Five Nights at Freddy's | Retrospective (FULL SERIES)

[@monkeman1424]

Fun fact: Scott did confirm that the ten in Baloon Boy’s FNAF 3 teaser was that there were supposed to be 9 more teasers like that counting down to release, but he ended up releasing it early

[@nsanelightning9934]

I remember that

[@MrMinecraftsman]

Damn, now I wanna see those lost teasers

[@Hiiragi1313]

@@MrMinecraftsman i think he never made them

[@sidecharacter3193]

@@MrMinecraftsman it probably would’ve been the phantoms So around 5 Then spring trap 6 Maybe the office 7 Vents 8 A death game 9 And probably the ending picture 10

[@Magik_Cloud495]

dude was pumping out like 2 games a year also relases both games early wow

[@wickedbunny2020]

My son loved this game. I honestly never watched him play because I hate jump scares but I’m watching for my son since he passed last year. Thank you for not scaring a old woman 😂

[@sentientprawnsuittheascend9219]

I’m sorry for your loss

[@aceofthorns]

Aw. That really sucks. Sorry that happened to you.

[@jxtm4931]

Sorry for your loss of your song liked five nights at Freddie’s I’m sure he was an awesome guy

[@4RG0AGARO]

you’re a hero of a person for watching this

[@jafie4787]

I hope you have a beautiful day, I'm certain if he was still here today he would thank you for taking a look at his interests. I can promise there are a few people that would love a mother like you.

[@cooperemmerton2692]

As an April fools joke Scott should release a remake of five nights at Freddy’s one called nonsupernatural edition and the animatronics do literally nothing the entire game

[@user-bo6vy5eg8g]

Maybe even have the building not run on two double A batteries!

[@clownetto981]

The only gameplay is a mini game where you make yourself a coffee

[@GeometryGuyPKM]

Scott fucking retired

[@panduvandal]

The gameplay is just sitting and maybe make coffee once in awhile

[@masterofyee1738]

Too bad he’s retired…

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

I always found the creepiest thing in the first game was Bonnie, in the room with the endoskeleton, just staring right at the camera. Up until that point, it's ambiguous if there truly is something evil about the animatronics, or if Phone Guy's theory that they'll stuff you into a suit because they think you're an endoskeleton is right. Then Bonnie stands in a room, right beside an endoskeleton, completely ignores it, and just stares directly at you instead: that's when you know they truly DO want to hurt you.

[@lunarequine7734]

I have not played any of the FNAF games in years, let alone FNAF 1 and to this day that particular camera screen of eyeless Bonnie staring at the camera and the night 5 phone call are still recurring nightmares for me to this day. Nothing has ever stood out to me in a horror game quite the same way.

[@MrSlendyMannn]

That and the fact that the endoskeleton itself is also staring at you along with Bonnie. Legit the most unnerving thing I’ve seen in a horror game to date.

[@endstoneninja3845]

That’s such a clever detail!

[@thsamo-jb2eq]

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[@greedy9310]

the idea that Mike Afton is all of the night guards is actually quite intriguing, as it offers a convincing argument as to why the animatronics would go after him; as he says in sister location, he looks like his father.

[@traydeslavic1421]

It is, we basically follow Micheal on his "journey" to find his dad and kill him. The animatronics only wanted to attack the man that had caused this to them, William. Mike being his son must have alot of similarities to dad so they would confuse him with William. The toy animatronics attacking were due to the fact that Henry had made them to detect when william would be in the building (again confusing Michael with William). The only game we don't play as Michael is fnaf 4 where we play as Michael's brother, the victim of the bite of 87

[@LckD008]

@@traydeslavic1421 but wasn't the crying child the victim of the bite of 83? Mike wouldn't have a reason to scare his brother if he already knew about his dad's killings (if we were to go with your theory).

[@clownemoji5395]

@@traydeslavic1421 the victim of the bite of '87 was a security guard, the crying child was the victim of the bite of '83

[@boonemorris]

From what I remember, he is the night guard for the 1st, 5th and Pizza Sim. The 1st is most telling since he looks like his dad and the animatronics are out for revenge, though it doesn't explain why the animatronics want to kill the night guards in fnaf 2. The 4th is obvious since he was told to go there by his father, and in pizza sim when his soul is set free along with everyone else

[@clownemoji5395]

@@boonemorris he's the guard for the 3rd too!

[@amatanata]

I like the fact that the menu for fnaf 4 looks like a house overlooked by bushes until you look a bit closer and realize that’s not leaves, that’s a jaw.

[@Penguinman2.0]

I never realized. Creepy!

[@zombie2743]

Did you really not see the animatronics?

[@amatanata]

@@zombie2743 no I thought they were leaves and tree branches

[@zombie2743]

@@amatanata really that's interesting, because I saw it from the start

[@FLESHTHING]

I actually never noticed that until now! Thank you for pointing that out!

[@acidusk]

It's weird that 8 year old me was obsessed with a story about man who murdered children and then was murdered by the children's vengeful spirits in a haunted chucky cheeses.

[@deeeenisttv]

People don't give kids enough credit for what they can handle. Heck lion king is a movie about a ruthless dictator killing his brother in front of his son. And any parent would let their 5 year old watch it

[@acidusk]

@@deeeenisttv true

[@hokutonomango]

yes

[@dameeen9132]

yes

[@luigi7834]

Not really. Lots of kids during that time were. And there are still some!!

[@jason3525]

I fell asleep while watching this video because I was so tired and woke up to Mark saying “The bite of 87” ,pulled me out of my sleep so fast

[@CaitlinMagness]

*wakes up in a cold sweat* WAS THAT THE BITE OF ‘87?

[@lightbulbsoncrack8666]

Oh Lord same. It was freaky my heart was pounding and beating so fast

[@citizenvulpes4562]

"Is that the bite of 87!?!?"

[@TheGuyWithAnOldBuick]

not even capping i just woke up to when the guy was freaking out that he beat 50 mode or whatever on custom night, bout had a stroke lol

[@hondaboys_420]

i’ll put these long form fnaf videos on to sleep and EVERY SINGLE ONE uses that clip, it’s engraved in my brain

[@skybingus]

Sorry I can’t come over for Christmas dinner, I’m busy watching a 4 hour retrospective of fnaf gameplay and lore

[@Wind_Is_Cool_Af]

lol

[@bigblue207]

I'm astounded at least 2100 people have seen this video in 2 weeks Then again I guess security breach did just come out

[@dunndorr5651]

Lmao

[@doggo8097]

only two hours if you watch in 2x speed (Chadly)

[@lycaptain]

yes.

[@vaclavbastl500]

I still cannot believe that FNAF 1 was released almost *7 YEARS* ago, it feels like yesterday when I was 12 and all I did after school was watching FNAF videos and theories.

[@mayabradley4950]

7? Years? Ago? Holy shit. I was just a kid. I remember these games like the back of my hand, yet I haven’t looked into it in years. Damn.

[@krimznkomet4890]

7 years ago I was 8

[@apricoticpeaches]

@@krimznkomet4890 I was 8-9 holy shit I feel old and young at the same time

[@marink7332]

feels like just yesterday that i heard someone on the bus go "have you hear about five nights at freddys?" and thus began my journey

[@krimznkomet4890]

@@marink7332 dam

[@nintendogh0st]

the fact that i get to say i lived through this and got to experience almost every release, teaser, theory, weird fan art or fanfic lmao makes me feel oddly happy edit: the release of security breach has violently shoved me back into my fnaf phase so that's fun :)

[@deaditalianguy7353]

Same. A once in a lifetime experience

[@allinory]

Same

[@huncho2816]

same bruh

[@rash9648]

same

[@KiwiSpartan01]

From the start, thanks to the algorithm

[@riden1234567]

1:20:41 I love how, in his panic, mark just aggressively greets the things that's about to kill him

[@musicfreak8852]

I do that too! Idk if it's from watching his videos, but that is my reaction a lot lol

[@UncleHyena]

@@musicfreak8852 same here! Friendly? “Hello, hi? Heyyy how’s it going bro I just-“ lives in my head rent free

[@Brigeb20]

Remembering that time he started flirting with springtrap

[@riden1234567]

990 likes? Jesus christ guys, it wasn't that funny?

[@katherine_rosalita]

@@riden1234567 yeah but we all agree, so get liked

[@AgentChick]

Huh, on retrospect Golden Freddy saying the whole "It's me" thing makes a lot of sense in the first game now. if you're playing as Michael Afton, it's kinda fitting that you'd see Fredbear as a hallucination reminding you of his brother, or maybe his brother literally haunting you as a spirit.

[@bagged_snot]

ive heard its his brother trying to tell mike that "its me, your younger brother"

[@brodiemorris2081]

@@bagged_snot I thought that was exactly what it was

[@nepotic]

that's what i think but then everyone says golden freddy is cassidy or the one you should not have killed. some what confusing to me

[@AgentChick]

@@nepotic Is Michael's younger brother's name stated anywhere? For all we know he could be called Cassidy.

[@kitsune630]

@@nepotic im pretty sure that Matpat made a theory that theres two spirits inside Golden Freddy, Mikes brother and Cassidy

[@kamaljohnson2200]

Love that Scott's reaction to the lumber game criticisms was spite and just "oh haha you thought THAT was scary. just wait" What a creative way to listen to criticism

[@uhuju1]

Diference between failure and growth is how we keep.going!

[@xem_ity]

he really went “fuck it, lets embrace the bad shit to make good shit”

[@fortressdestroyer]

@@xem_ity and he did indeed make good shit

[@themaninthechair4338]

YanDev could learn from him

[@brambojr4298]

@@themaninthechair4338 big fax

[@vedacia2438]

I like how the only reaction phone guy has to his imminent death is “oh no”

[@davidhong1934]

Presumably the Knuckles sound effect

[@therealmania]

@@davidhong1934 Knuckles sound effect?

[@charadreemurr8673]

@@therealmania kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZynfq1ootFjndk Sonic adventure

[@guncatto2625]

@@davidhong1934 lmao

[@Gobershmat]

I mean if a giant murder robot walked up to you, and you knew it was going to kill you soon and there was no way to prevent it what would you think? For me it would be one of the following. Well nuts, ah shit, huh, or oh no.

[@felsiccanis]

I am SO GLAD someone else finally appreciates how fucked up and creepy withered Chica looks. That impossibly large, unhinged jaw, the huge eye sockets giving her a permanent, almost scream-like look, making her look like a horrifying cornered creature, her massive stance, withered Chica is perfect.

[@nota444tm2]

People always said withered bonnie was the scariest. But withered chica ALWAYS and to this day scares me due to how dead she is. Her eyelids gone, the broken jaw making her looking like she's screaming. She's got everything to look terrifying. While bonnie just looks badass. And then there's the fact she's posessed by the 2nd angriest spirit susie. Who had her dead dog used to manipulate her into getting the afton treatment. I akways thought she kills you by biting you but... It seems that she bashes your face with hers. And her voice being rightfully pissed, and when she speaks..i always imagine her head is CONSTANTLY shaking left and right. She hates being like this. Whereas bonnie just...drowns his depression with face puns.

[@ashtremble]

It is really terrifying but the T pose meme thing ruins it for me

[@swagmessiah37]

i think it freaks me out just because of party_room.mp4

[@lordnoot9865]

Fr like bro the fact that she has no eyelids as well so she just stares into your soul

[@epicman1232]

@@nota444tm2 W. Chica is Punk W. Bonnie is Goth

[@MichealllA]

"I am still here." No shit, Mr I Always Come Back, the guy who burned to death twice, was stuck in hell, got his brain copied into a VR game, and is now trying to use mind control to gain new followers.

[@Ghostcamp.]

Dude’s never gonna leave lmao

[@calebflanthier9543]

Imagine this comment time traveling to 2015. The confusion it would cause

[@randomguyonyoutube8844]

@@Ghostcamp. some would say he's never gonna run away and desert you

[@toby42_]

@@calebflanthier9543 I can’t even imagine the amount of theory’s that it would fuel-

[@calebflanthier9543]

@@toby42_ it would be hilarious in retrospective

[@realfromtherealreality4148]

Honestly your restrospective series, is one of the best nostalgia trip ever, so I hope you'll continue with other liscences even outside of Fnaf. (Like you did with Little Nightmares.)

[@Leiveyy]

Yeah it’s insanely well made I’ve never seen this kind of this before and I absolutely love it

[@theravenman]

Its not a nostalgia trip

[@ello-olle]

@@theravenman why not

[@Leiveyy]

@@theravenman were you there from the first game? Do you know what nostalgia means?

[@theravenman]

@@Leiveyy yeah i know. its just a video game that people enjoyed.

[@vish5942]

regarding the "guard names" it's highly likely we play as michael afton in a lot of games he named himself after the dead kids cause when a guy got fired for "tampering + odor" he's likely to be blacklisted so he'd need a new name

[@TheScholarabull]

Also the odor is probably due to Mike being “dead”

[@littleredruri]

@@TheScholarabull "bro why do you look and smell like a rotting corpse" "haven't showered since 83"

[@everybodyknowslego]

Jeremy most likely isn't Michael, as he gets transferred to the day shift and probably ends up as the victim of the Bite of '87. Fritz Smith meanwhile, is Michael, as he was the one who ends up getting fired.

[@TheScholarabull]

@@everybodyknowslego right he was the stinky one?

[@spitgorge2021]

@@everybodyknowslego fritz is also the name of one of the children

[@liesebeam8910]

Even if the toy animatronics and the funtime animatronics looking similar isnt intentional, i like the narrative difference between them. Henry made the toys with a criminal database in their minds to indentify creeps and get rid of them to protect the kids, and the fun times were made to lure and trap those same kids by William. I love it

[@MrSlendyMannn]

Never thought about that dynamic between the two versions. Makes it more interesting for sure.

[@bartekisbad6959]

"Relax, Toy Freddy is retired. He sits in the Parts and Service room playing video games..." What a gamer

[@hoogachakahoogahooga]

Gamer Animatronic Bath Water

[@livi_babe4782]

Toy Freddy bath water

[@chariotwiggly]

Children's action figure freddy who plays videogames bath water

[@canadiancupcake2443]

based freddy

[@4RG0AGARO]

@@hoogachakahoogahooga i hate that this is funny

[@leona067]

i was literally thinking of either a shortened, revamped compilation of the entire series into one, or just a compilation of the videos. my man really delivered without me having to say a thing

[@SOBEKCrocodileGod]

Me too

[@citizenvulpes4562]

I love how the game has freddy in it's name, but he isn't even the most important animatronic.

[@hannahbarrett6259]

word

[@bitbot9834]

Its not even five nights either!

[@baduizm17]

@@bitbot9834 it kind of is. The other nights are literally called overtime in the first 2 games and talk about how you aren’t supposed to be there

[@matthewjenks5615]

@@baduizm17 true

[@arrotoscape1659]

True stuff. Springtrap, marionette and baby are more important than Freddy himself 🤣

[@elyartsy]

i love hearing people talk about things i enjoy even if i already know a lot about the subject, i’ve been into fnaf since i was 10 and i still listen through explanation videos like this:]

[@rainofstars00]

same here! i used to be a walking encyclopedia of fnaf theories, lore, and headcanons, and although i haven't interacted with anything fnaf in a very long time, it was very nice to see this door into the past in my recommendations :D

[@hana-a-cha]

Huh, interesting, it's the opposite for me tbh. I find it fascinating listening to people talk about things they enjoy, especially if I barely know anything about that. Which is why I'm here.

[@YokiDokiPanic]

I work at an indoor playground/restaurant. And closing up in the winter months when it's dark early is a nightmare because of this game. I once almost passed out scared when someone forgot to turn off the motion-detecting orangutan animatronic and it starts waving a banana in my face and making "oomph" noises.

[@peenywallie]

smh this nigga gets to play fnaf in real life and complains about it

[@lexudary.]

Would you really want fnaf to be real?

[@YokiDokiPanic]

@@lexudary. Me? No. I'm good. I don't want the ape to try and kill me, thanks.

[@belovedinsomniac]

AYO thats funny ass hell

[@Oswald7951]

bro if i were u i would start bolting in the opposite direction with that orangutan.

[@vroomvroom8503]

I feel the Scott always delivered games early on purpose. He makes the dates longer than he needs. So all problems can be solved and be doesn't get backlash from it being late. It's also kinda phycological. People being happier when something is done sooner or on time.

