History Characters / FiveNightsAtFreddysWilliamAfton

* KilledOffForReal: The Puppet seemingly kills him when she destroys the Amalgamation in Epilogue 7, causing it and Afton's spirit within it to fall into a lake.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comic. When shown in his security guard disguise, he looks perfectly normal, even well-dressed, even if he has a slightly unsettling expression in all his scenes, and still has his springlock scars. In the novels, he's described as unkempt and filthy, with bags under his slightly unfocused eyes, thin and sick-looking with sallow skin, and his uniform is dirty, torn, and too big for him due to him having been quite round during his murder spree and yet having lost a big amount of weight by the events of the first novel. What's more, he doesn't even appear to have lost any weight at all in the comics - while the novels describe him as FormerlyFat, a picture with Henry shows him being just as thin back then.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comic. When shown in his security guard disguise, he looks perfectly normal, even well-dressed, even if he has a slightly unsettling expression in all his scenes, and still has his springlock scars. In the novels, he's described as unkempt and filthy, with bags under his slightly unfocused eyes, thin and sick-looking with sallow skin, and his uniform is dirty, torn, and too big for him due to him having been rather round during his murder spree and yet having lost a big amount of weight by the events of the first novel. What's more, he doesn't even appear to have lost any weight at all in the comics - while the novels describe him as FormerlyFat, a picture with Henry shows him being just as thin back then.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comic. When shown in his security guard disguise, he looks perfectly normal, even well-dressed, even if he has a slightly unsettling expression in all his scenes, and still has his springlock scars. In the novels, he's described as unkempt and filthy, with bags under his slightly unfocused eyes, thin and sick-looking with sallow skin, and his uniform is dirty, torn, and too big for him due to him having been a lot rounder during his murder spree and yet having lost a big amount of weight by the events of the first novel. What's more, he doesn't even appear to have lost any weight at all in the comics - while the novels describe him as FormerlyFat, a picture with Henry shows him being just as thin back then.

William Afton's human body died when he accidentally triggered the springlocks within the Spring Bonnie suit while wearing it to hide from the ghosts of his victims, but his spirit would go on to possess the animatronic, thus creating Springtrap. ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' would see him be transported out of the safe room he lured five of his victims to after 30 years of being trapped there, but the game's ending would have the attraction go up in flames with him inside it. Still, William managed to survive that and would roam the outside world until being drawn to a new Freddy Fazbear's Pizza establishment in ''VideoGame/FreddyFazbearsPizzeriaSimulator'', which turned out to be a death trap set by his former friend and old business partner, Henry Emily. While he might've survived the fire at Fazbear's Frights, he would die once more inside the tunnels of the restaurant that was made to lure him to his doom and end his cruelty once and for all. Despite this however, he is hinted to have returned in some form in both ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted Help Wanted]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach Security Breach]]'', but there is no concrete answer on whether he has truly returned.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comic. When shown in his security guard disguise, he looks perfectly normal, even well-dressed, even if he has a slightly unsettling expression in all his scenes, and still has his springlock scars. In the novels, he's described as unkempt and filthy, with bags under his slightly unfocused eyes, thin and sick-looking with sallow skin, and his uniform is dirty, torn, and too big for him due to him having previously been chubby and yet losing a big amount of weight in-between the murders and the events of the first novel. What's more, he doesn't even appear to have lost any weight at all in the comics - while the novels describe him as FormerlyFat, a picture with Henry shows him being just as thin back then.

* {{Jerkass}}: William is '''not''' a nice person, to put it lightly. Him being a SerialKiller who WouldHurtAChild is not even the start of just how big of a jerk he is. His family relationships suggest he has a HiddenHeartOfGold ''somewhere'', but his negligence towards their well-being suggests not even his family is immune to his apathy.

* BigFun: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] In the 80s he was chubby and is said to have had a lively, cheerful demeanor, but [[FauxAffablyEvil it all was a front to hide his own hate and sadism.]] And when he returns 10 years later, he's lost a huge amount of weight and isn't even "bothering" with the cheery facade anymore...

* BrutalHonesty: He at least prefaces that he'll be brutally honest when he tells Mike that the latter has little to no hope of finding a job given his track record and the one gig "Steve" can offer him has bad pay and worse hours. ZigZagged as his subsequence career advice is in fact a trap.

