History FanFic / DantesNightAtFreddys

''Dante’s Night at Freddy’s'' is a ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' / ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' CrossOver fanfic written by MJTR of Fanfic/AngelOfTheBat fame. The story can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10640294/1/Dante-s-Night-at-Freddy-s here]].

''Dante’s Night at Freddy’s'' is a ''Franchise/DevilMayCry'' / ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' CrossOver fanfic written by MJTR. The story can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10640294/1/Dante-s-Night-at-Freddy-s here]].

** The sequel: There is a file inside the office in the sequel that references Bigbug, Partywolfe, and LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}, stating they terrified the animatronics when they increased their AI and survived. The three were the first three players known to beat 4/20 mode. PewDiePie is also mentioned as having [[RageQuit disappeared]] after [[TakeThat annoying all his co-workers]]. Taken to its complete logical extreme in chapter 7, in which [[spoiler:The Marionette]], after revealing it is Canadian, states he isn't related to anyone of note, just [[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim the Pilgrims]], [[{{Creator/JimCarrey}} the Carreys]], [[{{Wrestling/Edge}} the Copelands]], the Withoutabodys (Manwithoutabody), [[Music/JustinBieber the Biebers]], [[{{LetsPlay/ProtonJon}} the Protons]], and the Evans (most likely in reference to Captain Canuck).

** In the sequel, Dante and Evie find a file containing the names of several former employees in reference to popular Let's Players. Among them is [[LetsPlay/{{Pewdiepie}} a "Swedish weirdo" named Felix]] who the managers found annoying and are glad is dead, saying they wanted to put a gun to his head and go [[IncrediblyLamePun "Pew! Die die!"]].

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:''Animatronic Boogaloo'' ends with an out-of-nowhere reveal that the author himself has shattered the fourth wall and transported Dante back in time for the sake of matching ''Five Nights at Freddy's 2''[='=]s twist ending. Dante pays for a pizza delivered by his 1987 self (who kills Golden Freddy purely by accident), then gets home by hitching a ride in a [[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure time-traveling telephone booth driven a teen with curly blondes and a teen with black hair]] who guessed the Twist Ending about a story [[CelebrityParadox that from their perspective doesn't actually exist!]]]] At this point, Dante [[MST3KMantra stops questioning it and just lets them take him home.]]

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Has a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10880211/1/Dante-s-Night-at-Freddy-s-2-Animatronic-Boogaloo sequel]]. Naturally, it parodies VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 and teams Dante up with his young daughter Evie in order to fit the "two generations" theme. In the midst of a rather... [[WhamEpisode Surreal]] moment in chapter 9, the story spun off into another one entirely so Dante and [[spoiler:the story's writer]] could confront one another uncensored. It can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10991410/1/Animatronic-Boogaloo-The-Uncut-Conversation here]]. A second sequel based on VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 has been promised.

!!''This fic and its sequel provides examples of the following tropes:''

** The original: Though none are mentioned by name, Dante makes explicit references to Freddy Krueger from ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', ''Comicbook/{{Hellboy}}'', and WebOriginal/JeffTheKiller, including the fact that he has met the first two in the past. Perhaps most randomly, however, Dante sings bits of the pirate theme from LazyTown on the flimsy justification he used to watch reruns of the show with his daughter. The SequelHook also references Terrance and Phillip from WesternAnimation/SouthPark.

* OutsideContextVillain: Inverted. Dante is the outside-context hero.

* AlternateContinuity: The damage done to the animatronics in the original is carried over into the sequel, rather than copying the way the animatronics were damaged going into Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2. Given everything that's been seen so far, it also appears to an actual sequel, as opposed to [[spoiler:VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2, which was a prequel.]] That is, until we get to chapter 8, when it turns out [[spoiler:time travel just sorta happened, and Dante has been standing in the year 1987 this whole time.]]

* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Being set after the events of every main series Devil May Cry game, Dante is extremely experienced with supernatural villainy, to the point he is unimpressed with the Fazbear animatronics. Bonus points because Dante is also a former member of [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense]].

* EvilVsEvil: Dante has turned the two Bonnies and the two Chicas against one another thus far in the sequel. There was a little infighting between Foxy and Mangle, but they worked together better than the rest.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:''Animatronic Boogaloo'' ends with an out-of-nowhere reveal that the author himself has shattered the fourth wall and transported Dante back in time for the sake of matching ''Five Nights at Freddy's 2'''s twist ending. Dante pays for a pizza delivered by his 1987 self (who kills Golden Freddy purely by accident), then gets home by hitching a ride in a [[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure time-traveling telephone booth driven a teen with curly blondes and a teen with black hair]] who guessed the Twist Ending about a story [[CelebrityParadox that from their perspective doesn't actually exist!]]]] At this point, Dante [[MST3KMantra stops questioning it and just lets them take him home.]]

