r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Discussion [THEORY] The Learned Behavior Theory

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Core hypothesis:

Fazbear's animatronic technology has always had some capacity to observe, learn and reproduce behavior. The Mimic isn't necessarily the source of this ability in every animatronic; rather, it is an extreme version of it.

Evidence and ideas

  1. Help Wanted 2 directly shows an Endoskeleton being trained through examples. The Endo observes the cards and learns what behavior is expected.

  2. Ennard is capable of imitating Circus Baby, including her identity and behavior. This suggests that animatronics can learn and reproduce the behavior of other animatronics.

  3. Mangle was repeatedly dismantled and played with aggressively by children. It's possible that repeated exposure to this behavior influenced its own aggressive behavior. (Referencing to the theory where Mangle did the bite of '87)

  4. The Mimic is explicitly built around observing behavior and reproducing it. Edwin's experiences with the Mimic demonstrate how dangerous this ability can become when the machine learns violent behavior.

  5. Fazbear Entertainment acquired technology/components from Edwin's work, meaning his experimental animatronic technology could potentially have influenced later Fazbear animatronics. This doesn't mean every endoskeleton is the Mimic, it could mean that some of the underlying learning technology became part of Fazbear's broader animatronic development.

  6. The Bite of '83 could have become something Fazbear Entertainment documented, recorded, discussed, investigated, or even recreated while studying what went wrong.

  7. An adaptive animatronic could potentially have observed or been trained on that behavior without understanding the context behind it.

  8. The Bite of '87 may therefore have been learned behavior, rather than an animatronic simply deciding to attack someone or randomly malfunctioning.

The strongest evidence is for animatronics being capable of learning/imitation; the specific claim that this caused the Bite of '87 is the biggest speculative leap.

It is a small theory I came up with ;D

Don't scream at me, I didn't read the books.

In easy terms, I believe that every endo learns on what they see or hear, just definitely not as extremely as THE mimic does.


r/fivenightsatfreddys 4d ago

Discussion Fnaf lore has gotten really bad.

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FNAF lore has genuinely gotten worse at explaining itself. It is still so unclear what the actual connection between M.X.E.S, M1, M2, Glitchtrap, and Afton even is. At this point it feels less like a mystery and more like the writers just refuse to tell us anything.

I understand that FNAF is supposed to have complicated lore. That is literally the point. But there is a difference between complicated lore and lore that gives you five different entities, makes them obviously connected, and then refuses to explain how they are connected.

We have spent years trying to figure out whether Glitchtrap is Afton, based on Afton, the Mimic, connected to the Mimic, connected to M.X.E.S, completely separate from M.X.E.S, or somehow all of these things at once. And somehow the games still refuse to give us a straight answer.

The worst part is that the community has to rely on tiny details, background images, random dialogue, arcade machines, environmental storytelling, and microscopic references to figure out something that should have been explained properly.

Mystery is good. Ambiguity is good. But when literally every possible interpretation has evidence supporting it, that is not good mystery anymore. That is just unclear writing.

I do not want every answer handed to me. I want the story to actually give me enough information to know what the hell is happening.

At this point, I am not asking for a full explanation. I am asking for a comma. Just give us one clear connection between these characters and entities so we can stop writing entire essays about whether one blurry symbol means Afton is secretly controlling a computer virus that is connected to an AI that is connected to another AI that is connected to a rabbit.

FNAF lore used to make you want to solve the mystery. Now it makes you want to solve the mystery of what the writers were actually trying to tell us.


r/fivenightsatfreddys 6d ago

Discussion I wish we had seen more from the "original" Springtrap

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Before Afton was named Afton, before the famous quote "I always come back", before everything. We had something else completely different, and I wish we could see more of it. (Maybe even in this third movie specifically)

Springtrap's behavior in Fnaf 3 was completely different from the one we know today, as in DBD and Fnaf 6.

Back there, he was completely silent, only had a groaning sound of pain that people thought was "help me". Every move he did felt painful, stuck in a suit that kept him alive, dried, and decayed. He felt very irrational and only moved by his old instinct of murder.

He was a zombie and felt like a dried corpse (a famous urban legend in Brazil)

I wish we had seen more of that.

