My theory as to why Roxie says error after apologizing to Cassie for grabbing her arm so rough is because like Freddy said in security breach, they’re not capable of hurting a guest. None of them are. It would go against there programming. Roxie probably had to process it as she thought she was hunting Gregory but once she realized it was Cassie, a guest registered in the system, it snapped her out of it and maybe caused a system reboot to help her

Its really interesting how far cassie will go to save the only friend who came to her party

Are we not going to talk about the fact that Roxy survived a deactivation, freed herself from a cart that she couldn’t lift, and kept her good animatronic personality to protect Cassie. And on top of all that she still seems to survive after getting defeated by the Mimic.

The Mimic is an amazing villain and a terrific replacement for Afton

One thing I really like about Ruin is the jumpscares; instead of screaming in your face, it shows Cassie trying to fight against the animatronics but failing and each is unique

Cassie feels a more fleshed out and likable character to Gregory. She has a fighting spirit, as shown by the jumpscares, but is still capable of sympathizing with the machines the want to do her harm.

Something that Markiplier pointed out, was that Helpi sometimes has ‘veins’ on him. It typically occurs whenever Helpi is trying to talk Cassie down whenever she walks through walls or goes through the portal doors, or whenever Helpi talks about ‘getting to her friend under the raceway’. It may be that there are two mimics, a software and a hardware, where the software mimic program that tried getting a real body in the last game is trying to release the mimic trapped underground because Afton was fond of using animatronics to do his kidnapping.

I think its worth noting Roxy is different then Chica and Monty 100%. When equipping the mask shes the only one who gets a hologram of her old self, she also is the only one actively seeking out Gregory for what he's done. The moment she hears someone else she apologizes even before connecting the dots that its Cassie, shes also the only one the game has you go after other than Eclipse who asks for you to do it. I think this means she may be the only one of them who's original code was able to be salvaged. Bonus for Eclipse, it shows his/Sun's code was unaffected and did know that Moon's was which is why as soon as he sees Cassie has what's needed to reboot them, he asks her help instead of just giving Moon control like he did with Gregory because hes holding out hope.

If you guys noticed, all the words that the mimic said was also said by Gregory during Security Breach, because sometimes when the mimic talks, it cuts off for a few miliseconds and the tone changes, Gregory's voice might have been recorded and edited by the mimic to create a convincing sentence, it might be possible that he didn't copy Gregory's voice but recorded it. Just a theory

It’s genuinely scary to me that Candy bot was essentially trying to warn us. Like the story he tells perfectly lays it all out. How did he even know?

There’s something else to consider. The mask implanted something in her brain which allowed Helpi to interact with her even with the mask off. Whatever happens next; Cassie’s on her way to becoming Afton’s next host.

Another cool detail I’ve not heard been mentioned anywhere is when Gregory (The mimic of him) says the lines “No, there’s no time!” and “The stupid door won’t open”, I’m pretty sure both of them lines were recycled from the base game. I mean we could chalk this up to the devs being lazy, but it could be intentional, in that the Mimic was reusing things Gregory has said before? What do ya’ll think? Edit: Oh, and obviously at the end, the Mimic repeats the line “I’m Gregory” from the base game.

People were speculating that given that Gregory only experienced one night at Freddy's, and Cassie arguably spent one night looking for him, that there might be three more DLC for this game, that equate to a full five nights. It would be awesome if true.

My take on the "Illusion" ending: The fredbear ending is called the brazil ending in the code. This is meant to reference a term in fiction for when a character is put under so much stress that they have a mental breakdown, go insane, and choose to retrete into a fantasy. This means that when Cassie goes the wrong way in that ending she basically suffers a complete mental breakdown at the realization that she's going to die, so while hyperventilating she puts on the mask since it has helped her escape situations in the past, but when no escape appears in the AR world... She completely loses her mind and instead mentally retreats into a fantasy world where everything is perfectly fine as she basically lets the mimic kill her. The term "brazil ending" is a reference to the movie Brazil (1985) in the movie a character is tortured, goes insane, and hides in a fantasy world where everything is fine.

I personally agree with the theory of the voice changing in the elevator. Why? Not just because of that weird sound effect, but because he says, and I quote, "I know you did it for me, to SAVE me." How did Gregory know he needed saving? Because Gregory isn't even in the Pizzaplex, and it seemed like Cassie and Gregory were originally just going to meet up. That was until the Mimic tricked Cassie into coming into the place, to shut everything down so it could be free. Because if Mimic knows who Gregory is, then it could've also known Cassie as well. Which resulted in it taking advantage of her. Edit: Thanks for the replies for correcting me! It is true that Cassie actually wasn't supposed to go to the Pizzaplex and probably wasn't supposed to meet up with Gregory at all and was just tricked. But Gregory, at least, did try to contact her, maybe so that way he can tell her to get out? Idk, but I still find the whole "saving" very weird.

Here’s something interesting to note the mimic doesn’t actually debut in this game, but instead within the fazbear frights novels which expand on his origins somewhat. He was meant to mimic children and learn how to play with them on an individual level, but when the child of his creator was killed in an accident, his habit of mimicking that child lead his creator to beat him repeatedly with an iron pipe, causing him to learn violence. Afterwards fazbear Inc. disassembled and recycled him with the bulk of his AI code, going into a potential future attraction at the pizzaplex called the storyteller he was using Vanessa as a proxy, to gather the various bits of his code and rebuild himself in the image of the most violent person he could find William Afton.

