Line #62 NightmareFuel/SquimpusMcGrimpus


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11	It's hard to believe that a series of short videos, each one less than 5 minutes long, would be able to reignite the horror of a [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys franchise that's almost 10 years old nowadays]], but Squimpus [=McGrimpus=] managed to pull it off. Needless to say, after watching these videos, '''you will learn what it means to truly feel fear'''.
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17	* Let it be known that Squimpus is such a pro at terrifying people that they managed to take such hardened Five Nights at Freddy's veterans- Dawko, Razzbowski, 8-[=BitRyan=], [=VaporTheGamer=]- and leave them absolutely terrified, even crying in fear in some cases. Squimp can make people who ''play this game or its many clones for a living'' scared of it again... They are just ''that good.''
18	* Perhaps one of the freakiest things about this channel is just how ''random and unexpected'' these videos are. The type of horror portrayed is never the same twice in a row. Will it be outright jumpscares and loud noises? Or will it be more subtle, psychological horror? This inconsistency between the videos makes Squimpus that much harder to predict, and makes their videos all the more terrifying.
19	* Concerning portraying characters that appear in the minigames, Squimpus manages to make many of them look creepy. Their designs of Psychic Friend Fredbear, Purple Guy, and Foxy Bro's mask are just some of the MANY creations that keep their fans up at night.
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23	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMivu7Xjdf8 The first video]] in the train of horror seems simple enough. It's just a seemingly innocent video on how to properly clean out the animatronics, using Freddy as an example... [[MoodWhiplash until the end]]. After instructing how to remove the torso, [[SuddenSoundtrackStop the background music cuts out]], and a large CensorBox covers up Freddy's exposed torso... but it's not big enough to cover up the blood covering his upper chest and pelvis. Then, the narrator speaks again...
24	-->''[[AC:Climb inside the torso and '''[[InterruptedByTheEnd accept your dea-]]''']]''
25	** Side Note: The blood? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out [[WouldHurtAChild whose blood that is...]]
26	** There's a subtle FreezeFrameBonus present in the final few frames: that SmashToBlack at the end? It's not due to the video ending, it's the lights in the room going out, shown by Freddy's eyes [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes glowing in the darkness]]. Subtle, but incredibly creepy once you notice it.
27	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl-Z8_oXWYQ Bonnie Joint Movement Testing]] starts off slow. As the name states, it's a video testing Bonnie's joints. Arms, fingers, and legs pass by uneventfully... but when Bonnie's ears are tested, he just... stands there. Eyes? He still doesn't move an inch... except his head has moved, almost imperceptibly, so he's looking straight at the camera. Then the "Jaw" test begins... [[OhCrap and Bonnie's disappeared from the stage.]] The camera pans away from the stage, stopping to point straight into pitch darkness...
28	** [[NothingIsScarier The next test has no designation; it's just a blank box.]] After it disappears, Bonnie's eyes can be barely seen peering from the darkness. Another blank test, and Bonnie's moved closer, becoming slightly more visible. A third test... and Bonnie's completely vanished from the dark void. A fourth, final test... And one SmashCut later, [[JumpScare Bonnie's two inches from the camera, unleashing ear-piercing static.]]
29	** After the aforementioned JumpScare, the video glitches out and cuts to a ''very familiar'' music box. As a creepy, childish-sounding tune plays, [[MonsterClown The Puppet]] emerges from the box. Her eyes [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glow white,]] followed by a slow, blood-curdling roar, and, in the very last split-second of the video, ''[[FreezeFrameBonus Golden Freddy bursts from the box and lunges at the camera, teeth bared.]]'' It all happens so fast, some people are left to question what they just saw.
30	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knyzrU_zLcQ Sound Response Check]] tests Chica's response to sound. A tone plays in the left speaker - she looks to the left. It plays in the right speaker, she looks to the right. Simple enough... until the [[RuleOfThree third tone.]] This one plays in both speakers, but the instructions are cut off at the end. It was most likely designating Chica looking straight ahead, which she does. That would make the most sense, [[ParanoiaFuel but we'll never know, will we?]]
