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Knowledge isn't power is it?

Stop hand

I ALWAYS come back
~ Afton's catchphrase

William Afton, also known as The Purple Guy, later dubbed Springtrap, is the main antagonist of the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise.

He is the founder of Fazbear Entertainment along with his business partner Henry Emily. However, he was secretly a serial killer who used the Springbonnie suit to lure and kill dozens of children.

He was voiced by PJ Heywood.

History[]

Note: Given that the Five Nights at Freddy's story is told out of chronological order, the history of William Afton is presented in the order the events occur to him.

Summary[]

William Afton was a businessman. In the early 1980s, he met an engineer named Henry Emily. The two opened Fredbear's Family Diner. At some point as seen in the FNaF 2 minigame, Take Cake to the Children, William drove up to a Freddy's and killed Henry's daughter Charlotte, leading her to possess the Puppet.

William then used a Yellow Bonnie suit to lure 5 children into the Safe Room. As seen in the FFPS minigame Fruity Maze, he began with a girl called Susie, promising her that her dead dog was alive. After this the children’s corpses into Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie, Chica, Foxy, and Golden Freddy suits. After this, the Puppet gave them life, allowing them to possess the animatronics.

Five Nights at Freddy's 4[]

William appears in a cameo in the fourth game, set in 1983, helping out someone with the Spring Bonnie costume in the back room. He is the father of the Crying Child and the Older Brother (Michael is the older brother).

Five Nights at Freddy's 2[]

In the second game, set in 1987, he is implied to have been the nightguard before Jeremy Fitzgerald. During the Summer of that year, He was attacked by the animatronics, and complained about conditions, and thus was moved to the dayshift. As indicated in the minigame SAVETHEM, he then went to use a spare yellow suit to murder 5 more kids, and could be seen attacking Freddy, leaving behind the message "You can't" in response to his and the Puppet's wish to save the children. This implies that by this point William Afton is aware of the souls of the children possessing animatronics. Afton also seems to be the one who altered the 'Toy' Animatronics facial recognition software, which made them hostile to the employees of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Afterwards, he fled, leaving the dayshift slot "available".

Fascinating, what they have become.
~ Afton admitting that he killed them in FFPS


Sister Location[]

William Afton appears in Sister Location, this time actually using his real name. In the opening scene of Sister Location an entrepreneur asked him questions about the new animatronics. He inquired why certain features were added and express their concerns, but William avoided answering the specific features they refer to. He also created the animatronics and was the former owner of the Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental and, by extension, Circus Baby's Pizza World. William had in fact created the animatronics to kill children. William’s daughter, Elizabeth, snuck off to meet Circus Baby. She got to close however and got scooper by Circus Baby. After this, William closed down the restaurant under the pretence of gas leaks, and moved the animatronics into the rental facility.

In FFPS, it's implied William gave the Scooper, used to dismantle animatronics, a second function, to inject a substance called Remnant into the animatronics, seemingly able to bind souls to bodies. At some point after setting up the rentals facility, he instructed his son Michael to go on a suicide mission to the underground facility and find his sister, indicating he knows his daughter's soul is within Circus Baby.

You may not recognize me at first, but I assure you, it's still me.
~ Afton reassuring that it's still him in the suit


Five Nights at Freddy's 3[]

In the Night 5 minigame it is revealed that, after William destroyed the animatronics, he was chased by his victims into the Safe Room, which contained Spring Bonnie. After being chased around the Safe Room, William ran to Spring Bonnie and wore it to protect himself. The lock mechanism faltered as William laughed in the suit, as well as the fact that there was rain dropping down through the roof, due to the fact that the spring locks will break from moisture, thus killing him slowly as his body slumps to the floor. He then started to rot as 30 years pass by the year is exactly 2023. The Fazbear's Fright crew found him, and installed Springtrap into the attraction on Night 2.

When in Fazbear's Fright, Springtrap hunted the Guard. Springtrap usually hid on secluded areas of a camera's field of view, but stared straight into CAM 01, CAM 09, and CAM 13. When around The Office, Springtrap stared at the Guard through the window. When about to attack, he peeked in from behind the door. He also briefly appeared from the right, only to slink away. Springtrap was susceptible to audio distractions and constantly followed the source of the noise the Guard created, only following the sound when played in a location close to him. He was also susceptible to the vents being sealed, due to using them. After the ventilation system is left with errors for too long, which the guard started hallucinating, seeing multiple Springtrap's in the camera. After 5 nights of hunting the guard, the building burnt down. Springtrap was seen in the newspaper picture taken after the fire. He was then seen later in Sister Location again in a cut scene. Springtrap is seen to have survived the worst of the fire, and is seen leaving the burnt out husk of Fazbear's Fright.

