History YMMV / FridayNightFunkin

** In Week 7's final song [[spoiler:Girlfriend is carried in Boyfriend's arms while Pico fights off the Tankmen in the background. Additionally, right after she teleports into his arms, she hugs him lovingly and he ''blushes''!]]

* CondemnedByHistory: it all went downhill in 2023, where more mod makers are accused for controversy (mostly revolving sexual harassment), nowadays the community is quite small now, as everyone else could call this game as "that one rhythm game that's infamous for paedophiles"

*** The main reason this song was brought to infamy was because of its infamous 6th verse, which involves Mommy Mearest delving into heavy note-spamming territory with the same difficult note combination ''eight times in a row''. This verse is cited as what caused many to lose several times in a row.

** There's one with fans of other Website/{{Newgrounds}} works that are incorporated in the game, such as ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'' and ''WebAnimation/{{Tankmen}}''. These fans don't really have gripes about the game itself or the portrayal of their works' characters, but rather with how the game's fandom portrays them, especially the [[DracoInLeatherPants leather-pantsing]] of Pico and thinking that the guest fighters are [[MarthDebutedInSmashBros original to the game]]. For what it's worth, the developers have taken this rivalry [[https://twitter.com/PhantomArcade3K/status/1375122200320163854 largely in stride]], expressing their happiness that discussion around old Newgrounds works has been revitalized.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Sure, it might be a fun rhythm game with a cartoonish art style, but it contains swearing, sexual imagery and references, and [[SurprisinglyCreepyMoment elements of horror]], with Week 7, in particular, containing explicit swearing and graphic violence. This hasn't stopped kids from playing it and liking it, however. The developers themselves seem to have become heavily ticked off by this, with the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210328060643/https://twitter.com/ninja_muffin99/status/1375911859258155011 breaking point]] [[https://twitter.com/NotBroder/status/1375294329762115590 being an incredibly]] {{Bowdlerized}} version that was released on ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}'' that goes as far as to [[DigitalBikini edit Girlfriend]] to wear a pair of pants, hence why Week 7 was purposefully made to be so much edgier than previous ones - so that the game would be less accessible to children and there would be no way to lighten it for them. This was, word by word, the general public's reaction to Week 7 due to Tankman spouting hard swear words to the point of saying the [[CountryMatters C-Word]] twice in a row, this due to the game growing a ''massive'' PeripheryDemographic of a child fanbase that seemingly missed or were too innocent to understand the sexual jokes and tones throughout the game.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: If the amount of fanart on sites like Twitter is any indication, then there are lots of Japanese and Korean fans of ''Friday Night Funkin[='=]''. In the case of the former group, it's likely that the game taking inspiration from Japanese rhythm games such as ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' helps its' case.

* EvilIsSexy: Both of Girlfriend's parents are subject to ''a lot'' of SelfFanservice. In Mommy Mearest's case, the devs encourage {{Rule 34}} art of her, and two of her songs are even titled "[[BlackBraAndPanties Satin Panties]]" and "[[StacysMom MILF]]".

** To contrast with the idea of Miku and Boyfriend being siblings, some depict Senpai and [[VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Monika]] as also being brother and sister, due to both being DatingSim [=AIs=] who are [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitches in Sheep's Clothing]]. However, this would end up dying down after ''VideoGame/DokiDokiTakeover'''s ''Plus'' update.

** To contrast with the idea of Miku and Boyfriend being siblings, some depict Senpai and [[VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Monika]] as also being brother and sister, due to both being DatingSim [=AIs=] who are [[BitchInSheepsClothing Bitches in Sheep's Clothing]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Sure, it might be a fun rhythm game with a cartoonish art style, but it contains swearing, sexual imagery and references, and [[SurpriseCreepy elements of horror]], with Week 7, in particular, containing explicit swearing and graphic violence. This hasn't stopped kids from playing it and liking it, however. The developers themselves seem to have become heavily ticked off by this, with the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210328060643/https://twitter.com/ninja_muffin99/status/1375911859258155011 breaking point]] [[https://twitter.com/NotBroder/status/1375294329762115590 being an incredibly]] {{Bowdlerized}} version that was released on ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}'' that goes as far as to [[DigitalBikini edit Girlfriend]] to wear a pair of pants, hence why Week 7 was purposefully made to be so much edgier than previous ones - so that the game would be less accessible to children and there would be no way to lighten it for them. This was, word by word, the general public's reaction to Week 7 due to Tankman spouting hard swear words to the point of saying the [[CountryMatters C-Word]] twice in a row, this due to the game growing a ''massive'' PeripheryDemographic of a child fanbase that seemingly missed or were too innocent to understand the sexual jokes and tones throughout the game.

