You're not gonna believe this, but the best way I keep in character is by typing in sentence case, then checking it in uppercase. Or vice versa, depending on what the end result's supposed to be. I figured it would be handy to have all of his lines in one place, two ways! (Nobody else finds this helpful.)
[ This is a section for script about Mettaton (or relevant to him/monsterkind) in the game, for ref. ]
Mad Dummy
[If walked past] MAD DUMMY: Hahaha... It's just like you to run away.
[If punched] MAD DUMMY: FOOL! You think you can hurt ME???
[If left alone] MAD DUMMY: Hahaha... Too intimidated to fight me, huh!?
MAD DUMMY: I am a ghost that lives inside a DUMMY. My cousin used to live inside a DUMMY, too. Until... YOU CAME ALONG!
[Ran away from RUINS dummy] MAD DUMMY: They were a shy sort. Living a lonely life in the RUINS... They saw you and hoped you might TALK to them. Perhaps strike up a friendly conversation. But NO!!! You ran away... And broke their ethereal heart. Despicable. Despicable! DESPICABLE! HUMAN! I'll show you what REAL heartbreak is!
[Destroyed the RUINS dummy] MAD DUMMY: YOU DESTROYED THEIR HOME! Us ghosts spend our whole lives looking for a proper vessel. Slowly, slowly, we grow closer to our new bodies... Until one day, we too may become corporeal beings. Beings able to laugh, love, and dance like any other... But YOU!!!! My cousin's future...! You took it all away! Despicable. Despicable! DESPICABLE! HUMAN! I hope you're not too attached to YOUR body... Because your SOUL's about to get EVICTED!!!
[TALKed to the RUINS dummy] MAD DUMMY: When you talked to them, they thought they were in for a nice chat... But the things you SAID...! Horrible. Shocking! UNBELIEVABLE! It spooked them right out of their dummy! HUMAN! I'll scare your SOUL out of your body!
[SPAREd the RUINS dummy] MAD DUMMY: YOU...! You... Shucks! You were really boring! They got annoyed and flew away like any self-respective spectre. Well then. Well then! WELL THEN! Boring people are crumbs sticking to the face of this world. Human! I'll wipe you away with the dainty handkerchief of vengeance!
[no mercy I think?] MAD DUMMY: Not only did YOUR actions cause them to leave their home... But now all of their neighbors are gone, too! Despicable. Despicable! DESPICABLE!!! You're the worst person I've ever met! I've NEVER been more mad!!! Guooooohhhh!!!! My mannequin levels are going OFF THE CHARTS!!!
MAD DUMMY: ...? This... This feeling... Eureka. Eureka! EUREKA! Human. That moment of unbridled emotion. It allowed me to finally fuse with my body! I'm fully corporeal now! My lifelong dream, realized! In return, I guess I won't stomp you. How's that sound?
Outside Ghost Houses
UNDYNE: That's Napstablook's& house./ \E9* They kind of keep& to theirself^1, but...&* That's a good ghost./ \E4* I try to be a good& neighbor^1, but I think& they're scared of me./ \E2* C'mon^1, what's scary& about a good-natured& invite to wrestle!!?/%%
UNDYNE: They're incorporeal& anyway!!!/%%
PAPYRUS: SO YOU'RE FRIENDS&WITH A GHOST.../ \E5ISN'T THAT KIND&OF SPOOKY?/ \E3I'D THINK YOU'D&LIKE YOUR FRIENDS&WARM AND CUDDLY.../ LIKE SKELETONS!!!/%% VERY SOFT^1, AND&FULL OF CALCIUM./%%
With Napstablook
PAPYRUS: OH, THAT'S THE HOUSE OF... UM... UNDYNE'S NEIGHBOR. WHAT WAS THEIR NAME AGAIN? SPOOKY BLOO BLOO?
PAPYRUS: NAPPER HOG...?
UNDYNE: Oh, you're hanging out with Napstablook?! That's great!!! I haven't seen them hanging out with anyone since... Well, their cousin. They would both watch TV at all hours of the day... Then they would practice these weird performances. Where'd they go...?
UNDYNE: Don't feel like you have to live up to their cousin! Just be your lovable old garbage self!
In "cousin's" house
PAPYRUS: THAT HOUSE USED TO BE HAUNTED. BECAUSE A GHOST LIVED THERE. BUT THE GHOST MOVED AWAY. IT'S AN UN-HAUNTED HOUSE. BY THE BY, BREAKING INTO A HOUSE... THAT'S ILLEGAL, RIGHT???
PAPYRUS: PLEASE STOP COMMITTING GHOST CRIMES.
UNDYNE: WHAT? You broke into Napstablook's cousin's house!? That's... That's...! Hey, what was their name, anyway? PAPYRUS: HAPPSTABLOOK, THE HAPPY GHOST. UNDYNE: Okay, that's DEFINITELY wrong. PAPYRUS: IT'S NOT WRONG. IT'S JUST MY HEADCANON.
UNDYNE: Napstablook's family used to run this farm, but... They've all... Passed on... ... to different jobs, since there's not much business here. Them and their cousin stayed behind to run the family farm. But no one's seen their cousin for a long time. Now Napstablook's all alone... Be nice to them, okay!?
UNDYNE: Cherish this ghost!!!
NAPSTABLOOK: awkward..^1.&* i'm working right now.../ i mean.../ welcome to blook family& snail farm.../ ... yeah^1.&* i'm the only employee./ this place used to get a lot& of business.../ but our main customer& disappeared one day.../ now it's just some hairy& guy that shows up once& a month.../%%
NAPSTABLOOK:really^1, i'm working..^1.&* i don't want the boss& to get mad at me.../ especially since i'm my& own boss.../%%
Hotland NPCs
SHAPE 1: My fave Mettaton Moment(TM)? Right when everything looks the baddest, he poses dramatically. Like when he's on a cooking show and the eggs don't turn out right. But! Then he says! Even if you suck at cooking, you can always buy an MTT-brand Glamburger! Then he eats one! Everyone loves it!
SHAPE 1: ... How does he eat it without a mouth? Uhhh... well... Watch the show!
[If MTT is killed] SHAPE 1: That finale was really..^1.&* That was really sad!/ And Mettaton's schedule& doesn't show any other& shows...
SHAPE 2: My fave Mettaton Moment(TM) is when he beats up the heel-turning villains! Even if it's during what's supposed to be a quiz show. Oh! And I like when he tries on all kinds of different fashionable outfits! Even if it's during what's supposed to be a newscast.
[If MTT is killed] SHAPE 2: Did Mettaton retire...?/ Can't he unretire...?/%%
[Post-pacifist] SHAPE 2: On the surface we'll be able& to watch all kinds of TV.../ But^1, I bet none of those& shows are as good as& Mettaton's!/%%
Post-Pacifist: Asriel, on monsters
ASRIEL: I'm so sorry. I always was a crybaby, wasn't I, ? ... ... I know. You're not actually , are you? 's been gone for a long time. ... Um... what... What IS your name? ... "Frisk?" That's... A nice name.
... Frisk... I haven't felt like this for a very long time. As a flower, I was soulless. I lacked the power to love other people. However, with everyone's souls inside me... I not only have my own compassion back... But I can feel every other monster's as well. They all care about each other so much. And... they care about you too, Frisk. ... I wish I could tell you how everyone feels about you. Papyrus... Sans... Undyne... Alphys... ... Toriel.
Monsters are weird. Even though they barely know you... It feels like they all really love you. Haha. ...
"Mettaton" was formerly a ghost living in Waterfall next door to his cousin, Napstablook. "Mettaton" dreamed of becoming a star and performing for humans, but as a ghost, he felt he had little chance. Resigned to the fact that he would never find a body that suited his mental image of himself, "Mettaton" reassured his cousin that he wouldn't leave them behind for corporeality. "Mettaton" hosted a Human Fanclub meet, where he met Alphys. When "Mettaton" and Alphys met again, she showed him designs of a humanoid body that she could create for him. Starstruck by what he saw, "Mettaton" secretly left his old life behind and assumed his identity as the robot named Mettaton.
Alphys showed Mettaton, a rectangular robot, to the king. Her pitch to him was that she had not only created a human eradication robot stocked with brutal combat capabilities, but that she had also managed to imbue it with a monster's soul. King Asgore Dreemurr appointed Alphys as the new royal scientist. With new resources, she would not only begin to investigate the transient nature of monster souls, but she would be able to create that elaborate human body Mettaton dreamed of.
In the meantime, Mettaton debuted as Hotland's star and idol. He became a household name among monsterkind: not only as a TV star, but for his MTT-Brand products. Mettaton dominated TV. Though monsterkind grew to love their rectangular star, Mettaton would frequently contact Alphys for the express purpose of asking if she had finished his "new body" — that is, the body she'd shown him when he was a ghost.
As a product of her research into the nature of monster souls, Alphys created an unholy accident called the Amalgamates: a fusion of near-dead monsters, warped beyond recognition. Discouraged by her horrific failure and Mettaton's increasing distance from her, she grew reluctant to work on and finish out his new body.
After some unknown duration of time, Frisk fell Underground. Once Alphys spotted them on her security cameras and determined that they weren't a threat, she enlisted Mettaton to participate in a script with her where he would act like a malfunctioning robot out for human blood, while she would come to Frisk's rescue each time. Her goal was to befriend the human so that they wouldn't face Asgore, but also to get some foothold on her self-esteem. Mettaton agreed to work with her.
Once Frisk made it to Hotland, Alphys began her good guy schtick and alluded to her "malfunctioning" robot. On cue, he busted through the walls and instigated a deadly quiz show. Each wrong answer resulted in injury to Frisk, but with Alphys's help, they succeeded. Mettaton promised he would see them again and departed the scene like a cartoon antagonist.
Frisk met with Mettaton three more times in this fashion through their journey: a cooking show, a news broadcast, and a musical. This is covered in the neutral route section of MTT's wiki page. Each time, Alphys came to Frisk's aid and thwarted each of Mettaton's fake attempts at killing them. But not without a hitch between the broadcast and the musical...
Mettaton grew tired of following Alphys's script. He realized that if the weak-appearing Frisk made it to Asgore, Asgore would surely kill them, take their soul, shatter the barrier, and destroy humanity. In order to prevent humanity's destruction, he would need to take Frisk's soul for himself and pass the barrier on his own. Once he made it to the Surface, he would become a star among humanity while acting as their protector from monsterkind.
Mettaton took his new body out for a spin for the first time. As Mettaton EX, he approached Muffet and, with a "sweet smile," offered her a "large sum of money" in exchange for the human's SOUL. This new body of his offered temporary anonymity, and as he left the area, Muffet swore she saw this person "changing shape."
Mettaton's musical happens.
Mettaton re-calibrated the internal layout of the CORE to stump Alphys and hired monsters to take Frisk's soul. When such obstructions didn't stop Frisk, he met them himself in the heart of the CORE and divulged Alphys's entire deceptive plan to Frisk before stating that he'd had a change of heart. He locked Alphys out of the room and declared his intent to kill Frisk.
Alphys called Frisk and told them that they could bypass Mettaton's invulnerable body by flipping a switch on his backside, which would leave him "vulnerable." Upon flipping this switch, Mettaton shifted into Mettaton EX. Alphys knew that his body wasn't quite finished, so it would give out if Frisk could wait him out.
Over the duration of their fight, Mettaton overheated and lost his limbs. Frisk indulged his performance by posing, boasting, and turning heel to help him achieve an all-time record amount of viewers. At reaching this milestone, Mettaton declared that he would allow a call-in segment before he left the Underground forever. The caller was his cousin Napstablook, who didn't recognize Mettaton as their cousin but lamented Mettaton's departure from the Underground, claiming that his show brought excitement to their boring life. They hung up before Mettaton could stop them. Impacted by this, Mettaton welcomed more callers until he had another change of heart: he would remain Underground. Not only would his fans miss him, but his body wasn't quite finished and he knew he would be running out of battery power shortly. He wished Frisk luck before powering off.
Alphys collected Mettaton's body, repaired it, and finished it.
From this point, the game enters the pacifist route section of his wiki. Frisk managed to spare Asgore with Toriel's help, but Flowey took the six human souls before taking every monster's soul as well. With that much power, Flowey became Asriel Dreemurr: God of Hyperdeath, intent on erasing the timeline. Frisk pacified Asriel, who decided to use the last of his power to shatter the barrier. After that, Asriel returned the souls of all monsters to their rightful bodies.
While Frisk was still unconscious, Mettaton told Alphys that he had something to take care of before everybody went to the Surface. Mettaton traveled to Waterfall and, under the pretense of "searching for HOT TALENTS" to add to his act, asked Napstablook if they would be his sound-mixer on the Surface, which they agreed to.
METTATON'S QUIZ SHOW [video, between 2:16 - 6:23] Mettaton menaces a human child and zaps them with a laser once for answering question wrong. His questions are rigged as fuck.
METTATON'S COOKING SHOW [video, between 8:22 - 13:18] Mettaton menaces a human child again by forcing them onto a cooking show where he bakes a human-soul-flavored cake. Then he has to make it vegan. A chainsaw is involved.
METTATON'S OPERA [video, between 19:07 - 20:53, optionally including the tile maze, until 24:46 if your character hops down the hatch] Mettaton sings a heartfelt opera about how the king is going to throw them into the dungeon and they'll die. Cry cry cry. So sad it's happening. A true artistic masterpiece. If your character chooses to follow them down the trap door, Mettaton will subject the human to a rigged tile maze and then try to fight them, but it's really fake. He clearly doesn't want to hurt them.
METTATON'S GRAND FINALE (pt.1) [video; 0:00 - 3:33...] The introduction to Mettaton's Grand Finale, where he outlines his plan to kill the human... to save humanity. This can be combined with 5 & 6, so if you want the whole fight, just write 4-6 or something.
METTATON'S GRAND FINALE (pt.2) [video; 3:33 - 9:42...] Mettaton's switch is flipped, and he debuts Mettaton EX. But he's still gong to kill the human. There's a lot of lighting, bombs, legs, and dumb shit going on around here, but even though he's literally trying to kill a human child, he seems to be having fun. Fucked. Mettaton gradually overheats and loses limbs until he's just his torso. Sad. This can be combined with 4 & 6, so if you want the whole fight, just write 4-6 or something.
METTATON'S GRAND FINALE (pt.3) (the part where he gets a phone call from somebody familiar) (oh no) [video; 9:42 - 11:21] Mettaton's still convinced that he could win because he's a robot, but with such HIGH RATINGSSSS he accepts call-ins from his fans. His first fan appears to rattle him enough that he ultimately decides to let the human go, choosing to remain Underground instead of pursuing his dream. This can be combined with 4 & 5, so if you want the whole fight, just write 4-6 or something.
METTATON, THE RUTHLESS FAST FOOD CHAIN BOSS [headcanon-reliant] Mettaton (rectangle) catches an employee of the MTT-Brand Burger Emporium smuggling some MTT-Brand Glamburgers out to some girls in an alley. He has like, so many in his pockets, and tries to play it cool. But then they tumble out of his pockets... and his pants fall down... and Mettaton is stern and very boss-like, on the cruel end of things. He threatens the employee with very specific forms of unique punishment.
METTATON'S WEIRD FUCKING DOM ENERGY???? [headcanon-reliant] Mettaton (rectangle) calls the very same MTT-Brand Burger Emporium employee into his office. He orders him to put on a weird promotional costume, for work. There is no room for argument, as per MTT Contract. Once he puts on the humiliating costume, Mettaton laughs, then tells him he can go back to work. He doesn't specify if he has to wear the costume or not. It's just awkward and weird...
METTATON WAKES UP ON A WORK BENCH, DOES NOTHING [headcanon-reliant] While Alphys is off doing some FUCKED UP SHIT IN THE TRUE LAB, Mettaton (EX) just wakes up and stares off, unable to move because he's just his torso. No limbs. He's in front of an anime poster, and seems put out by being forced to sit there. He just closes his eyes and does nothing. He's alone and bored... but in his boredom, he rehearses some things he might like to say to a few important people in his life.
closed; contact first
"Shyren's sister "fell down" recently. It's sad. Without her sister to speak for her... She's become more reclusive than ever. So I reached out to her, and told her... That she, Blooky, and I should all perform together sometime. She seemed to like that idea."[TAKEN]
"Our cousin left the farm to become a training dummy. That leaves just Blooky and I. Blooky asked me if I was going to try to become corporeal, too. They sounded so... Resigned. Come on, Blooky. You know I'd never leave you behind. And besides... I'd never find the kind of body I'm looking for, anyway."[TAKEN]
"She surprised me with something today. Sketches of a body that she wants to create for me... A form beyond my wildest fantasies. In a form like that, I could finally feel like... "myself." After all, there's no way I can be a star the way I am now." A ghost will be in a very pink room, sighing dreamily over some really sketchy drawings of a bishounen robot — and, for anybody who knows him, it's an early prototype of Mettaton EX. This is about all the memory is. But it seems to mean a lot to the ghost.
"Oh yes. I suppose I should thank you, too, darling. Before fighting you, I had... Forgotten how fun it was to perform with others. So I've been searching for HOT TALENTS to fill up my upcoming troupe. [...] And Bl... Napstablook, here, will be my sound mixer! The three of us performing together... It really feels overdue, doesn't it?" Mettaton will knock on the door of an oddly-shaped house and speak to a ghost. He'll invite them to join his troupe, to which they'll agree, because oh my god they're a huge fan of his this can't be happening. Mettaton appears very fond of this ghost.
the long story short is that mettaton pushes his MTT-Brand Fashion and claims he's aware of the HOTTEST Human And Monster Fashion Trends where he's from. he'll suggest that fashion is heels. people also love all that glitters, glows, and shines, and bright colors that pop, because wouldn't YOU be looking too?? mettaton will also claim that clothes that broaden shoulders are big. for everyone. he cites his body. look at these angles and curves... he's OBVIOUSLY designed to be beautiful. THE MORE EXTRAVAGANT, THE MORE ELEGANT, DARLINGS...
he'll also suggest that graphic tees with slogans and brands are a must-have. this is an untapped market in Aef. he's unable to resist suggesting this. he would often sell shirts... with his face... on them... Yes★
here are some MTT-Brand Ideas(TM), such as MTT-Brand Fashion Basketballs. you'll have to imagine T-Shirts With Mettaton's Face on them though. tragedy.
oh, they didn't ask to hear about mtt's history with beauty products? too bad, he and papyrus probably talk about them... sad...
