The TRUE IDENTITY of Glitchtrap and Burntrap - FNAF Theory

In recent times, there's been a bit of debate over who Glitchtrap and Burntrap are in Help Wanted, Security Breach, and Help Wanted 2. While some hold to the idea that the two are William Afton, the main villain of the first arc of the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, others suggest they're both aspects of a new villain called the Mimic which originated in the Tales from the Pizzaplex books.

So who are they really? Did William Afton return after the Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator fire and Ultimate Custom Night? Or, was he unsuccessful in escaping the Vengeful Spirit, Golden Freddy, and was the Mimic the one pulling the strings all along?

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[DjDeadpig]

Schrödinger’s antagnoist.

Afton is either dead as a door nail or as alive as a zombie rabbit man can be.

[ouichkaj]

William is probably drinking a cup of tea while sitting in the shore of an ocean

[Nic.Y]

At this point... I don't think even a nuke can kill him..

[MidnightMoonToon]

Unless Steel Wool gives us a solid confirmation (instead of always being vague) within the games that The Mimic, Glitchtrap, and Burntrap are the same or not, we will never truly know 💀

[loganentertainment]

Burntraps design gives us an idea to what he is.

We see that in his torso, revealing Aftons flesh, we see cables that are plugged into it. Even with the head of the Springbonnie suit, we see 2 bolts that are connected to Aftons skull.

Matpat theorized that The Mimic put on the Bonnie suit with aftons remains. But that doesn’t add up, because we do see that Burntraps parts are being held together with scrap metal, and that there are pieces that seem to imply that someone was trying to fix him up. I do agree with your idea.

When looking at The Blob in Ruin, you’ll see the Funtime Freddy’s eyes aren’t glowing. The Blob even retreats when Cassie gets close to it. You’d think The Blob would want to kill anything it sees, but it doesn’t. 🤔
Even the FNAF encyclopedia says that Burntrap, “isn’t the canon name”. It’s odd, but it does make you wonder.

I’d love to hear anyones thoughts on this.

[marionette]

Plus, useful Remnant can only be made by melting spirit-possessed-metal, so fire rendering it useless doesn't make sense, because it's present for making workable Remnant!

Yeah, you got a point.

[aedaniammx]

I think the idea of Glitchtrap having origins with the Mimic is plausible, but I’ve NEVER been able to see Burntrap and the Mimic endo being the same. The Help Wanted 2 ending always implied to me that Glitchtrap was the one ‘piloting’ Burntrap, hence the purple eyes, so the question for me was always more so ‘is Glitchtrap the original William, or did William die with Glitchtrap replacing him?’ I think the moment in Help Wanted 2 where the Mimic endoskeleton sorta argues with the virtual “Helpy” AI that we know is Glitchtrap from HW2 supports the idea that they’re totally different, and just share some details about their origins, if that

[thomasp.]

I’ve always liked to think of Glitchtrap as like a Horcrux from Harry Potter.

After the pizzeria simulator fire someone retrieved some circuit boards from the burned out remains of his remains, which contained a small piece of his soul that went on to become Glitchtrap and had the goal of freeing the rest of his soul from UCN.

Similarly, I’ve begun wondering if whoever retrieved that circuit board from Scraptrap ALSO retrieved one from Lefty and Scrapbaby, this being the reason we keep seeing so many plush babies and nightmarrionne plushies. Pieces of them were also put into the HW game, but perhaps not as large of pieces of their souls, hence their very simple nature. Similar to Glitchtrap they end up in the AR Network as well, hence their continued presence in Ruin and HW2.

[hydranoid]

This makes a crazy amount of sense, nothing about fnaf makes sense. Nice job making this less confusing thank you😊

[DualityNevermore]

Amazing video ID! It's really refreshing to hear that someone in the community actually believes that William isn't gone. It may be frustrating, even I find myself frustrated and I enjoy all of his appearances. However, to just assume he's gone without looking at all the details is just crazy to me. I hope those that are on the fence see this video too!

