Is Skies Forever Blue Foreshadowing for Deltarune?

[@HalfBreadChaos]

Okay, so I'm just gonna post like.. half a FAQ now, and add to it when my head stops spinning-spinning. Q: Why didn't you discuss ______ A: The video, "Skies Forever Blue" dropped Monday night, and I didn't realize it until early Tuesday morning. My goal was to get this video out on Friday, which left me about 3 days to try to make this entire thing. I was trying, very very hard, to illustrate my point in as few words as possible, so alas, there are many many things I wish I could have gone over in more detail. Especially regarding the lyrics. Suffice to say, if I didn't discuss something here, it's not because it wasn't important, it's because my nose was against the grindstone. I promise I am not lacking in material or evidence. My lack is Time and Power. Q: Why did you have to rush it though, why not just take your time? A: The short answer is "Algorithm." The long answer... I... don't feel like articulating right now. Maybe later...Zzzz Q: But wasn't this a collab between Toby and a bunch of artists? Why are you acting like it's Toby's thing? A: Undertale is a collab too... yes Toby did most of it, but even so, many other artists had their hand in various parts of it, including Temmie, Everdread, and Magnolia Porter. It would be surprising if the artists who worked on this video didn't contribute things to it, but that doesn't invalidate it as "Potentially related to Deltarune." Especially given the timing. The credits say "Video Concept: Toby Fox" so I'm inclined to believe this is his vision, even if there are traits of Omori or what have you also present within this piece, the same way Omega Flowey is still Toby's even if it screams of Everude's style. Q: It dropped on Halloween though, not necessarily Deltarune's Anniversary. A: I mean, that's fair but, it's not... particularly spooky divorced from the Deltarune context is it? Like I'm not saying spooky things don't happen in it, just that if you showed someone who's never played Deltarune this video, they likely wouldn't imagine it's a Halloween video. I can't read Toby's mind of course, but these are the vibes I got from what he made. Maybe I'm completely off base, and it's actually an homage to Undertale, or to all of the artist's various visions coming together. There's no way to be sure unless we ask the man himself and, I mean we could, but if this does turn out to be part of the Deltarune puzzle, I'd rather see if we can solve it ourselves before asking the GM for a hint, right? Q: I still don't think they're related though, is that okay? A: Yep! My point here isn't, "You should believe This Thing," it's, "I'd like to see more people talking about This Thing, and looking into This Thing," because I am just one person." As a community, Deltarune fans are actually crazy good at digging, I'm just making sure we don't overlook the big X Toby seems to have painted on the map.

[@personexisting123]

I have a feeling that if tried to “hit up Toby for a hint” we wouldn’t get a response anyway... Edit: If you really want to include some of the stuff you had to leave out due to time constraints, you could always make an update video or something where you go over some of the extra evidence

[@thirdwheel9938]

Skies forever blue sounds like a reference to Pollyanna, an earthbound song, the version with lyrics has a line that says "I believe in skies forever blue" its a really heartwarming song

[@recentmap7268]

So in the end of Sky forever blue, i got recommended 3 video, one of them is 74 compose by Toby Fox. The song have some notes from Welcome to the city.

[@alt4388]

@@recentmap7268 d.ogg is also a remixed version of the start of MERRY CD by toby. Wait, so toby reused songs from omori and 74, and both of the creators of those things were on the skies forever blue project?

[@azealot7112]

Since you have thoughts you didn't get to put in this video, will you be making a follow up video?

[@SetsuneW]

A lot of Japanese retro RPGs used only Katakana for both technical (tile space) and readability at the lower resolutions. So switching to exclusively katakana may be showing the game devolving back from complexity to its retro state, or the character becoming more artificial.

[@kalebb9983]

retrograding?

[@arttrixmix7178]

i was thinking of commenting this! i'm not some japanese expert, but from what i know there are also some situations where robot characters have their dialogue written in katakana (for basically the same reasons you mention, the artificiality), so i took it as maybe the character "going back" to being a string of code in the game instead of an independent person.

[@SetsuneW]

@@arttrixmix7178 Yep! TEC in Paper Mario TTYD did this, for example.

[@user-ej7sr3ow8b]

But it will be weird to see the way Japanese lyric are presented changed when the English lyric is exactly the same, it certainly means something

[@Skuu]

I don't think you need to theorise this for it to make sense. At this point in the song the English spoken lyrics are corrupting, making a robotic sound. Since the Japanese is only text, in order to reflect this effect the Japanese uses katakana, which can have a more digital feel.

[@guliverjham8148]

It feels like the girl saw past the dark and exerted a free will she wasn't supposed to have, made choices she wasn't supposed to make, and as the last straw that is confessing her love, the world vanishes.

[@syvvieon]

yeah it gives me ddlc vibes

[@willeatyourfamily1034]

Huh, sort of like the players ability to cause the weird route.

[@ninjabros6282]

@@willeatyourfamily1034 that was another thought I had too until someone brought up the fact that when a game is glitching horribly possibly even disabling your ability to save it makes whatever run a "and this is a great reference" ONESHOT Run basically you go through the entire game without having to save or reload once making it possibly the most hectic but most rewarding with lore bits thing that Toby could possibly go with from what we have so far

[@pablopereyra7126]

@@ninjabros6282 The concept of a oneshot final run where you can't save really reminds me of the final sequence of Outer Wilds (great game btw play it if you haven't)

[@anna48792]

I had a dream just like that that I'm pretty sure was inspired by deltarune

[@Gothic3Hero]

The save file wasn't (willingly) deleted in the credits screen, its a gameboy game, like old pokemon cartridges the cartridge itself has a save battery which only lasts for about 15 years. You can still start the game but your save will be corrupted/deleted once its empty and saving/loading won't work. She likely knew she didn't have much time left and acted outside of her code to enjoy her last journey before the save battery ran out.

[@kanatahiba]

Yep that's like the entire point of the song. Because it was almost run out of battery life, the girl character's glitching/modifying the game is possible.

[@StellaHelpsYou]

And in fact, one of the lyrics support this, “Till the battery runs dry”.

[@AN6_Miro]

Part of me wants to control myself and say that this is probably just a coincidence, or a few references at most... But it also just seems to fit a little too well for it to not be at least partially forshadowing?? Stuff like the white being compared to the ice palace might be a bit of a stretch on their own, but a lot of it just, adds up in combination with each other? The fact that Toby is both credited for Video Concept and wrote the lyrics does not help. If it is just a meaningless coincidence, its a coincidence that hits distressingly close to elements that either are in Deltarune, or were already theorized to be a part of it in the future.

[@personexisting123]

Don’t forget it being released on Deltarune’s 4th anniversary

[@toolazytorenamemyself]

I mean I get omocat animated this but it oddly felt more connected to omori. Could just be the art style but it felt like a slight implication for hero and mari. As there's ALSO a theory for that floating around. But that could just also be a coincidence and it's just some neat little animation.

[@toolazytorenamemyself]

Great, now I have a theory that it might be hinting to both in some weird mash up hint.

[@toolazytorenamemyself]

@@mogalixir Tbf I still think that'd be cool though. As it means more deltarune lore which further foreshadows later chapters. Most importantly the idea of resetting so many times that the game becomes unrecognizable is very, very interesting.

[@masterwolfgaming3436]

@@toolazytorenamemyself Maybe it’s a hint for both games? I’ve never played Omari, but it would be a bit one sided if the whole video only hinted to Deltarune.

[@RichConnerGMN]

i really enjoyed the entirety of this 11 minute video that released 1 minute ago

[@link5236]

haha

[@tgadin]

i also really enjoyed the entirety of this 11 minute video that released 20 minutes ago.

