History YMMV / FridayNightFunkin

* OlderThanTheyThink: It's not too hard to find fans who think that VideoGame/{{Pico}} is original to this game; he was made almost two decades earlier, but since he fell into obscurity as Newgrounds became less popular, ''Friday Night Funkin''' is where many first heard of him.
** To a similar extent, one of Pico's songs is often called Blamed due to people not being familiar with Newgrounds or its culture. Blammed refers to something getting deleted due to getting enough negative reception and has nothing to do with blame.

** Some people say that The Father isn't really that evil, or is doing everything to stop you. [[OverprotectiveDad One could say he's not willing to let his daughter go, but all he's trying to do was to test your skills before he could have faith in you, and allow his daughter to be on your side.]] The same could also be said for The Mother. [[{{Demonization}} Them having purple skin, pointy teeth and red eyes could just be The Boyfriend demonising them, simply by the fact that they didn't want him to date her.]]
** Regardless of the ambiguity of how evil or not The Girlfriend's parents are, many have questioned what's actually going on during The Mother's week. While it's easy to see her as just as much of an overprotective parent as The Father, a combination of the general rhythm of her songs along with The Mother and The Boyfriend frequently performing outright duets makes it seem more like she's actually just having some fun singing alongside The Boyfriend. Building off that interpretation, quite a few players take their battle as actually being about The Mother fully supporting The Boyfriend and The Girlfriend getting together, with the competition instead being her testing how far The Boyfriend's willing to and capable of going for the sake of her daughter.
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Comes with the territory of being a rhythm game.
** "[[https://youtu.be/w0WyKTSuX4U Dad Battle]]", the final song of Week 1. Not only does the pace become breathtakingly hectic, but The Father and The Boyfriend begin to put aside the notion of singing in rounds and start ''harmonizing'' with one another to try and one-up the other.
** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q7J97WD3Gg&ab_channel=KawaiSprite South]]" by Skidd and Pump. Who knew that those two kids could make tracks that slap as hard as [[Creator/SrPelo their creator slaps tables]]?
** "[[https://youtu.be/kaNuYpHWcac Pico]]", Week 3's first song sung by and named after one of [[Website/{{Newgrounds}} Newground's]] most famous mascots, VideoGame/{{Pico}}. Look, if you have a song named after ''yourself'', chances are it slaps. Even moreso, Kawai Sprite's description confirms a motif hidden in the song itself; That of Endless Handbag, a song typically used and remixed as ''the'' theme of Newgrounds.
** [[https://youtu.be/dOPrN6aJ7TI Week 4's final song, "M.I.L.F"]], starts off heart pumping and stays heart pumping through the whole thing. Both The Mother and The Boyfriend sing lightning fast and practically harmonize with each other throughout the entire song. It's basically The Mother's version of Dad Battle. And just like Dad Battle, [[ThatOneBoss it will kick your ass on hard if you're not ready.]]

