Ritz The Rat, or simply Ritz, is an upcoming character for Friday Night Funkin'. He is the adoptive rat brother of Boyfriend.
Appearance
Ritz is a gray-furred anthropomorphic rat. He wears an orange beanie with a white arrow pointing downwards, red fingerless gloves, orange sneakers and a pair of triangle shades. He holds a microphone in his right hand.
Origin
Ritz as he appears on the thumbnail of his origin game.
Ritz is the titular character of Ritz, a 2D platforming game where he must collect cheese to feed his friends while avoiding spikes.[1] The game was created by ninjamuffin99, MKMaffo, DIGIMIN and Kawai Sprite for Newgrounds' Pixel Day 2020 and was posted to the site on the 25th of January, 2020.
Personality
Ritz appears to be a thoughtful individual who has a love for cheese. He is shown to be heroic in Ritz, as he gathers cheese for his friends to eat, even endangering himself to do so by skillfully jumping over dangerous spikes. In MKMaffo's sprites of Ritz for Friday Night Funkin', he appears to be a very confident singer. However, missing a note leaves him utterly stunned.
Relationships
Boyfriend
Boyfriend is Ritz's brother. The two of them both enjoy singing and rapping. In art by MKMaffo, the two are depicted as the best of friends,[2] though the canonicity of the art is debatable.
Trivia
- On the 4th of March, 2021, ninjamuffin99 posted a GIF of Ritz to his Twitter account with the caption "deleting in 30 seconds," leading many to believe that Ritz may be the antagonist of Week 7.
- Ritz's current sprites were created by MKMaffo. Currently, there are no plans to publicly release these sprites.[6] Based on similarities between sprites, Ritz may be a reskin of Boyfriend.
- Particular Ritz sprites that have been shown off by MKMaffo include an idle sprite with a microphone, an idle sprite without a microphone, a V-sign sprite, a sprite of Ritz presenting a piece of cheese (seen in ninjamuffin99's deleted Tweet and a Newgrounds blog post[7]), a down note miss sprite, orange health bar icons and yellow health bar icons. The yellow icons have been shown to replace Boyfriend's icons in the icon grid.[6]
- Ritz is a German word translating to "scratch" in English.
- Ritz's design may have been inspired by the Mario series boss Mouser.
- Ritz was confirmed to be Boyfriend's brother, with ninjamuffin99 describing this as a Stuart Little situation.[8]
Gallery
View Ritz's full gallery here.
References
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