The Paperpals: FNAF's Strangest "Character"

[@natertot736]

When the fnaf world teasers were being posted back when I was in middle school I was so stoked that I decided to write Scott an over enthusiastic email. In it I mentioned that "if you're adding characters to the game don't forget the crying child and the paper palls, I think they'd be fun to play!" The next day both characters had been added to the teaser along with I think an endo. It was probably just a coincidence but ever since I've felt personally responsible for the paper pals being a reoccurring character Edit 8/24/24: Oh no. I made the mimic.

[@Tottosmile]

That's so cute I love it

[@igotbored-minecraft]

It was you

[@natertot736]

@@igotbored-minecraft I'm so sorry

[@kijete]

​@@natertot736don't be sorry. these things are wonderful

[@ghostamity5116]

You did this

[@godzillapark9075]

love how the last time we physically saw paper buddy was in hell while the other two are still in the land of the living that kinda implies that paper buddy died and he is in hell

[@tessfabled4115]

His resemblance to BB has assured his place in Hell I assume lol

[@GemThatsRed]

Fnaf ucn is KILLING ME

[@boanoah6362]

Technically no one is in hell except Afton and Cassidy, everyone else is just a phantom/demon.

[@HallowIsSmol]

@@boanoah6362and paper buddy /j

[@lady_deaths_head]

​@@boanoah6362They could also be a creation of Cassidy. Of course, I'm just speculating, but Cassidy has no reason to be in hell so we can (possibly?) assumed Cassidy went there on their own volition and power, and if they can access William's personal hell at will, then it would be logical that they can also control that environment, creating the other animatronics to torment the purple man. I also say that because I personally don't think it makes any sense for someone to be hallucinating in a metaphysical plane of existence where (I'm assuming) they are simply a spirit that doesn't need to eat or have other restraints brought by the brain.

[@IsaacNewbie]

FINALLY SOMEONE DOES A VIDEO ON THESE GUYS! Me and my siblings dressed as the paper pals for Halloween a few years ago.

[@SeagullMan]

Reject humanity become paper pal

[@toriel1770]

​@@SeagullManbest comment on youtube

[@nonbinaryartist8661]

Really?... did anyone know what you were?

[@IsaacNewbie]

@@nonbinaryartist8661 nope xD, was still fun tho

[@nickmilano2516]

@@SeagullManarts and crafts

[@ahealthkit2745]

Pretty sure the paper pals are the most important characters in the whole series.

[@josep754]

Paper buddy did the bite of 87

[@error-try-again-later]

Without question tbh

[@WillieMIV]

Paper bonnie is literally mxes guys

[@GustawStudios23]

Paper Freddy is one of william afton's accomplices

[@aneevang9386]

The paper pals made purple guy go insane and kill people!

[@xnessie2222]

Imagine being one of aftons many victims and coming back as a paper plate

[@Warmhammer]

You see all the other kids get these cool robots and then you're a plate

[@breathair69420]

@@Warmhammer You see a Toy Bonnie was Withered Chica laugh at you for being a simple plate

[@sanek-puppet-463]

​@@Warmhammernah, i think it's would be even cooler. You just can teleporting anywhere you want and troll your frendoz(or nightguard boi) by appear behind then when they even don't see you.

[@redjirachi1]

They're not even murder victims, they're just the schmuck employes who died from expired pizza

[@jocosejpeg]

I'm glad you brought up the possiblity that they're meant to resemble the cast of the original Fredbear's! I'm a huge fan of that theory

[@Dr_Damon_1111]

No that's dumb FNAF 6 already solved this mystery

[@Dr_Damon_1111]

That can't be that would be so dumb and why wouldn't Scott fix it the human astietc is an entirely different pizzeria we've seen already at the very least as a concept

[@Frille512]

​@@Dr_Damon_1111astietc

[@owenmeier]

@@Dr_Damon_1111I love how people like you always say “wrong, I know the answer” and then give no evidence

[@Dr_Damon_1111]

@@owenmeier it can't be his idea because we have seen fredbears and I love it when people bring up theories with no damn common sense you want my theory ok. then the lemonade and fruit punch clown mini games show a bb with no hat no balloons no sign so what does that leave boy. just b so maybe perhaps it just shows freddy bonnie and the kid that drew it by the way I also love it when people confuse spring bonnie with bonnie scott literally retcon bonnie's color into being blue so you wouldn't make this connection jesus non-existent christ

[@legosaurg7979]

The one difference I have with this theory is that I firmly headcanon Paper Buddy escaped the FNAF3 fire and the only reason he’s not in SB and Ruin is because he’s simply too good at teleporting (he was the only one capable of it in FNAF2, so he’s definitely better at it than Paper Bonnie and Paper Freddy, who only learned how to teleport decades later) for Fazbear Ent to catch him and put him in the Pizzaplex.

