The Terrifying Truth of the Nightmare Animatronics (They Were Real)

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

Quick note, but if my voice sounds a little rougher this video it's because allergies have been hitting me hard. XD Sorry about that, but it should clear up soon!

[@azimuddin1890]

It annoys me too, I dislike having allergies.

[@manuelaguirreurreta5004]

Hope you get better^^

[@captainet2457]

#relatablebutnotrightnow

[@HareRaisingRobot5]

Hey, don't worry about it and focus on feeling better!

[@yourlocalyanfei]

It’s ok. I’m just almost over some sickness myself. Could be allergies since we live next to a field but I’ve never had to deal with it before. So I can sympathize to a degree. Hope you feel well soon :)

[@DepravedSkeleton09]

The thing that is truly terrifying is the fact William’s rockin two hallways in his house for some reason. It truly must’ve been a nightmare for the architect to have witnessed that monstrosity.

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

"Gee Will, how come you get two hallways?" XD But jokes aside, this definitely feels like a failed home improvement moment.

[@DepravedSkeleton09]

Calling it a “home” would be pretty generous considering the fact the thing is just a glorified hallway at this point. Plus bro designed a bedroom with two doors T-T. Maybe that’s why Mrs Afton isn’t in the story. She probably couldn’t handle William’s architectural marvel.

[@j.a.m.m]

@@DepravedSkeleton09 it cooould fit in a dumb headcanon,like, William and the mother were already divorced so each had one side of the house (aka 1 hallway each), with the child being in the shared space. Its stupid, but funny

[@demonicmoronic]

I think the architect stopped asking questions after they built the giant bunker with murder bots underneath the place.

[@victoriavidaud]

@@demonicmoronic… that’s generally a pretty good place to stop asking questions at, lest you become PART of said murder bunker lol

[@martakazmierczak310]

I just wanted to say that despite the fact that a lot of people dislike the twist of the Nightmares supposedly being real animatronics, and while I agree that it complicates the story, I still think it's a really neat and unnerving twist. The idea of a characters horrifying night terrors/sleep paralysis actually being a real experiment, with machines or actual people entering the characters home and observing them, is really scary in my opinion, and would have most certainly worked in a less convoluted piece of media

[@JacobEggleston-ly2it]

Yes it’s scary, but it’s way less compelling when their just more spooky machines vs a child’s dying mind creating a nightmare version of their death

[@TheHaddonfieldRegistry]

Yeah, as a FNAF twist it's neat. It wouldn't work in something like an Elm Street movie

[@TheHaddonfieldRegistry]

​@@JacobEggleston-ly2itpersonally always saw it as Mike's nightmares

[@casualcommenter7152]

Crying Child: Beats Nightmare Fredbear after a six hour standoff Nightmare Fredbear: “This isn’t even my final form!” *turns on dark mode

[@captainet2457]

Back as black and faster..with a WEE WOO WEEO jumpscare

[@casualcommenter7152]

Nah, it’s more: AAAAÖÖUUÜÜGGGHHHEGHEGHEGHEEËÖOÜUU

[@Rayvincen]

I'm black now, crying child.

[@HB81509]

“It’s over, Crying Child! I can say the N-Word now!!”

[@Afton-ph9uw]

Nightmare Fredbear pulls a reverse Michael Jackson

[@promiseofreunion5760]

DUDE I JUST SAW THE COMMUNITY POST AND WAS LIKE "huh when's est for me-" and IMMEDIATELY SAW THIS VIDEO, love your essays man, gotta love a bit of coherent talk on an incoherent chunk of unexplained FNAF!

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

That's great timing! XD Also, thank you! One of my goals with the videos are to tackle portions of the story in a way where it doesn't feel overwhelming.

[@demonicmoronic]

One thing that should also be considered is that Mike also experienced hallucinations in the first game, and it is heavily implied that we play as him at least in fnaf 3, so its worth considering that he has a history of hallucinating and possible schizophrenia. If it turns out that you play as Michael in fnaf 4, then its possible that it all started as a form of punishment from William, and now has deeply affected his mental state for years to come.

[@ToyFreddyGaming1987]

Y'know, the nightmares that speak in UCN talk about no longer being illusions and finally being real. This mean they remember the times they _were_ just illusions, right? Were the nightmare animatronics sentient, or at all capable of thought? If not, then how did they become sentient enough to not only remember they were illusions, but to realize they are now not? I dunno, just something I thought of. Great video, the nightmares are definitely apart of my favorites.

[@SorowFame]

The UCN ones might just be physical copies of what were illusions who know what their counterparts were. I don’t think they actually need to be the originals for UCN.

[@WatchThisSpace415]

I mean there's a couple ways you can go about explaining this. One: They're far from the only groups of characters to suddenly gain personalities and memories in UCN, Mr Hippo and the mediocre melodies , even Trash and the Gang spring to mind, it's possible TOYSNHK intentionally gave them more awareness as they are William's own torture devices and their designs partially created by either his victims or his son (not that there's much of a distinction.) Otherwise these memories could be taken from William's mind directly as he personally oversaw the experiments and may have even thought up these personalites for them.

[@zenvariety9383]

Haven't played the games yet, but the Vengeful Spirit would had to experience said nightmare animatronics. So either Mike is the Vengeful Spirit but using agony to take on a different form or the crying child who is either Dave or Cassidy is seeking revenge for being abused by said father.

