Five Nights at Freddy's: The Musical / YMMV

Angst? What Angst?: As part of their Adaptational Heroism, the animatronics are pretty innocent and happy, despite Chica confirming that they're still the souls of undead children and the fact that they were salvaged from the trash by Mike (save for Freddy, whom he designed) and might otherwise have been condemned to live in a dump without any power to move. It could just be that they see the restaurant as a better life for them, but they don't seem bothered by their past at all.
Awesome Music: Even the score behind the musical is amazingly catchy. Kudos to Random Encounters for releasing it along with their songs on iTunes.
Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: In Night 3, there's a line where Nate notes that what's going on is all in his head...to which random voices repeat that yes it's all in his head. This never gets addressed again.
Epileptic Trees: Some people suspect the reason for MatPat's psychotic rampage involves his mind being broken by the numerous theories surrounding FNAF.
He Really Can Act: MatPat makes a great serial killer, to say the least. But it's Phone Guy's horrific screams of anger and pain by David King that truly steal the show.
Hilarious in Hindsight: When holding Freddy hostage in Night 4, Mark threatens to "carve out his stuffing and wear his skin like a suit". It's supposed to be a joke towards the Cruel and Unusual Death he thinks the animatronics will bestow unto him. It also more or less sums up the Big Bad's plan in Sister Location.
- At the end of the supercut we learn MatPat survived the fire that claimed Freddy Fazbear's. At the end of Sister Location's Custom Mode and its final GF Mode cutscene we've learned that Springtrap survived the fire that claimed Fazbear's Fright.
- "Baby I Love You" was funny originally. It becomes hilarious after the Sister Location debut of...Baby.
- The fact that MatPat is in this musical becomes this thanks to the official film based on Five Nights At Freddy’s, which features him as a cameo. In addition, Markiplier was originally meant to be the first night guard we see in the film, just as he is the first night guard in the musical.
- In the musical's sequels, Phone Guy and William Afton are the same person. This turns out to be true of the official film as well.
Most Wonderful Sound: While neither Mark nor Nate are slouches in the singing department on their own, the one line they sing in harmony in Night 4 just sounds amazing.
Retroactive Recognition: Freddy and one of the police officers are played by a pre-Persona 5 Xander Mobus.
Special Effects Failure: During one shot in Night 4 of Springtrap chasing Balloon Boy (specifically "Hurry guys! I think I'm losing ground!"), Balloon Boy's front wheels are static.
Tear Jerker:
- Mark has seen things in the first two nights, to say the least.
- The sheer amount of Sad Battle Music in the production soundtrack. It manages to be both tense and depressing at the same time. Special mention goes to half of You're the Victims and the end part of Not All of Them.
- Mark, Nate, and the animatronics manage to survive five nights at Freddy's, but not AJ, the Puppet, or BB.exe. Freddy's itself doesn't even survive due to a fire it caught.
- While far from being a sympathetic character, MatPat sounded truly in agony when Springtrap attacks him to near-death.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character: MatPat makes a surprise appearance at the end, but he doesn't sing.
Visual Effects of Awesome: Those fire effects in the Supercut version, though.
The Woobie:
- Chica has some shades of this.
(After Mark is arrested in Night 2) We lose more security guards this way! *starts crying*
(Trying to find the fire extinguisher in Night 5; audibly distraught) ♪Someone help I can't find this alone!♪
- Heck, ALL the animatronics, really^noteexcept for Springtrap. They really are just trying to make friends with new employees. But they keep unintentionally scaring people and giving the wrong impression. When Mark arrives on Night 2 armed for war, they sound genuinely afraid of what he'll do.
- Mark in Night 1 just seems so scared and helpless, especially after the power goes out.
- AJ in Blood and Tears.
- Baby from the prequel.

YMMV / Five Nights at Freddy's: The Musical

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