Edwin Murray is depicted as a happy young man with fair skin and well-groomed dark brown hair. He has blue eyes and square glasses with thick rims. Edwin is usually shown wearing a shirt and a bow tie.
Personality
Edwin Murray is an intelligent and clever person, as shown through his ability to create many animatronics, as well as the Mimic. However, he's also shown to be quick to anger and aggression towards Fazbear Entertainment. When Edwin has his mind set on something, he'll work non-stop to achieve his goals.
History
Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic
Edwin Murray worked as an engineer in Murray's Costume Manor, owned by his father. While working for a project, he met Fiona and asked her if he could use her voice. After a while the two got together and then got married. When Edwin's father died of old age, Edwin inherited his company and the building. Edwin, however, wasn't sure if he was worthy enough to continue his father's legacy, but he had an idea to make his creations real. Murray's Costume Manor became something bigger, with many companies, such as Fazbear Entertainment, commissioning him different projects, mainly animatronic characters. Some of his creations include a variant of Chica the Chicken for Chica's Party World and different versions of Foxy the Pirate, both of which were mostly designed by Fiona. Edwin coined the term "recycling" and the factory had the world's first recycling center. At some point, Edwin and Fiona had a son; David Murray. Edwin was so obsessed with his work that sometimes didn't want to celebrate David's birthdays with them. Before David's third birthday, Fiona goes to Fall Fest and dies, leaving Edwin alone with David.
Due to his loss and not having time to take care of David, Edwin decided to create an animatronic called Mimic1 which could learn and mimic human behavior. David was scared of the endoskeleton due to its creepy appearance, but Edwin assured him that it could become any character. M1 started to mimic Fiona to the point it actually thought it was the real Fiona, acting like David's new mother figure.
Some time before David's fifth birthday, David tragically dies, getting hit by a car while M1 was supposed to take care of him. Edwin was desperate, but M1 convinced him to create another Mimic so it could act like David. While he thought it was a good idea at first, Edwin couldn't take it anymore and got angry at M1, saying that it's not the real Fiona. M1's program was then put in a machine called F10-N4 and the endoskeleton was used for Mimic2.
At some point, Fazbear Entertainment commissioned the "Fazbear Project" which consisted of creating the new animatronic band for their new upcoming pizzeria; Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. However, the owners of the company, Henry Emily and William Afton, started changing ideas last minute to the point that there was not enough budget to finish it. They didn't want them to be springlock suits anymore, despite Edwin making new and arguably safer versions of springlock suits despite water damage to some of them. William and some other higher-ups even wanted to change Fiona's designs into a second lineup of drafts supposedly made by Henry that Edwin considered ugly, which would seem to become the ones used in the pizzeria.
All of this appeared to be caused by William, who started to secretly sabotage Edwin's company by using his friendship and communication with Henry, as shown through multiple e-mails and audio logs. It went as far as Afton convincing an employee to get info on Edwin's projects, who then proceeded to convince other employees to join Fazbear Entertainment. Thanks to the spy, Afton and Fazbear Entertainment found out about the Mimic Project and wanted it at all costs. In the end, Fazbear Entertainment acquired the land and his house, and William Afton offered Edwin the role of lead engineer.
During a rage-induced mental breakdown, when M2 started mimicking David, Edwin attempted to violently destroy M2, in turn, infusing it with his agony, pouring his murderous thoughts and emotions into M2's systems, causing it to perpetually mimic Edwin's worst traits and develop a self-aware concept of cruelty. M2 caused an explosive accident in Edwin's home office, it began to copy his voice and repeatedly mocked Edwin's helplessness while forcing him to reflect on his neglectful behavior, revealing its grudge towards its creator. It makes fun of Edwin even further by talking about the new legs it built for its body. M2 then began killing every employee sent by Fazbear Entertainment trying to get the Mimic Project, while F10-N4 made sure M2 stayed contained and prevented anyone from letting it escape or get its hands on the information of its creation.
It's currently unknown if Edwin survived, got old, and worked at the Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex, like his counterpart did in Tales from the Pizzaplex, but currently he is completely missing.
