A Comedy Musician Reacts | AD INFINITUM by The Stupendium [REACTION]

Insane Ian is a comedy musician and comedy music fan. This week he's reacting to the newest Deltarune song by The Stupendium, "AD INFINITUM"! Like, share, comment, and subscribe!
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[@Insaneian]

Alright, two things: One, right after filming I figured out the name AD INFINITUM means, like...ADvertisement. That kind of ad. Duh. And Two...yes, I meant to read the video description for Stupes' video before watching it and I just forgot in the moment. It probably would have helped a *little* bit, since it says In Deltarune you meet "Spamton G Spamton the salesman. Formed from an amalgam of junk email, online adverts and adware and with a grip on reality about as string as his grip on grammar and syntax, Spamton has fallen on hard times when you find him in his grbage can home." Stupes goes on to say "With my seemingly unerring trend of making songs about crazy and/or evil businessmen. I think we all knew this was coming, right?" So...I figured most of that on my own from the song eventually, so I guess I *did* "get it" but...it still melted my brain, y'all. Whether I knew that info going in or not. Still loved it, tho!

[@Insaneian]

Also, because my brain was melting so much, I missed some AMAZING lines. Stupes really outdid himself in writing and production here. Fantastic work.

[@sneezomcsneezy1074]

It's a pun too. "Ad Infinitum" means "going on over and over for ever" in Latin.

[@Insaneian]

@@sneezomcsneezy1074 oh, yeah! I totally didn't even catch that!

[@CarMedicine]

"Ad Infinitum" can also mean "To infinity" which could be a reference to Spamton wanting to go to heaven, which isn't really mentioned in the song. There's a lot of layers to the title is what i'm saying.

[@Insaneian]

@A_very_cool_dude as I say in the video, I've played Undertale and...I'm not a fan.

[@gamedifficulty_4230]

“This is a boss fight, isn’t it?” “Actually, there’s three”

[@omega9216]

2 on Pacifist 1 on Snowgrave

[@EmberStorm36]

@@omega9216 Pacifist: 1 forced encounter, 1 secret Normal: same as above but can only get secret by sparing the forced encounter. G̶̳̥̫̈̂ȅ̴̳͊͝n̶̳͉̋o̵̘̳̎c̷͇͓̄̒͝ḭ̷̢̾d̴̛̺̱͐ȇ̴̖̹͒̊: forced only Snowgrave: the entire snowgrave route is secret, so I guess even though your forced to fight him, I would class this as secret.

[@franconunez925]

Also "You get to see his breakdown on live" You fool! He isn't having a breakdown, HE IS THE BREAKDOWN!

[@macaylacayton2915]

yeah XD I only did the main one in the story

[@macaylacayton2915]

@@franconunez925 NOT WRONG!

[@EastPort10]

"A huge assault on the senses" Evidence that Stupendium did Spamton's character justice.

[@EastPort10]

Honestly these reactions are cracking me up because like, yeah, exactly. Spamton is just so fudging chaotic. Nothing he says makes sense, but also doesn't not make sense either. Just when you think you understand whats going on Spamton takes a 90 degree turn towards the nth dimension. Resulting in reactions like: "I don't understand a god damn thing" "It's gone, all the words. I cant use anymore, he's used them all up" "Adderall might be, might be useful here" "Your watching my breakdown in real time" "I know how to pay attension, while my eyes bleed" "I don't know what any of it means" (We don't understand much better to be fair) "It's so rapid fire. I'm twenty minutes into this thing, in a five minute video" If you ever walk away from Spamton, not thinking to yourself "What the fuck was that?" then Spamton's character wasn't written correctly. So seeing these reactions just shows how well Stupendium did because... what the fuck was that???

[@monke7919]

Yeah stupendium basically Took Spamton's main personality trait/flaw Hugely exaggerated it And gave him a voice to match the character

[@thedogguy2137]

@@EastPort10 I like the little seam reference in you comment

[@SawdustSalad]

Exaggerated it?@@monke7919

[@Beef__]

Stupendium makes enough ‘sinister capitalist’ songs that it should be defined as a sub genre he specialises in. Another bonus, all of his ‘sinister capitalist’ songs absolutely SLAP

[@SockimusPrime]

I believe Stupes refers to his "Evil Businessman" genre as Bureaucro-hop.

[@johanloubser8138]

And they all reference The Fine Print too!

[@monke7919]

Stupendium geners Villain Villain but greed Stupidity Innuendo(only cans song) Puns (pretty much all his songs)

[@thatshyfox9480]

@Beet Geronimo shhhh you'll wake the others... #s74yw0k3naka5l33p1sf0rthew34k

[@skoopdewoop]

" I am escaping to the only place not corrupted by capitalism; SPACE"

[@thekeeper1287]

I just now realized that the "moist delicious cookies" part is basically a reference to how your search browser saves "cookies" when searching things. And so they have this data on you and try to push ads based on what you searched. Delicious cookies indeed

[@Uniformtree000]

Another genius thing is that it gives the viewer a few seconds to find ground to stand on and breathe before being plunged into the chaos again before you can fully realize what happened thus making it even harder to get a grip on things.

[@trdl23]

Oh man, NOW I get it! That's the one line that threw me.

[@standardhuman8675]

.... ...godAMMIT STUPES-

[@Meepswonder]

Art style from cookie clicker game too

[@criseist9786]

Plus, the following lines all relate to the "cookies" given: you searched cat pics online. Thus it goes from cat pics to a bunch of different terms loosely related, the search term of one line betting used to suggest the next, all the way until it wraps back around to bobcat. At which point spamton gets annoyed saying "do you want a cat or not?" Literally that entire section is the robot trying to use your cookies to sell you things, just like irl. Such a good sequence.

[@standardhuman8675]

every time he pauses and says something like "this is too much for my senses" i smile to myself because it gets so much worse/better/more

[@MarioPerez-ng9it]

[@SpringyGirl69]

My ADHD really likes this

[@franconunez925]

@@SpringyGirl69 In my case, as someone who enjoys the adrenaline shots from anxiety, this... Is nice.

