A thorough analysis of Sans

Sans is not just one of the most popular characters from the Undertale series (including Deltarune), but one of the most talked about as well, both within the broader mainstream, and in the fandom. In spite of this, I thought that talk on the empirical evidence and occurrences relating to Sans in game could use some support. This video delves into breaking down the character in the story, what they are capable of, and explaining things that many often seem to deem as analogous or explainable by odd means. Also, though the visual aspect can be important, you can listen to the vid in the background if you'd like
Edit: Hey, it's been awhile. Yall have had some good discussion I've totally blanked on in that time. After almost two years, I see this has 75k views, and this channel has 1k subs. Cool.
Another video coming soon; just not Undertale/Deltarune.

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  • @Skidoodle18
    @Skidoodle188 ай бұрын

    I personally always loved the idea that Mettaton Neo was designed to kill humans, and the fact that you killed them in one hit implies that you’re not really human any more

  • @touuvara

    @touuvara

    8 ай бұрын

    thats so smart actually

  • @mariotheundying

    @mariotheundying

    7 ай бұрын

    And then you see his defence, your attack, your LOVE, the fact that the more intent to oof a person has the more they do dmg and like, idk its a fun idea but is it really true? (That it was a reference to not being human)

  • @touuvara

    @touuvara

    7 ай бұрын

    @@mariotheundying i mean technically, gaining LOVE, having higher attack, and the intent to kill people is clearer and easier to perform, would mean that youre slowly losing your humanity so in a way it still works? (also lovely username)

  • @mariotheundying

    @mariotheundying

    7 ай бұрын

    @@touuvara oh yeah that makes sense, idk why I didn't think of that (thank you, this was like my 2nd username after 3 months of this account existing, and yes my 1st username was undyne the undying, and now the @ change in KZread made me want to keep this, even tho I found it cringe before)

  • @MarloTheBlueberry

    @MarloTheBlueberry

    7 ай бұрын

    mario

  • @a_child13
    @a_child13 Жыл бұрын

    I like to think that there's a timeline where Frisk/the Player just...gives up. Like Sanses special attack works, they just sit there...for all time

  • @highlandstorm0137

    @highlandstorm0137

    9 ай бұрын

    Undertale mediocre ending

  • @firuto7970

    @firuto7970

    8 ай бұрын

    The thing is, many players have given up to Sans. It is cannon as all possible endings are

  • @Unoriginal____Starwalker

    @Unoriginal____Starwalker

    8 ай бұрын

    Now I want to make a mod, where you have an "Option" to give up your determination, and the next time you die, that monster actually takes your soul. Either absorbing it themselves or passing it onto Asgore, giving the monsters "Their ending." But also having differences, like if Sans kills you, he is shocked that you don't respawn, and now has to deal with everyone he knows being dead.

  • @wow-roblox8370

    @wow-roblox8370

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Unoriginal____Starwalkerand like Chara, if they absorb your soul they will have to fight constantly to maintain control and resist your influence

  • @distantmaniacallaughter8690

    @distantmaniacallaughter8690

    8 ай бұрын

    *Staring at my many, many unfinished WIPs* WELP, TIME TO WRITE A NEW FANFIC

  • @Diastima_the_archangel
    @Diastima_the_archangel4 ай бұрын

    "sans is the only monster capable of trapping you in a non-attack" *distant mad dummy noises*

  • @exar5262

    @exar5262

    Ай бұрын

    Only? Only!? ONLY!?!

  • @itsniqilisitsme4701

    @itsniqilisitsme4701

    Ай бұрын

    she's just like THE FUCK DO YOU mean THE ONLY LONE

  • @Xman34washere

    @Xman34washere

    7 күн бұрын

    _trans girl approaching_

  • @Withersage
    @Withersage8 ай бұрын

    My headcanon with the sans non-attack is that there’s a single bone offscreen somewhere

  • @KC_Garcia

    @KC_Garcia

    8 ай бұрын

    Nah, the bone is on screen, it's just reeeeeaaaaalllllly small.

  • @Kyumifun

    @Kyumifun

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@KC_Garcia like that one froggit/monster in a wall crack in ruins waving at us?

  • @another-niko-pfp-holder

    @another-niko-pfp-holder

    6 ай бұрын

    @@KC_Garciain the bullet board border thats why we cant see it

  • @crobisbobis

    @crobisbobis

    5 ай бұрын

    Completely missing the point:

  • @GlytchGames

    @GlytchGames

    4 ай бұрын

    @@crobisbobisnot really, wether freezing time for you and chara freezes the battle we aren’t sure, but the idea of a single bone being off screen would be sans dodging the inevitable through meta awareness of the player’s battle screen

  • @Eli.mah1
    @Eli.mah18 ай бұрын

    I hate it when people say he’s unserious or too serious. Also I hate it so much when people say he doesn’t care when papyrus is killed. If you do a Neutral ending and kill papyrus, he’ll express his anger to you after a yes or no question. “If you have some power, shouldn’t you use it to do good?” If you say no, he’ll call you a dirty brother killer. If you say yes, he’ll ask you why you killed his brother. He does care, but he knows it’s pointless to do anything about it. UGHHHHSBKSJEKEEKE

  • @CojaGamez

    @CojaGamez

    25 күн бұрын

    Its actually super interesting. Sans is deeply nihilistic due to him knowing anything he does is pointless because of resets. But despite that, he still cares deeply about his brother even though he know his death will be undone. Papyrus is the one thing sans still has the will to care about and that speaks volumes about their relationship imo

  • @bluevern904
    @bluevern9048 ай бұрын

    I wanted to mention that the human outspeeding every monster isn't entirely true, there are a bunch of cases in which monsters perform actions before you get the chance to do anything: Sans' first attack, Undyne turning your soul green (and technically, the chase sequences), Asgore smasing the MERCY button, both times you're in a battle with Flowey (The "tutorial" and the battle with Photoshop Flowey). All those times the monsters get to attack, or at least, do something before you can

  • @spartacusthememelord6890

    @spartacusthememelord6890

    7 ай бұрын

    Doesn't muffet also turn you purple before you can even male your first move as well?

