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"MICHAEL, DONT LEAVE ME HERE" is actually ridiculously funny without context and in some circumstances

squimpus edit: you got a key thing wrong. each character in this series, when text shows up, has their own specific color for that text. when it's white, charlie's talking, when it's yellow, joseph's talking, etc etc. joseph absolutely Loathed his brother ever since he died, but charlie always had faith that he'd be the key to ending everyone's suffering. that was JOSEPH apologizing in company psa

For me personally, when the scene with William Afton's photo with the word "criminal" repeating in the background, it kinda freaked me out when I first saw it.

Fun Fact, in Sound Check, the bird was originally uncensored. The censor was added due to KZfaq's restrictions.

The guy who voiced William Afton knocked it out of the park, especially in those Springtrap tapes. Hearing him scream *”MICHAEL! HELP ME!“* is just so haunting.

That 'criminal criminal' thing has to be revolutionary as far as the entire genre of horror goes

Honestly, even the pure *description* of the William confession tape is terrifying, specially the part about how he *always* checks the position of the tape so if Michael discovers it, he'll know, it gave me goosebumps.

Apparently unlike William, turns out Squimpus really likes kids...

This series has done one thing even Scott could never do. End it when it should’ve

The whole “children’s souls trapped in animatronics” thing gets thrown around a lot and the usual response is about how tragic that fate is, but it takes that scene of the girl coming over to try and comfort her brother to drive the point home that _“oh my god these are children”_ if that makes any sense. Simply hearing “tormented souls of children” doesn’t have that same weight

The one problem of fnaf is that it never really dug into the horrifying concept it had created, children, locked in purgatory by a murderering they're hopelessly hunting with no chance of ever finding him, its brutal, its depressing, and fnaf never really went into that (probably cause Scott was lowkey making it up as he went along and had to make it compatable with a game) in glad the VHS tapes are creating more of a story with things

Honestly, Squimpus being outed as a predator was more scary than the actual series.

The VHS tapes are creepier than all the games combined.

I dunno what it is about William Afton's face in this but the normal image somehow looks uncanny, even though it's supposed to be him normally. I guess thinking of a normal looking guy behind actions described in this series is much more frightening than the slightly morphed purple version of him.

The scariest thing of this whole Squimpus VHS series is that he publicly outed himself as a pedo less than a year after this video was released. It sucks because just like myself, Wendigoon was simply analyzing and showing respect to a very well made fan series without knowing the person who made it was this terrible person

Lol finding out Squimpus is a pedophile was not on my 2023 bingo card but here we are

I didn't know that the "Micheal Don't Leave Me" voice wasn't from the original games, I hear it everywhere and just assumed. It's so cool to see what the community creates

As someone who has never played FNAF and had very little exposure to the game (besides what's unavoidable because of the hype) these videos are extremely easy to comprehend and understand. Don't think I'm alone on that opinion

I swear every FNAF creator seems to have a negative reputation, and the fact that most are involving children is concerning

One thing I really liked about Squimpus's version of Afton is his voice. Obviously the voice acting was great, but I mean the sound of his voice in general. It sounds like the VA is doing a performative upper class affect, similar to Christian Bale's Patrick Bateman, and that detail fits his version of Afton incredibly well.

I absolutely adore the voice actor for William in this series. I can't exactly put it to words, but his portrayal of a deeply disturbed, psychotic man was absolutely perfect and incredibly enthralling

Thank you for being the only person on KZfaq I've ever heard openly acknowledge the fact that the 5 Nights series was not/is not made for kids yet somehow, yes, super weirdly, got marketed to kids. A million thank yous.

As fucked up as it is. Some of those children’s souls were trapped in those suits for longer than they were alive. Like imagine only living for 8 years and then being stuck as a soul for 10 years. Or 30 years. Not having a chance for growth. For education or really any enrichment or change. I can’t begin to imagine how warped a soul/existence would become after that.

How the hell does no one see the face on the top left of facial recognition testing, it has literally haunted me for years

I love that the minds behind these terrifying tapes have names like Squimpus and MemeBear.

He's FINALLY got the lighting right. This has been a journey!

William's confession tape is just so goofy to me, he's so chill about the murder of 5 children and is just like "yeah that was me lol"

its ironic that squimpus made this considering his is also a criminal who did horrible things to children.

Wendigoon, I always appreciate that you don’t make these videos any scarier than they have to be. You let the content do the work as you explain it. As much as I like horror and the fear of it I’m very glad that you play calm music and you don’t use any kind of low scary voice or anything. It’s very comforting and allows me to consume these spooky topics in a more controlled and not completely terrifying setting. I feel like a lot of KZfaqrs that cover spooky stuff and horror topics overdo it but not you! Thank you so much for that.

