Line #14 VideoGame/KOUMod


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kouthumb.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:The best education about space stuff comes from rapping!]]
3	->"''Ah- Guests! Welcome to the observatory! May I be of assistance?''"
4	-->--'''K.O.U., Space Boy'''
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6	''Kepler Observation Unit'', AKA the [[https://gamebanana.com/mods/55421 K.O.U. Mod]] for short, is a ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' GameMod that pits Boyfriend against the titular android Kepler Observation Unit (K.O.U.), a character made by mod creator Glitchdroid.
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8	Boyfriend and Girlfriend sneak into K.O.U.'s observatory to get away from Girlfriend's parents. It doesn't take long for K.O.U. to meet them. He's rather friendly to the duo, and just wants to teach them about space and the stars - it's in his code, after all!
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10	In March 12th, 2022, the second Week was released. It adds three new songs and a new character: G-SU.
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12	!! Song List (sung by)
13	[[folder:Week 1]]
14	# "[[https://youtu.be/dAiBrgVMOcg?t=67 Space Boy]]" (K.O.U.)
15	# "[[https://youtu.be/dAiBrgVMOcg?t=235 Cosmic]]" (K.O.U.)
16	# "[[https://youtu.be/dAiBrgVMOcg?t=399 K.O.U.]]" (K.O.U.)
17	[[/folder]]
18	[[folder:Week 2]]
19	# "[[https://youtu.be/mqZgYg2r3CA Twinkle]]" (K.O.U.)
20	# "[[https://youtu.be/O6UwpKXzi5A Lockdown]]" (G-SU)
21	# "[[https://youtu.be/uJ2znOxQVDA Quasar]]" (G-SU vs. [[spoiler:K.O.U.]])
22	[[/folder]]
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24	!! This mod provides examples of:
25	* AICronym:
26	** K.O.U. stands for Kepler Observation Unit. He observes space.
27	** G-SU stands for Government Surveillance/Security Unit. [[spoiler:He arrests K.O.U. in the second week for breaching classified information]], so we can assume he works for the government.
28	* AntagonistTitle: "Antagonist" is stretching it, but the song "K.O.U." shares the same name with K.O.U. himself. Also, his week is titled "Kepler Observation Unit" - his full name.
29	* CanonWelding: K.O.U. is officially friends with [[VideoGame/CosmoCalamityVsYukichi Yukichi]], [[https://gamebanana.com/mods/328996 Spacey]], and [[https://gamebanana.com/mods/307819 A.C. Void]]. Together, they make up the Space Gang.
30	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: As seen in [[https://youtu.be/r8O_X42dqw0 this animatic]], K.O.U. used to have a DarkAndTroubledPast where his creator sent him into space to never return, not wanting the android boy to see him die to an illness. K.O.U. also used to have an InterspeciesRomance with a [[RubberForeheadAliens Xyn]] named Erebus. In this mod, K.O.U. is G-SU’s love interest, and there is no implication that K.O.U. has a Dark and Troubled Past at all. Not only that, Erebus is not involved in K.O.U.'s story anymore. His name isn't even Erebus anymore.
31	* EducationalSong: All of the songs in Week 1 are apparently this, but there aren't any official lyrics aside from [[SpeakingSimlish Simlish]]. [[spoiler:This eventually bites K.O.U. in the back as all of the information are supposed to be confidential, and thus, aren’t supposed to be taught in the first place.]]
32	* GratuitousJapanese: During "Cosmic", K.O.U. says "1, 2, 3, woo!" in Japanese. Kou is also a common name in Japan.
33	* {{Keet}}: K.O.U, in contrast to [[TheStoic G-SU.]] He is hyperactive, likes to talk about his discoveries despite it being confidential, and he's kind, if him reaching out to G-SU on the end of the second week is any indication.
34	* MusicalNod: "Quasar" from Week 2 has a few references to "Cosmic" and "K.O.U." from Week 1.
35	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: K.O.U. and G-SU are drawn in an {{Animesque}} style, while Boyfriend and Girlfriend are still in the normal cartoonish chibi-like art style. [[FridgeBrilliance Due to both being androids in-universe, they are probably designed like that deliberately.]]
36	* PromotedToPlayable: In Week 2, [[spoiler:you get to play as K.O.U. during Quasar.]]
37	* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: The two units seen in the mod pass as humans, and even act like one too (although G-SU denies this, acting more cold and distant in contrast to K.O.U.). Boyfriend even mistook K.O.U. as a human at first.
38	* RocketBoots: Not shown in the gameplay proper, but K.O.U. is shown with boosters on his feet in the original cover of the mod.
39	* ShoutOut: According to WordOfGod, K.O.U.'s jumpsuit is based on those from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
40	* SoundtrackDissonance: In Week 2, [[spoiler: K.O.U. gets arrested for revealing classified information to Boyfriend and Girlfriend]]. What plays during the dialogue scenes? The rather jolly [[https://youtu.be/lY3ujnPRfrU Breakfast]], A.K.A. the music that plays in the pause menu of the vanilla game and this mod.
41	* TheStoic: G-SU, in contrast to [[{{Keet}} K.O.U.]] According to WordOfGod, he was conditioned by humans to think that he and the other androids are unable to feel emotion.

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