History WebAnimation / Interlopers

-->-- '''Core!Frisk, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI2tBAhW8kw Interlopers Introduction]]'''

** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI2tBAhW8kw Core's POV]]" - A reflection on events from Core!Frisk's point of view.
* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj9e22JWSnA Alphys & Gaster's Dilemma]]" - Gaster has a small talk with Core!Frisk on how to proceed with the Chara and Buddy situation.

* BigGood: Downplayed, but since Core!Frisk and Gaster were the ones to bring Chara and Buddy together and at least one of them wants them to have a change of heart and improve themselves, they can be counted as this.

* ShipTease: Zig-zagged. Chara and Buddy getting together romantically is played for laughs at first, with the idea being Gaster's BerserkButton. However, their chemistry and dynamic seems to support this outcome more with every episode. [[spoiler:Ultimately subverted in the comics. When Buddy tries to make a move on Chara while drunk, Chara becomes so disgusted they throw up.]]

The series is comprised of several animated shorts and episodes, each showcasing either a battle or the point of view of a character on certain events. A [[https://www.deviantart.com/tc-96/gallery/69632579/just-the-comic comic]] hosted on TC-96's Deviantart page details what happens between the videos.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4W1ypinmU4 The Good, the Bad and the Kiwi Pt.2]]" - Chara and Buddy finally catch up to Kiwi. Have they finally gorwn strong enough to defeat him?

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj9e22JWSnA Alphys & Gaster's Dilemma]]" - Gaster has a small talk with Core!Frisk on how to proceed with the Chara and Buddy-situation.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Unlike in her home series, Bete Noire has just awakened when the duo encounters her, and being found out by Chara leaves her no room to use any of the trickery that got her as far as she did. Her opponents are also much more powerful than Glitchtale's main cast, with Chara being higher in LV than Frisk was at his best. Naturally, [[spoiler:she is subjected to a complete CurbStompBattle. Even making the duo hallucinate does little to slow them down as Chara recovers quick enough to deprive Betty of her arms, allowing a very pissed Buddy to brutally finish her off.]]

* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler: ''Interlopers'' ends with Chara and Buddy embarking on a journey through Olathe, in order to find a second Joy-vaccine for Chara.]]

* BackToBackBadasses: [[spoiler: After teaming up in ''Chara's Hate'', Chara and Buddy defeat Hate's army in a matter of seconds.]]

** Chara, at the end of "Chara vs Jim Sterling". [[spoiler: Jim has them literally pinned down to the floor, with their legs broken and prepares to make them go through a FateWorseThanDeath in order to avenge Papyrus. If it hadn't been for Buddy's intervention, Chara's journey would have been over right then and there.]]
** Buddy, in "VS Béte Noire". [[spoiler: Betty makes her hallucinate Rando in the middle of their fight, effectively horrifying and stunning her. Chara narrowly manages to break out of Béte's spell and cut off her arms shortly before she's able to axe off Buddy.]]

** The "The Battles To Come"-trailer showed silhouettes of and a short fight scene with what looked to be Asriel and Frisk from ''Webcomic/{{Endertale}}''. [[spoiler: In the ''Interlopers'' webcomic it's revealed that the Asriel and Frisk in said trailer actually hail from ''Siblingtale'', which takes place a significant amount of time after Endertale and symbolizes a possible GoodEnding to that story.]]
** When Chara is close to dying in ''The Good, the Bad and the Kiwi, Pt.2'' [[spoiler: they lose control of Hate, who announces that it's had enough of Chara's waste of their determination and prepares to take over their body again - only for Kiwi to violently murder it in the middle of it's villainous speech.]]
* {{Bathos}}: ''Interlopers'' is a story about two child-warriors embarking on an intense journey of introspection and death - with tons of memes, pop-culture references and no small amount of jokes at the protagonists' expense.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: "Chara's Hate" sees the hatred Chara harbors in their soul spin out of control and attempt to take over their body. It almost makes them kill Buddy, before she manages to enter their mindscape and convince them that she won't stab them in the back, after which they reconcile and fight and defeat Hate together.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Chara and Buddy finally manage to defeat Kiwi (or at least come out alive at the end of the confrontation), but Chara had to take Joy to ensure their victory. Not only will they become addicted to it now, the Joy's side effects will eventually turn Chara into a mutant. But their shared adventure has caused a strong bond to develop between Buddy and Chara and both of them have become overall better people through the experience. Buddy also remembers that there might still be vaccines in her world. And so, with a bit of help from Kiwi, the two of them enter Olathe in search of a cure for Chara, leaving Chara's old world and their bloody past behind for good.]]
* BodyHorror: Fitting for it's DarkerAndEdgier nature, ''Interlopers'' has a lot of this. The fight between Chara and Buddy especially features ''a lot'' of on-screen dismemberment, EyeScream and gore.

* ChekhovsGun: In the comics, Chara picks up the chocolate bar from Toriel's fridge shortly before they and Buddy embark on their journey across dimensions. [[spoiler: After the events of ''Chara's Hate'' they share it with Buddy as a show of trust and to prove that they don't hate her.]]

* DimensionalTraveler: The premise of the series. With the help of Buddy's void matter particle coated sword, her and Chara are able to track down Kiwi-Frisk over multiple alternate universes.