[@OrtonLongGaming]

@@MarioPerez-ng9it nice

[@MarioPerez-ng9it]

@@OrtonLongGaming

[@illjan]

i especially love the part in the second verse, where he finds out you searched for cat pics, then commits an entire part to cat puns such as catchup, proceeds to go on to name a bunch of related products which chain together barely ( like " cat plush? plush toy? toy box? box wine?...") until he wraps around to " shishkebab? bobcat? DO YOU WANT A CAT OR NOT?" Now if that is not stupendium, i do not know what is

[@FurryWhoGames]

Its how i feel google and other recommendation shopping websites work when they go off your recent searches, like “WHY ARE YOU LOOKING AT SO MANY CATS IF YOU DONT WANT ONE!?”

[@itisALWAYSR.A.]

Cookies do do that to your adspace

[@itisALWAYSR.A.]

I still remember the time I bought a shower curtain for my mom on amazon. For the next 3 months, I was getting recommendations of other [[shower curtain]]s, just in case I was some kind of crazed [[shower curtain]] enthusiast

[@Sleepy-yp4wx]

@Always R.A Damn, that’s the yellow curtain with the orange spots! I haven’t gotten that one yet?

[@ZuzuClownery]

@@itisALWAYSR.A. moist delicious cookies

[@StarChargerStudios]

To explain spamton, he just kinda… shows up out of a dumpster suddenly while you are walking through an alley, with no context. He pops out, gives you the pitch, word for word, that stupendium does at the beginning of the video, And starts fighting you. During the fight, he talks about how he wants your [heart-shaped object] and how he can give you what he knows you want: [hyperlink blocked]. After haggling with him to win the fight, he tells you to find him at the dump, and if you don’t backtrack to a obscure location, that is the last time you see him. If you go back to said location, you find him running a shop, when you can purchase items with ever-changing stats for ever-changing prices, but when you buy them, you receive a useless, broken version, at which point he insists that you didn’t get scammed, it was always like that. If you talk to him, he’ll give you the background that he used to be a [BIG SHOT!1!], and that everything used to be great, and how he’ll eventually get back to the top and surpass that [clown around town], referring to another character in deltarune. If you ask about friends he gives the response that you and him are already friends, and that you don’t need anyone else. After this his eyes fill with static as he says “…..mike….” Then returns to his normal self. He will offer you a [specil d3al], in the form of purchasing a key, going into the final area, and finding a secret door to unlock with it, to get [hyperlink blocked]. I never found the door, so you will need to research the rest yourself, or if someone could reply to this comment and explain further, that would be great.

[@StarChargerStudios]

Also kromer isn’t the games currency, but spamton refers to it as kromer, and this is never explained.

[@was---nn1vh]

Well, from what I recall, when you get the key you need to go to a specific room in the Queen's Mansion (The main "bad" "guy" of Deltarune Chapter 2). And after opening a door you will find a dilapidated kind of basement, and there you will find a broken machine. If you interact with the machine you will get an item called "EmptyDisk". After getting it you need to give it to Spamton and he will upload himself into the disk. But before that he will ask for you to upload him into the machine. If you put him inside the machine, Spamton will take control of the machine and will distort it to fit his appearance more. Then the secret boss fight will start. After defeating Spamton, you can go back to the area where you bought the key from him, and you will find his colleagues (The 4 guys in the boxes that sing the chorus of the song). After speaking with each one of them, you will get a little bit of background about him. And basically, he was just like them but he was the unluckiest. He barely could complete a single deal, where the others could at least do a couple. One day, a mysterious entity started to speak with him through phone calls, and from there he started to gain unbelievable success. He got so much success that he started to live in the Queen's Mansion, but his colleagues abandoned him out of envy. However, when the entity stopped calling him, his bad luck came back and he lost everything. That, together with the things the entity told him about (like he is character of a videogame), made him go insane. And that's why there's a part of the song where he pleads to stop taking his furniture. Because the Queen's subordinates kicked him out of there. There's more things about him, but that is starting to go into theory territory, so I will stop here. Hope I helped.

[@Artizap_]

@@StarChargerStudios I think “Kromer” is referencing Cryptocurrency

[@reddragon8167]

@@Artizap_ The explanation I heard for that was that it's a mutation of the word "kroner," Norwegian currency (singular: krone).

[@macaylacayton2915]

don't you dare forget mike now! he's important as he basically sparked Spamton's breakdown we see whenever we meet him

[@lorben9601]

My favorite line in the song is "You seem unaware of all the money you could earn If you wanna get the gold Well there is stuff you gotta learn Milk the humans of their kindness Then there’s [[butter to be churned]]" "Milk of human kindness" is a phrase from Macbeth meaning compassion or empathy. Turning human compassion [milk] into money [butter]. Like shady charity companies that keep the majority of donations for themselves. Which is a group that heavily relies on spam and robocalls to collect donations.

[@calbighommie2957]

Nice use of genius

[@heliveruscalion9124]

that just reminded me of strong from fallout, who believes that the milk of human kindness is something he can drink to get stronger

[@IDontReallyWantAYoutubeHandle]

Huh, I heard that line and thought he was referring to Reddit, especially with the "wanna get the gold" and the "kindness" bit, kinda how people tend to say "thank you for the gold, kind stranger!" Maybe it could mean both knowing Stupendium lmao

[@curtisholsinger6023]

Dang. That's impressive, what an inspired lyric

[@rowen616]

MILK OF HUMAN KINDESS?? THATS WHAT STRONG WAS TALKING ABOUT?

[@GrahamChapman]

AD INFINITUM is what sensory overload feels like... kinda reminded me of Bo Burnham's "Welcome to The Internet"... It certainly managed to capture that feeling of "Could I interest you in everything, all of the time? Anything and everything, all of the time?"

[@macaylacayton2915]

wouldn't that apply to ANYTHING relating to spamton?

