History Characters / EbottsWake

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When he makes the Arboretum trees go on strike, combined with the way the radio announcers talk about that and how Frisk gets him to stop by coming to talk to him. It perfectly outlines Flowey's ReformedNotTamed personality.

* AfraidOfNeedles: Frisk has to receive regular injections to treat their allergies. They are not a fan of this.

* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: A heavily downplayed example. Frisk isn't ''evil'' in the slightest, but it's theorized that, thanks to their [[AbusiveParents traumatic upbringing]], they see ''every'' interaction as a fight — though they choose to de-escalate rather than fight back.

* CannotSpitItOut: After they realize they can use magic, the stress of keeping the secret from everyone [[SecretKeeper except Asriel]] starts getting to them. There are several times where they try to tell others, including Alphys, but their fear of what monsters [[GodzillaThreshold might]] [[WouldHurtAChild do]] if they realize humans can use magic again keeps them silent.
** When they finally work up the nerve to reveal the secret to Toriel, they're unable to tell her and have to resort to [[SelfMutilationDemonstration a forceful demonstration]].

* CreepyChild: Their intelligence isn't the only thing out of the ordinary about them. [[DownplayedTrope They don't do anything overtly creepy]], but their ability to handle more mundane adult affairs rustles the heck out of many adult characters' jimmies. Normal eight-to-ten-ear-olds simply aren't capable of

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Primarily late in ''Legacy of the Magi''. Before then, it mostly just indicates that

* ImprobableAge: As the ambassador for the monsters, they were and continue to be front and center in attempts to integrate monsters into the human world. They got the job before they turned nine, and even then they were unnervingly competent at it.
* KidHero: Most if not all of the monsters are implied to trust Frisk implicitly after the destruction of the Barrier.
* KillingIntent: Has a LV of 1 and a LV CAP of 20. The latter becomes a plot point: Frisk becomes worried about what their friends and family would think if they found out, while everyone else is concerned about [[AbusiveParents what caused it to get so high in the first place]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: Frisk believes that they qualify as this and that they will no longer have a place in the Dreemurr family once they manage to restore Asriel completely. Once Asriel is restored, the start to see themself as one for Chara as well.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Using the Soul Link, he can borrow other people's SOULs, as he did with the monsters in [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} the climax of the Pacifist Run]]. After the battle for the CORE, he links with Shop Class to become something similar to the Omega Flowey seen at the end of the Neutral Run, but this with powers more befitting the various members of Shop Class. Also less [[AGodAmI godlike]], but still entirely sufficient to {{CurbStomp|Battle}} Cater and help the police defeat the New Guardians.
* {{Angst}}:
** Even when he gets his body back, he still doesn't quite think he's the real Asriel. It gets worse after he transforms into Omega Flowey after the battle for the CORE—it's as if he wasn't allowed to be free of being Flowey. Even well into ''Legacy of the Magi'', he still has nightmares about turning back into Flowey.
** Even when he isn't being bothered by the idea that he isn't the real Asriel, he also has trouble forgiving himself for all the things he did as Flowey.
---> '''Asriel:''' “Have you ever. Uh. Done something. Something terrible. Something that you couldn't fix, or make up for. Something so bad that even if you, somehow, could turn back time itself before it happened… it would still be a part of you in an alternate timeline where it never happened?”

* TheGadfly: Flowey ends up spending the year and a half between the destruction of the Barrier and the start of ''Ebott's Wake'' pulling assorted pranks on people out of boredom.

* OddFriendship: With Hal Greene. Asriel is implied to consider Hal a role model of sorts, and Hal ends up providing Asriel with a much needed morale boost at several points.

* ResurrectionSickness: Downplayed; when Flowey is transformed back into Asriel, it takes him a few minutes to figure out how to use his arms and legs again, and over a week to regain access to fire magic.

* AngerBornOfWorry: Poor woman goes through this a ''lot'' as a consequence of her experiences.

* AmicableExes: After a year and a half on the surface, Toriel has reached this point with Asgore, to the point where they can co-parent Frisk with little to no friction.

* LetsGetDangerous: When Frisk is shot and ends up in the hospital, Sans almost single-handedly takes on the leader of the anti-monster riot outside. Slightly downplayed in that Papyrus, Undyne, and several humans were helping to contain and control the rest of the crowd.

* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Downplayed; while Sans is mostly shown working with physics or engineering, occasionally there are hints that he has knowledge in other fields such as electronics, computer programming, or chemistry.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to the BigBad of ''Ebott's Wake'', Jordan Cater, while fighting outside of the hospital. Cater attempts to give Sans a [[ShutUpKirk "Shut Up, Kirk!"]] but gets hit by a GroinAttack before he can build up to it.

* ButtMonkey: Papyrus is ''still'' being pestered and harassed by the Annoying Dog, even after a year and a half. It's all but stated that Sans is still trolling him online.

* OddFriendship: With Flowey.

[[folder:Alphys]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Asgore is one of the friendliest Monsters you'll ever meet, but threaten anyone he cares about and he'll remind you that he's a Boss Monster [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking with the strength that entails]].
* FirstGrayHair: At one point, Asgore notices that some of the hair in his beard is going grey, which should be impossible for a Boss Monster without children. Not only is this foreshadowing of Asriel's return, but is heavily implied to be the reason that Asgore accepts that Asriel is back immediately, while Toriel is convinced that it's [[CassandraTruth all a cruel trick]] by Flowey.

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Asgore legally dissolved the Kingdom of Monsters as part of a legal gambit to help monsters integrate with the surface, and is content to keep the lawn around his ex-wife's school tidy. Other monsters still consider him king, including Undyne, whether or not the crown is on his head.
--> '''Undyne:''' ''[in fits and starts due to being ill]'' "You. Just because. Because you had to dissolve the kingdom so we could be... whatever we are now. Just because you're not wearing the crown anymore. That doesn't mean you stop being king. You and Toriel, you held things together for ages. I remember Gerson's stories about the early days after the war. The fear, the despair. You turned all of that around. You held everyone together, long before we had all of the amazing science stuff."

[[folder:W.D. Aster]]

* FriendToAllChildren: Dr. Aster does not regularly interact with children, but when he does he seems to be very capable of establishing a rapport with them. This ranges from having an impromptu lesson on various magical and monstrous topics with a human child on an airplane, to cheering up a depressed Frisk, to spending a lot of time just talking back and forth with Asriel.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Like Sans, it's when they ''stop'' glowing when you're in trouble.

* InterspeciesRomance: At one point Dr. Aster meets Dr. Jamie Ross, a surgeon at the local hospital who operated on Frisk, and established a friendship that evolved into a relationship. A one-shot set years after the events of ''Ebott's Wake'' show that they had a child together.
* MrExposition: Serves as one whenever anything science-related comes up.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Thanks to a typo on some Royal paperwork in the Underground, people have been calling the good doctor "Gaster" for some time, and the mistake has even followed him to the Surface. This is usually played for laughs, though it takes on serious overtones as Sans describes hearing some kids in New Home make up a rhyme about his father and getting his name wrong, despite all that Dr. Aster had done for the Underground, as the breaking point that lead to him moving to Snowdin Town.

* ArchnemesisDad: Chara's human father is the [[BigBad main villain]] of the trilogy, Jordan Cater. They occasionally lament that they don't know any words capable of expressing how much they hate and despise him.
* BreedingCult: The Guardians of the Legacy of the Magi, the cult that Chara grew up in, apparently used this practice, and Chara was one of the results. They mention that [[WantedASonInstead had circumstances been different]], they would have been forced into an [[ArrangedMarriage Arranged Marriage]] with another child in the cult as part of some larger plan.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Subverted in that Chara is not evil, but they have completely internalized the Guardians' [[BlackAndWhiteMorality strict ethical code]] to the point that they assume that forgiveness and mercy are concepts ''unique to monster culture''. During a flashback to the Buttercup Plan, they have difficulty understanding or even rationalizing why the Dreemurrs are trying so hard to heal them after what happened to Asgore.

* MyGreatestFailure: The Buttercup Plan; it got Chara and Asriel killed, which caused Asgore to declare war, which caused a rift with Toriel that resulted in her leaving, and got six human children killed after they fell into the Underground. And if that wasn't bad enough, Asriel's appearance on the surface drove the cult that Chara had escaped from into a paranoid frenzy, turning them into a threat to everyone in Ebott's Wake until a government standoff broke their hold on the town.
* TheNothingAfterDeath: Near the end of ''Ebott's Wake'', Alphys asks Chara what the afterlife was like. Chara says that they had no concept of the passage of time and did not realize they had died until they "woke up" in Asriel's body, seeing their own corpse. They consider it a positive experience overall, at least compared to the Guardian conception of the afterlife, which is that you continue to experience whatever killed you forever.

