The biggest thing this is telling me is that Scott Cawthon is just allergic to telling a story. Instead he chooses to Imply everything and string us along in the hopes that it'll eventually be explained, and it never will be. All we have are pieces, and even if some of the pieces fit together, other pieces fit in the same places, because he's really bad at telling the story he wants us to put together. It's crazy he set up this whole mystery of *who* the Vengeful Spirit is, and then, what, makes the answer "a new character we don't know yet and was secretly there all along"? And then just reveals it in a book? And then it ends up not mattering at all? Awesome, thanks. We don't *know* anything about this stupid series, and I'm honestly getting sick of it. If Secret of the Mimic doesn't actually tell us what the heck is going on at this point, I think I'm finally just jumping ship. It's driving me crazy. I can't handle this for another who knows how many years. It's already been 10!!

Scott said the books are septate from the games, so technically you are right as Andrew is obviously a parallel to Cassie 😊

Mashallah this is a great take, sad that kids are being fed a lie and believing it as a fact. Also i think the fact that andrew isn't mentioned because he's supposed to be mysterious and always left out.

I don't think anything could convince me that Andrew is in the games, short of there being another 8 bit mini game where there's a kid in an aligator mask. You put the evidence together, but Andrew in the games is really, really unsatisfying and, imo, bad storytelling. Imagine if in the original Avengers movie, New York is getting overrun by the aliens and the 6 heroes are almost beaten, and then a vortex opens up, lightning hits Loki in the chest and he explodes, and then the vortex closes. Years later, a comic comes out that explains the vortex/lightning was actually Scromf, from the nineteenth planet from the sun. Scromf never makes another appearance in any other MCU movie, and he is only explained in this book, which may or may not even be in the same continuity. Andrew is Scromf 😂

1:26 well this would be a fair point the difference between OMC and Fredbear Fredbear you have to use the “DEATH” coin on golden Freddy essentially killed them which kills you as revenge “the one you should not have killed” Omc you just played the mini game.

“ Andrews is the vengeful spirit” 14 theory: I’m about to end this man’s whole (joke of course great video)

god you knocked this out of the park

I love Greeny McSnoot! 0:33

Willam didn’t trap Andrew Andrew trapped Afton in a endless cycle of hell the old saying I’m not trapped down here with you your trapped down here with me

LET HIM COOK

Genuine scott just confirmed that frights GIVES AWNSERS to the games Since that’s kind of like asking Is the story complete, in an ongoing story, it’s difficult to answer. So, let me say this instead. *Over the next few years there are a lot of projects planned, and most are very story driven. Lots of the later stories will answer some of the biggest questions from the fan base over this past year, in my opinion.* Very few people will likely ever feel completely satisfied, as there are just too many head canons out there and so many great ideas on where the story could go, but I think there are good things to be found for people who are looking. *All I can do is say that some questions will be answered; even if it may not always be the answer you wanted. Be patient. Let me at least say this; future games will look forward; but look to the novels to fill in some of blanks to the past!*

