Okay, for those who read this for literally criticisms and updates on my novels, this is going to be a bit a different. Evidenced by my Final Fantasy 7 article, I am somewhat a gamer. Over the last year there has been a gaming series that has been more shrouded in mystery than the series LOST. However, I think there is actual an answer here and not just a run around. Scott Cawthon, the games creator has left little hints as to what the story of possessed AA really is. Not only is there an answer, I think I might have solved it. Maybe not every little detail, though I try to address those, but I think I found the biggest chunks that others might have overlooked, or just had not linked together. This probably isn’t for the people who have no idea what I am talking about.

For those who were, hopefully, directed here from Reddit or elsewhere, I want to give credit to a few people whose videos helped me piece together this theory.

Matpat for piecing everything together enough to come to these conclusions. NONE of this theory would be possible without him.

Also, both Ryan’s who dissected the shit out the whole game coming up with so many theories.

Dawko and Razzbowski, who have been hell of entertaining during their gameplay videos and theories. As with the Ryans, they opened up some good links and stuff to ponder.

Also, Zombie Wars SMT, because he was the first real videos I saw on the subject which linked me to the others.

And finally Smike, people are too hard on Smike. He gets the information out there for people who might not know about the other Youtubers. He was great at getting the general information out there.

Okay, with that said, here we go with the theory which I think covers almost everything. I do need to stress that I do not take all of the mini-games as literal. Yes, some of them are, but a lot were somewhat symbolic. Second, until FNAF 4, I believe all of the children sprites were gender neutral …and, really, just stand ins.

All of the Incidents of the 1987 Re-opening

The Bite of ’87

All of the answers are within FNAF 2. The mystery was pretty much solved within that game alone, just no one realized it. Plain and simple: the biter was mangle and the victim was the nightguard that Jeremy Fitzgerald’s tapes were originally intended for.

Our first clue: The glaringly obvious clue is the “Summer Job” line during night one but the November paycheck. Basically, Jeremy Fitzgerald, Fritz Smith, and Mike Schmidt play no gigantic role in the story. They are merely observers. The tapes you are listening to are intended for the guard who falls victim to the bite of ’87. Who is this person: the murderer. No, not the purple guy, but the pink man. Yes, I did not like that theory at first, but it is the only thing that makes sense at this point. I will reveal why soon.

Our Second Clue: The child-predator database line. Simply put, with the exception of Balloon Boy, all of the toy animatronics are not inhabited by any spirit. They are, in fact, what the phone guys says they are …and in the end, they do what they are programmed for.

Conclusion: While there is more to the lobotomy and capture of the pink guy, right now, the end result is that Mangle bit the frontal lobe off of the pink guy at the party, preventing him from taking another victim. This is why there are news articles in FNAF 1 about the killer being caught …because he was. The pink guy was maimed and then arrested. There we have, the murder mystery solved in only the second installment. So …why were we all confused? I think because the killer was only a small piece of this puzzle. It was a reaction to his actions that made up more of this story. But first, some FNAF 2 house cleaning.

Balloon Boy

He is the murder that takes place during FNAF 2 that phone guy mentions throughout the week. He is, essentially, the pink guy’s sixth and final victim. How do we know this? Well, there had to be SOME murder that took place right before Mangle tore off the pink’s frontal lobe. As we will see, everyone else is accounted for. There definitely was one stray murder at the newly re-opened Freddy Fazbear’s pizza that caused for the place to be temporarily shut down before the last birthday party where the killer was caught. Also, the fact that Balloon Boy is more playful is a good indication that he had recently just became a spirit and has not a clue what is really going on. Whether he knew it or not, he was swept into some crazy family drama.

Aftermath

Obviously, the establishment in FNAF 2 did not immediately close. It is either stayed open but did poor business after the tragedies or (and I think more likely) Jeremy Fitzgerald and Fritz Smith were manning an abandoned establishment while those in Fazbear entertainment were figuring out what to do with the animatronics.

Easter Egg Odds and Ends

The Springlock Suit Failures

…believe it or not, these were the PURPLE MAN’S first victims …if not by sheer accident. Well, the first two were. The Chomp of 83 was his fault for completely different reasons which I will get into. But the most important thing here is that this was mainly a way to re-iterate, that as far as story is concerned, the danger that the suits provided when showing springtraps backstory. The spring bonnie and spring fred-bear suits indeed did take two unknown employee’s lives. As Mat Pat speculated, these are Shadow Bonnie and Shadow Freddy. Obviously, one is more vengeful than the other as Shadow Freddy makes sure the person responsible eventually gets his in the end.

The Endo-Skeleton

Seeing who is protecting it and who it follows in FNAF 2, I think it is VERY safe to say that the Endoskeleton belonged to the FredBear that chomped the boy’s head in 83. Now, this could be a real endoskeleton or a residual haunting that follows the victim around. My money is it being just a residual haunting.

