Audio good Mr. Toast

I think it was game theory who said this but I think William motive for killing the DCI victims was because he had been thrown out of the company after the MCI children were killed possibly by Henry but that’s never confirmed so maybe motive for the children would be to get back at Henry for throwing him out of his own company and trying to destroy Freddy reputation again. 6:44

If i had to guess, it's because Scott Cawthon created a hit game with Five Nights at Freddy's and wanted to capitalize on its success with a sequel. /s

My personal headcanon is that Charlie is murdered the same night as the MCI and it’s the DCI that are in Molten Freddy. I think that William stuffs the MCI and The Puppet stuffs the DCI. But I like the motivations of William

Your voice is clearer, but maybe it’s still a little louder than I’m just noticing all the words that start with p and b.

Ah yes, the scariest thing of all: the US corporate system

Noticed the audio immediately and it sounds much worse imo.

The DCI does happen and they posses the toys omg

As an English Major turned legal student, your explanation is good enough for the video at hand. Technically, the shareholders do have more pull in the company, but not just because they give money. There is a contract involved in most companies between shareholders and the company. This of it as a council for the company, rather than just one person owning the whole thing. There are duties that shareholders have to the company and duties the company has to the shareholders. Depending on the company, the shareholders can even buy the shares of the one that made the company and boot them out of ownership entirely. Without knowing the EXACT details about Freddy's we don't really know what the contracts looked like. But, that doesn't mean the theory is bunk by any means. There's enough evidence there for the theory at hand.

I think I found something. The exact date of the carnival fire was a lunar eclipse, as hinted in HW2, which gives us a very close range of dates among 1970 and 1985, specially there was a TOTAL eclipse on FALL 1979 (SOTM year).

If the DCI victims become anything, it’s the shadow animatronics from the FnaF 3 mini games.

uuhhh... no, your understanding of Stocks is completely wrong. If someone owns 60% of a company they legally OWN the company and can fire the person running it and put someone else in charge. A company does not receiving continued funding from someone holding a stock. A person selling their stocks in a company in no way directly affects the operating budget of said company. They are not getting "additional funding" from stock holders. Do you think if you own a stock you have to continuously pay the company for the right to do so? No one would want them if this were the case! Where could you have even gotten such a stupid idea? Really-- how dumb are you that you thought that's how it worked?.. Seriously-- even funnier to say "I did a week of research" to have come away with the most unbelievably braindead take on how stocks work that has ever been spouted on the internet. Apparently you are utter crap at "research" to have spent "a week" trying to learn something and gotten it this damn wrong.

It’s always “why is fnaf 2” not “how is fnaf 2”

I definitely believe this theory as it helps explain Henry and Williams absence and why William does what he does so strangely. The only thing I would want to mention is that it takes until the 5th night to notice that Springbonnie was used. Ralph wording also seems to me like Springbonnie was there until right before that recording. We "had" a spare in the back. Couple this with the fact that we don't see Afton wear a springlock during the DCI. It makes me think he didn't use the Springlock suit until after the DCI. Maybe to check and see if Springbonnie still has power over them like in the movie or in Follow Me.

Ok, I don't know if this theory is correct, BUT! I’m pretty sure Scott started sweating when you mentioned "reorganization bankruptcy." Suddenly, it all makes so much more sense. Fredbear’s Family Diner was started by William and Henry, but after that, it’s all about the public brand and the shareholders. This explains the Sister Location intro, who created the FNAF3 location, and the whole FNAF6 franchise situation. HECK! The redistribution of assets could even explain things like Chica’s Party World or, in a broader sense, the connection to Fall Fest. For all this time, we’ve been trying to figure out who is behind Fazbear Entertainment and how it connects to Henry and William. But it looks like we’ve been overthinking it. Fazbear Entertainment is… just Fazbear Entertainment! A group of shareholders doing their best to make their money back. William is still a villain, sticking to the company because of his experiments, and Henry is still around as an engineer, but they seem far less connected to the brand than we thought. The modern FNAF timeline suddenly makes much more sense when we consider this legal situation. And we don’t need Clara Afton (looking at you, MatPat) to make the Pizzaplex happen. This finding is HUGE! I have my doubts about the full theory, but "reorganization bankruptcy" is a big piece of the puzzle.

Very epic!

Idk if it's just me but the audio sounds like you're sick idk If you are or if it's the audio

4:50 awww kitty so cuute X3

If you have american accounting questions related to horror game research, please reach out. Also edit: love this theory and breakdown

Now I made it make sense. This gettin somewhere..

