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* ArtifactTitle: The series hasn't really been "at Freddy's" since ''2''. Even more, Freddy himself has largely been pushed out of the spotlight by other characters, like the Puppet, Springtrap, and Circus Baby. Even the "Five Nights" portion of the title wasn't so accurate from the beginning, alluding to the first five nights being most relevant to the story, only for such to apply less and less as the installments went on to the point that ''Security Breach'' has only one night. Somewhat rectified in ''Pizzeria Simulator'', where it actually ''does'' take place at a brand new Freddy's...[[spoiler:[[MeaningfulName a simulated one]].]]
** The Steel Wool games make the "at Freddy's" part relevant again...but it's the "Five Nights" bit that gets called into question. Both of the "Help Wanted" games have way more than five modes in them and both "Security Breach" and "Ruin" happen over the course of a single night each.

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* ArtifactTitle: The series hasn't really been "at Freddy's" since ''2''. Even more, Freddy himself has largely been pushed out of the spotlight by other characters, like the Puppet, Springtrap, and Circus Baby. Even the "Five Nights" portion of the title wasn't so accurate from the beginning, alluding to the first five nights being most relevant to the story, only for such to apply less and less as the installments went on to the point that ''Security Breach'' has only one night. Somewhat rectified in ''Pizzeria Simulator'', where it actually ''does'' take place at a brand new Freddy's...[[spoiler:[[MeaningfulName a simulated one]].]]
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]] The Steel Wool games make the "at Freddy's" part relevant again...but it's the "Five Nights" bit that gets called into question. Both of the "Help Wanted" games have way more than five modes in them and both "Security Breach" and "Ruin" happen over the course of a single night each.
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** The Steel Wool games make the "at Freddy's" part relevant again...but it's the "Five Nights" bit that gets called into question. Both of the "Help Wanted" games have way more than five modes in them and both "Security Breach" and "Ruin" happen over the course of a single night each.

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* ''Five Nights At Freddy's: Survival Crew''[[note]](Licensed ''Platform/{{Roblox}}'' multiplayer game that has since been [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Delisted]]).[[/note]]

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* ''Five Nights At Freddy's: Survival Crew''[[note]](Licensed ''Platform/{{Roblox}}'' multiplayer game that has since been [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Delisted]]).[[/note]]


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On May 9, 2016, Scott confirmed via the game's Steam forums that [[https://steamcommunity.com/app/388090/discussions/0/364040961441725153/?ctp=2 the original main series games would be remade for consoles]]. The first four main games were released for the [=PS4=], UsefulNotes/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on November 29, 2019. ''Sister Location'' and ''Pizzeria Simulator'' were released in 2020, while ''Ultimate Custom Night'' was released in April 2021.

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On May 9, 2016, Scott confirmed via the game's Steam forums that [[https://steamcommunity.com/app/388090/discussions/0/364040961441725153/?ctp=2 the original main series games would be remade for consoles]]. The first four main games were released for the [=PS4=], UsefulNotes/XboxOne, Platform/XboxOne, and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Platform/NintendoSwitch on November 29, 2019. ''Sister Location'' and ''Pizzeria Simulator'' were released in 2020, while ''Ultimate Custom Night'' was released in April 2021.
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* FiveFiveFive: The phone number seen on the newspaper clipping in the beginning of the first two games originally didn't start with 1-555, but 1-888 instead. This was changed so that the phone number wouldn't accidentally be a legitimate number.


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* HolidayMode: As of the 2015 Halloween Update, the office in the first three games is decorated with Halloween lights and a jack-o'-lantern when the games are played on Halloween.
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* DarkIsEvil: The franchise is a set of horror games set in the night where HostileAnimatronics become active during the night. This is excluding ''Pizzeria Simulator'' which is set in the day, and the overall BigBad of the ''[=ScottGames=]'' era who is just a {{Jerkass}} regardless of the time of day, that being [[spoiler:William Afton, the corrupt co-founder of Fazbear Entertainment.]]

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* DarkIsEvil: The franchise is a set of horror games set in the night where HostileAnimatronics become active during the night.night, and the games take place during said nights. This is excluding ''Pizzeria Simulator'' which is set in the day, and the overall BigBad of the ''[=ScottGames=]'' era who is just a {{Jerkass}} regardless of the time of day, that being [[spoiler:William Afton, the corrupt co-founder of Fazbear Entertainment.]]
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* DarkIsEvil: The franchise is a set of horror games set in the night where HostileAnimatronics become active during the night. This is excluding ''Pizzeria Simulator'' which is set in the day, and the overall BigBad of the ''[=ScottGames=]'' era who is just a {{Jerkass}} regardless of the time of day, that being [[spoiler:William Afton, the corrupt co-founder of Fazbear Entertainment.]]
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General clarification on work content; We now know what the young adult novel is!