31	** The fourth instructions simply state [[NothingIsScarier "Audio will play."]] Instead of a tone, [[SoundtrackDissonance operatic music starts playing.]] Then someone - presumably Chica - starts speaking. She talks about how the music makes her think about birds, and how she once saw one dead in the snow. Then, when she says she can't breathe, [[SuddenSoundtrackStop the music stops]] and the image of... ''someone'' slowly fades in over Chica's shoulder. Suddenly, the video cuts out, the music kicks back in, high pitched and sped up, and [[FreezeFrameBonus in the final split second of the video,]] the video comes back, with the text "I CAN'T BREATHE" in big text. The image accompanying this text? A (now-censored) dead bird lying in the snow.
32	--->[[AC:This music makes me feel better.\
33	It makes me think about birds. I like birds. They are pretty.\
34	One time, I saw a bird sleeping in the snow. That's what bad dreams are about.\
35	I feel like I'm sleeping in snow. And I can't get up. It's too cold for me to do that.\
36	Things don't breathe when they sleep in snow. I can't breathe.\
37	I can't breathe.\
38	I CAN'T BREATHE.]]
39	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6KkcHpFi7Y Pirate Cove Pre-Show]] Starts out with a cute cartoon of Foxy that would play on the restaurant [=TVs=] before the Pirate Cove show. After Foxy finishes telling the patrons that the show starts in 3 minutes, the video cuts to a black screen with five white stick figures, and one of them fades away. The cartoon plays again, but this time without the BackgroundMusic. Foxy still speaks like normal, but is cut off near the end of the cartoon by Weather Alert-like tones. The four remaining stick figures return again, and another one disappears. The cartoon plays again, but now there is no voice or music, except for a text to speech voice saying to discard the tape. It cuts back to the stick figures, and the remaining three fade away one by one, leaving a black screen.
40	-->[[AC:VIEWING OF THIS TAPE IS PROHIBITED. DISCARD IT IMMEDIATELY.]]
41	** A stick figure version of William Afton then appears and taunts Foxy. The video cuts to purple text saying '''"GO GO GO GO GO GO,"''' [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 referencing the minigame from FNAF 2.]] The video then abruptly cuts to Foxy standing alone in the darkness, staring at something, then cuts to Foxy from behind, staring at Golden Freddy, who is twitching rapidly and singing a distorted song. Golden Freddy stops twitching, and the video ends.
42	--->"What's the matter, Foxy? I thought you wanted an audience!"
43	** Of course, Golden Freddy isn't twitching for no reason. If you look closely, [[DrivenToSuicide there's a noose wrapped around his neck.]] '''A PURPLE noose.'''
44	** To add to this the canonical name of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy2_0Rl84A distorted track]] of Fredbear's singing? '''''ASPHYXIATION'''''.
45	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu76W5WmLEs Nonexistent Video]] is a video created by the Puppet, directed to Michael. While it does dip into [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Heartwarming]] during the last third of the video, it's still chock-full of NightmareFuel. To elaborate:
46	** The first scene of the video is a content warning, stating that [[ContentWarnings "the following video is not suitable for photosensitive individuals, and contains content that many would find disturbing."]] But then...
47	--->''But you're going to watch it anyway. [[ButThouMust You have to.]]''
48	** It then shows the logo for Fredbear's Family Diner, a clip of one of the Diner's shows, and an informative paragraph about [[DeathTrap the springlock suits.]] But then, all background noise except for the static cuts out, and a still of Fredbear is shown. Fredbear's teeth and muzzle slowly become covered in blood [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4 (whose blood it belongs to no question)]], and the image becomes oversaturated in red and cuts out as a loud noise plays.