* RedRightHand: When Chara has control over Frisk's body, Frisk's [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes glow red]] and their voice takes on an [[VoiceOfTheLegion echoing]] quality. If Chara and Frisk are sharing control, then only Frisk's right eye glows. Appropriately enough, Chara is right handed while Frisk is left handed.
* SelfInflictedHell: Chara can easily take over Frisk's body when they are asleep and even when they are awake. Nothing stopped them from trying to tell other people that they were there, except their own guilt over the fallout from the Buttercup Plan; by the time that Frisk even realizes they aren't alone inside their own head, Chara has been quietly watching for over a year and a half.

* AsYouKnow: Brett's radio announcements often turn into this, or veer close to it. Justified in that a large percentage of the radio station's listening audience consists of monsters and human tourists who are not native to the area. Neither group would necessarily know information that locals are already aware of.

* MrExposition: Brett provides updates on current events through news reports, and is also on the receiving end when DJ Pantz explains magic or monster culture or monster history for the benefit of human listeners.

[[folder:DJ Pantz]]
The on-air nickname of Burgerpants, after leaving Mettaton's employment and joining the radio station.

* StartMyOwn: Proclaims that he'll start a hate group of his own after listening to Dwayne Riley one-too-many times… though in practice, it's just him and his friends playing card games.

[[folder:Jeff Walsh]]
The station technician and sound engineer at KEBT FM.
* AlmightyJanitor: It's stated at least once that Jeff is the backbone of the radio station and it would fall apart without him.
* TheGhost: Jeff is only referred to, never heard on air or described in any way, shape, or form.
* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: Brett, DJ Pantz, and other people who work at the radio station will occasionally mention some interesting fact about Jeff, or refer to some impressive feat he managed to accomplish.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Jeff is never heard on air but instrumental in keeping the radio station running smoothly, or at all. He is mentioned climbing the transmission tower multiple times to get traffic information when the traffic reporter was unable to do so.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Jeff cooperates with DJ Pantz in setting up Brett for a joke about magic, complete with a laugh track sound bite.
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* MellowFellow: Apparently a key part of Lindsey's On-Air persona is that she isn't surprised by anything.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: There just so happens to be one of them for each [=SOUL=] color (if you count [[PosthumousCharacter Byron]]).

--> '''Sans:''' “...Hal Greene. Mechanic, Musician, and all around Wild Card. Now with magic. That's... well, that's probably how the world is going to end.”
* GenerationXerox: Hal's parents are introduced in ''Legacy of the Magi'' and it becomes immediately clear where he gets his enthusiasm.

* LargeHam: Hal is a larger than life figure by any standard, the kind of man with so much enthusiasm that shaking his hand can cause a dislocated shoulder.

--> '''Joe:''' "Hal survived the bike crash, the parade float, the Van Garrett barn fire, ''and'' the chicken pox epidemic in fifth grade. If none of that killed him, then he’s probably a fucking Film/{{Highlander}}."

* NonSequiturThud: Happens when [[BigBad Jordan Cater]] defeats him outside of Dreemurr Elementary School.

* OddFriendship: Flowey and Hal appeared to establish a rapport during the Ebott's Wake Chili Cookoff, a connection that remained even after Flowey transformed back into Asriel Dreemurr. Asriel is implied to consider Hal a sort of role model, wanting to learn to play the guitar after watching Hal play it and eventually learning American Sign Language because Hal was teaching the course.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Officer Steve either had, or still has, a fear of Val Kilmer trying to steal his teeth caused by watching the film ''Film/RealGenius'' at a young age.

* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Played with. The prosthesis that Alphys builds links to Joe's Soul... because it's magic technology and magic and the Soul are connected.

* TheMole: A fairly heroic example, Joe's job was to keep tabs on all the projects going on at All Fine Labs to make sure that monsters weren't actually plotting against humanity.

* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Often plays this roll for Hal.

--> '''Justin:''' “If I get another craving for Red Hots I swear I am going to shoot myself ''in the face''.”

* TokenEvilTeammate: Averted despite the being only member of Shop Class shown to have a LV higher than 1. He's no less a good person than anyone else.