Something I never see talked about is the Withereds. They are pretty clearly possesed within Fnaf 2. Meaning that whatever happened with them, happened at a different location before fnaf 2 takes place. If the missing child incident is what shutters the franchise until Fnaf 6 to SB time, then there is another set of kids that died and are within the core 4. Since they match the style of Golden Freddy, it could be very likely that the bite of 83 location also was a location of children dying, which would shut down the resturant much more throughly than a kids prank gone wrong. This also provides a very clean reason for the franchise name change as well

I just have to say that I love the way you phrased your way into the theory (0:50). 🙃

I feel like I need a @HoegLaw collab to just clarify a few things. Richard Hoeg, would you be willing to clarify how privately-owned versus publicly-traded corporations work for the sake of the Five Nights at Freddy's fandom?

5:12 Peak Comedy

Love the capitalism inc music while explaining bankruptcy

I actually have a few theories of my own about Fazbear business stuff: 1. Fazbear Entertainment commissioned Afton Robotics to create the Toy animatronics. You kind of implied this in your theory with the Toys being turned over to William after being scrapped, but my theory is based around their designs, hard plastic casings with bright rosy-cheeked designs, and how advanced for the 1980s they were. There’s also a pretty common belief that Fazbear Entertainment acquired Afton Robotics and the Funtime characters IP, and since the characters show up in the in-universe VR game, I’m pretty sure that’s canon. But since HandUnit talks about Freddy’s like it was a competitor in Sister Location, it couldn’t have been acquired while the original Fazbear Entertainment was in operation. I believe that Henry purchased the rights to all that stuff while preparing his trap. 2. Theory 2 is more centered in Stitchline Games, and it explains how there can be Freddy’s locations that are still open in the modern day even after the FNAF 1 location closed, and my theory is that it works like McDonalds: pay Fazbear Entertainment rent and the right monthly fees and you’re a Freddy Fazbear’s franchise owner. Some may have even rebranded their restaurants to avoid DCI, MCI, and Bite of ‘87 backlash. Not sure if that’s legal or not in real life, but this is fiction. It would explain how Fazbear Entertainment survived long enough for Henry to buy it all up before burning everything.

I think the audio is okay, honestly you sound a little more even toned- just not sure I think that's a good thing. I think tonally were missing some of your personality and passion that we know you have with the current audio mix.

the video length is 21 minutes and 37 seconds and as a resident of poland im obliged to inform you 9:37pm (21:37 in 24h format) is the hour of death of polish pope john paul II. we meme about it quite often

That would give a reason for William to have the bunker with employees other than Mike. Fazbear removed him from the face of the company (maybe William *was* the one convicted, that's why he was taken away from the public eye) but wanted to use his mind to make animatronics. So they hide him in a bunker to do essentially whatever he wants so long as he can make them money. Also, per the US Supreme Court, it is literally illegal for you not to do everything you can to make your shareholders more money.

The easiest answer tho why fnaf 2 happened is: fnaf 1 was very successful

Just what I need

Sound is good

That’s not how stocks work. Stock owners do have control, but how that control is managed and “who wins” when there isn’t agreement is what varies.

I like the legal theory it makes sense

"I solved-" no. This lore literally unsovable at this point, I'm sorry D:

5:13 Best moment of this video 😂

Fazbear Entertainment not originally being associated to William or Henry, makes SO MUCH SENSE! I definitely believe William “convinced” Henry to branch out and had a third company come into play. The audio definitely feels like a shareholder asking Afton about the animatronics. This was a GREAT video!! It just feels right with Henry loving the creation and entertainment aspect, yet William only sees the business. Awesome job!

im bothered by why the marionette walks past afton altogether. can charlotte not see afton or is charlotte allied with afton? apparently the puppet is going down as you enter the room is what she needs you to do down there or did she simply lead the animatronic to afton?

4:31 my theory is that purple guy used his final smash on freddy and freddy rage quit

The “let me break it down for you” meme half way through the ad finished me😂😂

This is so good Rye! Head cannon now!

When Rye teaches me more about business than my business teacher in high school

When toast said “if you subscribe to the belief “ I seriously thought it was gonna turn into another “if you subscribe we can solve the fnaf lore!” 💀

Finding out that Chapter 11 bankruptcy is huge! Great theory and I hope it gets talked about!

I never understood people who claimed the toys were not haunted. We literally see 5 new children killed in the game lol

Too bad it can't be "William pulled the corpses out of the original animatronics and then had them strewn about." I still don't understand how the techs never found them when they were taking apart the withereds for parts. Clothes and bones would still remain, if not the soft bits.

What if William is the Bite of 87 victim? But he heals over time from remnant?