Tankman: God effing dammit! [tsk] Well played, you little shit! But this is WAR! And in war... people DIE! Men, get ready to fire! Sorry, no prom for you this year, ha ha ha!
[The two Tankmen in the foreground take direct aim at Girlfriend, preparing to shoot. The camera zooms in on Girlfriend. She blinks, and suddenly her left eye shines red and her skin turns slightly purple, similar to her parents. Before she can do anything, Pico, equipped with two guns resembling MAC-10s, suddenly leaps to the rescue from the sky, smashing in the face of the soldier to his left with one gun. Girlfriend is knocked off her speakers but is caught by the waist by Boyfriend and is given a brief hug. Landing on the speakers, Pico aims his second gun at the other soldier's face, causing him to scream right before being shot. He faces forward and twirls around one of his guns.]
Tankman: Ah, look who it is! Your sexually ambiguous, angry little friend! Don't you have a school to shoot up? There's one way to settle this. Let's rock, ya little cunt!
[Boyfriend and Girlfriend look upset, visualized by performing their up note miss animation.]
Tankman: Back for some tasty revenge, huh? Oh, that's cute. Boys, [finger snap] light 'em up.
[The two Tankmen in the foreground take direct aim at Nene, preparing to shoot. Nene looks annoyed and stabs one of the Tankmen in the eye. Nene laughs at this Tankman as he screams, while the other just stands confused. Otis appears from above and knocks Nene off A-Bot, while also killing both Tankmen in the process. Nene hugs Pico, but Pico looks annoyed and is disgusted when Nene tries to kiss him.]
Tankman: [tsk] Oh, come on, who the fuck is this knockoff?
[Otis tries to shoot Tankman in the foot, but he reacts just in time. Tankman then sighs.]
Tankman: Alright, alright...
Post-Song Cutscene
Tankman: Singing that was cool and all, but... I just wanna let you know that was insanely painful.
[Pico and Nene both laugh at Tankman.]
Tankman: Assholes.
Song Effects
At 1:03 to 1:05, Tankman has a song-exclusive animation where he briefly compliments Boyfriend, saying, "Heh. Pretty good!"
Throughout the song, Pico can be seen shooting from the speakers. Pico's shooting is synced to the track's percussion, stopping to twirl the gun in his left hand during drum beat pauses.
When Pico is selected as the player character, at 1:01 to 1:05, Tankman has an animation where he tries to anger Pico, saying, "Ugh, redheads." This results in Nene throwing her knife at Tankman but him rapping now with a knife in his head. This knife remains in Tankman's head throughout the rest of the song, and even changes his health icon. Tankman's "Heh. Pretty good!" animation plays at 1:55 to 1:58 instead.
Instead of Pico shooting from A-Bot when playing as him, it is now Otis who shoots the Tankmen.
Hard difficulty was recharted, altering its note count from 448 to 449.
Trivia
The Game Over screen for Stress reveals Girlfriend's skeleton, showing that she is a demon. It is entirely red with a hidden set of black horns. Her teeth are shown to be spiky as well. Her eye sockets are animated as if they were actual eyes, including her eyelashes.
Tankman seems to be familiar with who Pico is, as evident by how he questions if Pico has a school to shoot up. This may be a nod to the fact that both characters are very well-known on Newgrounds, as they are both mascots of the site.
Tankman's line, "Don't you have a school to shoot up?" is a reference to Pico's School, a famous Newgrounds game that Pico originates from. The line itself makes fun of the fact that Pico is not actually a school shooter. In his home game, he only ever used the gun he found to kill or threaten the actual perpetrators responsible for shooting up the school he attended.
Tankman is completely aware of Pico's efforts to save his school from the goth kids' attack. However, he purposely slanders him in an attempt to make him feel bad.[1]
The bass drop from M.I.L.F can be heard at around 0:15 and 0:20 in the song.
The triggers that cause Pico to shoot his guns are actually various left and right notes stored in the track's chart file.
The scream used for one of the Tankmen about to get shot in the head by Pico in the cutscene for the song originates from Oney'sFinal Fantasy VII Let's Play series for OneyPlays, as confirmed by PhantomArcade during a live stream.[2][3]
As stated in the live stream, he has used the same scream before in previous works, such as the opening scene for the Newgrounds Among Us cartoon compilation.[4]
Stress (Pico Mix) re-uses vocal samples from Philly Nice. Due to this, Saruky originally wanted to call the song Stress (Philly).[5]
Gallery
"God effing dammit! [tsk] Well played, you little shit! But this is WAR! And in war... people DIE! Men, get ready to fire! Sorry, no prom for you this year, ha ha ha!"
