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As I said in the last one I hated to break this scene in half since it’s meant to be a self-contained scene. But I didn’t really have a lot of options, you see how long it got!

Been a while since we’ve seen someone get their arm broken or thrown violently into a wall . What goes around comes aroooound (in the face!)
Papyrus is glowing his eyes for Gaster - it’s his normal orange-y with a bit of purple. Usually purple is fear, but in different contexts it can also be a call to be brave.
Speaking in caps makes it hard to discern between love and LOVE, huh.
You thought Papyrus having googly eye blasters was a joke BUT NOW I'M COMMITTED

What was Gaster doing exactly that made this happen? Basically, he made a list of IDF weakpoints using the information he got from the brothers' TML files , then he set up something like a magic sonar to try and see through a weakpoint to the other side without opening it. He used the brothers as a power source/guide for it, possibly using principles from this - you can see them holding hands (which increases their magic output ) over a specialized hand-reader in the last one like the ones around the lab . He definitely did not think something like this would happen.

As for the strange tar creature itself, here are some things to consider:

-Gaster mentioned in his initial warnings about IDF that weakpoints could lead to other points in time as well as space or other dimensions.

-It knows who he is, how he made the brothers, what will happen to him, where he’s going, and the effect that will eventually have on the timeline, even though at this point in time, Gaster has no idea who it is.

-The only ones in the game that remember Gaster after he’s erased are his followers, all of whom do not exist until a certain value (Fun) is changed that brings them into existence. When that value is changed again, they disappear. They all talk about him in the third person, although that doesn’t preclude them possibly being pieces of his consciousness, since they say he was shattered. Anything related to Gaster himself after he’s erased (his theme song, his journal entry, the two sprites that might be him) also require changing values to exist.

-Sometimes in games, when you try to create something from a data value that doesn’t or shouldn’t normally exist or has been altered in some way, the game will try to create something out of things that do exist, resulting in strange, glitchy mishmashes of random sprites and tiles. Pokemon Red/Blue is a good example of this (our good friend MissingNo), as are the Metroid II secret worlds .

-An outsider unrestricted by the normal laws of life and death and time that toys with the weak out of boredom or curiousity... you could call it an anomaly.

-Fatigue and Fun both start with F.


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Edit - Check out Jamadub's dub! (Spanish)
And Starbot's!
And Phoenix Prime's!
And Puzzle Channel's! (Russian)
And Audiospawn's!
And Solros's! (French)
And Frank Hyuga's! (Spanish)


Translations!

Magyar
Português do Brasil
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Suomen Kieli

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Krazi0Shadowbear [2022-10-12 21:01:55 +0000 UTC]

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CyberFell [2022-01-23 20:03:07 +0000 UTC]

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RaimbowLove1 In reply to CyberFell [2022-03-19 19:23:49 +0000 UTC]

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DragonMasrer [2021-05-18 00:56:45 +0000 UTC]

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username3842 In reply to DragonMasrer [2022-01-26 00:07:05 +0000 UTC]

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DragonMasrer In reply to username3842 [2022-01-26 23:04:17 +0000 UTC]

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LordBloodySoul [2021-04-22 18:16:18 +0000 UTC]

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omegaknight27 [2021-03-13 08:43:37 +0000 UTC]

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Someone56743 [2020-10-28 08:30:19 +0000 UTC]

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pafrisore [2020-08-03 07:20:51 +0000 UTC]

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SilverTankSan [2020-07-31 08:55:00 +0000 UTC]

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IconicAnemone [2019-07-29 20:11:38 +0000 UTC]

I want to know what it means by "using destiny as a shield"

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hellspawnz In reply to IconicAnemone [2020-04-19 17:42:43 +0000 UTC]

gaster is fated to fall into his creation and become non-linear, scattered through spacetime.

he cannot die before that happens, because non-linear gaster already exists at every point, an infinite entity cannot be destroyed by breaking one, finite piece of it. so, gaster is effectively indestructible, if it looks like he's dying, fate will shuffle events around to ensure he survives. 

this anomaly (it's basically a player modding themself into the world based on the description) cannot kill gaster until the proper flags are triggered, so if gaster is between the anomaly and papyrus, the anomaly can't hurt papyrus either, because fate will always contrive a way for gaster to live, so anyone behind him will live too.

gaster doesn't know that yet though, he's trying to shield papyrus with his body and accidentally shielding him with destiny as well.

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DamianAnothertale In reply to hellspawnz [2020-09-23 11:27:56 +0000 UTC]

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hellspawnz In reply to DamianAnothertale [2020-09-23 14:20:05 +0000 UTC]

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Kitty-ChatBlancN [2019-07-03 20:46:48 +0000 UTC]

it showed his (or what we believe to be) his face

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TemShopIsOpen [2019-05-18 13:44:50 +0000 UTC]

I love Sans' smug look when Gaster tells them he only saved them because of how much work he had put into the expiriment to lose them XDD

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GFan57252 [2019-04-06 07:36:01 +0000 UTC]

All right, so my theory is, is that THING is made out of a Gaster Blaster (duh), maybe Asriel's Hyper Goner, Gaster's Followers and Goner Kid, and possibly the black goop is Void. I think either Sans, Papyrus, or even an older, more insane Gaster after decades in the Void, is thrown in there too, since someone had to have known everything he had done. The reason I think it could be a hodge podge, is because you brought up how if something doesn't exist, then it will make it out of things that DO exist in the game files.

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Violets4Life [2019-03-22 08:13:16 +0000 UTC]

And Once Again Gaster Avoids The Question Like The Plague


If I Had A Dollar For Every Time Gaster Avoided A Question...

