Whats kinda funny is that when they found springtrap in the room, they didnt even acknowledge the fact that there was a decomposing body inside with flesh hanging out of parts of the suit. They were just like "Would be a perfect fit for the attraction".
@@dalnoraes yeah, no. Some dusty old ass room wouldn’t have light or power, and flashlights suck balls at illuminating bodies especially when most of it is already obscured
I'm not sure how to explain it, but while most of the FNAF animatronics just appear like that, posessed robots, there's something about the way Springtrap looks and moves that makes him look more like a man in a suit, which is much scarier.
The other animatronics contain the souls of dead children. Children are (mostly) innocent, they haven’t imprinted on the world yet. So they don’t imprint their personalities on the animatronics. Springtrap is an adult. And a serial killer to boot. He moves different because he IS different.
That's why you guys are disappointed with his jumpscare: Scott intentionally designed the animation, to resemble a human. Heck, check out the fnaf wiki, it says Springtrap is unique in that he walks in a humanoid fashion.
I'm quite certain that Springtrap was the first animatronic in the series to move in game while within line of sight i.e. him walking across to your office door, where you can see him, up to this point all the other animatronics only moved while out of sight or when cameras glitched (minus the jumpscares) so seeing one move in real time in my opinion further enhances the impression he leaves on the player.
I always found the concept of the spring lock suits fascinating and incredibly dumb, but in a way that makes sense. I like the concept of a mascot suit that can turn into an animatronic using a system of spring locks. I also like how unintentionally dangerous they are. Poor workers had to wear these deathtraps around children and hope to God none of them spill a drink on the suit, or drool on it. They truly sound like something that was made in the 80s, flashy and a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Not only does it work perfectly in a "hazardous 80's gadgets" way but it also makes total sense within the context of a shady/negligent company: They would literally rather design convoluted suits that could risk serious injury/death and legal issues than simply spend money to have some actual human-safe costumes made.
@@EagleTimberWolf Why spend money on both animatronics and suits when you can have suits that transform into animatronics. Just pray the employees don't sweat too much while wearing them.
It would be cheaper, easier, and safer to just have actors put on normal costumes, like every other fucking establishment ever. I have no idea how Afton convinced Henry to do this💀
I know a lot of people don’t find Springtrap’s “jumpscare” very scary, but I feel it adds so much to his character. The other animatronics jump out at you almost like a child jumping from behind a corner and yelling “boo!”, but Springtrap moves more slowly towards you until it’s too late and kills you, like walking up to a child. Since he’s not possessed by a child but rather by a child murderer, it feels more accurate, which freaks me out tbh
I always thought it would be more haunting if Springtrap opened his mouth in a giant horrifying grin during his jumpscare. Would’ve made it more scary. If you don’t read into the lore, you really can’t be scared of him. And I always took the other Animatronics screaming at you to be like rabid animals more than children. They’re angry, they’re confused, they have no impulse control, and you look like the man who murdered them (you’re Michael).
@@giannistuart586 The whole theory with Michael Afton being protagonist of FNAF 3 is debunked, because in Sister Location ending where Michael goes to find his father, the horror attraction is already burned to the ground.
As springtrap never talks in fnaf 3, I always pictured him as this silent, insane killer, who lost his last bits of sanity and his vocal cords after the springlock accident. I feel like the idea of a mute springtrap adds to the horror of him, a being that is no longer human, but not a machine either.
There was a fan audio of how the springlock incident went down thats being treated as canon, i can definitely understand if he lost all sanity there, that sounded absolutely painful
@@harbour2118In the novels and what probably happened William did not even scream in agony from the springlocks, he just got springlocked and couldn’t move due to bleeding out. Remnant and agony basically made him superhuman.
I actually agree with springtrap should no longer be able to speak, both in a realistic sense, but also it really does add to the scare factor and mystery too, jason and michael myers for example
One thing I've always liked about Springtrap is that he's in this bizarre limbo of not being alive nor dead. His physical, flesh body is nothing more than rotting matter, while his mechanical prison is alive and moving about. He's essentially a mummy haunting his own sarcophagus, a human soul bound to the limitations and strengths of an unfeeling machine. Sure the same can be said of the other animatronics, but those are ghosts haunting their robotic tombs, while Afton is puppeteering his own corpse.
If you think about it, without or consciousness we can be classified as brain-dead, were all puppeteering our own corpse. Crazy how springtrap is the embodiment of the question "what does it mean to be human?"
One thing about Springtrap that many people don’t know is that his organs are still working, in The Man In Room 1280, it is described how his lungs are barely visible and still working, along with his heart still pumping blood.
Just the idea of a person trapped inside the suit, unable to die is an amazing concept. It feels like a clique at this point but it’s a really cool idea. A rotting corpse forever trapped in a prison of your own sadistic creation.
you know what's always been funny to me? how even people cosplaying as springtrap in really good costumes freak other people out. even fuckin young ass kids don't wanna approach them. I love springtrap because he's honestly the scariest fucking design in the franchise
Honestly, just the moldy, rotting nature of him is way more horrifying than the overly forced "Let's just add more and more teeth" thing that the later games do
One thing I love about spring traps character is that it is not just a random suit that he happened to put on in a rush. It is HIS suit, the suit he used decades ago to slaughter children in a pizzeria. It is not only his last ditch effort to survive, it’s his weapon of mass murder. And you are his next victim, you are just another helpless child about to die
I used to play the mobile versions of the games because I didn’t have proper setups, I learned the tricks and the patterns of how to play, but Springtrap was a difficult one to get down. The way he didn’t ever fully appear on screen sometimes was what freaked me out. He wasn’t unaware of us watching him, he knew we were there, knew where we were, and knew how to get to us in the most efficient way possible, should we not find him in time to stop him. The sound system also freaked me out because “oh my god he’s following the sound of a child”, because he’s a child murderer. He didn’t behave like a robot either which was what separates him from the others. They still move in the way animatronics we’re supposed to, stiff and following a set path, a pattern, while he was sporadic and even just standing still he resembled more human than machine. He scared me because of how calm he was, how levelheaded and calculated he felt as he watched you and even came into the room to kill you, he wasn’t afraid to kill you, he wasn’t even scared of you. That’s why he’s a favorite of mine.
everybody shits on springtrap's jumpscares being him just walking towards you, but that's actually what makes them scary. every other jumpscare in the series comes from a child trying to appear threatening by flailing around and roaring. they don't know how to kill people, cause they're just terrified kids. springtrap has killed before, and will kill again. he doesn't have to try to appear threatening because he *is* threatening, and he knows that. that's why he's more subdued; he knows exactly what he's doing, and that's what makes him so terrifying.
Ikr. One of my favorites. Still don't understand how people thought it was lame. When I first saw it, I was the type to analyze the jumpscares and I liked alot of them (alot of them suck though, looking back, especially in fnaf 2 when so many literally jump at you, which makes no sense and looks goofy), but this one was not only NOT disappointing, but also really detailed and well done. You can see him moving towards you and you can see his frame shake slightly as he visibly steps forward towards you, despite you only being able to see his top half. You can tell how he is moving. It's zombie-like, and mechanical but also incredibly expressive and alive. The movement is subtle too, the shaking is barely noticeable, just a slight head tilt, before it falls back into place. And thats just his main jumpscare. There is also his vent one, where you see his corpses jaw quite visibly, and there is a slight disconnect between the suit and the body within. He still wears the suit incredibly naturally, like a second skin, but at the same time it is like an outer casing, inanimate, subject to gravity, slightly slack in its connection to the corpse within. Also looking back on it, it makes more sense, compared to alot of jumpscares, which aren't lethal or even really clear attacks and when they are some of them blatantly miss several times. Springtrap walks up to you, makes a gurgling wail of pain (which makes sense, given his condition, unlike most of the animatronics), and finishes you offscreen. We don't get to see how he attacks, or even the beginning of some kind of strike but it cuts at just the right moment to make the threat clear. The implication of violence. Especially since we don't get stuffed. We just die. A game over screen is all we see, no suit. Because why would he stuff you? He just wants you out of the way to escape. He's a psychotic killer, now with super strength. He probably just strangles you or something. But the abscense allows you to decide that for yourself. Does he asphyxiate the player? Does he tear them limb from limb? We don't know, its up to the imagination.
If a kid gets SOOOOO mad they grab an knife it's gonna be scary but it's still just an angry kid with a knife, let's be honest he's gonna shout and yell and stab me in the leg ouch too bad you stabbed me in the leg instead of my liver NOOB. He don't know what he's doing he's just acting outta fear. Now imagine a grown man walking at you with a knife, he's not shouting he's not talking, maybe has a smile but other than he knows what he's about to do. If purplemrwhatshisface stabbed me in the leg it'd be outta sadism
honestly I would be more scared at a creature walking towards me and reaching out at me while I'm cornered than something jumping at me. something about it is just so much more terrifying
Springtrap was always special to me because while I always knew there were bodies inside the animatronics in fnaf 1 you never SAW it. Springtrap however flaunts his mangled up flesh like a model on the catwalk. Edit: if theres anything this reply chain has taught me it's that nobody (including me) actually understands what the fuck is happening with this timeline Edit 2: I mean seriously if there should be one thing that's actually understood it should be weather or not there are corpses in the robots right
@@b.r.a.d8674 I am pretty sure there are bodies at leat in few. There was a amention in game od the horrible smell of the animatronics, which might mean there are rotting corpses in them
One thing I always loved about Springtrap was his intelligence. In FNaF 3 he placed himself in a way that it was sometimes really hard to see him on cameras if you didn't know where to look. My guess is he spied on the cameras to know when he wasn't watched so he could continue moving.
The fact that Williams mouth is permanently open as a corpse is really creepy. His last moment alive was caught permanently as he he desperately tried screaming for help but his vocal chords had already been pierced and he couldn't
I always loved that and the detail of his eye sockets being forced open beyond their usual limit by two pieces of metal Clockwork Orange style Sorta frozen in time
I loved when Springtrap's interpretation was up to the fans, before all the novels came out and that story eventually bled over to the games. It was really cool to see all the different versions, some of which were really well fleshed out and terrifing. Sad that canon slowly destroyed that :(
How did canon destroy that? William Afton is still very much a psychotic killer. All that’s changed is he wants immortality, but even then that wasn’t his main goal at the start. He killed Charlie cuz he was jealous, and then he killed the 5 other kids probably because he liked doing it. It was only after he realized that they were moving that he started getting interested in Remnant, which is pretty much him trying to find a scientific explanation where there is none. Keep in mind, every time Afton tries to experiment with Remnant, something goes horribly wrong. That’s kinda the whole thesis of the Remnant trials, if we consider Scott’s Christian background, a man of science trying to control and understand something that is beyond control and understanding. But he doesn’t care, cuz he’s just that crazy.
I came into this video a little skeptical, but you make some good points. He's not the most aggressive serial killer and the jumpscares are pretty docile, but he's still a person fighting to escape a never-ending nightmare. He's also the reason FNAF1 Bonnie is my favorite. Bonnie's stare backstage terrified me after playing the second game. Purple skin, black eyes, white pupils, it's Bonnie threatening the nightguard with its own killer.
I always thought Springtrap had the scariest design in the series. It's like the nightmare animatronics are trying to be scary to the point it is almost ridiculous, but Springtrap just IS scary. It's not just his looks, either, but the way he moves, as you said. And that there is still a corpse in there.
i remember the buildup to fnaf 3’s release. The way he twitches and shudders in the trailer as the camera cinematically zooms in made a mark on middle school aged me. Early fnaf was fucking terrifying.
"It's like the nightmare animatronics are trying to be scary to the point it is almost ridiculous" I thought so too at first but tbf there are actually lore-reasons why that is the case
I think why Spring-Trap’s design works so much is, the animal he is based off of is a Rabbit. Rabbit’s are seen as docile and pretty chill. So it’s all the more creepy when you twist that on it’s head. And the fact that besides from the ears and nose. His overall body doesn’t even resemble the animal he is suppose to be makes it all the rich.
