The Complete Five Nights at Freddy's Story Explained

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Time Stamps
Introduction - 00:00
Setting the scene - 6:52
FNAF 4 - 11:32
Sister Location too early - 16:56
A weirdly passionate stance on a minigame from the sixth installment of a fictional indie horror series - 22:49
FNAF 2 - 28:03
FNAF 1 - 44:08
Sister Location fr this time - 54:18
FNAF but it's the future now - 59:33
FNAF Return of the Jedi - 1:02:30
haha I brought it back around to a religious metaphor - 1:08:41
Audio static & empty promises 1:12:28
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[@Wendigoon]

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[@evanorsomething909]

I never thought you would make a video on this lol

[@coyoteocular5994]

Mashallah my friend

[@elizabethmerin5735]

I watched the entire video! Good job!

[@damianmendez2127]

This video is going to blow your channel up HARD

[@walterclarkiv5526]

First response lil

[@DuncanGrimm]

"For one of you, the darkest pit of hell has opened to swallow you whole, so don't keep the Devil waiting, old friend." Such a badass line.

[@somethingwithbungalows]

One of my favorite lines in the series!

[@SakuraAsranArt]

Henry really is the unsung hero of this entire franchise.

[@RinLockhart]

I can still hear the line in my head, I love it.

[@mazzareli820]

Timestamp?

[@brynnbutler3388]

@@mazzareli820 1:07:47 is about when it starts

[@PineappleLiar]

Just came to the horrible conclusion that about half of the FNAF tragedy could’ve been resolved if they just settled on fursuits instead of going the extra mile with the animatronic components.

[@Artemis13579]

The comparison to real world I think is akin to Chuck E Cheese VS. Rock afire Explosion. The man who started Rockafire thought Chuck e was theft of his ideas and it started basically a cold war but with animatronics tech music, pizza places etc and thought they needed to open so many of them they did so too soon and died by hemorrhaging money. So it works here as well with the intellectual property issue, opening many locations etc and eventually closing down.

[@holyaxolotlwall2437]

"This would've all not happened if y'all became furries"

[@madsfiedler3884]

honestly??? y e a h- plus, metal is easier to clean than textile, and a bloody furry walking around would raise some eyebrows real fast

[@fortuneivanov4685]

That's more upsetting than the murders

[@Solico-rf6rq]

@@fortuneivanov4685yea id rather have children-possessed robots become my pizzeria employees than weirdos

[@munecaxmuerta]

all of the parents, grandparents, and other adult family members here in the comments who watched this video to better understand the interests of the kids in their lives is SO wholesome

[@ericmcdonough6771]

Condoning murder porn isn’t parenting 😂

[@ava3270]

wait where the porn come from.. im confused@@ericmcdonough6771

[@munecaxmuerta]

@@ericmcdonough6771 its a uhm... video game?

[@ericmcdonough6771]

@@munecaxmuerta and jails just a room

[@robertoparedes5787]

@@ericmcdonough6771dude its a fucking video game😂 also you have to understand that kids who play the game are a select few that are mature enough to not get scared and still enjoy the game and its story despite the dark lore. So parents feel good enough to trust them playing the game as they know there child can handle the scary parts

[@Mullenm]

As a kid who’s been obsessed with the story of Five Nights At Freddy’s since 2014. Current 21 year old me can finally rest now. Thank you for this Wendigoon.

[@owozzy6841]

same story bro, just watched the movie with the boys and realized I kinda missed everything after FNAF 4, so ima give this video a watch

[@mjrough]

@@owozzy6841so did everyone who was a fan of the games stop paying attention to the lore after fnaf 4?

[@itsdakilla7599]

Do not rest yet. Watch Gibi’s FNAF full story for what REALLY happened. Yes it’s 9 hours, yes it’s insane, but yes it’s totally worth it. My mind was blown for how much is left out in every other theory out there.

[@Mullenm]

@@itsdakilla7599 Thank you for the recommendation, I’ll def give it a watch!

[@carlo2038]

@@itsdakilla7599I will NOT be doing allat 😭

[@tommykarrick9130]

The biggest plot hole in the series is how this company was able to survive such a long streak of devastating PR and legal disasters, I swear every time they open a restaurant at least one person ends up dead

[@Felipe-kv8qd]

Well Pharmaceutical companies in our world have survived massive lawsuits (Pfizer), and many companies that produce things from batteries to chocolates earn well despite their supply chains being linked to slave labor in Africa. Banks like HSBC have also held money belonging to terrorists and cartel members. Companies get away with a lot, even when they are PR disasters, so its not that inaccurate.

[@siobhanhenry9094]

You would be surprised how often this has happened in history and probably some really recent events too.

[@svant3]

⁠@@Felipe-kv8qdthat’s ultra massive companies, some of whom are essentially part of the government. Naturally, they are protected.

[@heardemsayy]

The Afton family must have friends in Congress😭

[@dankerbell]

yeah i can MAYBE understand twice, but 3+ separate instances of child death/murder attached to one chain? what were they cooking in the 80s

[@kayd.1600]

Poor Evan. Not only was he the first child killed, but he can’t even possess his own animatronic! Dude’s got a roommate!

[@lightsinthecar]

I don’t think they feel or even know that they have a “roommate”

[@3meritetrinel50]

@@lightsinthecar pretty Sur Evan knew, since he and cassidy had a comversation in the fnaf survival book

[@lightsinthecar]

@@3meritetrinel50 oh sorry I didn’t know I don’t have the books!

[@your_favorite_jackalope_ba1325]

i think having a roomate is better than being lonely in a hell hole like that

[@Dummy39167]

Evan: *Having the worst afterlife imaginable* Casity: wassssaaaaaaap

[@user-hf8my8to3v]

My son was into this game several years ago, and he got me hooked on the storyline (just the teeniest bit of the storyline), I’ve read the first book, and we just saw the movie last night. I immediately came home and looked everything up that I could. My son sent my your video, and I thought it was great! You made it very easy to understand. Nicely done!

[@JohnDoe-ij8gy]

Fun fact; the waiter in the movie was actually played by a KZbinr called GameTheory! He was mentioned in this video, but he was essentially the person who created most of the fan theories!

[@madsfiedler3884]

​@@JohnDoe-ij8gy my wife loves the games so i was watching it with her, and she rewound it, smacked me in the arm and pointed v emphatically and it STILL took me until the "theory" to realise why he looked familiar xD

[@jackcarter9861]

It means a lot to your son that you take an interest in the things he does❤

[@user-hf8my8to3v]

@@jackcarter9861 - thanks for saying that! I haven’t always been super interested in some of his interests (minecraft 😂), but I’ve always tried to listen to him. FNAF is definitely something I can get in to!! We’ve had a good time talking about it!

[@kyrosavcic7382]

@@JohnDoe-ij8gy matt patt

[@sdebord8707]

I believe that Afton was neglectful, yet possessive towards his children. I think the video cameras and psychic friend Fred bear was a way for him to exert control over them, to watch them without having to stop his work. He doesn’t seem to particularly care that Micheal is bullying Evan, and he drags them to the pizzeria even if they don’t want to be there. Without this angle of possessiveness, I can’t quite make the cameras make sense.

[@Deasherb]

Other people theorise that Charlie died before Evan. This would explain Williams paranoia (cameras) and why Evan was so scared. However it does make Williams character lose some depth

[@carlitotheman]

This is literally the "Be quiet he's explaining FNAF lore"' final boss.

[@viola308]

@Obi-wan Kenobi 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@user-vf1zm1ee1l]

Slava ukrani

[@iwanna_jest36]

We should fear this man

[@tbirddontcare3047]

My lord what does this comment have to do with Ukraine lmfao. Nothing against Ukraine but everyone already knows about it. I'd understand if it was doing anything to help at all... but it doesnt. The video this obi wan dude linked isn't even to do with Ukraine. Its Islamic clickbait. He punk'd yall by putting a Ukraine flag at the end lmfao. Every single video I watch anymore has Muslim indoctrination videos hijacking the top comments, when Christians do that crap they get called stupid for believing in God but Muslims get a pass, which is hilarious because wendigoon is a proud Christian. Yall need to quit supporting clickbait comment high-jackers who clearly have an agenda.

[@sadtomat0]

@@tbirddontcare3047 they're mostly bots. rlly not that annoying compared to irl christians spewing hate speech on street corners lol

[@Netheraptr]

I honestly prefer the idea of Evan being the first death, it feels like an actual starting point to the story instead of a vague point where a guy starts killing people.