[@cactus472]

“He’s a funky pez dispenser if dreamed up through breathing too many gas fumes” That was so stupidly funny🤣

[@captainet2457]

4:36 ah yes. The best Fnaf father. He’s got an ‘ight design where he barely has any renders and I only die by him if I decide to restart the night. His voice line’s definitely carries him and his lore with his children. Overall, he’s the best dad in Fnaf

[@deepseamuse]

I cant believe the top two FNAF fathers are both bears

[@shachargold6896]

I must say that in the wild world of the FNaF fandom, where everyone talk about new theories and "Who is Cassidy" and so forth, I really like your videos as they cover the less discussed parts of the games and focus more on what we know. The Nightmares are a really good example of this, as you mention. In short, good material, keep going

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

Thank you so much! I will do my best! ^_^ But yeah, I find stuff like this a little more interesting. Largely because there's so many little hidden details to discover!

[@smollmoth6376]

I love the nightmares jumpscare animations, they really feel like they're shaking you violently, and not in the junky way of shaking the background still, but actually animating grhe background to show this. This is especially present in nightmare freddy who lifts you high in the air.

[@MarxistMomentum]

12:32 I commend your restraint for not making the extremely obvious Markiplier "WAS THAT THE BITE OF '87" joke.

[@jebibones4282]

Man, the next time Scott wants to make another character encyclopedia, he should just hit you up and ask for permission to link your character deep dives haha. Another nice upload! I always imagine your videos as Charlie sitting you down in a badly lit room with a table full of character dossiers, a cork board on the wall with dozen of pins and tangled red strings, all the while she yaps about FNAF lore for almost a full hour. Surprisingly comfy!

[@Bluehawk921]

Game theory guys, mare rhymes with bear, which means it is Nightbear Fredbear. And the crying child's awake during The NIGHT, which means his name is Fred.

[@officialjokemobs5922]

Checklist on nightmares: Nightmare Freddy, Freddles, Nightmare Bonnie, Nightmare Chica, Nightmare Foxy, Nightmare Fredbear, Nightmare, Plushtrap, Nightmarionne, Nightmare Balloon Boy, Nightmare Mangle, Dreadbear, Grimm Foxy, Nightmare Cupcake, Jack-O-Chica, Jack-O-Cupcake, and Jack-O-Bonnie! Check! Check! And check! Great job as always Nottie have a great day 🐻❤️

[@andrewkelley9405]

You flash banged me back SO FAR with the Slaughter Me Street reference. Gosh. Those were the days.

[@HareRaisingRobot5]

I was never a big fan of the FNAF 4 Nightmares. To me, they were the predictive stereotypes you would think of when "scary animatronics" come to mind. Nightmarrione, Fredbear and Plushtrap were the exception because Fred made sense, Nightmarrione was a nice evolution and Plushtrap... Well I'm a sucker for anything Springtrap adjacent. This is one of the reasons I don't play 4, other than I'm a timid rabbit when it comes to things that jump out of the dark. Bonnie's kinda neat though.

[@captainet2457]

2:58 He’s here he’s everywhere. Who you gonna call?

[@Poketube815]

Psycho friend, fredbear

[@wafagdplqs4421]

I've always considered the nightmare animatronics as, well, the hauting nightmares made from the mind of a child who can't wake up, but also a symbolism for William Afton's monstrous nature, manifested as the classic animatronics. Like the Funtime but in a more indirect and even more metaphorical way.

[@Rayvincen]

I know this video is about the nightmares, but that intro reminded me how much we should've had Phantom Bonnie.

[@Terrifyger]

The visual look of the Nightmare animatronics were just trying too hard to be scary. But the gameplay itself of FNaF 4, with the atmosphere being so quiet and requiring you to really focus and listen hard when you're at your doors, only to be destroyed by a jumpscare if you make a wrong move... it provides such perfect tension.

[@justsomerandomperson6506]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s creeped out by the sounds that Nightmarionne’s tentacles make in it’s mini game

[@Deluxe_Finale]

A theory that i heard and really liked was the idea that Nightmare WAS Nightmare Fredbear, but his illusion disk was becoming faulty, causing the sounds, color, and transparency.

[@HolyAlondite]

Nightmare Fredbear is probably my 2nd favorite animatronic of the entire series, right behind og Mangle. I may think the Nightmare designs feel a bit try-hard but for Fredbear specically? They work PERFECTLY imo. It really feels like the exaggerated nightmare version of a dying childs sheer mental trauma. And I love that. (Having a kinda cool flavor of the Nightmare personality in UCN helps too)

[@DaveMiller6042]

What does Nightmare Foxy's tongue do though? 😳😳😳

[@Rayvincen]

Taste the fear in your breath.

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

It's like a butterfly proboscis. He stabs it into the liver of his prey and drinks out all the puree. XD

[@drosellie2850]

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING 🗣️🗣️

[@charleswolfe8896]

Ask yourself what would Freddy Krueger do with a tongue like that

[@TheIceCreamWizard]

Nightmare Freaxy.

[@jolo6051]

A lot of people gloss over the Nightmare animatronics with a common (and decently warranted) criticism for how over-the-top they are. But I don't think people realise just how horrorific they actually are both in design and in their concept.

[@phoneguy4637]

*plot twist:* the animatronics are real and you are their nightmare.

[@Rayvincen]

We shouldn't have yiffed them back in Dayshift...

[@currentlyeatingpies1274]

Doomguy 'bout to kill some robot furries.

[@phoneguy4637]

@@currentlyeatingpies1274 it's "phoneguy" to you. 😜

[@charleswolfe8896]

​@@currentlyeatingpies1274quick somebody make a Doom 2 mod of that

[@UnprovenAssumptions]

Maybe the real nightmare was the friends we made along the way.