Personally, I find Golden Freddy being important to UCN hard to believe. Cassidy & TOYSNHK have conflicting character traits & motivations, so I don't believe they can be the same person. However, the other interpretation doesn't sound too great, either. The OMC scene would be incredibly odd if the red bear isn't TOYSNHK, and the 50/20 cutscene being "Cassidy moving on" is incredibly contrary to the obvious visual of Golden Freddy twitching aggressively in the darkness. Golden Freddy being important to UCN just doesn't work in either interpretation. Thankfully, I believe all his appearances in the game have perfectly reasonable explanations that don't involve Golden Freddy or Cassidy being involved in UCN's story whatsoever. - Golden Freddy shows up as UI such as the loading screen in UCN's mobile port, but Nightmarionne is the icon of the game, and I don't see anyone claiming he's important (at least, not without going through severe mental gymnastics). I find UI & game icons to be comparable, since at the end of the day, they're basically the same thing: aesthetics. - I really don't understand why people use the Fredbear easter egg as evidence. There's no reason to connect it to TOYSNHK other than the death coin thing, but even that is weak evidence. It's more likely that this easter egg is just that: an easter egg, only existing because fans wanted Fredbear in the game. - The bear in the OMC easter egg is actually a sprite of Adventure Freddy, so if we're saying the sprite is relevant, that's better proof of it being Gabriel than Cassidy. To say that the sprite being a bear is important, but it being specifically of Adventure Freddy doesn't mean anything, is cherry-picking. As such, it's possible that Scott just didn't feel the need to make an entirely new sprite for a scene so simple, and it was never actually meant to represent a bear of any kind. - I think the Golden Freddy twitching cutscene is nothing more than a sendoff to the game that was itself a final sendoff. Every custom night in the franchise has been associated with Golden Freddy somehow. The custom nights in FNaF2 & Sister Location label their final challenge "Golden Freddy," and if you really wanna stretch it, custom night in FNaF1 has a Golden Freddy jumpscare easter egg. I think this Golden Freddy twitching cutscene is just another one of those. It's a scene that represents how we beat 50/20, the "Golden Freddy" challenge of UCN. No actual lore involved, just a final goodbye type thing. Those are the only four details that can be taken as objective evidence that Golden Freddy is connected to UCN. Every other piece of evidence is interpretive, with no solid association with UCN itself. Not the Logbook, not the movie, not the "Cassidy" screenplay, etc. That's all just circumstantial evidence. So if my interpretations are correct, the idea of Golden Freddy being important to UCN has no objective evidence anymore.

I still think Andrew is the robot from B7-2 that is built onto BILLY (William) and once it has gone to far and the robot is alive... doctors remove the animatronic fused to the child but it remains alive... 2 beings attached to William.... B7-2 is cannon and I'm about 100% sure on that. I mean it even takes all the points you bring up and makes it all 100% possible.

Princes is casidy they didnt want probably to put that out there they didnt expect peopleto check the files.Casidy is after burntrap traped in softvare with William and is going around finally destroying him, aither in deffenetly or freeing others from his coruption but down the story she didnt complete it so she gave the sword to tehnitian or just pasing the tourch. OMG they made a purpise flip, THe golden boy in movie is casidy the drawing that shows head drawing added on is a mesage switch to a diffrent caracter.

It's not Andrew We have his physical appearance

counterpoint, the events of into the pit can not be the mci, these events are public, the mci was not. i also dont like the implied timeline, and how it ties into the current perceived timeline. mci happens in 85 and timetravel is involved, fnaf 2 happens, the into the pit location gets turned into the fnaf 1 location and the week before and fnaf 1 happens, then fnaf 1 location gets abandoned, folow me happens(?) then it turns into jeffs pizza then phone dude raids the place and finds springtrap. would this be correct? or is it phone dude finds springtrap then jeffs pizza happens. what year is the present of into the pit? what i think happens is afton does a bad thing in 198<5 at this location and the agony of that event creates pit bonnie who then murders 5-6 kids at this location at around the same time as afton does the mci and a lot of time travel and oswald is involved.

Even though I believe Cassidy to be TOYSNHK, this is an incredible video summaring all the evidence for Andrew with neat execution, as well as a really good insight into UCN's story themes

Personally I liked your theory and i wish that scott could react to theory on the scale 1-10 how correct they got with the lore. But ye this one made a lot of sense and I'M TRYING to be open to all different theories.

Idk I still have this theory in the back of my head that andrew was a kid william knew way before all the kid killing and bound his soul to his after killing andrew. The reason he's so soul-savy and wants to harness it. First of all the minigame you showed had golden freddy AND fetch who housed andrew. He can NOT be TOYSHK

All the evidence you presented is done so well and you lay out your arguments very convincingly. I want to believe Andrew TOYSNHK and I have since ITPG but the RTTP 5 dead kids thing is bugging me so much.

