The "save them" "you cant" has to be the saddest part of the whole story. The children have become angry vengeful lost souls, beyond redemption even if they wanted it. Only years later after their murder of their murderer can you attempt to do so. But only through the cleansing flame. The attempt is two fold though, your trying to stop the killer who has survived through sheer spite and determination. And ultimately you fail. In the end you still can't save them. In ultimate custom night they have become demons, eternally torturing their killer in hell. Its all that's left for them.
They already gave up their spirits and rest easy The manifestations of the animatronics and, well, all of UCN was created as a torture chamber by golden freddy
@@TrZee10 its implied that's not the case. At least not completely. In pizzeria simulator baby, molten freddy(enard who is an amalgamation of at least 3 animatronics) and lefty(the puppet) are all still possessed and angry if still operating on old corrupted programing. They are instructed to give up their spirits in the end but we don't know if they do. The bad end of 3 shows they can still hold on. If anything the elaborate easter eggs required to get the good ending implies its probably not cannon to me.
I just want to take a pause to complain about just how STUPID the "reverse the singing and it says Mike kill all" theory was Its London Bridge, a nursery rhyme written in the 17TH CENTURY HOW IS IT GONNA HAVE AN EASTER EGG FOR FNAF
People say withered Bonnie is the scariest, but withered chica is by far the scariest to me. Something about the giant broken maw and bulging eyes give me the creeps
It's totally her eyes for me! It gives me chills how her eyes are so big yet so small in the cavernous sockets... withered bonnie just looks cool and interesting to me compared to her.
When he said the word "Vincent" all of my internal organs immediately failed and that word that has been hibernating in the back of my mind for years suddenly destroyed my entire nervous system.
Agreed. It brought back all the old FNAF community days at once for me. Remember when there was that weird thing the community did where they made him obsessed about toast?
the sound design is probably the best part about this game. the overwhelming breathing noises that drown out everything else when you have the mask on heightens me every time i hear it.
@@laralyn4433 the dining room camera in fnaf 1 when she’s just gawking at the camera with her mouth wide open is probably the scariest single frame in all of fnaf
@@hippoboii3401 Fnaf 3 wasn't a 'failure'. Sure it did let some people down, but It is one of my favourite fnaf games and I'm pretty sure other people feel the same way.
I think that when you step back and pay attention, I think Springtrap is a really horrifying animatronic as well, although he was done dirty with his initial jumpscare in FNAF 3.
I honestly find Scraptrap creepier, but still not very creepy. I don't know why, but I don't find Springtrap all that creepy, even though he's better designed.
@@Wolfric_Rogers yeah I don’t find spring trap as creepy, idk just for me having a human (albeit basically a corpse) stuck inside a robot isn’t as scary as an unfeeling robot, maybe it’s just because the less “human” it is, the scarier it becomes for me
I remember this game being my favorite because in 2013 July 14th I lost my mom. At the end of 2014 I was still dealing with a lot and playing this game made me feel better. Especially when I finally beat it. The characters, the atmosphere, and the mysteriousness are all reminiscent of Christmas to me. This one is actually my personal favorite. Imagine if Scott updated all the graphics...that would be cool. Yet, I almost feel like it's perfect already. One more thing! I remember being disappointed at first that I couldn't move anywhere in the game. Then it quickly became obvious that it was the point. Man the lore was deep. So deep, so deep. Put my ass to sleep.
@@FLESHTHING I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope you got some good memories with her, but more importantly that you are taking care of yourself as she would have probably wanted. Know that they are never too far. All you need to do is search your heart for her warmth and presence; that we carry all of our loved ones with us wherever we go. We can add their strength and spirit to our own. I like to think this way for the simple reason that it gives it all more purpose as we move forward and carry on. I can still hear her voice, her words guiding me to make the right call, to always do my best and slowly...painfully...learn to love myself a little more.
Since the next one will be FNAF 3, i think it would be interesting to look at what SCOTT intends the story to be with each installment. I think its clear that 3, 4, and SL all came with changes to the story, with 3 being the supposed end, 4 making it all a dream, and SL adding the idea of remnant and taking the story in a more scifi direction. I find it helpful to think about what scott was thinking when trying to theorize
1-4 we’re definitely planned as far as story but everything else was kind of used to fill in gaps. Pizzaria simulator gave everything an actual conclusion, sister location filled in some gaps in story and VR is the start of a new “chapter”
Before watching this, I have a story. Back when these games were in their prime, I was scared shitless by them. And now, with them being on consoles I can play them for myself. The only one I'm still scared to play is 4, because of its mechanics. 1 was great, but 2 I feel like is this huge amalgamation that I just came deal with. My main problem is how fast the withered ones are, I just can't mask up in time. Maybe I'm just bad, but I thought this was worth getting out there
Withered Chica is honestly pretty scary, I say it is the fact that the whole endo head is lowered and it makes her eye sockets so big, this makes the eyes pop. They just stare into your soul. It is terrifying. Edit: Woah, thanks for the likes, never got that many
Also Mangle can be the 2nd terrifying animatronic. Because its skeleton can be fully seen. I said the 2nd animatronic, because in fact, it’s still a toy. It looks kid-friendly (only some parts of them. Example: Head). When Mangle was fixed (before the tragedy happened to it), yeah, it looked more kid-friendly than now. But it’s understandable why. *I avoided saying “Her/Him” for a good reason.* *Now, for me, FNAF 2 animatronics aren’t scary.*
I’m super glad I found your channel! This sort of “fnaf renaissance” we’re in right now is so incredible to me. I’ve been into this series since I was 10, and now I’m 17- so I really appreciate videos like these. They remind me that those childhood memories aren’t gone yet.
