WHAT WAS IN THE FNAF4 BOX?

[@VJArt_]

This is a great theory but I love Dawkos take on it, I think that the box belongs to Henry and that it contains paragraph 5 and the rest of his plans, and that it was left forgotten until fnaf six, this is based in the fact that Scott said the contents changed and such

[@Th3Badd3st]

This theory is more meant to be what was originally in the box

[@VJArt_]

@@Th3Badd3st ohhhhhhh

[@Nervatel]

To be more specific Scott said, "I need to craft this into something better, for the people who see this as important, and that kind of indirectly does change the contents of the box, cause it changes the contents of everything that came before" The wording seemed really deliberate, so while everyone is saying the actual contents changed, he is alluding the meaning of the contents changed only because the 5th game and onward recontextualized the first 4 games.

[@lucutes2936]

Wat

[@thefrogthatknows5251]

Paragraph 4 isn't a part of the lore. It's an offscreen section of the contract that the player in FNAF 6 signed which explains that they need to bring each of the animatronics into the facility. There is nothing to find out about Paragraph 4, and the theory that it's all his plans in the box isn't a lore reveal whatsoever. That theory is a non-starter made up for clickbait without actually satisfying anything meaningful. It's not a theory, it's an excuse.

[@jdh219]

i wish scott would at least tell us what was originally in the box so that we could rule out what isnt in the box currently. theres so many theories ive seen through the years and a lot of them havent even been feasibly ruled out by new information. such a frustrating part of the lore

[@serpentlord1312]

The 5 bucks that Henry owed William to is in the box that’s the reason why he killed Charlie

[@mudkiporsomething9755]

He just wanted his mcdouble

[@smeltium9692]

what if ferdinand von bernard was in it

[@seraphicalism]

i keep seeing this joke, is it from one of the books? if so, which one? if you don’t mind me asking

[@smeltium9692]

@@seraphicalism not from books, just watch the fnaf timeline video by the ooftroop

[@personname2725]

@@mudkiporsomething9755 he borrowed the money to get Lefty but he got too many lawsuits to pay it back

[@pickleboi934]

I always thought the box was just a symbolism for the story of fnaf being revealed. Fnaf 4 was originally going to be the final fnaf game. The first teaser trailer even said it was the "Final chapter". So the box is just the whole story and all of its secrets revealed. However scott thought the community wouldnt accept getting the answers to the lore so easily so he decided to not open the box and maybe continue the series. I mean at this point the fnaf story wasnt as big as it is now. And it was after fnaf 4 that we got the books and fnaf world and then finally fnaf sister location as the new main game. So i think the box was just the story of fnaf being revealed but scott deciding to not do that. Thats what the phrase "Somethings are better left forgotten for now" means i think Its not about what is inside the box but rather about the symbolism that the box represents. Which is the pieces being put back together. The secrets of the lore. I dont think the box is anything important in the story or world of fnaf. But its the symbolism around it. But thats just my theory

[@KorinIta]

I thought that too, who said the person opening the box is the crying child?

[@StupidAThandle]

I believe it was sister location robot blueprints

[@KorinIta]

@@StupidAThandle good theory

[@8is]

That is entirely possible, but since he has stated that he has change his mind about its content, he has probably worked it into the story as an after the fact. Why else would he still talk about it?

[@atanaZion]

The book came just two months after the dlc tho

[@gatokal]

I still find it interesting that the box has two locks on it. Implying it was locked away by two people, requiring both parties to approve its unveiling.

[@andruspolanco6935]

William Afton and Henry Emily

[@gatokal]

@@andruspolanco6935 Right. It would need to be something they both wanted hidden away. Something so terrible, that even William and Henry came to an agreement.

[@dani3lda1by81]

@@gatokal what if it was parts for an animatronic or schematics for one or maybe a plan that they just could not do and it had to be locked away so no one would find but this raises the question if it is any one of these theorys then what exactly were they?

[@kappacat]

@@gatokal My first thought (that's most likely wrong) was the plans for Baby, since the Funtime animatronics were co-developed. Once Henry saw what Afton had modified Baby to do, I'm sure he didn't want a child-kidnapping robot to have his name on it.

[@elidarling1300]

@@kappacat Well the blueprints to baby can already be seen in Fnaf 6 if you mess with the screen enough, its a little easter egg you can check out yourself.

[@zefsam]

Some MakeaWish kid should ask Scott for the entire complete story.

[@hagrud9554]

Scott would just shoot him right there lmao

[@Mike_Dubo]

Didn't some kid in Japan do something similar, and get the ending to One Piece?

[@lots478]

@@Mike_Dubo yeah that happened

[@bren.nan_]

@@Mike_Dubo no way 💀💀💀

[@Safalmao]

@@Mike_Dubo wait reallyy!??!

