DISBELIEF HARDMODE (Disbelief Papyrus Hardmode) [Undertale]

[@ZeroKay]

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[@Asmokedetector]

I've stolen the first reply.

[@jnthn.s07]

Ok

[@chrisonewiththesalt]

My only real criticism is how largely unchanged-(and a little low quality due to the intro being worsely-paced and the only real difference being the sped-up music and final assault)-highlights the glaring difference in quality compared to everything else.

[@BigBear60]

Thanks mate

[@Sanya_PlayzGames]

Also, he writes "Undertale by Toby Fox" because of without Undertale there is no fan games (and animations), respect to this dude 😊

[@user-gt5fy5ow4i]

Finally! A story that isn't just "papyrus full power" or "gaster makes him powerful because". The intro to the fight is just papyrus, he's been hurt and filled with anger, but he's still papyrus, and dealing with his feelings in a papyrus way. That's something I can really appreciate.

[@robloxplayer877]

Fr its finally not a sans one and not the unoriginal one also you may know but disbelieve papyrus existed a long time ago already

[@MUSA_SMSW_OFFICAL]

No it’s the same thing?

[@MUSA_SMSW_OFFICAL]

Ohhhhhh ok nvm

[@errornekochara]

Explain phase 2 then

[@vadimyudkovsky9022]

​@@errornekocharahe just gets, more angry?

[@Bub8les]

I can already hear, "Disbelief Hardmode with lyrics when?"

[@RealWingGaster]

the voices have gotten to you

[@Hungryfox1]

Disbelief Hardmode with lyrics when ?

[@EImposter2005]

Hold your horses buddy! You still haven't finished HFTV musical yet.

[@Arockettt]

We did it He went insane

[@ILoveInvertedFa]

Never

[@theduke3778]

I like how when papyrus creates Sans, it’s not actually Sans, but what Papyrus THINKS sans in: Lazy, cracks jokes, doesn’t take things seriously, and isn’t that powerful. That’s why Undyne is so absurd because he views HER as powerful.

[@Domminopickle]

I agree

[@alpha_rexX]

I never thought of it that way Ive never played disbelief papyrus myself but ive seen videos on it And I did notice that the two just seemed off Undyne was too over the top and sans barely put anything in

[@Halberds8122]

Didn't he see sans fight?

[@aerodynamo4874]

I also liked the subtle cue that Sans wasn't real. On average, Papyrus' projection of Sans didn't have his pupils. Clear indication of lack of soul.

[@MarksmanRevolver]

@@aerodynamo4874 if eyes are windows to the soul, then he's got none aside from that, when he does have pupils, they're smaller than the eyelights that the real sans has (except for that one moment where the fake sans says "that's not fair" when papyrus gives the human more health and the fake sans has the same pupils as the regular sans)

[@papapdude7595]

The soul movement is very "game" like. Like it's an actual person playing the game, usually in these kind of animations, the soul can either be too fast or too slow. Nailed it.

[@charlioanimations]

Yeah i was like "Is this an animation or a game?" I was very surprised to see this is an animation because the movement it's so natural.

[@ThisIsYourNulbo]

@@charlioanimationsread the description.

[@zeenxdownz]

​@@ThisIsYourNulbothey literally said that they know it's an animation

[@ThisIsYourNulbo]

@@zeenxdownz you could say that before 6 months. btw ok. i think i didn't understand what he said.

[@dummyplayinggames]

I really like how papyrus isnt a naive manchild herelike in most fan animations, and there is so much creativity! Especially that prolouge part, I really lved how without many words, it howed how he was feeling. This animation was fire!

[@Nickyboy5O38]

Having Papyrus actually act in character and the attack patters being react-able and fair is amazing and a testament to the quality of your work. You are an epic gamer!

[@The_21_GOD]

17:47 "Let me show you how it's done." Proceeds to beat the absolute living hell out of Frisk

[@davidherreragonzalez6145]

Well, she did show Frisk how it's done so it's still true

[@Redpikmin-f4t]

@@davidherreragonzalez6145she did show -frisk- -chara- y o u

[@davidherreragonzalez6145]

@@Redpikmin-f4t *LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER SOUND* She did show You how it's done

[@Redpikmin-f4t]

@@davidherreragonzalez6145lol I was going to change it to “y o u” I did

[@davidherreragonzalez6145]

@@Redpikmin-f4t lol

[@T0B3573R]

I love the hidden detail of Sans’s eye glows yellow and cyan, representing Justice, (Sans judges you, and gives you karma if you’ve slaughtered every monster you’ve come across,) and Patience, because he waited till the very end to learn as much as possible about you, and when it’s the right time to strike. Papyrus eye follows that logic, instead glowing orange and green, representing Bravery, because he is not letting his emotions completely cloud his judgement the entirety of the battle, giving you multiple opportunities to make things right, even at the danger of himself. And fighting you despite knowing that you’ll probably win. That, and Kindness. Because he’s still trying to show you trust and communication, hoping that he can still bring out any lingering goodness within your soul. Mirroring Sans, and giving you a different feeling of punishment. Sans makes you feel bad because you doubt your abilities, but he doesn’t care if you feel guilty anymore because it doesn’t matter. You are inexcusable. The only way to rectify your actions is through resetting and letting go of your Determination. Papyrus on the other hand makes you feel bad because he’s saying that you shouldn’t do this. That he’s protecting you from yourself. He knows you’re going to lose your soul, and that he can’t let you pass.

[@AstaStaria-li1pe]

I think someone needs to do an asgore one, as undyne the undying doesn’t even come close to him, but asgore never tries no matter what

[@errornekochara]

The real reason: it just looks cool

[@dachibardavelidze2741]

i aint reading allat

[@eepy_meep]

​@@dachibardavelidze2741 Respectfully, why comment then? 'Cuz I see people commenting "bro's yapping." and "I ain't reading that.", if you didn't read, why comment? Not trying to attack you or anything, but It adds no value to the comment section. I honestly just never understood it.

[@dachibardavelidze2741]

@@eepy_meep actually your right, im really sorry about that

[@therealmrarchive]

All I can say as a long time disbelief fan is, Thank you. Never thought I would see a disbelief hard mode animation of this quality in 2024

[@pzk1mine]

The moment Frisk met Papyrus at the Judgement Hall, birds were singing outside my window...it was pretty neat

[@Kadenthezombie]

Was there a funny man in a blue jacket outside?

[@taxevasion69]

I'm pretty that was a white Pomeranian dog with a top hat

[@Kadenthezombie]

@@taxevasion69 lol

[@taxevasion69]

@@Kadenthezombielol (but better)

[@Kadenthezombie]

@@taxevasion69 u wanna play this game

[@cantgraspthetrueformofmyattack]

6:44 the skeleton in the background got me

[@Russo_Von_Carnificia]

THE SKELETON APPEARS 💀🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Frankfro66]

"wake up babe, zerokay uploaded" "...again."

[@maximiliqnstoqnov2357]

Are you gonna make a game about disbelief papyrus hard mode in the future? Just asking, don't be rude please.

[@Frankfro66]

@@maximiliqnstoqnov2357 I've considered it :p

[@brad377]

​@@Frankfro66I can already hear "Hftv when"

[@Frankfro66]

@@brad377 you're fired

[@kaysenqv]

Htfv when

[@milkaway_bar3170]

As someone who has waited for something like this for about 2-4 years i am very happy that the final attack in phase 5 is exactly how i envisioned it to be. This video is going into my classic videos playlist for me to remember forever.

[@ForgottenTimelinesSans]

everything in this animation, from the attacks, the dialogue, the effects, its all perfectly done. you did an amazing job with this zerokay!!

[@hardmodethundersans5687]

That undyne attack on phase 3 is my worst nightmare lol

[@lori9245]

oversave tale: henlo

[@hardmodethundersans5687]

@@lori9245 :misery:

[@lori9245]

@@hardmodethundersans5687 true

[@waver5914]

wait didn't you mean YOUR BEST NIGHTMARE?

[@hardmodethundersans5687]

@@waver5914 flowery reference hahahwkdnwohdskisbdkshdjsowihdkzo

[@iagoregra7795]

Can't wait for disbelief hardmode continued :troll:

[@iagoregra7795]

WAIT WHAT THEY GOT THE DISBELIEF CONTINUED PHASE 5 WOOOO

[@zainalabdin3762]

@@iagoregra7795phases 6-10 remain...but it would be impossible so i guess they didnt do it lmao

[@DustlyYT]

Ngl I love how this community is still alive even tho UNDERTALE is soon 10 years old, And also I like how you did the thumbnail! Reminds me of the orginal thumbnail for DISBELIEF papyrus!

[@ronnietheram]

THIS… THIS… THIS *QUALITY!!!!* YOU’RE MEETING *ALL* MY *STANDAAARDS!!!!*

[@ДенисБоднар-ч5й]

Oh my god! This is the best disbelief animation i see EVER! Great job, dude!

[@ДенисБоднар-ч5й]

I lie, you are on 2st place, 1st place is "disbelief continued".

[@faresalsayed9005]

@@ДенисБоднар-ч5йdisbelief continued is made by the same person

[@ДенисБоднар-ч5й]

@@faresalsayed9005 i know, i am talking about animations, not persons.

[@ileonardoi3791]

Halfway through and I already wanna comment! The way you coordinated the patterns with the music was superb and I love the details like the bigger emphasis on orange attacks that distinguish Papyrus from Sans, the fact he still NEEDS to block in Phase 2 and how he limited himself from killing Frisk like hoe Asgore does when leaving you at 1 HP. The "out of the box" patterns are amazing too, kinda felt some Jevil vibes there and the way the blasts concealed the appearance of the crossed bones was cool as fuck. The dialogue could be better, but it gets the gist of what I think Papyrus character would be like if FORCED to act into the role of your final obstacle.

[@sansthefunnyskeleton8606]

i think this version is better than dem's. not because of the animation, but because although dem's is slightly more animated, your concept allows papyrus to stick to his morals while increasing the difficulty, and perfectly uses the 5 stages of grief in it.

[@CrashMan6547]

Plus, it’s the full ass fight, not locked behind stupid subscriber goals, compared to Dem’s version.

[@lori9245]

GUYS! before papyrus's bone breaks at the end of phase one, THE FLAVOUR TEXT SAYS DENIAL, the first stage of grief is denial! which means... phase 1: denial phase 2: anger phase 3: depression/bargaining phase 4: bargaining phase 5: acceptance these are the stages of grief as papyrus greaves over the loss of his friends, phase 3 is depression because paprus misses his friends so much, that he uses his power to summon apparitions of sans and undyne, who were his only real friends. in other words, depression. edit: zerokay i need you to confirm if this theory is correct or not

[@isharethisaccount]

phase 3 could count as bargaining too, as he imagined this is what everyone wants and maybe even distracting himself from remembering they all died

[@ZeroKay]

I mention your comment in my Behind The Scenes video btw

[@lori9245]

@@ZeroKay cool!

[@lori9245]

@@isharethisaccount ye

[@lbsans3495]

Very good! I am very happy to see how far you have come along the way!

[@DrFyzzz]

Your animations always look like playable games, and thats why I think you're one of if not the best Undertale animator! Keep cooking.

[@underblaster41]

Fun fact: If you look at the soul's IFrame when they take damage, the IFrame last way longer during phase 1,3 and (presumably) 4 but in phase 2 and 5, the IFrame is much shorter which could signify how much Papyrus wants to end you

[@joaoandrye]

YOU CAUGHT ME, IT'S VOTY: VIDEO OF THE YEAR

[@wallacehenryhartley1209]

More like video of the month at least. Zero Kay might just drop another banger in December

[@Jecklelefeckle]

Bro this animation is so good I thought an actual player was playing this! Amazing animation!

[@ZZ9824h]

The way you animated it actually makes it seem like a fangame This is amazing

[@Chum_Ok]

Great Job my man! Thanks for do this!

[@FobyTox]

I think making the last line of Papyrus "You are a monster" with blank eyes like the ones Sans had would strike even more emotional attack on the player

[@jacobf.1691]

10:20 bro unlocked dodging ultra instincts

[@r0z557]

it gives the same feeling the original disbelief gave KEEP COOKING 🔥

[@Random_Pacifist_Sans]

Bro phase 3 is literally the same but with a small ampunt of tweaks with a REALLY unfair undyne part, but still overall good nonetheless

[@ZeroKay]

True. This animation would’ve been a lot more unique if it weren’t for the limitations I had (which I talk about more in my upcoming Behind The Scenes video)

[@baconskywalker]

"KYS SANS" -hard mode phase 3

[@NotTheBonesPls]

That scene with huge bone in phase 5 was incredible

[@TH-jq1dt]

18:09 this is the first problem in my opinion throughout the whole fight. nice job

[@ErwinHecerio417]

15:31 The way papyrus just casualy threw a bottle of ketchup into sans's stomach💀😭

[@NguyenMinh-er9rk]

Yum delicious

[@NguyenMinh-er9rk]

1

[@enderfox8146]

23:23 when the hint with the mercy ending appeared, I realized what was about to happen...

[@comunitaMIB]

I was waiting so long for someone to do Hardmode Disbelief animation. YOU'RE THE GOAAATTTTTT

[@cruzikin3116]

I love how you made the Soul jump out of the box and attack after Papyrus broke the box.

[@BUSTNUST-by5xe]

Man this is underrated... i wish this had more views... zerokay keep the good work!

[@Deenana999]

I can feel the former Undertale fan in me again.

[@undertaledude378]

Same here!

[@Uhalright]

If it's going to get copyright striked, remember: This is canon that Toby fox didn't show us about UT hard mode

[@milkFlakeaGames]

Thats fucking good! Papaya sees himself in a chara. Chara actually cute and good when don't tries to kill everyone. Just like papaya

[@Bacon_god]

Ahem, i think you are referring to player/Frisk as Chara...

[@ImpossibleGD14]

Can we clap it up for my man ZeroKay? He just created the PEAK Undertale animation.

[@luhvmel0]

This is going to blow up with millions of views. It deserves it.

[@Azzy2935]

ACTUALLY FUCKING PEAK. GREAT JOB!

[@Epic_cXD]

6:38 HE SAID THE LINE🗣🔥 Great animation though!

[@Trio-]

Actually peak, I love how phase 1’s last attack was incorporated and the dialogue that follows immediately after feels just right.

[@toatallyasnowpea]

"* he is in disbelief......." "* he glare at you with disgusted face." "* BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER KEEP ATTACKING=)."

[@blobtuna236]

This might be a bit spontaneous but I just want to say that Phase 2 was just so fucking well done. All of the phases were, but that one in particular was just something else. It's consistently fast-paced, carries the helpless/vengeful tone all the way through, is full of attacks that come off as both challenging yet balanced (as it should be for a hard mode), and uses one of the best fan-made tracks I've ever heard from an Undertale AU (Seriously, Blind Heart's Rage goes so unbelievably hard and makes such amazing use of the relevant leitmotifs that I could spend an entire comment alone gushing about it). I've come back to this video like ten times just for this segment alone. It's an absolutely adrenaline-fueled four minutes perfectly conveying Papyrus' desperation and helplessness manifested into a blind rage. I've said it before but this is undoubtedly one of the best animations on the platform right now. Good stuff man.

[@The_Christian_Kirbo]

God damn, so many people lately make DB Hardmode stuff, and I'm all for that.

[@TemmieST]

Nice work bro, can't wait for a game release based on animation =)

[@xforce200]

Me seeing disbelief hard mode Me:is that really hard Me seeing the video Me:nah, I won't play

[@harpypon]

i mean a lot of effort obviously went into this, but also i still think your revenge tue animation tops this tenfold

[@drysoup3017]

Holy shit dude! Incredible work!

[@Mr_Puffkinjorokjuken_Greatman]

“You lost your final chance.” The serious word for the last chance…. And begin the last FIGHT!

[@The-skele-bois]

@ZeroKay, where did tou get these sprites from?

[@ZeroKay]

The artist TAD7

[@YunaDreamFR-ii4qz]

That hardmode is actually GOOD

[@jackmccool9911]

I actually wish toby made a DLC called “Disbelief” that adds this to the game where if you do genocide twice and walk to true labs after killing sans, you end up fighting disbelief papyrus

[@ImpossibleGD14]

There would only be one phase if it were real. If there were 4 phases, it would be unfair.

[@jackmccool9911]

@@ImpossibleGD14 Thats fair

[@xerxeschong7202]

Love how the final attack of phase 2 is based of "Papyrus has gone TOO FAR"

[@Meta77]

No way, actually good undertale animation that isn't 15 fps, bad, and filled with 1000 filters over the screen, the actually somewhat humanly possible attacks are a plus too.

[@killerrxoxo]

the way Papyrus still called Sans an ' lazybones ' its hilarious for an genocide route

[@MarksmanRevolver]

papyrus in phase 1 holding the bone like that oddly reminds me of act 4 papyrus in revenge TUE or dusttale the murderous comedy

[@CrashMan6547]

I love the animation like everyone else, but I think another thing people are overlooking is that you used the current official soundtracks, which I appreciate you using, cause while Dem using Cracking Bones for his Hard mode phase 3 isn’t bad, it wasn’t created by the original soundtrack producer as Hatred & Blind Heart’s frustration.

[@mariomaster973]

Thought I wouldn’t notice the animation took 1 damage here instead of the normal amount? 10:40 I notice everything 🤓

[@JustyourAverageGamer280]

This animation was so good I thought it was an actual game.

[@RobloxGuyRel]

My mind when I saw the bone pap blocks with on phase 1: "... And this leads to Papyrus pulling out a comically large bone. "

[@Habbirel]

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE CINEMA!!

[@jankorusiewicz2690]

What makes this feel even more painful is how the player doing genocides, killing no matter what, despite Sans' attempt to justice you or Papyrus trying to make you give up trough emotions is literally us, so yeah. We are the unforgiving bastards.

[@Errorsansgaming69]

Sans:bad time Papyrus:geometry lesson

[@Determination709]

Phase 5 os disbelief continued but very hard. Cant wait for a full game of this

[@AstromanArt]

Imagine being such a bad person, that not even PAPYRUS can feel merciful towards you. I would have ended myself there and then.

[@IlhanDufayard]

I like the fact that the more blasters there are, the less he is calm. in phase 4, for exemple, there's no blaster and in the phase 5 special attack it's almost a only blaster attack.

[@MarksmanRevolver]

I just realized that the resurrected sans here doesn't have the slash line like the regular disbelief. I have no idea if that was intentional or not but that's cool since it's hardmode

[@ZeroKay]

I realized it didn’t make sense because if he had it, then it would be visible on Papyrus (who is wearing Sans’s jacket)

[@Coldy_Dartio]

6:43 I'll never forget this moment why I stopped at this 💀

[@Coldy_Dartio]

If you're wondering, it's almost shaped like Naz-

[@Orangutanus]

The only thing that im mad about in this is that Papyrus's glowing eye is far lighter, almost yellow, not his iconic Orange-Red (to be fair, original Disbelief had that problem too)

[@z-man_playz_shortz]

Ok, who taught papyrus how to use low level spell cards from the touhou series? 6:41 16:25 22:03 (stuff happened)

[@Lucas-to1ws]

What happened to the karmatic retribution :(

[@vavalaz]

Papyrus doesent have that.

[@Lucas-to1ws]

@@vavalaz I'm pretty sure he does in the original phase 1

[@vavalaz]

@@Lucas-to1ws yes but this is more accurate.