Withered Chica is literally the only fnaf character that ever gave me nightmares. 7 years later and I still see her in my dreams sometimes. What good character design.
I had my hand on my keyboard at the end and when the jumpscare happened, I accidentally knocked my keyboard onto the floor. The worst part is that I expected it.
random thought: but if we can go off the theory that mike went back and is actually the protagonist in Fnaf 2 & 1, maybe the shadow animatronics are his fearful hallucinations considering he saw his brother die at the hands of Golden Freddy, and maybe saw the murders committed by Afton as Bonnie?
I honestly think the shadows are the ghosts of Fredbear's Diner during FNAF 4 - Shadow Freddy is the crying child (a purple Fredbear to represent both the animatronic that chomped him and his family's signature colour) - Shadow Bonnie is a springlock failure employee (possibly even the worker you can catch William suiting up as an easter egg on Night 2)
@@EmilyEnvisioned i don't know, my theory is that Mike smith or jeremy don't really exist, they are just a characters created to make the player relive the lore through the gameplay. Otherwise it kinda doesn't make sense that Michael is in all the pizzarias
Glad to see someone mention 8-bit Gaming's theories, those are extremely nostalgic for me. And in my opinion, a lot of they're theories are still pretty interesting. Whilst Mat Patt's theories made you feel like you were putting the lore together, 8-bit Gaming's theories made us wonder and ask questions, whether they made sense or not, and that was fun!
Easily my favourite game in the series. Nostalgia hits me hard whenever I think of the time era of Oct-Dec of 2014 along with January of 2015. FNaF 2 will always be special to me.
I’m 19 and still watching fnaf vids like these and lore vids are pretty terrifying with the combination of the creepy animatronics and the uncanny background noises. I refuse to watch these vids at night while alone 🤣
oh man I 100% agree about withered chica being one of the scariest characters. She is one of the ONLY animatronics that actually scare me just based on appearance alone, even years after the games release.
I think Withered Chica is the scariest animatronic in the series. Really scary looking, but not over the top and trying too hard like the Nightmares. There's just something really creepy about abandoned and decaying animatronics. I could see something like that actually happening to a real one and that makes her even scarier. LOVE her.
Sucks that there is a bunch of transphobic people in the comments that are getting mad over someone calling plastic Chuck E. Cheese mascot by their confirmed gender
i agree with you so much about withered chica. i think it has to be the snapped open jaw and the eyes- they bulge out like but the shadow of her facial plate makes them look huge like a human expression of fear or grief. you truly believe that shes an animatronic with a restless spirit inside
I always love seeing these types of vids and reminiscing over past times. Like imagine telling someone in 2014 that purple people puking up robot spaghetti is canon.
This was a nostalgia trip for me too. I'm glad someone else thinks that song is a banger. I felt like I had to hide the fact that I downloaded that song after watching your first video again. This video series is like opening a time capsule I buried in my back yard. Amazing. I can't wait for part 3.
Withered Chica has always been absolutely horrifying to me. Her blank stare with her wide open jaw is what makes me so scared of her. She's just so unnerving. I always thought that I was the only one who felt this way.
As much as I love William Afton, "Purple Guy" moniker and presence are more haunting and mysterious, so I hope he won't getting a reveal until later in the movies sequel
I agree entirely that Withered Chica is fucking terrifying, her dead, seemingly shocked eyes, her distended mouth. I know some people rag on the T-Posing, but it makes her look so much more unnatural as she towers over you. IDK if it's because I've been desensitized to FNAF after being a fan for so long, but none of the designs of the others are really scary (especially not the nightmares, they just try too hard and fail so much because of it) that isn't to say that their designs aren't bad, just not scary.
Withered chica honestly scares me the most out of the withered animatronics. And I don’t think I’ll be ready to see her in the upcoming sequel movie. Like my gosh, she’s gonna be terrifying as hell! 😳
This is a great video. I can't wait for the other retrospectives on the rest of the series. I found that fnaf took a huge nose dive in quality after the second game, until pizza simulator. Pizza simulator is fucking genius. You make your own pizzeria, without knowing that you will have play the night shift. Pizza simulator for me, is the right up there with the first game. The first game has a far creeper atmosphere, but pizza simulator has better gameplay.
@@riley9485 it was my least favorite of the bunch but still a very good and essential game. As someone who got into fnaf a little after the second game was released i really liked Fnaf 2 but my favorite game of the whole series is definitely sister location. The atmosphere, the animatronic designs. It had that supernatural metallic feel to the whole game. My second fave is fnaf 1/fnaf 2
I really appreciate his looking at the fandoms and their little subgenre, like the purple guy art, piemations videos, (one of my first and absolute favorite indoctrinations) and the fan songs especially. Its often left up to the viewer to know this, and while they might, its nice to hear an explanation.
