Everything to Look Out for in Chapters 3 & 4 of Deltarune

Deltarune Chapter 3 & 4 are right around the corner guys, trust me, my dad works at Toby Fox.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
0:57 Refresher Course
1:45 Chapter 3
10:22 Chapter 4
12:23 Continuous Storylines
27:24 The Knight
36:33 Main Characters
49:24 Other Major Characters
1:04:48 Dark Worlds
1:12:23 Outro
Some footage from:
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@SpriterMike: • THE ROARING TITANS
Music used:
it's hangout time. - TS!Underswap (0:02)
Hotel - Undertale (0:57)
Green Room - Deltarune: Sept 2022 Newsletter (1:50)
My Funky Town - Deltarune: Sept 2022 Newsletter (3:20)
Cogwyn Caves - Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore (4:28)
Showdown! - Undertale Yellow (6:20)
Virbank City - Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 (7:17)
Staff Credits - Luigi's Mansion (8:00)
Toriel.ogg - Edgy Truck [ • Deltarune Chapter 3 US... ] (9:18)
Hometown Day - Deltarune: Sept 2022 Newsletter (10:22)
Sneaking - Deltarune: August 2023 Newsletter (11:23)
Jockington - R.V. Pine [ / jockington-1 ] (12:33)
The Legend - Deltarune (13:41)
Goon La Goon - TS!Underswap (15:00)
Bubblaine - Super Mario Odyssey (16:14)
Team Star Student Theme - Pokemon Scarlet & Violet (16:54)
The Lives We Tried To Reclaim - Skullgirls (18:46)
Cottage House - Mad Rat Dead (19:36)
Detective Pennington - Paper Mario: TTYD (20:28)
Waddle Dee's Weapons Shop - Kirby and the Forgotten Land (21:46)
Ruins - Undertale (22:39)
Main Menu 5 - Undertale Yellow (23:00)
Flower Shop - Everhood (24:33)
Underground (Edit) (3D World) - Super Mario Maker 2 (25:39)
Concealed Coolness - FNAF: Security Breach RUIN (26:22)
"I tried but couldn't do it." - Pokemon Scarlet & Violet (27:26)
Deal Gone Wrong - Deltarune (28:43)
Scorched Cranberries Special - FNAF: Help Wanted 2 (29:58)
Croon of the Liberator - Paledoptera [ / eska_v2 ] (31:18)
Galatic Eterna Building - Pokemon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl (32:45)
Today's Results - Ultimate Angler/StreetPass Fishing - SiIvaGunner (33:49)
PAPYRUS!!! - TS!Underswap (34:57)
Title Theme (OST Version) - Ocarina of Time - SiIvaGunner (35:27)
Se mettre sur son trente-et-un! - Genshin Impact (36:31)
Graze the Roof - Plants vs Zombies (37:27)
A Dog's Life (Mall) - The Fairly OddParents： Breakin' Da Rules (38:40)
Lancer (PAL Version) - SiIvaGunner (40:11)
Legal Woes - Freddy Fazbear Pizzeria Simulator (41:08)
My Castle Town - Deltarune (41:42)
The Circus - Deltarune (43:25)
Peachboy - Kibo [ • DELTASWAP: Chapter I -... ] (45:21)
findher.ogg - Deltarune: Spamton Sweepstakes (46:14)
Hanging Out - R.V. Pine [ / hanging-out ] (47:54)
Gonner - Jayze [ / gonner-ft-jayze ] (49:24)
Gaster's Theme (Extended) - This isn't uploaded anywhere, sorry. (50:05)
Here We Are - Undertale (51:20)
Lantern - Deltarune (51:57)
Fairweather - R.V Pine [ / 5-weathering-with-you ] (53:02)
Moon Men (Instrumental) - Jake Chudnow (54:10)
Gem Blaster - SiIvaGunner: King for Another Day (54:47)
Nyeh Heh Heh! - Undertale (56:30)
Stardust Speedway (Past) - Sonic CD (56:56)
Join Avenue Greeting - Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 (58:24)
Kamek's Theme - Yoshi's Island - SiIvaGunner (58:58)
Bonetrousle - Undertale (1:01:07)
Hip Shop - Deltarune (1:01:37)
Thinking Music - Be Funny Now - SiIvaGunner (1:02:06)
Catti - R.V. Pine [ / catti ] (1:03:09)
Hotel - Undertale (1:04:02)
It's Raining Somewhere Else - Undertale (1:04:19)
Awake - Celeste (1:06:30)
Fun-Sized - Undertale Yellow (1:07:41)
Mirror Temple (Mirror Magic Mix) - Celeste (1:09:07)
Mystery Gift - Pokemon Black & White (1:10:27)
New Champion - Pokemon Scarlet & Violet (1:11:04)

[@someguy4405]

"Because otherwise people would have spent a DECADE getting attached to THE WRONG GUY." Do it Toby.

[@chongwillson972]

@someguy4405 imagine if gaster really looks like is what the gaster blasters are, just with the skin and gaster blasters are like blaster made to blast gaster and their skull design is based on what gaster looks like without skin or flesh, kind of a " this is going to be you" type of way.

[@SmudgedSketch]

@@someguy4405 it does feel like something he would do

[@cherryperson6783]

​@@chongwillson972this comment gave me a stroke

[@Apollo9898LP]

Personally I really think the Undertale/Deltarune community jumps to Gaster waaaaaay too often so I kinda hope it isn't Gaster lol

[@someguy4405]

@@Apollo9898LP I hope the plot of the game doesn't turn out to be totally gaster-centric, because that would be some fanfic bullshit, but he's pretty clearly there. The evidence is so overwhelming I can't list it all here.

[@simplymoxie2090]

I like to imagine Foby Tox watches these videos with a bowl of popcorn and laughs hysterically at everything wrong.

[@cherryperson6783]

And now I made it my duty to save this video to a forgoten playlist and go back to it when the next chapters come out and laugh

[@lord6074]

Foby tox, Toby fox's secret brother that will be chapter 7's secret boss

[@MustafaIbrahim-rk6dj]

​@@lord6074 nah, it'll be his evil twin, Sebastian wolf

[@FMrewind]

@@MustafaIbrahim-rk6djthat shit was so funny

[@MustafaIbrahim-rk6dj]

@@FMrewind I hope you actually knew that Sebastian wolf did exist and acted perfectly like an evil twin of toby fox

[@skeleboneguy3694]

Chat, why are there friends inside these people?

[@marialuciasilva2362]

Maybe they are gay ?

[@marialuciasilva2362]

Or possession

[@TheDimensionalArtist]

Or the very Demon inside of them Tore out their flesh and took their skin...

[@marialuciasilva2362]

@@TheDimensionalArtist do you like how your skin feels on your body ?

[@MAGICAL_DUNCE]

​@@marialuciasilva2362 or both

[@thebigblox4297]

the "after the roaring, heroes will appear" thing has an interesting theory that the closet dark world indicates the roaring already did happen once, and that's why castle town is abandoned when we first arrive, and it's how ralsei knows about it in the first place.

