The History of Balloon Boy: Fnaf's Problem Child

Today we'll be tackling the history of the Balloon Gremlin, the Enragement Child, the Plastic Menace- Balloon Boy, and his hoard of many little counterparts. Who knew that such a seemingly overlookable- Get it? Because he's small? -animatronic would have made such an impact on the series. But in what way? Well, let's find out!
Music:
Creme de la Creme - Pizzeria Simulator
Where Dreams Die - Pizzeria Simulator
Black Lava - Fnaf World
Cemetery Clown - Sir Cubworth
Lovable Clown Sit Com - Sir Cubworth
Sloppy Clav - Godmode
Legal Woes - Pizzeria Simulator
0:00 The Original Gremlin
0:44 Balloon Boy's Beginnings (Fnaf 2)
2:15 JJ's Easter Egg (Fnaf 2)
2:37 Phantom Balloon Boy (Fnaf 3)
3:14 Accosted by a Bitter Balloon Child (Fnaf 4)
3:35 Nightmare Balloon Boy, the lamprey (Fnaf 4)
4:54 JJ's Big Break... sorta (Fnaf World)
5:53 Who is Deedee? (Fnaf World)
6:19 The Balloon Reunion (UCN)
7:04 Nightmare BB's New Voice (UCN)
8:18 The Problem with Deedee (UCN)
10:13 Help (Help Wanted)
10:46 Balloon Boy terrorizes you at home (Fnaf AR)
11:46 Balloon Boy's AR Skins
12:44 A Connection to the Daycare Attendant? (Security Breach)
14:06 Little Joe and Lally's Game (Tis confusion)
16:09 The Balloon Boy Hoard (The Twisted Ones)
16:51 Sergio's (Un)lucky Day
19:11 A Misplaced Joke (Character Encyclopedia)
20:00 The Beloved Balloon Boy, unloved by all

[@xxPrettyMelodyxx]

i’m here im here..notice me fnaf senpai

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

I have taken notice!

[@kickapiglive123]

fnaf senpai lmao

[@xxPrettyMelodyxx]

@@notrealnamenotatall2476 😌

[@DuckytheChicken]

I am envious of thee who has been noticed

[@juiciestlemonadeofyoutube]

@@bowzilla4675god jab*

[@klaykid117]

BB is such a strange outlier character. Doesn't use a standard endo-skeleton, non-hostile, first character to ever talk and a non-animal design. He is quite a strange character.

[@notdeadyet3680]

Don’t forget he’s one of the only animatronics that’s paired with another. Since he aids withered foxy. The only other characters I can think of are the Freddles, Bon Bon,and the Minireenas

[@smt64productions40]

He’s also apparently a homie for Foxy

[@tilerandom]

without him, baby would probably look different

[@TSOSLT]

Humans are animals 🤓

[@tilerandom]

@@TSOSLT smart animals

[@itslubia]

How my brain works: BB - Balloon Boy JJ - Jalloon Jirl

[@ToppetREAL]

DD- dalloon dirl

[@DollyEqualsVinny]

The name for jj is actually “Joking Jester”

[@xawierkotowski6795]

@@DollyEqualsVinny DD- Doo Doo

[@Markeplier23]

@@DollyEqualsVinnyI like to call her “jumping Jill”

[@Olivertheolive]

JJ- jalloon Jill

[@EternalFireseal]

To me, the most fascinating thing about JJ isn't that she seems to be harmless, but the implication that she's hiding from the animatronics too.

[@gemstonegynoid7475]

Isn't it that the old animatronics are still haunted, while the new ones have security defenses against criminals?

[@kenamada5451]

​@@gemstonegynoid7475And also hunt children. Funtime freddy specifically.

[@gemstonegynoid7475]

@@kenamada5451 I meant the toy animatronics during fnaf 2

[@kenamada5451]

@@gemstonegynoid7475 Ah, yea. They have a facial recognition system tied to a criminal database.

