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** In chapter 46, whilst researching Jeremy Human's, Mike finds a UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheory that the humanitronics are haunted by the ghosts of kids who were killed on the property by a SerialKiller. Whilst this is more or less the canon for the games, in this universe, Mike dismisses it; the date when the murders happened, in the early 1980s, is before the Jeremy Human's franchise even ''existed'', as Goldie Fazbear was in pre-school.

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** In chapter 46, whilst researching Jeremy Human's, Mike finds a UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheory conspiracy theory that the humanitronics are haunted by the ghosts of kids who were killed on the property by a SerialKiller. Whilst this is more or less the canon for the games, in this universe, Mike dismisses it; the date when the murders happened, in the early 1980s, is before the Jeremy Human's franchise even ''existed'', as Goldie Fazbear was in pre-school.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Multiple characters suffer from them, though some are explained eventually.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: This is not surprising, given that every single animatronic in the games up to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation'' makes an appearance in some form or another. [[spoiler:Including the Nightmares.]] This also means that there are ''four'' versions of each main series animatronic (sixteen total), a set from the canon games and another from Weaver's own AU sister location. All of them have the same nickname but slightly different real names, something that disturbs Mike no end and forces him to adopt alternate nicknames for them.
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* RealityEnsues: Ironically, Jeremy Human's has some traits that make it more realistic than Freddy Fazbear's. Most notably, there are actually ''two'' security guards on duty throughout the night.
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** Mangifera: A ditzy female fox [[spoiler:who is implied to have lost an eye to Fritzine. Later {{jossed}}]].

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** Mangifera: A ditzy female fox [[spoiler:who is implied to have lost an eye to Fritzine. Later {{jossed}}]].]].
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:They have to go through hell and high water to get it, including a final face down with Jeremy Human himself, but ''all'' of our main characters end up alive, well and with a happy ending. Mike has found a home away from the nightmare of the animatronics at Freddy Fazbear's, with lots of friends, several potential love interests, and a new job as the apartment night-shift security guard. Goldie seems to have finally passed on to the afterlife. April and Faz are both well on the mend from their extensive physical injuries. Beanie has a new job she likes as a professional GamesMaster at the local gaming shop. Bonnibel's made real progress in overcoming her anxiety disorder. Rackham's bad eye has recovered. Frederick is starting to be able to speak English again. Bonbon's peacefully accepted the cancellation of ''Legend of Bob'', admittedly by finding a new show to fixate on, and made some money off the Balloon Boy prize that Mike won her. Bonworth has gotten more advanced prosthetic legs, allowing him to get around without pain. The hens have started up a little exercise club to help tackle their weight problems. Mango and Foxglove are starting to get along. Fred Fazbear has gotten over his delusions and found closure. The Jeremy Human's franchise and its HostileAnimatronics is ''ended''. April and Fred are planning on launching a new franchise to take its place -- one without the "quirks" of their last one. Even the animatronics get happy endings! Darky is free and off roaming the world, whilst Safety Schmidt has been transferred to the [=FNaFverse=], where he has found contentment as the night shift watchman -- and because they view him as one of them, the animatronics have ceased their murder attempts and are focusing on subtly fixing up the pizzeria, and may even save it from being condemned. Even the Bonnie animatronic has managed to find happiness by transferring her obsession with Mike to Safety Schmidt.]]

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:They have to go through hell and high water to get it, including a final face down face-off with Jeremy Human himself, but ''all'' of our main characters end up alive, well and with a happy ending. Mike has found a home away from the nightmare of the animatronics at Freddy Fazbear's, with lots of friends, several potential love interests, and a new job as the apartment night-shift security guard. Goldie seems to have finally passed on to the afterlife. April and Faz are both well on the mend from their extensive physical injuries. Beanie has a new job she likes as a professional GamesMaster at the local gaming shop. Bonnibel's made real progress in overcoming her anxiety disorder. Rackham's bad eye has recovered. Frederick is starting to be able to speak English again. Bonbon's peacefully accepted the cancellation of ''Legend of Bob'', admittedly by finding a new show to fixate on, and made some money off the Balloon Boy prize that Mike won her. Bonworth has gotten more advanced prosthetic legs, allowing him to get around without pain. The hens have started up a little exercise club to help tackle their weight problems. Mango and Foxglove are starting to get along. Fred Fazbear has gotten over his delusions and found closure. The Jeremy Human's franchise and its HostileAnimatronics is ''ended''. April and Fred are planning on launching a new franchise to take its place -- one without the "quirks" of their last one. Even the animatronics get happy endings! Darky is free and off roaming the world, whilst Safety Schmidt has been transferred to the [=FNaFverse=], where he has found contentment as the night shift watchman -- and because they view him as one of them, the animatronics have ceased their murder attempts and are focusing on subtly fixing up the pizzeria, and may even save it from being condemned. Even the Bonnie animatronic has managed to find happiness by transferring her obsession with Mike to Safety Schmidt.]]
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** Weaver's version of [[Disney/{{Zootopia}} Mrs. Wilde]] makes a nameless cameo as a waitress.

