Mangle

## The Mangle

**Mangle** is an antagonist from ***Five Nights at Freddy's 2***, and is a returning character for the*Ultimate Custom Night.*

## **Body Appearance**

Mangle is a mangled white toy animatronic fox, with pink accents on his body. her also have red cheeks. She also has dark magenta eyelids and long eyelashes, a pink bow tie is also attached to his bent endoskeleton. His teeth are also smaller, but her endoskeleton teeth are also visible. They also have a second head that seems completely endoskeleton in design, if looked at closely, it can be seen that Mangle has pink nail polish on her feet. her left eye is a yellow-gold color, while the right eye is completely empty.

"*Proof that toddlers can destroy almost anything. With white and pink features and a visible endoskeleton, Mangle doesn't look like Foxy at all." -The Freddy Files. Page 39.*

===**Game Appearances**===

* '*Five Nights at Freddy's 2*
	+ As himself/themself, Mangle
* **Five Nights at Freddy's 3**
	+ As Phantom Mangle, a counterpart
* **Five Nights at Freddy's 4​​​​​​**
	+ As Nightmare Mangle, a Halloween counterpart
* **Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery**
	+ As Mangle, Magician Mangle, Serpent Mangle
* **Ultimate Custom Night**
* **Five Nights at Freddy's Help Wanted**

As himself/themself, Mangle

## **Behavior**

"*Mangle makes his way through the vent system, but unlike the other animatronics in the vents, once he reaches the vent to your office he will never leave, and will enter your office the moment the vent door opens. The only way to stop him is to use the vent snare, which can only be active in one place at a time, forcing you to keep track of Mangle's location in the vent's to ensure that the correct vent snare is active. Once in your office, Mangle will hang from the ceiling creating audio disturbances before eventually dropping down to jumpscare you.*"

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 every 6 seconds. Every time she turns a corner in the vent network, his speed will be set to 1. They have an equal chance of choosing any particular route to the Office. Mangle's path can be blocked by the vent snare, which will cause him to choose a new route once he comes into contact with it. If the vent snare is activated on top of him and she remains on it for half a second, she will be sent back to the start of the vent network, which is the only way to reverse their progress through the vents.

Unlike the other vent animatronics, once she is poised to enter the Office, they will never leave that spot, even if she attempts to enter while the center vent door is closed. Unlike what is implied in his strategy blurb, Mangle can be office-stalled, and will not attempt to enter the Office until the Monitor is activated.

If Mangle manages to enter the Office, he will hang on the ceiling instead of simply immediately killing the player, making his distorted radio noise from FNAF 2, which will add an additional level of noise to the office. From that point onward, every second that the Monitor is raised, there is a 1/30 (0.33%) chance that she will attack and end the run.

## **Dialogue**

> "*Now I get to play take-apart-and-put-back-together! You won't feel a thing.*"
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> "*I wanted to wait until just the right moment to drop in!*"
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> "*It's so much more fun hanging out in here with you!*"
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> "*Don't be afraid! Soon you'll look just like me... Beautiful!*"
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> "*He's here, and always watching... The one you shouldn't have killed.*"
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## **Trivia**

* It is widely believed that Mangle caused The Bite of '87.
* On Night 3 in *Five Nights at Freddy's 2*, when Phone Guy mentions Mangle, he uses he/him pronouns for them. However, Mangle is featured in both that game's Custom Night and Ultimate Custom Night's presets 'Ladies Night'. Combined with their traditionally feminine color palette and facial features (prominent lipstick, rosy cheeks, and long eyelashes), this has led to many arguments on forums and wikis alike regarding their gender, many of which last to this very day.
	+ On September 17th, 2015, Scott Cawthon jokingly answered to a question about whenever Mangle is female or male with "yes". (he said yes to her being male or female. Yes is not his gender.)
	+ Scott Cawthon said none of the characters changed genders. Bonnet doesn't count as she's not canon.
	+ Scott Cawthon stated he intended Mangle to be a male character.
	+ In The Ultimate Custom Night, Mangle's voice is a combination of a male and a female voice. In their description, both he/him and she/her pronouns are used for them.
		- This doesn't apply to her counterparts Phantom Mangle and Nightmare Mangle, who are both referred to exclusively with male pronouns.
	+ In *Bear of Vengeance*, Mangle has a decidedly male voice.
	+ In *The Character Encyclopedia*, Mangle is referred to as he/him. However, in *The Freddy Files*, they are referred to as it/its.
	+ Mangle's gender remains ambiguous to this day; oftentimes, players will simply arbitrarily interchange pronouns, including in the same sentence, to refer to them, leaning into the character's gender ambiguity.
* Mangle and Toy Bonnie are the only animatronics to have a different color than their original counterparts.
* It is theorized that Mangle is possessed by a child killed by William Afton. It is also theorized that they are possessed by a dog.
* Despite sharing a name and design, they have nothing in common with Foxy.
* Mangle, along with their counterparts, Phantom Mangle and Nightmare Mangle, is one of Foxy's counterparts not to have a hook.
* The jaw of Mangle's endoskeleton is missing in her jumpscare animation, despite being present for their in-office sprite.

## Gallery

Mangle in the Office.Mangle's Jumpscare