Isn't that just Bonnie? From what you're saying Springtrap's design is scary because, besides the head, he looks human; therefore, we should be afraid of Bugs Bunny. :B But I get the gist of what you're trying to say: Springtrap's design gives off an unsettling vibe, probably due to the uncanny valley effect caused by the way he moves which, despite his decrepitness, is very swift and human-like for a supposedly broken animatronic.
@@KamenracerX Bonnie resembles the animal he is suppose to be. You can still tell he is a rabbit. If you take away the nose and ears from springtrap. He just looks akward. That’s basically the only thing going for him that makes he seem like a rabbit.
I wouldn't call any of the Bonnies 'docile'. Remember folks, it is CANON that bonnie ate a CAT at some point. Also he's nearly always the first threat to appear in any game he's in. Highest ai on the first night of fnaf 1, toy bonnie usually moves first and i swear you have to be frame perfect with withered bonnie to not die.
I've always been in awe of the ideas of the springlocks. I don't know why, but him hiding in that suit and then getting absolutely crushed is so cool. Scott Cawthon really has an insane imagination. Insane, in both ways. The FNAF lore never fails to amaze me.
From a muppet ideology, he also has a lot of sympathetic movement in his animations. With every turn and pose, his body naturally flails a little out of position. He still moves with mechanical intent, but the flailing adds all the soul, the personality behind it.
You wanna know something that's absurd? Thanks to the novels, people have managed to powerscaled Springtrap as someone that has complete control over time and space, as well as having full immortality. With bonus abilities like dream walking, size manipulation, and soul manipulation. Canonically Springtrap from FNAF is a fucking reality warper
@@muffetmissulena6540 Jump scares are flawed in general, but UCM's Jump scares are also pretty bad for the majority of them. (I am not referring to the Voice Lines which I am pretty indifferent about)
I personally like Springtrap being silent best. When he was this haunted abomination with only predatory behavior. Clearly intelligent and dangerous. Chilling calm. Just a spirit with only scraps of its humanity left. The only thing of William remaining are the murderer. The calculations, the bloodlust. Nothing but his drove to kill, moving that rusted clogged machine forward. Slowly and silently creeping towards you like a wold stalking its prey. Something people dont talk about with Springtrap's design is the suit itself. Its less blocky, more smoothly carved than the others. The smooth snout giving an almost canid likeness to the rabbit head. The half lidded eyes making it seem calm, relaxed, intelligent. Unlike the wide eyes of the other animatronics which make them seem almost empty, but also painfully aware. The "sleepy" eyes of Sptingtrap give this feeling of someone or something inside, not only thinking, but has accepted its fate and continues on as if it is content to be in the suit. Like these small things give it so much more of a real threatening vibe. The uncanny animatronics are uncomfortable, but Springlock is undeniably a horror. Haunted, but not a tortured spirit.
YEEEESSSS FULLY AGREE. Silent Springtrap feels so goddamn animalistic in a way no other animatronic feels. Very clearly intelligent, but animalistic. A murder drone that is fully aware of what he's doing and he _wants_ to do it. And oh! The sleepy eyes, you're so right. It DOES make him look more aware. If his eyes were fully open, I'm not sure he would look as... conscious. I'd have to edit something to see. His design is _so goddamn great_ and you're SO right about this comment.
I love how springtrap looks so guilty. With his mouth at its resting position, it looks exactly like the smile a mischievous kid would give after drenching people in water balloons or drawing on the walls.
Springtrap has some strong similarities with Freddy Krueger, both of them are quite awful predators and murderers who fell victim to the flames but wouldn't simply die.
@@not-existent8376 he's got similarities to a lot of slashers actually. The undead persistence and determination of Jason The engineering genius and brutal death trap designs of Jigsaw He collects the souls of children, which give him strength as well as burning in the most fitting location possible, just as Freddy did. Though it happened to springtrap twice, and he was only sent to hell the second time. He possesses a moving children's entertainment device, switching bodies and forms on occasion, like Chucky He has found ways to return from hell itself, like Freddy, Jason, and the cenobytes, as well as their victims, who are villains in their own right and very underappreciated. The motives behind his killings are unclear and can only be speculated at, giving him an air of mystery, and raising the possibility he is simply pure evil, just as probably the biggest expert on him implies. Just like Michael Myers. Though it could be argued that Aftons equivalent of Dr. Loomis is spread across two people, as both Henry Emily and Michael Afton fit different parts of the role. Oh, and of course, like so many horror villains, he ALWAYS comes back in some form or another, no matter how strange things got. Be it through undead fortitude and supernatural indestructibility like Jason, the decay resistant rebuildable nature of inanimate objects and also transfer of consciousness between vessels that Chucky uses, the inexplicable immortality of evil, or in this case AGONY incarnate that is never truly explained but nonetheless fitting like Michael, or the other, non-signature methods almost all of the continually returning slashers use atleast once or twice. Oh and also Springtrap totally pulled a xenomorph in the books, a baby sized springtrap burst from a dudes chest because he was too much of an incel and couldn't even beat his own horror game. Worse even, since the victim had to cut it out of him himself or effectively die of a metallic, bunny eared, stomach tumor. Like that one saw game where you have to cut a guy open to survive, but you have to cut yourself open, and you end up dying anyways from the injuries, but atleast you aren't in pain anymore.
The difference is Freddy only stays alive due to his victims remembering of him, thus bringing life to the dream realm and him once more. That's how his power works, when his victims believe in him he returns but when his victims don't (in reference to Nancy in the original ending; not the one that had to be forced in) as soon as that power is taken away, Freddy is destroyed.
I've seen everyone just shitting on Springtrap's jumpscare, because he just walks and smiles towards you, but that's what makes his the creepiest in the series, not the scariest. With the Phantoms, who jump, lunge and scream at you, but you know it's all an hallucination, they're not there. Springtrap on the other hand just casually walks in smiling at you, he's the real thing, the real threat and horror in that place and you can't tell what's he gonna do next, in the older games, you could catch a glimpse at what happened to your character in the Game Over screen, but not with Springtrap.
I think it's just cuz with the children and others, they are like rabid animals. They are angry, scared, and you look like the man who killed them. With Springtrap, he sticks to the shadows, corners and walls and doesn't lunge or jump out you because he isn't an idiot angry, he is an experienced murderer
The regular animatronics have the same feeling you get when being chased by a dog or a cat and they finally get you. They're ready to attack and just going straight to it. Springtrap is a mocking "got you" moment
10:30 this is off topic but I like Toy Bonnie here because I just see him as the type of guy who would hang around an interrogation cause he felt like it
I'm now imagining toy bonnie in a long cloak, walking around a crime scene with squinting eyes, meanwhile everyone's just confused as to why he's there.
Springtrap is an amazing design not because of visuals but because of the story. You know Sprigtrap has the corpse of a child murderer stuffed in it. And the expressions give an uncanny valley vibe, it looks too human.
Let’s go!! Glam Freddy is def my favorite cosplay you’ve made in terms of attention to detail, but Springtrap just has such a eerie aura. Also can you reply to this comment so I can brag to everyone about it?
Personally I think the Springtrap cosplay looked better than Glamrock Freddy, and I'm not entirely sure why. This is only a guess, but I think it's just that Springtrap has much more details (the way he walks, the malfunctioning suit implied by his unusual movement) and is a lot more satisfying to see when pulled off properly.
@@bunnyben87 glamrock freddy is clean, sleek, and up to date- meanwhile springtrap is completely rotten and missing a lot of his suit, which makes it harder to make the body pieces due to needing to shape all the decayed areas and especially the coloring.
Hell yeah thank you man. You are an incredible artist and I think we are all grateful for the masterpiece in cosplay you created. Btw your rockstar Freddy is the most realistic animatronic suit I’ve ever seen in my life. Good job.
You should honestly do a video over Pyramid Head, one of the main characters people think of in horror gaming. People honestly don’t get really his main purpose
@MaccioVelli Being a literal representation of the demented, tortured psyche of the main character, James Sunderland. His every part, from actions to design elements, is a direct reflection of everything wrong with James. He drips with meaning.
I always thought Springtrap had a cool design. You're basically can see William Aftons body, especially in those rare screens where he's trying to pull his head out. For the other animatronics, they just look like robots, even when you know they have kids in them. But Springtrap, you don't need any lore to see the truth.
To be honest, even though scott isn't good at modeling humans, he still made the most horrifying rotting fainted-eyed corpse known to horror. And its one of the reasons why i also love the tjoc Halloween edition body design.
I love Springtrap and his design. He's not like the other animatronics, because he *isn't* one of them. While in the other games you had some way to defend yourself, in FNaF 3 there is no way to defend yourself from Springtrap, at least not a direct one. You have no door to shut, and the vent seals are made in a way so it makes sense even realistically, because simply having the power to seal the vent in front of you could cause ventilation problems, so there are multiple seals around the vent map, and if you don't seal the one where Springtrap is crawling, you are dead, because there is no way at that point to get him out. When you can't successfully keep him away from the office with audio lures, he is coming, and there is NO WAY to stop him. FNaF 3 does a very good job at putting you in an environment where you can only keep your enemy far away from you, but not defend from it once he's behind your door. Also, the cameras. Springtrap mostly isn't quite visible on the cameras, that's because he's aware someone is keeping an eye on him, and tries to avoid being seen. Also, I heard a theory somewhere on YT that gives sense to the audio lures: Afton isn't actracted by them, the suit is. The suit is made to follow kids and give 'em hugs or something. You can't fool a serial killed who cheated death twice and has his soul fused with a robotic bunny suit with pre-registered kid laughs.
I completely agree with the bit about him being “to animated, to alive, to human” is the scariest part of him seeing as all the others don’t act or move like that
I actually felt more creeped out by Glitchtrap. The reason being while Afton had already become this walking nightmare with Springtrap, when his soul downloaded and became code taking on glitchtraps apperance, it just conveyed how unstoppable he had become, that even his damned soul losing connection to his walking dead corpse wasn't enough to stop him, and now tormenting others as a series of codes meaning he could exist in anything with a connection.
@@CaueJulio Totally agree. Even though I know I’m technically wrong canonically, I just don’t consider anything that happens after FFPS to be canon. The story is just too much after that point and doesn’t make sense
There are a few things that make Springtrap even cooler than what you’ve said. The Spring Bonnie suit he haunts is the very one he used to trick and murder his victims. It’s only fitting that it be his undoing too. He lured them away with the suit to kill them, they trap him and the suit kills him. Now he’s met the same fate as his victims. Fitting Also just to be clear he _is_ dead, he’s not really alive. He’s possessing the animatronics that killed him. And remnant is just haunted metal that sorta serves as the backbone explanation for why things in the series are possible, though I wish they just would’ve left it at ghosts Honestly, blame MatPat for the public perception of FNaF’s story. It’s not _nearly_ as hopelessly incoherent and convoluted as he likes to paint it. It’s not very good but its usually more straightforward than he makes it out
It's just the order of the theories. He keeps changing his mind about things, so everyone remembers his old ones, where he was wrong about it all, and it all gets jumbled together.
I say it's only half of him and his team's fault, the story, fnaf is trying to tell is straightforward but it's buried under the walls of weird decisions, chiper, non-linear storytelling, a ton of materials crossing from like 7 games and like 18 books and your own ability to make conjectures of from all of this. So, I don't blame Game Theorists getting a lot of things wrong, but.. on the hand, they did make a lot of conjectures while intentionally (yes, they mention that they do this intentionally, I don't know for entertainment or something) ignoring other evidence that contradicts their theory.
@@mid-knight6528 i’ve noticed that sometimes he just leaves shit out. important details. i’m not big on fnaf, but it makes me wonder if he’s leaving anything else important out. that’s why it makes me mad when he says “i solved fnaf!!” or, “the complete fnaf timeline!!”
