Where The Puppet Went Wrong - FNAF Theory

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In this video, I talk about The Puppet and its effect on FNAF lore. The Crying Child (Charlie Emily not Evan Afton) was the first of William Afton's, The Purple Guy, kills. There are several FNAF theories worked into this video essay but mainly the video details The Puppet, or Marionette, and its mistakes. I believe this is my best FNAF theory so far, but last weekend's video on The Crying Child is a good watch as well! For this Five Nights at Freddy's theory, I pull evidence from FNAF 1, FNAF 2, FNAF 3, FNAF 6 (Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator), and FNAF 8 (UCN or Ultimate Custom Night).
Five Nights at Freddy's 1, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Five Nights at Freddy's 3, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator, Five Nights at Freddy's Ultimate Custom Night.
Thank you all for 38,000+ views! I am so grateful for my audience of supportive and enthusiastic FNAF fans, and I look forward to continuing to entertain you with my weekly videos!
Credits (Gameplay)
InOtterSpace, Mr. Degradation, Voltage, L-Effect, Dejvideus Original, Father, IULITMx
Shoutout to TheGameTheorists (Game Theory), RyeToast, Sire Squawks, Dawko, etc. for making me want to post FNAF theories!
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:25 The Puppet (Behavior & Origin)
2:57 Charlie & The Puppet
4:09 The Oddity
9:11 Where It Went Wrong
11:48 Devil's Advocate (Redemption)
13:36 Viewer Appreciation

[@InfalliblePizza]

Great vid! To add to this, and I think ID came up with this, the key story from candy cadet may imply that Charlie could have saved one of the kids, but because she focused on trying to save all of them, they were all left trapped.

[@bonswootch]

That is an interesting take on Candy Cadet's stories. I was never entirely sold on the idea of his stories alluding to William melting down the original animatronics into the Funtimes. Maybe there is something there.. Thanks for bringing this to my attention!

[@nekolaiwastaken]

I think Sire Squawks mentioned that in one his most recent videos too. I honestly never thought of it that way up until now.

[@fossfox]

I feel that what Puppet did was a response to seeing the souls of the children still lingering around the restaurant. She offered them the misguided prospect of revenge, in the hopes that they'd all be able to move on after catching their murderer, but would come to immensely regret it as time went on. Definitely caused harm, but it was with good intentions, and she ultimately earned redemption after helping the other childrens' souls escape their prisons in FNAF 3, and thereafter singularly taking on what she felt was the responsibility of following Afton herself.

[@danielmaichin6384]

I had never really thought much about the puppet being aware and what that means for Charlie's spirit as a whole. If it turns out she is haunting the Pizzaplex and is reintroduced in some way I wonder how much of a sentient entity she would be?

[@loki6018]

I often feel like people forget that the puppet was the one that stuffed the kids bc I often see channels like gt talk about how William hid the bodies in the suits

[@zacharymcleod8050]

It’s not that I forgot it’s more like I never took the time to actually comprehend what gggl implies

[@nekolaiwastaken]

If the WillStuff theory was canon it would be odd, since it's implied that the animatronics aren't meant to be in the saferoom anyway. It wouldn't make sense for people to just not question the weird dude hauling tall ass animatronics to a backroom after a bunch of kids went missing. I mean...we LITERALLY see Charlie putting the masks on the kids in the Give Gifts minigame.

[@High_Score_Dragon]

We literally see the puppet put the kids in the suits, William just killed the kids

[@PepperMistAnimations]

Thanks for sharing your insight! It brings in a new perspective on who the characters really are thanks to Henry's speech. Calling the animatronics "monsters" and telling them to let go of their souls...this implies the animatronics we get to see throughout the games are not merely the souls of the children, but rather an abnormal amalgamation of negative emotions fueled *by* the children's souls. All with the exception of Charlie, per her own words. It's so interesting to see things this way.

[@klaykid117]

We know at least baby has very little to do with her soul and is bound heavily by her programming. Whereas William Afton is on the complete opposite of the spectrum and has overridden his spring Bonnie programming and is almost entirely in control

[@user-zv9es6so8u]

@@klaykid117maybe it has something to do with their AI level. The Puppet is an Old Animatronic in 1983 and Spring Bonnie is even older. So they have very little say on their actions their respective souls are mostly in command.(still bound by the music box and Audio lures respectively) While Baby is much more advanced with tactical knowledge and several extra features. Only really giving Elizabeth very little control over their body. Only when ejected from ennard and forced to use scrap to put herself back together can elizabeth actually control it

[@RumoleBumpkin]

Man I just wanna know how the puppet actually moves. Like does it have an extremely thin endoskeleton? It’s something that’s always bugged me about the security puppet.

