Glitchtrap

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Glitchtrap
Production Information
Creation Date	20XX (Presumably)
Affiliation	The Freddy Fazbear Virtual Experience (Formerly) Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex Fazbear Orientation Program
Technical Description
Class	Augmented-Reality Entity/Digital Virus
Model	Rabbit
Main Color	Yellow
Eye Color	Purple
Gender Pronoun	It/Its He/Him
Misc. Information
Aliases	The Anomaly Malhare SpringBonnieMan (Game files)
Voice Provider	Unknown
First Appearance	Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted
Latest Appearance	Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2

“I always come back. Let me out.” — Glitchtrap, Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach

Glitchtrap, known in game as The Anomaly, is a secondary antagonist of the Steel Wool series of the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise. They are the main antagonist of the Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted duology, as well as the overarching antagonist of Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach.

Physical Appearance

Glitchtrap takes on the form of a person wearing a Spring Bonnie costume - who is a grinning, bipedal, golden-yellow rabbit. They wear a purple star-speckled vest, a purple bow tie, and two black buttons near the top of their chest. They also have stitches stretching across their waving hand. They initially appear translucent, progressing into a less-spectral form over time.

They also possess vivid purple eyes with small pupils, which are the first thing visible when they start to appear to the player's right. In Blacklight Mode, their eyes will turn blue with white, circular pupils. They also have large whiskers on each side of his face, three eyelashes on both of their eyes, and large arching eyebrows.

Personality

Glitchtrap's personality remains enigmatic and largely unknown. They are almost entirely silent, with their sole voice line being "I always come back. Let me out." as heard in the Princess Quest minigame.

Speculation

"I was the first! I have seen everything!" This section archives a lot of theories and speculation, which usually occurs from pre-release media, or just things that are still unknown, so please keep that in mind while reading. The page will continue to be updated with the most accurate information as more solid evidence is supplied.

