Five Nights at Freddy's (2023) / Characters

Five Nights at Freddy's Main Character Index
Character-specific pages: William Afton
Animatronics: In General, First Generation, Second Generation, Third Generation, Fourth Generation, Fifth Generation, Sixth Generation, VR Generation, Seventh Generation, Adventure Characters
Humans: Protagonists, Instructors, The Afton Family, Other Humans
Novels: Silver Eyes Continuity, Fright Generation
Miscellaneous: Companies, Film Continuity
Indexed By Game: Five Nights at Freddy's, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Five Nights at Freddy's 3, Five Nights at Freddy's 4, Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator, Ultimate Custom Night, Five Nights At Freddys VR Help Wanted, Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery, Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2

The characters from the live action film adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy's.

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Humans

Mike Schmidt

Portrayed By: Josh Hutcherson (adult), Wyatt Parker (young)

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"I'm hardly fit to be raising a kid."

"So there's this theory that, uh, we can't forget things. Basically, it says that every single thing that you see in your entire life, down to the tiniest of details, gets stored inside of you. You just have to know how to look."

A down-on-his-luck young man, Mike Schmidt is struggling to support his younger sister Abby, but is given a small break when he lands a job as a night guard for the local pizzeria. What seems to be a simple night job, however, turns into a fight for survival.

Adaptational Badass: No longer a mute protagonist who can only defend himself by shutting doors, this Mike outclasses the game's Mike in everyway, being able to fight back and even go head to head with the animatronics and winning.
Adaptation Expansion: Mike in the original game was famously sort of an obscure Featureless Protagonist, a stopgap for the player to experience the game and its mystery. This version of Mike has a full appearance, a personality, and even family in the form of his little sister Abby. Played With in that Mike in the games is eventually revealed to be Michael Afton, who himself is a fleshed-out character in a decidedly different fashion than film Mike, who in turn is explicitly shown to not be Michael Afton in this universe.
Beware the Nice Ones: Given his trauma from the kidnapping of his younger brother when he was younger, it's safe to say that kids are a soft spot for him. When he sees an adult seemingly kidnapping a child at a mall (when it was actually a parent reprimanding their child), he shows his nasty side.
Big Brother Instinct: Everything he does throughout the film is motivated by his desire to find his brother's abductor and protect his little sister.
Chairman of the Brawl: In an effort to stop the animatronics from "hurting" his sister, Mike grabs a chair from a nearby table, but doesn't get a chance to actually attack with it.
Dark and Troubled Past: When he was younger, his younger brother was kidnapped by a random man during a camping trip. Then his mother died and his father left accordingly. His aunt has also tried to take Abby away from him purely out of selfish gain.
Death by Origin Story: His motivation throughout the whole movie is driven by the kidnapping of his younger brother Garrett on a picnic when he was a kid. Mike eventually finds out he was one of Afton's victims.
Determinator: The ghost children's vicious assault on Mike in the dream world leaves him walking with a noticeable limp when he wakes up. Rather than allow such an injury to put him out of commission, however, he powers through the pain in order to rescue Abby.
George Jetson Job Security: As Raglan describes it.
Steve Raglan: Just look at your employment record: Tire Zone, sales associate, two months, terminated. Insubordination. Media World, custodial staff, one week. It's like you're not even trying here, yet, you sit before me asking for help.
Made of Iron: With the injuries Mike takes in the climax — various stab wounds, blunt force trauma from Afton, the Cupcake biting his leg — it genuinely comes as a surprise that he's not in the hospital with Vanessa.
My Greatest Second Chance: After failing to protect his younger brother, Garrett, from being abducted, Mike is given the opportunity save his even younger sister, Abby, from the very same monster that took his brother from him. This time, he succeeds.
Nice Guy: Despite his flaws and withdrawn nature, Mike is a genuinely polite and well-meaning guy who just wants to make ends meet and keep his sister safe.
Or Was It a Dream?: Every injury he sustains in his dreams product of the abducted children manifests in real life, too.
Papa Wolf: He's technically her brother, but Mike takes on the role of Abby's guardian after their parents' deaths, and is willing to risk his life to protect her.
Parents as People: Mike struggles with trauma from his past, is struggling to pay bills to the point of facing eviction, and has to deal with an aunt who wants to become Abby's primary guardian just for the check that she would get every month. In spite of all this, he does the best he can as Abby's caretaker; that's what motivated him to take the job at Fazbear's in the first place.
Perpetual Frowner: He's generally rather moody, although with everything he goes through, it's hard to blame him.
Police Brutality: A security guard in his case, but he brutally beats a kid's father at the mall because he mistook him for a kidnapper. This is what costs him his job.
Practically Different Generations: He appears to be somewhere in his 20s whereas his sister Abby is much younger (her actress being 8 at the time of release). This was lampshaded in the film when Vanessa mistook Abby for his daughter in their first meeting. Presumably, this is because his parents decided to have another child to cope with the disappearance of Garrett, who was kidnapped when Mike was 12.
Promotion to Parent: Due to the passing of his mother and the abandonment of his father, Mike has become his little sister Abby's primary caretaker and guardian. He admits he's far from perfect, but he's doing the best he can given the circumstances.
The Quiet One: In contrast to the talkative Vanessa, the shy yet energetic Abby, and even the Large Ham William Afton, Mike is fairly reserved, preferring to simply keep to himself unless necessary.
Sink or Swim Fatherhood: Mike is the only one left to take care of his little sister, Abby. He has to raise her with little help, make enough money to keep a roof over both their heads, and deal with lingering PTSD from the disappearance of his brother Garrett.
Time-Shifted Actor: Josh Hutcherson plays him in the present, while Wyatt Parker plays him in the past.
Trauma Button: The mall patron dragging his son is enough for Mike to go straight into attack mode because it reminds him of Garrett's abduction. He, of course, loses his job after that.

Abby Schmidt

Portrayed By: Piper Rubio

"Are you gonna give me away?"

