Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach Ruin - The Story and Endings Explained

[@NM-io3bk]

My theory as to why Roxie says error after apologizing to Cassie for grabbing her arm so rough is because like Freddy said in security breach, they’re not capable of hurting a guest. None of them are. It would go against there programming. Roxie probably had to process it as she thought she was hunting Gregory but once she realized it was Cassie, a guest registered in the system, it snapped her out of it and maybe caused a system reboot to help her

[@TailsFan]

I honestly just thought it was her saying "I made an error" to her mistaking Cassie for Gregory.

[@Nurp8]

@@TailsFanyea that also works honestly

[@oscarfunez3806]

This is true, but the mimic, as explained in the video, had control of the animatronics. I believe that Roxy wasn't entirely infected. She probably still retained most of her friendly programming, as using the mask during her shut down cutscene reveals her in green, rather than red. This could mean she wasn't truly infected with the virus. Once she got shut down, her reactivation could be the back up security program MXES most likely uploaded in its last ditch effort to stop the mimic. Strangely enough, the MXES was actually the good guy rather than the bad guy.

[@kristindeltano9012]

I was thinking the same except based on birthday parties. Cause it seems freddie, Gregory’s fav character and prob his chosen bday party host, was the only one to help Gregory. But freddies body attacked Cassie. Similarly Roxie always attached Gregory but when Cassie registered to her she stopped. We know she had a bday there with Roxie as her host from the cutouts seen in the VR and Roxie knowing her bday. So maybe theres a function in them where they are set to prioritize guests who have parties hosted by a certain animatronic and for whatever reason that list wasnt corrupted.

[@bxsededits]

Yea this makes sense because Vanni had reprogrammed most of the animatronics to find Gregory.

[@stitchbystitchstitches4994]

One thing I really like about Ruin is the jumpscares; instead of screaming in your face, it shows Cassie trying to fight against the animatronics but failing and each is unique

[@thekarlshow_tm]

Literally!! You can tell they put a lot more detail into things. It would seem really boring if they just recycled all the jumpscares lol

[@fnanythingilikedaf3031]

Arguably the most realistic jumpscares that we ever have in the entire franchise ngl

[@ukailzamrin8062]

Props to her actually trying to stay alive at let's she died with a fighting spirit

[@tinarellano3608]

​@@ukailzamrin8062polt twist what if Cassie's is William afton😱

[@coldestdosagesoletluna1017]

@@tinarellano3608I mean your close but I don’t think it could work that way. I think the mimic program is gonna take Cassie over

[@raaahy3085]

Are we not going to talk about the fact that Roxy survived a deactivation, freed herself from a cart that she couldn’t lift, and kept her good animatronic personality to protect Cassie. And on top of all that she still seems to survive after getting defeated by the Mimic.

[@tw33tiebird]

thats what i like the call ✨the magic of friendship✨

[@Chara_Dreemurr1]

​@@tw33tiebirdi was just about to comment that. Roxy is built different... or the M.X.E.S. Just restarted her and that turned her back on after the deactivation.

[@scorpiolady1995]

Maybe Vanessa was able to reactivate the system. Thus reactivating her.

[@amberoaks2751]

i think the voice saying cassie? at the end is the mimic

[@milliequick1271]

Her performance was perfect. Everyone was watching. Everyone wants to be her. Her hair is beautiful. Her tail is beautiful. She is the best. She is the best.

[@OfficialKrafty]

Its really interesting how far cassie will go to save the only friend who came to her party

[@SomeStuffNLH]

But Gregory did not go to her party.

[@splattygaming1615]

It's implied they met at the pizzaplex the day of her party through the ar world.

[@ariette6847]

It’s thought that they met at her party and became friends

[@cindycao4752]

I think the story is that no one came to her party and Gregory saw and comforted her and that’s how they had become friends

[@SomeStuffNLH]

@@splattygaming1615 It is after no one arrived to Cassie’s party, Gregory decided to be her friend AFTER no one went to her party because isn’t he backstory we see him comforting a crying Cassie and Roxy even said no one went to her party that includes Gregory if he was invited.

[@christophergirardi8145]

Cassie feels a more fleshed out and likable character to Gregory. She has a fighting spirit, as shown by the jumpscares, but is still capable of sympathizing with the machines the want to do her harm.

[@mrexeptionel9530]

The entire dlc feels more fleshed out than the main game.

[@softstrawberrymochi610]

I can understand the different perspective on both characters since Cassie was just searching for her lost friend and avoiding the animatronics from capturing her (except monty bro was out for BLOOD) while Gregory was being actively hunted to be KILLED with one ally who could only provide him safety from being seen

[@nuttynutsnutstache]

To be honest, this entire DLC just feels like Security Breach But Better.

[@personman4639]

The dlc wasn't as rushed as the main game

[@Festivity890]

@@personman4639 thankfully

[@TimeBucks]

The Mimic is an amazing villain and a terrific replacement for Afton

[@eanji0119]

Good

[@rumadey2423]

👍

[@turbosoggyofficial6849]

Supposedly the mimic is glitchtrap in a sense, so he could be worse than afton

[@mitonmohajan4941]

Good

[@priyakhandare4951]

Nice

[@gonanroshadao2189]

If you guys noticed, all the words that the mimic said was also said by Gregory during Security Breach, because sometimes when the mimic talks, it cuts off for a few miliseconds and the tone changes, Gregory's voice might have been recorded and edited by the mimic to create a convincing sentence, it might be possible that he didn't copy Gregory's voice but recorded it. Just a theory

[@Diaslayyy]

Yes! And i also noticed that when youre at the cement door, to release "gregory", he says the line "this stupid door wont open." Which is the EXACT same line he said when he first was about to release freddy from his rockstar row room. Basically, the mimic HAS indeed recorded his already said lines. Shat my pants when i figured out where gregory already had said it.

[@gonanroshadao2189]

It's also when we free the mimic and it says "I'm Gregory", Gregory said this in Security Breach when he was introducing himself to Freddy

[@theblackchao]

Except all of that starts happen as you get closer to the end game. All the other times, it's pretty well mimicked. The real Gregory was trying to reach Cassie all night and didn't reach her untill after she meets the mimic.

[@Powerlip11]

@@theblackchao it could be that the mimic was intercepting the attempts and recording them to use against cassie here. dont rule that out too, it already has a matching roxy talkie, so its not out of the ordinary. i noticed a few lines from mimic gregory having off tones in voice flux, making it seem like its all stitched together.

[@Shannessa]

the V.A.N.N.I network also uses Cassy's voice for the camera thing, and all the lines that it uses are also things she had already said before, further connecting that the Mimic thing is probably the one controlling V.A.N.N.I

[@MrAnarchyMarine]

People were speculating that given that Gregory only experienced one night at Freddy's, and Cassie arguably spent one night looking for him, that there might be three more DLC for this game, that equate to a full five nights. It would be awesome if true.

[@MewGirlZ]

~Do the next ones get their favorite animatronics involved too? Because we still have Chica, Monty, and Bonnie in the Pizzaplex. Also apparently you can fix Chica and give her back her voice box by beating one of the console games. (Fs in chat for Foxy)

[@theconstellationofboredom8635]

I am hoping this is true. Someone's gotta save my boy Eclipse!

[@yaboifle]

@@theconstellationofboredom8635he was pretty much saved tho right?

[@AngelWingsYT]

@@MewGirlZ apparently there is also a secret where you can find the discarded Bonnie?

[@MewGirlZ]

@@AngelWingsYT He's supposed to be in the curtain behind the bowling alley. If you disable enough of the floor signs apparently you can get back there with the mask on. But I have also heard that it's bugged and might not work.

[@TVHead003]

There’s something else to consider. The mask implanted something in her brain which allowed Helpi to interact with her even with the mask off. Whatever happens next; Cassie’s on her way to becoming Afton’s next host.

[@yippee0]

i didn't think anything of it at first, but it also allowed her to see "ar" areas in the real world. if there is a sequel and cassie did survive, i would be interested to see if helpi and the vanni network have changed any

[@TVHead003]

@@yippee0 like the glitch around Roxy or or phasable obstacles

[@JamGunForPBJ]

I was thinking of that too.

[@_mae.]

Considering that when Helpi said "This won't hurt a bit" his eyes went yellow and had visible veins, then yeah. You're probably right.

[@TVHead003]

@@_mae. said bear is also purple. Which, in FNAF, is the color of evil lol

[@sithspartan6248]

Another neat detail to notice is that Helpi himself gets messed with by the Mimic, as you’ll sometimes see his eyes change to yellow (the same eyes the Mimic has) from their original blue color. This of course circling back to how it originally controlled Vanessa with the Vanny mask in Security Breach

[@vixenimoon]

I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who noticed this. The yellow eyes and veins on "HELPI's" head was easy to miss initially, but whenever it seemed to comment directly on "saving Gregory" in any sense, there was the Mimic, using a friendly face to lure a young child.. Just like someone else we know ;)

[@goteamslugs]

@@Adam-mi1in Fantastic profile picture my friend. =)

[@sanjaymishra7892]

Nice

[@doantranvan1844]

ok

[@DeadBunny7878]

My take on the "Illusion" ending: The fredbear ending is called the brazil ending in the code. This is meant to reference a term in fiction for when a character is put under so much stress that they have a mental breakdown, go insane, and choose to retrete into a fantasy. This means that when Cassie goes the wrong way in that ending she basically suffers a complete mental breakdown at the realization that she's going to die, so while hyperventilating she puts on the mask since it has helped her escape situations in the past, but when no escape appears in the AR world... She completely loses her mind and instead mentally retreats into a fantasy world where everything is perfectly fine as she basically lets the mimic kill her. The term "brazil ending" is a reference to the movie Brazil (1985) in the movie a character is tortured, goes insane, and hides in a fantasy world where everything is fine.

[@RealCirnoFumo]

is it actually called the brazil ending???

[@minaso1000]

Omori be like

[@DeadBunny7878]

@@minaso1000 Yeah, lol

[@DeadBunny7878]

@@RealCirnoFumo Yep, in the spot for the endings in the code this one is labled as "Brazil"

[@lordfoxquaad1611]

She literally sent herself to a Brazil out of panic

[@amandappg822]

I think its worth noting Roxy is different then Chica and Monty 100%. When equipping the mask shes the only one who gets a hologram of her old self, she also is the only one actively seeking out Gregory for what he's done. The moment she hears someone else she apologizes even before connecting the dots that its Cassie, shes also the only one the game has you go after other than Eclipse who asks for you to do it. I think this means she may be the only one of them who's original code was able to be salvaged. Bonus for Eclipse, it shows his/Sun's code was unaffected and did know that Moon's was which is why as soon as he sees Cassie has what's needed to reboot them, he asks her help instead of just giving Moon control like he did with Gregory because hes holding out hope.

[@TheQjad135]

Eclipse is both Sun and Moon don’t forget

[@tomanyfandoms1726]

Something that Markiplier pointed out, was that Helpi sometimes has ‘veins’ on him. It typically occurs whenever Helpi is trying to talk Cassie down whenever she walks through walls or goes through the portal doors, or whenever Helpi talks about ‘getting to her friend under the raceway’. It may be that there are two mimics, a software and a hardware, where the software mimic program that tried getting a real body in the last game is trying to release the mimic trapped underground because Afton was fond of using animatronics to do his kidnapping.