* Untitled young adult novel (September 3, 2024)

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* Untitled ''Five Nights at Freddy's: The Week Before''[[note]]The teased 'interactive young adult novel novel' back when the ''Into the Pit'' game was announced. Confirmed to be a prequel to the first game.[[/note]] (September 3, 2024)
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* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSurvivalCrew''[[note]](Licensed ''Platform/{{Roblox}}'' multiplayer game that has since been [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Delisted]]).[[/note]]

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* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSurvivalCrew''[[note]](Licensed ''Five Nights At Freddy's: Survival Crew''[[note]](Licensed ''Platform/{{Roblox}}'' multiplayer game that has since been [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Delisted]]).[[/note]]
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* SlidingScaleOfAntagonistVileness: A franchise full of killer animatronics with varying levels of sympathy behind their villainy and a corporation that horrendously abuses its employees, and yet the worst of them still manages to be [[spoiler:William Afton, the one who committed the killing spree that started the series' tragedies in the first place, alongside all of his negligence towards his family.]]
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** For the ''ScottGames'' era, [[spoiler:William Afton and Cassidy, AKA Springtrap/Spring Bonnie and Golden Freddy/Fredbear, as the two most powerful entities and the {{Monster Progenitor}}s of the entire Fazbear franchise. The two of them are actively opposing each other, but are definitely the most significant antagonists out of everyone.]]
** For the ''Steel Wool'' era, [[spoiler:the Mimic and Vanessa/Vanny. The Mimic forces Vanny to follow its orders and continues William's legacy, but Vanny still technically opposes the Mimic as she never ''agreed'' to be its follower; she was in fact forced to play the role.]]

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** For the ''ScottGames'' ''[=ScottGames=]'' era, [[spoiler:William Afton [[spoiler:[[SerialKiller William Afton]] and Cassidy, AKA Springtrap/Spring Bonnie and [[AnimalisticAbomination Golden Freddy/Fredbear, Freddy]]/Fredbear, as the two most powerful entities and the {{Monster Progenitor}}s of the entire Fazbear franchise. The two of them are actively opposing each other, but are definitely the most significant antagonists out of everyone.]]
** For the ''Steel Wool'' era, [[spoiler:the Mimic [[spoiler:[[AIIsACrapshoot the Mimic]] and Vanessa/Vanny.Vanessa/[[BrainwashedAndCrazy Vanny]]. The Mimic forces Vanny to follow its orders and continues William's legacy, but Vanny still technically opposes the Mimic as she never ''agreed'' to be its follower; she was in fact forced to play the role.]]
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* BigBadEnsemble:
** For the ''ScottGames'' era, [[spoiler:William Afton and Cassidy, AKA Springtrap/Spring Bonnie and Golden Freddy/Fredbear, as the two most powerful entities and the {{Monster Progenitor}}s of the entire Fazbear franchise. The two of them are actively opposing each other, but are definitely the most significant antagonists out of everyone.]]
** For the ''Steel Wool'' era, [[spoiler:the Mimic and Vanessa/Vanny. The Mimic forces Vanny to follow its orders and continues William's legacy, but Vanny still technically opposes the Mimic as she never ''agreed'' to be its follower; she was in fact forced to play the role.]]


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* {{Irony}}: A series-wide case. Though we haven't seen the original first incarnation of the Fazbear franchise in the form of another SurvivalHorror game (since that was before [[spoiler:hauntings even occurred]]), the mascots of said incarnations have been part of the franchise's first BigBadEnsemble, [[spoiler:William Afton/Springtrap/Spring Bonnie and Golden Freddy/Fredbear of the first Fredbear's Family Diner, being said original incarnations possessed by murderous souls.]]
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* VillainBasedFranchise: Freddy Fazbear does appear in every game in some form, but he isn't the main antagonist in each one. After the first game, he's more of a side antagonist, though it's still him making an appearance.

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* VillainBasedFranchise: Freddy Fazbear does appear in every game in some form, but he isn't the main antagonist in each one. After the first game, he's more of a side antagonist, though it's still him making an appearance. This does not apply to Glamrock Freddy in ''Security Breach'' as he's a TokenHeroicOrc, unless you count when he's ForcedIntoEvil.
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* VillainBasedFranchise: Freddy Fazbear does appear in every game in some form, but he isn't the main antagonist in each one. After the first game, he's more of a side antagonist, though it's still him making an appearance.
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The '''The''' {{Trope Maker}}/TropeCodifier for MascotHorror.
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* TrialAndErrorGameplay: The basic way each game in the franchise is supposed to be played is learning through mistakes and understanding how enemies operate, as each acts on a specific route, until eventually learning the overall functions and finding a rhythm to make it through each of the titular nights. The exception is ''Sister Location'' and ''Security Breach'', which are more task-based than survival-based [[spoiler:besides the FinalBoss levels.]]
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* WorldOfWeirdness: In this world, you can work as a security guard in a pizzeria (or somewhere related to it) and be suddenly confronted by HostileAnimatronics while management has no concern for workplace safety. Meanwhile, [[spoiler:the one who killed the victims within those animatronics is allowed to be free and only brings his comeuppance unto himself because the people who were ''supposed'' to punish him aren't there to do so.]]
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* PropellerHatOfWhimsy: The Balloon Boy animatronic ("BB" for short), introduced in the [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 second game]], is modelled after a young boy and wears a propeller beany. It is also worn by his {{Palette Swap}}s Balloon Girl and Dee-Dee, the latter of which's is comically oversized. The [[NightmareFace decidedly creepier looking]] Phantom Balloon Boy, Nightmare Balloon Boy and XOR wear it as well.
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* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSurvivalCrew''[[note]](Licensed ''Platform/{{Roblox}}'' multiplayer game that has since been [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Delisted]].[[/note]]

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* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSurvivalCrew''[[note]](Licensed ''Platform/{{Roblox}}'' multiplayer game that has since been [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes Delisted]].Delisted]]).[[/note]]

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