Since 2015, we have been the premiere online resource for people seeking to learn more about this unique restaurant concept. We have the largest online archive of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place documentation dating back to 1979, archival photographs, historical video clips, and an ever expanding pool of information.

ABOUT

The Fazbear Archive was started by high school friends Brooke Monohan and Liam Bradford in February of 2015. They ended up in the same Robotics class and after being paired together for an assignment, found they had a lot in common.Even though the golden age of Freddy's had been over for years at this point, Brooke and Liam both had a huge love and appreciation for the Fazbear brand. They both had fond memories of going there as a kid and Brooke's mother had even worked there as a hostess during the late '80s and early '90s. They decided to combine Liam's programming skills and Brooke's encyclopedic knowledge of Freddy's and created the Fazbear Archive, to ensure the love for Freddy's would never die;

LEARN ABOUT FREDDY'S

CHARACTERS

FREDDY FAZBEAR

The star of the show! A big cuddly bear from the American South here to sing you your favorite hits!Freddy Fazbear was introduced in January of 1984 with the rebrand from Fredbear's Family Diner to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place, though his origins date back to the very beginning of the business in 1979. Many people don't know that Freddy and Friends were the original idea by co-founder Henry Emily for the restaurant, but they were changed due to budgetary reasons at the time.He would undergo design changes later down the line, but during his stay at the Colorado Springs location, he sported a white-striped black top hat, a big black bow tie, two black buttons, and his signature microphone. He's a big brown bear with blue eyes, a big nose, and three freckles on each side of his snout. He also has a claw on each digit on his hands and feet, and stands around 6'8" not including his top hat or ears.Due to him being the star of the show and namesake of the restaurant, Freddy Fazbear would go on to become one of the most popular children's characters among the likes of Mickey Mouse and Ronald McDonald.He is voiced by Brant McCarthy. Below is his original audition tape from 1983.

BONNIE THE BUNNY

Freddy's right-hand man and the guitarist in the band. This wisecracking blue bunny can rock and roll!Bonnie the Bunny was introduced in January of 1984 with the rebrand from Fredbear's Family Diner to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place, though his origins date back to the very beginning of the business in 1979. Many people don't know that Freddy and Friends were the original idea by co-founder Henry Emily for the restaurant, but they were changed due to budgetary reasons at the time.He would undergo design changes later down the line, but during his stay at the Colorado Springs location, he sported a big red bow tie, two black buttons, and a shiny red guitar. He's a big blue rabbit with red eyes, a cotton tail, and two floppy ears on the top of his head. He is also most commonly seen on stage sitting on a tree stump, unlike the rest of the band that stand. When stood up, he is around 6'8'', not including his ears.His voice actor is currently unknown.

CHICA THE CHICKEN

Chica not only provides the backup vocals in the band but also helps prepare the pizzas along with her best friend Carl the Cupcake!Chica the Chicken was introduced in January of 1984 with the rebrand from Fredbear's Family Diner to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place, though her origins date back to the very beginning of the business in 1979. Many people don't know that Freddy and Friends were the original idea by co-founder Henry Emily for the restaurant, but they were changed due to budgetary reasons at the time.She would undergo design changes later down the line, but during her stay at the Colorado Springs location, she sported a white bib with the phrase "LET'S EAT!". She's a big yellow chicken with eyelashes, purple eyes, a tuft of feathers coming out of the top of her head, and orange bird feet. She's commonly associated with her best friend Carl the Cupcake who she holds on stage on a plate in her left hand. She stands around 6'8'', not including her feathers.Her voice actor is currently unknown.

FOXY THE PIRATE

When Foxy isn't busy entertaining the older kids at Freddy's, he's out sailing the seven seas and plundering for booty! ...That be treasure, you know?Foxy the Pirate was introduced in January of 1984 with the rebrand from Fredbear's Family Diner to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place, though his origins date back to the very beginning of the business in 1979. Many people don't know that Freddy and Friends were the original idea by co-founder Henry Emily for the restaurant, but they were changed due to budgetary reasons at the time.He would undergo design changes later down the line, but during his stay at the Colorado Springs location, he sported a black eyepatch on his right eye, a hook on his right hand, and a pair of brown shorts. He's a big red fox with yellow eyes, whiskers, a claw on each digit of his hands and feet, and a big fluffy tail. He's unique because he can be found on his own stage separate from the rest of the band called Pirates Cove. It even has a kid's crawl maze running underneath it, but unfortunately it was closed down in the mid '80s. He stands around 6'8'', not including his ears.After a break-in in December of 2002, the bots were found vandalized and damaged, but Foxy got the worst of it. There were several large holes and tears in his suit, and while the other bots were able to be repaired, Foxy would remain decommissioned at that location until its closure.His voice actor is currently unknown.

CARL THE CUPCAKE

Chica's pet cupcake and cooking partner!Carl the Cupcake was introduced in January of 1984 with the rebrand from Fredbear's Family Diner to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place.He would undergo design changes later down the line, but during his stay at the Colorado Springs location, he sat upon a small silver plate and had a lit yellow and white candle sticking out of him that could light up. He is a small pink cupcake with big buck teeth and two googly eyes. He is most commonly seen in Chica's left hand on stage.His voice actor is currently unknown.

CHICA'S MAGIC RAINBOW

Chica's old friend and background singer for the band!Chica's Magic Rainbow was introduced in January of 1984 with the rebrand from Fredbear's Family Diner to Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place.Unlike many of the other characters, Chica's Magic Rainbow would only be present at the Colorado Springs location and would not return in future locations. Most people believe this is because many children and patrons of the restaurant found her appearance more disturbing than the other bots. She is a anthropomorphic rainbow character with metallic pink eyes, long eyelashes, a big red nose, and buck teeth. She resided on the main stage the left of Bonnie, and could be seen rising and lowering behind one of the stage's bush props.Her voice actor is currently unknown.

