History YMMV / FiveNightsAtFreddys3

* SequelDifficultyDrop: Compared to the second game, the third seems to be easier, with only one animatronic. However, the game still has its curve-balls, such as having a new maintenance mechanic to take care of and relying on much more hallucinations to mess the player up. Furthermore, [[spoiler:because Fazbear's Fright burnt down after the sixth night]], there is no custom night. Justified, because there's only one animatronic to deal with, while the difficulty of the 4/20 and 10/20 modes was based on the A.I. of several animatronics.

** Springtrap looks like a corpse, has GlowingEyesOfDoom, and [[spoiler:contains the murderer's body]]. He also has a cool design and is the most brutally violent of the animatronics, not counting ''4''.

** "Happiest Day" features Brahms' Waltz, Op.39, No.15. This piece is used for the BadEnding as well.

* NauseaFuel:
** [[spoiler:Purple Guy[=/=]William Afton's corpse in Springtrap.]] ''Urrrrrgh.''
** The organs and veins visible in Springtrap's stomach.

* KarmicOverkill: [[spoiler:[[Characters/FiveNightsAtFreddysWilliamAfton William Afton]], a [[WouldHurtAChild child-murdering]] SerialKiller, suffers a springlock failure, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath where an animatronic endoskeleton crushes one's body, with them being alive for long enough to realize they are dying]]. And then, he possesses his corpse, and is left slumped against a wall in a boarded-up room for thirty years.]] While the majority views this as a KickTheSonOfABitch moment, others (mostly the ones who [[DracoInLeatherPants paint him in a sympathetic light]]) say even he didn't deserve that. However given how much of a bastard he was shown to be in future games, this reaction has died down for the most part.

* CommonKnowledge: It's widely believed that the reason Springtrap is drawn by the audio lures of children is because William Afton is such an evil child murderer that he will instantly rush to murder any potential child he hears, regardless of how many times he's been fooled by it before. This isn't the case. As stated by Phone Dude, when the mascots are in animatronic mode, they are set to stay by noise, with the intention that they'll always be by kids during a party. Because William died during a springlock failure, the Spring Bonnie suit he's trapped in is still set in this mode. William fully understands that there are no actual children in the building; the suit's programming is just forcing him to move against his will.

* CommonKnowledge: It's widely believed that the reason Springtrap is drawn by the audio lures of children is because William Afton is such an evil child murderer that he will instantly rush to murder any potential child he hears, regardless of how many times he's been fooled by it before. This isn't the case. As stated by Phone Dude, when the mascots are in animatronic mode, they are set to stay by noise, with the intention that they'll always be by kids during a party. Because William died due to a springlock failure, the Spring Bonnie suit he's trapped in is still set in this mode. William fully understands that there are no actual children in the building; the suit's programming is just forcing him to move against his will.

* CommonKnowledge: It's widely believed that the reason Springtrap is drawn by the audio lures of children is because William Afton is such an evil child murderer that he will instantly rush to murder any potential child he hears, regardless of how many times he's been fooled by it before. This isn't the case. As stated by Phone Dude, when the mascots are in animatronic mode, they are set to stay by noise, with the intention that they'll always be by kids during a party. Because William died due to a springlock failure, the Spring Bonnie suit he's trapped in is still set in this mode. William fully understands that no one's in the building besides the security guard; the suit's programming is just forcing him to move towards noise against his will.

** A fairly popular fan theory before the game's release was that Phone Guy was the killer. This game makes it ''extremely'' unlikely, [[spoiler:as he canonically died before the murderer did]], but a good number of fans still insist he's the killer anyway.

* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: [[spoiler:Balloon Boy is now just about as terrifying as, say, the Puppet or Springtrap itself, if not slightly worse. Also, he jumpscares you now.]]

* FoeYay: Springtrap's persistence with the guard can be seen as an extremely creepy and one-sided variant of this.

'''''Games:''''' ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys1'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' | '''''Five Nights at Freddy's 3''''' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' | ''YMMV/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator'' | ''YMMV/UltimateCustomNight'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysARSpecialDelivery'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' | ''YMMV/SecurityBreachFurysRage''\\