[WPFLAWLESS]

My theory has always been that each "ending " happened at different points in time if Gregory IS patient 42 then as a child in therapy, there WOULD be a chance than since he wouldn't talk they found a different way for him to communicate which was drawing. The pictures being there in ruin could just be them falling out of his bag (found in the basement), them being in presents could just be for continuity and to make them easier for the player to see since outside of theorists (love you, all, you're amazing props to you) no ordinary player is combing through THAT thoroughly to spot random pieces of paper on the floor ( as evidence by Poppy Playtime chapter 3 where even Matpat missed some of the notes in the school)

[mudkipwarrior]

My head canon is that they were both working and William just ended up using the mimic for his own gain

[Hex.A.Decimal]

So, my take one Remnent and Agony, and fire:
Remnent is the sum of all emotions and memories infused into metal by ionic bonding.

The first heating burns away self awareness and identity by replacing ionic bonds with the emotions melding into the metal as an alloy, refines it more 'moldable'. Memories are in fact, malleable.
At this point Remnent is a sentience juice with reviving properties. An alchemist's fantasy. This is was what William was after and using in CBPW. This is also why he has to keep it at a constant temperature, too cool and it looses potency. He also has to re-melt it to burn away the chaff of "free will" by scupping every time a Funtime gets too self aware.

Once burnt and overheated, all that remains is the strongest emotion- agony. So burning remnent is an agony distillery.

[Fredboyos]

I believe that the reason Burntrap has purple eyes in the Burntrap ending is because a piece of Glitchtrap is inside of him, and that's the reason why the PQ ending doesn't extinguish Glitchtrap completely. The Princess kills Glitchtrap in the arcade, but not the other piece of him that's in Burntrap (it also makes sense with the context of Glitchtrap leaving the recharge station in HW 2).
But for the BurnMimic people it can work as evidence for why the Mimic stops acting like Afton, because HW 2 happens before and/or during RUIN, so that'd be the reason for why Burntrap stops being Burntrap and becomes just the Mimic.

[XMitrilXPL]

I don't think Glitchtrap is gone, just his connection/control over Vanny
It's a virus that can interact with both machines and flesh
A living virus wouldn't be in one place, it can spread.
Have connections to multiple beings and points
So why put all the eggs in one basket?
It was probably a proxy and nothing more

[nicholasharlan]

I love the idea that glitchtrap is William Afton but not all of William. Humans are complex, but the thought that glitchtrap is specifically a code form of William makes sense if the code in question was refined down to essentially his “murder directive” only. That’s why it’s both robotic yet clearly spawned from something human. Glitchtrap is literally the embodiment of Williams murder routine and the mimic was on the bench watching and learning from glitchtrap.

[merlinforet]

The purple eyes on Burntrap is all the proof I need to know that William Afton is Burntrap. Heck, the Security Breach Files book even calls Burntrap Afton. Also the purple mist that surrounds him as he is released from the recharging station.

[sassymomfriend]

I think I learned at some point that corpses found after being burned to death do tend to have their limbs contracted towards their bodies the way that burntrap’s arm is bent. Just something I think about when I see his design

[johnholloway]

Maybe he's using the mimic ai as a tool? Think about it, this man has had all his children die(multiple times for some) been burned(multiple times) and been left alone for LONG periods of time(multiple times). While we get not a lot of what being a possessing spirit is like, obviously your consciousness stays in tact. This man should be a raving lunatic, completely past insane, also explains the body movement, guys probably forgotten how to walk. So of he would happen to come into contact with the mimic (how doesn't matter) he's definitely smart enough to find a way to spin it to his advantage, and hey, it's already a murderous monster, so he's halfway there already.

[silverbullet]

ID you made me look. The arm that looks curled.... That was the arm he was missing in Pizzeria Simulator. It's quite possible Afton was still getting used to having that arm back as Burntrap. His mind had not fully connected to the fact it worked again. When you look at the end sequence, it looks as if Burntrap doesn't have full use of his limbs or doesn't know they all work. So it's possible Burntrap is William Afton.