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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: As pointed out in the ''Ultimate Guide,'' it's a little suspicious how this story introduces a mechanic where a Freddy Fazbear plush can watch a toddler and report back to their parents, when ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys4'' had the Crying Child's eerily ever-present Fredbear plush speaking to him in his father's voice.
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'''The Cliffs''' | [[Recap/FazbearFrightsTheBreakingWheel The Breaking Wheel]] | [[Recap/FazbearFrightsHeToldMeEverything He Told Me Everything]]-]]]]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Why don't you go to the cliffs?"]]
-> Robert looked down at the rocky ground beneath him and then up at the pink clouds above him. Life was hard, but it could also be beautiful. The two people he loved most in the world wouldn’t want him to lose sight of that.
Robert is tired. After his wife died in childbirth, he's been raising their son all on his own, and Tyler is a little bundle of energy that seems ready for trouble wherever he goes. Then Tyler asks for a toy– a Tag-Along Freddy Fazbear, a little bear that's advertised as being able to watch and communicate with the parents of toddlers. At first, the toy works amazingly. Then Tyler goes missing, and the toy only sends one message to Robert, which seems to be prompting him to give up on everything– including finding Tyler ''and'' living his own life.
The nineteenth ''Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysFazbearFrights'' story, and the first of the seventh book. It was adapted into the graphic novel collection in 2023.
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!!Tropes related to “The Cliffs”:
* BearyFriendly: Tyler immediately falls in love with the plush Freddy, which matches his Freddy Fazbear t-shirt.
* CheerfulChild: Tyler is overly happy and energetic, which tires out his father even more.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: It turns out that Tyler ran off simply because he saw a dog, and found himself lost.
* CommonalityConnection: Jess, Robert's coworker, tells him that they can bond over both being single parents.
* CoolToy: This Freddy can both watch a toddler ''and'' report back to the parents! And possibly track the child, too.
* CoversAlwaysLie: Averted on the original book, but the Tag-Along Freddy on the cover of the fourth volume graphic novel, based on the scrapped illustration, looks a lot different from the actual character. It has human teeth, claws, and seems to be eerily crawling towards the camera, where Tag-Along Freddy was actually just a toy.
* CreepyBlueEyes: On Tag-Along Freddy, specifically on the book covers.
* CreepyDoll: Robert sees Tag-Along Freddy as this, and it becomes more and more creepy as it gets slowly destroyed.
* CueTheSun: To symbolize hope, as Robert decides not to kill himself.
* DeathByChildbirth: Anna has this fate before the story begins, after experiencing some health issues that prompt doctors to perform an emergency C-Section before the baby is due. She has a stroke on the operating table and dies soon after.
* DrivenToSuicide: Robert is about to leap from the titular landform after his son's disappearance magnifies his grief from losing his wife, but resolves against it after realizing that she wouldn't want him to choose an early death.
* TheEeyore: After Anna's death, Robert stopped hanging out with friends, and has been down all the time. When Tyler goes missing, he immediately jumps to all of the worst possible explanations. Considering the situation, it's decently justified.
* HappyEnding: Robert actually manages to find Tyler and bring him home. Though it might be a bit awkward when Tyler asks where is Freddy toy is.
* LikeParentLikeChild: Tyler is incredibly like Anna, in both looks and personality, which is hard on the still-grieving Robert.
* MadnessMantra: "Why don't you go to the Cliffs?"
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Is Tag-Along Freddy somehow omnisciently able to tell where his charge is, or did he simply see which direction Tyler was going and make a geographic guess? Then at the end, did it manage to crawl away on its own, or did the tide wash it back?
* MissingChild: As soon as Tyler goes missing, Robert is frantic and terrified. Unlike [[Characters/FiveNightsAtFreddysOtherHumans a lot of other missing children in this franchise]], Tyler ends up found safely.
* MissingMom: For Tyler. When the other children at daycare ask him about it, he gets confused and upset, and the teacher swiftly takes over to tell the kids that there are all different kinds of families.
* MistakenMessage: Robert continually gets notices from Tag-Along Freddy saying "Why don't you go to the Cliffs?" Robert sees this as some kind of MadnessMantra goading him into committing suicide (as the Cliffs were a common location for such decisions); however, when Robert gives in and plans to jump, he hears his missing son's cries and finds him in a hole. Tag-Along Freddy was just telling him where the child was.
* TheMourningAfter: Robert is still grieving hard for his wife. He hasn't even shown Tyler pictures of her, because it's too painful for him.
* NoAntagonist: Tag-Along Freddy turns out to be [[GoodAllAlong benevolent]] (albeit [[PoorCommunicationKills terrible at communicating]]).
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Robert continuously tries to destroy the Tag-Along Freddy. Each time, it's progressively more violent and unhinged, until the toy is nothing but a broken endoskeleton.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Suffice to say that the vast majority of the second half of the story could have been averted if it had phrased its statement of Tyler's location in a way that didn't sound like a SuicideDare.
* SignatureHeadgear: Tag-Along Freddy has Freddy Fazbear's top hat.
* [[StrugglingSingleMother Struggling Single Father]]: A less-common male variant, Robert is tired, overworked, and struggling to take care of his kid all on his own.
* SuicideDare: "Why don't you go to the Cliffs?" sets Robert off, as the cliffs are famous in their area for being where people kill themselves. So, over and over, he sees this message as suicide bait from the toy, rather than a clue to his son's location.
