Where I expect Vanessa's plot to go in the FNAF 3 movie
So I just watched the FNAF 2 movie tonight, and for starters it was a 9/10. My only issue was the ending, it felt so sudden and like it just cut off the story, but I kinda get it because they needed to set up for the 3rd movie. But, everything else was genuinely amazing, I loved it.
So, we got a bit of a deeper look into the Afton family, specifically of course Michael (absolutely amazing), Circus Baby, and how messed up they are lol. I have my theories/guesses for what's going on with them and what we'll learn in the 3rd movie
For starters, the Henry dialogue at the end. One of my friends I went with pointed out that the noises at the end and the "she's coming for you" was Henry being killed by Circus Baby. In FNAF World we saw that Henry got killed by her at his desk, and it seems like a fitting kinda "twist." I say twist because the obvious assumption with "she's coming for you" is Charlie, rather than Circus Baby. So, this means the third movie will have Circus Baby as a part of the focus.
Vanessa definitely had a lot going on with her, and now that we know Michael Afton exists, it leaves a lot of questions in terms of the rest of the family, that being BV and Elizabeth, with Elizabeth being the most question mark one due to Vanessa's existence seeming to put that all into limbo. So, I think there's 4 main ways Vanessa's plot can go:
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Elizabeth doesn't exist, it's just Vanessa. This, imo, is the worst option. It makes little sense to me for her to not exist at all, and be completely replaced by Vanessa. Obviously BV hasn't been mentioned at all, but Michael wasn't either in the first movie so, he's still on the table.
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They both exist. Elizabeth exists, but was killed by Circus Baby like in the regular games, and Vanessa was another daughter they already had (because Elizabeth was much younger than Michael, this would mean Vanessa was born before her). Keep in mind the age aspect for another one.
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Vanessa is Elizabeth. Michael talked about Vanessa doing everything she could to distance herself from the Afton family, and we already know she goes by a fake last name, Shelly, so it's possible her first name was changed too. However, the one thing that confuses me with this is that I feel like Michael would've mentioned that during his speech about them being family, instead of calling her Vanessa.
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Fourth Closet. Pretty straight forward, Elizabeth was killed, William made robots to replace her, and this is one of them. This could also explain the oddities in the ages, as despite Elizabeth being much younger than Michael in the games, she appears the be very close in age to Michael in the movie. On top of this, the dream scene where young Vanessa found Circus Baby seems to kinda hint at her death by Circus Baby.
Vanessa's comment about William keeping her "trapped in here" is a very odd quote, because it's hard to see what she's talking about, but to me it seems to lean towards the Fourth Closet possibility. I know having Vanessa be a robot could be a very split decision, I know a lot of people would be upset with it, but I feel like it could be interesting depending how they do/explain it.
Now, for Michael. Michael has the least amount going on with him, as of course he was just introduced and didn't get a lot of screen time. His relationship to Charlie is odd, at first I thought he was siding/teamed up with her, but then after she tried to attack him it doesn't seem like that, but then also he seemed to be using her bloodlust to his advantage? Though, he only appeared when she wasn't awake, and he was able to wake the toy animatronics up and control them after Charlie was put back to sleep, so it's possible that he wasn't working with her, and just wanted to use the robots himself, but she got in the way. In terms of what's going to happen with him, I'm honestly unsure. I 100% believe he's coming back in the next movie, potentially even being the nightguard at Fazbear Frights, going with the whole FNAF 3 being Michael trying to find William. I doubt we'll see him get scooped, or if he does he won't come back because I don't believe they'd stuff that into one movie, and we're only getting 3 movies. But, tbf, the 3 movies could change. So, Michael's up in the air with the specifics, but he's definitely returning.
Bite Victim I'm quite certain is going to be Golden Freddy. Golden Freddy was the ONLY classic animatronic to not show up AT ALL in this movie, and along with that didn't pass on, of course mimicking how Golden Freddy acts in the games. Golden Freddy's spirit doesn't have the brown hair that BV in the games has, but that's a small difference. However, the small difference could mean everything. But, it's very clear that Golden Freddy didn't show up for a reason. Maybe the one glowing eye could mean something. But, for now I'm pretty certain we'll see BV be in Golden Freddy, because if not, I really have no idea how else he'll show up, unless he'll just be actually dead. But, if Im not mistaken, isn't the bite and BV's possession of Fredbear/Golden Freddy what made William start all of this to begin with?? So, I feel like BV will exist, but how important he'll be is VERY up in the air. We'll see.
Quick side note, WHY did Charlie look exactly like Cassidy?? Like, that was so weird.
But yeah, that's all
Posted Dec 8, 2025, 3:27 AM UTC