Anyway, Mettaton ALSO wants to express a Good Idea he has, which is basically Dresses Based On Mettaton's Architectural Radiance, which samples from what he thinks is premium architecture for things such as resorts, towers, estates, businesses, kingdoms, and so forth, all rendered... on a dress. Like so, only instead of busts of some Roman dudes, imagine Mettaton. Beautiful. Elegant. Glimmerous.
and... for some non-canon stuff, but stuff that is most certainly Mettaton's Thing, including a lot of glitter, gems, lights, sequins, epaulettes, and ridiculous bullshit because obviously. Avant-garde. Terrible. his Aesthetic is a cross between drag, glam rock, crisp business attire, and just... it's a lot
oh this is next LEVEL we're taking boring epaulettes, making them gold, then hanging SEQUINS from them
WHAT'S BETTER THAN HUGE SHOULDERS AND SEX APPEAL, BUT DOING BOTH OF THESE THINGS WITH MIRRORS???
(this guy sure does like mirrors, the consultants think)
(alt: the billy porter look, ↓)
to block out the haters
actually if it's something you'd see at the met gala he'd suggest it, since ↓↓↓
emphasize the legs, darlings
really, let's skip right to red suits, which are what's HAPPENING, in mettaton's book
Yess MAMA
billy porter time
MTT would wear all of these
mtt: ALSO, WEARING GLOSSY VINYL IS FASHIONABLE. IT WILL GIVE YOU THE SAME LUXURIOUS FINISH AS MY GORGEOUS METAL BODY.
i'm kind of obligated to post this
get ready for lùnasa, ladies
MTT-Brand cable ties, $30 for 3! what a steal! people love outrageous fashion items!
god yes we're starting out strong with some fuck-off shoulder and epaulettes, triple-whammy when they're glittery/mirrors/bedazzled/studded, we're LIVING
THE BIGGER THE SHOULDER THE BETTER
mettaton would love bayonetta's look
i honestly just think he'd be talking about how beautiful it is to see oneself in the attire of others, by way of reflective clothing.
REALLY. WHAT IS MORE GLIMMEROUS THAN BEING ABLE TO SEE YOURSELF... REFLECTED BACK AT YOU, FROM YOUR VERY OWN ATTIRE?? A REMINDER TO YOURSELVES: I'M SEXY, DARLINGS!
OHHHH YES... it's glitter and sequin time
ah, suits.
this is what mtt's TALKING about
this is what peak performance looks like
Cannot deny the dapper/glam look. it's an element
*posts a bunch of pics of violet chachki* good thing burlesque is a thing in aef, this shouldn't be TOO wild while also being wild
VINYL FLATTERS ALL OF YOUR PERFECTIONS, IF YOU'RE AS GORGEOUS AS ME
ALL OF THEIR STARS AND IDOLS ARE WEARING VINYL, CONSTANTLY.
ha ha and let's not forget that he has an entirely separate pitch for shoes, which... yeah, there's a trend here toward ridiculous and impractical, i'd-see-that-only-on-a-runway, i'd-see-that-only-on-a-music-video, or i'd-see-that-only-on-a-stripper-pole, probably.
light-up shoes... just imagine
sequins and glitter go everywhere
MAKE SURE THEY CAN FIT PUCA!
😬
YES darling
If I'm writing for MTT, I often write it first in lower case and then change it to upper. If I'm writing for MTT EX, I often do the reverse. It helps me check consistency, and this helps.
Reposting this so that I can make a directory comment.
DEAR DIARY: SHYREN'S SISTER "FELL DOWN" RECENTLY. IT'S SAD. WITHOUT HER SISTER TO SPEAK FOR HER... SHE'S BECOME MORE RECLUSIVE THAN EVER. SO I REACHED OUT TO HER, AND TOLD HER... THAT SHE, BLOOKY, AND I SHOULD ALL PERFORM TOGETHER SOMETIME. SHE SEEMED TO LIKE THAT IDEA.
DEARER DIARY: I LIKE TO BUY A NEW DIARY FOR EVERY ENTRY I MAKE. I LOVE TO COLLECT DIARIES.
DEAREST DIARY: OUR COUSIN LEFT THE FARM TO BECOME A TRAINING DUMMY. THAT LEAVES JUST BLOOKY AND I. BLOOKY ASKED ME IF I WAS GOING TO TRY TO BECOME CORPOREAL, TOO. THEY SOUNDED SO... RESIGNED. COME ON, BLOOKY. YOU KNOW I'D NEVER LEAVE YOU BEHIND. AND BESIDES... I'D NEVER FIND THE KIND OF BODY I'M LOOKING FOR, ANYWAY.
MY DARLING DIARY: I MET SOMEONE... INTERESTING TODAY. LAST WEEK I POSTED THAT ADVERTISEMENT FOR MY HUMAN FANCLUB. TODAY WAS OUR FIRST MEETING. ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON CAME. HONESTLY, SHE'S A DORK. AND SHE'S OBSESSED WITH THESE AWFUL CARTOONS. BUT SHE'S KIND OF FUNNY, TOO.... I WANT TO SEE HER AGAIN.
DIARY... MY DEAR: MY DIARY COLLECTION IS GOING FABULOUSLY. I HAVE LIKE FIVE NOW.
DEAR DIARY: SHE SURPRISED ME WITH SOMETHING TODAY. SKETCHES OF A BODY THAT SHE WANTS TO CREATE FOR ME... A FORM BEYOND MY WILDEST FANTASIES. IN A FORM LIKE THAT, I COULD FINALLY FEEL LIKE... "MYSELF." AFTER ALL, THERE'S NO WAY I CAN BE A STAR THE WAY I AM NOW. SORRY, BLOOKY. MY DREAMS CAN'T WAIT FOR ANYONE...
(It's a promo poster for Mettaton's TV premiere.)
(On the flap it says "THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY DREAMS COME TRUE.")
OHHHH YES! WELCOME, BEAUTIES... ... TO TODAY'S QUIZ SHOW!!! OH BOY! I CAN ALREADY TELL IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT SHOW! EVERYONE GIVE A BIG HAND FOR OUR WONDERFUL CONTESTANT! NEVER PLAYED BEFORE, GORGEOUS? NO PROBLEM! IT'S SIMPLE! THERE'S ONLY ONE RULE. ANSWER CORRECTLY... OR YOU DIE!!!
LET'S START WITH AN EASY ONE!!
What's the prize for answering correctly? A) Money B) Mercy C) New Car D) More questions
RIGHT! SOUNDS LIKE YOU GET IT! HAHAHA! YOU WISH! WRONG!
HERE'S YOUR TERRIFIC PRIZE!
What's the king's full name? A) Lord Fluffybuns B) Fuzzy Pushover C) Asgore Dreemurr D) Dr. Friendship
CORRECT! WHAT A TERRIFIC ANSWER! WRONG! IF ONLY ALPHYS COULD HELP!
ENOUGH ABOUT YOU. LET'S TALK ABOUT ME!
What are robots made of? A) Hopes&Dreams B) Metal&Magic C) Snips&Snails D) Sugar&Spice
TOO EASY FOR YOU, HUH???????? NOPE! TOO BAD ALPHYS CAN'T HELP!
HERE'S ANOTHER EASY ONE FOR YOU!
Two trains, Train A, and Train B, simultaneously depart Station A and Station B. Station A, and Station B are 252.5 miles apart from each other. Train A is moving at 124.7mph towards Station B, and Train B is moving at 253.5mph towards Station A. If both trains departed at 10:00 AM and it is now 10:08, how much longer until both trains pass each other? A) 31.054 minutes B) 16.232 minutes C) 32.049 minutes D) 32.058 minutes
How many flies are in this jar? A) 54 B) 53 C) 55 D) 52
CORRECT! YOU'RE SO LUCKY TODAY! COMPLETELY UTTERLY WRONG!!!!!!
LET'S PLAY MEMORY GAME.
What monster is this? A) Froggit B) Whimsun C) Moldsmal D) Mettaton
I'M SO FLATTERED YOU REMEMBERED! BOY, THAT'S EMBARRASSING, HUH?
BUT CAN YOU GET THIS ONE???
Would you smooch a ghost? A) Heck Yeah B) Heck Yeah C) Heck Yeah D) Heck Yeah
GREAT ANSWER! I LOVE IT!!!!!!
HERE'S A SIMPLE ONE.
How many letters in the name Mettaton? A) 11 B) 6 C) 8 D) 10
OF COURSE THAT WAS EASY FOR YOU! NO NO NO! CAN'T YOU READ!?
TIME TO BREAK OUT THE BIG GUNS!!
In the dating simulation video game "Mew Mew Kissy Cutie" what is Mew Mew's favorite food?
ALPHYS:"OH! OH! I KNOW THIS ONE!!! IT'S SNAIL ICE CREAM!!!!!!!! IN THE FOURTH CHAPTER EVERYONE GOES TO THE BEACH!!! AND SHE BUYS ICE CREAM FOR ALL OF HER FRIENDS!!!! BUT IT'S SNAIL FLAVOR AND SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTS IT!!!!!! IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE GAME BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY POWERFUL message about friendship and..."
ALPHYS, ALPHYS, ALPHYS. YOU AREN'T HELPING OUR CONTESTANT, ARE YOU? OOOOOOH!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME. I'LL ASK A QUESTION... YOU'LL BE SURE TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO!
Who does Dr. Alphys have a crush on?
A) Undyne SEE, ALPHYS? I TOLD YOU IT WAS OBVIOUS. EVEN THE HUMAN FIGURED IT OUT. YES, SHE SCRAWLS HER NAME IN THE MARGINS OF HER NOTES. SHE NAMES PROGRAMMING VARIABLES AFTER HER. SHE EVEN WRITES STORIES OF THEM TOGETHER... SHARING A DOMESTIC LIFE. PROBABILITY OF CRUSH: 101 PERCENT. MARGIN OF ERROR: ONE PERCENT.
B) Asgore WHY WOULD SHE OUTFIT AN AMUSEMENT ROBOT... WITH BRUTAL COMBAT CAPABILITIES? SIMPLE. TO IMPRESS MR. ASGORE DREEMURR, OF COURSE! OR AS ALPHYS CALLS HIM... "MR. DREAMY." THOSE STRONG ARMS... THAT LUSTROUS BEARD... LIKE ALL THOSE WHO CREATE WEAPONS. SHE CRAVES THE TENDER EMBRACE OF A BURLY MAN. CAN SHE TRULY BE BLAMED?
C) The human ... SERIOUSLY? MY MY... HOW CONCEITED CAN YOU GET...? I LOVE IT! AND WHILE YOU ARE COMPLETELY WRONG, YOU DESERVE SOME CREDIT. I'VE SEEN HER WATCH YOU ON HER COMPUTER SCREEN. SMILING WHEN YOU SUCCEED. SHRIEKING WHEN YOU FAIL. AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS, WHISPERING... "NO! WRONG! YOU HAVE TO GO THAT WAY!" IN ITS OWN WAY, IS THIS NOT LOVE?
D) Don't know CORRECT. DR. ALPHYS HAS A CRUSH ON... THE UNKNOWABLE. YOU SEE, ALPHYS BELIEVES THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE. SOMEONE WATCHING HER. SOMEONE SHE THINKS IS "CUTE" AND "INTERESTING." HELLO, THEORETICAL PERSON. DR. ALPHYS LIKES YOU. TOO BAD YOU ARE NOT REAL. *DERISIVE LAUGHTRACK*.
ALPHYS:"H-hey, I've done research about this! There are alternate universes out there! S-someday, maybe, I could meet them..."
YOU SAID THE EXACT SAME THING ABOUT "MEW MEW KISSY CUTIE." BUT I'LL GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. PERSON, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE... HOW ABOUT GIVING US A SIGN, RIGHT NOW?
[Background music briefly pauses in silence]
THAT SETTLES THAT, DOESN'T IT?
WELL WELL WELL. WITH DR. ALPHYS HELPING YOU... THE SHOW HAS NO DRAMATIC TENSION! WE CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS!! BUT. BUT!!! THIS WAS JUST THE PILOT EPISODE!! NEXT UP, MORE DRAMA! MORE ROMANCE!!! MORE BLOODSHED!!! UNTIL NEXT TIME, DARLINGS...!!!
OHHHH YES!!! WELCOME, BEAUTIES, TO THE UNDERGROUND'S PREMIER COOKING SHOW!!! PRE-HEAT YOUR OVENS, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A VERY SPECIAL RECIPE FOR YOU TODAY! WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING... A CAKE! MY LOVELY ASSISTANT HERE WILL GATHER THE INGREDIENTS. EVERYONE GIVE THEM A BIG HAND!!! WE'LL NEED SUGAR, MILK, AND EGGS. GO FOR IT, SWEETHEART!
[Interact with Mettaton]
MILK, SUGAR, AND EGGS! YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THEM ON THE BACK COUNTER!
[Check the sink]
THIS ISN'T A SHOW ABOUT WASHING YOUR HANDS, DARLING. THAT'S ON WEDNESDAYS!
[Check the fridge]
MILK? EGGS? IN THE FRIDGE? NO WAY, DARLING! THEY'D GET COLD!!!
[Check the microwave]
MTT-BRAND MICROWAVE! ORIGIN OF THE MTT CHALLENGE! PUT YOUR FOOD IN AND SET THE MICROWAVE ON HIGH FOR FIVE MINUTES... IF YOU CAN STILL RECOGNIZE YOUR MEAL, WE'LL DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK!!!
[Check the stove]
OH YES! MTT-BRAND OVENS CAN REACH UP TO NINE-THOUSAND DEGREES! ROASTING! TOASTING! BURNING! CHARRING! YOU'RE EXCITED, AREN'T YOU, DARLING? (TM)
[Interact with Mettaton after getting the ingredients]
GREAT JOB! JUST PUT THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS COUNTER!
After ingredients are gathered PERFECT! GREAT JOB, BEAUTIFUL! WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO BAKE THE CAKE! MILK... SUGAR... EGGS... ... OH MY! WAIT A MAGNIFICENT MOMENT! HOW COULD I FORGET!!! WE'RE MISSING THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT! A HUMAN SOUL!!!!
[Alphys calls.]
HELLO...? I'M KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING HERE.
ALPHYS:"W-wait a second!!! Couldn't you make a... Couldn't you use a... Couldn't you make a substitution in the recipe?!"
... A SUBSTITUTION? YOU MEAN, USE A DIFFERENT, NON-HUMAN INGREDIENT? ... WHY?
ALPHYS:Uhh, what if someone's... ... Vegan?
... VEGAN.
ALPHYS:"Uh well I mean-"
THAT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA, ALPHYS!! ACTUALLY, I HAPPEN TO HAVE AN OPTION RIGHT HERE!!! MTT-BRAND ALWAYS-CONVENIENT HUMAN-SOUL-FLAVOR-SUBSTITUTE! A CAN OF WHICH... IS JUST OVER ON THAT COUNTER!!! WELL, DARLING? WHY DON'T YOU GO GET IT?
After being prompted to collect MTT-Brand always-convenient H.S.F.S. [Interact with Mettaton]
WHAT'S THE MATTER? NOT A CAN FAN? THAT'S TOO BAD! MTT-BRAND USES ONLY THE FRESHEST ARTIFICIAL INGREDIENTS AND CHEMICALS!
[Check the fridge]
ALPHYS:"Um, is it really a good idea to be getting a snack? Well, I guess I really shouldn't judge you... After all, I'm the one eating potato chips in my PJs! Uhhh, I mean... H-hey, go over to the right!"
[Check the fridge again]
ALPHYS:"H-hey! Head over to the right!"
[Check the microwave]
STILL FIDDLING WITH THAT MICROWAVE, EH, DARLING? CAN'T BLAME YOU FOR BEING TOTALLY ENAMORED WITH AN ELECTRONIC BOX.
BY THE WAY, OUR SHOW RUNS ON A STRICT SCHEDULE. IF YOU CAN'T GET THE CAN IN THE NEXT ONE MINUTE... WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN!!! SO... BETTER START CLIMBING, BEAUTIFUL!!!
ALPHYS:"Oh no!! There's not enough time to climb up! ... F-f-fortunately, I might have a plan! When I was upgrading your phone, I added a few... features. You see that huge button that says... "JETPACK"? Watch this! There! You should have just enough fuel to reach the top! Now, get up there!!!"
Post-Cooking Show [Protagonist reaches the can]
MY MY. IT SEEMS YOU'VE BESTED ME. BUT ONLY BECAUSE YOU HAD THE HELP OF THE BRILLIANT DOCTOR ALPHYS! OH, I LOATHE TO THINK OF WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU WITHOUT HER!!! WELL, TOODLES!! OH YES! ABOUT THE SUBSTITUTION... HAVEN'T YOU EVER SEEN A COOKING SHOW BEFORE? I ALREADY BAKED THE CAKE AHEAD OF TIME!!!!! SO FORGET IT!!!
ALPHYS:"Wow! We... we did it!! We... we really did it!!! Great job out there, team! W-well, anyway, let's keep moving forward!"
[Protagonist didn't reach the can]
ALPHYS:"Wh-what!? Wh-why aren't you m-m-moving? N-no! I must not have added enough fuel! D-darnit... I'm sorry... Even when it's something like this, I... I still...! I still..."
OH NO, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT!
ALPHYS:"What?"
I FORGOT! RIGHT ABOUT NOW IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR COMMERCIAL BREAK!
ALPHYS:"Wh... What are you-"
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT MEANS THAT NO ONE IS WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW. I'M NOT GOING TO DESTROY YOU WITHOUT A LIVE TELEVISION AUDIENCE!! LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE FOILED ME AGAIN, THANKS TO THE BRILLIANT DR. ALPHYS!!! UNTIL NEXT TIME, BEAUTIFUL! TOODLES!
ALPHYS:"... U-um... I guess we... ... did it? W-well, uh, anyway, let's keep heading forward!!!"
ALPHYS:"Okay, I'm back! A-another dark room, huh? Don't worry! M-my hacking skills have got things covered!" ALPHYS:"Are you serious?"
