Music in this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hMtgn85ymt_JmX0.html Since this animation gets into the weeds a little bit when it comes to FNaF lore, I feel some explanation is in order for those who need it. The puppet was originally used as something of an automated child-minder, and kept track of its charges by the colored bracelets they were given. A young girl named Charlie, daughter of Henry Emily, was placed in the puppet's care and assigned a green bracelet, but the puppet failed to save her from being whisked away and murdered. This event led to the puppet becoming haunted by Charlie's ghost. This is why Charlie/the Puppet, now one conjoined being, recognizes the bracelet in this animation. Henry Emily, father to Charlie and co-founder of Freddy's, is responsible in FNaF6 for resurrecting the Freddy's brand, as part of an attempt to lure in the remaining creatures for which the Freddy's incidents were responsible (Springtrap, the Puppet, and the remains of Ennard). Charlie/the Puppet is the only one who doesn't take the bait, and so must be collected by force. Lefty is Henry's solution to this: a specially-made robot clad in the shell of a Freddy animatronic, dispatched to retrieve the Puppet and smuggle it back into the Freddy's restaurant to be with the rest of the creatures for what shall referred to for the sake of spoilers as 'Henry's barbecue party'. The name 'Lefty' is a nickname for the acronym 'L.E.F.T.E', or 'Lure, Encapsulate, Fuse, Transport, Extract.' All the business with the opening torso and Ennard-tentacles with claws on them is completely invented for this animation and not remotely canon. The Lefty model we actually get in-game is, infuriatingly enough, not at all customized to accommodate the Puppet, so I took some liberties when redesigning it.

I love how wholesome yet sad this is. You can tell by how gentle the trapping mechanism is that Henry didn’t want to hurt Charlie despite what he was planning. But at the same time you can see how scared she is

I love the added personality put into the Puppet with blocking the billboard with a piece of wood. Charlie is just done at this point XD

I always liked how lefty traps the puppet, slowly and carefully, gently putting the puppet inside, not intended to hurt it nor to rushed it, like a Father getting his daughter into bed while sleeping in his hands, trying to not wake her up. But with a different analogy.

you can see charlie's boredom, curiosity, confusion, panic, and calm... all without her face moving... it's rather sweet.

1:48 This part right here is perfect

Everyone is talking about how Henry didn't want to hurt charlie and the details with green bracelet, but I got shivers from the ''not yet'' sticky note on the gun in the drawer. As a fellow 3d intusiast I can't express enough how great this animation looks, and I am in awe of your patience. Keep up the great work!

Despite the puppet lacking expressions, you can see how confused and/or scared she is, and then it plays the music box to calm her down, such a good animation and really detailed.

Oh my! The amount of detail that is put into this! From the Lefty mechanic to the music box implemented meant to calm Charlie, and the fact that the green bracelet was used as a lure! Very well done! I also liked how you used the audio of Henry telling Charlie to be still.

Poor Puppet doesn't understand whats going on, but when she heard Henry she instantly knew what was going on

This is the type of content this franchise is missing both by community and especially official sources. In what is now 8 years of FNAF this has to be one of the most carefully crafted piece of animated media I have witnessed during this time and it needs to be commended.

I love how the trapping mechanism wasn’t intended to put Charlie in any sort of pain, and after she is contained, Lefty shows her Henry’s audio tape telling her to calm down and she’ll be safe with Lefty, then after the recording stops, the music box theme starts to play, soothing Charlie. You can tell Henry put in a lot of care to make sure his daughter did not go through any pain in the capture process and to also relax and soothe her if she experienced any distress in the process. Anyway, this is a amazing animation!

“My daughter if you can hear me , be still. I am nearby” almost made me cry 🙁

i love how when charlie is first captured she's scared, but when she realizes what's going on and the music box begins to play, she starts to be a lot more content with what's happening

1:48 This single action, I...holy crap, this little thing adds so much character to the Puppet. I got shivers just from this small little movement she did. Love your stuff, bro! Keep at it!

It's ALWAYS great to see your short film works, and as always this one absolutely delivers! I love to see when people reimagine implied events from the games cinematically, and this rendition goes completely above and beyond. Personal highlight for me was how expressive you managed to make the puppet, despite its face not moving at all. The movement reminded me a lot of the characters from Wall-E, which I would say is an absolute achievement. I hope this gets more attention, because the effort put in really shows in every separate element. Phenomenal soundtrack, composition, writing, Foley, and character design. After this and "The Storm", I look forward to seeing what you create next!