List of Inventions
Edwin Murray invented many things as the head of Murray Co.; below is a list of the following:
It is speculated this is the same cleaner used in Mr. Hugs' design.
A "Vacuum Pet" collectible can be found in Secret of the Mimic and some people speculate that it is the Hug robotic vacuuming unit with a slightly different design.
Edwin's and Fiona Murray's voice actors, Jim and Tamra Meskimen, are married in real life—just like their characters.
Jim and Tamara Meskimen also voice Mr. & Mrs. Helpful, an animatronic couple, who are voiced in-universe by Edwin and Fiona Murray.
David Murray is voiced by their daughter, Taylor Meskimen.
He may be at least partially inspired by Aaron Fechter, owner of Creative Engineering, Inc. and creator of the animatronics used by ShowBiz Pizza. His aforementioned company specializes in creation of animatronics and saw great success alongside ShowBiz Pizza, but great decline after ShowBiz Pizza and Chuck E. Cheese merged and ceased using his characters.
Edwin's wedding photo in David's second birthday film reel.
Edwin in a Murray family photo in David's third birthday film reel.
Ditto, no film reel effect.
Moon.EXE
Edwin and Fiona statue in Moon.EXE.
Ditto, close up.
Miscellaneous
Edwin in his wedding photo.
Edwin in a new years photo.
Edwin in a family photo.
Drawing of Edwin and David with a Clean-O-Vac.
Concept Art
Concept art for Murray family portraits featuring Edwin.
Miscellaneous
Drawing of Edwin on the "Happy Father's Day!" artwork.
More detailed drawing of Edwin and David with a Clean-O-Vac.
Audio
Audio
Transcript
Overhead Speaker
"The MCM facility is temporarily closed."
"For all deliveries and work inquiries, the "client and deliveries" entrance is located around the side of the building."
"Welcome, potential buyers, to Edwin Murray's Costume Manor! The leading powerhouse in costume entertainment and carnival game technologies! Woo!"
"Come in and what Murray's can do for your carnival, amusement park, midway, or funfair!"
"This client tour will show you just what I'm capable of. Get ready to be amazed!"
"Don't forget, every one of my creations are available for purchase or lease."
"And that was my patented "Demo-tronic Welcome Show"!"
"Amazing, if I do say so myself."
"Please continue into the lobby and take a seat."
"One of our sales reps will be along shortly."
"Don't forget, that everything you've seen and will see is available for purchase or lease!"
"Welcome potential investors and buyers."
"Are you thinking of getting into the children's television entertainment space?"
"Are the costs of writers, crew, and puppeteers holding you back?"
"Then boy have we got some news for you! Welcome to the MCM television studio of the future!"
"Here, there's no need for a cast or crew."
"Our patented "Stage Manager" software keeps your show on track and condensed to fit your broadcast time slot, including commercial breaks!"
"If writers have you blocked, use an MCM story template."
"Simply supply the "Stage Manager" with the desired character names, location, and genre."
"It writes itself!"
"Additional story templates available for purchase."
"What about the talent? Well, we removed the talent!"
"No difficult puppeteers, demanding actors or moody directors needed."
"Our system is drama free!"
"Simply interact with the performance by shooting targets to progress the story!"
"And of course, you'll save a fortune on production costs!"
"The MCM studio comes equipped with automated cameras, props, and lights!"
"See filler audience included at additional cost."
"Now sit back, and enjoy the demonstration!"
"This example show is written and preformed by a single-costumed, writer-director-cameraman-puppeteer-producer; in front of an automated studio audience."
"I am very excited about our next showroom!"
"Welcome to the world's first "Recycling Center"!"
"Basically, we take trash, and turn it into cash!"
"To explain how it all works, let me introduce one of our many, hard-working, recycling automations."
"Say hello, Nurse Dollie!"
"That gets me every time."
"I thought it would be fun to go with a doll hospital theme. Pretty neat, huh?"
"Dollie, tell 'em what you do."
"Because money is green, not the old parts."
"Oh, get back to work you."
""But Edwin, how does it work?" You may ask. Well, we collect various discarded materials."
