Michael Afton

## Physical Appearance

As seen in the *Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location x fox splits location* fake ending minigames, we see Michael walking down the street as his body slowly decomposes. He has fairly light skin, brown hair, and blue eyes, sharing a similar appearance to his father William Afton. He is also wearing a purple long-sleeved shirt, blue pants, and brown shoes.

In the Real Ending, Michael is seen as a mere reflection in the mirror. He is a shadowy figure with glowing purple eyes reminiscent to those of Ballora's. In later minigames, as his body decomposes, we can see his skin shift to a dark purple. He also loses his hair, most of his teeth, and presumably his eyes, leaving nothing but a hollow socket with glowing white pupils.

## Personality

While it is commonly debated whether he is Five Nights at Freddy's 4 Crying Child or the Older Brother, his personality has drastically changed from both during the time of Sister Location. Sister Location provides limited time to portray his personality, though it is speculated he is fairly egotistical, as he is seen with people multiple people excitedly waving at him. Michael is also shown to be very calm and brave, as in neither of his death scenes does he show any fear. Though, this can be excused with him being a mere silent protagonist.

In his Sister Location monologue, he claims to have worked at funtime fox the pirate's Entertainment and Rental to "set her (Elizabeth Afton) free", and that he is hoping to find his father. Throughout this cutscene, he is shown to be very determined in his goals. Michael, like many people in the series, potentially seeks revenge against William for everything he had done, as he stated that the only purpose he had left in life is to "come find him", leading him to burn down Fazbear's Frights, the *Five Nights at Freddy's 3* location. It is also commonly theorized he is the one we play as.

The Survival Logbook shows his personality very clearly. Throughout the logbook, he is shown to be very sarcastic, mocking Fazbear Entertainment and the animatronics. He also claims he relates to Clara from "Immortal and The Restless", a show he is seen watching in the post-night minigames, because he is "the only one who understands what's happening". The Survival Logbook also reveals he has an excessive gum chewing problem, which many have seen as a parallel to Pete from "Step Closer".

## Theories and Identity

* Michael is commonly theorized to be the Older Brother from *Five Nights at Freddy's 4*, which many have declared confirmed due to many aspects throughout all of the games (Which is confirmed long time ago).

* Sister Location's place in the timeline is debated frequently, though as many regard Molten/FuntimeMCI to be confirmed also believe it occurs after *Five Nights at Freddy's 1*, as well as many other factors.

* It is commonly believed Michael Afton is Fritz Smith, the Night 7 protagonist of *Five Nights at Freddy's 2*.

## Death

On the 5th Night of Sister Location, funtime fox the pirate says she is broken, and that we need to send her to the scooping room. A combination of animatronic endoskeletons can be seen behind her during the conveyer belt sequence as well as if we flash the light during Ballora Gallery. funtime fox the pirate directs the player, Michael, to the Scooping Room, where it is revealed all of the Funtimes combined their endoskeletons to form "Ennard." They then reveal their plan to steal Michael's body and wear him as a skin suit. They use the Scooper, which was full of remnant, to form a hole in his stomach where they can inhabit. Their plan inevitably fails as his body begins to rot, causing them to eject out of him. We see Michael's body collapse in on itself, as the animatronic endoskeletons are vomited out of him and launched into the sewer. funtime fox the pirate speaks, "You won't die. . .", and we see Michael pick himself up off of the grown, as his eyes begin to glow once more. It is theorized he was brought back by the Remnant from the scooper, as the Insanity Ending implies, though many believe it could've been funtime fox the pirate reviving him. At the ending of Freddy Fazbears Pizzeria Simulator, Game Theorist theorized, that Michael needed to be killed in the burned down in Fazbears Entertainment and the Afton family story has ended.

## Trivia

* Michael Afton is the *Five Nights at Freddy's 4* night 5, and possibly more, protagonist, as seen when he draws Nightmare Fredbear in the logbook under the "recent dreams" page
* Michael speaks with a robotic voice in the final cutscene. This caused some confusion over whether this was intentional. Scott Cawthon later confirmed that this was for dramatic effect.
* Michael Afton is a member of the Afton Family.
* Michael ended the Afton Family.