I SOLVED FNAF's Shadow Animatronics - FNAF Theory

Summary

This video script delves into the mystery of the shadow animatronics from the Five Nights at Freddy's series, suggesting they are supernatural entities formed from the agony of traumatic events. The script hypothesizes that these shadows, not being physical animatronics, play a crucial role in the game's narrative, particularly in the 'Happiest Day' mini-games where they may assist in helping other trapped souls find peace.

Takeaways

• 😈 The Shadow animatronics in Five Nights at Freddy's (FNAF) series are supernatural entities with mysterious origins and abilities.
• 👻 Shadow animatronics appear as dark, shadowy versions of other animatronics and are often associated with significant events in the game's storyline.
• 🎭 The nature of Shadow animatronics is complex, with some theories suggesting they are spirits of past employees or manifestations of strong emotions and memories.
• 🧩 It's speculated that Shadow animatronics might not be physical entities like the possessed animatronics but are instead connected to lingering spirits and emotions.
• 🍰 The 'Happiest Day' mini-games in FNAF 3 are crucial for setting up conditions that allow spirits to move on, with Shadow animatronics playing a key role in these setups.
• 🔗 Shadow animatronics are strongly associated with events and characters from FNAF 2, suggesting they may have arisen from the agony and emotions tied to those events.
• 👦 The crying child's experience and the subsequent Shadow Freddy are deeply linked, indicating that Shadow animatronics may embody the pain of traumatic events.
• 🎮 The game mechanics, such as collecting Remnant and Dark Remnant in the AR mobile game, provide clues to understanding the nature and purpose of Shadow animatronics.
• 🧊 Dark Remnant is hypothesized to be a manifestation of intense pain and could be related to Agony, a substance from the Fazbear Fright books that inflicts lingering spirits.
• 📖 The FNAF books introduce the concept that objects can be haunted by emotions, which aligns with the behavior of Shadow animatronics as they seem to act with purpose, guiding or influencing the game's events.

Q & A

What is the main topic of the video script?

The main topic of the video script is the exploration and explanation of the shadow animatronics in the Five Nights at Freddy's (FNAF) game series, their origins, and their role in the game's story.

What is the first appearance of the shadow animatronics in the FNAF series?

The shadow animatronics first appeared in FNAF 2 with the introduction of Shadow Freddy.

How are the shadow animatronics different from other animatronics in FNAF?

Shadow animatronics are different as they seem to be supernatural apparitions with dark, shadowy appearances and strange abilities, unlike the other animatronics which are haunted robots.

What is the theory about the connection between shadow animatronics and past employees of Fazbear Entertainment?

One theory suggests that the shadow animatronics are spirits of past employees, particularly from the era when spring lock suits were in use, with their bodies removed from the suits leading to a tenuous connection instead of full possession.

Why does the script's author disagree with the theory that shadow animatronics are spirits of spring lock failure victims?

The author disagrees because not all shadow animatronics, such as DD, Balloon Boy, Chica's Cupcake, and the Puppet, can be connected to spring lock suits or the specific incident mentioned in FNAF 3.

What is the alternative theory proposed in the script about the nature of shadow animatronics?

The alternative theory is that shadow animatronics are manifestations of emotion and memory, created from Agony, which is a dark substance formed from intense pain and emotions, rather than being actual spirits.

How does the script relate shadow animatronics to the events in FNAF 2?

The script suggests that shadow animatronics are connected to FNAF 2 through the deaths of children at the pizzeria, with their agony possibly associating with the animatronics and leading to the formation of the shadows.

What is the significance of the 'happiest day' mini-games in FNAF 3 according to the script?

The 'happiest day' mini-games are significant as they are set up to release the spirits of the dead children by interacting with shadow animatronics, implying a narrative arc that allows the spirits to potentially find peace.

How does the script link the shadow animatronics to the FNAF World game?

The script links the shadow animatronics to FNAF World by suggesting that FNAF World takes place during the 'follow me' mini-games, where the clues to set up 'happiest day' are found, and that shadow Freddy's presence in FNAF World might be related to the crying child from FNAF 4.

What is the script's conclusion about the role of shadow animatronics in the FNAF story?

The script concludes that the shadow animatronics, stemming from the agony of hurt children, assist in helping other souls find peace, particularly through their involvement in the 'happiest day' mini-games.

Outlines

00:00

🌑 Shadow Animatronics: Unraveling the Mystery

The paragraph delves into the enigmatic presence of shadow animatronics in the Five Nights at Freddy's (FNAF) series. These supernatural entities, introduced in FNAF 2, have been shrouded in mystery, appearing during pivotal story events without clear explanations. The speaker suggests that their intended role in the narrative has been overlooked and aims to clarify their nature, origin, and significance. The shadow animatronics are described as dark, shadowy apparitions that correspond to other animatronics, with Shadow Freddy being the first introduced. They appear in various contexts throughout the series, but their lack of a clear physical presence complicates understanding. The paragraph ponders whether they are spirits of former employees or something else entirely.

