To be fair, MatPat has been very open about how he and his team make videos. More than likely his Genshin theory was being written and probably edited before the information was fully available. So it's probably not that he didn't bother getting all the information, rather he was working with outdated information.

@laharlkent

8 ай бұрын

Same kinda thing happened with hollow knight, look up mossbag if you wanna see. He did an entire video talking about the entire video being wrong.

@ImYourCherryBomb

8 ай бұрын

On the other hand..he also just has a bad habit of getting bad info or missing a point and just going full steam ahead, like his ace attorney theory.

@Enixon869

8 ай бұрын

@@ImYourCherryBomb the old "Mario is a Psychopath" video is a particular example of this since the very same source he uses as proof that Mario is murdering Toads disproves it a page or two later.

@joshuapersons4833

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I'm still salty about his Subnautica video.

@nuredingeziqi679

7 ай бұрын

@@Enixon869 THose videos in my eyes are some of my favorites as they don't want to tell the story of the games, just A story. They are very much just entertainment and don't try to solve things, just to point out at weird and funny things that happen in the games. Not all of his theories are there to explain the plot, like the Sans is Ness theory. They are perfectly fine, _obviously Sans isn't Ness_ just like obviously Mario isn't a psychopath, they are not meant to be taken seriously. Damn the backlash from that video is one of the stupidest thing that has happened online, and the fact that Toby actually addressed that is even dumber. He even said it was stupid. I can't see a more unfun thing to do as a creator

People like MatPat've dedicated over a decade to digging out the littlest clues from the games, books, and graphic novels. And it's nuts what they've found. The lore went from newspaper clippings and Atari-style death mini-games to full-out cutscenes and books. It's insane.

@hassanhassan-os5oq

8 ай бұрын

Bro he dived into the source Code💀

@VJArt_

8 ай бұрын

@hassanhassan-os5oq i mean yeah we all did, literally one of the most important dialogues in fnaf happaned in the source codes of his two websites

@hassanhassan-os5oq

8 ай бұрын

@@VJArt_ doesn't mean shit ain't crazy

@theonetruekinglord

7 ай бұрын

And one of the biggest lore drops was three pixels of a chica doll

@ediblepencil494

7 ай бұрын

i like how you said "over a decade" when fnaf is only 9 years old lol

Buckle up, because now that you’re on Mr. Freddy’s wild ride, no matter what forbidden knowledge you may obtain, and it won’t stop anytime soon until you’re huddled in a corner scribbling on the wall

@hypertrollos4776

8 ай бұрын

day 543 of watching FNAF lore videos. i've successfully calculated the eyebrow length of William Afton's left eye. the equations are adding up. it's all coming together.

@gamer_glenn5438

8 ай бұрын

​@@hypertrollos4776most sane fnaf theorists:

@ZENQRPRO

8 ай бұрын

@@gamer_glenn5438 fr

@patchworkgolem

8 ай бұрын

@@hypertrollos4776 Yikes, still calculating the lenth of the eyebrow hairs and not even realizing the diameters of the hair follicles is all that really matters; I feel for you and your wasted time

@hypertrollos4776

7 ай бұрын

@@patchworkgolem I will be within the fatal blast radius of the 2025 Nuclear War.

Personally, my favorite fan extension of FNAF is the music that the franchise inspired in so many KZreadrs. The genre change and/or evolution from game to game was one of the first things I noticed. With the first 2 games having techno style, the 3rd game going a bit into metal, and the 4th game going into heavy metal and other genre shifts fitting each game's overall tone from artist to artist.

@quest9905

8 ай бұрын

FNaF music can be awesome not gonna lie.

@deadMan33331

8 ай бұрын

@@quest9905 It's been so long is still one of THE best songs about FNAF

@ediblepencil494

7 ай бұрын

"salvaged" by natewantstobattle is an absolute banger

For me the game story ended at The Ultimate Custom Night. It's just such a good ending for all the characters

@theanathema3062

8 ай бұрын

Same here

@Average_Oompaville_Enjoyer

8 ай бұрын

Oh I 100% agree

@Haunted_Wizard_Skull

8 ай бұрын

Ya. I think all FNaF fans consider Help wanted on as a separate story entirely

@cristianovogt5586

8 ай бұрын

​@@Haunted_Wizard_SkullBut it isn't.

@wutertots1487

8 ай бұрын

​@@cristianovogt5586it kinda is. It's almost entirely separated from the previous games.

Like he said in the beginning, the lore/ story of Fnaf is based on theories. There are some solid facts and fanbase canonized points, but most are based on perception, theory, and time. Mattpat may be the most well known for this, but there are many others with long videos on different viewpoints on how the story unfolds. Some examples are Williams' past, the rise of Fredbear's, and many more. In conclusion, the story isn't 100% set in stone, most is, yet the rest that aren't are continuously being changed and adjusted.

@SikerGaming

8 ай бұрын

I mean, some people still can't agree on whether Sister Location takes place before or after fnaf 1

@jakeblitzcoffie4859

8 ай бұрын

@SikerMinecraft To me, it has to take place before Fnaf 1, but then there is evidence that says it takes place right before Fnaf 3. It's very confusing. Michael needs to have gotten himself scooped before Fnaf 1, but it has to be post 1983, as Michael is a young man by the time of Sister location. It's up for debate, really. What makes even less sense is that Micheal needs to be scooped sometime close to 1987 because the Fnaf 2 location is the first location he goes to in the timeline as a rotting corpse. So he'd be like 18 or 19 at that point in time. So, Sister Location has to be around the same time as the MCI in 1985 or so. That, or it's the same year as the Bite of 87.

@SikerGaming

8 ай бұрын

@@jakeblitzcoffie4859 And all that makes my point for me, the lore is freaking complicated. Honestly, the theorist I trust the most is Sire Squawks.

@wastelandlegocheem

6 ай бұрын

It is SO complicated

FYI, the art they use in this video to represent the animatronics is just using their ingame models, since there isnt any images of OG Bonnie/Chica that isnt pixelized. So they weren't having the nightmare fuel version you deal with in the games as their main attraction at the time. Presumably, they were more like, say, the Chuck E Cheese animatronics.

@mndy129

8 ай бұрын

So still nightmare fuel

"He done that many videos on five nights at freddys?" I'm pretty sure i remember hearing on one of matpat's livestreams he said that he paid off his house thanks to the revenue from the fnaf videos. So yeah fnaf brings home the milk and bread in the game theory household.

30:52 to cut this man some slack the Theorist production schedule takes couple of weeks on average including scripting and research so by the time it was revealed in game the video was already done.

10:02 There was an editor's note in the video that you probably missed here because the subtitles were in the way, but they had to use the more broken down Chica model for this section because there wasn't a more in-tact version of the model from any of the games (they would have been the withered versions of the characters from the second game, so technically different ones from the one in the first game), and there's kind of this whole thing about using fan-made models without permission

Damn, cant believe I've been following FNAF lore since elementary school. I fell off somewhere between 2019-2021 and now im about to get back into it now im in college.

@Imasuky

8 ай бұрын

That gave me psychic damage

@serPomiz

8 ай бұрын

you think that's bad? I had to make reviews of the first few games as WORK!

@Still.the.best.2021

8 ай бұрын

​@@serPomizNo, it's the same as the Godzilla franchise, more than 30 films, many magazines, Cross overs anime series, from 1954 to the present day

Whoa...the part about the two restaurants feuding and then the original getting bought out by the copy-cat is basically a parallel to what happened to Chuck E. Cheese: it actually was outdone by its competitor Showbiz Pizza who then assumed the Chuck E. Cheese label after the former filed for bankruptcy, but because the creator of the original Showbiz animatronics held the copyright for his creations and left the company, they had to retrofit their animatronics too look like the Chuck E. Cheese characters.

Some things to be aware of: 1.MatPat does not work by himself. He has a team. And its been a long time since he shouldered the burden of the research for most things that arent his bread and butter like FNAF. If he got a theory for something wrong that "just came out" it likely means that vide was made over a week or kore ago from release. So he likely couldnt have seen this book you mentioned. 2. With FNAF he was easily the first person to theorize about it and has been doing it for over eight years. So he knows the franchise pretty well. 3. As someone who's been with FNAF since day 1 i assure you that at WORST the ultimate timeline is like 88% right and at best 92% right. Obviously new information has come out that isnt gonna be in the videos since it came out after they were made. But a serious majority is still right and accurate. 4. I look forward to you enjoying the next three parts of the Ultimate Timeline as its easily some of his best work!~

Sure Matpat is the main, but check other people doing FNAF timeline, gives an idea of how the series is told.

