JohnnyUtah

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Jeff Bandelin, better known online as JohnnyUtah or simply Jeff, is an American animator, artist, voice actor, and art director. He has contributed to Friday Night Funkin' with artwork, animation, and by providing the use of his character Tankman from his animated web series, TANKMEN.

Involvement

Prior to the game's release on Newgrounds, JohnnyUtah was approached by the game's team to help with Friday Night Funkin'. He helped design a new version of the game's logo, revamping the one created by evilsk8r used back in the prototype.[1] Later, he would also provide additional pixel art help for Week 6 by animating the final sprites moawling made.[2]

In the teaser trailer for Friday Night Funkin', Tankman was revealed to be one of several characters planned to be playable in the future,[3] meaning that JohnnyUtah, at some point before the video's release, had agreed to allow his character to be included in the game. On the 18th of April, 2021, Week 7 was released to Newgrounds as a timed exclusive preview, meaning it wasn't yet made publicly available on ninjamuffin99's GitHub or the itch.io version of the game. Tankman was added as an opponent with 3 tracks, a unique background, cutscenes, and voice lines. Generic Tankmen soldiers, Steve, and Private Skittles were all brought into the game as background characters as well. JohnnyUtah reprises his role as Tankman from the series for the game to deliver all of the spoken dialogue for the week. He also provided his voice for Kawai Sprite to use for Week 7's tracks: Ugh, Guns, and Stress. Furthermore, JohnnyUtah also provided additional animation help for the week.[4]

On the 25th of November, 2022, PhantomArcade announced that Friday Night Funkin' would be receiving multiple non-English translations, namely Spanish and Korean, and it was revealed that JohnnyUtah would be reprising his role as Tankman for most, if not all, of the non-English voice lines; though a professional, native speaker will be included as an option as well.[5][6] For the Spanish translation, Sr Pelo provided video tutorials on how to say Tankman's lines in Spanish so that JohnnyUtah may properly enunciate them.[7]

Trivia

  • JohnnyUtah has a medal named after him; players will unlock a medal named "I <3 JohnnyUtah" after beating Week 7.

Gallery

  • JohnnyUtah's previous avatar.
    JohnnyUtah's previous avatar.
  • Modified profile picture of JohnnyUtah with a cute expression.
    Modified profile picture of JohnnyUtah with a cute expression.
  • Doodle of JohnnyUtah from behind a bush excited to see Oney's buttocks by PhantomArcade.
    Doodle of JohnnyUtah from behind a bush excited to see Oney's buttocks by PhantomArcade.
  • A doodle of JohnnyUtah kissing Cheeseman.
    A doodle of JohnnyUtah kissing Cheeseman.
  • JohnnyUtah as a Tanksona by PhantomArcade.
    JohnnyUtah as a Tanksona by PhantomArcade.
  • A doodle depicting Tom Fulp, JohnnyUtah, Alien Hominid, Mario, Pikachu, and a Knight from Castle Crashers as Among Us characters.
    A doodle depicting Tom Fulp, JohnnyUtah, Alien Hominid, Mario, Pikachu, and a Knight from Castle Crashers as Among Us characters.
  • A doodle of Boyfriend shooting JohnnyUtah in the back of the head.
    A doodle of Boyfriend shooting JohnnyUtah in the back of the head.
  • A doodle of JohnnyUtah as a Skibidi Toilet.
    A doodle of JohnnyUtah as a Skibidi Toilet.
  • A doodle of JohnnyUtah thinking about Cassandra.
    A doodle of JohnnyUtah thinking about Cassandra.
  • A doodle of JohnnyUtah being pregnant with Steve while Tom Fulp gives a thumbs up.
    A doodle of JohnnyUtah being pregnant with Steve while Tom Fulp gives a thumbs up.
  • JohnnyUtah along with many Newgrounds characters and creators in an artwork by PKettles for Pico Day 2021.
    JohnnyUtah along with many Newgrounds characters and creators in an artwork by PKettles for Pico Day 2021.
  • A crudely doodled JohnnyUtah.
    A crudely doodled JohnnyUtah.
  • A doodle of two short, masked criminals. One of them stands on the other criminal's head and points a gun at JohnnyUtah's head while the salesman looks on in horror.
    A doodle of two short, masked criminals. One of them stands on the other criminal's head and points a gun at JohnnyUtah's head while the salesman looks on in horror.
  • A doodle of JohnnyUtah being in love with Panty Anarchy from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.
    A doodle of JohnnyUtah being in love with Panty Anarchy from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.
  • A doodle of two JohnnyUtahs, one serious and the other laughing.
    A doodle of two JohnnyUtahs, one serious and the other laughing.

References

  1. ↑ JohnnyUtah (March 20, 2021). "this is initially what I sent dave. 🤦‍♂️". From Twitter.
  2. ↑ PhantomArcade (March 27, 2021). "My OG senpai design sheet I gave to @moawko who did the spritework and @JohnnyUtahNG who helped do pixel animation". From Twitter.
  3. ↑ newgrounds (November 15, 2020). "Friday Night Funkin' Teaser". From YouTube.
  4. ↑ ninjamuffin99 (April 18, 2021). "IMPORTANT CREDS @MtH13208 and @Geokureli helped a ton with additional coding and charting and whatnot Jeff also did some animation work". From Twitter.
  5. ↑ Lendon (November 26, 2022). "Phantom Arcade Stream || Rhythm Tengoku!!!!!! Gba Style Part 2" (1:24:55). From YouTube.
  6. ↑ JohnnyUtah (May 18, 2023). "I promise you I’m gonna try, but this is going to be a train wreck and I’m not taking my foot off the gas. I don’t think English or Spanish speakers are gonna know what the fuck I’m saying, but let’s do it. I failed high school spanish. I hope you’re proud of me teach.". From Twitter.
  7. ↑ JohnnyUtah (May 18, 2023). "also thank you to @_SrPelo_ for providing me with a special tutorial video on how to say words right". From Twitter.
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