Who is the Man with the Egg in Deltarune

[@HalfBreadChaos]

FAQ! Mainly to address mistakes! Q: Wait at 8:12... I thought entering that room resets the flag? A: Aw crap your right! That's my bad! When you try to go to the Sound-Test-Room, or any of the rooms with Gaster Followers, the game rolls a dice to see if you actually go there/get the event, and if you don't, it deletes the FUN value, so you have to turn off the game, change it back, and reboot before you can try again. The footage here is a tad deceitful then, since it implies you can just keep walking in and out of the room over and over rapidly like that, which is not correct at all! I may need to make a video explain why this happened but uh, basically I was editing very late at night, and messed up. Sorry about that! Q: Wow there's a lot of audio/visual bugs here, what happened? A: Mainly a combination of me adding/removing/tweaking a bunch of audio last minute to adjust for info gained during the sweepstakes, and me... trying new editing techniques to try to keep shotcut from wrecking the graphical quality of the sprites. The algorithm does not favor the slow and careful editor, so uhhhh sorry about all the bugginess. Q: Isn't this why you hired another editor? A: Yep! Hilariously the buggiest parts of the video here are the parts she DIDN'T work on! Oops! This was good practice though, I think I'll start spreading out the work a little more to fix this. It's important to remember, when it comes to video editing, and running a channel, I am building this plane as I fly it, so uhhh thank you all for being patient with the crazy turbulent flight this has been. Q: Aren't "EGG" and the "HEH" in "Nyeheheh!" also ties between The Egg, The Knight, and Papyrus? Oh yeah! I completely forgot about that. In Wingdings: E is a finger pointing Left (←) G is a finger pointing up (↑) and H is a finger pointing down (↓) A Knight in chess can only move in an L shape, so EGG ←↑↑ is a viable move! This may connect the Egg to the Knight, or it may be a weird coincidence, hard to say! HEH isn't.. really how I would envision an L ↓←↓ but... technically that puts you in the same place as ↓↓←, which is also a viable move for a Knight to make in chess, so maybe...? I'd be surprised if Toby thought of that though. Q: Isn't the song that place in The Man's room a cover from Yume Nikki? A: Yep! I wasn't sure if I wanted to get into that though, since 1. Megalovania is also a referential song used for before Undertale, and B it opens up discussion about Seccom Masada-sensei, which.. I am not at all qualified or prepared to unpack. Q: Wait, Catpetterz is real??? A: Not exactly, but I'd argue Petz5 is very very similar to what Toby describes. I'd offer you a link to check it out but I'm not even sure the game is legally purchasable anymore. Q: You mentioned links in the description but I can't access them! D: A: Aw crap did youtube do a thing? Here'll put em here so you can still reach em. The voice of Susie was Cycoriot from Hell in a Handbasket, find them on Twitch here: www.twitch.tv/hellhandbasket The voice of Ralsei was Hollarity Find her on Twitch here: www.twitch.tv/hollarity Twitter here: twitter.com/HollarityArt On her Linktree here: linktr.ee/hollarity on her website here: hollarity.com/ The voice of Spamton was Everude! Find his channel here: kzbin.info/door/cdQ9Cn1k_z6ePz_XxgsDPg You can also find him on Walteryosmite's channel here: www.twitch.tv/walteryosmite/ For the Deltarune plays specifically you can find... Part 1 here: www.twitch.tv/videos/1538697011 Part 2 here: www.twitch.tv/videos/1538697073 Part 3 here: www.twitch.tv/videos/1538697145 Here's a clip in case those break clips.twitch.tv/BovineMagnificentChoughNinjaGrumpy-2LY_gqSn-uRRq71C Chao footage (or, the parts that weren't laggy garbage) were provided by Gibby! Find them on Discord here: TheGibbous (HASHTAG) 6840 (Didn't work? Join discord.gg/Y3vQtU5a5H) Tumblr: inportant-spam-rsvp.tumblr.com/ Twitch: www.twitch.tv/The_Gibbous Kofi: ko-fi.com/thegibbous272 KZbin: kzbin.info/door/7D3i_Bo7cnZRq_-1iS8tFQ The outro music was provided by Salticibread! Find her channel here: kzbin.info Wanna check out that Missingno video I keep trying to plug, but can't find it? Don't panic dawg it's right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpaZcpiVZ8yegsU This video got remixed so many times oh god, it would probably be delayed for another week if not for our newest editor Molly m, check out her stuff here: kzbin.infovideos

[@charlieburnham39]

I noticed no audio or visual bugs! Although I didn't pause to read all the addendums and footnotes this time, so I may have missed something. A+ editing though, always very impressive for a channel of your size!

[@UnfunnyGuest]

Hey quick question Is it also possible that the man behind the tree is redacted?

[@Seagullcupcake]

Hi! Just a question. Is there a way to support you without direct donations? Not in a very stable place to be giving away money, but if there is something else, please tell me!

[@Lover_of_ebrietas]

Oooh boy text to speech truly a mark of quality

[@EditUnivers75]

I think at 1:31 the egg second egg was already in asgore's fridge, and kris accidentally mixed the two up and picked up an insignificant egg, leaving it in asgore's fridge to come up in a later chapter?

[@tobysvideos1227]

My theory is that it’s an Easter egg, and the reason it duplicates in the fridge is because by putting it in the fridge you have found another Easter egg

[@jacquespaught]

Easter is only one letter away from Gaster........

[@shatterednova_]

@@jacquespaught this is the same argument that caused "Sans is Ness"

[@jacquespaught]

@@shatterednova_ If you actually watched that video then you already lost.

[@mildlyinvested2992]

@@shatterednova_ to be fair, with the right font if you flip the a in sans 180 degrees it looks like an e, and vice versa.

[@Pipis19971]

YOU JUST MADE ME [see past the dark] RIGHT NOW! please give us more [online schooling] of your knowledge.

[@Noka050]

The fact that egg in wingdings is left up up, which is the movement of a knight is really interesting to me

[@pileorocks]

MMM. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

[@pileorocks]

THAT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE??????????????

[@mulberrytea549]

... wait. I'd need to check Hometown's map again but I think that's near exactly the movement of the dark worlds between 1 and 3? Because like... school > (go left) > library > (go up) > (go up) > Toriel's House

[@solairedude7119]

Or up up left, or up up right. Knights can move in more ways than just left up up

[@123phi123]

In chapter 1, you place the egg in the back of Asgore's home/flower shop, the only place you see him in chapter 1. In chapter 2, you place it in the back of the grocery store. If you place it there you're probably going to trigger the Eggs-Husband scene, the only time Asgore appears in chapter 2. Coincidence? Only time will tell.

[@DGisheretoplah]

"Oh, what are you watching?" "A theory about how eggs can change the very fabric of existence."

[@OverStrive2008]

😮

[@KNightshade6]

12:35 I always thought the red tree outside of toriels house was supposed to mirror the recipes in asgores trash, they are trying to do what the other is good at, gardening and cooking, but just cant.

