Week 5: Red Snow
Week 5, titled Red Snow, is the fifth week and sixth level overall in Friday Night Funkin'. It was released on the 20th of January, 2021.
Overview
Opponents
Boyfriend faces off against both Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest, the parents of Girlfriend. Later, Boyfriend also faces off against Monster, the unsettling being with a lemon-like head fought once before.
Location
Week 5 takes place at the Christmas Mall, whose stage has two variants: Nice[1] and Naughty.[2]
For the Nice variant, the location is inside of a well-lit shopping center with a large dome skylight showing a starry night sky. A large, decorated Christmas tree stands in the middle and snow covers the floor. Many characters spectate the rap battle from either the ground or second floor. A mall Santa is being held at gunpoint close by where the battle is occurring, sweating profusely with a panicked expression on his face.
For the Naughty variant, the location undergoes a drastic and creepy shift as the shopping center becomes largely abandoned and dimly lit in a red glow. The Christmas tree is now decorated with intestines, covered in blood and has a decapitated head in place of the star, one that eerily resembles Girlfriend but with a shadowed face, red facial features and blood around the eyes and mouth. The snow is tinted pink. Large amounts of blood stain the solid railing of the second floor, and the bottom of the escalators seem to be covered in something organic and flesh-like.
Remixed Visuals
During ERECT mode and player character remixes, new and different characters are now in the audience watching the rap battle. The background also gets new lighting and extra mist slightly obscures the Christmas tree; this new lighting also affects characters, who receive a much brighter shift in their saturation.
Unique Effects
The playable character, their supporting character, and the opponent of the level all have different appearances to fit the week's Christmas/Holiday theme.
Tracks
Trivia
- The first two tracks of Week 5 include a plethora of cameos, almost all of which are heavily tied to Newgrounds. (Cameos are listed from left to right.)
- On the ground floor, there is:
- Darnell (Darnell Plays With Fire)
- ZONE-tan (Zone-Archive mascot)
- Jason, Chris and Stan (Nightmare Cops)
- On the second floor, there is:
- Pico (Pico's School)
- Kenstar (Girlchan in Paradise web series)
- Buggy the Bug (evilsk8r's character)
- Cool Dude (Cool Dude's character)
- Blockhead (Blockhead web series)
- Meat Boy (Super Meat Boy)
- Chris and Zach (Oney and psychicpebbles/Hellbenders web series)
- Gentles and Guoy (Gentles web short)
- Sublo and Tangy Mustard (Sublo and Tangy Mustard web series)
- Henry Stickmin (Henry Stickmin series)
- xXsquidwardXx (xXsquidwardXx's character)
- Monster (Friday Night Funkin')
- Hatsune Miku (VOCALOID/Piapro Studio)
- On the ground floor, there is:
- In ERECT and in the player character remixes, there are other character cameos, all of which are closely associated with Newgrounds. (Cameos are listed from left to right.)
- On the ground floor, there is:
- Cassandra (Pico's School)
- ENA (ENA web series)
- Mama Matsumoto, Gogo Matsumoto, Nono Matsumoto and Coolfrog (PUNCH PUNCH FOREVER! web series)
- On the second floor, there is:
- Darnell (Darnell Plays With Fire)
- Awesome Snake (Metal Gear Awesome)
- PhantomArcade
- Doki and Nabi (There She Is!! web series)
- Isaac (The Binding of Isaac)
- Leo and Satan (Leo and Satan web series)
- Dad and Son (Dad 'n Me)
- Tricky the Clown (Madness Combat web series)
- Tankman (TANKMEN series)
- Buttchamber (Newgrounds Rumble, originally Piconjo)
- Monster (Friday Night Funkin')
- Hatsune Miku (VOCALOID/Piapro Studio)
- On the ground floor, there is:
- Week 5 is the first level to:
- Alter the appearance of the characters.
- Reuse opponents.
- Alter the appearance of the location for one of the tracks.