I’d be more afraid of an undying decomposed body piloting a metal rabbit suit, with glowing eyes, and bloodied nerves wrapping around a metallic skeleton. Then a tall man with a mask, no matter how dangerous either is. Springtrap’s design is really good, even from the perspective of the whole genre.
I’ll never forget the look springtrap has when he is peering in at you from your office door. With that sickeningly playful side look. His eyes, too alive to be a machine, but certainly not the gaze of a man, making direct eye contact with you, peering into your soul. Chilling. The head tilt is mischievous, playful, even. As if to him it was all a game, as if he had enjoyed chasing you throughout the halls of fazebear fright. That single oblong stare informs you on exactly who springtrap is. A murderer, who loves to toy with his victims. There’s no reason for him to be standing in that doorway, peeking in, but to fuck with you. If anything it actively puts him as a disadvantage, as he waits for you to look away. Sometimes you can even win the night by engaging in a staring competition with him. But once he’s there, he’s got you. Eventually you will lose the staring contest, as he never blinks, not anymore. And at the end of the day, to springtrap, that’s what it is, a game that he will eventually win. When you look into those cold, robotic, yet so alive eyes of springtrap, you can almost imagine him playfully leading away children from the safety of their parents, to their demise. And ultimately, this is what makes springtrap so great.
Springtrap's jumpscare aren’t really scary, but the buildup to it is. The more he is approaches, the more you get on the edge of your seat, the more you press that one button to lure him away. And when you can see him near the office, you know you are alreadh dead, you know you fucked something up, and it seams like he knows that. The closer he gets more helpless you feel as you realize you can't get away anymore, and most of the time he is at the door, you just give up and wait. Maybe feel like the kids felt when they realized they would die, and there where nowhere to run. The way he Slowly traps you in the room as you desperately tries to buy enough time to finish the night. You know it is inevitable that he will get to you, and there are no fisical barriers to stop him, or something to hide, like a mask. The only thing that keeps you from getting in his grasp is a kid laughing sound, i am not exactly sure why he choses to go after it, but it is a god of a relief when he does.
@@naintham5849 The reason the laughing kid sound works on Springtrap is because the suit is, somehow, still somewhat functional and attempts to follow its original programming of being attracted to noise so it doesn't needlessly wonder off, after 30 years have passed with a corpse inside it. Say what you will about Henry or William, but they built shit to last.
i've thought that the "ankle guts" are some intestines that at one point, had no support under them and just slumped down to the ankles (though, it's more possible they would have decayed or gotten stuck to some metal parts)
I remember when I had a little "Springtrap phase". I believe it started when I went back to rewatch gameplay of the third game, which didn't terrify me anymore but now sort of reached into my young poetic soul. Not only was the atmosphere of the game great, but the story- the idea that this terrible murderer finally got his just deserves, trapped in the same sort of animatronic body his victims were- it gave me chills. I liked listening to the song Follow Me by Tryhardninja bc of the same reason, the chills. Course, this was before I knew the story and that apparently Mr. Willy liked being Springtrap and apparently he could just... leave, otherwise I might not've felt the same way. Another thing, about Springtrap and Deliah. I first heard ab it from my brother, who absolutely desPISED it. I only knew a different comic by the same person, which I liked, but I hadn't read that one. His reasons were mostly that he found the relationship between Springtrap and Deliah creepy, and that it's weird that Springtrap's so possessive over a little girl. I can seevthat, from the few pages I've seen, but I'd have to read it for myself. And I mean, I suppose the possessiveness could be a fine thing to write in as long as it's written well and Springtrap's not in the right for it, but idk, like I said I haven't read it so let me know if anything's wrong. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk
i wouldn’t say i simp for him but what i like about springtrap isn’t the fact that he’s a serial killer i just really like his design and his behaviour and mannerisms like it’s not about the things that springtrap has done it’s just how he looks
One thing I love about Springtrap that I don't see anyone talk about is the way that he seems to corrupt Fazbear Frights. In the first two games, there were hauntings and Easter eggs with posters getting replaced and all, but nothing too specific towards one animatronic (With one exception). In FNAF 1, the poster changes are just newspapers, Freddy ripping his head off, and crying children. Creepy, but nothing that specific, hell, even the Freddy poster could've just been any old dead kid. Now yes, Golden Freddy does disrupt the pizzeria around themselves, but with them it feels less like corruption and more like... altercation? This is mainly due to lore, but the fact that Golden Freddy is just two sad kids in an empty costume really doesn't make it feel like they're corrupting anything, just more like they're trying to be seen by you. In FNAF 2, uh, the Paper Pals get moved around, I guess? Uh, there's some Easter egg characters. Nothing about corruption, though. In FNAF 3, drawings of the animatronics are replaced with posters of SpringBonnie. To me, this is blatant corruption of the Pizzeria. William is contorting once-childishly innocent things to suit his own image. It's basically saying "These kids don't matter. I've won against them, and I'll live on while they suffer". Again, Golden Freddy also replaced the Freddy poster, but it's as I've said, it feels more like an attempt to be noticed. With William, it's more like an attempt to rub his "victory" into the faces of the dead children.
The Scraptrap slander is what I'm here for! The commentary/editing is great, funny, and I actually really like Springtrap's design. His jumpscare is...it's like your dad peeking in your room to see what you're doing
When fnaf 3 first came out, my childhood self was terrified by springtrap. The thought of a body being visibly stuck in an animatronic suit scared little me so bad. That audio of William's death gave me nightmares🤣
While I also liked the Springtrap and Deliah comic series, whenever I think of Springtrap it's the Springaling comic series which comes to mind. I love how Springtrap is presented as a tired old man who hates himself for what he did but can't find the proper words to talk about it because his deeds were just that sinister. Not to mention, his dynamic with the Puppet is amazing.
The reason some of the flesh didn't decay is because some of the remnant is keeping it alive, somehow.. or just preserved, likely an explanation in the FNAF universe as to why the tissues of mummified corpses can still be relatively ''fresh''.
My favourite interpretation of Afton is Squimpus Mcgrimpus’ version. In some odd way it feels like an actual killer in the Memories video and the ending to the entire VHS series. Go watch it if you want to
Springtrap is the sole reason I keep coming back for. The Animatronics in fnaf always look amazing, but Springtrap is still 100x scarier than any other Animatronic.
Something I always thought was scary about springtrap is that when Afton was alive, he used a knife while in the suit, but during Fnaf 3, springtrap apparently kills us with his bare hands. He never grew in strength while in the suit, or when he got spring locked. He is so insane at this point that he will just Doom Slayer us. Idk why but I imagine him doing the iconic kill the bloater does in The Last of Us, he is just terrifying
Springtrap’s design was, IS, fantastic. I remember being absolutely horrified seeing Afton’s decaying corpse underneath the mechanism of the SpringBonnie suit. Seriously *SO METAL.* (Also also, I see you using that Gran Turismo Soundtrack ‘Light Velocity’ in the back there 👀 which was amazing by the by…)
It's crazy how springtrap was the only one out of the entire franchise to strike fear in my heart; the design, the backstory, and his lore are all perfectly executed.
Springtrap is often undermined because of his jumpscare, but i'd make an argument it is the best jumpscare in the franchise. My reason is simple, i think it perfectly replicates the nuances and horror of the moment before a serial killer strikes. Let me explain; if you see all the other animatronics, even if possesed it is crear their behavour is like a mix of a beast and a robot, they feel kind of alive and concious but not like a person, they just attack in a very automatic fashion. On the other side Springtrap feels (and kinda is) alive ,that's why you feel uncomfortable and threatheaned , knowing that, then web have to consider who is inside the suit. William Afton is not only a serial killer, is also an intelligent person, cunning and well versed in the act of murder. If you know the very basics about serial killers you are aware they get their satisfaction because of the power and control they have on the moment, the fear they can instigate. So it's actually very accurate that his jumpscare it's just him approaching you; they way he approaches still feels methodic and cautious, but ready to end you, you can even percieve some expectation from him , reflected in the suit big smile, he also expresses a sense of entertainment or pleasure like he is lowkey playing with you ; with his deep and baffling gaze it's left to your imagination what happens next, but you can certainly say it will be much worse than the average animatronic. This jumpscare may not be the most "scary" when playing but it for sure is the most disturbing
I think one of the brilliant things about Afton is that he is, of course, opposite to yellow on the colour wheel, showing his juxtaposition to Golden Freddy. So it’s incredibly ironic that he is locked inside the thing he hates for so long he begins to live it, and it winds up being his soul’s personal avatar in Help Wanted after death, kind of showing how pathetic and fallen from grace he is. His design in FNaF 3 is great because of how layered it is. It seems at start like a weird, broken Bonnie. Then you see his dead body. It just fits so well and really makes it feel claustrophobic. He’s so raggedy yet his voice is very sophisticated and he’s a very intelligent and brilliant man. It’s so brilliant how whatever he tries, he will always be locked in the very thing he hates, eternally punished and locked in the echo of one tiny mistake, and one bad day.
I know it's been 5 months but I'm inspired by your comment about the "layers" of the design, since it's so ingeniously specific. From the outside in, it's rabbit suit => Man => robot frame. An outer lie, the inner horror, then the horror's cause (of death). Again, so ingeniously specific: Rabbit, man, robot. If an unaware bystander were to hear me give that description, they might ask; "Did you mess up the order of that? Do you mean 'rabbit, robot, man'?" *N O .*
When it comes to Springtrap fan interpretations, I feel like the characterization of him in Squimpus McGrimpus' VHS series cannot be understated. Particularly the video "Memories" which simply features a tape of William Afton... _Confessing_. To everything he's done. He has no regret, if anything he's prideful of his work, and he just uses a video tape as an outlet to confess his work and motives with the notion that no one will see it, then it ends with him threatening anyone who has touched the tape and SPECIFICALLY threatening Michael if he's watching it. Plus his rants while being stuck in the suit for 30 years in "Finale" are absolutely amazing too. It's absolutely bone chilling, painting William Afton as a 100%, honest to god, terrifying, serial child murderer. Pure evil in everyway and more importantly smart. It sends a chill up my spine and I absolutely love it.
I fucking _love_ the VHS series, those recordings are incredibly horrifying to listen to. Especially Memories, like you said. The way he speaks at the end directly to Michael in the event he discovers the tape? With the our knowledge that Michael couldn't have been older than a young teen at that point? Absolutely terrifying, it's fantastic.
There is another thing in the interview with Springtrap video that makes him interesting, the part where the suit goes off. It makes the fusion between purple guy and springbonnie less clean, and makes it even more of a hindrance to Afton's humanity. Like a glitch in his system, but one that he can't fix
If we’re talking about fan interpretation, I do really want to bring up Mat Pat’s version of the character found in Random Encounter’s FNAF the Musical series. The lines he was given were really solid, but they are improved so much by his the delivery. Mat is a theater kid and it shows. His acting is absolutely incredible.
Scott did an amazing job with creating spring trap. Trapped in a suit hinting in the name (no pun intended), by doing evil and then getting served karma. By looking at his design it really screams out pain and suffering, taking the meaning "A fate worse than death" to a whole new level
I never really thought of those as ankle guts, but more like tendons that fell lose and were caught there. Then again like you stated, Springtrap is a character up for interpretation.
personally I like the designs of Springtrap and Scraptrap almost equally, and while Scraptrap definitely has his flaws, the design of the suit in general (minus the weird proportions) makes more sense for the Spring Bonnie character, though generally springtrap has a better design (excluding the ankle-guts)
so I think the "He Should Have Decomposed" argument is a misunderstanding. im pretty sure the death mini games were RECENT. the building has rain and mice implying its old and abandoned, so its highly possible that his death was only days/weeks before the events of fnaf3
@@Hm-qd9lo the spring lock suit was walled in for 30 years. The mini game building is abandoned, you can tell by the rain coming through the roof and the mice. I don’t think anyone would come and board up a room after a building was already abandoned. Also the “sealed safe rooms” thing is said by phone guy, and he died in fnaf 1 phone calls, so the rooms were obviously sealed before the building was abandoned, and William afton accessed one because he knew the animatronics wouldn’t find him there and he could take them apart
@@bigdikjoebo9585so basically it was revealed that the original creator (and artist) shipped the characters, did weird roleplays of the characters and um.. drew “weird art” of springtrap and deliah, and these were after and during the times they were writing the series, so, a lot of springtraps obsessiveness isn’t.. fatherly or because of his serial instincts… and a lot of the nicknames he said in the series for deliah aren’t really something a father figure would say to a daughter.