[@user-dq5fd4ht6z]

This is the first time I have seen a take like this and HOLY HECK this makes so much sense Congratulations, you're most likely unironically the first one that connected these things

[@corndogbark5915]

That old tree seems a little extra sad to me now

[@TheGreatSayaMan0212]

:( that’s so sad Nice headcanon, can I have it?

[@KNightshade6]

​@@TheGreatSayaMan0212 Of course!

[@TheGreatSayaMan0212]

@@KNightshade6 thx

[@verity_amo]

It was actually discovered recently that the song that plays in the egg rooms was reused from some fanmade Yume Nikki style songs Toby made a while back. I feel that might make the connection to Gaster stronger since that game has Uboa who not only resembles Gaster but, like the egg man, you need to go back and forth between two rooms to find. Also partially related but my crackpot theory is that the eggs will multiply and hatch into an army of Temmies that will take over the world in a joke ending

[@lets-all-love-lain]

Yeah yume nikki has a lot of egg related stuff in it, and I hadn't considered the connections between walking between rooms for eggs and having to re-enter poniko's house to turn the lights off for uboa!! Although I'd be worried if the gaster eggs held the same meanings the egg imagery in yume nikki probably has...

[@verity_amo]

@@lets-all-love-lain gaster is actually an anime girl in disguise like uboa /j

[@lets-all-love-lain]

@@verity_amo uboa and gaster about to fight raigen for no1 babygirl next year

[@verity_amo]

@@lets-all-love-lain none of these words are in the bible

[@Swagpion]

@@verity_amo "it says the bibel"

[@samu99tv24]

10:40 When I remembered that Papyrus had an egg in his date encounter I literally screamed "EGG" out loud

[@PhantomGato-v-]

E g g

[@brinleyhamer729]

BAD Egg

[@jirtini]

The quiche also has references to responsibility in it, despite the fact that it’s just a little joke that Toby put in. The echo flower beside it says something along the lines of, “I just wasn’t ready for the responsibility.”

[@superawesomegoku6512]

Yeah... kinda dark if you think about it

[@patheticbread6861]

…..ok……..or the quiche means nothing and it’s just a joke?

[@HalfBreadChaos]

@@patheticbread6861 Toby had a weird experience irl in which he found a quiche under a park bench. Examining the code reveals that he planned to have a silly little side-quest for the quiche, but said quest was ultimately abandoned, a fitting end given the nature of the quiche itself.

[@patheticbread6861]

@@HalfBreadChaos I am aware this that but it is ultimately a joke

[@jirtini]

I know it’s a joke, I even said that in the comment, lol. I just wanted to point out that despite that, it still has a weird connection to responsibility.

[@FlareBlitzBanana]

I’ve also been going mad with a “papyrus is the Knight” theory too, but for an entirely different reason. The main argument against Papyrus being the knight was that he had no idea how or reason to open dark fountains. However, thanks to the Spamton Sweepstakes, we now know that it is possible for darkners to communicate with lightners before their fountains are open. I don’t think people realize just how massive this, as it massively expands the possibilities for who could be involved with the dark worlds. Papyrus, being the naive adventure seeker he is, would be very likely to obey mysterious messages telling him to stab at the ground. He already did something like this in Undertale when he obeyed Flowey’s request to bring everyone together. If someone like Gaster asked Papyrus to be the knight, I think he’d do it. One question is what the goals of the knight and Gaster are. If they’re allied like I’m assuming, then of course that goal would be the same. My thinking is that since Gaster likely knows he’s in a simulation/game and is spreading that knowledge, he’s trying to find a way to escape that simulation. In a way, Gaster wants to become a “real boy” like the Pinocchio-inspired Spamton. This question of what the goal is also ties back to Papyrus being the knight, as he, Jevil, Spamton and even Ralsei (if you wanna go there) all have something in common: they’re all optimists. Jevil is insistent that he is the truly free one. Spamton is no longer an optimist, but he was before meeting Gaster according to one of the Addisons. If you want to say Ralsei’s 4th wall breaks are a tie to Gaster, he too has an overall optimistic attitude even when getting Susie to listen seems like a pointless endeavor. And then there’s Papyrus, who’s so optimistic it hurts. Essentially, I think Gaster is choosing to tell optimists the truth about their world. He wants people who will be willing to fight for a solution and won’t be crushed under the devastating reality that their choices don’t matter. Jevil and Spamton suffered psychological damage after learning the truth. Ralsei either chose not to work with Gaster or he’s hiding his involvement with him very well. But Papyrus seems like the kind of person who wouldn’t let this kind of revelation keep him down. If anything, he may not even understand just how big this is. Still, if Papyrus believes that opening fountains will make people happier, he’ll do it. He is very determined and doesn’t let negativity get in his way. As a bonus, Papyrus fits the physical description of the knight being a large person with long arms. The computer lab is in a public library, so he could get in there with no one batting an eye. The school is a bit more difficult, but if he went in while class was in session he very easily could’ve made the fountain without being spotted. There’s some finer details to this, but I think I’ll stop there since my phone is about to die. Thanks for making these videos, I love Deltarune speculation!

[@HollyfromtheHollow]

...Y'know, I just realized something interesting. In Undertale, Papyrus is the only known character to personally know Flowey, who uses Papyrus to his advantage, manipulating him whenever he can. Deltarune has been making parallels to Undertale, both in characters and thematic elements. What if Papyrus is being manipulated once more...?

[@FlareBlitzBanana]

@@HollyfromtheHollow That’s my thinking too. It wouldn’t be the first time we see a character make a similar mistake in both games, since the Dreemurs are still divorced for what can be assumed to be something Asgore did. Character flaws are present as well like Alphys’ anxiety, Undyne’s brashness, etc.

[@HollyfromtheHollow]

...I also just remembered, @@FlareBlitzBanana, that Papyrus' main goal in Undertale is to become a member of the Royal Guard. All known members of the Royal Guard, besides the Dog couple, are either seen wearing big suits of armor or using knives and swords. Doggo dual wields knives, Undyne spends most of Waterfall chasing you in an intimidating suit of armor, Greater Dog is always seen with theirs, and Lesser Dog, RG01 and RG02 have both armor and giant swords. Now, in Deltarune, we have a roaring _Knight_ who goes around creating Dark Fountains with a _Blade._ The description matches perfectly. And, what's more, if you're one of those folks who wants to tie together Queen mentioning the _Hand_ of the Knight, then Papyrus lines up as well. He has the perfect amount of digits for a human hand, and if the holographic projection Queen shows doesn't line up, then it could easily be explained by him wearing gloves, _just like in Undertale._ I have my suspect, at the very least.

