Why Does Golden Freddy's Hat Change Color? - FNAF Theory

[@joshuavis2736]

For the brown hat I feel like the colour was chosen because a black hat in a black background just wouldn’t work. The comparison between golden Freddy and the puppet and baby is such a fantastic idea

[@TerminalError]

So I thought that for a bit too, and then I saw Scott using grey to represent the puppet and other black things on a black background. Plus, if this is supposed to be fredbear since it's just him and Spring bonnie on stage, then his hat should be purple, I think.

[@xaviervalencia9296]

This was before FNAF4, so Scott probably didn’t plan Fredbear to have a purple hat and bow tie initially. Fun fact: The filename for the yellow border on Stage 01 is called G. Freddy.

[@acatwithahatt7999]

@@TerminalError It's because of color palette, grey wouldn't work with with fredbears colors in the minigame because it would stand out too much, and look bad, compared to the yellow body. The reason the puppet gets gray is because that fits in with the puppets color scheme more. It's supposed to represent black without standing out too much.

[@Ozeglion]

Yeah, he even has a brown nose in that minigame

[@NillianRocker-rr3lb]

My point

[@Stormister]

This is actually so clever. How did we not see this before??? The animatronic colors/details changing once possession happens was established in SL and reiterated in FNAF 6, both instances were Scott clarifying the hat change shown by FNAF 4

[@TerminalError]

I know right? it just feels like one of those things that has been staring us in the face and once you hear someone else say it you're like "Oh that makes so much sense now" Also, side note.. HOLY CRAP STORMISTER COMMENTED ON MY VIDEO! I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS!

[@thedarkdevil1661]

(Gets to 2:32-2:42) So basically Golden Freddy's accessories reflect the hair colour of the kid possessing it at the time? Ya, makes sense. (Cassidy's Black Hair, and CC's Brown Hair) I actually posted this theory on reddit a while back, that "The Black Accessories are Golden Freddy's tearstreaks". Especially since they and the puppet are the only ones with serious super natural powers. (The others CAN do supernatural stuff, like blinking lights and Twitching, but not teleporting or floating) As per that theory, I suggested that since Cassidy was stuck in an immovable suit, and that their desire to "MOVE!!" the suit with no endo caused them to gain the ability of teleportation. Same with Charlie's floating mimicking how the puppet is supposed to be floating, via strings on the ceiling (not a jack in the box, but more moving on the ceiling). Both of them being in an animatronic, unable to move, either due to rain and not being on their rail system, stopping it from working, OR by being in a Suitmode Springlock Suit. No endo = No skeleton to move the body. Only able to twitch it, like in the final UCN cutscene. (Springtrap can walk normally, since his is in animatronic mode)

[@TerminalError]

I actually wasn't even considering the kids hair color but that makes a lot of sense too! It also makes sense for golden Freddy to basically force themselves to move with teleportation since they are can't move. If we look at it like how people say losing one sense enhances the others. Losing the ability to physically move could enhance their spirit abilities and allow them to teleport!

[@LandoPlays24]

Honestly i think that it is just because he is eroding over the years, so the paint on his hat and bowtie starts going away

[@Imbroke-b6k]

Makes sense but I’m pretty sure it was confirmed that Fredbear and golden Freddy are different animatronics.

[@softballs66]

​@@Imbroke-b6kno, not really at all 😅

[@FredbonFilms]

I really hope it gets either confirmed or debunked SOON, because holy fuck is it annoying having people be so split over a goofy yellow bitch bear that likes to piss off half the community simply just for existing.@@Imbroke-b6k

[@TerminalError]

I like the idea, but the tie in that same minigame is black. I'd imagine they erode at the same rate if that was the case. Plus, I dont think colors can erode into black or brown.

[@jerryblades5022]

@@softballs66yeah, g freddy isn’t real, he’s just the soul of Cassidy and evan bcuz they were in fredbear so their souls possessed g freddy also g freddy has a hinge jaw but fredbear doesnt

[@GFred1983]

Personally I think the brown hat color for Golden Freddy is just because the minigame’s background is black. My main evidence for this is because he still has a black bowtie, and if his top hat was black, you wouldn’t be able to see it. Also the brown hat only appears in this one minigame, so I don’t think that it means anything.

[@TerminalError]

My counterpoint to this is that the hat shouldn't be black if it's fredbear. It should be purple. Plus, if Scott wanted the hat to be black in this situation, he could either change the background color or change the hat to a grey like he does in other minigames. He's used grey to represent Freddy's hat in the precious game, and he always uses grey for the puppet. I think his tie being black shows that Scott could have made it a black color but chose brown to help tell the story.

[@GFred1983]

@@TerminalError I personally am not convinced but you do have good evidence.

[@GFred1983]

@@TerminalErrorAlso wow…I first saw this video yesterday and it had 23 comments. It has 70 more than that now…

[@timothylawson1151]

First sub

[@GFred1983]

@@timothylawson1151 👍

[@Takejiro24]

4:28 Thank you for reiterating this. There are some who are still saying that HW retconned the prior games to never have been real despite everything you said here being revealed in HW itself.

[@TerminalError]

Yeah, I've seen some people with those theories, too. No hate to them, but fnaf rarely does retcons. I look at it the same rhy toast does. It's still cannon unless we get conflicting evidence, then the new stuff is the cannon, and the old stuff can be chalked up to the "rogue indie dev"

[@lauragoodland6359]

I think the reason that the hat is brown when the crying child is possessing it is because Evan has brown hair, and then when Cassidy is possessing it she has black hair so the colour of the hat changes from brown to black because of the change of hair colour

[@oh.-ti9uy]

i think whalen it’s purple it’s cassidy and evan possessing

[@insanity3497]

I noticed that whenever some form of golden freddy or fredbear appears in the main game, it always matches with the design of the rest of the animatronics, even yenndo could technically count as golden freddy considering his behavior, he's a freddy endoskeleton and he has yellow eyes

[@TerminalError]

That's a pretty good point. Golden freddy always looks like the Freddy of that game. The only thing I could say that kinda goes against this is that I don't think yendo is canon. Doesn't really disprove what you said I just don't know if yendo is still banished to the non canon realm or what

[@gaminganimators7000]

​@@TerminalErrorYenndo appears in HW2, making him technically canon

[@syweb2]

0:55 FNaF 3 and FNaF 4 together suggest that there are at least two sets of Springlock animatronics, as Freddy's and Fredbear's both had instances of Fredbear and Spring Bonnie. Obviously, Fredbear's had them as their main stars, but FNaF 3's phone calls also were all about the Fredbear and Spring Bonnie Springlock suits before and after their use was discontinued, and Fredbear's seems like a perfect place to be the "sister location" that had a springlock failure that caused Freddy's to stop using them (not talking about the Bite in this case, as it was not in Suit mode to begin with there). 1:30 I personally think Brown Hat exists for clarity - after all, that minigame takes place on a black background, a black hat wouldn't show up at all there. The black bow-tie is sort of shown with its white shine, but the hat is the most important part of the shape/accessories. That's a cool bit about the company altering the merch to fit with the new designs in order to cover up spirit-induced design changes. That has been adopted into my headcanon now.

