RAT

> *Were you looking for RAT's partner CAT? Or perhaps for his monster counterpart?*
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### Starting Area

Secondary Party Room

**RAT** is the final antagonist of *Five Nights at Candy's* and the main antagonist of the trilogy.

Like Chester and Vinnie, RAT has never been shown in any
of Emil Macko's showcases before the game.

## Appearance

RAT is a rat-like Animatronic with Big Round ears (one being in undamaged condition, while the other one has a visible endoskeleton). He also has a Stiched line running across through his snout. Besides the stiched line, there is also a metallic skin or layer seen on RAT's forehead. He also has hollowed eyes, one having a minor scar. RAT also has a metallic cylinder running across his jaw that makes his jaw function. Speaking of the jaw, he has a visible endoskeleton jaw and has thin squared teeth. His arms and his legs have holes on them and have three metal cubes on each leg and arm. RAT also has visible endoskeleton hands and feet.

In the last frame of his jumpscare, he seems to contain human eyes,
if the last frame of his jumpscare is inverted.

## Locations

RAT Starts off-camera and first appears in the Secondary Party Room, then either takes a path through the Arcade Area, Backstage 2, and at the left door in Backstage 1, or through Main Hall 1, Main Hall 3, Main Hall 2, and at the right door from the Entrance Hall.

## Behavior

Like Old Candy, RAT does not have shiny eyes and the cameras must be used to spot them at the door, or player must listen to his specific ambience which he makes while at the door. Unlike Old Candy, and like Candy, he can go to either of the two doors.

In The Extra menu, if looking at him for a longer amount of time,
he will go up to the player, and then twitch his head for a short moment. He will then return to his default position.

## Trivia

* Being in all capitals like CAT's name, people thought that both names were acronyms.
	+ It was debunked by Emil Macko in reddit post
* It is unknown why in the first game he is refered to as "RAT", but in the second one he is known as
"The Rat".
* When RAT jumpscares the player, his scream sounds strangely human-like, as well as having human-like eyes in the last frame of his jumpscares.
	+ However, in the Night 6 cutscene, his eyes are appear similar to the Five Nights at Freddy's 3 Phantoms. It is unknown if this has any significance.
* While RAT is getting up in the cutscene, RAT's hands appear to clip through parts of the machine that he originally sat on.
* Because of his body color, RAT is able to blend into the dark making it difficult for the player to spot him.
	+ Similar to Freddy Fazbear from the original Five Nights at Freddy's, as Freddy is barely seen in some locations besides the Kitchen.
	+ This can also be said for Springtrap from Five Nights at Freddy's 3, which, if the player loses track of him, sometimes makes the nights very hard to complete.
* When the player looks at him in the extras menu, the music stops.
* He is first seen unwithered in a picture with a boy, in the trailer of
*Five Nights at Candy's 3*.
* In a FNAC 3 minigame, it reveals that CAT and RAT killed the twins from the first game's cutscenes.
	+ When the player goes to touch RAT in the minigame, one of the twins will go into the machine.
		- This could mean that RAT might have put the twins in there, while CAT brings them there.
* RAT is without a doubt one of the first 3 animatronics ever built in 1959, with the others being CAT and Old Candy.
* It has been revealed in FNaC 2 that RAT destroyed Chester.

### Starting Area

Cam 012 (Night 6) Cam 014 (Night 8)

**RAT**, also known as **The Rat**, returns in *Five Nights at Candy's 2* who is now one of the two main antagonists of the game. The other being CAT. He's in a more dis-repaired state this time, and he, along with CAT, appears in Night 6 and Night 8 only.

## Appearance

RAT retains his appearance from the first game, and isn't as damaged as the other animatronics, despite his age. He has more holes on his torso suit, his lower left arm's endoskeleton is exposed, and his lower right leg and part of his lower left leg are also exposed. He also appears to have a lighter color than in the first game, although this can be just the lighting.

## Behavior

He becomes active on Night 6 and Night 8, the only nights he appears in. RAT acts both like a "wandering" animatronic such as Candy, Cindy, and Blank, appearing in the Central Hall and needing to be lured away by ringing phones, as well as taking the role of the Penguin by having his face obscure a camera before crashing the camera system and forcing the player to restart it. His jumpscare can activate if you have the Maintenance Panel up or you are looking around the main hall. He will start in Cam 012 on Night 6 and Cam 014 on Night 8.

