History NightmareFuel / BendyAndTheInkMachine

* The Sequel has teasers in the form of [[https://bendy.fandom.com/wiki/2nd_Bendy_game Audio Logs from the various studio staff]], [[https://bendy.fandom.com/wiki/File:Unknown_-_April_14 the last recording however,]] belonging to an unknown character is spliced from the previous Audio Logs twisting the characters words into an ominous warning that something big will happen at Joey Drew Studios while a ScareChord builds and ends with a creepy voice commenting after the recording is over.

* After the boat ride, Henry comes across the village of the Lost Ones... and has an unexpected reunion with his old pal Sammy Lawrence. Only Sammy's not too happy to see Henry. [[SanitySlippage Being betrayed and nearly killed by Bendy has turned the soft-spoken cultist into a]] [[AnAxeToGrind literal]] AxCrazy lunatic complete with a VoiceOfTheLegion and he's all too happy to take his rage out on Henry, leading to an impromptu boss fight. After knocking Sammy's mask off (revealing him to be completely faceless), he knocks Henry to the ground and prepares to kill him. [[DeusExMachina Thankfully, Allison and Tom step in in the nick of time.]]

* A new chapter comes with a [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/bendy-and-the-ink-machine/images/e/ef/CH4Bendy3D.png/revision/latest?cb=20180501112129 new redesign]] for Bendy and it manages to make him look even more terrifying than before. In general, his new look seems to be a twisted fusion of his old beta design and his current look. Bendy has a skinnier torso, making him look positively gaunt, his perpetual SlasherSmile is wider and more deranged (helped by the fact that his head is smaller and more human sized), and the ink on his body is far more detailed and is seen dripping off his body. All in all, Bendy's new look manages to give the Ink Demon a far more horrifying visage.
** Oh, and apparently, [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/bendy-and-the-ink-machine/images/a/af/Pascal-cleroux-2018-05-02-01-58-28-rig-bendy-ch5-max-autodesk-3ds-max-2017.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180504222444 his spine is sticking out grotesquely]], ''looking like the spikes of that of a reptile's''.
*** Looking at him closer up, one can see that Bendy's mouth may not emote, but it does move. It jitters around on his face like a dirty film projection, as if he's only choosing to have it there to mock or terrify anyone who encounters him.

* The Sequel has teasers in the form of [[https://bendy.fandom.com/wiki/2nd_Bendy_game Audio Logs from the various studio staff]], [[https://bendy.fandom.com/wiki/File:Unknown_-_April_14 the last recording however,]] belonging to an unknown character is spliced from the previous Audio Logs with a creepy voice commenting after the recording is over.
--> '''Unknown''': How interesting. Such... Knowledge.

** The studio is cluttered with cardboard cutouts of Bendy. There seems to be no end to them as you explore the corridors at first, running into a new one in every intersection... [[OhCrap until you backtrack and find the room you last visited missing its cutout.]] The Bendys are fewer than you initially thought, [[ParanoiaFuel and don't seem that inanimate anymore...]]

** Sammy sounds like a cultist the whole way, praising Bendy as a god. He states that he plans to sacrifice you to Bendy, which would hopefully cause his "god" to free him of his warped body. What's more, one of his lines implies that he ''recognizes'' Henry, so they could once have been friends a long time ago. Sammy leaves the room, and [[OhCrap is immediately attacked and either murdered or tortured by Bendy]]. You then have to run away from the ink demon down several boarded-up halls, frantically chopping away for your life to escape. [[FromBadToWorse Then your axe breaks, leaving you without a weapon]].

** The real kicker is the ending. You see Boris, ''completely alive'' after his vivisection in Chapter 1. [[OhCrap This implies that there are either multiple copies of each character, or that]] ''[[FromBadToWorse the ink characters can't be fully killed.]]'' But in this case it can double as Heartwarming or a moment of Awesome. [[TakeAThirdOption Or both.]]

