Why Springtrap is the Pinnacle of Character Design in Horror

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  • Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
  • In the third installment of Scott Cawthon's game series "Five Nights at Freddy's", we we're introduced to one of the best Slasher-Type characters ever created... SPRINGTRAP, and today I'm going to talk about him, and why his design, and everything about him, is incredible.
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  • @dapperblack3509
    @dapperblack3509 Год назад +11568

    Whats kinda funny is that when they found springtrap in the room, they didnt even acknowledge the fact that there was a decomposing body inside with flesh hanging out of parts of the suit. They were just like "Would be a perfect fit for the attraction".

    • @dalnoraes
      @dalnoraes Год назад +1973

      Late stage capitalism be like:

    • @Driak22
      @Driak22 Год назад +94

      @@dalnoraes it exists

    • @ASlickNamedPimpback
      @ASlickNamedPimpback Год назад +465

      @@dalnoraes yeah, no. Some dusty old ass room wouldn’t have light or power, and flashlights suck balls at illuminating bodies especially when most of it is already obscured

    • @revolutionarystillalt6846
      @revolutionarystillalt6846 Год назад +973

      @@ASlickNamedPimpback It would literally smell like a *rotting corpse*

    • @ASlickNamedPimpback
      @ASlickNamedPimpback Год назад +595

      @@revolutionarystillalt6846 Yeah, after weeks and months. After *40 years*, it’ll smell like nothing. Also, he’s still alive.

  • @Winterized3233
    @Winterized3233 Год назад +9403

    everybody shits on springtrap's jumpscares being him just walking towards you, but that's actually what makes them scary. every other jumpscare in the series comes from a child trying to appear threatening by flailing around and roaring. they don't know how to kill people, cause they're just terrified kids. springtrap has killed before, and will kill again. he doesn't have to try to appear threatening because he *is* threatening, and he knows that. that's why he's more subdued; he knows exactly what he's doing, and that's what makes him so terrifying.

    • @scarlettarana
      @scarlettarana Год назад +884

      Something about this comment just made me go like: “I am alive and everything is _real_ “

    • @--CHARLIE--
      @--CHARLIE-- Год назад +683

      Ikr. One of my favorites. Still don't understand how people thought it was lame. When I first saw it, I was the type to analyze the jumpscares and I liked alot of them (alot of them suck though, looking back, especially in fnaf 2 when so many literally jump at you, which makes no sense and looks goofy), but this one was not only NOT disappointing, but also really detailed and well done. You can see him moving towards you and you can see his frame shake slightly as he visibly steps forward towards you, despite you only being able to see his top half. You can tell how he is moving. It's zombie-like, and mechanical but also incredibly expressive and alive. The movement is subtle too, the shaking is barely noticeable, just a slight head tilt, before it falls back into place. And thats just his main jumpscare. There is also his vent one, where you see his corpses jaw quite visibly, and there is a slight disconnect between the suit and the body within. He still wears the suit incredibly naturally, like a second skin, but at the same time it is like an outer casing, inanimate, subject to gravity, slightly slack in its connection to the corpse within. Also looking back on it, it makes more sense, compared to alot of jumpscares, which aren't lethal or even really clear attacks and when they are some of them blatantly miss several times. Springtrap walks up to you, makes a gurgling wail of pain (which makes sense, given his condition, unlike most of the animatronics), and finishes you offscreen. We don't get to see how he attacks, or even the beginning of some kind of strike but it cuts at just the right moment to make the threat clear. The implication of violence. Especially since we don't get stuffed. We just die. A game over screen is all we see, no suit. Because why would he stuff you? He just wants you out of the way to escape. He's a psychotic killer, now with super strength. He probably just strangles you or something. But the abscense allows you to decide that for yourself. Does he asphyxiate the player? Does he tear them limb from limb? We don't know, its up to the imagination.

    • @The_OwO_Shogun
      @The_OwO_Shogun Год назад +368

      If a kid gets SOOOOO mad they grab an knife it's gonna be scary but it's still just an angry kid with a knife, let's be honest he's gonna shout and yell and stab me in the leg ouch too bad you stabbed me in the leg instead of my liver NOOB.
      He don't know what he's doing he's just acting outta fear.
      Now imagine a grown man walking at you with a knife, he's not shouting he's not talking, maybe has a smile but other than he knows what he's about to do. If purplemrwhatshisface stabbed me in the leg it'd be outta sadism

    • @durp6540
      @durp6540 Год назад +127

      you got a good point, but the jumpscares still kinda suck. he could at LEAST get a little closer to the nightguard

    • @slimely9758
      @slimely9758 Год назад +107

      honestly I would be more scared at a creature walking towards me and reaching out at me while I'm cornered than something jumping at me. something about it is just so much more terrifying

  • @nevaehaho61
    @nevaehaho61 Год назад +5588

    I know a lot of people don’t find Springtrap’s “jumpscare” very scary, but I feel it adds so much to his character. The other animatronics jump out at you almost like a child jumping from behind a corner and yelling “boo!”, but Springtrap moves more slowly towards you until it’s too late and kills you, like walking up to a child. Since he’s not possessed by a child but rather by a child murderer, it feels more accurate, which freaks me out tbh

    • @griffinwarner7310
      @griffinwarner7310 Год назад +250

      ik ive always thought his jumpscare was the best

    • @Doomzdeh
      @Doomzdeh Год назад +357

      I always thought it would be more haunting if Springtrap opened his mouth in a giant horrifying grin during his jumpscare. Would’ve made it more scary. If you don’t read into the lore, you really can’t be scared of him.
      And I always took the other Animatronics screaming at you to be like rabid animals more than children. They’re angry, they’re confused, they have no impulse control, and you look like the man who murdered them (you’re Michael).

    • @giannistuart586
      @giannistuart586 Год назад +154

      I always found springtrap's Jumpscare as curiosity. I mean, you would be really surprised to see if your son was working at the place you "died" in.

    • @notyourdaddude1957
      @notyourdaddude1957 Год назад +59

      @@giannistuart586 The whole theory with Michael Afton being protagonist of FNAF 3 is debunked, because in Sister Location ending where Michael goes to find his father, the horror attraction is already burned to the ground.

    • @Pezzottaite
      @Pezzottaite 11 месяцев назад +2

      @@notyourdaddude1957 yea

  • @amenierumer3656
    @amenierumer3656 Год назад +2991

    As springtrap never talks in fnaf 3, I always pictured him as this silent, insane killer, who lost his last bits of sanity and his vocal cords after the springlock accident. I feel like the idea of a mute springtrap adds to the horror of him, a being that is no longer human, but not a machine either.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Год назад +187

      He says all he needs to with his eyes.

    • @harbour2118
      @harbour2118 Год назад +171

      There was a fan audio of how the springlock incident went down thats being treated as canon, i can definitely understand if he lost all sanity there, that sounded absolutely painful

    • @Lantize
      @Lantize Год назад +78

      @@harbour2118In the novels and what probably happened William did not even scream in agony from the springlocks, he just got springlocked and couldn’t move due to bleeding out.
      Remnant and agony basically made him superhuman.

    • @rowanbcapr
      @rowanbcapr Год назад +35

      not to mention that his vocal cords would have been immediately stabbed

    • @harbour2118
      @harbour2118 Год назад +71

      I actually agree with springtrap should no longer be able to speak, both in a realistic sense, but also it really does add to the scare factor and mystery too, jason and michael myers for example

  • @dylandreisbach1986
    @dylandreisbach1986 Год назад +8671

    Just the idea of a person trapped inside the suit, unable to die is an amazing concept. It feels like a clique at this point but it’s a really cool idea. A rotting corpse forever trapped in a prison of your own sadistic creation.

    • @JayPlusForerunner
      @JayPlusForerunner Год назад +96

      Ironic

    • @Goofyahh1337
      @Goofyahh1337 Год назад +154

      Cliche*

    • @frogqueen1587
      @frogqueen1587 Год назад +14

      @@Goofyahh1337 no, ironic

    • @Goofyahh1337
      @Goofyahh1337 Год назад +129

      @@frogqueen1587 where would the word “ironic” fit in OP’s comment? They incorrectly used “clique” instead the correct word, which is “cliche”.

    • @ezequielcortes7934
      @ezequielcortes7934 Год назад +161

      He used the suit to kill the children, and died in the suit trying to escape from the souls of the children. _Poetic_

  • @jacobcox4565
    @jacobcox4565 Год назад +27208

    I always found the concept of the spring lock suits fascinating and incredibly dumb, but in a way that makes sense. I like the concept of a mascot suit that can turn into an animatronic using a system of spring locks. I also like how unintentionally dangerous they are. Poor workers had to wear these deathtraps around children and hope to God none of them spill a drink on the suit, or drool on it. They truly sound like something that was made in the 80s, flashy and a lawsuit waiting to happen.

    • @EagleTimberWolf
      @EagleTimberWolf Год назад +3100

      Not only does it work perfectly in a "hazardous 80's gadgets" way but it also makes total sense within the context of a shady/negligent company: They would literally rather design convoluted suits that could risk serious injury/death and legal issues than simply spend money to have some actual human-safe costumes made.