[@thenoseguy]

*cough cough* Security Breach *cough cough*

[@alf4ndro]

@@thenoseguy that was developed by steel wool

[@thenoseguy]

@@alf4ndro True.

[@Doctormario4600]

Unlike 99.999% of game developers

[@BrawlerGamma]

Underpromise, overdeliver. 😎

[@toxibug]

This took "guys be quiet he's explaining the fnaf lore" meme to a whole new level

[@luzdoalem]

i like the spencer reid one that goes "you see, the interesting thing is- cites entire fnaf lore"

[@alocalarsonist]

"Guys be Quiet, He's explaining the entire retrospective of the entire FNaF series!"

[@Happy8008]

be quite guys he's exploring the FNAF lore

[@m4x756]

У у как у тебя ляйщецу🙋‍♂️🌺🌺Яны чфЫ куч авскДццууныниях аж

[@m4x756]

@@alocalarsonist я

[@hairje1340]

That Bonnie with the void holes for eyes with only small white dots for pupils never fails to install the latest version of fear in me

[@lilbroomstick2410]

The freddy image with bloodshot eyes staring at you scares me since day 1

[@rainofstars00]

"install the latest version of fear in me" is a STELLAR phrase, thank you for your contribution to the english language

[@robert__]

Install the latest version of fear lmfaooo

[@gdswe3per8413]

This guy had 4 hours to throw in a random jumpscare and he didn't. Mad respect.

[@theresaclark9848]

Thinking the same damn thing.

[@GhaniKeSawah]

i literally thought he was gonna do it thanks for telling me there isn't

[@spork1515]

What about 3:08:21

[@gdswe3per8413]

@@spork1515 huh. must've missed that one.

[@StormDracoX]

Still there's some other jumpscares like the one in 10:10, but he "technically" warn it in advance

[@Off-Brand08]

“The darkest pit of hell has opened up for you, so don’t keep the devil waiting” is such good writing

[@EternallyEve]

The entire quote is amazing, with him not directly mentioning William but instead saying "one of you", yet also ending it with saying "old friend." Like fuck that's insanely good for the funny chuck e cheese series

[@stutterman176]

rawest monologue of the decade

[@screamsintothevoid9968]

Yeah sure

[@Chonkems]

It's like Bradford in XCOM, you'd expect him to be a generic army command guy, but he's got his own fully voiced and written opinions and thoughts. He also hates ADVENT Burger.

[@ech8157]

The darkest pit of hell has opened to swallow you whole, so don't keep the devil waiting, old friend.* if my memory serves

[@zypper7213]

I genuinely forgot there was a time where the names "Afton" and "Henry" held no weight outside of the books, really weird seeing this since at a certain point I was the kinda person to hear any theory and immediately accept it as fact so MatPat spent years frying my brain with all his theory retcons lmao

[@milesperhour7098]

yeah, i remember when william was simply called vincent

[@ron133.]

0101

[@delightfully-idle1845]

@@milesperhour7098 The vincent days were awful, also about how people decided that he also was terrified of needles and obsessed with toast

[@gr8cescale]

@@delightfully-idle1845 omg Vincent my baby xoxoxo

[@creatureman5636]

@@gr8cescale huh?

[@computey]

Man, Sagan is really pushing that 10 minute mark

[@daahorse1652]

WTH is your Pfp?

[@computey]

@@daahorse1652 it's a random chip I found in a chip bag lol

[@davidbanan.]

​@@computeydamn, thats pretty ballin

[@computey]

@@davidbanan. Thanks man

[@computey]

Sorry I changed it :(

[@kelsbells9205]

Scott is honestly such a talented artist/designer when it comes to 3D models and animations imo. You can tell throughout the series that the fanbase providing him with so much support let him flex his creative muscles and play around with the ideas that he wanted. My favorite designs for the animatronics themselves came from FNAF 2 and Sister Location- I loved how he was able to make the Toys, Withered, and Funtime animatronics look like they all have different weights to them. For instance, the Funtime animatronics look extremely heavy and made of actual metals instead of plastic or velvet.

[@tsrenis]

If only the same effort was made when Funko was making the merchandise

[@ratofthecity6351]

its a shame hes homophobic :(

[@jorgedoering5439]

@@ratofthecity6351 he is not, stop spreading misinformation.

[@jacobpommer3825]

@@ratofthecity6351 he's not

[@bitbot9834]

@@ratofthecity6351 stop listening to twitter

[@frst.4633]

i love how fnaf was magically just like "hey lets be relevant again"

[@batbat1209]

I think it was due to COVID and the quarantine giving everybody nothing else to do but stay on the internet 24/7. I feel like FNAF is a comfort topic of a lot of people because it brings back childhood nostalgia while also still being really entertaining at the same time

[@UNowen255]

five night fredy

[@gmodiscool14]

@@UNowen255 juspare

[@ndgulli1225]

@@batbat1209 Also might be because security breach was supposed to come out recently......

[@corvidax]

@@gmodiscool14 scawy robts

[@Dinomater_]

I never really realized how many games was released over only a few years, with most of them released even earlier than planned. That's really impressive, especially looking at the quality of the games

[@christopheresquire947]

Scott Cauthon was a great game developer, and he definitely gave us a ton of lore to theorize about

[@PoptartParasol]

I guess it helped having, like, 7 kids to provide for. That's sure to give you motivation to quickly get your game done for release. But he really loved the lore of his own game too so I'm sure it was mostly passion

[@SilentProti]

@@PoptartParasol don't know how old his kids are, but I assume Scott and his wife would decide to not have so many children if they couldn't afford it

[@cantthinkofaname5046]

@@SilentProti that’s not how that works

[@SilentProti]

@@cantthinkofaname5046 yeah, sure, there are no methods to prevent pregnancy other than "natural" ones

[@aromaladyellie]

I. Love. Your. Subtitler. Not only did they put in all your words, not ONLY just the bigger sound effects, BUT ALSO THE SONGS USED and the minor sound effects. The only one missing is that really unsettling noise from FNAF2 that sounds like laughing when you're looking through Freddy's eyes. My best guess for why there are children and night guards with the same name is Mike, Fritz, and Jeremy *are all Michael Afton* and he named himself after his father's victims when posing as someone else.

[@unHolyEvelyn]

People do believe that Fritz is Michael, but the common consensus is that Jeremy was a separate guard and was moved to the day shift.

[@OurinWallace]

​@@unHolyEvelynBut don't you get fired at the end of 10/20 mode? Why would he get moved to day shift if he was fired?

[@MorticianCady]

To any of you who are potentially unaware, in the second game, the tune for winding up the music box is called 'Grandfather clock'. A grim and morbid song about a grandfather's clock that stopped ticking when he passed on. In my opinion a great tie in for what the puppet does and how when the tune ends, it game ends you.

[@felsiccanis]

You mean the music that's playing constantly in the prize corner? Because if so, that makes it even creepier that I had an old cuckoo clock toy as a really young child that played that exact same tune. I'm p sure it was from my mom's childhood, so it was already a good amount of decades old by the time I had it in the early-mid 2000s

[@randomtexanguy9563]

And then there’s a grandfather clock in FNAF 4

[@the-enderwoman8653]

@@randomtexanguy9563fnaf 4 and stranger things 4

[@lazyguy3212]

I’m also pretty sure that’s why it’s called a grandfather clock. Because the clock stopped working when the grandfather died.

[@komradekalashnikov40k18]

I love the tune tho it fuckin rocks

[@77pk69]

this man is so skilled that he played fnaf without even touching and looking at his mouse, keyboard and monitor

[@ezzymo1]

Skill

[@letsdodapumpkin7999]

Can’t wait for the whoosh

[@Dozerz]

@@letsdodapumpkin7999 uhh did you know that jokes exist

[@letsdodapumpkin7999]

@@Dozerz bruh, I am waiting for the guy who will say “BuT iTs REcoRdEd gAmEPlaY!1!!!1”

[@bigm00dthesergalgamer]

@@letsdodapumpkin7999 BuT iTs REcoRdEd gAmEPlaY!1!!!1

[@bonniebunbuns1782]

Oh wow this is longer then Endgame, good thing I had a bag of popcorn in my cupboard

[@custommediacreations]

Just like Michael watching The Immortal and The Restless.

