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Funfact, I actually work with spring locks at my job (they're just mechanical devices that lock springs in place) and i can confirm that making a spring lock that can a) hurt you when it fails and b) fails without a peice of metal physically snapping is a Herculean effort of stupidity. The Chiptide Show has a great video about how dumb they are, Henry absolutely derves to go to jail for sheer criminal negligence.
My headcanon is that Henry, either bc of his ego or bc of william manipulation or whatever, purposefully made the Springlock suits to show how smart he is for being able to overdesign an animatronic and have people hit the gritty wearing it Bc there is no way not having just an extra set of suits ot even just taking the animatronics' suits isn't cheaper than making Murderous machines that look what a Furry Jigsaw would have made 😭😭😭
@thealpacaofsupport258 Even then, a regular spring lock uses a physical piece of metal to keep the spring in place. Just designing a locking mechanism that can somehow fail when wet is a crazy dumb thing to do. He would have had to invent a terrible system to lock a spring, and then use springs that were a bajillion times more powerful than they needed to be to actually cause damage to a person.
@@alexknj1 while im not an engineer, i can give some good faith theory/idea as to how it could work without being so stupid/neglectful as people portray it first i do think people put too much stock into the "when wet" thing, its never really been even hinted at that all it takes is a little moisture (arguably the opposite, imo) and its likely moreso an issue of a badly designed lock that can slide out of place, getting it wet would just lube the wrong parts making it more likely to slide second i'll argue that, while dangerous if they fail, they were clearly reliable to be used for an extended period of time daily, as we know of like, max 3 incidents with them after what seems like atleast a year of use, probably more the suits arent that big overall (they're big but not massive) and an amount of that is foam and stuff, so there probably isnt a lot of space for whatever locking mechanism, and there are supposedly quite a lot of individual springlocks placed allover the body, which are all engaged by one crank, so i think its quite likely that the piece of metal/mechanism that holds the spring is just badly shaped due to all the limitations of design, making it somewhat prone to getting loose/unlocking itself and the springs themselves are probably rather strong because they need to have enough force to assemble an endoskeleton when closing, add to that, the metal parts that would be pressed against you are segments of an endoskeleton and probably not exactly soft or smooth, even one unfiled edge or bottom side of a screw is going to hurt, which would make you react violently which can cascade and set off more locks it is still dangerous and not a great design overall, but not like history isnt full of dangerous questionably engineered things that ended up killing people
I just realized, in FNaF3 phone dude says he wants the training tapes to be playing over the loudspeakers when Fazbear's Fright opens, so is that how we're listening to them too? If so, that's super cool to have phone guy explaining how to properly operate the springlock suits as an old decrepit springlocked Afton shambles through the building. The first voice he hears in decades being basic employee training played throughout the entire building on exactly how not to end up like he did, practically taunting him.
And then as the tapes describe how to suits walk to the nearest sound he's just like: oh great, thanks Ralph. There goes my whole immortal unstoppable murderer vibe, did you have to mention that?
I have always put the "brown bonnie" on stage down to the graphics of the mini game, and that the reason it's a darker yellow is just to portray the fact it's further across on the stage, as the graphics obviously makes it hard to portray depth in a 2D 8Bit game lol
i had no idea this was even an interpretation until this video. I had always thought that it was a lighting difference to show that springbonnie was on the other side of the stage and not being focused on. like how when a camera focuses on something the background gets all blurry.
William seems to be able to do a lot in his suit without triggering the springlocks. If Henry was the same way, he might not have thought that the suits were dangerous at first. When you're the one who built something yourself, you often get so used to the quirks that you sometimes forget about them on a conscience level.
Always thought Lefty was at least similar to a spring lock suit, seeing how it can (probably) function as a standalone animatronic AND fit the puppet in it.
OK, now I can't take the image of the Puppet spring-locked inside Lefty out of my head... Thanks for one more traumatising mental image i this franchise...
@@TheSeventySin7 Oh I know he's either a custom build or was modified specifically to contain the Puppet, it's just feels like a very similar fate when you think about it
the phone calls in fnaf 3 specifically name freddy fazbear's pizza, not fredbear diner, meaning that the reason why the springlock suits are so dangerous is because they're already ancient by this point in the time line, they're already in a state of disrepair, and i imagine in their prime, they worked decently and weren't anywhere near as dangerous as they are around the time the safe rooms get sealed.
I always loved how Scott made like 5 different designs for the actual springlock mechanism because it implies that there were enough suits there were several springlock designs from constant improvement (even though it's probably because he had 0 clue how any of the actual mechanisms would work)
A couple notes: • We know Afton Robotics made the suits, but did it own the location? • The blue version of Nedbear could have been remade into Lefty for FNAF 6, considering that the puppet fits inside it
It seems like Afton Robotics does own the location of Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental since the building blueprints can be seen also with the copyright. But we have no blueprints for Circus Baby's
One thing that I personally value in the spring lock suits is their symbolism of the naive optimism that Henry and William had. Unlike every other decision that the Fazbear company made to save a buck, spring lock suits were made with children's happiness in mind 100%. They made them because just think about how cool it would be for FredBear to sing a song and then walk off the stage to come play skiball with you and your friends. It hurts my heart to know that someone so invested in children's happiness and imaginations would do what William did.
Well Midnight Motorist shows that William took Crying Child's death pretty damn hard, to the point of committing murder and drowning himself in alcohol constantly, while I'm pretty sure William as a person was always screwed up I'm pretty sure that was what broke him fully, and the narcissism definitely didn't help.
@@ni__wolf143 Midnight Motorist isn't about Billy Afton. It's about the kid who got lured away after hours and could be convinced because of his shit home life.
When you mentioned Daves birthday it made me want to run a theory of mine by you. I think Dave's birthday is Halloween; "Are you going to the Party? Of course you are it's YOUR BIRTHDAY", Everyone is wearing masks at a birthday party instead of hats, and the heavy emphasis of Halloween in 83 in both fnaf vr games a point in the timeline that until very recently we had questions about "What was fnaf 4's gameplay?", "Who will put him back together and how?" and "What is the crying childs name?", not to mention your theory about Dave being the baby that wasn't William's.
I also think it would make sense if FNAF4 took place on Halloween. Also sidenote, I feel like folks don't know: Fallfest (and similar names) is usually what primarily Christian communities in the USA (i.e. Utah) call Halloween to technically avoid celebrating what is considered a non-Christian holiday. It's all Halloween, baby.
@@Autumn_Actually Have you ever heard how some don't consider Catholics as Christians because of the saints and reverence for Mary? I think even more people don't consider Mormons as Christians.
I think when phone guy refers to "the sister location" it could mean that only 2 locations had springlock suits, or at least still be using them. As we see in the more current games, fazbear likes to get rid of the human part of the companyso when they expand it makes sense to just have the animatronics, as that way it means they don't have to make special suits for the new restaurants. So then a call about a springlock failure at the sister location can only be at one place, where as the rest of the locations would've gotten a more general message about them. So only 2 restaurants still were using the springlock suits, what ever became of fredbear's family diner and the first freddy's location
Obviously the crying child caused the springlocks to go off on the spare suits being worn by Trevor the Cashier and Harold the Janitor, creating the shadow animatronics. It's undeniable!
21:09 if I had to guess, the brown springbonnie suit on stage is just a yellow one in shadow. it's facing with its back towards us and it's slightly smaller than the fredbear suit which to me implies it's further away preforming in a different direction (with lights facing it, leaving the back in shadow) we've only ever seen springbonnie being yellow so it would be odd if there was randomly a brown one. I'm sure the reason Scott put it in shadow is so that it wouldn't distract from the main focus of fredbear and the bite
Something I think a lot of people forget from FNAF 3 it says the suits were retired because of *multiple simultaneous* springlock failures. As in, there was more than one AND occurred at (or close to) the same time!
People don't forget. People (including myself) just believe the "multiple simultaneous springlock failures" are talking about the springlocks themselves, not the suits.
that might be wrong since I think the "multiple" part refers to multiple unrelated suits, with "simultaneous" referring to the springlocks on an individual suit
Yeah, one springlock failing on a suit probably just gives you a nasty scar, but multiple springlocks failing in one suit at the same time means certain death. Unless you're some kind of undead immortal like William or Mike Afton.
