Creepypasta: Papa Grande Di Magico (2024)

General

Full Name:

- Grande Alexander Willow, his father named Grande this mainly because he expected his son to do great things in the future.

Nicknames:

- Papa Grande Di Magico, this is his magician name. As ridiculous as it sounds, it was amusing for the children and adults alike. Grande liked it either way thanks to the fact it managed to make others smile.

Age:

- He is mortal and old which also gives him the older features.

- He was born September 15th, 1953.

Gender:

- Male

Species:

- Homo Sapien, also known as a human being. He, much like any other human being, was born, grew up and will eventually die.

Blood Type:

- His blood type is A.

Sexual Orientation:

- Bisexual

Languages Spoken:

- Italian, that is his main language which he used mainly till the age of 5.

- English, he started to use English more when his family and himself moved to America. The Italian accent was much more noticeable then.

Relationship Status:

- Widow. His wife, Melanie, had died due to a form of brain cancer when she was only 26. Such an event traumatized Grande, who promised to never fall for another. He continues such a promise to this day.

Place of Birth:

- Venice, Italy. He was born in a rather small hospital by a loving mother and was held by his loving father. They lived there for a good few years before moving away. They lived in a cozy home which was next to many other homes. The house had an upstairs and downstairs, it was rather peaceful.

Currently living in:

- Inside of an old, deteriorating building, also known as "Papa Grande's Magic Show." It used to be nicely managed inside and even had wood flooring, wood walls, beautiful red curtains and many bedrooms. In the upstairs area of the building, there was a stage big enough for a crowd to see, allowing the magician himself to gain the most attention. After 25 years of unkempt care, the building appeared abandoned, especially with boarded up windows and props laying everywhere. The freshly produced flowers were nothing but knocked over vases while the bedrooms were stacked with old clothes and the remains of food. Also included in this building is a small kitchen and a basement, one of which has been locked since Grande lost Melanie and another precious life, but that part of the building is gone now too. After certain events, the building is now half burned down with only a few rooms remaining; he still lives inside, however.

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Appearance  

Body Build:

- Thin yet fit, even though he lacks the proper amount of exercise and is old. Grande manages to keep fit in his delusional ways, as he must lift heavy objects and push himself to hunt for his food.

Height:

- 6.2, he is a rather tall man with a straight posture.

Distinguishing Features:

- Rotting teeth, this is due to his dental hygiene being rather poor.

- Bloodshot eyes, this is due to the lack of sleep and stress which he often receives.

- Makeup

- Beard (facial hair)

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Preferred Weapon/Tricks(s)  

- A large hacksaw which he uses to cut people in half. Sometimes, he struggles to lift it, but manages.

- A tank filled with water. He chains a victim and then fills the tank up with water. When the victim wakes up, they will be submerged in water or will have to watch the tank get filled with them inside.

- Hooks. He uses them to perform the "Levitating Eye" trick. He puts a single thread through a hook, shoving the sharp point into the victim's eye. He then yanks on the thread, making the victim's eye rip out of their socket.

- Swords and a box. He shoves a victim inside of the box and then slams swords into them until they die. The max amount of swords he will add in can go up to seven.

- The Levitating Actor/Actress. In this newest trick, he actually places hooks all over the victim's body while they are out cold. Once the victim awakens, he lifts the victim by all the hook strings, thus lifting the victim. It shreds skin as the hooks bury deep and rip out.

- A dagger, this is very rare for Grande. He'll only use it to get a victim off balance and injured or if he is stuck in a bad position.

- Razor playing cards, this is new for Grande, he managed to grab some of his older, prized playing cards and took out some razors from his old shaving tools. He then placed sticky substances, sometimes even tree sap, to glue the razors onto the cards. He will use this to cut at the victim if he is close enough to them.

- Buried alive, after getting so frustrated with some of his "volunteers", he ended up burying some of them alive, just to see if they could escape. Of course, due to those victims being terrified and tied up, they wouldn't survive for too long after their oxygen vanished. This is a "trick" that he would do towards those that frustrated him too greatly.

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Mental/Emotional State  

Emotional/Mental Status:

- Grande Alexander Willow in the beginning started out as a curious and nervous child, one which eventually grew to become a happy gentleman. Of course, after the loss of his wife, unborn offspring, and his good boss, he grew to become rather to himself and formed a form of depression and held in anger. This led to the male eventually exploding a couple decades later, showing that he has little grip on his own emotions as of this day. When he is calmed down, he can be somewhat reasoned with, but this has only happened once with his best friend, Ricky, who is now dead as well. When he is any other emotion, especially that of anger or sadness, he will grow absolutely delusional which leads to him slaughtering others.