Another neat detail to notice is that Helpi himself gets messed with by the Mimic, as you’ll sometimes see his eyes change to yellow (the same eyes the Mimic has) from their original blue color. This of course circling back to how it originally controlled Vanessa with the Vanny mask in Security Breach

The Theory about The Mimic dropping the elevator is actually a really good idea. Because if your looking at the voice lines while there being said, you can see where it separated the two different characters lines like it does with Cassie and 'Gregory' immediately afterward.

22:16 if you see the subtitles you’ll notice it’s two “gregory” lines overlapping eachother. This has literally never happened with any other voiceline/subtitle in the game even if you mistakenly hear two voice lines at once, it always displays subtitle from only ONE character that is currently speaking…

In my personal opinion, i do think the mimic intercepted the radio signal from gregory. Since gregory is only able to properly contact Cassie while the mimic is busy fighting off Roxy. You can hear that when the mimic defeats her, the static occurs between follow and instructions, suggesting it is no longer occupied, and returned to intercepting the radio. It seems to have been gregory in the elevator too, as that is a different radio receiver, the one built in, which takes the mimic a moment to intercept. Overall, I’m excited to see where this goes.

Wild how they introduced Roxy, who has become a fan favorite, gave her personality and a tragic downfall, and then gave her a heartbreaking end with Cassie. As good of an end as that would be for Roxy, I hope we get her back again perhaps in the role that Freddy had in the main game. Feel like she's just too good of a character and too beloved by the fans to just be put in the bin of "one and done" animatronics. And with all the hand waving stuff they can do to make things happen in the franchise I'm sure they can bring her back fully rebuilt. Give her her cool hair and tail back at least!

Something to notice is Gregory's voice sounds very robotic before the end of the game, and Helpi using Cassie's voice to create audio lures is very similar to what the mimic did.

With whatever direction they're going with in Security Breach. I'm just looking forward for more found family trope lmao. I'm obsessed with Gregory, Vanessa and Freddy being a family. I just want Cassie and Roxy to be added to the fam too.

The second theory you had about the Mimic intercepting the radio signal during the main ending could actually be true. In the books it's pointed out that the Mimic has the ability to intercept radio signals and hijack them so it could've very well did that.

Funfact: Deactivating all wet floor bots actually unlocks something. In Bonnie bowl, if you deactivated all wet floor bots, a vent on the far right of the bowling lanes is now accessible. If you go into the vent, it leads into a room with four wet floor bots and the star of the bowling alley, GlamRock Bonnie. His eyes are still glowing, and deactivating final 4 leads the eyes to not glow anymore.

I feel like roxy might've heard cassie saying sorry, cause i feel like roxy would feel betrayed from what cassie had to do, but she still saves cassie regardless, so she must've realized in some way that cassie didnt want to do that

The "free Vanessa" ending may not be canon if you consider that the word "prototype" is printed on the headless Freddy's foot, implying that this isn't the Freddy that Gregory was running around with. I think the burntrap ending is canon but I also think that Gregory did free Vanessa after stopping burntrap. It would also account for the huge hole caused by an explosion in the raceway.

The Candy Cadet's story lines up with the Mimic's release The mother's lullaby is the M.X.E.S program, and the monster learning the lullaby and tricking the boy is the Mimic "guiding" Cassie into releasing it. Since the story features a monster that can copy anyone's voice, its should have been a dead giveaway, but instead came off as an eerie warning. If only Cassie knew what's caged behind that slab of concrete..

Another thing to note is that the voice line subtitles of Gregory during the elevator scene suddenly separate into two once he says “It’s not your fault… but we can’t risk being followed. I’m sorry,” which could be another implication that the mimic suddenly spoke over him at that moment.

For the default ending. Assuming the mimic said the line "but we can't risked being followed", referring to Cassie following the Mimic, since the elevator shaft leads upwards towards the surface. The Mimic doesn't want Cassie following it since Cassie will warn others about the Mimic. Also a small note that I just feel that Roxy deserves to be fixed in the next game or get a good ending.

In case you didnt notice in the game, occasionally Helpi not only gets an eye colour change, but gets purple veins by his eyes, possibly showing him being controlled by the Mimic. Also 21:20 it could be data from the Faz-watch Gregory had.

I absolutely love how far this franchise has come. From a simple and brilliant jump scare game that actually got players asking questions about an actual story behind it all; which then spawned all of these games! I also really like how much depth there is to the story side of this and how it's likely evolved with the success of the franchise. Long may it continue IMO.

One thing to note about what Gregory tells Cassy at the end is that theres actually 2 variants of the line. Labeled "RealGreg" and "Gregiric" iirc, the one we hear is "Gregiric". The other one is the real Gregory saying "Make sure that it doesn't follow you."