[@dejinnthedjinn5311]

I do wonder what CC saw that made him see the nightmares as, well the nightmares, and that's considering if we even play as him during the nights.

[@corbinjones3086]

That's a thought I had, especially with the whole "getting locked in the backroom" thing. As a little traumatized kid seeing these various animatronics in states of repair, this would probably come in with how withered the actual nightmare designs look.

[@AFarmerCalledChicken]

To be fair: Some kids have horrific nightmares of mascots even if they aren’t meant to be scary. The difference here is that CC/David has an older brother who seems to be the core of this fear, but not the outright cause

[@corbinjones3086]

@@AFarmerCalledChicken I can confirm that first part lol. I used to have nightmares of the raving rabbids if you know of em. What I was trying to say was that I could imagine that the broken down bits/old parts would definitely have a hand in the trauma, though the older brother's actions were definitely the main cause.

[@Wizardjones69]

i genuine think that dittophobia was written by scott himself to say for the fandom: there it is, thats the connection from fnaf 4 and sl, can y'll not bother me anymore?

[@thetealturtwig5667]

Idk why but the Nightmares are my favorite Band of the series. Maybe because ever since sister location the rockstars were the only time in the games we got a complete Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy set. Even when I made OC Animatronics I'd also gave them a Nightmare varient.

[@MusicalLuxEnby]

OC animatronics? Do tell!

[@nanazsan7536]

I think they're really smart designs, they are exaggerated scary versions of the characters but it makes sense from the nightmarish perspective, like foxy contrasted from his cute plushie into the nightmare. I also really like fredbear as a boss battle. The game really nails one often neglected part of horror imo, which is focus, you really have to focus your hearing to understand what's going on and concentrating makes you vulnerable irl, what I've often done in help wanted 1,2 in vr is I can sometimes dissociate a little and feel less affected by the surroundings. fnaf 4 is my favorite in how simple but great it is, the sound design is perfect and the designs are really something

[@HydraKittten]

Im of the belief that the plushtrap minigame actually has multiple plushtraps, but they aren't full on animatronics, but more or less part of the illusion, less a fear gas illusion, and more of a magicians illusion (with a hint of fear gas). I don't think plushtrap is spry and quick as he appears In game. i believe that each plushtrap besides one is bolted into their spot, only able to pop out and back in as needed to make it seem like plushtrap is entering or leaving a closet. one plushtrap would be the one in the center, possibly moving on a track or puppeteered from the ceiling, moving in a straight line from chair to child. but im not entirely sure how its hidden when plushtrap is suppose to be in a closet, likely more smoke and mirrors to make him disappear. but its all there to make it seem like one plushtrap is moving around and entering closets to hide when it's just pop out closet bunnys. its convoluted, but what isn't at this point.

[@chaosbeam4654]

I feel like the Nightmares designs were trying too hard to be scary. Like, you can do a lot with a nightmare, but these just look straight out of a 2006 deviant art post

[@VitorHugo-jx9fh]

I think it works in the context of the game. Disregarding the whole "experiment" theory, if they were the products of the Crying Child''s imagination, they are pretty horrific from the mind of a small child.

[@chaosbeam4654]

@@VitorHugo-jx9fh I see where you’re coming from, I just feel like if they’re supposed be his nightmares, they could have done something else. If they’re supposed to be based off his bullies, why not make them an uncanny mix of animatronic and human features? He sees what’s pretty likely a body in a suit, why not do something like that? Maybe even designs based off rumours about Freddy’s? Which I guess just loops back around to the body thing but you get what I mean. I’m just saying it wouldn’t have killed anyone to be a little more creative than just Freddy but pointy

[@Remisaku]

Trying too hard to be scary🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@SpikyEaredPichu96]

This is fair, though I think in a way it works with the gameplay; you only ever see them for brief seconds in the dark, whether it's at the end of a dark hallway or when being jump scared while already alert and on edge. I imagine when you're playing especially, you don't necessarily register *all* the scary stuff at once, but it has enough that you will register *something* scary no matter what. But yeah, having ample time to look at the models in full, it does seem like Scott overcompensated in response to the Fnaf3 Springtrap jumpscare.

[@frenchfries2998]

It definitely does but in VR their terrifying(vhs especially)

[@WatchThisSpace415]

Oh this is a big one and well formatted. The nightmares (excluding stuff like FNAF world) boast easily one of if not the largest roster of animatronics we've seen so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. I know they don't differ a lot in personality but I'm surprised you didn't mention the effects and mannerisms that make the voices distinct from each other: Nightmare Fredbear has like 4 different voices, Nightmare speaks under his breath, Nightmarrionne stutters a lot etc. The voice lines you picked do convey it somewhat. I'm realising Plushtrap and Nightmare Balloon Boy have the least withering (well besides living licorice tentacles but they're clearly not playing by the rules) for some reason, not sure what's up with that. I mean they're both canon in FNAF 4 if that matters. Speaking of licorice, I can count at least 2 times where the nightmares weirdly end up foreshadowing what their 'real' counterparts do in the future, with Puppet in Your the Band doing the tentacle thing and the Cupcake killing people with its surprisingly sharp teeth. Side note: We really do need to find a better name for Matpat's dream theory (the idea that the first 3 games were all dreams in the mind of the Crying Child) to more easily distinguish it from the theory that FNAF 4 was all in the mind of the Crying Child. The former does assume the latter is true and directly builds upon it but they are leagues away in terms of their credibility, like you mentioned the phantoms and hallucinations in FNAF 3, I'm not even sure what inception style madness Crying Child could have done to pull that off.