* GoodParents: The original story presents Lucia as this while making Dante appear selfish and indifferent. The sequel, however, brings out the fact that Dante does really care and is extremely protective of his children.

** In the sequel, when Dante faces off with The Marionette, [[spoiler:it revives the already fallen animatronics as shadowy monsters. But when Dante points out The Marionette trapped their souls within Freddy Fazbear's Pizza and is preventing them from moving onto the afterlife for its own goals of revenge, the monsters turn on and utterly destroy it.]]
* HookHand: Foxy has one, as in canon. Dante tears it off and shoves it in one of his eyes. Oddly, this is the only injury thus far that doesn't carry over to the sequel.

** [[spoiler:In the sequel, he goes so far as to rip the carrousel out of the floor and drop it on Freddy.]]

* SadistShow: After the (first) death of Bonnie, it’s pretty clear none of the animatronics stand a chance. The reader is just following Dante from one beat down to the next.

** The sequel: There is a file inside the office in the sequel that references Bigbug, Partywolfe, and LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}, stating they terrified the animatronics when they increased their AI and survived. The three were the first three players known to beat 4/20 mode. PewDiePie is also mentioned as having [[RageQuit disappeared]] after [[TakeThat annoying all his co-workers]]. Taken to its complete logical extreme in chapter 7, in which [[spoiler:The Marionette]], after revealing it is Canadian, states he isn't related to anyone of note, just [[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim the Pilgrims]], [[{{Creator/JimCarrey}} the Carreys]], [[{{Wrestling/Edge}} the Copelands]], the Withoutabodys (Manwithoutabody), [[Music/JustinBieber the Biebers]], [[{{LetsPlay/Protonjon}} the Protons]], and the Evans (most likely in reference to Captain Canuck).

* GenreSavvy: Dante states he suspected something was up when he was in the restaurant during the day. Regardless of whether that's true, he has pretty good guesses at how to take every animatronic out.

* BiggerBad: The management, as Dante spells out.
** The SequelHook hints that something even more sinister is going on.

Has a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10880211/1/Dante-s-Night-at-Freddy-s-2-Animatronic-Boogaloo sequel]]. Naturally, it parodies VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 and teams Dante up with his young daughter Evie in order to fit the "two generations" theme. In the midst of a rather... [[WhamEpisode Surreal]] moment in chapter 9, the story spun off into another one entirely so Dante and [[spoiler: the story's writer]] could confront one another uncensored. It can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10991410/1/Animatronic-Boogaloo-The-Uncut-Conversation here]]. A second sequel based on VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 has been promised.

* AffirmativeActionLegacy: Sort of. Dante's mixed-race daughter will be the main character of the second sequel. {{Suberted}} because she wasn't created for this purpose, she just happens to tie back to the Fazbear Establishment.
* AIIsACrapshoot: It’s a Five Nights at Freddy’s crossover , so it’s to be expected.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In-universe. While [[spoiler: The Marionette]] presents itself as a creature who is justified in its actions and thirst for revenge, Dante delivers a rather scathing critique of how it is a whiny child who ruins not only its own life, but every life within the pizzeria.
* AlternateContinuity: The damage done to the animatronics in the original is carried over into the sequel, rather than copying the way the animatronics were damaged going into Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2. Given everything that's been seen so far, it also appears to an actual sequel, as opposed to [[spoiler: VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2, which was a prequel.]] That is, until we get to chapter 8, when it turns out [[spoiler:time travel just sorta happened, and Dante has been standing in the year 1987 this whole time.]]

* BilingualBonus: One Freddy Fazbear knockoff, called "Tsing Tsong the Singing Panda", features eastern Asian animals such as jerboa (hopping rodents similar to rabbits), pheasants (chicken-like birds) and dhole (relatives of the Fox), in addition to obviously having a panda bear as their main mascot.
* BloodKnight: While Dante says he would prefer to just sleep, there is no question that he enjoys battling the animatronics. It is even mentioned that part of him is entertained that [[spoiler: Freddy survived being decapitated]].
* BodyHorror: Dante inflicts this upon every animatronic, though [[spoiler: Bonnie and Freddy get it worst.]]
* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler:In ''Animatronic Boogaloo'' the villains get Dante drugged and knocked-out, but rather than kill him (they know full well he's Sparda's son by this point) they just stick him in the security office with all the animatronics. Not to mention none of the animatronics bother attacking until he wakes up.]] What's more, they do it twice: [[spoiler:''Animatronic Boogaloo'' involves time travel, and Golden Freddy had intended to pull the ''exact same'' drugged-and-knocked-out trap on Vergil in 1987; Dante was substituted in by mistake.]]