2:24 can we all take a moment to appreciate how much emotion was put into the phone guy calls, specifically these ones?! I’ve never sat and noticed how much emotion is in his voice. The subtle yet very clear fear and concern. Love it
Something to add here, In the Fazbear Frights story Together Forever, there’s another springlock suit named Rosie Porkchop. Her description could possibly link her to the MM and adds more fuel towards the idea that the MM are related to the springlocks and maybe an early version of Pigpatch like the blue bear and the green animatronic
Another shoutout! Glad to hear you agree on Sister Location being "The sister location" in FNAF 3. I think Ralph calling it THE sister location might be as close to confirmation as we can get that Scott is misusing the term. As you pointed out, there are multiple other Freddy's locations referenced in those FNAF 3 tapes, so Scott obviously considered a "sister location" to be something DIFFERENT to another Freddy's. Really love that Nedbear/Blue Springlock catch. Genuinely never heard that before, and though the book (as far as I remember) says that the blue animatronic is hard to recognise as any specific type of animal, I'm going to just headcanon it for now.
there's also a theory i heard (from mr desk fan i think) that elisabeth losing a game of claw machine was covered up externally with a gas leak, but internally with a spring lock failure. i like your theory more, but i still think it's a cool theory
Checked my phone just in time to see this banger dropped! I've been so intrigued by how many Fredbears/Springbonnies/Side characters there really are for so long!
23:27 one thing I would like to say is that the mediocre melodies were definitely used in the 1985 location In into the pit in the basement Nedbear tie Orville’s wand And Mr. hippos flower are there There also the connection with the vengeful spirit who could be Andrew or Cassidy. The spirit uses the melodies to talk to William which shows a connection to them specifically
13:37 The best interpretation I’ve seen for Golden Freddy not moving despite being in suit mode is from Sire Squawks mentioning that Golden Freddy was inside the safe room. We know that the safe rooms are invisible to the animatronics and that they can’t enter it according to the end of night mini games in FNAF 3, so if an animatronic were to be inside the safe room we could assume that they could not path in there, stopping them from moving. This is supported by both the final scene in UCN and the trailer for FNAF3 in which Golden Freddy and Springtrap respectively both twitch the same way, as if the souls are trying to move the animatronic but being unable to due to being in a safe room and and therefore immobile.
I'm so obsessed with your vids. The in-depth research mixed with your kinda sing-songy voice gives the feeling of talking to a friend who is COMPLETELY obsessed with Fnaf and is over the moon to be talking about it.
As an avid fan of Make two stupid characters battle wit no logic I'm loving the community posts!! Also I live for moments like connecting Ned Bear, the blue suit from graphic novel and happiest day, like seeing a USB o in correct first time
So in the games, the springlock suits seem to function different to hwo they do in the books and movies. By taking a closer look at SpringTrap, we can see that he has 2 metal rods in his mouth, which could be the reason on why he can't speak. Around the head, some metal structures can be seen, and it's likely that these have more metal rods that are in William's head. William's eyes are replaced with SpringBonnie's, so they are hidden somewhere in the mask, that could also suggest that in William's head, he has the endo's jaws. Around the neck, a collar like structure can be seen, and it has spots for more metal rods. The torso has some rib-like structures that are folded inwards, which could say that these "ribs" can fold outward for a person to come in. The arms and legs could simply be more rings holding metal rods both horizontaly and verticaly. The hands are feet are weird though. So the springlock suits have 2 modes: animatronic mode and mascot mode. When it is in mascot mode, the endo structure retracts, leaving space for someone to climb in. The springlocks are very fragile and any moist, heavy breathing and rapid movements can make them go loose. The reason they are used is because it is way cheaper, but if not used correctly, they can cause fatal injuries and even death (Which is more likely). In the movie, they are mostly the same, however, it seems that the endo and the springlocks are 2 different things and can be separarted. In too lazy to talk about the novel trilogy's springlocks😊
My thoughts on the matter: 1) "THE" sister location is the location from the game sister location. Like you said, it's weird to call it THE location if there are many. But it's possible Scott didn't know how the word is typically used, and thinks of a "sister location" to be "something that isn't a Freddy Fazbear's." There may be dozens of Freddy's, but only one "THE" sister location (due to deaths and premature closing, wah-wah). 2) There may have been "multiple simultaneous" springlock failures- I suppose if the company was going to try and cover it up, they would have maybe said "due to a workplace accident." But I don't know, I've always read that line as "They might be lying." Like, yes, Circus Baby is not a spring lock. But when Elizabeth was merc'd, maybe Afton just lied and said it was a springlock failure to people who don't know exactly what the term means. "My child accidentally touched complicated parts and it killed her" is more sympathetic than "I designed a murder robot that got my kid." But! Would Scott just include a red herring like that? I guess not. It's just one of those "even if there's logical reasons to believe that line, I still am suspicious"
I don't really watch much FNAF Theory Content anymore, but your way of presenting things and general vibe have made me binge-watch almost your entire catalog of theory content, and I feel like you bring a very whimsical spin to this funny murder robot bear game that makes your content very entertaining to listen to. Kudos for that! Your videos are a lot of fun!
WAIT.. the phone guy call said that the classic suits were not to be used anymore. And the week before confirms that the fnaf 1 animatronics were reverted to their classic look.. Were the unwithereds actually springlock suits? Is michael inside one in sister location night 4? Are the springlocks how afton managed to stuff them in the unwithered animatronics? I can imagine people going "how did afton put children inside the animatronics? There's no room!" And Scott creating springlocks in fnaf 3 to fill that plot hole... We see a kid inside the golden freddy suit in fnaf 4 minigames that's obviously just shoved in there, not chopped up or anything to make it fit. Makes you think... Cadet wandering off...🫡
I still like to think that the nightmare animatronics reflect early springlock versions of the classic animatronics, I remember the fact they all have 5 fingers was often pointed out back in the day. I know “unnightmare” isn’t all that popular nowadays, but I really do like to think that the designs of the animatronics changed over the years, and the nightmare animatronics reflect what the animatronics looked like at the time while of course also being somewhat warped versions of what they actually looked like.
Candi Bunny, fantastic work on your latest videos! Your editing and presentation are top notch. I have left this proposal on many youtubers comments but havnt heard any traction from the theory, but a more recent game theory has brought to the public attention the Etymology of "Dave" and "Michael", meaning "Beloved" and "Like God" respectively. I insist that you dig deeper into the Etymology of everybody because they quite directly translate to their characteristics. Henry: Ruler of the House Emily: Industrious Rival Charlotte: Petite / Free Willed William: Resolute Protector Afton: Of the Night (Placing William Afton as a Night Guard) Elizabeth: My god is my Oath And most interesting to me, the Victims, who all reference God in an Ironic sense, who in this specific case can be interpreted to be William. Gabriel: God is my Strength Fritz (Friedrich): Peaceful Ruler Jeremy: God will Uplift Susie: Lily Flowers (See the Gravestone Ending) And when you look at flower Symbolism the Lily represents Friendship and Rebirth, and they adorn the Graves on the hill. There are many more examples in the Book series, I urge you to make a video on the matter
Am I the only one who thinks that the FredBear & Bonnie on stage in FNAF 4 aren't Spring-lock suits...? As the FredBear on stage is larger than the Spring FredBear, we also see on the same night. They just look similar to each other and possibly share the same parts, which could lead the bite of 83 as a Spring-lock failure as the head/jaw parts could've been shared with both the normal & Spring-lock FredBears. Plus, stage Bonnie seemingly has a different head design when comparing the spire heads to each other (or just the back stage head to FNAF 3 SpringTrap's head). Also, I am not 100% sure that Golden Freddy is a Spring-lock suit because neither of GF models has more than 4 fingers, while SpringTrap does have 5 fingers. Finally, maybe all the Nightmares are reused Spring-locks?
