William Afton(Original)

### Origin

*Five Nights at Freddy's 2* (previously mentioned in *Five Nights at Freddy's 1*)

### Type of Villain

Undead Serial Killer

**William Afton**, also known as the **Purple Guy** among many other names, is the main antagonist of the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise.

He was the co-founder of Fazbear Entertainment, the business partner of Henry Emily, and the father of Michael Afton, the Brother (who are heavily implied to be the same person), Elizabeth Afton, and the Crying Child. He helped Henry establish Fredbear's Family Diner and Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, as well as managing the establishments while Henry built the animatronic mascots of the pizzerias. Despite being a successful businessman, Afton led a double life as a serial killer who murdered many children across several Freddy Fazbear's Pizza locations in the 1980s, including Henry's own daughter, Charlotte. At one point in his life, he founded Afton Robotics, LLC and created the Funtime animatronics, which were made to capture and kill children.

Sometime after 1993, after making the fatal mistake of destroying the classic animatronics and accidentally freeing the ghosts of his victims, Afton attempted to protect himself with the old, withered **Spring Bonnie** suit, the same used for his murders. However, the suit's springlock mechanisms failed and its suppressed endoskeleton fatally skewered him, transforming him into the undead human-animatronic hybrid, **Springtrap**. Thirty years later, after narrowly surviving the fire that destroyed the building he was moved to, he would repair himself and become **Scraptrap**. He was then lured to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place by Henry, where he would attempt to kill Michael with the help of his daughter and creations, only to be burnt by Henry alongside everyone else remaining in the pizzeria.

Despite this, Afton survived incineration due to being mentally trapped by the vengeful spirit of one of his victims, Cassidy, in his nightmares, preventing him from truly dying. Eventually, Cassidy left Afton in the burnt ruins of the pizzeria, where the circuit board of the Scraptrap suit was taken away to help in making a VR game, allowing Afton to escape from his physical body and haunt the game as a virus called **Glitchtrap**. With the help of his brainwashed acolyte Vanny, his body was reconstructed into his current form of **Burntrap** as he continued his malicious mechanications for the newly-opened Freddy Fazbear's Mega PizzaPlex above the Pizza Place's remains, claiming more and more victims through Vanny.

Outside of this, he's been theorized to pose as the voice of his youngest son's **Fredbear Plush** toy in the past, and his Springtrap form has various copies and counterparts made by the Fazbear Funtime Service.

As a human, Springtrap and Scraptrap, he is voiced by PJ Heywood, who also voiced his aforementioned son, Michael. As Glitchtrap and Burntrap, he is voiced by Matthew Curtis, who also voiced Nightmare Balloon Boy and Music Man, although most of his voice lines remain unused.

## Roles

### Games

William Afton is the main antagonist of the video game series, having this role in both *ScottGames* and *Steel Wool* eras.

In the *ScottGames* era, he is the unseen overarching antagonist of the first *Template:W*, the overarching antagonist of *Template:W* and *Template:W*, the main antagonist of *Template:W* and *Template:W*, a cameo character in *Template:W* and the main protagonist of *Template:W* (as a human, while Springtrap and Scraptrap are minor antagonists). He's been speculated to be the overarching antagonist and/or tritagonist of *FNaF 4*.

In the *Steel Wool* era, he is the main antagonist of *Template:W*, the overarching protagonist of its *Curse of Dreadbear* DLC, the overarching antagonist of *Template:W* and one of the two overarching antagonists (alongside Patient 46) of *Template:W*. It's likely he'll return in *Security Breach*'s sequel DLC *Ruin*.

In the non-canon spin-offs, Afton serves as an unlockable playable character in *FNAF World* (as Springtrap, Spring Bonnie, and his *FNaF 3* sprite, called Purpleguy) and a supporting antagonist in *Security Breach: Fury's Rage*.

### Other

Afton is also the main antagonist of the non-canon novel trilogy continuity and the overarching antagonist of the *Fazbear Frights* anthology novel series. The latter also features an organic creature that replicates his murders, and versions of both Springtrap and Glitchtrap that appear in independent stories, unrelated to the mainline Afton. In the *Tales from the PizzaPlex* novel series, an animatronic named **the Mimic**, which is clearly meant to be a version of Burntrap, appears as the main antagonist.

In the *Fazbear Fanverse* project, a version of Afton called **Simon Fitzgerald** is a posthumous antagonist in the *POPGOES* series, with a robotic replica of him being set to appear in the upcoming *POPGOES Evergreen*. Another version of him will likely appear or be mentioned in the upcoming *Five Nights at Freddy's Plus*, a remake/reimagining of the first *Five Nights at Freddy's*.

