History YMMV / BendyAndTheInkMachine

** In chapter 1, the Bendy sketches on the desks move [[CantMoveWhileBeingWatched when you're not looking at all.]] They never do anything beyond simple pose changes, but ''what the fuck?''

* ParanoiaFuel: Bendy's cutout follows you around during the game. He never moves [[spoiler:except to peer at you from a corner]], and his expression never changes, but dear God.

** This also leads into being friendly with WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse himself, seeing as Bendy is supposed to be a passionate homage to his early works. This also extends to a number of other early cartoon characters, such as ''WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit'', ''WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat'', and, in very rare circumstances, ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' (who amusingly HAS dabbled in the [[http://i61.tinypic.com/2eg4m7o.jpg same retro artstyle before]], though as a parody).

** Due to the time period and the pressure Joey Drew puts on them, it's common for fans to depict several of the studio workers as smokers. Particularly Thomas Connor, presumably because of his [[GutturalGrowler deep and scratchy voice]].

** It's extremely common in FanWorks to depict toon Bendy melting or oozing ink when very emotional or stressed. A rarer variation is Bendy being able to switch between a stable 3D version of his 2D appearance and his Ink form, seemingly at will.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: A classic 1920s/30s-style cartoon about demons and Hell couldn't possibly have been a thing in real life, considering how conservative America was at the time, right? Actually, there were [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Bells_(film) a]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skeleton_Dance number]] macabre and occult-themed cartoons at the time, in which characters like Bendy wouldn't have been out of place.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: A classic 1920s/30s-style cartoon about demons and Hell couldn't possibly have been a thing in real life, considering how conservative America was at the time, right? Actually, there were [[a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Bells_(film)]] [[number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Skeleton_Dance]] macabre and occult-themed cartoons at the time, in which characters like Bendy wouldn't have been out of place.

** Artist katelynntheg has a ''Bendy and the Ink Machine'' OC named Rodney Ravenclaw, whose voice claim is LetsPlay/JackSepticEye (as demonstrated [[https://katelynntheg.deviantart.com/art/batim-Rodney-Has-Been-Summoned-688383716 here]]). Chapter three then includes a tape recording of Shawn Flynn, a Heavenly Toys division employee who is officially voiced by Jacksepticeye.

** LetsPlay/JackSepticEye's voice cameo in Chapter 3. Depending on who you ask, it's either an innocent cameo meant to expand Jack's voice actor portfolio and provide theMeatly with a fitting voice for a certain role, or a shameless attempt at pandering to Let's Players and a sign that the game is devolving into nothing more than Website/YouTube fodder.

** Similarly, Joey has apparently been [[PlagiarismInFiction taking credit for his employees' work]]. As it turns out, the creators of the game ''themselves'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyHkdxxoVKQ&t=3655s are]] [[https://youtu.be/HrYC01llafM guilty]] of plagiarism. In fact, there's a possibility that the game's ''entire premise'' [[https://www.reddit.com/r/BendyAndTheInkMachine/comments/9kkzdm/i_am_concerned_the_plot_of_this_game_may_have/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 was plagiarized]].

** It's a better video game adaptation of ''WebOriginal/AbandonedByDisney'' than [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtTreasureIsland the fangame directly based on it]].