Honestly hearing you review this game brings me back. I guess this is my experience all through the franchise developments I remember when the first game can out and people were always asking about It,always trying to get people to play it. Then fnaf2 coming out and everyone went nuts. People started to hear a lot more about it, it spread and that's when the inevitable happened. Kids got to it, made the animatronic's smash each other, and eventually the fanbase became a steaming hot trash. Then fnaf 3 came out, and the same old same old, only people were both siked and hesitant over it. It used more serious looks and grips than the previous two, and this is where it had its peak popularity. Honestly people were fine with just three, the story was much simpler after all. Purple guy used the spring bonnie suit to kill five kids, shut down the business then escapes the fnaf 3 fire. It's amazing to see how much the story evolved since then, how much the attention and theories helped Scott make a bigger picture. And fnaf 4 and sister location helped it much more. And even though I dislike fnaf sl for the whole "tell you everything to do and let you barely do anything" gameplay and how bad the children made it, I can admit it did help revive the series. Without it the franchise would've been dead by now, and when fnaf pizza sim came out that guaranteed the interest and popularity wouldn't decrease at any time. Honestly I have been in love with the series ever since the very first one came out, and it's been a trip to see the goods and bads that came out. I guess you could say I grew up with the series, and am glad to see it is still thriving. Sorry for writing this whole story I just got in a mood for some reason
I absolutely adore your use of he/him and she/her for Mangle 🥺 That made me so happy to hear because everyone just automatically goes to she/her for them, so it was an amazing breath of fresh air!
thank you very much!!! your videos actually took me back to the days when i was reading all theories and loved fnaf with my heart. your work is just INCREDIBLE!!! i hope these videos become super popular and your hard wоrk will pay off
I just watched the first one of these and then imagine my surprise when I go to look for the next one and it was posted only 30 minutes before I started watching it xD
I think there is a bit more nuance to the vent/hallway animatronics, with some of them you need to react with the mask faster than others, the toys have a pretty decent window for you to put on the mask, the withered animatronics have a smaller window, and golden Freddy only has a couple of frames before you’re screwed.
I love this serie you're making! Fnaf is iconic, it's so cool to look back at it now. The popularity it got, and how long it lasted, how much it engaged people (EVERYONE was making theories and playing, it was such a satisfaction when you felt like you kinda understood the lore), is no joke.
I gotta admit, I was never _really_ into fnaf as a kid like most people. I found it very interesting and liked the characters, but I never truly had a fnaf "phase." why? I honestly don't know, maybe I was just stupid. but now that I'm older and a kind of "fnaf renaissance" is happening, I'm basically fulfilling what younger me never did. fnaf is so interesting, everything from the games themselves to the lore to the characters. I absolutely love it
I love that you mentioned Vincent, that shit was so cringy but 11 year old me loved it ( and honestly I still love it ) So much cringe but so much nostalgia, love it :')
I have a vivid, seared-into-my-brain memory of sixteen-year-old me screeching in pure panic as I tried to wind up the music box while also keeping Mangle at bay. none of the fnaf games before or since could ever replicate the sheer insanity and chaos of it all. truly a masterpiece of a game
These retrospectives are easily the most comprehensive and organized retrospectives on the platform right now. I really enjoy these ones, especially the Little Nightmares one. Keep it up!
Golden freddy has always been the most terrifying character, i couldn't finish night six cause he*she*it appeared and got too scared, even if I knew how to avoid jumpscare
Loving this series. I’m loving that it’s happening now too. after a lot of fnaf hype has died down, and the ps5 game is the only concrete thing we know about and I’ll be honest I’m not thrilled about it. Having this feeling of something fnaf related being in my life right now just feels right, your videos have gotten me to start watching some other smaller UA-camrs coverage of fnaf as well. So it’s just been a nostalgia overload! Excited to see what comes next!
i used to be fucking TERRIFIED of the puppet that whenever id watch a gameplay and i heard the music box, i couldnt get myself to look at the screen. i absolutely HATED the puppet and its minigame jumpscare; but even though thats the character im most scared of, springtrap is actually the only character ive literally *hallucinated* to the point of me cowering to the floor lmao great video btw!! love all the effort youre putting into this.
Fnaf 2 has always held a special place in my heart as that was the time I was starting to like Fnaf as opposed to being scared of it. Great video as always!
I JUST found the other video you made yesterday, now you're posting the second- I can't wait, subscribing and I might end up watching this series like how I loop the game series videos when I'm stressed
These videos are actually bloody brilliant. Really well thought out and constructed but it got me nostalgic, and it makes me wish I could go back to 2014. Also, Withered Freddy gang forever :]
thank you for covering the theories in this series because i feel like it’s such a huge part of the series that it needs to be talked about when reviewing the games. also it’s my favorite part of it lol
Video was really good! I'm glad to see another who actually loves this game. No offense to anyone else and their favorites, but this one has a special meaning to me. It helped with loss, depression, and inspired me to create art even when I was dealing with opiate addiction. (Been sober for years now.) ❤💚❤💚☃☕🎅🎄🎁❤💚❤💚 Yeah, this video was just great! Thank you so much! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you! 💚❤💚❤☃☕🎅🎄🎁💚❤💚❤
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The fact that Withered Chica is always t-posing makes it scarier to the point where I even think she levitates across the building
why did you have to put that in my mind
Withered Chica: _T-POSE TO ASSERT DOMINANCE ON THE NIGHT GUARD_
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she's literally that fuckin blurry meme of the like pitch black dude levitating towards another guy lmao
She’s supposed to be a bird, isn’t she? Fucker’s just flying across the whole fucking restaurant
The "save them" "you cant" has to be the saddest part of the whole story. The children have become angry vengeful lost souls, beyond redemption even if they wanted it. Only years later after their murder of their murderer can you attempt to do so. But only through the cleansing flame. The attempt is two fold though, your trying to stop the killer who has survived through sheer spite and determination. And ultimately you fail.
In the end you still can't save them.
In ultimate custom night they have become demons, eternally torturing their killer in hell. Its all that's left for them.
