Warning: Comprises SPOILERS for 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2!Mike, Abby, and Vanessa’s battle with Charlotte/The Marionette finishes on a significant cliffhanger in 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2‘s ending, with the film taking many steps to arrange a sequel. The vast majority of the story follows the trio’s paths changing into intertwined with the unique Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria location, the place The Marionette and the Toy animatronics have been caught for many years.
The ultimate confrontation between Charlotte, the Toy animatronics, and Vanessa’s secret brother (safety guard Michael Afton) and Mike, Abby, and Vanessa is interrupted by the unique animatronics coming to the Schmidt home to avoid wasting them. 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 ends with some large moments, together with within the credit, setting the stage for the place the franchise goes to go subsequent.
Vanessa Is Possessed By The Marionette/Charlotte In 5 Nights At Freddy’s 2 Cliffhanger
The ultimate shot of 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 reveals Vanessa standing alone within the doorway of the Schmidt home. Mike has simply instructed her to go away him and Abby alone as a result of he cannot belief her. Left to her personal disappointment/anger, she’s abruptly possessed by Charlotte, along with her face starting to remodel to resemble The Marionette.
Charlotte is proven possessing completely different individuals all through the film, beginning with the paranormal exercise hunter Lisa after which transferring on to Abby. However, she’s pressured to vacate the latter’s physique when Mike begins enjoying a music field made by Charlotte’s father, Henry. She’s proven slithering off to a different room in the home whereas Mike and Vanessa attend to Abby earlier than the animatronics and Michael present up.
As soon as Vanessa is left alone in a susceptible, emotional state, Charlotte takes this as a possibility to make her The Marionette’s new host. Vanessa was Charlotte’s buddy after they had been youngsters, earlier than the latter died, and she or he even continued to see her in an offended state post-death. Whereas Charlotte claimed to not hate Vanessa, she nonetheless wants a human host to bond with, and her outdated buddy is simple to take management of after being deserted.
The rationale she’s alone is Mike’s fault. He believes he cannot belief Vanessa anymore after she stored a lot from him. Whereas he appeared to forgive her for maintaining Charlotte’s loss of life and the unique location a secret, the reality about her brother gave the impression to be the ultimate straw.
Having Vanessa turn into possessed by the Marionette, often known as The Puppet within the 5 Nights at Freddy’s video games, is a brand new twist on the lore. Whereas the toy did comprise Charlotte’s soul within the recreation, it by no means possessed Afton’s daughter. His daughter did possess the Circus Child animatronic within the video games, so her being tied to certainly one of her father’s creations like this isn’t new.
5 Nights At Freddy’s 2 Mid-Credit Scene Awakens Springtrap
After the credit begin rolling on the sequel, they’re interrupted by a mid-credits scene. It reveals three younger males looting the Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria location from the primary film, hoping to search out real nostalgic gadgets for a part of Freddy Fest. One in every of them finds one other room beforehand unseen, and in it, they discover the Yellow Rabbit animatronic go well with that William Afton died in throughout 5 Nights at Freddy’s ending.
The boys cowl him in plastic wrap to protect the go well with from the wet situations exterior, and after they exit the room, one of many eyes glints on. It is at this second that Afton’s spirit returns, taking possession of the Yellow Rabbit go well with, also referred to as Spring Bonnie or Springtrap.
Afton’s return as Spring Bonnie, whereas anticipated based mostly on the sport lore, was immediately foreshadowed earlier within the movie. Mike sees the spirit of a child who possessed one of many authentic animatronics as they put together to maneuver on, and the child warns Mike that somebody will get out and be stronger than earlier than. Mike does not know who the child is speaking about, however it was Afton, with him now taking full management of the Yellow Rabbit go well with.
Henry’s Message To Mike In 5 Nights At Freddy’s 2’s Submit-Credit
If an precise credit scene wasn’t sufficient, the sequel continues a pattern from the unique film by having an audio message tacked onto the tip of the credit. 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2‘s post-credits maintain a warning message to Mike from Henry that proves to be essential.
For starters, Henry confirms that he was Afton’s former accomplice. Similar to within the video games, Henry Emily was answerable for serving to Afton create the animatronics, with him particularly being the thoughts behind the springlocks. He tells Mike that he nonetheless has some animatronic components round, and whereas they’re outdated, they may very well be used to combat again.
Henry’s message can also be his alternative to warn Mike that The Marionette stays a really actual risk. It concludes with Henry saying, “She’s coming for you.” The noises that happen all through the message might suggest that the puppet has additionally gone after Henry.
The audio-only component of 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2‘s post-credits confirms how comparable Henry Emily is to the sport model. It additionally acts as a enjoyable callback to his position within the video games, as he is by no means seen and solely heard by cassette recordings used to information individuals. He occupies the identical position right here with a recording meant to information Mike to security.
What Occurred To Michael Afton?
The largest shock of 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 is the revelation that safety guard Michael is definitely William’s son and Vanessa’s brother. Players might have been in a position to piece this collectively based mostly on his identify and job, however the film nonetheless waits till the tip to verify his lineage. But, it is what occurs to him afterward that now turns into a thriller.
He runs out of Mike’s home after the Toy animatronics are defeated, and Jeremiah knocks him out. However when Mike, Abby, and Jeremiah depart the home a couple of minutes later, Michael isn’t mendacity on the bottom. He is disappeared, and whereas none of them appear to care that he is lacking, Michael’s destiny turns into a free thread.
Michael beforehand proclaimed that he needed to make use of the Toy animatronics to kill half the city throughout Freddy Fest. That is much less attainable along with his animatronic buddies torn aside, however with William’s spirit now in command of Spring Bonnie, it stands to motive {that a} father-son reunion is within the playing cards.
How FNAF 2 Units Up 5 Nights At Freddy’s 3
With all these components introduced into 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2‘s ending, the stage is ready for 5 Nights at Freddy’s 3 in a number of methods.
The foremost plot will seemingly pit the Afton household in opposition to the survivors of earlier terrors, Mike, Abby, and Henry. William, Vanessa, and Michael ought to all be united in some capability now that the primary two are Spring Bonnie and The Marionette, and the latter desires to proceed his father’s plans.
Henry’s message to Mike implies that their time collectively will proceed, with them and Abby arrange to focus on liberating Vanessa from Charlotte’s possession. That might permit her to rejoin the primary group to combat William and Michael by the tip.
This also needs to pave the way in which for 5 Nights at Freddy’s 3 to dive deeper into Henry and William’s backstory. The film will possible go into element about how they created the animatronics, what drove them aside, and embody new reveals about how this all actually started.
It is also notable that 5 Nights at Freddy’s 3 is positioned to be a reasonably shut adaptation of the third recreation. The 5 Nights at Freddy’s 3 recreation had a haunted home setting the place Springtrap was the lone animatronic, and each these components are arrange within the mid-credits scene.
All in all, 5 Nights at Freddy’s 2 spends a great deal of its ending paving the way in which for the following chapter. 5 Nights at Freddy’s 3 turns into a necessity for the story after the place issues finish right here.
- Launch Date
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December 5, 2025
- Director
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Emma Tammi
- Writers
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Scott Cawthon
- Producers
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Jason Blum, Scott Cawthon
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Matthew Lillard
William Afton
