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This is the character subpage for Friday Night Funkin': Soft.
Characters[]
Benjamin[]
“"Babe, I love you. BUT WE ARE ON TOP OF A MOVING CAR!"”
― Benjamin, Post Spotlight
Benjamin Fairest[4] is the main protagonist of the mod. Serving as this mod's replacement of Boyfriend. He wants to be a painter instead of a musician and runs away from his parents with his boyfriend Pico.
Appearance[]
Benjamin has dyed cerulean blue hair. His natural hair color is blonde.[5] He wears a red beanie with green, red, and blue polka dots on its rim. He wears a periwinkle hoodie with a pale red caution sign on the center, navy blue jeans, and red sneakers with black laces. In his right hand, he holds a paintbrush. You can also see cigar burns on his neck in some of his dialogue portraits.
During Chapter 5, he replaces his hoodie with a red winter coat with white fur trim, and his sneakers are replaced with brown winter boots. He also wears dark brown mittens.
During Chapter 6, he leaves behind his beanie to show his long hair. He also replaces his hoodie with a gray shirt with a purple button on it and a white undershirt with the caution sign.
Trivia[]
- He was originally named Aaron Fairest, but his first name was changed to Benjamin.[6]
- A lot of his character is based off of Tamacoochi, the mod's creator.[7]
- If he sees a bit of hair drying off, he dyes it blue as soon as possible.[8]
- While it is unknown why he dyes his hair, it can be assumed that his parents forced him to do so.
- Benjamin calls Pico "Toughie", while Pico calls him "Softie" due to how they both act.[9]
- It was later confirmed that they gave each other these nicknames long before they began dating.
- Benjamin's favorite drink is hot chocolate.[1]
- Benjamin enjoys singing somewhat, but only in private or with Pico willingly out of fear.[1]
- Benjamin is sensitive to loud noises, explaining his fear of thunder.[1]
- Benjamin's favorite color is green.[1]
- Benjamin is friends with Neo Boyfriend and B3 Boyfriend and goes out with them for hamburgers every Saturday night.[1]
- The group would later be expanded with all 3 versions of Minus Boyfriend.
- Benjamin enjoys pizza rolls.[1]
- Another one of his favorite foods is sea salt popsicles.
- He also likes chicken noodle soup and making lasagna.
- Benjamin hates pickles.[1]
- Benjamin genuinely cares about Grace and understands it's not her fault the ways she is and wishes he could love Grace so he could make her happy. However, he knows that it would hurt for both of them.[1]
- Benjamin has PTSD, ADHD, and anxiety with depressive episodes.[1]
- Benjamin is also on the Neurodivergent Spectrum.
- The arrows represent the colors on Benjamin's pins, except for purple.
- Despite Soft BF being the first character ever designed, he was one of the last to be finalized and made into a sprite.[10]
- Benjamin and Pico's ideal date is McDonald's.[11]
- Benjamin and Pico take turns feeding the alleyway cat named Trashi almost every night.[citation needed]
- They adopted the cat as their own.
- Benjamin was put into home school when he reached sophomore year of high school.[citation needed]
- Benjamin hates when he looks at his reflection in the mirror, as he sees his own parents on it.[12]
- To add fuel to the fire, in the banner for Chapter ???, his reflection seems to be that of the original BF, or in this case, what his parents wanted him to be.
- Benjamin hates getting frustrated and worked up, and he rarely partakes in arguments. In order to blow off steam, he screams into a pillow.[13]
- Benjamin often forces Pico to look at memes he finds on his phone.[citation needed]
- On Twitter, it has been teased that Benjamin and HD Boyfriend would possibly have a chaotic friendship.[citation needed]
- Benjamin's and Pico's first fight was supposedly from playing Among Us. This is because Pico got Impostor and killed him.[citation needed]
- His Chapter 6 attire concept art drew comparisons to anyone from Danganropa. However, this was quickly de-confirmed by one of the developers.[citation needed]
- He doesn't like a lot of people talking at once.[citation needed]
- He eats and/or drinks paint water. He does so either in a cup or from the whole can.[citation needed]
- Sometimes, Pico has to swap out the paint water with actual water when Benjamin is focused on his artwork.[14]
- In Chapter 6, Benjamin leaves his beanie behind so that he can look nice for the double date.