You know, I can believe that it was actually the mimic who dropped the elevator. It makes sense given how it seems there was major interference when Gregory was speaking, and the tone of his voice seems to change as well. It is very slight, but it does seem to have a malicious tone to it.

what i love about the dlc's plot twist is that it puts every weird thing that happens in the game into a perspective that easily explains it. it's also not so obvious that you can tell what it's gonna be from the begining but also not so out of left field that a 2nd playthrough would cause you to gaslight yourself into thinking the actual ending was a dream. for my part, i figured out that Gregory wasn't in the pizzaplex right after the mimic said through the walkie that i needed to deactivate Roxy. i noticed impefections in the tone of its voice that sounded strangely similar to how AI generated voices would put higher or lower tones at weird places in sentences from there i put the rest of the pieces together, realized that Gregory shouldn't be in the pizzaplex, and concluded that the one i was hearing through the talkie wasn't the real one.

So one theory that kind of makes sense, is that the mimics body is actually Michael Afton. We know that Michael died at the end of Pizzeria Simulator, but the theory that his body being robotic, would mean that he continues to remain intact. Also take into account that Ruin is the only other time we see the scooper being used, which of course the last time we saw it used was to scoop out michael.

I find it interesting how Roxy is the last security node, makes you wonder what reason she was actually built for especially since it seems either she never received the glitchtrap virus or the virus ended up leaving 🤔

Ruin really shows how amazing Security Breach could've been if they weren't rushed. As a wise man once said, you'd rather choose eat a whole cake tomorrow than eating a cupcake today.

I think you are right about the mimic intervening in the elevator, also because of the fact that the subtitles overlap during that sequence. many people think it is just a glitch, but I think it the developers did that on purpose.

5:32 knowing what I do know about how the mimic can control Helpi and mimic Gregory, it made me realize how suspicious Gregory's response here is. He should NOT have heard helpi. This is one of the several early tips that this is NOT greg. Edit: Another thing I remembered from Markipliers playthrough was FOOTAGE OF GREGORY RUNNING AWAY FROM VANNY BEING PLAYED ON A SCREEN. How? I just genuinely want to learn how.

The two subtitles overlapping one another as the original Gregory's subtitles continue as normal and then are cut off by the fake one, The Mimic's arm being in the elevator, the strange sound in the speaker and The Mimic being able to hack programs from a distance(as shown in the Afton ending in security breach) all connects to The Mimic taking over the speakers control and cutting off Gregory while tricking Cassie into thinking her friend was betraying her. If i'm not mistaken there is also some cute dialouge from Gregory in ruin that says "Just make sure you're not followed!" And if that piefe of dialouge is in the files then it basically confirms that The Mimic was the one speaking in the end and the one who made the elevator fall. One more thing is that there's simply no way for Gregory to turn off the elevator and make it fall like The Mimic, which further backs up this theory.

Roxy seems to have a similar bond with Cassie as Freddy does with Gregory. Interesting how much the DLC expanded the lore enough for another game despite having a ruined pizzaplex.

Another point in favor of the "It's not actually Gregory" scenario in the last bit of the default ending: someone apparently datamined the game, or whatever, and found an alternate line of dialogue, which is very similar to what "Gregory" is saying to Cassie in the end... with a crucial difference- instead of insisting that he can't risk being followed, he instead WARNS CASSIE to "make sure you're not followed". And thinking of it this way, it makes a lot of sense; after all, why on earth would he have fought so hard to save her in the first place, only to quite literally drop her in the end? Gregory may not have as much sympathy for the animatronics as Cassie seems to, but I don't think he's THAT callous to somebody he considers a friend, considering some cut lines from the main game having crying, believed to be from where Freddy was torn apart- sort of mirroring the bit with Cassie and Roxy, just a bit, isn't it? Basically, there are more questions here that go unanswered, with a clear opening for them to BE answered somewhere down the road, whether through a sequel, or continuous releases of DLC. This makes me wonder if there are other friends of Gregory or Cassie out there, or even just unaffiliated persons who get wrapped up in the overarching mess, who happen to be tied to specific animatronics like Gregory and Cassie were? (Cassie even helps Sun/Moon/Eclipse, and she can help Chica a bit too, tho that's optional and I'm not sure how its facilitated, since I only watch playthroughs and it wasn't addressed in the one I saw.) There's also the possibility of yet undiscovered endings to wonder about, tho by this point in time I'm not as sure about that one. Also, a friend of mine elsewhere pointed out (and it's very visible here in this video if you look) that the headless Freddy in Fazerblast has the word "PROTOTYPE" stamped across its intact foot, while the Freddy from the main game lacks this detail. It could be a case of retroactive meddling, but it could also imply that this isn't the same Freddy, even if he is similarly afflicted with headlessness. He is, perhaps, the replacement for the damaged Freddy from the seemingly canon ending, since the newspapers imply that an unrelated earthquake (or else the sinkhole finally catching up to the 'plex without Gregory's and Freddy's involvement) was what shut the place down, supposedly temporarily- tho it's clearly been at least several months, possibly even more than a year (tho not much more than that, since Gregory still sounds the same- assuming that even a brief part of the game features his actual voice). So it might've continued to run for a little while after Gregory left; Vanessa said so herself, they could easily just slap his shell on another endo and be done with it. Perhaps they were experimenting with something new at the time; or else fell back on an older model while they tried to scrape up a new one.

