The Origin of Nightmare

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Hello, my fellow readers. I am here to answer a question that relatively many are asking:

Who is Nightmare?

While I'm certain that there's a 99% chance that I am wrong, I'm here to present to you my explaination for where Nightmare is from and who he is. It's quite simple, really.

Nightmare.

Is.




















The original Fredbear!

How? Here is my explaination:

Fredbear the Bear wasn't always the golden ball of fluff he is today! Rather, Fredbear used to be a black bear with a yellow hat and bowtie. Unfortunately, on the opening day of Fredbear's Family Diner, almost all the children were terrified of the dark-colored bear, including the Child we know as the victim of the Bite of '83/'87. He was the most terrified. His older brother, on the other hand, found some amusement in his brother's fear. It only took a day or so for Fredbear's Family Diner to shut down due to Fredbear's poor reception. Even after this, the older brother used pictures and plushies of Fredbear to terrify his younger brother. Some weeks later, the diner re-opened, and Fredbear was now a yellow bear with a purple hat and bowtie. The Child saw this and was no longer afraid. In fact, Fredbear ended up becoming his favorite of the group, and the only one he truly liked, though the animatronic of Fredbear still frightened him. This caused his brother to stop using Fredbear as a means of scaring him, so he moved onto the other characters. Some time later, a few months or years, perhaps, after the Bite of '83/'87, the older brother began to fear the animatronics in the same vain as his younger brother, and began having nightmares of them trying to get into his room. On the 6th night, one week and one day after the Bite, his fear of Fredbear had only grown, and resulted in him dreaming himself being chased by Fredbear in his oringal, darker form, and much faster! Nightmare's killscreen is actually Fredbear BITING the older brother, to make him pay for his sins.

I know, it's essentially fanfiction, but it's just an idea.

[SnoopyMcFly]

I'm pretty sure he represents shadow freddy.

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Or, what if Shadow Freddy represents Nightmare?

[Beardo Brando]

I heard people say that he represents Death itself.

And I thought I was crazy.

[Jinx ★★★]

Originally posted by 99randomgamer:

I heard people say that he represents Death itself.

And I thought I was crazy.

It kind of makes sense. His deathscream sounds like a flatline but at a lower pitch.

[Beardo Brando]

Originally posted by jlmdoke:

Originally posted by 99randomgamer:

I heard people say that he represents Death itself.

And I thought I was crazy.

It kind of makes sense. His deathscream sounds like a flatline but at a lower pitch.

So since Nightmare is Death itself now, and Nightmare is pretty much Shadow Freddy, than that must also mean that Shadow Bonnie is Death itself too? How come Mike and the third game guy don't see them? And why is it suddenly Death itself now? It wasn't Death itself before, so why is it now?

And his death scream doesn't sound like a flatline, it's more of what Mangle does, just garbled audio.

[Jinx ★★★]

Originally posted by 99randomgamer:

Originally posted by jlmdoke:

It kind of makes sense. His deathscream sounds like a flatline but at a lower pitch.

So since Nightmare is Death itself now, and Nightmare is pretty much Shadow Freddy, than that must also mean that Shadow Bonnie is Death itself too? How come Mike and the third game guy don't see them? And why is it suddenly Death itself now? It wasn't Death itself before, so why is it now?

And his death scream doesn't sound like a flatline, it's more of what Mangle does, just garbled audio.

I don't know anymore...

[Mister Hollywood]

Nightmare is literally a nightmare of FredBear's shadow. Proof? We see FredBear's shadow multiple times in the pizzeria and the child always stops right there as we can see. Also, it makes sense because Nightmare is black.

[BreakinBenny]

I've been told there's an implication FNAF 4's gameplay takes place after the kid had his horrific injury, there's sometimes a can of pills, or IV drip, even a vase with flowers next to the bed. To me it looks like he's fending the enemies off in his dreams, deep in that far-away unconscious.

[EggSaladSub]

He must represent Death coming to get you after you die.