[@ravenraven8503]

THANK YOU! As a writer I hate the “oh yeah he just kills kids cuz why not lol” I think as a story this is so amazing. Rement or whatever it’s called is just bs. I want horror not sci-fi. William is a father who descends to madness, not some goofy dude who kills because why not. It makes a story good in my opinion

[@kayleighwukovich8318]

I agree! I used to be on that boat, but after hearing this timeline, i think it packs a bigger punch

[@Sadist-sama]

@@ravenraven8503 I mean, Scott is a sco-fi man at heart. Is it really such a big deal for him to mix horror and sci-fo together? Oh, and it's called "remnant”. I actually had a theory a while back that he killed children to experiment on how remnant worked in an attempt to keep Michael (or the crying child, we still don't actually know which brother is Michael Afton and Scott makes deliberate attempts to make it difficult to decipher it) alive after the bite of 83.

[@N-Qrse]

@@Sadist-sama I think it is fairly obvious that Michael is not the crying child, it's because of the message to William "Father it's me Michael, ..."

[@Sadist-sama]

@@N-Qrse I don't think the voice line confirms who is who still. Everywhere I look nobody can say they can really confirm who is who. Even in the log books it adds proof on both sides on which brother Michael even is. After all, how would the older brother know what Nightmare Fredbear looks like if he's Michael? There are details added on both sides of the argument- it's not clear cut.

[@matthewalvis9287]

I’m convinced MatPat is the true master mind even if he doesn’t know it. I think Scott didn’t know the first game would be a hit and just egged on MatPat till he wrote a story for him. All while MatPat believed Scott was the mastermind

[@strychnine-ik1mc]

no this is 100% what happened. scott makes a game, sees the game theory video, goes WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN, rinse and repeat. i’m completely convinced that scott has been bullshitting it the entire time. it would explain the gaps and plot holes etc….. there wasn’t a plot to begin with

[@invalid_user_handle]

Definitely. Pretty sure Scott once said that Golden Freddy had no actual name before the fanbase came up with it, so who knows what else he's considered due to fan theories.

[@mr.diddles3806]

Spy vs Spy

[@igotwect3174]

EXACTLY, there is no way Scott had an intricate story from the get-go, he’s just letting the fans do all the work lmao

[@teresalaveglia8152]

Also MatPad's theory that the first game was your punishment as the killer that you had to come back every night to your horrors were 100% used in UCN

[@Artemis13579]

Marionette was probably for me the saddest death. It literally was meant to do good and couldn't do anything to help and laid next to her like a good dog and died. Everyone else was killed with evil intentions. Marionette Charlotte makes me the most sad.

[@LucyGreene-hx2jl]

The death of Charleigh wasn’t good at all. It was a revenge kill.

[@zornxd9111]

@@LucyGreene-hx2jltheyre talking about literally puppet not charlie

[@michellemcgee6365]

I am 52. I remember in 2014 my kids started talking about Five Nights at Freddy’s. All I knew was it was a game about a closed down Chucky Cheese type place with some animatronics. Over the next 8 years this became a huge part of my kids’ lives. I lost interest. Fast forward. Today. I watched this video with my 20 year old daughter and WOW!! You asked for comments from people new to FNAF… well… you have a new fan Mr. Wendigoon. This made PERFECT sense and is the best explanation I’ve EVER heard of FNAF! Kudos son. You’ve stretched into the over 50 market! Thank you for this great explanation.

[@squidward9747]

That’s so cool!

[@neon-kq6wz]

This comment is so wholesome :,)

[@realfisheggs]

very wholesome ~

[@DummysGirl97]

My night was made reading this

[@mztikys]

this comment is very cute, until you realise this series is about killing kids LOL

[@mhm3766]

One thing that you omitted was that at the true end of Fnaf 3, a spirit of Golden Freddy was freed in a birthday party set up by the other spirits. That was probably the release of Evan Afton, giving him the party and happiness that was robbed from him, therefore making Cassidy the one who tortures William Afton.

[@synnamon_toast_crunch]

yeah i was wondering about this, its a very crucial event

[@satanicnoodles7214]

^^^ this commenting so people see

[@dumbly-stupid]

Yeah that makes sense

[@bluhbluh5243]

pog

[@dataexpunged6969]

And tbh I like the idea of Cassidy torturing William more. Evan has been through this long enough and now wants to rest. Cassidy didn't deserve this either but that's exactly what justifies her hatred towards William, as she was just a test subject in the wrong place, at the wrong time.

[@davidfeltheim2501]

I like how the plot of the movie essentially boiled down the half-century of convoluted history to its best elements, the missing children, Mike's trauma, Afton wearing the bonnie suit, Vanessa's new character, etc. while simultaneously paying fan service in a creative way.

[@Lore_Keeper]

It definitely streamlined it while keeping its best elements, I was a very big fan of that.

[@BigMeefer]

Still having trouble figuring out what happened to garret. At first I thought he was golden Freddy but that wouldn’t make sense because mike would’ve said something to him when he originally saw them all standing there in his dream.

[@Lore_Keeper]

@@BigMeefer It's intentionally vague, I think, but it's possible Garrett is also in Golden Freddy and he's the second spirit in there but we just don't see him. We do see "It's me" show up on a mirror when Mike is sleeping.

[@madsfiedler3884]

i really enjoyed that, obvs you cant make a movie without the creative lisence necessary to make it Comorehensible, but they did such a great job bringing in the canon and allowing for continuation with very little issue!

[@char1363]

​@@Lore_Keeperdoubt he is most likely the puppet

[@spinalfluid_deathexplosion]

I feel like they kicked Elizabeth out because she had a sort of dedication to William. “I will make you proud, daddy” that’s what she said in that clip. So i’m assuming they kicked her out because she was trying to work for her father in a way

[@burg3575]

Henry's speech as he burned everything down including himself was phenomenal.

[@somethingwithbungalows]

That “though for one of you; the darkest pits of hell has opened up to swallow you whole. So don’t keep the devil waiting, friend.” line always gives me chills. So cool!

[@bigovergrownrat40]

the bit where hes talking to charlie/puppet genuinely makes me so upset :((((

[@EspeonMistress00]

And then SB just ruined that moment

[@garox5124]

@@EspeonMistress00 Security Breach is a bad game and a bad story. I still don't know why people are defending it.

[@lila.sorelli]

@@garox5124 Seriously. The bugs it has made the game actually interesting, but erase those and it's just... a very bad game. It could've been something more for sure, and the 'aesthetics' of the game is the only good part of it, but they know fnaf fans will buy anything they make whether finished or not so it's just sad.

[@D3LTA48]

1:06:18 Honestly, for being an indie horror game about ghosts possessing animatronics, Scott did not have to go this fucking hard with this monologue. "Although for one of you, the darkest pit of hell has opened to swallow you whole. So don't keep the devil waiting, friend." is such a raw line.

[@break_the_galaxy]

​@@euoniautopiaThe use of "friend" has always stuck with me because it's just so beautifully passive-aggressive. Scott knocked it out of the park writing that speech but whoever Henry's voice actor is absolutely took it to the next fucking level. Their delivery of the entire thing was incredible.

[@svant3]

@@break_the_galaxyI didn’t even see it as passive aggressive. I mean, I believe he actually says “old friend”. Which would make sense, because they were friends and partners. A fucking badass line nonetheless.

[@pewpew8606]

I have never played the game or anything but man that was RAW AF AND I STARTED CHEERING AND PUNCHING THE AIR FR. Rawest line I have heard in a HOT minute.

[@uai6107]

@@pewpew8606🤓

[@MyBitch925]

13:31 what game is this?

[@seanmacguire8988]

I won’t lie this was the most coherent timeline in my opinion.

[@brohoof4069]

Personally, I really like how GiBi's Good Idea Bad Idea put the events together

[@ZoeyDeLeonVA]

this one is better by storytelling, GiBi's not that just a storytelling of the franchise but also the game's development and background, history and it's 8 hours. coherent too but too long. lol

[@placeholderthegreat1307]

I really like the idea that in at least a few runs of the game, a random guy name Fritz rolls up and despite having no clue about the animatronics he absolutely embarasses them on 10/20 mode because he's just him, and then leaves with his minimum wage without so much as a complaint.

[@Wwhdduendjdhhfmwosdn]

I’ve always been fine with the “William was in a silly goofy mood” for killing the kids, because when it started cawthon didn’t expect to be the huge franchise, but this makes SO much more sense

[@sorry-ck2vd]

yeah sometimes when im feeling silly i mutilate toddlers

[@giran4914]

@@sorry-ck2vd silly AND goofy* or maybe you’re just built different idk

[@thegreatest1294]

*murders 6+ kids* "oops sowwy, i'm such a gemini"

[@angelichobi__18]

@@thegreatest1294 *makes an animatronic designed to literally kill children expecting his children to not see it alone and acts all surprised it happened* “hehehe oops I’m a Scorpio”

[@nicolelouise7295]

@@PeppermintyFreshh that's great and all and most probabily canon but *gestures to Wendigoon's theory* I like this one

[@laurentucker7471]

I think it's kind of weirdly sweet that the puppet went to lay down with Charlie when she failed to protect her. Idk it twinged my heart

[@sk_lxr2920]

it made me want to tear up, it's sweet. It didn't just follow the kid but also gave her company...

[@lyn2247]

The puppets job was to stick with charlie at all costs❤️ and thats what she did🥹

[@badger6882]

pitiful but meaningful puppet W

[@7i7iana]

yes, it was bitterly endearing

[@Gabey28]

It's so exquisite, but yet, so hard breaking

[@warrenrhinerson6373]

I kinda like this explanation. It still shows that William was evil but originally a good man driven mad by the death of two of his children

[@JesseK.Robbins]

like he said, it makes it a much more interesting story

[@euphoria6975]

The only part I like to interpret differently is that Henry was the one who created Fredbear and Spring Bonnie, because personally I believe that makes William’s motive much more stronger for murdering Charlie, as he’s taking what Henry took from him Edit: I know Bonnie and Fredbear were William’s creations, I’m specifically speaking about the engineering of the animatronics themselves

[@vanyadolly]

Well "good" might be stretching it, but probably was decent. We don't have any record of how he acted towards is children before, or if he was more interested in saving his son or figuring out immortality for himself.

[@DoctorMinjinx]

Been catching up on the series since I saw the movie. This is easily the most clearly explained, sensible, and easy to understand breakdown of the story I've ever seen. Bravo.

[@spookyho5994]

same, I've never played the games, but the movie got me into the story and I'm definitely planning on playing the games someday (when I have the money for it)

[@meglabruh1652]

I just wish this Timeline was actually canon and supported by Scott instead of being a Fan-Theory that just happens to be very very good. Knowing that there’s plenty of other interpretations and headcanons for when events take place and why just make it kinda frustrating since there’s no real clear answer. Still a good narrative though, even though I doubt the creator even meant for it to play out that way.

[@merrakie5216]

one chilling detail that was omitted was why the spring locks failed and killed Evan in the first place. it's meantioned that as the locks get damp they tend to fail and in the scene where Evan dies he's visibly crying implying that he cried so much and was in so much fear it caused the failure.

[@traintracks7199]

so glad i found this comment i was waiting for someone to mention this! its such a sad detail :(

[@wajmgirl]

So we’re forgetting moisture exists now.

[@softmongreal2522]

oh my god.

[@carlosgomez-nv9xo]

Or you know, the ceiling was dripping water

[@lilyungin4906]

It was Evans very own tears fellas

[@isabellanunez959]

I think maybe the reason Elizabeth was kicked out of the ennard is because she was still loyal to her father. In her speech at the end of Pizzeria Simulator, she goes on about doing what she was created to do, and even directly says “I will make you proud, Daddy”. Obviously the victims of her father would not be too fond of someone who was loyal to their killer.

[@Blazecap]

the canonical reason is because Elizabeth was being too controlling and the rest of the fun times just decided to kick her out. This was revealed in the source code of Scott Cawthon’s website(yeah where we find lore in this franchise is weird)

[@SaltySynapse]

you have been KICKED OUT of the machinery murder victims polycule hive mind

[@basedgod6016]

Elizabeth Afton rolls WORST JOINT EVER and is asked to LEAVE molten freddy

[@break_the_galaxy]

​@@basedgod6016This made me laugh so hard I snorted chocolate milkshake out of my nose, thank you for that

[@sleepyfucker09]

@@SaltySynapseBEST COMMENT 💀💀

[@LG-cd7wr]

His chronological order: 4,2,1,5,3,6,7 2:16 Explaining owners kids: 9:37 William afton motive 18:33 Elizabeth accidental death 20:47

[@veryRarelySeenNe0]

2 weaks agowh

[@BatteryAcid167]

​@@veryRarelySeenNe0 3 months ago

[@qalt1190]

For someone who haven't played one single second on FNAF i seriously have to admit: The Lore is some good stuff

[@thisperson345]

Henry's VA absolutely KILLED it with the voice acting for that final monologue, legit my favourite scene of the whole series and it's made 100% by the 10/10 voice acting

[@mrfudge2861]

Left me speechless, jaw dropped, in tears, and with good bumps

[@Sockren]

its perfect. such a monotone voice yet has the perfect amount of anger and disappointment and grief that hes ultimately accepted from this fire

[@Lenlon703]

I can't describe clearly how I feel and on how I think he feels, so much emotions, so raw, its both intimidating and comforting, the feeling of strength yet also all the pain he endured

[@Cubed_Sphere]

Honestly the whole monologue is like the best fu and also chill out you could possibly do in that situation @Mr Fudge same here with the goosebumps only cause it actually felt like a the end type thing

[@MarioSMG64]

Which makes it even more annoying that security breach ruined it all.

[@joshlakin2844]

It can’t just be me that thinks Michael Afton is lowkey a badass, man goes through untold horrors and literally survives being a body suit through just sheer will

[@Saphia_]

Definitely not only you. I love Michael Afton. Him and Charlie are my favorites, Henry is a close second.

[@RedVelvetBlackleather]

That’s why I love he’s the main the character no one else could really play the events of FNAF1-3 for any real reason the security guard in 2 survives because Freddy and his friends weren’t possessed yet and phone guy was tied in real close with the company and seemed to really want to believe the best for the company but since the guard in 3 sees visions of characters in the FNAF2 we know that at the very least those 2 characters are the same person

[@perry6544]

he’s SUCH a badass i love him. he went through so much too from the guilt of accidentally causing his brother’s death to watching the awful stuff his dad did

[@zosialee7000]

I mean. I hate him tbh. Only because he tortured and killed his brother even if on accident. But I feel like (because it was an accident) his brothers death haunted him. He was never looking for his dad. He was always trying to find his brother.

[@ming2479]

​@@zosialee7000 What's there to hate?

[@Jar0fStars]

Henry's monologue makes me cry every single time I hear it. His voice is so pained, so loving yet so detached. And his line telling Michael that he knows it's him, knows that he wants to stay and burn with everyone, and then Henry saying that he's here to burn with them as well is so fucking heartbreaking. Phenomenal.

[@kevinle1083]

Is that from the FNAF VHS tapes?

[@Jar0fStars]

@@kevinle1083 Henry's monologue is from one of the endings in Pizzeria Simulator!

[@jeffrando]

Loved the MatPat shoutout. He really has done more for FNAF than anyone

[@mackingcheese]

cough gibi's good idea bad idea

[@WhaleManMan]

Rest in Peace

[@brohoof4069]

I feel like Markiplier had a bigger impact on bringing an audience to FNAF and MattPat provided a deeper dive into the lore

[@jeffrando]

@@brohoof4069 that’s totally fair.

[@APotatoMan]

The beginnings of Fredbears are actually really sweet. Just two guys who wanted to keep the magic of childhood alive and went to great lengths to keep it.

[@Roxanneredpanda]

great is carrying a lot of events in that sentence

[@KingArthur39]

"Hope nothing bad happens to this company" - Clueless

[@Masonia_]

Surely nothing bad could happen! Why do i hear kids screaming?

[@joshuaottley7902]

How do you want to keep the magic of childhood alive, but not the children???

[@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479]

@@joshuaottley7902 you don't need the children for that -manchildren

[@HasvenWorld]

Man... Michael's been through a lot. Accidentally killed his brother, lost his sister, dad turned crazy, got *SCÖÖPÉD* , used as a puppet for...an abomination of sin...damn

[@sahilhossain8204]

Tragic I know

[@lolstuffenjoy9880]

Shakespearean

[@roleat]

@@lolstuffenjoy9880 lmao

[@RustyShackleford420]

And worst of all he was..... Really stinky

[@Noah-ry5qj]

The sins of the father are passed on to the son... Or however that saying goes

[@quinnie_here]

I’ve watched this about 3 times and I just wanna say thank you for not having any jumpscares!! It’s pretty hard to find FNAF videos without them being used, and as someone very easily startled by loud noises but also fascinated by FNAF and it’s story, I appreciate when none are present, or at least with prior warning ;v;

[@RayMorgan_]

Boo hoo

[@madsfiedler3884]

rt !! i never played the games bc im a wuss when it comes to jumpscares (if you cant have smthn be scary without relying on them, its not horror imo), but i always loved the lore bits i heard!

