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A's Dollhouse was a fully built underground lair belonging to "A" in the Freeform series, Pretty Little Liars.
The dollhouse was used by "A" to conduct her nefarious deeds, keep memorabilia, and later, as a life-size dollhouse where she could play with The Liars as her dolls, or prisoners. "A" carefully created exact replicas of The Liars' bedrooms and the DiLaurentis living room, with only semi-functioning furniture and accessories to add to the Dollhouse decor. "A" installed cameras in every room and stalked the girls while sitting in her lair. There was also a vocal system installed that instructed the girls, speaking in four languages: English, German, French, and Spanish. The Dollhouse consists of thirteen known rooms and an electrical fenced in "backyard".
Bedrooms[]
As an elite stalker with vast knowledge of the Liars, "A" successfully recreated all of The Liars bedrooms with impeccable detail. So much so, that the Liars didn't realize they were in recreations until they tried to leave, as there wasn't a shred of evidence deterring them from reality. Only when they looked closer at the objects around them did they come to realize the fakeness, such as plastic books, inoperable light switches, and handcrafted accents held together by glue or tape. The decor, floorings, paint, and even clothing were perfect replicas to the Liars real lives. However, the glass windows were a sham and when broken, revealed stone behind them. The door knobs also didn't work and the lights were operated by a timer controlled by "A".
Aria's Room[]
Just as the rest of the Liars, Aria woke up in an exact replica of her bedroom, locked inside. The room consisted of plastic books that appeared real to duplicate the ones in her real room. When she pulled back her clothes, she discovered a cement wall barring the rear of the closet. She had to pretend that it was her real bedroom or be subjected to forms of torture like an ear piercing siren. The door sealed shut and only opened when "A" allowed it or when the generator failed for 3 minutes daily.
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Hanna's Room[]
When Hanna first woke up in the replica of her room she thought she was home. However, it turned out that she was in A's dollhouse. Just like all the other Liars, she was only able to open it when "A" allowed it or when the electricity shut down for the night. She was so disturbed by "A"'s recreation that, once she escaped, she stripped her real bedroom to the bone so she could start over. She explained to her mom that she felt like she was still trapped even though she escaped.
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Emily's Room[]
As all the other girls' rooms, Emily's room is an exact replica of her bedroom. Emily had to pretend it was her real bedroom as well.
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Spencer's Room[]
For Spencer's room counts the same as for all the other rooms. However, Spencer threw a chair against one of the windows in the replica of her bedroom causing the glass to break down and revealing cement walls and that she was trapped underground. She was angered by this and lashed out at the cameras watching her. Unlike the other girls, Spencer's torture also took place in her room, as "A" refused to let her sleep by keeping the lights on 24/7 and playing loud noises to wake her up. She became sleep deprived and "A" tricked her into thinking she hurt someone by staging a bloody scene on Spencer's carpet. Because her room wasn't shown after the event, it's unknown if "A" replaced the bloodied carpet or not.
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Alison's Room[]
While being forced to pretend she was Alison, Mona slept in an exact replica of Ali's room. She stayed in the room longer than any of the other Liars, having been held hostage for months before them. While Mona did her best to make herself comfortable in the room, she always understood that she was a placeholder for the real Alison. This was amplified by the "Alison" Mask that was placed on Mona's desk each morning for her to wear. The mask was the only thing in the room that wasn't a replica of an item Alison owned.
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Other Rooms[]
DiLaurentis Living Room[]
"A" recreated the DiLaurentis family living room exactly as it was when Alison was a child, with a grand piano as the center piece. The walls were adorned with false sconces, a mirror, photographs, while matching furniture sets accented the room. Mona, while wearing an Alison mask, was forced to move about the living room as if it were her home. She played the piano and greeted the Liars when they arrived.
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Prom Room[]
In the Dollhouse was a seemingly abandoned room that reassembled more of a forgotten basement. "A" used this room to set up stations where the Liar's had to plan the perfect prom that "A" had theoretically missed out on. The "prom" they were forced to plan was a remake of the Rosewood High prom from seven years ago, "A Night at the Opera" theme, in which Melissa Hastings and Ian Thomas attended.
