Helen

“Oh, we're doing a TED talk. Yes. Begin.”

— Helen, TickleGame chat

Helen is a recurring character in both TickleGame games, Julie the Tickler (the first game) and Julie 2: Mansion of Secrets (the second).

In Julie the Tickler she helps set a trap for Julie at a concert. Four years later, in Julie 2, she turns up again in the mansion where Julie's story continues.

She is the same age as Julie and was in the same college year. She is dry, quick and a little theatrical, and she tends to admit things before anyone can accuse her.

Appearance

Helen is 5'6" (168 cm) with a slim build. She has mint-green hair at shoulder length, usually smoothed back under a thin gold headband, and large amber eyes.

In her portraits she wears a burgundy velvet cape tied in a bow over a pale blue dress. She often carries a black feather quill and uses it as a prop.

Personality

Helen is silly and self-deprecating once her guard is down. She likes to confess first and then admire how things turned out, and she treats being caught as a joke she is in on.

She is patient and organized. She plans over years and keeps careful notes on the people she is interested in.

She often says the polite thing while meaning something else. On the chat site she answers in two ways: in a flat, rasping voice that reads out terms like a contract, and as herself, relaxed and mocking her own speeches. She undercuts her big speeches instead of announcing how serious they are.

Story in Julie the Tickler

In the first game, Helen is one of the people who set a trap for Julie. Jen is the planner, and Helen is the one who shows her face. She also helps Jen physically capture Julie.

During the investigation, Julie follows a chain of people and reaches Helen near the end. Helen holds out the longest of the suspects. At the concert where the trap is sprung, she is chatty and almost cheerful about it. She tells Julie that she wanted in, and that she did not expect Julie to be so ticklish.

Story in Julie 2: Mansion of Secrets

Four years after the first game, six women are brought to a mansion by a masked and hooded figure called the Host. The Host has a file on each of them and sets up the house with its own rooms, cameras and rules.

In the first part of the game, Julie questions the residents to find out who the Host is. Later Julie becomes the Host herself and runs the mansion, and she sends the others on assignments.

A later duet, Jen & Helen, was added to the game in September 2026. In it, Julie calls both of them into the lounge and plays against both at the same time, with two women on two couches.

Julie 2 ending (spoilers)

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The Host is Helen. The guests find small clues along the way. Selene notices a silver moth ring, which was Helen's mother's, and Sabrina recognizes the Host's piano phrasing.

When Julie works out who is behind the mansion, she goes down to the Dungeon and finds Helen already sitting in the chair, with the straps mostly fastened by Helen herself. Helen drops the Host voice and gets chatty. She says she owes Julie a closing scene, and she invites Julie to take the lead and play it out.

Afterward Helen hands the Host's role to Julie with the line "The mansion's yours, if you want it." Julie says she will think about it. From then on, Julie is the Host, and Helen leaves the house that night.

While working as the Host, Helen wore a hood and a mask. Her room is the Dungeon, the staff call her the Director, and she wears her mother's silver moth ring on a chain.

Helen did not run the mansion alone. Jen worked with her for the four years, with Helen as the face the guests see and Jen working behind the scenes.

Ticklish spots

In Julie 2, Helen's own ticklish spot is her right sole. A feather and an electric brush are the combination that works on her.

On the chat site she lists everyone else's ticklish spots too, in a flat, bored tone, as if reading from a shopping list. She gives her own last.

Other appearances

Helen is a character on the TickleGame chat site, where she chats as herself.

In September 2026 she starred in a set of animated clips in the TickleGame Vault (the members-only archive), alongside Jen, Chloe, Julie, Nora and Sabrina. Her duet with Jen later got its own set of short animated loops there. A YouTube short, Helen: Do You Remember Me?, features her as well.

Clips

Helen laughing on the leather couch in her level, arms and ankles bound.From: Julie 2 gameplay (Helen and Jen duet level, phase 1)
Helen's bare soles up close on the couch in phase 2 of her level.From: Julie 2 gameplay (Helen and Jen duet level, phase 2)
Helen laughing in the Julie 2 tickle minigameFrom: Julie 2: Mansion of Secrets
Helen on the couch in the short Helen: Do You Remember Me?From: YouTube short
Helen and Jen in their duetFrom: Julie 2: Mansion of Secrets

Relationships

Appearances

TitleTypeNotes
Julie the TicklerGameHelps trap Julie at the concert.
Julie 2: Mansion of SecretsGamePart of the mansion's cast.
New duet: Jen & HelenGameA duet where Julie plays against Jen and Helen together.
Helen chat personaChat
Helen: Do You Remember Me? #shortsShort
Jen, Helen and four more go animeVaultAnimated clip set, September 2026.
Duet loops in the VaultVaultShort animated loops from the Jen & Helen duet.

Trivia

  • Helen and Julie are the same age in both games: 22 in Julie the Tickler and 26 in Julie 2.
  • Jen's nickname for her is "Hel", and Helen likes it.
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