History YMMV / FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator

* AuthorsSavingThrow: After ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation Sister Location]]'' implied that [[spoiler:Springtrap was actually Michael Afton instead of Purple Guy / William Afton (thus nullifying one of the best-received plot points in the series)]], many fans were pretty unhappy. However, this game [[{{Jossed}} Josses]] that; [[spoiler:Springtrap still is [=Purple/William=]]].[[note]]Given that Scott essentially confirmed this prior to the release of this game, thanks to his response to Game Theory's then-final episode on the series, it's clear that he'd intended [[spoiler:William to still be Springtrap]] all along; it just wasn't especially clear based on how the scene was edited.[[/note]]

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Springtrap's redesign is divisive. The largest point of contention are the changes made to his human body, which is no longer red nor rotting, has a yellowish color (possibly due to the lighting), and a row of animatronic teeth. It gets a bit better if you believe the "skin" to be bare bone. The suit's head is also considered to look too different. Though it is justified by the fact Springtrap went through a fire at Fazbear's Fright and then scavenged pieces of other animatronics to try to fix himself, most notably parts of Fredbear/Golden Freddy.

'''''Games:''''' ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys1'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' | '''''Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator''''' | ''YMMV/UltimateCustomNight'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysARSpecialDelivery'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' | ''YMMV/SecurityBreachFurysRage''\\

* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Helpy, the adorable little Funtime Freddy-esque animatronic who helps the player while they're managing the Pizzeria. Fans find him absolutely adorable, sweet and well [[MeaningfulName helpful]]; it also helps that he's one of the few animatronics that doesn't hurt or hinder the player in any way (except for [[VideoGame/UltimateCustomNight UCN]]). Fans were quite overjoyed to see the little guy become sort of a mascot for Fazbear Entertainment thanks to his appearances in ''Help Wanted'' and ''Security Breach''.
** Cassette Man gained many fans for [[spoiler:his GreaterScopeParagon status, and his DyingMomentOfAwesome in the True Ending]].
** Music Man is among the more popular buyable animatronics for his [[UncannyValley intensely creepy design]], [[UpToEleven even by this series' standards.]] He even ascended to a threat in ''Security Breach.''

* CrossesTheLineTwice:
** The ball pit minigame. If you miss the target[[note]]which is really small, and the cursor moves ridiculously fast[[/note]], Helpy still jumps, only to hit the floor with a SickeningCrunch and remain motionless on the ground for a few seconds while the music stops playing. [[YouBastard Congratulations, you just brutally murdered an adorable bear doll.]]
** Some of the lawsuits you can get are downright ridiculous, such as a child who supposedly went into a coma and woke up "essentially lobotomized" all because... she saw [[FelonyMisdemeanor an animatronic's head fall off]]. Even the justified claims can be darkly humorous because of how stupidly dangerous you've made your children's restaurant.

'''''Games:''''' ''YMMV/FiveNightsatFreddys1'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' | '''''Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator''''' | ''YMMV/UltimateCustomNight'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysARSpecialDelivery'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' | ''YMMV/SecurityBreachFurysRage''\\

* [[YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys Main franchise]]
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys1''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys2''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys3''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys4''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation''
* ''YMMV/UltimateCustomNight''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysARSpecialDelivery''
* ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach''

* EpilepticTrees: If the repaired animatronics are indeed the Nightmares, there's even more evidence towards the "Nightmares are Twisted animatronics" theory. [[note]]According to this theory, someone (likely William) used ''4''[='=]s kid's Fredbear doll and a walkie talkie to emit a BrownNote that made them look like monsters in the kid's eyes.[[/note]]

* UncannyValley:
** Several of the new animal animatronics, and Springtrap's redesign. The latter looks way, ''way'' too humanoid.
** [[https://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/7hlz6u/i_think_we_might_have_just_gotten_williams/ The man who might be Purple Guy.]] Not only does the aesthetic make him look like ComicBook/TheJoker, his smiles are rather blatantly fake.
** [[SpiderPeople Music Man]], oh so much.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
** William Afton, the BigBad of the franchise, is technically speaking the BigBad, but is still largely DemotedToExtra, with most of the spotlight being given to his daughter, who was introduced just one game beforehand. [[spoiler:Even in death, he doesn't get any last words, and is barely mentioned in the ending besides one scene]].
** At the end of ''Sister Location'', Michael Afton was teased to become the new protagonist with a major story arc where he tries to find his father. While he is heavily implied to be the PlayerCharacter here, he still doesn't get to utter even a single line, and is reduced to a blank slate with his monologue about wanting to find his father being completely forgotten.

