The Shadow Animatronics: Fear Personified

The Shadow Animatronics: Fear Personified | FNaF Theory

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7 ай бұрын

Welcome back, Snorfs. In this video I cover a couple of explanations of the Shadow Animatronics, and the ramifications those explanations may have on other parts of the series.
Sections:
Intro - 0:52
Setup - 2:01
Consequence Theory - 9:12
Midnight Motorist Revisited - 13:04
Weighing Both Theories - 15:24
So... where are they now? - 16:08
Remaining Questions - 17:30
Outro - 19:09

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@bananamanjunior7575 7 ай бұрын

One thing to note is that shadow Freddy is characterized as being evil or villainous in fnaf 3 and fnafworld, the opposite goes for RXQ in is the same games. Their actions in fnaf 3, and their attacks and character quotes paint them this way. I think they are both creatures created from the negative emotions from Charlie's death and the MCI(s), shadow Freddy is evil and associates and/or helps William, and RXQ is good and tries to help me victims. Good video!

@Epsicronics 7 ай бұрын

I've always both liked and dislike this idea, on one hand, shadow freddy `seems` to help afton in follow me, but there is also the possibility he is helping the kids as well. I've always seen the pair as Shadow Bonnie being the protector, trying to help and guide the kids, and shadow freddy as a flipside of that, trying to help the kids by guiding the animatronics to afton, trying to make sure he dies. The idea also explains why we only see shadow freddy once, their job is done, he guided the spirits and afton "died" while shadow bonnie is still trying to protect the remnant left by the kid's spirits, attacking anyone who tries collecting it.

@Amy-si8gq 7 ай бұрын

the blackbird entity wasnt born from fear that sam died, it was born from guilt about being an asshole to sam before he seemingly died and bragging about being a bully, the blackbird dissapears and sam reappears after he apologizes to the girl he bullied

@dexterity494 7 ай бұрын

9:52 it seems like the shadows are dissipated when the host is killed, which would explain why Nightmare is gone after fnaf4. The crying child dies, and nightmare is destroyed. Assuming shadows can't be spawned from robots, that is.

@tinaherr3856 7 ай бұрын

Interesting video. Different from Sire Squacks recent video on the topic, but interesting. Shadow Freddy being the 2nd voice in Fruity Maze would make some sense. It gives an explanation on why there are 2 different colored lines talking to Susie. Plus, if you believe in some of the details Sire Squacks pointed out in his video, Shadow Freddy helping Afton wouldn't be too surprising

@nintenkid-nt2rk 7 ай бұрын

This theory makes the most sense on why William would start experimenting on children and the fact that he wants to specifically just want recreate C.C death gives more evidence to the theory that his death created a being could’ve been the shadows or the the Fredbear plush and that’s why it can talk to C.C in FNAF World

@Hex.A.Decimal 7 ай бұрын

I loved the Twilight Zone intro! When I first played Pizza Sim and heard Henry's iconic monologue all I could do is envision Rod Serling talking to the audience whilst winding a certain music box. I love the concept of the shadows, agony perpetuating itself --as is it's nature. Hurt people hurt people, misery loves company. I don't like labeling these entities as good or evil as they read more of a corrupted memory to me than characters. A mind long gone, screams long forgotten, memory overwritten, but somewhere it's still left in the coding as a glitch. It reads differently now despite being the same. A record left on loop so long grooves get worn in. Your favourite song now warped by being played so many times. You know how it should sound, but it doesn't sound that way anymore. But I fear it's so vague and open ended it can be used as a shoe-in to whatever next angle Scott decides to pivot to. They are, by my previous definition, plot devices before sentient 3d characters. Which isn't inherently a bad thing, but needs grounded. I have seen two different takes that ground them and I like both. 1) They both were formed by preforming a bite. So the bite of '83 caused Shadow Freddy and the bite of '87 caused Shadow Bonnie. 2) They were two nameless employees that got Springlocked but later scooped out and thus only have a partial tethering to the suits. Or, in knowing they died, moved on but the suits took over as semi-sentient husks of misdeeds past. This is my personal favourite as it allows for room for all the general paranormal aspects while giving some direction and explaining motive. Or they could both be leftovers of BV's psyche if he was comatose for a decade or so. Happy Halloween! Hope you have a great one. Your art is improving so quickly, I am always so impressed.

