A Broken Man And Flawed Protagonist || Michael Afton

[@loganbuchanan5587]

Ennard using Michael’s body as a suit is literally body horror

[@Damienthoranita26]

It’s so preppy in here 🥰

[@alexdoll4258]

Some people really think Michael is a schmuck that does William's bidding just for the sake of being contrarians, I wish Scott gave the characters more development instead of making us headcanon their personalities.

[@marcosgalvis3498]

Sadly with how FnaF games play like, it's very hard to put story while you are facing a screen,

[@ItsB1998]

That's because he is. A Micheal being alpha Chad is fanon

[@marcosgalvis3498]

@@ItsB1998 and is better than the canon.

[@syweb2]

Based on the logbook and some of his in-game behavior (like FNaF 4), he's a pretty snarky individual with what seems like a dry sense of humor. He also feels like he's the only sane person who realizes that Freddy's has absolutely insane stuff going on.

[@ManicFiction]

​@@ItsB1998Micheal following William was only BEFORE SL. After the events of SL, he'd have got it out of his system.

[@lilhusky8756]

Everyone says Michael is overrated, but he’s actually underrated since we don’t know a lot about him

[@elliotnutella8044]

I think Michael is one of the few characters in FNAF with a layered and consistent personality shown to us in FNAF 4, SL and The Logbook. I do think he's often misunderstood though, and some angry vengeful guy when he's really more snarky and chill. Since Mike is probably alive and the CEO of FE I do look forward to probably seeing more of him, and I also am really excited to see how he is depicted in the movie. I like Michael, he gud.

[@GRASS191]

Bro Micheals remneant literally burnt alive there is no proof or reason for micheal to be back he lost his Immortality and fully died in the fnaf 6 fire. Same with Elizabeth and William who is the most unkillable yea he didn't come back glitchtrap was just a Entity called the mimic legit mimicking one of the most powerful serial killers and then just kinda filtering a digital form of him william is still in hell that's right the aftons are completely gone they reconted that and I'm glad they did.

[@GRASS191]

Sorry for going crazy there but the aftons do not need to come back steel wool needs to produce their own goats and try to make their own protagonists engaging.

[@elliotnutella8044]

@@GRASS191 man shut yo annoying a-

[@revolv8379]

@@GRASS191 you're right that they probably should, but it doesn't mean they will lol. Glitchtrap is not confirmed to be part of the mimic, even if it is possible (and at this point, very likely). Glitchtrap, whether you like it or not, is a manifestation of William Afton in some form, whether it is him in digital form, a digital copy of his consciousness/being, or it is just the mimic program pretending to be him--Glitchtrap itself IS, for all intents and purposes, William Afton after FNAF 6, and Burntrap is even further proof considering it's literally a new version of Springtrap. The Blob existing with non-molten Funtime Freddy, Baby, Puppet, and the classic animatronics implies that there IS stuff after the FNAF 6 fire with these characters, and there is no reason it couldn't extend to Michael. You are also ignoring Michael's SL room in Security Breach and the commonly believed theory that he possesses Glamrock Freddy. Regardless of what you believe or how you feel about it, the Aftons have BEEN back in some form.

[@elliotsturtplus340]

⁠@@GRASS191yea please don’t do that I get it five nights of Freddy 6 should’ve been the ending, but for fuck‘s sake don’t go “no leave this be don’t make a theory on it because it bad” seriously just let people say what they want to say when it comes to future games and let people theorise in future fnaf games including bad ones like security breach and AR but yea I do agree with most of it I do believe to an extent that the Aftons are kinda gone but that’s the thing are the Aftons gone or is William gone because the way I see it there’s no reason for Micheal not to come back I mean bonnie kid came back and the blob is made up of lots of characters not every character has to be brand new in future fnaf games

[@raelogan]

Mike probably suffered the most for anyone who isn't a soul trapped in a spooky pizza robot.