[@leovaldez680]

That song was actually written by Spamton

[@macaylacayton2915]

@@leovaldez680 I would believe that XD

[@Radechanicalarsonist]

Yess

[@Zzzubie]

At least welcome to the internet is in full sentences

[@PhirePhlame]

Toby Fox has a history with side-story characters being absolute breakouts. There's Sans (a skeleton) in Undertale, then Jevil (based on the "Joker" playing card) from Deltarune Chapter 1, and now Spamton (a spambot personified) in Deltarune Chapter 2.

[@macaylacayton2915]

sans wasn't a side character though, nor is jevil and spamton based on previous trends from Toby if you think about it. seriously in Undertale most of the deeper lore(timelines, a bit of gaster, and that stuff) came from sans and flowey in undertale so if that remains true in deltarune, jevil and spamton will become important in some way

[@joeclager253]

@@macaylacayton2915 I think their point though is that in a standard playthough, if you arent digging for all the lore, none of the characters really have much effect on the story. sans is the most involved of the three, but he's a comic relief character, and while he asks you to be friends with his brother, he never really directs you in any way, nor is he an obstacle. jevil is really easy to never see once, and if you dont go back to the dump after fighting spamton, he's just a kind of weird one-off miniboss

[@macaylacayton2915]

@@joeclager253 not my point actually, I am taking into account every part of the game, so actually I was looking more in-depth than most people

[@aaronnwithtwoNs]

Wonder who it’ll be in chapter 3 Hey that rhymed

[@PlatinumSceptile]

@@aaronnwithtwoNs m i k e

[@dillonrhodes8492]

You probably didn’t notice this first shot but in the first Cyber City verse (the music man reference), the statue was of Papyrus (the funny spaghetti man) and then in the second one (the gotta have it gotta have it), the statue turned into Spamton. And for Mike, the funny thing about Mike is nobody knows what Mike is.

[@HalfBreadChaos]

The opening ("either you are closing your eyes to....") is also a reference to that same Music Man song, as he opens with "Either you are closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge, or you are unaware of the caliber of disaster indicated by the presence of a Pool Table in your community."

[@ohmykaren1894]

Mike and 1997 are referenced in game multiple time, which ppl have connected to an ad that has a very similar phrase to "do you wanna be a big shot" though the phrase said in game is a bit different and recorded by Toby himself

[@THE-CRT]

Mike is basically a tv headed person

[@michaellindenmuth9446]

I actually hope it is a reference to Mike TV from Willy wonka and the chocolate factory.

[@shadowshiftercomics]

@@THE-CRT he isn't

[@angelinasurzhyk6655]

About the "sponge who hates its 4.99 life" line - initially I didn't know it was from the game, misread the subtitles as "sponge who hates you is 4.99", simply accepted the fact that that Stupes is trying to sell me a sponge who hates me, shrugged and moved on🤣

[@Pagan_0210]

I had the same thing but instead mishearing it as "sponge you hate"

[@Nova-bv5qb]

HAHAHAHA IM DYING

[@OmniscientWarrior]

There are a lot of lines in this that are from the game

[@blakksheep736]

HAHAHAHAHA

[@off-the-grounder568]

Guess it was abrasive.

[@doodles990]

Something kind of weird I've noticed. Ad Infinitum has been reacted to a *lot* since it came out, which is not usual for Stupendium songs; I usually struggle to find reactions or breakdowns of his music. And yet almost all the reactions I've seen, the reactor doesn't actually know anything about Spamton, and many haven't even heard of Deltarune.

[@ЕвгенийСемёнов-в2щ]

Shwabadi DOES know Spamton (he even suggested making this song in the first place), and so his reaction was even more powerful. Song literally melted his brain.

[@DivisorOfZero]

Yeah I've noticed it too that a lot of nerdcore has latched onto the song even though practically none of them have played the game and I think it's because it's hit the algorithm hard somehow... also I loved Shawbadi's reaction to it

[@exploratory-fordora9672]

@@DivisorOfZero ya it hit the argerathem HARD because of its quickness short attention span and it’s (dumb..? Not the right word but the best way to describe it) and when it’s mixed together it Appels to a BIG amount of people

[@itisALWAYSR.A.]

The algorithm gods love that there's a song about them now

[@exploratory-fordora9672]

@@itisALWAYSR.A. this is the best comment to ever exist!! (Exactly tho)

[@purpleluckxd371]

My favorite line from this video (which is full of good lines) is probably: “You. Want. It. Need. It. Don’t. You. See? But if you want to make your screen green, then you are going to need my kromer key.” Not only do I love Stupendium’s delivery of the line, the fact that it is a pun, and the visual joke that went with it, but I also love how it is also such a good layered reference to the game. “Make your screen green” is not only a reference to the word “green screen”, but is also a phrase that means getting a lot of money. The “kromer key” part of it is a reference to “chroma keying” which is what you need to do in order to use a green screen, but it heavily goes back to Spamton’s character. In the game, Spamton sells you a key that you need in order to fight the secret boss of the chapter (a powered up version of Spamton himself) and Spamton always calls the currency of the game Kromer. Do not only is the line a green screening reference, but it is also a reference to how Spamton is telling you “If you want to succeed, you need this key that I’m selling”.

[@denisaene2308]

Not to mention, there's the possibility that Spamton's motivation in the game is to break through the fourth wall and reach "real life" (he claims to want to rise higher than anyone and look right into "HEAVEN") by using the main character's SOUL - which is controlled by the irl player - so that line and visual might even have a triple meaning!

[@CarMedicine]

Thank you for saying what i couldn't.

[@ConsarnitTokkori]

additional detail: the kromer key scene also reveals that the glasses are opaque so stupes wasn't seeing anything during filming

[@rexor8527]

I know I'm late, but there is actually another monetary meaning, there are the obvious ones, Kromer, being what he calls the currency and, literal paper money, but what else was a big thing around say... 1997? stocks. all you need to do is look up "stock exchange" to see how "if you want to make your screen green" links up

[@crjonch8044]

Another late reply, but the segment where it’s “ you. Want. It. Need. It.” Is also a reference to when spamton will cut his sentences short so the bracket text doesn’t overwrite his speech when he’s giving you directions. This song is amazing and stupendium always does the best homework

[@MrBulldog91]

Stupes himself said he sent the boss battle music to his producer along with the soundtrack to "The Music Man". Saying he wanted a combination of the two. So props to you for picking up so much of what the song inspiration was and the characteristics of spamton. He wanted to make this song a relentless sales pitch. A verbal assault and damn he nailed it.