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** Weaver's version of [[Disney/{{Zootopia}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Mrs. Wilde]] makes a nameless cameo as a waitress.
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* ArcWords: "You can't help being broken like the rest of us." Bonnibel says it to Mike in chapter 3; she intends it to be comforting, but Mike [[DontYouDarePityMe finds it insulting]] and obsesses over it throughout his character arc. [[spoiler: It eventually culminates in chapter 33, when Mike starts to come to terms with his own problems and apologises to Bonnie for acting like he was better than her.]]

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* ArcWords: "You can't help being broken like the rest of us." Bonnibel says it to Mike in chapter 3; she intends it to be comforting, [[YouAreNotAlone comforting,]] but Mike [[DontYouDarePityMe finds it insulting]] and obsesses over it throughout his character arc. [[spoiler: It eventually culminates in chapter 33, when Mike starts to come to terms with his own problems and apologises to Bonnie for acting like he was better than her.]]
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-->[[spoiler:''Jeremy Human'']]: [[spoiler:'''Old man''']]... nobody '''invited''' you!!

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-->[[spoiler:''Jeremy Human'']]: -->[[spoiler:'''Jeremy Human''']]: [[spoiler:'''Old man''']]... nobody '''invited''' you!!
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* ArcWords: "You can't help being broken like the rest of us." Bonnie says it to Mike in chapter 3; she intends it to be comforting, but Mike [[DontYouDarePityMe finds it insulting]] and obsesses over it throughout his character arc. [[spoiler: It eventually culminates in chapter 33, when Mike starts to come to terms with his own problems and apologises to Bonnie for acting like he was better than her.]]

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* ArcWords: "You can't help being broken like the rest of us." Bonnie Bonnibel says it to Mike in chapter 3; she intends it to be comforting, but Mike [[DontYouDarePityMe finds it insulting]] and obsesses over it throughout his character arc. [[spoiler: It eventually culminates in chapter 33, when Mike starts to come to terms with his own problems and apologises to Bonnie for acting like he was better than her.]]
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* ArcWords: "You can't help being broken like the rest of us." Bonnie says it to Mike in chapter 3; she intends it to be comforting, but Mike [[DontYouDarePityMe finds it insulting]] and obsesses over it throughout his character arc. [[spoiler: It eventually culminates in chapter 33, when Mike starts to come to terms with his own problems and apologises to Bonnie for acting like he was better than her.]]

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* RiddleForTheAges: [[spoiler: The exact method through which Mike and Safety Schmidt switch places across dimensions is never explained, beside an implication that Fix-It Fritzine carried it out under Jeremy's orders.]]



* SadlyMythtaken: A variation, in that Mike is repeatedly confronted by the local animal-people getting their "human mythology" ridiculously inaccurate. For example, in chapter 43, a gorilla asserts that humans are supposed to have tails, whilst in mini #9, he's told that "fantasy historians" have apparently "proven" that humans have thermal vision and racially colorblind.

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* SadlyMythtaken: A variation, in that Mike is repeatedly confronted by the local animal-people getting their "human mythology" ridiculously inaccurate. For example, in chapter 43, a gorilla asserts that humans are supposed to have tails, whilst in mini #9, he's told that "fantasy historians" have apparently "proven" that humans have thermal vision and are racially colorblind.
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** In mini #6, Bonnibel has a nightmare in which her roommates turn into zombies - except for Chica, who turns into a watermelon. This refers to [[MemeticMutation a joke amongst the fans]] about Phantom Chica's textures mixed with her rounded shape making her look like a watermelon.
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** In chapter 30 [[spoiler:Mike has a nightmare about the humanitronics [[TearOffYourFace breaking Beanie's face off of her skull]], leaving her looking like Withered Bonnie.]]
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** [[spoiler:In a subtly disturbing moment in chapter 30, Mike gets caught up impersonating Safety Schmidt and accidentally calls Beanie "Jeremy", due to the Jeremy Human mask she's wearing.]]
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* SeinfeldianConversation: In chapter 6, after Bonnibel has a panic attack over her medication, Mike starts a conversation about gelatin and instant noodles to distract her so she won't feel embarrassed. [[spoiler: In chapter 32, he's heartbroken to realise that his friends are using the same trick on him following his own freakout.]]
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler: Mike receives one from Jeremy after he foils his attempt to escape from the restaurant.]]
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-->''Mike'': "Your apartment's a mess, and you guys need to get your shit together before Goose slips on a banana peel and breaks her neck."

