(FNAF) The Story of the Mimic Explained

[@DeerhoundProductions]

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[@slenderminion2229]

The Pizzaplex epilogues would make for one Hell of a slasher film. Though unfortunately, there is _absolutely no way_ we are ever going to see the Mimic be this brutal in the games.

[@DeerhoundProductions]

It'd be AWESOME as a slasher film!

[@Gigi4u]

​​​@@DeerhoundProductions Fnaf books: Extremely violent and graphic ☠ Fnaf games: To scared to say the word blood ❄

[@nota444tm2]

​@@Gigi4ui wouldn't say the fnaf games aren't violent and graphic. springtrap exists. cassie being jumpscared are literal death scenes, fnaf 1's game over, and fnaf 4's chomp of 83. and of course michael being scooped.

[@Gigi4u]

@@nota444tm2 it's a joke but yea the games do get pretty dark and violent at times. But do have to say the books are definitely a lot more descriptive about the violence in it which is a by product of the books being a non visual medium. The most you will see in games are ether arcade game depictions of the event or they cut a away or leve the scene out of view before anything to Gorey shows up. Like imagine how much higher the age rating for sister location would be if we could have seen the scoper scoop Michael in 3rd person view. I don't want the Fnaf games to be that but that's a contrast between the books and games how they handle such subjects in their storys.

[@nota444tm2]

@@Gigi4u oh, no that i can agree with. the fnaf games can be gruesome... but good lord fazbear's frights and the mimic in tales from the pizzaplex just outdo that. the mimic alone is enough.

[@Old_Sport_2016]

I find it hilarious that even Mimic depsises The Plush Babys.

[@asdfjkgh]

Dang, when you just have fun playing the games, and not aware of the gruesome and brutal deaths behind the games

[@GAT957]

arbujitos

[@ritaowusumanu3130]

😢😢zggfg

[@Tortuga2223a]

It was pretty much all talked about since fnaf 1, it's weird how kids are the main demographic about a story of kids being brutally murdered and disgraced after death.

[@HiHi-yk1mv]

It makes so much sense that the mimic is trying to mimic what William Afton did.

[@yuridayot7274]

never realized how brutal the fnaf books were lmao

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Yeah they're really violent!

[@moonstruck8245]

FNAF programmers and businessmen: "Hey, this robot keeps murdering people and destroying everything in it's path. WE SHOULD MAKE MORE OF THEM!"

[@EnfernoRobotics]

This guy said “the mimic” in one video more times than matpat said “it’s just a theory a game theory” 😂

[@ZarkAnimates]

The one question is though, how has the Mimic already killed more people then Afton has, and fully grown adults that could fight back for that matter, thats more impressive then just children.

[@catvanbrian9470]

If what I’ve seen from I robot, murder is defined by a human killing another, so the mimic is technically excused from the law. Afton had to hide the bodies so he didn’t get caught and put in prison. The mimic didn’t care nor would’ve also been put in prison. It would have been destroyed as a top priority by the police.

[@AlfaresAnas]

​@@catvanbrian9470Honestly they probably need the military to get rid of this dude

[@dumbly-stupid]

​@@AlfaresAnas just a white van

[@superoakwood5513]

​@@AlfaresAnas i mean an elevator door could cut it arm in half,would just need to ram him with a car very fast to beat it

[@NocturnalLaVenge]

I just love how many arts SleepyCat have done for this video. Spider Mimic is the goat.

[@DeerhoundProductions]

I LOVE SPIDER MIMIC SO MUCH! Sleepy killed it with this video!

[@ravenbearden6695]

@NocturnalLaVenge Truth be told, the spider form is the most nightmare fuel out of all the costumed and any possible other endo forms. Especially due to the fact it has 9 legs, which makes it even more disturbing, and I love it!

[@neatestburrito1078]

i feel like The Mimic is gonna be the best villain in the series ONLY BECAUSE it doesnt have a good explaination for why its killing people. Every game's villian/enemy is always a "poor lost soul whos been hurt so bad", but the mimic is literally just built different

[@Joshchive]

I mean William killed just because he liked it so, he never killed for any sympathetic reason, and only later did he start pursuing immortality after he discovered remnant. Also the Mimic does have a reason for killing, he was taught violent rage while also being infected with agony by Edwin.

[@Jedi-ge6lr]

Well, William killed to try and achieve immortality, and people are saying that the Mimic not having a clear reason to kill makes it boring.