I think I can confidently say that NOTHING will send chills up my spine like Zapper770's "Purple Guy's Death", "The Rise of Springtrap". and Squimpus McGrimpus's "Finale" in Chapter 5, November 12, 1993. The voice acting is chilling to the core and I don't think the fandom would be the same without those three gruesomely brilliant videos.
Honestly my favorite interpretation of Springtrap is the one the specials series by the Hottest Dog. I’m not gonna spoil it if you people haven’t seen it but he’s written in this series as someone who was bad but only so he can try to redeem someone else or play the long card to defeat the bigger threat kinda like Snape in Harry Potter but anyway go watch them you’ll see what i mean.
I don't care and have 0 interest about fnaf, just clicked the video to tell why this dude wouldn't even be on top 10 horror designs, thank god I watched the video first. Also your channel is really well produced, deserves more subs
springtrap had so much story potential that scott i think was shooting for honestly, a character that is always the main horror antagonist of the lore that always comes back more gruesome and battered than before up until the big finale in which he finally gets destroyed and the series is over, atleast thats what they were shooting for, but all they hit was a one off character that came back after obviously being destroyed a few times in even better condition than before, its dissapointing but its what happened sadly
Ultimate Custom Night should have ended the Afton Saga. If they wanted to make more games after that, fine, but stop bringing William Afton back. It makes no sense at this point and it seriously diminished Henry and Michael’s sacrifices in Pizzeria Simulator. I was fine with the idea of Glitchtrap. But the zombified Springtrap? No.
One thing I like about William Afton is we don't even know what he looks like. There no face to Afton, in the games Afton was always represented by purple 8bit sprite and as spring trap his face is completely gone. Not knowing what this Afton looks like is some that creeps me out. I think by doing that Scott really made it feel like Afton could be anybody and I find that genuinely creepy.
I'm pretty sure they gave a face to Afton in the graphic novel adaptations of the books, but I'm talking about the original material here, not any adaptations. What Afton may have looked like was always in the viewers imagination and I always found that creepy.
I love springtraps design because it grabs the classic "children-like nightmare fuel" and pulls a 180°. Unsettelling you once more and 4 pulling further. Similar to how 2 had incredibly children friendly animatronics
MD-PTV also does an AMAZING representation of springtrap, instead of giving him a voice that sounds like a human, he sounds like he puts so much pain and effort simply to get a few choked syllables out really makes you think about how the spring locks must have affected him, I recommend you check them out
Springtrap's jumpscare is perhaps the creepiest of all animatronics. You might think that it's lame that he just walks up to you when others pretty much jumped on your face but that's what makes it better. The animatronics in the first two were possessed by children so their jumpscares were frightening but somewhat expected since they are the children's interpretation of scary. Springtrap however is a murderer whose actions make him scarier and scarier. You aren't dealing with a robot possessed by a child, you are dealing with a revenant who lured and killed children for his own amusement, the same way he plans to murder you. He is toying with you, deliberately putting himself in places where he could be seen, looking at the camera or in the case of the office doorway and window, just staring at you with those glowing eyes and creepy smile. And when he finally gets you he doesn't jump out at you or scream at you super loudly or try to bite or grab you. He just...walks up to you...his eyes growing wide...his face set in an unnerving smile...the screen goes static and the horror of what he plans to do to you is left unknown...
I'm glad to see so many others who love Springtrap's design. He has always been one of my favorites. The slightly human but not-human design mixed with the corpse visible in corners of the suit are such great details!
It was Springtrap that made me interested in the franchise, I just really dug his design. An animated corpse in a animatronic? The eerie movement you could imagine him doing. I love this horrible amalgamation. It seemed pretty cool, it was just a shame the game where he was the main focus wasn't as scary. There was an air of mysterious and some uncanny sense to him that definitely adds to the design, which is why he is my favourite character in the series. I think it's this iconic design and his prevalence in the lore that has caused him to stick around in the series for so long. But I do think they show retire the character, as he has sadly devolved into a laughing stock after Security Breach. Show the BBEG too much and outwit/outlive him too many times and he loses the threatening nature that really adds to the design.
Someone else in the comments pointed this out, but I wanted to have my own take on it (I didn’t read the whole comment, we could very well be making the exact same point) They brought up the fact that Williams jumpscare just wasn’t scary. I personally think it adds to his character. Could you imagine a frail old man rotting in a robot suit spastically shaking in your face? I think his little sneak up on you with wide eyes is enough. It’s gotten me a few times 😅 Note: I am not easily frightened, the fact that THAT jumpscare had me at all says a lot. I don’t flinch at any other jumpscare in any other game, but mr crusty rabbit man has me leaping from my chair 😂
You should have included MD-PTV's Series about the events after Sister Location with interviews of Springtrap, Michael, and more to come. His interpretation of the Afton boys are very cool, as Michael is in a deep depression, and William goes into gory detail about how every movement is excruciating for him
If you were to make the arguement that, at least design wise, Springtrap was *as good* (not necessarily better) as the like of Jason and the Xenomorph, I'd be inclined to agree honestly. Also I’d like to imagine that the fact he has some soft tissue left could be because of some mummification taking place on the sealed off back room.
This video came out way before the creator was exposed to making inappropriate art and roleplays of the two along with it turning out the comic is sadly a disguised self insert story.
8:24 'Oh yeah I'm retiring Springtrap I don't feel like taking him out anymore so the most you'll see of him from now is just old clips and stuff and when I eventually make a maniquinn for him but that'll be a while away'
my personal favourite interpretation of him was in Finale by Squimpus Mcgrimpus. Number 1 the voice acting was incredible, especially how he sounded like he was about to throw up all the time and how grating he sounded, but also the addition of Joesph in place of Evan and his obsession with him. They made him so interesting and disgusting and also his death at the end of Finale is amazing
Whats kinda funny is that when they found springtrap in the room, they didnt even acknowledge the fact that there was a decomposing body inside with flesh hanging out of parts of the suit. They were just like "Would be a perfect fit for the attraction".
Late stage capitalism be like:
@@dalnoraes it exists
@@dalnoraes yeah, no. Some dusty old ass room wouldn’t have light or power, and flashlights suck balls at illuminating bodies especially when most of it is already obscured
@@ASlickNamedPimpback It would literally smell like a *rotting corpse*
@@revolutionarystillalt6846 Yeah, after weeks and months. After *40 years*, it’ll smell like nothing. Also, he’s still alive.
I'm not sure how to explain it, but while most of the FNAF animatronics just appear like that, posessed robots, there's something about the way Springtrap looks and moves that makes him look more like a man in a suit, which is much scarier.
The other animatronics contain the souls of dead children. Children are (mostly) innocent, they haven’t imprinted on the world yet. So they don’t imprint their personalities on the animatronics.
Springtrap is an adult. And a serial killer to boot. He moves different because he IS different.
That's why you guys are disappointed with his jumpscare: Scott intentionally designed the animation, to resemble a human. Heck, check out the fnaf wiki, it says Springtrap is unique in that he walks in a humanoid fashion.
yeah because it's a murder inside a robot suit that is slowly decaying ofc he's naturally different.
I'm quite certain that Springtrap was the first animatronic in the series to move in game while within line of sight i.e. him walking across to your office door, where you can see him, up to this point all the other animatronics only moved while out of sight or when cameras glitched (minus the jumpscares) so seeing one move in real time in my opinion further enhances the impression he leaves on the player.
@@patrykjaskowski4226 You can literally see Foxy run through the hall to get to your office in FNAF 1
I always found the concept of the spring lock suits fascinating and incredibly dumb, but in a way that makes sense. I like the concept of a mascot suit that can turn into an animatronic using a system of spring locks. I also like how unintentionally dangerous they are. Poor workers had to wear these deathtraps around children and hope to God none of them spill a drink on the suit, or drool on it. They truly sound like something that was made in the 80s, flashy and a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Not only does it work perfectly in a "hazardous 80's gadgets" way but it also makes total sense within the context of a shady/negligent company: They would literally rather design convoluted suits that could risk serious injury/death and legal issues than simply spend money to have some actual human-safe costumes made.
@@EagleTimberWolf Why spend money on both animatronics and suits when you can have suits that transform into animatronics. Just pray the employees don't sweat too much while wearing them.
It would be cheaper, easier, and safer to just have actors put on normal costumes, like every other fucking establishment ever. I have no idea how Afton convinced Henry to do this💀
@@blake2697 At the end of the day, William was the businessman of the pair. He of all people knew how to talk people into and out of things.
@@toxic_shr00m I thought Henry was the one running the business and managing finances, while Afton was the one managing the animatronics, etc?
I know a lot of people don’t find Springtrap’s “jumpscare” very scary, but I feel it adds so much to his character. The other animatronics jump out at you almost like a child jumping from behind a corner and yelling “boo!”, but Springtrap moves more slowly towards you until it’s too late and kills you, like walking up to a child. Since he’s not possessed by a child but rather by a child murderer, it feels more accurate, which freaks me out tbh
ik ive always thought his jumpscare was the best
I always thought it would be more haunting if Springtrap opened his mouth in a giant horrifying grin during his jumpscare. Would’ve made it more scary. If you don’t read into the lore, you really can’t be scared of him.
And I always took the other Animatronics screaming at you to be like rabid animals more than children. They’re angry, they’re confused, they have no impulse control, and you look like the man who murdered them (you’re Michael).
I always found springtrap's Jumpscare as curiosity. I mean, you would be really surprised to see if your son was working at the place you "died" in.
@@giannistuart586 The whole theory with Michael Afton being protagonist of FNAF 3 is debunked, because in Sister Location ending where Michael goes to find his father, the horror attraction is already burned to the ground.
@@notyourdaddude1957 yea
As springtrap never talks in fnaf 3, I always pictured him as this silent, insane killer, who lost his last bits of sanity and his vocal cords after the springlock accident. I feel like the idea of a mute springtrap adds to the horror of him, a being that is no longer human, but not a machine either.
He says all he needs to with his eyes.
There was a fan audio of how the springlock incident went down thats being treated as canon, i can definitely understand if he lost all sanity there, that sounded absolutely painful
@@harbour2118In the novels and what probably happened William did not even scream in agony from the springlocks, he just got springlocked and couldn’t move due to bleeding out.
Remnant and agony basically made him superhuman.
not to mention that his vocal cords would have been immediately stabbed
I actually agree with springtrap should no longer be able to speak, both in a realistic sense, but also it really does add to the scare factor and mystery too, jason and michael myers for example
One thing I've always liked about Springtrap is that he's in this bizarre limbo of not being alive nor dead. His physical, flesh body is nothing more than rotting matter, while his mechanical prison is alive and moving about. He's essentially a mummy haunting his own sarcophagus, a human soul bound to the limitations and strengths of an unfeeling machine. Sure the same can be said of the other animatronics, but those are ghosts haunting their robotic tombs, while Afton is puppeteering his own corpse.
such a great way to put it :D
If you think about it, without or consciousness we can be classified as brain-dead, were all puppeteering our own corpse. Crazy how springtrap is the embodiment of the question "what does it mean to be human?"
@@suicideluv The answer is: "Idk, but it definetly ain't ...THIS... ~broadly points to SpringTrap~
You're a fuckin writer bro
One thing about Springtrap that many people don’t know is that his organs are still working, in The Man In Room 1280, it is described how his lungs are barely visible and still working, along with his heart still pumping blood.
