I Solved Midnight Motorist (FNAF Theory)

For about five and a half years now, Midnight Motorist has been plaguing the FNAF community. But what if I told you that I figured out what Scott was trying to tell us?
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Character art & music is from a visual novel called "Your Turn to Die" on Steam.
Midnight Motorist gameplay at the start is from this video: • FNAF 6 - Secret Miniga...
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[@jajuanhopkins5895]

This is a very creative theory, but I feel like it overlooks significant portions of the midnight motorist minigame, especially the dialogues. If this was Cassidy's house, the conversations between the two people would have to be Cassidy's family and if Cassidy is buried in the gravesite it doesn't make sense that the player would be able to go to that exact spot (or would seem there would be some sort of reaction from them about the gravesite) Plus if William brutally murdered Cassidy in her house while another family member was home, it seems hard to believe they wouldn't have heard any of it happen or check on them. Mix that with the fact that the person we play as would have to be related to Cassidy, it would seem that they would maybe react more alarmed to the broken glass and maybe even look inside and would see evidence of the brutality inside. It's definitely a good attempt at trying to piece together what happens in that minigame and I like the idea of it being related to a big moment in the early Afton stories, but the pieces just aren't lining up well for this to be the correct solution.

[@robozxd2857]

I mean, in the normal theory scenario, the window was still smashed without anything being heard. I don’t know if I agree with the rest of this theory, but easily William could have lured the child out after breaking the window with a thrown rock, or similar (Scott may have just not included the detail of broken glass on the outside), and then killed them somewhere else. Orange guy does say that they’ve gone to “that place”, which could still be Freddy’s. Maybe William noticed them repeatedly sneaking out to Freddy’s, and that’s how he picked his target

[@justjack324]

these events wouldve taken place hours before since JRs is already closed so maybe cassidy was home alone at the time and couch man didnt bother to check on hee

[@brianenrique7207]

I came here to say the same thing, as much as I like this theory it does neglect the dialog of the mini game, and why Cassidy would possess golden Freddy if A. Freddy wasn't there and B. She was buried in the woods instead of being stuffed in Freddy. This video just makes me more curious of MM

[@mrhalfsaid1389]

Yeah, there are a lot of problems with this theory that you've mentioned here, plus if William was scared why the actual hell would he KILL SOMEONE, THAT WOULD MAKE ANYONE DO THE OPPOSITE, plus the fact that he left the pizzaria in the suit doesn't make sense at all, especially because it he was to do that there would be too many risks both to his life and adding suspicion and even more so the dialogue fits matpat's proposition is more logical considering the evedence

[@rexspecificallyredrex64rem73]

Even bigger holes. The player character's dialogue entirely debunks this and leads to the fnaf 4 assumption. "He snuck off to that place again." Unless you believe golden freddy is possessed by Michael Brooks or Andrew, this immediately means this cannot be Cassidy, but also, "snuck off to that place again" very highly signals that this is not a murder scene, the "leave him alone he's had a rough night" and "OPEN THIS DOOR" also means this cannot be a murder scene. Even if Cassidy's father was abusive, no normal human being would react this way to a murder scene.

[@unusedunnamed401]

I don't think he was bored to be honest. I think Cassidy saw something but escaped, and he had to cover his tracks. I mean, kids don't always say things immediately to adults - they keep things quiet for fear of getting in trouble. And he needed to cover his tracks. Important note: written whilst exhausted, might not make sense like it does in my head

[@Khanmanlol]

With the kid not saying anything out of fear of getting in trouble, it makes sense if the child came from a broken home with an abusive, alcoholic parental figure.

[@nm6246]

Ahh this makes sense, especially considering the line “he had a rough day today” since even when a child doesn’t say anything you can still tell when they’re upset, probably running straight to their room

[@mikehawk4388]

Cassidy's dad in this theory, is abusive. Serial killers prey on circumstance. What if William saw a frequent customer beating or threatening their kid, & saw the first person the cops would obviously pin as prime suspect in their murder--the openly abusive, possibly alcoholic father? That makes more sense to me than him simply being bored. He was being smart; throwing cops off his trail, until everything went wrong & he panicked.

[@redlemonsydney]

I think the fact that orange guy drives a purple car (compared to the other cars outside Jr.'s), the fact there's tire tracks at the end of the security puppet game, and the fact that the second half of midnight motorist is called "later that night" all combined is a pretty big slam dunk that we play as william, and i dont see how those details would be interpreted in your theory. still, it's a nice narrative, and definitely not as "out there" in terms of characterization as you seemed to fear it was (although, i think william burying the body could've been as simple as hiding evidence, rather than guilt)

[@Cryonide]

Here's my problems with your reasonings for Orange Guy being William: 1. I don't think his car being the same color as William's car is anywhere near as important as his skin not being the same color as William's. Why would Scott be consistent with only the color of one thing, and not both? 2. When it comes to tire tracks being at the end of Security Puppet, and the minigame being called "Later That Night"... While it is true that drove away from the scene in a purple car at the end of Security Puppet, that doesn't mean that "Later That Night" has to specifically be referencing that exact night. "Later That Night" is vague enough to mean literally anything, and I'm of the mindset that it's called that because Orange Guy only gets there to see the aftermath of whatever happened at his home.

[@michaelhuff923]

@@Cryonide "... Why would Scott be consistent with only the color of one thing, and not both?" Maybe because there's now two Purple People so he used the other color connected to the Character so there wouldn't be debates on if it's Michael or William. and "later that night" would only make sense in the context it's tied to one of the other two minigames. and judging by the rain + The Car Color (William owns the only Purple Car seen in the series by that point other then Orange Guy) makes it likely this is after Security Puppet. and no the MCI can't happen the same night Charlie was killed or else it throws off FNaF 4.

[@vanillune]

@@Cryonide consider how many purple people we’ve seen in this franchise, and then consider how many purple cars we had seen before this point. Only one purple car. And that is not a common color of vehicle.

[@TheCollector2401]

The rain uses the same sprites and sound effects between both minigames as well implying they all happen on the same night as opposed to different ones

[@rowanmunroe2818]

@@michaelhuff923 if he was going to change the colour of one of the purple people it would absolutely not be william, william has been portrayed as a purple shadowy figure since FNAF 2. Michael was only ever purple at the end of sister location, as a way to show he was a rotting corpse. Michael would be way easier to change as a rotting corpse could easily be represented by a muddy green/brown/grey sprite. Regardless of that tho, Michael isn't even confirmed to be in any of the 8 bit pizzeria simulator games, so the distinction isn't even really necessary, especially knowing that they're in the past, LONG before Michael even went to sister location in the first place. It's definitely weird that the car is purple, but I think that William being orange is almost even weirder, Scott doesn't do coincidences, orange is a colour we've never really seen to represent a character before which makes it more likely that he's trying to introduce someone else. There's also the aspect of location: - If it were William and he had just come from Freddy's where he killed Charlie, why was it such a long drive if his child can sneak out and walk there? - Some might argue that Jr's is the location the child sneaks out to, and that William came from a full-size Freddy's further away, but if that's the case then why would William be banned from a building that he partially owns? I feel like it just doesn't make sense to have it be William as it leaves us with so many unanswered questions. However, I will also say that the Cassidy theory leaves plenty of questions itself, like the lack of blood outside the house, how William could move the suit back to the restaurant in the rain without leaving any tracks/lines on the ground, and yes even the purple car. I think a possible theory that could be looked into is the orange man being Henry, I'm not sure if it's already been debunked, but it fits the 'later that night' theme, and could potentially justify the purple car as being some kind of company car... but that's just me grasping at straws. I still have absolutely no clue what is going on in midnight motorist and I don't think anybody has come up with a theory that doesn't leave us with any unanswered questions. I wish Scott would drop clues and interact with the fanbase again like he did in that charity event livestream about FNAF 4, but for now we will all just forever be bothered by this minigame.

[@BlackfootFerret]

1:20 You do make a good point that we don't see glass on the ground outside. But Orange Guy surveyed this scene and said "He ran off that place again, he'll be sorry when he gets back." So Orange Guy assumed The Kid ran off under his own power, something that has apparently happened many times before.

[@hanssvacina9323]

decent narrative viewpoint. I don't think it's the right one but it's wonderful to see new perspectives. Earned a sub :)

[@GoofyGoober373]

No this theory does not mention the drunk driving and it say later that night

[@alarminglyenthustiasticmet1460]

​@@GoofyGoober373that's my problem with the theory, it does not talk about EVERYTHING.

