William Afton

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## Base Breaking Character

### Alias

The Purple Guy
Springtrap
Scraptrap
Mr. Afton
Spring Bonnie
Fredbear Plush (implied)
Daddy
Man (game files)
Bill A. (possibly)

### Powers/Skills

**As a human:**
Genius-level intellect
Master of manipulation
Physical strength
Murder methology
Excellent stealth
Expertise in chemistry
Mechanical engineering
Business management
**As Springtrap:**
Undead physiology
Bionic physiology
Nigh-immortality
Enhanced durability
Hallucination inducement (possibly)

### Family

Unnamed wife (fate unknown)
Michael Afton - eldest son
Elizabeth Afton - daughter
Crying Child - youngest Child (all deceased)

### Allies

Henry Emily (business partner; formerly)
Elizabeth Afton/Circus Baby
Molten Freddy

### Enemies

The Animatronics* Cassidy/Golden Freddy
* Charlie Emily/The Puppet

Henry Emily
Michael Afton

### Goals

Kill as many children as possible across numerous Fazbear Entertainment establishments without getting caught (temporarily succeeded).
Harvest the Remnant from his victims to become immortal (presumably; semi-succeeded).
Shut down anything related to Fazbear Entertainment (presumably; temporarily succeeded).
Use the Funtime animatronics to kill children.
Kill Michael by sending him down to Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental (both temporarily succeeded).
Destroy the original four animatronics (succeeded).
Fool the ghosts of his victims by using the Spring Bonnie suit (failed).
Kill Michael Afton (indirectly succeeded).
Continue with his killing spree alongside his daughter (failed).

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

Overused and saturation in every game.
 Many view him as having flat or one dimensional personality, or being incompetent/inconsistent.
His Scraptrap design was mocked for how ugly it was.

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

His mysterious and unknown personally have been a source of theories and fan speculation, making him popular within the fandom for various interpretations.
His Springrtrap design is hailed as being amazing and creepy.

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Enigmatic Serial Killer

**William Afton**, also known as the **Purple Guy**, is the main antagonist of the *Five Nights at Freddy’s* franchise. An enigmatic and mysterious serial killer, William was the founder of Fazbear Entertainment, business partner of Henry Emily and the father of Michael and Elizabeth Afton, as well as the Crying Child.

Despite his success as a businessman, Afton, for little known reasons, was a serial child murderer who killed multiple children across multiple restaurants, including Henry’s daughter Charlie, as well as creating Circus Baby’s Pizza World to use the animatronics as death machines to capture and kill kids. After being confronted with the ghosts of the dead children, Afton ended up spring locked in a Spring Bonnie suit, leaving him into the monstrous Springtrap.

He is voiced by PJ Haywood.

## What Makes Him A Base-Breaking Character?

### What Do People Like About Him?

* His enigmatic appearance and mysterious nature made him a source of theories and interpretations over the years, as well as build a presence of eeriness and many fans of considered him cool due to his mysteriousness.
	+ With that, he is frequently the subject of multiple memes and famous fan songs such as *The Loving Tombstone* and the "Man Behind the Slaughter" meme.
* His appearance as Springtrap has been subjected to praise due to its amazing design, being considered amazing and effective at being creepy and terrifying, fitting the mood of the third game.
* His voice actor, PJ Heywood, does an effective voice, making William sound sophisticated from what little we hear of him and completely monstrous.
* Many fans and critics view William Afton as an effective villain within the franchise, praising him for giving an effective threat to the story, being a horrible villain who is scary and manages to be complex despite his lack of appearance due to the nature of his crimes and his relationship with other characters such as Henry and Michael and Elizabeth.

### What Do People Not Like About Him?

* While his mysterious nature is often praised, it can also be criticized, with many people seeing his lack of character and focus as the main antagonist wasting his character.
	+ Some detractors also usually declare that Afton is too one-dimensional, especially when *Sister Location* and *The Fourth Closet* came out (despite the latter taking place in a different continuity) and implied/revealed he is a scientist who experiments on souls, with a very vocal part of the fandom thinking that William became a over the top and unrealistic supervillain than the more grounded enigmatic serial killer in the original games
	+ Some also have issues with his crimes, labeling them as inconsistent or idiotic, such as with leaving his young daughter with the dangerous and colorful Circus Baby all alone despite the fact he apparently didn't want her to die.
* He is often criticized for his overabundance in the story and constantly being resurrected, despite his lack of full backstory or motives, with many thinking he is overused, that him constantly coming back is a cheap move, and that the series should move on by introducing a new villain. Those complaints would die down after the release of the *Ruin* DLC and the *Tales from the Pizzaplex* books, which introduce a new villain called the Mimic who will now be the big bad going forward, with Afton dying for good. However, Mimic turned out controversial for his own reasons.
* Scraptrap’s design is frequently mocked due to the ugliness of the design, frequently calling him a "peanut" and comparing him to Jimmy Neutron due to the forehead.

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