History WMG / FiveNightsAtFreddys4

Anyone who grew up with a Teddy bear (or any plush animal of your choosing) would understand what im getting at here, A child is most likely to give his toy's their own personalities and quirks when playing with them or cherishing them, It is clear FNAF 4's protaganist lacks many friends (if he has any at all) So he has to turn to his Fredbear plush to feel some company, the Fredbear plush is most likely a catalyst of his many thoughts and fears in the form of something he can call a friend.

[[WMG/FiveNightsAtFreddys Five Nights At Freddy's 1]] | [[WMG/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 Five Nights At Freddy's 2]] | [[WMG/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 Five Nights At Freddy's 3]] | Five Nights At Freddy's 4 | [[WMG/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld Five Nights At Freddy's World]] |[[WMG/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheSilverEyes Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes]]

It's now confirmed that [[spoiler:Fredbear]] did the bite. But we were all lead to believe that the bite happened after the second game, right? The culprit wasn't around by then! Well, think about it. The fact that the brother's room had Mangle in it meant that the toy animatronics had at least been introduced. This means that the second game's place has already been built. Assuming that this is the day when Jeremy had to do the party, this would be around the time that the toys would be scrapped. With the bots from the old place broken and cannibalized and the new ones being trashed, there's only one alternative: [[spoiler:the spring animatronics]].

* Alternatively, the ENTIRE game is set in his head. [[spoiler: The bite did not happen at Fredbear's, rather, the kid knew about the place and the bite messed with his mind, giving him fake memories which exaggerated his relationship with his brother and similar things.]]

[[spoiler: At the end of Night 6, Fredbear says to the child, "Can you hear me? I don't know if you can hear me. I am sorry. You're broken. We're still your friends. Do you still believe that? I'm still here. I will put you back together." The child thinks that Fredbear is referring to himself and his fellow animatronics, but really the child is hearing his brother's voice in his hospital room, as he and his friends are hoping that the child will recover and forgive them. This is supported by the fact that occasionally things can be seen near the bed that might be found in a hospital room, like flowers and an IV bag. So the child can see and hear glimpses of the outside world, but due to the severe brain damage is trapped in an endless nightmare and acting out the last days before the bite.]]

[[spoiler: We see him putting someone in the Spring Bonnie suit during the day. This could be one of the murders he committed or possibly just him helping a coworker into the suit, since the person inside doesn't appear to be struggling. Regardless, we do see him at the Pizzeria during the day. When he commits his murders, he was arrested shortly afterwards, but was acquitted when the Bite of '87 happened, since it happened without him and there were other suspects.]]

[[WMG: The Child is Golden Freddy]]

* OR you can subscribe to Golden Freddy in ''2'' and the appearance of the Nightmare animatronics in ''3'' as [[spoiler: {{Foreshadowing}}, where in the latter they warned of Fazbear's Fright burning down. Golden Freddy's head coming out at you is essentially the supernatural presence of the diner warning you that the Bite was coming.]]

We now know the truth of who "Golden Freddy" actually is. We also know that, in Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Golden Freddy did exist as a hollowed animatronic the fifth child's soul was placed into. Finally, we know from 3's ending that Golden Freddy was not physically at the first game's location. Yet, we saw Golden Freddy in the first game, when we know that, because he lacks an endoskeleton, the child possessing him cannot cause him to ''physically move''. So, Golden Freddy was a hallucination in the first game. But why would Mike hallucinate ''Golden Freddy?'' More directly, why would the hallucination of Golden Freddy cause Mike to presumably ''black out'', allowing him to be caught and killed? Why would he return, night after night, knowing what he knows? [[spoiler: Because Fredbear nearly took his life. Because he's been battling hallucinations of his terrors every night ever since 1987. Because, compared to that, the genuine articles are child's play. Because Mike Shmidt was the child who nearly lost his life in 1987.]]

* Not to mention that [[spoiler: due to being responsible for the Bite, he may have something akin to a criminal record as a result, possibly explaining why he has to take, and keep returning to, such a crappy job in the first place.]]

