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Freddy Fazbear, otherwise simply known as just Freddy, is the titular antagonist of the Five Nights at Freddy's series and the main of the four original animatronics of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.

Freddy is a brown animatronic bear and the star attraction of the original Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, as well as the face and namesake of the company that owns it– Fazbear Entertainment. Freddy takes the role of lead singer and overall performer of the band, standing in the center of the stage. Undisclosed to Fazbear Entertainment and the public, Freddy is possessed by the restless spirit of Gabriel – a little boy murdered by William Afton. Due to this, Freddy and his likewise possessed bandmates are now seeking revenge against their common killer by attacking any similar-looking adults in the pizzeria after hours in a blind rage, not knowing that they, the children, are being manipulated by William Afton. However, Freddy is evidently friendly towards children and seeks to save his and his friends' own souls as well as any other children targeted by William Afton.

Freddy Fazbear officially debuted as an animatronic mascot when the original Freddy Fazbear's Pizza was opened in 1983.^[4]However, it is heavily implied that prior to this, Freddy had already existed as a singing bear character for many years, if not decades.

Following the events of the The Missing Children Incident, in which Gabriel was murdered and stuffed into Freddy, the animatronic bear soon began to exude a disturbing rotten smell, which added to Fazbear Entertainment's bad reputation caused by the Missing Children Incident. Because of the unsanitary condition of Freddy and his bandmates, who also had missing children's bodies stuffed inside of them, the original Freddy Fazbear's Pizza became involved in legal troubles regarding sanitation, which Fazbear Entertainment failed to resolve. Due to this and a lack of customers, the restaurant was closed down and "left to rot" by the end of 1985, which is presumably when the Missing Children's Incident took place.

In 1987, Freddy and the other original animatronics had fallen into severe disrepair, and he was replaced by his newer counterpart for the "improved" Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, Toy Freddy.^[5] After said pizzeria's untimely closing, Withered Freddy and the other original animatronics were refurbished for the reopening of the original pizzeria,^[6] as of the events of the first game. However, years after the restaurant was shut down for good and abandoned, Freddy was lured into the restaurant's safe room and dismantled by William Afton, who likely took Freddy's haunted endoskeleton out of the costume and melted it down to acquire Gabriel's remnant, which William Afton fused with the endoskeletons of the Funtime Animatronics to give them life.

Following the events of Five Nights at Freddy's 3, Gabriel's soul, along with the others, was set free from his animatronic prison and given his Happiest Day, as evidenced by the Good ending. The FNaF 3 minigames, metaphorically showcase the journey towards accomplishing the Happiest Day, Gabriel being the first child to arrive at the party, implying that Freddy Fazbear was the first animatronic to have the spirit within him released.