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*phew*, this has got to be my biggest art piece yet, while it’s only an extension of my previous timeline because I’m not redrawing everything again, I’ve made several changes to the text, added more details, the inclusion of FFPS, an intro and an outro.

Because of how absolutely broken and poorly planned out the lore is, I wanted this timeline to be easy to read, follow and understand but I also tried to cram in as many details as possible without the image being too large, clustered and complicated while also providing the simplest answers possible that are reasonable, cut out all the unnecessary details and some speculations on what happens in-between.





I just know some people might complain about certain details, so I’ll try an answer as many points as I can.

· The Shadow animatronics

The reason why the Shadow animatronics not here is the same reason I didn’t include the Phantom animatronics, there just isn’t enough information about them, like seriously are they even real as in actual ghosts or are they just simple hallucinations like the Phantoms?

Some have argued they are the “Springlock victims” and are the reason why the suits are decommissioned which to be fair is an okay theory but all we have is a single quote to go on and even it can be interpreted in different ways. While others have said that Shadow Freddy is actually the Bite Victim from FNaF 4, I do like this theory because it does give Shadow Freddy an origin and even a purpose, but this does leave out Shadow Bonnie.



· Take Cake being at Fredbear’s

A lot of people say that because in the Take Cake minigame we see Freddy, that must mean the location is Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza and NOT Fredbear’s Family Diner, I’ve never agreed with this because what’s the point of mentioning Fredbear’s Family Diner in FnaF 2 if it’s never seen or heard from again after that? It’s a small location and there’s only one animatronic, plus the Puppet jump scare that happens imply this is the Puppets origins and even the first murder.

“But why do we see Freddy then?” I hear you saying, personally I think because Scott at the time probably didn’t know what Fredbear would look so he went with the Brown colour for the time being, but when FNaF 4 came around he finalised Fredbear’s design with the Golden Freddy inspired look.

I do think that Scott has made all the details up as he went along after each new game was made, I also believe this includes Golden Freddy’s significance, not just in terms of his history but also as the fact Scott didn’t give him the name of Fredbear until the fourth game, hell he didn’t even give him a name at all in the first game, the name Golden Freddy was created by the fans.

· Chica’s Party World

Some people have also tried to fit Chica’s Party World some where in the timeline, but I didn’t because there just isn’t any information on this, all we have is the name and… that’s it, it’s not much material to work with.

· Bite Victim is NOT Golden Freddy

If BV is Golden Freddy, who does the Fifth missing child become then? A question that many BV is Golden Freddy supporters (including Dawko and Matpat) have completely ignored, remember… FIVE children were lured into the back room and killed, it hasn’t been retconned and it’s not refereeing to the Save Them murders.

· The Toy animatronics AREN’T Possessed

If they are, how come we never see them getting possessed? How come we never see their souls being freed? How come we don’t see… anything? … are you telling me everything with the Toy characters happens OFF-SCREEN, but we don’t see any of it because… reasons! All the other possessed characters get cut-scenes, dialogue and mini games, how come the Toys don’t get anything?

“But… But… the Save Them minigame… five more children are murdered!!!!” I hear you saying, I’ve looked at Save Them… and it changes nothing, sure 5 more children are murdered but that doesn’t explain anything other than five more children are murdered. If Scott intended for the Toys to be possessed I think he would’ve drawn more attention to them instead of abandoning them after the second game.

“But why do the Toys attack you then? why does Mangle climb on the walls? … waah!” It’s possible that William sabotaged the Toys so he can continue commit his murders without them interfering because… after all… wasn’t the Toy’s facial recognition system suppose to prevent further murders? William has a reason to tinker with the Toys, so this explains why they’re behaving the way they do. As for Mangle climbing on the walls, another comment defense for the possession theory, do you know who else can climb on the walls?... Ballora… as stated by Scott himself with a steam comment, so Mangle climbing on the walls don’t tell me crap other than it can climb walls.

· The Orange man is NOT William Afton

I personally like the idea of the Midnight Motorist orange man being William Afton’s father because this gives William something that has not really been touched upon in the series; a motivation, why does William kill these children? why is he such a cruel man? An alcoholic and abusive father that tortured him when he was a child, psychology damaging his mind. A motivation like this can give more depth to William rather than just having him as a “Oh… I’m just an evil dude that does evil things”.

Some people have tried to defend the Orange Man is William theory by saying that the Purple colour is supposed to be a shadow while the orange represents Afton himself. To that I say; if this is the case, then Scott should've established this in previous games, to just change William's colour so suddenly, without warning (especially in the "Final" game) it just creates more confusion. I know Scott said William's purple colour is meant to represent a shadowy figure BUT that doesn't change the fact that William's associated colour is Purple and NOT orange, Scott could've given the man purple clothes but keep his head orange or something rather than just make him completely orange because he looks like a completely different character.

Also, one last thing, if the Orange Man is William, what does it add to the story? What does the Midnight Motorist mini-game add to the story if the orange man is William? As far as I can see… NOTHING... if the Orange Man is William’s father then it adds a motivation to William’s actions.



· The fruit Maze Minigame

Out of all the mini-games, the fruit maze is probably the trickiest to solve as this can take place anywhere in the timeline, it’s possible that this girl is Charlie (Henry’s daughter) and she was lured outside of Fredbear’s after her Dog got ran over by William Afton, that's it really… that’s all I have to go on, also that mangle being a dog is stupid beyond belief.







I know these are very controversial and unpopular theories but I do I stand by everything I said and I’m very comfortable with this timeline. I’ve worked VERY HARD on this, more effort than I usually do.

Just editing the final message so I don't sound like a dick, feel free to agree or disagree and how would you make your FNaF timelines.



Five Nights at Freddy's: Scott Cawthon