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Hello to all of you reading this. Today, I will demonstrate to you what a springlock suit is and how it works. Hopefully I can reveal to you what suits in-game are likely Springlock Suits based on how we know Springsuits operate and I'll hopefully also shed some light on Springlock Failures and how they work. This thread was originally started by PBE gaming on November 14th, 2015 and I'll now carry that torch into the modern era of FNAF, with new revelations from future games, images, and other media that PBE had no access to. Without further ado, let's dive right in.

WHAT ARE SPRINGLOCKS?

So to begin this analysis, we should ask the question, what even is a Springlock in the first place? Well a Springlock is, put simply, a device that can lock in place using a special spring and lock mechanism. These devices actually exist in real life. Springlocks can be used to firmly hold various things back in a certain position. This is the use that is relevant to FNAF.

In FNAF, Springlocks are used in the uncreatively named Springlock Suits. In the suits, there are Springlock Mechanisms that are wound up using a hand crank to hold animatronic parts back to allow room for a person to climb inside and wear the suit. We know this from Phone Guy's pre-recorded messages in FNAF 3.

"To change the animatronics to suit mode, insert and turn firmly the hand crank provided by the manufacturer. Turning the crank will recoil and compress the animatronic parts around the sides of the suit, providing room to climb inside. Please make sure the spring locks are fastened tight to ensure the animatronic devices remain fixed."

• Phone Guy (FNAF 3, Night 2)

"When using an animatronic as a suit, please ensure that the animatronic parts are tightly compressed and fastened by the spring locks located around the inside of the suit."

• Phone Guy (FNAF 3, Night 3)

So we can gather from these calls that the main function of the Springlocks in the suits is to switch the animatronic between 2 forms, the DECOMPRESSED animatronic mode, where the endoskeleton is in a normal position and the Springlocks are loose, and the COMPRESSED wearable suit mode, where the endoskeleton parts are held up against the sides of the suit and the Springlocks are now tightened.

We also learn another crucial detail in the FNAF 3, Night 3 phone call:

"When using an animatronic as a suit, please ensure that the animatronic parts are tightly compressed and fastened by the spring locks located around the inside of the suit."

• Phone Guy (FNAF 3, Night 3)

We know that in a springlock suits, the Springlocks are built into the sides of the actual costume. Modelling this out, based on the information from the phone calls, a close up of one of these Springlock Suits should look like this when in animatronic mode:

And it should look like this in suit mode:

When the spring in the Springlock is compressed, it moves a rod until locking into place, and it takes the animatronic parts attached to it with it, eventually securing them against the sides of the suit. When the spring in the Springlock is decompressed, the rod is fully extended back to its "rest position" and the animatronic parts line up to form the endoskeleton of the animatronic.

Once the Springlocks are compressed and the animatronic parts are "safely" compressed along the side of the suit, there is enough room for a person to climb inside, such as William Afton, Michael Afton, or the guys in the Fredbear and Spring Bonnie suits in FNAF 4.

If we were to look inside, let's say, the Fredbear suit while it was being worn, this is a good approximation of what we'd see (Taken from PBE's original post):

As we see in PBE's original diagram, the animatronic parts have are being held up against the sides of the suit by the Springlocks. This allows room for a human to climb inside and wear the Springlock Suit as a costume of that character.

WHAT IS A SPRINGLOCK FAILURE?

Now that we know what Springlocks are, what they do, and how they work in these costumes, let's now explain what happens in a Springlock Failure. Phone Guy explains in Night 3 how, um, "temperamental" the Springlocks are.

"Try not to nudge or press against any of the spring locks inside the suit. Do not touch the spring locks at any time. Do not breathe on the spring locks, as moisture may loosen them, and cause them to break loose. In the case of the spring-locks come loose while you are wearing the suit, please try to maneuver away from populated areas before bleeding out, as to not ruin the customers' experience."

• Phone Guy (FNAF 3, Night 3)

We also get a good description of a Springlock Failure in the novel, The Silver Eyes, by our pal William Afton.

