Line #29 Webcomic/BPM


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin Boyfriend.]] [[VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper Parappa.]] [[VideoGame/ScratchinMelodii Melodii.]] [[FunWithAcronyms Best Prodigious Musicians]]]]
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4	''BPM'' is a webcomic series made by Fatima ZR, being a crossover between ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'', ''VideoGame/ScratchinMelodii'' and ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper''. It follows the misadventures of Boyfriend, Melodii and Parappa, as they partake in a lot of crazy shenanigans.
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6	Besides the main comics featuring the trio, there're also individual comics from their respective series, as well as crossovers with ''WebAnimation/SpookyMonth'', ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' and even ''Franchise/HarryPotter''.
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8	The comics can be read on [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/media Fatima's Twitter account.]]
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10	Not to be confused with [[VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinBPM the FNF mod of the same name]], though there is an obvious relation between the two and both [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1586329932392701958?s=20 did]] [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1612558288159211521?s=20 cross]] [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1649137457969917968?s=20 paths]], with their accounts even following and retweeting each other.
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12	Not related to [[VideoGame/{{BPM}} the video game of the same name]], a.k.a. ''Bullets Per Minute''.
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14	!!''BPM'' contains examples of:
15	* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: While Melodii is obviously not a saint [[VideoGame/ScratchinMelodii in their home game]], they're also not a PsychoKnifeNut like in these comics, either.
16	* AdaptationalWimp: [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]], a NighInvulnerable hulking slasher known for his killings every Halloween night... can't take out an anthropomorphic little dog [[WeaksauceWeakness just because the latter has his knife]], and is seen cowering in fear alongside Melodii and Boyfriend.
17	* AdaptationDyeJob: BF's hair is darker here than in his home series.
18	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
19	** Subverted with [[spoiler:the Monster]]. [[WebAnimation/SpookyMonth Lila]] isn't even in the original ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' (yet), but the former appears to [[spoiler:save her from [[Recap/SpookyMonth5TenderTreats Bob]], and then the two share a kiss... only to reveal it was all a fanfic made by him.]]
20	** Played straight with Melodii's mom and Synthz [=McWave=]. Both didn't even interact with each other in ''VideoGame/ScratchinMelodii'' (though, like FNF, this could possibly change in the full version). Here, [=McWave=] wants to have an affair with Melodii's mother, since her daughter treats him [[ParentalSubstitute like a father figure.]] The mom doesn't share that thought, though, [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1585344332642811905 and smashed his teeth.]]
21	* AdaptationSpeciesChange: {{Subverted\|Trope}}. [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1581340684430102528 In one comic]], Parappa ate Melodii's cupcake with couverture chocolate. [[LostFoodGrievance Melodii's about to kill him]], but BF stops them and points out how chocolate is poisonous to dogs... only for Parappa to reveal to them [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1581572558037471232 he's actually a rabbit with a hat]]. But Melodii says that rabbits are ''also'' intolerant to chocolate, but then Parappa tells them [[OverlyLongGag he's actually]] [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FfOtmXgXoAEHrZA?format=jpg&name=large a cat]] (a species that, once again, [[OverlyLongGag are]] ''[[OverlyLongGag also]]'' [[OverlyLongGag intolerant to chocolate]]). [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1581798798418120704 Turns out]] [[spoiler:it was actually ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'' in disguise, and all of this was a prank made by him.]]
22	* AlternateSelf: [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1583509166995361792?s=20 The BPM crew in an]] ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' AlternateUniverse, with Parappa as [[Characters/UndertaleSans Sans]] (based on the XRaySparks Parappa can have on the Teriyaki Yoko stage if he starts performing at either the Bad or Awful rank in ''VideoGame/UmJammerLammy''), Melodii as [[spoiler:Chara (based on [[https://www.reddit.com/r/Undertale/comments/xpzvmb/a_cursed_scratchin_melodii_x_undertale_crossover/ a fanmade Reddit image]])]], and Boyfriend as [[Characters/UndertaleTheHumanChild the Human]] (based on a series made by Fatima called ''[[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1469423914786897928?s=20 FNF Undertale]]''). [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1584235913353211904?s=20 There's also]] [[VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper2 Parappa's sister, Pinto]], as [[Characters/UndertalePapyrus Papyrus]].