* TheExtremistWasRight: Subverted. There ''were'' monsters under Mt. Ebott, planning on waging war, and out of all the humans that fell into the Underground, only one of them came back… Except the monsters weren't evil, none of the humans died by their hand (in fact, they actually ''adopted'' the first one to fall), and the Sages' reign of terror over the town hurt many of their fellow humans. By the time the story starts, nobody in Ebott's Wake are willing to give them credit for anything, and are especially unwilling to allow them to gain a foothold in the town again.

* IronicHell[=/=]SelfInflictedHell: According to Chara, the Sages believed that anyone who died would be stuck in whatever state they died in for all eternity (i.e. someone who drowned would be drowning forever). There are apparently exceptions to this, which Chara suspects only exist for the purpose of recruitment and loyalty.

* BreakTheHaughty: Chara CallingTheOldManOut ended up doing far more to hurt him than anything else anyone did (with the possible exception of the [[WaveMotionGun Wave/Force Collapse Cannon]] they hit him with immediately after).

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Still cares for his daughter Chara, and his motivations partially involve avenging her death. Not that Chara reciprocates his affections.

* HateSink: While his motivations are somewhat sympathetic, his actions (past and present) and the fact that he constantly acts like ''[[ItsAllAboutMe he]]'' [[ItsAllAboutMe is the only one who's suffered]] ultimately make him a pretty loathsome person.

* WrongGenreSavvy: He thinks he's in a story about defending humanity from an invasion of monsters, which couldn't be further from the truth.

--> '''Jason:''' "What the Sages were doing back then. Those were plays from a playbook I knew by heart. And I was better at the game than they were. If they even looked at me, Diane, or [Frisk] cross-eyed, I would burn Bastion Circle to the ground ''by myself'' and walk away with, at worst, a cool scar I could show off at parties."

* HeelRealization: It's implied he had one regarding his poor parenting of Frisk. In ''Legacy of the Magi'', he says it outright.

[[folder:The Riverperson]]

* CloudCuckooLander: They're a pretty odd monster. Fittingly, they get on famously with fellow CloudCuckooLander Hal Greene.

* SomeCallMeTim: Said nearly word-for-word, but {{Inverted|Trope}} as a trope; rather than standing in for an {{OverlyLong|Name}} or [[TheUnpronounceable Unpronounceable name]], it seems to be filling in the lack of one entirely. As described above, the alternative is just calling them "the Riverperson."

** ''Legacy Of The Magi'' reveals that the Demon is opposing another entity called the Usurper, and implies its ultimate goal is to get everyone a "happy ending".

* DealWithTheDevil: It will help anyone, no matter who they are, so long as they just call… Played with as how much of a "devil" it truly is gets called into question.

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: It's actually quite friendly. At the very least, it's quite casual about being an otherworldly presence. %%we no longer have to take Thomas's word for it, thanks to what we've seen in Legacy of the Magi.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: It's a clear reference to the Player/Anomaly.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: You probably want to stay away from somebody called "The Demon." You also probably don't want to work with "The Trickster" if you can help it, but [[DownplayedTrope that one's less intimidating]].

* WalkingSpoiler: It first appears near the end of ''Ebott's Wake'', and its presence and actions imply something bigger is going on in the background.

* DemotedToExtra: Mettaton does not get that much screen time compared to other characters.

* NoIndoorVoice: Presumably as a result of trying to be heard over the sound of the engine and rotors, Gary shouts most if not all of his dialog.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Gary has a rather extensive vocabulary, and isn't shy about using it.

* MadArtist: Inverted, Elijah is considered to be the [[OnlySaneMan sole voice of reason]] in Shop Class.

* TheDreaded: Has this reputation in town simply because of his unpredictability; get on his bad side and there's no telling what he might do.

* MrFixit: A mechanic by trade, Hal can fix anything with wheels. Or for that matter, without wheels. The only thing he can't seem to fix is the [[RunningGag windmill on the miniature golf course]].

* RefugeInAudacity: Hal drives off reporters that are harassing the Dreemurr Family by playing Rick Astley's ''Never Gonna Give You Up'' on a musical instrument of his own design, with the Riverperson chiming in on the chorus.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Officer Steve either had, or still has, a fear of Val Kilmer trying to steal his teeth caused by watching the film ''Real Genius'' at a young age.

* OmnicidalManiac: After gaining magic, he attempts to summon an entity called "the Demon" to help him destroy the world, believing it would be a better option than being subjugated by Monsterkind.