[@martinvillalba5104]

Game theory get on this

[@Cryonide]

LOL I wish. I can't even imagine my reaction to seeing this pop up on GT(not)Live

[@ovoxo7396]

No

[@HEXAN-tv9eu]

And ID and Funaf

[@0joshdude]

Hy u deserve it u taken your time on This and it makes sense and if you think about it that why he yellow be in the suit so you can't see him under it

[@rhys1927]

I really like this, only criticism is that you haven't addressed the line 'He's gone to that place again. He'll be sorry when he gets back'. It implies that this is a common occurrence for whoever it was locked in their room. It also implies that they broke the window (despite the fact that there is no glass visible outside which confuses things even more). And you do bring a lot of compelling points that I agree with, I'd love to hear others thoughts on this line since it's the biggest thing holding this theory back.

[@peanutbud8944]

I’ve suspected this for a while, the only real problems I have is that the other character in the house refers to Cassidy as a “he” when we know it’s a girl, and that Orange guy isn’t surprised at the broken window, and implies that this happens regularly. Also the lack of glass on the ground might just be an oversight due to the 8 bit style. Either way, still just as plausible as any other theory if not more. Great job! Also would love to heat your thoughts on Custom night.

[@Spider-BearProductions]

True.

[@froggylynx5647]

In UCN Withered Chica says, "I have seen *him*, the one you shouldn't have killed." Though, in the novels Cassidy is a girl so uhh..? The UCN voice casting call said that the gender didn't matter, so I personally don't think their gender would be important to the minigame.

[@poglavnikjoebidenovic3408]

​@@froggylynx5647the *him* is refering to golden freddy charlie is possesing the puppet but they still call puppet *him* the gender of the animatronic goes before the gender of the child

[@froggylynx5647]

@@poglavnikjoebidenovic3408 The pronoun is referring to the child himself, not Golden Freddy. Hence the literal quote, "..him, the one you shouldn't have killed."

[@poglavnikjoebidenovic3408]

@@froggylynx5647 no it is probably referring to gf

[@AsdfertyX]

This is great, I like a lot of this. I've never been fully convinced that the orange guy was William, and I like the evidence that the other mini-games all show the other victims. One possibility though - with the footprints, the broken window, and the motive behind the spirit of vengeance: Assuming that everything above is all fine, what if Afton were to have brought the Fredbear/Golden Freddy springlock suit with him instead? He doesn't wear the suit at all though, instead he breaks the window, throws the kid into the suit, and a gruesome (fittingly) death follows. William indeed knows what happens with water+movement in the suit, and the suit is the murder tool. He might even have good motive for this. If he was still exploring possession of suits, maybe he thought that adding soul power to the suit might give his son company, or be able to help him mend? Like his son needed companionship and friends, and this was a twisted way of getting it for him while he was still coping with the idea? In my mind, the Golden Freddy suit probably has a springlocked kid inside it, with the similar pose and all to springtrap in the cut scene from FNAF 3, as the weird sitting pose goes, with the shaking and all. This just seems like a good way of showing how the spirit of vengeance was brutally murdered and are exactly where they are supposed to be (in the suit springlocked violently). It also adds a pretty good narrative link to William being cornered by the spirits, and 'dying' in the same, though he clearly refuses to die (as does the spirit). Even the mound of dirt might be related to the crime, either before or after - like it could have been a place to hide the suit to wait for a rainy day, so he didn't need to carry it around in his car or otherwise. Could have also been a spot used to bury it afterwards though, it is not clear from the mini game alone. That being said, Golden Freddy seems more like an apparition/ghost, so its possible its actually buried out there and every time it shows up its just the spirit and the physical suit/body are out there in the dirt still. Thanks for the great video though, stand up for what you believe and share your theories!

[@Cryonide]

Thanks for the support! As for your idea, I think it's kind of a reach for him to be walking around carrying the suit, but it's definitely an interesting idea I hadn't thought of. It would require him already knowing how Remnant works though, and I don't know when that should happen relative to the 1985 MCI. I also don't know if he's aware of the fact that the Crying Child is partially possessing Golden Freddy. He was still alive when the suit bit him after all, he didn't die until at least some time later. I suppose it's still possible. And yes, I do fully agree that Golden Freddy is 100% springlocked, considering what we see at the end of UCN. Whoever's in there got crushed in there, I'm just not sure when it happened relative to their death. But if getting springlocked is what killed Cassidy, and then they proceeded to corner William into getting springlocked as well, then that would probably be the most fitting death for him imaginable. I actually really like the idea of that, I never thought of it before.

[@justice8718]

I think Henry Emily is the actual MCI killer and the kid murdered in Midnight Motorist-SAVETHEM would later on possess Springtrap, Sammy Emily. William buried himself in Henry's backyard and Henry is driving the infamous magenta car from fnaf6. William's colors are yellow and purple. Henry's colors are orange and magenta.

[@eeveeodiamond1039]

​@@justice8718 William is purple not orange or yellow they don't call him Orange Guy or Yellow Guy

[@GoofyGoober373]

​@@justice8718Henry states that it's a wound inflicted on him first and

[@jorgyt754]

@@justice8718 literally no. i'm not even going to explain, just no.

[@80hd32]

I think there’s only two problems: When referring to the child in the bedroom, the person on the TV says, “Leave *him* alone tonight…” and orange man says, “*He* can’t ignore me in my own house.” If Cassidy is a boy, this would be fine, but since we think Cassidy is a girl, this is a bit of a problem. (also you said this takes place in 1985 so unless the 1985 location is a “Jr” location of Fredbears, this is also a bit of a problem. But if Cassidy was killed in 1987, which is fnaf 2, it wouldn’t contradict since the earliest year we see golden freddy active as a threat is 1987, which is fnaf 2) Overall ignoring these two things, you’ve convinced me of this theory. It was a very well put together and thought out video, and I think this theory is completely possible.

[@skeletaltrees]

why do we think cassidy is a girl? it’s a unisex name, and there has been hints to it being two males throughout the books and even “the one you should not have killed” is referred to as a he

[@skeletaltrees]

also wasn’t the night guard, jeremy, the bite of 87 victim?

[@ItsNotAlakeItsAnOcean]

@@skeletaltrees the Cassidy movie screenplay was about the daily life of a **girl** names Cassidy

[@skeletaltrees]

@@ItsNotAlakeItsAnOcean where does it say that? that post literally says “The "Cassidy" screenplay Basic Setup: Diving deep, this screenplay packed in a lot of lore, following the story of Cassidy. Problems: Spanning multiple time-periods, following multiple characters, and featuring lore from multiple games, this was pretty saturated, saturated to a fault. It may have been satisfying to the most hardcore fans, but it would have left the majority of people confused and lost. (Hey wait, maybe this WAS the most accurate screenplay...) Verdict: Ultimately more of a visual encyclopedia than a movie, this just wasn't satisfying, even to me. Out.” that doesn’t mention anything about their gender

[@froggylynx5647]

​@@ItsNotAlakeItsAnOcean Here are all canonical Cassidy gender hints: 1. In UCN Withered Chica says, "I have seen *him*, the one you shouldn't have killed." 2. In the novels Cassidy is a girl, but she also possesses Bonnie so uhh..? 3. The UCN voice casting call said that the gender didn't matter so it was a 50/50 chance of being a feminine or masculine voice. So, I personally don't think Cassidy's gender would be important to the minigame.

[@mikeyezra4331]

I think this is the most realistic interpretation I've ever seen. It's truly incredible. The amount of detail and understanding you put into this video is clear. I'd love to hear more of your theories in the future! They're like a breath of fresh air.

[@KryerMan]

The glazing is real

[@jameltaylor4241]

I like the idea that he had to quickly remove the suit due to rain. That's all I like about this theory. If it was Afton, he was outside that window for a more solid reason.

[@hydrocarnival5642]

Feel like stuffing Cassidy into the Freddy suit while they where still alive would make more sense for this theory. Having the rain cause the springlocks to fail would certainty be more brutal then other killings, and it also might explain why Cassidy is so vengeful, given that a serial killer and an innocent child are given the same death

[@Heartameera]

I love this theory omg ?? It’s so like well thought out and it’s so nice to hear a fresh perspective/narrative on the mini game. The way you structured out the theory is fire too , keep it up

[@kirbyfan6949]

FNAF community! This is the 6th time you have shown “solved Midnight Motorist” in class

[@Rossetto05]

Very interesting view point! But there are multiple things that confuse me, for example: - how does "later that night" fit in? - what about the part where the Orange Guy speeds trought traffic and goes to the JRs bar? - what about the person in the house with Gray text watching TV? wouldnt that person intervine during all the breaking and killing? Now, my questions may be against the Theory entirely, but I always liked the idea that Orange Guy ISNT the Purple Guy (kinda out of spite to be honest) but other than that i think that the link between the 2 others minigames Is important Also I dont like the FuhNaff theory on the subject and I like hearing some kinda of different point of view

[@Mikumo91]

1. Cassidy dies. Later that night, his father comes home. 2. Father is already an abusive ah. William targeted vulnerable kids and any kid with a drunkard parent would be vulnerable. Would make sense for Cassidy to run to Freddy's to escape the hell that is home. 3. The person is watching TV, its sound can disguise some of the noises. I know I go "deaf" when I'm watching something and really into it. And the link is as been said, it shows William's most important victims. I was convinced "Later that night" means after the Puppet minigame, but nothing makes sense that way.