[@flagonking1337]

My theory has remained the same for a while regarding the Knight and Dess...Paps is the Knight, and he's opening fountains for her. If messages can go from the DW to the LW, then it would make sense that Dess would try to get out from the bunker DW I suspect she's trapped in. Getting Papyrus to find another way to get past a locked door...by opening more fountains.

[@HollyfromtheHollow]

...Huh. That would work excellently, @@flagonking1337. It lines up with his kind nature, but also his naive and mistaken tendencies. Believing by opening Fountains, he would either find an entrance to where Dess is, or find some way to rescue her... ...Without knowing or realizing the consequences of creating them.

[@moss_floss]

20:08 really reminded me of Ralsei. During the queen fight he says: “Queen, Think of the Lightners! Aren’t we supposed to make them happy?” And in chapter one, he says: “Our purpose - Darkners’ purpose - is to assist them. It’s the only way we can feel truly fulfilled.” This, plus some dialogue I came across from chapter one, if you save right before meeting with Ralsei at the castle, and walk down to talk to Susie, she says: “Maybe this place is an abandoned theme park?” “Wait, where are the rides, then…?” “Maybe they abandoned it ‘cause there weren’t any.” One last thing that I noticed from Ralsei’s Wiki. Now, I know it also mentions that his title changes throughout the game, but this bit about the acid love boat really caught my eye: “Ralsei's title changes depending on the pose Kris does for the camera” which, coupled with him previously talking about how “I don’t even know what being ‘Ralsei-like” is” makes me think that he is almost forcing himself to mirror our interests for the sake of our happiness, which might eventually lead us to “Leave Home Due to Happiness” . Kinda makes me think he’s the green crayon? He literally has no other purpose than to create what makes us happy, and if he does that too much he might just whittle himself down to just the paper wrapper, his clothes, which could explain why he disappears during battle but the “clothes” remain.

[@ninjabros6282]

Hmm Papyrus made the Dark World at school so that Kris wouldn't feel lonely without his Brother around to keep him happy Susie was a by product of that happiness factor

[@_mattyou_8733]

Omfg that crayon comparison makes so much sense Ralsei also takes off his hat after ch1, which could mean that he has whittled himself a bit in ch1 already This would also make sense to how did he appear in ch2, he was in kris's pocket

[@trouslinabone]

@@ninjabros6282 I think Papyrus made the dark fountain for himself, but Kris finding it was just unexpected.

[@moss_floss]

@@_mattyou_8733 imo I think Ralsei (if he really is the green crayon) was probably already in the storage closet before Kris and Susie got there, he was being used with all of those old papers we saw in the storage closet from chapter 1. Now this still doesn’t explain how he was still able to meet with us in chapter 2, i think if he was able to hop in our pocket we would’ve seen him in our inventory beforehand.

[@whomstthehecc3028]

@@moss_floss Just had a thought due to your comment. What if any item doesn't produce a unique darkner? For example, any green crayon could make ralsei, but, due to some dark world fuckery it could be that ralsei shares consciousness with other green crayons in other dark worlds? Something to think about is that, there are many darkners that, at least, appear to be VERY similar. For example, there are many of those chess enemies on the board, which symbolise the pawns, who are identical to each other. And, there are 8 pawns of each color in a chess set. So, since the pawns would all transform into the same kind of darkner, who'se to say something similar couldn't happen to other kinds of darkners?

[@NRobbi42]

It's also worth noting that "EGG" translated into windings is "👈☝️☝️", the same move a Knight makes in chess.

[@solairedude7119]

Knight movement theorist ignoring how knight pieces can move in many more ways than just left up up

[@NRobbi42]

@@solairedude7119 I've been playing chess since I was 5, I know how knight pieces work.

[@llewelynshingler2173]

You have a worryingly good point

[@want-diversecontent3887]

So we're just going to ignore that the knight can also go 👈👈☝️ 👉☝️☝️ 👉👉☝️ 👈👇👇 👈👈👇 👉👇👇 👉👉👇

[@llewelynshingler2173]

@@want-diversecontent3887 The key here is "Two Squares and One" or "One Square and Two"

[@mulberrytea549]

This reminds me a bit of the "Blink Motherfucker!" Papyrus thing that mentioned how enemies that were actually trying moved more than enemies that weren't, and Papyrus literally does not move in his battle, vs how he moves a pretty decent amount in his date. Papyrus is way stronger than people give him credit for, he's just not a person who fights or wants to believe people are inherently bad in the first place. Though it's a bit interesting to think about what would have to change about him in order for him to act more like this. It's actually a pretty nice twist had Undertale not been so popular, if you think about it. The Knight that you've been chasing all along had been this extremely sweet person whose brother is this side character who makes weird jokes sometimes.

[@Cool-Vest]

Also interesting that this "Knight" aspired to be part of the Royal Guard, who could be defined as knights.

[@aperry3869]

I was also thinking of this lol

[@mulberrytea549]

@cannalilly YES THAT ONE! Edit: I watched it haha

[@Ssjvaca]

oh wow, I wasn't the only one thinking this?

[@mulberrytea549]

@@Ssjvaca not at all! ^^ fun to think of this kind of wild stuff. Hmmm... it's a bit funny to think about all the things that suggest that Papyrus is possibly stronger than Sans.

[@TheCosmicCloud]

Somehow papyrus being the knight seems like it would be a more satisfying reveal than most other characters

[@bombintheseeinq]

it's just that papyrus is a knight is a *really* popular theory, to the point i wouldn't be surprised.

[@D_YellowMadness]

He did always wanna be a knight, although Berdly does too.

[@Estra_Estra]

IT WAS ME, RABBIT KID FROM SNOWED INN AND RANDOM APARTMENT BUILDING

[@whereismycup]

@@Estra_Estra bro facts

[@chips6042]

Papyrus in Undertale canon is hinted at being VERY powerful. He is the only battle where his sprite doesn’t move AT ALL, even talks without moving his mouth (just like his brother Sans, which means he might move his mouth while talking just to not be uncanny). But in his date scene, he moves his mouth, his hands, his body, because he isn’t tense or holding back anymore. Other people who barely move while fighting you are Toriel and Asgore, who are concentrated on not killing you, and when they DO kill you, there is a split second regret sprite. Also Napstablook is another still battle, because they don’t want to be fighting at all. In contrast, the characters who REALLY want to kill you, like Sans, Mettaton, Undyne the Undying, Mad Dummy, etc, move around, they bounce, they dance, never still, trying their hardest. Papyrus being so chillingly still means he is using his whole might to hold back. Even then, he is able to summon different types of bone attacks and a gigantic bone with no problem! And when Flowey comes in at the end of a True Pacifist route, he uses four vines to hold down Papyrus, and only two for everyone else, why? Why if he didn’t know of some potential we don’t know about. We know Flowey liked to reset just to play around, he must have seen what Papyrus was capable of when he let himself get slightly lose. Undyne also mentions that Papyrus is strong, but he’s a softy. The only reason Papyrus doesn’t annihilate us, is because he’s too damn nice and really believes in everyone.

