Boyfriend

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“Beep bo bop”
― Boyfriend, Senpai

Boyfriend is the protagonist of Friday Night Funkin'. He is a young rapper who is trying to date Girlfriend, but her parents, Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest, are trying to kill him. To gain their approval, he must sing off against them and many other characters in his way during various weeks.

Appearance

Boyfriend is a young man with light skin and spiky cyan hair. He wears a backward pink-red cap with a blue brim, a magenta-white short-sleeved T-shirt with a red prohibition sign, baggy blue pants, and pink-red sneakers with magenta-white shoelaces and soles, as well as small holes on the quarters and the letters "NG" engraved on the outsoles. He holds a bluish-gray microphone in his right hand while keeping his left hand in his pocket. In his idle animation, he wears a confident grin and bops his head. He is drawn in a chibi style.

During Week 5, he wears a red parka with white fur, light blue pants, and light brown snow boots.

During Week 6, his regular appearance is brightened and rendered in pixel art style.

Personality

Boyfriend is portrayed as a young, overzealous rapper with a love for music, donuts,[8] and his girlfriend. He loves to sing and show off his skills, resulting in his confident and cocky character. He is very determined and persistent about reaching his goals and won't let anyone get in the way of his success, even when threatened with death.

Boyfriend is implied to be clingy, as he is never seen without Girlfriend by his side. He is also very unintelligent, either not realizing when he is in danger or being overconfident about his ability to get out of it.[9] As a result, he is afraid of virtually nothing.[10] This is demonstrated during both Monster and Winter Horrorland, where he does not appear to be afraid despite Monster's constant threats to him and Girlfriend. Boyfriend also seems to get bored of scary games, as he once almost fell asleep while playing one.[11] Despite this apparent lack of intelligence, he has street smarts, as he knows how to heal people.[12]

Boyfriend has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism.[13] When communicating with others, he will simply beep or vocalize in musical tones instead of talking,[14] giving the impression that he is rather eccentric, although he may be able to use verbal communication in some cases (such as when singing). He is also a creative individual, which is demonstrated by his talents as a musician and freestyle rapper. Furthermore, he is never found without his red cap. Boyfriend has low levels of empathy, but he has good intuition.[15] He may live in a messy place, as he does not wash his dirty clothes and continuously moves a pile of them around his room depending on his needs, which also suggests that he has executive dysfunction.[16] His object permanence is also not very good at times.[17] He has a poor concept of time, too, which is a common ADHD trait. He doesn't know very well how to handle money, either, as when he has to pay for a hamburger, he will pay less than what the hamburger costs.[18]

Boyfriend seems quite willing to do immoral things. From tricking iPad children on YouTube for money and cigarettes,[1] getting as much free food as possible from McDonald's while holding the store hostage, hogging up drive-throughs,[19] and vandalizing PlayPlaces,[20] Boyfriend does not appear to care if the things he does are wrong as long as he can get what he wants. In addition, he appears to be somewhat destructive and influenced by anger, as whenever his phones fail to work properly, his first instinct is to destroy them in bizarre and extreme ways.[21][22]

Abilities

While the full extent of Boyfriend's abilities remains to be seen, multiple of his skills are evident. Boyfriend is an exceptionally talented musician, being able to win in rap battles and sing-offs against anyone he faces and performing perfectly at his best. He makes his own music as well.[23][16] It is also known that Boyfriend is a capable fighter,[24] which is demonstrated by numerous unused sprites. Boyfriend demonstrates the ability to use his microphone to attack opponents by swinging it around by its wire, as well as being able to quickly react and dodge either attacks or obstacles. He is shown to be able to successfully hit Daddy Dearest in a full unused attack animation, to the point of angering the father.[25]

It is also shown that he has strength in his arms since he can carry Girlfriend with just one hand (even when Girlfriend weighs almost half a ton).

Relationships

Parents

Not much is known about Boyfriend's parents, but they seem to be willing to make sacrifices for him, as they floated him the entry fees for public college. However, based on the fact that Boyfriend simply stopped showing up to class so he could instead read comics in the library all day,[26] which subsequently led to his dropping out,[27] he may not be very interested in or appreciative of the things that his parents want or do for him.

Girlfriend

Girlfriend is Boyfriend's partner. The two love each other very much and are never shown to be apart. Boyfriend is determined to do whatever he can to stay with Girlfriend and protect her, including by singing off against her parents and others, even when in dangerous situations. Their closeness is shown when Boyfriend happily catches Girlfriend and receives a hug from her during the cutscene for Stress thanks to true love.

Daddy Dearest

Daddy Dearest hates Boyfriend for dating Girlfriend and wants him dead, as he often tries to kill him when the couple are trying to enjoy spending time together. Even though Daddy Dearest is an evil demon, Boyfriend is not afraid to face off against him in rap battles in order to be allowed to date his daughter. Despite his hatred for Boyfriend, Daddy Dearest compliments his singing skills in unused cutscene dialogue for Fresh.

Pico

Pico and Boyfriend used to date,[28][29][30][31] though little is known about the relationship they had. It is known that the reason for their breakup is "complicated,"[32] and it has been hinted that they sang together in the past, as Pico raps with Boyfriend in Week 3 due to nostalgia and old habits.[33] This implies that Pico misses him in some way. The only known experience of their past together is that Pico had vented to Boyfriend about the events of Pico's School, indicating that he trusts Boyfriend enough to tell him about his past. While Boyfriend thought of the shooting to have been "fucked up," he questions how much of it was real—especially when Pico talked about aliens—and wonders if Pico is simply traumatized.[34]

Pico is loyal to Boyfriend in the present day, betraying his employer, Daddy Dearest, by sparing Boyfriend after being hired to kill him twice. This is implied to be because Pico still has feelings for his ex.[35] Boyfriend appears to be fully comfortable being around Pico and even sings with him happily, but it is otherwise unclear how Boyfriend feels about Pico.

Mommy Mearest

Like Daddy Dearest, Mommy Mearest hates Boyfriend greatly, partaking in the plan to kill Boyfriend by having him fall off a plane[36] and making him sing off against her on top of a moving limousine. She even throws darts at a picture of him on a wall while bathing.[11] Boyfriend is not deterred by her actions, confidently defeating her in singing battles.

Skid and Pump

Boyfriend is friendly with Skid and Pump. When the children arrive at Girlfriend's house while out trick-or-treating, Boyfriend gladly lets them play by singing with them, even though they are trying to get Girlfriend for Monster (though whether or not he is initially aware of their plans is unclear).

Monster

Although Monster wants to eat Boyfriend, the rapper is not afraid to face off against him in singing battles, even as he constantly makes disturbing threats toward Boyfriend and Girlfriend. Thanks to Boyfriend's rapping skills, Monster is easily defeated each time before he can do anything to the couple.

Senpai

Senpai is initially friendly toward Boyfriend, deciding to engage in a serenade between gentlemen to decide who will be able to date Girlfriend. However, after Boyfriend beats him in a rap battle, Senpai gets very angry at him. He threatens to rip Boyfriend's testicles off as soon as he is done letting Girlfriend gargle his own. Despite this, he wants to upstage Boyfriend without violence.[33] Boyfriend doesn't seem to care about being threatened, simply responding to Senpai with beeping noises before both of his songs.

Spirit

Due to Spirit's apparent distorted sense of justice, he considers it "only fair" to take Boyfriend and Girlfriend's bodies for himself in order to escape the dating sim game he was trapped in. Even with this threat, Boyfriend remains undeterred, as he confidently rap battles the ghastly soul without saying a word to him beforehand and ultimately wins.

Tankman

Tankman is very rude to Boyfriend and only decided not to kill him on sight because he had a boring day. Though he compliments his performance the first time, he is just as quick to insult Boyfriend about his girlfriend. Tankman does not take losing to Boyfriend twice lightly, as he ultimately orders his men to kill the couple in retaliation. After the soldiers are stopped by Pico, Tankman decides to settle the situation by challenging Boyfriend to one final rap battle. Despite his vulgar attitude, he was impressed enough by Boyfriend to share another compliment halfway through Stress, saying "Heh. Pretty good!"

Darnell

Darnell is one of the people hired by Daddy Dearest to kill Boyfriend. He appears to be very determined to get his job done as he battles Pico to do so. After battling Pico, he loses interest in trying to take Boyfriend's life.

Nene

Nene is one of the people hired by Daddy Dearest to kill Boyfriend. Like Darnell, she selfishly does whatever she can to get the job done.