This needs to be pinned.
They *all* already gave up...
Except for one. The spirit of golden freddy is still desperate for vengence
They already gave up their spirits and rest easy
The manifestations of the animatronics and, well, all of UCN was created as a torture chamber by golden freddy
@@TrZee10 its implied that's not the case. At least not completely. In pizzeria simulator baby, molten freddy(enard who is an amalgamation of at least 3 animatronics) and lefty(the puppet) are all still possessed and angry if still operating on old corrupted programing. They are instructed to give up their spirits in the end but we don't know if they do. The bad end of 3 shows they can still hold on.
If anything the elaborate easter eggs required to get the good ending implies its probably not cannon to me.
@@The-Okami-Project it is canon though, since afton had to have died in that fire for ucn to happen, meaning that the other animatronics were set free
*I fucking love how FNAF 2 Hallway theme became a meme out of nowhere.*
I hate it. XD
same lmaooo
I KNOW HRFHHDJEHFJ
Its used it funny random mashups on tiktok now and i love it
bababooey
I just want to take a pause to complain about just how STUPID the "reverse the singing and it says Mike kill all" theory was
Its London Bridge, a nursery rhyme written in the 17TH CENTURY
HOW IS IT GONNA HAVE AN EASTER EGG FOR FNAF
You could slightly change pronunciation, to have the message, ever so slightly
But yeah, it's far fetched
*EXACTLY* *!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
Well it sounded like "Mike kill all" and people thought thats why Scott chose it for the trailer, it had to have meaning.
@@DeniseG46 well yes it is quite obvious
It wasn't stupid, it did make sense in 2014, stupid was the theory that Foxy is a good guy
you said the name vincent and i felt myself break out in a cold sweat, i think i blocked out that part of the fanbase for my own sanity lmaoooo
SAME
all the rebornica shit was so crazy
@@Chloe-qy6hn Whatever happened to him?
@@TMK20X3 uhmmm i think they had a mental breakdown on a livestream, left for a bit, came back and moved on to different fandoms
@@Chloe-qy6hn i remember that he did some kind of AU for some jet pilot guy or some shit and then he deleted his Tumblr, never to be seen again.
I love how for Mangle you use he and she interchangeably. Awesome attention to detail
The Mentos Mori who cares. respecting a characters gender is important
Yeah I noticed that too
I think Mangle might be both as "they" have two heads. Male endo head. Female Animatronic head. I know both have endos but ya know what I mean
@@Fossfuris I think of her as genderfluid, her gender is yes after all
@@lazymay7654 Maybe there gender is yes as they are "both" genders. Male amd female i mean
People say withered Bonnie is the scariest, but withered chica is by far the scariest to me. Something about the giant broken maw and bulging eyes give me the creeps
For me its the way her arms are missing
It's totally her eyes for me! It gives me chills how her eyes are so big yet so small in the cavernous sockets... withered bonnie just looks cool and interesting to me compared to her.
Mine is toy bonnie
the huge eyes, sadistic smile and posture is just so creepy to me. Makes toy bonnie look almost human.
I've always been most scared of the puppet
@@iamveryconfusedabout the puppet was always scary to me because of the sound of it out of the box and the face
When he said the word "Vincent" all of my internal organs immediately failed and that word that has been hibernating in the back of my mind for years suddenly destroyed my entire nervous system.
*sarcasm warning* yeah bro but who asked
Agreed. It brought back all the old FNAF community days at once for me. Remember when there was that weird thing the community did where they made him obsessed about toast?
@@lonegalaxy9158 Jesus. don't remind me.
agreed
@@lonegalaxy9158 I think that was because his badge was shaped like toast??? idk the fandom was wild
the sound design is probably the best part about this game. the overwhelming breathing noises that drown out everything else when you have the mask on heightens me every time i hear it.
I would agree if people didn't aggressively meme this game soundtrack to oblivion, it has lost it's charm sadly
The ambiance noise gave me anxiety when I played it.
Really gives you a feeling of panic
I remember I nearly cried when I first got jumpscared by withered chica she's legitimately terrifying
Sonic the Hedgehog
she really is, chica has always been one of the scariest animatronics in my opinion
@@laralyn4433 the dining room camera in fnaf 1 when she’s just gawking at the camera with her mouth wide open is probably the scariest single frame in all of fnaf
Withered Chica and withered Bonnie are by far the most terrifying characters of all FNAF
You're too slow!
Fnaf 2 really was the perfect "sequel"
Yup, it was everything the fans wanted. I think that's why FNaF 3 was a failure, it was the opposite to what everybody was thinking.
it really was. that's why it's my favourite fnaf game.
W.D Ghaster your profile pic is amazing
@@hippoboii3401 Fnaf 3 wasn't a 'failure'. Sure it did let some people down, but It is one of my favourite fnaf games and I'm pretty sure other people feel the same way.
@@attilaschweininger6867 yea fnaf3 was essential for the story it just lacked as far as gameplay but it was necessary. Fnaf 4 is kinda the same way
I remember withered chica literally kept me awake at night because I was so scared of her
SAME!!! i thought she done the bite of 87 too, she’s so creepy >
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SAME LMAO
Yeah she's the scariest withered animatronic but I was more terrified of fnaf 1 bonnie
i had nightmares about withered chica >~< and mangle
the eyes on withered chica look like she's in pain, terrified yet can't escape her programming telling her to keep going
"wAs ThAt ThE bItE oF 87?!"