[@stardust-reverie]

ohh i LIKE this idea

[@thebigblox4297]

@stardust-reverie well I heard it fron halfbreadchaos so check em out to see the full theory

[@stardust-reverie]

@@thebigblox4297 i am a certified halfbreadhead i must know what video this is

[@thebigblox4297]

@@stardust-reverie "What is in the Closet Dark World"

[@stardust-reverie]

@@thebigblox4297 hell yeah. thanks boss 👍

[@sloweia]

What if the stray pixel is the Knight? It's seen in both dark worlds so far, it certainly came before us. It has direct connection to the main bosses qnd after the update is on theirs sides literally. It's dark as darkness. Might be an another piece of Gaster (jumpscare). Could a comedic setup with "A large person could fit here" to the Knight actually being the smallest person in the town. Its size also explains why no one spotted the Knight in the library and school.

[@eshan-does]

The Deltarune brainrot is going too far.

[@TheGreatOwlMaster]

The knight is micro froggit confirmed?

[@endertheories9867]

Average Deltarune theory:

[@austinpollard3009]

Naw, that would be too obvious

[@DuoVersal]

The knight is an ant lmao

[@ClodsireBcuzYes]

16:35 "sure we got to kill a gamer and traumatize a lesbian but-" only in the deltarune community istg

[@alt4388]

chapter 4 cannot be light world only. toby has explicity stated its a standard chapter compared to the actual pattern breaker of chapter 3

[@TheGrammarNazi123]

He simply said there's "More Light World".

[@KhanShotFirst]

He's also showed us a single enemy from ch.4, cup_walka.

[@JonnyO514]

I feel like it should be pretty obvious that we aren’t being shown any Dark World stuff for Chapter 4 in order to keep it a surprise

[@HenryMiller-ox1xu]

Oh yeah!

[@alt4388]

@@JonnyO514 yeah they're not gonna show us the next dark world when we haven't even seen 10% of TV world

[@Sparkling34]

I think the "there's only one ending?" is like how the neutral route in undertale is one ending, but depending on your actions (who you kill) there are many different epilogues

[@kaderobertson2489]

I personally think that the reason he says that is by all regards, within the context of the narrative, the weird route shouldn’t exist. Yeah, technically the files for it are always there, but Toby seems to go out of his way to not acknowledge snowgrave, considering the fact that none of the unique tracks have been recognized and he hasn’t mentioned it AT ALL. Also the fact that it is heavily implied that you’re using Noelle’s unique aptitude to break games to completely shatter the “true” narrative. All in all, I think there’s probably going to be a weird ending, it’s just not being acknowledged whatsoever by Toby because it by all rights should not exist.

[@soapgaming4903]

I personally think that that the routes will have a massive impact in the story. However, all route have the one ending, killing or losing to the titans (we don’t know what will happen, most likely killing the titans but you never know). The evil route will have you assemble a team of super powered party members and get the ending. The pacifist route will have all of the darkeners you saved help you get the ending (The roaring prophecy says that darkeners will turn to stone one by one, not all at once). The neutral route will play out more like the prophecy with the three hero’s. I also think that the way Kris breaks control will be different based on the endings, evil will be a forceful removal of the player, pacifist will be a sad goodbye to the player, and neutral will just be the player just leaving Kris This is just my theory and I’ve wanted to get it out forever just never had the ability to, until now.

[@Seeks_stuff]

The best, most wide-ranged, most entertaining and well-researched Deltarune video I've ever watched This is everything I ever wanted

[@dnasu]

oh hello seeks stuff!!!

[@dmclsl03]

with the stuff he said about susie, idk about "well researched" lol

[@TheActualDried]

de deltarune dodder the deltarune modder

[@zeo4481]

You watched the ,,Device Theory " right?

[@cinnabarmanx4214]

I love the work put into this but holy hell that image of Sans next to a bigger Sans as his brother fucking sent me. Can you imagine the hilarious disappointment on everyone’s faces when we finally meet Sans’s brother and it’s not Papyrus, just a bigger Sans LOL

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

Snas Deltarune

[@mrfrog0913]

​@@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo "heya I'm snas, snas the skeleton" "you look dissapointed. why does everyone do this." "*i'm going back to my room!*" "*screw you!*" Sans:"puberty am I right."

[@caltheuntitled8021]

In before his brother is Prunsel

[@Robin-234]

"for easy consumption, while you're doing something else" how dare you call me out like this.

[@rogerpr6007]

ch4 already is confirmed to have a dark world i dont know why people keep thinking it will not. About Lanino and Elnina´s names as a spanish person thats just a pun lmao.

[@quincey5917]

With regards to Susie and her importance, I also think she’s important because she’s one of the only characters who can override the player’s choices and can’t be influenced like Noelle. She honestly seems like one of the only characters who has a concrete and stable sense of self, even despite all the change happening across the game. Maybe Kris admires her independence. Maybe OUR choices don’t matter, but hers do?

[@lianaverwood9810]

It's *her Ability to MAKE Choices* that makes her so Special, as most of the Lightners have thrown this capability away - either from _the Negative Consequences of Making Choices, or the Belief that one's Choices Don't Matter._ Susie however, has Accepted that Choices Don't Matter, *yet still makes Choices for herself regardless* unlike most, who have degenerated into a Monotonous Routine of their sometimes Torturous Daily Lives without _trying to do anything to Change it or Spice it Up..._ The reason this is so Important is because this Trait of making Choices and hanging onto one's own Convictions despite the Hopelessness in front of them is *_one of the Core Tenets of the Previous Game, Undertale:_* *DETERMINATION.* It's Important here because Susie's *of the Monster Race,* which Historically _don't naturally have the_ *SOUL* _required to have such_ *DETERMINATION.* This would imply that Susie is *an Anomaly in this World: A Monster Born with a SOUL...* Perhaps This is *_Why she's One of the Three in the Prophecy,_* as just like in Real Life, _anyone that is perceived as being Different or Abnormal is often Considered as 'a Monster'_ - even *among Actual Monsters!*

[@chongwillson972]

@@lianaverwood9810 I wonder if susie and ralsei relationship will be important, because she is having an impact on ralsei's character.

[@Dudeman23rd]

I didn't know about the "single black pixel in the boss arena" gag until just now and honestly that's one of the funniest things I've ever heard, I hope Toby keeps doing dumb shit like that for the whole game

[@Fellgaming2006]

so do remember that Jevil didn't have a portrait either and yet he is rather important to the lore. same thing with Spamton. this is why i dont think the church owner not having a portrait means he is unimportant.

[@justice8718]

It could be that he isn’t Lightner.

[@soundlessorc8O8]

Fair, but it's also worth noting that Spamton and Jevil are both secret bosses. So perhaps being lore significant yet given no dialogue portrait could be a trait exclusive to secret bosses. It could fit in with the theme of secret bosses being forgotten/abandoned. That even the game itself forgot about them and didn't bother to give them dialogue portraits. I'm not saying that this invalidates Alvin's potential importance, but I am saying I'd hesitate to compare him to Spamton and Jevil since those might be specific exceptions. Who knows, maybe Alvin will be a secret boss. As far as I know, there are no rules stating that a secret boss has to be a darkner. Maybe he could be the secret boss of a potential church dark world. Maybe the feeling of living in his father's shadow is the thing that connects him to the theme of being forgotten. I don't know what I am talking about anymore. Whatever, have this long ass reply. It is my gift to you.

[@pikatwinsggamingarchives2228]

Chess theory follows that each character's personalitys match the chess pieces, not exactly their names. Tenna/Mike doesn't have to be named Rook, they just have to act like how the piece would. This is due to King being a King card, not a king piece, and queen's cereal number just includes queen past the random letters and numbers.