"I had a lot of fun tonight. Thank you for playing with me."

Mike's younger sister, Abby is a brave, inquisitive and keen thinker who acts like any normal ten year old child. When Mike is unable to get a babysitter, Abby ends up getting involved in the mystery surrounding the local pizzeria Mike ends up working at.

Big Brother Worship: As her counselor points out, despite her difficulty expressing it, most of Abby's drawings put Mike in the center; she practically begs him to take her to work with him, showing how much she truly adores him.
Break the Cutie: Happens twice: when she believes that Mike is giving Aunt Jane custody of her and when Chica tries to force her into a springlock suit.
Chekhov's Skill: Her love for drawing ultimately proves to be Afton's downfall as it allows her to reveal to the animatronics that he was their murderer, causing them to turn against him.
Composite Character: Downplayed. While Abby is mostly a Canon Foreigner, she does have some similarities to the Crying Child from the original series, such as both being the younger sibling of the main protagonist and her speaking to Golden Freddy similar to how the Crying Child would speak to a Golden Freddy plushie that was originally implied to be possessed by the spirit of Golden Freddy.^note She also shares a few similarities to Elizabeth Afton, though mainly through being the little sister of the older brother protagonists (Abby for Mike, and Elizabeth for Michael) and Abby is an uncommon nickname for Elizabeth. Abby also takes cues from Gregory and Cassie from ''Security Breach", both of which are children who befriend an animatronic(s) on their adventures and defeats the main antagonist by getting them caught by a more dangerous robot.
Creepy Child: Subverted, but she's definitely not normal. She regularly talks about seeing imaginary friends and spends almost all of her time drawing rather than communicating. Aunt Jane calls her 'mentally ill', though the last one is probably more a sign of Jane's Jerkass nature.
I See Dead People: Her imaginary friends are revealed to be the ghost children who possess the Freddy's animatronics. While at first this seems wholesome, it's eventually revealed that they're trying to lure her to her death under Afton's influence.
Loners Are Freaks: Abby spends most of the day drawing, barely communicating with Mike preferring to talk with her imaginary friends, and even at school, while the other children play in the yard at recces, she just sits on a table quietly drawing. Jane uses this as proof that Abby is mentally ill and have legal custody of her, which Mike thinks she wants as an excuse for the government check. At the end, after she helps Mike turn the ghost children against Afton, she's seen playing with the other children at school.
Morality Pet:
- For all of Mike's faults, Abby is the main person he will go out of his way to please and protect.
- She also serves as this to the animatronics, as they are quick to befriend her and even spare Mike for her sake. Unfortunately, due to Afton's corruption, they almost make her into one of them.
Nice Girl: She has her moments of sarcasm, but she is otherwise quite friendly and welcoming, which even appeals to the animatronics themselves.
Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: She's shockingly friendly with the animatronics, all of which are possessed and capable of unspeakable brutality towards humans.
Older Than They Look: She is apparently 10 years old, yet her appearance makes her look around six instead. ^note
Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Though she doesn't deliver the final blow to Afton herself, her contribution is what makes it possible. After she uses her drawings to show the animatronics the truth, she says this as the animatronics surround Afton...
Abby: (to Afton) They see you now. They know what you did.

Vanessa Shelly

Portrayed By: Elizabeth Lail

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"Some friendly advice? Don't let this place get to you. Just do your job, and you’ll be fine."

"You can do whatever you want with your own life, but if you ever bring Abby back here again, I will shoot you."

A police officer investigating the mysterious events surrounding the local pizzeria. Having a keen understanding of the establishments' dark past, she helps Mike to survive each of the frantic night shifts.