@user-zv9es6so8u 7 ай бұрын

Interesting theory. My take on the shadows is that they are Agony/Dark Remnant beings made by the respective murders William inflicts Shadow Puppet(seen in FNaF 3) Is created by Charlie’s death. Most likely created by her Sorrow As Shadow puppet seen in the 8-bit minigames is shown crying and breaking down. Shadow BB(which i think later appears as ROX in UCN) were created by the DCI in Fnaf 2. As Ballon boy is not only present in fnaf 2,but also because He has a rather large role in FnaF 3 despite being a phantom.not sure as to which negative emotion they were manifested by Shadow Bonnie are the MCI(specifically the main 4) As Shadow bonnie is weirdly helpful towards them,playing a big rile in saving them from fazbear frights in FnaF3.whic lh would make sense as he is kinda on an extention of them. i think they were created by Their fear of William. Manifesting it self as William’s costume springbonnie And Shadow freddy is created by Cassidy’s death. Specifically their anger. Which i think explains why it seems so Aggresive and ‘Evil’ in its appearances. Its not. its just mindlessly Lashing out as it is quite literally a raging monster Also I think that Golden Freddy and The puppet have some connection to Agony them selves. Which Golden freddy’s suoernatural powers and The puppet seemingly floating around like a ghost. (Oddly enough Golden Freddy’s Hat and Bowtie turns Black despite Fredbear being originally purple. And The puppet having Purple tears post possession. Despite Charlie never being associates with purple before)

@faustogarciagomez5983 7 ай бұрын

I don't agree with some things of the theory. First, in Sister Location we see that there are only 2 Observation Rooms, lining up with the cameras on the security office of night 5 and the custom night, which show only the FNAF 4 room, and the Plushtrap room, meaning that the only experimentation rooms were those, not the house from the minigames. Second, Shadow Freddy being born in Charlie's death does not contradict the experimentation rooms. William does not HAVE to see the shadows, i mean, he saw the footprints in Midnight Motorist, and Crying Child could have told William about the big shadowy bear he saw. So, maybe then William started experiments on agony, fear, and later on, possession. So, he might have thought that C.C.'s fear was what caused the misterious animatronic to pop out outside his house. I know it feels like kind of a stretch, but it's possible. Also, i think Shadow Freddy is not helping the children in the Follow Me Minigames, i rather think it is helping William to destroy them. However, i also think Shadow Freddy betrays William, letting the children kill him, and later keep him alive for Cassidy to torment him (Obviously is only a theory) like Eleanor. For the rest, i loved the video 💕💕

@brensnorf 7 ай бұрын

thanks for your input! I just wanted to clarify, however-- yes, the plushtrap room and the fnaf 4 room were likely both test chambers, given the private room cameras. However, the reason why I say the FNAF4 house was an observation chamber as well, is because when you click on the buttons to restore power to them, the loading icon is displayed next to the fnaf 4 house, and the main gameplay room. You never seem to restore power to the Plushtrap Hallway, which makes sense, given there's no lighting in it anyways.

@LucasTF 7 ай бұрын

The DCI happened way before Night 4. Phone Guy only talks about the investigation on Night 4, but the investigation was already happening. He only tells you about it because he needs to warn you the place will have to close. In the previous nights he mentioned "rumors", and also how the guard before you left after noticing the animatronics moving, so it is safe to say Save Them happened at least around a week before the gameplay.

@brensnorf 7 ай бұрын

well, it's heavily implied that William was the earlier guard, given that guard's position later becomes available, and phone guy advises from letting old employees into the building. I think the rumors he talks about are in reference to the MCI from the earlier location, or maybe even charlie's death, given he specifically mentions "whatever may be happening *out there*" the reason why William complains the animatronics are moving around is because all signs point to the MCI already happening at the earlier location

@LucasTF 7 ай бұрын

@@brensnorf It was already public knowledge the MCI happened at Freddy's, while the DCI was still under investigation, so it would be weird for him to say the event had nothing to do with the building, although still possible. I mean, I do believe ToyDCI, but even without it the phone calls suggest that the animatronics only started acting weirdly after the DCI, even if he brushes it off as the someone tampering with their facial recogntion and stuff like that.

@A.B.-ub9un 7 ай бұрын

My question is: What reason is there for William to experiment on Mike? In the story, Rory's pajamas is described as a black and white striped shirt, which seems to a link towards the Crying Child.