Sister Location[]

In Sister Location's Custom Night final cutscene, Springtrap is seen to have survived the worst of the fire, and is seen leaving the burnt out husk of Fazbear's Fright.

How can I resist, a promise, such as this


Bittersweet, but fitting
~ Purple guy accepting what he has become


Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator[]

Springtrap has returned in Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator under his real name, William Afton, and has deteriorated to the point where much of the suit has been replaced. Afton is one of the animatronics who received a call to gather at Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Place on Tuesday.

Unlike the other animatronics however, Afton suspected the call to be false, but decided to go anyway just out of curiosity. Michael Afton, his son, salvaged him, seemingly for scrap. If the player chose to discard him, the completion ending on Saturday is prevented, as all the animatronics need to be present in the Pizzeria. Henry played five different audio prompts through the tapes, and Michael had to document Afton's response times. After the fifth audio prompt, the salvage ended and Michael got $1000 for the salvage. Afton assured him that he knew the call was "deceptive," but it was intriguing.

From Wednesday onward, Afton hunted Michael through the vents, while being lured around by the sounds of children. On Saturday, it's revealed that Henry was responsible for sending out the call to the animatronics and had lured them all into a trap. Afton meets his final end when he is incinerated with the other animatronics, Michael and Henry, during which the Henry tells him, "...the darkest pit of hell has opened to swallow you whole, so don't keep the devil waiting old friend."

What a deceptive calling I knew it was a lie the moment I heard it, obviously, but it is intriguing nonetheless
~ Scraptrap confessing that he knew the lure was made by Henry but came anyway out of curiously


UCN[]

William Afton is heavily implied to be the protagonist of Ultimate Custom Night, having been sent to Hell after the events of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator. It was a personal hell for him created by "The One [he] should not have killed", forcing him to fend off animatronics, before eventually getting killed by them, before the whole scenario would begin all over again, for eternity. A distorted voice, implied to be William's, could be heard in the Old Man Consequences minigame, screaming in rage.

Springtrap[]

Springtrap appears as a customizable antagonist in both his FNaF 3 and FFPS form. Springtrap sneaks through the Air Vents to get to the protagonist, with him being tracked by the protagonist. Springtrap is silent, and the protagonist checks if his face appears at the front vent. Closing the vent door sends Springtrap back to his original position. Afton only attacks once per night, with no warning, from the vent on the right wall. A violent clamoring sound and flickering lights are the only indication of his attack, and the protagonist has to close the vent door.

Help Wanted[]

Glitchtrap, the main antagonist of Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted, is implied to be a digital version of William Afton. They play a huge role in the game as they torment the player. They try mind controlling the player and anyone they come into contact with. In the game after the player finishes the game glitchtrap takes over the players mind in a way. This happens by them quite literally entering their mind they then become a servant of Afton's. They would soon mind control the tape girl as well as many other play testers. One of these testers was Jeremy Fitzgerald they resisted though, this would be futile as they would kill themselves to try and resist Malhare's effect and it worked. Glitchtrap didn't seem to care much though about his death; they would be taken down by Golden Freddy. This would end Malhare and free all of William's servants putting a minor dud in his plans.

Springtrap[]

Springtrap features in Help Wanted as a character in the VR game The Freddy Fazbear Virtual Experience. He functions exactly like he does in Five Nights at Freddy's 3.

FNaF AR SpringTrap (Render)

Springtrap in FNaF AR

Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special delivery[]

Springtrap is one of the the most difficult animatronics to defeat - his Static is very weak and the Flashlight is almost certainly required to find it; interference can occur with some regularity. Springtrap's Haywire is the key to winning this encounter, as there are two outcomes. If he goes Haywire and has red eyes, the player should immediately look away; failure to do so will end the encounter with a jumpscare. The player may pan over him quickly but should not stop to look at him. If he has white eyes, however, the player should proceed to watch him until his eyes turn red, or until he disappears. Springtrap will then rush the player three times, finally decloaking on the third charge.

It's not your flesh that sustains me...... It's your fear.


Burntrap and The Blob

Springtrap next to the blob

Five Nights at Freddy's Security Breach[]

Purple guy returns once more but this time in a form known as burntrap in the year 2026. They are stored in the same pizzera as the one in FFPS and they are in a purple charging tube. It's unknown who put them in there and how they were repaired but it was most likely done by his servant Vanny. He only appears in a non canon ending, as he is seen controlling Malhare to turn the animatronics against Gregory. It's unknown why they want him but a popular theory is so that he can reunite with his son Gregory. It's truly unknown his reasons for his actions; it would end with the location being set on fire (again) and Afton being taken away by a creature known as "The blob". In the ending cutscene Gregory and Glamrock Freddy are seen leaving the location to escape the fire and the blob. It should be noted that despite the ending being non canon burntrap them-self is a canon character.

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