[@infernalabyss651]

@@madsfiedler3884thats fair but imo the huge amount of build up around the jump scares and sheer atmosphere makes it truly a horror game, i dont really find the jumpscares to be like cheap or the only thing scary abt the game yk?

[@Jenna2k]

Me to.

[@AwesomeMooseSmile]

You should watch DJ Sterf. He's so talented that most of his playthroughs don't have jumpscares.

[@sandralila9915]

I knew nothing about FNAF, apart from the Characters which my Grandson has on display. I watched your video on the story of FNAF, because I’m going to the cinema this evening with my grandchildren to watch the film and wanted to know something about it before I went. I feel totally enlightened now, your summary from beginning to end was perfect. Im now ready and fully equipped to watch the film version, Thank you !!!

[@laurenromanski9845]

This is so cute and wholesome. Youre a good grandma for going out of your way to learn about something your grandkids are passionate about :)

[@danboru_bakooo1966]

Love the idea that fritz smith is actually just a random guy that really needed money and just though surviving the moving animatronic was something that came with the job is really funny

[@Quirksvil]

I personally always thought that it was Phone Guy. My reasoning being, Phone Guy says he'll probably take up your position as night guard after you, he made the Springlock tapes so he obviously has some animatronic knowledge, and unlike Michael he wasn't fired for being unprofessional, which his politeness on the phone can attest to.

[@GAMENITE]

According to matt patt. Michael afton was every single nightguard. He just changed his name and looked unrecognlizable after being a walking corpse practically lol

[@rayofthedarkside]

@@GAMENITE well im pretty sure fritz was the nightgaurd for the first week got moved to day shift and then was the bite of 87 victim

[@dusk4974]

Poor guys thought it'd be a simple job and came to work expecting just a night duty shift and instead got 6 hours of Objective: SURVIVE And then just went "yeah fck that, IDGAF if I signed SHIT I'm not doing that again"

[@Minceraft69]

I think this theory is funny and like it. However personally I think that the surname Smith is too similar to "Schmidt" to be a random dude. It's literally just the German variation of the name. I think he's the same guy as Mike Schmidt but with a fake name, and if the missing children's names are considered canon, it's likely that both Smith and Fitzgerald chose fake names after 2 of the missing kids. Meaning they were either the same person or in league. My guess is that most of the guards were just Michael with different names that he specifically chose - and maybe one of the guards is phone guy?

[@nataliem.2758]

It's honestly a shame that Security Breach basically makes Henry's sacrifice useless, as well as Mike's.

[@sequinjin8332]

That's exactly what I've been saying. Same with help wanted. I honestly really enjoy the concept of VR fnaf cause that seems fucking terrifying, but why add more storyline to it and bring afton back? like glitchtrap was not an era we needed and it makes Henry's efforts worth nothing.

[@nataliem.2758]

@@sequinjin8332 FACTS!!

[@cjaymeme]

@@sequinjin8332 Glitchtrap was definitely a great concept in theory, but the whole concept of a real William return after UCN was flawed from the start. Henry and Michael sacrificed everything for absolutely nothing, and for all we know there is no way to truly end William at this point. He always comes back. Honestly, in my opinion, the best part of Glitchtrap is his design. It just looks cool and checks a lot of boxes for me.

[@sequinjin8332]

@@cjaymeme I like the general idea of glitchtrap and him causing the animatronics to hunt gregory in SB, just not the idea of William being glitchtrap. like it breaks my heart for all the lost souls and henry and michael's efforts to just have him come back every game. it's time they let him go. find a new antagonist. what if instead they made it so vanessa found out about everything william did (someway, somehow, idek) and wanted to finish what he started and continue his legacy cause shes crazy or sum. what if she was glitchtrap and William actually did die. that would give us a new antagonist and face new battles, potentially giving us an entirely new storyline and henry's sacrifice would have actually meant something for his time. that was just a random concept but yeah. they could have just made vanessa (or literally any random person) glitchtrap but no.

[@OfficialJab]

Kinda but here's a couple thoughts (that I left in another comment) I wonder if these theories can be true which give its story some legitimacy and heart. a) Glitchtrap/Burntrap aren't William's actual soul but an imprint of it inside technology, not contradicting UCN. The strength it had by the end of FNAF6 means that even once it's gone, there will be ripples and some maybe permanent effects, especially on that particular place. b) Glamrock Freddy is similarly being gradually controlled by Michael's soul, which is not trapped in hell, in order to intervene against Burntrap. Trap has trouble possessing Freddy at the end for this reason. Once they escape, Michael has saved a small boy's life - he has already redeemed his sin previously but in a way he actively reversed it with Gregory. This is similar for Blob in fact - the spirits of the murdered children are empowered to return when necessary to guard others against any remnants of William Afton, whatever form those take.

[@chanelnumbertahi]

As someone who is too scared to play the games but wanted to know more about the story, watching this was really easy to follow along! Thank you so much ❤️

[@byersvhs]

this is so me!!! i love reading horror stories bc they interest me a lot but visuals is a big no no for me (tho i’m pLanNing to watch the movie) lol

[@return2sender_89]

My 12 year old ia obsessed with Fnaf and I wanted to be able to talk about it with her, so this helped. Very detailed and not hard to follow. Cheers pal :)

[@failtronic2646]

"I hate security breach. It deleted this whole part of the timeline." THANK YOU

[@brazyyms]

NO FR we don't talk ab security breach

[@Lumo_boos]

Where is security breach tho….

[@wingriddenangel777]

@@Lumo_boos I don't think security breach has any lore that connects to the previous game. If it does, it hasn't really been covered or mentioned by anyone.

[@Asterix_Angel33]

@@wingriddenangel777 it has been covered by many.

[@WitheredDayZz]

@@wingriddenangel777 well William Afton and Molten Freddy show up in one of the endings so it kinda does

[@RylanForever]

the idea of a guy’s greatest creation being his downfall and spiraling him out of control has such a greek tragedy feel about it which definitely kept me hooked onto these games for so long

[@SimsWhoSmokeWeed]

yes!

[@0nullnil]

You're absolutely right and I never thought about that. It being compared to a Greek tragedy is just so fitting due to how iconic this series is.

[@muhklungky6855]

And it's a really original idea.

[@owenpurr]

also frankenstein

[@miguelcepas1401]

Nice observation JFK

[@sae200502167]

FNAF overall is just so sad, which is why I really like it. The sadness behind the horror hits different.

[@chelseaarmstrong1646]

No this was so good and helpful! I’m a mom to an almost 10 year old who is getting into “horror” games. I wanted to know what he was talking about and this helped explain it! Thank you so much!

[@marcel-ni2mf]

off topic but i find it very wholesome that you care about your son’s interests and that you try to learn more about it in order to understand what he was explaining, im sure you’re a great mom!:)

[@missdreavus649]

There's something so damn tragic about Michael looking enough like William to be mistaken for him by his victims. Looking in the mirror and seeing his dad's face too, after everything he's done to him. Not to mention ending up with a similar fate to his father while trying to right his wrongs.

[@boom-jr8vi]

It literally WAS the same fate of burning in FNaF 6, and I just find that so awesome.

[@missdreavus649]

@@boom-jr8vi Not even just the burning- being reanimated with an animatronic endoskeleton attached to your body.

[@pnbtg3783]

I think the reason the timeline is all fucky is because Scott probably wasn't sure if the first game was going to get any traction at all. So when it did, he kinda had to start making up the story with each new game to tie up loose ends from the previous one. With that in mind, he did an absolutely tremendous job considering he was writing the story as he went, not being able to go back and change previously established lore.

[@pierremollet1914]

I mean, he did it anyway, Retconing multiple times from FNAF 4 to pizzeria simulator

[@sametortoise4125]

He retconned the lore a couple of times, most noticebly in FNAF 4(most people think he retconned the dream theory)

[@drballsballsballs]

@@sametortoise4125 well with fnaf 4 there was so much hype and so many things he set up without even knowing where they were going himself. I respect him honestly for abandoning the meaningless theory grabbing stuff and tightening the story up towards the end

[@IsmaelYout]

In his interview he said he knew the lore beforehand

[@pierremollet1914]

@@IsmaelYout he "knew" the grand scheme of the lore but changed the details, the Bite of 83 was supposed to be the bite of 87 bur fnaf 2 F'ed it so plot changes, the first kid to die from afton changed from a boy to a girl. And some other things too

[@Yunaschesirekat]

Henry's speech to his daughter legit gave me chills.