* MindHive: The Amalgamation consists of William Afton and Eleanor. Afton seems to control the body, while Eleanor keeps it together.

* EvilAllAlong: It's heavily implied that the nurses were actually [[TheExtremistWasRight exactly right about the man]]: he is indeed pure evil... but the spirit ''possessing'' him- while certainly vengeful- isn't actually the source of that evil. Rather, the evil in question comes from the man himself, who has spent years waiting in agony for the chance to escape Andrew's torment. Confirmed in Epilogue 6.
* GreaterScopeVillain: The one who murdered Andrew, the source of all intentions. Except there's a Greatest Scope Villain even worse than Afton: Eleanor.
* IAmTheNoun: When asked what he even is anymore, considering he's barely William now, his only spoken line is "I am agony."
* KilledOffForReal: The Puppet seemingly kills him when she destroys the amalgamation in Epilogue 7, causing it and Afton's spirit within it to fall into a lake.

* MindHive: The Amalgamation consists of William Afton and Eleanor.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: After dying, he came back, possessed the Stitchwraith, presumably killed Andrew and/or Jake, created his Amalgamation and then possessed it. Except he died again.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comic. When shown in his security guard disguise, he looks perfectly normal, even well-dressed, even if he has a slightly unsettling expression in all his scenes, and still has his springlock scars. In the novels, he's described as unkempt and filthy, with bags under his slightly unfocused eyes, thin and sick-looking with sallow skin, and his uniform is dirty, torn, and too big for him due to him previously been quite fat and yet losing a pretty big amount of weight in-between the murders and the events of the first novel. What's more, he doesn't even appear to have lost any weight at all in the comics - while the novels describe him as FormerlyFat, a picture with Henry shows him being just as thin back then.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comic. When shown in his security guard disguise, he looks perfectly normal, even well-dressed, even if he had a slightly unsettling expression in all his scenes, and still has his springlock scars. In the novels, he's described as unkempt and filthy, with bags under his slightly unfocused eyes, thin and sick-looking with sallow skin, and his uniform is dirty, torn, and too big for him due to him previously been quite fat and yet osing a pretty big amount of weight in-between the murders and the events of the first novel. What's more, he doesn't even appear to have lost any weight at all in the comics - while the novels describe him as FormerlyFat, a picture with Henry shows him being just as thin back then.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In the comic. When shown in his security guard disguise, he looks perfectly normal, even well-dressed, even if he had a slightly unsettling expression in all his scenes, and still has his springlock scars. In the novels, he's described as unkempt and filthy, with bags under his slightly unfocused eyes, thin and sick-looking with sallow skin, and his uniform is dirty, torn, and too big for him due to him previously been fat and yet osing a pretty big amount of weight in-between the murders and the events of the first novel. What's more, he doesn't even appear to have lost any weight at all in the comics - while the novels describe him as FormerlyFat, a picture with Henry shows him being just as thin back then.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Downplayed in the comic. While the novels describe him as FormerlyFat, a picture with Henry shows him being just as thin back then.

** Just like how he treats Michael and Elizabeth in the games, Afton is perfectly willing to assault or even murder Vanessa to further his goals. Even on a non-lethal level, William has clearly been an awful dad to her, enough for her to straight up refuse to confront him with Mike at first out of sheer ''fear'' of him; indeed, we see he is verbally and psychologically abusive when he blames Vanessa for having created a mess he has to "clean up".

* InvincibleVillain: [[JokerImmunity Afton is just too integral to the series' lore to be killed off permanently]] and [[CameBackStrong every time he's "killed", he comes back stronger than ever]]. Gets crushed by the springlock suit? He comes back as Springtrap. Gets burned alive in the third game? He comes back as Scraptrap. Gets burned alive ''again''? By some some w,ord of mouth at least, Golden Freddy keeps him alive and then tortures him in his dreams or in Hell. Seems that he is now cursed to being tortured forever? Fazbear Entertainment scans Scraptrap's remains for their new VR game, letting him escape his physical body as Glitchtrap. Manage to force a hard reset when Glitchtrap tries to possess your body? It doesn't kill him; it just traps him in the game and it's implied he'll find some way out eventually, and the Halloween DLC implies that he has an accomplice ready to help him, while ''Security Breach'' reveals he not only turned Vanessa into a serial killer at least as successful as himself but used her to return his soul to the Springtrap animatronic. To quote the man himself: