Puppet

Speculation*This article is full of speculation, and should not be regarded as concrete and factual.*

## Physical description

### Species

Animatronic Marionette

The **Puppet**, also known as the **Marionette**, is a previous character in the Five Nights at Freddy's series, and was set to appear in the cancelled Five Nights at Freddy's Plus.

The Puppet is supposedly an elusive character to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza with its existence relatively unknown beyond its Music Box. Though the Puppet is known to exist, appearing as a mask in The Office. Very little is known of the Puppet's involvement as of now, with it being an enemy during gameplay having been ambiguously deconfirmed.

## Appearance

The Puppet, as its name suggests, is a monochromatic animatronic puppet with a dirty white plastic face, eerily resembling a human skull. The Puppet's mask is sculpted with human details such as a pronounced nose and eye sockets. It has black tears streaming from its eyes and a smiling mouth with a black bottom lip.

Its design differs from the original Puppet immensely, with the original having a more "cartoonish" look. The Puppet's character has also mostly been kept a secret in Five Nights at Freddy's Plus.

## Trivia

* Currently they are several factors that makes ambiguous if the Puppet will act as an enemy during the gameplay of Five Nights at Freddy's Plus:
	+ The Puppet was initially confirmed as a gameplay enemy in a summary (created by Kane Carter, creator of the POPGOES series) of the Q&A session hosted on Twitter on August 19th 2021, on point 17, where the following was stated: *"No animatronics are planned outside of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy and the Puppet, because more would "crowd the gameplay".*
	+ The opposite was instead stated In the more recent Pastebin F.A.Q, under the section regarding the Q&A session, where *"no other animatronics aside from the ones seen in the original game will act as enemies during gameplay."*, seemingly excluding The Puppet this time.
		- However, regarding the Pastebin F.A.Q specifically, the only obvious mention of the word "Puppet" is censored, which might imply the F.A.Q is intentionally trying to negate The Puppet very existence, making the statement excluding the Puppet from the gameplay more ambiguous. This is further supported by the Q&A session, when directly asked about The Puppet, Phisnom simply replied with either "Who?" or "Puppet?"
* In the original *Five Nights at Freddy's* series, the Puppet was introduced in Five Nights at Freddy's 2 as a consistent threat. The player would have to wind the music box to keep the Puppet at bay. Minigames from Five Nights at Freddy's 2 would imply that the Puppet is responsible for bringing the other animatronics to life.
	+ Interestingly, The Puppet was possibly planned to have appeared in the original *Five Nights at Freddy's* but was ultimately scrapped. Its reappearance in Five Nights at Freddy's Plus may reuse ideas from their original intended appearance.
* In the lead-up to the game's release, The Puppet is currently the least teased character in images, video or other medias; so much so that even Phisnom himself doesn't acknowledge its existence, answering with either "Who?" or "Puppet?" when directly asked about it, as well as censoring the word "PUPPET" in the Pastebin F.A.Q.
* Due to the cancellation of Five Nights at Freddy's Plus, The Puppet is the only character without a full body design.

1. ↑ "*Five Nights at Freddy's Plus || Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q)*", Pastebin, August 18th 2021
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/POPGOESdev/status/1428131145342980099/photo/1