[@ParadoxFree]

I'm not surprised. He absolutely would make a Music Man reference in a song about a down on your luck salesman.

[@FriskDrinksBrisk]

*they

[@MrBulldog91]

@@FriskDrinksBrisk thanks for the correction. I still make that mistake all the time

[@nicool350tm3]

I am ASTOUNDED at how well you understood Spamton's character, WITHOUT EVER SEEING Spamton or playing Deltarune before listening to that song, just by listening to the damn song. This goes to show how accurate Stupendium's song is to Spamton. To answer some of your questions though, Spamton G. Spamton is a secondary-centric character of Chapter 2 of Deltarune. He's depicted as a Crooked Salesman, expert in the art of money baiting. He used to make big deals, now it's just scams. Once he was like the blue, yellow, pink and orange characters that appear a few times : they're called Addisons, and Spamton used to be an Addison. But then someone known as "Mike" called him, promised him BIG SHOTS!! and to be famous with lots of money. He made it big by scamming and with Mike's help, getting in the Queen's mansion and everything. Big life. But one day, Mike stopped calling. Communication was cut and Spamton started falling to his demise. From the mansion to the dumpster. His encounter in the game is a secret bossfight, much like Jevil if you're familiar with Deltarune's Chapter One, but you see him more in the chapter - he's introduced by himself in an alley, as he jumps out of a dumpster and "fights" you, well, entices you to make a deal with him. Then you'll see him at his homemade storefront, where he'll scam you a lot and get you to find the Queen's basement to get a certain object from, bring it back to him, then BACK to the basement. This unlocks his secret bossfight (the first encounter is a must, you can't bypass it). There, hope this clears up some things about Spamton! Spamton is not evil, not meant to be evil. He's just... *[Desperate.]*

[@GamingPlush64]

Just so it makes a wee bit more sense for the song, Spamton G Spamton is a [down on your luck] salesman trying to sell you [Hyperlink Blocked] so you can be a [Big Shot!], primarily representing spam ads on the internet and speaking in broken [popular culture] brackets, usually substituting for some other more important message being blocked somehow. He used to be a [Big Shot!] until the [voice on the phone] stopped talking to him and the [wonderful audience] took away his furniture. Take his deal, and he'll show you [Hyperlink Blocked] like you've never seen before!

[@itisALWAYSR.A.]

This is truly the best description I've seen for the [embodiment] of [Internet spam]

[@cetadel6597]

His [!?!?] DEALS, DEALS! are truly great for [BigShot!s] like YOURSELF!

[@mr.cobalt1668]

Another thing to note about Spamton's [verbal tic] is that it's representative of an [Adware? on MY computer?] which sometimes causes your browser to replace random text with spam links based on [word association game].

[@cetadel6597]

His [50% Off!] speech style is because he is a [Malware1997] SPAM virus. [Mike] could be his [Master!] [Maker!] or [Sales Rep] [INTERN]. Just [Remember] when [My house is full of traps] that SPAM SPAMTON G SPAMTON is a [#1 Rated Salesman Circa 1997.] That kind of [BigShot] is not to be trusted.

[@theworstghost123]

Ah, [DAGANRONPA MONTH] KZbinr, of course you would [LOVE] Stupes [MUSICAL MONTHLY SONGS]

[@BunnyLove5763]

25:23 Man doesn’t know a thing about Spamton and yet still somehow makes the connection between him and Mettaton. They’re designs and themes are so strongly similar that even someone who doesn’t care for Undertale and hasn’t played Deltarune can understand that they’re connected. I’ll take it as a compliment to Toby’s design prowess (and Stupendium’s incredible presentation of said design)

[@carpedm9846]

That defeated look on 22:30 is killing me. "Here he goes again" Are we sure Stupes is ok? He doesnt consume like. An entire continent worth of sugar supplies to get a high for these right?

[@SomeName_AlsoHandlesSucc]

"Sugar"

[@heliveruscalion9124]

@@SomeName_AlsoHandlesSucc nose sugar!

[@amishrambo4096]

in additon, i think he still does this in his off-time from his day job

[@carpedm9846]

@@amishrambo4096 he no longer does that, it has been a few years, I had commented something of sorts and Stupes corrected me. Its great to know that he's doing what he loves

[@amishrambo4096]

@@carpedm9846 aw hell yea!

[@ayzekpie9432]

After Stupendium explained that "ya got trouble" this is a line from "Music man", I quickly looked at it and began to notice all these phrases from it that had no meaning before.

[@madoxgames122]

Yeah, throughout the whole song, he employs the pacing and tempo from several songs from The Music Man (not just lyrics) as well, which is honestly perfect for the character.

[@Dr.-Stoat]

This is the trashiest Stumps song and it's a masterpiece

[@redballoon9007]

Hehehe....trash-

[@Lokear]

@@redballoon9007 GODDAMN GARBAGE CAN

[@larrythebunnie3747]

I'm not sure if this is a compliment to the song or not, your saying it's trash but also a masterpiece , I'm just gonna take it as this song compliment cuz yeah this song was certainly [gotta have it]

[@Dr.-Stoat]

@@larrythebunnie3747 I'm totally complimenting the song, it's a joke that the song is full of spam

[@BolasMinion]

Stumps

[@kaardbord8199]

Fun fact, he did say he wrote the song to be like Spamtom's boss fight in the game, with the words jsut being thrown right at you, which you can literally see at one point in the video!

[@FriskDrinksBrisk]

*they

[@kaardbord8199]

@@FriskDrinksBrisk this was written two years ago, a long while before The Stupendium publicly came out and changed their pronouns 🫶

[@FriskDrinksBrisk]

@@kaardbord8199 oh, sorry.