[@xxhiroyukixx4833]

And a TV-esque boss (like R.V. Pine's Tenna) could work. After all, network hosts are the rooks of TV. They hold the power to cut off shows they feel aren't successful. So a Rook is a perfect fit for the next chapter.

[@Broomer52]

Kris can’t do much without us, they can barely walk, the few times they’ve acted without our input in a fight they get rocked. Also if you hug Ralsei on the river ride in chapter 2, when Ralsei offers a hug of comfort after the Spamton fight they will actually accept it without us pushing. During the entire game we’re making friends but I get the feeling one of the final friend we make is with Kris. Kris doesn’t seem to like us very much but keeps us around when they need us, it might simply be a partnership of convenience but we could potentially truly win them over in the end

[@username5155]

This is just a reminder that giving Noelle the Jevilstail gives you a new one when you reach Castle Town, meaning she probably won’t be playable again since then there’d be two of them, and as you pointed out, only the Devilsknife IS Jevil. (Although that also has the issue that A. Jevil TELLS YOU to make it, meaning he too wants you to pursue violence, which goes against his views of what matters and what doesn’t, and B. There are already Devilsknives in his fight)

[@TwilightFlower9]

Or if she's playable again it'll just be unequipped from her. This seems like a pretty standard "RPG gives you a leaving character's items back" thing, to me.

[@username5155]

@@TwilightFlower9 I feel like then it would actually give you ALL of your armour back given you can give her literally anything bar like the twin ribbons or the Dealmaker or anything else you get after she leaves. I feel like Noelle might be important to the story given her being in the original concept art and being treated as more of a main character than Ralsei during the Goner Maker for some reason, and she might be playable again, but I feel like she at the very least won’t be a part of the main party again, even if she IS playable later. It’s like that one part of Dragon Blazers or something.

[@ILikeCinderace119]

Eh, figures Noelle won’t be very important in future chapters, unlike what everyone thinks

[@TwilightFlower9]

@@ILikeCinderace119 Not important after ch2 sets up two unresolved arcs involving her? (Her relationship with Susie and the disappearance of Dess)

[@trondordoesstuff]

10:51 This was confirmed false in one of the newsletters - i think it may have been Halloween 2023? - in which it was stated that Chapter 4 would be a "much more standard" chapter than 3. While Fox has his ways, I do doubt total misdirection like this. The February newsletter also said regarding chapter 4, "As usual, there isn't much we can show, so please look at this cup." The fact that this cup was not included in this video is a war crime

[@pteroid11]

Honestly the easiest way for me to tie Tenna to the Chess Theory is him being a sort of ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ type presenting himself as massive and intimidating through interacting through a massive times square-esque tv tower before being revealed as a pipsqueak post-boss fight.

[@SearchableUsername]

or just being a right-hand-man of rook who does all his footwork sorta like how lancer was for king

[@jesterphobiaglitched2032]

why cant tenna's last name just be rook boom easiest way to still make chess theory work lol.

[@Lymidym]

"Welcome. Welcome to City 17."

[@jma0645]

I have a crack theory with no basis that there "mike" or some other character being refaired by Tenna has "rookie" And by the end of the chapter they would backstab Tenna going from "rookie" to ROOKie" This would like with the chess theory of rook coming in play when the pawn in front falls

[@DJSymphonie]

Could be as simple as a cROOKed anTENNA; Could also be a crook joke (considering the gangster/shootout/ shadow guys) tho I also like there bein a duo of leads in ch3 Crook 'n' Tenna, all based on wordplay obviously

[@cherrybombwaffles518]

I think we might be getting closer. that post Toby made was from Spring. it's been a few months. if Toby does release a Summer 2024 Newsletter, he might say a little bit more. maybe not giving us a release date yet, but he might have gotten more progress done, making the release date seem closer. (for those who don't remember how development works, phase 1 is coming up with ideas and concepts, phase 2 is the actual development of the game, and phase three is the post-development. porting, dubbing other languages, bug testing, ETC) by that point, Chapter 3 might be closer to finishing the third and final phase of development. if not be fully complete. meanwhile, Chapter 4 might be really close to completing the second phase of development. if not have already entered the third phase. either way, we'll need to wait until both chapters are complete before they can be released.

[@cortomaltese5206]

I agree. I think that if all goes well well be getting chapters 3 and 4 by the winter

[@cherrybombwaffles518]

@@cortomaltese5206 or maybe even late Autumn (I'm thinking November)

[@KorrupKopia]

One thing that bother me about Susie is that she's the only character who's able to "break the script". Yes, of course, the whole "your choices don't matter". BUT, think about it. If it wasn't for Susie "breaking the script" in chapter 2, we (as the player) wouldn't be able to do the weird route. I'm truly convinced that Susie will play a major role later on in the game and will be a very important character.

[@CalvinNoire]

Characters who "Break the script" Will obviously be important. I agree, Susie will play a massive role in the future chapters. Another character to look out for is Asriel. For some reason, every save slot has a new item for him in the drawer for chapter 1. Yes, that's right, the items change depending on the save slot. Does this mean Asriel can break the script too? I'm not really sure, but it's just something important to note. The most important decisions happen in the dark world, Asriel is seemingly the only character that breaks this.

[@KhanShotFirst]

A few details: 5:00 Andrew Cunningham's discord has also speculated that Tenna's full name is "C. Rook" as some form of mob boss, or that Kris's fountain somehow escapes theming if it's not made by the Knight. 7:30 The Ice-E flamin' cold "spray for the boys" was abandoned after one or two uses too, and Susie mentioned Ice-E: The Movie. Tie-in shovelware secret boss? 8:30 Susie becoming more aware of her (lack of) femininity feels like an important emotional beat for her about Noelle rather than a hidden boss. 10:40 Hat mouse actually confirms no light world section in ch.3! His hat has grown one pixel each appearance so far, and that's one pixel taller than ch.2. Given we've seen cup_walka (a darkner from ch.4) in a newsletter, we might still get a full before- and after-dw light world walkaround section. Kris will probably sleep through church, like school. 36:20 Kris only "looks hurt" if you snap the gate shut ON noelle. Startling her by shutting it NEAR her just gets you more fun dialogue like howling for dog treats. 46:23 Fun fact! The PLAYERtown castle has a very large locked stone door behind the cauldron, with a huge heart engraved on it, highlighted by a crown ("Boss! If you know Kris's ACT will give an enemy 100% mercy...") ("For the young human, we recommend..." "Boss, please try not to use all of the sugar.") and six angel wings. And Father Alvin gives two separate benedictions to Kris: "May the Angel watch over you" and "Let the Angel's power light your way." This REALLY parallels, uh, us literally being over kris (who seems to know this in the ch.1 cutscene and ch.2 peace sign), and the recurring references to "a certain power", "Your SOUL shined its power", and of course the entire song "YOUR POWER".

[@empeanutson]

"C. Rook"? If that ends up being true, would that make C. Round's name slight foreshadowing?

[@KhanShotFirst]

@@empeanutson Could be! Or just an accidental parallelism from making "crowned" and "crook" puns with a character.