* CanadaEh: [[spoiler: The Marrionette.]] No. ''REALLY''.

* CompositeCharacter: Taken very literally in the sequel- [[spoiler: Because Normal Freddy was previously decapitated, he wears Golden Freddy's burnt, half melted head. The merged Fazbears are only identified as "Freddy", but when he removes his head and it continues talking, it is called "Golden Freddy's Head." The spirit inside Golden Freddy himself may also be the murderer, but given the nature of Chapter 8, he might just be completely batty.]]
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Being set after the events of every main series Devil May Cry game, Dante is extremely experienced with supernatural villainy, to the point he is unimpressed with the Fazbear animatronics. Bonus points because Dante is also a former member of [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense]]
* ContinuityNod: Several to the author’s previous fanfic, “Devil May Cry: Revelations”, which is said to be in the same continuity. Several are also given to Freddy’s characters, including Mike Shmidt and Phone Guy.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Played for absurd laughs. Chapter 8 of ''Animatronic Boogaloo'' reveals [[spoiler: not only did Vergil fight the Fazbear animatronics in 1985, but killed them in ridiculously similar ways to how Dante did over thirty years later.]]

* ExactWords: Dante tells [[spoiler: Golden Freddy]] that nothing on earth will stop him from killing him. When he escapes the pizzeria, he is hit by a car and subsequently killed by [[spoiler: Dante's 1987 self.]]

* FlatEarthAtheist: Dante points out to the management how idiotic it is to claim demons don’t exist when the Temen-ni-gru unambiguously burst out of the ground in Devil May Cry 3.
** Subverted in the SequelHook, which reveals the management uses Freddy's to sacrifice souls to a demon named [[spoiler: Fredrick the Bear.]]

* FriendToAllChildren: [[spoiler: Toy Freddy.]]

* GenreSavvy: Dante states he suspected something was up when he was in the restaurant during the day. Regardless of whether that's true he has pretty good guesses at how to take every animatronic out.
* GenreShift: The story is a referred to as a "continuation" of the author's previous Devil May Cry story, "Devil May Cry: Revelations", a very serious minded DeconReconSwitch about forgiveness, circumstances of birth and was an overall dark story. This fic, in contrast, is downright silly.

** In the sequel, when Dante faces off with The Marionette [[spoiler: it revives the already fallen animatronics as shadowy monsters. But when Dante points out The Marionette trapped their souls within Freddy Fazbear's Pizza and is preventing them from moving onto the afterlife for its own goals of revenge, the monsters turn on and utterly destroy it.]]

** [[spoiler: In the sequel, he goes so far as to rip the carrousel out of the floor and drop it on Freddy.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: Dante's fearsome critique of [[spoiler: The Marionette]] comes down to this.

** [[spoiler: Chapter 8 reveals it is actually played straight, and Dante and Evie somehow got forced back in time.]]

* PoorlyDisguisedPilot: Sort of. In amongst whatever else is going on in The Uncut Conversation, Dante mentions [[spoiler: he is aware he used to be a character in one of the writer's earlier comedies, and he questions if they could start that series again.]] True to form, the conversation is followed by a preview of a newly revived comedy series called "FMZ Mini Stories".

** The original: Though none are mentioned by name, Dante makes explicit references to Freddy Krueger from ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', ''Comicbook/{{Hellboy}}'' and WebOriginal/JeffTheKiller, including the fact that he has met the first two in the past. Perhaps most randomly however, Dante sings bits of the pirate theme from LazyTown on the flimsy justification he used to watch reruns of the show with his daughter. The SequelHook also references Terrance and Phillip from WesternAnimation/SouthPark.
** The sequel: There is a file inside the office in the sequel that references Bigbug, Partywolfe and LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}, stating they terrified the animatronics when they increased their AI and survived. The three were the first three players known to beat 4/20 mode. PewDiePie is also mentioned as having [[RageQuit disappeared]] after [[TakeThat annoying all his co-workers]]. Taken to its complete logical extreme in chapter 7, in which [[spoiler: The Marionette]], after revealing it is Canadian, states he isn't related to anyone of note, just [[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim the Pilgrims]], [[{{Creator/JimCarrey}} the Carreys]], [[{{Wrestling/Edge}} the Copelands]], the Withoutabodys (Manwithoutabody) [[Music/JustinBieber the Biebers]], [[{{LetsPlay/Protonjon}} the Protons]] and the Evans (most likely in reference to Captain Canuck).
** These are later followed up with the {{Retcon}} that [[spoiler: Arin and Suzy from WebVideo/GameGrumps]] were the souls trapped within Mangle and Foxy respectively.
* SeinfeldianConversation: Dante is implied to have had one with Golden Freddy towards the end of the original. In the sequel, Dante and [[spoiler: MJTR]] have a very long, tedious one that ends up ridiculous enough the author split the second half of it into an uncensored, separate story.
* SequelHook: The last chapter is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin even named this]], and reveals the name of the sequel: [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Dante's Night at Freddy's 2: Animatronic Boogaloo.]] There is another at the end of that story as well, featuring the sequel name [[spoiler: Evie's Night at Fazbear's Fright]].
* SevenDirtyWords: [[spoiler: MJTR]] uses all of them to test the waters in ''The Uncut Conversation''.

