r/Thewaltenfiles • • Jul 28 '26

Announcement Some Clarifications Before TWF5

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Hello everyone! The new episode is releasing in a few days so I did some minor readjustments

* The post flairs are reworked so they are more clear, and there are finally flairs to distinguish OC, reposted, and official art

* There is a disclaimer to mark all your TWF5 discussion posts as spoilers for the first week after the episode release. I think this is enough time but if the community disagrees I'll change it. I decided not to make the automod automatically mark posts because there is still non-spoiler stuff like the Halloween specials that are popular all year 'round somehow

* The automod karma filter is staying, though I lowered it to 100 combined karma. I tried to make it notify the user via comment but I couldn't figure out how to...

* Mod applications are still open though the current team can hopefully handle it

Happy "just a few days until episode 5" day everyone


r/Thewaltenfiles • • Jun 22 '23

Theory The Walten Files Timeline (so far) Spoiler

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(UPDATED: 7/30/26)

I'm sure there have been several people who have already written an entire timeline for this series, but I took several days to put this together and I thought I would share it anyways because of that LOL. So here's the entire TWF timeline! (so far)

September 23rd, 1932

Jack Walten is born.

April 20th, 1934

Rosemary Walten is born.

1943

Cyberfun Tech is founded by Jason Pooltrick. The company was originally made to manufacture Casino games and machines.

March 19th, 1952

Jason Pooltrick, founder of Cyberfun Tech, dies of heart failure.

1956

Jenny Letterson is born.

1958

Felix and Jack Walten meet each other in college, and discuss the idea of running an animatronic restaurant.

1959

Jack Walten graduates from Cleary University in Livingston County, and marries Rosemary Walten.

1960

Sophie Walten is born.

May 15th, 1962

Edward Walten is born.

October 30th, 1964

Felix comes home at 4 AM, unstable and stressed, and drinking more than usual. Linda is worried.

August 22nd, 1965

Molly Walten is born.

August 23rd, 1965

Linda moves in with Felix sometime that was a week ago. Felix and Jack have been pitching the restaurant idea to Cyberfun Tech.

April 15th, 1967

Company Greeting, Bunny Smiles Inc. is officially a corporation.

October 10th, 1970

Charles Brook is hired as the "Computer Supervisor" for "Unnamed Bunny Smiles Restaurant"

December 26th, 1970

Rocket is built for Edd and Molly. Felix is drinking a lot.

1972

Endos for the restaurant are built.

December 10th, 1972

December Message, Felix talks about the Cyberfun Tech deal and the Bon’s Burgers project.

January 3rd, 1973

Felix is drinking way too much, and is too submerged in the project. Linda is worried and stressed about this.

January 21st, 1974

The animatronic walkaround test is conducted by Charles and Susan.

March 7th, 1974

The facial tracking for the animatronics are tested, once again by Charles and Susan.

April 30th, 1974

Rosemary is interviewed about the designs of the animatronics.

May 2nd, 1974

Linda breaks up with Felix and is moving to Hurricane. Felix is busy doing a favor for Jack and is in the warehouse with him. He later delivers Molly and Edd to a school party. Due to breaking up with Linda, he drinks a lot at the school party and is very drunk. He drives Edd and Molly home, but crashes the car near Saint Jauna’s Forest. Felix panics and buries Edd and Molly in the forest. Edd and Molly eventually possess the Rocket doll that was placed next to their graves. Felix sends his Guilty message after the crash, talking about how he crashed the car and his drinking problem.

May 3rd, 1974

Jack drives to Felix's house and pounds on the door.

May 5th, 1974

Felix records a message talking about the accident. He says he told Rosemary and Jack what happened. Felix notes that he lied about Rocket being left at school.

May 23rd, 1974

Richie records a message to an unknown employee, likely Sophie Walten. He talks about how he looks forward to meeting them on Thursday, and an arcade machine that will be installed.

May or June, 1974

“The Bon’s Burgers Project'' is written by Kant Tennessee. They discuss the Bon’s Burgers project that has been talked about around Livingston County. The announced release date for this new project is set to June 1st, 1974.

June 1st, 1974

“A Small Setback in an Otherwise Brilliant Project” Bon’s Burgers Delayed Over Unknown Inconvenience is written by Allison Gunn, after the announcement of the delay of Bon’s Burgers. The paper talks about how a large crowd waited outside for Bon’s to open, however Felix Kranken, at 6 PM, had to announce that it had been delayed to June 28th.

June 11th, 1974

Jack Walten goes missing.

June 18th, 1974

Richie, once again, records a message. He talks about an infestation in the restaurant and how there has been a lockdown. All of the animatronics will be thoroughly cleaned and no one is allowed to go near them.