The Tankmen on the speakers about to shoot Girlfriend while she's about to unleash her demon powers, until Pico leaps from the sky to kick her off the speakers.
Pico killing the two Tankmen on the speakers.
Pico bopping his head after killing the two Tankmen on the speakers.
"Ah, look who it is! Your sexually ambiguous, angry little friend! Don't you have a school to shoot up? There's one way to settle this. Let's rock, ya little cunt! [laughs] Ya little cunts!"
Boyfriend and Girlfriend's up note miss animation in Stress, which is briefly used in the song's cutscene after Tankman insults the two.
Otis' shoot back low animation in Stress (Pico Mix).
Ditto, but without the shooting effects.
Otis' shoot forward animation in Stress (Pico Mix).
Ditto, but without the shooting effects.
Otis' shoot forward low animation in Stress (Pico Mix).
Ditto, but without the shooting effects.
Unused sprite frames of Pico kicking Girlfriend off the speakers.
An unused animation of Girlfriend face-planting, intended for an alternate Stress cutscene.
An unused censored animation of a Tankmen soldier getting shot in the chest. The blood is now blue instead of red.
Another unused censored animation of a Tankmen soldier getting shot in the head. Like with the previous animation, the blood is now blue instead of red.
An unused animation of Pico missing Nene, leading her to face-plant the ground, intended for an alternate Stress (Pico Mix) cutscene.
A doodle of Boyfriend and Tankman referencing the cutscene for Stress.
!["God effing dammit! [tsk] Well played, you little shit! But this is WAR! And in war... people DIE! Men, get ready to fire! Sorry, no prom for you this year, ha ha ha!"](/images/thumb/1/13/Well_played_you_little.gif/121px-Well_played_you_little.gif?b5d31a)
"God effing dammit! [tsk] Well played, you little shit! But this is WAR! And in war... people DIE! Men, get ready to fire! Sorry, no prom for you this year, ha ha ha!"
The Tankmen on the speakers about to shoot Girlfriend while she's about to unleash her demon powers, until Pico leaps from the sky to kick her off the speakers.
Pico killing the two Tankmen on the speakers.
Pico bopping his head after killing the two Tankmen on the speakers.
Boyfriend catching Girlfriend.!["Ah, look who it is! Your sexually ambiguous, angry little friend! Don't you have a school to shoot up? There's one way to settle this. Let's rock, ya little cunt! [laughs] Ya little cunts!"](/images/thumb/0/0c/Dont_you_have_a_school_to_shoot_up.gif/107px-Dont_you_have_a_school_to_shoot_up.gif?deb8bd)
"Ah, look who it is! Your sexually ambiguous, angry little friend! Don't you have a school to shoot up? There's one way to settle this. Let's rock, ya little cunt! [laughs] Ya little cunts!"
Boyfriend and Girlfriend's up note miss animation in Stress, which is briefly used in the song's cutscene after Tankman insults the two.!["God effing dammit! [tsk] Well played, you little shit! But this is WAR! And in war... people DIE! Men, get ready to fire! Sorry, no prom for you this year, ha ha ha!"](/wiki/File:Well_played_you_little.gif)
!["Ah, look who it is! Your sexually ambiguous, angry little friend! Don't you have a school to shoot up? There's one way to settle this. Let's rock, ya little cunt! [laughs] Ya little cunts!"](/wiki/File:Dont_you_have_a_school_to_shoot_up.gif)
!["Back for some tasty revenge, huh? Oh, that's cute. Boys, [finger snap] light 'em up."](/images/thumb/f/fa/Tasty_revenge.gif/136px-Tasty_revenge.gif?4ad000)
"Back for some tasty revenge, huh? Oh, that's cute. Boys, [finger snap] light 'em up."
The Tankmen on A-Bot about to shoot Nene until she stabs the soldier to her right in the eye, followed by Otis leaping from the sky in slow-motion.
Otis kicking Nene off of A-Bot and bashing the two Tankmen soldiers with his AK-47s.
Pico catching Nene, followed by her kissing him to his dismay.!["[tsk] Oh, come on, who the fuck is this knockoff?"](/images/thumb/a/aa/Knockoff.gif/135px-Knockoff.gif?cbfc98)
"[tsk] Oh, come on, who the fuck is this knockoff?"
