Salty and Itsumi
- Contrasting Sequel Protagonist: Boyfriend and Girlfriend from the original game are Fearless Fools who get into all sorts of extreme danger but are too dense to recognize it and see everything as fun rap battles. Salty and Itsumi, on the other hand, aren't in any immediate danger in any of their encounters, but are genuinely fighting to liberate their and everyone else's souls from Daddy Dearest's clutches. Not to mention, they aren't in a committed relationship, if only because Itsumi's a Kuudere and Salty lacks the confidence to confess, leaving their otherwise mutual feelings unrequited.
- Coordinated Clothes: Both wear a pair of goggles and a watch.
The protagonist. After having been stuffed in the arcade machine by Daddy Dearest, his goal is to free everyone from it, not letting anything stand in his way.
- Can't Spit It Out: Salty lacks the confidence to confess to Itsumi. At least until Week 5, where they go on a date.
- Eyes Out of Sight: Due to his goggles, though downplayed as they often shine through anyway. Averted in Weeks 4 and 5, where he doesn't wear them.
- The Klutz: Accidentally spills coffee on Daddy Dearest, who traps him in the machine as revenge. He later comes into conflict with Manager.exe due to forgetting his wallet on his date with Itsumi.
- Likes Older Women: An interesting variation; Salty has a crush on Itsumi and though the latter's age is listed as 18, she is much older than him due to not having aged in the machine for 21 years.
- Motor Mouth: At the beginning of the mod’s Funkin’ Forward Trailer
, showcasing his excitement over being part of it.note Also happens when he sees Opheebop’s human form for the first time.
She's this mod's deuteragonist, supporting Salty every step of the way on his journey to free everyone.
Her songs include "Best Girl" and "Salty Love".
Gamer Chick: What drew her to the arcade machine. She is also stated to play League of Legends.
Kuudere: Typically wears a blank expression, but opens up quite a bit around Salty, who she's grown quite close to by the time of the story.
Not so Stoic: Is easily spooked by Hunter’s jumpscares. Sounds very distraught during the upcoming “Divinity”, the most intense song by far.
Promoted to Playable: In the original, she only serves as a friendly opponent, but the remaster makes her playable in several songs such as "Sweet n' Spooky", "Sour n' Scary", and "Divinity".
Silk Hiding Steel: Is normally calm and sweet, but she will kick your ass if need be, as shown in “Divinity”.
Smile of Approval: Does this in her losing icon when facing Salty.
Caretakers of the Machine
The one responsible for maintaining the arcade cabinet's world and its inhabitants. She is able to free everyone in exchange for a soul, which she proposes to Salty in Week 2.
Her songs include "Opheebop" and "Freedom", as well as "Final Gambit".
- The Atoner: Potentially this for her prior life as Her, assuming that’s still canon.
- Blob Monster: Her default form. Can become more human-like thanks to her mask.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: The Monster is a Soft-Spoken Sadist obsessed with eating people. Opheebop, on the other hand, genuinely wants what's best for the people she has to control, and has to struggle with the idea that freeing them, which she wants to do, requires a human sacrifice. Monster’s songs are relatively slow paced while Opheebop’s are very frantic and upbeat.
- Dark Is Not Evil: She's a completely black Eldritch Abomination who's also a friendly Nice Girl.
- Eldritch Abomination
- Nice Girl: Does her best to care for the souls she's been contracted to hold captive in the arcade cabinet and clearly has some reluctance in the whole ordeal. She even creates replacement parental figures for the inhabitants, and creates the Manager and his venue to keep them fed.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Drops her silly and carefree attitude once Salty gets close to the end of his journey.
- Vocal Dissonance: A female Living Shadow with masculine vocals. Peppered averts this by giving her a human avatar and higher-pitched vocals. Retconned entirely come the remaster, where both her blob and human form have the same feminine vocals.
The last opponent on Salty's journey. Not much is known about him yet, other than his voice, face, and resemblance to Opheebop.