[@sarge1408]

Did Will have a reason for being a murderer besides just wanting to kill?

[@neatestburrito1078]

@@sarge1408 well if all the theory's are to be believed, he was grief-stricken and killed for the first time while (maybe) under the influence

[@neatestburrito1078]

@@Joshchive I always thought that he was so hurt after the death of one of his children and that's what motivated him to try and resurrect the dead? Tho it's fnaf so ofc it's not clear at all lol.

[@brandoncole5533]

Christ almighty the mimic is brutal as hell

[@Zurpozz]

I believe it was probably the mimic dropped Cassie down the elevator shaft using Gregory's voice because you can see 2 different "Gregory" subtitles. This leads me to believe that the real Gregory is probably out there somewhere and definitely DID communicate with Cassie most of the time, but after a while the mimic began to take over as she got closer to taking down M.X.E.S which gave the mimic more freedom.

[@albusdumpy]

The Mimic’s story is actually fire bruh

[@GH0STS_D1E]

take a drink every time he says “the mimic” you’ll be dead by the end and “the mimic” won’t sound real anymore

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Now imagine being me having to record this, the Mimic hardly felt like a word by the end

[@sh1myuu]

29:53 Why does the Mimic argue with the Mimic? Is he stupid?

[@gen6bagel]

I think they’re different branches

[@dumbly-stupid]

​@@gen6bagel I agree and IIRC the mask ending in HW2 is called helptrap in the files (or atleast something is called that) so I think it's glitchtrap (a branch/offspring of mimic1) arguing with the original Mimic

[@gaminganimators7000]

​​@@gen6bagelor maybe to sell its Gregory disguise even more? Idk

[@xcmledder3420]

​@@gen6bagelSo you're saying there's a lore reason?

[@gen6bagel]

@@xcmledder3420 the alsume is leaking again

[@hio1631]

but the mimic can tamper with electronics, doesnt that imply he tampered with the elevator while using gregory’s voice?

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Possibly!

[@dumbly-stupid]

He does tamper with Cassie's flashlight

[@Sonicmid]

Really excited for secret of the mimic and what else will learn about his backstory Hoping Edwin is the protagonist since it seems like mimic will be in someway a narrative parallel to the puppet

[@DeerhoundProductions]

I honestly think that the Storyteller is implying that Edwin had a previous encounter with the Mimic that we haven't seen yet. Hopefully, he's the protagonist!

[@Memeskittle]

When he said “it’s happening again” I think he meant the bots were learning bad traits from the people and copying what the others had learned like with the other mimics

[@FredbonFilms]

Maybe M.X.E.S stands for Mimic X-ray Extermination System

[@griffysfnafchannel]

genius

[@dumbly-stupid]

I think the X might be X-factor but what's interesting is that MXES is translated in other languages which means it definitely has a set name

[@manosdaskalakis4452]

That could be true

[@skippygirl959]

Isn't X-ray already an acronym.

[@FredbonFilms]

@@skippygirl959 what? No M.X.E.S hasn't been solved yet.

[@3DOARDC]

24:04 and certainly Afton doesn't have the powers to control someone just by putting a hand on the screen, instead the mimic can control devices so it makes more sense

[@scottcockton]

Naaah to me it makes more sense for afton to have that power

[@3DOARDC]

@@scottcockton omg scott cowt-

[@ZavoyHarwood]

​@@scottcockton how. Afton has never had that power

[@thedrippy5718]

​​@scottcockton didn't know Scott had balls like that

[@AdrianHernandez-rn1sq]

I’m genuinely so excited to see where the mimic’s story is going to go. Scott said in the recent 10th anniversary interview that mimic is a character he’s really excited about, so I have high hopes for where the future (and I suppose past) of the mimic is going to go. And maybe we’ll see some really dark and terrifying moments too, since into the pit was a scary game. I don’t think we’ll see the mimic tearing off any limbs, but I would love to see the connection to William, and the mimic being influenced let Edwin and then mimicking Afton and the journey to shut it off. Idk, there’s a lot to talk about, and you covered it all excellently, I’m just really excited now 😅😅

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Same! Can't wait to see what's next!

[@justice8718]

@@dylanhudec979 The Mimic is the Baby of SL.

