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This article contains information that explain the POPGOES' interpretation of the characters and events that origin from the Five Nights at Freddy's series. This interpretation can be contradictionary with the original series and should not be used as the evidence toward its lore. |
Five Nights at Freddy's is a indie horror franchise developed by Scott Cawthon. POPGOES is a fangame series based on the franchise, although it takes the first three games of the series into account.
Story[]
Five Nights at Freddy's[]
Five Nights at Freddy's series revolves around the series of murders related to the Freddy Fazbear's Pizza locations and the ghosts of the victims haunting these facilities, seeking revenge on "The Purple Man", their murderer. Each game takes place in a different location related to that pizzeria chain and explains different circumstances, showing the truth behind the incidents.
Five Nights at Freddy's takes place in 1993, in the last Freddy Fazbear's Pizza location. The protagonist is Mike Schmidt, who works a nightshift, protecting himself from the animatronics for a week. The player has to survive until 6 AM, protecting himself by using cameras and the doors in his office to slow animatronics down and block their way to his office.
Five Nights at Freddy's 2[]
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 takes place in 1987, during the opening of the New Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. The protagonist is Jeremy Fitzgerald, who works a nightshift in a similar manner to the first game. FNaF2 uses different mechanics from the first game, such as Freddy's Mask, the Flashlight and winding the Music Box. In the final, seventh night, the protagonist is changed to Fritz Smith. This game introduces a few major elements to the FNaF lore that the first game only hinted at, such as "The Purple Man" and the dead children.
Five Nights at Freddy's 3[]
Five Nights at Freddy's 3 takes place in 2023, 30 years after Freddy Fazbear's closes its doors, in a horror attraction based on the urban legends surrounding the Freddy Fazbear's Pizza restaurant chain - Fazbear's Fright: The Horror Attraction. A protagonist is an unnamed person, who works a nightshift in this location for six days until it gets burned down. The protagonist has to protect himself from a single real animatronic - Springtrap, and the Phantoms who don't kill the player, but they distract you, disrupting the mechanics and allowing Springtrap to enter your office. The night guard has to protect himself by using a voice system and the ventilation system to lead Springtrap away from his office. The location mechanisms can break over time or after a Phantom Animatronic has attacked, and the protagonist has to fix them frequently.
POPGOES[]
Work on POPGOES started after Five Nights at Freddy's 3 was released, and because of that, the story takes into account only the first three games. Five Nights at Freddy's 4 and later games aren't canon in the POPGOES story. The newer games introduce information that contradicts the POPGOES lore, such as The Purple Man's identity or the fate of Springtrap after Five Nights at Freddy's 3 (although, it wouldn't contradict the Springtrap seen in What We Found, which also contradicts FNaF 3). FNaF World was never considered canon in the original story.
Trivia[]
- Popgoes the Weasel is a wordplay related to the music that plays, when The Puppet comes out of the box in FNaF 2 - "Pop goes the weasel".
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Games | ||
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Series | Five Nights at Freddy's/Fazbear Fanverse • POPGOES • Five Nights at Candy's | |
Evergreen continuity | POPGOES Arcade ("Fighting Chance" Update) • POPGOES and The Machinist • myPOPGOES ("New and Improved!" Update) • POPGOES Evergreen | |
2016 continuity | POPGOES Arcade (2016) • POPGOES • POPGOES Arcade 2 • POPGOES Reprinted | |
2015 continuity | POPGOES 2015 • POPGOES: Silent Night • POPGOES Encore | |
Cancelled games | POPGOES 2015 • POPGOES: Silent Night • POPGOES Encore • POPGOES 2 (2016) • POPGOES 0 • POPGOES Reprinted • POPGOES Finale | |
Other media | POPGOES: The Plastic Grave • POPGOES: Heart of Stone • POPGOES: Evolution • POPGOES Memories • POPGOES Archives |