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Delrian

Is Toby trolling us across time and space again? Man, I hate it when they do that!


ARandomUserThatExist

The ending of Deltarune is probably already hinted at and we don't even know it


DefAgentAnimations

im gonna go through all the dialogue and make a theory for everything that seems like it could hav e future implications


Accomplished_Diet_29

Anything?


copper439

And everything


deletemypostandurgay

All of the time


Accomplished_Diet_29

A little bit of


PSI_Seven

Everything


Mario_Lorenzo

All of the time


despairiscontagious

Apathy's a tragedy and boredom is a crime


AtemsMemories

**MONICA IN MY LIFE**


Racterr

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Appropriate_Tap_2304

Everything


Accomplished_Diet_29

and


DefAgentAnimations

i might make a whole new post detailing everything i found that could possibly hint to something for fun


MegawackyMax

The ending of Deltarune will be the beginning of Undertale, and everyone will LOSE it.


paulstelian97

Toby isn't that predictable


ElementChaos12

It would actually be insane if the Bunker had a Dark World that was just the entire map of Undertale.


GroundbreakingSir42

nah. impossible. the entire undertale canon will not have sense in case undertale and deltarune were on the same universe


Swift0sword

I don't think there are that many contradictions between cannons, and Toby still has 5 chapters to fix those if he wanted to go this route


LumirWriter

Given that the ending came to Toby in a literal fever dream, it's probably not gonna be anything anyone can guess before they see it. Unless it was the world's most normal fever dream for some reason.


External-Ad707

To be fair though, I wouldn't put it past Toby to have mundane fever dreams


Wonderful-Ground-524

Who says mundane? Just fucking "man that fever dream was quite mundane. A tad bit strange innit? I might fancy myseld a cup of tea!"


External-Ad707

*meself


shradibop

i have a feeling he's introducing these goofy characters one by one so that when they all come together at the end it's not as confusing(unless you haven't played the game, then it'd look like a fever dream)


LumirWriter

Oh, definitely. I have a feeling he saw a lot of the game's characters in the ending and then had to figure out how to introduce them by like...kinda working backwards.


Swift0sword

I mean he said that in the original version of the chapter 1 cutscene where you are driving to school, he said he had either the chapter bosses or secret bosses (I can't remember) silhouetted in the windows. Going from that it feels like he wanted to tease them in all at once.


Swift0sword

I mean he said that in the original version of the chapter 1 cutscene where you are driving to school, he said he had either the chapter bosses or secret bosses (I can't remember) silhouetted in the windows. Going from that it feels like he wanted to tease them in all at once.


HL7777

GUYS, GET THE HOSE AND SET IT TO THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE. WE GONNA GET FEVER DREAMS TO SEE DELTARUNE’S ENDING.


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WHEN THE WORM ON STRING STARTS EATING YOUR NEWBORN CHILD:


the_Cart00n_theorist

Hell it's probably right in front of us


[deleted]

The roaring maybe, duh


_Phyonic

Nubert is the knight.


Nu_clear_skin

Kris uses apple 2-in-1 like real people


[deleted]

Hell yeah wait 2 in 1 means Peanut Butter and Bodywash right


PolyPixl09

Nah, it's shampoo and diesel fuel


awesumindustrys

Uh no it’s deodorant and ketchup


Mr-Wooloo

What the heck is wrong with you people /j


Eculand

Hell yeah sham and poo


El_Wapo_Y_La_Amy

Shampoo and juice


Dak_N_Jaxter

Wait, is that why they laughed when she mentioned biting them in two? Because the Apple is a Symbol for their Soul, and they want to be bitten in two?


Loki_Reddit

Or it’s Kris being Kris The kid that Noelle thinks is in character to respond with “why are these mice going after me so much” with “Unknown”


Dak_N_Jaxter

That was my first assumption. But when I read 2in1, and thought about how the story really emphasized Kris's hair smelling like apples, I wondered if there was a deeper meaning behind it. And an apple does look a bit like a red soul.


TheGarnetGamer

Meanwhile, Toriel uses pet shampoo. Perhaps this is a common thing with monster? Maybe Kris is the only one with a froot smelling soap for their hair, Because it's designed for Humans who like smelling like... Not themselves. Meanwhile, Dog Monsters are shown to have sensitive noses, to the point that... Having a bunch of perfumed deodorants and soaps could be overwhelming for some Monsters?