[@NickiesBlack]

The box contained Mike's Foxy mask and all of the paychecks from the previous games when you played as Mike under a pseudonym. This is the explanation most in line with Scott's hints given during Game Theory streams at the time (four games, one story) and his post explaining why he chose never to open it (no one figured out that you play as Mike throughout the entire series, with the exception of some of the nights in FNAF2).

[@Junya01]

I like this theory

[@danmakuSuki]

People totally did figure that out at the time, though. It was already a relatively popular theory that you played as the brother in 4, then people combined that with the fact that the FN3 guard had hallucinations of characters from 1 and 2, and viola. It wasn't the most popular, but it was definitely floating around, even before World.

[@NickiesBlack]

@@danmakuSuki Yea, true, but it was still an underground enough theory that Scott was dissatisfied, I think. None of the major lore-solving figures, like MatPat, discussed the theory and in fact proposed contradictory theories instead. Dream Theory was running rampant at the time IIRC.

[@sneery9677]

Why do people think you play as micheal in fnaf 4. I really need an answer 👍

[@danmakuSuki]

@@sneery9677 In the Security Logbook, there's a page asking about recent dreams, and Michael drew a picture of Nightmare Fredbear.

[@brandonwelsh5090]

My theory is the Candy Cadet stories are allegorical to Henry's plan, the stories all have 5 things being merged or placed into 1 thing and then buried/burned, 5 kittens eaten by 1 snake and then buried, 5 kids placed into one coffin and buried, 5 keys melted in a furnace into one key and all five kids burn. If you subtract Michael from the equation (because Henry states on the ending he didn't plan for Micheal to show up and even had an escape planned for the manager) you have 4 animatronics, plus Henry making 5, being placed into one building and then burned/buried

[@bren.nan_]

this ^^^

[@Elsa_Jay]

Ah, the mystery box that keeps getting it's contents updated. I know how uncanon it is and unlikely, but Day shift at Freddy's 3 had the box be 'souvenirs' from each kid killed. That was just Serial-Killery enough that it stuck with me. If that actually happened I wouldn't even be mad, but given the story direction that's super unlikely. Just wanted to mention like years ago I thought that legit could've been the answer.

[@Junya01]

The box containins artefacts of William’s dead victims is actually pretty cool

[@sdtwirix1126]

It also had it be Dave's lunchbox, for those unaware of the tone of DSAF. But yeah, I can see canon William doing something like that.

[@amyviscous]

I think by now that Scott has just forgotten what was lost to time with how crazy the series has gotten

[@deanthebean_vr6942]

It would be funny if on April fools he 'accidently' releases a leak of it and it was a jar of pickles.

[@Luvcatz88]

Nah its exotic butters

[@xaniella4859]

That's very scott

[@oofedultra]

@@Luvcatz88 not really, FNAF SL didn't come out yet, and even so the jar of pickles came in FNAF 6, both of these didn't make sense

[@TheRocketApollo]

@@oofedultra But think about it, the contents have changed a lot

[@lowenevvan8619]

@@TheRocketApollo what if "contents changing alot" is code for him not being able to help himself, cracking it open and eating some forgotten pickles

[@vexxspecture8025]

I like how we just had a very important thing introduced just to have it taken away for 6 years still not solved

[@GEONEgaming]

I always assumed that the plush was in the box ever since seeing it in SL. It just seems like the most logical thing to put in there. The perfect size and shape, and it would serve as the 'ohhh' moment for the end of fnaf 4

[@lastnamesammy]

I think the box, at the beginning of the lore, contains a picture of the Afton Family and the masks that Michael and his friends wore. But as time goes on, much like in real life, the contents changed. The masks and picture stay, but Henry uses it to store notes on how to actually kill William Afton and set the souls free. The two locks could actually represent that it was owned by two different people at two different times.

[@uberkirbeeh7954]

Even if the box contained the child's body, William wouldn't have been able to revive his son and put him back together, because he ( the child ) was already dead and had already passed away, leaving no possibilities to harvest a remnant. So the best William could do is to store whatever was inside the box and put it aside for a later date, when he would be able to figure out how to bring his dead son back without the original soul or remnant.

[@jmfan7572]

What about the IV and flowers easteregg? Maybe he died in the hospital as to why they got to speak to him through the fredbear plush instead of right there as soon as he got bit.

[@uberkirbeeh7954]

@@jmfan7572 I think it's irrelevant if they died in the hospital or not. If they did die in the hospital, William still wouldn't have enough time or opportunity to harvest the child's remnant. It all really depends on how long the time period to harvest it and for the soul to possess the animatronics is. I have no explanation for the Fredbear plush tho.

