The Underused Terror of Golden Freddy - FNAF Character Analysis - CHECK PINNED COMMENT!

[@MRSprings]

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[@elshadowese]

It’s odd how Golden Freddy went to a funny Easter egg to probably the most important character in the franchise

[@starkiller6tothe9gaming81]

He's top 3 Antagonists in fnaf

[@jackhanson3856]

Funny?!

[@rebeccacummings6697]

William is the most important character.

[@starkiller6tothe9gaming81]

@@rebeccacummings6697 true I did say golden freddy is probably the 2nd primary Antagonists until ultimate custom night where he see golden freddy at his most powerful and hateful

[@elshadowese]

@@starkiller6tothe9gaming81 I'm only tallking about FNaF 1

[@yourlocalcryptidd]

Golden Freddy is one of the only animatronics that still creeps me out just for existing. Even without all the lore they're still cool and creepy. Cool video

[@nfilexd]

I was just thinking about this at work yesterday. With how overused the puppet and spring trap are I realized how Golden Freddy wasn’t really used at all..

[@Here_is_Waldo]

Matpat did a theory that Golden Freddy doesn't even exist, maybe that's true?

[@justaguy444]

@@Here_is_Waldo I don't know whether to believe goldie exists anymore because it would change the aspect of how we view fnaf

[@yourlocalcryptidd]

@@Here_is_Waldo I really hope it's not, but that's just my opinion.

[@kamilkartuski4733]

They're?! Who "they"? He is

[@mortonetor]

I feel like Cassidy going from wanting Afton to suffer, to wanting him dead shows character development, like she realises the influence and damage he can do even if hes not physical, so she wants him gone, just so he cant do anymore damage

[@athos9293]

Yea, he goes from selfish to altruistic

[@legendarytronic7774]

@@athos9293 If you're talking about cassidy then (I THINK) they are a she not he.

[@lerdeldrinboiYT]

@@legendarytronic7774 could be either because the ucn animatronics refer to cassidy as a he. Mangle: "*he* is here, the one you shouldn't have killed."

[@legendarytronic7774]

@@lerdeldrinboiYT True that does make sense.

[@LostFilms32]

@@lerdeldrinboiYT true but they could also be referring to fredbear since they are a male animatronic who is possed by cassidy.

[@matthewrobinson2442]

I like Golden Freddy as a name because it sounds like one of two things; 1: An urban legend about the video game, like finding Mew under a truck or unlocking Ermac in Mortal Kombat II 2: A fighting game moniker for a hidden opponent like Evil Ryu. Look forward to Violent Foxy in the next installment

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

We got the opposite. Every Freddy is "Violent Freddy", but Glamrock Freddy is "Non-Violent Freddy"

[@ItsButterBean1020]

Can’t wait for Omega Springtrap

[@dimsthedimwit600]

Violent foxy Oh shit, Foxy's already far from Peaceful so VF is probably just 100% Violent

[@amalgasoul5794]

@@dimsthedimwit600 oooor… Im gonna get a bunch of medals from scout!

[@Florjb0rjTheFloorboard]

How about Cosmic Bonnie?

[@Sivanot]

Golden Freddy and Fredbear are absolutely the same animatronic. The hat and bowtie color difference can be entirely chalked up to Scott having very little of the story planned in advance in the original four games.

[@Slimpicken]

He just is. He is highly debatable for what he is or isn't.

[@Oli6906]

Or, yknow in the word of springs themself "hes a ghost he can change his apprearance". As for fredbear having a black hat, springbonnie has yellow eyes in that minigame too, its a minigame the sprites dont have to be 1-1

[@TheZamaron]

I like the idea of Goldy being just a spirit killed in the Fredbear suit and simply taking on the appearance of an animatronic. That idea could explain Shadow Freddy and bonnie, 2 entities who also line up with 2 now known springlock suits, maybe employees who died in them and took the appearance of Freddy and Bonnie.

[@bobbylungstealer8243]

@@TheZamaron yeah I saw it as cassidy made her apparition of golden freddy like fredbear since she died in it then when it was unusable or scrapped for parts she made her ghost form in the image of it and I chalked up the bowtie to her not remembering if the hat and tie was purple or black due to the suit being in such disrepair or that those are parts that she wouldn't see while looking through fredbear's eyes so it'd be an easy mistake or that again they were so destroyed she didn't remember by the time fnaf 1 happens so the tie and hat are black instead of purple and since william made the suits fredbear has a purple hat and tie since some animatronics are afton family exclusive so cassidy would not know they existed but they're in his coma so she found them in his now comatose and nightmare filled mind

[@arshiaaghaei]

Given how GF has 3 fingers, it can't be The Freadbear was designed to let a human in as well You're gonna have a really bad time trying to fit 5 fingers into 3 slots and keep them there for hours

[@randomrhino4371]

My favourite part of Golden Freddy is the discussions around him. No character has as many differing interpretations and I love that. For example, whether he's Fredbear with the purple paint chipped off, whether he's just Cassidy or Cassidy and the Crying Child, whether he even physically exists... It's so fun to talk about

[@Leavemealone2-po7yn]

IKR

[@nuggetknight8602]

This take on Golden Freddy is really cool actually! It would give a way cooler reason for Springtrap being unkillable, that Cassidy literally won't let him die and forces him to come back every time he gets a chance to die for good, constantly tormenting him even outside the events of UCN. Maybe "I always come back" isn't just him being cocky, but more like a fact that he can't escape. It's interesting stuff to think about :) thanks for the rad video!