Will never believe Andrew is in the games. Why would Scott add some an important and influential character in (essentially) the finale game. He has zero stake emotionally or lore wise and fulfills one role we already had 10+ other kids/characters to fill instead. Why would he be anything but a parallel???

Where's Jake?

10/10 theory

the face and hair doesn't look like Andrew's and there's no alligator mask anywhere. it's a parallel and people have to let go of Andrew, just let him be a book thing.

Ignore the 'Ultimate Cutsom Night' in the beginning of the video lol. Also the shoutout to Ghost is referring to how you could interpret the happiest day as Golden Freddy reversing the sins of William. Making this clear due to the awkward break between the original cut of the video and the added section.

I dont agree with most of this, but, good video anyway 😅 I think you bring up some solid points about treating Cassidy and Andrew as parallels. Until the end, Andrew is constantly fighting Jake, until he decides to move on. Andrew’s really underdeveloped in Frights, but that is essentially his arc, and that arc’s not been seen in Cassidy at all. Something I’ll note is that the OMC ITPG dialogue is not confirmed to be Andrew, I’m not sure where you heard that. I honestly think he’s just talking to Oswald, he is the one who is playing the arcade game, and depending on his own choices he either gets trapped in the pit or reaches the surface and saves his dad. I’m not sure it makes sense if he’s talking to Andrew, who shouldn’t be there and should be past the point of tormenting William.

I like the thought you put into it yet you broke your own argument 3 times trying to explain it. First the Scott made games (1-6) are labeled to be in universe inde games made off events that happened, so saying he didn't have a plan when he made it doesn't count when he's building the story as he goes. Next you say that the spirits can't move just by moving parts around but also mention the Stichwrathe, which is exactly that, an endo possessed by spirits who were connected to other things and moved into it. You then say "there is definitely the ability to have souls haunt other items by moving parts of an object to them" which would count the parts used to repair the toys from the withered animatronics. The thought was there and I admire the effort but you can't break your argument as your making it.

Because of the new 14 theory, I actually think Andrew does possess Golden Freddy, in fact, I actually think 14 is supposed represent him being the 14th to die after Afton. We have Charlie, BV, Elizabeth, MCI, and DCI, but that is only 13, so Andrew would be the 14th death and the 15th death would be Afton. (Ik characters like Ralph also died but his death wasn’t as important compared to the others) So I think Andrew split his soul with Golden Freddy and Afton, Andrew later on stops possessing Golden Freddy for odd reason, and the rest of the Stitchline series happens. So yes, according to me, Goldentrio theory is real

8:19 woah woah, the five MCI? I thought BV was the last one?

Books are totally valid sources for lore. (Unless it's matpat x springtrap)

Great theory dude! I generally like Andrew even more as The Vengeful Spirit, as I don't mind Andrew getting killed in the same location as the MCI, The concept of a victim feeling out of place, as if they weren't meant to be there but still are. It feels like they weren't supposed to die, yet they did. The fact that we can take this concept on Andrew as The Vengeful Spirit is interesting because the whole "The One You Shouldn't Have Killed" has more meaning to it than just a threatened cool title name. It just seems like Andrew's Death is essentially a mistake, a victim that William didn't need to fulfill his purpose but only to be silent, with no witnesses; Andrew didn't feel like a retcon. He just feels different… He is just a victim who witnessed his experiment, so he has no choice but to kill Andrew. He has no purpose for his death. Andrew is a forgotten victim. Even for William. The concept of Cassidy trying to help Andrew out by stopping this because if she can help one broken soul (C.C), why does that stop her from doing that to another soul, reflecting off the man that took her and her friends that is "broken" because of anger... Either way, I really love this theory because I just love UCN lore.