* DealWithTheDevil: Implies at the end of ''Ebott's Wake'' that he summoned [[EldritchAbomination The Demon]] for help before meeting Cater. Later in ''Legacy Of The Magi'' the Demon busts him out of jail in exchange for help with a project.

* HateSink: Is one in-universe due to his treatment of Frisk. [[MamaBear Toriel]] in particular very much wants his head on a platter. Out-Of-Universe, while he's clearly not a ''good'' person, there are enough HiddenDepths to keep him from being utterly loathesome.
* HeelRealization: It's implied he had one regarding his poor parenting of Frisk.
* KillingIntent: He has a LV of '''6''', beating out even [[BigBad Jordan Cater]].

* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: Seems to have been this at the very least.

The former Riverman (...or Riverwoman?) in the Underground. [[SomeCallMeTim There are some who call them Tim.]]

** "Kindness can be the greatest cruelty."

* CrypticConversation: Anyone who talks to the Riverperson is in for this. Expect some combination of random ramblings and ominous {{Foreshadowing}}.
** Amusingly, they end up on the receiving end of this trope while talking to the Demon.
* DreamWalker: They occasionally appear in other people's dreams.

[[folder:The Demon]]
A mysterious entity summoned by Jordan Cater. Or did he...?

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Its initial appearance, name, and dialogue are a clear reference to a Genocide Ending player, and it's willing to assist [[BigBad Jordan Cater]] when it happens upon it. However, ''Terra Incognita'' shows it pulling strings to help out Frisk and the Monsters, it tries to talk Jordan Cater out of attacking Frisk, and seems to be working with Tim the Riverperson and Thomas O'Dell for another unknown purpose. It also explains that it will help ''anyone'' who calls for it.

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: If Thomas O'Dell is to be believed, it's actually quite friendly. At the very least, it's quite casual about being an otherworldly presence.

* GodzillaThreshold: Seems to have been one for the Sages, a means to "save" the world from the Monsters [[TakingYouWithMe even if it meant destroying it]]. Fortunately for everyone who isn't named Jordan Cater, it doesn't work out like that.

* LivingShadow: Generally manifests as darkness and shadows, but can also take the form of a humanoid figure.
* NoNameGiven: "The Demon" is the name the Sages gave it. What its true name is, or if it even has one, is unknown.

* TimeTravel: Mentions that it can travel between different points in history, but implies that SanDimasTime is in effect for it (which is why it needs Thomas O'Dell to research the Human/Monster War).
* TheTrickster: Monsterkind knows it as "The Trickster".

* BadassPacifist: They get more willing to use force later on, but it takes a while for them to snap at all. Before then, they definitely qualify for this. The biggest example is during the attack on the State of the Kingdom Address, where they successfully get Dwayne Riley to drop his gun simply by standing in front of him and [[KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand daring him to shoot them]].
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: A heavily downplayed example. Frisk isn't ''evil'', but it's theorized that thanks to their [[AbusiveParents upbringing]] they see ''every'' interaction as a fight — though they choose to de-escalate rather than fight back.

A talking flower fond of pulling pranks on the inhabitants of the town. Until he gets his SOUL back, at least.
* Angst:

** At one point in ''Legacy of the Magi'', his stats are impossible to measure accurately, because his maximum HP is increasing ''in real time.'' %%add Soul Link mention

Queen of the monsters, and administrator of Dreemurr Elementary School.

* AllLovingHero: Papyrus is still willing to see the best in anyone and everyone and is willing to extend olive branches to former enemies. Or even current enemies, as [[ExaggeratedTrope when Thomas O'Dell is actively trying to kill him]].

* TookALevelInKindness: While Undyne is still the same [[HotBlooded Hot Blooded]] warrior, she shows a softer side after a year and a half on the surface. Frisk regularly confides in Undyne, even sharing concerns that they don't feel safe sharing with anyone else, including their parents.

--> '''Undyne:''' ''[in fits and starts due to being ill]'' "You. Just because. Because you had to dissolve the kingdom so we could be… whatever we are now. Just because you're not wearing the crown anymore. That doesn't mean you stop being king. You and Toriel, you held things together for ages. I remember Gerson's stories about the early days after the war. The fear, the despair. You turned all of that around. You held everyone together, long before we had all of the amazing science stuff."