Alongside CAT, he doesn't seem to have the ability to disable phones, strangely. This can be possibly a bug in the game, however.

## Trivia

* It is unknown why in the first game, he is refered to as "RAT", but in the second game, he is known as "The Rat".
* Unlike the other animatronics, RAT and CAT can appear in the same room together.
* After passing Night 8, clicking on the fourth star on the main menu will send the player to a minigame, showing the Grand Reopening of Candy's Burgers and Friends or Rat's & Cat's Theater, with CAT and **RAT** performing. This minigame later on hints towards third game, and was the first ever teaser of it.
* Rat and Cat were originally costumes, and were main mascots of Rat's & Cat's Theater. They were the first generation of characters/animatronics present in the series.
	+ The Rat and Cat Theater was in business until the year 1961, and was closed down by an unfortunate incident which is presented in the Night 5 minigame in the third game.
		- The incident, which was the murder of two workers by a Puppeteer, can explain later on strange and aggressive behavior of RAT and CAT as the workers died in their suits, hinting possibly towards the fact that Rat and Cat could be haunted by them.
* CAT and RAT are both similar to Tom and Jerry, from the series of the same name.
	+ Additionally, both of their names rhyme, and they work together to get to the player.
* When viewing CAT and RAT on the extras menu, the music will slow down and change to a low beat.
* If the player is attacked by CAT or RAT, the Game Over screen says that Marylin was murdered by an unknown assailant, to the point where it resembles a bear attack, according to the newspaper shown. If the player is attacked by any other of the animatronics, the Game Over screen simply claims that Marylin has gone missing.
	+ This means CAT and RAT are the only animatronics that will expose Marylin's corpse, after killing her.
* Being in all capitals like CAT's name, people thought that both names were acronyms.
	+ It was debunked by Emil Macko in reddit post
* Some thought that CAT and RAT were springlock animatronics, but this has also been debunked by Emil Macko on Twitter.
* He is first seen unwithered in a picture with a boy, in the trailer of
*Five Nights at Candy's 3*
	+ This is the only known instance we get to see RAT unwithered in his 3D form, as he doesn't appear this way in the full Five Nights at Candy's 3 game, only in pixelated form.

## Five Nights at Candy's

### Menu Screen

RAT in the main menu screen.RAT twitching in the main menu screen.RAT twitching in the main menu screen.RAT twitching in the main menu screen.RAT from the Extra menu.RAT going up to the player in the Extra menu.Custom night portrait
### Gameplay

RAT's shadow as seen as Mary earns her paycheck after beating night 5.RAT in the Secondary Party Room.RAT in the Arcade Area.RAT in the Backstage 2.RAT in the Backstage 1.RAT in the Main Hall 1.RAT in the Main Hall 3.RAT in the Main Hall 2.RAT in the Entrance Hall.RAT's jumpscare from the right door.RAT's jumpscare from the left door.The last frame of RAT's jumpscare from the left door, cropped and inverted.The last frame of RAT's jumpscare from the right door, cropped and inverted.
### Cutscenes

RAT sitting down with Old Candy and Blank.RAT looking at the security camera after resting.RAT getting up after looking at the camera.RAT standing up after trying to get up.RAT walking away from the camera view.RAT staring directly at the security camera after walking away.
## Five Nights at Candy's 2

### Menu Screen

RAT on the main menuRAT from the Extras menu
### Gameplay

RAT in Cam 011RAT with CAT in Cam 011RAT in Cam 012RAT with CAT in Cam 012RAT in Cam 013RAT with CAT in Cam 013RAT in Cam 014RAT with CAT in Cam 014RAT in Cam 015RAT with CAT in Cam 015RAT in Cam 016RAT with CAT in Cam 016RAT before crashing the security systemRAT crashing the security systemRAT far away in the officeRAT nearing the player in the officeRAT close to the player in the officeRAT's jumpscare when looking at the Maintenance PanelRAT's jumpscare when looking at the office

### Teasers

RAT after brightening the last teaser of the first game.
### Tumblr and Gamejolt

Emil Ace Macko's thank you group picture featuring all animatronics from the first game including the cut Nightmare Candy (Tumblr). It was originally posted on gamejolt's page, but Emil removed it when FNAC's sequel was announced.RAT's official image from thank you image. It was originally posted on gamejolt's page, but Emil removed it when FNAC's sequel was announced.
### In-Game

Thank You image from the Extras menu in the third game. Contains almost all animatronics from the series.