[@toofyboofy]

@@custommediacreations Make sure to pack your exotic butters

[@alexielouisl.8462]

It takes more time to unwrap the whole fnaf series before FNaF Special Delivery than the entirety of Endgame, literally.

[@bonniebunbuns1782]

@@alexielouisl.8462 IG

[@custommediacreations]

@@toofyboofy will do.

[@anonymousburrito4743]

Even though its a small detail, I love the use of "He/Him" and "She/Her" interchangeably when talking about mangle Its so subtle and almost invisible, but its a very nice detail in the script.

[@UrosFred]

Mangles canon gender is "yes"

[@trillberd]

@@UrosFred i love that scott post so much lmao

[@sourcesauce]

pronoun goblins

[@lucapangrazi9217]

I love how in the span of 8 years we went from "the ghosts of the children possesed the robots cause they where stuffed inside them" to "william was experimenting to reach inmortality so he killed the kids to harvest their remnant and then just hide the bodies but elizabeth had other plans to try and stop william so she made their souls posses the robots till they managed to get tevenge but they werent the only souls traped because of williams remnant experiments so Clizabeth, Crying Child and Cassidy stayed behind after stuffing william inside the spring bonnie suit to try and stop him until the presumed dead co owner of the pizzeria and williams son corpse reunited everyone and set them on fire"

[@Ludwig_Perpenhente]

I feel like everyone who was a fan since FNAF 1-4 are probably jaded at this point.

[@Manglet762]

My eyes started glazing over at "reaching immortality". I wish FNAf still had a kind-of-but-not-extremely-silly story like when it first released.

[@claymore339]

fnaf lore at this point remembers me a lot to cod zombies lore: it started as a simple minigame but got insanely convoluted and now there's this whole fantasy alternate universe type deal

[@yochior]

@@claymore339 you sir are totally right

[@wowitsjay]

@@Ludwig_Perpenhente I had been a FNAF fan since Markiplier first uploaded his first FNAF video in 2014, and I haven’t paid attention to the lore since the fourth game. Too convoluted for my tastes lol.

[@thefinalfrontear]

the idea that william murdered henry’s daughter and henry tried so hard to convince himself she a) just disappeared and wasn’t murdered b) was murdered by someone other than william and c) william just needed to get it out of his system and he’d be better after that, is something that’s so fucking terrifying because of how actually plausible it it, despite how disgusted we should be with henry for turning a blind eye in pursuit of his friendship and a dream of success, even after he lost his daughter. there are plenty of men who stay friends with predators, abusers, people who hurt their own and other’s families, because they don’t want to lose the opportunity that their relationship to this well-connected, successful, *completely* horrific person might bring them. no wonder henry lost himself to guilt like that. he probably deserves it.

[@tigerkite9520]

As a survivor, yeah. This is very eerily true

[@jacktheripper7735]

At least he redeemed himself in the en- Security Breach: Allow me to introduce myself.

[@dragonheart1236]

@@jacktheripper7735 well, he tried

[@r3doctave657]

I feel this is more a problem that Vanny fell into hero-worship of William Afton, for reasons that are not explained yet. ^^;;

[@dragonheart1236]

@@r3doctave657 yeah...... That's not what happened at all. She was brainwashed some time during the events of Help Wanted

[@tetsupannn]

Fun fact! Michael Afton's silhouette with the purple eyes from Sister Location is Rick Astley

[@atrociousbean4096]

I guess you can say he never give finding his father up and never let his body die. (Why did I make this?)

[@arandommemer9926]

Now I just want that to be actual FNAF lore (I mean considering how insane FNAF is nowadays, I wouldn't put it past them)

[@fading_cinder7513]

They are both British so it’s probably canon

[@somnodaur8064]

@@fading_cinder7513 RICK IS BRITISH??

[@gamerdudeorsomething]

We got rick rolled in the best way ever

[@jakemallory12]

10:54 hey I wanna add Scott confirmed he saw that movie as a child and it freaked him out enough to stay with him when he was making the game

[@THERATSANDTHERATS]

I think my favorite theory in the past was that Springtrap moves the way he does in fnaf 3 was that hes moving like a measured killer, hes not jumping at you and screaming, hes effectively stalking you and waiting for the right moment

[@Styxintheriver]

Makes more goddamn sense than "iS spRinGtRrAP A gOOd GuY?"

[@lzrshark617]

@@Styxintheriver Bruh, who the fuck came up with _that_ one? To steal a quote, "that represents a level of reading comprehension that I think is in a negative score". That feels parallel to the time I workshopped an excerpt of a piece in class and I could tell that one person had skimmed it at best, if they even read it at all, bc they talked about how they thought the 2 characters in question "could be great friends". The interaction on the page was the villain taunting the protag about how she'd killed his father and her showing off some of his old possessions that she'd kept as trophies to rub it in further. It made me have a brief existential crisis about whether or not I'd completely failed in writing the scene, until I both bounced it off more ppl from the writing club and read the other workshop responses and found that that person's misinterpretation was a fluke/no one else had an issue with it

[@sirhamster612]

@@anti8545 xd

[@jart1984]

@@lzrshark617 im not gonna read all that shit but ok

[@ashikjaman1940]

@@anti8545 do you think that's a lot of text? Cause frankly I feel bad for you if you do

[@KaiDrawsShit03]

One of my favorite eras of the FNAF fandom was actually the “Mangles Gender” debate. I remember Scott was asked about it and his answer was basically just “yeah, Mangle sure does have gender”. People took it so seriously it was hilarious.

[@fandomcringebucket]

I mean, he's not wrong. Mangle sure is Gender(TM).

[@chloemorris7107]

@Sitting Duck Yes, Yes it was

[@neoe5970]

A part of growing up is realizing that mangle/funtime foxy don't need to have a binary gender

[@RickachuCXVI]

There's a joke in fnaf world where he uses both him and her in the loading screen description for mangle

[@standard-carrier-wo-chan]

Don't you guys get it? There are three genders: male, female, and Mangle.

[@Im.A1ex]

These random inserts of Markiplier shouting are killing me

[@nicholasnosenchuck757]

WaS tHaT tHe BiTe Of EiGhTy-SeVeN?

[@ahdumh]

He is and will always be the king of FNaF

[@fyeplays1717]

@@ahdumh Glad I miss out on that then, idk how people watch the guy.

[@SoapCkat]

@@fyeplays1717 now he's more entertaining and not as loud as before he's really changed you should watch him if you want

[@LennyLenward]

@@SoapCkat he is pretty chill and down to earth now imo

[@stanvbs]

The way he refers to mangle as she and he is so real i love that

[@hyjinx1889]

we love a genderfluid any pronouns queen

[@JaceFaller]

​@@hyjinx1889 king, queen and everything in between

[@Lapeocon]

​@@JaceFallerThat is an excellent phrase and I am stealing it.

[@snipsnap004]

I think we can all agree that Henry's monologue in the lore ending of fnaf 6 is incredibly badass

[@louis1723]

Yeah, but it is sadly the only good part of FNAF 6's ending.

[@yellowbananago]

And they had to disrespect my boy because Afton ALWAYS has to come back

[@foquitajeej2399]

@@louis1723 wrong

[@louis1723]

@@foquitajeej2399 nah, FNAF 6 was a garbage ending except in how it was presented.

[@louis1723]

@@Jmathington I do not agree.

[@vincentthe1st]

Switching between him to her whilst talking about Mangle? Thats faithful writing

[@oranplan1630]

Mangle is the genderfluid icon we deserve /j

[@BIGDADDUI]

@@oranplan1630 don't put /j we all know it's a joke

[@oranplan1630]

@@BIGDADDUI no

[@BIGDADDUI]

@@oranplan1630 well but those "others" may be sensitive pricks who don't have a sense of humor

[@cliffhanngerr]

@@BIGDADDUI OR maybe they just have a hard time understanding tone through text /nm

[@madeofmeats]

My theory for “it’s me” refers to Cassidy being like “I lived bitch” Edit: guys I’m aware there’s two spirits in GF, I was making a joke

[@kingd8232]

"Guess who, you purple fucker!"

[@theonlyMoancore]

To quote Terry Crews: "GUESS WHO? IT'S ME! GOODBYE!"

