RingoRongo

The Rongo Ringo

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Pin Post/Introduction

Well morning to whoever reads this, even if it isn't morning. cutting to the chase, I have no fuckin idea what I'm doin, I just think for this little project I'm doing tumblr's more suited to it

So formalities, Nosette's my name, being a dumbass is my name (She/Her). I do all kinds of art stuff, but I wouldn't say I do any of 'em well.

So the fuck's this page for? Well I have a little project that's been only going around the underbelly of discord art chats and my video dump of a yt channel, so I thought might as well try to make it more organized.

The project is simple, an alternate timeline/universe(?) to the story of Five Nights at Freddy's, which in short has none of the murder and all of the elements of animatronic hyperfixation. If this gets enough traction one day I'll probably have a lore master-post here.

Now don't mind me as I reupload what I already have done.

(I would also like to use this page as a credits for assets used in the project. The Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy models all done by themediocremakers & Baddington on twt, and the Mediocre Melody models were made by ChiuzaProductions & TFEarts on deviantart.)

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"VHS Video of a 1984 Commerical for Freddy Fazbear's Pizza"

"This tape was recorded and broadcast in the Orlando, FL area where there was a Freddy Fazbear's Pizza location. The commercial wasn't aired for long, as it was between the debut of foxy and the holiday themed shows that year."

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"Video screencap of the 'Rotten Bonnie', uploaded December 2013"

"In the years since the end of Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria's locations, William Afton, one of the co-founders and main designer of the animatronics, embraced the fan culture around his animatronic characters. He began hosting small private tours of his warehouse/company building, where all Freddy's shows were produced. Some items displayed include a completely new and fully functional Freddy & Friends: On Tour show, some partially complete New Freddy & Friends characters and set, a single retrofitted show of Freddy & Friends on tour called Candy's, which never got sold to any customers, and the subject of the photo.

In the basement of his warehouse is where Afton keeps his older animatronic shows, like the pair of the Fredbear's Bear Show, and the first Bonnie animatronic made. By sheer luck, the animatronic was sent back from it's location from repairs, and due to a clerical error, the location was sent a different Bonnie, while this one remained in storage. Due to the less than ideal conditions of the basement and lack of proper care, the animatronic took on quite a scary appearance. The usual blue color scheme deteriorated into a off-green color, and its latex parts cracked and sagged with age. Afton's dubbed this mech 'Rotten Bonnie', due to the green-ish appearance. This character would inspire the physical appearance of 'Springtrap' in the later released 'Five Nights at Freddy's 3'."

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"Promotional Poster for Freddy Fazbear's Christmas event from December 1985"

"With the extra revenue earned from the success of the Colander Head Movement, F.E commissioned a new tape and festive cosmetics for the 1985 Christmas season. Cosmetically, all characters were given a Santa Claus cap, with Foxy removing his pirate hat, and Chica's bow being placed on the hat. Along with this, a dummy toy bag was placed on Foxy's stage to go along with the showtape's story. The tape would include a few re-used songs from their previous tapes early in, and include a second half of all-new festive themed content, including classic and contemporary Christmas songs and a tape-spanning story of Foxy trying to plunder Santa's sleigh. One of the songs included was a cover less known Beatles song, Christmas Time is Here Again, which led many to believe it was an original song; It's believed it's thanks to this fact that the "45 single of this song was a best-seller in the restaurant's gift shop."

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"Phone screenshot of 'Carnie', taken early 2010"

"A Freddy fan while scrolling through Facebook found a series of photos for a liquidation sale of a local carnival & amusement company. Between photos of truck trailers with rides and midway games on pallets, there was a photo of an unkempt, strange looking Freddy animatronic. After contacting and meeting up with the seller, he learned while it's origins were unknown, the animatronic was used as an attraction, beckoning customers to try whichever midway game he was placed in, but due to inconvenient operation and maintenance, the bot was left in the company's office as a static decoration. The fan captured and shared other photos of the animatronic, and thanks to the spread of 'Creepy Animatronic' videos, the bot has become known as 'Carnie'."

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"Digital photograph of Mystic Hippo, taken sometime in 2002"

"After the CPW location and brand was bought by F.E, most of the original CPW animatronics were kept in storage, then sold off in auction, minus 2. These two animatronics were Orville and Mr. Hippo, a duo of circus-themed animals that would be in their own lounge within the building. Orville was repurposed as an attraction within the new Freddy's building, until being thrown out when the location closed, but nothing was known about what happened to Hippo.

In the early 2000's, a fan of the CPW characters had acquired all of the original animatronics, minus Hippo, and went to the internet asking for help to locate the animatronic. After over half a year of searching, the photo above was found in the gallery of the website of an arcade museum near the area of the CPW location.

The story was that when the CPW characters were sold in auction, a hotel owner bought Hippo, and used it as a replacement character in a fortune teller machine. As the original cosmetics were already deteriorated, the character was retrofitted with a crude plastic head, and was redesigned with a stereotypical mystic look, changing the character's gender, voice and name.

The fan got in contact with the museum, and after much negotiation bought the cabinet and the now Mystic Hippo, and has kept it in this state to today. As the story circulated in fan circles, some fans like to headcanon the character as transfeminine."

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"Collectible postcard of Freddy Fazbear, made March 1985."