* After you complete all of Alice's tasks, she finally agrees to let you go. As you return to the elevator and start ascending, with Boris in tow, you seem well on your way to freedom. But then [[AxCrazy Alice]] [[OhCrap starts]] [[EvilLaugh laughing...]]then the elevator begins crashing downwards at an alarming rate. As it turns out, Alice was never really going to let you go...

* The room full of the Lost Ones. You come across a room with a Lost One on a balcony talking to himself, walk into the door underneath and you find '''[[OhCrap a whole crowd of them]]!''' [[NonMaliciousMonster Fortunately, these are sane.]] Unfortunately, they can't leave.

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* Upon being jumpscared by Bendy, ink immediately begins pouring down from the ceiling and walls around you, flooding the studio in a matter of seconds. In the update that came with Chapter 3, everything gets dark as ink rains down inside the whole studio, threatening to drown you as you run for the exit.

* You'll notice throughout the chapter that there are a lot of pentagrams and coffins around. One has to wonder if the coffins are empty or not....

* The hostile sentient octopus ride that is the result of [[https://i.gyazo.com/thumb/1000/de7d1e001b42bdcd8106370d7374ed12-png.jpg Bertrum Piedmont]] being fused with it. After lashing out at Joey Drew over the park he created for him being scrapped, the poor guy is turned into this mechanical monstrosity that attacks any who draws near. And at the center of the ride, you can see Bertrum's face, staring lifelessly at you and twitching as he attacks.
* The introduction of Alice's [[https://i.gyazo.com/221e165c5c47160d982113ea2339d383.png Frankenboris]]. Henry is riding the ghost train ride as Alice taunts him, the doors in front of him open to reveal darkness, then a large pair of arms grabs his train car and Frankenboris looms over him, Henry panics and Boris tosses the train car and Henry across the room, boss fight time.

* The room full of the Lost Ones. You come across a room with a Lost One on a balcony talking to himself, walk into the door underneath and you find '''[[OhCrap a whole crowd of Lost Ones]]!''' [[NonMaliciousMonster Fortunately, these are sane.]] Unfortunately, they can't leave.

* After the boat ride, Henry comes across the village of the Lost Ones... and has an unexpected reunion with his old pal Sammy Lawrence. Only Sammy's not too happy to see Henry. [[SanitySlippage Being betrayed and nearly killed by Bendy has turned the soft-spoken cultist into a]] [[AnAxeToGrind literal]] AxCrazy lunatic complete with a VoiceOfTheLegion and he's all too happy to take his rage out on Henry, leading to an impromptu boss fight. After knocking Sammy's mask off (revealing him to be completely faceless), he knocks Henry to the ground and prepares to kill him. Thankfully, Allison and Tom step in at the nick of time.
-->'''Sammy Lawrence:''' You lied to me! You said I'd be free! Well I'm going to free ''you'' now. '''[[OffWithHisHead Free your head right off your shoulders!]]''' Sheep, sheep, sheep. It's time for... '''''sleep.'''''

* The unidentified ink monster that lurks in the depths of the ink river in the tunnel. The only thing you see of it is its large toon hand that grabs and pulls under anything that moves. It soon comes to notice you when you are using the paddleboat and pursues you to try and pull you under. The chase is made all the more frantic as the paddleboat's wheel periodically jams due to the ink, forcing Henry to stop and get the ink off the wheel, '''''all while the creature is closing in on you'''''.

