Are The Withereds and FNaF 1 Animatronics Really the Same? - FNaF Theory

Theres some good observations here, but the fnaf 1 animatronics cant be new. Phone guy says theyve been singing the same songs for 20 years, and never got a bath.

Why is this a debate😭 the withereds were refurbished and remodeled into the classics thats why theyre still possesed

Ok I actually love the idea of the withered's casing being used for the fnaf 4 experiments. It connects Dittophobia to the rest of the series in a meaningful way, and adds depth to why Afton created the Funtimes. Great video!!

Redesign. That's it - that's the whole reason for why they look different. Redesigns have been a common thing in FNAF for such a long time(Springtrap to Scraptrap changes, Baby to Scrap Baby, the new redesigns in VR games and the constantly changing minigame sprite designs for the same characters being the peak of this situation). Scott has been redesigning some animatronics any time his soul feels like redesigning, so the withered-classic differences may be just the earliest example of this situation. Scotty doesn't like doing retcons, but he seems to like doing redesigns.

The only issue that really blows your theory about the fnaf 1 animatronics not being haunted but just the mimic ai are golden freddy himself and the hallucinations that are implied to be the spirits.

two things: in 1983-1985 they made the classics endo 01, after the mci they make the endo 02 to fit the old costumes, so they made the unwithereds in 1986, after they started smelling bad and the complaining of the parents, they scrap them and make the toys for 1987, in 1988-1993 they brought back the old designs from 83 with the endo 01

My answer: They just want to look different.

You had me at first but the moment u started saying that fnaf 1 Animatronics Wasn't haunted you lost me 💀

The FNAF 1 animatronics are clearly possesed and are clearly just fixed and redesigned versions of the withereds and Follow me should be happening after FNAF 1 and i think the locations from FNAF 1 and 2 owned by Henry and not William i also think the FNAF 4 animatronics are build by William specifically for those experiments Even thought i don't think that theory is true i still like the idea

Thought it was obvious that they just used parts from the Withered when making the FNAF 1 animatronics hence why they aren’t a 1:1 copy

Good theory. The FNAF2 withered animatronic for sure were used in the FNAF4 experiments, but i don't think the FNAF1 animatronics are necessarily Mimic program for a simple reason. Scott didn't put any "mimic" during those times in any kind of media (nor the games, nor the books, nor the guides). I could plausibly think that the FNAF2 toy animatronics were use in some kind of way to make the FNAF1 animatronic (not only bc they are the most similar ones but they could be other endo 01 animatronics put into the case of the refactored Toy animatronics (thats why they would lack the facial recognition technology, but also because the puppet didn't follow them, when the puppet is usually trying to take care of the souls of the childrens). I would argue that you are almost alone in the office of FNAF1, only being haunted by golden freddy who is kinda absurd when it comes to powers (since he don't need an endo to haunt someone).

Probably the same reason why peanuttrap looks so different from springtrap

Why would the fnaf 2 and fnaf 1 animatronics be different fnaf two is a prequel to fnaf one which means that something has to happen to change the witherds man if only we could see that happen OH YEA we CAN! It is stated in the newspaper that the toys are being scraped due to not working right, and the withered will be revamped and brought back. *so why do they look different?” You may be asking and to that o answer with a question; why were the witherds left to rot in the first place? BECAUSE THEY WERE DEEMED TO SCARY FOR THE CHILDREN! So of course the fnaf 1 animatronics are gonna look different than the witherds because they were to scary!

The thing is that fnaf 1 was open twice. First time fnaf 1 was open, there were model of models from fnaf 2. When fnaf 1 closed, animatronics were used for parts for toys. When fnaf 2 closes, fnaf 1 will be reopened with new rebuilded animatronics with models we know today. Im saying fnaf 1 and 2 all the time because Im now sure of pizzerias names

The answer is simple,after we beat night 6 in Fnaf 2 we see a news paper and it said that the restaurant is closing down and the toys will be dismantled while the withered animatronics will be reused and Gets fixed and obviously the withered would get new upgrade and Gets new Endoskeleton and new costume

Great Theory! Counterpoint: The Mimic is a Steel Wool plot point.

BRUH, I unironically got a FNAF AD for a FNAF Video 🤦🏼‍♂️

Enjoyed ur theory, but when u said that william used the withereds to make the funtimes it felt kinda wrong, seeing as how the funtimes were already built before that, all he needed was the remnant to fuel the funtimes, so in 1993, william enters the fnaf 1 location, and those are actually fnaf 1 animatronics that u see in the follow me minigames its just a small minigame inconsistency that scott was too lazy too change so he just kept it there, so as william goes there he breaks those robots and takes the endos, melts it and injects it into the funtimes

The animatronics in FNAF1 are directly stated in game to be twenty years old. They literally can't have been built after FNAF2. As for why they look different from the withereds: the withered animatronics were deemed too scary for children so when they were being repaired the conpany probably took the chance to modernize the designs into something more kid friendly.

I think that the whithered are the Afton's Family Diner animatronics, and so in Security Breech they didn't put them in the museum because of the Bite and because of William, but that doesn't explain why they're not in Help Wanted