Toy Bonnie's response to William's face makes more sense when you learn that (apparently) in the books the Toy Animatronics were programmed to _kill William on sight if they ever saw him_ Edit: Michael's younger brother isn't arguing with Charlie, its just him speaking to her in general. The yellow text is what the younger brother is saying, Charlie doesn't actually 'speak' in this video.

the fact that squimpus kept everything near to the original story, yet creating his own headcanon and making it so charmingly different is great

“MICHAEL, DONT LEAVE ME HERE!” IM CACKLING I DIDNT KNOW THAT CAME FROM THE TAPES

I honestly appreciate the vhs tapes for the maturity, tragedy, and seriousness they brought to a relatively accurate but condensed version of the story. Those qualities, both at the time the videos were being released and especially now, were noticeably lacking in the official series.

One thing about the FNAF 4 locked box, originally the text was “Maybe some things are best left forgotten, for now.” But was later changed to “Maybe some things are best left forgotten, forever.” This was because of all the theories about what was in the box, Scott was genuinely disappointed nobody could figure it out and as such left it where is was. As far as I know, this is the one true unsolved FNAF theory.

I really like the part where it shows Afton while it goes CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CRIMINAL, and then Afton transforms into Squimpus sending NSFW art to a minor. Makes my spine tingle every time, best part about the VHS tapes.

13:49 i haven’t seen all the squimpus tapes yet but damn, this one really dug deeper into the mind and torment of a child. So heartbreaking

One bit of information that people tend to forget is Michael supposedly looks just like his father William. So the tortured souls see the face of their killer. The toy versions see the face of the person that they are programed to attack on site.

I loved the VHS series I couldn't stop replaying the William Afton audio tape. You could easly put yourself in the place of Michael, being so scared from the things that you are listening to that when you get to the end you don't even remember how the cassette tape was placed and that's the true horror that William knew that if Michael found out he would absolutely find out too. So you can only run now hoping that your killer dad won't catch you before you get to the police station with that cassette tape.

If you look closely during the Facial Recognition video, after Bonnie got up and attacked the guy, you can actually see an faint image of William. You can see it in the top left corner at 12:42

I love how Squimpus McGrimpus humanized the dead souls in the animatronics. Seeing the animatronics get emotional in the state that they're in and then seeing the obituaries at the end with the classical music really hit different. I never thought I'd get emotional over a FNAF fan series.

the afton voice acting in the finale type thing is amaxing. especially that "MICHEAL!" part, and right after. ugh its so good. and even better is the depiction of chicas child soul not understanding being dead. its so good

The 'Criminal' scene traumatized me very hard. I literally was terrified of the purple face.

I've only just now noticed that after Bonny jumps forward during the facial recognition test we see William Aftons face appear in the top left corner

I love how so many of these disturbing moments in the sqimpus series are hilarious when taken out of context

Honestly, William is such an underutilized character in the main series despite "always coming back". The mere fact that this serial child murderer has a family could have made for some very personal horror from the perspective of one of his children. This is a man who presents himself as pleasant and polite to the outside world, hiding his true nature as an unstable sociopath just beneath the surface. It's kinda ironic how the main villain of the entire series is both used too much and too little at the same time. I had hoped Security Breach would show us the more controlling, manipulative side that William is hinted to have through Glitchtrap's connection to Vanny, but unfortunately they went the easy route and just had him return as Springtrap yet again instead of doing something interesting with him.

The Squimpus tapes are one of the most terrifying things I've ever seen in regards to the fnaf series. It's very easy to get wrapped up in the absurdly complicated and convoluted lore that you forget what started it- 5 dead kids and their neverending torment. It's extremely jarring to see the Chica video with the image of the girl, or the Facial Recognition testing going so wrong. It's easy to forget that there are people in this universe who have feelings, motives, families, love interests, and that they experience everything we do as humans. On a darker note, the depiction of abuse is scarily accurate (in my experience). As a kid, you don't realise how bad it is until you leave and I know Michael feels no remorse for killing his father in fnaf 3 (at the end of the tapes) there will be that niggling in the back of his head and throat always wondering 'what if'. 'what if I could get through to him?' 'what if I could change him?'. The way the VA for William perfectly captures that sadistic side is brilliant and almost triggering for me. You know that scene where he says 'I miss the days where you used to cry when I screamed at you'? I've had that exact conversation with my own father. It's amazing and terrifying at the same time. It's the perfect series, imo.

The dialogue of the tape under William's bed is some of my favorite horror dialogue in anything ever. The delivery of each line is spoken like a true serial killer, and the line "Put it back as best as you can, and start running", is up there with the most dread inducing lines I've ever heard in a video series

the problem with my relationship with fnaf is: love it, find it amazing, have large interest in all it's versions and would love to play it but can't deal with horror without having nightmares for days (I'm 20 for the record) to save my life so I end up with this kind of video being the closest to the experience i can get. Quality content.