[@duckified.]

that's a good point, it kinda relates to michael's speech to william in the fnaf SL cutscene when he says "i can't die"... like father like son

[@sonicman9910]

I think this was the conclusion reached by MatPat years ago

[@Oli6906]

I feel like "I always come back" WAS him being cocky, but afterwards became like a curse, karma if you will

[@TheZamaron]

I'd have preferred it if Afton had truly passed on with the FNAF 6 fire and UCN is simply his hell. With Glitchtrap just being an AI based off how the kids saw Afton when he killed them, but worse then Afton as he's just Afton's desire to kill, where as Afton despite being a monster at least had some tiny bit of humanity left in him to kill with motive, someone with motive is less evil then someone who just kills because, as Glitchtrap who knows what his limits would be, plus being an AI he'd be a great villain for the modern age of tech.

[@MarcyTheKindaCoolWizard]

It wpuld been cool if every time the phrase is uttered by the character, it starts as this cocky tone that slowly crumbles and becomes just a depressed nihilistic acceptance that he's unable to die and is more miserable because try as he might he won't be allwoed the sweet release of death

[@tryingartist42]

The twitching cut scene always irked me so much, like you can just tell golden boy has pure intent to harm

[@jasewagner3095]

Golden Freddy represents Scott’s anger towards the direction the angry birds franchise went

[@JohnSapato]

Lol

[@D3ATH2GL0RY]

I do honesty prefer the name “YellowBear” as it sounds like some local cryptid name, or some Ghost name for employees to speak about. I always find creatures and legends with simpler names to be more terrifying. Hell, around where I’m from we have monsters named after what they looked like, or where they were spotted. Some examples for these are some local legends around here such as the Grafton Monster and the Mothman.

[@decomposingdave2902]

Same I also love that type of supernatural stuff also I know it’s not canon but I don’t care when there was only one fnaf game I like to think golden Freddy was a demon that forced a employee who worked at the restaurant to kill the kids and once they died the demon cursed their souls with pure rage and insanity to kill anybody that went into the building at night

[@Leavemealone2-po7yn]

I agree, “Yellow Bear” sounds like something a child would make but that’s kinda what makes it so ominous since they are a threat!

[@LeaveMeAlone3-c5b]

@@decomposingdave2902that is such an interesting concept-

[@kanalmimi]

Same it sounds mysterious, naming it only from what it looks like

[@Lancerthejackofspades400]

No its stupid

[@claudiogonzalez684]

how does Fredbear being GF’s jumpscare in UCN not convince you they’re the same 😭😭

[@Shrine.-]

golden freddy really adds to the anxiety you get when you put down the cameras in fnaf 1, you could be met with a jumpscare or see him appear and maybe jumpscare you, i think that's where he's utilized the best

[@TheZamaron]

Especially with the fact that the camera his poster appears in is an important one, as that's where Bonnie will be before he enters.

[@MarcyTheKindaCoolWizard]

Not to mention, not even on the game over screen you're safe There's a 1/10000 chance that after a few seconds in the game over screen, his jumspcare will play before you're kicked back to the main menu

[@sukidable]

The whole golden freddy/fredbear thing really depends on what you define as a separate character. All the animatronics have different individual variants (Classic Freddy, Rockstar Freddy, Toy Freddy, et al), Golden Freddy is probably just another Fredbear animatronic that broke down and happened to be given a black bowtie and hat. Maybe the one that did the bite of 83 was made afterwards.

[@sukidable]

In other words, Golden Freddy is clearly A Fredbear, if not THE Fredbear.

[@Xapski]

Imo i think they’re the exact same character. I think scott made it pretty obvious that they’re the same character. I think spring just isn’t too familiar with the lore and that’s why he skipped over fnaf 4.

[@ran-te3gz8ed2j]

in fnaf 3 it was said that they had two springlock suits kept in the saferoom, assuming one was the spring bonnie suit which became springtrap and the other was a fredbear suit.

[@givenchyy.]

@@Jake_102__bro u make no sense nightmare golden Freddy is nightmare fredbear

[@erfanthered9801]

​@Jake_102__ the story was not originally planned. Scott wrote the story as while making the games. The whole GF/FB finger debate is stupid because they absolutely are the same character. Why would Scott make a brand new character that looks just like golden freddy if golden Freddy already exists and is one of the most popular characters in the series. The concept of spring locks wasn't created until fnaf 3 that's why GF has 4 fingers and FB has 5. Besides one could even argue that after the bite of 83, fredbear was remodeled into a full on animatronic since nobody would want to wear a suit that killed a child. Also the survival log book confirmed that both CC and Cassidy are haunting the GF/FB suit which confirms that the two almost identical looking golden bears are actually the same character(who could've thought?). I swear you're the kind of person who would see superman put on glasses and wonder "where did superman go and why is there a journalist here?" Or think parry is just a normal platypus the moment he takes of his hat. The difference of the colour of the hat and bow tie does not matter since GF can literally alter his appearance to whatever he wants. Also in UCN when you get jumpscared by golden freddy, there's a small chance where instead of getting the normal golden freddy attack/game over screen with a floating head, you get attacked by fredbear who looks exactly like the fnaf 1 golden freddy except he has a purple hat & bow tie. This small Easter egg proves once and for all that the two golden bears are actually the same character (crazy I know) Try to think logically instead of taking things at face value

[@Scott...]