05:01

👻 The Nature of Shadows: Beyond Haunted Robots

This section explores the possibility that shadow animatronics are not physical entities like other animatronics but are instead manifestations of strong emotions and memories. It draws a comparison to Golden Freddy, suggesting that shadows, unlike him, do not have a physical form. The paragraph discusses the theory that shadows might be spirits of past employees, killed during spring lock failures, but dismisses this theory due to inconsistencies. Instead, it proposes that shadows are akin to Pit Trap from 'Into the Pit', entities born from the agony of traumatic events, capable of interacting with the physical world without being present themselves.

10:02

🔗 Linking Shadows to Agony and FNAF 2

The speaker hypothesizes that shadow animatronics are connected to 'Agony', a dark substance born from intense pain and suffering, and are linked to specific traumatic events. Using Shadow Freddy as an example, they argue that he may have originated from the agony of the crying child's death. The paragraph also suggests that other shadow animatronics, such as rwq, could be connected to the murders of Charlie and Emily, with their forms reflecting the animatronics associated with their pain. The discussion hints at a broader connection between the shadows and the events of FNAF 2, proposing that the children's deaths and the resulting agony could have given rise to the shadow animatronics.

15:04

🍰 The Happiest Day Mini-Games: A Path to Peace

This paragraph connects the shadow animatronics to the 'Happiest Day' mini-games in FNAF 3, suggesting that these games, which involve finding and delivering cake to trapped spirits, might be memories rather than current events. The speaker theorizes that the mini-games could have been set up during FNAF 2 and are significant to the spirits' ability to move on. They propose that the shadow animatronics, born from the agony of the children's deaths, play a role in facilitating these events, potentially helping the spirits find peace. The paragraph also discusses the possibility that the events of FNAF World are related to setting the stage for 'Happiest Day' and that the shadow animatronics' presence in these games is crucial to understanding their narrative role.

20:05

🧩 Piecing Together the FNAF Puzzle

The final paragraph synthesizes the information, suggesting that the shadow animatronics' role in the FNAF series is to assist other spirits in finding peace, stemming from the agony of hurt children. It ties the presence of shadow animatronics in the mini-games to their purpose, which might not have been clearly explained but is evident through their actions. The speaker concludes that the connections between FNAF 2, the shadow animatronics, and the 'Happiest Day' mini-games indicate a deliberate narrative arc, even if the spirits did not ultimately find peace. The paragraph ends by inviting viewers to consider the theories presented and to explore further content from the speaker for a deeper dive into the FNAF universe.

Keywords

💡Shadow Animatronics

Shadow Animatronics are supernatural entities within the Five Nights at Freddy's (FNAF) game series. They are dark, shadowy versions of the regular animatronics and are often associated with traumatic events and emotions. In the script, they are discussed as a mystery that has been part of the FNAF story for nearly a decade, with their role and origin being a subject of debate among fans. The video aims to explore and explain their true nature and role within the game's lore.

💡Five Nights at Freddy's (FNAF)

Five Nights at Freddy's is a popular horror game series created by Scott Cawthon. The game is known for its suspense, eerie atmosphere, and complex narrative involving animatronic characters. The script discusses the series' longest-running mysteries, particularly focusing on the shadow animatronics, which have been a part of the game's story since the second installment.

💡Supernatural

The term 'supernatural' refers to phenomena that cannot be explained by scientific laws or principles. In the context of the video script, it is used to describe the mysterious and unexplained nature of the shadow animatronics, which possess strange abilities and appear during significant events in the FNAF story without clear explanations.

💡Agony

Agony, as mentioned in the script, is a concept from the FNAF universe that represents intense emotional pain and suffering. It is suggested to be a source of the shadow animatronics' existence, with these entities potentially being created from the lingering effects of traumatic events. The script explores the idea that Agony could be the root cause of the shadow animatronics' formation.

💡Golden Freddy

Golden Freddy is an animatronic character in the FNAF series, often associated with positive outcomes and the release of spirits. The script discusses the possibility of Golden Freddy being a physical suit possessed by a child's spirit and contrasts this with the shadow animatronics, which lack a physical presence.

💡Springlock Suits

Springlock suits are a type of animatronic in the FNAF series that use spring mechanisms to move. The script mentions a theory that the shadow animatronics could be spirits of employees from the era when springlock suits were in use, suggesting a link between these suits and the origins of the shadows.

💡FNAF 2

FNAF 2 is the second installment in the Five Nights at Freddy's series and introduces the concept of shadow animatronics. The script explores the significance of FNAF 2 in the formation of the shadow animatronics and how the events and characters from this game are connected to the shadows' existence.