[@guacolea]

Duh.

[@normanbuscaino6468]

Cassidy: IT'S ME, THE ONE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE KILLED

[@madeofmeats]

@Nobody I thought it was pretty much confirmed that Cassidy is in Golden Freddy?

[@wawayalert]

I put on Jerma compilations when I sleep, and this auto played. I woke up at around 2:12:00, so I thought I was watching a Jerma clip of him reciting FNAF lore fluently

[@TheBina737]

can’t believe springtrap broke into this person’s house to give them a haircut

[@theeeveeladvalentin2354]

Underrated comment

[@SilentProti]

I look at him and have to remember it's not NateWantsToBattle

[@Jamulien]

Take a drink every time Markiplier says “Was that the Bite of 87?”

[@notjebbutstillakerbal]

YOU ARE DEAD

[@notjebbutstillakerbal]

DEAD DEAD

[@neribelsuarez8517]

id die to the radiation.😂😂

[@Akihina3514]

I don't want to ruin my liver.

[@nightshadehelis9821]

I'm honestly so sick of this phrase. The fan theories got downright rediculous.

[@azathoththeprimalchaos2289]

The fnaf music he used at the end never fails to bring that nostalgia. Especially those fnaf 3 minigame songs

[@carnelianexile]

When I finished this, I was like 'that was a really cool hour and a half long video!'. Then I looked at the time and realized it had been nearly four hours. Good job on making something so engaging you can literally lose track of time while watching!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

No wonder MatPat can make so many theories about this expansive lore

[@Yoruharu]

damn, i think its a first for me to see your comment having a low amount of likes

[@SlickJarl.]

@@Yoruharu I’ve seen Justin y. With 14 likes

[@imwaffle4683]

Everywhere I go I see his face

[@poffydaisy5134]

@@SlickJarl. well deserves. He is unfunny af lmao

[@EngagingOverImmersive]

I see you like 10 times more than Justin y good job

[@Koomoee]

The passive aggression towards mattpatt throughout the entire video had me dying lmao

[@omiartz]

he reminds me of mattpatt like hes his brother or something

[@matthewjenks5615]

Nylon

[@IgnisPeaks]

it's matpat lol

[@Koomoee]

🤓uM aKsUaLly iTs mAtPat LoL. Jokes aside, I hardly watch the guy anymore but I appriciate the correction I guess.

[@IgnisPeaks]

@@Koomoee Hey, i didn't mean it to sound so nerdy or rude, i only wanted to correct a mistake. Sorry if it did.

[@dangarbagecanman]

Hell yeah, in one year when I forget this whole thing I can rewatch it again!

[@alexslife4652]

I was too young/didn't have any access to the internet when all this was going on so it's so cool to hear all of what I missed out on and brings me so much nostalgia on the things I grew up with later on

[@LPTV84]

I know exactly what you mean. I grew up a decade after my fav franchise came out, so I missed out on cartoons and sequels when they came out, but because I saw them as a kid in the 00s, I feel nostalgic for that stuff even if it was before my time.

[@funnyhahax3679]

3 whole ass hours, this will be good

[@nuclear1307]

4 almost

[@silkily]

47 minutes ago. how is it?

[@Sockren]

@@silkily 1 hour ago. not him but its great

[@funnyhahax3679]

@@silkily I can confirm that it was a banger

[@jetstreamattano4176]

Yes

[@-sanju-]

Take a shot every time Sagan says "We'll talk about that later" or "We'll get back to that later".

[@dragonslibrary9207]

Your liver will implode

[@hellofend4734]

I dont want to

[@Maukiki]

i dont wanna turn into demoman

[@obamalover77]

You would literally die.

[@caramel9154]

im dead.

[@TheKingOfCrocs]

Scott won't tell us the full story. Let's motivate him with a controlled shock.

[@c.skyrie3434]

Cuz he doesn't have a full story. He's making it up as he goes and he can't even remember what he was writting, that's why it's still in pieces with lots of retcons

[@x8bitpixel]

@@c.skyrie3434 actually it’s more of he was originally making it up but now he has a clear idea of what he wants, and is teasing it until the finale.

[@Maxllerrelic]

@@x8bitpixel even tho most people like me already know the story it just needs an ending

[@x8bitpixel]

@@Maxllerrelic Agreed ngl.

[@Hellwaterva]

That was suddenly odd

[@AluminumFusion22]

I think Scott's head being a jar and being the final boss of Freddy in Space is a reference to Metroid, as Mother Brain looks like a brain in a jar and one of Scott's earliest games was a Metroid fangame.

[@adreannabingham8058]

I honestly love the way he talks. He doesn’t stutter and his voice isn’t annoying like a lot of other peoples videos. And he has such a wide vocabulary. It just adds to the video and everything. /// guys I have a speech impediment myself. I'm not making stuttering seem bad and stuff. Ik my choice of wording wasn't very good.

[@adreannabingham8058]

He also just makes it seem like he’s talking right to you. He adds humour to it and it’s not boring.

[@adreannabingham8058]

AND the way he uses he and she got mangle.

[@adreannabingham8058]

For*

[@sypersonified]

his whole vibe like how he talks and his body language and even sort of how he looks reminds me of my brother lol

[@thestarwolf3312]

@@adreannabingham8058 yeah that actually went over my head the first time watching it cus it was that smooth

[@TheSinfulGamer]

I remember at some point awhile back Scott cawthon openly said that there is still one really big secret we all missed back in the first Fnaf game, and, I dont keep up on the lore but as far as I know, we still havent found it.

[@basedcast1767]

Where did you see this? I’m very interested

[@TheSinfulGamer]

@@basedcast1767 it was on one of the steam blogs of his, it was years ago so I couldn't tell you exactly

[@unsuspiciousdweller8967]

@@TheSinfulGamer i remember that. I've been wondering what that is, and i'm grasping at straws when i say that mystery might be the endoskeleton wandering around

[@L-sillybrained]

my guess would be something hidden in the files, something to do with that endoskeleton that blocked the other ones, or The Box™️

[@L-sillybrained]

maybe a combo I have no idea

[@whydoesfloat]

Hey buddy. I don’t tell you enough how much I respect the amount of work you put into making your dream career a reality. I’ve been there since the beginning and I’ve loved all the time we’ve spent together. I’m lucky to have an amazing friend like you. Here’s to 1 mil and to many more!!

[@SaganHawkes]

Thank you so much. You've seriously helped me a lot, and you've inspired me to keep going and do better. Couldn't have done it without you. btw you wanna play tf2 later

[@patrickwentzell4638]

@@SaganHawkes If people become machines do they give up they're own humanity forever? an example Data from Star Trek the android that wants to be human. the souls of children are placed into these mechanical bodies that were built by people as entertainment for the corporate restaurant industries. Five Nights In Treasure Island shows a horrific side of how bad a lot of Disney characters can be instead of bringing joy to others these animatronics kill the employers that work there. Five Nights At Ronalds has the famous McDonald's clown stalking you if your an employer taking happy meals or just working the night shift. the clown will eventually get you. Ronalds friends rarely join in this killing spree Ronald McDonald does that mostly. Five Nights at the Crusty Crabs restaurant in the ocean Bikini Bottom is basically the same thing you'll never ever trust Square Pants ever again. but love crabby patties the temptation to stay is loving the food in the place. Five Nights in Anime is kind of a different story all together because these female animatronics have a basic lustful drives to want physical contact with real live men. you know the deep temptation to touch the attractive people that you see. well the hot female animatronics will rub they're boobies in the night guards face or the ass loving security night men to death. so how many Five Nights At Freddy's spin off games are there does anyone know of them all? cause I'm very interested in a long list of them. great video I look forward to more and this is something for fun I do come up with these silly names Lechturegeist Slenderella and Grooters it's a hobby of mine and my sister is also creative and wrote three on line stories. 🎸📱📲

[@goose7618]

@@patrickwentzell4638 This had nothing to do with the comment

[@raoufbensalem3417]

@@patrickwentzell4638 wtf?

[@TheBlackSpartan103]

@@patrickwentzell4638 uh... wrong video friend...

