Marionette, also widely known as The Puppet, is the eerie masked animatronic introduced in Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, a character whose quiet presence becomes one of the franchise’s most memorable threats.

Unlike the restaurant’s animal performers, Marionette has a tall, thin humanoid body, striped limbs, and a white mask marked by dark eyes, red cheeks, and purple tear-like streaks.

The night guard does not manage Marionette with doors or the Freddy Fazbear mask.

Instead, survival depends on keeping the Prize Corner music box wound.

Allow the music to stop for too long and Marionette emerges, at which point most of the player’s usual defensive tricks become irrelevant. Phone Guy specifically warns that the Puppet seems to be “always... thinking,” can travel freely, and probably will not be fooled by the Freddy mask.

That makes Marionette mechanically distinct even before later games expand the character’s importance to the larger story surrounding Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza.

Licensed merchandise continues to use the Marionette name directly, including Funko’s anniversary Pop! Marionette release.

Call it Marionette.

Call it The Puppet.

Just keep winding the music box.