5:30 i remember that few moths or years ago there was a debate why springtrap go to the sound of ballon boy.- the theory was that afton so much like to kill children that he can't stop himself. But here is clearly said that the springlock suit in animatronic form they automatically go to the sound. And geting springlocked is litterary animatronic going back to deafault position. So the springlock suit other to afton will go to this children. So why this was so big problem!?? We got really simple answer.
13:30 If Fredbear is physically trapped in the saferoom, a room left out of the animatronics’ programming, maybe that’s causing an error in his code preventing him from getting up and moving like Springtrap
I think the reason why springbonnie is brown because of shading also I think it would make sense to talk about the shadow animatronics since there’s a theory about them being springlock falilure victims
13:34 Golden Freddy is most likely in the safe room because that's where the springlock animatronics are stored and none of the animatronics are supposed to be in the safe room (at least their AI doesn't allow them to function in the safe room) meaning that Golden Freddy shouldn't be able to walk or even stand. Also in fnaf 3 they said they found Springtrap and put him in fazbear frights (or at least took him out of the safe room) meaning that Springtrap only started walking AFTER they took him out of the safe room.
Bonnie on stage is brown to show depth of field. In 8-bit, its difficult to show depth of space, so artists use shortcuts like color to communicate Bonnie is further away. 😊
No matter how many times I hear it, the "um, DON'T." in the discontinued suit announcement phone call cracks me up. Henry needs to be locked up for sheer criminal negligence for coming up with Springlock Suits. The money saved by combining Costumes with Animatronics is FAR outweighed by the legal fees they rack up, not to mention all of the time and effort it takes to Cover Everything Up!🤦🏾♀️As soon as Fredbear's and Freddy's started turning a profit, they should've been phased out and destroyed, along with their blueprints. And Fazbear Entertainment CERTAINLY should've split the suits apart after buying the business! Granted, William the Child Exterminator was the only owner around to make decisions during the Buyout since Henry had Exiled himself after what happened to my Poor Baby Charlie but they still should've had someone speak up like someone spoke up against The Funtimes in Sister Location's opening cutscene. Unfortunately, Fazbear Entertainment NEVER does what they're supposed to do in full or at all! There's got to be at least 5 Springlock Suits out there when you consider the Games and the Books but one Springlock Suit is one too many! The only good thing to come from them was The Springlocking of William Afton because he got Monkey's Pawed. 😈He wished to be immortal and he got exactly what he wanted buttt he spent his immortality physically tortured by his own Creation, his favorite Creation of them all before being mentally and spiritually tortured by TOYSHK forever or until the end of The Man in Room 1280, depending on how you look at FNAF Canon.
I really think Henry was deluded about how dangerous his invention was. Because for a long time HE wore the suit. It's not just like he put other employees at risk, he, like Afton, put on that suit every day and believed nothing bad would happen. Bonkers.
I love your videos, as someone who's been deeply enthralled by fnaf since it came out it makes me happy to see a new fnaf youtuber with good theories. Keep up the good work
I don’t believe the theory that the Big Bite is the spring lock failure because, as mentioned in the video, Fredbear was in animatronic mode. One thing to note that others have pointed out is that Fazbear is a very shady company and they will try to cover up any sort of tragedy the best they can. That said, it’s very possible that the spring lock failure line was meant to act as a corporate cover up, and they just hoped/assumed the employees wouldn’t think too hard about it or make the connection to the Big Bite. As I said, I don’t necessarily believe this theory but it makes sense given what we know about Fazbear
"It looks like i'm about to spend Five Nights at Freddy's" "Michael, I need you to find your Sister's Location" "Henry you bastard, it's almost like you've created a Pizzeria Simulator"
In the way of how many there are, I would say there are the primary suits, and some backup suits in the case that a primary suit is being cleaned (likely cleaning the blood from SpringLock failures.) I'm also a strong believer in the FunTimes being SpringLocks simply due to Night 4 of SL. The face plates open up just like the FunTimes (I'm aware that in Help Wanted Bonnie's face opens the same way therefore the FunTimes aren't special in that regard.) and Circus Baby outright says, that the suit is from her old pizzeria. We know for a fact that her old pizzeria were FunTime exclusive as in The Fourth Closet; Circus Baby, FunTime Freddy, and FunTime Foxy are all there (with Ballora likely being there too, just unmentioned). By that logic, we can assume that the FunTimes are also SpringLock suits, since the only bots and Circus Baby's Pizza World were the FunTimes.
My brother put forward the theory that the accident involving the sister location happened on the same day that Elizabeth got scooped. That our favorite serial killer brought his daughter to the grand opening, held her hand the entire time so that she would not be alone with baby, and then was FORCED to leave her alone to take care of problem. That being the Springlocking! He couldn't take his daughter with him because a guy was literally dying, and it was something that needed to be taken care of immediately. My two cents is that the apringlock there was either another Fredbear, or possible a Spring *Foxy*. (I mostly want it to be a spring foxy because then we can have a spring Chica at chica's party world and that would be the full set of four character having a springlock suit.)
12:20 I know why it's the case in real life, but in universe it makes no sense that the original Bonnie would have to be specified as Spring Bonnie if there were no other Bonnies when he was created. I like the theory that blue Bonnie was originally called Bonbon, like how Freddy's name is very similar yet not the same as Fredbear's, but eventually Bonbon got more popular and became the standard Bonnie while the original became SPRING Bonnie.
Maybe to show off/advertise the spring lock features so spring Bonnie could be used in order to show the mechanical expertise. Or just so players know it’s a spring lock suit
Short Answer: Yes. There are more then 2. Long Answer: There are more then 2 because we actively see 2 Fredbears and Springbonnies in use at 1 time during FNAF 4. 1 pair are on stage and casting a shadow that Dave, CC, gets scared off. The other pair are being worn by employees and scare Dave after he sees the shadows casted by the suits on stage. It's unlikely the employees are just wearing cloth suits similar to Glitchtraps designs as we see metal used in the Fredbear the employee is using. Also Afton has to help the employee wearing Springbonnie put it on which would be weird for a normal suit but, not for a springlock as we know they are hard to put on. For further evidence that is wasn't just a weird choice for FNAF 4's minigames. FNAF 3 screams they're are multiple of the 2 main Springlock suits. FNAF 3 tells us multiple locations existed each with saferooms to go to bleed out. The Springlock suits are discontinued at all locations because of an incident at one of the locations. Fredbear and Springbonnie are a pair, they wouldn't be split up across to locations. I think what confused people for so long is when Phone Guy said "2 special designed suits". I think people took that as oh only 2 were ever made. No they made 2 models but that doesn't mean that more the 1 of the pair can't be made. This explains why there can be an extra Springtrap suit in the books. Why the Withereds and Classics look different (because they were built for different locations). How Afton fixed his Springtrap suit, unless you think he took for Golden Freddy specifically. Comment made before watching.
20:19 Doesn’t debunk the point you were trying to make, since the guy getting suited up offstage is happening simultaneously to the performers on the stage itself, but yeah “brown” spring bonnie is almost certainly just lighting imo. Side note, but something small I really like about the FNAF games is how, over the different installments, Scott gets better and better at depicting these scenes in 8-bit/Atari format without ever relinquishing the restrictions on palette and detail such a format provides! “Brown” bonnie here is a good example of that, in that he’s using low contrast to convey an object that’s further back in space :) Love your fnaf theories!! 🧡 Keep up the great work :D
I love how it is possible to hear that you're passionate about FNaF. Please keep doing your theories for your and everyone's fun and don't let the "less good" side of the fandom infect you 🫂
Not a book reader for the franchise (small investment of time and money there), but seeing other theories come out that aren't from massive names that are compelling, have backing, and is long enough for a near half hour video is a treat on a weekend. Happy Veteran's Day/Rememberance Day, Candi!
I love your video style and how clear your mic and narration are. I feel like I’m watching a similar style of video to those classic top 10 videos, but with more heart and passion and actually entertaining.
I just finished watching your fnaf 1 date video the moment this released so that is some fun timing! Really good video btw! I really like this angle you have where you try to be as subjective as possible while making theory videos, bringing every possibility to the table instead of leaning into one theory or another, it makes it also feel like just a compilation of facts video which are also very useful for theorycrafting. Regarding as to why Springbonnie could look brown, I think it's because in that scene Fredbear was supposed to stand out, if Springbonnie was a similar shade they could have blended up with Fredbear and made the scene harder to read, so making them more brown was probably to make them feel more in the background as if they are behind Fredbear !
