Relocate Project is the second tape in The Walten Files first season. The tape mostly revolves around BSI's failed attempt at rebranding after an incident at one of the restaurants that caused the animatronics to be moved to the K-9 Storage Facility.
Tape #1, created 07/02/1978
The tape mostly revolves around a TTS voice explaining BSI's plan to reopen Bon's Burgers and BSI's overall plan as a company for the future, establishing the Relocate Project, as after a lot of legal paperwork, it was time. The tape brings lots of praise to Felix but does not bring up Jack Walten at all, who only appears as an abnormality. The final part shows Felix's plans for generating revenue to get the company back to it's former glory; merchandising. Then, when cutting to Felix in cartoon form, the voice says that "Felix is a man with not only a giant brain, but also a giant hear-" before smash cutting to a cartoon version of Jack Walten, then his face hiding in the darkness as it darkens to transition to the next tape. It should be noted that one part of the link for Lucky You is found right in the start of this tape.
Tape #2, created 08/13/1978
THE RABBIT IS STARVING.
The words "REPROGRAMMING PHASE" slowly fades in, showing how the reprogramming for the animatronics could be done, and then the background slowly fades out to Banny, as we get to see tests on each expression before eventually, Banny starts showing the face of Susan Woodings. The Starving Rabbit, looking similar to Banny, is shown running around a 4-path corridor, to no avail, with the repeating phrase "THE RABBIT IS STARVING".
After a moment she then starts crying black tears before showing a field of rabbits running around, signifying a dust bowl, which is where many rabbits are killed. Banny shows up and then zooms in very close to the camera, with reversed opera music and a distorted face. The tape ends with a purple rabbit being trapped in a cage, signifying that Susan was trapped and couldn't get out of Banny. After that, a hard to see missing portrait of Susan Woodings can be seen.
Tape #3, created 07/09/1978
This tape is about Rosemary and her death, along with the various locations of the K-9 Storage Facility. We're shown a slideshow of The Showstoppers altogether, then an exoskeleton of Banny or Bon, a Bunnyfarm arcade cabinet, then a cartoon version of The Showstoppers, this time with Billy, and finally a short loop of Sha wearing 3D glasses and eating popcorn on a chair with a TV remote in her hand, before a logo for Bunny Smiles Technical Support appears. Then Sha finally appears. She introduces the viewer to Technical Support, and says that the tape will be focused on an area tour and orientation inside the K-9 facility. She moves to the right and she says that they recommend that facility caretakers have all needed equipment an uniform, and most importantly, a BSI ID card, cutting to Brian's ID card after he died. Once they have the necessary equipment, they are ready to go. The scene then cuts to Little Bon standing outside the K-9 facility with a BSI hat on. Sha says that she sees they made it to the facility, and states they must be very excited and nervous to start working there, but asks if they have the needed items for job tasks. She states to grab a backpack and start getting the following items: a lantern/flashlight, a snack, a key, and and camera. After the camera is mentioned, Little Bon starts staring at the viewer, with Jack Walten appearing from the backpack. Sha states that the screen is dark, and tells the viewer to turn on the light 4 times.
After the 4th time, the place is illuminated and we then see Sha in the facility as she says it's important to keep track of where you are in the facility, as it can be very easy to get lost. She shows the resting room, where other employees can rest, talk and/or sit down, and how it's important to keep the room clean as "it helps tasks get done faster" and "a dirty environment makes a job harder to get done." She moves to another room, with The Shadow Man appearing very briefly. She shows the main hall, where there are 3 doors, all of which are storage areas. The first is used for cleaning supplies, the second is used for prizes and merch that was in the restaurant. At the third door, Sha claims that the door is used to hide. After that, Sha's eyes turn black, and the area gets much darker. It cuts to black before we're shown a room with Sha telling the story about Rosemary in reverse. After her husband Jack's disappearance, she went searching at Bon's Burgers every day to find him, until one day, she heard a voice calling out to her to come backstage. When she does, instead of finding her husband, she encounters Bon. Sha moves around various areas and switches to a crying face for a brief moment as well. At the end, she starts glitching into a crying version, a black eyed version, and Rosemary herself, with the final version being one that's all black, with white eyes and mouth.
Afterwards, it shows Rosemary in cartoon form, before showing Bon as pictured, saying the same quote he has on the picture. She is dismembered, and shoved into the Sha animatronic, bloody all over, and the room turns white with the Shadow Man appearing once again. A close up of Sha is shown, saying that "when she woke up, she looked beautiful. But on the inside... it felt like every single part of her body was BLEEDING OUT." Sha is then shown to be covered in blood. The tape cuts to Sha's distorted face before ending with a shot of Rosemary's missing poster.
Tape #4, created unknown date.