[@emred4653]

"its gone, all the words. I cant use anymore, he's used them all up" lmao

[@dogbert1440]

"this is a boss fight isn't it" oh it's MULTIPLE boss fights (technically three), two side quests through two routes, AND a shop

[@VoidRAZ]

Once in the song, and a few times in the game, he calls the listener/player sponge or little sponge. (Sponge who hates his 4.99 life being a direct line from the game) While never spelled out for you, I think this is to show his character motivation. He's gonna squeeze every drop out of you that he can.

[@J_dnvg]

This song put the Insane into Insane Ian. Pefection. Im glad you too have finally experienced the [[Communion]] with [Number #1 Rated] [Musician]

[@heliveruscalion9124]

[Circa 1997]

[@Tulip_bip]

i love how almost nobody who's reacted to this song knows anything about deltarune lmao but in all honesty, this song is such an enigma. cuz like i love it in every meaning of the word, but it's so insane that i can never really find the words to describe how i feel about it. the quality is mind bogglingly fantastic, the lyrics are so well written that it makes my brain hurt with all the sneaky references and double meanings. everything about it is just so accurate to spamton as a character and its amazing

[@onilink0thefur]

I've found it to be incredibly infuriating actually. Some of them are redeeming, cause it's actually amazing to see someone who knows nothing about spamton, over time understand exactly what he's all about just from the song. Which speaks volumes to how well it was made. But too many just go 'haha, that was fun'. All the talent and nuance is lost.

[@Tulip_bip]

@@onilink0thefur im sure more people who are invested in this stuff will find the song really soon

[@tiff0795]

My husband got so scared when he heard this song. He absolutely loves the song and quotes it constantly, it's just...his name is Mike.

[@ayzekpie9432]

There is no better reaction to this song than silence so dead that you can hear the hum outside the window. Thanks for the video, another week of trying to sing along to Stups is provided for me

[@The_Stumbler]

9:55 as Dan bull said, this is a perfect representation of sensory overload. The only thing is this is a good song as well.

[@superspider64]

"I don't understand a god damn thing" To be fair that's pretty much Spamton in a nutshell Also to put emphasis on what GamingPlush64 said, his initial fight is less a fight and more you surviving and listening to him ramble as he tries to swindle you into the idea of a side quest Also to explain Mike, Mike was apparently someone Spamton was friends with when he was a [BIG SHOT]

[@laytonspuzzle]

What a fun reaction, watching your mind melt. I think Stup's description that the rap lyrics hit you like attacks is accurate. And after all, Spamton doesn't want you THINKING about what he's selling, he wants you BUYING. This song is a ride even if you are familiar with who Spamton is. I do think it's fun watching people be introduced to Spamton through this, even if they do never wind up playing Deltarune. Finally, our dumpster goblin is making his way around town. You are correct in guessing that Spamton is a boss in Deltarune. I'm a Deltarune fan, so to give a little context on a few things, I will say that Kromer is a currency used by Spamton and only Spamton, and a Cungadero is a car model that Spamton sold in his heyday, before everything in his life came crashing down... Oh, and we don't know who Mike is either. Thanks! I liked the video!

[@mchsprod]

@mars5012005 Another widely accepted theory is that mike will be the main antagonist of chapter 3 (Jevil mentioned Queen, Spamton mentions Mike). Both secret bosses seem to have connections to Gaster but Mike is clearly another entity. Edit: less narcissistic

[@--CHARLIE--]

@@mchsprod its also possible mike wasn't the caller, and it was gaster, but mike will be the main antagonist of chapter 3. Its also possible both Mike and Gaster called at different points, and perhaps Spamton knew they were different people or perhaps he didn't.

[@mchsprod]

@@--CHARLIE-- You are correct, I doubt Mike is the caller, the WD Gaster calling theory is the one I agree with. The only way to know for certian is to wait for chapters 3-5 to release.

[@navc8522]

@@mchsprod My personal theory is that Mike is simply the name Gaster went by when calling Spamton. Considering Spamton refers to a character named "Tenna" in the Sweepstakes (the page where he mentions the "DAMN [Boob Tube]" is called "damn_you_tenna"), but seems to still hold some sort of reverence for Mike (EVERYONE EXCEPT..... Mike...), I think Tenna was responsible for sending Spamton crashing down in some way. Maybe he tried to use Tenna to find out more about Mike, which broke their deal and caused Mike to ditch him.

[@mchsprod]

@@navc8522 I posted my original replies over a year ago, before the Spamton Sweepstakes. It's interesting seeing how the theories have changed since the Sweepstakes.

[@hey.whataboutme8744]

I know I'm 3 days late to the party but all I got to say is that if you ever wanted to describe ADHD to someone just play this song.... This is the perfect representation of sensory overload which people with neurodivergencies like ADHD and autism experience a lot

[@ParadoxFree]

This song is the one time I enjoy being overstimulated. There's something so familiar about his style that makes me love it.

[@TigerSwipes]

Can confirm, as someone with ADHD 👀

[@--CHARLIE--]

As someone with both, I disagree. Then again its different for different people. At this point im starting to think the only kind of overloads I get are from my Misophonia, OCD, and also an inability to carry out tasks if given too many instructions or tasks. Which is more of a request input overload than a sensory overload. And the other two are more annoyance overloads.

[@frogking-jn5rz]

As a Person with Autism i can Confirm that too much noises can cause sensory overload however as a fan of Toby Fox's work this song does not bother me it only bothers me if its stuff like rock star music or other loud songs however this would still be brain melting for alot of people including people with neurodivergencies

[@theannoyingdahg]

Yeah he's watching this like "are my eyes bloodshot?" "there's so much going on" meanwhile this is my approximate Tuesday lol

[@Derpy_Bird427]

Oh as soon as I saw this song the first thing I thought of was "how in the world is Ian going to react to this?" And I can't say I didn't get what I expected... A melted brain.

[@Syphix-e2c]

Knowing the lyrics to the song at 22:28, seeing him just look u pat the camera in despair makes me laugh every single time XD

[@theoceanistblu9346]

Why does Ian have the ability to say the funniest things in such a straight face?

