Ritz The Rat

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Ritz
Aliases	Ritz The Rat
Relation-ships	Boyfriend (adoptive brother) Unnamed adoptive parents
Biographical Information
Status	Alive
Physical Description
Species	Rat
Gender	Male
Hair color	Gray
Appearances
Created by	MKMaffo
Appears in	Ritz Friday Night Funkin' (upcoming)
Debut	Ritz (2020)
Character Icons

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. The game was created by ninjamuffin99, MKMaffo, DIGIMIN and Kawai Sprite for Newgrounds' Pixel Day 2020 and was posted to the site on the 25^th of January, 2020.

Trivia

• On the 4^th 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.
  • After Tankman was revealed to be Week 7's antagonist, ninjamuffin99 has stated that Ritz would appear eventually.
    • ninjamuffin99 has confirmed that Ritz will get his own week in the future.
• His name, Ritz, could be a reference to the Ritz Crackers brand.
  • It could also be a reference to the Bleach character Ritz, whose name means "scratch" in German.
• Ritz's design was inspired by the Mario series boss Mouser.^{[citation needed]}
• Ritz was confirmed to be Boyfriend's brother, described by ninjamuffin99 as a Stuart Little situation.

Gallery

View Ritz's full gallery here.

The GIF of Ritz posted to ninjamuffin99's Twitter before being deleted shortly afterward.

Ritz idle animation by MKMaffo.

Ritz idle animation without background.

Ritz idle animation with his microphone by MKMaffo.

Characters
Main Characters	Boyfriend - Girlfriend
Antagonists	Daddy Dearest - Skid and Pump - Monster - Pico - Mommy Mearest - Senpai - Spirit - Tankman
Upcoming	Cassette Girl - Hank J. Wimbleton - Ritz The Rat - Cassandra
Scrapped or Unused	Lucky Boy
Background Characters	Henchmen - Mall Santa - Background Freaks - Tankmen