[@noahnaugler7611]

I really enjoyed the entirety of this 11 minute video that was released 8 minutes ago

[@tgadin]

@@noahnaugler7611 wait what the fuck

[@Jay-ys2cf]

I really enjoyed 1 second of this video that was uploaded at some point

[@tepig2828]

Knowing Toby Fox, the answer to the question of if Skies Forever Blue foreshadows Deltarune is “yes and no depending on how I feel today” There is also the fact that the world of darkness the girl falls into in the music video looks like Black Space from Omori. In Omori, Black Space is the land of repressed memories that exists under the normal world. I imagine you could make some theory saying that Toby Fox is using Omori imagery to foreshadow Deltarune because In Omori, Basil falls into Black Space and so seeing a character who might represent Dess falling into a place that looks like Black Space could exist to confirm the theory that Dess went to the Dark World, but that is a can of worms I don’t want to open.

[@Bd-qs5bn]

and the hero looks identical to hero from OMORI

[@beaufuller8222]

Basil and Dess both went missing (Headspace Basil, of course), and seeing how omocat specifically helped on the video and seems to really like helping toby make these crazy things (Rococo and Jevil are so similar it’s frightening) it wouldn’t surprise me if the references were intentional. Gosh darn I can barely form sentences right now my brain is blanking but I hope you get what I mean

[@skell6134]

@@Bd-qs5bn Probably Omocat been helping with art i think

[@omg_falafel]

@@Bd-qs5bn omocat made the video, thats just their artstyle likely but it would be cool if they were connected

[@beeholland5946]

Idea kinda makes sense since OMOCAT did the visuals

[@pinagalaxia]

Holy crap, you're fast with this. This is really interesting. It would be crazy if Toby had actually hidden Dess's lore in a random collab song, but it's also just the right amount of crazy for Toby. Great video, I look forward to the next one!

[@HalfBreadChaos]

Hahaaaaa (*dies*)

[@kingdejoost5351]

Dont overwork yourself trying to get these videos out, we can wait.

[@skell6134]

@@HalfBreadChaos Dont die yet,pls,Toby can post lore stuff any moment T -T

[@Ren12333]

@@skell6134You can't die now, there is deltarune lore nearby.

[@niftylittlename]

We went from halfbreadchaos to nobreadchaos :(

[@123phi123]

I think I know what erased the save data in the Skies Forever Blue music video. Game Boy games that store save files store them using a battery built in to the cartridge. If you go years and years without playing the game, as implied by the stuff that piles up, the battery dies and the cartridge can no longer hold a save. You can replace the battery, but the old save is gone forever.

[@witchhatter]

I feel like not enough people know about this. Partly because it's been so long since solid state memory became common and because it takes a long time for those batteries to die.

[@justyana5488]

Ahhhh, nothing better than watching our favourite crazy man descend deeper into madness

[@justyana5488]

And I think I'll start descending too if I don't stop trying to figure out Bread lore....i know it doesn't exist...yet... I can't help myself but see potential in smallest things....

[@HalfBreadChaos]

@@justyana5488 I do have a tendency to sneak in little pieces of myself, so that's pretty much fair.

[@justyana5488]

@@HalfBreadChaos does...does that mean the Bread lore is real?

[@bombintheseeinq]

@@justyana5488 yooo breadlore?

[@Zoukos23]

@@HalfBreadChaos Guess you could say you're... leaving breadcrumbs 😳

[@waluigiisthebest2802]

This video could also be a reference to Omori, as the characters somewhat resemble some Omori characters, particularly the main hero, who resembles Hero. But considering the art is made by Omocat, it’s also possible the characters looking somewhat similar is a coincidence, since her artstyle is distinct. But the white area breaking into a dark, glitchy void, is somewhat similar to white and black space.

[@novathesnowcone]

i think you are totally right. when i watched it i found heaps of omori references and stuff but not all that much for deltarune. also i don't think it could be a coincedence that they resemble Hero and Sweetheart that much, like the bow and pink hair and just all the heroness.

[@RaphielShiraha64]

@@novathesnowcone Omocat helped with the animation and graphics, but who made the video concept, lyrics, scene ideas etc was toby so while the animation is made with his vision and ideas he wasn't the one who animated it.

[@potatoeyboi]

ahh yes, (the) Hero's girlfriend falling (not down the stairs this time)

[@dexterbodford1125]

@@potatoeyboi dude, spoilers

[@josecorzo5517]

​@@potatoeyboidude, no spoilers Nobody likes to *hang out* with people who doesn't put any "spoilers warning"

[@AmeriChrisTheMage]

It doesn't seem directly lore related, but I think there are parallels we should draw from it. Something I find interesting is that blue skies is literally what spamton had painted on the wall in his shop area and on the walls during the final scene of his bossfight, where he was excited about having his strings cut. Blue skies might be an in universe motif for any character longing for a world more significant than their own, i.e. longing for Heaven.

[@ConsueloHigdon]

Personally I think the concepts explored by Omori and Deltarune intersect in this video because Toby Fox and Omocat have similar interests in these topics of unreality, artificial intelligence, dark abysses, and twisting around the classic RPG. This shared interest led to the collaboration, and thus we can see both of their styles and influences in the video. Though I doubt it is 1-to-1 any kind of foreshadowing, since making it all about Toby and his projects is just one possible lens we can see the video through, imo. But if it IS foreshadowing, then it would be kind of a bummer for anyone who just plays the Deltarune game without any of the Lore Of Toby and knowledge of previous Toby things because they might get blindsided more than the theorycrafters lol

[@zepic3895]

@mlg noob and tbh the lore that was explored in the sweepstakes and (maybe) in the music video isn't like, actual new concrete lore, it was either outlines for stuff we don't know yet, stuff that reinforces ideas that already existed, or things that aren't that important except for maybe characterisation that could also easily be implemented in the actual game. All this ARG stuff, at least to me, just seems like complementary material. Stuff that exists to keep us busy, but won't be necessary to fully enjoy the full game

[@keiyakins]

@@zepic3895 Yeah, that's my feeling too. The only thing that might not be reiterated in the game is elemental pairs, if they remain a weird background mechanical detail. Otherwise, if like, Dess or Mike end up being important they'll be explained enough to follow the plot.

[@axolotl502]

God you're my favourite deltarune youtuber. You're so determined and you always look so deep into these theories😭.

[@Jay-ys2cf]

*DETERMINED*

[@aturchomicz821]

@@Jay-ys2cf Undertale (2015) reference SoyPog

[@stolenfoot8747]

that can be a gift or a curse.

[@axolotl502]

​@@Jay-ys2cf you know I actually didn't notice this until i was about to post The comment and i just went "haha determined"

[@PikaPenny17]

If this is foreshadowing, I figure the part where they jump into the Ocean is important.

[@GodChaos333]

Whoa this is all very interesting. I don’t want to downplay the other original music video by saying “oh it’s all just for Deltarune! Nothing else matters!” Nah. That music video even in itself is a very emotional and great self contained story. However if it is related to deltarune. It has a lot going for it like you pointed out. Very great work Bread! And I agree a full Gastor blaster body would be sweet to see

[@kexos52]

Gastor blaster

[@leedlelel2373]

Scalie gaster blaster 😋

[@cherrypuddles]

Something I'd like to note is that you can draw connections between Skies Forever Blue and the "one ending" theme Deltarune has. If we assume that the game wasn't designed to have an ending where the girl confesses, but her love was strong enough to change that (which is both adorable and terrifing considering that LV exists); then the game breaking on that 'route' takes on new meaning. It's not just the battery inside the console dying that causes the glitches, it's the choices of a character rewriting the games code. This leads me to two conclusions: 1. The voice in the code (who I'm just gonna assume is Dess) is going to be freed by Noelle on the Snowgrave route once she learns to harness her code manipulating power. (she's already good at finding glitches considering the sweepstakes) 2. The Snowgrave route """""ends"""" by deleting your save file.