49	** It then cuts to the VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys1 office, with the phone call from Night 4 playing in the background. The image cuts out in between each knock. After the last knock, Golden Freddy can be seen slumped over before the image cuts out. Then, as Phone Guy asks to check inside the suits in the back room, Golden Freddy's mugshot and roar fades in...
50	** Then, the carnival music from the same game plays as quick clips from all four previous videos are shown, with text overlaid, which explains how four tapes were found in the heads of the core animatronics. The music cuts out as Golden Freddy's head is shown, and the text says you're "gifted" and found the fifth tape.
51	--->[[AC:FOUR TAPES HIDDEN INSIDE THEIR EMPTY HEADS.\
52	FREDDY RIPPED APART WITH A SMILE.\
53	BONNIE DANCING IN THE DARK.\
54	CHICA AND HER WONDERFUL SONG.\
55	FOXY MEETS THE HAPPY MAN.\
56	YOU ARE GIFTED. YOU FOUND THE FIFTH.]]
57	** The text, which happens to be The Puppet, goes on to tell the viewer - heavily implied to be Michael Afton - that before his brother died, something else happened at Fredbear's: something that went wrong with the springlock suits (no surprise there). She then shows an image of Springbonnie as she tells us to "watch." The image doesn't move, but the sounds of heavy breathing, something snapping, and screams of agony are played over it. It's a good thing it's only a still image - otherwise we would have been treated to the aftermath of a [[CruelAndUnusualDeath springlock failure...]]
58	** The Puppet then goes on to tell Michael that the same thing happened to his father; that it killed him, but only for a little while; and that he's still out there. She then asks if he wants to find him, and as she emerges from the shadows while carnival music plays, says "I'll show you."
59	** The logo for [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3 Fazbear's Fright]] fades in, with the Puppet telling Michael "not to worry about dates, names, or locations" and that "you'll know it when it happens." She then goes on, while the silhouette of Springtrap is shown over a crackling, fiery background, to explain how to defeat him, even going so far as to where to find the gasoline can to start the fire. Fortunately, that's the end of the NightmareFuel, and the Heartwarming kicks in soon after.
60	** However, there's one little bonus of FridgeHorror to top it all off. The above bullet heavily implies that the Puppet can see the future. But does that mean she knows that the fire will be AllForNothing, and that Springtrap will escape to kill another day? That Elizabeth and Molten Freddy are still out there, and she'll be captured by one of her father's own creations?
61	*** You can probably take some comfort in the fact that [[WordOfGod Squimp has confirmed]] that nothing after ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' and ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' is canon in this continuity... but the existence of the non-canon videos featuring these characters does not help.
62	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RqGSTf5JQg The Night Security Training Video]] is a cheesily animated video explaining the ins and outs of the night shift jobs. However, it quickly descends into NightmareFuel. It starts off slow, with the background and all audio cutting out at the end of the CCTV segment. Then, while explaining how the doors and lights work, after turning on the light, ''Springtrap'' can be seen standing outside the window before a ringing noise plays and the video cuts out momentarily. During the third segment, the audio slowly gets distorted, before the video suddenly changes to a blank background. After a few seconds, Section four starts, titled "I am here." ''Three guesses as to what happens next.''
63	** If you guess "Springtrap appears," you'd be correct. A few seconds after the title shows up, a picture of Springtrap appears. Over the course of a few seconds, Springtrap slowly opens his mouth, revealing the mummified corpse inside. The sounds playing over this? Distorted music ... and the sounds of someone (it's pretty obvious who) '''[[HellIsThatNoise banging on a wall and howling in agony.]]'''
64	** Through his screaming and howling, only one coherent word can be made out: Michael, aka ''Michael Afton,'' aka '''his son.'''
65	--->'''''Michael! MICHAEL!!!'''''
66	** While all of this is happening, a message written in purple letters is displayed in the bottom right corner. What it says is ''bone-chilling.''
67	--->''The hidden room in the bathroom hallway. The boards. Break them. I'm in there. I'm in there. Michael. Your father. I'm your father. I want to talk to you.'' '''''I only want to see my boy.'''''