I adore the contrast of how puppet and lefty treat the green bracelet because they show the difference of what it represents to charlie and henry. Charlie treated it with care and hesitance, something almost like reverence, because that green bracelet is the reason she could possess the puppet and continue her life, even if it's in a roundabout way. So she, in an odd way, has a positive outlook to it. It saved her and gave her a chance to save others. But lefty doesn't give it a thought before crushing it under his metaphorical boot because to henry, that is his greatest failure, as a mechanic and as a father. The bracelet failed to keep charlie alive in the flesh, in the end the bracelet he designed to keep her alive let her die anyway. It is the physical symbol of how he failed his daughter, and so he has a negative outlook to it. I adore that detail.

Everything from the cinematography to the foley is immaculate! Lefty’s walk has just the right amount of jank and jiggle. And she sounds so audibly pleasing. I’ve seen so many of your other videos and knew it was only a matter of time before you brought it all together to create short films like this. I really can’t wait to see more :D

Did anybody else spot the plane in the sky at 02:10? What a phenomenal detail.

I really like this interpretation. The act of capturing Charlie was animated well, with it being swift and gentle. Henry wouldn't want to hurt her just lock her down!

I really like how when the green bracelet was revealed it was in a plastic bag with a large sheet of what i assume is cardboard, just to make it that much more difficult to accidentally lose

I love how Charlie/Marionette used the wooden plank to cover the Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza sign- she looks so done with them (understandably)

Without any dialogue you manage to convey so much emotion in The Puppet alone, A character mind you who doesn't even have a moving face.

I love when Charlie lowers her head a little bit so she can see out of Lefty's mouth at 3:45. Adds some character to an otherwise emotionless character

I love the subtle visual reference at 3:03 where the puppet looks like an actual marionette, bound by strings at each appendage.

DEAR GOD THIS IS GOOD! The amount of detail in this is great. Lefty being gentle by design because a father did not want to hurt his daughter anymore than she already had been. The fluent transition between scenes from the highway sign. Heck, from what I saw in the comments, a note by a gun reading "not yet," implying that Henry wanted to do the deed possibly many times out of desperation (reasonably so). I can definitely see why this would be something of a 4 month plus project. Also, Charlie's fed up attitude with Freddy's is a hilarious take

Very nice! I especially enjoy the quieter, calmer animation - it really adds to the Puppet's whole deal with being a relatively docile character. No unnecessary drama. 👏

This came out at a perfect time. I was literally thinking the other day how lefty captured the puppet. I love how gentle it was and the way lefty drew her in. Wonderful animation, great job!

saw this right in the nick of time

Wow, I love this! It's certainly quicker than the showcase animation, yet still comprehensible. I like the idea that, while an extra Rockstar Freddy was taken specifically for this purpose, its internals were just left as a spare endo and the shell put onto a completely new one - which makes sense given the thought that went into it. The scanner is a particularly nice touch, as is the use of the bracelet to get the Puppet to approach and hold still long enough to get captured - or 'encapsulated', as it were. The detail of the Puppet turning Lefty's head towards the recording is also a good point some people don't make often: While Lefty might be self-propelled, it's still a machine and its own joints can be forced to move in whatever way another entity wants if that other entity is strong or determined enough to do so. Also nice that we got to see the back of the casing, since in the display video that part was somewhat left out. Also, I love the Puppet's animations! Laying there like that, the detail of moving aside that board so she doesn't have to look at the billboard, the way she flips upright so quickly upon recognizing an approaching animatronic. And after the flashback scene, she sort of.. walks, while hovering, like she's half trapped in memories of before she could hover. Very nice interpretation of a character we still don't have many solid official interpretations of (FNaF 2 itself just had a nondescript lunge, and Help Wanted had.. well, there was something, but that's an unreliable source in canon and in the series's history)! Also, the recording. I recognized it as cut-up dialogue from Henry's lines in-game, but it sounds very fluid, as though it was actually said like that. Excellent work splicing the audio; I imagine you messed with it a bit to cover those points? I see what you mean about oppressive street lighting. Whether it's the harsh fluorescent yellow-orange ones, or the even harsher and brighter electric blue ones, those lights blot out everything else, and make for a very good tone. The contrast between the flashing yellows in the car, the brightly lit workshop, and finally the dim and backlit alley is very nice, and though the third scene is longer than the other two combined, it didn't feel drawn out at all. Excellent work, and I can't wait to see what you do next. One more set of details I noticed after writing this, as well: The contents of that drawer, other than the bagged bracelet. Most obviously, an envelope with the label simply reading 'DAD', and a gun with a sticky note that says 'NOT YET'. Good foreshadowing to how done Henry is, wanting to do nothing once he's finished with this final duty. That, and the expanding flexible casing around Rockstar Freddy's joints, which is a very neat little detail that likely would be in a real animatronic like that, rather than the open gaps. Keeps particles and whatnot out, keeps the design simpler for marketing and memorabilia, and still retains that classic segmented design and full mobility. And finally the details in the alleyway - a discarded can on the upper fire escape, the larger pieces of junk tossed in with the rest of the garbage there, the poster for an in-universe company (one of the sponsors you can get in FFPS, right?). So much attention to detail.