[@TerminalError]

I guess I should've been a bit more specific with how I phrased what I said. What I meant to say was I don't think there are 2 possessed fredbear/golden freddy animatronics because I know there are other suits, but I think both spirits go into the same suit I also think the brown hat isn't just to show a difference from the black background since Scott normally chooses a grey color to represent black on dark backgrounds. We see this with the puppet in the fnaf 2 and 6 minigames. I also think the bowtie being black points towards the fact that Scott could've made the hat black but chose brown for a reason. I'm glad I could convince you of fazbear Entertainment trying to cover up the old designs through merch, though!

[@anormalchannelonyoutube2149]

Real reason golden Freddy gets up goes to the store, buys a new hat, goes back, and gets too tired to stand up.

[@TerminalError]

Now the question is, what brand is he wearing? 🤔

[@amari714]

the reason the hat was purple was because in the old atari game thing all black colors were purple, so that hat is actually black, its just rendered purple

[@The_Purple_Lad]

I have been WANTING for someone to talk about this specific topic for years, THANK YOU

[@TerminalError]

No problem! I'm glad you liked the video!

[@BrokenPencilStudios]

I think the brown hat is because the mini games all have black backgrounds so it would’ve blended in si they had to make it a close color to black, brown

[@TerminalError]

I feel grey is a closer match. Scott seems to think so too since the puppet is grey in the fnaf 2 and 6 minigames. Plus, I think since it's just Bonnie and fredbear on stage, this might be the diner, which would mean his hat should be purple.

[@nickytembo4112]

⁠@@TerminalErrorI personally think that Stage 01 takes place at Freddy’s, Phone Guy did mention that Freddy’s has 2 springlock suits, which makes me believe that Golden Freddy (formerly Fredbear) and Spring Bonnie were not discontinued until the Springlock incident and their hat and bows were changed from Purple to Black (Golden Freddy) and Red (Spring Bonnie).

[@MFGhostly]

That urge of FNaF fans to overthink every single detail they notice

[@aedaniammx7559]

Honestly, I do really like the idea that something on Golden Freddy changes once he’s possessed, and the hat and bow tie are really good examples of potentially that happening. That said, I always thought that Fazbear just like, repainted them as a rebrand; we know they used the Springlock suits in Freddy’s because Phone Guy (who barely even remembers Fredbear’s name) instructs employees on how to use them, but why would they use Fredbear, the one that crushed a child’s head in his jaw? As for the brown hat uhh idk he wanted to make it visible on a black background? Who knows, FNaF1 Bonnie is blue in the minigames so I’m not losing sleep over it personally. What I AM losing sleep over is why he looks so different in FNaF2. Like UCN Fredbear (and presumably OG Fredbear) and FNaF1 Golden Freddy I can accept as a redesign, but the ‘withered’ Golden Freddy? I have no clue for that dude, why he changes back or why he changes in the first place

[@TerminalError]

I always forget that phone guy introduces the springlock suit calls with Freddy fazbears pizza. It also doesn't make sense to me why they would keep the suit that killed a kid for anything other than spare parts. I've been getting a lot of the brown hat on black background thing, and Scott tends to use grey on black in situations like that. In fnaf 2 and 6, the puppet is grey when the background is black, and Freddy regularly has a grey hat in minigames. The redesigns are very confusing, but my current interpretation is fnaf 2 golden freddy is the current look of the fredbear suit. He's broken and battered from the years of use and neglect, giving him the withered look. In fnaf 1, the Spirit is altering the look to the best of their ability to the original fredbear suit. That's why it looks pristine, but he can't change the hat and tie color due to "spirit reasons." I know it's not a perfect explanation (especially since I used spirit reasons as a crutch), but that's what I'm currently thinking, and it makes more sense to me then fazbear repairing an old suit they don't use anymore.

[@legoboy7107]

@@TerminalError Well, with the "suit killed a kid" thing, maybe they still kept it around because they could just say that it wasn't a problem with the suit itself, but kids being stupid and doing something to it that wasn't supposed to happen? I don't know. As for the Fnaf 2 thing though, the issue is that his design in there is not just a broken and battered down version of him, his entire design is different even if he weren't withered, what with a different bow-tie, buttons, different proportions, etc., having the exact same design as Withered Freddy which is of course a different design from OG Freddy, even having a different endoskeleton.

[@aedaniammx7559]

@@TerminalError I honestly think they just kept the suit for cost-cutting, Fazbear does that a lot. I guess it'd be possible they remodeled the suit before FNaF2 and the spirits are just appariting in the original form, I don't really have a better explanation but it does imply that they at some point intended on using him again after the head-biting AND springlock failures which is kinda messed up but very believable. And yeah the only other thing I can think of for the brown hat is maybe he chose brown because it's yellow-tinted to match with everything else, like how Spring Bonnie has yellow eyes instead of white eyes, but honestly I gave up deciphering minigame color specificities a long time ago, so maybe it is important and I'm just dismissing it on principle lol

[@aedaniammx7559]

@@legoboy7107 Honestly you're probably onto something there. I'll forgive him having a different endoseleton in 2 though since the classic animatronics have different ones too ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@gaminganimators7000]

I think Golden Freddy is just outright able to shapeshift. If they can teleport freely and trap someone in a psychic prison, they're probably able to shapeshift

[@Funhaus_Fr34k]

Hey the security logbook art with the puppet could be explained by the logbook being made in the FNaF 3 era, so those making the logbook may be unaware that the puppet didn't have them at one point (or only learned after the art was completed)

[@TerminalError]

I've heard the theory that the logbook was made for fazbear frights, but I don't really follow that theory currently. Don't get me wrong, it's a great theory, but a book made for frights that has pizza coupons from the original Freddy's doesn't make sense to me. It's a lot of work to get old coupons and calculate inflation to find out their true value. My personal head canon right now is that the security guard was looked at differently than how we understand currently. In the movie, Mike grabs the toy security badge from behind the prize counter, and if the badge is a prize in the fnaf world, I dont see why the security logbook couldn't be one as well.

