Putting Every FNAF Minigame in Chronological Order! - FNAF Timeline

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In this video I make a FNAF timeline displaying all of the various minigames from all of the FNAF games. With every minigame, I get as close as I can to a date of when it happened and then I explain the lore and significance of the event it displays. FNAF lore has always been confusing, but the minigames are one of the best ways to find out things we didn't know before. This video contains some of my FNAF theories, and some are to be discussed later, but I try my best to use the most likely/reasonable explanation for each minigame rather than propose crazy theories that most fans won't agree with. I am working on another FNAF theory for next weekend, feel free to comment suggestions!
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[@firestorm3k882]

Wait, wait, wait, how could William be dead when Elizabeth goes to close to Circus Baby and dies??? Doesn't Elizabeth in Sister Location at the beginning of one of the nights say to Circus Baby *"Don't tell daddy that I'm here.* I don't why he won't let me come see you, you're wonderful! Where did all the other children go?" In the beginning of earlier nights you can hear her complaining to her dad about not being able to see Circus Baby and asking "Didn't you make her just for me?" She even says *"Daddy isn't watching"* at the beginning of one of the later nights in Sister Location iirc.

[@GalaxColor]

agreed, it's weird and it doesnt follow up

[@arcadeofgames]

fnaf history is pretty confusing tbh also, I agree

[@christianscheffler4398]

I agree with this statement because of it should have been 1st

[@mistingwolf]

6:57 "Other than-" [silence] Wait, huh?

[@bonswootch]

Editing mistake, I might reupload this video. I was saying that other than The Puppet, these are the first animatronics to be possessed in the timeline. Golden Freddy might also come first but it’s unsure since he is apparently also given “life” in Give Gifts, Give Live.

[@mistingwolf]

@@bonswootch Ah, thanks for clarifying! I thought it was going to be a cut into the next section, but when it wasn't I was so confused. XD

[@CamrynChanelC]

Elizabeth’s death has to take place before William dies *daddy why won’t you let me play with her*

[@bonswootch]

You're right. Maybe I will update my timeline in another video. Thanks for bringing this to my attention!

[@historyhub5389]

Elizabeth’s death also has to come before Crying Child’s because, in the FNAF 4 mini games, Elizabeth’s room is empty

[@erlendolavjohnsen2912]

@@historyhub5389why would William use killer machines then?

[@jakemoutray800]

@@erlendolavjohnsen2912 to capture kids and harvest their Remnant for experimentation

[@historyhub5389]

To capture kids so he can harvest their Remnant and experiment on it

[@ZorusSerif]

Chica could have been implying she was the first of the 5 missing children to be killed but idk lol

[@syweb2]

Cool video! I had some thoughts as I watched: 7:35 Those newspaper clippings are most likely about the first MCI, as they don't necessarily show the chronological order of William luring the kids, only of the crime being discovered. 9:55 This minigame can't take place after the last part of Follow Me, since William has to be present and alive in order to close Circus Baby's Pizza World, since this incident is what causes its closure in the first place, as told to us in Baby's story. Also, the Funtimes don't necessarily have to be made with remnant, so much as it has to be infused in them at _some_ point. 11:50 Specifically, only Nightmare Fredbear (and his recolor, Nightmare), who is based on a Springlock animatronic, has a stomach mouth. With that, plus the Crying child apparently misinterpreting something he saw ("what is seen in shadows is easily misunderstood in the mind of a child"), Crying Child likely witnessed an employee getting into a Springlock suit and interpreted it as the suit/character eating them, hence the stomach-mouth. It's possible that he then gave Michael that particular nightmare for whichever reason, either to punish him for killing him or to try to communicate in some way (or maybe it's accidental). 16:18 We don't know this for certain, as we don't actually know when it takes place. It could take place after Pizzeria Simulator, or just be moved around to wherever the current end of the timeline is. 17:00 The one with the snake only ever describes one kitten being eaten and sewn back together (plus, snakes don't need to eat very frequently, so it makes sense that the snake would only eat one over the course of five days), so it's possible that the Candy Cadet stories show different perspectives and possibly a couple different events. 18:24 Isn't that only in Security Breach?