  • @HumanoidDerpling

    @HumanoidDerpling

    7 ай бұрын

    @@spartacusthememelord6890 Nope, she uses her first turn to do so.

  • @MareMayo56

    @MareMayo56

    20 күн бұрын

    sans is the only one to actually get the first turn in a regular fight. in the examples you gave none of them actually *attack* before you, or its not a traditional encounter (omega flowey, tutorial flowey). sans is the only enemy to take a proper turn first.

  • @bluevern904

    @bluevern904

    20 күн бұрын

    I think it still counts. I’m talking about actions, not attacks per se. If Ninjask used Swords Dance, it still performed an action before you did even when they didn’t use an attack

  • @Wario_B
    @Wario_B Жыл бұрын

    He reminds me of my late grandfather in a lot of ways. He was a short guy, never really talked about his personal life and was really hard to get to know, made some funny jokes here and there, and was much smarter than he looked(he could speak 4 languages and probably had multiple degrees). I guess that and Sans’ overall goofiness and relatability made me really like him over the years.

  • @YOURWORLDSAFANTASY

    @YOURWORLDSAFANTASY

    10 ай бұрын

    sans is a perfect character, chill guy to hang out with. Your grandfather sounds like a very interesting individual.

  • @ireallycantthinkofaname4726

    @ireallycantthinkofaname4726

    9 ай бұрын

    Nice

  • @and______

    @and______

    7 ай бұрын

    i killed him

  • @cookiecannibal0

    @cookiecannibal0

    7 ай бұрын

    Your grandfather is sans

  • @mothlight9661

    @mothlight9661

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@and______dude wtf

  • @calciumis
    @calciumis7 ай бұрын

    I can't believe that I was obsessed, and I mean OBSESSED, with undertale since its release and I have just NOW realised that Sans is LITERALLY a judge. Like, he isn't just JUDGING you, his speciality is LITERALLY that. Creating karma points, his attacks expanding karma by sin, knowing your sins as well... like, oh my god, how have I not realised?

  • @supremeoverlorde2109
    @supremeoverlorde2109 Жыл бұрын

    Okay, this is a really interesting analysis of Sans. I know the Undertale fandom has been over-saturated with this character over the years and many would now label him overrated, but I still think he's one of the most fascinating characters in the game and your analysis even covered some points I hadn't considered before. I really liked in particular how you brought up the significance of Sans choosing not to act against you until the end of a no mercy run. Often this seems to get dismissed as Sans simply not caring or being selfish. But given what Sans knows and what his function in the game is, I think it kind of makes sense. Undertale is a game that calls you out for making cruel decisions but will ultimately forgive you for even the worst atrocities, save killing everyone in the entire Underground. As a result, it wouldn't make sense for the Judge of all people to seek vengeance against the player. His purpose is not to punish you in anger, but rather make you think about your choice and continually encourage you to do the right thing. And in a lot of ways I think that's what the final fight with him is about. He's giving you one last chance to finally put down your weapon and fix your mistakes, before it truly IS too late. In the Pacifist Run, Toriel expresses her loathing for Asgore but admits that despite his murdering all those children, he deserves mercy just as much as anyone else. And it's the same with the player. Sans shows you mercy, no matter how bad you are, unless you are inches from passing the point of no return. And it does seem to suggest that he may not be as nihilistic as people think --- that perhaps his inaction against you is not apathy, but part of his own guiding principle. I guess one could also make the argument that he spares you as part of the promise he made to Toriel though. I've always found his iconic line, "You'd be dead where you stand," a little confusing, because it's something he tells you in a pacifist run. And I've never been able to decide whether I think he was just being a jerk to try to scare you, or if he seriously would have killed you if he wasn't doing Toriel a favor. It does leaving me thinking that he doesn't particularly like or trust you regardless of the route you take, though.

  • @Existentialism8820

    @Existentialism8820

    10 ай бұрын

    That's a lot of words

  • @jimmcknight13

    @jimmcknight13

    9 ай бұрын

    I agree@@Existentialism8820

  • @charismaticRogue

    @charismaticRogue

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Existentialism8820 sounds like a u problem

  • @MrDiana1706

    @MrDiana1706

    8 ай бұрын

    Considering his dialogue is unchanged from the other routes on the dinner with him, I'd Say it either 1.-Varies the fact it's a joke or not, from route to route. 2.-He'd try to murder You not out of selfishness but out of the idea of Beings with Determinación being deal breakers for his world, just as Flowey proved him. After all, we don't know how these characters acted towards the other 6 humans before

  • @FloofMother

    @FloofMother

    8 ай бұрын

    Sans has vague knowledge of each timeline, so he probably implicitly distrusts you on instinct because other players have gone no mercy before

  • @Airwrink
    @Airwrink8 ай бұрын

    Flowey has definitely beat sans at least once, it just took a lot of attempts. He quite literally says he killed EVERYONE in the genocide run. Good video though!

