Static

This entire page contains **SPOILERS** for the Story Mode of *Visual Arcade*. It is recommended to play the entirety of Story Mode before proceeding this page!

You have been warned.

'*The Friend', 'The Broken Television' or 'The Television' redirects here.*

## Static

### Role

Supporting CharacterBoss Character (Controlled by Cross)

### Introduced in

**CAVERN** (VA 1)
**BAY** (VA 2)

### Associated tracks

*Agrobacter* (VA 1)
Opia (VA 2)

### Unlocked in lobby by

Complete a playlist of all Bosses (5)

**Static** (also known "**TV Friend**" in the game files and its avatar) is a supporting character in *Visual Arcade*'s Story Mode. In *Visual Arcade*, It is first encountered during the Cavern chapter and in *Visual Arcade 2*, It is first encountered during the Bay map and, as its name implies, it is a close friend of Kanade and also Static is Kanade's Avatar. It is encountered throughout the game with the exception of the Tutorial (VA 1) and Island (VA 2) world but plays an important role in only Cavern (VA 1) and ████████ (VA 2).

## Appearance

### Initial Appearance

It is a brown old-timey television with a gray face/screen with a static screen (hence the name). When turned off, it's just like any other TVs, which it's face/screen become black. It has two antennas on it's head, resembling of how TVs were before to get signal. It's face shows two slanted eyes and a smile or a frown, depending on the current situation. When it opens its eyes during a few occasions (ie: surprised or shocked), the eyes are light gray circles. It has two small white squares to act like hands.

Boss Battle

In Visual Arcade 2, when Cross took over Static to turn against the player during the ████████ map, it completely lost its memories with the player due to Cross having control over it. It also loses its hands.
During Opia, a Boss Battle of the same map, Static flickers for Cross to take over Static's mind and body, instead of being happy or sad, it became mad. Static has 7 attack forms in which the picture above shows of how it looks and how its attacks function as the appearance. Like in its first attack, it became bigger and it tries to crush the player and the second one its color and the background became white with blue outlines to shoot arrows to the player.
The player cannot predict of what attack will Static do even when its face changes due to the attacks only used once and there are 7 of them (8 including the normal one). Here's an example of its attacks, when Static's face became two squares in alternate positions and its colors became black with pink outlines, Static will hold a party with lights that can harm you including the DJ set that Static has, it can harm you.

After Rescuing
After rescuing the friend during the aforementioned boss battle, Static's body will become black instead of being brown and its left wriggly antenna became straight just like its right antenna. Static will also have a heart on its head that acts as a hair clip although it doesn't have hair. The heart resemble The Heart on the unknown location and disappears from the friend's head when The Heart is restored. The majority of its appearance remains the same. Notably, its face looks less sad than its previous encounters. However, the friend can still get sad during a few story sequences.
Even if The Heart is restored after the storyline, the rest of the friend's appearance including its heart clip make an appearance in the game's lobby menu, if unlocked and the end credits. The friend also makes an appearance in four greeting cards (seen below) wearing a different article of clothing/equipment and holding an item.

## Introduction

In *Visual Arcade*, Static was introduced at the beginning of Cavern where Static was found turned off on a rocky platform. The player will awaken Static using the heart that can be activated by pressing A (controller) or Enter (keyboard). The heart will crash onto Static and will turn it on and there Kanade will carry Static.

As they made their way inside a building on the rightmost area of the world, the friend watches in horror the heart broke The Heart and there came a red star trying to attack the duo. The duo survived the star's attack but they got separated due to Static getting thrown very far while Kanade was about to get thrown far too but instead a rock stopped her from getting thrown far away.
While in *Visual Arcade 2*, Static was introduced at the beginning of the Bay. It was seen on a heart-shaped pad bringing it down to give it back to Kanade.

Encounters (VA 1)
Forest
After escaping the cave, Kanade found Static broken as she looks in fear. This is because Static was thrown too far away because of the strange red star's attack. Because of this, Kanade became very scared since if Static dies, half of KINGDOM.exe (the universe of where Kanade stays) will be destroyed. She went towards to Static and sighed in relief because it was still alive although it cannot move so Kanade will have to do this adventure on her own.

Mysterious Place
Static was seen getting carried by a bunch of Cross Plants while it was still broken. Then the plants went away while Kanade tries to chase them but instead she trips and lost sight of them.
When the player reaches the cave, Static was seen on a heart-shaped pad and it flew off but Kanade can't follow due to her foot being hurt after tripping. After this Static was never seen again until the 2nd part.