- Use a unique transition for one of the tracks.
- Use a previously unused opponent.
- In a live stream from before the Week 5 update, PhantomArcade showed a sneak peek of what seems to be unused transition audio between the songs Eggnog and Winter Horrorland. In this audio, a gunshot can be heard, people scream in despair, and a character laughs at the end.[3]
- Before the Week 7 update, Week 5 was the first level to officially include a track not produced by Kawai Sprite (as Winter Horrorland was produced by Bassetfilms).
- Monster and Hatsune Miku are the only background characters not to be changed/replaced in the remixed visuals, remaining in the same location and using the same graphic, only changing colors.
- Darnell also reappears in the remixed look, changing locations, appearing on the second floor and replacing Pico. Darnell also has an updated design.
- The background contains shops with joke store signs. These signs read "Salads and Sex," "Lmao," "Junk+Shit" and "Crap!"
- evilsk8r had originally intended for Rolus, the main character from the upcoming Newgrounds game Rolus in the Outskirts, to be included in the background. This was because of a deal made with a longtime friend, shpill.[4] Ultimately, Rolus did not make it into PhantomArcade's final cut of the background for reasons unknown. The different things shown within the concept art sketches include:
- A plush stand with Rolus.
- Differently named store signs, such as "SK8R SHOP", "KB Store" and "Ninja Muffin".
- Two posters, one that simply reads "Hi Blade" and the other being a picture of ninjamuffin99's character.
- The original medal name for beating Week 5 was going to be "FNF Corruption Mod (real)", referencing the popular Friday Night Funkin': Corruption mod created by Phantom Fear.[5]
Gallery
Darnell, ZONE-tan and the Nightmare Cops appearing on the first floor in the background of Week 5, bopping their heads to the music.
Ditto, but only Darnell.
Ditto, but only ZONE-tan.
Ditto, but only the Nightmare Cops.
Ditto, but only Cassandra.
Ditto, but only ENA.
Ditto, but only the Matsumotos.
All the cameo characters appearing on the second floor in the background of Week 5, bopping their heads to the music.
Pico as he appears in Week 5.
Kenstar as he appears in Week 5.
Buggy the Bug as he appears in Week 5.
Cool Dude as he appears in Week 5.
Blockhead as he appears in Week 5.
Meat Boy as he appears in Week 5.
Chris and Zack as they appear in Week 5.
Gentles as he appears in Week 5.
Guoy as he appears in Week 5.
Sublo as he appears in Week 5.
Tangy Mustard as he appears in Week 5.
Henry Stickmin as he appears in Week 5.
xXsquidwardXx as he appears in Week 5.
Hatsune Miku as she appears in Week 5.
All the cameo characters appearing on the second floor in the background of Week 5's remixes, bopping their heads to the music.
Darnell as he appears in the background of Week 5's remixes.
Awesome Snake as he appears in the background of Week 5's remixes.
PhantomArcade as he appears in the background of Week 5's remixes.
Doki and Nabi as they appear in the background of Week 5's remixes.
Isaac as he appears in the background of Week 5's remixes.
Leo and Satan as they appear in the background of Week 5's remixes.
Son as he appears in the background of Week 5's remixes.
Dad as he appears in the background of Week 5's remixes.
Ditto, but unused, with muscle and arm lines.
Tricky the Clown as he appears in the background of Week 5's remixes.
Tankman as he appears in the background of Week 5's remixes.
Buttchamber as he appears in the background of Week 5's remixes.
Monster as he appears in the background of Week 5's remixes.
Hatsune Miku as she appears in the background of Week 5's remixes.
Concept art for the original gimmick of the level.
Concept for the original mall background.
Concept art for the elements that would be placed around the mall originally.
Concept art for the original mall background closer to the final version.
An image of Mommy Mearest and Daddy Dearest's Christmas attire being mostly finished, posted on Twitter by PhantomArcade.
An unused animation of the mall ceiling that is found in the ERECT art FLA.