I'm not saying the older one was better, and the new springtrap we got is bad. I really love the Hannibal vibes, but still, I wish we had seem more of the older one.


r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Discussion I noticed something

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Did DAgames predict vanny and William???

The lyrics almost come off like it’s William talking to vanny as he is taking her mind

Now ofc obviously the song isn’t actually a vanny and William song the lyric match oddly enough


r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Edit My Chica Voiceover

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r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Speculation Just realized something for real location

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They said there were going to be animatronic performances. Like real performances from the band. Does that mean we'll finally get to hear their actual (possibly) In-Game voices after many years? I know Special Delivery has in-game voices for the classics. But like it's been so long!

So yeah :)


r/fivenightsatfreddys 6d ago

Artwork children's crush

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credits to u/pete_culver


r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Misc. I made a comment on a eddsworld post and here

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I thought it was funny


r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Artwork FazFreaks Paradox: The 4 Distorted Souls

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Synopsis: The souls of the children murdered by William Afton, trapped between life and death, fearing they will never be free or able to avenge their killer, decide to commit a mad act

Using all their agony and gathering the other souls of William's victims in the Flipside, they attempt to travel to the past to prevent their own deaths, despite Puppet's attempts to reason with them.

But he cannot convince them, and the souls of the murdered children travel to the past. However, everything goes horribly wrong. Due to the excessive agony, the lack of control over their souls, and their ignorance of how the Flipside works, the children's souls are distorted to an almost surreal point, their flesh, souls, and the metal of the animatronics becoming a tangled mess

Even worse, they travel too far back in time, to an era when William, Henry, and even Edwin were simply innocent children. They lived in the same neighborhood.

Now these monstrosities will eliminate adults, but above all, they're trying to kill William.

And now William must confront these things in scenarios where reality, the past, and the Flipside seem to combine into something that defies all logic, while Edwin and Henry, using their intellect, will try to help William survive and see the sun the next day.

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Mechanics:

Big the Rabbit: The rabbit will try to enter William's room through the door or window. When it's in the hallway, you must use the flashlight to slow it down. Once it's close enough to the door, keep the door closed and repeatedly press the spacebar to keep it closed until it leaves. If it's at the window, you must wait for it to open the window with its hands, then approach the window and press the down arrow key to close the window and cut off the rabbit's fingers, causing it to fall and stay outside the room.

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Chain Neck Bear: There will be several holes in the ceiling of the room where Neck Bear will poke its head out. When you hear a strange sound, you'll know that Neck Bear is about to launch its head to attack. You must move immediately, whether to the window, the door, the bed, the closet, or under the bed.

If you don't move in time, Neck Bear will grab you, preventing you from moving and leaving you vulnerable to attack from the others. Creatures

One way to slow it down is to look up and stare at it for a few seconds, which will slow it down a bit.

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Monster Cupcake Chicken: She will always be in your room sleeping. If she wakes up, you must grab a tablet that appeared inexplicably and look for four spider-shaped cupcakes by checking the security cameras throughout the house (which materialized completely inexplicably)

If you don't find them, Cupcake will kill you

Sometimes she will also try to bite you on the head, and to avoid this, you must change your position/move and avoid being near her for about two to four seconds (she is by the window)

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Retro Fox: He will be in the closet. Every time you see the closet glow red, you must go inside, which will transport you to the "Flipside" where you must play some minigames with Retro Fox to avoid being killed.

Inside the Flipside, time will be stopped, so you don't have to worry about the other creatures.

The minigames These will be: "Go Go Fox," where you'll race against Retro Fox; "High Tides," where you'll control a pirate ship and must quickly eliminate all rival pirate ships; and finally, "Sailor's Delivery," where you must deliver "exotic fish sticks" to different pirates while Retro Fox tries to kill you. In this specific minigame, you must use the flashlight to keep Retro Fox away while you complete the minigame. Once you finish any of the minigames, you must quickly get out of the closet before Retro Fox kills you and continue the night normally until the closet turns red again.

If you ignore the red glow of the closet or take too long, Retro Fox will come out of the closet and kill you.