💡Happiest Day Mini-Games

The 'Happiest Day' mini-games in FNAF 3 are a series of challenges that players must complete to set up a scenario where the spirits of the dead children can find peace. The script suggests that the shadow animatronics play a crucial role in these mini-games, potentially guiding the spirits towards resolution and peace.

💡AR Mobile Game Special Delivery

The AR mobile game 'Special Delivery' is a spin-off from the FNAF series that involves collecting a substance called Remnant. The script discusses how the game's mechanics, particularly the collection of 'Dark Remnant,' provide clues to understanding the nature of the shadow animatronics and their connection to the FNAF universe.

💡FNAF World

FNAF World is a game that ties into the FNAF universe and is mentioned in the script as a potential source of clues regarding the setup for the 'Happiest Day' mini-games. The script theorizes that FNAF World could take place during the events leading up to the mini-games, providing context for the shadow animatronics' involvement in the series' narrative.

💡Crying Child

The Crying Child is a character from the FNAF series, significant for his traumatic experiences and connection to the shadow animatronics. The script explores the theory that the Crying Child's agony might be the source of Shadow Freddy, one of the shadow animatronics, and discusses how the child's story might be resolved through the events in the FNAF games.

Highlights

Shadow animatronics have been a mysterious part of Five Nights at Freddy's for nearly a decade.

They possess supernatural abilities and appear during major story events without clear explanation.

The role of shadow animatronics in the story has often been overlooked.

Shadow animatronics are first seen in FNAF 2 with Shadow Freddy.

They appear in various contexts but lack a clear origin or mechanism of operation.

Golden Freddy is a physical suit, unlike the shadow animatronics.

Some shadow animatronics only appear in virtual reality or within characters' minds.

The theory that shadows are spirits of past employees is explored.

The idea of spring lock failures leading to shadow animatronics is questioned.

The concept of hauntings in FNAF being tied to strong emotions and memories is introduced.

Pit Trap from 'Into the Pit' is given as an example of an entity formed from memories and emotions.

Shadow animatronics are likened to Pit Trap, being manifestations of emotion and memory.

The AR mobile game 'Special Delivery' hints at a connection between shadow animatronics and 'Remnant'.

A theory suggests that shadow animatronics are created from 'Agony', a dark form of Remnant.

Shadow Freddy is proposed to be connected to the agony of the crying child's death.

The FNAF movie's inclusion of Shadow Freddy is analyzed for its narrative purpose.

The role of shadow animatronics in the 'Happiest Day' mini-games is examined.

A theory links the shadow animatronics to the deaths of children in FNAF 2.

The possibility that the shadow animatronics assist in setting spirits free is discussed.

The video concludes that the shadow animatronics' role in the story is to help other souls find peace.

