The Penguin

The Penguin is a robot built to serve as a waiter, a role he performs in Five Nights at Candy's and Five Nights at Candy's Remastered.

The Penguin returns in Five Nights at Candy's 2 as a withered animatronic. He is a glitching animatronic, and unlike the others, he does not kill the player. Instead, he forces the camera monitor to restart, leaving the player vulnerable to attack for several seconds.

Although the Penguin does not appear in the main gameplay of Five Nights at Candy's 3, he can be seen in the "Fishing with Candy" minigame.

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Penguin
Five Nights at Candy'sFive Nights at Candy's 2 RemasteredOriginal
Origin
Origin	Five Nights at Candy's
Creator	Emil Macko
First Appearance	Five Nights at Candy's
Characteristics
Species	Penguin
Gender	Male
Pronouns	He/Him
Sexuality	N/A
Age	Unknown
Birthday	Unknown
Height	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Ethnicity	Animatronic
Status	Destroyed
Alignment	Lawful Neutral
Archetype	Horror Monsters
Occupation	Waiter
Time Period	1960s (FNaC 3), November 1987 (FNaC 1), 2007 (FNaC 2)
Language	English
Combat Style	Street Fighting
Homeworld	Earth
Relationships
Affiliations	Candy the Cat, Cindy The Cat, Blank, Old Candy, Chester the Chimpanzee, The Rat
Enemies	Mary Schmidt, Marylin Schmidt

Background

This dropdown contains the synopsis of The Penguin’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

The Penguin has no true stakes in the story and is just an animatronic in Candy's Burger and Fries acting weird like the other animatronics. It attempts to go into Mary's office and mess with her equipment throughout the multiple nights at Candy's and fails each time. In Five Nights at Candy's 2 Penguin's eyes Are gone and he attempts to attack Marylin throughout the multiple nights at the Rowboatics Corps by shutting down the camera feed.

Appearance

General Description: The Penguin is a small penguin-like animatronic, much smaller than the other animatronics.

Five Nights at Candy's 1 / Remastered: Wears a black and white tuxedo with a red bow tie. He has a small orange beak.

Five Nights at Candy's 2: Withered Penguin is broken down. He is missing both of his eyes and his beak. His bow tie is missing the left half. The top of his head is broken, mostly on the left side, revealing the top of his endoskeleton. His original appearance can still be seen in the second minigame.

Five Nights at Candy's 3: Appears the same as he was in the first game, but with a more cartoonish design due to the art style of the minigame.

Alternate Forms/Disguises: His withered appearance and cartoonish design are considered variations of The Penguin.

Goals

• Mess with the Night Guard's electronics (Failed).
• Shut down Marylin Schmidt's electronics (Failed).

General Information

Name: Penguin

Other Names: Withered Penguin

Origin: Five Nights at Candy's

Overall Series: Five Nights at Candy's

Greater Franchise: Fazbear Fanverse Initiative

First Appearance: Five Nights at Candy's

Latest Appearance: Five Nights at Candy's 3

Company: N/A

Creator: Emil Macko

Actor: N/A

Gender: Male

Assigned Gender: N/A (As a robot)

Sexuality: N/A

Pronouns: He/Him

Handedness: Ambidextrous (As a robot should be able to use both of his hands just fine)

Age: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

Time Period

• Five Nights at Candy's 3: 1960s (The present events take place in 1962)
• Five Nights at Candy's 1: November 1987
• Five Nights at Candy's 2: 2007

Timeline: Five Nights at Candy's Timeline (As apart of the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative)

Homeworld: Earth

Residence

• Five Nights at Candy's: Candy's Burgers and Fries
• Five Nights at Candy's 2: Rowboatics Corp. Factory

Story Role: Stalking Enemy

Legacy: City-Wide Legacy (Candy's was a popular attraction, initially being a stage play that many kids went too)

Influence: Personal Influence

Language: English

Ethnicity: Animatronic

Religion: N/A

Classification: Entertainment Robot

Species: Penguin

State of Being: Inorganic

Physiology: Animatronic Penguin Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Rowboatics Corp.

Occupation: Waiter

Combat Style: Street Fighting

Affiliations: Candy the Cat, Cindy the Cat, Blank, Old Candy, Chester the Chimpanzee, The Rat

Enemies: Mary Schmidt, Marylin Schmidt

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Destroyed for animatronic body (The entire Rowboatics Corps was burned to the ground along with all the animatronics)

Date of Destruction: August 2007

Alignment: Lawful Neutral (The Animatronics are following basic programming regardless of what the program may be)

Protection Level: Street Protector (Penguin is programmed to protect children and stop altercations)

Threat Level: Street Threat (Animatronics can misinterpret an altercation greatly harming someone innocent)

Potential

• Type(s) of Potential: Fixed Potential
• Level of Potential: Fixed
• Description: Hasn't had any real statements to showcase anything beyond the standard potential.
• Limitations: Standard limitations.

