FNAF Fort Scene (Five Nights at Freddy's Movie)
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About
The Fort Scene is a scene from the 2023 Five Nights at Freddy's movie where the animatronics help the protagonists, Mike, Abby and Vanessa, build a fort in Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. The scene became the subject of mixed reactions online following the film's release in October 2023, with some liking it and some finding it cheesy or uncharacteristic of the animatronics. In November, an overhead shot of the animatronics laying on the ground with the protagonists from the end of the scene became the subject of redraws online.
Origin
On October 27th, 2023, the Five Nights at Freddy's movie released. During the film's third night, the protagonist Mike, a night security guard at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, is forced to bring his younger sister Abby to his shift after her babysitter Max, who was hired by Mike's aunt Jane, is slaughtered by the animatronics after breaking into the pizzeria the prior night in an attempt to get Mike fired from his job to award Jane custody of Abby. That night, Abby befriends the animatronics and they all build a fort together (shown below). At the end of the scene, all the characters are seen lying on the floor together form an overhead perspective.
Spread
Bootleg recordings of the scene were leaked online shortly prior to the film's release and were uploaded numerous times following its release, inspiring mixed reactions on sites like TikTok. On October 28th, TikToker[1] @treys_clipz posted a video reacting to the clip and defending it, reminding viewers that the animatronics used to be kids before they were killed and are acting like kids, garnering over 200,000 views in two weeks (shown below, left). On the same day, TikToker[2] @miochiiiiii posted a meme suggesting the scene was cringe, garnering over 15,000 views in the same span of time (shown below, right).
On October 28th and 31st, Redditors u/AkiPink and u/Knight_Light87 posted threads to /r/fivenightsatfreddys[3][4] defending the scene from haters, garnering over 1,100 upvotes and 2,500 upvotes respectively in a week.
@treys_clipz "Together We are Fnaf" pillow fort is real 💀 #fnaf #fivenightsatfreddy #fnafmovie #fypage #xybca ♬ har har har – Th<33
@miochiiiiii I felr my whole body convolse #fyp #drawing #artstyle #silly #arttok #relatable #fnaf #fanafmovie #fivenightsatfreddy ♬ original sound – jacobrogotzke
The overhead scene became the subject of redraws in November. On November 3rd, X[5] user @aresonist99 posted a redraw imagining the animatronics as their child selves that gained over 29,000 likes in a week (shown below, left). On November 8th, Deviant Art[6] user LollipopNSGT posted a redraw that gained over 430 favorites and 7,000 views in two days (shown below, right).
On November 9th, X[7] user @TonyCrynight posted a redraw of the frame that gained over 34,000 likes in a day (shown below).
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] TikTok – treys_clipz
[2] TikTok – miochiiiiii
[3] Reddit – fivenightsatfreddys
[4] Reddit – fivenightsatfreddys
[5] X – aresonist99
[6] Deviant Art – lollipopnsgt
[7] X – TonyCrynight
