FNAF, Who REALLY Is Golden Freddy? | MatPat Reacts To

[@jonathanmcnulty4461]

MatPat is the most 'Not Retired' Retired person I think I have ever seen lol

[@Cavatappi]

My mom’s friend retired, and then asked for another job in the same department. She’s now “part time” 30 hrs/week.

[@Idklol208]

That ain’t a bad thing tho😊

[@Scr4mbledM3ggs]

ong💀

[@EpicDoodleNerd]

I raise you... Hayao Miyazaki

[@lordhelix01]

My high school biology teacher retired 4 times and came back the 5 times I was there

[@oxyfay]

A single video by an unknown creator (their first, at that) singlehandedly shaking up the community is quite the spectacle lol

[@SuperPopulated]

The people who trash talk are people who were hurt the most and honestly your vids are bad ngl and saying those words are disgusting be ashamed of your self To utubetrollpolicenwo

[@RealbluesparkFN]

its not a real person bro ​@SuperPopulated

[@pileofsocks8287]

LITERALLY 😭

[@Sploobicious]

More like creators cause they're a duo

[@woaddragon]

Well the fact that it one of the long cohesive theory out there really help

[@EnigmaticStationary-gc3of]

One thing I really like about this is MatPat treats them as equals. There's no hint of "oh they did a good job for being younger viewers" or anything like that. That's why I appreciate when he calls out something that doesn't immediately click, because it's treating them as equals -- as theorists. Having said that I think a lot of FNAF lore is logical leaps lol

[@Lyn0224_]

Same thing happened with id fantasy. I believe that when he first reacted to her stuff she had less than 10k subs lol

[@joaquincortescasas8114]

Indeed, FNAF as a whole is filled with logical leaps. In pretty much everything. The thing I believe are the main points. The details may be correct or not, but it's impossible to be 100% correct with the details in FNAF.

[@songeunhye3243]

@CaseyC-bg4bbI think by “younger” op means “newer to the game”, not their age. Their point is Matt doesn’t treat seniority as a factor in the credibility of their theory

[@end_slayer]

A lot of the lore is gaps filled in that we gaslight ourselves into being confirmed.

[@ShrapnelStars]

I can't wait for MatPat to eject from his body and go straight to the afterlife once he sees their second major point.

[@thisaccountisnotinuse]

only the animatronic parts, then his corpse will be reanimated. he won't die. he won't die. he won't die.

[@Weston-s4k]

He did say he took measures against death.

[@bboy138]

I love the trend of these videos where Mat pauses to talk for a few minutes about why he disagrees with something only to unpause and the video immediately addresses his concern.

[@zacyquack]

That’s every reaction video, because they’re lazy.

[@IAteYourFace72]

​@zacyquack wait, what? If he was lazy, surely he'd just sit back and watch to get his question answered rather than pausing and talking for his thoughts and commentary?...

[@Mega-Brick]

@@zacyquack How is that lazy? That's engaging and reacting to the content. Especially for something like this, it's just too long to save all your reactions for the end (and that would be lazy, leaving most of the video's content to just be... someone else's content), so you go with a back-and-forth.

[@somedragonbastard]

​@@zacyquack a lazy reaction video is one where the reactor barely does or says anything

[@xaf15001]

​@@zacyquackI do agree some reaction video is lazy, but certainly not this. This series is double the length of the original video, so Matpat added atleast one video length of commentary on top of the original video.

[@GlavataZelva31]

"A wound first inflicted on me" I think if we take girls' theory as right, then the first wound could be just henry getting blamed for the MCI, not really Charlie's death. That would seem like a logical solution

[@millieduckmcbuck159]

I was thinking the same!

[@russergee49]

Kind of like “first you made me suffer, then you made my daughter suffer”, he’s saying it in the context of his own family (at least, that’s how this line would work if their theory about death order is correct)

[@nikkafrog]

I do believe Henry was the one arrested and why it wasn't until ffps that he shows up

[@duck8049]

What if it’s both people

[@marli8907]

It gets there. That's part of the back half. But yes, I believe this.

[@Dual-Process-Theory]

1:09:22 LMAO yeah it was a bit. also TBH the the golden freddy suit bit is the MOST talked about and like. yeah that's fair. I wish we'd presented it better in the video itself showing that's what we think is very possible but honestly isn't the main or only option etc. there's other options and issues with that part and we knew that going in and wish we kinda like. said that. better or at all pft. It's not suuuper important to the rest of the theory but honestly surpised but not that that was the most discussed.

[@sundalosketch4769]

It could be quite possible, that the head of the suit isn't Golden Freddy's but a SL-styled head/mask; hastily placed onto Michael or used in place of it's original head for some reason. Maybe some parts of mr G.Freddy were missing alongside the Spring Bonnie suit which weren't transferred to the Sister Location; allowing William to use said missing parts to replace/repair his own suit?

[@SasukeUchiha723]

You guys at GT needs to pin this comment.

[@sil3nmaxx743]

Indeed, MatPat is NOT escaping the fnaf verse at this point...

[@Medo-jd8qi]

Yeah 😂😂😂

[@SuperlexPlays]

No he's not. Because I have subs ❤

[@StopMotionDryptosaurus]

Don’t worry the bots have been reported.

[@clipxzy-_-FN]

​@@SuperlexPlays tf

[@flip.2]

​@@clipxzy-_-FN just report it

[@ashallen2143]

Poor Matt, the "Don't you love it from a story perspective?" Meanwhile dude isn't even CLOSE to the heavy narrative they spin. Can't wait to see what he thinks

[@Dusty_B]

Give it two more videos.

