The Puppet is the second animatronic in the series - with Golden Freddy in the original game being the first - who is not on the Custom Night menu, despite being a threat to the player. This is likely due to the fact that the Puppet's A.I. is caused by player reaction.
When the Puppet launches at the night guard, its trajectory always will show it jumping directly in front of the player's sight, even if the night guard is not facing forward at a 90-degree angle. This will make it seem as if it is emerging from the wall.
This can also happen with Foxy and Golden Freddy.
The Puppet is one of the very few antagonists in the entire series who doesn't have teeth, the others being Phantom Puppet and Minireena.
The Puppet cannot leave the Prize Corner as long as the player views CAM 11, but as soon as they lower the Monitor, it will begin its approach. It is possible for it to attack even while viewing CAM 11 if it has already left the area.
After the Puppet has left the Prize Corner, the static in CAM 11 becomes less harsh.
Like Foxy, the Puppet can attack the night guard even if another animatronic is inside The Office, or if the Freddy Fazbear Head is in use.
The Puppet is one of three animatronics to have a jumpscare preceded by music. The others are Ballora and Freddy Fazbear from the first game, although Ballora is seen singing all the time.
This is assuming, as with Freddy, that the night doesn't end first.
The Puppet is one of the four animatronics that does not have an unlockable plushie on the Custom Night, along with Toy Chica, Toy Freddy, and Mangle.
The Puppet is one of four animatronics who do not appear in the hallway before attacking, with the others being Toy Bonnie, Chica, and BB.
The Puppet and its mechanics are likely inspired by the popular Jack-in-the-box children's toy, due to the fact that it comes from a box, music precedes its attack, and it launches itself to attack.
It is unknown if the Puppet was scrapped with the other toy animatronics at the end of the Night 6.
The Puppet is one of the animatronics that does not appear in the air vents; four others are Toy Freddy, Freddy Fazbear, Golden Freddy, and Foxy.
The Puppet is believed to be sentient and sapient by the Phone Guy, as he claims that it is "always thinking."
This could be out of a sense of paranoia, however, as he directly states that he never liked the Puppet.
The Puppet is one of the three animatronics to never enter the Office aside from when attacking the night guard, the other two being Toy Chica and Foxy.
In the game files, there is an unused image of the Puppet with strings attached to it. This file was originally meant to be used while inside the Office.
The Puppet is one of the three animatronics not shown in the Five Nights at Freddy's 2 trailer, the others being Golden Freddy and Toy Chica.
However, both the Puppet and Golden Freddy are shown on children's drawings at the beginning of the trailer, and Toy Chica can be seen on several posters throughout the trailer.
There is an unused file of the Puppet's close-up that resembles the last frame of its jumpscare, albeit with a lack of white pupils.
The Puppet is one of the six animatronics who do not set off the alert ambiance in select situations, the others being Mangle, Bonnie, Toy Chica, Golden Freddy, and BB.
In the Puppet's case, it does not trigger the alarm at all, as it goes directly from the Prize Corner to The Office.
All of the children's drawings depict the Puppet with strings and a handle. These are absent in its jumpscare and in all of its hallucinations with the exception of one.
When the Puppet is still in the Prize Corner, it can be seen with its strings and handle. However, once the Puppet leaves the Prize Corner, the strings and handle disappear. It is unknown why this occurs.
It is possible that the handle runs on a conveyor belt that is on the ceiling throughout the pizzeria (or at least leading to the Office), and once it reaches the end of the hallway, the strings detach from the Puppet's wrists and ankles, sending it flying at the night guard due to the momentum at which it was traveling.
While in the Prize Corner, the Puppet's mask appears glossy, even though in most other instances, the mask has a matte look.
The Puppet's jumpscare also appears in the "Take Cake to the Children" Death Minigame. As soon as the minigame ends, the Puppet's jumpscare animation will play, sending the player back to the main menu.
This might hint that the child murdered by William Afton outside the diner is what eventually became The Puppet.
It is theorized that the Puppet stuffed the children into the original animatronics' suits in The Missing Children Incident, as implied by the Death Minigame in Five Nights at Freddy's 2.
One can assume that it was the intention of the Puppet to "Give Life" and to "Help Them".
During the second game's development, one of Scott's sons helped Scott with the skin texture for the Puppet, including its face.[1]
The Puppet is one of five animatronics not to be seen in a party room, the others being Toy Freddy, Foxy, BB, and Golden Freddy.
In the PC version, the Puppet has its head sticking out of the box before the entire body is shown. In the mobile version, the Puppet's body is shown first.