** In ''Animatronic Boogaloo'', he gets two. [[spoiler: When he asks the other animatronics who it is who trapped their souls in the pizzeria in a petty revenge scheme, he says, "It's not me." and hands the Marionette over to them to kill. Later, when delivering the mother of all threats to Freddy, he states, "You're. Not. Ready."]]

** In The Uncut Conversation, [[spoiler: MJTR]] claims that Arin is the weak link in WebVideo/GameGrumps.

* TorchTheFranchiseAndRun: At the end of ''Animatronic Boogaloo'', [[spoiler: Dante, upon learning [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 Fazbear's Fright]] is being constructed, Dante walks into the building while its being constructed, tears it to shreds, appears to kill Spring Trap and destroys the place.]] [[HereWeGoAgain Of course, considering the]] SequelHook...

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Dante delivers a surprisingly poignant speech to [[spoiler: the Shadow animatronics]] that not only gets them to back off, but also [[spoiler: take The Marionette with them.]]

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In-universe. While [[spoiler: The Marionette]] presents itself as a creature who is justified in its actions and third for revenge, Dante delivers a rather scathing critique of how it is a whiny child who ruins not only its own life, but every life within the pizzeria.

Now also has an in-progress [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10880211/1/Dante-s-Night-at-Freddy-s-2-Animatronic-Boogaloo sequel]]. Naturally, it parodies VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 and teams Dante up with his young daughter Evie in order to fit the "two generations" theme. In the midst of a rather... [[WhamEpisode ''Surreal'']] moment in chapter 9, the story spun off into another one entirely so Dante and [[spoiler: the story's writer]] could confront one another uncensored. It can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10991410/1/Animatronic-Boogaloo-The-Uncut-Conversation here]]

* ShoutOut: Though none are mentioned by name, Dante makes explicit references to Freddy Krueger from ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', ''Comicbook/{{Hellboy}}'' and WebOriginal/JeffTheKiller, including the fact that he has met the first two in the past. Perhaps most randomly however, Dante sings bits of the pirate theme from LazyTown on the flimsy justification he used to watch reruns of the show with his daughter. The SequelHook also references Terrance and Phillip from WesternAnimation/SouthPark.
** There is a file inside the office in the sequel that references Bigbug, Partywolfe and LetsPlay/{{Markiplier}}, stating they terrified the animatronics when they increased their AI and survived. The three were the first three players known to beat 4/20 mode. PewDiePie is also mentioned as having [[RageQuit disappeared]] after [[TakeThat annoying all his co-workers]].
** [[UpToEleven Taken to its complete logical extreme]] in Animatronic Boogaloo's chapter 7, in which [[spoiler: The Marionette]], after revealing it is Canadian, states he isn't related to anyone of note, just [[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim the Pilgrims]], [[{{Creator/JimCarrey}} the Carreys]], [[{{Wrestling/Edge}} the Copelands]], the Withoutabodys (Manwithoutabody) [[Music/JustinBieber the Biebers]], [[{{LetsPlay/Protonjon}} the Protons]] and the Evans (most likely in reference to Captain Canuck).

* SeinfeldianConversation: Dante is implied to have had one with Golden Freddy towards the end of the story.
* In the sequel, Dante and [[spoiler: MJTR]] have a very long, tedious one that ends up ridiculous enough the author split the second half of it into an uncensored, separate story.
* SequelHook: The last chapter is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin even named this]], and reveals the name of the sequel: [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Dante's Night at Freddy's 2: Animatronic Boogaloo.]]

