Possible References and Inspirations in Undertale

It takes a really special game for me to get up and make a video this long.
Undertale is fantastic. It's got so much going for it in every aspect. One of those aspects is how it calls upon the past and makes something new. So here, these are the inspirations and references I think I found in the game. Am I right? Hell if I know. But I gave it my best shot.
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List of Songs Uncredited in the Video (In Order)
sans - Undertale
Sunrise & Onett - Earthbound
Giygas Medley - Earthbound
Nyeh Heh Heh!/Bonetrousle - Undertale
Spear of Justice - Undertale
Spider Dance - Undertale
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#Undertale #Homestuck #Earthbound

[@bardoquisaiajeans]

→Horned monster that protects the humans. →Sadist flower. →Main character is a human in a world of monsters/youkai who may or may not want to exterminate everyone. →That one boss that keeps coming back everytime you think you won the battle. →The bosses talk too much. →Musics that make you shiver. →4th wall breaks. →Shy scientist. →Cute undead monsters. →You have to dodge a lot. →Most of the times it's 6 bosses. →314159 ending screens. Undertale seems to have heavy Touhou inspiration...

[@ilyasbasuki3207]

→Final boss in an underground place that wasn't originally evil →A place sealed off from the outside world →Asriel's star and laser based attacks →ZUNpets →Similarities in music to Bad Apple and Hartmann's Youkai Girl →Humanoid monsters →A dumb but lovable character associated with ice →A relatively powerful character who guides and pranks the main character Yeah, Toby Fox and Temmie were fans of Touhou.

[@bardoquisaiajeans]

And the character with the sexy legs (Shikieiki, man!).

[@ilyasbasuki3207]

+LeoTheFoxProductions You misspelled Aya.

[@epicgammer2805]

LazuliTheLenenTrash let's not start a war here wait to late ..........................touhou music sucks

[@KlRVES]

I mean if Asriel is not inspired of Sariel, I will eat my shit.

[@Fredfredbug4]

It's also worth noting that Alphy's finds all her anime in the dump. Which means she watches literal garbage-tier anime.

[@ellyv.w.6760]

Bocu no pico

[@Copper-P]

Elliot M'Lady you didn't even spell it right

[@ellyv.w.6760]

B-BAKA! NO! Pico

[@Baconator2558]

Fredfredbug4 *Alphys

[@LordOfLove69]

Sword Art Online

[@Camcookie2official]

Spoilers Flowey is a flower

[@warperdemonshallowlordhell4281]

thanks I didn't knew that you saved ma life bro

[@_Pike]

*LIES*

[@Taco-San]

Camcookie2 Omg i didn't noticed XD (Joke i Know he a flowey)

[@domshiii]

Really? I don't believe you. Flowey is clearly a bird and it is obviously visible. I don't know where you got that idea from but whoever told you that is such a terrible liar.

[@corinth9140]

i thought he was a turtle

[@thebeastwithin6978]

This game has Earthbound written all over it

[@junpei6180]

And a little flavor of smt actually,now that I think of it there more smt than earthbound tbh

[@joe427]

IKR!

[@Milkyway_Wishes]

Little story with no meaning: when I first played earthbound, I had actually played undertale before playing it. While playing it, I constantly pointed out things that toby took to put in undertale. "Oh, toby took this, toby stole that, oh good lord this is so obvious"

[@Error-hx9ze]

Oh, why hello there what can you expect,undertale original name "underbound 2"as a sequel of a joke fanmade game "underbound"

[@reneablackheart9563]

It's basically Mother 4

[@Simon-xi7lb]

15:14 Yeah, toby said he used mario paint to make some music.

[@Simon-xi7lb]

GuardiaNES Toby's Tumblr

[@sundaethief]

he also used fruity loops studio to make the music

[@ailaxvo64_]

_SOME_

[@FannToons]

Or he could of just used the Mario paint soundfont

[@AgentSapphire]

You missed the touhou references. The structure of Undertale's story: A bunch of monsters get driven underground, is very similar to the backstory of touhou 11 where a bunch of oni and youkai were driven underground. Flowey's bullet patterns are also really similar to the bossfight Marisa Kirisame. There are others but I don't want to go on forever x3

[@epicgammer2805]

AgentSapphire let's start a war ..........................touhou music sucks

[@CrimsonStudioz]

True, and the wings

[@juriansan019]

And one thing more maybe Toby Fox when he created Asriel Dreemur outfits inspired from Sariel from Touhou 1 last stage boss

[@farisaniq1415]

@@epicgammer2805 you are dead....not big suprice

[@Optiplexations]

Also Flowey's theme I think also comes from Koishi's in Th11.

[@kople5563]

I'm pretty sure the Pyrope enemy is a refrence to Terezi Pyrope.

[@bigbingusman5345]

That's what I thought too

[@ajtiburi2667]

But... Terezi doesn't emit fire...

[@justincase1582]

trial by fire?

[@bachnguyen8804]

**mindblown**

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

Jackson Wallace no shit

[@Waylon128]

"Possible Inspirations and references in Undertake" "Ok guys it's Earthbound goodnight!"

[@branchuloid]

In the Omega Flowey battle, not only are there inspirations from Giygas, but Flowey's character is very similar to Porky's and it even boils down to extremely similar quotes used: Flowey:"Your worthless friends...can't save you now!" Porky: "No one will help you now!" Flowey:"Call for help. I dare you. Cry into the darkness! Mommy! Daddy! Somebody help!" Porky:"Do you want to scream for help here in the dark?! Why not call your mommy, Ness! Say, "Mommy! Daddy! I'm so frightened! I think I'm gonna wet my pants!"" Also, in the battle with Undyne on Neutral or Pacifist playthroughs, one of the things that will appear in the flavor text box says "Undyne heroically points toward the sky" which could be a reference to Kamina from Gurren Lagann, as he is often depicted making the same pose.

