History VideoGame / FNFFreeDownload

On New Years Eve of 2023, Tyler announced the game was cancelled, simply saying he was disgusted by Ninjamuffin99, the coder for ''Friday Night Funkin[='=]''.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Dude believes Strad is going to be against him dating his daughter, as that's always what happens in cartoons. [[spoiler:In actuality, Strad is not only cool with it, but was already aware they were dating.]]

* DecompositeCharacter: Girlfriend's roles are split between two characters - TeachVee, the tutorial character, and Lady, the player character's girlfriend who sits on the speakers.

But no seriously, ''FNF: Free Download'', also known as ''Friday Night Funkin Free Download'', is a FanGame based on the RhythmGame ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'', initially presented akin to other ''FNF'' overhaul mods with its setup and music, plus a StylisticSuck visual akin to old and crude [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash animations]].

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Compared to simplistic but still handrawn look of the rest of the cast, Triangle Man is an 8-bit sprite.

# Break It Down Triangle Man (Triangle Man)

* CoversAlwaysLie: Downplayed: Buddy is used as the character in the cover art for "Tsunami"'s freeplay menu and soundtrack uploads, implying he's the opponent -- while he's ''part'' of the song, he's on Dude's side, and the actual opponent is CD Boy

* MediumBlending: Compared to simplistic but still handrawn look of the rest of the game, Triangle Man is an 8-bit sprite.

* JokeCharacter: "Rainbow" is a bonus song in the freeplay menu. Its opponent is a recolored [[VideoGame/VsDaveAndBambi Bambi]] named "Boubee" who only sings a few notes before the player is abruptly jumpscared by [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 Golden Freddy]], after which the game restarts itself. Tellingly, the song was removed in the Weeknd 3 update, and Boubee is absent from the 1st anniversary image.

# Rainbow ("Boubee")[[note]]song removed in the Weeknd 3 update[[/noted]]

** The "Childish Prankster" PaletteSwap gives Dude the colors of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart]].

* CouchGag: Much like the original FNF, there are over 200 phrases that appear in-between the "in association with GUNK" and "FNF FREE DOWNLOAD" screens once the game is started.

* DifficultyLevels: Similar to classic rhythm games (but dissimilar to the original FNF), songs are ranked by their normal difficulty and do not have adjustable difficulty settings.

** Pressing the 1 and 2 keys will play a goofy sound effect.

* {{Expy}}: CD Boy is one to Cassette Girl, being a RidiculouslyHumanRobot with the same theme of recorded music, in his case CD's instead of Cassette's.

* JokeCharacter: "Rainbow" is a bonus song in the freeplay menu. Its opponent is a recolored [[VideoGame/VsDaveAndBambi Bambi]] named "Boubee" who only sings a few notes before the player is abruptly jumpscared by [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 Golden Freddy]], after which the game restarts itself. Tellingly, the song was removed in the Weeknd 3 update.

** The bonus song "Channelsurfing" begins and ends its first half with "Fresh"'s beatboxing segments.

* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:Dude's initial goal of having a karaoke session to be in Strad's good graces were revealed to be moot with Strad's comment of "I thought you already were" when he finally asks him about dating his daughter. Needless to say, Dude ain't happy that he wasted his time over nothing.]]

* AlliterativeName: Every song in the game (excluding Weeknd 2's 'Channelsurfing', 'Rainbow' and 'Misplaced') matches its first letter with another song in the game. For example...
** Summer, Stars
** Infographic, I, Robot
** Girl Next Door, Gamejack
** Twinkle, Tsunami

* ArtShift: Compared to simplistic but still handdrawn look of the rest of the game, Triangle Man is an 8-bit sprite.

** The bonus song "Channelsurfing" begins and ends with "Fresh"'s beatboxing segments.

# Twinkle
# Tsunami

# Rainbow ("Bambi")
# Channelsurfing & Nermal
# Infographic
# Break It Down Triangle Man

* ADogNamedDog: Like with Boyfriend and Girlfriend in ''FNF'', we have Dude and Lady as the protagonists, who are a dude and a lady respectively.

