History VideoGame / FiveNightsAtFreddys2

* BigBad: One would think that it's Toy Freddy at first, but once you see the minigames, you find out that the ''true'' Big Bad is The Puppet — for he is the reason why the animatronics were haunted in the first place. [[spoiler:Though check out the BigGood entry below to see exactly ''why'' The Puppet did what he did.]]
* BigGood: Although this isn't fully explained until the third game in the series, [[spoiler:The Puppet]] takes up this role. His erratic behavior in the minigames, such as [[spoiler:guiding Freddy through a blood-splattered and severely ravaged restaurant]] and [[spoiler:affixing the heads of the animatronics onto the dead children[[note]]in what is heavily implied to be a metaphor for the children being stuffed into the animatronics[[/note]]]] are all a result of his attempt, not only at getting [[spoiler:revenge against the Murderer]], but also in an attempt to [[spoiler:save his next victims]].

** Played straight in the "through Freddy's eyes" cutscenes. You can look back and forth between Bonnie and Chica and later Golden Freddy, but not move. And then the Puppet shows up, and he's all you can look at…

** A mysterious bare endoskeleton can be spotted in the prize room. It seems to appear at random if the music box has run down and the puppet is on its way to you. Also sometimes appears in the Left Vent.

** Also implied with The Puppet. During one of the mini-games, [[spoiler:he is shown either running away or leading Freddy through the restaurant, with the words S.A.V.E.T.H.E.M. being spelled out in the background. Then the Purple Man ([[LuckBasedMission possibly]]) cuts you off]]. In another mini-game, the Puppet [[spoiler:places the animatronic heads on the bodies of the deceased children, with the objective "Give them life" spelled out, possibly giving them a new life to be preserved]]. Whether or not this was of malicious intent is unclear, but following games make it ''abundantly clear'' that the Puppet [[spoiler:was the first to become haunted and wants [[GreaterScopeVillain the Murderer]] dead]].

* ScaryJackInTheBox: The Puppet is presented as this; he stays in his box in the Prize Corner while a song plays, and you must keep that music box from unwinding completely. If it does, you'll hear "Pop Goes the Weasel", and [[YouAreAlreadyDead at that point, you might as well just cover your eyes, pray, and save yourself a scare]].

* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: Or as the job application states, what could go wrong? [[TemptingFate Just]] [[AdultFear about]] [[BrainFood everything]].

* AcceptableBreaksFromReality:
** Or an AlternateHistory involving robotics and A.I. beginning sometime before [[spoiler:the eighties]], take your pick. The animatronics of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza are equipped with facial recognition software, can climb into air ducts, and have some implied sentience ([[spoiler:haunted or not, it's still impressive]]). Such features were near unheard of during the game's ''year of release'', let alone during the year of the game's setting. Whoever created these bots should be working for a company like Apple or IBM instead of a pizza joint.
** Well, if they could actually make their [[AIIsACrapshoot A.I. not murder people, that is]]. [[spoiler:Though they might not actually have anything to do with that.]]

* AdultFear: Remember the newspaper clippings that sometimes replaced the rules poster in the East Hall Corner in the first game — the ones that detailed the kidnapping of five children and their highly probable murder? [[spoiler:Guess what happens halfway through the game.]]

* GirlinessUpgrade: Toy Chica is this over the original Chica, with a slimmer, curvier figure, long eyelashes, and even [[WhoWearsShortShorts pink short shorts]]. On the other hand, original Chica actually looks less feminine in this game [[spoiler:— but since this game is a prequel, it is another straight example]].

* TooDumbToLive:
** The owners of Freddy's.
*** After somehow catching the luckiest break in the world, managing to stay open and even expand the restaurant, they were ''idiotic'' or ''insane'' enough to ''keep the old animatronics that killed people''. This is actually averted to a ''degree'' with the reveal that [[spoiler:it's a ''prequel''. Phone Guy's call in Night 1 seems to imply that even he is not fully aware of just how dangerous the animatronics are at first (when compared to his first calls in ''[=FNAF 1=]'' where he's fully aware of how dangerous the machines are and properly warns Mike Schmidt about them, in the beginning, he just seems to think them moving around is a nuisance), and it's revealed later that this game takes place before the child murders and the Bite of '87]]. However, the Management is still aware that the machines are moving on their own and pose some sort of threat, so they're probably still pretty stupid.
*** There's also what they did with the new Foxy. After it was destroyed one time too many, they just gave up and made it into a "take apart and put together" activity for the kids. They're letting kids (and very young ones at that, given that Kid's Cove is referred to as the toddler room) play around with parts of an animatronic that are probably fairly heavy and have sharp bits, wires hanging out, and no doubt small parts that could come off. [[SarcasmMode Yeah, that seems like a good idea.]]
*** There's MisappliedPhlebotinum here as well: Freddy Fazbear's has bipedal humanoid face-recognizing robots, capable of walking and crawling through vents, in [[spoiler:'''1987''']]. This would have been ''way'' beyond anything anyone had done in robotics at the time — even the later producers of ASIMO didn't have full humanoid bodies back then. There is absolutely no reason they'd be running a pizza place rather than becoming the IBM of robotics. Don't even get started on the logistics, vision, detection, and feedback necessary to pick up a human and stuff them into a suit, which is far beyond anything robotics could do in 2014.
** To a certain degree, the new night guard, as hinted by the trailer.
--->"Well, if you're hearing this, then chances are you've made a very poor career choice."