Paper Plates

There isn’t a whole lot to say here other than I think, with as haunted as the AA are at the point they first show up, they are probably just a result of what is extreme poltergeist activity. You have, AT LEAST, nine spirits running around by FNAF 2, therefore random paranormal activity is pretty much through the roof. That is even moreso when we get to Fredbear’s Fright with the presence of Springtrap.

The Family

Fox and Friends

Let us begin with the easiest hauntings to place. The older brother is Foxy/Withered Foxy/ Phantom Foxy, while his three friends are Bonnie/Withered Bonnie, Chica/Withered Chica/ Phantom Chica, and Freddy/Withered Freddy/ More likely than not, Phantom Freddy. Evidenced by the Go Go Go mini-game, they were killed by the pink man in the first Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza establishment. Obviously, this happened a bit after the older brother caused the middle child’s (yes, you heard me right) eventual death. There is a very morbid reason for this which I will get into soon. Suffice to say, the Go Go Go mini game was there to pseudo spell out that not only was the pink guy responsible for the deaths but make the correlation between the older brother and Foxy. Obviously, after their deaths the puppet showed his brother mercy and gave him life.

The Puppet

It took me a while to come around to the idea the main protagonist was, in fact, the puppet given the gold Freddy evidence. This was before I figured something very important out; before I figured out what was in the lockbox. To re-hash what was said multiple times on Game Theory: the crying younger brother is tortured by both his brother and somebody else. On his birthday, his older brother, going through grief of his own, accidentally killed him by using Fredbear’s head as a vice. While dying in the hospital, he battles his own demons and fears before making peace with death; before making piece with Nightmare. Yeah, Nightmare is death. After death, he becomes the puppet and doesn’t just give life to his tormentor, gives one last karmic vengeance onto a man who certainly deserved it, helps burn the haunted establishment to the ground, but ultimately reunites his friends and family to move onto the afterworld. Though, he isn’t the first domino. As we saw in the mini-games, he had a guiding force that TRIED to help him; that wanted him to survive. He had a stuff animal that seemed to lead him; even maybe helping him avoid his fate. That takes us to …

Baby Sister/ FredBear/ Golden Freddy/ Creepy Girl?

I think this is the piece we were all missing. The last piece that none of us had been able to place. It wasn’t just two brothers and a father …but two older brothers, a baby sister, and a father (who we will get to REAL soon). How do we know this:

Clue 1: This is the biggest of them all. There is a little girl’s room in their house that is never explained. How do we know that she is dead? Mangle. Not to give too much away on the next section, but it is obvious that their father is an inventor of some kind. Why would he store what would become his ultimate weapon that would get him the revenge he sought in a room that is currently being used. The answer is that he isn’t. He is storing mangle in the room of his murdered daughter. He just doesn’t have the nerve to take any of her stuff down. Plain and simple, there was a girl who lived there …that does not live there anymore.

Clue 2: When you slow down fred bear’s laugh, it is that of a little girl.

Clue 3: The text of the creepy garden girl is that of the final “I will Fix You” before he passes on. This isn’t a different character, but Fredbear revealing herself to her brother. So yes, I am saying that the girl who talked about “Them coming alive at night” was a ghostly version of his sister. Though it is obvious her normal means of communication was via the Fredbear doll.

Clue 4: This is not so much a clue as it is a fact. Golden Freddy is the ONLY character to appear in every game in some form. Phantoms don’t count.

What am I proposing here? That the pink man’s first victim, outside of Fredbear’s diner was, in fact, a little girl. This little girl was the sister of The Puppet and Foxy and the daughter of …well … we will get to that. She was murdered but took over the guise of Golden Freddy, the very suit used to kill her. For whatever reason, she could only communicate with the younger of the two brothers and tries to help him save his own life. Ultimately, she fails and helps him take over the body of the puppet.

Other Connections:

Before I get to the main event, there is one more matter to discuss: the FNAF 2 mini-games. Firstly, I don’t think all mini-games in general are supposed to be taken literally. The FNAF 3 cut-games are a good example of this. But the death mini-games give us an important clue. What are the three jump scares we get: Foxy, Golden Freddy, and the Puppet. Who is the fifth kid in the Give gift/Give Life Mini-game? Golden Freddy. Meant to represent the first murder that started it all. The jumpscare at the end of that game? Golden Freddy. The player character in that game? The Puppet, the character she gave life to. Who is the jumpscare in the “Give Cake” Mini-game? The puppet, the character that she would give life to. Even though it might seem that way at first, it all works out. Now, onto, the biggest piece of the puzzle.

The Father/ Faz Bear Entertainment Chief Engineer/ Phone Guy/ Inter-rim Security Chief/ The Purple Guy

This is probably the closest thing to a main character the game has, thus it is no surprise that he wears so many different hats throughout. One thing I need to stress before getting started: The Purple Guy is not the kid killer. Yes, the purple guy is responsible for a lot of deaths, but none of them were DIRECTLY at his hands. The killer was the pink guy who got caught in 1987 thanks to the Purple Man’s years long search for vengeance. The toughest thing for me to do is find a place to start. I guess firstly, just because he was not the child murderer, does not make him a GOOD guy. Maybe, at one point, when his family was together, he was. But after the first murder, he was blinded by revenge.