Otis shooting at Tankman after being insulted.![Tankman flinching after Otis shoots at him. "[sigh] Alright, alright..."](/images/thumb/b/ba/Alright_alright.gif/141px-Alright_alright.gif?121b78)
Tankman flinching after Otis shoots at him. "[sigh] Alright, alright..."
Pico and Nene laughing at Tankman.
!["Back for some tasty revenge, huh? Oh, that's cute. Boys, [finger snap] light 'em up."](/wiki/File:Tasty_revenge.gif)
!["[tsk] Oh, come on, who the fuck is this knockoff?"](/wiki/File:Knockoff.gif)
![Tankman flinching after Otis shoots at him. "[sigh] Alright, alright..."](/wiki/File:Alright_alright.gif)
Boyfriend and Girlfriend's idle animation in Stress.
Boyfriend and Girlfriend's singing animations during Stress.
Boyfriend and Girlfriend's left note singing animation in Stress.
Boyfriend and Girlfriend's down note singing animation in Stress.
Boyfriend and Girlfriend's up note singing animation in Stress.
Boyfriend and Girlfriend's right note singing animation in Stress.
Boyfriend and Girlfriend's note miss animations in Stress.
Boyfriend and Girlfriend's left note miss animation in Stress.
Boyfriend and Girlfriend's down note miss animation in Stress.
Boyfriend and Girlfriend's right note miss animation in 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 retry animation in Stress, with Girlfriend happily cheering.
Pico's idle animation in Stress.
Pico spinning and firing his gun to the left.
Another animation of Pico spinning and firing his gun to the left.
Pico spinning and firing his gun to the right.
Another animation of Pico spinning and firing his gun to the right.
"Heh. Pretty good!" Used mid-Stress.!["Ugh, redheads." [Nene throws her knife at Tankman, landing on his forehead, cracking the top of his visor] "Argh!" Used mid-Stress (Pico Mix).](/images/thumb/7/77/Tankman_redheads.gif/127px-Tankman_redheads.gif?e46127)
"Ugh, redheads." [Nene throws her knife at Tankman, landing on his forehead, cracking the top of his visor] "Argh!" Used mid-Stress (Pico Mix).
Stabbed bloody idle pose during the second half of Stress (Pico Mix).
Stabbed bloody left pose during the second half of Stress (Pico Mix).
Stabbed bloody down pose during the second half of Stress (Pico Mix).
Stabbed bloody up pose during the second half of Stress (Pico Mix).
Stabbed bloody right pose during the second half of Stress (Pico Mix).
"Heh. Pretty good!" Used at the end of Stress (Pico Mix).
!["Ugh, redheads." [Nene throws her knife at Tankman, landing on his forehead, cracking the top of his visor] "Argh!" Used mid-Stress (Pico Mix).](/wiki/File:Tankman_redheads.gif)
A running Tankmen soldier seen in the background during Stress.
A Tankmen soldier getting shot in the chest.
A Tankmen soldier getting shot in the face.
Pico and Nene's left pose during Stress (Pico Mix).
Pico and Nene's down pose during Stress (Pico Mix).
Pico and Nene's up pose during Stress (Pico Mix).
Pico and Nene's right pose during Stress (Pico Mix).
Pico and Nene's left miss during Stress (Pico Mix).
Pico and Nene's down miss during Stress (Pico Mix).
Pico and Nene's up miss during Stress (Pico Mix).
Pico and Nene's down miss during Stress (Pico Mix).
Nene throwing her knife at Tankman mid-Stesss (Pico Mix).
Nene choking Pico while hugging him after getting a Game Over in Stress (Pico Mix).
Pico and Nene's full Game Over animation in Stress (Pico Mix).
Pco and Nene's retry animation in Stress (Pico Mix), with Nene happily snuggling Pico while choking him.
Otis' idle animation in Stress (Pico Mix).
Otis' shoot back animation in Stress (Pico Mix).
Ditto, but without the shooting effects.
Otis' shoot back low animation in Stress (Pico Mix).
Ditto, but without the shooting effects.
Otis' shoot forward animation in Stress (Pico Mix).
Ditto, but without the shooting effects.
Otis' shoot forward low animation in Stress (Pico Mix).
Ditto, but without the shooting effects.
Unused sprite frames of Pico kicking Girlfriend off the speakers.
An unused animation of Girlfriend face-planting, intended for an alternate Stress cutscene.
An unused censored animation of a Tankmen soldier getting shot in the chest. The blood is now blue instead of red.
Another unused censored animation of a Tankmen soldier getting shot in the head. Like with the previous animation, the blood is now blue instead of red.