[@Insaneian]

I'm a professional 😅 thanks

[@dynos1999]

“My brains are pudding” by the end of it, he transcended high enough to have multiple brains, and deteriorated enough to also have them all melt. Gotta love Stupendium

[@Shy_Doodless_2]

[Hoochi mama!] this was [A deal you can’t pass up!]. This was one of [stupendous!]’s most ambitious and interesting songs, but it certainly [pays the bill] wonderfully!

[@unintentionally_edgy5867]

Somehow, stupendium made an ad out of a slow descent into madness that’s blisteringly fast. And it’s still somehow feels like a criticism of capitalism Edit: also where can I get that rapping skill. I guess those who have it really have and if you haven’t well you’ve had it couldn’t hack

[@doodlenoodle8446]

As someone who has A.D.D this song makes perfect sense and I was able to keep up with it and it kinda reminds me how I think in full speed with a 100 of things appearing and disappearing so quick,

[@ardenlyn0817]

I said it on Stupe’s video, but I’ll say it again: This song is the equivalent of my brain without adhd medication.

[@rythmiccoma2809]

The goal of a reaction video is to do a breakdown. And we see here the song admirably breaking down Ian's entire mind in real time

[@frigidartist5732]

21:29 This the 3rd time we've heard a version of a Honestly Policy bar in some form. Never gets old.

[@gamedifficulty_4230]

I’m also like 80% sure that the “honestly” is literally taken from one of the other songs

[@ParadoxFree]

I didn't catch that at first because the "policy" came before "honestly" but that's quite the detail.

[@Hawkx10]

I've watched multiple people play through Chapter 2 of Deltarune, seen all three endings multiple times (pacifist, neutral and genocide/snowgrave/crazy), heard VA's dub Spamton's lines multiple times and I still had trouble following this. You have NOTHING to be ashamed of Insane Ian. And BTW in one route he is the final boss and another he's an optional side boss. Each chapter has an optional HARD boss and this guy is it in the... not genocidal ending

[@Phobiaph0bic]

The very beginning was a Music Man reference too! (The “Either you are [closing your eyes] to [savings] you do not wish to acknowledge-“ part)

[@scorpx3790]

I played the game. I played it. And yet the first 5 times i listened it i was questioning "Can i even call it a song? Like... is this music?" Later on i started to enjoy the song and recognize some game references. Now i love it. Too much i shall say. It has a lot of chaos but it's an ordered chaos and it's beautiful

[@DevilM18]

the greatest thing about Spamton is that he is a secret optional boss! Toby always has one in his games, chapter one was the clown he referred to, god I love the characters he makes

[@SatireDepartment]

Just by your reaction to how this Spamton and canon Spamton talks with no context of the character’s behavior is the funniest shit to me, I never realized he is in fact a really bizarre character. If I wasn’t as chaotic as I actually am I would probably be just as confused, but instead I found him quite amusing and relatable, in game his behavior isn’t that weird to me it didn’t distract me that much. Plus almost all the lines are actual quotes.

[@r2d2fromstartrack83]

many of the lines used in the song are directly from deltarune. like "I'm the ow it burns (and so on) but he incorporated them all greatly

[@jivehornet90833]

22:16 is a scarily realistic take on consumers and corporations. If you take it all in its uncannily correct

[@Sunseahl]

Maybe it's just me... I'd been pronouncing the Musician as "O2 - Oxygen" Because it seems like something Stupendium would use as a pun. Looking over at their channel, though... It seems as if it's meant to be the symbol of Infinity... Because there are several other music channels in the group.... oo Carbon, oo Neon.... In fact. This font, when scaled down does make oo look like infinity.

[@Mimikkyudayo]

In summary of who Mike is, Spamton got a call from him, the call made him very successful and a "Big shot", but eventually Mike just stopped calling and Spamton lost everything, "Why wont mike just call me" refers to the call, while "Please don't take my furniture" refers to a line in the game and him losing everything

[@josephconover5270]

It is a reference to one of the lines that is shown when going through your turn in the Spamton NEO FIGHT which is the audience taking away his furniture.

[@johnj.spurgin7037]

Isn't "Mike" actually gaster, or an extraversal character aware of gaster?

[@Mimikkyudayo]

@@johnj.spurgin7037 We really don't known enough about Mike to make any connections to Gaster what so ever, but the undertale and deltarune community will connect anything to Gaster

[@geoshark12]

“Are my eyes.blood shot” nah that just means your now a [BIG SHOT]

[@angelinasurzhyk6655]

Don't worry about not knowing the context/the game beforehand! I barely know anything about the game as well, and I really enjoyed the song - plus, watching "going in completely blind" first reactions is really fun too! :D

[@alexpage4355]

It was great seeing Ian break down in the middle of his breakdown (which was absolutely the correct reaction to this insanity, by the way)!

[@kytoraswolfe1728]

Couple of my friends and I were wondering how you would react to this song. Happy to say we guessed right. But in all seriousness, I still think the darkest line is in the hook, "we can tell you what you want before you realise what you need". A masterful description of marketing today.

[@DigiDuncan]

Was waiting for this, and I'm glad it's melting your brain just as much as I was expecting. Stupes never misses.

[@Shavaaa]

Spamton is a fallen from grace, homeless salesman and the hidden boss in deltarune chapter 2, essentially he is the embodiment of spam, wanting to be free from the strings that bind him

[@that1gamer562]

KZbin should add a 0.001 speed setting so my mortal eyes and ears can keep up with this song.

[@jamesgoodwin1741]

25:30 rather appropriate to the character that he didn't mention Napstablook on the plate.

[@seigeengine]

I have zero context on Deltarune, and I just came from finally watching this song... and dear god has it been a while since I had to exert that much effort to input something into my brain. One detail I loved is immediately at the point where I needed a break, about 3:40 in, the song gives you a break, and that's absolutely a coincidence, I feel, but it worked out for me.