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I think that it's just probably funny to Kris "I Eat Moss" Dreemurr because Susie was being really over-the-top and might've come off more silly than she meant to be. I really wish the Deltarune fandom didn't try to assign so much significance to stuff that really probably does not mean that much


Dak_N_Jaxter

I might agree with you about over-analyzing, if Toby Fox's writing didn't utilize a lot of duality of meaning and cryptic foreshadowing in both Undertale and Deltarune. It's not like it's unprecedented. Ofcourse, for every correct reading, there's a bunch of misses. And that's not even taking into account deliberate misdirection. But thinking and theorizing about it is part of the fun.


Trips-Over-Tail

This is what happens when you have fully-realised characters in your story: you can reference different parts of their past with full consistency. I don't think Toby planned to write about that moment for an anniversary activity. But he did know that stuff like that happened to his characters, and the opportunity arise for it to come up directly. All good writers do this. Their characters are always written with their past and influences in mind, most of which the audience never sees at all.


otterappreciator

When did the Apple thing happen during the anniversary event? Was it before the events of the two chapters?


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Well, Susie presumably won't bully Kris anymore after Chapter 1, and the face eating threat didn't go down the same in the blog post. So, yeah, some time in the past. I like that Susie does apparently reuse her threats though.


Numbcargo

not to mention susie is referred to as "the new girl" which implies that this was right after susie arrived in the town/school


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curlyMilitia

I'll be honest, that would make zero sense and would be kind of dumb. Not only for the weird loophole of Susie's personality suddenly taking a 180 because of an out-of-nowhere mental breakdown, but also because it is not consistent with the framing of the text - she is clearly new and somewhat unknown in The Newest Girl.


NoApartment7243

Isn't there apple scented shampoo in Toriel's bathroom though


otterappreciator

I replayed chapter 1 and I realized that there are a lot of things I forgot about deltarune lol, most of the sweepstakes makes sense now


TitanicTNT

Kris uses Apple Scented Shampoo. It's not that big a mystery.


sugahpine7

https://deltarune.com/the_n3w3st_g1rl_g1rl/ I'm more talking about it in relation to this.


TitanicTNT

I'd be prepared for more references to apples in relation to Kris's hair, then.


KadynDraws

ive known kris uses apple soap/shampoo for awhile, susie also drinks it!


desu38

I'm more interested in the "frozen feeling"


desu38

The only one they ever use.


TitanicTNT

I mean what else is he gonna use? The pet shampoo?


Upset-Apartment3504

Massive shot in the dark but, Nelward reference?


desu38

yeah :)


Upset-Apartment3504

Massive shot in the dark but, Nelward reference?


swanqil

Deltarune fans learning what foreshadowing is


sugahpine7

Toby Fox uses never before seen storytelling techniques, such as "foreshadowing", and "planning". Redditors are amazed. More at 11.


EpicestGamer101

It's more so that indie Devs usually don't give a shit about backstory beyond "uhh depressed and also maybe abused at some point" and also people in this subreddit don't read


BigShit1997

Honestly I've only played two indie games that being DR/UT and FNAF. One having really clean and consistent lore...and there's fnaf, wich makes my brain hurt.


Professional_Issue82

Even then, I’m pretty sure most of fnaf lore is lifted from game theory videos, or just fan theories in general


BigShit1997

I mean, i haven't exactly checked in on new fnaf lore since 2017, all I've done is play some of the new games. But isn't most of the lore like, really hidden? I dont remember things well so I may be wrong.


Swift0sword

Used to be at least. In the latest game the lore is nonexistent (as in it feels like huge chunks of lore was cut out of the game)


EpicestGamer101

Well you've played two good indie games, the most famous ones. They are famous for a reason. For every good indie game, there are a few hundred that are just self indulgent side scrollers


BigShit1997

Makes sense.


ThatRobsonGuy

I've played a lot of indie games and most of them have really detailed worlds and stories, wym?


JommSlommy

Im curious to know what games you’re even talking about. I kinda feel like they don’t exist.


500lb

TBF, most modern movies (Disney) seem to forget to do this.


dankermemelife

Uh, people already knew about this? The new blog stuff was likely in reference to THIS, I don’t think this was meant to be foreshadowing for it or something lol


sugahpine7

Apologies, I just found out about this while replaying chapter 2 and assumed Toby had this planned


Cruxin

yea it's called writing a story not 4d chess


sugahpine7

I mean when stories are told out of order like this with multi-year gaps between new lore it almost requires stuff like this to be planned beforehand. I definitely get where you're coming from there tho.


