The Screen Fiend is the main antagonist of Anne's story Phone Mo in the episode "The Shut-In!".
Appearance[]
In its cute form, the Screen Fiend has the form of a tiny, tan fox. It has big green eyes and an orange and tan striped tail. It has four tiny paws and white, fluffy fur on its stomach.
In its beast form, the Screen Fiend is a purple, bipedal fox-like creature, as its fur is unkempt and scruffy, has sharp claws, and jagged teeth with a long, slimy tongue protruding out from its mouth. It has glowing red eyes with video playback symbols as pupils, its left eye having the "pause" symbol and its right eye having the "play" symbol.
Background[]
In Anne's Story Phone Mo, the Screen Fiend appears to be a cute animal being adored by a crowd in a viral video that had no "dislikes". In the story, Haddie and Broadie recommend the video to a girl named Anna, although Broadie warns them that the video is cursed and people who watch it have mysteriously disappeared. One of Anna's friends, Molly, dismisses the rumor and ends up watching it with Haddie and Broadie. However, Anna secretly watches the video herself later.
At lunch, Broadie disappears with only his cellphone found. After Haddie attempts to warn Anna about this, Haddie's cellphone rings and the video plays on her phone, allowing the creature to then claim her.
At home, Anna learns from Twig that Molly is missing as well, which means the curse is real. At that moment, the video plays on her cellphone, Anna sees the video's crowd of people are Molly, Broadie, and Haddie along with a strange old man trapped inside. She tries to stop the video, but the animal emerges out of her phone. Anna tries throwing some of her stuff at it, and the animal turns into a monster that attacks her, however, Anne ends up calling it not cute, which causes it to recoil. Discovering that it hates criticism, Anna grabs her cellphone and hits "dislike" multiple times and then sends it a negative comment, which destroys the Screen Fiend and frees Haddie, Molly, Broadie, and the other victim.
All that is left of the Screen Fiend are large boba which, after Anna and her friends leave, turn out to be eggs that hatch more Screen Fiends.
The Screen Fiend appears in the final scene along with Mr. Littlepot and the Seamstress.