[@maxxievalentine]

A small, little thing but I love how you use he/she for Mangle, she’s one of my favorite characters and it made me so happy to hear how you referred to him

[@sophiac5127]

wow, this guy's hair grew so much in a mere 3 hours

[@MortimersTrench]

Man's hair had more of a character arc than most movie characters lmao

[@davidbanan.]

​@@MortimersTrenchlmao

[@JaydenBelieves]

@@davidbanan.Lmdo😏🍆

[@UodkskdjJsjsjsnh]

@@MortimersTrenchme when the fnaf movie

[@Foxyexe143]

​@@JaydenBelievesAAAYYYYOOOOOO

[@agent-xqj3733]

The fact that my friends and I literally got to experience all of this as it happened is amazing. I remember in middle school, me and one of my friends (Z) were really hyped about the first FNAF, and then he told me they were releasing a second game and I was like "no way" and lo-and-behold, a second one was released.

[@jambunb0ii]

And then he released like 20 more in 3 days

[@KanekiKen-mu4nu]

I have this exact feeling. Thinking back to how I watched this all unfold from the very beginning, feels unreal.

[@Kansitt]

dude i also did experience this and it was amazing, remember when everyone thought the phone guy was afton? even random encounters made a musical where near the end it pictures that, even though being a bit of a mis-information

[@doaeonsafesdreamofheavyammo]

Henry's ending monolog at the end of fnaf 6 is a damn good one and it's in my opinion among some of the best. It's a shame William afton kept coming back after it though. It's just one of those things you shouldn't have been able to come back from

[@manwhodoesthings]

This is one of the reasons that my headcanon ends the series after FNaF UCN.

[@jaydimmick8554]

​@@manwhodoesthingsit would have been so much better if glitchtrap wasn't a thing and Vanny was just a crazy copycat killer

[@Josuh]

Thankfully they retconned some of that shit and now burntrap is no longer aftom but a mimicking exosqueleton

[@crylune]

@@manwhodoesthings same. UCN is the perfect ending.

[@crylune]

@@jaydimmick8554 YES. god.

[@sigglace8087]

As a correction in the Pizzaria sim section: Lawsuits have nothing to do with the blacklist ending. You only need to have 50 risk by the last day. Its pretty crazy how much conflicting information there is about this ending, but yeah. Just 50 risk!

[@awhryan]

Henry's monolog at the end of pizzeria simulator still makes me feel chills. His comment toward the end about William has always been so cool to me.

[@iamjoey7]

“the darkest pit of hell has opened to swallow you whole. so don't keep the devil waiting, friend”

[@LoreleiCatherine]

YESSSS! That whole monologue gives me goosebumps EVERY time

[@tripwire3992]

Now that, is a piece of writing, Scott be good at his job, it's a shame twitter can't see that

[@madduxlunde7007]

@@tripwire3992 Twitter knows he’s good at his job they just don’t like him for being homophobic

[@madduxlunde7007]

@@DexterFam2010 he donated to a lot of congressmen promoting anti LGBTQ agendas and when called out on it he decided to stop making games instead of apologizing

[@thanatoast]

Oh well, time to watch all of these again for the 5th time.

[@maddie1108]

YUP ME TOO

[@custommediacreations]

5 Nights of Retrospectives.

[@Type_1_weeb]

You have to watch it 7 times to be authentic to the games

[@Jack_Woods]

**Pulling on Sage's clothes** Sage, I was telling a friend the whole story and forgot how it went again, can you explain it to me once more plz? Q _ Q

[@cat_chee_chee4279]

@@custommediacreations Underrated comment

[@bumper3241]

I think one of the funniest things is that, several years after MatPat's first video on FNaF turned out to be correct, Ultimate Custom Night is a game where the killer is tormented by all of the people he killed or tormented that he cant wake up from.

[@cantthinkofaname5046]

SHIT YOU’RE RIGHT

[@helloill672]

Sometimes MatPat is so far in left field you can't see him with binoculars, and other times he's right on the money.

[@charziz6693]

Right idea, wrong time. Kinda like Yasuhiro's 'false' predictions in Danganronpa.

[@bumper3241]

@@charziz6693 EXACTLY like that, yeah lmao. That's what I was going for

[@littleredruri]

I kinda feel like that real murder thing was actually partly inspiration for the game. Not that it's what it was about, but like, that it was at least in some way related to it.

[@deyedrah]

I was a bit old to be on the hype train when these games came out, but something about them is immensely fascinating to me. I’ve only ever played FNAF World because because I can’t handle scary games, but I’ve watched every single one of these retrospectives.

[@thewoodpeckers655]

The reason withered chica is so scary is because she’s asserting dominance

[@tikkistarrr7001]

BAGGAAHHAHAG

[@LordDaret]

T

[@inksansbutangsty7984]

T

[@GamerGeekThug]

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[@edgardplays770]

She t-poses to assert dominance

[@laurenstovall9229]

this is very nostalgic, my best friend in middle school/first girlfriend was really into fnaf and i loved hearing her talk about it. i stopped keeping up after the 4th game so finding out there’s even more is ceazy

[@DC.196]

same bro

[@dandanthedandan7558]

There's one more VR game after that wasn't mentioned that's canon, then an AR mobile game idk much about, and an upcoming triple A VR game coming soon

[@Hellwaterva]

Ceazy

[@jacktheripper7735]

Literally same, down to her being my first girlfriend on my end. Except I was also a huge fan and knew more about it than her.

[@trollilol3819]

Tmi and no substance tell us about your gf on an erotic forum

[@lucianostar000]

It’s honestly so weird to know that Scott cawthan is now retired, he’s been making so many fnaf games and has been such a huge part of my childhood and to know he’s moving on to take care of his family is so surreal. I’m honestly happy for him and that he got all his success, it was well deserved too!!

[@EmmanQuinones5234]

Unfortunately tho, the retirement is kind of ugly cause he was canceled and doxxed in Twitter. At least that's what I've read in the past hour. It's news to me too. And you know why? Cause he apparently donated to a charity for some Republican or smth like that. Pretty crazy I know.

[@IngenieroBasado]

@@EmmanQuinones5234 they even sent his wife and children fucking death threats

[@squirrel_disaster]

Twitter should be shut down with a firing squad

[@dean_l33]

@@squirrel_disaster If only we have a time machine to curb stomp Jack donky and Mark Lizardbuger

[@tsks5939]

@@IngenieroBasado what happened to ‘canceling’ people in silence by not financially supporting them instead of blatantly harassing them especially if their loved ones or people associated with them have NOTHING to do with it. That’s part of the reason I stopped using Twitter. I’m not saying what he did was right, but still people have their opinions and don’t deserve to be treated like that. And last time I checked, it was mainly LGBTQ+ fans upset about this. I find it hypocritical that they’re supposed to represent love and acceptance, but I find the majority (not all) pulling s*** like this whenever somebody does something they don’t like.

[@ninjamasterbuilder8675]

Personally I think I like FNAF 3 the most and now I realized why and that's because of two things one is the main game because it's like being in a horror movie where the player needs to keep the killer away from them by distracting them and not having any weapons to defend yourself, the second is the "Bonnie's lullaby" music that plays with the shadow Bonnie minigame which is both creepy and interesting reminding the player of good times but also the creepy nature of the animatronics souls being dead kids who also listened to lullabies similar to that

[@ian_3244]

I know I watched all of these retrospectives already, but one more wouldn't hurt, right?

[@javkhlanenkhbaatar3843]

yeah!!!

[@Emily12471]

Especially for Gonk droid

[@snartsnart2718]

ill probably rewatch this every once in a while for background noise for years to come tbh

[@piercecampbell-casey5718]

You always come back

[@youranimeguy1278]

I really appreciate how he calls Mangle "He", "She", "Him" and "Her", just like Scott himself does.

[@mike353]

“It”

[@tripwire3992]

@@mike353 "them" "she" "they" "him" "her" etc blablabla

[@OleksiyAntonkin]

Still can't believe he didn't explain Mangle's mechanic right

[@youranimeguy1278]

@@OleksiyAntonkin Yeah, kinda disappointing.

