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William Afton, also known as The Yellow Rabbit or Steve Raglan, is the main antagonist of the 2023 supernatural horror film Five Nights at Freddy's, the film adaptation of the popular video game franchise of the same name.
He is a Fazbear Entertainment associate as well as a notorious serial killer who murdered several innocent children at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place during the 80s and hid their bodies inside the establishment's 5 animatronic characters. His actions led them to becoming possessed and as a result turning into vicious, monstrous robots that killed any security guards working the night shift.
Several years later, he would take up the identity of career counselor Steve Raglan, where he would hire people for the night shift at Freddy's so the animatronics could kill them. Having control of the possessed animatronics through a drawing depicting him as their friend, he manipulated them for his purposes. His latest victim would be Mike Schmidt, an unemployed troubled young man who lost his younger brother to Afton over a decade ago, making him his arch-nemesis. This makes Afton order his daughter, Vanessa, to watch over Mike and kill him if he gets too close to discovering the truth.
He was portrayed by Matthew Lillard, who also played Stu Macher in Scream, Chet Sulloway in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, David Roy Turner in Criminal Minds and the Lizard King in Axel: The Biggest Little Hero.
William Afton is a middle-aged man with a light skin complexion, grayish blue eyes, and a gray/dark brown combed side-parted hair, mustache and goatee. When he is first introduced in the film, he wears a pair of golden vintage aviator glasses, which he takes off later in the film, as well as what is most likely a Madras-patterned cream shirt with rolled up sleeves, a wine-like purple tie with dark blue oblique stripes and gray pants with a black belt fastened to his waist. Later in the film he's briefly seen wearing a grayish-yellow long-sleeved shirt with a blue-striped-vertical pattern with a dark blue tie with small light blue polka dots. During the film's climax, William is shown wearing a dark-greyish yellow jumpsuit while wearing the Yellow Rabbit suit; however this jumpsuit isn't visible due to the springlock suit covering it completely.
As the Yellow Rabbit, Afton is shown wearing a withered and decomposed golden rabbit mascot suit with heavy damages, gaping holes exposing wires on its right side, a big purple bowtie and two black buttons on its chest. It also lacks a huge part of its right ear. Afton's beard is slightly visible due to the costume's jaw being slightly open. The springlock mechanisms of the costume make Afton seem bulkier, muscular and taller. When Afton wears the head of the Yellow Rabbit suit, the eyes glow a ghostly grey. At the end of the film, Mr. Cupcake rips off a large chunk of the stomach, revealing the springlocks mechanism underneath the suit and causing the springlocks to begin to fail and dig into Afton's body, leaving blood on the jumpsuit underneath the springlock suit.
A deeply perverse character, William Afton calculates and plots his atrocious murders and perpetuates them almost efficiently and stealthily while remaining uncaught by the authorities, a serial killer with a high level of intelligence who is willing to do whatever it takes to continue causing pain and suffering to anyone who gets in his way. Matthew Lillard describes his character as a horrible monster who is living in plain sight in the world and who at the end of the day gets his comeuppance and is thrown into the horror realm that he created. He is very cautious about his murders, he tricks his victims into following him under fake promises and seems to recall details about them such as the last names of his victims.
Vanessa accurately describes her father as an extremely wicked though intelligent man. He is aware that he is a sociopath yet that doesn't stop him from causing pain to those around him. Afton also exhibits extreme selfishness and is described as someone who has no qualms with using others for his own needs as well as having little to no empathy towards others, as his atrocious acts are shown to have had a negative impact on his pawns and his victims, such as emotionally manipulating his daughter Vanessa for years, forcing her to assist him and cover up his murders, as well as brainwashing the souls of his victims and make them murder anyone who sets foot on the pizzeria, even if said someone is innocent. According to Vanessa, the children don't want to hurt anyone, but are forced to do so due to the influence that William inflicted on them, further implying that Afton manipulated the children to kill numerous innocent people.
Not only that, but his actions also caused great pain and loss among the families of his victims, being aware that they would suffer and mourn the loss of their youngest relatives. The most evident case of this was the Schmidt family, a once perfect family that slowly fragmented after Garrett's kidnapping, causing a severe depression among both Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt. But the most affected by this unfortunate loss was Mike, who witnessed how his brother was kidnapped in front of his face, which left him scarred and caused him to develop a severe post-traumatic stress disorder that would stay with him throughout adulthood.
