The Big Bear Race

> "Join the Big Bear Race, & win a huge feast for your family?" - Freddy when he reads the participation slip
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The Big Bear Race is the 1st episode of Season 1: 1993 in FNAF: The Series. It is the series premiere.

## Summary

When Freddy Fazbear encounters a participation slip for the Big Bear Race, & must race against real bears around Animatronica.

## Plot

### Going to the Grocery Store

The episode begins with Freddy Fazbear going to the grocery store, & sees the viewers & greets them. He says that he's going to the grocery store because he ran out of raw meat to eat for lunch, & needs to head out to the grocery to get more or else he'll starve for the whole month. As he walks to the grocery store, a strong wind blows a poster in front of Freddy's face & throws it out of his way, & continues to walk to the grocery store, but as the doors to the grocery store open, the poser flies in front of his face again. He throws it away from his face again & enters the grocery store as the poster flies off into the distance.

In the grocery store, Freddy grabs his shopping cart & goes up & down the aisles searching for the raw meat he needs. However, he sees no sign of the raw meat until he comes to the very left of the grocery store, to the point in which he sees the raw meat he's been looking for. He rushes to grab it, & grabs it. He heads over the register, & leaves the grocery store. However, the poster that he threw away flies in his face yet again. However, before he removes the poster yet again, he reads the poster & he sees that the poster is about the Big Bear Race. He is excited about this, but reads the very bottom of the poster, & sees that he can win a FREE RAW MEAT BAG!!!!!

Freddy is amused by this & tosses the poster aside, rushing to the house to prepare for the race.

### The Race

In the Housseria, Freddy thinks of a plan on how to win the race & the raw meat. He imagines his cart being shaped like a fish, but then scraps that idea because he's waterproof. Soon, he thinks of his 2nd kart design, imagining as a pizza slice with pepperoni as wheels, the engine is a block of cheese, the hood is a onion & the gas is tomato slices. However, Freddy thinks that making a pizza kart could be a bit embarrasing for him. He then scraps the idea & moves on to his 3rd kart design, this one being a road buggy, that can go fast & makes honking noises. He then goes with his 3rd idea, & then leaves his room to think of his second idea, while the poster flies in front of the window.

In the living room, Freddy is thinking of a bumper sticker to add to his kart, with the 1st saying "Freddy's Housseria.", the 2nd being Freddy Racebear, but he goes over to his 3rd idea, which says Fazbear Rocks. Freddy goes with his 3rd idea & rushes outside to the race. In the race, Freddy sees a bunch of racers, but sees that these racers, in fact, are actually bears. Freddy tells the viewers that this is gonna be harder than he thought it would be.

### The Race Around Animatronica

Freddy gets in his race car & looks around to see that the spectators are also real bears. However, he sees that one of the racers is a actual animatronic bear. He is relieved by this & soon notices that the real bears can talk. However, before Freddy can ask what's happening, the race has already begun, & he is left in last place. Freddy, freaked out, gets to racing. Freddy has a good time racing passing all of the other racers, but the animatronic bear race is still in the lead, & Freddy needs to catch up. However, the poster flies in his face & as he tries to throw it away yet again, he looks on the back & notices that the only way to win is to take the shortcut.

He finally understands the poster's purpose & takes the shortcut, passing the bear animatronic & crossing the finish line in 1st place. Freddy cheers & gets the bag of raw meat. However, his kart falls apart & is frustrated as a fast tempo version of the Toreador March plays, & the episode ends.

## Characters

### Minor

* Bears (Debut)
* Cashier (Debut)
* Animatronic Bear (Debut)

## Trivia

* This episode is the series premiere.
* It is revealed that Freddy is scared of fish, since they can fry his circuits.
	+ It is also revealed that Freddy is a waterproof animatronic

* Freddy is the only main animatronic to appear in this episode. The rest of the main cast of Season 1 will show up later in this season.
* This episode was meant to premiere on November 27, but was pulled by a rerun of the pilot.
* When this episode premiered, it was followed by a sneak peek of the next episode.

### Cultural References

* Freddy plays the Toreador March in this episode at the beginning & end of the episode.
* When Freddy wins the race, *Ode to Joy* plays in the background.

### Errors

* When Freddy catches up to the other racers, Freddy's left ear disappears for a second.
* Freddy's left foot disappears for a few seconds.
* Before starting the race, Freddy's hood on his kart is gone.

### Running Gags

* The racing poster flying in Freddy's face.
* Freddy thinking of ideas.