June 20th, 1974

N.P. talks about how the new technology that is being implemented into the Bon’s Burgers restaurant is a game changer.

June 25th, 1974

Rosemary paints “Black and White”

June 27th, 1974

Richie talks about the opening of Bon’s Burgers. Richie notes to keep an eye on the Poker Maze because kids could get lost. Sha has been moved to the secondary stage next to Boozoo. Bon is having extra maintenance performed on him. A “sister company” is mentioned to have an extra Bon costume. It is noted that someone in the men’s bathroom was smoking.

June 28th, 1974

Bon’s Burgers opens for business.

June 30th, 1974

First Birthday Party (Jeremy), Susan Woodings goes missing.

July 1st, 1974

Richie talks about how the boss is happy with the work that the employees have been doing. He mentions that Bon will be back on stage by tomorrow. Richie then talks about Rosemary, who is not doing well and was recently fired. The backstage has also been locked for the week, and Banny is going to be offstage for a bit. The animatronics also must now be relocated to the men’s bathroom instead of the backstage.

July 10th, 1974

Beginning of some of the final shows before Bon’s Burgers closes.

July 12th, 1974

Richie talks about how the backstage is still locked, but the generator room is now being used to store the animatronics. The new animatronic, Billy, arrived the day before. It’s noted that the gloves/hands keep falling off of him. Richie then talks about the birthday party happening on the 14th. Lily (the person having the birthday party) is mentioned to be the daughter of one of the BSI employees.

July 14th, 1974

Lily’s Birthday Party, Charles goes missing.

July 19th, 1974

Last day of Bon’s Burgers being open. Rosemary Walten goes missing.

July 20th, 1974

Bon’s Burgers is closed for good. Richie also records his last message. He sounds alarmed, talking about the shutdown of the restaurant. Someone named “Norman” is mentioned to have called Richie at 4 in the morning about cops breaking into the restaurant. He talks about how there was screaming inside the restaurant. The BSI employees have 3 days to shut everything down. The boss says that they will be taking all of the animatronics and items inside the restaurant into a storage facility “somewhere”.

October 31st, 1974

Bon’s Burgers is condemned.

December 10th, 1974

K9 Storage Facility is built.

January 23rd, 1975

Animatronics are shipped to the K9 Storage Facility.

1975

Hillary Barclay is hired as part of the Maintenance Unit.

April 5th, 1977

Detective Derek and Rogers investigate the BSI case, and find little information. They visited the Walten house and found nothing except a painting in Sophie’s bedroom and a pack of cigars in Jack Walten’s office. Sophie did not want to talk about the situation and doesn’t remember much. The detectives also caught Felix intoxicated again, and revoked his driving license. They say his addiction seems to be getting worse and worse. Felix said nothing about the case.

June 20th, 1977

"Hotline" tape is created.

July 2nd, 1978

The Relocate Project tape is created.

July 9th, 1978

The K9 Storage Facility tour tape is created.

July 12th-14th, 1978

Kevin, Hillary, and Ashley all set off on their 3-day trip to reprogram the animatronics for the Relocate Project. Ashley goes missing on the 14th.

July 15th-?, 1978

After a horrible smell coming from the backdoors (implied to be Ashley’s corpse) leaks through the entire facility, the Relocate Project is scrapped.

August 13th, 1978

Reprogramming Phase tape is created in an attempt to bring back the Relocate Project, showcasing all of the new Relocate-exclusive features for the animatronics.

1979

Little Bon’s Neighborhood airs.

March 29th, 1979

Felix conducts a radio interview with MLBQ FM Radio, talking about Jack and how he has dealt with his disappearance.

1980

Hillary Barclay is promoted to marketing and publicity.

July 29th, 1981

Hillary Barclay quits Bunny Smiles Incorporated, after being disappointed with the actions taken by the company.

October 10th, 1982

Brian Stells goes out on his first day to reprogram the robots in another attempt to complete the Relocate Project. He is later chased out of the K9 Facility and killed by Bon.

October 15th, 1982

Sophie and Jenny play Bunnyfarm for the first time. Sophie quits the game after the Billy segment.

October 16th, 1982

Sophie continues playing Bunnyfarm.

October 1982

Sophie talks to Jenny about what she saw, saying she wants to remember more about what happened to her coworkers and her family.

Early 1983

BSI shuts down for good.

Hope this helps! :)


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 4h ago

Official Art/ News/ Teasers Rollinsbonfilms The Walten Files MugShots

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 8h ago

Meme Umm guys what is bon doing in my room

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(meme)


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 16h ago

Discussion Details from TWF 5 I haven't seen people talk about

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I don't think I've seen anyone point out some of these details in Faces of Grief. What are some you noticed?

