The Ultimate Game-Only FNAF Timeline

This was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. Mainly because of the crunch necessary to keep these videos on time. I'm writing this now as I've just finished editing the video at 3:49am today. I have to thank my wonderful wife Amy who made this possible, giving me as much time as possible to work on this little miniseries. But I can't forget to thank you all as well. I'm so happy that I've found a community to make videos for, and one that I can talk about the silly pizza bear to. So here's to many more Five Nights at Freddy's theory videos, and hopefully a whole lot else. See you in the new year!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro and Recap
00:50 What is the timeline and lore of Five Nights at Freddy's?
17:23 Announcements and Thank yous
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The style of this video is similar to Fuhnaff, Pastra, FusionZGamer, and uhyeah. A large influence on this channel has been Wendigoon, Game Theory, Markiplier, and Dawko.
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[RyeToast]

What are your major disagreements with this timeline? (Game evidence only!)
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro and Recap
00:50 What is the timeline and lore of Five Nights at Freddy's?
17:23 Announcements and Thank yous

[willsmith]

I think this is the best story to be made out of the events in the games while still being reasonable, I also think that Michael being the vengeful spirit would make William screaming for Michael in UCN a more dramatic event.

[AeonAxisProductions]

I do like this streamlined timeline, especially having Michael be "the one you should not have killed" the cassidy thing is really interesting but it's just too speculative

[xaniella]

Absolutely love the idea that Jr's is a bar where the one of the FNAF locations used to be

[buniny]

This is the first FNAF time line video that hasn't made want to rip out my hair from the jumping of hoops, random connections, etc. This was so digestible and honestly plausible! I really like the theory and the fact that it only keeps to the games is so refreshing. Thank you for this 😮‍💨 my soul can rest easy now and ascend.

[rubbermushroom]

Great work! It’s interesting to see the similarities and differences in the lore when you only consider the games

[YourLocalGP]

I was sceptical with the previous episode, but this timeline is fantastically made. Great job!

[lazzeretto-]

I hate how well thought out this is, every time I think of something that cancels it out it's not directly tied to the game. It's always what we learn outside the games or through the games. Excellent work

[hunter_hiebert]

I like the idea of Michael being The One You Should not Have Killed instead of Cassidy. There’s something far less cathartic about one random kid who happened to be put in Golden Freddy just being so anger to have willed themself into becoming The Vengeful Spirit. I like the Michael lens better.

[morganeverley]

Honestly this is the most straightforward timeline I've seen in a while.😅

Then again I'm kinda used to matpat and others incorporating the books and such. Don't get me wrong I like complicate plots but it's kinda gotten a tiny bit old sometimes.

Your channel and a couple smaller channels have made me come back to the fnaf theorizing portion of the fandom.

[yoshi]

Only major disagreement I have here is that "The One You Should Not Have Killed" is pretty unambiguously Golden Freddy in the games. The 50/20 clear cut scene, and the easter eggs around the Death Coin and Fredbear, pretty clearly point to that animatronic having significance. Additionally, the vengeful spirit face that pops up is clearly a child's. It'd be weird for that face to be a fully grown Michael Afton at this point.

Of course, with games only, the only conclusion that could be made is that Afton's youngest is possessing Golden Freddy, and with the Fredbear easter egg, the concept that Fredbear and Golden Freddy are one and the same.

It's not just as smooth as swapping the identity though. Since we see Golden Freddy's spirit freed through the Happiest Day minigame, we also have to switch order of events so that happiest day happens AFTER UCN for that reason.

[brandonscott]

The one thing I like about you is that you simplify FNAF for me and thanks for that

[sagmesmo]

Incredible timeline, really cool to see what's possible to figure out using only the classic games. But you glossed over some really important details. For example, at no point you addressed the "Don't poop on the floor" rule in the original FNaF. Despite that, incredible theory.

(For real though, I would love to see your take on "the box" using only the games)

[Purrsephone]

I have a hard time in these polls because I have some disabilities that make gaming difficult for me (seizures, arthritis in my hands etc.) And that's not including the fact that I have a crappy old laptop. So I really appreciate how much work and effort is put in by not just RyeToast, but everyone else who has played the games and caught so much I've missed by only seeing other people's runs. Also, since I watch others play, I get messed up in what's strictly in the books, what's in the games, what is a theory, A GAME THEORY, that I've taken for fact, etc. And that's not including all the content and info from Scott himself, whether it's an interview, or comments on social media to even the cut dialog and unused assets found while data mining. There is SO MUCH to sift through, and I'm really impressed with how well put together all of this is! Keep up the good work Rye! And I don't comment on livestreams very m8ch, I prefer to lurk. But I've been having a lot of fun with them these last couple months, and wanted to let you know!

[pkmntrainerlilly]

Congratulations, you found a narratively satisfying throughline for all of the games. I was solidly an adult when FNAF first dropped and have never stopped following the lore (at least through MatPat) and this is the first time I feel like there's a story that makes sense.

[MrNomad-]

Just a thought: if the Fredbear suit was in animatronic mode, then wouldn't the springlocks already be closed?

[luceharrietf]

This is awesome Rye!! & love the apron haha. So proud that you're at almost 68k - it truly is a reflection of your hard work, dedication, creative video engineering, being brave enough to break away from what others think & of course stay humble & grateful. So happy YT has picked up for you & I so hope you get to keep creating genuinely original stuff into 2023 :)

[darkphoenix]

Wow I never even considered the final party at fnaf 2 to end in the dead children incident, that alone clears up alot of confusion and contradictions

[protoaltus]

It is interesting to see Micheal McCorpse as not someone who wants to right the wrongs of a father but one who actively tries to hunt his father down after the wrong did to him.
Since it couldn't be remnant and agony being the other case, he is enraged.

[ciciinho]

"henry" is actually mentioned in the games. in the old man consequences easter egg in ucn, the background noise when messed around with sounds like someone screaming "Mike! Henry! Help!"