* The ending. Which is easily the most [[MindScrew mind bending]] ending in a horror game. After defeating Beast Bendy, Henry awakens to find himself in an apartment. There, we finally come face-to-face with Joey Drew himself, [[CharacterDevelopment who has become a kinder and gentler man with age.]] However, the truly frightening part comes after his monologue where he asks Henry to come down to the studio. Henry goes through the door... ''and finds himself back at the entrance of the studio''. [[FromBadToWorse And it only gets worse from there.]] Playing through the game a second time using the searching device that Allison gave you reveals hidden messages all over the studio. Messages like TURN BACK or I ALWAYS FALL that seem to be written by Henry himself. All this leads to a horrifying implication: '''''Henry is trapped in a [[StableTimeLoop neverending time loop]], unable to escape and forced to relive the horrors of the studio again and again.''''' And judging by the number of tally marks seen at the beginning of Chapter One, he's been at this routine ''hundreds'' of times by now. AndIMustScream doesn't even '''''begin''''' to describe it.

* After completing the game, you get the device that Alice gives you that lets you read the invisible messages. The first one you see, on the Bendy poster that greets you at the beginning of Chapter 1? ''TURN BACK.'' What's more horrifying is the implication that these invisible messages are being left by ''Henry himself,'' now seemingly trapped in a never-ending StableTimeLoop where he never truly escapes the studio.

* After the boat ride, Henry comes across the village of the Lost Ones... and has an unexpected reunion with his old pal Sammy Lawrence. Only Sammy's not too happy to see Henry. Being betrayed and nearly killed by Bendy has caused the deranged cultist to [[SanitySlippage snap even more than usual]], and he's all too happy to take his rage out on Henry with his axe, leading to an impromptu boss fight. After knocking Sammy's mask off, he knocks Henry to the ground and prepares to kill him. Thankfully, Allison and Tom step in at the nick of time.

* Henry falling into the studio after attemping to navigate some planks. He survives, of course, but it's still an effective JumpScare.

** When reaching the inner sanctum of the machine and listening to an audio recording left by Joey, Bendy appears and [[OneWingedAngel transforms into a hulking gorilla-like monster with long arms and massive fangs]]. '''''And you still can't hurt him.''''' The entirety of the "boss fight" consists of Henry running from Bendy.

The tagline above is not for show. In its relatively short run, ''Bendy and the Ink Machine'' has proven itself to be one of the scariest games of 2017. With a gloomy atmosphere that's rife with ParanoiaFuel, gameplay elements that change with each update, disturbing enemy designs that are guaranteed to make you lose hours of sleep, and a dark, cryptic story that increasingly sounds like something out of a CosmicHorrorStory, by the time you're done playing, you '''''will''''' learn to fear the machine...

* While in the studio, through audio recordings, we finally learn the truth of Bendy's origin. It turns out that Bendy was Joey Drew's first attempt at creating a living cartoon character with the Ink Machine. However, because Bendy lacked a soul, he came out as a grinning, deformed monster.

* It turns out that Bendy is actually not Joey Drew at all, but actually a "literal" demon. Bendy was created gangly and misshapen with no soul, a Blue and Orange Morality, and for whatever reason an insatiable desire to slaughter other ink creations (and Henry). And instead of finding a proper way to destroy it, Joey just left it to wreak havoc on his traumatized, horrifically mutated employees until he could send Henry to clean up his mess.

* While in the studio, through audio recordings, we finally learn the truth of Bendy's origin. It turns out that Bandy was Joey Drew's first attempt at creating a living cartoon character with the Ink Machine. However, because Bendy lacked a soul, he came out as a grinning, deformed monster.

* Near the end of the chapter, Henry is forced to head to Bendy's lair. That's where we learn that the Ink Machine that's been seen descending down into the depths of the studio? '''That's just a small part of a larger Ink Machine.''' And when we get inside it, we see test tubes for Joey's sick experiments, some containing Lost Ones.

* It turns out that Bendy is actually not Joey Drew at all, but actually a "literal" demon. Bendy was created gangly and misshapen with no soul, a Blue and Orange Morality, and for whatever reason an insatiable desire to slaughter other ink creations (and Henry.) And instead of finding a proper way to destroy it, Joey just left it to wreak havoc on his traumatized, horrifically mutated employees until he could send Henry to clean up his mess.