[@Nyerguds]

+ThaScout All of Undyne's actions are anime-inspired. She's basically been using Alphys' anime as sole source of information on How To Be A Hero ;)

[@alvarosanchez8470]

+ThaScout Even their motivations are the same. Both of them are kids that after acquire ultimate power over time and space got bored and just started to mess with people live in a really messed up ways just to have fun. They also have that love-hate feelings against the protagonist. Also I think that Asriel Dreemur battle is heavilly inspired in a mix of every Mother game final battles..

[@dibble6327]

yeah I noticed that too

[@cloudyskies2]

ThaScout yeah you just feel bad for both of them they both are menacing and scary on the surface but on the inside they just want to be with their family

[@mengontolsekalikau]

*cough* Koishi Komeiji reference at Kindness Stage *cough*

[@ryplecuk767]

Ness calls Dad: Calling your dad gives you DETERMINATION Lucas talks to a frog: Knowing that the frog takes good care of your data, gives you DETERMINATION

[@ryplecuk767]

***** Me estoy comenzando a parecer a Sans, estoy en cualquier parte a donde vayas xD

[@ryplecuk767]

Ke

[@ryplecuk767]

***** Okay, creo ._.

[@ailaxvo64_]

Lucas calls his Mom. Oh wait.

[@joeda900]

Ryplecuk undertale version: DETERMINATION: hey im you're determination do you want to save you're file?

[@melonaidesoda6975]

homestuck/undertale land similarities: waterfall - LOWAS hotland - LOHAC

[@tsunderecat413]

ruins - derse final corridor/throne room - prospit

[@notpukicho2950]

Snowdin- LOFAF

[@1cbear745]

@@notpukicho2950 the true lab = the meteor

[@lara8866]

@@tsunderecat413 fuck you're right

[@lara8866]

@@1cbear745 SHIT

[@nashitamaniran5867]

Anyone else thought of Yukari's(touhou) hat when seeing the hat of Tsunderplane?

[@willstealyourboats]

Yes

[@ducklast_name4175]

yes

[@willstealyourboats]

hi chen

[@willstealyourboats]

Chen Yakumo *honking intensifies*

[@No-yy6fb]

+PyrosisNotCynical Calm down Gamzee and get back in the fridge

[@SoundsideSherry]

Mind if I contribute some more additions? 1. Dogsong is possibly inspired by the Homestuck songs "Walls Covered in Blood" and "Nepeta's Theme". Both use the Mario Paint cat sound effect, and the former sounds almost exactly like it was written in Mario Paint. Toby Fox composed both songs, as well. 2. The Temmie race is named after the game's artist, Temmie "Tuyoki" Chang. According to Temmie's tumblr account, she based their appearance off of a doodle somebody made for her without knowing what she looked like; Temmie adopted the design as her mascot, and they're used to represent her in Undertale, like how the Annoying Dog represents Toby.

[@kirbikomeiji]

+Kitsune Hawk Also, when you eat the Hot Cat, a meow from Mario Paint can be heard. The same sound can be heard when Alphys updates your phone. Pyrope is WAYYYYY too obvious to NOT be a play on Terezi's surname.

[@SoundsideSherry]

You could also point out that they don't appear to have eyes, similar to Terezi's blindness.

[@bela15216]

+Kirbyfier i know, right? when i first played the game and i saw Pyrope, my first thought was "Terezi?? How the hell did you get in the underground??" also undyne is basically a fusion of vriska and feferi. well, not quite. she has elements from both, but is a very unique character.

[@draagon9900]

+Misty Wind i hear ppl say vriska and meenah

[@ATV0222]

+Misty Wind Another similarity between Vriska and an Undertale character is that both Vriska and Sans have a special right eye and special powers that have caused harm *cough*tavbeingforcedoffacliff*cough*

[@Sourcy]

Here's a little contribution as well, this game uses TONS of Chrono Trigger's sound samples from it's soundtrack, mostly in the tracks ''Battle against a true hero'' and ''Reunited'' in Chrono Trigger, the whole game revolves around time travel, something that sans is known for doing and knowing a lot about, a fun fact is that in Chrono Trigger's soundtrack, there's a piece called ''Determination'' which is used in moments where the characters don't give up to give peace to earth. Chrono trigger also has something peculiar, in this game, the humans cannot use magic anymore, they used to before, but after certain events, they were forbidden to use it, and now, only certain MONSTERS and CREATURES can use magic in this world, coincidence?

[@devingrayson5001]

+SourceRabbit WHEN YOU MEET SANS, THE CHURCH BELLS ARE TOTALLY INSPIRED BY CHRONO TRIGGER'S CHURCH BELL

[@FrozenFire750]

+SourceRabbit skeleTONS?

[@KamakaziePidgeon]

Coincidence? I THINK NOT.

[@Shartwichh]

"Nobody came" is just a small part Flowey's theme slowed down 1200%

[@TheKillerHugora123]

+SourceRabbit Maybe the machine that is found behind Sans and Papyrus house could be a reference to the machine that is showned in Chrono Trigger's game O.o. Or maybe not :v

[@einarhjorleifsson1517]

3:56 I think their themes' tones are different. Omega Flowey's theme is fast paced, while Giygas's "theme" is just creepy ambience.

[@kitma9]

i would say "your best nightmare" is similar to "pokey means business!"

