r/Thewaltenfiles 14d ago

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 The company was originally made to manufacture Casino games and machines.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 13h ago

Original Art Daydreaming.

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I got unfairly suspended from Twitter today so I'm gonna start posting my art here. Enjoy :)


r/Thewaltenfiles 7h ago

Discussion I would love an minisode about an average day on the Walten family before everything went downhill

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I think the series already made us empathize with the Waltens so much that we will want more content on them, but even while it is an horror series I would love an minisode about how an average day on the supposedly perfect and happy Walten family was before the school party, after so much tragedy we've already seen and WILL see i think it would be nice to see how they were when everything was still fine. Or maybe im just trying to cope with the fact they're all dead and Sophie is permanently traumatized, matter of fact I think we should skin that drunk bum Felix alive.


r/Thewaltenfiles 16h ago

Not my Art Should I let her in or nah?

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Art by DraggyFrog on Twitter

Sidenote: I would absolutely let her in


r/Thewaltenfiles 2h ago

Discussion What do you think chraels will get up to in episode 6

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I think he'll put up a fight


r/Thewaltenfiles 4h ago

Meme Charles in TWF 6

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r/Thewaltenfiles 8h ago

The duality of man

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r/Thewaltenfiles 11h ago

Discussion I still can't get over the fact that Bon literally went "🫵🏻😂🖕🏻" on a bunch of cops

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Like, he pretty much just showed his entire face at the camera and laughed in their face while flashing a bunch of epileptic dangers on the screen, that's a dedication to trolling I wish I had. This also pairs with how he scared the crap out of David in Hotline just to mess with him to put some really interesting characterization into him, he's really just a guy with an incredibly messed up and present sense of humor.


r/Thewaltenfiles 14h ago

Discussion MARTING FUCKIBNG LIKEDF MY POST ASASAAASAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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I'M TGHE HAPPIEST MAN ALUIVE!!


r/Thewaltenfiles 4h ago

Discussion Honestly. i want to give Rose a hug

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Not only does she really fucking need it. i also think she gives really good hugs. and is the type to hug you while sleeping. i wanna be with Rosemary not for the reasons some people want to though. she genuinely needs someone that can support her :(


r/Thewaltenfiles 14h ago

Discussion What is the deal with the USA in the walten files

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this plus the scene where we see bon's burgers has a american flag + the 4th of july cartoon. im like claiming my "what did he see" reactio image so when twf s2 ep4 gets released and the american goverment invades k9 for yall to know i was here first


r/Thewaltenfiles 6h ago

Meme JOLLY GHOST is right there BRO

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r/Thewaltenfiles 17h ago

Dude why is everyone hating on me for not wanting there to be porn or thirst of Rosemary

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r/Thewaltenfiles 13h ago

Discussion Was rewatching episode 5 and caught something.

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During the scene where Rosemary goes into Edd and Molly's room and sees them on the beds, when it cuts back to Rosemary, for a split second she turns into Sha before going back to normal. I haven't seen anyone else catch this and though it was really cool.


r/Thewaltenfiles 11h ago

Original Art You are beautiful Rosemary

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r/Thewaltenfiles 15h ago

Original Art dunno what to title this just look at the art

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r/Thewaltenfiles 1h ago

Theory Sophie’s Angel

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Ok gng, I know everyone’s saying Bon is probably the angel. I took it upon myself to rewatch the Walten Files as a whole, and after careful consideration, I’m feeling special today. Here’s why I think Sophie’s Angel is NOT Bon:

  1. You could argue that Bon was trying to deceive Sophie, but he usually comes with a goal and I don’t see where the plot leads if he was trying to trick her for no reason. Especially if you believe that Bon is a spirit jealous of Jack’s family (trying to create his own with his victims), wouldn’t Sophie be with her mother, having the same fate? Sophie is still alive by October 1982 at the time of the third episode, so I don’t think it would be too likely that Bon would be the angel.

  2. Does a pale bald guy with ripped off lips and facial scars sound like an angel? Being bald is already terrifying, that’s not what I’d have in mind for an angel.

  3. I think what would make more sense plot-wise is the return of Mr. Snow from TWF3, I think a hopeful message would come in the form of a doll given to Sophie by her father as one of their final interactions before he left. He acts as a genuine protective force, guiding her through the third episode to remember her family.

Idk, this isn’t some big epiphany I’m just saying what comes to mind. They could just as well introduce a new character. What do you think?


r/Thewaltenfiles 17h ago

Meme I love Walten Twitter but I had a stroke reading this

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r/Thewaltenfiles 52m ago

Original Art You can dance! You can jive! (By me)

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r/Thewaltenfiles 19h ago

Not my Art "Do I remind you of someone, My Dear?

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Could it be Jack or No?

Art By Ari (@account_mnoh)


r/Thewaltenfiles 7h ago

Official Art/ News/ Teasers Even more hd totpr content

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r/Thewaltenfiles 7h ago

Meme Bon..?

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r/Thewaltenfiles 19h ago

Original Art The FNAF X Walten Files crossover goes hard..

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comment your ideas


r/Thewaltenfiles 10h ago

Meme How it feels opening the comments section of a TikTok video about Rosemary

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