Golden Freddy

'''"IT'S ME"

- Golden Freddy's character motto. "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 '''

Golden Freddy is a hidden antagonist in the game Five Nights at Freddy's, the final antagonist in Five Nights at Freddy's 2, and a hidden character, though harmless, in Five Nights at Freddy's 3. He is a golden version of Freddy Fazbear, hence the name.

Golden Freddy will be summoned if you stare at the poster. A girls laughter will be heard and if you look back at the room you will see an empty costume.

Golden Freddy looks like the standard Freddy Fazbear. The main differences are his gold fur, his navy blue hat and bow tie. In the office, he has extremely small white pupils, but the close-up of his face doesn't show them.

Golden Freddy is likely a hallucination, but there are many theories that state otherwise. One theory states that the golden Freddy suit is the original Freddy Fazbear that was replaced due to age. Others state that he contains the corpse of the first child that was murdered. Another theory states that Golden Freddy murdered the previous guard.

If Golden Freddy appears, he will kill you and crash the game. However, if you look back at the camera he will go away. He is easier to summon on Night 1. There are rare chances you will see him on Nights 3 and 5 without summoning him.

Five Nights at Freddy's 2


In the prequel, Golden Freddy can be glimpsed on a number of posters drawn by children. It was also revealed he was the Freddy Suit The Puppet placed the fifth child inside since there were no others at the time.

Golden Freddy can appear on Night 6, and even possibly Night 7 (depending if his A.I. is disabled.) Golden Freddy can teleport into the Office, sitting there, and if the player manages to put on the mask, he'll vanish. He can also go into the hallway where his floating giant head is. To stop him, the player must turn the flashlight off directing to the hallway and refrain from using it.

Theories

 * Golden Freddy could be the missing 5th child, however his powers are probably too incredible when compared with the others. The mini game however shows that before the Golden Freddy jumpscare in the Give Life mini game, a 5th child appears.
 * Mike Schmidt is hallucinating about Golden Freddy, as Golden Freddy only appears if the player glances and returns to normal view. This is also emphasized by him not being part of Custom Night's A.I. level customization. This was disproven in the sequel where it was confirmed that he was real.
 * A very popular theory states Golden Freddy is actually Fredbear, rotten and decayed. The third game cofirm this theory is not correct, because the Phone Guy say "Welcome to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza" when he explain how to use the two suits (Springtrap and Golden Freddy).

Trivia

 * It's possible that Golden Freddy is like Springtrap in the sense of the ability to be both an animatronic and a wearable suit, given that A) The Purple Guy used the Golden Freddy suit to lure the 5 kids to the back and kill them B) the endoskeleton is visible in the images of Golden Freddy C) like Springtrap, it shares the yellow color and D) in one of the minigames in "Five Nights at Freddy's 3" Golden Freddy is shown entertaining children on a stage alongside Springtrap.
 * As of Patch 1.13, setting the A.I. levels to 1/9/8/7 on Custom Night causes Golden Freddy to appear in the same manner as his killer screen, force-quitting the game. This was put in by the creator to end the rumors of the Bite of '87 stating entering the input 1/9/8/7 will have an alternate ending.
 * Many theories say Golden Freddy was originally brown, but being in the dark, never being used or the lighting turned him yellow, but in third game this theory was confirmed be false, because in the "Stage01" Mini-Game Golden Freddy is still golden.
 * Golden Freddy's kill screen is similar to the Freddy hallucination screen but is gold and without eyes.
 * In the trailer for Five Nights at Freddy's 2, one of the children drawings depicts Golden Freddy with the endoskeleton eyes doing what is possibly singing to them.
 * The animatronic noise that killed the Phone Guy is the same as Golden Freddy's.
 * His scream is the same scream that the four used, simply slowed down, theorizing the fact that the Puppet stuffed the fifth child inside Golden Freddy.
 * In FNAF 2, it's scream is also different, it's the same as normal, except it's louder and clips.


 * Before the third game, Golden Freddy was believed to be the suit the Murderer wore to kill the children.
 * You can find Golden Freddy on Night 2 of Five Nights at Freddy's 2, as seen in this video (at 4:24.)