[@kasidizmahdnor6510]

We need “The Mimic” counter 😂

[@wanacox2536]

The mimic is truly a menace he killed millions of people he’s a monster some people made him a meme but they don’t know his dark orgins and brutal personality

[@Theo-b2e]

THE MIMIC

[@doomtitan1172]

What are you talking about!? How the heck did he killed *millions*!!?? I understand that it killed a lot of people from Fazbear Entertainment that would be in over 50, or possibly over 100. Which is already staggering. But come on, "millions"!? I highly doubt that he will get in the thousands, before the freaking police or military FINALLY gets involved, and does something about the many deaths if it goes that far!

[@DigitalFrog1701]

Something I haven't seen anyone bring up is that, In Ruin, couldn't the Mimic be Mimic1 and Helpi is Mimic2? It could explain why The Mimic (As Gregory) and Helpi seem to argue with each other. They are different versions of the same being, so they have the same goal but differing personalities. Helpi being Mimic2 would make sense since Mimic2 was made by Fazbear and could realistically have been integrated into the Pizzaplex after the Mimic2 Endos Discontinuation, like with Mimic1 in The Storyteller.

[@UrNeighboursDog]

I like this a lot

[@NagaYamiyo]

God the deaths are so brutal! Those are some Final Destination Mortal Kombat level of brutality!

[@agonyremnanttrap6789]

I am anticipated/excited to see Secret of The Mimic to learn more about his backstory and hopefully the new game will do him justice. I'm hoping Edwin is the main character because it looks like mimic will be the Puppet's story parallel in some way and it would explain the Nightmarionnie plushies in SB and RUIN if the Puppet and Mimic are connected. I also hope that Secret of the Mimic could possibly give us an insight/hint on William's and Henry's relationship and what had descended William into madness downhill. I believe that Afton may notice something odd from the Mimic, and that when he sees something odd with the Puppet after killing Charlie, he will recall it. And Afton might be seen by the Mimic performing while wearing a Spring Bonnie suit, possibly the Glitchtrap suit.

[@itsthenarwin5044]

“THE MIMIC”‼️‼️‼️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@scottcockton]

I 100% agree that burn trap is glitch trap inside the mimic body with afton remains grafted on to it. I also want to say that your thumb nail art if amazing I love the style

[@ZavoyHarwood]

Yep there art is amazing.

[@finleydoyle4913]

Thats not even afton's corpse.

[@scottcockton]

@@finleydoyle4913 yes it is

[@finleydoyle4913]

@@scottcockton no it's not. The books confirm it's an employee of the pizzaplex who got himself springlocked in another springbonnie suit.

[@scottcockton]

Bruh here corpse fell off the mimic and who else’s skeleton is going to be in a melted spring bonnie costume in the place afton died

[@Personian]

Idc what anybody says, I think The Mimic is a really interesting and well-written villain, and I can't wait to see more of him in Secret of the Mimic and beyond

[@brando3424]

Cap 🧢🧢🧢

[@finleydoyle4913]

​@@brando3424 nuh uh

[@zsiroskenyer5113]

if the mimic got turned into burntrap the flesh that is on him might be one of those who got crushed by the mimic when entering a suit and when vanny found it just slapped the old spring bonnie remains on it.

[@shadow-kz6lq]

The mimic will probs mimic how cassy used the fazwrench to open doors from watching her open the lift

[@blitzorodeo666]

Video editing and art at the highest level, sir! 16:01 I feel sorry for Kelly, that she was crushed by a Mimic... I won't forgive him for that... KELLY IS FOREVER 💚

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Thank you so much! That death is so brutal and tragic, poor Kelly

[@blitzorodeo666]

@@DeerhoundProductions I agree with you! Let Mimic burn in hell, and Kelly live! 💚

[@finleydoyle4913]

Wasnt it not an employee of the pizzaplex that springlocked himself? It was just misinterpreted that it was a girl that got crushed right?

[@blitzorodeo666]

@@finleydoyle4913 Do you mean that someone's corpse is on the Burntrap (Mimic)? If you are, then it's definitely not Kelly's corpse, it's impossible because of the 8th epilogue. But still she was crushed in the 7th epilogue of tftpp.

[@finleydoyle4913]

@@blitzorodeo666 yeah. That's not aftons corpse, let alone springtrap. That's just another springbonnie suit that an employer accidently springlocked himself in. Source is books btw

[@dr.ram3n414]

Take a shot every time he says the mimic

[@DeerhoundProductions]

If someone does this PLEASE send it to me

[@ccaassyyn5517]

At the end when the elevator drops, you can also see orange lights flashing indicating the mimic did it. The mimics signature color is orange, and she can make lights flash.