- Benjamin uses L'Oreal Women's hair conditioner.
- Benjamin's little ahoge on his hair wiggles when he's happy, flustered, or excited.
- Benjamin has a tendency to get paint everywhere, such as the paint splatters on Pico's gun.
- Benjamin does not play Fortnite, even when asked to by B3 Boyfriend and Neo Boyfriend.[citation needed]
- Benjamin almost died doing the "[Character] Eats A Lemon & Dies" meme.[citation needed]
- Benjamin knows French and can read it well but struggles with using it in conversations. [15]
- He has to rely on tone indicators in order to translate Pico's Polish. [16]
- He does his best to act like he knows the language.
- If Softie were to be a soda, he'd be his favorite soda, Ramune. He'd either be normal or blueberry.[citation needed]
- For every Ramune bottle he drinks, he adds one marble to his marble plastic bag. He stores said bag in Pico's backpack. Pico helps him get the marbles out with brute force.
- He would be the type of person to celebrate small victories.[17]
- His hands are smaller than the original Boyfriend's hands.[18]
- Benjamin's favorite video game is Animal Crossing.[citation needed]
- Sometimes, he wears reading glasses.[citation needed]
- Benjamin's hair supposedly smells &/or tastes like cotton candy.[citation needed]
- Benjamin loves Cookie Run.[citation needed]
- Benjamin and Pico babysit Skid and Pump on Sundays as a way of making extra money.[19]
- They even accompany them when they go trick-or-treating.
- Benjamin is notoriously bad at making decisions to the point where Pico sometimes just doesn’t bother asking him things because it’ll turn into a 30-minute ordeal.[20]
- Benjamin hates NFTs.[21]
- Benjamin always knew about Grace’s struggles in loving her body due to just observing her habits, especially at family dinners and talks in private. He drew her a lot and gave her the artwork in hopes of making her feel better.[citation needed]
- Benjamin's favorite starter Pokémon is Oshawott.[22]
- When Benjamin and Grace were kids, they would always get the other copy of Pokémon that the other one didn’t get (ex: If Benjamin got Diamond, Grace would get Pearl).[23]
- Benjamin had a Sonic OC growing up.[24] It's unknown if he still has that OC to this day.
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Pico[]
“You worry too much. I’ve got your back every step of the way.”
― Pico, Starcrossed
Pico is this mod's replacement of Girlfriend, as in this mod's canon, he and Benjamin are dating. Pico gives the mod's tutorial and stays by Benjamin's side throughout the whole story, supporting him.
Appearance[]
Pico wears a dark green hoodie with denim blue pants and black & green sneakers. He wears black fingerless gloves and carries a can of spray paint in his right hand. He wears a black bandana with a white "X" over his nose and mouth.
During Chapter 5, his hoodie is replaced with a green winter coat with cream-colored fur trim. His pants are now dark green instead of blue, and his sneakers are replaced with brown winter boots. His bandana is now red and sports a sideways gingerbread man.
During Chapter 6, he retains his fingerless gloves, but he now dawns a green V-neck sweater with a black shirt underneath. He also keeps a gun in his left pocket.
Next to Pico is a grey boombox and his paint-stained iconic UZI. During Chapter 5, the boombox is red and gold, with holly leaves and berries on the sides.
Trivia[]
- Pico is Polish and can speak the language fluently. [26]
- Sometimes, he says cute lovey things to Benjamin in Polish, despite Benjamin not knowing much of the language.
- His design is based off of how casual graffiti artists dress, with the mask preventing paint fumes to be inhaled.[27]
- His favorite drink is sparkling vodka.[citation needed]
- It seems that Pico was blamed for the school shooting that took place during Pico's School and Benjamin is the only one who realizes that he wasn't the attacker.[citation needed]
- Pico calls Benjamin "Softie", while Benjamin calls him "Toughie" due to how they both act.[9]
- It was later confirmed that they gave each other these nicknames long before they began dating.