[@thewolvessquad4045]

So if the mimic was glitchtrap and burntrap was made using glitchtrao code then would burntrap be the mimic

[@UncleIrohs]

Or helpi is purple guy since he’s pretty purpley and he’s giving you all the instructions to get to were he wants you

[@ula437]

Helpi's eyes also change color from blue to gold when these veins appear

[@Curio117-ve7ou]

The Theory about The Mimic dropping the elevator is actually a really good idea. Because if your looking at the voice lines while there being said, you can see where it separated the two different characters lines like it does with Cassie and 'Gregory' immediately afterward.

[@Daorangecontroller]

yeah dude I think the gregory line on top is the real one and the one on bottom Is fake

[@semsko]

It's possible, but if the Mimic was going to cut the elevator anyways, why bother trying to convince Cassie it was the real Gregory doing so at all if she's supposedly just going to die from the fall either way?

[@Curio117-ve7ou]

@@semsko idk, maybe just to cause a little more damage to her before she died, or because it knew she was going to live, who knows except Steel Wool.

[@TheCat_3]

@@Curio117-ve7ou it does take after Afton

[@exaltedjeans7084]

@@semskoprob because the mimic needs her so he wants her to think shes been abandoned by gregory

[@Alky64]

Another cool detail I’ve not heard been mentioned anywhere is when Gregory (The mimic of him) says the lines “No, there’s no time!” and “The stupid door won’t open”, I’m pretty sure both of them lines were recycled from the base game. I mean we could chalk this up to the devs being lazy, but it could be intentional, in that the Mimic was reusing things Gregory has said before? What do ya’ll think? Edit: Oh, and obviously at the end, the Mimic repeats the line “I’m Gregory” from the base game.

[@snoopyowen239]

For sure it was intentional. They clearly rehired gregory/Roxy’s voice actor for this dlc, no reason to leave in old voice lines that are clearly recognizable as old voice lines unless it’s for the spooky factor.

[@Chara_Dreemurr1]

The mimic used an ai deepfake to mimic Gregory's voice by using recorded audio clips of him.

[@dinojack5567]

@@Chara_Dreemurr1 Correct! This is mentioned in the wiki page.

[@thatuzikinnie6077]

​@@Chara_Dreemurr1exactly what i thought too lol

[@Flypp-k5b]

But if the mimic mimics anything it sees, wouldn't also act like Gregory?

[@Law10205]

I feel like roxy might've heard cassie saying sorry, cause i feel like roxy would feel betrayed from what cassie had to do, but she still saves cassie regardless, so she must've realized in some way that cassie didnt want to do that

[@thekarlshow_tm]

Yeah please Cassie made it pretty clear with her audible crying that she didn’t want to do that. Idk if Roxy knew about the mimic, but the second she activated again she probably realized something was wrong with the security since she probably knew about herself being one of the nodes for it. Thus leading her to the main control for MXES and finding Cassie and the mimic

[@more-reasons6655]

Roxy isnt really a security node like what is really keeping the Mimic from escaping, as you can tell from the lack of child nodes and how deactivating her opens a basic door, it doesnt deactivate any electricity or cause something to move The mimic wanted Roxy deactivated as she no longer has the Glitchtrap virus in her system, this is noticeable from her glowing green in the Vanny vision while the other animatronics glow red. So she would instinctively protect children which the Mimic didnt want to happen I assume she reactivated as a last ditch effort from M.X.E.S when Cassie disabled the security system, I assume this as even though Roxy is blind and Freddy has no head M.X.E.S can still call these two to the players exact location

[@Samoanqueenbrilol]

​@@more-reasons6655Exactly, Cassie and Roxy had a good relationship together, but Cassie doesn't want to do this it must've been Mimic tries to lore/manipulate Cassie so he won't let her escape.

[@Marukanitel]

How did Roxy even get down there... Isn't she blind?

[@Law10205]

@@Marukanitel only in the eyes, she's got all the other senses plus someone pointed out the m.x.e.s program seemed to call for Roxy before it got shut down, its last ditch effort to keep mimic away from society

[@gloopyloopy]

Something to notice is Gregory's voice sounds very robotic before the end of the game, and Helpi using Cassie's voice to create audio lures is very similar to what the mimic did.

[@Rampala]

The splicing up of Gregory's voice also gets more sloppy and obvious the closer you get to freeing the mimic.

[@margarethmichelina5146]

It's also contrast to MatPat's theory that Gregory is a robot

[@gitmoyt]

Pretty sure Helpi is actually the mimic

[@bl4ckh34rts6]

@@gitmoythe may have been hacked by the mimic but he isn’t I’m starting to theorize when helpi gets the veins on his face it’s actually the mimic taking him over instead of him

[@gloopyloopy]

@@Rampala That's mainly what im talking about, just didn't know how to word it.

[@jitterbug4245]

I personally agree with the theory of the voice changing in the elevator. Why? Not just because of that weird sound effect, but because he says, and I quote, "I know you did it for me, to SAVE me." How did Gregory know he needed saving? Because Gregory isn't even in the Pizzaplex, and it seemed like Cassie and Gregory were originally just going to meet up. That was until the Mimic tricked Cassie into coming into the place, to shut everything down so it could be free. Because if Mimic knows who Gregory is, then it could've also known Cassie as well. Which resulted in it taking advantage of her. Edit: Thanks for the replies for correcting me! It is true that Cassie actually wasn't supposed to go to the Pizzaplex and probably wasn't supposed to meet up with Gregory at all and was just tricked. But Gregory, at least, did try to contact her, maybe so that way he can tell her to get out? Idk, but I still find the whole "saving" very weird.

[@RandomPerson-ti7qx]

Yeah especially cause Gregory pretty much was like "idk why you're there but something's trying to trick you" when Cassie spoke with the real Gregory.

[@TequilaMockingBird91]

Why would Gregory want to “hang out” with Cassie at the very place for which he and Vanessa are so desperately trying to avoid and keep others away from? That doesn’t make sense….

[@RandomPerson-ti7qx]

@@TequilaMockingBird91 Well, who's to say they were meant to meet up over there anyway? Or meet up at all? We hear Gregory showing relief at finally getting a clear signal and how he's been trying to reach her all night, so it seems like he may not have even known where she was at (at least at first). Maybe Vanessa and him keeping an eye on the mimic in their own way led to him finding out and quickly trying to reach her. It's hard to say, but we definitely know Gregory wasn't the one to ask her over to the Plex.

[@FayinKay]

@@TequilaMockingBird91 also Gregory literally told Cassie she wasn't meant to go to the Pizzaplex at all.

[@jitterbug4245]

@FayinKay Fair point! I didn't even notice that. But I am still very confused as to how Gregory even knew about being saved while in the elevator. That's why I personally think that it's the Mimic, but that's just my opinion at least.

[@maiden2006]

Funfact: Deactivating all wet floor bots actually unlocks something. In Bonnie bowl, if you deactivated all wet floor bots, a vent on the far right of the bowling lanes is now accessible. If you go into the vent, it leads into a room with four wet floor bots and the star of the bowling alley, GlamRock Bonnie. His eyes are still glowing, and deactivating final 4 leads the eyes to not glow anymore.

[@yapyapthedestroyer2562]

So we find him he still alive in some sort, and after deactivating the last 4 pretty much means we put him out of his misery? Damn, that sad.

[@shining_umbreonflaming_fla4383]

when you use the mask then after, itll be a deformed bonnie warping/chasing you. itll end the game if captured via jumpscare and give u credits

[@300ssd8]

@@shining_umbreonflaming_fla4383what??

[@AceInOne]

@@300ssd8bro he didn’t have the best grammar but what he said literally made perfect sense here I’ll help you out , after you deactivate Bonnie and put on the vanny mask the cyberspace version of Bonnie will chase you like a soul of some sort and if he catches you game over

[@roykorteweg]

@@AceInOnewait that is actually a thing?! That is such a cool detail!

[@raymond_6916]

For the default ending. Assuming the mimic said the line "but we can't risked being followed", referring to Cassie following the Mimic, since the elevator shaft leads upwards towards the surface. The Mimic doesn't want Cassie following it since Cassie will warn others about the Mimic. Also a small note that I just feel that Roxy deserves to be fixed in the next game or get a good ending.

[@mathiashauvgaard8857]

I kinda got the feeling that Gregory said that, meaning he and Vanessa couldn't risk the mimic getting out and following them

[@joshuakim5240]

I can see a rebooted/salvaged Roxy setting aside her grudge against Gregory to team up with him to put down the Mimic to avenge Cassie. Would be the ultimate redemption arc and also quite a bittersweet one considering Cassie's demise.

[@REBOOTGAMING492]

acordding to still wool the fnaf anamotronic's won't have roxie or montgomery gator, they were apparently only for one off's and will only have classic character's, but will expand on gregory and cassie

[@REBOOTGAMING492]

@@joshuakim5240 the secret scooper ending is cannon, if you got to the out of bound's room, an scooped the mimic

[@clockwork3494]

I thought that too especially as there's such an odd tone shift in Gregory's voice as he says that line, not to mention it does sound a bit more "electronic" in a way. I hadn't thought of the idea that it was the Mimic implying it can't be followed by Cassie as it climbs up the elevator to get to Gregory though, but it makes far more sense. Mimic Gregory's voice to make him seem like a villain while simultaneously implying it's the Mimic who's stopping Cassie from warning Gregory or Vanessa before causing the elevator to fall down, effectively trapping her while the it's free to escape.

[@flounk]

22:16 if you see the subtitles you’ll notice it’s two “gregory” lines overlapping eachother. This has literally never happened with any other voiceline/subtitle in the game even if you mistakenly hear two voice lines at once, it always displays subtitle from only ONE character that is currently speaking…

[@LeifEricsonYT]

So true. I think that paired with the the two voices sounding slightly different, gives credit to the theory about the Mimic interrupting Gregory

[@knyte8706]

Another thing to note is that the voice line subtitles of Gregory during the elevator scene suddenly separate into two once he says “It’s not your fault… but we can’t risk being followed. I’m sorry,” which could be another implication that the mimic suddenly spoke over him at that moment.

[@DeviantCinnamonfur]

Oh shit, I thought that was a glitch - you're absolutely right!

[@starr_city9335]

Yeah, I noticed that and didn't think much of it- but I realize you're onto to smth-

[@jurassicsurvivor2433]

I don’t think it’s the mimic if it was it would say the mimic has left you can go back up so the mimic can finish her off and the sways it’s talking to her is not right for the mimic so I think it’s all Greg no mim

[@DeviantCinnamonfur]

@@jurassicsurvivor2433 Nah, the mimic probably just messed with the elevator instead.

[@yeboxxx_channel_2505]

​@@jurassicsurvivor2433The elevator was manual and rusted. I am pretty sure Gregory neither Freddy or Vanessa, if Freddy or Vanessa even escaped together, could drop a manual elevator on distance. It was basically mimic most of the time. I just realized that includes all scenes except Roxy and Mimic's brawl and chase.

[@ashemabahumat4173]

One thing to note about what Gregory tells Cassy at the end is that theres actually 2 variants of the line. Labeled "RealGreg" and "Gregiric" iirc, the one we hear is "Gregiric". The other one is the real Gregory saying "Make sure that it doesn't follow you."

[@translator-kun]

Wait when did the real gregory say that? Before the chase sequence?

[@ashemabahumat4173]

@@translator-kun audio for the line in the game files, apparently

[@admiralprince7925]

@@ashemabahumat4173 Hold on, be specific, is it the real Gregory saying the lines in the elevator ending or is it the Mimic?