A fnaf game based around Golden Freddy has so much potential. When your main focal point is a shapeshifting, dreamcrafting ghost robot, the sky’s the limit.

[@Delta3D.]

Ever since FNaF 1, I've always liked golden Freddy. Instead of a cheap recolor that's just there, Scott decided to actually use him/her to have some importance to the story. Also, I agree with you on the yellow bear thing. It just sounds so simple yet menacing for no reason. It seems like the name of an urban legend. Also, I had no idea about the remaster having different music. I've beaten FNaF 3 multiple times after the remaster came out and yet haven't noticed, idk how. Halfway through the video, so far, it has been pretty interesting.

[@Split_tails]

Idk, me personally I think the name is kinda funny or just plain silly. I think a titled name has a creepier vibe than just "Yellow Bear" but then again that's just preference. Maybe " _The_ yellow bear" would be more eerie

[@Delta3D.]

@@Split_tails I see where you're coming from, I just think it makes them more mysterious or anonymous. Just a self preference

[@AAhmou]

Yellow Bear, my mind went directly to the Yellow King when I first heard that name in the video.

[@decomposingdave2902]

I know this isn’t canon but I don’t care nor will I ever but I like to think of the idea of a reimagined version of the lore we’re it states that golden Freddy was the first victim and how the kid’s body was stuffed into him and once that happened after a night of dealing with the possessed character he read a something about the supernatural and after that he realized that he could use it’s violent and hostile nature to his own advantage one day the killer lured away 4 more victims into the boiler room of the restaurant and locked them down there until everyone left for the night after that was done he unlocked a door to a closet in the kitchen were golden Freddy was stored away for the day and then unlocked the door to the boiler room and then went into his office and locked both doors the kids started to ran out into the main dining area and tried to escape but all the doors were locked shut with chains and padlocks when the time reached 1 am that’s when the massacre happened golden Freddy ran out from the kitchen and ripped the children to pieces one by one as the killer watched through the cameras with pleasure and satisfaction once it finally reached 6 am he cleaned everything up after that he put the kids remains into bags just like the original victim and stuffed them into the spare character suits in the back room after that he put golden Freddy down into the old unused weather bunker that was in the office and then locked it shut again what do y’all think :) ???

[@jairusmc3893]

Golden Freddy almost feels left out in some recent FNAF games except for AR in terms of importance lore wise in some ways, so it's nice to see a video talking about how iconic this secret character is. What makes FNAF special is that anyone can make up their own interpretation of events in the FNAF series. I just hope this story telling isn't completely abandoned by whoever takes the reigns of another FNAF installment. Whether it's SW or not. Fredbear and Golden Freddy are unique enough to be their own character but I just make it easy on myself and say they're the same.

[@Slimpicken]

I always just made them both the same thing. You can really switch out his designs or miss-match them. I never cared for the specifics if its a ghost or a moving suit.

[@typicalfella]

​@@Slimpickenmakes sense he's out,his character arc is done

[@aydenlinden9661]

FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT! Golden Freddy is such a rogue but powerful force in the FNAF lore and yet its his unpredictability that makes him so terrifying, far more than any other animatronic in the series without competition. He's a symbol of she sheer depravity and horror that those children had to endure, and in his case, continues to endure.

[@Burnout_Kustoms]

There’s one problem, fnaf is a lore driven story not plot driven. You only know characters through backstory you don’t see them actively do anything. Henry is probably the best written character as he actively does something in the series.

[@aguy4326]

Isn't Michael technically doing something by being the player character going through each night trying to find and stop his dad?

[@Burnout_Kustoms]

@@aguy4326 I mean you are right, but when mick lights fnaf 3 on fire he doesn’t give a cool speech.

[@aguy4326]

@@Burnout_Kustoms yeah that's why I'm so excited about the fnaf movie Michael's going to be an actual character for once

[@hadesKIU]

3:54 I'd honestly argue that he's even MORE scary in the second one. 1. There's nothing in his eyeholes unlike the first one. No color, no artificial eyes, not even the dots from the first one. It's just hollow. Soulless.... Yet somehow he still moves and attacks with malicious intent. 2. In the second one he's mechanically the most dangerous normal animatronic. His office timing window is the tightest and he is the only character who can jump scare you from both the office and the hallway (in fact, besides Foxy and the Puppet he's the only that can jump scare from the hall, period.) 3. His presence brings on the feeling of trying to fight something that's beyond your scope of power. It turns the "supernatural" theme to max. In the first one, it seemed pretty inarguable that he's some form of hallucination or not even a part of the canon game. But in FNaF 2? He can disappear, teleport, levitate, and change size. His jump scare is unlike anyone else's, which just further goes to show how much more supernatural and powerful he is compared to the rest of the cast. At least they have to obey basic rules of physics. But Golden Freddy? He breaks the rules of reality. How are you expected to fight that? 4. The night 6 phone call implying it was the Golden Freddy suit that was used to commit the murders was absolutely *spine chilling.* It proved that this killer guy was real and so was Golden Freddy. He's no longer questionably existent but instead a very real vessel for sadistic, grotesque child murder and the ruin of families, all carried out by one who wears that suit. It's a representation of the fall Freddy's. The dirty design even implies that there was only so much cleaning that could be done to Golden Freddy after the murders, the scuffs forever acting as a reminder of what was done with this suit... and now it's after YOU. Almost as if it's the representation of the killer himself... It's like he isn't finished killing and wants more. His sights are set on you and all you can do is pray he doesn't get you. My younger self was mad as hell when I found out that it was some unrelated Golden Bonnie suit that was worn for the killings. It took the implicit horror away from GF. I kinda feel the same way about the Bite of 83 and the way it handwaves the Bite of 87, which was the coolest mystery. I feel they both took focus away from the original mysteries that were left unsolved, almost like they were trying replicate them but couldn't quite capture the same magic.