68	** This message becomes ''even more'' chilling after "Memories," where we learn [[AbusiveParents just how much William despised Michael]]. [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Has Afton]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone truly come to regret how he treated his son in life]], or ''[[OhCrap does he just want Michael to come to him, so he finally has the chance to kill him directly as Springtrap?]]''
69	*** "Finale" confirms its ''absolutely'' the latter, his hatred growing to murderous levels. [[ForegoneConclusion Not that he'll get the chance, however.]]
70	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUnVeAd4DAg Facial Recognition Testing]]" is a video recording of Toy Bonnie as the employee assessing him tests out the criminal face recognition. An innocent person will make his eyes widen for a second, and a recognized felon will make him beep. [[MoodWhiplash And then the offscreen employee shows Toy Bonnie what can be presumed is William Afton.]] Toy Bonnie LUNGES offscreen presumably toward the image, and in turn the employee. [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere The employee, after successfully deactivating Toy Bonnie before being killed, then walks out of the facility saying the entire establishment's a death trap.]]
71	** Then a man's face appears on screen, with a text-to-speech voice echoing [[MadnessMantra "Criminal..."]] in the background. The voice stops, and the face morphs into ''[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/criminalcriminalcriminal_1.png this]]''. THIS is how the animatronics see William.
72	** It's very subtle, and hard to see without photo-editing tools, but at the 1:08 mark in the video, [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent a face appears in the background.]] At least it looks like it's in the background, but it's not. '''Toy Bonnie runs behind it.'''
73	** It speaks volumes that this video was able to scare ''Dawko'' of all people.
74	* While Nonexistent Video had the Puppet telling Michael Afton that she knows he's sorry, and that his brother Joseph will forgive him for his death, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzT99RwpVYs Company PSA]]" makes it pretty damn clear that Joseph doesn't reciprocate those feelings. In fact, he's become ''[[VideoGame/UltimateCustomNight Vengeful Spirit]]'' levels of bitter, angry, and vengeful.
75	** Elaboration is needed. The video starts off slow, with the announcer explaining which direction Fredbear's will be going after the Bite of '83. The management decided to completely rebrand, replacing the old Springlock animatronics with the animatronics seen in VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 in their non-withered form. The new animatronics will not be springlock suits and will not be wearable; wearable costumes will be separate suits entirely. The restaurant will also be completely rearranged, with the tables being shuffled around and another stage for Foxy being added. However, when explaining how the posters will be replaced and the prize area restocked, [[InterruptedByTheEnd the audio cuts out at the very end,]] and the video turns to black. After a few seconds... ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzT99RwpVYs&t=47 something]]'' fades in, but is immediately replaced with the PSA resuming.
76	** The weird and freaky thing about that thing? [[NothingIsScarier There is no indication as to what it might be.]] It's left completely up to the imagination which, when it comes to this channel, isn't a good thing.
77	** The PSA continues with explaining about how some of the older patrons might be confused as to where Fredbear and Springbonnie went and who these new characters are. [[SuddenSoundtrackStop And as the music cuts out,]] the PSA explains what to say in these situations:
78	--->[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Fredbear does not exist.]]\
79	Springbonnie does not exist.\
80	Nothing happened to anyone.\
81	He does not exist.\
82	[[BrokenRecord He does not exist.]]\
83	[[MadnessMantra He does not exist.\
84	He does not exist.]]
85	** After that last SuspiciouslySpecificDenial, the image changes to Golden Freddy, slumped over in his [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 FNAF 2]] pose. Text appears on the bottom, heavily implied to be the Crying Child talking to Michael Afton. Golden Freddy tells Michael that he doesn't love him, and, as he draws closer to the camera, says that he'll be [[TakingYouWithMe taking Michael with him]] "So you'll know how it feels to stop existing".