Trivia

General

  • ninjamuffin99 has stated that Boyfriend's name is simply Boyfriend.[37] Prior to this confirmation, fans often speculated about the character's real name; such speculation continued even afterward due to the unusual nature of the name "Boyfriend".
    • After this speculation started, ninjamuffin99 trolled the fandom by spouting out random names for Boyfriend and other characters on Twitter and TikTok, as well as editing the Friday Night Funkin Wiki to add a number of false names to Boyfriend's article. Some false names that fans often used include:
      • Keith (from TikTok. As this is the first one ninjamuffin99 said, it became the most commonly used fake name[38]).
      • Evan (from TikTok, based on misheard lyrics from the song Monster[39]).
      • Luis (from Twitter,[40] named after Newgrounds animator Luis Castañon).
      • Cam (from Twitter,[41] based on ninjamuffin99's real name, Cameron. It was commonly used after becoming the first result when searching for Boyfriend's name on Google).
      • Jack (from TikTok).
        • There are currently two opening lines in the introduction sequence for Friday Night Funkin' that explicitly disconfirm two of these names: "His name isn't Evan, silly TikTok" and "His name isn't Keith, dumb eggy lol."
          • ninjamuffin99 also made a TikTok pleading with people to stop calling him Keith, saying, "His name, his name isn't Keith, it's not Keith. I'm, I'm sick of seeing everyone calling him Keith."[42] Despite this, he has stated on Reddit that people can call Boyfriend whatever they want.[39]
  • The color of Boyfriend's shoes and jeans were decided by PhantomArcade, whereas the prohibition sign on his shirt was a design choice by evilsk8r.[43]
  • Boyfriend is tied with Girlfriend and Spirit for having the least tracks out of any character in Friday Night Funkin', having one each.
  • Boyfriend originally had magenta hair instead of cyan blue, revealed in early concept sketches of Boyfriend released by PhantomArcade.[44]
    • Additionally, his shoelaces were originally blue instead of white.
  • While Boyfriend's singing voice is provided by Kawai Sprite, the game's composer, Boyfriend's groan after losing a battle was provided by PhantomArcade, the game's main artist and animator.
    • PhantomArcade also confirmed that he will be voicing more sound effects for Boyfriend. Additionally, he stated that Boyfriend's canon voice will probably end up being the one used in Fresh (Boyfriend Remix).[45]
  • Interestingly, Boyfriend and Daddy Dearest share the same voice but with different settings each.
  • Boyfriend has made multiple cameo appearances in Sr Pelo's Spooky Month series, which is where Skid and Pump originate from.
  • At the end of most of his turns in Bopeebo and, as of the Week 7 update, his first two turns in Tutorial, Boyfriend will briefly strike a V-sign pose.
    • Boyfriend has variants of his V-sign pose for Week 4, Week 5 and Week 6, although they all go unused.
  • Like Girlfriend, Boyfriend is afraid of lightning,[46] as shown in Week 2. Whenever lightning strikes, Boyfriend will briefly wince and shudder.
  • In the Game Over screen, Boyfriend is revealed to be slouching his knees, adding to his small appearance.
    • Even when he isn't slouching and when Girlfriend isn't wearing her heels, she is still taller than him.[47]
      • A Reddit comment by PhantomArcade implies that Boyfriend and Girlfriend appear very short as a symbol of their innocence.[48]
  • Boyfriend's original icons in the Ludum Dare prototype and older versions of the Newgrounds demo consisted of a small yellow circle with a yellow cap, blue eyes and a smiling mouth. In the Week 4 update, his icons were replaced with a blue mouthless head that more closely resembles Boyfriend. Pressing "9" during any track will cause Boyfriend's new icons to be replaced with his old ones again.
  • There is a 1 in 1000 chance for the pause menu or Game Over screen of Friday Night Funkin' to change to resemble that of Gitaroo Man, in which Boyfriend's head (drawn by Newgrounds artist Wandaboy) will appear over a message saying "Replay this game?".
  • It has been noted that Boyfriend's attire, from his red prohibition sign T-shirt, blue pants, and red and white shoes, is strikingly similar to that of a character from a 2009 Flash animation by Newgrounds user Zarla around the 1:52 mark.[49]
    • In a Reddit AMA, PhantomArcade confirmed that the similarities are purely coincidental.[43]
      • Another character resembling Boyfriend appears in an episode of the 1994 animated series Mega Man. The character, named Bobby, wears a backward red cap and a red prohibition sign T-shirt; moreover, the two characters have slightly similar names and personalities.[50]
  • The concept of Pico being Boyfriend's ex-boyfriend started out as a headcanon within the Friday Night Funkin' fandom after the release of Week 3. This headcanon gathered so much traction that Tom Fulp, the creator of Pico, Tweeted jokingly that it was "official Pico 2 canon,"[51] leading people to believe that it was true. ninjamuffin99 initially said that this was a joke,[52] but later changed his mind and confirmed it was canon.[28]
    • On the 1st of April, 2021, Fulp updated the original Pico's School game for April Fools' Day, ending with Pico revealing to Cassandra that he and Boyfriend are a couple and everyone at his school accepts them. The day after, this version would be released as a separate game set in an alternate timeline called Pico's School: Love Conquers All. As Pico and Boyfriend's relationship was portrayed in a positive light, the game indicated Fulp's approval of the idea of them once having been a couple.
  • On the 22nd of May, 2022, JohnnyUtah uploaded a piece of artwork depicting a much more muscular and seemingly older Boyfriend next to a surprised Girlfriend.[53][54] PhantomArcade has stated that he will find a way to officially implement it into Friday Night Funkin'.[55]
    • Comments made when the image was uploaded to Twitter revealed that the muscular Boyfriend is from an alternate timeline where he was forced to kill Girlfriend in order to prevent a bad future,[56] and that the Girlfriend in the image is a blow-up doll dressed to look like her that he's kept as a companion since the incident.[57]
  • As revealed by an old model sheet made during November 2020, Boyfriend originally had an emblem on his hat that is in a similar vein to the "angry faic" emoticon on Newgrounds.[58] However, Boyfriend's model sheet was updated a little while later, and this emblem no longer appears on any official version of Boyfriend.[59]
    • That same model sheet revealed that the brim of Boyfriend's cap was initially very crooked, veering far to the left at an angle. Now, however, the brim is completely straight.

Lore

Main article: Boyfriend/Lore

Inspirations

  • According to PhantomArcade in a Tweet, one of the core inspirations for Friday Night Funkin' is the 1981 anime adaptation of the manga Urusei Yatsura.[60] Boyfriend is presumably based on the series' main character Moroboshi Ataru, who has a powerful girlfriend named Lum, whom Girlfriend is presumably based on in turn. Lum's blue hair also inspired Boyfriend's hair color.
  • Boyfriend is supposed to represent issues that PhantomArcade had at 19 years old.[61]
    • When PhantomArcade was 19 years old, his partner's father told him to turn off the Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth music that he was listening to because it was "fruity." The father then played AC/DC music on a guitar.[3] PhantomArcade described this as "a story about the unique dynamics within relationships that inspired the game, and why [Boyfriend and Girlfriend] are that age."[62]
      • Boyfriend is a self-insert of PhantomArcade, as stated by the latter during a live stream.[63]
  • Boyfriend was loosely inspired by early Cartoon Network shows like Dexter's Laboratory and The Powerpuff Girls.[64]
  • Boyfriend is similar to PaRappa in some ways and may be inspired by the latter. Like PaRappa, Boyfriend is passionate about rap music, is always seen with a cap and engages in rap battles in order to impress his love interest.
  • Boyfriend may be based on b-boy characters used by graffiti artists. B-boys and graffiti art represent and descend from hip-hop culture, with graffiti and street art being closely linked with breakers and breaking since the 1980s.[65] Other aspects of Friday Night Funkin' and its art appear to also be influenced by graffiti and street art.

