Board 8 > Most Evil Fictional Character: Art The Clown vs. The Purple Guy (FNAF)

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RySenkari
10/11/23 7:34:11 AM
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Welcome to the 2023 edition of Most Evil Fictional Character, a single-elimination tournament to determine the most evil fictional character of all time!

Here's the bracket:

https://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=477621&tclass=

And here's the discussion topic:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80568652

And here are the rules:

-First and foremost, YOU MUST BOLD YOUR VOTE FOR IT TO COUNT. The reason for this is that these topics encourage a lot of discussion and debate, and it helps me to distinguish a vote from simple discussion if all votes are bolded. So, I state again, ALL VOTES MUST BE BOLDED FOR THEM TO COUNT. I reserve the right to be lenient in early topics if people just aren't getting it, but for the most part, IF YOUR VOTE ISN'T BOLDED, IT WON'T COUNT.

-You must vote for which of the two characters you honestly believe to be the more evil of the two. You can determine this via any method you like, use your own morals and judgement, read all the arguments made to determine your choice, or however you choose to make your pick, but you must only vote for the one you truly believe is the most evil. This isn't a death battle, or a popularity contest. You're voting ONLY for the most evil character out of the two choices presented.

-While on that subject, remember that because this isn't a death battle or a fighting tournament, do your absolute best to consider the two characters as if their power levels were equal (either the weaker character brought up to the level of the strongest, or vice versa, or both if you want to consider both possibilities). Therefore, just because, for example, one of the characters blew up a planet and the other one merely kicked a puppy, doesn't necessarily mean the planet killer is more evil than the puppy kicker. Consider the characters as if they have the exact same capabilities and what they might do in that scenario.

-You can make any arguments, debates, etc. you want in this topic. Discussion is STRONGLY encouraged, a fun debate about which of the two characters is most evil is exactly what these topics are for. Just don't make it personal, no insults or flaming, keep things civil even if you disagree. Also, no vote rallying, if you want to encourage people to vote for your character you need to at least make some semblance of an argument as to why, even if it's just "Character X did (really dastardly thing), I can't believe no one's voting for them!"

-Voting will continue for exactly 24 hours after the post is made. If there's a tie, there will be a new 24 hour topic. This will continue indefinitely until a winner is determined.

-YOU MUST BOLD YOUR VOTE FOR IT TO COUNT.

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The following write-ups will contain untagged SPOILERS for the films of Damien Leone, particular the Terrifier films, and Five Nights At Freddy's. Proceed at your own risk!

ART THE CLOWN

Art the Clown is the antagonist of several horror films and shorts.

Art the Clown made his debut appearance in the short film "The 9th Circle", which follows his pursuit of a young woman named Casey in an empty train station on Halloween night. Art abducts Casey and brings her to a satanic cult for a sacrifice to Satan. Art's second appearance was in the short film "Terrifier", where he stalks and torments a young woman who witnesses one of his murders at a gas station. The character made his feature-film debut in All Hallows' Eve, which incorporates the prior two short films as segments on VHS tapes that the film's protagonist Sarah watches with the children she's babysitting on Halloween night. Art enters the real world and murders the children for a terrified Sarah to find. Art's second feature-film appearance was in the slasher film Terrifier (2016). In Terrifier, Art inhabits the fictitious Miles County and pursues partygoer Tara Heyes and her sister Victoria on Halloween night. After killing Tara, he targets Victoria, the lone survivor. She fights against Art until he runs her over with a pickup truck and eats half of her face off, leaving her disfigured. Art is a vile, dangerous, and demented killer clown who has a penchant for viciously slaughtering nearly anyone he comes across, with his preferred method of killing and torture being mutilation. Art possesses various supernatural abilities as well, which he uses to induce fear upon his targets. He is shown to be an extremely dedicated serial killer, stopping at nothing until he has finally cornered his victims, who he continually chases down, terrorizes and stalks, before either killing in a slow, violently sadistic manner, or, as shown in some cases, sparing their lives, only so that they have to live with the trauma he has exposed them to. He always (silently) laughs when his targets are in peril, and is very theatrical when hunting down and killing them, oftentimes performing his kills in an animated, comedic manner.

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THE PURPLE GUY

The Purple Guy is a major antagonist of the Five Nights At Freddy's series.

William Afton, also known as the 'Purple' Guy and Springtrap, was the serial killer responsible for the murder of a dozen children over the period of about a decade, as well as the founder of Fredbear's Family Diner and Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Afton is visualized as a tall, abnormal purple figure with a giant grin on his face, representing how he hides in the shadows during his killing sprees and the pleasure he takes in his crimes. Afton had a strange fascination with Spring Bonnie, a suit which depicted a large androgynous yellow rabbit. He would wear it inside the pizzeria, via using a hand crank to move the inner metal parts of the suit away from his face, chest, arms and legs. By doing this, Afton could slip into the suit without worry of being impaled. However, on around the date of June 26th, 1985, Afton abducted and murdered five children by luring them into a backroom dressed in the prior mentioned rabbit costume. He would then hide their corpses to avoid getting caught, possibly in the animatronic costumes. Police arrested Afton, but he was let go due to a lack of evidence and the bodies never being found. This caused the spirits of the dead children to possess the animatronics, hungry for vengeance. Sometime after his demise, Afton awoke in his own pool of blood, alone and decomposing. Due to his iron will to live, his soul was unable to rest and move on to the afterlife, resulting in Afton being permanently encased in the confines of his own creation. In the year of 2023, he was found by a couple of college students wanting to make a quick buck and put inside Fazbear's Fright, a horror attraction based on the infamous past of the Freddy Fazbear brand. Now free to do what he pleases, he abandons his old identity and accepts his gruesome rebirth, calling himself The Springtrap. It is heavily implied that William's true motive is to gain the secret of immortality and live eternally alongside fulfilling his cruel and sadistic pleasures. Judging by his actions and appearance within the games, William is wicked, cold-blooded and methodical, clearly showing no remorse for his actions. He was even malicious enough to murder his closest friend and business partner Henry's only daughter Charlotte, an event which caused Henry immense emotional turmoil to the point where he nearly committed suicide, showing that William is more than willing to harm his friends, whether it be mentally, emotionally, or physically. As shown in every minigame he appears in, he always smiles during his killings, and in the Pizza Party minigame in Five Nights at Freddy's: Help Wanted, which appears to be a recreation of one of Afton's murders, Glitchtrap, who is representing Afton, can be seen dancing gleefully after murdering the victim, taunting them while they are trapped inside of a robotic suit and suffering a slow and painful death.