    • @jacobcox4565
      @jacobcox4565 Год назад +1524

      @@EagleTimberWolf Why spend money on both animatronics and suits when you can have suits that transform into animatronics. Just pray the employees don't sweat too much while wearing them.

    • @blake2697
      @blake2697 Год назад +695

      It would be cheaper, easier, and safer to just have actors put on normal costumes, like every other fucking establishment ever. I have no idea how Afton convinced Henry to do this💀

    • @toxic_shr00m
      @toxic_shr00m Год назад +702

      @@blake2697 At the end of the day, William was the businessman of the pair. He of all people knew how to talk people into and out of things.

    • @bigbadgammagnome
      @bigbadgammagnome Год назад +247

      @@toxic_shr00m I thought Henry was the one running the business and managing finances, while Afton was the one managing the animatronics, etc?

  • @ananomaly3346
    @ananomaly3346 Год назад +623

    One thing I love about spring traps character is that it is not just a random suit that he happened to put on in a rush. It is HIS suit, the suit he used decades ago to slaughter children in a pizzeria. It is not only his last ditch effort to survive, it’s his weapon of mass murder. And you are his next victim, you are just another helpless child about to die

  • @micah_eagle
    @micah_eagle Год назад +1948

    I used to play the mobile versions of the games because I didn’t have proper setups, I learned the tricks and the patterns of how to play, but Springtrap was a difficult one to get down.
    The way he didn’t ever fully appear on screen sometimes was what freaked me out. He wasn’t unaware of us watching him, he knew we were there, knew where we were, and knew how to get to us in the most efficient way possible, should we not find him in time to stop him.
    The sound system also freaked me out because “oh my god he’s following the sound of a child”, because he’s a child murderer.
    He didn’t behave like a robot either which was what separates him from the others. They still move in the way animatronics we’re supposed to, stiff and following a set path, a pattern, while he was sporadic and even just standing still he resembled more human than machine.
    He scared me because of how calm he was, how levelheaded and calculated he felt as he watched you and even came into the room to kill you, he wasn’t afraid to kill you, he wasn’t even scared of you.
    That’s why he’s a favorite of mine.

    • @monkeybutler6921
      @monkeybutler6921 Год назад +15

      Yes

    • @NaisanSama
      @NaisanSama Год назад +81

      A calm killing machine is terrifying, let alone intelligent

    • @jethrostallard
      @jethrostallard Год назад +50

      That never processed in my mind that he's following the sound of a child.

    • @eteggroll8913
      @eteggroll8913 Год назад +92

      @@jethrostallard i thinks its cuz the suits technically in animatronic mode it walks to where crowds are

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Год назад +78

      ​@@eteggroll8913 Yeah he has to actively fight the suit to get back on track to kill you.

  • @deli_joy
    @deli_joy Год назад +2653

    you know what's always been funny to me? how even people cosplaying as springtrap in really good costumes freak other people out. even fuckin young ass kids don't wanna approach them. I love springtrap because he's honestly the scariest fucking design in the franchise

    • @---pj1xz
      @---pj1xz Год назад +1

      Da regular sauce did a really good job cosplaying springtrap i mean, just look at this ruclips.net/video/dVRsmIXeM_M/видео.html

    • @blokvader8283
      @blokvader8283 Год назад +235

      Honestly, just the moldy, rotting nature of him is way more horrifying than the overly forced "Let's just add more and more teeth" thing that the later games do

    • @dkskcjfjswwwwwws413
      @dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 Год назад +21

      @@blokvader8283 nightmare is pretty spooky

    • @HavingCrumpets
      @HavingCrumpets Год назад +71

      @@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413 not really, its more like a "comically spooky" kind of thing

    • @mr.cheese7339
      @mr.cheese7339 Год назад +46

      @@HavingCrumpets Nightmarionne was horrifying tho, ngl.

  • @matti.8465
    @matti.8465 Год назад +5302

    I'm not sure how to explain it, but while most of the FNAF animatronics just appear like that, posessed robots, there's something about the way Springtrap looks and moves that makes him look more like a man in a suit, which is much scarier.

    • @tedioussugar384
      @tedioussugar384 Год назад +443

      The other animatronics contain the souls of dead children. Children are (mostly) innocent, they haven’t imprinted on the world yet. So they don’t imprint their personalities on the animatronics.
      Springtrap is an adult. And a serial killer to boot. He moves different because he IS different.

    • @darkspeinwarrior
      @darkspeinwarrior Год назад +315

      That's why you guys are disappointed with his jumpscare: Scott intentionally designed the animation, to resemble a human. Heck, check out the fnaf wiki, it says Springtrap is unique in that he walks in a humanoid fashion.

    • @xdsmile5359
      @xdsmile5359 Год назад +64

      yeah because it's a murder inside a robot suit that is slowly decaying ofc he's naturally different.

    • @patrykjaskowski4226
      @patrykjaskowski4226 Год назад +80

      I'm quite certain that Springtrap was the first animatronic in the series to move in game while within line of sight i.e. him walking across to your office door, where you can see him, up to this point all the other animatronics only moved while out of sight or when cameras glitched (minus the jumpscares) so seeing one move in real time in my opinion further enhances the impression he leaves on the player.

    • @mwh616
      @mwh616 Год назад +52

      @@patrykjaskowski4226 You can literally see Foxy run through the hall to get to your office in FNAF 1

  • @Finn_the_Cat
    @Finn_the_Cat 10 месяцев назад +56

    The fact that Williams mouth is permanently open as a corpse is really creepy. His last moment alive was caught permanently as he he desperately tried screaming for help but his vocal chords had already been pierced and he couldn't

  • @davonbenson179
    @davonbenson179 Год назад +214

    Springtrap is definitely on par with other horror characters in terms of design.

    • @jacklondon3745
      @jacklondon3745 10 месяцев назад +24

      On par with some, like I would put him above some Jason designs, but definitely not on par with the Xenomorph.

    • @cheezyfilmsproductions1842
      @cheezyfilmsproductions1842 8 месяцев назад +20

      ​@@jacklondon3745
      The Xenomorph is just one of the best creature designs ever

  • @nuteniumtokyo7172
    @nuteniumtokyo7172 Год назад +5500

    Springtrap was always special to me because while I always knew there were bodies inside the animatronics in fnaf 1 you never SAW it. Springtrap however flaunts his mangled up flesh like a model on the catwalk.
    Edit: if theres anything this reply chain has taught me it's that nobody (including me) actually understands what the fuck is happening with this timeline
    Edit 2: I mean seriously if there should be one thing that's actually understood it should be weather or not there are corpses in the robots right

    • @b.r.a.d8674
      @b.r.a.d8674 Год назад +39

      There are no bodies in the original animatronics, just souls.

    • @laclara4020
      @laclara4020 Год назад +216

      @@b.r.a.d8674 I am pretty sure there are bodies at leat in few. There was a amention in game od the horrible smell of the animatronics, which might mean there are rotting corpses in them

    • @demitrithefallen1597
      @demitrithefallen1597 Год назад +75

      I now have the image of springtrap walking on a catwalk

    • @b.r.a.d8674
      @b.r.a.d8674 Год назад +21

      @@laclara4020 The rotting smell was Michael Afton, the night guard who was a rotting corpse in FNaF1 after the events of Sister Location.

    • @nuteniumtokyo7172
      @nuteniumtokyo7172 Год назад +80

      @@b.r.a.d8674 no there were complaints about the animatronics smell aswell Micheal is just fired due to body odour

  • @gavo7911
    @gavo7911 Год назад +4886

    One thing I've always liked about Springtrap is that he's in this bizarre limbo of not being alive nor dead. His physical, flesh body is nothing more than rotting matter, while his mechanical prison is alive and moving about. He's essentially a mummy haunting his own sarcophagus, a human soul bound to the limitations and strengths of an unfeeling machine. Sure the same can be said of the other animatronics, but those are ghosts haunting their robotic tombs, while Afton is puppeteering his own corpse.

    • @xxcxreyxx
      @xxcxreyxx Год назад +76

      such a great way to put it :D

    • @bruises.n.bitemarks
      @bruises.n.bitemarks Год назад +214

      If you think about it, without or consciousness we can be classified as brain-dead, were all puppeteering our own corpse. Crazy how springtrap is the embodiment of the question "what does it mean to be human?"

    • @_12k70
      @_12k70 Год назад +109

      @@bruises.n.bitemarks The answer is: "Idk, but it definetly ain't ...THIS... ~broadly points to SpringTrap~

    • @pnbtg3783
      @pnbtg3783 Год назад +29

      You're a fuckin writer bro

    • @soundwave3273
      @soundwave3273 Год назад +51

      One thing about Springtrap that many people don’t know is that his organs are still working, in The Man In Room 1280, it is described how his lungs are barely visible and still working, along with his heart still pumping blood.

