The Conductor is a major character in A Hat in Time who mainly appears in Chapter 2: Battle of the Birds, as the optional deuteragonist or main antagonist. He is a movie director who creates western based films, and has Hat Kid star in two films called "Murder on the Owl Express" and "Train Rush". As his name suggests, he also conducts a train called The Owl Express. Having a rivalry with DJ Grooves, he's one of the two birds whom Hat Kid can help win the competition for the Annual Bird Movie Awards. The Conductor is a very loud and outspoken bird (not in this case, he's a loud scottish human). Most of the time he can be rude and angry (but on some occasions speaks softly). He also has a disregard for the player's safety or anyone at all, claiming that it's for the name of cinematography. Depending on the player's actions during his chapter of the game, in the chapter finale, he can be rather petty, planning to use the Time Pieces to fix one loss compared to Grooves having lost all but one. During the same scenario, he is also very condescending, stating that Hat Kid had a tiny part in his success, despite it hinging on her massively. However, in the alternate scenario, he will attempt to help Hat Kid, showing that he does not lack all empathy. He also cares very deeply for his grandkids, as is both shown in Bon Voyage! with him affectionately commenting on them as well as during Rock the Boat, where he is in the daycare, implying to have been searching for them. He also likes to use the word "peck" (which is a considered a cuss used by birds, equivalent to the f-word in A Hat in Time) and often likes to call people he has qualms with 'peck necks'.