History Characters / FiveNightsAtFreddysWilliamAfton

* EvilVirtues: '''Determination''' and '''[[VillainousValour Valour]]''' Even when faced with certain death (i.e. being crushed by the springlocks of his own Yellow Rabbit suit), he refuses to let his story end there and actually hisses defiantly that he "always comes back" before ''placing the head of the costume back on'' and reeling back as he allows the eyes to dramatically power up, choosing to struggle for his life as long as it takes for him to return inside that suit even as the animatronics drag his twitching, messily-fused and ''still living'' body away to his ultimate fate. Say what you will about the man (and there is a lot ''to'' say), but he absolutely will not '''quit.''' He does not beg or despair, nor does he accept the end.

** In the original series, Afton is shown to be severely freaked out once the ghosts of the dead children corner him and trick him into accidentally spring-locking himself, as well as implied to be deeply afraid of his own demise. In the film, he's DefiantToTheEnd even as the springlocks are killing him, and is not only confident that he can return in undeath like the fallen children but also seemingly not concerned about the possibility of him being wrong.

** In the original series, Afton is shown to be severely freaked out once the ghosts of the dead children corner him and trick him into accidentally spring-locking himself. In the film, he's DefiantToTheEnd even as the springlocks are killing him.

* TheHeavy: For Most of the series.

%%* SupernaturalGoldEyes

* ProveIAmNotBluffing: Afton [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this when Vanessa confronts him at gunpoint. While degrading her for her disloyalty, he expresses certainty that she doesn't have the will to shoot him, only for his suit to tank a 9mm to the chest.

** His signature Spring Bonnie suit also qualifies. In the games, the springlocks were so sensitive that even slight touching or ''breathing'' on them would set them off. Here, the suit can handle shoving a grown man across a room, knock the same man out with one kick, and gets shot with a gun without malfunctioning. It's also implied the wearer doesn't need extreme caution when using it as William can run in it just fine without fear of setting it off. The only reason the springlocks failed is because Chica's Cupcake tore straight into the mechanism itself.

* PsychopathicManchild: Beneath the mask of a reasonable-but-stern career counselor is a sadistic murderer who preys on children for his own amusement, gets disturbingly excited at the prospect of "fun" (i.e., killing innocents), and is prone to violent outbursts when things aren't working out for him. His scathing rant towards the animatronics when they break free of his influence is highly reminiscent of a schoolyard bully ridiculing their victims.

* PsychopathicManchild: Beneath the mask of a reasonable-but-stern career counsellor is a sadistic murderer who preys on children for his own amusement, gets disturbingly excited at the prospect of "fun" (i.e, killing innocents), and is prone to violent outbursts when things aren't working out for him.

* CutLexLuthorACheck: Downplayed, since the animatronics he creates are at least ''superficially'' part of an ([[IncompetenceInc loosely]]) honest business, but the fact still stands that the end goal that he puts his practically ''revolutionary'' skill in mechanics towards is killing people, [[RageWithinTheMachine usually ruining the credibility of the business said skillset goes towards in the process]].

* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears glasses and is a rather unsavory fellow. Although he doesn't wear them when wearing the Springtrap suit.

* {{Hypocrite}}:
** He rudely implies Mike is mentally ill, despite being a sadistic, AxCrazy murderer.
** When the animatronics break out of his control, he starts angrily belittling them, calling them "wretched, rotten little beasts" and reminding them of the "nasty things" they've become. Not a second after, he reminds them that he "created" them (aka, made them into "nasty things") and treats it like a reason they should be ''grateful'' to him.

* AndThatLittleBoyWasMe: As "Steve" recounts a sanitized backstory of Freddy's to Mike, he vaguely refers to the owner as an old man [[DeadlyEuphemism holding onto the past]] that can't bear to let the place go. Mike doesn't realized they're one in the same until after the Yellow Rabbit removes its mask.

* EvilGenius: As of ''Sister Location's'' intro, he's smart enough to build high-tech intelligent robots that can dispense ice cream, inflate balloons, and grab children inside them and kill them. Heck, this is just building upon FNAF 2, which heavily implies that he tampered with the animatronics' facial recognition.

* EvilVirtues: '''Determination.''' Even when faced with certain death (i.e. being crushed by the springlocks of his own Yellow Rabbit suit), he refuses to let his story end there and actually hisses defiantly that he "always comes back" before ''placing the head of the costume back on'' and reeling back as he allows the eyes to dramatically power up, choosing to struggle for his life as long as it takes for him to return inside that suit even as the animatronics drag his twitching, messily-fused and ''still living'' body away to his ultimate fate. Say what you will about the man (and there is a lot ''to'' say), but he absolutely will not '''quit.''' He does not beg or despair, nor does he accept the end.

** Even before the springlocking incident, William in the ''[[Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysTheSilverEyes Silver Eyes]]'' continuity looked creepily thin and ghoulish outside of the Spring Bonnie suit, especially in the comic adaptation. Here, he looks completely normal, to the point that he's able to pass himself off as an unassuming career counselor.

-->'''Afton:''' (''seething with hatred as he bleeds out'') [[DyingDeclarationOfHate I ALWAYS COME BACK...!]]
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: In regular canon, Afton's death occurs when he accidentally triggers the springlocks when putting on the suit. In the movie, the springlocks are triggered by the cupcake biting into them, thus making it where he is killed by the animatronics rather than by accident.

* EvilAllAlong: He's first seen as Steve Raglan, a perfectly normal career counselor who offers Mike his new job and gives him some advice and backstory related to it. However, underneath that, he is no one else but William Afton, a sadistic child SerialKiller who kidnapped and murdered Mike's younger brother all those years ago and is planning to make Mike and Abby his next victims.

--->'''"Steve":''' What is your deal, Mike? What are you, some kind of.. "head case"?

* EternalVillain: Good old Billy has started to cross into this through sheer [[ImplacableMan Implacability]] and JokerImmunity. The bastard has trascended life and death and keeps returning from defeat after defeat, to quote the man himself.
->'''William:''' I ''always'' come back.

!!!'''Appearances:''' ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysWorld'''

** He immediately demeans the animatronics by calling them small and worthless, [[KarmicDeath leading to his downfall]].