[@GoldKnightProduction]

Undertale and deltarune are also anagrams for "nude alert". :)

[@HopE-xl5fh]

i am very surprise of you because when i first found the channel and was with this song, i couldnt even move until it ended i was literally in shock and after the song i just burst into laughs

[@Darthnova-rd9nk]

I think you right Stumps made a boss fight for break down channels. (Yes this was a boss character)

[@L00t00wii]

This song gives the same vibe as the word flabbergasted

[@bleddynwolf8463]

25:46 may be a reference to One Foot in the Grave, old British sitcom where the main character is always complaining 'bout everything, much like spamton, also high recommend One Foot and any British made before the year 2000

[@sidrenth0512]

I've listened to this several times today and I love it even more each time because I hear more and more references to the musical show The Music Man. In particular, there are references to Rock Island and Yeah Got Trouble and at the very start, you can hear a few strings of music from 76 trombones.

[@dozenDevil]

Hi! I'm the guy that like sometimes write very long comments. So, if you don't like reading long comments, feel free to not read that one! (see what I did there?) I'm a massive fan of Toby Fox's work, big Undertale and Deltarune fan (and I mean [[BIG]]). I love Deltarune for it's story and especially for it's character. Also, I'm a massive fan of Stupendium, I like his style of music and production quality. I knew he was a fan of Undertale (he has a song about it that has 11 million views), and I'm very happy that he did a song about Spamton. I think we all knew it was comming deep down in our hearts. Also also, I'm a big fan of Ian. And if you're reading this, first of all - thanks, second of all - I know that you react mostly to commedy music, but I'm one of those people who watch your Stupendium (and occasional Dan Bull) reactions. I absolutely adore long, very long reaction videos, and you are pretty much the only on KZbin doing that sort of stuff. I think you bring a lot to the table by truly enhancing the "reaction" part of this type of videos. Your Stupendium reactions are always a must watch for, so really thanks for your great content! Right, now that I'm done with the introduction, let's get to the video. As you can tell this video is huge cross section of my interests, and that's why I'm writing this comment. When I first listened to "Ad Infinitum" it felt like a 10 minute song to me after which I was brain-jammed, it's a pretty standart reaction to this song, Stupendium absolutely nailed the character of Spamton and his feel. "I don't have any words to say, he used them all!" was my initial reaction as well. I think it's pretty interesting that you didn't know anything about Spamton *but at the same time* knew about "Music Man" the musical, and not the other way around. Many reactor don't know anything about Spamton as well, and those who know know nothing about "Music Man". I think you might be the only person in the world with this unique set of knowledge. I could talk for our about all of the easter eggs in this video, but most of them will make no sense to you, so I'm just gonna answer a couple of questions from the video: Spamton is indeed a boss fight in game, during which you need to accept or deny deals and dodge the words that are literally from Spamton's mouth. There is also a secret boss fight in the game, where you have to fight Spamton in his NEO form. That's where are the green strings and unsettling interruptions featuring telephone calls are coming from. Also, at the and of the video Spamton is glitching into his NEO from form, which is a neat little detail. Who is Mike? Nobody knows. But we know, however, that a "Big Shot" cereal is a reference to a "Big Shot" soda. Specifically, to it's commercial from 1997 featuring Mike Ditka. That whole ad is an origin of Spamton and that's where the name Mike comes from. As to who is Mike lore-wise, it's ambiguous. Thanks for reading this long comment, I've got nothing more to say. P.S.: "Like and subscribe for more [[Hyperlink Blocked]]!" is actually one of Spamton's quotes in-game, which I find quite amusing.

[@d4s0n282]

was thinking to try the game, any advice while playing it or is it best to just go in pretty much 90% blind

[@dozenDevil]

@@d4s0n282Ok, so first of all - yes. Second of all, Deltarune is an Undertale alternate universe, which means that it has many characters from it. So, if you didn't play Undertale, I suggest you to try it. It's a great game as well, similar to Deltarune with mechanics and gameplay but very different in atmosphere. After that many characters in Deltarune will make much more sense and you'll also be catching other references to Undertale within a game. *BUT* You DON'T need to play Undertale to enjoy Deltarune. All of the recurring characters are in the background, and Deltarune has its own stand-alone cast of characters and a unique story that requires no knowledge about Undertale whatsoever. Yeah, I hope this helps.

[@d4s0n282]

@@dozenDevil never played undertale, but I know pretty much all the lore and stuff, I did not know it was an alternate universe, damn

[@richhutnik2477]

Thanks for doing the video on this. I am trying to analyze the Stupendium song. I am so much in awe at the earworm work for me, that I had not been able to laugh much at it. Way too much to process.

[@richhutnik2477]

The song is not just an earworm, it is a fishing container packed full of worms. This calls for context baiting bad puns... the video baits the viewer with the worms and then hooks the video viewer with the bait. Multiple wormy chunks in it.

[@CarMedicine]

Oh boy, it's over the 25 minute mark for just this one song. This is going to be one [[Big Or-Deal]].

[@Loooore3483]

Fun-fact According to stypendium, he can sing "Everyone's gona have it" part in one take

[@Kris-ck2md]

19:15 Don't apologise for the pausing. It's a good way to do a kind of play-by-play breakdown and analysis.

[@Calimbandil87]

I always like your reactions, but this time I also think it was necessary for listeningtotheactualsong. Without breaks for discussing the content I just got dizzy from the original. Great job!

[@zeldrow1]

I agree with your entire comment, I just have a question... How did you comment 3 DAYS ago when this just came out an HOUR ago? It makes no sense to me.

[@Calimbandil87]

@@zeldrow1 I'm a timelord obviously. I may also be a patron of Ians, one of the perks is the ability to see the videos a few days early... and the ability to tell that timelord joke to those unaware.

[@--CHARLIE--]

@@Calimbandil87 but if you were a timelord it still wouldn't make sense. You can't leave a comment on a video that doesn't exist yet, even with time travel. Never understood the logic behind those kinds of jokes tbh.

[@Calimbandil87]

@@--CHARLIE-- You just have to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow. Causality is not the boss of me

[@toronoc6866]

All the reactors I've seen so far for this song have had the "my brain is a puddle" look at some point during their review. All the little things you caught in this video that I missed the first several times I watched it just make the video so much better. Thank you! You have a new subscriber! =D

[@theworstghost123]

Who wouldn’t love stupes songs? Everything he makes is incredible!