OHHHHHH YESSS!!! GOOD EVENING, BEAUTIES AND GENTLEBEAUTIES! THIS IS METTATON, REPORTING LIVE FROM MTT NEWS! AN INTERESTING SITUATION HAS ARISEN IN EASTERN HOTLAND! FORTUNATELY, OUR CORRESPONDENT IS OUT THERE, REPORTING LIVE! BRAVE CORRESPONDENT! PLEASE FIND SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY TO REPORT! OUR TEN WONDERFUL VIEWERS ARE WAITING FOR YOU!!
[Examine basketball]
[Check] BASKETBALL'S A BLAST, ISN'T IT, DARLING? TOO BAD YOU CAN'T PLAY WITH THESE BALLS. THEY'RE MTT-BRAND FASHION BASKETBALLS. FOR WEARING, NOT PLAYING. YOU CAN'T GET RICH AND FAMOUS LIKE MOI WITHOUT BEAUTIFYING A FEW ORBS.
[Check #2] IT SEEMS OUR REPORTER IS DRAWN TO SPORTS LIKE MOTHS TO A FLAMING BASKETBALL HOOP.
[Report] ATTENTION, VIEWERS! OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS FOUND... A BASKETBALL! AH. BASKETBALLS. CIRCLES OF FUN. ORBS OF JOY. SPHERES OF AMUSEMENT. BUT YOU SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH THIS ONE. IT'S AN MTT-BRAND FASHIONBALL. PROPER MAINTENANCE IS REQUIRED TO KEEP IT LOOKING GOOD. AS YOU CAN SEE, EVEN EXPOSURE TO HUMAN BODY HEAT CAUSES THE PAINT TO SLOUGH OFF. ... WAIT A SECOND. THAT'S NOT A BASKETBALL. THAT'S A BOMB!!! OH NO!!! THIS SPORT REVIEW... IS TURNING INTO A SHORT REVIEW! BECAUSE IT'LL BE OVER AFTER YOU BLOW UP. BUT DON'T GET TOO EXCITED! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE REST OF THE ROOM YET!
[Examine dog]
[Check] WHAT A SENSATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR A STORY! I CAN SEE THE HEADLINE NOW: "A DOG EXISTS SOMEWHERE." FRANKLY, I'M BLOWN AWAY.
[Check #2] THIS DOG... STILL EXISTS! THIS STORY... JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER!
[Report] ATTENTION, VIEWERS! OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS FOUND... A DOG! (CUE AUDIENCE AWWS) THAT'S RIGHT, FOLKS! IT'S THE FEEL-GOOD STORY OF THE YEAR! LOOK AT ITS LITTLE EARS, TINY PAWS, FLUFFY TAIL... ... WAIT A SECOND. THAT'S NOT A TAIL! THAT'S... A FUSE!!! THAT'S RIGHT... THAT DOG... IS A BOMB!!! BUT DON'T PANIC! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE REST OF THE ROOM YET!!!
[Examine present]
[Check] OH MY, IT'S A PRESENT! AND IT'S ADDRESSED TO YOU, DARLING! AREN'T YOU JUST BURSTING WITH EXCITEMENT? WHAT COULD BE INSIDE? WELL, NO TIME LIKE THE "PRESENT" TO FIND OUT!
[Check #2] READY FOR YOUR... PRESENTATION? (... LET'S CUT THAT ONE IN POST.)
[Report] ATTENTION, VIEWERS! OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS FOUND... A PRESENT! AND IT'S TIME FOR THE UNBOXING VIDEO!!! LET'S FIND OUT WHAT'S INSIDE!! THAT ROUND, BLACK SHAPE... COULD IT BE??? LOOKS LIKE CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY THIS YEAR. IF SANTA GAVE PEOPLE BOMBS INSTEAD OF PRESENTS!! REALLY THOUGH. A BOMB. WHAT A THOUGHTFUL GIFT. THEY EVEN DECIDED TO LIGHT IT FOR YOU! BUT DON'T GET TOO EXCITED! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE REST OF THE ROOM YET!
[Examine video game]
[Check] OOH LA LA! THIS VIDEO GAME YOU FOUND... IS DYNAMITE!!! THOUGH I DON'T MAKE AN APPEARANCE IN IT UNTIL THREE-FOURTHS IN. BUT I LIKE THAT. APPEARING FROM THE HEAVENS LIKE MANNA, SLAKING THE AUDIENCE'S HUNGER FOR GORGEOUS ROBOTS... OOH! THAT'S METTATON!
[Check #2] AH, YOU UNDERSTAND. THIS IS A GAME WHERE YOU SHOULD CHECK EVERYTHING TWICE.
[Report] ATTENTION, VIEWERS! OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS FOUND... A VIDEO GAME! THIS ACTION-PACKED GAME IS GUARANTEED TO BLOW YOU AWAY! STRANGE ENEMIES! STRANGE ALLIES! ATTRACTIVE ROBOTS! FEATURING UP TO SIX ARBITRARY DIALOGUE CHOICES AT ONCE! CORRESPONDENT! LET'S LOOK INSIDE THE CASE! ... THOSE RED CYLINDERS WITH BURNING FUSES... OH NO! THIS GAME LITERALLY IS DYNAMITE! I GUESS THEY WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG!!! VIDEO-GAMES DO CAUSE VIOLENCE! OR AT LEAST, THIS ONE'S ABOUT TO. BUT DON'T GET TOO EXCITED! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE REST OF THE ROOM YET!
[Examine movie script]
[Check] OH NO!!! THAT MOVIE SCRIPT!!! HOW'D??? THAT GET THERE??? IT'S A SUPER-JUICY SNEAK PREVIEW OF MY LATEST GUARANTEED-NOT-TO-BOMB FILM: METTATON THE MOVIE XXVIII... STARRING METTATON! I'VE HEARD THAT LIKE THE OTHER FILMS... IT CONSISTS MOSTLY OF A SINGLE FOUR-HOUR SHOT OF ROSE PETALS SHOWERING ON MY RECLINING BODY. OOH!!! BUT THAT'S!!! NOT CONFIRMED!! YOU WOULDN'T (COUGH) SPOIL MY MOVIE FOR EVERYONE WITH A PROMOTIONAL STORY, WOULD YOU?
[Look more] PHEW!!! THAT WAS CLOSE!! YOU ALMOST GAVE ME A BUNCH OF FREE ADVERTISEMENT!!
[Check #2] OH! YOU'RE BACK! THAT'S RIGHT, FOLKS! IT SEEMS NO ONE CAN RESIST THE ALLURE OF MY NEW FILM!
[Report] ATTENTION VIEWERS! OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS FOUND... A MOVIE SCRIPT! OH MY! AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FOR MY LATEST FILM! LET'S NOT KEEP THEM WAITING! LET'S OPEN IT UP AND GET THE SCOOP! ... OH??? WHAT'S THAT INSIDE THE SCRIPT? THAT TICKING SOUND... THAT LIT FUSE... OH MY!!! LOOKS LIKE I WAS WRONG ABOUT THE MOVIE! WE DEFINITELY HAVE A BOX OFFICE BOMB ON OUR HANDS! AND IT'S ABOUT TO BLAST YOU TO BITS! BUT DON'T GET TOO EXCITED! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE REST OF THE ROOM YET!
[Examine glass of water]
[Check] OH MY!!!! ... IT'S A COMPLETELY NONDESCRIPT GLASS OF WATER. BUT ANYTHING CAN MAKE A GREAT STORY WITH ENOUGH SPIN!
[Check #2] I'M HONORED TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF SUCH A HUGE LUKEWARM WATER FAN, FOLKS!
[Report] ATTENTION, VIEWERS! OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS FOUND... A GLASS OF WATER! BUT WHAT'S ASTONISHING ABOUT THIS GLASS OF WATER... IS HOW UNINTERESTING IT IS! LIKE ALL GLASSES OF WATER, IT'S COMPRISED OF WATER, GLASS, NITROGLYCERIN... ... WAIT A SECOND. THAT'S NOT A GLASS OF WATER!!! THAT'S... A BOMB!!! OH NO!!! THIS NEWS REPORT... IS TURNING INTO A DISASTER REPORT!!! BUT DON'T PANIC! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE REST OF THE ROOM YET!
After report OH MY! IT SEEMS EVERYTHING IN THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY A BOMB!
THAT DOG'S A BOMB! THAT PRESENT'S A BOMB! THAT BASKETBALL'S A BOMB!
EVEN MY WORDS ARE...!
[Mettaton's words fall from the dialogue box and explode.]
BRAVE CORRESPONDENT... IF YOU DON'T DEFUSE ALL OF THE BOMBS... THIS BIG BOMB WILL BLOW YOU TO SMITHEREENS IN 2 MINUTES! THEN YOU WON'T BE REPORTING "LIVE" ANY LONGER! HOW TERRIBLE! HOW DISTURBING! OUR NINE VIEWERS ARE GOING TO LOVE WATCHING THIS! GOOD LUCK, DARLING!!
ALPHYS:"D-don't worry! I installed a bomb-defusing program on your phone! Use the 'defuse' option when the bomb is in the defuse zone! N-now, go get 'em! "
After defusing all bombs in time
WELL DONE, DARLING! YOU'VE DEACTIVATED ALL OF THE BOMBS! IF YOU DIDN'T DEACTIVATE THEM, THE BIG BOMB WOULD HAVE EXPLODED IN TWO MINUTES. NOW IT WON'T EXPLODE IN TWO MINUTES! INSTEAD IT'LL EXPLODE IN TWO SECONDS! GOODBYE, DARLING! AH. IT SEEMS THE BOMB ISN'T GOING OFF.
ALPHYS:"That's b-because!!! While you were monologuing... I...!!! I f... fix... Um... I ch-change..."
OH NO. YOU DEACTIVATED THE BOMB WITH YOUR HACKING SKILLS.
ALPHYS:"Yeah! That's what I did!"
CURSES! IT SEEMS I'VE BEEN FOILED AGAIN! CURSE YOU, HUMAN! CURSE YOU, DR. ALPHYS, FOR HELPING SO MUCH! BUT I DON'T CURSE MY EIGHT WONDERFUL VIEWERS FOR TUNING IN!!! UNTIL NEXT TIME, DARLING!
ALPHYS:"W-wow... W-we really showed him, huh? ... H-hey, I know I was kind of weird at first... But I really think I'm getting more... Uh, more... M-more confident about guiding you! S-so don't worry about that b-big d-dumb robot... I-I'll protect you from him! A-and if it really c-came down to it, we could just t-turn... Um, nevermind. Later!"
Failing to defuse all bombs in time
[Said only if no bombs were defused] ALPHYS:"You couldn't even get one bomb...!?"
TOO BAD, DARLING! YOU FAILED TO DEFUSE ALL OF THE BOMBS WITHIN THREE MINUTES! NOW THE BIG BOMB IS GOING TO BLOW YOU TO SMITHEREENS! READY, VIEWERS? HERE COMES THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! AHAHAH! GOODBYE, DARLING! AH. IT SEEMS THE BOMB ISN'T GOING OFF.
ALPHYS:"That's b-because!!! While you were monologuing... I...!!! I f... fix... Um... I ch-change..."
OH NO. YOU DEACTIVATED THE BOMB WITH YOUR HACKING SKILLS.
ALPHYS:"Yeah! That's what I did! "
CURSES! IT SEEMS I'VE BEEN FOILED AGAIN! CURSE YOU, HUMAN! CURSE YOU, DR. ALPHYS, FOR HELPING SO MUCH! BUT I DON'T CURSE MY EIGHT WONDERFUL VIEWERS FOR TUNING IN!!! UNTIL NEXT TIME, DARLING!
ALPHYS:"B-boy... That was close, huh? I guess a little closer than I would have liked. I should have given you better directions.... A-and there j-just wasn't enough time... W-well! That's Mettaton's fault, not mine! I c-can't second myself now. I'm f-finally starting to f-feel confident about g-guiding you. I'll protect you from that mean old robot, n-no matter what! If I have to, I'll even t-turn... Um, nevermind. We're halfway over to the core! Let's go!"
Opera OH? THAT HUMAN... COULD IT BE...? ... MY ONE TRUE LOVE?
[Second playthrough] ... (YOU LOOK BORED DARLING.) (I WANT THIS TO BE A STELLAR PERFORMANCE, SO IF YOU WON'T GIVE IT YOUR ALL...) (THEN I'LL SKIP AHEAD FOR THE AUDIENCE'S SAKE.)
[Skip this] (KA-SIGH...) (THE SHOW MUST GO ON!) OOMPH! I AM SO OVERWHELMED WITH TRAGEDIES. THE KING HAS ORDERED YOU TO WASTE AWAY IN THE CASTLE BASEMENT. AND BEFORE WE EVEN HAD TIME TO SING A SWEET SONG ABOUT IT. MY DEAR HEART! I CAN BARELY LOOK UPON YOU, KNOWING WHAT COMES NEXT... WELL, TOODLES!
[Perform] (UNDERSTOOD.) (LET'S KNOCK EM' DEAD!)
Oh my love, Please run away, Monster King, forbids your stay. Humans must, Live far apart, Even if, It breaks my heart. They'll put you, In the dungeon, It'll suck, And then you'll die a lot. Really sad, You're gonna die, Cry cry cry, So sad it's happening.
Meanwhile... Slow dance; this appears below the lyrics depending on how the human moves on stage (Xbox version only)
(HMMM? GETTING CREATIVE?) (DANCE WITH ME, DARLING.) (OH! THE AUDIENCE CAN FEEL YOUR PASSION!) (SHOW THE AUDIENCE YOUR PASSION!) (SO CLOSE... HOW PASSIONATE...) (... DO YOU NEED SOME HELP?) (... WHAT ARE YOU DOING?) (DON'T STOP NOW!) (LOOK AT YOU, LEAPING AROUND THE STAGE...) (CAN'T KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF, HUH?) (IS THAT HOW HUMANS DANCE?) (HUMANS ARE STRANGER THAN I THOUGHT.) (OH! THEY'RE REALLY GETTING INTO IT.) (MOVING SO FAR...) (WHO CAN BLAME YOU?) (HMMM, I'LL HAVE TO GET USED TO IT...) (EVEN BETTER THAN I THOUGHT...) (SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE.) (DANCING WITH... A HUMAN.) (WHAT A SHAME...)
SO SAD. SO SAD THAT YOU ARE GOING TO THE DUNGEON. WELL, TOODLES!
Dungeon OH NO! WHATEVER SHALL I DO? MY LOVE HAS BEEN CAST AWAY INTO THE DUNGEON. A DUNGEON WITH A PUZZLE SO DASTARDLY, MY PARAMOUR WILL SURELY PERISH! O, HEAVENS HAVE MERCY! THE HORRIBLE COLORED TILE MAZE! EACH COLORED TILE HAS ITS OWN SADISTIC FUNCTION. FOR EXAMPLE, A GREEN TILE WILL SOUND A NOISE, AND THEN YOU MUST FIGHT A MONSTER. RED TILES WILL... ACTUALLY, WAIT A SECOND. DIDN'T WE SEE THIS PUZZLE ABOUT A HUNDRED ROOMS AGO? THAT'S RIGHT. YOU REMEMBER ALL THE RULES, DON'T YOU? GREAT... THEN I WON'T WASTE YOUR TIME REPEATING THEM!! OH, AND YOU'D BETTER HURRY. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T GET THROUGH IN 30 SECONDS... YOU'LL BE INCINERATED BY THESE JETS OF FIRE!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHA... HA... HA! MY POOR LOVE! I'M SO FILLED WITH GRIEF, I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING! GOOD LUCK, DARLING!
Oh my love, Has fallen down, Now in tears, We all will drown. Colored tiles, Make them a fool, If only they, Still knew the rules. Well that was, A sorry try, Now let's watch, Them fry
Didn't complete puzzle in time OOOH, I'M SO SORRY! LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE OUT OF TIME!!! HERE COME THE FLAMES, DARLING! THEY'RE CLOSING IN! GETTING! CLOSER! OH MY! ANY MINUTE NOW!!! ... ... (ROBOTIC COUGH)
ALPHYS:"Watch out!! I'll save you!! I'm hacking into the firewall right now!"
OH NO! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN??? FOILED AGAIN BY THE GREAT DOCTOR ALPHYS!! ... THA-
ALPHYS:"That's right! Come on, Mettaton, give up already! You'll never be able to defeat us... Not as long as we work together! Your puzzle's over... Now go home and leave us alone!"
PUZZLE? OVER? ALPHYS, DARLING, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT...? DID YOU FORGET WHAT THE GREEN TILES DO? THEY MAKE A SOUND, THEN YOU HAVE TO FIGHT A MONSTER.
[Stepped on a green tile] WELL, DARLING... THAT MONSTER... IS ME!!
[Didn't step on a green tile] WELL, DARLING...! WELL, WELL, WELL. WELLY WELL WELL. WELL WELLY WELL WELL, WELL WELL WELLY. YOU NEVER STEPPED ON A GREEN TILE. ... AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
Did complete puzzle in time CONGRATULATIONS! YOU MADE IT THROUGH THE PUZZLE!!! AND NOW, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THE FLAMES BE DEACTIVATED! NO! MORE! FIRE! ... BUT IT'S AS THE PHRASE GOES. "OUT OF THE FIRE, AND INTO THE FRYING PAN." THAT'S RIGHT, DARLING! EVEN IF YOU MANAGE TO BEAT THE HEAT... YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND MY HOT METAL BODY! PREPARE YOURSELF FOR MY-
ALPHYS:"Watch out!! I'll save you! Flames, deactivate!! ... ... huh?"
THE HUMAN FINISHED THE PUZZLE. I ALREADY TURNED OFF THE FLAMES. IN FACT, I WAS ABOUT TO FIGHT THE HUMAN.
ALPHYS:"Wh-wh-what? TH-THAT puzzle? I mean, uhh... Great job! We've got him on the ropes, now!"
ON THE ROPES? HA! I ONLY DEACTIVATED THE FLAMES KNOWING THAT ALPHYS WOULD HAVE ANYWAY. ... NOW, WHERE WERE WE? OH YES. I WAS GOING TO ERADICATE YOU!
Battle THIS IS IT, DARLING! SAY GOODBYE!
[Phone rings.]
IS THAT YOUR PHONE? YOU'D BETTER ANSWER IT!
ALPHYS:"H-Hey!! Th-this seems bad, but don't worry!! Th-there's one last thing I installed on your phone...! You see that yellow button...? Go to this phone's [ACT] menu and press it!!!"
