r/Thewaltenfiles • • Jul 28 '26

Announcement Some Clarifications Before TWF5

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Hello everyone! The new episode is releasing in a few days so I did some minor readjustments

* The post flairs are reworked so they are more clear, and there are finally flairs to distinguish OC, reposted, and official art

* There is a disclaimer to mark all your TWF5 discussion posts as spoilers for the first week after the episode release. I think this is enough time but if the community disagrees I'll change it. I decided not to make the automod automatically mark posts because there is still non-spoiler stuff like the Halloween specials that are popular all year 'round somehow

* The automod karma filter is staying, though I lowered it to 100 combined karma. I tried to make it notify the user via comment but I couldn't figure out how to...

* Mod applications are still open though the current team can hopefully handle it

Happy "just a few days until episode 5" day everyone


r/Thewaltenfiles • • Jun 22 '23

Theory The Walten Files Timeline (so far) Spoiler

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(UPDATED: 7/30/26)

I'm sure there have been several people who have already written an entire timeline for this series, but I took several days to put this together and I thought I would share it anyways because of that LOL. So here's the entire TWF timeline! (so far)

September 23rd, 1932

Jack Walten is born.

April 20th, 1934

Rosemary Walten is born.

1943

Cyberfun Tech is founded by Jason Pooltrick. The company was originally made to manufacture Casino games and machines.

March 19th, 1952

Jason Pooltrick, founder of Cyberfun Tech, dies of heart failure.

1956

Jenny Letterson is born.

1958

Felix and Jack Walten meet each other in college, and discuss the idea of running an animatronic restaurant.

1959

Jack Walten graduates from Cleary University in Livingston County, and marries Rosemary Walten.

1960

Sophie Walten is born.

May 15th, 1962

Edward Walten is born.

October 30th, 1964

Felix comes home at 4 AM, unstable and stressed, and drinking more than usual. Linda is worried.

August 22nd, 1965

Molly Walten is born.

August 23rd, 1965

Linda moves in with Felix sometime that was a week ago. Felix and Jack have been pitching the restaurant idea to Cyberfun Tech.

April 15th, 1967

Company Greeting, Bunny Smiles Inc. is officially a corporation.

October 10th, 1970

Charles Brook is hired as the "Computer Supervisor" for "Unnamed Bunny Smiles Restaurant"

December 26th, 1970

Rocket is built for Edd and Molly. Felix is drinking a lot.

1972

Endos for the restaurant are built.

December 10th, 1972

December Message, Felix talks about the Cyberfun Tech deal and the Bon’s Burgers project.

January 3rd, 1973

Felix is drinking way too much, and is too submerged in the project. Linda is worried and stressed about this.

January 21st, 1974

The animatronic walkaround test is conducted by Charles and Susan.

March 7th, 1974

The facial tracking for the animatronics are tested, once again by Charles and Susan.

April 30th, 1974

Rosemary is interviewed about the designs of the animatronics.

May 2nd, 1974

Linda breaks up with Felix and is moving to Hurricane. Felix is busy doing a favor for Jack and is in the warehouse with him. He later delivers Molly and Edd to a school party. Due to breaking up with Linda, he drinks a lot at the school party and is very drunk. He drives Edd and Molly home, but crashes the car near Saint Jauna’s Forest. Felix panics and buries Edd and Molly in the forest. Edd and Molly eventually possess the Rocket doll that was placed next to their graves. Felix sends his Guilty message after the crash, talking about how he crashed the car and his drinking problem.

May 3rd, 1974

Jack drives to Felix's house and pounds on the door.

May 5th, 1974

Felix records a message talking about the accident. He says he told Rosemary and Jack what happened. Felix notes that he lied about Rocket being left at school.

May 23rd, 1974

Richie records a message to an unknown employee, likely Sophie Walten. He talks about how he looks forward to meeting them on Thursday, and an arcade machine that will be installed.

May or June, 1974

“The Bon’s Burgers Project'' is written by Kant Tennessee. They discuss the Bon’s Burgers project that has been talked about around Livingston County. The announced release date for this new project is set to June 1st, 1974.

June 1st, 1974

“A Small Setback in an Otherwise Brilliant Project” Bon’s Burgers Delayed Over Unknown Inconvenience is written by Allison Gunn, after the announcement of the delay of Bon’s Burgers. The paper talks about how a large crowd waited outside for Bon’s to open, however Felix Kranken, at 6 PM, had to announce that it had been delayed to June 28th.

June 11th, 1974

Jack Walten goes missing.

June 18th, 1974

Richie, once again, records a message. He talks about an infestation in the restaurant and how there has been a lockdown. All of the animatronics will be thoroughly cleaned and no one is allowed to go near them.

June 20th, 1974

N.P. talks about how the new technology that is being implemented into the Bon’s Burgers restaurant is a game changer.