[@InfalliblePizza]

In the Security Puppet minigame, it moves with strings, and I think they break off after it floats too far, causing it to fall down and crawl to Charlie.

[@Ashly-28]

@@InfalliblePizzahuh. I thought it started crawling because of the rain damage.

[@solairedude7119]

In help wanted it walks towards you doesn't it?

[@InfalliblePizza]

@@Ashly-28 could be a combination of both. Either way, based on how it moves, its definitely implied it has strings. We can even see strings on the puppet hallucination in fnaf3, and Puppet in fnaf2 looks like it has some string mechanism as well, even if it doesnt use it and can walk around.

[@Ashly-28]

@@solairedude7119 it kinda float-walks

[@sketchymoonlight3359]

i appreciate you shedding light on the blurry lines on who’s responsible for what in the series

[@awkwardsquirtle]

I wonder what prevented her from killing Mike if he looked like her killer William and she wouldnt have known the difference.

[@PepperMistAnimations]

Given that she has the most sentience out of all the animatronics *and* that she was familiar with William (and maybe even his family) due to being close to her father, it makes sense she would know the difference. It's very interesting seeing how it all starts coming together at one point...before it doesn't make sense again with each new installment lol

[@seaninman3899]

Really good video. I find that you view the puppets' actions as negative. It creates a moral dilemma. What's worse, wondering lady souls, victims of an evil man. If the puppets' idea that they be given a purpose of revenge. I really dig the idea. The one thing I wonder is how violent the animatronics actually are. The times we see that they are violent are when we believe Michael is the security guard. And as we hear in sister location, he is commenley mistaken for his father. Also, do you believe all the souls are helping torture Afton? Or is it just Cassidy. If it is the former, please do a theory on that. I've never considered any souls tormenting Afton other than Cassidy and would be very interested to hear how you see Afton's purgatory. Keep up the quality work.

[@adetheaters1111]

so I agree with most of this but I think the part of the puppet being wrong for bringing the kids back to life is wrong, because is in the game it seems like there souls where still trapped in freddy's, but all they could do was watch and be sad.

[@moriartyeuruslorides1265]

at 6:20 the assertion that the fnaf 1 phone guy is the day shift isnt necessarily correct, as the fnaf 1 messages are prerecorded. he could have been working the week before and recording the messages for the next person.

[@dexterity494]

I've seen a massive influx of fnaf theory channels recently. Not sure what that algorithm is doing, but I'm not against it. Very cool content, and good editing :)

[@bonswootch]

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy! :)

[@ThebrightestShine]

i remember when i first played fnaf 2 and i actually peed my self when i got jump scared by the puppet

[@TaliEpshtein]

Great video! The puppet was always my favorite, and it’s great to see someone summarize and address her so thoroughly & with lots of care. New sub!

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! I really appreciate the support and I'm happy to be able to make videos that people enjoy watching!

[@hahathatisfunnybro]

Thank god someone is actually talking about the children themselves fir once. Im so sick of the emphasis on William himself as the central piece of the story. The actual kids themselves were the always the most interesting part of this franchise especially Back in the day when we didnt know much about the purple guy. Its so sad to think about the story from the children’s perspective, being trapped in perpetual anguish, and the animatronics were always super solid aspects of the atmosphere and scariness of the games, plus the intrigue of the lore. Yes I realize William had to expanded on to be a truly well written character, but the emphasis on him and his family in recent games is a little draining, personally. Imo now that its all about William and his sons, it kinda takes away from what made the original games so intriguing lore-wise,

[@thatgabeitchinyourcloset6292]

Your videos are so professional and provide insight into things other theorists would neglect like playing quotes. Keep it up

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them!

[@dii3218]

i think it was perhaps a byproduct of the Puppet's programming after Charlotte possessed it. i believe her intent to save them along with melding with Puppet made it ratio to 100% and sort of went into autopilot when they did the >Stuff excellent video 💯

[@bonswootch]

That’s interesting. I was thinking about how Springtrap moves towards sounds in FNAF 3, exactly how Phone Guy describes the animatronics. It makes me want to do a video on the animatronics and how much of their behavior is from possession and how much is from their programming.