"And if you trigger those spring locks, two things will happen: first the locks themselves will snap right into you, making deep cuts all over your body, and a split second later, all the animatronic parts, all that sharp steel and hard plastic will instantly be driven into your body. You will die, but it will be slow. You'll feel your organs punctured, the suit will grow wet with your blood, and you will know you're dying for long, long minutes. You'll try to scream, but you will be unable to: your vocal cords will be severed, and your lungs will fill with your own blood until you drown in it."

• William Afton (The Silver Eyes, pg. 229)

These quotes paint a pretty clear picture of what a Springlock Failure is. A Springlock Failure would be when, instead of being safely unwound to an uncompressed state using the hand crank, the Springlocks either rapidly uncompress in an uncontrolled fashion or the Springlocks actually end up breaking. Either way, this sudden change of state in the Springlocks sends the animatronic parts racing back into position with enough force to puncture skin, organs, and even bone. Such an event is almost definitely fatal (Granted in The Silver Eyes there is some implication William has survived a previous Springlock Failure).

We know from Phone Guy that these failures can be triggered by moisture and contact, and we learn from Baby in Sister Location that motion and even basic bodily functions like your heartbeat or breathing can trigger a failure.

"Try not to nudge or press against any of the spring locks inside the suit. Do not touch the spring locks at any time. Do not breathe on the spring locks, as moisture may loosen them, and cause them to break loose."

• Phone Guy (FNAF 3, Night 3)

"I'd recommend that you keep the springlocks wound up. Your breathing and your heartbeat are causing them to come loose."

• Baby (FNAF:SL, Night 4)

And we know from inference in the games and from The Silver Eyes that if one lock fails, the force of its failure can trigger all of the other locks around it, leading to every lock in the suit failing at around the same time. We see this in FNAF 3 when William Afton gets sprung when he is in the Spring Bonnie suit and the parallel event to this is described to us in the novels.

"Charlie plunged her hands into the gap beneath the costume's head. Dave drew back, but she held on. "If you want to be one of them then be one of them!" She shouted, and she tripped the spring locks. Dave's eyes widened, and then he began to scream. Charlie jerked her hands free, barely evading the locks as they snapped open and plunged into his neck. She took a step back, watching as Dave crumpled to the ground, still screaming as the costume released. Part by part, the animatronic insides pierced his flesh, ripping up his organs, tearing through his body as if it were not even there. At some point he stopped screaming, but he still writhed on the floor for what felt like long minutes, before he was still."

• The Silver Eyes (pg. 322)

Now that it has been established how Springlocks and the Springlock Suits work and what exactly a Springlock Failure is and what triggers it, we can apply this knowledge to FNAF. In particular, 2 crucial questions come to mind…

1. Which suits in FNAF are Springlock Suits

2. What was Phone Guy referring to on Night 4

With everything that has been uncovered in this thread and in other pieces of FNAF media, I believe I can answer both questions.

WHICH SUITS IN-GAME ARE SPRINGLOCK SUITS?

First, which suits in-game are Springlock Suits? At first this seems like it should be a straightforward answer, but the issue is much more complex. In FNAF 3, we are clearly told in the Night 2 phone call that there are 2 Springlock Suits.

"Right now, we have two specially designed suits that double as both animatronics and suits."

• Phone Guy (FNAF 3, Night 2)

Furthermore, we see the 2 suits being referred to onstage as a Golden Bonnie suit and a Golden Freddy suit (Spring Bonnie and likely Fredbear).

FNAF 4 then complicates things a little with its location that seemingly has exclusively Springlock Suits of the characters Spring Bonnie and Fredbear. Still, this can mesh with the phone call in FNAF 3. Phone Guy is seemingly speaking in a Freddy Fazbear's Pizza location where it would appear that they have just received 2 Springlock Suits, one of each character. However the FNAF 4 location is likely NOT a Freddy Fazbear's Pizza location, considering there is no sign of Freddy Fazbear in the restaurant. This is clearly a Fredbear location, most likely Fredbear's Family Dinner as hinted at in the FNAF 4 teaser with Fredbear's Hat (The teaser has the text Property of FR-ER in the corner) but the possibility of the restaurant being named Fredbear and Friends is also likely as seen on the infamous 1983 TV. This restaurant is also likely the sister location referred to in Phone Guy's Night 4 phone call, considering it is the only other location we know of where the Springlock Suits were in use.