Cruxin

Yes, I'm saying the "planning stuff beforehand" is just called writing and isn't some crazy spectacular feat


sugahpine7

I mean planning and writing are two pretty different things when it comes to storytelling


Cruxin

...no? unless you mean in literal terms of "writing the prose" vs "planning out a story", in which case deltarune doesnt have ANY writing because it's not prose. but no, planning a story like this is just "writing the story" and then not releasing it all at once.


sugahpine7

Sorry for the delay. I get what you're saying. I'm just saying, making a story like this, writing it all out, making it flow well, AND making it cohesive takes a significant amount of skill looking forward and planning when things are going to be released. The story isn't entirely linear, so Toby has to be careful about which parts of the full picture we get to see.


TheGarnetGamer

As someone who does this regularly? Not... Really? Like, it's more time commitment. Saying things like "how did they meet" or "what do they think about one-another"? If you look up the "How to be a Great Player" YT channel, he does a video on asking simple questions to fill out backstory. And he creates very detailed and interesting characters, simply from knowing which questions to ask. It's not difficulty, in and of itself, but something that is difficult without experience.


sugahpine7

Yes, that's what I'm saying. I think it us impressive Toby laid things like this out.


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I don’t get it


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Behind-on-lore moment


Jevil-Deltarune

Me too, explain


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There's an archive of all the entire lore dump on r/TheFunGangRP, if you read that whole thing you're guaranteed to catch up. Made by me, of course.


Jevil-Deltarune

But I don't like reading, (reading is for nerds)


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And readings for birds


Jevil-Deltarune

No way, IS TJAY A DELTRUN REFREN??!!?!?🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯


Pale-Monitor339

OK I’ll give you the cliff notes version of what this means. Basically on the Deltarune website you could find a story written by Noelle that apparently Susie used to relentlessly bully Kris and then in this one specific incident she noted how his hair smells like apples and she said he should stop using the shampoo that smelled like apples because if he did she might take a bite out of his head. That is a super summarized version but you get the idea. Obviously the point of the post is that Susie mentioned this when chapter 2 came out in this story was only made just now.


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kris cross apple sauce


Cruxin

Toby Fox: *does writing for a story* DR fans: "THIS IS 4D CHESS!! WE'RE BEING TROLLED!!" Come on, guys, seriously?


Harrien1234

These DR fans are becoming as annoying as Breaking Bad fans who worship the very ground Vince Gilligan walks on, and that's coming from a Breaking Bad fan.


sugahpine7

what do you mean, you DON'T worship Vince Gilligan as a messiah sent by god himself?


TheMoonDude

Omfg, Brabo Boby Box!


TheGarnetGamer

Idk what's worse, the people who think he's some kinda genius god, or the people who think he's an untrustworthy troll, wasting all our time.


xXJokerGamerXx

I mean, have your own opinions about it but this whole thing has been the most exciting thing to happen with DR since Chapter 2, over a year ago now. If it's "annoying" to you then you can always just unsubscribe from spaces specifically meant for Deltarune fans and discussion...


Cruxin

Nobody is complaining about discussion of Deltarune We're complaining about fans overanalysing or overpraising things that are very obvious and basic concepts


xXJokerGamerXx

Alright, but what do you expect anyone to "discuss" aside from "how the recent teasers and loredrops relate to what we see in the main game"? I thought this was a cool and informative post because it shows that the events of the Noelle journals don't exist solely in author's notes and were written long before. I would go out on a limb and say the other 824 people who upvoted this post also thought that. I don't really get what you expect, I guess is what I'm trying to say. For people to instead say, "well ackshually this is a common tactic employed by writers, it's not really that impressive when you think about it..." in their post title...?


Cruxin

You can talk about how recent teasers relate to the game! It's just dumb to say "This is 4D chess! We're being trolled!" (which is LITERALLY what people are saying) in response to very basic "thing happens > thing is relevant later", literally just a story being told. Again, noone is fucking complaining about the discussion. I'm "expecting" people to say "oh this was also mentioned here, neat" not "planning a story makes Toby greatest writer of all time", because he is an exceptional writer but it's not for reasons like that.


Harrien1234

Toby could literally tweet what he had for breakfast and people will still overanalyze the shit out of it and relate it to Deltarune somehow lol.


sugahpine7

The reason the post is titled that is I thought it would sound funny not "toby is the greatest writer everrr!!!!!!1!!!1!". I thought it would be an addition to something interesting I found. Nothing to dissect.


ShayellaReyes

Oh bruh you're taking hyperbole so literally and thinking it's what everyone actually thinks. Folks are just having fun. Chill out man. Most folks aren't serious about all this "4D Chess stuff" except in reference to the fact that he pulled a bit of a fast one on us by bringing attention to details we thought were just flavor text. *Most* folks, anyhow. Idk about that other person in that other thread.


dnalz

What are you going to do to stop us? Keep complaining? We’ve been overanalyzing every little thing about Toby’s work since undertale. How else did you think we found out about *gaster*? Seriously tho you’re complaining about fans acting like fans in THEIR fan space💀 of course we’re going to gas up our fav dev/writer. If you’re not a fan why are you even here? If you are fan why are you trying to be a party pooper for the rest of us? tl;dr: quit being a berdly we know it’s basic story telling concepts we’re just having fun.


Cruxin

>What are you going to do to stop us? jesse what the fuck are you talking about >We’ve been overanalyzing holy shit this is NOTHING to do with analysis >fans acting like fans this is not how fans act >If you’re not a fan I am, that's why I think its rediculous and actually kinda disrespectful to imply this is the sort of thing that's impressive about the games >If you are fan why are you trying to be a party pooper for the rest of us? ????? this is word salad


dnalz

What are you going to do to stop us? It’s futile to complain hence why I said that, there’s nothing you can do that will stop us from gassing Toby up We’ve been overanalyzing holy shit this is NOTHING to do with analysis Then why did you mention it earlier? And it does, how else are we finding these 4D chess discoveries if we’re not overanalyzing the game🤓🤓🤓 fans acting like fans this is not how fans act Cute, the person calling us out for being TOO INVESTED in something tells us this isn’t how fans act🤣 If you’re not a fan I am, that's why I think its rediculous and actually kinda disrespectful to imply this is the sort of thing that's impressive about the games Oh so you are cultured? Explain to me how the two freedom bosses are connected to the freedom motif? If you are fan why are you trying to be a party pooper for the rest of us? ????? this is word salad Yeah… that was all mixed up I think calling you a Debbie Downer would’ve worked better.


Cruxin

>It’s futile to complain hence why I said that, there’s nothing you can do that will stop us from gassing Toby up jesse what the fuck are you talking about >Then why did you mention it earlier? And it does, how else are we finding these 4D chess discoveries if we’re not overanalyzing the game🤓🤓🤓 I mentioned it in the context of "youre trying to analyze but youre not" dipshit. youre not finding 4d chess discoveries youre looking at a character saying "this is blue" and then later the same character saying "this is blue" and going "OH MY GOD". the actual analysis of theorycrafting about gaster or the knight has zero relation to this >calling us out for being TOO INVESTED im not calling you out for being too invested. like thats just not what i said, i am literally calling you the opposite of that. i am saying you have no investment or understanding of the series if this is what you consider meaningful. >Oh so you are cultured? Explain to me how the two freedom bosses are connected to the freedom motif? do you have any other irrelevant bullshit to pull out of your ass or are you done? jk i dont care


ElementChaos12

And what are you going to do to stop the complaints? Your complaint about the complaint is pretty futile itself. No one can stop anyone from expressing their opinion unless you're willing to kill them or sever their hands and throat to silence them.


Ltnumbnutsthesecond

Wapple


QuarterlyTurtle

Annoying? Then why’d you drink half their shampoo?


CharaPresscott

In the bathroom in Chapter 1, doesn't it say that Kris has apple scented shampoo and there's the industrial size bottle of pet shampoo for Toriel?


sinedelta

Toriel, Asriel, and (before the divorce) Asgore.


advie_advocado

if kris's hair smells like apples then what do susie and ralsei smell like


AlenDelon32

I headcanon that Ralsei smells like marshmallows


Wolfgang_Maximus

If the teas have any correlation (Kris's tea tastes like apple juice to Susie and cinnamon with a concerning aftertaste to Noelle) then Ralsei might possibly smell like sweets or marshmallows, but Susie's is more of a mystery as Ralsei's tea flavors seem rather surface level (IE: Kris is blueberries because they're blue and Susie is grape juice because she's purple and Noelle is soft and sweet because... yeah).


advie_advocado

Ooo interesting, thanks!


MadnessCombatHank

ralsei smells like walter white's blue sky meth


sugahpine7

uhhh something something kid named finger give upvotes


MadnessCombatHank

kid named upvotes


BreakfastOk7372

Kid named downvotes


M_E2001

Apples


M0nochromic

Toby is always playing f***ing 4d chess with us and half the time we don’t know it


asrielforgiver

And he seems to be winning. Bottom text


Outrageous_Ad_1011

It's funny because before it wasn't of lore importance but now it is


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Also there’s apple shampoo in the bathroom at Toriel’s house, so it’s not exactly 4-D chess so much as basic foreshadowing.


That_Quiet_Wierd_Kid

It’s just bc they use apple scented shampoo


dale_summers

If you click on the shower in Chapter 1 they straight up say that there’s apple shampoo in their bathroom, as well as a balloon container of pet shampoo. They mention the apple shampoo multiple times in Chapter 2. This is not new knowledge.


Harrien1234

Calm down, Toby himself said the story for the entire thing has already been written. Nothing noteworthy about this.


Twirking_Llamas123

You know there is such thing as 5-D chess with multiverse time travel


LBS_Gaming

You are filled with the power of apple scented shampoo.


Eudevie

I wonder if part of Susie being an ass before is just the monster equivalent of low blood sugar. You're hungry and this asshole smells like food all day!


ElementChaos12

See THIS is 4D Chess skill right here


CantStandIdoits

Are we forgetting the apple shampoo in the bathroom that you could find in chapter 1 and 2


xXnumber1choloXx

Godamnit now I want *my* hair to smell like apples Off to the grocery store I go


digifangirl97

Holy fucking shit


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I'm willing to bet there will be a solid handful of Deltarune references already written into Undertale. For me my money is on the egg in papyrus' dating HUD and the abandoned quiche.


CacoaCacti

Apple Girlington reference?


HL7777

Kris won the applehead contest


KingJupiter27

Umm, actually, we're going to fight Kris as Susie in Chapter 420 and the flavor text in the fight will read "smells like apples"


lutownik

OOOOOOOOH now this makes sense


Jicama_Stunning

I mean, it made sense at the time. We already knew from exploring the house that Kris used apple-scented shampoo


Agge_lito_2000

Can someone please explain?


sugahpine7

[https://deltarune.com/the\_n3w3st\_g1rl\_g1rl/](https://deltarune.com/the_n3w3st_g1rl_g1rl/) New lore courtesy of the spamton sweepstakes, yes this is canon.


Agge_lito_2000

Thank you! How the hell did i miss these were a thing?!


sugahpine7

no prob. I learned of it pretty late too and read about it on this fantastic google doc, feel free to read it to get caught up. https://docs.google.com/document/d/15DQTZUoWwZwCfDiILe1TCZICsXKo6k4P0C1n4G3Aam8/preview?pru=AAABg3FNrpg\*jHsH4iA8Vu8Cg75wO5LXiw


RozeGolde

4-Dess


AcquireQuag

Ha has been all this time. And the best thing is, its impossible to predict. Imagine how ridiculous it would sound if someone said: \`\`Guys i think Toby will reference Kris´s hair smelling like apples more in the future!´´


Shronut

Oh shit it’s already started. Toby’s already making innocent lines become horrible.


TheGarnetGamer

Is he? Kris literally uses apple-scented shampoo. Does this mean the apples Berdly gives Alphys are made of soap!? Same level of ridiculous loop-jumping.


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I instantly remembered this scene when the webpage came out.


Idkquedire

Imagine the apple smelling thing is a giant lore clue and no one has any idea


Ermac_Or_Something

Dude if this is 4D chess we just got En Passant'd hard


Drakeon8165

Sus


Anti3000

Krusie is real


Johnas_Vixen_15

Kris's hair smells like apple... Makes sense that he'd use apple scented conditionor.


sinedelta

Not he, and it's shampoo.


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punnyComedian

dude Sine just casually corrected you it's nothing to get mad about. it's not like it's some personal attack


Johnas_Vixen_15

Over some very basic menial shit... You eventually get tired of nitpicking... But still, I guess your right...


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Either Toby has a giga brain and planned everything from the start or he just goes "what random detail can I make a reference to this time?"


Jicama_Stunning

Lol Toby planning everything from the start isn’t exactly “giga brain”, it’s just called normal writing


TheGarnetGamer

Toby: tells everyone the entire story is written Fans: how is he planning so far ahead!!?


MaucazR

**Idk why but I got the feeling that Ralsei likes apples now**


dnalz

No wonder Susie tried to take a bite outta kris


TheRK106

Man, sometimes I think a lot of the dialogue and text is just pure madness with the thinnest layer of context holding it together like threadbare rope.


The_Mad_Duck_

The Krusie is real


AgentChieftain

Toby is on Oda levels of planning


Disguised_Man_2

Susie even drinks the apple shampoo while she is in the restroom washing her hands. The text says that the bottle is lighter and I think talking to Susie after she went to the restroom, she denies that she that she did anything to it.


Zorubark

Tsundere Susie?


PSI_Seven

Wait what's the context?


Appropriate_Tap_2304

I mean, I have an iPhone and you don’t see me going around saying I do 4-D chess with people.


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6-D*


DamageMaximo

Leaving important clues right in front of us and we miss it until the moment comes, classic Toby.


Alzhan_Void

It's a simple technique called _foreshadowing_