Gallery

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  • Boyfriend's static idle pose.
    Boyfriend's static idle pose.
  • Boyfriend's singing animations.
    Boyfriend's singing animations.
  • Boyfriend's left note singing animation.
    Boyfriend's left note singing animation.
  • Boyfriend's down note singing animation.
    Boyfriend's down note singing animation.
  • Boyfriend's up note singing animation.
    Boyfriend's up note singing animation.
  • Boyfriend's right note singing animation.
    Boyfriend's right note singing animation.
  • Boyfriend's note miss animations.
    Boyfriend's note miss animations.
  • Boyfriend's left note miss animation.
    Boyfriend's left note miss animation.
  • Boyfriend's down note miss animation.
    Boyfriend's down note miss animation.
  • Boyfriend's up note miss animation.
    Boyfriend's up note miss animation.
  • Boyfriend's right note miss animation.
    Boyfriend's right note miss animation.
  • Boyfriend's V-sign pose used during Tutorial and Bopeebo.
    Boyfriend's V-sign pose used during Tutorial and Bopeebo.
  • Boyfriend's appearance on the Game Over screen.
    Boyfriend's appearance on the Game Over screen.
  • Boyfriend's Game Over animation.
    Boyfriend's Game Over animation.
  • Boyfriend's full Game Over animation.
    Boyfriend's full Game Over animation.
  • Boyfriend's retry animation
    Boyfriend's retry animation
  • Boyfriend's fakeout Game Over animation.
    Boyfriend's fakeout Game Over animation.
  • Boyfriend's miss sprites.
    Boyfriend's miss sprites.

  • Boyfriend shaking in fear of lightning, as seen during Week 2.
    Boyfriend shaking in fear of lightning, as seen during Week 2.
  • Boyfriend's cheer pose during Spookeez.
    Boyfriend's cheer pose during Spookeez.

  • Boyfriend's static idle (Week 4).
    Boyfriend's static idle (Week 4).
  • Left note singing animation (Week 4).
    Left note singing animation (Week 4).
  • Down note singing animation (Week 4).
    Down note singing animation (Week 4).
  • Up note singing animation (Week 4).
    Up note singing animation (Week 4).
  • Right note singing animation (Week 4).
    Right note singing animation (Week 4).

  • Boyfriend's static idle pose (Week 5).
    Boyfriend's static idle pose (Week 5).
  • Boyfriend's singing animations (Week 5).
    Boyfriend's singing animations (Week 5).
  • Left note singing animation (Week 5).
    Left note singing animation (Week 5).
  • Down note singing animation (Week 5).
    Down note singing animation (Week 5).
  • Up note singing animation (Week 5).
    Up note singing animation (Week 5).
  • Right note singing animation (Week 5).
    Right note singing animation (Week 5).
  • Boyfriend's Week 5 miss poses.
    Boyfriend's Week 5 miss poses.
  • Left miss (Week 5).
    Left miss (Week 5).
  • Down miss (Week 5).
    Down miss (Week 5).
  • Up miss (Week 5).
    Up miss (Week 5).
  • Right miss (Week 5).
    Right miss (Week 5).
  • Boyfriend's miss sprites for Week 5.
    Boyfriend's miss sprites for Week 5.

  • Boyfriend's static idle pose (Week 6).
    Boyfriend's static idle pose (Week 6).
  • Boyfriend's singing animations (Week 6).
    Boyfriend's singing animations (Week 6).
  • Left note singing animation (Week 6).
    Left note singing animation (Week 6).
  • Down note singing animation (Week 6).
    Down note singing animation (Week 6).
  • Up note singing animation (Week 6).
    Up note singing animation (Week 6).
  • Right note singing animation (Week 6).
    Right note singing animation (Week 6).
  • Boyfriend's miss animations in Week 6.
    Boyfriend's miss animations in Week 6.
  • Left miss (Week 6).
    Left miss (Week 6).
  • Down miss (Week 6).
    Down miss (Week 6).
  • Up miss (Week 6).
    Up miss (Week 6).
  • Right miss (Week 6).
    Right miss (Week 6).
  • Boyfriend's Game Over animation in Week 6.
    Boyfriend's Game Over animation in Week 6.
  • Boyfriend's full Game Over animation in Week 6.
    Boyfriend's full Game Over animation in Week 6.
  • Boyfriend's retry animation in Week 6.
    Boyfriend's retry animation in Week 6.
  • Boyfriend's character portrait used during Week 6.
    Boyfriend's character portrait used during Week 6.