[@TheDeadOfNight37]

@@DogDogGodFog he hired a team of mercenaries lmao

[@DogDogGodFog]

@@TheDeadOfNight37 He was putting on a show for Alphys.

[@sylvie_loves_frogs4951]

this also makes sense because flowey essentially knows papyrus better than anybody. him. sans, and undyne are pretty much the only ones who know how strong he is, so he would know to restrain him better. if we assume that papyrus is just as good with magic as sans, he might also be stronger than him because he's not held back by having only 1hp, like sans does. instead, what cripples him is his inherent kindness

[@robertwagstaff1126]

@@DogDogGodFog And then he decided to kill you for real and use your soul to escape the Underground.

[@DogDogGodFog]

@@robertwagstaff1126 No?? Lmao. Mettaton never escapes the Underground.

[@spy_lass]

Gaster's hands aren't actually hands, he's just holding eggs

[@helo6824]

Those holes in his hands do indeed look like they are fit for eggs

[@cureabees9440]

w.d pipis gaster

[@jaredcondit9888]

Just like a woman

[@spedur3361]

@@helo6824 the dark spots aren't holes, they're his actual hands they're like suction cups

[@networkofneurons]

holding with what ❔❓🤨🤨

[@butterspike680]

I think what's most intriguing about the egg is the fact that it doesn't change wether you are in the Light World or Dark World. All the items in the Dark World are just representations of their Light World counterparts, but the Egg remains the same, meaning it comes from somewhere else.

[@Estra_Estra]

The man also just casually shows up in the Light World and then immediately disappears. Things in the Light World seem relatively normal, Undertale's magic doesn't even seem present, and then there's just... that? No Dark World shenanigans to explain this one away. And indeed, how come in an eggless playthrough we only notice the peculiar presence of a single egg the second time we inspect the fridge, when the first instance specifies the pickle jar is the only thing inside? It showing up on the first line read if we throw away the egg is even more sus. Kinda sounds like the lines about the man not needing to be there or allegedly never being there at all, sounding very sudden and even retroactive. Feels like someone forgot to update the game to add an easter egg in Asgore's fridge so they just stealthily did it after you reminded them by inspecting it. You know, normal things.

[@corndogbark5915]

I’m so glad I’m not the only one who thought of this! In my eyes, it’s just the last nail in the coffin of evidence towards the egg’s importance. Especially considering how drastically even Lightners themselves look in each world - for the egg not to change at ALL, there must be something very interesting behind it

[@herosshade2247]

Adding to this: There are sort of "universal constants" in each game, for example Toriel wanting to be a teacher and is a teacher in Deltarune. Papyrus wanted to be a Royal Guard in Undertale, and probably is a knight in DR as it's the closest thing. Also note that Undyne doesn't have an eyepatch in DR, Papyrus could totally have taken Undyne's role in this game, the threatening opposing force that turns out to be likeable and friendly. Also remember Flowey manipulated Papyrus in UT, it's likely that some unseen force told Papyrus that he would make lots of friends and be super popular if he became the Roaring Knight and opened up the Dark Fountains (recall that the reason he wanted to be a Royal Guard was for popularity and to make friends). Sans in UT wants you to spend time with Papyrus because he's worried about Flowey messing with him, and in DR Ch1 he pretty much right away asks you to hang out with his brother but turns it down at the last second because "he's busy". Seems awfully suspicious to just be a throwaway gag to throw salt on the wound for fans.

[@user-lh7mt7zo7l]

Speaking of universal constants I believe the "your choices don't matter" may be sort of like that one moment in Steins gate [Spoilers] They reach a point where Matsuri's watch always breaks and then **somehow** she dies. No matter what he does the outcome seems to be predetermined. Likewise maybe "your choices don't matter" is moreso a reference to how the game has universal constants and you only impact **how** you get to those points rather than having any control of those points themselves. That being said maybe Deltarune is going to emphasise the importance of the journey and how you get to a certain point and how it's not always about the ending.

[@Shrooblord]

​@@user-lh7mt7zo7lConnecting Steins;Gate to DELTARUNE/UNDERTALE even if only to illustrate a point....... THAT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA!! P.S. Mayuri! Tuturuuu~

[@vesselling]

22:45 "Vermillion Herring" Nice way to reference the controversy of Papyrus' color palette along with the misleading idiom.

[@victorvirgili4447]

if he ends up being the Knight and having themes of the crusade or smth can we start calling him the Vermillion Cross

[@szkraft220]

Huh, 9:04 I am QUITE suprised that you didn't mention the fact that the song is originally a fan made track for *YUME NIKKI* Toby made. Usually that sorta thing is notable I feel. Especially concidering that one of Yume Nikki's main appeals are the various random events that, in the early times of the game existing, perplexed people, they were like urban legends, before properly documented. This actually reminds me a lot of Noelle's appreciation for this sorta stuff that we learned about during the sweepstakes (Yume Nikki spawned a whole culture of people fascinated by random/rare events in games like that! Even if it was inspired by "LSD Dream Emulator", it definately spread that idea very far), although all the fun events are already very much associated with random chance so... but I'm almost sure they are in the game in the first place because of Toby's love for Yume Nikki. So one last thing to mention about the song. It was originally called "Waltz of Seccom Masada". Seccom Masada is a character that has an all black body (!) and only a white face (!!!) I know a lot of people associate mysteryman with Uboa (another Yume Nikki character, very famous for its event), but honestly there's some reseblance with Masada in mysteyman. Especially the "black lower body and a white face" part. Last-last thing that I think is notable: "Waltz of Seccom Masada", that was sitting among other songs in the Tumblr post, is the only one to just have a chiptune version of it playing right after. Maybe we will hear this chiptune rendition of the Waltz later in the game of Deltarune? We shall see If you read the comment, thank you~! :)

[@TheRealSuperKirby]

I predict that the knight's castle will have both the piano version and chiptune version playing for the respective rooms

[@watchtower5803]

Firstly, thank you for this connection, I always knew there was inspiration but I never knew Toby made music for Yume Nikki. Also, you're going to explain all this obscure music knowledge, and not even point out that a big goal in Yume Nikki is to collect effects which come in the forms of eggs. You gather these from dreams worlds which are all connected, which could easily be paralleled to the dark world. I'm not sure what to value this too, but add the fact that getting all effects gets you one of the most subtly disturbing video game endings I've seen, and suddenly I've very interested in the end goal of collecting all Deltarune eggs.

[@HalfBreadChaos]

Hm, I was aware but the script was already a bit bloated, and I'm not *super* familiar with Yume Nikki. I did play it a bit, and looking into it before finishing the video, just in case, but "What is the deal with Seccom_Masada-sensei" is absolutely the sort of tangent that will claim hours if you allow it to, haha.

