[ Theory ] Jeremy Becomes Freddy [SPOILERS]

[IceWolf]

Okay, so this does contain spoilers , and I apologize in advance for yet another 'theory' post. I'm not trying to start a revolution or anything, this is more a collection of my thoughts and suspicions. I'm going to provide as much evidence as I can, and I will plainly point out areas where my theory has holes in it (OR at least the places where there is unexplained information)

Lets commence!

The game-play in FNAF 2 revolves around winding the music box, checking the hallway and duct lights (Checking the camera areas is almost entirely optional) and using your mask and light to prevent your death. The mask is a Freddy Fazbear head. This is basically the game-play flow in a nutshell. The events of the game are where the real importance of the theory is formed.

So first off, there is a lot of speculation that FNAF 2 is actually a prequel to FNAF 1. You play as Jeremy Fitzgerald, and the game seems to conclude on 11-12-1987. The phone guy (Voiced by Scott himself) tells Jeremy the following on Night 6.

"Hello? Hello...uh...what on earth are you doing there, uh didn’t you get the memo, uh, the place is closed down, uh, at least for a while. Someone used one of the suits. We had a spare in the back, a yellow one, the one used in...now 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, 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."

Keep this information in mind, it'll come up later.

So our game starts off with us as Freddy Fazbear looking from left to right on the stage in present day. Through the eyes of Freddy we can look at the party room, Bonnie on our right, and Chica on our left. They're looking ahead, everything is fine. After glancing about, the screen fizzles and you see an error and we get to the main menu.

You're playing as Jeremy and doing your thing, and eventually after a few nights our next cutscene plays where we are once again playing Freddy. Now the animatronics are looking at you. The cutscene ends with the same screen frazzling and "ITS ME" in the upper left hand corner.

After more of that crazy game-play, there is yet another scene where you play as Freddy, more spoopy looks from Bonnie and Chica, and yet another freakout and ending. Cool, awesome, whatever. (At least i THINK there are three times like this, Don't quote me on that.)

Now night six rolls around. Phone Guy wants to make SURE you STAY CLOSE TO THE ANIMATRONICS and MAKE SURE THEY DON'T HURT ANYONE.

Then of course you get your 7th night with all those great custom features and you see the restaurant closes down to reopen later even if it has to be smaller.

My theory seems kinda weak at this point, right? Yes a big point of the game is wearing a freddy mask to prevent yourself from dying. But through dying ... that's actually where the theory comes to life.

When you die, your game over screen is Jeremy through the perspective of Freddy, staring at Freddy. Now ... Yeah a lot of people may think "Oh you just got tossed in the back and you're now staring at another Freddy Fazbear suit. But based on the angle you're seeing that suit from, it is very easy to assume that you're actually looking at a mirror. That's not another Freddy. That is a reflection, that is you.

Now when you die, there is a chance that you get to play through one of a few mini-games. These mini-games involve Freddy doing a variety of things, like trying to catch the marionette, only to stumble on a dead body, or trying to serve cake to kids. or the Marionette 'giving life' to bodies. The background audio for these scenes is usually a medley of 'save' -something- "S-A-V-E-T-H-E-M " for example.

For the most part, You are playing Freddy. And you are trying to keep kids happy or safe somehow.

So now we're at the point where I make round up my full theory with my speculation of who Jeremy is. Jeremy Fitzgerald is a night watchman who, after his tour in Freddy's is killed by the marionette and becomes the first soul inside Freddy Fasbear. Furthermore, you are not actually playing these events. You are reliving a series of error-based flashbacks as Freddy during the FNAF 1 time period. Hence the "Its Me" on those errors. "Its Me" is referring to Freddy basically saying "That was me. I was this man once" and then erroring out back to his usual scan mode.

The death cutscenes are actually playing out more memories from the perspective of a robot, showing how Jeremy did in fact fail to keep those kids safe on his following day shift at that party.

Obviously this isn't a water tight theory, but It's pretty solid, from what information i've been able to put together so far.

UPDATE 11-12-2014
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So after following Markiplier's playthrough , I got to see the Freddy cutscene for going into the fifth night, and it's actually sparked a fair bit of thought. In this cutscene, you're looking from side to side, but the Marionette is looming right in your face, preventing you from seeming much more than its eyes and smile as it loosely tracks Freddy's head movement.

Just seeing that really gave an extra bit of weight to the thought that Jeremy is killed by the Marionette, and he winds up becoming Freddy. There's just something about a core feature of the game being avoiding death from the Marionette, only to wind up with it looming in Freddy's face. Almost like a sort of twisted "You're mine, you'll always be mine" sort of vibe.

Then there are the minigames. Seeing them all play out and being able to rewind youtube footage and really analyze has been a huge help. Even if Jeremy turns out not to be the soul in Freddy, It IS pretty clear that this Marionette has been pulling the strings and causing a majority of the events in the game.

I REALLY Hope that the next FNAF game actually lets you participate in the narritive beyond just being parked at a desk trying not to ♥♥♥♥ your pants. Actually being able to engage in conflict with the dark forces at work would make for some pretty fun gameplay.

[Azrial]

If this theory winds up holding water, that'd be pretty brilliant.

[Queen HawlSera]

That's... that's amazing!

[Leon]

Their Are Spoilers in the title

[IceWolf]

Originally posted by HawlSera:

That's... that's amazing!

Thank you kindly, I just have to do more research on things. But it seems pretty solid.

[RayJay]

Are you sure you'r not Steven Hawking or something?
Cause that theory is brilliant

[Queen HawlSera]

It sure beats my theory (That only the opening was canon and it was Freddy getting an error message because the soul inside him acsended when the restraunt closed)

[AMBIENCOMA]

I would have to disagree with this

[IceWolf]

Originally posted by HawlSera:

It sure beats my theory (That only the opening was canon and it was Freddy getting an error message because the soul inside him acsended when the restraunt closed)

Don't beat yourself up dude. I read your theory and while it was a bit out there, its a theory. And you can theorize as much as you want. Its all good.

[Kiryufan2974596]

this theory blew my mind sir you sir mr IceWolf are a genius your theory ties together perfectly props to you sir props to you

[IceWolf]

Originally posted by biscutofdoom1104:

this theory blew my mind sir you sir mr IceWolf are a genius your theory ties together perfectly props to you sir props to you

Hey, Thanks a ton, man! Theres just too much evidence provided in the game for it not to be the case. I hope it's true, honestly.

[canofspaghettios]

Ok, let me get this straight, so jeremy is freddy correct? and his soul got into the freddy suit?

[shmumbler]

I do see some flaws in your reasoning. For instance, in one of the minigames, you actually play as Foxy running from Pirate Cove to surprise the kids, only to find the five children dead with the masked man standing in Pirate Cove. This kind of hurts your idea that the minigames show us hints to Jeremy's fate, as that scene in particular doesn't relate to your theory.

That said, you have a good theory, and while I disagree with it (my opinion is that Jeremy is the Bite's victim), I think it's a really cool interpretation,especially relating the "S-A-V-E-T-H-E-M" from the Freddy games to Jeremy's roll in protecting the children during the dayshift following Night 6. That's some solid stuff.

[Queen HawlSera]

I don't think Jeremy is the bite victim. There's litearlly nothing that hints at that.

[NuclearTophat]

holy tits....thats actually pretty good.

also the other minigames spell help them and save him. whos HIM. btw that one appears on the cake one where the kid gets kidnapped.

[Kurf]

oh mein gott