  • @kali9254
    @kali9254 Год назад +395

    I loved when Springtrap's interpretation was up to the fans, before all the novels came out and that story eventually bled over to the games. It was really cool to see all the different versions, some of which were really well fleshed out and terrifing. Sad that canon slowly destroyed that :(

    • @anonymous63332
      @anonymous63332 11 месяцев назад +15

      Man I still remember when the silver eyes came out I was gobsmacked and thought it was the best shi ever

    • @L1z43vr
      @L1z43vr 11 месяцев назад +52

      How did canon destroy that? William Afton is still very much a psychotic killer. All that’s changed is he wants immortality, but even then that wasn’t his main goal at the start. He killed Charlie cuz he was jealous, and then he killed the 5 other kids probably because he liked doing it. It was only after he realized that they were moving that he started getting interested in Remnant, which is pretty much him trying to find a scientific explanation where there is none.
      Keep in mind, every time Afton tries to experiment with Remnant, something goes horribly wrong. That’s kinda the whole thesis of the Remnant trials, if we consider Scott’s Christian background, a man of science trying to control and understand something that is beyond control and understanding. But he doesn’t care, cuz he’s just that crazy.

    • @Test-pm1le
      @Test-pm1le 10 месяцев назад +23

      ​@@L1z43vr
      My headcanon is, that he is interested in remnants because he wants to bring back his dead son and daughter

    • @WorstLandsknechtEver
      @WorstLandsknechtEver 9 месяцев назад +9

      ​@@Test-pm1lethat is honesty plausible

    • @leobe2104
      @leobe2104 8 месяцев назад +3

      The books are so weird that I decided they're not canon

  • @tastecherry
    @tastecherry Год назад +167

    I've always been in awe of the ideas of the springlocks. I don't know why, but him hiding in that suit and then getting absolutely crushed is so cool. Scott Cawthon really has an insane imagination. Insane, in both ways. The FNAF lore never fails to amaze me.

  • @suarez9108
    @suarez9108 Год назад +3306

    You wanna know something that's absurd? Thanks to the novels, people have managed to powerscaled Springtrap as someone that has complete control over time and space, as well as having full immortality. With bonus abilities like dream walking, size manipulation, and soul manipulation. Canonically Springtrap from FNAF is a fucking reality warper

    • @JayPlusForerunner
      @JayPlusForerunner Год назад +357

      Novels are weird

    • @JayPlusForerunner
      @JayPlusForerunner Год назад +332

      This means Spring Trap CAN stand up to the other horror icons lol

    • @marioalbertomoreno3819
      @marioalbertomoreno3819 Год назад +82

      @@JayPlusForerunner maybe that was scott´s and the authors of the books intention(?)

    • @mr.spring-miser3034
      @mr.spring-miser3034 Год назад +350

      He can literally produce hallucinations so powerful they can actually hurt you.

    • @suarez9108
      @suarez9108 Год назад +252

      @@JayPlusForerunner C’mon Death Battle, give us Freddy Krueger vs Springtrap.

  • @ImWhyMortalsCry
    @ImWhyMortalsCry Год назад +4764

    One thing I always loved about Springtrap was his intelligence.
    In FNaF 3 he placed himself in a way that it was sometimes really hard to see him on cameras if you didn't know where to look.
    My guess is he spied on the cameras to know when he wasn't watched so he could continue moving.

    • @kerryswenson4539
      @kerryswenson4539 Год назад +443

      Thats why every time you see him onthe cameras... hes STARING AT THE CAMERAS WATCHING FOR WHEN HE CAN MAKE HIS MOVE

    • @jcoolguy1548
      @jcoolguy1548 Год назад +146

      Imagine if we got a FNAF game but you're playing as the animatronics trying to get to the security guard

    • @ImWhyMortalsCry
      @ImWhyMortalsCry Год назад +81

      @@jcoolguy1548 There are actually some fangames exactly like that :D

    • @jepjep6740
      @jepjep6740 Год назад +27

      ​@@jcoolguy1548 there's like hundreds of them already

    • @senren6791
      @senren6791 Год назад +40

      Bruh he's LITERALLY William Afton, that is why Springy's IQ is high bruh.

  • @kathyhenry9512
    @kathyhenry9512 10 месяцев назад +71

    I personally like Springtrap being silent best. When he was this haunted abomination with only predatory behavior. Clearly intelligent and dangerous. Chilling calm. Just a spirit with only scraps of its humanity left. The only thing of William remaining are the murderer. The calculations, the bloodlust. Nothing but his drove to kill, moving that rusted clogged machine forward. Slowly and silently creeping towards you like a wold stalking its prey.
    Something people dont talk about with Springtrap's design is the suit itself. Its less blocky, more smoothly carved than the others. The smooth snout giving an almost canid likeness to the rabbit head. The half lidded eyes making it seem calm, relaxed, intelligent. Unlike the wide eyes of the other animatronics which make them seem almost empty, but also painfully aware. The "sleepy" eyes of Sptingtrap give this feeling of someone or something inside, not only thinking, but has accepted its fate and continues on as if it is content to be in the suit. Like these small things give it so much more of a real threatening vibe. The uncanny animatronics are uncomfortable, but Springlock is undeniably a horror. Haunted, but not a tortured spirit.

  • @Thatoneguy0007
    @Thatoneguy0007 Год назад +65

    I love how springtrap looks so guilty. With his mouth at its resting position, it looks exactly like the smile a mischievous kid would give after drenching people in water balloons or drawing on the walls.

  • @Kai-pg3xz
    @Kai-pg3xz 2 года назад +3431

    The first time I got jumpscared by Springtrap I just was so spooked I couldn’t even move for half a minute

    • @aetheriox463
      @aetheriox463 Год назад +258

      but he just slowly walks towards you what

    • @funnymonkey3961
      @funnymonkey3961 Год назад +120

      Were you like 6?

    • @REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS
      @REALPEDROGAMEPLAYS Год назад +211

      I was so disappointed I couldn't even move for a half a minute

    • @muffetmissulena6540
      @muffetmissulena6540 Год назад +179

      Really? Springtrap’s jumpscare is easily one of the worst in the series. He just kind of waddles up to the camera.

    • @AlterExo_
      @AlterExo_ Год назад +66

      @@muffetmissulena6540 Jump scares are flawed in general, but UCM's Jump scares are also pretty bad for the majority of them. (I am not referring to the Voice Lines which I am pretty indifferent about)

  • @Savageku
    @Savageku Год назад +1631

    I think why Spring-Trap’s design works so much is, the animal he is based off of is a Rabbit. Rabbit’s are seen as docile and pretty chill. So it’s all the more creepy when you twist that on it’s head. And the fact that besides from the ears and nose. His overall body doesn’t even resemble the animal he is suppose to be makes it all the rich.

    • @jonathanathor117
      @jonathanathor117 Год назад +66

      Monty python and bugs bunny taught me well not to underestimate the rabbit.

    • @KamenracerX
      @KamenracerX Год назад +25

      Isn't that just Bonnie? From what you're saying Springtrap's design is scary because, besides the head, he looks human; therefore, we should be afraid of Bugs Bunny. :B
      But I get the gist of what you're trying to say: Springtrap's design gives off an unsettling vibe, probably due to the uncanny valley effect caused by the way he moves which, despite his decrepitness, is very swift and human-like for a supposedly broken animatronic.

    • @Savageku
      @Savageku Год назад +25

      @@KamenracerX Bonnie resembles the animal he is suppose to be. You can still tell he is a rabbit. If you take away the nose and ears from springtrap. He just looks akward. That’s basically the only thing going for him that makes he seem like a rabbit.

    • @dandy432
      @dandy432 Год назад +10

      I wouldn't call any of the Bonnies 'docile'. Remember folks, it is CANON that bonnie ate a CAT at some point. Also he's nearly always the first threat to appear in any game he's in. Highest ai on the first night of fnaf 1, toy bonnie usually moves first and i swear you have to be frame perfect with withered bonnie to not die.

    • @eenigma2663
      @eenigma2663 Год назад +2

      No wonder bunnies are used so much in horror characters.

  • @SenTHR811
    @SenTHR811 Год назад +78

    Springtrap is an amazing design not because of visuals but because of the story. You know Sprigtrap has the corpse of a child murderer stuffed in it. And the expressions give an uncanny valley vibe, it looks too human.

  • @Theboxingenthusiast
    @Theboxingenthusiast Год назад +51

    To be honest, even though scott isn't good at modeling humans, he still made the most horrifying rotting fainted-eyed corpse known to horror. And its one of the reasons why i also love the tjoc Halloween edition body design.

  • @strawberrysangria1474
    @strawberrysangria1474 Год назад +1702

    I came into this video a little skeptical, but you make some good points. He's not the most aggressive serial killer and the jumpscares are pretty docile, but he's still a person fighting to escape a never-ending nightmare. He's also the reason FNAF1 Bonnie is my favorite. Bonnie's stare backstage terrified me after playing the second game. Purple skin, black eyes, white pupils, it's Bonnie threatening the nightguard with its own killer.

    • @xdsmile5359
      @xdsmile5359 Год назад +22

      yeah that's pretty metal

    • @moderndemon84
      @moderndemon84 Год назад +9

      Wait…
      Bonnie and Purple Guy are both purple.