@LonilLash

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, wendigoon did it best.

@GabrielRojasAhumada

8 ай бұрын

Or watch matpat videos reacting to other people's fnaf stuff. He reacts to a lot of funaff or however his name is written and it's fun seeing his gears turning

@Still.the.best.2021

8 ай бұрын

Can we consider Brazilian people too? There's a guy who makes a really good timeline

@noblesseraizel3741

8 ай бұрын

like footofaferret

@Gab12345BR

8 ай бұрын

​@@Still.the.best.2021Talking about Core?

Worth noting is that a LOT of the FNAF story is kinda.... not confirmed at all... So any timeline will inevitably being using speculation and theory.

Don't worry about not completing the 4/20 custom night in the first game: it wasn't supposed to be winnable (it was a fun way to practice). Only when someone tried and actually succeeded did Scott Cawthon start including doable custom nights.

Fnaf lore Kind be a (lot) little confusing but its very Wide, i hope you like it Alicia!

Wait until you start watching Wendigoon's videos.

Trying to piece together this series's timeline and lore is like trying to complete the world's biggest *blank* jigsaw puzzle. MatPat is an absolute legend for sacrificing so much of his sanity to create arguibly the most "complete" and logical version of the timeline, some of which the creator himself confirmed on multiple occasions.

I can't wait to see their reactions to part 2! I love seeing people unfamiliar with fnaf uncover the lore

Things to look for: 1. Everyone disagrees about everything, so be prepared when something from a video isn't the same as another video. 2. Evidence is not created equal, and some is prioritized over others. This leads to different conclusions because we can't agree on how important a piece of evidence is. 3. There is a Retcon somewhere in the series and it's believed to be in Fnaf 4 4. Fnaf world although is somewhat canon! Is never talked about for some reason. 5. Everyone hates the books for lore reasons but only a small percentage have read them.

@LonilLash

8 ай бұрын

Eh.. Wendigoon read them and he agreed they were pretty dumb and silly. They're also questionably canon.

i love that she is checking out a bunch scary stuff it makes alot easier to watch when im not the only one scared

I'd recommend Wendigoon's video about FNAF lore. MatPat's videos are great but he can get a bit lost in the weeds regarding the details.

@CMatt007

8 ай бұрын

I really wanna like the guy, but he struggles to be accurate and make sense half of the time.

Matpat is great but I actually loved Wendigoons fnaf video more

Build the Roster by ThorgisArcade a wonderful series all about fighting games. And with your background I feel you would apreshiate the work put into his videos. :)

@lucas.n.carvalho.artist

8 ай бұрын

YES!!! She 100% should react to his Build the Roster series, or even his Make a Sequel or his many Retrospectives, in the future! It'd be so sick! :D

@umbrella3235

8 ай бұрын

OMG YES!

Y'know, never really understood fnaf, even though I've watched all of the game theories. That was until I watched wendigoons video on it. Now I eagerly hope the movie plays ot justice, as it is a actually decent story. I just hope the Michael in the movie is the same Michael Afton that did the bite on poor little Evan. It'd be interesting, as the idea of regret and going after your fathers murders seems to be what's happening in the game. (Or at least some of them).

Let's go! This is gonna be fun! Hope you enjoy this deepdive into the franchise Alicia! Also, please check out the Multiverse Tales series by PopCross Studios once you are able to, i guarantee you'll fall in love with his art, characters and stories!

Now this is only one interpretation of events, its accurate, but not any more or less than alternate readings. Such as the one that replaces William's Disney inspiration with Henry's connection to the real Atari founder, or one where it was Puppet Charlie that stuffed the kids into the suits instead of William, or more drastically, the one where Afton was just completely psychotic and made the sister location robots first specifically designed to kill kids.

As a follower of Game Theory and their FNAF lore since his first theory, I have to warn ya little lady, the RABBIT HOLE GOES WAAAAAAY DEEP!! 😅

I knew I mentioned the movie once, but I did not expect that she would WILLINGLY try to understand this clusterfuck

Oh lord, you’re jumping into a rabbit hole Alicia.

@normalpeoplelikeme

8 ай бұрын

She tends to do that.