  • @TheRealBaylock

    @TheRealBaylock

    8 ай бұрын

    Could have potentially been a lie. i wouldn't put it past Flowey. just an observation though.

  • @ApriiSR

    @ApriiSR

    8 ай бұрын

    @@TheRealBaylock I don't think it has to be a lie, necessarily-I think he's maybe just not being entirely precise with his wording.

  • @GoldenWreck

    @GoldenWreck

    8 ай бұрын

    @@TheRealBaylock Nah he definitely did beat sans. If you keep going back to replay the ending after defeating Flowey in his omega form, he will eventually mention how sans "cost him more than his fair share of resets," meaning that although he was a pain to kill, Flowey eventually succeeded.

  • @TheRealBaylock

    @TheRealBaylock

    8 ай бұрын

    ehhhhhh this is still somewhat anecdotal, not exactly smoke and guns. @@GoldenWreck

  • @randompromises1038

    @randompromises1038

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@GoldenWreckthat had to have been one hell of a fight though

  • @megawl2086
    @megawl20868 ай бұрын

    So actual Sans is not some edgy guy who is too depressed to do anything because "genocide will appear anyways", as many chalk him out to be He's actually just lazy and laid back but incredibly smart, actually very powerful and has an very-very high chance to have not only space manipulating powers, but also time control as well, also he uses less puns than Papyrus, Sans uses really cheesy ones just to piss of his brother and prefers pranks and practical jokes. Also Sans is a great at manipulating people mentally.

  • @bubbledafoxy

    @bubbledafoxy

    8 ай бұрын

    agreed although in my opinion sans was sort of depressed at one point when he found out about resets and stuff but after the true pacifist route and if you do not reset he gains hope in you again although i also do think that his laziness is a part of his personality

  • @Lipe326

    @Lipe326

    6 ай бұрын

    @@bubbledafoxy I don't think he's depressed because of the resets but because of the original place he came from

  • @mr.mcklockwork3828

    @mr.mcklockwork3828

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@Lipe326im pretty sure he isnt depressed at all. He's just sorta Apathetic about most things, as smart people tend to be. And lazy.

  • @Lipe326

    @Lipe326

    6 ай бұрын

    @@mr.mcklockwork3828 He kind of missed the place and gave up I don't think he's still happy

  • @bubbledafoxy

    @bubbledafoxy

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Lipe326 what was the original place he came from? i thought he was just a monster in the underground

  • @That1svini
    @That1svini7 ай бұрын

    For the Sans non-attack I don’t think it really proves that he’s more able than other monsters, just that he’s more knowledgeable. Of course the other monsters wouldn’t keep you in a single attack for the rest of time because, as far as they know, if they kill you, you stay dead. Sans, on the other hand, knows you will keep coming back each time you die. He knows that killing you is worthless or even beneficial to you, so instead he just keeps you in limbo.

  • @mishagaming1075

    @mishagaming1075

    4 ай бұрын

    Love that you implied other monsters CAN do that, but just won't, because that's what the mad dummy tried to do (and failed because of napstablook)

  • @christianottley8542

    @christianottley8542

    Ай бұрын

    yeah other monsters like mad dummy can do that but one, theyd have to stand their for all eternity which isn't very appealing and two they think killing the player is enough to end the battle.

  • @lukaza1261
    @lukaza12617 ай бұрын

    one notable detail i think you left out, about sans being the only one to keep the player locked in an attack that doesnt actually do anything, is the end of Mad dummies battle. they actually did the *exact* same thing. the only reason that failed, was because Napstablook came in

  • @krowpan799

    @krowpan799

    5 ай бұрын

    really makes you think if the rpg mechanics of it all will be further explored in deltarune if basically everyone is familiar that this is how fighting works lol

  • @floralQuaFloral

    @floralQuaFloral

    3 ай бұрын

    I don't think that's necessarily what the Mad Dummy was saying she was going to do, though. Throughout the fight she was talking about how the human had no way of hurting her as a ghost, and getting rid of all her attacks until she had none left to use. I think the idea she was expressing with "You can't hurt me and I can't hurt you" was that she and the human would just exchange turns during which neither would ever be able to hurt the other. Especially since she phrased it as "You'll be stuck fighting me FOREVER", which sounds much more active than what Sans tried, and also makes no mention of turns. And she has no reason whatsoever to try and stop the human from taking their turn, anyways.

  • @cringelord7776

    @cringelord7776

    3 ай бұрын

    @@floralQuaFloral by the way mad dummy is gender neutral, only becoming a girl when they became mad mew mew

  • @floralQuaFloral

    @floralQuaFloral

    3 ай бұрын

    @@cringelord7776 I would describe that as being kinda subjective, IMO. The ghosts are a pretty straightforward trans allegory, so Mad Mew Mew adopting a feminine presentation upon possessing the Mew Mew doll can be interpreted as self-discovery rather than the character's gender actually changing. Her arc is very similar to that of Mettaton, a character who is pretty commonly thought of as having been a guy even before Alphys constructed his robotic body; the biggest difference between them is just that Mad Mew Mew didn't seem to be aware of the kind of body she wanted until the moment she found it, and that her acquisition of her dream body occurs during the events of the game rather than at some point before it. So I think the Mad Dummy being a girl before acquiring the Mew Mew doll is a pretty coherent interpretation of the character's arc, personally.