23	* BewareTheCuteOnes: Melodii might be cute, but piss them off and [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1665440544049319938 you'll probably end up on a bodybag in a closet.]]
24	* ClothingSwitch: An accidental example. [[Franchise/HarryPotter Harry Potter and his friends]] fall into a mysterious portal along with the BPM crew on their own worlds, and both teams get automatically cloth-switched.
25	* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: All of the BPM crew get their respective GameOver screens [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1585057095862231040?s=20 in one comic]]. Too bad one of them comes from a PG-13 game, so BF getting "blueballed" might be too sensitive for Melodii to see, so Parappa covers their eyes.
26	* CreatorCameo: Sometimes Fatima herself appears in comics, either individually or along with the BPM crew.
27	* {{Doppelganger}}: Based on [[https://twitter.com/LephemStar91/status/1582539427368570880 this image]] posted by ''VideoGame/ScratchinMelodii'''s creator (which itself follows [[Memes/SonicTheHedgehog the Santiago meme]]), [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1582683148948643840 Parappa and Boyfriend]] encounters Melvin, Melodii's doppelgänger. They're [[MirrorCharacter just as psychotic as Melodii]], and threatens both with a knife [[DisproportionateRetribution just because Parappa compared them to a little bear.]]
28	* TheDreaded: Music/{{CG5}} is this to Melodii and Parappa. In Melodii's case, it all started when [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1585601846739337216 Boyfriend tells them about him]] after an announcement the trio see about [=CG5=] inviting people to his music stage, to which Melodii acepts to go, despite [[TraumaButton Parappa's reaction]] after remembering [[https://youtu.be/7-SC26ldte4 his past encounter with him]]. Then Melodii [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1585658661502095360?s=20 discovers why]], as [=CG5=] threatens them and anyone who sets foot on his stage with various weapons [[DisproportionateRetribution if they don't play the way he wants.]] Since then, them and Parappa are understandably scared when they see him, to the point that Melodii even [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1659728146126479361 has a nightmare about him]]. The only one who isn't scared of him is Boyfriend ([[JustifiedTrope which makes sense]], considering he beat him at his own game [[https://gamebanana.com/mods/44227 in a mod]], not to mention he's generally a FearlessFool).
29	* DrivingSong: VideoGame/{{Big Brother\|Mod}} [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1606585011658006529?s=20 drives accompanied with]] BF on the left and the rest of his siblings on the back (Music/{{Hatsune\|Miku}} [[VideoGame/ConcertConundrum Miku]], [[HalfIdenticalTwin Kaity]] and [[CoolBigSister Big Sis]] on the backseat and Older Bro on the trunk). The group on the back [[https://youtu.be/_Tr9Ncoo-yw sings]] "{{Are We\|ThereYet}} [[WebAnimation/{{Cocomelon}} There Yet]]", to Big Brother's frustration. The latter then decides to [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere grab BF and get out of the car]], [[BlackComedy leaving the rest of his siblings to die.]] BB gives BF the thumbs up, while the latter [[FlippingTheBird gives him the middle finger.]]
30	* EnfantTerrible: {{Downplayed\|Trope}} with Melodii. While they did commit vandalism [[VideoGame/ScratchinMelodii in the original game]], Melodii is not really on the "evil" side, but on the "dangerous" side of the spectrum, as they're a PsychoKnifeNut in these comics and will attack you if you piss them off enough, and is implied that they even [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1665440544049319938 killed someone and left the victim's bodybag on a closet]]. BewareTheCuteOnes, indeed.
