The fact people cheered when Mat showed up at the exact same energy as the other spidermen showing up in no way home just shows the impact this man has had.

My biggest wish for FNAF 2 is that Markiplier is the one who gets bitten. He'll come full circle from saying, "Was that the bite of 87?" To being in the bite of 87. It's just too perfect

the fact movie afton is way smarter then his game counter part is a really great spin on the movie, makes his final "I always come back" line seems more understanding, sum were mad cuz it felt rushed but, if you know you’re dying but have a chance of coming back you'll be rushing too

Dear Matpat, I just wanted to let you know, that when I went to see the FNAF movie, the second you walked on screen the whole theater started scream-cheering, calmed down to hear you talk, and started up again when you said your famous line. there was no other time in the entire film that the theater cheered so loud. all-in-all, thank you for all that you've done with the FNAF series and how much you were able to bring people into this amazing (yet slightly terrifying) world. Thank you! P.S. I am now 100% going to get the fuzzy withered Freddy jacket

They knew that putting MatPat in the movie was the right idea. They know he will make more videos about FNAF.

It makes sense why the kid wasn't freaking out in the back seat. He knew who was kidnapping him. Considering most kidnappings are done by somebody that the child knows it peices together nicely.

I like to believe that the FNAF movie has its own lore, just like the books. Because William Afton’s daughter is Vanessa instead of Elizabeth, and instead of Evan it’s Garrett.

The biggest issue is that Mike didn’t know anything about the restaurant before he was given the job. If his dad helped make the place, he’d probably know.

Can we just appreciate that we finally have a film theory for fnaf like... thats actually crazy

I love how MatPat accepts he is now canon to the lore and decides to fully analyze every nook and cranny to what part of the timeline he is in.

May I also say that the irony of the guy that played Shaggy from Scooby-Doo being the “bad guy in the suit” at the end, incredible!

I think you're 100% on Garrett being the puppet. I noticed, by listening to the soundtrack on that specific part of the credits, that the vocalizing kids in the background are making the same "airplane flying" noises that Garrett was before he was taken. If you listen to it, you'll here it randomly in the song. I love Scott's puzzles.

Now that it is confirmed that they are going to actively try to get Markiplier to cameo in sequel, I have a feeling that it's gonna outperform the first one. Other movie studios should take note, make movies that the FANS of the franchise will like, not the critics.

They knew that putting MatPat in the movie was the right idea

Seeing matpat show up in the movie and then the living tombstone in the credits with the most iconic fnaf fan song made me realize Scott Cawthon is definitively the best creative there can be. He made something iconic and great and treats the fans so so well.

Remember back in the old FNaF 2 days, when MatPat theorized that Phone Guy was the purple guy all along. Now cut to 2023. "Steve Raglan" is obviously supposed to be the stand in for Phone Guy (I'll catch you on the flipside) and who does he turn out to be? William Afton.

Matpat's cameo was the greatest easter egg in film history

It feels so nostalgic to watch Matpat talk about the first FNAF games again.

Can't wait for the second movie! All we have to do is wait another 8 years 😃

The movie brings up something that could completely change the way we think Fnaf works. They said this place has been closed down for years but still needs a night guard and in the movie Micheal has a modern cell phone (usually in movies set in the past they use old phones). So what this could mean for the games is Micheal dosent go to the restaurants until way later in the story like present day or even the future

To be honest, despite never having read the books, I never questioned why the drawing worked. That felt totally plausible within the context of a ghost story. Compare it to the kinds of solutions there are to supernatural creatures in folk stories: A sleep demon can't get you if you get into bed backwards If a spirit sneaks in through your keyhole, covering the keyhole will make it unable to find its way out (not because it can't get past the cover, because it literally can't find the keyhole) Vampires can't enter a home unless invited. In that context, 'ghost children believe drawings because drawings are important parts of how kids communicate' feels totally at home

Matpat unironically is the most historical man that ever stepped on this platform

I watched FNAF with my best friend. We passed the time waiting for our session to open talking about our relationship with FNAF and how it walked with us throughout our friendship. And, of course, when Matpat showed up in the screen, we fangirled together, holding our hands and silent screaming for a couple of minutes. It was a great night