[@elitebutters0220]

God the Mimic sounds so horrifying irl, it's a tall ass robot that's pretty damn smart and devious too!!

[@thatguyxander6574]

I hope Secrets of the Mimic ends uo being as terrifying as the stories involving the mimic

[@shadowzilla-cq2yh]

Honestly, unless i missed something and he does do this, i think it would be really cool if glitchtrap took over the mimic and turned it into yet again an new springtrap. It would make a new, and interesting way of having william afton return.

[@DeerhoundProductions]

That's basically what Burntrap was

[@shadowzilla-cq2yh]

@@DeerhoundProductions I see, honestly the ending of both sb and sb ruin are confusing to me.

[@DeerhoundProductions]

In SBs canon ending (the Good Ending), Gregory completes all three Princess Quest Arcades and destroys most of Glitchtraps code which also frees Vanessa. This ending leads into Help Wanted 2 where only fragments of Glitchtraps code remains. In Ruin's Ending, Cassie is tricked by the Mimic into deactivating the MXES Security and releasing the Mimic, although we don't know which Ending is Canon, regardless the Mimic escapes.

[@shadowzilla-cq2yh]

@@DeerhoundProductions oh, thank you for clearing that up.

[@Gaming_nerd1987]

@@shadowzilla-cq2yh Glitch trap (from what I heard) is a copy of the mimic1 program that heard about William and mimicked him, so the mimic is glitch trap, but not at the same time, idk tho,

[@jasonregan365]

man Scott is a wizard hiding this guy in there

[@gypsybiswa7529]

This has so much gore holly molly

[@dian3805]

I love the mimic, although I don't think it took so many books and so many games to connect with this character, but oh well

[@Adolo800]

34:08 so midnight motorist...

[@robynstopped]

It's fun how the mimic endoskeleton is not the mimic 1 project but is basically a prototype of what a mimic 1 programmed endoskeleton can become. Now add Afton Robotics doing manufacturing and Circus Baby's Rentals for transport and logistics and Glitch trap can have a literal army of these mimic robots up and running.

[@kurdishmercenary7413]

I would say its the blob who bites off the lift cables and drops the elevator who can possibly also be helpi since both characters symbolize funtime freddy

[@GippyHappy]

The more he says "the mimic" the more it starts to sound like "thumimmmick"

[@chopchopzz]

That SleepyCat thumbnail is fire🔥🔥

[@senaruryuin2773]

Also at the end, the subtitles double up, two separate entries for Gregory are present. I'm pretty sure the Mimic dropped the elevator, I have a hard time believing he and Vanessa would abandon a little girl, even to keep the mimic down there. I suppose it's possible though.

[@Gear_teen]

The way the mimic is described reminds of the Terminator. Where the first one was originally horror. Great job on the narration. I honestly would want a quicker and swift death than being killed by that thing, what's scary is that it enjoys it.

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Thank you so much! He also reminds me of the Terminator as well, I'm hoping he gets a drawn-out and brutal death like the Terminator too!

[@estebanelizondo7856]

15:25 I would call that "Mass shifting" or something similar, because it is curious that despite being a "robot" (technically an endoskeleton) it can change shape.

[@Oily_Engineer]

was kind of creeped when the mimic ran back to the dog costume and crawled in WITH Kelly inside and activating the springsuit, ALSO used the costume with the dead kelly inside to move

[@ABbutEvil]

It’s peak but you called the dead god tangle 😔😔

[@miserycrown.]

If the mimic wears a springlock suit it would have to be in human mode, giving it a chance for the spring locks to go off, trapping the mimic and probably breakig parts of the mimic endo EDIT: nevermind i got to the halfway point of the video, I'm not that smart

[@justice8718]

The springlock suit gives it the parts it needs to repair itself.

[@miserycrown.]

@justice8718 well, yeah if he doesn't get spring locked inside he could very well remove parts to fix himself

[@ARTIST_DUD3]

The thumbnail is fire no pun intended🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Thanks!

[@Imposterwastaken51709]

I was surprised to discover how violent something intended for children's birthday party entertainment could be.

[@thefreshestmango1106]

Good God Kelly's death legitimately made me squeamish.

[@aaronmccarthy875]

So since the mimic is the one wearing the springtrap like costume, does this mean that William Afton is fully dead?,great video

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Thanks! And yes, it seems like William Afton is fully dead at this point, and whatever Glitchtrap was seems to be dead as well.