[@Wyvernil]

It's possible that Chapter 3's dark world breaks the chess theme because it only applies to worlds made by the knight, not Kris. In that case, Chapter 4's boss would be a dual boss based on the Rook and Bishop.

[@truerenjustren]

Hey, btw, I just wanted to point out a bit of a mundane thing with the secret bosses that I haven't heard really anyone talk about (although I haven't actively looked so idk). Toby has specifically kept the party count to 3 through the 2 chapters, doing so even when Noelle was tagging along with the main 3 in the second chapter. Even if it can be changed in the future chapters, and even if it can be put off as a "Toby didn't bother" moment, I think it's important. If you were to defeat 3 of the secret bosses with violence, then the other 3 passively, your party would have a full set of weapons and a collection of useful armors, along with an extra armor slot for whatever else. On top of this, the weapon from Jevil is only for Susie, and the weapon from Spamton is only for Ralsei, pushing this idea further. I get that this is going off the assumption that there will be more secret bosses, and I get it's not exactly a substantial theory, but I feel the secret bosses might help or even allow for an actual change in the story of Deltarune. Not sure though, so idk.

[@emanuel585]

Imagine if the character who guides you trough the maze is berdly and you just get softlocked during snowgrave

[@ethanhawksley9097]

I’ve unfortunately cursed myself into an obsession with watching all Deltarune-related content… so here I am I think the chapter 3 secret boss will either be VHS/CD related or have something to do with ads/infomercials

[@Broomer52]

If the pattern stays there will be another carnival theme. Their was a Clown and Merry Go Round stage, then a Puppet and a Roller Coaster Stage

[@johnokane1899]

nah its flowery, flowery the flower

[@lavenderinthedark]

i feel like an ad/infomercial would be too spamton-y, esp coming immediately after spamton

[@ethanhawksley9097]

@@lavenderinthedark that’s what I think too, which is why I think it will be VHS/DVD themed Or maybe radio

[@TheSenkMan]

Theory: Ralsei was made from the grand dark fountain, the fountain any darkner can go to. So since he’s made of “PURE DARKNESS”, he could possibly have powers ordinary darkners don’t.

[@JackalformerlyKnownasDjjjav]

Ngl, that sounds super edgy out of context, for example the sentence “he’s made of “PURE DARKNESS”” is so edgy that it pokes your mouth

[@QSBraWQ]

but it's a boring theory! he's special cause he's out of a special place, come on. it's not a cool and fun answer. it's like, setting up a bit of mystery (how did he get here, how did he open door, how did he get out, how did he get in) and then just answering it with "cause he's speeeecial, cause he's from speeeeecial place" it's boring. also wouldn't pure darkness require literally NOTHING else in it? this is what pure means. Kinda like, in a sterile, perfectly contained test lab. not a school closet. Like, unless ralsei is like, darkness itself, somehow, and thus everywhere, and can appear anywhere, but that sounds goofy.

[@shade08538]

@@QSBraWQIt would also explain why Ralsei doesn’t turn to stone in Cyber World. Ralsei heavily implies “pure darkness” allows darkners to exist without turning into stone, because that’s literally how we free Lancer from being stone. We take him back to Castle town, the place of “pure” darkners, whatever that means.

[@quackelstheduck2040]

​@@shade08538doesn't ralsei implicitly say that he cant turn to stone?

[@YoLkE-22222]

​@@QSBraWQpure darkness probably just means darkness not connected to any theme, ralsei doesn't have to do with board games or the internet but doesn't turn to stone.

[@papeandocomraposa8274]

37:19 its because we make Kris step out of the button when Noelle is in the lazer, if noelle wasn't fast enought, something very bad could happen, one thing is you doing silly pranks on your friends, other thing is doing something that could actually hurt them, and when you step on the button and imeadiately step out of it, Kris doesnt seem hurt there was no way for noelle to be hurt

[@Theking-vx6zp]

I don't really know how you came to the conclusion that there is a chance chapter 4 doesn't have a dark world, in the latest newsletter toby talks about how he needs to finish a few battles and improve the pacing of the bosses, pretty sure that confirms that chapter 4 will in fact have a dark world. Also chess theory doesnt say that the bosses have to be called "rook" or "bishop" they just need to have the characteristics of one. Pretty damn good video though, you summarized almost 3 years of theories pretty well, except these 2 parts.

[@ivythay4259]

It's possible he wrote and edited that part before the newsletter released, and forgot to fix it.

[@lianaverwood9810]

Also, one could argue that Chapters 3 can still fit the Chess Theming regardless as the Dark World involved is at Kris' House. The Proverb "The Home is One's Castle" may be implemented here, and a Castle is another Name used for the Rook Piece in Chess! Another possibility is that while the Antagonist themselves might not resemble a Rook Piece, something they use in their Boss Fight could - like a Golem-esque Kaiju or something that references the Rook Piece or something like that, since this Dark World uses Themes based around Television... After that, Chapter 4's Dark World happening within/near a Church completely fits the Theme, with the Bishop Piece being Next in the lineup...

[@thisisanaccountalright]

A rook is also apparently, as it's 2nd definition states, a swindler and a crook. That could fit him very well.

[@Zumi4333]

21:20 in undertale files gaster has 6666666 hp, 66666atk, 66666 def and drop -6666 xp and gold so the fact that this garbage noise is 666% slower makes it preety much gaster thing

[@ArtemisWasHere]

26:35 apparently the mind curiosity isn’t intentional and is just an artifact of Toby’s shit coding

[@CalvinNoire]

Imagine you're a developer, messing up some jank ahh code, and you just leave it there to be. Moments later, and now your fans are dissecting that jank ahh code, because they think it's lore... I would be euphoric.

[@TheGeladoo]

We don't know for 100% sure, it is possible Toby coded them differently on purpose, but yeah it's important to point that out so that people can have the full context and take their own conclusions

[@pikatwinsggamingarchives2228]

The pink and yellow eyes are meant to match Swatch's red and yellow eyes, as spamton is trying to impersonate Swatch's look. This is explained in swatch dialogue and the Spamton Sweepstakes

[@QSBraWQ]

I believe in spamton QnA it's explained that it is NOT the case, and connection is deeper than that.

[@pikatwinsggamingarchives2228]

@@QSBraWQ he directly says, "who wears it better", which pretty much confirms he stole the look

[@Jernald]

the real treasure we made along the way was the friends inside me

[@Goofygoober279]

Yes😌

[@polishspy8778]

Friend inside me.

[@Delta58784]

Pizzapants as the knight would be funni but also it would feel unsatisfying. Kinda like the Kris knight theory. He just doesn’t seem to have the motives.

[@MikeTyson-ft8nq]

Yes, and I feel like you couldn't pay him enough to care, let alone open fountains

[@username5155]

I like Jas’s interpretation of Chapter 3, with Tenna being the main boss who is the producer of the TV shows, Mike being the star of a specific show (Being a cooking show, as Jas imagines him also being the Dreemurr’s Microvave), and the main attraction, -The Secret Boss- thhe next SHADOW BOSS!, our favorite Lovable Varmint, our Most Friend, …Petaly. He’s literally designed to be “a deliberate bastardization of Flowey in every way” and is all the things people think the next secret boss will be. He’s a flower, he’s a former TV star, he’s a cowboy, he has a tragic and relatable past about child neglect and the loss of childhood that comes with being a child star who’s unable to maintain an audience as they grow up, and best of all, he’s a terrible horrible person that I hate and that’s why I love him.

