yooo hey hi how's it going, so I have a pretty extensive theory about bunny call that i'd like to share, people have forgotten about this short story specifically, and it didn't seem to have much speculation around it when it did release. Which is odd, I've noticed that every story in fazbear's frights has at least one notable lore detail in the story for theorists. Even the story about sea monkeys that look like rabbits (sea bonnies) explains the logic that the fnaf universe runs on, that being "no bad deed goes unpunished".
This is going to sound strange, but I think that bunny call describes what happened to the books world michael, and gives details on the afton family as a whole.
I'm putting my thought process, speculation details and evidence under a keep reading thing, as i've written out a LOT and don't want to clog people's feed up that much, esp since it's old lore from 2020.
So, for starters, I guess I'll talk about how phillip is described in bunny call. The book states that "He had a thick head of light colored hair, and he had what might be blue eyes." This is a fairly specific way to describe him, and while it may not match up with michael's rendition in fnaf 4 as foxybro, it matches up closely with his sprite in SL, along with michael's eye color in fnaf 1's game over screen. The only thing that can dispute the similarities is the graphic novel, which shows phillip with grey hair, but even then that can be explained away as michael being old by that point in the timeline, along with differing interpretations from the colorist, the source material, and artist. After all, jessica in the charlie trilogy graphic novels is blonde, when each of the books described her having brown hair.
In bunny call, Phillip also talks about his family. To take quotes from the book itself, "My mom died when I was five." "I hardly remember her, but I remember how my dad was before she died. He was a great dad. Taught me how to throw a ball, always showed me what he was working on when he fixed stuff, read me stories at night. But then after mom died, my dad…" "My dad got lost. He just got lost. He couldn’t do anything for me anymore. He was all about himself. He turned into a horrid dad.” “I’ve become just like him.”
There is a LOT of correlation between Michael's family and Phillip's. In the games, we never actually see or hear about Mrs. Afton, for one. there are theories about her being the spirit that possessed ballora, sure. But there is nothing solid currently about her with actual lore relevancy. It would make sense if she died prior to 1983. Maybe even in childbirth.
And then of course, there's phillip's description of his dad. In many ways, phillip's dad sounds VERY similar to william afton. They both have a wife that's been out of the picture, and they're both described as horrid parents. Plus, phillip's father is explicitly stated to have some mechanical knowledge, showing him what he's working on and fixing "stuff". It may not be an explicit connection to robots and machinery, but it shows that he may have knowledge in a similar area.
That line of "I’ve become just like him." Is interesting to me, too. It could be something about how Phillip's become a bad parent, but I feel like there's something more with it considering both the story phillip's in and the differences of the books world canon to mainline.
Consider ralpho's design, it is a smiling rabbit suit that has a vest, a bowtie, and a large grin. Along with these features, their hands are more glove-like, with five fingers on each hand. Though, the hands are only shown on the graphic novel's cover. In the original story, they're moreso described as paws. I find it interesting that they'd give a character many of these specific features, considering that we've seen them on an incarnation of afton (or at least what's supposed to look like afton) previously, specifically on glitchtrap. They're both rabbits that wear vests with bowties, and they both have glove-like hands.
the line of "I’ve become just like him." takes up a more twisted meaning when you consider the thought that phillip could be a person wearing the ralpho suit. After all, the main character of the book (bob) told him that he had indeed signed up for the bunny call. Phillip asked him, "You sign up for the bunny call too?" and bob replied simply with a "Yeah". He would've known, and had an opportunity to go get the suit after bob left.
To be bold, it would even make sense if phillip was a cover name in the same way that william went under the name of dave miller. After all, what afton did is well known in the books universe, if a member of the afton family wanted to distance himself further from the killer's name, why not go for a name change? Mike even does so in the books, going under the schmidt name.
This is more speculation and elaboration, but the "death in childbirth" explanation for Mrs. Afton would provide a decent reason for a child (such as michael afton) to lash out at his younger brother. Because of CC's birth, he lost his mother AND his father's love. That would be enough of a motive for somebody to resent a little brother, especially if they unintentionally destroyed the afton family.
to add on one last thing for the Mrs.Afton tie-ins and speculations, the death in childbirth explanation also explains why elizabeth afton's sprite is so different to the other members of the afton family like mike and CC. She simply had a different mother and inherited different genes.
It's more of a funny point to tie in, but there is also the matter of what Phillip's doing when he does encounter bob. He's smoking cigarettes, menthol cigarettes specifically. "Bob listened to a man suck in smoke and then expel it. The smell of menthol made bob’s nostrils twitch."