[@Yue_mariin00]

For someone who has ADD and has trouble keeping up with complex storylines, you've made it very easy to comprehend and digest, THANK YOU!!

[@asmugsmartass9207]

This man went from exposing widely suppressed CIA documents about the assassination's of multiple famous figures in the US to talking about five nights at freddies in a few months.

[@ch4rly_y]

and i absolutely love it.

[@brunobucciaratiswife]

Your name fits lol

[@starmaker75]

Hey you have a throw a curve ball to the fbi.

[@MIMI-tf9hv]

Im HERE for it !

[@yourbrainonegg159]

Mans gotta lay low after the MLK video

[@hound1059]

Even years after pizza simulator, the ending speech that Henry gives is absolutely chilling. It’s so cold, so distanced, and yet so filled with love for his daughter, pity for Elizabeth, and burning hatred as hot as the fire that consumed the building for his once best friend. The music is perfect, and your added visuals were great. I genuinely love pizzeria simulator’s ending and won’t accept anything else as canon, lol. I still get tingles from it!!

[@fishyles]

every time i hear it i genuinely feel so happy for all of those spirits. william being in his own hell is absolutely amazing.

[@sulsulii810]

Help Wanted was good, but I just can’t accept it as part of the same universe because Pizzeria Simulator had such a perfect ending. It was just… a perfect conclusion in every way. The way it returned atmospherically to the original, how it was released without warning and for free, THAT ENDING SPEECH. It was clearly the ending Scott wanted for the series, him pulling it back and making it just the way he wanted to. I’ve always imagined the ending as Michael finding Henry in the restaurant after listening to the tape and sitting down next to him as the fire gets closer. Henry looking at this kid who never had any other option for how he would die. Taking his hand and saying “You did a good job.” Maybe Michael cries. And the two dying there together.

[@youknowwhat9911]

@@sulsulii810 I’m pretty sure all the new games that came after ultimate custom night are part of a different new timeline. So like they’re not in the same universe

[@ASaltyGhost]

Same! And well said. I love the ending of Pizza Simulator a whole lot because it was the perfect, bittersweet ending. It was so satisfying and absolutely chilling. Love the speech so much. I believe it's the true ending of the series.

[@CrudeCylinder]

The visuals weren’t wendigoons. The visuals came directly from the game

[@MannyNamiro]

This was the video that introduced me to Wendigoon. I've never played the games but wanted to look up the story for some reason. And every video I've watched was like a dramatic radio play or some third rate fanfic reading, with "creepy" sound effects and overly-acted voice over. Wedndigoon is just a guy telling you a story. He lets the story stand on its own and allows the contents of it to scare you. He has no need for these stupid sound effects or hamfisted dramatic readings. Straight and to the point.

[@m_moritz1472]

he's like an uncle rambling on a road trip it's amazing

[@aespaspalace]

I'm 14. In 2016 I got into my FNAF era. It wa my whole life, but I never understood the lore. My friends invited me to watch the FNAF movie I've been waiting for for 7 years. I never understood the lore until this video, thanks!

[@cottonballs9]

Wow you’re slow

[@shruggggg]

You got into FNAF when you were 7 years old??? Huh???????

[@thena7033]

@@cottonballs9 that’s rude considering they still wanted to know about it. A lot of people are fans of the fnaf storyline but don’t fully understand the lore.. this was heavily unnecessary 🌚

[@NeonApathy]

You’re the same age as my nephew, he’d watch the FNAF game plays back then as well.

[@zazadestroyer333]

a lot of ppl did to be fair, unsupervised internet access goes crazy lol@@shruggggg

[@m4n1987]

What makes wendigoon a superior horror channel is he talks normally and doesn't overdwell on ideas. He just tells it how it happened like a friend you're having a conversation with and maybe throws a cool idea or two in there

[@thebaseandtriflingcreature174]

“P-please elaborate…???” “No. I need to tell you about the part where he melts the children.”

[@seanbruck5269]

I DNT WATCH 1 HORRIOR CHANNEL WITH OVER A MILL SUBS CUZ THEY ALL TALK N RUIN IT IT, THEY TALK LIKE A SCARY STORY NARRATOR THT IS TRYN TO SCARE US, SHITS DEAD LIK3 WHJT?

[@mud4309]

Exactly! I LOVE creators like Nexpo, Night Mind, and Reignbot, but it seems like literally every other horror creator does the same “creepy ambiance music and aesthetic with a low voice” style, and while their content is great, the presentation has become so generic its almost hard to differentiate between a lot of the creators. But Wendi has such a unique presentation and vibe that its easy to listen in for hours upon hours of his content, because he always has the vibe and passion of a really cool and knowledgeable friend who’s SUPER happy you asked “Wait what’s (x)? Can you tell me about it?”

[@seanbruck5269]

@@mud4309 yup

[@la_win69]

Hes just that friend that has no issue at all to just tell you the entire lore of something he saw 2 days ago

[@Styxintheriver]

I think Afton's goal in putting on the spring Bonnie suit wasn't to shield himself directly, but to scare them away. He meant to frighten them by becoming the last thing they saw alive.

[@miyayuzu4473]

Yeah, he also presumably starts to laugh taunting these poor souls which may easily be interpreted as him seeing them being afraid

[@GreenGalaxio5]

Oh- That actually makes a lot more sense.

[@user-ec9um8xl2w]

Yea... wait doesn't that kinda count as ptsd since this is the same suit he used to kill the kids?... God william that f*cked up

[@crazy922blade]

@@user-ec9um8xl2w William is pretty f’d up anyway

[@user-ec9um8xl2w]

@@crazy922blade I bet I can name somebody even more fucked up as william, Martin greywhinder

[@JustAGuy632]

I have to say, as someone who knew absolutely nothing about fnaf until I saw the movie, this was an incredibly well done explanation of all of the events and really did service to the mad creativity of the creators. Nice job man!

[@bigmyke2008]

Henry’s final speech is still one of the most metal pieces of writing I’ve heard in a game and perfectly delivered too

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

Something that often doesn't get enough love is what a genuinely brilliant design Springtrap had for a supernatural slasher villain. The derilect, barely together suit with barely visible hints of William's mummified corpse in it, and those cold, malicious eyes that just send a chill down your spine. It may not have the same uncanny creep factor as the classic animatronics, but as a "monster" design I think it's by far the best in the series. Unironically, he should be in Dead By Daylight or something. And then Scott turned him into a weird bald peanut man, but we don't have to talk about that part.

[@anonymousapproximation8549]

No, no, let's talk about the weird peanut man.

[@anankos795]

The original Springtrap design was able to hide Scott Cawthon's difficulties towards modeling humans very well in my opinion, as the red parts all around Springtrap's body bring to mind images of organs, muscles, veins and arteries without really looking like them. It seems like he wanted to rectify Springtrap's lack of realism (for a rotting human corpse inside of a costume/animatronic, I mean) when designing Scraptrap/William Afton, but as mentioned he has difficulties modeling humans which resulted in the weird bald peanut man we all know and have differing feelings towards.

[@rubymvos105]

Are we gonna talk about how you stole half of this from that fnaf 3 retrospective video

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

@@rubymvos105 The Sagan Hawkes one, I assume? I mean, if you consider agreeing with a point somebody made to be "stealing", then go for it I guess, but that seems like a stretch to me.

[@IntenseFizz]

@@rubymvos105 if you're using the same pfp as MaximilianMus you don't get an opinion.

[@Dr.Crusader0138]

I've always seen the "odor" comment on the pink slip as a reference to the fact that Michael Afton was a reanimated corpse (by the end of Sister Location), and he was slowly rotting by the time that the events of FNAF 1 and 2 came around. It would also explain the tampering of animatronics, and the general unprofessionalism, he's a partly a zombie.

[@Shorkii.]

Yeah that's one reason I think that sister location takes place right before fnaf 2.

[@dartoney]

My dude, no way scot was planning it since that long

[@thesneakystrangler9002]

@@dartoney yeah but even back when it was just the pink slip it was easily assumed someone was dead in the suit. There's a ton of heavy foreshadowing (in the second game you're literally hiding inside a suit too). While maybe not planned for the character, it's almost certain it was a body. I remember back when it came out everyone saw that detail and were picking it apart

[@chaoticpugs]

I don’t think Scott really planned any of it, the story is all over the place.