[@scribblecloud]

13:04 not me hearing it as "kick" 😂

[@bonswootch]

The Kick of ‘87

[@DIDYOUDO5778]

​@@bonswootchI think the little man said he wants to give Fredbear a big kick!

[@bonswootch]

@@DIDYOUDO5778 xD

[@KCandFriendsUSA]

3:02 Actually, this could mean she was the first of the Five Unwithered Murders. Also, we know the Unwithereds were the ones who got possessed because of that line. The closest to voice clips from Classic Chica are the agonizing moans that sound like Chewbacca takin' a sh-t! No it doesn't. Yes it does! No it doesn't. Yes it does!

[@ender01o66]

If she was the first to die, she'd still be the first of the five regardless. And, this was added in the next game due to fans misinterpreting the Insanity Ending speech as Charlotte dying first. Scott stated that he does things like this in the Dawko interview and on his Retcon post. It's also directly shown that Chica is first again in Security Breach.

[@Incrementium]

Congrats on the 1k (now 1.4k) subs =)

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! You guys mean so much to me

[@br2891]

Great video!

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it :)

[@GORULLA]

Dam never thought of this idea before I know its gonna be a good video though

[@bymontero_]

I really liked your video, bro. Keep up with the good work! Love from Brazil! 🇧🇷

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! Check out the Puppet video, I think you’ll like it :)

[@skull4543]

i love ur channel! i think ur theory's are better than gametheory lol

[@bonswootch]

:) I’m glad you enjoy them!

[@ethancurtsinger172]

Not everything has to do with BV's death to set William Afton's murder of Henry Emily's daughter into action, because it can be about William Afton's extreme jealousy towards his co-partner and friend (Henry Emily) to ruin Henry's life, and besides William Afton was most likely neglectful and probably abusive to his kids, while using his older son Michael "Mike" Afton as a puppet. So why would he even care if something bad happened to them?

[@miked9893]

Best channel out

[@MCZomb1e]

What if it wasn't RWQFSFASXC 14:27 but Malhare considering the color is a Purple Glitchy Bunny and he was trapped in AR which had levels/stages from previous games and their locations

[@GrandPiano141]

What if the person who ran away from the house is actually Elisabeth wanting to see the animatronics (if they were around, the funtimes) than the crying child?

[@cool0820gold]

probably

[@thepinkcoin1512]

orange man refers to the runaway as "he"

[@GrandPiano141]

Do I need to bring up the ‘mangle’ situation?

[@KayokoSudou]

​@@GrandPiano141to be fair, Elizabeth is at least confirmed to be "she"/"William's daughter", if orange man is William, I doubt he doesn't know his own daughter's pronouns (And I don't think it's likely that Elizabeth could've been male, since she's like maybe 12 at best)

[@thepinkcoin1512]

@@GrandPiano141 elizabeth has never been referred to as a he

[@hitavi4965]

Gotta appreciate the Minecraft font

[@bonswootch]

It’s also the font used in the FNAF 4 minigames for dialogue :)

[@SomeonesBestFriend11_SBF]

I believe that William stuffed the MCI bodies into the suits but Charlie gave them life with supernatural/remnant powers. I also beleive that William died in 1986, but that William put the remnant of the originals into the Funtimes later, also that the kid in the Go;den Freddy mask is CC rather yhrn Cassidy.

[@DIDYOUDO5778]

Sorry bud, William died in 1993, not 1983

[@DIDYOUDO5778]

1986*

[@basicmountaingriff]

It's notable that Pizzeria Simulator is later framed as a game made by Fazbear Entertainment, relative to the universe of Security Breach. This could be a legitimate explanation for why there is not much lore in the minigames - they are part of a shift toward Fazbear Entertainment as unreliable narrator instead of the way the children tell the story

[@Wubz_Official]

Fun fact: Charlie was probably the first bc in FNaF 6, Henry says smth about Charlie being the first person William killed. It was smth like the first wound inflicted was on Charlie

[@thesilversignal]

bro really called it the bite of 87 despite saying it takes place in 83

[@bonswootch]

If I did it was an accident. I didn’t notice.