[@sagrawolf]

yes in ultimate custom night we see he's in hell now

[@Personian]

@@sagrawolf I just think he's dead at this point in the story. We know from TMIR1280 that UCN was most likely moreso a nightmare inflicted by the vengeful spirit rather than actual Hell, and then he seems to (sort of) escape UCN, the events of Frights epilogues happen, and then he's just killed off. So I'd argue he's just flat out gone at this point. The only influence I'd say he has in modern FNAF is his agony, since I believe Glitchtrap is in some way influenced by his agony

[@finleydoyle4913]

​@@Personian isnt glitchtrap the mimic aswell? Just an AI mimic like helpi?

[@Personian]

@@finleydoyle4913 I believe Glitchtrap is mimic1 infected with Afton’s agony

[@girloni4002]

I just wanted to say that thumbnail artwork is epic.

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Thanks! Sleepycat (the artist) killed it!

[@Piercethesage]

It would’ve been funny if there was a “the mimic” count in the corner 😭✋🏽

[@noelleon8595]

The mimic

[@EliteSpeakermancheif]

Theory; I think The Endos in fnaf Security breach could be newer models of a Mimic but more infused with Animatronic technology, Explaining the signs of what the Endos in security breach should do and not do and why we Program an Endo in Help wanted two.

[@Mr.dankmemerick999]

Take a shot everytime he says the mimic

[@electrobob992]

Just remember, the Book lore is only Canon adjacent to the Game Lore. For example. In the games, William afton died from being springlocked. While in the books he would later come out just heavily injured. As well as Glitchtrap literally being BORN from a male player after they leave the game. Which scott did mention in an interview. The new game reveal just confirms the Mimic wasn't Burntrap, Steelwool even confirmed that the MXES system was made back during the 1970s to seal the mimic. Being sealed the whole time during the games. FNAF 1, FNAF 2, FNAF 3, FNAF SL, FNAF Pizza Sim, UCN, etc. Only freed during Ruin. In the game, his AI doesn't exist yet in the systems. Since unlike in the books, William Afton did die but managed to survive the fire thanks to those parts found by Fazbears for the VR game. Thus glitchtrap is Afton or at least a copy of his direct soul. Since remember what we learned in FNAF 2, as well as Sister Location. Any parts from a possessed animatronic hold a copy of the soul. The Toy Animatronics only started "Acting up" after they were repaired with parts from the withered one, i.e the original possessed animatronics. While the Funtimes had bits of them too, but experimented to be combined as a "Test by Afton", i.e Molten Freddy Which also explains Scraptrap's design AND his quote in UCN where he "KNEW the deceptive calling was a lie, but was intrigued non the less" There was no child call in Pizza Sim, so the only "calling" he could have meant was... Henry's call for old Fazbear robots. So he tore bits off his endoskeleton and suit, made himself look more damage, then hid them in a... Box.. Yes THAT box. Then edited some digital records which Fazbears would check when looking for old property after Henry passed to bring the franchise back. Either that or an automated TIP with the location of it. Plus in the books it says the Mimic's eyes.... Are white, white lights.

[@DeerhoundProductions]

I'm not reading all that (no offense to you I just don't care to debate in KZbin comments of all places) but the Mimic’s eyes in the Epilogues are only SOMETIMES white, most of the time they're orange just like in Ruin.

[@Starbear_Ent]

Most of the things you said are just... Your pretty bad interpretations of those things and your headcanons. Should I remind you that ONLY the novel trilogy was confirmed to be non canon? Scott said to not use to solve stuff, yet you're using them. Then, he said to use the Fazbear Frights to solve stuff... And you're not doing that. Tales from the Pizzaplex are even more connected, and after the recent interview, it's clear those books were the story Scott wanted to tell, since Security Breach did not came out like he wanted because he did not tell the lore to Steel Wool. He then used Ruin to clear up stuff, and HW 2 too. He clarified how the Burntrap ending is not canon, and put hints in his room that connect him to the Mimic. Then Glitchtrap in HW 2 just straight up gives Cassie the mask so she can free The Mimic. I need to remind you that one of the teasers from Help Wanted was an endo head called "Origin". Also, the MXES machine being old doesn't mean The Mimic was there the whole time. It was shown in the game that Gregory and Vanessa went there, trapped him and used the machine.

