History WebAnimation / Glitchtale

** In "*Determination", Chara is able to teleport, and the graphics when they do implies they're able to do so primarily because of the timeline glitches that restored them in the first place. [[Disney/WreckItRalph They're not the first video game character able to teleport due to glitches.]]

* Retgone: [[spoiler: Frisk's fate at the end of "My promise".]]

* VillainHasaPoint: Agate wanted to keep the barrier up so humans would not get attacked.

* BiggerBad: Happens in both seasons:
** While it seems like Chara is the big bad of Season 1 at first, [[spoiler:Frisk's hate is actually controlling them]].
** While it seems like Jessica Gray, head of the AMD, is the big bad of Season 2, [[spoiler:Betty and Akuma are manipulating her... until the HATE she devours ends up being the bigger bad to ''her'']].

* Retgone: [[spoiler: Frisks fate at the end of "My promise".]]

* GoOutWithASmile:
** [[spoiler:Sans, [[StepfordSmiler as is to be expected.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Alphys, too, for similar reasons... slightly heartwarming, though, in that it shows she doesn't blame Undyne for her death.]]
** [[spoiler:Asriel, smiling at Frisk as he dies from Akumu's stab wound.]]
** [[spoiler:Frisk, smiling at Chara as they swap places in My Promise.]]
** [[spoiler:Chara, smiling at Asriel as he creates the second timeline and fades away in Game Over, Part 1.]]
** [[spoiler:Jessica Grey, after saving Gaster at the cost of her own life, smiles sadly at the picture of her and her daughter before she is crushed.]]

* '''Season 1''' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRKnF2lV-5M Full Compilation]])
** '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCzDrlnOYY0 Megalomaniac]]"''' - The animation that started it all. After all but completely [[TheCorrupter corrupting Frisk]] and guiding them on a genocidal path through the Underground, Chara sets their sights on Sans.
*** Both Jael Panaloza (Jakei, creator of {{Webanimation/Underverse}}) and super youmna (creator of Othertale) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcEij1HdtV0 made a reanimation of this episode]] that retells the events for Glitchtale's Second Anniversary.
** '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4tGTxbnujY Yet Darker]]"''' - Not long after the events of the first episode, W.D. Gaster seeks to undo his accidental [[RetGone death]] by [[PoweredByAForsakenChild stealing Frisk's soul]].
*** Came with a short EasterEgg epilogue clip that the animator later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmMJDYVyD-A made public]].
** '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-iO-I0oGn8 *Determination]]"''' - The events of the previous videos has "glitched" the timeline enough for Chara to return as their own separate entity, allowing them to steal the essence of Frisk's [[TheDeterminator determination]]; Sans and Flowey [[EnemyMine must team up]] to stop them.
** '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_kc80dPD5g Your Best Friend]]"''' - It's time for round two against Chara, and this time, Sans calls on an old friend to help him and Flowey with the fight.
** '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oZtRw1tHVQ Continue]]"''' - The battle over the timelines will be determined by the battle between Chara and Asriel.

* '''Season 2'''
** '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUdm30XHWVU My Sunshine]]"''' - With the events of the previous season long past them, the monsters and Frisk still need to convince the ambassador of the Anti-Monster Department to join their side, while a certain girl also appears much to Frisk's surprise.
** '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W82A03JTaqQ Dust]]"''' - Everything is going downhill as Asgore is placed into jail, Papyrus is tricked into following a human's command, and Gaster makes a startling discovery about one of the main cast's friends.
** '''"[[https://youtu.be/ANF6L7tIkd0 Do or Die]]"''' - In light of the events featured previously, Frisk tries to stay determined. Gaster, on the other hand, intends to face the newest threat to their safety directly.
** '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq0Ky_3pD-Q&t=0s LOVE (Part 1)]]"''' - The situation gets dire for the main cast, and in light of it, Frisk starts making harsher, even crueler decisions as the main threat grows in power.
** '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUkYEJcGhIo Love (Part 2)]]"''' - As Frisk faces off against Bête Noire, Asriel faces an important talk with Asgore after what happened last episode before facing his old self and going out and helping Frisk. Additionally, Gaster feels anguish after he makes a shocking discovery about Jessica.
** '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKEGJQWx5yY My Promise]]"''' - With tensions rising up and everyone growing desperate as friends are becoming wounded, Frisk decides to take drastic measures to save the timeline.
** '''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNeSUiBhpUA Game Over (Part 1)]]''' - With Chara in the lead, Gaster tries more experiments to save Sans, Papyrus is starting to snap, and a new person emerges with an offer for Jessica. Things can't get worse, or can they?
*** ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b30NoSmJa6U&t=4s Failed Timeline - Chara vs Asriel]]"'' - A short glimpse of how things went wrong originally and what steps were taken to try and gain a better outcome. Who said that this was the original timeline?
** '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hMgb4pGE9U Game Over (Part 2)]]"''' - Bête Noire has made her move on the city. As the army struggles to mount a defense against the onslaught of soul-eating blobs, Chara and company race to cut off the problem at its source. The final battle has begun.
** '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVZKjHh4Qj0 HATE]]"''' - It's a race against time to stop Bête Noire, and the stakes are rising slowly with every passing minute. But it's not over yet. As new and old clash, ideals are tested, and pasts are flung into the present... Not everyone is going to make it out alive.