Hey Wendigoon, in case nobody else said it already: I'm that guy you mention at 29:41 (or at least one of them since I'm sure I can't be the only one). I never played any FNAF game and didn't know anything about the story before the previous video, and I watched both of them and not only understood them but greatly enjoyed them.

Wendigoon, you out here constantly making my day bro

17:16 I remember watching this tape at 1 am in the summer of 2021. I was super invested in the series and fnaf at the time. I think it was somewhere towards the end of the video when all the electricity in my house got cut off. It was somewhere after William told Michael that he knew that his son would find the tapes. I love horror and I'm not easily scared, but since I was so invested in fnaf and specifically the vhs tapes. I got so scared and actually thought that Springtrap was real and was gonna kill me. I don't think I've ever been that afraid in my entire life. I even started to cry a little. The lights turned on after like a minute though. And some people texted me saying that the same happened to them and they all lived in the same town. I laughed it off after I read the messages and finished the video before going to bed.

"the 5 missing kids of freddys. that was me. ill elaborate on that later." idk why but thats just so funny

For some reason the William Afton face strikes a primal fear in me even without the purple and burning effects

Can we admire that the crying child’s name is joseph, just like the joseph of the Bible that was also the favorite child? It’s a cool parallel

The tragedy and horror aspect of kids being trapped in animatronics actually really remind me of cybermen from doctor who. In the series when the cybermen (who are people transformed into these killing machine robots with the inability to feel) are given the ability to feel emotion, they instantly die from the horror of their situation. Pretty neat

Whoever voiced William Afron deserves a role in a horror series for his performance being stuck in the backroom

The confession tape story is fantastic! That could be a whole horror movie. Imagine your father telling you he murdered a bunch of children, and you better put that tape just as it was, because he always checks. Fucking horrific.

If only we could make clones of Wendigoon. His content is honestly inspiring me to deep dive on mysteries and weird situations wanting to make videos on them.

Such a bummer Squimpus got all pissy and cancelled the remake series

8:17 “You didn’t juju on that beat.” That image became a lot funnier now that I know the original context of it.

I wonder what it is about the "criminal criminal" thing that triggers such unease or terror. I think it's because of how real and mundane the picture is, driving home the reality of everyday people being serial killers. But also because there's something PARTICULARLY not right about the eyes and the smile.

This was the first time I think any FNAF fan content has really hit me. It's even better than the original in my opinion. It humanizes the victims and paints Michael as this dude who really wanted to do good after doing something bad to his brother. And even though his brother doubted him and every spirit began to lose hope (and honestly you can't blame them), Michael still did what Charlie asked and killed his father to free their souls. Even Charlie, who despite being told there's nothing she can do, still worked with Michael anyway. That's some damn good dedication and a really satisfying end to a horrific story.

“That was me 😌😏…. I’ll elaborate on that later💅🏻✨” 17:23

19:39 10 year old me when my sister locked me in the bathroom and shut off the lights

Squimpus and Battington are literally so talented. I recommend checking out Battington’s other content as well

i came across the "criminal criminal criminal" vhs tape ages ago, one of the few bits of fiction to actually unsettle me, and was then totally shocked to learn years later that it was not technically canon. blew my mind.

I've seen these multiple times and I gotta say, the imagery still fucks with me. Its unsettling, subtly grotesque, and too easy to fall into. I love it

So nobody gonna talk about Squimpus abusing kids via grooming ?

One thing that must be mentioned about Squimpus' tapes in particular is excellent use and understanding of Caretaker's style of creepy ballroom music to amplify the horror. While FNAF's target audience mostly knows about it as just "spooki old music/sound jumble", Squimpus used it to represent both old times and memories about it (the use of Lullaby of the Leaves after kids talking was fantastic) and using EATEOT samples (the dementia speedrun album) to represent madness. The only VHS creator to have done a better job at it for now is Martin Walls, but thebar was set pretty high IMO.

It's really funny you bring up how this series really brings the murdered children being a horrendous crime back into the forefront. Recently I was talking to a friend about why I disliked the later games of FNAF because the first ones start off so strong; with a viscerally unnerving concept of murdered kids. The focus is the animatronics and the souls that possess them. But as the series goes on, the fact the kids were killed is more of a background plot to William and Michael's interactions. "Dead kids" stops being a main focus and is just like a character trait of William's decent into madness. What I love about the VHS is that, it's like you said, it puts the focus back onto the kids and the horrible things that happened to them. It draws on that deep well that the first game did so well.

fnaf started with so much potential for good horror, but later down the line they decided to abandon all that just to please kids and toy companies rather then making a good horror game series

Bruh I love Wendigoon so much. Dude covers all these darker and creepy things I didn’t know existed and occasionally we’ll get a little drop of faith as well. It’s stellar

These FNaF VHS videos really make William a disgusting and TERRIFYING dude. VHS videos make him seem like a happy dude but under that fake smile is a monster.