[@Zamtrios245]

I believe what they meant about the order of the killings is this: Crying Child gets put into a coma, and this makes Willy A want to "put him back together" To do this, he starts the MCI, taking kids apart in an attempt to figure out how to put them back together. He's shown to be a pretty egotistical man in the books, so he may have thought he could do what modern medicine can't After he starts running out of time, he has a mental break and puts CC into the feedbear suit. It seemingly doesn't work. He pins the crime on Henry He kills Charlie The animatronics are now haunted by the puppet giving life, cue remnant shenanigans. (Also, anecdotal thought, if the MCI occurs during CC's coma [Fnaf 4], then the shift to Nightmare Fredbear could be his coma dream of being springlocked. Not evidence but cool thought)

[@shadowmarauder6033]

That last part about Nightmare Fredbear makes so much sense!

[@YuutaTogashi0707]

I still don't understand where they get the idea of William putting the crying child inside golden freddy it feels like a stretch

[@dotthedot9080]

​@@YuutaTogashi0707 the happiest day minigame implies that the crying child celebrating a birthday is fredbear, so it would make sense that the OTHER crying child who died during their birthday to the fredbear animatronic would end up connected to it, as in, being the same character possessing the suit Maybe the transfer happened during the bite, and that's what actually put them in a coma, their spirit leaving their body

[@YuutaTogashi0707]

@@dotthedot9080 That's what I thought I don't like how dual process said that william took cc out of hospital and stuffed his body into golden freddy I like the idea of the spirit attaching to fredbear during the bite more Also in fnaf world shadow freddy's loading screen text says "I will eat your soul" Maybe a hint or random? idk

[@MarekPlacek-be3lp]

My only issue with this theory is I am not sure if William would care about anyone that much - not even his son. I always thought he was chasing immortality for his own gain.

[@DeuxAces]

I don't think that the theory's stating that William killed Cassidy that night, then drank then killed Charlie, Matpat. I think they are saying that William killed Cassidy at one point, framed Henry, and made Cassidy a "victim" of Henry's supposed killings. Then way after Henry had already been arrested and convicted, a depressed/alcoholic William kills Charlie in anger after she was locked outside by bullies ostracizing her for being a "killer's" daughter.

[@GlowwingHeart]

Ohhh thanks for making it clear I really confused at what they were trying to say

[@Trazyn_The_Finite]

Yes, this was also how I interpreted what they meant

[@plantinapot9169]

Ye

[@BasicallyBaconSandvichIV]

Yep, that's what I thought as well.

[@Livelaughloveurfamily]

I agree but wouldn't Henry be locked away for at least 3+ years?

[@Eliz_Creates]

The whole idea of “Michale been stuffed in the same suit he killed his brother in” bit is cannon to me now, they’ve convinced me. It’s beautiful from a story presentation and makes scrap trap stand out more. All the actions in one way or another linked to golden Freddy. Chills when I first heard it

[@carlyparker4410]

And who shoved Michael in golden Freddy? Elizabeth. Which just makes this even sweeter, the siblings are all shoving each other in there

[@Xotiic2250]

it also even helps that they know where the golden freddy suit is cause its in the underground bunker its in sister location bunker so it would make sense why he can find the spare parts for his face

[@eatdetergent]

I love the callbacks but i hate how their evidence is so weak, the mask barely matches the one of fredbears/gfs, it has visible 4 sectional openings like the funtimes, and even if its a stretch the eyes dont match either

[@mamamiaawoodenboy]

Michale💀

[@imtatianapellegrini]

From now on, I'll accept everything these girls said are true and is one of the few theories that actually make sense

[@alexinator-hh5fe]

As someone who was kinda disappointed with how the Crying Child is such a huge part of the lore but just kinda faded into the background, this theory gives me gifts. This theory gives me life.

[@RyanSoltani]

Live, laugh, lul

[@RangeCMYK]

Could you say that when you discovered it it was your happiest day?

[@ThatGuyE-gp3lh]

Well the theory was ment for you

[@RyanSoltani]

@@RangeCMYK some could say that reply was golden

[@Scr4mbledM3ggs]

@@RyanSoltani It was so good that i’ve decided to make a phone call and tell my friend about it.

[@steelajax7925]

Matt: I'm retiring! The fnaf community: I'm not gonna let that happen. I will hold you here. I will keep you here no matter how many times... they burn us

[@ax.olotls]

I imagine in Mat's mind palace, there's just one room off to the side for all his fnaf knowledge and he's just like "oh, we don't go in there.." and doesn't elaborate

[@strisselstudios3932]

The basement from the book "I'm thinking of ending things".

[@mandy8981]

I could be wrong, but DPT was saying, he took Cassidy home, then killed the 5 kids to see how to put them back together. As he stuffed them into the suits to hide the bodies, he noted the animatronics acting up. So, he put Cassidy in the suit to heal him. He thought it didn't work, he removed the body and then buried him. Just wanted to clear that up because it seemed like Mat was a bit turned around on that. It took me a second watch to place that too.

[@Cloudy_Jay8]

Hope this comment is higher and Mat sees is - I was so sad that he seemed to misinterpret what they were saying a little. Also him thinking this all happened in one night 😅

[@crappyusername69]

He also missed that the reason william put Cassidy in the suit before confirming it would work, was because the cameras had caught his last 2 kills and he was out of time.

[@JohnDoe-hj9fh]

Yeah I was very confused why he thought it would have to be in one night

[@DannyNoLove17]

He still brings up a good point when he says the suits can’t be acting up until Charlie gives them life. The way the girls’ describe that makes it seem like the suits were possessed immediately after the child died.

[@DannyNoLove17]

@@JohnDoe-hj9fhThe main thing you’re not mentioning is that it would be weird for Charlie to be there if Henry was in jail.

[@MagmaCalibur]

Is it possible that "a wound first inflicted to me" actually refers to Henry getting wrongly convicted for the MCI? Perhaps he gets released from prison by proving his innocence later on

[@MagmaCalibur]

Sorry, I didn't watch the whole video before writing this comment.

[@themuffinman4680]

The kids would've died/been missing before he got arrested anyway so that still wouldn't be a wound first inflicted on him since the children and their families were 'wounded' before he got arrested

[@BlakeShoreEdgewoodblake83]

Unless he's just a bit conceited about who got hurt first or most bc he got arrested for his best friend's crimes.