Transcripts

the shadow animatronics have been a part

of Five Nights at Freddy's for nearly a

decade but they've remained largely a

mystery for as long as they've been

around with strange supernatural

abilities and a tendency to show up

during major events of the story without

much explanation it's no surprise that

they're often either ignored or the

subject of a lot of debate and

unanswered questions and while answers

have been suggested I think the role

they were actually meant to play in the

story has gone completely overlooked as

such I figured it would be a good idea

to finally tackle one of the series

longest running Mysteries and explain

just what the shadow animatronics

actually are where they come from and

the role they play in the story of Five

Nights at Freddy's has been hidden in

plain sight for nearly a decade so what

are the shadow animatronics on a surface

level they seem to be Supernatural

apparitions that take on a dark shadowy

appearance corresponding to another

animatronic first appearing in FNAF 2

with the introduction of Shadow Freddy

and

rwqfsfasxc the Shadows have appeared at

various points throughout the series in

a variety of contexts but while that's

relatively straightforward on its own it

gets a bit more complicated when we get

into the questions about how they work

and where they come from after all these

anim ionics are called Shadows for a

reason golden Freddy may have some

similarities in terms of appearing and

disappearing in a ghostly manner but

given we know that golden Freddy is a

physical suit that a child's body was

put into leading to the suit being

possessed by a said child we at least

know that a physical version of it does

exist the Shadows on the other hand

don't really have that going for them

sure we see what looks to be a shadow

Freddy suit in the FNAF movie but with

how much the movie deviates From the

Source material for the sake of

narrative cohesion and the presence of

other Easter egg animatronics I don't

think there being a suit based on Shadow

Freddy in the movie means that shadow

Shadow Freddy is a physical animatronic

in the games not to mention I think

Shadow Freddy's inclusion in the movie

is meant to point to something else that

I'll be getting into later and the other

Shadow animatronics really don't have

anything to indicate them being physical

in fact there are quite a few Shadow

animatronics that never appear in the

physical waking world at all Shadow DD

or XO appears exclusively in ultimate

custom Knight which is experienced

entirely within William aton's mind as

he's tormented by the vual spirit of one

of his victims Shadow Balloon boy and

the shadow puppet appear only in the

backgrounds of mini games necessary to

get the good ending of FNAF 3 and mangle

shows up in one specific hard mode of a

mini game and help wanted which takes

place entirely in virtual reality the

only ones that do appear in the real

waking world are Shadow Freddy which is

a recolor of withered golden Freddy our

WQ FSF axc who's a recolor toy Bonnie

and the shadow cupcakes I would

personally be surprised if Fazbear

entertainment had made physical versions

of any of these animatronics for

whatever reason so in this video I'm

operating off of the theory that while

they look like animatronics they're not

actually haunted robots like the others

but if they're not haunted robots what

are they really well one Theory suggests

that the Shadows are the spirits of past

employees of Fazbear entertainment

specifically from the era when spring

lock suits were still in use and that

the reason they aren't physical is

because the bodies were removed from the

suits leading to a more tenuous

connection instead of full-on possession

after all in FNAF 3 phone guy mentions

that there was an incident with multiple

simultaneous spring lock failures at a

sister location to Freddy's that got the

spring lock suits put out of use given

the main two spring lock suits were're

aware of our fredbear and spring Bonnie

and the main two Shadow animatronics

Shadow Freddy and rwq are recolors of

fnaf's withered golden Freddy and toy

Bonnie animatronics respectively who's

to say that they aren't employees who

died when the spring locks of the suits

failed taking on their appearances of

their FNAF 2 counterparts possibly

because that's what was already modeled

for the game well there's one pretty big

reason I find this unlikely then being

the results of spring lock failures that

is I don't think the explanation of them

being spring locked employees really

works because even if rwq and Shadow

Freddy are connected to the spring lock

suits DD balloon boy chica's cupcake and

the puppet aren't and if it's supposed

to be a case where the body was removed

instead of left inside the suit Charlie

would be the shadow puppet rather than

possessing the puppet itself like we see

her do in the games while I do think the

employee idea is cool I don't think

that's actually what the Shadows are

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the topic at hand while I don't think