[@alwombat7]

The implicit horror of have a GF XD miss one phonecall and she's ready to no clip and kill you too.

[@decomposingdave2902]

I wholeheartedly agree with you I also love the concept of golden Freddy being the original suit for the killings I feel the same with the concepts of a possessed vengeful gf being used to kill the other 4 kids the idea of gf being a demon that was responsible for every horrible thing at Freddy’s the idea of phone guy possessing gf and the idea of gf being the spirit of the 87 victim and how he/her imprinted on the character that killed him/her with minor changes I also agree how the bite of 87 was poorly done

[@SuperSonicbros4]

I disagree for the last part (the part where you talking about the bite of 83 and golden bonnie/springbonnie suit) in my opinion

[@SuperSonicbros4]

Also I'm sure it was golden Freddy for fnaf 2 mci and the Golden Bonnie - mci 1985

[@decomposingdave2902]

@@SuperSonicbros4 the 83 bite was useless and the golden Bonnie suit being the same odd looking smaller detailed suit the killer used would later die in doesn’t make sense in my opinion

[@dareninjaanimatic7659]

I'm sure that fnaf 3 was supposed to be the end of the series hence ALL of the spirits being free, but many fans pushed Scott to continue the series which he obviously did.

[@sheehan3204]

The fans never pushed Scott, if anything Scott pushed himself to create more games cause he wasnt satisfied with FNAF 3

[@bt12310]

Fnaf 4 was supposed to be the end of the series after that he wanted to do fnaf world (this is because in the first fnaf 4 teaser, it was nightmare Freddy and there were words beside him.The words were “The final chapter”)

[@neptuniamarina4924]

Scott wasn't satisfied with FNAF 3 as a horror game so he made FNAF 4. Scott wasn't satisfied that no one figured out FNAF 4s story, So he gave a little push and when a large amount of the community were overall very upset with Dream Theory, Scott decided to do a soft reboot with Sister Location to recontextualize the whole story. The fans never pushed Scott, Scott even made fun of this in FNAF World lmao

[@Zombina638]

Um no ur wrong

[@MechaKnuckles]

The puppet's mask falls slower than the rest of the characters in the Happiest Day minigame. The Puppet WOULD be set free, but it happened later on.

[@randomfandommania3511]

I'm still in the boat that feels Golden Freddy is just another representation of Fredbear (as you said, a ghost has all freedom to change their appearance) and UCN Fredbear is what the suit looked like to William, and that's what his memories know. FNAF 2 Golden Freddy could be what the actual suit has become, slightly influenced by Michael's asphyxiation while behind the mask, and his situations change his perspective. Perhaps, they simply look different to different people? Also, with the Fazbear Frights graphic novels coming out, we may get another look at the husk fueled by rage.

[@hog1198]

To me, it makes the most sense that Fredbear is Golden Freddy. It even goes to explain the difference in appearance between FNAF 2 and 1. “Withered” Golden Freddy is Fredbear, except his purple hat and bow tie parts have been exchanged with Freddy’s black ones. After the bite of 83, Fredbear was taken out of use while the other four animatronics rose to prominence. With the reopening of Freddy Fazbear’s (the FNAF 1 location) they ended up redesigning Fredbear as well, but they eventually left him unused as they couldn’t find a unique gimmick for the character and still wanted to avoid any bad publicity Fredbear’s presence might still provoke.

[@robxholicfoxyfan8552]

From what I can tell, Golden Freddy is either copying the regular Freddy's current design/state, or connects with the guards' minds to grant them a form that just so happens to draw from their memories. The memory thing apparently is something souls can do, like Jake from the Fazbear Frights Novella series. So if Goldy is drawing from the Night Guard's mind, they would draw from the most recent Freddy they have in their head.

[@shellyvision9693]

9:38 he’s listed as Shadow Freddy in the files, it’s definitely Shadow Freddy.

[@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo]

Phantom Freddy using Fnaf 2 golden Freddy’s model and being referred to in the files as Golden Freddy in the Fnaf 3 files iirc does lead to me to Think Phantom Freddy in Fnaf 3 actually is Golden Freddy. Also on Playing as the Spirit of Golden Freddy in the Princess Quest Arcade cabinets in security breach and trying to outright kill Afton could be Golden Freddy facing the facts and realizing Afton will Have a successor if they don’t kill them now

[@beanceline]

i think the reason fnaf became so unscary is the lore. few things are as terrifying as the unknown. encountering a character that was never mentioned and who has such a different behavior is unsettling. but by acknowledging him, explaining his backstory and turning him into merchandise they completely rid him of any mystery. this happened to all the animatronics, but golden freddy is probably the most extreme example.

[@soomi5667]

I don't see how golden Freddy is the most extreme example here. We only know some stuff about him but like.. that's about it. And for merchandise, I don't see how that is really something that makes all of his mystery go away. As for the lore, it might make some of the mystery go away? But I think it STILL can be scary regardless.