[@TheBlackSpartan103]

"Yes"

[@WolfTrap-Anim]

I'd say that fnaf 4 is the scariest game, the fact that you're alone and the dread leading up to a jumpscare. The jumpscare honestly scared the shit out of me. The monstrous yell followed by what I assume is the child screaming in fear is horrifying. Playing this game was an actual nightmare. Out of all the nightmare animatronics, I'd say that nightmare chica is the scariest, something about her open jaw, and wide mouth, along with her close eyes. She's actually terrifying. Lastly, seeing the animatronics massive size compared to your small body as a child was so legitimately scary, even more on night terrors from help wanted, (Yes I have a VR).

[@mmmcloud2771]

I never even made it past night 2 fnaf 4 scared me so bad. Leaning out the door looking into the pitch black hallway is absolutely terrifying to me and it only took a handful of jumpscares for me to quit. I don't know what sagan is talking about with the nightmare animatronics not being scary, I think they're horrific. They may look a little silly out of context but when they're stalking the unlit rooms of some innocent child's house they really do look like nightmares. I decided to try the game again recently after my little brother begged me to play it for him and started physically shaking when I saw the loading screen so I guessed that was a sign to not bother for now.

[@alybadry203]

@@mmmcloud2771 honestly , after playing the first 3 , some people , myself included just didn't feel afraid anymore. The jumpscares didn't do much for me except plushtrap and fredbear that gave me a spook at times but i just don't have it in me anymore , however i enjoyed Security Breach alot because i love chase related horror like Outlast did , i still clench whenever i get chased by Chris Walker to this day. it's just that we got used to us being helpless and cant even move anymore , the reason SB was fun for me was the story and character we get for Freddy , and most importantly the change of pace. despite chase horror being common for a long time now , it still makes the series feel fresh and i hope we can get maybe 1 more game with that type of gameplay if possible.

[@nsanelightning9934]

I remember when I got my first IPod and the first thing I watched on KZbin was marks and Dawkos videos on fnaf, I had nightmares and couldn’t sleep for a month 😂. But I finally got over it and wasn’t scared anymore…….until fnaf 4. Fuck fnaf 4 I hate it was a passion, I still can’t bring myself to play that damn shithole of a game. The fact that they make you have the volume super loud is actually horrible 😭

[@The_Rusalka]

I think that the animatronics are too over the top, however when it comes to the vibe, it wins. Being a child vulnerable and alone in your own house is terrifying.

[@jstar3382]

Honestly think that 2 or 1 is the peak, in terms of horror. The lack of doors in 2 is fucking terrifying

[@DannyCapM8]

"WAS THAT THE BITE OF 87'" will always be a good meme imo

[@cactuspulp]

I do not fully understand how Scott consistently released games EARLY. And it wasn't like, a week or so. It could be by MONTHS. I personally would love to know how development took for him. I know he had a lot of experience with making games and models previous to fnaf, but I am still shocked he could change things up quickly. Meanwhile, Yandere Dev just released his demo!! Woot! Only 7 years for a demo!

[@TheHeavyshadow]

That's probably the advantage of being an independent programmer who makes relatively simple games and sells them online only. Without a publisher breathing down his neck he can set realistic release dates instead of optimistic ones, and with relatively simple game mechanics there is usually little debugging going on because there is little to bug in the first place. So he probably chose a later date that he knew he could keep even if some things went wrong as to not disapoint anyone, and when nothing went wrong, he could decide "You know that game I made for Halloween? Yeah, never mind, here you go: Fnaf 4 in the middle July!" without blindsiding people organising supply chains for game shops.

[@belovedinsomniac]

Compassion vs greed

[@thenoseguy]

I feel like it's more finite ideas vs. scope creep.

[@pizzweak580]

Dawko did do an interview with Scott where he goes into detail about his games and development

[@td9302]

This is where your story ends. And to you, my brave volunteer, who somehow found this job listing not intended for you.

[@1sleepyguy]

Running with the theory that Mike is actually the security guard in each game, is there a chance that he merely took the name Fritz/Jeremy in the same way he took Mike Schmidt in the first, to mask his relation to the afton name? Maybe he did it specifically in some dark respect to some of the original victims? A bit of a stretch but far from the furthest reaches of speculation.

[@piotrtoborek2442]

He cannot be both of them, and since Fritz Smith was fired for "tampering with animatronics and odor" just like Mike Schmidt then he is most likely our Michael ;)

[@yurifairy2969]

Its speculated that Jeremy is the only time you aren't playing as Michael. Though personally I think FNAF 3 guy isn't him either.

[@piotrtoborek2442]

@@yurifairy2969 Well the alternatives are scarce: if not Micheal it could be Phone Guy (dead by FNAF1) or Henry (probably to old to take job himself), so the last remaining option with any significance to the story is Micheal Afton

[@undonechrist1384]

@@piotrtoborek2442 you know it doesn’t need to have lore significance. Fnaf 3 guy and Fritz literally have no lore relevance anyway

[@Victor-um9ce]

@@yurifairy2969 Well the FNAF 3 guy has to have been both on the FNAF 2 and FNAF 1 location to get the hallucinations that you get in that game. Also in a fazbear frights story we get a retelling of FNAF 3 just that the characters are switched around. The thing is the security guard that was the player in the game almost mirrors Michael's backstory including how he died in FNAF 6. All of this making me believe that we were playing Michael in FNAF 3 as well.

[@jackp.richardson6415]

It's actually kinda crazy how close FNaF was to being completely gone and cancelled in production. Who would've known a staple of the horror genre would never be made?

[@Duckbusinessman]

I’m just glad that guy roasted Scott’s cartoon beaver designs.

[@hazzesanimations8212]

@@Duckbusinessman yeah. It sounds harsh at first,and it is,but then you realise he was the one who inspired one of the most popular horror games. I wonder where he is now knowing that he got a famous horror game created.

[@Duckbusinessman]

@@hazzesanimations8212 how is criticism harsh? It was a good criticism

[@hazzesanimations8212]

@@Duckbusinessman I don't know exactly what the reviewers said but from word of mouth from how people suggest it was said I assumed it was said insultingly

[@jh89g8icxhas08]

@@Duckbusinessman it can be both, harsh doesn't mean bad

[@DageLV]

The choice of background music is almost perfect. I'm alone in a massive construction site, it's 7 pm in winter, therefore it's pitch dark and that creepy music is the kind I'd expect to have a horror story told. Noone fears the dark, they fear not being alone in the dark

[@ES031]

The second game was definitely the best, I agree. The audio combined with the openness of the office made you really feel powerless and exactly like a terrified security guard. That was made even more stressful with the number of characters you had to worry about. The additions to the lore were the icing on the cake

[@yesitsryan_1579]

I still think that the 1st one is the scariest and most unique when you think about it right when it came out. It had the right amount of jumpscares and mystery lore with golden freddy and dead kids. It also holds that nostalgia feeling to me and thats why i love it so much. Fnaf 2 is amazing as well, but idk fnaf one was able to scare the hell outta me and keep me on the edge of my seat, where fnaf 2 to me at least gets a little less scary. But still awesome and amazing and are both on a whole new level of fnaf games then the others.

[@matthewjenks5615]

@@yesitsryan_1579 yes I totally agree. Fnaf 1 is absolutely TERRIFYING. Think about it. A small room with 2 lights and doors. Seeing bonnie and chica just staring at you from your door. Just imagine that.

[@foredee8496]

Nah, fnaf 2 was more of a strategy game. It was much busier and the player would be too alert to be scared. FNAF 1 is the best of the series _by a thousand country miles._ The atmosphere that was captured in fnaf 1 was never captured again in the series. fnaf4 came close but still missed. Also fnaf2 is hard to take seriously because the main ambient loop has become a literal meme, but in retrospect, it's a good horror strategy game whereas the first one was just pure horror.

[@ohno5507]

I also found the art style and atmosphere to be on point. Gameplay and horror wise it's weak compared to the first game, but it just nails its aesthetic and mood so well. Its minigames also say a lot while keeping a lot of mystery.

[@maxdrags3115]

@@foredee8496 Uh, no, what trash logic. They'd get scared because they are too busy, they'd completely forget about getting scared, which would then make them get scared since they aren't expecting it.

[@DamageMaximo]

When he started talking about the fake easter eggs, theories that made sense at the time, foxy being a good guy and just checking in on you... I have no words to express how much that brought me back, I'm so happy I got to experience all of this, I will never forget how much this game impacted my life Thank you so much, Scott Cawthon

[@DC.196]

bro that brought me back to 2014-15

[@cylipses2573]

Remember Sparky?

