Golden Freddy/Classic (2025)

Golden Freddy (referred to as Yellow Bear in the game files) is an animatronic that appears in Five Nights at Freddy's as the overarching antagonist. He is a discontinued animatronic entertainer who resides in Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and was formerly a mascot at Fredbear's Family Diner. Golden Freddy is haunted by one of William Afton's victims, being a little girl named Cassidy in the games, and a young boy named Michael Brooks in the original novel trilogy.

Appearance[]

Golden Freddy appears to be a cross between Freddy and Fredbear with missing eyes. His hat and bow tie appear to be tinted dark blue, as opposed to Freddy's black ones and Fredbear's purple ones, though this may be the result of lighting.

His appearance in Five Nights at Freddy's AR: Special Delivery however is a bit different. His teeth have become solid gold, while his Endoskeleton joints don't attach properly. In addition, the lighter gold color is more of a bright yellow.

Personality[]

Cassidy/Golden Freddy, is a vengeful and mysterious animatronic that holds an immense amount of hatred towards William Afton, this led to Cassidy attaching herself to William's soul to ensure that he can't die. It's implied that she created the pizzeria and the animatronics in Ultimate Custom Night as a way to torture him for all eternity for his actions. Her hatred seems to be so immense that she refuses to rest like the other souls, as shown in Yellowbear's cutscene in Ultimate Custom Night, their hatred for William and refusal to let him die is partially the response for William's return as Glitchtrap inadvertently allowing Afton to inflict more pain, destruction, and death upon innocent people.

Story[]

Five Nights at Freddy's[]

In the new Freddy's Pizzeria, Golden Freddy took on a form analogous to the redesigned Freddy. Golden Freddy is implied to be the animatronic who killed Phone Guy, as his roar can be heard in the final moments of his call. While Golden Freddy does not actively hunt after Mike Schmidt, Golden Freddy can manifest on a Freddy poster, accompanied by a giggle from the child possessing him. Golden Freddy then appears in the Office, assaulting his mind with the message "IT'S ME". However, Mike manages to distract himself with his monitor.

Behavior[]

When checking CAM 2B, the player will see a Freddy poster on the wall, that can become a close-up of Golden Freddy's face with a one in a hundred thousand chance^[1]. (although due to how the game's engine calculates randomness, these odds are closer to 1/32,768).^[2]. While this picture of him is being viewed, a young girl's laugh can be heard. If the player sees the Golden Freddy poster and then switches back to the Office, Golden Freddy will have appeared within the Office. His appearance causes different images to flash on the screen for split seconds, along with the words "IT'S ME". Golden Freddy will wait idly for few seconds before killing the night guard, forcibly closing the game. The moment the player sees him, the player must bring up the Monitor before Golden Freddy kills the night guard. Doing so will cause him to disappear.

Alternatively, the player can avoid him entirely by simply not looking at the West Hall Corner camera poster (CAM 2B), which will prevent him from being summoned in the first place. However, this may prove difficult, as players may be tempted to watch this particular corner in case Bonnie is making a move toward the Office.

Custom Night[]

After an update, inputting the A.I. levels 1-9-8-7 (the year of the bite of '87) on Night 7, Golden Freddy's jumpscare will play, crashing the game in the process. It is unlikely that this bears any lore significance, however.

Five Nights at Freddy's 2[]

While Golden Freddy's withered counterpart features as an antagonist from Night 6 onwards, Golden Freddy appears in his original form in the Night 3 cutscene. Here, standing up, he looks at Freddy, who is the players point of view, alongside Bonnie and Chica.

Five Nights at Freddy's 3[]

Golden Freddy only appears in the Happiest Day Minigame. Here, the child possessing him is standing behind a table. She is given cake by the Puppet, and, after the Golden Freddy mask appears on the child's face, she vanishes, leaving the mask behind.

Ultimate Custom Night[]

While Golden Freddy's withered counterpart is a customizable antagonist in Ultimate Custom Night, the final cutscene won by beating 49/20 mode will reveal Golden Freddy in his original form from the first game, twitching constantly within pitch blackness.

Special Delivery[]

Golden Freddy returns again within the AR game. His animations are all glitchy, as if he doesn't have proper control over himself. Occasionally, his torso will float up higher, revealing his detached Endoskeleton. The Glitchy behavior also carries over to his in-game mechanic.

He will switch between the AIs of Freddy Fazbear, Toy Freddy, Mangle, Springtrap, and Ballora. To defeat him, you must select the appropriate tool within the Tool menu, replacing the original Flashlight button. In addition, you have to shock him three times to win. The available combinations are:

• Sound meter + Battery
• Flashlight + Timer
• Shock + Mask

These can be switched at any time throughout the fight. In addition, there are 5 combinations that are grayed out, being:

• Shock + Battery
• Flashlight + Sound meter
• Shock + Flashlight
• Mask + Battery
• Timer + Battery

Though unknown if this is a glitch, switching tools with the Flashlight on will have it remain on until you switch back or use the mask.

Depending on the AI he has taken, he will take on characteristics of the character's AI, although not completely. He can only haywire in Springtrap mode.

