i haven't seen this mentioned anywhere yet but there is one very popular fnaf 2 theory where the puppet is the murderer of the children and i would like to challenge that.
the puppet simply being at fault for the entire murder doesn't explain the purple man that appears in the mini games. or the origins of the marionette itself.
after you play some mini games, there are a few times when an animatronic jumps out related or seen in that mini game.
for example in the mini game where you play as foxy and are urged to Go! Go! Go! has foxy jump out at you in the end.
in the mini game where you play as the marionette giving gifts and life, when you go to unlock freddy's present, golden freddy pops out at you.
now take into consideration the mini game where freddy takes cake to children.
in this mini game, the marionette is the one who jumps out at you. the purple man and the marionette show up as separate entities during the other games.
my theory is that the child that is shown crying outside the building and is turned cry by a purple figure is the marionette. otherwise, what relation does the marionette have to this mini game and why would he jump out afterwards instead of say, freddy?
the marionette's face also resembles the grey child's. the child cries blue before turning grey, its tears also turning grey. the marionette has purple tears. they also both share black eyes. the child began with small eyes and they got larger and larger with black.