[@ashemabahumat4173]

@@admiralprince7925 I already explained it in the original comment

[@ErikasVaranavicius-ez8rn]

@@admiralprince7925 what hes trying to say is that there is an unused or maybe very secret ending where the 2 voicelines are switched, and that the extra voiceline also adds further proof to the theory in the video.

[@vergilsparda8431]

Here’s something interesting to note the mimic doesn’t actually debut in this game, but instead within the fazbear frights novels which expand on his origins somewhat. He was meant to mimic children and learn how to play with them on an individual level, but when the child of his creator was killed in an accident, his habit of mimicking that child lead his creator to beat him repeatedly with an iron pipe, causing him to learn violence. Afterwards fazbear Inc. disassembled and recycled him with the bulk of his AI code, going into a potential future attraction at the pizzaplex called the storyteller he was using Vanessa as a proxy, to gather the various bits of his code and rebuild himself in the image of the most violent person he could find William Afton.

[@Skywalker-un9bx]

That's what I thought too. I didn't get how SuperHorrorBro could "guess" that the mimic is Glitchtrap, when he already exists in the novels. Also correct me if I am wrong, but didn't he get the name Tiger Rock?

[@vergilsparda8431]

@@Skywalker-un9bx I think that tiger rock was an animatronic that the mimic replaced at one point so kinda? It’s not his name but he stole it for a while

[@Skywalker-un9bx]

@@vergilsparda8431 aight, I haven’t read the novels, just summaries on different forums, so just went with what I heard

[@jrvenom349]

Man, even though Mimick is kind of evil now I still feel bad for him ):

[@thewolvessquad4045]

So the mimic is evil because of robot child abuse?

[@randomcreations7522]

You know, I can believe that it was actually the mimic who dropped the elevator. It makes sense given how it seems there was major interference when Gregory was speaking, and the tone of his voice seems to change as well. It is very slight, but it does seem to have a malicious tone to it.

[@5mbluvr]

yeah and how in the subtitles it shows two different greg's speaking

[@Soundwave142]

I agree with, so she could distrust Gregory.

[@IrregularityRowan]

There was also some static/feedback when the mimic Gregory was after the speaker sound

[@vixenimoon]

And if you listen closely, you can hear the same tone when in the elevator, when 'Gregory' says "you did it for me... to save me" that 'save me' part was eerily similar to how the mimic was saying it the entire game, almost like it couldn't articulate saying it in any other way.

[@noobus.4615]

heres actually 2 variants of the line. Labeled "RealGreg" and "Gregiric" iirc, the one we hear is "Gregiric". The other one is the real Gregory saying "Make sure that it doesn't follow you." This means that gregory didnt betray cassie at all, but the mimic took over

[@elysia_ray]

If we take into consideration the theory where the mimic is talking in the second half of his conversation with Cassie in the ending, you can notice an abrupt change of the sentences' lenght. When Gregory is talking the sentence is long and has "," while when the mimic takes over, all of its phrases are cut short: "I know why you did it. You did it for me." Many pauses as if the mimic wasn't able yet to mimic Gregory's voice for too long, hence it has to pause. A human would have probably said:"I know why you did it, you did it for me" I can't really remember how mimic tried to speak pretending to be Gregory, but i think it was through short sentences with pauses and "." In them

[@Cfourreal]

This can also be confirmed by the fact that the subtitles seemingly change without a reason. Might be a bug aswell, no idea

[@sushikushisparrow1096]

I definitely think it’s the mimic at the end, I really don’t think Gregory ever called or found out she was there.

[@elysia_ray]

@sushikushisparrow1096 yeah also because if he wanted to leave the Pizzaplex so badly he would have probably left his "walkie-talkie" there, it doesn't make much sense that he carried it with him and started a whole conversation with Cassie

[@sz_b_zstechnix7523]

the person also changes....also, if the presumed new goal of Gregory, Freddy (Michael), and Vanessa is to keep the Fredbear stuff under wraps, why would he say "we don't want being followed". To me anyway, it sounds more like the A.I. expressing that it wants to tie up loose ends, that can let OG Gregory and the others find it, and lock it up again.

[@fernandosgamingblog2280]

@elysia_ray I am with you at that, heard this theory from not just superhorrorbro, but also from the Roxanne Wolf and Gregory show.

[@dreemurrprince]

In my personal opinion, i do think the mimic intercepted the radio signal from gregory. Since gregory is only able to properly contact Cassie while the mimic is busy fighting off Roxy. You can hear that when the mimic defeats her, the static occurs between follow and instructions, suggesting it is no longer occupied, and returned to intercepting the radio. It seems to have been gregory in the elevator too, as that is a different radio receiver, the one built in, which takes the mimic a moment to intercept. Overall, I’m excited to see where this goes.

[@dreemurrprince]

@user-qc1nn9sh6g seems unlikely, you can pretty clearly distinguish the difference when gregory is speaking and when the mimic is

[@dreemurrprince]

@user-qc1nn9sh6g …dude. Did you even read my comment? I stated he DIDN’T SAY THAT I specifically said the only time GREGORY not the MIMIC speaks, is when the mimic is fighting off Roxy, and for a few seconds in the elevator. the rest of the radio was the mimic please learn to read.

[@DonnaRoads]

​@@dreemurrprinceyour just dense

[@dreemurrprince]

The The irony-

[@dreemurrprince]

@user-qc1nn9sh6g so did you… forget that Cassie.. opened a concrete wall to get in there, which is not only where roxy came from, but also how cassie got in, and leads to the rest of the pizzaplex. It killed(?) cassie without sacrificing its own escape and leaving no evidence, perfect play on paper

[@eternalcountelliott3225]

Roxy seems to have a similar bond with Cassie as Freddy does with Gregory. Interesting how much the DLC expanded the lore enough for another game despite having a ruined pizzaplex.

[@bipborpthedipdorp7028]

Imagine a DLC for each robot getting a child friend but the pizzaplex falls further into ruin until eventually getting swallowed up by a sink hole to hell. Of course the kids all help each other escape, and maybe the robots do too.

[@nithraliabrawlstars6541]

​@@bipborpthedipdorp7028probably you only meant the main 4 animatronics. Imagine Sun and Moon getting a child friend with a split personality. Lol

[@bipborpthedipdorp7028]

or twins@@nithraliabrawlstars6541

[@kalululove1740]

@@nithraliabrawlstars6541could be possible the only reason moon was attacking was because of the virus sometimes mimic would turn off the lights on purpose to have moon activated that’s why sun had generators around the daycare and told Gregory to keep the lights on but it’s a possibility

[@alishalaisa2114]

or it could be twins@@nithraliabrawlstars6541

[@EclecticBear]

I like how Cassie gets her own Freddie. The moment I heard her say “I’m sorry. I- error.” I knew she was going to come back. I think it works too bc Cassie had a Roxy walkie, and “Gregory” (the memic) had a Freddie one.

[@jonny_kung]

I absolutely love how far this franchise has come. From a simple and brilliant jump scare game that actually got players asking questions about an actual story behind it all; which then spawned all of these games! I also really like how much depth there is to the story side of this and how it's likely evolved with the success of the franchise. Long may it continue IMO.

[@brozy6941]

The two subtitles overlapping one another as the original Gregory's subtitles continue as normal and then are cut off by the fake one, The Mimic's arm being in the elevator, the strange sound in the speaker and The Mimic being able to hack programs from a distance(as shown in the Afton ending in security breach) all connects to The Mimic taking over the speakers control and cutting off Gregory while tricking Cassie into thinking her friend was betraying her. If i'm not mistaken there is also some cute dialouge from Gregory in ruin that says "Just make sure you're not followed!" And if that piefe of dialouge is in the files then it basically confirms that The Mimic was the one speaking in the end and the one who made the elevator fall. One more thing is that there's simply no way for Gregory to turn off the elevator and make it fall like The Mimic, which further backs up this theory.

[@digitalfantasies4570]

Technically, Gregory couldn't even get on the speaker to begin with since it's a speaker within the pizzaplex yet most theories involve him being cut off halfway through his conversation with Cassie, which realistically he shouldn't be able to contact Cassie on a walkie-talkie at all or on the intercom at all, so if he COULD do those things, then he could also probably shut off the elevator. Probably because this follows the ending that gas Gregory and Vanessa as friends so Vanessa is the one who probably got Gregory into the systems at the end of the game and it was Vanessa's control of the pizza plex that may allow him to shut off the elevator.

[@thestoryofaweirdo1630]

I find it interesting how Roxy is the last security node, makes you wonder what reason she was actually built for especially since it seems either she never received the glitchtrap virus or the virus ended up leaving 🤔

[@Chara_Dreemurr1]

Maybe the way she was acting towards gregory is her programming to deal with intruders and hooligans who break into the pizzaplex after hours... so a standard security protocol. But since cassie is registered as a guest and roxy was the host of cassies birthday party. Maybe there's a secret part in the code that has the animatronics guardians of the birthday person. So cassie is registered to roxys system as a person to prioritise protecting and to allow in after hours. But only registered to roxy as allowed to be there since the other animatronics were hacked completely. So maybe roxy is just aggressive with intruders and was extra salty when Gregory stole her eyes.

[@menukaliyanage3483]

I think that the mimic knew that Roxy would protect Cassie, so it asked her to deactivate her, since roxy is only hostile towards Gregory. If cassie never made an interaction with roxy, I think that the mimic would have never asked cassie to deactivate Roxy.

[@macintoshhjball4686]

There’s a theory bye rye toast about Cassie’s dad. Rye kind of talks about the potential theory that Cassie’s dad created the MXES (because he worked there) and Roxy is Cassie’s favorite character. Rye also talks about MXES could be the resemblance of a bunny(bonnie) because Bonnie is her dads favorite animatronic. I recommend watching the video! I probably didn’t explain it well enough but it’s an interesting take!

[@FayinKay]

With whatever direction they're going with in Security Breach. I'm just looking forward for more found family trope lmao. I'm obsessed with Gregory, Vanessa and Freddy being a family. I just want Cassie and Roxy to be added to the fam too.

[@XenderrR]

The Freddy missing his head has "Prototype" written under his foot. The real Freddy from the main game didn't, as you can see when upgrading him. This might mean that Freddy without his head is something completely different, and I believe Steel Wool and Scott left all of these comics and fake freddys and what not in the game in order to confuse the player and leave then constantly wondering which ending was actually canon. There are so many hints pointing to almost each and every one of them.

[@DarthZ01]

he also still has a present in his chest, which should be the faz watch. normal freddy wouldnt have this as gregory opened that gift at the start of breach, and also spent most of the game in that chest, which means no room for a gift at all.

[@ncoolking9415]

Yes

[@ncoolking9415]

The gift was green

[@milktea543]

I was so surprised that Mike didn't cover this one tbh because of how kinda blatant the prototype word and the giftbox in its hollow chest were.

[@haydentang3981]

another clue that points to ruin being a sequel to the burntrap ending rather than the free vanessa ending is that in the free vanessa ending, it ended when only 2 animatronics were destroyed when in ruin, chica, monty and roxy are destroyed. which means it is the burntrap ending

[@gattycroc8073]

The Mimic is an amazing villain and a terrific replacement for Afton. with AI coping everything from art to singer's voices it seems fitting to have an updated version of it that mimicked the mind of a psychopathic murderer.

[@eleanorcooke7136]

I think that it would be cool if Mimic was an amalgamation of ennard and some ai coding of glitchtrap. It might be a little old but we know for a fact that ennard can also do that voice mimic because he got it from Ballora.