[@ConnanTheCivilized]

If so, that would also reference how UT players can only escape the corrupted post Genocide Routes by deleting their save file.

[@davisdf3064]

You can even say that her story would end anyway, because the game ends there, their story, ends there, she only has one day to spend with the player, no matter the battery lifespan

[@Bengt2509]

Imma just copy my comment since it may add something of value here so: so I was binging the deltacast after watching this video and in episode 4 at about 21 minutes 45 seconds they say something about noelle along the line of “by breaking the game doing what you weren’t meant to, you can achieve a new ending” which that kind of reminded me of this with the npc breaking the coding henceforth achieving a new ending. So maybe the girl mirrors noelle, because the girl gained Love (the romantic type) But noelle gained love (level of violence). Coincidence I THINK NOT

[@ricardobr1493]

@Archnessin please rephrase that for the love of god

[@Jackgalaga]

ngl that sounds like a loophole that toby would use to justify the game only having one ending

[@Seeks_stuff]

Did anyone else notice that the credits section in the /girl website actually shows Dess's guitar in the clouds? There's definitely something here (by Dess's guitar, I mean the one in the findher page from the sweepstakes)

[@stasis168]

Nice find!

[@charlieburnham39]

It's a guitar to represent FamilyJules's guitar, one of the people who worked on the song

[@Seeks_stuff]

@@charlieburnham39 The shape of the guitar is particularly very similar to the one from the sweepstakes though, that's what I meant to say.

[@tbhandrew5857]

@@Seeks_stuff It's.. a guitar. It's similar because they're guitars.

[@gaminggamesgamergaming2970]

@@Seeks_stuff it's clearly just a regular generic guitar though?? It's literally used to represent someone who used a guitar for a part of the song it's not that deep???????

[@mp7146]

Your theories are getting crazier every time and I love it.

[@southpaw9386]

I usually think the community goes overboard with theorizing, but in this case I think it's justified. I'm in a class being taught by one of the people that was commissioned to work on this video. The only thing they said about this project was they were really busy because their client (toby) was very picky and particular about the details. It was only until halloween I learned that the client was toby lol. To me this means it isn't just a fun little music video he put together with some friends, but also something that had some real thought and planning put into it.

[@YouMayKnowMeAsNate]

Thats quite the cool coincidence, that you get to have a teacher in contact with Toby

[@petruciosxd1374]

No... Don't give me hope... I mean do... I mean don't... Ahhh

[@personexisting123]

Damn I have to trust someone on the internet

[@blueberrryy]

@@personexisting123 ikr. I don’t know if i can do this.

[@Man-zh8pr]

Hope this is true

[@somedouchemcbag987]

Man, kind of off-topic, but this whole meta aspect of Deltarune(the Spamton Sweepstakes, the unused code with character dialogue, potentially this) is gonna be really wild and difficult to explain to people weren`t participating. Edit: finsihed watching the video. Along with Dragon Blazers being a kind of representation of Deltarune, the Mew Mew franchise seems to be a kind of refrence to both Undertale and Deltarune. With deltarune being Mew Mew 2, i.e. the more darker and serious story then it`s predecessor (from the library anime review). Wonder if the connection goes any deeper than that and we have a Mew Mew analog in Deltarune Anyway, congratulations on another amazing theory video!

[@petruciosxd1374]

And those who won't have played Undertale either, they wouldn't know about (most of) the Gaster related stuff from that game, and wouldn't have seen the Twitter shenanigans on their own, especially not with the right avatar and name.

[@personexisting123]

Man, if this really is Dragon Blazers, then I would really have to applaud Toby for the ways that he hides lore nowadays.

[@timetraveler_from_2012]

idk i mean in undertale there's an ending where you literally murder everyone and erase the universe

[@mcraft5559]

MEW MEW 2: DARK DARKER YET DARKER Out Now

[@michaelkindt3288]

While I don’t see it as inconceivable that Toby Fox would hide Deltarune foreshadowing in a random music video, I personally think it’s a bit of a stretch. Keep in mind that Onocat also worked on the video, and she created the game Omori. The player character in Skies Forever Blue is a dead ringer for the character Hero form Omori, and the princess character looks like Mari (Hero’s canonical girlfriend) from the same game. And both the art styles of the game itself and the out of game sequence are reminiscent of art styles used with in the game Omori. Not to mention the fact that (out getting into spoilers) The relationship depicted in the video is loosely to the relationship between Hero and Mari, The princess even said (going off of memory) “you named me after your beloved”. Given all this, the whole thing kind of feels like a video game that Hero happens to play. Like I said above, it’s not inconceivable that Toby Fox and Omocat worked together to both pay tribute to A relationship in Omori while also foreshadowing Deltarune, but the Deltarune side feels a bit like a stretch to me.

[@Patrick11nf]

I feel like people would be less suspicious of this if Toby didn't upload a Spamton Sweepstakes-like webpage connected to this music video on the day of the Deltarune anniversary. But it would be funny if this is a tribute to Omori that also has foreshadowing for Deltarune.

[@novathesnowcone]

i think the girl looks much more like Sweetheart than Mari

[@personexisting123]

Toby fox commissioned the video, made the story concept, and wrote the lyrics. I’m fairly certain this song was made in his vision

[@michaelkindt3288]

@@personexisting123-.-Far.

[@personexisting123]

@@michaelkindt3288 ?

[@whim165]

Of course the cute song about creating enough courage to say "I love you" would have deep lore in the hands of Toby lol. But really, I'm impressed how well and fast you put the theory together, it's impressive. I do wonders the "Person in Pink" is also neighbors with the "Hero in Blue", and that theory that Dess was dating Asriel would fit with them going in adventure's through the Dark World (so maybe this isn't directly correlated to Deltarune, but a reflection of ideas?). Good video Bread!

[@whim165]

Also, this will sound kinda random and not well put together, but the first time the "Person in Pink" said in the song was "isn't true" if I remember correctly, only to later glitch out to the "I love you". Does that mean this confession is a lie? That was the first ""obscure lore"" I came up with but didn't find any clue to back it up heh

[@___sum875]

The smile.ogg sound is ALSO IN 74, the song toby fox did with hana itoki 4 years ago. And in that song there is a line about a knight in shining armor whose courage pushed the dark a-(way). And get this - The song is called 74 and the numbers of the hp and mp of both characters added up on the first shot of the skies blue music video is 74.

[@redrooster3420]

this is blowing my mind lol, thank you for this info! it's *ahem* very very interesting haha

[@kellythekitty5190]

(deep sigh) *toOOOOBYYYYY-*

[@weebsquit347]

It goes a little further too! That song is referenced in the opening notes of "Welcome to the City". And those opening notes are repeated ominously in the Weird Route.

[@CheesyLizzy]

I saw someone in the Skies Forever Blue comments theorize about why there's no save file at the end One of the lines in the song is "until the battery runs dry," and GameBoy cartridges actually did have a battery in them, and once the battery's dead you'd still be able to play the game, but you wouldn't be able to maintain saves anymore. So the player likely came back to their game because they wanted to relive old memories and play it again. But their old save got deleted because the cartridge was so old the battery was dead and even though they decided to play to the end again, that got deleted too. I actually have a cartridge of Pokemon Red with a dead battery, I found out a couple years ago when I tried to play it again but then when I found out it wouldn't let me save I gave up on replaying it.