[@kory.j6561]

@@soomi5667 fnaf 2 made him unscary

[@soomi5667]

@@kory.j6561 I don’t think golden Freddy was really scary in the first place tbh. He’s more creepy and intimidating imo. I think me using scary probs wasn’t the best word for him tbh. Though I don’t see how fnaf 2 affected how people saw him. He still gives off that mysterious presence you feel in the first game.

[@katrinasimard8260]

There is just something so omunious about him. How the black look in his eyes gives off with angry energry and feel to him. I think how he's also just a side character makes it even more creepy

[@DoubleOhSeven68]

I feel like happiest day can still make sense, since I'm pretty sure that it now represents FNAF 6's true ending instead of 3. Like the bad ending is 3's ending, but the Happiest Day minigame represents the events of FNAF 6 (hence the Mediocre Melodies masks)

[@latenitewaffles7926]

I think it's entirely possible that Cassidy was originally stuffed in the Fredbear suit, but since Evan (assuming that is his name) was already haunting Fredbear, possibly without William's knowledge, Cassidy got ejected but lingers around taking the form of whatever is around but in the same gold tinge that reflects the suit their body was stuffed in. It would also explain why they have more agency than the other kids, since their soul isn't trapped inside a robot

[@LeaveMeAlone3-c5b]

HOLY SHIT THAT IS ACTUALLY A REALLY COOL IDEA

[@MidnightLobster7]

I think "Yenndo" means "Yellow Endo". Implying this is either Golden Freddy (Yellow Bear)'s Endoskeleton, or that it is just an adaptation of Golden Freddy for this game, as you mentioned.

[@LeaveMeAlone3-c5b]

Makes sense

[@Small_child_punter]

The less you knew about this character, the scarier and more intriguing he would be. I don’t like that his official name became golden Freddy. Yellow bear is way more ominous.

[@Leavemealone2-po7yn]

TRUE

[@thisbox]

5:11 Technically, Golden was actually supposed to behave like an easteregg. Looking in the code, there is reference for him to appear on Nights 1 to 5, but at a much lower rate than Night 6/7. Due to some coding oversights, he doesn't appear on any of these nights - with the odd exception of Night 2 working as intended. As a result, Golden is much less common to be encountered than what may have been intended.

[@TheGrandAvengeR]

Like you said, i would’ve loved to see golden Freddy shimmer into existence, and pull afton pack into the fire, but not before laughing in a mix of deep and child voice

[@JD-xz1mx]

Claiming that Yendo could be Golden Freddy because GF can look like whatever he wants, while *in the same video* claiming that GF *can't* be Fredbear because they look very slightly different is a bold choice.

[@kamilkartuski4733]

This KZbinr is a leftist shitboy anyways, what did you expect? He calls robot "they" and "them" whilst they were clearly meant to be either male or female.

[@vesselling]

3:21 Don't think I didn't notice that frame! Haha, I love it! Your art is so beautiful and the video in general was well-made. Great job, keep it up! I am now a proud subscriber!

[@etherealhatred]

Fun fact: the og good ending music for FNAF 3 actually comes from Call Of Duty Black Ops 2 Zombies - Buried It's an unused song for the Mystery Box that became free to use since no purpose was added to it and was allegedly scraped early into the development for Buried

[@personismaybe0610]

That Freddy character that appears on the left side of your office in FNaF was actually confirmed to be Shadow Freddy. It confirmed via the game’s Clickteam file.

[@Homesicktraveler]

9:48- it could also be because of colour theory- Yellows and Oranges darkened/shades turn a greyish brown- if this is set in a dark setting, that's likely just the lighting affecting the vibrancy of golden freddy-

[@craycraywolf6726]

4:43 I've always felt the same way! First FNAF Golden Freddy terrified me to my core and always made me question the game. With the 2nd one it's just like "oh cool Golden Freddy's here lol"

[@MRSprings]

LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE IF YOU ENJOYED :D also yes I'm aware I made an oopsie about "Phantom Golden Freddy", you can stop commenting about that CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Five Nights at Freddy's 1 3:30 - Five Nights at Freddy's 2 8:37 - Five Nights at Freddy's 3 13:48 - Five Nights at Freddy's 4 14:41 - FNAF: Sister Location 15:59 - FNAF AR: Special Delivery 17:42 - Pizzeria Simulator + UCN 24:40 - FNAF VR: Help Wanted 25:59 - FNAF: Security Breach 27:16 - Awkward pause that somehow slipped through editing 27:22 - Freddy In Space 2 Music Connection 28:00 - Conclusion

[@UncommonBuzzinga]

First

[@ryetoastlovwr8126]

thx taht u knew abt ur erros

[@BigSeaMonsterThing]

Isn’t the Puppet’s design for FIS2 also unchanged not just Golden Freddy?

[@MRSprings]

@@BigSeaMonsterThing they made them a lot more alien-like/organic, but it's generally the same, but Golden Freddy is more interesting because hes still an animatronic

[@MRSprings]

@@planet-5097 yeah and they're also the exact same animatronics so whats your point

[@sakurasaku2251]

12:48 "100% separate characters" no? It was probably changed cuz either 1. The background was black so they had to show the tophat somehow or 2. It was a better design choice. There is only one golden freddy no question.