It was thought to of been implied in the second game that the Purple Guy had already murdered the kids when the Bite of '87 occurred, seeing as strange things were happening and the Animatronics were starting to grow weary and stare strangely at adults. Here, we see Purple Guy dressing what seems like another employee with a Springtrap suit, although it could've also been a hapless victim for all we know. However, the fact that the victims following these series of events are similar to The Child's brother and his friends, plus other potential victims in the whole mess, make it seem like the Purple Guy hadn't begun his murdering sprees yet - and then decided to start in full after the Bite happened. Especially with the implication that he killed a child already outside one of the Fredbear diners that would create the Marionette, who then haunts FNAF2's location. [[BiggerBad He's still responsible for a lot of shit in this series,]] but the Bite of '87 was very much out of his hands.

Tying in with the above, this follows in that the Murderer appears to indeed be the Day Shift guard...who was fired from Freddy's and arrested, wait what? But he's ''at the party''. How does ''that'' make any sense? Well, it makes perfect sense when you consider circumstantial evidence. He was arrested in that he was the only one missing at the time of the murder...but ah, the Animatronics have been suspicious, haven't they? He is released while they remain viable suspects. Meanwhile, Freddy's is forced to bring Fredbear and Spring Bonnie out of retirement as, even though they took lives in Suit Mode accidents, they had ''never taken a life in animatronic mode''. Of course, Spring Bonnie was the Murderer's suit, so they bring him in to instruct on how to wear it, while they decide Fredbear is too dangerous to risk suiting, and leave him in animatronic mode. [[spoiler: Then the Bite happens. It has been shown to ''everyone'' that the golden animatronics ''can kill children'', so the one in the back may well have done so entirely on their own, without any human within]]. Combined with the actions of the others, the Animatronics are deemed responsible for the missing children. With a verdict reached, the Murder walks away a free man... [[spoiler: Until he decides to cover his last tracks and take out the robots that somehow seemed to know his intents.]]
* Going asking with this is in the Night 3 to 4 minigame, [[spoiler: there were already urban legend and stories about the animatronics coming to life at night, killing people, and hiding the bodies.]] That could easily have affected peoples' perception of what happened.

[[WMG: The child's identity will be revealed in the Halloween content update]]

[[WMG: The child was the protagonist of Freddy's 3]]
Now that we know he was the victim of the bite and suffered from terrible hallucinations as a result of the restaurant, I am positing that he took a position at Fazbear's Fright in an attempt to overcome his childhood trauma. But the combination of brain damage and the belief the whole experience is all in his head (like it was when he was a kid) makes him [[SuicidalOverconfidence Suicidally Overconfident]]. He believes confronting his fears will overcome them, but just runs into the problem Springtrap is RealAfterAll. Upon accepting he can't overcome his fears that way, he burns Fazbear's Fright to the ground. For bonus points, Purple Man may recognize him as a child who escaped his grasp.
* Hell, if the above theory could be correct, they might ''all be the same guy''. [[spoiler: Mike ''never quit'', he was ''fired''. If he was determined to make that Freddy's never hurt anyone else and/or face his fears directly, he may very well have come back for round two, giving the entire series only two protagonists in total!]]

Since this game doesn't take place in a pizzeria but is still called Five Night's at Freddy's, this is [[SarcasmMode clearly]] the only explanation for why it would retain the franchise's name.

[[spoiler:The brother who torments you does so endlessly in a foxy mask.]] In the second game, Phone Man reveals his love of the old animatronics and asks the player if they ever saw Foxy. Foxy who has been famously 'out of order' hidden from audiences of children for a very long time. In the original game's very first night, Phone Man knows gory details about the Bite of 87, including the extent of the victim's injuries and he knows that the victim survived. He's also still a passionate fan of these old animatronics, and empathizes that they aren't cared for or respected enough by audiences today like they once were.
* [[spoiler:If Phone Man fed his own brother to Fredbear, he may continue working at these restaurants as a sign of a guilty conscience, or as a result of his trauma]]
** [[spoiler:Or he may have been forced to work there. If the Fredbear & Friends 1983 tv add means anything, the event may not have been the Bite of 87, but a previous bite that was covered up by Fazbear Entertainment. Since something like this would ruin them (like the Bite eventually did) they may have agreed to keep everything underwraps in return for the Phone Guy's (and maybe even his friends') continuous service.]]