[@3MB3Rx134]

Thank you so much for making this, one of my least favorite things about this franchise is that it’s characters are like props for the story, and no one is more guilty than William in this department, but this makes him feel a bit more human, and seems like he actually can feel emotions, and not just “the man behind the slaughter”. He’s still a bit soulless in this context, with his dialogue and how he’s depicted as “robotics wizard that knows everything and is always 5 steps ahead and always has a reason to do things”, but this makes him more like a (sorta) realistic killer, someone who kills for the thrill, and shows that he has problems, and chose to run from them, leading him down the twisted path he found himself on. It’s not the most realistic thing, but that’s not a problem with the theory, but the games as a whole

[@SinnamonAstonish]

Just found your channel and I think a lot of your takes are super interesting! I love the connection between the orange dude and gold signifying Cassidy like in Princess Quest. Taking a view contrary to the commonly accepted answer is always such a gripping way to make new breakthroughs. I also really enjoy the "past, present and later that night" placement of the minigames in relation to each victim. I had a few thoughts that I wanted to share while watching your theories. If the suit used to leave the prints in front of the window was golden freddy instead of bonnie, William could have used it to stuff Cassidy's body in after the murder, causing Cassidy to haunt Golden Freddy as they should. This however, would remove the reason for William to potentially bury Cassidy in the woods and raises the question for why he would use Golden Freddy instead of Bonnie as he normally does. I like the idea that this minigame doesn't specifically take place directly after the death of Charlie, but if it is a separate night entirely, why is it called "later that night" ? What other event would be significant enough to be considered "that night" when this minigame could have been called anything; "Driving home," "Run Away," if not the death of Charlie then what took place earlier that night to make the following events important as well? But if the player is a relative of Cassidy in this minigame, it's the only time we've seen a character related to them. If the orange guy was this new character that is only intended to be used in this minigame, then what was the purpose of including Jr's or the dialogue of the orange guy not being allowed there? Why is this information given to the audience if it's not necessary to telling the story or something like that? It just seems like an odd detail to be made into a red heiring.

[@catastrofie]

I cant believe this doesn’t have more views!! instantly subscribed, this is such a great take on this! I look forward to seeing more of your theories :)

[@johndoe24328]

…so in the same night, Cassidy’s dad (orange guy) discovered the broken window and the gravesite? This also has William busting into a house and getting a child while someone is in the next room watching tv and digging a grave before that person checks on Cassidy. Also wasn’t the glass broken outward? Lastly, what’s with the “they better not have gone there again” dialogue or Jr’s. There’s big holes in your theory and plenty of clues left on the table

[@StanleyG23]

3:34 I would consider this a to be a stretch since Scott has been known to choose aesthetics over consistency on multiple occasions (making Phantom Chica be the only Phantom not to be based on her FNAF 2 Counterpart, confirming in Dawko's Interview with him that he designed Toy Chica with a missing beak purely because he wanted Toy Chica to look more uncomfortable and scary in her attack mode compared to her stage mode and giving Springtrap an entirely different redesign in the form of Scraptrap that is never explained and simply cannot be explained because it doesn't make any sense how he has an entire different endoskeleton, how his white flesh/bones can now suddenly be seen inside of the animatronic and how the withered parts make no sense when comparing to Springtrap). However, your theory also omits all of the dialogue/text from the minigame which really doesn't make any sense if we consider your theory. It really just makes your entire theory sound like nothing more than fanfiction.

[@nataliaborys1554]

So *that's* why we had trouble figuring out if the kid who ran away was Michael or the Crying Child. It's because it was neither. That's very smart, actually! Although I have to wonder, what is the point of the dialogue that the orange guy says when he sees the broken window? "He ran off to that place again. He'll be sorry when he gets back." Is it just a red herring, Cassidy being a trouble maker and their father assuming that they misbehaved and broke the window, not that they were murdered? Because it would feel weird, to put so much emphasis on a character we've never heard of before and is only sorta related to the story, right? Still pretty interesting idea tho, I like it

[@diobrando2160]

the orange guy implies its not the first time this has happened (the child escaping from out the window), as well as the mention of visiting "that place".

[@Cryonide]

I take this as the child regularly running away from home due to an abusive household. Considering our playable character's behavior and the fact that we drive 200 MPH in the first half of Midnight Motorist, I'm fairly confident in saying that he's a drunk, probably a rather abusive one at that. I imagine that's why he's banned from JR's to begin with. I wouldn't be very surprised if that's where his child usually runs off to, since we never actually get any confirmation on JR's being a bar as far as I'm aware. However, if this minigame just showed us the child running away from home again, that window wouldn't be broken. If someone were trying to get *out* of the house, they could just... open the window. This tells me that it was someone trying to break *in* to the house, which eventually led me to the theory seen in the video.

[@greatjayaman]

I love this a lot more than William being the orange guy. That never made sense to me either. Why would Michael/Crying Child break the window and go with an animatronic and/or why would an animatronic try to abduct either of them? Like none of that made sense to me. I feel like this feels way more feasible.

[@Takejiro24]

The only thing I can think of for Michael is that the animatronic's appearance (assuming it's Golden Freddy/Shadow Freddy) reminded him of Crying Child. Maybe he followed him thinking he'd see his brother again? Admittedly, all of this I got from MatPat in one of his KZbin Shorts.

[@hannahl.2354]

If Cassidy always goes to Freddy’s like the mustard man says it makes sense why she was chosen to be pursued at home. She was a regular. She was trusting. In theory she would be the easiest to lure out of her home if she was already sneaking off to the pizzeria in the regular.

[@Khanmanlol]

Only real issue is in the Midnight Motorist Easter does "Cassidy" keeps being referred to with male pronouns. "Leave *him* alone tonight. *He* had a rough day." -Person watching television (maybe the mom?) "This is my house. *He* can't ignore me like that." -Mustard man "Ran off to that place again. *He* will be sorry when *he* gets back." -Mustard Man It's very well possible, but is Cassidy supposed to be a boy or a girl? Did Scott decide to retcon that?

[@rafsandomierz5313]

@@Khanmanlol The Cassidy name can be applied to both sexes it's universal.

[@christocream]

This is an interesting view point but theres alot I dont understand. Its raining outside which would cause the springs to fail and kill William if that was him in the suit the whole time. If it was cassidys house all the dialogues there wouldnt make sense he just walks into a strangers house talks to the guy watching tv, and yells at the person to get out of their room when that would be cassidys family, aswell as the person of the tv referring to the person as a him. And william killing people because he was bored is definitely losing me. My favorite theory I heard about midnight motorist is that william was an abusive alcoholic causing his wife to divorce him, she loses custody of the kids, and oofed herself, the gravesite is mrs afton. He was drinking himself away full of rage and wouldnt let his kids visit the gravesite, and left the springtrap suit outside there to scare the kids away. Crying kid didnt care and went there anyways since it was raining and the suit had to be gone. He drives his purple car to the bar but the owner knows he shouldnt be there. He sees henrys daughter trapped outside the restaurant and since he is drinking himself away he is angry at henrys perfect family, and decides to kill charlotte. Driving home to his house where we see the scenes off the broken window and footsteps outside. After this he went on his murder spree luring the victims 1 by 1 hiding them in the suits

[@starbonnie552]

Honestly this makes sense, especially with it tying into the Give Gifts minigame in fnaf 2: The main four can be done in any order but Golden is left until last because they weren't in the pizzeria it also makes the 'Later that night.' scene label be later the night of the MCI and Susie's death and not Charlotte's which makes sense even if poorly explained along with the rain (I've seen people say the rain isn't important and not explain why it's there.) Better than it being Andrew which sounds like a big screw you. The only thing off is I think the runaway is referred to as He, I don't remember but if they were Cassidy is a unisex name anyway (Or some other reason I guess.) Still like the idea of it being William though especially with Henry maybe being the person in the chair it'd give him a reason to not be at his own child's birthday party (A dumb one but it's better than either not being there or doing work and not chaperoning his own child's party. Like that could wait a few hours) Though yeah I admit it makes sense for MM to be a victim, the others are

[@catherineegan8419]

I love the idea that orange guy is’t purple guy and instead Cassidy’s dad

[@noiretta]

This is such a good theory to start off with. I enjoyed the narrative. Of course, I don't think we're ever getting concrete answers. It was still a nice theory nonetheless. I have to sub!!

