# The Five Openings of Fredbear's | [[BlackfootFerret's FNAF Obsidian Vault\| Home]] | [[Games]] | [[Novels]] | [[Movies]] | [[Other]] | [[Theories]] | [[Videos]] | [[BlackfootFerret \| Ferret]] | [[Obsidian]] | | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | [Companion video: FNAF Wiki Tour #2](<https://youtu.be/MIP5w_oaeoc?list=PLaWKNfthQx_mTNXonoSFGX85pAcP6lH0a>) ## How it fits into My Timeline Fredbear's Family Diner was open 5 times: In 1982-3 as Fredbear's, 1988-93 as FNAF 1, and two more transitional openings before we discover it again as FNAF 3 in the future. There's a good chance openings 3 & 4 are El Chip's and Chica's Party World. The Five Openings are on the left side of [[My FNAF Timeline]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/My+FNAF+Timeline>). # The Original Fredbear's - 1982/3 In 1987, Phone Guy said [[FNAF 2 Night 5 Call|Fredbear's had been closed for years]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/FNAF+2+Night+5+Call>) It's promotional cartoon [[Fredbear and Friends]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Fredbear+and+Friends>) came out in 1983, so it was open then. It takes about a year to make an animated show, so work began around 1982. So Fredbear's was open in 1982, and closed in 1983, likely due to the [[Multiple Springlock Failure Incident]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Multiple+Springlock+Failure+Incident>). ## Fredbear's had a dance floor [[Stage 01]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Stage+01>), and [[The Silver Eyes]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/The+Silver+Eyes>) agree Fredbear's had an open dance floor: [![[Stage 01 3 Cloud Stage.png|260]]](<Stage 01 3 Cloud Stage.png>) [![[Silver Eyes Fredbear's was once a dance hall.png|400]]](<Silver Eyes Fredbear's was once a dance hall.png>)[![[Fredbear's had a dance floor - graphic novels.webp]]](<Fredbear's had a dance floor - graphic novels.webp>) ## Both Freddy's and Fredbear's had a 3-cloud stage [![[3 Clouds FNAF 1 teaser.png|300]]](<3 Clouds FNAF 1 teaser.png>)[![[Stage 01 3 Cloud Stage.png|320]]](<Stage 01 3 Cloud Stage.png>) ## Mangle's Quest's secret passage behind the clouds leads to the Afton House The rightmost cloud actually [[FNAF 1 Camera 1A Stage#The Stage Clouds MOVE|raised]] to open a secret passage. [![[Mangle's Quest Map - AdLevel1647.webp|300]]](<Mangle's Quest Map - AdLevel1647.webp>)[![[FNAF 4 Teaser Terrible Things Come in Small Packages Plushtrap Window.jpg|312]]](<FNAF 4 Teaser Terrible Things Come in Small Packages Plushtrap Window.jpg>) ## FNAF 4's Crying Child lived next to Fredbear's too [![[FNAF 4 Map No Lines - JohannTV-Reddit.webp|400]]](<FNAF 4 Map No Lines - JohannTV-Reddit.webp>) ## Fredbear's *also* had security doors and limited power FNAF 2's Night 1 call -- [[The Summer Paradox|pre-recorded in Summer 1983]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/The+Summer+Paradox>) -- warns Jeremy about the lack of doors, and assures him that -- this time -- the building can't run out of power. The call is aimed personally at Jeremy because Phone Guy omits the "Remember to Smile" line he uses for [[FNAF 3 Phone Calls|all other recordings to the staff]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/FNAF+3+Phone+Calls>). Jeremy worked at a place like the FNAF 1 building before 1983. Fredbear's was the [[My FNAF Timeline|only sister location The New Freddy's had during its first opening in Summer 1983]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/My+FNAF+Timeline>), if Jeremy worked anywhere else first, it would be Fredbear's in 1982. # Similarities between FNAF 1 and Fredbear's They both have a 3-cloud stage. They're both right next to where important characters live. They both have closable office doors. And both buildings can go dark when the power runs out. ## FNAF 1 isn't in its original form Help Wanted's hub room is FNAF 1's central dining hall. [Two Exit signs](<Two Exit Signs in Help Wanted Hub Room FNAF 1 dining hall.png>) hang above both halls leading to the office -- where no exit exists? But there's a [[FNAF 1 Office#Secret Sealed Escape Route|Sealed Exit]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/FNAF+1+Office#Secret+Sealed+Escape+Route>) behind the heavy lockers! FNAF 1 is a redesigned version of another place. ## Glitchtrap remembers FNAF 1 used to have a dance floor When we get absorbed by Glitchtrap, we briefly see the FNAF 1 dining hall as it used to look in their memories: ![[Glitchtrap Absorbs Us.png|300]][![[Glitchtrap Remembers a dance floor at Fredbear's.png|360]]](<Glitchtrap Remembers a dance floor at Fredbear's.png>) In its original state, the FNAF 1 building used to have a dance floor. With a version of Spring Bonnie (who Glitchtrap resembles) on stage. FNAF 1 is the Second Opening of Fredbear's. # FNAF 1 reopened as FNAF 3 FNAF 3 happens "Thirty years