[@Lufio]

Glamrock Freddy's bowtie was also originally purple and was later painted black. The original purple paint can be seen when Freddy's paint starts to wither as the game progresses

[@SME23.Official]

I think that the crying child possesses the fredbear with the purple and brown hat and bow tie while Cassidy possesses the black one. You might be asking, “why does the crying child possess two different color hats, that makes no sense!” But remember, Fazbear Entertainment loves to conceal events that have happened in the past. So they most likely rebranded Fredbear to Golden Freddy after the bite and made his bow tie and hat brown. But I think that when Cassidy entered the suit, the crying child was kicked out of it. Because it makes sense that a greater collection of agony will push out the smaller one, so I think the crying child took the little bit of agony he had left to make Shadow Freddy. Shadow Freddy isn’t known to attack the night guard. As we all know that shadow Freddy’s model is a one to one copy of Withered Golden Freddy’s model except it’s purple. And I also don’t think Withered Golden Freddy from FNaF 2 is a springlock suit anymore, sense he was probably being remodeled but then abandoned after the toys were said to be made. So it couldn’t be a springlock victim, but then that brings up another question, how in the world does Shadow Bonnie exist?

[@minebloxmo9839]

Wow- i feel bad for your fingers. Also this makes sense good theory

[@SME23.Official]

@@minebloxmo9839 my fingers are in fact now part of the endangered species list

[@TerminalError]

That's a great theory! Tbh, I'm trying to figure out what the shadow animatronics are myself, and while I don't have an explanation for shadow Bonnie, I do have my own interpretation of shadow Freddy. I think shadow Freddy is Cassidys "shadow." A lot of people think it's the crying child, but I think it's Cassidy since in Princess Quest, we see a shadow princess that mirrors our movements. The princess also used to be named Cassidy in the files leading me to belive that Cassidy is still in golden freddy, and something happened causing Cassidy to split her soul into shadow Freddy (perhaps William experimented on her leading to more explanation of why she is the one you should not have killed). Hopefully, I can come up with something for shadow Bonnie cause I want to make a video about them both, but since they have different designs, I think they will have different explanations.

[@SME23.Official]

@@TerminalError Game theory said that a would remnant can be split into two versions of the same soul, so that makes sense. Also that would explain shadow bonnie, as it might be half of the soul that possesses toy Bonnie. The soul follows the flesh, so if the flesh is already occupied it would make sense that the soul would mimic the flesh or mirror the flesh, as the souls might now recognize the animatronic suits as their own bodies.

[@Dragonite-y7d]

TerminalError is so nice from beggining to now to future

[@anti_2]

For me, Golden Freddy and Fredbear are different for me, Why? Fredbear in UCN Has a different head shape, belly, and different size. Golden Freddy Is basically just Freddy with a yellow body and nothing else.

[@EddieJacksonLikesGirls]

They are the same

[@anti_2]

It’s my opinion, this is not twitter.

[@Funhaus_Fr34k]

fun fact the UCN fredbear actually has slight differences from fnaf 1 freddy body, (if I remember correctly the nose is bigger, but I believe there is more details besides that)

[@TerminalError]

I think I heard that too, but I also think I heard Scott lost the old renders he made for the fnaf 1 animatronics, so golden freddy had to be remade. That could've just been a theory someone made for the change tho.

[@susguy187]

I never thought about that, I always just thought that it was just a redesign or Golden Freddy was a different version of Fredbear or not a Fredbear at all. Very good theory!

[@alexandracutler272]

In the covering up bit i think thay realised fredbear’s hat was black and thay just remade the posters with a black hat to forget the bite of 83

[@alexandracutler272]

Edit: or thay made the posters after

[@alexandracutler272]

And the puppet is the same thing

[@TerminalError]

I think so too, the only thing I couldn't think of at the time was how they got any of the old merch they already sold back. I guess they could've made a fake recall, so only the updated merch was in circulation

[@splatjam64]

I absolutely adore this theory and I think it really does tie all these lingering questions into a neat little bow. I never even considered the design changes that the Marionette and Baby went through as an explanation for Golden Freddy's inapplicably changing hat and bowtie. I also love the explanation you gave for the FNAF1 design of Golden Freddy. The idea that Golden Freddy was always a withered animatronic, and (one of) his spirits trying to change his appearance to resemble that one Fredbear from all those years ago honestly makes a lot of sense. It work regardless of whos possessing the design: If its the crying child or both, its just a baby brother trying to let Micheal know that it's him. If it's just Cassidy then he could just be tormenting Micheal by reminding him of his own past actions, basically telling him know that he sees him as being just as guilty of his father, which would change the meaning of the "IT'S ME" messages from a baby brother trying to contact his brother to a vengeful angry spirit of a child referencing the fact that he was the character that ended his brother.

[@Herostatue]

I’d say they just likes collecting hats

[@TerminalError]

Interesting theory

[@a_random_soul_on_the_internet]

I always assumed that the black hat design was because Yellow Bear (called "Golden Freddy" by the fans) is simply a recolor of Freddy Fazbear without changing the saturation. I thought that the purple design was to tell Fredbear apart from Yellow Bear, as if Yellow Bear is just a ghost, and Fredbear an actual mascot that existed. As for the brown tophat, I simply thought that it was an artistic choice since it is just a minigame. I back this up with the fact that William Afton is not actually purple, that is just a minigame artistic choice to say that somone is in the shadows. However, this is all just theories. I really liked your video since it covers an aspect that is often overlooked.

