Tankman

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"Well played, you little shit! But this is WAR! And in war... people DIE!"

- Tankman

Sergeant John Captain, also known by his pseudonym Tankman, is the antagonist of Week 7. His tracks include Ugh, Guns and Stress.

He was teased alongside Pico, Cassette Girl and Hank J. Wimbleton on the 15th of November, 2020. He was added to the game with the release of Week 7 on the 18th of April, 2021.

He is the third guest character introduced to Friday Night Funkin', the first being Skid and Pump and the second being Pico.

Appearance
Tankman is a soldier with a monochromatic color scheme; his helmet, uniform, gloves, pants and boots are black, while his skin, goggles and vest are white. On both of his arms are white corporal insignias, which distinguish him from the rest of the Tankmen soldiers. He holds a microphone in one hand while keeping the other clenched.

Origin
Sergeant John Captain, referred to simply as Captain or Cap, is the main protagonist of the TANKMEN series, an animated web series created by JohnnyUtah in 2006 about the misadventures of Captain with his best friend Steve on the battlefield. Captain comes from a post-apocalyptic desert-like hellscape where only militias of Tankmen and other enemy factions survive. Captain is the driver of the tank seen on the iconic Newgrounds logo. The site's logo was originally designed by Andrew J. Brozyna in 2000. However, the driver of the tank had yet to be established as a character until 2006 when JohnnyUtah redesigned the logo and created the TANKMEN series. While the name "Tankman" is used broadly to refer to any of the Tankmen soldiers from the series, Captain being the driver of the tank in the logo makes him the original Tankman.

Personality
Tankman is a rude and cruel individual, as he constantly insults Boyfriend and Girlfriend vulgarly, and mocks Pico about the events of Pico's School straight to his face. He is also shown to be murderous, which is mostly due to his status as a soldier, as he usually kills or orders his soldiers to kill anyone who trespasses in his war zone. He appears to enjoy doing things simply out of amusement, given that he did not attempt to kill Boyfriend or Girlfriend immediately since their arrival gave him the opportunity to alleviate his boredom.

Story
Tankman meets Boyfriend and Girlfriend, who have both landed in Tankman’s war zone after falling from a plane. Tankman orders two of his soldiers to hold Girlfriend at gunpoint, and tells Boyfriend that he would normally kill the two for trespassing, but his day has been boring and challenges him to a sing off, to which Boyfriend agrees. After their first fight, Tankman praises Boyfriend for his performance against him while also making fun of him for "simping" over an "ugly, boring little teenager that wears her mom's clothes". After their second battle, Tankman becomes annoyed because of his constant defeats and signals the two Tankmen to shoot Girlfriend, and tells Boyfriend that there would be no prom for him this year with Girlfriend gone, followed with a laugh. Pico, however, shows up at the last minute, arriving just in time to save her and murders the two Tankmen before they can kill Girlfriend. Tankman asks the "sexually ambiguous, angry little friend" of the couple if he has a school to "shoot up" (referencing the events of Pico's School), and after insulting Boyfriend and Girlfriend, he challenges the duo one last time, seemingly not caring that Pico is slaying most of his men during their fight.

Trivia

 * Tankman's name, Sergeant John Captain was named after a Newgrounds user, JohnnyUtah.
 * Tankman's voice is reprised by JohnnyUtah, the creator of the TANKMEN series and Tankman's current design.
 * JohnnyUtah also redesigned both the Friday Night Funkin' logo and the current Newgrounds logo.
 * Tankman is the 4th character not voiced by Kawai Sprite, with the other three being Skid and Pump, Monster and Mommy Mearest.
 * Tankman is the first character in the game whose week includes fully animated and voice-acted cutscenes rather than dialogue boxes.
 * With a total of thirty-five quotes, Tankman has the second largest speaking role out of any character in the game after Monster.
 * If Tankman manages to defeat Boyfriend (and subsequently the player), he will make a comment mocking his performance. He's currently the only character to have unique game-over lines.
 * One of his quotes is "I guess your shitty blue hair dye got in your eyes. It's okay, it happens to all of us." which pokes fun at Boyfriend's hair nature. However, Boyfriend's hair has been confirmed three times to be naturally cyan and not dyed, leading PhantomArcade and ninjamuffin99 to describe Tankman as a "condescending and cruel asshole."
 * Tankman is one of the few characters in Friday Night Funkin' to have a known surname, the other three being Daddy Dearest, Mommy Mearest and Hank J. Wimbleton.
 * Tankman's confirmed age range was stated to be around 30 years old.
 * Tankman, as well as the rest of the Tankmen, were confirmed to be asexual by JohnnyUtah in a tweet.
 * Tankman was accidentally confirmed to be the antagonist of Week 7 by PhantomArcade during a livestream. Ritz was previously believed to be the antagonist of Week 7, as a result of ninjamuffin99 posting a GIF of Ritz holding cheese on Twitter.
 * Since you people cant click links.pngomArcade later tweeted confirming he will be the antagonist of Week 7 after accidentally leaking the background for it during another livestream.
 * Tankman's first track, Ugh, was made to meme JohnnyUtah's catchphrase and his involuntary groans. The "ugh" noise in this song was sampled from his 3rd attempt out of 4 to say it in-game.
 * Ugh is the 7th song to feature voice lines in addition to sound effects, the others being Tutorial, Fresh, Spookeez, Monster, Winter Horrorland and Stress.
 * Tankman is completely aware of Pico's efforts to save his school from the goth kids' attack, which is why he slanders him on purpose to make him feel bad.

Gallery
View Tankman's full gallery here.

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