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The Mimic, alternatively known as Mimic2 or M2, is the main antagonist of the Five Nights at Freddy's cooperative series. The Mimic also appears as the main antagonist in the RUIN DLC for Security Breach, and additionally the titular main antagonist in Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic.

M2 started out as an experimental artificial intelligence housed in the body of a shapeshifting endoskeleton sometime in the mid-late '70s created by Edwin Murray to replicate and replace his dead son, David Murray following an unrelated accident which resulted in David's death. During a rage induced mental breakdown, Edwin attempted to violently destroy M2, in turn, infusing it with his agony, pouring his murderous thoughts and emotions into M2's systems, causing it to perpetually mimic Edwin's worst traits & turning it into a ruthless, sadistic serial killer that will massacre anyone it comes across. It lacks any one discernible identity & as such constantly alternates from costume to costume, putting on a wide array of personas to make up for the sense of self in which it lacks, using this trait to its advantage as a means to deceive its victims & catch them off guard.

In the RUIN DLC, it has a smaller squared-off head similar to older classic endoskeleton models with vaguely humanoid teeth similar to the Daycare Attendant's endoskeleton teeth. Its right hand also resembles the classic endoskeleton one, with four fingers on it, while the left hand resembles the one Burntrap has. Both its legs are also different from one another; the left leg has some sort of wiring encasing it, and looks similar to Withered Bonnie's, while the right one resembles Spring Bonnie's. There is an outlet on the back of its head.

In Five Nights at Freddy's: Secret of the Mimic, the Mimic's design is slightly more basic in terms of appearance while still remaining consistent. It possesses a more stripped down and less complete version of its framework from the RUIN DLC, except with the addition of its chest cavity containing its original battery power source that is noticeably absent in its later appearances. It possesses a pair of orange heated eyes made of electric coils, and its shoulders as well as its limbs are capable of extending or retracting, in addition to having hydraulic extensions like large heels for the Dollie costume. The battery box on its chest has wires running from it to the arms and rest of its body.

The Mimic lacks a lot of the plating, ramshackle panels, and protective coverings that are affixed around its burnt frame in its later appearances, appearing far more incomplete and more like a regular endoskeleton than a complete robot like in RUIN.

In the RUIN DLC, these violent traits are put on full display. The Mimic has demonstrated an adeptness at disguising its appearance to hide its endoskeleton body, as seen in the Scooper ending, and additionally it is a master of deception, as evident by its use of Gregory's voice to lure the former's friend; Cassie, into a trap under the premise that the real Gregory was trapped. In reality, the Mimic had been deceiving her the entire time, manipulating her into inadvertently freeing itself. The Mimic is highly resourceful and demonstrates a level of strategic thinking, as it was able to devise a plan to escape from the sinkhole underneath Roxy Raceway, using its voice and mimicry whilst being incredibly patient in setting its plan into motion. In the Scooper ending, it is implied that it the Mimic can be somewhat careless, given its lack of awareness of its surroundings, as it was caught off-guard by the Scooper model itself with much of its focus concentrated on capturing Cassie. In the chase itself, the Mimic is shown to be ruthless, persistent and unrelenting, as it pursues Cassie without pause even after Roxy delays its pursuit.

In Secret of the Mimic, the Mimic changes very little from how it appears in RUIN in terms of its violence and persistence. However the Mimic's personality is expanded, showing that it can hold grudges. The Mimic displays a rather sick sense of sarcasm and demonstrates a propensity to being abusive and petty. This is seen when it caused an explosive accident in Edwin's home office, it began to copy his voice and repeatedly mocked Edwin's helplessness while forcing him to reflect on his neglectful behavior in the past, demonstrating its grudge to its creator. Additionally the Mimic is shown to be rather sadistic as after the previous event, it makes fun of Edwin even further by talking about the new legs it built for its body.

"I was the first! I have seen everything!" This section archives a lot of theories and speculation, which usually occurs from pre-release media, or just things that are still unknown, so please keep that in mind while reading. The page will continue to be updated with the most accurate information as more solid evidence is supplied.

The Mimic had "bent metal ears that looked like antennas" in the Tales from the Pizzaplex Epilogues. Some workers also thought he was going to be a guitarist, which means he looked like a rabbit endoskeleton.

The Mimic's description of its physical body from the books closely matches that of Burntrap's endoskeleton.

Some fans believe Endo-02 is a Model 2 Mimic, although this is unlikely.

Epilogue 6 and Tiger Rock show that the Mimic witnessed some kind of twisted game of hide-and-seek that caused Mimic Model 2 to start acting weirdly, which causes the entire Mimic line to be decommissioned. Judging by the way he acts in the Epilogues - luring people to the backroom - this heavily implies this game of hide-and-seek was some form of The Missing Children Incident. This weirdly also lines up with the Party Hats on the dead children from Into the Pit.

People speculate that one of the Mimic's names that comes from the RUIN's files, which is "Grimic", is possibly referring to the Mimic as "Gregory Mimic".