  • @rockstarherospirit
    @rockstarherospirit Год назад +2169

    I always thought Springtrap had the scariest design in the series. It's like the nightmare animatronics are trying to be scary to the point it is almost ridiculous, but Springtrap just IS scary. It's not just his looks, either, but the way he moves, as you said. And that there is still a corpse in there.

    • @spoon7053
      @spoon7053 Год назад +63

      i remember the buildup to fnaf 3’s release. The way he twitches and shudders in the trailer as the camera cinematically zooms in made a mark on middle school aged me. Early fnaf was fucking terrifying.

    • @zachgilbert3815
      @zachgilbert3815 Год назад +42

      "It's like the nightmare animatronics are trying to be scary to the point it is almost ridiculous"
      I thought so too at first but tbf there are actually lore-reasons why that is the case

    • @qwertyzillaofficial2969
      @qwertyzillaofficial2969 Год назад +21

      The Nightmare animatronics look like that on purpose though

    • @monkeybutler6921
      @monkeybutler6921 Год назад +18

      Yea cuase it's a kid thinking of scsry things.
      But every one will be terrified of a 6 feet tall mossy burnt fleshy bunny

    • @pinkcupcake4717
      @pinkcupcake4717 Год назад +27

      Nothing exaggerates like the imagination of a little kid, especially when they're already terrified.

  • @LawreAnimations
    @LawreAnimations Год назад +168

    I love Springtrap and his design. He's not like the other animatronics, because he *isn't* one of them.
    While in the other games you had some way to defend yourself, in FNaF 3 there is no way to defend yourself from Springtrap, at least not a direct one.
    You have no door to shut, and the vent seals are made in a way so it makes sense even realistically, because simply having the power to seal the vent in front of you could cause ventilation problems, so there are multiple seals around the vent map, and if you don't seal the one where Springtrap is crawling, you are dead, because there is no way at that point to get him out.
    When you can't successfully keep him away from the office with audio lures, he is coming, and there is NO WAY to stop him.
    FNaF 3 does a very good job at putting you in an environment where you can only keep your enemy far away from you, but not defend from it once he's behind your door.
    Also, the cameras. Springtrap mostly isn't quite visible on the cameras, that's because he's aware someone is keeping an eye on him, and tries to avoid being seen.
    Also, I heard a theory somewhere on YT that gives sense to the audio lures: Afton isn't actracted by them, the suit is. The suit is made to follow kids and give 'em hugs or something.
    You can't fool a serial killed who cheated death twice and has his soul fused with a robotic bunny suit with pre-registered kid laughs.

  • @Maxler5795
    @Maxler5795 Год назад +59

    I love springtraps design because it grabs the classic "children-like nightmare fuel" and pulls a 180°. Unsettelling you once more and 4 pulling further. Similar to how 2 had incredibly children friendly animatronics

  • @EvilLordCanas
    @EvilLordCanas Год назад +1059

    Springtrap has some strong similarities with Freddy Krueger, both of them are quite awful predators and murderers who fell victim to the flames but wouldn't simply die.

    • @cujohjosefumi1252
      @cujohjosefumi1252 Год назад +48

      ah yes the nightmare and visions trinitry
      Freedy Krueger
      Springtrap
      and Vecna

    • @not-existent8376
      @not-existent8376 Год назад +4

      No, he'z mor' lik' Jazon.

    • @--CHARLIE--
      @--CHARLIE-- Год назад +56

      @@not-existent8376 he's got similarities to a lot of slashers actually.
      The undead persistence and determination of Jason
      The engineering genius and brutal death trap designs of Jigsaw
      He collects the souls of children, which give him strength as well as burning in the most fitting location possible, just as Freddy did. Though it happened to springtrap twice, and he was only sent to hell the second time.
      He possesses a moving children's entertainment device, switching bodies and forms on occasion, like Chucky
      He has found ways to return from hell itself, like Freddy, Jason, and the cenobytes, as well as their victims, who are villains in their own right and very underappreciated.
      The motives behind his killings are unclear and can only be speculated at, giving him an air of mystery, and raising the possibility he is simply pure evil, just as probably the biggest expert on him implies. Just like Michael Myers. Though it could be argued that Aftons equivalent of Dr. Loomis is spread across two people, as both Henry Emily and Michael Afton fit different parts of the role.
      Oh, and of course, like so many horror villains, he ALWAYS comes back in some form or another, no matter how strange things got. Be it through undead fortitude and supernatural indestructibility like Jason, the decay resistant rebuildable nature of inanimate objects and also transfer of consciousness between vessels that Chucky uses, the inexplicable immortality of evil, or in this case AGONY incarnate that is never truly explained but nonetheless fitting like Michael, or the other, non-signature methods almost all of the continually returning slashers use atleast once or twice.
      Oh and also Springtrap totally pulled a xenomorph in the books, a baby sized springtrap burst from a dudes chest because he was too much of an incel and couldn't even beat his own horror game. Worse even, since the victim had to cut it out of him himself or effectively die of a metallic, bunny eared, stomach tumor. Like that one saw game where you have to cut a guy open to survive, but you have to cut yourself open, and you end up dying anyways from the injuries, but atleast you aren't in pain anymore.

    • @dankmaster9503
      @dankmaster9503 Год назад +9

      Except Freddy is funny

    • @LittleBiscuit
      @LittleBiscuit Год назад +7

      The difference is Freddy only stays alive due to his victims remembering of him, thus bringing life to the dream realm and him once more. That's how his power works, when his victims believe in him he returns but when his victims don't (in reference to Nancy in the original ending; not the one that had to be forced in) as soon as that power is taken away, Freddy is destroyed.

  • @Jabersson
    @Jabersson Год назад +1450

    From a muppet ideology, he also has a lot of sympathetic movement in his animations. With every turn and pose, his body naturally flails a little out of position. He still moves with mechanical intent, but the flailing adds all the soul, the personality behind it.

  • @dockingwater1713
    @dockingwater1713 Год назад +266

    If we’re talking about fan interpretation, I do really want to bring up Mat Pat’s version of the character found in Random Encounter’s FNAF the Musical series. The lines he was given were really solid, but they are improved so much by his the delivery. Mat is a theater kid and it shows. His acting is absolutely incredible.

    • @JackAfton.
      @JackAfton. Год назад +13

      I was wondering if someone would mention this! His acting really was amazing in that

    • @Thegoofygobber
      @Thegoofygobber 7 месяцев назад +4

      We Stan “ Phone Guy, Mat Pat, Scott Cawthon, Evil Dirtbag with a chainsaw”

    • @ckhpersonal670
      @ckhpersonal670 3 месяца назад

      i googled it and discovered matpat pregnant from springtrap, TIHI

  • @mattie2695
    @mattie2695 Год назад +14

    6:45 I saw that from the corner of my eye and I thought bro was flipping the bird lmao

  • @ygorschuma3059
    @ygorschuma3059 Год назад +1160

    I've seen everyone just shitting on Springtrap's jumpscare, because he just walks and smiles towards you, but that's what makes his the creepiest in the series, not the scariest. With the Phantoms, who jump, lunge and scream at you, but you know it's all an hallucination, they're not there. Springtrap on the other hand just casually walks in smiling at you, he's the real thing, the real threat and horror in that place and you can't tell what's he gonna do next, in the older games, you could catch a glimpse at what happened to your character in the Game Over screen, but not with Springtrap.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Год назад +136

      Given he's had over 30 years filled with unimaginable agony to plot out how he'll kill someone, it likely makes what he did to the kids look tame.

    • @Bilbert1997
      @Bilbert1997 Год назад +78

      I think it's just cuz with the children and others, they are like rabid animals. They are angry, scared, and you look like the man who killed them. With Springtrap, he sticks to the shadows, corners and walls and doesn't lunge or jump out you because he isn't an idiot angry, he is an experienced murderer

    • @rarifiedacorn6651
      @rarifiedacorn6651 9 месяцев назад +19

      That means we don't know if he kills you straight away or just tortures you.

    • @blackjack7207
      @blackjack7207 7 месяцев назад +13

      The regular animatronics have the same feeling you get when being chased by a dog or a cat and they finally get you. They're ready to attack and just going straight to it. Springtrap is a mocking "got you" moment

    • @Yougotcaged102
      @Yougotcaged102 7 месяцев назад +11

      I think it fits how truly sadistic Afton is. Rather then just killing you right away, he let's the horror of knowing you're dead sink in

  • @DaRegularSauce
    @DaRegularSauce Год назад +727

    I just saw this rn and I promise ONE DAY Springtrap will come back
    eventually
    seriously though great video you’ve made enjoy Springtrap again

    • @leVaille
      @leVaille Год назад +16

      Let’s go!!
      Glam Freddy is def my favorite cosplay you’ve made in terms of attention to detail, but Springtrap just has such a eerie aura.
      Also can you reply to this comment so I can brag to everyone about it?

    • @bunnyben87
      @bunnyben87 Год назад +18

      Personally I think the Springtrap cosplay looked better than Glamrock Freddy, and I'm not entirely sure why. This is only a guess, but I think it's just that Springtrap has much more details (the way he walks, the malfunctioning suit implied by his unusual movement) and is a lot more satisfying to see when pulled off properly.