:0 it was
@@KEMBO_666 no we don't know anything about the bite of 87 even now
@@mattegrey2609 we know that it happend at the FNaF 2 location and that a Toy animatronic did it
@@mariangela_joaopedro261 it’s assumed to be mangle i believe
@@tristanpuerta2851 yeah, I believe it was her
That mangle bit you did was flipping great, switching her gender around while speaking about him was genius
And the fact that she was an interesting character and so many people were attached to him.
You could also say "it" since it is a robot.
@@KDYA But you don't mean the soul when you talk about Mangle.
@@KDYA False equivalency, since no human body has a soul of another human.
@@KDYA that's basically what he just said. just a robot. nothing more nothing less.
WHOO yea babyyy that’s what i’ve been waiting forrrr
WOO that's what it's all about
WHOO sam
I see your a man of culture as well
when you brought up vincent i got flashbacks of all the delusional fangirls
same
Oh God no
I got a right hook of old dormant memories to the face with that
Looking back, even though it's fictional, why were people into a serial killer?
@@superbodoque7860 because people would draw fanart that made him look young and hot even though william afton is an old rotting corpse.
oh damn. Didn't expect Christmas to come early. its 12 am here but who needs sleep
I agree with almost everything you said, and Withered Chica is most definitely the scariest animatronic in FNaF.
I think that when you step back and pay attention, I think Springtrap is a really horrifying animatronic as well, although he was done dirty with his initial jumpscare in FNAF 3.
@@fnaffoxy1987 dude so true tho. His concept is terrifying and he looks so scary. But that godamn jumpscare is just so boring
I honestly find Scraptrap creepier, but still not very creepy.
I don't know why, but I don't find Springtrap all that creepy, even though he's better designed.
@@Wolfric_Rogers yeah I don’t find spring trap as creepy, idk just for me having a human (albeit basically a corpse) stuck inside a robot isn’t as scary as an unfeeling robot, maybe it’s just because the less “human” it is, the scarier it becomes for me
Everyone: she's so creepy D:
Me: haha T Pose Chicken lol
15:18 “when you finish giving animatronics head” yeah that doesn’t sound werid at all
rule 34 be like
@@toastyboi6371 true
Why else would JJ be hiding under the desk if not to give you robo head
@@Bubbly_Dragon Tf 💀
The “Oh god damn it, YOUR FREDDY” line still gets me
Piemations was and still is amazing 😆
The fnaf 4 one is still one of my favorites
"..."
"... What's the Wi-Fi password?"
*Imagine if Scott was just too lazy to animate withered chica that she just t-poses wherever she goes*
I remember this game being my favorite because in 2013 July 14th I lost my mom. At the end of 2014 I was still dealing with a lot and playing this game made me feel better. Especially when I finally beat it. The characters, the atmosphere, and the mysteriousness are all reminiscent of Christmas to me.
This one is actually my personal favorite. Imagine if Scott updated all the graphics...that would be cool. Yet, I almost feel like it's perfect already.
One more thing! I remember being disappointed at first that I couldn't move anywhere in the game. Then it quickly became obvious that it was the point.
Man the lore was deep. So deep, so deep. Put my ass to sleep.
Still is deep.
Hey, if it makes you feel better, you aren't alone. I lost my mom in 2015.
Very sorry to hear about your mother, glad to hear your doing better.
@@FLESHTHING I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope you got some good memories with her, but more importantly that you are taking care of yourself as she would have probably wanted. Know that they are never too far. All you need to do is search your heart for her warmth and presence; that we carry all of our loved ones with us wherever we go. We can add their strength and spirit to our own. I like to think this way for the simple reason that it gives it all more purpose as we move forward and carry on. I can still hear her voice, her words guiding me to make the right call, to always do my best and slowly...painfully...learn to love myself a little more.
There's actually a remake made by fans with upgraded grafics, but they changed some jumpscares
Since the next one will be FNAF 3, i think it would be interesting to look at what SCOTT intends the story to be with each installment. I think its clear that 3, 4, and SL all came with changes to the story, with 3 being the supposed end, 4 making it all a dream, and SL adding the idea of remnant and taking the story in a more scifi direction. I find it helpful to think about what scott was thinking when trying to theorize
1-4 we’re definitely planned as far as story but everything else was kind of used to fill in gaps. Pizzaria simulator gave everything an actual conclusion, sister location filled in some gaps in story and VR is the start of a new “chapter”
dude better just tell us the actual story so Matpat stop making those shitty theory videos
@@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial I think they're pretty fun, well thought out, enjoyable and have a lot of work put in them. Not shitty, atleast to me.
@@rey4874 probably because you're young
@@LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial maybe
Before watching this, I have a story. Back when these games were in their prime, I was scared shitless by them. And now, with them being on consoles I can play them for myself. The only one I'm still scared to play is 4, because of its mechanics. 1 was great, but 2 I feel like is this huge amalgamation that I just came deal with. My main problem is how fast the withered ones are, I just can't mask up in time. Maybe I'm just bad, but I thought this was worth getting out there
there is an issue with console especially Mnk, you physically cant yank the mask on that fast.
It's ok I can't even play it because I'm just too scared
Fnaf 4 is not the best one but my god that is the most scariest fnaf to me
4 is scary for me because of the home setting
Pizzeria Simulator is the scariest to me it's like SL night 2 on steroids
mangle is easily one of the best designed characters in fnaf, especially after looking into her lore. He got tortured by them damn kids.
Is that K/DA Akali?