[@Riddles_and_Rhymes]

@@kenamada5451 so they can detect a predator a mile away heck, we should be paying them to guard you

[@darkninjafirefox]

BB is like a kid who uses his scarier siblings to beat up kids he doesn't like

[@ToppetREAL]

Foxy is his sibling now i guess

[@muichirokinnie]

Basically 💀

[@noscopespider]

i am now tempted to draw BB with the Withered animatronics and Mangle standing behind him like thugs

[@MeRamblingOnAbout]

@@noscopespiderI’d love to see that

[@breathair69420]

Very Accurate description.

[@tem4ikfail]

Fun fact: the reason BB was made is so children don't destroy Toy Freddy's shins.

[@azimuddin1890]

Jack Kennedy: Those poor shins. Aubergine Man: Why do you care? It’s worth it.

[@grenouillesupreme]

It's not a fact

[@The-King341]

@@grenouillesupreme r/woosh

[@azimuddin1890]

@@grenouillesupreme I just fact

[@Daanimationoven]

​@grenouillesupreme its a dsaf refrence (a fnaf fangame)

[@slimybob7613]

I like to think that BB isnt actually haunted. He is just a normal robot that was designed to be really annoying.

[@noscopespider]

i mean the toy animatronics aren't haunted anyway, apart from Mangle probably. literally the only reason that toy bonnie, toy freddy and toy chica initially wanted to attack Jeremy is because someone was fucking around with their AIs.

[@ruinguardwillcommitacrimea6213]

Fnaf 2 save them minigame show 5 corpse and the withereds were already possessed on that point, so it's really probable that bb is also possessed

[@thecpmr6276]

I personally really like the idea that the puppet, being one of the oldest ghosts, is a poltergeist in fnaf 2, and so while the toys are directly possessed, they are all being influenced by the puppet.

[@breathair69420]

​@@ruinguardwillcommitacrimea6213 Nah yes and no well is weird. The only Toys they show are Mangle, clawing next to a dead body and Puppet trying to stop Purple Guy from killing you, so maybe Mangle is possessed but that's it. Also Willaim at the time needed Remenet to make the Funtimes and Ernald, My guess is that he killed an other pair of kids to use their remenet and agony to build the Funtimes, Which explains why Mike can still get a job in the Fnaf 1 location even though is closed by the time Willaim breaks the Animatronics. Or you can go with the Fnaf 1 game that never existed and Willaim broke the Animatronics and died, and Mike was at the Sister location getting turn Purple at the same time but hey, Just a THEORY!

[@ruinguardwillcommitacrimea6213]

@@breathair69420 debatable. the toys have the same comportment as the other possessed animatronics like being aggressive with adults and the black pupils (on toy Bonnie's case dilated pupils) plus is more than possible that all the fnaf 2 events are happening after sl, since William was already "missing" and michal was already scooped

[@mr.blackwhite7846]

The original gremlin child before we had Gregory! It’s kinda sad how we never got to see these two in the same setting tbh. For such an unassuming little fellow, he really does manage to stand out among the cast. And in a game series where half the characters are robo-furries that’s quite the feat, even though he doesn’t have the same relevance as he did way back when. Neat video on this lil rascal!

[@viviennemorgan7217]

but gregory is in sb.

[@PXLFrosty84]

@@viviennemorgan7217 Yeah, he said BEFORE Greg.

[@viviennemorgan7217]

@@PXLFrosty84 oh um who's before gregory

[@PXLFrosty84]

@@viviennemorgan7217 Balloon Boy

[@viviennemorgan7217]

@@PXLFrosty84 I didn't know that.

[@leafyztar]

As much hate as BB gets, I really think he's a cool character. He's unique compared to the collective of other characters, adorable in a "want to throw him at the wall" sort of way, he was even the first animatronic to have voice lines (unless foxy's sea shanty counts, which i dont usually consider it to). All his incarnations are special, if a tad forgettable, and he's the best nuance in fnaf 2 that is an actual nuance (rather than just another mechanic to be aware of, i.e the puppet or the shadows). He's a good character and it's really sad that not that many people seem to appreciate him.

[@cantmakeacreativename2072]

Yeah. For me it’s easy to just ride him off as a simply annoying character and nothing else. But actually stopping to think about it, he’s genuinely really bizarre. And in a way that only he really seems to be. Lore-wise especially as he doesn’t seem to have much going on with him. Though I’ve heard that the books say otherwise. It’s strange how a character THIS unique wouldn’t have anything else important to him lore wise. Or at least none that I know of. I would start loving this character a lot more if he had some actual story purposes for existing.

