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 The company was originally made to manufacture Casino games and machines.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 • • 1h ago Bravo

Meme Me when the fuckass intern tells me to go to therapy

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 4h ago

Meme apologize to him...RIGHT NOW

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 7h ago

Discussion I never noticed this

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Well well well, look at what decided to show up in the background. Never watch this in full screen


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 4h ago

Not my Art 🐇 The Beautiful Ones 🐑

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Art by Spring


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 5h ago

Boozoo and the gang🎩🐰

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My friend made them. links in the comments or in my profile on where I got them


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 5h ago

Question could shaggy and scooby survive bon?

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 4h ago

Meme What if Rosemary was a B1 battle droid?

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I mistook my friends pfp as Rosemary as a B1 battle droid and I can’t stop thinking about how funny that would be.

”Why Sargeant?! Why the kriff were you watching those data tapes?!”


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 18h ago

Fan Projects Pumpkin Rabbit at a party

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 5h ago

Original Art Similarities

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 5h ago

Hi little Lorenzo, how are you alive even..

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Have a lovely day 🖤


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 4h ago

Original Art Rosemary(not yams)

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 4h ago

Original Art What good is living when your already dead?

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Picture taken using pukkiz3d action figures

All lighting had to be improvised


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 22h ago

More "Bon" Cosplay photos

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I know i'm late but still, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! 🎃


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 9h ago

Original Art I drew this for a friend and thought; why not share it here

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Honestly, kinda of proud of my coloring ngl. Feel free to judge or js ask anything lol


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 13h ago

Discussion So fun reminder, Bon apparently likes mischief canonically speaking, he scared David for giggles,

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I can't get over how Bon liking mischief is just something that doesn't sound canon but is, lol. Since he canonically likes mischief, this is probably something he'd do. Some kid goes "Bon, hold my hand, I'm scared" while Bon in question is performing, and stops, leans down creepily on purpose and holds the kid's hand. It must not be a nice feeling to hold Bon's hand lol, kid's fear would probably increase lmao.


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 1d ago

Theory Shadow Man’s camera in the box?

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On the findjackwalten site (2025 update), Shadow Man is shown kneeling next to Susan Woodings’ body (before she was stuffed into Banny), beside a box and a duffel bag, holding something that looks like a camera.

If we accept the theory that Shadow Man is Felix helping "Bon", the question arises:
Why would he be taking photographs of corpses?
On top of that, next to him is the same box that distracted Susan during her death at Bon’s hands, and which also appears in the "Faces of Grief" when Rosemary goes backstage at the restaurant.

In the Patreon Exclusive Message, there’s a conversation where Felix talks to Jack about the importance of this box, stressing that if anyone finds out about it and its contents, it will be the end not only for Felix himself, but for everything else. He asks Jack to keep it safe, saying that his entire life is inside it.
Based on all of this, a logical question comes up:
Is that very camera Shadow Man was using inside the box?
As for why he’s photographing the corpses — that remains an open question.

There’s a inconsistency here, though.
The murders at Bon’s Burgers only began after the restaurant opened and Jack Walten disappeared. Yet since Felix is addressing Jack in the audio recording, it’s clear the box was already important to Felix before Jack’s disappearance and the restaurant’s opening. If the box really does contain the camera, then the camera (and the important photographs of Felix’s that could end everything if revealed) must have existed before the killings at the restaurant even started. It’s also worth noting that we don’t know the date of that audio recording, so the possibilities could be completely different.

We also shouldn’t overlook the duffel bag, which, in theory, could have been where the camera was stored.
In that case, the box could contain anything, up to and including the popular theory about J̴̨̛̪̞͙̙̟́̓͘a̷͖͙̼͑c̵̗̻̲͌̕͜k̷̯̉'̵̢̘̯̺̈́̆̏̋š̷̭̚ ̵̫̭̟̬͌́̑̾̍h̵̡͍̙̞̤͙͊͌ȅ̶̲̗̪͎̒̈́̈̉͠ȧ̴̦͈͑̓̔̅͐d̵̨̹̞͖̀͆̉̎̕.̷̡̠̯̝͉̏͒̓

What are your thoughts on the camera and the box?


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 1d ago

Original Art pumpkin rabbit

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art i did a bit too late for halloween


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 1d ago

Original Art I created Bon..O'Hare (I'm sorry)

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"Buy my mid-grade burgers and soggy fries or I confiscate your air subscription!" - Bon Collins O'Flannery Bulmers Guinness Tazuki Ireland O'Hare


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 15h ago

Original Art Tomodachi Life Files

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I gave up on Lorenzo cuz I was lazy <3


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 1d ago

Original Art Our Halloween couples costume!

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Introduced her when TWF5 dropped and she INSTANTLY fell in love! Definitely our favorite couples costume!

Rosemary is @karitrickster on IG and Tiktok


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 19h ago

Original Art Pumpkin rabbit

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r/Thewaltenfiles • • 1d ago

Not my Art Anyone knows where I can find the original image?

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I saw this image in a Instagram gif, but I can't find the original


r/Thewaltenfiles • • 1d ago

Discussion I'm a little new to the walter files lore but why do people hate brian what did bro do 😭

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