Actually I think that's her The Baddest design
@@catsinwonderland7473 Mangle is a HE
@@damanithegoat9653 its yes, not just he
@@damanithegoat9653 He she*
@@damanithegoat9653 No he is a girl
Withered Chica is honestly pretty scary, I say it is the fact that the whole endo head is lowered and it makes her eye sockets so big, this makes the eyes pop. They just stare into your soul. It is terrifying.
Edit: Woah, thanks for the likes, never got that many
I can't look at her the same since that partyroom.mp4 tape
@@riley9485 ok ok ok NOW here’s someone I can relate to
WoAH tHaNkS FoR tHe LiKeS, nEvEr GoT tHaT mAnY
@@riley9485 *partyroom.mp4 flashbacks intensify*
Also Mangle can be the 2nd terrifying animatronic. Because its skeleton can be fully seen. I said the 2nd animatronic, because in fact, it’s still a toy. It looks kid-friendly (only some parts of them. Example: Head).
When Mangle was fixed (before the tragedy happened to it), yeah, it looked more kid-friendly than now. But it’s understandable why.
*I avoided saying “Her/Him” for a good reason.*
*Now, for me, FNAF 2 animatronics aren’t scary.*
I’m super glad I found your channel! This sort of “fnaf renaissance” we’re in right now is so incredible to me. I’ve been into this series since I was 10, and now I’m 17- so I really appreciate videos like these. They remind me that those childhood memories aren’t gone yet.
They will be gone soon so indeed it's good to enjoy them while we still can
Omg same I was 11 when the second game came out!
Withered Chica is literally the only fnaf character that ever gave me nightmares. 7 years later and I still see her in my dreams sometimes. What good character design.
I had my hand on my keyboard at the end and when the jumpscare happened, I accidentally knocked my keyboard onto the floor.
The worst part is that I expected it.
*17 century person writing London Bridges*
"can't wait for Scott to use this for his game about robots"
withered chica gave me nightmares when i was a kid. she was literally a sleep paralysis demon for me one time
Bro I’m sorry u had to go through that I hope I never experience sleep paralysis
@Chris McLean mine was the puppet… god was she/they terrifying
This video is too high quality.
This is such a complex yet concise dive into the game.
Well done.
random thought: but if we can go off the theory that mike went back and is actually the protagonist in Fnaf 2 & 1, maybe the shadow animatronics are his fearful hallucinations considering he saw his brother die at the hands of Golden Freddy, and maybe saw the murders committed by Afton as Bonnie?
I honestly think the shadows are the ghosts of Fredbear's Diner during FNAF 4
- Shadow Freddy is the crying child (a purple Fredbear to represent both the animatronic that chomped him and his family's signature colour)
- Shadow Bonnie is a springlock failure employee (possibly even the worker you can catch William suiting up as an easter egg on Night 2)
But Mike schmit is not michael afton, like we don't really know, I'm not sure they're the same person
@@poppysplant4511 i mean maybe mike afton used aliases for games 1&2
@@EmilyEnvisioned i don't know, my theory is that Mike smith or jeremy don't really exist, they are just a characters created to make the player relive the lore through the gameplay. Otherwise it kinda doesn't make sense that Michael is in all the pizzarias
@@poppysplant4511 I'm pretty sure it's technically confirmed to be the same person the logbook shows that Schmitt knows about sister location.
I am uncomfy watching this when it's 11 pm, dark, and there's awind storm outside
Glad to see someone mention 8-bit Gaming's theories, those are extremely nostalgic for me. And in my opinion, a lot of they're theories are still pretty interesting. Whilst Mat Patt's theories made you feel like you were putting the lore together, 8-bit Gaming's theories made us wonder and ask questions, whether they made sense or not, and that was fun!
Withered chica's voice in UCN also makes her character scarier imo
Oh wow I just looked it up
Easily my favourite game in the series. Nostalgia hits me hard whenever I think of the time era of Oct-Dec of 2014 along with January of 2015. FNaF 2 will always be special to me.
yep. those are the same exact months/dates fnaf 2 takes me back to as well 😭
I didnt know they were called 2.0 or miss foxy wow i really missed the fnaf 2 hype train
god i remember this shit from when i was an edgy 14 year old, this honestly feels like a blast from the past
I’m 19 and still watching fnaf vids like these and lore vids are pretty terrifying with the combination of the creepy animatronics and the uncanny background noises. I refuse to watch these vids at night while alone 🤣
oh man I 100% agree about withered chica being one of the scariest characters. She is one of the ONLY animatronics that actually scare me just based on appearance alone, even years after the games release.
ngl, i’m obsessed with this series already-
"And so began the MaNgLe'S gEnDeR debate, dear god."
Dear god indeed.
"And here we begin the "Mangle's gender" debate.
...dear god"
I knew to look in the comment section as soon as I got to that part
honestly who cares let's all decide Mangle has no gender and refer to them using any pronouns
@@jabby6709 isn’t someone with a feminine appearance a girl? That’s how it’s portrayed in today’s society anyways...
@@youtubesucks8340 ehhh not exactly, anyone can have a feminine appearance
Dear internet animatronics don't have gender them are animatronics
I don’t know how this video gave me more nostalgia than replaying the game. Thanks for all the good memories
I think Withered Chica is the scariest animatronic in the series. Really scary looking, but not over the top and trying too hard like the Nightmares. There's just something really creepy about abandoned and decaying animatronics. I could see something like that actually happening to a real one and that makes her even scarier. LOVE her.