* StealthSequel: More like a [[spoiler:Stealth Prequel]] — the check you get at the end of Night 5 reveals that [[spoiler:the date is 1987 — as in "The Bite of '87", an event that occurred in the past of the first game]]. Then in Night 6, the phone guy explains that Freddy's was closed due to [[spoiler:someone using a yellow suit to… well, he doesn't say, but it's implied he's referring to the child murders referenced in the first game]]. Completing Night 6 gets you a newspaper article which says [[spoiler:the new place is closing down and the new animatronics are to be scrapped]]. [[spoiler:However, the company is keeping the old animatronics…]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys If you remember]], [[spoiler:the animatronics used to wander around in the daytime. But then, there was The Bite of '87. However, on Night 1, Phone Guy mentions that the animatronics even walk around in the daytime. Isn't that neat?]]
** The fact that you're paid ''less'' money than in the original ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' is also a sign of how [[spoiler:the game actually takes place ''before'' the original]].
** Phone Guy. His presence alone is a foreshadowing written in giant neon letters for those playing the first game. [[spoiler: He is alive and well all the way to Night 6, whereas in the first game, he was murdered in the Night 4 phone call]].
** The Withered animatronics are horrifyingly broken-down versions of the cast we met in the first game...[[spoiler:but a closer look shows that disrepair is not the root of all of their design differences. Their heads' shapes and construction in particular indicate that they are actually different models of the base animatronics in addition to being rotted and damaged. This is a big hint at the reveal that they came ''before'' the ''FNAF 1'' incarnations and got ''remodeled into'' the classic set, as the initial presentation of them being the classic set's decayed forms didn't allude to them undergoing any design adjustments before they withered.]]

** The Withered animatronics are horrifyingly broken-down versions of the cast we met in the first game...[[spoiler:but a closer look shows that disrepair is not the root of all of their design differences. Their head' shapes and construction in particular indicate that they are different ''models'' of the base animatronics in addition to being rotted and damaged. This is a big hint at the reveal that they came ''before'' the ''FNAF 1'' incarnations and got ''remodeled'' as the classic set, as the initial presentation of them being the classic set's decayed forms didn't allude to them undergoing any design adjustments before they withered.]]

