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-| caption = William Afton as Springtrap
-| first_major = [[Five Nights at Freddy's 2]]
-| first_date = (2014)
-| last_major = [[Five Nights at Freddy's (film)|Five Nights at Freddy's]]
-| last_date = (2023)
-| creator = [[Scott Cawthon]]
-| voice = PJ Heywood
-| portrayer = [[Matthew Lillard]]
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-'''William Afton''', also known as '''Purple Guy''' or '''Springtrap''', is a fictional character and the main [[antagonist]] of the ''[[Five Nights at Freddy's]]'' horror media franchise. Afton is characterized by his merciless and deceptive personality, as well as his [[catchphrase]]: "I always come back".
+[[Category:Fictional mass murderers]]
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-== Development ==
+[[Category:Fictional murderers of children]]
-William Afton first appeared in [[Five Nights at Freddy's 2|''Five Nights at Freddy's 2'']] as a purple figure appearing in backstory minigames, causing him to be dubbed "Purple Guy",<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Writer |first1=Nadia Oxford Staff |last2=USgamer |date=2018-06-29 |title=Murder, Dysfunctional Families, and Purple Guys: The Larger Story Behind the Five Nights at Freddy's Games [Updated for Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator and UCN] |url=https://www.vg247.com/murder-dysfunctional-families-and-purple-guys-the-larger-story-behind-the-five-nights-at-freddys-games-updated-for-freddy-fazbears-pizzeria-simulator-and-ucn |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=VG247 |language=en}}</ref> also appearing in [[Five Nights at Freddy's 3|''Five Nights at Freddy's 3'']] as the main antagonist in the form of an undead corpse called Springtrap.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Selway |first=Jake |date=2022-10-23 |title=Five Nights at Freddy's Lore: The Story So Far |url=https://gamerant.com/five-nights-at-freddys-lore-explained-william-afton-animatronics/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}</ref> He would later appear in [[Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location|''Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location'']], [[Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator|''Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator'']], [[Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted|''Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted'']], and [[Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach|''Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach'']].<ref name=":0" /> In [[Ultimate Custom Night|''Ultimate Custom Night'']], Afton serves as the protagonist, with the player experiencing his never-ending nightmares as a malevolent entity keeps him alive to torment him for his crimes.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Hoban |first=Brie |date=2023-08-04 |title=Five Nights at Freddy's Lore: A Comprehensive Timeline - Part 2 |url=https://gamerant.com/five-night-freddys-timeline-pizerria-simulator-fnaf-help-wanted-security-breach-ruin-dlc/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}</ref>
-Afton is also the main antagonist of the ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' book series, as well as the [[Five Nights at Freddy's (film)|film adaptation]], in which he is portrayed by [[Matthew Lillard]], and for most of the film uses the fake name "Steve Raglan".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Squires |first=Bethy |date=2023-05-17 |title=Vanessa: Blumhouse Is Making a Five Nights at Freddy's Movie |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/blumhouse-five-nights-at-freddys-movie-details.html |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Pomales-Diaz |first=Luis |date=2023-09-27 |title=HORROR 101: Five Nights at Freddy's and The Story of William Afton Explained |url=https://horrorpress.com/movies/4723/horror-101-five-nights-at-freddys-and-the-story-of-william-afton-explained/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=horrorpress.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Lillard will portray the character in at least two more films.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watel |first=Stephanie |date=2023-02-04 |title=Matthew Lillard Confirms He Signed a Three-Film Deal for Five Nights at Freddy's |url=https://movieweb.com/matthew-lillard-three-film-deal-five-nights-at-freddys/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=MovieWeb |language=en}}</ref>
-== Fictional character biography ==
-Afton was a businessman with ties to the robotics and restaurant industries. He founded Afton Robotics, providing animatronic robots for a pizza restaurant called Circus Baby's Pizza World. His daughter, Elizabeth Afton, would ignore his warnings and got too close to the titular Circus Baby animatronic, which killed her. Elizabeth would go on to possess Circus Baby.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=McCoy |first=Joshua Kristian |date=2023-09-15 |title=Who Plays William Afton in the Five Nights At Freddy's Movie? |url=https://gamerant.com/william-afton-five-nights-at-freddys-movie/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Game Rant |language=en}}</ref>