* TheTalk: During a not-exactly-a-date, Dr. Aster explains [[BizarreAlienReproduction skeleton reproduction]] to a curious Dr. Ross. Played for laughs, as Dr. Ross is practically stunned into silence not only by how different it is from human reproduction, but by how easy it was for her to beleive [[TheInternetIsForPorn the speculation that she found online]].

* GenderReveal: While [[BigBad Jordan Cater]] refers to Chara as his daughter, Asriel specifically mentions that Chara preferred they and them pronouns.

* TheNothingAfterDeath: Near the end of ''Ebott's Wake'', Alphys asks Chara what the afterlife was like. Chara says that they had no concept of the passage of time and did not realize they had died until they "woke up" in Asriel's body, seeing their own corpse. They consider it a positive experience overall, at least compared to the Guardian conception of the afterlife, which is [[EasyRoadToHell apparently]] [[IronicHell very]] [[SelfInflictedHell unpleasant]].

** When they finally work up the nerve to reveal the secret to Toriel, they're unable to tell her and have to resort to [[GoodThingYouCanHeal a forceful demonstration]].

* KillingIntent: Has a LV of 1 and a LV Cap of 20. The latter becomes a plot point: Frisk becomes worried about what their friends and family would think if they find out, while everyone else is concerned about [[AbusiveParents what caused it to get so high in the first place]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: Frisk believes that they qualify as this and that they will no longer have a place in the Dreemurr family once they manage to restore Asriel completely.
** Once Asriel is restored, the start to see themself as one for Chara as well.

A talking flower fond of pulling pranks on the inhabitants of the town.

* PlayingWithFire: Asriel was a prodigy at fire magic when he was younger, but he has trouble using it after his restoration. It takes seeing [[TheDragon Thomas O'Dell]] [[BerserkButton attack]] [[MoralityPet Papyrus]] for Asriel to completely get it back.

* MyBelovedSmother: Toriel is protective of Frisk, but has gotten better about allowing her children to take risks and make their own decisions. At one point, she realizes that Frisk's lack of arguing or acting out is actually a sign that [[StepfordSmiler something]] [[AbusiveParents is]] [[ParentalNeglect wrong]].

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Played with. Sans's eyes glow naturally, and his left eye glows blue when using his [[GravityMaster powers]]. When they ''stop'' glowing is when you should be worried.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to the main BigBad, Jordan Cater, while fighting outside of the hospital. Cater attempts to give Sans a [[ShutUpKirk "Shut Up, Kirk!"]] but gets hit by a GroinAttack before he can build up to it.

* AllLovingHero: Papyrus is still willing to see the best in anyone and everyone, and is willing to extend olive branches to former enemies.

* OddFriendship: With Flowey / Asriel Dreemurr.
* SocialMediaBeforeReason: A positive version in ''Terra Incognita'' when Papyrus starts taking pictures of the activities being done on the surface; this has the dual purpose of keeping the monsters still in the Underground up to date on current events, and providing first hand experience of monsters to the human population in a format that is readily accessible. By the time the events of ''Ebott's Wake'' take place, Papyrus is a social media icon with almost a million followers.

* AmicableExes: With Toriel.

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Gary Welkin is widely considered the most popular on-air personality at KEBT FM, and is practically a local celebrity to the point where the Ebott's Wake Tourism Board used his likeness (without permission) to promote the town before monsters appeared.

* FantasticRacism: He thinks of the Monsters in RPG terms (i.e. KillThemAll and take their loot), ignoring the fact that they aren't AlwaysChaoticEvil.

* BadassBeard: Facial hair is one of the descriptors that comes up most often when Mike is mentioned.

The ten year old ambassador between monsters and humans.

* AmbiguousGender: Neither humans nor monsters can easily tell if Frisk is a boy, a girl, or none of the above. Dialogue from the doctors operating on Frisk [[GenderReveal indicates that they are female]] and Chara uses she and her as pronouns when talking about Frisk. It's implied that Frisk got so used to everyone using they and them pronouns that they decided to [[SureLetsGoWithThat roll with it]].

* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: A heavily downplayed example. Frisk isn't ''evil'', but it's theorized that thanks to their [[AbusiveParents upbringing]] they see ''every'' interaction as a fight - though they choose to de-escalate rather than fight back.

* SitcomArchNemesis: Implied to have this relationship with a boy at another elementary school in town. Frisk says they look forward to only having to look forward to dealing with him once [[BigBad Jordan Cater]] is neutralized.