[@P.A.L.09]

Correct option

[@martinmenacaceres4738]

Correc opinion_

[@superandroid23]

11:04 is exactly why Scott got a copyright for them. Too easy to recreate and pass off as official merch.

[@aedaniammx7559]

I think, in a franchise where everything can mean anything, and anything could solve everything, the Paper Pals are just supposed to be that one thing that keeps coming back for no reason with no purpose or relation to anything else. Kinda like Kracko in Kirby, he ALWAYS shows up no matter how unlikely, but he never has any significant role in the story, the Paper Pals are the same, they’re just Always There.

[@crypt5129]

There is no solution, Scott just makes this shit up as he goes with no actual answers, only mysteries

[@nikos8599]

You know, who also always comes back?

[@jeremypanjaitan4039]

"I ALWAYS come back" Paper pals, most likely paper buddy

[@sanek-puppet-463]

​​@@nikos8599Mr. Big D!ck Davey the Miller Boi!😂(or just William Afton/Purple Guy/Springtrap)

[@tonybrewer7536]

​@@jeremypanjaitan4039 Papertrap when

[@username5155]

0:12 According to FNaF World’s Android port that lasted a grand total of one day before being removed, it was Bouncepot

[@flickyfkosstitcher8547]

"It all makes sense when you think about it... ALL HAIL BOUNCEPOT!"

[@itztaken]

I was popping off when you correctly identified the Toy Chica Party Room 4 render as unused

[@Alky64]

It isn’t?? Ive seen it in game! Right??? What is real? Mandela effect is crazy

[@REX52515]

I always thought the Bonnie paper pal snout was a screaming mouth

[@username5155]

The Paper Pals are 100% the best characters. People have complained about how major lore characters were all killed off, and how 3 of the OG 4 animatronics (not including Golden Freddy) have had major character reworks (except Foxy. He’s still Foxy), and yet the Paper pals have been around since FNaF 2, and other than going through the same Cawthon to Steel Wool visual degrade that most of the old characters went through, they’re still the same Paper Pals (except that time when they weren’t)

[@myst1que_mach1ne]

SW should have never gotten involved with FNaF outside of Help Wanted, imo. Security Breach reeks of sheer incompetence and overambition. It still baffles me how they made a game so fundamentally broken and unfinished while having almost three years to work on it. It's like the Sonic Boom of the FNaF series. And yeah, they're definitely the best characters lmao.

[@username5155]

@@myst1que_mach1ne They also literally forgot to make the Hello Neighbor 2 DLC they made actually beatable at launch. I don’t get how they made a great VR game, then a bunch of games ranging from really terrible to pretty good but unplayably broken, then made Ruin, which, while not perfect (you literally can’t see a major easter egg if you missed *any* of the wet floor signs during the daycare section), is still way better than anything since Help Wanted.

[@sussy_minecraftkid_ok]

Ok

[@martinmenacaceres4738]

Paper palls are the best just one tier away from foxy because...foxy is foxy

[@breathair69420]

I'm pretty sure the Paper pals are just Scott's favorite ANimatronics, Balloon Boy, Freddy, and Bonnie

[@tvb5509]

I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR LORE ON THESE GUYS Like, imagine being murdered and then inhabiting some craft supplies for the rest of your afterlife. I'd be livid.

[@dogbogs]

i'm gonna need that gif of the paper pals being pet by a hand

[@mihailos8701]

It can be recreated online using Petpet generator, where you can put custom images of things being pet by that hand

[@dogbogs]

@@mihailos8701 thank you so much! this will be very useful ꟼ:

[@br2891]

I was thinking theyre just objects infected with agony/remnant

[@QueSeraSeraaaa]

That would explain their designs in FNAF 2, and why Whitered Chica seems to protect (i assume, it could be false) one of them.

[@RealSkello]

Omgggggg they had the paper pals at the birthday section in the fnaf movie at regal I didn’t even notice!