[@hiddenally2896]

Going full Matt pat here . If the Nughtmare fred bear had black buttons, why doesn’t Fred bear have buttons ?

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

He might've! We know Spring Bonnie/Springtrap had at least one. So maybe he did too?

[@hiddenally2896]

@@notrealnamenotatall2476imma start counting toes soon but that makes sense

[@gabriellockwood2780]

The “Nightmare” bots aren’t real-not in the way you might think… There are robots. But they’re not these monsters.

[@marioblaze2723]

I wonder if you'll ever talk in the future about the whole "Shadow Freddy=Nightmare/Nightmarionne" thing along with the Hide and Seek story but apart from that great video (Btw a neat thing you can notice of Nightmare in UCN is that he's transparent only in the Fnaf 4 stage but in all of the other he's a simply a black N. Fredbear)

[@skyenight-by8yh]

As much as *I* wish that they stayed as illusions (pretty much one of my few nitpicks with them), I simply *love* them being in the franchise so much that I pretty much make my own FNAF AU where they are the main leads. 😅

[@belle5234]

Honestly FNAF 4 is underrated it’s got such a creepy charm with the cool nights and nightmares. It’s so different and honestly I hope we get to see something similar to it later on! (May never happen but I’m not getting my hopes up)

[@anonymous-db6gp]

The only bad thing about nightmares is no DSAF appearance. I'm actually kinda considering doing like an SB/4 cross fan game, like how DSAF 3 is a 3/6 cross. Might not though, but plot would probably be to do with the realm after Passing in peace.

[@uberfreak2]

Just wanted to note that it was due to your channel that I started reading the FNAF books. I've found myself pleasantly suprised by how much I've enjoyed reading them, so thanks.

[@ferringsylveon219]

21:24 was just fridge horror personified.

[@FazTokens]

I love your videos, they are very fun. I'd like to share some notes and theories I've been thinking about: 1- 40:49 .I think Nightmarionne will be a very important character in the future. It might even coexist narratively in the final moments of The Mimic. I believe FNaF: The Secret of the Mimic will be the start of a trilogy where The Mimic will be the main villain, and Nightmarionne will appear more frequently and get direct mentions. Speaking of him, I think he won’t just play the role of a main villain after The Mimic era ends but will also have a function within the FNaF world. It may sound crazy, but if he isn’t a very powerful agony creature, much stronger than Eleanor, being either a replacement, reuse, or reimagination of her in the games-or if he actually is her after the epilogues-then, perhaps, he’s a unique entity not related to agony but capable of feeding on it, ensuring that everything happens as it should. He might even be a false dark god, an ancient being who takes on a mundane form, and Puppet’s design could be the result of a repressed nightmare from Henry, having had the sensation of being watched by Nightmarionne while he slept. His tentacles, dialogues, and appearances-combined with being the complete opposite of Puppet, who is usually associated with life-add to his strange influence on the Staff Bots in SB and especially in HW2, where they go from normal to being surrounded by apparently supernatural elements. 2- 25:46. Springtrap can create hallucinations. It’s more of a supernatural ability rather than something related to gases or illusion disks. This was confirmed by Scott and reaffirmed in a story from The Fazbear Frights, which is a faithful adaptation with some liberties. It’s not necessarily "the real version of FNaF 3," but I think he only uses this ability in FNaF 3 because it would make it easier to catch you off guard to kill you. In FNaF 6, he doesn’t use it because he’s no longer alone, there are no cameras, and he likely enjoys a more challenging and balanced hunt, instead of an extremely easy one if he used his abilities in FNaF 6's office, which would make it impossible for Mike to survive past night 3 if he did. 3-21:32. I think both narratives about CC are true. On one hand, the Nightmares are nightmares caused by Mike and his friends, but they are amplified by William’s gas. They may be physically real to some extent, more like mannequins on rails than typical animatronics, with the nightmares, his mind, and the gas doing the rest. I don’t know why, but I imagine William visiting CC one last time in the hospital. He asks for a few hours alone with him, takes out a small gas canister hidden in a briefcase, and injects it into the breathing tubes. Now, the boy goes from fighting the Nightmares to Nightmare Fredbear in his mind. The fifth night has begun. William needs him to know the effects on someone dying, and besides, on one of his most controlled test subjects. CC’s mind can’t handle it, and he’s in his final stage-he’s "won" the night. William removes the gas and waits an hour for the effects and traces of the gas to disappear from CC’s system. He tells Mike to come in and say goodbye, then William repeats what he says in the game, leaves, and tells the doctors to disconnect him immediately. 4-5:16. This is more of a joke, but I like to think that the mini Freddys are born through mitosis. That’s why there are three of them in FNaF 4, five or six in U.C.N, and in FNaF: World and the HW1 DLC, they’re an entire horde of them.

