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The Wind-Up Music Men, otherwise known as Mini Music Men, are a group of small animatronic toys who act as minor antagonists in FNaF: Security Breach. They return with many new variants in the game's DLC, RUIN. They also make a return as minor antagonists in FNaF: Help Wanted 2.
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What role does the Wind-Up Music Man play in FNaF: Security Breach?
How does the Wind-Up Music Man differ from the original Music Man in design?
In which games does the Wind-Up Music Man appear as a minor antagonist?
What are some of the new variants of the Wind-Up Music Man in the game's DLC, RUIN?
What is the significance of the withering and rust on the Wind-Up Music Man's design?
Appearance[]
Regular[]
Wind-Up Music Man is an extremely miniature version of the original Music Man that looks identical to him. The only noticeable change in its design is the large amount of withering and rust, with parts of the toy's endoskeleton showing as well as one of its teeth missing. It also holds a large wind-up key on its back, hence the name.
RUIN Variants[]
In RUIN, multiple new variants of the Wind-Up Music Men can be found within Bonnie Bowl. However unlike before, there are countless new possible variants, as the game will randomize each part of the Music Man's body to create different versions of each one, thus resulting in unique looks for each one that spawns. The most notable aspects of the new variants are the seven different head-types added to them.
The first is one with an open-mouth split down the middle, and multiple sharp teeth. Its top hat is almost fully broken in half, and both its endoskeleton eyes are visible.
The second variant is missing most of its nose, causing it to look somewhat like a pig snout of sorts. Some of its teeth are missing, wit the remaining ones being somewhat sharpened, and it has a thin crack going across its left eye. Finally, its hat has melted down, and a large hole can be found in the side of its head.
The third variant is one whose face is mostly melted, causing its smile to now look more like a frown, and its left eye, top hat and nose to droop downwards.
The fourth variant's head and teeth are entirely missing, revealing only the endoskeleton of the animatronic.
The fifth variant is one with a split-open face, with its mask peeled backwards to look reminiscent of the Daycare Attendant's sun-rays. It's missing the middle portion of its upper teeth, and its lower teeth have been cut down.
The sixth variant has the upper left side of its head split open, with its head split and warped resulting in it peeling outwards from its face. The casing around its left eye, a select few of its teeth, and its top hat are also entirely missing.
Finally, the seventh variant is a rabbit-like Music Man, with parts of its mask peeled outwards to resemble rabbit ears and whiskers. This variant's eyes are also broken open, with the left eye entirely gone, and the left eye being cracked down to the mouth.
Gameplay[]
Security Breach[]
The Wind-Up Music Man toys are minor antagonists who only appear while crawling through certain vents. They will appear and quickly chase after the player. After, they instantly turn around and run away afterwards the player exits the vent. If the player turns around after exiting however, they can catch a glimpse of the Music Man running to the end of the vent before quickly turning around again.
RUIN[]
The Wind-UP Music Man toys return in RUIN, now grouped together inside of Bonnie Bowl. They huddle together in groups near security nodes that Cassie needs to deactivate, and can only be lured away via the intercom system on Camera Stations. Getting too close to them will cause them to follow Cassie until they jumpscare her. Each security node that Cassie deactivates also deactivates the group of Music Men that were initially near it. A singular Wind-Up Music Man is later encountered in a vent leading out of Fazer Blast, attacking Cassie the same way they do in the base game.
Help Wanted 2[]
Multiple Wind-Up Music Men, all referred to as "Mini Music Man" in this game, returns as a minor antagonist in the DJ Music Time: Advanced minigame. In this level, they'll crawl out from holes in the wall and slowly make their way towards the player. If one gets too close, he'll jump onto the player's booth, giving them one more chance to ward him off before he jumpscares them. To get rid of them, the player must shock them with the Faz-Cam.
The Ruined variants of them appear in DJ Music Time: Pro and act identically to their non-ruined counterparts.
History[]
As described in one of the messages Gregory finds, the Wind-Up Music Man toys were stolen for unknown reasons. They were likely stolen to be turned against Gregory by Vanny, though the reason for why they're withered goes unexplained. They later reappear in RUIN, with multiple new variants that showcase more damage, and act as an obstacle for Cassie as she traverses Bonnie Bowl.
Audio[]
| Description | Audio |
| The jingle that plays while a Wind-Up Music Man is around. | |
Wind-Up Music Man's jumpscare scream. (Warning: Loud) |
Trivia[]
- Despite only encountering one at a time, the message Gregory finds implies that there are multiple Wind-Up Music Men.
- The Wind-Up Music Man toys are the only animatronics to be encountered while crawling in the vents.
- They are also only encountered inside the vents.
- According to Johnathan Gonzalez, Lil Music Man was one of the last characters that he modeled for Security Breach.[1]
- Despite being referred to as "Wind-Up Music Man Toys" in the game, most promotional material and patch notes refer to them by their file name.
- This is likely due to them never being directly acknowledged outside of their message, hence the file name being more known.
- They are later referred to as "Mini Music Man" in Help Wanted 2.
- The jingle that plays as Wind-Up Music Man chases you is a music box version of the games main theme.
- With how their body parts randomize, there are 392 (393 if the original is counted) possible Music Man variations that can be encountered in RUIN.
- Despite the many new, more damaged variants, multiple Wind-Up Music Man toys keep their look from the base game, including the one that chases Cassie down the vent.
- The Wind-Up Music Man that chases Cassie through the vent is the only animatronic in the DLC to keep their jumpscare from the base game.
- Despite the randomization for their bodies, the same three Music Man variants will always jumpscare the player.
- Because of this, most of the variants lack a jumpscare entirely.
- The new variants for Music Man lack internal names, simply being called "DLC Lil Music Man" with numbers correlating to each body part.
- This is likely due to the number of combinations for each variant.