[@Zantorm]

Hey

[@adammartinez8061]

At 5:42, if that’s true. If we take in The Fruity Maze MiniGame cutscene and Purple Guys whole “He’s not dead, He’s over here.” “Follow me.” Then was Susie a separate death from The MCI?

[@scribblecloud]

whats mci?

[@Spamtonthedude_]

I smell *underrated*

[@bonswootch]

Haha thanks :)

[@chaoraiser2338]

Well no technically because he didn't fully use the remnant to create the fun times he injected the funtimes with the remnant making them more sentient also the follow me mini game in FNAF 3 I think we know that it's the withered designs at first but after they are destroyed they came back to reopen the building only to find them broken so to cut the money cost since they were on a budget they just gave new shells instead of just making new animatronics and that's why FNAF 1 animatronics looks different and not just fixed up withereds also it was kinda a book thing so even if he did use the endos he didn't need all parts of the Endo which unless we talking agony here that would explain they still move after all the souls also possessed the shells too not just the animatronic we know this from FNAF 3 and that one story where a kid puts on the Freddy mask from the original mci and gets possessed till they give it back also puppet hiding the bodies it makes sense if we are saying she's trying to by time to help them but we know those news papers are a lie considering withered foxy does not have a kid in him by the time of FNAF 2 and plus that makes no sense for the puppet to do it makes more sense for that just representing her guiding the souls to the robots and then they start moving also I know I said it's a book thing but in the books they did say they died in the suits which is also kinda a call back to the stuff in the suits thing in FNAF 1 so yeah otherwise they'd resent charlie and we know they are friends so that makes no sense yk and Elizabeth dying after I know circus baby's pizza world is hard to place in a timeline but you could just say 1986 before 87 but after the MCI that gives 3 years after CC's death and from a timeline stand point makes more sense for it not to be after FNAF 1

[@synettech5800]

Wouldnt the Follow Me minigames have to take place after the first closing for the backroom to be sealed afterward to hide Springtraps body

[@drmemes101]

I have a theory that in 1983, we see Elizabeth’s room, but we don’t see her, because maybe she hasn’t been born yet? And that would explain the setting in the 1990’s.

[@crocodileandreptilefanboi4752]

That's actually pretty good, but the thing is she would only be 2 or 3 by 1985/1986, which is the time of her death. She would be too short and circus babys claw couldnt reach her.

[@drmemes101]

@@crocodileandreptilefanboi4752 true, but my theory is that sister location is actually set somewhere between 1987 - 1993. due to fnaf 1 being set in 1993. this is because Elizabeth was still alive during that time, but it would have to be before William had his springlock failure. and also after 1987 because it most likely closed down due to the MCI 2. It was mentioned in night six of fnaf 2 phone call.

[@crocodileandreptilefanboi4752]

@@drmemes101 Circus Babys Pizza world was closed down due to Elizabeths death, Not because of the second MCI. Sister Location is set in 1987 but if she had to die atleast a year before that to get Micheal to free her, which is around 1986/1985

[@drmemes101]

@@crocodileandreptilefanboi4752 pretty good, i guess it does seem more likely, the mostly accepted theory

[@spongebobguy2cook]

9:44 , but thinking of the story with just 1-4, why would he leave and go back and he can't use the metal for the funtime from behind a wall

[@spongebobguy2cook]

I'm using 1-4 as other than one unoticed retcon the story just expands As far as the Candy Cadet story There's better explains for the stories With the snake being about Mike and Elizabeth, the keys being about Charlie and the MCI Kids and the robber being about Henry

[@drswag0076]

William's murders wasn't due to Evan's death. his first murder of Charolotte, Henry's daughter was due to William's resentment towards his partner/rival. him killing Charolotte was a form of payback. the killings he did in 1985 was due to thrill all except for Cassidy which was overboard. the murders he made in 87 was also payback towards Henry for booting him out of the business.