[@MagmaCalibur]

Well hes probably in his 70s so maybe he just forgot.

[@jackmuir5314]

Or he could just be referring to the wounds he and Afton inflict upon each other i.e. William hurt Henry first, and then Henry retaliates (all his fire plans)

[@marillama]

when mat finishes the video he NEEDS to watch past the credits for the meme 🫶

[@jesselee8963]

This needs to be higher on the comment board.

[@Hex.A.Decimal]

(Insert witty reply here to appease the algorithm.)

[@Dinomask.owo.]

Matpat needs to see this comment

[@beeeeens0034]

@@jesselee8963i agree

[@piratewhoisquiet]

I'm pretty sure Ash has watched the whole video from how they talk about it I'm sure they will inform Matt when the time comes *also crosses fingers*

[@matthewlynch6658]

To clarify, I think they're saying that Cassidy death and Charlie death happen at different times. Cassidy gets springtrapped, then the video recording of the last murders are found, leading to Henry's arrest. Later, on a different day, after Henry's convicted, the other kids bully Charlie for her father's supposed crimes, leading to her being locked out and killed by William. The 'later that night' refers to the events of Midnight Motorist relative to Charlie's death, not to Cassidy's death.

[@Mr135Jonathan]

*Matpat pauses the video and starts to be critical Me at my monitor- "MATPAT JUST LET THEM COOK!!!!"

[@sonicpizza_]

The idea that the spring lock suit in Sister Location is the Fredbear suit that Michael put his brother into is so clever and sounds so right. Especially when you think about the fact that if this is true, then that means that Micheal is experiencing the same fear that his brother was feeling in this moment when he is in the suit. It is literally the perfect karma. (Edit: OMG SO MANY LIKES AND COMMENTS, thank you guys so much!)

[@Kirkyeehee]

Honestly, it's one of my favorite parts of this whole Theory. It works so well narratively and the evidence is there to back it up for the most part. I personally think that one's confirmed, whether anyone else does or not. For me that is my head Cannon going forward.

[@Hoodgirl777]

I have to agree as well but I have to say that in my opinion that golden Freddy is a separate suit from Cassidy’s. There is just something off about it that I can’t put my finger on it? 🤔I want to believe that it is golden Freddy’s suit but we all know Cassidy is still there until the fire and probably (not confirmed evidence) in security breach. I don’t want to get my hopes up because I want to see the difference between the games and the movies. I personally don’t fully believe the books because they don’t fit solid evidence to the games but I am still trying to read them because this franchise is my favorite. 🍕🐻🍕

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

As much as I really don't think it works,it would be really good narratively. Especially considering Mike was unconscious, breathing and heart beating,inside that suit for 18 hours. Bro must have been springlocked without knowing (and,no,the pain wouldn't wake him up because he was knocked unconscious,he wasn't just asleep). We know remnant can heal so after the springlocking,he'd basically just be healing for the remainder of the time until he wakes up

[@Hoodgirl777]

In my previous comment in the first video matpat did I said maybe c.c saw Cassidy die in that spare bear suit when he was locked in the closet? that’s why he was crying. (Due to the movie’s lore) his dad locked him on purpose or his brother did it and was scared. So to make sure his son was quiet afton broke the animatronic on purpose because of “WHAT HE SAW”.

[@GlowwingHeart]

Yessss I agree!

[@lexigass9012]

i cannot WAIT for him to get to the second big reveal, that was the one that really solidified this as a groundbreaking new theory that is so narratively satisfying and genuinely seems like a story they might have been trying to tell

[@kafkaisnotdead]

Yes, I can't wait for his reaction

[@RybaBezOsci]

Also can't wait. No, seriously i can't wait another two weeks man

[@xM0nst3Rx]

My friend told me these guys, who made that theory, are always trying to show their headcanons as the game canon, even though it creates more problems or doesn't solve things. He also said they are always using book as evidence, completely disregarding the game lore and evidence whatsoever. So, I wouldn't believe a thing they said, no matter how much they show evidence from the books. No evidence from the games = no evidence at all.

[@pokeverything9226]

​@@xM0nst3RxDoes your "friend" have a source for making these claims? This is their first video. How would it make sense that this is something they always do? Not to mention there's been plenty of game evidence. The FNAF 3 lights, Happiest Day, etc

[@xM0nst3Rx]

@@pokeverything9226 he watched them before. he told me all about their other absurd theories that they just stretch too much to fit into their own headcanon.

[@moonlightatonzfam6707]

I can tell matpat is going to go insane in this episode already…

[@SuperlexPlays]

Yes me too. Thanks for all the subsb😢

[@DeadpanBead5451]

I feel bad that you’re reply section is filled with bots.

[@RealbluesparkFN]

​@DeadpanBead5451 your*

[@calebadam2576]

​@@DeadpanBead5451We can all do our little part to get rid of them, at least. But it is egregious on youtube's part.

[@jonathanhibberd9983]

I love his expression in the cold open - "I hate that I like this."😂

[@calebflint6565]

52:02 Given that the lighting artifact can only be seen in one of Golden Freddy's eyes and that fact that the head is in total darkness, I think it's more likely that there was never a second light in the first place - it was just an illusion created by the light bleeding out from the right eye.

[@Dudeman23rd]

I've always thought this too, and I don't think the two visible eyes were originally meant to be anything more than an easy way to tell there was an additional bear head in the background. BUT, the dual spirit idea is a very fun idea to tinker with purely from a storytelling perspective, so I can understand if Scott and the writers looked at the image at one point later and said "hey, what if we did a couple things that involved two spirits possessing the same suit?" I don't think the two lights should be taken as evidence for anything prior to FNAF6 with Lefty's weird eye situation.

