FNAF Lore Explained! (ft. Game Theory, RyeToast, & MORE) - Entire Timeline, Full Story, Every Theory

FULL FNAF Lore Explained - the SUPREME Guide to it all... that's right, this one video will teach you everything you need to know about FNAF's story, from the full timeline, to almost every FNAF theory in history, and more. This video will catch you up from back in 2014 with FNAF 1 all the way to the new Help Wanted 2 Update (Jackie Ending) aswell as featuring the lore learnt from the countless books, the Movie, and more.

Featuring FNAF Theorists:
@GameTheory
@GTLive
@IDsFantasy
@RyeToast
@Under_Score
@HorrorHomestead
@Dual-Process-Theory
@siresquawks
@sh1zuh31
@ImpulseEvan37
@ShesNervous
@Ms_Pinball
@Alpine
@NightGuardJohnny
@Echonex
@jctalks6651
@TheXsychic
@itztaken
@Zeriq
Twitter @ bjack2599514338
@TheChiptide
@SolarSands
@FloopLooops
@dwfan91fan91
@JSProductions02
@sambar2772
@Link Ash
@TMarionettist
@MrDoggoHQ
@TerminalError
@Stormister
@ThatOneFNaFGuy
@Soulular
@FlyGlint_FNAF

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Five Nights at Freddy's is an indie video game series and media franchise created by Scott Cawthon, later adapted by Steel Wool Studios and Illumix. It has further grown to big platforms such as Playstation, Xbox and Nintendo with Console Ports, also reaching all Mobile platforms and all Computer platforms. The video game series currently has a ton of games: FNAF 1, FNAF 2, FNAF 3, FNAF 4, FNAF World, FNAF 5/Sister Location, FNAF 6/Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator, FNAF: Ultimate Custom Night (FNAF: UCN), FNAF VR: Help Wanted, FNAF AR: Special Delivery, FNAF: Security Breach (along with the Ruin DLC), FNAF: Help Wanted 2 (FNAF VR2), FNAF Into the Pit, and Five Laps at Freddy's. The franchise also spans out across multiple series' of books (Main Book Series, Freddy Files, The Ultimate Guide, Fazbear Frights, Tales From The Pizzaplex, and the Official Character Encyclopedia) and merchandise (FNAF POPs, FNAF Plushies and some FNAF Board Games), with a FNAF Movie (with filming title: Bad Cupcake) with a FNAF Movie 2 on the way. This video may remind you of (or is similar to) Game Theory, Fuhnaff, FusionZGamer, RyeToast, ID's Fantasy, Dawko, and other FNAF YouTubers. This is the FNAF Timeline Explained, FNAF Story Explained, and other stuff to do with Solving FNAF with FNAF Theories.

0:00 - Welcome to FNAF Lore 101
1:13 - Full FNAF Lore Explained (ft. FNAFTubers)
2:26:13 - Scott Cawthon ACTUALLY Confirmed...
2:42:00 - Unbiased Timeline and Theory List
3:46:32 - Class Dismissed

FNAF Renders Used:
- Scott Cawthon
- Illumix
- Steel Wool Studios

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[HyperDroid]

If you're wondering why I uploaded this, head over to my community post - explains it pretty well! :P
Merry Christmas, have a happy new year, and I'll see you all next year for brand new content! :D

[ragatonkermit]

No way you just uploaded a 24 hour video and then 3 uploads later a 4 hour video YOU ARE

[JaxCottrell]

I'm actually emotional over the fact y'all took the time to include actual edited captions for us deaf / neurodivergent folks 😭♥️

[GJames-Legend]

If Fnaf ever does end Scott should make a Final Guide Book that tells us the Full Story of Fnaf along with all the theory’s that people got Right and Wrong over the Years along with a Complete Timeline.

Or maybe Scott could make an Animated Series that Combines Lore Elements from the Games - Books and Movies into while adjusting certain things and adding new stuff to make 1 complete Timeline.

[ezequielin]

53:00 The Biggest Issue With Mike Being The "Vengeful Spirit" Is That Said Spirit Also Goes By "The One You Should Have Not Killed" And Michael Only Died By Elizabeth/Ennard (Technically) And Burned To Deatg By Henry In FNAF6, William Never Directly Killed Michael, Meaning That He's Not "The One You Should Not Have Killed/Vengeful Spirit"

[zuxua]

Being honest, I've never liked the fact that there were another 5 dead children besides the ones from the MCI that NEVER get any resolution. Like, the MCI kids get gravestones with their names on them, and the DCI kids get... maybe a reference in the Happiest Day minigame? IDK, I feel like they should have gotten something.

[FNaFedtothebone]

WOW… unexpected surprise… WOW… with everything you do I’m afraid now Mark has a big competition for “King” title! Thank you HYPER!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[dawsonjunga]

Wild that FNAF is over a decade old now

[chck_mat]

I actually appreciate all the effort put into this by everyone involved, and I also find the "bias switch" really cool and a very respectable detail, because a lot of people like to actually just claim all their theories as fact without really explaining the other options. I like all the different theories put into this, too, because it allows viewers to decide what they might think is the right answer without forcing them to agree with everything that one person might think is true. So cool!