Adaptational Heroism: In Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach she's an Ax-Crazy serial killer called Vanny (but the serial killer part is because Afton has her under some kind of mind control) who's icy towards Gregory even outside of her more murderous persona. In the movie, she's a helpful ally towards Mike and has a soft spot for Abby. After much hesitation, she ends up actively fighting against Afton during the film's climax. While Vanessa does eventually redeem herself in the game series thanks to Gregory's aid, the film version never goes as far as her game counterpart and isn't even an antagonist.
Adaptational Job Change: In the games, she's just another security guard. In the movie, she's a cop who's familiar with the pizzeria.
Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: While still his underling in the film, Vanessa is kept under William's control due to implied abuse and manipulation, while in the games she was brainwashed (supernaturally).
Affably Evil: Because she was forced into it. Otherwise, she really has nothing against Mike or Abby, and is helpful towards the former during his job as a night guard, only breaking her sweet self and threatening Mike when the pressure's on her. She even pulls a Heel–Face Turn at the climax of the film, having been disgusted with her father's actions.
Ambiguously Evil: While not an outright antagonist, Vanessa is heavily implied to be complicit and/or turning a blind eye to the murders committed by the ghost children as she is well aware of how dangerous they are but never thinks to warn Mike until she realizes Abby's in danger, implying that she has remained silent about the dangers to several other night guards. But as she saves Mike from her father and gets hospitalized soon after, it's hard to say how far her actions went.
Ambiguously Human: The novelization all-but outright states that Vanessa is actually a humanoid animatronic, emphasizing her eyes changing color from bluish-grey to indigo, purple, or even black when she flips from "girl mode" to "cop mode", and it being noted that her eyes flicker electronically after she's stabbed.
Big Damn Heroes: After implying that her father broke her too much to ever want to face him again, she arrives at Freddy's just in time to save Abby from Foxy.
Broken Bird: Growing up and spending decades under the thumb of her abusive father, William Afton, and witnessing all of his horrific crimes has left her traumatized and unable to stand up to him. Lampshaded by Mike himself:
Mike: He really messed you up, didn't he?
Cloudcuckoolander: Exhibits some odd behaviors from the start, from her cryptic warnings to Mike to her childish Dissonant Serenity regarding the animatronics and the tragedies that have taken place at the pizzeria. This is all due to her being the daughter of a particularly monstrous Serial Killer, which has clearly taken its toll on her into adulthood.
Composite Character: Of Vanny from Security Breach and Elizabeth Afton, aka Circus Baby, from Sister Location. Likewise, her vast knowledge of the establishment, advice to Mike, and role as a Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant all bring to mind the Phone Guy from the first three games. Also, in the novelization, she shows some clear signs of being either an animatronic or outright controlled by William.
Dark and Troubled Past: The third act reveals she knows so much about the animatronics because she's William's daughter and unwilling accomplice, with all that implies.
Disney Death: She's stabbed by her father during the climax for failing and defying him, then taken to the hospital to get treated. By the ending, Mike's words and the electrocardiogram she's connected to show she's seemingly alive.
The Dragon: To William, but not by choice. She's helping him cover up what happens at Freddy's, but it's clear that she only does so because he is her father and has an emotional stranglehold on her. She finally defies him at the end of the movie, which nearly costs her her life.
Dissonant Serenity: She seems oddly comfortable around the animatronics despite knowing what they are, to the point of building a fort and playing with them alongside Abby. In the novelization, it's implied that she is one of the animatronics!
Forced into Evil: Revealed to be this when William Afton chastises his daughter for not taking care of Mike. She pulls out a Heel–Face Turn.
Freudian Excuse: Her strange behavior and occasional outbursts can be easily explained by the years of abuse and manipulation she's suffered at the hands of her father, as well as the horrors she's been forced to witness.
Friend to All Children: She's shown to be on amicable terms with the child-possessed animatronics and quickly befriends Abby upon meeting her. She even lashes out at Mike for potentially putting Abby in danger at the pizzeria, showing how protective she can be.
Heel Realization: Mike sympathetically remarking that her father "really messed her up" spurs her to finally break free of William's influence and work with Mike to defeat him and the animatronics.
Mama Bear: Endangering Abby either by recklessness or deliberate intent is enough for Vanessa to put you into the ground if she has to.
Mood-Swinger: Vanessa usually is oddly comfortable with the animatronics, but has several angry or anxious outbursts. This lines up with her past as an adult survivor of child abuse.
Ms. Exposition: She's familiar with the layout of the pizzeria and the history of its closure, both of which she shares with Mike.
Named by the Adaptation: She had no stated surname in the games, but she gives it as Shelly in the movie. It's later implied that her actual last name is Afton because she's William's daughter.
Nice Girl: As odd as she can be, Vanessa is genuinely pleasant and friendly towards Mike and especially Abby. Even after The Reveal that she's William Afton's daughter and accomplice, it's not an act; she's genuinely trying to help the two of them survive the nights behind his back, and the part she plays in his schemes isn't of her own volition.
Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant: She provides Mike with much of the information surrounding the backstory of the pizzeria and the deadliness of the animatronics, yet seems oddly at ease with the situation and comfortable around both the decrepit building and the homicidal robots. Being the daughter of William Afton and knowing that the animatronics are just lonely kids, she's grown somewhat desensitized to the whole situation.
One of the Kids: The animatronics will interact with her on the same level as Abby, even letting her join in with their games without threatening her. The only thing she's missing in the movie at these points is the rabbit costume. The novelization takes it further with her eye color changing at random points and her eyes flickering when she's stabbed, implying she is somehow an animatronic.
Poor Communication Kills: Despite claiming she did everything she could to warn Mike about the pizzeria, she's exceedingly cryptic and mysterious whenever Mike asks any questions.
Reasonable Authority Figure: She's generally a By-the-Book Cop, but also understands Mike and Abby's specific circumstances and is willing to help when needed.
Related in the Adaptation: Vanessa in the games is at best only implied to be related to William Afton. Here, she is explicitly his daughter.
Ship Tease: Asks if Mike cares to dance when turning on the animatronics and their music, though she retracts the offer when their power goes out. He also briefly holds her hand when he visits her at the hospital at the end of the movie.
Stealth Mentor: She throws out multiple hints on how to survive the nights as Mike begins his job, from checking the cameras, to staying awake, to even introducing the animatronics and revealing the Missing Children's Incident, all while seemingly just checking in on patrol.
Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: 3 inches taller than Josh Hutcherson, definitely coming off as such in all their scenes together.
Tsundere: A Sweet type. She's generally kind and helpful towards Mike, but will switch to angry and panicked on a dime whenever she feels he isn't listening to reason. In the novelization, similar to Security Breach, this is her effectively flipping between her Vanessa and Vanny personalities.
Womanchild: Despite being at least in her thirties, Vanessa often spends time in the children's pizzeria she grew up around, befriending the animatronics and even playing games with them. Justified since she was raised by a sadistic, unrepentant Serial Killer and has been traumatized by witnessing his horrific acts firsthand.

Steve Raglan (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

William Afton / "Steve Raglan"

Portrayed By: Matthew Lillard

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A supposed career counselor named Steve Raglan, this older man appears to be related to the pizzeria of local legend. He seems friendly enough, but everyone has a few skeletons hiding in their closets...

In reality, he is the movie's version of William Afton, and his tropes can be found on that page.

Aunt Jane

Jane Schmidt

Portrayed By: Mary Stuart Masterson

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"Do it fast, and don't mess it up."

"Just look at my nephew. It's not even 10-o'-clock and he can barely keep his eyes open. And this degenerate is who they entrust with the wellbeing of a mentally ill child."

Mike and Abby's condescending aunt who wants the latter all to herself in order to receive government fundings.