* Not possible - [[spoiler: The fourth game and the second game take place at the exact same time. The Asshole is a teenager while Phone Guy is an adult.]]

[[WMG: The Bite gets the spring animatronics taken out of service]]
One of the easter eggs in the between night mini games is that you can turn the TV on which displays a title card for Fredbear and Friends 1983 which explains why Fredbear and Spring Bonnie are still in service. This is the first location and the other animatronics are fairly minor characters in the franchise hence why they are only masks. Phone guy mentioned in 3 that there were multiple fatalities/injuries from the spring suits. Fredbear was the culprit of this bite and had his endoskeleton terminated while spring Bonnie got put in storage this also explains why Fredbear is all over the area as it's mascot.

The Spring Suits were decommissioned ''immediately'' when their main fault (mainly they kill you by crushing your body) was discovered. The person we see [[spoiler: Purple Guy]] helping is the first person to die as a result... which gives him the idea on how to kill the victims.

It Wasn't the Bite of '87, Phone Guy got mixed up, it was the Bite of '83. FNAF 2 and FNAF 4 are set in 1983. The Pizzeria must have made a typo on the cheque. [[spoiler: Purple Guy witnessed the Bite of '83, and he wanted Justice for the Child, so he murdered the Child's Brother and his friends. So what he was doing was with good reason, he is a {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}]].

* It does make sense, because the Pizzeria obviously gave the wrong timestamp by mistake, if that wasn't the case, then on the other hand, Phone Guy is a liar, even if it is not by his own admission, as he probably lied about Fredbear, he probably lied about the entire Pizzeria. Jeremy knew it was Fredbear's all along. And the 87 on the timestamp, if it weren't a year, it was probably the Paycheck if it included VAT. Also, Scott doesn't have a photographic memory, like any human, he can forget.
** That'd be easier to believe if he ''couldn't look it up''. ''On ThisVeryWiki'' no less.
* There's one good clue to when this game took place- the use of the Spring animatronics during the cutscene featuring the Bite, which are ''nowhere to be found'' in the second game. At all. This means the two games ''actually cannot run concurrent''. The second game was in '87, as the paycheck indicates- suggesting it's a typo is more than an EpicFail on the part of the company since 3 and 7 are nowhere near each other, even on a keypad, and it's unlikely. The fourth? That may not have been in 1987. There's no indicator whatsoever that the second and fourth games take place at the same time except that we know there's a Bite incident in 1987, when the second game takes place, and one happens in the fourth game. It's more than likely that there's at least two Bite incidents, especially because the end of Night 6 has the child ''die'' (listen for the flatline!), but Phone Guy states that the victim of '87 lived ("I-It's amazing that the human body can live without the frontal lobe, you know?").

** They spring suits aren't found in FNAF 2 because they were discontinued by then. The Bite and Missing Children Incident happen in June '87, Jeremy works during November '87.
*** Where does it say the game is in June of '87? At the very least, I succeeded in proving the game ''cannot run concurrent'' with the second game. Which is mostly what I wanted to point out, and I placed it under here because doing so lends to the above theory. There are a lot of timeline issues, since all three stages of the animatronics are represented- the Spring suits are clearly shown to be in use, the brother and his friends wear masks of the designs that theoretically came up when the Diner was bought and made into a pizzeria, the Child has plush toys of them like that, and the Girl Who Would Be Chica (supposedly) has figurines of the Toy animatronics. Even to be in June of that year, the girl shouldn't have those toy as the grand re-opening where they were introduced was in November. Scott claims the game isn't a prequel (though he's a LyingCreator), but since it cannot run the same circles as [=FNAF2=], you can actually make a good argument that this game ''is actually a sequel to the first or second games'', and the idiots who run the joint decided to use the Spring suits for a while, possibly while they repaired the old suits for use in FNAF1, but scrapped the Toy bots (we know they were scrapped for some reason, after all). That would explain why all three variations of the Animatronics are shown, and we don't know if the place was closed down immediately after this incident. So it could fall between the second and first games, taking place after it re-opened for the first game, but before Mike took the shift- something made the place close down when Mike's turn was over, after all. I'll say here that I make theories, and I submit evidence, but I don't always believe what I write. I just like to examine all angles, but I can't make the game fit into FNAF 2's timeline. I originally did suggest the game took place earlier in the year, but I cut it when I was shortening my comment (apparently. I thought I left it in but...), since it was three times as long before I did.

