Five Nights At Candy's TIMELINE

**Before 1961**

* The Rat & Cat Theater is open to the public, providing entertainment to families through the antics of two costumed actors known as the Rat and the Cat. It is co-founded by the two actors (the Rat is an acting graduate), along with another who takes the role of a puppeteer with a ventriloquist puppet called Vinnie.
* Mary Schmidt and her brother are born. Her mother passed away during her childhood, and the last memory she has of her is an origami cat she made with her.

**1961**

October. 9th- Mary comes to the Rat & Cat Theater with her father while her brother is away at camp. She arrives early for each show throughout the week and plays hide-and-seek with the Rat and Cat actors, losing each time. Today, before the show (The Mystical Tree), she plays with the Rat.

October. 10th- Mary plays with the Cat before the show (The Cat’s Birthday).

October. 11th- The puppeteer has arrived early before the show (The Picnic), his puppet put away. Mary plays once again with the Rat.

October. 12th- Before the show (Vinnie Loses His Toy; also Vinnie’s birthday), Mary plays with a new Cat actor, who doesn’t recognize her from before.

October. 13th- There’s a surprise show where the actors would reveal the names of the Rat and Cat (who would actually be named Candy). Excited children gather around an inebriated Rat and play a big game of hide-and-seek, which Mary partakes in. As all the hiding spots are taken, she decides to hide in the closet of the open employee room. The Rat tries to find her in there, having seen her come in.

* The puppeteer scolds the Rat for his behavior and the two end up in a confrontation, leading to the former to be strangled. He pushes the latter off, who hits the table behind him and ends up paralyzed and bleeding out to death. The Cat’s actor comes in and after hearing what happened, decides to call the police to tell them the truth, despite the puppeteer wanting to make up a story to save his career. Seeing no other choice, he strangles the Cat to death, taking advantage of the air-tight mask.
* The puppeteer calls the police, takes the diploma and leaves. The theater is cleared out, leaving a traumatized Mary alone. She leaves as the police outside are given a fake report by the puppeteer. Her father fights through the police and embraces his daughter. The experience left her suppressing memories and fearing the performers. She would proceed to have nightmares about them from that moment on, taking the form of monsters. Memories of her old home and toys, including her favorite, Lollipop, are locked away in her mind.
* The puppeteer, while still traumatized by what he did, tries to make a name for himself with the diploma. He stars as the lead of a horror film called Psychopath, which has broken box-office records in one week.

**1962**

Before November. 19th- Rowboatics Corp. opens a factory on St. Antonia’s Road 27, specializing in the design and production of animatronics. They began with wire-controlled animatronics, and would continue to advance their technology for years to come. Their first creations were RAT and CAT, which would replace the costumed actors for the Rat & Cat Theater’s grand reopening. Both animatronics soon become **possessed by the deceased souls of the dead actors.**

November. 19th- The Rat & Cat Theater has its grand reopening. Mary Schmidt is brought here by her father a year after her traumatic experience. **Her younger brother** is there as well, who approaches the Rat as they perform for the audience. He i**s attacked by the possessed animatronic, though he is not badly injured.** The animatronics are sent back to the factory, where there would be used for newer, fully mobile models in the future.

December. 3rd- Mary is plagued by a vision of Vinnie’s puppet, who has not forgotten what she had did, and guilts her to not tell anyone since the deaths of the Rat and Cat actors were her fault. She has been seeing a therapist to overcome her nightmares of the Rat and Cat, who she has drawn as the monsters she feared. He tries to help her remember the day it happened.

* In her sleep, before her nightmares, an origami cat helps her in remembering her old room before she moved and offering tips on fighting the nightmares. Throughout the week, Mary dreams about the monstrous Rat and Cat, fending them off while she sleeps with a cassette player (given to her by her father with a music tape he recorded to help her sleep when she was younger). She remembers more of her room, as well as the week leading up to the tragic event.

December. 7th- Mary finally remembers what had happened last year. The therapist suggests to describe the room where the incident happened, offering to help her overcome her fear of the three actors. He reckons she should continue visiting once a week until she fully recovers.

* As a side note, the therapist asks his **assistant to schedule a meeting with the authorities** and the case manager so that Mary can give a witness statement to the events and reopening the case.

**Between 12/7/62 and 6/4/63**

* With the case reopened and Mary giving her testimony of the events, the puppeteer is tried for his crime. Mary decides to confront him in her dreams, him being the primary source of her fears. He takes the form of a monstrous Vinnie in one last nightmare. She manages to conquer him, finally freeing herself of her fears.

**1963**

June. 14th- Mary has been improving since she remembered her trauma. Every therapy session, she is more energetic and happy. Mary has had no more nightmares and has been able to draw regularly. Her therapist concludes in his report that the next session will be their last, Mary no longer needing counselling.

**1964**

November. 13th- Midnight. The old RAT animatronic, along with a special model named Blank and a new, blue version of the Cat (named Candy), are sitting on the conveyor belt in the Rowboatics factory. The RAT awakens and begins wandering around the factory, prepared to wreak havoc.

* CTC Entertainment is **formed and Candy’s Burgers and Fries opens up to the public.** Both Candy and Blank are the main attractions while RAT is kept away in the factory.

**1965**

* One night, Candy is led through the restaurant by a shadowy Candy, the spirit of the actor who possessed the old CAT animatronic. He leads him to the maintenance room, where a mechanic is at work. Scared, the mechanic tazes Candy.

**1976**

* Blank roams around the restaurant, picking up drawings depicting Candy done by children. One drawing depicts the Shadow Candy, and the spirit appears before Blank.

