Rescue Squad
The Rescue Squad, also known as the Children or Kids, are the protagonists of Secret Neighbor. Six kids want to uncover the mystery of their friend disappearing. The Rescue Squad have planned a way to get back their friend who is held hostage in Theodore Peterson's basement. All members of the Rescue Squad have unique abilities that benefit themselves.
Their main objective is to breach the basement. However, the basement door is locked by six locks. The Rescue Squad will need to find six keys that are scattered throughout Theodore's house and most importantly, survive, because one of them is secretly Theodore in disguise.
Appearance
Their appearance depends on what class you play as. The photo above shows the current kids in the game, and they all have unique abilities. Before the current kids were available, there used to be completely normal unnamed kids that didn't have any abilities, but rather the basic ones. They are not playable anymore since they were only available up to the Easter Update in the beta, which introduced the current named kids.
All of the Rescue Squad members have unique cosmetics and outfits. You can find them in the "Shop" section in the game. These will cost coins that you can get by winning a match of Secret Neighbor, or real money depending on the cosmetic.
Capabilities
There are many objects that are scattered around the house or outside the house. Children can use these to their advantage to either hurt another child, Theodore, or break a window with them.
If Theodore is holding a child, you can prevent them from going missing if you throw an object at Theodore. You will stun Theodore and make him drop the child that he held. Stunning someone drops the health bar of them, if they get stunned enough, they will go into a state where they will go down on their knees. This state will make them crawl on the floor slowly, and they can't get up unless someone helps them or they get up themselves. Another way of getting stunned/losing health is fall damage. Depending on the height, the stun can actually get you into the state of.
All the kids get knocked due to fall damage except for Bagger because of his "Strong Knees". Leader can undo negative effects on other kids (for example, she can revive you instantly) due to her "Inspiration" ability. Inventor can craft several gadgets that benefit all of the kids in different ways. Detective is the main source of income when it comes to keys, his ability hints at a location in the house where the key could possibly be. If you're a lone wolf, Brave or Scout are the best classes to play as if you prefer a more defensive/offensive playstyle. They can defend themselves using their bat/slingshot, but the catch is that Scout's slingshot has limited ammo (10x) and if you run out of ammo, you'll be forced to look through the entire house just for a bag of nuts where you can refill. Brave does not have any ammo type or weapon, but more like a melee weapon, her bat. You'll need to hit Theodore several times in order to activate the "Counter-Strike" ability of hers, where if you get caught by Theodore, you can instantly get out of his grip without the help of any other child, the ability refreshes once you use it.
The kids also have a special set of objects that they can find around the house. These objects are the chocolate bar, milk and jar of glue. When holding milk, you get the option to consume it. Consuming it will make you strong, basically throwing something faster and longer than usual. The jar of glue however, can not be consumed, and can only be used when throwing it on the floor or on someone. The glue is stored in a jar, and when thrown on the ground it will break, releasing all of the glue that was once contained. Stepping on the glue makes you move slower than usual, it's purpose is just to slow down a player. It does not evaporate or disappear as it's permanent, so be cautious when using it. You might encounter the pile of glue while getting chased by Theodore and you do not want to be caught in it.
The Rescue Squad
The Rescue Squad consists of six children:
- Leader (Trinity), a girl who cheers up the kids, inspiring them to not lose hope, giving them a speed boost and removing all negative effects. After staying near other kids for eight minutes, when she inspires them, the Neighbor gets blinded for three seconds. Her canon name is Trinity Bales. She is the third fastest of the six kids.
- Detective (Enzo), a very tall boy who can find the keys with a bunch of pictures that give hints of their location. After finding four keys he gets a ping, showing where another key you need is. His canon name is Enzo Esposito. He is the second fastest of the six kids.
- Scout (Finch), a girl who knows how to defend herself with her powerful slingshot, when she shoots the Neighbor three times she gets a 20% speed boost. Her canon name is Finch. She is the fastest of the six kids.
- Brave (Maritza), an agile girl who knows how to fight and keep herself safe with her baseball bat. She can deflect objects and after hitting the Neighbor three times, she can break out of his grip. Her canon name is Maritza Esposito. She is the second slowest of the six kids
- Bagger (Delroy), with his trusty backpack gains a third slot, and when he has those filled for 10+ minutes, he gains a fourth slot. His canon name is Delroy. He is the slowest of the six kids.
- Inventor (Ivan), a boy who knows how to craft basic objects. He can craft different gadgets with the help of gears that are scattered around the Neighbor's house. His canon name is Ivan. He is the third slowest of the six kids.
But be careful, one of these kids could be the Neighbor.
Trivia
- All the names of the children have been confirmed, as listed above.
- The kids are teaming up to rescue the main character from Hello Neighbor, Nicky Roth. Secret Neighbor takes place shortly after Act 1.
- All of the kids have a unique set of cosmetics, some palette changes or just complete outfit changes. You can find them all in the daily shop, each day a new set of cosmetics pop up there. They're all sold in separate pieces and can be bought with coins.
- Coins are awarded to a player when they either survive a trial, do not get caught by the Neighbor, or catch-all children as the Neighbor.
- Brave's hat used to be all the way back in the alpha builds for Secret Neighbor. There used to be a green variation of the hat that doesn't exist anymore and also of another variation of her current hat, where it doesn't have a lot of detail.
- In the alpha, Brave didn't use her bat when using Counter-Strike, instead, she used her fist
- It takes 3 hits for a child to be knocked, but 8 if you want to temporarily kill the Neighbor. It'll take 20 seconds for him to respawn.
- The current kids did not exist during the alpha builds, as there were rather kids who could be customized with Brave and Detective's abilities.
- All of the kids have special holiday costumes (Halloween, Easter, Christmas, Summer).
- The canon ending to Secret Neighbor is Theodore Peterson stopping the Rescue Squad. Or the rescue squad manage to open the basement and save Nicky.
- Brave is the youngest member of the squad, and also the fearless child in the squad.
- It is presumed that more kids will be added to the Rescue Squad. We know this because of tinyBuild posting a 2020 roadmap featuring that statement.
- The Rescue Squad is featured in the animated series, Hello Neighbor: Welcome To Raven Brooks. So far, they have all been seen together with the exception of Delroy.
- Prior to Nicky’s disappearance, the group were known as the Inventors Club, with Nicky being a member of the group himself. The remaining members subsequently formed the Rescue Squad to locate Nicky.
Gallery
Secret Neighbor
The Rescue Squad, left to right: Inventor (Ivan), Brave (Maritza), Detective (Enzo), Leader (Trinity), Scout (Finch), and Bagger (Delroy)
Concept art for every member of the Rescue Squad
Featured on Xbox's Secret Neighbor Launch Trailer thumbnail
Old banner for Steam
Hello Neighbor: Welcome To Raven Brooks
Enzo, Trinity, Maritza and Nicky in the series pilot, "Breaking & Entering".
Trinity, Nicky, Enzo, Maritza and Ivan in in S01E02, "The Gang is Alright"
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