The choice of menthol cigarettes specifically interests me, menthol is the thing that makes stuff minty, and while it is a common cigarette choice, it's different from the usual description of the smell of tobacco. While this could be considered a bit of a stretch, it brings to mind michael's bad habit from the logbooks of "chewing gum excessively." Nicotine gum is a fairly common aid to help smokers quit, and is of course also often flavored with menthol, if michael tried to quit smoking, it'd then make sense if he picked up the bad habit of excessively chewing mint gum.
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I finally got all the Fazbear Fright stories and i think my favorite one yet is "Bunny call".
Fandom: Fazbear Frights, specifically "Bunny Call*
Character: Ralpho (I must tell i really wasn't expecting this guy to be 6 feets and a half, i thought he was way smaller)
Fic type: short or concept (whatever is best for you)
It can be platonic or romantic. Also, reader can be a new counselor in Camp Etenia
Sure! I think my personal favorite was "Count The Ways". I'll see what I can do with Ralpho :) I struggled on how to tackle this so this is how if went-
"Yandere!" Ralpho The Bunny with Counselor!Darling
(Fazbear Frights: Bunny Call)
Pairing: Platonic/Romantic
Possible Trigger Warnings: Gender-Neutral Darling, Obsession, Stalking, Dubious companionship, Violence, Implied protective yandere, Implied murder, Blood, Implied kidnapping, Open-ended story.
Bunny Call stays pretty vague from what I remember when it comes to what exactly Ralpho is.
He isn't an animatronic and acts like a haunted/sentient suit.
Plus, he actually "bleeds" in the story.
Based on how he pursues Bob in the story, we can also assume Ralpho is persistent in pursuing a goal.
I have a feeling that if you're a counselor, Ralpho may be more docile.
I'm just guessing, however.
As said before, we don't know much about this orange rabbit.
For the most part, even as a counselor, you'd probably have no clue about Ralpho's sentience.
Far as you know Ralpho is a costume worn by employees for the Bunny Call event campers can sign up for.
You probably haven't seen the costume move until you leave the area.
When you leave the area I imagine Ralpho would stalk you in the surrounding woods.
Maybe you're on night shift and wander the paths of the camp to check for any strange behavior.
It's a job someone has to do.
While you do your job in the camp, Ralpho no doubt watches you.
In this concept his intentions are dubious.
He probably doesn't even have a set reason as to why he's drawn to you.
It could be a supernatural force for all you know.
For this I'd say Ralpho comes off as "platonic" if you can call it that with his actions.
Ralpho is primarily an observing yandere, he just likes to watch.
You may never even know he moves around at night, not unless you're perceptive.
Even then... you have to know what to look for.
Ralpho acts similar to an animal at times with the way he follows you.
Ralpho didn't actually kill anyone in his story so it's unknown if he actually could.
Although in this story I feel he could.
With how intensely the rabbit watches you, he'd no doubt act as a guardian in the shadows.
Being a counselor you'll have to deal with some unruly campers...
Be it ungrateful adults or misbehaving kids.
It's a handful...
But Ralpho can help.
The next day, the kids are behaving quite well towards you.
That and some of the adults have left early or went missing.
It's a... strange change yet you'll take it.
Then there's if you're struggling to keep up with little jobs around the camp.
Turns it someone helped you when you weren't looking.
Ralpho is a helpful rabbit.
When you ignore the possible trauma and murder he's caused to campers.
He'd make it a goal to help his obsession whenever they need it.
At first, help is appreciated.
Until you start asking just how it's happening.
When you start getting suspicious, that's when things proceed to intensify.
When you actively start looking for how you're getting all this help and why campers are disappearing... you may see signs.
Blood in the woods, orange fur darting from the corner of your eye, wide vibrant purple-ish eyes staring from the darkness before scampering away...
If you pay attention, you'll notice the supernatural nature of your predicament.
This help wasn't your coworkers...
It's something else.
Ralpho will realize you're catching on.
For the most part I imagine Ralpho to work out of your sight.
He's "caring" for you even when you don't know it.
If you actively tried to hunt him down to search for who's helping you, Ralpho may act rashly.
He can't hide from you anymore...
When you realize the one who's been helping you is a sentient costume/supernatural force... it's too late.
Panic all you want... it won't change your fate.
Ralpho has you right where he wants you.
Sure, you can lock yourself in a cabin and hope you can repel him...
But soon you'll make a mistake.
The moment Ralpho gets inside... he'll run for you.
Like an animal, he'll pounce on you and tower over you.
A hand will clamp itself over your mouth and you'll be dragged out of the cabin.
