on killing them in order to find out who had the enchanted flint and steel.
A Portal to Mystery
When Jesse and his gang are transported to a dimension filled with zombies, they are forced to take refuge in Cassie's mansion. Once there, Captain Sparklez and TorqueDawg introduce themselves. TorqueDawg is killed soon after when he is impaled with poisoned arrows. Next, the group goes to the next room where they meet Lizzie, Stampy Cat, Dan, Stacy, Cassie Rose, and her pet cat, Winslow. Worried that one of them is the person who killed TorqueDawg, Jesse interrogates all of the guests. When Captain Sparklez realizes that the killer was after the enchanted flint and steel that was stolen from Dan, he realizes that TorqueDawg, a known thief, would have been the first person to look at, uncovering a possible motive for his murder. When he tries to announce this, another trap is activated that drops Captain Sparklez down a trapdoor and drowns him in sand.
The room goes dark and a deep, gravelly voice introduces himself/herself as the White Pumpkin, threatening the lives of the guests if he/she doesn't get the Enchanted Flint and Steel. Jesse and Lukas then discover that there are four buttons at the bottom of the table that all set off the sand trap that killed Captain Sparklez and activated a voice clip of The White Pumpkin. The four buttons where located where Dan, Stampy, Lizzie and Lukas were sitting. Jesse then takes charge and re-interrogates Dan, Lizzie and Stampy. If Jesse accuses a suspect of being the murderer, whoever is blamed will be locked in the library. If no-one is accused, Dan will barricade himself in there to protect himself. Jesse discovers a series of secret passageways that would allow the white pumpkin to move about the house and activate the traps. He sees inside the library where the white pumpkin is watching Dan, and Lizzie comes in to tell him that she knows that he accidentally activated the trap that killed Captain Sparkles. Jesse enters the room via the portrait, and tries to catch the White Pumpkin.
The White Pumpkin sees him/her coming and activates a trap that allows giant spiders to enter the room, which kill Lizzie (or Dan, if Stampy Cat was accused), he chases the White Pumpkin through the passageways, avoiding traps, and seemingly catches Lukas in the mask, although it was obviously a set-up, the group still locks him in a closet to be safe. After finding the White Pumpkin's hideout in the basement, they discover evidence (like crossed out portraits for everyone except for Cassie Rose and numerous cats that look like Winslow). Upon realizing that Cassie Rose is the killer, they go to confront her, and upon realizing that Stampy Cat had the Enchanted Flint and Steel all along, or upon being successfully accused by Jesse, she reacts violently, confirming the accusations; however, she falls into a trap and is presumably killed by sand, just like Captain Sparklez.
After saying goodbye to the group, Ivor speculates that Cassie might be an Old Builder. Jesse and his gang prepare to go into the portal home, but fall into another trap, and discover that Cassie Rose had only faked her death.
After narrowly escaping her trap to feed them to Endermites, Jesse and Cassie Rose fight for the Flint and Steel as she repeatedly attempts to push him/her over the edge to his/her death. After failing, she ends up stuck on a floating chunk of dirt hovering above the pit of Endermites. She asks Jesse to give her Winslow as he is her only friend. Jesse has a choice as to whether to throw Winslow down with his owner as not to leave her all alone or to simply walk away leaving Cassie all alone. After that, Jesse's gang leave through an exit portal on their way home.
A Journey's End?
If Jesse shows the White Pumpkin to Hadrian and the rest of the Old Builders, they comfirm that, whether or not she was an old builder, Cassie had a close connection with them, but she left for an unknown reason, possibly because she didn't agree with the tyranny of Hadrian's games. Mevia also says that Cassie was always giving her nightmares and both she and Hadrian are disgusted when thinking about her, while Otto pleasantly smiled for a moment. This suggests that Cassie was trapped on purpose by the Old Builders (but not Otto) in the White Pumpkin's world.
Although note that only Otto (the only one of the trio of Old Builders who has sense of honor) mentions Cassie leaving. Given Mevia's dread and Hadrian's outright disgust when thinking obout her, and their shared dishonest, malicious traits, as well as Cassie's fear about Jesse possibly betraying her and trapping her somewhere else, it is possible that either Hadrian, Mevia or both had a role in Cassie getting trapped.
Inventory
- An Invitation (Formerly)
- A Few Ender Pearls
- Redstone Dust
- A Pufferfish
- A Lever
- An Arrow
- Raw Salmon
- A Diamond Axe
Killed Victims
- TorqueDawg
- Captain Sparklez (Indirectly; killed by DanTDM)
- DanTDM (Dependent on player choices)
- LDShadowLady (Dependent on player choices)
Quotes
| “ | Quiet. Prisoners aren't supposed to talk. | „ |
| ~ Cassie to Lukas. |
| “ | I'm too cute to die! | „ |
| ~ Cassie |
| “ | It's OK, Winslow. Don't be afraid. | „ |
| ~ Cassie |
| “ | What the...Why you little- | „ |
| ~ -The White Pumpkin to Jesse after he/she destroys the painting. (Determinant) |
| “ | Enjoying the party? Ha-ha-ha! | „ |
| ~ The White Pumpkin to Jesse after Lizzie/Dan died. |
| “ | Try to keep up! | „ |
| ~ The White Pumpkin to Jesse. |
| “ | Look out! Ha-ha! | „ |
| ~ The White Pumpkin to Jesse before she activates another Redstone trap. |
| “ | Your luck's about to run out! | „ |
| ~ The White Pumpkin to Jesse. |
| “ | It'll be the best fishing trip ever. | „ |
| ~ The White Pumpkin to Jesse's Gang. |
| “ | Just give me the flint & steel, and I'll let you go free. | „ |
| ~ The White Pumpkin to Jesse's Gang. |
| “ | Trying to get *leverage?* | „ |
| ~ The White Pumpkin to Jesse after he/she takes the lever. |
| “ | You're not a fast learner, are you? | „ |
| ~ The White Pumpkin to Jesse. |
| “ | The key! You didn't have it, either?! | „ |
| ~ The White Pumpkin to Jesse after spotting the portal key. |
| “ | No, no, no! No, Winslow! Bad kitty! Stop it! | „ |
| ~ The White Pumpkin to Winslow while he is playing with the portal key. |
| “ | I'll give you one thing: you are incredibly tenacious! | „ |
| ~ The White Pumpkin upon Jesse surviving the falling sand bridge. |
Trivia
- She is one of two characters in Episode 6 to not be a real-life YouTuber, the other being TorqueDawg.
