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13	!This page is for the game in general. For specific chapters, use the links below.
14	[[index]]
15	* [[YMMV/DeltaruneChapter1TheBeginning Chapter 1]]
16	* [[YMMV/DeltaruneChapter2ACybersWorld Chapter 2]]
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18	* [[AwesomeBosses/{{Deltarune}} Awesome Bosses]]
19	* [[AwesomeMusic/{{Deltarune}} Awesome Music]]
20	* [[Fanon/{{Deltarune}} Fanon]]
21	* [[Memes/{{Deltarune}} Memes]]
22	* [[Woobie/{{Deltarune}} The Woobie]]
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31	* {{Adorkable}}:
32	** Lancer is just a genuinely friendly child who happens to be on the side of evil.
33	** Ralsei is a big fuzzy pushover whose reaction to Kris hugging him is to basically be reduced to a silent, blushing wreck. He even blushes in Chapter 1 if Kris stands face-to-face with him long enough.
34	** Alphys is the same dork she was in ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', but as a school teacher.
35	** Noelle is a GamerChick and a ShrinkingViolet who [[CrushBlush blushes deeply]] when Susie is around.
36	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: As to be expected from Creator/TobyFox. So much so that it got its own [[AwesomeMusic/{{Deltarune}} page]].
37	* BrokenBase:
38	** Debates about whether [[AmbiguousSituation Kris breaks free of the player's influence or they get possessed by Chara or another character in Chapter 1's ending]] tend to become [[FlameWar Flame Wars]] very often, due to the fact that Chara is one of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''[='s=] most [[BaseBreakingCharacter Base-Breaking Characters]]. These debates tend to open old wounds about how good or evil Chara is and how much if any control they have over Frisk in ''Undertale''[='s=] genocide run. Ultimately, all these debates were resolved in the most comedic way, when Chapter 2 revealed that Kris took the knife and just ate the pie Toriel baked for them. Although them ripping out their SOUL is implied to have actually happened and have consequences for the rest of the game, given that Kris does it twice more near the end of Chapter 2, and managed to open up a new debate of whether or not Kris is the Knight, due to their ability to open fountains.
39	** As with the prior game in regards to Frisk and Chara, there's been heavy debate over whether or not Kris is canonically nonbinary, arguably even more so given what's been shown in-game. One side says that the constant use of they/them pronouns by people who knew them their whole lives and Kris explicitly being shown to be their own character from the get-go is canon proof that they are, while the other side argues that it could just be a case of GenderInclusiveWriting and that Kris being non-binary is only one interpretation among others. Some even argue that the pronouns for Kris is also a case of gender-neutral writing to make their [[AmbiguousGender gender ambiguous]] while others claim that it's not ambiguous and not using they/them would be misgendering Kris. Like before, some fans say that it's pointless trying to argue over their gender identity while others say that there's enough evidence to consider them canonically nonbinary, especially since nonbinary characters get little representation as is already. Whenever the topic is brought up, it can get pretty heated at best or turn into a FlameWar at worst.
40	** W.D. Gaster's role, if there is any, is a hot-button issue, with some people believing he will have a major role later in the story, while others believe he is completely irrelevant to the story, and ''any'' potential hint to his involvement is merely a RedHerring on Toby's part.
41	* CommonKnowledge: There are many, many, '''''[[RuleOfThree many]]''''' fan works that have only four Addisons in them: a blue, yellow, orange and pink one (and sometimes a bonus fifth one if they portray Spamton as an Addison). In reality, there are at least ''seven'' of them: two blue, two orange, two pink,and one yellow.
42	* CrackPairing:
43	** Shipping Susie with ''Berdly'' of all people had a following behind it for a time, in spite of them having never interacted in Chapter 1 at all and Berdly's whole characterization boiling down to being a SmugSnake AcademicAlphaBitch. This ship now has some legitimate steam, with Berdly coming to fall for Susie during the events of Chapter 2.
44	** Taken a step further with Kris/Berdly, which started as somewhat of a joke, but ended up gaining genuine support. It seemingly exists for no reason other than [[PairTheSpares it's the only pairing between the main Lightners]] that doesn't come into conflict with the fandom's most popular pairing of Susie and Noelle.
45	** Twitter user [=PopitTart=] [[https://twitter.com/PopitTart_/status/1448128384907636739 suggested]] Nubert/The original [[gold:Starwalker]], i.e. the ultimate ''Deltarune'' ship.
46	** The "1 2 3 blueaddison cyber cafe sex" meme inspired jokingly shipping the blue Addison with Swatch, due to interpreting "cyber cafe" as the Color Cafe, where Swatch naturally is.
47	* CrazyIsCool: The two {{superboss}}es qualify to a high scale:
48	** Jevil is verifiably crazy, crazy! So much so that he was actually locked up in order to keep everyone else safe, yet he insists that ''he'' is the only free man and the rest of the world is imprisoned, referring to the inside of his cell as "the outside". He's also aware of the fact that he's in a video game, has a bullet pattern that revolves around the bullet screen in 3D, foreshadows things that no one else even mentions, and has voiced lines, so he's verifiably also awesome.
49	** Spamton doubles this with CreepyAwesome. He speaks like a corrupted machine, is obsessed with "making deals" with Kris, and looks like a messed-up salaryman version of [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio Pinocchio]] crossed with Mettaton NEO during his secret fight.
50	* CreepyCute: Both of the {{superboss}}es are seen as this by fans:
51	** While Jevil is without a doubt an insane, erratic MonsterClown, people still find him oddly adorable, given how he's a small, pudgy imp.
52	** Bizarrely, Spamton. Despite his villainy and creepy qualities as a glitchy and manipulative PerversePuppet, many fans view him as an {{Adorkable}} and UglyCute JerkassWoobie whom they want to take home and give a hug.