**1985**

Mary Schmidt decides to visit Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, before it has its grand reopening with the new and improved “Toy” animatronics. She ends up seeing the Puppet, who reminds her eerily of Vinnie from her past.

**1987**

September. 22nd- Mary now works as security for the Rowboatics Corp. Factory, running surveillance. Around 1:57 AM, she ends up seeing a projection of Vinnie (taking the shape of the Puppet) around the conveyor belts, who slowly approaches the camera when it isn’t focused on him. He then moves his face directly in front of it so as to scare Mary.

* Mary sees a rather old recording from 1964 of Candy and Blank sitting lopsided on the conveyor belt at 1:57. Vinnie is there, and says that it was a mistake; his. And whatever mistake that was made it a problem. Her problem.

September. 23rd- Two children have gone missing in the Rowboatics factory, perhaps there from the previous day. Around thirteen past midnight, the RAT kills the security cameras, his spirit ordering CAT to capture them and put them onto the conveyor belt of an assembly machine and killed. Left on the conveyor belts are bloody animatronic parts. During this whole tragedy, Mary has fallen asleep on the job.

September. 24th- 2:36 AM. The conveyor where the bloody parts are is now a crime scene, with police tape all around. Vinnie is there as well, frantically shaking his head and approaching the camera again, but he doesn’t put his face in front of it.

September. 25th- The new Candy the Cat and his twin sister Cindy are made. 1:57 AM. They are currently on the same conveyor belt as before. Vinnie, seen on the camera again, points to them. There’s nothing unusual about the animatronics. After seeing that Vinnie disappeared, Mary turns the camera back to see the two cats staring straight at her. The spirits of the twins who were killed on the assembly machine ended up possessing the animatronic parts from the incident, which were used to create both Candy and Cindy.

Oct.- Old Candy is on the floor during a very busy day. He is led once again by Shadow Candy through the restaurant to find a crying child in the office. Excited to see him, the child runs off to his father, who had been impatiently waiting for him. The spirit leads him back to the family, the father scolding his son. Programmed to help children against violence (and due to a misunderstanding), Candy attacks the father, presumably killing him, leading to him possessing Old Candy.

* The aftermath of this led to the termination of Candy’s systems and his decommission. He is then replaced by the new Candy, Cindy, and other animatronics. The RAT is sent to the restaurant, though he is kept within a second maintenance room.

November. 23rd- The new and improved Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza closed down once again due to tragic circumstances (The Bite of '87), allowing Candy’s Burgers and Fries to rise in popularity.

Before November. 24th- Before his last night of the work week, a night guard calls the junior manager to join him during his shift, having found something he wanted to show him. The manager declined. The next morning, Blank has been severely damaged by a wrench, and the guard left in the middle of the shift with no sign of him. He is sent a pink slip for his actions. Blank is left almost unfixable and somewhat glitched, though the children don’t mind.

November. 24th- No longer working at the Rowboatics factory, Mary Schmidt takes up a position at Candy’s as a night security guard. Throughout the week, she is forced to fend herself from the haunted and glitchy animatronics. Both the spirit of the Cat’s actor and the RAT return to torment Mary.

November. 27th- The police are investigating the disappearance of the former night guard who damaged Blank.

November. 28th- Mary is paid for her work, having survived the ordeal.

November. 29th- Mary returns for a sixth night, despite her not needing to work that night. She is payed for her overtime.

November. 30th- Mary returns for one last night, though she is fired due to tampering with the animatronics and “too much perfume”.

**1989**

* Candy and Cindy are scheduled to have second versions created for them. Chester’s update is rejected. One night, the current Chester roams the restaurant until it enters the office, where a projection of Vinnie disappears and leaves behind a key to the second maintenance room. Chester goes to open it and is immediately disassembled by RAT.
* Some time after, Old Candy is disassembled and kept away in the maintenance room. The Penguin activates at night and roams the restaurant to bring back the parts from Chester.

**1989-1990**

* Marilyn Schmidt is born from Mary.

**1991**

* The new Candy and Cindy replace the old ones. Chester is nowhere to be seen, and even the children notice this. Blank activates and roams around the restaurant during the night. He goes around picking up drawings left by children, who are still fond of Blank.

**1992**

* One night, Candy ends up losing his tie. Cindy activates and goes to find and return it for him.

**1993**

* The RAT activates again and sneaks through the restaurant, avoiding detection by the other wandering animatronics who are programmed to prevent The Rat from roaming the restaurant. He reaches the office and kills the current night guard. Later that night, there’s a police investigation. Candy activates and not only discovers the body of the guard, but the open door to RAT’s storage. The door closes and Candy is apprehended and deactivated as the RAT’s scapegoat.
* Candy’s Burgers and Fries is closed due to the murder. The animatronics are decommissioned and sent off to the Rowboatics factory. Some time later, the factory is closed due to it being declared unsafe after another fatal incident, the 6th in 31 years. The company declares bankruptcy shortly afterwards.

**2007**

August. ~- Marilyn Schmidt once again lost a bet with her friends and has to spend five nights at the abandoned Rowboatics factory. In the warehouse department, she is forced to fend off against the haunted and glitchy animatronics, including Withered New Cindy, Withered New Candy, Withered Chester, Withered Blank, Withered Penguin, Withered Rat, and Withered Cat.

After spending an extra night there, **she takes advantage of the factory’s power schedule and faulty wiring and sets the factory ablaze**. The fire brigade arrives at 7 PM, and are unable to put the fire out until 8 the next morning, where the fire finally causes the factory to crumble. Candy and his legacy are finally destroyed.

The End?...