86	--->''[[AC:I don't exist?\
87	You said you were sorry, and that you loved me.\
88	But I know you're lying.\
89	You don't love me.\
90	That's what you always said.\
91	I don't love you either.\
92	And I'll be [[TakingYouWithMe taking you with me]],\
93	so you'll know how it feels to stop existing.]]''
94	** The above conversation implies that Golden Freddy is going to do what the Vengeful Spirit did to [[AmbiguousSituation whoever is the player in UCN]] to Michael. If the player is William, then at least the VS has a ''damn good'' excuse to give him a FateWorseThanDeath, but Joseph is doing it out of ''sheer spite.'' He's dooming Michael Afton, a man who has changed since 1983, ''and his own brother'', to his own personal hell, '''simply because he can.''' This effectively makes this version of the Crying Child more bitter, insane, and revenge driven than ''[[VengefulGhost the Vengeful Spirit.]]''[[labelnote:Note]] At least in the universe Squimpus has created, which is a separate continuity from the canon lore. [[/labelnote]]
95	*** Of course, keep in mind that part of the reason Joseph died was because of Michael's actions, and that Michael had abused him horribly beforehand as VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4 has shown. Said actions which have left Joseph stuck as a ghost haunting a suit who has since [[DespairEventHorizon lost all hope]] of ever moving on as ''Animated Cartoon'' showcases. Yes, Joseph is much more spiteful than the Vengeful Spirit. But unlike the Vengeful Spirit, he has several more reasons to be, by years of abuse from said BigBrotherBully and that he caused his death.
96	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFGqA9JWlXA& Animated Cartoon]] was meant to mark the end of the 2nd "season" of the found footage tapes[[note]]Squimpus ultimately decided that the planned "Season 3" would be cut down to just two episodes, "Memories" and a finale, which would become an extension of Season 2[[/note]], and ''goddamn'' did it go off with a '''BANG.'''
97	** The video starts off slow, innocent, and funny (in which is odd, considering the [[NightmareFuel channel's]] [[ParanoiaFuel track]] [[NothingIsScarier record]]). As the name states, it's a short cartoon showing the lives of the Fazbear Four after closing. Then, when Chica goes off to make pizza, she notices how there's 6 chairs when there's only four members of the band. Freddy writes it off as a weird coincidence (and throws [[DeadpanSnarker some sass for good measure]]), but then the audio cuts off in the middle of Chica's next sentence. The entire time, the camera lingers on a shot of [[{{Unperson}} 6 chairs and four slices of pizza]]...
98	** The shot fades out, then returns to a scene of Chica rummaging through some boxes in the back room. She pulls out a photo with the core four on it. However, there are two more figures, a bear and a rabbit, nothing more than silhouettes... or ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 shadows...]]''
99	** Then, as the sound cuts out completely, Chica leaves the room, and the image cuts to one of the party rooms. As music box-esque music plays, the camera zooms in on a door, then cuts out completely as the door opens to reveal nothing more than [[NothingIsScarier a dark void.]] Chica moves to go through the door... and the image [[SmashCut Smash Cuts]] to a clip from the Sound Response Check video. All aboard the nightmare train...
100	** The image then cuts to a first-person view of someone wandering through a field covered in flowers. As classical music plays, a familiar face fades into view: the Fredbear plush in what appears to be his ''[[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_179.png creepiest rendition yet]]'', sporting an [[TheUnSmile unsettling smile]] while his signature ArcWords slowly appear below him:
101	--->''Tomorrow is another day''
102	** [[MoodWhiplash Cut to a fiery background]] as the music suddenly heightens in volume and a rather decayed Fredbear (minus eyebrows, teeth, and left ear) pops up and is soon inches from the camera with those signature pinhole-eyes.
103	--->'''we're never getting out'''
104	** Immediately after this, the music stutters as a distorted image of Fredbear with a child in his mouth appears for a few seconds. The footage then cuts to a cartoon image of Foxy, with the Puppet fading in, all the while deep laughter and ballroom music are playing. Fortunately, this is where the NightmareFuel ends, and we immediately veer into TearJerker territory.