[@TerminalError]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it! I feel like it's important to go back to the previous games because the box was never opened for a reason. I know at this point it may never open, but the fact that Scott decided it should be left closed because we didn't figure out the Mystery makes me feel like there's still things in the first few games we overlooked that are still significant.

[@RandomDude1487]

He simply changed hats

[@ruffruggednraw]

I always thought Golden Freddy and Fredbear were two different characters

[@Unknown-cn1fp]

They are.

[@TerminalError]

It's never been confirmed, but many things point to them being the same character, and many people theorize them to be the same

[@EddieJacksonLikesGirls]

@@Unknown-cn1fpthey are the same.

[@Ran-K-ing]

Based on matpats timeline the bear in those posters was never apart of fazbear entertainment but rather a separate attraction in the 30's that inspired William to create the company. So my guess is that the hat was added to that poster to make the bear look friendly rather than something fazbear entertainment is trying to cover up

[@TerminalError]

Actually, the attraction from the 30s matpat theorizes comes from an old black and white ticket also found in the game. The posters come from fredbears since they say fredbear, and there's a third with Bonnie on it

[@azimuddin1890]

(0:19) F.N.A.F.3 mini-games simplifies everything, even F.N.A.F.2’s because they pixilated. FredBear only had black hat going off of the first three games.

[@RileyEpic]

I just think that fredbear and golden Freddy are different animatronics, alright hear me out, the crying child is fredbear and golden Freddy had a brown hat but after Cassidy took over golden Freddy his hat turned black and fredbear is still out there rotting, but that’s just a theory A GAME THEORY and cut.

[@AwakenedSpace80]

Honestly i think fredbear and golden freddy are different animatronics, and golden freddy was just the freddys springlock suit, which many locations had, and the brown hat rotted to black over time, also golden freddy was planned to be used again in fnaf 1 but wasnt finished, but thats just my theory

[@TerminalError]

That's an interesting idea. Does that mean you think the springlock suits were recalled after fnaf 1?

[@AwakenedSpace80]

@@TerminalError I think after fnaf 1 they were just not being used anymore, since golden freddy is clearly unused in fnaf 1 anyways, and fnaf 3 and 6 don't have a use for springlock suits either

[@SammySinner6]

Not a bad theory, IMO i feel like black hat Fredbear is the very very early design of him, the purple hat could've originated once they planned to extend the cast As for the brown hat? I feel like it's the result of Scott wanting to give Fredbear a different design than Golden Freddy, and came up with the purple hat during FNAF 4 development

[@braxtonmanges10]

The posters do have purple hats and bow ties look at the reflection on them

[@TerminalError]

To me, they look black, especially when compared to the spring Bonnie poster, where he has a purple tie.

[@PharohWraith]

If the Crying Child possesses Golden Freddy, would there even be a Gregory? Or coming from SB and the books, would Gregory be a digital minded clone of Crying Child?

[@TerminalError]

I personally don't believe in the Gregory theory, but if I did, I'd say he gets possessed due to soul splitting. If the crying child possesses golden freddy, and then some of golden Freddy's parts were used to make Greg bot, then Greg would be possessed with at least a fraction of the crying child's soul

[@kiracomments-chca2747]

Btw, I do believe in the Golden Duo Theory, but then I got a dream I swear was a vision and it was telling me that CC was now Golden Freddy meaning In The End(Dropping a Linkin Park ref for no reason) CC is now only controlling GF while Casiddy is with William because of UCN. Don't know what's happening between them now like if one or both moved on now or if it's the same. Btw, I get visions of both the past and future in the form of dreams sometimes, but most of the time awake. They are so random... as random as my forgetfulness ;-;

[@ChaoticCooper]

Happy knowing I'm not the only one who acknowledges Fredbear's brown hat.

[@TerminalError]

I think its just forgotten about since it's only shown once

[@MathmatheusMath]

Fredbear in the ucn and golden Freddy in fnaf 1 have so many differences in their designs….

[@monke7919]

Heck even nightmare fredbear in fnaf 4 and fredbear in ucn are so different, fredbear is a golden freddy recolor instead of a un-nightmared nightmare fredbear for some reason

[@MathmatheusMath]

@@monke7919 fredbear is golden Freddy, and nightmares animatronics are different than the normal ones so

[@FredbonFilms]

No he's not, that's only speculation because of the simple fact they're both yellow bears.@@MathmatheusMath

[@TerminalError]

No? The only difference between Fredbear in UCN and golden Freddy in fnaf 1 is the hat and tie color

[@MathmatheusMath]

@@TerminalError just search in google this: A more detailed comparison between Fredbear and Freddy/Golden Freddy, they have a lot of differences

[@carolynpratt7036]

Because depending on the little kid favorite color be make it different to make the kid happy for their birthday 😐👍

[@TerminalError]

So, do you think they have more hat color options that we have never seen before, or are the kids stuck to 3 color options

[@carolynpratt7036]

They were probably going to make more colorers but after the bite of 83 they shut now FB's and made Freddy's pizza place.or they all ready did but they use it for F.P.S.,or they never used it at all...🫲😐🫱

[@Unknown-cn1fp]