Just the idea of a person trapped inside the suit, unable to die is an amazing concept. It feels like a clique at this point but it’s a really cool idea. A rotting corpse forever trapped in a prison of your own sadistic creation.
Ironic
Cliche*
@@Goofyahh1337 no, ironic
@@frogqueen1587 where would the word “ironic” fit in OP’s comment? They incorrectly used “clique” instead the correct word, which is “cliche”.
He used the suit to kill the children, and died in the suit trying to escape from the souls of the children. _Poetic_
you know what's always been funny to me? how even people cosplaying as springtrap in really good costumes freak other people out. even fuckin young ass kids don't wanna approach them. I love springtrap because he's honestly the scariest fucking design in the franchise
Da regular sauce did a really good job cosplaying springtrap i mean, just look at this ua-cam.com/video/dVRsmIXeM_M/v-deo.html
Honestly, just the moldy, rotting nature of him is way more horrifying than the overly forced "Let's just add more and more teeth" thing that the later games do
@@blokvader8283 nightmare is pretty spooky
@@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 not really, its more like a "comically spooky" kind of thing
@@HavingCrumpets Nightmarionne was horrifying tho, ngl.
One thing I love about spring traps character is that it is not just a random suit that he happened to put on in a rush. It is HIS suit, the suit he used decades ago to slaughter children in a pizzeria. It is not only his last ditch effort to survive, it’s his weapon of mass murder. And you are his next victim, you are just another helpless child about to die
I used to play the mobile versions of the games because I didn’t have proper setups, I learned the tricks and the patterns of how to play, but Springtrap was a difficult one to get down.
The way he didn’t ever fully appear on screen sometimes was what freaked me out. He wasn’t unaware of us watching him, he knew we were there, knew where we were, and knew how to get to us in the most efficient way possible, should we not find him in time to stop him.
The sound system also freaked me out because “oh my god he’s following the sound of a child”, because he’s a child murderer.
He didn’t behave like a robot either which was what separates him from the others. They still move in the way animatronics we’re supposed to, stiff and following a set path, a pattern, while he was sporadic and even just standing still he resembled more human than machine.
He scared me because of how calm he was, how levelheaded and calculated he felt as he watched you and even came into the room to kill you, he wasn’t afraid to kill you, he wasn’t even scared of you.
That’s why he’s a favorite of mine.
Yes
A calm killing machine is terrifying, let alone intelligent
That never processed in my mind that he's following the sound of a child.
@@jethrostallard i thinks its cuz the suits technically in animatronic mode it walks to where crowds are
@@eteggroll8913 Yeah he has to actively fight the suit to get back on track to kill you.
everybody shits on springtrap's jumpscares being him just walking towards you, but that's actually what makes them scary. every other jumpscare in the series comes from a child trying to appear threatening by flailing around and roaring. they don't know how to kill people, cause they're just terrified kids. springtrap has killed before, and will kill again. he doesn't have to try to appear threatening because he *is* threatening, and he knows that. that's why he's more subdued; he knows exactly what he's doing, and that's what makes him so terrifying.
Something about this comment just made me go like: “I am alive and everything is _real_ “
Ikr. One of my favorites. Still don't understand how people thought it was lame. When I first saw it, I was the type to analyze the jumpscares and I liked alot of them (alot of them suck though, looking back, especially in fnaf 2 when so many literally jump at you, which makes no sense and looks goofy), but this one was not only NOT disappointing, but also really detailed and well done. You can see him moving towards you and you can see his frame shake slightly as he visibly steps forward towards you, despite you only being able to see his top half. You can tell how he is moving. It's zombie-like, and mechanical but also incredibly expressive and alive. The movement is subtle too, the shaking is barely noticeable, just a slight head tilt, before it falls back into place. And thats just his main jumpscare. There is also his vent one, where you see his corpses jaw quite visibly, and there is a slight disconnect between the suit and the body within. He still wears the suit incredibly naturally, like a second skin, but at the same time it is like an outer casing, inanimate, subject to gravity, slightly slack in its connection to the corpse within. Also looking back on it, it makes more sense, compared to alot of jumpscares, which aren't lethal or even really clear attacks and when they are some of them blatantly miss several times. Springtrap walks up to you, makes a gurgling wail of pain (which makes sense, given his condition, unlike most of the animatronics), and finishes you offscreen. We don't get to see how he attacks, or even the beginning of some kind of strike but it cuts at just the right moment to make the threat clear. The implication of violence. Especially since we don't get stuffed. We just die. A game over screen is all we see, no suit. Because why would he stuff you? He just wants you out of the way to escape. He's a psychotic killer, now with super strength. He probably just strangles you or something. But the abscense allows you to decide that for yourself. Does he asphyxiate the player? Does he tear them limb from limb? We don't know, its up to the imagination.
If a kid gets SOOOOO mad they grab an knife it's gonna be scary but it's still just an angry kid with a knife, let's be honest he's gonna shout and yell and stab me in the leg ouch too bad you stabbed me in the leg instead of my liver NOOB.
He don't know what he's doing he's just acting outta fear.
Now imagine a grown man walking at you with a knife, he's not shouting he's not talking, maybe has a smile but other than he knows what he's about to do. If purplemrwhatshisface stabbed me in the leg it'd be outta sadism
you got a good point, but the jumpscares still kinda suck. he could at LEAST get a little closer to the nightguard
honestly I would be more scared at a creature walking towards me and reaching out at me while I'm cornered than something jumping at me. something about it is just so much more terrifying
Springtrap was always special to me because while I always knew there were bodies inside the animatronics in fnaf 1 you never SAW it. Springtrap however flaunts his mangled up flesh like a model on the catwalk.
Edit: if theres anything this reply chain has taught me it's that nobody (including me) actually understands what the fuck is happening with this timeline
Edit 2: I mean seriously if there should be one thing that's actually understood it should be weather or not there are corpses in the robots right
There are no bodies in the original animatronics, just souls.
@@b.r.a.d8674 I am pretty sure there are bodies at leat in few. There was a amention in game od the horrible smell of the animatronics, which might mean there are rotting corpses in them
I now have the image of springtrap walking on a catwalk
@@laclara4020 The rotting smell was Michael Afton, the night guard who was a rotting corpse in FNaF1 after the events of Sister Location.
@@b.r.a.d8674 no there were complaints about the animatronics smell aswell Micheal is just fired due to body odour
One thing I always loved about Springtrap was his intelligence.
In FNaF 3 he placed himself in a way that it was sometimes really hard to see him on cameras if you didn't know where to look.
My guess is he spied on the cameras to know when he wasn't watched so he could continue moving.
Thats why every time you see him onthe cameras... hes STARING AT THE CAMERAS WATCHING FOR WHEN HE CAN MAKE HIS MOVE
Imagine if we got a FNAF game but you're playing as the animatronics trying to get to the security guard
@@jcoolguy1548 There are actually some fangames exactly like that :D
@@jcoolguy1548 there's like hundreds of them already
Bruh he's LITERALLY William Afton, that is why Springy's IQ is high bruh.
The fact that Williams mouth is permanently open as a corpse is really creepy. His last moment alive was caught permanently as he he desperately tried screaming for help but his vocal chords had already been pierced and he couldn't
I always loved that and the detail of his eye sockets being forced open beyond their usual limit by two pieces of metal Clockwork Orange style
Sorta frozen in time
I loved when Springtrap's interpretation was up to the fans, before all the novels came out and that story eventually bled over to the games. It was really cool to see all the different versions, some of which were really well fleshed out and terrifing. Sad that canon slowly destroyed that :(
Man I still remember when the silver eyes came out I was gobsmacked and thought it was the best shi ever
How did canon destroy that? William Afton is still very much a psychotic killer. All that’s changed is he wants immortality, but even then that wasn’t his main goal at the start. He killed Charlie cuz he was jealous, and then he killed the 5 other kids probably because he liked doing it. It was only after he realized that they were moving that he started getting interested in Remnant, which is pretty much him trying to find a scientific explanation where there is none.
Keep in mind, every time Afton tries to experiment with Remnant, something goes horribly wrong. That’s kinda the whole thesis of the Remnant trials, if we consider Scott’s Christian background, a man of science trying to control and understand something that is beyond control and understanding. But he doesn’t care, cuz he’s just that crazy.
@@L1z43vr
My headcanon is, that he is interested in remnants because he wants to bring back his dead son and daughter
@@Test-pm1lethat is honesty plausible
The books are so weird that I decided they're not canon
I came into this video a little skeptical, but you make some good points. He's not the most aggressive serial killer and the jumpscares are pretty docile, but he's still a person fighting to escape a never-ending nightmare. He's also the reason FNAF1 Bonnie is my favorite. Bonnie's stare backstage terrified me after playing the second game. Purple skin, black eyes, white pupils, it's Bonnie threatening the nightguard with its own killer.
yeah that's pretty metal
Wait…
Bonnie and Purple Guy are both purple.
I always thought Springtrap had the scariest design in the series. It's like the nightmare animatronics are trying to be scary to the point it is almost ridiculous, but Springtrap just IS scary. It's not just his looks, either, but the way he moves, as you said. And that there is still a corpse in there.
i remember the buildup to fnaf 3’s release. The way he twitches and shudders in the trailer as the camera cinematically zooms in made a mark on middle school aged me. Early fnaf was fucking terrifying.
"It's like the nightmare animatronics are trying to be scary to the point it is almost ridiculous"
I thought so too at first but tbf there are actually lore-reasons why that is the case
The Nightmare animatronics look like that on purpose though
Yea cuase it's a kid thinking of scsry things.
But every one will be terrified of a 6 feet tall mossy burnt fleshy bunny
Nothing exaggerates like the imagination of a little kid, especially when they're already terrified.
I think why Spring-Trap’s design works so much is, the animal he is based off of is a Rabbit. Rabbit’s are seen as docile and pretty chill. So it’s all the more creepy when you twist that on it’s head. And the fact that besides from the ears and nose. His overall body doesn’t even resemble the animal he is suppose to be makes it all the rich.
Monty python and bugs bunny taught me well not to underestimate the rabbit.
Isn't that just Bonnie? From what you're saying Springtrap's design is scary because, besides the head, he looks human; therefore, we should be afraid of Bugs Bunny. :B
But I get the gist of what you're trying to say: Springtrap's design gives off an unsettling vibe, probably due to the uncanny valley effect caused by the way he moves which, despite his decrepitness, is very swift and human-like for a supposedly broken animatronic.
@@KamenracerX Bonnie resembles the animal he is suppose to be. You can still tell he is a rabbit. If you take away the nose and ears from springtrap. He just looks akward. That’s basically the only thing going for him that makes he seem like a rabbit.
I wouldn't call any of the Bonnies 'docile'. Remember folks, it is CANON that bonnie ate a CAT at some point. Also he's nearly always the first threat to appear in any game he's in. Highest ai on the first night of fnaf 1, toy bonnie usually moves first and i swear you have to be frame perfect with withered bonnie to not die.
No wonder bunnies are used so much in horror characters.
Springtrap is definitely on par with other horror characters in terms of design.
On par with some, like I would put him above some Jason designs, but definitely not on par with the Xenomorph.
@@jacklondon3745
The Xenomorph is just one of the best creature designs ever
I've always been in awe of the ideas of the springlocks. I don't know why, but him hiding in that suit and then getting absolutely crushed is so cool. Scott Cawthon really has an insane imagination. Insane, in both ways. The FNAF lore never fails to amaze me.
From a muppet ideology, he also has a lot of sympathetic movement in his animations. With every turn and pose, his body naturally flails a little out of position. He still moves with mechanical intent, but the flailing adds all the soul, the personality behind it.
Interesting
You wanna know something that's absurd? Thanks to the novels, people have managed to powerscaled Springtrap as someone that has complete control over time and space, as well as having full immortality. With bonus abilities like dream walking, size manipulation, and soul manipulation. Canonically Springtrap from FNAF is a fucking reality warper
Novels are weird
This means Spring Trap CAN stand up to the other horror icons lol
@@JayPlusForerunner maybe that was scott´s and the authors of the books intention(?)
