A lot of people in the fandom are against eachother. “OMG IT’S THE BITE OF 87 !!!”, “No it’s 83 there’s an easter egg, play the game you dumbass”, “We never heard about the Bite of 83 it doesn’t exist, it’s just a stupid easter egg !”
Well, I think we do hear of it. It’s not called the Bite of 83 but I believe we heard about a similar incident. Once. And I’m sure some people know what I’m talking about.
“Uh, hello ? Hello, hello ! Uh, there’s been a slight change of company
policy concerning use of the suits. Um, don’t. After learning of an
unfortunate incident at the sister location, involving multiple and
simultaneous spring lock failures, the company has deemed the suits
temporarily unfit for employees.“ – Phone Guy, Night 4 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 3)
My theory : The Spring lock failures incident
Let’s say, Fredbear crushing the head of Crying Child pretty much looks like a bite, which is why many believe this is the Bite of 87 (I’ll tell later why I don’t agree) Then again there’s the Easter Egg on the TV that shows “Fredbear&Friends 1983″, and here comes the Bite of 83. But Scott always taught us to not trust appearances, so I’ll try to explain what I think (it’s kinda hard since I’m French and that English is my 2nd language). I do not claim it’s the truth – who am I to say that ? -, but here’s what I believe is what happens at the end of Five Nights at Freddy’s 4 : The Last Chapter.
First, we know that the Spring Suits were only used in suit mode by employees in one location (the one where Phone Guy recorded those training tapes we hear in the third game), until the said incident involving the spring lock failures. It’s pretty clear this is where FNaF 4 takes place.
I think this picture is clear enough. Now, what do we know about those Spring Suits ? Then again, Phone Guy will tell us.
“Try not to nudge or press against any of the spring locks inside the
suit. Do not touch the spring locks at any time. Do not breathe on the
spring locks, as moisture may loosen them, and cause them to break
loose.“ – Phone Guy, Night 3 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 3)
They are very sensitive, particulary with humidity. Now going back to the third game, we know that Purple Guy died inside Springtrap especially because it was raining inside the restaurant, the place was left to rot. As for the kid in the fourth game, when his entiere head (not just the frontal lobe) was stuffed into Fredbear’s mouth, he was crying. His tears were what caused the spring locks to fail (and the way his brothers and his friends stuffed him between Fredbear’s jaws makes the child press and touch the spring locks within the facial area, so technically he did everything not to do). Futhermore, listen carefully to the moment when Purple Guy dies and when the kid’s head is crushed :
Kinda the same sound, right ? The song of a spring lock failure and a part of the body crushed. But I have something else to share, something even more important.
Back in the first phone call of the first game, Phone Guy read our contract as an employee of Freddy Fazbear Pizza :
“Uh, let’s see, first there’s an introductory greeting from the
company that I’m supposed to read. Uh, it’s kind of a legal thing, you
know. Um, “Welcome to Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. A magical place for kids
and grown-ups alike, where fantasy and fun come to life. Fazbear
Entertainment is not responsible for damage to property or person. Upon
discovering that damage or death has occurred, a missing person report
will be filed within 90 days, or as soon property and premises have been
thoroughly cleaned and bleached, and the carpets have been replaced.” “ – Phone Guy, Night 1 (Five Nights at Freddy’s)
So when you sign that contract, if you die while doing your job, they’ll just cover-up your death. Same if you get hurt (I’ll go back to it later) Futhermore, add this :
“In the case of the spring-locks come loose while you are wearing the
suit, please try to maneuver away from populated areas before bleeding
out, as to not ruin the customers’ experience.“ – Phone Guy, Night 3 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 3)
Everything is important here : the company knows that those suits are dangerous BUT since the employees signed a contract that denies any wrongdoing from Fazbear Entertainment, it’s not a problem (heck they even created a Safe Room in case of emergency like this). Until there’s an “infortunate incident” that forces Freddy Fazbear Pizza to scrap both Fredbear and Spring Bonnie. So now I’ll ask you : if the death of an employee, or even “just” damage has occured, why does that suddently matters ? Why did they scrap the Spring models “just” because of an employee’s injury / death, when the company clearly doesn’t give a damn, since that thanks to the contract, their reputation would be unharmed ? Easy : it’s a customer, someone who didn’t sign the contract that got injured, and the company couldn’t / wasn’t allowed to cover-up this accident like they did with their employees. Keeping those animatronics after the accident would kill their reputation : I believe that’s the reason why Fredbear and Spring Bonnie were scrapped. And this lead us to the day where a brother and his friends thought it could be hilarious to stuff the little brother’s head of the former inside Fredbear’s mouth. This lead us to the end of Five Nights at Freddy’s 4.