[@wobblepup]

this with the current knowledge that sun has you make paper pals in fnaf vr 2 is very interesting

[@ACTIVITYPRODVF]

Here after the game theory video on the paper buddy, I truly think it is the mimic. You were onto something

[@kalkuttadrop6371]

I’ve always read them as being the 3 main driving forces in the series. The Puppet (see the 3 buttons and lanky limbs), Springtrap (Crooked ears, tear tracts, and in FNAF 3 dark yellow color) and Golden Freddy (yellow eyes originally, moreso symbolic really, but the FNAF 3 version goes full yellow). This is also why in FNAF 3 the Puppets is down, her day is done and she’s no longer able to fight Afton. It’s just Afton and Cassidy now.

[@Ilovecats.226]

2:10 I swear I saw that on the old mobile ports

[@kirbyfan2088]

10:16 I love how casual he says that like it’s confirmed canon

[@illogicalJason]

Dude your editing is insanely good holy moly keep it up

[@Butterdog2dios]

I love these guys so much! I can’t believe how different they look in all the Steel Wool fnaf games! ( as someone who made these goobers [ + the silly squad ] IRL, it’s shocking how much they got {wrong?} on these designs.

[@nathankellogg2640]

If paper pals had 100 fans I'm one of them If paper pals has 10 fans I'm one of them Even if paper pal only had 1 fan. I'd be that fan. (And Scott too because I'm shocked they lasted this long please keep them)

[@Daisy-mb8kt]

I never realized how fricking huge the paper pals were until you showed the security breach clips- they are more terrifying than the glam rocks- dang

[@Tyrag0n_Art]

I think... we might learn who that is in the next game

[@bobotheactualgoat]

Shadow freddy and shadow bonnie are just dead employees in fnaf jr whose souls keeps just roaming without harming anyone

[@redjirachi1]

Ah, a fellow oooftroop enjoyer

[@HonestAbeReviews]

I love these obscure character videos

[@Mr.bigheadRetro]

same

[@kaito2511]

who's here after watching tom's game theory about paper buddy being the mimic?

[@Garden0flowr]

I think the bonnie one having only one pupil and having tears running down it's face might resemble Shadow Bonnie or be a very abstract version of a springlock failure (dark liquid comes from the face, eyes might be destroyed unevenly, fnaf 2's location seems to come right after Fredbear's Family Diner)

[@QueSeraSeraaaa]

I always assumed that it was a reference to Bonnie from FNAF 1, one of his eyes were missing went he went to a corner of the pizzeria.

[@JSym]

Can we mention that the paper plate pals are also in help wanted 2 in the pizzeria as well at different sizes depending if you have the mask on or not? After watching this after the release of hw2 I think it’s weird that they are all included in the 3 games (wouldn’t steel wool make different versions like Scott did in pizzeria simulator?) it’s just something to think about

[@breekat3785]

So happy someone's talking about this. Saw the paperbuddies in the help wanted 2. Think we've been missing something for a while. And yeah they changed Bonnie's to purple from the original black so that has to be a link to shadow Bonnie meaning more than we also thought. Also bc of the movie the smiling paper buddie is 100% balloon boy

[@friendlygutz]

FINALLY SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT THESE GUYS!! They were rlly popular at the start of fnaf and now no one even talks about them!! gained a sub! This video is rlly interesting :D

[@MarvelousButter]

Haven't even started the video, but I love the Paperpals, they were always so interesting to me, and the fact that they're such theory bait and still show up in Security Breach makes me so happy

[@jackhinkley8133]

I just realized that the paper pals match the shadow counterparts (shadow bonnie, shadow Freddy, shadow deedee)

[@bigearl1624]

Who is shadow deedee?

[@GoodMorning.]

@@bigearl1624 The shadow version of Deedee, I believe she pops up frequently on 50/20 mode in UCN (correct me if I’m wrong though)

[@MobPenguinstudios]

These guys have plot armor(they survived for so long, longer that william💀)

[@ledztheway]

Now that I look at a video all about these guys, I see how simple there design is and I want to make some!

[@puggospizzeria]

oh man you just keep making bangers!!

[@regular_bee]

Everytime any video shows something that moves when you don't see it, it gives me Weeping Angel vibes and I feel the need to never stop looking at it so it won't move

[@PeterPeter20]

Bro, I love your videos, they're always funny and with on point editing! And the topics you bring are also very interesting

[@lotodots]

Thank you, glad to hear that!

[@higueraft571]

@@lotodots Obvious answer to the Mystery: William never said "I Always Come Back", Paper Buddy did. Paper Pals are Eternal deities...

[@PeterPeter20]

@@lotodots No prob bro! Hope your channel grow a lot more!!