Honestly I love Lefty’s mechanism of trapping the puppet gently and carefully not to hurt her. Henry even added the music box to calm her down. This is so wholesome yet so sad 🥲

I love everything about this, I like how Charlie is just laying around in a alley and how she doesn’t wanna even look at the at the mention of the place where she died great details like that I love in fan animations, I wouldn’t even mind calling this canon because it’s just that good, keep up the great work man!

What we heard: “My daughter, if you can hear me, be still. I am nearby.” What he meant: “It’s okay sweetheart, don’t be scared, daddy’s here.” *proceeds to play the music box to calm her down.* 😢😭💔

2:53 Rare footage of the puppet getting springlocked by a bear

honestly love how much personality the puppet has in this. theres not much animated content of her, and any official sources (hw mostly) she's just going to kill you and doesnt really have much visible character meanwhile in this animation, it manages to make the puppet look and feel somewhat alive, from moving the board to block her view (which was absolutely hilarious to me) to struggling against the lefty suit

Charlie is an absolute mood and I'm all for it

Always loved the idea of Lefty being a truly empty machine in contrast to all the other characters of the franchise. Purpose-driven and entirely impersonal. It's not malicious; it's just going to do exactly what it was built to do.

Very well made, it took me a minute to realize that was her bracelet from the security puppet, but I like that idea a lot.

1:40 Charlie's just like: Oh that shit again...

I love the detail that charlie's so tired that she just covers up the problem she would normally fix with a wooden board.

The way he created lefty to be so gentle with her. And how he took inspiration from the springlock suit and circus baby. Theres no violent snatch up like elizabeth, just gentle chords to enwrap the puppet and lull it to lefty, and no daggers waiting to lock it into place, but rather a harness waiting to hug it safely. Then the music. All to keep his daughter at peace for the short while she has left. Beautiful

I like how Charlie is just chilling like a normal person and covering the Freddy sign with a billboard until lefty shows up

3:32 What did he say? 😭😭😭 “I am nearby”? 😭😭😭 The animation is SO good! Poor Charlie…She didn’t deserve to pass through what she went through 😭😭😭 I love Puppet! She is amazing!

Poor Charlie. While the Toys were scrapped and the children trapped at that location, she was tossed away and forgotten, just as she was in death. You can really see the pain her eyes as she ignores the billboard sign. She wants to help, but knows it will do nothing to stop the pain. She wants to rest, but can not. She is trapped in the very puppet that GAVE LIFE. 😢

for some reason i imagined charlie talking. 1:41 Charlie: another pizzeria? ..im not dealing with this anymore. 1:56 Charlie: An animatronic? why is it here.. 2:03 Charlie: fine, what do you want? are you also a soul trapped in a animatronic.. 2:17 Charlie: what are you doing? 2:27 Charlie: Is that my green.. bracelet...? 2:41 Charlie: should i? 2:47 Charlie: You.. promise not to hurt me?- 2:53 Charlie: MY HAND!- LET ME GO!! 3:04 Charlie: my hands! why are you doing this- 3:10 Charlie: let me pick up my bracelet! 3:16 Charlie: please no x10 3:32 Charlie: father..? 3:42 Charlie: i hope im safe..

This could perfectly be a movie. The amount of detail is incredible. It's really accurated which is impressive

The overall attitude is my favorite part of this. On top of the amazing animation quality too, of course.

I love how the part where the puppet looks at the billboard for the Freddy Fazbear's pizza and covers it. like at that point charlie doesn't give a shit anymore

As a longtime FNAF Fan ….this is absolutely what I need. To be drawn in ….. To be lured in…. To experience the mindset within the environments, sight , sound , texture and with the advancement of the tech ….facial recognition……the music ….. All of which brings you into the world of it. This would be sick to watch on Occulus. The timing and precision of the audio is surreal. Awesomefookinwicked!!!! This needs to be a full on movie .

Oh I love all the work with the locations here. Big fan of the scene transition at the beginning, with the highway sign, specifically. As always your foley and sound design are a breath of fresh air and a joy to listen to. Love all the little details you're able to put into the animation, like the drawer slightly bouncing back after being opened so quickly. The Puppet just blocking their view of the billboard is both very in-character and a little funny, it got a chuckle out of me at least. Your animations always have this quality that I'm having a hard time putting into words. They feel very "whole", very complete, every step as carefully crafted as the last (at least from the viewer's perspective), and not many people are able to achieve that feel. Great work!

• • • IT'S ME • • • IT'S ME • IT'S ME • IT'S ME • IT'S ME • • • • • • IT'S ME IT'S ME IT'S ME • IT'S ME • • • • • • • • IT'S ME • • IT'S ME • •

2:40 scared me 💀✨

i like this interpretation if lefty more than the original, having a music box to calm down the puppet instead of her literally receiving shocks to be kept in her dormant state is nicer from henry, since he’s literally a father figure

Awsome art piece. The plot is very intresting, and the animation looks so real ! But i cannot stop me from imaginating puppet thoughts : 1:14 " I am lonely.And forgotten. " 1:30 "yes, tha box is my bed, it's really comfy too" 1:46 "Freddy Faz- nope" 2:00 "Who is that ? OML AN ANIMATRONIC !"

Imagine if anyone else besides Lefty came across the Puppet. I wonder how Charlie would have reacted. Would she have attacked? Would she have retreated? What if it was a kid, or a father or mother bringing her back to their children?

This is the most clever way of how Lefty lured the puppet in. This is one of the best FNaF animations I’ve seen in a long while.

There were several parts of this where I couldn't tell if this was animated. Well done.

I like how under this video is a video essay explaining how Lefty was "worse than death" for the puppet, when your depiction of it was very gentle. 💀

After seeing the original Lefty trapping mechanism video over a year ago, seeing how you’ve evolved over time had been astounding, great job mate❤

this is such an amazing project!! i see the attention to detail and effort put into it; very polished. i’ve been getting back into my fnaf phase recently and was surprised this was uploaded just today! the puppet/charlie’s personality was rlly fleshed out, even without dialogue. the idea that henry made lefty gently lure her and take her was heartwarming too. u should be very proud

*1:28* Charlie looks so bored in this clip

Some design features I noticed about Lefty that I think aid in showing how “purpose built” he is: -Lefty’s black paint could be used to camouflage in dark spaces, making him hard to detect at night, when he’d be released to locate his target, Charlie. He probably has some kind of coded instruction to hide during the day, both to save power and avoid discovery. -Although possibly unintended, Lefty being a recolored Freddy makes it easy to disguise as a run of the mill stage animatronic. I would imagine, if Lefty had made it to the pizza place before the others, that he would fit in on the stage, thus not rousing suspicion during opening hours, with its captive hiding in plain sight. -The process of which Lefty captures Charlie is methodical, and, one might even say, gentle. After securing Charlie’s arm initially, they allow her to tire themselves out attempting to pry herself free, before moving on to complete immobilization, ensuring that Charlie is too exhausted to struggle, and thus easier to capture without harming. -In general, Lefty’s movements are slow and passive, which would aid in getting close enough to its target to capture her without immediately driving her away.

Work of art. I love the details in this, Charlie blocking the Freddy's billboard from view, the Green tracking bracelet being in an evidence packet, The message from Henry to Charlie that plays before the music box tune, The puppet's slumped position similar to how you find the other salvages, Henry opening a storage unit where he's been keeping the rockstar animatronics? This is so intricately thought out. The animation, lighting and camera work is so insanely high quality it gives such a professional finish. You could make a feature length movie with this that, if following the lore as accurately and intricately as you did here, could make an awful lot of money.

you imbued Charlie with so much personality in less than five minutes... bravo my man 👏 this deserves a million views *at least*

I love how the process was somewhat elegant instead of rough and violent. noticed that detail because Henry made lefty to contain his own daughter

The work you put into these very incredible, shocking, animations is extraordinary, it’s amazing! It’s all such magnificent work! The soundtrack- the backgrounds, the models. You have the title of one of the most creative, talented animators out there! Stellar work!

why nobody talking about how she got up like that 💀 2:01

the way charlotte pulled the board in front of her not to see the fazbear pizzeria billboard hurt me in a different way 💔

2:22 "It started when an alien device did what it did and stuck itself upon his wrist with secrets that it hid"- * slap * NO, it's just a band, it's not supposed to remind me of Ben 10

Damn, man, this is amazing! Projects like this one make me feel proud for being in the FNaF community! Keep up the good work!

