History YMMV / FiveNightsAtFreddysTheSilverEyes

* CompleteMonster: In this book and [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheTwistedOnes both]] the [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheFourthCloset sequels]], [[spoiler:[[Characters/FiveNightsAtFreddysWilliamAfton William Afton]], aka Dave Miller, was the co-founder of both Fredbear's Family Diner and Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Unable to deal with the stress in his life, he turned to the life of a SerialKiller to relieve it. Starting off by [[WouldHurtAChild murdering the child]] of his business partner Henry, Afton later lured five kids backstage, killed them, and stuffed their bodies inside the animatronics, causing them to become possessed by their spirits. Later, while working as a security guard at a mall, he notices an android based off Henry's daughter Charlotte along with her six friends, and decides to try and kill them ForTheEvulz. He kidnaps Charlotte's friend Carlton and places him in a springlock suit, gleefully telling him that if he makes one wrong move, the suit will slowly crush him to death and his spirit will be unable to pass on. He later [[CopKiller kills an officer]] and takes Charlotte hostage when the group tries to escape. Returning as Springtrap, Afton sends out animatronics to kill Charlotte and her friends out of revenge for causing his death. It's also revealed that he reduced the animatronics to their endoskeletons and mashed them together, keeping all of the souls in [[AndIMustScream excruciating agony]]]].

** The heroine [[TheWoobie Charlie]] who [[spoiler:lost both her little brother and a childhood friend to the Purple Guy, her mother left the family, and then her father committed suicide.]]

** Furthermore, the reason that the group came to Hurricane again was because it was the anniversary of their friend Michael Brooks murder, and his parents had made a scholarship in honor of him on that day. Carlton, Michaels best friend, delivers a speech about Michael. The whole tone of the affair, how each character describes how they feel about it, and about Michael himself, really just hammers in how ''terrible'' the murders were, and how much of a ''monster'' [[spoiler:Dave/The Purple Guy]] really is. [[spoiler:The fact Michael is the child who possessed Golden Freddy/Fredbear doesn't help]].

'''''Games:''''' ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys1'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' | ''YMMV/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator'' | ''YMMV/UltimateCustomNight'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysARSpecialDelivery'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' | ''YMMV/SecurityBreachFurysRage''\\

'''''Games:''''' ''YMMV/FiveNightsatFreddys1'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys2'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' | ''YMMV/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator'' | ''YMMV/UltimateCustomNight'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysARSpecialDelivery'' | ''YMMV/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' | ''YMMV/SecurityBreachFurysRage''\\

* NightmareRetardant: Nothing ruins the scariness and horror of the animatronics quite like the realization that [[spoiler:''none of the animatronics score a single kill in the entire book.'' Every character who dies is done in by another human.]]
** [[spoiler:Considering that the games ran on HumansAreTheRealMonsters until ''Sister Location'', it's somewhat justified.]]

* WhatAnIdiot:
** In this book's continuity, Charlotte's dad made the spring lock suits. Early on, he openly tells his kids how dangerous they are (enough that slight twitches can cause them to break)... yet he (as well as [[spoiler:Dave/William]]) continued to use them regardless of their dangerous use. At least Fazbear Entertainment had the excuse of being a subsidiary of IncompetenceInc run by {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, and not a GadgeteerGenius who should honestly know better. While the point stands, Henry had created and likely knew how to properly use the springlocks as well as [[spoiler: Dave/William]], so their probably was a diminished chance at failure.
** [[spoiler:Dave/William]] as well, for not only [[spoiler:Setting the animatronics on the kids and getting involved]], instead of just letting the kids go into Freddy's to gain closure for the murders, since A. Their not vandalizing anything and no one would know if they kept coming, and B. It would be much more likely that they would have no idea as to what was going on with [[spoiler: the animatronics possibly coming after them and killing them, and even if they didn't, the kids would have just gone home and thought nothing of it]], but also [[spoiler: kidnapping Carlton, as this would get not only the children to come back, but also ''the police'' possibly getting him caught for the murders and gets him springlocked at the end.]]
** In a somewhat more murky example of this trope, [[PoliceAreUseless the police in Hurricane]]. They had correctly suspected [[spoiler: William Afton/Dave Miller]] of the murders. He had been present at Freddy's each day of the murders, had mysteriously disappeared at the time of each murder, and when the police went through his house, they found the Spring Bonnie suit and some of [[spoiler: William's diaries which showed how obsessed and jealous he was of his partner Henry]]. However, there were no bodies [[spoiler: as they had been stuffed into the suits]], and therefore they had to let [[spoiler: Afton]] go. While understandable and realistic, they probably could have at least taken him to court and possibly got a conviction. While the lack of bodies would have hindered the case, and [[spoiler:William]] probably could have gotten a good lawyer, the evidence they had was hard to ignore, and the jury probably would have voted Afton guilty. Additionally, the game news articles tell of how the animatronics leaked blood and mucus [[spoiler: because of the kids being stuffed in them]], which ''probably'' should have raised a few flags to the police and any sane parent at the time.

