FNAF Secret Of The Mimic DEMO REACTION/ANALYSIS (FNAF @ PAX West 2024)

[@agent_8167]

I love hearing John try to explain what he saw in VR like he was blessed with a vision from beyond the veil XD

[@kialeysmith327]

LMFAOOO THATS SO FUNNY, TRUE

[@gabrote42]

Word

[@J0YFUL-PR0DUCT10NS]

I just thought of something... I believe that the night 4 suit in sister location is Ennard, which would make LOTS of sense

[@WPFLAWLESS]

Casually looking for lore while Dawko loses his sh*t in the background is wild.

[@RetroGamezTmnt]

True

[@quintencornelissen2274]

*shit

[@giuseppeamato0987]

​@@quintencornelissen2274*poop

[@WPFLAWLESS]

@@quintencornelissen2274 I feel it's disrespectful to curse in the comments of channels of people who don't curse themselves.

[@quintencornelissen2274]

@@WPFLAWLESS aight i just thought it would be a little funi to do one of those 'corecting things that are spelled wrong'comments but having it be about the scensored curse word

[@Luke0_27]

I had no idea it was gonna be a VR game

[@noahthespike]

Vr optional :).

[@D3ZB0T]

its optional. From what i've heard the non vr for this game is probably better than the hw games where it seems like flatmode is more of an afterthought.

[@Luke0_27]

@@D3ZB0T ohhhh okay, thanks

[@lium540]

it will be optional

[@DissonantSynth]

Please NO. NOT VR. (Edit: I realise it's optional, but still. That could have easily ruined the game)

[@Addy0302]

I love how perfectly 4:16 captures the difference between FuhNaff and Dawko

[@Bethany_Bradley]

Not just that, it perfectly captures the two types of FNAF players in the world 🤣

[@xdamienx1]

Dawko sounded like William Afton getting springlocked in there 😭

[@BassInASummer]

​@@xdamienx1 wow, imagine if there's something like this in the game, that would be insane

[@jemjemmington5883]

I knew what part you were talking about without clicking the timestamp lol

[@LukiKruki]

@@xdamienx1 Or maybe he is springlocked?

[@FlameHeart3063]

These two grown men acting like giddy children is so great. Can't WAIT for this game man!

[@gen1136]

right? its so wholesome

[@knatspray]

You should’ve seen me lol I’m usually pretty reserved but I was in awe of everything the whole time XD

[@TheNameIsGabGab]

i would act the same

[@benjaminreed5010]

My mother hates fnaf, but I love it!

[@bonk6561]

Have you never seen excited adults....?

[@ellespoonies]

blueprints for a cardboard cutout is CRAZY. fazbear would be out here blueprinting their own pizza if we let them.

[@lollylord64]

😭

[@auraFireblood]

You mean like the five nights at freddys cookbook?

[@curlypoochgames6693]

Remember the Mimic can wear costumes of other animatronics. Who’s to say if the bot missing its legs is the original bot and not our secretive pretender?

[@VillainVac]

personally i like this theory a lot.

[@grenouillesupreme]

That's what we're all thinking already, you're not presenting a ground breaking analysis

[@DoomSlayer-vu3nt]

Paper pals

[@bewtnewt]

@@VEE0034no hes right. alot of people have already been thinking about this

[@bluepenguinx12523]

In the books the mimic was built with no legs (i think) so that would explain why there is no legs on the clown costume

[@IkerUnzu]

2:04 we all knew it was gonna end up on baby 😭😭😭

[@Allanshootertw]

iker no sabia que eras tan fan de fnaf xdd un saludoooooo

[@retrov5469]

If you see Dawko's video, John actually got Mr. Hippo first XD

[@Whiterx_off]

Iker jugaras esto cuando salga?

[@ediblefredible]

@@retrov5469 but mr hippo was basically a "you lose try again" result lol; not sure if the footage john showed was genuinely his next try or if he just staged the result for fun tho

[@djamtz]

Why? I mean, nothing wrong with Mr. Hippo but how? Is he manipulative or whatever characteristic Baby is?

