History Trivia / Undertale

** Going down the No Mercy path is also called "[[spoiler: having a bad time]]".

*** A few enemies are based on the trolls. Aaron seems to be based on Equius and Pyrope is directly named after Terezi.

* FanNickname: "Goatmom" for Toriel is starting to catch on, due to her appearance and personality. [[spoiler: In the same vein, Asgore is "Goatdad." Asriel is "Goatbrother."]]

* FanNickname: "Goatmom" for Toriel is starting to catch on, due to her appearance and personality. [[spoiler: In the same vein, Asgore is "Goatdad." Asriel is "Goat Brother."]]

* FanNickname: "Goatmom" for Toriel is starting to catch on, due to her appearance and personality. [[spoiler: In the same vein, Asgore is "Goatdad." Occasionally, Asriel is "Goat Brother."]]

* FanNickname: "Goatmom" for Toriel is starting to catch on, due to her appearance and personality. [[spoiler: In the same vein, Asgore is "Goatdad."]]

* ShoutOut: In the same way that ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'' was named as a somewhat synonymous reference to ''{{VideoGame/Earthbound}}'', ''Undertale'' is somewhat synonymous with ''VideoGame/CaveStory''
** There are several references to ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'':
*** Three areas are similar to three of the first four Lands introduced. As a bonus, the name of the track that plays in the Hotlands is even "Another Medium".
*** "Megalovania" returns after being used in an animation. [[spoiler: An animation in which a god awoke and stopped a monster with time powers and a fallen hero murdered someone who was their friend.]]
*** A few enemies are based on the trolls. Aaron seems to be based on Equius and Pyrope is directly named after Terezi. One might argue that Undyne borrows vibes from Vriska.

* FanNickname: "Goatmom" for Toriel is starting to catch on, due to her appearance and personality.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: A [[CriticalResearchFailure misunderstanding]] over the Genocide route back when the demo was released led to a rumor on this very site that the murderous child could find a "Real Knife" to wield instead of the Toy one. [[WordOfGod Toby himself]] disproved it at the time so people wouldn't waste time looking for something that wasn't there. [[spoiler:However, the Genocide route in the full game [[AscendedFanon does reward the player with it after all.]]]]

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*** Three of the four areas are similar to the first four Lands introduced. In fact, all four areas can be compared to the first four Lands in Homestuck. [[spoiler: Ruins=John's Land, Snowden=Jade's Land, Waterfall=Rose's Land, Hotlands=Dave's Land.]] As a bonus, the name of the track that plays in the Hotlands is even "Another Medium".

** There are tons of small and large references ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}''
*** Three of the four areas are similar to the first four Lands introduced. The name of the track that plays in the Hotlands is even "Another Medium".

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: A misunderstanding over the Genocide route back when the demo was released led to a rumor on this very site that the murderous child could find a "Real Knife" to wield instead of the Toy one. [[WordOfGod Toby himself]] disproved it at the time so people wouldn't waste time looking for something that wasn't there. [[spoiler:However, the Genocide route in the full game [[AscendedFanon does reward the player with it after all.]]]]

*** "Megalovania" returns after being used in an animation. [[spoiler: An animation in which a god awoke and stopped a monster with time powers and a fallen hero murdered someone who was their friend.]]was their

** There are many small references to Toby's music work for ''{{Webcomic/Homestuck}}'', such as the Hotlands being similar to the Land of Heat and Clockwork. The name of the track that plays in the Hotlands is even "Another Medium".

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: The Toy Knife is the only other weapon in the demo. There is no "Real Knife".

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Unlike the demo [[spoiler: changes to the instruction manual]] will not be present in the full game, due to technical limitations.

* FanNickname: "Goatmom" for Toriel is starting to catch on, for reasons obvious to those who play the game.

* FanNickname: "Goatmom" for Toriel is starting to catch on, for obvious reasons.
* UrbanLegendOfZelda: The [[spoiler:Real Knife]] does not really exist.

* FanNickname: "Goatmom" for Toriel is starting to catch on, for obvious reasons.