Absolutely taken back by this new monster they dropped for the ethereal workshop lately
Not so much because of the way he looks or sounds by himself, but by the sheer amount of FNAF references they crammed into his bio you’d never know without looking for yourself
“Hello, Hello? Hello?” - phone guy callback
“Behind the laughter” - literally one letter off from behind the slaughter
“Nitebear” - the species name potentially being a shortened mash of Nightmare Fredbear or just a punny rhyme with the word nightmare itself
“Mishmash of multiple ideas” - possible Ennard reference or the general theme of Ennard also seen a few times throughout the game series, as in The Mangle, Springtrap, or Nightmare Freddy
“Quirky animatronics” - The obvious.
“To avoid going Purple in the face” - William Afton.
“Servos [don’t] lock up” - a very intentional play on a verbatim quote from early on in the series
“Groans and moans” - Several FNAF animatronics have been known to emit groan-like sounds of suffering and general tortured ghost noises
“But it always comes back” - William Afton, again.
Oh yeah and the whole thing with it being a singing miserable animatronic beast on top of everything else.
Okay tell me I'm not going crazy because they're literally the same person. Was talking to my friend the other day and she brought it up and now I cannot unsee ir