[@tartra]

Wow, FNaF really hates giving Bonnie variants voices

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

On the whole "hyperbolic nightmare chambers" thing,my solution is that CC's agony was used to power the nightmares,fusing his soul into them. That's why so much supernatural stuff happens,it's revenge. Whether or not William knew CC would possess the nightmares when he did that is unclear but I don't think he would have been unhappy with the result As for the phantoms,agony beings. Created from William's agony from the springlocks. The fact the phantoms can cause your systems to fail means they have to exist to some extent Rory also becomes 10 years older without the gas. I just realised Nightmarionne would fit in Bendy and the Ink machine

[@eggroll5510]

My fnaf 4 headcanon is that a schizophrenic child was at a Freddy's location and saw an employee changing into a suit. He then feared that the animatronics eat people, hence the teeth and mouth belly on fredbear. He then began to fear the animatronics, and had a schizophrenic rambling to his older brother, who decided to bully him. The bite never happend, the child wasnt on his medication since the brother hid it and his fear of being eaten by fredbear like the employee he saw and being that close to fredbear's mouth caused a full psychic breakdown ending in the child being hospitalized. Fredbear's got sued somehow and all the bad press caused the shutdown of the company and rebrand into freddy's. Neither child was William's child in this timeline. He held a grudge against all children then, especially against Charlotte since she hated springbonnie for some reason. William then finds out His own son Michael gets diagnosed with a mental illness, and this caused him to snap and go on his missing children spree Kinda goffy and doesnt exactly make sense for the greater story but its simple and i like it. But thats just my own interpretation of it

[@bigpoggers6507]

I've always thought that Nightmare Freddy didn't just form from the Freddles or got spawned there by him, but he just gets irritated by them and shows up and happens to also kill you while trying to tell them to shut up

[@edenengland1883]

while these videos are relatively serious, when you said "something went terribly wrong" i heard the Duck Hunt dog's laugh echo through my mind in reference to Pikmin3

[@monstrdog7031]

Hilarious coincidence that my sanshee psychic friend fredbear was delivered during the talk about the day section :V. But ooo never heard the gas theory for fnaf3 (though that actually does make a bit more sense gameplay wise). And a nice refresher on all the nightmares! I wonder if cc and Michael both went through the experiments, though I think we're seeing Michaels dreams

[@Kitty255Again]

i know the Nightmares are supposed to be scary, but they just come off as cool, especially when Nightmare does the monster voice i love so much (more characters in fiction need that im telling you)

[@BlackMare_Little]

I clicked faster than Fredbear could give CC a concussion

[@Velvette_cakes]

atleast nightmare chica and bonnie are real, real enough to get their recolours in fnaf ar instead of them

[@theblazinfoxx4631]

What if each nightmarione plush is meant to show where a death has happened? ( Sense they could be to resemble death while normal puppet resembles life )

[@ItsMemeTimeBoi]

Oh and also you should watch the HottestDog’s 8th and 10th anniversary videos, they’re really well made (almost looks official) and even got some of the voice actors from the actual games like the dude that voices Foxy and the girl that voices Jack-O-Chica

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

I'll check them out!

[@emanym464]

I doubt anything will come of this, but if the Nightmares ARE real, does that mean they could still be out there somewhere intact? Every other band we've faced have been ended in some way: the classics were dismantled by William, the Toys were scrapped, the phantoms seem to only exist to the FNAF3 protag, and the Funtimes became Ennard and were burned in the fire of Pizzaria Simulator, as was Springtrap and the Puppet. If the Nightmares are real in some capacity, even if their appearances are just illusions, I wonder what happened to them.

[@hpiola]

I must say, I think this is my favourite video you've done so far, keep up the good work! Also, when you mentioned that Nightmare Chica ressembles Withered Chica, you reminded me of something weird I thought of years ago. Basically, I think that the Rockstar animatronics' designs could be a callback to the Nightmares, since I find their designs to be more similar than the Withereds: Bonnie's headshape is almost the same, Rockstar Chica keeps the wide mouth, Foxy's headshape is quite similar to his Nightmare version, even Nightmare Freddy (who I always thought looked weird in FNAF 4) seems to look kinda like his Rockstar variant.

[@nixxie119]

Ever since 4 was released, it's always been my favorite out of the mainline games. For me, it breathed new life into a series that was becoming a little on the stale side in my opinion. I hold the Nightmare Animatronics very close to my heart, so it's nice to see you do a deep dive into them! 😁💛

[@legionbeast]

One of the things that struck me was in the famous Dawko x Scott interview, Scott basically said that he was so used to telling the story in a cryptic way that when he was telling Steel Wool the story of Security Breach, he didn't define anything. Burntrap was not supposed to be real. He was supposed to be a phantom you could occasionally in the corner of the screen for a moment, basically an overhanging reminder of who was pulling Vanny's strings.

[@fallenstudios2672]

I feel like Yendo could be the original Twisted Animatronic model (of Twisted Freddy at least) without the Illusion Discs being active. This means there are other models for Bonnie, Foxy, the Wolf, and “maybe” Chica.

[@irysgundam0052]

Great video, NotRealName. And I see you and I are on the same wavelength as I too, consider the Nightmarionne to be my favorite of the Nightmare Animatronics. That thing is just so creepy and unsettling to me, no thanks to just how uncanny it looks. Between its thin body and stark white face, it makes me think of it as Jack Skeleton's more demented cousin. Just....ugh! With that thing! XD And yes, that wet tentacle sound for the tendril fingers is unsettling as fuck. Side note: Between this and your Funtime video, these machines truly show what a demented lunatic William Afton is. The dude wasn't only designing child killing robots, but also robots to torment the children he brought in for his nightmarish experiments. And I've no doubt that a few of those children were ones that his kiddie killers brought in after their hunts if they weren't outright killed. And that's not even factoring in that he could have been watching what was going on in FNAF 4 through the SL private office. That dude is messed up in the head! On a side note, I never noticed it before, but since you brought it up, I think there is a relationship between the FNAF 4 Phantom Animatronics and the fear gas. Since the Puppet is there physically, as evident by its reflection in the water, we can rule out the Phantoms being the spirits of the missing children. This leads me to believe that the Phantoms are in fact, hallucinations created by the fear gas that those behind Fazbear Frights brought in to make their attraction sppokier. After all, they did admit to having deliberately poorly designed the place to be as scary as they could make it, even though the vintage equipment itself is faulty with wiring that they didn't bother fixing which lead to the fire on night six. And considering Fazbear's usage of candies that are in essence, sleeping drugs, I wouldn't put it past any Fazbear attraction to be willing to drug their audience on the prospect of making money.

