r/fnaftheories

I feel like many in this fandom, including myself, completely subconsciously sideline the experiments from the lore. I don't see it very much used in theories, nor that many people are bothered by it much.

I myself dislike its entire concept since I love FNaF 4 as a purely Michael's personal nightmare from FNaF 1 & 3 PTSD. But, they are canon. And of course, they were initially used in SL to debunk Dream Theory (I think it was just Scott pushing it too hard and making even that one game in tetralogy that is actually nightmare have its counterpart in reality). But after SL, Scott returned to them again, twice. Nightmare Freddy references it in UCN, and Scott made an entire book, Dittophobia, detailing over these experiments. So, the question is: why? What’s the actual importance? Why did William build them? When? Did he succeed in his goal? What happened?

This is also why I think Unwithered Truth's CassidyExperiments theory is so charming, since it’s the only theory that gives them a good explanation and purpose in the lore, at least out of ones that I'm aware of.

MikeDayshift has been making the rounds and people are ofc judging if you don't believe the same thing as them but anyway.

So.... what do we make of this under that?

SO. We know the color theories of fnaf are really important. After the true ending of FNAF 6, there is this image of 4 kids with a Freddy.

Who are they ? I know they could be some random children, but somehow this images sticks with me. The fact that there are a younger and older purple brother make me think about the Afton family.

Henry also has been flagged as orange, so maybe it's his children ? Do we know he had a boy??

What the hell ?

Maybe i'm overthinking but we know Scott left everything on purpose after FNAF 4 / Sister's location (where he knew what to do with the franchise).

Also, the kid on the left bottom corner is SO SPOOKY.

He made me think about Cassidy, but i don't think they are related.

Any idea ? Thanks a lot

I forgot to mention that Withered Golden Freddy being a projection made by the BV is possible aswell, especially under BVMCIFriends.

What do you think?

For context, faded seems to mainly write in black while this page has faded’s phrase but in red, heavily implying this is Michael. Take this as you will since I feel like there’s many ways to interpret this but I just wanted to point that out

I actually think it’s probably most likely glamrock Freddy
I think the plot point of him getting the parts of the others was Scott’s idea it was supposed to set up
Glitchtrap taking control over him

Basically, the theory is that Edwin is behind Fazbear fright
Basically, as a sort of revenge him taking the opportunity to make fun of Fazbear entertainment failures

The main evidence for this of course is the dreaded RND fnaf 3 map

I personally like this idea

I could be completely wrong and I highly expect that I am but I brightened the new image Scott posted and I see something and don’t know what it is. Maybe you guys do?

Most of the counter-arguments made by BVPostMCI believers hinge on the idea that the "1985" date given in the books and movies does not necessarily translate to the games, and that the MCI can still take place before the Bite of 83. But there is information inside the games only that can prove that the MCI takes place after the death of the Bite Victim.

The training tapes played in the FNAF 3 phone calls are implied to be played in order of when they get recorded, meaning the events that are implied in them is linearly organized chronologically. Night 2 and 3 talk about how to safely use the springlock suits, but suddenly, in Night 4, the springlock suits are now unfit for use by employees, due to "an unfortunate incident at the sister location involving multiple and simultaneous springlock failures". Because we know that Fredbear was a springlock suit, this means the banning of the springlock suits must happen after the death of the Bite Victim.

Night 5 is where things get interesting. The training tape played this night is reminding all employees about appropriately using the safe rooms, and it make sure to specify that "under no circumstance should a customer ever, be taken into this room, and out of the main show area". We also get clued into the fact "that the Spring Bonnie animatronic has been noticeably moved". With the added fact that Follow Me is likely paralleling the events of the MCI, we know that this tape must be referring to the events of the MCI, and that William likely lured the kids to the safe room before killing them. Night 6 then states that the safe rooms are being sealed, further reenforcing the narrative that these tapes are in chronological order. This means that the MCI has to take place after the banning of the springlock suits, and therefore must happen after the Bite of 83.

You might try to argue that MCISpan could fix this narrative, having William kidnap the first few kids before BV dies, and then using the Spring Bonnie suit for the last ones, but this is disprovable by looking at Susie. In Fruity Maze, we see Susie being lured to the back by William, wearing the Spring Bonnie suit. And because Withered Chica/Susie says "I was the first, I have seen everything" in UCN, this shows that Susie was the first victim of the MCI, possibly the first victim of William. But with the training tapes that we've discussed, we know that she cannot have been killed before BV dies.

All in all, the training tapes from FNAF 3 paint a pretty clear timeline for these events. The springlocks are used, BV dies along with other springlock failures, the springlocks get banned, the MCI happens, and then the safe rooms get sealed. This solidifies that BVPreMCI is the correct interpretation. What do you all think?

Ralph hears the boy cry on during the Bite of 83 tape, but when he gets bitten, it is a child crying. The change in article usage is a very cut-and-clear implication that the person who bites him is not the same as BV.

I think it can be pretty much any other kid since all of them are influenced by his memories as HDMemories imply, but my personal explanation is that it is Shadow Freddy because I believe he is BV's agony (Shadow Freddy’s broken jaw in FW makes it very clear to me). It being BV’s agony also lines up with the fact that this ending seems to be about indirect haunting (memories of Bo83 being listened by Ralph), so it being indirect haunting through agony which kills him makes sense as well.

I somehow just learned about this. I knew about the maintenance schedule but not this.

If you hold down 1 and 0 in Ballora’s Gallery for about a minute and a half, then press 1, you get a bunch of randomized counters all over the screen with a hidden graphic above a 1/100 chance every 10 seconds for the screen to freeze.

This is that graphic. 8/17/1995

Did anyone else know about this? Couldn’t this be SL’s date? It could take place directly after FNaF1 and work with the timeline.