[@ThatOneGuy-qw1xx]

3:33 "was your favorite ride the carousel?" -faded, FNAF security logbook

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

There’s also the Help Wanted 2 carousel mini game

[@ThatOneGuy-qw1xx]

@@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo ohhh that’s true

[@LukiKruki]

@@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo FNAF2 as well

[@ThatOneGuy-qw1xx]

@@LukiKruki that’s what i was referring to

[@str4wb4ee]

I love how he and Dawko are so happy and excited about everything that’s so cute🥹

[@Lone_Xtrra]

shi kinda seksy👅

[@yellowflashgamer5460]

Dawko and John's reactions to everything FNAF is genuine and so affectionate towards the franchise. I love and respect it so much

[@aahhhhhhhhhhhhh]

Imagine not knowing what Fnaf is and seeing these two grown adults be hyped at what looks like Kids entertainment

[@Lone_Xtrra]

its kinda seksy👅

[@alexpaul9085]

@@Lone_Xtrra GET OUT-

[@RaziOrSomething]

seeing John just pointing at stuff in VR while Dawko sounds like he's being murdered in the other room is crazy.

[@Rigopoulosyt]

Hahaha I love how that dawko is screaming for his life and John is like chilling 4:23

[@xixon__]

4:16 I can not stop laughing at Dawko's faint screaming XD

[@ZaeGrayson]

This is definitely gonna tie in to where circus baby came from because that clown has face plates and baby has the same ability to “pretend” just like the mimic but tbh it’s a shot in the dark.

[@doobedo3363]

Also, the jack-in-the-box thing kinda resembles circus baby, white face, red ponytail, blue lashes and red nose and lips and cheeks, GREEN eyes, definitely ties with the circus animatronics. (I mean, it could be that they look similar because they're both circus themed)

[@ryanfoster7804]

Its not Baby that could pretend. Its Ennard who was pretending to be baby the whole time

[@thymii]

@@ryanfoster7804 ennard is kind of all the funtimes tho

[@djamtz]

@@ryanfoster7804 So maybe Ennard might be connected to the Mimic or something....bc people I don`t think people went for the Mimic = Baby theory

[@biomseed]

We're finally going to see the outside of that darn springlock suit that's had us stumped for so long

[@baileyjohnson7380]

I don't know about you, but the best part of this is John's genuine excitement when seeing the setup at Pax. I swear it's contagious.

[@The_Moth06]

I think the Secret of the Mimic would explain Sister Location a bit. Since we have barely any clue where Sister Location falls in the timeline, the Secret of the Mimic is probably going to be carnival related, and we could maybe see Afton's origins with the carnival and his circus fascination. Edit: I'm dumb I meant when Circus Baby's Pizza World was built not when SL the game took place.

[@lokimiguel2452]

It falls after fnaf 1

[@The_Moth06]

@lokimiguel2452 What would we do without your complete superior intellect?

[@lokimiguel2452]

@@The_Moth06 still questioning stuff that had been answered

[@morslinn]

@@lokimiguel2452 it really does not : D its one of the first in the timeline and FNaF 1 is one of the last... Hope this help!

[@PhillipClearman]

Sister Location must take place after 1985, probably before FNaF 2 as hand unit states that Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is closed, and we have people talking to William Afton in the start of the game, so he can't have been springlocked yet. Funtime Foxy is likely a prototype for Toy Foxy, which would become the Mangle

[@ramiroramos2884]

Dawko’s screaming in the background was so funny but fitting. He should do some recordings for ambient sounds in future games 😂

[@Hayatonyaaa]

So, a clown with red pigtails, and a warehouse for rental animatronics with a vaguely circus theme? Where have I heard this before.....