-->“I don’t remember as much about Michael as I should,” he(Carlton)said finally. “Too much of those years is a blur; I know we met when we were still in diapers, but I don’t remember that, thankfully.” There was a soft titter through the crowd. “I do know that as far back as I have memories, Michael is in them. I remember playing superheroes; drawing, which he was much better at than me; and as we got older I remember … well, playing superheroes and drawing. What I really remember, though, is that my days were always more exciting when he was in them. He was smarter than me; he was the one always coming up with new ideas, new ways to get in trouble. Sorry about those lamps, by the way, Mrs. Brooks. If I had jumped the way Michael said, I probably would only have broken one.”

* CompleteMonster: In this book and [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheTwistedOnes both]] the [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheFourthCloset sequels]], [[spoiler:[[Characters/FiveNightsAtFreddysWilliamAfton Dave Miller/William Afton]] was the co-founder of both Fredbear's Family Diner and Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Unable to deal with the stress in his life, he turned to the life of a SerialKiller to relieve it. Starting off by [[WouldHurtAChild murdering the child]] of his business partner Henry, Afton later lured five kids backstage, killed them, and stuffed their bodies inside the animatronics, causing them to become possessed by their spirits. Later, while working as a security guard at a mall, he notices an android based off Henry's daughter Charlotte along with her six friends, and decides to try and kill them ForTheEvulz. He kidnaps Charlotte's friend Carlton and places him in a springlock suit, gleefully telling him that if he makes one wrong move, the suit will slowly crush him to death and his spirit will be unable to pass on. He later [[CopKiller kills an officer]] and takes Charlotte hostage when the group tries to escape. Returning as Springtrap, Afton sends out animatronics to kill Charlotte and her friends out of revenge for causing his death. It's also revealed that he reduced the animatronics to their endoskeletons and mashed them together, keeping all of the souls in [[AndIMustScream excruciating agony]]]].

* CompleteMonster: In this book and [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheTwistedOnes both]] the [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheFourthCloset sequels]], [[spoiler:[[Characters/FiveNightsAtFreddysWilliamAfton Dave Miller/William Afton]] was the co-founder of both Fredbear's Family Diner and Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Unable to deal with the stress in his life, he turned to the life of a SerialKiller to relieve it. Starting off by [[WouldHurtAChild murdering the child]] of his business partner Henry, Afton later lured five kids backstage, killed them, and stuffed their bodies inside the animatronics, causing them to become possessed by their spirits. He then modifies the animatronics to lure children away from their parents in the hope of being able to kill even more children. While working as a security guard at a mall, he notices an android based off Henry's daughter Charlotte along with her six friends, and decides to try and kill them ForTheEvulz. He kidnaps Charlotte's friend Carlton and places him in a springlock suit, gleefully telling him that if he makes one wrong move, the suit will slowly crush him to death and his spirit will be unable to pass on. He later [[CopKiller kills an officer]] and takes Charlotte hostage when the group tries to escape. Returning as Springtrap, Afton sends out animatronics to kill Charlotte and her friends out of revenge for causing his death. It's also revealed that he reduced the animatronics to their endoskeletons and mashed them together, keeping all of the souls in [[AndIMustScream excruciating agony]]]].