It's also very likely that he'll appear in the upcoming film adaptation.

## Appearance

### William Afton

Since William Afton is only ever seen while alive in some of the flashback minigames, it is hard to pin down his exact appearance. In these minigames, he is represented as a skinny man with a tall frame as tall as the animatronics (sometimes taller), with his sprite color ranging from various tones of purple depending on the minigame, although he was pink in two minigames and possibly orange in one. It is worth noting that he appears purple because he's simply hiding in the shadows, not because he's actually purple, judging from the appearance of his decayed corpse he is also shown to have pale gray eyes with white glowing pupils that illuminate in said shadows.

 File:William Afton full look.png
Sometimes Afton is depicted as wearing a yellow accessory on his chest, presumably security a badge. It has been speculated that the reason for this is that he may have been masquerading security guard in one of the Freddy Fazbear's Pizza locations. The minigame "SAVE THEM" and some phone calls from *Five Nights at Freddy's 2* heavily imply this

 File:FFPSIntroCutscene4.png
The only confirmed aspect of his appearance is that he has a cleft chin, as shown with his decayed corpse inside of Springtrap in *Five Nights at Freddy's 3* and *Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator*. This has led to some speculation, as Fazbear Entertainment is represented by a man dressed in a purple (and in some cases, orange) suit and hat in various cutscenes of *Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator*, a man who also has a cleft chin. Whether or not this man actually is William has not been confirmed, but it is possible due to them both supposedly having cleft chins, being represented by the color purple, and possibly orange.

In *Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator*, a yellow figure appears in the "Midnight Motorist" minigame. This figure is theorized to be William, who was recolored to presumably avoid confusion due to Michael's decayed zombie sprite color being the same as his father's.

As represented by the picture on the left, concept art for a *Five Nights at Freddy's*-themed dark ride could reveal Afton's look, with the man on the concept art having an evil smile, being a guard, and being represented by purple.

 File:DaveMillerGN.png
Judging from the many similarities between continuities as well as the substantial visual elements they share it’s possible that William’s true appearance is the same as his book counterpart. This could mean William’s facial features include having dark brown messy hair just like to his two sons, pale saggy skin, and a defined jaw line with sharp features.

### Springtrap/Spring Bonnie

 File:Purple Guy Death.gif
Thirty years after his death, Afton's flayed corpse still wears the withering **Spring Bonnie** suit, unable to take it off. Now known by the name **Springtrap**, the suit has decayed to a sickly olive color and the many holes and tears expose parts of the rusted metal endoskeleton. His mouth has rotted into a permanent wide grin, the teeth being chipped and yellowing. His human-like eyes are a pale gray and he's missing the top half of his right ear, as well as the casing on his feet.

Rare boot-up screens for the game show glimpses of Afton's almost mummified skull inside of Springtrap's mask. His mouth has been permanently speared open by metal rods and his eyes are organic and veiny, the springlocks stabbed into his eyelids and holding them open in a gruesome fashion. What appears to be human innards can also be seen wrapped around the endoskeleton through large hole in the torso.

Prior to its withering, the Spring Bonnie suit was an optimized version of the Bonnie the Bunny animatronic, only with golden yellow fabric fur and a springlock endoskeleton. Judging by posters in *Security Breach*, the animatronic also wore a purple bow tie and had violet eyes.

#### Skins

In *Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery*, he was given four skins named **Toxic Springtrap**, **Flaming Springtrap**, **Clown Springtrap**, and simply **Curse** respectively. Toxic Springtrap is covered in purple veins and pustules, Flaming Springtrap is simply on fire, Clown Springtrap is wearing a red and black clown outfit that gives the impression of obesity and wields an oversized hammer, and Curse is a blue-colored Springtrap with Aztec-inspired armor and blue-feathers across his body, jaguar-like markings on his hands (which also show claws), pelvis, and legs, and wields a golden shield.

### Scraptrap

In *Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator*, Springtrap has been damaged even further from the fire that consumed Fazbear's Fright. Now known as **Scraptrap**, what was left of the blood-stained endoskeleton is now just his rotten flesh and bones remaining. He seems to have attempted to repair himself with parts of another Spring Bonnie suit, but his ears have deteriorated to the point that only his left stub remains and part of his left arm is missing, a skeletal spear replacing it.