[@chairdog]

Hey this seems like a really cool interpretation! Might I ask, who is Jas? I'm interested in learning more about this

[@username5155]

@@chairdog Jas’s most popular character is Petaly, so it’s probably easiest to get to Jas through him. It’s also how I found out about Jas. You can probably just Google something like “Petaly deltᴀrune” and get there that way. I think most of Jas’s deltᴀrune stuff is currently on a site called toyhouse, with theur deltᴀrune OCs under a labeled tab, and the top three results in that tab should be the ones related to his current Chapter 3 take. There was also a Petaly plushie on Makeship that literally JUST ended its campaign, so that’s unfortunate.

[@username5155]

@@chairdog Jas’s most popular character is Petaly, so it’s probably easiest to get to Jas through him. You can probably just Google something like “Petaly deltᴀrune” and get there that way. I think most of Jas’s deltᴀrune stuff is currently on a site called toyhouse, with Petaly, Tenna, and Mike being connected to this particular Chapter 3 take.

[@username5155]

@@chairdog Jas’s most popular character is Petaly, so it’s probably easiest to get to Jas through him. You can probably just Goo​gle something like “Petaly deltᴀrune” and get there that way. I think most of Jas’s deltᴀrune stuff is currently on a s​​​ite called T​oy​ho​use, with Petaly, Tenna, and Mike being connected to this particular Chapter 3 take.

[@username5155]

@@chairdog I also don’t really know much about Jas, I just really like their Chapter 3 take

[@miloc290]

One thing people always forget when saying "Oh Tenna can't be the rook" is that Rook is a slang term. A Rook is a swindler and a cheat, someone who lies. Likely someone with a lot of charisma and nothing else; similar to, lets say, a T.V host who uses other people to gain fame and then discards them when they are no longer useful.

[@chongwillson972]

8:57 it would be fun if the dragoness constantly tries to kidnap ralsei due to being a prince and because asirel has a certain interest in it, hell maybe that's how toby can troll us so that ralsei and toriel never meet each other.

[@xolor1111]

7:34 Petaly

[@hexandcube]

Just to note, the vessel's gift is not necessarily deliberately set to mind by default. All the values for the questions are set to 0, it just so happens that mind has the index of 0 for that question for some reason. It might still mean something, but probably not.

[@gooigigamer7398]

"Nobody's been making deltarune content." Oh buddy you have no idea how far the soundcloud fancontent has gone since that video of yours lol, at one point a fake leak account actually leaked music from the Mario VS Donkey Kong switch remake nearly a month before the game even released.

[@kaderobertson2489]

Also like five more composers got outed as groomers

[@gooigigamer7398]

​@@kaderobertson2489at least one of the more notable ones turned out to be false allegations (aytanner)

[@ivythay4259]

23:09 You forgot about FRIEND's filenames sharing a motif with stuff like the title screen, Goner Maker, file select, etc. Seems very tied to Gaster-y things, and almost certainly *not* Spamton.

[@mxstrikk]

Thank you for this KazooCat, I can now do the Roaring against these weeds

[@marquibalbuena3624]

I smoke them ahhahaahahahhaaah

[@BrendaK7200]

1:08:45 Okay so I am like fairly certain that you still get the PuppetScarf in the weird route, along side (maybe) the ShadowCrystal. Because I remember playing through the weird route for a playthrough and being surprised that Spamton still gave you the PuppetScarf in that route

[@ivythay4259]

Yeah, I remember that, too.

[@bruhlol3341]

Its true, and im sure you get the crystal as well. I always use Ralsei to beat the shit out of Clover rematch after snowgrave

[@darestep7844]

26:55 Actually I think there's one more change between saves I've noticed. I don't 100% remember all the specifics (I've been avoiding playing Deltarune as much as possible while waiting for chapters 3 and 4 just because I want the game to feel completely fresh to me once we actually have half of it) but I remember at the end of Chapter 1 the flowers in Rudy's hospital room change along with his dialogue when you interact with them. Hopefully I'm remembering that right and I didn't just completely make that up out of nowhere lol.

[@cmckevitt]

My dad’s actually Temmie Chang, he told me chap 3 and 4 are right around the corner. Hang in tight fellas.

[@celestialwaffle1491]

Absolutely fantastic video, it got me way more excited for the rest of Deltarune than I already was! There were so many thing that made me lose my mind about how well they connected, and even though you didn't come up with most of it, you explained it really well. Also if Ralsei has the making of a secret boss, then Sans 100% does too. You didn't hear that from me.

[@theultimaterat5064]

37:30 I think my favourite theory in all undertale-deltarune is solely and entirely the fact that could possibly be something threatening the light world that is only referred to as "the creature"

[@taoboyce6412]

26:00 chara's name is definitely one of those things where it's just so commonly accepted fanon that everyone forgets about it honestly I wouldn't be surprised if toby just accepted it as the canon name too

[@immanopeonouttahere3482]

It gets confirmed in the game. If u dont name them, they’re Chara. If u name them Chara, its deemed as the “true name”

[@TitozThing]

@@immanopeonouttahere3482 its probably only called the "true name" because in the code, 'chara' can be used as a shortened version of 'character'

[@ArtemisWasHere]

@@TitozThingthat is literally the case The variable containing the fallen humans name you input is called “truechara” It’s just a meta joke

[@jollyjadentnt7963]

@@TitozThingbut if you hack the game to make it so you can just skip the name making section and play without a name somehow, the game just defaults to ‘CHARA’

[@TitozThing]

@@ArtemisWasHere yeah, exactly!

[@machandri]

You know the video is good when it starts with ts underswap ost

[@tylermays8066]

Correction the puppet scarf is in fact obtainable in the wierd route after sealing the fountain and going to castle town if you look in your weapons the puppet scarf will be there

[@whomdunit2457]

Im just now finished with the Knight section and im surprised he doesnt mention the Vessel or Dess being the knight, given their connection to the Dark fountains, or the Oblivion theory. Some stuff in this video is a bit old despite how recent it is, but ive never made one of these vids before so maybe thats just how it goes lol. Or im just in really particular circles of the DR fandom.

[@tifani2.0---31]

Man, I think is because there is no clue about those being the knight, I mean... is just way improbable

[@samantha07995]

​@@tifani2.0---31 if you read oblivion theory you would know why knight Vessel is a great canidate

[@iosis9324]

35:24 He didn't mention them because he's basically not interested in the question of who the Knight is. Which I personally also agree with, I don't understand all this obsession of people about who a Knight is.

[@whomdunit2457]

@@iosis9324 I mean, they're the main antagonist so far. I think it's understandable why people wanna know who they are lol

[@Chuals]

I genuinely can't wait to rewatch this after chapters 3 and 4 come out

[@thegreasygrub5009]

Solid, clean, humorous editing. A lot of good points and an engaging flow despite the jumping from topic to topic. This was a video I was going to put on in the background but instead watched completely on its own. Good job!

[@funnydotyes]

i like to think that mike and tenna are both the main bosses of chapter 3 because there are two rooks in chess this may also mean that there will be two bishops and knights (maybe the roaring knight and his steed because people also call knight pieces horses)

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

The multi-knight theory is that there are multiple knights, I’ve seen some people compare it to 2 players, it would let there be a knight who was s mistaken (like papyrus) and a knight who wants the roaring

[@funnydotyes]

@@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo 8 party members as the pawns could also work too all we need left is 4 party members who represent Integrity, Bravery, Determination and whatever the white soul is (Hope????)