[@dii3218]

​@bonswootch YES! and how when DJMM saw Gregory in SB he was like >time to end this kid with a custom bop

[@bonswootch]

@@dii3218 xD

[@Impossible_Fishy]

I really like seeing your views on the fnaf lore, always good to see more people coming to their own conclusions

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! I think we all need new perspectives now and again.

[@juancasas7539]

I really appreciate that you do these videos in a soft spoken manner. I love watchin fnaf theories as I go to sleep and your content is the best as there isn't any loud noise that Jenks me awake

[@Sethilliano]

Help you're SO underrated😭

[@ToasterHeater]

Fr hes so underrated

[@PrimeEra_1]

What do you need help with?

[@Sethilliano]

@@PrimeEra_1 I need help with my skill issue 😱

[@bonswootch]

Thank you so much! :)

[@gwyngwyn_2416]

this is great theory but also your voice is so calming and cool.

[@Briskbreeze256]

A third great video in a row! I can tell that you're figuring out a style that works for you and its great to see!

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying!

[@KaiBonke]

Man i really love watchng your videos, the first video i watched was about the fnaf 4 crying child. It's really entertaining to watch your videos, keep up the good work!

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! That means a lot to hear. I’m glad you enjoy the videos, I look forward to continuing to make content for you!

[@CookieeeJoness]

I hope you get more recognised in the upcoming months and years, you are doing an amazing job, and this video was and is brilliant x

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! I'm glad I can make videos for you!

[@LordlyTV]

Has anyone even considered the Fnaf 2 Animatronics being possessed halfway through the game? I don’t think I heard anyone talk about that, but it makes sense.

[@VJArt_]

This has been a pretty common belief since fnaf 2 lol, and basically every theorist i know beliefs that

[@BigBoiBleu]

Great video! Bravo! Keep up the good work, looking forward to hearing more of your perspectives

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that you enjoy them!

[@BigBoiBleu]

@bonswootch I'm here for anything outside of the community head cannon. It's good to see there are more people who investigate more instead of accepting the majorities beliefs as cannon. I.e. Micheal working at Fazbear Frights and setting the fire

[@ButterBlaze]

I was shocked to see you have so little subscribers! This was a super well made video man, keep it up!

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! I’m happy to hear you enjoyed it! :)

[@hesam4270]

You are the only one who i've ever seen that told your theory so beautiful. All the tragics all the bad happening :) the other theorists are not like that they say their theory like it's so excited

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! That means so much to me! :,)

[@strangerinadarkalley]

..wow. that's a really cool theory.

[@deezno7091]

I can definitely say, you’re not totally wrong

[@BlinzerOmega]

good story telling my man

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@bleeep3064]

The puppet was such a cool character idk what happened to her

[@bonswootch]

Turned into Lefty I guess. Lol

[@bleeep3064]

@@bonswootch well yeah but I don’t know what happened to her character like did she actually die when she got toasted in ffps? Is she in SB? IS SHE THE MIMIC idk

[@giuliano6155]

nice job man

[@bonswootch]

Thank you! I hope you enjoyed the video

[@captainspock3p07]

I actually don't think those face markings in the Security Puppet minigame are tear streaks. I think they might actually be the lights in the Puppet's eyes falling out, hence why it doesn't have those eyes/lights in future appearances. Then the tears likely came from Charlie's soul.

[@abrialwoodford6712]

Okay this is getting sad Puppet tried to save Charlie but he was trapped in the box Even though he did try to protect her and other children before. Puppet is more than just a puppet.

[@curbyourenthusiasm9874]

Nice video

[@emchargoetz3999]

I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS

[@bonswootch]

I'm glad you agree :)

[@vanyadolly]

The only thing I disagree with is Charlie being vengeful, or that she would have consciously offered that to the MCIs rather than just doing her best to help and protect them. if anything, her actions leading to the negative outcomes despite her good intentions is more in line with her character.