Asshole Victim: She gets killed by Golden Freddy; Mike and Abby give little to no attention to the matter.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: The "sheep's clothing" part is thin-layered, but it's clear she put on the act in front of the principal so she could get her niece's custody. The "bitch" part is emphasized when she hires a bunch of goons to smash up Mike's workplace and get him fired.
Bullying the Disabled: She has no issue calling Abby "mentally ill" because of her limited social skills, not caring that she might have a disorder.
Control Freak: When her lawyer realizes the kind of crap he was getting into at the diner, he attempts to make his way out; Aunt Jane forces him to remain sit, despite her actions being clearly criminal.
Crocodile Tears: Cries these in order to make herself look good and gain the custody of her niece. No one is fooled.
Dropped a Bridge on Him: Her death is presented as sudden given she was okay in one scene, then laying dead in the second when Golden Freddy abducts Abby. He even assures Abby that she'd be fine.
Evil Aunt: To a T — Aunt Jane tries to take Abby away from Mike merely to receive government funding and orders her goons to arrange Mike's discharge from his new post so this can happen.
Evil Old Folks: To a considerably lesser degree than Afton, but she is nonetheless quite amoral herself, being willing to ruin the lives of her only living relatives for her own personal agenda.
Evil Smells Bad: Abby complains that she smells like cigarettes.
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: Of the evil variety, as Abby mentions that she smells like cigarettes even though she's never seen with one.
Greed: She only wanted her niece to gain extra moolah from government funding.
Hate Sink: She attempts to take her nephew's sister just so she can receive government funding, clearly crying Crocodile Tears just to make Mike look bad in front of the principal. During the meeting, she even refers to her niece as "mentally ill". She also hires Max and other goons to trash the pizzeria Mike is working at; when she does, she even forces her lawyer to watch her illicit actions. Aunt Jane basically shows her despicableness in the very first half hour of the film, so needless to say, everyone will be glad when Golden Freddy kills her to get to Abby.
Hypocrite: For all her arguments about Mike being an unfit parental figure for Abby, she isn't exactly much better herself since she only wants custody of Abby to receive government funding rather than actually wanting to take proper care of her. The fact that she simply watches TV instead of checking up on Abby while Mike is at work speaks volumes.
It's All About Me: She wants custody of Abby solely so she can receive money from the government rather than actually caring about her well-being, going as far as committing illegal acts in order for this to happen.
Jerkass: She treats everyone, including her niece and nephew, with utter disdain. Abby even calls her aunt "evil" once she learns of her aunt's plan to gain custody of her.
Jerkass Has a Point: Discussed by Mike, who admits to the principal that Aunt Jane wasn't wrong to point out his flaws as a Parental Substitute, as he has unresolved PTSD and possibly other mental health issues from Garrett's kidnapping that make it difficult for him to hold down a job and thus keep a roof over his and Abby's heads.
Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: Wanting to take custody of Abby just for the money is already pretty vile behavior, but then she goes even further when she doesn't have any dirt she can use to discredit Mike. Hiring Max and several goons to trash Freddy Fazbear's Pizza would be committing multiple felonies.
Karmic Death: She gets killed by Golden Freddy, one of the animatronics from where she tried to ruin Mike's reputation out of spite. She is mourned by no one nor ever mentioned again.
Kick the Dog:
- Jane calls Abby "mentally ill" solely to make Mike look bad in front of the principal.
- She commits several felonies to ruin his reputation, get him fired, and gain custody of Abby... all for the extremely petty reason of receiving welfare payments from the government.
- On a smaller note, she refuses to let anyone at her booth order food at Sparky's despite the fact that Doug was clearly looking forward to having lunch there.
- She appears to feel some amusement over Abby's (temporarily) disowning of Mike, showing that she is more than eager to strain a loving relationship.
Killed Offscreen: Golden Freddy kills her, but the act itself is never shown. We only see part of Jane's lifeless body on the floor, and unlike the animatronics' other victims, you don't actually see how she died. There's also the fact that her face is obscured by furniture...
Lack of Empathy: She wants to ruin Mike's life by taking Abby away from him out of selfish gain. She doesn't care that he is still suffering from his brother's disappearance, his mother's passing, and his father's departure.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Had Jane not been so desperate to sabotage Mike that she sent goons to smash up Freddy's — getting Max and the rest of her posse killed in the process — there's a good chance Mike would've met the same fate as all the previous unlucky night guards, and she would have naturally gained custody of Abby. Instead, because of him being forced to bring Abby to the pizzeria and her befriending the animatronics, they reluctantly held off from killing Mike initially due to his relation to her; and when Jane does babysit Abby on Mike's final night, she is killed by Golden Freddy to get Abby back to the pizzeria.
Politically Incorrect Villain: She refers to Abby, a young child, as "mentally ill" for being quiet and focussing a lot on her drawings. She openly only wants custody of her to get welfare payments from the government.
Right for the Wrong Reasons: She rightfully points out how Mike isn't ready to raise Abby on his own, but she also wants to take custody of Abby to receive government funding, not to give her a better life.
The Sociopath: The mid-functioning kind. She sees her only known surviving relatives, her niece and nephew, as nothing more than a means to covet extra money for herself and a hindrance to that goal, respectively; she cares nothing for the well-being of either of them; she shamelessly uses manipulative tactics, including Crocodile Tears, to get what she wants; and she has no compunctions against resorting to criminality to get her own way (or discussing it in front of her laywer).
Spanner in the Works: Her act of sabotage to get Mike fired ends up making her one for William Afton, who not only had his attempt to get Mike killed off foiled by the raid, but Afton's final defeat was in part caused by Abby's babysitter being one of the fatalities.
Uncertain Doom: In the film, she's unconscious on the floor and the ghost child says she "fell asleep". It's never clarified if he simply knocked her out or straight up killed her.
Uncleanliness Is Next to Ungodliness: Abby dislikes her because she's "mean and smells like cigarettes."

Max

Maxine "Max"

Portrayed By: Kat Conner Sterling

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"I wish someone would buy me a ring."

Abby's babysitter, who turns out to be working for Aunt Jane.