* WhamEpisode:
** Night 3 is when the withered animatronics (sans Foxy, who becomes active the night before) become active and ''quickly'' take the role of the main threat from the main four Toys. If Phone Guy's hesitant talk about rumors in his call is any indication, [[spoiler:the missing children incident is implied to have occurred mere hours before, explaining why the withered animatronics are active]].
** Night 5 is one big shocking episode, especially for those who have played the first game. Phone Guy tells Jeremy that the place is on lockdown in the former night due to police investigations, most likely involving the Toys becoming aggressive around adults with suspicions that their facial recognition technology might have been hacked [[spoiler:and the missing children]]. Phone Guy states to Jeremy that management is attempting to contact the owner of the old restaurant with little success, [[spoiler:but it's not a Freddy Fazbear's Pizza — the old restaurant was called Fredbear's Family Diner]], and that Jeremy may be moved to day shift as the previous role-holder has, uh… left. His check then reveals that [[spoiler:the game takes place in the November of 1987, cementing the game as a prequel]].
** Night 6 has less reveals, but is no less a shocker. Jeremy shows up to work and Phone Guy informs him that [[spoiler:he should have got a memo telling him to stay home because the restaurant is closed. He confirms that a spare yellow suit has been used, and that since he's there, he should just try to complete the shift, as trying to leave could get him killed]]. Jeremy is assigned to the day shift to watch over a birthday party, [[spoiler:the pizzeria's last event before closing]], and make sure the animatronics don't hurt anybody, [[spoiler:giving the huge implication that Jeremy will either witness or fall victim to the Bite of '87. Following this, the restaurant immediately closes and the Toys are scrapped, while the old ones are kept in hopes that the place can [[Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys one day reopen]]]].
* WhamLine:
** In the trailer: "Hello? Hellooooo? Well, if you're hearing this, then chances are you've made a very poor career choice." Keep in mind that this is [[spoiler:coming from a guy who was apparently dead]].
** The final line of the trailer, after listing off everything the player has to go up against: "AND ZERO DOORS."
** "Uh, we're going to try to contact the original restaurant owner. Uh, I think the name of the place was... [[spoiler:[[ThereIsAnother Fredbear's Family Diner]] or something like that]]." — Night 5 phone call.
** Completing Night 5. [[spoiler:The check's date reads "11-12-''[[StealthPrequel 1987]]''".]]
** The entirely of Night 6's phone call, as it connects back to topics referenced in the first game and suggests that something ''bad'' is about to go down. [[note]]Most important points are bolded.[[/note]]
---> '''Phone Guy:''' Hello hello? Uh… what on earth are you doing there? Uh… Didn't you get the memo? Uh… [[spoiler:'''The place is closed down''', at least for a while. Someone used one of the suits. We had a spare in the back, '''a yellow one''', someone used it… Now [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge none of them are acting right]]. Listen, j-just finish your shift. It's safer than trying to leave in the middle of the night. Uh… We have '''one more event''' scheduled for tomorrow: '''a birthday'''. You'll be on day shift. Wear your uniform. Stay close to the animatronics and make sure they don't hurt anyone, okay? Uh, for now just make it through the night. Uh, when the place eventually opens again, '''I'll probably take the night shift myself'''.]] Okay, good night and good luck.
* WhamShot: The Puppet shows up in the post-Night 4 minigame. [[spoiler:Remember, all of the post-night minigames [[RememberTheNewGuy take place in the first game's pizzeria]].]]

* YouAreAlreadyDead:
** If you don't keep the music box running, you'll start hearing "Pop Goes the Weasel". At that point, make your peace and prepare to meet your maker.
** Balloon Boy won't kill you himself, but if he finds his way into your office, [[InterfaceScrew he'll break your flashlight]], leaving you with no way to defend yourself against Foxy.

* ShoutOut:
** The words in the fourth promotional picture (''No place to run, and exactly one place to hide.'') is an obvious spin on the lyrics to Martha Reeves and the Vandellas' "Nowhere To Run".
** And on another note, "No place to run" is a name of an album by the band [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Place_to_Run_%28album%29 UFO]].
** Chica, the one most known for her [[NestedMouths inner teeth]], can be seen [[Film/{{Alien}} crawling through the vents.]]
** The Mini-Games are obvious shout-outs to UsefulNotes/Atari2600 (and its competitors') games.
** One of the names for the Custom Night, for activating only Foxy and Mangle, is called [[Music/RobZombie Foxy Foxy]].
** And speaking of Foxy, the theory that he was inspired by Music/{{Sweet}}'s "Fox on the Run" is only strengthened by Mangle — it has a pretty face, but the rest of it is out of place; it looked all right befoooooore…
** The "Something borrowed… Something new…" teaser might be a reference to the [[Creator/{{TLC}} TLC]] TV Series of the same name.

** From the close-up in the trailer, the Parts & Services Room ''doesn't even have a lock'', just a pull-open handle. And it's insultingly close to the bathrooms, so a child could accidentally open up the door and [[HarmfulToMinors be scarred for life]]. And, of course, it also allows the old animatronics to walk out of there. Speaking of the old animatronics…

* NothingIsScarier: The final teaser image is completely black to the naked eye, excepting the red exclamation mark by the camera — but change the image's Color value greatly, and you get a creepy image of the Puppet.

->[-''"Great!"'' ''[[note]][[GetOut Now get out.]][[/note]]''-]

* HellIsThatNoise:
** '''[[JumpScare RRREEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!]]'''
** BB's laugh.
** "Hi."
** "Hello?"
** "Pop Goes the Weasel". Once it starts playing, make your peace: the Puppet is coming, and there's nothing you can do to stop it.
** The metallic clanging Mangle makes when moving definitely qualify for this. There is also the garbled radio static it makes when nearby.

* MythologyGag: The Prize Corner (CAM 11) has little plushies based on the Fazbear Gang; players of the Android port of the first game may recognize them, since they were originally purchasable in-game items only available in that particular version.

