Polle, the mascot in Mouthwashing
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This Mouthwashing guide keeps story details and solutions behind the spoiler controls below.
Light spoilers — premise and context
The setting is the stranded cargo freighter Tulpar. This page discusses the crew and their situation; solutions and later outcomes are in the full-spoiler section.
Full spoilers — story, solutions, facts and questions
Polle is the Pony Express cartoon horse mascot, appearing in ship posters and a motion-sensing statue. His nightmare forms belong to Jimmy’s hallucinations. Connecting each form to a specific moral meaning is interpretation.
What I saw
The store screenshot shows Polle as a company mascot statue. Nightmare forms are described by the community account; the page separates those depictions from interpretations of their meaning.
The company horse
Posters say things like “Polle Says” and advertise mouthwash that kills 99.9 percent of germs. The statue speaks. A developer Q&A, repeated by the wiki, traces the look to the Finnish children’s magazine Hevoshullu.
The community Polle article attributes his voice to Martin Halldin and describes words recorded separately and stitched together, citing an earlier developer Q&A. This production detail remains a single-source account here; the anniversary Q&A separately supports the design inspiration.
The other shapes
Jimmy’s hallucinations turn the horse into a many-limbed creature, a blind beast in the cargo maze, a centipede in the vents, and a final pile. The sources read those shapes as guilt and as the words “take responsibility.” The reading is widespread. The shapes are in the game. The moral is interpretation, except where the developers have talked about the mouth ending.
Polle is not a crew member and has no age.
Checked facts
| Item | What the sources say | Source |
|---|---|---|
| What | Pony Express mascot, a cartoon horse | Game; Wikipedia · Source links |
| Origin of the design | Hevoshullu, a Finnish children’s magazine | Developer Q&A, also cited by the wiki; one primary statement, wiki retelling is dependent · Source links |
| Voice | Martin Halldin, words spliced together | Developer Q&A; one primary statement, wiki retelling is dependent · Source links |
| Nightmare forms | Hallucinations, not a second employee | Character sources · Source links |
Questions
Who is Polle in Mouthwashing?
The Pony Express mascot, a cartoon horse.
Is Polle real?
The statue and posters are on the ship. The monster forms are hallucinations.
Where does the design come from?
The developers point at the Finnish magazine Hevoshullu.
Who voices Polle?
Martin Halldin, with the lines spliced from separate words.
Is Polle on the plush page?
Yes. Licensed plushes are listed under merch, separate from the character.
Keep reading
Sources
- Wikipedia — Mascot in the plot
- Steam — Posters and statue
- Mouthwashing Wiki: Polle — Checked 2026-10-28. Public article API; community source, not an official script.
- Official Steam announcements (full-text API) — Checked 2026-10-28. 29 Oct 2026, Game Pass and Italian announcement; developer Q&A. Multiple posts from the same team count as one source.
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