Week 5: Red Snow

Week 5, titled Red Snow, is the fifth level in Friday Night Funkin'. It was released on the 20^th 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-shaped head fought once before.

Location

Week 5 takes place at "The Mall." This 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.

In the third track, 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.

Unique Effects

Boyfriend, Girlfriend, Daddy Dearest, Mommy Mearest and Monster 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)
Week 5 is the first week 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.
Before the Week 7 update, Week 5 was the first week to officially include a track not produced by Kawai Sprite (as Winter Horrorland was produced by Bassetfilms).
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.^[1] 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.
ninjamuffin99 has stated that the mall Santa seen in this week died.^[2]
- PhantomArcade later stated that Mall Santa dies if the player loses even once during Week 5.^[3]

Gallery

Mall background. (Cocoa and Eggnog)
The escalators. (Cocoa and Eggnog)
The snow. (Cocoa and Eggnog)
The tree. (Cocoa and Eggnog)
Mall background. (Winter Horrorland)
The tree. (Winter Horrorland)
The snow. (Winter Horrorland)

Boyfriend's as he appears in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Boyfriend's Week 5 singing animations.
Boyfriend's left note singing animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Boyfriend's down note singing animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Boyfriend's up note singing animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Boyfriend's right note singing animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Boyfriend's Week 5 note miss animations.
Boyfriend's left miss animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Boyfriend's down miss animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Boyfriend's up miss animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Boyfriend's right miss animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Boyfriend's unused V-sign pose for Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Unused animation of Boyfriend shaking in fear for Week 5. Only his right arm is changed to fit the Christmas theme.
Ditto, but static.
Unused animation of Boyfriend preparing to attack for Week 5. Only his shoes are changed to fit the Christmas theme.
Ditto, but static.
Boyfriend's unused dodge animation for Week 5. Only his right arm is changed to fit the Christmas theme.
Ditto, but static.
Boyfriend's unused hit animation for Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Boyfriend's Week 5 sprite sheet.

Girlfriend as she appears in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Girlfriend's unused left pose in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Girlfriend's unused down pose in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Girlfriend's unused up pose in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Girlfriend's unused right pose in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Girlfriend's unused cheering animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Girlfriend's unused crying animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Girlfriend's unused animation of her shaking in fear for Week 5. Only her collar and left ear are changed to fit the Christmas theme.
Ditto, but static.
Girlfriend's unused hair landing animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Girlfriend's unused hair blowing animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
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Girlfriend's Week 5 sprite sheet. (File page link)

Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest as they appear in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest's Week 5 appearance on the week selection menu.
Ditto, but static.
Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest's singing animations in Week 5.
Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest's left note singing animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest's down note singing animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest's up note singing animation in Week 5.
Ditto but static.
Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest's right note singing animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
An image of Mommy Mearest and Daddy Dearest's Christmas attire being mostly finished, posted on Twitter by PhantomArcade.

Monster as he appears in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Monster's singing animations in Week 5.
Monster's "left" note singing animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Monster's down note singing animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Monster's up note singing animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Monster's "right" note singing animation in Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Monster's sprite sheet for Week 5.

Mall Santa's idle animation. He is depicted with a nervous look on his face due to being held at gunpoint.
Mall Santa's static idle pose.
Mall Santa's sprite sheet.

Darnell, ZONE-tan and the Nightmare Cops bopping their heads to the music of Week 5.
Ditto, but static.
Ditto, but only Darnell.
Ditto, but only ZONE-tan.
Ditto, but only the Nightmare Cops.
Sprite sheet of Darnell, ZONE-tan and the Nightmare Cops for Week 5.

All the cameo characters appearing in the background of Week 5 bopping their head to the music.
Ditto, but static.
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.
Monster as he appears in Cocoa and Eggnog.
Hatsune Miku as she appears in Week 5.