Mall background. (Winter Horrorland)
Week 5: Red Snow
Week 5, titled Red Snow, is the fifth level in Friday Night Funkin'. It was released on the 20th 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, a creepy lemon-like creature of unknown origin.
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)
- On the ground floor, there is:
- 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, the game's programmer, 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
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Girlfriend's Week 5 sprite sheet. (File page link)
Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest as they appear in Week 5.
An image of Mommy Mearest and Daddy Dearest's Christmas attire being mostly finished, posted on Twitter by PhantomArcade.
Mall Santa's idle animation. He is depicted with a nervous look on his face due to being held at gunpoint.
Darnell, ZONE-tan and the Nightmare Cops bopping their heads to the music of Week 5.
All the cameo characters appearing in the background of Week 5 bopping their head to the music.
Pico as he appears in Week 5.