You'll most likely never be heard from again after you're dragged deep into the woods by him... just like those campers.
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The ITP: Happy Ending AU was made by @maraariana01
Title: Celebrate!
Description: Spring Bonnie discovers that an important day for his son is coming up.
It was a Sunday. While his son hadn’t needed to be dropped for school, Spring Bonnie still recalled Oswald being driven by Thomas a few hours ago.
Gabrielle. Earlier, when he’d been doing some quick chores around the house, Spring Bonnie was certain that he heard Oswald say her name over the vacuum.
The bunny liked her. Every so often, she’d drop by the house to hang out with his son—and vise versa. Not too long ago, Spring Bonnie remembered the two having a sleep over.
He was glad that Oswald had her as a friend. Aside from Ben, the bunny had never really seen his son talk to or hang out with anyone.
Spring Bonnie’s ears twitched as he heard a sound—talking—coming from the living room. He knew it had to be Thomas and Jackie—which surprised him for a moment.
He had assumed that Jackie had work today—although it seemed that today was one of her day offs. Those were always rather nice. She was gone quite a lot.
Spring Bonnie stood up, trying his best to be careful with the resting Ralpho, as he placed the orange rabbit back down. Then, he began making his way towards the living room.
If she was here, then the bunny wondered what they’d all do this time. Typically, they all just stayed home—watching some movies, or playing some board games.
Though, Spring Bonnie wondered if they could all go to the park this time—it was always rather nice.
“Springy,” The bunny’s ears twitched, and he stopped in his tracks.
Turning around, Spring Bonnie was greeted by Ralpho, who was limping after him. The bunny’s twitching ears lowered, and he glanced down towards the ground.
He listened to the light footsteps approaching, before stopping in front of him. The bunny found himself staring at all of the stitching done by Jackie.
“Honey Bun,” Spring Bonnie lifted his gaze, staring into the eyes of the orange rabbit. He took out his notepad and pen.
“Rest?”
Ralpho hummed. He lifted a hand up, placing it on the bunny’s cheek—and he leaned into it, tail wagging for a moment or two. “It’s fine, Honey Bun,” The orange rabbit began.
His hand slid down after a moment. Ralpho reached, and held onto Spring Bonnie’s right hand. “I’m alright. I don’t need to do that right now.”
Taking the lead, and still holding his hand, Ralpho began heading towards the living room. “C’mon, Springy. Let’s go see what’s goin’ on.” He hummed.
...
“Well,” Jackie started, messing with the remote for a moment—it seemed like it needed new batteries. “Maybe we could go ahead and call-“
She paused at the sound of footsteps, and turned around, being greeted with the sight of Spring Bonnie and Ralpho.
“Whatcha talking about?” The orange rabbit questioned, tilting his head to the side for a moment, ears twitching.
“Oswald’s birthday is coming up soon,” Thomas revealed. “This Saturday.”
Jackie hummed lightly and nodded. “So, we’re just trying to think of what we could do for it this time.”
Spring Bonnie stared. A birthday was coming up? His sons was? He’d always known what those were, and what they meant—he’d seen some be celebrated at the restaurant.
Although, he’d never participated in any of the ones that he ever witnessed—the bunny had also never known anyone close to him that was going to have one.
He had never really had anyone back through the ball-pit, though. He’d never had a family back then or anything along those lines.
“We could help out?” The bunny had scribbled down.
...
When Ben had come over—apparently going to stay for a couple of days, before leaving again, one of the things he had eventually suggested was baseball.
Spring Bonnie had heard of it—so had Ralpho—but the bunny had never actually seen it be played before. Admittedly, he was rather curious.
So, he, Ralpho, Oswald, and Ben had gone out to the park to play—as it was most likely the best place—Jackie hadn’t wanted any broken windows or anything.
“Ready?” Oswald asked, staring at Ben, who tightened his grip on the bat in his hands. He got into position.
“Yeah!” Ben nodded.
Oswald threw the baseball.
Ben swung, and successfully hit it—although maybe he did it a little too hard. In the process of hitting the ball, the bat was sent out of his hands.
“Ow!”
All three stopped what they had been doing, and turned to the source of that—Ralpho.
The rabbit had stumbled back a little bit—his hands were covering his nose. The ball was on the ground in front of him. “Uh...” Ben frowned.
Spring Bonnie was the first to make it to Ralpho’s side, ears lowering slightly and twitching.
“S-Sorry!” Ben called out, making his way over, alongside Oswald.
Ralpho removed his hands, and when he did, Spring Bonnie felt his ears go back up—more so in alarm this time.