* {{Emoticon}}: Lady is a case of a normal human that's capable of expressing herself in this manner with her own face. It's at least justified, due to the StylisticSuck nature of the art-style.

* JokeCharacter: "Rainbow" is a bonus song in the freeplay menu. Its opponent is a recolored [[VideoGame/VsDaveAndBambi Bambi]] named "Boubee" who only sings a few notes before the player is abruptly jumpscared by [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 Golden Freddy]], after which the game restarts itself.

But no seriously, ''FNF: Free Download'', also known as ''Friday Night Funkin Free Download'', is a FanGame based on the RhythmGame ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'', initially presented akin to other ''FNF'' overhaul mods with its setup and music, plus a StylisticSuck visual akin to old and crude [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash animations]]. The plot follows Dude, a young boy who is dating his lady-friend... Lady, with him being spurred on to challenge her father to a karaoke match in the hopes of getting to prove himself worthy of dating Lady. While Dude has no prior experience with singing, he does receive help from the Karaoke machine itself, [=TeachVee=]. And thus his quest of Karaoke begins.

[[folder:Song List]]
!Story Mode
!!TUTORIAL ([=TeachVee=])

!!WEEKND 1 (Strad)

!!WEEKND 2

!Free Play

!SONG LIST:
!!Story Mode
!!!TUTORIAL ([=TeachVee=])
* I, Robot
!!!WEEKND 1 (Strad)
* Summer
* Stars
!!!WEEKND 2
* Girl Next Door (Cyan)
* Gamejack (CD Boy)
!!Free Play
* Misplaced
* Rainbow ("Bambi")
* Channelsurfing & Nermal
* Infographic

* Sampling: The game and its music feature several outside samples, from [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Family Guy]] to SpaceKids.
** The game's soundtrack is also made up primarily of publicly available video game soundfonts, which can add to its classic aesthetic.

* JokeCharacter: "Rainbow" is a bonus song in the freeplay menu. Its opponent is a recolored [[VideoGame/VsDaveAndBambi Bambi]] who only sings a few notes before the player is abruptly jumpscared by [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 Golden Freddy]], after which the game restarts itself.

!!!WEEKND 2 (Cyan)
* Girl Next Door (Cyan vs. Dude)
* Gamejack (CD Boy vs. Dude and Cyan)

* Girl Next Door
* Gamejack

* MeaningfulBackground: During "Stars", a figure can be seen watching Dude and Strad sing through a window. WEEKND 2 would reveal this to be Cyan, who was kept up all night by their singing.

But no seriously, ''FNF: Free Download'' is a FanGame based on the RhythmGame ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'', initially presented akin to other ''FNF'' overhaul mods with its setup and music, plus a StylisticSuck visual akin to old and crude [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash animations]]. The plot follows Dude, a young boy who is dating his lady-friend... Lady, with him being spurred on to challenge her father to a karaoke match in the hopes of getting to prove himself worthy of dating Lady. While Dude has no prior experience with singing, he does receive help from the Karaoke machine itself, [=TeachVee=]. And thus his quest of Karaoke begins.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Ghost Tapping[[note]]The ability to press the keys without "missing" notes that aren't there.[[/note]] is considered a standard feature, just about every GameMod for ''FNF'' has it on by default. So naturally, playing this game with it's lack of Ghost Tapping is gonna be tricky to get used to, as any excess button inputs is gonna reduce your health fast.

** The FictionalVideoGame setting in the Tutorial has the PlayerCharacter styled after [[UsefulNotes/GameAndWatch Mr. Game & Watch]].

* SleepDeprivation: The driving motivation for Cyan for threatening of. Because of Dude's late night karaoke session with Strad in the event of the WEEKND 1, she was left unable to sleep much because of the music, leaving her exhausted by morning and falling asleep on the bus.
* StylisticSuck: The overall presentation is reminiscent of old style flash animations: the visual are all simplistic and at low resolution, the non-singing voice-clips are of low-quality, and the judgment arrows by default, with the exception of the Tutorial and with, are jagged and misaligned.