Interesting theory, though I personally think that's because Golden Freddy is not related to Fredbear at all. Both are a complete different animatronic, for my theory is that Golden Freddy is the original Freddy Fazbear designed to replace the image of Fredbear after the bite of 83 but due to the damage already done to the Fredbear family diner they abounded the idea all together including the yellow color and springlocks. This idea can be supported by both Shadow Freddy and Phantom Freddy, despite the fact that they have **FREDDY** in their name they take the shape of Withered Golden Freddy. If Golden Freddy was related to Fredbears that means Shadow Freddy would also be the manifestation of Fredbear appearance, in conclusion RWQFS would also should have taken shape of Springbonnie instead rather than a Bonnie animatronic. The reason why fnaf 2 withered golden freddy looks way different than fnaf 1, that is because he was never remodeled unlike the originals instead he was either scrapped or thrown away. But the agony and the ascended conscience of the 5th child didn't pass away to heaven not until they murder Afton which ended up with them taking a more hallucination form of Freddy. AKA Ghost Freddy, this idea can also be supported in fnaf world on how Golden Freddy is using Ghost Freddy as an attack. If we take a look at fnaf 3 minigames its clear that all the four animatronics had to be killed out of their physical body to take the spiritual shape.. but not Golden Freddy he was already a ghost when we get to play as him this already gives more proof that fnaf 1 golden freddy was never a physical animatronic instead a hallucination form taken and manifested to Freddy appearance mainly because Withered golden Freddy looked like withered freddy. In conclusion Withered freddy was modeled after Golden Freddy when Golden Freddy was scrapped which identifies Golden Freddy as corpse, this also gives us an idea on why Golden Freddy is in a shape that crosses between Fredbear and Freddy that is due to the fact that he is actually the one to fill the middle hole. Edit: My bad if this is too long, you don't have to read if you don't like paragraphs. Edit 2: Also the counterpoint for brown hat, that is because it fits better with the black background. On Marionette case she is meant to be black which leaves scott with no choice but to go with grey as a decision, with the grey logic the shadow animatronics and PURPLE Guy himself should have been the color grey to either represent the color black or shadow but no they are purple to be more appealing to eye like the color brown. The brown hat is not canon and was not meant to be taken serious to the physical appearance that is why it was never used, just like springbonnie skin color and stuff. Edit 3: And for the posters, I agree with you. Its all covering things up just like why Golden Freddy came to existence and Freddy Fazbear. Edit 4: And UCN is not canon, and its already been debunked on why its not canon. It does contain certain puzzle pieces but overall its just a game created to challenge the player. FINAL EDIT: And a bit more proof for my statement, fnaf 1 Golden Freddy behaves like a ghost variant of Freddy implying that he was once the original.

[@TerminalError]

Not gonna lie, I tried reading the big paragraph like 3 times, but I can't seem to remember anything I read from it right now. I might need some sleep. As for the other parts, I have some rebuttals. So it's true that Scott could have used grey instead of purple for the minigames, but as you point out, other animatronics use grey even when on a black background. Freddy's hat is normally represented as grey as well as the puppet. If Scott has to show the puppet as black, why is he not forced to have fredbears hat also be black or even purple? As for UCN, I do believe it it be canon and i think many people agree. It's supposed to be William's torture due to Cassidy. Is it real? No, it's either he'll or a dream or something. But it does happen. And as for Golden Freddy being the original Freddy, that's kind of what fredbear is. Him having ghoastly traits could be due to a few reasons. Either golden freddy being a springlock means that the animatronic is stuck in suit mode, forcing the spirit to teleport the suit around, or the suit has been long gone and the spirit is just running around with the appearance of golden freddy.

[@Unknown-cn1fp]

@@TerminalError UCN is not fully canon, but it has certain puzzle pieces but shouldn't be taken as entirely true. Scott is Scott and as a developer sometimes they add things to be more appealing to the design that includes Fredbear brown hat. Because Springbonnie could have also been yellow yet was colored dark orange but that is just to make it more appealing. Freddy Fazbear uses grey hat because everybody knows him for that and any other hats like brown hat would just interfere with his suit. Also I did recommend you reread my entire thing since I have pointed out a lot on why Golden Freddy can be the original Freddy. But hey its fnaf its meant to have a crumbled up lore and lots of headcanons. Have a great day Edit 1: but I understand your sleepiness, you do make sure to check every comments and it just gets more and more confusing with every information. So take your time as much as you need Edit 2: And the minigames are rarely showing the characters accurate appearance, in fact the colors as well.

[@ItsLegendarySparrow]

The hat was brown in the minigames because it was the first version of Fredbear. The current version has purple hat and bow tie that was running all day until the bite. The spare version with black hat and bow tie is Golden Freddy which was moved to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza which had to be refurbished to have the same body shape as Freddy.

[@monotonetwentytwo]

The effect of the souls changing the animatronic could explain the withereds looking _completely_ different in fnaf 2.

[@MacaroniArchon]

I was going to say, A inconsistent, B it gets dirtier. *In a alternate universe* *SPRING FREDDYYYY*

[@CooISkeleton96]

Here’s my take (I’m commenting this at the beginning of the video so if it lines up it’s just a coincidence) Fredbear had originally a purple hat, after the bite fazbear entertainment tried to rebrand fredbear by giving him a brown hat and possibly changing his name, then the murders happen (as seen in the Fnaf 3 mini game), so they try to rebrand him one more time giving him a black hat and bow tie, but they decide to scrap it and just throw it backstage. This theory also makes sense as well, but let’s be honest, this is probably just Scott being inconsistent 😂

[@TerminalError]

Your theory was pretty close! I did try covering the rebranding in my theory. As much as people like saying he's inconsistent, Scott really isn't. For some details, yes, but as a whole, he keeps constant with his details.

[@Gray_Mask6867]

Thank-YOU SO MUCH. Finally someone that knows that Fredbear's NOW design is the Freddy's 1 design that Scott decided to Retcon(Yeah, i ignoring the Michael and William part LOL)

[@ForestWhyTee]

I though his hat was brown in the mini game bc the backround is black and if they made his hat black you wouldn’t be able to see it

[@TerminalError]

But they don't represent anything else as brown when there's a black background. The puppet has grey colors in fnaf 2 and 6 minigames, and Freddy's hats are always a shade of grey as well

[@Portal_Storm]

@TerminalError It'd like to point out that the fnaf 3 secret minigame sprites probably shouldn't be used to claim anything about a character's colors... May I remind you of the pink eyed with white snout'd Mangle, to the magenta Shadow Bonnie or to whatever is going on with BB? They aren't meant to be accurate, just very simplistic sprite representing the character through a few iconic details. Mangle remains a pink and white mess, BB is a smilling kid holding a balloon, Shadow Bonnie is a weird shadowy creature, Golden Freddy is a bear with a dark tophat and bowtie. But if we assume that Golden Freddy's brown tophat (and nose) truly have a deeper meaning, shouldn't the changes I mentioned also have one? Why was Shadow Bonnie Magenta instead of gray like the puppet? Why does Mangle's head have a white snout instead of a pink one? Why does BB not have his stripes, instead having a purple balloon and red shirt? Why would a tiny detail in Golden Freddy's colors have greater meaning than a completely miscolored BB?

[@ghfg4402]

This channel deserves a lot of subscriptions

[@RubenE2S]

I think its because for a long time fredbear is old, so maybe the hat is still purple but since the hat is super old it looks like its black but its not

[@CC-Sixes]

It’s really funny listening to that last tangent asking us if we think Fazbear is covering up and pretending as if you’re talking about a real company after the fact

[@Amero2005]

I always tought the brown hat was simply to be distingable from the background

[@nickytembo4112]

I think that Fredbear’s hat and bow were colored black due to the The Big Bite (aka The Bite of 83) shortly after Fredbear’s closed it’s doors, I believe that Fredbear is changed to Freddy Fazbear as a cover up to what happened at Fredbear’s, I don’t think that Fredbear was discontinued shortly after the bite since I believe they were sent to Freddy’s and were not discontinued until the Springlock failures occurred.

[@jackattack3429]

i always assumed the hat going from brown to purple was the same reason his eyes go from black with white irises to white with brown irises basically being that the brown hat/black eyes was when fredbears first opened and the animatronics werent as colorful/friendly enough looking yet but got better over time

[@AnimatingPirate]

I think william afton made a brown hat fredbear but painted it purple because its in fredbears family diner, it cant be a soul possessed the animatronic

[@Failur3YT]

Regarding 5:54 (sorry for bad timestamp) I think it's for the night guards, other staff, people that enter the abandoned pizzerias or, maybe, the actual police. Because there will be almost always that one guy who would notice the most insignificant detail. If people find out about those details, they will ask questions. If you (the franchise) say that you just changed the hat and bow tie of gf, they would ask more questions "why?" "Why would you change the hat of a broken animatronic" etc. I know what i just said doesn't make any sense, i only hope the idea will help you find a better one🧍

[@TerminalError]

So a lot of people theorize that fazbear changed the hats due to the publicity around the bite. I think it would make more sense if the hat changes color, and fazbear tried playing it off like that was part of the plan. As for how they could explain the hat change a second time when fredbear should have been retired, I dont have an explanation. But I'll see what I can think of since I want this theory to be a part of my timeline

[@Failur3YT]

@@TerminalError it's a nice neat theory btw, shows how secretive Fazbear entertainment is. My comment is just supposed to help spark an idea, not really being the idea itself.

[@Kevin_YT1133]

i think the stage 01 minigame from fnaf 3 might have taken place WAYYYYY back before the bite of 83, for example: chuck e cheese animatronics designs can be changed when they're getting older. i think the minigame takes place probably in 70s, but hey! thats just my theory.

[@bucketttz]

I think Golden Freddy is the spirits' memory of Fredbear. Because these are like, kids basically that couldn't remember much other than their deaths and the circumstances surrounding it. I don't think that's how he looked, I think it's just what they remember him to be, as well as being based off of the current location's Freddy, because yk being kids they'd likely be like "Oh here's Freddy right here that's probably what he looked like or something idk"

[@gamingwithtonybaloney5824]

1:43 the blue represents the crying child the red represents Cassidy

[@hextoptional]

ive noticed that there is a fall fest poster with puppet in the background as a scarecrow and it also has the tears

[@mensahochosi]

golden freddy is the fredbear suit

[@TerminalError]

I think so as well

[@Lightman0359]

There could be a more boring IRL answer: The Hat and Tie were always black because Sprite limitations. In Pixel art [and comic books], black usually represents backgrounds or voids, with brown or purple instead representing black foreground objects. The brown stands out better than purple against a black background and purple against a grey or brown one. The UCN purple could be an easter egg

[@TerminalError]

I don't think it could be sprite limitations since it's not actually 8 bit. Plus Scott has used grey to represent black in the minigames before with the puppet in fnaf 2 and fnaf 6 and freddy's hat in various minigames.

[@Lightman0359]

@@TerminalErrorI meant with those scenes specifically. The brown hat is on a black background and purple on gray wallpaper. It's why while we know batman's costume is black, it is colored with blues, purples and greys. Another in-game example is shadow bonnie/RQ-alphabet, in scene where lighting can be rendered, it is black, but in the mini-games it is purple because of the limitations of pixel art: the background is black, so objects cannot be black without an outline, which look bad in 8-bit style sprites

[@magddus]

fazbear entertaiment is currently drinking coffee

[@TerminalError]

Better at least be top o the morning coffee if that's the case

[@fabiodimiceli2218]

It could also be that fazbear entertainment has different fredbear heads for different occasions cuz in the fnaf 4 minigames when crying child goes into the parts and service room there's a spare springbonnie and fredbear head thats different from the ones that are on the stage and in the minigames you see William helping a employee in a springbonnie suit

[@TerminalError]

That would make sense, but we've never seen the spare heads with the other hat colors like we have with the purple one

[@CorruptedBoni]

​@@TerminalErrorThe alternate hats theory is supported by the fact that the hats worn by Freddy animatronics are not integrated into the design, as in FNAF 2 first teaser, Withered Freddy is shown holding his hat, implying he can just remove it, perhaps Fazbear Entertainment wanted to switch Fredbear's purple Hat and bowtie for the more "modern" black colours but decided not to bring him back for some reason. I'm just chiming in with my only thoughts

[@kingdinamo2076]

You’re overthinking tf out of it

[@terreliv]

what if Stage 01 is a test thing for the spring suits and it's like... "oh, brown hat."

[@DylozWitty]

first of all, I do believe what others have said, that the brown hat is just a design choice for the minigame itself. Aside from that I do like the theory of the color changing due to agony, however my head canon has always been that after CC got bitten they had chosen to scrap the og Fredbear and replace him with one that had a closer resemblance to Freddy in order to cover up. Considering the MCI took place in 1985 (going off the books) than that should be plenty of time for them to swap him out so Cassidy can possess him. That could mean that there are still 2 souls possessing Fredbear, just not in the way we initially thought. Again, just my head canon, there may be some random detail that I forgot.

[@itsjustvincey7309]

To be honest, I always thought that the purple hat was a swap for the brown one. And then I thought that, because of the fact that Fredbear was wearing a purple hat when the accident happened, they felt no urge to change the suit. Purple might fade to black with rust, maybe? I wasn't sure when it came to that part, although the agony part fits so well. So confusing, so complicated, so FNaF!!!

[@rainbowzzzplayzzz]

I enjoy looking at fnaf lore from a narrative pov, and I always just said there were multiple suits ( one purple, one black ) but I never noticed the third version! This is a good theory

[@TerminalError]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the theory!