[@felfuri2246]

i think that toy chica with the paper pals screen happens on the mobile version

[@QueSeraSeraaaa]

In my version, Whitered Chica stood in front of one.

[@SaintLucifermorningstare]

I mis read the title as FNAF's Strongest "Character".

[@Johnbuttergutter]

Endoplush, no question, he is weirder than weird, even weirder than paperpals

[@Ha_Sido]

I SWEAR THAT TOY CHICA GRAPHIC IS IN GAME!?!? what in the Nelson Mandela is this?!

[@I_Pizza]

Finally, after all these years, fnaf lore has been solved. (Great vid btw)

[@BreaksBee]

i always thought the paper bonnie was withered bonnie the paper freddy was from fnaf 1 and paper buddy a random kid from fredbear's family dinner and he made a paper version of himself.

[@rainaroseling]

It's also possible that they had to recreate the paper bunny and freddy, because they did burn at fnaf 3.

[@theparanoidandroid2796]

Oh my God finally someone is talking about this, ever since the FNaF2 Easter egg I always wondered “what’s the meaning of this?”

[@QueSeraSeraaaa]

I do believe that the paper pals originated from the Fredbear restaurant, and due to their smaller stature, the animatronics mistaken them as children.

[@FairlySadPanda]

It would be cool if the pals get an explanation that ties a wierd FNAF 2 thing into the Steel Wool era. In general it feels like FNAF 1-3 are left in the background nowadays.

[@GoldenSaddle]

Referring to the Freddy Paper Pal: "It kinda looks like the bear from the original like the... what-like, dog shaped bears and all that from the original but..." - Total Dino, 2022 (Whilst analyzing the Paper Pals)

[@BarrenAcc]

Rip Paper Buddy Gone But Not Forgotten

[@Bleh6136]

With all do respicts paper buddy looks more like the puppet to me with that smile and the three buttons.

[@FoxyGuyHere]

This was my favorite mystery as a teen

[@randomistough0]

I like to believe that paper buddy is the only one with a soul which is why he's the only one who died and appears in ultimate custom night while the other 2 lived on to become in security breach

[@glamrocktomwinters]

Paper buddy is actually paper puppet

[@porcelainchips6061]

Why does one of the new paper pals from FNAF6 have a flower that matches the flower in the bedroom from FNAF4's cutscenes/mini games?

[@ashershahzad2185]

Well, it took you a while, but you’ve Finally done it. You’ve caught my attention, and now, you’ve earned a new subscriber!

[@deathseekr1537]

Rip paperbuddy, gone too soon

[@ajkcool]

Scot: "I'm going to make a silly eater egg of silly versions of the characters" Fandom: "ARE THE PAPERPALS IMPORTANT TO THE LORE????"

[@pigeonmanepic]

Chica being in Party Room 4 was unused??? I swear i’ve seen it

[@ArmyGuy121]

CLOWN MIMIC!!!

[@sprousprou]

I’d imagine Paper Buddy is supposed to represent a kid, either the one who made them or just in general, given how it doesn’t quite resemble any animatronic and the name just being “Buddy” rather than an actual character’s name

[@crispy_jpeg]

paper buddy is my favourite animatronic

[@TLTheLegend]

Withered Chica must not like that she got excluded from the Paperpals, huh?

[@someonecool8533]

they were the first, they've seen everything

[@RatInTheHatYT]

4:04 can you spot THE MIIIMMMICCCCC

[@cjaawesome616]

i think the change to black in security breach and help wanted are to say they represent shadow bonnie and freddy and I think paper buddy is just a kids representation of themself

[@Bruh-ww6tp]

when you mentioned that only the 2 shadow paper pals were in security breach with no paper buddy to be seen, and the fact that theres a plush of nightmarionne everywhere in SB, i think its confirmation that the paper buddy from fnaf 2 is indeed the puppet

[@LegosWithLouis]

I LOVED the IRL Paper Pals! Bro was put in the trash!

[@shadowthief6471]

I love the paper plate pals

[@shadowthief6471]

I’m happy they are playable in fnaf world it’s nice to have a group character also I have the mystery mini

[@vvitch-mist20]

I've been following this series since the first game and I completely missed these guys. They are cute 😭

[@DavidDoodleCartoons]

Saw recreations of these at my movie theater when I went to see the movie

[@doohickeyhandy758]

Bruh my sleep addled brain only read "Paperpal's: FNAF strongest characters' I'm crying

[@SeFu615]

I had this one paper pal in my Office in fnaf 2 yesterday and i was like, wait a minute... This thing aint supposed to be here, is it...? 😂

[@jacktaylor6155]

@5:52 what is this hallway!? It seems like it has a lot of things we were supposed to "forget about"

[@potatochicken5922]

Wonderful video. Who knew there so so much to learn about the paper pals?

