Shadow Freddy

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Evil-doer

Full Name

No information

Alias

Shadow Freddy

Dark Freddy (game files of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator)
Purple Freddy
Shadow Fredbear
Nightmare (possibly)
Crumpled Freddy Suit

Origin

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

Occupation

Manifestation of William Afton's evil (possibly)

Guide

Powers / Skills

Teleportation

Stealth
Shapeshifting
Manipulation
All of Nightmare's powers(possibly)

Hobby

Sitting motionlessly.

Goals

Help William Afton destroy the animatronics.

Help free the souls of the animatronics (both possibly; both succeeded).

Crimes

Stalking

Mind-breaking
Aiding and abetting
All of Nightmare's crimes (implied)
All indirectly:
Murder
Destruction
Property damage

Type of Villain

Enigmatic Dark Form

Shadow Freddy is the secondary antagonist of Five Nights at Freddy’s 3, while also being a minor character of Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. He is an enigmatic character whose origins and motives are unknown. He has lured the animatronics to William Afton, resulting in them being demolished and Afton himself dying, but it's unknown which side he was on.

Gameplay[]

Five Nights at Freddy's 2[]

In Five Nights at Freddy's 2, the player may rarely encounter what seems to be a shadow or a dark model of Golden Freddy, who is in fact Shadow Freddy. It appears in Parts/Service, sitting in the location Bonnie normally sits, but does not do anything.

It appears to be in a slumped position, similar to that of Golden Freddy's. It also uses Golden Freddy's model. Brightening up this image reveals that this creature is purple in color as with several other key items/characters in the franchise, bearing comparisons to the purple figure from the secret mini-games, the Marionette's "tears," Nightmare Fredbear's hat and bowtie among other things.

Five Nights at Freddy's 3[]

Within the in-between night mini-games, Shadow Freddy is seen, and utters the phrase "follow me," to lure the animatronics to a secluded spot, so that William Afton may ambush and dismantle them. While the Freddy suit is recognized as purple due to its association with the purple figure, its purple coloration and the darker color of its hat and bowtie lends credit to the theory this particular animatronic is indeed Shadow Freddy. He can also be seen in the office as a harmless easter egg.

Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator[]

Shadow Freddy makes a brief appearance in the beginning minigame of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator.

In the minigame, Shadow Freddy shows up as an obstacle in the third level, attempting to stop Freddy from giving the children pizza. Freddy needs to throw pizza at him to stun him for a brief moment, allowing Freddy to get pizza to the children behind him. In the fourth level, he begins duplicating rapidly and the entire minigame starts glitching. The minigame cuts to black and we are introduced to Scrap Baby and the Cassette Man.

Interestingly, he is called Dark Freddy in the game files.

Five Nights at Freddy's VR: Help Wanted[]

Shadow Freddy serves as Freddy Fazbear's replacement during the Parts and Service mode in hard mode, but has no changes in behavior.

Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)[]

Shadow Freddy makes a minor cameo, being the suit that Maxine is stuffed in after she's killed by Freddy. He's a completely purple recolor of Freddy, thus being similar to his minigame sprite from FNaF 3 in appearance. It's obviously possible that Maxine will possess Shadow Freddy to be an actual ghost as much like Golden Freddy in the future sequels for the important role.

Trivia[]

According to the Freddy Files, inside of the Codes, Glitches, and Secrets section of FNaF 3, the name of the Shadow Freddy that appears in Five Nights at Freddy's 3 is called Crumpled Freddy Suit.
Shadow Freddy was the first actual purple animatronic.
Contrary to popular belief, he doesn't crash the game like Shadow Bonnie in the second game, or Golden Freddy in the first game.
If not for him, William Afton would never become Springtrap, and the souls would be stuck at Freddy's forever. Despite his minor role, he is an important character, indirectly kickstarting the events of Five Nights at Freddy's 3.
In contrast to Shadow Bonnie in FNaF World, who is a support character, Shadow Freddy is far more malicious, with his foreboding loading screen quote, and more dangerous moveset.
Shadow Freddy has the longest gap between official appearances of any character in the series, at seven years.
- The appearances used are FNaF World (2016) and FNAF: The Movie (2023)
- Excluding FNaF World, this would instead be eight years, with Five Nights at Freddy's 3 (2015) being the previous appearance.
- As of his movie appearance, Phantom Puppet now holds the record of longest time period without appearing.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

Fans have made theories that Shadow Freddy is actually Golden Freddy.
Shadow Freddy is also theorized to be the apparition of one of the employees whom wore the original Golden Freddy suit, which malfunctioned and fatally wounded the employee. Thus the suit itself was put in storage.
- It is also possible that if this theory were true, then it could mean that the employee in the Fredbear suit we see in the FNaF 4 minigame. The same applies with Shadow Bonnie as some believe the person William was helping get inside a Springlock suit was him before he became a spirit.
He is similar to Nightmare in overall appearance and behavior, leading to some theories of them being the same entity.
- A folder in the game files suggests that Shadow Freddy may, in fact, be Nightmare in Five Nights at Freddy's 4. Although, this could have been done so that he wouldn't be confused with the other Nightmare Animatronics.
- This can be supported as in Fazbear Frights #6: Blackbird, where in the third story Shadow Bonnie appears in the protagonist's dream as a monster with sharp teeth and claws. However, when outside of Toby's dreams, he has been described with having sharp teeth, so this can be seen as being some what debatable.
Shadow Freddy is believed by some to be the crying child from FNaF 4.
The Freddy Files indicate Shadow Freddy lured the animatronics to the Safe Room to help them kill their killer.
For a long time, many people, including MatPat, believed that Shadow Freddy was controlled by Purple Guy.
Some people believe that Shadow Freddy is the incarnation of William's evil, given he shares the line "follow me" with William when he lured Susie away, does not aid the Missing Children in FNaF 2 unlike Shadow Bonnie, lures the Classic animatronics to Afton, and is always present where Afton is, namely the second and third Freddy's Pizzerias and Fazbear's Fright. If this is the case, he may have been destroyed in the Fazbear's Fright fire.
It is theorized that Shadow Freddy is possessed by Max in FNAF: The Movie due to half of her body being seen in what looks to be a purple Freddy suit.

What makes him pure evil?[]

If shadow Freddy truly is nightmare or william afton's sins whatever it may be this would make Shadow Freddy the ultimate evil in the fnaf universe.

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