One thing that is sure, the Blob is not dead as you say. It's alive and kicking and moves about, which means that Burnt Trap is still inside the capsule (if Gregory never got to toast him in the end) and the Blob is roaming the premises rebuilding itself with all the pieces and memorabilia it can find, which makes it a potential villain along with the Mimic (I theorize that it might get to fuse with the Blob in the future, or the Blob will fight it and "lose"). I expect more DLCs with another night in them. Now that we now that Gregory is outside with Vannesa and Freddy perhaps next DLC could be Gregory trying to rescue her because she never got out from the elevator, Roxy will try to protect her which will ensure that the rescue will go well... What it really is odd is seeing Roxy "revived" after being decommissioned. Like, it makes me wonder how she got up from the weight she had on her when Cassey shut her down. It doesn't add up consistently but I guess the devs might have an answer for that because it doesn't feel right. I don't get the other "mascots" from the secret ending. They don't look like previous mascots from the franchise at all, and why the Mimic would wear these pieces just like the Blob is wearing a mass of memorabilia on it. But, heh, the "Gregory-was-a-robot" almost got true 😅 When I saw the red-eyes I found myself holding my breath 😆 Overall the game was a huge improvement over the last one. It shows that you don't need to abuse the "free-roaming open world" if you can offer a path or set of paths to tell a story and keep the player on their toes. But man, Monty was a laugh 🐊

If we take into consideration the theory where the mimic is talking in the second half of his conversation with Cassie in the ending, you can notice an abrupt change of the sentences' lenght. When Gregory is talking the sentence is long and has "," while when the mimic takes over, all of its phrases are cut short: "I know why you did it. You did it for me." Many pauses as if the mimic wasn't able yet to mimic Gregory's voice for too long, hence it has to pause. A human would have probably said:"I know why you did it, you did it for me" I can't really remember how mimic tried to speak pretending to be Gregory, but i think it was through short sentences with pauses and "." In them

The Freddy missing his head has "Prototype" written under his foot. The real Freddy from the main game didn't, as you can see when upgrading him. This might mean that Freddy without his head is something completely different, and I believe Steel Wool and Scott left all of these comics and fake freddys and what not in the game in order to confuse the player and leave then constantly wondering which ending was actually canon. There are so many hints pointing to almost each and every one of them.

Another piece of evidence that can support the theory that the speaker changed from Gregory to the mimic during the final sequence in the elevator ending is the doubling of the subtitles which I've always found odd in all of the playthroughs I've watched. If it's true that the mimic replaced Gregory through the intercom, the subtitle hint that occurs during that is very creative! (Unless it's just a coincidence that just fits perfectly LOL)

Yeah props to Steal Whool it's a shame about the original security breach but this dlc was much closer to what I was expected, I hope they keep learning and improving! I've genuinely been left excited for the next game and attached to the characters in it.