105	*** Also, do the eyes of the distorted child in Fredbear's mouth seem familiar to you? Well, they should because ''they're the exact thing that fades in during '''Company PSA!'''''
106	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz2LtWfTdPU Memories.]]" Dear God, '''''Memories.''''' Despite lacking any real disturbing imagery (Though this lacking imagery for most of it [[NothingIsScarier may as well make it scarier]]), it still may very well be one of, if not, ''the'' most disturbing tape in the series. It starts off with some shots of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, with some pleasant music playing in the background. But then, it shifts into a recording from none other than William Afton himself. He explains his motives for why he killed the five children: He was heartbroken when Michael killed his younger brother, Joseph. He wanted to "put his hands around his neck and just squeeze the life out of him," but couldn't because he'd easily be caught. So, he took an alternative, and killed random children that he considered "brats" in Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria, and then leaving [[TheSociopath without feeling even a slight bit of guilt]]. At the end, he mentions that he checks the tape every day to see if it's been moved, and considering that it's being played, it's very likely Michael already has. And then it ends with this ''immensely'' horrifying line:
107	-->'''William Afton:''' So you better put it back, [[TheTapeKnewYouWouldSayThat Michael]], as neatly as you can, and start ''running''.
108	** It's infinitely worse given that you can clearly hear the [[{{Sadist}} smile in his voice the entire time]].
109	** What's disturbing about Squimp's Afton is how dissonantly ''ordinary'' he sounds, giving the impression of a StandardFiftiesFather. He's not the cartoonish EvilBrit MadScientist from the games, the [[EvilIsHammy hammy]] SmugSnake of [[Film/FiveNightsAtFreddys2023 the movie]], a CardCarryingVillain or a holier-than-thou PoeticSerialKiller; he acts like a mundane, real-life serial killer '''all too well'''. Just another [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse typical "normal person"]] who rationalizes every murder he commits with a messed up FreudianExcuse, almost as if he's Squimp's answer to [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Yoshikage Kira]].
110	** Despite William's claims that the reason he hates Michael is because of Joseph's death, there are several subtle hints throughout his dialogue ("But he's a liar," "Mike wasn't settled with being a failure," "that's why I didn't love him in the first place" and "he was always a terrible kid, not worth my time") that heavily imply William was already a [[AbusiveParents neglectful and uncaring father]] to Michael before the Bite, which is what drove Mike to bullying Joseph and eventually accidentally killing him. All this goes to show that even when he's completely unrepentant about his murders, Afton's FreudianExcuse falls flat and reveals him to be a complete ''monster'' the ''entire time''.
111	** [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EViaGg5UUAAI36A?format=png&name=small THIS]] can be seen in the background when the word "Memories" pops up the second time, right before William's tape starts. It is somehow ''more'' UncannyValley than the face from ''FACIAL RECOGNITION TESTING.''
112	** Imagine that you're one of the Missing Children at Freddy's. You're acting like a noisy brat, and then Spring Bonnie comes out and beckons you to come with him. Eagerly you go, only to be lured back into the storage area, and are horribly murdered. Afton claims that he "couldn't do much" because the children would "squeal," so he had to "make it quick enough to be efficient, but slow enough to make it last," but it's clear that they were stuffed into the suits. It doesn't matter WHY you were a brat that one time, a deranged murderer decided that you HAVE to be killed for him to be able to ''never kill his own son''.
113	** One of the images in the slideshow preceding the tapes is of [[https://i.imgur.com/3LvfONq.jpg the Springbonnie suit with Afton smiling fiercely through it]]. Uncomfortable doesn't even begin to describe it.
114	** Note that Afton is [[NothingIsScarier rather vague]] as to ''how'' exactly he killed the kids. We know he was deliberately trying to hurt them, but what exactly did he ''do''?