''Five Nights at Freddy's 2'' is the sequel to the [[Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddys hit 2014 horror-themed strategy game]]; creator Creator/ScottCawthon released it on November 10th 2014 — a full three months after the first game (making it one of the fastest-released sequels on the market) and a month ahead of its announced December release. You can buy the game on [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/332800/ Steam]] and the App Store, like its predecessor.

-->[-''"Great!"'' ''[[note]][[GetOut Now get out.]][[/note]]''-]

* TooDumbToLive: The owners of Freddy's. After somehow catching the luckiest break in the world, managing to stay open and even expand the restaurant, they were ''idiotic'' or ''insane'' enough to ''keep the old animatronics that killed people''.
** Actually averted to a ''degree'' with the reveal that [[spoiler:it's a ''prequel''. Phone Guy's call in Night 1 seems to imply that even he is not fully aware of just how dangerous the animatronics are at first (when compared to his first calls in ''[=FNAF 1=]'' where he's fully aware of how dangerous the machines are and properly warns Mike Schmidt about them, in the beginning, he just seems to think them moving around is a nuisance), and it's revealed later that this game takes place before the child murders and the Bite of '87. However, the Management is still aware that the machines are moving on their own and pose some sort of threat, so they're probably still pretty stupid]].
** There's also what they did with the new Foxy. After it was destroyed one time too many, they just gave up and made it into a "take apart and put together" activity for the kids. They're letting kids (and very young ones at that, given that Kid's Cove is referred to as the toddler room) play around with parts of an animatronic that are probably fairly heavy and have sharp bits, wires hanging out, and no doubt small parts that could come off. [[SarcasmMode Yeah, that seems like a good idea.]]
** There's MisappliedPhlebotinum here as well: [[spoiler:Freddy Fazbear's has bipedal humanoid face-recognizing robots, capable of walking and crawling through vents, '''in 1987'''. This would have been ''way'' beyond anything anyone had done in robotics at the time — even the later producers of ASIMO didn't have full humanoid bodies back then. There is absolutely no reason they'd be running a pizza place rather than becoming the IBM of robotics. Don't even get started on the logistics, vision, detection, and feedback necessary to pick up a human and stuff them into a suit, which is far beyond anything robotics can do in 2014.]]
** To another certain degree, the new night guard, as hinted by the trailer.
---> "Well, if you're hearing this, then chances are you've made a very poor career choice."
* TookALevelInBadass: The original animatronics. They are now scarier-looking, fiercer-sounding, crawling through vents, and ready to lunge and leap at you at any given moment. Especially Foxy, who was ''already'' the exception to the rule in the first game. The others will drag you back to kill you as per the norm. Foxy? He takes a flying lunge at you clear across the room from the shadows. Given the way he's opening wide, it doesn't seem stuffing you in a costume's his plan any more… [[spoiler:This is ultimately inverted, seeing that this is a ''prequel'' to the first, making their behavior in the first game a very slight example of getting worse over time, with some exceptions (Freddy is much deadlier and craftier in that game, and the bright lights trick doesn't work on any of them).]] Which is a JustifiedTrope, when you remember that [[spoiler:the animatronics had their free roaming removed following the Bite of '87, which, coupled with years of decay, would naturally greatly hamper their effectiveness]].

* SecondLawMyAss: Back once again, though exactly why the old bots still keep attacking is anyone's guess [[spoiler:save for the usual "haunted" explanation]]. Gets turned on its head with the newer models, which are supposed to be ''protecting'' the building and you as well. [[spoiler:Also, unlike their predecessors, there is even fewer indications that the new animatronics are haunted. The only commonly agreed explanation is that AIIsACrapshoot.]]

* TheScapegoat: The CEO of Fazbear Entertainment [[spoiler:threw the new animatronics under the bus and had them scrapped to try and appease the scrutiny the company had fallen under that year]]. However, they insisted on [[spoiler:keeping the old ones for whenever Freddy's would reopen its doors, explaining why those ones were still around in the first game]].

* MythologyGag: Prize Corner (also known as CAM 11) has little plushies based on the Fazbear Gang; fans of the Android port of the game may recognize them, since they were originally purchasable in-game items only available in that particular version.