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

@@funnydotyes Kris, Susie, Noelle, Dess, and Asriel are the most important child characters in the game, so that’s five pawns, the vessel, Ralsei and Berdly could also be options, but The Vessel could be on the other side, Ralsei is a darkner, and Snowgrave route makes Berdly unlikely. Something about chess I would like to point out is there are two sides, white (light) and black (dark), it’s possible both sides will be given pieces King and Queen for black are King and Queen, for white it’s could be Toriel and Asgore. There are also seven chapters, one for each piece and the final one could be the players, the player for white is us, and the player for black could be Gaster if you assume that the 7(?) secret bosses + the vessel will be the pawns

[@funnydotyes]

@@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo the weird route can be thought as letting gaster take our pawns aka letting him win

[@ThisIsAHandle-xz5yo]

@@funnydotyes the thing is, Gaster seems to be in some sort of in between state of following the rules and not, he makes the secret bosses insane, but why? Is that how the game is supposed to go or is he interfering? What was the original game supposed to be before Gaster got interrupted when making the Vessel? The weird route has us break the rules of Deltarune, but maybe it follows the rules of Gasters game. Weird route itself breaks chess, Berdly and Spamton die by Noelle, if Noelles a white pawn why can she take another white pawn. Pieces take the same pieces as the side they’re on, Spamton takes on the role of queen, which is just him promoting, but can still be killed by a simple pawn, in a normal route not a single piece gets taken even if you only use violence, but in weird route 2 do. Even if Berdly and Ralsei are pawns that leaves one space open, that missing pawn could be essential, Papyrus could be the pawn, but he could be the knight, any kid in class, Burgerpants, onion, and a few others could al be that pawn, but all of them are impossible to confirm or deny. And then there’s the egg man, egg in Wingdings is just the knights movement, but we don’t know which side he’s on, it if he’s even on a side, Wingdings usually means Gaster, but Eggman is friendly with us. (This is like 3 theories combined into one)

[@beanmoment3918]

Something else about the egg, is that "Egg" in wingdings is "☜︎☝︎☝︎" Which is the move pattern on a Knight in chess.

[@dumbpro555]

Regarding Papyrus as the Knight, I agree that it probably won't be him... But I *really* want it to be him, so I'm still hopeful.

[@GodChaos333]

This video was a real treat to watch. And good job with all the editing. Lots of funny and interesting edits. Nice of your to shout out so many deltarune creators works. They all rock. Man i cannot wait for chapter 3 and 4. It is so hard to stay determined

[@Kipper6464]

I think I Deltarune will probably be my favorite game once it's out and I have played it all. I love how You the player and Kris are separate people I think it's neat seeing a game where the main conflict is between You and the character you are controlling Kris, we never put much thought into how actions are effect not just the world itself but the character we use to interact with the world how do are actions effect the very people who we use as are "Vessels" in this case Kris. It is a topic I have never seen anywhere else, and I am excited for what comes next in this story.

[@-monikalourens-6834]

i noticed that if you put all of the songs names with the motif lost girl, you get "lost girl next door. noelle, find her", the only one that doesnt fit, is ferris wheel

[@MrLegendofLP]

That is… an extremely interesting observation.

[@Dr.Matchstick]

there is something that, while obvious, i think should be said aloud undertale is the post success spinoff of deltarune, not the other way around, everything in undertale gives off the vibe that you knew about deltarune before playing it, of course we couldnt tell because it didnt exist, and deltarune has changes to account for the fact that it exists first, but im willing to assume most of the things brought over from undertale were orginally from deltarune

[@foursidekm]

Yeah I'm pretty sure undertale was making a darkworld joke when they introduced sans' bedroom lol

[@rofirofi112]

just throwing thing out here, a theory on how Ralsei could get to the cyber world is because he is the prince from the dark or in otherword a special darkner. darkner is the manifestation of item it reflects in the lightworld, just like Lancer and Rouxl is the ace of spade and rules card, which is why they got petrified in the cyber world, because they do not fit in there. so what item is Ralsei supposed to be? imo, Ralsei is a bunch of items that have connections in some way to Kris and Asriel, this might include Kris's old red horned headband and maybe a tech-related item that allow Ralsei to travel to the cyber world through the internet. Also one more thing, The castle town. the reason why this dark world is the only(for now) pure one because it's counter part in the light world is the school closet in which i think is the reason it can host darkners from another dark world, because the closet can hold anything without it being unfitting for the room

[@Tramon81]

I recently had to scrap a concept for a how to draw dragons secret boss that dealt with the concept if homesickness, since she will never be returned to what is essentialy the cyberworld.

[@chongwillson972]

@Tramon81 i had the idea the how to draw dragons book would be will kidnap ralsei, due to ralsei being a prince and them being a dragoness is a reversal of dragons kidnaping princesses and the how to draw dragons connections to asriel maybe it mistakes ralsei for asirel. and hey if they are a secret boss maybe ralsei can be one with the connections to them, like how spamton to kris. and maybe those connections are the subject of isolation, something ralsei would know the most about.

[@PabloJackson-yw7jz]

I can add on to this perhaps, what if the boss's thing with knowing your choices don't matter is wanting to forget/go back and live in ignorance

[@mlgbowserlol]

Personally i have. A bit of a problem with the theory that Chapter 4 will be exclusively Light World. Mostly because we KNOW IT ISNT. The May newsletter actively states that chapter 4 contains battles and gimmicks. And unless Kris and Susie start throwing hands in the Light World, i highly doubt the entire chapter will consist of just that. More likely, is that Chapter 4 starts with a daytime segment, then transitions into the church dark world, and either: A, ends the chapter at the sealing of the fountain like chapter 3 does, or B, theres an evening segment and the chapter ends off with another classic Deltarune cliffhanger. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. (Edit: Many other people in the comments have already stated things like this, but using direct quotes from toby instead. So hey. Good on you guys for knowing your stuff.)

[@unknownperson-ni4pd]

Well I love that you’re making them because I am SO hyped and yes as you say no one is making many videos about the game currently 😭

[@joaoguilhermegreenhalgh3210]

54:22 this is probably because (probably) Gaster had never personally met with Spamton, since he talked with him through the phone, so (probably) Gaster had to lead Spamton to the Shadow Crystal (or at least that’s my theory).

[@kjolt947]

regarding the potential significance of pizzapants to the story, toby recently posted new portraits for him on twitter. the fact that he's getting more on top of those he already has tells me he's going to play an active role in a future chapter, maybe even a temporary party member. it'd be interesting for him to get some genuine importance as a character beyond being an undertale shopkeeper

[@D3skFan-jm7ic]

Only 4 years until chapter 3!

