“ | Now I will tell you a story about a mother and a little boy who lived alone in a cabin in the dark woods. |
„ |
~ Candy Cadet's story "The Monster in the Basement" |
“ | Break off the heads and limbs, pile them up. Easy peasy, got it. | „ |
~ The Mimic |
“ | I saw it for the first time today. There was a character, I couldn't make out who it was, standing at the end of the hall. I thought it was just bugged out, so I made a note of it and kept playing. But then it was looking in the window. And not like Chica or Bonnie would. It was like it was actually looking in the window, seeing what I was doing. |
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~ Tape Girl describing Glitchtrap |
“ | Can you hear me? Hello? | „ |
~ Glitchtrap mimicking Tape Girl's first line, hinting its true nature. |
“ | I always come back. Let me out. | „ |
~ Glitchtrap at the end of Princess Quest |
Summary
Mimic1, also known as The Mimic, is the main antagonist of the Steel Wool Studios series of Five Nights At Freddy's and the Tales from the Pizzaplex series.[NOTE 1] As Glitchtrap, it served as the main antagonist of the Help Wanted duology, and the overarching antagonist of Security Breach. Its physical body makes its debut in the Ruin DLC, acting as the primary antagonist as it deceives Cassie into releasing it.
It is an artificial intelligence created by a man named Edwin Murray, designed to copy movement and behavior from his son David Murray, acting as his personal playmate while Edwin worked. However, after his son died from a tragic accident, Edwin takes his rage out on The Mimic and beats it with a metal rod. As a result, The Mimic learned violence due to Edwin's actions.
When a team of Fazbear employees were sent to clean up and retrieve Edwin's projects, they stumble upon a deactivated Mimic. Upon repair, it springs to life and murders every single one, as well as the next team that follows after. Fazbear Entertainment was eventually successful in acquiring The Mimic, producing the Mimic endo line which would observe and replicate show routines while using its original programming. Yet after the Mimic began to imitate humans in unintended ways, the Mimic line was scrapped out of fear.
While the Mega Pizzaplex was under construction, the original Mimic1 was brought in the buried Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place to help the crew, yet ended up slaughtering everybody inside. Meanwhile, its A.I. manifests inside a VR game in the form of a virus called Glitchtrap, after its circuit boards — presumably belonging to the old Mimic endos — were scanned and uploaded in the game to influence enemy pathfinding. While its endoskeleton remained trapped beneath the Pizzaplex, the virus worked behind the scenes to set itself free.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 10-C | 9-C | 9-B
Key: Mimic1 / VR World | Tiger Rock | The Mimic
Name: Mimic1, The Mimic, Glitchtrap, The Anomaly, Tiger Rock, The Storyteller (formerly), "Grimic" (in-game files), Helpi
Origin: Five Nights At Freddy's
Gender: None, referred with male pronouns
Age: 50+ (Made in the early 1980s)
Classification: Supernatural A.I., virus | Robot
Powers and Abilities:
Inorganic Physiology (Type 2: Is an artificial intelligence program), Multilocation (Its program is able to exist in various places at once, operating as a digital entity lurking in virtual reality and in the Pizzaplex system,[1][2] while its physical body is trapped deep beneath the Pizzaplex.[3] It is also present in the VANNI Mask[4]) and likely Hive Mind (Both Glitchtrap and Tiger Rock are likely linked to the main Mimic1 program's hive mind, similar to the previous Mimic endo line), Data Manipulation (Able to influence the VR world), likely Voice Mimicry (Implied to have mimicked Tape Girl's voice in Tape 16[1]), Technology Manipulation (Had control over every electronic system in the Pizzaplex as the Storyteller.[2] Turned the Fazbear Funtime Service animatronics aggressive and violent.[5] Hacks the Helpi program inside the VANNI mask[4]), Possession (Took control of Vanny and Gregory, the former of which was possessed after playing a VR game containing Glitchtrap[1]), Mind Manipulation (Traps Vanessa's mind inside a Freddy costume in one of the endings[1]), possibly Madness Manipulation (Implied to have been messing with Jeremy's mind, driving him almost insane, albeit it's unknown how it did this[6]), Subjective Reality (Grabbing Kai's arm in the VR world caused a bruise to appear in the real world[7]), Illusion Creation (Made Kai hallucinate even when free of the VR world[7]), Shapeshifting (Took the form of an owl, cat, and clock.[7] Turned into a green Spring Bonnie plush[1])
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2 and 3; As a robot, Tiger Rock lacks the need for air, food, water, or sleep), Immortality (Type 2; As a Fazbear Entertainment robot, Tiger Rock can remain functional even after taking heavy damage), Inorganic Physiology (Type 2; Is an animatronic), Bodily Weaponry, Technology Manipulation (Can control the VR equipment, animatronics, and Storyteller devices in the Pizzaplex), Stealth Mastery (Sneaked into Kai's home undetected)