[@drawingdragon]

What do you mean you've seen this one before, it's brand new /ref

[@giuseppeamato0987]

​@@drawingdragonHe's talking about Fnaf sister location

[@childish4487]

@@giuseppeamato0987 they're referencing back to the future :P

[@pedronevesurias2318]

Nah it's Jurassic park

[@stephaniebaker345]

Hmmmmm... I'm not sure...

[@cryptiouss]

So hyped for this game. This might be a turning point for steel wool depending on how they do it.

[@KPJ773]

I mean I feel steelwool redeemed themselves with the Ruin DLC and help wanted 2 tbh

[@cryptiouss]

@@KPJ773 oh for sure. I’m just saying from what the teaser trailer showed and just the overall feel of this game, it’s going to be very different from their recent stuff.

[@emmanuelmorenodelarosa4691]

​@@cryptiouss I mean the main problem with sb was the story and now we know it was Scott's fault not steel wools

[@CleanUpNick]

@@KPJ773 honestly steel wool seems to do best with linear games and are experts at using VR for horror

[@Voxael]

I think the best part was John trying to catalogue everything he was seeing and then just hearing Dawko screaming constantly off in another room

[@Nomorepolar]

Lol Dawko getting springlocked in the next room😂

[@sapphiredragon5236]

Man the Clown Mimic on the metal TERRIFIED me. Along with the camera footage this games seems to be definitely more terrifying than the SB and RUIN DLC. So excited!!!

[@alliesangalli1757]

The film reel after a jumpscare makes me think of an old timey version of the static game over screens

[@sonicpizza_]

Imagine if Dawko landed on toy bonnie on the fnaf personality machine. That would've been hilarious!

[@djamtz]

Yea, I thought he was gonna get The Puppet

[@sadiesadiemlady]

Dawko and John hanging together is crazy. Like my 2 pookies together

[@JinxeBlaq]

I’m wondering why everyone kept saying this sounds like Poppy Playtime, when it sounds.. Nothing like Poppy Playtime? Especially since this sounds more like a strange facility, or old location than a “toy factory” like ppl keep saying.

[@Lucy-uu7bb]

Probably the chase scene since puppet crawling through dirt is sorta similar to Toy chasing you through vents but yeah the game sounds pretty different

[@JinxeBlaq]

@@Lucy-uu7bb You’re not wrong, then again, vent crawls have been happening in horror games for a long time now.

[@orange_turtle3412]

I think its more likely a storage facility full of old stuff from this circus thing and fall fest and whatnot. He described it as trashed and destroyed on the inside, with broken shelves and stuff, so its probably some old worn down warehouse where they put all the old circus stuff and left it to rot. Meaning we could be getting that abandoned building urban exploration fnaf game i’ve always wanted!

[@brandonadam7167]

It's awesome to see pivotal members of the FNAF community being able to experience this type of stuff. Looks awesome being there

[@aromaladyellie]

One of those posters shows “Happy Frog” and “Mr Hippo” in a jug band. Which is interesting. Who is the frog on the pseudo xylophone? And how long… was Monty a Fazbear character?

[@GingyPreston]

When you’re so early it says zero everything

[@chilidogs2985]

Real

[@aname8106]

Fr

[@leojs5673]

who asked you?

[@callumblakeney7935]

​@@leojs5673 go outside man log off

[@New_theore]

​@@leojs5673he was just saying it no need to be an ass

[@kerryberryb8199]

John's brain's going into meltdown and Dawko going "I can't swear" and screaming over and over again 😂 You guys fangirling all over the FNAF stuff is so wholesome and adorable I love it ❤

[@Ahmed_coop8]

0:24 just like the mci kids ❤

[@r-oxra]

dawko screaming in the background while john looking for lore is gold lmfao

[@tomatokat1]

John FuhNaff moment fr

[@Berrypie5]

3:57 moon's hiding there!

[@Theluigiman134]

Eclipse

[@Shylannacide]

Dawko screaming in the background is the funniest thing 💀

[@mysteriouslydangerousduck8212]

Hey John! I talked to you yesterday while waiting in the demo line! It was wonderful to meet and talk with you. Thank you so much for being an amazing person as well as an amazing theorist! Your videos have been wonderful to watch.