The Liars attended the "Demented Prom" where they were surrounded by mannequins dressed as other prom-goers. Mona, playing the part of Alison, was named Prom Queen while Spencer, Aria, Hanna, Emily and Mona named Charles prom king as a distraction for escape.
Game Room[]
As the Liars were having "Tea Time", "A" chimed a bell indicating it was time to play a game. Mona led the Liars to a Game Room, which resembled a little child's toy room, and sat them down at a table. The game they played was a popular older game, Mystery Date. When the Liars opened two of the doors, Caleb and Ezra had their pictures in the game from the Ice Ball in "How the 'A' Stole Christmas". The images caused the girls to lash out and they were punished, sent back to their rooms before they could finish the game.
The game room is also where Spencer discovered the blocks that spelled out "Charles".
The room is connected to A's Vault through a ventilation shaft that "A" used to escape during the fire. The Liars later used the ventilation shaft to enter the vault and force A to free them.
The Vault[]
The Vault is a room in which are kept A's most precious and treasured things. When the electricity to the dollhouse was cut, Spencer went into the room to have a look around. There were photos of Jessica DiLaurentis/Mary and two little boys, Jason and Charlotte/CeCe. After Spencer found a video, it's revealed Jessica and someone unknown (assumed to be Kenneth) took the boys to the Campbell Farm to go apple picking. Charlotte found Spencer watching that video and they had seemed to have a little confrontation before Mona came into the vault and scared Charlotte off. After she had picked up a photo of a boy, she stated that The Vault was nothing like she thought it'd be and that "A" actually has a soul.
In "Game On, Charles", all of The Liars (excluding Mona) go into the lair when the main generator shut down. They burned The Vault down in order to find Mona and escape - which they succeeded in.
Morgue[]
The dollhouse also owns a morgue. "A" placed Emily, Aria, Spencer, and Hanna here after he had put them to sleep. They all woke up without clothes and white blankets over them. According to Mona, they slept about 3-4 hours inside the morgue. Later on, it's revealed A knocked the Liars out in order to place GPS microchips inside the back of their necks, allowing the Liars' every move to be tracked outside the Dollhouse.
The Hole[]
The Hole is a pit dug into the ground. It's in a single room and "A" took Mona there and left her without food and water for days. There's a rope inside, which The Liars used to pull Mona out with. It served a sort of threat to the Liars in case they didn't go through A's games.
Sara's Hideout[]
Sara's hideout is a hidden special room through which somebody is able to look at the hallway. It has a simple bed in it and sand all over the ground. The room was made to appear as though she had spent almost three years trapped inside. Her days were marked with a white tally mark on the wall for each day she spent there. The room and everything in it, including her so-called "rescue" from it, was a ruse orchestrated by "A". Sara had worked with "A" from the beginning as Red Coat and the Black Widow. Because Sara showed signs of real PTSD, it can believed that she spent some amount of time in the hideout.
Chimes and their meanings[]
The vocal system installed in A's dollhouse is also able to play different sounds; one of them is a chime that has different meanings depending on how often the chime was played:
- One Chime = "yes".
- Two Chimes = there's a new message from "A".
- Three Chimes = the girls must return to their rooms or else "A" steals them in the night and puts them in "the hole".
- Four Chimes = "it's game time".