[@Wazaraku]

The concept of drawing parallels in something created for a most likely entirely different reasons is nothing new... But boy do you made this one work beautifully! Actually... The more runs lead to the corruption and possible obliteration of everything... The roaring... Also something more consider In the MV the girl is the NPC... A piece of the world In the MV the boys is the vessel for the person playing the game... An outside force ... The determination comes from the girl, not the boy... Something to think about maybe...

[@d3bugiangl17ch]

That is a cool yet, quite terrifying thought as that could explain why when you save, it never says your filled with determination.

[@GhostVolume]

"The determination comes from the girl, not the boy" Haha, very funny... oh, what Clam Girl in UT said about "Suzy"? "* In life's grand scheme, she might be why you came here in the first place..." Why am I quouting this? Because Susie is probably the reason, Undertale was created. Everyone gets a purpose. Noelle is with her family. Kris's fate changed as now they changed into Frisk, which can through decisions finally decide what they want. And Susie? Well, we couldn't find her in Undertale and probably she is not in UT at all. That's the price of making a better world for everyone. Or maybe that's her wish. Still, UT is making a own story. Don't think about it too much. You got the most happy ending you can. But Deltarune... haha. World is ending, no matter what we will do. If we die and give up, world will be shrouded in darkness. Literally. Maybe Undertale is the only way to actually save something from this sick world Deltarune is... Yet there is another one option, because Clam Girl says "might be". Susie might not be the reason of Undertale existence, yet she might be the reason Frisk is here. Big can of worms if you ask me.

[@MLie_L]

as a no-native speaker, i apreciate the english captions. i can understand the video without them, but they make all a lot easier

[@TheErer1243]

I always click on these videos thinking "ok, now they've gone off the deep end". And yet, inevitably, by the end I am completely enthralled and convinced of something I thought was insane. Really great work!

[@ExcellSpirits]

YESS MY CONSTANT FIENDING FOR NEW DELTARUNE VIDEOS PAYS OFF ONCE AGAIN

[@HalfBreadChaos]

(*narrows eyes*) How... how did you do that? lol.

[@mask_vids9834]

They don’t look like deltarune characters. Those are Omori characters. The white is a reference to the game being closed that’s why she’s falling down. The void would mean that the save file was deleted. Twin ribbons are nostalgic because it’s a common trope in anime. Although; deltarune makes a point that dark worlds are physical things being represented in a new way, that’s why they “turn to stone” but we don’t know what a dark world looks like from an outsiders perspective- technically things have happened and the items have formed relationships so, what if they are fully aware as items as well? Otherwise how could Spamton have spoken with Noelle- given he’s a program of sorts it makes sense he can interact with the lightener world. So if you made a tv a dark world or a video game into a dark world would the characters in the tv or game be able to communicate with you?

[@you-mc1py]

I mean of course it looks like omori- omocat made the anim

[@mask_vids9834]

@@you-mc1py they also look like characters from the Bad End theater which is another game that sort of breaks the fourth wall.

[@hampter8546]

Literally hero and sweetheart lol

[@hampter8546]

Some of his theories might be connections but others like the game resetting is a reference to omori (headspace reset)

[@Frugthereal]

Spamton has talked with Noelle because spamton is the representation of who she thinks sends her those spam emails.

[@plant7371]

You really were right about Toby playing 4D storytelling-chess with us. What kind of schemes is he up to?! I swear this man exists in the space between timelines and is using his games as an extremely complicated ARG that eventually leads to reality itself being torn apart. This man is either a genius, really good at improvising, an omniscient deity, or a combination of the three and it's impossible to tell.

[@DWal32]

probably a combination of being really good at improvising and having a massive chart explaining the entire story of his games

[@Devious_asf]

Man, you're the best theorist i have seen so far! I'm obsessed with your videos and, especially, voice

[@GimmeThePixels]

You’re 100% correct. I’m obsessed with your videos more please

[@-ellieille-]

6:17 An additional detail I can think of is that it’d say “find her ips” as in IP address, because they’re in a computer world and that’d show her location!

[@ordoor]

2:26 Btw the two characters are simply called boy (boy.png) and girl (girl.png) in the website's code. I also find it interesting that the subdomain was literately created this November 1st. Why now? I also wonder if some secrets will eventually be added to the site? The description is "The music and works of Toby Fox."

[@leedlelel2373]

Prolly gonna make it so the girl slowly walks up from the void or something and everyones going to think the websites alive idfk

[@redrooster3420]

@@leedlelel2373 at this point, i just find it funny how we are all confused while trying to piece things together and waiting for symbols to show up anywhere lol. it's exciting and fun somehow haha

[@user-ej7sr3ow8b]

BTW, the shining part during the girl's falling looks very similar to Deltarune's save points

[@milessoup9246]

It also looks like when an item goes into the dark world and gets turned into a new item/darkner.

[@niftylittlename]

My theory is that this shine represents determination, so items when turning into living beings or landscapes are being affected by determination, which gives them the save point shine.

[@niftylittlename]

For a brief moment

[@robertwyatt3912]

That’s just how 99% of cartoony shine effects look lmao

[@user-ej7sr3ow8b]

@@robertwyatt3912 yep, but since this is made by Toby, I would rather believe the similarity is intentional

[@professoryeetus8955]

if you think skies forever blue is connected to deltarune, there's also another collab song that toby did with itoki hana called 74, and it has one of chapter 2's main leitmotifs in the chorus!

[@imtolazytocreateaname2322]

More connections I found was when the girl mentioned a melody, stringed instruments with notes were floating in the air. The song mentions childhood friends, and in the video they go on an adventure. After the girl falls into the glitching darkness and the game starts up, her ribbons are gone and she seems more confident. Also, we know items from the dark world that go to the light world become objects, and we see a bunch of stuff in a big mess along with the game which the girl is in. They fall into the water, which is almost like the sky of another world, and dark world's are connected to water. Is this all really just a coincidence? Edit: Also, this "When you made my name the same just as the one you love than I knew" sound like the player names the girl or something. And if this IS Dragon Blazers, Susie mentions a sister being cursed. Edit 2: Remember in Chapter 1 were told eyes blinded by darkness will see the way through? Perhaps, the way to the truth? In the video the music goes "Pray this time my heart will [shine on through]", before saying it's a lie and than the girl runs after the boy before darkness surrounds her, and the game is put with all that junk. "There's a light inside your soul, that's still shining in the cold, with the truth." Cold could mean darkness, because when we think of darkness we think cold and water. Also, ice is another form of water, and water in connected to the dark worlds. What's the truth, and what's the promise in our hearts? Edit 3: After the song mentions that her heart will shine in through, before saying it isn't true. Than, the world is surrounded by darkness as the person puts the game down. Also, it says that everything is breaking as the ice breaks apart, and darkness seems to come from underneath. We know that if there is enough dark fountains, the world will break. And ice IS a form of water, so maybye the ice and darkness represent the dark fountains?

[@dochatter3638]

...I think I'll add some fuel to the fire with this. Another unused character found in Undertale is the "[REDACTED]," which, weirdly enough, uses Wing Dings just like our good doctor. But more importantly, when the bow flies off the girl's head, they look suspiciously similar to Redacted, hair draped down their face, as they fall into a black place... If Fox's gonna foreshadow Deltarune in an unrelated music video, and this is truly foreshadowing Dess, then it would make sense that Toby would use some more parallels to Undertale, appearance-wise. At least, that's how I see it. Also Jules Conroy's cloud on the website credits looks suspiciously like the Findher Guitar, so there's that too.