[@tripplec6798]

@@eleanorcooke7136If I remeber correctlly, Ennard was made then scrapped and his parts used to make Ballora and the other Sister Location animatornics. Ennard's plan was to become whole again so that also matches how the mimic scrapped together a suit from the other animatronics. If so then if Ennard becomes the new main villian his plan could be to find a way to become whole again and get revenge on his creators for scrapping him.

[@amanjotsingh1815]

Actually i came to know a theory It says that mimic was once a endo He was made to entertain kids and make sure everythings ok. He had an ai programme inside it known as mimic 1. When his owner or who made it died , he got really aggressive and started using his voice to kill people. His ai programme turned into glitchtrap and his body turned into mimic. I Hope it helps

[@domhopper7402]

The second theory you had about the Mimic intercepting the radio signal during the main ending could actually be true. In the books it's pointed out that the Mimic has the ability to intercept radio signals and hijack them so it could've very well did that.

[@miguelangelvega7176]

The Mimic could have used Vanny to steal Gregory's backpack pre-SB, which is why Gregory didn't trust her to begin with. Also, it's interesting that Roxanne taunts Gregory with "I bet you don't even have friends" knowing what she knows about Cassy's birthday.

[@_playa_]

Uuuhhh no

[@playererror4044]

I would be much happier with the idea of the mimic dropping the elivator over Gregory, if only because it makes way more sense than Gregory getting Cassie almost to freedom then dropping her. Also Roxanne protecting Cassie? Yes, all the yes now.

[@Jumpyman_thegamerYT]

The Mimic did drop the elevator. I think Mike said that in his video.

[@Dremag_Gaming]

Think most of the animatroics dont really want to hurt people but when something goes and forces them.

[@distinguishedallureproduct879]

​@@Dremag_GamingI think the Mimic is different, I heard it is Mimicking William Afton so it wants to get out and continue killing and doing things because it think its Afton... I believe the Mimic dropped the elevator cause I still don't understand why Gregory is such a little evil shit

[@nekovet69]

Also I don't think Gregory had anyway of actually dropping that elevator. It was all he could do just to lead Cassie to it.

[@enderborn6860]

this on bretail levels lke Six dropping Mono yeesh so i hope that skinny bot was the real bastard

[@ShadowFire_OG]

In case you didnt notice in the game, occasionally Helpi not only gets an eye colour change, but gets purple veins by his eyes, possibly showing him being controlled by the Mimic. Also 21:20 it could be data from the Faz-watch Gregory had.

[@ballmonokumastan1587]

Ruin really shows how amazing Security Breach could've been if they weren't rushed. As a wise man once said, you'd rather choose eat a whole cake tomorrow than eating a cupcake today.

[@sheriffbutterball7824]

never heard that saying but it is indeed wise

[@levievil9220]

What do you mean rushed the game was taking more time than they thought how is that rushed yes there was a lot of bugs but they had bigger plans for it and couldn’t get it in time but how does a game coming out way later than it was supposed to be rushed

[@hellfoxwolf14]

I blame the fans.

[@edwardnewgate6583]

@@levievil9220 I think he means the devs should have waited a few more weeks to improve the game to have less bugs and be really polished

[@grandempressvicky6387]

​@@edwardnewgate6583but the problem wasn't enough time, Scott kept giving them more time. Sony didn't rush them either. The problem was that Steel Wool was too ambitious for their first open world game. This is an issue a lot of game devs, who specialise in one genre, have when they switch to a completely different one. They feel the need to prove themselves and that leads to extreme feature creep and creative conflicts.

[@Minerveestar]

Hey Mike, I notice that you’re putting a lot more emotion and enthusiasm in your Story Explained videos and I’m all for it!

[@deputyrook6232]

what i love about the dlc's plot twist is that it puts every weird thing that happens in the game into a perspective that easily explains it. it's also not so obvious that you can tell what it's gonna be from the begining but also not so out of left field that a 2nd playthrough would cause you to gaslight yourself into thinking the actual ending was a dream. for my part, i figured out that Gregory wasn't in the pizzaplex right after the mimic said through the walkie that i needed to deactivate Roxy. i noticed impefections in the tone of its voice that sounded strangely similar to how AI generated voices would put higher or lower tones at weird places in sentences from there i put the rest of the pieces together, realized that Gregory shouldn't be in the pizzaplex, and concluded that the one i was hearing through the talkie wasn't the real one.

[@FirEBeast]

Lol it was pretty obvious imo. My man Gregory was pretty adept at moving around the Pizzaplex so just the notion that he was trapped was enough to throw me off. Like we’re talking about the kid that nearly decommissioned ALL 3 animatronics as well as fighting Vanny (who technically should have the same “powers” as Cassie here) so Greg would never let himself go out like that.

[@abdurrojid3204]

It was definitely Mimic who made the elevator fall, 14:30 below right there is a generator that supplies electricity to the elevator, maybe Mimic damaged the generator or unplugged the connecting cable which caused the elevator to fall after Mimic replaced Cassie and Gregory's conversation.

[@Plackowicz]

It was Gregory. If Mimic could drop down the elevator, he wouldn't do this speech as Gregory.

[@abdurrojid3204]

@@Plackowicz You know what Cassie was thinking in the elevator ending 😅

[@Plackowicz]

@@abdurrojid3204 wdym?

[@LondonbabyCamz]

​@@Plackowiczhow could gregory mske the elevator fall tho and why would he help cassie js to do that

[@Skanimates]

@@LondonbabyCamzhe could have not been trying to kill her, just drop her lower into the Pizzaplex, perhaps he know how deep the elevator was, and knew it wouldn’t kill her

[@sleepy-fc6rf]

Something interesting to note--the Scooper ending costume that the Mimic wears is that of a lion, with parts from the elephant suit on the right of the room and the penguin-like-bird-thing on the left. There's never a lion costume in the room...Right? Well, sort of; the lion costume never appears in game in its original state, but a model of it exists in the files. For whatever reason it just doesn't appear in the room with the other ancient mascot costumes, but an individual lion costume *does exist.* The implications of putting a lone endoskeleton into a room full of different costumes seems to be that the endoskeleton, whatever it might have been, was meant to be able to wear any one of those multiple suits--possibly meaning that this animatronic was meant to be able to *learn several different character routines at once,* and *swap between them on its own.* I think this implies fairly strongly that the Mimic actually was originally built as its own thing, and not a later AI entity. Whatever manner of corruption has seeped into the Pizzaplex has simply gotten its hands on the Mimic animatronic, and is utilizing the capabilities it was built with for its own purposes. Remember--even though the book continuity isn't 1:1 with the games--the Mimic was originally built as an endoskeleton, not just a bit of software.

[@gitmoyt]

The endos are just empty shells until they are programmed Just like in real life, hardware is nothing without software. I know this is a series with spirits and the supernatural, but i think this aspect is meant to be grounded in reality. The mimic's endo may be advanced, but it's still just an empty shell without some type of program to run it. The mechanical aspects might record and play sounds, but it takes programming in order to select or edit the sound it's playing. The shell may have been designed to fit into multiple suits, but it would take software in order to take on multiple roles. It's impossible for the parts of a machine to learn, but a program is perfectly capable.

[@sleepy-fc6rf]

@@gitmoyt Too bad for you, this is Five Nights at Freddy's. lol My point is, the Mimic must have been an original creation at some point--someone built it and programmed it to Mimic different show routines for different characters. Glitchtrap or whoever the virus infecting the Pizzaplex is must have found out about the Mimic and decided to try and infect it to use its copycat ability to lure someone down there and free it. How it knew about Cassie and how to contact her is kind of up in the air, but the books provide some clues. In the book continuity, the Mimic was created by a Fazbear Entertainment technician, which seems to align with Cassie's dad being a technician--as frequently referenced throughout Ruin. There's no evidence her dad built the Mimic yet, but the continuities are very similar in many cases. Maybe if it was built by her father, it might have seen her at some point? Maybe Glitchtrap was pulling from the only memories the machine had? Dunno. Point is, the Mimic had a purpose before trying to kill children.

[@milchesarreal6964]

The Candy Cadet's story lines up with the Mimic's release The mother's lullaby is the M.X.E.S program, and the monster learning the lullaby and tricking the boy is the Mimic "guiding" Cassie into releasing it. Since the story features a monster that can copy anyone's voice, its should have been a dead giveaway, but instead came off as an eerie warning. If only Cassie knew what's caged behind that slab of concrete..

[@itookthewooockkk5200]

🤯

[@ayesha-qr8bl]

@@itookthewooockkk5200BYE

[@itookthewooockkk5200]

@@ayesha-qr8bl BYE 😘

[@crystalaspid7724]

Another thing that can reinforce the idea that the mimic cut off gregory mid sentence and dropped the elevator in the bad ending is the fact that the moment when the mimic supposedly cut off gregory there is a whole new subtitle then the sentence continue as if nothing happened i always tought that was a bug from the game but now everything is clearer for me

[@ninawatchesstuff]

Yeah, the first playthrough I watched, I thought that was odd. The subtitles had been pretty consistent throughout the rest of the game, so it seemed strange to suddenly glitch in such a way. Especially since I can't recall any actual glitches in any of the playthroughs I watched. Then I noticed the exact same 'glitch' in a different channel's playthrough, and then in another. That tells me it wasn't a glitch, the subtitles were coded to render that way. Which tells me that the 'Gregory' who dropped Cassie isn't our Gregory. I wonder if we'll get a SB sequel in which Gregory (and Vanessa + Freddy) returns to the Pizzaplex to save Cassie (resulting in an eventual reunion/team-up) or if we'll get one focused on Cassie and Roxy escaping the Pizzaplex, reinstalling the MXES network as they go.

[@explodingcabage19]

If the Chica's minigame is completed correctly, you can obtain a voice box to repair Chica. It doesn't seem to unlock any other alternative ending or at least influence them. An ending may have been planned to repair all the animatronics but was scrapped. Steel Wool may use this for any upcoming DLC.

[@ballownfist3497]

I think it was just out of good deed/will because Cassie is a good kid, I don’t think it will lead to anything, just a nice option of a dying bot

[@thekarlshow_tm]

This whole game seemed to wanna help the animatronics that were once out for our blood. You make sun and moon whole and help roxy break from the control of glitchtrap/mimic. I’d like to think that there are secret ways to help all of the other animatronics, like chica’s voice box. Maybe if you play Monty Golf perfectly you’ll be able to get something to help him, like his legs or something. Maybe after doing these things you’ll be able to actually give Roxy her eyes. None of the endings really seem fully satisfying so far, so maybe this could be their true happy ending, all of the animatronics coming out to protect cassie

[@tyukogames]

I know right?

[@brennanadams3635]

@@thekarlshow_tm doesnt Freddy have her eyes tho? also I thought it was confirmed that the canon ending of Security Breach was the burntrap one? it makes a lot of sense to be that one because the mimic would be free from its former shell and the fact that the Glamrock Freddy we first met in the main game, wasn't a prototype

[@hokton8555]

@@thekarlshow_tm i heard that it doesnt do anything if you hack it sadly

[@fireflyer97]

The "free Vanessa" ending may not be canon if you consider that the word "prototype" is printed on the headless Freddy's foot, implying that this isn't the Freddy that Gregory was running around with. I think the burntrap ending is canon but I also think that Gregory did free Vanessa after stopping burntrap. It would also account for the huge hole caused by an explosion in the raceway.

[@subxero_x]

Backpack also in the pizzeria.

