Golden Freddy

* Current
* Original

**Golden Freddy** is a spirit-like golden bear, in great resemblance to Freddy Fazbear. He has numerous powers and abilities exclusive to him, such as teleporting to move. As an animatronic, he used to preform in the Fredbear's Family Diner location with Spring Bonnie; As his former persona, *Fredbear*. He has since formed a new identity as Golden Freddy, and serves as a leader-like figure to the other animatronics.

## **History**

### **If Foxy was the Phone Guy 2**

He appears during the Night 6 segment where Foxy explains there's a visitor and that he's kind of weird, Golden Freddy gets offended and asks him what he just said, Foxy fearfully states it was nothing and tells him to just get the guard.

### **Best Left Forgotten**

Bonnie goes to investigate a loud banging noise from the Parts/Services Room only to find Golden Freddy, who was simply cleaning out the room's clutter, and had happened to drop a metal box, which caused the noise. Bonnie probes Golden Freddy, curious of what is inside of it, but Golden Freddy warns that it contains a portal to the past, and that it only brings about death and destruction. He orders Bonnie to not remotely touch, let alone open the box under any circumstances. Golden Freddy momentarily leaves to bring the junk gathered from Parts-and-Service to the basement.

After finding out Bonnie disobeyed him, he enters the Nightmare dimension to come to rescue Bonnie, when Nightmare Fredbear's head snaps towards Bonnie, whilst saying the final word: "BITE". Nightmare Fredbear quickly lunges at Bonnie, and at the last minute, Golden Freddy emerges and seemingly pushes Nightmare Fredbear in the air backwards. Nightmare Fredbear collapses, and Golden Freddy looks back at Bonnie, ashamed he did not listen to his warning.

After rather dramatically kicking down the bedroom door back into the original location of the portal, Golden Freddy takes Bonnie and himself out of the box. Bonnie discusses with Golden Freddy what lesson had to have been learned, and Bonnie states: "Whenever Golden Freddy says to not do something, *don't* do it.". Bonnie apologizes for the mishap, and Golden Freddy picks up the box, exclaiming that he will hide it in a place no one would find it. Despite Bonnie's further questioning on why the portal existed in the first place, Golden Freddy brushes the questions off for another time, and leaves abruptly.

At the end of the video, Golden Freddy is seen putting the box inside of the basement where he had stored the junk from parts and service. For a brief moment, the audio played in the video references back to the Bite of 83, or the incident at "Fredbear's Family Diner". When the inevitable event occurs, with a sharp metal bang, Golden Freddy snaps out of a spaced-out state, sighs, and slowly levitates offscreen.

### **GOLDEN FREDDY PLAYS: Sunky.MPEG**

Golden Freddy's first Let's Play on the channel is Sunky.MPEG, a game he was recommended to play as his first game on the channel, he ends up having fun with the game and states he'll have a dance party in the Pizzeria later.

## **Personality**

Golden Freddy is a mysterious, but wise animatronic. His voice echoes in a ghostly manner, and he has numerous abilities that the other animatronics do not seem to yield, such as levitation, and teleportation. However, Golden Freddy has a rather gentle demeanor, despite his capabilities; Confident in his mentality, he does not need to raise his voice in order to get a point across. He is a very confrontational animatronic, and can handle most challenges thrown at him. Although he has a somewhat vague presence in the group as a whole, he holds a close relationship to the animatronics, and will do just about anything to ensure their safety: Even if it means putting some of the animatronics, or himself, at expense.

Golden Freddy does however have a darker, secretive side to him. While some major contributors to this would be the numerous incidents that have occurred, such as the events of *1987* and prior, Golden Freddy is very absent when it comes to expressing his emotions and concerns, or sharing information with the others. He holds himself back for their safety, and his own, and ultimately causes issues and overall conflict: Both with outsiders, and amongst the animatronics themselves.

## Trivia

* He had a different voice in If Foxy was the Phone Guy 2, along with Mangle.
* Unlike the core series Golden Freddy, he is actually able to stand, talk and move around. This would transition to his Five Nights at Freddy's AR counterpart.

* In Best Left Forgotten, Golden Freddy is depicted to have a clear memory of the Bite of 83; An accidental incident that he, as Fredbear, caused.
	+ This may also hint to him being possessed (to a degree) by the crying child, aka the bite victim. However, he does not seem to be the son of William Afton, brother of Micheal Afton or brother of Elizabeth Afton in the EthGoesBOOM canon.
		- In the Fazbear Massacre fangame, shown in a cutscene, "Nick Afton" seems to be the victim of said bite. If this is seen as canonical in the series, this may hint to Golden Freddy possessed (in part) by Nick, therefore making William related to him. But, given it is a fangame, this has not been confirmed
* Additionally, according to the FNaF canon, Golden Freddy could also be possessed by/related to Cassidy: The fifth child to die out of the five William /Purple Guy killed (A canonical event in the Fazbear Let's Play series), and as depicted in the books and the Ultimate Custom Night. Once again, however, this has not been confirmed.
	+ However, in support of this theory: EthGoesBOOM made a video depicting his variations of the animatronics in an Ultimate Custom Night Let's Play, through adding voiceovers. Golden Freddy is depicted in these voiceovers to in fact be the "one you should not have killed", as hinted in his post-death dialogue. This does not mean canonically that he is in fact Cassidy, considering the voiceovers are from a game that has not been confirmed canon within the channel's storyline, but it may hint to a relation.

* Golden Freddy was supposed to be a mysterious character who makes cameos every now and then, however, after GOLDEN FREDDY PLAYS: Sunky.MPEG, Ethan enjoyed voicing him and made him into a main character. [1]
* In the Animatronic Q&A, when asked "IF YOU HAD ONE WISH, WHAT WOULD IT BE?", he responds to be normal again.
* Some fans of the channel theorize that Golden Freddy is actually a villain due to all the secrets he keeps.
* His favorite moment on the channel is Best Left Forgotten, stating it was a great adventure.
* While the arc seems scrapped, Golden Freddy was building up to have a possible "villain" arc within the Ultimate Custom Night Let's Play series; Often shown in small snippets in the beginning or end of videos, cryptic messages or text with his head (From his Five Nights at Freddy's 1 jumpscare) in the background were relatively common. But, the series has not continued since.
	+ These cryptic images are very similiar to that of Glitchtrap's sequences on the channel, often seen with a single-shot of his head across an opaque background; This is likely just coincidental, however.
* Within the video "Phantom Foxy Plays: Ultimate Custom Night || Old Friends Mode", Golden Freddy reads aloud an excerpt about "cheating yourself" to Plushtrap and Nightmare BB after they use a cheat code to skip Night 7 of Five Nights at Freddy's 1. While this is not directly stated, this is a quote from a user called '@FetusBerry' on Twitter/X; A user's intentionally exaggerated response to a game called "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice", to another Twitter user '@PC Gamer' (quite similarly to Plushtrap) "cheating" the game during an event.
	+ Golden Freddy reads this tweet/quote word-for-word in the first few minutes of the episode, after which he jumpscares both Nightmare BB and Plushtrap following their bewilderment.

## **References**

1. https://youtu.be/TJSiUWDItQY?t=108

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmdlyXnXO1k