(fnf) Boyfriend

== Trivia ==
*According to PhantomArcade in a tweet, one of the core inspirations for Friday Night Funkin' is the anime series Urusei Yatsura. Boyfriend is based on the series' main character Ataru Moroboshi, who has a powerful girlfriend named Lum Invader, whom Girlfriend is based on in turn.
*ninjamuffin99, PhantomArcade and Kawai Sprite have all stated that Boyfriend's name is simply Boyfriend.
**An official T-shirt created in collaboration with PKettles and Shark Robot refers to him as Boyfriend.
***Additionally, there are currently two opening lines in the intro sequence that de-confirms two names: "His name isn't Evan, silly TikTok" and "His name isn't Keith, dumb eggy lol."
****ninjamuffin99 has made a TikTok pleading with people to stop calling him Keith, saying, "His name, his name isn't Keith, it's not Keith. I'm, I'm sick of seeing everyone calling him Keith." He has also confirmed his name to simply be Boyfriend on Reddit.
*****The lyrics "boil 'lil boyfriend," in Winter Horrorland also refer to Boyfriend by name.
*****ninjamuffin99 has confirmed that Miku is semi-canonically Boyfriend's sister.
*Boyfriend is his only canonical and official name. However, ninjamuffin99 has intentionally confused the community by spouting out random names on his Twitter and TikTok accounts. There have been several attempts to figure out his name (names in bold have been de-confirmed), including:
**Keith (on Twitter, has been de-confirmed several times to not be his name).
**Evan (on TikTok, based on misheard lyrics from the song Monster).
**Luis (on Twitter, named after Luis).
**Cam (on Twitter, based on ninjamuffin99's real name, Cameron. It was commonly used after becoming the first result when searching for Boyfriend's name on Google).
**Jack (on TikTok, not de-confirmed so far).
*Boyfriend originally had hot pink hair instead of cyan blue, revealed in early concept sketches of Boyfriend released by PhantomArcade.
**Additionally, his shoelaces were originally blue instead of white.
*Boyfriend has the most unused animations out of any character in the game.
*While Boyfriend's singing voice is provided by Kawai Sprite, the game's composer, Boyfriend's groan after losing a battle is provided by PhantomArcade, the game's main artist and animator.
**PhantomArcade also confirmed that he will be voicing more sound effects for Boyfriend on Reddit.
*Boyfriend makes a cameo appearance in Sr Pelo's animation "Spooky Month - Unwanted Guest" as a background plushie. The "Spooky Month" series is also where Skid and Pump originate from.
*Bopeebo used to be the only song to use Boyfriend's V-sign pose during gameplay.
**With the release of the 0.2.8 update, Boyfriend strikes this pose during Tutorial as well.
*Boyfriend lacks a "danger" icon in Week 6.
*ninjamuffin99 and PhantomArcade has revealed several facts about Boyfriend on different forms of social media, mostly Reddit and Twitter:
**The reason why Boyfriend and Girlfriend began dating is not because of their names, but because they thought that they were cute.
**Boyfriend knows a lot of fingerboard tricks, and it's one of the reasons he won Girlfriend's heart.
**Boyfriend's favorite Newgrounds game is Newgrounds Rumble.
**Boyfriend's hair is not dyed and is naturally cyan.
***However, one of Tankman's Game Over quotes contradicts this, as he questions (and mocks) the nature of his hair color, stating, "I guess your shitty blue hair dye got in your eyes. It's okay, it happens to all of us."
****PhantomArcade stated that "Tankman claims his hair is dyed to be a condescending asshole, in reality it's naturally blue."
**Boyfriend is 19 years old. He appears so small because he is drawn in a chibi style, similar to Girlfriend and Pico.
***In the Game Over screen, he is revealed to be slouching his knees somewhat, adding to his small appearance.
****Even if he was not slouching, Girlfriend would still be taller than him.
**Boyfriend is so reckless and overconfident that he's essentially fearless.
**PhantomArcade also clarifies that, just like Girlfriend, Boyfriend is far too dense(Her and BF are too dumb to be afraid, plus they’re definitely not in danger.) to be afraid of many things. This is shown during Monster, where he does not appear afraid despite Monster's constant threatening toward him and Girlfriend.
***However, like Girlfriend, Boyfriend appears to be afraid of lightning, as shown in Week 2. Whenever lightning strikes, Boyfriend will briefly wince and shudder.
**Though his chibi-styled appearance may suggest otherwise, Boyfriend is a powerful and capable fighter.
**Boyfriend loves pepperoni pizza from Domino's.
**Boyfriend loves donuts the most out of any character in the game.
**Boyfriend likes Brisk iced tea and milk.
**Boyfriend's beeping noises are not a language, but just random sounds he makes to avoid talking to people.
**Boyfriend is probably more of an asshole than Girlfriend is, although she can be mean too.
**Boyfriend likes to listen to Kanye West music.
**Boyfriend's favorite animal is a Hominid, not realizing that a Hominid isn't an actual animal.
**Boyfriend knows what to do in case of accidentally shooting oneself with a bullet into the thigh and being unable to afford a hospital visit.
**When watching anime, Boyfriend can't read the subtitles in the subbed version fast enough. This draws concern from everyone that he's lying and that he's illiterate.
**Boyfriend is neurodivergent, as he has ADHD and is autistic, confirmed by PhantomArcade during a livestream.
**Ritz The Rat is confirmed to be confirmed to be Boyfriend's adoptive brother, described by ninjamuffin99 as a Stuart Little situation.
*A popular headcanon within the FNF community was that Pico is Boyfriend's ex. This headcanon gathered so much traction that Tom Fulp, the creator of Pico, tweeted jokingly that "this is official Pico 2 canon," leading people to believe that it was true. ninjamuffin99 initially said that this was a joke, but later changed his mind and confirmed it was canon.
**ninjamuffin99 and PhantomArcade have confirmed that Pico and Boyfriend are exes on Reddit, Twitter and Twitch several times.
***This also means that Boyfriend is bisexual.
****On the 1st of April, 2021, Tom Fulp updated the original Pico's School game for April Fool's day, ending with Pico revealing to Cassandra that he and Boyfriend are a couple and everyone at his school accepts them. The day after, this version would be released as a separate game set in an alternate timeline called "Pico's School: Love Conquers All."
*Not much is known about Boyfriend's parents. The only information known about them is that they work in accounting.
*Boyfriend's parents got him into a public college, paying the entry fees only for Boyfriend to stop showing up. This subsequently led to him dropping out.
**During his time at the college, he preferred to read comics all day in the library instead.
*It has been noted that Boyfriend's attire, from his red prohibition sign t-shirt, blue pants, and red and white shoes, is strikingly similar to that of a character from a 2009 Flash animation by Newgrounds user Zarla around the 1:52 mark.
**In a Reddit AMA, PhantomArcade confirmed that the similarities are purely coincidental.
*In one piece of artwork for Friday Night Funkin's ERECT difficulty remixes, it shows Boyfriend holding a condom. This could imply that he practices safe sex.
*Some sketches of Boyfriend made by PhantomArcade depict him in interesting situations:
**In one drawing, Boyfriend's lower half can be cut off by a sharp weapon without him feeling any pain.
**Some other drawings of Boyfriend show him interacting with characters from different video game series, such as PaRappa, Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, a Crewmate and a Mini Crewmate from Among Us.
**A sketch from PhantomArcade shows a bomb-like entity mistaking Boyfriend for Freddy Fazbear.
**Despite his small-looking size, Boyfriend can still shoot basketballs by jumping high.