* BrokenBase: As the game grows larger and larger in popularity, it led to quite a debate about how fun the game is between amateurs and veterans who played this game. A lot of people believed that the game's unique style (graphics, music, Newgrounds culture, etc.) and accessibility attracted a lot of fans, especially younger ones. Indeed, a lot of them even expressed how this is the first rhythm game they've ever played, and led them into the {{Rhythm Game}} genre. Since they do not have the experience, some have expressed how hard the songs are. However, many rhythm game veterans have instead stated [[ItsEasySoItSucks how easy the base game is]], even with difficult mods, despite the game's not designed to be hardcore difficult. Along with the fact that the whole chart of the song is slightly too early, many veterans didn't understand how the game could get so popular. Some fans have also expressed [[ItsPopularSoItSucks how this game may have overshadowed other rhythm games]] like [[VideoGame/{{GuitarHero}} Guitar Hero]] or [[VideoGame/{{Osu}} osu!]]. That being said, there are still veterans who enjoy the game.

** It's commonly mistaken that Pico was a school shooter/started the school shooting in his game, ''Pico's School'', often by people who discovered him through FNF and haven't played Pico's School or only watched a playthrough of him doing the optional kills. In reality, the actual school shooters, the Goth Punks (led by Cassandra), are Pico's enemies in his game. [[spoiler:The confusion is referenced in Week 7, where Tankman insults Pico by asking "Don't you have a school to shoot up?".]]

** Week 7's "Guns" has its final section, which appropriately brings an already-tough song to an even harder finish. Once you reach the section, Tankman begins yet another relatively complex pattern...but just keeps on going and going. He spends a whole ''32 beats'' on this part, and [[OhCrap now you have to copy it.]] Even worse, he does this same pattern ''[[RuleOfThree three times.]]'' It hurts especially to end up losing here, too, because Guns is [[MarathonLevel quite the long runner.]]

** Skid and Pump, the first opponents of Week 2 before Monster. The duo only have two songs, but they were both difficult due to their rather [[SomeDexterityRequired unique]] style compared to Dad's songs, so if you thought Dad Battle was a nightmare and the next song was going to be a breather, [[Main/FromBadToWorse you'd be wrong]].

* {{Moe}}: Boyfriend and Girlfriend. It helps that their [[SuperDeformed chibified proportions]] makes them so darn huggable.
** Girlfriend in particular especially qualifies, specifically when she cheers on her Boyfriend in "Tutorial" or when she [[FearOfThunder quivers in fear at lightning]] in Week 2. It's just adorable.

** Same goes to Week 5. None of the songs in this week have a pace as fast as [[ThatOneBoss M.I.L.F.]] from the previous week, and even though there are some note-dense verses, mostly from Mommy Mearest, they are less frequent than most of the songs in the previous three weeks. Additionally, "Winter Horrorland" is much slower than both of the Parents' previous songs, once again to focus on the Monster's shock value, giving you more time for your notes.

** Pico is a hired assassin who recognized Boyfriend and [[CruelMercy decided to embarrass him in a rap battle instead of killing him]], and is described by ninjamuffin as hating the two despite ultimately sparing Boyfriend's life, but fanwork often depicts him as a "third friend" to Boyfriend and Girlfriend who regularly hangs out with them. In shipping art, Pico is sometimes depicted being a grumpy {{tsundere}}. However, canon ended up supporting the more heroic ([[SociopathicHero in his own way]]) interpretation of Pico, [[spoiler:when he saves Boyfriend and Girlfriend from being shot by the Tankmen]].

** Fanon tends to completely ignore WordOfGod's statement that Pico hates Boyfriend and Girlfriend, and instead go with the interpretation that Boyfriend and Pico are AmicableExes who hang out regularly, with the latter having lingering feelings for the former. [[spoiler:It helps that he saves the two when Tankman tries to kill them.]]