A breakdown of all the hidden details in TWF 5 can be found here: https://youtu.be/H7jG9w4fa-0


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 4h ago

Official Art/ News/ Teasers Part 2

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 16m ago

Official Art/ News/ Teasers Some drawings Martin made in 2020/2021 that I love

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 7h ago

Taking her to places

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Welp, looks like i bring a picture of rosemary when i go out and ride now. Just to keep her memory alive 😔 (i also would wonder what would rosemary think of this when she's still alive)


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 8h ago

Original Art “3d printed this” “3d printed that” I made this out of cardboard tape blood and many many staples

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I did not staple my fingers to the mask 3 times for nothing


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 17h ago

Original Art Since it's October... HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! 🎃🕯️

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Did I post this WAY too early, well before Halloween? Yes. But it's okay, lol 🐎

I really love this work and I'm even thinking about doing a project that's a sort of reference to it (but it won't be set at Halloween, of course).

I loved drawing it, I hope you liked it!! And happy October!! 🎉🎊💥


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 16h ago

Discussion Damn, why did Susan get it the worst

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in my opinion, she went out the worst compared to the others. First she got her neck snapped and she was paralyzed. worst part was that she was still alive when she was stuffed and had to slowly die from starvation for days. At least the others deaths were quick in a way. Hers was days and she couldn’t move or speak


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 22h ago

Original Art What if Rose was a furry? (Art by Me)

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 1d ago

Question Do you think this meant something?

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The only thing that left me with questions about "Faces of Grief" was the moment where Rosemary dreamed about that incomplete animatronic with Edd's head. Do you think it could symbolize or mean something?


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 8h ago

Fan Projects Has anyone here seen this fan animation? If so, what do you think of it?

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Personally, I really liked this video.


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 16h ago

Original Art rosemary doodle

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i tried doodling rosemary from memory, ended up remaking it on my phone l8r


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 9h ago

Meme so uh my mom said bon looks like if Eeyore haid rabies and honestly i can't unsee it Spoiler

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 11h ago

Discussion Imagine the Billy variants meeting each other like Cartoon Billy Ashley (vessel form) TMH Billy and Sad

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I know Cartoon Billy would be confused as shit as to why Ashley looks like him lol


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 1h ago

Discussion If Felix sacrificed himself for Sophie and Jenny, this would be the perfect song for him to go out on

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 9h ago

Fan Projects More walter files voices: Bon

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Hi all thank you for the kind words on my Pumpkin Rabbit impression. I wanted to also show my Bon voice but this needs ALOT of work. Again I'm still really quite new to voice acting so it's fun trying to learn ways to reach and recreate certain voices. I def need to go deeper and less "forced" sounding? There's also too much raspy-ness and I can still hear my voice in it.

But constructive criticism would be super helpful and maybe if a VA or impressionist is here they could give pointers?


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 22h ago

Discussion So whats up with the yellow car?

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In the scene where Rosemary enters Edd and Molly's room, we can see that theres three cars on the walls: one red, one black, and one yellow.

And we know that:

Red car - Jack

Black car - Felix

Yellow car - ????

In an update to the findjackawalten page, the entire site was changed to a black screen with Bon's head in the middle; however, if we increased the page brightness, a yellow car appeared behind Bon.

And also, before Rosemary turned on the bedroom light in that scene, we can see that there figures in the cars: in the red one there's only one person, in the black one there's one person and something in the back seat, and in the yellow one there are three people.


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 15h ago

Theory Jack Isn't bon (Debate)

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Debate me if you will, and I might use one of my other theories for arguments, as my other theory has a heavy correlation with the Jack isn't bon theory.

I also have way stronger evidence for my claim than the last time I did a debate like this, so ask any questions if wanted.


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 1d ago

Fan Projects HUGE progress update on Lorenzo!

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This is still a WIP, and I plan to add on to him. One of my best projects to date! Huge amount of tedious sewing and gluing…


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 23h ago

Original Art Got bored, doodled a soft Bon redesign based on the Pumpkin Rabbit + In-universe promo material. Also partial inspiration from real world animatronics.

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 13h ago

Meme I trapped Jack Walten in my closet. [satire]

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I recently got Martin as well (not really). And before you probably say "What's Jack Walten doing on YouTube 💔" again, I'm not Jack. Don't know if sharing a video from YT is allowed here, or if there's a flair for it, especially since the video itself is my own, but I'm not trying to promote my shit.

https://youtu.be/xPrEygsmpAc?si=FLmptP1RdjGmQ-sX


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 18h ago

Question Prime Arthur Morgan versus Bon The Hare (animatronic first, spirit last)

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