Golden Freddy (Film) (2024)

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Golden Freddy is the secondary antagonist of the Five Nights at Freddy's film. He is a golden variant of Freddy Fazbear who doesn't appear to be a part of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place.

Golden Freddy is portrayed via animatronic puppet effects provided by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, puppeteered by Artie Esposito and Amanda Maddock. The Ghost Kid who haunts Golden Freddy was played by Grant Feely.

Appearance[]

Golden Freddy appears largely the same as he was in the first game, but with minor elements added. He is a yellow-brown color and his muzzle, stomach and paw pads are a lighter shade of his main color and his inner ear is a darker shade of his main color. Much like his counterpart from the second game, his left ear is missing, leaving wires to stick out along with his left eye being missing with the eyelid being damaged. Instead of having empty eye sockets with white pinpricks, his right eye is black with a blue pupil while the left eye is missing. His top hat seems to have holes and tears and is leaning on the left side of his head.

The Ghost Child who possesses Golden Freddy is a young boy with a yellowish light skin and blonde hair, wears a brown sweatshirt with blue, red and yellow stripes, which has a pocket on the right chest, and wears blue denim pants.

Biography[]

Golden Freddy was originally one of the five kids murdered by William Afton at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place, leading to the establishment's closure. Through unknown means, he fell under the control of his killer and remained ignorant to the truth of who he was obeying for several years. During this time, he murdered people while serving Afton.

While working at Freddy's as a security guard, Mike regularly falls asleep as he continues to go back to his memories of his brother's kidnapping. However, each night he is repeatedly confronted in his sleep by the souls of William's victims who initially only run away from him. Eventually, he realizes they are the children who were murdered in the location and gets to talk with Golden Freddy.

Unlike before, the kid remains still in a squatting position as he draws a figure in the ground. When Mike approaches him, he confirms his suspicion about their identities and says they can tell him who took his brother. Nonetheless, he is unwilling to speak for free and demands something in return. Mike desperately replies he'll give them anything but they make no agreement before Mike wakes up. Before he wakes up, however, it is revealed that the figure he was drawing was a rabbit suit.

The day after his fourth shift Mike goes back to the pizzeria in an attempt to finally get answers. Golden Freddy however instead offers him dreaming each night of being with his deceased brother and parents who he dearly misses. Refusing at first, Mike is enticed by the idea and Golden Freddy demands in exchange that he gives them his sister, Abby Schmidt. Mike initially agrees but ultimately refuses, leading Golden Freddy and the rest to retaliate and nearly kill him.

With negotiations having failed Golden Freddy decides to go himself for Abby. He arrives at her house and promptly kills her aunt. Attracted by the noise provoked, Abby comes out of her room and mistakes him at first for Freddy. He corrects her, tells Abby her aunt is just sleeping when she sees the body, and tells her to come with him. They both then get in a taxi to go to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. As they arrive, Golden Freddy stays outside as Abby enters the building, disappearing as soon as Abby turns around.

In the film's final scene, he observes an agonizing Afton who lies in a backroom within the restaurant. When the man reaches out to him from within his suit, he slowly closes and locks the door on him.

Personality[]

Golden Freddy is somewhat mysterious and among the deceased children he is the one who interacts the least with others. He can be quite aggressive and brutal. Once Mike refused his offer he quickly began to attack him along his friends in an attempt to kill him. He was also shown murdering people in cold blood.

He demonstrates traits of a deceiver and manipulator. Knowing he misses them, he took advantage of Mike's suffering by offering him an opportunity to "reunite" with his deceased family in order to make him give them Abby. He also lied to Abby saying that her aunt was just sleeping when in truth he had murdered her.He shows deep hatred for his murderer and former brainwasher William Afton as he watches over him as he agonizes within his springlock suit.

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Trivia[]

• In the movie's ending, Golden Freddy leaves Afton writhing in pain from the springlock suit, similar to his fate in Five Nights at Freddy's 3 after being cornered and chased by the spirits of the children.
• It's unclear how Golden Freddy knew the location of Mike's house, but it's possible he found out as he was in Mike's mind.
• Despite Afton being the overall antagonist of the story and the one responsible for the murders of the five children, Golden Freddy still serves as the central villain due to initially being the leader of the animatronics and the most direct conflict towards Mike.
• According to Artie Esposito, Golden Freddy had a suit for an actor to wear, but it was never used as Golden Freddy is never seen walking.^[1]
• In the film's novelization, it's Abby who comes up with the name Golden Freddy to describe the character.

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