Summary
Five Nights at Freddy’s(FNAF) is known for it’s hidden lore and abundance of Easter eggs. The series' convoluted story is often pieced together through subtle background details, secret mini-games, and even hidden messages in the games' source code. Gamers and theorists have long enjoyed unraveling the mysteries embedded within each installment.
As a celebration of the franchise’s legacy, Into The Pit doesn’t disappoint. This anniversary game is packed to the brim with Easter eggs, paying homage to the rich history of FNAF, rewarding those who are keen to explore every nook and cranny.
9Various Achievements
Achievements are one of the easiest ways video games slip in a few Easter eggs. Here are a few of the most notable achievements:
It’s Me
Hide in the Golden Freddy Suit.
In the first FNAF game, Golden Freddy will randomly materialize as “It’s Me” flashes on your screen.
Chica’s Party
Trigger Chica’s alarm state.
Sister Location’s source code references another franchise called Chica’s Party World.
Hello? Hello? Hello?
Answer the phone.
The first FNAF game introduced the Phone Guy, a character who leaves phone recordings to help you through your new job as a security guard. The Phone Guy began his recordings with “Hello? Hello? Hello?”
Who are they?
Collect the Strange Photo.
This photo is a picture of Freddy Fazbear’s founders, William Afton and Henry Emily, based on the Silver Eyes graphic novel.
The Light of ‘87
Flick the light switch x87.
FNAF lore references an incident in 1987 where someone’s frontal lobe was bitten by an animatronic.
8GGY Has The Top Scores In The Arcade
Five Nights At Freddy’s: Security Breach, Tales From The Pizzaplex: GGY
The Pizzaplex in Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach is home to an expansive arcade, filled with various games that are dominated by one name: GGY. This mysterious arcade champion is widely believed to be Gregory, the protagonist of Security Breach.
If you take a closer look at the arcade machines at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza, you’ll notice that GGY has topped the leaderboards here as well. This detail is either a fun Easter egg or it suggests something more mysterious - perhaps Gregory has stumbled upon yet another time-traveling ball pit.
7Graffiti
In Into The Pit’s prologue, you walk past a building splattered with graffiti near the dead opossum. This seemingly mundane scene is brimming with hidden Easter eggs amid the colorful paint.
6Bonnie’s Electrifying Strings
Five Nights At Freddy’s Movie
The Five Nights at Freddy’s movie tells a new story within the FNAF universe, focusing on Mike and his sister Abby as they investigate the unexpected connection between Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza and the abduction of their brother. As the film progresses, Abby forms an unexpected bond with the haunted animatronics.
One pivotal moment in the film occurs when Abby, in the middle of playing with her animatronic “friends,” decides to strum Bonnie’s guitar strings. This innocent act leads to a shocking outcome - Abby is electrocuted by the guitar.
In Into The Pit, you are given a sketchbook belonging to a Freddy Fazbear technician from 1985. The sketchbook is filled with notes and schematics of the animatronics and their props. Among these pages are detailed drawings of Bonnie’s guitar, accompanied by notes about an incident where a child was electrocuted by the guitar.
5[CAM_1280]
Fazbear Frights: The Man In Room 1280
When you reach the security office in Into The Pit, one of the first things that catches your eye is a camera screen labeled [CAM_1280], referencing the Fazbear Frights story, “The Man in Room 1280.”
In the story, a patient with horrifying injuries from a massive fire is in a near lifeless state. Despite his condition, the patient remains conscious, his brain showing two distinct electromagnetic signals - believed to be two battling souls trapped within his mind.
The patient is revealed to be none other than William Afton in the sixth Stitchwraith epilogue.
Throughout the story, the patient, using the limited movement in his fingers and the beeping of his monitors, manages to communicate a final request: to be taken to the Fazbear Entertainment Distribution Center. Once there, he begins to convulse violently before exploding, spewing black blood and a tar-like substance over everything nearby.
4Kids At Play
Fazbear Frights: Kids At Play
The yellow Kids at Play sign outside of Oswald’s school is a subtle yet chilling Easter egg from “Fazbear Frights: Kids at Play.”
In the story, a reckless driver named Joel learns a horrific lesson when his careless speeding results in a tragic accident. Joel, who is notorious for ignoring road signs and speeding through residential areas, is eventually punished by supernatural forces.
His punishment is as grotesque as it is fitting: Joel is transformed into a Kids at Play sign, a cruel twist that forces him to eternally warn others of the dangers he once ignored. As Joel’s body grotesquely morphs into the sign, the gooey remnants of his flesh and blood form a puddle beneath it.
3Toreador March In Jeff’s Pizza
Freddy’s Theme Song
Five Nights at Freddy’s is known for their use of music box jingles, often drawing from well-known public domain music from the 19th century, such as Pop Goes the Weasel and The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy. However, the melody most closely tied to the series is the Toreador March, composed by Georges Bizet.
The specific rendition of Toreador March used in Five Nights at Freddy’s is a 1905 Regina Music Box: Classical Overture sample from the Music Box Collection album by Hot Ideas Inc.
Within the FNAF universe, Toreador March serves as Freddy’s eerie theme music. In the first game, Freddy plays this haunting melody when he is in the kitchen or when the power runs out, signaling an impending jump scare. The song’s ominous presence and association with Freddy have made it an iconic part of the FNAF experience.
As the series progressed, the “Toreador March” continued to make appearances in various forms. In Five Nights at Freddy’s: Into The Pit, the melody has been re-mixed to serve as the background music in Jeff’s Pizza, blending nostalgia with a new, unsettling atmosphere.
2The Purple Guy
Five Nights At Freddy’s 2, 3, and 4
In the early days of FNAF, the infamous serial killer responsible for the missing children incident was represented by a purple sprite, called simply the Purple Guy.
In Into The Pit, the Purple Guy reappears in the arcade mini-game Collect The Hats. The premise of the game is simple: gather five party hats scattered across a simple platforming level. But true to form, there’s more to this game than meets the eye.
The Purple Guy literally re-enacts the name of the game, forcing you to dive Into The Pit.
After collecting all five hats, you can end the game or, by glitching through the screen in the center of the right-hand wall, you can access a hidden area. The music shifts as you navigate through two party-filled screens until you come face-to-face with the Purple Guy, who ominously dangles a sixth party hat over a pit. If you wait for three seconds, he drops the hat, and you can dive into the pit to collect it, marking a total of six hats.
1William After Is Springtrapped
Five Nights At Freddy’s 3
At the start of Into The Pit, you acquire Dad’s cell phone to call Mom. Throughout the game, you can dial different numbers to listen in on various conversations, many of which reference iconic moments from the FNAF series, such as exotic butters. However, the most intriguing interaction occurs when you dial 777-4648, which spells out SPRINGT.
The audio overlays perfectly over William Afton’s 8-bit mini-game death.
The phone recording begins with an ominous, sinister laugh that quickly escalates into pain-filled screams and the horrifying sound of loud snaps. What you’re hearing is an audio recording of William Afton’s gruesome death as he is killed by his springlock suit, transforming him into the monstrous Springtrap.
