Nenefriend

Nenefriend is the femslash ship between Girlfriend and Nene from the Friday Night Funkin' and Pico's School fandoms.

Canon
Nene and Girlfriend come from two different Newgrounds-born video games: Nene originates from Pico's School, while Girlfriend is from the much more recent Friday Night Funkin'.

In Friday Night Funkin', Girlfriend is in a relationship with Boyfriend. Nene, while confirmed to appear in the game's next update, is not present in the game currently; thus, she and Girlfriend have never interacted in canon yet. However, once the update comes out, there is a high chance of Nene and Girlfriend interacting. How this interaction goes will greatly affect the ship.

Despite originating in separate games, the women share a few similarities, such as their immortal abilities (Girlfriend possesses demon magic whilst Nene somehow resurrects after death) and being classified as neurodivergent members. Due to her demon ethnicity, Girlfriend is naturally a sadistic character with very low sympathy. Nene, however, has been rumored to be both a sadist and masochist by her peers. These rumors, however, are only forms of gossip and she appears to have some standards.

Both are fearless in life threatening events, not acknowledging or seeming to care about the potential harm it could afflict upon them. This is highly acceptable for Girlfriend and her immortality. Nene is depicted as a suicidal girl; speculating that she doesn't care for her physical health. The two with no concern for themselves care deeply about the ones close to them, willing to save them from dangers costing their friends' lives.

Girlfriend and Nene are both coincidentally inspired by anime characters, Nene's name being inspired by Nene Romanova from Bubblegum Crisis and Girlfriend's character being presumably inspired by the main protagonist's girlfriend, Lum, from the anime adaptation Urusei Yatsura.

Fanon
Nenefriend, while being a relatively uncommon ship in the Friday Night Funkin' fandom, does have a small following. It is a somewhat rare ship for both characters, usually overshadowed by its more popular rival ships BoyGirl and PicNene.

Before Nene was confirmed to make an appearance in Friday Night Funkin', Pico's role in the game caused a resurgence of interest in his game of origin Pico's School; and by association with Pico, Nene soon became known in the FNF fandom as well.

Girlfriend and Nene are characters who were most well-known for being love interests to Boyfriend and Pico, respectively; yet due to the extreme popularity of the Keico ship in the FNF fandom, some people started to ship Girlfriend and Nene together in response. It became a trend to draw the two together with the caption "We Exist" in reference to Boyfriend and Pico being shipped without regard for Girlfriend and Nene.

Aside from being a response to Boyfriend x Pico, many Nenefriend shippers ship the two because of their similarities in character.

Fandom

 * NEWGROUNDS
 * GF x Nene tag on Newgrounds
 * Nene x GF tag on Newgrounds

Trivia

 * According to PhantomArcade, Nene is confirmed to be attracted to women and willing to have sex with one (though she likes making fun of gay people in a hypocritical way). On the Friday Night Funkin' Fandom wiki, her sexuality is labeled as "m-spec".
 * Though it should be kept in mind that this only applies to Nene in Friday Night Funkin', and not the original Nene from Pico's School.
 * Nene is confirmed to be a Christian, making this ship ironic due to Girlfriend being a demon.