- Pico used to draw on the walls a lot as a kid. [28]
- Pico had a bad smoking problem before dating Benjamin. He always tried to not smoke around him, and after they began spending more time together, it eventually went away without him realizing or really missing it.[29]
- The "N. Grounds" part of his name is a reference to Newgrounds.
- Pico and Benjamin's ideal date is McDonald's.[11]
- Pico and Benjamin take turns feeding the alleyway cat named Trashi almost every night.[citation needed]
- They adopted the cat as their own.
- Pico dropped out of high school before his senior prom.[citation needed]
- Only Pico knows what happened to the Fairest couple after Chapter 5.[30]
- Pico doesn't know how to tie a necktie, nor does he want to learn.[31]
- Pico doesn't like tying his shoes either, considering that he wears velcro strapped sneakers.
- Pico's and Benjamin's first fight was supposedly from playing Among Us. This is because he got Impostor and killed Benjamin.[citation needed]
- Sometimes, when Benjamin is focusing on his artwork, Pico has to give him a glass of water so that he doesn't consume paint water.[14]
- Pico hangs out with Neo Girlfriend and B3 Girlfriend on Saturdays.[citation needed]
- Pico is a very good dancer.[citation needed]
- Pico calls Benjamin "Ben" more often than not.
- Pico helps Benjamin take his collected marbles out with brute force.[citation needed]
- Pico, on multiple occasions, has sprayed himself and/or Soft BF in the face with spray paint. He is very bad at checking where the can is facing.[32]
- Pico doesn't like Benjamin hanging around other versions of BF due to conerns of them being a bad influence on him and potentially getting him into bad situations.[citation needed]
- Neo and B3 BF are examples of this sometimes.
- Pico and Benjamin babysit Skid and Pump on Sundays as a way of making extra money.[19]
- They even accompany them when they go trick-or-treating.
- Pico's favorite starter Pokémon is Treecko.[22]
- Pico doesn’t like hot chocolate. The only reason he offers it at the end of Chapter 5 is because he knows it’s Benjamin’s comfort drink.[33]
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Father Fairest[]
“C’mon, sport! Show me what you got!”
― Father Fairest, Fresh
Father Fairest, real name Frank Fairest, is Benjamin's father, serving as this mod's replacement for Daddy Dearest and subsequently the opponent of Chapters 1 & 5. He is a retired musician, and wants his son to follow in his footsteps, but he is domestically abusive towards him in the process.
Appearance[]
Father Fairest has navy blue hair, and match stubble on his chin. He has glowing yellow pupils, which change to a reddish orange when angry. He wears a salmon-colored button-up shirt with blue jeans, a black belt with a gold buckle, and black shoes. On his right hand, he wears a brown and gold wristwatch and a golden wedding ring whilst holding a cigarette between his middle and ring fingers.
During Chapter 5, he wears a Santa hat and replaces his shirt with a green jacket and dark green scarf. He also replaces his cigarette with a smoking pipe.
Trivia[]
- Signs of his abuse are clear from the cigar marks on Benjamin's upper body.
- Frank Fairest has been regarded as "the whitest dad name".
- His vocals in No Cigar and Hope (along with Soft Monster's vocals in Repressed and Genesis) are nearly the same as the original Boyfriend's vocals but pitched down.
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Skid & Pump[]
“IT’S-A SPOOKY!”
― Skid & Pump, Spookeez
Skid and Pump aren't much different from their counterparts in the original Friday Night Funkin', being two inseparable friends who love Halloween and Spooky Month. They are the opponents of Chapter 2.
Appearance[]
Skid's skeleton costume is a shade of lavender instead of white, and his hands and head are adorned in stickers. He wears a cyan hoodie that says "Ayú" on it, with purple and blue shoes.
Pump's pumpkin costume is a lighter shade of orange, with yellow polka dots, and his hands are colored the same way. He wears a purple hoodie that says "Dalo" on it, and his shoes are the same as Skid's, but with the colors swapped.
Trivia[]
- Combined, the words on Skid & Pump’s hoodies respectively make the word ‘ayúdalo’, which translates to ‘help him’ in Spanish. This maybe referring to Benjamin.