[@lxcidanalogy8414]

I think the reason why Ralsei is able to stay normal outside of his home fountain is because, if you recall, there were 2 fountains in chapter 1. The one inside of the closet, where Ralsei lives, in castle town, (which we later see is able to house darkners from any fountain perfectly fine,) and the fountain in the old classroom directly connected to the closet. (Which is the the big golden door we enter in chapter 1 to get into the old classroom's dark world.) Personally, I think Ralsei's immunity to being turned to stone can be easily explained by him being born from what appears to be a "universal" dark fountain, compatible with any darkner, thus making darkners born from it compatible with any fountain, if that makes sense. His ability to travel between dark worlds so easily makes no sense though. I'm willing to leave it as a result of him being this kind of "special" darkner for now but that feels like a strange way to explain it, so I'm hoping for a better answer later. Especially considering Ralsei doesn't seem to even think about entering Kris' pocket like other characters from the old classroom do.

[@chongwillson972]

@lxcidanalogy8414 maybe the creation of other dark fountains creates pathways to other fountains, a reminder that door to the closet was closed. and for some reason people think a closed door means the dark fountains can't get pass them.

[@lxcidanalogy8414]

@@chongwillson972 the door was closed, but that door also represented the literal direct door between the closet (ralsei's castle) and the old classroom (card kingdom). It's very likely that closing a door would prevent letting the dark fountain out...the evidence for this is the computer lab. Why was it just the lab, and not the whole library? The door to the lab was closed. The reason that the dark world in the closet connected to the dark world in the old classroom so easily is they share the same connection they do in the real world; one single door.

[@satu-ig9zd]

30:48 kris name in the save file only happens in the first play, then it doesn't appear again (i think) also kris' name only appears in chapter 2 if you don't start with your own save file from the first chapter if i remember correctly i hope i explained myself correctly, english isnt my first language

[@ENTITY_DEVICE_IMAGE_FRIEND]

GOOD TIME TO SPLIT EVERYTHING 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥Theories (and Headcanon i have about Chapter 3 and 4 (mostly 3)); Mike it's the Main DarkWorld Boss on Ch3, [[Rook using the Chess Theory]], just Like King and Queen (idk if think if he's gonna be referred to as "Prince", would be funny) and he forgot almost everything from the start of Chapter 3 (He's the person that wrote the super rare letter on valentine's day event [[AND IMAGE_FRIEND, YOU'LL HAVE TO READ TO UNDERSTAND!!!]]), also, he's Inside the TV (or, he's part of it and other stuff on the house, a lot of ideas) he's a friendly and good leader, after the years he was happy entertaining Lightners and some Darkners, but, after someone at Kris' house turned OFF, and Unpluged the TV, the darkners and him (just a lot of them) lost their purpose and don't get used by the years, so, he got in a state of "OFF" (also Tenna Too), he had Spamton, a Cowboy, A Dragon Girl and Tenna like Friends years ago, [The Cowboy and the Dragon aren't important for Lore in general, but mostly for Mini Bosses, and all of them were actors], Tenna was in love with him, but she didn't say anything about it, but, because Tenna was an important friend of Mike, and then, because Mike needed someone to help him, and he wanted to help Tenna in some way, she was going to be "promoved" to Rook too (Yeah, Two Rooks here) but, she wasn't promoved at the end because things happened... something was making Mike a different Darkner, one mostly mean and wasn't even paying attention to Tenna anymore, getting her out of his Tower [Castle-Tower] and she was abandoned, then she got on OFF state after some time with Mike after Chapter 3. The thing that make Mike go like that way was Image_Friend (I know, it's supossed to be Spamton in the Basement, but, i really want to have this idea, and also, it's not only present there, there was a unused Berdly attack sprite where, if you got luck, that face would appear on his attack, so, still using the idea) This entity was created by gaster and it's something similar to the Knight, and his pure purpose it's to keep Darkners with their mouths shut if they are trying to say something related to Gaster, or if they met him, or, if they know anything important about the Knight too revealing, that's why he lefts parts of him inside some Darkners or tries to brain control them by any ways possible, so he mostly it's the Secret Boss here, with Spamton, he uses literally his eyes to tske control of him mostly, because, after Mike "dissapeared" [was OFF] Spamton was decaying, and then Gaster appeared to tell him the truth, and, as his job, the Image_Friend left something in Spamton, making he don't say anything (also, changing his personality, just like Mike) to something more similar to him, a Egocentric and mean being, and for Chapter 3, Gaster now finds Tenna, tells her the truth of the game, and as Spamton, tells her to get power or Freedom someway, and, now Image_ Friend has to take care of Tenna, and (almost) controls both Mike and Tenna (mostly Tenna now) and he renames himself just Tenna [name of the girl Tenna would be something like "AnTenna" or "RamTenna" complete] just taking the Tenna thing, so, in mind, Image_Friend (and the girl Tenna) make something to Spamton, or, Tenna was jealous of him and she treated him so bad lol (Mike X Spamton real) Tenna got Divorced 😭, that would be the Lore of Chapter 3 mostly, anything like the Woody Theory i take it now mostly like something real, but, not 100% accurate, i take something at least possible, maybe like having the Woody Character like Mini boss, a normal one, also, was thinking of other Mini bosses (Just like the Dragon Book combined with the Godzilla Movie, i haven't seen anyone saying anything about this lol) and the Miniboss would be a Dragon-Godzilla girl dressed... Well, you know. on a action movie like that at the first (maybe) parts of the Chapter Lmao And then i don't know what to think about Ice Palace, but (maybe) i think it would be probably combined with the discarded boss of asriel, like, there's a videogame area and there's a glitchy character or characters that are cheap copies of characters from nintendo like the Yoshi or a Red from Pokemon, i would like to see something like that! (Also make the concepts lol) I would talk about other stuff like, A Cooking show, The Trashcan, etc, Ch3 it's too much lol, but i love it. And, talking about the Connection of Mike and Friend Image, obviously the mind or just control in general isn't that obvious, but, i hope toby makes the Secret Bosses and Main Darkworld Bosses connection more stronger, and more obvious in some way, because, at the end, in every way or form, they're connected to gaster and the Knight, so, i hope toby make the gaster's connections even more evident as the Chapters keep delevoping. Ah, The time it's fast approaching, hopefully I'll try my best to make content of my ideas! (I don't have much of a thing about Chapter 4) just the idea of: Ch4: Church Darkworld based mostly on Literature and Music, 2 Bishops, (and 1 Secret boss, not a Bishop, really i don't have the idea), Alvin and Rudy are going to be on the Darkworld (also maybe Noelle) and i hope the bishops are gonna be more related to the Knight and they are gonna introduce us the idea of the angel and, they are gonna try to change and make Alvin belive this ideas, and make him (maybe) a villian. (I would talk about it, but, it's really weird not having so much info about it, also, there are people saying it's Asgore's Flower Shop) but, i think and hope that's Chapter 5. I think i'm gonna left it like this, if i keep talking in detail about the Knight itself and Gaster in general i'm gonna explode lol (Thanks if someone read this complete, and sorry if i had mistakes at writing!1!1!) I really love Deltarune, and i'm really excited for the next two chapters!

[@landonion]

I ain’t reading all that

[@ENTITY_DEVICE_IMAGE_FRIEND]

@@landonion *YOU DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE EYES FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. DO YOU?. THAT IS OK MY DEAR FRIEND. ALL NONSENSE AND CHAOS DOES NOT NEED TO BE ATTENDED AT ALL. NOBODY NEED TO FIND WHO I AM IN THE FIRST PLACE.*

[@ethanotoroculus1060]

40:49 _"Personally I prefer chicken over lamb"_ You say that, but it wouldn't be lamb you'd get, would it? It'd be delicious roast sushi.

