Golden frddy

# Golden Freddy

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Dlavy-brewer26·1/23/2023

This is nuts

Spacebar69·4/20/2022

I will state my reasons why I think Golden Freddy is NOT Phantom Freddy

1. A design standpoint: A design standpoint isn't everything with the animatronic this isn't a point but I will follow up with this
2. Golden Freddy is not a physical animatronic like the other ones he's a spirit so how would there be a spirit of a spirit?
3. Golden Freddy also died in a springlock suit, so how is he moving? In every other game he appeared in he didn't walk but he is in fnaf 3 which doesn't make sense
4. With the point that was made that if you light up Golden Freddy's jumpscare It will be yellow, that was probably there for the lighting to give him a better texture

* Golden Freddy
* Withered Golden Freddy
* Phantom Freddy
* Great Escape

## Golden Freddy

* FNaF 1
* FNAF World

### Alias

Yellow Bear

Yellow Freddy

Cassidy (Games)

Michael Brooks (Novels)

## Appearance

### Gender

Male animatronic, soul with unknown gender

### Accessories

Top Hat

Bowtie

## Additional Information

### Game Appearance(s)

Five Nights at Freddy's, Five Nights at Freddy's 3, Ultimate Custom Night, Special Delivery

### Soul

Cassidy (Games)

Michael Brooks (Books)
**Golden Freddy** (referred to as **Yellow Bear** in the game files) is an animatronic that appears in *Five Nights at Freddy's* as the overarching antagonist. He is a discontinued animatronic entertainer who resides in the safe room from Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and was formerly a mascot at Fredbear's Family Diner. Golden Freddy is haunted by one of William Afton's victims, being a little girl named Cassidy in the games, and a young boy named Michael Brooks in the original novel trilogy.

## Appearance

Golden Freddy appears to be a cross between Freddy and Fredbear with missing eyes. His hat and bow tie appear to be tinted dark blue, as opposed to Freddy's black ones and Fredbear's purple ones, though this may be the result of lighting.

His appearance in Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery however is a bit different. His teeth have become solid gold, while his Endoskeleton joints don't attach properly. In addition, the lighter gold color is more of a bright yellow.

## Personality

Cassidy/Golden Freddy, similar to her Fazbear Frights' counterpart, Andrew, is a vengeful and mysterious animatronic that holds an immense amount of hatred towards William Afton, this led to Cassidy attaching herself to William's soul to ensure that he can't die. It's implied that he created the pizzeria and the animatronics in Ultimate Custom Night as a way to torture him for all eternity for his actions. His hatred seems to be so immense that he refuses to rest like the other souls, as shown in his cutscene in Ultimate Custom Night, his hatred for William and refusal to let him die is partially the response for William's return as Glitchtrap inadvertently allowing Afton to inflict more pain, destruction, and death upon innocent people.

## Story

### Five Nights at Freddy's

In the new Freddy's Pizzeria, Golden Freddy took on a form analogous to the redesigned Freddy. Golden Freddy in implied to be the animatronic who killed Phone Guy, as his roar can be heard in the final moments of his call. While Golden Freddy does not actively hunt after Mike Schmidt, Golden Freddy can manifest on a Freddy poster, accompanied by a giggle from the child possessing him. Golden Freddy then appears in the Office, assaulting his mind with the message "IT'S ME". However, Mike manages to distract himself with his monitor.

## Behavior

When checking CAM 2B, the player will see a Freddy poster on the wall, that can become a close-up of Golden Freddy's face with a one in a hundred thousand chance. While this picture of him is being viewed, a young girl's laugh can be heard. If the player sees the Golden Freddy poster and then switches back to the Office, Golden Freddy will have appeared within the Office. His appearance causes different images to flash on the screen for split seconds, along with the words "IT'S ME". Golden Freddy will wait idly for few seconds before killing the night guard, forcibly closing the game. The moment the player sees him, the player must bring up the Monitor before Golden Freddy kills the night guard. Doing so will cause him to disappear.