- Their favorite game to play together is Super Smash Brothers. They main Ness and Lucas. [34]
- When Lila's at work, they're usually watched over by Soft Tama.[35]
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Soft Monster[]
Soft Monster is a demonic figure that is a representation of how Benjamin views his parents that serves as Monster's counterpart in this mod.
Appearance[]
Soft Monster appears as a shadowy demon with Father Fairest's hair and outfit, but with some exceptions: the shirt is partially unbuttoned, slightly exposing its chest, it lacks a belt, and its boots split into two sharp toes. Its arms fade into neon blue hands, and it has glowing red eyes. It has horns which resemble cigars sprouting from its head, as well as salmon-colored smoke emanating from its arms, ears, and mouth.
During Chapter 5, it wears a Santa hat, its horns are decorated with Christmas lights, its boots are decorated with wilted holly leaves and berries, and its shirt is green with a torn teal scarf.
Trivia[]
- Soft Monster isn't an exact representation of PTSD. Instead, it appears whenever Benjamin faints and represents how he views his parents.
- Tama has said that Soft Monster was more or less inspired by her own father.[7]
- Soft Monster was not designed by Tama due to personal reasons.[7]
- The blue on its mouth and hands are meant to represent the abuse Benjamin received from his mother and his father respectively.[7]
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Grace[]
“Heeeeeeey, you know what would be fun? A duet! Just like old times!”
― Grace, Playdate
Grace Dearest[4] is Benjamin's childhood friend. She is this mod's replacement of Pico, still harboring feelings for him after all those years.
Appearance[]
Grace has soft brown hair that is tied up in a ponytail with a pink bow. She wears a pinkish-red long-sleeved sweater over a black undershirt and brown boots.
During Chapter 6, she wears a pink dress with a black sweater and pink heels. She also has shortened hair this time around. She carries the boombox around as well.
Trivia[]
- Grace's favorite drink is a Shirley Temple.[citation needed]
- In this mod, Grace was manipulated by her parents as well as Benjamin's parents into thinking that they were going to get married one day.
- GF's name stands for Grace Fairest, but the Fairest part was meant to be her last name for when she was planning to marry Benjamin.
- In Chapter 5, Grace seems shocked about Benjamin's statement about his parents. This could mean that she's finally become aware of why Benjamin wants to run away.
- Grace spends an hour picking out a bow to wear in her hair, despite each bow looking the exact same. [36]
- Grace owns a dog named Debby. She used to feed him Little Debbie cakes as a kid.[37]
- Grace wears a necked leotard under her sweater.[38]
- Grace was never abused by her parents, but rather, was "overly sheltered".[39]
- During the events of the Soft version of Pico's School, Grace saw Pico with a gun, but didn't fully witness everything. This led to the assumption that he was the antagonist, and Benjamin couldn't convince her otherwise.[citation needed]
- Grace is not a demon or anything evil, instead she is a human unlike her original counterpart.
- Grace wants to be a singer like her parents.[citation needed]
- Her name was originally Melody. It was changed to Grace so she could be referred to as GF.[40]
- Grace called Benjamin "Benji" back when they were childhood friends. Only she calls him that.[41]
- Grace knows some Japanese from watching a lot of anime. She knows basic words and phrases. [42]
- She has issues accepting her own body, so she wears the sweater dress in order to obscure her figure.[43]
- One person who knew about this just by observing her habits, especially at family dinners and talks in private, is Benjamin. He drew her a lot and gave her the artwork in hopes of making her feel better.[citation needed]
- She was based off of a girl that Tama knew in her life.[7]
- Grace and Sven video call each other on Discord every night.[citation needed]
- They also watch anime such as Demon Slayer together.[citation needed]
- Grace's favorite starter Pokémon is Chikorita.[22]
- When Grace and Benjamin were kids, they would always get the other copy of Pokémon that the other one didn’t get (ex: If Grace got Pearl, Benjamin would get Diamond).[23]
- Grace and Sven first met at the train station back in Chapter 3.[citation needed]
- Grace's favorite holiday is Christmas.[44]
Gallery[]
![Grace's upcoming animations.[45]](/wiki/File:SoftModGrace-upcomingAnims.gif "SoftModGrace-upcomingAnims.gif (2.35 MB)")
Marilyn Mairest[]
“ZIP IT! There is nothing wrong with our family!”