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Snake5555555555
10/11/23 12:00:20 PM
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This is actually a pretty tough match-up!

Gonna go with Art the Clown

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Dancedreamer
10/11/23 12:20:21 PM
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Art the Clown

Afton may have cared for his daughter. That little bit of doubt has me leaning toward Art here. Though Afton specifically targeting children makes him particularly heinous. How much he cared or if he did at all is left for debate, but there is some debate.

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Mythiot
10/11/23 12:29:11 PM
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Art the Clown
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Pirateking2000
10/11/23 12:35:27 PM
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Shit, yeah this is another hard matchup. Art is way more brutal in his killings but I think he is also more on the "insane" side of things and mostly random while having an outside supernatural third party pushing him. Someone more familiar with him can confirm. I think Art also killed himself rather than tango with the police when cornered.

Meanwhile Afton really really REALLY loves killing children, goes more broad in scope (assuming FNAF lore didn't change things, that whole thing is nutty), and has no outside entity(?) pushing him. He also mocks the ghosts of the children he murdered before getting springtrap'd. The guy was so into child killing he may have escaped animatronic mascot hell to keep doing it lol

Dancedreamer posted...
Afton may have cared for his daughter. That little bit of doubt has me leaning toward Art here. Though Afton specifically targeting children makes him particularly heinous. How much he cared or if he did at all is left for debate, but there is some debate.

If I recall right, in the books he was actually abusive to his daughter too. He also had illusion discs he tortured his son with (though yeah the books are a whole other crazy can of worms along with time stuff)

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Pirateking2000
10/11/23 12:43:43 PM
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Leaning The Purple Guy for now

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Chaeix
10/11/23 1:19:47 PM
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Art

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Chaeix
10/11/23 1:21:40 PM
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Also for those who dont know Art, in the second movie he tortures and cuts up a girl, then flays her, leaving her an exposed mess of flesh and nerve endings, and leaves her alive in excruciating pain for her mom to walk in on. You think shes dead but he left her alive for maximum pain

probably the most brutal on-screen killing I have ever seen

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LightningStrikes
10/11/23 1:39:12 PM
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Art

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skulltrumpets
10/11/23 1:41:03 PM
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Yeah Jesus this is hard. I kind of forgot how brutal FNAF is too. Slight leaning towards the Purple Guy. Art is more brutal, but he has a level of ambiguity to him. On the other hand, this fucker here specifically targets the most vulnerable of our population, and if pirateking is to be believed, not even his own family is safe.

Also shout out to both of these characters for being perversions of stuff meant to be wholesome to children!
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Dancedreamer
10/11/23 1:43:49 PM
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skulltrumpets posted...
Also shout out to both of these characters for being perversions of stuff meant to be wholesome to children!

Does anyone find Clowns wholesome? Most people I know hate clowns and find them creepy!

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PrinceKaro
10/11/23 2:16:07 PM
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Art the Clown

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Johnbobb
10/11/23 2:21:33 PM
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Art

I know People Guy targets kids, but nothing about Art suggests he'd be unwilling to in the same position, and Art seems to get more enjoyment out of the torture and making the deaths awful rather than just killing


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MegaWentEvil
10/11/23 2:45:27 PM
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Dancedreamer posted...
Does anyone find Clowns wholesome? Most people I know hate clowns and find them creepy!
Well, non-ironic clowns exist.

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trdl23
10/11/23 2:52:39 PM
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Purple

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GavsEvans123
10/11/23 5:14:19 PM
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Art the Clown

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rwlh
10/11/23 5:31:14 PM
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Art seems like he enjoys the torture end of things more, and he's also no stranger to killing kids.

These two could certainly become best buds.
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skulltrumpets
10/11/23 5:56:38 PM
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Dancedreamer posted...
Does anyone find Clowns wholesome? Most people I know hate clowns and find them creepy!
I did say meant to be!
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Suprak_the_Stud
10/11/23 6:01:24 PM
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Purple Guy

Art is so poorly written that he basically isn't a character. It is like saying a combine harvester is evil because it mangled a kid.

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Waluigi1
10/11/23 7:53:25 PM
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If you know anything about FNAF lore, it's gotta be Purple Guy. He's suuuper fucking evil and fucked up.

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TomNook
10/11/23 9:16:41 PM
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Art the Clown

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SwiftyDC
10/12/23 1:20:28 AM
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Art

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Xiahou_Shake
10/12/23 1:44:25 AM
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Literally just watched Terrifier 2 for the first time tonight!

It's Art the Clown. Holy hell what a captivating monster he is.

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