Nightmare Foxy is a supporting antagonist in the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, serving as a major antagonist in Five Nights at Freddy's 4 and a minor antagonist in Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted. He is the nightmarish version of Foxy the Pirate Fox. Similar to the other three Nightmare Animatronics that represent his former bully friends, Nightmare Foxy is the manifested "evil side/alter ego" of Michael Afton, the protagonist of the night segments and the one responsible for the Bite of '83 to his younger brother, the Crying Child.
Appearance[]
Nightmare Foxy appears as a plushie in his harmless form, and as a rotten, damaging and frightening animatronic in his actual form.
His actual form is a tall reddish-orange anthropomorphic fox with a hook for his right hand, which is also used to attack the protagonist. He has a big mouth with two sets of sharp teeth and two glowing, sinister orange eyes. His endoskeleton is exposed to the feet and legs, revealing rows of spikes that formerly serve as toes.
Personality[]
As a nightmare, Foxy is much more vicious, dangerous and faster than his corporeal counterpart, making him a brutal killer.
History[]
Five Nights at Freddy's 4[]
Nightmare Foxy will commonly become active Night 2 onwards, although he may rarely become active on Night 1. He starts out at the back of the house and can try to enter the bedroom through either hallway. Checking the wrong hallway while he is close to the bedroom will allow him to run into the room and creep inside the closet. He then hides in the closet and will slowly reveal himself.
Much like other games, neglecting to check on Nightmare Foxy will result in a game over. Going to the closet view, Foxy will either appear as a head or his complete body. If Nightmare Foxy is about to attack the player, he will chomp his jaws up and down and scream.
The only way to prevent his attack is the close the closet door. If successful, he will turn back into a foxy plush. Also, on any of the nights, even the first night, if you click the Freddy plush on your bed 20+ times or hold the flashlight on the bed for 15 seconds, Nightmare Foxy will come out to kill the player.
Note: This version of Nightmare Foxy is NOT canon towards his story this should be noted. It's simply a game created by Fazbear entertainment.
Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted[]
In the "Hallway Crawl" minigame from the Curse of Dreadbear DLC of Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted, he will randomly appear in front of the player, and, if he sees the player moving he will jumpscare them. Resulting in a game over for them.
FNaF World[]
Nightmare Foxy is a character used by the player in a party. He features three attacks and is only usable by the player after being defeated on a random encounter challenge and unlocked. He is often encountered around Deep-Metal Mine.
His Moves are the following:
- Bite 2- An orange attack that deals more damage than Bite and hits two enemies.
- Unscrew 2- A black attack that has a 50% chance to instantly kill an enemy and deals damage.
- Hot cheese 2- A red attack that deals damage over time, this attack does more damage than Hot Cheese.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Nightmare Foxy ishe fourth incarnation of Foxy. The others were Mangle, Phantom Foxy, Funtime Foxy, and Rockstar Foxy.
- However, unlike his predecessors, Nightmare Foxy lacks an eyepatch.
- Nightmare Foxy also has a very long, yet thin tongue.
- However, this was never seen in-game or in the Extras menu. This was done as Scott Cawthon felt it wouldn't make him look scary.
- If Nightmare Foxy represents the brother, this could potentially make him the true main antagonist of Five Nights at Freddy's 4, as the Big Brother is responsible for the Bite of 83, as well as the leader of the rest of the bullies.
- The words "Out Of Order" can be seen when brightening up Nightmare Foxy's image.
- The word "Nightmare" is hidden in Foxy's teeth.
- The number "87" can be seen in Foxy's eyes by darkening the image rather than brightening it.
- This ended up later being changed to the number "83".
- Nightmare Foxy is the only one with a jumpscare that could be stopped if the closet is closed.
- Nightmare Foxy is the only animatronic in the entire series to have some form of a tongue.
- Nightmare Foxy is the only character from the original version of Five Nights at Freddy's 4 who is absent from Ultimate Custom Night.