[@basedguy.4229]

Deltarune theorists when Toby fox does anything :

[@HalfBreadChaos]

I'll stop jumping at shadows when he stops hiding lore in them, lol. (Looking at YOU Spamton-Sweepstakes!) But also: Accurate.

[@charlieburnham39]

Ok, I don't think the song is literally related to Deltarune so much as there is a lot of overlap of the themes and ideas: characters that are trapped/lost outside of "reality," nostalgia for old video games you played as a kid, "glitches" as a diegetic element that can affect the characters, blurring the lines between fiction and reality, and of course Toby's favorite question of all: What if video game characters were real? A lot of these are things that are also present in Toby's other work like Undertale and Halloween Hack, so I think they are just things that he thinks about a lot, and not necessarily actual connections to Deltarune. That said, you make a lot of compelling points, and FINDHER bracelet is probably one of my new favorite theories. Also, this song is something new we can count as a part of Toby's somewhat limited library of works, and examining that library CAN tell us about his current and future projects.

[@keyburri3095]

Considering some of the weird stuff JaruJaru has theorized about Kris having guilt over killing Asriel or whatever I'm more curious about how this relates to Omocat's game Omori.

[@bearturtle6058]

Andrew Cunningham and his fanbase would literally go insane if Jaru ended up being right

[@MegaLpso]

I def think this is connected, there is just too many little things that makes it feel connected. The cute bow in the chest and Noelle saying its familiar. a dragon appearing as the final boss and the game is called DRAGON blazers, and the dragon looks skeletal, like the gaster blasters, the girl being called the lost girl and dess disappeared, there even is ice, which the holidays are linked too Christmas/winter and ice is linked to Christmas and winter usually, and then the ending music sounds like that one gaster entry. So many connections!

[@jtc6547]

Damn.... just the other day, I completed Deltarune Chapter 2 for the third time, and I thought I'd just wait until the next chapter comes out before doing anything.... but now I actually want to try giving Noelle the Dice Brace now to see this. So now I gotta replay it. Not that I mind, but I thought I'd filled out everything there was to do... thanks Bread for opening my eyes to fall ever deeper into the rabbit hole, much appreciated! :D

[@leedlelel2373]

Findher*psi Noelle is ness confirmed

[@castor2880]

@@leedlelel2373 Noelle tried PK Findher β! It had no effect!

[@untrustworthygames2172]

I think that the first frames of the clip (two similar (human) figures standing (in complete darkness!!, mind you) to the sides and a bigger creature with huge wings and discernable head and torso in between) are an allusion to the delta rune symbol. Maybe I missed something (quite possibly), so correct me if I am wrong, but, iirc, we know very little about the meaning of the rune (which is the icon of the game, no less), and I don't see much discussion about this (video idea??). Great video, as usual! Edit: On a second thought, I may be overcomplicating stuff, but that's just my thoughts

[@thatoneguy1132]

Love this channel with all my heart dude keep up the great work on these videos 😊

[@Khajoor]

1:01 I think it's supposed to resemble OMORI charters more. Plus the fact the video was made by OMOCAT.

[@PilotthePilot]

Actually, now that you mention this, this does make me think of something!! You know how Toby said that Deltarune will most likely only have one ending?? Well, his music video sort of functions in a very similar way!! Regardless of the outcome, regardless of their choices, the game ends the same!! The only difference is the choices that you make along your journey!! Normally, the game would end with her saving her confession for another day, only for the game to end.. But knowing this, she was able to go back and redo choices that she wasn't as confident carrying out before!! It didn't make a big impact on the story, but she was at least able to say "I love you"... She got to do all the things she wanted to do, and was able to end the story happily regardless.. That's just a thought, though!! Regardless of whether it has ties to Deltarune or not, it's a good music video and this is a good theory!! Keep up the good work ^w^

[@humdum_yt]

Fun fact that ruins any theory about skies forever blue being related to deltarune: toby fox only made the song, not the music video.

[@HalfBreadChaos]

Fair point, counter point, he directed the video, he didn't literally need to hand-craft each asset, because he didn't hand-craft each asset in Undertale either.

[@Bigshot127]

哈哈哈哈🤡

[@bloopblooper9712]

One thing I want to comment about how the lemotiff when the pink character sang "...to finally...say finally...I love you." at the end of the song sounds so similar to the "don't forget, i'm with you in the dark." lemotiff. Am probably reaching but it was the first thing I noticed when watching the video.

[@Pikrioling]

I doubt the game seen in Skies Forever Blue is Dragon Blazers, since in that game, from what I undetand, there are at least 2 more party members accounted for: the mage, who "left the party", and "your" sister, who gets cursed at some point. We never see either of them in the video.

[@zixvirzjghamn737]

you do make a good point. It could also be OMORI

[@Pikrioling]

@@zixvirzjghamn737 Omori is nothing like this video.

[@zixvirzjghamn737]

@@Pikrioling the art style I mean

[@Pikrioling]

@@zixvirzjghamn737 you should have said so.

[@berrydelightdiwizin]

@@Pikrioling The boy is literally identical to Hero, yo.

[@lasagna3289]

D: Oh my god. The further you got into the video the more it blew my mind. The first thing to make me crack was what happens when you scroll down on the website, and it was downhill from there. You're... you're right. You have to be. Oh my god...

[@personexisting123]

Want the smoking gun? This song was released on Deltarunes 4th anniversary. Many people thought it was weird that there was no Deltarune content released on the day. Would it not be GENIUS if this song was meant to be an indirect teaser for future Deltarune chapters for the anniversary.

[@TheREALPlasma_101]

To be honest I feel like there’s more OMORI connections than DELTARUNE connections with this new music video. Since OMOCAT helped work on this too, Sunny’s headspace is made up of things he’s saw throughout his childhood. Now reimagined into his own world to cope with his depression and anxiety. (EX: the Princess in this video looks similar to SWEETHEART, a character and boss from OMORI.) Plus the gameboy looks similar to the one Sunny had whenever he was younger.

[@memeloid9108]

bread argument is a well crafted 11 minute video and your argument is "wELl iT loOkS liKE OmoCaT artSTyLE" Goof

[@Patrick11nf]

As you said, omocat worked on this, so it's not strange if you think of Omori. Also, Toby said someone was making a similar game to the one he was planning at the time, which a large part of the fandom have theorized to be Omori. If that's true, it's not strange if Deltarune and Omori have similarities either.

[@TheREALPlasma_101]

@@memeloid9108 Well it’s not entirely because it looks like it, I just feel like this is something more directed to it. Like something Sunny would play, the world itself in the video feels like apart of sweetheart’s castle. Or at least some variant of it 😭

[@bearturtle6058]

could always be both.

[@RaphielShiraha64]

@@TheREALPlasma_101 The video concept, scene ideas, lyrics etc all got made by toby, it's a toby animation but with the help of other artists.

[@ZebsolMarin]

I would really like a video covering all the know secrets of the Deltarune website, there is so much! You have blown my mind again with this video

[@blokos_]

what about the undertale site

[@ZebsolMarin]

@@blokos_ This too yeah!

[@krisspychissp]

It seems like a reference to noelle to. Building up condfidence, getting stronger, ice… I could see the main chacter here actually being susie too, since she’s seen as the true main character to a lot of people.

[@jahmocha9542]

I have something that's a reach, but an interesting reach: If you make "find her" from "friendship" you are left with three letters that can spell "psi". Psi is a Greek letter, much like the Delta in Deltarune. Psi is shaped like a pitchfork, pitchforks are associated with the devil, the devil and other vaguely biblical things are frequently referenced in Deltarune (especially Gastery things). Psi is also used as a symbol when discussing wave functions in quantum physics. Quantum physics is often used as a sciencey-sounding plot device in fiction for alternate realties and other mind bending things. Kind of like how beings such as Gaster (and Dess????) both do and do not physically exist, and how Deltarune's universe is kinda but not really the same as Undertale's universe. As well as whatever weird stuff is going on in Dark worlds, I guess. Finally, PSI refers to psychic powers in the Mother/Earthbound universe. And we all know how those games relate to Undertale and Deltarune by now.