[@FreezyPop]

@@chaoticpugs I agree

[@sarahanaya8850]

When he writes out the time line, im just so impressed of how CRISP those lines are.

[@handlebecauseihaveto]

Also I think remnant is actually a really useful concept introduced to the series. It basically establishes that the souls of the children, and most notably their pain and misery if not explicit consciousnesses are imprinted into the endoskeletons of the animatronics. This helps us track who went where, and also explains how little kids could be so murderously violent and downright sadistic towards even innocent people like michael and phone guy- their pain and suffering and misery is what animates the animatronics, they're not fully aware. It's not just the same person with a new body, it's a horrible experience trapped in a body. Which would also explain why william afton kept experimenting- he didn't just want the ghost of his son, the animated suffering he went through, he wanted the whole full consciousness of his son back. He got closer with circus baby, having made an animatronic that was more capable of communication and I assume ai to serve as the basis for conscious thought, but even only merged and filled circus baby's personality with the consciousness/sentience of her victim, elizabeth, rather than an unadulterated vessel for elizabeth to be able to live again through. Henry refers to the animatronics as "monsters" and tells them to give up their spirits. He wouldn't just be calling victimized children monsters, I think this goes to show it's not exactly the children's conscious minds/personalities in active control of the animatronics, but their pain.

[@ericmcdonough6771]

children are monsters. All of them

[@scoliosis_core2455]

I think a lot of the same ideas you mentioned can be understood without needing remnant to explain it. I think it’s generally agreed on by everyone, even those who don’t use the remnant theory, that the children’s souls are corrupted after possessing the animatronics. while that can be explained with the things you gave, it can also be something as simple as “souls are not supposed to do this, this is not natural”. to me, it seems like remnant is a good component for anybody who wants a specific and scientific-esque explanation of the soul possession. if that’s you, then that’s fine, but a lot of people (like myself) have always been able to accept “I mean yeah, this is a fictional universe, the rules of our universe might not apply” before remnant was even introduced. idk, that’s just how I see it.

[@anonecki]

The lack of an explanation made it scarier. Children's ghosts possessing mascot costumes are a violation of our accepted laws of reality, and that element of absurdity gave it that "bad dream you can't wake up from" feeling. The remnant theory rationalizes it within that world's laws, making it that much less interesting, and it filled gaps that should've remained empty.

[@scoliosis_core2455]

@@anonecki yeah exactly!! you explained it a lot better than I did lol

[@vanyadolly]

I don't think it removed the supernatural elements entirely. The suits are clearly still haunted and the souls of the victims suffering, the remnant can just be used to animate other things. And it clears up how there's five murdered children rather than ten (or fifteen as some people claim).

[@jammyantom585]

This... Is actually a super fitting topic for this channel, wow. The idea of wendi covering this franchise never crossed my mind, but now i am all for it

[@jammyantom585]

Bruh

[@pinecone4610]

@@jammyantom585 why did you reply bruh to your own comment 💀💀💀

[@jammyantom585]

@@pinecone4610 bot

[@bistander]

I want "Wendi" to be a thing we all use

[@bigbloo9322]

Yeah wow

[@eg_manifest510]

must say I always preferred the theories that involved Afton being motivated by the loss of his kids, since it makes him somewhat sympathetic and more interesting, whereas if he was already killing before his kids started to kick the bucket, that'd just mean he's the "1 dimensional murder man"

[@Ranixo286]

Yeah in the Squimpus where he favored one kid over the others, maybe to the point of wanting to bring him back from the dead with the whole remnant aspect being thrown in (And damn the fact that Afton never even AKNOWLEDGES Elizabeth's existence in that is telling too, which yes I know the squimpus videos don't take any game after 4 as Canon but, the dynamic of one golden child, one antagonized and one ignored is far too common) knowing that he was already a little unhinged and that finding a new sick thrill after already grieving and being abusive just throws a whole other wrinkle into the story than just "I like to kill and experiment".

[@sonokawaray]

Exactly. You can kinda see how a guy devastated by losing his children to his own creations would look at the Remnant phenomenon, see a potential way to get Evan and Elizabeth back, and in his desperate state of mind justify the murders he commits as awful but necessary steps to "reviving" them. Not to say that a character who is just inherently evil can't be compelling, but it's interesting to think instead he started in more of a Walter White sort of situation, starting as a good guy with a relatable motivation who slowly turned into the monster he ended up as.

[@lunathetrip3241]

i've been told i'm simping for a child murderer when i say i don't want him to be a moustache twirling villain 💀

[@anexistingperson8540]

That's simply not possible though. CC is alive after Charlie dies (Midnight Motorists is directly after Charlie dies) and if William made the SL bots first that would still make him the murder man before anything bad happened to him.

[@itsyogirlcrim1476]

I mean I’m fine with that. A horrible child killer has zero need to be sympathetic at all. To hell with him and whatever sad backstory he may try to have.

[@cultof12]

As someone who knows NOTHING about FNAF, this was so awesome and really gave depth to a story I didn’t realize was there. Thanks for making this!

[@TheMarkoSeke]

Your timeline of William's motives is so much more satisfying than most other theories who just go "oh at some point he killed 5 more unknown children because he's an evil child killer"

[@NaraShikamaru21]

The biggest complaint I've heard about Security Breach(from a story perspective) is that it undoes the fantastic ending of Pizzaria Simulator. And I wholeheartedly agree. Williams story should have ended at custom night.

[@melissahenderlight2588]

Apparently in Security Breach, the original FNaFs were actual in-universe games that a random person made to stir up trouble around the company. There’s a reason why we don’t talk about that game XD

[@spacetaco2792]

Yeah, they could have easily excluded William entirely from anything after Pizzeria Simulator and Ultimate Custom Night and it would have made not only those games’ story more satisfying, but make any future games’ stories less confusing and infuriating. They should have just used new characters instead of messing with the relatively satisfying conclusion given to William, his 3 kids, Henry, and the victims.

[@broravioli907]

@@melissahenderlight2588 please tell me you're joking...

[@omnitroph1501]

@@broravioli907 This is the series with possessed animatronics and time traveling ball pits. Why are you surprised at gameception?

[@joanncatibod8150]

@@melissahenderlight2588 we don't talk about sb

[@Flaszka]

As a person who had ZERO idea about the series, didn't play the games, and know barely about Markiplier's meme - this makes so much sense and is such a creepy, well-build story. I was in awe for, like, the most of the video, for you and mostly the game creators. Can't wait for the VHS video!

[@tenderturtle1019]

That's funny the story is pretty much improved

[@dyslexicfrogs8544]

It makes way more sense than what they give u as someone whose been in the fandom since the beginning 😩

[@Riah010]

Same!!

[@quagernag]

We are the dozens!

[@IRONSnip3r77]

valid asf profile pic

[@junebug6934]

25:33 Thank you so much for the audio pause man! Thats a genuis way to get audio listeners to see a on screen piece of info and is one of the only reasons I wasnt incredibly confused about that whole segment :)

[@wyntormoon]

Thank you for this. I'm 57, my son is 17. He use to play the game when he was younger. We have the new movie qued up to watch, and now I can't wait. This explained A LOT for me. Thank you again. This was perfect!!

[@thatsmypizzaroll]

The fact he took the time to make sure those listening to the audio understood the corrections is just honestly phenomenal and really deserves its recognition. Thank you bud

[@Zanphos]

Honestly i think an audio replacement would work better? Just mute the audio of saying william and have it be him saying "mike" and then just keep the "there was an error" text. the pause wasnt super long. it was well meaning though!!! :D

[@Leirsa]

Honestly yeah, I was listening and was like “wait what’d I miss” after hearing the pause. Pretty great idea, he probably just couldn’t properly record any audio at the time and insert it in the clip or something, pretty reasonable

[@rotisseriepossum]

@@Zanphos honestly this would’ve been simpler and made more sense imo. I like to listen to these while doing dishes, so it’s a hassle when I have to stop, rinse my hands, etc, to rewind for what could’ve been a one-word replacement

[@dillonwalshpvd]

Like three separate times I started to look something up, only for him to start explaining exactly what I wanted to know in detail. Wendi is a fucking KZbin god-king

[@Big-Sexy]

I would have just assumed my video was loading and ignored it. He should have just done an audio edit

[@emilykarrh421]

Me, who has never played FNAF: "I need this feature length film of backstory." As a newcomer, you actually made this pretty clear to me. Great job

[@WildArtistsl]

same

[@siwap3809]

yeah Wendigoon did a really fantastic job at tackling this task.

