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Freddy Fazbear
Five Nights at Freddy's character
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Freddy Fazbear, as depicted in Five Nights at Freddy's.
First appearanceFive Nights at Freddy's (2014)
Created byScott Cawthon
Designed byScott Cawthon
Voiced byUnknown (Freddy Fazbear & Freddy Frostbear)
Darren Roebuck (Toy Freddy)
Tim Simmons (Nightmare Freddy)
Kai Skrotzki (Rockstar Freddy)
Kellen Goff (Funtime Freddy & Molten Freddy)
In-universe information
Full nameFreddy Fazbear
Cassidy (as Golden Freddy)
SpeciesSoul-possessed animatronic
GenderMale
Female (as Golden Freddy)

Freddy Fazbear (often abbreviated to simply Freddy) is a recurring enemy in the Five Nights at Freddy's video game series. Created by American video game designer Scott Cawthon,[1] it is a series of animatronics possessed by the souls of children that walk around the restaurants and factories in the Fazbear Entertainment Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria franchise attempting to kill the player character. Different variations of the character, based on the year the game was released, include Toy Freddy, Withered Freddy, Shadow Freddy, Phantom Freddy, Nightmare Freddy, Funtime Freddy, Molten Freddy, Rockstar Freddy, Freddy Frostbear, Shamrock Freddy, VR Toy Freddy, Firework Freddy, Woodland Toy Freddy, Fredbear, and Glamrock Freddy. It has appeared in nearly every Five Nights at Freddy's game since its first appearance in the 2014 video game of the same name, and will also appear in the film adaptation of the series.[2]

Appearances

Five Nights at Freddy's series

Freddy Fazbear first appeared in Five Nights at Freddy's, where they begin roaming Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria on the third night, serving as the most difficult animatronic to avoid in the game. In the game, they were usually found in pairs.[3] Three different versions of Freddy appear in its sequel, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, a newer Toy Freddy appears in the year 1987, a broken version of the original animatronics, Withered Freddy, is introduced in the third night, while a purple variant named Shadow Freddy is also present, who causes the game to crash if encountered.[4] Although absent from the majority of Five Nights at Freddy's 3, a Phantom Freddy appears as a green-colored hallucination when the ventilation system is restarted.[5] A sharp-toothed dream version of Freddy named Nightmare Freddy appears in Five Nights at Freddy's 4. A more modern version of Freddy named Funtime Freddy is featured in Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location, voiced by Kellen Goff, with a Bonnie hand puppet named Bon-Bon attached to his arm and the remains of a deceased human child hidden inside of his body chassis.[6]

Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator features two versions of Freddy; a broken version of Funtime Freddy named Molten Freddy is featured in the second night of the game, and a purchasable support character animatronic named Rockstar Freddy.[7][8][9][10][11] Every version of Freddy Fazbear from previous games in the series are featured in Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery, Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted, and Ultimate Custom Night, as well as seasonal variants.[12] A golden version of the character dubbed "Golden Freddy" is also featured in every installment in the series as an easter egg jump scare.[13]

Freddy Fazbear appears in the Five Nights at Freddy's novel series beginning with Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes and The Twisted Ones, possessed by a series of vengeful spirits including a young girl named Cassidy, and is mentioned in the third novel The Fourth Closet.[14] The spin-off series Fazbear Frights additionally features a series of normal Freddy Fazbear animatronics in addition to a series of smaller, more mobile versions of the animatronic named "Lonely Freddys", who themselves then become possessed by several rogue A.I. and spirits.[15][16] The character will be featured in the film adaptation of the series.[17][18]

Other appearances

Freddy Fazbear makes a cameo appearance in Henry Stickmin's Fleeing the Complex in the alternate ending "Presumed Dead". After Henry flees from the alerted human guards to a murky building, Freddy appeared in the darkness with glowing eyes and mouth, playing the "Toreador March" theme music. If the player remains on the "Game Over" screen, the player will be jump-scared with an image of Freddy Fazbear and receive the medal "Spooked".[19] If the player enters "Freddy" into the search name box in the visual novel Emily Is Away, Freddy Fazbear's profile picture is enabled and Emily will quote the Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria advertisement slogan. Freddy Fazbear's face can be seen on a box after the green house boss in Bulb Boy, and on a neon billboard in Goosebumps HorrorTown.[20] Deltarune: Chapter 1 features a parody of Freddy named Ice-E Bear, who mentions Five Nights at Freddy's antagonist "Purple Guy". In Mortal Kombat X, Tremor's special brutality "It's Me Tremor", which turns the other fighter into a statue of gold, is in reference to Golden Freddy and their "It's me" catchphrase. Golden Freddy is additionally referenced in the DLC The Ghost Survivors for the Resident Evil 2 remake. The fifth issue of the Steven Universe comic series features a plush Freddy Fazbear in a cameo appearance.

After teasing a promotional campaign in November 2016,[21] the fast food restaurant chain Arby's debuted a Five Nights at Freddy's-themed advertisement featuring Freddy Fazbear in October 2019.[22] In January 2018, Dead by Daylight developer expressed interest in featuring Freddy Fazbear as downloadable content in a future version of the game.[23] The Nickelodeon-Netflix animated series Glitch Techs second season episode "Ralphie Bear Is Back" serves as a parody of the Five Nights at Freddy's series, the titular Ralphie Bear being voiced by Dan Milano.[24]

Merchandising

Five Nights at Freddy's merchandise based around the Freddy Fazbear animatronic and their variants are primarily produced by two companies: Sanshee and Funko.[25] The line includes stuffed toys, action figures, posters, clothing, keychains, and stationery.[26][27] McFarlane Toys also has a line of merchandise consisting of construction sets,[28] which Todd McFarlane called "the single largest selling product, bar none, by a lot that [he's] done in 20-plus years."[29] The merchandise, available internationally, has been a factor in the overall franchise's success.[30]

Reception

Since the release of Five Nights at Freddy's in August 2014, Freddy has become one of its most popular characters, with several memes being made about them. In September 2020, a meme featuring Jack Black dancing to the character's Funtime Freddy theme music from Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted went viral on the social media platform TikTok,[31] Black having previously positively reviewed the Five Nights at Freddy's series as well as the Freddy Fazbear episode on an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! in April 2020 whilst wearing a mask headpiece based on William Afton.[32] Scott Cawthon has cited the creation of the Freddy Fazbear character and the Five Nights at Freddy's video game series as a whole to initial negative reviews towards his previous game, a construction and management game Chipper & Sons Lumber Co.. describing the game's characters as "unsettling" and "animatronic-like in appearance" inspired him to repurpose the game's character designs towards making a horror-focused game.[33][34]

References

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