[@BrookeChan-o5w]

My theory for the 1st ending, the Elevator ending, was that 'Gregory' was the one that was talking to Cassie during the elevator. Several examples from the game show why I believe that Gregory never betrayed us, including my reasons why the Mimic used Gregory's voice to lead Cassie to the elevator. SPOILER WARNING: THIS REPLY CONTAINS SPOILERS OF SECURITY BREACH: RUIN ENDING! PROCEED WITH CAUTION (Guys, this is JUST A GAME THEORY, and I appreciate it if anybody has any theories or comments about this!) At the beginning of the chase scene, Cassie gets a message from ‘Gregory,’ but when Cassie asks, “Gregory? Is that you? I mean REALLy you?” he responds, “Is there another option? You need to get out of there now!” At first, it seems like Gregory is trying to focus on Cassie's priorities, but I think it's Mimic copying Gregory's voice to distract Cassie from figuring out that it isn't him. When Gregory tells us to follow his instructions, you notice a (static) just when Gregory is about to say instructions. I believe that either: • 1. After pushing off Roxy, the Mimic grabbed the Roxy-Talkie and used it to cut off Gregory before he could help Cassie escape, so it used Gregory’s voice as a desperate last-ditch effort so Cassie wouldn’t escape. • Or 2. Mimic seemed to hack into the device just before Gregory could finish talking since we heard static during the middle of the message and used it to give Cassie a false sense of security before it could corner her in the elevator. During the chase scene, we notice that Gregory gives us many directions like "Go left" or "Turn right," even telling us if the mimic's "It's right behind you" during the entire chase scene. However, how would Gregory know that Mimic's right behind us and where to go if he was "never at the pizza plex?" Even if a particular "friend" told him, Vanessa and Freddy only explored the underground pizza plex in SB, and Mimic was buried more profound than that. I don't believe even Vanessa or Freddy could have access to that part of the pizza plex, so that doesn't make sense. Including Gregory had a difficult time trying to contact Cassie, saying that he was "trying to contact you all night," and the place is underground, so I don't think there are any cameras there for Gregory to use to guide us. So how could he tell us where to go if he couldn't see us, and how could he tell that Mimic was right behind us? Yes, Gregory could've heard that Mimic's behind us by his stomping footsteps, but how could he know where to go? A walkie-talkie can't give somebody information about that. Another thing that bothered me was that Gregory seemed to know precisely where Cassie needed to go to escape. Still, nobody's been down there for years except for Cassie's recent visit, and Gregory seemed knowledgeable about the underground maze. That's Mimic since it's been there a long time, so it could easily remember the layout of the elevator, so it could Mimic Gregory's voice and lead Cassie to the elevator. I believe that Gregory was talking to us during his short few sentences with Cassie. However, you should note that during the middle of his message, the walkie-talkie started stating before continuing to talk to Cassie. Finally, we hear Gregory again during the elevator drop, but he leaves a cryptic message before dropping the player to our supposed deaths. However, I don’t think that’s the case. In the beginning, Gregory sounded sorry for Cassie and guilty that she was going through all that to save her, but the rest of his message didn’t connect with what he said before and didn’t sound like Gregory. My theory was that Mimic was also able to hack into the elevator transmission and was responsible for the crashing of the elevator. Another thing that sat well with Gregory’s message was the “I really don’t know what it is, but it’s been down here for a long time.” The reason for it was the “HERE” part of his sentence; when people talk about something that’s somewhere else, they usually use the word “THERE” instead of “HERE,” like “The clock is over there” or “That playground’s been there for a long time.” So, why would Gregory use “HERE” instead of “THERE?” It could only be the Mimic because it implies that the Mimic was “HERE for a long time,” Gregory would’ve said “there,” not “here,” so it must be the Mimic. Another part was that Gregory knew the “M.X.E.S. security program” and its purpose. However, how would Gregory know about this program in the first place? We never saw any clues during Gregory’s time in SB, and Gregory was “never in the pizza plex in the first place,” so how could he have known about this program? Including the fact that Gregory never wore the Vanny mask. Again, it must be Mimic because it knew that the only way to escape was for Cassie to disable all security nodes, so it must have all the knowledge of the security program; I believe that maybe the Mimic mentioned this to Cassie to sell the idea that it’s Gregory talking. Another part that bugged me is the “we can’t risk being followed,” why would Gregory spend all his time trying to get to Cassie and help her escape the underground maze just to kill her like that? If Gregory didn’t want Cassie to leave, he would’ve said, “You’re on her own,” and left her to die instead of leading her to the elevator. My theory was that Mimic cut off Gregory and that it was Mimic talking. • My reasons are 1. Gregory already had a hard time getting a transmission to Cassie’s walkie-talkie, so it must’ve been challenging to get through the transmission on the Elevator. • Another reason is 2. How could Gregory cut off the elevator if Gregory wasn’t there in the first place? It must be the Mimic cutting off Cassie escaping, including that Gregory could barely get through to Cassie, so how could he access the elevator? • My reason 3. is The Mimic couldn’t leave any survivors alive since Cassie was its escape form, and if she told the authorities or someone, that would be Mimic's end. So desperately it used its hacking power to cause the elevator to crash. The “we can’t risk being followed” is implied to the Mimic, saying it can’t be risked being followed, so it kills Cassie so she can’t escape and risk getting Mimic caught. • My reason 4. Is the fact that Gregory said, “We can’t risk being followed,” but never said that “We can’t risk YOU being followed,” which would’ve made more sense because the Mimic was following Cassie, but he didn’t. The “We” must be Mimic can’t be risked being followed, so the Mimic made Cassie clear its path to escape, but couldn’t, so it drops the elevator to stop Gregory and Cassie from trying to stop Mimic from escaping. Finally, most of the message sounded chopped and static the whole time. Though some may say that the elevator transmission is old or it’s Gregory trying his best to communicate with Cassie, I believe that it was Mimic piecing together Gregory’s voice line to create a recording of Gregory betraying Cassie. This would make sense during the game; Gregory’s voice lines from SB were used to communicate with Cassie. For example, “There’s no time!” when Freddy insists that Gregory “feels that you are broken” then takes him to the First-Aid station and “How’s that supposed to help?” when Freddy tells him to do the pizza simulator to escape from Chica. So, the Mimic could’ve easily used these chop recordings to create this message to Cassie, including that Helpi could splice together an audio lure of Cassie’s voice during the intercom cameras. Also, I believe that Mimic copied Gregory’s voice so that Cassie could lead Mimic to the elevator so it could escape AND kill Cassie at the same time. Think about this; the Mimic relied on Cassie to free them from its prison, and it used Gregory’s voice to lead her to run off all the security nodes and free it, so why can’t it do the same again? When Cassie was running from Mimic, when you reached the elevator, there was a conduit (I think that’s what it’s called) near the elevator that the player must charge before going in the elevator just when the Mimic tried to grab Cassie. It does look like the Mimic was following Cassie to attack her, but I think there’s more to it. Instead, I believe Mimic copied Gregory’s voice to lead Cassie towards the elevator to charge it up so the Mimic can escape. Since it led Cassie to help it to be free, it used Cassie again to escape its underground prison. It seemed too much of a coincidence that Cassie had the Faz-wrench to hack the security nodes and charge conduits throughout the game, and there seemingly was a conduit in the underground place where no one’s been down there for years, and a conduit appeared where Cassie needs to escape. The Mimic depended on Cassie to escape, so it used her to escape; it led her to the elevator to charge it up, and she was hoping to attack her before she used the elevator to escape. Well, this was long. Kudos to anyone who reads this. I hope you like my theory. Also, remember: It's JUST A GAME THEORY!! Please comment below on what you think! (Edit: I edited the whole thing to several paragraphs so people can read it and changed the ITS JUST A THEORY TO GAME THEORY. I also highlighted, bulleted, and italicized some things to make more sense. I hope this helps you!) 😁

[@Diaslayyy]

I read through this whole thing and loved it. What made me shart my pants was the line "gregory" said at the cement door. He said the line "this stupid door wont open." And i just paused cause i knew id heard that same line before in the first game. So i had a jimmy neutron brain blast and tried to figure out in what context gregory had first said that. It was when he was supposed to release freddy from the rockstar row room but it was locked. So i double checked and i was right, they sampled the same voice line and that put me off so bad. I loved that detail cause not all of the players might have noticed just how many already used lines the mimic used for gregory. I watched corys gameplay at least like 12 times so i remember specific lines, so im happy i caught that detail by myself, i felt smart😭

[@Daedaun]

read through the whole thing, and it DOES make a lot of sense. I didn't understand either. Gregory himself is a child, there's no possible way he'd know wtf the mimic is. Plus the elevator part just seemed stupid. Why would he stop the elevator half way? doesn't make sense

[@cherylborres1379]

I wish the people that kept saying "Gregory is evil" was smart like you

[@RealCirnoFumo]

Wow This is really well put together I do wonder if the roxy at end was also the mimic That would be too far fetched tho :P

[@BrookeChan-o5w]

@@RealCirnoFumo Thanks; which part was the most interesting to you? Also, these are my thoughts, so feel free to respond with your own theories and comments!

[@ThatDigitalDemon]

I love how "Gregory" uses old lines from SB like "I-I'm Gregory" "The stupid door won't open!" and "You saved me!" Nice touch. There are a few more but I can't remember what ones. (i'm pretty sure they're from SB.) Also, Mike says that the Blob was destroyed with Burntrap. Remember "If we don't see the body/death, it didn't happen"

[@eleanorcooke7136]

In fnaf, if you do see the body, they're probably still not dead.

[@TheMojito02]

@@eleanorcooke7136 Fair point

[@Ertovj]

blob is alive the burntrap im not sure in order to see the blob you have to go to the top of stairs to montys gater golf but the moment u go completely down hes disappeared so you require debug camera to see him so the blob is alive

[@ThatDigitalDemon]

@@Ertovj Yh and as the blob took Burntrap he could be around

[@ungesbunges6885]

⁠@@ThatDigitalDemonI think that the mimic is using Williams endoskeleton as it is just some code, we also know Williams soul is stuck in a form of hell (fnaf:UCN) so he doesn’t need to be in the picture anymore, so if the mimic took control of it then it would have free reign over the endo (might also explained why when burntrap touched the tvs in his bossfight he could corrupt Freddy)

[@ItsCarterThe5thVideos]

I think you are right about the mimic intervening in the elevator, also because of the fact that the subtitles overlap during that sequence. many people think it is just a glitch, but I think it the developers did that on purpose.

[@davidwilson2916]

I appreciate that Ruin's story is more explicit than previous entries in the series. I'm all for theorizing and speculating, but there comes a time when you have to actually tell your story. While Ruin's narrative isn't anything new or particularly engaging, at least you can follow it without having to rely on a ton of external information, which I think is a step in the right direction.

[@theclonewars1952]

Ok, to clarify some things, 1. The vanny costume was left behind, but the vanny mask we see in ruin is made out of metal and wires while the vanny costume is made of cloth (i think) also the vanny mask from ruin looks like it's in a good condition. (somehow...) 2. The good vanny ending doesn't explain how the pizzaplex got collapsed/burnt/ruined. 3. The headless freddy in the fazer blast area in ruin is only the prototype of freddy, it's on the left foot where it's says "prototype" on it.

[@sheriffbutterball7824]

maybe there's two cannon endings? perhaps Glitch/burn trap/ William Afton did manage to complete a physical form somehow or became the mimic. because the burner rooms and final boss rooms exist in the DLC so perhaps both Gregory and Vanessa (after being freed) went further underground to get rid of Afton/burn trap?