Alternatively, the player can avoid him entirely by simply not looking at the West Hall Corner camera poster (CAM 2B), which will prevent him from being summoned in the first place. However, this may prove difficult, as players may be tempted to watch this particular corner in case Bonnie is making a move toward the Office.

#### Custom Night

After an update, inputting the A.I. levels 1-9-8-7 (the year of the bite of '87) on Night 7, Golden Freddy's jumpscare will play, crashing the game in the process. It is unlikely that this bears any lore significance, however.

### Five Nights at Freddy's 2

While Golden Freddy's withered counterpart features as an antagonist from Night 6 onwards, Golden Freddy appears in his original form in the Night 3 cutscene. Here, standing up, he looks at Freddy, who is the players point of view, alongside Bonnie and Chica.

### Five Nights at Freddy's 3

Golden Freddy only appears in the Happiest Day Minigame. Here, the child possessing him is standing behind a table. She is given cake by the Puppet, and, after the Golden Freddy mask appears on the child's face, she vanishes, leaving the mask behind.

### Ultimate Custom Night

While Golden Freddy's withered counterpart is a customizable antagonist in *Ultimate Custom Night*, the final cutscene will reveal Golden Freddy in his original form from the first game, twitching constantly within pitch blackness.

### Special Delivery

Golden Freddy returns again within the AR game. His animations are all glitchy, as if he doesn't have proper control over himself. Occasionally, his torso will float up higher, revealing his detached Endoskeleton. The Glitchy behavior also carries over to his in-game mechanic.

He will switch between the AIs of Freddy Fazbear, Toy Freddy, Mangle, Springtrap, and Ballora. To defeat him, you must select the appropriate tool within the Tool menu, replacing the original Flashlight button. In addition, you have to shock him three times to win. The available combinations are:

* Sound meter + Battery
* Flashlight + Timer
* Shock + Mask

These can be switched at any time throughout the fight. In addition, there are 5 combinations that are grayed out, being:

* Shock + Battery
* Flashlight + Sound meter
* Shock + Flashlight
* Mask + Battery
* Timer + Battery

Though unknown if this is a glitch, switching tools with the Flashlight on will have it remain on until you switch back or use the mask.

Depending on the AI he has taken, he will take on characteristics of the character's AI, although not completely. He can only haywire in Springtrap mode.

* Freddy Fazbear mode
* Toy Freddy mode
* Mangle mode
* Springtrap mode
* Ballora mode

He'll function almost identical to Freddy, as he will move more frequently while cloaked, and wait until the correct chance to strike. His static is still easy to track.

## Books

### The Silver Eyes

Golden Freddy is a major character in The Silver Eyes. Unlike the games, He is possessed by a boy named Michael Brooks. In The Silver Eyes, he is also implied to be the mascot suit used to lure the children to the back room. Golden Freddy is also primarily referred to as simply "yellow Freddy", and is stated to be from Fredbear's Family Diner

### 1:35 AM - The New Kid

Golden Freddy's suit appears in 1:35 AM. It appears in the third story, where Devon tries to trick Kelsey into putting on the suit for a little bit. Kelsey puts on the Golden Freddy suit all on his own, and proceeds to get springlocked. A week later Devon returns to check on Kelsey, only to see he's gone, and gets his hand caught by some springlocks. While Devon is slowly bleeding out, he sees the top of a head, someone with curly black hair.

## Gallery

### Five Nights at Freddy’s

**Golden Freddy**

**Golden Freddy**'s jumpscare.

**Golden Freddy** in the Office.

Golden Freddy hallucination before the jumpscare.

### FNAF World

Golden Freddy in FNAF World.

Golden Freddy attacking.

### Ultimate Custom Night

**Golden Freddy** in the secret cutscene.

### Special Delivery

Golden Freddy's reveal image in Special Delivery

Golden Freddy's plushsuit icon

Golden Freddy's CPU icon

Golden Freddy's lure icon

The combination of the Battery and Noise meters in his encounter.