    • @Thomas_Angelo
      @Thomas_Angelo Год назад +3

      Yo happy to hear this

    • @dandy432
      @dandy432 Год назад +9

      @@bunnyben87 glamrock freddy is clean, sleek, and up to date- meanwhile springtrap is completely rotten and missing a lot of his suit, which makes it harder to make the body pieces due to needing to shape all the decayed areas and especially the coloring.

    • @undeadwerewolves9463
      @undeadwerewolves9463 Год назад +3

      Hell yeah thank you man. You are an incredible artist and I think we are all grateful for the masterpiece in cosplay you created. Btw your rockstar Freddy is the most realistic animatronic suit I’ve ever seen in my life. Good job.

  • @thelastcrow5660
    @thelastcrow5660 Год назад +30

    While I also liked the Springtrap and Deliah comic series, whenever I think of Springtrap it's the Springaling comic series which comes to mind. I love how Springtrap is presented as a tired old man who hates himself for what he did but can't find the proper words to talk about it because his deeds were just that sinister. Not to mention, his dynamic with the Puppet is amazing.

  • @whereismrclean6783
    @whereismrclean6783 Год назад +24

    One thing I love about Springtrap that I don't see anyone talk about is the way that he seems to corrupt Fazbear Frights. In the first two games, there were hauntings and Easter eggs with posters getting replaced and all, but nothing too specific towards one animatronic (With one exception). In FNAF 1, the poster changes are just newspapers, Freddy ripping his head off, and crying children. Creepy, but nothing that specific, hell, even the Freddy poster could've just been any old dead kid. Now yes, Golden Freddy does disrupt the pizzeria around themselves, but with them it feels less like corruption and more like... altercation? This is mainly due to lore, but the fact that Golden Freddy is just two sad kids in an empty costume really doesn't make it feel like they're corrupting anything, just more like they're trying to be seen by you.
    In FNAF 2, uh, the Paper Pals get moved around, I guess? Uh, there's some Easter egg characters. Nothing about corruption, though.
    In FNAF 3, drawings of the animatronics are replaced with posters of SpringBonnie. To me, this is blatant corruption of the Pizzeria. William is contorting once-childishly innocent things to suit his own image. It's basically saying "These kids don't matter. I've won against them, and I'll live on while they suffer". Again, Golden Freddy also replaced the Freddy poster, but it's as I've said, it feels more like an attempt to be noticed. With William, it's more like an attempt to rub his "victory" into the faces of the dead children.

  • @monobro141
    @monobro141 Год назад +820

    10:30 this is off topic but I like Toy Bonnie here because I just see him as the type of guy who would hang around an interrogation cause he felt like it

    • @gilbertgoosey
      @gilbertgoosey Год назад +65

      same they are so funny💀 especially in that one scene where they killed the security guard- wait that sounded kinda messed up ngl….

    • @monobro141
      @monobro141 Год назад +27

      @@gilbertgoosey Toy Bonnie just laid back

    • @projekttaku1
      @projekttaku1 Год назад +28

      I'm now imagining toy bonnie in a long cloak, walking around a crime scene with squinting eyes, meanwhile everyone's just confused as to why he's there.

    • @tarah._.
      @tarah._. Год назад +21

      He's trying to find out who left the last half-eaten slice of pizza in the box

    • @monobro141
      @monobro141 Год назад +3

      @@projekttaku1 he's there cuz somthin to do

  • @tictac2102
    @tictac2102 Год назад +1719

    I’ll never forget the look springtrap has when he is peering in at you from your office door. With that sickeningly playful side look.
    His eyes, too alive to be a machine, but certainly not the gaze of a man, making direct eye contact with you, peering into your soul. Chilling.
    The head tilt is mischievous, playful, even. As if to him it was all a game, as if he had enjoyed chasing you throughout the halls of fazebear fright. That single oblong stare informs you on exactly who springtrap is. A murderer, who loves to toy with his victims.
    There’s no reason for him to be standing in that doorway, peeking in, but to fuck with you. If anything it actively puts him as a disadvantage, as he waits for you to look away. Sometimes you can even win the night by engaging in a staring competition with him. But once he’s there, he’s got you. Eventually you will lose the staring contest, as he never blinks, not anymore. And at the end of the day, to springtrap, that’s what it is, a game that he will eventually win.
    When you look into those cold, robotic, yet so alive eyes of springtrap, you can almost imagine him playfully leading away children from the safety of their parents, to their demise.
    And ultimately, this is what makes springtrap so great.

    • @ShazzledWolf32
      @ShazzledWolf32 Год назад +101

      I hate that look he gives you if it were me irl I’d be screaming every curse imaginable at him

    • @ehandley1045
      @ehandley1045 Год назад +71

      This is just such a well written comment. Sounds like something out of a book

    • @naintham5849
      @naintham5849 Год назад +83

      Springtrap's jumpscare aren’t really scary, but the buildup to it is.
      The more he is approaches, the more you get on the edge of your seat, the more you press that one button to lure him away.
      And when you can see him near the office, you know you are alreadh dead, you know you fucked something up, and it seams like he knows that.
      The closer he gets more helpless you feel as you realize you can't get away anymore, and most of the time he is at the door, you just give up and wait.
      Maybe feel like the kids felt when they realized they would die, and there where nowhere to run.
      The way he Slowly traps you in the room as you desperately tries to buy enough time to finish the night.
      You know it is inevitable that he will get to you, and there are no fisical barriers to stop him, or something to hide, like a mask.
      The only thing that keeps you from getting in his grasp is a kid laughing sound, i am not exactly sure why he choses to go after it, but it is a god of a relief when he does.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Год назад +57

      ​@@naintham5849 The reason the laughing kid sound works on Springtrap is because the suit is, somehow, still somewhat functional and attempts to follow its original programming of being attracted to noise so it doesn't needlessly wonder off, after 30 years have passed with a corpse inside it.
      Say what you will about Henry or William, but they built shit to last.

    • @CadaverKuma
      @CadaverKuma Год назад +1

      ​@@concept5631 trainee

  • @piramaster9294
    @piramaster9294 Год назад +24

    Springtrap is often undermined because of his jumpscare, but i'd make an argument it is the best jumpscare in the franchise. My reason is simple, i think it perfectly replicates the nuances and horror of the moment before a serial killer strikes. Let me explain; if you see all the other animatronics, even if possesed it is crear their behavour is like a mix of a beast and a robot, they feel kind of alive and concious but not like a person, they just attack in a very automatic fashion. On the other side Springtrap feels (and kinda is) alive ,that's why you feel uncomfortable and threatheaned , knowing that, then web have to consider who is inside the suit. William Afton is not only a serial killer, is also an intelligent person, cunning and well versed in the act of murder. If you know the very basics about serial killers you are aware they get their satisfaction because of the power and control they have on the moment, the fear they can instigate. So it's actually very accurate that his jumpscare it's just him approaching you; they way he approaches still feels methodic and cautious, but ready to end you, you can even percieve some expectation from him , reflected in the suit big smile, he also expresses a sense of entertainment or pleasure like he is lowkey playing with you ; with his deep and baffling gaze it's left to your imagination what happens next, but you can certainly say it will be much worse than the average animatronic. This jumpscare may not be the most "scary" when playing but it for sure is the most disturbing

  • @fabianskrabs2744
    @fabianskrabs2744 10 месяцев назад +8

    Springtrap is the sole reason I keep coming back for. The Animatronics in fnaf always look amazing, but Springtrap is still 100x scarier than any other Animatronic.

  • @Flugel_Halogen
    @Flugel_Halogen Год назад +349

    I completely agree with the bit about him being “to animated, to alive, to human” is the scariest part of him seeing as all the others don’t act or move like that

  • @Redfield2008
    @Redfield2008 2 года назад +1371

    You should honestly do a video over Pyramid Head, one of the main characters people think of in horror gaming. People honestly don’t get really his main purpose

    • @sophiaisstillagoodunit6626
      @sophiaisstillagoodunit6626 Год назад

      To get lewd by the monster fuckers of course

    • @DWN037
      @DWN037 Год назад +65

      @MaccioVelli He's playable in Super Bomberman R

    • @chewyfishlegs7176
      @chewyfishlegs7176 Год назад +59

      @MaccioVelli the Silent Hill 2 Main character's guilty conscience

    • @dredgenwar2375
      @dredgenwar2375 Год назад +90

      @MaccioVelli Being a literal representation of the demented, tortured psyche of the main character, James Sunderland. His every part, from actions to design elements, is a direct reflection of everything wrong with James. He drips with meaning.

    • @sptflcrw8583
      @sptflcrw8583 Год назад +9

      @@dredgenwar2375 but bomberman r

  • @IceyTheButcher
    @IceyTheButcher Год назад +3

    YES THANK YOU FOR THIS OMG
    And about the whole "SIMPING" for him, I think it's like.. a "thing" for evil/psychopathic behaviour.

