Hoppy the Bunny

*"I heard from the previous night guard that the bunny is very active during the night, so I'll keep an eye on him if I were you. Until we fix him..."*

-Video Tape Guy describing Hoppy the Bunny.

***Hoppy the Bunny***, commonly referred to as ***Hoppy***, is a bunny animatronic who was removed from service after the possible murder of Stephen Herd during the events of the Winter of 1975. Hoppy the Bunny is later reactivated on the new site, Hoppy's Fright Fest, programmed with the ability to scare customers by using environmental noise to its advantage.

## Physical Appearance

Hoppy the Bunny is a rabbit-like animatronic decorated with sky blue fur. A white underbelly matches its eye sockets and snout. At the neck of Hoppy is a red bow tie, which shines at certain light levels. It's purple eyes complement the pink eyelids and short lashes. Along the belly, an extra patch of soft bunny fur is added to sell its realism to the public, along with the bunny tail made of cotton balls.

## Creation

Being the first animatronic created by Hoppy Inc., Hoppy the Bunny was the most experimental of its kind. The idea of Hoppy the Bunny came to the Announcer while tending his garden after a long day of painting the house blue. His son Stephen Herd had come home with a bunny that he was awarded at the fair and due to the natural instinct of the bunny, it jumped away from his son's hand and accidentally rammed into the newly blue painted wall. Disappointed that his labor was no use, the Announcer went into his house and sat at his desk, the thought of the bunny ramming into his newly painted wall teased him with an idea, the idea for the first animatronic, Hoppy the Bunny.

## History

After years of constant service, Hoppy the Bunny began to deteriorate and was place into Parts and Service to be worked on later that day. Upon his maintenance about to begin, it was discovered he was missing from the establishment. A town-wide search began later that day known as "Hoppy's Mysterious Disappearance", and it wasn't found for weeks, until January 28, 1976, next to Stephen Herd's body, where it was taken into custody by officials until November of that year. To avoid bad fame, the original Hoppy is destroyed and replaced with a newer version, Toy Hoppy to replace him in Hoppy's Fun Land while his old pieces were used to create another Hoppy for the diner itself. It is possible that Hoppy was also linked with the missing case report of Maggs Herd but nothing is known about it.

## Behavior

Mentioned by the Video Tape Guy, Hoppy the Bunny was never the same after the investigation and will wander around the establishment on its own. It follows the closest noise sounds, in this case, the office, the Puppet Duo or children to make them fall into a false sense of security. Once it makes its way out of the Storage Room, Hoppy the Bunny would wonder the restaurant, often taking a similar route to the Puppet Duo as they create the most noise before arriving in the office. Hoppy the Bunny's new system will cause it to use the environmental sounds to drive the children mad, leading them to his arms and killing them. The more time Hoppy the Bunny spends analyzing the children, the more clever he becomes to capture them and killing them.

## Timeline

* Wednesday, January 15, 1975 - Hoppy the Bunny is created.
* Thursday, April 17, 1975 - Hoppy the Bunny was put into service.
* Wednesday, January 28, 1976 - Hoppy the Bunny was found near the body of Stephen Herd.
* Monday, November 22, 1976 - Hoppy the Bunny is returned to Hoppy's Fun Land after the investigation.
* Friday, December 30, 1977 - Hoppy the Bunny is replaced by Toy Hoppy around the fair and is placed inside the establishment along with all the other retired animatronics.
* Monday, April 3, 1978 - Further investigation leads to Hoppy the Bunny being discontinued for the possible murder of Stephen Herd.
* Tuesday, April 4, 1978 - Hoppy the Bunny and Toy Hoppy are moved to the Storage Room and discontinued.
* Friday, October 8, 1993 - Hoppy the Bunny is reactivated and programmed with a new system giving him an audio file player and better mobility.
* Monday, May 11, 1998 - Hoppy the Bunny is discontinued after the relocation of Hoppy's Fright Fest.
* Friday, August 20, 2004 - A Withered Hoppy is found alongside the discontinued Hoppy the Bunny and Toy Hoppy.

## Trivia

* Hoppy the Bunny was heavily based on Bonnie from Five Nights At Freddy's.
	+ The scheme color Hoppy uses is the same as Toy Bonnie does in Five Nights At Freddy's 2.
	+ The torn arm refers to Withered Bonnie from Five Nights At Freddy's 2.
		- Originally it was also going to have a missing face.
* Withered Hoppy was originally going to have a fork of its right hand as it was used to teach children how to eat.
* Withered Hoppy is the pre-incarnation of the newly improved Hoppy the Bunny, or rather the suit that has the soul of Stephen Herd.
	+ Stephen Herd was one of the many children that were murdered during the Winter of 1975 alongside Joe Timothy, Clara McClair, Julio Torres, Dean and Nickolas Smith, and Joshua Jackson
* Due to the original heavy built Hoppy the Bunny had, it was implied that he, among another few, are responsible for the death of the Announcer during the mysterious night call towards the night guard of Monday, October 29, 2001
* Hoppy is the only animatronic to be featured as the face of both establishments and appear on every poster
* During one of the videotapes recording section, Video Tape Guy refers to an ambient sound in the background he keeps hearing and leaves to investigate. He never returns again during the events of the story and is assumed 'dead'