*** The two games could run congruent,if there were two resturants. Who's to say they didn't build a new building for the toy animtronics, and kept Golden Freddy and Springtrap in the location seen in the FNAF 3 minigames.

* [[spoiler: This runs concurrent to FNAF2, so it's impossible for Jeremy and Fritz to be bullies. That doesn't rule out Mike though.]]
** [[spoiler: Actually, there is some debate about that. Either this game is set in 1987, in which case it could rule out Jeremy and Fritz as potential other Bullies, or it's set in 1983, which would support this theory.]]

Now this may sound strange, given that this theory has absolutely nothing to do with [=FNAF4=] itself, but hear me out. From the beginning, we've known that the one responsible for the child's murders was Purple Guy, named only for the fact that [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin he was entirely purple]]. But the only concrete bit of evidence confirming the guy's identity is that he was a security guard at the place. How many other security guards do we know?[[labelnote:*]] [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Mike Schmidt]] and [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 Jeremy Fitzgerald]] were both security guards, yes, but aside from their names and professions, [[FeaturelessProtagonist we know nothing else.]][[/labelnote]]

* Probably also worth noting is how the child's posture [[spoiler: as he sits on his knees in Night 6's ending]] looks quite similar to the giant crying Puppet in The Mangle's minigame in 3rd.

This game takes place earlier than most people think, it takes place before game #2 and [[spoiler: what we see taking place at the end of night five isn't actually the bite of 87. After all, why would they need to call it "The Bite of 87" if there wasn't another "Bite" somewhere in the company's history?]]

Consider how [[spoiler: the main character's brother and his friends]] are all wearing masks based around the original four at one point.

Also remember the bite of 87 was what caused them to take away the animatronics' ability to walk around freely during the day, [[spoiler: but the bite we see happening to the main character takes place when the golden freddy is just standing around on stage,]] exactly the same way that the robots are shown doing in the five game when they have their freeroaming mode turned off. [[spoiler: since the bite we see in this game]] had nothing at all to do with freeroaming mode, why would they disable it? Well Freeroaming didn't come around until the second game.

In short much like with the second game, Scott is pulling a fast one on us in regards to where it falls in the timeline, and it won't be confirmed/revealed until whatever comes with the Halloween DLC.

* What we ''don't'' see might be as important as what we ''do.'' Sure, all of the originals are present as plushies and on the TV, and toy versions of the toy animatronics can be found. However, at the restaurant, only Golden Freddy and Golden Bonnie suits or pieces are found. We never see any other animatronics, except in the gameplay (which are heavily implied to just be [[spoiler:nightmares inspired by his plushies]]). Is it possible then, that none of them had been made yet? Perhaps the TV show expanded the cast for the sake of TV and spawned merchandise before animatronics could be made. Finally, we see the brother and his friends wearing masks of the original FNAF1 animatronics, while outside the restaurant, you see a kid with a balloon, as one example. It seems possible that only Golden Freddy and Golden Bonnie exist at this time, and they are not haunted. It might very well be that these kids are the ones that end up possessing the animatronics they imitate or resemble (the protagonist himself being the puppet).

[[WMG: The Bite of '87 is accurate, but the game itself..]]
Each night is 'another night before the party', and the strong suggestions involving the series-noted Bite are obvious. But with how hallucinatory and ridiculously nightmarish each of the Animatronics obviously are, combined with the fact that there's an IV bag next to the Child's bed, who's to say that the actual game isn't long after the cause? Essentially the child is reliving PTSD of [[spoiler:the Bite]] and the stress leading up to [[spoiler: his birthday party gone awry,]] and the Fredbear animatronics haunt him each night, memories slowly unfolding of what really occurred - to a degree, given the obvious mental distortions. If they catch him, it's the equivalent of either a psychotic break that ends poorly or the poor kid goes into a stroke or shock that ends up being fatal.