[@kabirvelji6639]

no way bro made a puppet disaster-class comp

[@magicman3163]

I always thought in UCN the puppet saved everyone from being connected to golden Freddy since she made all five of their souls linked so in the end we just see golden Freddy tweaking and alone because they are alone everyone else has left

[@vanyadolly]

I think it's implied the fifth spirit possessed Golden Freddy on their own and that they're stronger than the other kids

[@YourFeelingsSucks]

Now.. why did they made the Security Puppet if it didn't appeared at all outside of the blueprints? Here, it's the regular Puppet being tasked to protect Charlie.

[@iamspringtrap223]

I think that the Happiest Day is canon, just not yet, as of FNAF 3

[@gingerbeardmatt]

1k subs by the end of September? LET'S GOOOO!!

[@bonswootch]

Hahaha, thanks! :)

[@hyugalubbok7770]

When the purple kill the child outsidd the restourant... its (and the ghost childrens) are very similiar to the how and the results of william kill People through the StitchWraith - its might be Ennard absorb the reamnant from the child, while inside Michael, control him (inspirdd from Dawko's " What S.L enidong cutscene really mean?" And Evan's "what the S.W stinger try to tell us?")

[@ZorusSerif]

Phisnom would hate this video cuz it makes sense XD

[@Minecraftguns]

Small problem, the phone guy is just a recording

[@Adventist1997]

Wait, Michael was accused of tampering with them. Did they he tampered because he was always the purple guy? That really messes with the timeline though... 🤔

[@bonswootch]

No that was just a visualization lol. I probably should made a new sprite but I used him to represent the idea of someone putting Charlie into The Puppet.

[@higueraft571]

>because he was always the purple guy? He's screwing with them because he's cranking their AI up to max :V Lore-wise, MAYBE Trying to find solid proof of what his father did?

[@VJArt_]

​@@higueraft571since sister location happens after fnaf 1, in fnaf 2 and 1 he was still woeking for William, the odor thing was always meant to be a joke and as tape girl says "you know someone wants to fire you when even the smallest grievances will become serious offences" Personally I think after William was fired from the security guard position and was unable to come back, Mike was tasked to collect remnant for William and failed, going to fnaf 2 to try to collect the remnant and getting caught day 1 and fired on the spot, than he was tasked again in fnaf 1, and tried to take his time by 1st doing a whole week and then tampering, but he was once again caught, and than William told him to handle Baby in SL while William tried to collect the remnant himself and did Follow Me. Only after following William bit mike in the ass is when he tried to do the right thing, because mike isnt some perfect holy person, he is flawed, remember that Mike is literally portrayed as williams puppet in the fnaf 6 poster in the alleyway.

[@higueraft571]

@@VJArt_ >the odor thing was always meant to be a joke I mean, he *is* digging inside a robot that had a dead child's rotting oozing corpse inside it. So probably not quite a joke and more evidence of "wow those robots are fucking gross, like someone died in them or something", if the "oozing blood and mucus" wasnt enough... >but he was once again caught Except both times he DID tamper with them. That's how you're setting the difficulty in UCN, did they just catch him with a Jar of Remnant on the way out, tell him to fuck off, then just poured the Soul Juice back in or something? >and than William told him to handle Baby in SL Except if Michael's such a fuckup, why would he trust him for such an important task? :V >while William tried to collect the remnant himself and did Follow Me. Except in SL, CBEAR is already owned by FazEnt, Afton Robotics got ate up. Kinda odd for him to have been ousted from his own place while he's still harvesting Remnant for it. Plus, the Funtimes wouldnt be possessed, Ennard would ONLY be Baby. >remember that Mike is literally portrayed as williams puppet in the fnaf 6 poster in the alleyway. And not knowing (only suspecting) his father was a murderer (Who killed his sister), and being gaslit by him and the company at large that "nothing bad's happening, it isnt what you think it is" isnt something similar to being his Puppet on Strings? :V Keep in mind: "It's important to have heroes to aspire to. List your favorite characters from movies, books, and television who showed bravery in the face of extreme obstacles. Can you relate your current experiences to their heroic journeys?" "Clara from "The Immortal and the Restless" because everything about this place is crazy and no one seems to notice except me." Michael is quite literally being gaslit, including by his Father, keeping him in the dark about the killings, and quite possibly by the killer robots too that want to stuff him in a suit.

[@Thefunkymunky619]

When did fnaf 2 and sister location take place? What’s the timeline of those two

[@higueraft571]

>fnaf 2 and sister location take place? 1987, and likely some time between 1994 and 2023.