* '''Side Stories'''
** While not officially canon to the other shorts, much of what is in '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOlsP81zV4c Sans vs. Flowey]]"''' fits easily in the setting established with the other videos. Keep in mind that it predates the series, so it might be a tad sloppy in comparison. It goes into detail about Sans causing "more than my fair share of resets"; namely Omega Flowey repeatedly losing against Sans.
** '''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5c7lOOdEyQ Glitchtale Origins: The Black Beast]]"'''- An origin story for the Bête Noire, including a more detailed glimpse of the tale of the twin rulers.

-->Episode 1: "get dunked on, you '''megalomaniac'''." [[spoiler:(Sans, after defeating Chara and before resetting)]]\\

-->Episode 1: [[spoiler:Those monsters sealed their fate when they killed '''my sunshine'''. (Jessica Gray, after a mysterious figure offers her a way to avenge her daughter.)]]\\

-->'''Gaster''': [[spoiler:"The pink trait... [[MeaningfulName 'A Bete Noire']], [[EvilAllAlong The soul of FEAR]]"]]

--> '''Asriel''': Leave me...? Just how you abandoned father... And your kingdom, when everyone needed you the most? How hypocritical can you get? It's no wonder I don't feel anything for you anymore.\\

--> '''Frisk''': [[spoiler:I can't really fix the timeline the way it is right now... so... I wan't you to take my place]]\\

Episode 6: But for you... It's '''Game Over''' [[spoiler:Betty in battle with Chara]].

** While it seems like Jessica Gray, head of the AMD, is the big bad of Season 2, [[spoiler:Betty and Akuma are manipulating her... until the HATE she devours ends up being the bigger bad to HER]].

** Gaster's mug in Love Part 2. [[spoiler:It's how Papyrus gets Gaster to follow his emotions instead of logical reasoning]]. Also, In LOVE Part 1, [[spoiler:Gaster sees his memory of his failed experiment, and how it ended up killing him. Skip 2 episodes in, and Gaster uses the same experiment again, this time by using Frisk. It goes well because Gaster has determination this time.]]* Foreshadowing: In [[WhamEpisode Dust]], when [[spoiler:Sans dies]], Gaster dramatically drops his mug. In Love, Part 2, Papyrus reveals that he's repaired Gaster's coffee mug. Later that episode, [[spoiler:Sans is brought back]].
** In My Promise, Toriel and Asgore are given more focus. This is similar to [[spoiler: Papyrus's increased focus in Love, the same episode he brings back Sans]]. Sure enough, [[spoiler:that episode, Toriel and Asgore are given the job of bringing back Asriel]]. However, this is also the episode where [[spoiler: the conflict between Toriel and Asgore is brought up regarding the war Asgore declared]]. Sure enough, [[spoiler: that's the thing that prevents either of them from bringing back Asriel]].

* ComesGreatResponsibility: [=S2E4=] gives us a pointed lesson about what can happen when even the kindest people are given more power than they should have. [[spoiler:Specifically, it goes into Frisk's real motivations behind the resets: they keep trying to find something new and were too curious and/or bored to let time move on. They got more than they bargained for when they realized one of the timelines was glitched, but decided to press on anyway just to see if anything changed. Their antics not only end with them trapping themselves in the timeline, but also forfeiting their power over it - right before Betty's rampage began, causing numerous deaths that Frisk was powerless to stop.]]

