Michael Afton

### Personality

Bitter (formerly), faithful, strong, fearless, funny, cool, cunning, empathetic, diligent, social, intelligent, annoyed (formerly), underestimated (to himself), depressed.

### Appearance

Gray shirt, blue pants, brown hair, mullet hairstyle. Occasionally wears a Foxy mask (if necessary).

### Occupation

Brother
Son
Gifted student
High school graduate
Technician (formerly)
Manager (formerly)

### Goal

To terrorize Chris (out of jealousy; formerly)
To help Chris confront his fears (succeeded)
To live a simple life without problems.
To see his mother again. (failed)

### Allies

Chris, Fredbear Plush, Chloe, David, Bruno, Charlie.

### Enemies

Nightmare Fredbear, Nightmare, Nightmare Freddy, Nightmare Bonnie, Nightmare Chica, Nightmare Foxy, Plushtrap. (all formerly, but not allies)
William Afton, Mr. Reaves.

### Likes

Foxy (his favorite animatronic), skating (skateboarding and roller skating), retro arcade games, taking care of his little brother, school (for the most part), pop and rock music, rock bands, his friends, supporting his family, popcorn, watching TV.

### Dislikes

The Nightmares, his brother crying, his brother in danger, his wrongful acts towards Chris, not getting attention from his father, gaining too much attention or popularity at school, his father, the loss of his mother, working at night.

### Powers and abilities

Agility
Stealth
Intelligence
Skating (with skateboard and roller skates)

### Paraphernalia

Flashlight
Baseball bat
Fists

**Michael Afton** (or simply **Mike**) is the deuteragonist of the 1997 animated film, *Five Nights at Freddy's 4*, one of the protagonists of its 1997 animated follow-up TV show, *The Golden Years*, and the main protagonist of the 2000 and 2009 animated sequel films, *Sister Location* and *Freakshow*, respectively.

He is the older brother of Chris and Elizabeth, and the eldest son of William and Clara Afton.

He is voiced by Erik Von Detten in both the 1997 film and TV show*,* and Matthew Broderick in *Sister Location* and *Freakshow*.

## Background

### **Personality**

When Michael is first introduced in the film, he comes off as bitter, annoyed, and irritated. Overall, he is a very witty and laid-back person, wanting to live a simple life. At school, Mike is very moral and straightforward. Despite being valedictorian, Mike pretends to appreciate other people's compliments and being happy for his accomplishments. It's revealed he worries about the stability of his family way more.

Though he gets into arguments with Chris often, Mike clearly cares for the well-being of his brother, but doesn't show his soft side to other people, rather keeping it to himself.

He also doesn't seem to have such a good relationship with his own father. Mike never appreciated his father, as he is always shunned out and never gets any affection, which result in his jealousy over Chris getting more love and attention. Mike having to deal with neglect from his father as well as the loss of his mother has made him deal with depression that he hides from those around him.

As the film progress with Mike, Fredbear, and Chris fighting the Nightmares, Mike is shown to combative, yet heroic when fighting to protect the one's he loves. Mike is also willing to take a stand and own up to his mistakes to save Chris.

After some time of being patient and supportive, he is able to reconcile with Chris as the two have a healthy relationship as loving brothers with Fredbear by their side.

### **Powers and Abilities**

**Stealth** - Being one of his best abilities, Michael finds various ways of scaring his younger brother, Chris, by staying well-hidden around their house and jump-scaring him. He also uses this ability to stay clear of the Nightmares as well as others.

**Agility** - Michael is show to move nimbly in serious situations.

**Intelligence** - Given how much Michael has learned and studied most of his life, as well as being valedictorian in all his years of going to school, Michael apparently has a gifted IQ.

**Skating** - One of Michael's favorite hobbies is roller skating and skateboarding. He's shown to excel at doing so.

## Appearances (Films)

### **Five Nights at Freddy's 4**

At the beginning of the film, Michael is seen at Fredbear's Family Diner with Chris. He gets very mad at Chris for his clumsiness and fear of Fredbear, which he finds humorous, but absurd. It is revealed that Michael scares Chris with a Foxy mask and many lock him in his room occasionally. Though, he has poor judgment and treatment towards Chris, he has sympathy and love for him, but doesn't want to show it.

Mike usually spends time with his friends and is a completely social and chilled guy whenever making first impressions to people. He excels in his classes while at school (getting all A's) but usually doubts and underestimates himself for all the work he's done. Mike also tries to stay away from gaining too much attention, as he's well-known by everyone in his school, and attention is something he isn't seeking.

With summer vacation approaching soon, Mike hopes he's able to live a life without any problems getting in his way, which he clearly knows won't happen.

After spending time with his friends, Mike recalls a flashback of when he used to have a really close relationship with Chris, but Mike can't seem to decide whether or not to choose to be with his friends or Chris. He end up choosing his friends. Mike also believes that Chris is just imagining things while talking to a Fredbear Plush. Chris persuades to Mike that the plush can actually talk, but Mike doesn't believe him.

Later in the film, both Mike and Chris begin to have a decline in their relationship, after the argument they've had. Mike then has the audacity to taunt Chris over his fears of the animatronics (mostly Fredbear). He appears at Chris' birthday party, taking place at Fredbear's Family Diner, in which Mike seems to abandon Chris there the day before. Upon arriving at the diner with his friends, Mike taunts and teases Chris for being anxious, his friends chant along. Mike carries the crying and scared Chris over towards an active Fredbear animatronic. Mike and his friends then shove Chris into Fredbear's mouth. Mike and his friends laugh at Chris as he's stuck in Fredbear's mouth, only for Chris' skull to be crushed under the pressure of Fredbear's mouth pressing down. To the group's surprise and fear, they all stop laughing.

Mike regrets everything he ever did to Chris. As Mike laments his grief in his room, it is revealed that he had jealousy over Chris because their father, William Afton, giving more attention to Chris rather than him. As the week goes by, the Fredbear Plush comes about to comfort Mike. At first, he doesn't believe what he's seeing, but begins to believe that Chris was telling the truth about the Fredbear Plush being able communicate.

One night, Mike ends up in his little brother dream along with Fredbear and becomes aware of Chris having true fears of the animatronics. Fredbear realizes they're somehow experiencing dream telepathy. After Mike finds Chris, they both reconcile, but Chris claims he will need more time to get over his trauma and Mike's selfishness. Chris then gets the help of Michael and Fredbear to confront his fears, let alone, the Nightmare Animatronics.

The next morning, Mike visits the hospital to check on Chris. When Chris wakes up, Mike cries tears of joy as they both share a hug. Mike and Fredbear visit Chris at the hospital every so often. A year later (in 1984), the trio are seen together, living a great life of peace and tranquility. Mike is seen helping Chris recover from mental trauma and is full recovered from his head injury, with Fredbear Plush by their side in the post-credits. This also serves as the beginning of *Five Nights at Freddy's: The Golden Years*.

## Trivia

* Terrence's worst fear is atelophobia (the fear of not being good enough). He also suffers from depression as he is neglected by his father and mourns over the absence of his mother.