The video of Lucas and Angie talking about heaven always makes me feel nauseated it's so sad and horrifying. I'm so glad you covered these and showed some more, cool creators!

squimpus being exposed is a tragedy but it doesn't mean you shouldn't enjoy this series. it wouldn't be fair to the other people who poured their talent and passion into it

8:18 you didn't juju on that *beat*

It’s amazing how simply yet effectively Fnaf VHS managed to adapt Five Nights at Freddy’s into a scaled back, short analog horror series. The format is so perfect not only for how the 80s vhs aesthetic fits so naturally into the creepy 80s animatronics inspired world of fnaf, but it also managed reminded me and so many others what made the story of the first few games truly terrifying to begin with. Once you strip away spooky animatronics, the jump scares, the convoluted lore, the endless sequels and the series’s oversaturated popularity… at its core, Five Nights at Freddy’s is the story of children who lost their innocence and lives to a truly awful man, and the child of that man’s struggle to come to terms with and finally free himself and others from the trauma which that man caused.

Wendigoon: “I wanna talk about this FNAF KZfaq series but no one knows the story…” *solves the entire story of the game in a single video after years of no one knowing what happened* Wendigoon: “There we go, now I can get to work.”

“so put it back michael, as neatly as you can. and start running.”

[Then]: Shows william... Criminal... Criminal... Criminal... [Now]: Show squimpus... Criminal... Criminal... Criminal...

No one: The roach I just sprayed with raid: 20:10

I would love to see you tackle Majora's Mask and the world of Termina with how unnerving and confusing the game itself is, would definitely be interested in seeing you make content pertaining to it

This aged like MILK

19:34 THAT’S THE CONTEXT OF THAT TIKTOK AUDIO?!?!?!?!?? Jesus Christ that’s so dark I had no idea 😭😭😭

I LOVE that the FNAF community is finally embracing the horror side of the franchise. I remember back in the day being frustrated that all the fan content I could find, other than a few solid songs on KZfaq, was fanfiction shipping the animatronics or personifying them. High school me would have adored Squimpus' videos 👌

Fnaf is literally the only game series I've ever seen that is completely and utterly defeated by its fan content. Like it's actually pathetic looking at the difference in quality and writing but at the same time, I love Scott Cawthon for fueling these brilliant and talented creators.

More like Squimpus McGroomer

battington is incredible im so glad he got a mention

Analog Horror Fans when you show them videos that somewhat resembles low quality 80s vhs footage: 😳

If the FNAF movie ever ends up happening I hope it's more of a murder mystery with these elements thrown in. Like the night watchman learns of the murders on the first night, sees how the animatronics almost seem to be haunted, and feels compelled to come back the rest of the 4 nights to try and solve the mystery, and he discovers VHS tapes similar to this, and maybe there's some creepy moments where there aren't jumpscares but the animatronics just do some of the terrifying shit they do in these really creative fanworks.

i think the "Micheal dont leave me here" was inspired by the UCN easter egg, where if you play with ONLY old man consequences on 1 and catch the fish, you get transported into a world thats in reference to FNAF WORLD. the audio that plays during that mini game is extremely slowed down but when sped up, its screaming. its very vague but you can hear words like "Micheal", "Henry", and "Help" i think thats why so many people thought that it was from one of the games. because its inspired by something from one of the games. my name is gloomy, im autistic, and five nights at freddy's has had a grip on my life since 2014 and it WILL NOT let me escape its grasp.

Thank you for these videos, I was actually that guy you talk about at the end, all this time I never really knew the lore of FNAF, I’ve never played one of the games but I knew the general premise, but this video was EYE OPENING, such an in depth story that spans decades, it’s become it’s own universe and that’s insane, I really appreciate the effort and time in these videos. Actually got me interested in FNAF since it came out.

The fact that Wendigoon says, “And as always…” and doesn’t follow it up with, “Don’t forget to like and subscribe” but instead, “Thank you for watching.” Makes me enjoy watching him so much more. 💕 Edit: if you’re reading this comment and feeling the need to comment hate, you’re toxic. I like when KZfaqrs don’t tell me to subscribe. Sue me.

Fell asleep watching these and had a nightmare where I got springlocked. They actually got into my head. Excellent videos.

I love how much more personal the tapes tend to be, they hold on things the series brushes over scope wise so you really feel more grounded rather than an outsider looking in imo

Weird knowing now that squimpus was a pedo

This series is so great! Giving William Afton a real motive and humanising the dead children instead of just using them as plot devices in one big tally count It all makes this series so much more understandable, cohesive and interesting!! Great job squimpus

I always thought the clip saying “Michael! Don’t leave me here! Michael!!” at 19:34 Was from Dwight of The Office and someone distorted his audio 😂

"uh oh! bad decision, squimpus!''