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It’s officially my birthday month!

I was born on July 19th, 2007, which makes this month my special little time to turn my lucky number, nineteen! Needless to say, I’m extremely excited. My friend Abe and I share a birthday week, so we’re probably going to be out the whole time. Depends on when I’m getting my root canal, though… hopefully before then.

In the meantime, I don’t know what to write about. I knew this would happen very quickly. I’ve already exhausted all my topics, and it’s only been three days… maybe I can give you guys some fun facts. About UNDERTALE! It’s on the mind.

So here’s 10 fun facts about UNDERTALE that you may or may not have already known!

1: Typing “BALL” on the main title screen after the Once Upon a Time sequence will play a little tune called BALL. Toby said this one almost a year ago, but I’ve known it for much longer. Any time I replay it, I hit BALL and feel ready to fall down a mountain.

2: Speaking of BALL… playing the BALL GAME and getting the red flag gives you names of what the colors mean. Bravery, justice, kindness, patience, integrity, and perseverance. Excluding determination, these were always implied to be the meaning of every SOUL color, but did you know that was never said outright until DELTARUNE Chapter 5? Nearly 11 years after the game’s release? Golly. Several instances like this show that Toby Fox is playing the long game.

3: In the Omega Flowey fight, the game is set to remember every single one of your SOUL’s movements to track it and send you back whenever Flowey loads a SAVE. Every pixel in that room is packed with memory… even when you don’t need it…

4: Papyrus’ theme, Bonetrousle, was meant to be the main battle theme for DELTARUNE, in place of Rude Buster. Do with that what you will!

5: The narrator’s dialogue during the RG01 and RG02 fight, in a certain instance, quotes Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. “I see two lovers standing over the cauldron of hell”… that whole thing. I think Chara was just a huge fan.

6: Alphys was based off the Homestuck character, John Egbert, until she was changed to be a girl. Her gender being changed early in development fuels my headcanon that she’s a trans woman, but she does just have that tgirl swag. What? Who said that?

Alphys, by the way, is the best character in UNDERTALE. She has all the problems you wanna give to Sans, who is my second favorite character, but you guys just don’t get it. She’s got the best character arc, she’s so emotionally deep, she’s an unreliable narrator in her own life, she doesn’t realize how many people love her, she makes real mistakes, she tries her best, she’s suicidal, she is a BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, she is THE BEST main six character and I will NOT hear anything else. I’m NOT sorry for getting off track. BACK TO THE FUN FACTS.

7: On Xbox, UNDERTALE has special “controller disconnected” dialogue. Try unplugging your controller during Papyrus’ date, or in the true lab, or anywhere you think applies!

8: A song called Redline Day inspired the rewrite of Undertale, the six-minute song that plays during Chara and Asriel’s story, during development. I recommend it, it’s good

9: Papyrus’ favorite food is oatmeal. With dinosaur… eggs. Do with that!!! What you will!!!

10: UNDERTALE is the best game ever

Okay, have a nice day! Sorry I was rushing to get this out. Tomorrow I’ll be sure to think harder on a topic.

Until next time! ❤