115	*** Given the other videos, it's not unlikely that he strangled them to death. ''Sound Response Check'' implies this by Chica repeating how she "Can't breathe," not to mention it is something that keeps them from making noises while making it "long enough to last." [[VisualNovel/DayshiftAtFreddys It looks like this Afton is a Kiddie Strangler too.]]
116	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7fA_ENKsk Finale]]," of course, isn't going to let the series end without a little more horror.
117	** The bulk of the video is recordings of William, stuck within the Springtrap suit in the secret room. He at first speaks with DissonantSerenity, almost as if he just locked himself out of his house...until November 1993, when we hear him [[CallBack screaming at Michael to let him out]], followed by him speaking with utter contempt and hatred.
118	*** The later recordings have him taking mainly to Michael, ending with this chilling sentiment:
119	--->''C'mon, Michael. Come visit me. I know you'll do it; she'll'' make ''you do it.'' ''[[DeadlyEuphemism I'll give you the warmest welcome you can imagine…]]''
120	** After William's recordings, we get a silent JumpScare from a monochrome shot of Springtrap's face, soon accompanied by a terrifying voice that barely even sounds like William.
121	-->''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou I see you.]]''
122	** Even before the true horror sets in there's something so...unsettling about the way William speaks. He constantly sounds like he's gasping for air to breathe, but he just...can't. Whatever's left of him is trying to live, but he's far past death at this point. He's conscious, but he's not alive. He's just left to exist with his psyche in this perpetual state of agony. If anything, Hell may be ''favored'' to this fate.
123	** Finally, is a shot of a Fazbear's Fright hallway, [[NothingIsScarier pitch black after a very short distance.]] After Michael receives instructions from the Puppet, we are again [[JumpScare jump scared]], this time by a glitched image of Springtrap burning, followed by the photo of William's face...edited so it looks like it's ''melting,'' while flames surround it and a horrible scream rings out. The horror is mitigated only by the CatharsisFactor of knowing that it is an abusive father and child murderer who absolutely deserves this fate. And with that, the video becomes a mix of Tearjerker and Heartwarming, ending the Nightmare Fuel for good.
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128	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guijg4Kyfyc balloon_boy.mp4]] starts off with [[SarcasmMode everybody's favorite animatronic]], Balloon Boy, alone in a dark void. Calming music starts playing, and after a few seconds, the camera zooms in on BB. He starts looking back and forth, but after a few seconds, he stops and [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou looks directly at the camera.]] Shortly after that, he gains WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises, the image cuts out, and [[FreezeFrameBonus for a split second,]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bbnightmareface.png this]] NightmareFace, similar to Phantom BB's jumpscare face from VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3, flashes on screen. After a second or two, a heavily pixelated version of BB's face shows up. The jaw stretches, his laugh is heard, and the video glitches out and ends.
129	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y53kSAL7zU sad_girl.mp4]] starts out with Circus Baby towering over the camera, while a little tune plays on a trumpet. After the short tune is over, Baby recites some sort of poem-song-thing about Elizabeth Afton, which quickly develops into a MadnessMantra. Halfway through the final line, she stops, the lights cut out, and all that can be seen are [[GlowingEyesOfDoom her glowing eyes.]] Eventually, those cut out too, and then, with as much contempt as a text-to-speech program can muster, she utters the final line of her poem:
130	-->''[[AC:[[TearJerker "Who could ever love a girl like Elizabeth?"]]]]''
131	** During the latter half of her poem, Baby's eyes start moving, almost imperceptibly, so by the time the lights cut out, she's moved from staring straight ahead to ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou looking directly at the camera.]]''
132	** After the above line is spoken, it [[SmashCut Smash Cuts]] to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/circusbabynightmareface.png this]] NightmareFace: Baby's faceplates shifted all out of whack, with two piercing eyes and a frown peeking out of the eyesockets and mouth. Elizabeth is heard speaking to Baby, even though it's hard to hear, but before she can finish, a loud howling is heard... [[NothingIsScarier and the video glitches out and ends.]]