I love how you switched between Mangles Pronouns
Not just me who noticed that
Sucks that there is a bunch of transphobic people in the comments that are getting mad over someone calling plastic Chuck E. Cheese mascot by their confirmed gender
@@blazing-chan ikr like who cares what there called, like how can robots have a gender🤔
Y’all calling them by their wrong pronouns... their only pronoun is yes smh
@@alloehvera yes/yesself
I’ve been looking forward to this video for a while 😄
Same
yeah
The tension and pressure put on the player in this game is unmatched, it’s fantastic
Fnaf 2 is and will always be my favorite, this was the hype machine that kicked off the fanbase to its peak. truly better times...
These retrospective videos are hidden gems. I look forward to FNAF 3’s retrospective, amazing work, man!! :D
"He's actually an asset to the player."
Wrong, that endoskeleton only appears if the Puppet is on her way to kill you.
Even if we are the bite victim we don’t die ... the bite of 87 victims survived “ it’s amazing that the human body can live without a frontal lobe “
i agree with you so much about withered chica. i think it has to be the snapped open jaw and the eyes- they bulge out like but the shadow of her facial plate makes them look huge like a human expression of fear or grief. you truly believe that shes an animatronic with a restless spirit inside
11:24 funny, the bird becomes the scarecrow
I always love seeing these types of vids and reminiscing over past times. Like imagine telling someone in 2014 that purple people puking up robot spaghetti is canon.
The thumbnail gives me so much nostalgia. Back when there were only 2 games and the lore was not as complicated as nowadays.
The fact you alternated the pronouns between he and she when you talked about Mangle's mechanics is such a nice touch
This was a nostalgia trip for me too. I'm glad someone else thinks that song is a banger. I felt like I had to hide the fact that I downloaded that song after watching your first video again. This video series is like opening a time capsule I buried in my back yard. Amazing. I can't wait for part 3.
Withered Chica has always been absolutely horrifying to me. Her blank stare with her wide open jaw is what makes me so scared of her. She's just so unnerving. I always thought that I was the only one who felt this way.
As much as I love William Afton, "Purple Guy" moniker and presence are more haunting and mysterious, so I hope he won't getting a reveal until later in the movies sequel
This is my favorite game in the franchise, thanks for doing an amazing video on it!
I agree entirely that Withered Chica is fucking terrifying, her dead, seemingly shocked eyes, her distended mouth. I know some people rag on the T-Posing, but it makes her look so much more unnatural as she towers over you. IDK if it's because I've been desensitized to FNAF after being a fan for so long, but none of the designs of the others are really scary (especially not the nightmares, they just try too hard and fail so much because of it) that isn't to say that their designs aren't bad, just not scary.
Withered chica honestly scares me the most out of the withered animatronics. And I don’t think I’ll be ready to see her in the upcoming sequel movie. Like my gosh, she’s gonna be terrifying as hell! 😳
This is a great video. I can't wait for the other retrospectives on the rest of the series. I found that fnaf took a huge nose dive in quality after the second game, until pizza simulator. Pizza simulator is fucking genius. You make your own pizzeria, without knowing that you will have play the night shift. Pizza simulator for me, is the right up there with the first game. The first game has a far creeper atmosphere, but pizza simulator has better gameplay.
For me the 3rd game was best in terms of atmosphere and story, should've ended there.
@@riley9485 it was my least favorite of the bunch but still a very good and essential game. As someone who got into fnaf a little after the second game was released i really liked Fnaf 2 but my favorite game of the whole series is definitely sister location. The atmosphere, the animatronic designs. It had that supernatural metallic feel to the whole game. My second fave is fnaf 1/fnaf 2
I really appreciate his looking at the fandoms and their little subgenre, like the purple guy art, piemations videos, (one of my first and absolute favorite indoctrinations) and the fan songs especially. Its often left up to the viewer to know this, and while they might, its nice to hear an explanation.
Honestly hearing you review this game brings me back.
I guess this is my experience all through the franchise developments
I remember when the first game can out and people were always asking about It,always trying to get people to play it.
Then fnaf2 coming out and everyone went nuts.
People started to hear a lot more about it, it spread and that's when the inevitable happened.
Kids got to it, made the animatronic's smash each other, and eventually the fanbase became a steaming hot trash.
Then fnaf 3 came out, and the same old same old, only people were both siked and hesitant over it.
It used more serious looks and grips than the previous two, and this is where it had its peak popularity.
Honestly people were fine with just three, the story was much simpler after all.
Purple guy used the spring bonnie suit to kill five kids, shut down the business then escapes the fnaf 3 fire.
It's amazing to see how much the story evolved since then, how much the attention and theories helped Scott make a bigger picture.
And fnaf 4 and sister location helped it much more.
And even though I dislike fnaf sl for the whole "tell you everything to do and let you barely do anything" gameplay and how bad the children made it, I can admit it did help revive the series.
Without it the franchise would've been dead by now, and when fnaf pizza sim came out that guaranteed the interest and popularity wouldn't decrease at any time.
Honestly I have been in love with the series ever since the very first one came out, and it's been a trip to see the goods and bads that came out.
I guess you could say I grew up with the series, and am glad to see it is still thriving.
Sorry for writing this whole story I just got in a mood for some reason
Have a great Christmas 🎄
u too
@@christinabroderick6161 why thank you. I hope you have a great one.
no u
@@ssim9691 NO NOT ME! YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@shroomy_gloomy_goo2891 how about u
This is gonna be a long ride.
Ok,how'd I get this many likes.
