Mike The Marionette

"Uh, Hey there friend, I got something to tell ya…uh since you seem to be sticking around for a while. I-I didn’t think you would keep this job for so long so I didn’t want to worry you about it. There’s one more guy you wanna keep your eye on, uh he mostly stays behind the Prize counter so you don’t really see him. They actually named him after one of our veteran Night Watchmen, uh since he took care of all the animatronics for so long before he had an…accident.. Uh, he USED to actually be out during the day for the kids too, kinda like our current day security guard. He was made to look just like a bigger version of that puppet thing, and the kids loved him for a while…then a kid accidentally hit his head really hard and…he went haywire. It was like something woke up in him…Uh strangely enough though, he only went after the other animatronics, not the customers and staff. I guess his programing deems them as a…’potential threat.’ Aaaanyway, you wont really have to WORRY about him much, since he rarely comes out, uh but if the others start to get very active, you might wanna watch him. Just so he doesn’t try to break them. He really seems to hate that puppet thing the most so try and keep that music box wound. Like I said, you shouldn’t have to worry about him, just make sure he behaves. Alright, talk to you tomorrow."

'Previous watchman, Mike Schmidt, the man who the puppet was named after, had a particularly bad accident that cost him his life while on duty one night. Since then, Mike the marionette has been acting rather…strangely, towards the other animatronics, often getting violent and attempting to rip them apart one limb at a time.

Mike the Marionette can be the night watchmens greatest ally, or worst nightmare, depending on how you play the game. On particularly active nights, he can be seen climbing up over the prize counter to join the fray of frightening creatures that roam the halls of the new Pizzaria, and if you play your cards right, he will help you get through the night by keeping the other animatronics off of your back for a while. He will roam the halls of the Pizzaria slowly, making his ‘rounds’ through the building and putting the others ‘in line’ keeping the old ones in the back room and the new ones on the stage for a few hours. But if you are neglagent of your dutys, YOU will be the one he comes for tonight.

Mike will start with warnings, staring into cameras angerly when you switch over to them after long periods of time, particularly if you haven’t wound the music box for a long time. He will make his way slowly from the prize room through the building, into the rooms of most importance that you have neglected to watch. Eventually you will find him standing in front of your desk, staring down at you with a black eyed glare, and by that point not even the Freddy mask will save you from his angry clutches. He will leap at the player, wrapping his arms around the neck and strangling the guard till death, leaving them to be found in their office, limp and lifeless the next morning. You can stop him from coming by checking and rechecking the rooms that he appears in most, the stage area and the prize room, more frequently, and he will calm down and resume his patrol. It seems the old nightwatchman still feels the need to do his daily rounds.’

So this is LARGELY inspired by Rebornicas Mike the security guard, Their version of the night watchman. I though the idea up one day during class when I first saw the puppet on tumblr and a thought popped up.

"Rebornica really wanted to kill mike off….what would happen if he DID die…but he didn’t leave?"

That’s where this fucker came from. Mike was killed by Golden Freddy one night, and since the murderers spirit is still in the suit in their AU, the murderer trapped his soul in the brand new security guard animatronic that the pizzaria had ordered, wanting Mike to stay and suffer in the place he hated most. He DIDN’T expect him to come back after a freak accident however, and once he did, he wasn’t going away any time soon. Now he roams the halls of the Pizzaria as ‘The Marionette’, as the new guards have taken to calling him, keeping the others in line and coaching the new night guards, keeping them in shape and ragging on them when they choose to be lazy. I included a game description as well, telling how he would act in the games environment. And since everything in the building is out to kill you, having a wild card like Mike around would keep you on your toes for a good bit of fun, as I stated. I have another piece already cooking in my mind when Mike first wakes up as the Marionette and goes toe to toe with Golden Freddy RIGHT IN THE FUCKING MIDDLE OF A HUGE PARTY, so the whole world knows something sinister is afoot in that restaurant, but he’ll be DAMNED if he’s gonna let it kill another person.

Hope you like it Rebs. I tried to get close to your coloring style. Hope I did well!

I’ll be happy to answer any questions/headcanons about Marionette Mike as well if you guys wanna ask them c: