Game Theory: The Crying Child's Identity

Introduction

• The Crying Child's identity has puzzled the FNAF community for a decade.
• A channel with only one video, Dual Process Theory (DPT), claims to have solved it.
• They propose that the Crying Child's name is Cassidy.
• Cassidy is traditionally believed to be the vengeful spirit and a separate character.
• DPT suggests Crying Child and Cassidy are one and the same.

Key Points by DPT

Name in the Survival Logbook

• The name Cassidy is hidden in the word search from the book.
• Found by decoding numbers into coordinates in the word search.
• A mirror with "My name" next to a picture of the Crying Child.

Dual Spirits Theory

• Traditionally believed that Golden Freddy is possessed by two spirits.
• DPT argues Golden Freddy only has one spirit: Crying Child.
• They cite the single entity speech pattern, "It's me," in the series.

Happiest Day Minigame

• Only six kids appear in the minigame, supporting only five missing children plus the puppet.

Glowing Eyes in FNAF 3 Ending

• Golden Freddy has two eyes glowing in the bad ending.
• DPT suggests that glowing eyes indicate two spirits.
• If both eyes go out, it doesn't support two surviving spirits.

William Afton's Process

• Assumes William Afton experimented on his son after the Bite of '83.
• Stuffed his son into Golden Freddy, it went wrong, and the son died.
• Contradicted by the logical leap that Crying Child was publicly bitten.

Matt Pat's Counterpoints

Death Confirmation

• Crying Child flatlines in the hospital at the end of FNAF 4.
• Scene suggests death in the hospital, not during experiments.

Plural Speech Pattern

• Two spirits: The Stitchwraith trajectory follows parallels with Golden Freddy.
• Use of plural language and images to support multi-spirited entities in the books.

Child Evidence

• In FNAF 4, the hair poking from the suit suggests the presence of a dead child.
• Support from the graphic novels where the dead child is present.

Simplifying Afton's Motive

• William Afton's motives might have been to kill simply because he could.
• The timeline provided by DPT fits with the stone lighting sequence in Help Wanted.

Conclusions

Crying Child Not the Fifth

• Crying Child seen dying and flatlining publicly makes it hard to label him as the fifth child.
• Discrepancies that make the narrative solution unclear.

Cassidy is the Crying Child

• Possibility remains strong; clearing names removes complexity in the theory.
• If Crying Child is Cassidy, traditional missing child cannot be counted as Cassidy.

Next Steps and Other Projects

• Agreeing on answers remains evasive; Mat Pat continues work while leaving it open-ended.

Promotion and New Projects

• Introducing Lofi project for mystery-filled music videos with hidden clues.
• Promoted activities on new YouTube channel focused on hidden mystery-solving.

Closing

• Ends with signature sign-off as a nod to their format.

Note: The theories represent highly speculative elements and aren't definitive conclusions about the FNAF story.

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