Known Residents[]
- Mona Vanderwaal ("Taking This One to the Grave" - "Game On, Charles")
- Aria Montgomery ("Welcome to the Dollhouse" - "Game On, Charles")
- Hanna Marin ("Welcome to the Dollhouse" - "Game On, Charles")
- Emily Fields ("Welcome to the Dollhouse" - "Game On, Charles")
- Spencer Hastings ("Welcome to the Dollhouse" - "Game On, Charles")
- Sara Harvey (for almost three years: Before "Pilot" until "Game On, Charles") - ruse
- Charlotte DiLaurentis (occasionally)
- Noel Kahn/A (occasionally; was working with Charlotte)
Torture[]
Mona Vanderwaal[]
- Charlotte made her dress up like Alison on the night she disappeared. She was also forced to act like Alison and respond to that name, completely stripping Mona of her personal identity. (Revealed in "Welcome to the Dollhouse")
- Put in "the hole" without food or water for weeks for disobeying. (In "Game On, Charles")
Aria Montgomery[]
- Made her dye her hair with a pink streak the way she had it before Ali disappeared. "A" left the ominous message - "Use it or you'll get a surprise". Aria refused and woke up with her hair cut and a hair dye near her bed, this time with the message "Dye it or lose it all". (Revealed in "Don't look Now")
- Made her choose between her three friends - Who gets shocked, who gets food and who gets water. She had five seconds to choose, if she didn't choose anyone, everyone would get shocked. (Revealed in "Songs of Innocence")
Spencer Hastings[]
- Made her choose between her 3 friends - who gets shocked, who gets food and who gets water. She had five seconds to choose, if she didn't choose anyone, everyone would get shocked. (Revealed in "Songs of Innocence")
- Every time Spencer fell asleep, a loud buzzer would go off. When the buzzer didn't go off, Spencer woke up with blood on her clothes and on her carpet, making her think she hurt someone. (Revealed in "Don't Look Now") Noel Kahn - who was helping Charlotte at the time - had covered her with red paint to make her think it was blood. (Revealed in The Wrath of Kahn)
Emily Fields[]
- Made her choose between her 3 friends - Who gets shocked, who gets food and who gets water. She had five seconds to choose, if she didn't choose anyone, everyone will get shocked. (Revealed in "Songs of Innocence")
Hanna Marin[]
- Made her choose between her 3 friends - Who gets shocked, who gets food and who gets water. She had five seconds to choose, if she didn't choose anyone, everyone will get shocked. (Revealed in "Songs of Innocence")
- When Hanna's mom asked her what had happened in that dollhouse, Hanna said "A" played games with them - who gets food and who gets water. (Revealed in "Songs of Innocence")
Sara Harvey[]
- May have made her wear Alison's clothes from the night she disappeared. (Revealed in "Game On, Charles").
- Sara won't tell what Charlotte did to her, but she was in that dollhouse for more than two years, although she was allowed to leave at various times. (presumably because she was working with Charlotte)
Trivia[]
- Alison's room in the dollhouse is actually much smaller than her real room. Her actual room has more space around the bed and quite large, while her recreated room appears to be in a smaller dimensions.
- This is most likely because production had to redesign Alison's room on a smaller set.
- It was revealed in "Songs of Experience" that no one ever got shocked during "A"'s games -it was just a trick Charlotte pulled to make the girls think they are hurting their friends. She wanted to prove to them that they could each reach a point where hurting each other was better than hurting themselves.
- Hanna's PTSD from the dollhouse was so immense that she couldn't bear to be in her own room when she escaped, as it triggered her to relive the worst parts of her kidnapping. In defiance of "A", Hanna changed the wallpaper, her bed, the drawers and more.
- In "The Wrath of Kahn", it was revealed that Noel helped Charlotte torture the Liars (sans Ali) to continue receiving money from Charlotte. He also hated the Liars and enjoyed making them suffer.
- in "Game Over, Charles", it was revealed that Sara Harvey also helped Charlotte torture the Liars and Mona. Her motives were never fully revealed, though she worshipped Charlotte and felt she owed the woman something. She gave the Liars food, helped Charlotte with games, and then staged her own rescue when the Dollhouse was set ablaze.
- Many of the rooms and their designs were easter eggs to the "Charles" identity being revealed:
- The DiLaurentis living room was redesigned in the way Charlotte would have experienced it as a child. It had subtle differences from the one featured in flashbacks to Alison's childhood. Additionally, having Mona play the piano in the yellow top is a callback to when Alison played the piano as a child only to hear it was out of tune. When she checked the back, she discovered two matching dresses, which forced Jessica to teach Alison about lies. The second dress had been for Charlotte.
- The prom night was the biggest easter egg, as Charlotte would have attended the Rosewood High prom the same year as Melissa and Ian - had she been allowed to attend brick-and-mortar schooling.
- The children's room was similar to the one shown in a flashback featuring Charlotte and Alison in "Game Over, Charles". The playroom was Charles's as a child.
- "A" deciding to cut-off Aria's hair was a decision made by the production team when Lucy Hale returned from the hiatus with short hair. They had to justify the change in her hair and decided to have "A" cut it in the middle of the night as a punishment. The last-minute change to the script ultimately worked, as the "punishment" Aria is forced to endure is something Aria can't change even after her rescue and is a betrayal of personal autonomy, not unlike Spencer waking up in blood.
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