Afton is shown to have complete control over his daughter Vanessa, as he kept her manipulated for nearly 20 years and used her for his own selfish gains, without any regard to her safety or emotional well being, as shown when he ordered her to keep an eye on Mike and kill him if he eventually found out the truth. The type of manipulation that William inflicted on Vanessa was one so severe yet at the same time one so obvious and easy to see, as shown when Mike manages to empathize with Vanessa after hearing her side of the story and points out that Afton "really messed her up". Once Mike tells Vanessa to come with him to the pizzeria, Vanessa backs away nervous and tells him she wouldn't be of help against Afton in case he showed up in the restaurant, further implying that Vanessa heavily fears her father's wrath, but still shows loyalty and affection towards him nonetheless.
He is also shown to be quite strategic and skilled when confronting and attacking his enemies, acting violent and aggressive while making quick movements to disarm them in case they're equipping any weapon that could easily harm him as shown when he snatched the taser from Mike's hands to later brutalize him into submission and when he snatched the gun from Vanessa's hands through a sudden and violent movement. He is also shown to be sadistic as shown when he joyfully mocks and laughs at Mike as he overpowers and beats him up easily with his suit.
However, William suffers from having too big of an ego as he is extremely arrogant and overconfident with his authority and abilities as he was so sure of his control over Vanessa that when she appeared just in time before he could kill Mike, William is seen unintimidated by the threat and rather mocks it, thinking that Vanessa didn't have the courage to shoot him. Once the animatronics break free of his influence and then surround him, the latter flies into a rage and begins insulting and dehumanizing the souls of his victims, an action which only led him to his slow and painful death inside the Yellow Rabbit suit. Even during his final moments, Afton arrogantly assures that he will return someday despite being in immense pain. While not confirmed, it is heavily implied that he played a role in the founding of Fazbear Entertainment just like in the game continuity. If this were to be the case, then that would make Afton more arrogant than he already is due to the speaker referring to the founder of Fazbear Entertainment as a "genius" in the training video, outright telling us that Afton is extremely arrogant with his mechanical abilities. It can be assumed that he may be a bit of a hypocrite as during the final scene of the film, once he notices the presence of Golden Freddy's ghost, he manages to raise his right arm in his last moments of strength, almost as if he's begging the soul to help him out of his painful situation, only to be locked forever in the safe room.
Family
•Vanessa Shelly - Daughter
Allies (formerly)
•Mike Schmidt – Client/Employee •Vanessa Shelly - Daughter/Right-hand woman/Pawn •Freddy Fazbear †? - Victim/Brainwashed pawn •Bonnie the Bunny †? - Victim/Brainwashed pawn •Chica the Chicken †? - Victim/Brainwashed pawn •Mr. Cupcake †? - Brainwashed pawn •Foxy the Pirate †? - Victim/Brainwashed pawn •Golden Freddy †? - Victim/Brainwashed pawn
Enemies
•Mike Schmidt - Archenemy/Former client/Employee/Attempted victim •Vanessa Shelly - Daughter/Former right-hand woman/Attempted victim •Abby Schmidt - Attempted victim •Garrett Schmidt † - Hostage/Possible first victim •Freddy Fazbear †? - Victim/Former pawn •Bonnie the Bunny †? - Victim/Former pawn •Chica the Chicken †? - Victim/Former pawn •Mr. Cupcake †? - Former pawn/Killer •Foxy the Pirate †? - Victim/Former pawn •Golden Freddy †? - Victim/Former pawn
Directly
•Garrett Schmidt: Lured by William Afton while at a camp in Nebraska, subsequently being kidnapped and eventually murdered. •Foxy the Pirate: Lured into the backroom of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place, subsequently murdered and stuffed into the Foxy animatronic. •Freddy Fazbear: Lured into the backroom of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place, subsequently murdered and stuffed into the Freddy animatronic. •Chica the Chicken: Lured into the backroom of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place, subsequently murdered and stuffed into the Chica animatronic. •Golden Freddy: Lured into the backroom of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place, subsequently murdered and stuffed into the Golden Freddy animatronic. •Bonnie the Bunny: Lured into the backroom of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place, subsequently murdered and stuffed into the Bonnie animatronic.
Indirectly
•Bob: Trapped, tied to a chair and killed by the torture Freddy device. •Carlos "Carl": Scared by Chica in the kitchen then eaten and mutilated by Mr. Cupcake under her orders. •"Uncle" Hank: Beaten to death by Bonnie. •Jeffrey "Jeff": Stabbed in the face by Foxy with his hook. •Maxine "Max": Bitten, top half bisected by Freddy Fazbear. •Jane Schmidt: Killed in an unknown manner by Golden Freddy. •Numerous security guards prior to Bob: Killed by the animatronics
•Genius-level intellect: According to Vanessa's words, Afton is a very cunning, plotting, and calculating criminal mastermind with high levels of intelligence. This is evident numerous times throughout the film. A few examples of this is his use of the Yellow Rabbit suit to lure children and kill them, allowing him to continue committing and perpetuating his crimes under a new identity from afar without being caught by the authorities, remaining in disguise for years, as well as plotting his murders before enacting them, going with the help of his daughter Vanessa when handling her to cover up the disappearances of the previous security guards.