My theory for the 1st ending, the Elevator ending, was that 'Gregory' was the one that was talking to Cassie during the elevator. Several examples from the game show why I believe that Gregory never betrayed us, including my reasons why the Mimic used Gregory's voice to lead Cassie to the elevator. SPOILER WARNING: THIS REPLY CONTAINS SPOILERS OF SECURITY BREACH: RUIN ENDING! PROCEED WITH CAUTION (Guys, this is JUST A GAME THEORY, and I appreciate it if anybody has any theories or comments about this!) At the beginning of the chase scene, Cassie gets a message from ‘Gregory,’ but when Cassie asks, “Gregory? Is that you? I mean REALLy you?” he responds, “Is there another option? You need to get out of there now!” At first, it seems like Gregory is trying to focus on Cassie's priorities, but I think it's Mimic copying Gregory's voice to distract Cassie from figuring out that it isn't him. When Gregory tells us to follow his instructions, you notice a (static) just when Gregory is about to say instructions. I believe that either: • 1. After pushing off Roxy, the Mimic grabbed the Roxy-Talkie and used it to cut off Gregory before he could help Cassie escape, so it used Gregory’s voice as a desperate last-ditch effort so Cassie wouldn’t escape. • Or 2. Mimic seemed to hack into the device just before Gregory could finish talking since we heard static during the middle of the message and used it to give Cassie a false sense of security before it could corner her in the elevator. During the chase scene, we notice that Gregory gives us many directions like "Go left" or "Turn right," even telling us if the mimic's "It's right behind you" during the entire chase scene. However, how would Gregory know that Mimic's right behind us and where to go if he was "never at the pizza plex?" Even if a particular "friend" told him, Vanessa and Freddy only explored the underground pizza plex in SB, and Mimic was buried more profound than that. I don't believe even Vanessa or Freddy could have access to that part of the pizza plex, so that doesn't make sense. Including Gregory had a difficult time trying to contact Cassie, saying that he was "trying to contact you all night," and the place is underground, so I don't think there are any cameras there for Gregory to use to guide us. So how could he tell us where to go if he couldn't see us, and how could he tell that Mimic was right behind us? Yes, Gregory could've heard that Mimic's behind us by his stomping footsteps, but how could he know where to go? A walkie-talkie can't give somebody information about that. Another thing that bothered me was that Gregory seemed to know precisely where Cassie needed to go to escape. Still, nobody's been down there for years except for Cassie's recent visit, and Gregory seemed knowledgeable about the underground maze. That's Mimic since it's been there a long time, so it could easily remember the layout of the elevator, so it could Mimic Gregory's voice and lead Cassie to the elevator. I believe that Gregory was talking to us during his short few sentences with Cassie. However, you should note that during the middle of his message, the walkie-talkie started stating before continuing to talk to Cassie. Finally, we hear Gregory again during the elevator drop, but he leaves a cryptic message before dropping the player to our supposed deaths. However, I don’t think that’s the case. In the beginning, Gregory sounded sorry for Cassie and guilty that she was going through all that to save her, but the rest of his message didn’t connect with what he said before and didn’t sound like Gregory. My theory was that Mimic was also able to hack into the elevator transmission and was responsible for the crashing of the elevator. Another thing that sat well with Gregory’s message was the “I really don’t know what it is, but it’s been down here for a long time.” The reason for it was the “HERE” part of his sentence; when people talk about something that’s somewhere else, they usually use the word “THERE” instead of “HERE,” like “The clock is over there” or “That playground’s been there for a long time.” So, why would Gregory use “HERE” instead of “THERE?” It could only be the Mimic because it implies that the Mimic was “HERE for a long time,” Gregory would’ve said “there,” not “here,” so it must be the Mimic. Another part was that Gregory knew the “M.X.E.S. security program” and its purpose. However, how would Gregory know about this program in the first place? We never saw any clues during Gregory’s time in SB, and Gregory was “never in the pizza plex in the first place,” so how could he have known about this program? Including the fact that Gregory never wore the Vanny mask. Again, it must be Mimic because it knew that the only way to escape was for Cassie to disable all security nodes, so it must have all the knowledge of the security program; I believe that maybe the Mimic mentioned this to Cassie to sell the idea that it’s Gregory talking. Another part that bugged me is the “we can’t risk being followed,” why would Gregory spend all his time trying to get to Cassie and help her escape the underground maze just to kill her like that? If Gregory didn’t want Cassie to leave, he would’ve said, “You’re on her own,” and left her to die instead of leading her to the elevator. My theory was that Mimic cut off Gregory and that it was Mimic talking. • My reasons are 1. Gregory already had a hard time getting a transmission to Cassie’s walkie-talkie, so it must’ve been challenging to get through the transmission on the Elevator. • Another reason is 2. How could Gregory cut off the elevator if Gregory wasn’t there in the first place? It must be the Mimic cutting off Cassie escaping, including that Gregory could barely get through to Cassie, so how could he access the elevator? • My reason 3. is The Mimic couldn’t leave any survivors alive since Cassie was its escape form, and if she told the authorities or someone, that would be Mimic's end. So desperately it used its hacking power to cause the elevator to crash. The “we can’t risk being followed” is implied to the Mimic, saying it can’t be risked being followed, so it kills Cassie so she can’t escape and risk getting Mimic caught. • My reason 4. Is the fact that Gregory said, “We can’t risk being followed,” but never said that “We can’t risk YOU being followed,” which would’ve made more sense because the Mimic was following Cassie, but he didn’t. The “We” must be Mimic can’t be risked being followed, so the Mimic made Cassie clear its path to escape, but couldn’t, so it drops the elevator to stop Gregory and Cassie from trying to stop Mimic from escaping. Finally, most of the message sounded chopped and static the whole time. Though some may say that the elevator transmission is old or it’s Gregory trying his best to communicate with Cassie, I believe that it was Mimic piecing together Gregory’s voice line to create a recording of Gregory betraying Cassie. This would make sense during the game; Gregory’s voice lines from SB were used to communicate with Cassie. For example, “There’s no time!” when Freddy insists that Gregory “feels that you are broken” then takes him to the First-Aid station and “How’s that supposed to help?” when Freddy tells him to do the pizza simulator to escape from Chica. So, the Mimic could’ve easily used these chop recordings to create this message to Cassie, including that Helpi could splice together an audio lure of Cassie’s voice during the intercom cameras. Also, I believe that Mimic copied Gregory’s voice so that Cassie could lead Mimic to the elevator so it could escape AND kill Cassie at the same time. Think about this; the Mimic relied on Cassie to free them from its prison, and it used Gregory’s voice to lead her to run off all the security nodes and free it, so why can’t it do the same again? When Cassie was running from Mimic, when you reached the elevator, there was a conduit (I think that’s what it’s called) near the elevator that the player must charge before going in the elevator just when the Mimic tried to grab Cassie. It does look like the Mimic was following Cassie to attack her, but I think there’s more to it. Instead, I believe Mimic copied Gregory’s voice to lead Cassie towards the elevator to charge it up so the Mimic can escape. Since it led Cassie to help it to be free, it used Cassie again to escape its underground prison. It seemed too much of a coincidence that Cassie had the Faz-wrench to hack the security nodes and charge conduits throughout the game, and there seemingly was a conduit in the underground place where no one’s been down there for years, and a conduit appeared where Cassie needs to escape. The Mimic depended on Cassie to escape, so it used her to escape; it led her to the elevator to charge it up, and she was hoping to attack her before she used the elevator to escape. Well, this was long. Kudos to anyone who reads this. I hope you like my theory. Also, remember: It's JUST A GAME THEORY!! Please comment below on what you think! (Edit: I edited the whole thing to several paragraphs so people can read it and changed the ITS JUST A THEORY TO GAME THEORY. I also highlighted, bulleted, and italicized some things to make more sense. I hope this helps you!) 😁

The Mimic is an amazing villain and a terrific replacement for Afton. with AI coping everything from art to singer's voices it seems fitting to have an updated version of it that mimicked the mind of a psychopathic murderer.