* MustMakeAmends: Not long after getting his old body back, Asriel starts trying to figure out how make up for all of the things he did as Flowey. This is complicated by the fact that his worst actions took place in forgotten timelines that only he remembers; everyone else in town just remembers a year and a half worth of pranks, and a number of the town's inhabitants are willing to let those pranks slide when they understand [[FateWorseThanDeath what happened to him]].

A short, pun loving skeleton monster with a reputation for being lazy.

* CharacterDevelopment: After a year and a half on the surface with no sign of resets, Sans appears to have let go of the fatalism seen in the final battles of the Genocide Run and True Pacifist Runs of ''Undertale''. This also comes with a [[HeelRealization Heel Realization]] when he realizes that he would have been just fine letting all of the Fallen Humans wander around the Underground until they died, including Frisk, save for the fact that Toriel made him promise to watch out for them.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to the main [[BigBad Jordan Cater]] while fighting outside of the hospital. Cater attempts to give Sans a [[ShutUpKirk "Shut Up, Kirk!"]] but gets hit by a [[GroinAttack Groin Attack]] before he can build up to it.

* ShockAndAwe: Alphys is shown having a particular affinity for lightning and electrical magic. It's implied in ''Terra Incognita'' that, if she had a thorough understanding of the hardware and software behind the electronic voting machines being used by the town, she could hack them with magic alone. She ends up explaining this while trying to explain to Officer Steve of the Ebott's Wake Police Department that she actually doesn't have that information, [[DiggingYourselfDeeper and even if she did]] she wouldn't want to use it like that.

* StartMyOwn: Proclaims that he'll start a hate group of his own after listening to Dwayne Riley one-too-many times... though in practice, it's just him and his friends playing card games.

* TheConspiracy - Albeit one aimed at stopping another conspiracy.
* TrueCompanions - The members of Shop Class were all friends since childhood.

* PoliceAreUseless: Zig-zagged; while the police do not fair well against [[BigBad Jordan Cater]] or [[TheDragon Thomas O'Dell]], this is implied to be the result of a lack of familiarity with magic. The chapters with the focus on the reborn Guardians organization show that they are actually starving for manpower and resources, and eventually the entire safehouse network is raided. In the lead up to Thomas O'Dell's attack on All Fine Labs, it's shown that Officer Steve was less than an hour behind him when he found O'Dell's last safehouse.

* TokenEvilTeammate - Averted despite the being only member of Shop Class shown to have a LV higher than 1. He's no less a good person than anyone else.

* PosthumousCharacter - Killed by the Sages before the story began.

* EvilVirtues: They put a lot of stock in the seven SOUL traits (Determination, Patience, Bravery, Kindness, Justice, Perseverance, and Integrity), though obviously twisted to fit their agendas and propaganda; Kindness, for instance,was generally reserved for other sages and nobody else, least of all monsterkind.
* TheExtremistWasRight: Subverted. There ''were'' monsters under Mt. Ebott, planning on waging war, and out of all the humans that fell into the Underground, only one of them came back... Except the monsters weren't evil, none of the humans died by their hand (in fact, they actually ''adopted'' the first one to fall), and the Sages' reign of terror over the town hurt many of their fellow humans. By the time the story starts, nobody in Ebott's Wake are willing to give them credit for anything, and are especially unwilling to allow them to gain a foothold in the town again.

* KillingIntent - His EXP and LV are unstated, but he's able to hurt Undyne despite the latter's armor due to this.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain - Treated as the butt of the joke until the State of the Kingdom Address. Ultimately subverted: He's unwilling to finish off Undyne if it means harming Frisk, and he turns out to be an UnwittingPawn in the resurgence of the Sages.
* PragmaticVillainy - ''Terra Incognita'' reveals he actually voted to recognize monsters as citizens since they'd have restrictions against market manipulation that way.
* ReformedButNotTamed - He still hates monsters after Papyrus befriends him, with the latter acting as a MoralityChain.
* RightWingMilitiaFanatic - Has shades of this.
* TheUsualAdversaries - He and the AML in general are seen as little more than a nuisance rather than a genuine threat... at least until they raid the State of the Kingdom Address.

The former Riverman(...or Riverwoman?)in the Underground. [[SomeCallMeTim There are some who call them Tim.]]

* DealWithTheDevil: It will help anyone, no matter who they are, so long as they just call... Played with as how much of a "devil" it truly is gets called into question.

