VHS Tapes

Throughout the game, there is one hidden VHS tape per night. These tapes can show up in random spots, with the exception being the tape found on night 6. These tapes show off bits and pieces of the lore. It should be noted that all five of the first tapes are necessary to unlock night 6.

## Tape 1: Testing Murray

The first tape found shows the process of testing an animatronic character, in this case, Murray. This takes place on September 22, 2007. The first three tests (activating animatronic, perform preset 1, and perform preset 2) go as intended. The technician attempts to put the character through preset 3, but it does not respond. It is attempted again, but this time Murray is staring directly into the camera. The technician attempts to shut the animatronic down and reboot it, only to have the character right up to the camera where the tape cuts off.

## Tape 2: A Message from Cook Robotics

The tape is a message from the heads of Cook Robotics talking about the animatronics. The first visual is a purple to pink gradient with "Cook Robotics" in the middle of the screen. The blueprints of the character's heads as well as a rundown of A.F.R.S. (Advanced Facial Recognition System) is shown before returning to the gradient screen.

The message is as follows:

"Attention staff, we believe we've found the issue in our animatronics. The unused A.F.R.S. seems to be reactivated and cannot be deactivated. It has been known to cause malfunctions in the past, sending the animatronic into a dangerous looping state. We advise employees not to directly face the animatronics while they are malfunctioning to prevent further issues. They should eventually stop and return to their previous state. We're not going to play games here anymore, whoever reactivated the A.F.R.S. needs to speak up now, unless it activated by itself somehow. The last programming engineers gave up and left, so we're not getting anywhere until this is finished and functioning the way it should. Thank you for your time."

## Tape 3: A Conversation

This conversation takes place between two employees on behalf of The Wiggles. They seem to be uncertain about the company merging with, presumably, "Cloggy the Clown's Carnival" and his franchise and discuss it. The only visual is a heavily damaged Anthony animatronic, whose eye moves at the very end.

The conversation:

"I don't know if this is a good idea."

"What is?"

"The idea of working for that other company, you know that they've got their own past with stuff, right?"

"I understand that you're paranoid because of the current situation, and yes, I am aware of their past. There was only one incident and that was years ago. They've done a handful of other things and everything was fine. Let's just focus on getting this stuff fixed right now. I can't confirm if the decision of working with them is final."

"What do you think is wrong?"

"Not a clue, sadly. Something's very wrong."

## Tape 4: Testing Captain

Much like this first tape, this one shows the testing of the animatronic figure of Captain Feathersword. It takes place on September 25, 2007. The tape starts with the captain standing in his normal position as seen in game before being activated. The captain's distorted laugh is heard, followed shortly by a scream. An image of the character standing over a corpse is flashed on screen briefly before returning to the black, static-y screen from before. The test was called a success before the tape ends with a picture of Feathersword in the darkness with hollow eyes and blood coming out of his mouth before briefly showing the image brightened up.

## Tape 5: A Warning to Employees

The final tape in the main nights is a warning. There is no spoken dialogue, instead having the warning written out. Various noises can be heard in the background as the tape plays.

"Warning to all employees: Stay away form the animatronics at all costs. This includes the various endoskeletons inside the warehouse. Stay out of the warehouse. Please refrain from telling friends or family about the issue. We will be dismantling the animatronics tonight. Thank you for your cooperation.

## Tape 6: Timmy's Birthday

This final tape depicts an incident that happens at Timmy's 12th birthday at Wiggles Pizza House. A deep distorted voice is heard in the background talking about the party with flashes of the day and The Figure happening throughout. The three kids at the party appear on missing posters in the game. The murder at Timmy's party is shown, with the three kids injured and bleeding heavily and with their intestines hanging out. The tape ends on a close up of The Figure.

"Timmy was to have a happy birthday... A happy birthday, so happy... Timmy had a happy birthday, he turned 12 on April 12, 1996. It was a happy day."

## Trivia

* These tapes are similar to the found VHS series created by people such as Squimpus McGrimpus and Battington.
* The only animatronic character not to be seen in any way in the tapes is Jimmy the Elf, not even in the blueprints seen in tape 2.
* Tape 6 is the only tape with an actual name written on the label instead of a number.