If you take a closer look on Helpi's icon, @5:29 you may notice that there is like a mini purple electric detail near the one eye. During these icon state - helpi is not aware that he is being controlled, perhaps by the mimic(fake Gregory) . I notice those times where helpi(under the mimic's influence) encourages cassie to do improper actions such as breaching/turning off the security. On the other hand - the entity is actually stopping cassie to freeing the mimic

Regarding the theory that the Mimic cuts the real Gregory off: Another thing that could hint towards that is the fact that in that very moment 2 subtitles are on screen. So it could indicate that one voice, the one about how Cassie is not to blame, is the real Gregory who is getting cut off, and the other voice, saying that Cassie can not be allowed to escape, is the Mimic

I would be much happier with the idea of the mimic dropping the elivator over Gregory, if only because it makes way more sense than Gregory getting Cassie almost to freedom then dropping her. Also Roxanne protecting Cassie? Yes, all the yes now.

If the Chica's minigame is completed correctly, you can obtain a voice box to repair Chica. It doesn't seem to unlock any other alternative ending or at least influence them. An ending may have been planned to repair all the animatronics but was scrapped. Steel Wool may use this for any upcoming DLC.

10:04 it's obvious that its not Gregory after he said "stupid door won't open" he said this in the same tone and voice in main game of security breach when I was trapped behind security doors 22:20 after Gregory said "you shut down the security now its free" we could hear the change of voice of the mimic cause the sentence sounded like a beginning of one, from top to down tone

5:29 ok hear me out, but that actually foreshadows that Gregory was a fake from that, because when he says "yeah with my help" he's implying that he also saw the helpi message, and from what we know he never knew about the VANNI networks.

The Mimic could have used Vanny to steal Gregory's backpack pre-SB, which is why Gregory didn't trust her to begin with. Also, it's interesting that Roxanne taunts Gregory with "I bet you don't even have friends" knowing what she knows about Cassy's birthday.

So, there's a strange detail in the standard ending. In the subtitles, you get TWO Gregory boxes. Two talk boxes tend to symbolize different characters. So maybe the Mimic is trying to make Cassie feel alone, and get itself a get out of jail free card?

The Freddie walkie talkie was in Gregory’s backpack. That’s how the mimic contacted Cassie. Gregory has been “trying to reach her all night” using a different walkie talkie and searching for the correct channel. This implies Gregory has been to the pizzaplex recently. The backpack is pristine. And the Mimic likely didn’t have the walkie talkie for long, otherwise this would have happened much sooner. My guess is that Gregory accompanied Vanessa to the pizzaplex while installing the M. X. E. S. How the walkie got behind the concrete door, however, I’m not sure. It’s my one plot hole.

10:50 Im Gregory The subtitles:Im *Fredrick*

I like how Cassie gets her own Freddie. The moment I heard her say “I’m sorry. I- error.” I knew she was going to come back. I think it works too bc Cassie had a Roxy walkie, and “Gregory” (the memic) had a Freddie one.

Ok, to clarify some things, 1. The vanny costume was left behind, but the vanny mask we see in ruin is made out of metal and wires while the vanny costume is made of cloth (i think) also the vanny mask from ruin looks like it's in a good condition. (somehow...) 2. The good vanny ending doesn't explain how the pizzaplex got collapsed/burnt/ruined. 3. The headless freddy in the fazer blast area in ruin is only the prototype of freddy, it's on the left foot where it's says "prototype" on it.

It's a minor detail (it can be even a simple bug), but it's worth noting that during the elevator ride subtiles are split into parts, as it was spoken by two different persons.

Man I've never played FNAF nor have I really had much interest in the series, but part of me really wants the last entry in this current series to end with all of the animatronics being fixed up and restored and given proper good endings. Yeah, they're AI, but they're sentient enough to deserve some pity.

I love how "Gregory" uses old lines from SB like "I-I'm Gregory" "The stupid door won't open!" and "You saved me!" Nice touch. There are a few more but I can't remember what ones. (i'm pretty sure they're from SB.) Also, Mike says that the Blob was destroyed with Burntrap. Remember "If we don't see the body/death, it didn't happen"

It was definitely Mimic who made the elevator fall, 14:30 below right there is a generator that supplies electricity to the elevator, maybe Mimic damaged the generator or unplugged the connecting cable which caused the elevator to fall after Mimic replaced Cassie and Gregory's conversation.

I'm thankful for channels like yours cuz I used to chase the lore to the point of burnout and it's nice to just get a nice summary in the way you put these videos together.

That can also explain the male voice we could hear in the second trailer of Security Breach. That could probably be the Mimic, mimicking Afton's voice, manipulating Vanessa's mind.

While I think the Escape w/ Vanny ending is absolutely intended to be the one that Ruin follows, I can't shake the fact that the Freddy we find in ruin has "Prototype" written on it's foot, while /our/ Freddy doesn't.