  • Boyfriend catching Girlfriend in the cutscene for Stress.
    Boyfriend catching Girlfriend in the cutscene for Stress.
  • Boyfriend and Girlfriend hugging in the ending of the animation where he catches her, with a red heart appearing above them.
    Boyfriend and Girlfriend hugging in the ending of the animation where he catches her, with a red heart appearing above them.
  • Boyfriend's static idle pose while holding Girlfriend (Stress).
    Boyfriend's static idle pose while holding Girlfriend (Stress).
  • Boyfriend's singing animations while holding Girlfriend during Stress.
    Boyfriend's singing animations while holding Girlfriend during Stress.
  • Left note singing animation (Stress).
    Left note singing animation (Stress).
  • Down note singing animation (Stress).
    Down note singing animation (Stress).
  • Up note singing animation (Stress).
    Up note singing animation (Stress).
  • Right note singing animation (Stress).
    Right note singing animation (Stress).
  • Boyfriend's miss animations while holding Girlfriend during Stress.
    Boyfriend's miss animations while holding Girlfriend during Stress.
  • Left miss pose (Stress).
    Left miss pose (Stress).
  • Down miss pose (Stress).
    Down miss pose (Stress).
  • Up miss pose (Stress).
    Up miss pose (Stress).
  • Right miss pose (Stress).
    Right miss pose (Stress).
  • Boyfriend and Girlfriend's appearances on the Game Over screen for Stress.
    Boyfriend and Girlfriend's appearances on the Game Over screen for Stress.
  • Boyfriend and Girlfriend's Game Over animation in Stress.
    Boyfriend and Girlfriend's Game Over animation in Stress.
  • Boyfriend and Girlfriend's retry animation in Stress, with Girlfriend happily cheering.
    Boyfriend and Girlfriend's retry animation in Stress, with Girlfriend happily cheering.

  • Left note singing animation (Week 2; remix).
    Left note singing animation (Week 2; remix).
  • Down note singing animation (Week 2; remix).
    Down note singing animation (Week 2; remix).
  • Up note singing animation (Week 2; remix).
    Up note singing animation (Week 2; remix).
  • Right note singing animation (Week 2; remix).
    Right note singing animation (Week 2; remix).
  • Left miss (Week 2; remix).
    Left miss (Week 2; remix).
  • Down miss (Week 2; remix).
    Down miss (Week 2; remix).
  • Up miss (Week 2; remix).
    Up miss (Week 2; remix).
  • Right miss (Week 2; remix).
    Right miss (Week 2; remix).
  • Boyfriend shaking in fear of lightning, as seen during the remix graphics of Week 2.
    Boyfriend shaking in fear of lightning, as seen during the remix graphics of Week 2.

  • Boyfriend and Girlfriend in the "TOUCH HERE TO PLAY!" preloader screen from the web version of the game.
    Boyfriend and Girlfriend in the "TOUCH HERE TO PLAY!" preloader screen from the web version of the game.

  • Boyfriend's DJ intro animation in Freeplay.
    Boyfriend's DJ intro animation in Freeplay.
  • Boyfriend's DJ animation in Freeplay.
    Boyfriend's DJ animation in Freeplay.
  • Boyfriend's DJ confirm animation in Freeplay.
    Boyfriend's DJ confirm animation in Freeplay.
  • Boyfriend cheering and performing a fist pump after completing a song in Freeplay.
    Boyfriend cheering and performing a fist pump after completing a song in Freeplay.
  • Boyfriend becoming embarassed after completing a song with a "Loss" rank in Freeplay.
    Boyfriend becoming embarassed after completing a song with a "Loss" rank in Freeplay.
  • Boyfriend watching TV if the player is AFK in Freeplay.
    Boyfriend watching TV if the player is AFK in Freeplay.
  • Daddy Dearest lurking behind Boyfriend if the player is AFK in Freeplay.
    Daddy Dearest lurking behind Boyfriend if the player is AFK in Freeplay.
  • Boyfriend in awe before unlocking a new playable character in Freeplay.
    Boyfriend in awe before unlocking a new playable character in Freeplay.
  • Boyfriend jumping from Freeplay to the character select screen.
    Boyfriend jumping from Freeplay to the character select screen.

  • Boyfriend's idle animation in the character select screen.
    Boyfriend's idle animation in the character select screen.
  • Boyfriend's confirm animation in the character select screen.
    Boyfriend's confirm animation in the character select screen.
  • Boyfriend's cancel animation in the character select screen.
    Boyfriend's cancel animation in the character select screen.
  • Boyfriend sliding out of the character select screen.
    Boyfriend sliding out of the character select screen.
  • Boyfriend sliding in the character select screen.
    Boyfriend sliding in the character select screen.

  • Boyfriend's "Loss" rank animation on the Results screen, depicting him falling and hitting the ground, followed by Girlfriend falling and landing on his head, then looking around, obliviously wondering where he is.
    Boyfriend's "Loss" rank animation on the Results screen, depicting him falling and hitting the ground, followed by Girlfriend falling and landing on his head, then looking around, obliviously wondering where he is.
  • "Loss" rank loop animation.
    "Loss" rank loop animation.
  • Boyfriend's "Good" rank animation on the Results screen, depicting him falling and celebrating.
    Boyfriend's "Good" rank animation on the Results screen, depicting him falling and celebrating.
  • "Good" rank loop animation.
    "Good" rank loop animation.
  • Boyfriend's "Great" rank on the Results screen, depicting him falling and jumping while celebrating.
    Boyfriend's "Great" rank on the Results screen, depicting him falling and jumping while celebrating.
  • "Great" rank loop animation.
    "Great" rank loop animation.
  • Boyfriend's "Excellent" rank on the Results screen, depicting him falling and catching Girlfriend, while she shakes in happiness, followed by him winking afterwards.
    Boyfriend's "Excellent" rank on the Results screen, depicting him falling and catching Girlfriend, while she shakes in happiness, followed by him winking afterwards.
  • "Excellent" rank loop animation.
    "Excellent" rank loop animation.
  • Boyfriend's "Perfect" rank on the Results screen, depicting him falling and catching Girlfriend, then proceeding to throw her onto a bed, dive into the same bed whilst naked, and have sex with her.
    Boyfriend's "Perfect" rank on the Results screen, depicting him falling and catching Girlfriend, then proceeding to throw her onto a bed, dive into the same bed whilst naked, and have sex with her.
  • "Perfect" rank loop animation.
    "Perfect" rank loop animation.

