Nightmare(FNAF)

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**Nightmare** is the main antagonist of the 2015 survival horror video game *Five Nights at Freddy's 4* and a the secondary antagonist in it's spinoff *Ultimate Custom Night*. He is a more dangerous and nightmarish version of Nightmare Fredbear who stalks the child on the final night. His true identity is unknown, and he is theorized to be a manifestation of the grim reaper taking the life of the Crying Child, another form of Shadow Freddy, or the crying child himself tormenting his older brother.

## Appearance

He is clearly based on Nightmare Fredbear, being some sort of demonic version of the already demonic looking Fredbear. Unlike Nightmare Fredbear, his skin is translucent, exposing all of his animatronic parts. Upon closer examination, a black mass resides in Nightmare's head.

He is black with a yellow hat and bow tie, the yellow hat having a black trim on it.

## *FNAF 4*

Just like Nightmare Fredbear on Night 6, on Night 7 and Night 8, he takes the same role, appearing at 4 AM, and replacing all animatronics, taking up their duties. He must be handled the same way, but Nightmare is more aggressive than Nightmare Fredbear. Also, he always directly appears at the doorway. Upon being attacked by him, he will appear in a screen similar to Golden Freddy instead of a complete animation. His existence is unexplained, and his purpose is unknown. He is acknowledged in the gallery as a separate entity from Nightmare Fredbear, meaning that he must have some sort of significance.

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## Trivia

* It's theorized that he is Shadow Freddy from FNAF 2, because Nightmare's filename in FNAF 4 is Shadow Freddy.

* It's theorized that he is the Crying Child from FNAF 4 Minigames, because Nightmare doesn't appear until Night 6, after the child dies.

* He is the most challenging FNAF 4 character along side Nightmarionne, since they both come from all sides and are very aggressive.

* His endoskeleton head seems to resemble a brain.

* He is one of the FNAF Villains to be pure evil, others such as William Afton and Nightmarionne.

* His FNAF World counterpart is helpful to the player, while his FNAF 4 and UCN counterparts are pure evil.
* He is very similar to Nightmarionne since both are the final encounter in their respective game, dark colored nightmare animatronics, and has similar voices.
	+ Nightmare is replaced by Nightmarionne in Five Nights at Freddy's 4: Halloween Edition which was Nightmarionne's first appearance.
* He is assumed to be a personification of Death by some fans, meaning that the Fredbear-type appearance could be only a simplified form and that his true form is incomprehensible.
* His current role in the story is unknown, it's also unknown if he is still around or not.
* Nightmare is the only animatronic in the fourth game who doesn't have a jumpscare in the Extras Menu.
* Nightmare is the only animatronic in the fourth game who has a single image jumpscare, similar to Golden Freddy from the first game.
* Upon close inspection, Nightmare is somewhat transparent so you can see-though some of his body.
* His claws, teeth, and black color make him similar to Venom.
* It is rumored that he is the crying child from the minigame, reborn, hates a strong hatred towards the player (possibly the older brother)
* His jumpscare message sounds like an ambulance.
* A popular comparison is Nightmare and Freddy Kruger they are often compared to each other.
	+ They both haunt people's nightmares.
	+ They both kill you in your dream.
	+ They both kill seemingly for fun.