Five Nights At Freddy’s is officially three years old, and franchise creator Scott Cawthon posted 10 behind-the-scenes images to his website to celebrate. While most of the pictures show a simple developing version of the classic animatronics, there are a few anomalies in them that have spawned some interesting theories.
Before diving into heavy analysis, let’s get the easy ones out of the way first. We see Withered Freddy without a head, individual models of the Mini Freddies from Five Nights At Freddy’s 4, Funtime Freddy jumping in the air and a sweet render of some exotic butters. From Five Nights At Freddy’s: Sister Location, the Magician Toy model is fully revealed alongside the hanging puppet we now know to be called Little Joe.
FNAF BTS Images!The pictures we haven’t mentioned yet are worthy of a closer look. The Springtrap model has a hand render in its bottom-left quadrant, but its shape looks a bit more curved than the one featured in the animatronic’s final design. The difference here is likely meaningless, but it’s an interesting detail nonetheless.
Similarly, the bottom left of the Baby render appears to be hiding a secret, too. While it’s concealed by a setup window, we see what looks like a girl’s ponytail. The styling looks a little different from Baby’s pigtails though, making it immediately suspect. One prevailing theory around the Five Nights At Freddy’s community is that Baby is possessed by the spirit of this green-eyed girl from Five Nights At Freddy’s 4. The hairstyles are obviously similar, so might this hairstyle be Scott hinting at that significant plot detail?
The very last image of the set appears to be a standard Freddy plushie, but after an intense brightening, a string of four lines can be seen coming down from the top of the image toward Freddy’s left ear. In this case we’re guessing it’s just some stray design lines, but we thought we’d point it out just in case there’s more to it.
The main image of focus is the shot that shows the inside of the employee Parts And Services room from the original Five Nights At Freddy’s. Typically when the pictured jumpscare is triggered, the door obscures a portion of the shelf. However, in this render, there’s a weird white, circular head behind Bonnie’s right eye. It’s visible again in the front-facing render in the top right and in the top-middle of the bird’s-eye view.
As of now we have no idea what this model is, and the community is very enthused. From the action view it looks fairly humanoid to the point where it could be the Puppet from Five Nights At Freddy’s 2. Yet, it looks a lot like a Chica variant in the front view with its beak-like nose and feminine eyelashes.
A popular theory right now is that this animatronic may be a Funtime Chica model from the recently scrapped sixth Five Nights At Freddy’s game. Early teases for Sister Location referenced a location called Chica’s Party World, but it’s never mentioned in the story. Was Scott intending to pair Funtime Freddy and Foxy with a Funtime Chica in the future? Is it still in the cards today? When it comes to Scott Cawthon, one can never be too sure.
As with all theories, it’s important to take this one with a grain of salt. While the bizarre model exists, it might just be a stray asset Cawthon made while designing the first game. Despite its obvious intrigue, its significance has yet to be proven.
Five Nights At Freddy’s games are available now on PC, Android and iOS. The Twisted Ones novel just recently released in stores and digital format.
Do these Five Nights At Freddy’s images hide any lingering secrets? Is the community over analyzing? Tell us in the comments section!