53	* CrossoverShip: Spamton is frequently shipped with Chimata Tenkyuu from ''VideoGame/TouhouKouryuudouUnconnectedMarketeers'' due to both being egotistical money-obsessed businesspeople with colorful designs that look like they're made from patchwork.
54	* DiagnosedByTheAudience: A sizable chunk of fans headcanon Kris as autistic. This interpretation focuses on a large number of traits, but the most prominent ones are their aloofness and disconnect from their peers as the only human in a town of monsters, which is easy to read as an allegory for being neurodivergent in an otherwise neurotypical social environment, their HeroicMime status, which resonates well with nonverbal and semi-verbal autistic fans, and their surprisingly in-depth enthusiasm for odd, niche subjects, which parallel autistic special interests. Other commonly-cited parallels include their dislike of big, sudden hugs, their unusual and sensory-centric taste in food, and the EasterEgg where the player can repeatedly flush a toilet, which autistic audiences cite as resembling a stim.
55	* DieForOurShip:
56	** It took until Chapter 2 for Noelle to truly even interact with Susie, but her expressing attraction back when the first chapter was released has led to many jumping to conclusions that this will be Alphys/Undyne all over again and are livid at the idea of Susie paired up with anyone other than Noelle. On the other hand, there are those who wish death for Noelle so that they could instead ship Susie with someone else.
57	** Ralsei also gets ship-related kerfuffles hurled his way from people who would rather ship Kris with someone else due to his reactions to being hugged by Kris and him blushing around Kris if they stand close to him being perceived as ShipTease.
58	* DracoInLeatherPants: At least one person speculates that King has more of a FreudianExcuse than he lets on, even if [[HateSink there are practically no notable redeeming qualities of his]]. This would end up becoming HilariousInHindsight come the release of Chapter 2, which actually does give him some ''very'' minor redeeming qualities and some genuinely funny dialogue with Queen.
59	* DryDockedShip:
60	** While their relationship is rather vague in-game, a lot of fanworks portray King and Queen as ex-lovers and Lancer's parents, to the point that many consider it {{Fanon}}.
61	** A common interpretation of Seam and Jevil's relationship is that they were a couple before the latter went insane.
62	** Due to the meme of Spamton being a "divorce mascot", it's common fanon that he's divorced, with the most common candidates for his ex being Swatch and Jevil.
63	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
64	** While the main party of the game, as well as major character Lancer, are certainly all-around well-received, so too are two minor antagonists: [[LargeHam Rouxls Kaard]], for his hilarious ineptitude in stopping the party throughout the castle, and the {{superboss}}, Jevil, for how utterly unique his arena and nature are, the fascinating hints of the game's greater backstory he provides, ''[[SuddenlyVoiced the fact that he has actual voice lines,]]'' and providing an ''[[AwesomeBosses/VideoGames awesomely]]'' challenging boss fight. Rouxls Kaard appears again in Chapter 2, having a new role and even his own minigame.
65	** Among the minor enemies, K. Round gets the most love for its ridiculous concept and fun fight gimmicks. Clover also gets a lot of attention and fan art due to her design, to the point where a rematch with her was made available as one of Castle Town's challenges in Chapter 2.
66	** Seam the shopkeeper gets some love from the community from their PunnyName, their stuffed toy appearance, their [[TheCynic cheerily nihilistic personality]], and their HiddenDepths involving Jevil. [[RuleOfThree Again,]] in Chapter 2, Seam set up a shop in Ralsei's town.
67	** Despite her very small role in the main story of Chapter 2,[[note]]only appearing in one battle (discounting her dojo challenge spots in the epilogue) and being offhandedly mentioned in an optional conversation with Swatch[[/note]] [[RobotMaid Tasque Manager]] quickly gained her own set of fans after the game's release thanks to her soothing and sultry voice clips, her whip motif, and her comparatively curvy looks. Her popularity ended up rivaling Spamton, with fans describing her as [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} "Deltarune's Muffet"]].
68	** While introduced in the 6-year ''Undertale'' anniversary stream as a joke background character everyone [[RememberTheNewGuy somehow already knows and loves]], Nubert has had a pretty positive reception, though it likely mostly stems from the hilarity of playing along. Still, seems everyone really ''does'' love Nubert. [[PhraseCatcher My man!]]
69	** The original [[gold:Starwalker]]. Like Nubert, they're a random gag character with no impact on the plot, but after joining you in Chapter 2 and [[InexplicablyAwesome somehow surviving the whole journey (even taking part in the final battle)]], they skyrocketed in popularity for this very reason.
70	** Due to their roles in Spamton's backstory, being estranged old friends and possible siblings who eventually come to lament what became of him after he transforms into your gear, the Addisons end up getting a share of focus thanks to Spamton's explosive popularity. The Pink Addison (or [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals Addisons]] if they are different vendors) is especially popular, due to a combination of getting slightly more screentime than the others, being seen selling the heroes cotton candy in one segment and selling the Freeze Ring on the Weird Route before Noelle submits him to UncertainDoom, and also having a design with a ponytail that's easy to SelfFanservice into a LongHairedPrettyBoy. The Blue Addison(s) also get some bonus fame thanks to being portrayed as a NiceGuy who tried to help Spamton after he hit rock bottom (and a [[MemeticMutation memetic]] fanmade error message implying they had sex at a "Cyber Café").
71	** Sweet Cap'n Cakes, because of the name of their band serving as a neat ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' reference and being a trio of funny CuteMachines.
72	** The Swatchlings became this to the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom to a rather big degree due to being {{Battle Butler}}s characterized in-game as MrFanservice workers with {{Adorkable}} sides. Likewise, head butler Swatch has also grown pretty popular for their handsome design, polite personality and alluded-to relations to Roulxs and Spamton.
73	** Father Alvin, a minor hometown NPC, has started to gain large amounts of popularity due to his potential to be [[TheDogWasTheMastermind The Knight]].
