Five Nights at Freddy's (Franchise)
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Line 17: Line 17:'''''Five Nights at Freddy's''''' (also shortened as '''''Five Nights''''', and abbreviated as '''''FNaF''''') is an independent multimedia franchise created by [[Scott Cawthon]] that first started as a video game released on August 8, 2014. The franchise has since received worldwide popularity.
'''''Five Nights at Freddy's''''' (also shortened as '''''Five Nights''''', and abbreviated as '''''FNaF''''') is an independent multimedia franchise created by [[Scott Cawthon]] that first started as a video game released on August 8, 2014. The franchise has since received worldwide popularity.
−The franchise currently consists of a total of 28 video games (11 main games, 9 spin-offs, 4 expansions, and 4 troll games), a total of 57 books (8 novels, 21 anthologies, 10 graphic novels, 6 guidebooks, 3 coloring books, and 9 random miscellaneous books), as well as a horror attraction, Snapchat lenses, two movies, multiple [[Crossovers|crossovers]], a slew of merchandise, and much more coming in the future.
The franchise currently consists of a total of 28 video games (11 main games, 9 spin-offs, 4 expansions, and 4 troll games), a total of 57 books (8 novels, 20 anthologies, 10 graphic novels, 6 guidebooks, 3 coloring books, and 9 random miscellaneous books), as well as a horror attraction, Snapchat lenses, two movies, multiple [[Crossovers|crossovers]], a slew of merchandise, and much more coming in the future.
== Video Games ==
== Video Games ==
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Five Nights at Freddy's (also shortened as Five Nights, and abbreviated as FNaF) is an independent multimedia franchise created by Scott Cawthon that first started as a video game released on August 8, 2014. The franchise has since received worldwide popularity.
The franchise currently consists of a total of 28 video games (11 main games, 9 spin-offs, 4 expansions, and 4 troll games), a total of 57 books (8 novels, 20 anthologies, 10 graphic novels, 6 guidebooks, 3 coloring books, and 9 random miscellaneous books), as well as a horror attraction, Snapchat lenses, two movies, multiple crossovers, a slew of merchandise, and much more coming in the future.
- Main category: Video Games
- Main category: FNAF: Video Games
- Main articles: Clickteam Series, Cooperative Series
The canonverse games are Five Nights at Freddy's video games officially developed by Scott Cawthon and other official companies. All games bear the same canonical continuity.
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Some canonverse games have additional content that adds to the game in a significant way. These range from content updates to entire DLCs that may add to the continuity of the game.
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- Main category: FNAF: Spin-Offs
The spin-offs are Five Nights at Freddy's games officially developed by Scott Cawthon or other official companies. These games usually are a different genre than the canonverse games and take place in separate canonical continuities. Special Delivery and its DLC, Dark Circus: Encore!, are set in the canonverse of video games but are still classified as spin-offs.
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Some spin-off games have additional content that adds to the game in a significant way. These range from content updates to entire DLCs that may add to the continuity of the game.
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- Main category: FNAF: Troll Games
The troll games are joke spin-off Five Nights at Freddy's games developed by Scott Cawthon. These games are usually hidden behind a facade of another game and are reskins or edited versions of older games Scott Cawthon made before Five Nights at Freddy's success.
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- Main category: Tabletop Games
The tabletop games are Five Nights at Freddy's games that are developed by other companies. These games vary from completely unique to skinned/themed versions of other popular tabletop games.
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- Main category: Fanverse: Video Games
- Main article: The Fazbear Fanverse Initiative
The Fazbear Fanverse are popular fangames endorsed and officialized by Scott Cawthon as non-canonical Five Nights at Freddy's spin-offs. Cawthon helps give funds and support to the original developers while staying out of the development process. The officially endorsed series' are:
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- Main category: Platforms
- Main article: Console Ports
In May 2016, Scott Cawthon would confirm that remade console ports would release sometime in the future. After a few call-offs,[1] Scottgames and Clickteam would partner up in 2018 to port the main series games to mobile and all major consoles,[2] which would begin releasing in 2019 and the years that followed.