[@Dremag_Gaming]

At least the papers at the start tries to "explain" how the building got into that state but as for the real reason. Who really knows. (just like who knows what might've happened to those that also got into the building to do their graffiti and such .)

[@Nurp8]

The newspapers at 0:50 say that there’s been an earthquake, it’s probably that after that they gave up, since it has always been shown that fazbear entertainment only cares about money and can make more pizzerias and animatronics

[@cybergames3436]

Considering that sinkhole was always going to happen, the PQ ending is still quite valid, glitchtrap still has the pizza plex and freddys corpse is mostly still there, freddy may have always been a prototype and the withering may have revealed said decal, the prototypedecal is most likely something just there to allow the other endings where freddy is destroyed in other endings to be somewhat valid or just throw the players off. The mimic seems to be a bulkier endo 01, maybe a prototype from the museum, seeing as this mimic is probably not the one from the books as the one in the books seems to be atleast somewhat of a mix of the funtime and OG endos whilst the ruin one is a fully solid endo. (Edit) Pizzaplex got wrecked by an earthquake? Guess it explains the damage on everywhere other than the raceway, but then how the hell would the animatronics not be repaired e.g monty gets his legs back. Massive coincidence if an earthquake took place like the day after the main game. Also interesting that the comics act as like a process of information for the true(ish) ending for SB as its kindda blatant by the second act that Princess quest is the right route... also there's no way Vanessa had the time or money to develop mxes, that things developed by faxbear alone and is probably atleast influenced by the glitchtrap virus, or its glitchtrap in the mimic and mxes putting on a show to keep cassie from catching onto its deception by adding a threat that's not just the heavily damaged animatronics.

[@achilles5443]

i think this means that the “grab afton” ending is still canon, and the mixed clues are to confuse the player like cassie is being confused. vanessa probably escaped afterwards, being freed in some way we just don’t know yet. perhaps the new vanny mask is different, and created by the security AI. i also believe gregory never spoke to cassie in this game, not one time. I think the mimic led her to the elevator and pretended in a double way that it was gregory, leading her to die for the mimic to feed on her data and lead more children to die.

[@charlesmorey4298]

5:32 knowing what I do know about how the mimic can control Helpi and mimic Gregory, it made me realize how suspicious Gregory's response here is. He should NOT have heard helpi. This is one of the several early tips that this is NOT greg. Edit: Another thing I remembered from Markipliers playthrough was FOOTAGE OF GREGORY RUNNING AWAY FROM VANNY BEING PLAYED ON A SCREEN. How? I just genuinely want to learn how.

[@samurexatlas7373]

So, there's a strange detail in the standard ending. In the subtitles, you get TWO Gregory boxes. Two talk boxes tend to symbolize different characters. So maybe the Mimic is trying to make Cassie feel alone, and get itself a get out of jail free card?

[@thekarlshow_tm]

Yeah I’m guessing when hearing that Cassie pretty much set it free it decides to try and manipulate Cassie further, making her feel like her one friend even when talking as his actual self would abandon her. Then the mimic could show a sign of false empathy like “hey I was trapped here too” and try to get Cassie to let it out, plus trying to get rid of Roxy again

[@Sarisjackoviak1815]

Same. This is the only time this happens.

[@Thumpsalot]

I noticed that as well. It definitely strengthens the argument that the Mimic took over the conversation in the elevator. Plus the speaker change sound that Mike mentioned.

[@samurexatlas7373]

@@Thumpsalot Yup, so maybe we'll see Gregory worried as to Cassie's fate, going looking, they cross paths, Freddy's head and Roxy meet up, maybe splitting their eyes?

[@homefox357]

So then the line before the chase "My friend has access to the building maps." can refer to Vanessa?

[@TheValiantMoon]

I feel the fact that the mimic looses an arm in the elevator and you don't look away from the speakers during that last scene really helps with the theory that the mimic drops the elevator, since its arms in there and who knows what it could get away with

[@roykorteweg]

Imagine if the start of the next ‘chapter’ is Cassie trying to get out of the elevator with the hand laying on the ground ready to be picked up and used as a tool 😍 Man that would be so cool

[@TheLegendaryColorFixer_REDMIST]

@@roykorteweg slapping the British furry wanna be would be satisfying.

[@NolsHub]

22:12 something to note about the "changing speaker" theory, I don't know if it ever happens elsewhere or if the devs thought the lines were spoken too closely together, but with the subtitles you end up with two Gregory subtitles being displayed at once, which usually only happens when there are multiple speakers.

[@digitaltailsmon4096]

I have not heard the theory of the mimic being the one who dropped the elevator but it does make sense. Gregory goes from telling her about the security program but then goes from that to telling her what he has to do. Plus it wouldn’t make sense for Gregory or Venessa to let a little kid die much less a friend of Gregory because they are shown to be sympathetic especially if this is set in the post save venessa ending

[@HeyThere_Dragon]

I would absolutely Love to see another DLC of Cassie trying to escape the Pizzaplex with Roxie's aid. I would also love to see more of "Eclipse" now... It would be fun to see the Daycare be cleaned up a bit and act as a safe-space sort of hub if we get another DLC

[@littlebittygames2395]

Yeah props to Steal Whool it's a shame about the original security breach but this dlc was much closer to what I was expected, I hope they keep learning and improving! I've genuinely been left excited for the next game and attached to the characters in it.

[@lavalord96]

This dlc somehow did the impossible and fixed whatever messed up lore implications there were in the base game, AND got my interest into the story back singlehandedly. Of course william didn't come back as glitchtrap, it was just code influenced by his actions and william is still in hell, and yes I watched the game theory video. This is definitely going into an ai apocalypse sci-fi story now- Of course I'll always love the older fnaf games over the newer ones, but I think that if they're going to include sci-fi stuff, then I'd go ALL in with it personally, and leave the horror as a secondary goal. Not to say that I don't like horror, just that I think we need to get away from the "Horror for kids" genre.

[@zorathemagic7310]

Horror is what makes it so good wdym

[@lavalord96]

@zorathemagic7310 I mean, everyone has their preferences.

[@Prxypad]

Tbh the William Afton still in hell thing is kinda sad if you look at his whole story, it's defenetly deserved but if Glitchtrap really isn't Afton it's sad that he never got even a chance to redeam himself in some sort of selfless act imo

[@GayDracula_]

​@@PrxypadI mean. He murdered children.

[@Prxypad]

@@GayDracula_ that's why I said it's deserved

[@_marshP]

While I think the Escape w/ Vanny ending is absolutely intended to be the one that Ruin follows, I can't shake the fact that the Freddy we find in ruin has "Prototype" written on it's foot, while /our/ Freddy doesn't.

[@haydentang3981]

also, the escape w/ vanny ending only has 2 animatronics demolished while in ruin all of em are shattered. so it confirms that it is the afton ending thats the true ending not the escape w/ vanny ending

[@baharrothbluu]

​@@haydentang3981I think you can shatter all 3 if you want

[@Noctis-fr3uc]

You can decomission the 3 animatronics. Also, something that supports that Freddy not being ours it's the jumpscare. We can see that he still has an unopened giftbox inside him. The very same giftbox that we open to get the faz-watch.

[@Nurp8]

⁠@@Noctis-fr3ucit’s probably that since Freddy was broken/gone they tried to make another one, but gave up after the earthquake.(the newspapers in the start on the game said that in 0:50)

[@abdulrafayzafar9110]

I think the reason why is called prototype becuz in SB Gregory destroyed the animatronics to obtain their parts to upgrade Freddy, so Freddy has Roxy's eyes, chica's voice box and monty's claws. He is upgraded with other animatronics parts which is why he is prototype

[@tman11122]

So one theory that kind of makes sense, is that the mimics body is actually Michael Afton. We know that Michael died at the end of Pizzeria Simulator, but the theory that his body being robotic, would mean that he continues to remain intact. Also take into account that Ruin is the only other time we see the scooper being used, which of course the last time we saw it used was to scoop out michael.

[@thewolvessquad4045]

Hey did you see the similarity between the blob eating burntrap and the new scooper killing the mimic

[@ClockworkVaudevillian1]

The mimic already existed in one of the books and has its history there, so this is debunked

[@thewolvessquad4045]

@catastrophiclockwork4033 well the books and games don't coexist in the same timeline

[@overseer5660]

I find it funny how the mimic says to the speaker "To save me" when Gregory made himself clear she was never supposed to be at the Pizzaplex and therefore didn't need to be saved in the first place. The mimic messing with the speaker is a giveaway.

[@anupama4832]

Just before the chase scene gregory says to follow (static ) instructions suggesting that real gregory would have instructed her to the scooper room but the mimic guided towards the default ending where it planned to make gregory look evil

[@naee-_-]

This is high IQ thinking 😮

[@Neganium]

Another point in favor of the "It's not actually Gregory" scenario in the last bit of the default ending: someone apparently datamined the game, or whatever, and found an alternate line of dialogue, which is very similar to what "Gregory" is saying to Cassie in the end... with a crucial difference- instead of insisting that he can't risk being followed, he instead WARNS CASSIE to "make sure you're not followed". And thinking of it this way, it makes a lot of sense; after all, why on earth would he have fought so hard to save her in the first place, only to quite literally drop her in the end? Gregory may not have as much sympathy for the animatronics as Cassie seems to, but I don't think he's THAT callous to somebody he considers a friend, considering some cut lines from the main game having crying, believed to be from where Freddy was torn apart- sort of mirroring the bit with Cassie and Roxy, just a bit, isn't it? Basically, there are more questions here that go unanswered, with a clear opening for them to BE answered somewhere down the road, whether through a sequel, or continuous releases of DLC. This makes me wonder if there are other friends of Gregory or Cassie out there, or even just unaffiliated persons who get wrapped up in the overarching mess, who happen to be tied to specific animatronics like Gregory and Cassie were? (Cassie even helps Sun/Moon/Eclipse, and she can help Chica a bit too, tho that's optional and I'm not sure how its facilitated, since I only watch playthroughs and it wasn't addressed in the one I saw.) There's also the possibility of yet undiscovered endings to wonder about, tho by this point in time I'm not as sure about that one. Also, a friend of mine elsewhere pointed out (and it's very visible here in this video if you look) that the headless Freddy in Fazerblast has the word "PROTOTYPE" stamped across its intact foot, while the Freddy from the main game lacks this detail. It could be a case of retroactive meddling, but it could also imply that this isn't the same Freddy, even if he is similarly afflicted with headlessness. He is, perhaps, the replacement for the damaged Freddy from the seemingly canon ending, since the newspapers imply that an unrelated earthquake (or else the sinkhole finally catching up to the 'plex without Gregory's and Freddy's involvement) was what shut the place down, supposedly temporarily- tho it's clearly been at least several months, possibly even more than a year (tho not much more than that, since Gregory still sounds the same- assuming that even a brief part of the game features his actual voice). So it might've continued to run for a little while after Gregory left; Vanessa said so herself, they could easily just slap his shell on another endo and be done with it. Perhaps they were experimenting with something new at the time; or else fell back on an older model while they tried to scrape up a new one.

