SUBSCRIBE! Please also go watch my biggest project ever, FNAF: The Supreme Guide to everything, whether you watch portions of it or the whole thing are both equally appreciated: th-cam.com/video/_BohC_Yo9RU/w-d-xo.html Guys, I explained this in another comment, but the part calling Elizabeth arrogant and ignorant (which some have gotten mad about), it's from William's perspective, he's blaming Elizabeth from her death saying she was too arrogant, bc he's struggling to even think that it's his own fault, the literal next line is legit "she could've done this, I could've done this, no, she could've done this, I could've, he [William] didn't know what to think" Watch me play FNAF: Security Breach: th-cam.com/video/muURdlyQlB4/w-d-xo.html I really hope you guys enjoy, there's probably some mistakes but that's what all of these theories are about, making mistakes until we're eventually right haha! :D - yes once again, this is a THEORY! Just stretched out into a stort/narrative, check the bottom of the description for a quick timeline theory layed out Video Info: Basically I'm doing this because I was going to anyway after all 5 parts release, but since Security Breach releases late this month, I'm not 100% sure I'll be able to finish Part 5 by the end of the year so it'll probs be uploaded as the first of next year, but if I do obviously I'll reupload this (the FULL timeline in one part) but including Part 5, at the beginning of next year (probs like 2nd weekend or something). Basically, this will stay up until Part 5 comes out (or at least until the FULL timeline with all 5 does), which then I'll unlist this video and reupload the full timeline but with all 5 Parts to make it truly complete, I just don't wanna keep you guys waiting for too long yknow? So if you see this same kinda video twice, that's why! Also guys I know the MIC QUALITY for the first part is kinda loud and stuff, I've gotten a lot of comments about that, I'll try and improve as I go, but please stop filling the entire comment section with "improve your mic" because, I know.
The fact this dark storyline was apart of so many kid’s childhoods and it didn’t phase us too much💀 and now we’re older and still interested in it. Security Breach revived us
being a kid around 2014 was definitely a good time the story literally went from 4 haunted animatronics trying to kill you to being one of the most complicated game storylines
finally understanding the lore behind the game that my little 9 year old brain couldn't completely comprehend back then feels like closure to my childhood. thank you.
It’s amazing how this all started with a simple night shift as a security guard and the lore managed to expand into such an emotional story full of pain
I honestly wasn’t aware of how deep this story went and am absolutely astounded with how amazing this entire genre is and how well this video was made, love all of this
When it first came out I was young and thought nothing of it I only five kids were the robots now I realised how crazy and messed up the story actually is
This is it. After years and years of trying to piece together the lore from scattered youtube videos (Mostly Matpat), I have found it. The full story. Thank you
@@azathoththeprimalchaos2289 We will probably never get a full cannon story because Scott left the story up to our interpretation. Even Scott himself does not know.
the first fnaf game came out when i was 10, i’m currently 17 (turning 18 this year) and to see the story put so nicely, in a coherent timeline definitely feels like a nice reward… this is easily my favorite interpretation of the fnaf timeline and story.
EVERYONE KEEP THIS IN MIND! while this is mostly accurate, here a quick list of things that are wrong, so you don’t get a false impression of the real lore: 1. The first 5 victims suits had their own pizzeria between Fredbears family diner and JR (FNAF 2). They were never “unfinished”, in fact they were old from a previous location. 2. (Connected to the first point), the first five murders took place AFTER Evans death. Meaning William was never always messed up, but his sons death brought him to madness that was the core to his killings. Edit: Sorry! I must have been tired when writing this. In actuality, The first murders took place before Evan's. We can confirm this in the minigame in fnaf 4 when Evan is locked up inside the parts and service room. There you can actually see hair sticking up from inside the fredbear/freddy suit 3. Micheal didn’t just visit sister location, but he (for an unknown reason) always knew that the animatronics were the murdered children. And so he went to EVERY LOCATION including FNAF 1, FNAF 2, FNAF 3 and sister location (as we know), and lastly FNAF 6, in order to make up for his fathers sins. He risks his life in every pizzeria. In all of these locations he doesn’t want to get noticed as the son of suspect of the killings, so instead of using his name “Micheal Afton”, he uses his mothers last name: “Schmidt”, and so he enters his job application with “Mike Schmidt” 3. The one who gave up his anger when the children were set free was actually Evan! In fact, he was never really enraged at William, but just sad. 4. During almost all of these locations, Micheal actually gets messages from his dead brother trying to talk to him, it’s only two words, can you guess what it is? “It’s me” He’s telling Micheal it’s him, he’s still conscious. He’s still here. 4.5. I bet if you’re confused by how if you are a FNAF fan. “But, we get a pay check in FNAF 2 saying our name is “Jeremy Fitzgerald”. But the thing is, Jeremy, who has nothing to do with this, escapes as soon as he gets his money, Mike now sees his chance, so he sneaks inside during Saturday, when the building is closed, to face of against every child that his father left unfinished. This is also why Golden Freddy only appears in night 6 and 7. Because Evan follows his older brother, he’s not interested in some random “Jeremy” guy. 5. The last, and the biggest miss: When the children gets released from their imprisonment, it’s not Evan that stays, it’s the other soul. Evan is through and gives up. While the child called “Cassidy” remains. SHE is the real nightmare, SHE is the only mistake that William did in his killing phase. She is as stated *THE ONE YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE KILLED* Think of it like an anime where the main character looks really weak, but in fact they are really powerful. You may be disappointed that Evan wasn’t the one who did the revenge, but personally I feel it’s actually more satisfying for a random kid to be Williams biggest threat. Why? I’m too tired to keep writing. I also just remembered another thing that is wrong with this video, but maybe I’ll cover that later if this gets recognition
I'm glad u said this cuz I was also thinking about those similar key points but I still wonder why in fnaf 1 why when you die you get stuffed in a suit and what's the real story of phone guy in everything and what about the mention of the remnant aka soul juice I wish Scott would just give us the cannon story already it's been so many years now
@@genarogonzalez6153 Phone guy started working for Freddy fazbears pizza at Fredbears diner. Here he basically just made guides of how to put on a springlock suit. He later started working for the FNAF 2 location were he was to make guides for the security guard that has to guard the place during night. In the FNAF 1 location he takes his first job as an actual night guard. And at the same time he records himself as he guides you through the nights. Sadly, he dies, presumably by Golden Freddy (for unknown reasons)
Your points also bring up theories, not canon. Every interpretation of fnaf has a little head canon. Yours might have a lot less head canon and more deductive reason, but ye
i love how william is smart enough to code an animatronic to kidnap children only if there's no one around but isn't able to code to not let it kill his daughter if she's the only one left with it
Honestly the story of how Evan and Elizabeth died was so sad. Impressed with this video. You made this really easy to understand, and it was a really entertaining experience.
well his video isnt all that accurate: william escaped ucn ucn isnt "hell" its a nightmare ennard/molten has the souls/remnant of the fnaf 1 kids withered are the classics but reporpused william didnt dismantle the animatronics in one night william became immortal, due to the dismantling of the animatronics and uding their remnant in funtimes, himself this is why he survived the springlocks golden freddy isnt a physical animatronic, its a ghost henry created a machine that lured the scraps to fnaf 6 location and ballora isnt possesed by willism wife, remnant of the fnaf 1
@@mori8706 huh? some of this stuff doesn't sound too accurate. Either google and many other websites are extremely wrong, or you are (and I quite frankly don't know since im not educated on the lore of this game besides this vid and a few other things)
It is honestly crazy to think how when Five Nights At Freddy's first came out, it was just a clicker horror game with nothing to do but look at cameras, use doors, lights, etc. and to avoid death by an animatronic. But now, there's lore to it. There's a whole story behind it. A story that not only exists because of the game's sequels and such, but because we created some of the story ourselves. Markiplier helped out a bit too. In a way, we created our own universe. Scott Cawthon merely just pushed it to the starting line. It is truly a one of a kind thing in the horror genre and will forever be in our hearts.
I mean, Scott still did a ton of the work, he still made most of the story, just because the fans pieced together a lot of the evidence doesn't mean they created the story lmao. He made I'd say ~85% of the story. He just never outright told us the story, he just left clues so fans would FEEL like they were the ones making and piecing together the story. If he didn't invent the story then how would the fans have, they didn't code the story pieces into the game, he did it, and while most of them do seem random until you put it together, they weren't random for Scott, they were designed to feel random so people who weren't paying attention to the story wouldn't notice the bigger picture Also the first game technically did have lore, the first game had 5 murders in it, people figured out the murders connected to the animatronics strange behavior because of the clues Scott left
@@nathanielperry2714 If he came up with the original ideas, then why was he going off of what Markiplier said for at least some if not a lot of it? Yes, he created the games. Obviously. But he needed the fans to make them even better. Also, if Scott didn't create the game in general, someone else eventually would have. Maybe very similar, maybe completely different. But acting like Scott is the only person able to come up with something like FNAF is ridiculous and quite frankly, stupid.