Speaking of Sister Location, there is also another Springlock Suit hidden away in Circus Baby's Entertainment and Rental. This is the suit that we (as Michael Afton) get trapped inside in Night 4 of Sister Location. Baby also says that this suit came from her old restaurant, which we know from the "Closed for Leaks" teaser is Circus Baby's Pizza World.

"You're inside something that came from my old pizzeria. I don't think it was ever used, at least not the way it was meant to be used. Too dangerous. It's just big enough for one person to fit inside, but just barely."

• Baby (FNAF:SL, Night 4)

So now breaking this down, we have for sure 3 characters who are associated with Springlock Suits, Fredbear, Spring Bonnie, and Smiley (the name that I'm giving the Sister Location Springlock Suit for simplicity). We can also see that there are likely around 7 of these Springlock Suits in total. There are 2 in the FFP, as mentioned by Phone Guy, likely a Spring Bonnie and a Fredbear. There are another 4 active suits in the FNAF 4 location as we can tell from the Night 3 minigame. There is a Spring Bonnie and Fredbear performing on stage, as indicated by their shadows, and there is another Spring Bonnie and another Fredbear being worn by other people, making 4 suits in total. Add the one Smiley suit from Sister Location to that and you end up with 7 confirmed Springlock Suits.

Now, let's address something quickly, which suits aren't Springlock Suits? In particular, are the core 4 animatronics (Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy) Springlock Suits, or are the Sister Location animatronics Springlock suits? I mean, the Sister Location animatronics have 5 fingers, just like Springtrap, and The Silver Eyes seemingly hints that the original crew are all Springlock Suits. So are all of these other animatronics Springlock Suits just like Fredbear, Spring Bonnie, and Smiley? To answer this, we need to deeply analyse both these characters who are alleged to be Springlock Suits, and the confirmed Springlock Suits, and draw comparisons, if we can.

First, let's take a look at the Springlock Suits themselves. First, if you want to count this, all of the confirmed Springlock Suits are golden in colour, even Smiley. This is admittedly weak evidence, but it is an odd pattern for sure that the only animatronics we know to be Springlock Suits are all golden in colour, and the only golden animatronics in the series are Springlock Suits. However, we can do better than this. For example, let's start off with the claim that all Springlock Suits have 5 fingers. I mean this seemingly would make sense. A human hand has 5 fingers (minus people afflicted with certain birth defects or those who've lost digits to injury) so it would make sense for a costume designed to be worn by a person part-time should also have 5 fingers.

However, this reasoning is flawed. Sure, Springtrap, and by extension that particular Spring Bonnie suit has 5 fingers, but 5 fingers doesn't guarantee you are a Springlock Suit. 2 such examples that prove this are the characters of Lefty and Bidybab. Both of these characters are definitely canon (as opposed to the many characters in the Catalog for FFPS who have 6 fingers) and both have 5 fingers. Bidybab is obviously too small to be a functional Springlock Suit. Knowing that Baby is 7.2 feet (219.456 cm) from her blueprints, we can get the approximate size of a Bidybab, which turns out to be between 2 (conservative estimate) and 2 and a half (generous estimate) feet tall. This makes Bidybab shorter than the average 2 year old, so clearly, despite having 5 fingers, it wasn't meant to be worn by people and can't be a Springlock Suit.

Lefty also clearly isn't a Springlock Suit, despite having 5 fingers. We know from the Insanity Ending of FFPS that it was built by Henry to capture the Puppet and we get to see its blueprints. You'd think if it was a Springlock Suit it would have mentioned it in those blueprints, but it didn't. In addition to these observations, another one catches my mind. In the FNAF 4, Night 4 minigame, we get to see the Parts/Service room where there are many spare parts for the Springlock Suits at this location. In that room we see a golden hand with 4 fingers, which instantly dispels the claim that all Springlock Suits have 4 fingers.