[@purplecatjake]

While I'm very familiar with the William uses the psychic friend fred bear plot line, I don't think I've heard someone say it's what was in the box but honestly it makes a lot of sense. It would tie quite a bit of things together, and it being exposed in Sister Location would mean there was not as much of a need for it to be the 'huge secret' in the box anymore so the box's contents were changed.

[@mikeym32_]

Really cool to see other people are still this interested in older FNaF mysteries. Your theory is really thought-provoking, especially when it comes to the overall history of the Fredbear plush

[@hypemugen]

You know, I'm going to be honest here, I can appreciate Scott's decision to continue the franchise and change the story's meaning and its contents because he was concerned for the fans' reception of it. But deep down I still wish we got to see what was the original intended conclusion to the games before he changed his mind. Even if it doesnt satisfy the audience, it's still genuine.

[@Kurtlen]

I think the original object inside the box was something meant to imply the franchise was all a dream. There is so much evidence to lead to the conclusion that at the very least Fnaf 2 was also a nightmare of the crying child. (The biggest evidence being the Toy animatronics from FnaF 2 being based on the actual toys from the little girl with Chica missing her beak plus mangle being based on his sister's toy and balloon boy being based on the fat kid with a balloon.) Remember FnaF 3 wasn't received super well, and FnaF 4 was originally going to be the last game, and it is still the last numbered game. But that changed when Scott decided to make more games and saw people were invested in the story of William Afton. Part of Scott back in 2015 was probably expecting the hype from the first two games to be completely dead, FnaF 4 to be received poorly, and his exit strategy for the franchise to be to say "fuck you it was all a dream" and dip. But FnaF 4 did so well it made Scott so confident the franchise would never die that he created FnaF World. But Scott wanted to add to the story with Sister Location, so the contents of the box changed. Then Scott made an actually satisfying conclusion to the story in FnaF 6, by then the contents of the box changing even more, with the "it was all a dream" angle not even being on the table anymore. And then Steel Wool fucked it all up lol

[@sunnecas]

I think that the color change would indicate that it was Mike saying it to his brother, since him and William are very similar

[@alexandersavage305]

I like this theory, especially because Scott does have a habit of explaining the last game’s mysteries in the next game. I think it has *something* to do with candy cadets’ stories, since they always end with the -pieces- being sown together or melted together etc.

[@8BitJams]

The "will the community take it that way?" refers to dream theory, and how it used to be true but isn't now because of how scott thought the community would take it.

[@chair448]

Does nobody remember the secret boss of furys rage? I thought it confirmed that it was just a collection of items that confirmed dream theory, like the chica toy that girl has missing its beak. At the point of fnaf 4s release it would be "the pieces put together", explaining it was all a dream in the mind of a child who misinterpreted stuff they saw. Scott knew people wouldnt like that answer though, so he made SL to explain it all away with science and remnant

[@umairashraf5167]

Could be

[@gamesuarx]

And he ruined it, lol. Remnant and the rest of this "soul alchemy" stuff is the stupidest lore aspect in FNAF. Sci-Fi? AI androids? Experiments with souls? Bunkers? Michael is a zombie? Really now? SL had great gameplay, but its lore is best forgotten forever.

[@gerg669]

@@gamesuarx i think michael zombie and remnant are okay but fucking william's brain found in some fazbear archives or every fnaf game is an indie game in-universe is just straight up unacceptable

[@redlikeroses3705]

@@gamesuarx i really wish FNAF was just about some poor kids who were murdered and wanted revenge, a poor boy who died because of his brother's bullying, and a twisted man who got his comeuppance but still haunted what came from his life's work.

[@Handlelesswithme]

Yeah, kind of wish the new games decided. To stay one concept. Either sentien HAl.0 AI or spooky ghost. Make up your mind

[@creativename2567]

Basically something that isn't cannon anymore, it was the confirmation that it was all a dream but Scott retconned it with fnaf world/ fnaf: SL. It's so simply yet no one noticed it.

[@rasagas3682]

I think it is the scooper blueprints. Something that both Henry and William want locked away. Something that was better left forgotten.

[@Thiccjimbobway]

I think we’re either never going to figure it out or Scott is going to straight up tell us eventually. We’ve gone 6 years without finding it and it’s contents changed, perhaps some things really are best left forgotten for now

[@SOSO_CREPITUS]

So stupid how he can’t just explain it all.. bro you retired come on give us answers you vague bastard…

[@cxssetteman182]

@@SOSO_CREPITUS look at Little Comedian Jr. Gonna Cry?

[@SOSO_CREPITUS]

@@cxssetteman182 I’m gonna put some dirt in your eye

[@cxssetteman182]

@@SOSO_CREPITUS I missed the Part where that's my Problem.