@@andymanson3836 I never once said Scott was the only person who could have come up with it. What I did say was he was the person who DID come up with it. I keep seeing people claiming that Mark and the fans came up with the story and that Scott just laid the groundwork. But I have yet to see any time where a fan or Mark predicted a major story point before any evidence of it was in the games. Like give me 3 examples of a time Mark or hell even just a random fan said something that ended up becoming a plot point. Hell most people had the story wrong in a lot of those early games with all the phone guy is the killer or fnaf 4 was the bite of 87. Yeah, maybe once or twice Scott has seen an idea and been like "yeah that sounds cool" but to say that the fans came up with the majority of the story is just wrong, and doesn't give Scott the credit he deserves (Yeah just cause other people could have made something doesn't mean the person who did shouldnt get credit)
This literally tied together so well. Even if it is just a theory, it is a damn good one. I have dropped off from the games for a while, and this was such a nice refresher.
It’s so creepy that this whole time I’ve heard “Purple Guy”, I was thinking just a strange looking dude. I had no idea that Purple Guy was a living corpse 🤯
Something that people often overlook is the fact that fredbear’s jaws should not have been strong enough to crush Evan’s skull. I think William had murderous intent before the pizzeria opened, because he would’ve had to design the mechanical jaws to be that strong. Typical animatronics, especially of that era, didn’t have nearly enough hydraulic pressure to damage anything. They’d typically only have around 5 lbs of pressure, which was just enough to move the mouth open and shut
Honestly I've been apart of the fandom for years, ever since the first game and I had tried to keep up with all the lore, it only got jumbled more as time passed. I knew bits and pieces but you explained it all so wonderfully that I feel like I have a TON of more clarity on the main story now. Can't wait for the VR/AR/SB stuff :D
29:09 I WAS LITERALLY ON FULL VOLUME😭- tysm for this btw, i got tired of putting theories in my head each day of what happened and this my confusion go away. TYSM FOR THIS!
well his video isnt all that accurate: william escaped ucn ucn isnt "hell" its a nightmare ennard/molten has the souls/remnant of the fnaf 1 kids withered are the classics but reporpused william didnt dismantle the animatronics in one night william became immortal, due to the dismantling of the animatronics and uding their remnant in funtimes, himself this is why he survived the springlocks golden freddy isnt a physical animatronic, its a ghost henry created a machine that lured the scraps to fnaf 6 location
Seeing the actual story and context behind all the games and the weird 8-bit mini games and the animatronics is incredible since I have always been confused and wanted to know for years.
@@evangingerson1271 yea lol cuz being younger makes u more clue less about everything in life like rn i dont scared as much as i did as a little brat lol
Trying to understand fnaf lore always made the games seem bland and redundant, however when someone is able to explain it so simply like you did here, it really fleshes out the story to help truly understand how this game went from a simple horror game, to a complex, deeply rooted and connected nightmare of never ending pain.
Seeing FNAF's community grow so much in the last 7 years,I have been a Fan since 2014 and seeing all of this happening right before my eyes makes me happy. Yes the Lore is confusing but we have MatPat
@@christopherfalla6305 markaplier for me but been beautiful 7 years tho started when I was only 7 now I’m 14 it’s crazy how I still comeback to this community it’s beautiful non toxic and I love it
The way the games are part of the past and the future are completely insane. Ever since FNAF came out, I’ve been such a fan, but never understood like any of the lore. It’s also crazy that these games keep on going and still are part of the original. All of it connects and that’s what makes it a good game. Your video is also very informative and helpful to understanding the lore. So, thank you :)
i’m not a gamer and don’t have much experience with backstories or lore, but fnaf is something i was exposed to a lot as a kid and having the entire story from this perspective was really interesting! i’m glad i got to see a full timeline with plausible evidence
You explained the story so well and mentioned things even I didn’t know, despite heavily studying the lore to get it right in my head. The mic quality can be better, it sounds a bit compressed and loud, but the editing and storytelling was amazing.
@@jxtm4931 most of it is pretty cohesive, some of it is a little iffy but for the most part i’d say it’s pretty accurate. to be fair fnaf wasn’t exactly meant to go on this long, and honestly i think scott is just continually making more and more crazy things just to keep it going, so you kinda have to glue puzzle pieces together to get them to fit.
I've loved FNAF for a long time but have always struggled with understanding all the lore. The way the information was presented as a coherent story here was very helpful, thank you so much for this! Keep up the great work :)
@@cheesvr3577 For example i think that its not Crying child that tortured William in UCN and that it was Cassidy. And there are some other minor things but this is still cool way to present the story...
Let’s just appreciate how this dude told the whole storyline chronologically, one of the most hardest things. Edit: dAmN, dIdN’t ThInK iT wOuLd GeT tHiS mUcH lIkEs. By the way, explaining the storyline is one of the most hardest things for ME.
this video is amazing! the whole story is so confusing and there are LOTS of tiny puzzle pieces for people to find and complete the puzzle and you made it! While the theorists solve the fnaf lore, you have managed to make a complete story.
Wow, I knew the FNAF storyline was sort of depressing but I didn't realize how in depth and tragic it really was, it's both amazing and realistic( besides the magical trapping of the souls part).
Possessions of animatronics I just suspend my disbelief for - the whole thing with scooping I cannot. After FNAF 4 the series kind of goes off the rails
the thing with baby was possible giving the animatronic some kind of its own mind ig so i wouldnt put it aside it may have just been something like that
Although a bunch of the info in this timeline is dramaticized or sort of improv, it really helps to piece the bits of info we have gathered over the years together. It needed to be done and I think this is one of the most accurate and faithful retellings of the lore we have gotten so far! well done!
Compared to MatPat's theories where you have to really think about it too, you made it soo easy to understand. Like listening to someone read a book. I tried to understand the lore tons of times, but this finally made me understand it in a good sense.
I’ve never realized how much lore fnaf had since I only played the game for the jump scares when I was little, and now that security breach came out I got more interested in the lore since I felt like I missed out on it and I did. This video was really well made and everything was so easy to understand. Great job!
Same, when I started watching people play it I though it was just another popular horror game but when i delved into the game more and saw a lot of theories and information on the game is when i realised there was a lot of lore
I think there are parts of the story that even Scott only has vague ideas on. I really wanna know what happened to Bonnie and Foxy before Security Breach.
@@kamyk2000 True I think the story is still being built in the background and hopefully one day it will all just fall in to place. As for Bonnie I believe that Monty may have killed him in order to become a main animatronic, not sure about Foxy though nothing that I've seen so far even remotely mentions him, it's weird.
As someone who frequently watches game theory the only part I must admit I’m confused on is the soul that stayed in golden Freddy as MattPat says it’s a girl named Cassidy, but I also can see how it makes sense that it’s Evan! But as an overall timeline I think this one is really accurate and actually makes sense!!
@@kamyk2000 will their souls are free so we probably won't see them. Like freddy, we know that new freddy isn't the real ones. The new robots or simply robots. It's just programming. There isn't any souls involved. We know this because in one of the endings we see vanny controling them. So if there isn't a Bonnie or foxy then that means whoever created the new restaurant just wanted something new. Idk this is kinda my small theory. Since we don't see news of any murders or missing kids. We just see code failures. The only real problem in that game was Vanessa
This hands down has to be the best way anyone has ever put the story of the games before, I honestly would kill to see it as a 2 part movie if made just like this such a sad story of loss and grief turned into beautiful and poetic revenge.
this youtuber named j owens has a whole animatic video on how the animatronics feel . you can look it up as “fnaf interviewed” and the story , the videos are amazing
this was SO easy to understand compared to other ones and it was so entertaining and i’m not a fan of horror but fnaf lore interests me even at the scary parts i was still invested i love this
I had completely forgotten how dark this game was, I was like 9 years old and didn’t understand how much lore was behind all of this. I knew some but not all, thank you for this beautifully explained video!
After stumbling across this, I am surprised at how much effort you put into this with so little recognition. I can’t Wait til you blow up and get the recognition this effort deserves!
can't get recognition when putting low effort into videos! I try to make the best possible videos I can, so I hope I'm delivering well and as promised :D
@@jhtoxic7870 you're actually wrong. for the most part, including the Missing Children's Incident, he got it right. In fact, i'd say he got all of it right. The Missing Children's Incident is 100% confirmed to happen in 1983 thanks to FNAF4's Fredbear doll.
@@jhtoxic7870 actually, you're still wrong. Early 1983 is when the FIRST Freddy's is opened, and when the MCI takes place and Charlie's death. Hell, we even know for a FACT that the birthday party being celebrated is Cassidy's. See the Logbook for confirmation
As someone who didn't know FNAF even had lore until this week, I really appreciate the detail in this video. I've been trying to explore for a while now, but EVERY website or video seems to be directed at people who were familiar with the lore already and just needed a refresher, or to have it all put together cleanly, or wanted to see people's personal theories. Trying to get into it from scratch was really frustrating. So thanks for the video! I loved that it was like a documentary in style. It was really well written, and the visuals helped a lot. Looking forward to seeing part five!