[@alexanderthegreat-mx5zu]

Dsaf is crawling in my back.

[@motivatedman9730]

​@@cantmakeacreativename2072IKR I WOULD LOVE MAYBE AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY WOULD YOU MAKE AN ANIMATRONIC WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO GIVE BALLONS LIKE GIVE HIM SOME LORE

[@L16htW4rr10r]

I always like him, so it makes me sad with the hate he gets

[@alexanderthegreat-mx5zu]

@@L16htW4rr10r they don't really hate him, its just the usual trope of making the joke where everyone wants to mentality and physically torture someone for no reason rather than a little annoying habit they might have which in the case of the gremlin™, it's the stealing battery shenanigans and his kind manners of acknowledging your existence.

[@aruvius]

I've always kind of liked Balloon Boy, but the amount of hate he got and the memes that came out of it were really funny

[@vaads7743]

I've always found it funny that people think Balloon Boy is very annoying. BB was designed to be annoying so of course they'd find him annoying lol. I find him more interesting than anything since he's so unique compared to the rest of the cast. I've always had a soft spot for him

[@azbleck]

i think people think balloon boy is annoying because he laughs endlessly

[@YoshiBoi08]

I love how Balloon Boy was such a priority for Illumix that not only was he included day one, but he also got more skins than the literal face of the franchise. And yet I guess Lefty, Funtime Foxy, and the Glamrocks didn't matter to them and were just thrown in trash never to be added despite already being confirmed, because who cares about them, right?

[@marsandcobblesproductions3501]

Then they abandoned the game for over a year

[@algotkristoffersson15]

@@marsandcobblesproductions3501 that should be illegal,once you have confirmed something you can't cancel it

[@ImTheGuy]

Truly BASED Illumix. They know who the best character truly is.

[@thatanimegirlwiththecape4807]

Correction: the whole game was thrown to trash. Not only these 3 characters

[@BellyThatProductions]

Funny how Baloon Boy is the first animatronic in the series who doesn't directly attack the player... and now he's in BBWorld... an arcade game themed around Sun and Moon......one of them who doesn't directly attack the player

[@joedartonthefenderbass]

Doesnt the sun just not attack the player at all or am i retarded

[@tau-5794]

Sun "attacks" you by picking you up and carrying you over to a specific area, it doesn't kill you but is annoying.

[@fnafcircusbaby9321]

I listened to Balloon Boy's laugh for 1 hour straight. I think I'm going insane.

[@TransNFLGirl]

HEHEHEHE

[@llewelynshingler2173]

I think you had to be insane to attempt that.

[@smt64productions40]

Or stock laugh

[@KiwiTheRetroGal]

I never really stopped to think about balloon boy. He was basically a meme for, like, two or three years and after nightmare balloon boy was introduced in the FNAF 4 Halloween update, he just kind of... Vanished from relevance.

[@colekiesler6218]

You know we may not like Balloon Boy, but try to remember something he was still iconic that way no matter what. This surprisingly might be the best and also most important thing about him in FNAF history and surprisingly came out of nowhere.

[@thesauce179]

Who the fuck is we, that's my guy right there

[@BabyDanny_]

@@thesauce179 right😭

[@thatanimegirlwiththecape4807]

What are you on? I hate balloon boy. But you have no idea how much i love him.

[@michealgall1038]

Bb always stuck out to me in a positive way. Whenever I played FNAF 2 and I heard him coming, it was always a fun challenge to see if I could spot him in time before he took my batteries. I think he’s a character the community loves to hate, but hates to hate at the same time. Glitched Attraction really did a good job implementing his variations into the game.

[@doodles2312]

Not even joking when I say this, BB is genuinely one of my favourite characters of this entire franchise. Seeing a video finally dedicated to him and his band of misfits is a pleasure to see

[@BudDinktrap]

Fucking SAME

[@sorryshysleeper]

Me too!

[@Popluvbug]

SAME I LOVE HIM

[@ImTheGuy]

Your just like me for real.

[@Midnight_Afton645]

SAME!