74	* EpilepticTrees:
75	** Why is everything the same, yet different? What is with the {{Significant Anagram}}s? Why is everyone acting like the events of the first game didn't happen? Why do these things contradict the first game? Just about everyone agrees that it must have to do with the space-time continuum getting screwed up and/or having something to do with Gaster.
76	** Who is Kris? Are they Chara, Frisk, some sort of fusion, or someone completely new? While their design is most reminiscent of Chara, they do share certain elements with Frisk that Chara lacked (most notable being the yellow skin tone, something Frisk had while Chara's was more pale). The ending of Chapter 1 heavily implies them to be like Genocide Ending Chara, but that still doesn't explain why they're called Kris or why no one recognizes them as Chara. It's worth noting that Toby has stated that "...what you're seeing here is not the world of ''UNDERTALE''. ''UNDERTALE's'' world and ending are the same as however you left them." Although, knowing his storytelling style, there's absolutely the possibility of an ExactWords situation coming to light come ''Deltarune's'' full release.
77	*** When you save for the first time, you save over a previous save file for Kris, and the new save file from then on will be under the name you gave yourself, the player, at the beginning. What's going on? Who are you? What have you done?
78	** ''What exactly is Gaster's involvement in the game?'' There are tons of apparent references him throughout the game: the mysterious figure on Toby Fox's Twitter account who introduced it uses the phrase "VERY, VERY INTERESTING", the speaker in the game's intro sequence who speaks in the same way as the aforementioned figure, the game shuts down if his name is inputted in the character creator, the "garbage noise" that plays when Kris uses the phone in the Dark World (which is the same as mus_st_him, which plays during Entry 17), the slowed-down "garbage noise" playing in the bunker, the mysterious figure in Jevil and Spamton's backstories (who are referred to with clear references to Gaster such as "darker yet darker" and "garbage noise"), the text that seemingly describes "mysteryman" in the code, and most crucially the Wingdings text[[note]]Translating to "THIS NEXT EXPERIMENT SEEMS VERY VERY INTERESTING" and later "THREE HEROES APPEARED TO BANISH THE ANGELS HEAVEN".[[/note]] on the game's website from 2015 up to the game's reveal in 2018. Many people have also tied his "DARKER YET DARKER" log to the game's "dark" theme, as well. Is he going to be vital to the plot? Or is this all an elaborate RedHerring?
79	** What does Susie have to do with all of this? The Clam Girl/Goner from ''Undertale'' mentions a "Suzy" multiple times in the game, so is this the same one? If so, what does she have to do with Frisk and Gaster?
80	** Who is the person Jevil met that caused him to GoMadFromTheRevelation? His vision of the world being one big game is generally agreed to point towards Gaster since Seam quotes him when discussing Jevil, but Gaster himself isn't really associated with the fourth wall in ''Undertale''. Is it the Knight, who he mentions but never appears?
81	*** This is followed up in Chapter 2 by Spamton, who much like Jevil is said to have once been a normal Darkner corrupted to near-insanity by an unknown figure, mentions the Knight in his dialogue, and also has what appears to be a suspicious nod to Gaster in his backstory (in this case, the reference to the "garbage noise" on his phone; the noise on Kris's phone, which is the same as that from Entry Number 17, is also referred to as "garbage noise"). In addition, both bosses are revealed to hand out Shadow Crystals when defeated; these similarities seem to suggest they were both corrupted by the same entity. Just ''who'' was it?
82	** How many of those questions are answered simply by Toby's [[http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqn3p9 official statement that this is "not the world of ''UNDERTALE''"]]? One might even say that the original world of ''Undertale'' is UNALTERED and the new world is UNRELATED, which [[SignificantAnagram is very suspicious on its own]].
83	*** For that matter, just ''[[MetaphoricallyTrue how]]'' truthful is Toby's statement that 'your actions don't matter in this world'? On one hand, the game goes out of its way to try and deny the player freedom of choice and ''technically'' Chapter 1 ends with the King being overthrown no matter what the player does. However, the ''context'' of the King's overthrowing is vastly different depending on how violent the player was during the course of the game. Either Kris or Susie get run out of the world by the Darkners if they took a violent approach, or Lancer overthrows his father and the two Lightners depart from the world on civil terms by the pacifistic one. How much choice does the player actually have? Was the statement just a RedHerring to throw people off who have grown on to [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} the original game]]? Or will circumstances like what happens in Chapter 1's ending lead to some turn of events that will somehow undo whatever the player has accomplished?
84	*** Chapter 2 ended up making this even more complicated. While playing through the chapter normally will take you through a regular plot with 1 ending, there's a hidden "Weird Route" you can take by building up Kris's bond with Noelle and coaxing her to freeze every foe possible with her ice spells, culminating in using the secret [=SnowGrave=] spell against Berdly, which is implied to ''kill'' him in the real world. This ends up having multiple consequences on your playthrough, despite the ending being the same. Just how much control ''do'' you have over the game's events? Toby Fox has said that ''Deltarune'' will only have one ending, but that the choices the player makes may not be meaningless, as there are things other than simply reaching an ending.
85	** The whole point of ''Deltarune'' is that "your choices don't matter" by turning your "choices" into QuickTimeEvents that quickly get {{subverted\|Trope}}, rendering it impossible to click X or Y decision. Why is that completely ignored when you enter the Light World? Is there any significance to it, or is it only because Toby wanted the players to be able to relax and dig up the lore of Hometown on their own without being forced to?
86	** Just ''what'' is being said [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyFukA2M21c in the garbled vocals]] of Spamton NEO's theme? How can we tell if we aren't mishearing the lyrics, or if these are even supposed to be lyrics and vocals at all? The most people have been able to interpret is "pull the strings and make them ring", which is one of the possible descriptions in the text box during the fight.