[@Thefunkymunky619]

@@higueraft571 which time is which tho

[@higueraft571]

@@Thefunkymunky619 ...FNAF 2 is definitely 1987, it even says so on the paychecks, we even have *dates.*

[@Thefunkymunky619]

@@higueraft571 oh ok jus makin sure

[@miked9893]

He dont miss

[@bonswootch]

There’s always room for that

[@codyryan9789]

why do they keep the yellow suit in the back?

[@ri13h44]

The real question is.. how did the puppet get its tears?

[@bonswootch]

Maybe from the agony produced by Charlie’s death?

[@chaoraiser2338]

Oh no technically the kids were to blame for the killing they just did it for a misunderstood reason they took anyone besides kids that didn't look or basically wasn't one of them as a threat or in a better sense someone they viewed as a threat they attacked technically they were already stuck in the animatronics and had control they just couldn't do anything till the puppet helped up just saying was a good video tho

[@Zantorm]

hello

[@bonswootch]

Hello :)

[@kewlkid4364]

Hey! Love your content, if you need an artist for thumbnails I’d be happy to help you out/ maybe send you some drafts!

[@bonswootch]

Ok thanks!

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[@ArmaniGaming445]

Hi

[@bonswootch]

Hello

[@pipermae3308]

You got some of the lore wrong but it’s a good video otherwise!

[@lautynicholas313]

Wait, Is the Puppet a boy or a girl?

[@troublemonkey1_626]

I believe puppet as an animatronic is male, and the soul inside is female

[@lautynicholas313]

@@troublemonkey1_626 Well I also believe that the puppet is a female

[@PepperMistAnimations]

Well, Charlie is a girl and she controls the puppet at the time the games take place, so it's a she :)

[@j-j8984]

I said this in another reply, the animatronic itself is male. However, Charlie is female. In UCN the Puppet is referred to as "he"

[@higueraft571]

@@lautynicholas313 Game refers to Puppet as He.

[@Adventist1997]

I think the puppet is just misunderstood... Even I don't understand. 😂

[@griffysfnafchannel]

SHE

[@j-j8984]

The Puppet animatronic itself is personified as a male, even in UCN it's referred to as an "he", Charlie is female tho

[@Rarkss]

not to be that guy but the puppet is possesed by charlie aka a female

[@higueraft571]

And yet, Puppet is a *he* ingame. Because the character is a He. Much like Cassidy, a girl, is a He in GFreddy. (This is something the books hint towards, too...)

[@Rarkss]

@@higueraft571 oh so the puppet itself is a he

[@higueraft571]

@@Rarkss And likely Charlie, once she'd forgotten her Old Identity.

[@fosminclorin]

​@@higueraft571no, it's because Scott changed his mind and made the puppet a girl when it the original minigame it was a boy

[@higueraft571]

@@fosminclorin >and made the puppet a girl Puppet is a He in UCN, that is not FNAF 2.

[@notsolegitusername]

it also should be noted, charlie died when what..2-3 years old? a child so young wouldnt even think twice about "restoring" the others that got their lives taken. she only knows what happened to her, a second chance, and gives that "gift" to them as well. at the root of it all, William /is/ the problem and Charlie became collateral damage by restoring the other children via the MCI incidents.

[@vanyadolly]

A 2-3 year-old wouldn't be left unsupervised like that. But even an older child would make the same mistake she did, especially when they're influenced by the robots protective AI.

[@DJFNaFMan]

The puppet is a girl

[@higueraft571]

Game refers to Puppet as He.

[@bonswootch]

Yes, Charlie is a girl, and The Puppet is often referred to as a guy. I use "it" and "he" pronouns when referring to The Puppet in this video.

[@The-Real-Soundwave]

Puppet is female, no hate tho

[@ognenplayer6089]

The puppet itself is male, the spirit possessing is female

[@Piggymax00]

The puppet is a she just wanna let you know the thumbnail bugs me

[@you.will.kn0vv]

The puppet animationic is a HE. Its referred** to as a HE in UCN, however we know that inside (charlie) is a SHE... You really gotta chill. Its a game. That states its a he, but the soul is from a female. Thats fact.

[@higueraft571]

Game refers to Puppet as He.

[@Piggymax00]

@@higueraft571 Henry's daughter is the puppet

[@higueraft571]

@@Piggymax00 And the Puppet is still "He".

[@Piggymax00]

@higueraft571 and the person In control is a she