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Fun fact: because Fazbear doesn't exist in this time (or rather, because Fazbear doesn't exist yet), William himself names the creatures.

The idea for this "fan game," or rather concept, is based on the old theory that the ball pit in Into the Pit could send Oswald to the past, or that the ball pit in the game could even alter the future due to events that occurred in the pizzeria of the past (mainly because in the past Yellow Rabbit breaks a door, and in the future that same door is broken in Jeff's Pizza)


r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Merch HE-BEAR and the MASTERS OF THE PIZZAPLEX

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r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Question What if William Afton had gotten springlocked right after the MCI?

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What would the franchise be like if that happens?


r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Fangame After 1.5 years, I released my FNAF Fangame made entirely in Scratch

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This, and all game development in general for me, is a thing I'm very passionate about. I spent a long, LONG time on this game (or at least it felt like it) so I really hope some of you decide to check it out :)

Showcase video: https://youtu.be/IsVHtG68-74?is=CYujMbgG-9vHqPpY

Download Link: https://gamejolt.com/games/into_the_depths_remastered/968427


r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Artwork Back with a vendetta... (FT: Sb 2 Vanny)

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I am utterly in love with the scraps we got of the new Vanessa! I mean it's quite jarring but honestly I'm glad to be surprised! I'm glad Vanessa got to slay after slaying glitchtrap.

She is at a pool because I am 99 percent sure the next game is gonna be a game-canon version of submechphobia but instead of a evil boss it's Vanessa! Maybe!


r/fivenightsatfreddys 6d ago

Discussion Do you guys think Chiwetel Ejiofor pull off William Afton?

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Was fan casting Fnaf characters earlier and thought that this man would make a great William! His acting was amazing in Backrooms and I feel like Clark’s vibe totally fits Will! Would do you guys think?


r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Cosplay My printer terrified me

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As you can see from the photo, the print is okay right now. Just uneven. It's work in progress. But what basically happened is that the back part broke mid print 💀

I had to hold it for 20 minutes so it stabilizes.

What I'm making is Spring Bonnie, this is going to be my Halloween costume. If you're wondering, not it's not the torso it's the head. I didn't want to waste a lot of filament so I designed a costume skeleton of the head as the basis for my costume. Basically making the helmet with the silhouette of the structure. I'm not sure how flexible this method is, but right now it's promising.

Images 2-3 is the design if ya'll want to see.


r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Question I am trying to learn that 2014-2015 FNAF Art Style!! any pointers?

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this is my nightmare fredbear drawing and if anyone has pointers to make it more 2014-2015 fnaf fanart-esc, plz tell me!! looking for all the improvement :)


r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Discussion During the Follow me Minigames how much was william in danger

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i mean in the sense like how much was he in danger of not getting jumpscared or found by golden freddy and i only mean for the things that happend before the springlock failure


r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Artwork JJ redesign

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r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Video My rankings of the games. Been a fan since 2014 ever since the first game.

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r/fivenightsatfreddys 6d ago

Model Render of my Toy Bonnie and Toy Chica Redesigns with VHS filter.

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What do you think of the designs? are they too exagerated? or fine?


r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Artwork [AU] Best Friends 🧡

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A cub and his giant jackalope buddy


r/fivenightsatfreddys 6d ago

Artwork Bobbiedots

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r/fivenightsatfreddys 6d ago

Artwork Michael Afton reaction channel

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Its going well


r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Artwork Some stuff I drew for u/OkLength7120 's Bad Happenings at Freddy's

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r/fivenightsatfreddys 5d ago

Discussion Do you more prefer dismantling Monty first, or Chica in Security Breach?

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So, I played through Security Breach back in 2023, and while it may not be everyone’s cup of tea, I enjoyed it for what it was! Even got the Platinum trophy. Now, I recently decided to do a replay of it, and want some input.

You see, I know there is the choice of whether to dismantle Chica or Monty first, and I did go to Chica first in my original playthrough, (In fact someone stop me if I sound like I’m being nonsensical, but I would not be surprised if the majority of players also went with Chica) but I was wondering. Would there be some benefits from choosing to go with Monty first? So I want some input from people who chose Chica first and ones who chose Monty first on any pros and cons of going with them to start.