He can literally produce hallucinations so powerful they can actually hurt you.
@@JayPlusForerunner C’mon Death Battle, give us Freddy Krueger vs Springtrap.
The first time I got jumpscared by Springtrap I just was so spooked I couldn’t even move for half a minute
but he just slowly walks towards you what
Were you like 6?
I was so disappointed I couldn't even move for a half a minute
Really? Springtrap’s jumpscare is easily one of the worst in the series. He just kind of waddles up to the camera.
@@muffetmissulena6540 Jump scares are flawed in general, but UCM's Jump scares are also pretty bad for the majority of them. (I am not referring to the Voice Lines which I am pretty indifferent about)
I personally like Springtrap being silent best. When he was this haunted abomination with only predatory behavior. Clearly intelligent and dangerous. Chilling calm. Just a spirit with only scraps of its humanity left. The only thing of William remaining are the murderer. The calculations, the bloodlust. Nothing but his drove to kill, moving that rusted clogged machine forward. Slowly and silently creeping towards you like a wold stalking its prey.
Something people dont talk about with Springtrap's design is the suit itself. Its less blocky, more smoothly carved than the others. The smooth snout giving an almost canid likeness to the rabbit head. The half lidded eyes making it seem calm, relaxed, intelligent. Unlike the wide eyes of the other animatronics which make them seem almost empty, but also painfully aware. The "sleepy" eyes of Sptingtrap give this feeling of someone or something inside, not only thinking, but has accepted its fate and continues on as if it is content to be in the suit. Like these small things give it so much more of a real threatening vibe. The uncanny animatronics are uncomfortable, but Springlock is undeniably a horror. Haunted, but not a tortured spirit.
YEEEESSSS FULLY AGREE. Silent Springtrap feels so goddamn animalistic in a way no other animatronic feels. Very clearly intelligent, but animalistic. A murder drone that is fully aware of what he's doing and he _wants_ to do it.
And oh! The sleepy eyes, you're so right. It DOES make him look more aware. If his eyes were fully open, I'm not sure he would look as... conscious. I'd have to edit something to see.
His design is _so goddamn great_ and you're SO right about this comment.
I love how springtrap looks so guilty. With his mouth at its resting position, it looks exactly like the smile a mischievous kid would give after drenching people in water balloons or drawing on the walls.
Except the people are kids and the drenching them with water balloons is killing them BDNDHDN but you're right.
Springtrap has some strong similarities with Freddy Krueger, both of them are quite awful predators and murderers who fell victim to the flames but wouldn't simply die.
ah yes the nightmare and visions trinitry
Freedy Krueger
Springtrap
and Vecna
No, he'z mor' lik' Jazon.
@@not-existent8376 he's got similarities to a lot of slashers actually.
The undead persistence and determination of Jason
The engineering genius and brutal death trap designs of Jigsaw
He collects the souls of children, which give him strength as well as burning in the most fitting location possible, just as Freddy did. Though it happened to springtrap twice, and he was only sent to hell the second time.
He possesses a moving children's entertainment device, switching bodies and forms on occasion, like Chucky
He has found ways to return from hell itself, like Freddy, Jason, and the cenobytes, as well as their victims, who are villains in their own right and very underappreciated.
The motives behind his killings are unclear and can only be speculated at, giving him an air of mystery, and raising the possibility he is simply pure evil, just as probably the biggest expert on him implies. Just like Michael Myers. Though it could be argued that Aftons equivalent of Dr. Loomis is spread across two people, as both Henry Emily and Michael Afton fit different parts of the role.
Oh, and of course, like so many horror villains, he ALWAYS comes back in some form or another, no matter how strange things got. Be it through undead fortitude and supernatural indestructibility like Jason, the decay resistant rebuildable nature of inanimate objects and also transfer of consciousness between vessels that Chucky uses, the inexplicable immortality of evil, or in this case AGONY incarnate that is never truly explained but nonetheless fitting like Michael, or the other, non-signature methods almost all of the continually returning slashers use atleast once or twice.
Oh and also Springtrap totally pulled a xenomorph in the books, a baby sized springtrap burst from a dudes chest because he was too much of an incel and couldn't even beat his own horror game. Worse even, since the victim had to cut it out of him himself or effectively die of a metallic, bunny eared, stomach tumor. Like that one saw game where you have to cut a guy open to survive, but you have to cut yourself open, and you end up dying anyways from the injuries, but atleast you aren't in pain anymore.
Except Freddy is funny
The difference is Freddy only stays alive due to his victims remembering of him, thus bringing life to the dream realm and him once more. That's how his power works, when his victims believe in him he returns but when his victims don't (in reference to Nancy in the original ending; not the one that had to be forced in) as soon as that power is taken away, Freddy is destroyed.
I've seen everyone just shitting on Springtrap's jumpscare, because he just walks and smiles towards you, but that's what makes his the creepiest in the series, not the scariest. With the Phantoms, who jump, lunge and scream at you, but you know it's all an hallucination, they're not there. Springtrap on the other hand just casually walks in smiling at you, he's the real thing, the real threat and horror in that place and you can't tell what's he gonna do next, in the older games, you could catch a glimpse at what happened to your character in the Game Over screen, but not with Springtrap.
Given he's had over 30 years filled with unimaginable agony to plot out how he'll kill someone, it likely makes what he did to the kids look tame.
I think it's just cuz with the children and others, they are like rabid animals. They are angry, scared, and you look like the man who killed them. With Springtrap, he sticks to the shadows, corners and walls and doesn't lunge or jump out you because he isn't an idiot angry, he is an experienced murderer
That means we don't know if he kills you straight away or just tortures you.
The regular animatronics have the same feeling you get when being chased by a dog or a cat and they finally get you. They're ready to attack and just going straight to it. Springtrap is a mocking "got you" moment
I think it fits how truly sadistic Afton is. Rather then just killing you right away, he let's the horror of knowing you're dead sink in
10:30 this is off topic but I like Toy Bonnie here because I just see him as the type of guy who would hang around an interrogation cause he felt like it
same they are so funny💀 especially in that one scene where they killed the security guard- wait that sounded kinda messed up ngl….
@@gilbertgoosey Toy Bonnie just laid back
I'm now imagining toy bonnie in a long cloak, walking around a crime scene with squinting eyes, meanwhile everyone's just confused as to why he's there.
He's trying to find out who left the last half-eaten slice of pizza in the box
@@ProjektTaku he's there cuz somthin to do
Springtrap is an amazing design not because of visuals but because of the story. You know Sprigtrap has the corpse of a child murderer stuffed in it. And the expressions give an uncanny valley vibe, it looks too human.
I’m pretty sure “Fuck around and find out” is the most basic summary of the entire FNAF story.
I just saw this rn and I promise ONE DAY Springtrap will come back
eventually
seriously though great video you’ve made enjoy Springtrap again
Let’s go!!
Glam Freddy is def my favorite cosplay you’ve made in terms of attention to detail, but Springtrap just has such a eerie aura.
Also can you reply to this comment so I can brag to everyone about it?
Personally I think the Springtrap cosplay looked better than Glamrock Freddy, and I'm not entirely sure why. This is only a guess, but I think it's just that Springtrap has much more details (the way he walks, the malfunctioning suit implied by his unusual movement) and is a lot more satisfying to see when pulled off properly.
Yo happy to hear this
@@bunnyben87 glamrock freddy is clean, sleek, and up to date- meanwhile springtrap is completely rotten and missing a lot of his suit, which makes it harder to make the body pieces due to needing to shape all the decayed areas and especially the coloring.
Hell yeah thank you man. You are an incredible artist and I think we are all grateful for the masterpiece in cosplay you created. Btw your rockstar Freddy is the most realistic animatronic suit I’ve ever seen in my life. Good job.
You should honestly do a video over Pyramid Head, one of the main characters people think of in horror gaming. People honestly don’t get really his main purpose
To get lewd by the monster fuckers of course
@MaccioVelli He's playable in Super Bomberman R
@MaccioVelli the Silent Hill 2 Main character's guilty conscience
@MaccioVelli Being a literal representation of the demented, tortured psyche of the main character, James Sunderland. His every part, from actions to design elements, is a direct reflection of everything wrong with James. He drips with meaning.
@@dredgenwar2375 but bomberman r
I always thought Springtrap had a cool design. You're basically can see William Aftons body, especially in those rare screens where he's trying to pull his head out.
For the other animatronics, they just look like robots, even when you know they have kids in them. But Springtrap, you don't need any lore to see the truth.
I don’t think there’s kids in them anymore.
@@iAmMadeOfSoupit really depends on their mood
To be honest, even though scott isn't good at modeling humans, he still made the most horrifying rotting fainted-eyed corpse known to horror. And its one of the reasons why i also love the tjoc Halloween edition body design.
I love Springtrap and his design. He's not like the other animatronics, because he *isn't* one of them.
While in the other games you had some way to defend yourself, in FNaF 3 there is no way to defend yourself from Springtrap, at least not a direct one.
You have no door to shut, and the vent seals are made in a way so it makes sense even realistically, because simply having the power to seal the vent in front of you could cause ventilation problems, so there are multiple seals around the vent map, and if you don't seal the one where Springtrap is crawling, you are dead, because there is no way at that point to get him out.
When you can't successfully keep him away from the office with audio lures, he is coming, and there is NO WAY to stop him.
FNaF 3 does a very good job at putting you in an environment where you can only keep your enemy far away from you, but not defend from it once he's behind your door.
Also, the cameras. Springtrap mostly isn't quite visible on the cameras, that's because he's aware someone is keeping an eye on him, and tries to avoid being seen.
Also, I heard a theory somewhere on YT that gives sense to the audio lures: Afton isn't actracted by them, the suit is. The suit is made to follow kids and give 'em hugs or something.
You can't fool a serial killed who cheated death twice and has his soul fused with a robotic bunny suit with pre-registered kid laughs.
I completely agree with the bit about him being “to animated, to alive, to human” is the scariest part of him seeing as all the others don’t act or move like that
I actually felt more creeped out by Glitchtrap. The reason being while Afton had already become this walking nightmare with Springtrap, when his soul downloaded and became code taking on glitchtraps apperance, it just conveyed how unstoppable he had become, that even his damned soul losing connection to his walking dead corpse wasn't enough to stop him, and now tormenting others as a series of codes meaning he could exist in anything with a connection.
Hopefully he returns in the DLC for Security Breach, he really could be creepy if he helps Vanny out and we see him having discussions with her.
honestly i think glichtrap is just plain stupid. it was perfect for the story of the games to have ended in pizzeria simulator.
@@CaueJulio , Yeah. Why was Security Breach made so colorful and shiny? There's no dark atmosphere there that was in previous games.
@@tanodz7635 true. fnaf 1 is one of my favorites just because of the atmosphere
@@CaueJulio Totally agree. Even though I know I’m technically wrong canonically, I just don’t consider anything that happens after FFPS to be canon. The story is just too much after that point and doesn’t make sense
There are a few things that make Springtrap even cooler than what you’ve said. The Spring Bonnie suit he haunts is the very one he used to trick and murder his victims. It’s only fitting that it be his undoing too. He lured them away with the suit to kill them, they trap him and the suit kills him. Now he’s met the same fate as his victims. Fitting
Also just to be clear he _is_ dead, he’s not really alive. He’s possessing the animatronics that killed him. And remnant is just haunted metal that sorta serves as the backbone explanation for why things in the series are possible, though I wish they just would’ve left it at ghosts
Honestly, blame MatPat for the public perception of FNaF’s story. It’s not _nearly_ as hopelessly incoherent and convoluted as he likes to paint it. It’s not very good but its usually more straightforward than he makes it out
THANK YOU. I love matpat but he really somehow ruined fnaf
It's just the order of the theories. He keeps changing his mind about things, so everyone remembers his old ones, where he was wrong about it all, and it all gets jumbled together.