** Many players agree that Week 2 represents a big jump in difficulty. Imagine barely beating Dad Battle, essentially a rapping boss battle with appropriately fast and frequent notes with instances of harmonizing with your opponent rather than copying them. Now imagine that times two with two spooky boys that don't know how to let up. Yeah, and that's just the second set of songs, and Week 3 isn't any easier, either. Hope you like seeing that game over screen.
** Week 2's songs were made easier on Easy and Normal upon the addition of Week 4's songs to smooth the curve, but Week 4 makes up for it with constantly intense beats and frequent duet parts that can quickly turn your chances with The Girlfriend into roadkill. "MILF" in particular can be described as the craziness of Dad Battle but dialed UpToEleven.
* DryDockedShip: ninjamuffin99 has [[https://twitter.com/ninja_muffin99/status/1338281398973689856 joked]] that Pico and the Boyfriend used to be dating each other. The fact that it was a joke did not stop fans from wanting to believe it, especially after ninjamuffin99 gave [[https://twitter.com/ninja_muffin99/status/1338285280349073412 his stance on headcanons]].
* EvilIsSexy: Both of the Girlfriend's parents are subject to ''a lot'' of SelfFanservice. In the Mom's case at least, it seems to be invoked, with the devs encouraging {{Rule 34}} art of her, and two of her songs being titled "[[BlackBraAndPanties Satin Panties]]" and "[[StacysMom MILF]]".
* MemeticMutation: Fans ran with the idea that the Girlfriend's TrademarkFavoriteFood is Dr. Pepper soda, and it shows up in a lot of fan art as a result.
* NightmareFuel: Due to the game's coding being mostly open-source, people browsing the files found a currently DummiedOut level featuring a send-up to Music/LemonDemon in the form of a literal demonic lemon man, and his song, "Monster", isn't any better. Not only is he the only other character who sings in full sentences, but those sentences are about wanting to gouge your eyes out, drain your blood to werewolves, skin you alive, leave your pieces in a dungeon and make broth out of your girlfriend. Making matters even freakier is how [[LyricalDissonance goofy the music sounds in comparision to the grim lyrics]]. Come to think of it, if you're familiar with Lemon Demon's work, it ''does'' sound like something he would sing...
* OlderThanTheyThink: It's not too hard to find fans who think that VideoGame/{{Pico}} is original to this game; he was made almost two decades earlier, but since he fell into obscurity as Newgrounds became less popular, ''Friday Night Funkin''' is where many first heard of him. This happens less with Skid and Pump, as they are newer characters and are from [[Creator/SrPelo an animator]] with more reach on non-Newgrounds sites.
* ShipSinking: Inverted with the Girlfriend's parents. When the Mother's design was first revealed, fans noticed that neither she nor the Father have rings on their fingers, and concluded that the two were divorced. However, previews of Week 5 have shown that they are still quite HappilyMarried.
* SurpriseDifficulty: Think this game with its charming art style and bumpin' beats is gonna be easy? Try playing the weeks on higher difficulties. If you can't handle the beat boxing sections of Fresh, then chances are you aren't prepared for the other songs. Starting from Dad Battle the songs get faster and with much more notes than before. Both of Week 2's songs have very tricky charts, with some instances of having to press three different kinds of notes in rapid succession. Week 3 doesn't let up either with Pico spitting bars like crazy, especially with his second song, "Philly". Week 4 proves to be merciless with the Mom putting up a lightning-fast barrage of both regular and held beat arrows, peaking at "MILF" with all that and constant duet pieces that usurp Week 2's reputation of being the most challenging week in the game.

** "M.I.L.F.", Week 4's final song. As stated above, it's The Mother's version of "Dad Battle", except the dial's cranked [[UpToEleven so past eleven that the damn thing snapped off]]. It's faster, more aggressive, and ''way'' more note heavy than "Dad Battle". Those notes are much more varied too with having to flip between fast paced hold notes followed by storms of regular notes. You'll also be harmonizing with The Mother almost constantly, meaning there's hardly a moment to catch your breath, and to top it all off, it's the first playable song in the game to go on for '''[[MarathonBoss two minutes]]'''.

** Regardless of the ambiguity of how evil or not The Girlfriend's parents are, many have questioned what's actually going on during The Mother's week. While it's easy to see her as just as much of an overprotective parent as The Father, a combination of the general rhythm of her songs along with The Mother and The Boyfriend frequently performing outright duets makes it seem more like she's actually just having some fun singing alongside The BF. Building off that interpretation, quite a few players take their battle as actually being about The Mother fully supporting The BF and The GF getting together, with the competition instead being her testing how far The BF's willing to and capable of going for the sake of her daughter.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Some people say that The Father isn't really that evil, or is doing everything to stop you. [[OverprotectiveDad One could say he's not willing to let his daughter go, but all he's trying to do was to test your skills before he could have faith in you, and allow his daughter to be on your side.]] The same could also be said for The Mother. [[{{Demonization}} Them having purple skin, pointy teeth and red eyes could just be The Boyfriend demonising them, simply by the fact that they didn't want him to date her.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Some people say that The Father isn't really that evil, or is doing everything to stop you. [[OverprotectiveDad One could say he's not willing to let his daughter go, but all he's trying to do was to test your skills before he could have the faith in you, and allow his daughter to be on your side.]] The same could also be said for The Mother. [[{{Demonization}} Them having purple skin, pointy teeth and red eyes could just be The Boyfriend demonising them, simply by the fact that they didn't want him to date her.]]

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Some people say that The Father isn't really that evil, or is doing everything to stop you. [[OverprotectiveDad He's just trying to test your skills before he could allow his daughter to be on your side.]]. The same could also be said for The Mother. [[{{Demonization}} Them having purple skin, pointy teeth and red eyes could just be The Boyfriend demonising them, simply by the fact that they didn't want him to date her.]]