•Murder methodology: Afton is strategic and creative when it comes to luring and murdering his victims, as he equips the Yellow Rabbit suit to deceive them by giving them gifts such as balloons in order to gain the children's trust.
•Manipulation: Afton is an expert at manipulating people, as he was able to trick and convince his victims into following him, presumably giving them false promises in the process, as well as being manipulative towards his daughter Vanessa for years and presumably threatened her into assisting him.
•Mechanical engineering: Afton is a skilled engineer, as he was able to construct deadly murder devices which he uses to kill a previous nightguard with a custom made contraption that brutally sawed his face. He also was able to construct and house the dead children into animatronics and manipulated them into bloodthirsty killers without their remains showing or being recognized until Abby made them turn on him.
•Knifemanship: Afton is extremely proficient in the use of a knife that he used to kill the missing children during the 1980s. He even stabbed Vanessa with it when she tried to stop him from killing both Mike and Abby.
•Enhanced strength: While wearing the Yellow Rabbit suit, William uses the momentum of the suit to his advantage, granting him increased strength. This is shown when he pushed, overpowered and kicked Mike across the pizzeria with ease.
•Arrogance: Despite being a serial killer with a high level of intelligence, he has too big of an ego as he is overconfident and stubborn. Assuming he is the founder of Fazbear Entertainment, the script dictates that the speaker calls him a "genius" in the training video, outright telling us that Afton is extremely arrogant with his mechanical abilities. He was so sure of his control over his daughter Vanessa as he mocked her threat to shoot him, blindly believing that she didn't have the courage to do it. Once being surrounded and confronted by the animatronics, he goes to insult and dehumanize all of them due to them turning against him, which causes one of them to trigger the springlock mechanisms in his suit.
•Unaccountability: Once Vanessa stands up to Afton, the latter emotionally manipulates and blames her as the source of the situation as he tells her to "help to clean the mess" that she "created," indicating that he refuses to take accountability of his crimes and actions and thinks that the cause of these is his daughter.
Said by William AftonReferring to William Afton•Despite being the main antagonist of the movie, William Afton only appears on screen for about 4 minutes of the entire movie.
•William Afton is Matthew Lillard's third serial killer role in a film, the first being Stu Macher, one of the original Ghostfaces from Scream, and the second being David Roy Turner from Criminal Minds.
•William Afton's knife wipe while in the Yellow Rabbit suit is a reference to Ghostface's signature and iconic move in Scream.
•Many fans thought this version of William would solely be inspired by his game version; it was stated in a official post that this version is based on the novel version of William.
•Back in December 2022, when it was announced that William Afton would be played by Matthew Lillard, fans began making Internet memes of Shaggy Rogers from the Scooby-Doo franchise committing William Afton's heinous murders while wearing purple clothing. This is due to Matthew portraying Shaggy in the theatrical live-action Scooby-Doo films, as well as voicing him in many animated direct-to-video Scooby-Doo movies and TV shows since 2010 after Casey Kasem retired the role and passed away in 2014.
•Serial killers and infamous criminals such as Edmund Kemper, Robert Berchtold, John Wayne Gacy and Jeffrey Dahmer were inspirations for this version of Afton. In fact, the glasses he wears as Steve Raglan are known as "serial killer glasses".
Nov 1, 2023 · William Afton's return is teased in Five Nights at Freddy's, as he survives defeat and may come back as the villain known as Springtrap. Mike's brother, Garrett, who was killed by Afton, may...
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Due to his iron will to live and the Remnant in his suit, Afton was still alive but permanently encased inside. In the year of 2023, he was found by the organisers of Fazbear's Fright and put inside the horror attraction based on the infamous past of the Freddy Fazbear brand.
I'd say I've been keeping pretty well up to date on FNaF theories and lore for the last 6 years. But something I've never really gotten a clear answer on is what exactly is controlling Springtrap. Is William Afton still alive and just moving the suit around by, well, walking like a normal person?
The one that William Afton has escaped from. Isn't on display right there in the mall to terrify children from their favorite VR game. This is theory would allow us to consider the fact that William Afton is still alive and could be a MAJOR plot twist and reveal in Security breach.
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William Afton, also known as The Yellow Rabbit, is a serial killer and the main antagonist of the Five Nights at Freddy's film. He was the owner of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place before the closure of his...