[@EliRetroVHS642]

I do like Michael Afton he really is one of my favorite protagonist on horror stories There's just one thing that's convoluted but every story has a plot hole so it doesn't bother me

[@gabrote42]

Indeed

[@LewsTherinTelescope]

Ooh, a video actually incorporating Michael saying William sent him to free Elizabeth! It's so weird to me how people will cite every other sentence in that speech but then ignore that crucial detail. I'm inclined to think that he knew a bit more at the time he went down (and possibly even when William sent him other places-perhaps he guilted him by saying "all of this is to help bring your brother back and undo your crimes"?), but otherwise I agree with this.

[@do3807]

If I was Michael what I'd want to say, to pops the most is: "Dad, what the hell?"

[@ikaiju-eu9wn]

i love fnaf lore, i love how sci fi and ridiculous it became, it reminds me of jojo's bizarre adventure, i love how complicated it is, genuinely one of my favourite stories

[@Songal18]

I love Michael's character development in the games and I'm interested to see how he is in the movie. Hopefully he's a man of few words but meaningful words when it matters.

[@shadowkiller6637]

Making me hyped for Josh’s portrayal for Mike

[@kksmith2282]

I feel the same way. I am pumped for the Fnaf movie if only to see Michael get some justice in the franchise for once :D Everyone knows he's the protagonist of all these games but Scott still treats it like this big mystery. It feels like the equivalent of still suggesting that maybe purple guy is phone guy. So the movie will be nice in the sense that it should flat out "settle" some of the lore that should have been settled years ago.

[@anonymouslucario285]

Movie Mike isn't Michael

[@Snippyyy]

@@anonymouslucario285 tbf, he still could be, theres very little we know about the movies lore, maybe mike in the movie is the bastard son of william afton, maybe the reason his brother was kidnapped by said william afton in the middle of nowhere nebraska is because of some bad blood between mikes father, and william, who knows, only future movies will tell

[@loganentertainment1814]

Michael isn't pure. Originally, he intended to prank his brother, with no intention on killing him. That's his only flaw as a protagonist. He goes through all this pain and suffering to try to end his dads rain of terror, and atone for his sins, which truly shows he's a decent guy. Henry wasn't really a protagonist, because let's be honest, he was pretty neglectful with how he handled some things. Even when the robots had a bad smell with blood and mucus coming out, you'd think the police would try to have a warrant to search the robots, even when the 5 kids were never found. My guess is that they were paid off, because there's no way the cops would be that stupid. P.s. I've always wanted to see a Fnaf game that takes place in the public, where we're reading about the terrors that has happened at the Pizzaplex. And each and every day and night cycle, things start to change, and more things happen. Example: The bad ending where we escape the Pizzaplex: We could play as an investigator who's trying to find out what happened to the missing local residents. This could be a good opportunity to experience what it's like, outside the world of just being stuck inside a pizzeria. Anyone agree? Edit: Everyone has flaws, but that does’t completely define a human being (depending on the circumstances), it’s how they are now that matters most.

[@Solirhaps]

i dont think the thats the reason Michael is flawed as a protagonist. His first act as horrible person is whats makes him great in the mean time because of the development he's going and as a protagonist it really made us feel for him. All those negative aspects of him before turn into something beautifully writen whats makes it special when it comes to storytelling and character driven and development. I really DO hope the movie do justice about Michael, it should be mostly about redemption for Michael other than basic knowledge of what fnaf1 should also showcast.

[@margaretbush]

I don’t think having the lack of Pureness is a flaw…. It’s human… his character as a neglected teen with having the responsibility to take care of two adolescent children who are emotionally unstable is w very humanistic aspect of who he is…. Nobody is “pure” in the sense of doing no good/

[@loganentertainment1814]

That’s fair.