the shadow animatronics are technically

actual Spirits I do think that they are

connected to spirits and how they came

about one aspect of hauntings in FNAF is

that it's not always a ghost doing The

Haunting one thing the books establish

is that strong emotions and memories

tend to linger in the environment

haunting objects near where those

emotions were felt and sometimes

manifesting as their own entities

separate from the person they were

created from a good example of this is

actually in the new game into the pit

after the main character Oswald

seemingly gets transported to the Past

by the titular ball pit he ends up

witnessing the aftermath of what's less

the missing children incident with five

kids mysteriously Vanishing and more of

an oh my gosh someone in the spring

Bonnie suit killed six kids we got a

book it incident the thing is while into

the pit spring Bonnie who I typically

call Pit trap does speak and act in a

way that strongly connects him to

William saying things like I always come

back if you listen to closely and having

an extremely visceral reaction to a

photo of William and Henry that Oswald

drops in one of the game's routes he's

also not actually William after all

William has his whole deal presumably

being springtrap and pit trap has a

mouthful of knives instead pit trap

seems to be an entity created from the

memories and emotions of Williams

murders that takes on the Persona of

William Aton in the spring body suit

William was the cause of the agony that

day and the impact of what he did left a

lasting enough impression that it was

able to haunt the building and manifest

through the ball pit and pit trap in

fact that's likely why the ball pit

seems to take Oswald to the Past

technically it probably wouldn't be the

actual past but a recreation of it based

on the powerful memories and emotions

associated with the event that isn't to

say it doesn't have real world impacts

what with stuff from the pit being

brought to the present and the door to

the arcade getting deleted but I think

it's similar to how pit trap is able to

interact with the present despite being

a memory himself he and the quote

unquote past are real but they're not

necessarily the originals just memories

and emotions haunting the building and

able to influence the real world by

Supernatural means I think the shadow

animatronics work in a similar manner to

pit trap as manifestations of emotion

and memory that can interact with the

physical world but aren't necessarily

always physically present something that

seems to be backed up by the now defunct

AR mobile game special delivery one of

the main mechanics of special delivery

was collecting Remnant which we know

from other parts of the franchise is

tied to the reason why Spirits memories

and emotions linger in the world around

them and is described as the merging of

the tangible with the intangible acting

similarly to how water conducts

electricity however While most often

Remnant is depicted in its physical form

of a silvery liquid special delivery

focused specifically on collecting what

seems to be various types of free

floating Remnant energy however there

was also a special variety of Remnant

called Dark Remnant that rather than

giving you Remnant when you collected it

would cause dark fog to appear on your

screen until eventually rwq was summoned

to your location to me this heavily

implies that rwq and likely the other

Shadows are linked to this dark Remnant

additionally it seems relatively likely

that dark Remnant could be related to or

another form of a substance introduced

in the Fazbear fright books called Agony

while Remnant seems to be a catchall for

any lingering Spirit emotion or memory

infused into something physical Agony

specifically seems to be a literally

dark version of remnants non-physical

components made purely from Pain

seemingly appearing as a black ooze and

being described in one of the stories as

the strongest lingering emotion that

will Infuse itself into objects while

it's not outright stated it seems as

though this is likely the reason that so

many spirits end up sticking around in

FNAF painful deaths would cause a lot of

Agony causing their spirits and the

emotion to linger and form Remnant

combining this information with what we

see in into the pit I think it makes the

most sense for the shadow animatronics

to be entities created from Agony

manifesting from traumatic events and

emotions without directly being a

physical animatronic like the various

Souls would be but what traumatic event

or event specifically would they have

come from after all pit trap and the

ball pit are directly tied to the not so

missing children incident and Agony has

to come from somewhere so it stands to

reason that the shadow animatronics

would be connected to specific events as

well once again I actually think into

the pit gives some potential Insight

even if pit trap isn't a shadow

animatronic himself after all the

primary manifestations of the agony are

the elements of the events associated

with it and pit trap the Monstrous

memory of William Aton and the reason

for the agony in the first place because

of this and a few other details

throughout the franchise I think it

could make sense for the Shadows to have

forms somewhat connected to the

environment and sources of the pain that

created them and I think there's no

better example of this than Shadow

Freddy I actually discussed this briefly

in an older video but I think there's

pretty solid evidence that shadow Freddy

was created from the agony of the crying

child's experiences the connection is

already somewhat present what with

Shadow Freddy being a recolor of

withered golden Freddy which was at the

time the current form of the very

animatronic that caused his death but

there are some other connections as well

that tie them together together remember

how earlier I mentioned I thought the

inclusion of Shadow Freddy in the FNAF

movie had a different purpose than

showing it was a physical animatronic

well in the movie The Character Max dies

after getting pulled into Freddy's mouth

and bitten which is pretty reminiscent

of the crying child's death after being

forced into the mouth of fredbear not

only that but the suit Max ends up

getting put in after the fact is the

shadow Freddy suit of all things while

there's always a chance it may not be

intentional to me it feels like a pretty

strong parallel on top of this there's

the fact that in FNAF 4 the game where

we learn about the crying child's trauma

and demise the final antagonist we have

to face is nightmare a shadowy version

of nightmare fredbear and the night

where he appears is labeled in the files

as Shadow Freddy I will say I keep

calling him the crying child but a video

was released by hyperd Droid that I

think actually solves his name and the

foxy grd in the survival log book I'll

be continuing to call him the crying

child in this video but you guys should

absolutely go watch hyper droid's video

on the subject if you haven't already

anyway with all the connections between

Shadow Freddy and the crying child I

think it makes a lot of sense for shadow

Freddy to be connected to the pain dying

to the jaws of fredbear causing the

shadow to take said animatronics form

and as such I think it would make a lot

of sense for the other Shadow

animatronics to have a similar source

that being said I should probably

clarify I don't think every shadow takes

on the form of something that caused the

intense emotions or pain specifically

just something that may have been nearby

or Associated after all while balloon

boy does inspire intense rage from some

people I doubt Shadow Balloon boy

spawned from him stealing the night

guard's batteries or balloon boy himself

deciding to commit stab though speaking

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if you change your mind with that said

