#fnaftm theory

[merlatealeaf72]

Update on my Baby is possessed by William Afton and Phone Guy's daughter theory.

Look at this!

Baby is hidden in the countdown post, the one where the text reads "my uncle knows all about you". We know from the teaser at the end of Taking Back Fazbear's that Elizabeth says this to Glitchtrap. Then why is Baby here? Maybe because she is possessed by said uncle?

[thescotttibbsdocumentary]

hi

[lexusinsannus]

this is officially my take on this trend

my honest reaction:

(go watch the video cuz it's cool https://youtu.be/I5K734AzqH0?si=cF660d0HzkInKohA)

[doc-ocktism]

GUYS. GUSY. GUSY. YSGU.

MADPAT IN 2024 ??.!/?2?2!3?:$;?1!

[aro-luigi]

BONNIE IS SUCH A MOOD IN FNAF: TAKING BACK FAZBEAR'S

[piratesoundpilled]

okay so I promised myself I would actually start using this account again after kinda forgetting about it for a couple years so I figured I would do an official introduction so here :3

and I forgot to add my name to the pic but it's gabriel!!

I like to draw as well but I haven't been able to recently because of my focus on school rn, I do plan to post some are on here eventually though!!

feel free in interact if we share any interests, esspecially if it's fnaf the musical!! also keep in mind I tend to struggle with responding to messages bc of how busy I can be and also just a lack of any real object permanence so apologies in advance for taking a long time to respond to messages/asks

[cat-and-books]

Gotta watch this before Dark Remains!

[cat-and-books]

Guilty as charged

This is how my sister looks when consuming any form of FNAF content and I think you need to look at this too

@cat-and-books, neurotypical of the family, is so unbelievably autistic over FNAF content

[world-of-ezraprisc]

"The Man who have sold his soul to Freddy."

Mr. Afton version of FNAF: TM (or fans dubbed it MadPat) x Chainsaw Man Crossover in homage for MatPat's Birthday. (15th of November)

FNAF The Musical by Random Encounters

[merlatealeaf72]

Virus spoilers and update on this theory

Something something William Afton's family died in a car accident and now Baby has (probably) just driven a car into the pizzeria

I thought that theory was out there, but cmon there is so much linking these two together

[merlatealeaf72]

Currently about half way through rewatching FNAF The Musical again. I have a couple of theories marinating in my mind, one of which I'm really happy with atm.

Regarding my past theories, I no longer think that Phone Guy is just a guy who changed his name to William Afton, but I still like my Glitchtrap being Phone Guy's (or even William Afton's) therapist theory and Phone Guy is Henry Emily theory.

Super excited to see how the series ends! I wonder if any of my theories will be right 🤔

[merlatealeaf72]

Finally, here is (probably) my last FNAF The Musical theory before Virus comes out. Ready?

Baby is possessed by William Afton and Phone Guy's daughter.

Yes you read that correctly. I understand that this is a wild theory, but I have a bunch of evidence that I will try to jam into this theory-shaped hole.

First of all, the double soul. I feel like this is going to happen, if not with Baby then with someone else. Golden Freddy is a very important character in FNAF (I think. Again, I've never played the games) but there's been no real sign of him at all. Since FNAFTM has shaken up a lot of FNAF lore, I do think another character will take Golden Freddy’s attributes. And for the purpose of this theory, I think it will be Baby.

You see, Baby is an interesting character, as she often has motifs of multiples, even on a meta level (though I think a lot of this may just come from the change in actor). There are two versions of Blood and Tears, with different vibes and even some different lyrics. In Out For Blood, while Gwen is the main vocalist, AJ does harmonies, which gives the impression of two people singing at once. Baby sings “locked away where we won't be found” and “no one knows we're here”, despite being alone. While yes, from what she says, there seems to have been other animatronics with her at some point, at this moment she is alone.

People have been using her green eyes as evidence that she is possessed by someone. I agree with this, but I've noticed that her eyes only turn green sometimes. These moments are: before/after the lyrics “Anger was the one thing I retained”, “Once the light is out, the dark remains” and “In the darkness, vengeance will be mine”, and before/during her murder spree. I think this shows that there is a vengeful spirit inside of her, and if this is reflecting FNAF lore, then there may be another spirit inside of her as well.

So that's why I think Baby is possessed by two souls, but why William Afton and Phone Guy's daughter? Well, many people have been theorising that Baby is possessed by Phone Guy's daughter. It's a parallel to the games and it gives Phone Guy a motivation. I like this theory, but I'd like to add to it.

One thing that intrigued me about Baby in Dark Remains is that she knows how to supercharge animatronics. While she could have just learned this from it happening to other animatronics or even herself, what if it's because one of her souls made the tech to do it?

From the FNAF week posts on the Random Encounters Instagram, it appears like DHeusta might be playing William Afton (since the scrambled text decodes to “you already know his name”), who I think plays the role Henry Emily does in FNAF, the inventor whose business partner kills a bunch of kids. I also think he's going to show up in a flashback, since the locations in these posts haven't been seen in FNAFTM, or at least not in the prequels, and also based on Glitchtrap's line “your uncle is dead” in the sneak peak at the end of Taking Back Fazbear's.