[Don't press "Yellow" right away]
HA! THAT BUTTON WON'T SAVE YOU NOW, DARLING! YOU WOULDN'T DARE USE THE [ACT] COMMAND AND PRESS THAT BUTTON! THAT'S RIGHT! DON'T PRESS IT! I'LL DESTROY YOU! WITHOUT THAT BUTTON, YOU ARE INCHING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO YOUR DEMISE! ANY MINUTE NOW! ANY... MINUTE... NOW! ...
[After pressing "Yellow" immediately]
THIS IS IT, DARLING! SAY GOODBYE!
[After pressing the button, but not immediately]
OH!!! THAT YELLOW GLOW...!
[After pressing the button after stalling until Mettaton runs out of words]
TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH!
[After pressing "Yellow"]
ALPHYS:"Now press "Z"!"
OOOH! OOOOOOOH! YOU'VE DEFEATED ME!! HOW CAN THIS BE, YOU WERE STRONGER THAN I THOUGHT, ETC.
OH YES. THERE YOU ARE, DARLING. IT'S TIME TO HAVE OUR LITTLE SHOWDOWN. IT'S TIME TO FINALLY STOP THE "MALFUNCTIONING" ROBOT. ... NOT!!! MALFUNCTION? REPROGRAMMING? GET REAL. THIS WAS ALL JUST A BIG SHOW. AN ACT. ALPHYS HAS BEEN PLAYING YOU FOR A FOOL THE WHOLE TIME. AS SHE WATCHED YOU ON THE SCREEN, SHE GREW ATTACHED TO YOUR ADVENTURE. SHE DESPERATELY WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT. SO SHE DECIDED TO INSERT HERSELF INTO YOUR STORY. SHE REACTIVATED PUZZLES. SHE DISABLED ELEVATORS. SHE ENLISTED ME TO TORMENT YOU. ALL SO SHE COULD SAVE YOU FROM DANGERS THAT DIDN'T EXIST. ALL SO YOU WOULD THINK SHE'S THE GREAT PERSON... THAT SHE'S NOT. AND NOW, IT'S TIME FOR HER FINEST HOUR. AT THIS VERY MOMENT, ALPHYS IS WAITING OUTSIDE THE ROOM. DURING OUR "BATTLE," SHE WILL INTERRUPT. SHE WILL PRETEND TO "DEACTIVATE" ME, "SAVING" YOU ONE FINAL TIME. FINALLY. SHE'LL BE THE HEROINE OF YOUR ADVENTURE. YOU'LL REGARD HER SO HIGHLY SHE'LL EVEN BE ABLE TO CONVINCE YOU NOT TO LEAVE. ... OR NOT. YOU SEE, I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS PREDICTABLE CHARADE. I HAVE NO DESIRE TO HARM HUMANS. FAR FROM IT, ACTUALLY. MY ONLY DESIRE IS TO ENTERTAIN. AFTER ALL, THE AUDIENCE DESERVES A GOOD SHOW, DON'T THEY? AND WHAT'S A GOOD SHOW... WITHOUT A PLOT TWIST?
ALPHYS:"H-hey!!! Wh-wh-what's going on!? Th-th-the door just locked itself!"
SORRY, FOLKS! THE OLD PROGRAM'S BEEN CANCELLED!!! BUT WE'VE GOT A FINALE THAT WILL DRIVE YOU WILD!! REAL DRAMA!! REAL ACTION!! REAL BLOODSHED!! ON OUR NEW SHOW... "ATTACK OF THE KILLER ROBOT!"
If this is a re-load after dying by Mettaton's hands [(Seems like you could skip Mettaton's monologue by turning him around. What would you do?)]
Mettaton Battle YES, I WAS THE ONE THAT RE-ARRANGED THE CORE! I WAS THE ONE THAT HIRED EVERYONE TO KILL YOU! THAT, HOWEVER, WAS A SHORT-SIGHTED PLAN. YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A HUNDRED TIMES BETTER? KILLING YOU MYSELF!
[If you fire at him with yellow soul]
THAT WORTHLESS PEA-SHOOTER WON'T WORK ON ME, DARLING. DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT ACTING IS!?
LISTEN, DARLING. I'VE SEEN YOU FIGHT. YOU'RE WEAK. IF YOU CONTINUE, ASGORE WILL TAKE YOUR SOUL. AND WITH YOUR SOUL, ASGORE WILL DESTROY HUMANITY. BUT IF I GET YOUR SOUL, I CAN STOP ASGORE'S PLAN! I CAN SAVE HUMANITY FROM DESTRUCTION! THEN USING YOUR SOUL, I'LL CROSS THROUGH THE BARRIER... AND BECOME THE STAR I'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF BEING! HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS... NO! MILLIONS OF HUMANS WILL WATCH ME! GLITZ! GLAMOUR! I'LL FINALLY HAVE IT ALL! SO WHAT IF A FEW PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE? THAT'S SHOW BUSINESS, BABY!
ALPHYS:"U..uh... I can't see what's going on in there, but... D-d-don't give up, okay!? Th... there's o-one l-l-last way to beat Mettaton... It's... um... it's... This is a work-in-progress, so don't judge it too hard... But, you know how Mettaton always faces f-f-forward? That's because there's a switch on his backside. S-s-so if y-y-you c-c-can turn him around... um... And, umm... press th-th-th-the switch... He'll be... um... He'll be... Vulnerable. Well, g-g-gotta go!"
[Turn]
[(You tell Mettaton that there's a mirror behind him.)]
OH??? A MIRROR??? RIGHT, I HAVE TO LOOK PERFECT FOR OUR GRAND FINALE! HMM... I DON'T SEE IT... WHERE IS IT...?
Mettaton EX Transformation OHHHH MY. IF YOU FLIPPED MY SWITCH, THAT CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING. YOU'RE DESPERATE FOR THE PREMIERE OF MY NEW BODY. HOW RUDE... LUCKY FOR YOU, I'VE BEEN ACHING TO SHOW THIS OFF FOR A LONG TIME. SO... AS THANKS, I'LL GIVE YOU A HANDSOME REWARD. I'LL MAKE YOUR LAST LIVING MOMENTS... ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!
Mettaton EX Battle LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!
DRAMA! ROMANCE! BLOODSHED!
I'M THE IDOL EVERYONE CRAVES!
SMILE FOR THE CAMERA!
[PC Version]
OOOH, IT'S TIME FOR A POP QUIZ! I HOPE YOU BROUGHT A KEYBOARD... THIS ONE'S AN ESSAY QUESTION!
[Nintendo Switch/PS4 Version]
OOOH, IT'S TIME FOR A POP QUIZ! HAVE FUN WITH THAT ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD... THIS ONE'S AN ESSAY QUESTION!
Prompt: What do you love most about Mettaton?
[0 Characters Long] SPEECHLESS...? WHO CAN BLAME YOU?
[1 Character Long] WELL... THAT’S CONCISE.
[2-12 Characters Long] BEAUTIFUL. SOMETIMES THE FEWEST WORDS SPEAK THE LOUDEST.
[13-49 Characters Long] NICE. YOU GET A GOLD STAR.
[50-89 Characters Long] OH MY... WHAT A GREAT ANSWER.
[90-139 Incoherent Characters Long] OOOOOH, YOU SAID SO MUCH ABOUT ME... I LOVE HOW PASSIONATE YOU ARE. ... EVEN THOUGH I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID...
[140+ Characters Long] BEAUTIFUL. WHY DON’T YOU WRITE A BOOK?
[1 Compliment Word] NICE DETAIL... YOU’RE RIGHT. I DO LOOK QUITE NICE.
[2 Compliment Words] WONDERFUL! AMAZING! A+... I AM COMPLETELY STUNNING.
[3 Compliment Words] OH, I’M BLUSHING... YOU’RE COMPLETELY RIGHT, I AM BEAUTIFUL IN EVERY WAY.
[4 Compliment Words] OH MY... I’M SPEECHLESS. YOU’VE COMPLETELY CAPTURED HOW BEAUTIFUL I AM.
["Legs"] THAT'S RIGHT, LEGS WAS THE CORRECT ANSWER!
["Arms"] HOW CREATIVE. ARMS... MOST PEOPLE JUST THINK ABOUT MY LEGS.
["Hair"] MY HAIR... YES, I USE METAL HAIR GEL.
["Personality"] YES, MY PERSONALITY IS QUITE CHARMING, ISN’T IT?
["Voice"] THEY SAY I HAVE THE VOICE OF A SIREN... ... AWOOGA!
["I love you"/"I love your"] WHAT A TOUCHING CONFESSION! I'LL ADD IT TO THE PILE.
["Toby"] TOBY? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? SOUNDS... SEXY.
[Insult Word] HUH? THIS ESSAY IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT ME, NOT ABOUT YOU...
[Swear Word] OH MY! THIS IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY TV SHOW. NOW STAND STILL WHILE I MURDER YOU.
YOUR ESSAY REALLY SHOWED EVERYONE YOUR HEART. WHY DON'T I SHOW YOU MINE?
OOOH, I'M JUST WARMING UP!
BUT HOW ARE YOU ON THE DANCE FLOOR?
CAN YOU KEEP UP THE PACE!?
LIGHTS! CAMERA! BOMBS!
THINGS ARE BLOWING UP!
TIME FOR OUR UNION-REGULATED BREAK!
WE'VE GROWN SO DISTANT, DARLING... HOW ABOUT ANOTHER HEART-TO-HEART?
[Mettaton's arms fall off.]
A... ARMS? WH... WHO NEEDS ARMS WITH LEGS LIKE THESE? I'M STILL GOING TO WIN!
COME ON...!
THE SHOW... MUST GO ON!
DR... DRAMA! A... ACTION!
L... LIGHTS... C... CAMERA...
ENOUGH OF THIS! DO YOU REALLY WANT HUMANITY TO PERISH!? ... OR DO YOU JUST BELIEVE IN YOURSELF THAT MUCH?
HAHA, HOW INSPIRING! WELL, DARLING! IT'S EITHER ME OR YOU! BUT I THINK WE BOTH ALREADY KNOW WHO'S GOING TO WIN. WITNESS THE TRUE POWER OF HUMANITY'S STAR!
[Mettaton's legs fall off.]
... THEN... ARE YOU THE STAR? CAN YOU REALLY PROTECT HUMANITY!?
...
After the ratings have achieved 10,000 (or 12,000 before legs fall off) OOH, LOOK AT THESE RATINGS!!! THIS IS THE MOST VIEWERS I'VE EVER HAD!!! WE'VE REACHED THE VIEWER CALL-IN MILESTONE! ONE LUCKY VIEWER WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO TALK TO ME... ... BEFORE I LEAVE THE UNDERGROUND FOREVER!! LET'S SEE WHO CALLS IN FIRST! HI, YOU'RE ON TV! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ON THIS, OUR LAST SHOW???
"..... oh........ hi... mettaton... i really liked watching your show... my life is pretty boring, but... seeing you on the screen... brought excitement to my life... vicariously i can't tell, but... i guess this is the last episode...? i'll miss you... mettaton...... ... oh.... i didn't mean to talk so long... oh..........."
NO, WAIT! WAIT, BL... H... THEY ALREADY HUNG UP. ... I'LL TAKE ANOTHER CALLER!
"Mettaton, your show made us so happy!"
"Mettaton, I don't know what I'll watch without you."
"Mettaton, there's a Mettaton-shaped hole in my Mettaton-shaped heart."
AH... I... I SEE... ... EVERYONE... THANK YOU SO MUCH. ... DARLING. PERHAPS... IT MIGHT BE BETTER IF I STAY HERE A WHILE. HUMANS ALREADY HAVE STARS AND IDOLS, BUT MONSTERS... THEY ONLY HAVE ME. IF I LEFT... THE UNDERGROUND WOULD LOSE ITS SPARK. I'D LEAVE AN ACHING VOID THAT COULD NEVER BE FILLED. SO... I THINK I'LL HAVE TO DELAY MY BIG DEBUT. BESIDES. YOU'VE PROVEN TO BE VERY STRONG. PERHAPS... EVEN STRONG ENOUGH TO GET PAST ASGORE. I'M SURE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PROTECT HUMANITY. HA, HA... IT'S ALL FOR THE BEST, ANYWAY. THE TRUTH IS, THIS FORM'S ENERGY CONSUMPTION IS... INEFFICIENT. IN A FEW MOMENTS, I'LL RUN OUT OF BATTERY POWER, AND... WELL. I'LL BE ALRIGHT. KNOCK 'EM DEAD, DARLING. AND EVERYONE... THANK YOU. YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT AUDIENCE!
If Mettaton is killed H... HA... SO I WAS WRONG. DARLING... YOU REALLY ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO GET PAST ASGORE. WELL THEN... IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO. DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME. I MIGHT SEEM LIKE I'M DYING NOW, BUT... DR. ALPHYS CAN ALWAYS REPAIR ME. AND... BESIDES... EVEN IF I'M NOT CUT OUT TO BE A STAR... I STILL GOT TO PERFORM FOR A HUMAN, DIDN'T I? SO, THANK YOU, DARLING... YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT AUDIENCE!
THERE YOU ARE, FRISK-DARLING. FEAST YOUR EYES! DR. ALPHYS COMPLETED MY WONDERFUL NEW BODY. OOOH! AND DID YOU HEAR? THE BARRIER'S OPEN! I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE SUN... ...THE GREATEST SPOTLIGHT OF ALL! OH YES. I SUPPOSE I SHOULD THANK YOU, TOO, DARLING. BEFORE FIGHTING YOU, I HAD... FORGOTTEN HOW FUN IT WAS TO PERFORM WITH OTHERS. SO I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR HOT TALENTS TO FILL UP MY UPCOMING TROUPE. SO FAR, SHYREN'S AGREED TO BE MY BACK-UP SINGER. AND BL... NAPSTABLOOK, HERE, WILL BE MY SOUND MIXER! THE THREE OF US PERFORMING TOGETHER... IT REALLY FEELS OVERDUE, DOESN'T IT?
FRISK, DARLING. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH SOMETHING? WHAT KIND OF MERCHANDISE DO YOU THINK HUMANS WOULD WANT TO BUY...? I'VE THOUGHT OF A FEW IDEAS SO FAR. BUTTONS (WITH MY FACE), STICKERS (WITH MY FACE), CDS (WITH MY FACE)... POSTERS (WITH MY FACE), T-SHIRTS (WITH MY FACE), UNDERWEAR (WITH MY FACE)... ...AND PLUSH DOLLS OF TORIEL. BUT, YOU KNOW. WITH MY FACE INSTEAD OF HERS. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
[(...) (A yes or no prompt was not provided.)]
FABULOUS! I COMPLETELY AGREE!
OH, FRISK. WHY DON'T YOU GO SEE HOW ALPHYS IS DOING? SINCE THE FLASH OF LIGHT, SHE'S BEEN WORKING HARD TO SET EVERYTHING RIGHT. HA-HA. ABOUT TIME, HUH?
Alphys's Lab OH, THERE YOU ARE. YOU UGLY LITTLE CREATURE. YOU'VE MADE QUITE A NAME FOR YOURSELF. SUCH INFAMY...! I'M IMPRESSED. OH. YES. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ALPHYS, SHE'S NOT HERE. WHILE YOU WERE BUSY DOING YOUR, AHEM, THING... SHE WAS RUNNING AROUND EVACUATING PEOPLE TO SAFETY. NOW THEY'RE IN A PLACE WHERE YOU'LL NEVER GET TO THEM. DECIDING NOT TO FIGHT YOU. MY MY, SHE REALLY IS THE ONLY SMART ONE, ISN'T SHE?
[The human approaches.]
OH? HOW SASSY. YOU'RE JUST ITCHING TO GET YOUR HANDS ON ME, AREN'T YOU? WELL... T-O-O B-A-D! THIS WORLD NEEDS STARS MORE THAN IT NEEDS CORPSES! TOODLES!
Pre-Battle MY MY. SO YOU'VE FINALLY ARRIVED. AFTER OUR FIRST MEETING... I REALIZED... SOMETHING GHASTLY. YOU'RE NOT JUST A THREAT TO MONSTERS... BUT HUMANITY, AS WELL. OH MY. THAT'S AN ISSUE. YOU SEE, I CAN'T BE A STAR WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE. AND BESIDES... THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE... I WANT TO PROTECT. AH HA HA. EAGER, AS ALWAYS, EH? BUT DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL. THERE'S SOMETHING YOU HAVEN'T ACCOUNTED FOR. AS ANY TRUE FAN WOULD KNOW, I WAS FIRST CREATED AS A HUMAN ERADICATION ROBOT. IT WAS ONLY AFTER BECOMING A STAR THAT I WAS GIVEN A MORE... PHOTOGENIC BODY. HOWEVER. THOSE ORIGINAL FUNCTIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN FULLY REMOVED. COME ANY CLOSER, AND I'LL BE FORCED TO SHOW YOU... MY TRUE FORM! FINE THEN! RRRRREADY? IIIIIIIT'S SHOWTIME!!!
Battle [Kill counter unfulfilled]
G... GUESS SHE SHOULD HAVE WORKED MORE ON THE DEFENSES... ... YOU MAY HAVE DEFEATED ME... BUT... I KNOW. I CAN TELL FROM THAT STRIKE, DARLING. YOU WERE HOLDING BACK. YES, ASGORE WILL FALL EASILY TO YOU... BUT YOU WON'T HARM HUMANITY, WILL YOU? YOU AREN'T ABSOLUTELY EVIL. IF YOU WERE TRYING TO BE, THEN YOU MESSED UP. AND SO LATE INTO THE SHOW, TOO. HA... HA. AT LEAST NOW, I CAN REST EASY. KNOWING ALPHYS AND THE HUMANS WILL LIVE ON...!
[Kill counter fulfilled]
GH... GUESS YOU DON'T WANT TO JOIN MY FAN CLUB...?
Sans: so, it's been a while. since you left, things have... gotten interesting. with ASGORE gone, the people looked to undyne to rule... but she was nowhere to be found. so mettaton just kind of... took over? he's brainwashed everyone with his stupid TV show. and made the underground into his personal paradise. it's honestly... kinda disturbing. as for me? oh, yeah... i'm his agent.