-William would also team up with Henry Emily in order to create Fredbear's Family Diner, which was represented by their two creations: Fredbear and Spring Bonnie. Afton would go on to murder Henry's daughter Charlie. His youngest son would also die to the Fredbear animatronic. Afton and Henry also founded Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, and in 1985, Afton murdered five children while dressed in the Spring Bonnie suit. He would then stuff their corpses into the restaurant's animatronic entertainers: Freddy, Foxy, Bonnie, Chica, and Golden Freddy.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-26 |title=FNAF William Afton – lore, personality, and appearances |url=https://www.pockettactics.com/fnaf/william-afton |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=Pocket Tactics |language=en-US}}</ref>
-After witnessing the spirits of the children he murdered possess the animatronic robots within the restaurant, he donned the Spring Bonnie suit in an attempt to scare them away, but was killed due to the suit's faulty spring lock mechanics crushing him to death.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Troughton |first=James |date=2023-10-09 |title=Five Nights At Freddy's Fans Think William Afton Has Springtrap Scars |url=https://www.thegamer.com/five-nights-at-freddys-fans-william-afton-springtrap-scars/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=TheGamer |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Bridges |first=Ryan |date=2022-05-27 |title=Five Nights at Freddy's: Will William Afton Ever Truly Die? |url=https://www.cbr.com/fnaf-william-afton-purple-guy/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> Thirty years later, Afton returned as an undead corpse called Springtrap.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Colangelo |first=B. J. |date=2023-10-27 |title=That Five Nights At Freddy's Credits Scene Needs An Explainer |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1428207/five-nights-at-freddys-credits-scene-explained/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=/Film |language=en-US}}</ref> The suit and his body were almost entirely destroyed in a fire, and his remains became a disfigured form called Scraptrap.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":6" /> After being once again burned by a fire engineered by his eldest son Michael Afton as well as Henry, his soul or conciousness would then seemingly go on to possess a microchip and begin to haunt an in-universe virtual reality video game as Glitchtrap,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ji |first1=Yujie |last2=Zhao |first2=Yixuan |title=Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022) |chapter=Follow the Purple Bunny: A Brief Analysis of Five Nights at Freddy's Narrative |date=2022-06-01 |volume=664 |chapter-url=https://www.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/ichssr-22/125974596 |language=en |publisher=Atlantis Press |pages=153–158 |doi=10.2991/assehr.k.220504.028 |isbn=978-94-6239-580-0}}</ref>
-Afton is incapable of dying due to being eternally tormented by Cassidy, the spirit of one of the children he killed who possess Golden Freddy. Cassidy keeps Afton alive in order to torture him with a recurring cycle in which he is continuously destroyed by his own creations.<ref name=":2" />
-== Reception ==
-William Afton's role in the ''Five Nights at Freddy's'' franchise has been compared to that of [[Jigsaw (Saw character)|Jigsaw]] in the [[Saw (franchise)|''Saw'']] franchise; ''[[Slash Film]]'' described them each as the "puppet master behind all of the carnage" in their franchises.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colangelo |first=B. J. |date=2023-09-13 |title=Why The Five Nights At Freddy's Films Should Treat William Afton Like Jigsaw |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1392790/fights-nights-freddys-movies-william-afton-jigsaw/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=/Film |language=en-US}}</ref> Afton has been described as "the only character throughout the series that doesn’t have any redeeming qualities" by ''Pocket Tactics''.<ref name=":5" />
-Afton's character has received criticism, being described by ''[[Comic Book Resources]]'' as "[[Roast (comedy)|roastable]]" due to his constant failures to achieve his goals and being defeated by "unremarkable" enemies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krum |first=Rebekah |date=2022-11-02 |title=10 Most Roastable Video Game Villains |url=https://www.cbr.com/roastable-video-game-villains/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> His return in ''Security Breach'' as Burntrap was described as "unnecessary" and "a slap in the face to Michael Afton’s character development" by ''The Slate'', stating that his character should have ended in ''Pizzeria Simulator''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Breaching into "Five Nights at Freddy's" |url=https://www.theslateonline.com/article/2022/11/breaching-into-five-nights-at-freddys |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=The Slate |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|date=October 2023}}
-[[Screen Rant|''Screen Rant'']] called the designs of Springtrap and Glitchtrap "terrifying", praising them for their fear factor,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jr |first=Richard Northrup |date=2023-03-06 |title=The 10 Scariest Animatronics In FNAF, Ranked |url=https://screenrant.com/five-nights-freddys-scariest-animatronics-ranked-fnaf/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref> and ''TheGamer'' called Springtrap one of the best villains in horror games.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Molloy |first=P. J. |date=2023-04-05 |title=Best Villains In Horror Games |url=https://www.thegamer.com/best-horror-game-villains/ |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=TheGamer |language=en}}</ref>
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