* RecurringFanonCharacter: There are many fan-created mods for the games where the opponents are either characters from pre-existing properties, or completely original characters made by the mods' creators. In the case of the latter group, some mod characters become so popular that they spread across the entire fandom. These include:

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Some fans aren't happy with Boyfriend's health bar icon being changed in the Week 4 update, citing that the old one was more expressive and easier to edit for {{Game Mod}}s. Fortunately for fans like them, the original head was still in-game, and the 9 button can be pressed to switch between the old and new icons.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Sure, it might be a fun rhythm game with a cartoonish art style, but it contains swearing, sexual imagery and references, and [[SurpriseCreepy elements of horror]], with Week 7 in particular containing explicit swearing and graphic violence. This hasn't stopped kids from playing it and liking it, however. The developers themselves seem to have become heavily ticked off by this, with the [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210328060643/https://twitter.com/ninja_muffin99/status/1375911859258155011 breaking point]] [[https://twitter.com/NotBroder/status/1375294329762115590 being an incredibly]] {{Bowdlerized}} version that was released on ''VideoGame/{{Roblox}}'' that goes as far as to [[DigitalBikini edit Girlfriend]] to wear a pair of pants, hence why Week 7 was purposefully made to be so much edgier than previous ones - so that the game would be less accessible to children and there would be no way to lighten it for them. This was, word by word, the general public's reaction to Week 7 due to Tankman spouting hard swear words to the point of saying the [[CountryMatters C-Word]] twice in a row, this due to the game growing a ''massive'' PeripheryDemographic of a child fanbase that seemingly missed or were too innocent to understand the sexual jokes and tones throughout the game.

** Some fans refuse to accept Pico and Boyfriend being exes despite WordOfGod confirming it to be canon. This is most likely due to the multiple times ninjamuffin99 stated he was only joking about them being exes before he eventually confirmed it. And of course, there are those who simply don't want Boyfriend and Pico to be LGBTQ+ and therefore ignore this fact just for that.

** Some fans refuse to accept Pico and Boyfriend being exes despite WordOfGod confirming to be canon. This is most likely due to the multiple times ninjamuffin99 stated he was only joking about them being exes before eventually confirming it. And of course, there are those who simply don't want Boyfriend and Pico to be LGBTQ+ and therefore ignore this fact just for that.

** Some fans refuse to accept Pico and Boyfriend being exes despite the creator confirming it as canon. This is most likely due to how many times ninjamuffin99 had stated numerous he was only joking about them being exes before eventually confirming it. And of course, there are those who simply don't want Boyfriend and Pico to be LGBTQ+ and therefore reject this fact just for that.

* FanPreferredCutContent: When one of the game's artists posted old concepts for Senpai's design -- which had two-toned hair, blue and green eyes, and ear piercings -- it garnered just as much love as Senpai himself due to being charmingly drenched in anime clichés. In fan works, fans either make the design a separate character or incorporate elements of the old design into Senpai's final, in particular his heterochromia.

* HypeBacklash: Since late 2021, the game and its modding community has been hit incredibly hard with this, primarily due to the fandom. While much of this is akin to the cycle that previous viral indie games went through, the sheer amount of drama and controversies that the fandom has been in (i.e. controversies surrounding the [[VideoGame/VSWhitty Whitty]], [[VideoGame/VSSky Sky]], and [[VideoGame/MidFightMasses Mid-Fight Masses mods]] over alleged plagiarism, sexualization of the titular character by fans, and charting respectively), accusations of inappropriate behavior against some mod makers, the high amount of children in the fandom, and the massive [=YouTube=] content machine surrounding it, along with more subjective takes such as the varying quality of mod songs and accusations of "ruining" or forming unnecessary drama around other works (notably ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}'' and ''VideoGame/SonicExe'') by making mods based on them, has made the backlash especially pronounced. Another major backlash towards the game itself is the radio silence about upcoming chapters (with [[https://twitter.com/cxrpxe/status/1494862144055263235 the Kickstarter stretch goal image being posted and mocked on Twitter]] every now and then), despite the necessary secrecy and development time required by the devs.