[@yumerei_vt]

prototype freddy also still has the faz-watch in his chest which is more proof its not gregory's freddy

[@jacketpro]

I disagree with the entity controlling the animatronics. We know that they are more aggressive than they should be, but we also know that they have a conscience. Roxy starts roaming around after hearing Gregory(the real Gregory trying to contact Cassie, as heard in an Easter with a Staff bot who doesn’t always say the same line). She doesn’t have eyes, so when she jumpscares us, she thinks she got Gregory. When Cassie screams, she realises her mistake. Roxy isn’t bad to everyone, she is friendly and let’s not forget that Cassie is everything that Roxy likes : a winner, she doesn’t give up, she likes makeover and Roxy is her favorite. While Gregory ran over her and took her eyes. Which is why she screams « Give me back my eyes! » She thinks she got Gregory, the one who took her eyes. Also, Helpi has two different sprites, depending on the sprite, the real Helpi is talking, but when he has orange eyes and purple « veins » , it is the Mimic talking and when Helpi is happy that we deactivated the final node, it is the Mimic. He realised that Roxy was our friend, so he made us believe that Roxy was the final node, but why and how would Gregory and Vanessa make Roxy a security node? Anyway, I really like your « ….. Explained » videos. So thank you!!!! It helps me a lot, but this time I disagree on some things and I just wanted to share my thoughts.

[@mutanttepig4759]

Yeah. Those are some cool details.

[@theaether3124]

The entity can summon animatronics to you if you stay in AR too long (got mini music manned in the fazerblast because of it)

[@jacketpro]

@@theaether3124 yea because it sends a distress signal, so that the animatronics attack the person who tries to free the mimic

[@Arcticgreen]

11:07/11:08 it kinda tickles me that the mimic's arm is clipping through the wall. I suspect that you never actually talk to Gregory, even after meeting the mimic. That the mimic was leading Cassie to the elevator, that the mimic couldn't hack or open. But it COULD climb up the elevator shaft after dropping it.

[@QuickSilverKitsune]

The Mimic couldn't fight off Roxy while faking being Gregory, so we do actually get to talk to him. It's hard to make out the name, but you can tell he mentions Vanessa by name, which the mimic wouldn't know

[@Arcticgreen]

@@QuickSilverKitsune That'd be more believable if we got to hear from Gregory anywhere else in the game... the REAL Gregory I mean. It's just too easy to believe that the mimic fought off Roxy quickly, picked up the mic, and started giving instructions... although, actually, if the mimic can, er, mimic, people, could it also mimic basic mechanical functions as well, like say... radio communications found in a 2-way radio?

[@crashbash5294]

​@@Arcticgreendoubt it, perhaps the digital version of the Mimic(Tiger Rock) could, But it looks like this one needs a walkie talkie to communicate with Cassie unlike the epilogue version of it where it just communicates with the teens by apparently broadcasting it's imitated voice through their walkie talkies by manipulating electricity and radio waves

[@Arcticgreen]

@@crashbash5294 I mean probably, but we only see the walkie talkie on the ground, rather than seeing the mimic using it directly. I'm probably over thinking things, I mean it's FNAF, of course I'm over thinking things. Still.

[@crashbash5294]

@@Arcticgreen didn't it slide out of the darkenss over to us? Means something kicked it and seeing who's in the room with us, think it's clearer than glass

[@vexxcroz2586]

If you take a closer look on Helpi's icon, @5:29 you may notice that there is like a mini purple electric detail near the one eye. During these icon state - helpi is not aware that he is being controlled, perhaps by the mimic(fake Gregory) . I notice those times where helpi(under the mimic's influence) encourages cassie to do improper actions such as breaching/turning off the security. On the other hand - the entity is actually stopping cassie to freeing the mimic

[@supersmily5811]

It's not likely there's another ending unless they add one. People have datamined the DLC and found a code thing that shows the names of the endings, and reveals 3 proper names and a "None" tag at the end. I believe that this final tag is a way to end the code that contains the endings in a way that prevents the game from crashing if it tries to activate an ending that doesn't exist.

[@bizzaroblake2519]

technically you can turn around at the very beginning and jump up and out the way you came ending the game immediately. That might be that ending as it's nothing done. The mimic isn't freed, none of the characters are released from control and cassies fate isn't ambiguous

[@hokton8555]

@@bizzaroblake2519 i think this was fake

[@bizzaroblake2519]

@@hokton8555 I've seen someone do that and it transitioned to black but no credits

[@CrystalSeaStudios]

​@@bizzaroblake2519actually it's fake, the leaving the Pizzaplex one. You can't exit out of the Pizzaplex, once the game begins, outside the Pizzaplex is considered out of bounds and you need to hack in order to get out. The person who showed that video said that it's not a real ending in the description, if you watched that same video I think

[@bizzaroblake2519]

@@CrystalSeaStudios look I checked the description and it doesn't state that. Have you played it yourself to prove this?

[@superbendy7303]

Scene Selection 0:00 - Intro 0:45 - Part 1: Cassie and the Ruined Pizza Plex 2:51 - Part 2: Helpy and the Entity 6:04 - Part 3: Security Measures 8:13 - Part 4: The Mimic 12:10 - Part 5: The Secret Endings 14:26 - Part 6: The Default Ending Explained 22:52 - Outro

[@SCP_FOUNDATION_O5_COUNCIL]

thank you :D

[@_cocopuffsss]

Bless your soul-

[@sbujdaszmovies6715]

Here's what I know: 1. Mimic was all times Glitchtrap and Burntrap trying to go to real world. 2. Good Vanny Ending was canon because there were relics such as Vanny mask and Headless Glamrock Freddy 3. M.X.E.S was created to keep Mimic/ Glitchtrap inside 4. Mimic influenced Cassie to free him 5. Animatronics hold on to good forms while under Mimic's control as we see with Sun and Roxy 6. Cassie's Dad is also employee in PizzaPlex and he will be protagonist in Help Wanted 2 7. Mimic destroyed elevator so he could keep Cassie from Gregory 8. Cassie was trapped by Mimic in Illusion Ending just like Vanessa was trapped in Princess Quest 9. M.X.E.S can control animatronics like Glitchtrap 10: M.X.E.S hates jammer signals 11. Afton's actions influenced Mimic and becoming more intelligent

[@Vent.imlistening]

Thank you!

[@metrical2879]

@@sbujdaszmovies6715acc the mimic isnt related tp glitchtrap or afton at all , its story is in the books

[@CrazyNekoChan331]

Regarding the theory that the Mimic cuts the real Gregory off: Another thing that could hint towards that is the fact that in that very moment 2 subtitles are on screen. So it could indicate that one voice, the one about how Cassie is not to blame, is the real Gregory who is getting cut off, and the other voice, saying that Cassie can not be allowed to escape, is the Mimic

[@trevorghelfi9410]

I feel like Cassie's story isn't over yet,since we saw that wiring set up in the "Help Wanted 2" trailer that looks exactly what Cassie used in Ruin,someone has to come save her,I know Roxanne Wolf will keep her safe But I get a feeling that Help Wanted 2 may show us saving Cassie from Mimic by using Sister Location to help us get to Cassie And I do believe that Mimic dropped her in the elevator,just to trick Cassie again and pit her against Gregory

[@TailsFan]

You think that the MC of Help Wanted 2 is Gregory, then? Or Vanessa?

[@shadowbowser5674]

@@TailsFan I think it's Vanessa

[@eleanorcooke7136]

​@@shadowbowser5674 Vanessa returning to save Cassie and Roxy and stop Mimic.

[@BlackTearDrop]

I'm hoping hw2 is a prequel and you play as Cassie's dad. Which shows why he'd dead/not working for Fazbear Entertainment anymore. (Since there's a lot of past tense in the item descriptions that mention him)

[@shadowbowser5674]

@@BlackTearDrop I would love that too

[@bigdray55]

I believe that Gregory is to Freddy as Cassie is to Roxy. I believe each pair share some kind of strong bond, familiarity or even a kindred spirit. This is why Roxy experiences an error when she comes in contact with Cassie. Up until that point Roxy believes that she’s chasing Gregory, because she can’t see Cassie. It’s not until she touches and hears Cassie that she apologizes and says “I error.”

[@Chaotic_Kierra]

That could imply maybe new characters connected to Monty and Chica for future DLCs

[@bigdray55]

@@Chaotic_Kierra and possibly Bonnie. Imagine instead of the children being stuffed in animatronics to die, they hop into them to similar to Freddy and Gregory.

[@Spamkromite]

One thing that is sure, the Blob is not dead as you say. It's alive and kicking and moves about, which means that Burnt Trap is still inside the capsule (if Gregory never got to toast him in the end) and the Blob is roaming the premises rebuilding itself with all the pieces and memorabilia it can find, which makes it a potential villain along with the Mimic (I theorize that it might get to fuse with the Blob in the future, or the Blob will fight it and "lose"). I expect more DLCs with another night in them. Now that we now that Gregory is outside with Vannesa and Freddy perhaps next DLC could be Gregory trying to rescue her because she never got out from the elevator, Roxy will try to protect her which will ensure that the rescue will go well... What it really is odd is seeing Roxy "revived" after being decommissioned. Like, it makes me wonder how she got up from the weight she had on her when Cassey shut her down. It doesn't add up consistently but I guess the devs might have an answer for that because it doesn't feel right. I don't get the other "mascots" from the secret ending. They don't look like previous mascots from the franchise at all, and why the Mimic would wear these pieces just like the Blob is wearing a mass of memorabilia on it. But, heh, the "Gregory-was-a-robot" almost got true 😅 When I saw the red-eyes I found myself holding my breath 😆 Overall the game was a huge improvement over the last one. It shows that you don't need to abuse the "free-roaming open world" if you can offer a path or set of paths to tell a story and keep the player on their toes. But man, Monty was a laugh 🐊

[@FirEBeast]

Well they likely only decided on a linear path due to time constraints as well as the initial response to the original game. Not to say that there’s anything wrong with a linear path, but they clearly specialize in it a lot more than a big open world

[@roykorteweg]

After going through that Security Office where Monty spawns in next to a fence, the way he was chewing on that metal bar made me laugh so hard 😂

[@jinbxxry7585]

Gregory probably won't come to save her as in one of the endings, he tells her that they can't risk being followed by the Mimic and purposefully leads her into a dead end.

[@amberjackson1137]

I think something that adds to Ruin is Afton isn't the main villain, it's nice to give someone else a chance to shine and not have Afton just show up and take over like in Security Breach. Hopefully we can get more games like the DLC.

[@vikingfromnorth45]

Mimic is burntrap and glitchtrap all along not afton

[@Iterator_NSH]

Honestly, the most disturbing part of this game is the implication that Monty Golf is directly connected to the SEWERS

[@justwatching909]

Another piece of evidence that can support the theory that the speaker changed from Gregory to the mimic during the final sequence in the elevator ending is the doubling of the subtitles which I've always found odd in all of the playthroughs I've watched. If it's true that the mimic replaced Gregory through the intercom, the subtitle hint that occurs during that is very creative! (Unless it's just a coincidence that just fits perfectly LOL)

[@xabsxntlovex]

Also during the elevator scene "Gregory" says the creature has been trapped down "Here" instead of "there" which is confusing since Gregory previously stated he wasn't at the pizzaplex sooooo why would he say Here?