[@Andreabr77]

This is the best explanation for the character Mike. I hate the theory like Fuhnaff is getting out that basically says that Mike is a villain helping his father and Henry is the one trying to stop them. After years of us thinking that Mike was the hero it seems impossible to change the story his character like that. Michael has always been represented as the hero not the villain. I just can't see him doing bad things. I do basically agree with almost all you have said. Mike is jealous of his brother and that cause him to accidentally kill him in the bite of 83. I also think that Fnaf 4 is actually real and not a nightmare. The novels have revealed to us the illusion discs something that also exists in the game, and so the only better place to place them is fnaf 4 with the nightmares animatronics created by his father to give him some sort of guilt for having killed his son. In fact the private room showed that William was observing him. This would Mike an even more tragic charcter. Since he was a kid he was abused by his father and used as a mouse lab for his experiments. But then the way you interpreted could also work. For my opinion both of those could be canon. The I also like the idea that is recently popping out and that you used. And that is Mike being manipulated by his father and sent to location to do his dirty work. I think Mike was sent there by his father to do his work blindly without even knowing what exactly he was doing. He was probably sent there by William to retrieve the animatronic's endoskeleton. And Mike was doing all of this without knowing that he was basically collecting remnant haunted by the souls of the victim of his serial killer father. That would still make him innocent. I also thought a different thing. You know in the survival logbook Mike can communicate with spirits. Especially the golden Freddy spirits considering that one of them is his brother is still possible that after that Mike started suspecting about his father and that led him to take a job at Freddy's to somehow unmask his father's crimes. After all Mike then goes ti Sister location and get scooped and here he realizes who is father really. Mike story arch Is amazing and so well written. I really hope in the future we won't get the revelation of Mike being evil and Henry being good. That will basically ruin his amazing charcter. Amzing video anyways and sorry for the long comment!

[@addywood3966]

I agree!! I hate when people limit his character to just him being a bad brother and feeling bad for killing the CC. What makes the FNAF lore so great imo is his arc of redemption and heroism, he’s definitely a tragic and flawed character.

[@dr_m_93]

You’ve just earned a sub. I really like watching your videos. I personally think of Michael being a bitter man kind of stuck in the past, riddled with guilt over the bite of 83. He then turns into a purple corpse and becomes vengeful, seeking to undo what his father did. Although I can imagine him as being more snarky I guess

[@ccg8803]

This video is a perfect resume of everything you have to know about this character, and since he's the protagonist, actually this video could stand as a resume of the whole series.

[@jaddenn7660]

He was neglected by his father, He lost his sister, He began to despise his younger brother that he accidentally killed him, He spends the rest of his life filled with guilt and depression, and then his father manipulated him into doing his dirty work for him, He became a rotting walking purple corpse and then discovers the truth he was a son of a crazy Serial Killer Scientist Maniac, and then he got burned. I can't even explain how absolutely sad his character arc was. Michael's life was horrible

[@CharlieSimmer27]

michael is my fav human (well.. mostly human?) character in fnaf! i think he has so many layers and this video was a great analysis of him :)

[@juliabp6057]

I am curious about how the movie will portray Mike’s story. Even though it’s still debatable if he will actually be Michael Afton, I believe he still would have killed his brother, since his character’s description says Mike is full of guilty due to a past tragedy.

[@soomi5667]

Honestly it feels like it's more of Mike Schmidt and not Micheal Afton. But... it seems like it'll follow the same story beats as Micheal's story did. The similarities are just so hard to miss lol. I'm kinda wondering if this version mike, is like an opportunity for Scott to flesh out what he wanted to do with Micheal. It's really cool to think about.

[@worminaround]

Bippty boppity, Mike Smitdz is not Michael what a tragedy. I was a bit confused when watching the movie, did scott retconned the story i dunno

[@justanerd2402]

​@@worminaroundNo, the film is another universe, nothing to do with the games.

[@worminaround]

@@justanerd2402 i see so a different canon?

[@justanerd2402]

@@worminaround Yes, it's another story, the film doesn't change anything in the story of the games. There may be parallels but they are not the same characters and it is not the same story.