[@MusicalLuxEnby]

A few things (I know I tend to write long ramble-y comments so (Faz)bear with me: Yet another amazing video! The Nightmares being confirmed to be real and not just, well, nightmares is honestly terrifying because when the game came out, the little solace in the game is that we were all led to believe that they weren’t real in-universe. Them being actual threats is an unnerving twist which makes me want to write an alternate timeline where the Nightmares roam free and are a near-unstoppable menace. That sounds absolutely terrifying and I think I’m going to go do that now lol I know people sometimes criticize the Nightmares for “trying too hard” to be scary, but they work really well for what would be a child’s worst nightmare, and I still think they’re very scary even though I’m not a kid anymore Nightmare Freddy being almost unironically a better father than most fathers in this series is absolutely hilarious to me Nightmare BB having the tag “Some things can’t be made cute” is funny considering that the Adventure Nightmares are generally cute-ish while Adventure Nightmare BB is barely changed except for having giant eyes which I’d almost argue is scarier 33:52 is absolutely hilarious 😂 I’m… not sure how I feel about Nightmare Fredburger 😅 I really hope Nightmarionne returns because of how many cameos he’s had (even in Princess Quest 4) and because I’d think it would be funny if he was retconned to be canon Okay that’s the end of my spiel and thanks if you’ve read all this haha

[@ralsei_deltarune_2018]

The initial explanation of what the Nightmares are was quite amazing actually, but then came Nightmare and illusion disks.

[@GubbzYT]

Yay, my boy Fredbear finally got his time in the light :D Glad him and his invisible brother were given justice ^~^

[@OrpheusMC]

So in the context of the current lore, was what Afton was doing to the crying child just an experiment in creating Remnant/Agony?

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

I don't know, honestly. There doesn't seem to be much of a connection with Remnant or Agony. If I was to put my money anywhere, he was using the Crying Child to test out the rooms/animatronics before he would use them on the wider public.

[@blademasterzero]

Feels like it would make sense and be suitably cruel and evil for William. Wanting to learn more about agony and forcing his own child/potentially other children as well into these nightmare scenarios in an attempt to understand it further would make sense

[@nyanbinary__]

re: fear gas do you think the fnaf3 protag imagined springtrap’s design because scraptraps look isn’t scary enough :3c (/j)

[@Xanarchist7777]

These are some of my favorites not because they're so scary but I just think they look kind of awesome

[@brickowls7886]

Oh no...Jack o Bonnie and Jack o Chica... Halloween...Fall Fest

[@ItsMemeTimeBoi]

Semi unrelated but Hot take: I think the private room ending in Sister Location should have been the canon one instead of the scooper one. Both endings seems to have the same outcome, and the private room ending is one of in my opinion one of the coolest moments in all of the FNAF games, while the scooper ending is a cutscene

[@j.a.m.m]

Oooh, nice work on that last line, sounds ptty nice. Great vid as always, I wasn't aware of the whole Dittophobia plot, it does bring an interesting idea to the table, yeah, maybe those animatronics could've been used on more victims than just the crying child. Though, tbh, the timing of the publication of that story is prolly just a coincidence, maybe they realized just at the end that they haven't made any Fnaf 4-related short story lol

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

Thank you! I went through a few rewordings of it to get it right. ^_^ Dittophobia is actually pretty interesting. There's a lot I left out, so if you're curious, there's some readings of it on KZbin! 83

[@j.a.m.m]

@@notrealnamenotatall2476 thanks for the advice, i shall check that out!

[@ghostrucok6617]

just how i think the funtimes actually killed a lot of children. After all molten freddy has the biggest amount of remnant

[@marioblaze2723]

It's weird tho that there was no mention of N. Fredbear in Dittophobia, i think It might be that Afton updated his Nightmare experiment and slapped an illusion disc on top of a random animatronic and then Shadow Freddy swooped in, saw N. Fredbear and created his oc "do not steal" called Nightmare and Nightmarionne is just him wanting to hang out with other puppets at Halloween

[@hearts201]

I'm going to mention that there are people who believe the "power module" that we remove from Funtime Freddy is, in fact, an illusion disk. It does match the description to a point, being a flat disk roughly the same size as a half-dollar coin.

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

I'm not sure. That thing's almost hand sized. XD But could be!

[@hearts201]

@@notrealnamenotatall2476 It only looks to be about the size of one of the black buttons on Freddy's chest if not smaller, unless you were mistaking the endoskeleton piece it was attached to. I'm referring to the disc with the red blinking light on it, for the record.

[@somedudewhodraws9377]

These Guys are one of Scotts best designs for the nightmares as he didnt hold back on thier sharp teeth and claws and they even look like they are kinda rotting with the holes in thier bodies. Fredbaer himself is gigantic in size and has teeth on his damn stomach for godsakes and Nightmare Marionette looks like a Black Lengthy Skeleton too :)

[@alymatronicdeeare8265]

The Nightmares are actually the most nostalgic for us. I remember being at a sleepover in sixth grade summer or so, laying on the floor, announcing to our friends a new image dropped, and brightening it. Being so excited it said "Fredbears family diner,". Good times.