[@twixandothertrixes]

I think the other thing that supports the mimic theory about the ending is that in the middle there are two Gregory subtitles on the screen right after the audio glitches, which is interesting because it’s never happened before. Because when the mimic is talking throughout, the game is always subtitled as Gregory so maybe this is a hint to the fact that there are now technically “two”Gregory’s

[@sbujdaszmovies6715]

0:00 Intro 0:45 Cassie and Ruined PizzaPlex🐻🐔🐺🐊 2:51 Helpy and Entity🐰👾 6:04 Security Measures🔧 8:14 The Mimic🤖🗣 12:10 Secret Endings🐻🍦 14:27 Default Ending Explained🤯 22:52 Outro

[@Raindripp]

THANK YOU

[@Hi_fr_ong]

Tie some

[@noctao4163]

I'm thankful for channels like yours cuz I used to chase the lore to the point of burnout and it's nice to just get a nice summary in the way you put these videos together.

[@mollac1266]

I love that when you get closer to the mimic, it's messages as Gregory sound more broken up and pieces together all jumbled. If that makes sense

[@anthonya8543]

Thanks for all the hard work you do! 🙏🏽

[@Tickle_tipson500]

Ikr 🥹

[@masonmancoffey1722]

Hes really good at this

[@capitanspoiler7393]

Gregory: "hey, Vanessa, should i warn my only friend Cassie to NEVER go to the Pizzaplex because that rogue AI is still locked up in the basement?" Vanessa: "nah, what are the odds that she gets lured there and sets it free?"

[@ravendark118]

I should have known it was a trap. When Gregory (The Mimic) talked to Cassie while she was looking for him, he always acted so strange, he was so calm, and at the end when the real Gregory came along he was so panicky and very human than he had been since the game started. I knew it had been a trap

[@FreddyBoii_]

People dont realize gregory never came to cassies party he was just the only friend that she had and thats the reason she went to save him.

[@QuickSilverKitsune]

He was at the party, but they weren't friends before that Gregory was living in the pizza Plex, noticed Cassie by her lonesome in a party setting, and pulled a good Samaritan by spending her birthday with her.

[@Foxeious-zinexe]

He probably whent missing a little while later

[@DomBrown-g6o]

As much as I love the idea of Gregory, Freddy, and vannesa becoming a family the burntrap one was always my favorite

[@thelordofdarkness6462]

I have to disagree with the Mimic = Glitchtrap part, Tales of the Pizzaplex actually imply the mimic program was intentionally added to both Help Wanted and the Pizzaplex meanwhile the Glitchtrap virus was seen as an anomaly that had an unknown source. They also effect the animatronics differently, with the mimic programing amplifying the worst parts of their personality while the Glitchtrap virus causing them to be hostile , eerie, and the rapid decay of the costumes. I would argue that Glitchtrap and the Mimic are working together rather than being one and the same.

[@splattygaming1615]

Glitchtrap would be an extension of the mimic. It appeared after the mimic boards were added (and only the people in fazbear entertainment even knew what the boards were). No one knew what would happen if the Mimic program was added, and Glitchtrap, being an unknown side effect of the Mimic being added, would be an anomaly.

[@SuperHorrorBro]

Glitchtrap was an unknown source to those who encountered it as they had no knowledge of the mimics origins. Pretty sure they are one and the same at this point but obviously no one can claim a definitive answer at this point. Evidence is compelling though imo.

[@c0dxtt]

Agree

[@Magic_mitsuki.exe.]

*Me who thought the mimic was burntrap because of the ending we got 💀*

[@aaronfebinn4054]

​@@Magic_mitsuki.exe.mimic is burntrap, the mimic just stop 'mimicing' william/springtrap's appearance and now pretending to be 'gregory' or what it is trying to mimic to escape the basement place

[@manlovestech2289]

The entity, in my opinion, is a good guy. He’s just attacking to prevent you from releasing the mimic. Just something I hav been thinking about.

[@thedrbat9572]

5:29 ok hear me out, but that actually foreshadows that Gregory was a fake from that, because when he says "yeah with my help" he's implying that he also saw the helpi message, and from what we know he never knew about the VANNI networks.

[@philosiraptorjr4912]

I really like the mimic’s lore. Afton is still in hell, making FNAF6’s ending meaningful… But he still remains a threat through the mimic borrowing his thought patterns. It does make me curious as to what Burntrap is… Perhaps the Mimic used Vanny to download itself into Afton’s charred and destroyed remains, though fashioned with new parts so it can move again, perhaps trying to mimic Afton even further. I’m guessing the Mimic may have been the base for the Pizzaplex Animatronic’s life-like AIs. The Mimic being a prototype of sorts that takes in data and learns to adopt the behavior it is given, though it itself had failed due to its violent behavior and was promptly left unfinished and buried away, some of its code was able to be salvaged and reused into the Pizzaplex Animatronics to being them fully to life. Perhaps the reason the Mimic wasn’t simply destroyed was that they still used it as a base for making new Animatronic AIs, and may be why the animatronics became so easily violent when Vanny took over the security system. Edit: Whoops, forgot the Burntrap ending.

[@VERGILGASM]

I think Afton copied his personality into an AI and put it onto an USB, which Vanny placed into an endoskeleton. And that Mimic made her "revive" Afton

[@_playa_]

Honestly that makes “I always come back” so much cooler. He himself doesn’t come back, but rather his history and malicious acts are passed on and come back. But how could we know the mimic used aftons body if that’s not the cannon ending?

[@Flvfty]

I think the theory that the Mimic dropped the elevator and not Gregory is completely true, because for one, how would Gregory even have caused the elevator to drop? It's not like they had a wireless program to make the elevator drop, hopefully. That'd be very weird and too convenient. And another thing, after the strange sound on the radio, like a speaker changing, the captions for a split second split into two, which it does not do for any other character. It briefly shows Gregory talking about the security being shut down AND that it isn't Cassie's fault at the same time, which makes me believe that theory is true. That is far too intentional to be otherwise the case, they intentionally made the rest of it spoken by the Mimic version of Gregory. I'm interested to see where it goes from here!

[@roykorteweg]

Nobody thought of the possibility of real Gregory being able to let the elevator fall! Good one! 😱

[@Moonlatte_0419]

There's a lot of evidence to prove that the one who dropped us and the elevator ending was not Gregory at all. If you look in the game files a deleted dialogue Gregory says is: "I know you did it for me. To save me. But make sure you're not being followed." Immediately right after we get the line: "But we can't risk being followed. I'm sorry." Other evidence to support that the mimic was the one who dropped us in the elevator was the fact that the dialogue duplicates. At first I thought I was a bug but now that I think of it, it might be the mimic cutting the real Gregory off. (And no I did not make up the dialogue that I just said was in the game files it's actually there) Plus, think about it. Gregory said that his friend only has access to the cameras not the entire system meaning it couldn't have been him or Vanessa that cut off the wires to the elevator. It makes sense that the mimic did it because the first of all, he's right outside, and second of all, he has claws.

[@QuickSilverKitsune]

Bonus points is that Vanessa(the friend) has access to MAPS, not the cameras: they have 0 way of interacting with anything there, so negative percentage chance Gregory was the reason the elevator dropped

[@Moonlatte_0419]

@@QuickSilverKitsune Oh. My bad. Thanks for correcting me though-

[@redfang801]

This just shows how determined William Afton’s spirit truly is… it’s scary to see how strong his need and thirst for blood is.

[@vikingfromnorth45]

Afton is dead mimic is the one who is glitchtrap and burntrap

[@dogeetrue]

​@@vikingfromnorth45Maybe not...

[@Prxypad]

​@@vikingfromnorth45We know Afton changed his name sometimes, maybe he changed it so that people couldn't use the same strategy against him, because they think it's a robot

[@NathanDavis508]

@@vikingfromnorth45yeah but the mimic is influenced by the old hardware of the murdering bastard William. It’s like the mimic has learned Williams way of life and now follows it’s influence. Luring children and taking them out, desperate to be free again

[@jaceypennies]

Afton died in the pizza sim ending. What we see here is an AI

[@toby9848]

One small critique I have about this video: Its heavily implied that the freddy we see in ruin ISNT our freddy. Thats all, great vid.

[@nekofrost9935]

I realized that Gregory doesn't sounds like himself to begin with. But in the end game when he said "This stupid door won't open" I realised that it's not the real Gregory. The Burntrap ending looks like the real ending. But kinda surprised at how fresh the Bloob looks after the disaster. So the Vanny ending makes more sense.

[@Diaslayyy]

Exactly! I noticed the same thing about that voiceline since i knew id heard it before in SB. It wad when gregory was supposed to free freddy from his room in rockstar row, and it was locked. I shat my pants when i realised it was the same voiceline.

[@douglasrebelato]

Actually, as you said in the beginning of the video, new information was found. Gregory didn't really drop the elevator with Cassie, it was actually the Mimic. Real Gregory made it quite clear that he didn't have access to the inner sections of the PizzaPlex. Also, if you look and listen closely at the text and audio where Gregory drops the elevator, a static sound can be heard, implying that the Mimic toke over Gregory's voice once more and tricked Cassie into believing she was betrayed. And there's also a leaked audio file for an 'undiscovered ending?' that shows that Real Gregory said 'Make sure it doesn't follow you' before Mimic hijacked his connection once more.

[@jinxed6721]

10:04 it's obvious that its not Gregory after he said "stupid door won't open" he said this in the same tone and voice in main game of security breach when I was trapped behind security doors 22:20 after Gregory said "you shut down the security now its free" we could hear the change of voice of the mimic cause the sentence sounded like a beginning of one, from top to down tone

[@g-zeusthaprofit]

Another side note, what if the entity was put in place by Gregory as a safety measure to never let the mimic out. Just because it’s in the shape of a rabbit doesn’t mean it necessarily represents Afton. Remember that Gregory was considered to be a “master level hacker” and his alias was “Dr. Rabbit”. All throughout ruin the mimic is trying to get you to him so he can be freed and the entity is trying to stop you by any means necessary. This naturally means that the true cannon ending is the elevator ending. Just a thought 😂

[@Nurp8]

*BUT THATS JUST A THEORY, A GAME THEORY☝️😃* But honestly it was never said to be canon about him being nicknamed “dr. Rabbit” so you *may* have a point

[@QuickSilverKitsune]

Nah, Gregory didn't have anything to do with the sealing of the Mimic: with how old that area is, it would've been done long before he was even born. He just managed to learn a lot of the skeletons in Freddy's closest

[@PlayerOne.StartGame]

The cannon ending is actually the ending where Gregory save Vanessa, that is the original Freddy body, it doesn't have the head, because Gregory took it with him when he left with Vanessa. This is further confirmed because none of the stuff below Roxy's raceway is really destroyed, especially by the fire; just further decayed by time. Plus Freddy said the elevator couldn't handle more than one trip, and Cassie technically uses said one trip down that specific elevator.

[@samurexatlas7373]

But why does the foot say Prototype? They would've modified it. Plus, in the Vanny Shred ending we see the body isn't in the hill, however I could chalk that up to The Blob searching his scraps and tossing him aside.

[@inkygrimmananas4928]

Did Vanessa leave her mask in that ending behind If so, that explains why the mask is handed to Cassie by the bot

[@SuperHorrorBro]

That's in the video ;)

[@ashurad_fox5991]

the freddy body in ruin still has the present closed in the compartment. Freddie already is. the ruin freddy also doesn't have Monty's claws. Freddy has them. plus the prototype engraved on it's feet. so it's one of the spare animatronic (prototype) for freddy. not to mention afton is not in the charging station in the old pizzaria. (and the blob is now deactivated) So likely the fire ending from the main game is the true ending... (plus this is animated, the headless freddy ending is just a comic strip)

[@ghislainraboteau8531]

Wait, you're saying that the burntrap ending labeled as "true" ending was a red earring all along!?