# Shadow Bonnie
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| ![[Springtrap Behind Door Jumpscare Shadow Bonnie Variant.png]] | One of the two children stuffed into the Golden Suits on [[June 26th]] by William. He haunted [[Bare-Front Spring Bonnie]] ever since trying to get revenge on his killer, even if that meant killing more innocent kids to try and frame William for [[Save Them]].<br><br>He held open the springlocks and kept Spring Bonnie in suit mode against the rain just long enough for William to climb inside, then trapped him there. |
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## Shadow Bonnie is based on Spring Bonnie, not Toy.
[![[Shadow Bonnie vs Toy Bonnie in size in FNAF 2 office.webp|400]]](<Shadow Bonnie vs Toy Bonnie in size in FNAF 2 office.webp>)[![[Shadow Bonnie full ears FNAF 2 sprite.png|70]]](<Shadow Bonnie full ears FNAF 2 sprite.png>)
While there is a resemblance, Shadow Bonnie came from a robot with four upper teeth that was considerably taller than Toy Bonnie. This ghost came from Spring Bonnie.
## No MCI kid went into Spring Bonnie
[![[Give Gifts Give Life Fifth Body Golden Freddy.webp|300]]](<Give Gifts Give Life Fifth Body Golden Freddy.webp>)[![[Purple Guy Easter Egg FNAF 4 Animated.gif|145]]](<Purple Guy Easter Egg FNAF 4 Animated.gif>)
[[The MCI|MCI kids]] went into Freddy, Foxy, Chica and Bonnie, while the 5th kid was bitten by Fredbear to become [[The Real Golden Freddy]].
The event that created Shadow Bonnie had to be different.
There are two Shadows, so these fit the [[June 26th]] FNAF 1 [2 child poster](<2 child poster.jpg>) much better than the [5-child one](<551 5-child poster Expanded.jpg>).
## Springtrap has two faces.
[![[Springtrap smiling outer shell.png|230]]](<Springtrap smiling outer shell.png>)[![[William screaming face inside Springtrap.png|230]]](<William screaming face inside Springtrap.png>)[![[Springtrap menu screen animation.gif|230]]](<Springtrap menu screen animation.gif>)
The grinning outer shell, and William's screaming face within.
It's like there are two souls inside Springtrap.
William is trying to escape, but **something** isn't letting him.
William's face has his right eye lilt, but the Other Entity lights the left one.
## Spring Bonnie was somehow still in Suit Mode
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The [[FNAF 3 Night 3 Call|smallest amount of moisture]] should set off springlocks.
But William dove into [[Bare-Front Spring Bonnie]] instantly.
[[FNAF 3 Night 2 Call|Spring-cranking]] is an arduous task that takes time. William's maneuver is only possible if Spring Bonnie was already in Suit Mode before he dove in.
But rain was leaking from the ceiling, the suit and its springlocks must have been wet.
What, then, kept the water from setting off the springlocks until 5 seconds after William arrived?
## Springlock Failures are chain reactions, not instant
It took [several seconds](<Carltons Springsuit snaps into Animatronic Mode.webp>) for Carlton's Suit to convert from Suit to Animatronic mode, yet when William got Springtrapped, every lock in the suit failed instantly.
This wasn't triggered by William putting on the suit, because Spring Bonnie functioned normally for several seconds.
The odds of every lock in the suit failing together at the exact instant are astronomically improbable ... unless some other force held the locks open, waiting for William to climb inside.
## Bare-Front Spring Bonnie was condemned BEFORE the rain
The [[FNAF 3 Night 5 Call]] notes Spring Bonnie has been "noticeably moved" and reminds us that this particular robot isn't safe to wear under ==any circumstances==.
No reason is given for this ban, leaving us to figure out why.
Fazbear Entertainment has cameras in every room except The Secret Room, so they should know who went into the back room and moved Spring Bonnie.
The fact they don't know who moved it... suggests this suit **moved itself**.
It was ==already possessed== before William got trapped inside.
## FNAF 3 Teaser Springtrap has Phantom eyes
All the FNAF 3 Phantoms have the [same eyes](<Phantom Animatrionic Eye Comparisons.webp>), and Teaser Springtrap is [[Phantom Animatronics#The Phantoms have the same eyes|one of them]].
"Phantom Bonnie" isn't missing from FNAF 3: they're the only one who can kill us.
The task now is figuring out who "Phantom Bonnie" is.
