History Fanfic / NoelleAndRudyPlayDeltarune

* {{Catchphrase}}: [[spoiler:The Voice keeps talking about "[[ItMakesSenseInContext gaining context]]". Presumably, it means giving Noelle and Rudy more knowledge about the Dark Worlds and the entire adventure.]]

* CovertPervert: Noelle, as always. Rudy is aware of this and doesn't mind.

* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler:Noelle freaks out when she is told that when that Kris' actions are controlled by a player (a metaphorical one, according to the voice), and Kris was only "themselves" when they ripped their SOUL out. As an experiment, Noelle was given the ability to make changes to certain events by giving her control over Kris from Chapter 1's time period.]]

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Rudy laughs at [[SymbolSwearing the name]] Susie chose for the three heroes.

** Rudy is already a BloodKnight willing to kick ass both in canon and here, but even by his standards, he's ''very'' aggressive towards Queen. Given that she literally kidnapped his daughter, he can't be blamed for this.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler:While the Voice did kidnap Noelle and Rudy, as well as forced them into playing ''Deltarune'' as part of an experiment, but it shows no signs of actual malice]].

* BadassBoast: [[spoiler:After Rudy uses TermsOfEndangerment towards the Voice once it gives a NonAnswer, the Voice says Rudy "cannot threaten this form"]].
* {{Catchphrase}}: [[spoiler:The Voice keeps talking about "[[ItMakesSenseInContext gaining context]]". Presumably, it means giving Noelle and Rudy more knowledge about the Dark Worlds and the entire adventure]].
* TheChosenMany: [[spoiler:The Voice in the interlude between Chapter 1 and 2 says that there are "variants," referring to the other "copies" of the "game," and one happened to come into Noelle's possession]].
* ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: The game is largely unchanged from what we've seen... except for the credits, where all of the words are replaced with [=WingDings=]. Noelle does notice that none of the words seem to match up with "Kris Dreemurr." We only see one picture of the credits, where "By Creator/TobyFox" is written in the aformentioned font.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Noelle freaks out when Jevil says that they're all part of a game, but calms down when she sees the unused classroom after sealing the Card Kingdom's Fountain, realizing that Jevil may have meant that the Dark World consisted of game pieces. [[spoiler:Then she goes right back to suspecting that he's right when she discovers that she and Rudy were sent to another dimension]].
* DissonantSerenity: While Noelle has reacted appropriately to shocking situations, Rudy looks like he couldn't have cared less, even when it's revealed that [[spoiler:they were trapped in a void locked in space and time the entire time. {{Subverted}} when he reveals he's actually really scared in the first part of Chapter 2]].

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The entire playthrough of the first chapter takes place in a slightly extended version of Noelle and Rudy's appearance in the Chapter 2 epilogue. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed that the room that Noelle and Rudy were in has been [[TimeStandsStill locked in frozen space and time]]]].
* GenreSavvy: Both Noelle and Rudy realize the game's true nature by Chapter 2 and thus explore some alternate possibilities such as choosing the dialogue branches that their Kris ''didn't'' choose.
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:There is a mysterious entity that challenges the Voice's efforts to tell a story, erased the Vessel and forced the SOUL into Kris. Earlier on, the Voice talks about "the Shadow" -- a mysterious, unseen being and one of the four entities in the "space between spaces", alongside the Voice and the Holidays. Noelle and Rudy speculate the Shadow is the one behind it, but even the Voice itself isn't sure]].

* InsistentTerminology: [[spoiler:The Voice constantly insists that Noelle and Rudy being part of a game is "an apt metaphor." It does agree to "treat" everything like it was a game to make things easier to explain]].

* ItMakesSenseInContext: [[spoiler:The Voice keeps talking about "gaining context"]].

* LampshadeHanging: Both Noelle and Rudy note that the game has a lot of code for something that was made in one day. [[spoiler:This is because, as far as we know, ''Deltarune'' the game has existed for a very long time, to the point the Voice made several copies]].

* MediumAwareness: PlayedWith. [[spoiler:In TheReveal at the end of the Chapter 1 playthrough, the Voice, known to Noelle and Rudy as "the Vessel Maker," refuses to make it clear whether they're in a game or not. Noelle, however, tells it to act as if they ''were'' in a game as a "metaphor" to make explaining the situation easier, which it agrees to do]].

* TheNameless: [[spoiler:The Voice refuses to reveal it's name because it's "[[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm hazardous]]." Not that Axquirix could've learned the name anyway. That said, it's heavily implied to be W.D. Gaster, given the [=WingDings=] font that appeared during the Chapter 1 credits, as well as the fact the Voice was "forgotten by the game", the same way Gaster was once completely DummiedOut (he can now be encountered in ''Undertale'' by pure luck) and was erased from everyone's memories]].

