Announcing Phone Guy Month 2026!
Hello? Hello, hello? This is the third Phone Guy month!
August is Phone Guy month, and 2026 comes with a new format! Some of the talented folks over on the Phone Guy Discord server helped me out - .phonecrab. supported the shift to weekly and helped with eras, and artsygeek also supported the shift to the weekly format and helped me pick between the planned event graphics.
For this Phone Guy month, I opted for a weekly prompt instead of a daily one. Each week has two prompts: an Era and a Theme. Eras are just general ideas for timeframes, and Themes are the loose motifs. You can do a peice just for the Era prompt, you can do a peice just for the Theme prompt, or you can do a peice that combines both!
It's going to run from August 1st to August 31st, but I'll be honest, you can do this whenever the hell you want, don't let a silly timeframe panic you.
It's Phone Guy month but any of FNAF's human mentors are accepted, so Phone Guy, Phone Dude, Tape Girl, and Kim. (I'll also accept Dispatch as he sort of fills a similar ecological niche)
Art and fics are accepted.
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Tag what you make with "PhoneGuyMonth2026" so that I can see it!
Week 1 - Era: attempted franchise revival. Theme: Ghosts
This week's Era is 'attempted franchise revival', and this covers FNAF 1 and The Week Before. The last thralls of a franchise resturaunt trying to cling to life whilst their reputation runs down the drain.
This week's theme is Ghosts. The metaphorical ghosts of decisions made in the past, and the very real ghosts that are pupetering those animatronics.
Week 2 - Era: New and improved. Theme: Missing
This week's Era is 'New and improved', refering to the New and Improved Freddy Fazbear's Pizza of FNAF 2.
This week's theme is 'Missing'. … Where did they go?
Week 3 - Era: Vritual. Theme: Rumours
This week's Era is 'Vritual', refering to Virtual Relaity, because this week's era is Help Wanted 1. Tape Girl is this game's Phone Guy, but the phone calls from the original games also happen here, so you can have practically the whole phone crew together!
This weeks theme is Rumors. Things that Fazbear's likes to sweep under the rug. The things that Fazbear's has been trying to cover up by playing it off as fiction.
Week 4 - Era: Golden age. Theme: Naivety
This week's Era is 'Golden age'. Whilst I am refering to the litteral era of the golden springlock animatronics, covering the training tapes found in FNAF 3, this can also cover the very yellowish-green era of Fazbear's Frighst (the horror attraction) and Phone Dude.
This week's theme is Naivety. Innocence, trust, and all those similar things that find themselves easily misplaced and exploited.