  • @notaclam9188
    @notaclam91887 ай бұрын

    I always thought that Sans did have some amount of soul power. For example, when Sans uses his telekinetic powers, his eye flashes blue and yellow. However, the shades of these colors are the same as patience and justice. I think that Sans may have generated these powers through his own will power at some point, much like undyne did with determination. These two souls also largely reflect sans' personality, his patience being his laidback nature, and his justice being him within the judgement hall. These souls would also give him his slight time manipulation powers as mentioned in the video.

  • @WeirdguyKruckly
    @WeirdguyKruckly9 ай бұрын

    I also think that Papyrus also has knowledge about Frisk's power just like Sans. He's even able to defeat you without actually killing you just leaving you at 1 hp. And there are so mug stuff that proves Papyrus has the same knowledge and Strengths as Sans, Maybe even stronger

  • @mr.mcklockwork3828

    @mr.mcklockwork3828

    6 ай бұрын

    Seems implied he does. He just acts naive to keep his optimism intact.

  • @blakestation2632
    @blakestation26328 ай бұрын

    Great video and I know I'm very late but your point about sans "bleeding" ketchup not blood is entirely wrong, monster food turns into magic as soon as it enters a monsters mouth (source: one of the books from the library in snowden), we see sans bleed out of his mouth this means 1 of 2 things 1: it's blood he has for an unexplained reason. 2: it's human ketchup made from real tomatoes and other ingredients, In this case why and how would sans have it.

  • @glareninja

    @glareninja

    7 ай бұрын

    How does alphys have anime? It’s from the surface we actually KNOW that at waterfall some stuff from the surface ends up their. Second of all he’s sans he can defy logic

  • @Kyumifun

    @Kyumifun

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@glareninja Well, then it'd mean tomato seeds fell into the underground somehow and monsters had a way to properly grow them somehow. (Despite the underground being litterally an underground, there's still light in there and it's both raining and snowing in some places.) Sans is a monster, not a very litteral human skeleton. He's skeleton-like, but still has functions similar to Toriel (a furry), the ghosts, or that goop janitor. Honestly, knowing this, both ideas might be plausible. He might as well bleed or not.

  • @somethingforsenro

    @somethingforsenro

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Kyumifun or it could just mean that someone keeps dropping their bottles of ketchup. or that sans keeps a bottle of ketchup in his pocket, although that doesn't explain the bleeding from the mouth thing i'm imagining, like, a heinz truck crashing on mt ebott and the entire supply of ketchup bottles plummeting into the underground. it seems unlikely, but it's also the exact sort of absurdity that already surrounds the skelebros, so who knows?

  • @BB_6w6

    @BB_6w6

    7 ай бұрын

    i mean sans has toilet paper and car magazines so i wouldn’t be surprised if he had surface ketchup

  • @robertwyatt3912

    @robertwyatt3912

    7 ай бұрын

    It’s human ketchup

  • @ikowski2947
    @ikowski2947 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful analysis. It's very well made, i can even say one of the better ones. Do you have plans for more videos like this ? Maybe something about Asgore and Dreemurr family or something Deltarune related.

  • @spokensebe542

    @spokensebe542

    Жыл бұрын

    Though I may make a shorter video on Mettaton , I'm waiting long term to make anything on deltarune. I really like DR, though I want to wait until it is complete, as there is already an immense amount of substance to it, and 5 whole chapters to be released

  • @NimbusQuill
    @NimbusQuill9 ай бұрын

    Really enjoyed your video! With a character like Sans who’s been stretched and morphed through the eyes of the fandom with alternate variations and interpretations it’s incredibly refreshing to see someone bring the frame back to who the character from the original source. I adored your dive into quantum mechanics and how Sans’ magic and understanding effects his character. I’m a fanfic author but I strive to have source accurate characters but in a fandom as vast as Undertale it’s difficult to find good Characters analysis without it being diluted by fannon. So I’ll absolutely be using your video to recenter my view when I need to. Honestly the whole video was some pretty stellar work as a first video and it truly deserves more likes then what it got. I hadn’t payed much attention to the visual since I was listening to this whole doing paperwork, but your script and delivery was captivating and you have a very easy voice to listen to with noticeable energy and passion towards the topic. Even though it’s been a year since it’s original upload I hope you’re doing well and consider doing more videos! But if that’s an interest you’ve fallen out no problem! I’m still incredibly grateful for this one!

  • @Kyumifun

    @Kyumifun

    7 ай бұрын

    *fanon *paid Sorry

  • @SansINess53
    @SansINess538 ай бұрын

    Sans in my opinion can have 3 interpretations the first that he knows about reset and the second that he doesn't know about resets and the third one he doesn't know about resets but finally realizes it just before you arrive.

  • @DeadAugur

    @DeadAugur

    6 ай бұрын

    So the only 3 options?

  • @likes2drawstuffs
    @likes2drawstuffs11 ай бұрын

    Great analysis. I do not belive chara is evil tho. They is an impressionable kid. The reason they destroys the world is because thats what you were doing. They didnt have this massive evil plan. This is my personal opinion. Just my theory. I do not belive there was actul confirmation.