Not to diss the video or anything, and though I really like the storytelling at play here, some of this needs to be taken with a grain of salt because there are still quite a few things that feel left out or are somewhat wrong. I do totally agree though, this is a really good starter into the massive amount of lore and secrets the franchise has to hide
Everyone needs a movie out of this. This lore makes so much more sense and I loved every second of it. I can just see the amount of work you put into this and I appreciate it. You deserve all the love mate. Best praise to you. 👏👏
@@geremiahpullins3356 fr, if they wanted to fit in all the good stuff they'd have to make one looonnggg asssss movie, series would definitely be better
this game just keeps me coming back. i can literally never let go of this game. the lore, gameplay, and the way the nostalgia hits different everytime. i can’t wait to pay sb.
You know the mic quality added to the spooky aspects of the story. But for the actual video, this was epic. I’ve watched all of Markiplier’s FNAF videos and never understood the story other than “Children possess animatronics,” so this explanation makes security breach all that more interesting. I very much enjoyed how you reused certain images for specific characters, it helped with keeping track of them. I’m bad at remembering names. And the videos/images you used to show the story being told was really well done. Thanks for this!
I've been watching so many lore videos, and while this one has two or three events slightly out of order, this really is the best video for a simplified sequence of events
To think all of that came from just 5 killings. All of the purgatory, endless trauma, just from one incident. Great video. Very well composed and sensible!
@@trev1487 Well, people have already done much worse throughout history and recieved a much better fate than William. (assuming what he feels is worse than hell)
i really love how you told it more like a dramatic story rather than just explaining what’s been confirmed. even if there’s no evidence these conversations went like that or even happened at all, i feel like it was an amazing touch that added so much to the video. what i love about flag is that the story isn’t some set in stone canon thing, it’s all up to each individuals interpretations of the events and i think your take on the story rather than just the sequence of events really made this video special. the only major thing i would say differently is that it was cassidy and not evan who trapped william in eternal torment. really amazing video
not even 10 years of this franchise and scott did the unimaginable, truly an outstanding work that will never be forgotten in the history of lore building in gaming
i thought i knew the timeline, but this video helped me understand fnaf more, i watched other timelines but this video explained it a lot more and their is more details
I love the idea of William Afton being a psychopath from the start, and losing his family just drives him deeper into madness. Also, Evan being the vengeful spirit inside Golden Freddy, makes a ton of sense.
One of the best things about this franchise is the lore, I enjoy seeing how from each person’s perspective there are slight differences in the story and how it plays out a little differently. The fact that there is no real official lore or timeline really makes it interesting to see how everyone views it. -
This guy is getting no money from this. Let’s just appreciate the work this guy put into this video. That’s the validation he can get from this. Good job
Same. I never really looked into the lore, I mainly just played the games. and I always assumed that all of fnaf4 was just him imagining it in his coma. But this does make way more sense
I never knew puppets story was so sad. Even tho he was just an animatronic, he felt guilt. He risked his own life to just be with her in her last moments out in the cold rain....
Matpat summarizes a lot of this stuff, but you don’t make it a story, you make it an actual movie where one second isn’t spared from telling everyone the complete and detailed storyline of fnaf
I never truly had so much hate for one, purple guy. I have been in this fandom for years now and it still interests me. Will be waiting for the next part! Props to you for reading the novels!
@@inarb I can't deny that he is a well-written character, but I hate his character for the atrocities he has committed! Good for you, though! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise! :)
You put so much effort into this. Years of uncertainty crafted into a solid story that runs so fluidly. From behalf of us other fans and community, thank you. Even if this lore goes "unsolved" or never gets a definitive timeline of events, I think you gave us what we were looking for :)
fr he gave a really good mix of imagination and established lore, I would say i disagree with some things like the part of golden freddy being cassidy and him/her keeping william in hell but other than that a W video
@@mori8706 it doesn’t have to be, they said it themselves. Besides i think this story is quite interesting even though it isn’t fully accurate so there’s no need to spam this under every single comment, i think he did pretty well! In the end it’s just a theory.
@Slackify exactly and besides, whatever he came up with isn’t completely true either he probably just saw it in a video and scott never fully confirmed any of it :/
@@ryanmills2982 I completely understand. I just love the way it was made into such a full, fluid story, regardless of the accuracy of some details its an incredible take on years of lore that has built up.
I love how horrific the lore franchise can be in two different ways: 1. Not knowing shit about the lore or what's happening with the game and genuinely being terrified of the game. 2. Knowing the story and still probably have thrilled horror and sadness.
I’m so genuinely glad this game has come so far. As far as I’m aware Scott’s older games before the FNAF series he was made fun of for his characters looking like “scary animatronics” but I’m not sure if that’s confirmed. Like it started off as an indie game and it’s grown so much and there’s HOURS of lore.
The whole Five Nights at Freddy’s storyline is actually crazy. The fact that their were so many young souls stripped of life at a young age due to one man is really sad but after every William deserved it. Not only the children he killed, his children, his wife and his partner Henry.
well his video isnt all that accurate: william escaped ucn ucn isnt "hell" its a nightmare ennard/molten has the souls/remnant of the fnaf 1 kids withered are the classics but reporpused william didnt dismantle the animatronics in one night william became immortal, due to the dismantling of the animatronics and uding their remnant in funtimes, himself this is why he survived the springlocks golden freddy isnt a physical animatronic, its a ghost henry created a machine that lured the scraps to fnaf 6 location
@@andruspolanco6935 The books literally prove this, do you even know what the scooper stands for? have you seen what the scooper's true purpose is? do you know why micheal became immortal after he was scooped? Exactly. sit down little boy
@@andruspolanco6935 in the books william dismantles the fnaf 1 animatronic, melts them together and then injects their melted endoskeleton into funtime freddy. doing this springs him to life which jist proves this even morr
This was incredible, remarkable, and a much needed deep dive into everything. Thank you for all of your hard work in putting this together. I appreciate it all.
I would have loved to have watched this when I was younger but unfortunately my mom could not afford internet so I would watch coryxkenshin on her phone every two months so I never got the story but this story is a masterpiece
This video was honestly amazing. I haven't watched this whole video yet, but your storytelling of what happened in the fnaf universe is very clear and even made me emotional at times
This was so good, instead of just laying it all out in a complex fast timeline much like other creators I’ve seen covering the fnaf lore, you told it much like a simple story that even someone who is not familiar with fnaf can understand. This was an extremely engaging video, I only came to find out who tf circus baby is but ended up watching the entire video unable to look away. Thank you!
man oh man what a wonderful compilation dude. legit crying having certain parts of the story dramatized, like william apologizing at his brothers deadbed. really just an astounding way of bringing the lore together and make it feel more like a story.
The difference between Henry and Williams animatronics is insane. Henry's look friendly, safe. The circus baby crew with their splitting face plates are just murder machines
This is so perfect, I’ve wanted to get into FNAF for years now but I cannot afford the games. Now I can actually have a decent conversation with my friend who loves the games. This must have taken a very long time.
He was insane from the start. What I don't understand is why Henry didn't get William arrested. Henry knew about the murders, which is why he wouldn't let William back inside. Why would he not just call the cops on him?
This left me in tears... I was so relieved to see that the children and everyone else involved had finally gotten the ending they deserved despite it being years after
I feel like this strikes a good balance between solid theory and storytelling. Like, some bits aren't necessarily cannon/ aren't proven, but it helps understand the story so it works
@@dekideron5199 yeah totally. This isn't a lore video, it's the lore turned into an understandable story, which fnaf struggles to be at times. "Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story"
I never cared for FNAF because I have an immense fear of animatronics, but now watching this I realized I've been missing out on it ever since the first FNAF game came out.
Honestly, this video does a great job, because the story is decently hard to figure out within the games. If you play them for the story in my opinion you’ll be a little disappointed. I’ve played all of them and didn’t know a lot of this because the story is just kinda heavily implied. Even this video theorizes and assumes a lot, and many of the videos of ‘events’ are not from the games.
I honestly only played fnaf 1,2,3,4 and sister location on mobile and that was when I was young and I Stopped and just watch TH-camrs play the game lol.
When I was younger, I never understood the story behind the game. All I knew was that I had to hide from them or else they'll kill me. Security Breach brought me back to this and now, after all these years of playing, I finally understand it. I cried real hard. This is truly a masterpiece! Thank you for explaining
Personally, I grew up on Five Night At Freddy’s. I have some of my earliest memories playing FNAF 1 and 2. I always wondered why things were a certain way here and there through the early game franchise, but I wasn’t mature enough yet to understand the interesting and fulfilling backstory. It’s beautiful to see how Scott Cawthon set these games up so people around the world could perceive the game story however they want it to be. Thank you so much for this video.
This is literally one of if not the best explaination of the FNAF lore on this platform. I may not agree with all of it but I can't deny the obvious effort that was put into making this. Excellent work
@@zaam2bigg well I know you are talking about them but I also don’t believe in everything in this. William is not abusive I think He got revenge for the youngest boy dying and maybe Elizabeth died then too and killed Henry’s child then the missing children.
@@zaam2bigg the toy animatronics were never possessed. the fnaf 2 security guard was micheal afton and because he looked similar to his father, the toy animatronics thought he was william and tried to kill him
@@zaam2bigg Another thing golden freddy actually has 2 souls, Cassidy is one of them being the vengeful spirit that made William suffered but... Idk if this video did follow all the books storyline (but likely there was some references from the book a bit)
finally, someone who completely explains the entire lore without jumbling the timelines and story. I was so tired of the "theory this and theory that" and the theories/fnaf "explanations" that would still have me questioning what happened. I finally got a specific and full answer.