[@jadenyuki3138]

They making a movie a rated R one

[@jadenyuki3138]

@Aggelos Anastasoulakis weich wans?

[@metamodern409]

Same

[@ghostie9895]

in my opinion, Michael didn't really "survive" after Ennard but more started possessing his own body, to me he's not really alive but not really dead either

[@carri0n977]

"I feel like today's horror series needs no introduction" *proceeds to give 7 minutes of introduction*

[@CDCobermai]

The final cutscene of FNAF 6 will always give me chills. It’s one of the best monologues I’ve ever heard. On top of that, it’s such a good conclusion to the stories of Michael and Henry

[@hydro1096]

*BEEP* Connection Terminated

[@CDCobermai]

@@hydro1096 I’m sorry to interrupt you Elizabeth

[@hydro1096]

if you still even remember that name, But I'm afraid you've been misinformed.

[@monikakomodzinska2283]

it was such a badass moment and i refuse to believe something else happened after this.

[@kingswiss3241]

You are not here to receive a gift. Nor, have you been called here by the individual you assume.

[@HistoriadeJogos]

The most amazing thing on this series is how Fazbear Entertainment is still in business since the '80 or '90, they must have a Phoenix Wright level lawyer to clear their name everytime.

[@AlphaPrinceND]

Nah, probably just that classic business owner bullshitting that gets corporations massive bailouts

[@squidddinator]

@@AlphaPrinceND so, Phoenix Wright?

[@ashikjaman1940]

Better Call Saul crossover confirmed

[@r.77022]

Pre-game refresher before the movie

[@Anstherz]

Lol same

[@summeryorke65]

Also same

[@Chaos15105]

genuinely one of the best fnaf lore breakdown videos ive ever watched

[@bonefortune]

i dont think william ever really ‘lost his mind’. i feel that the fact he was willing to spy on his children so intensely before killing anyone or even designing animatronics to kill is a good indicator that he always had a potential for evil.

[@maeikaa4427]

yeah, my man always had issues 😅

[@itrashcant7947]

Maybe "finally gave in to his demons" is a better phrase?

[@bonefortune]

@@itrashcant7947 yeah that sounds about right

[@missingtundra1624]

One of the things Wendigoon got wrong was in fact that statement- canonically William killed Charlie before Evan died. There is also other clues that may imply William was an alcoholic, abusive and may have killed his wife (Though all are up to interpretation)

[@ChipCheerio]

@@missingtundra1624 Canonical in what sense? Where is that lore coming from?

[@melovespoon]

I think Michael is really underrated. The line "I'm going to come find you" is so well executed and underrated, it still sends chills any time I hear it.

[@april4524]

NO FR HE RLLY WAS THE ONE OUT HERE DOING IT

[@bekleedee]

It creeps me out too. that and Henry's speech. they always get me. it's brilliant voice work.

[@rodrigoa.m3566]

So is Michael a zombie the whole time after sister location? Does that also explain the "odor" reason for being fired, twice?

[@melovespoon]

@@rodrigoa.m3566 yes. He died, and is possessing his own flesh similar to his father.

[@bogus0]

@@rodrigoa.m3566 sister location takes place after fnaf 1 and 2 though, so the odor doesnt make much sense since micheal wouldnt be dead yet

[@BassBeat66]

This was an incredible timeline overview! As someone who has never played the games, but debating about seeing the movie, being able to know the backstory was always going to be helpful, but I literally had NO IDEA the game was this in-depth! This is like Steven Universe, Adventure Time, and Gravity Falls all rolled up into a video game series. I did check out some other overview (I'm actually in the middle of an extremely long one) and so far, I think I not only like your explanation better, but feel it's far more likely, especially in terms of the why for Afton going on this killing spree. As someone who loved and grew up with Chuckie Cheese, no profitable organization would EVER let their CEO murder a bunch of kids and then continue operating AND no normal human being just straight up murders people - especially children - without some sort of reasoning (this is addressing the thought that the MCI happens at the beginning of this timeline) Afton losing his youngest child, before killing his partner's child out of grief makes complete sense and then getting the idea of bringing his son back via animatronics, only then to lose his daughter it's brilliant. The idea that ultimately FNaF is the story of a family tragedy that just happens to center around this restaurant is unique because it's not what you would expect, certainly not from a standard video game. Honestly, I think the original 6 games are the completed story and everything after is, IMHO, a cash grab to make more money. From what I've learned, those first 6 games tell this incredible story that starts with a tragedy - from #4 - and then concludes with the remaining members - Mike and Henry in #6 - putting an end to it. Now I'm really hoping the movie does some justice to this. Thank you for the painstaking amount of playtime/research it must've taken to do all of this!

[@shaggyhuh8596]

This is the best timeline for the games ive seen. I didn’t notice any plot holes or you ignoring anything.

[@sirleopold2378]

My theory for why Michael survives is quite simply that he didn't survive, he's just possessing his own rotting meat suit, cuz his spirit bound to the animatronic which was at the time part of his body, either making his body technically an animatronic, or they did to him whatever it was they did to Elizabeth to kick both of them out

[@TheSipow]

I always thought that the sort of robotic effects added to Michael’s voice during the cutscene claiming that he is going to find his father subtly implied that, in some way, Micheal’s body remained animatronic after Enard is rejected from his body.

[@Juhsmalik]

Imagine Michael was balloon boy

[@ZenoDovahkiin]

@@TheSipow Makes sense. Basically, we could say Michael posessed Ennard the exact same way that any MCI animatronic got posessed, except he had Ennard inside himself instead of the other way. So Michael became part of Ennard, so in order to be independent from him, Ennard had to leave, but leave behind the robot parts that had now become posessed by Michael, just like how they threw out the robot parts that were posessed by Elisabeth later on. Elisabeth's parts went on to become Scrap Baby, and Michael's parts became a reverse Springtrap with robot parts inside and human parts outside. Maybe that's why Ennard left Michael in the first place. Michael seems to be moving much easier after Ennard leaves him and he gets back up. Maybe the souls in Ennard were fighting for control and Michael started winning because everything was inside of his body, so the others had to leave.

[@neon-kq6wz]

I agree. I love the idea of someone haunting their own dead body, like a mixture between a ghost and a zombie.

[@neon-kq6wz]

@@Juhsmalik best FNAF theory hands down.

[@SealedKiller]

Considering that springtrap (William) doesn't really have a jumpscare but rather just approaches you makes more sense if Michael is the security guard and William recognizes him... Plus springtrap staring at you thru the window also would imply that William recognizes his son.

[@Stupid.jami3]

Real..

[@shnyks228]

1:15:00 For me personally, the only person who knows about FNAF is from fucking songs. Your video just put everything in its place . And I think I fell in love with this franchise

[@afrothekobold]

from what I remember like half of the lore in fnaf was added post-hawk after the first few games blew the fuck up, then drip fed though other stuff as the series went on. It would explain why it's as all over the place as it is.

[@f5203]

Amen

[@CaptinHavoc1]

Not even exaggerating, this is probably the best way to look at Fnaf's story. People like Matpat look at these events from a very, VERY analytical perspective. This isn't outright bad, but it misses what they're examining: a story. That's why people are so hung up on if the Crying Child's name is Evan, when in reality it doesn't matter what his name was. What matters is, if Wendigoon is correct, he was a son who died tragically which caused a father to spiral into madness. I honestly think that's beautiful

[@pickedceasar1216]

I'm glad they did a soft reboot with the VR games as it allows them another chance to tell a more coherent story. But they're not starting off so good without Scott

[@CaptinHavoc1]

@@pickedceasar1216 I feel like they still continued the story though, so not really a reboot

[@pickedceasar1216]

@@CaptinHavoc1 that's why I said soft reboot. I guess technically a continuation is true but VR introduces a bunch of new stuff to the lore that I'd still call it a soft reboot

[@char1363]

​@@pickedceasar1216ngl i would be fine with spin off games based on the books

[@Spoon-Salesman]

Agreed. The fact that security breach says that Henry's plan didn't work was actually insulting. I have decided to completely ignore the last two games so the story has some sort of actual closure.

[@sbh79]

In UCN you are playing as William in his eternal punishment though, I dunno why you would void it

[@djriqky9581]

He is dead but is in eternal torment. I feel the last games take William's spirit a have him be some code or virus that infects machines especially animatronics which is a cool concept don't know why you need closure boi

[@Spoon-Salesman]

@@sbh79 I’m sorry I think you’re confused, I don’t avoid ultimate custom night. I’m only talking about the two latest games in the series, them being Help Wanted and Security Breach.