Buckle in bois and girls
Like it or not, there will probably be a half-hour vid over Fnaf World
@@PenSupremacistfeatures aye, captain.
just like me and ya mom last night btw this is just a really bad joke dont take it seriously
SpaghettiSauce445 clearly.
the fnaf 2 hype and theorizing will always be my favorite memories of this series. so much fun.
I absolutely adore your use of he/him and she/her for Mangle 🥺 That made me so happy to hear because everyone just automatically goes to she/her for them, so it was an amazing breath of fresh air!
thank you very much!!! your videos actually took me back to the days when i was reading all theories and loved fnaf with my heart. your work is just INCREDIBLE!!! i hope these videos become super popular and your hard wоrk will pay off
The fnaf 2 ambience is so good for no reason.
I just watched the first one of these and then imagine my surprise when I go to look for the next one and it was posted only 30 minutes before I started watching it xD
I think there is a bit more nuance to the vent/hallway animatronics, with some of them you need to react with the mask faster than others, the toys have a pretty decent window for you to put on the mask, the withered animatronics have a smaller window, and golden Freddy only has a couple of frames before you’re screwed.
I love this serie you're making! Fnaf is iconic, it's so cool to look back at it now. The popularity it got, and how long it lasted, how much it engaged people (EVERYONE was making theories and playing, it was such a satisfaction when you felt like you kinda understood the lore), is no joke.
I gotta admit, I was never _really_ into fnaf as a kid like most people. I found it very interesting and liked the characters, but I never truly had a fnaf "phase." why? I honestly don't know, maybe I was just stupid. but now that I'm older and a kind of "fnaf renaissance" is happening, I'm basically fulfilling what younger me never did. fnaf is so interesting, everything from the games themselves to the lore to the characters. I absolutely love it
I've never related that much to a coent before
YES IVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS KINGGGGGGG
I love that you mentioned Vincent, that shit was so cringy but 11 year old me loved it ( and honestly I still love it )
So much cringe but so much nostalgia, love it :')
I have a vivid, seared-into-my-brain memory of sixteen-year-old me screeching in pure panic as I tried to wind up the music box while also keeping Mangle at bay. none of the fnaf games before or since could ever replicate the sheer insanity and chaos of it all. truly a masterpiece of a game
These retrospectives are easily the most comprehensive and organized retrospectives on the platform right now. I really enjoy these ones, especially the Little Nightmares one. Keep it up!
Golden freddy has always been the most terrifying character, i couldn't finish night six cause he*she*it appeared and got too scared, even if I knew how to avoid jumpscare
This is going to be a epic series
Neat, I just subbed last Sunday after watching the first video
Definitely my favorite fnaf game. I remember when this came out and elementary me was obsessed with the game, crazy how time flies
Loving this series. I’m loving that it’s happening now too. after a lot of fnaf hype has died down, and the ps5 game is the only concrete thing we know about and I’ll be honest I’m not thrilled about it. Having this feeling of something fnaf related being in my life right now just feels right, your videos have gotten me to start watching some other smaller UA-camrs coverage of fnaf as well. So it’s just been a nostalgia overload! Excited to see what comes next!
i used to be fucking TERRIFIED of the puppet that whenever id watch a gameplay and i heard the music box, i couldnt get myself to look at the screen. i absolutely HATED the puppet and its minigame jumpscare; but even though thats the character im most scared of, springtrap is actually the only character ive literally *hallucinated* to the point of me cowering to the floor lmao
great video btw!! love all the effort youre putting into this.
Has scott ever actually released a game on it's intended date?
I believe he did with either FNAF World or FNAF World update 2
@@fzxfzxfzx yeah exactly he never has
@@fzxfzxfzx *we don’t talk about those*
Eh... I think technically help wanted, because he had a whole ass team holding him back, and maybe ffps, since he literally worked on that in secret
@@ren-tq5yg LMAOO
7:15 that cat is scarier than literally every fnaf game combined
Fnaf 2 has always held a special place in my heart as that was the time I was starting to like Fnaf as opposed to being scared of it. Great video as always!
I JUST found the other video you made yesterday, now you're posting the second- I can't wait, subscribing and I might end up watching this series like how I loop the game series videos when I'm stressed
These videos are actually bloody brilliant. Really well thought out and constructed but it got me nostalgic, and it makes me wish I could go back to 2014. Also, Withered Freddy gang forever :]
Such a good video. Production quality is amazing.
I think fnaf 2 was always my favourite out of all of them.
thank you for covering the theories in this series because i feel like it’s such a huge part of the series that it needs to be talked about when reviewing the games. also it’s my favorite part of it lol
“Every piece has a purpose” except for every camera besides the prize corner
11:13 Thank you!! Someone finally said what I've been saying for the past 6 years!
Video was really good! I'm glad to see another who actually loves this game. No offense to anyone else and their favorites, but this one has a special meaning to me. It helped with loss, depression, and inspired me to create art even when I was dealing with opiate addiction. (Been sober for years now.)
❤💚❤💚☃☕🎅🎄🎁❤💚❤💚
Yeah, this video was just great! Thank you so much! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you!
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Love how he refers to mangle as both "he" and "she"
mangle is technically a boy but cool
@@1ofone_ how? haven’t been keeping up with the lore
@@1ofone_ scott confirmed both pronouns
@@1ofone_ Gender:Yes
@@1ofone_ mangle is technically both but at the same time who cares? Its a robot
Fnaf 2 was always my personal favorite of the original run of “sir & survive” style games. The gameplay and atmosphere is just so nostalgic for me.
i am ridiculously excited to see the rest of your videos for this series