[@darkchaos3474]

@@DeerhoundProductionsAnd yet his eyes are never once described as black and purple like Burntrap’s, you ignoring the fact that Burntrap looks way more like Scraptrap that was repaired with spare parts from Glamrock Endos and such than the Mimic is very telling, NOTHING about their endos match up whatsoever and you can’t just wave it off as an updated design when they’re literally in the same game. Nothing about his first initial description screams Burntrap. Bent metal ears doesn’t automatically equal rabbit ears. Them both being burned don’t mean shit when both Burntrap and the Mimic in Ruin both appear burnt, Burntrap looking more so crisp. Even their one singular similar hand isn’t the exact same shape, the Mimic’s fingers are more rounded and Burntrap’s is way more burnt looking. Using the excuse of the Mimic just simply replacing its right hand after being Burntrap falls apart when there’s literally no indication or hint anywhere of that ever even happening lol, it getting its hand cut off in the ending isn’t evidence for anything.

[@Starbear_Ent]

​@@darkchaos3474 Your logic can be used against you: Just because Springtrap and Scraptrap are green rabbits, that doesn't mean they're the same character. Scraptrap's corpse is different than Springtrap's, so they're not the same. Scraptrap's doesn't even have an endo, that means he's not Springtrap and Burntrap. Scraptrap's has a different head than Springtrap, so they're not William. You see that?

[@darkchaos3474]

@@Starbear_Ent That’s not how that works lol. Springtrap and Scraptrap are both William lol. The design differences are literally just because Scott is poor at designing humans and it’s pretty obvious Springtrap and Scraptrap’s suits aren’t the same one. In the Parts and Service in Fnaf 4, there’s a Spring Bonnie head that looks a lot like Scraptrap’s head so there are at least a few different Spring Bonnie suits, William likely replaced his suit with parts of the extra Spring Bonnie suit after the Fnaf 3 fire soo.

[@ducestat06savage99]

So much death and victims in tha Fazbear's fright story genuinely make me sad and at the same time want to beat the ever living hell out of the mimic 😭💀

[@CarlytheWolf23]

I wonder if the comment on the jester springlock suit being cleaner than the others either implies the mimic as learned how to clean the suit, which I doubt partly as it hasn't been stated to be shown that, or implies that the jester suit hasn't been used very often, if not at all aside from the mimic itself. And noting how old springlock tech for suits is, in the freddy timeline I mean, its rather odd that the jester suit would be rather clean despite its age, unless it was packed away early on either after little usage, or before it could even see the light of day. This could make sense given we already have the two main known springlock suits, Fredbear and Bonnie(personally I don't think they regularly called it springbonnie outside of staff workers/employees, as to differentiate it from a regular Bonnie suit for the animatronic or a regular costume for a person, so likely Fredbear could have had a similar name depending on it being the springlock suit or otherwise, however perhaps it was just called SpringFreddy for short, as I keep wondering whether Fredbear was just mainly the name of the restaurant/diner and Freddy would be his actual animatronic, or maybe the names were interchangeably until Fredbear's was closed, etc. Off topic I didn't even realize shit- Anyway it could show that there was likely the three springlocks, not just two, but two only ever got use, the usage being quick to expose the springlock flaws that would end in injury or death, and then with those two used ones being locked away in storage, the jester one likely met the same fate, but never got dirtied from wear and tear originally, or even by the wearers, as im sure the main two got stained up from the injuries and deaths, meanwhile if the jester one was never used to the extent the others were, then it would make sense it would be less dirty and also less tattered, as from our knowledge, the jester suit if it exists in the main story, was not used again after retirement of the springlocks, however Bonnie's for sure was, and Fredbear's is debatable whether it was used in any of the killings, but would make sense if William didn't have access to his first choice. I wonder if we'll ever get more insight on whether there were more than the main duo of springlock suits in the main story, or if this is only in specific story universes, etc. Idk I did think that line was interesting, as while yeah alone it could just be part of the basic description or observations the narrator made, but given how fnaf can be, the detail may be of note in terms of what it may imply about that suit with its condition compared to its age, and I'm sure if it had old traces of blood stains, it would have been pointed out, though I haven't read these books, soo if it was a detail mentioned I personally wouldn't know, if it had traces of blood, it could imply usage of suit prior to springlock retirement, or maybe the mimic used it to kill, but I don't know if the mimic has done kills similar in that vein, as it seems to typically use its own brute force of strength to kill, and seems to do it itself rather than cause something else to do it for it, as far as I'm aware, it hasn't witnessed usage of the springlock suits like this, and likely also doesn't see much of a difference between a regular costume, the casing of an animatronic, or a springlock suit, only that it can wear it. Soo yee idk if the jester suit not being used or used much would have significance in the storyline or be a plot point, but I also think about that extra springlock suit in night 4 of sister location, and its not said what the suit is of, but that its definitely a springlock one, and from what we can see from the appearance of its face plates, appears to be more humanoid, even having a smile similar to some depictions of jesters/fools, or even a comedy mask for theatre. If it happens to be a jester themed one, perhaps its linked to the jester one from the stories, and also possibly linking the mimic to sister location again like the scooper ending. And if its to be believed that sister location could also be a part of the absolute fucking labyrinth that the pizza plex, on top of the pizzeria on top of a separate building of some kind and a cave system, then perhaps that is where the mimic got the jester suit, having been stored away in the sister location, but never had left, never being used aside from a set few, and just there for anyone or anything wandering around the decaying structures.