My current theory about the FNAF movie (ignoring the blatant inconsistencies between movie and games) is that the movies are a prequel to the games. Mike Schmit was an actual person and everything happened as in the movie did, ad it all happened BEFORE the first FNAF game. That's why the kitchen camera works in the movie but doesn't in the games. It broke and the animatronics are keeping it broken since that's where Afton is. The temp company is still hiring people for the job because it continues to be open, as Afton is unable to stop anything. Michael Afton is still himself and takes the fake name of "Mike Schmit" because it was easier to get a job there as a previous employee. The real Mike Schmit tries to get Vanessa psychological help and that ties into VR. He decided to stay out of the Afton drama because he wants to help his sister and also the spirits move on, which means they can too, and he learns to value the present rather than linger on the past the way he does in the movie. Does it make sense? Only vaguely. But hey I like it.

I wish the production team luck in their attempts to understand mangle's anatomy. They will most certainly need it. Edit: Holy shinx. This is the most likes I think I've ever recieved. Thank you!

I love how this film and the whole vibe in the community feels like a return to form after all these years. Don’t get me wrong, I love FNAF both modern and old, but seeing those old characters in these iconic sets, hearing Foxy humming again…. it’s time travel

Movie Afton is successfully my favorite version of William Afton. Not only was Matthew’s performance amazing. But he is successfully way smarter than his other counterparts.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="741">12:21</a> I’m so accustomed to the meme version of this scene that I was confused when I heard it normally.

I actually love the idea that the family we've been calling the Emilys are actually the Schmidts, if we wanna carry that over to the game timeline. It turns Mike's choice of fake name in FNAF 1 from something random into a giant middle finger to his dad, which, narratively, I'm a huge fan of.

Now that the movie has fully changed the lore, it will only be a matter of time before MatPat finally connects the dots to how he himself also got involved with the lore.

MatPat: Let's solve where the sequel is headed years before they actually make it The sequel: Filming starts in a few months

The movie had so many little Easter eggs and payoffs to all the people that have played all the games. Really awesome that the creators took the time to make sure they got *EVERYTHING* right.

Having been a fan since 2015 of both Matpat and FNAF, I’m so proud of this franchise and channel

The problem for me is that if they do have Mike's father as one of the founders of Freddy's alongside Afton, it would be hard to explain away Mike's lack of knowledge of the pizzeria prior to the first movie.

I just saw the FNAF movie, I loved your cameo in it MatPat, especially how you said it was just a theory about the lunch scene, great job, also, I love your videos, keep up the great work ❤❤❤

While watching the movie I noticed 3 scenes that were oddly similar to scenes in the silver eyes. First was in the intro, the last child that was taken was wearing a blue shirt and stood there with "the yellow rabbit" to his left, before being taken away. This lines up to the flashback that John has, when he tried to recall how Michael (The blue shirted child) was taken. The second was when Abby was being chased by foxy, she went and hid behind the pinball and arcade machines where foxy almost got to her, but she jumped in the ball pit, and Mike tazed Foxy right before he got her. Where in the book, charlie went and hid behind some arcade machines while foxy came and destroyed the machines while trying to move them to get to her, but John drop kicked Foxy out of the way. The last scene came shortly after in both the book and the movie (10 pages, and about 10 minutes later) when after the spring lock scene, Afton gets dragged off (Foxy dragging him with his hook in a hole I his suit in the movie, and Freddy dragging him by the arm in the book) into a dark hallway while (Mike in the movie and John in the book) "carries" (Vanessa in the movie and Charlie in the book) out of the pizzeria.

i believe we need an applause for matpat, for finally becoming part of the fnaf loreeeeee

One of the things that caught my attention was that when Mike was bargaining in the dreamworld with the children, his father remained completely quiet. Everybody else spoke, even Garrett. But his father could have been replaced by a plant and wouldn't have changed the scene at all

I got the explanation for three questions in one sentence. Great job Mat! Also an amazing video as always.

"Need more evidence for this" Is MatPat's take on "Need more proof", love seeing you and John passing catchphrases around

The thing that breaks my heart for Mike is that we get to see it happen. When he says "I only looked away for a second" we see it, and it LITERALLY WAS just a second. A single second. Edit: And it’s not even like he was distracted. He looked down to stand up from the picnic table! Who could blame him for that?

