BPM is a webcomic series made by Fatima ZR, being a crossover between Friday Night Funkin', Scratchin' Melodii and Parappa The Rapper. It follows the misadventures of Boyfriend, Melodii and Parappa, as they partake in a lot of crazy shenanigans.
Besides the main comics featuring the trio, there're also individual comics from their respective series, as well as crossovers with Spooky Month, Undertale, Bendy and the Ink Machine and even Harry Potter.
The comics can be read on Fatima's Twitter account.
Not to be confused with the FNF mod of the same name, though there is an obvious relation between the two and both did cross paths, with their accounts even following and retweeting each other.
Not related to the video game of the same name, a.k.a. Bullets Per Minute.
BPM contains examples of:
- Adaptational Personality Change: While Melodii is obviously not a saint in their home game, they're also not a Psycho Knife Nut like in these comics, either.
- Adaptational Wimp: Michael Myers, a Nigh-Invulnerable hulking slasher known for his killings every Halloween night... can't take out an anthropomorphic little dog just because the latter has his knife, and is seen cowering in fear alongside Melodii and Boyfriend.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: BF's hair is darker here than in his home series.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul:
- Subverted with the Monster. Lila isn't even in the original Friday Night Funkin' (yet), but the former appears to save her from Bob, and then the two share a kiss... only to reveal it was all a fanfic made by him.
- Played straight with Melodii's mom and Synthz McWave. Both didn't even interact with each other in Scratchin' Melodii (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 like a father figure. The mom doesn't share that thought, though, and smashed his teeth.
- Adaptation Species Change: Subverted. In one comic, Parappa ate Melodii's cupcake with couverture chocolate. 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 he's actually a rabbit with a hat. But Melodii says that rabbits are also intolerant to chocolate, but then Parappa tells them he's actually a cat (a species that, once again, are also intolerant to chocolate). Turns out it was actually Pico in disguise, and all of this was a prank made by him.
- Alternate Self: The BPM crew in an Undertale Alternate Universe, with Parappa as Sans (based on the X-Ray Sparks Parappa can have on the Teriyaki Yoko stage if he starts performing at either the Bad or Awful rank in Um Jammer Lammy), Melodii as Chara (based on a fanmade Reddit image), and Boyfriend as the Human (based on a series made by Fatima called FNF Undertale). There's also Parappa's sister, Pinto, as Papyrus.
- Beware the Cute Ones: Melodii might be cute, but piss them off and you'll probably end up on a bodybag in a closet.
- Clothing Switch: An accidental example. 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.
- Cover Innocent Eyes and Ears: All of the BPM crew get their respective Game Over screens 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.
- Creator Cameo: Sometimes Fatima herself appears in comics, either individually or along with the BPM crew.
- Doppelgänger: Based on this image posted by Scratchin' Melodii's creator (which itself follows the Santiago meme), Parappa and Boyfriend encounters Melvin, Melodii's doppelgänger. They're just as psychotic as Melodii, and threatens both with a knife just because Parappa compared them to a little bear.
- The Dreaded: CG5 is this to Melodii and Parappa. In Melodii's case, it all started when 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 Parappa's reaction after remembering his past encounter with him. Then Melodii discovers why, as CG5 threatens them and anyone who sets foot on his stage with various weapons 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 has a nightmare about him. The only one who isn't scared of him is Boyfriend (which makes sense, considering he beat him at his own game in a mod, not to mention he's generally a Fearless Fool).
- Driving Song: Big Brother drives accompanied with BF on the left and the rest of his siblings on the back (Hatsune Miku, Kaity and Big Sis on the backseat and Older Bro on the trunk). The group on the back sings "Are We There Yet", to Big Brother's frustration. The latter then decides to grab BF and get out of the car, leaving the rest of his siblings to die. BB gives BF the thumbs up, while the latter gives him the middle finger.
- Enfant Terrible: Downplayed with Melodii. While they did commit vandalism in the original game, Melodii is not really on the "evil" side, but on the "dangerous" side of the spectrum, as they're a Psycho Knife Nut in these comics and will attack you if you piss them off enough, and is implied that they even killed someone and left the victim's bodybag on a closet. Beware the Cute Ones, indeed.
- Epic Fail: Melodii is not really a good chef. They're not in the Lethal Chef category, but they're also far from being a Supreme Chef if they make a cold soup and a hot salad. They also tried to cook something on a frying pan, only for that to be set in flames.
- Fun with Acronyms: The title of the comic series itself, being formed by each of the protagonists' names.
- Group Hug: When Melodii is getting cold outside, they always have their pals.
- Head Bob: Melodii shows us how people can open their mouths like trash cans.
- Monster Clown: Not Synthz McWave, but the clown Bono (no, not the singer from U2) in BPM Hypnosis, who may have been involved in the disappearances of Boyfriend and Parappa, and wants to lure Melodii with ice cream... on a cold night.
- Parental Substitute: Melodii treats Synth McWave this way, simply because he's nice to them. McWave finds it cute.
- Power Trio: Three popular rhythm game characters joined as friends and doing different shenanigans in webcomic form.
- Psycho Knife Nut:
- Let just say, it's best not to mess with Melodii (or their Doppelgänger Melvin), since they always carry their knife around and they're not afraid to use it when pissed off.
- Parappa becomes this after the HAPPY MODE/ENDING of this video, in which he encounters Michael Myers and grabs his knife. After that, he goes after him, Boyfriend and Melodii, who were also in the room, and shuts the door so they can't escape.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Melodii (and therefore Melvin) have a slight red colour on their iris when someone makes them mad.
- Revenge: Based on an official FNF comic by Phantom Arcade, Boyfriend found a Voodoo Doll of Daddy Dearest, and plots to use it as payback for all the things DD did to him using his Voodoo Doll.
- Running Gag:
- Melodii's gender. There are various comics about people either asking or confusing their gender time and time again.
- The Among Us references in the comics, either as easter eggs, cameos or outright showing Crewmates or Imposters.
- Shout-Out: There are a lot of references to memes in the comics. Just to name one of them, here's Parappa and Melodii doing the "Barbie and Ken Mugshot Redraws" meme.
- Sibling Murder: Big Brother lefts his siblings to die (save for BF) in a car crash when he leaves the car with BF while driving, due to his siblings irritating him on the trip. BF is not surprised.
- Spoof Aesop: "Never take advice from a book". It could get you encased in plaster casts.
- Suddenly Speaking: Michael Myers, who is known for being a Silent Antagonist, suddenly talks when telling Melodii he's weak without a knife.
- Vulgar Humor: 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... wants to give a suitable gift for Girlfriend. Parappa gives him a Bitch Slap.