The Puppet is possibly the tallest animatronic in the series.
When the Puppet is about to attack and "Pop! Goes the Weasel" plays, the music consists only of the first two lines played on loop.
Oddly, the Puppet's mask bears a resemblance to the No-Face/Kaonashi from the Japanese anime movie Spirited Away.
According to The Freddy Files, the Puppet is a male. In Ultimate Custom Night, however, the Puppet speaks with a little girl’s voice, however, this could just be the voice of the soul possessing it.
The Puppet appears on four Five Nights at Freddy's trading cards.
The following is how The Puppet's AI works:
The music box has a counter that goes up to 2000.
Every 0.05 seconds, a value is subtracted from the counter. This value increases over the nights, and is also different based on wether the player is playing the demo or not. These are the values:
Night 1: 2 every 0.05 seconds (Starts after 2AM)
Night 2: 2 every 0.05 seconds
Night 3: 4 every 0.05 seconds
Night 3 (Demo): 3 every 0.05 seconds
Night 4: 4 every 0.05 seconds
Night 5: 5 every 0.05 seconds
Night 6: 6 every 0.05 seconds
Night 7: 6 every 0.05 seconds
When the player is winding the music box, the counter will increase by 5 every tick (around 0.01 seconds)
If the counter is less than 300 and the player is winding it, it will directly be set to 300.
Once the counter has reached 0, The Puppet will escape the music box, and make its way towards the player.
When this has happened, a number between 0 and 20 will be chosen every second. If this number is equal or lower than the Puppet's movement AI, it will move forward. It will follow a set path of these rooms:
Cam 11 > Cam 10 > Cam 7 and either (Cam 3 > Cam 1 > Death) or (Cam 4 > Cam 2 > Death)
It cannot be seen on any cameras, however if you happen to be on the same camera as it and use the flashlight, it cannot move.
This is The Puppet's Movement AI per night:
Night 1: 1
Night 2: 5
Night 3: 8
Night 4: 9
Night 5: 10
Night 6: 15
Night 7: 15
The Puppet's music box music is an 1876 song called "My Grandfather's Clock" by Henry Clay Work.
Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Phantom Puppet appears in the Office through a visual trigger from CAM 08, similarly to the other phantoms. Oddly, this trigger appears to resemble the original Puppet.
Also, said trigger has a reflection on the floor, implying that for that brief moment, the Puppet was actually there.
The Puppet is one of the three attractions to only show its head, the others being Foxy and Chica.
The Puppet is one of the two attractions to not have a light bulb in it, the other being Freddy.
There is a drawing of the Puppet on one of the cameras, but The Puppet appears to have no tears.
This might hint that the Puppet had no tears before it was possessed.
The Extra menu refers to the Puppet's phantom counterpart as Phantom Puppet which, by extension, means that "The Puppet" is likely its official name.
The Puppet's cameo in "Mangle's Quest" bears a slight resemblance to the crying child's last appearance in the cutscene at the end of Night 6 in Five Nights at Freddy's 4.
If the sprite was brightened and saturated two times, the Puppet appears to be a brilliant blue in color. This is also true for Shadow Bonnie (from the end-of-night minigame after completing Night 4), silhouetted BB (from "BB's Air Adventure" minigame), and dark-looking Cupcakes (from "Chica's Party" minigame and the end-of-night minigame after completing Night 2).
It is a common misconception that the Puppet's mask disappears when Springrtrap is in CAM 08. This is simply caused by Springtrap blocking the lights emitted by Chica's head.
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
The community has often argued that the child in the Security Puppet minigame may actually be Charlie, the main character of the book universe, as evidenced by the fact that the name, Henry, is brought up in the Insanity ending through the tape's name, "HRY223".
Ultimate Custom Night
The Puppet's mechanic description uses male pronouns, despite having a feminine voice.
It is speculated that the Puppet itself is a male, while the spirit possessing it is a girl.
If this was the case, this would mean that the Puppet is the second animatronic of the franchise to be a male, while the spirit that's possessing it is a girl, the other being Golden Freddy.
Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted
The Puppet's appearance features fabric fur on it.
When the Puppet emerges from its Gift Box, it is seen waving its arms around as if it was controlling Marionette dolls.
After a couple of moments of dancing, static goes out a few times and the Puppet disappears, and the camera is knocked down. This is when it starts walking down the hallway.
The Puppet's icon in the gallery resembles its mugshot for Ultimate Custom Night.
References
↑The puppet actually didn't get me too much. It was more the anticipation of the puppet that was the spooky part - One of Scott's sons, June 10, 2016