3:09 that’s sad

actually goated animation, the way Charlie put the board next to her to hide the billboard was just relatable

I just love how much detail you put into both how the mechanisms look and how they actually function. No one else goes anywhere close to that level of detail with these kinds of animations. It's almost like I'm watching How It's Made for haunted robots.

Even after she died all the puppet wanted was to save Charlie and keep her safe

This is absolutely incredible. It almost looks real. Your animations are astounding, and always super creative. Plus, it was nice to see the puppet capture mechanic again!

when the world needed him the most, he came back! well done! i love how you represented Lefty, Henry, and Charlie in this animation

1:53 it's like Robocops foot steps sound for a second

2:02 - 2:03 i love how charlie looked like she stood up like a princess 😭😭✨️

I love everything in this. The emotions, the personalities, the animations, everything. Amazing job!

I like the very subtle changes in the mask's eyes as Charlie thinks when Left appears. Incredible details that could be seen as the mask changing in the lighting. Immaculate animation well done!

This was such a great animation I think you did a great job. I love the detail of Lefty with just the primer. Of course being the one man band you are, I know you've dabbled with costumes and figure painting so it makes sense. My only thing I have to say is I would have liked to see the puppet feel more puppety, maybe having its limbs blow around in the wind giving as if that's how it floats. Though at the same time I understand that would compromise the expression of an already expressionless puppet which you did a good job of capturing(hehe). Of course everything else is on point and this was fun to watch. Great work once again.

I LOVE how you included some parts and the looks of actual real life endoskeletons such as chuck-e-cheese. The design and look is so cool!. Especially the tubing that goes through the characters

gotta love how the Puppet moved that plank the block the billboard from her vision

Absolutely heartbreaking, there's a lot of love put into this animation and it absolutely left me feeling gut wrenched for the poor puppet... Artistically, this is beautifully made. Your models are lovely and excellent lighting choices help us focus right alongside the puppet on the bracelet- and makes us wince just as much when once trapped, Lefty itself cares none and crushes it. This was no act of rest, a prison of horrific design. I also really love the tiny detail of the puppet moving the plank to block their vision of the billboard. Just screams they're so sick of this faz-shit. LOL

Wow this is amazing. I’ve been with the fandom since 2014 and I’ve never seen anything like this. Wish more people focused on the story, because it’s so rich and deep. Thank you for putting your time and energy into this. Amazing job.

Woah.. this looks like a literal movie scene, like a prologue

I love this so much from moving the board to springing up out of the box to the milasecond flashback but Henry’s message and the music box were icing on the cake! Beautiful! ❤

that transition from the Hurricane sign to Freddy was incredible

The way she covers her veiw with a plank, literally saying "I've done what i could to stop this..but to no avail..and even now that face will never let me be"

Impressive. With even a built-in bait, L.E.F.T.E. Truly is a marionette trapper.

This was amazing AND my introduction to your channel! I love it!

I really like the concept of Puppet just chilling in a box somewhere before Lefty shows up

I admire videos like this because it gives us an idea as to how all the events that had happened behind the scenes in the games happened. For example, we know that the puppet was inside Lefty based on the screenshots from Pizzeria Simulator, but we never actually got to see how it happened. Videos like these show us what through animation what most likely went down. It's genius and incredible.

Fantastic, really nicely done. I love how you gave life and personality to the Puppet. Lefty was great too, nice details to the interior and cabling. Gentle capture too was great to know the father didn't mean no harm. Also nice to see you put in effort for Henry and his workspace. Not seeing Henry is actually a better thing to do then seeing him in the animation, makes him look mysterious, angry, focused.. Plus humans take long to model and animate 😂

That endoskeleton looks like a real life endoskeleton and it's pretty cool

This is really sad yet good. I love it. Are you going to continue and if not, I think it's worth considering, showing how the Puppet/Lefty co-exist so to speak.

AMIGO ESTO ES IMPRESIONANTE He visto esto más de tres veces para apreciar cada detalle no solo estás adaptando de forma visual lo que pasó en los juegos (cosa que no sucede jamás en los mismos) también nos estás brindando a la comunidad el verdadero contenido que importa en cuanto el lote de fnaf, en este caso tu adaptas los acontecimientos de forma realista y fiel. me encanta esto, de verdad espero que todo el éxito lo tengas tu

Bro you are a master of animation, you should literally get an award

haven't seen a FNAF animation this good since the last time j-gems uploaded about 5-6 months ago

Definitely the best 4 minute animation of FNAF out there.