Vanny's Secret Recordings Explained (Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach - SECRETS)

There are 16 secret audio recordings for Vanessa / Vanny to be found throughout the mega pizza plex in Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach. These recordings provide some interesting information which expands Vanessa's backstory and her motives as Vanny under Glitchtrap's control. In this video we listen to these audio logs and analyze each one, explaining the lore behind them.

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[SuperHorrorBro]

OK everyone so the last 2 recordings are glitched but people have hacked the game and unlocked them. I won't obviously remake the entire video this close to Christmas so here are the contents of the final 2 recordings and my thoughts on them.

REC 15 - The therapist talks with Vanny about how technicians at the Mega Pizzaplex have found evidence that she uploaded a glitch into the system and this glitch took hold of the animatronics and began corrupting them. Vanny finds this funny as she is obviously under Glitchtrap's control.

(Basically what we predicted after recording 14).

There is no direct evidence to link vanny to this but the therapist informs her she is being monitored by Fazbear Entertainment, who cannot currently contain the glitch.

(This is obviously Glitchtrap in their system).

Finally in this audio log the therapist references that Vanny seems facinated with pictures of a rabbit mask.

(She ends up buying this to go with the previously ordered body suit and complete the costume).

REC 16 - This recording centres around the therapist calling out Vanessa / Vanny for lying about her past. She never had a troubled childhood or father named Bill. In fact she had nice parents.

(This obviously changes my perspective of Vanessa and suggests she simply fell victim to Glitchtrap while beta testing as she enjoyed escaping reality. Her father's name Bill is short for William and as we assume William Afton is Glitchtrap it is logical to conclude that Afton planted the lie in Vanessa's mind and forced her to pass it on to her therapist.)

The rest of the video and analysis is unaffected by these final two recordings, so no real revisions are required. But for those asking the above synposis and thoughts relate to the missing bugged recordings I couldn't access for this video.

[mikesetrr]

Did anyone else notice that when the therapists start trying to actually get more information about the messages or anything to do with glitchtrap, she gets a new therapist?

[valentinewhite]

Vanny seems to get overwhelmed by things very easily, likely a result of both the possession, but also might have a more “childish” personality due to the trauma

[tigaron]

I noticed something about the therapists when they spoke to both Vanessa and Vanny. With Vanessa they talk to her like she is an adult, while Vanny is often treated like a child. It could explain why she is playing Hide and Seek with Gregory, and why she skips about. It could also explain why she is manipulated by Afton more easily. (For this discussion the term I want to use is Alternate Persona to describe Vanny/Vanessa. If possible please avoid D.I.D or related terms. Mostly to avoid the negative association with the disorder and because this type of trope needs its own naming convention)

[theadmiralx_]

Vanessa: likes to sit outside, hates dark basements, looks out the window. Vanny: Wants the blinds closed, likes being inside.
Vanessa: likes the flowers. Vanny: Asks for the flowers to be moved away.
Vanessa: Refuses the candy. Vanny: Asks for a candy.
Vanessa: Good at self dialogue Vanny: Doesn't like self dialogue.

[melware]

Afton: Okay, next step: make your own rabbit costume
Vanny: Like a whole costume? Isn't a mask enough?
Afton: Listen if we're gonna do this we're gonna do it right

[dmittleman]

Out of all of the therapists, I feel the most sympathy for the 3rd one. Just something about the dialogue makes me think the therapist was starting to make progress. If that's the case, I've got a feeling that she was the one who was found.

[fireofdawn]

I think the third therapist was probably the best out of the four also- switching therapists so suddenly cannot be good for her already shattered mental state.
Vanessa is definitely one of the victims of this, afton corrupted part of her mind. She doesn’t know half of what she does as Vanny. Poor woman

[hyplexz]

Fun fact: it is extremely possible the story did not originally contain these tapes. There is evidence that the story changed before the first trailer and last trailer. Originally, Vanny is heard saying, "Gregory, you're friends are worried about you, " a line she never says. In the same trailer, Vanessa says, "They wont stop hunting you. None of them will stop hunting you, " showing that Vanessa might have been a helper like Freddy. Also, the teasers for Vanessa say Protect, more evidence of this.

[terraaaaaaaaaaaaa]

You can't help but feel bad for her, she was manipulated into working with a undead serial killer against her will and was forced to think that her childhood was very abusive. Luckily the true ending lets her finally be happy too :)

[isher]

There's an interesting moment where the static breaks up every so often and the audio dips--as if the recorder was stopped and restarted. It happens several times throughout the CDs. Maybe we aren't getting the whole story?

[passacookie]

If you listen to the last 2 cds, you find out that the story about her father isn’t true, between that revelation and the fact that glitch trap accessed her personnel files makes me think she isn’t afton’s daughter, but he has manipulated her into believing she is.

[thedarkdevil]

In Vanessa's recordings (-71), she always talks to the therapist and, despite talking like a doll sometimes, doesn't talk about anything suspicious, other than suspicious emails. Its also said that she'll be moving.

Where as in Vanny's recordings (-46), its always a one side conversation. Plus she is the only one the therapists talk to about hacking, or murders. It also says she doesn't work at the pizzaplex.


The only thing that breaks the "they are different people" arguement is tape 11-7145 (recording 11) where the therapist talks to Vanessa about getting fake fur. Implying that she's starting on the vanny suit, although not confirmed it's specificly the Vanny suit.

[maxzapsgamingzepzeap]

A theory I have for the lie Vanny gave about her past is that it's actually some sort of metaphor for what actually happened

Her split personality is treated much more like a child, while her proper personality is treated like an adult, thus the mom in her fake story actually refers to herself, and her talking about herself as a child is actually referring to Vanny. Finally, the manipulate father naked Bill, short for William, is likely in fact a stand in for William Afton

Afton forced Vanny to do things for her, possibly even tell things that weren't real to the people around her, likely lies about her proper personality since that is the stand in for the "mother" her "father" made her tell lies about

The "Custody Battle" is actually a mental battle within her own mind, with her proper personality and Glitchtrap fighting for control over Vanny, as her proper personality doesn't want Glitchtrap to have control over any part of her

And finally, we hear that Bill ended up winning the custody battle and something unknown happened to her mother. This symbolizes that Vanessa lost and perhaps the glitch in the tape is her refusing to admit it to herself, and now Afton has full control over her mind

[antiromantic]

Vanny seems to have age regression due to childhood trauma. Explains why she skips around and plays hide and seek. As well as why she's easy to manipulate by glitchtrap

[moonflower]

The way glitchtrap manipulates Venessa is kinda like how her dad manipulated her as a child could also explain why she acts childlike as vanny

[skylarsketch]

Personally, I think these audio logs between Vanessa and her therapist are my favorite part of the game. Not only do they contain so much lore about Vanessa/Vanny, but they're also just legit creepy.

[-Apothecary-]

It’s interesting how Vanny is talked to like a child.
The first therapist says she’ll “Go to time out” which isn’t something you’d usually tell an adult in therapy.
The third one did easing small talk about candy before getting straight to it.
I saw MatPat’s recent Game Theory video and remember how he had a small theory that Vanessa was Elizabeth or had some kind of deep connection/resemblance. Maybe Vanny is that sort of connection? Since Liz is a child

[cardeajackson]

The voice of 1st therapist sounded so soothing, but the 3rd therapist sounded more relatable and down to earth.

[somenerdygirl]

I love how many secrets Scott adds into these games. Uncovering but also unraveling new secrets of the lore