[@MLPTechnoColt]

It's probably been said, but the Music Man references run through the whole song. The melody at the beginning is a corrupted version of 76 Trombones, the bit of the opening monologue just before the first verse is also from Trouble, as are most of the rest of the references in the song. Almost every time Stupes is dressed in the old-timey salesman costume, he's referencing the Music Man.

[@nicool350tm3]

I love to come back to this video and see how actually flabbergasted you were by Ad Infinitum

[@CYCH00]

A little thing that I noticed and now bugs is in the thumbnail and it is that the the red bar, under the “ad ifinitum” picture, is almost filled, which is not in the the other thumbnails

[@maprivero1251]

He wants your heart, to be more specific, your soul to be finally free, he isn't a villan at all.

[@CaptainKillroy]

Kilroy was here...

[@Wolie318]

The second time I watched Ad Infinitum KZbin was glitching out and honestly it kinda improved the experience. Hats off to Stupes for making that sentence a compliment.

[@HoarfrostTrickle]

Having to apologise for a few minutes about not liking Undertale does kinda show the toxicity people may have toward mismatching opinions... In any case, for a few things you couldn't guess without playing the game, the first few lines: "Woah! If it isn’t a Lightner! Hey hey hey! Look like you’re [[all alone on a late night?]] All your friends [[abandoned you for the slime]] you are? Sales gone down the [[drain]] [[drain]]? Living in a goddamn garbage can?!" are taken straight from the game and is how Spamton introduce himself to the player character. Kinda nice to see how well they fits well in the song ^^ Kromer isn't the actual currency of the game but is how Spamton refer to it, it's also a mispelling of Krone (or Kroner in plural), the currency of Norway and Denmark ^^ During the song, for the line "Sponge who hates its [[$4.99]] life boat?", the choice of "Life Boat" being the next element specifically also refer to a line of the game: "WHY BE THE [Little *Sponge] WHO HATES ITS [$4.99] LIFE* WHEN YOU CAN BE A [BIG SHOT!!!]" Spamton is indeed a boss in the game, although a minor boss. He does however have an upgraded form, Spamton NEO, that act as a secret boss (or final boss of the alternate route), this alternate form is however barely represented in this song, but seen toward the end wrapped in wires. As for Mike, I don't believe much is known about him, although it someone that Spamtom clearly hate, that he classify as a criminal. And on a side note as well, Spamton's and actions seems to be the result of mind control, which is broken once the player breaks all of the wires holding him during the secret boss fight. ^^ Given the game mostly take place in an alternate world called "Cyber World", which represents a computer, that Spamton is a personification of all kinds of spam, that's just a guess but I can assume this control is the representation of having our computer infected and used to, in this case, send spam mails and various scams to random people. ^^ Overall though, even without playing the game, there isn't really much context needed to understand the song so, I don't think you really missed that much, at least not for that reason ^^

[@umbrella3235]

Honestly, the toxicity of the Undertale fandom has died down significantly. Sure there is still a bit of it (no fandom is without toxic members), but it's nowhere near as much when it hit peak popularity.

[@HoarfrostTrickle]

@@umbrella3235 Eyup, that's quite true indeed, at least it's good it got better ^^

[@Picardplayz]

this would also be well titled as "Sensory Overload: The Song"

[@enharmonics]

You’ve already been bombarded with Spamton lore so I’m sure you’re already aware that he’s an antagonist with THREE boss fights of incrementally increasing difficulty and you were right that the song’s insane energy mirrors the chaos of his attacks. He’s a miniboss, shopkeeper, and secret boss in a normal route as well as the final boss of the “evil” route, which is the currently the hardest fight in the game.

[@alliecat5237]

top ten funniest possible stupendium songs to hear with no context

[@naughtymelon6712]

That “everybody’s gotta have it” Part is the most lyrically dense thing I’ve ever heard in my life.

[@cyberdaemonfive]

"Yeah... Adderall might be usefull here." Hahaha!

[@amadhatter13]

I congratulate you on making it through this wonderful assault to the senses XD I'm a Toby Fox and musical theater fan, so I love this song. I searched and searched the comments section of the song and no one else seemed to notice the threads of Music Man that wind throughout the entire song, so having you, in the middle of your breakdown, point it out delighted me! Thank you for doing this and I wish you luck picking up the pieces of your brain before your shoes XD

[@xyddum2918]

Yeah, your experience with this song is about the same as mine the first time I listened to it. I can tell it’s fantastic, i don’t know why though… not until I’ve listened to it nineteen subsequent times at least.

[@EpicJosh84]

I love these videos so much, I really like seeing people react to the insanity of The Stupendium's songs and you've done a lot of that so whenever I see a new one I click And this song is an immediate hit with me so that's a fantastic combination

[@generuan3547]

I love the wordplay in this song, but boy was it difficult to understand everything, even as someone studying in computer science. Genius annotations are difficult, alright?

[@mystery_exe]

I appreciate your appreciation

[@bleddynwolf8463]

9:38 the "silly string" may be a reference to the strings attached to Spamton Neo's body during the boss fight

[@velvetphi]

It's also just a direct quote from him in his initial monologue. Well, not *exact*, but it's paraphrasing his line "IF YOU'VE [[LOST CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE]]" "YOU JUST NEED TO GRAB IT BY THE [[SILLY STRINGS]]"

[@bleddynwolf8463]

@@velvetphi good catch

[@Just_a_Dragon69]

"I don't undestand a word" That is basically spamtom for you

[@tortle9336]

I was literally just checking if you had done this yet

[@eddie103]

“This is a boss fight isn’t it?” Only one of the best.

[@samala2931]

Well, if you're bringing up Transformers, I would describe Spamton as a mix of Wreck-Gar and Swindle lol

[@ParadoxFree]

Specifically the Animated incarnation of Swindle. He could definitely sell anything.

[@savvythedivineyethuggable7493]

13:52 "Adderall might be useful here." Me, with ADHD: "Cheers. I'll drink to that, bro."

[@funnymoss-man]

I could pretty much see your brain leaking out of your ears by the end of this, hope you can scoop that back in. Another banger Ian!