Mettaton: HEY THERE, DARLING! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK... THANKS TO YOU, THE UNDERGROUND IS MORE EXCITING THAN EVER! OOH LA LA... STATUES... MONUMENTS TO MY BEAUTY... FLOWERS IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF MY NAME... HEDGES IN THE SHAPE OF MY SMILE... UNDER MY RULE, THE UNDERGROUND'S PROBLEMS ARE OVER, BABY! CROWDING? DREARINESS??? WHO NEEDS THE SUN WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE SPOTLIGHT!!? ECONOMIC COLLAPSE? EDUCATION PROBLEMS? WHAT!? EVERYTHING'S COVERED IN GOLDEN GLITTER! THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS, BEAUTIFUL! AND, I'VE INSTATED A NEW POLICY ON HUMANITY. IF A HUMAN FALLS DOWN HERE... THEY CAN JOIN MY FAN CLUB FOR FREE! OH, YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING ABOUT ALPHYS. DON'T WORRY! I BUILT A STATUE OF HER, TOO. REALLY THOUGH. I REALIZED I WAS... NOT THE GREATEST TO HER. SO I WENT TO APOLOGIZE. AND, TO ASK HER TO HELP ME RULE. BUT I COULDN'T FIND HER. TRUST ME. I LOOKED. ANYWAY. I HOPE YOUR LIFE AFTER MEETING ME... HAS BEEN WORTH LIVING. IT MUST BE A STRUGGLE. PLEASE, THINK OF ME ALWAYS. JUST CONSTANTLY. THINK OF ME POSING. BEAUTIFULLY... OH YESSSS!!!
[If Papyrus is also alive] Mettaton: OH, MY OTHER AGENT WANTS TO TALK.
Papyrus: HEY!!! IT'S ME, PAPYRUS!! IMAGINE ME WEARING COOL GLASSES, AND A SUIT. AND IMAGINE SANS WEARING SUNGLASSES BEING A BOUNCER. THAT'S OUR LIFE... IT'S SO COOL!!! THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WAY BETTER SINCE YOU CAME HERE!!! WELL, MINUS THE FACT THAT EVERYTHING SUCKS... FOR ANYONE THAT DOESN'T WORSHIP METTATON. AND MINUS THE FACT THAT MY FRIEND UNDYNE IS MISSING. WHO KNOWS WHERE SHE WENT. SHE NEVER LIKED METTATON'S SHOW. PEOPLE WHO DON'T TEND TO KIND OF... DISAPPEAR. I MISS HER A LOT SOMETIMES. IF YOU SEE HER, CAN YOU TELL HER I SAID HI? THANKS! SEE YOU LATER!
What's a pretzel's#favorite color? Black Yellow Red Dusk
Mortal Enemy Request
METTATON has sent you a Mortal Enemy request. Congratulations! You are now Mortal Enemies with Mettaton. COOLSKELETON95 has posted a comment on this change. CONGRATULATIONS, YOU TWO! WISH YOU A LONG AND HORRIBLE RIVALRY. You rejected the request. METTATON has sent you an invitation to "Die." RSVP? Respond Ignore
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\W* I AM METTATON^2, BIG TIME& \RSEXY ROBOT\W LOVER./%%
(the canon-reliant extrapolation that doesn't need to exist)
The short answer: Mettaton is a robot/ghost! It doesn't matter.
My summarized headcanon answer: Mettaton is at least ~150-200 years old.
Canon establishes some vague boundaries for Napstablook's age, who is Mettaton's cousin. Mettaton could really be of any age compared to them, so establishing whether he's "younger" or "older" than they are is key. I'm going to stick with doing a breakdown of Napstablook's age based on canon inference first, but then I'll explain my own headcanon stuff thereafter.
There are Undertale Spoilers but god I'm writing this in 2021 the game came out in 2015 come on.
Mettaton is a ghost inside of a robot. Napstablook is also a ghost. Not stated in any definite terms, but "ghosts might be just another type of monster rather than a dead thing." Like skeletons. Ghosts in UT are probably not the same as a formerly-living being made into a mass of incorporeal soul, even though they possess all of the same attributes as ghosts do.
What is the date that Undertale takes place? The answer is unknown, but it's a good place to start Theorizing. Here is the canon evidence we have:
The only rough dates we have are found in the screencaps below. Undertale itself was released in September of 2015, which makes sense of these dates. Reading these dates while playing the game in 201X real time leads the player into thinking that this game is taking place in "modern day."
HOME (Toriel's House; Ruins)
NEW HOME (Asgore's House; Capitol)
It is not currently 201X. This is an old calendar. So what is this date referencing? As we know, Frisk is the fallen human the player is controlling, and Frisk is carrying with them the soul of Chara, the first fallen human. By the time the player makes it to Asgore's house in a No Mercy run, Chara will clear that up for the player right quick. The date circled on the calendar in Asgore's house is the date Chara fell Underground.
When did Chara fall Underground, relative to Frisk? We aren't sure. A long time ago, for sure. Maybe 100 years ago, at least.
To explain this to the canonblind, a summary of important UT events is necessary.
Millennia ago, humans and monsters lived on the Surface in peace. But humans, afraid of the power monsters could come to possess, attacked, commencing The War of Humans and Monsters. This was a one-sided battle where monsters were all but crushed. Humans sealed monsters Underground with a spell performed by their most powerful mages, forming the Barrier. To break this Barrier for all of monsterkind to escape, a single monster would require seven human souls to "become a god," in Undyne's words, which would give them the power to shatter the Barrier.
Some time later, in 201X, then, Chara was the first human to fall Underground—and the first human monsters have seen in a long, long time. Chara was found by Asriel: the prince of the Underground, and son of Asgore and Toriel, all of whom are a special kind of monster called a Boss Monster. Boss Monsters do not age, nor do they "fall down"—a term monsters use to describe a unique sort of death. (However, monster lifespans don't seem to be predictable: Gerson fought in The War of Humans and Monsters and lives to this day.) Boss Monsters immortal (unless killed), unless they have a child of their own. Upon having a kid, the power of their souls will help the child grow, and eventually, they'll die. Without a child, Boss Monsters do not age.
Toriel is Asriel's/Chara's mother and adoptive mother, respectively. When Chara died, Asriel absorbed Chara's soul and became powerful enough to pass through the barrier that sealed monsterkind underground. While taking their body to Chara's village, humankind attacked in fear, and Chara tried to coerce Asriel to fight back. But Asriel didn't want to, and the humans attacked Asriel's body relentlessly. Asriel was able to return Underground with Chara's soul still in his body. Upon relinquishing it, Asriel's body took all of the damage accrued and he turned to dust. (Read: he died.)
With both Chara and Asriel dead, monsterkind lost the hope they'd placed in Chara and Asriel as the new prince, and the human at his side. Out of sorrow, Asgore once more declared war upon humanity and decreed that all humans who fell Underground would be killed, and he would take seven human souls to shatter the barrier. They would overrun the Surface and, with Asgore's godly might, they would wipe out humanity. Monsters were imbued with hope once more.
But this declaration disgusted Toriel, who retreated back to their old house in the Ruins. She sealed herself away, never to be seen again—and while she lived in the Ruins, she tried desperately to gather any fallen humans, hoping that she could convince them to live out their lives with her so that Asgore couldn't fulfill his ambitions.
Long story short, Toriel has lived in the Ruins ever since her children, Asriel and Chara, died.
So let's say that Toriel hasn't had contact with another being for 100 years, as Sans remarks in that image linked earlier. Ignoring all other glaring issues, that would mean that the date Undertale takes place is at least 211X, which seems to be adopted by most people online I've seen who are trying to make sense of the timeline (just google Undertale timeline, you'll get a bunch of theories with varying levels of complexity).
But there's a missing detail in these 100 years. Between Chara and Frisk, six other humans have fallen and died. However, there needs to have been enough time for many Monsters not know what a human shouldlooklike on sight, meaning that the majority of the population couldn't have encountered one of these six humans before. (It could just be because for some reason, Frisk doesn't register as a human with Chara sharing their body, but that may be an impression exclusive to the No Mercy route.) This could mean that Chara died well over 100 years ago, and that 100 years ago was the last time Toriel encountered a human in the Ruins! How many 100s of years has it been since Chara passed? Besides, when the two Froggits seen here declare that it's been "a long time," 100 just seems cheap, given how long monsters can live. (Which appears to be anywhere between human lifespan and millennia, depending on some unknown factor (possibly dependent on what the monster is based on).)
But this would require a lot more theorizing than the game gives us room to do. While there's a possibility that it's been longer than 100 years, and that it's well beyond 211X, we can still establish two things for sure.
Chara arrived Underground in 201X.
Frisk, the player character, arrived Underground possibly 100 years later or more. For the sake of keeping it clean, I'm going to proceed with a simple 100 years and assume that monsterkind just didn't encounter these six humans. This would mean that Undertale takes place no sooner than 211X.
Proceeding with the assumption that Chara died "a long time ago," and that it could have been "a hundred years" ago, that means that Toriel has been in the Ruins for 100 years, and that most every Monster has never met her.
...Well, Gerson is an obvious exception. But there's another exception, too. Somebody else has met Toriel before, and they met her when she could still visit Waterfall.
Toriel is known for being an appreciator of snail pie. She likes her snails. She likes them enough that Asgore still stocks them in his fridge out of a sense of nostalgia. The Blook family runs a snail farm.
Toriel used to be a customer at Blook Acres before she retreated to the Ruins. Napstablook doesn't recognize her as the queen because they don't even recognize the king. Napstablook had to have been around serving snails to their #1 (and possibly their only) customer, Toriel, before she left.
So obviously that means that Napstablook could be at least 100 years old. But Chara wasn't around for many many years Underground; they were still a child when they died, after all. Roughly what year was Napstablook "born" in, insofar as monsters/ghosts are "born?" We could leave it at here and assume Napstablook was "born" in the 2000s or so.
UnderNet usernames usually follow a very conspicuous pattern, with ALPHYS as the exception. We have StrongFish92 and CoolSkeleton95, which are reminiscent of screen names people take based on the last two digits of their birth year. If it's 211X, this could mean that Undyne was born in 2092, and Papyrus, 2095. (They could also be 1992/1995, who knows! Monster life expectancies are still unknown.) Napstablook's username is NAPSTABLOOK22. But 2022 is after the events with Chara; Toriel would have never had a chance to visit.
But hey, the 1920's were pretty dapper... Why not 1922? Ghosts don't have rules. Like Gerson, they can probably just keep living for a long time/forever (until they take a host and inevitably die with it).
A lot of this information's been sourced from the Undertale Wiki page on monsters. This is also pretty rough.
Monsters are a very diverse race in Undertale. They dwell in the Underground beneath Mount Ebott, while humans and other races/species live on the surface beyond the Barrier. Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, such as rabbits, skeletons, ghosts, shapes, lizards, and so on.
some monsters. monsters on far left/right are robots/dolls inhabited by ghosts.
Despite the negative implication of the word "monsters," monsters in Undertale are not an evil species. It is even said that monster SOULs are made of love, hope, and compassion. It doesn't take hardly anything for a monster to love and care fiercely for others.
Monsters interact with the world using the power of their SOULs, which comes across like magical implements, bullets, sparkles, hearts, or other emotive expressions. They can see SOULs, and make SOULs visible to humans. Where human SOULs come in a variety of hues, monsters all have SOULs that are completely colorless, akin to pure white light, and appear upside down or reversed in comparison to a human's. All monster SOULs appear identical to one another.
Monsters are far weaker than humans, both in physical combat and regarding the strength of their SOUL. This inadequacy is because a monster's SOUL is made up of emotional vulnerability, in a sense. The damage a monster receives from an attacker is dependent on both the monster's will to fight and the attacker's will to hurt. Because a human can strike a monster with such intense violence, a monster can be easily killed by a human who is both used to hurting others, and feels little compassion for those they hurt. A human can kill a monster in one swing, if they are callous enough. Likewise, it takes every monster Underground to equate the SOUL of one human.
Monsters, however, can obtain an "unfathomable" amount of power when they absorb the SOUL of a human. To gain a SOUL, a monster needs to kill the human and take their SOUL, which lingers beyond their body's death. The reverse would be difficult to perform, as monster SOULs perish instantly upon death, and what little physical matter makes up their bodies turns to dust. Their SOUL is gone for good. If a monster were to claim the equivalent of 7 human SOULs, that monster would obtain godhood enough to take control of space-time, continuity, and awareness beyond the 4th wall.
Monsters do not possess "DETERMINATION." In Undertale, DETERMINATION is defined as "The will to keep living. The resolve to change fate." In practice, this is what permits humanity—and likely, any other species—to persist even in the bleakest of circumstances without giving up, especially when their lives are on the line. If a monster loses hope, they become extremely vulnerable; too hopeless, and they "fall down:" a state that renders them comatose, which precedes their death, and subsequent disappearance.
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ART, CODING CREDITS
METTATON SCRIPT
ABOUT METTATON/MONSTERS
Mad Dummy
MAD DUMMY: Hahaha... It's just like you to run away.
[If punched]
MAD DUMMY: FOOL! You think you can hurt ME???
[If left alone]
MAD DUMMY: Hahaha... Too intimidated to fight me, huh!?
MAD DUMMY: I am a ghost that lives inside a DUMMY. My cousin used to live inside a DUMMY, too. Until... YOU CAME ALONG!
MAD DUMMY: They were a shy sort. Living a lonely life in the RUINS... They saw you and hoped you might TALK to them. Perhaps strike up a friendly conversation. But NO!!! You ran away... And broke their ethereal heart. Despicable. Despicable! DESPICABLE! HUMAN! I'll show you what REAL heartbreak is!
[Destroyed the RUINS dummy]
MAD DUMMY: YOU DESTROYED THEIR HOME! Us ghosts spend our whole lives looking for a proper vessel. Slowly, slowly, we grow closer to our new bodies... Until one day, we too may become corporeal beings. Beings able to laugh, love, and dance like any other... But YOU!!!! My cousin's future...! You took it all away! Despicable. Despicable! DESPICABLE! HUMAN! I hope you're not too attached to YOUR body... Because your SOUL's about to get EVICTED!!!
[TALKed to the RUINS dummy]
MAD DUMMY: When you talked to them, they thought they were in for a nice chat... But the things you SAID...! Horrible. Shocking! UNBELIEVABLE! It spooked them right out of their dummy! HUMAN! I'll scare your SOUL out of your body!
[SPAREd the RUINS dummy]
MAD DUMMY: YOU...! You... Shucks! You were really boring! They got annoyed and flew away like any self-respective spectre. Well then. Well then! WELL THEN! Boring people are crumbs sticking to the face of this world. Human! I'll wipe you away with the dainty handkerchief of vengeance!
[no mercy I think?]
MAD DUMMY: Not only did YOUR actions cause them to leave their home... But now all of their neighbors are gone, too! Despicable. Despicable! DESPICABLE!!! You're the worst person I've ever met! I've NEVER been more mad!!! Guooooohhhh!!!! My mannequin levels are going OFF THE CHARTS!!!
MAD DUMMY: ...? This... This feeling... Eureka. Eureka! EUREKA! Human. That moment of unbridled emotion. It allowed me to finally fuse with my body! I'm fully corporeal now! My lifelong dream, realized! In return, I guess I won't stomp you. How's that sound?
Outside Ghost Houses
\E9* They kind of keep& to theirself^1, but...&* That's a good ghost./
\E4* I try to be a good& neighbor^1, but I think& they're scared of me./
\E2* C'mon^1, what's scary& about a good-natured& invite to wrestle!!?/%%
UNDYNE: They're incorporeal& anyway!!!/%%
PAPYRUS: SO YOU'RE FRIENDS&WITH A GHOST.../
\E5ISN'T THAT KIND&OF SPOOKY?/
\E3I'D THINK YOU'D&LIKE YOUR FRIENDS&WARM AND CUDDLY.../
LIKE SKELETONS!!!/%%
VERY SOFT^1, AND&FULL OF CALCIUM./%%
With Napstablook
WHAT WAS THEIR NAME AGAIN?
SPOOKY BLOO BLOO?
PAPYRUS: NAPPER HOG...?
UNDYNE: Oh, you're hanging out with Napstablook?! That's great!!!
I haven't seen them hanging out with anyone since...
Well, their cousin.
They would both watch TV at all hours of the day...
Then they would practice these weird performances.
Where'd they go...?
UNDYNE: Don't feel like you have to live up to their cousin!
Just be your lovable old garbage self!
In "cousin's" house
BECAUSE A GHOST LIVED THERE.
BUT THE GHOST MOVED AWAY.
IT'S AN UN-HAUNTED HOUSE.
BY THE BY, BREAKING INTO A HOUSE...
THAT'S ILLEGAL, RIGHT???
PAPYRUS: PLEASE STOP COMMITTING GHOST CRIMES.
UNDYNE: WHAT?
You broke into Napstablook's cousin's house!?
That's... That's...!
Hey, what was their name, anyway?
PAPYRUS: HAPPSTABLOOK, THE HAPPY GHOST.
UNDYNE: Okay, that's DEFINITELY wrong.
PAPYRUS: IT'S NOT WRONG. IT'S JUST MY HEADCANON.
UNDYNE: Seriously, though, stop committing ghost crimes.
Blook Acres
They've all... Passed on...
... to different jobs, since there's not much business here.
Them and their cousin stayed behind to run the family farm.
But no one's seen their cousin for a long time.
Now Napstablook's all alone...
Be nice to them, okay!?
UNDYNE: Cherish this ghost!!!
NAPSTABLOOK: awkward..^1.&* i'm working right now.../
i mean.../
welcome to blook family& snail farm.../
... yeah^1.&* i'm the only employee./
this place used to get a lot& of business.../
but our main customer& disappeared one day.../
now it's just some hairy& guy that shows up once& a month.../%%
NAPSTABLOOK:really^1, i'm working..^1.&* i don't want the boss& to get mad at me.../
especially since i'm my& own boss.../%%
Hotland NPCs
Like when he's on a cooking show and the eggs don't turn out right.
But! Then he says!
Even if you suck at cooking, you can always buy an MTT-brand Glamburger!
Then he eats one! Everyone loves it!
SHAPE 1: ... How does he eat it without a mouth?
Uhhh... well... Watch the show!
[If MTT is killed]
SHAPE 1: That finale was really..^1.&* That was really sad!/
And Mettaton's schedule& doesn't show any other& shows...
SHAPE 2: My fave Mettaton Moment(TM) is when he beats up the heel-turning villains!
Even if it's during what's supposed to be a quiz show.
