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At the end of the day, these Hostile Animatronics are still just little kids.
Five Nights at Freddy's as a whole is meant to scare us, with the movie being no different, but that doesn't stop any fluffy moments from happening.- Mike's relationship with Abby, his little sister. Even in the earlier scenes where he's worn out and she's not cooperating, his parental nature with her is sweet, and he does not want her going with Aunt Jane and even gets her a fake security badge as a gift. (She doesn't like it, but it's the thought that counts.) Given how he's present in nearly every one of her drawings, as Abby's teacher points out, it's clear that Abby thinks very highly of Mike despite his flaws.
- On the second night of Mike’s shift at Freddy’s, Abby puts on his security vest and wants to go to work with him instead of staying home.
- Mike and Vanessa's heart-to-heart talk by the river after the latter confronts him about the break-in at Freddy's, where he opens up to her about his tragic family history. While she is initially stern about his negligence and ultimately tells him to stay alert on the job, Vanessa shows sympathy for his situation and tells him that in her eyes he's lucky he and Abby still have each other.
- Even when it's revealed she's the daughter of the man who caused all of Mike's misery, her sympathy and kind words are genuine and she ultimately proves it by helping him and Abby take William down in the climax. While she ends up in a coma as a result, Mike and Abby clearly have her in their debt and Mike tells her in the hospital that they will be there when she wakes up.
- The revelation that the animatronics were merely tickling Abby instead of attacking her when Mike is forced to bring her to work.
- Also serves as some life imitating art as Abby's actress Piper Rubio would hug the animatronics whenever she would show up to and leave the set. The film itself includes a shot of Abby hugging Freddy, and the animatronic bear returns the favor. It's a nice little reminder that, regardless of how dangerous they can be, deep down the animatronics are still just children whose lives were cut tragically short by a serial killer.
- Not to mention when Abby returns a second time, the animatronics look adorably excited to see her, with Freddy even welcoming her back by extending his paw out to her.
- This care also seems to extend over to Mike- the Animatronics, for all their violent natures against less kind adults, actually don't show open hostility to Mike until he starts going against them directly. Perhaps they even sense that he DOES care for Abby and is a friend to children.
- On that note, Freddy initially approaching Mike with hostility until he's calmed down by Abby could be interpreted as him wanting to protect her, which is understandable given how he and his friends died.
- While Mike says the animatronics don't like him, given how Freddy relaxes once Abby reaffirms him, this would indicate that at the very least they don't hate him and as Abby's brother, don't have reason to target him and aren't looking for one until later on.
- The montage of the animatronics building the fort with Mike, Abby, and Vanessa. Yes, we know the animatronics can and have killed people before, but considering that the children's disappearance was what prompted the restaurant to close in the first place, this is probably the first time anybody other than (maybe) Vanessa has treated them with genuine kindness, and played with them. On top of this, the animatronics finally get to be who they used to be: children!
- As much as Mike doesn't want to do it, he swallows his pride and calls Aunt Jane and asks her to look after Abby for him while he's at work—and is willing to entertain the idea of her taking custody as well. While he's doing so reluctantly; knows that Jane doesn't have Abby's best interest at heart and it's really only just because he wants to make sure Abby's safe too, Mike at least shows that he's not gonna hold a grudge against her like she is him and was willing to call another family member because he legit needed the help.
- When Afton tries to kill Abby once she reveals the truth behind the missing children's murders, Foxy immediately steps between them to protect her.
- It's rather sweet that even after what almost happened to her, in the end, Abby still sees the animatronics as her friends and wishes to visit them.
- Additionally, Mike neither confirms or denies Abby's question if they could one day go back to the Pizzeria. While this may not seem like much, normally anyone would shut down such a question after everything that went down, showing that Mike doesn't view the animatronics as monsters and understands that they're just unfortunate children who were dealt a bad hand in life.
- MatPat and CoryxKenshin's cameos. They're a big part of the reason the franchise is as big as it is today, so it only feels right that they get to take part in the long-awaited film. And while he unfortunately couldn't make it, the guard in the opening was written to be a cameo for the King of FNAF himself, Markiplier. Some fans have gone as far as bringing pictures or cardboard stand-ins of Markiplier to movie theaters or set up in their homes to make him part of the film in alternate ways.
- The use of The Living Tombstone's iconic fan song during the closing credits. While many people predicted the song would be used, people were over the moon to know that their suspicions and desires were fulfilled. Some theater audiences even sang along to it!