  • Boyfriend's censored down note animation during Cocoa ERECT.
    Boyfriend's censored down note animation during Cocoa ERECT.
  • Boyfriend's censored right note animation during Cocoa ERECT.
    Boyfriend's censored right note animation during Cocoa ERECT.
  • Boyfriend's "Perfect" rank on the Results screen with the Naughtyness option off, depicting him falling and catching Girlfriend, then proceeding to throw her onto a bed, dive fully-clothed into the same bed (with only his shoes off), and have sex with her.
    Boyfriend's "Perfect" rank on the Results screen with the Naughtyness option off, depicting him falling and catching Girlfriend, then proceeding to throw her onto a bed, dive fully-clothed into the same bed (with only his shoes off), and have sex with her.
  • The "TICKLE FIGHT!!" text that appears in Boyfriend's "Perfect" rank animation with the Naughtyness option off.
    The "TICKLE FIGHT!!" text that appears in Boyfriend's "Perfect" rank animation with the Naughtyness option off.

  • Boyfriend preparing to attack.
    Boyfriend preparing to attack.
  • Boyfriend's unused attack animation, depicting him throwing his microphone.
    Boyfriend's unused attack animation, depicting him throwing his microphone.
  • Boyfriend's full attack animation.
    Boyfriend's full attack animation.
  • Boyfriend's unused dodge animation.
    Boyfriend's unused dodge animation.
  • Boyfriend's unused hit animation.
    Boyfriend's unused hit animation.
  • Boyfriend's unused V-sign pose for Week 4.
    Boyfriend's unused V-sign pose for Week 4.
  • Boyfriend's unused hit animation for Week 4.
    Boyfriend's unused hit animation for Week 4.
  • Boyfriend's unused V-sign pose for Week 5.
    Boyfriend's unused V-sign pose for Week 5.
  • Unused animation of Boyfriend shaking in fear for Week 5. Only his right arm is changed to fit the Christmas theme.
    Unused animation of Boyfriend shaking in fear for Week 5. Only his right arm is changed to fit the Christmas theme.
  • Unused animation of Boyfriend preparing to attack for Week 5. Only his shoes are changed to fit the Christmas theme.
    Unused animation of Boyfriend preparing to attack for Week 5. Only his shoes are changed to fit the Christmas theme.
  • Boyfriend's unused dodge animation for Week 5. Only his right arm is changed to fit the Christmas theme.
    Boyfriend's unused dodge animation for Week 5. Only his right arm is changed to fit the Christmas theme.
  • Boyfriend's unused hit animation for Week 5.
    Boyfriend's unused hit animation for Week 5.
  • Boyfriend's unused V-sign pose in his Week 6 appearance.
    Boyfriend's unused V-sign pose in his Week 6 appearance.
  • Boyfriend's unused V-sign animation for the remix graphics of Week 2.
    Boyfriend's unused V-sign animation for the remix graphics of Week 2.
  • Unused frames of Boyfriend throwing his microphone.
    Unused frames of Boyfriend throwing his microphone.

  • Boyfriend as he appears on the Gitaroo Man Easter egg pause menu/Game Over screen, drawn by Wandaboy.
    Boyfriend as he appears on the Gitaroo Man Easter egg pause menu/Game Over screen, drawn by Wandaboy.
  • The Friday Night Funkin' application icon featuring Boyfriend.
    The Friday Night Funkin' application icon featuring Boyfriend.
  • The Friday Night Funkin' avatar featuring Boyfriend in pixel art style. Used as the profile picture for The Funkin' Crew on GitHub, and as the smallest icon for the game's executable file.
    The Friday Night Funkin' avatar featuring Boyfriend in pixel art style. Used as the profile picture for The Funkin' Crew on GitHub, and as the smallest icon for the game's executable file.
  • The Boyfriend LP released by Needlejuice Records.
    The Boyfriend LP released by Needlejuice Records.