[@ronmosenzon4933]

At first glance, my main problem with the idea of this game being Dragon Blazers is that in "Skies Forever Blue" we see multiple shots from throughout the game, and there are only ever these two protagonists in the player's party, while we know that Dragon Blazers is a game where other characters can join and leave your party, as indicated by the line "Dad, the mage left the party" that Noelle says in the post-Snowgrave hospital scene after her dad asks her to use the Fireshock. (Forgive me the wording of the line is not exactly accurate, I'm too lazy to search it up.)

[@RaphielShiraha64]

Maybe they're characters you can hire instead of forced history characters?

[@personexisting123]

We know that there are multiple Dragon Blazers games. Given that this one is on a gameboy, it wouldn’t be a surprise if this was the first one ( which would parallel the MOTHER series), which would make it reasonable for it to be more simplistic and only have 2 characters

[@ronmosenzon4933]

@@personexisting123 That's a good point. I could definitely see that being the case.

[@EmbiggenedJ]

Also, if the I in the word FRIENDSHIP on the dice bracelet has no vertical bars on the top and bottom, thus making it look like a lowercase L, then FRlENDSHIP can become PlS FIND HER.

[@HiddenForbidden2]

This ties in to my theory that in order to get Deltarune’s “true ending” it requires that you do special things between all 3 Save Files. Imagine something like opening up a Special 4th Save File once all keys are in place between a “Normal Run” First Save File, a “Weird Route” Second Save File, and then a Special Third Run Save File.

[@henryentertainmentsystem9923]

I have a theory that the boy from this video is the secret boss in Chapter 3, because if this is Dragon Blazers that game is on console as well as handheld evident by Noelle's secret blog posts. I believe this was mentioned in the Deltacast: There are wires at the top of the green room that kind of look like wires from the TV to some sort of console at the center of the room. Perhaps you eventually go there? Maybe they even change the artstyle of the characters to match the game, they do have that simpler sprite of lancer from the Spamton Sweepstakes. Having the Dragon Blazers protagonist as the secret boss could connect to the theme of control, as well as Dess Holiday going missing. My last piece of evidence, and I may be grasping at straws at this point, but Seam mentions an item called the Sky Mantle, which is called a cape in the item description. And the boy in Skies Forever Blue wears a cape. I rest my case.

[@DaxSchaffer]

2:50 Also, if you right click and download that image file of her at the bottom of the webpage, it is titled "girl-back.png" in case you needed any further confirmation that she's a girl.

[@gregorydery]

0:26 anyone else see the wake up and smell the pain?

[@HalfBreadChaos]

イカ墨スパゲッティ

[@EmiMakesStuff]

XDDD

[@user-dt8fr4up6j]

​@@HalfBreadChaos s q u i d i n k s p a g h e t t i

[@personexisting123]

I’ve seen people say that the girl could be a secret boss, and as weird as that sounds I could *kinda* see it. Kris likely has a game console, and I believe it’s stated somewhere that they have Dragon Blazers, so that works out. Seam saying that the next secret boss is nearly impossible to defeat would make sense since the girl is level 99, so obviously we wouldn’t be expected to beat her. And honestly, fighting a lovesick level 99 videogame character is a really fun idea for a boss. Edit: Okay, I’ve thought of more proof for this. She has the themes of abandonment freedom, and self awareness, And the big one, her relationship with her “player” could serve to parallel Kris’ relationship with their player. Similar to Spamton paralleling Kris. Hell, if you believe in the secret bosses representing the Seven Deadly Sins, then you can even fit her into that with Lust. Seriously, there’s some real potential here.

[@flagonking1337]

...that would be neat. Also, a battle against a real human! Kinda.

[@cjaymeme]

If Toby doesn't, someone *has* to make this a thing. Having to fight a character from a video game within a video game who has gained ultimate power sounds like so much fun. It would fit great with the current motif of the secret bosses, essentially being a plaything that reaches beyond its limitations. Jevil is a jester who seeks freedom, Spamton is a puppet who wants to [Become NEO], and the girl is a video game character who wants to escape her limitations as a game character. Also, as someone who adores DDLC, seeing Toby Fox's take on a similar premise would be a dream.

[@novathesnowcone]

sweetheart deltarune chapter 3 secret boss confirmed

[@xenon_413]

I think that could work especially well because she's from a game where killing monsters is normal and something that she's done a lot of. By her and most games standards that's completely expected but in context of Undertale and Deltarune, even the Undertale Genocide run only got to Lv 20, to get to 99 must make her appear incomparable to anything we've seen before.

[@bearturtle6058]

so... Perfectheart?

[@Simbel]

So I clicked on this video thinking "Oh my god. Of course someone would make connections between Deltarune and Blue Skies. Let's see what they have to say" Now I'm just as insane as you because everything just makes sense in some way. Never underestimate Deltarune theorists

[@TulipsinAntartica]

8:20 On a more positive(not really) note, I think the reason the file was deleted, was not because of the player, but because the clock batteries in the cartridge were "running dry". Gameboy cartridges kinda have expiration dates, because after some time, you are unable to save or load old save files anymore, because the save system is dependant on an internal clock battery Which is why I think the girl got courage to share her feelings to the player, she realized she was about to be deleted by forces neither of them could stop. This also explains why everything was glitchy, the game was broken, and couldn't be saved anymore. Now how does this relates to deltarune? Uh... I dunno. Just wanted to prove the player didn't just murder their virtual waifu after she declared herself to them I guess.

[@DakotaFiles]

loved this analysis! you really put out a good case for how this is connected to deltarune. while it being posted on the 4 year anniversary of chapter 1's release date makes a strong case in and of itself, the fact that it was a collab music video with corrupted visuals posted on halloween (and a later tweet saying "the video was created extremely extremely fast by a bunch of talented people") made me doubt the relation until I watched this video. One of the cooler details from this video is the point that in chapter 1 the dice brace spelt "friendship", but noelle in chapter 2 says the letters are jumbled. Such a minor detail hidden in text boxes that i've seen people not even notice in their playthroughs, but it shows such a high level to detail. Whether it's just Kris doin a goof on Noelle or they're trying to send hidden messages we can't see, i love that these details are put into the game. Another thing I loved is the idea that Kris's motivation might be to find Dess. As theres a lot of speculation that they were involved and she may be missing in a dark world (which off the top of my head I can't remember the justification for), that'd be a lovely direction for the story to go, and (to go on a bit of a tangent here) a good explanation for why Kris would make a dark fountain at the end of a weird route. after learning from ralsei that anyone can open a dark fountain, having them search the dark fountains to find dess would be neat. anyways, another great video!

[@Cryogenicmonkey]

It's always such a delight to hear Halfbread share in the madness that is finding meaning in Toby's funny little game and subsequently implanting that madness in my own mind.

[@glowingterror6909]

Also a note about the song is that you can hear don't forget leitmotif

[@pun2023]

Wow I just discovered your channel and damn?? the amount of editing and animations you’ve put into this theory video is wild!! It was a neat surprise honestly, I just wasn’t expecting it at all. Very cool video

[@mayday6468]

BABE WAKE UP HALFBREADCHAOS JUST DROPPED

[@uc22_swo1p]

I dunno why but the expression: scooping up a world and leaving it empty sounds really ominous. Probably because when i thought of scooping something up i thought of scooping a person’s insides out while they are still alive.