[@uraynuke]

this is just Getting Unreasonable™ at this point... how am I bumping into you so much?!

[@cromcrow]

I literally age rapidly everytime I remember the hoaxes and the foxy is a good guy theory. God, Sparky, bro, sparky, I drew fanart, shitty fanart of him, wtf.

[@atanaZion]

Scott sucks

[@austinsmith7731]

I love how they referenced the "Foxy is a good guy" theory in UCN by having one of the Foxys help you

[@MRX-tm3st]

"Yargh, sometimes ye play with fire and ye get burned!"

[@cheep5645]

Never realized this before, this is really neat!

[@placeintheworldfadesaway5800]

@@MRX-tm3st "Yargh, me bird likes ya!"

[@lzrshark617]

Even after the Foxy good guy theory was debunked, it still held a special place with me, even though I no longer believed it. It's still one of my favorite debunked theories

[@Valeria-du3ho]

Segan - "this ear ringing sound is fantastic" me with tinnitus - "I'll take your word"

[@completlynormalhypernova666]

Same lmao. I guess not living with it makes the horror ambiance effective.

[@casperaaron5530]

My daily existence is a horror vibe apparently XD

[@zephadusjoltspark6951]

"You won't get tired of my voice, will you?" This triggered a lot of rage I'd been repressing since the '90s. I will never not shoot down Slippy. And he can bloody-well stay stranded on Titania.

[@mittens5789]

"we gotta save sl-" *me aggressively shushing peppy*

[@swiftyoooo]

cue the sounds of a confused gen z kid

[@trashman966]

huh?

[@Yael_ch19]

Always kept his ass down for the rest of the game and still do to this day when I replay it

[@gangweedstudios]

listen to the ORIGINAL uncompressed voice lines of slippy in sf64, the compression really did him dirty

[@Gender_Ascender]

I'd like to just shoot in a comment that most people won't see, mostly for myself. FNAF world showed how much animation experience Scott had gotten to where he actually *could* create cutesy animated characters that didn't exclusively set off all warnings of uncanny valley (on the assumption he was still making said animations, which iirc he hadn't really hired many more people so). Simple animation loops in combat that fit surprisingly well with the chaos and shaking of the screen. Not bad, if he was getting help or had other animators on it, then massive props to them too!

[@notaprogamer2782]

Interesting comment, Mr. Kris Doyle. Or Mrs.. Whichever works.

[@Gender_Ascender]

@@notaprogamer2782 Lmao this response confuses me because I don't understand what you're saying at the end lol

[@funtimegamer8733]

OH MY GOD SCOTT MADE FNAF WORLD TO FLEX ON US

[@Gender_Ascender]

@@funtimegamer8733 Feels like it, doesn't it?

[@atanaZion]

I dont think he ever passed the phase where we can say they dont looks like animatronics,tho

[@clockworkwolf3943]

Vincent being the first fictional character I had a crush on is something I'm ashamed of to this day.

[@invadertech141]

don't worry, the butterfly doesn't look back on the catterpillar with any shame, so why should you? or you could just remember that people have a crush on the red dude from Don't Hug Me I'm Scared. either works.

[@antipsychotic451]

39:40 "A creepy voice spells out 'save him'." so you're telling me those sounds weren't just digitized bitcrushed burps

[@christalcavanaugh]

dunno if you're joking but it spells out "save him" and "save them"

[@antipsychotic451]

@@christalcavanaugh not joking, i literally never picked up on that when i played the game. it just sounded like spooky horror noises to me

[@realCaveJohnson]

it sounds like scott just burped into a mic for some horror ambience LMFAO

[@ADHDandD]

He could’ve burped the letters

[@livi_babe4782]

@@ADHDandD and that is creative and interesting

[@Gr1gg0]

It's amazing that Sagan was able to balance saying "he" and "she" every other time when talking about Mangle consistently. I wonder how many takes he took... Edit: Idk how this turned into a whole fight about LGBTQ. It was literally just a note on the script…

[@MEOWMIX3DS]

he she and they! it was a lovely touch

[@strawby444]

it’s really not that hard, probably didn’t take as many takes as you think

[@jonathancormack]

@@strawby444 oh dont be a killjoy

[@crystalnae3122]

Even tho I think mangle is a girl

[@strawby444]

@@jonathancormack do you know what a killjoy is 💀

[@dirpycatkittymeowmeow9099]

I find fnaf world to be a "safe haven" for the crying child Where he can rest a place to be at peace to keep him at peace a place where hes safe from well all his problems kinda like a limbo sorda

[@spizun]

Or, or, OR, Maybe it's the "rogue developer" game that Fazbear Corp talks about in the beginning of help wanted?

[@realCaveJohnson]

Not to mention the fact "I will put you back together" is the only phrase that is directed to Crying Child and him ONLY.

[@hoogachakahoogahooga]

Kinda like Bum-Bo in Isaac. Huh.

[@chrysalismacosmist165]

Bro, what a wonderful god damn video The way you organize the topics and over all your explanation on each of the games is fantastic

[@khfanboy666]

I agree with you that the story of FNAF peaked with the 3rd game. Honestly, the entire vibe of the original trilogy felt like something out of an urban legend. That's what made it so effective in my opinion. Everything about it was slightly vague, playing on real fears and anxieties without becoming too bogged down in the details. Like, it didn't matter who the dead children were specifically. They were just supposed to represent the fear of losing your child in a place that ordinarily brings joy. It didn't matter who The Purple Guy was. He was just a serial killer posing as a figure of authority, someone you'd normally trust to keep your children safe. He offered grounding to the more supernatural elements of the horror. It's a story you could imagine being passed down from person to person. This is also why It's Been So Long is the most powerful FNAF song in my opinion. The mother in the song isn't a specific mother. It could be ANYONE. Any mother could find themselves in that exact situation. The emotions she's feeling have a universality to them that makes them resonate. But as the series went on, details started to become the hyper fixation of the narrative, and it spiraled into cartoonish madness. Suddenly, Purple guy is a Mad Scientist Ex Ceo experimenting with soul juice, who died, was tortured in purgatory, then came back as an AI construct. Suddenly, you have hallucination discs and metallic animatronics built to kidnap children.Suddenly you have Michael, the penitent zombie brother who travelled from place to place taking night guard jobs before helping another penitent robotics genius lure all the possessed animatronics into a pizzeria built specifically to trap them. And the worst part is that the storytelling style of FNAF doesn't really do this greater focus on details much justice either. On paper, Michael could be a very interesting character. I can't imagine how much he must have suffered over the years. First emotionally, being the one who got his brother killed as the result of a horrifyingly malicious prank, then physically, being scooped and reanimated as a rotting corpse. but because everything is still DELIVERED to the audience in a very impersonal, roundabout way that you have to piece together like a jigsaw puzzle, we never really get inside his head. I can't form a connection with him, because he's a character who exists only as a piece in the LORE puzzle. What happened to him and what he does is important, but only in the sense that you're figuring out another layer of the mystery. The emotions of what he's going through don't really matter. And it sucks, because forming an emotional connection with these people is the only way the Afton/Henry saga could've been interesting in my opinion.

[@vesperfromtheinternet5588]

honestly yeah, like i love michael's character- the version of it that i've had to infer based on the same stuff you listed! but unfortunately the only times we really get his voice are the sister location 20 mode cutscene and the logbook. the mystery of him being the player character was well buried, but it was a little TOO well buried :/

[@braiangalindo1265]

Yeah I also preferred the lore of the 3 original games. The less you know, the scarier it is

[@rike1775]

For me personally I like the first four games. The fourth game recreates a lot what made the first game so amazing: the listening and wait mechanic. It also let's us discover quite a bit about the story but is still vague enough so there is something for the fandom to fill and theorize about. And as great as the mechanics in SL are, it convolutes the existing story so much. And the best thing about Pizzeria Simulator is how it wraps up the now convoluted story nicely and the ending, if you keep all the animatronics each night, was amazing. Otherwise I fully agree with you.

[@comradejellobiafra4638]

Amazing comment my dude, you put into words what i have been trying to say for a long time.

[@arandommemer9926]

The first 3 games will always be the REAL timeline for me, although I don't really mind Fnaf 4. It's in Sister Location where things went downhill for me.