[@watchtower5803]

@@HalfBreadChaos Trying to reply too two people at once. Hopefully you see this Szkraft220. First, thanks for clarifying, I haven't played any Yume Nikki fangames, but initially I thought you were implying he had a hand in Yume 2kki or .flow (silly me). Either way, I guess this is intended towards you Bread, but I personally wouldn't drag Yume Nikki into Deltarune theories. The game itself is an enigma and only interpretations of a greater story can be made. Characters like Seccom Masada and Uboa don't have solid identities nor motivations and honestly feel like part of the Yume Nikki world as opposed to entities. Toby likes to pay homage with references of Uboa in Mystery Man's, and more subtle environmental and gameplay features (many which are already a reference to Earthbound), but I don't think its worthwhile digging into - sincerely a person who went digging for references for far to long back when Undertale was first released. On a separate note however, I do want to bring to attention the amount of old music Toby reuses. Some examples obviously include: - Waltz of Seccom Masada (thanks again Szkraft220) - Fanfare from Rose of Winter - When I Get Mad I Dance Like This (as you mentioned yourself Bread) But there's actually more subtle references as well. I thought I should share one I found from Temmie Chang's animation "Potion Shop" which Toby did the music for (I remember this being obscure, but a few people have pointed this out now so it may be old news). Towards the end of the video, there's something which isn't identical too, but could have definitely inspired "The Circus", about 3:27 in the video. Now, I mainly bring this up to say, like any wise musician, Toby seems to reuse music he believes has a greater purpose or could be improved. This is natural, but as these pieces don't have any lietmotifs built upon in Deltarune, there's really not much point in theory crafting with them. They're all just pleasant references, and giving largely unheard music a second life. If that changes though and they do seep into other music, I'll be sure to let you know.

[@Jake28]

@@szkraft220 watch tower is replying to you

[@liamthorsteinson850]

Something I feel might be important to point out in lancer's egg line at 6:25, is that the word egg is capitalized, implying that the "one Egg" he is talking about has some greater significance.

[@Estra_Estra]

I recall some words are capitalized a tad randomly in Undertale and Deltarune but it does seem that way.

[@Rakned]

The talk of the Papyrus Knight theory reminded me of something, beyond his favorite food having eggs in it. During the ending sequence of a true pacifist playthrough, the same upbeat music plays throughout the entire sequence, with one exception - Papyrus' bedroom. It's a very odd choice, and one that's only become more foreboding over time.

[@Shrooblord]

Uhhh, what? That's freaking awesome.

[@Phhase]

Eggs are convoluted in Deltarune. Also, absolutely spot-on Spamton voice you found there. I love Jerma's impression but this is more like how I always imagined him.

[@jamlizard3800]

Jerma’s impression is indeed fantastic

[@leedlelel2373]

The best spamton voice is toby fox's

[@creditsunknown7974]

1:46 Are sure it isn't that just, Asgore has arleady one egg in his fridge?

[@minuspi8372]

I'm sure a lot of people say this, but the way you adapted the Undertale and Deltarune art style to KZbin is sooooo good! All of the art and animations are perfect in their authenticity!

[@ZaxorVonSkyler]

6:26 What if this is like some dark Foreshadowing that Kris is gonna die in in their teen years!

[@monkdoes3658]

Maybe the reason the egg disappears when you ring the bell is because Sans is stealing it. The bell does make the same sound as Sans teleporting you during his special attack in Undertale. I'm just not sure why he'd do that.

[@cureabees9440]

to maintain the discreetness of egg

[@t.k.5088]

"Or, Hell, why not Spamton, he produces eggs more quickly than a queen bee." Bread... Bread, please... Sweet summer child. Don't give _that_ part of the fandom more fuel...

[@whereismycup]

its far too late now

[@Deku2424]

My hard boiled cracked theory is that the Egg Man is a genius inventor. On a real note though, this was an amazing video that went over a lot of stuff that I both forgot about and never even knew was a thing.

[@personexisting123]

He’s got the master plan

[@MB-hc9we]

Please elaborate on your theory, i have to know how this works

[@michaelsbasement]

its orange kid

[@Just_Skyla]

Could actually fit with Sans' secret room

[@Deku2424]

@@MB-hc9we He is the Egg Man, it’s what he is. I do not know what needs to be further elaborated upon.

[@TheRealSuperKirby]

Toby never stops blowing my mind. unfortunately for the papyrus is the knight theory, an update for deltarune's description on steam implies we won't see papyrus at all in deltarune. Papyrus being the man behind the tree is perfect because it ultimately can still link back to gaster but giving eggs to strangers is a much more papyrus thing than it is a gaster thing. Also I always thought "left home due to happiness" meant it accomplished all its goals and moved on to something else.

[@Cool-Vest]

We haven't "seen" him, right? Also that Steam description seemed a little unsure.

[@MinunRobotnik4]

Papyrus is "busy". Busy being the Knight more like.

[@TheRealSuperKirby]

@@Cool-Vest yeah, but if he was the knight, masked or not, we would be seeing him

[@swampy725]

@@TheRealSuperKirby the page doesn't outright state we won't see him Just that he's "busy" currently

[@TheRealSuperKirby]

@@swampy725 I hope we will see papyrus, but I can see toby not letting us just to piss us off, like that quote from flowey "I'll hold victory right in front of you, and then tear it away right before you grasp it"

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

So something worth noting about Deltarun Chapter 1 Sleeping is it adds some interesting details. This is actually proof Kris "sleeping" and the Player "sleeping" are two different states. Kris went to the school when Player slept. In Ch2 we assume Kris was sleeping in class and has an alibi but now they don't. Papyrus is a good candidate for the Knight still sadly. remember how he made basically inedible spaghetti because he thought it made people happy? Trying so hard to make people happy it may even drive them away? How easy Papyrus would be to manipulate if like Kris if you could another Soul inside of him. To make him a puppet. Still I feel like it is all too obvious for having so many chapters left.

[@jargalo0098]

Ooh that's interesting

[@rockincradilyyyy8489]

I’m… Confused Is this about something in the video (if so, please add a time stamp) Please elaborate about the first oart

[@patheticbread6861]

I don’t think the fact that you can sleep the transform yourself to the dark world’s means anything, I think it’s just a QOL feature

[@maple...]

@@rockincradilyyyy8489 13:51, bread is comparing the dark world and dreams, and points out the way to skip the intro in ch1 and going to the dark world is by falling asleep at kris' bed. when you close the fountain in ch1 and wake up, you're at school. this isn't changed if you sleep in kris' bed, so it must mean kris went to the school while the player was asleep

[@DogDogGodFog]

Your comment makes no sense

[@innegativeion]

Compliments to the actors reading for the characters. That Suzy performance is about exactly how I imagined her sounding.