[@whocaresaboutthename6850]

FNaF fans when William dosen't give a shit abt his kids: Umm actually ☝️🤓

[@whocaresaboutthename6850]

Also, Afton killed the 5 in '85 to test if the Animatronics would come to life and the '87 murders were to get Remnant, the only one he killed bc of resentmant towards Henry was his daughter, Henry had already left the company towards 1987 since Phone Guy tells that they're trying to contact the owner of Fredbear's aka Henry

[@girlfriekdd9566]

Exactly.I don't see why the majority of the fandom makes him to be a caring father at first,because i just dont see how it fits with the murderous character of William in my opinion.If your son dies to an animatronic that both you and Henry made,I dont see the reason why he would go after Henry's daughter to kill her,and also,It doesnt really change the plot other than giving William a side plot,because I think the neutral idea of William killing for the sole purpose of him to live forever is good enough.

[@whocaresaboutthename6850]

@@girlfriekdd9566 FNaF Fans when evil people: they can't have always been evil, they need a motive 🤡

[@TheUndergrounds_best_CHARActer]

​@girlfriekdd9566 FNAF fans when the abusive neglectful father that experimented his own child with fear gas gets sent to a personal purgatory by one of the dozen kids he killed: "cAssIdY iS soo eViL, WiLliAm dOesNt dEsErVE tHIs!!!"

[@victorpelley5589]

What if we been getting the ‘87 year wrong. What if it was 1887 when traveling circus were really popular? Idk

[@jakubpociecha8819]

*GREAT HEAVENS! WAS THAT THE NIBBLE OF '87?!?*

[@DJBurns-jq8mn]

MNM has to be the aftermath of Cassidy being abused and taken by William in the Spring Bonnie suit as the Chica cutscenes tell us how William killed the MCI victims with the first being identical to Susie becoming Chica from Fruity Maze and the last one being about William beating up the kid if they don't follow him. Plus the rain doesn't really matter as William could of done it while it wasn't raining or put the suit in suitmode to scare Cassidy hence the no movement shown by the animatronic and final Chica cutscene as well as the person on the couch saying "they had a tough day" implies it happened before night time or early in the night. And with the new book story, the family has to be Cassidy's parent's who were obviously not good at their job and to repersent why Cassidy would be so vengeful to begin with. Not to mention Scott said many times he clears up stuff in the next game and UCN (being the next game after FNAF 6) is heavily about Golden Freddy.

[@adoniiisedits366]

It is raining, dont think it is a springlock suit, if not for the rain i would be pretty sure this is it but not that sure

[@DJBurns-jq8mn]

@@adoniiisedits366 the rain doesn't matter as William could of done it while it wasn't raining and the final Chica cutscene and the person on the couch saying "they had a tough day" implies it happened before night time.

[@dillydraws]

Wait. How is it Cassidy?

[@DJBurns-jq8mn]

@@dillydraws I said it all in my comment with the main point being that the 2nd last Chica Cutscene lines up perfectly with what is shown in MNM

[@dillydraws]

@@DJBurns-jq8mn Doesn't explain how mnm is Cassidy when the game is called "Later that night" and it's apart of the "lore keeper" ending following Security puppet with you playing as a purple car, the same as fnaf 2 with the security puppet showing car tracks.

[@BlinzerOmega]

wait, the good ending in fnaf3 is not canon? is there a reason for that?

[@reddvoid_]

Yeah it shows the spirits moving on, which does not happen

[@TheUndergrounds_best_CHARActer]

Some speculate it doesn't happen right in fnaf 3 but rather fnaf 6

[@Funtime_Fredd]