  • @ghostsmp4
    @ghostsmp4 Год назад +21

    Scott did an amazing job with creating spring trap. Trapped in a suit hinting in the name (no pun intended), by doing evil and then getting served karma. By looking at his design it really screams out pain and suffering, taking the meaning "A fate worse than death" to a whole new level

  • @Crystal_959
    @Crystal_959 Год назад +1224

    There are a few things that make Springtrap even cooler than what you’ve said. The Spring Bonnie suit he haunts is the very one he used to trick and murder his victims. It’s only fitting that it be his undoing too. He lured them away with the suit to kill them, they trap him and the suit kills him. Now he’s met the same fate as his victims. Fitting
    Also just to be clear he _is_ dead, he’s not really alive. He’s possessing the animatronics that killed him. And remnant is just haunted metal that sorta serves as the backbone explanation for why things in the series are possible, though I wish they just would’ve left it at ghosts
    Honestly, blame MatPat for the public perception of FNaF’s story. It’s not _nearly_ as hopelessly incoherent and convoluted as he likes to paint it. It’s not very good but its usually more straightforward than he makes it out

    • @scaryxd3483
      @scaryxd3483 Год назад +69

      THANK YOU. I love matpat but he really somehow ruined fnaf

    • @mid-knight6528
      @mid-knight6528 Год назад +153

      It's just the order of the theories. He keeps changing his mind about things, so everyone remembers his old ones, where he was wrong about it all, and it all gets jumbled together.

    • @pyromare4879
      @pyromare4879 Год назад +23

      I know he's haunting the springlocks but I still like to think he somehow clawed his way back into his own rotting corpse just to spite the kids souls

    • @lakshaykochhar6799
      @lakshaykochhar6799 Год назад +45

      I say it's only half of him and his team's fault,
      the story,
      fnaf is trying to tell is straightforward but it's buried under the walls of weird decisions, chiper, non-linear storytelling, a ton of materials crossing from like 7 games and like 18 books and your own ability to make conjectures of from all of this.
      So, I don't blame Game Theorists getting a lot of things wrong, but..
      on the hand, they did make a lot of conjectures while intentionally (yes, they mention that they do this intentionally, I don't know for entertainment or something) ignoring other evidence that contradicts their theory.

    • @deadinside44123
      @deadinside44123 Год назад +8

      @@mid-knight6528 i’ve noticed that sometimes he just leaves shit out. important details. i’m not big on fnaf, but it makes me wonder if he’s leaving anything else important out. that’s why it makes me mad when he says “i solved fnaf!!” or, “the complete fnaf timeline!!”

  • @shopnil4
    @shopnil4 Год назад +385

    I always thought Springtrap had a cool design. You're basically can see William Aftons body, especially in those rare screens where he's trying to pull his head out.
    For the other animatronics, they just look like robots, even when you know they have kids in them. But Springtrap, you don't need any lore to see the truth.

    • @iAmMadeOfSoup
      @iAmMadeOfSoup Год назад +7

      I don’t think there’s kids in them anymore.

    • @Human_traain
      @Human_traain Год назад

      ​@@iAmMadeOfSoupit really depends on their mood

  • @alsodoor4206
    @alsodoor4206 Год назад +19

    I think I can confidently say that NOTHING will send chills up my spine like Zapper770's "Purple Guy's Death", "The Rise of Springtrap". and Squimpus McGrimpus's "Finale" in Chapter 5, November 12, 1993. The voice acting is chilling to the core and I don't think the fandom would be the same without those three gruesomely brilliant videos.

  • @Sonic_Speed_Dash
    @Sonic_Speed_Dash 7 месяцев назад +8

    Something I always thought was scary about springtrap is that when Afton was alive, he used a knife while in the suit, but during Fnaf 3, springtrap apparently kills us with his bare hands. He never grew in strength while in the suit, or when he got spring locked. He is so insane at this point that he will just Doom Slayer us. Idk why but I imagine him doing the iconic kill the bloater does in The Last of Us, he is just terrifying

  • @MrOrcshaman
    @MrOrcshaman Год назад +595

    I actually felt more creeped out by Glitchtrap. The reason being while Afton had already become this walking nightmare with Springtrap, when his soul downloaded and became code taking on glitchtraps apperance, it just conveyed how unstoppable he had become, that even his damned soul losing connection to his walking dead corpse wasn't enough to stop him, and now tormenting others as a series of codes meaning he could exist in anything with a connection.

    • @CircusBaby4444
      @CircusBaby4444 Год назад +14

      Hopefully he returns in the DLC for Security Breach, he really could be creepy if he helps Vanny out and we see him having discussions with her.

    • @CaueJulio
      @CaueJulio Год назад +51

      honestly i think glichtrap is just plain stupid. it was perfect for the story of the games to have ended in pizzeria simulator.

    • @tanodz7635
      @tanodz7635 Год назад +37

      @@CaueJulio , Yeah. Why was Security Breach made so colorful and shiny? There's no dark atmosphere there that was in previous games.

    • @CaueJulio
      @CaueJulio Год назад +15

      @@tanodz7635 true. fnaf 1 is one of my favorites just because of the atmosphere

    • @Trulipy
      @Trulipy Год назад +14

      @@CaueJulio Totally agree. Even though I know I’m technically wrong canonically, I just don’t consider anything that happens after FFPS to be canon. The story is just too much after that point and doesn’t make sense

  • @princesskristan
    @princesskristan Год назад +269

    The Scraptrap slander is what I'm here for! The commentary/editing is great, funny, and I actually really like Springtrap's design. His jumpscare is...it's like your dad peeking in your room to see what you're doing

    • @The.Goblin.King...
      @The.Goblin.King... Год назад +8

      It’s like when my mom catches me using RUclips when I already convinced her that I deleted it.

    • @StitchedProductions
      @StitchedProductions Год назад +14

      Also, i imagine that a decomposing corpse, locked in the same room for 30 years with no ventilation would leave a certain smell behind.

    • @isukatgemz2166
      @isukatgemz2166 Год назад +8

      I mean spring-trap is Micheal’s dad so makes sense…

    • @theoverlord3937
      @theoverlord3937 Год назад

      It’s not slander id it’s true

  • @DNG12900
    @DNG12900 10 месяцев назад +29

    Springtrap's jumpscare is perhaps the creepiest of all animatronics. You might think that it's lame that he just walks up to you when others pretty much jumped on your face but that's what makes it better. The animatronics in the first two were possessed by children so their jumpscares were frightening but somewhat expected since they are the children's interpretation of scary. Springtrap however is a murderer whose actions make him scarier and scarier. You aren't dealing with a robot possessed by a child, you are dealing with a revenant who lured and killed children for his own amusement, the same way he plans to murder you. He is toying with you, deliberately putting himself in places where he could be seen, looking at the camera or in the case of the office doorway and window, just staring at you with those glowing eyes and creepy smile. And when he finally gets you he doesn't jump out at you or scream at you super loudly or try to bite or grab you. He just...walks up to you...his eyes growing wide...his face set in an unnerving smile...the screen goes static and the horror of what he plans to do to you is left unknown...

  • @penguinproductions8829
    @penguinproductions8829 Год назад +33

    I think one of the brilliant things about Afton is that he is, of course, opposite to yellow on the colour wheel, showing his juxtaposition to Golden Freddy. So it’s incredibly ironic that he is locked inside the thing he hates for so long he begins to live it, and it winds up being his soul’s personal avatar in Help Wanted after death, kind of showing how pathetic and fallen from grace he is. His design in FNaF 3 is great because of how layered it is. It seems at start like a weird, broken Bonnie. Then you see his dead body. It just fits so well and really makes it feel claustrophobic. He’s so raggedy yet his voice is very sophisticated and he’s a very intelligent and brilliant man. It’s so brilliant how whatever he tries, he will always be locked in the very thing he hates, eternally punished and locked in the echo of one tiny mistake, and one bad day.

    • @matthewmatthew981
      @matthewmatthew981 7 месяцев назад +2

      I know it's been 5 months but I'm inspired by your comment about the "layers" of the design, since it's so ingeniously specific.
      From the outside in, it's rabbit suit => Man => robot frame.
      An outer lie, the inner horror, then the horror's cause (of death).
      Again, so ingeniously specific: Rabbit, man, robot.
      If an unaware bystander were to hear me give that description, they might ask; "Did you mess up the order of that? Do you mean 'rabbit, robot, man'?"
      *N O .*

  • @realsanmer
    @realsanmer Год назад +79

    Good lord the fact we're so close to the year FNAF 3 takes place makes me feel like a fossil

    • @ghostzombies3252
      @ghostzombies3252 Год назад +7

      Well that's definetly going on the 2023 Bingo Card

    • @JackAfton.
      @JackAfton. Год назад +1

      hah saaame. I got into this stuff when I was _ten_. I cannot believe it's already been 9 years, it's unreal.