[@bonD6002]

Its much brighter than the other lights tho

[@skobree6360]

I would believe it's brighter for a couple of reasons. 1. The positioning of the head which is more to the side, showing the back of the head well. 2. Golden Freddy's fur which is, well... Golden. You can see the light bouncing back inside Freddy's head as well. But it isn't as bright due to his fur being brown. 3. Contrast. Golden Freddy's head is enveloped in a shadow which makes the inside of the other eye brighter. 4. Most likely Scott didn't see anything wrong with that. After all the circle of light is only on one of the eyes and the bouncing of the light in the other one helps establish that it is indeed a head, not just a weird light. What I would suggest is someone who knows how to use blender to stimulate this render. If I'm already getting into the topic, I might as well mention that having another character added who's only purpose is to be... Well, angry, breaks one of the most fundamental rules in writing. Which is to shrink the amount of characters present in your story, by scraping those who only serve one purpose, when another, existing character can do that instead. (It saves time in developing additional character and coming up with a design). It's not really a theory based thing and we can't tell if Scott follows those rules. I just believe it's nice to point it out.

[@bonD6002]

@@skobree6360 Chica is the same colour but her eye socket isn't as bright? Also I dont think it only exists only to be angry, i'd say having 1 character that's vengeful is karma to William because that's the ghost that chased him into the suit.

[@Gabbster620]

Matt…I love you ..platonically …parasocially … why in the world do you think all of that would have happened in one night 😭😭🤣🤣🤣

[@hitmax2472]

Because she is using the “Later that night” mini game

[@hitmax2472]

The “Later that night” minigame is something that the hold community related’s to the dead of one of the missing children. This is something kinda old

[@kingshaftd.]

1:28:07 Asked a lawyer. In her opinion, the lack of a non circumstantial ID leaves enough reasonable doubt for an acquittal. Since there is no way of 100% knowing that Henry would be in that suit, she said that she doesn’t believe there would be enough evidence to prove Henry was even at the scene of the crime

[@someguy5085]

Ain't no way we consulting professionals about the logistics of the fnaf lore 💀

[@SilentMeteorite]

To be fair... the judicial system is not perfectly objective and does not always convict as it should

[@myrixica4222]

Ask her to take into consideration the time period (the 80s) and the pressure to ease the fears, panic, worries etc. of parents and the political fall out. It wouldn't be the first time those kind of circumstances led to a false conviction.

[@jesselee8963]

This needs to be higher on the comment board.

[@kingshaftd.]

@@myrixica4222 I did. She said “the time period wouldn’t change the lack of evidence”

[@piratemann5098]

1:27:09 he could’ve taken a plea deal where he only served so many years if he pled guilty. Because from the evidence, it doesn’t look like they have a concrete argument to convict, but they probably convinced Henry they did. Tricking him into taking the plea deal saying they had him on video surveillance or something

[@dolfuny]

True to life

[@davenclawthehobbit2842]

He could also have gotten his conviction overturned with new evidence, or a better lawyer

[@regulargoat7259]

This is something that happens all the time irl and has always been what i thought happened to henry

[@GentleWruzzPuppet]

In the graphic novels henry and William look surprisingly similar, if that's a carry over then if they did catch William on the camera's it could've looked like henry due to poor camera quality.

[@Night_Light9123]

As a true crime enjoyer, this is what I thought, except maybe he took it because of the deal he'd get less time if he pled guilty because stuff like that happens all the time IRL

[@jackfoster4935]

1:06:52 could also explain why that night was so hard. You (Michael Afton) could be the middle of a panic attack.

[@burntcinnamon1735]

Realistic depiction of a panic attack in my FNAF game?!

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

Nah,springlocks are just absurdly dangerous.

[@SoicAngellis]

Honestly I love that. Realizing what suit he's in, knowing it's history, knowing everything he knows.. terrified he'd face the same fate Cassidy faced.

[@isawawabubthediglett]

Using lore to justify unfair gameplay is a new level of bs.

[@zeldafan6124]

How on earth would he know the suit was fredbear

[@unifun3411]

I love how Mattpatt clumps the events into one night and not over a few days

[@poot2762]

Good lord you had me worried that there was only going to be the one part lol. This is like the only theory I've seen that "feels" at least like 70% correct and that's unheard of for a fnaf theory

[@Kaybri0526]

That section of Michael being shoved into the golden Freddy suit is the part that really made me love their video. That FEELS GOOD.

[@carlyparker4410]

And who shoved Michael into the suit??? ELIZABETH! So freaking good

[@naturallynoted]

MatPat playing both sides of the lore journey: 1) knowing details about the game from over the past decade 2) coming to realize that he may not fully understand details that he thought he understood

[@TheGSaraiva]

55:30 That`s why i love Mat, he got a conflict of ideas and when they broke a idea from him, instead of being upset he looks like a proud dad, that one of his sons just discover something interesting

[@cakes4494]

daughters in this case but yeah it was great to know Mats ego doesn't go ahead of the theory

[@torchicachu2501]

It makes a lot of sense for MCI to be before charlie in the case for Henry to build the security puppet, for him to feel the need to have that security to watch over Charlie because he knows that bad things have happened in the pizza place before, so as long as she was inside the building she would be guarded and safe

[@mofka26]

My main theory of the Henry conviction is that either he got out via parole through good behavior since he was innocent anyway OR his case was revisited and he was found not guilty due to lack of evidence which was the thing that happened in reality, some people on death sentence were found innocent later.

[@EnabiSeira]

I agree with Ash at the end. When I watched the video I didn't even notice many of the audio changes and, considering it's the very first video on the channel, having a studio level quality isn't mandatory nor actually expected. I thought it was good enough (audio and editing), and it even have proper subtitles! I'd love to see more reactions for their videos in the future.

[@amandasafterword9512]

Matpat watching at 1.25x & me watching Matpat at 2x feels like a speed running strat

[@Dudeman23rd]

I'm in this comment and I don't like it

[@Sugolite4]

@amandasafterword9512 I actually thought I was the only other person who did this

[@Knitemaer]

Same

[@tonyace87]

I like the fact that as soon as he mentioned “a reaction shorter than the og vid”, his eyes flickered and the light slowly died as he realized his mistake lol

[@Hex.A.Decimal]

Henry being the one convicted is an idea I have played with... More than warrented, honestly. It just feels right. I AM NOT IN LAW BUT I think if they stuck Henry with either five counts reckless endangerment of a child OR of negligent homicide that would have been roughly 30-35 years. Interestingly, if FNaF 1 happened in 1992-3 and the MCI in 1985-6, that is 7 years. The 7th year someone is missing without a lead they are legally considered dead.