Yes this mades for a more easy to understand video but it is full of theories and minor details that just are wrong, like the fact that it was puppet the one who put the bodies into the animatronics, which would place Emely's death way earlier.
there's a lot of stuff that jumbles things up, like how william's wife just-so-happening to record a voicemail answer at the same time that the 14-year-old-sounding william afton was banging on the door
I allways thought the lore was nonsense until I found this video, the fnaf lore is scattered between games between timeliness and so mich more that it's near impossible for the common player/fewer to understand what's happening and why it's happening. Your video packed everything into a great to watch and easy to understand video without overwhelming the viewer with detail. Huge props for making this video.
SUBSCRIBE! Please also go watch my biggest project ever, FNAF: The Supreme Guide to everything, whether you watch portions of it or the whole thing are both equally appreciated: th-cam.com/video/_BohC_Yo9RU/w-d-xo.html
Guys, I explained this in another comment, but the part calling Elizabeth arrogant and ignorant (which some have gotten mad about), it's from William's perspective, he's blaming Elizabeth from her death saying she was too arrogant, bc he's struggling to even think that it's his own fault, the literal next line is legit "she could've done this, I could've done this, no, she could've done this, I could've, he [William] didn't know what to think"
Watch me play FNAF: Security Breach: th-cam.com/video/muURdlyQlB4/w-d-xo.html
I really hope you guys enjoy, there's probably some mistakes but that's what all of these theories are about, making mistakes until we're eventually right haha! :D - yes once again, this is a THEORY! Just stretched out into a stort/narrative, check the bottom of the description for a quick timeline theory layed out
Video Info: Basically I'm doing this because I was going to anyway after all 5 parts release, but since Security Breach releases late this month, I'm not 100% sure I'll be able to finish Part 5 by the end of the year so it'll probs be uploaded as the first of next year, but if I do obviously I'll reupload this (the FULL timeline in one part) but including Part 5, at the beginning of next year (probs like 2nd weekend or something). Basically, this will stay up until Part 5 comes out (or at least until the FULL timeline with all 5 does), which then I'll unlist this video and reupload the full timeline but with all 5 Parts to make it truly complete, I just don't wanna keep you guys waiting for too long yknow? So if you see this same kinda video twice, that's why!
Also guys I know the MIC QUALITY for the first part is kinda loud and stuff, I've gotten a lot of comments about that, I'll try and improve as I go, but please stop filling the entire comment section with "improve your mic" because, I know.
ok
You explained it better then matt patt gonna sub to you , you are an amazing guy! Keep up with great content
tysm :D
Of course I have to subscribe your amazing keep up the great work 💪
Didn’t Henry made puppet as a security looking after Charlotte?
The fact this dark storyline was apart of so many kid’s childhoods and it didn’t phase us too much💀 and now we’re older and still interested in it. Security Breach revived us
indeed
Agreed!
I concur
Its only been 7 years...
MHMM
being a kid around 2014 was definitely a good time the story literally went from 4 haunted animatronics trying to kill you to being one of the most complicated game storylines
as much as it is complicated it is great and the best lore i have ever seen
Its the most complicated lore in Gaming History ever.
its pretty bad i wont lie, theres too many it just works moments
@@Destroyers007 not. It's one of them though
@@knoobiez Not really, what part is "it just works" to you?
Honestly the most shocking part of this story is how they had enough money to open a failed pizza chain multiple times.
You think they quit after one failed store
Fr they created tons of animatronics and still have enough money to make their own stores (multiple too)
I found it weird how it was kinda realistically spooky but all of a sudden evil spirits have taken refuge in the animatronics
They were mechanical geniuses so that couldn’t be their only source of income
I'm actually quite surprised someone else thought of this other than me lmaooo
finally understanding the lore behind the game that my little 9 year old brain couldn't completely comprehend back then feels like closure to my childhood. thank you.
Congratulations on turning 11
@@godsrevolver9737 You do realise how lon this games been out right?
@@Skidmarking you do realize it's a joke, right?
@@godsrevolver9737 where the funny?
@@Skidmarking over your head somewhere
It’s amazing how this all started with a simple night shift as a security guard and the lore managed to expand into such an emotional story full of pain
Happy birthday
Happy birthday
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Happy birthday
Happy birthday 🎂
I honestly wasn’t aware of how deep this story went and am absolutely astounded with how amazing this entire genre is and how well this video was made, love all of this
dude when this first came out i thought it was just robots having a meltdown but now this shit has layers of lore
When it first came out I was young and thought nothing of it I only five kids were the robots now I realised how crazy and messed up the story actually is
@@Lia-qn3fz Fr bro lol
BTW it was all made by one single guy.
this is soooo wrong
william started killing after death of evan
dont listen to this man
This is it. After years and years of trying to piece together the lore from scattered youtube videos (Mostly Matpat), I have found it. The full story. Thank you
Not necessarily. Nothing is confirmed. This is just this guy's interpretation, with some ideas dramaticised or added for the sake of storytelling.
@@azathoththeprimalchaos2289 We will probably never get a full cannon story because Scott left the story up to our interpretation. Even Scott himself does not know.
@@coloredfox3463 Im sure the CREATOR knows
Literally. MatPat just had a lot of theory’s and he had evidence but it just didn’t really fit into a timeline like this did.
the scary thing is there are still more to be said. and scott is never gonna tell us what the story is cause he probably doesn’t even know the story.
i’ve never watched this until now and this goes hard
ikr
thats what she said
@@juniuur3854 that doesn't even work
it’s crazy how all of us got into five nights at freddys at a young age without realizing how dark and morbid it was.
I think its because we liked the animatronics we focused on them and not on the story Scott made it for kids and for older people
The older people focus on the story and kids focus on the animatronics
Not because we were young. but because of how fucking confusing it was... there you go
fr my brothers love fnaf but they don’t even know the darkness behind it
@@xyrusgabrieldiosomito7242 honestly from 2014-2015 most kids that I would talk to would constantly bring up the storyline
It's unusual to hear the FNAF story being told without a constant stream of theorizing. This was great, thanks.
Yea lol
yeah, amazing work from this guy.
We know whose to blame for that lol
it took so long
Well, prob this story was possible thanks to all that theory
the first fnaf game came out when i was 10, i’m currently 17 (turning 18 this year) and to see the story put so nicely, in a coherent timeline definitely feels like a nice reward… this is easily my favorite interpretation of the fnaf timeline and story.
The first FNAF game came out when I was 9, I'm going to be a Junior in Highschool this year
I was 15 When the First game came out do the math
The first game came out when I was seven and I had the balls to play all of it 💀
Same
@@SomePerson_Online I’m pretty sure the game came out in 2014
EVERYONE KEEP THIS IN MIND!
while this is mostly accurate, here a quick list of things that are wrong, so you don’t get a false impression of the real lore:
1. The first 5 victims suits had their own pizzeria between Fredbears family diner and JR (FNAF 2). They were never “unfinished”, in fact they were old from a previous location.
2. (Connected to the first point), the first five murders took place AFTER Evans death. Meaning William was never always messed up, but his sons death brought him to madness that was the core to his killings.
Edit: Sorry! I must have been tired when writing this. In actuality, The first murders took place before Evan's. We can confirm this in the minigame in fnaf 4 when Evan is locked up inside the parts and service room. There you can actually see hair sticking up from inside the fredbear/freddy suit
3. Micheal didn’t just visit sister location, but he (for an unknown reason) always knew that the animatronics were the murdered children. And so he went to EVERY LOCATION including FNAF 1, FNAF 2, FNAF 3 and sister location (as we know), and lastly FNAF 6, in order to make up for his fathers sins. He risks his life in every pizzeria.
In all of these locations he doesn’t want to get noticed as the son of suspect of the killings, so instead of using his name “Micheal Afton”, he uses his mothers last name: “Schmidt”, and so he enters his job application with “Mike Schmidt”
3. The one who gave up his anger when the children were set free was actually Evan! In fact, he was never really enraged at William, but just sad.
4. During almost all of these locations, Micheal actually gets messages from his dead brother trying to talk to him, it’s only two words, can you guess what it is?
“It’s me”
He’s telling Micheal it’s him, he’s still conscious. He’s still here.
4.5. I bet if you’re confused by how if you are a FNAF fan. “But, we get a pay check in FNAF 2 saying our name is “Jeremy Fitzgerald”. But the thing is, Jeremy, who has nothing to do with this, escapes as soon as he gets his money, Mike now sees his chance, so he sneaks inside during Saturday, when the building is closed, to face of against every child that his father left unfinished. This is also why Golden Freddy only appears in night 6 and 7. Because Evan follows his older brother, he’s not interested in some random “Jeremy” guy.
5. The last, and the biggest miss: When the children gets released from their imprisonment, it’s not Evan that stays, it’s the other soul. Evan is through and gives up. While the child called “Cassidy” remains. SHE is the real nightmare, SHE is the only mistake that William did in his killing phase. She is as stated *THE ONE YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE KILLED*
Think of it like an anime where the main character looks really weak, but in fact they are really powerful.