** [[spoiler:Considering that the games ran on HumansAreTheRealMonsters until Sister Location, it's somewhat justified.]]

* CompleteMonster: In this book and [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheTwistedOnes both]] the [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheFourthCloset sequels]], [[spoiler:[[Characters/FiveNightsAtFreddysWilliamAfton Dave/William Afton]] was the co-founder of both Fredbear's Family Diner and Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Unable to deal with the stress in his life, he turned to the life of a SerialKiller to relieve it. Starting off by [[WouldHurtAChild murdering the child]] of his business partner Henry, Afton later lured five kids backstage, killed them, and stuffed their bodies inside the animatronics, causing them to become possessed by their spirits. He then modifies the animatronics to lure children away from their parents in the hope of being able to kill even more children. While working as a security guard at a mall, he notices an android based off Henry's daughter Charlotte along with her six friends, and decides to try and kill them ForTheEvulz. He kidnaps Charlotte's friend Carlton and places him in a springlock suit, gleefully telling him that if he makes one wrong move, the suit will slowly crush him to death and his spirit will be unable to pass on. He later [[CopKiller kills an officer]] and takes Charlotte hostage when the group tries to escape. Returning as Springtrap, Afton sends out animatronics to kill Charlotte and her friends out of revenge for causing his death. It's also revealed that he reduced the animatronics to their endoskeletons and mashed them together, keeping all of the souls in [[AndIMustScream excruciating agony]]]].

* CompleteMonster: In this book and [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheTwistedOnes both]] the [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheFourthCloset sequels]], [[spoiler:Dave/William Afton was the co-founder of both Fredbear's Family Diner and Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Unable to deal with the stress in his life, he turned to the life of a serial killer to relieve it. Starting off by murdering the child of his business partner Henry, Afton later lured five kids backstage, killed them, and stuffed their bodies inside the animatronics, causing them to become possessed by their spirits. He then modifies the animatronics to lure children away from their parents in the hope of being able to kill even more children. While working as a security guard at a mall, he notices an android based off Henry's daughter Charlotte along with her six friends, and decides to try and kill them ForTheEvulz. He kidnaps Charlotte's friend Carlton and places him in a springlock suit, gleefully telling him that if he makes one wrong move, the suit will slowly crush him to death and his spirit will be unable to pass on. He later kills an officer and takes Charlotte hostage when the group tries to escape. Returning as Springtrap, Afton sends out animatronics to kill Charlotte and her friends out of revenge for causing his death. It's also revealed that he reduced the animatronics to their endoskeletons and mashed them together, keeping all of the souls in excruciating agony]].

** [[spoiler:''Considering that the games ran on HumansAreTheRealMonsters until Sister Location, it's somewhat justified]]

** The heroine [[TheWoobie Charlie]] who [[spoiler: lost both her little brother and a childhood friend to the Purple Guy, her mother left the family, and then her father committed suicide.]]
** Furthermore, the reason that the group came to Hurricane again was because it was the anniversary of their friend Michael Brooks murder, and his parents had made a scholarship in honor of him on that day. Carlton, Michaels best friend, delivers a speech about Michael. The whole tone of the affair, how each character describes how they feel about it, and about Michael himself, really just hammers in how ''terrible'' the murders were, and how much of a ''monster'' [[spoiler: Dave/The Purple Guy]] really is. [[spoiler: The fact Michael is the child who possessed Golden Freddy/Fredbear doesn't help]].

