Fredbear’s Family Diner

William Afton

The Missing Kids

**Fredbear's Family Diner**, often abbreviated simply to "**FFD**", is the name of the fictional location that is mentioned in *Five Nights at Freddy's 2*, possibly makes appearances in *Five Nights at Freddy's 3*during the Stage01 minigame and is one of the main settings of the end-of-night minigames in *Five Nights at Freddy's 4*.

Fredbear's is a family diner, reminiscent of *ShowBiz Pizza Place* and *Chuck E. Cheese's*, in that Fredbear's Family Diner provides entertainment via singing and dancing animatronic mascots.

The primary mascot of Fredbear's Family Diner is Fredbear himself, accompanied by Spring Bonnie. The two characters are the precursors of Freddy Fazbear and Bonnie respectively, as both characters have golden colors.

## History

Fredbear's Family Diner was the first establishment opened by Henry Emily and his business partner, William Afton, sometime before 1983.

According to Phone Guy in *Five Nights at Freddy's 2*, the restaurant was presumably a local family restaurant before it closed under mysterious circumstances. By the time the events of the second game occur, in November 1987, the diner and its owner Henry have been gone for years.

In *Five Nights at Freddy's 3*, Fredbear's Family Diner makes an appearance in the Stage01 minigame, given that Fredbear and Spring Bonnie are seen performing on the stage. With the sprite children in front of the stage that is seen through the *Five Nights At Freddy’s 2* minigames. In Stage01 it seems to refer to Golden Freddy, and how you clip through walls. In the Glitch minigame, you can see the same minigame while playing as a bunny character. This is speculated to be Shadow Bonnie. Though the only difference with the show stage is the door labeled “EXIT” in the top right corner.

Finally, in *Five Nights at Freddy's 4*, the Child protagonist of the game is usually seen in the diner (which is confirmed as being Fredbear's Family Diner due to the appearance of Fredbear and Spring Bonnie within the restaurant). It appears to consist of many features possessed by a normal Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, such as a Show Stage and Backstage. In the final minigame, the child ends up being shoved into Fredbear's jaw by his older brother and his brother's friends, only for Fredbear to clamp his jaw down on the child's head. This is the incident that would later be dubbed "The Bite of '83" by fans of the series, and is presumably one reason why the diner closed, the other being the murder of Henry's daughter Charlotte Emily by his partner William's own hands.

In *Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location*, when using the Breaker Panel on Night 2, the map-layout of the diner, along with the house from the fourth game's end-of-night minigames, can be seen on the left side of the monitor. The diner appears as a small rectangular-shaped building with two gray dots within (representing Fredbear and Spring Bonnie on their stage).

## *Fredbear and Friends!*

*Fredbear & Friends!* is a television show aired in 1983. It consists of Fredbear, Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy. In *Five Nights at Freddy's 4*, this occurs in the end-of-night minigame after beating Night 1 if the player presses "ENTER" on their keyboard while in front of the television.

## Theories and Speculation

#### *Five Nights at Freddy’s 2*

From Party Room 4, some believe that the paper plate dolls of Freddy and Bonnie represents Fredbear and Spring Bonnie while the representation of the "Paperpal" (a paper plate doll based on the unconfirmed character) remains unknown, even though their colors are matched to Freddy and Bonnie. While it was unclear what "Paperpal" really represented, some even believed that it represented JJ (also known as Balloon Girl), as they speculated that she was BB's early design, although it was unknown if she was an animatronic in Fredbear's Family Diner. Due to the lack of any clear evidence, it is unknown if this theory is true. Ever since JJ was given her official name and appeared in both *FNaF World* and *Ultimate Custom Night*, she has had no relation to the diner in any way.

Furthermore, some speculate that the "Take Cake to the Children" death minigame possibly takes place in the original Fredbear's Family Diner.

Some theories also state that Shadow Freddy and Shadow Bonnie from the second game were the souls of employees who died in springlock animatronics, due to their "malfunctions" from Fredbear's Family Diner. Furthermore, some theorized that both of the shadows represent Fredbear and Spring Bonnie themselves, respectively.

#### *Five Nights at Freddy’s 3*

From CAM 04, where the picture of a gold-frosted Cupcake replaces Toy Bonnie's picture on rare occasions, it was speculated by some that this drawing hints at a golden-colored Cupcake appearing in Fredbear's Family Diner as the golden Cupcake, Fredbear, and Spring Bonnie all have golden colors. However, it was unknown if the golden Cupcake did appear in the diner, as a "diner" counterpart of Chica has never been seen.

In the game, the Springlock suits are said to have been used under Fazbear Entertainment, despite supposedly being an independent entity. It is heavily speculated that there was a springlock suit version of Freddy Fazbear, unlike Fredbear who was merely a precursor. This is evident from the Stage01 minigame, in which a yellow bear is seen next to Spring Bonnie, wearing Freddy's black top hat and clothing. This is unlike Fredbear who is only known to have purple items of clothing in his confirmed appearances, as opposed to black. However, it is now largely believed that the bear in the minigame is Fredbear, with the change in clothing color being an error or minor alteration, as the bear's behavior in the minigame (clipping through walls) has been interpreted as matching Golden Freddy's.