* To be fair, any bite victim would only have to worry about the inner teeth of the endoskeleton; the "teeth" of the outer shell (or "shroud") would be cheap plastic. [[spoiler: So yes, it's possible to come away with "only" frontal lobe damage from the bite we see on the screen. Areas at risk are all of the orbital gyri -- anterior, medial, posterior and the gyrus rectus. It does depend on exactly how the kid's head is wedged in there, though.]]

As said already by others if the concept of Freddy is as popular as it is being made out to be then it could be easy to find an episode of the TV series in a four year difference due to reruns. The other part I would like to share deals with one of the things we could look for as inspiration to the series, Chuck E. Cheese's. For a few years now Mister Charles Entertainment Cheese got himself a redesign, some locations for blessed to get the remodeled animatronic that resembled this upgrade while others are stuck with his old designs only with the outfit to put on. This could be an explanation for why masks and toys include Freddy, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy, and those Mangle remnants while the restaurant still had Fredbear and Springtrap as the playing robots. They are trying to get rid of the old models and update the best they can.

** ''Specifically'', most of those franchises probably have to turn in their old animatronics when they get the new ones. The locations at 2 and 4 didn't, hence why they still have the Withered and Springlock animatronics respectively.

[[WMG:[[spoiler: The Puppet is what is in the locked chest]]]]
* [[spoiler: The chest is big enough to fit a puppet...so it could be possible..?]]

[[WMG: The Kid's brother is actually the protagonist of FNAF's 3]]
Because the protagonist wasn't named, the protagonist is likely the brother of the kid [[spoiler: a DeadlyPrank gone horribly wrong]]. Because of the time frame between 2/4/1 and 3, the kid's brother is an adult at this time. However seeing as he sees animatronics coming after him, he purposely burned the pizzaeria down because of Springtrap being a bigger threat.
* Incidentally, it was considered strange that Phantom Freddy resembles ''Golden Freddy''. If the Brother is indeed the protagonist of ''3'', it would make sense that it was Golden Freddy/[[spoiler: Fredbear]] he was seeing and ''not'' Freddy Fazbear, for the very fact that [[spoiler: Fredbear was his little brother's favourite, and also the one that connected the Bite of '87]].

* The Purple Guy is Bite of '87 victim. The injury having affected his judgment and turned him into a crazed killer.

* The Phone Guy is the killer, and the FNAF3 trailer hinted at this, as he's the only character confirmed to have continually come back (we now have a reasonable expectation that [[spoiler:the Purple Guy knew about the spring suits early enough to know their dangers]] as much as Phone Guy, so the killer's death to one is almost certainly due to desperation and not stupidity).

* There ''is'' no killer. The Purple Man just being representative of the [[spoiler:older brother who accidentally killed his brother and other people the ghosts blame]], with the evils of the series just being the result of vengeful ghosts.

The Child trying to separate the [[spoiler: bite incident]] from the animatronics, or rather, from his plush friends. So, rather than fully associate the fault with his favorite characters (even if the bots themselves scare him) as the nights go on he is trying to preserve the 'friendship' he has by imagining a monster worse than any of the Nightmare Animatronics.

[[WMG: The Murderer is Jeremy FitzGerald]]

[[spoiler: According to MatPat's theory(link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMJ2jZtW7cw), it would be impossible for the protagonist to have the nightmares. Without the frontal lobe, a person couldn't care less about most inhibitions, including life-threatening scenarios, fake or otherwise. So perhaps, the brother is the one with the nightmares, traumatized by his prank gone horribly wrong. Now, because he's seen what the animatronics can do, he's scared rightfully shitless of them, and probably feels all sorts of survivor's guilt. Perhaps the medical equipment near the bed shows this, and he thinks it should have been him instead of his little brother.]]

