Harpy Hare // FNAF MCI

this is probably the longest animation i’ve ever done that’s crazy
i kind of hate it now bc of how much i had to look at it so idk if its any good bahahdg

errr idk what to put in descriptions hope you like it

[pebbleout]

THE “SHE CAN’T KEEP THEM ALL SAFE”PART WITH CHARLIE OMGGG

[wreckydecky]

I love the detail of Cassidy opening her eye because while the others are asleep, she's still awake, she doesn't want to rest yet

[backyardbugzzy]

Love the little detail of Freddy/Gabriel praying at dinner to align with his cross necklace! Great attention to detail frl!

[dimlybright]

I find it interesting that in this interpretation Henry is seen being the one taking the blame for the missing children, which to be honest from a storytelling standpoint makes a lot of sense. Also I never thought this song would fit so well with FNAF, this is awesome!

[Awaken_Trash_Panda]

At 1:12 I love how those are not just regular skull masks, but specifically the skulls of the animals they became

[Blazepool]

Cassidy is so mysterious here. She appears for 1 sec trought all animation. Here's timecodes of all her hidden appearances and some other interesting things:

0:15 - Cassidy with mask. You need to watch with very low speed and pause to see her

0:32 - for really quick, you can notice that animatronics turned into kids

0:34 - Kid's drawings on wall turns into disturbed faces of kids-victims

1:14 - After kids with rabbit skull, you can pause and see Cassidy

1:16 - When Springbonnie is dragging kids with him, you can also see Cassidy, standing infront of him.

1:35 - 1:36 - when kids re sitting on chairs, for one second you can see them crying, and also bones on their plates

Ty!

[sg]

Ate that up so hard gotta start calling you Fredbear

[ImThylacine]

Reasons why this is INCREDIBLY cool:
1. The vibe of the song is calm and childlike, yet the lyrics are sinister. A great pick for a FNAF animation.
2. Opening in the television world, a place of simplistic innocence with pleasing, bright colors, is reminiscent of the false memory world created by the children in the novels and the movie, where Spring Bonnie/William is their friend and will play with them forever. It also fits the calm instrumentation of the song.
3. Every time there is a shot of the four main MCI victims(0:13, 1:12, 1:14, 1:21), it goes in the death order suggested by Help Wanted 2 (Chica/Susie, Foxy/Fritz, Freddy/Gabriel, Bonnie/Jeremy), then has a brief flash of Cassidy at the end.
4. 0:15 This is the first shot where the children wear animal masks that cover the top portions of their faces. Not only does this indicate that they now possess these animatronics, but it is a reference to the original animation that accompanies this song in which four strange children wear rabbit, moose, lamb, and plant masks.
5. 0:22 The shots of a dirty, in-use restaurant show that the real world is not as simple nor as happy as the TV world, but it still holds onto the ideas of childhood fun and games like Chuck-E-Cheese that Freddy's should be.
6. 0:26 "Like your heart that was too eager to be hid" - William is of course eager to hide the children in the animatronics, as is shown in the animation, but this line also implies that he wants to be stuff his own murderous intentions away, hiding them from the world and perhaps himself. An interesting characterization, indeed.
7. 0:29 The lines "You can't keep them all caged, they will fight and run away" on the shots of the possessed animatronics moving is great and just proves how much this song was a great choice.
8. 0:33 There are three different contents of the pictures on the wall in quick succession: first, the simple children's drawings seen in games throughout the series, second, crying ghost kids like the easter egg in FNAF 1, third, Gabriel and Susie playing a hand-clap game that is used to transition into the next shot. The game, especially given the children are wearing their masks, mirrors the hand-clap game played by the characters in this song's original animation.
9. 0:37 And we get our first look at Henry! I love how in this animation he's not white; we love to see diversity, and it... uh, it unfortunately gives the narrative that the video presents (that he was the "suspect convicted" referenced by the FNAF 1 newspapers and took the fall for William's crimes - 0:56) more plausibility, especially given that William is white and that he (0:46) got to give his story to the police first.
10. 0:51 Back in the imaginary world after all these scenes in the real world of anger and debris and death, we are reminded that William took the lives of innocent children who were in the middle of birthday parties - they were supposed to be celebrating life, but were met with horrible deaths.
11. "Forest walls and starry ceilings, barren curtains that you're weaving " - Not only are these transitions immaculate, but they are also heartbreaking. Fritz believes he's playing in the woods, but Foxy is still on stage (with the sign outside reading "IT'S ME" - yet another FNAF 1 easter egg); Gabriel dreams of a night sky, but the stars above are merely an imitation; Susie spreads a blanket on the grass for a picnic, but the cruel irony is that despite the slogan on Chica's bib, Susie will never eat again.
12. 0:57 Mmm the transition from the handcuffs to the photo we saw earlier to the puppet conveys so much in such a short timeframe. (Also Charlie's little black-and-white striped socks 😢)
13. "She can't keep them all safe, they will die and be afraid" - Last time I'll say it, I promise, but GOSH this song is such a good pick for this fandom and this incident in particular.
14. 1:12 The skulls are so pretty and yet so morbid 🤩 In case anyone isn't aware, they match the species of the animatronic characters.
15. 1:22 I love that the flowers match the color schemes and designs of each child/animatronic. This whole animation is just very visually pleasing.
16. 1:30 The Golden Duo themselves! I'm assuming that's Crying Child less one stripe.
17. 1:33 Finally, the table scene. First off, Charlie totally looks like a slumped dead body on that first shot, which is great, and then we zoom out to reveal that she's welcoming Golden Duo to the table, which fits the relatively-accepted idea that one of those two was the last to possess a suit. Second, this immediately reminded me of the family dinner table in Security Breach with the supposed Ms. Afton staff bot at the head of the table, although if it was an intentional reference, I would expect Fritz to be where Gabriel is (to match the supposed Michael staff bot), Jeremy to be where Fritz is (Bonnie in the seat of the William staff bot), and Crying Child to be where Jeremy is (the missing-head staff bot is there in S.B.), so maybe that's just me reading into things a bit too much. Lastly, the final two frames of the scene show every child crying black tears, a staple of the series, over a dinner of bones and teeth (Susie has all the teeth - she still can't eat but at least she can force the implements of eating into her beak), which, given the scene at 1:11, is *probably* William. Yay... ?