* WordOfGod: Chapter 9 and The Uncut Conversation of ''Animatronic Boogaloo'' include a lot, but the strangest may be that the soul of [[{{Egoraptor}} Arin Hansen]] and Suzy were inside Mangle and Foxy respectively. If that wasn't meta enough, Arin was born in 1987.

* CompositeCharacter: Taken very literally in the sequel- [[spoiler: Because Normal Freddy was previously decapitated, he wears Golden Freddy's burnt, half melted head. The merged Fazbears are only identified as "Freddy", but when he removes his head and it continues talking, it is called "Golden Freddy's Head.]]

** Subverted in the SequelHook, which reveals the management uses Freddy's to sacrifice souls to an unnamed demon.

* TheGhost: It wasn't focused on much, but Dante and Evie never found Classic Freddy on the security cameras.

* In the sequel, Dante and [[spoiler: MJTR]] have a very long, tedious one that ends up ridiculous enough the author split the second half of it into an uncensored, seperate story.

Now also has an in-progress [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10880211/1/Dante-s-Night-at-Freddy-s-2-Animatronic-Boogaloo sequel]]. Naturally, it parodies VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 and teams Dante up with his young daughter Evie in order to fit the "two generations" theme. In the midst of a rather... [[WhamEpisode: ''Surreal'']] moment in chapter 9, the story spun off into another one entirely so Dante and [[spoiler: the story's writer]] could confront one another uncensored. It can be read [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10991410/1/Animatronic-Boogaloo-The-Uncut-Conversation here]]

Now also has an in-progress [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10880211/1/Dante-s-Night-at-Freddy-s-2-Animatronic-Boogaloo sequel]]. Naturally, it parodies VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 and teams Dante up with his young daughter Evie in order to fit the "two generations" theme.

* LampshadeHanging: Consistently throughout.

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:''Animatronic Boogaloo'' ends with an out-of-nowhere reveal that the author himself has shattered the fourth wall and transported Dante back in time for the sake of matching ''Five Nights at Freddy's 2'''s twist ending. Dante pays for a pizza delivered by his 1987 self (who killed Golden Freddy as he tried to escape the restaurant purely by accident), then gets home by hitching a ride in a [[BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure time-traveling telephone booth driven a teen with curly blondes and a teen with black hair]][[spoiler:who guessed the Twist Ending about a story [[CelebrityParadox that from their perspective doesn't actually exist!]]]] At this point, Dante [[MST3KMantra stops questioning it and just lets them take him home.]]

* AlternateContinuity: The damage done to the animatronics in the original is carried over into the sequel, rather than copying the way the animatronics were damaged going into Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2. Given everything that's been seen so far, it also appears to an actual sequel, as opposed to [[spoiler: VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2, which was a prequel.]]

* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler:''Animatronic Boogaloo'' ends with an out-of-nowhere reveal that the author himself has shattered the fourth wall and transported Dante back in time for the sake of matching ''Five Nights at Freddy's 2'''s twist ending. Dante buys a pizza from himself, then gets home by hitching a ride in a time travel car with some ''Back to the Future'' fans who guessed the Twist Ending about a story [[CelebrityParadox that from their perspective doesn't actually exist!]]]]

* TokenGoodTeammate: At one point in ''Animatronic Boogaloo'', Dante and Evie meet [[spoiler:the naked animatronic endoskeleton, who is revealed to be [[DiscontinuityNod: Sparky the Dog]]]]. He's actually pretty nice and happily plays go-fish with them, though he is very annoying sounding and gets dispatched by Marionette rather quickly.

** [[spoiler: Averted with Animatronic Boogaloo, as it's eventually revealed that yes, it is indeed 1987, as little sense as even Dante knows that makes.]]

* WhamLine: Chapter 8 of ''Animatronic Boogaloo'' has two: "[[spoiler: VERGIL]]" and "[[spoiler: My name is Michael Joseph Tharnish Roby... MJTR for short... And I wrote the twist.]]

* GenreSavvy: Dante states he suspected something was up when he was in the restaurant during the day, and has pretty good guesses at how to take every animatronic out.

* TheGhost: It hasn't been focused on much, but Dante and Evie have not found Withered Freddy on the security cameras yet.

* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler:In ''Animatronic Boogaloo'' the villains get Dante drugged and knocked-out, but rather than kill him (they know full well he's Sparda's son by this point) they just stick him in the security office with all the animatronics. Not to mention none of the animatronics bother attacking until he wakes up.]]

* PapaWolf: In the sequel, Dante angrily shouts that drugging and kidnapping his daughter is low even by Fazbear Entertainment's standards, and when Foxy and Mangle roar at her, it crosses into Dante's BerserkButton.