"I'm talking about broken midway games, costumes, computer and television parts, vacuum cleaners, toasters, and precious metals."
"Those useless things are then used to make new midway games, costumes, and technologies for your family fun centers, at a discounted price!"
"And what we can't use is broken down to its basic components, which we then sell at a profit."
Kiosk Recordings
"Honey, that stupid elevator keeps acting up."
"Every time it breaks, I get pulled away to reset the thing. These disruptions totally throw off my vibe."
"But, I had the best idea. Can you make a quick instructional tape telling staff how to fix it?"
"Love you!"
"I feel stupid recording this, but I just hope somehow that you can still hear me."
"I can't do this alone. The change orders are killing me. Our employees, my friends, they keep leaving."
"The money's gone. I just need to finish the new Fazbear Project and then everyone will come back. We can get back to normal."
"I miss my friends, our friends. I miss you."
"I miss you more than you'll ever know."
"Fiona. Surprise. It's me, Edwin."
"This might be a little awkward, but I got something very important to ask you. Okay? Here goes."
"We've known each other for... how long now? I don't remember your start date off the top of my head, but it's been a few."
"Okay dummy, start over. Oh, come on. Rewind not working? Oh, well uhm, keep going. Just, Fiona, ignore that part."
"Anyway, you're the most amazing artist and creator I've ever been lucky enough to- to employ."
"We just click in every way. I hope you feel the same."
"Ya know, MCM wouldn't be this successful without you."
"You've become the heart of this company. And I want to share it with you."
"And you're also very pretty, like asymmetrical pretty. Augh, I should've lead with that..."
"And you're fun and funny... Well not a lot of things make me happy, but- but you do."
"And you make the best puppets."
"I guess, what I'm trying to say is, I can't think of a future without you."
"I want to keep making magic and sharing our creations with the world forever."
"So, will you marry me... please?"
"I love you."
Storytime
"Welcome to bedtime. Would you like a story to help you sleep?"
"Do you remember how our story begins?"
"Once upon a time."
"That's right!"
"Oh no, that's not how the story went."
"A rumbly tumbly bear sang sweetly by a big blue lake."
"A wiley fox buckled swashes in his pirate ship."
"The clumsy chicken danced in the sunlight on the top of her coop."
"The bouncy blue bunny hopped through the forest down the garden patch."
"An angry alligator was swimming in the lake."
"A pesky puppy played fetch by itself on the beach."
"Isn't that nice? So, what happens next?"
"A rolly polly bear sat down and offered a pot of honey. They ate with glee."
"Then a crafty fox sat down and started a game of chess."
"A clumsy chicken came and spilled her marbles. They had fun picking them up."
"A bunny hopped over and offered to play cards."
"An angry alligator came by and promised not to eat anyone. They had carrots instead."
"A pesky little puppy yapped and played fetch."
"They had so much fun! You remember what happens next?"
"A rolly polly bear joined the others and offered his honey, but then he spilled it all over them. Oh no!"
"Then the crafty fox came over and challenged them all to a race, but he cheated to win."
"A clumsy chicken joined them, and they went out for ice cream. But she dropped all their ice cream. Oh no!"
"A bunny hopped over and offered to play cards, but they couldn't agree on the game. The bunny was sad."
"An angry alligator came by and promised not to eat anyone, but then he ate one of them."
"A pesky puppy yipped and yapped. She made so much noise that she gave everyone a headache."
"Oh no! What did they do?"
"The bear saw everyone arguing. The group yelled and gnashed their teeth, and it scared the bear and he ran away."
"The fox saw everyone arguing. The group yelled and gnashed their teeth, and it scared the fox and he ran away."
"The chicken saw everyone arguing. The group yelled and gnashed their teeth, and it scared the chicken and she ran away."
"The bunny saw everyone arguing. The group yelled and gnashed their teeth, and it scared the bunny and he ran away."
"The gator saw everyone arguing. The group yelled and gnashed their teeth, and it scared the gator and he ran away."
"The pesky puppy saw everyone arguing. The group yelled and gnashed their teeth, and it scared the puppy and she ran away."
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