## Shadow Bonnie appears after Springtrap gets Adventurized.
[![[33-fnafworld - Springtrap before Shadow Bonnie.jpg|200]]](<33-fnafworld - Springtrap before Shadow Bonnie.jpg>)[![[34-fnafworld-Shadow Bonnie after Springtrap.jpg|200]]](<34-fnafworld-Shadow Bonnie after Springtrap.jpg>)[![[Springtrap Before Adventurized.webp|150]]](<Springtrap Before Adventurized.webp>)[![[Springtrap After Adventurized - Shadow Bonnie appears.webp|150]]](<Springtrap After Adventurized - Shadow Bonnie appears.webp>)
## Andrew the Shadow Kid was in Springtrap with William
[[The Man in Room 1280]] tells the story of Andrew haunting post-Springtrap William.
Andrew is the second brain-scan on William's graph, and the real cause of all the terrifying supernatural events the nurses blame on William.
Andrew is the one who actually wants to go to the Fazbear Distribution center, where he detonates William like a bomb and goes inside to infect as many toys as possible with his own [[Agony]].
Andrew later tells [[The Real Jake]] William once hurt him so badly that he got into his soul and made sure he couldn't die.
This was likely achieved by Andrew already haunting the [[Springsuits|springsuit]] William got trapped inside, connecting both of them together, mixing their [[Remnant|remnant]].
Scott said [[Scott says games and books are canon.png|some of the Fazbear Fright stories tied directly into the games]], so if "Andrew" is a reflection of a game character, he'd be somebody William personally stuffed into Spring Bonnie.
## William *DID* stuff someone into Spring Bonnie
[![[Purple Guy Easter Egg FNAF 4 Animated.gif|150]]](<Purple Guy Easter Egg FNAF 4 Animated.gif>)[![[Bare front spring bonnie empty FNAF 3 Trans.png]]](<Bare front spring bonnie empty FNAF 3 Trans.png>)[![[473 - William in Spring Bonnie before Springtrap.png|65]]](<473 - William in Spring Bonnie before Springtrap.png>)[![[FNAF AR Shadow Springtrap.jpeg|70]]](<FNAF AR Shadow Springtrap.jpeg>)
As before, this scene where [suit-less William puts someone into a Company Mascot](<2 child poster.jpg>) cannot be from the MCI since no one was stuffed into Spring Bonnie during the MCI, and the perpetrator [was personally wearing a Cartoon Mascot Suit](<551 5-child poster Expanded.jpg>) at the time.
Spring Bonnie was not in the [[Fredbear and Friends]] cartoon, and counts only as a Company Mascot, while Foxy was in the cartoon and took William's place by Henry/Fredbear's side.
The particular Spring Bonnie suit seen in FNAF 4 lacks [[Spring Bonnie]]'s usual button and bowtie decorations, which is why I refer to it as [[Bare-Front Spring Bonnie]].
It was likely one of the [[FNAF 3 Night 4 Call|spare replacement suits]] hurriedly put into service after the [[Multiple Springlock Failure Incident]] happened at Fredbear's back in [[My FNAF Timeline#A Freddy's existed in 1983|Summer 1983]].
It's also the very same suit William got Springtrapped inside, haunted by an earlier victim.
## There are **TWO** Shadow Bonnies
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The original Black Shadow Bonnie has ==2-jointed ears== and turns ==blue== under extreme brightness.
Purple Shadow Bonnie in the [[Glitch Minigame]] has ==3-jointed ears==.
Purple Shadow Bonnie is William, who starts the minigame trapped in a box-like prison.
A ==uniquely dark== child sprite stands guard over this prison.
When William finally escapes using the secret passage in Balloon Boy's area, he encounters his jailor and gives him cake, sending them to [[Happiest Day]].
This dark child then appears in Happiest Day as ==Bonnie's Kid==, suggesting this ghost child is the original Shadow Bonnie.
In this good ending, Black Shadow Bonnie moves on, while William remains in Springtrap.
However, the [canon fire ending](<It Burns - End of FNAF 3 Brightened Closup.png>) has William escape from Springtrap, while some other entity remains behind inside it.
## RWQFSFASXC vs RXQ
Shadow Bonnie's canon name (which I'm sure is some sort of undecoded cypher) seemingly abbreviates to "[RXQ](<https://five-nights-at-freddys-world.fandom.com/wiki/Adventure_RWQFSFASXC>)" in [[FNAF World]].
RXQ also appears to be much nicer, giving people the Give of Life through Gift Boxes.
Two ghosts stuffed into the same robot might look the same, but act very differently.
So I believe "RXQ" is actually William/Purple Shadow Bonnie.
Is M.X.E.S. from Ruin some clue about this cypher?
UPDATE: metamatronicx on Discord gave me a led that the name could translate to "PERSISTING".
OneSoupdaloop also suggested PERSISTING was a decode [9 years ago](<https://www.reddit.com/r/fivenightsatfreddys/comments/2ul0k5/shadow_bonnies_name_decrypted/>) on reddit.