even even if not all the Shadows take

the form of something that caused their

pain directly I believe

rwqfsfasxc is the result of the murder

of Charlie Emily and its form of rabbit

animatronic connects to William Aton

being her killer yes I realize rwq is a

toy Bonnie recolor not spring Bonnie and

that Charlie wasn't killed while William

was in costume but I do have an

explanation for that if Shadow Freddy

does manifest as nightmare INF FNAF 4

that could be evidenced that the exact

appearance of a shadow is somewhat

changeable even if the base such as both

being connected to their fredbear

counterpart from the same game the same

on RW Q's part the only alternative to

toy Bonnie for a rabbit based

animatronic appearance in the game where

rwq first appeared would be withered

Bonnie and unless rwq came specifically

from the death of one of the missing

kids I think that wouldn't work for the

same reason it wouldn't make much sense

for shadow Freddy to look like withered

Freddy instead of Wither golden Freddy

it creates an extra layer of Separation

to have rwq look like toy Bonnie instead

as for why rwq could be a rabbit since

William wasn't wearing the spring lock

suit when he killed Charlie it could be

connected to Charlie associating him

with spring Bonnie since that's the

animatronic keeper formed in but it

could also be just how strongly William

Associates himself with rabbits after

all when his ghost shows up in Fazbear

frights he's specifically described as

having bone rabbit ears and when he

takes over an amalgamation of

animatronic Parts the amalgamation ends

up with rabbit ears as well as such I

don't think it's too much of a stretch

to say that if a shadow animatronic

formed with the cause of Charlie's Agony

being William Aton taking the form of a

rabbit makes a lot of sense but why do I

think that Charlie Shadow is rwq and not

say the shadow puppet this is due to a

combination of theories many of which

were relate to midnight motorist first I

believe that the crying child was The

Runaway in the midnight motorist Min

game I think it makes the most sense for

Michael with his gray shirt and gray

speech text and habit of watching TV to

be the character we see in the mini game

wearing gray speaking with gray text and

watching TV leaving his younger brother

to be the runaway second as the lower

portion of midnight motorist is labeled

later that night in the game files and

it's raining just like it is in the mini

game where we see Charlie's death I

think it stands to reason that Charlie's

death is relevant to the events of the

miname third I think it's incredibly

likely that it was a shadow animatronic

that created the three toed Footprints

outside the window the crying Child Left

through if the crying child was The

Runaway it wouldn't exactly make sense

for it to be golden Freddy showing up at

the window and it couldn't really be

William now that the five laps at

Freddy's demo which is in fact an

official FNAF game basically confirms

that William Aton is the yellow guy in

the mini game showing a purple car

called The Midnight motor with a yellow

rabbit antenna on it not to mention he

would have been spring locked by the

rain meanwhile in the Fazbear fright

Story You're the band a shadow is

described luring a kid possessed by the

spirit in Freddy out through his window

and two Freddy's presumably to reunite

the spirit with the others even if that

story was scrapped it was initially

written with the intention of being in

the series and we have seen other

instances of Shadow animatronics telling

people to follow them so it feels like a

pretty deliberate implication that it

could have been a shadow animatronic

guiding him out of the house the shadow

couldn't have been the shadow puppet

since the puppet doesn't have toes and I

think Shadow Freddy wouldn't really be

possible if this was before the crying

child died so in my opinion this leaves

rwq as the most likely candidate for the

footprints in the mini game potentially

appearing to lead the crying child to

find the puppet collapsed on Charlie's

body which would in turn lead to William

pulling out the nightmares to make sure

the boy stayed away from and Afraid of

the animatronics or something else along

those lines of course you're free to

disagree with me on this specific

evidence though I recommend watching my

video on midnight motorist if you want a

more in-depth explanation of my

reasoning but even if you do disagree

with me on this there's another big

reason I think rwq stems from Charlie's

death one thing I find really

interesting is how pretty much every

single Shadow animatronic is connected

to FNAF 2 in one way or another even

though the only two that actually appear

in FNAF 2 are rwq and Shadow Freddy the

shadows of balloon boy May and the

puppet are Flatout Shadow versions of

animatronics that appear in FNAF 2 xoar

is a shadow of Dei who's pretty visibly

connected to balloon boy and the shadow

cupcakes appear in the FNAF 3 miname

featuring specifically toy Chica and I

don't think that's a coincidence after

all we have an entire group of dead kids

introduced in FNAF 2 that at first

glance don't really seem to contribute

much to the story outside of likely

being the reason phone guy mentions the

FNAF 2 location started getting

investigated and then never really

getting brought up again while it's been

theorized that they possess the toys and

I do think that's possible those get

scrapped after FNAF 2 which would

seemingly negate their relevance to the

story outside of that game but if we

account for how many Shadow animatronics

connect to FNAF 2 I think they could

contribute something else to the story

as well specifically I wouldn't be

surprised if the Shadows we see in the

happiest day setup mini games all in

some way stemmed from FNAF 2's dead

children incident the various toy

animatronics would have been around and

the agony from the kid's deaths could

have Associated itself with the

animatronics at the location where the

kids died this is another reason why I

think rwq would be from Charlie's death

instead of some other event Shadow

Freddy and rwq are the only two Shadows

that appear in FNAF 2 and can appear

before any of the FNAF 2 kids even die

since F guy mentions the investigations

in someone using a spare yellow suit

later in the week as such both of them

would have had to have formed prior to

FNAF 2 where the only candidates for

their formation that we have are the

missing children who would be better

represented by a shadow of a withered

animatronic the crying child who has

Shadow Freddy and Charlie Emily but it's

interesting as the potential connections