June 25th, 1974

Rosemary paints “Black and White”

June 27th, 1974

Richie talks about the opening of Bon’s Burgers. Richie notes to keep an eye on the Poker Maze because kids could get lost. Sha has been moved to the secondary stage next to Boozoo. Bon is having extra maintenance performed on him. A “sister company” is mentioned to have an extra Bon costume. It is noted that someone in the men’s bathroom was smoking.

June 28th, 1974

Bon’s Burgers opens for business.

June 30th, 1974

First Birthday Party (Jeremy), Susan Woodings goes missing.

July 1st, 1974

Richie talks about how the boss is happy with the work that the employees have been doing. He mentions that Bon will be back on stage by tomorrow. Richie then talks about Rosemary, who is not doing well and was recently fired. The backstage has also been locked for the week, and Banny is going to be offstage for a bit. The animatronics also must now be relocated to the men’s bathroom instead of the backstage.

July 10th, 1974

Beginning of some of the final shows before Bon’s Burgers closes.

July 12th, 1974

Richie talks about how the backstage is still locked, but the generator room is now being used to store the animatronics. The new animatronic, Billy, arrived the day before. It’s noted that the gloves/hands keep falling off of him. Richie then talks about the birthday party happening on the 14th. Lily (the person having the birthday party) is mentioned to be the daughter of one of the BSI employees.

July 14th, 1974

Lily’s Birthday Party, Charles goes missing.

July 19th, 1974

Last day of Bon’s Burgers being open. Rosemary Walten goes missing.

July 20th, 1974

Bon’s Burgers is closed for good. Richie also records his last message. He sounds alarmed, talking about the shutdown of the restaurant. Someone named “Norman” is mentioned to have called Richie at 4 in the morning about cops breaking into the restaurant. He talks about how there was screaming inside the restaurant. The BSI employees have 3 days to shut everything down. The boss says that they will be taking all of the animatronics and items inside the restaurant into a storage facility “somewhere”.

October 31st, 1974

Bon’s Burgers is condemned.

December 10th, 1974

K9 Storage Facility is built.

January 23rd, 1975

Animatronics are shipped to the K9 Storage Facility.

1975

Hillary Barclay is hired as part of the Maintenance Unit.

April 5th, 1977

Detective Derek and Rogers investigate the BSI case, and find little information. They visited the Walten house and found nothing except a painting in Sophie’s bedroom and a pack of cigars in Jack Walten’s office. Sophie did not want to talk about the situation and doesn’t remember much. The detectives also caught Felix intoxicated again, and revoked his driving license. They say his addiction seems to be getting worse and worse. Felix said nothing about the case.

June 20th, 1977

"Hotline" tape is created.

July 2nd, 1978

The Relocate Project tape is created.

July 9th, 1978

The K9 Storage Facility tour tape is created.

July 12th-14th, 1978

Kevin, Hillary, and Ashley all set off on their 3-day trip to reprogram the animatronics for the Relocate Project. Ashley goes missing on the 14th.

July 15th-?, 1978

After a horrible smell coming from the backdoors (implied to be Ashley’s corpse) leaks through the entire facility, the Relocate Project is scrapped.

August 13th, 1978

Reprogramming Phase tape is created in an attempt to bring back the Relocate Project, showcasing all of the new Relocate-exclusive features for the animatronics.

1979

Little Bon’s Neighborhood airs.

March 29th, 1979

Felix conducts a radio interview with MLBQ FM Radio, talking about Jack and how he has dealt with his disappearance.

1980

Hillary Barclay is promoted to marketing and publicity.

July 29th, 1981

Hillary Barclay quits Bunny Smiles Incorporated, after being disappointed with the actions taken by the company.

October 10th, 1982

Brian Stells goes out on his first day to reprogram the robots in another attempt to complete the Relocate Project. He is later chased out of the K9 Facility and killed by Bon.

October 15th, 1982

Sophie and Jenny play Bunnyfarm for the first time. Sophie quits the game after the Billy segment.

October 16th, 1982

Sophie continues playing Bunnyfarm.

October 1982

Sophie talks to Jenny about what she saw, saying she wants to remember more about what happened to her coworkers and her family.

Early 1983

BSI shuts down for good.

Hope this helps! :)


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 3h ago

Meme Why the whole house, mom?

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Just a shitpost I thought of and had to make it


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 13h ago

Discussion Genuinely, Why Don't The Rest Of The Showstoppers Jump Bon?

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They are clearly able to move freely. (After Rosemary was killed, how else did Boozoo (Charles) and Banny (Susan) get into the backstage? And I doubt Bon transported both of them there.

Rosemary (after being out into Sha) was able to move her hands (arms), mouth, eyes, and seemingly her head.

Banny (Susan) is able to move her legs.