after Freddy's closed it doors", as least 30 years after FNAF1. Special Delivery's [[Special Delivery Faz Facts|Faz Facts]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Special+Delivery+Faz+Facts>) say FNAF 1 was open 1988-1993. Since FNAF 1 closed in 1993, 30 years later would be [[My FNAF Timeline|2023]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/My+FNAF+Timeline>), the earliest possible date for FNAF 3. ## West and East Halls are in FNAF 3 Cameras 2 and 5 look like the West and East Halls from FNAF 1: [![[FNAF 1 West hall Light Bonnie in Shadow at end.png|400]]](<FNAF 1 West hall Light Bonnie in Shadow at end.png>)[![[FNAF 3 Camera 2 Springtrap Waves Behind Bonnie Eyes Lit.png|300]]](<FNAF 3 Camera 2 Springtrap Waves Behind Bonnie Eyes Lit.png>) [![[FNAF 1 East Hall Empty.png|400]]](<FNAF 1 East Hall Empty.png>)[![[FNAF 3 Cam 5 Long Pizza Hallway lit.png|300]]](<FNAF 3 Cam 5 Long Pizza Hallway lit.png>) ## Springtrap is in situ Springtrap isn't a replica, Phone Dude discovered him on site. He starts each night on Camera 10, where the secret room was in FNAF 1. [![[Fnaf3-Cam10.webp|300]]](<Fnaf3-Cam10.webp>)[![[Clean Map of Follow Me FNAF 3.jpg|300]]](<Clean Map of Follow Me FNAF 3.jpg>) # Two Transitions between FNAF 1&3 ## Fazbear's Fright used to be open The Survival Logbook shows Freddy and Foxy working in a clean, open FNAF 3 office. This place was open as something else before it became the ruin Phone Dude found. [![[Freddy and Foxy in clean FNAF 3 Office Trimmed Survival Logbook.webp]]](<Freddy and Foxy in clean FNAF 3 Office Trimmed Survival Logbook.webp>) ## Someone already opened the secret room Springtrap, like the building, was re-designed between openings. William got trapped inside [[Bare-Front Spring Bonnie]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Bare-Front+Spring+Bonnie>), who had no buttons or decorations, one of the spare replacement suits Phone Guy talked about after the [[Multiple Springlock Failure Incident]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Multiple+Springlock+Failure+Incident>). But the Springtrap we find has a button, like Stage 01 Spring Bonnie. ![[Bare Front Spring Bonnie Trans with eyes.png|120]]![[Smiling Spring Bonnie Standing.png|70]]![[Spring Bonnie after Springtrapping.png|160]]![[Stage 01 Spring Bonnie.png|120]][![[Springtrap Torso with Button Bright.jpg|180]]](<Springtrap Torso with Button Bright.jpg>) Springtrap was also sealed in with three vintage Fazbear-themed arcade machines, yet these are already outside in the arcade on Night 1 before Phone Dude ever unsealed the secret room. [![[William With Three Arcades - FNAFlore dot com.gif|230]]](<William With Three Arcades - FNAFlore dot com.gif>)[![[FNAF 3 Camera 6 Lit Bright.png|230]]](<FNAF 3 Camera 6 Lit Bright.png>)[![[FNAF 3 Camera 7 Extra Lit Phantom Chica Bright.png|230]]](<FNAF 3 Camera 7 Extra Lit Phantom Chica Bright.png>) ## William was Springtrapped in a modified FNAF 1 - New walls and buttons The Follow Me cutscenes show the FNAF 1 building after a slight redesign. The central dining hall has now been cut into six smaller rooms: [![[Follow Me Partition Walls - by Barry Taylor.png|300]]](<Follow Me Partition Walls - by Barry Taylor.png>) These dividers are real and physical, otherwise they couldn't block light to the bottom central cell and leave it and the [tables in darkness](<https://photobucket.com/u/blackfootferret/a/15d1efd0-7e27-48f0-857b-9651fc8910c8>). William was Springtrapped in a future reopening of FNAF 1, long after Phone Guy was dead. Opening 3 Freddy and Bonnie also have single buttons their FNAF 1 versions never had. [![[Freddy has no button in FNAF 1.png|138]]](<Freddy has no button in FNAF 1.png>)[![[Bonnie in FNAF 1 Dining Hall with no button.png|80]]](<Bonnie in FNAF 1 Dining Hall with no button.png>)![[Opening 3 Freddy with Button 2.png|176]]![[Opening 3 Bonnie with button.png|176]] This is why I believe the [[FNAF 3 Night 6 Call]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/FNAF+3+Night+6+Call>) about sealing the rooms was recorded by an imposter. # Five Places and Three Names: The original Fredbear's open from 1982 to 1983. It's second opening as FNAF 1 Freddy's, modified to block the office Exit. It's third appearance where William got Springtrapped with dining room partitions. The fourth return that changed the floor plan to [Inverted Animdude](<FNAF 3 map is upside down Animdude - Know Your Meme.jpg>). And the fifth opening as Fazbear's Fright after the 4th fell into ruin. It's been 30 years since "Freddy's" closed, but that doesn't prevent the building from reopening with a non-Freddy's name. ## Candidate One: Chica's Party World FNAF 3 has the minigame [[Chica's Party]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Chica's+Party>), one word away. A stronger reference appears in the source code of Sister Location's teasers, missing only 