  • @oatmealraizin

    @oatmealraizin

    9 ай бұрын

    Chara being evil would kind of ruin a lot of the story for me. You choose to kill all those monsters, not Chara. They only kill monsters during the sans fight at the end and the asgore fight.

  • @agent2967

    @agent2967

    8 ай бұрын

    Im pretty sure Chara still wanted to (at the very least) beat the shit out of humanity, but I suppose you could excuse that as a sympathetic but flawed goal. This is especially apparent with theories as to why or how Chara fell into the Underground.

  • @likes2drawstuffs

    @likes2drawstuffs

    8 ай бұрын

    @@agent2967 well yeah that makes sense

  • @fruitloops2058

    @fruitloops2058

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@agent2967Yea

  • @stm7810

    @stm7810

    8 ай бұрын

    If Chara wanted to kill monsters they would've done that when alive, instead they ended their own life to try and help monsters, I think they would love to kill humans because humans suck, but they'd do anything for monsters. Also Frisk is the 1 human they can grow to like and help on pacifist with the memory because Frisk shows how pacafistic and good they can be.

  • @t.k.5088
    @t.k.50888 ай бұрын

    Your video got me thinking... By the time we reach Photoshop Flowey, that's his first time facing us. He did, however, face the "smiley trashbag" enough times to dislike him. Photoshop Flowey seems to be overpowered enough to fight Sans. Sans can teleport? No problem, Flowey can track someone's presence and shoot projectiles in every direction at incredible speeds. Space-time manipulation? Karma points? None of these are a problem if Flowey masters the save/load mechanics, which he claims to have done until Frisk falls into the underground. When Flowey assumes that form, it means he's gotten a hold of the other human souls, which shouldn't necessarily be impossible without the presence of the 7th fallen human. Tl;dr: Wouldn't it be crazy if Flowey's strongest form (not Asriel) happened to be actually something he develop to fight someone who's hard to beat even for the overpowered human who could destroy their entire existence?

  • @stm7810

    @stm7810

    8 ай бұрын

    There's a great animation for that, I love to think that whilst Sans never faced photoshop Flowey, he had always beat regular Flowey with his 6000HP 19 atk etc. that and that some of the defeats were non combat agreeing to alternate things like chess, cards or rap battles.

  • @tariqdotpng546
    @tariqdotpng546 Жыл бұрын

    Great analysis! I hope you end up making more like this even thought you haven’t uploaded in 8 months

  • @spokensebe542

    @spokensebe542

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Been recently working on a new video. Not as much an analysis, but a comprehensive showcase of some quite powerful abilities of many Yu Yu Hakusho characters

  • @YOURWORLDSAFANTASY
    @YOURWORLDSAFANTASY10 ай бұрын

    I really hate when people just overlook him because of the memes, which is quite ironiv since i think it was made on purpose. He is, something that looks one thing but is another breaking every expectation. People felt for it and now think he is just the "funneh skele-TON XDDDDXDDDXDDDXXXD"

  • @anakinskywalker9848
    @anakinskywalker98485 ай бұрын

    the mad dummy says hes just gonna trap you by not doing anything. but then napstablook chases him away

  • @Seavixenn848
    @Seavixenn848 Жыл бұрын

    Woah. I thought that this was just a regular video made by someone with 100k+ subs. Amazing start to a youtube channel, goodluck! Also, the fact that sans is aware of the battle system similar to asgore is a crazy power parallel. The fact that sans possesses powers that even the king of monsters (i am aware that he holds back) cannot match is crazy.

  • @Seavixenn848

    @Seavixenn848

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, and you forgot to mention his ties with gaster (or not, after all that's a whole different video) the fact that he has gaster blasters can have huge implications on his role as a royal scientist. his abilities to ignore s proves that he has even deeper knowledge of the battle system

  • @jennasmith196
    @jennasmith196 Жыл бұрын

    I don't typically leave comments but that little end bit was really sweet and I hope you're also doing well! Also I never would have guessed this was your first video, it was excellent!!

  • @sageanimations2463
    @sageanimations24637 ай бұрын

    I don't think flowey never won against sans. He only said he hated him for killing him so many times. He's petty and I mean come on, if you died many times wouldn't you get petty too? Flowey also has determination although weaker than the player, he probably kept going, kept dying multiple multiple times until he got past sans.

  • @evagand
    @evagand8 ай бұрын

    This is an excellent character analysis and a well done video! I honestly couldn’t even tell it was your first video. I really appreciate how genuine you were during your outro, I look forward to watching any videos you make in the future ❤

  • @thecommentato4
    @thecommentato48 ай бұрын

    Something quick, mad dummy WAS gonna keep the player trapped in the battle box in pacifist but napstablook came in 21:14

  • @dna_and_dan_komasansy
    @dna_and_dan_komasansy2 ай бұрын

    Makes Banger Video Doesnt Elaborate Leaves What a chad XD

  • @moderatearsonist1689
    @moderatearsonist1689 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video man, deserves way more attention for your more unique analysis of Sans

  • @EditUnivers75
    @EditUnivers756 ай бұрын

    Watched the whole video (WITH SNACK) and was honestly shocked to hear it was your first ever video. I saw it was from a year ago so subscribed and went to your channel, to find that this is your ONLY video. I don’t know what kind of videos you’re interested in making or if you even want to continue this channel, but I’ll be here! Waiting and hoping to see one of your videos pop up in my sub box. Hope to see more, good stuff. Nice chill commentary, well researched, and really good case made for sans using teleportation/timestop in battle.

  • @charlieb6831
    @charlieb68318 ай бұрын

    This is your first video? One of the better Undertale analysis videos ive seen. good work dude

  • @oceanacemafer
    @oceanacemafer Жыл бұрын

    Great, great video! You’re so underrated! Keep up the good work ;)

  • @froggers3384
    @froggers33848 ай бұрын

    Wow!! For their first video, this was very impressive!! I'd hope to see more from them soon! Very well done!

  • @uncroppedsoop
    @uncroppedsoop8 ай бұрын

    the only nitpick I can even really think of here is that the Mad Dummy attempts to do the same thing as Sans' special attack but is stopped by Napstablook's tears I'm actually excited to have a look at the Chara analysis. it gets tiring being swept up in KZread arguments full of people who somehow feel their interpretation of Chara as a neutral or even sympathetic character is uncommon when it's practically all I see, and seeing the thoughts of someone else who stands on the side of Chara being malicious as a character will be, as one might say, very, very interesting

  • @stm7810

    @stm7810

    8 ай бұрын

    actually the dummy just doesn't think of fleeing being an option, it's that as a ghost humans can't deal damage to them.

  • @abrago7880
    @abrago78808 ай бұрын

    This is a very underrated analysis, crime to see that it is underappreciated

  • @scythe4life77
    @scythe4life773 ай бұрын

    This video taught me so many things and gave me even more info on my already existing outlook on sans

  • @SansINess53
    @SansINess538 ай бұрын

    Chara can be evil but they are evil because they are a megalomaniac in the Genocide Route the old chara died when they poisoned themselves they aren't evil but they aren't great.

  • @agentstarr5062

    @agentstarr5062

    7 ай бұрын

    Bro what

  • @Chaos_God_Chara

    @Chaos_God_Chara

    7 ай бұрын

    Not a bad interpretation You get to live

  • @ChloeVFX
    @ChloeVFXАй бұрын

    I always thought of Sans' fight as a "Survive Until the End of the Song", and when I learnt that it looped back in on itself mid fight in my first playthrough, I thought of it as "Survive the Scripted Attacks Until he Gives up."

  • @bummedmachinist7483
    @bummedmachinist74839 ай бұрын

    I think this analysis suffers because it refuses to analyze undertale as a game and meta commentary. These characters didn't just fall out of the sky. Toby's characters were also inspired by the thematic or symbolic points he wanted to make. So we have to be wary from readying things from a strictly narrative standpoint. I'm not the one to be able to make this analysis. I just know that sans, flowey, and chara are not traditional narrative characters and were primarily intended to invoke a connection directly with the player. To break the narrative illusion between your character's actions and your own. Sans fights the one that can reset the world, you. He attacks you in the menu because this is the game breaking the separation between anything the player does and the character does. You cant retreat to the place the game has designed specifically for the player. Because Sans knows about the code of the game (quantum physics) he can cheat. Undertale can't be understood if we try to divorce its characters from the fact that they are in a game, specifically an RPG. Sans is made of two aspects that override each other at different times. He is a narrative character, and he is a meta analysis of how game mechanics connect to the narrative. So is flowey. Chara or *input your name here* has three aspects all in contradiction. They can be a narrative based character. They are a self insert for the player, and finally they are a meta stand-in for the person the player becomes when following RPG mechanics. It's a symbol that fills all of these roles at once though is primarily in the spot light over the other at any given time in the story. This is why Undertale confuses people. Aspects in aspects in aspects. It is a game, it is a story. Characters are sprites/text and characters are code.

  • @alexthebluehermit
    @alexthebluehermit2 ай бұрын

    This was really good! I hope you make another video!

  • @Silverrain84fly
    @Silverrain84fly8 ай бұрын

    this is probably the best analysis of sans out there, thank you for this vid

  • @end3594
    @end35946 ай бұрын

    Wait this is ur first video/only video Bro this is masterfully crafted, great work my god

  • @TheRealBaylock
    @TheRealBaylock8 ай бұрын

    this was an objectively great observation that made me think. Hard to find that on KZread now a days.

  • @shittymcshittingson7125
    @shittymcshittingson71258 ай бұрын

    For a first video and an only video, this is absolutely great.

  • @alexking7262
    @alexking72626 ай бұрын

    I don’t know why people say first videos are usually bad. This is absolutely fantastic as a first video SpokenSebe. To a degree or does set a president for your channel. Anyways, can’t wait for your future videos I sub!

  • @isaacsteen4828
    @isaacsteen48288 ай бұрын

    WOah I'm so surprised this is your first video. Demonstrates better filmmaking traits than most youtubers ever get close to. Well done, instantly subscribed :)

  • @user-ch7yb5jc5q
    @user-ch7yb5jc5q8 ай бұрын

    KZread recommendation moment. 1 year late, as allways. This is really enjoyable video. And this analysis showed and told me alot about Sans and Undertale i didn't know about, despite watching Undertale content for long time. Hope you doing great. Wish you good luck and ketchup bottle of inspiration.

  • @halleyalex7544
    @halleyalex75446 ай бұрын

    To think that this is your first video... That's insane! This video is so well made, I would've thought that you were a 100k~ youtuber with months if not years of experience!