• It's implied that Burntrap is Glitchtrap's physical form.
  • Burntrap is able to remotely control and corrupt technology around him, such is the case of Glamrock Freddy. It is not an ability that Springtrap had, but one that aligns more with the behavior of Glitchtrap.
  • In the Faz Force ending of Help Wanted 2, Glitchtrap's hand is seen emerging out from Burntrap's charging station.
• There seems to be a connection between Glitchtrap and Helpi, as seen in Help Wanted 2.
  • After the Princess Quest IV level is completed, Helpi vanishes from the projector screen in the hub.
  • The Faz Force ending of Help Wanted 2 is internally called "Helptrap," seemingly a portmanteau of Helpi and Glitchtrap. In the same ending, the Mask Bot is seen from a first-person perspective giving Cassie the V.A.N.N.I. Mask that contains Helpi.
  • In the First Aid levels, there's a drawing of Helpi surviving and escaping from a building on fire, presumably Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place.
• There is evidence that indicates that Glitchtrap is a digital manifestation of William Afton's soul.
  • Glitchtrap has been directly called William Afton in several official guides, including Five Nights at Freddy's: The Ultimate Guide and Five Nights at Freddy's Official Character Encyclopedia.
    • Vanny is called an "Agent of Afton" in Page 129 of the Character Encyclopedia.
    • The Ultimate Guide states that a Glitchtrap related Easter egg in the Curse of Dreadbear DLC is referencing William Afton.
  • In the first Princess Quest, the "true" form of Glitchtrap has purple tears and drool. Purple being symbolic of William.
    • It also has a form of written language that, when deciphered, says "I always come back, let me out." A reference to Afton's iconic phrase.
    • Another code is found in the game files with the same written language saying "It's Me."
    • The Springtrap cutout from Fazerblast FNaF 3 has the same death scream as Glitchtrap.
    • In the game over section of Curse of Dreadbear, the glitched grave is with graves symbolizing the victims of Afton.
    • In the Security Breach Files, Burntrap is referred to as "Afton." This adds to the theory of Glitchtrap being Afton.
• Glitchtrap's original appearance was that of a semi-transparent (presumably would get more visible with each collected tape) Springtrap with a couple of stitches and a glowing, swirly purple eyes.
  • Strangely, Glitchtrap possesses purple eyes, similar to Michael at the end of Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location. However, according to the model of Adventure Spring Bonnie from FNaF World, the character originally had green eyes. This may be to connect Glitchtrap to William Afton even further.
• When in Hardmode, Glitchtrap's colors shift from green to a brownish color, and his eyes go from purple to blue color.
  • As well as this, closer inspection would show that Glitchtrap's eyes look more "human like" in shape.
• Glitchtrap appears to be the official name for the character, found by data-mining. The name "Glitchtrap" was later confirmed to be his official name. Steel Wool Studios also mentioned that the fan-name "Malhare" also works as an alternative alias, since it is still commonly used by fans in favor of Glitchtrap.
  • The name "Glitchtrap" is in keeping with the tradition of Afton's iterations using the suffix "trap."
    • In the second interview Scott had with Dawko, Cawthon mentioned that he doesn't like the name Glitchtrap, explaining that Glitchtrap was a temporary name that got embedded into the source code. Making it official once fans found it.
      • The same likely goes for Glitchtrap sometimes going by "SpringBonnieMan" in the files of Help Wanted.
      • Glitchtrap does beckoning gestures that could be Glitchtrap mimicking Afton as he lured children into the back of Freddy's.
  • Mimic was trapped under the Pizzaplex for a "long time," according to Gregory, which makes it unlikely for it to be in the same location where Fazbear were extracting circuit boards from.
• In the Fazbear Frights books, Afton becomes a giant amalgamation, which is EXTREMELY similar to Glitchtrap's appearance in Princess Quest.
• Glitchtrap's suit could possibly be one of the temporary costumes that were mentioned in the tapes in Five Nights at Freddy's 3, these tapes are Fazbear affiliated and therefore could be something Afton could know about.
• It's implied in the Pizza Party minigame that Glitchtrap's appearance is based on or is the actual costume William Afton used to lure the five kids in the missing children incident.
  • Though unconfirmed, many believe that Spring Bonnie and the appearance of Glitchtrap are the same.
    • In a poster advertising Fredbear's Family Diner, Spring Bonnie has a heavy visual similarity to Glitchtrap with his snout taking up the lower half of their head.
      • In a lot of retro Spring Bonnie-based things (such as the Plush and Poster), Spring Bonnie has purple eyes, just like Glitchtrap.
• In FuhNaff's interview, Jason Topolski confirmed that the Princess Quest IV ending was "the end of Glitchtrap." Meaning, if the ending is canon, the only way they could've survived is through Helpi or the Mimic endo seen in the RUIN DLC.
• In the Special Delivery Emails, there are mentions of a virus caused by scanning vintage circuit boards, a clear hint to Glitchtrap interfering with the service. In the very same game, the Springtrap animatronic says voice lines that reference some lines heard in Ultimate Custom Night, an event that only Afton would know about, if he's the protagonist of that game.
  • It is to be noted that in the Tales from the Pizzaplex story, Pressure, one of Nightmare Balloon Boy's voice lines is heard in the Pizzaplex.
  • Silver Parasol scanned circuit boards to help in the development of the Freddy Fazbear Virtual Experience. One of these circuit boards could've been Scraptrap's after the FFPS fire, which could potentially upload Afton's soul or agony into the game.