3 letters: [ChcasPrtyWrld](<Sister_Location_Source_Code_with_Chicas_Party_World.webp>) [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Images+and+Sounds/Sister_Location_Source_Code_with_Chicas_Party_World.webp>) The voice on Night 4 of Sister Location tells Michael the springsuit he's trapped came from her old pizzeria. The unique contours of the faceplate match [[Funtime Chica is the Sister Location Springsuit|Funtime Chica]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Funtime+Chica+is+the+Sister+Location+Springsuit>), who -- like all the Funtimes -- is mostly made of metal springs on the inside. It sounds like the old pizzeria was Circus Baby's, where all the Funtimes came from. But this doesn't explain why a minor supporting character for one day at a doomed restaurant is the most expensive robot in Pizzeria Simulator, or why Ultimate Custom Night treats her like a star: [![[Rare Finds Funtime Chica.png|300]]](<Rare Finds Funtime Chica.png>)[![[Funtime Chica UCN Star Poses.jpg]]](<Funtime Chica UCN Star Poses.jpg>) At some point, Funtime Chica had to be the star of her own location. Chica's Party World happened before Sister Location, and is the most likely place. ## Candidate Two: El Chip's Like Chica's Party World, El Chip's was also founded before Pizzeria Simulator. The colorful Rockstars could be from there, especially Maraca-wielding Rockstar Chica [![[FNAF 6 Posh Pizzeria.png|230]]](<FNAF 6 Posh Pizzeria.png>)[![[FNAF 6 Rockstars Group Starting Photo.png|200]]](FNAF%206%20Rockstars%20Group%20Starting%20Photo%201.png 6 Rockstars Group Starting Photo.png>)>) Chipper also swore we hadn't seen the last of him when we defeated him in FNAF World. [![[ChipperDefeated.webp|200]]](<ChipperDefeated.webp>)[![[ChippersRevengeDefeatDialogue.png|400]]](<ChippersRevengeDefeatDialogue.png>) We arm the FNAF 3 minigames during the Clock Ending of FNAF World, dating it before FNAF 3. [![[BBsAirAdventureFNAFWorldClockGame.webp|220]]](<BBsAirAdventureFNAFWorldClockGame.webp>) [![[BB's Air Adventure 3 Cloud Stage.png|286]]](<BB's Air Adventure 3 Cloud Stage.png>)'> # Five Openings in 5 decades If we start Fredbear's in 1983, end FNAF 1 in 1993, then add two transitional openings before FNAF 3 arrives 30 years later, Fazbear Entertainment opened Fredbear's once every ten years. Whenever tragedy strikes, Henry's company goes underground for a decade, rebrands, then reemerges for more mayhem before retreating again. FNAF 2's been reopened twice, [[Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Freddy+Fazbear's+Pizza+Place>) has three openings thanks to the Pizzaplex, and Fredbear's has 5. They never move the locations, just rebuild on top of the old ones: that's why we keep finding [even deeper locations](<The Mimics Costumes - Maxx Youtube.jpg>) [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Images+and+Sounds/The+Mimics+Costumes+-+Maxx+Youtube.jpg>) under the Pizzaplex. ## Why reopen the same places? This may be because [[Afton Family Network]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Afton+Family+Network>) can't move. It's constructed from the [[Living Metal Cables]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Living+Metal+Cables>) that organically grow out of the walls at every location, spreading through each building like the veins of some enormous beast. It's like the building is alive, and requires someone to bring it remnant food. This might explain why Kelsey kept luring victims back to the abandoned Freddy's in the Fazbear Fright story [[The New Kid]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/The+New+Kid>). ## An Opening for each MCI kid? Each opening also highlights a different character: Fredbear's is about Fredbear. Freddy's is about Freddy. Fazbear's Fright stars Bonnie as Big Bad Springtrap. Chica's Party World focuses on Chica. If this patterns holds, the 5th opening should be about Foxy. ## Names for Openings 3 & 4 aren't locked down. I can't currently prove El Chip's and Chica's Party World are reopenings of Fredbear's, since other possibilities exist. When Phone Guy's imposter recorded the [[FNAF 3 Night 6 Call]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/FNAF+3+Night+6+Call>) that announced the sealing of the secret rooms, they mentioned several other locations were open at the time. The [[Special Delivery Faz Facts]] [@](<https://publish.obsidian.md/blackfootferrets-fnaf-obsidian-vault/Special+Delivery+Faz+Facts>) also say Night Security Guard was the most dangerous job in America in 1993, a feat FNAF 1 couldn't achieve without other locations. El Chip's and Chica's Party World could be reopenings of Fredbear's, or one of these side locations. They're important possibilities to keep in mind, perhaps future evidence will nail them down. But Fredbear's certainly did open 5 times. And as we explore the past and future of FNAF, we might find even more.