** At first, Chara fueled by their evil Determination delivers one to the main heroes -- even [[TheAce Gaster]] can only take a few hits from them. [[spoiler:Once Flowey transforms into God of Hyperdeath Asriel, he flips it completely around. While Chara does indeed get several hits on Asriel, he stands up without a single scratch on him, whereas midway through the fight Chara takes too much damage and even though Asriel SAVES them from the Darkness, they still die.]]
** In ''Love Part 1'', [[spoiler: Undyne hands Betty her ass on a silver plate thanks to her Determination, even ''after'' Akumu eats the entire Hate vial.]]
** In ''Love Part 2'', [[spoiler: Frisk's initial attempt to battle Betty at only LV 3 ends with them being on the receiving end of one.]]

** Asgore, as in canon, ordered the death of any human who fell into the Underground for [[spoiler:Chara and Asriel's deaths]]. It turns out that [[spoiler:one of the humans who were killed was Jessica Grey's daughter, who's fury at discovering this fact ruins a chance for peace between humans and monsters and plays right into Betty's hands. Gaster nearly continues it, but ultimately Grey has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment and makes a HeelFaceTurn and he spares her, breaking it.]]

** Implied to be what happened to Copper Lightvale in "The Black Beast"; after witnessing [[spoiler: Amber's death]], his SOUL turns white, indicating he's lost his trait of Determination. He also offers no resistance to Agate killing him right afterwards.

* FreeRangeChildren: In "My Sunshine" we've got Frisk and Betty. But this is Justified since Frisk can use magic and knows defense spells. [[spoiler:The same can be said for Betty.]]
* FusionDance: Frisk has figured out how to do this [[spoiler:after doing it to give Sans the power to defeat Chara. They end up doing it with Omega Flowey in order to truly resurrect him as Asriel.]]

** [[spoiler:Betty murdering part of the cast]] proves to be another one. [[spoiler:Her actions prompt Frisk to start gaining LV]].

** [[spoiler: Frisk after Betty kills Asriel and their LV gets instantly jacked to 19.]]
** Gaster has many variants of these. With both his sons alive, his eyes are Blue and Red. [[spoiler: With Sans dead, it's just Red. If both are dead, Gaster gets Purple eyes of doom.]]]

** After [[spoiler: Sans and Asriel are revived by Betty with their hate, they give off pink glowing eyes.]]

** [[spoiler:Gaster is the BigBad of Yet Darker, but becomes an ally after Sans resurrects him. It helps that with the former, it was an example of CameBackWrong and when Sans does it, it's a proper example.]]

** [[spoiler: Asriel willingly went against Betty knowing he needed to stop her, if not for Frisk's sake because of Asgore's pep talk. He dies because of this.]]

* HopeSpot: At the end of "My Sunshine", [[spoiler:it looks like Miss Grey, the head of the Anti-Monster Division, has come around and is willing to make peace with the monsters. Then Asgore is asked how the barrier was broken, and confesses that it was broken with the souls of fallen humans, all of which were children, and describes the last child as having blue eyes and wearing a pink tutu -- a dead ringer for Miss Grey's lost daughter, who ran away 20 years ago, which was how long ago Asgore said the last child fell. [[MamaBear Miss Grey immediately turns away from the idea of peace with the monsters and vows to avenge her daughter.]]]]

** [[spoiler:Sans at the end of Love, Part 2; the same happens to Asriel in My Promise; both are revived by Betty and both revolved around hate.]]

** Season 1 has Chara, who desires to gain power over the timelines and Frisk's soul, although their spot is temporarily stolen by [[InterimVillain Gaster]] in "Yet Darker". [[spoiler:It turns out that the true villain is not Chara themselves, but the sentient Hate causing them to act evil as a result of Frisk choosing a Genocide route in the past.]]
** Season 2 appears to have Jessica Grey, head of the Anti-Monster Division. [[spoiler:However, it's revealed that the girl known as Betty is actually an incarnation of someone with a Fear trait and the entity manipulating Grey, along with her monster guardian Akumu, whom Betty feeds the souls of monsters to... until the Hate that Akumu devoured for her starts manipulating her, too, weakening her and feeding off her energy.]]

** [[spoiler:Betty herself is arguably this in regards to Hate, being on the receiving end of a possible DemonicPossession by it should it go out of control, and with it already having a previous season to show how dangerous it is.]]

