Has anyone ever questioned the implications of Lolbit in the mainline FNAF series?

Lolbit is a super popular character among fans of the series, with a neat design and unique mechanics. Originally what seemed to be a throwaway character from fnaf world became an official easter egg and even returning character in future game releases such as SL, UCN, and even Help Wanted. With all these unique features to them, you’d think more people would start asking questions, however I don’t see nearly enough people discussing the “why?” of their existence in the franchise.

I mean we have an antagonist character appearing as a digital consciousness sporting the colours of the springlock animatronics while utilizing the body of a funtime. This consciousness in question obtaining a PHYSICAL head in the form of a secret office decoration (that somehow still has a set of eyes) and attacking in a way almost seeming to taunt the player by having them “laugh out loud” (aka type LOL) to get rid of them. I mean- it almost doesn’t feel REAL… almost like a hallucination.

While I don’t have much in the way of SOLID proof for this theory (hence the speculation tag) I’m hoping this post can get people questioning: was Lolbit meant to be a nod towards the hallucinogenic gas used throughout the facility upstairs?

I mean most fans have come to agree that our protagonist throughout SL was very clearly Micheal Afton, who 100% would’ve known the springlock animatronics very well. He easily could’ve become quite sensitive to the gas should we believe in the theory regarding the fnaf 4 nightmare experiments, so if there were to be some kind of slight GAS LEAK… maybe laughing gas… his memories and real time experiences may begin to collide.

The second idea is that lolbit may have been a first attempt at an AI program within the facility. We know as of modern fnaf that AI has existed since the start of the series thanks to the Mimic being a thing, so if you were an old program dating back to the earliest days of the franchise, being exposed to both the springlock and funtime animatronics, what form would you take? Maybe the head of a modern animatronic recoloured to match what you had known during the start of your sentience?

Maybe Lolbit was a little bit of both ideas? a renewal of the AI system brought into the bunker to be used as a personality for the nightmare animatronics, taught to make your dummies scary while also using the gas to trick the mind of those forced to watch. This could even explain the usage of nightmarione in the modern games as a nod to the mimics usage in the experiments from years ago

Again however, this really is all just speculation. I’m not an experienced theorist whatsoever. But if my silly little mind wanderings are enough to get some proper theorists to question something I feel has been mostly neglected aside from fanfare in the series then i’ll take it.

Anyways have a great rest of your day and don’t forget to drink water 💖