# Shadow Freddy | [[BlackfootFerret's FNAF Obsidian Vault\| Home]] | [[Games]] | [[Novels]] | [[Movies]] | [[Other]] | [[Theories]] | [[Videos]] | [[BlackfootFerret \| Ferret]] | [[Obsidian]] | | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | [![[FNAF 3 Shadow Freddy Golden Freddy Office Cameo Trans Closeup.webp\|80]]](<FNAF 3 Shadow Freddy Golden Office Cameo Trans.png>) | Shadow Freddy may be mysterious, but they've been lurking in the background in ==every FNAF game==!<br><br>She's the first soul absorbed by Fredbear who took his shape, then bit [[The Real Golden Freddy]], turning him into the second Golden Bear Ghost.<br><br>She, like [[Eleanor]], is a twisted copy of the daughter of a mad scientist.<br>The Final Boss of FNAF, worse than William. | | -- | -- | ## "Golden Freddy" has 3 names. ![[Yellowbear FNAF 2 Custom Night The Real Golden Freddy.webp|120]][![[Yellowbear FNAF 2 Developer File Closeup.webp|160]]](<Yellowbear FNAF 2 Developer File Closeup.webp>)[![[Shadow Freddy in FNAF 3 secret picture from reddit.png|300]]](<Shadow Freddy in FNAF 3 secret picture from reddit.png>)[![[Shadow-Freddy-FNAF-3-Office-Cameo-Brigthening-Animation.gif|90]]](<Shadow-Freddy-FNAF-3-Office-Cameo-Brigthening-Animation.gif>) "[Golden Freddy](<FNAF 2 Custom Night menu screen.jpg>)" in FNAF 2's Custom Night, "[Yellowbear](<Yellowbear FNAF 2 Developer File.png>)" in FNAF 2's Developer file, and "[Shadow Freddy](<Shadow Freddy in FNAF 3 secret picture from reddit.png>)" in FNAF 3's office cameo and developer file. This last sprite, when brightened, first turns brown, then golden. # Shadow Freddy is "Nightmare" Only one thing is at the bottom of the "Shadow Freddy - Extras" folder in FNAF 4: [![[Shadow Freddy Extras Nightmare.png|440]]](<Shadow Freddy Extras Nightmare.png>)[![[Fredbear-ShadowFreddy-Nightmare-Nightmarionne-Transition-Animation-bright.gif|200]]](<Fredbear-ShadowFreddy-Nightmare-Nightmarionne-Transition-Animation-bright.gif>) "Nightmare" is one of Shadow Freddy's aliases ## Shadow Freddy is linked to Fredbear. Shadow Freddy (officially) appears for the first time in FNAF 2: [![[269-shadow freddy.png|400]]](<269-shadow freddy.png>)[![[Shadow Freddy in FNAF 2.jpg|200]]](<Shadow Freddy in FNAF 2.jpg>) They are a perfect physical copy of Golden Freddy. [![[FNAF 2 Golden Freddy bright.png|210]]](<FNAF 2 Golden Freddy bright.png>)[![[FNAF 2 Shadow Freddy Brigthtened Trans.png|200]]](<FNAF 2 Shadow Freddy Brigthtened Trans.png>) Even their hanging wires are in the same position! A unique damage 'fingerprint'. Both were stuffed into ==the same Fredbear robot==, since [[Phantom Animatronics]]. Because of this, when seen by the naked eye, both will ==appear to be twins==! ## Purple symbolizes the opposite of Golden Freddy So if Golden Freddy and Shadow Freddy look the same, how do you tell them apart? The games let us know there are two of them, by symbolically making Shadow Freddy purple. (Note the purple in the FNAF 2 images are only visible after graphical enhancement.) [![[Shadow-Freddy-FNAF-2-Black-and-White-to-Purple-Animatrion.gif|120]]](<Shadow-Freddy-FNAF-2-Black-and-White-to-Purple-Animatrion.gif>)![[Shadow Freddy FNAF 3 purple sprite brightened.webp|144]][![[FNAF-2-Dream-Sequence-Shadow-Freddy-Mask-Animation.gif|191]]](<FNAF-2-Dream-Sequence-Shadow-Freddy-Mask-Animation.gif>)![[Color Wheel - Yellow and Purple are opposites.jpeg|142]]![[Shadow Freddy FNAF World Trimmed.webp|90]] Purple is the opposite of Yellow on the Color Wheel, and with glowing eyes instead of empty eye-holes, Shadow Freddy appears to be the complete opposite of Golden Freddy in FNAF 2. ## Shadow Freddy and Golden Freddy BOTH appear in FNAF 3 [![[Comparing FNAF 3 Golden Freddy and Shadow Freddy - Imgur.jpg|460]]](<Comparing FNAF 3 Golden Freddy and Shadow Freddy - Imgur.jpg>)[![[Phantom Freddy is missing a leg and looks like Golden Freddy.png|200]]](<Phantom Freddy is missing a leg and looks like Golden Freddy.png>) We've established the first image is Shadow Freddy already, but [[Phantom Freddy]], while clearly a different entity, still uses the same physical model as Golden Freddy and Shadow Freddy. They must be [[The Real Golden Freddy]]! Phantom Freddy is also missing a leg, while Shadow Freddy has theirs. I believe Shadow Freddy [[The Phantoms are missing pieces|bit pieces off the Phantoms]] as a way to control them. # Nightmarionne is also Nightmare/Shadow Freddy [[Nightmarionne]], a