* HypeBacklash: Since late 2021, the game and its modding community has been hit incredibly hard with this, primarily due to the fandom. While much of this is akin to the cycle that previous viral indie games went through, the sheer amount of drama and controversies that the fandom has been in (i.e. controversies surrounding the [[VideoGame/VSWhitty Whitty]], [[VideoGame/VSSky Sky]], and [[VideoGame/MidFightMasses Mid-Fight Masses mods]] over copyright, sexualization of the titular character by fans, and charting respectively), accusations of inappropriate behavior against some mod makers, the high amount of children in the fandom, and the massive [=YouTube=] content machine surrounding it, along with more subjective takes such as the varying quality of mod songs and accusations of "ruining" or forming unnecessary drama around other works (notably ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}'' and ''VideoGame/SonicExe'') by making mods based on them, has made the backlash especially pronounced. Another major backlash towards the game itself is the radio silence about upcoming chapters (with [[https://twitter.com/cxrpxe/status/1494862144055263235 the Kickstarter stretch goal image being posted and mocked on Twitter]] every now and then), despite the necessary secrecy and development time required by the devs.

%%* HypeBacklash: Since late 2021, the game has been hit incredibly hard with this, primarily due to the fandom. While much of this is akin to the cycle that previous viral indie games went through, the sheer amount of drama and controversies that the fandom has been in and the high amount of children in it, along with more subjective takes such as the varying quality of mod songs and accusations of "ruining" other works by making mods based on them, has made the backlash especially pronounced. Another major backlash towards the game itself is the radio silence about upcoming chapters (with the Kickstarter stretch goal image being posted and mocked on Twitter every now and then), despite the necessary secrecy and development time required by the devs.

* HypeBacklash: Since late 2021, the game has been hit incredibly hard with this, primarily due to the fandom. While much of this is akin to the cycle that previous viral indie games went through, the sheer amount of drama and controversies that the fandom has been in and the high amount of children in it, along with more subjective takes such as the varying quality of mod songs and accusations of "ruining" other works by making mods based on them, has made the backlash especially pronounced. Another major backlash towards the game itself is the radio silence about upcoming chapters (with the Kickstarter stretch goal image being posted and mocked on Twitter every now and then), despite the necessary secrecy and development time required by the devs.

* HilariousInHindsight:
** One of the {{Couch Gag}}s reads "too overexposed---Newgrounds can't handle us". Come the release of Week 7, Newgrounds crashed due to an overload of people trying to access the game.
** Prior to the release of Week 7, there existed a High Effort mod for "Ugh", which gave Tankman a custom sprite for every time he said "Ugh" in the song. Come the actual release of Week 7, and Tankman does indeed have a custom sprite for every time he says "Ugh", with the only difference being his expression.
** One of many skin mods made for the game is the [[https://gamebanana.com/skins/187640 Closer Together mod]], which changes Boyfriend's skin so that he's holding Girlfriend whilst he raps. Come Week 7, [[spoiler:this is how he raps against Tankman, during the song "Stress"]].
** In ''[[WebAnimation/FridayNightFunkinWithLyrics Pico & Blammed WITH LYRICS]]'', when Boyfriend asks why Pico's crossed their path, he responds with "Savin' your bacon. Or cookin' it." [[spoiler:In Week 7, he really does step in to save Boyfriend's bacon.]]

** In ''[[WebAnimation/FridayNightFunkinWithLyrics Pico & Blammed WITH LYRICS]]'', when Boyfriend asks why Pico's crossed their path, he responds with "Savin' your bacon. Or cookin' it." [[spoiler:In Week 7, he really does step in to save Boyfriend's bacon.]]\

** In ''[[WebAnimation/FridayNightFunkinWithLyrics Pico & Blammed WITH LYRICS]]'', when Boyfriend asks why Pico's crossed their path, he responds with "Savin' your bacon. Or cookin' it." [[spoiler:In Week 7, he really does step in to save Boyfriend's bacon.]]

** A small one-sided case with the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fandom. As ever since ''VideoGame/VsSonicExe'' spiked in popularity, mods themed after the ''Sonic'' series have become so frequent to the point where they overtake the popularity of other mods, and a portion of the ''Friday Night Funkin''' fanbase [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny had grown sick of them]].