[@CC-Sixes]

Another thing to possibly consider is the official sanshee plush called “possessed” Fredbear that has the purple hat

[@gxldfnch]

“So close to a thousand subs” now at 1.21k!!!! Congratulations ❤

[@TerminalError]

Thank you! It happened a lot faster than I was expecting, but I'm so happy!

[@a_antw]

you did it bro, congrats on 1k subs, have a good day

[@TerminalError]

Thank you! I'm so excited! Hope you have a good day too!

[@braydensayles4735]

Puppet also gets those stripes on her limbs from Charlie as seen in fnaf 6 in the security Puppet mini game

[@braydensayles4735]

I think

[@FragDaMag]

Tbh I stoped following the lore the second security breach came out and... well... security breached.

[@henry80721]

Fredbear with the brown hat was from the earlier days purple hat was used in 1983 and the black hat because it was first it could have been a design choice and golden freddy could have been changed with the possession of the animatronic

[@YuutaTogashi0707]

The difference between the fnaf 1 animatronics and the withereds is just scott loves redesigns

[@TerminalError]

He does love redesigns, but I do think he's stated there's Lore significance to their different designs

[@Knottz]

Though I think brown was supposed to represent black, Cassidy in the novels IS decribed as having black hair, and CC in FNAF 4 has brown hair...

[@TerminalError]

Someone else pointed that detail out too, and I WISH I remembered that when recording cause that is an amazing small detail

[@AloneTheorist]

Happiest day may break the golden duo theory. As of pizzeria simulator someone was saved in the happiest day mini game in Fnaf 3 but we know for sure it wasn't the puppet or the original 4 mascots meaning it could ONLY be the one late to the party: Golden Freddy. This could mean the crying child was put to rest explaining Cassidy having an agony fuelled rampage in ucn as her partner was no longer around to calm her down, something eluded to buy old man consequences who tells her; 'leave the demon to his demons, rest YOUR OWN SOUL there is NOTHING ELSE.' this implies that Cassidy is the ONLY active soul left and is keeping herself active with a potent mix of rage and agony gleaned from the fleeting remaining remnants, rage and agony are two emotions that can be used by remnants to taint objects in the living world.

[@TerminalError]

I dont think that would disprove golden duo, but it could mean that if golden duo was true (which I believe), then cc was intact kicked out at some point

[@Purplespace6]

I always liked to believe theh changed his hat from purple to black as kind of tribute to the bite of 83. It’s kind of like wearing black at a funeral.

[@Cryingchildeditz281]

Here’s mine:there are 3 sprits.cassidy Andrew and Evan/c.c.when Cassidy is in control the hat and bow tie is black.when Andrew is in control it’s brown.when Evan is in control there purple

[@spoon1049]

This theory definitely has some merit with the hat changing colors due to the kid’s possession, however I think the reasoning for why has more so to do with the kids hair colors, we know Babys eye color changed from blue to green when Elizabeth began possessing her, green being Elizabeths eye color- It wouldn’t be a stretch to say the hat changed according to the kids hair colors, purple being the original, brown for the cc, and black for Cassidy. This would also make sense as for why the hat is predominately black, as Cassidy is the spirit which seems to be at the forefront of the golden freddy suit, so it’s logical to assume the hats color would take to her instead of cc. As for UCN, I believe the theory it’s Aftons hell in some way, so the changing of color in the bowtie could be seen as almost mockery in a sense, being forced to look at the original creation before the possession attack him

[@TerminalError]

I've had a few other people point out the hair color, and I wish I had noticed that while researching and recording because I really like that. I think it might be because I'm more familiar with the puppets change than baby's, and the puppet's tears don't really have anything to do with Charlie's appearance. At least not to the extent that Elizabeth and baby's eye color does. I also think ucn is William's hell. I just think that Easter egg contains a huge detail for theories.

[@pf0r]

Have you considered that perhaps Scott didn't think to hard about the color of the hat of the quirky yellow bear that doesn't have consistent models/appearance throughout the games.

[@TerminalError]

I have, and that's a very unsatisfying answer when there's other details in the series he puts a lot of consideration into

[@imm_scarfYT]

the purple hat was for the original Fred bear then the bite of 83 happened so they wanted to cover it all up so they switched their color pallet from yellow and purple to yellow and brown and they also changed the deign of Fred bear so they made Fred bear 2.0 which is the one you see in fnaf 1 so that represents the brown hat and when the crying child was trying to change his appearance he made his hat black

[@DJBurns-jq8mn]

We see Fredbear on stage with his shadow as well as an employee wearing Fredbear suit mode, so Fazbear Entertainment has multiple versions

[@TerminalError]

I should have been more specific. I don't think there are 2 fredbear suits that are possessed

[@DJBurns-jq8mn]

@@TerminalError no of course not, just the one. I'm just saying since Golden Freddy was withered like the other animatronics then parts must of been from a previous Fredbear suit or if all Springlocks were indeed destroyed then they used parts from the actual Freddy animatronic.

[@joehoward9775]

Fredbear is withered golden freddy Cassidy possesses golden Freddy Evan possesses withered golden Freddy, so now you know

[@joehoward9775]

Its true because Fred bear is not golden Freddy golden Freddy can’t bite the crying child cause the mouth is small, but withered golden Freddy has a big enough jaw to bite the crying child

[@Austinjackson2216]

I think that it changes color because of whos possesing it. If its C.C its purple for fredbear, Cassidy is black because She/He got stuffed inside the golden freddy suit and Andrew because..? I dont actually know.

[@TerminalError]

People actually pointed out that if my hat theory is correct, then the hat colors would match with CC and Cassidys hair colors which I think is much more interesting than my explanation and gives a specific reason for each color change

[@Bailey_Dreamfoot]

my headcannon/ theory has always been: Black Hat: Golden Freddy Golden Freddy is an apparition of Cassidy and the Crying Child. they are not a physical being Purple Hat: Original FredBear spring lock suit (the one that bit the kid) Brown Hat: Hand stitched mascot suit similar to glitch trap (from before the creation of the spring locks??)

[@TerminalError]

I agree with the black and purple, but the brown hat fredbear seems too robotic with its movements to me. That, and one of the other stages, has a kid missing from the group, which I've heard people say means that William killed the kid, and his first kill should be Charlie or the MCI.