As a holder of PhD in FNaF… RUN!!! RUN NOW!!!! YOU CAN STILL TURN BACK!!!!!!! SAVE YOUR SOUL!!!!!!!!! PS. The fourth episode in this theory is slightly wrong. We’ve learned a lot since these videos came out. The most important on is that “Glitch trap” (you’ll see when it comes up in part 3) isn’t really Afton. It’s an AI representation of him called the mimic. Vanessa was set free from her mind control at the end of the time line. And Henry may have made the mimic to replace his daughter.

@ArtyKibbles2190

8 ай бұрын

Sure, slightly

@GabrielRojasAhumada

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, that is why one has to watch all the theories to understand the descent into madness that is fnad

@therobertshow2newandimprov18

8 ай бұрын

Honestly, I wish it wasn't because it all just got more complicated now. Matt had a cool, well thought out answer that wouldn't mess with the lore. Yet here we are, the nightmare keeps on going.

Just imagine that he was originally going to cover Slender Man but FNAF won the poll bringing us to the FNAF ark of Game Theory.

Matpat fnaf timeline is accepted by community until part 3 more or less. But I personally like part 4, oh if you can react to carnis vitas has the same vibe as mandela effect. And some good animations like digital circus and murder drones.

Ohhh, we doing this now. Nice. Yeah, the continuity of this series is a total mindf*ck, so I good luck, lol.

"That's low key a spoiler for real" My guy, it's a damn timeline video.😂 Whatchu expect?

Damn you really treating me with the franchises / fandoms you're starting to get into. First SCP, now FNAF... hyped as fuck for the next part

FNAF is basically the primordial soup of Game Theory’s channel

If I maysuggest a couple vids, Wendigoon's vids on The Raft and Mystery Flesh Pit National Park are both awesome, creepy, and hilarious! XD

@CMatt007

8 ай бұрын

Yes please! 🙏.

Damn. Was hoping it would be the wendigoon fnaf lore video. Still, I'll take it

@CMatt007

8 ай бұрын

Same 😢

You will never understand what it was like to experience each game and book release when it comes to the lore, SOOOOOOOO MUCH has changed over the years it’s nuts

Ps the aftons are British and the series takes place in Utah

i LOVE fnaf, and have been a fan forit for so long, and i know for a FACT that this lore is gonna give Alicia a headache

@CMatt007

8 ай бұрын

Correction; Matpat will give her a headache. Wendigoon explained it so simply it's kind of crazy how I watched every fnaf video by game theory and didn't understand or remember anything, than that one video, by a guy I thought only did icebergs, made way more sense than all the videos matpat ever made.

@aliawahfallacy

8 ай бұрын

@@CMatt007 I have been subbed to Wendigoon forever and I had no idea he talked about fnaf, will definitely go find that and see if you're right lol

@TheDoc_K

8 ай бұрын

@@CMatt007 that sounds like a you problem, sir.

I know that Wendigoon made a timeline for fnaf that's pretty nice, its also really condensed and really only goes over important lore and facts, its also funny that he made the entire video as a primer so he wouldn't have to explain lore bits in the fnaf VHS series he wanted to cover.

o god damm, this is going to be a wild ride this is a series were things we put as the most unmovable base, for then to be completely changed by a new book. (fnaf 4 been the literal example, that happened not only 1, BUT 2 TIMES. this is really a very, very complicated series.

Hell yeah, this is gonna be a super fun ride!! FNAF is one of my favorite franchises to study the lore of, and I'm so glad to see you delving into the rabbit hole too! As a side note, though, I should give the disclaimer that a lot of what MatPat says in this video is not confirmed. FNAF is one of those franchises that raises five questions for every one it answers, and there is a lot of room for interpretation; and a lot of the particular claims he makes in these videos (especially the stuff about William's childhood and early career) were pretty big swings that don't have a ton of evidence to them. They're definitely a fun way to look at the lore, but take them with a grain of salt.

If you want any more FNaF content, i cant recommend anyone more then Sagan Hawke's retrospective series. Presenting the games and even the PoV of the fanbase in chronological order is a nice change of pace, while MatPats's timeline honestly feels not so friendly to newcomers.

damn, matpat is literally on crack when working on FNAF

Wait a minute, you know Fax too? Dam this is like the 3rd content creator i watch that knows him (in under a month). Dam ima subscribe lmao

This series of FNAF videos was made assuming the viewer knew at least the basic lore of the series, so it's gonna be a pretty overwhelming, especially in parts 2 & 3. If you haven't already finished recording this series of videos, I'd recommend watching "FNAF: Everything You Need To Know" by the KZreadr "FootofaFerret" before you continue with these. He's a former editor for Game Theory and his video was made in collaboration with Game Theory, predates this series of videos, and covers a lot of the more basic knowledge you need to understand the franchise.