[@AwkwardHypernerd413]

The ruins looks reminiscent of Derse Judgement hall looks reminiscent prospit Waterfall is like VERY SIMULAR LOWAS The core and hotland looks VERY SIMULAR to LOHACW Another medium is a reference to the medium

[@IrvingIV]

As far as the lohac connection, Lohac is also a semi-parody of lava levels, so there will be some overlap.

[@lara8866]

i believe snowdin is also a reference to LOFAF

[@SnowyNowak]

I think it's pretty well-known by now that Toby used the Final Fantasy VI, Earthbound and Chrono Trigger soundfonts in a few songs. "But The Earth Refused to Die"'s title is also a reference to the unique game over for Lavos in Chrono Trigger, "But... the future refused to change."

[@thefangirlingpuellamagi3345]

Death by Glamour is based of one of Toby's own creations, Noisemaster's Theme from Cucumber Quest. It also along with Core, Another Medium and Waterfall is based of an unfinished Homestuck song by Toby called Patient, which was meant to be a counterpart to and remix of Doctor(a Homestuck song by George Bunzinkai, Micheal Vallejo and Clark Powell) . Doctor is also inspired by Moonsong from Cavestory (I don't know the artist).

[@thefangirlingpuellamagi3345]

Of course there's Metal crusher which is also includes Noisemaster's theme

[@erenisangry4315]

That buff horse-thing was totally inspired by Equius

[@streamhuh3964]

Aaron?

[@lara8866]

i think it was inspired by his lusus, Aurthour.

[@TheRealTeeter]

His name is aaron

[@wellbytealeaf3890]

Neigh.

[@Scoutette]

Ah, yes, Equius, the centaur butler

[@ionaadams6793]

The Baby is You. I love you if you get this reference. Toby, you can never forget.

[@haymyellow1880]

Iona Adams hahahhahahaaha

[@Hi-bh2hx]

I don't get it

[@shad0wchateau]

IM HAVING A BABY AND THE BABY IS YOU

[@CircusSabre]

@@shad0wchateau NOOOOOOO

[@corn8278]

this is the most horrifying thing I have ever been reminded of

[@twilightvulpine]

Looking into Homestuck would be very relevant. Homestuck, like Undertale, happens in a world inside a game, where the game mechanics become relevant plot elements.

[@davestrider220]

He also did music for homestuck.

[@ziggyboogydude1]

Yeah, Megalovania was actually in Homestuck before it was in Undertale

[@green_tomato4652]

+Matt “Rocketman” Schmelzer Megalovania was first appear in earthbound rom hack (I bet you dont know earthbound!! Dont you?)

[@frickengamer149]

I'm honestly disappointed that nobody has managed to notice the similarities to P-Body and Atlas that Papyrus and Sans have. Their colors and height match perfectly. How the hell am I the only one to call this out so far?

[@frickengamer149]

See? I can just blow peoples minds because nobody ever fucking thinks of it.

[@Vadosity]

+YellowLine That can be indeed true. Though that kind of shape contrast I think is a pretty common theme in cartoons, so it might be coincidental

[@dubu9881]

IKR

[@CockroachTheFoul]

The blue one is short, the red one is tall, the blue one is chubby, the red one is skinny

[@emilybyrd8005]

+YellowLine oooooHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@UtterSpartan]

Follow up video is up now: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2bLmYKkeLKKgpo

[@Lazlo23]

UtterSpartan Annoying dog is a based on a pic that is supposed to be Toby as a animal that a fan made same as temmie that is supposed to be Temmie chang as a animal

[@TobyFan321]

UtterSpartan

[@powersurgegaming1727]

gaigus looks like memoryhead

[@willdoesstuff1026]

he kinda alresdy said that...

[@powersurgegaming1727]

Will Anderson *realizes he already said that* *breathe in* ok then

[@wetbedsealand6779]

When i heard megalovania in undertale it struck me. I had heard it before. And it scared me a bit. Shook me a bit. After i beat sans it hit me. Homestuck. I laughed my ass off

[@seesamucaek]

Napstablook and Dummy's themes could've been inspired by Pepper Steak from the OFF soundtrack. Also, the Flowey boss fight could've been inspired by Cyriak because the boss fight has a lot of images animated in an unsettling way, similar to Cyriak's work.

[@ivysaurus]

YES! So many songs sound d like pepper steak

[@dirkmon97]

+Seesamu Caik Good point with Cyriak; now that you mention it it is pretty similar.

[@edwardwhitford7924]

it's more giygas

[@seesamucaek]

Edward Whitford I'm talking about how still images of vines and stems and flowers are all animated into one thing. Otherwise, yes, it is like Giygas.

[@deogenerate6008]

+Seesamu Caik Photoshop Flowey is a pretty clear reference to the Evacanneer DOOM fight in Ketsui ~Kizuna Jigoku Tachi~. Besides the fact that a shmup boss would probably take a lot of elements from one of the most popular shmup games, the missiles Flowey uses are similar to those used in the DOOM fight, and Your Best Nightmare is very similar to NO REMORSE from Ketsui... also, Ketsui is Japanese for determination. If that ain't enough to make it a pretty clear reference, idk what is.

[@FormThisWay]

There's also the fact that Hotland is a direct rip of the Land of Heat and Clockwork from Homestuck. Also, the Pyrope, a rope on fire, references Terezi Pyrope, a Homestuck character that loves hanging people with rope and has a crush on a character in the Land of Heat and Clockwork.