[@glitterfish2]

@@cxssetteman182 fight fight fight

[@cookies_and_mustard6414]

This is probably my favorite theory of what's in the fnaf 4 box. I always thought it was weird that Psychic Friend Fredbear had not a lot of relevance to anything (at least from what I know). Even though I want the actual answer to what's inside, I still like hearing everyone else's ideas on what it could be.

[@ryanredd4552]

I think whatever was in the box at first before Scott changed it, probably confirmed dream theory, but Scott changed it after he saw how angry people got at dream theory

[@kuribos]

Scott said he’s retconed one thing, so I think it is most likely what was in the box. Nothing else in any other games seem to contradict what was previously shown.

[@joshuavarela6569]

I always thought it was just the crying child corpse. Nothing else. No robot Michael Afton thingy, nothing being put back together. Just the corpse. It's simple but I think is the most accurate answer.

[@KorinIta]

I know this may be a stupid theory, but what if the box is just the fnaf lore, and scott is just afraid to show the correct events of the story because people might get upset and won’t accept it. He even changed the lore many time, just like the inside of the box.

[@CatsandBoots935]

I always thought it was just a bunch of incriminating evidence against William and his past misdeeds

[@blanktester]

I think you're probably right, but also that the final text could also be someone else talking through the walky talky. If they imitated Fredbear, their dialogue might show in a close but not perfect color. I don't know who would do that, though. Michael has never been shown to build robots of his own so... I don't know.

[@VictoryReviews]

William and Henry must have keys for the locks so I assume it must relate to them.

[@McGillicuddy849]

its a roxy figure in a jar thats also filled with a strange yellow ish white liquid

[@lukeroberson2115]

I remember when Mark was going through the story with a friend new to the series, he mentioned that maybe there being two locks means two people had to open it. I want to see someone explore that idea.

[@someguy1894]

I like to imagine in a alternate universe 30 years later FNaF 4 gets an update where the box opens and Scott announced it, but the only thing inside the box is a cropped photo of a low quality image of Trollface

[@PhilieZ_YT]

0:42 Actually you get the box after beating night 7

[@cwasone.]

I think the person talking to the crying child on his death bed might be cassidy. I think this might be so because the text color is so similar to the normal psychic friend fredbear, and fredbear *is* golden Freddy, and with the theory of them both possessing golden Freddy. It could be that means Cassidy is talking. This could also mean that with the phrase of “I will put you back together”, Cassidy was willing to take Evan with her in golden Freddy. Her talking also lines up with her saying “We are still your friends. Do you still believe that?”

[@FalconPunchology]

Ok so we got a hint that it takes 2 people to unlock the box from markiplier asking Scott about the box and heavily implied it should take 2 people to unlock. I’m sorry I forgot where I found it if someone knows the link it would be awesome to share and if I can relocate it I’ll edit this to contain the link.

[@BasementDweller_]

Wait people think Micheal Afton was the crying child!?

[@Misace2500]

I have a few ideas - Evan Afton's decomposing body - robot evan afton - Mrs Afton? - Evan's freddy plush along with michaels foxy mask, Williams blueprints - Williams confession tape - evidence of the animatronics killing children, video, pictures sick disturbing memorabilia by william - william's "soul" or "Remnant" so he can kill and not feel guilty about it anymore

[@maitt1454]

0:42 not trying to be annoying or anything, but you get the box scene after beating night 7, and also JESUS CHRIST thats a fucking great theory. let me go by parts, first i dont know if you though about it but when the text color changes it might be because william is no longer speaking through the fredbear pushie, that is why the color seems a little fainted , because it is no longer pretending to be the plushie something i just though after watching your video is that as you said the box could contain the fredbear plushie specially considering that you get the box after the night 6 scene, this makes me thing that after crying child death, there was no point of having the plushie anymore, so he sealed the box, but why the two keys? did william and mike sealed it together considering that they are the only remaining in that family? anyway that was a great theory over all

[@Th3Badd3st]

Oops it's been awhile... Thank u! Glad u liked the video!!

[@Chris-jx4ij]

Something to remember while theorizing about the box is that it has 2 locks. Which means it has 2 keys. That likely means that 2 different people are holding those keys. Likely sets are William and Henry or William and Mike.

[@aidenb200]

Scott is in the box He was trapped making fnaf games for the fans

[@echowyvern1429]

i belive ballon boy is inside of the box and thats why when hes dreaming of fnaf 2 he sees a broken mangle and a small child. Ive always thought it odd that the only cannon characters of the halloween addition are the fnaf 2 characters that might have a real counter part that isnt a toy of some kind. Mabye he say what was in the box or saw his dad try to "put him back together" and boom he put who we might now know as gregory (I still hate that theory although its super compelling) and it would confirm alot of things. If you want me to make a video over this ask and you shall recive

[@hollielovesautumn]

If the Fredbear plush is William Afton trying to keep his child away from the animatronics, why would he have his birthday party there? Typically parents plan their kid’s parties when they’re young.