### Glitchtrap

Glitchtrap appears as a humanoid wearing a golden yellow anthropomorphic rabbit costume, with a perpetually smiling face, two black buttons on his chest, a big purple bow-tie, and a purple vest decorated with star patterns. While in his incomplete form, he looks just the same as his normal form, but is transparent, surrounded by a green aura, and has glowing purple eyes.

In the *Princess Quest* minigame, Glitchtrap appears as a massive amalgamation of shadowy rabbits with glowing purple eyes and mouths and a larger, smiling main head with what appears to be purple tears running down his eyes. This may or may not be his true form.

### Burntrap

Henry's fire has damaged the Spring Bonnie suit even more than it already was. Burntrap is missing the low jaw of his mask altogether, revealing Afton's rotting skull underneath. His eyes have been replaced with dark robotic alternatives, which flash a bright purple. His lower torso is missing, due to the fire burning it off, and you can see small tendrils of flesh wrapped around his springlocked body. His arms are revealed and his hands have spiked fingers. He only has one of his feet left, the other is just endoskeleton.

## Personality

William Afton's background is mostly told via silent actions within retro-graphics, or by reading between the lines throughout the games. Between his mini-game presence and piecing together information gleaned from most of the games, the community has been able to piece together some information about William all together.

 File:Screenshot 2020-05-30 at 13.00.11.png
From what we know, William Afton is more or less the textbook definition of evil. He is malevolent, sadistic and cruel, ominously smiling as he kills children. He is also increasingly psychopathic and demented, as he is able to hide his true nature under a mask of politeness, judging from the intro of *Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location*, According to his voice actor, PJ Heywood, Afton's voice is inspired by Hannibal Lecter, in a way that he's unnervingly calm even when about to kill someone, which is supported by some of his novel counterpart's quotes. Contrary to common fan depictions, Afton isn't insane or otherwise psychotic in any way, but instead is a very calm and sophisticated individual who barely raises his voice or looses his cool throughout his screentime, which makes him even more intimidating.

Despite his sadistic and dangerous tendencies, it is implied that he didn't want his daughter Elizabeth to die, as he warned her not to go near Baby, and he did send Michael to Circus Baby's Entertainment & Rental to free her, making his daughter the only person that he may have cared about. However, *Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator* implies that he has a dysfunctional relationship with his daughter, and that he is responsible for influencing Elizabeth's bloodlust and sinister behavior (although that might also be because of Baby's programming corrupting Elizabeth). He also may have even wanted her to continue his murderous legacy alongside him. Besides, he knew that Circus Baby was possessed by Elizabeth, yet still allowed his employees to shock her. There have even been some theories that Afton *wanted* Elizabeth to be killed by Baby and used reverse psychology to do so, claiming he created the robot for his daughter but not allowing her to play with it while making her watch as she interacts with the other children.

Adding to that, in the *The Fourth Closet*, although a separate timeline from the games, shows that William was an abusive father to Elizabeth, going so far as hitting her and pushing her to the ground when she simply disrupted his work. Taking in the fact of how both versions of William act identical to each other, it's possible that he didn't have an emotional connection to Elizabeth in the mainline story either, rendering him truly heartless.

William seems to have a desire to not only kill his victims, but to make them suffer in fear and agony, outright claiming he's "sustained" by it. Afton also has an ego and is overconfident of his abilities, constantly getting himself in many dangerous situations such as charging straight at Withered Freddy or walking into a trap while being fully aware it is a trap, all with a smile on his face while ciaming he "always comes back". Despite being narcisisstic enough to believe he can survive anything that's thrown at him (which is not completely unjustified given how many times he "died" only to return later on), Afton is heavily afraid of death, as shown through him panicking when confronted by the ghosts of his victims, possibly seeking immortality, and perhaps even begging Michael and/or Henry for help when burning to near-death. It's possible he's afraid of death and has an iron will to live because he's afraid of what will happen after death - which is heavily implied to be eternal torture in Hell, even if an afterlife wasn't confirmed to exist in the franchise - which once again shows his utter refusal to face any consequences for his crimes.

William is an expert at manipulating people. He psychologically manipulates his son, Michael, by presumably making him believe his sister is still alive and okay, in order to force Michael to obey his order. He managed to convince the children to follow him into the Safe Room, convinced Michael to enter Circus Baby's Entertainment & Rental, and it presumably took Henry a while to realize his best friend murdered his daughter. Afton isn't above using people's personal issues to manipulate them, convincing Susie to follow him with the promise of her dead dog actually being alive. Also, assuming he isn't the Orange Guy from *Midnight Motorist*, he manipulated an unnamed boy by coming over to his house and making him break out of his home to Freddy's, knowing he did it more than once so he can escape his abusive life.