[@mrghost545]

Hey matpat, ik u were confused abt the order of events with this timeline so ima help u lay em out, if their timeline is correct it would go -the bite of 83 -cc in hospital -takes cc home to help with recovery -Susie death -Fritz death -on June 26th Gabriel and Jeremy death -that night William takes cc and spring locks him, then hides his body in MM woods to cover himself -Henry arrested the next day -William spirals and drinks -Michael sneaks out repeatedly bc of CC tryna lure him to the gravesite -sees Charlie outside and kills her -later that night goes home and sees Michael gone again and vows to make him pay -nightmare gas, and so on so forth Just hope that clears up the order of events some! Love the reactions ❤ Edit: also abt the Fnaf 3 endings, in their timeline video I think their saying that they think that both endings are canon with Fnaf 3 bad ending is canon to the end of the game and the Fnaf 3 good ending happening at the end of the timeline after Fnaf world and UCN Edit 2: and if your confused on how the Fnaf 4 might 6 minivans takes place, they explain it as that’s not ccs death but whenever he slips into a coma and the death noise just being something associated with type of scenario, but interpret how you will

[@GermanFFreddy]

1:14:05 well, Matt, no matter how much time passes, there will still be bones and such. People have been dead for centuries and their bones still exist. So if the suit is Fredbear, then Cassidy would need to be removed.

[@oakbeeluvsu]

bones actually do break down over time, depending on the environment that they’re in- see animal bones in a forest vs. fossilized bones covered by sediment. i do agree that it’s extremely likely that cassidy has been removed, though, especially under the assumption that cassidy’s body is buried in the box

[@KkayKris]

Matt saying his theories felt "secure" during the witty banter and me whispering to myself, "time for a breach!"

[@Micchi-]

Security breach

[@ThePageTurnerPT]

The fact that no one else made this pun both brings me joy and disappoints me Disappoints me because it's *right there* and no one else caught it But it brings me joy that you did catch it, and decided to share with the internet not only the fact that you caught it, but that you also were delighted by it so much that you wanted the world to know about it too. And that is a reason to be joyful

[@paperknigth2263]

I'm so overwhelmingly sure that Scott didn't think about all this.

[@emeraldjolteon1472]

scott be like:these theorist sure are crazy

[@Warriorcat_Youtube]

Knowing scott's previous work is kind of wacky in its own right, I think it's more like the fans matching his freak, so to speak. Crazy begets crazy

[@strisselstudios3932]

You don't get something like the security log book without Scott thinking of this though..

[@paperknigth2263]

@@strisselstudios3932 To me Scott worldbuilding works by giving some vague cryptic hints, and then it lets the fans to work with it cause he knows the Theories are what make the game so popular, unlike the rest of cheap treanding horror games. If the story was so well thought out, people would have already solved it. And especially in his older games, it's clear that a lot of things came to him on the fly. It's like trying to solve One Piece; It cannot be done, simply because the information to do it does not exist. The fundamental difference is that Oda's intention is to reveal all the mysteries of One Piece, eventually. While Scott seems to be more on the side of always having unsolved Mysteries, to keep interest in the theories indefinitely. People found the most cryptic, extremely unintuitive and overconvoluted secrets in Animal Well, after like a week. But after 10 years people don't knows who is the Crying Child, because there is no answer. There is ephimeral hints that could or could not being thought about in advance.

[@bunandbutt3r120]

@@Warriorcat_KZbin That's a poetic way to put it. We're all matching his freak, I dare say we might even be surpassing it!

[@ShanLovesReading]

Scott's whole world-buulding for FNaF seems like a lot of writer's block scenarios - he knew what he wanted from the series, likely knew a lot of the BIG plot points and had those generally mapped out, but had no idea how to get from Plot Point A to B to C, and ended up adding more things to make them fleshed out and stuff...

[@TheSoulCalledZuzia]

Yeah, I can see that

[@TheInvisibleMan-06]

I think the reason it says Henry was convicted but didn’t get put on death row was because they didn’t have nearly enough actual evidence he even did it, but they were so desperate to catch the man who kidnapped and likely killed 5 whole children, they just pinned it on Henry and gave him a lesser sentence just in case he wasn’t actually guilty. Stuff like this happens all the time, The Green Mile is based on a true story where an innocent man was arrested and convicted because they just wanted someone to blame so they didn’t have to face the fact that the true killer was still at large

[@regionfuego6]

THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR!!! Thanks so much!

[@fwheels7776]

@UTubeTrollPoliceNWO Your content is trash sir

[@bobcat_mike7619]

“THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT, WOOOO!” -Penguinz0 (Also these rage baiters need to get more of a life.)

[@Jacen32272]

1:30:00 Where are you getting all of this happening in just one night? More likely, Charlie's death, while on an eventful night, was weeks after the Crying Child died.

[@SpottedLabCoat]

I agree with you, I think that was a misunderstanding on Mat's part there.

[@DragonRoost1]

@@SpottedLabCoat Yeah, especially considering that same night he refers to Mike going to 'that place again'. Meaning it had to be days, weeks, if not a month or so of time between CC's 'disposal' (and Henry's arrest and conviction) and Charlie's...fate that night for Mike to have been caught multiple times going to that place.

[@LAURA---]

I think it’s because the game says “later that night”

[@SpottedLabCoat]

@@LAURA--- Here's the timeline as I understand from Dual Process: Bite occurs, CC goes to hospital, William promises to put CC back together. Over the next couple of weeks the MCI takes place. Then he takes CC out of hospital and puts him in Golden Freddy. Then takes him out, puts him in the box and puts that into the grave. Time passes, the MCI investigation begins, William says CC is missing too, Henry is arrested and convicted. It's now even more weeks later. William stews in his grief and anger, one night he sees Charlie and kills her. Later THAT night is Midnight Motorist.