Overall, INCREDIBLE animation. I will concede to your artist brain that not every frame is perfect - there are some perspective and anatomical inaccuracies - but the storytelling, the emotions in the facial expressions and body language, the camera movement, the tweening, the effects, the transitions, the overall *design* of this thing - you've done a GREAT job and don't you DARE be hard on yourself.

[Cypisowki]

1:30 absolutely loved that one. I don't think I believe in double ghost golden Freddy anymore, but one child keeping their eyes closed and the other one opening them is so cool

[smileyduckey]

I like how cassidy is singing the whole song
Look at the beginning you’ll see cassidy mouth singing
Very good attention to detail

[beckheorshepls]

The part with the father getting arrested for being framed for murdering his own child is so disturbing on a deep level. I love that so much. This animation is short but it made me feel such a range of emotions in such a limited amount of time. That's so impressive. I'm captivated!!

[Ash__He-They]

A cool little detail in the 0:13 sequence I spotted!
All 4 of the main kids are seen holding their masks, but if you pause just right on Cassidy (blink and you’ll miss it), she’s not holding her mask. It’s like springbonnie is giving it to her, and she is clearly disturbed. She wasn’t as easily fooled as the others, and she was on to this from the start.
Amazing attention to detail! Truly beautiful!!

[PeanutbutterHobgoblin]

"She can't keep them all safe" with Charlie and the Puppet IS GENIUS. And man I love how Cassidy stands off from all the other children..
THERE'S SO MANY DETAILS IN THIS BRAVO.

[SpringJohnny]

0:15
Cassidy is so grumpy that she only appears for a *split second.*

[HZTS]

My favourite part about this animation is the sheer hatred Cassidy has for William.
You never see her in peace ONCE.
Even in the end when it should be peaceful her need for revenge keeps her going

[kasper]

IDK WHY BUT THE COINS IN THE CUP RLLY PULLED THIS THING TOGETHER IDC IF IT WAS 0.5 SECONDS IT LIKE RLLY PUT THIS TOGETHER. LIKE EVERYTHING WAS SO PRETTY BUT THAT ONE FRAME JUST TOOK ME BACK YK?! LIKE I REMEMBER GOING TO CHUCKY CHEESE AND HAVING COINS IN CUPS LIKE JUST THE IDEA OF THEM BEING LIKE ME IS SOOO WILD AND I LOVE IT

[UrlocalMultiFandomFan]

Chat Look at this stuff i found:

The song is sung by cassidy cus u Can see Cassidys’s mouth is moving slightly.

the other kids are holding their mask but when its cassidy it looks like afton is giving to her while she has a face of disgust and rage.

cassidys mask also always has white dots which could imply about How she isnt letting afton in peace and torturing him.

The cup w coins remind me of when i was at chucky cheese and they gave me a cup of coins so i think thats like a ref?

In the scene where freddy disapears from stage for a split second the anamatronics become the children.

The other children seem more passive while cassidy is the only one that seems to be filled with anger.

1:06 cassidy seems so angry at afton for obvious reasons.

1:09 afton is seen wearing the suit and the suit looking more creepy which shows the truth of the MCI.

1:11 cassidy seems Happy seeing afton dying (Happy murder yay)

The skull masks are the skulls of the animals the kids became.

1:16 for a split second u see cassidy just standing there unlike the other kids who get dragged by afton.

1:23 - 1:28 the other children get a Happy back ground while the golden duo get a sadder looking bg (de flowers look less lively)

1:35 freddy/gabriel is praying which Ties in with his cross necklace

1:36 for a split second they are eating bones, have tears and have dots on their masks like cassidy(If their eating afton then yum murderer cannibalism) idk what the dots mean for them

THIS TOOK SO LONG

[plaguster]

Gabriel and susie playing patty cake was adorable

[-ArtStart-]

At 0:32 the animatronics turn into their child counter parts for a split second

[FunnyFishSticks]

I love the fact that you can see cassidy's anger in the vid like at 0:11 at the left you can see her face isn't happy like the others and at 0;12 at the top right she looks angry. Also at 1:04 she look like she wants revenge for what william did to them. And at 1:12 she looks happy at the fact that william is scared. At 1:16 you can see that shes not scared at him at all. (i recomend to put the playback speed to the lowest to see the art since it only shows for a split second) And i LOVE the transitions at 0:51 and the art is amazing!