Protagonist (FNaF 4)

**SPECULATION**
*This article contains speculation.Please keep this in mind while reading!*

Template:FNaF4 Protagonist Infobox The **Protagonist** in *Five Nights at Freddy's 4* is a young child. Not much is known about him, although several fans speculate that this child could very well be the victim of The Bite of '83.

## Appearance

As with four out of five of the protagonists, the child himself is never actually seen, aside from (possibly) in the minigames. Unlike Mike Schmidt from the first game, his death screen does not display any part of his body but rather a bloody, red screen.

Assuming the child is, in fact, the victim of the bite, he has a fairly light skin tone. His face is constantly stained with tears. He wears a black shirt with two lone gray stripes on it, and blue short trousers, an outfit which he wears for 6 days straight. He has constant black eyes and dark brown hair.

## Personality

Not much is known about the child, aside from the fact that he is fearful as evidenced by what is likely his scream in the jumpscare sound from *Five Nights at Freddy's 4*. Despite this, the kid considers the plushies of the animatronics his friends, as revealed by the minigame before the first night, and the minigame after the sixth night. He has fair hearing, especially when considering Nightmare Bonnie and Nightmare Chica's quiet breathing.

If the child is indeed the bite victim, this means he is sad, as proven by the tears constantly running down his face. Another family member, assumedly his older brother, appears to constantly taunt and abuse him, actions that eventually led to his older sibling and his friends causing and witnessing the Bite.

## Speculation

   With the nature of the minigames in the fourth game being heavily centered around the victim of The Bite of '87, many fans assume the two are one and the same character. This is further supported by several in-game elements. Occasionally, the player may experience a pot of flowers, an IV, or pills appearing next to the Bed, things not normally found in a Bedroom like the one the player inhabits.

This is further supported by the various teaser images released on Scott Cawthon's website. most of the Nightmare Animatronics' teasers contain the phrase "Was it me?" This, combined with the hidden 8's and 7's within the source code of Scott's website seems to mean the message is referring to the Bite of '87. It was however revealed that the Bite of '87 is in fact a completely separate incident.

Another popular theory is that you play as the crying child's brother: Michael Afton, people claim that since the Crying Child fell into a coma, he could not imagine the IV stand or the flower pot or take pills, so they claim that it can only be Michael, either traumatized from what he saw/did or his father, William Afton who punishes him by tormenting him with the animatronics.

Considering the layout of the location has two hallways leading into the bedroom, it is commonly believed this is not actually the player's home, as this is an incredibly odd layout for a house. This has led many fans to assume that the events seen in the main gameplay of *Five Nights at Freddy's 4* are not actually real. Nightmare Foxy will transform back into a Foxy plushie after being warded off. This seems to indicate that what is seen is not, in fact real.

Combining the two popular theories indicate that the character we play as is having nightmares about the animatronics who caused the incident. This is further shown in the fact that Nightmare Fredbear appears as the main animatronic on Night 5 and Nightmare doing the same on Night 7 onward, as Fredbear is clearly shown to be the one who caused the Bite of '83 and, as such, the child would be thinking about him in a different way than the other animatronics.

## Trivia

* The protagonist in *Five Nights at Freddy's 4* is the first protagonist not working as a night guard for any of the establishments.
* The protagonist in *Five Nights at Freddy's 4* is also the first protagonist to be there for the most nights, being eight nights.
* The protagonist in *Five Nights at Freddy's 4* is the only protagonist that can walk in the room.