Stress

Stress is the third and final track of Week 7. It was composed by Kawai Sprite and was officially released on the Newgrounds version of Friday Night Funkin' on the 18th of April, 2021. It appears in Friday Night Funkin' OST, Vol. 2.

The antagonist for this level is Tankman.

Cutscene Dialogue
(Klaskii Romper plays in the background.)

Tankman: ''God effing dammit! Well played, you little shit! But this is WAR! And in war... people DIE! Men, get ready to fire! Sorry, no prom for you this year, ha ha ha!''

[The two Tankmen in the foreground take direct aim at Girlfriend, preparing to shoot. The camera zooms in on Girlfriend. She blinks and suddenly her right eye shines red and her skin turns slightly purple, similar to her parents. Before she can do anything, Pico suddenly leaps in to the rescue, smashing in the face of the soldier to his left with his UZI. Girlfriend is knocked off the speakers, but is caught by the waist by Boyfriend and is given a brief hug. Pico aims his second UZI at the other soldier's face, causing him to scream right before being shot. He faces forward and twirls around one of his UZIs.]

Tankman: ''Ah, look who it is! Your sexually ambiguous, angry little friend! Don't you have a school to shoot up? There's one way to settle this. Let's rock, ya little cunt!''

[Boyfriend and Girlfriend look upset, visualized by performing a missed up note.]

Tankman: [laughs] Ya little cunts!

Song Effects
At 1:03 to 1:05, Tankman has a song-exclusive animation where he briefly compliments Boyfriend, saying, "Heh. Pretty good!"

Throughout the song, Pico can be seen shooting from the speakers. Pico's shooting is synced to the track's percussion, stopping to twirl the gun in his left hand during drum beat pauses.

Trivia

 * This is currently the only song where another character is on the speakers, in this case being Pico.
 * Getting a Game Over on this track reveals Girlfriend's skeleton. It is entirely red with a hidden set of black horns. Her teeth are shown to be spiky as well. This is due to her being a demon. Her eye sockets are animated as if they're actual eyes, including her eyelashes.
 * Tankman seems to be familiar as to who Pico is, as evident by how he questions if Pico has a school to shoot up. This is a nod to the fact that both characters are very well-known on Newgrounds as they are both mascots of the site.
 * Tankman's line, "Don't you have a school to shoot up?" is an obvious reference to Pico's School, a famous Newgrounds game that Pico originates from. The line itself makes fun of the fact that Pico is not actually a school shooter. In his home game, he only ever used the gun he found to kill/threaten the actual perpetrators responsible for shooting up the school he attended.
 * Tankman however, is completely aware of Pico's efforts from when he saved his school from the goth kids' attack. However, he purposely slanders him in an effort to make him feel bad.
 * This is the seventh track to feature voice lines, the first being Tutorial, the second being Fresh, the third being Spookeez, the fourth being Monster, the fifth being Winter Horrorland and the sixth being Ugh.
 * The bass drop from M.I.L.F can be heard at around 0:15 and 0:20 in the song.
 * Pico kills a total of 79 Tankmen during the track, and 81 if the pair beside the speakers during the song's cutscene are also included.
 * Stress currently has the highest high score in the game of 157,150, barely beating out Guns at 156,800.
 * Stress is currently one of the fastest songs in terms of note speed, tied with M.I.L.F at 2.6.
 * The triggers that cause Pico shoot his guns are actually various left and right notes stored in a separate file in the track's Data folder named "picospeaker.json".

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