You may be disappointed that Evan wasn’t the one who did the revenge, but personally I feel it’s actually more satisfying for a random kid to be Williams biggest threat. Why? I’m too tired to keep writing. I also just remembered another thing that is wrong with this video, but maybe I’ll cover that later if this gets recognition
Wait who was phone the guy in the first game, because I remember him dying in the 4 night?
I'm glad u said this cuz I was also thinking about those similar key points but I still wonder why in fnaf 1 why when you die you get stuffed in a suit and what's the real story of phone guy in everything and what about the mention of the remnant aka soul juice
I wish Scott would just give us the cannon story already it's been so many years now
@@genarogonzalez6153 Phone guy started working for Freddy fazbears pizza at Fredbears diner. Here he basically just made guides of how to put on a springlock suit. He later started working for the FNAF 2 location were he was to make guides for the security guard that has to guard the place during night. In the FNAF 1 location he takes his first job as an actual night guard. And at the same time he records himself as he guides you through the nights. Sadly, he dies, presumably by Golden Freddy (for unknown reasons)
@@juicepress2454 i thought it was Henry then I thought it was William Afton
Your points also bring up theories, not canon. Every interpretation of fnaf has a little head canon. Yours might have a lot less head canon and more deductive reason, but ye
WE NEED THIS GAME TO BE MADE INTO A SERIES SO BAD. EVERYONE KEEPS ASKING FOR A MOVIE BUT YOU COULD FIT SO MUCH MORE INTO A SERIES. I LOVE THIS SO MUCH
Considering how bad movies and shows are now it would be better to wait
There's like, 12 books that are really interesting
I would love a story following the events of Ennards and Baby's life in the outside
@@di5a Sadly it don't really go in detail of what happends, really just hints out lore as well as some background stuff going on
@@noahbohlin5462 sister location basically showed it. Stayed inside Micheal until his body rotted, then left it and wound up at the fnaf6 diner
i love how william is smart enough to code an animatronic to kidnap children only if there's no one around but isn't able to code to not let it kill his daughter if she's the only one left with it
I know it’s dumb how they didn’t have voice recognition
It just goes to show how those with different mindsets come to different solutions.
RIGHTT, henry was smart enough to program an animatronic to protect his daughter, but not william?
if(child.equals(myDaughter)) {
kill = false;
}
@NecroX Animationsツ idk he realizes that this story needs more lore n shit (idk)
Honestly the story of how Evan and Elizabeth died was so sad. Impressed with this video. You made this really easy to understand, and it was a really entertaining experience.
well his video isnt all that accurate:
william escaped ucn
ucn isnt "hell" its a nightmare
ennard/molten has the souls/remnant of the fnaf 1 kids
withered are the classics but reporpused
william didnt dismantle the animatronics in one night
william became immortal, due to the dismantling of the animatronics and uding their remnant in funtimes, himself
this is why he survived the springlocks
golden freddy isnt a physical animatronic, its a ghost
henry created a machine that lured the scraps to fnaf 6 location
and ballora isnt possesed by willism wife, remnant of the fnaf 1
Michael's death to kinda
@@michealarenas1698 atleast micheal repented his sins (for haunting evan)
i literally cried after evan died
@@mori8706 huh? some of this stuff doesn't sound too accurate. Either google and many other websites are extremely wrong, or you are (and I quite frankly don't know since im not educated on the lore of this game besides this vid and a few other things)
It is honestly crazy to think how when Five Nights At Freddy's first came out, it was just a clicker horror game with nothing to do but look at cameras, use doors, lights, etc. and to avoid death by an animatronic. But now, there's lore to it. There's a whole story behind it. A story that not only exists because of the game's sequels and such, but because we created some of the story ourselves. Markiplier helped out a bit too. In a way, we created our own universe. Scott Cawthon merely just pushed it to the starting line. It is truly a one of a kind thing in the horror genre and will forever be in our hearts.
I mean, Scott still did a ton of the work, he still made most of the story, just because the fans pieced together a lot of the evidence doesn't mean they created the story lmao. He made I'd say ~85% of the story. He just never outright told us the story, he just left clues so fans would FEEL like they were the ones making and piecing together the story. If he didn't invent the story then how would the fans have, they didn't code the story pieces into the game, he did it, and while most of them do seem random until you put it together, they weren't random for Scott, they were designed to feel random so people who weren't paying attention to the story wouldn't notice the bigger picture
Also the first game technically did have lore, the first game had 5 murders in it, people figured out the murders connected to the animatronics strange behavior because of the clues Scott left
@@nathanielperry2714 If he came up with the original ideas, then why was he going off of what Markiplier said for at least some if not a lot of it? Yes, he created the games. Obviously. But he needed the fans to make them even better.
Also, if Scott didn't create the game in general, someone else eventually would have. Maybe very similar, maybe completely different. But acting like Scott is the only person able to come up with something like FNAF is ridiculous and quite frankly, stupid.
@@andymanson3836 I never once said Scott was the only person who could have come up with it. What I did say was he was the person who DID come up with it. I keep seeing people claiming that Mark and the fans came up with the story and that Scott just laid the groundwork. But I have yet to see any time where a fan or Mark predicted a major story point before any evidence of it was in the games. Like give me 3 examples of a time Mark or hell even just a random fan said something that ended up becoming a plot point.
Hell most people had the story wrong in a lot of those early games with all the phone guy is the killer or fnaf 4 was the bite of 87. Yeah, maybe once or twice Scott has seen an idea and been like "yeah that sounds cool" but to say that the fans came up with the majority of the story is just wrong, and doesn't give Scott the credit he deserves (Yeah just cause other people could have made something doesn't mean the person who did shouldnt get credit)
this timeline was actually very easy to understand compared to the other ones i've heard. thank you for this.
I love ur pfp lol
it’s extremely confusing for me
It's basically nothing compared to the Homestuck timeline
Idk this timeline doesn’t match all of the of theorist timelimes
@@kristophercharles1252 how bruh it’s literally in chronological order 🤨
This literally tied together so well. Even if it is just a theory, it is a damn good one. I have dropped off from the games for a while, and this was such a nice refresher.
Zamn 404 likes and no comments welp I am first lol:D
@@FraudFrogletthegreatest welp i am second lol :D
@@apairofglasses775 am third lol
@@irvingramos7817 then im 4th
@@T3chn0_HD I am fifth?
One of the most tragic, complicated, and horrifying stories ever written.
the problem is this idnt very accurate
And it's coming from an indie game that came out on 2014 about 4 Animatronics who want to kill a security guard
soulsborne >>
@@Shade4k true asf @Tojimaru
It’s so creepy that this whole time I’ve heard “Purple Guy”, I was thinking just a strange looking dude. I had no idea that Purple Guy was a living corpse 🤯
Ikr
the man behind the slaughter
Ikr
I like how fnaf started as an indie horror game, and is now an entire franchise with millions of fans and lore.
Something that people often overlook is the fact that fredbear’s jaws should not have been strong enough to crush Evan’s skull. I think William had murderous intent before the pizzeria opened, because he would’ve had to design the mechanical jaws to be that strong. Typical animatronics, especially of that era, didn’t have nearly enough hydraulic pressure to damage anything. They’d typically only have around 5 lbs of pressure, which was just enough to move the mouth open and shut
Fair enough
But with the spring lock suit it was meant to go back to the original state no matter what, because it locked up when it got moisture.
yeah that's what I've always thought but let's be honest I don't know much lol
But you have to think about how strong the spring locks had to be, to quickly form the endo skeleton inside
The use of springs in general was bad, most animatronics use pneumatics instead of hydraulics or springs to have less force
Honestly I've been apart of the fandom for years, ever since the first game and I had tried to keep up with all the lore, it only got jumbled more as time passed. I knew bits and pieces but you explained it all so wonderfully that I feel like I have a TON of more clarity on the main story now. Can't wait for the VR/AR/SB stuff :D
yo
Same
@@ee-wx3hy brother
same it came out in 2014 i was 5 in that point and was already watching fnaf cosplays lol
Ok so I was literally 7 when the first game came out and I was still already watching fnaf and playing it! And I wasn't even scared
29:09 I WAS LITERALLY ON FULL VOLUME😭-
tysm for this btw, i got tired of putting theories in my head each day of what happened and this my confusion go away. TYSM FOR THIS!
Same😭😭
@@alexanderrodriguez8582 scared the sht out of me tbh💀😭😭
The puppet breaking down while crawling to henry’s daughter’s dead body is one of the most heart breaking things ive heard of in game lore
all it wanted to do was protect her
I still don't understand why all these kids had to die.
@@maleahj308 William Afton is a Genius but a Psychopath. He murders for fun kinda like serial killers cases in real life.
@@maleahj308 William killed them for fun
well his video isnt all that accurate:
william escaped ucn
ucn isnt "hell" its a nightmare
ennard/molten has the souls/remnant of the fnaf 1 kids
withered are the classics but reporpused
william didnt dismantle the animatronics in one night
william became immortal, due to the dismantling of the animatronics and uding their remnant in funtimes, himself
this is why he survived the springlocks
golden freddy isnt a physical animatronic, its a ghost
henry created a machine that lured the scraps to fnaf 6 location
Seeing the actual story and context behind all the games and the weird 8-bit mini games and the animatronics is incredible since I have always been confused and wanted to know for years.