133	** For those who had a hard time deciphering the speech throughout the video, a transcript is below:
134	--->'''Baby:''' [[AC:There was a young girl who sulked in her room,\
135	She wanted an ice cream, and wanted one soon.\
136	She went to her father; he turned her away.\
137	He always turned her away.\
138	She was so sad.\
139	[[BrokenRecord She was so sad.]]\
140	[[MadnessMantra She was so sad.\
141	She was so sad.]]\
142	She-]]\
143	...\
144	''[[AC:[[TearJerker Who could ever love a girl like Elizabeth?]]]]''\
145	'''Elizabeth:''' Daddy isn't watching... Don't tell Daddy I'm here. I wanted to watch your show too! [[KilledMidSentence I don't know why he wouldn't-]]
146	** As it turns out, those lines at the end are the ones Elizabeth speaks at the end of the True Ending in [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSisterLocation Sister Location,]] where she sneaks off to see Baby despite her father's wishes. FridgeHorror kicks in when you listen to the poem again, then the lines at the end, then, while taking the context of those words into consideration, [[WouldHurtAChild put two]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath and two together...]]
147	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NLaekB_afE birthday_boy.mp4]]. A video of Funtime Freddy shuffling around in the darkness, while an 8-bit version of "Happy Birthday" plays. However, when the music ends, all that can be seen in the darkness are his eyes. Funtime Freddy then gets close to the camera, opens up his faceplates, and, while distorted music plays, reveals ''[[NightmareFace the face seen above as the page image.]]'' '''[[PrecisionFStrike What the everloving FUCK.]]'''
148	** To elaborate on this...'''thing''': ''that's a child in there.'' A child, tangled in the wires, with pitch black, Springtrap-like eyes, and wearing the ''mother of all [[SlasherSmile Slasher Smiles]].'' It's almost like the Funtime animatronics were built to capture and kill kids... [[SarcasmMode oh wait!]]
149	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_deB7XE2rI father.mp4]], the final entry in the .mp4 series, is... [[TearJerker surprisingly somber at first]]. It begins with Springtrap standing in a dark void, as the mugshots of Foxy and Circus Baby fade in. Then the NightmareFuel kicks in as Purple Guy[[note]]Or what can be assumed as an early version of Squimpus' Purple Guy [[/note]] pops up on the left side of the screen. A purple Springtrap fades in over Purple Guy - perhaps representing Afton's change into Springtrap - and as Springtrap completely blocks him out, the video and audio completely conk out.
150	** After a few moments, the image cuts back in, glitching heavily and with Springtrap closer to the camera. It rapidly changes from Springtrap [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou staring directly at the camera,]] to clips from the Pirate Cove Pre-Show and Nonexistent Video, culminating in the springlock failure from the latter video. And as the video ends, Springtrap fades into the darkness as the music fades as well...
151	* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W3HGQhfmEs bonnie.mp4]]" and its followup, "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIsGHFeGCtg power_outage.mp4]]" may be short videos, but they're also a realistic, ''even scarier'' recreation of the very sense of fear that put ''Five Nights At Freddy's'' in the spotlight since the first game. This time around, we see through the lens of poor Mike Schmidt's point of view in Squimp's "[[FoundFootageFilms found footage]]" style of filming, and while he stays silent the whole time in both videos, you can still tell just how ''terrified'' he truly feels like anyone would in his situation, as well as pinpoint the exact moment of "'''''OhCrap'''''" shortly after he finds Bonnie staring at him from the doorway.
152	** The worst part about the ending of power_outage.mp4? Freddy doesn't pop up and wave his head and arms around like a muppet after he's done playing his signature "YouAreAlreadyDead" tune. Simply put, he goes '''fucking ballistic''' on Mike before the video cuts short.
153	[[/folder]]
154	----
155	->''[-[[MadnessMantra criminal, criminal, criminal, criminal, criminal...]]-]''

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