** [[spoiler:Turns out the management wasn't as corrupt as previously thought. They honestly had no idea why the animatronics were "glitching" during the night and were trying their best to look out for the kids if the criminal database feature is any indication. Just too many unnatural circumstances got out of their control. You can't blame them for wanting to run a business. However, they later degenerate, given their future policy of hiding the existence of your death.]]
** Implied to be the case with [[spoiler:Freddy Fazbear]], of all characters, due to one mini-game portraying [[spoiler:his attempt to save the children's bodies from whatever the Puppet would do with them. The murderer is represented as a purple man in those same mini-games, and in one minigame, the purple man is revealed (possibly) to be a security guard, so it's not surprising why he hates security guards]]. It at least portrays the character in a more positive light.
** It's stated that the animatronics behave just fine around children, but get finicky around adults. It's ''hinted'' that they only attack you because their facial recognition can't differentiate between you [[spoiler:and the murderer]].
** Also implied with [[spoiler:The Puppet]]. During one of the mini-games, [[spoiler:he is shown either running away or leading Freddy through the restaurant, with the words S.A.V.E.T.H.E.M. being spelled out in the background. Then the Purple Man ([[LuckBasedMission possibly]]) cuts you off]]. In another mini-game, [[spoiler:the Puppet places the animatronic heads on the bodies of the deceased children, with the objective "Give them life" spelled out, possibly giving them a new life to be preserved]]. Whether or not this was of malicious intent is unclear, but following games make it ''abundantly clear'' [[spoiler:that the Puppet was the first to become haunted and wants [[GreaterScopeVillain the Murderer]] dead]].

** The game in general, with the doors — your only protection from the animatronics in the first game — removed.

** Think that's bad enough? Golden Freddy joins the fun on Night 6 — probably worse than all of the other animatronics ''combined'' — and bringing the number of enemies, quite literally, [[UpToEleven up to]] [[IncrediblyLamePun eleven]]. In fact, he makes trying to deal with Foxy ''extremely'' dangerous, because your way of normally warding him off (flashing the light at him over and over a bit) is exactly what ''will'' cause Golden Freddy to kill you if he decides to show in the hallway, and he's quite a bit less easy to see without focusing. As a result, dealing with Foxy no longer becomes muscle memory, and if you get too careful with the flashlight, Foxy may not reset properly and kill you instead. Oh, and you really cannot spare too much extra time on caution, because of the now insane rate of time diminishing on the music box…

* FatBastard: Toy Freddy, who seems to have gotten a bit… tubby… after his redesign.

* AntagonistTitle: Freddy is the BigBad, as usual. Yet he's not responsible for the missing children…

* IdiotBall: The management make so many egregious, wall-banging decisions that even ''[[VideoGame/{{Portal}} Cave Johnson]]'' would shake his head and say, "Guys, just...stop." Examples include:

** '''Why''' are they still in the suits? Yes, the Phone Guy talks about how they tried to put them back to working order, even outfitting them with some new technology, but stopped because of their ugly appearance and the smell. But yet they still kept them in enough of one piece to make them a [[MurderousMalfunctioningMachine major threat to you]], instead of turning them into a massive pile of robo-limbs and parts. [[RunningGag Speaking of a massive pile of robo-limbs…]]

** The old animatronics have been scrapped and left in a state of disrepair, replaced by the new ones. Boy oh boy, does it show. Take for prime example Bonnie, ''who comes after you '''with his freaking face ripped off!''''' You'll be so freaked out you probably won't even notice that he's also missing his entire left arm, as well as the suit of his remaining hand and — if you catch him in the Parts and Service area or one of the party rooms — a foot.
** Foxy was pretty deteriorated in the first game. Now his ears are pretty much bald.

** Also worth mentioning is Chica, who appears to be vomiting up her endoskeleton and has had her eye sockets seemingly carved to be ''even wider'' than before. She also has no hands left — just wires sticking out of the wrists.
** Even Golden Freddy gets in on the act, with a missing ear and wires coming out of said ear's slot, his shoulders and his right eye socket.
** All of the old animatronics are also missing hunks of their hides — exposing machinery or just vacant space underneath.

You really don't have ''anything'' to worry about. [[BlatantLies It's just a simple night job, after all…]]

* TwentyMinutesIntoThePast: [[spoiler:The [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/1465beb67df43c885eed94640a8696d5/tumblr_nev7ntjSk11u12kv9o1_1280.jpg paycheck at the end of the game]] is dated November 12, 1987. It's a prequel.]] Which really doesn't explain why the four main characters have both Toy and Withered versions. Also, why is it still referred to as “new and improved”?

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** "Uh, we're going to try to contact the original restaurant owner. Uh, I think the name of the place was… [[spoiler:[[ThereIsAnother Fredbear's Family Diner]] or something like that]]." — Night 5 phone call.

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