@brensnorf 7 ай бұрын

sure. it's possible that the entirety of the Nightmares of the test chambers were somehow passed into his mind by the crying child. my big thing is... i'm not entirely sure how he'd do that

@A.B.-ub9un 7 ай бұрын

@@brensnorf The issue is that it begs the question on why the Crying Child saw that made him so afraid, and how is the Fredbear Plush possessed by Charlie. I feel like it'd make more sense to believe that the Bite of '83 wasn't a freak accident, and that the FNaF 4 minigames are simply part of a test chamber, just like the FNaF 4 bedroom itself. It explains why the kids don't ever seem to acknowledge the Fredbear Plush anywhere, or why Henry seemingly never mentions the Bite of '83 anywhere and claims Charlie was the first ever tragedy that happened.

@cenobittten 3 ай бұрын

Good video, I like how you highlighted stories from the book to support your points. I'm definitely on the side of consequence theory - to me it adds up more and explains why the shadow animatronics appear in 2 and 3. I'm not totally convinced by the idea that shadow freddy was in midnight motorist but the point was well argued anyway.

@SusannahMurphine98 7 ай бұрын

I especially loved the connection you made between Nightmare/Shadow Bonnie and Nightmarionne under the Consequences side of the fork here. I hadn’t thought about it like that before, and it makes sense now that I’ve heard someone say it out loud.

@gio.gionosakan 7 ай бұрын

Shadow Freddy outside the house in the Midnight Modorist could be telling Michael or the Crying Child "Follow me", so they can find/stop William from killing Charlie, like how Sh. Freddy tried to lead the animatronics to William so they could stop him

@pokabewrastlin 6 ай бұрын

Hot take: while i think this and many other shadow animatronic theories are great, solving the shadow animatronics really doesnt matter. They appear so sparatically and seem so inconsequential to the overall story of the series, that figuring out what they are and what purpose they serve is not only suprisingly difficult but also doesnt really mean anything. Whether theyre personifications of fear, death, springlock incident victims, dark remnant, or whatever really doesn't serve any purpose other than tying up loose ends and questions.

@max_nui 7 ай бұрын

In my opinion, the purple Freddy in the FNAF 3 minigames is Nightmare helping Afton to lure the animatronics to the back room. This would line up since by this point Afton would have concluded his fear tests. And would explain how Nightmare was utilized by Afton after the experiments.

@GroguWasTaken 7 ай бұрын

I think shadow freddy is the embodiment of henry s fear, that s why he becomes a bear, counterpart to springbonnie, and helps william. Shadow Bonnie is Afton s fear and he helps the children, and nightmare is Michael’s. They re basically the evil versions of the characters.

@Amy-si8gq 7 ай бұрын

my opinion is that shadow bonnie is william afton's agony, and thats why it helps out the deak kids, taking the form of toy bonnie because maybe toy bonnie got him banned from the fnaf 2 location with his facial recognition or he just hates toy bonnie, while shadow freddy is henry's agony and thats why it helps out william, possibly taking the form of fredbear because he feels guilty about cc's death. maybe shadow freddy spawned after cc's death and william afton put the pieces together real fast, and decided to see what would happen if he made shadow freddy stronger, and that's why he killed charlie?

@indigo... 7 ай бұрын

if it's shadow freddy that lead the kid from midnight motorist, then it should be fine if the footprints don't continue from that spot. It's like a ghost-esque being so

@blueberryelf1150 7 ай бұрын

I'm glad seeing more people have the idea that a shadow animatronic leads the MM person out of the house!

@ashleygris 7 ай бұрын

In Take Cake to the Children, Charlotte is watching Freddy take cake to the kids before she's murdered

@brensnorf 7 ай бұрын

ahh, right! I can't believe I didn't mention that

@Amy-si8gq 7 ай бұрын

fyi, the shadow bonnie in hide and seek isnt even shadow bonnie. he gets mad at a game that has a little shadowy bonnie cutout to represent it hiding so he breaks it and the cutout attatches to him because it doesnt want to lose the game. it doesnt even look like shadow bonnie in its shadow form, its described as having sharp teeth. no, i dont know why the drawing has it looking like shadow bonnie, but it also has the guy looking like a 12 year old from a dr seuss book so...

@gavo7911 7 ай бұрын

Maybe it’s just me but I always thought the Shadows were just the lingering spirits of two Fazbear employees who died from springlock failure. After all, it’s likely their bodies were actually removed from the suits, meaning they wouldn’t have possessed the suits.