History Characters / UndertaleAsgoreDreemurr

* HPToOne: Getting hit by any of his attacks will never leave you with less than 1 HP, unless it's at 1 already.

[[Characters/UndertaleOtherCharacters Minor]] | [[Characters/UndertaleMonsterEncounters Monsters]] | [[Characters/UndertaleSpoilerCharacters Spoilers]] ([[Characters/UndertaleTheFallenHuman The Fallen Human]])]]]]

* GoodIsNotSoft: He's a decent, well-loved king that ''will'' kill a child to free his people from their prison. [[spoiler:However, the exact degree of his softness is what disgusts Toriel to the point she doesn't even want to be friends with him. She points out that after obtaining the first soul, he already had the power to pass through the barrier, kill 6 more humans, then return to destroy the barrier in almost no time at all. The current plan to just wait for humans to fall into the Underground is described as being cold-hearted enough to murder children, while at the same time being so soft that he's making all monsters wait who knows how long for freedom just because he's stalling dirtying his hands.]]

* SatanicArchetype: Played with and subverted. He resembles a goat (an animal associated with demons and Satan), wields a trident (demons often are depicted with pitchforks), and uses [[FireAndBrimstoneHell fire magic]]. He is also a leader of monsters, banished and sealed underground, who swore that he would one day break free and conquer the world above, and steals human souls to accomplish this. And he's also a total pushover, who made this promise in a burst of anger, really doesn't actually want to kill anyone, and only goes along with the plan because [[TheChainsOfCommanding he feels the monsters expect him to do it as king and he needs to give them hope]]. A much more fitting Satanic archetype in the game is actually [[spoiler:the Fallen Child, at least in a Genocide Run]].

* TheMourningAfter: He still pines for Toriel and misses being married to her. Alas, she doesn't fell the same way. At the end of the True Pacifist route, they've sort of reconciled, at least enough that he's helping out at her school. It's not clear if they'll ever be anything more than friends, though.

* PersonalityPowers: Has fire powers, fitting for someone who swears he will conquer the surface by any means necessary and raze humanity… even though he doesn't want to. Since he is TheGoodKing, he is affiliated with the "warming and nurturing" side of fire, but he is ''also'' associated with the more impulsive, hot-headed, and destructive side of fire as well, especially since he made his promise to destroy humanity [[MomentOfWeakness in a fit of rage]].

* KingKoopaCopy: Asgore, the king of the Underground, is inspired by Bowser and Ganon, being a goat-beast monster with sharp horns and a sharp trident. He's much nicer than either of those guys, though.

* XanatosGambit: The Neutral path and future repeat playthroughs of it has him pull the trope on the player character. Asgore feels that he had let everyone down by not being able to accomplish his goal of giving his people the freedom they yearned for so long, and also feels bad that his initial anger and his plan is what drove Toriel away from him. However, he already has six human souls and yours is the last one he needs to fulfill his plan. At the same time, Asgore believes that he cannot be forgiven for his sins and death is the only way to make up for what he did, thus he fights you hoping that you will kill him. Should he successfully kill the player character, he gets the last human soul he needs to break the barrier. If the player defeats him, Asgore asks them to finish him off so that the player character can return home and he is at peace when he dies. On later neutral path runs, if you decide to spare him, Asgore thinks the dream of you living with him and his wife is impossible to achieve and decides to kill himself to give you his soul to escape. Whether Asgore succeeds or fails, he still gets what he wants. The True Pacifist ending derails Asgore's plan with [[spoiler:Toriel stopping the fight and the ending basically gives Asgore a second chance at redemption]].

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Asgore wears a suit of armor and a cape, but no shoes.

* BladeOnAStick: His weapon of choice is a giant crimson trident, which has a flower carved onto it.

* BlingOfWar: While it’s never shown what color is armor is, fans generally agree that it’s gold.

* AntiVillain: His declaration of wanting to escape the Underground and KillAllHumans was [[MomentOfWeakness made in anger after the death of his son]], and it's clear that he's [[BeingEvilSucks regretted it ever since]]. But since said declaration also gave all monsters in the Underground hope of finally seeing the surface again, he has to go through with it now since he doesn't want to let them down. When it finally comes time to fight him, he says that all he really wants is to see his wife and son again.

* StoutStrength: He is capable of single-handedly swinging around a big honking trident taller than himself, and certainly does not look particularly slim.

** He tries to do this to ''you'' at the end of the Genocide route. [[spoiler:No prizes for guessing what happens next.]]