Notes

  1. ↑ In a Tweet made in February 2021 by PhantomArcade, Boyfriend and Girlfriend were stated to be 20 years old. It is unclear if PhantomArcade was confused in this Tweet, if the two being 19 years old was retconned, or if Boyfriend and Girlfriend have no specific age and only a range. However, given that the two have been stated to be 19 more often than not, this one instance of them being stated to be 20 may have been a mistake or a temporary retcon that ended up being scrapped.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 framework (April 29, 2022). "bf youtube channel". From YouTube.
  2. ↑ ninjamuffin99 (February 9, 2021). "real". From Twitter. Archived from the original on February 9, 2021.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 PhantomArcade (December 15, 2020). "When I was 19 my partner's father told me to turn off the Persona Q music I was listening to because it was fruity, and then played ACDC music on his guitar. I had similar experiences at 18, and even now many years later. The BF and GF are 19, stylized to be chibi". From Twitter.
  4. ↑ framework (April 29, 2022). "nene and darnell age in fnf". From YouTube.
  5. ↑ Funkin News (April 4, 2025). "pico, bf, and gf are 19 years old". From Twitter.
  6. ↑ PhantomArcade (December 22, 2020). "the boyfriend is canonically 7 feet tall.". From Twitter.
  7. ↑ PhantomArcade (December 18, 2022). "yessir". From Twitter.
  8. ↑ ninjamuffin99 (February 14, 2021). "boyfriend lovs donuts". From "wake up babe new ninjamuffin99 ama" on Reddit.
  9. ↑ framework (April 30, 2023). "BF and GF are unintelligent". From YouTube.
  10. ↑ PhantomArcade (April 3, 2021). "except GF would definitely not be afraid of RUV, or Whitty for that matter. Her and BF are too dumb to be afraid, plus they're definitely not in danger.". From Twitter.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 PhantomArcade (February 18, 2023). "FNF NENDO COMIC SPECIAL". From Newgrounds.
  12. ↑ PhantomArcade (October 23, 2021). "They're both dumb as hell. But let me put it like this. GF knows how to file taxes, and BF knows what to do if you accidentally shoot a bullet into your thigh and can't afford a hospital visit.". From "PhantomArcade AMA" on Reddit.
  13. ↑ framework (April 30, 2023). "Boyfriend and Girlfriend are neurodivergent". From YouTube.
  14. ↑ PhantomArcade. "what if i told you that BF spoke in musical tone, but what's written is what he meant". From "Monster's Head-Canon" on Newgrounds.
  15. ↑ Lendon (February 12, 2023). "Phantom Arcade Stream || FNF Deranged 2am Wtf Stream Part 2" (3:00:07). From YouTube.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Lendon (February 25, 2023). "Some FNF Fun Facts" (1:44). From YouTube.
  17. ↑ Lendon (March 14, 2023). "More BF and GF Fun Facts". From YouTube.
  18. ↑ Lendon (June 18, 2023). "Phantom Arcade Stream || "Wat Da Funk This Boy Up 2"" (1:22:31). From YouTube.
  19. ↑ PhantomArcade (June 19, 2022). "whatever they can pressure the window clerk to hand off for free. They hold the store hostage stealing Mom's limo and holding up the entire drive thru slot". From Twitter.
  20. ↑ PhantomArcade (June 19, 2022). "start yanking all the iron bolts n screws out of the McDonalds Play Place". From Twitter.
  21. ↑ PhantomArcade (June 15, 2022). "Girlfriend uses handmedown iPhones from her rich evil parents (barely smart enough to use it) and Boyfriend uses $100 Android based monthly card payment phones (gets pissed when the shitty 3g internet sucks, drops them from 5 story buildings into on coming traffic)". From Twitter.
  22. ↑ PhantomArcade (June 15, 2022). "boyfriend drawing picochat esc dick pics on his samsung galaxy before its 5kb of free space crashes the phone and he instinctively throws it 200 feet off his roof". From Twitter.
  23. ↑ PhantomArcade, Kawai Sprite, Six Impala, Kohta Takahashi, ninjamuffin99, peepo173 (March 20, 2024). "FNF Erect Mode Sampler". From Newgrounds.
  24. ↑ PhantomArcade (October 23, 2021). "he'd fuck you up so bad your family would laugh about it behind your back for decades". From "PhantomArcade AMA" on Reddit.
  25. ↑ File:Pow, right in the kisser!.gif
  26. ↑ PhantomArcade (October 23, 2021). "his parents floated him the entry fees for public college but he just stopped showing up to class n read comics in the college library all day instead". From "PhantomArcade AMA" on Reddit.
  27. ↑ "Is Boyfriend's hair naturally blue?". From Kickstarter.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 ninjamuffin99. "peith confirm". From Twitch.
  29. ↑ File:PICO AND BOYFRIEND IS CANON SHUT UP ALREADY.jpg
  30. ↑ ninjamuffin99 (February 14, 2021). "pico is BF's ex girlfriend and boyfriend are their canon names I finally sent nintendo the pitch a few days ago, I guess check back in a few months, that seems to be how long it takes them to respond to pitches hehehe". From "wake up babe new ninjamuffin99 ama" on Reddit.
  31. ↑ ninjamuffin99 (April 9, 2021). "people gonna be in denial about it however long they want tho, at this point no matter how many times we all say it i guess". From Twitter. Archived from the original on April 9, 2021.
  32. ↑ ninjamuffin99 (April 10, 2021). "its complicated". From Twitter. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 PhantomArcade (October 23, 2021). "the parents do it out of a weird pride and to be condescending as singing performers, the spooky kids wanna play, the monster is just insane, pico does it out of nostalgia/old habits, senpai does it to try and upstage you without violence, the tankmen do it cuz they're bored, etc". From "PhantomArcade AMA" on Reddit.
  34. ↑ Funkin News (April 16, 2025). "bfs thoughts on pico school 😭". From Twitter.