87	** Who is the [[BigBad Knight]]? Is it [[EvilAllAlong Kris]], since they clearly opened a fountain in front of the player's eyes? Is it [[ChekhovsGunman The Vessel we created]] at the intro sequence due to the Knight [[ItIsDehumanising being referred to using it/its pronouns]] and the visuals of the fountains resembling the background of the "Goner Maker"? Is it [[AdaptationalVillainy Undyne]], since she has the weapons, determination and escapism needed to both want to and actually make the fountains? Is it [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Father Alvin]], since he is clearly remoseful for using his father's hammer for something, and has the same ties to Holiness as the Knight? Is it Pizzapants?
88	** A common theory is that Sans is from the world of ''Deltarune''. Commonly cited evidence includes him having the same sprites in both games, Sans's dialogue in his boss fight talking about how he "can't go back somewhere anymore", Snowdin residents mentioned how him and his brother "showed up out from nowhere" and the picture in Sans' secret room having the ArcWords "don't forget".
89	* EvilIsCool: To say Spamton is beloved by the fanbase is [[{{Pun}} underselling]] it, and even before the Weird Route he stands out as one of the most malevolent characters in the series since Flowey, being exceptionally murderous, insane, and all-around shady, making even [[CreepyAwesome Jevil]] look lucid and sane in comparison, with a disturbing secret boss fight with one of the darkest contexts since the last game. This reception continues into the Weird Route, which showcases some of his [[MoralEventHorizon worst actions]], manipulating the Player's curiosity regarding the route to turn Noelle into a murderer so he can take over the dark world, [[CardCarryingVillain dropping any semblance of sympathy]] in one final encounter full of EvilGloating. This contrasts with the route's other villain, the [[YouBastard Soul/Player]], who is more feared and disliked among the fanbase (morbid jokes not withstanding) rather than loved.
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93	* FandomEnragingMisconception:
94	** The antagonists of Chapters 1 and 2 are named King and Queen, respectively, and nothing else. King is occasionally referred to as "the King" in Chapter 1, so there's a bit of leniency, but he's never officially been called "Spades King" or "King of Spades" as was common in the earliest days of the game's lifetime.
95	** While present in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 makes it clear that Kris is a separate entity from the player, with their own backstory, thoughts, feelings, and motivations. This applies especially in the Weird Route, where other characters will notice that Kris looks shaken and stressed out. As such, treating them like [[FeaturelessProtagonist they're a blank slate for the player to insert themselves into]] will result in fans quickly correcting you.
96	* FandomRivalry: With ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'', though the hatred is mostly one-sided. Despite the fandoms of their respective [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} source]] [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} materials]] being FriendlyFandoms, ''Hiveswap''[='=]s TroubledProduction, as well as the [[PoorCommunicationKills radio silence from said game's developers]], has led to many ''Deltarune'' fans poking fun at the fandom, claiming that they're idiots who spent two million dollars on {{vaporware}}. It's worth noting that some of the ''Deltarune'' fandom is made up of disgruntled ''Hiveswap'' fans who were sick of the endless {{Schedule Slip}}s and silence from What Pumpkin.
97	* FanficFuel:
98	** Since Kris and Susie [[FisherKingdom changed in clothing and coloration when they entered the Dark World]], it's common to speculate what would happen to other characters stumbled into it. Particularly [[EnsembleDarkhorse Noelle]] (before chapter 2 gave her a canon Dark World design).
99	** Lancer not taking off his hood unlike Ralsei has led many to wonder what his face may look like. Depictions range from looking like a puppy, otter and teddy bear-like, or a vaguely Sans-looking monster. Others interpret that Lancer isn't wearing any headgear and just looks that way naturally.
100	** Many have also taken a crack at visualizing and characterizing a Queen of Spades (before Chapter 2 introduced Queen, who becomes Lancer's adoptive mother once the Cyber World plot wraps up). Similarly, there are plenty of interpretations of the different Kings and Queens of the other suits due to the former's brief appearance but currently minimal role.
101	** The customization options for a vessel at the beginning of the game have lent themselves to speculation about where the vessel could regain prominence, as well as acting as a vehicle for human fan characters.
102	** The [[{{Superboss}} Shadow Crystal Holders]] are established as having their own lives before their insanity-inducing encounter with mysterious entities, told through secondhand perspectives from people that knew them. As it all happened offscreen, many fans like to create stories that explore their former friendships and interpret how they must have acted before and during their life-changing revelations.
103	*** Similarly, there's the fact that Jevil has become dreaded by fellow Holder Spamton for vague reasons, despite being from separate Dark Worlds. While Spamton has a fear of clowns in general, he also singles Jevil out as one reason for trying to achieve a much stronger form. This leads to fans guessing [[NoodleIncident what must've happened between the two]] to cause such fear, and wondering what their relationships with the other Holders will be like, assuming every secret boss will be able to know about each other.
104	** As Dark Worlds are created with household items in the room a Dark Fountain is opened in, there are many interpretations for hypothetical Dark Worlds across the town. With the Card Kingdom representing toys and Cyber World involving the internet and technology, fans tend to design these worlds concerning entertainment mediums they could riff on.
105	* FanNickname:
106	** The main villain of Chapter 1 is only called "the King" or just King in the game itself, so some fans (especially prior to Chapter 2's release) call him the Spades King or King of Spades to make it clearer as to who they're referring to. He's also occasionally called Chaos King, from the title of his battle theme.
107	** Ralsei is often called "Fluffy Boy" by fans, owing to the text that appears when using Castle Town's save point after befriending him in Chapter 1.
108	** Asgore, as of Chapter 2, is commonly referred to as "The Most Divorced Man" in reference to how poorly he dealt with Toriel divorcing him.
109	** Most of Spamton's nicknames are him being shamed for his short size, the most common version being "gremlin".
110	** The collective ''Undertale/Deltarune'' universe is referred to by some as "UTDR".