[@swhipple]

100% this is it. It lines up with everything. It does seem awfully anti-climactic.

[@icryinwalmart]

I think the box is symbolic. Maybe it represents the theory that FNAF is all a dream.

[@snapgrouch702]

You should react to the blog that a steel wool employee did. They described gameplay and released some clips of gameplay.

[@Kvng.kasper]

Where can I find that?

[@Jack-fz8gc]

I'm sure this has been said before, but the existence of two locks on it makes me think that it's of two people. Based on the theme of the game and what we know now, I'm inclined to believe that the box contains the dolls the crying child used to play with, and they're all locked away because William intentionally made him hate the dolls.

[@ODINsCheeZ]

There’s even a FNAF book that has a father talk to his son through a doll to comfort him and he changes his voice

[@Vuzlaa]

I think it is a way of talking about golden freddy. Notice how their are 2 locks. Golden Freddy has two sprits that refuse to leave or move. The box represents the actual suit, being where the spirits are. The two locks represent the spirits being stuck in the suit, the box represents the golden Freddy/fredbear suit.

[@arkhamaslume]

No, that's too simple. Even then, what would it mean? What relevance to the plot would it have?

[@bren.nan_]

@@arkhamaslume it could symbolize the spirits not wanting to leave golden freddy's body and still torturing springtrap, but since burntrap "dies" in SB via the blob i feel like the box should be unlocked now???

[@arkhamaslume]

@@bren.nan_ Philosophical shit. Alright then.

[@bren.nan_]

@@arkhamaslume that's just my personal input lol but that seems like it could work

[@scareqro6165]

Your theory especially the midnight motorist explanation is actually so interesting. That just squeezed into my head canon.

[@Yoyo-l2u9s]

That makes soooooooo much sense. Better then my theory, if you can call it a theory.

[@OmegaChase1002]

What was your theory?

[@Yoyo-l2u9s]

@@OmegaChase1002 well, my theory was……. I forgot😭😂 after months I forgot this comment even exited

[@OmegaChase1002]

@@Yoyo-l2u9s gosh

[@iilm2004]

The Mike being the crying child theory never made sense to me, since how could a robot get rot?

[@JokieJesterE]

Imma bout to make a wall of text here so beware. I do believe it was the fredbear plush, and I 100% agree it was william talking through the fredbear plush to crying child, but I don't think the fredbear plush at the end is william, I think that is the 5th missing child. cassidy. First of all we need to talk about michael. he is the older brother, obviously. and he is the protagonist for the fnaf 4 gameplay, not the minigames. the logbook suggests that michael is having nightmares about his brother after he heard the phone guy talk about the bite of 87' in fnaf 1. obviously that isnt the bite of 83', but it still makes him remember his brother. that explains why we hear the fnaf 1 phonecall in the backround, and why the nightmare animatronics have somewhat the same mechanics as fnaf 1. bonnie on the left, chica on the right. yadda yadda. What is in the box is something that Michael doesnt want to remember. which could be the fredbear plush since that has significant ties to his brother. Now about the MCI. We know that freddy fazbear and the others atleast existed as an idea in 1983, since the fredbear and friends show obviously shows all of those characters, but what if fredbears diner and fazbear entertainment existed at the same time in 1983? that would explain why the pigtails girl tells crying child she heard a rumor they stuff your body in a suit. where else would someone hear this rumor if the MCI hadn't happened yet? and it could explain why crying child calls his plushies his "Friends" What if he was friends with all the missing kids? and he saw them get led into the backroom by springbonnie, or he was in the backroom itself and saw springbonnie kill them? that would explain why he is so terrified of the animatronics. obviously william knows he saw it, maybe that was the plan. it would explain midnight motorist. crying child keeps sneaking to fazbear entertainment with his friends. so william makes him watch as one of the animatronics murder all of his friends and stuffs them in the animatronic suits. then gives him a plushie to speak to him and uses cameras to watch him everywhere he goes. After the crying child dies he sees all of his friends. and he sees cassidy taking form of the fredbear plush. cassidy says they will put him back together. that's what happiest day is. it literally is the fredbears family diner room but mirrored. but that still leaves cassidy. thats why when william dies cassidy takes him to his own personal hell. cassidy never got to go free. and they just want to see william get what he deserves. the end. So there are a million other things I can talk about, like all the evidence in the logbook that supports this. and golden duo being a possibility. but its already been too much that I dont think anyone even cares.