  35. ↑ Lendon (May 7, 2024). "Weekend 1 Asset Review (Darnell Nene Pico Bf) + Doodle Requests" (1:01:24). From YouTube.
  36. ↑ Snowy does fnf (April 28, 2021). "Phantom arcade explains week 7 lore". From YouTube.
  37. ↑ ninjamuffin99 (December 31, 2020). "girlfriend and boyfriend". From "i programmed Friday Night Funkin AMA 2: the sequel" on Reddit.
  38. ↑ ninjamuffin99 (March 12, 2021). "someone on tiktok asked me what bf's name was, and I said Keith because it was funny. To other comments I replied completely different names, but Keith was the first one i said so it stuck lolololol". From Twitter.
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 ninjamuffin99 (December 31, 2020). "songs will be on spotify uhhh VERY soon thats all i can say, we're waiting for processing stuff basically. We aimed for them to come out on spotify on christmas, d'oh! the boyfriends name is boyfriend. Evan was a misheard lyric in the monster song, and Keith was me trolling on TikTok lolol ALTHOUGH people are free to call them whatever they want :)". From "i programmed Friday Night Funkin AMA 2: the sequel" on Reddit.
  40. ↑ ninjamuffin99 (October 22, 2020). "His name is Luis also". From Twitter.
  41. ↑ ninjamuffin99 (December 6, 2021). "the friday night funkin boyfriends name is Cam". From Twitter.
  42. ↑ ninjamuffin99 (December 19, 2020). "Unnamed video". From TikTok.
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 PhantomArcade. "holy shit, that's crazy haha. Complete coincidence, but wild to see. The shoes and jeans being blue n red were my thing, and the stop sign shirt was an Evilsk8r decision.". From "PhantomArcade AMA" on Reddit.
  44. ↑ PhantomArcade (October 5, 2021). "EvilSk8r then drafted up a sketched, and I drafted up a new sketch based on that. Thus cementing the initial style of the game we weren’t even sure we’d finish". From Twitter. Image mirror available.
  45. ↑ PhantomArcade (October 23, 2021). "Probably will end up that way. Ultimately, it might be like Nightmare Before Christmas where Jack has a different actor for singing and talking. Already when BF's skeleton cracks I made the groan in pain, lol. Odds are anytime I need vocal sound effects for scenes with him, I'll voice it. But any time he's singing real words, it'd be Kawaisprite". From "PhantomArcade AMA" on Reddit.
  46. ↑ PhantomArcade (April 3, 2021). "lightning freaks them the fuck out, they nearly piss themselves every time". From Twitter.
  47. ↑ PhantomArcade (October 23, 2021). "Even then, GF would still be taller". From "PhantomArcade AMA" on Reddit.
  48. ↑ PhantomArcade (October 23, 2021). "Mix of both. If you've ever read Jojo part 4, the villains start out super macho and tall, but once they're defeated as a sign of their innocence or something they become midgets. It makes literally no sense but somehow makes complete sense. I really liked that". From "PhantomArcade AMA" on Reddit.
  49. ↑ Zarla (September 9, 2009). "Stamp on the Ground". From Newgrounds.
  50. ↑ Mrdjn94 (December 28, 2012). "Mega Man Season 1 Episode 10 (English)". From YouTube.
  51. ↑ Tom Fulp (December 14, 2020). "This is official Pico 2 canon.". From Twitter.
  52. ↑ ninjamuffin99 (December 13, 2020). "its too easy baby". From Twitter. Archived from the original on December 14, 2020.
  53. ↑ JohnnyUtah (May 22, 2022). "🎤yeah I ….ok". From Twitter. Archived from the original on May 22, 2022. Image mirror available.
  54. ↑ JohnnyUtah (May 22, 2022). "word to your mother". From Newgrounds.
  55. ↑ PhantomArcade (May 22, 2022). "jeff now that u made this just know I WILL find a way to make it canonically appear in game". From Twitter. Archived from the original on May 22, 2022.
  56. ↑ JohnnyUtah (May 22, 2022). "so get this he's like "BURP BURP" and explains that he travelled through a portal and has to allow girlfriend to die in order to save the timeline and the future". From Twitter. Archived from the original on May 22, 2022.
  57. ↑ JohnnyUtah (May 22, 2022). "also since she's dead that's the blow up doll it all works". From Twitter. Archived from the original on May 22, 2022.
  58. ↑ IvanAlmighty (May 2, 2024). "These retail ones actually started at the beginning of FNF Demo/Week 1. At the time, I told Dave it'd be some hilarious shit if we made a limited run of like 15 and never put out more just as a bit. But then we grew the fuck up and FNF took off for real Nov 2020 Turnarounds". From Twitter.
  59. ↑ PhantomArcade (May 2, 2024). "Me n Ivan were workin quick back then! Seeing that classic model sheet makes me nostalgic since I updated it a bit later". From Twitter.
  60. ↑ PhantomArcade (January 1, 2022). "The 1981 Urusei Yatsura is one of the core inspirations for FNF. A deranged stupid couple goes on infinite adventures that range from heartfelt to dumb as fuck. Horny MC + horned other worldly powered GF. Blue hair.". From Twitter.
  61. ↑ framework (April 30, 2023). "Boyfriend and Girlfriend are neurodivergent" (0:16). From YouTube.
  62. ↑ PhantomArcade (December 15, 2020). "real quick this isn't a sob story, this was a dude who's like 50 hearing anime music for the first time ever in 2014 from a dude who's dating his daughter. If anything this is a story about the unique dynamics within relationships that inspired the game, and why they are that age". From Twitter.
  63. ↑ framework (November 21, 2022). "FNF work, it leaked, no point in hidin' it" (3:03:29). From YouTube.
  64. ↑ DidYouKnowGaming? (November 14, 2021). "How Newgrounds Changed Gaming ft. JohnnyUtah" (11:31). From YouTube.
  65. ↑ globalstreetart (July 29, 2016). "This Week's 35: Favourite B-Boy Characters". From Global Street Art. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023.
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