* EvilVersusEvil: Pretty much the entirety of "VS Béte Noire". Chara, a genocidal [[AGodAmI Megalomaniac]] and Buddy, a selfish {{Jerkass}} with a UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans-mentality find themselves fighting a HumanoidAbomination who seeks to destroy all monsters. None of them are people you would root for under normal circumstances.

* IgnoredAesop: [[spoiler: {{PlayedForLaughs}} During ''The Good, the Bad and the Kiwi Pt.1'', Siblingtale-Chara gives Chara and Buddy a heartwarming speech about how fighting out of hatred is ultimately pointless and how everyone can change for the better if they try. It briefly looks like at least Buddy is starting to come around - only for her and Chara to revert right back to murderous rage when they notice Kiwi is standing behind them.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Downplayed. [[spoiler: Buddy and Chara beating Betty to a pulp leads to Betty's plans being postponed and the ''Glitchtale''-cast gets to enjoy happiness for at least a little longer.]]

* LadySwearsALot: Buddy frequently swears, moreso when shes angry. Chara isn't too fond of it.
* ShipTease: Zig-zagged. Chara and Buddy getting together romantically is played for laughs at first, with the idea being Gaster's BerserkButton. However their chemistry and dynamic seems to support this outcome more with every episode. [[spoiler: Ultimately subverted in the comics. When Buddy tries to make a move on Chara while drunk, Chara becomes so disgusted they throw up.]]

* SealedEvilInADuel: Gaster's original intention when he brought Buddy to the Underground. Buddy and Chara fighting each other for all eternity would have locked Chara in a basically inescapable AndIMustScream-situation. Too bad Kiwi chose to get involved.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: At the beginning of the series Buddy doesn't particularly like Chara, but she's willing to work with them to defeat Kiwi-Frisk and Chara's feelings towards Buddy are neutral at best.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler: The series epilogue has Core inform the viewers of the fates of the people Chara and Buddy have encountered on their journey. Siblingtale-Asriel and Siblingtale-Frisk remained on edge for a while after their encounter with Chara and Buddy, but ultimately gave up their search for them. Asriel decides to give Chara's abandoned heart locket to Astell. Jim meets with Alphys who gifts him with a robotic arm to replace the one Buddy cut off. The two become good friends and later on, Alphys rises to queen of the Underground and leads it to her best ability with Jim by her side. The woman Buddy rescued escapes from the war-zone with this universes baby Chara and lives to raise him lovingly. She also searches for Buddy for a good while, but after being unable to find her, decides to use her talents as a painter to make a portrait of Buddy to at least thank her in some way. Betty has to both physically and emotionally recover from her loss against Chara and Buddy, leading to her having to put her plans on hold. While this doesn't lead to her abandoning them completely, the ''Glitchtale''-cast at least gets a bit more time to be happy before Betty attacks.]]

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: [[spoiler: Siblingtale-Chara briefly takes over Siblingtale-Frisk's body to try and talk Chara down, telling them that the birth of Astell allowed them to feel hope for future generations and that determination to protect loved ones will always be stronger than determination born of hatred. The moment is then ruined by Kiwi's reappearance.]]

* RealityEnsues: Unlike in her home series, Bete Noire has just awakened when the duo encounters her, and being found out by Chara leaves her no room to use any of the trickery that got her as far as she did. Her opponents are also much more powerful than Glitchtale's main cast, with Chara being higher in LV than Frisk was at his best. Naturally, [[spoiler:she is subjected to a complete CurbStompBattle. Even making the duo hallucinate does little to slow them down as Chara recovers quick enough to deprive Betty of her arms, allowing a very pissed Buddy to brutally finish her off.]]

* BaitAndSwitch: The "The Battles To Come"-trailer showed silhouettes of and a short fight scene with what looked to be Asriel and Frisk from ''Webcomic/{{Endertale}}''. [[spoiler: In the ''Interlopers'' webcomic it's revealed that the Asriel and Frisk in said trailer actually hail from ''Siblingtale'', which takes place a significant amount of time after Endertale and symbolizes a possible GoodEnding to that story.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Chara and Buddy finally manage to defeat Kiwi ( or at least come out alive at the end of the confrontation), but Char had to take Joy to ensure their victory. Not only will they become addicted to it now, the Joy's side effects will eventually turn Chara into a mutant. But their shared adventure has caused a strong bodn to develop between Buddy and Char and both of them have become overall better people though the experience. Buddy also remembers that there might still be vaccines in her world. And so, with a bit of help from Kiwi, the two of them enter Olathe in search of a cure for Chara, leaving Chara's world and their bloody past behind for good.]]

* NotSoDifferent: A major re-occuring theme of the show is just how similar Chara and Buddy are. Both of them are children who were tasked with saving an entire species due to being the only one of their respective kind among said species. But both of them chose to go down a dark path in order to achieve that goal and ultimately lost themselves in their violent urges, leading to them indirectly causing the death of a loved one.

* ShoutOut: In "Patching Things Up", Gaster has a vision of Chara and Buddy flirting while the Underground burns around them, their dialogue quoting [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Zuko and Mai]]'s angsty love confession from ''Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheBeach''.

* TeethclenchedTeamwork: At the beginning of the series Buddy doesn't particularly like Chara, but she's willing to work with them to defeat Kiwi-Frisk and Chara's feelings towards Buddy are neutral at best.