[@YouMayKnowMeAsNate]

Flashbacks to FNAF sister location

[@uc22_swo1p]

@@YouMayKnowMeAsNate nah i meant as in general, not as in fnaf. But hey whatever floats ur boat.

[@tornadix99]

What if the song actually represents how everything "started"? Dess, or the princess in love with the "hero" that is probably Kris, was able to see the "blue sky", in other words "heaven". Then something like a glitch happened, revealing the truth to both Kris (the hero) and Gaster (the skeleton dragon final boss?).

[@novathesnowcone]

and the hero literally being hero (from omori)

[@gavinloewe3647]

I thought it was just a cute little video. My eyes have been opened.

[@francjirachi]

I mean, everything is possible, but this is getting to the point similar to sakurai, where he couldn't do anything without everyone trying to link it to a smash reveal lmao

[@beheeyemite]

i think the problem with this theory is that i dont think it gives good enough reason to believe the song is meant to be connected to deltarune at all. tobys already collabed with itoki hana before, and even though 74 is referenced in welcome to the city, no ones arguing that that song is about deltarune. it makes me think of how toby was disappointed that people would only think of deltarune as "undertale 2" instead of its own thing. i think toby just wants to make other art with his peers. his work often covers similar themes and ideas in regards to video games and stories, but i dont think that means theyre all connected. with that in mind, if toby came out tomorrow and said skys forever blue is connected to deltarune, or some future deltarune chapter confirmed dragon blazers was like the world in the song, then i think the rest of the connections hold up pretty well. and i dont think the stuff about the gear even relies on the song to be worth considering. (although, i think noelles kid sprite wore her hair in two ponytails or braids. maybe both sisters did?)

[@Persona_Random_]

Exactly! Although they talk about similar topics, it doesn't mean that theyre connected. theyre just the themes that Toby Fox likes to explore in his works!

[@elliotmusgrove5468]

You’re the mossbag of deltarune. That’s a compliment.

[@The_real_altCindy]

if skies forever blue is a foreshadowing of deltarune, this could possibly correlate with a possible deltarune ending (the roaring) ""When the FOUNTAINS fill the sky..."" ""Lost eternally in an endless night..."" i wonder if the skies gonna really be forever blue

[@pkchiptune]

WAIT HUH that sounds huge. the fountains filling the sky. the skies. forever blue skies. water is blue. fountains have water. fountain in sky blue water forever fountain aaafjekgsrsrd edit: actually nevermind, i thought about it for two seconds and i dont think it makes sense. the dark fountains are portrayed as blue on the Choose File menu, but they're multicolored when you approach them in the game (and, they're pure black when kris opens one). double edit: Skies Forever Blue has this line "Even if the only things you say are yes or no, I'll see _blue sky_ ". coincidentally, during the video, the characters jump into _the ocean_ during this part. another fountain connection? the oceans, fountain, and water in general has some weird obscure symbolism in deltarune, i know HBC has a video about it

[@spitefulcrow5529]

This is something I noticed in the last video with the "Toby released a skirt" bit, but... it feels particularly pertinent here. Please consider before referring to things that are a team effort as "Toby did/released X" or "Toby's video", etc. I know it's not intentional, but bear in mind the other creatives involved. In this particular case, this is very much a collaborative video/song with multiple people putting in a lot of effort, and assigning outsize importance to Toby feels a little dismissive of their contributions.

[@RaphielShiraha64]

While it's true multiple artists made the animation, the animation concept, scene ideas, and even the lyrics got made by toby, it's a toby animation but with the help of other people, similar to Undertale pretty much, but yeah i do wish they at least mentioned it then again they did state it was a COMMISSION of Toby so sort off you can kinda get that isn't a thing he made by himself.

[@TristoneThePerson]

deltarune fans when they dont pay the TV license (THE STATIC ON THE TV MUST HAVE A CONNECTION TO SPAMTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

[@tylluanfathomless1628]

"just because some of the sprites seem a little similar to the deltarune characters" isnt this 100% meant to replicate the omori style? it even has the same color palate

[@RaphielShiraha64]

Omocat made the animation so is why the art style is similar, but who made the animation concept, scene ideas, even lyrics etc it was toby, so in the end is still a toby animation but with help of other artists.

[@EeveePrincessXD]

I’m amazed in all of this you didn’t draw any connection between the guitar-shaped cloud on the website and the red guitar from the Spamton Sweepstakes that plays the find her song. Like for me that’s really the ultimate clincher in all of this. The guitar is like a scream of “HEY PAY ATTENTION THIS IS RELEVANT”

[@pkchiptune]

i think it's just to represent the guitarist that worked on the video. if the sprite was pixel-perfect to dess' guitar then maybe, but the shape is different

[@charlieburnham39]

Yeah, its FamilyJules's guitar

[@gaminggamesgamergaming2970]

Damn we're really just grasping at straws at this point now, it's a very clearly generic kind of guitar used to represent the guitar of the person who used one for the song, really think we're just hella starved for content at this point lol

[@b_delta9725]

As others have said it's just a guitar, plus its not even relevant, the connections are clear enough for them to just put a random guitar

[@lio2987]

ur channel is the coolest vibes r so immaculate (i hate saying vibes but idk how else to describe it) while some of ur theories seem totally crazy at first i feel like they're the kind to hold the most truth

[@vanderkarl3927]

Alright, everything up to the ribbon bit was tenuous at best, but the ribbon has to at least be a reference, if not something more.

[@Patrick11nf]

The way the star effect when the girl falls and drops the ribbon looks so similar to when Kris falls into the dark world and drops items is interesting for sure.

[@timetraveler_from_2012]

it reminded me of Asriel and Frisk talking at the end of the pacifist route, and asriel remembering chara "Seems our journey is now through. All is saved thanks to you" would be referencing how you've finished the game and freed the monsters, especially since [SAVE] was a big part of the final fight. the following part is Asriel remembering chara "when you made my name the same just as the one you love then I knew" could be in reference to how the name you choose is chara's name but asriel still calls frisk by that name "maybe to your view I'm just a faintly coloured hue that's alright" could be referring to how asriel realises that you aren't chara the singer talking about "our final time" and hoping that her "heart will shine on through" could be because of asriel turning back into flowey, which also explains the game breaking down before returning to how it was in the beginning with all the saves gone. Stuff about the battery running dry could be about asriel losing the power of the souls

[@misssinger96]

I highly doubt it. I think is a reference to mother/earthbound series. In the beginning of the song you see both of them defeating a monster. The hp thing and graphics look like mother 1. Also, "skies forever blue" is a part of "pollyanna" song. "I believe in skies forever blue. Why shouldn't I believe the same in you". And the part that says: "Seems our journey is now through. All is saved here thanks to you. There was something I should say but surely it can wait another day" is very similar of what Paula says at the end of earthbound. She says: "Thank you for escorting me home. There was something I wanted to tell you, but I've forgotten it. I'm sure I'll remember by the time I see you again". We as players can't see that day, same that happens in skies forever blue. Also, both Toby Fox and Omocat are earthbound fans. I'm sure the intention was to make something that reminisces earthbound.

[@nhwd_10]

Skeptical at first, Now I’m a little less skeptical, and now scared

[@kovexplay]

Huh, I was wondering if it has ant relevance to deltarune but it has much stronger references to Omori- a game that was created by Omocat ( who created washua's design ). The characters in the video strongly resemble 2 of the characters from the game and I thought it was some sort of expansion to that world It would be crazy if Toby had collaborated with Omocat to connect their stories. What if Omori has hints to what happens in deltarune? It's obviously hard to know, I mean I have no idea how much they interact and if Toby would put relevant info outside the game but it might be possible It's also not much known about skies blue forever so who knows if it also has these connection Really intriguing video!