[@YourPapiMarc]

If I’m going to be honest here Michale Afton has always been one of my favorite characters. I always liked how his character was used going to look for William and being responsible for all of this. I enjoyed mikes character in the movie too (Even though I’m pretty sure he is more based on Michale Afton instead if being him)

[@whocaresaboutthename6850]

Mike is great imo

[@ikaiju-eu9wn]

i like the purple zombie, he is epic

[@VandoX579]

I know its been a while since this video was relased, but for me Mike is the most tragic character in the entire FNaF story, he murdered his own brother, worked in Freddy's location and saw these terrible things that happend, he was scooped and became a walking corpse, he fought with his own father and sister, still he got a happy ending he deserved

[@lanceferguson5197]

It makes no sense for the events of Sister location to happen after the events of FNAF 1 and 2. The establishments burned to the ground after each game. There's clearly a pattern when you take into account FNAF 3, which is in a fire we KNOW Michael set to burn his father. During FNAF 1 & 2, he's already on the war-path to come after dad, he's already been scooped, he's a zombie security guard.

[@ImpulseEvan37]

The only thing that suggests the restaurants burned is the phantoms being burned, which doesn’t matter since they’re hallucinations and were much more likely foreshadowing.

[@agonyremnanttrap6789]

The Unwanted Son

[@1Tombb]

Skill issue

[@lividellis2757]

More like unwanted children

[@aubergineman3205]

Good thing *I* never had a son

[@lividellis2757]

@@aubergineman3205 good thing you never had a wife after all you're the single slaughter🤣👌

[@irladovelasquez975]

Ngl Michael Afton might be my favorite character in franchise and I pretty sure Michael would come back but he's alive and he wants revenge of William afton

[@mapachw]

I had never seen this interpretation of the timeline. While I don't 100% agree, I find your version of the story really interesting as well!

[@gabrote42]

I adore Michael. He's my second favourite character in the franchise. We do get quite a lot to go on. chloesimagination on the funny camera platform is a good low-effort source, but what we see is a rick asley-looking dude who b00lli3d a kid, got scared straight, is tired, adores soap operas, identifies with Clara, is vengeful, has great acting skills, has a Darth Vader-like sense of humor, draws like a deity, is a very problematic businessperson, and adores/thinks about fire. That's quite a bit for the franchise, and makes him so endearing to me. Very zympathetic zombie 4:14 P sure he only went to FNaF2 and 1 and 3 because of the events of SL. Like, at most he worked at the first Freddy's (the one between Fredbear's and FNaF2) before SL

[@Crown_Kid]

6:54 the cut to him committing arson

[@FreddyandFriendsAdventure]

The crying child in the corner with no voice lines

[@justijess5233]

I'm not sure about mike in the movie, because they've completely changed his story, he's no longer a kid who let his anger and jealousy control him causing him to make a tragic mistake who later tries to make up for it and right the wrongs of his father. there are some elements there but i don't know, he doesn't really feel like the same character to me.

[@LuisLicona-n2m]

Michel Afton was never the hero he doomed everyone, he killed his own brother on his birthday, his father manipulated him on everything and melted down the endos of the mci into the Funtime William's orders so Michel Afton is an Anti-villain.

[@AllArtworks]

This is exactly what I believe!

[@hold_onto_anything]

why did the chica jumpscare at 41 seconds actually get me

[@adilmyrat3210]

God, I wish Michael Afton and Mike Schmidt were different characters. Like father and son

[@Wizardjones69]

The fangame the web of cogs and oil have ( im my opinion ) the best micheal, ennard not exit from his body ( just scrapbaby ) henry after commited suicide turns into a demon ( old man consequences) The machine its scrapbaby The trickster its the crying child And the jj from ucn turns into charlie. And in this universe, willian not turns into springtrap, he just the protagonist

[@silverbullet1620]

Fritz and Schmidt are common in the same language. Same with Mike and Smith. Fritz and Schmidt sound German. But I'm preaching to the choir on that one.

[@nerdyworld938]

Well only one way to find out about Michael afton and what his personality is and that’s to watch the fnaf movie on October 27th I believe the fnaf movie will answer a lot of questions

[@theraptorblue6675]

Be still, movie can be non Canon/change original story.

