Given that almost every game, book and film throughout the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” franchise is set in a pizzeria chain, a common thought has lingered since the announcement of this culinary collaboration: “Why partner with a chicken place? Aren’t the games and their film adaptations set in a pizzeria chain?”

I truly struggle to think of why Popeyes got a meal based on this franchise rather than an actual pizza chain. There’s not much to this meal beyond the cheesy bites that really indicate any ties to pizza, leaving consumers feeling frankly baffled. 

When taking into consideration previous food collaborations the franchise has had, fans’ confusion is only amplified. When the first film came out, several cinemas had themed pizza boxes, and this year’s Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios featured themed cupcakes that looked far superior to the Popeyes version, as well as plenty of other superior fast food menu items

Although the majority of Popeyes’ meal theming is alright, it’s hard to not see it as rather lazy considering it really just consists of the film’s branding slapped onto regular cups and boxes, and this is really only worsened by the depressing “cupcake” which is quite literally just cake in a plastic cup.