[@isaacthedestroyerofstuped7676]

WHAT!? THEY SAID 2025!? A DEMO!? NOW!? IN THIS ECONOMY!? Scott taught them well!

[@Cluckywucky]

[@DoomSlayer-vu3nt]

No I think it was just that this time Scott actually told them what he wanted before they worked on it not drip feeding them info

[@heatherkaufmann774]

4:15 Dawko screaming reminds me of among us where John is just doing a task while Dawko is dying...😅

[@AmiMichelle]

I need a sitcom about you and Dawko

[@Fragmentslol]

I am glad steel wool realizes that they are good at making vr games

[@Octolithic]

2:24 "Recording, Taping, Photographing Strictly Prohibited" Bro is just chill like that

[@marukinSFM]

If im correct. An employee was filming for them, they were allowed to film the decor. It was just the gameplay they didnt want being recorded

[@wonsangyeop]

AAAA IM SO EXCITED TO SEE YOU PLAY IT WHEN IT COMES OUT IT WAS SO GOOD SEEING YOU !!!

[@GJames-Legend101]

Secret of the mimic is gonna be absolute peak 🤩.

[@fantastico8778]

0:24 Not making fun but you totally look like Mike from the fnaf movie XD

[@Rikh9000]

I thought the exact same thing

[@MIIKK0OL]

mostly the jawline tbh

[@HunterGalvius]

I’m not sure how that could even be insulting cus Mike is not bad lookin’ to say the least.

[@wakaran2414]

What's wild was seeing the Puppet after so damn long, but in the Mimic demo room Sun/Moon was in the hallway too below the Mimic. It's crazy they're all there with the Puppets music in the trailer and the potential for Sun/Moon to be the same endo type as the Mimic.

[@alecwrubel9911]

Maybe the mimic is the suit you're inside of on night 4 of sister location. It looks vaguely similar to the face shape, potentially splits open, maybe has springlock (it's older) and was part of babys old pizzeria. (She says the suit is from there and baby is clown as well as the mimic). No concrete evidence but I do see some ties to sister location here and possibly could be confirmed once the game releases.

[@raythelog]

the fact that it practically crawls when it chases you is undoubtedly terrifying and i hate clowns, this is will destroy me glad you had a great time John you deserve this!

[@jonashannes3793]

0:53 Love how he cared much more for the little Freddy then the Vanny Mask

[@amandamoore7512]

I’ll bet we’re playing as a kid and that’s why the animatronics are so much bigger all of a sudden

[@juzahyodo]

there’s something heartwarming about two grown men getting excited over a franchise they’re passionate about, it’s legitimately so sweet to see people enjoying life and finding happiness.

[@Azeriiall]

0:29 i do the same thing when im shocked, i hold myself. its like i need to physically hold myself together

[@Flame_Trap]

thank you so much for actually explaining everything 😭😭

[@catking5606]

🖐️ THE MIMIC 🖐️

[@Jacksz5868]

THE MMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nnaa111]

It's so special to have seen the mimic for the first time in the way you two did

[@DarkOnHollow]

i do believe it's the mimic since in the book's mimic lore , the mimic gets destroyed at some point , so that can explain why it looks way different , it should be the mimic before getting destroyed. I rlly like that they are taking stories from the books it's so cool!

[@angeloh1704]

Dawko and John praying for the Fall Fest poster was peak

[@djamtz]

Bowing specfically

[@diseasedwombat5611]

ALL HAIL FALL FEST

[@THEMUSCLEEXPERIENCE]

John recording this sounds and looks like either dawko or scott are holding him at gunpoint lmao

[@TheUnrealRager]

12:03 if you say you think the warehouse is abandoned then I think that the first part of the game that you played in the demo like you said could be a found footage game of somebody exploring the warehouse after it closed down in 1979 and I think that later that same year the fire happens that burns the place to the ground but when you say you don’t think it’s a circus I think you are at the circus just in the warehouse area round the back because just think about circus baby’s, you work in the back area of circus baby’s pizza world in the warehouse called circus baby’s entertainment and rentals but anyway, that’s my theory. It’s just a theory, a GAME THE- ok I’ll stop