I think I've landed on 5 minimum springlocks a few times, but without knowing how widespread the franchise and its affiliates were at the time, tee could have been hundreds floating around... I always imagined the color difference between Fredbear and GF's accessories to be mostly due to aging and grime accumulation. Great video, thank you!
I'm so glad that someone was able to make even the slightest sense out of the blue mask in the Happiest day. I could not even begin to Think about how long that mere detail has slipped through everyone's grasp.
Man, the tapes from fnaf 3 have to be from different years or something. Because the boarding up has to take place after sister location the game (because Afton has to be boarded up in one), but the stopping use out of safety for the springlocks was as far back as 1985-7. Because in 1987, phone guy says they used an "old suit in the back, a yellow one". Meaning the springlock incident that started their retirement, happened back pre-1987. Far too early for the "Baby's Sister Location" springlock suit to have been the one that caused the incident.
Also, to add on, I believe it's correct that during the Springlock retirement back in 1985-1987 there may have only been 2 locations. IE, the Pizzerias we see in FNAF 1 and FNAF 2. But later on in the tapes Fazbear's has grown to where many locations exist with many safe rooms.
The way how Henry made the spring lock suits for the sole purpose of bringing children happiness only for William to use them for the exact opposite is so tragic yet great at characterizing both of them. Poor Henry, it breaks my heart
ooo thats a really cool idea abt nedd bear being originally blue and thats why cc sees him in happiest day! the blue springlock suit in tse was always odd, at first i thought it was a bonnie suit like the one from lady fiszis drawing
Hi Bunny! Here's my theory (I know it's a big strech, but I like it): since all this Mimic thing and the Clown character being introduced called Jackie, I've started seeing a trio of 3 characters being togheter in the story: a clown, a bunny and a bear. This goes back to even fnaf 1, where you can see the paper plate characters on the pizzeria walls (I do think the third one kinda represents a clown, with the red dot nose and colorful paper limbs). Then you get this whole new restaurant that's clown themed, Circus Baby's, and there we see the new springlock. Anyways, sorry for all this introduction, but it's all to say that my theory is that this new springlock is of a clown character that we don't know, but it's been portrayed by the paper plate clown and the Ennard mask that we see the whole time above our heads at the sister location room. Both of these have the same smile shape than we can see when we're inside the springlock This is all what GiBi would call "wild speculation": I don't know why, but it all feels like they're trying to hint at there being 3 animatronics creators instead of just Henry and William (I associate them with the bear and bunny respectively, don't ask me why).
As to why Henry would build the super dangerous SpringLock suits it would be to keep continuity between the animatronics on stage and the suits worn for parties. Kids would notice the obvious difference between the animatronics and the suits.
Phone Guy's line referencing "the Sister Location" could mean the only sister location that still has springlock suits in use, and that most locations getting their saferooms boarded up are other sister locations that have springlock suits that are no longer in use for some reason.
oh man the ending 🥺 dave's happiest day needing togo back in time with the mediocore melodies this is so sad and sweet i like it 💖 love your theories!!
Okay Matpat you can come out of retirement now. Jokes aside awesome video I wish Scott would throw us a bone sometimes so we could get even more unhealthily invested in the lore
I was curious if Yellowing of fabrics was a process that occurs over years to potentially explain that the Springlocks were used over a long period of time, possibly before even Fredbear's Family Diner was fully established; could offer even one shred of plausible deniability for Henry in their construction and use if there were years before an accident. However, I quickly found that Long Term Storage of over 3 months, exposure to elements like humidity, or improper/lack of washing all contribute to the aging of natural and synthetic fibers into Yellowish hues. Bad Fazbear ventilation strikes once again as the very air moisture of the storage room could trigger or degrade the springs as quickly as the skin materials. There is a non zero chance Henry could have killed people in the prototype stages of the Springlock suits if he already had detailed liability waivers of their dangers in the training recordings as they were rolled out. If one doesn't also consider the first version used by employees in front of children weren't effectively a testing phase.
I actually have a super similar idea! I believe that the Fredbear and Spring Bonnie we see on stage in fnaf4 are stage-only animatronics, and the employees are wearing normal costumes. This would be because the original springlock suit duo was moved over to Freddy's. I've actually got this exact topic written as a script for my 3rd video! I'm super excited to talk about it. It's one of my favourite subjects.
Phone dude loves vintage stuff and has a box of old masks in the office That kid you trade with in into the pit loves vintage items, and happily accepts a Freddy mask, much like the one in the box Interesting but probably meaningless connection
You know something that I realized while reading the comments is that the Springlocks had to have some sort of water resistance to a certain expent because it's a mascot suit, and from what people have told me about mascot suits is that they get hot so you end up really sweaty.
Just a minor thing, when you're talking about Hurricane, as in the place in southern Utah, it's actually not said like the weather phenomenon, but instead as Hurri-ken (Source: I was born and raised in Southern UT)
It's very possible that the non-training calls from Fnaf 3 don't happen around the same time. The springlocks could have been retired, more locations opened, and then much later the rooms sealed up
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@venomfan2020 is "the fire" that jack-o-chica refers to
Funfact, I actually work with spring locks at my job (they're just mechanical devices that lock springs in place) and i can confirm that making a spring lock that can a) hurt you when it fails and b) fails without a peice of metal physically snapping is a Herculean effort of stupidity. The Chiptide Show has a great video about how dumb they are, Henry absolutely derves to go to jail for sheer criminal negligence.
My headcanon is that Henry, either bc of his ego or bc of william manipulation or whatever, purposefully made the Springlock suits to show how smart he is for being able to overdesign an animatronic and have people hit the gritty wearing it
Bc there is no way not having just an extra set of suits ot even just taking the animatronics' suits isn't cheaper than making Murderous machines that look what a Furry Jigsaw would have made 😭😭😭
@thealpacaofsupport258 Even then, a regular spring lock uses a physical piece of metal to keep the spring in place. Just designing a locking mechanism that can somehow fail when wet is a crazy dumb thing to do. He would have had to invent a terrible system to lock a spring, and then use springs that were a bajillion times more powerful than they needed to be to actually cause damage to a person.
My theory is William bet Henry 20 dollars he couldn't make a suit that doubles as an animatronic
It was the 80’s ig
@@alexknj1 while im not an engineer, i can give some good faith theory/idea as to how it could work without being so stupid/neglectful as people portray it
first i do think people put too much stock into the "when wet" thing, its never really been even hinted at that all it takes is a little moisture (arguably the opposite, imo) and its likely moreso an issue of a badly designed lock that can slide out of place, getting it wet would just lube the wrong parts making it more likely to slide
second i'll argue that, while dangerous if they fail, they were clearly reliable to be used for an extended period of time daily, as we know of like, max 3 incidents with them after what seems like atleast a year of use, probably more
the suits arent that big overall (they're big but not massive) and an amount of that is foam and stuff, so there probably isnt a lot of space for whatever locking mechanism, and there are supposedly quite a lot of individual springlocks placed allover the body, which are all engaged by one crank, so i think its quite likely that the piece of metal/mechanism that holds the spring is just badly shaped due to all the limitations of design, making it somewhat prone to getting loose/unlocking itself
and the springs themselves are probably rather strong because they need to have enough force to assemble an endoskeleton when closing, add to that, the metal parts that would be pressed against you are segments of an endoskeleton and probably not exactly soft or smooth, even one unfiled edge or bottom side of a screw is going to hurt, which would make you react violently which can cascade and set off more locks
it is still dangerous and not a great design overall, but not like history isnt full of dangerous questionably engineered things that ended up killing people
I just realized, in FNaF3 phone dude says he wants the training tapes to be playing over the loudspeakers when Fazbear's Fright opens, so is that how we're listening to them too? If so, that's super cool to have phone guy explaining how to properly operate the springlock suits as an old decrepit springlocked Afton shambles through the building. The first voice he hears in decades being basic employee training played throughout the entire building on exactly how not to end up like he did, practically taunting him.
