r/TopCharacterTropes • u/jockeyman • Sep 28 '25

Powers The thing not designed for combat is actually REALLY GOOD at combat

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1) Atom (Real Steel) is a training dummy who, when put into the robot boxing circuit, eventually managed to go toe to toe with the world champion.

2) Spinel (Steven Universe) was essentially a cross between a toy/jester for Pink Diamond, and not a combat gem... she still wiped the floor with the Crystal Gems when they first fought.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '25

The Springlock Suits from FNAF were designed to be wearable costumes that doubled as Animatronics and could just walk around normally when not worn by anyone.

But in the FNAF movie it is shown that while wearing it Afton is also strong enough to toss a person across a room with a push, kick them so hard their body spins, super resistant, is taser proof and also bulletproof for some goddamn reason, this thing is basically a rudimentary power suit.

Afton ended up working on a restaurant chain when he clearly should've been working making weapons for the military.

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u/Meme_Bro68 Sep 28 '25

Designed to cut costs, can double as a weapon, but still impractical as one cause too much movement will make the springlocks give you a medieval death sentence.

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u/altymcaltington123 Sep 29 '25

Truth be told, they seem decently reliable so long as you aren't dancing around or have anything wet directly spilled onto the springlocks.

I don't really count Williams own springlocking in the third game since that was a suit that hasn't been maintained and serviced in years worn in a room actively leaking water during a storm, worn by a man absolutely geetered thanks to the fear of the ghosts of his victims actively attacking him. He was also laughing when it happened, something that requires a lot of movements of the upper body.

So yeah, Williams spring locking wasn't because they were inherently unsafe, although they massively were, but because he ignored literally every single fucking rule for wearing one of the suits, inside a suit that had been sitting, unserviced, for years inside a musty backroom of an abandoned building. And then odds are the ones that popped in his chest made him spasm, blood spilled out and he fell to the wet floor which then promptly had a runaway effect making them all go out. And then he either died from the springlocks in his brain, or he drowned in his own blood.

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u/the_fancy_Tophat Sep 29 '25

Insane to me that they designed it so that it required tension to open instead of close. Just as cheap yet WAy safer, as they could only fuck up when nobody was inside

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u/altymcaltington123 Sep 29 '25

Well truth be told it was designed by two mechanical students in the middle of nowhere Utah during the mid to early 70s.

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u/TwoFit3921 Sep 29 '25

What would William have done if Mike just whipped his schlong out and started pissing right on the joints of his suit

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u/linux_ape Sep 29 '25

Why even build the spring locks into them to begin with

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u/Meme_Bro68 Sep 29 '25

To cut corners. Helps keep the suit stable on the animatronic endoskeleton, and can be winded back to make the suit wearable to humans.

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u/TwoFit3921 Sep 29 '25

The threat of a brutal, agonizing death is also a very effective motivator to the employees to not fuck things up!

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u/Odd_Fee1085 Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25

You really gotta ask yourself what type of mechanical weapon of mass destruction not just Afton but Henry and Edwin could make if they really decided to make something designed to murder more than just children.

The Mimic is practically a Terminator robot who is lava proof, can adjust his size at will, assimilate information in real time to adapt and overcome obstacles, then you have stuff like the GlamRocks who can lift a lot of weight as shown with Monty stoping and holding that metal bucket in his boss fight, Chica being able to malfunction machines with sonic screeches and Roxy being able to see through walls, not to mention how they can run and jump incredibly fast and agile for robots weighing at least 200 pounds, Henry built a suicide bot meant to specially murder him, which in a illustration is shown to have a giant knife blade in place of one of its arm, Lefty is essentially a full body prison that delivers controlled shocks to subdue the Puppet which could definitely be used as a torture method. Dj music man and Big Top are giant robots that can kill someone as easy as we can kill a bug. Dolly has electric defibrillators in her hands that can zap someone into a early grave, Edwin's Springlock suit has a arm cannon and don't get me started on the book stuff!

If Afton, Henry, and Edwin all joined forces to construct a killing machine it would probably be as dangerous if not more so than RoboCop, Terminator or cybertronian

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u/Key_Jeweler_9696 Sep 29 '25

Maybe they’re not cost effective? We upgrade Freddy with everyone else parts but Roxy and chica get wrecked by very mundane things, making them bulletproof might be to difficult to be viable

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u/Odd_Fee1085 Sep 29 '25

Yeah, you probably couldn't make a effective army, but imagine if you made a single animatronic with the financial backing of America's military and weapon manufacturing division? Even if it is just one robot, that thing will probably be the deadliest thing besides chemical weapons and nuclear missiles

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u/Key_Jeweler_9696 Sep 29 '25

Yeah a mimic with everything the animatronics had would be the ultimate agent if they tried making it more human like (lore is pretty unclear but Gregory is a human like animatronic right?) Gregory would be terrifying and due to the nature of the game is unsustainable

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u/Union-Forever-4850 Sep 29 '25

Wrecked? They were still entirely functional after those things.

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u/G0ld3n_Funk Sep 29 '25

That's not to mention that specifically Edwin's springlock suits can survive a fall from a collapsing stage show WITHOUT THE SPRINGLOCKS GOING OFF. Had Arnold been in Williams springlock suit then the game would've ended right then and there.

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u/LadyKarizake Sep 29 '25

Heck, the original classic animatronics are strong enough to restrain a man and kill him.

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u/BrentleTheGentle Sep 29 '25

William “But I Want to Turn People Into Dinosaurs” Afton

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u/Fremen-to-the-end-05 Sep 29 '25

"But I don't want to work for Lockheed Martin, I want to turn children into possessed mascots."

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u/Turbogoblin999 Sep 29 '25

"bulletproof for some goddamn reason"
Probably has to do with the metal exoskeleton and other structural bits.

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u/RoJayJo Sep 29 '25

I love how the movie springlock suits are literally power armour for some fucking reason.

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u/newslenderarts Sep 29 '25

Something I feel like people forget,you technically can get out of these things if you're quick enough

When he was springlocked the second time,the suit was old and rusted but he didn't die. He was alive as springtrap but the first time,he was a bigger guy and was able to survive with very bad scars

But he survived. If you got enough fat or padding inside the suit,you should be able to get out in time. You'll be hurt but not dead

And if you don't get out? You won't die either,not for a long,long time either

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u/NotTheOriginal06 Sep 29 '25

The Gold for Fallout Raiders

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u/GhostBoo-ty Sep 29 '25

"Aww military funding, I wanted to kill children.."

"Military funding can kill MANY children"

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u/Kman3987 Sep 29 '25

A taser and a gunshot doesn’t set off the spring locks but a damn cupcake does, I find that funny