[@shark6228]

I was disappointed when the nightmares were no longer hallucinations by the crying child. To me the moment that changed is the moment the crying child as a character stopped being relevant and he slowly faded away. The nightmares were at there best when crying child was the focus

[@sevimationart]

I am just now realizing how tall the Puppet is looking at her appearance in FNAF 3. She as tall as the doorway she is standing near.

[@azimuddin1890]

(0:03) Clockwork from Ben 10: What do I introduce? (0:51) I don’t think I’ve ever seen this render of Chica and Mr. Cupcake. (0:53) What? (2:22) I remember being a little afraid of animatronics. I think I remember one pirate animatronic looking down at me when I was little. (4:36) PapaBear with a gigachad chin! Where’s his spagett? (6:26) I remember having a dream back in 2016? Where I’m in a house, closing the doors on Nightmare Fredbear with the close up door render, and a fan made Nightmare Bonnie prop with glowing red eyes. (7:03) He just wants a plush Bonnie to snuggle, but he can’t afford to buy it himself.

[@azimuddin1890]

(8:01) Freddy & Bonnie’s heads are shaped like their Classic counterparts, while Chica and Foxy’s are similar to their Withered counterparts. (8:07) The original Feral Plastic (9:32) That render though. (13:17) Dang, that was such a cool edit! (13:32) I don’t think the teeths have blood, they come from his gums, not from the tip of the teeth. (14:27) Never noticed that connection. (14:50) That render is nowhere near as good as the original, nor does it look good. (15:52) I’m back in 2015. (17:28) This and Nightmarionne’s are my favorite jumpscare. (17:52) I’m really am back in 2015. I remember a theory that Nightmarionne was inside Nightmare. (18:20) WHAT A PLOT TWIST! (19:12) I still don’t know why PlushTrap’s hallway is so far from the Nightmare bedroom and hallway? (19:41) Never thought of the PlushBear. (20:52) So it’s Helpy? (22:21) Now I don’t know why aren’t they just the Nightmare animatronics? (23:12) White Freddy: Hi! (23:21) Before there was angry White Freddy, there was angry Twister Fredder. (23:35) Never heard the first part of the voice lines, “I assure you, I am very real.” (24:33) It was always strange to me. (25:16) ? (25:31) I know I’m suppose to focus on The Puppet, but the Chica head really looks like a duck. (27:58) Oh, never knw that, thanks! (30:13) I think it’s a reference to when EvanBearCC (still calling him that) saw the easter egg with Aubergine Man putting on a SpringBonnie suit to an employee, and possibly believing the animatronics are eating people, maybe? (32:30) Wait what? (32:40) I don’t like the colors of the metal posts in Nightmare B.B’s jaw. (33:14) Wait, where was a chair? (33:50) Makes sense, it defintely fits. (33:52) Pff (34:00) Also pff (34:07) What a description (34:36) Wow, these renders don’t look nearly as good as I remembered. (34:44) Mr. Feral Punkin (34:49) The constant repeat of the jumpscares also brings me back to 2015. (35:50) I think the Jack-O animatronic duo look better than the original in my opinon. The glow really shows the sharpness withering. (36:16) I don’t remember that teaser! (36:46) Now I know. (37:07) Huh, never seen this bug. Also Nightmare Mangle also can’t afford a plushie to be comfort by. (37:33) My arch nemesis, the one that put a mouth cursor in a mobile port. So diabolical. (38:57) I forgot about that detail. (40:08) I like the nightmare shadow more personally, but both are great. I like the Nightmarionne more than Nightmare. (40:38) Is that official? (41:47) I wonder if F.N.A.F.4’s Nightmare bedroom and Circus Baby’s bunker will have relevance in the new story

[@GreatRaijin]

Also important to note that nightmarionne is the app icon for UCN, before it was always freddy except for SL who was Baby

[@kitdoesstufflmao]

Gotta love a longer video of yours!! Another banger

[@Personwholikeskirby]

Wonderful 43 minute video that I have definitely watched the entirety of! Seriously though, I've been refreshing for 30 minutes.

[@ShayTheValiant]

Not gonna lie, I think the Nightmare animatronics are overly designed. They are trying so hard to be scary that they look more goofy than actually scary to me.

[@skeletonking27]

I love your content. It's like a true crime podcast/fnaf theory and I love just listening to it all.

[@UrsaMinor-69]

11:12 NotRealName jumpscare 🫢

[@Wizardjones69]

the fear gas thing is so goofy to explain fnaf 4 final nights 3 made it simpler, just nightmares

[@captainet2457]

7:45 Nightmare Chica is pretty whatever. I’m not into her design/render/jumpscare. Except, she has an okay design and I like her mechanic in UCN and maybe Fnaf 4… (where makes her sandwich) Overall, she’s whatever

[@jackbrassington3489]

I like the the rib case esk nose nightmare foxy has

[@MrK-bw5oh]

The nightmares are probably some of my favourite animatronics, because they always made so much sense to me. I was a wee lad in 2014 when fnaf became the thing and I would catch glimpses of it. Id see those stupid characters in my constant nightmares. Fearing to go under my bed cuz I thought Foxy would bite my ankles. So when fnaf 4 came out it just made sense to me. They looked like what was in my nightmares. Nightmare Foxy in particular was constantly on my mind, fearing he'd come out from the cabinet in my classroom. And the concept of the game, the bite victim throwing hands with the same beasts that haunted me and then Death itself. Love it. (Nowadays the concept of Death torments me much much more than these bozos) But after some time, kid me saw these overdesigned edgy idiots for what they are. Stupid. And i love them for it. The concept is so perfect but the designs look so dumb. Especially love them in fnaf world. All of this kinda builds up to grim foxy and jacko bonnie being my favourite animatronics in the entire franchise. Theyre just so over the top and stupid I love it. Anyways, yeah. Nostalgia for being actually scared of something. Funny how that happens.