Same since a kid
same lmao ive always wondered since i was 8 and now i finally know as a 15 year old bruh 😭
@@deadly_m5 I’m 20 so I played it when I was 13 probably would of been to scared to play it when I was 8
@@evangingerson1271 yea lol cuz being younger makes u more clue less about everything in life like rn i dont scared as much as i did as a little brat lol
@@deadly_m5 EXACT SMAE AGES BRO
I have just realised how complicated the timeline actually is, even without VR, HW and SB
vr and hw are the same thing lol
@@Scrap4729 what are those?
@@Berb4336 FNaF AR is the mobile exclusive FNaF game, where you use the camera in your handheld device to capture animatronics
@@Scrap4729 why not say they instead of he/her
@@wildone1688 bcs its just one person
Trying to understand fnaf lore always made the games seem bland and redundant, however when someone is able to explain it so simply like you did here, it really fleshes out the story to help truly understand how this game went from a simple horror game, to a complex, deeply rooted and connected nightmare of never ending pain.
Seeing FNAF's community grow so much in the last 7 years,I have been a Fan since 2014 and seeing all of this happening right before my eyes makes me happy.
Yes the Lore is confusing but we have MatPat
I remember watching annoying orange play this game and fell in love with it so many years ago😩
matpaf helps, but i think this video lays the story out way more clearly than matpat ever could
I learned of this game from Popularmmos and honestly I'm embarrassed that I still love this fandom
@@christopherfalla6305 markaplier for me but been beautiful 7 years tho started when I was only 7 now I’m 14 it’s crazy how I still comeback to this community it’s beautiful non toxic and I love it
I remember playing fnaf in school back in 2014
The way the games are part of the past and the future are completely insane. Ever since FNAF came out, I’ve been such a fan, but never understood like any of the lore. It’s also crazy that these games keep on going and still are part of the original. All of it connects and that’s what makes it a good game. Your video is also very informative and helpful to understanding the lore. So, thank you :)
EXACTLYYY
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If you poop like a liquid poo that's not normal not a healthy shit
@@the-db9bn WHAT
Honestly, this doesn’t feel like a theory. This is amazingly done!
Wait this was supposed to be a theory?
i thought this was the real timeline TT
@@holymotherofgodpleasenobut9626 it is
It's only a theory because it hasn't been officially confirmed, but at least in my eyes this is 100% Canon
I-It's a theory 😦
i’m not a gamer and don’t have much experience with backstories or lore, but fnaf is something i was exposed to a lot as a kid and having the entire story from this perspective was really interesting! i’m glad i got to see a full timeline with plausible evidence
You explained the story so well and mentioned things even I didn’t know, despite heavily studying the lore to get it right in my head. The mic quality can be better, it sounds a bit compressed and loud, but the editing and storytelling was amazing.
He made up a lot of this stuff to make it seem like a flowing story
@@jxtm4931 most of it is pretty cohesive, some of it is a little iffy but for the most part i’d say it’s pretty accurate. to be fair fnaf wasn’t exactly meant to go on this long, and honestly i think scott is just continually making more and more crazy things just to keep it going, so you kinda have to glue puzzle pieces together to get them to fit.
thank you so much!!! mic quality im working on but besides that thank you!!
@@arotesca6868 I think Scott actually resigned and gave fnaf to people who are gonna expand the story
Totally agree, the mic quality sets a nice tone to me personally, very nostalgic
I've loved FNAF for a long time but have always struggled with understanding all the lore. The way the information was presented as a coherent story here was very helpful, thank you so much for this! Keep up the great work :)
To bad, half this video is not canon and made up
How is not canon? Every thing is in fnaf games
@@depro1o1gaming24 really? What is made up exactly?
@@cheesvr3577 For example i think that its not Crying child that tortured William in UCN and that it was Cassidy. And there are some other minor things but this is still cool way to present the story...
@@serbstuff2155 oh alright
Let’s just appreciate how this dude told the whole storyline chronologically, one of the most hardest things.
Edit: dAmN, dIdN’t ThInK iT wOuLd GeT tHiS mUcH lIkEs. By the way, explaining the storyline is one of the most hardest things for ME.
nope its not i could easily do it
@@kaekrazy860 do it then
@@gradeapropain4750 if they do i kinda wanna see how it is
@@skeletull I’m still waiting
@@gradeapropain4750 ok lmfao
this video is amazing! the whole story is so confusing and there are LOTS of tiny puzzle pieces for people to find and complete the puzzle and you made it! While the theorists solve the fnaf lore, you have managed to make a complete story.
This is by far the best fnaf explanation in existence. Major props to you, very well deserved.
Timeline is wack but yeah
@@qwatic8286 faxxx He started with the middle and followed up with the beginning
@@ninuche1 cause that’s the timeline🤷♂️
BUT IT JUST A THEORY A GAME THEORY
@@Salmangiga NOOOOOOOOOOO
Wow, I knew the FNAF storyline was sort of depressing but I didn't realize how in depth and tragic it really was, it's both amazing and realistic( besides the magical trapping of the souls part).
Possessions of animatronics I just suspend my disbelief for - the whole thing with scooping I cannot. After FNAF 4 the series kind of goes off the rails
the thing with baby was possible giving the animatronic some kind of its own mind ig so i wouldnt put it aside it may have just been something like that
atleast thats the onl logical explanation but its just that its a fiction world with the kids possesing the animatronics
@@anyting566 yeah
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Although a bunch of the info in this timeline is dramaticized or sort of improv, it really helps to piece the bits of info we have gathered over the years together. It needed to be done and I think this is one of the most accurate and faithful retellings of the lore we have gotten so far! well done!
Ikrr
Orrr... You could watch every episode of game theorist about fnaf and then create a big time line shet with all the new info :))
I had a feeling that this story took place in utah
Yeah, but I could’ve sworn it was the other soul in Golden Freddy that tortured William not Evan (His son.)
@@jamirgordon9745 I agree
You're a damn genius. The whole lore and story explained in one video! Thank you so much for your work.
Compared to MatPat's theories where you have to really think about it too, you made it soo easy to understand. Like listening to someone read a book. I tried to understand the lore tons of times, but this finally made me understand it in a good sense.
Ayo a fellow black bull
@@DaveyMartinez1 yes
Yes exactly this!!
Yeah matpat tries to prove his theories when this guy just put together a story. There’s merit in both.
@@CelesQuinn yea but I think the commenter saying its much understandable
I’ve never realized how much lore fnaf had since I only played the game for the jump scares when I was little, and now that security breach came out I got more interested in the lore since I felt like I missed out on it and I did. This video was really well made and everything was so easy to understand. Great job!
agreed
same thing happened to me !
You couldn't have said it better
Same
Same, when I started watching people play it I though it was just another popular horror game but when i delved into the game more and saw a lot of theories and information on the game is when i realised there was a lot of lore
It would be interesting to see how accurate this storyline is with Scott telling what's correct and possibly wrong
I think there are parts of the story that even Scott only has vague ideas on. I really wanna know what happened to Bonnie and Foxy before Security Breach.
@@kamyk2000 well I think Bonnie got beat up by Monty, but idk what happened to Foxy.
@@kamyk2000 True I think the story is still being built in the background and hopefully one day it will all just fall in to place. As for Bonnie I believe that Monty may have killed him in order to become a main animatronic, not sure about Foxy though nothing that I've seen so far even remotely mentions him, it's weird.
As someone who frequently watches game theory the only part I must admit I’m confused on is the soul that stayed in golden Freddy as MattPat says it’s a girl named Cassidy, but I also can see how it makes sense that it’s Evan! But as an overall timeline I think this one is really accurate and actually makes sense!!
@@kamyk2000 will their souls are free so we probably won't see them. Like freddy, we know that new freddy isn't the real ones. The new robots or simply robots. It's just programming. There isn't any souls involved. We know this because in one of the endings we see vanny controling them. So if there isn't a Bonnie or foxy then that means whoever created the new restaurant just wanted something new. Idk this is kinda my small theory. Since we don't see news of any murders or missing kids. We just see code failures. The only real problem in that game was Vanessa
This is one of the best storylines of the gaming Francise.
Thank you Scott for the memories!
This hands down has to be the best way anyone has ever put the story of the games before, I honestly would kill to see it as a 2 part movie if made just like this such a sad story of loss and grief turned into beautiful and poetic revenge.
this youtuber named j owens has a whole animatic video on how the animatronics feel . you can look it up as “fnaf interviewed” and the story , the videos are amazing
@@nakiapeete9067 i thought his yt channel was named j-gems? either way that fnaf series that he has made is awesome and i also recommend it 👌
@@gavorina2045 you right !! i spelled it so wrong 😭
@@nakiapeete9067 its fine dont worry 😇
For me the best fnaf lore videos are from Sabino69, it's kinda bad he only uploads in spanish tho.
this was SO easy to understand compared to other ones and it was so entertaining and i’m not a fan of horror but fnaf lore interests me even at the scary parts i was still invested i love this
Is it accurate tho?
it aint all to accurate tho
@@judgecheese3594 Yeah it isnt that accurate
ballora isnt williams wive, thats dumb
the funtimes arent possesed by their own souls, rather the remnant of the fnaf 1 kids.