Archetype: Horror Monsters

Codex Statistics

Grade: A

Tier: 9-C

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Technology

Attack Potency: Bone level (Animatronics are capable of completely shattering the window at the ticket booth with a single punch causing the lights in the office to flicker)

Durability: Bone level

Striking Strength: Bone Class

Lifting Strength: At least Class 5 (Animatronics can easily rip apart other animatronics bodies)

Travel Speed: Superhuman Speed (Animatronics can go from being right next to the office door to being back at their spawn point in a short timeframe. Animatronics appear as a blur when moving on camera)

Attack Speed: Superhuman Speed

Reaction Speed: Superhuman Reaction

Stamina: Superhuman (Completely active and can move around and act for around 6 hours)

Range: Standard Melee

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Journeyman level

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Powers and Techniques

Standard Animatronic AbilitiesUnique Abilities

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Superhuman Reaction
• Inorganic Physiology (Animatronics bodies can still be fully restored even after being ripped apart)
• Enhanced Senses (All the animatronics can move around Candy's Burger and Fries at night despite all the lights being off, requiring Night Vision to see where they are. All animatronics can move around Rowboatics Corp. Factory despite it being completely surrounded by darkness to where Marylin Schmidt needed to use her phone's flashlight to see)

• Stealth Mastery (Penguin can sneak around the building due to its small size allowing it to slip into the office)
• Technological Manipulation (If the Penguin gets into the office. It's noted that it interferes with the system, and that its presence alone might destroy the systems. Appears on Marylin's camera and temporarily disables it)

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Equipment

Nothing notable.

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Notable Techniques

Opening & Closing Doors

Penguin enters the office and causes doors and the window booth to randomly open and close, which gives Mary a high chance at getting killed due to a door opening when an animatronic is there.

Camera Disable

Penguin in Five Nights at Candy's 2 will disable Marylin's camera, which gives Marylin a high chance of getting killed by animatronics walking into the central room and her having no way to lure them away.

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Other

Standard Tactics

Five Nights at Candy'sFive Nights at Candy's 2

The Penguin begins the night on Cam 12 and approaches Mary Schmidt through Cams 02, 03, and 04 before arriving at the door. If Mary fails to close the right door while he is there, he will enter the room and sit beneath the desk. Looking directly at the Penguin also causes him to leave.

Although the Penguin does not jumpscare Mary, he interferes with the doors and the window while Mary is viewing the cameras. This can allow other animatronics to slip in and kill Mary.

Beginning on Night 3, Withered Penguin will occasionally show up on the cameras, filling the entire screen. If Marylin does not switch cameras quickly enough, he disables the camera monitor and forces it to restart, leaving Marylin exposed to the other animatronics for several seconds, especially Withered Chester if he is already banging on a vent. As the nights progress, the amount of time Marylin has to safely click away steadily shortens.

Weaknesses

• Standard Animatronic Weaknesses: If it hits 6 AM, the animatronic no longer targets and resorts to its daytime functions. They can be lured away by the sound of phone calls.
• Unique Weaknesses: Penguin's eyes glow in and out of night vision causing them to be easier to see in the dark.

Trivia

• His original design had him missing an eye.

• The Penguin is the only animatronic without a jumpscare, similar to Balloon Boy from Five Nights at Freddy's 2''.
  • Also like BB in Five Nights at Freddy's 2, he can talk, saying "Can I take your order?" if he appears in the Office.

Also similar to the JJ hallucination in Five Nights at Freddy's 2, he goes under the desk upon entering the room.

• • However, unlike JJ, The Penguin's entire body is shown, whereas JJ shows only her head.
  • He also acts like Balloon Boy in that he can manipulate game mechanics to Mary's disadvantage, and is similarly sized.

• While him jamming the doors and window can be a disadvantage, this may sometimes work out to Mary's advantage.

• He has a very similar design to Wheezy from Toy Story 2 and Gunter from Adventure Time.

• The Penguin and his Withered version do not have a jumpscare; instead, they do something to interfere with the main mechanic.

• Five Nights at Candy's Remastered reveals there are three penguins, two of which are broken. This penguin is the only one that is not broken, though it seems to be damaged enough where it interferes with the system.
  • Penguin 2 and Penguin 3 are probably the broken ones seen in Parts & Services.

• Penguin appeared in the fourth teaser for the second game, in the same pose as his in-game pose. Brightening the teaser revealed he was transparent, with one of the rooms visible behind him.

• In the second game, his behavior is very similar to Phantom Balloon Boy in Five Nights at Freddy's 3, in that he does not kill Marylin but holds them back from keeping away the other animatronics for a short period, unless the camera is quickly closed, which again is very similar to Phantom BB. The way he appears up close to the camera is especially similar to how Phantom BB is seen on camera before inconveniencing the player.

• Due to his slightly burned face in Five Nights at Candy's 2, he may foreshadow the fire in The Factory after Night 6.

• Withered Penguin from the second game could possibly be one of the two broken, un-repaired penguin waiters mentioned by Phone Guy in Five Nights at Candy's.

• POPGOES and Five Nights at Candy's are canon to each other.

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