[@randomguy-tg7ok]

This is reaching corkboard-and-red-string levels of theorycrafting and I love it.

[@orngjce223]

@@randomguy-tg7ok After Toby Fox put foreshadowing of the Weird Route in those damn Line stickers, I wouldn't put _anything_ past that dog.

[@TheRealSuperKirby]

"One of my friends was making a similar game at the time" -toby fox

[@confusedjay717]

The boy looks a lot like Hero, true, but who is the girl supposed to resemble? Mari? The only similarities I'm seeing are the facial expressions

[@kovexplay]

@@confusedjay717 I worded it a little wrong: the girl holds some resemblence to sweetheart. It might also be Aubrey due to the ribbon but I'm not sure

[@ahandybag3471]

The more I listen to Deltarune theories the more I’m losing my goddamn mind

[@cly_]

Maybe Dess is in Asriel's computer? Asriel could represent the boy in the video

[@GetBaked2421]

I came back to this theory after watching the music video for The Greatest Living Show because of some very interesting parallels with the points mentioned in this video. The dancers in dresses have long white pointed faces very reminiscent of Swatchlings, and the main character looks like a young girl wearing all white, which could definitely represent Dess. Most notably though is the final shot with the pink/white ribbon with the single sparkle on it. I don't think it can be a coincidence that this imagery shows up twice. My personal theory is that the circus represents the dark world and the blonde character at its head is Gaster. It shows him corrupting December like he did with Spamton and Jevil. This wouldn't spell good things for the Holiday family because the video ends with some... not so happy things happening to the character in white.

[@Shortmagicz]

INB4 The Greatest Living Show Theory *intensely stares at ribbons*

[@basil3663]

thinking the same thing. personally im wondering if the meaning of the white ribbon isn't about deltarune at all, but rather some symbol of broader significance to toby's artistic message

[@ThatPillow]

I've seen so many of your videos that the Nuance TTS feels normal

[@aidancurry218]

Actually, it’s probably just an Earthbound reference. The official lyrics of the song Pollyanna include the phrase “I believe in skies forever blue, why shouldn’t I believe the same in you?” And we all know Toby Fox loves his Earthbound.

[@personexisting123]

The name is certainly an earthbound reference, but that doesn’t mean the whole thing is

[@pkchiptune]

i come back to this video every now and then because the theory's so interesting. the thing that intrigues me the most about it is, if it's connected to deltarune, who is the human playing the game? we see their hand, that is definitely a human hand. it could be kris? hmm... gonna ramble about a bunch of things i found interesting, and probably update it every now and then. i know i'm probably looking too much into things, especially near the end, but screw it, it's fun to theorize sometimes. -- there are three characters here. a Player, a Girl, and the player's crush. the player's crush is from this line: "When you made _my name_ /the same just as / the one you love". that's how we know the Player has a crush. they named this Girl character after the crush though. Girl is not literally dess, but there seems to be a parallel in their fates, if we assume dess is the one lost in the code. but that's kinda weird then, is dess in love with kris??? of note, these lyrics: "Two friends started _just as neighbors_ ". kris and dess were neighbors. -- really out of left field here, but: i wonder if Girl is to Dess, as Ralsei is to Asriel. that's to say, a dark world counterpart, but for some reason, they both exist at the same time. remember, this Girl only exists in a video game-if you made a dark world, she could totally be a darkner. ----------- other weird tidbits i found interesting: • "Pray _this time_ my _heart will shine on_ through" -- the fact that it says "this time" could support jaru's timeloop theory. additionally, the word "shining" on its own is not much. but a _heart_ shining is what kris does when they power up susie & ralsei's attacks. • "Even if the only things you say are yes or no" - dang, toby really likes his whole, "dissection of the RPG genre" thing. he's been doing this since the halloween hack. i just wanna bring that up randomly: sometimes i worry that we're too heavy handed with our discussion about "the player" in the world of deltarune, but this is pretty much exactly how toby talked about the player's role in the halloween hack. like, that "making of halloween hack" document sounds exactly like how deltarune theorists talk about it. here's a quotes from it: "What's funny is that it's not even uncontrolled, it's really just the force of _the player's_ controller pushing that little bounty hunter into murdering Andonuts. You might not realize it, but Varik is almost dead, and yet he can't stop moving because _you keep pushing those buttons_ . Don't you get it?" • this one is a gigantic stretch holy shit. okay so, in mother 3 we found that there was some japanese wordplay, goroawase i think, with the number of claus' health (42) in his first battle. foreshadowing his fate. even though i tried a bunch of keywords, i can't find any sources of this on the internet. hmm... so anyways, skies forever blue has a lot of earthboundy elements. (1) girl saying "i was gonna say something, but i forgot" instead of confessing her love (2) the attempt of using a dance to lead into a love confession (just that, unlike mother 1, she's too shy) (3) collecting melodies. so i tried looking for more obscure earthboundy things. what about the health numbers at the start of the video? in short, the Girl has 23 health. 23. that's pronounced ni-san in japanese. nee-san in japanese is "older sister". dess is an older sister...(though the E in nee-san is pronounced as "eh", not E as in "need"). she has 4 MP. in japanese, 4 is pronounced the same way as death. curious

[@junaidnizami7076]

This was so incredibly engaging. The writing in your videos is only getting better. I hope your channel continues to get more traction as the months go by and as chapters come out.

[@AlriikRidesAgain]

Yo, my brain is exploding after finally finishing the Spamtontravaganza Podcast you and all those peeps did, and one thing is bothering me. Actually, a lot of things are bothering me. But this first. So, in Deltarune, we meet extended family of characters we met before in Undertale(See: Catty/Catti). And people we know in Undertale can be dead in Deltarune, and vice versa (Gerson/Rudy). And, in general, outside of the Dreamurr children, everyone is about the age you would be expect. The only exception is Monster Kid. And then I saw it rains in Chapter 4. And it made me think. Can anyone, without a shadow of a doubt, prove to me it’s the same Monster Kid and not a relative? Because I’m getting HEAVY Goner Kid vibes. I’m, uh… I’m really thinking Goner Kid is Deltarune Monster Kid. He’s the only piece that doesn’t add up age wise, he’s got that Goner situation in Undertale… … And the Whole “Why are you holding an umbrella? It’s not raining” situation popped into my head. It’s the rain. And if it’s not raining here… It's Raining Somewhere Else.

[@OddishsTUFF]

This one is quite a stretch, a lot glitchy visuals being similar can be chalked up to coincidence since the visuals used are very common ways to communicate a glitch. although the katakana makes me raise an eyebrow, it s not enough to convince me. good stuff none the less.

[@berbtheguy]

I mostly attributed the video to the old aging of a gameboy, since cartridges after a while their saves get unusable, so in a way, she was forgotten, picked up again, only to realize that the save battery is low, thus the glitching and the end credits

[@keyburri3095]

Okay I just looked up what Tumblr Flame is and I can't stop laughing at the fact that Toby Fox paid anywhere from $10 to $150 to make dang sure that as many people as possible saw him add creepy piano chords to him editing Randy Newman to say "Friend inside of me".

[@pleasebcool2006]

I find interesting that Toby put a comment in the undertale website saying "looking for secrets?"(or something like that) and the deltarune website is full of secrets. What im trying to say is that while undertale was only the game, Deltarune is more. Ots the website, the sweepstakes and now this. Cant wait to see whats next