The tape begins with text stating that three BSI employees volunteered to go the K-9 Facility for three days in order to reprogram the animatronics stored there to begin the "Relocate Project". After which, a black-and-white picture of the three employees is shown. These employees are Hillary B., Ashley Parks, and Kevin Woodings. More text explains that the following recording is from the employees, and the recording begins to play. We're shown a camera recording the front of the K-9 Facility during the daytime. A conversation is heard in the background, where Hilary explains that Bon's Burgers was only open for a short amount of time, and that a certain number of "cases" appeared around the area during this time. She goes on to say that people had reported music playing from the restaurant during midnight along with seeing the lights on. She states the restaurant finally closed after people had reported hearing an adult woman's screams in the restaurant. Finally, she states that only one or two families were allowed inside of the restaurant on the final day that Bon's Burgers was open, and that the animatronic band was completely absent with the curtains being closed. Kevin begins to state that it reminds him of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, but he is cut off, and we are brought to a new recording.
The first thing we see is Sha, in a very broken down state, and moving her jaw. Kevin mentions that they have to change out the animatronic parts to make them look good as new, and Ashley states that it could take a while and that they have to finish by Friday. They discuss what they need to do, and then they get cut off once again, appearing next with Bon. Hillary mentions that they may not be able to add the "blink and eyes" feature to him, before Ashley talks about how the holes in his body may have been made after Bon's Burgers closed, since Cyberfun Tech had to revise the robots after noticing some irregularities within them. This meant that they needed access to the endoskeleton, which led to the plush suit being damaged. Ashley is cut off again.
Next, we see a photo of three sleeping bags against a checkerboard patterned floor as we hear Hillary saying goodnight. Ashley begins to talk about how the company gave them a small key without mentioning what it was meant for. Kevin and Hillary seem skeptical, asking why they would be given a key with no purpose, and Ashley says that it has to be for something interesting. Kevin says that they're running out of time, and that they need to focus on finishing the robots. The screen goes black, and we hear Kevin speak again, saying that he's likely making the last recording before they leave. Photos appear and disappear intermittently while he says that the reprogramming was unsuccessful due to inconveniences while trying to restore the robots, further explaining that there were too many damaged parts in the endoskeleton models to be able to add new features, and that they didn't have enough time. Hillary chimes in, hoping that they have the ability to go back with better equipment and a better deadline. Kevin agrees with her, but ends the recording saying that the reprogramming phase is, for now, over. There is silence for a moment, and we hear audio from a new recording.
Ashley says she's using the camera because she plans to find out where the key leads to. This is revealed to be a recording meant for Hillary and Kevin, as she says that she's sure that whatever the key reveals can save the project and that she intends to show the footage to them when they wake up. The recording cuts, and we are next shown video footage of the entrance to the Backdoors. Ashley says that it took her a while to find, but she discovered that the key goes to that door. She says that the area seems small, so she's going to take a peak to try and find something interesting before returning. The next footage we see is of an area with more doors as Ashley says the area is bigger than she thought. She expresses concern for running out of time, and says that her new plan is to open a few random doors. We then see more footage of a room, which contains animatronic and endoskeleton parts. Ashley says that the door was strangely open, but that it seems to have spare parts and unused animatronics. She is cut off while she's speaking, but the closed captions reveal that she was stating how scary the place was. Next, we see footage of another room, that Ashley says is either 26 or 27. It has nothing but spare heads. Suddenly, Ashley gasps, and we hear heavy breathing before that, too, is cut off. We see footage of Rocket afterwards, and Ashley audibly wonders why he's hanging on the wall. The audio distorts at the end.
Finally, we are shown footage of Billy. Ashley is silent for a moment before she says that this is the last door. She says that she's never seen Billy before, stating that he's creepy and that she won't be getting close to him at all. She mentions that she'll probably wait until she can show the others the video so they can all take a closer look. The footage cuts once more, and we then see a cassette tape. Ashley says she's pretty sure that Billy had a cassette player installed, so she's going to be brave and figure out what's going on. The screen cuts to Billy again, with Ashley saying she's unsure as to why he has a cassette player installed. She guesses that it was for birthday parties, for playing customized tapes. We hear Ashley insert the tape, and Billy's mouth begins to move as the birthday song starts to play. The audio gets stuck, however, and a loud tone plays before the names of Bon's victims are heard, with an exception. Ashley gasps as her flashlight goes dead, and when it finally turns back on, Bon is in front of her. She screams as he jumps at her.
We are shown the picture of the three employees again, though now Kevin and Hillary are blacked out. Music plays with screams over it, and as the audio continues on, the photo of Ashley gets more and more bloodied. The photo cuts to Billy, who begins to introduce himself before the audio glitches. We see Bon's bloody hand appear, removing Billy's mask and revealing Ashley's mangled face. After the credits, a distorted voice says "Shadow man sees me when lights go off", and we are shown a single frame of the next episode.
Introduced Characters
- Ashley Parks
- Kevin W.
- Hillary B.
- Susan Woodings
- Rosemary Walten
- The Shadow Man
- Sha (Technical Support)
Recurring Characters
Trivia
- A removed scene from the episode was going to show Rosemary inside Sha, presumably moving her hands and opening her mouth, however this was scrapped and replaced with the scene where Sha is shaken with blood.
- This episode introduced the newer, more detailed and refined artstyle that the series aquired, compared to the more rough and simplistic style of the first episode.
- This episode came out on Martin Walls 19th Birthday.