[@ringoferrer2343]

@@sbh79 the last two games he was talking about are help wanted and security breach, nothing to do with ucn

[@sbh79]

@@Spoon-Salesman Ohhhhhhhh sorry, at this point I forgot help wanted even existed lol

[@Ciscokid-nt7pf]

Idc what anyone says this is the real fnaf movie

[@TinyRaptorGames]

While I do think that remnant makes the story so much more complex and confusing, I definitely think it puts certain things together as to how William discovered remnant, and how Mike survives enard

[@braydentobin5150]

I never realized that Henry has to be at least in his 60s or 70s by the time of pizzeria simulator. Considering the earliest date we see confirmed in game was in 1983, and Henry was most likely at least in his mid 20s if not older when the franchise started. Afton has the excuse of being an undead spirit essentially haunting his own corpse, but Henry comes back as an old ass man, gives a badass speech and burns down literally everything to do with his old demons and himself.

[@greengreen110]

henry was probably even older than that in 1983 afton had a teenage son already so he must have been nearing his 40s at least and i highly doubt henry was much younger than afton i'd say by the time pizza sim takes place henry should be in his 80s the same thing also goes for michael, he was 14 to 17 in 1983 so he should be about 60 in pizza sim after seeing untold horrors, being ripped open and used as a skinsuit and the aging his body and mind probably barely function anymore, and yet he still drags himself back to the pizzeria one last time

[@zurirobinson2749]

I think there's something about William having the idea for Freddy Fazbear from watching a show called Fredbear's Singin' Show during the Great Depression as a little kid. Assuming William and Henry are roughly the same age, Henry would be in his 90s by Pizzeria Simulator.

[@ChrisTheMemeMan]

i like this alot. especially 4 being the first. it gives william an actual reason for his killings and not just "heh i like killing children"

[@SomekidplaysMinecraft]

Why did I read that in Ballon boys voice 😭☠️

[@deadgirlonlinez]

exactly!

[@spectralknight7142]

William afton when his robots designed to murder children murder his children:

[@amayakhler1551]

@@SomekidplaysMinecraft i read it in Dracula's voice

[@akamered4483]

Actually read ppl write the exact opposite: Why can't a villain for once be evil just for the sake of being evil? 🤦 I mean, everyone can like what they like, but I'll never understand why you would prefer a one dimensional "hehe killing fun lol" villain over someone who actually has an reason/explanation why they kill

[@roseheiman1682]

I love Wendi and all his content sm but for some reason I literally cannot stay awake through this video specifically and I come to watch it when I can't sleep sometimes. it always works.

[@ellaehayward]

just spent hours watching other fnaf lore videos and nothing made sense or stuck with me at all... but this video is so digestible and straight to the point that now i finally understand everything after struggling for YEARS omg😭😭THANK YOU

[@meloshi2597]

I cannot tell you how much I appreciate this "ending" of the game rather than the Help Wanted and Security Breach ending, its SO refreshing to FINALLY understand that there are practically two endings, I absolutely despise that side of the FNAF lore. Thank you so much.

[@vjaeger177]

Yes! I feel like it got so unnecessarily complicated when SB and HW were released. They should have just stayed over with a new story!

[@daikaijugamer6967]

There are theories that fazbear is possessed by Michael, who couldn't rest as long as his father was still alive. It explains why he's protective of Gregory and why he has free will compared to the other animatronics. Failing to protect his own brother, Michael wouldn't want Gregory to be killed by an animatronics or Vanny so he made himself a sort of protective figure to the boy. It also fits in with the true ending, freddy brings Gregory down to where Afton was being revived to end this

[@rotisseriepossum]

@@daikaijugamer6967 I want to like this idea but, for me, there’s just too much else that would need to be tweaked for it to work. The opening cinematic all but tells you ‘Freddy’s good because he’s broken’ without any clues that would make you doubt that. Something like Vanessa’s tapes, with a frustrated engineer going on abt Freddy’s level of free will shouldnt be possible and they have no idea how to fix it. Or at least subtle hints in Freddy’s dialogue, sort of like that ‘I am not me’ bit. Tbh I’m way more interested in how the brand got here than I am in anything about Vanessa/Vanny. Even if she is possessed by William or whatever, her costume doesn’t mesh with anything; since it’s not a Fazbear character and it’s named after her, it just looks like Vanessa found an excuse to cosplay her fursona.

[@trickytreyperfected1482]

While I love Help Wanted and Security Breach (even with as much flak as SB gets, I still enjoyed it at the end of the day and it was a commendable effort by a non-triple A company attempting something akin to a triple A title) and also enjoy the stories they're trying to tell, I think they're just better looked at as "here's how the story could have ended if FNaF 6 didn't ever take place." Or essentially "alternate timelines". It's this weird sort of cognitive dissonance for me because I enjoy the storylines they attempted in those two releases (namely HW), but I also feel like the storyline would be better without them, however (this is where the dissonance comes in), the storylines build off of the existing framework the first 6 games made, so they can't be made as entirely different storylines.

[@meloshi2597]

@@trickytreyperfected1482 exactly my point

[@19nmiller1]

"Although for one of you, the darkest pit of hell has opened to swallow you whole, so don't keep the devil waiting, old friend" is one of the most incredible lines ever crafted and its from FNAF. Absolutely iconic

[@mworld2611]

That whole speech in general. I'm not even that big of a FNAF fan but that's a darn good piece of dialogue from a game

[@bagusamartya5325]

That is one of the best monologue I've heard

[@emikoch5096]

for real, that's some poetic deep shit

[@fartquaviasdingle7876]

@@mworld2611 yeah I was never a huge FNAF lover but since I've heard it, that's the coldest monologue known to man

[@awhryan]

That speech has got to be the best speech I've ever heard in my life. The writing, the way it's delivered by the VA. It's all perfect.

[@gabrielbruce1977]

And then, unfortunately, we got Security Breach and its DLC. Which don't really... feel, like continuations at all. They feel like something new in the same universe.

[@madeleinebraham7500]

I'm watching this as a refresher before I go to see the FNAF movie with my friends later today, and I just love Wendigoon's presentation of literally everything he's talked about up to this point. *My personal FNAF hot take though:* 80% of the content we've gotten past FNAF 4 is unnecessary. This isn't to take a jab at Security Breach or Sister Location, but if I'm being serious, Scot's creative choices that he's made with this series is killing me. Each story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. And as soon as we think we've finally gotten good closure, he get another addition to the canon - or something get changed, or retconned, or added entirely. Here me out: FNAF 1 was good for establishing an overarching narrative about the purple guy who killed a bunch of kids. FNAF 2 was good for furthering more lore about the kids and even adding another character as a "leader" of sorts for the victims: the Puppet. FNAF 3 was good for establishing a set ending where the victims are set free and the murderer is defeated. FNAF 4 WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT for establishing the event of the Bite of '87... before it became the "Bite of '83" and we were pushed right back to Square 1. ...my frustration is that there just doesn't seem to be an end to it. There's new things where there doesn't need to be new things, new lore where it's not necessary, and it's gotten to the point where honestly Five Nights at Freddy's just isn't... scary anymore. But maybe that's just me.

[@tanglekelp1857]

I've always loved the interpretation that William absolutely snapped mentally once he learned the fate of his children. Yeah it does make him easier to hate if you believe he was evil all along or, as I've seen many people hc him as, a p*do, but him just. being a normal, everyday guy who loves what he does, that then suddenly breaks mentally over the tragedy that befell his children at the hands of his own creations... idk, that makes him a lot more compelling imo

[@bullhuss]

Didn't he make Circus Baby to trap and kill kids?

[@mattygee6852]

Where in the living fuck was it stated that he fucked the kids?

[@threehundredandtwo5991]

yes its way better than bad man does bad things just because he is bad for no reason

[@PLAGUE-KARM]

Yes, motives like this are much more interesting then “lmao immortality go brrr”

[@lsghost5805]

People that obsess about making William a pedo need to be investigated cause that's suspicious

[@marimbaZulu]

You have no idea how many times I’ve thought to myself “Damn, I wish Wendigoon made a FNaF timeline video”

[@KadinNation]

:))

[@headofpretzels]

SAME

[@oliwlu7147]

henrys speech at the end of pizza sim will always give me shivers. its so good its indescribable for me