** While it seems like Jessica Gray, head of the AMD, is the big bad of Season 2, [[spoiler:Betty and Akuma are manipulating her... until the hate she devours ends up being the bigger bad to HER]].

** In ''Love: Part 2,'' [[spoiler:Sans returns under the influence of Betty and Hate]].

** [[spoiler:Frisk's Genocide Route dumped all the hate accumulated into Chara, who came back to seek revenge on Frisk for getting away without any consequences. Asriel breaks the cycle by forgiving Frisk and Chara.]]

* DemonicPossession: What is truly revealed about [[spoiler:how Chara got all that hate. The hate was originally generated by Frisk on their Genocide run. The hate generated by Frisk was then dumped because of their happy memories, but seeing as Hate is sentient, it found a new host, that being Chara. Chara at first refused Hate, out of their love for Asriel, and because of their past ideals, so hate took to the easier option of just out-right possessing Chara. Cue Season 1.]]

** ''*Determination'' ends with [[spoiler:Frisk's Determination stolen by Chara, who now has control over the timeline and has, unbeknownst to them at the time, gained a new power in the form of Hate.]]
** ''Dust''. [[spoiler:Betty is revealed to be EvilAllAlong, Papyrus is framed and arrested for something he didn't intend to do, Sans is ''killed'', and Betty goes off scot-free, now with a vial containing Chara's leftover Hate from Season 1. The ''only'' silver lining is that Gaster gains a 50% power boost from Sans' death.]]

** [[spoiler:Love (the emotion, not Level of Violence) beats Hate, being its antithesis. Chara is borderline unstoppable until Asriel realizes this and he and Frisk use it to purge Hate from them. Papyrus later uses his brotherly love for Sans to free him from the Hate Betty infected his soul with to try and use him against Frisk. This causes Frisk to realize this is how it works and resolve to use love to beat Betty rather than [=LOVE=].]]

** Ironically, [[spoiler: Betty learns this herself after Akumu devours the vial of Hate, and realizes that they'd underestimated it. For one, it's ''sentient.'']]

* HistoryRepeats: In the first official episode of ''Glitchtale'' called ''Megalomaniac,'' Frisk (LV 19) fights against Sans while Hate wraps around their Soul. Eventually, Frisk manages to break free of the Hate and end the fight. In ''Love: Part 2'', [[spoiler:Frisk (LV 19) fights against Sans while Hate wraps around ''his'' Soul. Eventually, Sans manages to break free of the Hate and end the fight,]] in almost a mirror of the original battle.

** [[spoiler:Chara under Hate's influence, who not only wants to kill everyone, but tries to convince Asriel to press a third button that will erase the timeline.]]

** [[spoiler:Frisk's genocide run generated an actual substance called Hate, which is not only sentient, but capable of possessing people like it does to Chara.]]

** Being possessed by Hate seems to give you the power to speak these. [[Asriel talks to Asgore about how one of the prime reasons he waged war against humanity was revenge when Asriel died by refusing that, and he talks to Toriel about how she was cowardly and selfish when she left Asgore to struggle for a century managing a job meant for two people.]]
** Averted, however, with a [[spoiler:Hate-controlled Sans. He loved his brother so much, he can't be mad at him]].

** In "Dust", [[spoiler:she transforms into Mrs. Grey's daughter to convince her to hand over the vial of hate]].

* ThatWasntARequest: At the end of "Dust", [[spoiler:Betty does this to Ms. Grey when the latter refuses to give the former a vial filled with Hate]].

Episode 4 Part 2: We'll use the opposite of Hate. '''Love''' [[spoiler:(Frisk after learning that Asriel may be able to be saved)]]\\

* TooCoolToLive: [[spoiler:Sans, who is shown to still be very strong when having his magic weakened, is killed off 2 episodes into Season 2. Even when he is revived, he is left stuck in a comatose state for a few more episodes before he finally wakes up at the end of "Game Over: Part 2.]]

* TooPowerfulToLive: [[spoiler:Sans, who is shown to still be very strong when having his magic weakened, is killed off 2 episodes into Season 2. Even when he is revived, he is left stuck in a comatose state for a few more episodes before he finally wakes up at the end of "Game Over: Part 2.]]

* TheReveal: Jessica's daughter was one of the fallen children.
** Later on, [[spoiler:Betty is actually the Soul of Fear]].
** And lastly, [[spoiler:This is not the first time Glitchtale has happened]].