Into the Pit[]

Despite Golden Freddy not appearing in the original book, he appears in Five Nights at Freddy's: Into the Pit as a suit Oswald can hide in. It's unknown if he has a larger role than that.

Books[]

The Silver Eyes[]

Golden Freddy is a major character in The Silver Eyes. Unlike the games, He is possessed by a boy named Michael Brooks. In The Silver Eyes, he is also implied to be the mascot suit used to lure the children to the back room. Golden Freddy is also primarily referred to as simply "yellow Freddy", and is stated to be from Fredbear's Family Diner

1:35 AM - The New Kid[]

Golden Freddy's suit appears in 1:35 AM. It appears in the third story, where Devon tries to trick Kelsey into putting on the suit for a little bit. Kelsey puts on the Golden Freddy suit all on his own, and proceeds to get springlocked. A week later Devon returns to check on Kelsey, only to see he's gone, and gets his hand caught by some springlocks. While Devon is slowly bleeding out, he sees the top of a head, someone with curly black hair.

Gallery[]

Five Nights at Freddy’s[]

FNAF World[]

Ultimate Custom Night[]

Special Delivery[]

Security Breach[]

Ruin[]

Trivia[]

• Golden Freddy can appear when doors are closed, e.g. it can appear in the Office.

• Golden Freddy was a fan-given name for the first game. Its real name, according to the game files, is Yellow Bear. On the Custom Night screen for Five Nights at Freddy's 2, however, his name is shown to be Golden Freddy.
  • It wasn't until FNaF World that this version of Golden Freddy (FNaF 1 classic) was referred to with the name Golden Freddy rather than Yellow Bear.

• In the first game, it is really easy to deflect Golden Freddy's jumpscare, just pull the monitor back up and he will become invisible again until you see the poster again.

• Golden Freddy is implied to be the one who ultimately killed Phone Guy, as his jumpscare noise plays at the end of the call.

• Golden Freddy features in the Five Nights At Freddy's 3 minigame "Stage 01"

• A common misconception is that in Five Nights at Freddy's 3's bad ending, Golden Freddy has two lights in his eyes. Further inspection shows it's only one, and that the light is illuminating the back of the head, illuminating the golden color. The back of Freddy Fazbear's head is illuminated in the same way.

• Many Fans theorized that Golden Freddy is the Child bitten by Fredbear, using evidence such as the Happiest Day minigame. However there are many clues that contradict this, such as the problem of what happened to the fifth victim of the Missing Children's Incident.
  • Some fans think Cassidy and the crying child are the same character. There is evidence to contradict this; For example, some confirmed characteristics between the two contradict, such as Cassidy being confirmed as female, while the crying child is a male.
  • Others believe in a theory called GoldenDuo that says that both Crying Child and Cassidy possess Golden Freddy, which stems from the Stitchwraith stingers.

• In Five Nights at Freddy 1, Golden Freddy's laugh is that of a girl.

• In the Freddy Files, it says he and Fredbear are the same being.
  • This could mean that Golden Freddy is Fredbear without an endoskeleton.
  • The Freddy Files does have errors in some spots, however, so this could be another one of those errors sneaking through. Golden Freddy's appearance in Five Nights at Freddy's 2 does not match Fredbear's appearance from Ultimate Custom Night. While to some this may not seem like much, Scott Cawthon is very picky about making sure designs line up between connected characters.
  • Another thing to note is that Golden Freddy appears on posters for Fredbear's Family Diner, heavily implying that both Golden Freddy and Fredbear co-existed in the location.

• Golden Freddy is one of the only beings that is capable of crashing your game, with the other being Shadow Bonnie.
  • It should also be noted that Golden Freddy only crashes the first game.
  • Because of his power, it is theorized that Golden Freddy is the mastermind behind Ultimate Custom Night, and that he created Ultimate Custom Night as a purgatory for William Afton. In the Old Man Consequences Easter egg it is believed that he is telling Golden Freddy to leave William to his fate, and when you drown yourself the game crashes.
    • There is also a new theory that poses the idea that Golden Freddy might be possessed by two souls. One of them being Cassidy and the other being Kelsey, as Fazbear Frights: 1:35 AM stated that Kelsey was trapped and spring locked inside the Golden Freddy suit. One of the reasons why this theory makes sense is because The One you shouldn’t have killed is supposed to be a male, whereas Cassidy is apparently a girl. However, this theory is false because of one point: There's another "The One You Should Not Have Killed" Candidate, Andrew. Andrew told Jake, the other child inside Stitchwraith, that he wanted to get back at someone who killed him by attaching his soul to the man in order to keep him in eternal suffering, just like the whispered quotes of the Vengeful Spirit in UCN told about the Spirit's intentions towards the player.

• Golden Freddy's mechanic in Special Delivery is the most unique, in that it combines the mechanics of several characters that are found difficult by players.
  • Because of this, combining his CPU with an 8-bit Baby plushsuit can be one of the most deadly combinations in the game, due to a lack of footsteps combined with originally having no visible change in the eyes during his Haywire.

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