It is speculated that the amalgamation of animal suits the Mimic wears is meant to resemble Gregory.

Although it is a fan theory, it's possible that the Mimic could have been the endoskeleton in the Parts & Service Room. This would explain as to how the Mimic could have known and mimicked William Afton. However, this has not been canonically confirmed.

During Dawko's Thankmas 2024 Charity Stream, a teaser for a Help Wanted 2 content update was revealed. The teaser was a short gif, which featured the Mimic (Costumed) in the character gallery, and most notably, a White Tiger plush, further implying a connection between Tales from the Pizzaplex and the video games.

The Mimic becomes fluent in Hawaiian in Tiger Rock, due to infecting Kai's mind.

In the Tales from the Pizzaplex story The Mimic, the Mimic's original appearance is described similar to Paradox 0.5 from The Desolate Room.

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WARNING: The audio is loud and/or startling!	The scream the Mimic emits when attacking the player.

References

Core Five Nights at Freddy's Series Bots

Classic Animatronics Freddy Fazbear (Withered Freddy) • Bonnie the Rabbit (Withered Bonnie) • Chica the Chicken (Withered Chica) • Foxy the Pirate (Withered Foxy) Toy Animatronics Toy Freddy • Toy Bonnie • Toy Chica • Mangle • Balloon Boy • JJ • The Puppet Shadow Animatronics RWQFSFASXC • Shadow Freddy Phantom Animatronics Phantom Freddy • Phantom Chica • Phantom Foxy • Phantom Balloon Boy • Phantom Mangle • Phantom Puppet Springlock Suits Fredbear • Spring Bonnie • Monty • Bub • Pirate Captain • Sleepy Moon Nightmare Animatronics Nightmare Freddy • Nightmare Bonnie • Nightmare Chica • Nightmare Foxy • Nightmare Fredbear • Nightmare • Plushtrap • Nightmare Balloon Boy • Nightmare Mangle • Nightmarionne Halloween Animatronics Jack-O-Bonnie • Jack-O-Chica • Jack-O-Moon • Dreadbear • Grimm Foxy Funtime Animatronics Circus Baby (Scrap Baby) • Ballora • Funtime Freddy • Funtime Foxy • Funtime Chica • Bidybab • Electrobab • Minireena • Bon-Bon • Bonnet • Lolbit • Music Man Rockstar Animatronics Rockstar Freddy • Rockstar Bonnie • Rockstar Chica • Rockstar Foxy • Lefty • Carnie Mediocre Melodies Happy Frog • Mr. Hippo • Pigpatch • Nedd Bear • Orville Elephant • Mystic Hippo Glamrock Animatronics Glamrock Freddy • Glamrock Chica • Montgomery Gator • Roxanne Wolf • Glamrock Bonnie • Prototype Glamrock Freddy Endoskeletons Endo-01 • Endo-02 • Nightmare Endo • Yenndo • Glamrock Endo • Amalgamations Ennard • Molten Freddy • Tangle Vendor Bots Candy Cadet • Prize King • Juice Fountain Clowns S.T.A.F.F. Bots Alien Bots • Comedy Bot • Driver Assist Bots • Instructor Bot • Magician Bot • Map Bots • Mask Bot • Mop Bots • Nightmarionne S.T.A.F.F. Bots • Party Bots • Pizza Bot • Security Bots • Head Chef Bot Murray's Animatronics Mr. Helpful • Mrs. Helpful • Clean-O-Vac • Jackie • Nurse Dollie • Big Top • Murray's Fantastic Digi-Typer • Star Orphans • Jugband Animatronics Artificial Intelligence HandUnit • Female Computer Voice • Tutorial Unit • Glitchtrap • Dread Unit • Helpi • The Entity • Carnival Nurse • F10-N4 Unclassified Animatronics Cupcakes • Golden Freddy • Springtrap • Control Module Animatronics • Scraptrap • Helpy • El Chip • Security Puppet • Egg Baby • Dee Dee • PlushBaby • Hardmode Animatronics • Daycare Attendant • DJ Music Man • Mini Music Man • Burntrap • Puppet Crew Unclassified Bots Trash and the Gang • Caution Bot Animatronic Skins Arcade Animatronics (8-Bit Baby) • Aztec Animatronics • Chocolate Animatronics • Circus Animatronics • Forest Animatronics • Heatwave Animatronics • Holiday Animatronics • July 4th Animatronics • Scary Tales Animatronics • Screampunk Animatronics • Valentine Animatronics • Wasteland Animatronics • Wicked Tides Animatronics • Winter Animatronics (Freddy Frostbear) Merch-Exclusive Animatronics Blacklight Animatronics • Spring Colorway Animatronics • Tie-Dye Animatronics • Balloon Animatronics • Circus Animatronics • Puppet Animatronics • Stitched Animatronics Non-Robotic Creatures Old Man Consequences • Mascot Suits • Bootleg Animatronics • Party Time Chica Lists Animatronics and Bots • Custom Night Character Roster • Animatronic Delivery Catalog • Scrapped Animatronics