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-->''Mike'': -->'''Mike''': "Your apartment's a mess, and you guys need to get your shit together before Goose slips on a banana peel and breaks her neck."
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* WorthIt: At ''Humiecon'', Bonbon and Mike get thrown out of the ''Legend of Bob'' episode screening for loudly cheering at Balloon Boy's very, very unquestionable and final death that removed him from the series forever. Wilst they do find this somewhat embarrassing, they decide it's an acceptable trade-off for at least getting to see Balloon Boy finally die.

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* WorthIt: At ''Humiecon'', Bonbon and Mike get thrown out of the ''Legend of Bob'' episode screening for loudly cheering at Balloon Boy's very, very unquestionable and final death that removed him from the series forever. Wilst Whilst they do find this somewhat embarrassing, they decide it's an acceptable trade-off for at least getting to see Balloon Boy finally die.


* AnArmAndALeg: Unlike in the canon [=FNaF=] 'verse, Jeremy's humanitronics don't try to stuff people into too-tight exosuits. Instead, they see the indigenous PettingZooPeople as automatons with "unlicensed extraneous parts" and seek to "purify them" by removing them. This entails lopping off ears, feet, and possibly hands, [[FlayedAlive peeling off the skin]] and [[FacialHorror carving faces into a more human-like shape]] by, for example, chopping off snouts and beaks.

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* AnArmAndALeg: Unlike in the canon [=FNaF=] 'verse, Jeremy's humanitronics don't try to stuff people into too-tight exosuits. Instead, they see the indigenous PettingZooPeople {{Funny Animal}}s as automatons with "unlicensed extraneous parts" and seek to "purify them" by removing them. This entails lopping off ears, feet, and possibly hands, [[FlayedAlive peeling off the skin]] and [[FacialHorror carving faces into a more human-like shape]] by, for example, chopping off snouts and beaks.



** Mike Schmidt: A human being somehow transported to a world of PettingZooPeople where humans don't exist save as fictional beings. [[spoiler:Implied to be "the" Mike Schmidt from Weaver's "Weaver Canon" [=FNaF=] universe, with suppressed memories of his time at Freddy Fazbear's. May also be connected to the mysterious disappearance of the "Safety Schmidt" humanitronic.]]

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** Mike Schmidt: A human being somehow transported to a world of PettingZooPeople WorldOfFunnyAnimals where humans don't exist save as fictional beings. [[spoiler:Implied to be "the" Mike Schmidt from Weaver's "Weaver Canon" [=FNaF=] universe, with suppressed memories of his time at Freddy Fazbear's. May also be connected to the mysterious disappearance of the "Safety Schmidt" humanitronic.]]



* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The story is set in an "inversion" of the [=FNaF=] universe, where PettingZooPeople inhabit a world without humans.

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* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: The story is set in an "inversion" of the [=FNaF=] universe, where PettingZooPeople {{funny animal}}s inhabit a world without humans.
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Told in SecondPersonNarration owing to its origin as an idea on the Website/ImageBoards, it tells the story of you, average guy Mike Schmidt. You're not doing so hot. You're overweight, down on your luck after a work-related injury and living on the street just before the story begins, but at least you have your pride and a sense of basic decency. Did we mention that you're the only human in this WorldOfFunnyAnimals and everyone thinks you're some sort of shaved chimp? Since beggars can't be choosers, you jump at the first offer of a home you get. You just didn't count on the type of roommates you would be getting, exactly. But don't worry. They have a place for you.

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Told in SecondPersonNarration owing to its origin as an idea on the Website/ImageBoards, ImageBoards, it tells the story of you, average guy Mike Schmidt. You're not doing so hot. You're overweight, down on your luck after a work-related injury and living on the street just before the story begins, but at least you have your pride and a sense of basic decency. Did we mention that you're the only human in this WorldOfFunnyAnimals and everyone thinks you're some sort of shaved chimp? Since beggars can't be choosers, you jump at the first offer of a home you get. You just didn't count on the type of roommates you would be getting, exactly. But don't worry. They have a place for you.
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'''Roommates: Memoirs of the Hairless Ape''' is a long-running ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' AlternateUniverseFic written by Pokemaniacal (not [[Blog/{{Pokemaniacal}} that one]]) in collaboration with and based on works by Creator/TheWeaver, who also provides illustrations.