[@seisner6655]

This whole idea of leaving though to happiness instantly brought Flowey to my mind. Flowey's whole goal was to keep the player in the game. If the player get a happy ending, they will be done with the game and leave. So Flowey is trying to keep the player in the game for as long as possible, because Frisk, the player's avatar, reminds him of Chara. This is also the conundrum that Darkners face. Ralsei says their purpose is to make lightners happy, but eventually, a happy lightner will just end up abandoning them, like what happened in card kingdom. Really makes me think this is going to be a big theme in Deltarune moving forward.

[@ZaxorVonSkyler]

16:05 The only reason the Sans is from Deltarune theory doesn't make sense is because Grillby's name looks like it was sanded off and Sans was added afterwards. I have a theory that they are from Toby's 3rd game NudeAlert or NotRelated!

[@heitoralbuquerque1417]

Don’t look those up tho

[@P-RiSe]

I like your videos! I’ve had the idea that Eggs could be the Bad Memory item from Undertale for a while now- especially with it also being an item that can return to you after being dropped. I’ve made a couple videos about it. I didn’t know about Lancer’s dialogue mentioning ‘not getting through your teens without one’- I think that fits with Bad Memories too. Thank you for your theories and observations

[@silversiameseghoul]

I just love hearing all the wacky theories that Bread comes up with.

[@johnnyAFIRE]

I have nothing else to say besides: ANOTHER BANGER DROPPED!! Well done! I also wanna say that I love the text-to-speech! Very charming touch to your videos imo

[@_pixelatedsilver2a412]

I love that there seems to actually be deltarune mods for Petz based on this vid. It's nice to see the modding scene in that game still alive after all these years

[@Pipis19971]

My personal head cannon is that the man is silently giving you the human soul to help you defeat something, possibly the angel, and it is disguised as a egg so no one finds out. There are 7 chapters on the list, so seven souls including the player. Also it's weird that egg in Lancers dialogue is capitlised.

[@maple...]

that implies all those children died in deltarune too, as well as chara. and that asgore killed them?? well maybe not, since he has those flowers. but maybe he planted a new flower every time he killed a child................ Well. that's just not true. but like how did those humans die then

[@Pipis19971]

@@maple... good point

[@floppaaaa3533]

as far as i know, each chapter is a day, and there are seven because that´s how many days left are before asriel goes back home, idk why asriel coming back from college may be important to the story, but that´s just my opinion

[@0nullnil]

I LOVE the idea of Papyrus hiding behind a tree and giving eggs to Kris. It makes me laugh a bit, thinking about a nine-foot-tall skeleton just kneeling down and just offering it to you.

[@camchameleon4151]

If any other fandom told me that there were MULTIPLE theories stemming from the existence of A SINGLE FREAKING E G G , i would have said that they were insane. And i do think the deltarune/undertale fandom is insane, but the problem is that Toby Fox is also completely insane, and it is entirely possible that the insane-ness of the two entities could align.

[@mask_vids9834]

also, this may be a suprise but I LOVE the idea of a cool looking ally in a game coming from an egg that you find at some point. reminds me of yoshi from super mario. also this one theory I had about getting an ally from the egg in hollow knight if it hatched but now we all know that they simply don't which upset me because the idea seemed cute.

[@MinorLife10]

0:45 When I played Deltarune for the first time, I unlocked this room absolutely unknowingly and accidentally. Quite the odds!

[@allygator7]

I like the idea of papyrus being the knight because I like the idea of the knight being nice and not realizing what he's doing is wrong.

[@dealmakerscasino9762]

Gosh. Your attention to detail ALWAYS blows my mind. Love your videos, loved the podcast, love your content, keep doin'! You keep the deltarune/undertale community alive ;w;/

[@maxtube1952]

I think Papy just straight-up pulled a "BUT IT WAS I, DIO!" on us. If not, I will be sorely disappointed that the Man is either no-one important or just a strange twist when it could be *the twist of the century.*

[@TheGreatSayaMan0212]

WAS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE!?

[@drewmigita3437]

Just one thing: man.ogg could actually have a version of Gaster's theme in its first three notes, albeit with the notes switched around and transposed. It has the same distances between notes. Gaster's theme's melody has 4 notes with this relationship: base note (A), half-step up (Bb), then a perfect 5th up (F), then a perfect 5th down (Bb). If we consider the Bb to be the Tonic (the main note of the scale), then we have the notes Ti, Do, and Sol from the scale, causing the melody to be Ti-Do-Sol-Do The first three notes of man.ogg have a similar relationship: Base note (E), Half Step down (Eb), then minor 6th up (B). If we consider E to be the Tonic, then we have the same 3 notes: Ti, Do and Sol, with the melody Do-Ti-Sol. Granted, E is not the tonic, but its interesting the notes are sort of similar.

[@doom64hunter]

That, and the fact that both tracks consists of two identical segments, the second being pitch shifted exactly 2 semitones down. I think it's pretty clear there is a connection. mus_st_him.ogg always sounded like a broken record with an audible cutoff, like it's actually just a loop of a segment, and not the full song.

[@jayrry]

dont you mean man.egg :)

[@chippotato5647]

It's possible that Papyrus, without his battle body, might not stand out all that much, which is why the man behind the tree could be referred to as just "a man".

[@firestorm3k882]

I'm now shaken by the fact that Papyrus is riding a cungadero at the end of pacifist

[@stoplookingatthisyougleepy]

Evil half bread chaos be like: "hello i'm full broccoli order, i use my real voice and make terrible deltarune videos."

[@Barakon]

10:38 you can make a shit of French toast with all of those eggs & bread.

[@D_YellowMadness]

It might not be that far fetched to think the abandoned quiche is part of the references to eggs considering the echo flower near the quiche says "I couldn't take the responsibility.", which is similar to "It's too much responsibility for an egg.", Papyrus describes Sans making a quiche at one point, & Sans runs the store the egg basket is in where he makes egg puns with Toriel & then Asgore shows up & ruins it. Sans, Toriel, & Asgore are all referenced to pies at least once in Undertale but Papyrus specifically refers to a "sugary non-egg substance" in Sans' "quiche" (pie). Sans, Toriel, & Asgore have a conversation about eggs in Deltarune. I wonder if we'll be able to give Toriel an egg at some point & she'll make a quiche with the duplicated eggs.

