- Not what you were looking for? See Animatronic (disambiguation). For their Halloween counterparts, see Halloween Animatronics.
“You're playing as a child, trying to ward off nightmare versions of the animatronics who are attacking you in your bedroom.” |
The nightmare animatronics are heavily withered, exaggeratedly monstrous animatronics. They reside in a fake house connected to Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental.
They first appeared in Five Nights at Freddy's 4 and returned in the short story Dittophobia as its primary antagonists. They also returned in Ultimate Custom Night, Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted and Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery.
Physical Appearance
Alongside the twisted animatronics from the novel trilogy's universe, the nightmare animatronics appear as the most menacing out of all animatronic classes.
Most of the nightmare animatronics are featured with a deteriorated appearance with a big series of rips and holes all over, sporting a total of ten fingers with spike-like claws/nails, an excessive amount of long dangerously sharp teeth (found in both the structure of the animatronics and the endoskeletons), and small metallic eyes. Their endoskeleton heads look suspiciously similar to that of a human skull, with a line of indentations down their forehead.
Without the side effects of the gas, they are depicted as mechanical stands that run on metal tracks in ground of the hallways; the stands are mounted with costume pieces of the original Freddy's characters to correspond with their nightmarish counterparts.
Functionality
The usage of the Nightmare animatronics are to scare children who have been kidnapped by William Afton and put into his cruel experimentation of testing fear level in children. While they appear as moving animatronics in game, they are in reality illusions as the result of the hallucinogenic gas that has been put into the chamber.
Their true forms are mounted suit parts on rolling mechanical stands to emulate animatronics hunting someone.
Animatronics
Nightmare Freddy
- Main article: Nightmare Freddy
“A nightmare animatronic with a Freddy Fazbear design; three miniature animatronics, called "Freddles", are attached to his body.” |
A nightmare counterpart of Freddy Fazbear and accompanied with miniature versions of himself known as Freddles. He first appeared in Five Nights at Freddy's 4, where he spawns from the Bed.
Nightmare Bonnie
- Main article: Nightmare Bonnie
“A nightmare animatronic with a Bonnie design.” |
A nightmare counterpart of Bonnie. He first appeared in the fourth game, where he spawns from the Left Hall as early as Night 1.
Nightmare Chica
- Main article: Nightmare Chica
“A nightmare animatronic with a Chica design. Notably, Chica's cupcake can enter the bedroom and attack players there.” |
A nightmare counterpart of Chica and accompanied with Nightmare Cupcake. She first appeared in the fourth game, where she spawns from the Right Hall.
Nightmare Foxy
- Main article: Nightmare Foxy
“The Nightmare form of Foxy, like the other Nightmare forms, is larger and more tattered than the regular version, with huge sharp teeth and spikes at the end of his fingers. He also doesn't have an eyepatch, leaving the hook as the only hint of his pirate origins.” |
A nightmare counterpart of Foxy. He first appeared in the fourth game, where he spawns from the Closet, starting on Night 2.
Nightmare Fredbear
- Main article: Nightmare Fredbear
“Not to be confused with Nightmare Freddy, Nightmare Fredbear has longer, sharper teeth and claws. He has teeth in his torso (which we don't even want to think about), plus he wears a purple hat and bow tie.” |
A nightmare counterpart of Fredbear. He first appeared in the fourth game, where he becomes active on Night 5.
Nightmare
- Main article: Nightmare
“How could you make Nightmare Fredbear scarier? We didn't think it was possible, but turns out it was. Nightmare is basically the same as Nightmare Fredbear apart from his coloring (note he also has a yellow hat and bow tie). Additionally, his endoskeleton can be seen, and his jumpscare is different.” |
A stronger, "shadow" variant of Nightmare Fredbear. He first appeared in the fourth game, where he becomes active on Nightmare mode.
Plushtrap
- Main article: Plushtrap
“This toy version of Springtrap first appears in Five Nights at Freddy's 4, as part of the mini game Fun with Plushtrap. You can earn a boost on the next level by shining your flashlight on the X spot as it runs through the hallway.” |
A nightmare animatronic based on the Spring Bonnie plushie. He first appeared in the fourth game, where he appeared in the Fun with Plushtrap minigame.
Nightmare Mangle
- Main article: Nightmare Mangle
“The Halloween edition of Five Nights at Freddy's 4 replaces Nightmare Foxy with Nightmare Mangle. Since the original Mangle was pretty grotesque to begin with, Nightmare Mangle isn't actually much different from him! Although his main head is more battered and has the classic double jaw of Nightmare Animatronics. Oh, and his secondary endoskeleton head is more skull-like.” |
A nightmare counterpart of Mangle. They first appeared in the fourth game's Halloween Edition update as Nightmare Foxy's replacement.
Nightmare Balloon Boy
- Main article: Nightmare Balloon Boy
“Nightmare Balloon Boy is another of the distorted, sharp-toothed Nightmare Animatronics terrorizing the Crying Child in Five Nights at Freddy's 4. He has really disgusting hands, which is emphasized by the fact he doesn't hold any balloons or even a sign that says BALLOONS!-so his hands just hang there... horribly.” |
A nightmare counterpart of Balloon Boy. He first appeared in the fourth game's Halloween update as Plushtrap's replacement for the Fun with Plushtrap minigame.
Nightmarionne
- Main article: Nightmarionne
“Nightmarionne is the Five Nights at Freddy's 4 version of The Puppet released in the Halloween update. It has a skeletal look with longer fingers and sharp teeth. But at least it only has one set of teeth-unlike the other Nightmare Animatronics.” |
A nightmare counterpart of the Puppet. It first appeared in the fourth game's Halloween Edition update as Nightmare's replacement.
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. |
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Trivia
- When the nightmares were added as virtual MyMoji stickers to Quidd, there was a Nightmare Springtrap included with the others, although Springtrap does not canonically have a nightmare counterpart outside of Plushtrap in the series' universe. It was taken down after being notified that the character and design was based off of fanart.
- Similar to the phantoms, the Puppet, Mangle and BB are the only toy animatronics to receive nightmare counterparts.
- When asked if Toy Freddy, Toy Bonnie and Toy Chica will receive their nightmare counterparts for the fourth game's Halloween add-on, Scott denied it.[1]
- Aside from Nightmarionne, Nightmare Mangle and Nightmare Balloon Boy, most of the nightmare animatronics seem to bear a resemblance to their withered counterparts from Five Nights at Freddy's 2, aside from the teeth and eyes. The only exceptions are Nightmare Fredbear, Nightmare, and Plushtrap.
- From the files for Security Breach, one of the unused collectibles is "Nightmare Helpy", implying Helpy was intended to have a nightmare counterpart.
- Weirdly, in the Character Encyclopedia, it's stated the Nightmare Freddy, Nightmare Bonnie, Nightmare Chica, Nightmare Foxy and Nightmarionne appear in Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery.
References
- ↑ Unfortunately Toy Freddy will not be in the update, still a cool picture. - Scott Cawthon, Steam - October 26, 2015 @ 9:32 PM
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