The technique uses a [[Cipher code-breaking tools#Word De-Substitution Decoder|Substitution Cipher]].
# Dark Springtrap
See: [[Dark Springtrap]]
The version of Springtrap that actually leaves FNAF 3 is altered.
It's [missing some parts](<Dark Springtrap Missing Pieces - MichalTygrys Reddit.png>), and is officially called Dark Springtrap by both the [character encyclopedia](<Dark Springtrap Page.png>) and [Funko Pop](<Dark Springtrap Funko Pop.webp>).
Its solid white glowing eyes and teeth resemble Shadow Bonnie, while the encyclopedia mentions "shadows" in his article twice.
Sister Location happens [[My FNAF Timeline#Sister Location is after FNAF 3|after FNAF 3]].
Michael talked to his father [[William Afton]] before going there, and William visited the CBEAR facility before Michael did to put the [Biddybab shield](<Biddybab Shield.png>) in place.
Everyone thought Michael was William because William had been there before.
There's even a [reflection of Springtrap without his face](<Springtrap in Babys nose magnified.png>) suggesting what visited the CBEAR facility used to be in Springtrap.
William's human alter ego [Dave](<HI DAVE.png>) also shows up in Security Breach afterwards.
William did get free of Springtrap, leaving Shadow Bonnie in charge of the robot, which is why it's now called Dark Springtrap in this brief appearance after FNAF 3.
## Glitchtrap is Shadow Bonnie
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The ending of Help Wanted 2 showed us Glitchtrap looks like a familar dark silhouette from the back, and turns into smoke just like Shadow Bonnie does in FNAF AR.
Helpy Central did a great writeup of all the other similarities Glitchtrap and RWQ have, posted above.
Glitchtrap -- as well as [[Scraptrap]], [[Burntrap]] and [[The Entity]] from Ruin related to him -- may not be the version of William we think they are.
## Andrew is an Anti-William.
During the [[Stitchwraith Stories]] Andrew thought was done with William after detonating him like a bomb, then going into the Fazbear Distrubtion center to infect as many toys as possiblew with his [[Remnant#Shadow Remnant|Shadow Remnant]].
Only to watch in horror as all the toys he corrupted combined into a [[Agony William| negative version of WILLIAM]] after Jake collected them all!
Andrew himself was a negative version of William.
## Scraptrap is an Anti-William
[[PJ Heywood]] voice acts [[William Afton]], [[Michael Afton]] and [[Scraptrap]].
His performance as Scraptrap is listed as "William Afton" in Pizzeria Simulator's credits.
But while these three roles have the same base voice, their personalities couldn't be more different.
In Sister Location's interview, William sounds like an English Gentleman: ![[Sister Location Interview with William and board members.wav]]
At the end of Sister Location, Michael has less confidence, and less of an accent:
![[Michael - Sister Location Custom Night Final Cutscene.mp3]]
Scraptrap, meanwhile, lisps like a Vaudeville Villain:
![[Scraptrap - How can I resist a promise such as this.mp3]]
Scraptrap is a dark twisted reflection of the real William.
## Why isn't the Happiest Day kid an Alligator?
![[Happiest Day Purple Alligator.png]]![[Happiest Day Bonnie Kid.png]]![[Happiest Day Green Alligator.png]][![[FNAF THE MAN IN ROOM 1280 - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW - Dawko.jpg|260]]](<FNAF THE MAN IN ROOM 1280 - WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW - Dawko.jpg>)
Names of characters can change between universes, so while "Andrew the Alligator" is the Shadow Boy who haunts William in the Fazbear Fright Novels, he might look different in the game story.
The kid who haunts William in the games is definitely Bonnie's Kid.
The [[The Four Closet System]] means several versions of the same kid can be active at once, so one of the 5 'Living Kids' from Happiest Day might well be another closet version of Bonnie's Kid.
Security Breach and Ruin tell the story of how Monty the Alligator -- who has both green and purple accents -- took Bonnie's place.
Monty -- and Andrew -- are probably proxies for Shadow Bonnie's Kid.
Monty [[Nightmare Staff bots attacked Glamrock Bonnie#Monty didn't kill Glamrock Bonnie|didn't kill Glamrock Bonnie]] but idolized him instead, missing performances while hoping he'd reappear.
# Shadow Bonnie is Charlie's Twin Brother Sammy
see [[Sammy]].
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# Unsorted Material
## Someone is in Springtrap with William in The Twisted Ones.
[![[Springtrap Black Eye Sammy Twisted Ones.png|100]]](<Springtrap Black Eye Sammy Twisted Ones.png>)
### Notes to study
[![[Burntrap Mashup - FranklyBizarreMedia.jpg|100]]](<Burntrap Mashup - FranklyBizarreMedia.jpg>)