Updike

"It's for the greater good."

- Updike

Gabriel Updike, or just simply Updike, was a secret character in the Vs. Whitty mod.

As of now he is no longer canon to Whitty's Lore and most of his information on this page is no longer accurate. due to sock wishing to keep Whitty and Updike seperate

Appearance
Updike is a humanoid, with white curly hair resembling the shape of cloud. He has prominent curled-up bangs which resemble a unibrow to some extent. He wears a white long-sleeved button-up shirt, a white partially buttoned-up jacket with four dark grey buttons on the front, white long-legged pants, a dark grey tie, and white shoes. He also wears a black glove and holds a microphone in his right hand, while his left hand is on his back. In his dark form, he is shown with mostly inverted colours, and his eyes disappear.

Backstory
It is unknown how Updike was born or how he came into existence.

Updike was originally a wealthy weatherman, but he would later become a leader of a highly specialized taskforce that would hunt down various monsters. Due to Whitty - a science experiment - being a doomsday machine that could blow up an entire city, Updike and the taskforce consider him as a monster, too; as a result, they would try to track him down and kill him (much to Whitty's anxiety). Despite these intentions, he isn't a cold-hearted killer, and would feel sad about some problems of his own.

Trivia

 * Updike is one of few mod characters you have to enter a secret code to access, one other being Vase.
 * The password that is required to unlock Updike's song is its title, "remorse".
 * He was supposed to come out with the original release of the Vs. Whitty week, but due to time constraints, it couldn't happen. Months later, he was added in update v6.9.0.
 * It is most likely that Girlfriend is handcuffed because Updike knows she's a demon.
 * However, it seems she can use her powers without using her hands, so this might be useless, unknown to Updike.
 * When the lights turn off, all three characters' (Boyfriend, Girlfriend and Updike) eyes disappear and they have a literal black-and-white color scheme. It's unknown if this is a power that Updike has, or if it's a stylistic choice.
 * Contrary to his appearance, Updike is not a cloud, he's just hairy.
 * When Updike is sad, the pigment of his hair/fur darkens.
 * Regarding his name:
 * Updike is the first Friday Night Funkin' mod character to have a name that starts with a "U". With his being of Dutch origin, it means someone who has lived on a dike. (which doesn't apply to him, of course...)
 * His full name is “Gabriel Updike”, he's just always referred to by a surname basis.
 * His name used to be "Updyke", until it was changed, due to it containing an offensive slur. (The name in general used to have that considered as an alternate spelling.)
 * There are no plans for Updike to have a full week at the moment.
 * When you try to play Whitty's week in v6.9.0, the game crashes (this also goes for all his songs in Freeplay Mode). While this could just be a bug, this could also mean that this is a timeline where Updike has succeeded in killing Whitty.
 * In the game files, all of Updike's assets are hidden (which means you have to enable "Show hidden items" in your file explorer to view them), except for his icons in the "shared/images" folder, for some reason.
 * Updike is surprisingly good at ballet.
 * Even though Updike is out to kill Whitty, he felt sympathy for him at one point.
 * Updike's blood is blue.
 * Remorse and Updike will NOT be returning in the Definitive Edition mod as Sock.clip wishes to separate Updike from Whitty.
 * However, a new set of icons for him were made, so he may be getting his own mod.

Cameos in other mods
Note: All of these cameos are not canon to Updike's story.
 * In Vs. Adam, He appears in the crowd of Phase 3.
 * In The Date Week, he appears in the background during Heartbass before the beat drop. He walks to the left side of the screen, pauses and looks around before noticing and trying to assassinate Whitty, only to be suddenly thwarted by a large crowd.

Download Link
V.S. Whitty (Totally Normal Update)