[@Omnirok12]

you definitely have Teh bALL,, big man

[@dazzythenormling4847]

omg I haven't thought of that! XD

[@dazzythenormling4847]

Darkheartxx I've been called by this exact nickname throughout this year, I guess it's good? Ha! Then I'll call you Darki!! Hii Darki

[@Leonaati]

+the big man Pyrope also has a giant grin like Terezi :3

[@kydatyvegrybatokeanvisoko2420]

+Just a normal troll I have seen you all around KZbin! also, yes. Peri is a good nickname. Peridoritobae is better tho •w•

[@goddamn518]

imo Dating Tense! (8:20) sounds A LOT more like Investigation 2002 (Core) from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All.

[@tilizzdafrizz6409]

In Snowdin, there's a small dog house and if you go up to it, it says "Must be bigger on the inside." Doctor Who reference.

[@bananakiwi8028]

or it could be a charlie brown reference, to snoopy?

[@MACARONI-MARTIAN]

could be a reference to anything

[@hornetsprite2403]

It may not be a Doctor Who reference, but I absolutely love Doctor Who.

[@petermarsella6537]

@@bananakiwi8028 that would be more likely, since it is a dog house

[@swankylime228]

since it's in a snowy place it could be a reference to mario 64s igloo

[@gabrielgomesbrito]

"Living With Determination" on the True Lab. Fucking hell, Toby. If that is not some bizarre coincidence, how did you even think of that off the top of your head for the game?

[@MrServantRider]

Probably a lucky coincidence and may be why he references the song (if it's an actual reference at all).

[@ProtoMario]

Amalgamate is probably also inspired after the battle with the Circus Tent in Earthbound as well, since that is the only other battle that really takes up the screen in that game.

[@pyre6611]

Proto!

[@adolphin9288]

But...but Proto! I didn't know you played Undertale!

[@captainmaniack6137]

+ProtoMario holy *i dont swear on the internet!!!!!!!!!* Found you Again!? huh...... everyone should envy your commenting skills.

[@brkrny8199]

+ProtoMario but proto! Youve nevered played undertale!

[@zigazav1]

But Proto! I didn't know you posted comments on Undertale videos!

[@luckyc4t110]

This video fills me with... The desire to play Earthbound What? Did you think that I was going to say Determination? I don't do drugs!

[@mcrl_daniel7775]

Lucky C4t, determination is not drugs, you idiot

[@rosecbj7238]

MCRL_Daniel 777 it was a joke

[@fire-nrg7962]

Earthbound is like my second or third favorite game.

[@virtuallylightblue]

lol earthbound is the best screw undertale

[@TsukiStuffs]

Both games are masterpieces imo. I like EB more, but I love both games.

[@sophiej6893]

Psh I've watched so many Undertale videos now I have practically played all three endings multiple times without getting the game

[@Zerobeat-dc1tp]

Sophie J Same, but I plan on getting it.

[@internalscreaming9538]

Sophie J no you have not and don’t claim you have.

[@angeIei]

@@internalscreaming9538 what she means is that shes watched so many undertale vids, she practically doesnt need to play the game.

[@internalscreaming9538]

AngelicFox Kwai no she hasn’t.

[@angeIei]

@@internalscreaming9538 You do realize, that she means she hasn't played the game, but after watching so many undertale videos, she has experienced the 3 or 5 endings via media. She doesn't actually mean that she played the game. It's not so hard to realize that.

[@UtterSpartan]

Yo I just wanted to thank everyone here for the comments. There's a lot of great suggestions here.

[@lockthepope]

+UtterSpartan I have no idea why, but I really feel like I have heard your voice before.

[@tada6916]

+UtterSpartan Dogsong and Temmie's Shop theme are the same, it's just composed differently and Temmie's Shop is slower.

[@YcarosAccount]

+UtterSpartan hey ther but a little spoiler If you get the misterious key from catty and bratty you can open the house next to napstablook's house in there you need to realise that mettaton is acttually the cousin of napstablook A ghost controling a robot that sound familiar like 8 of august of 2014 *cof cof Five nights at freddy's cof cof* Coincidence i don't believe it That sound soooooo Fan-boy XD

[@nico1520]

+UtterSpartan What about Touhou? one of the creator of the game drew the skelebros like some of touhou characters (Papyrus like cirno, Frisk like Reimu, and Sans like Yukari), that can be the inspiration fo the foes attacks. And as I said in the comments, the Undyne's themes (both, spear of justice and battle against a true hero) uses the typical and favorite ZUN's instrument (ZUN is the creator of Touhou), the trumpets, wich we call it ¨ZUNpets¨ xD.

[@cameronwallace8265]

Toby Fox has some self-referential references, too. Flowey's laugh comes directly frome a Homestuck song he worked on 2 months before the Undertale demo was released. The Amalgamates take their names from enemies in the Halloween Hack.

[@BaePlatinum]

I'd like to add in that it's possible that the first encounter with Napstablook could be inspired by the game OFF, where the main character is fighting ghosts (spectres) and the main battle theme sounds very swing-like, much like Napstablook's.

[@edberaga6357]

The hell nobody realize Touhou 11 SA all almost similiar to UT?? -_- and mostly some of Touhou music as well. Just soo we know I guess UT was combination to all games hmm..

[@CrimsonStudioz]

I Did.......Cause I'am a touhou fan

[@Azrielfiend]

Undertale is basically touhou 11. Their music are extremely similar.

[@sevenlexar]

I love the megalovania bit. It's like hearing it evolve over the years, just wonderful~ It gets a little more complicated in each one.

