Editing Animatronics (section)

=== Video games ===
[[File:Five Night at Freddys Cosplayer VA Comicon November 2023.jpg|thumb|[[Five Nights at Freddy's]] Glamrock Freddy cosplayer at Comic-Con in November 2023]]
* ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]'' (commonly known as ''FNaF''), a horror video game series, features various animatronic entertainers as antagonists who try to kill the player character, who is typically a nighttime security guard or employee at one of the facilities (usually a pizzeria) where the animatronics reside. In the first game of the series [[Five Nights at Freddy's (video game)|''Five Nights at Freddy's'']], the animatronics' violent attitude towards humans at night is explained away as faulty programming, which causes them to mistake the protagonist for an endoskeleton without a character suit on—which goes against the establishment's rules. As a result, the animatronics try to "forcefully stuff" the player character into a suit, resulting in their death. However, the games feature a deep lore (gradually revealed through various [[minigame]]s and [[Easter egg (media)|Easter eggs]]) which reveals that many of the animatronics are actually haunted by the spirits of children whose deaths are somehow connected to the fictional restaurant franchise "Freddy Fazbear's Pizza". At least six of these children were murdered by [[Five Nights at Freddy's#Characters|William Afton]]{{Broken anchor|date=2025-05-27|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Five Nights at Freddy's#Characters|reason= The anchor (Characters) [[Special:Diff/1185334385|has been deleted]].|diff_id=1185334385}} ({{aka}} "The Purple Guy"), one of the co-founders of the original restaurant and the series' overarching villain, who would go on to possess an animatronic of his own after his death.<ref name="IGM2">{{cite web |url=http://indiegamemag.com/igm-interviews-scott-cawthon-five-nights-at-freddys/ |title=IGM Interviews – Scott Cawthon (Five Nights at Freddy's) |work=IGM |access-date=March 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124085955/http://indiegamemag.com/igm-interviews-scott-cawthon-five-nights-at-freddys/ |archive-date=January 24, 2018 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Oxford|first=Nadia|date=June 29, 2018|title=Murder, Dysfunctional Families, and Purple Guys: The Larger Story Behind the Five Nights at Freddy's Games [Updated for Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator and UCN]|work=USGamer|url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/murder-ghosts-and-revenge-the-larger-story-behind-the-five-nights-at-freddys-games-06-2018|url-status=live|access-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114210648/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/murder-ghosts-and-revenge-the-larger-story-behind-the-five-nights-at-freddys-games-06-2018|archive-date=November 14, 2020}}</ref> Since the original game, ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' has evolved into a large media franchise comprising various sequels, prequels and spin-offs, fan games, a novel trilogy,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3373639/five-nights-at-freddys-the-silver-eyes-is-already-out/ |title='Five Nights at Freddy's: The Silver Eyes' is Out Now – Bloody Disgusting! |website=bloody-disgusting.com |date=18 December 2015 |access-date=May 18, 2017 |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810050855/http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3373639/five-nights-at-freddys-the-silver-eyes-is-already-out/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.polygon.com/2015/12/14/10110096/five-nights-at-freddys-novel-kindle-hardcover-release |title=Five Nights at Freddy's novel hits stores next year |last1=Frank |first1=Allegra |date=December 14, 2015 |access-date=December 14, 2015 |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810052449/https://www.polygon.com/2015/12/14/10110096/five-nights-at-freddys-novel-kindle-hardcover-release |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-12-18-five-nights-at-freddys-creator-releases-spin-off-novel |title=Five Nights at Freddy's creator releases spin-off novel |last=Matulef |first=Jeffrey |work=[[Eurogamer]] |date=December 17, 2015 |access-date=December 17, 2015 |archive-date=August 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810012313/http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-12-18-five-nights-at-freddys-creator-releases-spin-off-novel |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.autoworldnews.com/articles/29307/20170207/five-nights-freddy-s-twisted-ones-book-will-scare-charlie.htm |title='Five Nights At Freddy's: The Twisted Ones' Book Will Scare You With Charlie's Nightmares |last=Trish |first=Gerone |date=February 7, 2017 |work=Auto World News |access-date=August 3, 2017 |archive-date=September 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915160336/http://www.autoworldnews.com/articles/29307/20170207/five-nights-freddy-s-twisted-ones-book-will-scare-charlie.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/five-nights-freddys-fourth-closet-plot-description-reveal-837237|title=Amazon reveals plot for third 'Five Nights At Freddy's' book|date=March 8, 2018|work=Newsweek|access-date=March 10, 2018|archive-date=March 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309001112/http://www.newsweek.com/five-nights-freddys-fourth-closet-plot-description-reveal-837237|url-status=live}}</ref> and an anthology series of short stories.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Cawthon|first1=Scott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4LqdDwAAQBAJ|title=Into the Pit (Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights #1)|last2=Cooper|first2=Elley|date=2019-12-26|publisher=Scholastic Inc.|isbn=978-1-338-62696-4|access-date=September 28, 2020|archive-date=March 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327123327/https://books.google.com/books?id=4LqdDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Cawthon|first1=Scott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=47udDwAAQBAJ&q=fazbear+frights+2|title=Fetch (Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights #2)|last2=West|first2=Carly Anne|last3=Waggener|first3=Andrea|date=2020-03-03|publisher=Scholastic Inc.|isbn=978-1-338-62697-1|access-date=November 11, 2020|archive-date=March 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327123335/https://books.google.com/books?id=47udDwAAQBAJ&q=fazbear+frights+2|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Cawthon|first1=Scott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MgrbDwAAQBAJ&q=fazbear+frights+3|title=1:35AM (Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights #3)|last2=Waggener|first2=Andrea|last3=Cooper|first3=Elley|date=2020-05-05|publisher=Scholastic Inc.|isbn=978-1-338-62698-8|access-date=November 11, 2020|archive-date=March 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327123328/https://books.google.com/books?id=MgrbDwAAQBAJ&q=fazbear+frights+3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Cawthon|first=Scott|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XHzTDwAAQBAJ|title=Bunny Call (Five Nights at Freddy's: Fazbear Frights #5)|date=2020-09-01|publisher=Scholastic Inc.|isbn=978-1-338-62700-8|access-date=September 28, 2020|archive-date=March 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327123339/https://books.google.com/books?id=XHzTDwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> A film adaptation [[Five Nights at Freddy's (film)|''Five Nights at Freddy's'']] was released on October 27, 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/five-nights-at-freddys-movie-filming-date/|title=Five Nights at Freddy's Movie Gets Filming Date|date=November 20, 2020|author=Aaron Perine|website=Comic Book|access-date=November 20, 2020|archive-date=November 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120220754/https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/five-nights-at-freddys-movie-filming-date/|url-status=live}}</ref>