Fredbear

**Fredbear** is the precursor to Freddy Fazbear and the mascot of *Fredbear's Family Diner*, alongside of Spring Bonnie.

## **Physical Appearance**

Fredbear's appearance is similar to Golden Freddy from the first game but his top hat and bow-tie are purple rather than black, and seemingly glow. Unlike his FNaF World appearance, which has cyan eyes, his eyes are black with white glowing pupils.

Upon closer inspection when compared to Freddy, Fredbear has a different model shape. His ears are rounder and less pointy, his top hat is smaller, he has smaller eyebrows, his whiskers are placed in different positions, he's slightly chubbier and has a different head shape. Seen in his jumpscare, Fredbear seems to be an edited model of Freddy Fazbear, as his arms, torso, ears, and muzzle are nearly identical to Freddy's, and upon looking closely, his endoskeleton appears to be Endo-01.

In his plush form, he resembles a Golden Freddy plush but with purple accessories and buttons.

## **Personality**

Fredbear's personality seems to be a mixture duo of Freddy Fazbear and Golden Freddy. Like Freddy, Fredbear entertains children and sings on stage with his partner Spring Bonnie. It could be assumed that his personality is similar to Freddy, albeit with minor differences. Like Golden Freddy, he is shown to be quite mysterious and unknown behind the shadows. Similarly, he is also shown to be secretly aggressive and possibly possesses the same immense hatred for William Afton like Golden Freddy contains.

## **Behavior**

UCN is the only game where Fredbear acts as an antagonist. In the game, he is a secret character who can only be summoned by using the *Death Coin* on Golden Freddy when he is set to 1 and no other characters are active. Upon using the coin, a tophat will appear on the desk in the office right before the player is jumpscared by Fredbear.

## **Trivia**

### **General**

* It's unknown why Fredbear has purple accessories, when Golden Freddy's are black.
	+ This could simply be a minor redesign, as Fredbear has a black hat and bow tie in *Five Nights at Freddy's 3*.
* Fredbear's laugh from *Ultimate Custom Night* is recycled for *The Curse of Dreadbear*, despite his absence in that game, instead coming from the Halloween themed animatronics, primarily in *Danger! Keep Out!* and the Corn Maze level in *Afraid of the Dark*.

### **Five Nights at Freddy's 4**

* Fredbear is often mistaken as being an incarnation of Freddy Fazbear. Based on his depiction in *Five Night at Freddy's 4*, Fredbear and his nightmare counterparts are shown to coexist alongside versions of Freddy Fazbear.
	+ During the end-of-night cutscene after night three, Fredbear, alongside unknown variants of Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy, appeared in a television program titled *"Fredbear and Friends."* The exact nature of this program is unknown.
		- The program's date is marked at 1983. This is also the code used to unlock an Easter Egg in *Sister Location's* Private Room ending.
* During the end-of-night cutscenes, the picture of Fredbear on the restaurant's outer wall depicts Fredbear with two black buttons. Despite this, his animatronic form within the same cutscene does not have the black buttons.

### **Ultimate Custom Night**

* Fredbear (along with Trash and the Gang and Helpy) are the only characters in *Ultimate Custom Night* to have an exclusive jumpscare sound.
	+ Fredbear, Golden Freddy, Trash and the Gang, Helpy, and Funtime Freddy are the only characters of the series to have their own jumpscare sounds, outside of *Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery*.
* Interestingly, Fredbear appears to be covered in shadows. This is likely an attempt to hide his full appearance.
	+ This isn't necessary, as his hands and legs are off-screen.
* Fredbear is the only animatronic to have no customizable AI and also cannot be summoned by Dee Dee.
* Fredbear is the only character that can be summoned by the player.
* Fredbear has his own mugshot seen in the game's last teaser. However, due to lacking any customizable AI, he does not have a mugshot in-game.
* Fredbear is voiced by Kellen Goff, who had previously voiced Funtime Freddy and Molten Freddy, the latter also appearing in *Ultimate Custom Night*.
* Fredbear's voice lines were originally intended for Freddy Fazbear, as seen on Kellen Goff's second FNaF show interview. .
	+ These two voice lines may show evidence that they were for Freddy Fazbear to speak:
		- *There was more fantasy and fun where I came from.* - Referencing the introductory greeting by Phone Guy on night one. of the first *Five Nights at Freddy's* game.
		- *Let's find a suit that's right for you.* - Referencing on how the animatronics stuff the player into a spare Freddy suit when getting attacked.

## **References**

1. ↑ Kellen Goff's second FNaF Show Interview