[@FilmBucket]

Maybe the box was intended to never be solved. Maybe that's why it's best forgotten.

[@ploplopgallant2873]

I think that inside the box is fnaf world because when fnaf world was coming out he was working on the halloween update when he wanted to reveal what was in the box but around after fnaf world came out he made the game not canon and kept the boxed locked

[@TubJub]

I think it's the child because fredbear talks about fixing him but the text colour is slightly different so ithing his dad is gonna make him into an animatronic/cyborg

[@taitr2000]

the body in the box theory could be true now that matpat reckons gregory in security breach is a robot

[@hubguy]

Might be a stretch but I think the text color changes because it's William Afton talking to his son as William Afton. Like, he's still talking like Fredbear because that's what his son would understand and be comforted by, but this is William being completely genuine through Fredbear instead of acting as the character Fredbear

[@tracks6984]

One problem though, If the golden freddy plush is inside the box how is it also in sister location years after the bite of 83?

[@austinsmith7731]

Need 2 walkie talkies to work. I think the SL one was the one Afton used to communicate and the one in the box is the crying childs

[@RyoApeiron]

my thoughts: -William talked through the fredbear Plush throughout fnaf4, but it was cassidy speaking the final lines. that, or vice versa: cassidy most of the game, William at the end -as of fnaf4, the box likely contained something linking the older brother to the previous games. perhaps various pieces of animatronics along with a before-unseen-in-3d Foxy mask meant to be older brother's mask -as of SL, I feel it being the Plush is fair and viable -as of ffps, I'd say it was probably a family photo of the aftons, along with some identifier from each of the characters they became (fredbear tophat, empty springtrap mask, crab claw, paycheck/handunit) -after ffps the box probably lost its relevance to the story going forward

[@didhayadid]

If I had to guess what's in the box I'd probably say it's all the clues to Dream Theory in FNaF 4: The Toy Chica figurine with the missing beak, the Spring Bonnie biting plush, the balloon of the chubby kid, mangle parts, etc. It would make sense considering at the time Scott was heavily pushing the concept of Dream Theory as a resolution for the franchise, but after lackluster responses from the fanbase, he changed everything, prompting the "Perhaps some things are best left forgotten, for now" and "It's all the pieces put together" comments.

[@heyitsanotherben]

The thought of it being psychic friend Fredbear and the walkie talkie as seen in fnaf sl makes me wonder if he actually did reveal the contents of the box, just without saying that was what was (supposed to be) in the box

[@ThomasSunflower]

In Fnaf 4 the "William" dialogue isn’t his. The colors of the text is the one from Pigtail Girl.

[@d-rgk2477]

I don’t know if anyone else has pointed this out but William does speak with yellow/orange text in fnaf 6 at the end of fruity maze Just felt like pointing that out

[@LEMMYBOOOOI]

For some reason back when i was in elementary i thought the box contained fnaf sister location like i dont even know why i thought that its a really stupid idea of mine maybe its because of one animation i saw during the time

[@XxShadow_LightningxX]

l have a theory what if lile game theory said crying child's body is in the box and william just put him to just think of to way to put him back together in my theory he wanted to put him back together with his sister elizabeth as we see on ft freddy's blue blueprints we see a small body maybe it could be crying child's body as we know (maybe some of y'all dont know) all main funtime animatronic presenting an afton circus baby= elizabeth ballora= mrs afton (also in security breach to like cb) ft freddy + bon bon= crying child and fredbear plush ft foxy= michael (cuz he loves foxy) l think after find out what happened to to elizabeth he would try to put his body in ft freddy then put him back together with his sister after just michael goes circus baby's entertainment and rental the afton kids reunion happend :D (maybe their mother also there to) in fnaf 6 they all reunioned also molten freddy had to said ''happy big family'' l dont think he said that for no reason yep that's all my theory TvT also afton could do anything with his son's body no one could stop him to stuck his son's body to a box-

[@leodepew5696]

I know exactly what's in the box- the same thing that's in the Pulp Fiction briefcase.

[@themapletree2310]

I think that it was fredbears head with the child’s frontal lobe on it since were shown empty heads in fnaf3. then it was a bloody foxy head that turns into a plush head. The plush head that represents his trauma. This I think it is now his body, the Fred bear head that’s bloody, and the brothers foxy mask, with the rest of his plushies except for the Fredbear plush that stays in the underground facility.