* After the boat ride, Henry comes across the village of the Lost Ones... and has an unexpected reunion with his old pal Sammy Lawrence. Only Sammy's not to happy to see Henry. Being betrayed and nearly killed by Bendy has caused the deranged cultist to [[SanitySlippage snap even more than usual]], and he's all too happy to take his rage out on Henry with his axe, leading to an impromptu boss fight. After knocking Sammy's mask off, he knocks Henry to the ground and prepares to kill him. Thankfully, Allison and Tom step in at the nick of time.

'''Unmarked spoilers ahoy!'''

* It turns out that Bendy is [[spoiler: actually not Joey Drew at all, but actually a "literal" demon. Bendy was created gangly and misshapen with no soul, a Blue and Orange Morality, and for whatever reason an insatiable desire to slaughter other ink creations (and Henry.) And instead of finding a proper way to destroy it, Joey just left it to wreak havoc on his traumatized, horrifically mutated employees until he could send Henry to clean up his mess.]]

* It turns out that Bendy is [[spoiler: actually not Joey Drew at all, but actually a "literal" demon. Bendy was created gangly and misshapen with no soul, a Blue andOrangeMorality, and for whatever reason an insatiable desire to slaughter other ink creations (and Henry.) And instead of finding a proper way to destroy it, Joey just left it to wreak havoc on his traumatized, horrifically mutated employees until he could send Henry to clean up his mess.]]

* It turns out that Bendy is [[spoiler: actually not Joey Drew at all, but actually a "literal" demon. Bendy was created gangly and misshapen with no soul, a BlueandOrangeMorality, and for whatever reason an insatiable desire to slaughter other ink creations (and Henry.) And instead of finding a proper way to destroy it, Joey just left it to wreak havoc on his traumatized, horrifically mutated employees until he could send Henry to clean up his mess.]]

* After the boat ride, Henry comes across the village of the Lost Ones... and has an unexpected reunion with his old pal Sammy Lawrence. Only Sammy's not to happy to see Henry. Being betrayed and nearly killed by Bendy has caused the deranged cultist to [[SanitySlippage snap even more than usual]], and he's all too happy to take his rage out on Henry with his axe, leading to an impromptu boss fight. After knocking Sammy's mask off, he knocks Henry to the ground and prepares to kill him. Thankfully, Allison and Tom steps in at the nick of time.

* In the end, Bendy becomes a hulking gorilla-like monster with massive fangs and the ability to kill in one shot. And all you can do is run for your life.

** Also worth mentioning, who were the last people Henry saw before Chapter 4 ended. ''Allison and Tom''. What if ''they'' were the ones Henry was talking about? Is it possible they [[EvilAllAlong didn't intend to save him..?]] [[spoiler: Thankfully, the actual game revealed that they're exactly who they seemed to be, although Tom is a bit of a jerk. They only locked Henry up because they weren't sure if they could trust him.]]
* When Allison gives you the tool to see invisible messages, what is the first one you find? [[spoiler:SHE WILL LEAVE YOU FOR DEAD.]]
* When "Bendy" is heard coming, and Allison and Tom decide to drop you like a hot potato because they can't free Henry from his prison.
** What makes this worse is that Tom has an axe that could smash down the boards in the way, ''but he doesn't even bother trying because he thinks you're dangerous.''
* [[spoiler:The unidentified ink monster that lurks in the depths of the ink river in the tunnel. The only thing you see of it is its large toon hand that grabs and pulls under anything that moves. It soon comes to notice you when you are using the paddleboat and pursues you to try and pull you under.]]
* [[spoiler: '''[[UnexplainedRecovery SAMMY LAWRENCE]] IS ALIVE. AND HE'S DOWNRIGHT PISSED.''']]

* [[spoiler: '''SAMMY LAWRENCE IS ALIVE. AND HE'S DOWNRIGHT PISSED.''']]

* [[spoiler: '''SAMMY LAWRENCE IS ALIVE.''']]