[@verity_amo]

Great video! It's refreshing seeing such a well-researched video on Deltarune, especially one that covers every little detail I've seen many others miss.

[@radosawrutkowski3034]

i think it would kinda make sense in the weird route to use toriel to deteat undyne cause undyne passed out from the heat in hotland and toriel uses fire magic in undertale.

[@DoctorLeft]

Some very good analysis, theory crafting, and connections to the other ideas people have posited. I'm subscribing for sure,

[@TheWinterer]

Hells yeah, been holding out hope for another Deltarune video

[@MomoSweetPeach]

Regarding Papyrus, I actually have a theory on where he's at. In Undertale (the game), in the cancelled alarm clock dialogue, and now even in Newsletters, we know that Papyrus and Flowey have a friendship, even if Flowey acts like a cactus about it- This is all to say.........I think Papyrus is at college with Asriel! I think they're classmates and even maybe roommates in a dorm. That's what he's busy with. I dunno what he'd be studying...puzzle theory? Spaghetti science? That would also explain Sans's one line about meeting his brother- * i'm sure you'll meet him someday. * maybe around when your brother comes home? Cause that would mean Papyrus is also coming home on break from college. He might even carpool with Asriel. He does have his cool red car after all. So yeah. Them's my brainthots. Thanks for reading!

[@MikeTyson-ft8nq]

However, Sans says "hey you wanna hang with my brother tommorow" which implies he is around

[@MomoSweetPeach]

@@MikeTyson-ft8nq sans isn't exactly known for being honest/upfront with his antics and offers

[@davidjohnson6087]

when i saw the length and heard the “while doing something else comment” i really thought this was gonna be a low-effort podcast style video. but holy SHIT i was wrong, this video is amazing. fully edited, funny all the way through, making use of every minute well. this might be the most concise and effective collection of Deltarune theory I’ve ever seen. while there aren’t a lot of new ideas raised, it makes up for this by explaining all existing theories well and giving credit where it’s due. and when you did raise an original thought, it always ranged between delightful and shockingly prescient. you’ve got your head on straight, man. excellent work.

[@disappointedcreeper]

6:11 its my current belief that mike and tenna will be "the rooks"

[@branbjorn]

Was literally just thinking about this yesterday and had no idea it was in the mix already. I’m so hyped and excited.

[@slimgrim3607]

i eat deltarune....i breathe deltarune....i sleep deltarune....i drink deltarune.....i have watched so many deltarune theory vidoes that i can name tell you almost every single line of dialouge, sing almost every song in the ost, and tell you every single characters backstory. there is almost nothing in the current build of deltarune that i havent consumed yet.

[@opera_ghost8504]

59:27 I'm pretty sure Undyne also has a dialogue option like this? something along the lines of asking how Alphys is, meant to trick undertale players in the same way the sans dialogue options do

[@clowniguess]

10:22 I don't particularly like that this speculation uses roles of characters to replace them in other chapters. ch3 could be structurally entirely different to ch2, so it could allow for different things. Other than that though, the video as a whole is pretty solid. Edit: Also ch4 is basically confirmed to have a dark world because Toby revealed a cup darkner in a newsletter saying that's all he could show us of ch4 so far

[@TeddyLeitner]

I just realized if Ralsei IS the horn headband, the white ribbon is probably the FUCKING TAG! YOURE RIPPING THE TAG OFF!

[@TheSoulCalledZuzia]

That's actually clever But what would the pink ribbon be, then?

[@MrLegendofLP]

OH MY GOD

[@serthimus2340]

19:41 mad rat dead music.... yes

[@chongwillson972]

26:45 There is a cute scene where you can equip ralsei with the write ribbon and ralsei asks does he look pretty. it also raises cuteness.

[@Femboy_Frosty]

I’m just gonna see him as mr puzzles now cuz the boss guy has a tv head

[@ZOMBiFOX13]

Same XD

[@IcyDiamond]

ARE YOU READY FOR TROUBLE?

[@Fastwalker22]

20:40 that transition is so slick

[@Fazfred303]

42:52, bro went from 👍 to getting obliterated by light

[@cherryperson6783]

Love your voice man, I didn't even notice I'm already finishing the video I've just been absorbing the information. Hope u do more vids on undertale/deltarune, it's not often you get someone that does long analysis vids that keep my focus ❤

[@AccursedPotato]

This is starting to remind me of what happened with Silksong… I hope we stay sane

[@nickfarace9339]

Hot damn this is a really well put together list of all the interesting things so far. Its like, yeah sure I have seen all these elsewhere.... over the course of almost 6 years. Having it all in one vid like this was huge so thank you. Also still putting my hopes on an update in August stating Ch4 is ready to QA and we can be in line for an end of Sept or maybe end of Oct release. I will hold on to this hope until Oct itself.

[@matthewgd]

theres much more to chess theory than the main boss simply being a chess character. theres some good videos on the similarities and some i remember are queen trying to turn noelle into a knight (pawn promotion), queen being able to roam anywhere she wants while king remains stagnant symbolizing their pieces movement abilities, and the common piece colors resembling light vs dark

[@Ray-op7xc]

That intro is so real, the same is happening to me. I just really got into the Gaster lore again and now am suffering bc there wont be new content on that for a good while still

[@thoustemothar6327]

My idea for how Chess theory could work is that, if there are 2 rooks in chess, we could have 2 main bosses for Chapter 3, and Mike could be named "Mike R. Phone" (Microphone) or something with the R being rook. Tenna could be like "Anne R. Tenna". Just pure guesswork though.

[@reconsider3735]

the opening line of this video is literally me bro, how does this happen. Halfbreadchaos is my lord and saviour for actually seeing new stuff about the game 😭

[@AmbrosiaMooshine]

This is an amazing video I loved it :)

[@zippah]

26:00 this is actually such a cool thing to learn I had NO idea this was a thing, learning new things about undertale is so still exciting

[@morphstarchangeling8024]

My favorite theory for Deltarune is that there are two Gasters. Gaster from Deltarune who has a physical form and can interact with the world to create dark fountains and Undertale's Gaster who was thrown throughout time and space. It would explain the change in text of the Japanese version of the vessel creation, Gaster is being hinted at like crazy to be the person who interacted with Jevil that lead to his insanity as well as Gaster being the one that gave Spamton the information he needed to make sales that eventually drove Spamton mad when his world came crumbling down after he lost this insider information. Two Gasters. Two Experiments. One creating Dark Fountains to cause the roaring for scientific reasons while the other is working to ensure that the Angel's Heaven is created for scientific reasons. There's lots of weird things that happen in the dark world but most of it goes explained except the mysterious man that hands out Eggs to Kris that magically stay Eggs when going back to the light world. This man also appears in Deltarune Chapter 2's overworld if you had found him in chapter 1, but he only appears for a moment in one of the cars and then vanishes. Much the way the mystery man in Undertale that is believed to be Gaster disappears as soon as you interact with him.

[@imflipsane]

Friend Inside Me

[@logangonzalez-patton3121]

Toy story?

[@orangeinkling2815]

Very entertaining, I enjoyed this very much honestly for a while the single black pixel has been one of my favorite gags toby has done. The fact that people begged him to remove it, so he did only to put in a new one is hilarious to me. Also I very much enjoyed the SiIvagunner.