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Год назад

      Oof

  • @glamourrock3170
    @glamourrock3170 Год назад +479

    I remember when I had a little "Springtrap phase". I believe it started when I went back to rewatch gameplay of the third game, which didn't terrify me anymore but now sort of reached into my young poetic soul. Not only was the atmosphere of the game great, but the story- the idea that this terrible murderer finally got his just deserves, trapped in the same sort of animatronic body his victims were- it gave me chills. I liked listening to the song Follow Me by Tryhardninja bc of the same reason, the chills. Course, this was before I knew the story and that apparently Mr. Willy liked being Springtrap and apparently he could just... leave, otherwise I might not've felt the same way.
    Another thing, about Springtrap and Deliah. I first heard ab it from my brother, who absolutely desPISED it. I only knew a different comic by the same person, which I liked, but I hadn't read that one. His reasons were mostly that he found the relationship between Springtrap and Deliah creepy, and that it's weird that Springtrap's so possessive over a little girl. I can seevthat, from the few pages I've seen, but I'd have to read it for myself. And I mean, I suppose the possessiveness could be a fine thing to write in as long as it's written well and Springtrap's not in the right for it, but idk, like I said I haven't read it so let me know if anything's wrong.
    Thanks for coming to my Ted talk

    • @Emily_Bondevik_Official
      @Emily_Bondevik_Official Год назад

      The Deliah series is just overall creepy, Springtrap seems to oddly pedophilic

    • @Notbutterfr
      @Notbutterfr Год назад +9

      You probably wrote fanfiction on him ngl

    • @glamourrock3170
      @glamourrock3170 Год назад +31

      @@Notbutterfr naw, I didn't know what fanfiction really was back then. That was, around my "fnaf rping on roblox phase" tho, which is arguably worse

    • @CaueJulio
      @CaueJulio Год назад +3

      Wait, what? when was it said that William could get out of the suit?

    • @Emily_Bondevik_Official
      @Emily_Bondevik_Official Год назад +3

      @@CaueJulio well he left the suit in help wanted:/

  • @IGuyAF
    @IGuyAF 10 месяцев назад +7

    11:30 wouldn’t hugging spring-trap be disgusting? Like hugging a rotting animatronic with a rotting corpse inside sounds pretty disgusting

    • @dumflame
      @dumflame 21 день назад

      Well technically the corse was removed…
      Don’t ask

  • @TheMemeBull
    @TheMemeBull Год назад +11

    I never really thought of those as ankle guts, but more like tendons that fell lose and were caught there. Then again like you stated, Springtrap is a character up for interpretation.

  • @iconsumetea
    @iconsumetea Год назад +314

    i've thought that the "ankle guts" are some intestines that at one point, had no support under them and just slumped down to the ankles (though, it's more possible they would have decayed or gotten stuck to some metal parts)

  • @janellem5000
    @janellem5000 Год назад +90

    When fnaf 3 first came out, my childhood self was terrified by springtrap. The thought of a body being visibly stuck in an animatronic suit scared little me so bad. That audio of William's death gave me nightmares🤣

    • @cujohjosefumi1252
      @cujohjosefumi1252 Год назад +12

      God, the purple guy death audio was nightmare fuel

    • @TheRock15793
      @TheRock15793 Год назад +8

      @@cujohjosefumi1252 it was so good i thought it was non-fanmade. Really fits his horrifying death

  • @BiskyWater
    @BiskyWater Год назад +11

    I like how fan interpretation visually brought to life beyond the original character model. So cool

  • @RoachDoggJr2112
    @RoachDoggJr2112 10 месяцев назад +11

    If you were to make the arguement that, at least design wise, Springtrap was *as good* (not necessarily better) as the like of Jason and the Xenomorph, I'd be inclined to agree honestly.
    Also I’d like to imagine that the fact he has some soft tissue left could be because of some mummification taking place on the sealed off back room.

  • @catattack885
    @catattack885 Год назад +192

    The reason some of the flesh didn't decay is because some of the remnant is keeping it alive, somehow.. or just preserved, likely an explanation in the FNAF universe as to why the tissues of mummified corpses can still be relatively ''fresh''.

    • @JackTheMech.
      @JackTheMech. Год назад +18

      I guess he infused the remnant into his bloodstream which therefore makes his organs and most importantly, his brain, immortal.

  • @alant6305
    @alant6305 Год назад +25

    6:17 Springtrap caught trying to get a midnight snack

  • @The_Mythical_Potato
    @The_Mythical_Potato Год назад +5

    8:29 J-Gems literally made a video of spring trap twerking 💀💀

  • @richardendresz161
    @richardendresz161 Год назад +7

    Springtrap as a villain is incredibly Well designed.
    A mobile Prison of his own Karma fueled making he is an undying evil that has gone so far down a non human path that now he is basically no better than a machine that is just programmed to kill. Than they ruined it by making him survive Henry's plan

  • @dalek4463
    @dalek4463 Год назад +119

    My favourite interpretation of Afton is Squimpus Mcgrimpus’ version. In some odd way it feels like an actual killer in the Memories video and the ending to the entire VHS series. Go watch it if you want to

  • @aierie-dragonslayer
    @aierie-dragonslayer Год назад +156

    Ah, memories. Springtrap was the only animatronic I was genuinely afraid of.

  • @DamianQualshy
    @DamianQualshy Год назад

    love the editing on this video, thanks for some laughs

  • @buttersoxk
    @buttersoxk Год назад +1

    i love the editing style of this so much. loved all of the video except for the part when i accidentally turned up my volume instead of my computer brightness and then jumpscared myself.

  • @laurenredfield
    @laurenredfield Год назад +181

    Springtrap’s design was, IS, fantastic. I remember being absolutely horrified seeing Afton’s decaying corpse underneath the mechanism of the SpringBonnie suit.
    Seriously *SO METAL.*
    (Also also, I see you using that Gran Turismo Soundtrack ‘Light Velocity’ in the back there 👀 which was amazing by the by…)

  • @0megaFan
    @0megaFan Год назад +64

    When it comes to Springtrap fan interpretations, I feel like the characterization of him in Squimpus McGrimpus' VHS series cannot be understated. Particularly the video "Memories" which simply features a tape of William Afton... _Confessing_. To everything he's done. He has no regret, if anything he's prideful of his work, and he just uses a video tape as an outlet to confess his work and motives with the notion that no one will see it, then it ends with him threatening anyone who has touched the tape and SPECIFICALLY threatening Michael if he's watching it. Plus his rants while being stuck in the suit for 30 years in "Finale" are absolutely amazing too.
    It's absolutely bone chilling, painting William Afton as a 100%, honest to god, terrifying, serial child murderer. Pure evil in everyway and more importantly smart. It sends a chill up my spine and I absolutely love it.

    • @JackAfton.
      @JackAfton. Год назад +4

      I fucking _love_ the VHS series, those recordings are incredibly horrifying to listen to. Especially Memories, like you said. The way he speaks at the end directly to Michael in the event he discovers the tape? With the our knowledge that Michael couldn't have been older than a young teen at that point? Absolutely terrifying, it's fantastic.

  • @sleepybear5884
    @sleepybear5884 Год назад +9

    You gave me a blast of nostalgia after mentioning "springtrap and Delilah" it was an uncomfortable story tword the end and at times I felt bad for springtrap but at the same time you really have to think and ask yourself: "can a mass murderer be redeemed..?"
    And a realistic answer would of course-be no.

    • @TrueBladeSoul
      @TrueBladeSoul 10 месяцев назад +3

      I mean yes anyone can be redeemed the question is if they deserve it or in my opinion the question should be are they willing to seek redemption

    • @sleepybear5884
      @sleepybear5884 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@TrueBladeSoul very true and honestly I really hoped for a better ending for him.

    • @marlo8850
      @marlo8850 10 месяцев назад

      The creator is more psychotic than Springtrap, I cringed my way through it and I felt the insanity not the insanity of springtrap but the creator of the series. It is so fucked up, how can you make such an abomination of a story, it is a condensed form of simping for the villain, it made me sick. How can you approve of this shut?

  • @soba1414
    @soba1414 Год назад +9

    5:05 tarcean made the most realistic, accurate, and scariest model, go check it out

  • @okwoodsslowed7849
    @okwoodsslowed7849 Год назад +160

    It's crazy how springtrap was the only one out of the entire franchise to strike fear in my heart; the design, the backstory, and his lore are all perfectly executed.

  • @eagtab
    @eagtab Год назад +34

    so I think the "He Should Have Decomposed" argument is a misunderstanding. im pretty sure the death mini games were RECENT. the building has rain and mice implying its old and abandoned, so its highly possible that his death was only days/weeks before the events of fnaf3

    • @Hm-qd9lo
      @Hm-qd9lo Год назад +3

      But wasn't he walled in for 30 years?