  • @bladonski
    @bladonski6 ай бұрын

    Dude you made a single video that did super well, said it was bad at the end, then just peaced out. What a power play lol

  • @kwuartz
    @kwuartz6 ай бұрын

    Great first video, man! If one's first video is truly the worst video, then I can be certain your continued sedulousness with future projects will amount to some great creations. Though, this sentiment of "first video = worst video" only applies if effort rises throughout one's career, thus making the next video require more effort, but will simultaneously heed a greater feat. TLDR: awesome vid, can't wait for the next one! xD

  • @mnwary
    @mnwary6 ай бұрын

    i should say that thank you for getting into quantum physics topic this much. i like sans because he has a deep character with the aspect of phsyics and philosophy, it was really interesting to hear an analysis that mostly goes through this and i appreciate it

  • @Ponchos609
    @Ponchos6096 ай бұрын

    Mega awesome vid ur super underrated I'll give my all to support u❤

  • @rainToodraw
    @rainToodraw Жыл бұрын

    This was one year ago- its amazing !!! Please make more!!!!

  • @Avitarzims
    @Avitarzims6 ай бұрын

    you killed it, hope you make more!!! Thank you for the gr8 vid m8

  • @ugonnacryguy9571
    @ugonnacryguy95718 ай бұрын

    really impressive how this is their first video, this felt pretty clean

  • @LowProfile0247
    @LowProfile02475 ай бұрын

    20:17 Literally Mad Dummy without Napstablook.

  • @andtheniforgotit
    @andtheniforgotit7 ай бұрын

    For a first video, this is really good! I eat analysis videos like this up, so I will probably be returning again : ) Also agree on Sans being super misunderstood and not quote lining up with nihilism.

  • @commenteroftruth9790
    @commenteroftruth97908 ай бұрын

    dang this was your first video? this is good stuff. i liked this a lot.

  • @icegreenpath
    @icegreenpath11 ай бұрын

    If this was your first video I'm really impressed. Good for you 👍

  • @darker8484
    @darker84847 ай бұрын

    20:16 i don't know if someone said it before, but this is exactly what the mad dummy was planning on doing before getting attacked by the ghost tears of napstablook... so, yeah

  • @timothybolton5277
    @timothybolton52778 ай бұрын

    Love how this person drops one video, that goes hard btw, and just disappears into the ether, I’m here if they come back for more tho

  • @stm7810
    @stm78108 ай бұрын

    Sans stole the pause button, like it's notable that using the menu doesn't pause the game, he could probably attack weaker souls in pause like other monsters, non Undertale humans, and most likely beat flowey this way since without a soul Flowey would count as an object that can be damaged.

  • @tuna-p
    @tuna-p2 ай бұрын

    bro showed up and disappeared

  • @gorillabean5029
    @gorillabean5029 Жыл бұрын

    I can te you put a lot of effort and care into your videos, this is a very professional video and I'm surprised this is your first one. You actually do a better job at pointing out stuff that some other more experienced KZreadrs often overlook. Overall, this was a very enjoyable and informational experience for me. I'm proud of you and I know your next videos will be great, have a good day spokensebe542. I'll be looking forward to your future videos.

  • @avcables_
    @avcables_4 ай бұрын

    “Non can simply trap the player” You’re forgetting that Mad Dummy does this too

  • @ikmkr
    @ikmkr6 ай бұрын

    okay one thing about the “ketchup” thing; monster food is absorbed by the body the instant it is eaten. his “blood” can’t be ketchup, solely by that metric. also, if he was going to be spilling ketchup now, he’d spill it before, when he was drinking it. as to what it is, i immensely doubt that it’s determination, but it cannot be ketchup.

  • @ikmkr

    @ikmkr

    6 ай бұрын

    also the game is NEVER actually from the lens of frisk. the mirror dialogue “it’s you!/despite everything, it’s still you./still just you, frisk./it’s me, chara.” is a major hint to that. the narrator is not frisk, and not you.

  • @virriousblue
    @virriousblue4 ай бұрын

    This is a good KZread video! Suprising to hear that is the first one that you have made haha ^_^

  • @covereddonuts1279
    @covereddonuts12798 ай бұрын

    For a first video this is amazing!!!!!! I really hope you continue I really wanna hear your thoughts on chara

  • @YaBoiCalamity
    @YaBoiCalamity8 ай бұрын

    I look forward to your future on this platform

  • @uhhcallmejefe
    @uhhcallmejefe7 ай бұрын

    Bro dropped one amazing video and never came back

  • @Silliesat
    @Silliesat Жыл бұрын

    This deserves more views

  • @sleeplessreader
    @sleeplessreader8 ай бұрын

    What do you MEAAAN this was your FIRST video?? Also I love the Megalovania theory so much it’s just makes sense to me

  • @hamburgerstake4713
    @hamburgerstake47134 ай бұрын

    Dog imma be honest, the last half felt like a delusional ramble and I had no idea what you were saying. I love this video, 100/10.

  • @ireallycantthinkofaname4726
    @ireallycantthinkofaname47269 ай бұрын

    Nice, I pray for your sucess as a youtuber with this being your firstvideo

  • @giantmutantbug
    @giantmutantbug4 ай бұрын

    this is a pretty damn good first video

  • @Enelnuts7333
    @Enelnuts733311 ай бұрын

    Dude you need more subs you deserve it💪

  • @m3rdan207
    @m3rdan207 Жыл бұрын

    Really good video, thanks

  • @flamango4660
    @flamango46607 ай бұрын

    Took me too long to realize this was about power scaling lol

  • @delayedknight9421
    @delayedknight94217 ай бұрын

    I really like this video we need to get you back your so much better of a content creator then half the big ones

  • @Zmax15
    @Zmax158 ай бұрын

    Can't wait for the next one!