** "South", Week 2's second and final song. It's not that fast compared to some of them in later weeks, but the notes often have ridiculous patterns and are so tightly packed together that will surely cause the player's fingers to move in a spin when trying to press the buttons correctly, even in normal difficulty.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Some people say that The Father isn't really that evil, or is doing everything to stop you. [[OverprotectiveDad He's just trying to test your skills before he could allow his daughter to be on your side.]]. The same could also be said for The Mother. [[UnreliableNarrator Them having purple skin, pointy teeth and red eyes could just be The Boyfriend demonising them, simply by the fact that they didn't want him to date her.]]

** [[https://youtu.be/w0WyKTSuX4U Dad Battle]], the final song of Week 1. Not only does the pace become breathtakingly hectic, but The Father and The Boyfriend begin to put aside the notion of singing in rounds and start ''harmonizing'' with one another to try and one-up the other.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q7J97WD3Gg&ab_channel=KawaiSprite South]] by Skidd and Pump. Who knew that those two kids could make tracks that slap as hard as [[Creator/SrPelo their creator slaps tables]]?
** [[https://youtu.be/kaNuYpHWcac Pico]], Week 3's first song sung by and named after one of [[Website/{{Newgrounds}} Newground's]] most famous mascots, VideoGame/{{Pico}}. Look, if you have a song named after ''yourself'', chances are it slaps. Even moreso, Kawai Sprite's description confirms a motif hidden in the song itself; That of Endless Handbag, a song typically used and remixed as ''the'' theme of Newgrounds.

* DifficultySpike: Many players agree that Week 2 represents a big jump in difficulty. Imagine barely beating Dad Battle, essentially a rapping boss battle with appropriately fast and frequent notes with instances of ''harmonizing with your opponent rather than copying them''. Now imagine that ''times two'' with two spooky boys that don't know how to let up. Yeah, and that's just the ''second set of songs'', and Week 3 isn't any easier, either. Hope you like seeing that game over screen.
** Week 2's songs were made easier on Easy and Normal upon the addition of Week 4's songs to smooth the curve, but Week 4 makes up for it with constantly intense beats and frequent duet parts that can quickly turn your chances with The Girlfriend into roadkill. MILF in particular can be described as the craziness of Dad Battle but dialed UpToEleven.

* NightmareFuel: Due to the game's coding being mostly open-source, people browsing the files found a currently DummiedOut level featuring a send-up to Music/LemonDemon in the form of a literal demonic lemon man, and his song, "Monster", isn't any better. Not only is he the only other character who sings in full sentences, but those sentences are about wanting to gouge your eyes out, drain your blood to werewolves, skin you alive, leave your pieces in a dungeon and make broth out of your girlfriend. Making matters even freakier is how [[LyricalDissonance goofy the music sounds in comparision to the grim lyrics]]. Come to think of it, if you're familiar with [[Music/LemonDemon Lemon Demon's]] work, it ''does'' sound like something he would sing...
* SurpriseDifficulty: Think this game with its charming art style and bumpin' beats is gonna be easy? Try playing the weeks on higher difficulties. If you can't handle the beat boxing sections of Fresh, then chances are you aren't prepared for the other songs. Starting from Dad Battle the songs get faster and with much more notes than before. Both of Week 2's songs have very tricky charts, with some instances of having to press 3 different kinds of notes in rapid succesion. Week 3 doesn't let up either with Pico spitting bars like crazy, especially with his 2nd song, Philly. Week 4 proves to be merciless with the Mom putting up a lightning-fast barrage of both regular and held beat arrows, peaking at MILF with all that and constant duet pieces that usurp Week 2's reputation of being the most challenging week in the game.

** "South", Week 2's second and final song. It's not that fast compared to some of them in later weeks, but the notes often have ridiculous patterns and are so tightly packed together that will surely cause the player's fingers move in a spin when trying to press the buttons correctly, even in normal difficulty.
** "M.I.L.F.", Week 4's final song. '''Holy Crap.''' As stated above, it's The Mother's version of Dad Battle , except the dial's cranked ''[[UpToEleven so past eleven that the damn thing snapped off.]]'' It's faster, more aggressive, and ''way'' more note heavy than DB. Those notes are much more varied too with having to flip between fast paced hold notes followed by ''storms'' of regular notes. You'll also be harmonizing with The Mother ''almost constantly'' meaning there's hardly a moment to catch your breath, and to top it all off, it's the first playable song in the game to go on for '''[[MarathonBoss two minutes.]]''' This crazy bitch is out for blood!