And then as the tapes describe how to suits walk to the nearest sound he's just like: oh great, thanks Ralph. There goes my whole immortal unstoppable murderer vibe, did you have to mention that?
@@jubnubbensI can imagine him thinking “I shouldn’t have hired you… CURSE YOUUUU!”
Honestly no wonder he’s all murdery in that game
I love this
@@chieftainmk_11 even tho hes long dead at that point XD
I have always put the "brown bonnie" on stage down to the graphics of the mini game, and that the reason it's a darker yellow is just to portray the fact it's further across on the stage, as the graphics obviously makes it hard to portray depth in a 2D 8Bit game lol
Some FNaF "fans" are dumb like that, they think it's a whole nother animatronic when it's just to portray a different lighting
i had no idea this was even an interpretation until this video. I had always thought that it was a lighting difference to show that springbonnie was on the other side of the stage and not being focused on. like how when a camera focuses on something the background gets all blurry.
Yeah but the average theorist has a stroke at the mere thought of a creative liberty having no lore relevance.
William seems to be able to do a lot in his suit without triggering the springlocks. If Henry was the same way, he might not have thought that the suits were dangerous at first. When you're the one who built something yourself, you often get so used to the quirks that you sometimes forget about them on a conscience level.
Always thought Lefty was at least similar to a spring lock suit, seeing how it can (probably) function as a standalone animatronic AND fit the puppet in it.
Ooo cool thought!
I always figured Henry modified Lefty.
OK, now I can't take the image of the Puppet spring-locked inside Lefty out of my head... Thanks for one more traumatising mental image i this franchise...
I'd guess Lefty is a custom build just for the Puppet.
@@TheSeventySin7 Oh I know he's either a custom build or was modified specifically to contain the Puppet, it's just feels like a very similar fate when you think about it
the phone calls in fnaf 3 specifically name freddy fazbear's pizza, not fredbear diner, meaning that the reason why the springlock suits are so dangerous is because they're already ancient by this point in the time line, they're already in a state of disrepair, and i imagine in their prime, they worked decently and weren't anywhere near as dangerous as they are around the time the safe rooms get sealed.
Never realized how obviously Scott was trying to tell us the dayshift guy was William.
I always loved how Scott made like 5 different designs for the actual springlock mechanism because it implies that there were enough suits there were several springlock designs from constant improvement (even though it's probably because he had 0 clue how any of the actual mechanisms would work)
A couple notes:
• We know Afton Robotics made the suits, but did it own the location?
• The blue version of Nedbear could have been remade into Lefty for FNAF 6, considering that the puppet fits inside it
That does seem quite compelling as Carnie has blue cheeks, hat, bowtie and kneecaps
It seems like Afton Robotics does own the location of Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental since the building blueprints can be seen also with the copyright. But we have no blueprints for Circus Baby's
@@CandiBuunnydo you think Lefty had a scooping mechanic and took out puppets possessed metal parts or just took out the entire costume?
@@Duckz4bucks I think it just holds the puppet inside
In the epilogue mimic actually gets spring lock by a jester costume
This does definitely happen in the games sense mimic has spring locks on his leg
One thing that I personally value in the spring lock suits is their symbolism of the naive optimism that Henry and William had. Unlike every other decision that the Fazbear company made to save a buck, spring lock suits were made with children's happiness in mind 100%. They made them because just think about how cool it would be for FredBear to sing a song and then walk off the stage to come play skiball with you and your friends. It hurts my heart to know that someone so invested in children's happiness and imaginations would do what William did.
Well Midnight Motorist shows that William took Crying Child's death pretty damn hard, to the point of committing murder and drowning himself in alcohol constantly, while I'm pretty sure William as a person was always screwed up I'm pretty sure that was what broke him fully, and the narcissism definitely didn't help.
@@ni__wolf143
Midnight Motorist isn't about Billy Afton.
It's about the kid who got lured away after hours and could be convinced because of his shit home life.
When you mentioned Daves birthday it made me want to run a theory of mine by you. I think Dave's birthday is Halloween; "Are you going to the Party? Of course you are it's YOUR BIRTHDAY", Everyone is wearing masks at a birthday party instead of hats, and the heavy emphasis of Halloween in 83 in both fnaf vr games a point in the timeline that until very recently we had questions about "What was fnaf 4's gameplay?", "Who will put him back together and how?" and "What is the crying childs name?", not to mention your theory about Dave being the baby that wasn't William's.
I have a cousin who was born on Halloween lol
That's so cool!! I've always thought it was strange that everyone is running around wearing masks at the party!
I also think it would make sense if FNAF4 took place on Halloween. Also sidenote, I feel like folks don't know: Fallfest (and similar names) is usually what primarily Christian communities in the USA (i.e. Utah) call Halloween to technically avoid celebrating what is considered a non-Christian holiday. It's all Halloween, baby.
@@Autumn_Actually
Have you ever heard how some don't consider Catholics as Christians because of the saints and reverence for Mary?
I think even more people don't consider Mormons as Christians.
Sad... :,( @@theonlybilge
I think when phone guy refers to "the sister location" it could mean that only 2 locations had springlock suits, or at least still be using them. As we see in the more current games, fazbear likes to get rid of the human part of the companyso when they expand it makes sense to just have the animatronics, as that way it means they don't have to make special suits for the new restaurants. So then a call about a springlock failure at the sister location can only be at one place, where as the rest of the locations would've gotten a more general message about them. So only 2 restaurants still were using the springlock suits, what ever became of fredbear's family diner and the first freddy's location
Obviously the crying child caused the springlocks to go off on the spare suits being worn by Trevor the Cashier and Harold the Janitor, creating the shadow animatronics. It's undeniable!
Undeniable.
Come on now. We know that his name is Gregory Afton. They resurrected him with fazgoo for the reboot show
Can’t wait to watch Fox the Cowboy Pirate
21:09 if I had to guess, the brown springbonnie suit on stage is just a yellow one in shadow. it's facing with its back towards us and it's slightly smaller than the fredbear suit which to me implies it's further away preforming in a different direction (with lights facing it, leaving the back in shadow) we've only ever seen springbonnie being yellow so it would be odd if there was randomly a brown one. I'm sure the reason Scott put it in shadow is so that it wouldn't distract from the main focus of fredbear and the bite
Something I think a lot of people forget from FNAF 3 it says the suits were retired because of *multiple simultaneous* springlock failures. As in, there was more than one AND occurred at (or close to) the same time!
People don't forget. People (including myself) just believe the "multiple simultaneous springlock failures" are talking about the springlocks themselves, not the suits.
that might be wrong since I think the "multiple" part refers to multiple unrelated suits, with "simultaneous" referring to the springlocks on an individual suit
Yeah, one springlock failing on a suit probably just gives you a nasty scar, but multiple springlocks failing in one suit at the same time means certain death. Unless you're some kind of undead immortal like William or Mike Afton.
@@mythmage8231 f one lock in a suit fails the whole suit fails, like dominos falling.
@@Comfy_GlitchX nuh uh😅
2:24 can we all take a moment to appreciate how much emotion was put into the phone guy calls, specifically these ones?! I’ve never sat and noticed how much emotion is in his voice. The subtle yet very clear fear and concern. Love it
agreed, i think the phone guy deserves some commotion ! scott voice acted really well when he wasn’t busy voice acting really poorly lol
at this point we are all trapped in a springlock suit........coz we always come back to this franchise
Something to add here, In the Fazbear Frights story Together Forever, there’s another springlock suit named Rosie Porkchop. Her description could possibly link her to the MM and adds more fuel towards the idea that the MM are related to the springlocks and maybe an early version of Pigpatch like the blue bear and the green animatronic
I like the theory that the green one was Monty and they brought back an older character for the one in SB
Another shoutout! Glad to hear you agree on Sister Location being "The sister location" in FNAF 3. I think Ralph calling it THE sister location might be as close to confirmation as we can get that Scott is misusing the term. As you pointed out, there are multiple other Freddy's locations referenced in those FNAF 3 tapes, so Scott obviously considered a "sister location" to be something DIFFERENT to another Freddy's.
