FNAF Theories

When were FredBear and SpringBonnie retired?

As we all know, FredBear and SpringBonnie were the first ever animatronics to be used before the main 4. But when were they made and when did they stop being used? Well, here's a timeline and why I think it's true. As well as saying which animatronic is which and which suit William Afton used. 

1970's: 

FredBear's I think opened in the 70's, who knows when. I think this because it seems that by 1983, they are so popular to the point they have toys, masks, and a tv show. And I think this was expanded. 

1983: 

This version of FredBear and SpringBonnie I think are the originals. The one seen in FNAF 4. What I think they look like? Well, FredBear looks really big so it wouldn't surprise me if he looked like Nightmare FredBear but not as a Nightmare. As for SpringBonnie, well...this may sound weird, but I don't believe we've seen this SpringBonnie other than in 2D before. This is the location where Charlie Emily and CC Afton died. At least, I THINK Charlie died here. There wasn't another FredBear's as far as I know. I tried thinking Charlie might've died in 1985 at a Freddy's instead, but that didn't make a whole lot of sense and it's pretty much established at this point that it was in 1983. 

1985: 

This version, I think is the Stage 01 characters. AKA, Unwithered Golden Freddy and the OG SpringBonnie. The reason I think this is because in Stage 01, FredBear is wearing black instead of purple, like Golden Freddy. Also, in FNAF 3, Phone Guy mentions that in FREDDY FAZBEAR'S PIZZA, they have 2 springlock suits. He didn't say they were the only animatronics, just that they had 2 springlock ones, AND he said it was in a Freddy's, not FredBear's. Meaning there was a Freddy's with Fredbear and SpringBonnie, it Stage01 HAS to be a Freddy's because it can't just be a coincidence that it's in the same game it's mentioned (FNAF 3). I also believe that is also where the withered's come from. Why? Because Golden Freddy is literally a re-color of Freddy. As for SpringBonnie, he's not a re-color for plot reasons and uniqueness. But anyway, there's something we've never thought about, wouldn't employees find it weird to see a bright yellow rabbit walking around the pizzeria? Like, kids wouldn't care but the employees? SOOOOO here's the big reveal, like I said, Stage 01 FB and SB, were active at the same time as the Withered's, THAT'S how Afton was able to use the SpringBonnie suit. And that is the suit he used to lure the 5 children. One thing though, Phone Guy mentions that THIS specific SpringBonnie was noticeably moved, and he wants to remind employees not to use them. Why am I mentioning this? Well, because the employees probably know not wear them, but Afton did anyway, but since they're allowed to walk around during the day, employees didn't think Afton was in there if they saw him. ALSO, that's how nobody found a kid's body inside the FredBear suit, because nobody wore it. Also another thing, wouldn't it be weird for Afton to get 4 kids and put them into the outside animatronics, and then get 1 kid and stuff him into a random suit in the back? I think it would make more sense if the location had 6 animatronics, and so he stuffed them in them all (minus SpringBonnie). Anyway, after the springlock incidents at the sister location and rebranding, they decided not to make a "Toy FredBear" and "Toy SpringBonnie," they instead abandoned them and were put in the back. Also, I think the kid who possesses GF was springlocked, and that's why he can't stand up. As for SpringBonnie, he's not possessed so, like Foxy and Golden Freddy, he's also in the Parts and Service Room, but is off camera, but he can't move cause he's not alive so we never see it. As for the "sister location" springlock failures, uhhh I'm not entirely sure. I was thinking maybe it's the suit Baby mentions in FNAF SL, but Baby's was only opened for 1 day, so I don't know when that suit would've been used in Baby's. I think it's just some random suit from another Freddy's that was stored in the SL bunker. 

1987: 

Now, the suit is used again to lure the DCI kids. BUT this time, SpringBonnie is retired so this time, people DID find it suspicious that the suit was used which is when William was arrested and questioned. Also side note, I think Phone Guy used a script back then and wasn't familiar with FB and SB's names, because he can't remember what the original location was called, and also, he just calls SB, "a suit in the back, a yellow one." 

1988: 

So, now that the FNAF 2 location closed, the FNAF 1 location is about to be opened. I think that Fazbear Entertainment had an idea to remake FredBear, which is how FNAF 1 Golden Freddy exists, but then they abandoned the idea, and that's why Golden Freddy can't walk this time, because he has no endoskeleton. (And yes Withered GF DID have an endoskeleton, you can see it in his legs). As for SpringBonnie, I wanna believe that he was also thought of being remade, but they never started working on him, so they kept both Golden Freddy and the SpringBonnie suit in the back. That's why Golden Freddy is in no camera, and that's why the SpringBonnie suit is just sitting there in the FNAF 3 minigames. 

2023: 

Of course, at this point, FredBear is long forgotten, and SpringBonnie is now SpringTrap. 

OTHER: 

A personal headcanon I have is that CC Afton possessed FredBear, but never killed anyone, and as soon as FredBear was scrapped after FredBear's Family Diner closed, that was the end of him. 

ALSO, to anyone who brings up the UCN one...imma be honest, I don't think it means anything. UCN is a pretty bad looking game, and the Golden Freddy model is already there, so it wouldn't be that hard to just grab Golden Freddy and re-color him. The reason I don't think it works is because it looks like FNAF 1 Freddy who wasn't created until the FNAF 1 location opened, which is when FredBear is already abandoned, and when Golden Freddy was already existing. 

And one more thing, part of me tried thinking that maybe 

1. The ScrapTrap suit is the one from FNAF 4, but I didn't know how it would've stayed around that long and where the FredBear suit went. 

2. Maybe the SpringTrap suit IS the remade SpringBonnie for the FNAF 1 location, and the actual suit used to lure the MCI was the GlitchTrap or ScrapTrap suit, but that didn't work either cause in PS, we see Susie being lured by the SpringTrap suit, AND if they abandoned using springlocks, I don't see why they would make a new SpringBonnie with springlocks, and I'm pretty sure GlitchTrap isn't real, and as for ScrapTrap, once again, I didn't know how to explain how that suit survived and FredBear didn't. 

Theory Posted: March 1, 2024