Line #79 Fanfic/KrisPerformsSurgery


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9	''Kris Performs Surgery'' is a fanmade ''Deltarune'' story by [=PetahPetah=], which began being posted to the ''Deltarune'' [[{{Website/Reddit}} subreddit]] starting in December 2021 before later receiving an ''Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn'' page.
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11	Sometime after the events of Chapter 2, Rudy Holiday is diagnosed with a brain tumor. Late in the night, Kris and Susie sneak into his hospital room as he sleeps, where Kris pulls out their soul and stabs him in the chest, creating a Dark World in his body. With Ralsei joining the party soon after, the Fun Gang traverses the monster's body on their quest to destroy the tumor and save Rudy.
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13	The series is available on both [[https://www.reddit.com/user/Petah-Petah/submitted/ PetahPetah's Reddit account]] and on [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37347130/chapters/93191089 Archive of Our Own]].
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15	!!''Kris Performs Surgery'' contains examples of:
16	* AffablyEvil: Carci is laid-back, relaxed and polite to the Fun Gang when she first meets them, and is perfectly willing to let them do their things and hold conversations with each other while she's doing stuff on her phone, [[spoiler:and even scolds them for keeping Rudy in the dark about the fact that he is inside his own body]]. She is still an AnthropomorphicPersonification of Rudy's cancer that's slowly killing him, fully onboard with "Doc"'s plans to "free themselves from Rudy's body", even if it means his death. [[spoiler:Even when she had an opportunity to easily destroy the Lightners, she agrees that it wouldn't be fair and leaves the Lightners to explore the ass while she resumes her boss's plan]].
17	* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: The [[PunnyName Hershey's Angels]] are a gang of literally shitheaded bikers who attack the Fun Gang on their leader Rexum's orders. [[spoiler:They have a HeelFaceTurn after the Fun Gang spares Rexum, however]].
18	* AmphibianAtLarge: The Sucramphibians found in Rudy's small intestine are large frog-like Darkners.
19	* AnimalVehicleHybrid: Rexum, the leader of the [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels Hershey's Angels]], has the upper body of a bull and the lower body of a motorcycle.
20	* AssShove: Carci [[spoiler:banishes the heroes into Rudy's ass, along with Rudy himself by accident]].
21	* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler: After Kris and Rudy reach the latter's stomach and find Susie alone, she says that she "couldn't save him" and that she attempted to jump the lake of stomach acid. At first, it seems like Ralsei fell in because of Susie's recklessness, but then he walks in from the other side of the screen, and it's revealed that Susie's really mourning her motorcycle]].
22	* BewareTheSillyOnes: Carci is an AffablyEvil sort who is just as LaughablyEvil as Leuka, but she's very much the smarter and more powerful of the two. [[spoiler:She nearly delivers a CurbStompBattle to the party (and kills the Hershey's Angels) when she thinks they badly injured Leuka]].
23	* BigBad: "Doc", the brain tumor that Leuka and Carci work under.
24	* BigBoosHaunt: There is a graveyard within Rudy's spleen that is haunted by ghosts made out of blood, which the Fun Gang must traverse through to reach the brain and Doc. The gravedigger of said graveyard claims ''all'' spleens are haunted.
25	* BigDamnHeroes: At one point, the gang finds themselves surrounded and outnumbered by Cellachimorphas, who ready an undodgeable attack.... [[spoiler:until one of them is hit with a "Ha-Doe-ken" by Rudy, causing the rest to flee.]]
26	* BlatantLies: While trying to leave Rudy's ass, the Fun Gang finds the way forward blocked by a giant piece of poop. Ralsei insists it's a "weirdly shaped boulder" and nothing else, even after Susie points out that it literally smells like crap.
27	* BloodIsTheNewBlack: After falling off the raft and into the blood river, all of the Fun Gang are covered head-to-toe in the stuff without much comment, due to the fact they can't exactly do much about it at the moment. After [[spoiler:meeting up with Rudy and finding the car wash]], they're able to clean it off, much to Ralsei's relief.
28	* ConvenientEscapeBoat: Early on, the Gang's path gets cut off by the blood river, with Susie suggesting that they swim through the blood instead (with a rather enthusiastic look on her face)... until Ralsei points out there's an "instant reindeer raft" next to the path, allowing them to progress without having to swim.