[@HoneybunandChip.2024]

Even though I love this video it make my head hurt how the mimic was able to jam it's head into a human skull because I've research on human skeletons so I'm generally confused

[@ravenbearden6695]

Wish you and sleepycat the best of luck for your game.

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Thank you so much!

[@baileyplatell1378]

Sigh yet another Fanaf head cannon crushed 😢 my personal theory for a long time was that this endo was golden Freddie’s. since it seems he was the only one of the originals that didn’t find peace and that it’s just make sense to assume that a killer endo would belong to the one Fanaf character that didn’t have one.

[@BettytheCake]

Tysmmmmmmm UGH THIS VIDEO IS SO HELPFUL

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Glad you like it!

[@vector902]

Mimic spelled backwards is mimic🤯

[@Jonathan-p7x]

Holy shit really?

[@isaiahalexander886]

I am a huge FNAF fan and I love this lore. My only complaint is that the Mimic thing? It just... I hope this is separate from the actual lore; similar to "into The Pit". This feels like it has enough weight to be its own separate game.

[@DeerhoundProductions]

The next Steel Wool game is a whole game about the Mimic titled "Secret of the Mimic", he's going to be important to the main story, he's also definitely returning in the Ruin sequel.

[@Anna-tn6go]

Since at the pax demo there were multiple different costumes and spring lock suits seen, I'm really hoping that there is a tiger suit/cameo/reference in this game. Itd be a cool way to further connect it to the tales series

[@DeerhoundProductions]

PLEASE THAT'D BE AWESOME!

[@azaeltorres3821]

You how mimic miming afton and mimic is glitchtrap

[@DeerhoundProductions]

I talked about that more in my Glitchtrap story video, and while I think Glitchtrap is definitely using the Mimic1 program, he doesn't seem to literally be the Mimic. I'd recommend watching my Glitchtrap Story video for a more detailed explanation of that

[@HorrorBiscuit13]

Wow the mimic is brutal and I love him now Funko make your last fnaf merch about the mimic please

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Funko still can make POPs and Mystery Minis, really hoping we get a Mimic POP!

[@HorrorBiscuit13]

@@DeerhoundProductions still won’t be the same :(

[@_indigo_inked]

Okay I was super skeptical of the Mimic because this franchise loooooves storylines and evil entities that don’t make much sense. When I saw this new Mimic character, I assumed it would be like the “robot kids” in the books. However! This video has completely shifted my opinion! This story was very exciting and the Slasher villain approach from an ai that doesn’t process the difference between robot and human is awesome!

[@DeerhoundProductions]

I'm glad you liked it!

[@muslimvideogamedev]

i wish we saw the mimic more in the actual games tbh

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Secret of the Mimic

[@muslimvideogamedev]

@@DeerhoundProductions impatient

[@danysiegh9746]

it would be interesting if the next game following ruin would be attempting to reset or fix the other animatronics. it seems that resetting them fixes whatever hold glitchtrap or mimic has over them since resetting both Roxy and Sun & Moon makes them a lot milder and in Security Breach, Freddy was reset and made him (at least the part that is consciously him) more aware and being active for too long ends up corrupting them (freddy's body).

[@JanisChambers]

The Spoiled brat version of Freddy was in Help Wanted 2, in the Freezer. It was the prototype of Freddy.

