References

As a popular metaseries, the Fazbear Frights' Series and Tales from the Pizzaplex Series has had several parodies and references in pop culture.

## Fazbear Frights: Into the Pit

### *Into the Pit*

###### Movies

Zendrelix is most certainly a parody of Godzilla, specifically the second Godzilla as the movie *Zendrelix vs. Mechazendrelix* is a title parody of the 1974 film *Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla*.

Other movies mentioned include *The Wizard of Oz*, *Back to the Future*, and *E.T.*

Another movie, *The Eternal Song*, is also mentioned, and may be a reference to *The NeverEnding Story*.

###### Arcade Games

The arcade games *Ms. Pac-Man*, *Donkey Kong*, *Frogger*, *Q\*bert*, and *Galaga* are all mentioned as being in Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.

* + Another arcade favorite, *Skee-Ball* is also mentioned by name.

###### Website

Redbox, *Clue*, Netflix, PlayStation, and YouTube are all also mentioned.

###### Oswald's Drawing's

In the book, it's describes how in school that Oswald draw pictures of the Freddy Fazbear's Pizza's Animatronics (specifically being furry on the outside), it is implied that the Freddy, Bonnie, and Chica in the story are the ones used before the Toy Animatronics (aka the Withereds) came into use and later dissected for parts.

#### Help Wanted Parody

In the game, on the last level named Pizza party, your character is trying to find and follow the entity called Glitchtrap to a backroom, in the story Oswald follows Spring Bonnie into a backroom or "The Party Room"

another ending is when your character has to protect him/herself from Glitchtrap, and when the your character is successful or unsuccessful it is proven by theory that Glitchtap "takes over your characters entire life", and in the book, Spring Bonnie grabs Oswald's dad and stuffs him down the ball pit, and then is supposedly now seen from others Oswald's dad and everyone is fooled except Oswald and his cat.

### *To Be Beautiful*

#### SL Parallel

Eleanor represents her game counterpart, whereas in Sister Location Baby deceived Michael in order for him to get scooped. However unlike her game counterpart, Baby refused to let her brother die, which turned out to be true, as Michael survived the incident. Although in this story, Eleanor wanted Sarah to die.

#### Illusion Disc

At the end when Eleanor pressed the button on her necklace, making her transform into Sarah's former appearance, it is implied the button is connected with an illusion disc.

### *Count the Ways*

#### Title Meaning

The title of the story serves a dual purpose. While it references Funtime Freddy counting off all the methods of execution he could use to kill Millie, it also references the poem *How Do I Love Thee?* by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The first line of the poem is "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."

#### Real-world pieces of literature

Poems by Edgar Allan Poe are directly referenced.

* + *Annabel Lee* - Read Here - Wikipedia
	+ *The Raven* - Read Here - Wikipedia

An unnamed poem by Emily Dickinson is described as a date with Death. It is most likely the poem *Because I Could Not Stop for Death*, H.P. Lovecraft and his *The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories* are mentioned.

Bram Stoker's novel *Dracula* is mentioned as the inspiration for Millie's nickname, Dracula's Daughter, due to her carrying around the book combined with her dark appearance and demeanor.

## *Fazbear Frights: Fetch*

#### Fetch the Dog

Fetch is a reference to the fan-made character "Sparky the Dog", a hoax from the era of the original Five Nights at Freddy's that was circulated with a well-crafted fake screenshot of the game. So many people believed Sparky to be real that Scott himself had to disconfirm him. A dog animatronic with a similar description to Fetch appears as a background character in The Twisted Ones.

#### Man in Room 1280

Greg had a nightmare which involved a faceless man, which could relate to The Man in Room 1280. This could also be very plausible since Fetch used to be controlled/haunted by Andrew, the soul that kept the Man alive and is now in The Stitchwraith.

#### Busted Animatronics

In the first story of the second book, Fetch, the titular animatronic originates from a Freddy's location, in which four animatronics are seen deactivated. Although not directly stated to be Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy

## Lonely Freddy

#### Lonely Freddy and the Funtime Animatronics

Lonely Freddy has a connection with the funtime animatronics, of how both types of animatronics are programmed to kill children and steal their souls for remnant. It is heavily implied that Lonely Freddy was obviously manufactured by William Afton, hence the fact that Lonely Freddy switched bodies with Alec.

#### Body Swap With Alec

Unlike most of the Fazbear Frights stories, where the animatronic targets one particular person or group of people, the Lonely Freddys have body-swapped with many other children, with several of them wandering around in the outside world within human bodies. This makes this the first story where the crisis is widespread, rather than being exclusive to the main protagonists.

## Out Of Stock

#### Vr Springtrap's Baby form

The Plushtrap Chaser is noted to have human eyes and teeth. These cannot be William's eyes as his are noted as missing before his corpse infects the other objects. It is possible this is either an illusion or agony is capable of literally generating organic tissue.

## *Fazbear Frights: 1:35 AM*

### 1:35 AM

#### Novel Ref

The Ella doll originally appeared in the novels, and was actually Charlie's original form. While this is not that same Ella doll (since FF is a separate continuity), it is still interesting to note.