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Inorganic Physiology (Type 2), Self-Sustenance (Types 1, 2 and 3; Is a robot), Immortality (Type 2: Comparable to other animatronics in the series. Unbothered by losing its arm.[4] Still functional despite sustaining beatings from Edwin using a metal rod[8]), Stealth Mastery (Can hide behind and within costumes, and frequently ambushes the teen group[3]), Bodily Weaponry (Its claws are sharp enough to pierce metal), Voice Mimicry (Is able to copy the voices of others) and limited Social Influencing (Its mimicry is compelling enough to deceive Cassie into thinking it is Gregory), Body Control (Its body possesses a system of ball joints and pistons, which allows it to expand and contract its limbs at will and in different angles.[9] Transformed into a nine-legged spider), Technology Manipulation (Its presence tampers and affects nearby electronics, such as lights and a ventilation fan[9]), possibly Healing (Mentioned as likely having a self-repair function[10]), possibly Resistance to Fire Manipulation (Its physical condition is described as appearing to have survived a fire[11])
Attack Potency: Below Average Human level (Is a sentient virus/program), can ignore durability to a minor extent via abilities | Street level (Ripped Kai's arms off. Was described as having supernatural strength[7]) | Wall level (Casually crushed steel with its bare hands [733 KJ]. Overpowered Ruined Roxanne Wolf during their fight.[4] Has killed many Fazbear employees by tearing off their arms and heads, which would require this much energy. Killed Glen by slamming him into a wall. Killed Harry by crushing his skull and ripping out his brain. Crushed Kelly to death while crawling into her costume[12])
Speed: Unknown | Average Human travel speed (Described as moving slow though is able to keep up with humans in a chase) with Subsonic combat and attack speed (Has consistently attacked humans faster than they could react. Seized open and entered a costume in an instant[12])
Lifting Strength: Unknown | Class 50 (Tore both of Kai's arms from his shoulder sockets with one swift motion[7], doing so to just one arm yields 20 tonnes of force) | Class K (Crushed a steel bar with its grip.[4] Effortlessly shoved off a forklift using one arm.[4] Can break off the heads and limbs of other endoskeletons, and has consistently ripped apart and dismembered numerous humans.[3] Accidentally crushed Kelly using its body,[12] which would require this much force)
Striking Strength: Below Average Human level | Street level | Wall level
Durability: Below Average Human level | Street level | Wall level (Comparable to its own AP. Should have withstood blows during its fight with Roxanne Wolf.[4] Survived a springlock failure[10])
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Varies, potentially up to Hundreds of Meters via Technology Manipulation (When its program was uploaded to the Storyteller, it was able to control the animatronics and other electronics across the Pizzaplex that are connected to The Storyteller system) | Standard Melee Range, higher with abilities | Standard Melee Range, Several Meters with Technology Manipulation
Standard Equipment: None notable.
Intelligence: Gifted (The Mimic is a highly manipulative and intelligent machine that uses its mimicry to deceive others. In the Epilogues, The Mimic uses its vocal mimicry to lure the main cast by pretending to be another person trapped in the building with them. It has also formulated its own escape plan; By mimicking Gregory's voice, it would use his walkie-talkie to communicate with Cassie, drawing her into the Pizzaplex sinkhole and tricking her into disabling the security nodes that helps keep it locked inside, doing this while under the guise of her friend in need of help.[4] As Glitchtrap, it somehow devised a way of escaping from the VR world by possessing beta testers,[1] and also managed to brainwash one into doing its bidding[13])
Weaknesses: Likely unable to control electronics not infected by the Mimic1 program. Completing all three of the Princess Quest arcade minigames will free Vanessa from Glitchtrap's control, although this is not combat applicable | None notable
Gallery
Notable Matchups
Victories:
DJ Music Man (Five Nights At Freddy's) DJ Music Man's Profile (The Mimic used, speed was equalized, and starting distance was 10 meters)
Losses:
Inconclusive:
Note/Explanation
- ↑ Scholastic states that the stories contained in the Tales from the Pizzaplex books take place in the "world of the new and upcoming Freddy games", meaning they would share the continuity with the Cooperative series era games' story. This is unlike with the Fazbear Frights series, which is stated to contain stories either directly connected to or disconnected from the games, and is marketed as coming from "different corners" of the series' canon.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 FNaF: Help Wanted
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tales from the Pizzaplex: The Storyteller
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tales from the Pizzaplex Epilogues
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 FNaF Security Breach: Ruin
- ↑ FNaF AR: Special Delivery
- ↑ FNaF: Help Wanted - Tapes 5, 7, 8, & 9
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Tales from the Pizzaplex: Tiger Rock
- ↑ Tales from the Pizzaplex: The Mimic
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Tales from the Pizzaplex: Epilogue #4
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Tales from the Pizzaplex: Epilogue #8
- ↑ Tales from the Pizzaplex: Epilogue #1
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Tales from the Pizzaplex: Epilogue #7
- ↑ FNaF: Security Breach
Discussions
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