Ferdinand Von Bernard

* Unaltered Form
* Altered Form
* Altered Form (Realistic)

**Ferdinand Von Bernard** is the first animatronic that William Afton and Henry Emily created together for the Fredbear's/Fazbear's chain. Ferdinand is the Undeniably Canon parallel of Nightmare Fredbear.

He was first created as a monstrous robot bear, but after he got audio emitting discs attached to him by William Afton, he became a realistic grizzly bear with sentience and cosmic power beyond human understanding.

Ferdinand appeared after a decade to torment Michael Afton while he is being trained by his father, afterwards Ferdinand wouldn't appear again until the ending of Part 1 where he presumably attacks and kills the Viewer, although it's
revealed in Part 2 that he simply just stole the Viewer's chair.

## Appearance

Ferdinand first appears as a large bear animatronic with primarily yellow fur. His fur has light orange accents on his belly, ears, and snout. His fur is tattered with holes that expose his endoskeleton. He has sharp metal claws, and teeth, as well as a large gash across his stomach that has dozens of teeth sticking out of it. He wears a purple top hat with a black ribbon plus a purple bowtie. He has metal eyes with salmon-colored irises and white pupils; he also has a pair of whiskers.

After having the audio disks attached to him, his appearance changes to that of a normal grizzly bear with bright, golden fur. While in this form, he retains the top hat, but loses the bowtie. At one point, in his altered form, he has glowing eyes.

## Story

Ferdinand Von Bernard was the first attempt by William Afton and Henry Emily to create the most realistic animatronic bear imaginable. However, the final product was a monstrous robot with sharp claws and teeth. The two of them agreed that this didn't look remotely realistic and that they needed to figure out something else. William remembered that in his trunk there were dozens of audio emitting disks that could affect people's perception of Ferdinand into seeing him as a real bear. After applying the disks, he became a beautiful golden grizzly bear with a voice like honey butter.

The audio from the disks also gave him sentience and cosmic power far beyond human understanding. Even with Ferdinand being dangerous, William and Henry let him loose causing the entire town of Hurricane to evacuate out of fear. Ferdinand was caught by Fritz Smith killing and eating a local restaurant owner, Joe Thurgood. A newspaper confirms that he also killed Jeremy Fitzgerald Sr. during his rampage. However, before local police could arrest him, he fled town. Due to their loss, William and Henry later replaced Ferdinand with Fredbear.

A decade later, William Afton is training his son to defend himself against animatronics, so he'll be prepared for his job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. After a week of these sessions, William discovers that something had broken into the makeshift house. William would soon discover discarded audio disks, confirming that the creature that had broken in was Ferdinand, who had returned to wreck havoc on his creators after roaming the forests of Hurricane since he had escaped the police. He spent the remaining night attacking Michael Afton using his original form. After Michael defended himself for long enough, Ferdinand got bored, so he reapplied the audio disks and returned to the woods of Hurricane.

Ferdinand Von Bernard transcends reality to appear in the real world to attack the Viewer after Ooftroop cuts off Part 1. Whenever Ooftroop returns, they find that Ferdinand has stolen the Viewer's chair. Later in Part 2, after Michael resolves his conflict with Ennard, Ferdinand suddenly resets the timeline for unknown reasons. Later once more, he appears by Henry's side in the Pizzeria Simulator fire. Ferdinand has vanished from the viewer's room after this point.

## Trivia

* At 23:32 in Part 1, the fur on Ferdinand's left hand disappears when he appears on the television behind Michael.
	+ After this happens, we don't see his left hand again throughout the series.
* Ferdinand's jumpscare sound at the end of Part 1 is the jumpscare audio used for Fredbear in Ultimate Custom Night.
* In the title sequence for Parts 1 and 2, Ferdinand runs across the screen with a colored trail behind him. The trail's colors are the non-binary pride flag.

## Gallery

Ferdinand being created by William AftonFerdinand's first proper appearance in his unaltered formFerdinand's altered appearanceFerdinand after gaining cosmic powersFerdinand preparing to attack Papa ThurgoodFerdinand watching Michael Afton after breaking inFerdinand standing behind MichaelFerdinand after removing the audio disksFerdinand sitting on the bed without his bodyFerdinand after reapplying the audio disksFerdinand preparing to attack the ViewerFerdinand's jumpscare at the end of Part 1Ferdinand sitting in the Viewer's chair in Part 2Ferdinand after killing Jeremy Fitzgerald Sr.