[@jeshirekitenkatt1212]

well now he's a movie star. i think they should continue the gag inthe second movie with deedee. bb is a bit now and i'm here for it

[@pickle.jar.3488]

I wonder if Balloon Boy’s balloon actually floats or if it just has invisible supports needed for a giant metal balloon.

[@ClownieFace]

More than likely, it's hollow plastic with a wrap on it.

[@gagaplex]

I like that he's not just another "kill you"-animatronic, but more importantly I like that he gets closer to the Uncanny Valley (as a humanoid character rather than an animal mascot) than the others and his voice-lines are - few as they are - iconic by now.

[@imaginefun13]

I like how his sound effects/voice lines in AR sound like balloons! Like the "breathing" is him inflating balloons and his "annoyed" sound is letting an inflated balloon deflate a little.

[@daniexists6]

Honestly, Balloon Boy is such a fascinating choice. Him being a glorified sentient helium tank that purposefully screws with you in a similar way as Bonnie and Chica disabling the doors is so fascinating in the fandom at the time. But I feel he is also the most offputting for the same reason as Pasqually in Chuck E. Cheese. The human in a group of animals.

[@vincentmorris8431]

"The new set of children, though? William hadn’t bothered actually stuffing them anywhere, so the Puppet guided them to select new vessels of their own. Instead of individual characters like it was expecting, though, all of them voluntarily possessed Balloon Boy just because it was mildly amusing. ...but it got extremely stressful because Balloon Boy staged a coup against him with the other animatronics. So, once the week was over, he transferred over to the dayshift position. Balloon Boy wasn’t going to let Jeremy get away free, though, and proceeded to publicly attack him and bite out his frontal lobe. Wow. That face trauma prophecy came true quickly. But hey, don’t worry, it grew back within a month."

[@pebblethehomosexual5790]

BB and his variants are absolutely of my favorites because if how unhinged and chaotic they are

[@zeemyrdin]

balloon boy is such an interesting character, the first human animatronic introduced into the series. always love your videos!!

[@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female]

Humanoid*

[@legionbeast]

Balloon Boy feels more like someone lifted from Chipper and Son and the humanoid characters in The Desolate Hope, thus being one of those "unintentionally creepy" type characters, whereas the main cast is meant to be outright unnerving.

[@viviannes9152]

BB has always been the one I can’t get out of my mind. Everyone seems to leave him out of lore/timeline.

[@davidhong1934]

There's the Ooftroop timeline, which is probably the most anyone's ever done with Balloon Boy

[@Apotheosister]

​@@davidhong1934 That title might go to the "Five nights at F***boys" series, where BB is the main shopkeeper and antagonist.

[@Sonicmid]

@@davidhong1934he the hero of the story💀

[@marek1shtar538]

Man i remember when balloon boy was revealed ages ago. He seemed to be like the first hidden animatronic in a way and i saw people freak out about him. kinda odd to think about today really

[@jpcsdutra]

The little kid animatronics like BB intrigue me so much. We have no confirmation if they're actually haunted or possessed. We have no idea where they come from, they have no specific 'place' or function, they don't feel like they belong in a pizzaria and more like a circus setting to me. I can never tell what is up with them.

[@simplyswith7064]

"Balloon boy is the key to all of this" - Scott Cawthon

[@Iwuznothere]

Looking at Balloon Boy, you gotta wonder if he was ever planned to be some kind of Chucky thing in game or a story, seeing as how he too mirrors the 1980s Playmates dolls like Corky. Nightmare BB and Lucky sort of tackle the idea from two different sides but they never really go full Child's Play or William Goldman's Magic, which is a shame. Because I'd probably feel something more akin to fear if they tried to use the original film's script where you don't know if The Doll really was killing anything or it was just sad kid that owns them breaking down.

[@mattxplores1515]

bro wants his sweet, succulent, double-a, *B A T T E R I E S* .

[@redballoon9007]

I was always frustrated with how much BB hate got spread around (and still kinda spreads around) the fan base up to the point where I saw people literally wanting to throw him in the trash. This gremlin child holds a special place in my heart and I’m glad someone is finally shedding some light on him. I wish the significance of him and Foxy got more touched upon because it seems like he has a close relationship with both him and Bonnie (based off on a teaser thing I saw. I don’t remember if that was from Scott or a fan artist jdjdjdksk)

[@elliotnutella8044]

Still a Balloon Boy stan! Was one in 2014 will keep being one for the foreseeable future! Half-jokes aside I really like BB getting a full analysis, he, probably, deserves it. Very good work!