** When Undyne sees [[spoiler:Jessica being killed by a pink blob, she flashes back to Alphys being killed by Betty and tricking her into dealing the final blow. Because of this, she passes up a chance to save Jessica, and Jessica is stabbed in the chest by the blob. Luckily, Asgore arrives just in time to save Jessica, and is fine by the next episode]].

** Regarding Betty: [[spoiler:"The pink trait... [[MeaningfulName 'A Bete Noire']], [[EvilAllAlong The soul of FEAR]]"]]

--> '''Asriel''': Leave me...? Just how you abandoned father... And your kingdom, when everyone needed you the most? How hypocritical can you get? It's no wonder I don't feel anything for you anymore.
--> [[spoiler:(Cue Asriel striking Toriel with lightning)]]
** There are a few possible points in the conversation between [[spoiler:Frisk and Chara]] in My Promise. First is when Frisk tells [[spoiler:Chara that "I want you to take my place".]] Another point is when Frisk tells [[spoiler:Chara that "I won't be able to go back with you."]]

** There's a pretty big one in Game Over, Part 2, but it's so quick the average viewer is likely to miss it. [[spoiler:While Betty is [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans giving]] [[MotiveRant her]] [[EvilGloating speech]], there's a montage of the remaining players in the game. The first seven - Gaster, Papyrus, Undyne, Asgore, Toriel, Asriel and Chara - are nothing notable, except for the fact that Papyrus looks a bit injured... but the seventh is Sans, ''now fully awake, both eyes glowing''.]]

* AnAesop: While people should be held accountable for their actions, everyone still deserves a second chance to make up for past sins. And holding on to your hate for too long will corrupt you.

** Becomes a major plot point in "Dust", where the same device is used to [[spoiler:frame Papyrus and have Sans BroughtDownToNormal, which directly leads to him dying]]. Fortunately, even though monsters are MadeOfMagic, it's not enough to kill them.

* AscendedExtra: The blue SOUL plays a ''much'' bigger role in Glitchtale than it did in the game.

** [[spoiler:Jessica Grey, too, once she realizes how dangerous Betty really is.]]

* FutureImperfect: When Gaster reads [[spoiler: The Tale of the Two Siblings, it fails to mention Amber at all, instead including such irregularities such as the kingdom falling into ruins from a "rematch" between Copper and Agate. In reality, there was no rematch at all; Agate forces Copper to fight her, but his refusal leads into Amber's death, and eventually him. It also fails at showing the true color of FEAR: ''dark orange''.]]

** Ms. Grey in "Do or Die" [[spoiler:when she sees Asriel after she helped kill Sans, but before most knew about her MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment and subsequent HeelFaceTurn. She has an even bigger one right after when Gaster nearly kills her]].

* ShoutOut: In "*Determination", Chara is able to teleport, and the graphics when they do implies they're able to do so primarily because of the timeline glitches that restored them in the first place. [[Disney/WreckItRalph They're not the first video game character able to teleport due to glitches.]]

* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:Frisk's Genocide Run rose Chara from their grave, while corrupting and twisting them with all the [[ThePowerOfHate generated hate]] into the BigBad they are seen as in the series.]]
** There's also [[spoiler:Gaster in ''Yet Darker''.]]
** And in ''Love: Part 2,'' [[spoiler:Sans returns under the influence of Betty and Hate]].

* ChekhovsGun: The AMD security cameras. [[spoiler:Sans and Asriel use them to find out that Betty made Frisk hallucinate the car that almost killed her and that she wasn't with Gaster during the meeting.]]

** Gaster's mug in Love Part 2. [[spoiler: It's how Papyrus gets Gaster to follow his emotions instead of logical reasoning]]. Also, In LOVE Part 1, [[spoiler: Gaster sees his memory of his failed experiment, and how it ended up killing him. Skip 2 episodes in, and Gaster uses the same experiment again, this time by using Frisk. It goes well because Gaster has determination this time.]]* Foreshadowing: In [[WhamEpisode Dust]], when [[spoiler:Sans dies]], Gaster dramatically drops his mug. In Love, Part 2, Papyrus reveals that he's repaired Gaster's coffee mug. Later that episode, [[spoiler:Sans is brought back]].