[@zyq9388]

I always liked to imagine the paper pals (the original three) were meant to be the shadows and puppet, and since the two shadows are manifestations of agony, maybe their paper pals are still around to watch over things whilst they’re not there

[@jordanbrandon81]

If they are anything possibly agony sponges. They were just decorations but over the years absorbed agony and now are infected like other relics. Hence why they still sort of haunt the areas. In SB we can assume both Puppet and BB are gone. So whichever the humanoid one is is done for. But the Shadows could still be around. Hence their inclusions. They're sort of a physical link to this world maybe.

[@abbytrenary]

Fun fact: I accidentally left my "watch later" list autoplaying in my sleep, and this video gave me nightmares 😂👍 Now watching this while awake, I'm glad to hear about paper plate lore, I was always curious about these guys and I had no idea one of them moved in fnaf2!

[@qryptid]

I can't believe the paper pals are back in FNAF The Movie The Game

[@Pickle_1987]

ok so the silly pals and og buddy is rotting in william aftons hell hold while paper freddy and bonnie chilling in the Pizzaria

[@mk-aka-morgan8386]

My nephew wanted me to let you know he really enjoyed this video 🤝

[@beetlebailey7037]

I think that their continued inclusion in the games is a combination of the fact that they help make the game locations look like real places that real children have been too and the fact they are an iconic part of fnaf's visual style at this point, just like the checkered floor and the balloons

[@atdeigo1415]

It's the endoskeleton/mimic making those hes been slowly changing his endoskeleton when one gets damaged or sort (theory btw)

[@gabrieldavis7128]

The third paper pal in FNAF 6 looks kind of like Mr. Hippo.

[@imnotgonnapost1357]

I always thought when they moved it was a ghost moving they like there puppets when we arent looking

[@benthecat4345]

Should've ended it by turning around to find Buddy sitting on the wall behind you after having just thrown him out

[@Impossible_Fishy]

We all love paper pals but there never researched enough

[@midnightthefairy8747]

(Extremely long nostalgia rant) When I was like 7 I watched a video explaining the Fnaf timeline, with a ton of false information, but one theory I’ve always enjoyed is that the paper pals were drawn to represent William Afton’s kids. The theory is that Elizabeth has a pink shirt with buttons and a blue skirt, matching paper buddy, Micheal is purple and is looking for springtrap (William) at the end of sister location, which makes his paper pal a bunny, and the last one (paper Freddy) looks like shadow freddy, and when she made the video a lot of people thought shadow freddy was the crying child. That theory suggests plenty of technicalities, and a bunch of inaccuracies including time travel, but despite all of that I have always subconsciously seen them as the afton kids. Ok silly rant over :b

[@TacticaLLR]

Interesting, great vid! your one of my favorite fnaf KZbinrs.

[@hokton8555]

you have to update it

[@vladimirperac8939]

i think that paperpals are shadow animatronics but they are drawn by the kids possessing them

[@TheWavyCake]

Perhaps some things are best left forgotten… forever.

[@NoSoupBoi]

RIP paper buddy, a legend (in my eyes) turned to ash to soon

[@Mr.bigheadRetro]

I never thought about If the Paperpals had lore But i feel like maybe the agony of rwq or something possesses the paperpal so he can rest for now but he transform back into shadow bonnie while Maybe the buddy paperpal just is some weird being

[@GuavaMarshmellow]

Maybe the Paper Pals in Security Breach are supposed to hint towards it being built upon Fredbear's Family Diner? Along with the posters, they represent Fredbear and Springbonnie. Paper Buddy isn't there because the Puppet isn't associated too much with Fredbear's.

[@QueSeraSeraaaa]

The paper pals might have been used in Fredbear Pizzeria restaurant before in the early 80's, where Henry and William were still friends, before the massacre.

[@emorynguyen1583]

I can’t believe “fnaf” would people this do

[@jimmyneedshiskfc]

I LOVE VIDEOS LIKE THESE MAN!

[@RhonndaCollins]

The Paper Pals In Pizzeria Simulator Are Paper Versions Of Mr. Hippo Pigpatch And JJ