This definitely opens up the possibility the other Sister Location animatronics aren't Springlock Suits, but what about the core 4? Couldn't they still be Springlock Suits? Well let's first analyse what makes people think that Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy are Springlock Suits. The first thing would be that The Silver Eyes seemingly hints at it, however I have been unable to actually find any quotes within that book that directly hint at this as a possibility and this seems to be much more of a rumor than an actual fact. For the rest of this section, I'll be turning to Blackfoot Ferret's videos How FNAF Springsuits REALLY Work (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkuZ6vKOlYM) as well as occasional excerpts from both SOUL EATING IN FNAF! (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86D3qtUlvoI) and THE SUMMER PARADOX! (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHaJUF6hwC0). This is because Ferret is really the biggest proponent of this idea that the core 4 are Springlock Suits and has provided most of the evidence in favour of this idea.

Anyway, second is Ferret's famous "Conga Line of Death" image where we see he has lined up the Endo 02, Foxy, and Springtrap and claims that since they share a similar pose that means they must be based on the same endoskeleton, and by extension are all Springlock Suits. This reasoning is incredibly flawed. Relying solely on a pose to prove a relationship between 2 or more entities is a little flimsy. For example, Golden Freddy, Shadow Freddy, Baby, Scrap Baby, Scraptrap, and Lefty all slump over in a very similar pose at one time or another. Does this imply a special connection between them? No. This is a mere coincidence or Scott just reusing poses that work, like a certain standing or slumped over pose. Besides, examining the poses, they really aren't all that similar, or at least one isn't. While I will admit that Springtrap and the Endo 02 have a very similar pose (although as I demonstrated that doesn't really mean anything), Foxy has a very different pose from the other 2. His head is tilted down and to the side, as opposed to being held straight up and his one arm is bent in the complete opposite direction.

Next, one of Ferret's biggest arguments in favour of the core 4 being springsuits is something I would like to call "The Stuffing Problem". The Stuffing Problem essentially goes like this:

"For the killer to stuff the bodies into the animatronic suits would require inhuman levels of strength that would pulverize the body of the child before the stuffing was completed and the act of stuffing would take too much time. Therefore, the murderer killed the children in Springlock Suits which will crush the children neatly into the suits and in a short amount of time."

However this argument actually has a much simpler solution, the killer DIDN'T stuff the children. As we see in Foxy GO GO GO, the killer didn't stuff the children in suits, but rather just killed them outright, and likely hid the bodies somewhere else. We then see in Give Gifts, Give Life that the Puppet is shoving the bodies into the suits, and since the Puppet is a supernatural entity, it wouldn't necessarily be held to the same restrictions as a mere man. So The Stuffing Problem as an argument in favour of the core 4 being Springlock Suits is somewhat flawed considering there is a much simpler answer to this problem than assuming the core 4 are Springlock Suits.

Finally, the main reason why the golden suits are probably the only Springlock Suits is based on the expected and observed properties of the Springlock Endoskeleton and the described properties of the Springlock Suits. First, if you were to imagine what an endoskeleton designed for a Springlock Suit would look like, what would you come up with. Well first, it would likely have to be lightweight. The Springlocks in the suit may be strong, but it will make the suit much more effective and put less strain on it to have a lighter endoskeleton. Next, I'd say that the endoskeleton itself should be very leanly built and minimalistic. This would be to increase the amount of room available for a person. There would be no need for a big, complicated design as that would result in less space for a person to fit in. A Springlock Suit endoskeleton would likely only be the bare essentials for what an endoskeleton needs to function. Finally, the endoskeleton would also have to be somewhat flexible and even segmented in some locations. This would allow the endoskeleton to be more easily compressed against the sides of the suit, which is the very thing that needs to happen to allow someone to climb inside. Fortunately, because of Scott's release of anniversary images for FNAF, we can actually test out my predictions with Springtrap.