HELPY THE HAMSTER

The Helpy character originated in an internal program set to automate negligible tasks for Fazbear employees, later evolving into the short-lived HelpyPAL digital assistant.Helpy is a small, off-white hamster with pink accents, rosy red cheeks, and big buck teeth. He sports a purple-striped black top hat, round glasses, a big purple bow tie, one black button, and a black business suit.Unlike the majority of Fazbear characters, Helpy the Hamster never existed physically in the form of an animatronic. Instead, he was the primary mascot of a Fazbear program used to assist employees. The program would do things like delete or close unnecessary files or programs to help free up storage and memory usage. He would also monitor internet usage to ensure employees weren't using the computers for unauthorized reasons. He even has a special mode created for security guards at Freddy's, alterting them of any movement detected at cameras.After Helpy's moderate success within the company, they decided to branch out the character into a personal computer assistant, due to the popularity of similar assistants at the time like BonziBuddy and KinitoPET. In early 2002 they launched HelpyPAL, "You're Helping Hand on the Web". Unfortunately, due to low funding, Fazbear Entertainment had cut some corners in the development of HelpyPAL. They had outsourced his programming, and thanks to that, HelpyPAL did not function like advertised and even included some malicious code. This would be yet another big blunder on Fazbear's record and HelpyPAL would be taken down later that year, though there were reports that the internal Helpy program was still in use.Some images from the short-lived HelpyPAL website and program have been found, however, and they can be seen to the left.There have been some rumors floating around the Freddy's community that the Helpy character himself initially originated as a representation of co-founder Henry Emily, though we have reached out to Fazbear Entertainment for clarification and have yet to recieve a response.

Fazbear Entertainment was founded by business partners and old friends Henry Emily and William Afton. Soon they began work on a brand new kind of establishment. Many don't know that Freddy's was Emily's original idea for the restaurant in 1978. However, due to budgetary constraints at the time, it had to be scaled down. Afton aided Emily in rethinking the idea, and eventually they landed on Fredbear's Family Diner!

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO (1979-2003)

The Colorado Springs location, located at 7367 Hurricane St., was opened on April 3rd, 1979 as Fredbear's Family Diner. It featured a large hexagonal showroom with a main center stage and a smaller additional stage to the right. On the main stage was Fredbear and Bonnie Rabbit. On the stage to the right, given the name of 'Sparky's Doghouse', was Sparky the Dog. The showroom included 10 party tables, 6 booths lining the inner showroom wall, and 6 more booths lining the outer wall.Directly out front of the showroom was the Arcade, consisting of 24 arcade cabinets, and beyond that the entrance to the building. To the right of the entrance was also the Rides and Attractions area, featuring several Fredbear-themed rides such as the Carousel and Fredbear's Wheel of Fun. On the other side of the entrance was the Prize Counter, where kids could exchange tickets for prizes such as plushies, t-shirts, bobble-heads, and more! The prize counter was also home to the simply named Puppet animatronic.In late 1983, however, Fredbear's temporarily closed down for now classified reasons and reopened in January of 1984 as Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place. The rebrand replaced Fredbear and Bonnie Rabbit with Freddy Fazbear, Bonnie the Bunny, Chica the Chicken, and Chica's Magic Rainbow on the main stage and Sparky the Dog with Foxy the Pirate on the additional stage, now called 'Pirates Cove'. As part of the rebrand, there were also other additions to the establishment. These include but are not limited to a 'Showtime' button of the wall to the left of the main stage along with new posters and a shelf of miscellaneous items, a kid's crawl maze underneath Pirates Cove, new and updated rides and arcades, and of course new theming, branding, and promotional material to match the rebrand.The restaurant once again closed down in 1985 after a change of ownership, but this time for much longer than before. In fact, Freddy's would not reopen again until the summer of 1989. When it reopened, there had been some small changes as well, namely the removal of the Puppet animatronic and the closing of the crawl maze under Pirates Cove.It's nearly impossible to find any information on why this occured. Fazbear Entertainment refuses to comment on the matter and the only leads that have been found are some police reports about Freddy's from '83, '84, and '85, though all information in these reports have been redacted or classified. Some people who were there have come forward and claimed it had something to do with missing persons though no proof has been brought forward for this claim.It was around this time as well that co-founder Henry Emily unfortunately passed away due to unknown causes. There are rumors of suicide, but these have not been confirmed by the Emily family or anyone else. Simultaneously it seems, co-founder William Afton also disappeared from public view, though as far as we can tell he did not pass away. It's more likely he stepped away to avoid the spotlight after all the controversy the company had faced and to mourn the loss of his business partner. Nobody has heard from Afton since the '80s and his current whereabouts are unknown. Ownership of Freddy's then fell to another member of the Emily family, though they have chosen to remain a largely private individual.The next decade plus would be much less eventful for the establishment, for better and for worse. Interest for Freddy's would rise again in the early to mid '90s, but it would begin to decline once more after that. The business was just barely able keep their head above water, but that wouldn't last. After the failure of the HelpyPAL program in 2002 and a break-in the same year, Fazbear Entertainment would be forced to declare chapter 11 bankruptcy and close down the Colorado Springs location in October of 2003. This would lead to the company being acquired by Burrows Industries a couple years later.

PHOTOS

VIDEOS

Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place "Fantasy Meets Fun" commercial (1984)

Short clip of Chica's Magic Rainbow rising up from behind a bush prop and singing (no audio)

AUDIO

Audio recording of Freddy performing "Who Put The Bomp" by Barry Mann

Brant McCarthy's 1983 audition recording for Freddy Fazbear

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