Question 1

Is Five Nights at Freddy's woke?

Accepted Answer

Five Nights at Freddy's has a woke score of 5/100, which means it is not especially woke compared with higher-scoring titles. The 2023 horror film follows Mike Schmidt, a troubled young man who takes a night security job at the abandoned Freddy Fazbear's Pizza to keep custody of his younger sister Abby. He discovers the animatronic mascots are possessed by the spirits of murdered children and must survive while confronting his own childhood trauma. The story centers on family bonds, guilt, and supernatural horror with no visible political messaging, identity themes, or activist framing.

Question 2

Is there DEI in Five Nights at Freddy's?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Legacy character or canon changes, Institutional / cultural critique. Recently fired and desperate for work, a troubled young man named Mike agrees to take a position as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. But he soon discovers that nothing at Freddy's is what it seems.

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