Really love that Nedbear/Blue Springlock catch. Genuinely never heard that before, and though the book (as far as I remember) says that the blue animatronic is hard to recognise as any specific type of animal, I'm going to just headcanon it for now.
To be fair I also think the blue animal mask in Happiest Day is also hard to recognize as any type of animal
There are clearly 11k springlock suits also springlocking is definitely a term im going to use from now on
17:08 oh my god i never realized "sister location" was referring to A Location Where A Sister Is until now
0:37 Like the detail of the bunny ears hanging down to make space for the helmet
there's also a theory i heard (from mr desk fan i think) that elisabeth losing a game of claw machine was covered up externally with a gas leak, but internally with a spring lock failure. i like your theory more, but i still think it's a cool theory
Checked my phone just in time to see this banger dropped! I've been so intrigued by how many Fredbears/Springbonnies/Side characters there really are for so long!
23:27 one thing I would like to say is that the mediocre melodies were definitely used in the 1985 location
In into the pit in the basement
Nedbear tie
Orville’s wand
And Mr. hippos flower are there
There also the connection with the vengeful spirit who could be Andrew or Cassidy. The spirit uses the melodies to talk to William which shows a connection to them specifically
There's also Orville's flower and magic wand
@@pavret4663Mr hippo does have a flower
@@Browhatisyoudoing yeah but the two of them are there
@@Browhatisyoudoing and my b for some reason I didn't see you had already wrote Orville's wand
13:37 The best interpretation I’ve seen for Golden Freddy not moving despite being in suit mode is from Sire Squawks mentioning that Golden Freddy was inside the safe room. We know that the safe rooms are invisible to the animatronics and that they can’t enter it according to the end of night mini games in FNAF 3, so if an animatronic were to be inside the safe room we could assume that they could not path in there, stopping them from moving. This is supported by both the final scene in UCN and the trailer for FNAF3 in which Golden Freddy and Springtrap respectively both twitch the same way, as if the souls are trying to move the animatronic but being unable to due to being in a safe room and and therefore immobile.
I'm so obsessed with your vids. The in-depth research mixed with your kinda sing-songy voice gives the feeling of talking to a friend who is COMPLETELY obsessed with Fnaf and is over the moon to be talking about it.
As an avid fan of Make two stupid characters battle wit no logic I'm loving the community posts!! Also I live for moments like connecting Ned Bear, the blue suit from graphic novel and happiest day, like seeing a USB o in correct first time
So in the games, the springlock suits seem to function different to hwo they do in the books and movies. By taking a closer look at SpringTrap, we can see that he has 2 metal rods in his mouth, which could be the reason on why he can't speak. Around the head, some metal structures can be seen, and it's likely that these have more metal rods that are in William's head. William's eyes are replaced with SpringBonnie's, so they are hidden somewhere in the mask, that could also suggest that in William's head, he has the endo's jaws. Around the neck, a collar like structure can be seen, and it has spots for more metal rods. The torso has some rib-like structures that are folded inwards, which could say that these "ribs" can fold outward for a person to come in. The arms and legs could simply be more rings holding metal rods both horizontaly and verticaly. The hands are feet are weird though. So the springlock suits have 2 modes: animatronic mode and mascot mode. When it is in mascot mode, the endo structure retracts, leaving space for someone to climb in. The springlocks are very fragile and any moist, heavy breathing and rapid movements can make them go loose. The reason they are used is because it is way cheaper, but if not used correctly, they can cause fatal injuries and even death (Which is more likely). In the movie, they are mostly the same, however, it seems that the endo and the springlocks are 2 different things and can be separarted. In too lazy to talk about the novel trilogy's springlocks😊
My thoughts on the matter: 1) "THE" sister location is the location from the game sister location. Like you said, it's weird to call it THE location if there are many. But it's possible Scott didn't know how the word is typically used, and thinks of a "sister location" to be "something that isn't a Freddy Fazbear's." There may be dozens of Freddy's, but only one "THE" sister location (due to deaths and premature closing, wah-wah).
2) There may have been "multiple simultaneous" springlock failures- I suppose if the company was going to try and cover it up, they would have maybe said "due to a workplace accident." But I don't know, I've always read that line as "They might be lying." Like, yes, Circus Baby is not a spring lock. But when Elizabeth was merc'd, maybe Afton just lied and said it was a springlock failure to people who don't know exactly what the term means. "My child accidentally touched complicated parts and it killed her" is more sympathetic than "I designed a murder robot that got my kid." But! Would Scott just include a red herring like that? I guess not. It's just one of those "even if there's logical reasons to believe that line, I still am suspicious"
I don't really watch much FNAF Theory Content anymore, but your way of presenting things and general vibe have made me binge-watch almost your entire catalog of theory content, and I feel like you bring a very whimsical spin to this funny murder robot bear game that makes your content very entertaining to listen to.
Kudos for that! Your videos are a lot of fun!
i think at least the Mediocre Melodies were springlock suits at one point, maybe during Fall Fest?
WAIT.. the phone guy call said that the classic suits were not to be used anymore. And the week before confirms that the fnaf 1 animatronics were reverted to their classic look..
Were the unwithereds actually springlock suits? Is michael inside one in sister location night 4?
Are the springlocks how afton managed to stuff them in the unwithered animatronics?
I can imagine people going "how did afton put children inside the animatronics? There's no room!" And Scott creating springlocks in fnaf 3 to fill that plot hole...
We see a kid inside the golden freddy suit in fnaf 4 minigames that's obviously just shoved in there, not chopped up or anything to make it fit.
Makes you think...
Cadet wandering off...🫡
I still like to think that the nightmare animatronics reflect early springlock versions of the classic animatronics, I remember the fact they all have 5 fingers was often pointed out back in the day. I know “unnightmare” isn’t all that popular nowadays, but I really do like to think that the designs of the animatronics changed over the years, and the nightmare animatronics reflect what the animatronics looked like at the time while of course also being somewhat warped versions of what they actually looked like.
@@solgaleo3533 YO GOOD POINT
the nightmares having 5 fingers for humans is so good
Im watching this while drawing on the official coloring book
Candi Bunny, fantastic work on your latest videos! Your editing and presentation are top notch.
I have left this proposal on many youtubers comments but havnt heard any traction from the theory, but a more recent game theory has brought to the public attention the Etymology of "Dave" and "Michael", meaning "Beloved" and "Like God" respectively. I insist that you dig deeper into the Etymology of everybody because they quite directly translate to their characteristics.
Henry: Ruler of the House
Emily: Industrious Rival
Charlotte: Petite / Free Willed
William: Resolute Protector
Afton: Of the Night
(Placing William Afton as a Night Guard)
Elizabeth: My god is my Oath
And most interesting to me, the Victims, who all reference God in an Ironic sense, who in this specific case can be interpreted to be William.
Gabriel: God is my Strength
Fritz (Friedrich): Peaceful Ruler
Jeremy: God will Uplift
Susie: Lily Flowers (See the Gravestone Ending)
And when you look at flower Symbolism the Lily represents Friendship and Rebirth, and they adorn the Graves on the hill.
There are many more examples in the Book series, I urge you to make a video on the matter
18:14 YEAHHHHH ASTRAL SPIFF MENTIONED 🔥🔥🔥🔥
YEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHH
YEAHHHHH
Am I the only one who thinks that the FredBear & Bonnie on stage in FNAF 4 aren't Spring-lock suits...?
As the FredBear on stage is larger than the Spring FredBear, we also see on the same night. They just look similar to each other and possibly share the same parts, which could lead the bite of 83 as a Spring-lock failure as the head/jaw parts could've been shared with both the normal & Spring-lock FredBears.
Plus, stage Bonnie seemingly has a different head design when comparing the spire heads to each other (or just the back stage head to FNAF 3 SpringTrap's head).
Also, I am not 100% sure that Golden Freddy is a Spring-lock suit because neither of GF models has more than 4 fingers, while SpringTrap does have 5 fingers.
Finally, maybe all the Nightmares are reused Spring-locks?
