u/GemOfWonder

I think the biggest clue here is realizing that the loudspeaker feedback that starts when BB's eyes start glowing sounds rather like a scream? A warped, jumpscare-noise-like scream, but still, a scream to be sure!

So let’s dive into this, not just the scream, but everything else.

First off, notice that Balloon Boy does not attack the spectral scoopers along with the toys.

If Charlotte is controlling him, why wouldn’t she? Being small isn’t an excuse. She had a whole army of tiny puppet plushies attack that one guy. And BB clearly has no problem with being in the water, so that’s not it. 

He is not a toy. We see that in the sequence where Mike boots up the computer. Toy Chica, Mangle, Toy Freddy and Toy Bonnie are there, but not BB. 

But he’s not a prototype either, because he was active in the river section, before the withereds were shown waking up. 

So WHO is he?

And why did he not attack the spectral scoopers along with The Marionette and The Toys?

His small size does not explain it. As Charlie had several smaller puppet dolls mob one of the scoopers. If she were the one controlling BB,  she could’ve had him attack along with the puppet plushes. 

But then Mike shows up.

But when Mike is there? BB immediately shows up. 

And though Mike and Vannessa assume he’s attacking and flee in fear, the reality is: BB, per usual, never attacks. 

With the long hallway to Mike’s room, why does BB take all  that time laughing in the dark, when, earlier, in the stream, he dashed towards Mike and Vannessa without hesitation?

Could it be  because he  saw  that a quick approach had frightened them and  wanted to take  his  time?  

He’s so shy  when he  comes  into  the  office, peering over  Mike’s computer.  

And then, when he has Mike's attention, the result sounds like a scream:  a distorted scream, but still a scream, that wouldn’t sound  too out of place in a jumpscare in one one  of the mainline games. 

When Mike tears BB’s head off, BB doesn’t move and doesn’t struggle  or  even try to run, even as Mike visibly has to slowly wrench the head off BB’s neck.

It’s  like  he’s  in a  trance. Potentially meaning that he was never intending to harm or distract Mike. 

I believe that this was  Garret again.  If  Charlotte can compare little smaller versions  of the puppet, why can’t all the BBs have  a connection to Garret? 

If he is connected to Garret and the little BB statue from the first movie, he reliving Afton’s murder of Garret or putting all his energy into trying to send Mike a message? 

The scream in the loudspeaker wasn’t intended to distract Mike, but rather  it was  an  attempt to get  Mike to notice him again. Heck, the little BB from the first movie could  have been spiritually piloting this BB in the same way The Puppet piloted Toy Chica for all we know.

And, crucially, BB’s eyes do NOT stop  glowing after  Mike rips the head off, even if  he were simply a robot-following-commands that should have severed the  connection.

Almost like he’s haunted.

Incidentally, it’s just like the first movie. When the vandals began tearing up Freddy’s, the BB statue did not participate in the attack.  Here, the spectral scoopers are the first group of victims, and the toys attack, but BB doesn’t participate.

But Mike causes him to come running - quite literally based on how he initially hurries over in the river scene.

Under the BB Garret theory maybe this will cause Garret to become unhappy or afraid of Mike in the third movie. If they do happiest day in the FNAF3 movie, I’m looking forward to see how they show BB’s involvement.

tl;dr: BB's eyes glowing is supernatural and the noise that comes from the loudspeakers sounds like a scream.

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My hot take is that I dont hate Normal NPC: I really strongly believe they are going to turn out to be a spamton type character who was driven mad and manipulated by the real mastermind. Their fragmented speech and vacant expression make me feel this could be the case.

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Nethack Homebrew Class: "researcher"

Inventory: A Robe, the Identify Spellbook. (That's it)

Can become proficient in a variety of weapons, but starts with no profiency in any. Their keen, perceptive mind can also immediately determine if an item is cursed or not.

And that's pretty much it, to make up for their instant access to identify they pretty much have no starting equipment or proficiencies.

The identify spell is THAT useful, though. If there were a starting class where even the only perk was a guaranteed identify spellbook I would take it, hehe.

I thought I was imagining it, but rewatching it, I don't think I am.

Anyone else notice this? It sounds sort of like a jumpscare scream.

You can see him in the backgrounds of the 1982 scenes before Charlotte goes to save the boy,

and you can see him in the newspaper in the opening credits, the one announcing Charlie's death. the 1982 dated newspaper.

Now granted The Toys are also from 1982 in this version,

BUT

The movie also shows that BB is not one of the toys, multiple times.

The computer Mike boots up only shows the four toys out and about, even though BB was already on the move.

The opening credits never show BB with the other toys.

So BB is not one of the toys.

And don't you know but BB didn't attack The Spectral Scoopers either.

BB Mystery deepens (I'm calling it now, BBGarrett! (Maybe Garrett can just control all the BB in the FNAF movies the way Charlie can control all the Puppet plushies? /onlyhalfjoking) )

Chica's Party World in SOTM seems to have already been operational by 1979 (with merchandise and cutouts and designs and stuff) while the other three classics weren't developed until a bit later (the FFP segment is a lot more "raw" then the other one)

While there is a Chica animatronic down there, the character was the "first" to be conceptualized.

Rewatching it, he stands still in place, doesn't even try to run away or react when Mike is wrenching his head off. He doesn't even flinch or squirm, nothing. And he clearly was at least sentient in earlier scenes given he follows Mike into the office and peers over his desk.

As the resident BBVictimer, I propose that Garret is somehow connected to this version of Balloon Boy as well and his eyes glowing was not him intentionally sabotaging Mike, but rather undergoing some kind of trance, likely ghost-trauma related.

Also the static that comes from the loudspeaker almost sounds like a staticky scream?