[@woodywas4549]

Regarding the Happiest Day in fnaf 3: No, the puppet didn't get set free In the last minigame (where we give cake to the golden freddy child), all of the spirits disappear and their masks fall to the ground. However, the Puppet falls down much slower, plus, one of the ballons that fly off the screen is much slower than the rest Even at the time it was theorized that the Puppet's spirit wasn't set free, or at least not compleatly, and FFPS only confirmed that

[@lasagnamafia]

You can’t state that golden Freddy can change appearances throughout the games and then state that there’s no way that Fredbear and GF can be the same character because of the bow and hat colour. Going by that logic, GF in each game is a completely different character. If you don’t want them to be the same character then that’s fine, but you can’t contradict what you’ve already said just to prove that

[@springfnafreviews7476]

I think if you give fnaf 2 golden freddy the same darkness and shadow around his eyes he would've been so terrifying

[@NoscopesAhoy]

Yeah Golden Fredrick is sadly underutilized, very good video!

[@kmaximusconnor3665]

I always questioned why they’d repair an unused suit and for whatever reason that never seemed to be a question anyone else was asking back in the fnaf 2 sequel vs prequel day. Thanks for going over that.

[@ultmateragnarok8376]

To be fair, it's possible he'd be repaired for use as a backup spare suit. I've seen some say that the endoskeleton in FNaF 1's backstage room is for that same purpose and was made for use in Golden Freddy, even if the suit itself is out of the camera's view or perhaps out of the room entirely.

[@digitaal_boog]

My own head canon is Scott has no idea what he’s doing, and is just watching these theory videos and is using them to develop the lore

[@ButterFromDiscord]

I don’t think design changes need a lore explanation, sometimes a design change is just a design change you can come up with as many theories as you want, but at the end of the day, there may not be much to theorise about

[@DenisZaharenko]

Golden Freddy and fredbear are the same. Lets go with the theory that he changes his appearance to match the animatronics around him. Then the one with him having purple attire is the original version that we only see in cutscenes or when we summon it in UCN.

[@yumm_dev]

Golden Freddy is supernatural, but I would argue that the employees WOULD find a reason to fix him. It's hinted throughout the games that Golden Freddy isn't just an animatronic, but rather a springlock suit, which can be used in both a Suit Mode and an Animatronic Mode. Suit mode is for when the animatronic mode is deactivated and can host someone inside it to control the suit (much like springtrap). Animatronic mode is when.. well, the name says it all. They serve as an animatronic instead of just a suit and doesn't rely on a host. Golden Freddy, since he is a spring lock suit, should be repaired by the employees as a backup for in case one of the animatronics goes out of commission. Not only that, but part of the evidence that backs up that Golden Freddy is a springsuit and not just a ghost animatronic is that she always appears in a sitting position. That's because the G. Freddy suit is never in animatronic mode, henceforth she cannot move, because he has no animatronic parts to possess and use to move the suit around.

[@Vn-pf5lt]

I think the “it’s me” is crying child trying to reconnect with his brother Michael , who is the player of 1 &2

[@SoloMangoVR]

Withered Golden Freddy is called Golden Freddy while normal Golden Freddy is called yellow bear in the code files edit: I found out that later in the video they actually said that information lol

[@Liz_ArdE]

LOVE GOLDEN FREDDY!! In a series full of very interesting ideas he is one of the most interesting and one that hasn't been ruined yet. I agree that shifting from a mindset of "torture Afton at any cost" to one of "kill Afton" is very weaksauce but maybe Cassidy saw how dangerous he had the ability to be as Glitchtrap and is now willing to put an end to it.

[@LeaveMeAlone3-c5b]

I have to disagree on that last part I’m pretty sure it was the other way around. I think Cass went from “Kill Afton and make it hurt!” to “keep him alive at all costs then bring him to me so I can torture him” just so she could go back to “Kill Afton and make it hurt!”

[@polishscribe674]

I think the relation between Cassidy and the rest of the ghosts should be explored. I mean, they were united in tragedy, but have completely diffirent idea about Afton.

[@LeaveMeAlone3-c5b]

Yeah they all went through similar pain but all have so many different ideas of there killer. Charlie doesn’t like him at all for her own death and what he did to the other kids but is so much more calm then the others and it’s even possible that she doesn’t hate him at all because of there line in UCN. The other four kids Gabriel,Sussie,Fritz and Jeremy all obviously hate him but I’m pretty sure it’s own different extents and there anger and hatred towards them is nothing compared to Cassidy’s anger. I would really like to know how this effects there relationships with each other.

[@mikeywise3411]

i consider golden freddy/cassidy shaking in anger/afton screaming for mike and henry to be the official ending of the afton ending. i call the steel wool games the fazbear entertainment era

[@aku2136]

how is it possible that the most popular character in the fandom got so underused?? fnaf never fails to amaze me

[@SPaGHETTIrAvioli]

If Freddy's was a real location I assume employees would gossip im the back like “Dude have you heard the legend of the yellowbear?”

[@Delta3D.]

I absolutely love watching these types of videos at night, lucky for me this dropped at night for me! I'll give my opinions when I finish watching

[@whenthemoon]

Legend says Delta3D is still watching this video and waiting to give their opinion to this day

[@Delta3D.]

@@whenthemoon technically. I finished most of it though

[@Wowowow738]

@@Delta3D.so.. it’s been a month, are you gonna give your opinions

[@Delta3D.]