[@sponge1234ify]

Well, when you think about it, this game draws *heavy* inspiration to Touhou, doesn't it? In both games, The monster race (or "Youkai", as the Touhou games calls it) are driven to a sealed place where no one, in theory, could cross to either side because the Human race made them almost extinct. The fights on both games are in Bullet hell style (or variants thereof), in which the style of their bullets and shots depends on the persons. The boss monsters are all humanoid in looks, similar to how all youkais in Touhou are humanoid. The main character are both human, and eventually befriends the characters in the games. I haven't even getting into the character connections and some music ideas, but you get the idea.

[@Clo3Mel]

+Terrabalt It's been confirmed the final boss for the pacifist route is inspired by Marisa ^^

[@nico1520]

+Terrabalt Don't forget the ZUNpets in Undyne's themes.

[@cirnobaka8948]

Plus Toby played the demos for EoSD and PCB. :P

[@TheZecromancer]

+Terrabalt Also, Temmie Chang, one of the artists for Undertale is a fan of touhou

[@WesXpress1]

+Terrabalt also, don't you notice the route you walk? from snowdin all the way to hotland? kuch kuch Subterranean Animism kuch

[@the__wolf5087]

I FOUND IT I FOUND SOMEONE TALKING ABOUT GHOST TRICK YAAAAAAAAAS

[@Qerewe]

I KNOW RIGHT!?

[@ayselc3137]

OMG YES

[@poddopetals]

+the__wolf ikr why isnt it more ppopular

[@kirbonrighto5257]

* Ah yes, Ghost Trick, been a while since I heard that

[@UYINX]

i think thats gaster...

[@katethekitkat8826]

I was just expecting "earthbound" "earthbound" "earthbound" x100 But honestly, I was going to check out earthbound, but everything in it looks creepy as hell.

[@sheldonj.plankton9239]

Kate Kittens It's awesome

[@diegoruiz2186]

Kate The KitKat Cat [Kate Kittens] Only endgame is creepy. Other parts are mildly unsettling. Like an old Don Bluth film.

[@ailaxvo64_]

Kate The KitKat Cat [Kate Kittens] at a glance, Earthbound seems like a kids game. But things like, NK cyborg. Giygas. And lots more, would grant eternal nightmares for kids.

[@justanotherrandomaccount4504]

I was expecting touhou

[@wayne3295]

Kate The KitKat Cat [Kate Kittens] ima try homestuck

[@akirahisui-lucario5636]

cave story earthbound homestruck persona mario paint ghost blue Phoenix wright Touhou Jojo Yume Nikki Shin Megami Tensei

[@Taco-San]

Aero the Lycanroc holy jezus lot of reference!

[@theartsydork8902]

Late but, what about Yume Nikki?

[@avarixe1932]

TheArtsyDork what about touhou?

[@mustardon4518]

Jojo?

[@avarixe1932]

@@mustardon4518 touhou and jojo are basically two sides of the same coin

[@kuuga3104]

In the Asriel Dreemur fight, the move "Star Blazing" should be a reference to "PK Starstorm"in Mother 3, or "PSI Starstorm" in Earthbound

[@kuuga3104]

Wait,nobody noticed??

[@StarLordDKellerStopMotion]

Everybody noticed.

[@AleisterL]

Also, it would be a reference to [Star Sign: Stardust Reverie] from Marisa of Touhou Project

[@kuuga3104]

Also in the ending credits, the "Flowey Battle Co-Designer" Everdraed, is a reference to the character in Earthbound, Everdred

[@NamekuBushi]

Here's some additional references. If you pay careful attention to bullet patterns in Undertale you'll see similarities to touhou boss bullet patterns. For Example, King Asgore's bullet patterns share a striking resemblance to Patchouli Knowledge(Touhou 6: Stage 4). Another matching bullet patterns is Yuyuko (Touhou 7: Final Boss) with Flower's Bullet patterns and even Asriel Dreemurr's bullet patterns. Toby Fox did mention Touhou was also an inspiration for the game.

[@Hanamelia_]

Toriel look like Sariel and Keine Btw im touhou fan :3

[@epicgammer2805]

HanaJam ima start a war. ...............touhou music sucks

[@jonathanjaca5778]

lmao im not alone

[@CrimsonStudioz]

Toby is a touhou fan himself

[@prismus6520]

Not to mention this: Toriel wants to protect the fallen children by letting them stay in the Ruins, and sealing the Ruin’s door. What does Keine Kamishirasawa do during the Imperishable Night incident? Protecting the humans in the Human Village by concealing the Human Village in history.

[@CrimsonStudioz]

Nice Goat Ladies ain't I right @@prismus6520

[@sudokua554]

3 endings? There's 5 endings! True Pacifist Ending Neutral Ending Genocide Ending Soulless Pacifist Ending Dirty Hacker Ending

[@dtaliesin6638]

I don't quite get counting neutral as one ending, there are numerous outcomes that can happen depending on who you kill

[@jbrothers4749]

Andrew Pease errrr 7? true pacifist pacifist neutrual genocide no mercy dirty hacker and soulless pacifist ending

[@sudokua554]

jbrothers47 No Mercy and Genocide is the same thing and True Pacifist and Pacifist are the same thing so 5.

[@sudokua554]

The AntiMatter Channel Okay, but No Mercy is just another name for Genocide

[@luckyducky7819]

No. There are three endings. If you count all the endings that amount to nothing (most of the neutral ones) then there's like 15 endings.

[@juanocana5388]

Mahou Shojo Madoka Magica could be a reference on the design of Omega Flowey, it is similar to the witches design

[@juanocana5388]

Yes, I didn't think about that

[@MrServantRider]

+Juan Gomez Does Flowey do that? The player's the one resetting, and once Frisk falls down I thought Flowey lost the power to reset until taking the human souls? He says as much at some point.