All There in the Script: Deleted scenes have her talking about her hopes for a better life, and her attachment to her dog, Bonesy. It's also implied in the film that she's stuffed into Shadow Freddy, with the purple suit resembling the bear, but it's not entirely clear and hard to see in the dark lighting. The behind-the-scenes images confirm that yes, she was stuffed into Shadow Freddy.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Overall downplayed, since she clearly loved Mike and appreciated Abby, but when she's not babysitting the girl she turns out to be as destructive as her brother and his vandal friends.
Canon Character All Along: First appears as a nondescript babysitter, then turns out to be shoved into Shadow Freddy, implying she will possess him.
Friend to All Children: She genuinely likes Abby, calling her a "nice kid", and gets herself killed running after the ghost of Freddy's possessor. Cut shots have her calling out to the boy, telling him that she won't hurt him and trying to dig through parts to find him.
Gender-Blender Name: While "Max" is typically used as a nickname for Maxine, it's usually associated with men named Maxwell or Maximus.
Half the Woman She Used to Be: As seen in silhouette form, she's pulled into Freddy's mouth and bitten in half.
Hidden Depths: In the final cut, she's shown as hesitant and remorseful about betraying Mike, though she does go through with it. A deleted scene has her talking to Mike about how she hopes to have a better life than the one she's living now, and her actress said that she played her as envying Mike and Abby's sibling relationship, as her and her brother's wasn't as good.
No Full Name Given: Just referred to as "Max".
The Smurfette Principle: The only girl in the group of vandals, and the one most hesitant to actually hurt anyone or anything.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: She's the one who brings up Mike's new job as a suggestion to Aunt Jane. This causes the vandals to go to the pizzeria and all die, including her; Mike then has to bring Abby to work, and she meets the animatronics.

The Vandals

Jeff, Hank and Carl

Portrayed By: David Lind, Christian Stokes, and Joseph Poliquin

"All right. Now, be quick but thorough. Maximum damage, minimum time. You see anything valuable, grab it, and we’ll, uh, settle up after. Good?"

— Jeff

Led by Max's brother, a group of criminals who break into Freddy's and meet untimely fates.

Asshole Victims: Especially Jeff, who takes a lot of pleasure in the job and suggested even killing Mike. They all enjoy smashing up the place, until the animatronics come...
Cannon Fodder: The vandals all show up at the restaurant to serve as stakes-raisers. Each is killed by a different animatronic, presenting to the audience how dangerous they are.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: While Jeff may be cruel and greedy, and it's implied his and Max's relationship isn't that great, he does step in to defend his sister when Aunt Jane insults her for not getting dirt on Mike.
No Full Name Given: None of them are given surnames.
Shout-Out:
- Carl wears a t-shirt showing a shot from Midnight Motorist, from the sixth game in the franchise.
- Carl being killed by the cupcake is also a shout-out to the cupcake's fanon name being "Carl."
- Hank is seen shoved into a dog animatronic, resembling the 2014 "Sparky the Dog" hoax.
Unrelated in the Adaptation: An earlier version of the script had Hank and Carl as father and son. They're unrelated in the final film.

Doug

Portrayed By: Michael P. Sullivan

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Aunt Jane's lawyer.

Amoral Attorney: Subverted hard. Despite the fact that he's working for Jane, he clearly doesn't condone anything that involves vandalism or murder. He actively tries to bail once he realizes what his client is willing to do to gain custody of her niece.
Everyone Has Standards: He may be working with a shady client, but he draws the line at assisting in felonies and murder just to gain custody of a minor.
Karma Houdini: Downplayed — granted, he chose to not join the break-in, but Doug, a lawyer, didn't report Jane to the authorities. Despite his inaction, Doug is unharmed and uninvolved with the chaos.
Karmic Jackpot: He's always shown to be unwilling to support Jane and her plans, and showed more effort than Max to stay out of it, being absent from the pizzeria break-in. As such, he's the only one in her group to not die, nor partake in any of the dangers that occured.
No Full Name Given: He's only ever referred to as Doug.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Subverted. As Aunt Jane goes into her plan to have the Freddy's establishment vandalized to get custody of Abby, Doug attempts to stand up and leave, but Jane forces him to stay. He tries again later in the scene when the suggestion of killing Mike is brought up, but he is once again thwarted by Jane.
Sole Survivor: The people hired by Aunt Jane to vandalize Freddy's get killed by animatronics, and Jane herself dies later in the movie. Doug, however, disappears after the scene at Sparky's, leaving him as the only one of her associates not to die in the film.
Thousand-Yard Stare: Doug's default expression seems to be just staring into the void with fear in his eyes.
Token Good Teammate: He's the only one in Jane's crew who immediately determines that what they're planning is nefarious. He tries (and fails) to leave immediately, and isn't seen taking part in the break-in at Freddy's.
What Happened to the Mouse?: He completely disappears from the film after the diner scene, not even playing a role in the vandalism, which puts into question why Aunt Jane was so adamant about keeping him there while they were planning it in the diner.

Easter Egg Characters

Minor characters in the movie who serve as cameos or easter eggs to the game and other prominent creators in the community.

Bob

Portrayed By: Ryan Reinike

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The previous security guard for Freddy's, and Mike's predecessor.

Chekhov's Gunman: When strapped to the Freddy head torture/execution chair, he tries to loosen the bolt of the cuff to escape. He fails to survive, but it was loosened enough for Mike to unscrew it when he was strapped there, allowing him to survive.
Composite Character: He takes elements from the secondary nightguards and other employees of the games:
- He was the predecessor of Mike who dies defiantly at the hands of the animatronics, like how Phone Guy's final recorded call in the first game implies he was fending off the animatronics all at once before being killed.
- Like the technicians of the fifth game, he died on the job and the body was implied to be kept on the premises if what happened to Jane's goons was the standard practice of the killer.
Death by Cameo: Had his initial casting of Markiplier gone through, the King of Five Nights at Freddy's would have died in the very first scene of the movie.
Decomposite Character: Based on the first game, Mike's predecessor acted as both the previous night guard AND Phone Guy, who records calls to assist him. Bob on the other hand does not fulfill Phone Guy's role, which is passed onto Steve Raglan, the career counselor.
We Hardly Knew Ye: He dies in the very opening of the film without the movie ever introducing any bit of his background.