• The Fazbear Frights story "In the Flesh" shows Matt, a game developer working on a VR game called "Springtrap's Revenge." After testing the game, Matt gets "infected" by Springtrap and essentially gives birth to a mini Springtrap. This story could be paralleling Help Wanted's events where William Afton (as Glitchtrap) infects both Jeremy and the Help Wanted protagonist with a virus.
  • At the end of the story "The Man in the Room 1280," William Afton's corpse explodes and ends up infecting multiple items inside the Fazbear Entertainment Distribution Center. One of the infected items could've been one of the circuit boards used in the VR game's development.
• In the Pizza Party minigame, Glitchtrap is apparently trying to recreate the death of Gabriel, one of William Afton's victims. Neither Mimic nor Fazbear Entertainment would realistically know about Afton's methods for each specific kill, nor would Fazbear feed it into an algorithm for the Mimic to learn from.
• If The Mimic is trying to copy William Afton, it is unclear why it chose the Glitchtrap costume instead of the Spring Bonnie suit to represent itself.
• If Glitchtrap were to be the Mimic, based on knowledge about the Mimic, it would have no reason to take in Vanessa as its own murder associate to kill people in the Pizzaplex.
• A key requirement to unlock the Princess Quest IV ending in Help Wanted 2, and thus finally finishing off Glitchtrap for good, is to collect all 6 Memories from Afton's victims.
  • The Springtrap cutout from Fazerblast FNaF 3 has the same death scream as Glitchtrap.
  • In the game over section of Curse of Dreadbear, the glitched grave is with graves symbolizing the victims.
    • Also note the fact the grave used the unused Spring Bonnie texture.
• The Five Nights at Freddy's Film version of William Afton is similarly manipulative to Vanessa, eventually coercing her into working for him and cover his murders, paralleling to some degree her relationship with Glitchtrap.
• The Twisted Ones version of William Afton is able to control the Twisted animatronics through a system designed to control the choreography for the animatronic shows, evidencing that the concept of William controlling technology had been flirted with in the past.
• A track in the Ultimate Custom Night soundtrack is named "Hibernating Evil," which could be referring to William. The use of the word "hibernating" implies that, at some point, that evil will have to wake up.
  • The Fazbear Frights anthology series version of William Afton comes back even after the events paralleling the Ultimate Custom Night in that continuity.
• There is some alternative evidence to suggest that The Mimic could be related to Glitchtrap in some way.
  • In the Princess Quest arcade game, there is a tree mural above the doorway in which Glitchtrap resides. This tree shares similarities to that of a Baobab tree, also known as the "Tree of Life," which was the tree used for The Storyteller, that also used the Mimic1 program.
  • In his model, there are notable traces of drool and tears located beneath his eyes and mouth, which are things the Mimic saw before being beat up with a metal rod by Edwin Murray, his creator.
  • Mimic2 is used as a template for VR, AR, and arcade games, which fits with Help Wanted and the Princess Quest arcade games.
  • One of the teasers for Help Wanted on Scott Games was an endoskeleton head called 0rGN, which could potentially means Origin.
    • Other images of endoskeletons and circuit boards were put in the game initially, but were removed because fans connected them back to Showbiz. This means that the teasers have no lore relevance.
  • Glitchtrap is a mascot costume instead of a Springlock suit. Mascot costumes are mostly associated with Mimic.
  • Glitchtrap gives the player the White Tiger memory plush in Help Wanted 2, which could possibly mean that he's aware and in some way connected to David Murray.
  • It's possible the "1979" code means that Tiger Rock was a character back in 1979, since the model for it suggests it's a scaled down costume.
  • The plush may not refer to the Tiger Rock seen in Tales, and therefore, is not inherently connected to the Mimic1 program.
  • The bad ending of Secret of the Mimic has the Mimic recreating the Pizza Party ending from Help Wanted.
  • However, the endings aren't exact as the Mimic isn't dancing like Glitchtrap as, so it could be coincidental.
  • The Mimic could possibly start to think it's someone else if the "memories" of a person are put inside it. M1 started acting like Fiona Murray, while M2 started acting like David Murray. It's possible the child's "memories" were found in the Moon.EXE minigame and were installed in the endoskeleton.
    • If this is the case, it could mean that the memory plushies from Help Wanted 2 could be making the Mimic think it's William Afton.
    • It's unclear exactly how it could get the memory plushies as the memory plushies could only be used by William.
• Some speculate that Glitchtrap and Burntrap were originally meant to be William but were retconned to being The Mimic following backlash from the fans.
  • This is implied viewing the history of changes and things left in files/in-game.
    • Vanny was heavily based off how William was, she used to carry a knife, she lured people and killed them, she had her history changed. But these would all be changed later on to Vanny now trying to rip Gregory's arms off, and immediately goes for the kill, confusingly keeping the CDs.

Appearances

Game Title	Role	Description
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted	Major character	First appearance; main antagonist.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach	Cameo	Appears in graffiti and on the Glitchy Maze and Princess Quest arcade cabinets.
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2	Major character	Main antagonist.