Something interesting to note--the Scooper ending costume that the Mimic wears is that of a lion, with parts from the elephant suit on the right of the room and the penguin-like-bird-thing on the left. There's never a lion costume in the room...Right? Well, sort of; the lion costume never appears in game in its original state, but a model of it exists in the files. For whatever reason it just doesn't appear in the room with the other ancient mascot costumes, but an individual lion costume *does exist.* The implications of putting a lone endoskeleton into a room full of different costumes seems to be that the endoskeleton, whatever it might have been, was meant to be able to wear any one of those multiple suits--possibly meaning that this animatronic was meant to be able to *learn several different character routines at once,* and *swap between them on its own.* I think this implies fairly strongly that the Mimic actually was originally built as its own thing, and not a later AI entity. Whatever manner of corruption has seeped into the Pizzaplex has simply gotten its hands on the Mimic animatronic, and is utilizing the capabilities it was built with for its own purposes. Remember--even though the book continuity isn't 1:1 with the games--the Mimic was originally built as an endoskeleton, not just a bit of software.

If the normal ending is to be cannon and true, then it would set-up a future game with Cassie and Roxy teaming-up similar to Freddy and Gregory

A little note that is for me more satisfying that just having the Entity note controlling the animatronic perfectly, Helpi says that he lure them which can really just be what it does, pointing that there is a child during non autorised time/ last child encountered being Gregory, it might just reminds the animatronic of the child responsible for there downfall (seen with Roxy that ask for her eyes (assuming it is gregory) but as she heard a voice really not being Gregory one). It might not be control but just revenge from the animatronic guided by the Ai.

Another thing that can reinforce the idea that the mimic cut off gregory mid sentence and dropped the elevator in the bad ending is the fact that the moment when the mimic supposedly cut off gregory there is a whole new subtitle then the sentence continue as if nothing happened i always tought that was a bug from the game but now everything is clearer for me

Hey Mike, I notice that you’re putting a lot more emotion and enthusiasm in your Story Explained videos and I’m all for it!

Hey SHB, I really enjoy your content and it is so fun to watch. I especially love how you explain the games. I remember watching you when you were under a million subs, and I always used to watch your Little Nightmares theorys. And when you explored and discovered secrets. Keep up the good work man👍

For the part when Cassie first encountered Roxy, Roxy's line "Give me back my eyes." is a reference to how Gregory took her eyes for the upgrade for Freddy. It's also possible in the game to give Chicka her voicebox back, so what if you can do that for all the animatronics that Gregory took from?

This dlc somehow did the impossible and fixed whatever messed up lore implications there were in the base game, AND got my interest into the story back singlehandedly. Of course william didn't come back as glitchtrap, it was just code influenced by his actions and william is still in hell, and yes I watched the game theory video. This is definitely going into an ai apocalypse sci-fi story now- Of course I'll always love the older fnaf games over the newer ones, but I think that if they're going to include sci-fi stuff, then I'd go ALL in with it personally, and leave the horror as a secondary goal. Not to say that I don't like horror, just that I think we need to get away from the "Horror for kids" genre.

I disagree with the entity controlling the animatronics. We know that they are more aggressive than they should be, but we also know that they have a conscience. Roxy starts roaming around after hearing Gregory(the real Gregory trying to contact Cassie, as heard in an Easter with a Staff bot who doesn’t always say the same line). She doesn’t have eyes, so when she jumpscares us, she thinks she got Gregory. When Cassie screams, she realises her mistake. Roxy isn’t bad to everyone, she is friendly and let’s not forget that Cassie is everything that Roxy likes : a winner, she doesn’t give up, she likes makeover and Roxy is her favorite. While Gregory ran over her and took her eyes. Which is why she screams « Give me back my eyes! » She thinks she got Gregory, the one who took her eyes. Also, Helpi has two different sprites, depending on the sprite, the real Helpi is talking, but when he has orange eyes and purple « veins » , it is the Mimic talking and when Helpi is happy that we deactivated the final node, it is the Mimic. He realised that Roxy was our friend, so he made us believe that Roxy was the final node, but why and how would Gregory and Vanessa make Roxy a security node? Anyway, I really like your « ….. Explained » videos. So thank you!!!! It helps me a lot, but this time I disagree on some things and I just wanted to share my thoughts.

this was an excellent theory Mike! well done!!!

Did you ever realise, the Mimic is actually saying voices that are heard in the first game, for example, "The stupid door wont open" You can hear this when he is trying to release Freddy from his room, also, after that, the Mimic says "I-I'm Gregory" This happens at the very start of the first game, when Gregory exits Freddy for the first time. You can identify this by the way the Mimic says it.

I feel the fact that the mimic looses an arm in the elevator and you don't look away from the speakers during that last scene really helps with the theory that the mimic drops the elevator, since its arms in there and who knows what it could get away with

Just before the chase scene gregory says to follow (static ) instructions suggesting that real gregory would have instructed her to the scooper room but the mimic guided towards the default ending where it planned to make gregory look evil

Keep up the good work, i love your videos

The default ending was definitely not Gregory in the end, During the static change in the subtitles we can see two lines with two different Gregory’s as headers indicating there is a “new” Gregory speaking. And Gregory wouldn’t kill Cassie for no reason either, either way Mimic was going to escape wether he killed Cassie or not, and Vanessa would have been easily able to remove the Vanni chip from Cassie with her knowledge.