The lore of this franchise is so fascinating.Glad the souls of the suffered ones got peace.
ikr
Sadly😎
timeline is very wrong, ballora isnt possesed by ballora. the funtimes arent possesed by individuals rather by remnant of the fnaf 1 kids
@@mori8706 why don't you make one then?
@@The_Animasters yeah i will
I’ve only played a fnaf game like 2 times and never knew anything about the lore. This video was still very interesting and well put together.
I had completely forgotten how dark this game was, I was like 9 years old and didn’t understand how much lore was behind all of this. I knew some but not all, thank you for this beautifully explained video!
I was 13
I was.. four😰😥
@@CG-so7hy when the first game came out?
Fax
@@MacenW not quite sure if it was the first game but I nearly shit my pants
After stumbling across this, I am surprised at how much effort you put into this with so little recognition. I can’t Wait til you blow up and get the recognition this effort deserves!
can't get recognition when putting low effort into videos! I try to make the best possible videos I can, so I hope I'm delivering well and as promised :D
With the new game coming I bet it'll blow up
@@jhtoxic7870 you're actually wrong. for the most part, including the Missing Children's Incident, he got it right. In fact, i'd say he got all of it right. The Missing Children's Incident is 100% confirmed to happen in 1983 thanks to FNAF4's Fredbear doll.
@@KuroAceVT no that is when the bite of 83 took place and when Freddy Fazbears pizza was opened and the death of Charlotte Emily
@@jhtoxic7870 actually, you're still wrong. Early 1983 is when the FIRST Freddy's is opened, and when the MCI takes place and Charlie's death. Hell, we even know for a FACT that the birthday party being celebrated is Cassidy's. See the Logbook for confirmation
As someone who didn't know FNAF even had lore until this week, I really appreciate the detail in this video. I've been trying to explore for a while now, but EVERY website or video seems to be directed at people who were familiar with the lore already and just needed a refresher, or to have it all put together cleanly, or wanted to see people's personal theories. Trying to get into it from scratch was really frustrating.
So thanks for the video! I loved that it was like a documentary in style. It was really well written, and the visuals helped a lot. Looking forward to seeing part five!
Wait what
I could never imagine not knowing Fnaf didn't have lore. Glad this was your first experience of it because this is so far the clearest.
fr bruh i thought you just played the game as a security guard and animatronics tried to kill you and that was it
Not to diss the video or anything, and though I really like the storytelling at play here, some of this needs to be taken with a grain of salt because there are still quite a few things that feel left out or are somewhat wrong. I do totally agree though, this is a really good starter into the massive amount of lore and secrets the franchise has to hide
@@dbeast03 Oh yeah, it can be a bit cheesy bit like you said it is a good starter
I was always too scared to play the fnaf games so this is a calmer way of learning the lore for me
Everyone needs a movie out of this. This lore makes so much more sense and I loved every second of it. I can just see the amount of work you put into this and I appreciate it. You deserve all the love mate. Best praise to you. 👏👏
I'd rather have a HBO horror series of this you could fit all the lore and sad and depressing stuff into that other than a 2 hour long movie
@@geremiahpullins3356 fr, if they wanted to fit in all the good stuff they'd have to make one looonnggg asssss movie, series would definitely be better
@@Rubinkys that's what I'm saying and Hbo are good casting kings, just needs a good screen writing and scenes that have proper emotion and no faz goo
@@geremiahpullins3356 i agree a series would be better more screentime too
but im pretty sure blumhouse is gonna make a fnaf movie
this game just keeps me coming back. i can literally never let go of this game. the lore, gameplay, and the way the nostalgia hits different everytime. i can’t wait to pay sb.
fr.
Would you say you, "Always come back"?
@@alexeggmacmuffin9311 nice xd
You know the mic quality added to the spooky aspects of the story.
But for the actual video, this was epic. I’ve watched all of Markiplier’s FNAF videos and never understood the story other than “Children possess animatronics,” so this explanation makes security breach all that more interesting. I very much enjoyed how you reused certain images for specific characters, it helped with keeping track of them. I’m bad at remembering names. And the videos/images you used to show the story being told was really well done. Thanks for this!
I've been watching so many lore videos, and while this one has two or three events slightly out of order, this really is the best video for a simplified sequence of events
I literally just finished watching all vids 😂, he finished the whole game now
I don’t think the security breach animatronics are possessed. I think they’re just very advanced AI because it takes place far in the future
i found it annoying cause i literaly cannot understand what he is talking about. "TFTHTE SUITS HADS ENDOSKETSLONS IN IT" thats just me tho
@@AidenBoBaiden5 nah same
This might be one of the best youtube videos I personally have ever watched. Truly, well done.
Yeah, theories really aren’t my cup of tea. This video is straight to the point and kept me awake. Love the visual editing!!
there are a few theories/differences to the canon story
He legit said this is a theory in the description lmao
Yeah I really liked it, though the narrator mumbled sometimes and I couldn’t understand what they were saying.
To think all of that came from just 5 killings. All of the purgatory, endless trauma, just from one incident. Great video. Very well composed and sensible!
dude talm bout “just 5 killings”
@@trev1487 Well, people have already done much worse throughout history and recieved a much better fate than William. (assuming what he feels is worse than hell)
he killed at least 11 children
the toys are possesed but not the funtimes
@the man No, there was another set of kids killed there
i really love how you told it more like a dramatic story rather than just explaining what’s been confirmed. even if there’s no evidence these conversations went like that or even happened at all, i feel like it was an amazing touch that added so much to the video. what i love about flag is that the story isn’t some set in stone canon thing, it’s all up to each individuals interpretations of the events and i think your take on the story rather than just the sequence of events really made this video special. the only major thing i would say differently is that it was cassidy and not evan who trapped william in eternal torment. really amazing video
Chunky owl
Who Is cassidy?
@@jelsyelizbonetsantiago7263 two souls possess golden freddy, cassidy is one of them.
@@foreverstuck1889 ahh I see, thank you
Wow! This was probably the BEST fnaf timeline I’ve ever seen all the time and effort put into this vid payed off GREAT vid man!
not even 10 years of this franchise and scott did the unimaginable, truly an outstanding work that will never be forgotten in the history of lore building in gaming
Blame game theory
Scott made so many games before yandere dev can even finish one, that’s sad
@@pizzatime2584 ☠️☠️☠️ facts
tbh scott didn't do much, the fandom wrote most of the story
For years the fnaf timeline seemed so complicated and incomprehensible to me. This video really helped me out in fixing that issue, thanks.
I thought I was the only one! I felt crazy for not understanding the timeline of FNAF.
i thought i knew the timeline, but this video helped me understand fnaf more, i watched other timelines but this video explained it a lot more and their is more details
Come on come on come on come daredevil!
I love the idea of William Afton being a psychopath from the start, and losing his family just drives him deeper into madness. Also, Evan being the vengeful spirit inside Golden Freddy, makes a ton of sense.
Gotta come back every once in a while to rewatch this gem
Frr
One of the best things about this franchise is the lore, I enjoy seeing how from each person’s perspective there are slight differences in the story and how it plays out a little differently. The fact that there is no real official lore or timeline really makes it interesting to see how everyone views it.
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True, but i just see the games main lore
There is a Fnaf multiverse like in Marvel
This guy is getting no money from this. Let’s just appreciate the work this guy put into this video. That’s the validation he can get from this. Good job
He gets money from the views tho….
TH-cam paid him for this with ad rev an views 😭🤣
I had like 20 ads on this video.
well...
but thank you eitherway hahaha
The realization that nightmare mode is literally Evan’s coma nightmare broke me
Same. I never really looked into the lore, I mainly just played the games. and I always assumed that all of fnaf4 was just him imagining it in his coma. But this does make way more sense
I never knew puppets story was so sad. Even tho he was just an animatronic, he felt guilt. He risked his own life to just be with her in her last moments out in the cold rain....
Matpat summarizes a lot of this stuff, but you don’t make it a story, you make it an actual movie where one second isn’t spared from telling everyone the complete and detailed storyline of fnaf
I like the story
I never truly had so much hate for one, purple guy. I have been in this fandom for years now and it still interests me. Will be waiting for the next part! Props to you for reading the novels!
Ok, but what about waluigi?
William is my favourite character, I could never hate him.
@@inarb I can't deny that he is a well-written character, but I hate his character for the atrocities he has committed! Good for you, though! Don't let anyone tell you otherwise! :)
@@somedude501 haha fair enough, he did some pretty bad stuff, but I still just think he's really cool lmao.
@@somedude501 bestie he's not a well written character. hes just a blind murderer with no motivation
You put so much effort into this. Years of uncertainty crafted into a solid story that runs so fluidly. From behalf of us other fans and community, thank you. Even if this lore goes "unsolved" or never gets a definitive timeline of events, I think you gave us what we were looking for :)
fr he gave a really good mix of imagination and established lore, I would say i disagree with some things like the part of golden freddy being cassidy and him/her keeping william in hell but other than that a W video
This video isnt that accurate
@@mori8706 it doesn’t have to be, they said it themselves. Besides i think this story is quite interesting even though it isn’t fully accurate so there’s no need to spam this under every single comment, i think he did pretty well! In the end it’s just a theory.