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Fanoffanything In reply to Violets4Life [2019-12-10 06:27:07 +0000 UTC]

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Fuerstin [2018-10-03 15:24:11 +0000 UTC]

-An outsider unrestricted by the normal laws of life and death and time that toys with the weak out of boredom or curiousity... you could call it an anomaly.-

This uh, sounds a lot like this thing is ah a Player/Creator as in its one of us?! After all in undertale we are the anomaly... 

Please tell me my theory is wrong... 

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RedRonin999 In reply to Fuerstin [2019-03-20 17:33:04 +0000 UTC]

I don't think so.

After all, in the info section of the previous comic, it even said the tar thing is basically you, even if you get mad at it.


So yeah, the monstrosity... it's the one behind the screen, watching and playing the "game".

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LittleKitty8204 [2018-09-16 17:21:27 +0000 UTC]

#googlyblaster

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HappiDuck [2018-07-06 06:32:43 +0000 UTC]

RETURN OF THE GOOGLY BLASTER

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Chickenleg9999 [2018-07-04 01:07:36 +0000 UTC]

Wait wait wait “how fangil you are LIKE THIS” does mr. goop know him in a different form?

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mistara [2018-06-27 13:03:55 +0000 UTC]

I can't help but feel that Sans will always have trust issues because of Gaster....

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Violet-The-Wolf [2018-06-27 12:29:21 +0000 UTC]

If the pterofractal is in here, this is a collected goop of all monsters who fell into the CORE. This would include Gaster... hm

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Mystie-Wolf [2018-06-27 02:06:49 +0000 UTC]

reflecting back on this, a few months later, i wonder: is this a creature that someone "created" (in reference to the paragraph about creating something from nonexistent data values). some bloke was looking for something that doesnt exist, and this thing was the outcome of his search? or perhaps, i assume (an)other comment(s) has/have suggested, this is a future gaster, who has noticed a weak point and wants to check it out. it must have something to do with the skeles, seeing as its completely made of bones and... tar stuff. maybe one day we'll know...

and yea, i know i'm late. i've just been lured away by some hyperlinks in the description of the latest edition of "gaster tortures children and gets what he deserves but they're still traumatized!"

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mistara In reply to Mystie-Wolf [2018-06-27 13:05:54 +0000 UTC]

I like the "future Gaster" idea.  It would fit what we see in the game, wouldn't it?

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KoroOcto [2018-06-23 01:36:46 +0000 UTC]

The last panel looks like little ducklings following their mother.

Cuuuute.

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Phoenix-Prime-3000 [2018-06-02 16:02:41 +0000 UTC]

So that giant tar thing is Gaster from the future? Is Gaster beating up his past self or something?
(In my fanfiction, this creature is someone completely different....)

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RedRonin999 In reply to Phoenix-Prime-3000 [2018-11-12 18:48:33 +0000 UTC]

No... I think it is the anomaly or player in the Undertale universe. The description made it sound that way.

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HazelRose3637 [2018-05-31 05:01:39 +0000 UTC]

Admit it, Gaster. You love them and despite all you've done to them, you really do care.

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ToxikCoffee [2018-05-24 15:51:33 +0000 UTC]

I have a simple theory: The anomaly is Gaster from the future.

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ShadowBloodTheDragon [2018-05-21 21:55:55 +0000 UTC]

Ah, yet another piece of evidence Gaster cares for them. If you noticed, he said 'Not again' like he doesn't want loose his family again. He cares for them in his own way, if he really didn't care, he would've let them die. And if you remember, he's doing this in the first place to save Asgore. When he was shown the sixth soul he started trembling and told the king he was close to a breakthrough, and said he was sure that Asgore wouldn't have to do this anymore. He may not have said it in that exact way, but you could tell it's what he meant. 

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CocoMM In reply to ShadowBloodTheDragon [2018-09-28 20:50:22 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, and I love when he say "I've put too much work into this project to lose you both now" and Sans is like "Yeaaaah right." Like, he himself can see that Gaster's lying (to them and to himself, I think), even if he don't trust him XD

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jjars [2018-04-26 16:55:14 +0000 UTC]

Every "thing", like Papyrus and Sans.

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PrissyNeko [2018-04-13 07:26:51 +0000 UTC]

I once saw a YouTube video that explained that Chara was possessed by a being after they died and their soul was reawakened when Frisk fell into the Underground. The video suggested that Chara wasn't a demon child that wanted the destruction of both humans and monsters. When the player (and consequentially Frisk) start on a genocide run of Undertale, Chara's soul gets possessed by this entity. While the creature or entity wasn't really given a name, it was basically described as the embodiment of "Determination" as it's represented in the game. Your things to consider about the tar creature reminded me of that, which makes me wonder if that is what it is.

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heythereadventurer [2018-04-03 00:46:20 +0000 UTC]

THIS COMIC HAS BEEN OUT FOR A YEAR AND I JUST NOW NOTICED THE "NOT AGAIN" WHEN HE SAVES PAPYRUS
 
ZARLA, YOU MAGNIFICENT FUCKING BASTARD

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Duskdraak [2018-01-12 16:09:49 +0000 UTC]

Cryptic messages, everyone's dream to give one.

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SammyPlays13 [2018-01-08 20:58:54 +0000 UTC]

...

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7Billion [2017-12-30 15:25:49 +0000 UTC]

Panel 14: and thats how sans learned how to get "dunked on"

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NyanMayhem [2017-12-28 07:14:53 +0000 UTC]

Sans' face in panel 46 just says "really?"

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Seff2727 In reply to NyanMayhem [2018-01-11 09:48:46 +0000 UTC]

Yeah!

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lazy-slaker0613 [2017-12-25 23:10:01 +0000 UTC]

WTF WAS THAT?!!

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