[@jxbermudez]

Man a ballon boy essay is one of the most "damn never thought someone would do this" videos I seen from fnaf in a while. Good stuff. Also I'm so tainted I almost called him ballon boi lol

[@fishnewt1331]

Uh-oh, how unfortunate~ Uh-oh, how unfortunate~ I’m gonna do a sneaky thing and throw a new contender in the ring~

[@amber4320]

The first time I ever saw FNAF 2, it was BB's laughter that stuck out to me as the scariest. He doesn't match the setting as well as the others do, nor does he match them, which makes him even scarier and probably why he's stuck stealing batteries instead of ending your life. Really good video! I've never noticed the little guys in Sister Location so now I know why we have Max in the Home series. All BB variants, regardless of soul, just have to be annoying creepy little guys, huh XD

[@losetthewaytogo]

Ballonboy is just a Walmart Pinocchio

[@Glamrock_Freddy_Kinnie]

1:49 The way you just said it was just so funny, yet true: He'll greet ya with a "Hello" and a "Hi" and then he'll hit ya with a "Ahahaha"

[@itstheblandman8734]

Balloon boy being annoying is something I never understood that much, I mean when he got you, you would die to foxy. but if any other animatronic got you, you died on the spot. So if balloon boy came in the office then at least you stand a chance of winning if it’s 5 am. Is it the laugh? It’s probably the laugh. Also: 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@bastardhyena7882]

I can still remember Coryxkenshin getting his night ruined by this menace. "TIMMY!!!!!"

[@maverickdarkrath4780]

Honestly i remember when it was a running gag that ballon boy was the pure incarnation of evil...which was made funnier after five nights at f boys made him the main antagonistic of the fan game series....like i love how this guy was just labeled the most hated character in the series purely as a meme

[@snakesbakecookies]

i just realised that the relatively small building of fnaf 2 had equal to the amount of animatronics (*or close to equal to*) in a massive themed mall not counting staff bots

[@WWFanatic0]

I love the fact that so many characters from the stories find a doll/animatronic in a dump and never think "you know, maybe someone wanted to have this creepy thing buried and destroyed for a reason." Like if ghosts and remnant are real, surely they've *been* real right? Like if agony can haunt things or children's souls are a way to be immortal...surely that didn't just star when Fazbear got incorporated. Ghost stories and haunted objects gotta be like, a thing people at least hear about right? Unless the world outside of Fazbear is a utopia or something...

[@depressedcakke3877]

Ah yes, BB - Balloon Boy JJ - Jalloon Joy DD - Dalloon Doy

[@Viktoria_Selene]

The thing rhat weirds me out the most is how much he looks like a side character in a Shrek movie

[@AshishXMC]

Ballon Boy is Foxy’s favorite lad, helps him get closer to the night guard, who’s disguise is off no match for Foxy.

[@bigpoggers6507]

Balloon Boy has always been a whimsical little fella for me, at least until Phantom BB, a little chuckler, a gremlin, if you will.

[@THATGuy5654]

The funny thing about Balloon Boy is that he's actually a powerful demon possessing a simple animatronic. He manifested into a place with a lot of kids, figuring he'd do some corrupting- "Hey, kid! Your parents have candy hidden inside of them! While they're sleeping, get out the biggest knife in the kitchen and..." - but he showed up only to find a bunch of other possessed animatronics. He figured they were also demons, and since so many being in one place implied that someone even more powerful than him was already running an operation, he decided to just go with the flow and try to be quietly helpful until he could really figure out what was going on.

[@davidhong1934]

I finally know why Nightmare Balloon Boy is canon

[@amagicalbeing7427]

Not quite sure if this is canon as you didnt give a source but I like this absurd idea

[@alexanderthegreat-mx5zu]

​@@amagicalbeing7427trust him bro.