[@BearlyAwake13]

​@@SpottedLabCoatThat is how I understand their timeline too

[@Michi-No-Kage]

I'd like to point out that while yes when you look at Lefty you see a left eye, he technically only has a right eye from the perspective of the animatronic.

[@dianamnajarro5119]

Doesn’t really change anything cuz its still the same eye in golden freddy.

[@alauriseflyn]

Thank you.

[@KingsofBabylon]

No it would still be the left eye from the animatronic

[@WishGender]

yeah i really like their theory but i assumed that lefty was called lefty because he's left-handed, and freddy is always (?) right handed

[@maximebeaulieu2348]

@@KingsofBabylon no his golden eye is his right eye. your left, his right. like imagine you were to cosplay lefty and had to put a golden contact in, you would put it in your right eye, not your left

[@SgtsPepper11]

I think your interpretation of "that night" isn't quite what they're going for. I don't think they're saying that Cassidy died, William got drunk, killed Charlotte, went to Jr's, and then home again all in the same night. I think there's time in between them, it's not all one day

[@dieselexkore2063]

I do want to point some out, while I agree Charlie is with them during Fnaf three. There is only one light in golden Freddy’s eyes. If you look at Bonnie and Freddy, the glow from the left eye carries into the right eye socket. While Chica, whose eyes are built different and foxy, whose right eye is covered by the eyepatch, do not have that. If you look at the glow effect, the little circle glow on them. There is only five of those. Which still proves that there is only one spirit in golden Freddy. I think the increase glow in golden Freddy was to help make it clear that it was there

[@desireer6915]

Even retirement can't get MatPat away from fnaf.

[@SlamJam8]

Seeing MatPat in a video now is like seeing your favorite character make an appearance in a show/movie

[@ThBlueCat]

Stan Lee energy

[@Origin._.]

After 2 weeks we finally get part 2, DONT MAKE ME WAIT SO LONG MATT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO REACT TO THIS

[@ElsaCatInc]

I love this theory! My biggest hangup right now though is that everyone seems to be using the words "charged" and "convicted" interchangeably. The fnaf 1 poster says that the arrested suspect was charged, but the bodies were never found. Nowhere does it say that the suspect was convicted. Charges mean you go to trial, convicted means you are found guilty. I think whoever the suspect was that was arrested was eventually let go and charges were dropped. Henry doesn't have to have gone to jail for this theory to work though, just something that was really bugging me and I think needs to be cleared up.

[@DorneysHouseofGames]

There are 4 posters in FNaF1 and one of them literally starts with "Five children now reported missing. Suspect convicted." And you can see it clearly in the video at 11:40

[@ElsaCatInc]

@@DorneysHouseofGames Omfg I literally went and looked up the articles too and read them all to make sure I wasn't missing anything. Missed the title somehow. Still, the article itself seemed to use the words interchangeably by saying convicted in the title, but then only saying charged in the article. And after saying the suspect was charged, it says "but the bodies were never found." No body, no crime, as some might say.

[@DorneysHouseofGames]

@@ElsaCatInc hmm, seems like Scott did the thing too, didn't he

[@alaishagarcia-lopez1127]

Id like to add not only was Michael shoved into the same suit he shoved his younger brother in, his sister put him there

[@--Rare_Diamond--]

When matpat said "RISE UP VOICES" i immediately thought of "TELL UR BROTHER THAT HES GOTTA RISEEEE UP! TELL UR SISTER THAT SHES GOTTA RISEEE UP!"

[@quinintheclouds]

pffffffft

[@THEDORKvn6ob]

Okay so I am going to put something out there about when Matpat talks about how Henry said "A wound first inflicted on me.." at 24:27 in the video. Maybe we were interpreting that line wrong this whole time. Could it be possible that what Henry meant by that line is that the "wound" that was inflicted on Henry was William committing the crime of the MCI? I mean Freddy's was originally Henry's idea so it makes sense that Henry would take those deaths personally. This interpretation doesn't conflict IMO with the time line of deaths presented in Help Wanted 2 because the MCI would have to have happened first. Idk y'all this is just the connection my brain made.

[@DragonRoost1]

It makes sense. If I was a father who loved to make children smile and make a fun and delicious place for families to gather and eat, and my 'partner' decided to use it for a termination-spree hunting ground of the small ones, I would definitely feel betrayed, hurt and furious.

[@peteryeeterson5766]

That, or it could be Henry taking the fall for MCI

[@THEDORKvn6ob]

​@@peteryeeterson5766 You're totally right! That could for sure be it

[@ondiiina]

​@@THEDORKvn6ob Both could be true! Not only was his dream ruined and kids killed (which is heinous already but if making them happy was his ultimate goal it would be particularly crushing) but he was blamed for it, ruining his and his family's lives. It was a miracle Freddy's survived it. I wouldn't be surprised if EVERYTHING in this whole ordeal was personal for him because, in a way, it was. He was at the center of it in-universe but since the story focuses more on the Aftons, we tend to forget it. It's human to take stuff personally and a real person very much would after all if this. I think it's good writing for Henry to be like that and it prevents him from being one-dimensional. His feelings about the plot go against it, he isn't focused on the Aftons. He's focused on HIS pain, on everything that was taken away from him

[@maysar4159]

It's very possible, I think it could go either way,. I believe they just felt like there needed to be a reasonable explanation of why Henry wasn't around all this time and William was pretty much getting off scot free and this might be the tie in that could answer that. I can really see any view point, bottom line is Henry wasn't there and then he was and he felt a personal vengeance, either one doesnt change the outcome overall i believe(it only really matters in regards to whether Charlie was first or not), I think their crafting was aimed to try to make sense of his absence.