[@Coreybyte]

Ok is it just me or did dawko sound more British than normal XD

[@sailormoonlover9474]

I'm gonna share a pretty funny, but true story. My first day of first grade, I was introduced to Magic Tree House. And guess what day that was? August 8th, 2014. Then over six years later and rereading the books, plus being a huge fan of FNAF, I realized that Magic Tree House wasn't safe from FNAF, either. Here's what I mean. There's two characters in both franchises named Henry and Charlie. There's a main boy character named Jack and Jack was a name in the Fazbear Frights series. Also, in the graphic novel versions of Magic Tree House, Henry is a dog and he's a golden retriever. One of the missing children had a golden retriever. And it was Susie. But her golden retriever's name was Quentin. But that's what I found out.

[@landonbussieres1125]

Two theories I have about the game: 1: This game either takes place after the fall fest and right before the Fredbear era (hence the posters promoting Fredbear's, as it is about to open) or, it takes place during fall the fall fest era, and this warehouse mentioned is where all of the fall fest equipment is stored. 2. If this is during the fall fest era, the game might go from you preparing for the festival to you working at the festival. If it is in-between the fall fest era and the Fredbear era, then the game might focus on your efforts to help shift the fazbear brand from carnivals to pizzeria's. Is this a wild take? Yes, yes it is. Is it possible? Anything is possible in this franchise. But hey, thats just a theory... A game theory, thanks for humoring this craziness. 😂

[@ReeceConnor.]

John officially has the personality of Circus Baby….we should be terrified

[@djamtz]

Bc he`s probably manipulative

[@Handles_be_dumb]

UCN being on an arcade cabinet seems to confirm the Help Wanted reboot theory, no?

[@tori5509]

you and dawko’s reactions are so cute😭 the booths look amazing omg

[@_Sillywire]

If i remember correctly in the books when the mimic was shipped to the pizzaplex it didnt have any legs like the clown in the demo

[@MatthewMoore-y3t]

Not flossing on that stage was a crime.

[@moonchild5774]

thank you so much for this sneek peak !! i'm so excited and i wish i could see this place with my own eyes :(

[@marls9057]

The vr experience was amazing! It was so great seeing you guys there today!!!!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Congrats john! Happy to see you there❤❤❤❤

[@MirageUchiha]

Yeh, you def gettin a cameo in the FNAF 2 film. Lol

[@birthdefectthehedgehog3461]

4:17 Dawko forgot the camera wasn't rolling, and homie was just fucking on the case searching for lore😂

[@IanAbrahamBiala]

4:30 POV: me explaining to the police what I witnessed when I was in an abandoned toy factory

[@TAEKOOKINFIRES]

Wow! Thanks for the sneak peak!

[@MrMiraculon]

DUDE if that is a prototype of a functional Faz Force figure, that would be AMAZING. I wanted one and the possibility of a set becoming available would be so cool. Wonder how they would make the Voltron gimmick work. Transformers do it all the time with the Enigma of Combination, but they usually get assistance with their vehicle mode, and Voltron has different sized lions for their respective limbs and parts. The Faz Force all look the same with minimal area of change to allow for combination, at least in the game that is.

[@Vide501]

Damn i didnt even know they had a demo for this so soon lmao

[@mrplayfulshade]

Could be a bad sign...I don't want it to be rushed. And I don't want it to be necessarily small either. RUIN was a great starting point, but SB took YEARS to make. If this game ALREADY has a demo it could be a much smaller game then SB which imo would suck. Or it's gonna be another bug ridden rushed disaster. And I don't think they would be stupid enough to do that again so....probably a small game. Which sucks.

[@chickennuggs3634]

@@mrplayfulshade i mean if i remember correctly, help wanted 2 took under a year to make so they could very well be deep in development.

