Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (FNaF2) is the second title in the Five Night's at Freddy's horror game franchise, and is a prequel to the first game. It is proceeded by Five Nights at Freddy's and followed by Five Nights at Freddy's 3
==Plot and Gameplay==
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 has similar gameplay to FNaF 1. The player plays as another security guard named "Jeremy Fitzgerald." Just like the first game the player is stuck to one spot and they have to preform ritualistic actions to keep the roaming animatronics from killing them. In FNaF 2, the original animatronics were scrapped or used for parts to create cuter "toy" versions of the original main cast. These are toy Freddy, toy Bonnie, toy Chica, and toy Foxy "Mangle." Phone Guy calls each night revealing that a police investigation has been happening during daytime hours at the pizzeria. Mini-games reveal an underlying plot where a purple humanoid lures away the animatronics and destroys them, implying that this is is man who killed the five children that were referenced from the first game.
On the fifth night Jeremy receives a check that reveals the year is 1987, meaning FNaF 2 is a prequel to FNaF 1. At the end the pizzeria shuts down. However, Phone Guy states that the toy versions of the animatronics will be scrapped and their older counterparts (the ones from FNaF 1) would be revamped for a new restaurant. 
==Fandom==
===Shipping===
On Archive of Our Own FNaF 1 was not very popular; by October 2014 it had 65 fanworks and only 7 of those were labeled as a relationship.Five Nights at Freddy's, Archive of Our Own. Oct 12, 2014 (Accessed 5/28/2022) FNaF fanfiction and shipping content would expand upon the release of the second game in Nov 2014. By Dec 23, 2014, AO3's FNaF fanfic count increased to 208 and ships listed under the relationships filter did as well. The most popular ship on AO3 for FNaF 1-2 in Dec 2014 was Chica/Bonnie, with 10 fanfics.Five Nights at Freddy's, Archive of Our Own. Dec 23, 2014 (Accessed 5/28/2022) 123 more fanfics were added by Feb 2015, one month before the third game's release. Chica/Bonnie remained the most popular ship with 12 tagged works, followed by Freddy Fazbear/Foxy with 10 and Foxy/Mike Schmidt with 10.Five Nights at Freddy's, Archive of Our Own. Feb 12, 2015 (Accessed 6/9/2022)
Shipping charts were popular on DeviantART after the release of FNaF 2.fnaf ship chart, tag on DeviantART. (Accessed 6/9/2022)
====Ship Names====
While it appears the majority of fans used the (name) x (name) naming convention for ships, there were some portmanteau names made. For FNaF 2, this meant placing the word "Toy" in front of already existing portmanteau names. For example, Toy Freddy x Toy Bonnie becomes Toy Fronnie or ToyFronnie. A list of ship names unique to FNaF 2's release, uninfluenced by games that came after it, are below.
*Toy Freddy/Toy Bonnie- Toy Fronnie
*Toy Chica/Toy Foxy "Mangle"- Toy Changle or Manglica
*Toy Chica/Foxy- Toy Foxica
===Theories===
After it's release fans immediately began making theories for FNaF 2, some building upon theories from the first game. The growing popularity of FNaF and its theorization community was made even more apparent by multiple Tumblr blogs for FNaF theories that began in late 2014-early 2015.
Some continued trying to theorize who caused the Bite of 87', as well as who was bitten. One anon's theory was that it had been the murderer "Purple Man" who was bitten by Mangle:
A user on steam by the name scrotumboss1907 posted a few of their theories for FNaF 2. Many of their theorizes revolved around the idea that the main character was actually dead after being stuffed into a Freddy suit, and that they were in the finally moments of a dream before death. They believed that the Puppet was the real murderer and correctly theorized that the Puppet had stuffed the children into the suits. Lastly, one of their other unique theories was that FNaF 2 wasn't a sequel nor a prequel, due to there being no confirmation of the time FNaF 1 took place. Instead the two games were theorized to take place at the same time at different locations, due to Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria possibly being a chain.My FNaF 2 theories, Steam. Nov 15, 2014 (Accessed 5/30/2022)
At the time some players of this community called the Marionette Mr. Jack due to being in a Jack-in-the-Box. A Steam user by the name of Master Eddo claims to have come up with "Mr. Jack" on a whim.Theory Time (Potential Spoilers), Steam. Nov 14, 2014 (Accessed 5/30/2022) This nickname would come before players realized the Marionette was possessed by a little girl named Charlotte Emily.
Other varied theories from the Steam community are below.
*Some players didn't believe that FNaF 2 was a prequel and instead viewed it as only a theory.I Think Scott is just messing with us. Steam. Nov 12, 2014 (Accessed 6/8/2022)
*Player fat pikachu theorized that the Puppet was also Golden Freddy. They believed Golden Freddy was being controlled by the Puppet and cited how in canon humans could enter some of the suits and that Golden Freddy had no endoskeleton. This theory was that the Puppet was actually inside of Golden Freddy.Golden Freddy = The Marionette Puppet. The Marionette controls EVERYTHING!, Steam. Nov 12, 2014 (Accessed 6/8/2022)
*Player IceWolf theorized that the main character of FNaF 2, Jeremy, was killed by and became Freddy after his first tour. In this theory the events of the game are FNaF 1 flashbacks from Jeremy. IceWolf uses this theory to explain the "IT'S ME" on the walls of FNAF 1, saying they were from Jeremy remembering that he was a human.[ Theory Jeremy Becomes Freddy [SPOILERS]], Steam. Nov 11, 2014 (Accessed 6/8/2022)
===Rebornica's Purple Guy AU===
The purple humanoid was also a topic of discussion, and due to the character having little to no canon aspects applied to him fans created an abundance of fanon. The most popular may have been created by BNF fanartist Rebornica who formed an AU around the character. She named the (at the time nameless in canon) character Vincent. A 2015 Reddit thread on r/fnafcringe by a deleted user explained the popularization of the Vincent AU, and some of it's influence on wider FNAF fanon.
The voice actor referenced in the Reddit thread, lolzman87, has since deleted the Tumblr post discussing the unwanted attention he received. While it can still be viewed via Wayback Machine, the audio clip within the original post is not accessible.Okay listen, guys, we have to talk., Tumblr. Mar 15, 2015 (Accessed 6/18/2022)
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