diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/FailAnimation.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/FailAnimationContainer.cs
similarity index 97%
rename from osu.Game/Screens/Play/FailAnimation.cs
rename to osu.Game/Screens/Play/FailAnimationContainer.cs
index 57bdad079eee..821c67e3cba5 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/FailAnimation.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/FailAnimationContainer.cs
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Play
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Manage the animation to be applied when a player fails.
+    /// Manage the animation to be applied when a player fails. Applies the animation to children.
     /// Single use and automatically disposed after use.
     /// </summary>
-    public partial class FailAnimation : Container
+    public partial class FailAnimationContainer : Container
     {
         public Action? OnComplete;
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public partial class FailAnimation : Container
         /// </summary>
         public BackgroundScreen? Background { private get; set; }
 
-        public FailAnimation(DrawableRuleset drawableRuleset)
+        public FailAnimationContainer(DrawableRuleset drawableRuleset)
         {
             this.drawableRuleset = drawableRuleset;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
index 60806a73c5ed..ac9ce11cb536 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Play/Player.cs
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ private void load(OsuConfigManager config, OsuGameBase game, CancellationToken c
 
             rulesetSkinProvider.AddRange(new Drawable[]
             {
-                failAnimationLayer = new FailAnimation(DrawableRuleset)
+                failAnimationContainer = new FailAnimationContainer(DrawableRuleset)
                 {
                     OnComplete = onFailComplete,
                     Children = new[]
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ private void load(OsuConfigManager config, OsuGameBase game, CancellationToken c
             // add the overlay components as a separate step as they proxy some elements from the above underlay/gameplay components.
             // also give the overlays the ruleset skin provider to allow rulesets to potentially override HUD elements (used to disable combo counters etc.)
             // we may want to limit this in the future to disallow rulesets from outright replacing elements the user expects to be there.
-            failAnimationLayer.Add(createOverlayComponents(Beatmap.Value));
+            failAnimationContainer.Add(createOverlayComponents(Beatmap.Value));
 
             if (!DrawableRuleset.AllowGameplayOverlays)
             {
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ protected void PerformExit(bool showDialogFirst)
                 // if the fail animation is currently in progress, accelerate it (it will show the pause dialog on completion).
                 if (ValidForResume && GameplayState.HasFailed)
                 {
-                    failAnimationLayer.FinishTransforms(true);
+                    failAnimationContainer.FinishTransforms(true);
                     return;
                 }
 
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ private void updateLeaderboardExpandedState() =>
 
         protected FailOverlay FailOverlay { get; private set; }
 
-        private FailAnimation failAnimationLayer;
+        private FailAnimationContainer failAnimationContainer;
 
         private bool onFail()
         {
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ private bool onFail()
             if (PauseOverlay.State.Value == Visibility.Visible)
                 PauseOverlay.Hide();
 
-            failAnimationLayer.Start();
+            failAnimationContainer.Start();
 
             if (GameplayState.Mods.OfType<IApplicableFailOverride>().Any(m => m.RestartOnFail))
                 Restart(true);
@@ -1044,7 +1044,7 @@ public override void OnEntering(ScreenTransitionEvent e)
 
                 b.StoryboardReplacesBackground.BindTo(storyboardReplacesBackground);
 
-                failAnimationLayer.Background = b;
+                failAnimationContainer.Background = b;
             });
 
             HUDOverlay.IsPlaying.BindTo(localUserPlaying);
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ public override bool OnExiting(ScreenExitEvent e)
             screenSuspension?.RemoveAndDisposeImmediately();
 
             // Eagerly clean these up as disposal of child components is asynchronous and may leave sounds playing beyond user expectations.
-            failAnimationLayer?.Stop();
+            failAnimationContainer?.Stop();
             PauseOverlay?.StopAllSamples();
 
             if (LoadedBeatmapSuccessfully)