** Frisk, as the player character, doesn't have a backstory and was simply created by the game. They are also the only one tied the game as opposed to the world itself, [[spoiler: meaning that they can give their soul to somebody else and grant those powers onto them]].
* DemonicPossession: What is truly revealed about [[spoiler: how Chara got all that hate. The hate was originally generated by Frisk on their Genocide run. The hate generated by Frisk was then dumped because of their happy memories, but seeing as Hate is sentient, it found a new host, that being Chara. Chara at first refused Hate, out of their love for Asriel, and because of their past ideals, so hate took to the easier option of just out-right possessing Chara. Cue Season 1.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: Implied to be what happened to Copper Lightvale in "The Black Beast"; after witnessing [[spoiler: Amber's death]], his SOUL turns white, indicating he's lost his trait of Determination. He also offers no resistance to Agate killing him right afterwards.

* DownerEnding

* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler:Chara]] ''loves'' doing these. And so does [[spoiler: Betty]].

* FantasticRacism: The Anti-Monster Division (AMD).

* Foreshadowing: At the end of the trailer for Game Over, Part 2, Betty slashes her scythe at [[spoiler:Jessica Grey. While Jessica doesn't die in that moment, she does die later on in the episode]].

* GodzillaThreshold: Chara existing is what reaches it; the 'Godzilla'? [[spoiler:Omega Flowey, being willingly given the 6 souls.]]

* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:Sans, [[StepfordSmiler as is to be expected.]]]]

** [[spoiler: Asriel, smiling at Frisk as he dies from Akumu's stab wound.]]
** [[spoiler: Frisk, smiling at Chara as they swap places in My Promise.]]
** [[spoiler: Chara, smiling at Asriel as he creates the second timeline and fades away in Game Over, Part 1.]]
** [[spoiler: And, in part 2 of Game Over, Jessica Grey, after saving Gaster at the cost of her own life, smiles sadly at the picture of her and her daughter before she is crushed.]]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Sans' glowing blue eye, naturally. [[spoiler:After fusing with Frisk's soul, his ''other'' eye glows.]]

* HeartbrokenBadass: Frisk from what is seen in Do or Die. [[spoiler:Their heart literally breaks because of Sans' death.]]

%%** The ending of ''Love Part 2''.
%%* HumanoidAbomination:
%%** [[spoiler:This aspect of Chara is played up BIG TIME.]]
%%** [[spoiler:Betty is no different; in fact, she might as well be "Chara 2.0". She takes it UpToEleven and throws a nice lampshade on it to boot.]]
%%--> [[spoiler:'''Betty''': Who told you I was a monster? Or even human?]]

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Happens a few times through the series.

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Alphys]] is killed at the end of "Do or Die."
** Several of the children at Toriel's school are also killed in the same episode, with the boy with a Kindness soul (Cam) getting the most focus.

* MeaningfulName: Ms. Grey; she holds a lot of sadness because [[spoiler:her daughter, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname "Sunshine"]], was killed by monsters.]] She also brings GrayAndGreyMorality to the story because while she is sympathetic, she also leads a [[FantasticRacism racist organization]].

* MusicalSpoiler: Not quite ''musical'', but a variation of the trope occurs in the fourth animation. [[spoiler:After Sans uses his "real special attack" on Chara, the sound of their soul breaking is heard but not followed by the accompanying sound of it shattering. Careful listeners watching may recognize this as a sign they're NotQuiteDead.]]

* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: When [[spoiler:Sans dies]], Gaster is seen with his blue eyelight going out. Camilla mentioned [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWO31RhDsLI&t=141s in the description of one of her speedpaints]] that this means that Gaster received 50% of his power [[spoiler:back from Sans]], because monster logic. This means Gaster will become more powerful than ever before.

* NotQuiteDead: From what is seen in "Do or Die", [[spoiler:Sans' SOUL is not destroyed and shattered yet like most monster souls, leaving enough of a chance for him to come back that he eventually does.]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Chara's soul is so damaged that their DETERMINATION was the only thing keeping them alive, and once it and their hatred broke, they fade away, but give Asriel what's left so he can break the barrier and free the monsters.]]
** The death of [[spoiler:Jessica in Game Over, Part 2 could count as well, although Gaster had forgiven her before knowing she was going to perform a [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice]]]].
* ResetButton: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] as of the third animation, as Frisk and Sans's repeated use of it is what [[NiceJobBreakingItHero allowed Chara to return in the first place]].
** [[ReconstructedTrope Reconstructed]] in the fourth part, because since the timeline was cracked enough for Chara to make it back on their own, [[spoiler:Gaster was also able to return (with a little help)]].

