RAT

 

RAT is the septenary antagonist of ''Five Nights at Candy's. ''He is an animatronic rat who, like the other animatronics, will attempt to kill the player until the end of the player's shift.

Like other animatronics, RAT will attempt to kill the main protagonist. It is unknown as of now if RAT will attempt to kill any other late-night wanderers of Candy's Burgers and Fries.

Appearance
RAT is a decayed animatronic rat that is hidden and only becomes active on Night 6. He is tan and has metal pins on his arms, legs, and lower torso. Unlike the other animatronics, his teeth seem to be leathery and are torn and rotten, and his torso is made of three pieces. His upper left ear is torn, and he has rips and tears around his eyes.

RAT has exposed endoskeleton everywhere, most notably his hands and feet. He has a tear in his upper torso, and has two other rips on his forehead. Most notably, RAT has five fingers, unlike the other animatronics. Five Nights at Candy's 3 reveals that this was because the original costume did not belong to an endoskeleton and were worn by humans.

Behavior
RAT's behavior is a combination of Old Candy and Chester's. He starts in the Secondary Party Room, peeking out of the Storage Room, similar to how Old Candy peers out of his hiding spot Backstage. He then emerges from it, and continues to make his way to the office. Again like Old Candy, he is too tall, and thus his eyes can't be seen in the doorway, so they must check the cameras to see if he is in a door. If the player neglects to close the door RAT is standing behind, he will jumpscare them, causing a game over.

Cutscenes
RAT also makes an appearance (alongside Old Candy and Blank) in the Night 6 cutscene. In the Night 6 cutscene, an unbroken Blank can be seen sitting with a seemingly unbroken Old Candy, along with RAT in the state it's seen in in the game. After a few seconds of nothing, RAT shifts slightly, causing Blank and Old Candy to move slightly as well. It then shifts again. A few seconds after that, it pushes Blank and Old Candy out of the way, and begins to stand up before the video cuts to RAT standing in front of the conveyor belt, standing idly. Again, the footage cuts away, this time to RAT turning right and walking away from the conveyor belt. The footage then cuts to the fixed versions of Blank and Old Candy lying on the conveyor belt, not moving. RAT, with small, glowing white pupils, slides in from the right, and the security footage cuts off, ending the cutscene.