[@sheesh1483]

​@@amagicalbeing7427his source is that he made it tf up

[@noyz-anything]

i think a better ending to lucky boy's story would be if lucky boy broke or went missing and sergio's life fell apart because of it, taking him past square 1 into levels of squalor he could have never imagined. if the story has to go further after that, have him find an evil lucky boy with human eyes and teeth (reminiscent of plushtrap chaser) and a deedee/xor color scheme, and THAT'S the thing that gives him the bad advice

[@EchoSaintEco]

He's a goober. 'Nuff said.

[@azimuddin1890]

Jack Kennedy: TRASH

[@BudDinktrap]

silly lil fella :)

[@Leviachan-]

He just wants those sweet, succulent double a *batteries*

[@RandomRamblesss_]

Everybody hates BB but i can mind the little gremlin child. He is so different from all the other animatronics and he uses a different endoskeleton and he doesn't try to murder you, just inconvenience you. He can be annoying but he does make the game fun

[@IHateBB187]

They should hate balloon boy

[@stumbling_]

“Uh oh, how unfortunate. Uh oh, how unfortunate. I’m gonna do a sneaky thing and add a new contender to the ring” I say this to myself way too often

[@Pudding404]

"I just want to get my hands on his sweet succulent double A *batteries."* No one trusted this gremlin when they first saw him just standing there menacingly in fnaf2

[@ikaiju-eu9wn]

in poland there was a theory that jj was an abbreviation of the name of the child that posessed her, people thought that the first name was jolyne and as i remembered it a few seconds ago i thought about a certain character from JJBA

[@a-SilverWing]

Freddy going full Dynasty Warrior on the B.B army in Twisted Ones is one of my favorite moments in tbe franchise. It's just so, so dumb it loops back around to being awesome for me.

[@thekidontheinternet6178]

THERE HE IS! MY FAVORITE LITTLE DEMON CHILD

[@venomfan2020]

Balloon Boy? More like Enragement Child! *_*kicks BB across a football field*_*

[@IHateBB187]

Lol

[@ReddKnight10]

Words can’t describe how happy I am that the best FNAF KZbinr made a video on my favorite animatronic in the franchise! Excellent work!!!

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

Thank you so much! ^_^ You're wonderful. 🫂

[@SmilerStyler]

Not gonna lie ballon boy’s fit is kinda fire

[@azimuddin1890]

Aubergine Man: WRONG!

[@steampunk-llama]

Dudes dripped tf out fr

[@ToppetREAL]

3 year old drip 🔥🔥🔥

[@LightArcher-mb1uu]

Deedee gives me PTSD. I didn't expect to hear the line in this game and get sent back to release of UCN.

[@ja-vishaara]

Balloon Boy is actually a gigachad gaslighter. That's why he doesn't kill you himself. He's too much of a chad to do that, hence why he let's Foxy deal with you while he just mocks you.

[@wertlehow]

Insert "he has no rules. No boundaries. He doesn't flinch at torture, human trafficking, or genocide. He's not loyal to a flag or country or any set of ideals"

[@Average_Panda]

The character encyclopedia: I fear no man…… Except that thing *points at Helpy*. It scares me!

[@tanhart]

Id argue Phantom BB is actually quite prominent among the others- hes usually the first phantom a player encounters, since when you see him on the cameras, most people will stop and stare in confusion (at least when the game first came out and info was scarce.)

[@nottheredelilah3757]

i love balloon boy purely for his line in the piemations short: "i don't really care if he's freddy! i just want his sweet, succulent, double-a *B A T T E R I E S* " it still makes me laugh all these years later

[@vincentmorris8431]

In Dreadbear's Trick or Treat level, he's with the Withereds over who can jumpscare you. Despite in his original guise, he has his 4 jumpscare. If you use the knocker instead of the doorbell, he may attack (though I don't know if it'd be solely him)

[@JorgeLuiz487]

Im pretty sure deedee can also summon, although in a very small chance, Xor. And Xor just spamms every single animatronic possible

[@ExValeFor]

Thisll sound weird but Balloon Boy is the most hype I ever was for FNAF. He was in absolutely none of the promos for FNAF 2, he is never acknowledged by anyone, he DOES actually look like a decoration, and then he just goes! And has a mechanic! For some reason my 2014 brain thought that opened huge doors for enemy variety in FNAF. So it's odd to see how others look at this thing especially considering I'm really not sure we know what the fuck he even is and if he is haunted and if so then by whom.