Encounters (VA 2)
Mountain and Forest
The friend makes a brief appearance at the start of the Mountain where it was seen tied up on a tree with a rope that when Kanade touches it, it will hurt her due to the rope having the power of Cross since her powers are made to hurt Kanade so she has to save Static by using something.
At the end of the Forest, Kanade went back to Static and she noticed that it's gone so then Kanade went back to the forest and there she found Cross holding Static as hostage and teleported to somewhere else. Kanade tried to follow them and went through an abandoned city, which leads to ████████. Both Mariposa and the player chase after them unhindered.

████████
When Mariposa and Kanade reached the abandoned city, Cross was found again with Static and then teleported to somewhere. Then after progressing through the city, the same thing where Cross and Static was found then teleporting to somewhere else.
After the player rescues Aqua and avoids the hazards and obstacles towards the next area, Cross drops Static and started possessing Static in front of Kanade and Aqua while they helplessly watch but Mariposa tries to stop Cross by dragging her out but unfortunately, Mariposa was thrown out and there Static was possessed.
The player moves towards the friend to rescue it, which the next boss battle, Opia, starts.

Boss Battle
Static appears at the middle of the level, being big and small, trying to get the player. Suddenly, it became bigger and tries to crush the player then it started going around in circles, trying to hit the player. Then its appearance became different in where Static started shooting arrows to the player.
After a few attacks, both the friend and Cross became tired but Cross did not give on killing the player so she continued attacking by releasing a bunch of square shockwaves while glowing blue squares cover the top and the bottom of the screen. After that, it started running around the screen again while a lot of bombs coming from Static appears then after running around, the friend summoned a DJ set with a concert, using spotlights to damage the player. Then now the friend made light that can damage the player when turned on while the player runs away from it.
After the light, Static became normal and the fight stops with Cross getting out of its body, tired.

Post-████████
After beating Opia, a heart floats up and became big and "stabs" Cross and giving Static energy again. Static hugs Kanade for saving them, and Mariposa flies to them with Aqua, happy that both of them are well and safe. Static then puts on The Heart finally activated and shrunken on it's head.
However, this moment of happiness is cut short, as the alarms blare, and the camera pans to the Cross Plants escaping through a portal of Cross. Kanade and her friends follow them, beginning the next chapter.

Gensokyo
Kanade and her friends arrive to the same city but instead it looks not glitched. A strange floating door, heavily locked with chains was at the middle of the city and must unlock it with three keys to open the door due to having three locks on it.
After beating Party Time, the level heart will become a big yellow key in which Kanade cannot carry so Static helped her by carrying the key for her and opening the top lock as a result.
After all locks were opened and all the chains are off, Kanade decides to go and defeat the Final Boss. However, before Kanade enters the level, Static tells them to come back, as it bids them farewell alongside Aqua and Mariposa. Static hugs Kanade, Aqua splashes water at it and laughs, and Mariposa does a high five with Kanade, as it goes to defeat Cross for once and for all.
After Cross, in her new demonic form, sucks Kanade inside a death portal and deforming her, Kanade tries to revive herself, only for Cross to smash them with her cross.
Mariposa, Aqua, and Static arrive to mourn their friend's death. Mariposa smashes its hand on the ground, wanting the deformed Kanade to come back to life. Aqua splashes water onto their friend's deformed and glitched body, to no avail. Static picks up their friend's body, and cries.
However, the heart on Static's head sparkle, and it knew what to do; Static used The Heart to "stab" Kanade's glitched body to give her energy and revive her. Kanade comes back to life, empowered, and ready for the final round against Cross.

Aftermath
After Cross is defeated for good, Centari has awakened, the land of Gensokyo has rebooted, and The Heart is restored. Kanade and her three friends reunite, as the land is peaceful once again and Kanade can finally bring The Heart back from where it came.
However, Cross comes back to life, now back in her first form, and becomes a singer and hosts a concert. The plants and sketches, and the friends (minus Kanade) all dance to the music, as the credits roll, and the game ends.

## Trivia

* It is somewhat referred by the community as "Sad TV boi" because of its sad emotion for most of the game's storyline. The cause of this because of its JSAB counterpart.

* It is strange of how Static was found tied up on a tree after completing the Bay map. It might be presumably while Kanade is finishing the Press Start level, Cross came and took it.
* Static will always be the last one to unlock Final Boss regardless if its respective level is selected in the Map Select.
* The reason Static doesn't have its heart clip when seen during the Gensokyo or Ending section of Map Select is that it's an oversight.
	+ This error has been fixed in 1.2, but only the screen for Gensokyo.

## References

1. ↑ An example of this is *music\_friend\_goodbye* in the levels folder inside the game's files.
In context, this refers to *the friend implying to say goodbye to the player character in Mountain*.