Ness

Portrayed By: Matthew Robert Patrick

"Hey. Welcome to Sparky's. Could I set you folks up with some appetizers?"

A waiter at the Sparky's Diner.

Actor Allusion: Being portrayed by MatPat, he gets two of these.
- His name, Ness, references MatPat's hilariously infamous "Ness is Sans" theory from Game Theory.
- When talking to the customers at Sparky's Diner, he tries to convince them that lunch is the most important part of the day. After being told that's breakfast, he retorts with how some people say that, but "it's just a theory", MatPat's Signing-Off Catchphrase from his Game Theory videos and its associate spin-offs.
- The fact that he works at a diner named after FNAF's most infamous hoax, references his career in Game Theory dissecting hoaxes and theories, mostly FNAF ones.
Break Them by Talking: A less malicious example, in which he tries really hard to convince Jane's table to order something by arguing lunch to be an important meal they shouldn't skip out on.
Bubbly Waitress: Gender-inverted. Ness is an upbeat, and friendly waiter eager to serve Jane and her company.
You Talk Too Much!: Jane and her company get irritated fast when he keeps trying to chat them up to order.
Jane: Are you being paid by the word? Or can we have a minute?

Taxi Driver

Portrayed By: Cory DeVante Williams

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"Why do I always get the weirdos?"

A taxi driver who takes Abby and Golden Freddy back to the pizzeria without Mike knowing.

But for Me, It Was Tuesday: While he briefly gets spooked by Golden Freddy's presence, he brushes it off and implies he gets other, equally if not weirder passengers. Just look at the quote above.
Rule of Three: The Balloon Boy toy scares Mike twice in the film. The third and final time happens in the post-credits scene, where it somehow gets in his taxi for one final jumpscare.
Small Role, Big Impact: He barely has any screentime and lines in the film, but because he drove Abby back to the pizzeria, the final battle of the film was able to take place.

The Animatronics

In General

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A group of four animatronics that work as entertainers for Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place. Their goofy designs and bulky construction make them look endearing for kids, yet cause them to fall deep into realm of disturbing for adults. Unfortunately, for any unlucky security guards, their creepy aesthetics will be the least of their worries...

Adaptational Nice Guy: Compared to the first game that they're based on, they leave Mike almost completely unharmed on the first two nights, and even are willing to barter with Mike to give him something in exchange for Abby- this sort of thing was never remotely close to being given in the games continuity.
Affably Evil: Despite being homicidal robots, the animatronics are still just children who enjoy playing games and making new friends.
Anti-Villain: Most of them aren't inherently evil, but simply lonely and territorial, made worse due to Afton's influence. The possible exception is Golden Freddy, but even he is Ambiguously Evil.
Art Evolution: Being mostly physical constructs this time allows for more detail than in the original game. The textiles on their body shells are more detailed and even show fluff sticking to them within their character posters.
Co-Dragons: To William Afton, along with Vanessa, although he manipulated the childrens' spirits that he murdered into following his orders. Until Abby reveals to the animatronics that Afton killed them.
Everyone Has Standards: In their first on-screen murder spree of the movie, they're only doing so because the vandals are trashing their home. Then again, the gang was probably not fully themselves during this carnage.
Glowing Eyes of Doom: All of the animatronics have bright red eyes that glow when they are actively hunting down Mike and Abby. This is a major departure from the original game where they would gain black eyes with pinprick pupils when active. Golden Freddy has glowing eyes as well, except his are a cold blue color. As for Springtrap, his eyes are an eerie white color like in the third game.
Haunted Technology: The five main animatronics are possessed by the vengeful spirits of children murdered in the 1980s, the trailer establishing they seek to kill any adults they come across and create a new possessed animatronic by killing Abby. Springtrap subverts this at first, but not for long...
Hostile Animatronics: The most iconic in recent memory. In the movie, a group of vandals discover the hard way how dangerous the Fazbear gang can be.
Logical Weakness: They may be haunted animatronics, but they're still animatronics, so they are weak to electric shocks.
Mythology Gag: The way they're lined up in the poster resembles the Toy Animatronics' arrangement for the main menu of the second game.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: The animatronics have normal eyes when inactive or docile, but when acting in a hostile manner, their eyes glow orange. Ironically, the one time their eyes go full red, they're actually disposing of the film's villain and aren't threatening the protagonists. Golden Freddy and Springtrap have glowing eyes as well, but they're blue and white respectively.
Spared by the Adaptation: In Five Nights at Freddy's 3's post-night minigames, it's shown that Afton destroys the animatronics and is then cornered by their ghosts. In the movie, the animatronics are very much intact when they turn on him.
Undead Child: Each of the five haunted animatronics is possessed by the ghost of one of the children murdered by Serial Killer William Afton. They now haunt Freddy's Pizzeria.
Unnecessarily Creepy Robot: Even when they weren't falling into disrepair, the exposed joints, sunken eyes, and uncanny teeth of all the animatronics are off-putting for child friendly mascots. And whose idea was it to give Foxy a dangerously sharp hook?
We Help the Helpless: The animatronics are wary of adults and are protective of children.
Would Hurt a Child: Unlike the games, where the original gang is explicitly mentioned to refuse harming other children, these animatronics try to stuff Abby into a springlock suit to make her one of them towards the end of the movie. Though according to Vanessa this only because the Animatronics are under William Afton's influence.