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: If Thomas O'Dell is to be believed, it's actually quite friendly. At the very least it's quite casual about being an otherworldly presence.

* RealityEnsues: Hal has experienced multiple injuries in his life as a result of his disregard for personal safety and common sense. These include but are not limited to broken bones, a severed thumb, burns, near electrocution, and having to have his stomach pumped at least once.

* DayOfTheJackboot: They took over Ebott's Wake for several years after Asriel came down the mountain. Events like people dissappearing were pretty common.

* IronicHell[=/=]SelfInflictedHell: According to Chara, the Sages believed that anyone who died would be stuck in whatever state they died in for all eternity (i.e. someone who drowned would be drowning forever). There are apparently exceptions to this, which Chara suspects only exist for the purpose of recruitment.

* DealWithTheDevil: Implies at the end of ''Ebott's Wake'' that he summoned [[EldritchAbomination The Demon]] for help before meeting Cater. Later in ''Legacy Of The Magi'' The Demon busts him out of jail in exchange for help with a project.

* NotSoHarmlessVillain - Treated as the butt of the joke until the State of the Kingdom Address. Ultimately subverted: He's unwilling to finish off Undyne if it means harming Frisk, and he's ultimatley an UnwittingPawn in the resurgence of the Sages.

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: If Thomas O'Dell is to be believed, it's actually quite friendly.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Its initial appearance and dialogue are a clear reference to the Genocide Ending, and it's willing to assist [[BigBad Jordan Cater]]. However, ''Terra Incognita'' shows it pulling strings to help out Frisk and the Monsters, it tries to talk Jordan Cater out of attacking Frisk, and seems to be working with Tim the Riverperson and Thomas O'Dell for another unknown purpose. It also explains that it will help ''anyone'' who calls for it.

* DealWithTheDevil: It will help anyone, no matter who they are, so long as they call for it... Played with as how much of a "devil" it truly is gets called into question.

* PragmaticVillany - ''Terra Incognita'' reveals he actually voted to recognize monsters as citizens since they'd have restrictions against market manipulation that way.

An unknown entity that the Demon opposes.

* EvilCounterpart: Implied to be one for the Demon; however, the Demon theorizes that it actually isn't this trope, but [[IWantToBeLikeYou wants to be.]]

* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: A heavily downplayed example. Frisk isn't ''evil'', but it's theorized that thanks to their [[AbusiveParents upbringing]] they see ''every'' interaction as a fight to be de-escalated.

* HateSink: Is one in-universe due to his treatment of Frisk. [[MamaBear Toriel]] in particular very much wants his head on a platter.

* UnseenEvil

** Frisk sees themself as one for Chara as well.

* GodzillaThreshold: Seems to have been one for the Sages, a means "save"
the world from the Monsters [[TakingYouWithMe even if it meant destroying it]]. Fortunately for everyone who isn't named Jordan Cater, it doesn't work out like that.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Its initial appearance and dialogue are a clear reference to the Genocide Ending, and it's willing to assist [[BigBad Jordan Cater]]. However, ''Terra Incognita'' shows it pulling strings to help out Frisk and the Monsters, it tries to talk Jordan Cater out of attacking Frisk, and seems to be working with Tim the Riverperson and Thomas O'Dell for another unknown purpose. It also explains that it will help ''anyone'' who calls for help.

the world from the Monsters[[TakingYouWithMe even if it meant destroying it]]. Fortunately for everyone who isn't named Jordan Cater, it doesn't work out like that.

* WalkingSpoiler

An unseen entity that the Demon opposes.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Its initial appearance and dialogue bring to mind the Genocide Ending, and it's perfectly willing to help whoever summoned it, including [[BigBad the Sages]]. However, ''Terra Incognita'' shows it pulling strings to help out Frisk and the Monsters, it tries to talk Jordan Cater out of attacking Frisk, and seems to be working with Tim the Riverperson and Thomas O'Dell for another unknown purpose.

* EldritchAbomination: Some sort of interdimensional entity.
* LivingShadow: Generally manifests as shadows in the corner of the room, but can also take the form of a humanoid figure.

* KillingIntent - While his LV and EXP are never stated, he manages to hurt Undyne pretty badly due to this.

* AbusiveParents: Very much so. There's a reason Frisk climbed the mountain, after all.

* DayOfTheJackboot: They took over Ebott's Wake for several years after Asriel came down the mountain.

* TricksterArchetype: Monsterkind knows it as "The Trickster".