"In 1985, F.E did their second promotional event, Crazy Colander Head night. All throughout the month of March, customers were invited to decorate a colander and wear it on their head on every Wednesday night. If you came in on a Wednesday, you could be indoctrinated as an official Colander Head by taking the oath. After being indoctrinated, you would receive a membership card, as well as an 8x10" glossy of your favorite Freddy Fazbear's character, and if you came in every Wednesday night you could receive the whole set. A showtape was made with advertising for the promotion, and all of the characters (with the exception of Foxy, who was against the movement) were retrofitted to wear colanders on their heads. The tape consisted of a variety of different types of music such as 1950's rock n roll, 1980's pop music, and an original song about colanders.

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"VHS screencap of 'The New Freddy and Friends', circa 1995."

"By 1990, F.E's finances were heavily declining, and cost-cutting measures were taken. This included shutting down locations, programming and recording showtapes in-house, and others. On the legal front, F.E no longer desired to pay the licensing fee to Afton Robotics for the rights of the characters of Freddy, Bonnie, Chica and Foxy. F.E tried negotiating, but reportedly didn't offer Afton any monetary supplement, only royalties. (Fazbear Entertainment would change its name until early 2010, when Afton bought the bankrupt company.)

Afton refused, and left F.E, taking the characters with him. While overtime he would sell leftover finished Fazbear shows, Afton experimented with a new kind of animatronic show. Named 'The New Freddy & Friends', it consisted of Freddy Bonnie and Chica, minus foxy, in a small stage. All 3 animatronics had the same internals for cheaper maintenance, were made fully of plastic, and were built to be around a kid's height, at around 5'2. The aesthetic leaned more into the fact they were robots, with the characters making references to it during dialogue. Not many shows were sold, only around 13, and no full show exists today. Some private collectors own standalone figures of these, dubbed toy versions due to their plastic construction and size, but none are functional."

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"Rare scanned photograph of a one-of-a-kind animatronic, taken late September 1984. As Freddy's locations spread in the western U.S, more locations were being bought to be converted into Freddy's, or were built from the ground up. To save on the cost of one of these expansions, the original Chica's Party World building was refurbished as a Freddy's, though major renovations were done to accommodate the larger capacity of customers. Inside the building sat the original CPW animatronics, which were abandoned for some years at that point. After the store was rebranded, the manager kept the figures in storage, until one of his employees had the idea of turning one into an interactive attraction. He and the manager worked with the location's technician, and created 'Orville, The Robot You Control!'. Orville was placed in the arcade section of the building, with a control panel labeled with different controls for him. Customers could insert a token into the panel and temporarily control Orville's movements. Orville would play a small tape loop that advertised his function while not in use. Miraculously, the tape surfaced on the internet by an anonymous party, though the voice actor remained unknown, believed to be the employee who came up with the idea. Orville was removed some time in 1985, according to testimony, the already old cosmetics started rotting, giving the already strange appearance of the figure a 'zombie-like' appearance. Orville's mech is now owned by a collector and fan of the CPW characters, and has restored Orville to his original state with new cosmetics.

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"Scanned photograph of Pirate Cove pre-opening, taken late September 1984. 'Freddy and Friends: On Tour' had premiered to positive ratings from audiences, less so critics. To advertise the show, Freddy's locations had slight redecoration of the restaurant, with posters and items in the prize counter being added to go alongside the show, and a separate stage was installed in the dining room near the main stage, where Foxy the Pirate Fox would be placed. The animatronic would arrive to all locations on October 30th, to be installed that same night, then unveiled on Halloween the next day. Foxy was shipped with a currently lost showtape, which was themed around Halloween. According to testimony, it would have included a plot of Foxy trying to steal Halloween candy, and at some point Freddy sang the monster mash."

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"Polaroid photo taken sometime mid 1980. By this time, H.E Electronics started a rival restaurant to Fredbear's, Chica's Party World, which tried to imitate Fredbear's, but on a budget. The cast was composed of southern-themed animal characters. The photo was taken the main stage of the location, where the characters Happy Frog (Not pictured) and Ned-Bear stood (Note, its rumored Ned-Bear was a direct bootleg of Fredbear). To make these animatronics cheaper to maintain, they had no legs and their lower halves were covered by a balcony or table. Due to having a limited and dwindling interest, the restaurant, along with H.E Electronics, would close in early 1982, with F.E purchasing the company and it's assets, including one Chica the Chicken, which would be added into the main cast of characters at Freddy's. due to this being a last minute decision, all marketing material from 1981 and a majority from 1982 do not have any depiction of Chica"

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"Newspaper advertisement for the opening of Freddy's from July 1982. By the ad's production, the Chica Animatronic was finalized and installed. The ad mistakenly states 4 characters on 2 stages, but at the time of publication, the Foxy animatronic was still in development. Foxy would not be installed at locations until 1984, with the cross promotion of the "Freddy and Friends: On Tour!" show, where he makes his first appearance."

(For clearer context, the collective of Freddy, Bonnie and Chica had the name of Freddy and Friends on tour at the opening of Freddy's, which was used as the show's name in 1984.)

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"Magazine ad advertising the premiere of "Freddy and Friends: On Tour! (1984)."

"By April 1983, Fredbear's Family Diner had fully closed their doors, and the creator of the character and restaurant, William Afton, refused to sell the rights to F.E. As a result, "Fredbear and Friends (1980)", which by the time of it's cancelation had F.E owned characters, was rebranded with all mentions of Fredbear or Spring-Hare removed."

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"Internal company tape from early June 1982, reporting Issues with the animatronics after first installation. Chica's animatronic was being finished at the time."

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"Magazine ad from February 1982, advertising Freddy's first location opening. Note Chica Isn't photographed, as by this time F.E was in the process of acquiring the character from H.E Electronics, and didn't have an animatronic ready."