between the shadows and FNAF 2 are in

regards to their formation I don't think

that's where these connections end while

I was researching for this video I

noticed that the shadow animatronics

were not only strongly associated with

FNAF 2 but that both the shadows and

FNAF 2 animatronics are heavily

associated with the happiest day mini

games in FNAF 3 in order to set up

happiest day and release the spirits you

need to find and bring cake to four

Spirits in various mini games by

retrieving said cake from the game

mangle Quest then going to balloon boy

Air Adventure chica's Party stage 01 and

this funky glitchy one that goes through

all the ones before it before finally

going to the main happiest day mini game

where the four Spirits possessing Freddy

chica Bonnie and foxy have been brought

to a table viewing a fifth Spirit who's

then given cake by the puppet gets a

golden Freddy mask and the spirits are

released what I find interesting is that

pretty much all of these mini games

involve characters that are either from

FNAF 2 and or involve a shadow

animatronic balloon boy Air Adventure

has its Shadow Balloon boys mangle Quest

has the shadow puppet chica's party

features toy Chica and Shadow cupcakes

and even though the base stage 01 is

just golden Freddy and spring Bonnie

that's where rwq starts before traveling

through all the other mini games to

bring cake to the last Spirit necessary

before happiest day where we play as the

puppet honestly I'd argue that even

stage 01 could technically count as well

it looks at first glance to be fredbear

and spring Bonnie on that stage the fact

that fredbear is missing the purple

color from his hat and bow tie implies

that this could actually be fredbear's

later form of golden Freddy taking

fredbear's place even if it's not though

I think that the fact that all the other

mini games have these ties makes FNAF 2

in the shadow animatronics significantly

more important to the story than we

realized after all while the mini games

may be played in FNAF 3 that doesn't

mean their events or setup took place

during FNAF 3 just as circus baby didn't

kill Elizabeth Aton under the player's

command during sister location and the

puppet didn't try to save Charlie Emily

during Pizzeria simulator even happiest

day itself has been pointed out to be

set up as a mirror image of the crying

child's memory of getting bitten by

fredbear which combined with the new

phone guy book seeming to indicate him

being around in FNAF 1 via a voicemail

of the B of 83 followed by the sound of

continued crying and phone guy getting

bitten himself as well as the fact that

if the missing kid that got stuffed in

golden Freddy is the vengeful Spirit

they definitely would not have been

content to move on given their whole

refusing to let thems or William rest

could the crying child to be the

recipient of happiest day with his

memory of the bite being altered to help

him move on similar to how spirit and

Fazbear frights were put to rest by

having their traumatic memories altered

to be happy ones either way a lot of the

mini games we see in the series seem to

be memories of past events the events

may be viewed and interacted within the

present whether that be due to the

memories haunting the environment or

some other means but they don't take

place in the time that we see them

because of this I don't think the actual

events of the happiest day mini games

themselves technically take place in the

present of FNAF 3 instead I think the

mini game set setting up happiest day

are memories that initially took place

or were set up during FNAF 2 we see

living children interacting with the toy

animatronics the shadow animatronics are

represented by characters that were

established in FNAF 2 and there seem to

be non-spiritual present for happiest

day which could actually make sense

taking into account FNAF 2 being an open

Freddy's location with how little FNAF 2

seems to contribute to the overarching

plot other than some backstory for the

bite of 887 and a bunch of extra dead

kids that seem to move out of the story

pretty quickly I think it would make a

lot of sense for their deaths to serve a

purpose beyond that where the shadow

animatronics that Spawn from their

deaths end up facilitating the events

that allow their predecessors to be at

peace stage 01 would be the only

exception to this but I think this

memory is important for a different

reason after all that is the starting

point for RW Q's mini game which could

connect to how rwq seems to have come

into existence during the Spring lock

era but I also find it important because

happiest day's culminating event is cake

being given to the spirit in golden

Freddy with us seemingly playing as

golden Freddy in this game and not

technically fredbear I could see a

couple ways this would relate with that

being the end goal such as it just

representing that happiest day pertains

specifically to the golden Freddy Spirit

or if it is the crying child being

released during happiest day this could

be connected to how a memory involving

fredbear was altered I also think it's

possible in this case that since there

isn't a shadow animatronic involved in

this miname it could be implying that

the missing child spirit in golden

Freddy was helping establish happiest

day this actually could be backed up by

the Stitch RS in the fast bear fright

series many people have pointed out the

idea that the two spirits in the Stitch

wraith and Jake and Andrew could

parallel golden Freddy having two

spirits in the games however if they are

parallels it would would have to be one

that imperfectly matches as while Jake

is often considered to be connected to

the crying child and Andrew to the

vengeful Spirit of ultimate custom

Knight Andrew and the crying child are

unable to see while the game vengeful

spirit and Jake both can see and have

more control of the animatronic if we

take into account this roll Swap and

take it a step further the fact that

Jake chose to stick around in the

epilogues instead of move on and helped

Andrew move on instead could imply that

in the happiest day setup this could be

the other golden Freddy Spirit helping

the crying child to move on even if they

ended up not doing so thems with all

this in mind I think this also creates a

pretty satisfying narrative Arc if we

keep in mind that FNAF 3 was originally

supposed to be the end of a Trilogy FNAF

1 sets up the premise of souls trapped

in animatronics FNAF 2 sets up the

circumstances to allow them to move on

and FNAF 3 is the culmination of all of

that where that setup can finally be

used to allow the spirits to move on not

that they necessarily ended up doing so

