Balloon Boy

**Balloon Boy**, commonly abbreviated as **BB**, is a major antagonist in *Five Nights at Freddy's 2.*

## Character Info

### Alias

Balloon Boy
BB

### Occupation

Balloon Vender
Entertainer
Antagonist

### Games

*Five Nights at Freddy's 2* (Debut)
*Five Nights at Freddy's 3* (in office box/Minigame)
*FNaF World*
(Playable Character)
*Ultimate Custom Night*
*Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted*

## **Behavior**

### *Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted*

#### Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Balloon Boy appears in the FNaF 2, becoming active on the second night. His behavior remains the same as the original game; he will approach the player from the left air vent and peek out from its entrance. The player must don the Freddy Fazbear mask to deter him. Should the player fail to notice him and/or let him in, he will disable the player's lights and laugh repeatedly, leaving the player susceptible to an attack by Withered Foxy (or Foxy depending on what version of the game is being played).

#### Trick or Treat

Along with the other animatronics, Balloon Boy will run around the house after the player rings the door bell. If he is gone from the player's sight when the clock chimes, the player must wear the Balloon Boy mask. If the player puts on the wrong mask, Nightmare Balloon Boy will jumpscare them.

### *Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery*

Balloon Boy is an uncommon animatronic to encounter. He will walk around the player, laughing, saying "Hi," and "Hello?" and making balloon deflating sounds. His main difference from other animatronics comes from his height. Being significantly shorter than the other animatronics, this forces the player to look down to spot him. The player must locate his static to find him. When he haywires, the player must quickly look away to avoid a jumpscare. He will fake charge the player on occasion, staying invisible. If he materializes during a charge, the player must shock him to avoid a jumpscare. It is possible to earn Balloon Boy's Plush Suit and CPU by defeating him.

## **Skins**

Balloon Boy currently has a total of three skins in *Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery*.

* Swamp Balloon Boy
* Frostbite Balloon Boy
* Jetpack Balloon Boy

Jetpack Balloon Boy is Balloon Boy's third skin and the third skin of the Screampunk Event. The skin was released on July 8th after being leaked by Illumix's Community Tab on youtube over 12 hours early.

### Appearance

Jetpack Balloon Boy looks identical to that of Balloon Boy, but he now wears a brown leather coat with a wool inside and hood, and a large pilot's hat decorated with various gears, bulbs and devices. He wears a pair of goggles with the right lens colored a glowing green and the left lens broken open to reveal a yellow robotic eye. His shoes and arms appear to be made of a bronze metal and are covered in gears, and his sign now reads "LET'S FLY!" with the letters being made out of scrap metal bolted onto the blank sign. His balloon is decorated to look like that of a hot air balloon, with gears, jewels and curtains covering it. Finally, as his name suggests, he wears a large jetpack on his back, which he will use to fly in his workshop animation.

## **Trivia**

### *Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted*

* In Trick or Treat minigame, Nightmare Balloon Boy was used as the jumpscare for Balloon Boy strangely.
	+ This is likely because BB did not already have a jumpscare.
		- However, there is an animation of BB jumpscaring the player, that is left unused. The reason why it is unused is unknown, but it is probably due to Steel Wool finding it to not be scary.
		- The few differences in this design is that his skin is more tan than peach colored & the red and blue stripes on him are more bright and pale than his normal appearance.

### *Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery*

* BB is one of three characters in Special Delivery to receive a jumpscare after lacking one in previous appearances.
	+ The other two are Endo-01 and RWQFSFASXC.
* BB was the first Toy Animatronic to be in the game, releasing with it.
* Balloon Boy was both the last toy Animatronic to get a skin as well as the last character from the initial base rotation to get a skin.
* Similarly to Frost Plushtrap, Swamp Balloon Boy was released on a holiday; being Thanksgiving.
	+ Because of this, both skins were leaked early on due to Illumix adding the files early.
* Oddly, Frostbite Balloon Boy is commonly referred to as "Blizzard Balloon Boy" in the files.
	+ This also happens with Broiler Baby, who is commonly called "Oven Baby".
* Strangely, Frostbite Balloon Boy's static is replaced by Freddy Frostbear's freezing mechanic.
	+ Despite this, Arctic Ballora does not experience this change, as Ballora doesn't cause static in her normal encounters.

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