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1''Illegal Instruction'' is a GameMod of ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' directed by averyavary. The mod was aimed to showcase fan made ''VideoGame/SonicExe'' characters, with a focus on Duke, an EXE of Knuckles the Echidna, as the primary antagonist of the mod.
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3The mod was initially cancelled due to multiple important members of the dev team, including averyavary and Kenji, being exposed for remaining in contact with [=JesterFrog=], [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor who was exposed for grooming a 14 year old girl and collecting CP of her]], leading to a mass exodus of the team and those still in contact with [=JesterFrog=] giving their characters to other people and being ousted from both communities. The mod would end up being {{Uncancelled}} in early 2023, with massive changes and a lot of character removals... only to get permanently cancelled following another misdemeanour, this time with averyavary being exposed for grooming multiple underage girls, resulting in Avery taking a break for several months before returning to Tumblr. An unfinished leaked build was made available by an anonymous developer and can be downloaded [[https://www.mediafire.com/file/5ii5raejwc6lwai/illeg_inst.rar/file here.]]
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5However, an official revival licensed by the team known as ''ILLEGAL INSTRUCTION: Retake'' was in the works, and a demo was eventually released, with V1 currently in the works. It can be downloaded [[https://gamejolt.com/games/IIRetake/856183 here]].
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7!Song List
8!!Original Cancelled Build
9!!!Scenario Mode
10# Breakout (Duke)
11# Soulless Endeavors (Duke)
12# My Horizon (Chaotix)
13# Found You (Metal Sonic and Amy vs [=NormalCD=])
14# Malediction (Curse)
15# Long Sky (Chotix)
16# Hedge (Hog)
17# Manual Blast (Hog and Scorched)
18!!!Freeplay Mode
19# Final Frontier (Boyfriend and Girlfriend vs Duke, Vector, Charmy, Espio, and Mighty) [[note]]While the song is selectable, it is not implemented, instead using Triple Trouble as a placeholder. Only the assets for the life icons in the files indicate who would’ve appeared in this song[[/note]]
20# Our Horizon (Chaotix)
21# Endless (Majin Sonic)
22!!Planned Remaster
23!!!Scenario Made
24# Breakout (Duke)
25# Hellspawn (Duke)
26!!!Free Play
27# Vista (Chaotix)
28# Chimera Redux (Duke vs. Kevin)[[labelnote:never implemented]][[/labelnote]]
29# Meltdown (Chotix)
30# My Horizon (H0nkish Mix) (Wechidna)[[labelnote:not implemented]][[/labelnote]]
31# Color Crash ([=***=] vs. Mighty)
32# Cascade (Sonic / [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Ashura]])
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34!!''Illegal Instruction'' features instances of:
35* AdaptationalDiversity: Amy’s skin is noticeably darker and she’s seemingly gained a few pounds.
36* AdaptationDyeJob: Amy’s upgrades to Metal Sonic also resulted in changes in the color to his, well, metal. His blues are much darker, his arms and shoes are black, and he lacks a turbine in his stomach, which is replaced with a silver chest-plate.
37* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: During "Found You", Amy, as mentioned above, has a different appearance, but has also been confirmed to have the same sort of personality as Tails, having upgraded Metal Sonic to stand a chance against [=NormalCD=] in the absence of Sonic and Robotnik.
38* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The background of “Malediction” becomes this, changing from a forest to a sea of purple and black static once Curse uses his powers.
39* AndIMustScream: Simply put, Wechnia isn't coping with his situation as a glitch entity well.
40* AnimationBump: The trailer for the revival reveals that Chaotix’s song(s) will no longer be pixelated, but rather drawn in the normal ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' style.
41* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent:
42** During “Found You”, you play as Metal Sonic and Amy rather than Boyfriend.
43** "Color Crash" has you play as Mighty instead of Boyfriend.
44** Before the mod got well and truly cancelled, "Chimera Redux" would've had Kevin (one of Duke's victims in a Sonic vessel) playable.
45* ArtShift:
46** During “Soulless Endeavors”, Duke sends Boyfriend to a special stage, changing to the style of '' VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix''.
47** Speaking of ''Knuckles’ Chaotix'', both “My Horizon” and “Our Horizon” are in the pixel art style of said 32X game, with “Our Horizon” occasionally shifting back to the traditional ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' style. The trailer for the revival however shows that ”Vista” will not be receiving the same treatment.
48* TheCameo:
49** During "My Horizon", "Vista" and "Our Horizon", the actual ''Knuckles' Chaotix'' cast, alongside Amy Rose, are shown in the background, grooving along to the song. They quickly show fear to [[OneWingedAngel Chaotix's true form]] during the former song, along with being promptly deleted in the homestretch of Vista, though not so during "Our Horizon", [[AmbiguouslyEvil due to Chaotix not being as evil in that song]].
50** Just on a screen just out of frame behind Amy and Metal in “Found You”, Curse can be seen.
51** In “Manual Blast”, a monitor in the background shows an assortment of other [=EXEs=], those being [=Needlem0use=], No More Innocence, Starved, and Fatal Error.
52* CarbuncleCreature: Metal Sonic has the yellow Time Stone embedded in his forehead.
53* CoverVersion:
54** The version of “Endless” included is an entirely new version of the song, known as the Forest Mix.
55** A version of “Perdition”, a song meant for Satanos, was going to have a cover featuring Apollyon, another EXE with a similar concept to Satanos.
56* DualBoss: Inverted, as you play as Metal Sonic and Amy in "Found You" against [=NormalCD=].
57* {{Expy}}:
58** Duke is this to Xenophanes, both in terms of character and structure to his songs. Invoked as Avery has started that Duke’s story is meant to be a retelling of the original Sonic.exe
59** Hog (and Scorched) and Chaotix are expies for EXE.
60* GlitchEntity: [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2 Ashura]] and [[VideoGame/KnucklesChaotix Wechnia]], as per usual with their original games.
61* JokeCharacter: Chotix, as he was based off of a joke drawing depicting various [=EXEs=], most of which being from the cast of ''VideoGame/VsSonicExe'' at the time, and his song is filled with memes.
62* LifeDrain: A bit of an unconventional example with Chaotix in "My Horizon" / "Vista", where Boyfriend’s maximum health constantly glitches out throughout the second part of the song.
63* MythologyGag:
64** In “Final Frontier”, Mighty would’ve shared a color palette with Sonic, which is a reference to how Mighty is a reskin of Sonic when ''Sonic Crackers'' became ''Knuckles’ Chaotix''.
65** Chaotix’s story is heavily based on the Wechnia glitch, from him being broken data searching to become whole with Tails, referencing how the Wechnia is the leftover data from when ''Sonic Crackers'' became ''Knuckles’ Chaotix'', to his true form’s color palette being the same as the Wechnia.
66* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: If the unused art assets and freeplay art are anything to go by, Boyfriend would’ve been terrified by Duke and Girlfriend would need to use a lot of her power in order to keep up with him.
67* PromotedToPlayable:
68** Based on the freeplay menu art and health icons in the files, Girlfriend would have been playable in “Final Frontier”.
69** The ''Parallax'' collab song would’ve had you play as Chaotix.
70** In an unused song, “Good For Them”, Curse would have been the playable character singing against [=NormalCD=].
71* ReferenceOverdosed: Once Scorched starts glitching out during “Manual Blast”, his face changes to different [=EXEs=], those being Grimeware, Xenophanes, RE-RUN, X-Terion, Griatos, EYX, Cyclops, Sally_ALT, Mighty.zip, and Lord X.
72* TokenGoodTeammate: Curse and Hog fall into this category, [[AmbiguouslyEvil possibly Chaotix as well, but that’s to be determined.]]
73* ScarfOfAsskicking:
74** Pre-reboot, Amy and Metal are equipped with scarfs, with the latter of which doing said asskicking.
75** In the reboot, Kevin ([=Duke!Sonic=]) wears one that's akin to the banner seen in Sonic title screens, proving how ready he is to fight back against his tormentor.
76* SlasherSmile: [=NormalCD=] and Chaotix’s true form’s faces are perpetually this.

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