You are wrong and here’s why (I might offend many people with this timeline of FNAF, but at this point I don’t really care anymore about that.): 1970: Henry Emily made The Mediocre Melodies (as wooden animatronics moved only by big batteries connected to mediocre circuits inside the wooden animatronics) including “the weird bird thing” aka Chica the Chicken and Foxy the Pirate Fox as spring-lock suits and then he made the location to put them in which would be called Chica’s Party World, after the disappearance of two children (Susie and Fritz), the location had to be closed, and then later its used as Circus Baby’s Pizza World as a Carnival rather than a actual pizza place 1973: Henry Emily makes The Mimic for his daughter Charlie Emily so Charlie can have a friend to play with. Later in the same year, Henry Emily makes two more spring-lock animatronics Fredbear and spring-lock Bonnie thanks to William Afton for bailing him out of bankruptcy so that they can make the first Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza 1973: Later that same year Charlie gets killed by William Afton just like before with Susie and Fritz however different circumstances with her as he killed her outside of the restaurant instead of inside it 1973: Ever later the same year Henry Emily had to close down Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza because of Charlie Emily’s death. Right after Charlie’s death and The Mimic still mimicking Charlie, Henry Emily destroyed the Mimic only leaving its top half partially intact and its bottom half gone 1974: After Henry Emily moved out from the warehouse where he was living with Charlie, William Afton stole the blueprints for The Mimic and its program that Henry had conveniently forgotten about and reasonably so. William Afton then made the Funtime animatronics using The Mimic program so that his animatronics could possibly kill children without him having to do a thing. Then William Afton brought back the old location Henry used as his location for Circus Baby’s Pizza World. When Suddenly his daughter died, he had to close the location down and make up an excuse for what happened. 1976: Fredbear’s Family has opened after Henry Emily returned to work with William Afton despite Henry’s suspicion of William Afton being involved in the disappearances of a couple of children including his own daughter. Then Henry Emily and William Afton brought the old spring-lock suits (Even though it was only a couple of the old spring-lock suits), William Afton and Henry Emily would wear them to keep people calm a while around the suits themselves. William Afton and Henry Emily then brought in two of their own animatronics to perform on stage while the old spring-lock suits stayed in the storage room (One was a Funtime animatronic bear that can create an illusion to look more child friendly and the other was a more slim and hightened version of the old spring-lock Bonnie suit. 1978: Michael Afton gets experimented on by William Afton and is forced to defend himself against Nightmare Animatronics 1983: The Crying Child is forced to go through the same thing and then when Michael finds out about William doing the same exact thing that he did to Michael, he’s now doing to The Crying Child, he forces CC to confront his fears and then the Bite of 1983 happens where Funtime Freddy bites The Crying Child and then The Crying Child possesses Funtime Freddy 1985: The Missing Children’s Incident where Gabriel and Cassidy go missing and are both shoved inside the spring-lock suit of Fredbear which later Henry Emily recolors and names Freddy Fazbear. Henry Emily unintentionally helped cover up the deaths of The Missing Children all along and then also let William Afton bring yet another Funtime Animatronic into his newest location called Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria. This Funtime is called Funtime Foxy, but Henry Emily named it Mangle and called it the “Take apart and Put Back Together” attraction. 1987: Jeremy Fitzgerald gets bitten by “Mangle” and then bitten again by the animatronic Bonnie, thus making the Bite of 1987 happen 1990: Michael Afton gets gaslit and manipulated by The Mimic and then eventually gets scooped and used as a human costume by Ennard (All of the sister location animatronics to make one animatronic) 1992: The Phone Guy gets bitten by Freddy Fazbear and thusly The Phone Guy possesses Freddy Fazbear along with Cassidy and Gabriel 1993: William Afton gets spring-locked in the animatronic purple Bonnie after he was pursued by the ghosts of the Missing Children 1993: Michael Afton gets rid of Ennard and then Ennard or more likely Funtime Freddy aka CC gets rid of Circus Baby aka Elizabeth Afton 2023: William Afton comes back from the dead and then dies again when Fazbear Frights burns down and then he comes back again only to die again as Freddy Fazbear Pizza Place aka Fredbear’s Family Diner burns down and in the last moments Freddy Fazbear aka Fredbear comes to him and then makes him come back to life just so that Cassidy can torture William Afton for what she thinks is all eternity only later for The Crying Child to stop her from continuing her vengeance on William Afton. 2024: Hand-Unit which was left behind in Sister Location is found by the new Fazbear Entertainment and then taken back to put it into their new Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza game not realizing their also scanning The Mimic into their game as well. Then The Mimic gaslit and manipulates Gregory and Vanessa into doing what it wants. Gregory later overcame the fear of it, but Vanessa doesn’t. Meanwhile: As The Crying Child gets rid of Cassidy and her constant need for her sociopathic revenge on William, William gets taken out of The Blob which Molten Freddy turns into after fnaf 6. William gets taken out of the blob by Vanessa (after Vanessa has been taken over by The Mimic) and kept in a recharge station. 2024: Later that same year, Gregory goes to The newly built Mega Pizza Plex to stop Vanessa from continuing to kill more people (Vanessa killed all the staff and security in The Mega Pizza Plex) by bypassing The Mimic’s hold on her. 2025: Cassie notices Gregory has disappeared from School and went looking for him at The Mega Pizza Plex only to find The Mimic waiting for her.