Definitely finish this timeline but remember these are theories! Take very thing with a grain of salt. Matpat is the man but he’s not alway 100% right

@alexanderflores7422

8 ай бұрын

ditophobia is prime example of it

So the Nightmares are literally that. Nightmares, dreamed up in a fear addled mind, who that mind belongs to and what addled it with fear, well...

Dear lord, it's begun... It's finally begun

If Alicia remembers Maxor's Megapissplex joke, she might recognize one of those animatronics was Freddy Fazbear (but upgraded kinda)

I am so happy that Alicia reacted to this. I remember that i was actively part of the theories until FNAF4

Wendigoon made a much more indepth and easier to understand video on it if you wanna check that out.

This shits like biblical levels of lore lmao

Oh yeah! Can't wait for this series! Next part will be crazy just you wait!

Be warned, it takes roughly 8 hours 47 mins and 37 seconds to properly explain the lore

Video title idea with a self explained concept: "Fiance plays FNAF While I Cry" Bonus points if by the 3rd or 4th video, the thumbnail has Alicia looking like Alex in A Clockwork Orange

I found that the best way to enjoy fnaf theories is to watch different perspectives and other people's theories and pick out parts you like the most.

I didnt know it was a game theory, this is gonna be awesome.

If you want to see the more horror/paranormal side of Fnaf, fans have made a bunch VHS tape styled videos that are really good, and terrifying. Some of which involving completely different characters that are unrelated to Freddy and his friends. The one I know of the top of my head is by Squimpus McGrimpus.

Can't wait to see you watch the rest of these!

Seeing this makes me very happy

Honestly, when it comes to introduction to FNaF Lore, the Ultimate Timeline videos arent really the ones I'd point to. I dont think they were ever meant to be a 'here's everything you need to know about the games and story' but a 'here's my understanding of the current timeline and what i'm currently working with' type of thing.

@wastelandlegocheem

2 ай бұрын

I have a few problems with it but he does help piece together numerous things. I also appreciste his work puttin it all together

@Sammy_The_Umbreon

2 ай бұрын

@@wastelandlegocheem yeah, and honestly, i dont mind people who have some knowledge of fnaf lote watching it. However, for newcomers, who barely know anything about fnaf lore, this can be overwhelming and skewing. FNaF Lore has lots of speculation and it would be better to show newcomers how we got to those conclusions, give them bigger overviews on old/outdated and new theories and generally introduce them slowly to this lore. Lots of characters that are iconic in the fandom are also being lost among the lore discussion as well since they're not relevant to the current story, like Phone Guy. I usually recommend people that have lots of time on their hands to watch the whole game theory fnaf playlist, because it's basically an archive of how the fandom and its theories evolved over time, along with what information was available to which time.

Loved this video! I hope you'll continue to parts 2 and 3.

I was not expecting this many people but I'm happy to see more lore stuff that I'm interested in.

I mean, I understand a little bit more with the reaction to his genshin videos but I think that’s because the lore has been more planned out than a game franchise like FNAF since the creator didn’t really plan it to have an ongoing story in the first game it was just an indie horror game that was made due to him desperately trying to provide for his family because of how many of the games that he made failed. It was only meant to be a trilogy but there were a lot of times where the fans and even Scott(the creator) weren’t happy so from then on he made future games to explain where he wanted the story to go originally and clear up things from past games. Basically, at this point in time, we know the general basic concept of each game but it’s still speculative on where they fit in the timeline only with the information we’re given that are stated to be canon/official unlike genshin where the story was kept more in mind with its lore and worldbuilding so I don’t really think you can compare his fnaf videos to his genshin videos because they’re not really comparable given the circumstances behind the creation of two of these games. Besides, at the end of the day, it’s just a personal agree/disagree with MatPat’s theories because after all, they’re just theories even if his evidence might be reachy at times or outdated,!it’s all in good fun. It just sucks when people take it too far and harass the dude for making a video they disagree with and don’t add to the discussion as that’s what the game theorist community is supposed to be, a community where many theorists can come together and discuss different theories and perspectives with an open mind. Even if MatPat’s theories can be outlandish and or even ‘controversial’, he’s just throwing ideas out there and see what his viewers think and he even admits that they can be ridiculous and way out there. Sorry for the long comment, just trying to ig in a way defend game theory especially when he made his recent video talking about how people were attacking/harassing other theorists including himself or up and coming theorists that are joining the fnaf fandom so I just got a little defensive when Alicia mentioned his genshin videos(which I completely understand btw).