@@Wowowow738 I kinda did, just not in the way I wanted to. I'm bad at wording things

[@OnlyBadVibes935]

golden freddy and fredbear are simply the same character, the color changes are so insignificant its not even worth mentioning

[@aregularhorrorfan4184]

Really fun character analysis, golden Freddy is such a fun character to look into and dissect, luckily since I’ve been a fanboy of Fnaf day 1 I got to see all of the mysteries unfolding over the years and it’s been such a fascinating ride, so I will always have some love for this character. I’m really interested in these more lore and character based videos( even if I still really like the merch stuff ) I would love to hear about the next character analysis video and watch it when it comes out. 👍

[@Actingaccount-vs7le]

What I find pretty cool about Golden Freddy and William is that Golden Freddy's colour is yellow, and William's colour is purple - those colors are opposites on the colour wheel, just like Golden Freddy and William are on 2 opposite ends.

[@morganeverley7360]

Okay the Cassidy being the princess from princess quest is pretty interesting and your the first person I've watched to point that out. With the original files and all. Honestly I love the idea of golden Freddy sticking around to go after afton still.

[@LeaveMeAlone3-c5b]

True and I would not be surprised if it was canon

[@Justadonkey]

I interpret his twitching ending to UCN as Cassidy being seething mad that Afton prevailed even after pulling out all the stops to kill him.

[@Justadonkey]

Kind of like an impotent rage

[@NHR_Music]

Whenever i was playing the first two games it was always fascinating to think about that he's somewhere in the restaurant, but you can't see where he was on the cams. Just knowing that he was located somewhere, but couldn't move made it so cool to think about

[@mgsemers]

I love how you kinda did your own sound to the regular show but with fnaf camera closing and zooming in :D

[@Jack_Woods]

I think Scott's choice to make FNAF 2 a prequel rather than a sequel was actually a bit of a rushed last twist he wanted to pull, but by then he had already left many things there that didn't make sense with that direction for the story Like Golden Freddy being withered when all the contrary he should look even better than in the first game, but it's a detail he simply forgot to make up for, as the series wasn't as carefully riddled with hints and specific lore details and confirmations just yet

[@Tyrannosaurus_rex.]

Why should he look better in fnaf 2?

[@Nobelsix-li1qg]

So about the Fredbear isn’t golden Freddy you yourself said he could change appearance because they are possessed/a ghost and it just makes sense that golden Freddy is fredbear

[@XionBrown]

I love the production of this video, straight down to the titling, thumbnail, and how to the video is presented.

[@davidhamilton6883]

Honestly golden Freddy is one of the few characters that is just a straight up ghost and i feel like not enough people acknowledge that. Like all that shit you see in horror movies, he could probably pull off, like this character could probably actually haunt you outside of this restaurant in your own home like..... That sounds absolutely terrifying when you look at him in that kinda light, like no matter where you go or what you are doing this dead eyed costume will follow you reminding you of your sins before a human hand pops out of it's mouth and drags you into the costume and disappears like some shit outta the grudge like absolutely not

[@AndresElPatronFH]

I've always thought Golden Freddy and Fredbear are the same, just Fredbear isn't possessed and isn't as withered as Golden Freddy. And I've always thought he was named Golden Freddy because that's the name people who have seen/alucinated him called him, since I doubt the night guard is the only one, plus nobody other than some staff would even know Fredbear's family dinner was a thing.

[@WillBedard]

to me, in UCN, gf doesn't summon fredbear, it turns back into fredbear, also, gf's bowtie and hat might be black because they list their color. Them being the same explains why gf's sitting, unable to move and looks empty in fnaf 1: it's a springlock aninatronic (Fredbear) in suit mode

[@jimjam2282]

I really like your little avatar character! Usually i don't like them in these types of videos, they don't serve much a point. But yours made this video 1000x funnier

[@glo0py22]

9:45 I think it's because at this point, Evan (the crying child) is no longer part of Golden Freddy, all that remains is the corrupted and vengeful spirit of Cassidy, watching over the man (afton) to make sure he suffers.

[@Danielathan]

UCN kinda retcons the retcon that Golden Freddy is not Fredbear, since using a kill coin to kill Golden Freddy doesn't kill GF, but rather transforms him into Fredbear.

[@SimPilotMika]

Golden Freddy has an S tier jumpscare. If I knew nothing about Golden Freddy and I encountered him in the first game, and I got that odd jumpscare with it crashing the game, I’ll lose sleep

[@nighthitstudios]

9:35 The freddy suit thing is actually called Crumbled Freddy (according to a Freddy Files book)

[@Su_tarman6-Bio]

Alternative title:Golden Freddy-The reason WHY there's ALWAYS something to fear!

[@jans879]

What if.. Yellow Bear is actually just one of Scott's many, many, many acts of trolling and was never really meant to be important. But the game unexpectedly blew up and he wanted to expand the lore with The Puppet but included what is now Golden Freddy as an homage to its success during the first game. But then players, fans, and theorists thought that this inclusion is extremely important because Mattpat *cough* made a bunch of theories about it. Then Scott being the fan-pleaser that he is decided to somehow incorporate the troll animatronic Yellow Bear, now Golden Freddy into the story making things more and more convoluted as time and as the games went on. TL;DR - The Puppet was supposed to be the core of the lore but a troll character is getting more attention so now the story revolves on it

[@Low_Zones]

Fnaf 1 was going to be Scott’s last game if it didn’t succeed, so there’s no way he had thought of the puppet when making fnaf 1 and when he released it. The puppet was never meant to be the “main character”

[@randomusuario399]

Golden Freddy was always my favorite character in different ways, i just love this yellow guy and all the history around him. Besides lore, the creeppy as hell desing and ways he uses to attack in the games are very uniques and cool. For me, it's only the best after all. I really hope Golden appears in the Security Breach DLC that is coming, it would be an amazing fanservice and probbaly unexpected to everyone. I bet it would give me goosebumps. Nice video, it's good to see someone else who appreciates this character as much as i do, truly cheers me up. And also sorry for bad english, i did my best.