111	* FriendlyFandoms:
112	** ''Deltarune'' fans seem to be getting along well with ''VideoGame/{{Paper Mario}}'' fans, as many have made crossover art of the resident [[MonsterClown Monster Clowns]], Jevil and Dimentio.
113	** ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' fans also get along with ''Deltarune'' fans. Fanart depicting Magolor, Taranza, and Susie as the game's main trio (Magolor is Kris, Taranza is Ralsei, and Susie is Susie), along with Marx as Jevil has become very common. It helps that ''Kirby'' FandomVIP Gigi DG (creator of ''Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}}'' and ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'') is a close affiliate of Creator/TobyFox.
114	** As with the previous game, this game's plethora of adorable animal-people characters has led to a strong fandom crossover with UsefulNotes/FurryFandom artists; with the term "fluffy boy" even becoming a term of endearment among furries.
115	** With the release of chapter two, the ''VideoGame/{{Cruelty Squad}}'' community has taken a liking to Spamton, noting that his non-sequitur-filled dialogue and erratic, sales-and-[=[[Hyperlink Blocked]]=]-obsessed behavior would fit in well with the sort of deranged [=NPCs=] that populate the game's setting.
116	** ''Deltarune'' fans typically get along well with fans of ''VideoGame/{{Omori}}'', owed to how both games provide similarly offbeat dramedy takes on the JRPG formula. Also helping is the fact that Omocat is a close acquaintance of Toby Fox, who gave a shout-out to ''Omori'' during the livestreamed playthrough of ''Deltarune''[='s=] first chapter for ''Undertale''[='s=] sixth anniversary. Crossover fan content between ''Omori'' and ''Deltarune'' is consequently fairly common.
117	** Several Deltarune fans are friendly with fans of "WebAnimation TheAmazingDigitalCircus" due to Jevil and Pomni both being mentally insane jesters trapped in an AndIMustScream scenario. Fan art and crossover songs of the two are common, particularly with "The World Revolving" becoming associated with Pomni and her predicament.
118	* HilariousInHindsight: It's stated that Asriel's CD collection includes "religious ska" (which [[AluminumChristmasTrees is in fact]] a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_ska real thing]]). In January 2022, an Italian circus troupe performed a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDX-8fyj__M ska remix of "Megalovania"]] to none other than [[UsefulNotes/ThePope Pope Francis]] himself.
119	* IdiosyncraticShipNaming:
120	** Ralsei/Kris is often called "Toothpaste," with the male Kris variant being called "Toothpaste Boys."
121	** Kris/Noelle is usually referred to as "[[PortmanteauCoupleName Kriselle]]", but some call it "Kris Kringle".
122	** [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight Jevil/Rouxls Kaard]] is often referred to as Nosuit.
123	** [[Main/CrackShip Kris/Berdly]] is referred to as "Krispy Chicken".
124	** Spamton/Rouxls Kaard is generally called "Business Kaard".
125	* LauncherOfAThousandShips:
126	** Susie, of all people, seems to be the go-to character when it comes to pairings in the fandom, probably due to a combination of factors (muscles, TroubledButCute, {{Tsundere}}, etc.) that make her appealing to ship with others.
127	** Not falling short from their predecessor is Kris, who is commonly shipped with Susie ([[FriendlessBackground two friendless misfits]] growing into FireForgedFriends), Ralsei (ExtremeDoormat that seems fully devoted to them and loves to be hugged by them), Noelle (one of the few to treat them nicely, evidence of childhood friendship and family interaction, pranks…), and that's just the three of the biggest ones in roughly descending order.
128	* LGBTFanbase: As with ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' before it, ''Deltarune'' has a sizable LGBT fan following thanks to its cast including a few well-represented LGBT characters (e.g. Noelle, who has a crush on Susie and gets a fair amount of ShipTease with her) and ones who appeal to LGBT subcultures (such as Swatchlings, which generally appeal to the BaraGenre). The fact that Kris uses they/them pronouns particularly attracted a sizable following among that demographic.
129	* LoveToHate:
130	** [[TheCaligula King]], the FinalBoss (of Chapter 1), is [[BestBossEver a challenging opponent]] to fight against in battle, and is shown to be [[AbusiveParents a horrible father]] to [[OverlordJr Lancer]] right out of the gate. This makes his defeat very satisfying, especially after [[LaserGuidedKarma he's betrayed by his subjects]] in one of the endings. Even better, in the context of [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} its predecessor]] to some players, he's a huge breath of fresh air.
131	** Because he was conceived to be a condescending HateSink to everyone he meets, [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap Berdly]] is this, [[AbhorrentAdmirer in-universe]] and out. His previous status as a BaseBreakingCharacter made him reach this trope at a [[Memes/{{Deltarune}} memetic status]] ''the day the first chapter was published''. While Chapter 2 managed to give Berdly more sympathy and genuine fans, he's still a firm example of this trope. In fact, it is possible to [[KillItWIthIce kill Berdly with Snowgrave]], but doing so, you [[WhamEpisode will discover an alternate route of the chapter]] where [[AlasPoorScrappy he can never wake up]].
132	* MemeticBadass: After comparisons between the Weird Route of Chapter 2 and the infamous Genocide Route from ''Undertale'', fans tend to jokingly reimagine the signature battle with Berdly by having him survive [=SnowGrave=] to become the story's equivalent to Undyne the Undying. Interpretations may or may not be herald this by having Berdly utter the "Gamers don't die; we respawn" line that's now heavily-associated with him.
133	* MemeticLoser: While Berdly can be a challenging opponent in Chapter 2 and has his more heroic moments, fans like to focus on how his nerdy and smug nature tends to repel everyone around him. Much lighter takes on the Weird Route will show Berdly being frozen [[BlackComedy as deserved]], but only after toning the seriousness of the situation down.
