| “ | Cassie, stay away from that thing. It's sending out some sort of distress signal and Monty is responding! | „ |
| ~ "Gregory" warning Cassie about M.X.E.S. |
| “ | That thing in the sinkhole tricked you. I really don't know what it is, but it's been trapped down here a really long time. That M.X.E.S. security program was designed to keep it hidden, but you shut down the security. Now it's free. | „ |
| ~ The real Gregory explaining M.X.E.S.'s true purpose to Cassie. |
M.X.E.S., also known as the Entity, is the secondary antagonist of Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach's sequel DLC, Ruin.
It is a sentient and sadistic security program designed to keep the Mimic hidden in the decrepit Freddy Fazbear's Mega Pizzaplex. After Cassie acquires the V.A.N.N.I Mask, it consistently stalks and attempts to kill her. M.X.E.S aims to prevent her from disabling the security nodes in the Pizzaplex, hindering the Mimic's escape.
Appearance
M.X.E.S. is a glitchy, noncorporeal rabbit animatronic with five long fingers. It lacks legs and instead has a levitating, cylindrical "tail". It has no arms, with its shoulders, elbow joints and hands being connected by a white, wire-like string. M.X.E.S is dark blue in color with white circuit-like markings and purple glitches all over its body. Its head is a mixture between humanoid and rabbit-like, with square eye sockets containing circular eyes. Its pupils are squared and black.
Biography
Following Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach, M.X.E.S. was designed by an unknown creator(s) to protect Security Nodes planted through the Pizzaplex's A.R. world in order to keep the Mimic hidden in the underground Freddy Fazbear's Pizza Place. M.X.E.S. guards the abandoned Pizzaplex in a digital state, currently only able to be seen and interacted with while viewing the A.R world.
Some time after the Pizzaplex's destruction, Gregory's friend, Cassie, is lured by the Mimic to enter the building's remains while copying Gregory's voice and giving her instruction. She finds and puts on the V.AN.N.I mask, which triggers M.X.E.S. to begin stalking her, constantly getting closer and sending out various Glamrock Animatronics to harm her. Fortunately while exploring the catwalks in Monty Golf, "Gregory" installs a signal jammer into Helpi, banishing M.X.E.S from the AR realm for the time being.
M.X.E.S. returns not long after, bypassing Helpi's signal jammer and activating one of its own, as well as an AR inhibitor device that prevents Cassie from wearing her mask. It takes control of a large cupcake machine in the bakery to inconvenience Cassie's progress, forcing her to avoid a reactivated Glamrock Chica. Once Cassie evades Chica and disables the inhibitor, she continues her forward into the Pizzaplex's server room, where M.X.E.S. should not be a threat, according to Helpi. This turns out to be incorrect, when M.X.E.S. appears as a giant version of itself and attempts to call Chica before Cassie escapes. After this encounter, it resumes its pursuit as usual.
At the end of the game, Cassie enters the Pizzaplex and shuts down the M.X.E.S program, forcing it to disappear into a machine and stop its pursuit. Once the real Gregory helps Cassie escape the Mimic, he explains M.X.E.S.'s purpose and tells Cassie that, by disabling the security system, she has unintentionally aided Mimic in its escape. He then proceeds to drop the elevator Cassie is on to prevent Mimic from following her.
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Trivia
- It is still unknown who made M.X.ES. The most common theories are that it was Gregory, Vanessa, or Cassie's unknown father.
- It has also been suggested by fans that M.X.E.S. might have been made with a repurposed form of Glitchtrap's code, or some form of RWQFSFASXC.
- Others believe that M.X.E.S. is actually William Afton's spirit now attached to the M.X.E.S. software now forced to follow the system's program, similarly to how he was forced to follow the audio lures in FNaF 3 as Springtrap, due to his purple appearance, and sadistic glee when chasing Cassie.
- It is commonly theorized that M.X.E.S. was developed utilizing the V.A.N.N.I. network, due to his resemblance to Vanny, the general rabbit theme, his connection to the security nodes (which could have been set up in the AR world) and the likelihood of Gregory and Vanessa's involvement in his creation.
- It was originally assumed M.X.E.S. was another one of Glitchtrap's forms by many fans due to their similar design.
- It is unknown what M.X.E.S. stands for, although the M. most likely stands for Mimic.
- In the game's files, a model of a skeletal, humanoid purple rabbit was discovered with animations for actions such as pounding on some kind of invisible wall. It was discovered that this was simply an earlier model for M.X.E.S., as he is called DLCRabbit in the code, while M.X.E.S.'s final model is called DLCRabbit_New. The model would later be nicknamed "Ruinborn Afton" by the community, and become associated with the phrase "I'm Ruinborn Afton, I always come back" as a meme.
- Thanks to its prominent jawline, some fans have nicknamed M.X.E.S "Chadtrap", which is a portmanteau of chad (an internet slang for good-looking men) and the "-trap" suffix common in rabbit animatronics related to William Afton.
- Other names for M.X.E.S. include Pegtrap (due to his peg shaped body) and Black Rabbit (due to the internal name for M.X.E.S.'s sound effects in the files, not to be confused with the POPGOES character).
- There was a theory that M.X.E.S is actually the Help Wanted 2 protagonist, who is speculated to also be Cassie’s Dad, Jeremy Fitzgerald, the Bonnie Bully, Help Wanted Jeremy and the victim of the Bite of ‘87. This came from Help Wanted 2’s hints about the protagonist and the clues given by both Mystic Hippo and Candy Cadet respectively. Late in 2024, an update to the game was released to advertise for the upcoming Secret of the Mimic game (much like Help Wanted did for Security Breach) where M.X.E.S. made his second appearance, establishing him and the protagonist as two separate characters.
External Links
- M.X.E.S. on the Heroes Wiki.
- M.X.E.S. on the Antagonists Wiki