Video game bundles for the console ports would also release, those being:
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- Main category: Crossovers
- Main article: Crossovers
Crossovers are officially endorsed collaborations that add Five Nights at Freddy's characters or media to other video games or apps.
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- Main category: Books
- Main articles: Novel Trilogy
The novel trilogy is a 3-book Five Nights at Freddy's series written by authors Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley. These books are based off the video game series, though, set in a separate canonical continuity. The series would be adapted into a 3-book "graphic novel" comic series with the help of Claudia Schröder and Christopher Hastings.
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- Main articles: Fazbear Frights
Fazbear Frights is a 12-book Five Nights at Freddy's anthology series written by authors Scott Cawthon, Elley Cooper, Andrea Waggener, Carly Anne West, and Kelly Parra. These books are based off the video game series, though some stories are set in their own canonical continuities. The final book released on April 19, 2022. The series would be adapted into a 5-volume "Graphic Novel" comic series with the help of Christopher Hastings, which concluded on September 3, 2024, ending the Fazbear Frights series.
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- Main articles: Tales from the Pizzaplex
Tales from the Pizzaplex is an 8-book Five Nights at Freddy's anthology series written by authors Scott Cawthon, Kelly Parra, Andrea Waggener, and Elley Cooper. These books are based off the video game series and seemingly share a canonical continuity. The final book released on October 3, 2023. The series is getting adapted into a "Graphic Novel" comic series with the help of Christopher Hastings.
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- Main articles: Interactive Novel
The Interactive Novel is a 4-book Five Nights at Freddy's Choose Your Own Adventure series written by Scott Cawthon, Eugene Myers, Adrienne Kress, and Lyndsay Ely. These books are based off the video game series and share the same canonical continuity.
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- Main articles: The Freddy Files
The Freddy Files is a Five Nights at Freddy's guidebook series written by Scott Cawthon. These books archive most descriptions and lore from across the franchise.
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The coloring books are Five Nights at Freddy's coloring books by Crayola and Scholastic.
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The miscellaneous books are Five Nights at Freddy's books that stand on their own without a series.
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- Main category: Films
- Main article: Film Series
The films are Five Nights at Freddy's feature films produced by Scott Cawthon Productions and Blumhouse Productions and directed by Emma Tammi. These films are based off the video game series, though, set in a separate canonical continuity.
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- Main category: Rides and Attractions
The attractions are official rides, experiences or promotional facades by other companies.
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- Main category: Merchandise
Starting back in 2015, official merchandise products (such as plush toys, Funko POP!'s, T-shirts, action figures, posters, etc.) can be found online and in stores. The merchandise is available on online stores such as Sanshee, Toywiz, Amazon, Funko etc. They can also be found in stores such as Target, Walmart, Macy's, etc. The company toy brands are Hasbro, Mattel, Basic Fun! and much more. McFarlane toys developed building sets based on locations and characters from the series. Youtooz produce a variety of merchandise, such as figures, puzzles, plushies, and even FNaF-themed gummies. Interestingly enough, half of the tags, covers, etc., for merchandises (especially few T-shirts) contain renders of characters from the entire series officially from Scott Cawthon.
These accounts are official Five Nights at Freddy's-focused social media accounts made by Scott Cawthon and other companies. These accounts promote and update fans on Five Nights at Freddy's-related projects.
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- Main article: Snapchat Lenses
The Snapchat lenses are official Five Nights at Freddy's lenses made by Illumix and Universal City Studios. Illumix planned to make more, but they never came to fruition before the closure of Special Delivery.
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White.
Ditto, print.
Alternative logo.
Ditto, white.
Ditto, print.
Ditto, purple.
Another alternative logo.
Ditto, white.
Horizontal.
Ditto, white.
Ditto, print.
Ditto, yellow.
Ditto, blue.
Ditto.
Ditto, purple.
The 10th anniversary logo.
The franchise logo seen in the Security Breach logo.
Ditto, horazontal.
The franchise logo seen in the Help Wanted 2 logo.
The franchise logo seen in the Into the Pit logo.
The franchise logo seen in the Secret of the Mimic logo.
The franchise logo in Youtooz's light stand.
Ditto, the box.
Ditto, artwork.
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