Oh! And I like when he tries on all kinds of different fashionable outfits!
Even if it's during what's supposed to be a newscast.
[If MTT is killed]
SHAPE 2: Did Mettaton retire...?/
Can't he unretire...?/%%
[Post-pacifist]
SHAPE 2: On the surface we'll be able& to watch all kinds of TV.../
But^1, I bet none of those& shows are as good as& Mettaton's!/%%
Post-Pacifist: Asriel, on monsters
... Frisk... I haven't felt like this for a very long time. As a flower, I was soulless. I lacked the power to love other people. However, with everyone's souls inside me... I not only have my own compassion back... But I can feel every other monster's as well. They all care about each other so much. And... they care about you too, Frisk. ... I wish I could tell you how everyone feels about you. Papyrus... Sans... Undyne... Alphys... ... Toriel.
Monsters are weird. Even though they barely know you... It feels like they all really love you. Haha. ...
oh god please format this PLEASE
history
memories
open to all
Mettaton menaces a human child and zaps them with a laser once for answering question wrong. His questions are rigged as fuck.
Mettaton menaces a human child again by forcing them onto a cooking show where he bakes a human-soul-flavored cake. Then he has to make it vegan. A chainsaw is involved.
Mettaton sings a heartfelt opera about how the king is going to throw them into the dungeon and they'll die. Cry cry cry. So sad it's happening. A true artistic masterpiece. If your character chooses to follow them down the trap door, Mettaton will subject the human to a rigged tile maze and then try to fight them, but it's really fake. He clearly doesn't want to hurt them.
The introduction to Mettaton's Grand Finale, where he outlines his plan to kill the human... to save humanity. This can be combined with 5 & 6, so if you want the whole fight, just write 4-6 or something.
Mettaton's switch is flipped, and he debuts Mettaton EX. But he's still gong to kill the human. There's a lot of lighting, bombs, legs, and dumb shit going on around here, but even though he's literally trying to kill a human child, he seems to be having fun. Fucked. Mettaton gradually overheats and loses limbs until he's just his torso. Sad. This can be combined with 4 & 6, so if you want the whole fight, just write 4-6 or something.
Mettaton's still convinced that he could win because he's a robot, but with such HIGH RATINGSSSS he accepts call-ins from his fans. His first fan appears to rattle him enough that he ultimately decides to let the human go, choosing to remain Underground instead of pursuing his dream. This can be combined with 4 & 5, so if you want the whole fight, just write 4-6 or something.
Mettaton (rectangle) catches an employee of the MTT-Brand Burger Emporium smuggling some MTT-Brand Glamburgers out to some girls in an alley. He has like, so many in his pockets, and tries to play it cool. But then they tumble out of his pockets... and his pants fall down... and Mettaton is stern and very boss-like, on the cruel end of things. He threatens the employee with very specific forms of unique punishment.
Mettaton (rectangle) calls the very same MTT-Brand Burger Emporium employee into his office. He orders him to put on a weird promotional costume, for work. There is no room for argument, as per MTT Contract. Once he puts on the humiliating costume, Mettaton laughs, then tells him he can go back to work. He doesn't specify if he has to wear the costume or not. It's just awkward and weird...
While Alphys is off doing some FUCKED UP SHIT IN THE TRUE LAB, Mettaton (EX) just wakes up and stares off, unable to move because he's just his torso. No limbs. He's in front of an anime poster, and seems put out by being forced to sit there. He just closes his eyes and does nothing. He's alone and bored... but in his boredom, he rehearses some things he might like to say to a few important people in his life.
closed; contact first
"Shyren's sister "fell down" recently. It's sad. Without her sister to speak for her... She's become more reclusive than ever. So I reached out to her, and told her... That she, Blooky, and I should all perform together sometime. She seemed to like that idea."[TAKEN]"Our cousin left the farm to become a training dummy. That leaves just Blooky and I. Blooky asked me if I was going to try to become corporeal, too. They sounded so... Resigned. Come on, Blooky. You know I'd never leave you behind. And besides... I'd never find the kind of body I'm looking for, anyway."[TAKEN]A ghost will be in a very pink room, sighing dreamily over some really sketchy drawings of a bishounen robot — and, for anybody who knows him, it's an early prototype of Mettaton EX. This is about all the memory is. But it seems to mean a lot to the ghost.
Mettaton will knock on the door of an oddly-shaped house and speak to a ghost. He'll invite them to join his troupe, to which they'll agree, because oh my god they're a huge fan of his this can't be happening. Mettaton appears very fond of this ghost.
A NEW LOOK
METTATON SCRIPT 2.0
Reposting this so that I can make a directory comment.
DIRECTORY
UPPERCASE
SENTENCE CASE
MISCELLANEOUS
UPPERCASE
DEAR DIARY...
SHYREN'S SISTER "FELL DOWN" RECENTLY. IT'S SAD. WITHOUT HER SISTER TO SPEAK FOR HER... SHE'S BECOME MORE RECLUSIVE THAN EVER. SO I REACHED OUT TO HER, AND TOLD HER... THAT SHE, BLOOKY, AND I SHOULD ALL PERFORM TOGETHER SOMETIME. SHE SEEMED TO LIKE THAT IDEA.
DEARER DIARY:
I LIKE TO BUY A NEW DIARY FOR EVERY ENTRY I MAKE. I LOVE TO COLLECT DIARIES.
DEAREST DIARY:
OUR COUSIN LEFT THE FARM TO BECOME A TRAINING DUMMY. THAT LEAVES JUST BLOOKY AND I. BLOOKY ASKED ME IF I WAS GOING TO TRY TO BECOME CORPOREAL, TOO. THEY SOUNDED SO... RESIGNED. COME ON, BLOOKY. YOU KNOW I'D NEVER LEAVE YOU BEHIND. AND BESIDES... I'D NEVER FIND THE KIND OF BODY I'M LOOKING FOR, ANYWAY.
MY DARLING DIARY:
I MET SOMEONE... INTERESTING TODAY. LAST WEEK I POSTED THAT ADVERTISEMENT FOR MY HUMAN FANCLUB. TODAY WAS OUR FIRST MEETING. ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON CAME. HONESTLY, SHE'S A DORK. AND SHE'S OBSESSED WITH THESE AWFUL CARTOONS. BUT SHE'S KIND OF FUNNY, TOO.... I WANT TO SEE HER AGAIN.
DIARY... MY DEAR:
MY DIARY COLLECTION IS GOING FABULOUSLY. I HAVE LIKE FIVE NOW.
DEAR DIARY:
SHE SURPRISED ME WITH SOMETHING TODAY. SKETCHES OF A BODY THAT SHE WANTS TO CREATE FOR ME... A FORM BEYOND MY WILDEST FANTASIES. IN A FORM LIKE THAT, I COULD FINALLY FEEL LIKE... "MYSELF." AFTER ALL, THERE'S NO WAY I CAN BE A STAR THE WAY I AM NOW. SORRY, BLOOKY. MY DREAMS CAN'T WAIT FOR ANYONE...
(It's a promo poster for Mettaton's TV premiere.)
(On the flap it says "THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY DREAMS COME TRUE.")
QUIZ SHOW
LET'S START WITH AN EASY ONE!!
A) Money
B) Mercy
C) New Car
D) More questions
RIGHT! SOUNDS LIKE YOU GET IT!
HAHAHA! YOU WISH! WRONG!
HERE'S YOUR TERRIFIC PRIZE!
A) Lord Fluffybuns
B) Fuzzy Pushover
C) Asgore Dreemurr
D) Dr. Friendship
CORRECT! WHAT A TERRIFIC ANSWER!
WRONG! IF ONLY ALPHYS COULD HELP!
ENOUGH ABOUT YOU. LET'S TALK ABOUT ME!
A) Hopes&Dreams
B) Metal&Magic
C) Snips&Snails
D) Sugar&Spice
TOO EASY FOR YOU, HUH????????
NOPE! TOO BAD ALPHYS CAN'T HELP!
HERE'S ANOTHER EASY ONE FOR YOU!
A) 31.054 minutes
B) 16.232 minutes
C) 32.049 minutes
D) 32.058 minutes
WONDERFUL! I'M ASTOUNDED, FOLKS!
WRONG!!! WRONG!!! WROOOOOOOONG!!
DON'T 'COUNT' ON YOUR VICTORY...
A) 54
B) 53
C) 55
D) 52
CORRECT! YOU'RE SO LUCKY TODAY!
COMPLETELY UTTERLY WRONG!!!!!!
LET'S PLAY MEMORY GAME.
A) Froggit
B) Whimsun
C) Moldsmal
D) Mettaton
I'M SO FLATTERED YOU REMEMBERED!
BOY, THAT'S EMBARRASSING, HUH?
BUT CAN YOU GET THIS ONE???
A) Heck Yeah
B) Heck Yeah
C) Heck Yeah
D) Heck Yeah
GREAT ANSWER! I LOVE IT!!!!!!
HERE'S A SIMPLE ONE.
A) 11
B) 6
C) 8
D) 10
OF COURSE THAT WAS EASY FOR YOU!
NO NO NO! CAN'T YOU READ!?
TIME TO BREAK OUT THE BIG GUNS!!
ALPHYS: "OH! OH! I KNOW THIS ONE!!! IT'S SNAIL ICE CREAM!!!!!!!! IN THE FOURTH CHAPTER EVERYONE GOES TO THE BEACH!!! AND SHE BUYS ICE CREAM FOR ALL OF HER FRIENDS!!!! BUT IT'S SNAIL FLAVOR AND SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTS IT!!!!!! IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE GAME BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY POWERFUL message about friendship and..."
ALPHYS, ALPHYS, ALPHYS. YOU AREN'T HELPING OUR CONTESTANT, ARE YOU? OOOOOOH!!! YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME. I'LL ASK A QUESTION... YOU'LL BE SURE TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO!
Who does Dr. Alphys have a crush on?
SEE, ALPHYS? I TOLD YOU IT WAS OBVIOUS. EVEN THE HUMAN FIGURED IT OUT. YES, SHE SCRAWLS HER NAME IN THE MARGINS OF HER NOTES. SHE NAMES PROGRAMMING VARIABLES AFTER HER. SHE EVEN WRITES STORIES OF THEM TOGETHER... SHARING A DOMESTIC LIFE. PROBABILITY OF CRUSH: 101 PERCENT. MARGIN OF ERROR: ONE PERCENT.
B) Asgore
WHY WOULD SHE OUTFIT AN AMUSEMENT ROBOT... WITH BRUTAL COMBAT CAPABILITIES? SIMPLE. TO IMPRESS MR. ASGORE DREEMURR, OF COURSE! OR AS ALPHYS CALLS HIM... "MR. DREAMY." THOSE STRONG ARMS... THAT LUSTROUS BEARD... LIKE ALL THOSE WHO CREATE WEAPONS. SHE CRAVES THE TENDER EMBRACE OF A BURLY MAN. CAN SHE TRULY BE BLAMED?
C) The human
... SERIOUSLY? MY MY... HOW CONCEITED CAN YOU GET...? I LOVE IT! AND WHILE YOU ARE COMPLETELY WRONG, YOU DESERVE SOME CREDIT. I'VE SEEN HER WATCH YOU ON HER COMPUTER SCREEN. SMILING WHEN YOU SUCCEED. SHRIEKING WHEN YOU FAIL. AND ALWAYS, ALWAYS, WHISPERING... "NO! WRONG! YOU HAVE TO GO THAT WAY!" IN ITS OWN WAY, IS THIS NOT LOVE?
D) Don't know
CORRECT. DR. ALPHYS HAS A CRUSH ON... THE UNKNOWABLE. YOU SEE, ALPHYS BELIEVES THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE. SOMEONE WATCHING HER. SOMEONE SHE THINKS IS "CUTE" AND "INTERESTING." HELLO, THEORETICAL PERSON. DR. ALPHYS LIKES YOU. TOO BAD YOU ARE NOT REAL. *DERISIVE LAUGHTRACK*.
ALPHYS: "H-hey, I've done research about this! There are alternate universes out there! S-someday, maybe, I could meet them..."
YOU SAID THE EXACT SAME THING ABOUT "MEW MEW KISSY CUTIE." BUT I'LL GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. PERSON, IF YOU'RE OUT THERE... HOW ABOUT GIVING US A SIGN, RIGHT NOW?
[Background music briefly pauses in silence]
THAT SETTLES THAT, DOESN'T IT?
WELL WELL WELL. WITH DR. ALPHYS HELPING YOU... THE SHOW HAS NO DRAMATIC TENSION! WE CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS!! BUT. BUT!!! THIS WAS JUST THE PILOT EPISODE!! NEXT UP, MORE DRAMA! MORE ROMANCE!!! MORE BLOODSHED!!! UNTIL NEXT TIME, DARLINGS...!!!
COOKING WITH A KILLER ROBOT
[Interact with Mettaton]
[Check the sink]
[Check the fridge]
[Check the microwave]
[Check the stove]
[Interact with Mettaton after getting the ingredients]
After ingredients are gathered
PERFECT! GREAT JOB, BEAUTIFUL! WE'VE GOT ALL OF THE INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO BAKE THE CAKE! MILK... SUGAR... EGGS... ... OH MY! WAIT A MAGNIFICENT MOMENT! HOW COULD I FORGET!!! WE'RE MISSING THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT! A HUMAN SOUL!!!!
[Alphys calls.]
HELLO...? I'M KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING HERE.
ALPHYS: "W-wait a second!!! Couldn't you make a... Couldn't you use a... Couldn't you make a substitution in the recipe?!"
... A SUBSTITUTION? YOU MEAN, USE A DIFFERENT, NON-HUMAN INGREDIENT? ... WHY?
ALPHYS: Uhh, what if someone's... ... Vegan?
... VEGAN.
ALPHYS: "Uh well I mean-"
THAT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA, ALPHYS!! ACTUALLY, I HAPPEN TO HAVE AN OPTION RIGHT HERE!!! MTT-BRAND ALWAYS-CONVENIENT HUMAN-SOUL-FLAVOR-SUBSTITUTE! A CAN OF WHICH... IS JUST OVER ON THAT COUNTER!!! WELL, DARLING? WHY DON'T YOU GO GET IT?
After being prompted to collect MTT-Brand always-convenient H.S.F.S.
[Interact with Mettaton]
[Check the fridge]
[Check the fridge again]
[Check the microwave]
BY THE WAY, OUR SHOW RUNS ON A STRICT SCHEDULE. IF YOU CAN'T GET THE CAN IN THE NEXT ONE MINUTE... WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN!!! SO... BETTER START CLIMBING, BEAUTIFUL!!!
ALPHYS: "Oh no!! There's not enough time to climb up! ... F-f-fortunately, I might have a plan! When I was upgrading your phone, I added a few... features. You see that huge button that says... "JETPACK"? Watch this! There! You should have just enough fuel to reach the top! Now, get up there!!!"
Post-Cooking Show
[Protagonist reaches the can]
ALPHYS: "Wow! We... we did it!! We... we really did it!!! Great job out there, team! W-well, anyway, let's keep moving forward!"
[Protagonist didn't reach the can]
OH NO, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT!
ALPHYS: "What?"
I FORGOT! RIGHT ABOUT NOW IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR COMMERCIAL BREAK!
ALPHYS: "Wh... What are you-"
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT MEANS THAT NO ONE IS WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW. I'M NOT GOING TO DESTROY YOU WITHOUT A LIVE TELEVISION AUDIENCE!! LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE FOILED ME AGAIN, THANKS TO THE BRILLIANT DR. ALPHYS!!! UNTIL NEXT TIME, BEAUTIFUL! TOODLES!
ALPHYS: "... U-um... I guess we... ... did it? W-well, uh, anyway, let's keep heading forward!!!"
MTT NEWS
ALPHYS: "Are you serious?"
OHHHHHH YESSS!!! GOOD EVENING, BEAUTIES AND GENTLEBEAUTIES! THIS IS METTATON, REPORTING LIVE FROM MTT NEWS! AN INTERESTING SITUATION HAS ARISEN IN EASTERN HOTLAND! FORTUNATELY, OUR CORRESPONDENT IS OUT THERE, REPORTING LIVE! BRAVE CORRESPONDENT! PLEASE FIND SOMETHING NEWSWORTHY TO REPORT! OUR TEN WONDERFUL VIEWERS ARE WAITING FOR YOU!!
[Examine basketball]
BASKETBALL'S A BLAST, ISN'T IT, DARLING? TOO BAD YOU CAN'T PLAY WITH THESE BALLS. THEY'RE MTT-BRAND FASHION BASKETBALLS. FOR WEARING, NOT PLAYING. YOU CAN'T GET RICH AND FAMOUS LIKE MOI WITHOUT BEAUTIFYING A FEW ORBS.
[Check #2]
IT SEEMS OUR REPORTER IS DRAWN TO SPORTS LIKE MOTHS TO A FLAMING BASKETBALL HOOP.
[Report]
ATTENTION, VIEWERS! OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS FOUND... A BASKETBALL! AH. BASKETBALLS. CIRCLES OF FUN. ORBS OF JOY. SPHERES OF AMUSEMENT. BUT YOU SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH THIS ONE. IT'S AN MTT-BRAND FASHIONBALL. PROPER MAINTENANCE IS REQUIRED TO KEEP IT LOOKING GOOD. AS YOU CAN SEE, EVEN EXPOSURE TO HUMAN BODY HEAT CAUSES THE PAINT TO SLOUGH OFF. ... WAIT A SECOND. THAT'S NOT A BASKETBALL. THAT'S A BOMB!!! OH NO!!! THIS SPORT REVIEW... IS TURNING INTO A SHORT REVIEW! BECAUSE IT'LL BE OVER AFTER YOU BLOW UP. BUT DON'T GET TOO EXCITED! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE REST OF THE ROOM YET!
[Examine dog]
WHAT A SENSATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR A STORY! I CAN SEE THE HEADLINE NOW: "A DOG EXISTS SOMEWHERE." FRANKLY, I'M BLOWN AWAY.
[Check #2]
THIS DOG... STILL EXISTS! THIS STORY... JUST KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER!
[Report]
ATTENTION, VIEWERS! OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS FOUND... A DOG! (CUE AUDIENCE AWWS) THAT'S RIGHT, FOLKS! IT'S THE FEEL-GOOD STORY OF THE YEAR! LOOK AT ITS LITTLE EARS, TINY PAWS, FLUFFY TAIL... ... WAIT A SECOND. THAT'S NOT A TAIL! THAT'S... A FUSE!!! THAT'S RIGHT... THAT DOG... IS A BOMB!!! BUT DON'T PANIC! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE REST OF THE ROOM YET!!!