[@ghfg4402]

I think that Mimic will be an important character like William Afton in upcoming Fnaf games Also, I am really excited to see the mimic and the role it will play in the game Secret of the Mimic

[@Zipperskull_]

I wish someone on youtube can animate the pizzaplex stories

[@poltergeist_curse123]

First of all good video budd I really think that Burntrap's identity may be that he is Luca from the Tales From The Pizza Plex story "Pressure", in which a teenager enters a fnaf 3 role-playing game wearing a Springbonnie outfit modified to look like Springtrap, but in the end it turns out that the suit was a real springlock, and Luca accidentally activates the springlocks and dies inside the suit. Now, taking into account that Burntrap is not Afton, much less Mimic since this one NEVER came out of the hole in which he was locked under concrete in the ruined pizzaplex (since we are told that this one was behind this wall in the pizzaplex area after the events of FNaF 6, and well, we only broke this wall in ruin) (and more because Burntrap's end is not Mimic's, that is, Mimic simply has a Burntrap hand... and that's it), and therefore it is impossible for it to be burntrap since it was in a capsule of the pizzaplex, and even more so with Scott Cawthon's latest statements in which he said that it was not planned to be a final boss or anything like that, that he is simply going to stay still in the dark in various corners as a simple easter egg, we can deduce that it may be. try Luca. You could say that Fazbear Entertainment saw a corpse in a springlock suit and decided to hide it and keep the evidence to themselves as always. That's my theory.

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Thank you! The Mimic wasn't trapped during SB, and the Security Nodes don't exist in Security Breach (in Ruin they lock down areas of the Pizzaplex that were accessible in SB), so the Security Nodes were a new addition, likely meaning the Mimic wasn't trapped yet. Also the Burntrap hand prints only appear after Security Breach and they match up with the Mimic's missing hand, the Mimic is also described like Burntraps endo in the Epilogues. I'd recommend rewatching the Epilogue 1, Security Breach, and post Security Breach segments for a more detailed explanation.

[@spyfyre1618]

All of this and the government wasn’t involved much at all 😭🙏

[@doomtitan1172]

Is nobody going to talk about that once Edwin FINALLY learns about his own creation's ( The Minic ) many brutal crimes, that is somehow surpassing the body count of the original William Afton/Springtrap of all characters!? He's going to feel a whole lot of guilt for unintentionally and indirectly caused the death of many innocents. 🤦🤦🤦 I understand his grief, BUT does he really have to direct his own anger on your own robot creation that has NOTHING to do with the car accident, huh! 😒

[@vasko_bel]

Great video, and btw, i personally think that Helpi may be Glitchtrap

[@highwayvermin3027]

The art in the thumbnail is amazing

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Thanks! Sleepycat did an awesome job!

[@Sonicmid]

Amazing video Rip Monty with in tho

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Thank you so much!

[@DREADBEAREDITS]

Your good at these videos bro I love it there entertaining I subscribe😎👍🎃🔥🎡

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Thank you so much!

[@BraydenCorrales]

15:28 we shouldve definitely gotten this form of the mimic in ruin

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Agreed!

[@seazonss9960]

i seriously want to know the meaning behind the ending where she puts the mask on and she’s all the bullshit it’s the only one in any game that makes me think what the hell is going on here

[@Victor-056]

37:22 Has anyone else realized that the Mimic is in the Family Guy death pose?

[@shadow_king3013]

could it be that the new anomatronics are somehow possesed by the ppl the mimic killed?

[@WitheredCircle]

Can't wait to watch this! Looks peak already

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Thanks!

[@michaelkeha]

What I would still like answer for is why are these things so strong cause real animatronics motors are just barely powerful enough to do the basic motions they can do

[@fnafatnight9415]

Yes finally!!!!! MIMIC

[@dizelraf]

I like this video, but I don’t really agree with Mimic being “controlled” but Glitchtrap, considering that he definitely did not become any kinder than being as Glitchtrap

[@HauntedMansionGhosts]

Thanks for the recap

[@DeerhoundProductions]

No problem!

[@ZavoyHarwood]

I love this vid also thanks to sleepy cat for the art

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Thank you so much! Sleepycat worked really hard on all this art, glad to see it's paying off!

[@Batman19754ugh]

Did you notice when helpie has yellow eyes you can see cracks

[@DeerhoundProductions]

Yup! Looks like the Mimic’s disguse is falling apart

[@lucyarmy8879]

Poor guy

[@GasBsbs]

You know the song Hugo made I get it now

[@PandaSlothProductions]

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