[@vicke4_]

Something that promotes the thought of that papyrus is the knight. Think about what song was previously planned to be used as the fighting theme in deltarune. Bonetrousle, Papyrus’ theme was first planned to be used, instead of Rude Buster

[@EpicGamer-fl7fn]

I actually am a big fan of the Chrono Trigger theory that could possibly even explain it and it could give us a good hint as to what is the current "state" of Gaster, and what's the deal with the egg. spoilers for that game below. Gaster himself resembles a lot the three great gurus from the Kingdom of Zeal. Gaspar, Melchior and Balthasar. they all were brilliant scientists and they were greatly renowed for their wisdom. The Gurus created a device known as "Mammon Machine" that would harness an insane ammonut of energy from Lavos, a giant and powerful turtle monster that crashed into earth eons ago and slowly kills the planet. However this plan fails, the machine wakes Lavos up which causes it to wreck chaos and the machine itself started opening gates and tears in reality across time. The three gurus fell into these tears and were transported into different times. Essentially you could say they did infact fell into their own creation. Now while Melchior and Balthasar were transported into actual time periods from the game, Gaspar actually got teleported into "End of time" . which is literally what the name suggests. Where time and space as we know it doesn't exist. There's especially a lot of similarities here between Gaster and Gaspar, like both of them seemingly being in very similar "states". But let's focus on the main topic of this discussion : the egg. You see halfway through the game, Chrono, the main character actually dies from Lavos, after traveling back to the Kingodm of Zeal times and witnessing the Mammon Machine failing, Lavos wrecking chaos and opening tears in reality, Chrono tries to stop it but gets literally destroyed. Thats when you can go to Gaspar and he will give you...a time egg. this time egg alongside a Chrono clone can be taken to the Death Summit in the far future. The place at the top where you place the egg is ODDLY SIMILAR to the hidden egg rooms. After this is done the time egg hatches, time stops and you replace the real Chrono at the moment of his death with a doll and Chrono is saved. So what the hell does this all mean? Well i don't think it's obviously gonna be directly 1:1 and Kris will die at some point and get swapped with the vessel we created using the eggs we got, however it's a good lead considering that Deltarune is definetly inspired just as much by Chrono Trigger as by Earthbound. The egg itself in CT represents the idea of possibility. On top of the fact that it has also unusual space-time properties, like it stops time when it hatches and to hatch it we have to treat it like an egg. Kind of what happens in Deltarune too considering that despite its weird unegglike properties Kris can "treat it like an egg" by putting it into the fridge or into the egg basket. As if it was just another usual egg. What i think it could be is that it could be the way to somehow introduce the Vessel character into the game. How though i have no clue.

[@DogDogGodFog]

Oh my god! Why has no one come up with this before?

[@aidanlitts386]

Okay, I know someone else had probably already said this, but here goes. I've been playing Earthbound on my Switch, and I got to Burglin Park in Twoson. There is a small market there with various vendors. One of them sells eggs, and if you refuse to buy one, he says "You won't get through your teen years without at least one egg." Lancer's dialogue about the egg is a reference to Earthbound, the game that inspired it all. I just thought it was cool. Can't wait to see your next video this Saturday/Sunday!

[@CaptainObliviousV]

You can also lose the egg in the convenience store by activating the Toriel cutscene before putting the egg in the basket. It just acts like you already did it when you check the basket, and I hadn’t interacted with anything else before the cutscene. This happened to me on the Switch version (pre-patch), don’t know how much that matters, just thought I’d mention it.

[@residentmars]

it's very possible thats just a coding error, as it's very easy to make a small mistake as that

[@CaptainObliviousV]

@@residentmars I don’t doubt it, just thought I’d mention it

[@whact]

4:28 i cant find any mentions of this tree

[@gregorydery]

Was doing something then stopped to watch this video

[@verity_amo]

Felt that

[@Arkivalry]

10:35 YESS! MY PAPYRUS-THEORY FREINDS AND ME HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE LIKE FOREVER! I'm so glad to see someone point this out, its really nice since my theories are very jumbled and....not popular. OH MY GOSHH!! As I continue watching this theory, I'm so happy that its pointing out things that my friends and me have noticed over the years AND MORE!! AGH! this makes me so happy! and I finally get to see this theory into a grade-A video such as this. Especially when there is so much quality theories!

[@EarthboundBenjy]

Is it possible Toby remembered writing the chapter 1 jerky scene but didn't remember that it went unused when writing the callback to it? This inconsistency is going to bug me now...

[@shireyu]

egg in wingdings is the knight movement in chess, papyrus is often referred as knight and he is also gone from deltarune verse so papyrus may be the antagonist of the deltarune

[@krysidian]

The car connection is definetely interesting considering there is a man in a car next to the library but he only appears if you still have the egg from chapter 1 (iirc). He waves at you happily. And as someone mentioned already, the Yume Nikki connections are quite strong with this one and further connect to the quirky mystery man himself. Choosing a Yume Nikki fan song for the man fits since you encounter him similar to the way you meet Uboa - by exiting and entering the same room over and over again (minus the lightswitch). And he gives an an egg, which is what the effects in Yume Nikki look like and finding all is crucial in order to get the ending. You can sleep in the bed to skip to a dark world directly, similar to entering a dream in yume nikki. So dark worlds really feel dreamlike. And of course, mystery man's sprite is most likely heavily inspired by Uboa. At this point, we really need to keep an eye on Toby's unused songs since he might bring them back with interesting context, kinda like "d.ogg" and "Merry CD", which fits Noelle since it's a christmas themed song. Kinda got off track here but I'm just losing my mind at the weird and obscure, perhaps even intentional connections Toby has layed out for us over the years.

[@wgsm3424]

20:04 Look closely at those grave stones...

[@DogDogGodFog]

Lancer's quote sounds like it's genuinely hinting at the egg being necessary towards a good ending

[@georgehanselman1365]

Just got into this channel and this is my first vid I’ve caught somewhat recent to release and I can’t wait you make great content and great luck to your channels future

[@lasagna3289]

That "vermillion herring" joke got me good.

[@coboldoconlaspada9139]

Absolutely amazing how each video gets better and better, go at it!!

[@ninjabros6282]

@HalfBreadChaos You know Papyrus as the Knight sounds like something that would actually be possible like Imagine being able to live in your own Dark World where you and the "Friends" you made could live there happy and forever Papyrus had always been a lonely character before we came around in Undertale even with his brother by his side so? What If in Deltarune Papyrus doing these Dark Fountains as his own little way of giving back to everyone who has also had a lonely life.

[@applesugarlol]

1. I love how you (or whoever does it I'm not sure) can give the Text to Speech so much personality, it's amazing 2. With every theory, somehow my mind keeps getting blown up like the Annoying Dog in a toy car. Honestly the amount of digging you do every time is, once again, amazing to me. Great work!

[@trianglburger19]

what if the egg hatches and papyrus pops out?

[@PEANUTBUDATROLLFACE]

Deltarune Papyrus: "Can I offer you a nice egg in this trying time?"

[@cah137-y4s]

Always a good day when HalfBreadChaos uploads!

[@cyanyan1887]

18:38 The winner of the snowglobe was the literal among us twitter account so-

[@conflictt3224]

The fact that Spamton hacked/glitched the Cat game Noelle was playing might be why he is Cat Type in Deltarune.

[@noizepusher7594]

The voice acting for the characters was really good! I unironically really love your spamton voice.