134	* MemeticPsychopath:
135	** Thanks to describing the sprite as "the last thing you see before you die", later making good on the joke with his FissionMailed encounter in Chapter 2, fans have taken to portraying the Annoying Dog as constantly roaming the streets in search of people to run over with his toy car.
136	** Ralsei's status as the moral compass of the party often gets subverted by the fanbase in response, with art of him wielding various firearms and war machines popping up after Chapter 1 and art depicting him smoking a large marijuana blunt becoming the next defining community in-joke from Chapter 2's release. For a less humor-focused take on this, fans began to [[AmbiguousInnocence question Ralsei's behavior]] during certain moments of Chapter 2's story.
137	* MemeticTroll:
138	** After Chapter 2 made a clearer distinction between Kris and the Player's SOUL, fans occasionally depict the SOUL as ''reveling'' in making Kris act out of character in minor ways. Examples include being forced to hug Ralsei when it's implied that Kris is only lukewarm towards the fluffy prince at best, and bewildering them by [[RippleEffectProofMemory mentioning things]] from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''.
139	** Kris themself also has this reputation thanks to the fact that they are canonically a prankster, with plenty of anecdotes from their exploits being commented on by characters of Hometown.
140	** Jevil's playful and psychotic personality, as a MonsterClown with an insane boss fight, all lends to fandom portrayals of him as a twisted prankster, especially since fellow Shadow Crystal Holder Spamton canonically dreads and despises him.
141	* {{Moe}}:
142	** Prince Ralsei, for his adorable design (with or without his hat), endearing mannerisms, and kind personality.
143	** Lancer, for his [[CheerfulChild cheerful personality]] and {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies.
144	** Noelle, for being [[NiceGirl cute, shy, and an unfailingly polite sweetheart]]. Noelle's cute and shy nature among the playerbase only increased when she was given a bigger role as a GuestStarPartyMember in Chapter 2.
145	* NeverLiveItDown:
146	** In the game itself, Susie ate a single piece of chalk on-screen, and has been implied to steal some a couple times earlier. She also eats just about everything else she comes across, making her ExtremeOmnivore tendencies clear. In fandom, however, the specific example of chalk has been over-exaggerated, turning it into a TrademarkFavoriteFood for her, and greatly downplaying her tendency to snack on other things. This gets brought up one or two times in Chapter 2, but it's mostly an aside reference to her broad palette.
147	** On a similar note, the fans aren't going to let Kris forget that time they ate moss any time soon, considering how often it shows up in jokes and fanart. It's become an actual RunningGag by Chapter 2, as whenever moss shows up, their willingness to eat it is not forgotten. Even Susie can get in on the moss eating action if you bring her to some! [[OnlySaneMan Noelle is, understandably, confused at Kris's tendency to eat it.]]
148	** A RunningGag with Berdly in Chapter 2 is his obsession with [[GamerChick gamer girls]]. Due to this trait being stereotypically associated with a certain crowd of teenage [[Website/{{Reddit}} Redditors]], fanworks often extrapolate this to Berdly fully embodying the stereotypical teenage Redditor circa 2019, often wearing ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' clothes, showing off or referencing memes to random people who don't want to see them, and frequenting many subreddits associated with this crowd. In the game itself, it's just used to show how socially inept he is, and he's otherwise a fairly typical nerdy high schooler who's in over his head.
149	* NightmareRetardant: Invoked on the website with the "[[https://deltarune.com/sighting/ sighting]]" page made for the Spamton Sweepstakes, which shows a grainy, grayscale image straight out of some [=YouTube=] horror video thumbnail... of the Spamton plush sitting on a toilet. Made even better by the use of [[DroneOfDread "Digital Roots"]] and the camera zooming towards and away from the image as if trying to accentuate some disturbing hidden detail in it.
150	* NoYay: While by no means an unpopular ship, some people feel this way about Kris/Ralsei due to Ralsei visually resembling Kris' brother Asriel. While the exact connection between Ralsei and Asriel is still unknown, and there does seem to be some genuine fuel for the ship in canon, some fans can't help but view the pairing as having IncestSubtext.
151	* OlderThanTheyThink:
152	** This isn't the first time Toby has made a game about [[VideoGame/TheHalloweenHack a knight with shadowed eyes contemplating the validity of their actions.]]
153	** The game itself was in front of everyone for longer than they expected (partly thanks to its prolonged gestation) — [[https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:Deltarune#Development_Timeline the game's website has existed since at least December 2015,]] although it only contained one asset — "him.png," an image of ''lines of Wingdings text'' that quotes Gaster's Entry Number 17, "This next experiment seems very, very interesting," later changing to quotations of the legend as the three-year interim between ''Undertale'' and ''Deltarune'' progressed.
154	** One of the bigger ones; the death animation displayed by Darkners hit by [=SnowGrave=] has been in the code [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKT__Hkpkt4 since Chapter 1]] (being referred to as simply "deathanim"), but was only discovered when Snowgrave was added in Chapter 2, meaning that the animation had existed for over 3 years of fans searching through the code [[FailedASpotCheck and was somehow never discovered]].
155	* OneTrueThreesome: Kris/Susie and Susie/Noelle fans that don't want there to be fighting in the fandom have come to accept Kris/Susie/Noelle as an outcome where everyone wins. The ship only increased in popularity with the release of Chapter 2, which provided ShipTease between Kris and Noelle on top of the former parings.
156	* PanderingToTheBase:
157	** Kris's one-time incident of eating moss while in prison is turned into a recurring joke by Chapter 2, with dialogue from Noelle even noting that Kris actually likes doing so. Susie's eating chalk also gets a few nods, to a much lesser extent.
158	** Toby was initially uncertain about Spamton due to middling opinions about him by test players. Following the immense popularity he's received in the fanbase since the release of Chapter 2, Toby has given him a spotlight eclipsing almost all his other characters (even rivalling Sans) in terms of official acknowledgement, with ''Undertale'''s incredibly elaborate 7th anniversary sweepstakes being based entirely around him. Spamton may now very well be a BreakoutCharacter for the game as a whole.