[@zenvariety9383]

I never played the games, but Cassidy as a girl doesn't exist. However, Cassidy as the Crying Child makes more sense. Not to mention that Mike was forced to wear the Fredbear suit. So part of Mike's remnant could explain the hat color change.

[@Jaytheone369]

I wonder what the golden duo be talking about

[@TerminalError]

They decide what hat color to wear that day lol

[@Jaytheone369]

LMFAO

[@JOUE-JOY1]

Perhaps the color change is simply due to a different set of accessories. The first Chuck E Cheese had a vest changed several times, and on the posters he always had a yellow shirt and a red vest

[@TerminalError]

That's actually a good theory especially considering Freddy has the same accessories so they could probably share them. The only thing I think this has going against it is that we've never seen the brown hat outside of the minigame.

[@wasquash]

yeah this makes a lot of sense.

[@CarpetStudiosR]

4:04 fredbears hat is purple actually. Just catching that out, hope you see it!

[@Spazy912]

If you look at the reflections in the security breach posters for Fredbear’s you will see that the reflections are purple so it is just a very dark purple

[@mubestvideos586]

Very clever tho! However, I think golden Freddy’s design changes so that he resembles Freddy, so that he isn’t thrown out as an old animatronic but rather acts like a spare suit.

[@TerminalError]

Interesting theory. But why wouldn't golden freddy look like toy Freddy when it's stated that the withered animatronics are only kept for their spare parts?

[@mubestvideos586]

@@TerminalError I did come across this question while thinking of this theory. But the only two possibilities I can think of is that: - golden Freddy only shapeshifts according to the animatronic possessed by Gabriel (the child who possesses classic and withered Freddy). I don’t know if somehow Cassidy and Gabriel were related in life, but this isn’t a strong answer, so maybe check the one below. - golden Freddy knew the future of the toy animatronics, how they would be scrapped and thrown away while the withereds would be refurbished, which is why golden Freddy shapeshifted into a withered animatronic.

[@gentalsamuel778]

The only thing that bugs me about golden Freddy is that his hands are like the animatronic ones only having four fingers. While spring Bonnie, being a spring lock suit had five fingers so that a humans hand could be in it.

[@TerminalError]

I actually haven't noticed that. I know springtrap had the five finger detail but never noticed golden freddy only had 4

[@Hoodie_monster23]

I’m glad that I’m seeing people make theory videos about fnaf after matpat left so thank you

[@TerminalError]

No problem! Just because he's gone doesn't mean we should stop theorizing! If anything, we should pick up where he left off!

[@KiddieStranglerALLEGEDLY]

you have some amazing videos for such a young channel

[@Projekt_Nightmare]

Well for one it could also be why Afton was purple, so we can see it against the black background, and brown wasn't a great color to use so Scott used purple instead of purple

[@TerminalError]

Well we've seen Scott use greys to represent black on characters that are on a black background. The puppet is shown in grey and Freddy sprites have grey hats normally. It also doesn't explain why he didn't just use purple to represent the black hat when, like you said, he uses purple to show afton being a shadowy figure.

[@УкраїнаПовнаАнімацій]

Noticed this video many times but didnt watched, now i clicked and i DIDNT regret! Now i will watch your chanell and great that today is 1st April, happy birthday terminal error channel! I also reccomend you to change the sponsorship on your chanell into fnaf themes style (these stars to golden Freddy's hats) have a nice day :)

[@TerminalError]

I'm glad you took the opportunity to watch and liked it! Also, thank you for the birthday wishes (sorry, im a bit late with responding)

[@toastedperfection2488]

Minor problem with this theory, we've seen Fredbear possessed without alternate colours, twice. First Time: Ultimate Custom Night (well actually 2nd time but it's the one I wanted to bring up first) In the Fredbear Jumpscare Easter Egg, he has purple hat and bowtie as you pointed out, but he also has the silver eyes indicating possession. This is showing that Fredbear even back in that design was possessed. The reason why I wanted to bring this one up first was because it was the less convincing of the two, there could be a bunch of explanations for this one considering it's all fabricated by The One You Should Not Have Killed. Second Time: Sister Location In the Private Room there is a Fredbear plush also with the silver eyes. This is showing that at some point in time, it was not only but of Fredbear's design, but it was part of his design long enough for merchandise to be made with this design. As long as we agree that those b&w eyes are indicative of possession, then at some point Fredbear was publically know to have those eyes and it was just claimed as an official design change by Henry/William (probably the latter) in order to cover up that Fredbear had become possessed. Neither of the Fredbear Springlock Suits shown in the FNaF 4 minigames show any signs of possession but to be fair, the FNaF 4 minigames are during the day so they probably wouldn't. He could also just not be possessed yet by the time of FNaF 4 but BV's plush in the minigames also shows the silver eyes so I think it's more likely the eye colour switches between Fredbear's normal eye colour and the possessed appearance and we just happened to only see it normal.

[@TerminalError]

I have some counterpoints for these as well. You already brought up the one you should not have killed for the first point, which is exactly why I think the eyes don't matter here. Sure, fredbear is possessed, but everything is in this game by the one you should not have killed (and arguably maybe Charlie). For the animatronics in fnaf 4s miningame not having the black and white eyes, that's because they shouldn't be possessed at this point (I think). CC should be the first to possess something in the timeline, in my opinion, so without his death, nothing is possessed. The plush is a little harder for me to debunk, but I think they are some camera system to watch CC. They're always in weird spots watching him and in SL the "walkie talkie" we all though was sitting next to the plush looks more like a camera controller. Good idea bad idea brings this up in his 8 hr video, but he basically says it can't be a walkie-talkie because it has way too many buttons. So yes, it could have been merchandise in fnaf. It could also be some sort of nany cam plush combination so parents can look after kids easier.

[@sonichedgehog3437]

I believe those posters were custom I think and fnaf 2 is before fnaf 1 so I believe Fred bears design from Ultimate custom night is the new design but they scrapped it so i Believe they took golden Freddy made the hat purple and the bowtie purple to match the old one because I believe they want to open again but they didn’t so now I made a theory

[@Lagatortooth]

It’s cuz after the bite of 83’ Fred bears closes and changed his colors and mainly focused on Freddy because of PR