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Interducing a new character on the game that was supposed to finish it all would be a very stupid decision :/

oooh, this is an interesting theory, and I am not a fan of Andrew being in the games! I'm going to have to give this another watch later.

I think this is a great video, but at the same time I think that Andrew is a way to underscore Cassidy's rage in the game. While the game does not explain much about Cassidy's soul, their murder, or anything about them, they are who exits in the game. So in the books, Andrew is giving explanation to Cassidy in the games.

Interesting🧐

I Disagree but, great theory. though i must leave you with a thinking point, Micheal Afton isn't cannon to Fazbear frights; either he doesn't exist or died or he just isn't there, there is no Micheal Afton in Fazbear frights.

I've seen people get Freadbeared by a lvl 20 golden Freddy.

How to debunk 14 theory Tempo theory

I think Cassidy is more akin to having Jake's personality combined with Andrew's backstory. CC and Andrew are shattered, can not move on on their own, and has limited memories.... They both also can't see and don't have as much control over their suit compared to the other. Cassidy and Jake are kind, want to help the other to move on, can move on their own (OMC game crash and one of the epilogues show Jake was about to move on at one point). They both also have the most control of their suit AND have access to the other's memories (Logbook shows Cassidy knows things only CC knows, while Jake has to force himself into Andrew's memories in frights). The only things that show Cassidy is Andrew and CC is Jake is their backstories before meeting. (TOYSNHK vs The kid who died of a brain injury) Also Jake seems to invade people's memories, in the pit, and tries to rework them into happy ones. Weirdly enough, this is the SAME thing the Fredbear Plush is implied to be doing. Trying to get CC to get past his fears in Fnaf 4, and when THAT doesn't work, Fnaf World happens and Happiest Day is set up using CC's memories. Turning his death day into his happiest day.

Good video. What you presented in this has brought me the closest to believing that Andrew is the spirit in UCN. However I still have some gripes and things I think you overlooked that is preventing me from being fully on board. If TOYSHK was with Willam while Cassidy was talking to OMC, why would OMC tell her that there was nothing left for her to stay around for? There would literally be an entirely separate Afton victim that is not able to rest. Her being comfortable with leaving Andrew to his never-ending hateful cycle is not only contrary to her character as you presented it, but it stands out as something weird for OMC to do as well. Why would OMC be fine with Andrew not getting rest, but not Cassidy? At that point you'd have to say that OMC just had morally gray favoritism for Cassidy but not for anyone else, and there's no evidence to tell us why this would be the case. You'd also have to argue that OMC was borderline lying to her by saying that there was nothing else left.. it just really doesn't make much sense or hold up. UCN crashing when Cassidy rests her soul in that same scene is also still pretty damning for her having control over everything in the game. That ending scene with the Golden Freddy child from the movie novel that you showed also heavily supports Cassidy being TOYSHK, and I'm not really sure how you felt it was supposed to do the opposite. William is not dead in that scene, he's actively twitching and suffering while still being alive, yet the GF child is happy with that. It's stated that he wanted that suffering to go on forever, so that explicitly goes against him just wanting him to die. Instead of killing William once and for all, he just leaves him there and closes the door. So if it's valid to use what the Silver Eye's shows us of Michael brooks's character as insight onto how Cassidy is, then it's equally valid to use the GF kid from the movie for her character as well. And when combined, the movie and the novel tell us that Cassidy is a caring person that also can be very vengeful. So yeah those are the only issues I have with Andrew being TOYSHK as of now, but they are substantial enough of points for CassidyTOYSHK to still stand. Still good video overall though

Didn’t phone guy say that they have a criminal database or something and they are also attracted to sound so that’s why the toys come for you.