[@jerekaneplaysthings7755]

I like the idea but one thing that stuck out to me: This would somewhat contradict Give Gifts Give Life minigame in FNAF2, since the puppet is the one who makes the MCI possess the animatronics in the same timeframe. Going by this, The main 4 at least was already 'alive' before Afton went to get Cassidy's body.

[@leksrussian9195]

I'm really into the idea about all three lorekeeper's minigames in ffps shows three most important victims. Charlie the Puppet, Cassidy the Vengeful spirit and Susie the first one of MCI. Ok, I can dig it. But so many things just don't add up for me. Why is the car purple? Afton burying and unburying Cassidy. Almost all texts in that minigame don't make sense. Why should Cassidy run to "that place" again? That tv-person calls Cassidy him but in the next game Scott makes request to make voice of vengeful spirit unclear in terms of gender. What's with the JR's? All that have to mean something. Also we know that Afton used to have rabbit suit without robot parts or springlocks from Help wanted. I think it's pretty hard to walk long distances or to drive in springlock suit so why he can't use normal one? And there are details that should point that this house is Afton's house. It's a lone house in forest like we see in fnaf 4. Tv-person wears gray t-shirt like Michael in fnaf 4. Orange dude drives a purple car like in fnaf 2 minigame. Midnight motorist is labeled as "Later that night". And then there are twice as many details that ruin that theory... In the end of the day I'm going to think of this minigame as one big easter egg to confusing and infuriating lore of fnaf 4.

[@BigLesbian]

I think you have nailed it, except for 1 point. I think he used Spring Freddy. He puts the corpse of Cassidy into it, which he then burries. This could be why it can't move, its in spring suit mode and buried. This is why we never see the spring Freddy suit

[@TheArtChickRosie]

Hi so topically I don't watch FNAF videos to figure anything out, especially since the meaning of any given thing that happens tends to change whenever a new game or book is released, but this theory kinda sparked something in me again. I think the only thing that's missing is the motive, why would William go after a kid in their own home? See I'm not content with the " he's just bored" answer, 'cause it seems lazy to me. I personally think William kills kids that remind him of his youngest son out of frustration that he hasn't put his kid back together and/or resentment that other parents get to have their sweet, innocent children in their life. However, Cassidy was different, she reminded him of his eldest son Michael. Michael was the one to kill Williams youngest son and in his father's eyes he's a complete monster. William tries to target the girl, but before he can her family leaves. Pissed off, he decides to follow them making up a lame excuse to leave himself. He follows them all the way to their house where he waits awhile before scoping out the house to see which room is hers. From there Cassidy spots him, making eye contact and right as she's about to yell for her parents he lunges at her! He then brutally murders her, letting himself be as violent as possible. After the fact, he feels guilty not for killing her, but because he knew that he wanted to do that to his eldest son. He then proceeds to do with the body what he does with all his family problems and berries it as far down as he can. I know my theory relies more on assuming what William is thinking, but with everything we know about Charlie and Susie it's just what makes the most sense. Charlie is crying outside of the pizzeria and Susie is crying because she found her dog dead. Both are implied to be prone to tears just like Williams youngest son was and because of that we can assume the other two before Cassidy were as well. Other than that I think this is a great theory and I can't wait to watch more videos from you!

[@Cryonide]

To be entirely honest with you, I wasn't super content with the motive either. I went with the reasoning I said because I figured it worked, and that everything else would make up for it. Your reasoning is actually rather interesting though. I've been considering how William feels about Michael for a long while now, I always found their relationship to be... strange, and not nearly talked about enough. Repurposing the idea of William not being guilty for what he did to Cassidy, but moreso because he did to Cassidy what he wanted to do to Michael... That's actually a really interesting thought. And considering that William sends Michael down to the Sister Location bunker, probably under the impression that he would never come back... Yeah, that's actually kinda genius. Your take on William's motivations are actually fantastic.

[@TheArtChickRosie]

@@Cryonide thank ya's! Honestly though I probably wouldn't have thought about that if you didn't bring up that the midnight motorist house could be Cassidy's

[@TiredMoonRabbit]

I almost completely agree with a few differences, 1. The mini game within midnight motorist is called later that night 'if im correct' which to me implies that it is after Charles death so that would mean Cassidy was the second death 2. I think the crying child would die after the MCI him seeing Cassidys body in the fredbear suit in the back room being the thing that scared him so bad and 3. William discovered remnant in the fnaf 2 mini game save them 'the one where the puppet leads Freddy around' in witch we see a second set of kids the DCI if you will. so if we put this all together William kills Charlotte then Cassidy on the same night, crying child sees Cassidy in fredbear he gets sad gets bit goes into a coma, the MCI happens, the crying child dies or his health gets worse, William kills 5 more kids in some final hour and says "im done with this time to go to jail" but in British, he sees the freddy walking around gets an idea, tells his son right before he dies i will put you back together. Hope that makes sense my thoughts are jumbled right now.

[@peridotasadeadbritishmonar7924]

Honestly man this is a great video, I honestly love the idea that all the fnaf 6 mini games show the deaths of some of the important players in this franchise is such a cool perspective and one I’ve never heard before. This is just me throwing something out there to see if it sticks, but I wonder if midnight motorist could take place after Susie was killed. I acknowledge that there’s a lot of evidence that we play as William after Charlie’s death but again I’m spit balling and mostly thinking aloud lmao 😅 Either way fantastic video and I’m really excited to see what you do next!

[@BasementDweller_]

Somebody that finally gets me! I a very similar theory, I’m glad someone was able to see Midnight Motorists the way I’ve been seeing it. I’ve thinking the yellow guy was Golden Freddy’s father. I saw it either William kid napping the kid and killed them somewhere else tho.

[@mildlycornfield]

Love the story telling here. Not sure I agree with the theory, but you certainly tell it well!

[@Bobster536]

I very much like the idea, I think every new point of view adds to the entire fanbase abbility to understand the lore. Maybe someone who see's your theory will connect it to some other evidence, or maybe it is just wrong. Either way a cool listen, like the idea of getting to see other characters involved and especially your explanation on why cassidy death would be different than others.

[@aidentubegaming]

There is no reason for you not to have over 10 thousand subscribers. You are the best small channel I've ever watched! Please keep up the awesome work!!👍👍👍👌👌👌🤘🤘🤘

[@andromxda]

Toy chica High School Years tells 5 stories of 5 murders. UCN is literally ALL ABOUT golden freddy. It's Cassidy's entire game to themselves, to tell their story. Very fitting that the fifth and last murder Toy chica mentions, is how she's going to "show up to his house. If he doesn't open the door, I'll find a window." The first four of Toy Chica's murders all involve inviting her victim to her house. "Luring them" inside. But her last victim, she went to HIS house. I genuinely think this is what Scott intended.

[@almightykellus2585]

The parts in her bag are from these animatronics: - Foxy (taken before first cutscene) - Freddy - Wolf - Toy Bonnie - Funtime Foxy - Puppet - Pigpatch 7 murders, one being separate from the others for some reason

[@andromxda]

@@almightykellus2585 Good find about the other two, maybe Foxy's is referring to Charlie? because Charlie's death happened before the MCI?

[@ikaiju-eu9wn]

this video is basically a fanfiction

[@resorttoyourhappyplace]

this is a really good theory i havent seen yet! plus the toy chica yandere story ties in really well because we only understood that it ment he went too far with cassidy but no one knew in what way! wowowoowow

[@uselesstoothbrush3247]

Absolutely amazing!! I love this so much, and was a very nice cohesive story that i love and hope is correct. My only question is though, didnt it say on the posters in fnaf 1 that all five children in the missing children incident were linked to the pizzaria? So if Cassidy really is the fifth, then they had to have been lured by Afton in the suit and murdered at the pizzaria like the other four, or else it wouldnt be 5 missing children. Other than that this is amazing, and i loved your thoughts! Ill definately be watching more of your content!

