The Thing

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**The Thing** is one of the main antagonists of *Those Nights at Rachel's*.

## Appearance

The Thing has a somewhat oval-shaped head with a large, mischievous grin at the bottom of his face, lined with sharp teeths, dark purple “tears” on his face running down to his mouth, with angry eyes shaped dark sockets.

## Behavior

The Thing hides behind the curtains inside a tall music box, which can be found in the backroom behind the office. The Phone Guy constantly reminds the player to never let the curtains fully open, since The Thing will escape from the box and head straight to the player's location to jumpscare them.

The Phone Guy states that The Thing is one of the only animatronics you cannot hide from, whether you hide under your desk or try to stall time by checking the cameras. The only other animatronic that can do this is Ray the Raccoon. It also has a gun.

On Night 1, however, The Thing is unnoticeably active, as the curtains will barely open by the end of the night, despite Phone Guy's warnings. However, this is not the case in the Hard Mode version of the game. On Night 2 onwards, the curtains will draw open faster, making the player having the need to check the curtains more often.

While the reason for the curtain to slowly pry open is mainly mechanical; it is not known why the curtains seem to open at quickening rates, this may a supernatural factor or due to faulty technology.

Power Outage

If the player runs out of power, the curtains draw open instantly and cannot be shut, implying they are mechanically designed to be open by default like the doors. **The Thing** can be observed leaving his box slowly while playing music if the player is in the backroom. Hiding as far away as possible delays its attack, and will jumpscare the player unless the night ends first.

Night 5 Cutscene

The Thing makes a special appearance in the Night 5 cut-scene. In their bedroom, the player will wake upon hear thuds and laughter resembling those of other animatronics approaching, and switch on the lamp. Their door will open and music will be heard, and the player will turn off the lamp and bury themselves deeper in the covers. The door will slam shut, and more laughter will be heard. The player will turn towards the lamp and soon be jump-scared by **The Thing**. They will then wake up in the *Doug 'N' Rachel's* office and realize the whole event was a dream.

* The player's bedroom space is sparsely filled, the main decorations being D'n'R merchandise. A chair with an object on it, laced curtains partially covering the window, and the night-table with the lamp and a potted plant are all that are in the room.

## Trivia

* The Thing looks extremely similar to The Puppet from the original *Five Nights At Freddy's 2*, and it is likely it was intended to be a nightmare version of the same character prior to the reveal of Nightmarionne from *Five Nights at Freddy's 4: Halloween Edition*.
	+ This is further supported with the game files calling him "NM", a possible anagram for *Nightmare Marionnette*.

* The Thing's jumpscare in the Night 5 cutscene is one of the only ones that does not kill the player.
	+ In the *Hard Edition* of the game, the player only earns a cheque with a promotion and a jumpscare noise unaccompanied by any visuals. It is implied that this ending means that the player is killed on their last night before leaving just after 6 AM. This can be seen here.
* In Night 1, The Thing is still marginally active, as his curtains will draw out about 5% of the way if not pulled at all over the entire night.
* The Thing is the character with the most jumpscares in the game, with a total of three different animations used through the office, and four if counted an unused variation of the first jumpscare.
* The Thing's pupils have a purple hue in the extras menu, but this is not the case during normal gameplay, as they are just white.
	+ They regain a small amount of red in the *Hard Edition*.
* There is a chance that the player will get jumpscared in the 6AM screen by and only The Thing, sometimes reversing the progress.

### *Those Nights at Rachel's*

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Hard Edition

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### *Those Nights at Rachel's 2: RELOADED*

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**(WARNING: LOUD)**