5:30 i remember that few moths or years ago there was a debate why springtrap go to the sound of ballon boy.- the theory was that afton so much like to kill children that he can't stop himself. But here is clearly said that the springlock suit in animatronic form they automatically go to the sound. And geting springlocked is litterary animatronic going back to deafault position. So the springlock suit other to afton will go to this children. So why this was so big problem!?? We got really simple answer.
13:30 If Fredbear is physically trapped in the saferoom, a room left out of the animatronics’ programming, maybe that’s causing an error in his code preventing him from getting up and moving like Springtrap
WHAT A GIFT TO RELISH, A VICTIM THAT CAN’T PERISH
I think the reason why springbonnie is brown because of shading also I think it would make sense to talk about the shadow animatronics since there’s a theory about them being springlock falilure victims
13:34 Golden Freddy is most likely in the safe room because that's where the springlock animatronics are stored and none of the animatronics are supposed to be in the safe room (at least their AI doesn't allow them to function in the safe room) meaning that Golden Freddy shouldn't be able to walk or even stand.
Also in fnaf 3 they said they found Springtrap and put him in fazbear frights (or at least took him out of the safe room) meaning that Springtrap only started walking AFTER they took him out of the safe room.
Bonnie on stage is brown to show depth of field. In 8-bit, its difficult to show depth of space, so artists use shortcuts like color to communicate Bonnie is further away. 😊
I really enjoy the happiness and excitement in your voice, it's really fun and contrasts the content of the video so freaking hard lol
No matter how many times I hear it, the "um, DON'T." in the discontinued suit announcement phone call cracks me up. Henry needs to be locked up for sheer criminal negligence for coming up with Springlock Suits. The money saved by combining Costumes with Animatronics is FAR outweighed by the legal fees they rack up, not to mention all of the time and effort it takes to Cover Everything Up!🤦🏾♀️As soon as Fredbear's and Freddy's started turning a profit, they should've been phased out and destroyed, along with their blueprints. And Fazbear Entertainment CERTAINLY should've split the suits apart after buying the business! Granted, William the Child Exterminator was the only owner around to make decisions during the Buyout since Henry had Exiled himself after what happened to my Poor Baby Charlie but they still should've had someone speak up like someone spoke up against The Funtimes in Sister Location's opening cutscene. Unfortunately, Fazbear Entertainment NEVER does what they're supposed to do in full or at all! There's got to be at least 5 Springlock Suits out there when you consider the Games and the Books but one Springlock Suit is one too many! The only good thing to come from them was The Springlocking of William Afton because he got Monkey's Pawed. 😈He wished to be immortal and he got exactly what he wanted buttt he spent his immortality physically tortured by his own Creation, his favorite Creation of them all before being mentally and spiritually tortured by TOYSHK forever or until the end of The Man in Room 1280, depending on how you look at FNAF Canon.
I really think Henry was deluded about how dangerous his invention was. Because for a long time HE wore the suit. It's not just like he put other employees at risk, he, like Afton, put on that suit every day and believed nothing bad would happen. Bonkers.
I love your videos, as someone who's been deeply enthralled by fnaf since it came out it makes me happy to see a new fnaf youtuber with good theories.
Keep up the good work
I don’t believe the theory that the Big Bite is the spring lock failure because, as mentioned in the video, Fredbear was in animatronic mode. One thing to note that others have pointed out is that Fazbear is a very shady company and they will try to cover up any sort of tragedy the best they can. That said, it’s very possible that the spring lock failure line was meant to act as a corporate cover up, and they just hoped/assumed the employees wouldn’t think too hard about it or make the connection to the Big Bite. As I said, I don’t necessarily believe this theory but it makes sense given what we know about Fazbear
But why were the teeth actually solid and not cloth? Wouldn't it be cheaper and safer to use cloth material instead of solid metal or plastic?
"It looks like i'm about to spend Five Nights at Freddy's"
"Michael, I need you to find your Sister's Location"
"Henry you bastard, it's almost like you've created a Pizzeria Simulator"
i just binged a bunch of your videos and i really love your approach to theorizing and video editing, and your perspective overall is so great
In the way of how many there are, I would say there are the primary suits, and some backup suits in the case that a primary suit is being cleaned (likely cleaning the blood from SpringLock failures.)
I'm also a strong believer in the FunTimes being SpringLocks simply due to Night 4 of SL. The face plates open up just like the FunTimes (I'm aware that in Help Wanted Bonnie's face opens the same way therefore the FunTimes aren't special in that regard.) and Circus Baby outright says, that the suit is from her old pizzeria. We know for a fact that her old pizzeria were FunTime exclusive as in The Fourth Closet; Circus Baby, FunTime Freddy, and FunTime Foxy are all there (with Ballora likely being there too, just unmentioned). By that logic, we can assume that the FunTimes are also SpringLock suits, since the only bots and Circus Baby's Pizza World were the FunTimes.
mann i love the quality of your work! its interesting, well-sourced, formatted well, edited amazingly, etc. i really enjoy your videos :D
My brother put forward the theory that the accident involving the sister location happened on the same day that Elizabeth got scooped. That our favorite serial killer brought his daughter to the grand opening, held her hand the entire time so that she would not be alone with baby, and then was FORCED to leave her alone to take care of problem. That being the Springlocking! He couldn't take his daughter with him because a guy was literally dying, and it was something that needed to be taken care of immediately.
My two cents is that the apringlock there was either another Fredbear, or possible a Spring *Foxy*. (I mostly want it to be a spring foxy because then we can have a spring Chica at chica's party world and that would be the full set of four character having a springlock suit.)
12:20 I know why it's the case in real life, but in universe it makes no sense that the original Bonnie would have to be specified as Spring Bonnie if there were no other Bonnies when he was created. I like the theory that blue Bonnie was originally called Bonbon, like how Freddy's name is very similar yet not the same as Fredbear's, but eventually Bonbon got more popular and became the standard Bonnie while the original became SPRING Bonnie.
Maybe to show off/advertise the spring lock features so spring Bonnie could be used in order to show the mechanical expertise. Or just so players know it’s a spring lock suit
Saw one of your videos a hour ago and I WAS HOOKED! You make 'analyis' videos actually entertaining!
I love how excited you sound talking about your theories.
Short Answer: Yes. There are more then 2.
Long Answer: There are more then 2 because we actively see 2 Fredbears and Springbonnies in use at 1 time during FNAF 4.
1 pair are on stage and casting a shadow that Dave, CC, gets scared off. The other pair are being worn by employees and scare Dave after he sees the shadows casted by the suits on stage.
It's unlikely the employees are just wearing cloth suits similar to Glitchtraps designs as we see metal used in the Fredbear the employee is using. Also Afton has to help the employee wearing Springbonnie put it on which would be weird for a normal suit but, not for a springlock as we know they are hard to put on.
For further evidence that is wasn't just a weird choice for FNAF 4's minigames. FNAF 3 screams they're are multiple of the 2 main Springlock suits.
FNAF 3 tells us multiple locations existed each with saferooms to go to bleed out. The Springlock suits are discontinued at all locations because of an incident at one of the locations. Fredbear and Springbonnie are a pair, they wouldn't be split up across to locations.
I think what confused people for so long is when Phone Guy said "2 special designed suits". I think people took that as oh only 2 were ever made. No they made 2 models but that doesn't mean that more the 1 of the pair can't be made.
This explains why there can be an extra Springtrap suit in the books. Why the Withereds and Classics look different (because they were built for different locations). How Afton fixed his Springtrap suit, unless you think he took for Golden Freddy specifically.
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What about the scraptrap suit? Perhaps that's the skinny one in fnaf 4.
20:19 Doesn’t debunk the point you were trying to make, since the guy getting suited up offstage is happening simultaneously to the performers on the stage itself, but yeah “brown” spring bonnie is almost certainly just lighting imo.