[@ScoreMagnet]

Overall I like the theory. But what is the reason, why that minigame is called "later that night"? That's definitely for some reason, so what happened earlier in that night in your theory? Also as someone mentioned earlier, I'm not quite happy about the person in grey + orange guy referring to a he, but that was already discussed in another comment here. Also even if the orange guy is not William Afton, which I am actually not decided on yet, he is most likely connected to him as his colour is the opposite from purple on the colour wheel. So naturally one would think of some sort of counterpart, which would be Henry. But that makes no sense. So yeah, not sure about that whole part. AND in my opinion the footprints must lead away from the window, as you see only one trail and not one going in and one leaving. So your theory has still some flaws, but I like some ideas of it. especially the observation with scraptraps feet and the approach we don't play William Afton. Edit: Only possible explanation in which someone entered through the window is, if he entered, before it was raining, and left when it started raining, because you can probably only see the footprints, because the dirt got wet.

[@Cryonide]

With the minigame being called "Later that night", I'm of the mindset that it's because this minigame takes place *after* the death of Cassidy. Most people think that it means this is after the death of Charlie because of the rain, but I don't think that's solid enough evidence for me to agree with it. As for the character being the counterpart of William due to their color... I don't think that *has* to be true? I mean, it's certainly possible, but that could also just be the character being a shade that somewhat represents the color of Golden Freddy, since that's the suit that Cassidy ultimately gets stuffed into. And the footprints... I think the lack of glass on the ground and the footprints being right outside the window *has* to mean that the window was approached from the outside. I suppose it *could* mean that it started raining *after* William already broke in, but that brings a lot of other things into question, so I'd have to take a deeper look into it before I can say that with confidence.

[@louisbizarrogotico]

Imo there's no way we're not playing as William in the minigame. The purple car, the rain, the name "Later that night", him speeding through the road, the figure in the couch could very well be Michael or Ms. Afton and the orange color could be to differentiate him and Michael or to symbolize he's not "become" Purple guy yet (The moment Walter white turned into Heisenberg) The only thing weird would be the footprints and the unmarked grave/pile of dirt

[@Agent0bsidian]

I scrolled through a bunch of comments and couldn’t find anyone asking this question so here goes. If William is the one who made the grave and we aren’t playing as William why can we as the yellow man go to the grave before reaching the house. This video was put together incredibly well and I love all the ideas put forward!

[@kyubbikcat2281]

I do agree that this is the death of Cassidy, butI think the events that transpired are a bit different. Because it is implied the orange man is an angry drunkard, it would makes sense that Cassidy is in a depressed state, so she shut herself from the rest of the world by locking herself in the room. Willy took note of this, put on the bunny suit and catered to her misfortunes just like how he did with Susie. Cassidy, wanting to escape from everything, willingly broke out of the house with the rabbit to find happiness. This however will only result in her being mercilessly betrayed and slaughtered by what she thought was her friend, dying alone in the woods. As for the rain, the rain could’ve happened after the murder. Also, this being the death of Cassidy brings a whole new meeting to “Later that night.”

[@GoofyGoober373]

Aftons a killer not A MASTER MIND

[@kyubbikcat2281]

@@GoofyGoober373 Exactly. Take Susie for example. Willy *knew* her dog was dead, and so he told her he can bring the dog back. “Follow me.” Same thing here. Willy *knew* Cassidy wanted to get away from her father, so he offered her a chance to run away from her father and live a better life. “Follow me.” It’s not a master plan. Willy sees child in distress. Willy offers to help said child. Child goes with Willy. Child is never seen again. It’s that simple.

[@TrueRavengod]

I disagree with some of this theory, but I love your style! Also, strange how you left out the dialogue. I’d say that’d be somewhat important to include. Awesome video, and again, the style of this video is one of the best I’ve seen. Keep up the good work!

[@suli0wik641]

interesting theory, but this completely contradicts how the spirits of 5 main cast get in the animatronics and the FNAF 2 minigame of the puppet giving life to them, which is a really consistent piece of evidence that has never changed. Also, the fact that both in this minigame and the charlie's death minigame it's raining, the minigame is called "Later that Night", that both William and this orange guy drive a purple car and the Jrs part of the minigmae, it all connects far better with William than a random character we never saw. Like why would Scott show us the orange guy not being allowed into this "Jr's" place if it's a random character? Why would Scott show us this character's abusive or at least controlling tendencies over their child? Why would scott bother to add the line about the child going to "that place" again and that he "would regret when he comes back"? I like your theory, but you are 100% just picking up the evidence that you want for your theory and ignoring the rest of design details.

[@maxwellfusion]

Bruv must’ve had a brain blast with this theory omfg- bc I got it too when I understood where u were going lmao

[@gio.gionosakan]

An interesting theory on what William was doing outside of Cassidy's house is that Cassidy somehow witnessed William kill a child or multiple ones in the safe room (most likely one of the MCI) and because William noticed her, he decided to sneak in her house during the night, kidnap her, kill her somewhere outside and then burry her under that secret graveyard, to not risk Cassidy telling someone about his murder. This adds up with Cassidy often visiting "that place", Freddy's that is, to go look for her friend(s) This theory has close to zero evidence but it's a cool one nonetheless. It actually adds some depth behind Cassidy's murder and makes her being the vengeful spirit in ucn less random

[@toucansfull]

In the context of just behind the house and the grave, this makes sense. It makes less sense when you remember the yellow guy (supposedly Cassidy's father?), Junior's, and 'He's had a rough day, leave him be tonight' + 'He's off to that place again. He's gonna be sorry when he gets back.' Though in the thought of if this WAS Cassidy's death and her home, I have a bit of a better idea of why her death was supposedly more brutal than the others and why Golden Freddy is just a slumped over ghost - that being, Cassidy was stuffed into the suit ALIVE similar to Carlton in the Silver Eyes, but during lock-loosening rain. That grave would be where the suit (and Cassidy) was buried, hence why - You never see GF in a pizzeria even though it should still be operable as an animatronic after employees wearing springlock suits was discontinued. - Golden Freddy's suit isn't in the storage room with the spring bonnie suit (if it had been, we'd have 1.) seen it during Afton's death minigame and 2.) found it when the Fazbear Frights workers knocked down the false wall and found Springtrap.) - GF behaves like a ghost and is unlike any other animatronic mechanic in the games, jumpscare included. Bonus: GF twitching in the UCN ending can be seen as Cassidy struggling to get out of the suit.

[@zoltanfridrich1934]

I really like this theory even though I might not be fully convinced by all the details. In my opinion, the yellow guy is a drunk abusive father of one of the missing children. The JR's location is just a random bar/restaurant and the green guy is obviously a bouncer who refuses to let yellow guy into the bar as he is already drunk. I believe that the scene we see in midnight motorist is the aftermath of one of William Aftons kidnappings. It directly matches the High school toy chica "puppet" scene where she says about coming to his house and breaking the window. The detail that Scraptrap has full feet and Springtrap doesnt fully convinces me that the animatronic footprints belong to Spring bonnie, it makes so much sense. I always thought that the fact that it rains in the minigame doesnt mean anything as we only see the aftermath, it might not have rained when he did the kidnapping, but your explanation also makes sense. In the high school toy chica scenes the last scene says that the kidnapping went wrong. Now as the scenes dont go in order of the actual kidnappings judging by the fact that the (6th) "pigpatch" scene depicts the murder of Charlie, (2nd) "Wolf" depicts the murder of Susie and (5th) depicts the midnight motorist scene, I cant tell which murder specifically it refers to when she says that something went wrong. I thought that Charlie kidnapping went wrong but now after watching your video, it makes a lot of sense that the midnight motorist scene went wrong as it might have started to rain. Lot of people dismiss all of this by saying that the name of the secret minigame "later that night" obviously refers to the Charlie murder, but I think it might very well mean that it is the aftermath of "the one you should not have killed" murder. It also makes a lot of sense why this one is Cassidy (the vengeful spirit) as he grew up in abusive household and was probably brutally murdered. And finally the mound of dirt in the field makes sense. I am not sure it was Williams guilt, I guess he just wanted to get rid of the body. Overall great video with great details.

[@sailorrinn6134]

i dunno if this jives with all of the retcons and whatever, but my idea is that william killed henry's girl, went home, saw that michael (who is not an adult yet, but an angsty teen,) broke out of his room to prove a point upon seeing that william had stamped an animatronic footprint in front of his window to scare him into staying. and I guess the unmarked grave would be the bitten kid, whose body william needed close for his experiments. and maybe william had gone out of his way to place those footprints there because he had planned that he was going to kill henry's girl that night and didn't want michael to witness it.

