Video Game / QT Mod

WARNING: Due to it being difficult to discuss the mod at length, all spoilers will be left unmarked. You Have Been Warned!

Too cute to die for!

"Oh hey cutie! I was looking for you!"

—QT

QT Mod is a Game Mod for Friday Night Funkin' created by Hazard24 and Count Nightshade that adds an opponent for Boyfriend to rap-battle: the titular QT. It also adds six new songs for them to sing, three of them being bonus songs.

One day, Boyfriend and Girlfriend hear music from an alley. They go and investigate, only to find the eponymous QT. QT challenges him to a rap battle, but it seems like this sweet girl is hiding something not-so-sweet…

On February 23rd, 2022, the 2.0 update was released, not only porting the mod from Kade engine to Psych engine and overhauled Boyfriend’s voice, but also added a secret song and two new characters…

A prequel Game Mod called Inhuman OS is currently in development.

Song List

Week QT

1. Carefree (QT)
2. Careless (QT)
3. Censory Overload (KB)
4. Terminate (KB)

Secret Songs

1. Termination (KB) ^note This song is the full version of "Terminate".
2. Cessation (KB and QT)
3. Interlope (Amelia vs. Ashley) ^note Unlocks upon playing Cessation and pressing and holding down for a long time in the Freeplay menu.

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This mod provides examples of:

• All There in the Manual: Certain information, like QT and KB's relationship, their creators, their birthplace, and the identity of the singer of "Interlope" are only found by Word of God in certain platforms and a series of files buried deep within the mod's folders.
• Alternate Timeline: It is confirmed in the Hazard 24 Termination OST that it takes place in an alternate timeline, where KB never crashed at the end of Terminate.
• Androids Are People, Too: Even after The Reveal, Boyfriend and Girlfriend still treat QT and KB as people in "Cessation." KB's offscreen Heel–Face Turn probably contributed to this.
• Antagonist Title: Antagonist is stretching it, of course, but no points for guessing the name of this mod's opponent.
• Antepiece: Careless, with its slower BPM, can be seen as this to Censory Overload, as some parts of the melody are in Censory Overload alongside the charting for that part of the melody. For example, the Leitmotif with the chordjacks ^What? Multiple double notes/chords in quick succession on Careless has the exact same charting on Censory Overload, only faster.
• Bait-and-Switch: When we get to Terminate, the music gets intense... and then KB crashes. Boyfriend and Girlfriend take the opportunity to exit immediately. The song, truly titled "Termination", is exclusive to freeplay.
• Battle in the Center of the Mind: "Interlope" takes place in Ashley's mind. In usual Friday Night Funkin' fashion, the fight is depicted as a rap battle.
• Bloodless Carnage: No blood is seen when KB bursts from QT’s back. Justified, as QT is a robot that runs on a battery.
• Brutal Bonus Level: "Termination", the full version of the interrupted story song "Terminate", is absolutely brutal, especially if you aren't used to double notes, jacks, chordjacks, and/or are bad with a dodge button (don't play it if you had trouble dodging the signposts in HD Week 4). Even then, the sheer amount of notes is still brutally high. Not to mention the length, which clocks in at over 5 minutes.
• Color-Coded for Your Convenience: The color of the text in the HorrorSecret files corresponds to a character.
  • Red: KB
  • Teal: Ashley
  • Lavender: Cinder
  • Green: Yama
  • Pink: Dawn
• Cute Machines: QT is a robot, and as her name implies, she's a cutie.
• Dark Reprise: After beating the mod, a more menacing sounding version of the upbeat title theme plays.
• Death Is Cheap: According to a HorrorSecret file, Yama has found a way to revive people from the dead.
• Demonic Possession: According to Word of God, Amelia is a victim of this during "Interlope" by the hand of a mysterious spirit named Cinder, hence the red eyes.
• Disney Death: Although it seems as though QT dies when KB makes his presence known, if "Cessation" is anything to go by, she's fine. She even sings with him at one point!
• Early-Bird Cameo: Ashley, Amelia and all the named characters in the HorrorSecret files are set to play a bigger role in the prequel mod, Inhuman OS.
• Eyes Always Shut: According to Word of God, Amelia never opens her eyes. Ever. Rumor has it that if one sees her eyes, they will go mad.
• Fearless Fool:
  • Even when KB makes his intent to kill Boyfriend known, he raps against the Killer Robot with a smile in his face, as usual.
  • This is downplayed in the earlier versions of the mod. While Girlfriend bobs her head with a smile even when KB is trying to kill Boyfriend in "Termination" as if it’s just another friendly rap battle, she gets scared whenever the background becomes the blue screen of death in both "Censory Overload" and "Termination." This is reverted to her being unfazed in the 2.0 update.
• Forced into Evil: Hazard24's uploads of the first three songs show QT and KB communicating with one another throughout the songs, and it's clear that these 2 are polar opposites. QT doesn't want to harm Boyfriend and just wants to sing with him in the form of friendly competition, but KB wants the blue-haired rapper dead and forces her to ramp up the difficulty as a means of getting Boyfriend to lose. By the time of "Censory Overload", KB's had enough and emerges from QT in order to finish the job himself.
• Foreshadowing: Throughout "Careless", QT will occasionally let off sparks, hinting at her true robotic nature.
• Glowing Mechanical Eyes: QT and KB's eyes glow in the dark, as seen in a few artworks from Count Nightshade.
• Gory Discretion Shot: QT is silhouetted in the cutscene in which KB emerges from her back, which is unnecessary as QT is a Ridiculously Human Robot who doesn't bleed.
• Greater-Scope Villain: According to the hidden files, someone hurt other people (via Demonic Possession among other things) to the point where it's implied that even KB wants her dead. If you take most of the out-of-place capital letters on this image◊ talking about her, you will get this message:

"CINDERISHERNAME"

• Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Alliterative Alphabetical Theme Naming-type: Carefree, Careless, Censory Overload, and Cessation. The only outliers are Termination and Interlope, but they are bonus songs.
• Interface Screw:
  • At one point in "Termination", KB will physically move part of the hit area upwards, changing how long certain notes are on screen for before needing to be hit. He'll even temporarily switch the note lanes around horizontally. They go back to normal for when the speed increases again, though.
  • "Interlope" is all about modcharts, moving the hit areas around. At one point, you switch lanes with the opponent. Repeatedly. Once in every beat.
• Ironic Nursery Tune: A slowed down version of Pop Goes The Weasel plays in the cutscene before Censory Overload… before KB bursts out of her back.
• Killer Robot: KB, popping out of the back of QT, jack-in-the-box style.
• Leitmotif: After "Careless", some parts of the melody can be heard in "Censory Overload". Same charting too!
• Like Brother and Sister: While not shown in the mod itself, Count Nightshade has stated on Twitter that KB is like an overprotective big brother to QT.
• Long Song, Short Scene: "Terminate" in the Story Mode, as it gets cut off by KB crashing. Subverted in the Freeplay menu as "Termination" can be heard in full there.
• Marathon Level:
  • "Censory Overload" is this and then some, going on for 5 minutes of notes.
  • "Termination" is much of the same as "Censory Overload", but with One-Hit Kill sawblades and even more notes.
• Names To Run Away From Very Fast: KB's full name is KillerByte, and he is indeed designed to kill.
  • KB's birthplace is, fittingly for a place that created something like him, is called Brutality Labs.
• No Fair Cheating: If you try to reach Interlope via the debug menu, you will get a jumpscare declaring you a cheater.
• Nothing Personal: Upon introducing themselves in a horrific manner, KB drops this line, reminiscent of Coldsteel the Hedgehog.
  KB: Nothing personal, kid.
• Older Than They Look: QT looks like a little girl, but she's actually 18-20 years old.
• One-Hit Kill: In "Termination", occasionally a saw-blade attacks you which you must dodge with the spacebar on the third beat. Miss it, and Boyfriend getting blue balled will be the last thing on his mind... in more ways than one. Averted in the 2.0 version, but those saw-blades are still formidable despite that.
• One Last Job: According to one of the HorrorSecret files, KB promises not to kill anyone anymore… except for one person. According to Word of God, he succeeds in doing so in-between the main week and "Cessation", hence the blue eyes.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: KillerByte is a Red Baron. As of this writing, his actual name is unknown.
• Playful Cat Smile: The cute and bubbly QT sports these in "Carefree", "Careless" ^note only in her directional poses and "Cessation". She loses the smile when her energy is rerouted to KB in "Censory Overload", "Termination", and some parts of "Cessation", causing her to shut down.
• Promoted to Playable: Ashley, whose name appeared in a HorrorSecret file added in version 1.1, sings Interlope, which was added in 2.0.
• Punny Name:
  • QT is short for cutie, which suits her rather cute-looking appearance at first.
  • KB's full name is basically the word kilobyte but with "kilo" replaced with "killer."
• The Reveal: QT is actually a robot who houses a killer robot called KB, who tried to use her to kill Boyfriend.
• Ridiculously Human Robots: At a glance, QT looks just like a human. In fact, even KB thought she was a human at first, according to Word of God.
• Rouge Angles of Satin: The 3rd song's name is misspelled, it should be Sensory Overload, not Censory. According to this tweet, it's intentional.
• Scary Jack-in-the-Box: A disturbing example with QT serving as the box.
• She Knows Too Much: Dawn, the one who wrote the letter containing the Greater-Scope Villain's identity, was eventually killed, according to Word of God. This was pointed out in said letter. Apparently, the receiver of said letter, Daniel, warned her of this.
• She Who Must Not Be Seen: Amelia is barely seen at all during the entirety of "Interlope". Her image only flashes for a split second toward the beginning and the end.
• Shout-Out: In the early versions of the mod, you'll occasionally see IRIS' symbol flashing on the televisions in Censory Overload and Termination. It has since been replaced by a Suspiciously Similar Substitute in the form of the Insecurity eyes since QT's story has nothing to do with IRIS at all. Lampshaded in a Freeze-Frame Bonus in the logs of the YouTube upload of Termination.
  KB: WHAT IS UP WITH THIS STUPID EYE THING ANYWAY?!
• Terminator Impersonator: If KB's second song, and the mod's fourth song, isn't enough of a clue, then the fact that he seemed to use QT as a disguise to lure BF and GF clinches it.
• Walking Spoiler: It's hard not to talk about "Censory Overload" onwards without mentioning KB. Same can be said for Amelia, as she is only found in "Interlope".
• "Wanted!" Poster: You can see a poster for KB on the right in the background. This serves as foreshadowing of not only KB's existence, but also Brutality Labs' as well, since you can see their logo on the corner of the poster on later versions.
• Was Once a Man: The HorrorSecret files imply that KB is this, if his lost memories and his pondering of who he was in ASCII code is any indication. There is also the statement from Word of God that his current body isn’t the first, but so far, nothing is concrete.
• Where the Hell Is Springfield?: The only thing we know about the location of Brutality Labs is that it’s underneath a forest far from civilization. Other than that, there is no mention of even a country at all, as Hazard24 doesn’t know much about geography to confirm its geographical location.
• Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: Despite having a sawblade on his back, KB doesn’t use it in "Censory Overload." Averted in "Termination" where KB tries to kill Boyfriend with them.