Despite all lore stuff, it's so impressive that a movie with a budget of one episode of "she hulk" looks so good and so enthusiastically received by the audience

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="894">14:54</a> come on mat. That is the largest leap in logic that I have ever heard on your channel. Its probably an unfinished springtrap animatronic for the next movie.

“This time it’s different he’s out in nature..” rare sighting of afton in the wild killing

With so much lore, it was probably the best idea just to mix it all together and come up with the story using all the best bits

Matpat really took advantage of his theater kid experience to trick the entire internet

Please do a what’s the best cinema seat to sit in? Sound, dynamics, how close to the screen you are etc

lets go, matpat, you did it again. i cannot tell you how much your theories mean to me, im mean i remember just sitting in my room and listening to all your fnaf theories just to understand the lore, and now we have the movie and you already solved the lore for that to, and the lore for the next movie as well, anyway, thank you so much for all you do.

I'm so glad Mat thought of a reason why Garrett's fate was never brought up. It was strange how the ghost kids knew about him, even though he was killed in a completely separate incident. That, and the fact that Garrett was kidnapped during a vacation in another state, and his kidnapper happened to live in the same town as the Schmidts. This coincidence really bothered me. But if William targeted Garrett because of a family dispute, then it wasn't a coincidence. But this theory raises a question: if Mike's dad really is supposed to be Henry, then why did Mike know so little about Freddy's? You'd think he would've met the animatronics that his father built. And he never even heard about the Missing Children's Incident. I hope the second movie offers an explanation for that.

"Show a Markiplier cameo and a clip of Mangle and I'm in". I couldn't agree more! I loved the first movie and am excitedly waiting for the sequel (or maybe prequel)!

I can't believe he's gonna be leaving, but i understand it's for a good reason. Gonna start watching every video from most recent to first

Hearing the name “Granite Falls” floored me because I live right next to Granite Falls, WA

We need a scene with Markiplier being filled in on all of the shenanigans happening at Fazbears, and then him going through security footage to see the bite that started it all and dropping his iconic line.

I remember when I saw the cameo of you in the fnaf movie. the theater I was in just started cheering. Really shows how popular you have become in the fnaf fandom.

I just saw the movie today! 1. I absolutely LOVE it! And 2. When MatPat came up I remember people in the cinema start talking with each other and right after he said ‘it’s just a theory’ I had to finish it and say ‘a game/film theory!’ That nobody besides my mother noticed.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="857">14:17</a> this also might be something they might use for the spring trap scenes in later movies when he removes the mask but it's just a early prototype

My theater was so lame for MatPats cameo, I was literally the only one clapping. I understand Cory getting a standing ovation, but Matthew deserved one too 😔✊

I actually drew one of the FNaF kid’s drawings from the games and brought it to the theater with me to make my friends laugh. The fact drawings were so important to the movie was pure gold

Dude I loved seeing you in the movie and the line was an absolute epic theory move

I love matpat he's good at making fnaf theories he's one of the best theorists I have ever seen and the t shirts are so good

I actually burst out laughing when I saw the dream theory book in the movie and had to explain what was so funny to my parents. It was a great movie in my opinion

"Fredbear's Family Diner" is a trip also Even tho different designed back then, it's how it all began i believe

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="60">1:00</a> My mom says it like that all the time 😆 💀 (She calls the acronym FNF)

Honestly this theory addressed every lore complaint I had about the movie and gave an explanation I can totally go along with

My sister (who has never even HEARD of this series before a month ago) watched it with me and she INSTANTLY started MatPat's theory series from the beginning to catch up and nerd out with me. I lost it when he showed up and that's what really sparked it, so thanks MatPat for getting my little sister into FNaF! 🎉😅

When I watched the movie and saw you in it I was like: OMG MATPAT and,and HE SAID THE LINE!!!

Ironically, Matpat is the most notable man to have ever walked upon this stage.

I believe Blumhouse did their best fitting 9-years of lore and story into a 1-2 hour 🎥 movie

Can we all be proud enough for MatPat being a new part of the FNAF lore and even in the movie itself....?

Only played fnaf once. Like a few months ago. I kept dying couldnt figure it out. But, ive been watching your vodeos for years and love all their lore. Very happy they finally made a movie of it. Cant wait to see it.