[@usgabe5990]

I appreciate trying to find an alternative explanation for MM, but this has got wayyy more problems than the traditional interpretation. We know for sure that Cassidy went missing inside Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. The newspapers in fnaf 1 state it explicitly. 5 children, and those are Freddy, Chica, Bonnie, Foxy and Golden Freddy. You could try arguing that Charlie is the fifth kid that went missing, but no. Charlie died outside the pizzeria and William made no attempt to hide the body. The puppet breaks down next to her, and there's no way it dragged the body away or anything. Most likely, Charlie's body was simply found the next day. And we know that the missing children's bodies were never found. It also cannot be the crying child, because the incident that killed him was public. And he also died in a hospital later. Again, there would be no missing report. All of that means Cassidy was 100% intended to have died inside the pizzeria, and that was the last place their parents saw them, hence reporting them missing within Freddy Fazbear's pizza, leading to the place being investigated. But really, the biggest problem with this theory is the idea that William killed Cassidy right there, in their house and the father didn't notice at all. What about the blood? It was supposed to be a really violent murder. Instead, the mustard man just assumes the kid ran off to a place. You can easily save this theory if you give up trying to explain the mound of dirt and assume that Cassidy DID run off to Freddy's with William after being lured out and got killed there. Maybe some witnesses saw cassidy with Spring Bonnie and that's why the disappearance of cassidy was connected to the restaurant. It's still a little weird that William would do this, but you could find ways to explain it. Maybe the children need to die near the suits in order to possess them and so William needed to lure Cassidy to the restaurant to let the Fredbear suit get haunted. However all of this assumes William knows what remnant is already at that point, and that's arguable.

[@SolarFlaregamer]

I love the idea with the little of sanity he pretty much had left, He felt guilty and horrible.

[@riedvods]

when you lay out all the points like that its crazy how more people havent noticed this hope more people see the video soon

[@riedvods]

also i think its possible william knew about remnant before this, but only discovered how to use it after stuffing the kids into the suits, which leads him to stuff cassidy once he's killed them

[@rj-1506]

Am I the only one turns of canon after FNAF 3? I really wish this series stayed as a horror franchise

[@thedailypersonsopinion2099]

Now- wait a damn. Oh you knew what you was doing with this one. 11/10.

[@MarioMan392]

“Leave him alone” is hard to ignore though. Cassidy is definitely a girl. This was a VERY interesting take though!

[@rexadex7269]

Thank you for pointing that out

[@user-sq2ec8sx2z]

Cassidy's gender has never been confirmed.

[@rexadex7269]

@user-sq2ec8sx2z naming a character Cassidy and making it a male character is more confusing than anything. It's not like mangle. Not EVERY single thing has to be confirmed. Sometimes you just use common sense

[@user-sq2ec8sx2z]

@@rexadex7269 Cassidy can be a name for both males and females

[@rexadex7269]

@user-sq2ec8sx2z I think you are complicating it way more than necessary. Not trying to be offensive, just stating that from an authors point of view, you wouldn't name a male character a typically female name just to do it. Especially if we have no idea who Cassidy truly is in the games. It makes no sense to complcate a character we hardly know anything about to begin with

[@gunkrock]

I'm pretty sure chica's discriptions of Willaims kills are pretty literal. I think midnight motorist is about the MCI kid who william tried to lure to freddy's, and when that didnt work he "found a window" but i have no fucking clue what the mound is or why an MCI kid would get so much backstory

[@dragoe8651]

I love the video and the theory was amazing but theirs one tiny problem with the theory and it's that the child in midnight motorist is referred to as he while cassidy is always shown to be a girl but it could be scott changing his mind midway through making pizzeria simulator and ucn Also I'm looking forward for the ucn theory i think i know what to expect but we'll see

[@Cryonide]

Well, when it comes to pronouns, Cassidy is also referred to as "he" in UCN by both Mangle and Withered Chica. There are two ways you can take this. First off, Cassidy is a gender neutral name, so it's entirely possible that Cassidy *is* a male and goes by he/him pronouns. On the other hand, this could be seen as evidence for the theory that the Vengeful Spirit we see in UCN is actually Andrew from the books. I don't know much about that character so I can't really speak on the validity of those theories, but it's something to think about. Though, for what it's worth, I don't think the actual identity of the character changes the theory. Regardless of their name, I still think that the character that gets killed in Midnight Motorist is the one who goes on to be the Vengeful Spirit in UCN. So as for who it is, yeah, maybe it is Andrew. Can't really say for sure right now.

[@dragoe8651]

@@Cryonide so theirs another point for the he/him pronounce that it's refering to golden freddy instead of cassidy since the puppet in ucn also uses he/him pronounce (spoilers for the books btw)The point of Andrew is also possible but since he's a parallel to cassidy's(or the vengeful spirit's) character since he causes ucn in the books but the stitchline is also not in the same universe as the games for several reasons one is that the pizza plex never expected in that universe and the fnaf 6 location is considered ancient history with the puppet mask even being taken out of the location but theirs also some proof that I've seen that could say Andrew(or a 7th mci victim) is in the games like in the toy chica ucn cutscenes theirs foxy's hook in her bag before she kills anyone and then kills another six people (them being puppet,freddy,toy bonnie,pigpatch, twisted wolf and funtime foxy) but that's the only evidence I've seen it's still interesting tho

[@ariariari7138]

I always hated orange guy being William because that clearly isn’t the Afton household we see in fnaf 4. This is an interesting theory

[@jessegravel6003]

I like it. It would answer why cassidy was so much more angry than the others. William went out of his way to kill him, unlike the other children.

[@saibisureddo5657]

But... What if he was wearing the GF suit. Same problem. Kills Cassidy. Stores her body in the suit to hide the murder. Buries her in that dirt pile with the suit. And thats where she lies. Thats where GF is. Starting using the GB suit. Thus how they would end up in GF.

[@braxiations7868]

Ok wait possible note Maybe Willaim was using the Fredbear/Golden Freddy suit originally, before discarding it of course. He probably had to flee and might not have intended on recovering the suit. He could have either placed Cassidy inside of it, or buried it alongside her.

[@RedLogicYT]

What if William used the Fredbear suit instead, left the suit right when it started raining, stuffed Cassidy in the suit (and she was the first springlock failure, which is why it was so brutal)- and buried her. However it was dug up later for remnant.

[@captaindc3889]

Fascinating theory even if I don’t fully agree

[@paperoven]

Good theory but there’s a few problems with it. First, ‘Cassidy’ is referred to as a he by the person sitting down in the chair. Although we usually let this slide because golden Freddy is male, this was before Cassidy became golden Freddy. We also know that Cassidy was stuffed into the golden Freddy suit, not buried. References to a child being stuffed in golden Freddy are also made in fazbear frights when a child is shoved into it as a prank. Although this could be referencing the crying child, in that same story they come back to the pizzeria to find a different kid also in the suit meaning that they were both stuffed inside. The toe count also isn’t a very important detail here as the vast majority of all the Fnaf Animatronics have 3 toes. And lastly, although this is definitely a pretty big stretch, the car in Charlie’s Fnaf 2 death mini game is purple, just like the car in midnight motorists so it would make perfect sense if “later that night” was in fact later the night of Charlie’s death. Yellow is also commonly used for William too because of his yellow spring Bonnie suit.

[@paperoven]

Still a very interesting theory though! Just subscribed

[@halalfortheheart]

I can answer the first two questions. So, for the first one, it was never really confirmed if Cassidy was a girl. There's a possibility that in UNC it's referring to Golden Freddy, but another possibility is that it's referring to Cassidy the spirit, which makes more sense since Golden Freddy is simply just not the vengeful one. It's Cassidy that makes Golden Freddy vengeful. And for the second reason, later on he explains in the video that William buried Cassidy, but then after discovering about Remnant, he could use Cassidy's corpse to, you know, test it. So, as for the later that night thing in the purple car, I'm not sure.

[@GoodlyData86596]

3:21 don’t worry, that isn’t even the most agregus design choice made to a springlock animatronic Scott has made **COUGHING HEAVILY IN UCN FREDBEAR‘ S GENERAL DIRECTION** (you wonder why, well I’ll point out the big three reasons 1. He has 4 cartoonishly proportioned fingers instead of the five slender fingers that spring trap and, logically speaking, all springlock animatronics have to account for the human that can just climb inside them 2. He has an endo 01 endoskeleton, as seen in certain frames of his jumpscare, this makes no sense because endo 01 endoskeletons dont seem optimal or even plausible in design to be able to compress against the suit to fit a human inside the suit, especially considering that endo 01 models seem to only have basic movement components and the endoskeleton itself as it is implied that they are general use endoskeletons that can wear any costume compatible with them since the animatronic devices related to the cpu and character specific functions seem to be installed in the suits themselves, which is why they are dangerous for humans to wear. 3. He literally looks like a slightly edited fnaf 1 location bear model animatronic and looks nothing like how springtrap, aka spring bonnie his brother in springlocks, and instead looks more at home with the fnaf 1 cast.)