[@owtkvst]

I have three theories on it. I believe first the contents in the box were the story put together as Scott even said as much in his post on Steam. “What’s in the box? It’s the pieces put together, but would the community accept it that way?” Always stuck in my mind as Scott having the story finished but at the time he story had only really started to begin and the conclusion he put out there would have caused outrage. The first game barely had the story in mind when it came out, the 2nd added onto it but not much, the 3rd added onto the story but left many questions, and the 4th just stumped everyone who tried to solve the answers of it. What those answers were? I believe the story(at the time!) was intended to be the dream theory MatPat came to the conclusion of years back. That’s why in FNAF 4 basically everything was pointing towards things in the crying child’s life influencing the other games. That however, wasnt and wouldn’t have been satisfactory for the fanbase. Then I think the contents of the box changed and were Dawko’s conclusion, the blueprint for Henry’s plan and the new location(FNAF 6). I believe the evidence of remnant and paragraph 5 as well were in the box. All of this so Henry’s grand plan could come to a head in FNAF 6. HOWEVER, now that even more games have come out and we have more evidence, I think it’s the crying child’s robot body. In the books robot kids being stuck in boxes has happened 3 times and that COULD be a coincidence but that would be pretty weird considering that everything else in the books has in some way tied back to the games. I think the Crying Child’s robot body was in the box as Afton continued to work on the idea of remnant and how to use it to bring the replica of his dead son to life. But that’s just my theory anyway, I could be dead wrong, Scott could have just put that box in to throw us all off for all we know

[@nanogex2970]

Well now we know that gregory is a robotic recreation of the crying childs consciousness soooo could have just been the prototype or something

[@wyattwatson9848]

RIIGHT why is this the only comment talking about this?!

[@martmine4618]

The box has the least amount of valid information. *Laughs in bite of 87*

[@DJTS1991]

I could do this theory. I mean, the Fred Bear toy has a PURPLE hat and bow tie. Who else do we know is purple?

[@patrickdupew9060]

I think that the crying child being evans(the crying child) body makes perfect sense. Obviously made zero sense back when we didn't know the difference between Evan and Michael. But it makes sense now I think

[@kubawysciguwka123pl5]

what if the box locks aren't sealed by Henry Emily and William Afton, but Cassidy and Michael's brother? Just a quick thought lol

[@duccducc3186]

Wait maybe that's why William afton is yellow in midnight motorist, to symbolize that he was talking through the Fredbear plush. But this doesnt explain the "I will put you back together" going from gray to yellow, because Mike's text is gray.

[@wachyfanning]

In the box is literally a jigsaw puzzle of all the game's cover arts

[@frogmouth2]

I hate how after a certain point, Scott decided half the lore for the series wasn’t even going to be in the games. The mysteries of fnaf should have stayed with the games and not books, website URLs, spinoffs.

[@silverboltscrapper]

The books don't contain important lore, they're in a separate universe.

[@frogmouth2]

@@silverboltscrapper we found out Purple guy’s first name, who Henry is, how the nightmare/Funtime animatronics work, ect all through the books.

[@silverboltscrapper]

@@frogmouth2 All of which was eventually introduced into the games.

[@frogmouth2]

@@silverboltscrapper shoulda been introduced in the games. If you ignore the books, you’ll have no clue who Henry is in fnaf 6 or that William afton is purple guy aside from sharing springtrap’s voice actor. You’d also have no clue why baby was seperate from enard now without fuckin website URLs.

[@starrychan33]

You poor soul, you released this right before Security Breach threw another wrench in this

[@JeanMarceaux]

The plot twist is that yes mystery box relates to JJ Abrams' concept of mystery box, and the contents of a box are tying the fnaf story to Cloverfield.

[@user-xu1ce4ri4h]

I don't have the answer either but I'd just like to point out that the box has two locks on it. As in, two people have decided together to lock away whatever is in there. In my opinion this could really only relate to three people. It could be about William and Henry, in which case whatever is inside the box is likely related to the creation of their animatronics/robots, and the box kind of marks the switch from a story about vengeful souls possessing robots to one where robots with "souls" are being purposely created and all the people are secretly machines. Which admittedly is really bonkers and I can understand why you'd be worried to take the franchise in that direction. It's very close to the stories in the books and those are insane. Not the good kind. ... Or since the games are much more focused on the Afton family, it could also be about William and Michael possibly covering up the bite incident together. I don't really see what'd be so controversial about that though. My honest opinion: The box doesn't make sense. If we only look at the games, there is nothing in them that explains it in a completely satisfying way. I think the box is just a red herring and Scott is trolling. If you write a story with a mystery at its center, which FNAF is, it has always been about piecing together the story with very few information, you can never give away all the information. If you eventually explain everything, people will lose interest. After so many games we have so much information and are able to explain almost everything about the story, so the box needs to stay a secret.