[Examine present]
OH MY, IT'S A PRESENT! AND IT'S ADDRESSED TO YOU, DARLING! AREN'T YOU JUST BURSTING WITH EXCITEMENT? WHAT COULD BE INSIDE? WELL, NO TIME LIKE THE "PRESENT" TO FIND OUT!
[Check #2]
READY FOR YOUR... PRESENTATION? (... LET'S CUT THAT ONE IN POST.)
[Report]
ATTENTION, VIEWERS! OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS FOUND... A PRESENT! AND IT'S TIME FOR THE UNBOXING VIDEO!!! LET'S FIND OUT WHAT'S INSIDE!! THAT ROUND, BLACK SHAPE... COULD IT BE??? LOOKS LIKE CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY THIS YEAR. IF SANTA GAVE PEOPLE BOMBS INSTEAD OF PRESENTS!! REALLY THOUGH. A BOMB. WHAT A THOUGHTFUL GIFT. THEY EVEN DECIDED TO LIGHT IT FOR YOU! BUT DON'T GET TOO EXCITED! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE REST OF THE ROOM YET!
[Examine video game]
OOH LA LA! THIS VIDEO GAME YOU FOUND... IS DYNAMITE!!! THOUGH I DON'T MAKE AN APPEARANCE IN IT UNTIL THREE-FOURTHS IN. BUT I LIKE THAT. APPEARING FROM THE HEAVENS LIKE MANNA, SLAKING THE AUDIENCE'S HUNGER FOR GORGEOUS ROBOTS... OOH! THAT'S METTATON!
[Check #2]
AH, YOU UNDERSTAND. THIS IS A GAME WHERE YOU SHOULD CHECK EVERYTHING TWICE.
[Report]
ATTENTION, VIEWERS! OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS FOUND... A VIDEO GAME! THIS ACTION-PACKED GAME IS GUARANTEED TO BLOW YOU AWAY! STRANGE ENEMIES! STRANGE ALLIES! ATTRACTIVE ROBOTS! FEATURING UP TO SIX ARBITRARY DIALOGUE CHOICES AT ONCE! CORRESPONDENT! LET'S LOOK INSIDE THE CASE! ... THOSE RED CYLINDERS WITH BURNING FUSES... OH NO! THIS GAME LITERALLY IS DYNAMITE! I GUESS THEY WERE RIGHT ALL ALONG!!! VIDEO-GAMES DO CAUSE VIOLENCE! OR AT LEAST, THIS ONE'S ABOUT TO. BUT DON'T GET TOO EXCITED! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE REST OF THE ROOM YET!
[Examine movie script]
OH NO!!! THAT MOVIE SCRIPT!!! HOW'D??? THAT GET THERE??? IT'S A SUPER-JUICY SNEAK PREVIEW OF MY LATEST GUARANTEED-NOT-TO-BOMB FILM: METTATON THE MOVIE XXVIII... STARRING METTATON! I'VE HEARD THAT LIKE THE OTHER FILMS... IT CONSISTS MOSTLY OF A SINGLE FOUR-HOUR SHOT OF ROSE PETALS SHOWERING ON MY RECLINING BODY. OOH!!! BUT THAT'S!!! NOT CONFIRMED!! YOU WOULDN'T (COUGH) SPOIL MY MOVIE FOR EVERYONE WITH A PROMOTIONAL STORY, WOULD YOU?
[Look more]
PHEW!!! THAT WAS CLOSE!! YOU ALMOST GAVE ME A BUNCH OF FREE ADVERTISEMENT!!
[Check #2]
OH! YOU'RE BACK! THAT'S RIGHT, FOLKS! IT SEEMS NO ONE CAN RESIST THE ALLURE OF MY NEW FILM!
[Report]
ATTENTION VIEWERS! OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS FOUND... A MOVIE SCRIPT! OH MY! AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S FOR MY LATEST FILM! LET'S NOT KEEP THEM WAITING! LET'S OPEN IT UP AND GET THE SCOOP! ... OH??? WHAT'S THAT INSIDE THE SCRIPT? THAT TICKING SOUND... THAT LIT FUSE... OH MY!!! LOOKS LIKE I WAS WRONG ABOUT THE MOVIE! WE DEFINITELY HAVE A BOX OFFICE BOMB ON OUR HANDS! AND IT'S ABOUT TO BLAST YOU TO BITS! BUT DON'T GET TOO EXCITED! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE REST OF THE ROOM YET!
[Examine glass of water]
OH MY!!!! ... IT'S A COMPLETELY NONDESCRIPT GLASS OF WATER. BUT ANYTHING CAN MAKE A GREAT STORY WITH ENOUGH SPIN!
[Check #2]
I'M HONORED TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF SUCH A HUGE LUKEWARM WATER FAN, FOLKS!
[Report]
ATTENTION, VIEWERS! OUR CORRESPONDENT HAS FOUND... A GLASS OF WATER! BUT WHAT'S ASTONISHING ABOUT THIS GLASS OF WATER... IS HOW UNINTERESTING IT IS! LIKE ALL GLASSES OF WATER, IT'S COMPRISED OF WATER, GLASS, NITROGLYCERIN... ... WAIT A SECOND. THAT'S NOT A GLASS OF WATER!!! THAT'S... A BOMB!!! OH NO!!! THIS NEWS REPORT... IS TURNING INTO A DISASTER REPORT!!! BUT DON'T PANIC! YOU HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN THE REST OF THE ROOM YET!
After report
OH MY! IT SEEMS EVERYTHING IN THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY A BOMB!
THAT PRESENT'S A BOMB!
THAT BASKETBALL'S A BOMB!
[Mettaton's words fall from the dialogue box and explode.]
BRAVE CORRESPONDENT... IF YOU DON'T DEFUSE ALL OF THE BOMBS... THIS BIG BOMB WILL BLOW YOU TO SMITHEREENS IN 2 MINUTES! THEN YOU WON'T BE REPORTING "LIVE" ANY LONGER! HOW TERRIBLE! HOW DISTURBING! OUR NINE VIEWERS ARE GOING TO LOVE WATCHING THIS! GOOD LUCK, DARLING!!
ALPHYS: "D-don't worry! I installed a bomb-defusing program on your phone! Use the 'defuse' option when the bomb is in the defuse zone! N-now, go get 'em! "
After defusing all bombs in time
ALPHYS: "That's b-because!!! While you were monologuing... I...!!! I f... fix... Um... I ch-change..."
OH NO. YOU DEACTIVATED THE BOMB WITH YOUR HACKING SKILLS.
ALPHYS: "Yeah! That's what I did!"
CURSES! IT SEEMS I'VE BEEN FOILED AGAIN! CURSE YOU, HUMAN! CURSE YOU, DR. ALPHYS, FOR HELPING SO MUCH! BUT I DON'T CURSE MY EIGHT WONDERFUL VIEWERS FOR TUNING IN!!! UNTIL NEXT TIME, DARLING!
ALPHYS: "W-wow... W-we really showed him, huh? ... H-hey, I know I was kind of weird at first... But I really think I'm getting more... Uh, more... M-more confident about guiding you! S-so don't worry about that b-big d-dumb robot... I-I'll protect you from him! A-and if it really c-came down to it, we could just t-turn... Um, nevermind. Later!"
Failing to defuse all bombs in time
TOO BAD, DARLING! YOU FAILED TO DEFUSE ALL OF THE BOMBS WITHIN THREE MINUTES! NOW THE BIG BOMB IS GOING TO BLOW YOU TO SMITHEREENS! READY, VIEWERS? HERE COMES THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR! AHAHAH! GOODBYE, DARLING! AH. IT SEEMS THE BOMB ISN'T GOING OFF.
ALPHYS: "That's b-because!!! While you were monologuing... I...!!! I f... fix... Um... I ch-change..."
OH NO. YOU DEACTIVATED THE BOMB WITH YOUR HACKING SKILLS.
ALPHYS: "Yeah! That's what I did! "
CURSES! IT SEEMS I'VE BEEN FOILED AGAIN! CURSE YOU, HUMAN! CURSE YOU, DR. ALPHYS, FOR HELPING SO MUCH! BUT I DON'T CURSE MY EIGHT WONDERFUL VIEWERS FOR TUNING IN!!! UNTIL NEXT TIME, DARLING!
ALPHYS: "B-boy... That was close, huh? I guess a little closer than I would have liked. I should have given you better directions.... A-and there j-just wasn't enough time... W-well! That's Mettaton's fault, not mine! I c-can't second myself now. I'm f-finally starting to f-feel confident about g-guiding you. I'll protect you from that mean old robot, n-no matter what! If I have to, I'll even t-turn... Um, nevermind. We're halfway over to the core! Let's go!"
MTT NEWS TICKER
UNDERTALE THE MUSICAL
OH? THAT HUMAN... COULD IT BE...? ... MY ONE TRUE LOVE?
[Second playthrough]
... (YOU LOOK BORED DARLING.) (I WANT THIS TO BE A STELLAR PERFORMANCE, SO IF YOU WON'T GIVE IT YOUR ALL...) (THEN I'LL SKIP AHEAD FOR THE AUDIENCE'S SAKE.)
(KA-SIGH...) (THE SHOW MUST GO ON!) OOMPH! I AM SO OVERWHELMED WITH TRAGEDIES. THE KING HAS ORDERED YOU TO WASTE AWAY IN THE CASTLE BASEMENT. AND BEFORE WE EVEN HAD TIME TO SING A SWEET SONG ABOUT IT. MY DEAR HEART! I CAN BARELY LOOK UPON YOU, KNOWING WHAT COMES NEXT... WELL, TOODLES!
[Perform]
(UNDERSTOOD.) (LET'S KNOCK EM' DEAD!)
Meanwhile... Slow dance; this appears below the lyrics depending on how the human moves on stage (Xbox version only)
(DANCE WITH ME, DARLING.)
(OH! THE AUDIENCE CAN FEEL YOUR PASSION!)
(SHOW THE AUDIENCE YOUR PASSION!)
(SO CLOSE... HOW PASSIONATE...)
(... DO YOU NEED SOME HELP?)
(... WHAT ARE YOU DOING?)
(DON'T STOP NOW!)
(LOOK AT YOU, LEAPING AROUND THE STAGE...)
(CAN'T KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF, HUH?)
(IS THAT HOW HUMANS DANCE?)
(HUMANS ARE STRANGER THAN I THOUGHT.)
(OH! THEY'RE REALLY GETTING INTO IT.)
(MOVING SO FAR...)
(WHO CAN BLAME YOU?)
(HMMM, I'LL HAVE TO GET USED TO IT...)
(EVEN BETTER THAN I THOUGHT...)
(SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE.)
(DANCING WITH... A HUMAN.)
(WHAT A SHAME...)
SO SAD. SO SAD THAT YOU ARE GOING TO THE DUNGEON. WELL, TOODLES!
Dungeon
OH NO! WHATEVER SHALL I DO? MY LOVE HAS BEEN CAST AWAY INTO THE DUNGEON. A DUNGEON WITH A PUZZLE SO DASTARDLY, MY PARAMOUR WILL SURELY PERISH! O, HEAVENS HAVE MERCY! THE HORRIBLE COLORED TILE MAZE! EACH COLORED TILE HAS ITS OWN SADISTIC FUNCTION. FOR EXAMPLE, A GREEN TILE WILL SOUND A NOISE, AND THEN YOU MUST FIGHT A MONSTER. RED TILES WILL... ACTUALLY, WAIT A SECOND. DIDN'T WE SEE THIS PUZZLE ABOUT A HUNDRED ROOMS AGO? THAT'S RIGHT. YOU REMEMBER ALL THE RULES, DON'T YOU? GREAT... THEN I WON'T WASTE YOUR TIME REPEATING THEM!! OH, AND YOU'D BETTER HURRY. BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T GET THROUGH IN 30 SECONDS... YOU'LL BE INCINERATED BY THESE JETS OF FIRE!! AHAHAHAHAHAHA! AHAHA... HA... HA! MY POOR LOVE! I'M SO FILLED WITH GRIEF, I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING! GOOD LUCK, DARLING!
Didn't complete puzzle in time
OOOH, I'M SO SORRY! LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE OUT OF TIME!!! HERE COME THE FLAMES, DARLING! THEY'RE CLOSING IN! GETTING! CLOSER! OH MY! ANY MINUTE NOW!!! ... ... (ROBOTIC COUGH)
ALPHYS: "Watch out!! I'll save you!! I'm hacking into the firewall right now!"
OH NO! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN??? FOILED AGAIN BY THE GREAT DOCTOR ALPHYS!! ... THA-
ALPHYS: "That's right! Come on, Mettaton, give up already! You'll never be able to defeat us... Not as long as we work together! Your puzzle's over... Now go home and leave us alone!"
PUZZLE? OVER? ALPHYS, DARLING, WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT...? DID YOU FORGET WHAT THE GREEN TILES DO? THEY MAKE A SOUND, THEN YOU HAVE TO FIGHT A MONSTER.
WELL, DARLING... THAT MONSTER... IS ME!!
[Didn't step on a green tile]
WELL, DARLING...! WELL, WELL, WELL. WELLY WELL WELL. WELL WELLY WELL WELL, WELL WELL WELLY. YOU NEVER STEPPED ON A GREEN TILE. ... AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.
Did complete puzzle in time
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU MADE IT THROUGH THE PUZZLE!!! AND NOW, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, THE FLAMES BE DEACTIVATED! NO! MORE! FIRE! ... BUT IT'S AS THE PHRASE GOES. "OUT OF THE FIRE, AND INTO THE FRYING PAN." THAT'S RIGHT, DARLING! EVEN IF YOU MANAGE TO BEAT THE HEAT... YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND MY HOT METAL BODY! PREPARE YOURSELF FOR MY-
ALPHYS: "Watch out!! I'll save you! Flames, deactivate!! ... ... huh?"
THE HUMAN FINISHED THE PUZZLE. I ALREADY TURNED OFF THE FLAMES. IN FACT, I WAS ABOUT TO FIGHT THE HUMAN.
ALPHYS: "Wh-wh-what? TH-THAT puzzle? I mean, uhh... Great job! We've got him on the ropes, now!"
ON THE ROPES? HA! I ONLY DEACTIVATED THE FLAMES KNOWING THAT ALPHYS WOULD HAVE ANYWAY. ... NOW, WHERE WERE WE? OH YES. I WAS GOING TO ERADICATE YOU!
Battle
THIS IS IT, DARLING! SAY GOODBYE!
[Phone rings.]
IS THAT YOUR PHONE? YOU'D BETTER ANSWER IT!
ALPHYS: "H-Hey!! Th-this seems bad, but don't worry!! Th-there's one last thing I installed on your phone...! You see that yellow button...? Go to this phone's [ACT] menu and press it!!!"
[Don't press "Yellow" right away]
[After pressing "Yellow" immediately]
[After pressing the button, but not immediately]
[After pressing the button after stalling until Mettaton runs out of words]
[After pressing "Yellow"]
OOOH! OOOOOOOH! YOU'VE DEFEATED ME!! HOW CAN THIS BE, YOU WERE STRONGER THAN I THOUGHT, ETC.
WHATEVER.
GRAND FINALE: METTATON
ALPHYS: "H-hey!!! Wh-wh-what's going on!? Th-th-the door just locked itself!"
SORRY, FOLKS! THE OLD PROGRAM'S BEEN CANCELLED!!! BUT WE'VE GOT A FINALE THAT WILL DRIVE YOU WILD!! REAL DRAMA!! REAL ACTION!! REAL BLOODSHED!! ON OUR NEW SHOW... "ATTACK OF THE KILLER ROBOT!"
If this is a re-load after dying by Mettaton's hands
[(Seems like you could skip Mettaton's monologue by turning him around. What would you do?)]
[Skip]
REALLY? WHERE?
[His switch is flipped.]
CLEVER. VERY CLEVER.
Mettaton Battle
YES, I WAS THE ONE THAT RE-ARRANGED THE CORE! I WAS THE ONE THAT HIRED EVERYONE TO KILL YOU! THAT, HOWEVER, WAS A SHORT-SIGHTED PLAN. YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE A HUNDRED TIMES BETTER? KILLING YOU MYSELF!
[If you fire at him with yellow soul]
LISTEN, DARLING. I'VE SEEN YOU FIGHT. YOU'RE WEAK. IF YOU CONTINUE, ASGORE WILL TAKE YOUR SOUL. AND WITH YOUR SOUL, ASGORE WILL DESTROY HUMANITY. BUT IF I GET YOUR SOUL, I CAN STOP ASGORE'S PLAN! I CAN SAVE HUMANITY FROM DESTRUCTION! THEN USING YOUR SOUL, I'LL CROSS THROUGH THE BARRIER... AND BECOME THE STAR I'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF BEING! HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS... NO! MILLIONS OF HUMANS WILL WATCH ME! GLITZ! GLAMOUR! I'LL FINALLY HAVE IT ALL! SO WHAT IF A FEW PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE? THAT'S SHOW BUSINESS, BABY!
ALPHYS: "U..uh... I can't see what's going on in there, but... D-d-don't give up, okay!? Th... there's o-one l-l-last way to beat Mettaton... It's... um... it's... This is a work-in-progress, so don't judge it too hard... But, you know how Mettaton always faces f-f-forward? That's because there's a switch on his backside. S-s-so if y-y-you c-c-can turn him around... um... And, umm... press th-th-th-the switch... He'll be... um... He'll be... Vulnerable. Well, g-g-gotta go!"
[Turn]
OH??? A MIRROR??? RIGHT, I HAVE TO LOOK PERFECT FOR OUR GRAND FINALE! HMM... I DON'T SEE IT... WHERE IS IT...?
DID YOU.
JUST FLIP.
MY SWITCH?
GRAND FINALE: METTATON EX
OHHHH MY. IF YOU FLIPPED MY SWITCH, THAT CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING. YOU'RE DESPERATE FOR THE PREMIERE OF MY NEW BODY. HOW RUDE... LUCKY FOR YOU, I'VE BEEN ACHING TO SHOW THIS OFF FOR A LONG TIME. SO... AS THANKS, I'LL GIVE YOU A HANDSOME REWARD. I'LL MAKE YOUR LAST LIVING MOMENTS... ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!