I know he's haunting the springlocks but I still like to think he somehow clawed his way back into his own rotting corpse just to spite the kids souls
I say it's only half of him and his team's fault,
the story,
fnaf is trying to tell is straightforward but it's buried under the walls of weird decisions, chiper, non-linear storytelling, a ton of materials crossing from like 7 games and like 18 books and your own ability to make conjectures of from all of this.
So, I don't blame Game Theorists getting a lot of things wrong, but..
on the hand, they did make a lot of conjectures while intentionally (yes, they mention that they do this intentionally, I don't know for entertainment or something) ignoring other evidence that contradicts their theory.
@@mid-knight6528 i’ve noticed that sometimes he just leaves shit out. important details. i’m not big on fnaf, but it makes me wonder if he’s leaving anything else important out. that’s why it makes me mad when he says “i solved fnaf!!” or, “the complete fnaf timeline!!”
I’d be more afraid of an undying decomposed body piloting a metal rabbit suit, with glowing eyes, and bloodied nerves wrapping around a metallic skeleton. Then a tall man with a mask, no matter how dangerous either is. Springtrap’s design is really good, even from the perspective of the whole genre.
6:26 This aged well
The Springtrap and Delilah section unfortunately did not age as well
I’ll never forget the look springtrap has when he is peering in at you from your office door. With that sickeningly playful side look.
His eyes, too alive to be a machine, but certainly not the gaze of a man, making direct eye contact with you, peering into your soul. Chilling.
The head tilt is mischievous, playful, even. As if to him it was all a game, as if he had enjoyed chasing you throughout the halls of fazebear fright. That single oblong stare informs you on exactly who springtrap is. A murderer, who loves to toy with his victims.
There’s no reason for him to be standing in that doorway, peeking in, but to fuck with you. If anything it actively puts him as a disadvantage, as he waits for you to look away. Sometimes you can even win the night by engaging in a staring competition with him. But once he’s there, he’s got you. Eventually you will lose the staring contest, as he never blinks, not anymore. And at the end of the day, to springtrap, that’s what it is, a game that he will eventually win.
When you look into those cold, robotic, yet so alive eyes of springtrap, you can almost imagine him playfully leading away children from the safety of their parents, to their demise.
And ultimately, this is what makes springtrap so great.
I hate that look he gives you if it were me irl I’d be screaming every curse imaginable at him
This is just such a well written comment. Sounds like something out of a book
Springtrap's jumpscare aren’t really scary, but the buildup to it is.
The more he is approaches, the more you get on the edge of your seat, the more you press that one button to lure him away.
And when you can see him near the office, you know you are alreadh dead, you know you fucked something up, and it seams like he knows that.
The closer he gets more helpless you feel as you realize you can't get away anymore, and most of the time he is at the door, you just give up and wait.
Maybe feel like the kids felt when they realized they would die, and there where nowhere to run.
The way he Slowly traps you in the room as you desperately tries to buy enough time to finish the night.
You know it is inevitable that he will get to you, and there are no fisical barriers to stop him, or something to hide, like a mask.
The only thing that keeps you from getting in his grasp is a kid laughing sound, i am not exactly sure why he choses to go after it, but it is a god of a relief when he does.
@@naintham5849 The reason the laughing kid sound works on Springtrap is because the suit is, somehow, still somewhat functional and attempts to follow its original programming of being attracted to noise so it doesn't needlessly wonder off, after 30 years have passed with a corpse inside it.
Say what you will about Henry or William, but they built shit to last.
@@concept5631 trainee
i've thought that the "ankle guts" are some intestines that at one point, had no support under them and just slumped down to the ankles (though, it's more possible they would have decayed or gotten stuck to some metal parts)
I remember when I had a little "Springtrap phase". I believe it started when I went back to rewatch gameplay of the third game, which didn't terrify me anymore but now sort of reached into my young poetic soul. Not only was the atmosphere of the game great, but the story- the idea that this terrible murderer finally got his just deserves, trapped in the same sort of animatronic body his victims were- it gave me chills. I liked listening to the song Follow Me by Tryhardninja bc of the same reason, the chills. Course, this was before I knew the story and that apparently Mr. Willy liked being Springtrap and apparently he could just... leave, otherwise I might not've felt the same way.
Another thing, about Springtrap and Deliah. I first heard ab it from my brother, who absolutely desPISED it. I only knew a different comic by the same person, which I liked, but I hadn't read that one. His reasons were mostly that he found the relationship between Springtrap and Deliah creepy, and that it's weird that Springtrap's so possessive over a little girl. I can seevthat, from the few pages I've seen, but I'd have to read it for myself. And I mean, I suppose the possessiveness could be a fine thing to write in as long as it's written well and Springtrap's not in the right for it, but idk, like I said I haven't read it so let me know if anything's wrong.
Thanks for coming to my Ted talk
The Deliah series is just overall creepy, Springtrap seems to oddly pedophilic
You probably wrote fanfiction on him ngl
@@Notbutterfr naw, I didn't know what fanfiction really was back then. That was, around my "fnaf rping on roblox phase" tho, which is arguably worse
Wait, what? when was it said that William could get out of the suit?
@@CaueJulio well he left the suit in help wanted:/
"I still don't get why people simp for him"
Girl. He's a serial killer. THAT'S LIKE STEP ONE TO MAKING A THIRSTTRAP
i wouldn’t say i simp for him but what i like about springtrap isn’t the fact that he’s a serial killer i just really like his design and his behaviour and mannerisms like it’s not about the things that springtrap has done it’s just how he looks
One thing I love about Springtrap that I don't see anyone talk about is the way that he seems to corrupt Fazbear Frights. In the first two games, there were hauntings and Easter eggs with posters getting replaced and all, but nothing too specific towards one animatronic (With one exception). In FNAF 1, the poster changes are just newspapers, Freddy ripping his head off, and crying children. Creepy, but nothing that specific, hell, even the Freddy poster could've just been any old dead kid. Now yes, Golden Freddy does disrupt the pizzeria around themselves, but with them it feels less like corruption and more like... altercation? This is mainly due to lore, but the fact that Golden Freddy is just two sad kids in an empty costume really doesn't make it feel like they're corrupting anything, just more like they're trying to be seen by you.
In FNAF 2, uh, the Paper Pals get moved around, I guess? Uh, there's some Easter egg characters. Nothing about corruption, though.
In FNAF 3, drawings of the animatronics are replaced with posters of SpringBonnie. To me, this is blatant corruption of the Pizzeria. William is contorting once-childishly innocent things to suit his own image. It's basically saying "These kids don't matter. I've won against them, and I'll live on while they suffer". Again, Golden Freddy also replaced the Freddy poster, but it's as I've said, it feels more like an attempt to be noticed. With William, it's more like an attempt to rub his "victory" into the faces of the dead children.
The Scraptrap slander is what I'm here for! The commentary/editing is great, funny, and I actually really like Springtrap's design. His jumpscare is...it's like your dad peeking in your room to see what you're doing
It’s like when my mom catches me using UA-cam when I already convinced her that I deleted it.
Also, i imagine that a decomposing corpse, locked in the same room for 30 years with no ventilation would leave a certain smell behind.
I mean spring-trap is Micheal’s dad so makes sense…
It’s not slander id it’s true
Good lord the fact we're so close to the year FNAF 3 takes place makes me feel like a fossil
Well that's definetly going on the 2023 Bingo Card
hah saaame. I got into this stuff when I was _ten_. I cannot believe it's already been 9 years, it's unreal.
Oof
When fnaf 3 first came out, my childhood self was terrified by springtrap. The thought of a body being visibly stuck in an animatronic suit scared little me so bad. That audio of William's death gave me nightmares🤣
God, the purple guy death audio was nightmare fuel
@@cujohjosefumi1252 it was so good i thought it was non-fanmade. Really fits his horrifying death
While I also liked the Springtrap and Deliah comic series, whenever I think of Springtrap it's the Springaling comic series which comes to mind. I love how Springtrap is presented as a tired old man who hates himself for what he did but can't find the proper words to talk about it because his deeds were just that sinister. Not to mention, his dynamic with the Puppet is amazing.
Vague memories of it, lemme look something up
Well this certainly aged well
@@christinaconner8124 Why?
6:45 I saw that from the corner of my eye and I thought bro was flipping the bird lmao
The reason some of the flesh didn't decay is because some of the remnant is keeping it alive, somehow.. or just preserved, likely an explanation in the FNAF universe as to why the tissues of mummified corpses can still be relatively ''fresh''.
I guess he infused the remnant into his bloodstream which therefore makes his organs and most importantly, his brain, immortal.
My favourite interpretation of Afton is Squimpus Mcgrimpus’ version. In some odd way it feels like an actual killer in the Memories video and the ending to the entire VHS series. Go watch it if you want to
Ah, memories. Springtrap was the only animatronic I was genuinely afraid of.
Springtrap is the sole reason I keep coming back for. The Animatronics in fnaf always look amazing, but Springtrap is still 100x scarier than any other Animatronic.
Something I always thought was scary about springtrap is that when Afton was alive, he used a knife while in the suit, but during Fnaf 3, springtrap apparently kills us with his bare hands. He never grew in strength while in the suit, or when he got spring locked. He is so insane at this point that he will just Doom Slayer us. Idk why but I imagine him doing the iconic kill the bloater does in The Last of Us, he is just terrifying
Springtrap’s design was, IS, fantastic. I remember being absolutely horrified seeing Afton’s decaying corpse underneath the mechanism of the SpringBonnie suit.
Seriously *SO METAL.*
(Also also, I see you using that Gran Turismo Soundtrack ‘Light Velocity’ in the back there 👀 which was amazing by the by…)
6:17 Springtrap caught trying to get a midnight snack
It's crazy how springtrap was the only one out of the entire franchise to strike fear in my heart; the design, the backstory, and his lore are all perfectly executed.
Springtrap is often undermined because of his jumpscare, but i'd make an argument it is the best jumpscare in the franchise. My reason is simple, i think it perfectly replicates the nuances and horror of the moment before a serial killer strikes. Let me explain; if you see all the other animatronics, even if possesed it is crear their behavour is like a mix of a beast and a robot, they feel kind of alive and concious but not like a person, they just attack in a very automatic fashion. On the other side Springtrap feels (and kinda is) alive ,that's why you feel uncomfortable and threatheaned , knowing that, then web have to consider who is inside the suit. William Afton is not only a serial killer, is also an intelligent person, cunning and well versed in the act of murder. If you know the very basics about serial killers you are aware they get their satisfaction because of the power and control they have on the moment, the fear they can instigate. So it's actually very accurate that his jumpscare it's just him approaching you; they way he approaches still feels methodic and cautious, but ready to end you, you can even percieve some expectation from him , reflected in the suit big smile, he also expresses a sense of entertainment or pleasure like he is lowkey playing with you ; with his deep and baffling gaze it's left to your imagination what happens next, but you can certainly say it will be much worse than the average animatronic. This jumpscare may not be the most "scary" when playing but it for sure is the most disturbing
I think one of the brilliant things about Afton is that he is, of course, opposite to yellow on the colour wheel, showing his juxtaposition to Golden Freddy. So it’s incredibly ironic that he is locked inside the thing he hates for so long he begins to live it, and it winds up being his soul’s personal avatar in Help Wanted after death, kind of showing how pathetic and fallen from grace he is. His design in FNaF 3 is great because of how layered it is. It seems at start like a weird, broken Bonnie. Then you see his dead body. It just fits so well and really makes it feel claustrophobic. He’s so raggedy yet his voice is very sophisticated and he’s a very intelligent and brilliant man. It’s so brilliant how whatever he tries, he will always be locked in the very thing he hates, eternally punished and locked in the echo of one tiny mistake, and one bad day.