[@nerdyworld938]

@@theraptorblue6675 it’s most likely going to be like the books to where it’s in an alternate universe but some info from the books provide more insight into the games

[@dightmare]

I do like this don't git me wrong out of FNAF my favorite Character is probably CC and Mike

[@DalekOfChaos666]

Any plans on making a video on the erasure of The Afton Family being British in the movies?

[@ImpulseEvan37]

Nah I don’t really think that matters that much

[@dightmare]

To me I don't think FNAF4 takes place after but during FNAF1 night 1 cause we only hear FNAF1 night 1 phone call backwards and only that one backwards think about it 7 hours 7 nights 7 hours in the main gameplay of FNAF 12-6AM In the gameplay from FNAF4 we have 7 nights of the storytelling kinda SUS to me atleast Why I telling this theory IDK

[@Damienthoranita26]

Soo Michael just played a bunch of video games? 1:53

[@monke9326]

yo

[@ThomasTaylor258]

Yo

[@jakubgrono9070]

*_Yo_*

[@1Tombb]

Yo

[@NeutralDifference]

yawh

[@shannonpurviance4039]

Yo

[@gohstudio8012]

I believe Michael wasnt one in fnaf4. It was crying boy for sure like look at the size of the person by the door.

[@ImpulseEvan37]

No

[@gohstudio8012]

@@ImpulseEvan37 Oh so you are telling me that Michael is smaller than half door?

[@gohstudio8012]

@@ImpulseEvan37 Its literally obvious its "The Crying Child". Why else would there be the plushies if that boy was carrying it everywhere around, why else would Fredbear be the scariest animatronic? Trauma from its mouth obviously.

[@ImpulseEvan37]

No, the problem is just that you’re not understanding the concept behind the player being Michael. I’d recommend watching this video of mine to get a better grasp on the topic kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKHIZKicaZZ0n8k

[@whocaresaboutthename6850]

Nerd emoji moment Lmao, FNaF 4 gameplay is literally a dream

[@Joshchive]

So, do you believe that Mike works at FNAF 1 and 2 because William sent him?

[@Hapsetshut]

#Arsion! LOL

[@SpringsFNAFTime]

1:21 no no and no. I was planning on doing really similar video for this fnaf anniversary where I will tell the timeline of fnaf 1-4 the way people believed back then to be true. different but still I feel like you are stealing my idea through my mind so please stop digging in my mind.

[@niteshanthony2324]

hey we dont know each other but i hope ur doing well and I wanna say that GOD still loves u and wants u to be with him all u must do is trust in Jesus (dying for our sins on the cross) and repent of ur sins. GOD loves u more than u can imagine.🎉😊

[@ShadowMike202]

True fact: Michael is neither Mike Schmidt, Fritz Smith and the Fazbear Fright guard fans call Kevin Rodney, this is confirmed in the FNaF movie that Mike Schmidt has a sister by the name of Abby which is a short for Elizabeth, if he does return he will become a future Foxy animatronic.

[@chiefkeefswife]

7:01 bro did a bad take, stopped, and redid the sentence, but didnt edit it out 💀

[@vanyadolly]

It's a theory, but I think it would be helpful to separate lore from conjecture when there isn't much to support it, like who said Michael gave up on his mission at any point? Michael's personality or role in the story isn't really that of an abused and cowed child. If anything their personalities would make it more likely for CC to be the abused one. Siblings with narcissist parents often gang up on the one the parent dislikes.

[@TheUnrealRager]

Bro you're just copying matpats timeline! Since when does it say that the scooper INJECTS REMANT? It never says that, you're just making things up! Why would the scooper which is powered by remnant inject its own power source into animatronics that already contain remant? Why would you want to put MORE remnant into the endoskeletons which are going be scrapped?

[@ImpulseEvan37]

….. maybe check out the fnaf 6 insanity ending 💀

[@TheUnrealRager]

@@ImpulseEvan37 it just doesn't make any sense that's all

[@ImpulseEvan37]

It’s a fact tho

[@TheUnrealRager]

@@ImpulseEvan37 ok

[@alan_7390]

It says in the plane of the scooper in pizzeria simulator