When William Afton ACTUALLY Died in the FNAF Timeline (FNAF 3 Theory)

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There are many events in the Five Nights at Freddy’s timeline that are hotly debated and some that have a general consensus, and one event that I thought fell into the consensus category is apparently significantly more up for debate than I initially thought.

The death of William Afton aka the Purple Guy is a central event for the series, but the when of the event seems to be interpreted by many as being after FNAF 1. However, if that is the case, it would directly contradict something set up in the very same game we find out about his death thanks to Phone Guy’s springlock training tapes.

So, what evidence is there for when William Afton dies and becomes Springtrap? Looks like you’ll have to watch and find out :D

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[super_roblox_gamer]

On camera 7, Springtrap is in a boarded up room that can’t be seen on the camera.

[secretlyconfused]

Damnit you're gonna send me back into my FNAF hyperfixation

[XxDragonSlayerrXx]

Actually I just noticed that Bonnie and Freddy both have buttons below their bow ties which means that they’re the unwithered animatronics not the fnaf 1 animatronics

[jesus-lvkv]

If Michael is who we play as in fnaf 1 it does make sense that William would be dead before phone guy

[nuteniumtokyo]

I love the idea that throughout fnaf 1 hes just there waiting writhing in pain. Hearing the animatronics roam freely every night. Honestly sounds more like a personal hell then UCN could ever be.

[RedTacticalMissile]

I think Scott absolutely intended to have the FNAF 3 minigames after FNAF 1, the trailer for the game literally shows the classic trio, implying they have some sort of relevance to the game's story, which would be getting destroyed by Afton; some people think the animatronics are an unseen generation of robots that we only see in these minigames, but it was clear that the intention was that the destroyed characters are the ones from the first game.

There's also a simple explanation for Phone guy being alive and mentioning the safe room being closed, the training tapes he made were recorded at the time of the Missing children incident: according to the Newspapers in FNAF 1, the killer was caught on camera, and the police even suspected that the culprit used a costume, this suspicion was confirmed since Phone guy noticed that Spring Bonnie was slightly moved; so, some time after the MCI, it was decided that nobody in the establishment would use the springsuits as a precaution. Years later, William knocked down the fake wall, died, and his body was never found before FNAF 3 because, well, the location was closed at the time.
I don't think this makes it all redundant, because it added importance to Spring Bonnie at the time, being sealed up for being the murder suit.

[orangeinkius]

The only thing I can add is the spring locking probably happened pretty much simultaneously to sister location, beacuse before the events of the fifth game William told Micheal to go rescue this sister and soon after the game william had to go missing beacuse Michael promised to find him, and unless William left a note or something which just doesn't have any evidence for it he'd probably have to be alive to tell mike that, and it just makes sense to me that he would tell Michael to go do that right before going to rip apart a bunch of haunted murderous animatronics on his own, sort of as a last wish in case he didn't make it out alive, and it's was a good thing because he didnt

[offstage_drum]

William afton died in fnaf 1 fell in the basement slept for 30 years then woke up

[IDsFantasy]

What do you think? Did the information in the video surprise you? Were you surprised I even made the video in the first pace? Let me know!

[justavulpixlol]

Mind blown
I never really thought about phone guys calls in the timeline

[loganentertainment]

Now that I think about it, it does make sense. William "died" in the Springbonnie suit, and phone guy does mention the safe room is being sealed.

It's never stated why it's being sealed, but it's obvious to assume that Henry was the one who ordered the safe room to be sealed. He was the other founder of Fazbear Entertainment. What sucks, is that the phone guy that talks about the horror attraction, ends his call talking about Springtrap, and we don't know what happened to him.

[MarcGamesSudiosAndStuff]

In my opinion I think it takes after Fnaf 1 mostly because of the shut down state of the pizzeria and William destroying the animatronics but at the end of the day y’all have her own personal opinion

[ashiphine]

I have always been confused on when William died and I really do think the evidence you bring up is pretty great and it makes sense!

It just makes me confused- So technicians definitely had to fix the animatronics afterwards, but they still went after Mike during FNAF 1. I always assumed it was a mix of the souls and the actual animatronic AIs going after you, as Michael stated "They thought I was you", and it would make sense for why the souls would go after their killer. But if William died before FNAF 1, why would they confuse Michael for William? Wouldn't they already know William's dead?

The FNAF timeline is so confusing x-x

[eNCy.]

Plus, he tells Mike to check the back safe room before he is killed. He most likely found William in the safe rooms, and that's why Golden Freddy tries to kill him. He knew to much.

[mikeallevesque]

The only issue is that phone guy's calls in Fnaf 1 are recordings, and he outright states that they are. And besides, unless he was calling from a separate location, it wouldn't really make much sense for the phone guy to be the one dying when you're the one in the office

[novariation]

Finnaly someone who still talks about fnaf lore

[xvoidxhunter]

FNAF 2 is a Prequel, and Phone Guy specifically states "Especially concerning any previous employees" which indicates William was outed as a criminal even before FNAF 1. Not even mentioning Sister Location where they interrogate William on his "design choices"

Also if i remember right in FNAF 1 you can see the Sealed off room which should indicate the location was reopened with him inside

[theastonvillaseal]

So they saw him dead and thought “nah cover it up with a wall”

[minarosario]

Queen, I've been getting your YouTube shorts recommended on my feed a lot recently, your way of expressing and phrasing things it's absolutely great

[turtleninjatn]

I did not know this.
But it makes total sense.
This can also explain a bit on why Michael was there in the first place.