Through these images, we can see that my predictions are vindicated. The endoskeleton of Springtrap looks to be very thin and lightweight. Even the legs are built more like a cage, with thin metal frames making up most of its structure. We see that the endoskeleton is also very minimalistic, being reduced to skeletally thin limbs and a highly reduced torso. Finally, we see that the suit appears to be segmented off with these darker sections. This is particularly apparent in the torso and arms. Such a design would allow for the endoskeleton to separate and fold to the sides of the suit very easily.

Now if we take a look at the Endo 02 and the Sister Location endoskeletons, we'll see automatically that they are the exact opposite of what you'd want in a Springlock Suit endoskeleton.

These designs for endoskeletons would be horrible for a Springlock Suit. First, they aren't at all lightweight. The Endo 02 is made from many very thick, sturdy looking pieces of metal, and the Sister Location animatronics are just big tangles of metallic cables. Second, they aren't at all minimalistic or lean. The Endo 02 is, once again, very thick. It is made of lots of large, thick sections of metal. On top of that, it is a very complex an extravagant endoskeleton, compared to Springtrap's endoskeleton, or even the Endo 01 from FNAF 1. And I think it's needless to say how overcomplicated the Sister Location endoskeletons are. Finally, neither has the same degree of segmentation and flexibility as the Springlock Endo. The Endo 02 appears very rigid and is made of many thick, immovable pieces of metal, in particular in the limbs and torso. The cables in the Sister Location endoskeletons are obviously very stiff and immovable, based on how they support the body weight of Ennard and keep their shape no matter what Ennard does.

In addition to the endoskeleton, let's go back to how Phone Guy describes the Springlocks in relation to the suit.

"When using an animatronic as a suit, please ensure that the animatronic parts are tightly compressed and fastened by the spring locks located around the inside of the suit."

• Phone Guy (FNAF 3, Night 3)

Notice how he says inside the suit. This means that in a Springlock Suit, as I demonstrated in my diagram, the Springlocks must be attached to the inside of the suit and therefore link the endoskeleton to the suit. We know that this must be the case for Springtrap considering how much it looks like William Afton is struggling to break free of the suit in the FNAF 3 boot screens. He looks like he is trying to pull the suit off, but to no avail because the suit is offering too much resistance because the Springlocks connect the suit to the endoskeleton. However, we don't see these limitations in the core 4 or with the Sister Location animatronics. The Sister Location animatronics are most known for their bodies which have many splits which can be opened or closed. If they were Springlock Suits, then they shouldn't have as many splits as they do, or we'd at least be able to see the connections from the outer plastic suit to the inner endoskeleton, but we don't. And with the core 4, we see Bonnie easily remove his mask in the FNAF 1 trailer. In addition to that, we know from the Foxy GO GO GO minigame that Foxy had his endoskeleton legs showing even back then, so then how could someone wear it? There is no place for a Springlock to attach. There is nowhere for the endoskeleton parts to be compressed into. You need to have a suit with Springlocks in order to allow room for a human to wear the suit.

To summarize, what exactly have we learned here? We've learned, based on in-game evidence, as well as other criteria, that there are only 3 Springlock characters in-game (the golden characters of Fredbear, Spring Bonnie, and Smiley) and there are likely around 7 Springlock Suits in total. We've also discovered that Springlock Suits don't have to have 5 fingers and that not all 5 fingered animatronics are Springlock Suits. Finally, we described exactly why the core 4 and the Sister Location animatronics can't be Springlock suits.

WHAT WAS PHONE GUY REFERRING TO?

Now that we have what suits are and aren't Springlock Suits out of the way, let's tackle this second question, what is the Phone Guy referring to in his FNAF 3, Night 4 phone call.

"After learning of an unfortunate incident at the sister location, involving multiple and simultaneous spring lock failures, the company has deemed the suits temporarily unfit for employees. Safety is top priority at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, which is why the classic suits are being retired to an appropriate location, while being looked at by our technician."

• Phone Guy (FNAF 3, Night 4)

First, let's analyze exactly what Phone Guy says, and then try to deduce what happened. Phone Guy describes an event at a Sister Location involving multiple and simultaneous Springlock failures. There has been some debate over whether this refers to one suit going down, or several, but if we look carefully at Phone Guy's wording, and what we know about Springlocks, we can figure out what he means. First off, Phone Guy is referring to a single incident. We can gather that much from talking about "an unfortunate incident" .