    • @eagtab
      @eagtab Год назад +7

      @@Hm-qd9lo the spring lock suit was walled in for 30 years. The mini game building is abandoned, you can tell by the rain coming through the roof and the mice. I don’t think anyone would come and board up a room after a building was already abandoned.
      Also the “sealed safe rooms” thing is said by phone guy, and he died in fnaf 1 phone calls, so the rooms were obviously sealed before the building was abandoned, and William afton accessed one because he knew the animatronics wouldn’t find him there and he could take them apart

    • @eagtab
      @eagtab Год назад +6

      @@Hm-qd9lo so the suit alone was walled in but he came along later and got spring locked

    • @Hm-qd9lo
      @Hm-qd9lo Год назад +2

      @@eagtab OOOh. Yeah, okay that makes more sense. (/gen)

  • @Sadie-Thomson
    @Sadie-Thomson 8 месяцев назад +7

    Someone else in the comments pointed this out, but I wanted to have my own take on it (I didn’t read the whole comment, we could very well be making the exact same point)
    They brought up the fact that Williams jumpscare just wasn’t scary. I personally think it adds to his character. Could you imagine a frail old man rotting in a robot suit spastically shaking in your face? I think his little sneak up on you with wide eyes is enough. It’s gotten me a few times 😅
    Note: I am not easily frightened, the fact that THAT jumpscare had me at all says a lot. I don’t flinch at any other jumpscare in any other game, but mr crusty rabbit man has me leaping from my chair 😂

  • @billybobjones1447
    @billybobjones1447 Год назад

    I love the music you used in this, it brings back good memories

  • @DitieBun
    @DitieBun Год назад +124

    personally I like the designs of Springtrap and Scraptrap almost equally, and while Scraptrap definitely has his flaws, the design of the suit in general (minus the weird proportions) makes more sense for the Spring Bonnie character, though generally springtrap has a better design (excluding the ankle-guts)

    • @freddyvasquez3063
      @freddyvasquez3063 Год назад

      Yeah I don’t really get what happened to his feet or where the rest of his body went aside from rotting away

  • @tysonvienneau1830
    @tysonvienneau1830 Год назад +67

    There is another thing in the interview with Springtrap video that makes him interesting, the part where the suit goes off. It makes the fusion between purple guy and springbonnie less clean, and makes it even more of a hindrance to Afton's humanity. Like a glitch in his system, but one that he can't fix

  • @thehelmethead4883
    @thehelmethead4883 Год назад

    This is my first time viewing content from your channel and I already like it for the "fuck around and find out" bit.

  • @aidreinhorn1534
    @aidreinhorn1534 Год назад +6

    if I remember correctly, the ankle guts are meant to be the remains of his legs like is calves and some parts of his thighs that fell down and got tangled in the ankle joints of the suit.

  • @rachieroo6748
    @rachieroo6748 Год назад +18

    4:52 Headcanon: Springtrap has wheelie feet

  • @jackattacktron1000
    @jackattacktron1000 Год назад +90

    Honestly my favorite interpretation of Springtrap is the one the specials series by the Hottest Dog. I’m not gonna spoil it if you people haven’t seen it but he’s written in this series as someone who was bad but only so he can try to redeem someone else or play the long card to defeat the bigger threat kinda like Snape in Harry Potter but anyway go watch them you’ll see what i mean.

  • @mlggamer5296
    @mlggamer5296 Год назад +1

    I've seen j-gems I've seen so many RUclipsrs react to the interviews and I really like how the character's really brought out

  • @47ratsinahoodie
    @47ratsinahoodie Год назад +27

    Please the clip for 'PeePaw William' at 12:06 nearly killed me, I love that interpretation of Springtrap so much

  • @3_14pie
    @3_14pie Год назад +54

    I don't care and have 0 interest about fnaf, just clicked the video to tell why this dude wouldn't even be on top 10 horror designs, thank god I watched the video first. Also your channel is really well produced, deserves more subs

    • @urdeadnotbigsuprise7439
      @urdeadnotbigsuprise7439 Год назад +12

      Good for you, we need more open minded peoples like you.

    • @Oxygen1004
      @Oxygen1004 Год назад +3

      Based person that actually watched a bit of the video and didn't instantly dislike the video and leave a hate comment

    • @VeilsideTofu
      @VeilsideTofu Год назад

      Imagine Having an opinion before even watching the video

  • @AtenSol12
    @AtenSol12 Год назад

    i love the editing in this video immediately. im like 3 minutes in and this is gold

  • @GVeraMoore
    @GVeraMoore Месяц назад

    Props for using the Gran Turismo music (0:59). The nostalgia hit me as soon as I heard it 😆

  • @martyx8361
    @martyx8361 2 года назад +90

    Awesome video dude, subbed :)
    Edit: the ending 💀

  • @anakinskyguy6724
    @anakinskyguy6724 Год назад +50

    MD-PTV also does an AMAZING representation of springtrap, instead of giving him a voice that sounds like a human, he sounds like he puts so much pain and effort simply to get a few choked syllables out really makes you think about how the spring locks must have affected him, I recommend you check them out

  • @GarfieldTheCat456
    @GarfieldTheCat456 4 месяца назад +1

    Something I don't know if many people notice is that springtrap, when is in his attack position, won't kill you instantly, he will just stare at you for a few seconds and wait until you don't see him to jumpscare you, and I love that because it adds a lot to the character, is not like the other animatronic that will just kill you instantly every chance they get, springtrap wants to enjoy the moment, so he just waits in the door and makes you feel more afraid, and when it's given the chance, he will just quietly sneak in the office without you noticing to finally kill you. That's why I love the character, like puppet says, the others are like animals, and will just jump at you and kill you screaming loudly, springtrap won't do that, he wants you to ferl worthless, and instead of judt jumping out of nowhere and screaming like an animal, he will just enter your office when youre not looking, and will quietly go towarws you to kill you, and this shows how smart he is compared to the other animatronics

  • @kevinherms1642
    @kevinherms1642 Год назад +1

    I really enjoy your humor and editing, definitely gonna be here more often

  • @mr.jeffinizor2713
    @mr.jeffinizor2713 Год назад +111

    springtrap had so much story potential that scott i think was shooting for honestly, a character that is always the main horror antagonist of the lore that always comes back more gruesome and battered than before up until the big finale in which he finally gets destroyed and the series is over, atleast thats what they were shooting for, but all they hit was a one off character that came back after obviously being destroyed a few times in even better condition than before, its dissapointing but its what happened sadly

    • @MolinariDC2
      @MolinariDC2 Год назад +2

      It should've ended in FFPS

    • @danielgonzalez-vm5lj
      @danielgonzalez-vm5lj Год назад +3

      ​@@MolinariDC2 nah UCN as his personal hell

    • @MolinariDC2
      @MolinariDC2 Год назад +2

      @@danielgonzalez-vm5lj *ffps: the* *ending*
      *Ucn: the epilogue*

    • @Doomzdeh
      @Doomzdeh Год назад

      Ultimate Custom Night should have ended the Afton Saga. If they wanted to make more games after that, fine, but stop bringing William Afton back. It makes no sense at this point and it seriously diminished Henry and Michael’s sacrifices in Pizzeria Simulator.
      I was fine with the idea of Glitchtrap. But the zombified Springtrap? No.

  • @suicunetobigaara
    @suicunetobigaara Год назад +66

    It was Springtrap that made me interested in the franchise, I just really dug his design. An animated corpse in a animatronic? The eerie movement you could imagine him doing. I love this horrible amalgamation. It seemed pretty cool, it was just a shame the game where he was the main focus wasn't as scary. There was an air of mysterious and some uncanny sense to him that definitely adds to the design, which is why he is my favourite character in the series.
    I think it's this iconic design and his prevalence in the lore that has caused him to stick around in the series for so long. But I do think they show retire the character, as he has sadly devolved into a laughing stock after Security Breach. Show the BBEG too much and outwit/outlive him too many times and he loses the threatening nature that really adds to the design.

  • @analyticsystem4094
    @analyticsystem4094 Год назад +11

    One of my favorite fan interpretations of Springtrap would be in the channel ‘MD-PTV’s series where a government agent interviews Springtrap and other characters from the series. It’s presented as a government organization studying the animatronics and researching how Springtrap came to be

  • @iAmMadeOfSoup
    @iAmMadeOfSoup Год назад

    Love the sound effects you add

  • @jaren12072
    @jaren12072 Год назад +15

    One thing I like about William Afton is we don't even know what he looks like. There no face to Afton, in the games Afton was always represented by purple 8bit sprite and as spring trap his face is completely gone. Not knowing what this Afton looks like is some that creeps me out. I think by doing that Scott really made it feel like Afton could be anybody and I find that genuinely creepy.

    • @jaren12072
      @jaren12072 Год назад +1

      I'm pretty sure they gave a face to Afton in the graphic novel adaptations of the books, but I'm talking about the original material here, not any adaptations. What Afton may have looked like was always in the viewers imagination and I always found that creepy.

  • @AuroraIceFlame
    @AuroraIceFlame Год назад +10

    "even though the game came out 8 years ago"
    i feel like i just aged a decade instantly

  • @charliekahn4205
    @charliekahn4205 Год назад +4

    One thing that Springtrap's design conveys really well is an integral part of his character: he is in constant, torturous pain.

  • @baristabro2236
    @baristabro2236 10 месяцев назад

    Great video literally all of your jokes landed and had me verbally laughing. Awesome job!

  • @jf_kein_k8590
    @jf_kein_k8590 Год назад +88

    Gosh, has been a while since I've read the Springtrap and Delilah comic.
    Great video overall.

    • @jwatts94
      @jwatts94 Год назад +4

      Actual Garbage

    • @paracuna
      @paracuna Год назад +1

      @@jwatts94 elaborate?

    • @anthokart8908
      @anthokart8908 Год назад

      @@jwatts94 not

    • @jwatts94
      @jwatts94 Год назад +1

      @@paracuna Why? How can people above the age of 10 enjoy that shit?