-->Episode 1: "get dunked on, you '''megalomaniac'''." [[spoiler:(Sans, after defeating Chara and before resetting)]]
-->Episode 3: [* '''Determination'''] [[spoiler:(The Save File after Chara establishes theirs)]]
-->Episode 4: [[spoiler:"Hey, Chara. It's me. '''Your Best Friend'''." (Asriel, once revived)]]
-->Episode 5: [[spoiler:[* You tell Sans "I won't reset again...from now on, I just want to '''CONTINUE'''."] (Frisk, after destroying the ResetButton)]]

-->Episode 1: [[spoiler:Those monsters sealed their fate when they killed '''my sunshine'''. (Jessica Gray, after a mysterious figure offers her a way to avenge her daughter.)]]
-->Episode 2: [[spoiler:Don't worry, I'll keep my promise. I'll turn all those monsters to '''dust'''. (Betty, to Jessica, while doing... [[NothingIsScarier some]][[ColdBloodedTorture thing]] to her offscreen.)]]
-->Episode 3: [[spoiler:I will strike you down, '''Do or Die'''. (Undyne the Undying, facing Betty in her LastStand)]]
-->Episode 4 Part 1: [[spoiler: Lv 1 -> [[WhamShot Lv 2]] ("Lv" here being short for the episode's title, "LOVE".)]]
-->Episode 4 Part 2: We'll use the opposite of Hate. '''Love''' [[spoiler:(Frisk after learning that Asriel may be able to be saved)]]
-->Episode 5: [[spoiler: Keep '''My Promise'''... (Frisk before getting erased.)]]
-->Episode 6: But for you... It's '''Game Over''' [[spoiler:Betty in battle with Chara]].

* Trauma Button: Both Undyne and Gaster have these after their respective fights with [[spoiler:Betty]].

* TriumphantReprise: [[spoiler:Asriel's FinalBoss theme Hopes and Dreams plays as his ThemeMusicPowerUp when he's fighting Chara.]]

* WaveMotionGun: [[spoiler:Chara and Asriel naturally spend the FinalBattle of season 1 throwing these at one another.]]

** Played up BIG TIME with Gaster's new attack Duality. Heck, it can even '''Rapid fire'''.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:"Best Friend" heavily implies ''Chara'' was this. That the entire plan of suicide and bonding with Asriel was all to get the remaining human souls needed to break the barrier. It wasn't revenge or not the main thing... It was because Chara loved the monsters. Asriel calls them out when they try to deny it.]]
** The new character in Game Over, Part 1, - Rave Rutrow - seems to be one of these, as he runs a company of {{Magitek}} weapons, which Ronan Cass appears to have moral qualms about since they're being used in a city with civilians. Only time will tell if he leans more to this trope or the [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist other trope]].

* WhamLine: Regarding Betty: [[spoiler:"The pink trait... [[MeaningfulName 'A Bete Noire']], [[EvilAllAlong The soul of FEAR]]"]]

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:When Frisk admits that they were considering resetting after Papyrus got framed and arrested, Sans goes nuclear on them.]]

* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:Despite how powerful each of them have shown to be, Sans, Omega Flowey, and Gaster are overpowered by Chara and nearly killed. The only one powerful enough to fight them one on one is Asriel in his TrueFinalBoss form.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: Chara certainly had no problem trying to kill Frisk.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Gaster gives this speech to Frisk in "Do Or Die" when the latter starts to have doubts as to whether they can defeat the BigBad.

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:"I can't find Asriel." Even worse because, at this point, he's already been killed by Betty.]]

* AntiMagic: Becomes a major plot point in "Dust", where the same device is used to [[spoiler:frame Papyrus and have Sans BroughtDownToNormal, which directly leads to him dying]]. Fortunately, even though monsters are MadeOfMagic, it's not enough to kill them.

* TheAtoner: Frisk, obviously, though the exact degree isn't clear until the fifth video revealing [[spoiler:they had a few pacifist runs at least before doing the fateful Genocide run]].
** [[spoiler:Jessica Grey, too, now that Betty is completely out of control.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:"*Determination" ends with Chara stealing the essence of Frisk's [[TitleDrop determination]], with Sans and Flowey forced to retreat with the latter while the former [[AGodAmI establishes a SAVE file]].]]