29	* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: Carci resembles a humanoid being that possesses an octopus-like head, with tentacles covering up the mouth.
30	* DarkComedy: Rife with it, [[spoiler: from Rudy's pancreas shutting down while he and Kris are navigating it, to the Fun Gang using his stomach ulcers as trampolines (and promptly making them burst), to Susie considering stealing Rudy's liver for the excess booze]].
31	* DungFu: Carci attempts to squish the gang with a giant ball of poop (which she claims to be a rock).
32	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Kris's dialogue is fully visible in the first three episodes before later episodes reverts them back to a HeroicMime whose dialogue can only be inferred through options and the other character's responses.
33	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Though Carci is a representation of Rudy's cancer that slowly kills him, she is still appalled by the fact that [[spoiler:the Fun Gang kept Rudy himself in the dark about the fact that he's inside his own body]].
34	* FailedAttemptAtScaring: In the graveyard within Rudy's spleen, a blood ghost attempts to JumpScare the Fun Gang by suddenly popping out of the ground and "BOO"-ing at them. This fails to startle them since none of them are afraid of ghosts; after all, one of their Hometown's police officers is a ghost as well.[[note]]Though this doesn't explain why Ralsei wasn't startled as he's not from Hometown.[[/note]]
35	* FantasticVoyagePlot: The entire premise revolves around the Fun Gang entering Rudy's body to defeat a tumor growing in him. However, unlike most examples, this does not involve any shrinking down or ships to swim through their body, as Kris simply opens up a Dark World in his chest. It appears that depending on whether they spare or kill certain enemies in Rudy's body will affect his condition when they seal the fountain.
36	* {{Fartillery}}: [[spoiler: Rudy's ass includes various fart geysers that the Fun Gang need to navigate around]].
37	* FromBadToWorse:
38	** PlayedForLaughs. [[spoiler: After being propelled up a platform by a massive fart geyser, the gang ends up finding themselves in the middle of a bunch of more fart geysers]].
39	** Over the course of the story, it becomes clear that Rudy suffers from ''far'' more health issues than just his brain tumor, including blood and cell cancer (Leuka and Carci, respectivily), a parasite infestation (Peris, amongst others), elevated blood sugar levels, stomach ulcers, kidney stones, and cirrhosis (liver scarring).
40	* GratuitousFrench: Peris, one of the parasites invading Rudy's body, randomly peppers her speech with UsefulNotes/{{French\|Language}} words. One of her attacks in her BossBattle even requires Kris to choose the correct spelling of a French phrase she says to avoid getting hit by spikes.
41	* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler:Rudy starts joining Kris in battles after Susie and Ralsei drive off on a single bike (there were only three bikes, so two had to share one) and they're unable to catch up with them because their bikes were eaten by Sucramphibians. He stays in the party even after reuniting with Susie and Ralsei]].
42	* HandOrObjectUnderwear: Ralsei uses his hat to cover up his body after his clothes are accidentally ripped away by Susie.
43	* HandWave: How is Rudy [[spoiler:inside his own body]]? [[spoiler:His body was split in two]].
44	* HowIsThatEvenPossible:
45	** After being banished into [[spoiler:his own ass, Rudy]] questions how that's even possible.
46	** When Rexum somehow drives his motorcycle backwards to initiate his HighSpeedBattle, Ralsei asks "How does that even work?"
47	* HurricaneOfPuns: Rexum lets a ToiletHumor-themed one of these loose while talking about Rudy.
48	-->'''Rexum:''' Hey, that old fart's past his glory days, okay? Rudy used to be hot shit back in his younger years! But ever since he settled down, the geezer's gotten soft! Trading in his trusty hog for some family car!
49	* IndyEscape: Carci invokes this with a giant ball of poop. When they escape, she asks what they thought of the detour.
50	* InevitableWaterfall: While riding the raft, the gang ends up going down a waterfall (or in this case, a bloodfall) and being sent off their raft as they fall.
51	* InternalReveal: [[spoiler:Rudy discovers that he's somehow inside of his own body when Carci reveals that she sent them to [[ItMakesSenseInContext his ass]], something the heroes deliberately kept themselves from telling him. Carci calls out the heroes from keeping him in the dark and even leaves them alone so that they could explain to Rudy what's going on]].
52	* JumpScare:
53	** At one point, Carci suddenly pops out from behind one of Rudy's kidney stones, startling the Fun Gang.