Freddy

Freddy Fazbear

Portrayed By: Kevin Foster (animatronic suit) and Liam Hendrix (ghost kid form)

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Adaptational Wimp: He's not capable of teleporting like he was in the first game, nor is he more challenging a threat to deal with than the rest of his gang.
Antagonist Title: He's the star of Fazbear Entertainment and it's his Pizzeria that Mike has to learn to survive at. He's not the real Big Bad, though.
Bears Are Bad News: In the initial trailer, he stalks Mike the most out of all the animatronics. He's also the Leader of the animatronics and the mascot of the establishment. And don't forget about his ghostly and deadlier counterpart, Golden Freddy.
Bear Hug: Gives one to Abby after meeting her and, well, he is Freddy Fazbear.
The Brute: He's not as fast as Foxy, but Freddy Fazbear is the only animatronic shown to be strong enough to bite a grown human in half. The spirit in his body was also shown to lift said human into his jaws first.
Decoy Leader: You'd think with his name in the title and his face plastered everywhere as the titular lead character of the Pizzeria brand he would be the movie's main antagonist. That role actually goes to Golden Freddy and later the Yellow Rabbit (William Afton), with Freddy himself often being treated as (and acting like) no different than the rest of the gang, though he is still rightfully positioned front and center most of the time when among the group, including when Afton is cornered, and he gets to be the one to roar in victory when it's finally time for Afton's punishment.
Demoted to Extra: Make no mistake, he's still the face of the franchise, but compared to the games, he actually prefers to let Golden Freddy take point as group leader and even allows Foxy to act as The Dragon for Golden Freddy, likely due to his being much faster and having a hook for a right hand. Don't underestimate Freddy himself, though: he still gets to have what is by far the most violent and disturbing kill in the film.
Disc-One Final Boss: Unsurprisingly, given that Spring Bonnie was already revealed in the trailers.
Half the Woman She Used to Be: Delivers this treatment to poor Maxine when she makes the mistake of getting too close.
The Leader: Of the band, naturally, in addition to being the titular mascot and face of the franchise, however he doesn't really seem to order his friends around and always treats them as equals. This could be because Golden Freddy is the actual leader behind the scenes… at least when Spring Bonnie isn't forcibly controlling Freddy and the others.
Red Herring: His status as the leading titular mascot of the franchise makes him the ideal candidate for Big Bad, as well as The Leader of the animatronics. Not only does he prefer to defer to Golden Freddy, he and the others are being controlled by Afton.
Victorious Roar: Naturally, Freddy himself gets to be the one to belt out a final triumphant roaring screech as he and his mates finally achieve their long-awaited vengeance on their killer.
Weaksauce Weakness: How does Mike take him and Bonnie out of the equation when he has to get to Abby? Pouring water at their feet and zapping it with a taser.

Bonnie

Portrayed By: Jade Kindar-Martin (animatronic suit) and David Huston Doty (ghost kid form)

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Adaptational Dye-Job: Bonnie is normally purple in the games, but he's blue in the movie.
Butt-Monkey: And you thought original Bonnie had it bad? He did, but movie Bonnie also gets the short end of the slapstick in the film, exploding into sparks and smoke when Vanessa tries to show Mike the performing animatronics and later getting so excited over building a fort that he short-circuits and falls to the ground. And this is before the final confrontation, where he and Freddy are taken out first by Mike with a bucket of water and a taser.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Corners one of the vandals in an old storeroom. The only thing we see of the aftermath is a severed hand.
Hair-Raising Hare: A big, blue, cuddly bunny animatronic... which is possessed by the restless ghost of a murdered child, is controlled by a cruel murderer and can easily turn a large, muscular man into mincemeat.
I'm Okay!: A nonverbal variation after he short-circuits from excitement and falls on his back while building a fort. He manages to give a thumbs up to let Abby know that he is fine.
Race Lift: The child who possesses him is black in the movie, with no implication of this being the case in the games.
There Is No Kill Like Overkill: Unlike Freddy, Chica, Foxy or Mr. Cupcake, Bonnie only has one kill to his name in the film. Also unlike them, that one kill is him brutalizing a vandal so utterly that the closest thing to a body left after Bonnie was done could fit in a mop bucket.

Chica

Portrayed By: Jessica Weiss (animatronic suit) and Jophielle Love (ghost kid form)

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Adaptational Intelligence: In the original game, Chica was the least intelligent of the animatronics: her and Bonnie had the two least tricky A.I.s but, between the two, Bonnie was at least better at hiding from the cameras and flashlight. Here, Chica is quite resourceful in her use of Mr. Cupcake, who she uses as a distraction and a weapon, especially to get to the night guard via the narrow air vents. She also manages to lure in Abby as part of an attempt to kill her with a springlock suit. However...
Adaptational Wimp: In the games, if the animatronics got their mechanical hands on the night guard, it was over for them as, even as adults, they would have been overpowered by the robots. Chica was no exception, even when she didn't have hands. Film Chica, however, is weak enough for Abby (a 10-year-old girl played by a 7-year-old actress) to wrestle her long enough for Mike to rescue her. It's no wonder why Mr. Cupcake does the physical murdering for her.
Ascended Extra: In the games, Chica nor any of her iterations have been a big part of the lore and has been absent as a major threat in 2 games straight, while the rest of the original 5 have contributed to the history one way or another^Explanation. In the film, Chica becomes one of the best killers due to Mr. Cupcake belonging to her, being the one to kill Carl and setting off William's springlock suit. Chica is also the one to lure and attempt to kill Abby in a springlock suit.
Dark Action Girl: She is the other established member of Freddy's band and carries a Cupcake animatronic in her right hand on a plate that is just as dangerous as she is.
Dies Differently In The Adaptation: In the games, Chica's child spirit is identified as the first of Afton's victims. Here, she's shown in the opening credits to have been the third.
Drone Deployer: Her greatest asset when hunting down unfortunates is her detachable cupcake friend: He's fast, he's small enough to travel through vents and he has enough teeth to mangle your face.
The Smurfette Principle: Chica is the only female animatronic within the group whose majority consists of males.
You Don't Look Like You: The ghost girl that possesses Chica in the movie looks extremely different from the Susie that appears in the Fruity Maze minigame from Pizzeria Simulator.