Blood was trickling down the orange rabbit’s nose. “You can... bleed??” Oswald spoke up first about it.
“I’ll...” Ben began looking around. “I’ll go get something for that. Sorry!”
...
It was Tuesday. Yesterday, Spring Bonnie had settled for trying to find something for his son, yet he hadn’t found it yet. He’d just have to look further.
Oswald was going to get out of school soon. Reaching down to give Fetch a quick pet, Spring Bonnie started to head out—before hearing a knock on the door.
Fetch stared, tail beginning to wag. Spring Bonnie made his way towards the door, the animatronic dog quickly following after him.
As he opened it up, he simultaneously reached down, so that he’d be holding the excited dog—whose tail seemed to be wagging quicker already.
Spring Bonnie was greeted by Ben—and Fetch’s tail went even quicker. The boy smiled, reaching to pet the animatronic dog, who licked him in response.
“Is Oswald here?”
Spring Bonnie shook his head, setting Fetch down, who happily sat by Ben’s side. He reached down to pet him—the dog’s tail showing no sign of stopping.
“Good,” Ben grinned, “I wanna be able to surprise him.”
...
Ben had settled for hiding in the backseat of the car. Spring Bonnie glanced back towards him for a moment, before back at the school, waiting.
A lot of other kids were already pouring out of the doors, yet he didn’t see his son yet.
He waited for another moment. The doors opened again, and among the other children, he spotted both Oswald and Gabrielle coming out.
The two stood there, and for a moment, simply chatted. He couldn’t tell what they were talking about, but it ended with Gabrielle giving him one of her books.
As Gabrielle walked off, Oswald made his way over to the car. Opening the passenger side door, he sat, closing it. “So-“
Ben jumped out from where he’d been sitting for a while. “Hey, Oz!” The boy grinned. Oswald immediately turned to face him.
“Ben!” He grinned.
...
He’d always wanted to spend some time with Thomas—although the bunny just hadn’t been sure on what the two of them could do. He’d have done anything.
Which, when Thomas finally thought of something for the two of them, Spring Bonnie was quick to accept the offer.
He got into the little boat with Thomas, sitting beside the man, ears twitching. He glanced at the items on the bottom of the boat, before back at him.
“Ever gone fishing before?” Thomas asked. In his left hand, he held a fishing rod. It looked rather old. Grabbing another, he held it out to the bunny.
As Spring Bonnie took it, he shook his head. He’d heard of it, and had seen others do it, yet he himself had never participated.
Thomas grinned a little bit. “Well, I’ll teach you.”
...
It was Wednesday. He’d dropped Oswald and Ben—who had decided to stay the night—off at school, before heading back home.
On Sunday, Jackie had suggested that he and Ralpho make the cake—and on Tuesday, upon coming home, she had gotten what was needed to make one.
Spring Bonnie had never made a cake before, and when he had asked, it seemed like Ralpho had never done so, either.
Jackie had left the two instructions for it, though—so he had figured that it would go perfectly fine.
Now though, he stared at Ralpho—who was covered in batter and frosting. With what he felt on his face, and how Ralpho was snickering, Spring Bonnie assumed he looked like that, too.
He, frankly, didn’t know how this had happened.
Ralpho leaned against the counter, snickering, while some of the batter and frosting fell onto the counter. “I’m thinking, Springy, that we suck at this-“
Spring Bonnie couldn’t argue with that. Maybe Jackie should have done this? She’d had to have made some cakes before, right?
Ralpho moved closer, attempting to wipe off the batter and frosting from the bunny. He paused when he heard footsteps.
Both Ralpho and Spring Bonnie turned, and were greeted by Thomas, who just sighed, shaking his head. Although he didn’t seem upset or anything.
“Sorry.”
“Maybe I should help.”
...
After cleaning up, dealing with the cake, and then picking up and dropping off his son back at the house, Spring Bonnie found himself at the library.
He didn’t know what he was going to get for his son—there weren’t many places open here to look around. He knew his son like to read, but he couldn’t buy anything from the library.
As he walked through the building, occasionally glancing at the shelves, he spotted Gabrielle, who was looking up at one.
Standing not too far from her, Spring Bonnie noticed a woman—who he could only assume had to be her mother. She was busy, in the middle of talking to someone over the phone.
Spring Bonnie made his way over to Gabrielle. She was trying to reach a book on a higher shelf, but didn’t seem to be able to successfully reach it.
Spring Bonnie, however, was rather tall.
When he reached her, he glanced at the book that she was trying to take. Then, he reached over, carefully grabbing it, before holding it out for her.