Why didn't Susan and Charles do more to prevent Rosemary from getting into direct contact with Bon? Even if they weren't able to walk, I personally would have been tweaking out in the animatronic as much as I could. And why didn't they speak? Rosemary was able to after being killed and what not.

And they are able to tamper with things after death, just like Bon.

I truly don't understand why all 3 of the Showstoppers didn't do more to stop Bon.

Do you have anything to add to this?


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 1h ago

Question Is there any reason to why their chests are damaged?

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 8h ago

Question What happend to Showstoppers Inc

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Like, we were presented and promised it like 2 yrs ago and suddenly no news, literal radio silence


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 2h ago

Meme wow.

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 4h ago

Meme go get him bon 😭

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 9h ago

Discussion This image of Edd will always scare the heck out of me: Spoiler

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The blank stare, the greyish color scheme and the unnatural pose with the stretched limbs looks fucking horrifying.

The pose Edd's making reminds me of the iconic image in the Horror Manga "Uzumaki", where the dad of one of the protagonists is curled up into a spiral.

I will forever have nightmares of this image.


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 14h ago

Original Art Rosemary Walten E5 (Disheveled | Marriage Portrait)

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Painted in Photoshop


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 41m ago

Meme THEY SQUABBLING

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Art by: Zicharionart on Instagram
Show him some love!


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 1h ago

Original Art Willard with his son Elliot AND Elliot wants to show you his drawing.

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Be nice.


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 13h ago

Discussion Vote ME for Face Of Halloween! 🎃

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Hey everyone! I’m doing something pretty exciting and entering the official Face of Halloween competition this year to show off my Jack Walten cosplay! 🎃

Public voting officially starts today, and you can actually cast one free vote EVERY 24 hours.

You absolutely do not have to vote, and I completely understand if you're too busy! But if you have a spare second to click the link and support my profile, it would truly mean the world to me!

Thank you so much to anyone who takes the time to check it out! 🖤

👇 Link to vote: 👇

https://faceofhalloween.org/2026/leon-scoles


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 18h ago

Meme Holy Shit It's "Bon"

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 14h ago

Question Anyone have this image without the glitches?

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can’t find it without the glitches


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 6h ago

Discussion Ringo Starr mentions

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Hes been in this series multiple times in bunnyfarm before Edd and Molly were killed starrs song “your sixteen” is playing on the radio and he was mentioned in faces of grief as one of bons concept names


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 13h ago

Original Art Rosemary meme art

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so glad with how these came out! btw there’s two versions- one with her hair in front of her and one with her hair behind her!


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 7h ago

Original Art Did a little sketch of Chris Esterino from Faces of Grief

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 5h ago

Meme How Bon Be Pulling Up Rosemary:

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I made this video a long time ago and kinda just forgot about it LOL 😭💀


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 1h ago

Meme i regret nothing Spoiler

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 11h ago

Fan Projects Planning begins… 👀

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 1d ago

Discussion I don't see enough people talking about this

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The fact that Jack is still alive two days after his disappearance... now I think we can all agree that Jack is dead, however the fact that he didn't die on the day of his disappearance is so interesting

The crew confirmed that the call was indeed real and not something Rose imagined, and that Jack was still alive when the call was made.

So this begs the question WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED??? Jack is clearly dying or seriously injured; on the phone we can hear him coughing and crying. And that made me wonder where on earth he was making that call? He couldn't be anywhere because this is the 70s, nobody could just carry a phone with them whenever they wanted.

He would have to be somewhere with phones, and my only guess is Bons Burgers.

I genuinely wondered what kind of bullshit situation he got himself into to end up like this, and I'm 100% sure Felix is involved.


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 21h ago

Discussion Problem with face recognition

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In the first episode (Company Introductory Tape), when Bon catches up to Brian Stells in the forest and kills him, he says:

"I don't feel anything. He thought I was her."

I (and probably many others) wondered: how could Bon have mistaken Brian for Sophie?

Well, in the fourth episode (CyberFun Tech), when Susan Woodings and Charles Brook are testing the facial recognition function of the animatronics, they mention that Jack Walten had previously brought his children to the restaurant so the animatronics could see them.
The console successfully recognized Edd and Molly, but failed to recognize Sophie.

Since Susan's death, it seems no one has worked on improving this function.
So maybe that's why Bon mistook Brian for Sophie?


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 4h ago

Meme Felix Kranken and Clay Puppington would be great pals

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Felix: Wait a minute! You’re asking me to take responsibility for what Linda* does?
Jack: I know. It’s a tall order.
Felix: 90% of the time, I’m not even responsible for my own actions.
Rosemary: What if you quit *
drinking?!**
Felix: YeAh, WhAt If?


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 19h ago

Original Art My Walten files Cosplay ID came :)

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Now I just need to wait for my hat to arrive, stitch up some dark purple patches on my shirt and then I’ll be ready to start my new job at the K-9 facility >:)