[@victoriavidaud]

William’s Chrome-Plated Killer Circus Baby Band is my next metal band, thank you very much

[@thehamsterarmy2380]

THE NIGHTMARE animatronics and fnaf 4 have always been my favorites

[@ImmortalAbsol]

The extra animatronics near Plushtrap could be the alternative animatronics in storage.

[@Cherrybombz_1388]

On the topic of The nightmares and fnaf 4 did you hear that the crying Child'a name got solved and it turned out to be dave? Also Just side note here but I love listening to your videos while I do my homework idk why but they let me concentrate

[@notrealnamenotatall2476]

Thank you! 8D And I've heard, but I'm still skeptical. XD So, we'll see!

[@Drabow06]

This is entirely off topic but I just found out what happened to the creator of Springtrap and Deliah, I'm disturbed

[@ChrisPetro-o7h]

Who created it?

[@Drabow06]

@@ChrisPetro-o7h GraWolfQuinn

[@blademasterzero]

Wait what happened? Nevermind I have learned

[@elmasterdezoologia6641]

NEVER in a million years I would have imagined you name dropping 123 SMS. That franchise is deader than Tattletail

[@felixdaniels37]

40:41 Is.. is that a reference to the Hungry Burger monster from Yu-Gi-Oh!? It even has the exact same pose and everything. Wow, FNAF is the last place I'd expect something like that.

[@Deathangel6590_gaming]

You forgot to mention the weird disc you take from funtime freddy. Its called a personality ship or something along those lines. But going off the silver eyes trilogy which was being made around the same time as sister location. Its no doubt what the illusion disc is meant to look like. Its a small round black disc with a red blinking light which makes a weird buzzing sound (either me remembering wrong since i haven't play sister location in so long or it actually makes a sound) so the discs ARE in game. But so far theres only been one clear look at them. Also i love your content i accidentally found your channel beginning-mid 2023 and i love the way you cover things. Not only do you have amazing theories that i think are what scott was intending to make cannon, but your also amazing at simplifying the stupidly complicated lore that is fnaf. So please keep up the amazing videos i have seen pretty much every video and i can't wait to see what amazing and genius theories you come up with in the future! Sincerely. Random relatively new viewer who still has a shelf of fnaf plushes.

[@anjellogames]

I gotta say I really appreciate the long form videos! So many creators are going for the next big “SOLVED” theory so it’s nice taking a step back and looking at different parts of the series. Great video! Hope the allergies clear up soon!

[@adi_baa]

damnnnnnn i forgot about 123 slaughter me street! and then wasnt the sequel like a free roam house game and not at all like the first? good memories!

[@ishboi2033]

I remember always thinking that Will had the Nightmares just in a closet somewhere

[@alymatronicdeeare8265]

Also I don't care what the current story is now, the fnaf four lore will always be the hospital/coma theory to me.

[@hopefulfriend4163]

24:51 good lord, I felt myself getting drowsy and closed my eyes for moment then legitimately got scared by phantom chica lol, great vid as always!

[@derrickdavis3888]

Also I watched someone played the game called “When the Lights Go Dim” it’s shares differently than the original game, You can tell that they have human corpses inside the animatronics that they’ll tried to eat your frontal lobe!

[@marioblaze2723]

Yup it's amazing and unfortunately there's no render of The Nightmare

[@derrickdavis3888]

@@marioblaze2723 Also the mechanics are very different than this! Freddy: (He will appear outside of your window, You must check it at all cost every time you dealing with the others, If he’s there close the curtains to make him go away.) Bonnie and Chica: (They both share one at the time when they arrive at your door but they have own different personalities, Bonnie will appear at your door and makes the breathing, Of course it works in the original game mechanic if you heard his breathing close the door it’s simple. Chica is different from Bonnie she is opposite to him but instead she will appear at your door but this time the door won’t fool her easily if you do that she’ll kill you, If you see Chica at the door, Use your flashlight to make her go away! Just remember it’ll be tricky when you see them in the dark at the doorway!) Foxy: (He will appear in your closet but things gets more complicated due to his mechanic, Unlike from the original game you must check on Foxy at all cost, When he’s at very closet distance to you, You must keep flashing your flashlight on Foxy to make him go away!) Cupcake: (Chica’s Cupcake is located under your bed, It’s a spider-like monstrosity creature that has like 24 eyes in it, To prevent the Cupcake from attacking you shine your light at him to make him go away.) Fredbear: (He will mysteriously appear in front of you bed, Once he’s there you must get to bed immediately and press CTRL key to go asleep to make him go away!) Nightmare: (He will make your screen go insane by making your sanity goes very bad, Once you seen him appear on your screen get to bed and pretend to sleep, He work’s function just like Fredbear, But remember Nightmare can kill you if you don’t sleep in time once he’s fading very slowly and closely to you until you die!) You can only beat the game by surviving until 6 minutes, That’s ok once you beat 6 minutes you’ll unlock Extras Menu but you must unlock jumpscares by dying!

[@marioblaze2723]

@@derrickdavis3888 The Nightmare: (go to sleep to make him go away)

[@kitsunegaming87]

I swear to you the sound of nightmarion’s tentacles sound just like cold chilly. Spoon some cold chilly and tell me that’s not the Nightmarion tentacle sound effect.