54	** In the graveyard within Rudy's spleen, a blood ghost suddenly pops out of the ground and screams at the Fun Gang. {{Subverted\|Trope}} in that it doesn't startle any of them.
55	* KillerBearHug: [[spoiler:The party defeats Leuka by hugging him very tightly, with the excessive hugging resulting in the blood he took in spraying out of his pores]].
56	* LargeHam: Leuka speaks in ''very'' [[NoIndoorVoice loud]] and dramatic over-the-top manner.
57	* LaughablyEvil: Leuka and Carci; Leuka is a LargeHam IneffectualSympatheticVillain with NoIndoorVoice until he gets embarrassed, and Carci is an AffablyEvil PhoneaholicTeenager who speaks in AllLowercaseLetters. They're also embodiments of two of the cancers that's killing Rudy.
58	* LetsGetDangerous: Carci looks as if she couldn't care less about the plan to destroy Rudy, but when she sees that her brother is in no condition to fight, she interferes with the heroes the moment they try to leave and banishes them [[spoiler:to the ass]]. She decides not to destroy them instantly since it's far too early in the story.
59	* LiteralMetaphor: The Fun Gang spares the dung-headed Hershey's Angels by making them and their bikes shiny. As Susie points out, they [[PolishTheTurd polished the turd(s)]].
60	* MakeMyMonsterGrow: When preparing himself to fight the Fun Gang, Leuka grows himself to colossal size by absorbing Rudy's blood.
61	* MeaningfulName: Leuka and Carci get their names from ''Leukemia''[[note]]A cancer of blood-forming tissues.[[/note]] and ''Carcinoma''[[note]]A type of cancer that starts in cells.[[/note]].
62	* MixAndMatchCritters: Tinny, the owner of a store in Rudy's small intestine, is an anthropomorphic pig with reindeer horns.
63	* MobileSuitHuman: The Pancry Chefs are humanoid robotic chefs controlled by rat-like Darkners via two levers where their head would be. No points for guessing [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} what]] that's a ShoutOut to.
64	* NonSequiturThud: Ralsei does this after getting [[CoconutMeetsCranium bonked in the head with a coconut]].
65	-->'''Ralsei:''' K-Kris, why are you wearing a dog collar and hoodie? You're not a bad doggo...
66	-->'''Susie:''' (confused) ...Bad doggo?
67	* NotSoAboveItAll: Carci seems to be the more serious of the pair, having a creepy looking move that banishes the heroes ([[spoiler:and Rudy]]) to Rudy's... [[spoiler:ass? She later follows them in there and takes a nap while the heroes come clean to Rudy that they're inside his body]].
68	* NotWhatItLooksLike: When Leuka gets trapped under a boulder, the Fun Gang have to get help from the Hershey's Angels to save him. Unfortunately, Leuka was stiffened from being stuck for so long and couldn't move, and to make matters worse, Carci came and assumed that everyone ganged up on her brother, causing her to TurnRed and almost kill everyone. It takes Leuka explaining what really happened to him for Carci to realize that Leuka's injury was her own mistake.
69	* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The graveyard within Rudy's spleen is haunted by ghosts made out of blood.
70	* ParentalSexualitySquick: In episode 101, Carci mentions that Optica (the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Rudy's frontal lobe) is forced to watch all of Rudy's repressed memories. When Rudy questions this, Carci gives [[PrimalScene "the time you walked in on your parents making you a baby bro when you were four"]] as an example, horrifying Rudy.
71	-->'''Rudy:''' ...I did not need to be reminded of that.
72	* PlagueDoctor: Doc wears a mask of one, which is fitting both because of his name and the fact that the mask is considered symbolic of death, and he's a personification of a brain tumor.
73	* PrimalScene: When Rudy questions what repressed memories the AnthropomorphicPersonification of his frontal lobe watches, Carci brings up (much to Rudy's displeasure at being reminded) that he walked in on his parents "making (him) a baby bro" when he was four.
74	* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:The Hershey's Angels]] have a collective HeelFaceTurn after the Fun Gang spare [[spoiler:Rexum]], but Carci kills them off not long after.
75	* RedOniBlueOni: Leuka is the very [[LargeHam hammy]], boisterous, and HotBlooded Red Oni, while Carci is the quiet and relaxed Blue Oni.