[@Tree6363]

I found your channel a few months ago, gotta say I really dig your video style. Not sure exactly what it is, but its presented in a very consumable matter, and you always seem to give new insight onto an alreadu popular theory, or give new angles. Such as the japanese (i think its japanese, i forgor) symbols and the formal shit and all that. Really interesting stuff. I think the papyrus behimd the red tree is very weird. I think it may be deliberate, and it seems like a toby troll thing. This egg guy being hyped up to be a super mysterious character and in the end it just turns out papyrus loves giving eggs or something lol. Anyway, keep it up chief.👍

[@iTrapa]

Imagine in the end the knight's action is literally just a more introverted Papyrus trying to set up exciting adventures(DDND) to make friends. And due to the soul's(our) action, some shit went wrong and actually dooms the world.

[@coffeegang629]

Honestly I don’t know why people hate on the text to speech voice I really don’t mind it it’s kind of soothing in a weird way

[@rraaiin]

its really distracting and kind of hard to understand imo

[@DogDogGodFog]

​@@rraaiin Distracting?

[@butterspike680]

I like to imagine Toby is laughing histerically in his house, watching us all overthinking and destroying our minds over an egg. All according to his plan.

[@sandwich2473]

That was certainly a lot of interesting information :o Much to think about 👀

[@glyon506]

Omg PLEASE make Pokémon glitch videos! I loved your Missingno video and I think more Pokémon content would be awesome

[@YouMayKnowMeAsNate]

HalfBreadChaos video dropped, it’s time to stop working on all my essays and watch this over some dinner

[@xX_r_Xx]

so I was watching Chuggaaconroy's let's play of Paper Mario and there's an egg in a bush at the base of Mt. Rugged and its description "An Egg of unknown origin. Restores 5 HP." reminds me of deltarune. Though what makes the paper mario Egg different is that it can be obtained limitlessly by exiting & re-entering the room. It also has a known purpose with the game's cooking NPC. A direct contrast to Deltarune's eggs. Who have no clear purpose and can only be obtained once per chapter. Something else that's interesting is that Paper Mario has chapters.

[@D_YellowMadness]

The suspicious thing about the removed tree is that if you wanted a rudinn to pop out from behind a tree, you'd seemingly just script it to do so & if it didn't work, you'd probably just fix it pretty easily or make the tree turn into a .png explosion after the rudinn leaves it. I don't think you'd just delete the tree. This seems intentional.

[@Estra_Estra]

Especially so because dialogue like that continuing a previous conversation is typically locked behind actually experiencing said conversation, and that goes for normal in-game dialogue actually present in the finished version, so how weird is it for that interaction to be the _only_ available dialogue when reaching the exchange it's referencing is completely impossible.

[@weedcat1683]

I love how the amount of eggs he was surrounded slowly increased every time he showed his supposed office.

[@Cyber_Cat]

The mystery man's fun value is 66, and there are 12 eggs in a carton with 6 in each row, 2 6's of eggs... 66! COINCIDENCE, probably. 🥚

[@blank_home1229]

Saying this a year later: At around 4:33, you talk about this Lancer Egg dialogue. While it is a reference to Earthbound, he also capitalizes the E in Egg. The Eggs are mostly only used with a capital E (with the exception of Temmie and the lone egg in Asgore’s fridge), so there’s possibly a similarity.

[@Buglin_Burger7878]

Looking back at the "Egg Glitch" you brought up on my second watch... what if it is an intended glitch? Toby didn't want plush dolls made of Lightners, there is an line between fiction and non-fiction intended in game. The eggs are "glitches" brought into the real world. Deltarune is clearly dealing with fiction versus reality. Toby also made it clear that people shouldn't have exposed a certain secret hidden in the files in Undertale or he wouldn't hide secrets anymore. It was updated to just chaotic laughing. So if you need a few Eggs to make things work out perhaps he did move the "Egg Character" to almost the front of the game. An aspect of fiction that messes with reality is Glitches. While Kris, Noelle, and Susie are all versions of themselves... a glitch remains the same both in and out of a game. The egg will always be an egg. It will always behave oddly and inconsistent in reality and in fiction. Look at MissingNo. Our stories of it are just as chaotic as itself. A skeleton, an L, or other shapes. Mandatory Gaster moment. So Gaster's "death" isn't a death. It is a Glitch. That is why the game crashes or resets. Have you ever seen a Sprite glitch out after doing something it should not? It looks like it was torn into pieces and scattered around. The more extreme the more things get pieces of it. This doubles back onto Toby not "hiding" secrets. They are in plain sight and become increasingly obvious. (The tree on the wall hinting at the room.) Undertale was a game because Toriel got a plush and Frisk and others I believe got figurines, Gaster touched something and glitched out of existence. That is even why the game crashes, reality itself glitches. It also means the stating sequence of Deltarune takes place in the Dark World somewhere. Or not, but I noticed this so I thought I'd share my crazy observations.

[@sagacious03]

I hadn't thought about this question in a while, but I'm super excited to see your take on it! Thanks so much for uploading! Will probbaly comment more later!

[@buttercookiesfourtwenty]

whoa whoa, wait. so a lot of people are confused about the room in queens mansion with all the lights symbolizing someone. If papyrus room has a lot of flame themes things in it, then why couldn't the flame shaped light symbolise papryus?

[@ScrungleSketches]

There was a theory I saw that the red-orange boot shaped light was papyrus. Specifically papyrus’s boots.

[@Somari64]

6:26 ....i never noticed that the word Egg in that line was capitalized... there may be something going on there

[@brawlmaster0190]

You don't actually lose the Egg in Chapter 2. It moves by itself in the basket. If you check it,it will still say:"there are more eggs here than usual"

[@victorvirgili4447]

It left you from excessive happiness.

[@maxmanly3122]

The greatest deltarune theorist. You are amazing at this, always super excited to watch your stuff

[@The_Humbugg]

Probably too simple, but at 12:41, with the tree having matured (or died), it might symbolize the egg cracking, ie the children leaving toriels home. Since we're handed an untracked egg early on, perhaps it'll eventually start showing signs of maturity to signify the growth of Kris?

[@maple...]

somehow i've never considered the possibility of one of the eggs hatching

[@100thfail]

The voices for the characters feel quite fitting and well done

[@KodasGarden]

if you get all he eggs they all hatch into Berdly

[@Calyxe-6]

i wasn't going to get them but if it's berdly HELL YES

[@alienenthusiast]

Awww, the jerky=candy conversation is cute, I hope they can add it back into chapter 1 (at least so it gives context to the chapter 2 dialogue).

[@Seagullcupcake]

As a wise hat kid once said: Egg

[@Cbrnnnn]

I feel like 7:40 is more of a play on ‘a man of the people’ and ‘people person’ than assuming that spamton’s a family man. I mean it still can relate to responsibility, as it implies spamton has a level of authority and a duty to his pipis, but it’s certainly different.

[@nermomi]

We truly live in an egg

[@Skewber-]

I think spamton is a hive mind, because in the Spamton Sweepstakes videos theres like 5 different spamtons with different middle names. And another reason is cuz the pipis releases little spamtons :)