Next, this event occurred at the sister location of wherever Phone Guy was recording this. We know that Phone Guy is likely recording these tapes inside of a Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, which leaves the sister location to be the FNAF 4 Fredbear's location. This means whatever Phone Guy is referring to occured in that location.

Then Phone Guy describes the event as "involving multiple and simultaneous spring lock failures" . If we look at his wording here, he is describing the total failure of one suit, and he is describing that failure on the level of the individual Springlocks. This is why the event is described the way it is. We know from observations in-game, as well as quotes from The Silver Eyes that Springlocks behave in a manner where if one gets tripped somehow, it leads to the simultaneous failure of all the other Springlocks.

Think about it, if Phone Guy was referring to several suits failing wouldn't he have said "multiple, simultaneous Springlock Suit failures"? The use of the word Springlock (or I guess more accurately the words "spring lock") clearly shows that he is referring to the individual mechanisms, not the suit as a whole. That means when he describes an incident involving multiple and simultaneous Springlock failures, he is really describing something similar to William getting sprung (whether in the novels or in the games). An event where multiple Springlocks in one suit end up failing simultaneously, resulting in the death of a person.

We can actually get even more specific about this particular event using logical inferences from the Night 5 phone call in FNAF 3.

"Management has also been made aware that the Spring Bonnie animatronic has been noticeably moved. We would like to remind employees that this costume is not safe to wear under any circumstances."

• Phone Guy (FNAF 3, Night 5)

Sure this excerpt could just be calling the Spring Bonnie costume unsafe because one of the Springlock Suit's failed. However, it isn't too much of a stretch to say that Phone Guy could have specifically called out the Spring Bonnie costume as unsafe because Spring Bonnie was the costume that failed in the sister location.

Based on Phone Guy's calls, we're looking for an event that:

• Is a singular incident

• Takes place at the FNAF 4 location

• Involves the complete failure of 1 Springlock Suit

• The suit that fails is likely Spring Bonnie

With these criteria we can dismiss quite a few famous events from the list. The event described can't be the Puppet murder, the death of Elizabeth Afton, or the Bite of 87 because none of these involve Springlock Suits. It can't be the SAVE THEM murders or MCI because these events don't involve Springlock Failures and don't take place in the FNAF 4 location. Finally, it can't be the Bite of 83 because the Bite of 83 isn't a springlock failure.

And so I come full circle. You're probably wondering how I know the Bite of 83 isn't a Springlock Failure. Well, for the same reasons as PBE. In fact that's the primary reason why he created the original thread in the first place, to disprove the notion that the Bite of 83 is a Springlock Failure. Anyway, we know the Bite of 83 isn't a Springlock Failure because it doesn't behave at all like one. A Springlock Failure requires the suit to rapidly change from Suit Mode to Animatronic Mode with someone in it. But Fredbear was already in animatronic mode. This means he couldn't have underwent a Springlock Failure since the Springlocks were already in their relaxed state.

You may think this leaves us with nothing, that no event in FNAF is being described in this call, but you'd be mistaken. Because there is an event that matches up with all of these. It is a singular incident involving 1 Spring Bonnie suit in the FNAF 4 location. Unfortunately the game literally slams the door in our face before we can see what is likely a Springlock Failure, but this event has been commonly accepted as some sort of potential murder or death in progress. I give you, the FNAF 4 Purple Guy Easter Egg, AKA the Springlock Failure.

And that was your crash course on everything Springlock, AKA Springlocks and You: How to NOT DIE *Remastered*. Hopefully you can agree with the conclusions I reached concerning how Springlock Suits work, how Springlock Failures work, which suits are Springlock Suits, and what the incident in the FNAF 3, Night 4 phone call is. I'll be sure to be back again soon with another analytical post like this. Until then, I hope you enjoyed this one.

(As always comment if I missed anything ;) )

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