Freddy Fazbear is the mascot of the Five Nights at Freddy's games, first released by Scott Cawthon in 2014, where players survive nights against possessed animatronics at a children's pizza restaurant. Freddy's laugh became a warning sign in the original game, signalling that the bear was moving through the building, and clips of it spread through Let's Play videos, horror compilations and later TikTok edits. It remains popular alongside the FNAF 2 scream and references to William Afton because fans instantly recognise the sound as the start of a jumpscare.