[Luokeyo]

5:43 It's actually the opposite; it makes it makes it taking place AFTER 2017 extremely unlikely/impossible.

[ProfDriftwood]

Hyperdroid: Everyone put in a brief summary of your best theory.
Also Hyperdroid: I'm putting the deluxe director's cut of the Dave theory in the middle of this. Stop calling him crying child damnit!

[FloopLooops]

Didn't expect to see myself in dis video again lol, caught me by surprise! But I appreciate a shorter version of the supreme guide focused on da lore. I've kinda forgotten a lot of it, so having dis was definitely a nice refresher! Keep up the great work bro!! :D

[daltomono]

18:05, the answer is simple: If these shadow animatronics are results of the springlock failures, shadow bonnie can STILL be that despite his model, because it's extremely easy to just think "scott had no design for springbonnie yet so he used the closest thing he had". Same reason why "Golden Freddy" (Fredbear) doesn't look like a different animatronic at all and instead is just a recolored freddy

[retrogameswithnuutti]

hyperdroid is the most underrated fnaf youtuber imo peak vids

[CursioNeptune]

9:07 Concerning the discrepancy between "new summer job" and the November Paycheck, I remember Matpat mentioning that both those phone calls were pre-recorded training tapes. They were recorded in the summer for new hires at the time, and no one bothered to change or update them later down the line. You are never in a live conversation with the Phone Guy.

[MonosArkhein]

I've loved the FNAF franchise since I was 12 years old, but has anybody else considered that Scott Cawthon is probably just a bad story teller and may not have a plan at all? The story is covered with plot holes, the games have been hit or miss since help wanted having seemingly lost their soul, up until very recently all of the books were so inconsistent that we are constantly debating there canonicity, and since game four the entire community hasnt been able to find a single theory the can be confirmed as the story or is a story valid enough to be accepted by the majority that wasn't later disproven. I'm beginning to think that Markiplier, Matpat, the theorist community and the fact that the games are unsolvable are the only reason these games sell at all. I'll stay for the theories but I've given up on the story entirely

[lukaskubik]

I just finished the 24 hour videos yesterday. What timing.

[TrevorJuve]

I've got a stupid theory: FNAF 4 actually took place in 1987 and we were vastly overthinking it. The main proof of it being 1983 is the date on the TV, right? But here's the thing. Go turn on your TV right now, flip through the channels, and tell me how many of the shows you find on were made this year. The show on the TV could have just been a re-run. I think the game is in 1987 and only the show is from 1983. Evidence: Elizabeth's room has a mangle. Mangle was introduced in FNAF 2, which is in 1987. The Chica toy the girl has is missing a beak. Scott asked us why the toy would be missing its beak, right? Easy. Toy Chica in FNAF 2 is missing her beak, and FNAF 2 is in 1987. Why were Mangle and Toy Chica in this game? Quote from that post from Scott: "I guess most people assumed that I filled the game with random easter eggs this time. I didn't." The Mangle specifically is often times just ignored as a sort of easter egg. Scott was straight up telling us it's not an easter egg, it's important. And that's not even accounting for the bite. Maybe it WAS meant to be the bite of '87 after all. It also explains the hospital equipment. Crying Child was hospitalized after the bite and in critical condition, but he DID survive otherwise there wouldn't be any medical equipment (you wouldn't put a corpse on life support, after all). And of course, in FNAF 1, Phone Guy says the one who got bitten survived. But we all assumed it was 1983, hence why Scott said "No one, not a single person, found the pieces. The story remains completely hidden." We vastly overthought everything, and the simple answer was the right one all along.

WAS.

Remember how Scott also said that something got retconned due to a contradiction and he doesn't think anyone noticed? What if that was this? What if FNAF 4 WAS originally in 1987, but we all agreed on 1983, and Scott retconned it to be 1983 after the fact. There has since been a bunch of evidence proving it to be 1983 so that's now the correct answer, but what if we all got it wrong originally and that convinced Scott into changing the answer for us because we overlooked the obvious part of the bite in the game being THE bite? "But the bigger question is - would the community accept it that way?" We decided on our answer, and if we were proven wrong, we may not have accepted it or been happy about it because it was TOO obvious. "The fact that the pieces have remained elusive this time strikes me as incredible" could be he was surprised we didn't take the obvious answer. Hell, maybe he liked our answer of 1983 better, which is why he called it "special, a fitting conclusion in some ways" and maybe "some things are best left forgotten" is referring to this whole theory. Maybe it's best that we forget all the evidence pointing to 1987 and just go with 1983 from now on. Forever.

This is also why the contents of the box changed. "It's for that very reason. It's because of what I was intending that game to be when it happened, and then after the reaction of it, I need to craft this into something better for the people who see this as important." Also, FNAF 4 being in 1987 doesn't include dream theory.

[BlazeFangYT]

Yay I can finally watch a whole Hyper video!

[ftfemenist]

The award for most dedicated FNAF theorist of 2024 goes to HyperDroid 🏆🎉