- Cassie Rose got her name from Cassie Rose Stirpe, the sister of Eric Stirpe, a Telltale staff member.
- Cassie Stirpe's pet dog is also called Winslow.
- Cassie has a fear of being locked up, since she started shaking and threatening everybody when Stampy Cat voted to lock her up.
- Cassie could possibly be an Old Builder, as suggested by them in "A Journey's End?".
- This is shown determinately when Jesse reveals a White Pumpkin to Hadrian, Mevia, and Otto. In this scene, Otto mentions, "I haven't seen any of those since Cassie left."
- She also used an axe as a weapon, like how Mevia did.
- If Cassie wasn't an Old Builder, she could possibly have been one of the competitors in The Games, or an assistant to the Old Builders.
- This is shown determinately when Jesse reveals a White Pumpkin to Hadrian, Mevia, and Otto. In this scene, Otto mentions, "I haven't seen any of those since Cassie left."
- Jesse has the option to accuse the YouTubers of being the White Pumpkin, or no one.
- If Jesse chooses to attack the painting, the White Pumpkin's eponymous mask will gain a large cut on the face from Jesse and it will remain for the remainder of the episode. The cut will also appear on the decoy pumpkin used to frame Lukas. The cut will be absent if Jesse chooses to attack the spiders instead.
- She is mentioned twice in "Access Denied" by Petra and PAMA.
- She is clearly a psychopath, but however, she is speculated to be a sociopath, someone who is insane, but not exactly a psycho.
- Petra and Lukas also called her "The Socio Pumpkin" in "Access Denied".
- Her white pumpkin can also be worn by Jesse while running from the Mind-Controlled Citizens in "Access Denied", however it won't scare the citizens and would instead result in Jesse being "made useful" by PAMA.
- She was mentioned as Cassie Rose in "A Journey's End?" if you show the pumpkin mask to The Old Builders.
- The White Pumpkin is the first female main antagonist in Minecraft: Story Mode, as well as the first to be a well-known serial killer.
- Cassie Rose/The White Pumpkin is, to this day, one of the most ruthless villains in Minecraft: Story Mode, showing no sympathy for her victims, and is very brutal.
- However, at the end, she reforms and (determinantly) regrets killing her victims. It turns out Hadrian is even worse and more ruthless than her for actually torturing people in the Nether, and he is not capable of reforming.
- The part about that she was trapped in the world of two moons, gives a hint that she was banished to this world for a reason, possibly by members of the Old Builders, or she could have been trapped there by accident. In episode 8, it is confirmed that Cassie either was an Old Builder or was associated with them, and that she was trapped by accident after she left the Old Builders.
- While she has her mask on, The White Pumpkin is voiced by Roger L. Jackson, who has voiced other villains such as Mojo Jojo from The Powerpuff Girls franchise and Ghostface from the Scream film franchise. Without her mask, she is voiced by Ashly Burch.
- Interestingly, the White Pumpkin's diamond axe has the same cyan enchantment glow as Jesse's enchanted flint and steel that supposedly belonged to the Old Builders, further suggesting that Cassie was an Old Builder or knew The Old Builders.
- Not counting Hostile Mobs such as zombies and skeletons, as well as characters who respawned, the White Pumpkin has the highest known kill count in the game, being responsible for the deaths of TorqueDawg, Captain Sparklez, and depending on the player's choices, either DanTDM or LDShadowLady.
- Cassie Rose shares some similarities with Dawn Bellwether from Zootopia. Both, at first, appear to be friendly, somewhat innocent individuals and are both valued as friends by people they manipulated. Both later reveal their true natures as homicidal sociopaths. In addition, both try to steal an important item from the heroes (the enchanted flint and steel for Cassie, the Night Howler evidence for Bellwether), both trap the heroes in a pit before trying to kill them, and both get their comeuppance in the end. (Cassie was trapped in the same pit she trapped Jesse's Gang in, and Bellwether's plot was revealed and she was arrested).
- After Cassie shows her true colors to Jesse's Gang and The Youtubers, before she falls into her own sand trap and presumably suffocates, she is holding her diamong axe. But after she falls in and supposedly dies, her axe doesn't surface with the rest of her inventory, hinting at her survival.
External Links
- Cassie Rose in the Minecraft: Story Mode wiki.
- The White Pumpkin in the Minecraft: Story Mode wiki.