Mangle

**Mangle** is a secondary antagonist in *Five Nights at Freddy's 2*, who returns in *Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted* and *Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery*.

## **Appearance**

Mangle has a white-colored fox head, with rosy red cheeks and lipstick. They have one eye with an amber iris and black pupil, while the other one is hollow/black. They have a pink accented snout with a small black nose and pink outline around their eyes. Mangle has a set of sharp teeth on their upper and lower jaw. Wires dangle out of their ear sockets.

Their body is a mess of wires and endoskeleton parts, an entire separate endoskeleton head attached to their body, with wires dangling out of its eye socket. They have a hand attached where their head should be. If looked at closely, it can be seen that Mangle has pink nail polish on its feet. They sport a pink bowtie dangling off one of their limbs.

## **Personality**

Mangle in *Special Delivery* has a murderous personality, threatening the player while getting ready to attack. They speak in a less happy voice, sometimes rephrasing their words to worse, also mocking them in a rather sadistic manner. One of their lines suggested that they're traumatized by what happened in Kid's Cove.

## **History**

Mangle used to be one of the animatronics in the Freddy Fazbear's Pizza in *FNaF 2*. However, the toddlers constantly rip them apart piece by piece, forcing the staff to reassemble them every time. Eventually, the staff decided to make them a "take apart and put back together" attraction for the kids to mess around with. They were also dubbed as "Mangle" due to this reason.

After the restaurant was closed down due to incidents, parts of Mangle, along with other Toy Animatronics, were brought to Fazbear's Fright as a decoration.

In *Special Delivery*, Mangle was rebuilt as a part of Fazbear Funtime Service. However, the employees at Fazbear Entertainment ran into some problems due to the complexity of their endoskeleton. They were originally supposed to be able to move along the ceilings, but the employees struggled to even let them move on the ground properly.

Mangle also appears in The Freddy Fazbear Virtual Experience.

## **Behavior**

### *FNaF VR: Help Wanted*

#### Vent Repair

Mangle appears in the vent gameplay, where the player must repair the vents, following the computer voice's instructions. They will try to go in an open vent. In order to defend against Mangle, the player needs to look directly at them to fend them off. Failure to keep Mangle at bay while performing a task will result in a run-ending jumpscare.

#### Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Mangle is one of the antagonists in the Five Nights at Freddy's 2 minigame section. They will approach the player from the right vent, and the player must equip the Freddy Fazbear Mask to avoid a jumpscare.

#### Pizza Party

In the hardmode of Night Terrors, Pizza Party, Mangle makes her brief appearance in one of the rooms where the player has to choose their favorite flavor (chocolate or vanilla). They will approach a while after the player enters the room, and will attack the player when the player stays for too long.

#### Build-a-Mangle

As the title goes, Mangle is the main antagonist in the Build-a-Mangle minigame in the Spooky Mansion section. They will drop down from the vent and get closer to the player every time the player chooses an incorrect part. After too many incorrect items are picked, Mangle will come out from the vent and attack the player immediately. Failing to collect enough items correctly in the time limit will also cause Mangle to jumpscare the player at the end of the minigame.

#### Trick or Treat

Mangle is one of the animatronics that appears in the house in Trick-or-Treat mini-game in the Spooky Mansion section. Its behavior is different than the others who is in the same minigame, as it will only block the player's view by hanging by the window. The player has to wear Mangle's mask to rid it from the window.

### *FNaF AR: Special Delivery*

Mangle is one of the special event-exclusive antagonists in *Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery*. They were available since March 6th, 2020 until March 11th. On May 18th, Mangle was added into character rotation and could be encountered normally as long as the player was at least level 45. Despite this, Mangle is still not purchasable in the shop.

When Mangle is in the room, the Shocker is not given to the player, as it can't be used to shut down Mangle. When Mangle is in the Haywire Mode, the player must wear the Freddy Fazbear Mask and look away immediately before it reaches the player, or else the player will be attacked.

Over time, the player will be put into a time limit as a countdown timer appears on the screen. A part of Mangle's endoskeleton will then appear around the room, and the player needs to collect it before the timer ends. Once the part is collected, Mangle will appear and the player must wear the mask until it disappears. Repeat these steps for three times until Mangle breaks down itself.

## **Skins**

### *FNaF VR: Help Wanted*

* Shadow Mangle

In Mangle's Hardmode level in Vent Repair, a different counterpart of Mangle, **Shadow Mangle** appears alongside the usual Mangle.

#### Appearance

While Shadow Mangle looks identical to Mangle, it appeared similarly related to the shadow animatronics from *FNaF 2*, colored completely with pitch-black tints, saving for the eyeball and teeth.

#### Behavior

In Mangle Vent Repair, Shadow Mangle will try to approach the player and attack them alongside Mangle, meaning that the player has to deal with two Mangles at the same time.

### *FNaF AR: Special Delivery*

* Magician Mangle
* Serpent Mangle

Magician Mangle is one of the circus-themed skins in the Dark Circus Event of Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery. You may purchase their skin and lures from the shop. Magician Mangle is the first skin for Mangle in Special Delivery.

#### Appearance

Magician Mangle has an identical appearance to the Mangle, but holds various changes. Their white fur is now a dull green, and the pink has been turned into a light brown color. They wear a small top-hat, while their endoskeleton head wears a pair of bunny ears. The endoskeleton's eye has become a spiral, and similarly, Mangle's eye has become what seems to be a light blue crystal ball. On a few parts of the endoskeleton, playing cards seem to be stuck onto them, and on their handless limb, there seems to be a shackle on it. Finally, Magician Mangle holds a giant saw, and has various knives floating around them, while the endoskeleton head holds a magic wand in its mouth.

## **Trivia**

### *FNaF VR: Help Wanted*

* Help Wanted appears to be the very first game that showcases Mangle's full model unless one counts the "Thank You" image.
	+ By datamining and extracting their model from the game files, Mangle is shown to possess three legs, with one extra leg behind its left leg. Including the two heads, Mangle appears to have 8 limbs, supporting the possibility that they may be comprised of more than one endoskeleton.
		- This is possible since Mangle is now decommissioned into a building toy that was heavily damaged.
* Mangle had appeared in a total of five mini-games as an antagonist in *Help Wanted*, which is more than any other characters, even Freddy himself.
	+ They only appear in three minigames in the main game, however, if the Curse of Dreadbear DLC minigames are excluded. They share the same number with Freddy and some other characters.
* Oddly, on the back of the boxart for Help Wanted's physical release; Mangle is given both their eyes back, as well as both eyes being colored blue.
* Mangle has the first vent repair level

### *FNaF AR: Special Delivery*

* Mangle has a total of 4 teasers dedicated to them, giving them the most amount of teasers in the game.
* In *Special Delivery*, Mangle has the same voice actress as in *Ultimate Custom Night*.
	+ In some of its voice lines, there seem to be two different personalities speaking, having different opinions. While one is Mangle's usual voice, one has a deeper voice.
		- The second voice possibly comes from the other endoskeleton head in Mangle's part.
* If Mangle's CPU is put onto Ballora, the parts will be replaced by Minireena.
* Interestingly, Magician Mangle has cards floating around them instead of knives in their teaser.
* Magician Mangle's eye is based on a crystal ball, despite this object normally being associated with psychics and not magicians.
* Oddly, Magician Mangle's shop bundle portrait uses an extended version of their map icon instead of their plushsuit icon.