His songs include "Final Gambit" and "Divinity".
- Berserk Button: Is seemingly pushed during “Final Gambit” when Opheebop quotes her earlier song “Freedom”, escalating things.
- Blob Monster: Like Opheebop, he has a blob form and can become more human-like with his mask.
- Evil Sounds Raspy: His voice has a fair bit of distortion applied, giving it a rough and scratchy sound.
- Final Boss: By nature of being Salty’s last foe, and likely the most powerful, if his higher-intensity songs are any indication.
- One-Winged Angel: Undergoes something following “Final Gambit”, making his voice far more intimidating during “Divinity”.
Opponents
Dad.exe's songs include "Daddy's Girl" and "Daughter Complex".
Mom.exe's songs include "Indie Star", "Rising Star", and "Superstar".
Both
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest are aggressive, actively dedicated to throwing wrenches into their daughter's relationship. In contrast, Itsumi's parents are emotional wrecks that genuinely can't handle the stress of her singing, to the point where the replacement song for "Fresh" actually has Itsumi's father step back, thus leaving the mic to his daughter.
- Replacement Goldfish: The versions of them shown in the game, Dad.exe and Mom.exe, are exaggerated likenesses of Itsumi's parents created by Opheebop.
Dad.exe
- Inelegant Blubbering: Taken to extremes in "Daughter Complex".
- Ocular Gushers: He cries waterfalls during his left note animation.
Mom.exe
- The Diva: She is the arcade machine's resident pop star.
- Hover Board: She and Salty stand on these as they sing.
- Levels Take Flight: She and Salty fly high into the air on their hover boards, soaring through the clouds.
" and "Sour n' Scary".- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Skid and Pump regularly dabbled in the supernatural without a care in the world. Hunter and Ava, however, have their supernatural condition forced on them for stepping too close to the veil.
- Near-Death Experience: Both of them were nearly killed, Ava from being thrown off a parking garage and Hunter from drinking a poisoned drink at a costume party. They’re both saved when the arcade machine manifested copies of itself and pulled them in.
- The Undead: Subverted in Hunter’s case, as her ghostly form came from her costume and not actually dying.
He is the main opponent in Week 3, "Sister Complex", and his songs include "Arrest", "Indictment", and "Detained", replacing "Protect", "Defend", and "Safeguard" respectively from the original.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Pico is a hitman who was ordered to kill Boyfriend, but decided to rap instead since he found that more embarrassing. Connor is instead on the defense, thinking Salty is too crazy of a person for his sister Itsumi. This is even represented in their choice of equipment: Pico has an Uzi, while Connor carries a riot shield.
- Cool Car: His police car hovers.
He is the main opponent of Week 5, "Dinner Date", and his songs include "Order Up" and "Rush Hour".
- Large Ham: Dramatically announces his role as the restaurant's manager to Salty, and is incredibly flashy while singing his songs.
- Psychic Powers: Possesses light telekinesis, used to hold his mic in a floating silly straw.
Formerly a human known as Wyatt, this electronics enthusiast was the first to discover the arcade machine, as well as the first to become trapped in it. In the original, he ended up out of bounds searching for a way out, but in the remaster serves the role of an elevator operator, singing with Salty on their way up.
He is the main opponent of Week 6, "Glitch Out", and his songs include "Buckets", "Logarithms", and "Terminal".
- Composite Character: Replaces both Senpai and Spirit.
- Contrasting Sequel Antagonist: Spirit is a being with an unknown past with Daddy Dearest who was sealed inside of the dating sim character Senpai. Wyatt got turned into the mascot on his original form's T-Shirt as a result of attempting to resist the machine's power. He also acts the opposite of Senpai, in that he starts out a bit abrasive, but then mellows out as opposed to starting out nice but then becoming a jerk.
- Leet Lingo: He speaks this way.TH4T DO3SN'T TR4NSLATE W3LL.
- Shows Damage: In the original, he breaks down after each song. This doesn't appear to be the case in the remaster.