Once again mentioned by MatPat, [[spoiler: You wouldn't be able to dream without a frontal lobe.]] And before every night, it says "X days before the party", [[spoiler: Which is when the bite presumably takes place]]. The reason the kid has nightmares about them is because he hates the idea of being in Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. As for why the IV Bag is there, maybe [[spoiler: the kid had an injury that required him to need that, and his parents forgot to take it back after it got healed.]]

This theory definitely falls under the assumption that there was a "Bite of 83" , but there are hints that lends it credence. There is no sign of any sort of security in the establishment. Purple Guy in his cameo seems to be operating as an costume assistant or mechanic of some sort (which would explain a LOT), but his appearance is markedly different from his night guard appearance in the second game. In addition, we don't play as a night guard, which isn't conclusive in itself, but the game makes a point to note that the child seems to be ALONE in the idea that the animatronics are malicious. Finally, the fact that the teens could get away with such a deadly prank indicates that there was no one in place to stop them. Fazbear Entertainment would probably find it in their best interests to hire someone to watch the place after such a devastating accident.

{{WMG: Foxy killing the player for honking Freddy's nose too much is a subconscious reaction to a similar incident involving his brother]]

[[WMG/FiveNightsAtFreddys Five Nights At Freddy's 1]] | [[WMG/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 Five Nights At Freddy's 2]] | [[WMG/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 Five Nights At Freddy's 3]] | Five Nights At Freddy's 4 | [[WMG/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld Five Nights At Freddy's World]]

[[WMG: The 'Silver Eyes' is a reference to Purple Man.]]
Perhaps him having white eyes in two of his sprites isn't just a stylistic choice. Perhaps he has silver eyes. Also, food for thought: in at least [[http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/31861554299675223/E2BB587D166E59F53776872F44FEBB9F150909EC/ one of the hidden Springtrap pictures]] he has silver eyes. (The rest of the time it's honestly hard to tell cause the lighting in Fazbear's Fright is shit.) The only question then is why do the Phantoms have silver eyes too?

Perhaps him having white eyes in two of his sprites isn't just a stylistic choice. Perhaps he has silver eyes.

Something had to have set the poor kid off besides the idea of it being purple guy, and the rumors the kids spread to him, there could very well have been a child killer in the restaurant to which spawned those fears.

[[WMG: The series itself is a dream but... ]]
The Movie and the Novel are going to be genuinely what happend to influence the Child's nightmares and fears.

Something had to have set the poor kid off besides the idea of it being purple guy, and the rumors the kids spread to him.

Thankfully, before any further carnage ensued, the police stormed the building, scaring the Puppet and causing him to flee into his Prize Corner, so he could try and control the Toys from there. Although the Toys were extremely well-constructed and injured several cops in the furious gun battle, heavy gunfire annihilated the robots. However, the brother’s friends had been horrifically maimed, and so were any workers in the stage room. They were sent to the morgue, while the child, the brother and Jeremy headed to hospital. Fazbear Entertainment immediately did their usual cover up, and it almost worked-the Bite was known to the public, but any other deaths were simply blamed on faulty wiring that made the Toys malfunction.

The extensive media coverage and national outcry lead to Fazbear Entertainment being swarmed with even more lawsuits than before, and lead to the demolition of both the pizzeria and Toy animatronics, although Fredbear was simply taken out of commission instead. As the Toy animatronics's parts were now in Fazbear's 3rd generation of robots, the company dropped the 'mask disguise', guessing that it would not work after the bloodbath. They also forbid any old employees to speak about the deaths on the birthday, which was why Phone Guy only told Mike about the Bite. The costs of the massive property damage and lawsuits tore away at the company's money until they were reduced to the state they were in during the first game.

Thankfully, before any further carnage ensued, the police stormed the building, scaring the Puppet and causing him to flee into his Prize Corner, so he could try and control the Toys from there. Although the Toys were extremely well-constructed and critically injured several SWAT members in the furious gun battle, heavy gunfire annihilated the robots. However, the brother’s friends had been horrifically maimed, and so were any workers in the stage room. They were sent to the morgue, while the child, the brother and Jeremy headed to hospital. Fazbear Entertainment immediately did their usual cover up, and it almost worked-the Bite was known to the public, but any other deaths were simply blamed on faulty wiring that made the Toys malfunction.