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'''Roommates: Memoirs of the Hairless Ape''' is a long-running ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' AlternateUniverseFic written by Pokemaniacal (not [[Blog/{{Pokemaniacal}} that one]]) in collaboration with and based on works by Creator/TheWeaver, who also provides illustrations.
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** Parodied with Darky, though, who--while very racist to humans--isn't seen at all offensive to the inhabitants of this world, given that humans are just a fictional species here.

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** Parodied with Darky, though, who--while very racist to humans--isn't seen as at all offensive to the inhabitants of this world, given that humans are just a fictional species here.
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* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Compared to the earlier comic designs, only Mango's has been changed: she appears somewhat older, ''much'' heavier (while we didn't see much of her body there), and with less cartoonish facial features. [[spoiler:She may or may not still have multiple arms and an extra head hidden somewhere, though.]]

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* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: Compared to the earlier comic designs, only Mango's has been changed: she appears somewhat older, ''much'' heavier (while we didn't see much of her body there), and with less cartoonish facial features. [[spoiler:She may or may not still have also had multiple arms and an extra head hidden somewhere, though.and/or legs in the original design, which was scrapped.]]
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** [[FridgeBrilliance Which makes perfect sense once you realize that dog-walking wouldn't exist in this universe the way it does in ours,]] though it's clearly intended to initially cause some FurryConfusion for the viewer.
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** Rackham: [[spoiler:A fox who was blinded in one eye and lost his hand saving Goose from the same incident where her eyes were damage.]]

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** Rackham: [[spoiler:A fox who was blinded in one eye and lost his hand saving Goose from the same incident where her eyes were damage.damaged.]]
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** Comparing the characters to the "Weaver Canon" versions of themselves also reveals this trope applies to traits from those versions of the animatronics. For example, in the Weaver verse, Bonnie/Withered Bonnie was female and Toy Bonnie was male, distinguished by their purple and blue colors, respectively. In the Roommates verse, both of the Toy Bonnie analogues are female and Bonworth is based on a male Bonnie. Likewise, Bonita has many of the personality traits of "Weaver Bonnie", but the latter's {{yandere}}-esque obsession with Mike most closely manifests as Bonbon's "humie" fetishism.

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** Comparing the characters to the "Weaver Canon" versions of themselves also reveals this trope applies to traits from those versions of the animatronics. For example, in the Weaver verse, Bonnie/Withered Bonnie was female and Toy Bonnie was male, distinguished by their purple and blue colors, respectively. In the Roommates verse, both of the Toy Bonnie analogues are female and Bonworth is based on a male Bonnie. Likewise, Bonita has many of the personality traits of "Weaver Bonnie", but the latter's {{yandere}}-esque obsession with Mike most closely manifests as Bonbon's "humie" fetishism.obsession.
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** In "Weaver Canon", Bonnie was obsessed with Mike in her own insane, {{yandere}}-style form of crush, wanting to put him into a suit so they could be together. In Roommates, Bonbon is a full-blown, out-and-proud humie fetishist who, in her dedicated mini, admits she's sexually attracted to them and finds Mike really appealing for hitting two of her major hooks. Ironically, Bonbon is based on ''Toy'' Bonnie, who was the ''male'' Bonnie in "Weaver Canon".

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** In "Weaver Canon", Bonnie was obsessed with Mike in her own insane, {{yandere}}-style form of crush, wanting to put him into a suit so they could be together. In Roommates, Bonbon is a full-blown, out-and-proud humie fetishist fan (an obvious reference to/inversion of UsefulNotes/FurryFandom) who, in her dedicated mini, admits she's sexually attracted to them as well and finds Mike really appealing for hitting two of her major hooks. Ironically, Bonbon is based on ''Toy'' Bonnie, who was the ''male'' Bonnie in "Weaver Canon".
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** Bonbon: A hyperactive rabbit with a pronounced "humie" fetish, who may have faced a lot of prejudice for her fetishism and/or ManChild status.

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** Bonbon: A hyperactive rabbit with a pronounced "humie" fetish, obsession, who may have faced a lot of prejudice for her fetishism unusual interest and/or ManChild status.
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** March Apriland May: A female rabbit with heavy bodily scarring, clarified in chapter 45 to be extensive burn scars.

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** March Apriland April Marchand May: A female rabbit with heavy bodily scarring, clarified in chapter 45 to be extensive burn scars.

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