[@juanocana5388]

+MrServantRider he doesn't do that, but Flowey wants the power to do it.

[@MrServantRider]

Juan Ocaña Yeah, which I guess could still be a reference. =O

[@MrServantRider]

Juan Gomez Yeah but then when Frisk falls down, Flowey loses the power to do that because now Frisk/Chara/whatever is doing it. That's what I was referring to, Flowey has never reset to be able to play with Frisk or chara more times, although he seems to retain memory from the resets the player makes. But Flowey does WANT the power to do that, which is why he takes the human souls. Among other power-hungry reasons.

[@DVLPRNetwork]

Oh! I thought alphys was inspired by a Simpson!

[@hippolytewatrelot9214]

+UnderFrost Yeah ! Lisa

[@tripledddsanimsandstuff9887]

Oh wow, no one noticed that.

[@nullix8651]

Liiiiiiiisssaaa????😏😏😏

[@KrazyProductions]

now that you said that Lisa looks like alphyas

[@gianm8541]

By Lisa, a very very Nerd Lisa

[@noahmadera2258]

Here's a reference that I have noticed. When you spare Papyrus, he says: "You must be shacking in your boots! Right before you enter Twoson, I'm sorry I spelled it wrong, The officers best you up for traspassing in the caves. One of the Officers say : You must be shacking in your boots!

[@pumpkin6192]

For someone who got into both games, it's suprising I didn't notice that considering how much I've played Earthbound and read that line

[@jaylong1864]

I'm glad they said memory head looks like giygas.

[@nepetafeliciano4625]

what about one of the enemies called _pyrope_ ? one of the homestuck characters name is terezi _pyrope_

[@pyraxe]

TRUE!

[@theodawson9465]

Nepeta & feliciano and when two of them appear in battle at the same time it says "the rare and threatening double davis" DAVEis

[@ailaxvo64_]

Nepeta & feliciano Latula too. But I guess they're related...

[@Timboo2469]

that's probably NOT a reference, but it's something i noticed, at 17:02 the "persona 3" music has the phrase: "living with determination", that maybe it's connected with the fact that the monsters in the true lab are deformed living with determination injected in their bodies.

[@bela15216]

+Ademar N judging how Toby worked with Hussie on a bunch of stuff, and how much Hussie loves throwing in convoluted references, and how many of said convoluted references are in undertale, i'm judging that that was intentional.

[@EzekielBalderdash]

+Ademar N Also: "Here We Are" is a re-working of Alphys's theme. Her theme is a brighter, chirpier version of the song. It also has more of the chiptune style he uses for things that are "hiding" something compared to a more natural. (eg. "Your Best Friend" vs. "Your Best Nightmare" or "Hopes and Dreams") Reflecting Alphys's attempt at "living with determination" by hiding it's effects in her lab.

[@Mikman360]

+Ezekiel Balderdash I never even noticed that Alphys' theme and "Here We Are" were the same until now.

[@TsukiStuffs]

The annoying dog is also probably an Earthbound reference, as there was also a dog (named Ruffini) in EB that was "possessed by the spirit of the game dev." In addition, Mt Ebott is a potential Mother reference. Mother had a mountain called Mt. Itoi, named after Shigesato Itoi, the creator of the game. "Ebott" is just "Toby" pronounced backwards.

[@sundaethief]

its funny when he said equius zahhak and it showed is lusus xD

[@guessmyname1246]

Irk?

[@aminishnamedvaati]

my boy aurthour 😔

[@ultraboo]

Temmies are kind inspired by the Mr. Saturns in the Mother series (or Earthbound in America)

[@boobertthefoolish3309]

Actually Temmie is based off of Temmie one of the people who helped in undertale, She made shop sprites and backrounds

[@ashtraydelicacy5773]

+Konita Sorphaq Only the name is from Temmiy, the inspiration is from the Mr. Saturns.

[@AnnaWebb37]

+Konita Sorphaq I thought the temmies were based off of weeaboos...

[@ashtraydelicacy5773]

Sasha Blouse N0, t3m haz evolvod 2 surviv averytin.

[@ikahverdon6728]

What about the Spider Croissants on Muffet's table? Could it be a reference to the original Legend of Zelda as examining it gives the player a message of mistaking it for a Power Band? Because a Power Band exists in the Legend of Zelda that is similar in shape, and can be viewed as a croissant.

[@makotowilson2605]

The part where flowey laughed at you and closes your browser might be a reference to the part where Caliborn gets in control of Homestuck

[@wowmynamechanged]

It could just be a coincidence, but I think that Flowey (particularly his boss fight) has a lot of references to Marx from Kirby Super Star. Even the vibes of the characters (cute traitors) are similar. Plus, Jevil from Deltarune seems to be influenced by Marx, or maybe Dimentio from Super Paper Mario.

[@torielandcheese1076]

That wasn't equius, that was his lusus, lmao, also temmie village is very similar to Mr Saturn's village

[@paulonhisphone]

yo... that picture you used for equius... wasn't equius....

[@RealityMasterRogue]

+beestrider it was his butler. close enough (and looks more like Aaron, anyway.)

[@jacobh2950]

+RealityMasterRogue No. It looks very similar to Arquiusprite.

[@RealityMasterRogue]

nub caik I was saying the butler looked more like Aaron than _Equius_ did

[@Julia-jw1cr]

+nub caik what no that was totally his lusus

[@pruesarn2372]

It was Mettaton.

[@enthupysch3796]

I personally like Homestuck's version of Megalovania or MeGaLoVania!