[@sigmaball16]

the plush with the walkie talkie is so william and micheal can talk to evan (the 83 victim) when he was in hostpital

[@A_Polish_person1]

Golden Freddy plush: I will put you back together Gregory from FNAF security breach: 😯👉

[@olagniado6889]

Since you mentioned Midnight Motorist, I think orange guy is William Afton, but only because of his interactions with the other characters etc., essentially exactly what you said. The thing is, obviously, he is a different colour now. It's been more or less established that a person turns purple upon being scooped, so maybe, somewhere between Midnight Motorist and whenever we see purple Afton for the first time (timeline wise), something has happened that made him into a corpse? I don't 1. think that Scott would plan it this way from the start, because the lore was pretty much being made as the games were being released, so he could have picked purple for whatever reason and 2. have any explanation as to why Afton would become a corpse, but we know how convoluted the lore can become. It only makes sense Afton is both orange and purple guy, so maybe Scott used the convenience of having made purple guy purple to give it a new meaning (well,, being a corpse) and then juxtaposed it with orange because it matters to the story somehow?

[@Salty_Suds]

What I think is this In security breach vanessa says that Gregory has no record or anything and since CC was in a coma then someone says I will put you back together then the box with some things are best left to be forgotten and this happened after the bite of 83 which I think is a soul of a child then he "dies" because someone took CC of the death bed while on life support for the coma and there we have Gregory, he doesnt remember anything in the past because it was a soul which the person thought would bring CC back with his memories too and since cc and Gregory have the same hair skin color and shirt and since Freddy scanned Gregory, he is human because freddy would detect that

[@resident-evil-jerma5389]

even though the box full of animatronic parts in fnaf 3 is VISIBLY cardboard, for some reason for YEARS i thought that box was The Box. it obviously isn’t but i never really… thought about it more until i got older. i was like 11 though so lol

[@silversrc]

My theory is that the Fredbear Plush heads and the plush itself are camera's but The Crying Child (Evan maybe) is imagining the text. Heres my reasoning, so after Elizabeth died to Baby; William was struck by some form of grief or guilt. So much so he decided to keep a eye on his youngest son so that he wouldn't die. I do think the crying child is imagining the Fredbear Plush text because William being so "protective" of his son never let him be a normal child and along with the psychological abuse and the torment of nobody probably believing his story, i think it drove him to imagine he had a support friend and imagine somebody had his well being in mind. As to what i think is in the Box, i think its a family picture, William upon losing almost his entire family (Mother Unknown, Elizabeth dies sometime before 1983) he wanted to just forget about them and take his anger out on innocent kids who had nothing to do with it. He didn't want to keep being reminded of his own faults and couldn't live with the fact his own kids death was caused by his sick desire to kill other kids

[@coopermaxwell1411]

Here’s what I think: I think William put things that was his kids in the box. What I mean is that when Elizabeth died he put here little bow in her hair in there ( he may have used a different one ) and the Fredbear plush was the crying child’s (his name may have been Evan) and Michael obviously doesn’t have one because he didn’t die. But I think the reason why he put them in the box is that no steels it. Because you know Michael mite try to steel it because he was a jerk at the time like he literally stuffed his brothers head into Fredbear. So that’s what I think is in the box.

[@dullededge1395]

william named both his Michel purely to fuck with the older one if that sounds dumb i would like to remind willaim tormented his kid with eldritch abominations so reuseing his a name is normal for him

[@JustAnotherGamer302]

Maybe the box is supposed to symbolise Henry & William closing the buisness, trying to make people forget about what happened that one fateful day. And the sign saying "Some things are best left forgotten" kinda backs this up. Just an idea tho

[@Mysterious463]

I think crying child didn't die in fnaf 4 I think the reason the flatline happened not because crying child died it was because he was removed from the machine we know William was the one who said "I will put you back together" so maybe after he says this he removes crying child from the machine and puts him back together like he promised and he saved crying child from death.

[@allcolltyler]

The box being the map of pizzeria simulator might be the biggest stretch I’ve seen in my entire life

[@JANKOVIC_P]

my theory is that box belongs to Henry and William and the 2 keys are required to unlock the box - one from Will, one from Henry and in the box is ownership of restaurant and 2 plushies - Henry's favorite and William's favorite. Henry's could be or Freddy or Puppet, while William's could be Foxy's or Circus Baby's.

[@pirusaogostoso741]

I totally agree with your theory, I also believe that fnaf 4 animatronics aren't a nightmare, is just William playing with robots to make his child afraid of animatronics

[@galloviking4766]

Afton: "I will put you back together" Scott: "This box has the pieces put together" MHMMMM

[@exotictoast9931]

I believe the box could reference something of Golden Freddy with William Afton, because Cassidy never really forgived William, and you know: "Some things are best left forgotten"