* PacifistRun: Noelle and Rudy decides to take this route. It's confirmed that their reality's party didn't take the pacifist route and violently defeated some enemies in Chapter 2. Noelle only hopes that they at least went pacifist in Chapter 1. It's heavily implied that the heroes didn't.
* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler:Noelle freaks out when she is told that when that Kris' actions are controlled by a player (a metaphorical one, according to the voice), and Kris was only "themselves" when they ripped their SOUL out. As an experiment, Noelle was given the ability to make changes to certain events by giving her control over Kris from Chapter 1's time period]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Noelle and Rudy had been trapped in the hospital room by an empty void, the rest of the world is [[TimeStandsStill frozen in time]], and the two, especially Noelle, have the ability to "make changes"]].
* SecretKeeper: Noelle has to pretend that she doesn't know what "Spare" does, as well as the fact that the game is similar to her "dream" to Rudy. [[spoiler:She finally tells him about it when it's revealed that they were stuck in an empty void while the rest of the world is [[TimeStandsStill frozen in time]] ever since Noelle began playing]]. She slowly comes clean to Rudy on what happened in her reality as they continue playing.
* ShipTease: It's become a RunningGag since Part 15 for Noelle and Rudy to assume the game is teasing Ralsei/Susie. It's first shown when Ralsei reveals his true face and promises to make cake, which makes Susie a bit nervous in response. [[ClingyJealousGirl Noelle]], who has started planning to make cake for Susie herself after talking to Topchef, and has just realised Ralsei has a head start due to befriending Susie a whole day before her, is not very happy. And then both her and Rudy think it might also tease Susie/Asriel due to Ralsei and Asriel looking similar. That said, this is probably a MistakenForRomance case given what the experience we have.

* ShowWithinAShow: ''Deltarune'' characters Noelle and Rudy play ''Deltarune'', which has uncanny similarities to their own reality. Noelle questions at one point if they live in a game, but then brushes it off. She becomes more convinced later on, but decides that she's taking it surprisingly well. [[spoiler:TheReveal suggests an important reason for getting a copy of their world]].
* SpottingTheThread: Noelle notices that Jigsaw Joe makes a distinction between "Boss" and "Kris."
* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler:Rudy eventually reveals his DissonantSerenity about being kidnapped by an EldritchAbomination away from Hometown is an act, and he is actually scared]].

* TimeStandsStill: [[spoiler:After the end of Chapter 1, it's revealed that Noelle and Rudy were trapped in the room by an empty void while the rest of the world is frozen ever since they started playing. The voice promises to free them as soon as they complete Chapter 2]].
* WhamEpisode: The interlude between Chapter 1 and 2. [[spoiler:It's revealed Noelle and Rudy are trapped in a void where TimeStandsStill, and the Voice is forcing them to keep playing. Alongside this, Rudy finally learns all of Chapter 1 really happened]].

** An InUniverse example. Neither Noelle or Rudy expected the game to feature Kris as the player character. While Rudy decides to take it as Kris made the game and wanted Noelle to play it, Noelle does her best to avoid invading Kris' privacy. Later, it happens again when Noelle sees Kris wearing their clothes from her "dream."

** We're not sure exactly what happened in this reality's Chapter 2, but judging by the dialogue (and confirmed in Part 14), the story takes place after a Chapter 2 neutral route where Noelle defeated several enemies with [=IceShock=] and Berdly got his hand fried. However, whether this is an aborted Weird Route or just a violent Neutral Route is yet to be seen. It is currently implied to be a Weird Route that was aborted before Spamton could sell the [=ThornRing=], as while Noelle doesn't know what that is, she knows what a [=FreezeRing=] is after getting it from the Pink Addison back at the Cyber City.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Noelle realizes Jevil was right when she sees the unused classroom after sealing the Card Kingdom's Fountain. This also lets her calm down a bit when she realises he might have been talking about the Light World and didn't have any MediumAwareness after all.

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:Imagine this. You're playing a video game that you know that shows the exact events happened in your reality and you see your daughter being abducted by a cage. Even if Rudy already knows that [[ForegoneConclusion Noelle is safe with him]], it's still scary to look at]].

* ShoutOut: One is made to Petah-Petah's ''Fanfic/KrisPerformsSurgery''.

* ShoutOut: In Chapter 2 Part 8, Noelle briefly makes a comment about how "it's rare you can stab someone to make them better.", a reference to another ''Deltarune'' webcomic posted to Reddit, ''Fanfic/KrisPerformsSurgery''.

** Another InUniverse one occurs on Rudy's end when Noelle reveals that Kris sent her an order, and she demonstrates this by making her game counterpart cast [=IceShock=] on Virovirokun.

** ''We'' get a wham shot when [[spoiler:it's revealed that Noelle and Rudy have been trapped in an empty void separated from the rest of their world, [[TimeStandsStill which stands still]]]].

However, as they continued playing, Noelle begins to find similarities in the game's first chapter's adventure to the "dream" that she had. Noelle deduces that it all really happened, but decides to keep quiet about it around her dad. However, it turns out that there is much more story here than just "[[TitleDrop Noelle and Rudy play Deltarune]]", and that there is a reason for why they suddenly have a copy of their own world in game form. The fic is still on-going.

* SecretKeeper: Noelle has to pretend that she doesn't know what "Spare" does, as well as the fact that the game is similar to her "dream" to Rudy. [[spoiler:She finally tells him about it when it's revealed that they were stuck in an empty void while the rest of the world is [[TimeStandsStill frozen in time]] ever since Noelle began playing]]. She slowly comes clean to Rudy on what happened in her reality as they continued playing.

* SecretKeeper: Noelle has to pretend that she doesn't know what "Spare" does, as well as the fact that the game is similar to her "dream" to Rudy. [[spoiler:She finally tells him about it when it's revealed that they were stuck in an empty void while the rest of the world is [[TimeStandsStill frozen in time]] ever since Noelle began playing]].

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