[@ruimiguel5578]

matpat: "I'm broken" me: "I will put you back together"

[@jocelynryan5335]

I have the fun mental image of a soul becoming metalicized and basically being electroplated over other metals. Forget gold plating, soul plating is the new jewelry trend. Just how magnetic is a soul anyways?

[@SebasDaviid]

Just to add to the "Cassidy Afton" theory, I couldn't get why you think Happiest Day in fnaf3 is the true ending and not just an alternate ending that gives clues about who the lights represents to. They use it that way, mainly bc it has more sense that the spirits are still running but melted in Molten Freddy.

[@ordanarymods4990]

i am beyond thrilled to see matt's reaction to the second big bombshell, its the part that, for me, really locked this single video in as one of the greatest cumulative theories ive ever seen

[@tobysinbad]

It’s the best I’ve seen ever honestly, I’ve seen loads and loads of these over the last not quite a decade but like sevenish? years

[@Untitled186]

Fnaf always comes back to haunt matpat even in retirement

[@Untitled186]

@UTubeTrollPoliceNWO what the world needs help

[@grandmagertrude7676]

Even in retirement, he can’t escape fnaf theories

[@SuperlexPlays]

Fr but I'm almost at 10k subs

[@awashermine1004]

Dabbing chica is what keeps not just MatPat going, but it keeps all of us going.

[@JarShar]

About the "lefty, left eye" thing. Am I crazy, or is it not the right eye that's golden? It's left from an observer's standpoint, but from the perspective of the animatronic (which seems more important in this case) it's the right eye.

[@blupurple1134]

yes that was driving me crazy. itd make sense for lefty to be named after the fact that he is a lefty shown by him holding the microphone in his left hand signifying thats his dominant hand but not at all the eye thing.

[@DaRaginGamer]

THANK YOU. I don’t know why they’re missing this

[@Logged1n-i4p]

This is the first time I didn't wait for Matpat to finish reacting to something before I watched myself, so I am VERY excited to see his reaction to this amazing video

[@Super_XCVI]

To add to the theory, I'm sure this could be why there was the whole "Remember Jeremy." You had to remember that it was Jeremy, not Cassidy or Michael Brooks, who was the 4th missing child according to the gravestones.

[@augustxr]

I always love the conversations MatPat has before and after each episode. You feel like you're a part of the discussion, and the joy they have in these videos is infectious, it always makes my day to see a new video uploaded

[@katie_katzz8182]

1:29:27 you could argue that even the though the animatronics were “processed” by the missing children. The twitching was their residual agony lingering after their deaths. It wasn’t until the puppet showed up they became virtually alive.

[@Ragamuffin318]

Golden Hour Scott is my favorite shiny Pokémon

[@soaphia1987]

1:24:20 What could have happened instead is that CC died or was about to die and in a desperate act, he threw him in Golden Freddy. The body was spring locked and mangled so he can't show everyone and give CC a funeral. So he buries him and reports his son missing

[@helenabethonico7358]

its exactly what the girls say in their video!!!!

[@sundalosketch4769]

Indeed that's what they speculated

[@sakurahirawa]

That’s what they said more or less.

[@jacquelinejanewashere]

I watched the "we solved fnaf" a month ago and the more i stew in my mind palace, the more I'm in agreement with dual process on alot

[@Markanpops]

Since HW2, I’ve thought that for both “a wound first inflicted on me” and the order of the deaths given in HW2 to be correct at the same time, Charlie was killed after the missing children but was the first kid to possess an animatronic. Then, the ‘wound’ Henry was talking about would be being forced to live on after death in a stinky robot.

[@Stormister]

Loved hearing your thoughts on my Scraptrap theory! Challenging assumptions is one of my favorite things in this franchise. Lots of new theorists have been asking the best kind of questions concerning long-held story interpretations. Plan to do it a lot more myself ;) (No theory is safe)

[@richardking4125]

55:00 cori and connie say the "left" eye is golden, but that eye is on the right hand side. it's viewer left but on the animatronic it's the right eye

[@DorneysHouseofGames]

"Left eye that is VISIBLE" So they implied that it's about viewer POV

[@lorettabes4553]

yeah, that became confusing for me too

[@Fulcrum_X]

1:27:34. Maybe but remember, this was on Henry's property. I don't know much about law. But if something happens to someone on the suspects property, they'd be responsible. And if enough children went missing. They would take him into custody because he's the most likely suspect.

[@Lyn0224_]

Suspect yes but not enough for a criminal conviction.

[@Fulcrum_X]

@@Lyn0224_ perhaps. But when children go missing, people would be angry. Pushing for someone to blame. Maybe Henry could have felt guilty that this happened in his establishment and confessed to the police due to maybe being under pressure of the community.

[@zeldafan6124]

Judges don't have to worry about what the people think, and with a case like this they'd doubly make sure to have get a jury that has no connection to the case​@@Fulcrum_X

[@Iwoqvossik]

I think what they're trying to imply is that William has a bit of a god complex qnd the original four kids were not killed for mystical means or as some sort of ritual, but because William thought he could learn how to fix a traumatic brain injury by poking around in their heads.

[@Dudeman23rd]

Local British Roboticist Invents Medical Miracle (GONE WRONG)

[@bonD6002]

Plus there's no point in letting CC recover from the coma because he wouldn't be able to function as a normal person due to the brain injury. That's why he tried to put him back together as a robot instead

[@sophialais9894]

I RAN 💀😭

[@SuperlexPlays]

Me too. But don't worry cause I'm almost at my sub goal

[@the_expidition427]

E RAN

[@dave_miller_prime]

IRAN

[@dumflame]

E RAN

[@chestcavitybagpipes]

IRAQ

[@maysar4159]

Having watched the full video, I will say that some of the weirdness or things that might feel like leaps are explained further and built up on later as well( like the box, for instance). Also, I agree with the audio(besides Cori's mic sometimes having a high pitched noise, but i only noticed it on certain devices) and i think a lot of people agree on it but i find it funny because RyeToast's reaction was him ranting about their audio issues and what to do to fix them for a prolonged period.