dark twisted version of [[The Puppet]], takes Nightmare's place at Halloween. Security Breach/Ruin doubles down on Nightmarionne being canon and also calls her "Nightmare". [![[Nightmarione Bright Closer Right Door.webp|220]]](<Nightmarione Bright Closer Right Door.webp|200>)[![[Ballistic Puppet Show C.png|80]]](<Ballistic Puppet Show C.png>)[![[Nightmare Plush Security Breach.png|170]]](<Nightmare Plush Security Breach.png>)[![[Fredbear-ShadowFreddy-Nightmare-Nightmarionne-Transition-Animation-bright.gif|230]]](<Fredbear-ShadowFreddy-Nightmare-Nightmarionne-Transition-Animation-bright.gif>) ## Shadow Freddy and the Puppet are linked Phone Guy said the Puppet can "[[FNAF 2 Night 2 Call|Go Anywhere]]". This includes the Secret Rooms robots normally can't enter, like the MCI room. The only other character we see do this is Shadow Freddy in FNAF 3: [![[Give Gifts Give Life Fifth Body Golden Freddy.webp|270]]](<Give Gifts Give Life Fifth Body Golden Freddy.webp>)[![[Shadow Freddy goes into Secret Room in Follow Me 2 copy.webp|200]]](<Shadow Freddy goes into Secret Room in Follow Me 2 copy.webp>)[![[Freddy cannot follow Shadow Freddy into Secret Room in Follow Me copy.webp|200]]](<Freddy cannot follow Shadow Freddy into Secret Room in Follow Me copy.webp>) The Puppet and Nightmarionne look alike ==and== share rare abilities! # FNAF 1 "Yellowbear" is Shadow Freddy There are only 3 characters with single-frame jumpscares and ==2 are Shadow Freddy==: [![[Nightmare Jumpscare Bright.webp|200]]](<Nightmare Jumpscare Bright.webp>)[![[Nightmarionne-Jumpscare-Brightened-Animated 2.gif|200]]](<Nightmarionne-Jumpscare-Brightened-Animated 2.gif>)[![[FNAF 1 Golden Freddy Shadow Freddy jumpscare.png|264]]](<FNAF 1 Golden Freddy Shadow Freddy jumpscare.png>) FNAF 1 Yellowbear also crashes our game, like [[Shadow Bonnie]] in FNAF 2. We're not stuffed, our soul is devoured, which is [Shadow Freddy's specialty](<Shadow Freddy - I will eat your soul - FNAF World Loading Screen.jpg>). Yellowbear also says "[[IT'S ME]]" in all caps, different from other appearances of the phrase. We see this again in [[Curse of Dreadbear]] in Shadow purple and blue, ==not Golden Freddy yellow==. ![[FNAF 1 ITS ME.jpg|276]][![[ITS ME Curse of Dreadbear brightened closeup.jpg|200]]](<ITS ME Curse of Dreadbear brightened closeup.jpg>) ## FNAF 1 Yellowbear is a girl Whenever Yellowbear appears in FNAF 1, we hear the sound of a girl giggling, which slows down to become all of "Freddy's" laughter in FNAF 1: ![[Laugh_Giggle_Girl_1.wav]] The "d" version below: ![[Laugh_Giggle_Girl_1d.wav]] ![[Laugh Giggle Girl FNAF 1 Shadow Freddy.png]] We hear echos of this same girl giggling in Nightmare's realm of FNAF 4: ![[distantlaugh.wav]] ![[FNAF 4 Nightmare Laugh is a Girl.jpg]] ![[fredlaugh1.wav]] ![[fredlaugh1 from FNAF 4 giggling girl.png]] ## FNAF 1 Yellowbear isn't Michael [[The Real Golden Freddy]] is a younger closet version of [[Michael Afton]], who was bitten by Fredbear during [[The MCI]] and turned into the second golden bear ghost. Freddy is Michael's avatar who contains a piece of his remnant, so if Yellowbear was another version of Michael the two should have peacefully recombined like the amalgam kids in [[The Fourth Closet]]. But FNAF 1 Yellowbear is a second soul in Freddy who performs a hostile takeover: [![[FNAF 1 West Hall Corner Freddy Poster Closeup.png|200]]](<FNAF 1 West Hall Corner Freddy Poster Closeup.png>)[![[FNAF 1 West Hall Corner Freddy Tearing Off His Own Head closeup.jpg|200]]](<FNAF 1 West Hall Corner Freddy Tearing Off His Own Head closeup.jpg>)[![[FNAF 1 West Hall Corner Yellowbear with handprint on his head.jpg|200]]](<FNAF 1 West Hall Corner Yellowbear with handprint on his head.jpg>) [![[Freddy Bloodshot eyes Its Me Hallucination.png|300]]](<Freddy Bloodshot eyes Its Me Hallucination.png>)[![[FNAF 1 Golden Freddy Shadow Freddy jumpscare.png|300]]](<FNAF 1 Golden Freddy Shadow Freddy jumpscare.png|300>) [![[FNAF 1 Freddy No Power Jumpscare Sample Frame.png|270]]](<FNAF 1 Freddy No Power Jumpscare Sample Frame.png>)[![[FNAF 1 Freddy Office Jumpscare Sample Frame.png|340]]](<FNAF 1 Freddy Office Jumpscare Sample Frame.png>) Yellowbear controls Freddy and his Friends the same way Nightmare controls the FNAF 4 robots. This giggling girl isn't Michael, it's the ==other== golden bear ghost. Vanny also has [[Vanny#Vanny has handprints like Yellowbear|handprints]] on her costume like Yellowbear.