[@iggoth]

I love this theory and it does explain a lot: but there are three questions that are brought up from this theory: 1) what is "That place", where is Cassidy going where she is not supposed to be? 2) how did Cassidy eventually end up haunting the golden freddy suite? what is her relationship with the suite? 3) why did the person in the room call Cassidy a he? edit: I made this midway through the video, and you did answer question two (lossly). But not everything is answered by your theory. It's a very valid theory, but not fool proof

[@CJT173]

Hi I love your videos and theorys there amazing and I wanted to say that I was here before you got famous because I know you will

[@forbiddenmemez4786]

To be fair, i always thought the footprints were left by either a shadow animatronic, or golden freddy/fredbear, who, at this point, was already possessed by bite victim IMO, since theres only one set of animatronic footprints, almost as if whatever was standing there appeared out of nowhere and we know that rhe only animatronics that can teleport and appear out of nowhere are golden freddy and the shadows.(Since fredbear's UCN model is canon, and is similar to classic freddy's desigh, we can assume that fredbear wouldve also had three toed feet like classic freddy) Also, the yellow man saying "he's ran off to that place again" after seeing the broken window, and the footprints running off into the woods, suggests that whatever left the footprints was probably the runaway person and not afton, and that the runaway person has done this before, since yellow guy doesnt seem surprised by any of it. Additionally, we also know that the aftons have a home in the woods, similar to the midnight motorist one, as evidenced by the fnaf 4 title screen and curse of dreadbear, and i think the fnaf 4 house is the same house in this minigame. Overall, i think it makes more narrative sense for yellow guy to be william after charlie's murder, as it establishes a reason for William to murder charlie, as he'd probably been drinking very heavily that night, and is very distraught from the death of his son, further fueling his jealousy towards henry. (Yes, i think midnight motorist and charlies death happen after bite victim's. And that the runaway person is michael afton). Just my interpretation though

[@GoofyGoober373]

It makes more sense

[@bubbleshock14]

I love this theory! Ive never liked the theory that it is William in midnight motorist. Ive had the theory before that it was about Cassidy but this is the first video ive seen about it.

[@Dmrgamingdoesgames]

This is a really cool theory story wise but i feel like the window being broken from the outside doesnt make sense given the dialogue and i dont think us not seeing glass shards in the snow is conclusive enough. Great job on the video though. Its seriously really well made.

[@JtCondell]

I definitely agree it has to do something with cassidy I actually do agree with a large part of it. One thing I also found interesting it's that the Midnight motorist is supposed to give more motive to Cassidy what I mean by that is that even before he died is brutal way His family life wasn't that amazing his father was drunk you couldn't even assume abuse. But I do agree that William wasn't always a villain he's just a father one thing that that confuses me is that why would William go after him specifically yes William has the motive to kill but why him specifically the kill him. The missing children incident can be explained by well it's easier he just has to grab them you know kill them stuff them in suits wait for tomorrow to take them out. But with Cassidy there's more steps and there has to be some way for cassidy's spirit to be attached to golden Freddy he can't be attached to it if he's buried in a grave. That means william had to take his body all the way back to the pizzeria. So my thought is cassidy was the first experimental kill to see how remnant might work. But I do like to say that I liked the way you took the theory more as an actual murder case.

[@ParadoxicWasHere]

Alternative suggestion as to why Afton followed Cassidy home, maybe she escaped? She saw something she wasn't meant to see and he follows her home. She's shaken up, hence why the parent warns that 'they're having a bad day' or something to that effect, and Afton stalks her home to finish the job

[@tonyf4991]

He. Cassidy is a boy. His father even calls him a he.

[@ParadoxicWasHere]

@@tonyf4991 Well, in this theory yes - though as I understood it in most interpretations Cassidy is a girl?

[@tonyf4991]

@@ParadoxicWasHere actually only one time in all FNAF history has Cassidy been a girl and that is in the novel trilogy. And even in that, she is not Golden Freddy but instead one of the other animatronics since Golden Freddy is named Michael.

[@ParadoxicWasHere]

@@tonyf4991 Huh, strange - Could've sworn people usually refer to Cassidy as a girl, oh well my mistake

[@tonyf4991]

@@ParadoxicWasHere they do, but only because of the novel The Fourth Closet. However, there is no evidence to support that the Cassidy in the games is female, and Ultimate Custom Night and Midnight Morterist prove Cassidy is a male in the games. It's weird, but understandable on why there is confusion about Cassidy's gender.

[@juanpabloarzayusrestrepo2703]

Great video and an very interesting solution to one of FNaF greatest mysteries but I have to hardly disagreed with something, other than possible nitpicks due to the fact of the mini games doesn't having some great graphical quality (like the shatter glass stuff that you inferred are found inside the house), and that point being Scraptrap is not a canon re-design nor the original Springtrap suit (at least not the whole suit). I can defend this point of view because of three main points: 1.) The skull/head is completely different, and we know that Springbonnie is the suit that became Springtrap because of the Fruit Maze mini game images showing Springbonnie with his shape being the same as Springtrap. You may argue that the change of head/skull is due to the damage occurred in the fire at the end of FNaF 3 or because of possible damage that it may have received during the time in between FNaF 3 and Pizzeria Simulator but: we know because of the end of FNaF 3 his head/skull remains the same (as seen in the news paper that talked about the fire) and in Sister Location we directly saw an animation of what is known as "Shadow Springtrap", which is Springtrap after the fire and it could be possible that Springtrap got damaged during the time between games but the shape change is so absurd and is unlike to be the case (because you know, we're talking about a change so massive and I don't see any possibility to justify it). 2.) Help Wanted and AR, this one is very straight forward and is just the fact that the Springtrap model used by Steel Wool and Ilumix is you know Springtrap, so the change between Springtrap and Scraptrap is not merely cause by the damage Afton may had receive but there must be something more. 3.) FNaF 4 have one mini game were the crying child is locked in the Parts and Service room, in that room we can see two things that are very interesting: - There's a Springbonnie head suit that's different from the Springbonnie model that can be see on stage with Freadbear, and we know that the difference between the sprites can't be justify to perspective due to the fact of there being a Freadbear head with the same shape of the on stage model. - There's an endo skull that looks very similar to Scraptrap's skull in shape, and also it looks to fit well with the weird Parts and Service bonnie head mentioned in the previous point. * What I want to state is that Scraptrap is the result of Afton trying to repair himself with some parts he crossed with, not a canon re-design nor simply being Springtrap damaged.

[@PIMKAMINA2]

I do think the grave is Cassidy but I don't think it's out of regret. William killed them too close to home and they were bound to be found, so he in a panic just carried them off a few feet and buried them in an impromptu grave to not be found.

[@The_Bionicle_Nerd]

Ok alternate take. Instead of planning to kill Cassidy While wearing the spring bonnie suit. They decide to do it in A Fredbear (golden freddy suit maybe?) suit because if someone saw the Spring bonnie suit that would draw too much attention. So they hide in the bushes waiting. It starts to rain they realize that they should get out before they die, Cassidy then sees Afton getting out of the suit. Afton sees her then breaks the window. Then Afton Does something different He Takes the screaming Cassidy out into the rain far away from her home, dismembers her. And shoves her in the suit, Laughing as he watches the springlock failure While Cassidy is slowly dying inside of it screaming for help. Then Stomps on the chest of it to finish The job. Except something was different this time around. The suit somehow starts moving as if it was alive towards Afton. He panics And starts destroying it(somehow). Once it is destroyed. He digs a hole and buries it. He was Shocked and horrified at what he discovered that night and it gives him the idea of trying to recreate it. Then the rest of your theory comes into fruition. End of theory. Great video

[@nosferty7234]

I've always believed that there had to have been an unexpected witness at some point that William has to deal with "not according to plan" so it's definitely plausible that it happened during the investigation(?); i believe it was Charlie because the Security Bot minigame shows the 3 kids go out of frame in the same direction, while Charlie was outside and where she gets k1ll3d

[@secskarmory3550]

While I don't exactly agree with this theory, I can understand where you're coming from and appreciate the points you're making. If I take this theory to be true, I would suggest for William's reason of going to Cassidy's home, as you prompt at 11:23, is that (assuming the other shown location, Jr's, is a Freddy's pizzeria) is that William is not allowed in the pizzeria. So what you might be able to say is that William, not being allowed in the pizzeria due to the investigation, stole his suit in order to continue his killing spree somewhere else, like Cassidy's home as you suggest.

[@secskarmory3550]

Also while watching this, maybe after he takes off the suit due to the rain, he buries it in the mound of dirt before he escapes?