[@skelebonez1349]

You’ve seriously improved last I’ve seen ya, been working on an analog series and this made me understood what I should do with golden Freddy without the existence of fredbears. Regardless I really enjoy the videos great job yo!:D

[@teritear]

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[@waffle941]

(Probably unpopular theory) Fredbear is a fixed version of Golden Freddy. To explain the hat and bowtie; colors start to fade. Golden Freddy is still a ghost, only taking the form of the withered, unusable springlock suit that the corpse was stuffed into. Idk, I’m not good with FNaF lore.

[@vigy1641]

Honestly I am a firm believer that Golden Freddy and Fred Bear are the same CHARACTER, but not suits. Golden Freddy is the first suit made for "Fred Bear" when Henry and Afton made the attraction, but was replaced with a newer and cleaner version that we know as Fred Bear. They held onto the suit for when Henry and Afton would put on shows themselves, but was otherwise left alone until Afton shoved a kid in it. So yes, separate spirits/suits whatever, but same character, just not the revised one.

[@1_Cherry_1]

Unrelated but I love how your turtle dude is giving yippee vibes. Like, if the tbh/autism creature was a turtle, it would be them.

[@Kellexyz]

Lmao the golden freddy and Afton relationship reminds me of Frankenstein originals story

[@decomposingdave2902]

For your question of why would they repair him in fnaf 1 I like to think it’s because they were planning on using him at one point but decided to scrap him after realizing that he wouldn’t fit in as well with the og cast on stage not to mention they didn’t want to waste money on something that wouldn’t really need to be added to the og cast that were already popular on their own and didn’t need anyone new to join them but that’s my theory

[@A_Real_Rascal]

The good ending music for 3 doesn't sound menacing, more melancholic

[@ashleygris]

Golden Freddy not being Fredbear is so stupid and I'm choosing to ignore it

[@bruh_moment2833]

Idk what this guy is on about golden Freddy IS Fredbear. Period.

[@toasterbunnie295]

i love how you incorporate your flags into your characters. also, have you ever explained why you use two different characters for your channel, or are you going to reveal that in a q&a video?

[@Brandon-jf9cv]

Very late to the party, but the princess quest music that is from Freddy in space two is actually the music from connection terminated, nowhere to run from Fnaf six

[@kdot2858]

i cant believe i had to listen to ur voice for 31 minutes

[@vinnyb8213]

i think that dread ear is golden freddy but they wanted to distance themselves from the first restaurant so they put a black hat on him and they just repaired him for the lolz

[@deathclawproductions6723]

I do personally think Golden Freddy’s some kind of ghost/projection that is forced to take that appearance due to the suit they were stuffed in being dismantled at one point. It’s fully possible Golden Freddy just copies whatever the current Freddy looks like minus the gold fur of course. Golden Freddy seems to be connected to Fredbear, but I doubt they’re the same character (Ultimate Guide states that Golden Freddy’s true origins are unknown which seems to imply to me that it’s not a Fredbear suit, otherwise it would’ve been called one).

[@crazyallstars]

I kinda think that the mediocre melody and nightmarione are the most underrated, since they’re all really creepy.

[@imaginebeingredacted5380]

There are more than 5 springtraps that currently exist, dear lord

[@bradleyc.5425]

The fnaf 3 tapes imply that there could have been multiple Fredbears Family Diner locations and/or multiple Fredbear and springbonnie suits/animatronics, so it's totally plausible that golden Freddy was a version of Fredbear

[@ThGunk]

I still believe golden Freddy is fredbear. The death coin thing clearly is supposed to clear that up, the only reason it’s super confusing is because the original model was on the 1st game, which Scott didn’t know would become a hit. I think it’s just a case of him retconning the design to fredbear due to golden Freddy existing prior

[@shadowbear1231]

I've been in the fandom since the very beginning. Yellow Bear (as he will always be known in my heart) will always be my favorite and always has been. He's terrifying because he's a phantom, he is silent and doesn't move, and looks hollow except for a spirit. It's so far beyond uncanny. It's genuinely unsettling.

[@BlueRiging]

I find it interesting that your logic for the design differences between fnaf 1 and 2 g Freddy was that "spooky ghost can change appearance," but the purple hat and bow tie between certain instances was too much, even though we see two different fredbears with the black hat, and another one with the purple. Anyway, cool video. And I agree that they are seperate entities, though they are deeply connected. I think g Freddy is just Fredbear after the suit is destroyed. Same spirit, different iteration.

[@RamChop451]

Nah I think Scott adopted fan names because he had merchandising in mind. Best to go with what tracks in the majority

[@Eyeling]

The original fnaf 3 theme was "royalty free" not stock music, that's sorta the same thing but also not the same thing, the guy who made it actually released it as a physical version to commemorate fnaf 3's release.