Foxy

Voiced By: Kellen Goff

Portrayed By: Asher Colton Spence (ghost kid form)

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Ascended Extra: Since the movie is primarily based off the first game, we must take into account that Foxy was the least prevalent of the main four, appeared in none of the advertising and was a secondary character even in-universe. This film, however, is definitely a product of the modern day, where Foxy became an immediate Ensemble Dark Horse out-of-universe and got more and more focus in the games, culminating in Ruin where his counterpart Roxanne Wolf is the de facto deuteragonist. Foxy is easily the Animatronic with the most screen-time in the film and, as detailed in The Dragon, is the most active threat among them, as well as the first to confront William once Abby frees the children from his control.
The Croc Is Ticking: Every one of his attacks is accompanied by him singing sea shanties nonchalantly to himself, much like he does in the first game when he's in Pirate Cove.
The Dragon: Both under Golden Freddy's leadership and William's control, Foxy is the de facto first mate, being easily the most active and dangerous of the four performers. He has the highest animatronic body count alongside Mr. Cupcake, having captured the previous night guard and killed Jeff, he's the first of the children to show Mike who's boss with a hook slash to the arm and he's the last animatronic standing in the final confrontation.
Faster Than They Look: He's a big, clunky looking animatronic that can clear a hallway in a matter of seconds.
Flash Step: Due to his feet not being restricted by the suit, Foxy is wickedly fast and can sprint down a hallway in a matter of seconds.
Hook Hand: Foxy's right hand is a hook to fit his pirate theme, despite it being way too dangerous for a kid friendly mascot.
No OSHA Compliance: He's an animatronic meant to interact with children...equipped with a wickedly sharp hook hand.

Mr. Cupcake

Adaptational Badass: A shining example. In the games, he's an inanimate prop for Chica. In the movie, he's the most aggressive animatronic of the entire bunch and the most dangerous next to Foxy.
Ambiguous Situation: He's treated like his own character despite having no ghostly counterpart, so it's unknown if he's an extension of Chica's will or if he's something else entirely.
Ascended Extra: The Cupcake, who in the games is nothing more than Chica's prop, is not only fully sentient and autonomous, it is even considered as its own character. Not only is he an absolute bastard to deal with throughout the entire film, he is the one responsible for killing Afton.
Beware the Silly Ones: The idea of an animatronic cupcake as an antagonist might sound ridiculous on paper, but in practice, he proves to be every bit as dangerous as his larger counterparts, to the point that he's the one responsible for triggering William's springlock failure in this continuity.
In a Single Bound: His main method of locomotion is to jump long distances to bite his victims. Considering that he has no legs and Chica doesn't throw him, it's clear that Cupcake has a lot of power in him.
Noodle Incident: Why was Mr. Cupcake in the fridge? Was he sleeping? Was he locked in there? Was he just keeping himself cool because it's America and it's damn hot in summer? We get no answer to this question.
Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Cupcake is the smallest of the animatronics (small in comparison to the animatronics who are larger than Mike), but he's just as deadly as them.
Tear Off Your Face: Mr. Cupcake kills Carl, one of Aunt Jane's thugs, this way in the Pizzeria kitchen. He's first seen hiding in the fridge, and then when Chica appears, Mr. Cupcake leaps at Carl teeth-first, wrapping his jaws around his head like a Facehugger. When Mike finds the corpses of the vandals in the Parts & Service Room later, it's revealed that Carl's face is almost entirely GONE. Facial Horror doesn't even begin to describe it!

Golden Freddy (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Golden Freddy

Portrayed By: Grant Feely (ghost kid form)

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"You said we could have anything we wanted. We... want... Abby."

Ambiguously Evil: While the other animatronics are Affably Evil, do seem to care about Abby and are under partial mind control by Afton, Golden Freddy is more sinister and even manipulative. There's also nothing that would indicate he wasn't mind-controlled as well.
Comic-Book Movies Don't Use Codenames: He's never referred to as Golden Freddy by anyone and he himself only states that he's "not Freddy".
Deal with the Devil: Offers one to Mike in his dream — they'll tell him what happened to Garrett and allow him to reunite with his family in dreams if he gives the animatronics Abby. He accepts at first, and gets the crap beaten out of him when he tries to renege.
Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor: When Abby notices Aunt Jane's corpse, Golden Freddy jokes that she is taking a nap while also calling her silly for doing so. However, Abby can clearly tell that woman is dead, but she quickly brushes it off because of how much she despised her.
Faux Affably Evil: Unlike the other animatronics, who really are confused children wanting to make friends, Golden Freddy seems to be fully aware of what is going on and is actively manipulative, wanting to strike a deal with Mike, and being a falsely-imaginary and falsely-friendly imaginary friend to Abby, who he either wants to kill and turn into a haunted animatronic, or endanger with such a fate so she can take care of William for him.
Gender Flip: In the games, he's possessed by Cassidy, who is widely believed to be a girl with black hair but here, his possessor is unambiguously a boy of unknown name.
The Ghost: Pun aside, he's this In-Universe. As far as Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria is concerned, there's only ever been four mascots and his brief real-world appearance could be chalked up to being a previous, run down version of Freddy.
The Heavy: As the leader of the animatronics and the one trying to manipulate Mike into handing Abby over to them, Golden Freddy is the main antagonist for most of the film... until Afton shows up.
The Leader: He's the most prominent figure in Mike's dream and speaks on behalf of the rest of the animatronics.
Manipulative Bastard: He takes advantage of Mike's emotional state and desire to find out what happened to his deceased brother to get him to give up his sister Abby to the animatronics.
Nothing Is Scarier: Does almost nothing during his screentime other than standing there menacingly. It's heavily implied that he murdered Aunt Jane, but how remains to be seen.
Token Evil Teammate: Compared to the rest of his friends, this one is the most manipulative of the bunch and doesn't get to show off his softer side to Abby.

Characters / Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)

Humans

Mike Schmidt

Portrayed By: Josh Hutcherson (adult), Wyatt Parker (young)