I know it's been 5 months but I'm inspired by your comment about the "layers" of the design, since it's so ingeniously specific.
From the outside in, it's rabbit suit => Man => robot frame.
An outer lie, the inner horror, then the horror's cause (of death).
Again, so ingeniously specific: Rabbit, man, robot.
If an unaware bystander were to hear me give that description, they might ask; "Did you mess up the order of that? Do you mean 'rabbit, robot, man'?"
*N O .*
When it comes to Springtrap fan interpretations, I feel like the characterization of him in Squimpus McGrimpus' VHS series cannot be understated. Particularly the video "Memories" which simply features a tape of William Afton... _Confessing_. To everything he's done. He has no regret, if anything he's prideful of his work, and he just uses a video tape as an outlet to confess his work and motives with the notion that no one will see it, then it ends with him threatening anyone who has touched the tape and SPECIFICALLY threatening Michael if he's watching it. Plus his rants while being stuck in the suit for 30 years in "Finale" are absolutely amazing too.
It's absolutely bone chilling, painting William Afton as a 100%, honest to god, terrifying, serial child murderer. Pure evil in everyway and more importantly smart. It sends a chill up my spine and I absolutely love it.
I fucking _love_ the VHS series, those recordings are incredibly horrifying to listen to. Especially Memories, like you said. The way he speaks at the end directly to Michael in the event he discovers the tape? With the our knowledge that Michael couldn't have been older than a young teen at that point? Absolutely terrifying, it's fantastic.
There is another thing in the interview with Springtrap video that makes him interesting, the part where the suit goes off. It makes the fusion between purple guy and springbonnie less clean, and makes it even more of a hindrance to Afton's humanity. Like a glitch in his system, but one that he can't fix
If we’re talking about fan interpretation, I do really want to bring up Mat Pat’s version of the character found in Random Encounter’s FNAF the Musical series. The lines he was given were really solid, but they are improved so much by his the delivery. Mat is a theater kid and it shows. His acting is absolutely incredible.
I was wondering if someone would mention this! His acting really was amazing in that
We Stan “ Phone Guy, Mat Pat, Scott Cawthon, Evil Dirtbag with a chainsaw”
i googled it and discovered matpat pregnant from springtrap, TIHI
Scott did an amazing job with creating spring trap. Trapped in a suit hinting in the name (no pun intended), by doing evil and then getting served karma. By looking at his design it really screams out pain and suffering, taking the meaning "A fate worse than death" to a whole new level
I never really thought of those as ankle guts, but more like tendons that fell lose and were caught there. Then again like you stated, Springtrap is a character up for interpretation.
personally I like the designs of Springtrap and Scraptrap almost equally, and while Scraptrap definitely has his flaws, the design of the suit in general (minus the weird proportions) makes more sense for the Spring Bonnie character, though generally springtrap has a better design (excluding the ankle-guts)
Yeah I don’t really get what happened to his feet or where the rest of his body went aside from rotting away
Please the clip for 'PeePaw William' at 12:06 nearly killed me, I love that interpretation of Springtrap so much
so I think the "He Should Have Decomposed" argument is a misunderstanding. im pretty sure the death mini games were RECENT. the building has rain and mice implying its old and abandoned, so its highly possible that his death was only days/weeks before the events of fnaf3
But wasn't he walled in for 30 years?
@@Hm-qd9lo the spring lock suit was walled in for 30 years. The mini game building is abandoned, you can tell by the rain coming through the roof and the mice. I don’t think anyone would come and board up a room after a building was already abandoned.
Also the “sealed safe rooms” thing is said by phone guy, and he died in fnaf 1 phone calls, so the rooms were obviously sealed before the building was abandoned, and William afton accessed one because he knew the animatronics wouldn’t find him there and he could take them apart
@@Hm-qd9lo so the suit alone was walled in but he came along later and got spring locked
@@eagtab OOOh. Yeah, okay that makes more sense. (/gen)
Springtrap and deliah. You might want to edit that part out…
Why
@@bigdikjoebo9585so basically it was revealed that the original creator (and artist) shipped the characters, did weird roleplays of the characters and um.. drew “weird art” of springtrap and deliah, and these were after and during the times they were writing the series, so, a lot of springtraps obsessiveness isn’t.. fatherly or because of his serial instincts… and a lot of the nicknames he said in the series for deliah aren’t really something a father figure would say to a daughter.
I think I can confidently say that NOTHING will send chills up my spine like Zapper770's "Purple Guy's Death", "The Rise of Springtrap". and Squimpus McGrimpus's "Finale" in Chapter 5, November 12, 1993. The voice acting is chilling to the core and I don't think the fandom would be the same without those three gruesomely brilliant videos.
Honestly my favorite interpretation of Springtrap is the one the specials series by the Hottest Dog. I’m not gonna spoil it if you people haven’t seen it but he’s written in this series as someone who was bad but only so he can try to redeem someone else or play the long card to defeat the bigger threat kinda like Snape in Harry Potter but anyway go watch them you’ll see what i mean.
I don't care and have 0 interest about fnaf, just clicked the video to tell why this dude wouldn't even be on top 10 horror designs, thank god I watched the video first. Also your channel is really well produced, deserves more subs
Good for you, we need more open minded peoples like you.
Based person that actually watched a bit of the video and didn't instantly dislike the video and leave a hate comment
Imagine Having an opinion before even watching the video
springtrap had so much story potential that scott i think was shooting for honestly, a character that is always the main horror antagonist of the lore that always comes back more gruesome and battered than before up until the big finale in which he finally gets destroyed and the series is over, atleast thats what they were shooting for, but all they hit was a one off character that came back after obviously being destroyed a few times in even better condition than before, its dissapointing but its what happened sadly
It should've ended in FFPS
@@MolinariDC2 nah UCN as his personal hell
@@danielgonzalez-vm5lj *ffps: the* *ending*
*Ucn: the epilogue*
Ultimate Custom Night should have ended the Afton Saga. If they wanted to make more games after that, fine, but stop bringing William Afton back. It makes no sense at this point and it seriously diminished Henry and Michael’s sacrifices in Pizzeria Simulator.
I was fine with the idea of Glitchtrap. But the zombified Springtrap? No.
YES THANK YOU FOR THIS OMG
And about the whole "SIMPING" for him, I think it's like.. a "thing" for evil/psychopathic behaviour.
11:30 wouldn’t hugging spring-trap be disgusting? Like hugging a rotting animatronic with a rotting corpse inside sounds pretty disgusting
Well technically the corse was removed…
Don’t ask
Awesome video dude, subbed :)
Edit: the ending 💀
One thing I like about William Afton is we don't even know what he looks like. There no face to Afton, in the games Afton was always represented by purple 8bit sprite and as spring trap his face is completely gone. Not knowing what this Afton looks like is some that creeps me out. I think by doing that Scott really made it feel like Afton could be anybody and I find that genuinely creepy.
I'm pretty sure they gave a face to Afton in the graphic novel adaptations of the books, but I'm talking about the original material here, not any adaptations. What Afton may have looked like was always in the viewers imagination and I always found that creepy.
I love springtraps design because it grabs the classic "children-like nightmare fuel" and pulls a 180°. Unsettelling you once more and 4 pulling further. Similar to how 2 had incredibly children friendly animatronics
8:29 J-Gems literally made a video of spring trap twerking 💀💀
Hey, the man admitted to the title being clickbait, and so I give him a respect like
MD-PTV also does an AMAZING representation of springtrap, instead of giving him a voice that sounds like a human, he sounds like he puts so much pain and effort simply to get a few choked syllables out really makes you think about how the spring locks must have affected him, I recommend you check them out
Gosh, has been a while since I've read the Springtrap and Delilah comic.
Great video overall.
Actual Garbage
@@jwatts94 elaborate?
@@jwatts94 not
@@paracuna Why? How can people above the age of 10 enjoy that shit?
4:52 Headcanon: Springtrap has wheelie feet
Springtrap's jumpscare is perhaps the creepiest of all animatronics. You might think that it's lame that he just walks up to you when others pretty much jumped on your face but that's what makes it better. The animatronics in the first two were possessed by children so their jumpscares were frightening but somewhat expected since they are the children's interpretation of scary. Springtrap however is a murderer whose actions make him scarier and scarier. You aren't dealing with a robot possessed by a child, you are dealing with a revenant who lured and killed children for his own amusement, the same way he plans to murder you. He is toying with you, deliberately putting himself in places where he could be seen, looking at the camera or in the case of the office doorway and window, just staring at you with those glowing eyes and creepy smile. And when he finally gets you he doesn't jump out at you or scream at you super loudly or try to bite or grab you. He just...walks up to you...his eyes growing wide...his face set in an unnerving smile...the screen goes static and the horror of what he plans to do to you is left unknown...
I like how fan interpretation visually brought to life beyond the original character model. So cool
"even though the game came out 8 years ago"
i feel like i just aged a decade instantly
I'm glad to see so many others who love Springtrap's design. He has always been one of my favorites. The slightly human but not-human design mixed with the corpse visible in corners of the suit are such great details!
It was Springtrap that made me interested in the franchise, I just really dug his design. An animated corpse in a animatronic? The eerie movement you could imagine him doing. I love this horrible amalgamation. It seemed pretty cool, it was just a shame the game where he was the main focus wasn't as scary. There was an air of mysterious and some uncanny sense to him that definitely adds to the design, which is why he is my favourite character in the series.
I think it's this iconic design and his prevalence in the lore that has caused him to stick around in the series for so long. But I do think they show retire the character, as he has sadly devolved into a laughing stock after Security Breach. Show the BBEG too much and outwit/outlive him too many times and he loses the threatening nature that really adds to the design.
Someone else in the comments pointed this out, but I wanted to have my own take on it (I didn’t read the whole comment, we could very well be making the exact same point)
They brought up the fact that Williams jumpscare just wasn’t scary. I personally think it adds to his character. Could you imagine a frail old man rotting in a robot suit spastically shaking in your face? I think his little sneak up on you with wide eyes is enough. It’s gotten me a few times 😅
Note: I am not easily frightened, the fact that THAT jumpscare had me at all says a lot. I don’t flinch at any other jumpscare in any other game, but mr crusty rabbit man has me leaping from my chair 😂
5:05 tarcean made the most realistic, accurate, and scariest model, go check it out
4:45 and especially in fnaf vr how when he's standing still you can see him moving it's so cool
You should have included MD-PTV's Series about the events after Sister Location with interviews of Springtrap, Michael, and more to come. His interpretation of the Afton boys are very cool, as Michael is in a deep depression, and William goes into gory detail about how every movement is excruciating for him
Dude, this video make me laugh so much, really liked the editing and humor and thanks to you I now know of some good series that I can watch
If you were to make the arguement that, at least design wise, Springtrap was *as good* (not necessarily better) as the like of Jason and the Xenomorph, I'd be inclined to agree honestly.
Also I’d like to imagine that the fact he has some soft tissue left could be because of some mummification taking place on the sealed off back room.
I was NOT ready for him to say springtrap & delilah was amazing
IK i felt like i was in a alternate universe
This video came out way before the creator was exposed to making inappropriate art and roleplays of the two along with it turning out the comic is sadly a disguised self insert story.
8:24
'Oh yeah I'm retiring Springtrap I don't feel like taking him out anymore so the most you'll see of him from now is just old clips and stuff
and when I eventually make a maniquinn for him but that'll be a while away'
Why did they do that tho?
@@Hatsune-Miku_Fan maybe got bored of it
my personal favourite interpretation of him was in Finale by Squimpus Mcgrimpus. Number 1 the voice acting was incredible, especially how he sounded like he was about to throw up all the time and how grating he sounded, but also the addition of Joesph in place of Evan and his obsession with him. They made him so interesting and disgusting and also his death at the end of Finale is amazing
10:43 That punch gets me everytime😂😂
Damn this video was 2 years ago god I’m getting old
as a long time FNAF fanatic, I fucking love the way you tried to simplify the franchise xD