- When in his delusional state of mind, he can see and hear things which are not real. This does include the corpses suddenly being alive and cheering for him as he slaughters an innocent person. This also does include the lack of realization in his own actions until he calms down, his false beliefs and his overall self in the present day world.

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Likes/Dislikes  

Likes:

- Old music, mostly music from the 1930’s to 1980’s. He used to dance to himself slowly, crying after Melanie's death in secret, remembering all of the happy moments.

- Looking over old photo albums of his wife and himself.

- Talking to the corpses as he grows lonely.

- Taking flowers to Melanie’s grave, he tends to do this while others are less likely around the cemetery.

- Pacing around his building, as if patrolling.

- Feeling in charge.

- Reading old books he has stored underneath his tattered bed.

- Performing his “magic tricks.” Of course, due to this delusional mindset of his, he believes that he is performing for an actual crowd just as he did decades ago. In reality, they are rotting corpses all stacked in seats.

Dislikes:

- When his victims run from him.

- When he is questioned about the past, his wife, or his delusional beliefs.

- Being bossed around or being tricked.

- Making his “audience” upset.

- The police, this is for a very good reason of course. Many police officers who arrive at the site of Grande's murders hardly ever leave alive. Grande occasionally does try to take the phones of the victims before they can dial 911. If that doesn't work, he gets handcuffed, but then will find some way to escape, he is a magician after all.

- The basement of his building is full of baby clothes, baby toys and more which he refused to sell once he lost Melanie. He dislikes it because seeing the things down there can lead him into a type of shock.

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Habits  

Main:

- Yanking at his hair. 

- Talking to himself. This commonly occurs.

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Strengths/Weaknesses  

Weaknesses:

- Guns/any other weapon, considering he is human. A single gunshot is enough to kill him if hit in the correct place.

- Anything a human can actually die to, such as diseases, infections, ect. He tries to use what he can to survive.

- His old age can be a major downfall for him. Unlike in his younger years, he does have bad back pains which can lead to a sudden stop at his chasing or more.

- His delusional state of mind can be his own weakness, as he will keep chasing the victim until either he becomes tired or gets injured himself.

Strengths:

- Clever. Even though he is delusional, thanks to years of experience, he taught himself to handle his own health. This does also include feeding himself, gathering water and more.

- He knows his way around his building. After all, he's been in that building since the age of 10, he would memorize every inch of it. Of course, this does make it hard for victims to hide from him. He knows each room, every place and speck, so hiding will be difficult, he can easily track them down.

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Fears  

Main:

- Dying. He is afraid of upsetting the “audience” and also desires to continue his “magic shows” for as long as he can.

- Nightmares. Many of his nightmares are representations of what he almost had turned into a hellish mess. He dislikes sleeping due to them because they are so common. Many of the nightmares revolve around Melanie, his best friend, past boss and angry victims crying and grabbing at him with bloody hands.

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Personality  

Noticeable:

- Easily angered

- Depressed/grieving, this is commonly due to the past and when he lays in bed, he will often think back on it and get emotionally down.

- Delusional, from thinking corpses are cheering him on as he “performs his magic,” he is out of reality and instead in his own mental world. (when angered)

- Paranoid

- Hard working, even as a young child, Grande always took pride in his job and aimed to be what he wanted to be.

- Destructive


- Intelligent


- Sentimental (towards the past and his belongings, like Melanie's peridot necklace)


- Vengeful


- Charismatic

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Relationships  

Mother:

- Abrianna Willow, she is Grande's mother who passed away due to an illness soon after Grande's snapping. She was highly supportive to her son and loved to garden, play board games and watch classic movies. She was a bakery worker in the past.

Father:

- Arthur Willow, he is Grande's father who still lives to this day. He is very old and near death, but still manages to push on even in a wheelchair. He was highly supportive of his son and often took Grande out to advance his magic hobby. He loved to fish, play board games and help his wife in the garden. He was a greaser in his youth.

Siblings:

- None, Grande is the only child. Arthur and Abrianna didn't desire another child.

Grandparents:

- Cianna Willow, who is his father's mother. She was a quiet lady who would often make hats.

- Ilario Willow, who is his father's father. He was a loud man who loved to play string instruments.

- Lucetta Moretti, who is his mother's mother. She was a kind lady who was commonly colored with Grande in the past.

- Vincenzo Moretti, who is his mother's father. He was rather tempered and was in WW2 as a soldier. He would often tell stories to Grande, who was too young to remember.

Lover:

- Melanie Grella Summers, she was an American woman who met Grande in her early 20’s. She loved to draw and paint, which is something she made her money from. She struggled with a poor childhood and did everything she could to support her family growing up. She is the only person Grande ever felt 100% connected to.