** [[spoiler: Dave/William]] as well, for not only [[spoiler: Setting the animatronics on the kids and getting involved]], instead of just letting the kids go into Freddy's to gain closure for the murders, since A. Their not vandalizing anything and no one would know if they kept coming, and B. It would be much more likely that they would have no idea as to what was going on with [[spoiler: the animatronics possibly coming after them and killing them, and even if they didn't, the kids would have just gone home and thought nothing of it]], but also [[spoiler: kidnapping Carlton, as this would get not only the children to come back, but also ''the police'' possibly getting him caught for the murders and gets him springlocked at the end.]]
** In a somewhat more murky example of this trope, [[PoliceAreUseless the police in Hurricane]]. They had correctly suspected [[spoiler: William Afton/Dave Miller]] of the murders. He had been present at Freddy's each day of the murders, had mysteriously disappeared at the time of each murder, and when the police went through his house, they found the Spring Bonnie suit and some of [[spoiler: William's diaries which showed how obsessed and jealous he was of his partner Henry]]. However, there were no bodies [[spoiler: as they had been stuffed into the suits]], and therefore they had to let [[spoiler: Afton]] go. While understandable and realistic, they probably could have at least taken him to court and possibly got a conviction. While the lack of bodies would have hindered the case, and [[spoiler: William]] probably could have gotten a good lawyer, the evidence they had was hard to ignore, and the jury probably would have voted Afton guilty. Additionally, the game news articles tell of how the animatronics leaked blood and mucus [[spoiler: because of the kids being stuffed in them]], which ''probably'' should have raised a few flags to the police and any sane parent at the time.

* CompleteMonster: In this book and [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheTwistedOnes both]] the [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheFourthCloset sequels]], [[spoiler:Dave/William Afton was the co-founder of both Fredbear's Family Diner and Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Unable to deal with the stress in his life, he turned to the life of a SerialKiller to relieve it. Starting off by murdering the child of his business partner Henry, Afton later lured five kids backstage, killed them, and stuffed their bodies inside the animatronics, causing them to become possessed by their spirits. He then modifies the animatronics to lure children away from their parents in the hope of being able to kill even more children. While working as a security guard at a mall, he notices an android based off Henry's daughter Charlotte along with her six friends, and decides to try and kill them ForTheEvulz. He kidnaps Charlotte's friend Carlton and places him in a springlock suit, gleefully telling him that if he makes one wrong move, the suit will slowly crush him to death and his spirit will be unable to pass on. He later kills an officer and takes Charlotte hostage when the group tries to escape. Returning as Springtrap, Afton sends out animatronics to kill Charlotte and her friends out of revenge for causing his death. It's also revealed that he reduced the animatronics to their endoskeletons and mashed them together, keeping all of the souls in excruciating agony]].

* CompleteMonster: In this book and [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheTwistedOnes both]] the [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheFourthCloset sequels]], [[BigBad Dave/William Afton]] was the co-founder of both Fredbear's Family Diner and Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Unable to deal with the stress in his life, he turned to the life of a SerialKiller to relieve it. Starting off by [[WouldHurtAChild murdering the child]] of his business partner Henry, Afton later lured five kids backstage, killed them, and stuffed their bodies inside the animatronics, causing them to become possessed by their spirits. He then modifies the animatronics to lure children away from their parents in the hope of being able to kill even more children. While working as a security guard at a mall, he notices an android based off Henry's daughter Charlotte along with her six friends, and decides to try and kill them ForTheEvulz. He kidnaps Charlotte's friend Carlton and places him in a springlock suit, gleefully telling him that if he makes one wrong move, the suit will slowly crush him to death and his spirit will be unable to pass on. He later [[CopKiller kills an officer]] and takes Charlotte hostage when the group tries to escape. Returning as Springtrap, Afton sends out animatronics to kill Charlotte and her friends out of revenge for causing his death. It's also revealed that he reduced the animatronics to their endoskeletons and mashed them together, keeping all of the souls in [[AndIMustScream excruciating agony]].