159	** Fans viewed the random explosion when Lancer crashes into Ralsei as one of the funniest moments in Chapter 1. In Chapter 2, it becomes a RunningGag where objects randomly explode with the same StylisticSuck explosion effect.
160	* PlayAlongMeme: Many fans pretend that Chef Lancer, who is just Lancer with a mustache, is a separate character from Lancer, and a common joke "theory" is speculating that the two are related somehow.
161	* PopularWithFurries:
162	** Even as early as Chapter 1, this game has already garnered a furry fanbase. Helps that this game is meant to be related to ''Undertale'' in some form or fashion and has a good amount of characters from the last game including, but not limited to, Toriel, Asgore, Undyne, and Alphys.
163	** Some of the new characters introduced in this game have earned some attention as well, like Susie, Ralsei (who looks suspiciously like Asriel under his hat…), Noelle, Seam, and Clover, among others.
164	** [[RobotGirl Tasque Manager]] gained her own following in the furry community immediately after Chapter 2's release, due to having a very humanoid design with a mix of a fox and a cat's facial design. Not to mention her in-battle voice clips sounding surprisingly soothing.
165	** On the masculine side of things, [[BattleButler Swatchlings]] are muscular, bird-like [[SharpDressedMan Sharp-Dressed Men]]. This was even anticipated, given a shop where several are posing suggestively in the background. Swatch themself (the Swatchling running the shop) is particularly beloved for their polite and charming personality.
166	** The Werewire and Werewerewire enemies in Chapter 2 are popular as well, partially because they bear a heavy resemblance to the "protogen" original species that was created by the furry fandom and already highly popular before the chapter's release. In addition, the colorful design welcomes the creation of fan-made OCs with a variety of colors and patterns.
167	* PortmanteauCoupleName: Several among the fanbase.
168	** [[FireForgedFriends Kris/Susie]]: Krusie
169	** Kris/Ralsei: Kralsei (when not using "Toothpaste")
170	** Susie/Noelle: Suselle
171	** [[OppositesAttract Susie/Ralsei]]: Ralsusie
172	** [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Kris/Noelle]]: Kriselle
173	** Kris/Berdly: Krerdly
174	** [[OneTrueThreesome Kris/Susie/Noelle]]: Kruselle
175	** [[SleepingWithTheBoss King/Rouxls Kaard]]: Kingkaard
176	** Jevil/Seam: Jeam or Seavil
177	** Spamton/Swatch: Swatchton
178	** [[FoeYayShipping Rouxls Kaard/Swatch]]: Swatchkaard
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180
181	[[folder:R-W]]
182	* RecurringFanonCharacter:
183	** Mike, a living TV and the unofficial ArcVillain of the upcoming Chapter 3 who is generally portrayed as a gameshow host who [[DependingOnTheWriter might or might not be]] the one puppeteering Spamton NEO. That said, Mike is an interesting case, as he is [[CompositeCharacter a pre-existing character combined with another pre-existing character;]] Spamton directly mentions a Mike that he was once friends with twice throughout Chapter 2, while in TheStinger of Chapter 2, Kris creates a Dark Fountain which lets the TV in their house become a living Darkner. However, while they may be AmbiguouslyRelated, there is nothing outright saying they are the same character. This doesn't stop the fans from acting like they are the same person and that Mike will be the successor to King and Queen (bordering on CommonKnowledge), and creating hundreds of art works, fanfics, theories, and outright battle themes for him. If a person follows the chess-based theme naming for {{Arc Villain}}s, then Mike will be portrayed as a rook and/or have his full name be "Mike Rook".
184	*** This finally came to a head in the Spamton Sweepstakes, where it's heavily implied that both are indeed different characters; Spamton considers Mike to be one of his only friends to the point of even defending his honor, and the person he told Kris not to trust and thinks ruined his life is someone named Tenna, who is hinted to be the living TV. This came much too late for over a year's worth of content featuring [=Fanon!Mike=].
185	** SHOW_RUNNER, a character created from an UrbanLegendOfZelda about an unused shop that can be found in the game files that sells only one item: a Disk Fragment (or [=DiskFrgmnt=]). He, like Spamton, lost everything, and it's implied it was because of Spamton. He became popular with the fans thanks to his so-far pretty unknown backstory, his UglyCute design, and interesting 'unused' storyline, being aware of the fact that he's not supposed to exist.
186	** [[OutdatedByCanon Prior to the actual Queen's appearance in Chapter 2]], a hypothetical Queen of Spades was a common character in fan content following the release of Chapter 1. Similarly to the later, canon character, she was popularly depicted as King's wife and Lancer's mother (though the canon Queen is instead implied to be King's ex). Unlike Queen, these fan versions typically featured more overt spade motifs in the vein of Card Kingdom's residents.
187	** After the fandom found out about the Snowgrave route, Berdly the Defrosted (a.k.a. a version of Berdly where he managed to survive Noelle freezing him to death, and becomes an {{Expy}} of Undyne the Undying as he's ready to face-off against the player for corrupting Noelle) became a popular idea among fans.
188	** Skuntle Bingoid is a supposed secret boss of Chapter 3 portrayed as a lawn gnome. He is usually occupied by a track from ''Undertale: Halloween Hack'' known as [[https://soundcloud.com/ut-halloween-hack/no-more-nuzzles-1 "No More Nuzzles"]] played at 115% speed. He is used to point out the convoluted methods of how to find the secret bosses and how they always have awesome music, which fans then painstakingly try to recreate by finding the obscure soundfonts and samples used in them.