[@nyekomimi]

Theory time! Both the Daycare Attendant and the Balloon Boy feature circus theme - Daycare Attendant was a performer, after all. That's why they both appear in same minigame.

[@YourFeelingsSucks]

BB may be not an antagonist, but he managed to be a threat. He could stop anything, continue to laugh until Whitered Foxy get in the office.

[@TOASTYDREAMSTER]

I always loved Balloon Boy because of how much of a gremlin he is lol. Gives him personality ❤🎈

[@Chellebelle121]

Oh my goodness, the sound of him slowly blowing up a balloon is so much more terrifying than any of the others to me. Gives me shivers

[@perishedfortune]

And yk what he’s my boy my baby and I love him so much, he’s a problem, a menace, and he is so precious

[@Xainos28]

This is very good, I am surprise you didn't mention about N. BB was the only halloween character Scott stated is canon.

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

That's because I didn't know that. O.o So, he actually exists somewhere? Dear God...

[@mushr00mQ]

Wasn't that retconned as all nightmares being canon after?

[@BalloonChild-oo4qk]

Oh god

[@vincentmorris8431]

The Encyclopedia: Everyone loves balloons, don't they? A balloon can cheer up anyone's day. Balloon Boy, on the other hand, can completely ruin your day! He's an animatronic animatronic that first appears in Five Nights at Freddy's 2 and is in the same style as the Toy Animatronics. In the pizzeria, his role is to give out balloons to the customers. At least it's not totally saint...

[@BellyThatProductions]

I remember Sergio's Lucky Day being one of the first Fnaf stories I read. (I later referred to it as "Lucky Boy" ) And what a damn introduction to the Fazbear Frights series and the books in general. I remember being so angry with the stupid romance drama, and the meandering along without much of the animatronic doing anything. Ironically, the short 'horror' story was so mediocre that it got me interested and read the rest of the stories. It's definitely one of the more weaker outings, and I remember comparing it to Lally's Game a lot when that came out.

[@CreatorKrist]

Ah, *the baboon child.*

[@azimuddin1890]

Yee

[@RowanTS]

While before most FNAF enjoyers’ time, Balloon Boy is based on, well, Balloon Boy - a big scandal where basically a boy’s crackpot grifting father pretended to everyone that his kid got stuck in the weather balloon he made, and it floated away. People chased after it, it was a whole huge thing, boy found hiding at home in the end etc. But it makes me wonder if that ties into the story in the sense that you described with Michael, but maybe played straight. That maybe a piece of Michael is trapped in the animatronic, or maybe it’s referencing Afton covering up for Michael’s ““death””, or maybe just an in-universe play on the idea that the majority of the kids who Afton is making ‘go missing’ aren’t getting the fuss over them that one who didn’t did, and it’s just funny to him to flaunt the idea of missing kids in front of people.

[@jackhumphries1087]

I’d like to mention that the audio lures in fnaf 3 use balloon boy’s voice lines from fnaf 2 (“hi” “hello” “hahaha”)

[@amandawilliamson986]

"Hahahahaahahah hahahahahahahahha" Translation: balloon boy is a brat but hell knows a part of all us loves him in some way shape or form.... for most of us its us loving to hate him but hey he makes a cameo in fnaf movie so he has that

[@DecepticonFan21]

Ah, yes, The old time FNAF community's punchingbag

[@softfatigue]

I haven't been into fnaf for YEARS at this point, but I watch every one of your videos. Something about your voice is just so soothing, sometimes I just have your videos on in the background before bed. Your voice is seriously beautiful, I'd love to hear audiobooks or something read by you

[@Ashock88]

Such an interesting an interesting character. Great video as usual! Keep up the amazing work!