[@Vide501]

@@mrplayfulshade I'd rather a shorter finished game then scope creep making it another high ambition low execution buggy mess. Take Hollow Knight Silksong as an example; they had a demo in 2019 and the game still doesn't have a release date or announcement.

[@awp4444]

​@@chickennuggs3634 so fall 2025?

[@KattyKitten69]

​@@mrplayfulshadethe game is still in early development, you don't need to worry so much.

[@AW.Dry_and_Co.]

An interesting thing to think about is that the mimic was originally just a torso with a head, So the idea that in the main game series it started out as like a jacket in a box, makes sence

[@katiequeen2275]

i don’t think anyone guessed it’d be vr

[@TheRealestSebas6041]

Dawko was absolutely flabbergasted

[@UsterkoweOko]

4:53 SPARKY THE DOG IS REAL?!

[@coleterrystudios]

This game sounds terrifying

[@tntaco07]

Wasnt expecting a vr game at all. So excited to play it when it comes out

[@Songal18]

Thank you for this! Secret of the Mimic sounds like what we've all been waiting for from a FNAF story game.

[@kuroryuken]

For some reason I was under the impression it was gonna be another Flat Game, not a VR title. Not that it matters, It will PROBABLY run with my PC and Quest 2. Anyway, thank you for doing great work John!

[@Personian]

It’s a flat game with a VR mode

[@hgdoesthings3457]

I've been a subscriber of yours since you had like 12k subscribers, and I need to say something. I am so proud of you and how far you have come. From being a guy in his room posting about something he loves to being on the world stage and recognized by the team that makes the same thing you are so passionate about. You have earned every new collab and opportunity. It makes me so happy seeing all of the new friendships and connections you have made and are still making. Super super proud of you!

[@Miss_Torture]

You guys are so damn cute I'm so glad you're having a good time and honestly your reactions are making us even more HYPE

[@kindlysaying3498]

I love the 2 vastly different reactions dawko lmaoooo😂

[@suzie_do_you_copy]

5:43 SCHEMATICS?!?!?!👀👀

[@Im3than]

I just got it, the animatronic is called Jackie because its a jack in the box

[@ripthescript4255]

i really wanted it to be non vr. i just want a modern and more polished traditional fnaf game ):

[@taradeal2936]

It's optional

[@JL-zw3tj]

I think it's interesting from book to game lore as well. Whatever story about Edwin and and his son's mimic bot - it was only a torso. Here it's only a torso as a jack in the box. It will be interesting to see if parallels play out, or how the timeline goes. Was the mimic first in use and decommissioned, then "Edwin" takes it home to tinker with? Or did "Edwin" create it, then when Fazbear Co picks it up and repurposed it into the jack in the box?

[@RaxynVA]

The arms are orange. Paper Pal.

[@FruitpunchTictac]

No cuz “the chase” area sounds so scary bro 😭

[@hencoop8023]

THE MIMIC ‼️

[@AnJelloGames]

Seeing John so happy and exploring PAX is so exciting! Glad everyone is having fun and getting to experience the new game early! You deserve this John! :D

[@Arabianfridg]

Awesome music dude I love ur vocals

[@SarahtoninSerum]

I was very happy watching your reactions

[@animusmon]

2:45. WORSHIP THE LORE!

[@jonicthedgehog]

I am of the mind that this new Animatronic character is a progenetor to Baby's design in universe, or at least an inspiration to them with the red head pigtails. Perhaps thats what they were hinting towards in Ruin with the persistent presence of Baby plushes.

[@evanbleu6362]

Octodad and Sparky confirmes in the game 🗿🗿🗿

[@swetuski]

Seeing you guys gushing over all this just makes me happy, we all feel this way the moment we see awesome stuff, dwako screaming in the back reminds me of Markipler playing Phasmaphobia with Jacksepticeye, Bob and Wade and they hear mark screaming as he’s being killed by the ghosts and they just start laughing