76	* RedShirtArmy: [[spoiler:The Hershey's Angels]] are killed by Carci shortly after the Fun Gang spared [[spoiler:Rexum]], showing that as {{affably\|Evil}} and LaughablyEvil as Carci is, [[BewareTheSillyOnes she can still be a serious threat if sufficiently provoked]].
77	* ReversePsychology: When the Fun Gang is fighting Leuka, Kris and Ralsei decide to beat him by hugging him. Susie refuses to join, and Ralsei decides to nudge her in by asking her to confess that she's afraid of giving hugs, prompting her to join into the hugfest in a desire to prove him wrong.
78	* RiversOfBlood: Literally. Rudy's bloodstream takes the form of an entire river system in the Dark World, which the gang must ride a boat on to progress.
79	* RockMonster: One of Carci's "puzzles" has her use a "Berserker Crown" she got from [[spoiler:Rouxls Kaard]] to turn one of Rudy's kidney stones, which became literal rocks in the Dark World, into a ferocious monster to fight the Fun Gang.
80	* RuderAndCruder: Not too much compared to the actual ''Deltarune'', but Susie's not hesitant to say "Bitch" or drop a few F-Bombs in this series.
81	-->'''Susie:''' Me and my big fucking mouth.
82	* SeekerWhiteBloodCells: The first enemies Kris and Susie encounter are Rudy's white blood cells who took the form of fish-based Darkners known as Cellachimorphas. They're spared by reeling them in with a fishing rod.
83	* ShoutOut:
84	** [[spoiler:Rudy's Dark World outfit]] is based directly on [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ryu]], complete with [[{{pun}} Hadoeken!]]
85	** The Fun Gang beats up a car, complete with a high score, just like ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII''.
86	** The flavor text for the [=SpdBoost=] ACT usable during the Rexum fight says "[[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Gotta go FAST]]".
87	** In Episode 17, Rudy admonishes Kris for messing with him and Noelle's ''Dragon Blazers III'' game, a reference to ''Fanfic/NoelleAndRudyPlayDeltarune''. Of course, everyone is confused (the series don't take place in the same continuity anyway).
88	** Rexum somehow manages to accelerate backwards, in what he describes as "'[[VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing Big Rexum: Over The Road Racing]]' style", referencing the bug in that game which allows uncapped acceleration in reverse.
89	** When given the opportunity to grab a carrot as a snack for later, Susie tells Ralsei "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E16BartTheLover Hell no, I don't want any damn vegetables]]".
90	** The Pancry Chefs are [[WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}} humanoid chef mechas piloted by rat-like Darkners via two levers in place of their heads]].
91	* SuddenlySpeaking: Kris, unlike in the game, gets lines of dialogue in this series, with their own textbox portraits too. {{Inverted\|Trope}} later on as of Episode 4, where Kris goes back to being a HeroicMime.
92	* ToiletHumor: [[spoiler: Mainly in Rudy's ass and kidneys, naturally. The former contains various fart geysers and "boulders" that halt the gang's progress, and they have to wade through "mud" that Kris unfortunately ends up falling into, traumatizing them. In the latter, well... see UrineTrouble below for Susie's own moment of suffering...]]
93	* UrineTrouble: [[spoiler: At one point in Rudy's kidneys, Susie's corner-cutting during a mandatory puzzle leads to her dropping a key into the river of urine running through the area. No points for guessing what the poor dragoness ends up having to do next.]]
94	--->'''Susie, with HiddenEyes:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck ...There better be another car wash behind that gate.]]
95	* VisualPun: Doc has crab claws; "cancer" literally means "crab-like" in UsefulNotes/{{Latin\|Language}}, and he's an embodiment of Rudy's brain tumor.
96	* WardrobeMalfunction: While Kris and Susie are fighting the Cellachimorphas for the first time, Ralsei approaches from behind to greet them, but is unnoticed as Susie flings her fishing rod back, causing the hook to get stuck in Ralsei's clothing then flinging it away, ripping his clothes off. It's only after the battle that they notice him, albeit naked and covering himself up with his hat. He gets his clothes back in the next episode.
97	* WhamShot: The shot revealing that [[spoiler:Rudy is somehow inside of his own body after it was turned into a Dark World. How this is possible isn't elaborated on, nor does the party question about it]].

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