Nightmare

Nightmare is a dark version of Nightmare Fredbear.

He is one of the Nightmare animatronics that stalks the young protagonist of Five Nights at Freddy's 4, whose mind creates these monsters after suffering an accident related to the characters.

Despite possessing a similar appearance and demeanor to Nightmare Fredbear, he is much more aggressive in comparison and acts as the last threat or "boss" that the player must face in the fourth installment. This, along with his name, would seem to indicate that he symbolizes the protagonist's worst nightmare, taking the form of the character he fears the most, and making him more terrifying and dangerous.

## History

### Five Nights at Freddy's 4

In 1983, it is planned to celebrate a child's birthday at Fredbear's Family Diner. However, the little one suffers a great fear towards the restaurant due to some event that he witnessed in that place. His brother, upon discovering this fear, begins to annoy him, either scaring him with a Foxy mask or even leaving him alone in the premises.

On the day of the party, the boy is once again mocked by his brother, this time accompanied by his friends who wear Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie and Chica masks. Thinking it would be a good joke, they took the boy on stage and stuck his head in Fredbear's mouth. However, the pressure from the animatronic's jaws is so strong that it ends up crushing the child's skull.

Later, the boy falls into a big coma, suffering from Nightmares every night about this deformed creatures.

Nightmare is one of them, apparently representing the boy's worst nightmare.

### Ultimate Custom Night

In the "definitive FNaF mashup", Nightmare returns again as one of the 58 antagonist animatronics of Ultimate Custom Night, being the 22nd character on the list of customizable animatronics.

## Personality and traits

Nightmare is a cruel and twisted animatronic who takes pleasure in tormenting his victims. This is evident in Ultimate Custom Night, where he informs the player of his death in a rather sadistic way. He also seems to enjoy teasing his victims when he has the opportunity to do so. He also speaks in a deep, monstrous and intimidating voice, befitting his name.

## Appearance

Nightmare is not much different from his counterpart Nightmare Fredbear, only that he has a translucent black suit, his bow tie and his top hat are yellow.

When illuminating an image of Nightmare, the claim that Nightmare is black is left behind, as it is revealed that the suit is actually translucent, as if its endoskeleton is shrouded in shadow. As such, almost the entirety of his endoskeleton can be seen when lighting his images. The only exception is around the jaw, where it appears that existing material has been removed from the jaw. In addition to this, Nightmare possesses a mysterious structure suspiciously similar to a human brain in its head.

## Powers and Abilities

He has strength completely superior to that of an average human, as well as more altitude and robustness. He has deadly claws, sharp teeth (strong enough to crush bone). He possesses advanced stealth techniques (because somehow, he can attack you without you noticing).

## Trivia

* Exactly who or what Nightmare is based on is currently unknown, as there are no animatronics to match the overall appearance and color scheme.
	+ This has led many to believe that Nightmare is a figment of the player's imagination. This is supported by the fact that his name is just "Nightmare", as opposed to other names which consist of the word "Nightmare" followed by the character which it is based on.

* Nightmare appears on the cover of the novel Five Nights at Freddy's: The Twisted Ones, hinting at her appearance in the book.
	+ Ironically, however, he is not the main animatronic in the book, yet he was hinted near the end.

* Nightmare is one of two animatronics in the fourth game to not have an animated jumpscare, rather just a simple screen and a strange garble, similar to Golden Freddy from the first game. The other animatronic with this trait is Nightmarionne.
* Nightmare appears to have a reddish hue to his teeth, possibly hinting at blood.