* CompleteMonster: In this AlternateContinuity book and [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheTwistedOnes the sequel]] based on the [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys video game series]], the BigBad SerialKiller, [[spoiler:Dave/William Afton]] was the co-founder of both [[spoiler: ''Fredbear's Family Diner'' and ''Freddy Fazbear's Pizza'']]. Unable to deal with the stress in his life, he turned to murder to relieve it. At Fredbear's, he murdered the son of his business partner Henry, [[UngratefulBastard despite the fact]] that Henry helped him start Fredbear's. At Freddy's, he lured five kids backstage, [[WouldHurtAChild killed them]], and stuffed their bodies inside the animatronics, [[HauntedTechnology causing them to become possessed by their spirits]]. While working as a security guard at a mall, he notices Henry's daughter Charlotte and her six friends, and decides to kill them too. He kidnaps Charlotte's friend Carlton and places him in a springlock suit, gleefully telling him that if he makes one wrong move, the suit will [[CruelAndUnusualDeath slowly crush him to death]] and his spirit will be unable to pass on. He leaves Carlton to stand alone in the suit with this knowledge while he goes to kill the others. He later [[CopKiller kills an officer]] and takes Charlotte hostage when the group tries to escape. In the sequel, he [[BackFromTheDead returns as Springtrap]], and sends out animatronics to kill Charlie out of revenge for causing his death. He says he will only kill Charlie and won't attack her friends, but than [[ExactWords sends his animatronics to kill them instead]]. It's also revealed that when he was alive and working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, in addition to the children he had already managed to kill, he modified the animatronics to lure children away from their parents in the hope of being able to kill even more children.

* CompleteMonster: In this AlternateContinuity book based on the [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys video game series]], the BigBad SerialKiller, [[spoiler:Dave/William Afton]] was the co-founder of both [[spoiler:''[=Fredbear's=] Family Diner'' and ''Freddy Fazbear's Pizza'']]. Unable to deal with the stress in his life, he turned to murder to relieve it. At Fredbear's, he murdered the son of his business partner [[spoiler:Henry]], [[UngratefulBastard despite the fact]] that [[spoiler:Henry helped him start Fredbear's]]. At Freddy's, he lured five kids backstage, [[WouldHurtAChild killed them]], and stuffed their bodies inside the animatronics, [[HauntedTechnology causing them to become possessed by their spirits]]. While working as a [[spoiler:security guard at a mall]], he notices Henry's daughter Charlotte and her six friends, and decides to kill them too. He kidnaps Charlotte's friend Carlton and places him in a springlock suit, gleefully telling him that if he makes one wrong move, the suit will [[CruelAndUnusualDeath slowly crush him to death]] and his spirit will be unable to pass on. He leaves Carlton to stand alone in the suit with this knowledge while he goes to kill the others. He later [[CopKiller kills an officer]] and takes Charlotte hostage when the group tries to escape. He [[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheTwistedOnes later returns]].

* TearJerker: Focusing on the human elements of the mythos brings forth a lot of sad moments, particularly from the heroine [[TheWoobie Charlie]] who [[spoiler: lost both her little brother and a childhood friend to the Purple Guy, her mother left the family, and then her father committed suicide.]]

--->“I don’t remember as much about Michael as I should,” he(Carlton)said finally. “Too much of those years is a blur; I know we met when we were still in diapers, but I don’t remember that, thankfully.” There was a soft titter through the crowd. “I do know that as far back as I have memories, Michael is in them. I remember playing superheroes; drawing, which he was much better at than me; and as we got older I remember … well, playing superheroes and drawing. What I really remember, though, is that my days were always more exciting when he was in them. He was smarter than me; he was the one always coming up with new ideas, new ways to get in trouble. Sorry about those lamps, by the way, Mrs. Brooks. If I had jumped the way Michael said, I probably would only have broken one.”