At this point, it is obvious that he began as the Chief engineer for Fred Bear’s Dinner/ Freddy Fazbear’s pizza. He was a high ranking person within the company, but had to be at their central location at all times. His children grew up with these characters; trusted these characters. He most definitely created the spring lock suits which seemed like a clever idea at the time. His life was changed the day of the incident at Fredbear’s Family Diner happened. Somebody murdered his daughter right outside of the diner. The man was not caught. Not only did this force the company to change the name, due to a suit being used in the murder most likely, but it also sent the purple man a bit of the deep end. Firstly, he stopped doing the proper maintenance which lead to the springlock suit failures that killed two employees. Secondly, he began work on toy AA that would catch any kind of child predator, but those were a few years out from being cleared by the company. That wasn’t enough, he had to trap the killer. He needed live bait.

He had three kids. One was his favorite, one was his daughter who needed avenged, and the other made him feel uncomfortable because he was “always thinking.” Not intending to harm the middle child, he begins to use him as a bargaining chip. He makes sure that he is at the Pizza Place every day, hoping to catch the person that killed his daughter. He even plans a big birthday for this boy in hopes that he lures the killer out. The purple man is out of his mind. Unfortunately, his ‘live-bait’ plan doesn’t go off without a hitch as his oldest son does something that injures, and ultimately kills, his other child. He is left with no other options as he must use his oldest son and his friends to catch the pink guy in the act. This did not go to plan as all four kids are murdered and he had no idea who the murderer was. He was so blinded by his need to get revenge, that he sacrificed the lives of others in the process. Though, he remained with the company.

After all of the death happened, Fazbear entertainment tried, once again, opening up. He made them new toy AA to prevent anymore murders. He had been toiling on Mangle in his dead daughter’s room for years. Unfortunately, a sixth murder happens that the Toys can not prevent (as said, this was BB). However, this gets him one step closer to the pink guy and he is almost positive he know who it is. In fact, it is one of the security guards. Acting none the wiser, purple man changes him to the day shift for a birthday party. The security guard attempts his usual “dress up as freddy” murder trick but Mangle catches him and tears off his frontal lobe. The pink man is hospitalized and then put away for life. Seeing that he is not well in the head and the fact that they are going to just re-use old AA in the old establishment to downscale after the tragedies, they demote purple man security guard.

In one final karmic act of revenge, he disappears in 1993. I want to stress that throughout all of this that he did not believe in ghosts nor did he believe his dead children (plus, two people who’s death he was responsible for) were haunting the AA that he created. To him, it was just AA malfunctioning. The spirits finally got him when lured to the secret room where the old spring Bonnie was stored despite it being hard to access. They, of course, find him through the guidance of shadow freddy. This is where the phone call of night 4 in FNAF 1 happens and the mini-games in FNAF 3 end. They scare him into springtrap, water hits the springlock suit, he is impaled in the suit and lost forever. Years later, after all of the AA had been scrapped, he was rediscovered and wanted what led to his downfall in the beginning: revenge.

Timeline

Okay, before revealing what is in the lock box, which should not be a surprise anymore, I want to go over a detailed time line because those are fun.

Pre-1983 Fredbear’s Family Diner: Purple’s man daughter is murdered by the pink guy.

1983 Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza: Purple’s Man’s Son is hospitalized and then dies after severe head trauma.

Post 1983 Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza: Two springlock failure deaths.

Between 1983 and 1987 Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza: Purple Guy’s oldest son and three friends are murdered by the pink guy.

1987: New Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Establishment Opens

1987 Summer: Balloon Boy is murdered by Pink Guy

1987 Summer: Pink Guy is the bite of 87 victim and arrested for his murders

1993 Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza (Old Establishment): Purple guy hides from spirits in the company safe room, hides in springtrap, and is murdered and never found until ….

2013, 2017, or 2023 (depending on what thirty years later referred to Fredbear’s Fright: Springtrap is unleashed. Place is burnt to the ground after an electrical fire. Remaining items are sold at an auction. Lockbox is most likely one of those items.

What is in the Box?

A photograph of a family. One father, two brothers, and a sister. They are probably with the characters they are doomed to become. A reminder of who they all were before a pink guy and Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza altered their life forever. A time before they were Springtrap, Foxy, The Puppet, and Gold Freddy.

In Conclusion…

That is genuinely what I believe happened throughout the whole series. This was written before the endo-skeletons started to move and change on the Scottgames.com page, but that really doesn’t change anything written here. What we have isn’t a story of two killers, but a story of one killer who was caught, and an incompetent engineer who wanted revenge so bad that it cost him his remaining children. The killer was not as important as his actions which created a vicious domino effect. I think this ties everything together, both story and logic. The only way the Happiest Day Mini-Game works is if Golden Freddy is related to the puppet and/or Foxy. I hope at the very least, you were all entertained by this attempt at uncovering everything.