  • @theentity975
    @theentity9754 ай бұрын

    3:46 I know this is silly but Sans' blood can't be ketchup because it's explained by an NPC at Grillby's that monster food is different from human food. It's made of magic so it instantly heals you and doesn't get digested in the traditional sense. Sans couldn't bleed ketchup because that ketchup would have been instantly converted into healing magic. He's bleeding.

  • @bloodhoundo9320

    @bloodhoundo9320

    4 ай бұрын

    why would the ketchup come out of his mouth too? it doesn't look like he drank it recently before fighting the player

  • @Unoriginal____Starwalker
    @Unoriginal____Starwalker8 ай бұрын

    Hey, where'd you go?? This video is amazing, you really should make more!

  • @rcmastergamer1800
    @rcmastergamer18003 ай бұрын

    You explained Sans's ideals in the Genocide route PERFECTLY. Sans is conflicted between his own emotions and his statistics. He always despises the player behind the scenes whenever they're out killing, but knows that until his research proves that you'll erase everything, there's no reason to fight you. You'll just leave at some point and pick a different ending where he'll hopefully be happier. Sans isn't rebelling against you because he's going to die, but because he as a THING is going to be erased across all existence. Which means that he won't have a happy ending anywhere.

  • @IkerTG
    @IkerTG8 ай бұрын

    The mad dummy being completly ignored about using the not doing anything strat like sans: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?

  • @eazy_eren
    @eazy_eren7 ай бұрын

    this is a very high quality video

  • @Robohost1
    @Robohost16 ай бұрын

    First video wtf? That was fucking amazing

  • @capitalistslayer3657
    @capitalistslayer36573 ай бұрын

    first ever undertale analysis that doesn't make ears bleed from the voice

  • @japkosanovo
    @japkosanovo6 ай бұрын

    I really like the theory that Sans' blood is magic, let me explain, the only colors that we see in battles are in Asriel and Photoshop/Omega Flowey, also the souls, which are all strong magic, so it would make sense if red blood would be connected. My theory is that sans in an act of desperation to make the player feel bad and guilty shows himself bleeding and in pain hoping that guilt would make you reset, he runs off to leave to your imagination a scenario where he just slowly bleeds out. So basically my theory is sans is guilt tripping you to reset lol- (Sorry for my English it's not my first languege)

  • @typicalfella
    @typicalfella8 ай бұрын

    Hold up??? First video??? Damn thiz is professional level

  • @meepmeeper8423
    @meepmeeper84237 ай бұрын

    I appreciate the use of the core genocide theme. Perfectly capsules the feeling of, "were nearing the end". Really shows how unstoppable you are

  • @halaiazedwick203
    @halaiazedwick2038 ай бұрын

    Monster Ketchup is absorbed immediately upon consumption, and I really doubt human ketchup would have any way of behaving like it did. After getting slashed, Sans was bleeding out of his mouth, and maybe if it was magic ketchup I could consider it behaving as though it was blood in an actual internal wound. However, the actual established magical food that exists in universe would have NO business acting like that, and the ketchup thing was always supposed to be a gag. If it was actually ketchup, that would imply Toby added a pointless gag to a really intense scene in a way that should be REALLY serious and writing it off as ketchup is way to silly for the context. Blood and "Determination" are also pretty nonsensical, but at least believing that would add to the drama rather than making it seem like a dumb joke. I've heard suggestions that he purposefully made it look like he bled as a last-last-last ditch effort to appeal to humanity, and maybe that could make the ketchup thing more serious, but there is no good reason to write him bleeding red stuff off as bleeding ketchup when it still doesn't make sense with the added disadvantage of being a less potent and interesting detail.

  • @renashcroft8794
    @renashcroft87948 ай бұрын

    Cara? Huh... Anyway, great video! It was super fun and informative, but let It be factually heard that while Chara did indeed have some form of trauma, which begat her extreme disdain towards humanity, she, along with Asriel, did want to free the monsters (her new family). But, in Genocide wants to slaughter all of them now? Yeah, that's beautiful nonsense. Even the game spells out the fact that your choices (Genocide, Neutrality and Pacifism) are how Chara is effectively reincarnated and morally shaped

  • @hex_8
    @hex_86 ай бұрын

    this was your FIRST VIDEO??? your video quality is on par with professionals like JaruJaruJ or Andrew Cunningham, exellent work!

  • @lostnetwork1780
    @lostnetwork17808 ай бұрын

    Nice video man 👍

  • @nicestoriesnottherealstori3006
    @nicestoriesnottherealstori30064 ай бұрын

    Oh yeah, personally, I think he was a creation of Gaster who gave him access to Deltarune light world, which is why he has shown up and has artifacts from there in Undertale.

  • @baines803
    @baines8037 ай бұрын

    For a first video this was pretty good

  • @GreeeenCat
    @GreeeenCat7 ай бұрын

    19:35 Mad Dummy: Am I a joke to you?

  • @SansINess53
    @SansINess538 ай бұрын

    Listing sans abilities be like : Teleport/teleport device Bones Blue bones Tall bones Short bones Short blue bones Tall blue bones Gaster blaster FEST blaster. Puns Recover by sleeping.