The Original FNAF Animatronics - Perfect Character Design - Five Nights at Freddy's

Today I take one final glance at the FNAF 1 Animatronics, to conclude my previous 4 videos on them individually! And finally finish my thoughts on why these characters are perfect and have stood the test of time!

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[MRSprings]

To address the poll concerns, I do agree that I should've used a different method for sourcing my results, but I still think a lot of the point still stands, I literally say in the video I wanna test peoples FNAF brainrot lol

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[SanneFromBibleStudy-gqvg]

One thing I really love about these designs is that, ignoring how obviously robotic they look, they're designed like real animatronics. Sometimes, people get so obsessed with the horror aspect of FNaF that they tend to forget that these are supposed to be mascots of a family/children's restaurant and will try too hard to make the animatronics scary. And while people will argue that real animatronics are freaky, they ignore the fact that the ones the fnaf characters are based on weren't intentionally designed to be that way. Basically, it's the uncanny valley. And that's what's so great about these original designs.

The only exception are animatronics who have a justifiable reason to be more outwardly scary, like in the case of Springtrap and the Nightmares.

[jxbermudez]

The orginals are so well made i cant help but be happy whenever i see them. They always have been and
always will be perfect in my eye, their uncanny in the right lighting but change their emotion and lighting and they look friendly loveable and perfectly in tune with their inspirations. I think the one scene in the fnaf movie showed it perfectly where when freddy was approaching mike he was creppy, uncanny, and somewhwt unpredictable, but then when he realized Mike was with abby his expression and mood change made him go back to being reasonably loveable

[mr.markstar]

9:11 I love how this offhand quote from Phone Guy intended to get across that they’re beloved characters from children’s media in universe, has circled back around to being true in real life too.
It’s oddly sweet

[skullgirls-chan]

I will always love how all bears in the world will now be associated with Fredrick Fazbear instead of anything else now

[MazWaz]

I prefer these animatronics because they have more of a horror aspect unlike the modern animatronics such as the Glamrocks. The old animatronics look lifeless and uncanny, making them perfect for horror.

[PXLFrosty]

What I like about the models from the original two games is that they seem weirdly realistic in a way. They look like they would be able to perform in front of toddlers and children, however they also have a creep factor with them as well. This doesn’t really apply to the models in the later games, like how in SL, where the Funtimes were so creepy that they don’t look like they could be able to perform in front of children, or in SB, where these models are TOO kid-friendly, and don’t look creepy at all.

Edit: When I said “Creepy” about the Funtimes, I was referring to their faceplates opening on stage. This is shown in the SL teaser trailer. Seeing your favorite Chuck E. Cheese mascot’s face open up to see that it’s a robot would be traumatizing.

[below_averageIQ]

when these models were originally made for FNAF 1 no one probably realized how iconic they would become even with all the newer animatronics lmao

[SnowFox-gvrn]

Honestly, what you said is EXACTLY the main reason why I became so obsessed with Fnaf and the OG animatronics! The community was so creative and open to new ideas, and people made these bots so dang lovable in ways I never expected. I wouldn’t have been nearly as obsessed with Fnaf if it wasn’t for the community

[AverageT]

I was expecting a compilation of all the previous “design” videos, but I’m happy to see it’s a new analysis. Great work springs!

[BoopidKadoopid]

I think the reason why they answered mostly fnaf was because it was made by you, a FNAF channel.

[toonchris]

These are my favorite versions of the animatronics I remember first playing Fnaf they scared me so much

[This-is-a-commentt]

I like how the designs are terrifying in certain situations, yet at the same time, perfectly suitable to be around kids and they would absolutely be a hit with children

[SoftEndy]

Seeing as you're a FNAF channel, I think it's pretty obvious that you would get FNAF responses, regardless of the other questions or context.

[xdotolotl]

5:15 “name an iconic fictional location”
Someone “Your Father”

[azimuddin]

I would’ve liked had the Classics had a more detailed modeling like the Withered animatronics like having a more refined modeling and stylized designs.
That’s just me though.

Edited:
I also think the movie versions are better than the Classics from the games.
Their differences just makes them look better.

[monobro]

The main reason why I love designs like the original five animatronics and (tho they're not in this video) The Smiling Critters is because they're simple, effective and appealing as the main reason why most Creepypasta characters like Jeff aren't scary is because their designs try way to hard to be scary and shocking but when you have characters like Freddy and Hoppy Hopscotch that are grounded it makes it more unnerving when used for horror in the right context

[tacperator]

1:57 (Bonnie is a blue-ish purple) FINALLY someone who acknowledges that Bonnie is purple

[smokey]

The designs work because you can see how they can interact in a restaurant. And how he's able to change the mood of the lighting can really boost up the creep factor. The little bit of endo sticking out, the groans, the clastrophobic atmosphere just works. They all have a good silhouette and well its a good group. Great video Springs! ^_^ ❤

[azimuddin]

Agreed and I haven’t even watched the video yet.
They’re so perfectto, so simple and fit perfectly for their game.