[@leotynan8743]

As for a better explanation as to why william was there, i think its implied the kid always goes to the pizzeria. So maybe cassidy saw something they werent supposed to or maybe he noticed how frequent cassidy's visits were and began to target her

[@Graphicalhat78]

Midnight motorist is set in britain, they drive on the left of the road meaning that unless the pizzaria is in england, there is no pizzeria so charlies death couldn't be related to this

[@RukaDesu]

watching this video I had the weirdest most non-sensical thought, that starts to make a bit of sense the more I think about it... what if purple guy is purple because he's DEAD? like, we know Michael becomes PURPLE after rotting, and is still alive even without any innards because of remnant... the thought is, what if William is a sort of remnant zombie? even before the springtrap suit he was already undead! "but how would he create a restaurant/work there?" I mean there are a LOT of theories stating that Michael POST-SCOOPING is the one you play at in most games... the only problem they see is that he's 'ugly' and 'bad odor'... this would explain why the soap opera made to represent his family (The Immortal and The Restless) the stand-in for afton is a vampire, a famous undead, not only that, but one that REQUIRES TO DRINK THE LIFE FROM THE LIVING TO CONTINUE ON LIVING... so what if afton wants to prolong his life, turned himself into a remnant zombie, and to not deteriorate/die he HAS TO kill people... that would give him a MOTIVE to hunt down so many children (but create the contradiction of how those children go on to possess animatronics themselves)

[@Disturbenceattheheronhouse]

What if william was wearing the fredbear suit, and buried cassidy in it… and boom, she’s in golden freddy. Maybe that’s why GF isn’t standing

[@matthewmojica7819]

I think Duo Process Theory is correct. Cassidy is the CC and Michael is the VS. which would undo this theory or at least alter it.

[@MintyMit]

Maybe he took off the suit and stuffed Cassidy in it and let the springlocks fail and took her out (springlocks have failed before with random others and their bodies have been taken out). It would make the fnaf 3 night 5 minigame more satisfying but I have no proof

[@Vosslyn]

13:31 Instead of Afton feeling guilty because he went too far out of panic, if he's doing it out of the "I will put you back together" promise, he could have mangled the body too much for remnant use. Which is sickening, but we're talking about a child killer here Also, if Freddy's is closed down and he wasn't caught, he'd have to elsewhere for victims. Just some thoughts while watching, your conclusion fits nicely.

[@actuallyZiggyZagga]

I left a comment on your "Discussing Details That Might Not Matter" video stating my reasons why I believe still believe Orange Guy is William Afton and after watching this one, I'm still not convinced. I'm looking forward to your Part 2 though.

[@Spankus]

I personally think instead of William killing out of boredom I think he hunted and killed Cassidy is because maybe Cassidy saw him lure people (or killing them) and he wanted to get to Cassidy before she told anyone. But incredibly great theory regardless!

[@mufeet7661]

Okay, so… I like this theory and it definitely is nice that it goes into explaining something not many dare to. However, there’s a couple issues with it. One is that you didn’t really bring up the dialogue. I mean, the yellow guy says that they “Ran off to that place again”, not “Holy hell my son has been murdered and someone broke in Jesus Christ”. Hyperbole but you get what I mean. The nonchalantness of it all makes it sound like he’s done this before. However, I do think this brings up a good point to this not being the Crying Child, as they wouldn’t dare go to the pizzeria. Weird that he drives a purple car, but I don’t think it’s the purple guy. Maybe? Secondly, the glass shards and footprints. While I understand why you used his foot prints to determine it was an adults, it’s very unlikely. The fact that the tracks are still there means they haven’t been washed away, which means it’s probably just started to rain, which would give Afton no reason to undress. It’s most likely just meant to simulate footprints for Cassidy. As for the glass shards, I mean it’s an 8 bit game where the detail isn’t anything, which could means that Scott just simply didn’t put glass shards for the outside, but still possible William did it too. But what’s important is that those tracks aren’t from an adult, but Cassidy. There William lured him away, and killed him most likely in the pizzeria where he’s done it every other time, then stuffed it into a yellow bear. Another thing I want to bring up is that the father says “I know a way in from the outside”. Now, most windows don’t open from the outside obviously, and most likely Cassidy would have locked the window if they also locked the door, so why is yellow guy so confident they can get in? 1 is that the window opens from the outside, and is locked from the inside. This doesn’t make much sense as if it could be opened from the outside, William could have just opened it up. 2 is that Yellow Guy just thought Cassidy didn’t think that far ahead, but again it seems like Cassidy does this a lot cause of his father saying “I told you not to close your door.” 3 is that the window is actually already broken, not from William or Cassidy, but by Yellow Guy. He was so mad at Cassidy for closing the door and locking the window that he broke the window to get in his room. This is honestly what most likely happened, as it’s a crazy father in the woods down a long path, I don’t think he’s worried about intruders. That’s why he knew there was a way to get in. One of your points was “Why is William here?” Well, considering this kid has a history of running of to “that place”, most likely Cassidy escaped there often and was a regular, which William took advantage of. One more thing I’d like to bring up is that I believe instead of using a SpringBonnie suit, I believe it was actually the Glitchtrap suit. Not only does it have 3 toes, but it also wouldn’t springlock a sweaty William stalking a child during the pitch black where he could trip over a stick and just die. Of course it could be SpringBonnie suit, but makes more since for it to be the Glitchtrap suit (if we consider that Scott had thought of this before Help Wanted.)

[@kylonbell123]

I do think its Micheal only because of the the Nightmare Animatronic but i can understand that it could also be a child lured out to be the next victim well done

[@kyr58]

Assuming Afton is here, and that he came in a 3 toed suit, and that it began to rain, and that he exited the suit, I believe Afton was hunting in the Golden Freddy suit that night. The rain makes it too risky to stay in the suit, he exits, cassidy sees Afton, and afton rushes in breaking the window and incapacitates Cassidy. He then takes Cassidy and stuffs them in the spring lock suit and, maybe on purpose, maybe by accident, the spring lock suit goes off due to the rain. Cassidy is ultimately killed by Golden Freddy’s spring locks, which is why Golden Freddy twitches they way it does in future entries. Cassidy remembers the moment of their death and the macabre dance of death that spring locks induce. Cassidy would know who Afton is from their many visits to “that place”, the Freddy’s where William afton works and where their friend the Crying Child got bit. They likely became a target due to their memories of the Crying Child amd possible suspicions or snooping around the pizzeria late at night. William afton would know where they live likely because Michael is babysitting them that night. We see him in his traditional grey watching the TV. Now, when Afton gets springlocked down the line, it’s poetic justice and part of Cassidy’s revenge plan.

[@kyr58]

The suit, being too heavy and risky to move with a victim inside, is then buried nearby. It’s a grave, of sorts.

[@habilcabbarsaglam1521]

You have almost conviced me but I think there is a problem. From the calls of Phone Guy in FNAF 2 we think that Cassidy was killed in the year 1987. Probably the day before night 6 because golden freddy becomes active in night 6 and phone guy said that a child has gone missing in the night 6 phone call (I might be wrong about the time of the phone call). If you can find a solution to that problem I am 100% convinced.

[@TianaAbdel868]

My theory about the foot prints is maybe the person who broke out of the room possibly faced there fear saw the animatronic and ran before it could chase the child but then again it dosent really make sense

[@TianaAbdel868]

And also the mound of dirt could also be one the animatronics from the books who live under ground in the fazbear frights series

[@Danerboots]

The kid in the chair said "Leave HIM alone etc etc."

[@halalfortheheart]

Yeah, him. What's wrong with that? I don’t get it

[@zgmfx-09a]

Cassidy and charlie are the only two victims who KNOW william killed them, the rest know spring bonnie killed them and are like "animals", it's only charlie and cassidy that know who's behind this all, because according to this theory and what we know happened to charlie he wasn't wearing a suit when he did them in

[@_Nex1051]

i have a bit of a trouble with most of your theory, including the fact that maybe you try to connect a "redesign" with a clue, in the end of fnaf 3 the place is burnt down so why wouldn't it be possible that afton used old pieces of another pizzeria that are what we see in fnaf 6, also another thing is the name of the minigame and that the house is the same that its in fnaf 4, and why would scott take the time to "show" the murder of a character that isn't that important (I mean the scene) because cassidy isn't as much as important to explain as susie (the first killed) or charlie (the henry's daughter) showing something that we've already seen in fnaf 2 minigames, one thing that could be possible its that maybe the color of afton means his mental state ignoring the afton of fnaf 4's minigames the "yellow" color representing his early murder stages and the dark purple his end stages thats why the pink man exists or maybe is just to prevent a misunderstanding of 2 purple guys "living" in the same house

[@brobs0463]

I would one day love to sit down have a drink with Scott and ask him what he intended at every part of the series