[@lety18chula]

I'm so glad we're talking about one of my favorite animatronics, I have his clasic "hello" a ringtone! There is no fnaf chanel that has made me rage like this one, thank you so much for putting your thoughts out there and being the muse of so many late night theory crafting, keep up the good work

[@chicofnaf7114]

Maybe is just me, but I do like BB, along with JJ and Dee Dee, heck, I even have my alternate version of Foxy who's a father figure to them, so yeah, I do like this video

[@whydidtheballooneatthefox282]

HAH same 😂 I remember some old FNAF videos where Foxy was like a brother/father figure to the,.

[@smt64productions40]

I can see Foxy being that honestly

[@chicofnaf7114]

@@whydidtheballooneatthefox282 Yeah, I do like them, too bad they don't appear often in the main games, along being treated nicely by the community, an example of seeing this abuse was in a skit by The Hottest Dog in one of those UCN videos, having William slapping Dee Dee, making her cry, and then getting shot by him, while being rewarded by Freddy doing a slow clap

[@whydidtheballooneatthefox282]

@@chicofnaf7114 I actually remember that video, long time ago. Yeah sad indeed their not the worst set of characters to exist.

[@chicofnaf7114]

@@whydidtheballooneatthefox282 True, that goes to Burntrap and The Blob

[@Cool_Calm_Cam]

First-time viewer here, and zi have to say that I really enjoy this video's format and presentation. You didn't waste our time by explaining things we should already know like what FNaF is and whatnot, nor did you add a bunch of pointless filler or long transitions to try and make the video more "cinematic" or something when it's on a subject that is not particularly cinematic in its own right. You kept a healthy balance of objective and subjective rundowns of the subject matter and detailed it all exactly as much as was necessary. This video is great, and "simple" in a very positive way. Thanks, The Algorithm™️, for recommending me this!

[@cailynskindapog]

you’re such a great and underrated fnaf creator, i love your videos! keep up the good work!!

[@ElizaComeBack]

I love all your videos, they're always well researched and your voice is so calming. Keep up the good work 👍

[@BombXArt]

I like to think on how every BB variant after FNAF 2 (or almost every variant, cuz we have to except FNAFW) are always terryfing demons compared to the original. You get to see Phantom BB the first time and you're like "wtf he was an innocent thing!", and so on with Nightmare BB and his psychopath voicelines, the FNAF AR one since is the first time normal BB got a jumpscare, the books variants, etcetera; even the Fan-Games variants of the character are really creepy, like JR's, Final Nights, Storage, and well every Fan Game with BB on it But i ususally like to think the original one is cool and it's likely the most friendly one of the Toy Animatronics, due to the other Toys' personalities given on UCN or FNAF AR

[@PatTheFox]

Remember the 2014 debate "is BB an animatronic,hallucimation,or is the Puppet moving him?" I was on the animatronic side from the start,ahhhhh good old times.

[@SinfullSquad]

helpy is now confirmed to be a little gremlin

[@steamboattemmie7233]

I feel like bb is just a weird ai that works differently like to alert the others, while jj could have been a new animatronic that never got relased due to the toys being scrapped

[@adeadphish7931]

This came out way too perfectly in time for the movie where.... iykyk

[@whimsikii2628]

Balloon Boy was always my favorite FNAF character, ever since he first appeared in FNAF 2. I understand why people hate him but I love him the most out of all of the animatronics in FNAF. He's just a silly lil guy

[@samlewis6487]

Is BB the first non-hostile character in the series? I guess so. I always forget he was introduced all the way back in 2. BB is such a strange animatronic. What was the reason for his introduction, both in and out of world? All the other animatronics in 2 are either reworks of earlier ones or the puppet, which was originally designed as... a security device? Maybe? The puppet lore is a bit confusing, but out of universe the puppet was there to be an explanation for how the original animatronics gained life. BB doesn't have the same kind of explanation, in or out of universe, and he doesn't exactly have any lore relevance, aside from being connected to illusion disks in the books (which might be canon in the games? Maybe? I both hate and love FNAF lore.)

[@vincentmorris8431]

Aside from the semblance of Little Joe, BB has been speculated to have ties to Afton Robotics or Circus Baby's for his more humanoid appearance. Also the kids in Fruit Punch/Lemonade Clown's minigame are basically Adventure BB with no hat.

[@itslubia]

Because of Dee Dee, whevener I hear someone say "unfortunate" it makes me feel like singing the ~how unfortunate, how unfortunate~ tune...