* FanNickname: For Springtrap/William Afton's redesign in this game is called, "Scraptrap" or "Springscrap", much like Scrap Baby's alias. AscendedFanon in that the former name got picked up by Scott himself during the ''Ultimate Custom Night''[='=]s development.

* HilariousInHindsight: Now that everyone knows that this game is ''FNAF 6'', if Scott wants to keep up the facade of ''Pizzeria Simulator'' being a mere spin-off, he needs to actually cancel the "real" ''FNAF 6''.
** One of the fan nicknames for Springtrap in ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 Five Nights at Freddy's 3]]'' was "Salvage". Guess which part of the game Springtrap shows up in this time....
** In ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFuckboys Five Nights at Fuckboy's 3]]'', there is a running joke with several {{Superboss}}es, revealing that Fazbear Entertainment was creating "budget buddies" — basically low-budget animatronics, including using bare endoskeletons as animatronics. Come this game, and with characters such as "Pan Stan" and "No. 1 Crate" (which are just a random junk with attached limbs and drawn faces[=/=]googly eyes), it seems that Fazbear Entertainment really is that lazy.
** Since it appears that this game takes place during the opening hours, it really is your [[VisualNovel/DayshiftAtFreddys day shift at Freddy's]]. [[spoiler:It even has its own Orange Man in one particular minigame.]]
** One of the purchasable animatronics, El Chip, is a blatant call back to Scott’s previous game “Chipper and Sons Lumber Co.”, whose characters were accused of looking like creepy animatronics by critics.

* {{Narm}}: While the [[MadnessMantra 'fun, fun, fun, fun, fun']] content warning screen is frightening to some people, this scare is turned into utter hilarity if you are acquainted with the [[https://youtu.be/B1tL6rFsyAQ?t=2m34s You On Kazoo]] video.
** Some may also see [[spoiler:Springtrap's image in the GoldenEnding as this, considering that the image makes his head look positively ''gigantic'' compared to the rest of his body]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
** William Afton, the BigBad himself. Did he genuinely love his daughter, Elizabeth, as the previous game implied, or was it all just a facade in order to mold her as his heir to murdering children?
** [[spoiler:The secret graveyard screen launched two variations of one theory; that the protagonists of games ''1'' to ''3'' were either Mike Afton or The Cassette Man. Both had a reason to be in these locations, both know how to tamper with the animatronics, and they were using fake names taken from the dead kids to get re-hired again and again. (Although the fact that one of them is [[RevenantZombie a walking corpse]] and the other is [[KingIncognito the founder of the pizzeria chain]] would make this harder for them.)]]
** Circus Baby/Scrap Baby/[[spoiler:Elizabeth]], was she really the TokenGoodTeammate of ''Sister Location'' and was somehow corrupted by Ennard? Or was she really EvilAllAlong and was just "pretending" to be good in ''Sister Location''?
** Speaking of Scrap Baby, how much of her is AI or [[spoiler:Elizabeth]]. [[spoiler:Her ending speech seems to be pointing that Elizabeth is completely in control, but it also must be remembered William Afton can also be seen as the father of Circus Baby, and her ending speech could be her accepting what he made her to be, a child-killing robot. It can also be [[SplitPersonalityMerge both becoming one between games]].]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

* WhatAnIdiot: William Afton. He outright states that the Pizzeria is a lie [[spoiler:although it's not clear how much he knew about Cassette Man's plan, if he knew anything at all]] and he ''still'' walks in regardless! SanityHasAdvantages is in full effect here.

* Music Man is among the more popular buyable animatronics for his [[UncannyValley intensely creepy design]], [[UpToEleven even by this series' standards.]] He even ascended to a threat in ''Security Breach.''

** In [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFuckboys Five Nights at Fuckboy's 3]], the BonusBoss revealed that Fazbear Entertainment was creating "budget buddies" — basically low-budget animatronics, such as a bare endoskeleton. Come this game, and with characters such as "Pan Stan" and "No. 1 Crate", it seems that Fazbear Entertainment really is that lazy.

** Helpy, the adorable little animatronic bear who helps the player while they're managing the Pizzeria. Fans find him absolutely cute and sweet; it also helps that he's one of the few animatronics that doesn't hurt or hinder the player in any way.

* FanNickname: For Springtrap/William Afton's redesign, "Scraptrap" or "Springscrap", much like Scrap Baby's alias. AscendedFanon in that the former name got picked up by Scott himself during the ''Ultimate Custom Night''[='=]s development.