[@Lucas-to1ws]

@@vavalaz o ok

[@MoonTails27]

the battle looks like as if it was played by a real player such animation needs a raise

[@EImposter2005]

Now what will you do since you've done everything Disbelief related? EUC Last Breath, Murder Time Trio with multiple routes to go on, or something Dusttrust related?

[@ZeroKay]

I have a good idea of what I’m going to animate next, and it’s going to have a small team of people helping. It’ll be my best and most complex animation yet, if everything goes well I’ll announce it one month from now

[@EImposter2005]

@@ZeroKay Hopefully it's one of the three I mentioned. 🤞

[@Equal99.998]

​@@EImposter2005i hope MTT if anything, LB is owned by a pedo, which makes all Lb BAD, and DUSTTRUST is MID ASF

[@EImposter2005]

​@@ZeroKay Also, is there a spare ending to phase 1?

[@ZeroKay]

@@EImposter2005 I don't see myself making that, but anyone is free to make a fanmade version

[@epik-bruh]

this is really good, really creative attacks and good at being harder than the og disbelief (which was already pretty hard)

[@janpaololeonardo5726]

At 17:56 undyes spears became sudden changes bullete

[@MagnusLøkensgard-q5q]

One of the or one of the best undertale animators

[@DylanStark-hd3lx]

The transition at 7:06 to 7:11 I think was pretty smooth

[@beesechurgermoss]

Ah yes. Subtitles when theres already subtitles. Banger video

[@kenut4586]

This is so EPIC!!

[@danielsans-wb5tp]

What its "in story" reason to phase 5 disbelief can actualy be killed?

[@AnotherWeirdo.]

Wgen the prelude is sad as hell but the music is so fuckjng joyful it makes it funny.

[@Aldevtar]

Very cool animation! Good luck! Hello from Russia!

[@cihangirefesaglam1609]

Make a “MAD PAPYRUS” mode where papyrus isnt f-cking around (He uses a gun)

[@Ryan41707]

For anyone wondering, the hidden message says "your luck has run out"

[@icardi-ve-gsci]

Papyrus is a skeleton who wants to help you and wants to be friends with you but want to revenge for his brother Papyrus gives everyone chances but after 145 genocide he still gives you change and still believes you to change He just skeleton lost his joy even dustbelief version he still thinks you change thank you papyrus he always gives you chance He wants to his brother back😢😢😢😢 if you like my speech can you like it thank you 👇

[@acuejai-t8j]

10:05 "foaihhhwenggg" "vrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

[@CyberweaverVT]

It’s like he in some king of… *disbeef…*

[@Bacon_god]

Im in such *disbeef* ..... that much so im about to *dustbust*

[@intraced]

Wingdings at the start of phase 3 says "YOUR LUCK HAS RUN OUT"

[@francescacastronovo647]

I love how how Papyrus doesn't even have Karma Actually, I always thought that it wasn't really in caratcher for him to have an orange glowing eye, after all, orange stands for bravery, wich has nothing to do with papyrus in particular While Sans's eye glows cyan and yellow because: Cyan stands for Patience, after all, he waits till the end, pretending to be just a lazy silly guy, without attacking you unless is really all that necessary While yellow stands for *juandice* wich is substance commonly found in moss after eating it

[@dummyplayinggames]

Papyrus is very brave, he understands that you have killed several ppl in the genocides runs, but he still tries to help you, that's why his er glows orange in phase 1. In phase 2 his eye glows yellow because he now understands that there is no fixing the human and goes full on sicko mode to serve them justice, an in phase 3 it glows yellow and blue because it's showing that papyrus has patience too.

[@undertaledude378]

I never thought color had anything to do with it, I honestly thought it would make sense for Papyrus to have a glowing eye if Sans did. It's just we never really had a reason to see it in the original game. Heck, he might not even know he has it.

[@AyameMitzuki]

The player is so confident bruh wth.

[@jAvilfun]

Now waiting for disbelief expert mode with 6 phases in 2026.