but it's the thought that counts though

this begs the question if FNAF 2 set up

happiest day why would it take until FF

3 for the spirits to actually be able to

move on well I think there are a few

possibilities here but since this video

is getting kind of long as it is I think

it's most likely that while the pieces

of happiest day may have been set up in

FNAF 2 those pieces just weren't ready

to be brought together at that time

after all in order to play the mini

games to set up happiest day there are

certain actions we need to take as the

player and the only way to find out what

those actions are is through the clues

in the other set of FNAF 3 mini games

called follow me depicting the leadup to

William Aton becoming springtrap this is

especially interesting considering the

reason those Clues are there is because

of FNAF world one of the routes of FNAF

World involves finding clocks and doing

timed mini games that each put a

different clue up on the wall of one of

the hallways in the FNAF 1 location

during the follow me mini games with

each clue telling the player how to

access a different Min game needed to

set up happiest day while the

connections there are pretty obvious I

actually think FNAF world doesn't just

set up the clues to those mini games I

think it takes place during them not

just because that's where the clues show

up mind you but there are a couple odd

details in FNAF world that could imply

this to be the case for example while I

don't take the designs of most of FNAF

world's character roster 2 seriously

since a lot of them just seem to be

there because they're characters in the

franchise that exist or character Scott

thought would be cool while he was

making the game like you know Scott I do

think it's interesting that at least the

character we start as Adventure Freddy

has buttons which a character based on

FNAF 1 Freddy shouldn't have we can see

that the rest of the FNAF one cast

matches their counterparts designs

pretty well though Bonnie is a more

vibrant blue so why would Scott go

through the effort of modeling buttons

that shouldn't exist onto what's

technically our protagonist character

well in the follow me mini games Freddy

does have buttons and since FNAF 3 came

out before FNAF World giving Adventure

Freddy buttons as well could have been

to more firmly establish the events of

FNAF world as being during follow me

additionally one thing in FNAF world

that's bugged fans for years has been

this weird shadowy Freddy that's just

kind of there he doesn't do much in the

game other than do his little dance on

his tree stump much to the bafflement of

the entire fan base however if we factor

in that FNAF world could take place

during the follow me mini games while I

couldn't explain the little dance to you

I think the fact that there's a shadow

Freddy with attention drawn to it in

this way could correlate to how Shadow

Freddy is present for and the reason for

the name of the follow me mini games

being the one to guide the animatronics

to the safe room either for William to

be able to destroy them or what I'm

leaning toward given the behavior of the

other Shadows being involved with

setting the spirits free for them to

find and get their revenge on William

alternatively this Shadow Freddy could

be related to how Shadow Freddy seems to

be connected to the crying child due to

the connections between FNAF 4 and FNAF

world as I've discussed in previous

theories due to some of the dialogue in

the clock route pretty strongly

associating with the words spoken to the

crying child at the end of FNAF 4 I

think that the purpose of FNAF world's

clock route is to explain that putting

together happiest day is what FNAF 4

meant when the crying child was told

he'd be put back together especially

with the ending of the route replacing

the dialogue about still being there and

promising to put him back together by

saying the pieces are in place for you

all you have to do is find them rest

I've also theorized that this means that

the speaker at the end of FNAF 4 and

here in FNAF World wouldn't be William

Aton who would be weird of to refer to

himself as his son's friend and seems to

be potentially depicted by a brighter

yellow text color anyway but instead

Charlie Emily who presents the golden

Freddy spirit with the cake in happiest

day either way this connects the crying

child pretty strongly to FNAF world so I

think it's possible that a shadow Freddy

appearing here is meant to solidify

Shadow Freddy's source being the crying

child himself I could also get into a

whole thing about how the reason giving

cake to each of the spirits in each of

the happiest day prep mini games would

put a memory for the crying child back

together could be because of the memory

or his Remnant being split between the

group by Charlie in a failed attempt at

helping them become whole but since this

video is already getting longer than I

intended it to be and I do already sort

of cover that in an older video of mine

on the candy Cadet stories I'm going to

save any future discussion of how my

thoughts on that have developed or a

potential future video anyway because of

all this I think that while things may

have been set up for the crying child to

receive happiest day in finale f 2 and

the spirits to be then set free the

crying child's broken status made him

unable to receive it and the events of

FNAF World took place in order to make

it possible for him to eventually be put

back together the shadow animatronics

role in this story may not have been

clearly explained but it is rather

visible due to their presence in the

mini games helping the spirits rest so I

think it stands to reason that the

entities that seem to have spawned from

the agony of other hurt children assist

with helping the other Souls potentially

find peace of course you're free to

disagree with my theories on any of this

but with the connections between FNAF 2

The Shadow animatronics and the happiest

Min games I really feel like this is the

purpose that Scott intended the Shadows

to have at least for the ones in FNAF 3

and prior since I think xrr specifically

probably stems from William aton's Agony

during ultimate custom night given DD is

there and more than willing to inflict

pain and Shadow mangle is maybe a shadow

animatronic but could just be another

way of directing attention to the

associations between the shadows and

FNAF 2 but anyway I'm pretty happy with

the conclusion I came to in this video

and I hope at least part of it was

satisfying for you as well if it was

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said thanks for watching don't get

stabbed and have a nice day