Why isn’t it the Bite of 87 ?
It’s your right to doubt of my theory. But now if you believe FNaF 4 is about the Bite of 87, I’ll try to explain why I don’t think it’s the case.
First, ask yourself the meaning of FNaF 2. What is the second game about ? Why does it take place in 1987, as we can see on Jeremy Fitzgerald’s paycheck ? Honestly even given that, if the second isn’t about the famous Bite of 87, I really don’t know why it even exists ; besides the fact that we know that Purple Guy used a yellow spare to comit another set of murders :
It oubviously take place in the restaurant of the second game, and there are corpses everywhere in the restaurant. Also :
“Ok, so uh, just to update you, uh, there’s been somewhat of an, uh,
investigation going on. Uh, we may end up having to close for a few
days… I don’t know. I want to emphasize though that it’s really just a
precaution.“ – Phone Guy, Night 4 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 2)
“Um, from what I understand, the building is on lockdown, uh, no one
is allowed in or out, y’know, especially concerning any…previous
employees. Um, when we get it all sorted out, we may move you to the day
shift, a position just became…available. (I swear to God this guy got killed or something)“ – Phone Guy, Night 5 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 2)
“Someone used one of the suits. We had a spare in the back, a yellow one, someone used it…now none of them are acting right.“ Phone Guy, Night 6 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 2)
((This video however isn’t about the murders in the second game. Foxy and Pirate Cove are an active attraction, which they never were in game ; futhermore, Foxy does nothing to Purple Guy when he see him. If he was haunted by the spirit of a dead child, I think he would try to kill him. So I’m pretty sure that the Go Go Go ! minigame is about the Missing Children Accident.))
Okay, okay, there are murders in the New Freddy Fazbear Pizza. But the restaurant didn’t shut down because of the murders. Check yourself :
If that was really because of those murders, why are the Toy animatronics scrapped ? Why not the old models ? The Toy models were said to have “possible malfunctions”, so one of them must have done something. And besides the Bite of 87, what do we have ? Absolutely nothing, nothing at all that would justify the destruction of the Toy animatronics only. But most importantly, this article doesn’t tell anything about the Bite or its victim. Which lead me to think, like a lot of other people, that the real victim of the Bite of 87 is our Jeremy Fitzgeral.
Remember, the contract. That very one contract that allows Fazbear Entertainment to cover-up the death or the injuries of an employee. If the victim was a customer, they couldn’t cover-up the Bite and we would’ve known what really happend. Not here. (Futhermore the animatronics act strange with the staff only, not the children : “But the characters have been acting very unusual, almost aggressive
towards the staff. They interact with the kids just fine, but when they
encounter an adult, they just…stare.“ – Phone Guy, Night 4 (Five Nights at Freddy’s 2), and Jeremy is supposed to stay close to the animatronics. Poor baby.)
And if we add to this the fact that Fredbear doesn’t exist in 1987 (he is now a withered, empty suit called Golden Freddy), that the place in the fourth game isn’t at all the same than the new restaurant of the second game, that only a Toy animatronic (Mangle perhaps ?) could have done the Bite during the birthday after Night 6, and even given the Easter Egg in FNaF 4 that says “Fredbear&Friends 1983″ (why on Earth would they rerun this in 1987, now that the company has a new image, with a new restaurant and new animatronics that could allow the customers to forget about the rumors of the old location ?) and the goodies of the old animatronics that we see everywhere in the fourth game (plushes, mask…), there are less and less evidences that proves that the Crying Child was the victim of the Bite of 87.
Conclusion
An “infortunate incident” happened in the very first Freddy Fazbear Pizza that makes the company scrap the Spring models, Fredbear and Spring Bonnie.
New Freddy Fazbear Pizza closes its doors and the Toy models are scrapped, due to “possible malfunctions”.
If an employee dies or get injuried, the company can, thanks to their contract, cover-up everything. They can’t do the same with people who didn’t sign the contract a.k.a the costumers, and they must do something to preserve their reputation. Try to connect everything. Does that make sense ?
Feel free to tell me what is your opinion on all of this ! Anyway thank you very much for reading :3
AngelMihe 