Ditto, but with Mask and Shock.

Ditto, but with the Flashlight and Timer.

The locked combination of the Timer and Battery.

Ditto, but with the Flashlight and Shocker

Ditto, but with the Shocker and Battery.

Ditto, but with the Mask and Battery.

Ditto, but with the Flashlight and Noise Meters.

## Trivia

* **Golden Freddy** can appear when doors are closed, e.g. it can appear in the Office.
* **Golden Freddy** was a fan-given name for the first game. Its real name, according to the game files, is Yellow Bear. On the Custom Night screen for Five Nights at Freddy's 2, however, his name is shown to be **Golden Freddy**.
	+ It wasn't until FNaF World that this version of Golden Freddy (FNaF 1 classic) was referred to with the name Golden Freddy rather than Yellow Bear.
* In the first game, it is really easy to deflect Golden Freddy's jumpscare, just pull the monitor back up and he will become invisible again until you see the poster again.
* Golden Freddy is implied to be the one who ultimately killed Phone Guy, as his jumpscare noise plays at the end of the call.
* Golden Freddy features in the Five Nights At Freddy's 3 minigame "Stage 01"
* Many Fans theorized that Golden Freddy is the Child bitten by Fredbear, using evidence such as the Happiest Day minigame. However there are many clues that contradict this, such as the problem of what happened to the fifth victim of the Missing Children's Incident.
	+ Some fans think Cassidy and the crying child are the same character. There is evidence to contradict this; For example, some confirmed characteristics between the two contradict, such as Cassidy being confirmed as female, while the crying child is a male.
* In Five Nights at Freddy 1, Golden Freddy's laugh is that of a girl.
* In the Freddy Files, it says he and Fredbear are the same being.
	+ This could mean that Golden Freddy is Fredbear without an endoskeleton.
	+ The Freddy Files does have errors in some spots, however, so this could be another one of those errors sneaking through. Golden Freddy's appearance in Five Nights at Freddy's 2 does not match Fredbear's appearance from Ultimate Custom Night. While to some this may not seem like much, Scott Cawthon is very picky about making sure designs line up between connected characters.
	+ Another thing to note is that Golden Freddy appears on posters for Fredbear's Family Diner, heavily implying that both Golden Freddy and Fredbear co-existed in the location.
* **Golden Freddy** is one of the only beings that is capable of crashing your game, with the other being Shadow Bonnie.
	+ It should also be noted that Golden Freddy only crashes the first game.
	+ Because of his power, it is theorized that **Golden Freddy** is the mastermind behind Ultimate Custom Night, and that he created Ultimate Custom Night as a purgatory for William Afton. In the Old Man Consequences Easter egg it is believed that he is telling Golden Freddy to leave William to his fate, and when you drown yourself the game crashes.
		- There is also a new theory that poses the idea that Golden Freddy might be possessed by two souls. One of them being Cassidy and the other being Kelsey, as Fazbear Frights: 1:35 AM stated that Kelsey was trapped and spring locked inside the Golden Freddy suit. One of the reasons why this theory makes sense is because The One you shouldn’t have killed is supposed to be a male, whereas Cassidy is apparently a girl. However, this theory is false because of one point: There's another "The One You Should Not Have Killed" Candidate, Andrew. Andrew told Jake, the other child inside Stitchwraith, that he wanted to get back at someone who killed him by attaching his soul to the man in order to keep him in eternal suffering, just like the whispered quotes of the Vengeful Spirit in UCN told about the Spirit's intentions towards the player.
* Golden Freddy's mechanic in Special Delivery is the most unique, in that it combines the mechanics of several characters that are found difficult by players.
	+ Because of this, combining his CPU with an 8-bit Baby plushsuit can be one of the most deadly combinations in the game, due to a lack of footsteps combined with originally having no visible change in the eyes during his Haywire.

## References

1. ↑ Datamined odds for Golden Freddy's appearance https://twitter.com/FreddyFactsBlog/status/1359283164368232452