#### SL Ref

The factory that Delilah dies in may or may not be connected to CBE&R. It might also be connected to the factory Phineas worked at.

### Room for One More

#### Into the Pit's Ref

Stanley's brother-in-law, Todd, mentions the Snack Space, the same fast food place featured in Into the Pit, where Oswald's father works.

#### SL/FNaf 4 Parallel

Stanley is used as a means of escape just like Michael was. Stanley also has nightmares of the Funtimes while on shift, and each nightmare occurs at the same time as a Minireena enters his body. Stanley guards CBE&R, however none of the Funtime animatronics are there, only the Minireenas. The Funtimes have possibly already escaped from the factory as Ennard.

### The New Kid

#### Andrew's Body

When Devon get pull into Golden Freddy's suit, he sees Andrew's corpse in the suit.

## *Fazbear Frights: Step Closer*

### Step Closer

#### FoxyBro/Bro Parallel

Pete & Chuck have a very similar relationship to the FoxyBro & BV. Pete resents his younger brother for having to be responsible for him. Pete scares him using Foxy. Pete is also connected to Michael; he turns purple at one point in the story, and he's known for chewing gum. This seems to suggest that Michael is the FoxyBro.

### Dance with Me

#### Fetch Parallel

Ballora manifests through a Cardboard VR headset, only being visible while wearing it, but still being able to interact with some leaves. This is similar to Fetch connecting to modern tech.

#### Help Wanted Parallel

Ballora is similar to Glitchtrap in this story, as she comes closer and closer to Kasey, & exists in a digital environment.

### Coming Home

#### Family Loss

Susie losing her connection to her family is represented by leaves on a tree slowly falling off.

#### FoxyBro/BV Parallel

Susie's dynamic with her sister Samantha is similar to that of BV & the FoxyBro. Susie is able to communicate with her sister through a series of drawings.

#### Jake Parallel

Susie is set free at the end of the story through resolving a conflict between her and her sister, namely finding a doll together that they'd always fought over in the past. This seems to suggest that creating a new positive memory to replace a bad memory is just as effective for freeing a spirit as focusing on a positive memory to begin with.

## *Fazbear Frights: Bunny Call*

### In the Flesh

#### Pregnancy Parallel

Vr Springtrap's creation draws comparisons to pregnancy, with Matt especially going through symptoms such as morning sickness, mood swings, etc. Matt is shown to despise the idea of having kids throughout the story, so this could be considered karma in a way.

#### UCN Parallel

Matt torturing the AI is similar to Cassidy torturing William, both also end in William's escape

#### Help Wanted/Security Breach Parallel

VR Springtrap's manifestation is similar to Glitchtrap; as in starting out trapped in a game, taking over the body of another person, and using them to facilitate their revival.

### The Man in Room 1280

#### Cassidy Parallel

The hospital staff are aware of his evil and attempt to kill him by keeping him off life support alongside a variety of murder attempts. William survives despite all of this. This is because Andrew, similar to Cassidy in the game series, won't let him die.

#### UCN Parallel

The story seemingly confirms that UCN was taking place inside Afton's mind while he was still being kept alive by Cassidy. A number of the Vengeful Spirit's lines are similar to the events of this story, especially Orville Elephant's line.

## *Fazbear Frights: Blackbird*

### Blackbird

#### Nightmare Parallel

The Blackbird manifests after Sam is presumed dead. It stalks Nole throughout the story, only stopping after Nole apologizes to a girl that he once bullied. This is similar to Nightmare from *Five Nights at Freddy's 4*, where he manifests after the Crying Child dies to his head injury.

### The Real Jake

#### Bite Victim Parallel

Jake's backstory is officially revealed to us and reinforces his parallels to the Bite Victim, namely through them both being bedridden over a head injury/tumor.

Jake's father is named Evan and his uncle is named Michael, who is described as robotic. People have noted this as a possible callback to Michael Afton, as well as the extra context of this being a story about a BV parallel. It is possible then that this could mean the name of the Bite Victim is Evan, though it is currently unconfirmed.

#### Fredbear Plushie Parallel

Simon, an inanimate doll that speaks to Jake before he dies, and was made by Jake's father with a Walkie Talkie inside so he could look after him.

### Hide & Seek

#### FoxyBro and Bite Victim Parallel

Toby & his older brother Connor have a similar relationship to the FoxyBro & BV. Connor used to work at Freddy's and also somewhat bullied Toby.

## *Fazbear Frights: The Cliffs*

### The Cliffs

#### William and Henry Parallel

Robert is very similar to William. Like the game version, both are single fathers who try their best to provide for their 2 year old kids who eventually go missing. Like the games, both had a toy-like animatronic watch over their child for extra safety. Robert struggles with thoughts of suicide throughout the story, just like Henry.

### The Breaking Wheel

###### FNaF 3 Parallel

It is possible that Reed & Julius are meant to parallel Michael & William. Guilt is presumably a defining characteristic for Mike, and William may feel that he abandoned him and must suffer for it. Springtrap stalking you in FNaF 3, unable to truly speak, could relate to this.