Side note, but something small I really like about the FNAF games is how, over the different installments, Scott gets better and better at depicting these scenes in 8-bit/Atari format without ever relinquishing the restrictions on palette and detail such a format provides! “Brown” bonnie here is a good example of that, in that he’s using low contrast to convey an object that’s further back in space :)
Love your fnaf theories!! 🧡 Keep up the great work :D
There's a chance that scrap trap used one the other spring Bonnie suits to fix him up and we know how goody the other spring Bonnie suits looks
Oh that's an amazing idea, and would explain why scraptrap's much thinner than springtrap, as the other springbonnie suit's much thinner too
Also I've just realized that Scraptrap has got the same metal eyes as the Fredbear that goes alonside this Springbonnie
I love how it is possible to hear that you're passionate about FNaF. Please keep doing your theories for your and everyone's fun and don't let the "less good" side of the fandom infect you 🫂
Not a book reader for the franchise (small investment of time and money there), but seeing other theories come out that aren't from massive names that are compelling, have backing, and is long enough for a near half hour video is a treat on a weekend.
Happy Veteran's Day/Rememberance Day, Candi!
I love your video style and how clear your mic and narration are. I feel like I’m watching a similar style of video to those classic top 10 videos, but with more heart and passion and actually entertaining.
I can tell this Chanel gonna blow up and I’m seeing it in real time good luck ❤
Also the mimic uses a springlock jester suit
I just finished watching your fnaf 1 date video the moment this released so that is some fun timing!
Really good video btw! I really like this angle you have where you try to be as subjective as possible while making theory videos, bringing every possibility to the table instead of leaning into one theory or another, it makes it also feel like just a compilation of facts video which are also very useful for theorycrafting.
Regarding as to why Springbonnie could look brown, I think it's because in that scene Fredbear was supposed to stand out, if Springbonnie was a similar shade they could have blended up with Fredbear and made the scene harder to read, so making them more brown was probably to make them feel more in the background as if they are behind Fredbear !
ALL OF YOUR THEORIES ARE STRAIGHT FORWARD AND LONG BUT MAKE SO MUCH SENSE HOW HAVE YOU NOT BLOWN UP???!!!
I think I've landed on 5 minimum springlocks a few times, but without knowing how widespread the franchise and its affiliates were at the time, tee could have been hundreds floating around... I always imagined the color difference between Fredbear and GF's accessories to be mostly due to aging and grime accumulation. Great video, thank you!
I'm so glad that someone was able to make even the slightest sense out of the blue mask in the Happiest day. I could not even begin to Think about how long that mere detail has slipped through everyone's grasp.
Found this channel recently and its already become one of my favorites, cant wait to see it grow 😸
Man, the tapes from fnaf 3 have to be from different years or something. Because the boarding up has to take place after sister location the game (because Afton has to be boarded up in one), but the stopping use out of safety for the springlocks was as far back as 1985-7. Because in 1987, phone guy says they used an "old suit in the back, a yellow one".
Meaning the springlock incident that started their retirement, happened back pre-1987. Far too early for the "Baby's Sister Location" springlock suit to have been the one that caused the incident.
Also, to add on, I believe it's correct that during the Springlock retirement back in 1985-1987 there may have only been 2 locations. IE, the Pizzerias we see in FNAF 1 and FNAF 2. But later on in the tapes Fazbear's has grown to where many locations exist with many safe rooms.
Man I forgot how much heavy lifting phone guy used to do for the story
Cadets of candy, here to listen to lore
The way how Henry made the spring lock suits for the sole purpose of bringing children happiness only for William to use them for the exact opposite is so tragic yet great at characterizing both of them.
Poor Henry, it breaks my heart
ooo thats a really cool idea abt nedd bear being originally blue and thats why cc sees him in happiest day! the blue springlock suit in tse was always odd, at first i thought it was a bonnie suit like the one from lady fiszis drawing
Just found your channel, love the idea of Henry making the mediocre melodies, really nice theory all around!
Hi Bunny! Here's my theory (I know it's a big strech, but I like it): since all this Mimic thing and the Clown character being introduced called Jackie, I've started seeing a trio of 3 characters being togheter in the story: a clown, a bunny and a bear. This goes back to even fnaf 1, where you can see the paper plate characters on the pizzeria walls (I do think the third one kinda represents a clown, with the red dot nose and colorful paper limbs).
Then you get this whole new restaurant that's clown themed, Circus Baby's, and there we see the new springlock.
Anyways, sorry for all this introduction, but it's all to say that my theory is that this new springlock is of a clown character that we don't know, but it's been portrayed by the paper plate clown and the Ennard mask that we see the whole time above our heads at the sister location room. Both of these have the same smile shape than we can see when we're inside the springlock
This is all what GiBi would call "wild speculation": I don't know why, but it all feels like they're trying to hint at there being 3 animatronics creators instead of just Henry and William (I associate them with the bear and bunny respectively, don't ask me why).
As to why Henry would build the super dangerous SpringLock suits it would be to keep continuity between the animatronics on stage and the suits worn for parties. Kids would notice the obvious difference between the animatronics and the suits.
Phone Guy's line referencing "the Sister Location" could mean the only sister location that still has springlock suits in use, and that most locations getting their saferooms boarded up are other sister locations that have springlock suits that are no longer in use for some reason.
I’m currently binging all your videos while I replay FNaF Vr and I just wanted to say I’m loving your vids
Just binged all your videos. Absolutely love your channel, keep up the good work and much love from brazil!
babe wake up, new candi buunny video on a question ive never asked but will undoubtedly be inserted into my personal headcanon just dropped
I never even considered that the Spring Bonnie on the stage was brown! I thought he was just in the background
fred gotta be the stinkiest thing in the tristate area that's like 30+ years of no washing
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oh man the ending 🥺 dave's happiest day needing togo back in time with the mediocore melodies this is so sad and sweet i like it 💖 love your theories!!
Okay Matpat you can come out of retirement now.
Jokes aside awesome video I wish Scott would throw us a bone sometimes so we could get even more unhealthily invested in the lore
I never thought I’d think about the librarian from the black lagoon again. Thank you candi
I was curious if Yellowing of fabrics was a process that occurs over years to potentially explain that the Springlocks were used over a long period of time, possibly before even Fredbear's Family Diner was fully established; could offer even one shred of plausible deniability for Henry in their construction and use if there were years before an accident. However, I quickly found that Long Term Storage of over 3 months, exposure to elements like humidity, or improper/lack of washing all contribute to the aging of natural and synthetic fibers into Yellowish hues. Bad Fazbear ventilation strikes once again as the very air moisture of the storage room could trigger or degrade the springs as quickly as the skin materials.
There is a non zero chance Henry could have killed people in the prototype stages of the Springlock suits if he already had detailed liability waivers of their dangers in the training recordings as they were rolled out. If one doesn't also consider the first version used by employees in front of children weren't effectively a testing phase.
I actually have a super similar idea! I believe that the Fredbear and Spring Bonnie we see on stage in fnaf4 are stage-only animatronics, and the employees are wearing normal costumes. This would be because the original springlock suit duo was moved over to Freddy's.
I've actually got this exact topic written as a script for my 3rd video! I'm super excited to talk about it. It's one of my favourite subjects.
I was also terrified of the black lagoon books in kindergarten. It took me 3 years to even glance at another one of those books!😂😂
Why is Freddy blue? Because he's hungry...for your soul!
Freddy will eat your soul? Or perhaps it's Shadow Freddy?
Phone dude loves vintage stuff and has a box of old masks in the office
That kid you trade with in into the pit loves vintage items, and happily accepts a Freddy mask, much like the one in the box
Interesting but probably meaningless connection
You know something that I realized while reading the comments is that the Springlocks had to have some sort of water resistance to a certain expent because it's a mascot suit, and from what people have told me about mascot suits is that they get hot so you end up really sweaty.
7:45 you just dug a memory right out of my subconscious, thanks
I always love these theories. Makes me want to play a FNAF game for once in my life.
Fnaf World and Pizza Sim are free!
springlock chica my beloved. One day you'll be confirmed
Just a minor thing, when you're talking about Hurricane, as in the place in southern Utah, it's actually not said like the weather phenomenon, but instead as Hurri-ken (Source: I was born and raised in Southern UT)
It's very possible that the non-training calls from Fnaf 3 don't happen around the same time. The springlocks could have been retired, more locations opened, and then much later the rooms sealed up
As someone who never had to take any business classes, Professor Buunny’s lessons are appreciated