― Mother Mairest, M.I.L.F
Mother Mairest, real name Marilyn Mairest, is Benjamin's mother, and the opponent of Chapters 4 & 5. Similar to her husband, she is trying to get her son to become a musician, being domestically abusive of him in the process.
Appearance[]
Mother Mairest has light navy hair. Like her husband, she has glowing yellow pupils that turn reddish orange when she is angry. She wears a light salmon dress with a light-yellow collar, cuffs and a bow around the waist. She also wears light yellow heels, and her fingernails are painted a light blue.
During Chapter 5, she wears a red festive dress with a white fur trim, gold buttons, and a black belt with a gold buckle. Her fingernails are painted red and green, and her heels are now black instead of yellow. She also has a red bow tying up her hair into a ponytail.
Trivia[]
- Marilyn's character was based off of Mother Gothel from Disney's 2010 film Tangled, Other Mother from Coraline, and a third unnamed person. [46]
- Marilyn is not a singer, instead working as an actress and a model.
- When the redesign was first shown privately, all of the developers were "the baddest of down". [47]
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Boyfriend[]
“bf noises”
― Boyfriend, In Fighting
It's the original Boyfriend from the original Friday Night Funkin'. He serves as the opponent of Chapter ???.
Appearance[]
Boyfriend appears as he normally does in the base game and numerous other mods: blue hair, red cap with blue trim, white t-shirt with the prohibition logo, blue pants, red shoes with white laces and soles, and holding his signature microphone in his right hand. Since he's an opponent in this mod instead of the player character, his sprites are drawn as if he were on the left side of the screen instead of simply flipped from the base game.
Trivia[]
- Original Boyfriend "speaks" in beeps and bops, much like in the vanilla FNF (although canonically if he can speak only that he does not want to).
- For some reason, Original Boyfriend does not have a losing icon in this mod.
- Within the entire Chapter, he appears to be calm about the situation at hand. He's even seen accepting Benjamin's offer of being friends, despite Chapter ??? taking place in Benjamin's dreams.
- This likely means that Original Boyfriend actually wants his soft counterpart to pursue his dream of being a painter instead of being a rapper/singer.
- His hands are bigger compared to Benjamin's hands. This is likely because it is very strong, although it does not seem like it.
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Girlfriend[]
“:)”
― Girlfriend (FNF), Envy
Girlfriend's original counterpart from the original Friday Night Funkin', who takes her usual spot on the speakers in Chapter ???.
Appearance[]
Like Boyfriend, Girlfriend appears as she normally does in the base game and numerous other mods: auburn hair, red dress and heels, and sitting those oh-so familiar speakers.
Trivia[]
- Girlfriend is able to communicate in English, much how she does in her base game and her Soft counterpart.
- If the Dearests were to protect Benjamin, Girlfriend would treat him like a brother.
- Obviously, this isn't canon, but the dev team have welcomed the idea with open arms.[citation needed]
- Girlfriend has only one dialogue sprite in Chapter ???.
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Sven[]
Sven is Grace's boyfriend, serving as the mod's replacement of Senpai. He is the opponent in Chapter 6, as he and Grace meet with Benjamin and Pico for a double date.[citation needed]
Appearance[]
TBA
Trivia[]
- Unlike the original Senpai, Sven seems to be less harmful and nicer. [citation needed] (Subject to change.)
- His full name is Sven Kai Iwata.[48]
- He is of Norwegian and Japanese descent.[48]
- Sven and Grace video call each other on Discord every night.[citation needed]
- They also watch anime such as Demon Slayer together.[citation needed]
- Sven treats gay people like a loving family.[citation needed]
- Sven and Grace first met at the train station back in Chapter 3.[citation needed]
- Sven's current upcoming design is the mod's second design take of him.[49]