Here's my theory for the flashback. William Afton built Baby. At some kind of birthday celebration, Phone Guy's daughter gets killed by Baby. Phone Guy finds out about this, and gets revenge on him by killing him/getting Baby to kill him. Phone Guy takes William Afton's identity and then goes on to kill a bunch of children. William Afton and Phone Guy's daughter then both possess Baby. I also think this is why Phone Guy says to Alexandra “don't ever dabble with animatronics again.” It's a cautionary tale. He dabbled with animatronics and now his daughter is dead.

Is this all just a massive stretch that relies too much on meta elements? Probably. But what's the fun in theorising if you don't make a Sans is Ness or a Gregory is a robot every once in a while?

So yeah. This is probably going to be my last FNAFTM theory. This series has been so fun, and I'm really glad I got my theorising boots on again. I used to be scared of making theories because I was scared of being wrong. But the fun of theories isn't being right, it's looking at a piece of media you love and going “what if I go a bit insane about this?”

I can't wait for Virus. See you in November!

[merlatealeaf72]

I just watched Virus

OMG OMG OMG OMG

That was so good! The animation to tell Glitchtrap's backstory was incredible. Glitchtrap's villain song was iconic, especially how he interacted with Elizabeth and the animatronics. Also the Chazington cameo???? Omg???

I don't want to wait until December for the supercut. I need to see how this ends!

(Also two of my theories were right! They were my two most generic one, but I'm actually proud of my Phone Guy is Henry Emily one being right!)

[merlatealeaf72]

Virus is out today! (Well tomorrow for me) Here's a ranking of all my theories because why not? (BTW, even I don't know what I'm ranking these on. Believability? Most likely to happen? Which I'd think make the best Game Theory title? Who knows?)

Phone Guy is Henry Emily: I still like this one. I think it still think it holds up. Although reading this back, I don't really theorise at all? Like I just kinda say William Afton is associated with rabbits and Phone Guy wears a bear costume so he's Henry Emily. This is still my guess as to who he is, so I'll give this theory a 8/10

Glitchtrap is Phone Guy's/William Afton's therapist: Most of this theory was originally about Phone Guy actually being William Afton, which I don't think is true anymore. However, I do think Glitchtrap (and maybe Vanny) is someone's therapist. I think this could be likely. Like why is there a dangerous experimental therapy AI in a pizza place? Still, 5/10

Are the animatronics possessed?: This was less of a theory and more me going insane, but I don't hate this. I like the conclusion I reached with Trash and the Gang, but I kinda gave up with trying to explain the other animatronics. 6/10

Baby is possessed by William Afton and Phone Guy's daughter: This feels like my magnum opus. Does it rely too much on meta elements and involves a character who has not been mentioned in canon at all? Yeah. But it was the theory that I had the most fun writing, so I'm giving it a 10/10.

[merlatealeaf72]

Heyyy, I have another FNAF The Musical theory!

Idk if Lexusinsannus made this theory or if that was just the video I watched, but I love the theory that Phone Guy cut off his hands to fake his death in Shadows of Agony. It seems really plausible, especially with the clip from the costume video for two. However, there's one thing that personally bothers me about this theory. If Phone Guy is pretending to be William Afton, then the body will be identified as Phone Guy, not William Afton.

Of course, there's always the possibility that Phone Guy was never William Afton, but it seems strange that Glitchtrap would think he was.

So I propose an alternative. Phone Guy is William Afton. But he didn't use to be.

I know that FNAF The Musical's lore is miles away from the actual FNAF lore, but there's one character that seems important that's missing. The Crying Child.

My theory is that the crying child was either Mike and Elizabeth's brother or Phone Guy's son, and he passed away, maybe killed by one of the animatronics. Phone Guy, consumed with grief, started therapy with Glitchtrap, an experimental therapy AI he was working on. But Glitchtrap wasn't finished, and therefore his therapy was, as said in Shadows of Agony, "too extreme". His therapy caused Phone Guy to have murderous thoughts and a desire to seek revenge for crying child's death. He shut down Glitchtrap to hide the incriminating evidence he had shared with it, deeming the therapy "too extreme". Then he changed his name to William Afton and started up the diner/starting killing kids.

He doesn't recognise Glitchtrap straight away, since he was downloaded into a decommissioned suit. When Glitchtrap sees him, he says "You're not William Afton" because he knew him as Phone Guy. He also knows that he won't go to the police, because he has reference to his murderous thoughts from therapy. Also the line "Baby's got a new rattle" implies that he does know him from somewhere else, in my eyes.

I also thought that maybe Vanny was also a therapy AI. It would make sense that Glitchtrap knew a lot about Elizabeth and Michael if Vanny was one of them's therapist and they shared the same database, and Elizabeth does seem to recognise Vanny's name when she watches Alexandra's tape. The only thing is that she doesn't seem to recognise Elizabeth or Mike. Idk, it still could be plausible, but I'm not convinced.

I honestly don't know if this theory is anyway feasible or realistic. The timeline and lore honestly makes my head hurt a little bit. Regardless, I'm so excited for Friday! Can't wait to watch Taking Back Fazbear's (and hopefully not laugh at how horrifically wrong my theories are)

[lexusinsannus]

it's matpatting time (i'm sorry for the thumbnail)

GO WATCH 🗣️