[@oblongbirb]

You're not alone buddy, it's my favorite out of all the other megalovanias! XD

[@ajtiburi2667]

MeGaLoVania killed Tavros :'( :'(

[@oblongbirb]

I'm not even at [S] "Wake." yet XD

[@oblongbirb]

So basically, I spoiled Homestuck for myself XD

[@ItsPForPea]

Woah. I thought I'm the only who like MeGaLoVania most! I've made its Osu! Beatmap for it!

[@themoontribe8330]

7:51 OMG HOW AM I JUST REALIZING THAT XD I'M A FAN OF BOTH GAMES AND I'M JUST REALIZING X3

[@Pizzaboy609]

IKR!!!

[@hatendo]

I like Phonix write as well

[@LestatHallwardHolmes]

SAME !!! xD

[@xGarrusV]

I feel like this dude deserves more subs because of his formality. Like, this is very well done video. Not just one of those "top 10" list you seen thown around with everything spoken in on screen captions

[@LucaShutz]

Sans yes

[@lumrejington]

kinda crazy that the name of the song from persona 3 was called "living with determination"

[@galaxymoonlight885]

shaymintcg you're pic is my fave mythical from pokemon

[@littlellama400]

I laughed when seeing the song title

[@chriscarpenter6889]

I know for a fact that Uboa was a major inspiration for W.D Gaster. You can find them almost the same way, they look the same, and plus in the halloween hack toby made, he uses the Uboa sprite (you can see it in the video)

[@oblongbirb]

The fist time I heard about Homestuck and now I'm finished with it wow

[@erinmorgan7639]

Bumbling Borb the fist? ✊✊✊

[@invadervamps9076]

I'm on page 1358 😋

[@forestdragon778]

"It must be bigger on the inside" (EDIT:The song is actually called Amalgam, Not Amalgamate) **THINKS DOCTOR WHO**

[@AnnaWebb37]

Yep

[@Dragoniiia]

Fantastic! :D (+ fish fingers and custard for you! )

[@forestdragon778]

Dragoniiia My sister's a big fan of doctor who. so when i saw that in undertale. my mind just went to doctor who :P

[@AnnaWebb37]

BluePhoenixFire My aunt is completly obsessed.

[@Macaromi02]

Omg YAS

[@MikeSchmidtgamerandnightguard]

6:53 pretty sure it's "I, UNDYNE, WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN!" now. they changed it

[@crxss8324]

Dogsong and THE PLACE were very accurate. Really Nice job.

[@Emeraldakafunnygamerguy]

17:10 The song says 'Living with *Determination*' OMG

[@j.a.lalanto2857]

I got this from the actual page of Undertale in Wikipedia. Source is from here; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undertale#Development Basically, it's all about the talking system in Undertale, like the interaction and dialogue. I'll spare you with more details that will babble out of my mouth. *In an interview with The Escapist, Fox listed off inspirations for the game: "The talking system came from Shin Megami Tensei. I feel that it's important to make every monster feel like an individual. If you think about it basically all monsters in RPGs like Final Fantasy are the same, save for the graphics. They attack you, you heal, you attack them, they die. There's no meaning to that."*

[@UtterSpartan]

+J.A. Lalanto Quite good. Thanks for the source.

[@j.a.lalanto2857]

UtterSpartan No prob!

[@manda-ql6xk]

+CF Ho Its actually Pacifist(Or true) Neutral And Genocide

[@canisrufus8668]

Baconfluff AJ OR pure genocide

[@kiba_the_lucky]

*Cough Cough* Jade Harley *Cough* Homestuck *Cough Cough* MTT Hotel *Cough*

[@plushhtoy8262]

Homestuck is best

[@kikilove4465]

Am I the only one that sees Jane Crocker in that doggy lady?

[@kiba_the_lucky]

Kiki Love Where?

[@corndecorn876]

+RED Spy [Rex Bann] yea

[@kikilove4465]

With the hair and the shoes and the glasses, I just draw the connection to jane rather than jade.

[@blazelucifer9496]

Went back to this vid 5 years later and realized the PERSONA REFERENCE

[@pkradical4515]

Well, "The blank expression"is a tradition to all RPG protagonist.

[@teamskullgrunt5918]

bacon... bacon is always the answer

[@Baconator2558]

Bacon

[@lanematteson4203]

Bacon

[@uncl0wncasuale413]

BACON

[@TheDarioxGamer]

11:40 What's the name of that cartoon?

[@UtterSpartan]

+TheDarioxGamer "Mega Man". It's from the mid-90's.

[@TheDarioxGamer]

+UtterSpartan I know it's from Mega Man, but what's the name of that sound effect when they discover Gutsman? xD

[@ecbrd8478]

+TheDarioxGamer I have no idea We all just call it a gutsman's ass sound in reference to... ...uhhhhhh... ...?

[@pikminman13]

+TheDarioxGamer That was from the original clip, the clip in this video was taken from a YTP about Gutsman's ass.

[@toybonnie3020]

+Ecbrd that looked like megaman so probably megaman

[@rhinestoneage0125]

I like to think that Frisk landing on a bed of flowers after falling into the underground is a reference to when Cloud lands on Aerith’s flower bed in the church in the Midgar Slums after falling from the Mako Reactor in Final Fantasy VII.

[@ivymel9966]

I would say that Naptablook and his battle theme could be inspired by the game Off

[@baitthewhoosh5739]

*sans too*

[@mushroomhead9299]

It was, specifically the battle theme, peper steak

[@mayominx]

Aaron represents Equius Zahhak's guardian. Not Equius himself

[@TimelineGoddess]

I was waiting for the Alphys and Francis comparison...