* ThatOneBoss: "M.I.L.F.", Week 4's final song. '''Holy Crap.''' As stated above, it's The Mother's version of Dad Battle , except the dial's cranked ''[[UpToEleven so past eleven that the damn thing snapped off.]]'' It's faster, more aggressive, and ''way'' more note heavy than DB. Those notes are much more varied too with having to flip between fast paced hold notes followed by ''storms'' of regular notes. You'll also be harmonizing with The Mother ''almost constantly'' meaning there's hardly a moment to catch your breath, and to top it all off, it's the first playable song in the game to go on for '''[[MarathonBoss two minutes.]]''' This crazy bitch is out for blood!

** Week 2's songs were made easier on Easy and Normal upon the addition of Week 4's songs to smooth the curve, but Week 4 makes up for it with constantly intense beats and frequent duet parts that can quickly turn your chances with The Girlfriend into roadkill. MILF in particular can be described as the craziness of Dad Battle but dialed [[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]].

* SurpriseDifficulty: Think this game with its charming art style and bumpin' beats is gonna be easy? Try playing the weeks on higher difficulties. If you can't handle the beat boxing sections of Fresh, then chances are you aren't prepared for the other songs. Starting from Dad Battle the songs get faster and with much more notes than before. Both of Week 2's songs have very tricky charts, with some instances of having to press 3 different kinds of notes in rapid succesion. Week 3 doesn't let up either with Pico spitting bars like crazy, especially with his 2nd song, Philly.

* EvilIsSexy: Both of the Girlfriend's parents are subject to ''a lot'' of SelfFanservice. In the Mom's case at least, it seems to be invoked, with ninjamuffin99 encouraging {{Rule 34}} art of her, and Kawai Sprite titling one of her songs "[[BlackBraAndPanties Satin Panties]]".

* NightmareFuel: Due to the game's coding being mostly open-source, people browsing the files found a currently DummiedOut level featuring a send-up to Music/LemonDemon in the form of a literal demonic lemon man, and his song, "Monster", isn't any better. Not only is he the only other character who sings in full sentences, but those sentences are about wanting to gouge your eyes out, drain your blood to werewolves, skin you alive, leave your pieces in a dungeon and make broth out of your girlfriend. Making matters even freakier is how [[LyricalDissonance goofy the music sounds in comparision to the grim lyrics]].
** Come to think of it, if you're familiar with [[Music/LemonDemon Lemon Demon's]] work, it ''does'' sound like something he would sing...
* SurpriseDifficulty: Think this game with its charming art style and bumpin' beats is gonna be easy? Try playing the weeks on higher difficulties. If you can't handle the beat boxing sections of Fresh, then chances are you aren't prepared for the other songs. Starting from Dad Battle the songs get faster and with much more notes than before. Both of Week 2's songs have very tricky charts, with some instances of having to press 3 different kinds of notes in rapid succesion. Week 3 doesn't let up either with Pico spitting bars like crazy, especially with his 2nd song, Philly.

** [[https://youtu.be/kaNuYpHWcac Pico]], Week 3's first song sung by and named after one of [[Website/{{Newgrounds}} Newground's]] most famous mascots, VideoGame/{{Pico}}. Look, if you have a song named after ''yourself'', chances are it slaps.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic:
** Comes with the territory of being a rhythm game. A special mention goes to Dad Battle, the final song of Week 1. Not only does the pace become breathtakingly hectic, but The Father and The Boyfriend begin to put aside the notion of singing in rounds and start ''harmonizing'' with one another to try and one-up the other.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Comes with the territory of being a rhythm game. A special mention goes to Dad Battle, the final song of Week 1. Not only does the pace become breathtakingly hectic, but The Father and The Boyfriend begin to put aside the notion of singing in rounds and start ''harmonizing'' with one another to try and one-up the other.

* NightmareFuel: Due to the game's coding being mostly open-source, people browsing the files found a currently DummiedOut level featuring a send-up to Music/LemonDemon in the form of a literal demonic lemon man, and his song, "Monster", isn't any better. Not only is he the only other character who sings in full sentences, but those sentences are about wanting to gouge your eyes out and make broth out of your girlfriend.

* NightmareFuel: Due to the game's coding being mostly open-source, people browsing the files found a currently DummiedOut level featuring a send-up to Music/LemonDemon in the form of a literal demonic lemon man, and his song, "Monster", isn't any better. Not only is he the only other character who sings in full sentences, but those sentences are about wanting to gouge your eyes out and make broth out of your girlfriend.

* AwesomeMusic: Comes with the territory of being a rhythm game. A special mention goes to Dad Battle, the final song of Week 1. Not only does the pace become breathtakingly hectic, but The Father and The Boyfriend begin to put aside the notion of singing in rounds and start ''harmonizing'' with one another to try and one-up the other.