* WhatAnIdiot: In this book's continuity, Charlotte's dad made the spring lock suits. Early on, he openly tells his kids how dangerous they are (enough that slight twitches can cause them to break)... yet he (as well as [[spoiler:Dave/William]]) continued to use them regardless of their dangerous use. At least Fazbear Entertainment had the excuse of being a subsidiary of IncompetenceInc run by {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s, and not a GadgeteerGenius who should honestly know better.
** While the point stands, Henry had created and likely knew how to properly use the springlocks as well as [[spoiler: Dave/William]], so their probably was a diminished chance at failure.
* [[spoiler: Dave/William]] as well, for not only [[spoiler: Setting the animatronics on the kids and getting involved]], instead of just letting the kids go into Freddy's to gain closure for the murders, since A. Their not vandalizing anything and no one would know if they kept coming, and B. It would be much more likely that they would have no idea as to what was going on with [[spoiler: the animatronics possibly coming after them and killing them, and even if they didn't, the kids would have just gone home and thought nothing of it]], but also [[spoiler: kidnapping Carlton, as this would get not only the children to come back, but also ''the police'' possibly getting him caught for the murders and gets him springlocked at the end.]]
* In a somewhat more murky example of this trope, [[PoliceAreUseless the police in Hurricane]]. They had correctly suspected [[spoiler: William Afton/Dave Miller]] of the murders. He had been present at Freddy's each day of the murders, had mysteriously disappeared at the time of each murder, and when the police went through his house, they found the Spring Bonnie suit and some of [[spoiler: William's diaries which showed how obsessed and jealous he was of his partner Henry]]. However, there were no bodies [[spoiler: as they had been stuffed into the suits]], and therefore they had to let [[spoiler: Afton]] go. While understandable and realistic, they probably could have at least taken him to court and possibly got a conviction. While the lack of bodies would have hindered the case, and [[spoiler: William]] probably could have gotten a good lawyer, the evidence they had was hard to ignore, and the jury probably would have voted Afton guilty. Additionally, the game news articles tell of how the animatronics leaked blood and mucus [[spoiler: because of the kids being stuffed in them]], which ''probably'' should have raised a few flags to the police and any sane parent at the time.

** [[spoiler: Dave/William]] as well, for not only [[spoiler: Setting the animatronics on the kids and getting involved]], instead of just letting the kids go into Freddy's to gain closure for the murders, since A. Their not vandalizing anything and no one would know if they kept coming, and B. It would be much more likely that they would have no idea as to what was going on with [[spoiler: the animatronics possibly coming after them and killing them, and even if they didn't, the kids would have just gone home and thought nothing of it]], but also [[spoiler: kidnapping Carlton, as this would get not only the children to come back, but also ''the police'' possibly getting him caught for the murders and gets him springlocked at the end.]]
** In a somewhat more murky example of this trope, [[PoliceAreUseless the police in Hurricane]]. They had correctly suspected [[spoiler: William Afton/Dave Miller]] of the murders. He had been present at Freddy's each day of the murders, had mysteriously disappeared at the time of each murder, and when the police went through his house, they found the Spring Bonnie suit and some of [[spoiler: William's diaries which showed how obsessed and jealous he was of his partner Henry]]. However, there were no bodies [[spoiler: as they had been stuffed into the suits]], and therefore they had to let [[spoiler: Afton]] go. While understandable and realistic, they probably could have at least taken him to court and possibly got a conviction. While the lack of bodies would have hindered the case, and [[spoiler: William]] probably could have gotten a good lawyer, the evidence they had was hard to ignore, and the jury probably would have voted Afton guilty. Additionally, the game news articles tell of how the animatronics leaked blood and mucus [[spoiler: because of the kids being stuffed in them]], which ''probably'' should have raised a few flags to the police and any sane parent at the time.