31	* EpicFail: Melodii is not really a good chef. They're not in the LethalChef category, but they're also ''far'' from being a SupremeChef [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1595864856523153408 if they make]] [[WesternAnimation/SonicBoom a cold soup and]] [[Memes/SonicTheHedgehog a hot salad.]] They also tried to cook something on a frying pan, [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1578704580317413377 only for that to]] ''[[MadeOfIncendium be set in flames]]''.
32	* FunWithAcronyms: The title of the comic series itself, being formed by each of the protagonists' names.
33	* GroupHug: When Melodii is getting cold outside, [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1603749241502957569 they always have their pals.]]
34	* HeadBob: Melodii shows us [[SpaceWhaleAesop how people can open their mouths]] [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1586453186814279681 like trash cans.]]
35	* MonsterClown: [[BaitAndSwitch Not Synthz McWave]], but the clown Bono (no, not the singer from Music/{{U2}}) in ''BPM Hypnosis'', who may have been involved in the disappearances of Boyfriend and Parappa, and wants to lure Melodii [[BadHumorTruck with ice cream...]] [[MakesSenseInContext on a cold night.]]
36	* ParentalSubstitute: [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1585343159760203776 Melodii treats]] [[NonIronicClown Synth McWave]] this way, simply because [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe he's nice to them.]] [=McWave=] [[RuleOfCute finds it cute.]]
37	* PowerTrio: Three popular rhythm game characters joined as friends and doing different shenanigans in webcomic form.
38	* PsychoKnifeNut:
39	** Let just say, [[KillerRabbit it's best not to mess with Melodii]] (or their {{doppelganger}} Melvin), since they always carry their knife around and they're not afraid to use it when pissed off.
40	** Parappa [[SanitySlippage becomes this]] after the HAPPY MODE/ENDING of [[https://youtu.be/KmcS2_OmMWw this video]], in which he encounters [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Michael Myers]] and grabs his knife. [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1587027439326224387?s=20 After that]], he goes after him, Boyfriend and Melodii, who were also in the room, [[OhCrap and shuts the door so they can't escape.]]
41	* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[KillerRabbit Melodii]] (and therefore [[{{Doppelganger}} Melvin]]) have a slight red colour on their iris [[PsychoKnifeNut when someone makes them mad.]]
42	* {{Revenge}}: Based on [[https://twitter.com/PhantomArcade3K/status/1626780743660630016 an official FNF comic by Phantom Arcade]], Boyfriend found a VoodooDoll of Daddy Dearest, and plots to use it as payback for all the things DD did to him using ''his'' VoodooDoll.
43	* RunningGag:
44	** [[AmbiguousGender Melodii's gender.]] There are various comics about people either asking or confusing their gender time and time again.
45	** The ''VideoGame/AmongUs'' references in the comics, either as easter eggs, cameos or outright showing Crewmates or Imposters.
46	* ShoutOut: There are ''a lot'' of references to memes in the comics. Just to name one of them, [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1662601263681355777 here's Parappa and Melodii]] doing the "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/barbie-and-ken-mugshot-redraws Barbie and Ken Mugshot Redraws]]" meme.
47	* SiblingMurder: VideoGame/{{Big Brother\|Mod}} lefts his siblings to die (save for BF) in a car crash [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere when he leaves the car with BF]] while driving, due to [[AreWeThereYet his siblings irritating him on the trip.]] [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror BF is not surprised.]]
48	* SpoofAesop: [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1658530923820769280?s=20 "Never take advice from a book"]]. [[ItMakesSenseInContext It could get you encased in plaster casts.]]
49	* SuddenlySpeaking: Michael Myers, who is known for being a SilentAntagonist, suddenly talks when telling Melodii he's weak without a knife.
50	* VulgarHumor: [[https://twitter.com/FatimaZR12/status/1664651921351639041 In one comic]] of the ''Melodii Potter BPM'' series, Melodii uses a potion to enlarge their flying broom so Parappa and BF can come with them before they get late for a meeting with Professor Snape. BF asks Melodii's permission to use it. When Parappa asks him why, BF says he... [[DoubleEntendre wants to give a suitable gift for Girlfriend.]] Parappa gives him a BitchSlap.

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