Wendigoon also has a video on the fnaf lore, it’s much more brief than this

Oh god, another one down the rabbit hole

I am already begging for part two 🙇🏼🙇🏼

lol wit each subsequent spooky vid, she accumulates more homies.

was that the bite of '87?

0:18 Oh. Oh my. No lore in FNAF. Run away before the lore drowns you in fur, dead kids, cold pizzas and ballpit balls…

Fun fact: The guy who voices Freddy in the newest game is the same guy who voices Diavolo in the English dub of JoJo Part 5

Can't wait for the rest of the timeline

This isn’t the fnaf timeline that I like to watch because he’s uses a lot of circumstantial evidence and doesn’t really elaborate in some of the conclusions he came to. I recommend the video “The SOLVED Five Nights at Freddy’s Timeline” by Brussel.

You should watch his first ever FNAF theory! It's called "The Scariest Moster Is You" and it's a mind blow!

As a fan of game theory I I've been fallowing this games lore for years. This is great

Weird fact. Apparently the Chuck e Cheese in my hometown is one of the only operational Stages from an earlier Era of Chuck e Cheese.

theres an alternate timeline where matpat is just Agent Fox Mulder

I AlWaYs CoME bACk!! That phrase will something you will continue to hear

Aaaand down the rabbit hole you go. ... You're not getting out of it.

I hate and love how I remember almost the whole timeline cuz when i was younger I loved fnaf lol

With the timeline videos most of the early stuff is set in stone but at the end it's changing constantly

And I thought Alicia going down the Warhammer Rabbit Hole would be much, but... the FNAF abyss. Strap yourself in.

Fitting since the movie is coming out soon!

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S RULES WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

oh no she's going to go to deep Isn't she

If you think the nightmare animatronics are scary you ain’t ready for the twisted animatronics from the books or the fanmades: corrupted, demented, etc.

Shouldn't be surprised she went with Game Theory, BUT has anyone told her about the well put together and comprehensive video made by Bumbles McFumbles? That one is absolutely fantastic, I think I've rewatched that one more than any Game Theory video on FNAF-

@Mannyhdz0052

7 ай бұрын

Whos that? Lol

@chasecole6794

7 ай бұрын

Small-ish KZreadr, just recently hit 100K, and his vids are very entertaining and witty. Highly recommend them!

Damien's quiet "That's when I was born" at 5:30 has me giggling

MATPAT DID A ONE PIECE THEORY!!!! I am an avid Game/Film theorists channel viewer and I've seen the One Piece episode he did. I'm not sure it's one you'd want to react to since it's about One Piece's planets structure and how it would work realistically. I wasn't really a fan of that one since it felt like it took away from the world building in the One Piece canon. Definitely fun to learn about weather patterns and how a planets landscape and oceanic bodies affect the weather, I personally just found value in real world weather statistics more than when those stats were compared against the show. Still a fun video in the educational sense.

Matpat did do a theory on One Piece only to get it very very wrong.

@CMatt007

8 ай бұрын

At least he... Tried?

Man fnaf lore is super wild, its crazy how this indie game from 2014 became such a smash hit Also hope you look into Ben Drowned a creepypasta using Majora's Mask (a zelda game) as a base for its story and its super interesting with how they implement it

I forgot Matt added citations, this series man 🤣

19:08 upgrades, people. Upgrades.

I can’t believe you got the real Thoma to react with you today

So, the thing about FNAF lore is that it has VERY little in terms of actual story being told, except for the books when taken at face value. Instead, each release in the FNAF franchise as well as some sneaky stuff happening in between have certain clues that can be used to construct a narrative. Basically, the whole thing is a puzzle, but only a certain amount of pieces is released at a time. Some of the pieces fit together, some don't, and it's usually enough to imagine what the whole picture may look like, but you never know for sure if you are correct until the next set is released. It's a dialogue between a storyteller and the inquisitive audience.