The cannon ending is actually the ending where Gregory save Vanessa, that is the original Freddy body, it doesn't have the head, because Gregory took it with him when he left with Vanessa. This is further confirmed because none of the stuff below Roxy's raceway is really destroyed, especially by the fire; just further decayed by time. Plus Freddy said the elevator couldn't handle more than one trip, and Cassie technically uses said one trip down that specific elevator.

Honestly, the most disturbing part of this game is the implication that Monty Golf is directly connected to the SEWERS

Thanks a lot, this was an amazing explanation video! 💯

It's not impossible to know for sure if it's Gregory or not, because you only need to look at the odd vocal inflections of the Mimic's version of Gregory from earlier instances. Mimic-Gregory has several instances where its voice uses the wrong inflection on words. I remember one specific instance towards the mid-to-late section of the game, before getting to the bottom floor, where the very last word Gregory says sounds artificial and fake because it doesn't match the tone of the rest of the sentence. I noted it very specifically and though I could already tell the twist from the moment I heard that "Gregory" was "trapped" at the beginning of the game (because why on Earth would he be there), it basically solidified my theory that something was pretending to be Gregory. For some reason I thought maybe it was the Blob trying to escape. Just made that connection because, honestly, it's already a horrifying amalgamation of animatronics and, probably, souls, so it wouldn't be totally unexpected if it tried to incorporate Gregory into its identity. Of course I still expected it was probably Afton, because he never really dies in this series. Everything's just a setback for the bastard. Oh and if it wasn't clear, I'm saying that it was almost certainly Gregory saying those last lines and leaving you for dead, because I sensed absolutely no vocal inflection anomalies. Gregory's just an ice-cold motherfucker.

People dont realize gregory never came to cassies party he was just the only friend that she had and thats the reason she went to save him.

It's not likely there's another ending unless they add one. People have datamined the DLC and found a code thing that shows the names of the endings, and reveals 3 proper names and a "None" tag at the end. I believe that this final tag is a way to end the code that contains the endings in a way that prevents the game from crashing if it tries to activate an ending that doesn't exist.

I always look forward to your videos when something game related is created ❤

Probably the most solid theory out there of all the ones I've seen. It makes sense that the Princess Quest ending is the canon one, and stands to reason Afton is still somewhere in the dormant Pizzaplex systems. But it falls short of tying into the Mimic's origins from the Tales from the Pizzaplex novel series. The one detail you did get right, however, is that the Mimic AI DID acquire control of the Pizzaplex's systems and its animatronics, which is covered in one of the novels.

I feel like Cassie's story isn't over yet,since we saw that wiring set up in the "Help Wanted 2" trailer that looks exactly what Cassie used in Ruin,someone has to come save her,I know Roxanne Wolf will keep her safe But I get a feeling that Help Wanted 2 may show us saving Cassie from Mimic by using Sister Location to help us get to Cassie And I do believe that Mimic dropped her in the elevator,just to trick Cassie again and pit her against Gregory

I find it funny how the mimic says to the speaker "To save me" when Gregory made himself clear she was never supposed to be at the Pizzaplex and therefore didn't need to be saved in the first place. The mimic messing with the speaker is a giveaway.

after seeing how the dlc ended it felt like a crappy quick dlc but your video of the story and theories just made it an essential part of the fnaf story! i loved this and cant wait for another game/dlc that will come, and as hear in the deafult end how roxy said "Cassie?" in the end sounds like cassie survived and the story of her will keep on going. now Roxy is definetly my favourite animatronic like she already was in the normal game.

I really don't think Cyber-Bonnie was "controlling" the animatronics. The security bots in the first game would also summon one of the glamrocks - it could be a security feature that was always in place before anyone was infected by the virus. Sun and Moon's dialogue sounded like Moon took over when the building lost power years ago, and they've been fighting for control and wearing each other down ever since. Roxy was responding to hearing Gregory's voice - she yells "give me back my eyes" before realizing she grabbed a kid she has no beef with.

I believe that Gregory is to Freddy as Cassie is to Roxy. I believe each pair share some kind of strong bond, familiarity or even a kindred spirit. This is why Roxy experiences an error when she comes in contact with Cassie. Up until that point Roxy believes that she’s chasing Gregory, because she can’t see Cassie. It’s not until she touches and hears Cassie that she apologizes and says “I error.”

I have to disagree with the Mimic = Glitchtrap part, Tales of the Pizzaplex actually imply the mimic program was intentionally added to both Help Wanted and the Pizzaplex meanwhile the Glitchtrap virus was seen as an anomaly that had an unknown source. They also effect the animatronics differently, with the mimic programing amplifying the worst parts of their personality while the Glitchtrap virus causing them to be hostile , eerie, and the rapid decay of the costumes. I would argue that Glitchtrap and the Mimic are working together rather than being one and the same.

This is honestly a great video and it all makes sense to me now

I wonder if Gregory might realize that the Mimic possibly dropped Cassie in the elevator and go search for her with Vanessa. I also wonder if Roxanne will help her should anyone look for Cassie by taking her to the search teams.