[@user-bw6ms2sk5y]

I honestly think fnaf security breach is set in 2035

[@Funtime_Fredd]

@@user-bw6ms2sk5y And I honestly believe it’s set in 2024 … I’m allowed to disagree with people.

[@user-bw6ms2sk5y]

@@Funtime_Fredd I didnt said you are wrong about that and fnaf security breach is in 2035 is what I BELIEVE not everyone can agree with me .....right? And Im sorry I didnt mean to offend you . by the way have a nice day :)

[@Funtime_Fredd]

@@user-bw6ms2sk5y Right … have a nice day.

[@user-bw6ms2sk5y]

@@Funtime_Fredd I actually like your fnaf timeline🙂

[@cool0820gold]

if I was at circus baby world I would take baby’s ice cream btw mangle is a female right?

[@cancelledbrownibyte5641]

Mangles Gender was confirmed to just be Yes by Scott

[@cool0820gold]

oh ye I forgot ty

[@takido.-.]

W

[@bonswootch]

:)

[@bigfarting]

Mouth noise

[@tonyf4991]

FNAF 3 wouldn't take place in 2023 no matter how you slice it. In FNAF, we learn that the animatronics have been doing their show for 20 years. In Help Wanted, a Faz Token states that Freddy's has been around since 1983. 1983+20 = 2003 2003+30 = 2033 Yet Officer Vanessa was born in September of 1997. So even if you want to go by the original intent timeline (FNAF 1-4), 2033 would be when FNAF 3 takes place. If you want to go by the current timeline, FNAF 3 would take place between 1997-2000.

[@user-bw6ms2sk5y]

what year is fnaf security breach set in? is it in 2040s or 2050s

[@tonyf4991]

@@user-bw6ms2sk5y 2023-2024. Since Vanessa is 23 at the time of Special Delivery, that would make Special Delivery take place around 2020. Since she is under the age of 30 in Security Breach we can estimate that Security Breach takes place at around 2023-2024.

[@naotakaswaifu9241]

Was just about to reply when you said this. 18 seconds lmao. I just have been mistaken because I’ve been believing for a solid few months now that the main game of SB takes place in around 2035, but then I looked back at Vanessa’s birth-date, and that would have certainly destroyed the correlation.

[@user-bw6ms2sk5y]

@@tonyf4991 fnaf security breach is after fnaf 6 which is after fnaf 3 and also there is voiceline in security breach indicating bears are extinct and i checked google and google said bears will go extinct in 2050s

[@tonyf4991]

@@user-bw6ms2sk5y when has Fazbear Entertainment ever told the truth?

[@TheEldritchGaurdianThaumaturge]

ngl, lose the intro music and beat, it doesn't help

[@bonswootch]

Help what? That’s my friends new song, so I put in my video to get him some attention. What do you mean it doesn’t help?

[@TheEldritchGaurdianThaumaturge]

@@bonswootch its very, obnoxious... makes you sound like those obnoxious youtubers. I get the reason but, ehh

[@bonswootch]

@@TheEldritchGaurdianThaumaturgeI’m sorry you feel that way. I hope you found some entertainment in the video.

[@telvinterrell]

nah cuz fr i was watching this in school and it was so loud dawg

[@FNAFGamerX]

this guy deserves more respect

[@bonswootch]

:)