Story-line Friends:

- Ricky, he was one of Grande’s very first best friends. A humorous male with a jokester personality, Ricky became the laughter in Grande’s life. After Melanie's death, he would often try to cheer the magician up just to fail. In the end, after finally seeing Grande after thinking for decades that he had been dead, he met a fate which ended in bloodshed.

Disliked Individuals:



- Richard, his abusive and very vocal boss from the late 80's and early 90's. He is the man responsible for Grande's breaking point and is the grandson of Louis.


- Hope Summers, Melanie's biological sister that is now deceased. She tried to seduce Grande after Melanie's passing and Grande got a restraining order against her. She was killed by her own son.

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Backstory Summary  

  Born and raised in Italy, Grande moved to America at the age of 5 with his parents. Around the age of seven, he developed a love for magic and had actually started to get his own magic trick sets as he grew. He performed on streets for a long time, his dad and mom by his side most of the time. One day, he was performing his magic tricks and caught the eye of not only multiple civilians, but a traveling, theme park owner as well. Through this theme park owner's eyes, he was a light that lit up the dark. Grande had not only managed to master some of the hardest tricks in the book at a very young age, but also managed to create his own mind blowing ones as well. This had convinced the theme park owner to actually talk to his father when the crowd cleared. Louis, the theme park owner, actually told his father that he had been looking for someone with talent, but didn't expect to find that talent in the form of a child. He then said that he wanted Grande to work as a magician in his newly built theme park.

Grande did eventually get the career after his parents talked for days about the opportunity. Everything seemed rather perfect as he grew into a young adult, splitting from his parents because he was able to handle his own. He found love, eventually getting married to Melanie, a kind woman with a big heart. She later, a good few months after their marriage, fell ill. Grande didn't know the reason for her sudden blackouts. She occasionally fell to the floor which concerned Grande greatly. His worry only grew as she became pregnant, her illness only getting worse as time went on.

Finally, after a sudden collapse in the kitchen, he had finally decided to take her to the hospital. Later, they found out that she had a form of cancerous tumor inside of her brain, which had been growing for months. Melanie did eventually pass away in the hospital, the baby joining her after being removed, being far too premature to live. Grande felt horrified, saddened and destroyed, but still had one thing left... magic.

Years passed and before he knew it, it was 1993, his 30th year of performing. This show was supposed to be his biggest. Hundreds of audience members watched as he went onstage, he was ready and so were the actresses. Each was ready to listen to the magician himself, failure was just simply not an option.

Sadly, he did get caught in a horrible incident, which he had not been prepared for and nearly led to him drowning to death. Afterwards, he cursed at his actresses and then turned to an angry crowd. This led to him being boo'd by several audience members, who had been disappointed/angered at his comments towards the actresses, while some felt bad for the magician. Out of a tired, stressed rage, he started to shout at the audience, causing the new owner of the park, Richard, to bring him backstage. Grande was fired for the use of violent actions. 30 years of performing went down the drain and Grande felt as if the last thing he had was taken away from him.

His mind started to spin through the amounts of emotions, until he eventually snapped at the owner, becoming physically violent. "You took away the only thing I had left! After all of the shit that I've done for these shows! All those sleepless nights of practicing that you made me do! All of the loss! This is how my career ends?!" Grande shouted angrily, bashing the owner's face against some boxes. The owner, not prepared for this physically violent turn of events, struggled to get out of the older man's grip.

Grande then brought the owner out to the stage, sending the audience into silence. Before they knew it, a show that was once meant for enjoyment turned into a horror movie as Grande aggressively placed the manager into the box. Sawing him in half in front of the crowd of civilians which ran out of the building screaming.

As time went on, Grande's mind started to shift to not know what is real, and what is not, as his mind became bent.

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Quotes

- "You cannot change the past, you can only adapt to it."

- "Want to see a magic trick!? The finale!?"

- "The old Grande is dead, he died so very long ago."

- "I hate you, so very much!"

- "I-I lost everything, I didn't ask for this life!"

- "One day, I'll die, but until then, the show must go on."

- "Life isn't fair, for the longest time, I thought it would be, I was mistaken."

- "Nobody would think an old man like me would still be working, such a shame, right?~"

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Important Links

- Papa Grande's Official Theme Song: Sleight of Hand

- Creepypasta (2014 VERSION) Narration by MCP: Part 1 

- Creepypasta (2014 VERSION) Narration by MCP: Part 2

- Creepypasta on Creepypasta.com  (2014 VERSION) : TMSFH 2014

- Papa Grande's Origin Story: Part 1

- Papa Grande's Origin Story: Part 2

- Papa Grande's Origin Story: Part 3

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