@Slackify exactly and besides, whatever he came up with isn’t completely true either he probably just saw it in a video and scott never fully confirmed any of it :/
@@ryanmills2982 I completely understand. I just love the way it was made into such a full, fluid story, regardless of the accuracy of some details its an incredible take on years of lore that has built up.
I love how horrific the lore franchise can be in two different ways:
1. Not knowing shit about the lore or what's happening with the game and genuinely being terrified of the game.
2. Knowing the story and still probably have thrilled horror and sadness.
WOW! This felt like a MOVIE! The narration, the voice acting, all of it is on point!
ayeee thank you! glad all the effort payed off!!
@@HyperDroid what’s the music at 1:03:01? Just curious
I don’t like playing horror games, but the lore of this one is amazing and keeps me coming back.
I have to agree
I cried at the ending....I can’t get over how William ruined his family’s lives and his own because of temptation after temptation...
I also love the use of Clara's theme from Dr who in the beginning
You did not cry over some imagination
@@shoesuke1613 I mean it’s pretty good lore, I would cry
@@shoesuke1613 who asked for your opinion?
@@shoesuke1613 uhm ok?
At the time the FNAF series started i was just a kid but i gotta say that this Series made my childhood soo good.
I’m so genuinely glad this game has come so far. As far as I’m aware Scott’s older games before the FNAF series he was made fun of for his characters looking like “scary animatronics” but I’m not sure if that’s confirmed. Like it started off as an indie game and it’s grown so much and there’s HOURS of lore.
The whole Five Nights at Freddy’s storyline is actually crazy. The fact that their were so many young souls stripped of life at a young age due to one man is really sad but after every William deserved it. Not only the children he killed, his children, his wife and his partner Henry.
For starters ballora isnt his wife
well his video isnt all that accurate:
william escaped ucn
ucn isnt "hell" its a nightmare
ennard/molten has the souls/remnant of the fnaf 1 kids
withered are the classics but reporpused
william didnt dismantle the animatronics in one night
william became immortal, due to the dismantling of the animatronics and uding their remnant in funtimes, himself
this is why he survived the springlocks
golden freddy isnt a physical animatronic, its a ghost
henry created a machine that lured the scraps to fnaf 6 location
@@mori8706 explain the third point and the 6th one is probably incorrect
@@andruspolanco6935 The books literally prove this, do you even know what the scooper stands for? have you seen what the scooper's true purpose is? do you know why micheal became immortal after he was scooped? Exactly. sit down little boy
@@andruspolanco6935 in the books william dismantles the fnaf 1 animatronic, melts them together and then injects their melted endoskeleton into funtime freddy. doing this springs him to life which jist proves this even morr
This was incredible, remarkable, and a much needed deep dive into everything. Thank you for all of your hard work in putting this together. I appreciate it all.
Fr
I would have loved to have watched this when I was younger but unfortunately my mom could not afford internet so I would watch coryxkenshin on her phone every two months so I never got the story but this story is a masterpiece
Scout man he is great
This video was honestly amazing. I haven't watched this whole video yet, but your storytelling of what happened in the fnaf universe is very clear and even made me emotional at times
This was so good, instead of just laying it all out in a complex fast timeline much like other creators I’ve seen covering the fnaf lore, you told it much like a simple story that even someone who is not familiar with fnaf can understand. This was an extremely engaging video, I only came to find out who tf circus baby is but ended up watching the entire video unable to look away. Thank you!
man oh man what a wonderful compilation dude. legit crying having certain parts of the story dramatized, like william apologizing at his brothers deadbed. really just an astounding way of bringing the lore together and make it feel more like a story.
You mean his sons deathbed?
@@kristoferfer I can't tell what the mistake is here
is what they meant Michael apologizing to his brother or William apologizing to his son?
The difference between Henry and Williams animatronics is insane. Henry's look friendly, safe. The circus baby crew with their splitting face plates are just murder machines
They're goddamn terrifying
This is so perfect, I’ve wanted to get into FNAF for years now but I cannot afford the games. Now I can actually have a decent conversation with my friend who loves the games. This must have taken a very long time.
So, Henry didn’t want William to come back because he’s a child murderer, so he killed Charlotte. William’s logic sucks.
he was clearly ill
He was insane from the start. What I don't understand is why Henry didn't get William arrested. Henry knew about the murders, which is why he wouldn't let William back inside. Why would he not just call the cops on him?
@@deviateedits It might’ve been the lack of proof idk
@@deviateedits if there was enough proof William would have been arrested at the very start, there's no proof against william
I almost had a stroke reading that sorry
This left me in tears... I was so relieved to see that the children and everyone else involved had finally gotten the ending they deserved despite it being years after
Ikr
me too bro , i never realized how sad the story was when i was a kid
man I got so sad at the part where evan died
@@TDShift same
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I feel like this strikes a good balance between solid theory and storytelling. Like, some bits aren't necessarily cannon/ aren't proven, but it helps understand the story so it works
@@dekideron5199 yeah totally. This isn't a lore video, it's the lore turned into an understandable story, which fnaf struggles to be at times. "Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story"
wow the effort in editing, research and everything that u put into this is truly amazing omg
I never cared for FNAF because I have an immense fear of animatronics, but now watching this I realized I've been missing out on it ever since the first FNAF game came out.
Honestly, this video does a great job, because the story is decently hard to figure out within the games. If you play them for the story in my opinion you’ll be a little disappointed. I’ve played all of them and didn’t know a lot of this because the story is just kinda heavily implied. Even this video theorizes and assumes a lot, and many of the videos of ‘events’ are not from the games.
Same man, ive only played fnaf1,2 and 3 and a while back i was so hyped to play 4
relatable
I honestly only played fnaf 1,2,3,4 and sister location on mobile and that was when I was young and I Stopped and just watch TH-camrs play the game lol.
Same like I'm really new to the fandom and I feel like I've really missed out on all of this so I want to catch up to all the ogs
When I was younger, I never understood the story behind the game. All I knew was that I had to hide from them or else they'll kill me. Security Breach brought me back to this and now, after all these years of playing, I finally understand it. I cried real hard. This is truly a masterpiece! Thank you for explaining
Personally, I grew up on Five Night At Freddy’s. I have some of my earliest memories playing FNAF 1 and 2. I always wondered why things were a certain way here and there through the early game franchise, but I wasn’t mature enough yet to understand the interesting and fulfilling backstory. It’s beautiful to see how Scott Cawthon set these games up so people around the world could perceive the game story however they want it to be. Thank you so much for this video.
At what age did you gain sentience
You know when something is complicated, when it takes whole hour to describe it as short as possible
This is literally one of if not the best explaination of the FNAF lore on this platform. I may not agree with all of it but I can't deny the obvious effort that was put into making this. Excellent work
which parts don’t u agree with
@@zaam2bigg well I know you are talking about them but I also don’t believe in everything in this.
William is not abusive I think
He got revenge for the youngest boy dying and maybe Elizabeth died then too and killed Henry’s child then the missing children.
@@zaam2bigg the toy animatronics were never possessed. the fnaf 2 security guard was micheal afton and because he looked similar to his father, the toy animatronics thought he was william and tried to kill him
@@zaam2bigg Another thing golden freddy actually has 2 souls, Cassidy is one of them being the vengeful spirit that made William suffered but... Idk if this video did follow all the books storyline (but likely there was some references from the book a bit)
Never thought I’d be crying at 1:30 AM on Christmas Eve to the fnaf lore, like why does it have to be so sad and so messed up
for real
Merry Christmas:)
Dude same but now it’s 12:14 am
Same
Lol it’s 4:10 on Christmas Eve for me rn
finally, someone who completely explains the entire lore without jumbling the timelines and story. I was so tired of the "theory this and theory that" and the theories/fnaf "explanations" that would still have me questioning what happened. I finally got a specific and full answer.
Most of the things he said to create a coherent story where mostly made up and non-cannon but yeah I agree this makes sense
Yes and no
Yes this mades for a more easy to understand video but it is full of theories and minor details that just are wrong, like the fact that it was puppet the one who put the bodies into the animatronics, which would place Emely's death way earlier.
there's a lot of stuff that jumbles things up, like how william's wife just-so-happening to record a voicemail answer at the same time that the 14-year-old-sounding william afton was banging on the door
Ive become Interested in fnaf lately and I didn't have any clue about the timelines so this was very helpful
“FNAF Lore”
William: “hey hey I killed some people but we can still do business right?”
Henry: “what bro, no-“
Video: “and he killed all the children”
Ad: “ITS A GREAT DAY TO SAVE WITH LIBERTY MUTUAL”
WONDERFUL
I got the exact same ad lmao
I allways thought the lore was nonsense until I found this video, the fnaf lore is scattered between games between timeliness and so mich more that it's near impossible for the common player/fewer to understand what's happening and why it's happening. Your video packed everything into a great to watch and easy to understand video without overwhelming the viewer with detail.
Huge props for making this video.