* [[spoiler: Dave/William]] as well, for not only [[spoiler: Setting the animatronics on the kids and getting involved]], instead of just letting the kids go into Freddy's to gain closure for the murders, since A. Their not vandalizing anything and no one would know if they kept coming, and B. It would be much more likely that they would have no idea as to what was going on with [[spoiler: the animatronics possibly coming after them and killing them, and even if they didn't, the kids would have just gone home and thought nothing of it]], but also [[spoiler: kidnapping Carlton, as this would get not only the children to come back, but also ''the police'' possibly getting him caught for the murders and gets him springlocked at the end.]]
* In a somewhat more murky example of this trope, [[PoliceAreUseless the police in Hurricane]]. They had correctly suspected [[spoiler: William Afton/Dave Miller]] of the murders. He had been present at Freddy's each day of the murders, had mysteriously disappeared at the time of each murder, and when the police went through his house, they found the Spring Bonnie suit and some of [[spoiler: William's diaries which showed how obsessed and jealous he was of his partner Henry]]. However, there were no bodies [[spoiler: as they had been stuffed into the suits]], and therefore they had to let [[spoiler: Afton]] go. While understandable and realistic, they probably could have at least taken him to court and possibly got a conviction. While the lack of bodies would have hindered the case, and [[spoiler: William]] probably could have gotten a good lawyer, the evidence they had was hard to ignore, and the jury probably would have voted Afton guilty. Additionally, the game news articles tell of how the animatronics leaked blood and mucus [[spoiler: because of the kids being stuffed in them]], which ''probably'' should have raised a few flags to the police and any sane parent at the time.

* CompleteMonster: In these AlternateContinuity books based on the video game series, the BigBad SerialKiller, [[spoiler:Dave/William Afton]] was the co-founder of both [[spoiler: ''Fredbear's Family Diner'' and ''Freddy Fazbear's Pizza'']]. Unable to deal with the stress in his life, he turned to murder to relieve it. At Fredbear's, he murdered the son of his business partner Henry, [[UngratefulBastard despite the fact]] that Henry helped him start Fredbear's. At Freddy's, he lured five kids backstage, [[WouldHurtAChild killed them]], and stuffed their bodies inside the animatronics, [[HauntedTechnology causing them to become possessed by their spirits]]. While working as a security guard at a mall, he notices Henry's daughter Charlotte and her six friends, and decides to kill them too. He kidnaps Charlotte's friend Carlton and places him in a springlock suit, gleefully telling him that if he makes one wrong move, the suit will [[CruelAndUnusualDeath slowly crush him to death]] and his spirit will be unable to pass on. He leaves Carlton to stand alone in the suit with this knowledge while he goes to kill the others. He later [[CopKiller kills an officer]] and takes Charlotte hostage when the group tries to escape. In the sequel, he [[BackFromTheDead returns as Springtrap]], and sends out animatronics to kill Charlie out of revenge for causing his death. He says he will only kill Charlie and won't attack her friends, but than [[ExactWords sends his animatronics to kill them instead]]. It's also revealed that when he was alive and working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, in addition to the children he had already managed to kill, he modified the animatronics to lure children away from their parents in the hope of being able to kill even more children.

* CompleteMonster: In this AlternateContinuity book based on the [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys video game series]], the BigBad SerialKiller, [[spoiler:Dave/William Afton]] was the co-founder of both [[spoiler:''[=Fredbear's=] Family Diner'' and ''Freddy Fazbear's Pizza'']]. Unable to deal with the stress in his life, he turned to murder to relieve it. At Fredbear's, he murdered the son of his business partner [[spoiler:Henry]], [[UngratefulBastard despite the fact]] that [[spoiler:Henry helped him start Fredbear's]]. At Freddy's, he lured five kids backstage, [[WouldHurtAChild killed them]], and stuffed their bodies inside the animatronics, [[HauntedTechnology causing them to become possessed by their spirits]]. While working as a [[spoiler:security guard at a mall]], he notices Henry's daughter Charlotte and her six friends, and decides to kill them too. He kidnaps Charlotte's friend Carlton and places him in a springlock suit, gleefully telling him that if he makes one wrong move, the suit will [[CruelAndUnusualDeath slowly crush him to death]] and his spirit will be unable to pass on. He leaves Carlton to stand alone in the suit with this knowledge while he goes to kill the others. He later [[CopKiller kills an officer]] and takes Charlotte hostage when the group tries to escape.

* BreatherEpisode: Scott insisted that the book is canon to the series but follows an alternate continuity which explains the contradictions to the games lore.