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Artwork from the Friday Night Funkin' volume 1 CD art booklet of Henchmen buying alcohol for Girlfriend, with Darnell appearing in the background. Darnell and several other popular Newgrounds characters as they appear in promotional artwork made for Pico Day 2022.
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Darnell is a young man with dark skin and a tall, sloped purple flattop that swipes up in a sharp arc in the front and curves up and outward slightly in the back. Above the front and back curves, the hair extends upward and outward slightly, with the front extension curving up very slightly and the back one being flat. The slope rises slightly more...
Darnell originates from Darnell Plays With Fire, a short Flash movie created by Tom Fulp in 1999 as the first entry in the Picofranchise. The movie involves Darnell demonstrating his pyromania by exploding and burning down large buildings in a city as he teaches viewers about fire.
Prior to the events of Week 3, Daddy Dearest hired Darnell, Nene, and Pico to kill Boyfriend. When Pico failed to follow through with the task, Darnell became angry with him. During Week 5, Darnell is one of the many spectators of Boyfriend's rap battle with Daddy Dearest and Mommy Mearest at The Mall, appearing in the background of Cocoa and Eggno...
Darnell is an experienced pyrotechnician who enjoys experimenting with explosives and fire. Although its canonicity is debatable, Darnell Plays With Firesupposedly demonstrates his skills in rigging explosives and burning large buildings down, which is also an indicator of his intelligence as a supergenius. In the movie, he states that he makes his...
Pico
Darnell and Pico are close friends. In Pico 2, Pico quickly works toward stopping the Ghettobots upon learning that they're threatening Darnell's life, and Darnell invites him to come to his house to practice on a DJ turntable. However, in Friday Night Funkin', Darnell and Pico fistfight each other after rap battling, due to the latter breaking the contract they had with Daddy Dearest to kill Boyfriend, which left Darnell in financial ruin. Afterwards, he and Pico shake hands and reconcile.
Nene
Darnell and Nene are friends. While the two were never shown interacting in the Pico series, they team up in Friday Night Funkin'to assassinate Boyfriend and attack Pico.
Daddy Dearest
Daddy Dearesthires Darnell to kill Boyfriend, offering him money to do this, which he accepts.
General
1. Darnell and Nene were both confirmed to be coming to Friday Night Funkin' in a sneak peek showing cutscenes for WeekEnd 1. 2. Darnell is one of 4 characters to have a song named after him, the other three being Monster, Pico, and Senpai. 2.1. He is also the only character with a song whose name has a number in it. 3. Darnell and Nene's sprites were accidentally leaked late March 2022 through a link to the test build of an unreleased update found in the GitHub repository for Friday Night Fu...
Lore
1. Darnell is neurodivergent, as he is a pyromaniac and has migraine. 1.1. In the Pico 2 demo, his room(an unfinished location) has various burn marks on the floor and walls. 2. Darnell is described as "hormonal". 2.1. Being hormonal means acting upon one's urges, oftentimes sexual, based on one's hormone levels. This commonly occurs throughout puberty in adolescents. 3. Darnell is a "supergenius" with an IQ level of 241, meaning he has "very superior" intelligence. 4. In his Pico's World bio...
Inspirations
1. It was confirmed that the style of Darnell's white eyes is heavily inspired by Little Orphan Anniecomics. 2. As Pico was originally inspired by 1990s Children's Tylenol Cold illustrations, Darnell's original design in the Picoseries was an extension of said illustrations' style. 3. Darnell's pyromania was inspired by and based on Tom Fulp's interest in playing with fire as a child.
Appears in the background of Week 5. Character created by xXsquidwardXx, based on Squidward Tentacles from the SpongeBob SquarePants series.
Darnell is the main antagonist of WeekEnd 1 (or Due Debts) in Friday Night Funkin. Darnell was one of three mercenaries hired by Daddy Dearest to kill Boyfriend. After Pico failed the mission by sparing Boyfriend's life, Darnell became angry due to not getting paid, and began to hunt down his...
In the original game, Darnell can be found in the background of Week 5. His icon in the mod is based on his appearance there. The reskin itself released in 2021, a year before Darnell was officially revealed in 2022 from a livestream.
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yo, ma bois sublo and tangy mustard! Out of all the refrences, that was NOT one i was expecting. Also, darnell confirmed for FNF when?