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[[WMG:[[center:[-'''[[Recap/FiveNightsAtFreddysFazbearFrights Recap:]] ''Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysFazbearFrights'': ''The Cliffs'''''\\
'''The Cliffs''' | [[Recap/FazbearFrightsTheBreakingWheel The Breaking Wheel]] | [[Recap/FazbearFrightsHeToldMeEverything He Told Me Everything]]-]]]]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_cliffs_title_page.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Why don't you go to the cliffs?"]]
-> Robert looked down at the rocky ground beneath him and then up at the pink clouds above him. Life was hard, but it could also be beautiful. The two people he loved most in the world wouldn’t want him to lose sight of that.
Robert is tired. After his wife died in childbirth, he's been raising their son all on his own, and Tyler is a little bundle of energy that seems ready for trouble wherever he goes. Then Tyler asks for a toy– a Tag-Along Freddy Fazbear, a little bear that's advertised as being able to watch and communicate with the parents of toddlers. At first, the toy works amazingly. Then Tyler goes missing, and the toy only sends one message to Robert, which seems to be prompting him to give up on everything– including finding Tyler ''and'' living his own life.
The nineteenth ''Literature/FiveNightsAtFreddysFazbearFrights'' story, and the first of the seventh book. It was adapted into the graphic novel collection in 2023.
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!!Tropes related to “The Cliffs”:
* BearyFriendly: Tyler immediately falls in love with the plush Freddy, which matches his Freddy Fazbear t-shirt.
* CheerfulChild: Tyler is overly happy and energetic, which tires out his father even more.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: It turns out that Tyler ran off simply because he saw a dog, and found himself lost.
* CommonalityConnection: Jess, Robert's coworker, tells him that they can bond over both being single parents.
* CoolToy: This Freddy can both watch a toddler ''and'' report back to the parents! And possibly track the child, too.
* CoversAlwaysLie: Averted on the original book, but the Tag-Along Freddy on the cover of the fourth volume graphic novel, based on the scrapped illustration, looks a lot different from the actual character. It has human teeth, claws, and seems to be eerily crawling towards the camera, where Tag-Along Freddy was actually just a toy.
* CreepyBlueEyes: On Tag-Along Freddy, specifically on the book covers.
* CreepyDoll: Robert sees Tag-Along Freddy as this, and it becomes more and more creepy as it gets slowly destroyed.
* CueTheSun: To symbolize hope, as Robert decides not to kill himself.
* DeathByChildbirth: Anna has this fate before the story begins, after experiencing some health issues that prompt doctors to perform an emergency C-Section before the baby is due. She has a stroke on the operating table and dies soon after.
* DrivenToSuicide: Robert is about to leap from the titular landform after his son's disappearance magnifies his grief from losing his wife, but resolves against it after realizing that she wouldn't want him to choose an early death.
* TheEeyore: After Anna's death, Robert stopped hanging out with friends, and has been down all the time. When Tyler goes missing, he immediately jumps to all of the worst possible explanations. Considering the situation, it's decently justified.
* HappyEnding: Robert actually manages to find Tyler and bring him home. Though it might be a bit awkward when Tyler asks where is Freddy toy is.
* LikeParentLikeChild: Tyler is incredibly like Anna, in both looks and personality, which is hard on the still-grieving Robert.
* MadnessMantra: "Why don't you go to the Cliffs?"
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Is Tag-Along Freddy somehow omnisciently able to tell where his charge is, or did he simply see which direction Tyler was going and make a geographic guess? Then at the end, did it manage to crawl away on its own, or did the tide wash it back?
* MissingChild: As soon as Tyler goes missing, Robert is frantic and terrified. Unlike [[Characters/FiveNightsAtFreddysOtherHumans a lot of other missing children in this franchise]], Tyler ends up found safely.
* MissingMom: For Tyler. When the other children at daycare ask him about it, he gets confused and upset, and the teacher swiftly takes over to tell the kids that there are all different kinds of families.
* MistakenMessage: Robert continually gets notices from Tag-Along Freddy saying "Why don't you go to the Cliffs?" Robert sees this as some kind of MadnessMantra goading him into committing suicide (as the Cliffs were a common location for such decisions); however, when Robert gives in and plans to jump, he hears his missing son's cries and finds him in a hole. Tag-Along Freddy was just telling him where the child was.
* TheMourningAfter: Robert is still grieving hard for his wife. He hasn't even shown Tyler pictures of her, because it's too painful for him.
* NoAntagonist: Tag-Along Freddy turns out to be [[GoodAllAlong benevolent]] (albeit [[PoorCommunicationKills terrible at communicating]]).
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Robert continuously tries to destroy the Tag-Along Freddy. Each time, it's progressively more violent and unhinged, until the toy is nothing but a broken endoskeleton.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Suffice to say that the vast majority of the second half of the story could have been averted if it had phrased its statement of Tyler's location in a way that didn't sound like a SuicideDare.
* SignatureHeadgear: Tag-Along Freddy has Freddy Fazbear's top hat.
* [[StrugglingSingleMother Struggling Single Father]]: A less-common male variant, Robert is tired, overworked, and struggling to take care of his kid all on his own.
* SuicideDare: "Why don't you go to the Cliffs?" sets Robert off, as the cliffs are famous in their area for being where people kill themselves. So, over and over, he sees this message as suicide bait from the toy, rather than a clue to his son's location.
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