“It’s bean 7 years since I worked at this place” FNAF the musical night 3

I sincerely hope the next films give us more of Matthew Lillard as Afton... he was BEYOND incredible-- charming, nefarious, terrifying. He was perfect, and I'm dying to see the story they give him for the films. Also, Matthew Lillard is a TREASURE. He deserves the world.

the family swap makes even more sense if you think about it in a studio standpoint: having the protagonist to be the one who killed his own brother in a kinda brutal way probably wouldn't resonate well with general audiences, hence the need to twist the story a bit

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="300">5:00</a> "FNaF the smoothie" reminds me of the starwars parody Spaceballs when they go like "Spaceballs the t-shirt" "Spaceballs the flamethrower" etc. Lol

It does sound like little brother could be the Puppet in this world. Nice catch on seeing Mike's Dad in the background.

I do like how well the Five Nights at Freddy's movie went. Although I'm a little disappointed they didn't include the phone guy talking to him during every shift. But overall, it isn't terrible.

It's been stated by the producer that the human animatronic was just something leftover from Jim Henson's creature shop that they had before they even started working on the FNAF movie. This is a huge relief to me as the whole "animatronics that look like people" thing is the turn I wish the series never made

Wooo! Got a MN shout out! Love it! Going to look into the movie for sure now!

I loved learning so much from all the FNAF videos and was super excited and stoked when I saw MatPat in the movie, it just made the movie worth it for me as a fan of the theory channels

People may be angry that the fnaf movie would be influencing the lore like when the books did, but I'm definitely on board with including it, I saw lots of lore potential in there

I appreciate your low bar for the sequel. I think a lot of the disappointment from other franchises is due to expectations being way too high.

My opinion is that Scott recognised how convoluted and messy the lore in the video game series was (after all he probably didn’t plan to expand it so much initially) so the movie series is a way to start again and have a more streamlined storyline (while still borrowing elements from the games).

You have just GOT to do a video on some of the content of Ashur Gharavi! It is just absolutely packed with LORE!!!

I really wasn't expecting MatPat to be in the movie because he genuinely sounded sad while he said he wasn't. I've learned my lesson this time 😭

This movie showed me two things. 1. Video game movies CAN be good. 2. And they dont have to follow the game story exactly, as long as they respect it, and try to keep it as close as possible.

this is the only thing keeping my sanity in tact because im doing this isanely hard homework and its driving me to insanity

Definitely saving up to get the FNAF varsity jacket 🔥🔥🔥

I thought this movie was non canon, but I’m glad it adds lore

Good theory, I just have major doubts about the robot people angle you went for at the end.

love you vids man im going to miss u

I think something people forget is FNAF lore was very much so still solidifying while this movie was in production, and it went through several directors and scripts to get where it was today. I’m just happy it even happened, it’s a dream come true 🥰

Now you reminded me about when I watched it in the cinema 😂😂😂 a lot of things were broken that day, there was a person checking the tickets, we could sit where ever we wanted, and the lights didn’t work (which no one in the cinema knew at the time) so we sat through the credits thinking something will pop up at the end but then we realised that the lights just didn’t work 😂😂😂

Your merch is actually dope

My only main complaint with the movie was that I wish there was more explanation/ reaction to the reveal that Afton was the career counselor, even just a comment from Vanessa at some point like "he's working under a fake name as a career counselor now" or something. I mean, Mike didn't even react to it in the final scene (although to be fair he was on the ground for most of it). Other than that I loved the movie, especially the way they did the spring lock scene, absolutely brutal

Matpat and Game Theory were one of those Old UKpostsrs that made mine and many others childhoods. And I'm happy Matpat and GT survived the "Dark Ages" of UKpostsrs where Old UKpostsrs were just embroiled in controversies.

Neat that this production did so well

It was so awesome to see you in the movie Matt!

It sucks Mark couldn't make it into the movie cause of schedule conflicts, which are understandable. Hopefully he can get a cameo in the next movie! :)

It would actually make a lot of sense for William to know Mike. He REALLY wanted him to take that security job even after telling him how bad it was. Almost like he wants to tie up loose ends

There is not way I just watched a whole merch ad without even thinking about skipping it 🙏🏻🔥