Vanessa

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Vanessa
Biography Information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Age	23
Skin Color	Light-Tan
Hair Color	Blonde
Eye Color	Green (Vanessa) Red (Vanny's Mask)
Family Members	Bill A. (Father) Unnamed Mother
Job Description
Occupation	Quality Assurance (Formerly) Unspecified Security (Formerly) Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex Head Security Guard/Chief Security Officer (Formerly)
Affiliation	Fazbear Entertainment LLC
Career Status	Determinant
Misc. Information
Aliases	Reluctant Follower* Vanny Ness
Voiced By	Jessica Tang (Help Wanted) Stacey Young (Early Security Breach Trailers) Heather Masters (Security Breach/Vanessa) Marta Svetek (Security Breach/Vanny)
First Appearance	Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted
Latest Appearance	Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2

“I'll bet you think you're real clever, Gregory. Yeah, I know your name. You're in big trouble! This is not the night to be wasting my time. So, you are going to wait right there in Lost and Found until your parents or the police arrive.” — Vanessa, Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach

“Are you having fun yet?” — Vanny's catchphrase, Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach

Vanessa A., also known as Vanny, was a follower of Glitchtrap, a digital virus similar to that of William Afton, and is a secondary antagonist of the Steel Wool series of the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise.

She is the main antagonist of Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach. It's revealed in the Princess Quest minigames that she was the main protagonist in Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted, where she was first corrupted by Glitchtrap. In Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery, she goes by the name Ness in the e-mails.

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What role does Vanessa play in the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise?

In the Five Nights at Freddy's series, Vanessa, known as Vanny, is the protagonist of 'Help Wanted' and a major antagonist in 'Security Breach'. As a beta tester for The Freddy Fazbear Virtual Experience, her voice is revealed in the Curse of Dreadbear DLC. Her character seems to be prone to manipulation, as seen when a malicious virus known as Glitchtrap attempts to control her for their own purposes.

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How is Vanessa connected to the character Glitchtrap?

Vanessa, also known as Vanny in the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, was corrupted by Glitchtrap. During the events of Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted, Glitchtrap tried to control Vanessa, resulting in a semi-complete merge. This left a significant impact on Vanessa, turning her into the sinister Vanny. Glitchtrap's motives may have influenced this transformation. As Vanny, she is a follower of Glitchtrap and a recurring antagonist in the cooperative era of games.

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What is the significance of Vanessa in Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach?

In Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, Vanessa, also recognized as Vanny, plays a pivotal role. She is a disciple of Glitchtrap, a malicious virus, as well as the secondary antagonist of the franchise's Cooperative Series. Vanessa, a minor antagonist in Security Breach, is a security guard at Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex, persistently trying to apprehend Gregory. Her character evolves from initial uncertainty to a more sinister role, with implications of her involvement in the demise of at least nine children.

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Who is Vanessa the main protagonist of in the Five Nights at Freddy's series?

Vanessa, also recognized as Vanny, is the first female protagonist of the Five Nights at Freddy's series, specifically in Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted, where she's a beta tester for the Freddy Fazbear Virtual Experience. She's known to be a follower of Glitchtrap, a digital virus akin to William Afton, and serves as the secondary antagonist in the Cooperative Series of the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, as well as a major antagonist in Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach.

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Is Vanessa also known as 'Vanny' in the Five Nights at Freddy's universe?

In the Five Nights at Freddy's universe, Vanessa is indeed known as 'Vanny'. She's a Fazbear Entertainment LLC employee featured in 'Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach'. As the franchise's first playable female protagonist, Vanessa, or Vanny, is a follower of the digital virus Glitchtrap, akin to William Afton. She also appears as the final boss in Fury's Rage.

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Physical Appearance

Vanessa is a young woman with pale skin, shoulder-length blonde hair, freckles, green eyes, and glossy lips. As revealed in the e-mails in Special Delivery, she used to wear rainbow streak hair extensions, and is seen wearing purple nail polish. Her former co-worker, Luis, describes Vanessa as someone who could brighten up the room in the scrapped e-mails.

While working, she wears a dark gray cap labeled "SECURITY" with a white button-down shirt, two small single-chevron collar pins, simple black shoulder marks and an oval patch featuring a silver police-style badge. This is paired with black oxfords, black slacks and a belt, where she wears a gold-tinted badge on her right hip.

As Vanny, she wears a white bunny costume that has stitching all over it, with a large pink tartan stitching on her left hip. The costume also has a light-tilted blue bow on the chest, and its hands and feet have pink paw pads under them. Her bunny mask has a wide, creepy smile with small buck teeth, a pair of long whiskers, small eyebrows, and big, glowing red eyes that appear to be spaced out.

Personality

In Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted, Vanessa has some uncertainty in her voice when being confronted about her task, implying she at first wasn't fully ready to kill victims. However, by the time of Security Breach, she had apparently killed at least nine children at the PizzaPlex, as seen in a newspaper article in the Alley Ending for Security Breach.

In Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, Vanny is shown to have a sadistic personality hidden behind a childlike flamboyance. This is shown through her casually and gleefully skipping after Gregory as he runs from her before running with arms outstretched if Gregory is too close. She also happily orders the S.T.A.F.F. Bots to disassemble Glamrock Freddy and constantly laughs as she is about to murder Gregory. Despite this, she is capable of showing fear, especially when her plans backfire. This is evident if Gregory makes the Staff Bots kill her the same way she did to Glamrock Freddy earlier.

As Vanessa, as shown by the e-mails, she has a very stereotypical feminine personality, showing an appreciation for fashion with her rainbow streak hair extensions. She also likes baking, having ordered cupcake cookbooks, and likes puppies, as she purportedly owns a glittery pink journal with pictures of them. However, Vanessa also appears to be very lonely. Luis mentioned that she once ordered chocolates for herself and pretended they were from her imaginary boyfriend, Brad. She is shown to take her job seriously, making an effort to find Gregory to keep him out of trouble and even threatens to have Glamrock Freddy scrapped if she finds out he is helping him cause any type of trouble. She also reveals that she knew Gregory's name via hearing Freddy's voice coming from the Fazwatch. She also claimed that all the other animatronics were aware of Gregory's presence. She is also shown to be hot-tempered at times, as when she finally finds Gregory and takes him to the Lost and Found, she is seen admonishing Gregory for his actions before her face glitches into Vanny.

Through her therapy session recordings, we learn that Vanessa has struggled with severe anxiety, depression, and past trauma. Contrary to her in-game appearance, she seems despondent and has a self-critical attitude during therapy. Her low self-esteem makes her prone to manipulation, as her therapists suggest. Something traumatic happened to her, and as per her admission in the CD logs, she's attempted to compartmentalize it as a coping mechanism.

Appearances

Title	Role	Description
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted	Main protagonist	First appearance; main playable character
Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach	Main antagonist	Main threat; Appears in the "Princess Quest" ending
Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted 2	Cameo	Appears in the "Princess Quest" ending

Theories and 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.

• Vanessa's last name starts with an "A" and her abusive father is named Bill; this led to a speculation that her dad could be William Afton. It is also revealed in the tapes that her father was controlling and abusive towards her. Adding to this theory, Vanessa Shelly from the films is William Afton's daughter and looks similar to this Vanessa, both being blonde women in their 20s.
• Vanny has also been theorized to be Vanessa’s sister, as Vanessa is still on the rooftop even after being knocked off by Freddy in the Fire Exit ending.
  • It has also been theorized that it could be Vanessa's soul, now tied to the Pizzaplex, looking down on her corpse.

Trivia

• As of now, she’s the only major human character in the games with a confirmed age, being 23.