Theory: FNAF 4 is not an experiment but a "reality show game"

[SenshiOfSadness]

Theorizing isn't dead

Remember the phrases the FNAF 4 trailer said? I have some ideas of what they mean. (The questions are out of order BTW).

“What game do you think you are playing?”

This is in my opinion the quote that confirms that it’s not an experiment but a game. A game played by the Crying Child, and enjoyed and planned by his father William Afton. It’s a show for him, there are cameras to see the interaction from his child with the animatronics, like some sort of “hunger games” or a reality show. Look at the fun with Plushtrap minigame: What sense is there to skip 2 hours in an experiment? If it is a game then there are rules and they apply in this case. There’s also too little to make a proper experiment, just cameras; in a experiment there would be more material and more means to gather scientific evidence. We would also need to know for what the experiment is for, but in the case of it being a game the answer is much more simple: personal enjoyment. William’s to be specific.

“What is it that you think you see?”

While the SL video footage has shown us that the bedroom is real, we have no idea of how the nightmare animatronics actually look like. The question implies that what we see of them is not their actual appearance. This is supported by the book’s audio device which created hallucinations. I think I have an answer for their real appearance. They are not their own kind of animatronic line, but one we have previously seen. They may be the withered animatronics from FNAF 2, before they were taken to that localization.

“What have you brought home?”

If they are the withered animatronics they have a reason to be in the house, William took them to make them retrofitted with the facial recognition system. But what if they were also given the audio device? They weren’t going to be taken to the stage soon, so William could use them for personal enjoyment at home. Later they are taken to the FNAF 2 location. The “games” started as early as the sister’s death (for me that’s the reason the crying child is afraid of them, seeing his sister death) and finished when the withered animatronics were taken to the FNAF 2 location (the week of the former night guard when he complained about conditions).

[Metbert]

Nguyên văn bởi SenshiOfSadness:

Nguyên văn bởi Shadowlink64 (True Shadow):

Yeah, that's what I meant to say.

Out of curiosity, what do you think it's a dream? Just FNAF 4, all the games or what exactly?
You know that Scott debunked the dream theory on one of his post, right? There is also the easter egg of Sister location showing the FNAF 4 gameplay bedroom; what do you make of it, if it is a dream?

I think that a good point of the dream theory is that it can explain litteraly everything (even World,TTO,TSE, trollgames,SL ecc... all can be explained by something like Inception)... Sadly it's debunked but I still consider it one of the best theories ever made.

[Salvation_crucifix]

Mmmm....not sure that it's true, but at the same time it is a really awesome and interesting theory.

[WeltaChara]

Nguyên văn bởi SenshiOfSadness:

Nguyên văn bởi Shadowlink64 (True Shadow):

Yeah, that's what I meant to say.

Out of curiosity, what do you think it's a dream? Just FNAF 4, all the games or what exactly?
You know that Scott debunked the dream theory on one of his post, right? There is also the easter egg of Sister location showing the FNAF 4 gameplay bedroom; what do you make of it, if it is a dream?

Just FNaF 4.

[RayRocks]

Cool theory, hey mybe you could check out mine about fnaf 4. But there are fnaf Twisted Ones Spoilers!

http://steamcommunity.com/app/506610/discussions/0/1456202946277631513/

[SenshiOfSadness]

Nguyên văn bởi Ray_RocksEntertainment:

Cool theory, hey mybe you could check out mine about fnaf 4. But there are fnaf Twisted Ones Spoilers!

http://steamcommunity.com/app/506610/discussions/0/1456202946277631513/

I've read it. We coincide on the audio device, as I mentioned it in my theory as well. Now onto the animatronics, as you know, and was mentioned on your theory as well, the crying child needs to fear the animatronics before seeing them as monsters. Since he considered them his friends, this means that his fear is really recent.

As I have mentioned in this theory, the reason for the fear is witnessing his sister's death at the hands of Baby, as opposed as a Shadow of Fredbear as you said. This comes from how Baby kills his sister ("eating" her with her belly), and explains how his biggest fear (personified on Nightmare) has a belly mouth.

BB being canon has to do, probably, with it being created for the Toy location. Maybe it's canon because it's the only one that doesn't change the lore when changed with Plushtrap, unlike the rest of the Halloween update animatronics. Nightmarrione changes places with Nightmare, and it's obvious that Nightmare is lore important.

[Rollerwings]

Another fine theory from you, and this really hammers home just how much of a sick puppy Afton really is. He's pitting his own kid who is healing from a traumatic injury against a representation of the very animatronic who injured him as well as a few others, and for his own twisted sense of entertainment. Or maybe he thinks he's "training" Michael to deal with the animatronics for future reasons?

Re: the two hours gained by winning "Fun with Plushtrap": Although the SL breaker room maps suggest the Plushtrap hallway and FNaF4 main gameplay bedroom may be in entirely different houses, the Plushtrap player's actions have a direct result on the bedroom player's night. Do you think this could be implying the two kids are one and the same and William is "rewarding" Michael for successfully fending off Plushtrap by making his night a little shorter? He may be keeping Michael at one house until midnight, then when he gets home from work he takes him with him to his "real" house, the FNaf4 bedroom house.

[SenshiOfSadness]

Nguyên văn bởi breadspy:

Another fine theory from you, and this really hammers home just how much of a sick puppy Afton really is. He's pitting his own kid who is healing from a traumatic injury against a representation of the very animatronic who injured him as well as a few others, and for his own twisted sense of entertainment. Or maybe he thinks he's "training" Michael to deal with the animatronics for future reasons?

Re: the two hours gained by winning "Fun with Plushtrap": Although the SL breaker room maps suggest the Plushtrap hallway and FNaF4 main gameplay bedroom may be in entirely different houses, the Plushtrap player's actions have a direct result on the bedroom player's night. Do you think this could be implying the two kids are one and the same and William is "rewarding" Michael for successfully fending off Plushtrap by making his night a little shorter? He may be keeping Michael at one house until midnight, then when he gets home from work he takes him with him to his "real" house, the FNaf4 bedroom house.

It's always a pleasure to hear from you :)

I have to admit that I considered that William was “training” his son as well.

About fending off Plushtrap, yes, it is Michael in the minigame and the main gameplay, since it follows the rules of the game. Kind of like the immunity or the perks gained in a trial like in the reality show “survivor”; I don’t know if I’m making myself clear.
And I think the same as you, the kid is being taken from one house to the other. Although this brings something weird to the equation, does William really have that many houses?