Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
Five NIghts at Freddy’s 2 takes place before the events of the first game. Leading up to the “Bite of ’87,” players take control of security guard Jeremy Fitzgerald. You will once again receive assistance from Phone Guy, although he is much younger and doesn’t fully have a grasp on how dangerous the animatronics truly are. This time around, there are no doors so you must rely on a flashlight, a Freddy Fazbear head, and a music box.
New threats appear in the form of the newly built animatronics, the Puppet, and Balloon Boy. There are also mini-games between the nights that provide more insight into the lore of Five Nights at Freddy’s. In the mini-games, players will take control of the animatronics, the Puppet, and a new character, Purple Man, as they delve deeper into the events surrounding the disappearances of the children that eventually led to the shutdown of Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza.
In the mini-games, we find out that Purple Man is actually the one responsible for murdering the children. He seems to be wearing a badge and holding an item, meaning he could’ve been one of the security guards at the restaurant. The only thing that is clear is that he tends to go for the isolated children during the parties. During the games where you play as Freddy, you must try and keep all of the children happy, but you can always see one or two children who refuse to take part. Purple Man is never far behind, and he makes it his mission to end the lives of these innocent souls.
The Puppet, on the other hand, seems to be the root of the supernatural element of Five Nights at Freddy’s. In his mini-game titled “Give Gifts, Give Life,” you can see the Puppet interacting with what appears to be the bodies of four dead children. When given “life” in the second part of the mini-game, each child dons one of the four mascot masks. This leads us to believe that each animatronic is indeed possessed by the dead children. It’s a dark twist, but one that makes a lot of sense. At the end, Golden Freddy appears for the first time, and a mysterious 5th kid is shown, believed to be the first child that was ever killed.
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 seems to allude to the fact that the animatronics are aware of what is going on as each kid is murdered. They are making an effort to save the children who are about to be killed, and it adds even more mystery leading up to the third game. There is no indication as to who, or what, the Puppet animatronic may be, but it is certain that it has a very powerful ability.
At the end of it all, Fitzgerald switches to the day shift where he is present for the “Bite of 87.” Other than that, there is no telling what happened to him. Fans initially believed that he himself was the victim of that fateful event. But we’ll get to that shortly.