* BarrierWarrior: Everyone with access to [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Green]] magic can do this. Frisk can also use determination to achieve the same effect.
** Also Papyrus can pull off the same effect [[spoiler:with Gaster Blasters]].
* BeamOWar: Subverted in "Your Best Friend". When Gaster fires a laser at Chara, Chara's knife can be seen turning yellow, indicating that they're about to return fire. But when Sans throws Chara into the beam, Chara simply teleports away.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Frisk, especially as of ''Love''. Although it was made clear from the end of Season 1 that they weren't as kind or innocent as they pretended to be, they seemed to genuinely care about all of the monsters from the start of the series forward--[[LetsGetDangerous which is one of the reasons they start acting so cruel in the late second season.]]

*** [[spoiler:Betty herself is arguably this in regards to Hate, being on the receiving end of a possible DemonicPossession by it should it go out of control, and with it already having a previous season to show how dangerous it is.]]

** [[spoiler: Asriel gets skewered by Kumu.]]

* NumberOfTheBeast: [[spoiler:Gaster]] has 666666 HP, [[spoiler:allowing him to survive taking a hit from Chara [[TakingTheBullet instead of Sans taking it for Frisk]], albeit leaving Gaster with less than 0.5% of his HP left]].
* OffTheRails: Frisk essentially knocks things off it by [[spoiler:breaking out of Chara and TakingTheBullet for Sans and giving him her soul to defeat Chara and reset things. This is what causes the glitches, causing things to go ''further'' off the rails.]]

** [[spoiler:Chara gets one when they see that Sans has their ResetButton at the end of "Megalomaniac".]]

** Flowey gets one later in "*Determination" when he sees [[spoiler:[[EvilerThanThou Chara]] taking Frisk hostage in the True Lab]].

** Frisk gets one in "My Sunshine" when they realize [[spoiler:Miss Grey's daughter was the Blue Soul]].

** Asriel gets one in "Dust" [[spoiler:when Sans dies and Asriel realizes his last words]].

** Most of the times in Love part 1 where [[spoiler: Undyne hands Betty's ass on a silver platter. She cannot comprehend that monsters can have determination.]]

* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:Chara, who not only wants to kill everyone, but tries to convince Asriel to press a third button that will erase the timeline.]]

*** Really, it just seems like anyone corrupted with hate is an omnicidal maniac, regardless of who they were before.

** As of "Dust," [[spoiler:Gaster has done this in regards to Sans]]. And as of "Love, Part 2," [[spoiler: Asgore and Toriel to Asriel... AGAIN]].

* ThePowerOfHate: [[spoiler:Frisk's genocide run generated an actual substance called Hate, which is not only sentient, but capable of possessing people like it does to Chara.]]

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:The InternalReveal that Asgore killed six human children to break the Barrier puts a serious damper in any attempts to secure peace between humans and monsters. ''Especially'' when one of them was the [[FantasticRacism AMD]] leader's daughter.]]

** In Game Over, Part 1, the episode before was the WhamEpisode My Promise, where Asriel was possessed and Frisk was replaced with Chara, and the episode after is Game Over, Part 2, where a battle takes place between [[spoiler: Mettaton and Betty and a giant kaiju-sized blob monster begins to attack the city]]. There's no battles or deaths in this episode.

** In Game Over, Part 1, the episode before was the [[WhamEpisode Wham Episode]] My Promise, where Asriel was possessed and Frisk was replaced with Chara, and the episode after is Game Over, Part 2, where a battle takes place between [[spoiler: Mettaton and Betty and a giant kaiju-sized blob monster begins to attack the city]]. There's no battles or deaths in this episode.

** [[spoiler:Another [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed Example]], but Mettaton is apparently set to have a role in either Game Over, Part 2, or episode seven of Season 2. Even though he appeared early this Season, that will have been over two years ago by the time Game Over, Part 2 is released]].

** In Game Over, Part 1, the episode before was the [[WhamEpisode Wham Episode]] My Promise, where Asriel was possessed and Frisk was replaced with Chara, and the episode after is Game Over, Part 2, where a battle will take place between either [[spoiler:Undyne and Betty or Mettaton and Betty]]. There's no battles or deaths in this episode.