“Oh! Spring Bonnie!” She looked up at the bunny, flashing a little smile. “Thank you!” She took the book from the tall bunny.
As he nodded, she looked around, before asking, “What’re you doing here?”
“Just trying to think of what to get Oswald. But I’ve been having trouble.” He needed to get a new pen soon—the ink wasn’t doing all that well.
“You have?”
Spring Bonnie nodded.
She moved closer to the bunny. “Well, I’m sure whatever you get, he’ll like it.” The girl told him. Spring Bonnie’s ears twitched.
“And, even if you don’t get a gift, I’m sure he’ll appreciate you being there.” She added.
...
Rather late on Thursday—around nine to be exact, Spring Bonnie had settled for watching a movie with Oswald—one of the boys favorites.
Although, midway through, Oswald had fallen asleep.
Carefully, Spring Bonnie picked his son up, taking him to his bedroom. He tucked Oswald into bed, giving him a kiss on the forehead, before leaving.
As he turned, closing the door, he was greeted by the sight of Thomas approaching. Spring Bonnie waved at him.
When Thomas started to speak, he kept his voice a little low, not wanting to potentially wake Oswald. “Hey, Spring Bonnie.”
“Do you want to help me wrap a few little things?”
Spring Bonnie nodded, and followed after Thomas.
...
It was Friday. When school had let out later in the day, he didn’t just pick up his son—instead, he also picked up Gabrielle. Ben had accompanied him to the school again.
He knew that the three of them were going to have a sleepover. Whenever those happened, the bunny could tell that they were rather excited.
Although it took some convincing from Oswald over the phone, Jackie had allowed them to go play baseball—although it was clear that she was just a little nervous.
Ben was up to bat first, while Gabrielle was going to be pitching. “Are you ready?” She questioned, messing with the ball in her hand.
Ben nodded.
Spring Bonnie turned, making his way towards the front door of the house—he wanted to get some quick little snacks and some drinks for the three.
“Ow!”
Spring Bonnie stopped right in his tracks, ears twitching. The bunny turned around to look at the four.
The kids were all staring towards Ralpho, who had a hand over his nose—although blood was still trickling down from it. The ball sat at his feet.
...
Oswald, Ben, and Gabrielle were all sitting around the TV—watching something of Oswald’s choosing. Before that, they’d already watched something of Ben’s.
The movie Oswald had chosen was almost over, and Spring Bonnie was curious as to what Gabrielle would end up choosing.
Spring Bonnie arrived at the couch with some more snacks for the three—some chips, and placed the little bowl down in front of them.
...
“Happy Birthday!”
Oswald smiled.
“You’re growing up so fast,” Jackie smiled, pulling the boy into a hug, which he happily returned after a moment.
The cake, among other things, hadn’t been given out yet—although Spring Bonnie hoped that Oswald would like it all. He hoped the cake tasted good.
He knew it had gone better with Thomas’s help—considering that there was a complete cake now, and the three of them weren’t covered in anything.
As he watched Oswald, Jackie, and Thomas, Spring Bonnie heard a noise from behind himself, which caused the bunny to look away.
Spring Bonnie saw Ralpho—he was standing in front Ben and Gabrielle. He was taking off his hat, before holding it in front of the two kids.
“C’mon, reach in.” The orange rabbit smiled.
Ben reached in first, followed by Gabrielle. And when they pulled their hands out, both had a cupcake with white and pink frosting.
“Jackie wanted you guys to have these later- don’t tell her it was me,” Ralpho grinned. Although Jackie was already staring at the orange rabbit.
Ralpho himself reached into the hat, and pulled out another cupcake—which he held out for Gabrielle. Spring Bonnie wondered how the cupcakes were fine.
“Now, go give this to Oz,” Ralpho told the girl as she took the cupcake from him.
Spring Bonnie only looked away from the three when he heard footsteps—and then someone hug him. The bunny smiled at Oswald.
He was glad to be here for the boy’s birthday—these were rather important things. Though, the bunny was just glad to be with his son in general.
The bunny was glad to have come out of the pit—glad to have met Oswald when he did.
Kneeling down, Spring Bonnie carefully returned the hug, tail happily wagging—although it wasn’t all that noticeable, thanks to his outfit.
Spring Bonnie would have written something down, but he didn’t have his notepad and pen with him right now—he accidentally misplaced both last night.
So, the smiling bunny stared down at his son, before making a little heart gesture with his hands, and then pointed at Oswald. I love you, son.
Oswald just smiled. “I love you too, dad.”
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