[@insertname9006]

“Battle against a true hero” is insipred by the music style of “Touhou project”

[@dollartreejadenyuki6046]

undertale has so many homestuck references even the title is one.

[@lilacbunny11aj53]

"Well back to business." *Hears Megalovania Oh wait I clicked back XD

[@MagicoyXD]

Frisk = Madotsuki???

[@ebell1960]

I can actually kind of see that omigod

[@TsukiStuffs]

And gaster looks like uboa, also you can't tell me onionsan doesn't have serious yn vibes

[@lanematteson4203]

Umm lol

[@armageddongirl612]

omg i appreciate you touching on homestuck SO much, many people barely mention it or ignore completely in their videos

[@LemonPieRocks]

There is another webcomic called Cucumber Quest that includes a character called Noise Master that Toby Fox wrote fan music for. It sounds almost exactly like the leitmotif in Death by Glamour.

[@yusokoliko]

15:50 - The 3rd part of the Amalgamate theme also has a peculiar tone in the background that can be heard in "Giygas' Intimidation" from Earthbound. Which I reckon you sort of touch up on in your next video, the whole song is definitely inspired by Giygas' presence which you did catch.

[@splattim3180]

I don't know Final Fantasy well. Don't get angry at me. 5:59 Prince Ralse? *Prince Ralsei*

[@NazCompgames]

I though I was the only one!!!!

[@petermarsella6537]

Possible, deltarune was conceived before undertale, and if ralsei had their name already decided, then it would be an easy connection, even with the anagram link

[@WaverlyAverly]

Undertale's name also sounds a lot like Monster Tale, another RPG that follows a human that finds themselves in a world of monsters.

[@saraplays1260]

So I was wearing my headphones when and when Gasters sound font thing (idk) started playing it scared the shit out of me :D

[@M3G4T3RR4]

I'm supposed to be watching this KZbin video, but this one ad keeps kicking my ass.

[@M3G4T3RR4]

Elijah Games700 yeah, TheSkeleton95!

[@claudine404]

Elijah Games700 who is TheSkeleton95?

[@M3G4T3RR4]

Hanukkah Emerald ...Some say, TheSkeleton95 is the first Undertale player ever, born from corpses.

[@san8z38]

**YOU GREEDY DIRTBAG**

[@peachnkey]

If you do a continuation, one thing I've noticed is that the track "She's Playing Piano", that plays just before your date with undyne, has a similarity to the tracks "doctor" and "savior of the waking world" in homestuck. It is also to note that in homestuck those songs are related closely to John Egbert, a character who plays the piano. this goes even deeper when you consider that 1.)Undyne is playing the piano, and she visually looks similar to the character Vriska Serket (and megalovania is kinda one of her themes as well) who is/was very important to john and 2.)Undyne lives in Waterfall, which looks a lot like The Land Of Wind And Shade, John Egbert's assigned planet, due to the dark color pallete, and the glowing blue mushrooms.

[@peachnkey]

Oh and also, I don't know if it is because the real life Temmie didn't want to draw him or if this is an actual reference, but being able to summon an Aron during a Temmie fight also reminds me a lot of the characters Equius Zahhak and Nepeta Leijon in homestuck, who are basically Best Friends ((but to put it more Technically they are 'Moirails')) and are both related to horses and cats respectively.

[@dazzythenormling4847]

Obviously the inspiration for Undyne is a shoutout for the ship Vriska x Meenah

[@slugeryfederson7705]

I love PW:AA Cornered, I automatically knew that the Papyrus Date had it when I heard it. So happy that you had it included here.

[@diavoloisamasochist4986]

Well, if you use the punch card it writes: OOORAAAAA!!!

[@CracAintWack]

*So it's the same type of stand as 「Star Platinum」.*

[@JoeBoney]

16:10 I was wearing ear buds and that made my ears feel weird

[@franklinamaro369]

13:33 You can also say that the mad dummy finding a new body and defining it as perfect can also be a reference to DIO To mad dummy is the mew mew doll and for DIO is Jonathan’s

[@trmasterzero8943]

I think there should be an O at the start of that name (Live A Live anyone?)

[@JetstreamKody]

Also the USELESS USELESS USELESS USELESS

[@marniedobis7472]

I mean there's this one thing that a think it's in Gravity falls where there's like this skeleton head with a papyrus like voice making skeleton puns then after the pun it goes Nyeh Heh heh

[@cabecinha4987]

Nweheheheheh

[@beckymarion5589]

every time I listen to "the place", I get shivers

[@alexgertsog105]

There is also quite a lot of references to OFF, which is also a great game.

[@alexgertsog105]

***** Thats your opinion. For a 2003 game it is great.

[@TailsClock]

+ReddehWow. Haha wow! Story doesn't matter in games? look at 90% of the most well known and profitable Japanese games out there right now.

[@alexgertsog105]

***** Dont think so. Undertale's gameplay is pretty good, but it would be nothing without the whole story behind it.

[@mikkundchannel]

+Tony the Tiger I just noticed a possible reference... In the genocide mode ending when Chara is on the screen, she's fought (automatically) and she dies. Similar to the fact that in OFF in one ending you can battle The Batter and win without doing anything but using auto.

[@soapmcsoaperson]

2003? Pretty sure OFF came out in 2009 (French only), and was later translated in 2012~

[@rakuza_me]

All of asriel’s attacks are probably inspired by Marisa from touhou

[@brickmastere5535]

It's called Amalgam, not Amalgamate. The song, i mean.