[@leonidapabon5081]

Here's a thing that grinds my gears fnaf SL can't be in a secret bunker under aftons house because other people work there

[@Defektyd]

I want Mat's jacket so badly.

[@gabe5918]

Dude SAME

[@JerichoRpwe0692]

I want that jacket, where can we find it

[@cosmicsilhouette3858]

Pretty sure that's the jacket he wore in space with Markiplier. Don't think you can get that.

[@gabe5918]

@@cosmicsilhouette3858 watch me.

[@iGhostx0123]

I feel like I cried over MatPat retiring for no reason. I see him on GTLive every week, why was I sad?!

[@TheMRock888]

SAME HERE! but the thing is, i didn't know he would continue doing GTLive, I thought we wouldn't see him anymore at all! So happy he stayed at least in this channel, my weeks wouldn't feel the same without listening to his witty banter :p

[@iGhostx0123]

@@TheMRock888 see, he even said he'd still be around and that we'd still see him often. Yet I was still devastated when he retired. I love seeing him every week. I think I was just sad I wouldn't see him as often

[@GasMaus]

Matpat is too scared to do the very short introduction of FNAF lore in ONLY 8:47:38

[@WishGender]

that might take 6 months to get through tbh

[@a_touch_of_reality]

Oh god, I had forgotten about that one

[@andrewferri7732]

At 1:06:50 It's SO cool to see Matt and Ash geek out over this part. That was peak hype and wholesomeness. They're right too, it's SO satisfying from a story standpoint and SO much love to Dual-Process for this segment! - along with the rest of their amazing video of course!

[@TheHappyT33nager]

When you think about it, the reason why Golden Freddy keeps saying “it’s me”, could be C.C’s way of trying to tell Michael Afton that it’s him trapped in that suit. I don’t know if anyone has pulled this out already, so sorry if I just repeat.

[@wolfwalker334]

I have watched the entire video essay and I just have to say, it’s fantastic. It makes a lot of sense with how they both presented their findings. Very impressed

[@MaVoyie]

Finally PART 2!

[@SuperlexPlays]

Yes I have more subs than everything

[@Alpha-15]

@UTubeTrollPoliceNWOget off the internet kid.

[@kjfilms784]

Right 😂😂

[@JimSlim1]

@UTubeTrollPoliceNWO I have nothing but pure hatred for you

[@JimSlim1]

​@ChillasticPlayzno

[@LadyRajani]

The FNAFandom is like a kingdom which got split up between the various lords when the king dies or something... 😂😂😂

[@Dragonroar871]

"The king is dead long live the queens"😂

[@strisselstudios3932]

Literally Game of Thrones plot 😂😂😂😂

[@haceofspades7682]

1:06:54 out of all the theories the video presents, the SL Night 4 suit being the Fredbear suit feels like, in retrospect, the most 'obvious' theory; like, I'm genuinely kinda surprised nobody had thought of that before. All the other theories are super cutting-edge of course, but that one in particular feels weirdly obvious

[@loreenamorel373]

24:26 Little idea I want to share : what if here the “first wound inflected on” Henry wasn’t Charlie death but the fact that the first missing children, Susie, was put inside Chica being presumably Henry original creation. So the “first wound inflected” here might be about Chica being stuffed first and not Charlie’s death, linking Henry voiceline, Withered Chica “I was the first, I have seen everything” and the princess quest ending grave order. But still I don’t know where to put Charlie’s death in the order, but if my idea is accurate, not the first. 😁

[@Woolalbatross19]

Literally cannot WAIT for him to get to the 2nd point I am so ready to see his reaction!!!!

[@caseyk420]

Maybe the puppet was the last to die but the first to come back and by giving the masks brings life to the other animatronics, which would make sence why afton did the killing and didn't get the other robots to help somehow

[@cakes4494]

not to spoil but they get to it later or maybe earlier in the video I forget. But the idea is that the bodies are haunting but are confused the puppet knows how she died and she shows the animatronics their bodies and that allows them to fully settle into the suits. Which is the step Afton missed because he was just killing them and stuffing them so the soul didn't fully latch.

[@nobodyshekatonchires]

I wonder if the Chica story thingy with the pig links to Afton telling Mike that he's "rescued" him from his nightmares?

[@Lodrelhai]

Re: how much happened the night of the Later That Night minigame. I think MatPat's thinking too much is then. At the point of the mini game, the kids were already dead, Cassidy was already buried, Henry was already arrested and maybe even convicted. The only thing that happened before Later That Night was killing Charlie. (Okay, and William getting drunk, but that was probably not unusual at that point.)

[@emmab982]

1:27:25 30-40 years is light for 5 murders as far as American justice is concerned, but if the bodies were never found (and since Henry actually isn't the killer) they may have been lacking in evidence and gone for a lesser charge instead.

[@MemeTeamS1x]

In Utah killing anyone under the age of 14 can be subject to the death sentence.

[@mediummunchkin8891]

i feel like im gonna explode waiting for Matpats reaction for the rest of the theory and the final part of the video that gave me chills

[@RFDN0]

It exploded before Matpat started covered it. Many other FNAF youtubers had linked their followers to the video. I first saw it because Rye Toast shared it.

[@superdubesgaming]

I laughed at the title of the chapter after witty banter being "A full feature film of FNAF reacting..." That was pretty funny.

[@-LiterallyEverything-]

matpat’s fnaf theories were the only reason i went down this rabbit hole of content, but im glad i did…

[@zombiespartan13]

1:30:29 I dunno if I'm missing something here, but I think the problem that Matpat has with this part is that he believes everything happens in one night, when it sounds like DP theory are presenting that this happened over multiple nights.

[@bogdi100]

Great video and reaction all together, and I want to mention something for 25:45, on Why Afton didn’t use the suit, he was in the car, probably would not fit in it, also it was raining outside. And Springlocks and rain don’t vibe really well together