### He Told Me Everything

###### William Afton Parallel

Dr. Little may represent William and his quest for immortality, ruining kids' lives & replacing them with monstrous entities (the goo children are meant to parallel the animatronics?)

#### SL's Night 5 parallel

Chris gets his organs removed and gets replaced by a duplicate, this could be like when Michael Afton gets his organs removed and gets replaced by Ennard on night five in Sister Location.

## *Fazbear Frights: Gumdrop Angel*

### Gumdrop Angel

###### SL's Custom Night Parallel

When Angel eats the gumdrop nose she slowly turns into candy until she fully turns into a birthday gummy, this could be a parallel to when each night Michael Afton completes a night in the Sister Location Custom Night, he turns more and more into a rotting corpse

### Sergio's Lucky Day

###### Vanessa and Glitchtrap Parallel

Sergio kept following Lucky Boy's advice even at the cost of disastrous outcomes as well as his own sanity just like Vanessa, though it is known that she is called "Reluctant Follower".

### What We Found

###### African Proverb

Hudson's backstory is an example of the African Proverb "The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth". Hudson had a terrible upbringing, constantly being abused by Lewis, the bullies and verbally abused by the teachers for years and when finally Hudson had enough of this, he threatened Lewis with a knife and accidentally killed him in the fire.

## *Fazbear Frights: The Puppet Carver*

### The Puppet Carver

#### Pizzeria Simulator Parallel

In the story the puppet carver it is mentioned that Jack is opening a rundown pizzeria that has animatronics. This is a reference to FNaF 6 were your main objective is to improve a broken pizzeria and you also have the decision to add animatronics.

#### PigPatch Parallel

In the Puppet Carver it explains that an pig animatronic that acquires a banjo that breaks down and is sent to repair station. This could be a reference to the iconic pig animatronic named PigPatch from Pizzeria Simulator.

#### Michael's Quote

In The Puppet Carver it is said that Jack was trapped in the Puppet Carver and almost dies but then the machine malfunctions and the buzz-saws stop spinning just in time and Jack escapes the wretched machine. In the Golden Freddy mode in Sister Location, Michael Afton says "I should be dead, but I'm not" which could be a reference.

### Jump For Tickets

#### Fixed Ennard parallel

In Jump for Tickets, Coils the Birthday Clown is described as a clown animatronic with a buttoned-down lemon lime suit with bells and arms as coils.

#### "BB's Ball Drop" and "Dee-Dee's Fishing Hole"

These are most likely references to the BB's Air Adventure and DeeDee's Fishing Hole minigames from *Five Nights at Freddy's 3* and *FNaF World*, respectively.

### Pizza Kit

#### Edgar Allan Poe Poem

In the story it says that the character Peyton has two nightmares about Eating a pizza made out of her friend and her vomiting her friend until she is emptied out. This is called a Lucid Dream which is a dream where you think your awake, but you are actually still sleeping which can also be said as 'A Dream Within A Dream' which a poem title that Edgar Allan Poe made that actually shows a definition of a Lucid Dream.

## *Fazbear Frights: Friendly Face*

### Friendly Face

#### Pet Cemetery Parallel

In the Movie Pet Cemetery there is a Cat named Church and a boy named Gage and they were both killed by a speeding truck, in the book friendly face Jack and Faraday are both killed by a speeding truck.

#### pizza kit parallel

both protagonists eat something that lead them to their death

## *Tales from the Pizzaplex: Lally's Game*

### Lally's Game

Several real-world movies are mentioned during the game of charades.
Selena impulsively guesses movies such as Point Break, The Shining and The Birds, with the correct answer being One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Similarly, when Selena first sees Lally in the photos, she believes it to be an evil version of "the famous friendly ghost", which is a reference to Casper the Friendly Ghost.

## Epilogues

### *Fazbear Frights #1*

#### Henry Parallel

Detective Larson is introduced as a worn-out man who is recovering from a divorce in which he lost custody of his son. He is tasked with investigating the Stitchwraith/Freddy's at the end of the story. On the surface, this seems similar to Henry, particularly with the divorce element.

### *Fazbear Frights #3*

#### Remnant

Other emotional energies are confirmed to exist, with love being one that is explicitly mentioned. Phineas claims that Agony is the strongest emotional energy. However, the story also makes a point to say that Phineas has never felt true joy, so his perception of positive emotions is slightly skewed.

### *Fazbear Frights #5*

#### FNaF 3 Ref

Detective Larson makes the connection between the Stitchwraith & Freddy's. He talks about the history of murders connected to the franchise, as well as a fire involving one of the founders.

### *Fazbear Frights #7*

#### Princess Quest Parallel

The Miscreation is described as being made of separately moving & singing parts formed out of Agony. This is similar to Glitchtrap's PQ form, as he appears to almost have different faces attached to him and resembles the shadows.

#### FNaF World Parallel

In the final encounter with Afton, a soul is freed, The Marionette is able to use Afton's Agony against him, & Afton himself is plunged into a lake. This is very similar to how you set up freeing the spirits with The Marionette's help and hear Afton's screams from OMC's lake.