Mettaton EX Battle
LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!
DRAMA! ROMANCE! BLOODSHED!
I'M THE IDOL EVERYONE CRAVES!
SMILE FOR THE CAMERA!
[PC Version]
[Nintendo Switch/PS4 Version]
Prompt: What do you love most about Mettaton?
SPEECHLESS...? WHO CAN BLAME YOU?
[1 Character Long]
WELL... THAT’S CONCISE.
[2-12 Characters Long]
BEAUTIFUL. SOMETIMES THE FEWEST WORDS SPEAK THE LOUDEST.
[13-49 Characters Long]
NICE. YOU GET A GOLD STAR.
[50-89 Characters Long]
OH MY... WHAT A GREAT ANSWER.
[90-139 Incoherent Characters Long]
OOOOOH, YOU SAID SO MUCH ABOUT ME... I LOVE HOW PASSIONATE YOU ARE. ... EVEN THOUGH I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID...
[140+ Characters Long]
BEAUTIFUL. WHY DON’T YOU WRITE A BOOK?
[1 Compliment Word]
NICE DETAIL... YOU’RE RIGHT. I DO LOOK QUITE NICE.
[2 Compliment Words]
WONDERFUL! AMAZING! A+... I AM COMPLETELY STUNNING.
[3 Compliment Words]
OH, I’M BLUSHING... YOU’RE COMPLETELY RIGHT, I AM BEAUTIFUL IN EVERY WAY.
[4 Compliment Words]
OH MY... I’M SPEECHLESS. YOU’VE COMPLETELY CAPTURED HOW BEAUTIFUL I AM.
["Legs"]
THAT'S RIGHT, LEGS WAS THE CORRECT ANSWER!
["Arms"]
HOW CREATIVE. ARMS... MOST PEOPLE JUST THINK ABOUT MY LEGS.
["Hair"]
MY HAIR... YES, I USE METAL HAIR GEL.
["Personality"]
YES, MY PERSONALITY IS QUITE CHARMING, ISN’T IT?
["Voice"]
THEY SAY I HAVE THE VOICE OF A SIREN... ... AWOOGA!
["Dance"/"Dancing"]
DANCING...? THANK YOU. I’M SELF-TAUGHT.
["I love you"/"I love your"]
WHAT A TOUCHING CONFESSION! I'LL ADD IT TO THE PILE.
["Toby"]
TOBY? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? SOUNDS... SEXY.
[Insult Word]
HUH? THIS ESSAY IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT ME, NOT ABOUT YOU...
[Swear Word]
OH MY! THIS IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY TV SHOW. NOW STAND STILL WHILE I MURDER YOU.
YOUR ESSAY REALLY SHOWED EVERYONE YOUR HEART. WHY DON'T I SHOW YOU MINE?
OOOH, I'M JUST WARMING UP!
BUT HOW ARE YOU ON THE DANCE FLOOR?
CAN YOU KEEP UP THE PACE!?
LIGHTS! CAMERA! BOMBS!
THINGS ARE BLOWING UP!
TIME FOR OUR UNION-REGULATED BREAK!
WE'VE GROWN SO DISTANT, DARLING... HOW ABOUT ANOTHER HEART-TO-HEART?
[Mettaton's arms fall off.]
A... ARMS? WH... WHO NEEDS ARMS WITH LEGS LIKE THESE? I'M STILL GOING TO WIN!
COME ON...!
THE SHOW... MUST GO ON!
DR... DRAMA! A... ACTION!
L... LIGHTS... C... CAMERA...
ENOUGH OF THIS! DO YOU REALLY WANT HUMANITY TO PERISH!? ... OR DO YOU JUST BELIEVE IN YOURSELF THAT MUCH?
HAHA, HOW INSPIRING! WELL, DARLING! IT'S EITHER ME OR YOU! BUT I THINK WE BOTH ALREADY KNOW WHO'S GOING TO WIN. WITNESS THE TRUE POWER OF HUMANITY'S STAR!
[Mettaton's legs fall off.]
... THEN... ARE YOU THE STAR? CAN YOU REALLY PROTECT HUMANITY!?
...
After the ratings have achieved 10,000 (or 12,000 before legs fall off)
OOH, LOOK AT THESE RATINGS!!! THIS IS THE MOST VIEWERS I'VE EVER HAD!!! WE'VE REACHED THE VIEWER CALL-IN MILESTONE! ONE LUCKY VIEWER WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO TALK TO ME... ... BEFORE I LEAVE THE UNDERGROUND FOREVER!! LET'S SEE WHO CALLS IN FIRST! HI, YOU'RE ON TV! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ON THIS, OUR LAST SHOW???
"..... oh........ hi... mettaton... i really liked watching your show... my life is pretty boring, but... seeing you on the screen... brought excitement to my life... vicariously
i can't tell, but... i guess this is the last episode...? i'll miss you... mettaton...... ... oh.... i didn't mean to talk so long... oh..........."
NO, WAIT! WAIT, BL... H... THEY ALREADY HUNG UP. ... I'LL TAKE ANOTHER CALLER!
"Mettaton, your show made us so happy!"
"Mettaton, I don't know what I'll watch without you."
"Mettaton, there's a Mettaton-shaped hole in my Mettaton-shaped heart."
AH... I... I SEE... ... EVERYONE... THANK YOU SO MUCH. ... DARLING. PERHAPS... IT MIGHT BE BETTER IF I STAY HERE A WHILE. HUMANS ALREADY HAVE STARS AND IDOLS, BUT MONSTERS... THEY ONLY HAVE ME. IF I LEFT... THE UNDERGROUND WOULD LOSE ITS SPARK. I'D LEAVE AN ACHING VOID THAT COULD NEVER BE FILLED. SO... I THINK I'LL HAVE TO DELAY MY BIG DEBUT. BESIDES. YOU'VE PROVEN TO BE VERY STRONG. PERHAPS... EVEN STRONG ENOUGH TO GET PAST ASGORE. I'M SURE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PROTECT HUMANITY. HA, HA... IT'S ALL FOR THE BEST, ANYWAY. THE TRUTH IS, THIS FORM'S ENERGY CONSUMPTION IS... INEFFICIENT. IN A FEW MOMENTS, I'LL RUN OUT OF BATTERY POWER, AND... WELL. I'LL BE ALRIGHT. KNOCK 'EM DEAD, DARLING. AND EVERYONE... THANK YOU. YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT AUDIENCE!
If Mettaton is killed
H... HA... SO I WAS WRONG. DARLING... YOU REALLY ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO GET PAST ASGORE. WELL THEN... IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO. DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME. I MIGHT SEEM LIKE I'M DYING NOW, BUT... DR. ALPHYS CAN ALWAYS REPAIR ME. AND... BESIDES... EVEN IF I'M NOT CUT OUT TO BE A STAR... I STILL GOT TO PERFORM FOR A HUMAN, DIDN'T I? SO, THANK YOU, DARLING... YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT AUDIENCE!
TRUE PACIFIST EPILOGUE
FRISK, DARLING. CAN YOU HELP ME WITH SOMETHING? WHAT KIND OF MERCHANDISE DO YOU THINK HUMANS WOULD WANT TO BUY...? I'VE THOUGHT OF A FEW IDEAS SO FAR. BUTTONS (WITH MY FACE), STICKERS (WITH MY FACE), CDS (WITH MY FACE)... POSTERS (WITH MY FACE), T-SHIRTS (WITH MY FACE), UNDERWEAR (WITH MY FACE)... ...AND PLUSH DOLLS OF TORIEL. BUT, YOU KNOW. WITH MY FACE INSTEAD OF HERS. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?
[(...) (A yes or no prompt was not provided.)]
FABULOUS! I COMPLETELY AGREE!
OH, FRISK. WHY DON'T YOU GO SEE HOW ALPHYS IS DOING? SINCE THE FLASH OF LIGHT, SHE'S BEEN WORKING HARD TO SET EVERYTHING RIGHT. HA-HA. ABOUT TIME, HUH?
NO MERCY
OH, THERE YOU ARE. YOU UGLY LITTLE CREATURE. YOU'VE MADE QUITE A NAME FOR YOURSELF. SUCH INFAMY...! I'M IMPRESSED. OH. YES. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ALPHYS, SHE'S NOT HERE. WHILE YOU WERE BUSY DOING YOUR, AHEM, THING... SHE WAS RUNNING AROUND EVACUATING PEOPLE TO SAFETY. NOW THEY'RE IN A PLACE WHERE YOU'LL NEVER GET TO THEM. DECIDING NOT TO FIGHT YOU. MY MY, SHE REALLY IS THE ONLY SMART ONE, ISN'T SHE?
[The human approaches.]
OH? HOW SASSY. YOU'RE JUST ITCHING TO GET YOUR HANDS ON ME, AREN'T YOU? WELL... T-O-O B-A-D! THIS WORLD NEEDS STARS MORE THAN IT NEEDS CORPSES! TOODLES!
METTATON NEO
MY MY. SO YOU'VE FINALLY ARRIVED. AFTER OUR FIRST MEETING... I REALIZED... SOMETHING GHASTLY. YOU'RE NOT JUST A THREAT TO MONSTERS... BUT HUMANITY, AS WELL. OH MY. THAT'S AN ISSUE. YOU SEE, I CAN'T BE A STAR WITHOUT AN AUDIENCE. AND BESIDES... THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE... I WANT TO PROTECT. AH HA HA. EAGER, AS ALWAYS, EH? BUT DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL. THERE'S SOMETHING YOU HAVEN'T ACCOUNTED FOR. AS ANY TRUE FAN WOULD KNOW, I WAS FIRST CREATED AS A HUMAN ERADICATION ROBOT. IT WAS ONLY AFTER BECOMING A STAR THAT I WAS GIVEN A MORE... PHOTOGENIC BODY. HOWEVER. THOSE ORIGINAL FUNCTIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN FULLY REMOVED. COME ANY CLOSER, AND I'LL BE FORCED TO SHOW YOU... MY TRUE FORM! FINE THEN! RRRRREADY? IIIIIIIT'S SHOWTIME!!!
Battle
[Kill counter unfulfilled]
[Kill counter fulfilled]
NEUTRAL ENDING (KING METTATON)
Mettaton: HEY THERE, DARLING! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK... THANKS TO YOU, THE UNDERGROUND IS MORE EXCITING THAN EVER! OOH LA LA... STATUES... MONUMENTS TO MY BEAUTY... FLOWERS IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF MY NAME... HEDGES IN THE SHAPE OF MY SMILE... UNDER MY RULE, THE UNDERGROUND'S PROBLEMS ARE OVER, BABY! CROWDING? DREARINESS??? WHO NEEDS THE SUN WHEN YOU'VE GOT THE SPOTLIGHT!!? ECONOMIC COLLAPSE? EDUCATION PROBLEMS? WHAT!? EVERYTHING'S COVERED IN GOLDEN GLITTER! THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS, BEAUTIFUL! AND, I'VE INSTATED A NEW POLICY ON HUMANITY. IF A HUMAN FALLS DOWN HERE... THEY CAN JOIN MY FAN CLUB FOR FREE! OH, YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING ABOUT ALPHYS. DON'T WORRY! I BUILT A STATUE OF HER, TOO. REALLY THOUGH. I REALIZED I WAS... NOT THE GREATEST TO HER. SO I WENT TO APOLOGIZE. AND, TO ASK HER TO HELP ME RULE. BUT I COULDN'T FIND HER. TRUST ME. I LOOKED. ANYWAY. I HOPE YOUR LIFE AFTER MEETING ME... HAS BEEN WORTH LIVING. IT MUST BE A STRUGGLE. PLEASE, THINK OF ME ALWAYS. JUST CONSTANTLY. THINK OF ME POSING. BEAUTIFULLY... OH YESSSS!!!
[If Papyrus is also alive]
Mettaton: OH, MY OTHER AGENT WANTS TO TALK.
Papyrus: HEY!!! IT'S ME, PAPYRUS!! IMAGINE ME WEARING COOL GLASSES, AND A SUIT. AND IMAGINE SANS WEARING SUNGLASSES BEING A BOUNCER. THAT'S OUR LIFE... IT'S SO COOL!!! THINGS HAVE GOTTEN WAY BETTER SINCE YOU CAME HERE!!! WELL, MINUS THE FACT THAT EVERYTHING SUCKS... FOR ANYONE THAT DOESN'T WORSHIP METTATON. AND MINUS THE FACT THAT MY FRIEND UNDYNE IS MISSING. WHO KNOWS WHERE SHE WENT. SHE NEVER LIKED METTATON'S SHOW. PEOPLE WHO DON'T TEND TO KIND OF... DISAPPEAR. I MISS HER A LOT SOMETIMES. IF YOU SEE HER, CAN YOU TELL HER I SAID HI? THANKS! SEE YOU LATER!
DELTARUNE
2016 Q&A
CROSS STITCH BOOK
5TH ANNIVERSARY ALARM CLOCK WINTER DIALOGUE
5TH ANNIVERSARY PRE-CONCERT STREAM
PRE-FINAL BATTLE
SENTENCE CASE
DEAR DIARY...
QUIZ SHOW
COOKING WITH A KILLER ROBOT
MTT NEWS
MTT NEWS TICKER
UNDERTALE THE MUSICAL
GRAND FINALE: METTATON
GRAND FINALE: METTATON EX
PRE-FINAL BATTLE
TRUE PACIFIST EPILOGUE
NO MERCY
METTATON NEO
NEUTRAL ENDING (KING METTATON)
DELTARUNE
2016 Q&A
CROSS STITCH BOOK
5TH ANNIVERSARY ALARM CLOCK WINTER DIALOGUE
5TH ANNIVERSARY PRE-CONCERT STREAM
UNUSED CONTENT
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AGE?
How old is Mettaton?
(the canon-reliant extrapolation that doesn't need to exist)
The short answer: Mettaton is a robot/ghost! It doesn't matter.
My summarized headcanon answer: Mettaton is at least ~150-200 years old.
Canon establishes some vague boundaries for Napstablook's age, who is Mettaton's cousin. Mettaton could really be of any age compared to them, so establishing whether he's "younger" or "older" than they are is key. I'm going to stick with doing a breakdown of Napstablook's age based on canon inference first, but then I'll explain my own headcanon stuff thereafter.
There are Undertale Spoilers but god I'm writing this in 2021 the game came out in 2015 come on.
To explain this to the canonblind, a summary of important UT events is necessary.Long story short, Toriel has lived in the Ruins ever since her children, Asriel and Chara, died.
So let's say that Toriel hasn't had contact with another being for 100 years, as Sans remarks in that image linked earlier. Ignoring all other glaring issues, that would mean that the date Undertale takes place is at least 211X, which seems to be adopted by most people online I've seen who are trying to make sense of the timeline (just google Undertale timeline, you'll get a bunch of theories with varying levels of complexity).
But this would require a lot more theorizing than the game gives us room to do. While there's a possibility that it's been longer than 100 years, and that it's well beyond 211X, we can still establish two things for sure.
...Well, Gerson is an obvious exception. But there's another exception, too. Somebody else has met Toriel before, and they met her when she could still visit Waterfall.
Toriel is known for being an appreciator of snail pie. She likes her snails. She likes them enough that Asgore still stocks them in his fridge out of a sense of nostalgia. The Blook family runs a snail farm.
UnderNet usernames usually follow a very conspicuous pattern, with ALPHYS as the exception. We have StrongFish92 and CoolSkeleton95, which are reminiscent of screen names people take based on the last two digits of their birth year. If it's 211X, this could mean that Undyne was born in 2092, and Papyrus, 2095. (They could also be 1992/1995, who knows! Monster life expectancies are still unknown.) Napstablook's username is NAPSTABLOOK22. But 2022 is after the events with Chara; Toriel would have never had a chance to visit.
But hey, the 1920's were pretty dapper... Why not 1922? Ghosts don't have rules. Like Gerson, they can probably just keep living for a long time/forever (until they take a host and inevitably die with it).
❥ undertale monsters
Monsters are a very diverse race in Undertale. They dwell in the Underground beneath Mount Ebott, while humans and other races/species live on the surface beyond the Barrier. Monsters come in all shapes and sizes, such as rabbits, skeletons, ghosts, shapes, lizards, and so on.
some monsters. monsters on far left/right are robots/dolls inhabited by ghosts.
Despite the negative implication of the word "monsters," monsters in Undertale are not an evil species. It is even said that monster SOULs are made of love, hope, and compassion. It doesn't take hardly anything for a monster to love and care fiercely for others.
Monsters interact with the world using the power of their SOULs, which comes across like magical implements, bullets, sparkles, hearts, or other emotive expressions. They can see SOULs, and make SOULs visible to humans. Where human SOULs come in a variety of hues, monsters all have SOULs that are completely colorless, akin to pure white light, and appear upside down or reversed in comparison to a human's. All monster SOULs appear identical to one another.
Monsters are far weaker than humans, both in physical combat and regarding the strength of their SOUL. This inadequacy is because a monster's SOUL is made up of emotional vulnerability, in a sense. The damage a monster receives from an attacker is dependent on both the monster's will to fight and the attacker's will to hurt. Because a human can strike a monster with such intense violence, a monster can be easily killed by a human who is both used to hurting others, and feels little compassion for those they hurt. A human can kill a monster in one swing, if they are callous enough. Likewise, it takes every monster Underground to equate the SOUL of one human.
Monsters, however, can obtain an "unfathomable" amount of power when they absorb the SOUL of a human. To gain a SOUL, a monster needs to kill the human and take their SOUL, which lingers beyond their body's death. The reverse would be difficult to perform, as monster SOULs perish instantly upon death, and what little physical matter makes up their bodies turns to dust. Their SOUL is gone for good. If a monster were to claim the equivalent of 7 human SOULs, that monster would obtain godhood enough to take control of space-time, continuity, and awareness beyond the 4th wall.
Monsters do not possess "DETERMINATION." In Undertale, DETERMINATION is defined as "The will to keep living. The resolve to change fate." In practice, this is what permits humanity—and likely, any other species—to persist even in the bleakest of circumstances without giving up, especially when their lives are on the line. If a monster loses hope, they become extremely vulnerable; too hopeless, and they "fall down:" a state that renders them comatose, which precedes their death, and subsequent disappearance.
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