Another thing to add to this, we know that the storyteller from the Tales books is in the games, so maybe that could explain why the mimic 1 program chooses to make an Alligator who is really mad at a Bunny

Oh damn it I forgot to mention 14 theory and Toy Chica in ucn possibly being Michael not William (due to hand unit on one of the lockers and some other stuff implying this is more so Representkng Mike's journey through the games.) Rip

I wondering if I should even bother to comment something. I can't really convince you Andrew isn't in the games I know that enough already. No point rebutting evidence I find faulty when you see it as fitting. And that isn't to diminish your work on this video at all. As someone who has tried to learn how to create and edit videos myself I applaud you. Honestly great job. But in that same aspect I can't really be convinced by evidence from the Novel Trilogy. Because it's dubious at best in my eyes. Scott after Silver Eyes release commented that we shouldn't use it to solve the games. (As a reminder the Ultimate Guide is undeniably faulty and we shouldn't use ut as main evidence in my eyes, especially when a new Ultimate Guide is on the way.) And this has never changed for me. Especially as Scott adamantly goes out of his way to make Game William act in opposition to how Dave and Fright-Liam act. In the games: "You may not recognize me at first but I assure you... It's still me." Dave: "I am Springtrap!" Fright-Liam: "I AM AGONY!" (Betting rn Steve in movie 2 will awkwardly refer to himself as Springtrap) William in the games clings to who he is: William Afton. Not Spring Bonnie, not a god or higher being how Dave acts, or a manifestation of pain like Fright-Liam, but himself. And even if you argue Frights is still continuity despite it not being probable after RTTP (as a note Frailty can be explained as Eleanor exists in RTTP) Fright-Liam is shown to do something that goes against Dave: feel betrayed. His look of longing after Eleanor betrays him and leaves him for dead is what directly causes Charlie/The Puppet to be able to tear apart the amalgamation. The book portrays it almost like he was betrayed by something he cared about. And his only response to this isn't rage but sorrowful longing. And this apl goes without saying Game William views Henry as nothing. Never commenting on him, never ranting about how jealous he is. Yes he did kill Charlie but that doesn't have to over jealousy. And speaking over Charlie: "I don't hate you, but you need to stay out of my way." As a note while Novel Charlie and Game Charlie are very different, everyone in the books utterly hates Dave and this basically matches up with the movie as well. So Game Charlie not hating him is a very odd decision. And something the Andrew explanation gas yet to explain how/why is Andrew keeping the souls trapped in UCN. Even in Frights when she takes over the amalgam it's not presented as rightful vengeance or fury just the defeat of Fright-Liam. And while you could argue Charlie is just endlessly endlessy caring enough to understand William (How btw?) or she just doesn't give a damn. Both those interpretations still just write off this line. This confusion extends to Michael too btw as his goal is to save his father by releasing him though I know a lot of people in the community like to just Michael a hateful vengeful piece of crap who's out to murder his Dad. Which could not be further from how the games portray him. Even if my interpretation is wrong avout "saving" his dad he never acts with wuth anger in the games cept maybe during 4's minigames. And as a note this whole reflections thing (which I do agree the Vengeful spirit and William are meant be reflections) has to include Michael too as he "is most similar to god" or just narratively is very close to William in some sense. But that is all. I doubt you'd bother to read it and I don't know why I bothered to type it. Good day.

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great video ! you really made a great summary of all the evidence and story behind Andrew as a character! also thank you for the shout out! ;D keep up the good work!

I’m gonna say I agree. I’ll give my thoughts. I believe Andrew was made specifically for F.N.A.F.7 as the spirit behind the purgatory like nightmare, and his story continued in the Fazzy Fright Night books. He was probably retroactively added in Crappiest Day (M.C.I) as a secret sixth victim, when all the previous games only said there was only five. So it’s a retcon, he never existed from 2014-2017, so he’s like (game) Henry. Henry didn’t exist in the previous games, he was included as being important of being the original co-owner of Freddy’s and father of Charlotte (Web), but because of the previous five games not having him, he did absolutely nothing because those games weren’t written with him in mind. Same with Andrew, he didn’t exist until the 7th game, so he didn’t do anything until then. That’s my thoughts