189	* SalvagedStory:
190	** A common complaint was how the PacifistRun adhered to the CrimeOfSelfDefense trope, requiring players to not attack creatures intent on murdering you. By comparison, ''Deltarune'' takes a more realistic approach, featuring enemies that can only be placated by tiring them out and casting a spell on them. Additionally, while winning fights through violence prevents enemies from being recruited, doing so will not cause the story to diverge from the Pacifist route like in ''Undertale'', unless the player actively seeks out the Weird Route, which requires [[CorruptTheCutie a much more active]] and [[EarnYourBadEnding intentional]] form of villainy.
191	** The game is also less condemning of violence against foes with zero redeeming qualities to them. The King outright exploits the characters in a PacifistRun by claiming to have a FreudianExcuse and being willing to talk it out after his battle, only to sneak attack the characters after he tricks Ralsei into healing him. Ultimately, he ''doesn't'' pull a HeelFaceTurn; either he's overthrown by Lancer and his subjects and thrown into the dungeon, or Ralsei realizes the King had tired himself out and uses the Pacify spell to tranquilize him, depending on whether you made a "kill" on regular encounters.
192	* SelfFanservice:
193	** While [[https://twitter.com/_ggdg_/status/1439015322502066179 one piece of official art]] shows Susie with some level of musculature, it's only as much as is required for an axe-wielder, and her in-game sprites depict her body type as flat and not particularly "buff." Fanart would say otherwise, and artists often take her {{Barbarian Hero}}ine look to give her both large breasts and muscles to spare like they're giving her both sides of the Creator/FrankFrazetta treatment.
194	** While Noelle is already quite {{Adorkable}}, fanart tends to give her a cuter face that's more standard among anthropomorphic deer characters, ignoring the tall, long-ish face and buck teeth she has in canon.
195	** Queen is borderline flat-chested in the game proper. This isn't exactly kept in most fanart of her, which tends to give her a bosom most would accept her hellish reign for.
196	** While Tasque Manager already had a much curvier design compared to other characters in the game so far, some fan-artists accentuate her features even further, particularly her hips, chest, and rear.
197	** Conversely, while Swatch and the Swatchlings are already quite [[TopHeavyGuy top-heavy]], a lot of fan-art makes them more evenly muscular with more proportional legs while rounding their sharp edges. The Swatchlings in particular are also frequently drawn with [[WalkingShirtlessScene less]] [[BarelyThereSwimwear clothing]].
198	** Spamton in canon is a tiny DemonicDummy prone to making some deranged facial expressions. While a lot of fanart out there tends to preserve these aspects of him, art of him during his days as a '''BIG SHOT''' frequently make him TallDarkAndHandsome. Similarly, his NEO form (a mechanized body barely held together by wires, with all of his body parts aside from his ArmCannon hanging limp) tends to get this treatment: if fan artists aren't actively sexualizing it, the armor is drawn as looking ''way cooler'' than it actually is.
199	** The Addisons (a bunch of minor [=NPCs=] from Chapter 2) tend to get this a lot. There's nothing conventionally attractive about them in canon (they're all perpetually-smiling [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation multicolored men]] stuck in one pose), but if you look up "Addison Deltarune", expect to see a lot of fanart that transforms them into {{Bishonen}}.
200	** Kris will often be portrayed as muscular in fanart despite seeming rather skinny in canon.
201	* SequelDifficultySpike: While there are some additions to soften the curve (having three party members to distribute commands across, a bigger inventory for healing items, the DefendCommand, and Ralsei's healing prayer), ''Deltarune''[='=]s difficulty rises much quicker than ''Undertale''[='=]s. Enemies deal more damage to counterbalance your higher HP, bullet patterns are more complex and require grazing them to take full advantage of the TP system, field obstacles can drain your health outside of fights, you have to spare enemies individually instead of all at once, and it's impossible to flee from battles. Additionally, in Chapter 1, your stats are all static outside of equipment. It says a lot that the ''very first fight in the game'' against Lancer has him spam projectiles that you have to guide around the arena to dodge properly.
202	* ShipsThatPassInTheNight:
203	** Mettaton and Rouxls Kaard don't meet in either chapter, or even give anything to indicate that they know the other exists. This has stopped absolutely ''nobody'', probably owing to their somewhat similar (yet contrasting) personalities and roles.
204	** Shipping Rouxls Kaard with Papyrus has also taken off, as they're both {{Large Ham}}s with a love for making puzzles.
205	* ShipToShipCombat: Let's just say that tensions have been rising between fans who ship Susie with Kris (Krusie), and those who ship her with Noelle (Suselle). Given that both pairings get ShipTease moments in Chapter 1, neither side wants to budge an inch. Let's not get into those who ship Kris with Noelle (Kriselle), which arguably has as much ShipTease potential, especially in Chapter 2.
206	* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: An interesting variant -- while still (possibly) story-relevant, the sidequests to reach and fight the {{superboss}}es are overall the most popular parts of each chapter despite being relatively hidden within each chapter, due to having access to the most unique characters in the game.
207	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:
208	** The ending of "The Legend" sounds suspiciously similar to the main theme from ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''; makes sense from the title.
209	** The first five notes of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py0i3R3vuag "Lost Girl"]] bear more than a passing resemblance to the [[https://youtu.be/7LX4a7mprjY "Martian Underground"]] from ''VideoGame/YumeNikki''. Notably, the [[https://deltarune.com/dess/ version found during the Sweepstakes event]] in a different key seems to align it even ''more'' with the Martian Underground song.
210	* ThemePairing: Rouxls Kaard is sometimes paired with Mettaton (due to both of them being confident, bombastic characters that serve as recurring antagonists for the player) or Papyrus (as both are {{Large Ham}}s who are also rather bad puzzle-makers).
211	* TransAudienceInterpretation:
212	** Headcanoning Berdly as trans -- both as a trans man and as a closeted trans woman -- is also somewhat common among fans, in part thanks to his fascination with having nipples in Chapter 2 and his close association with Noelle, herself commonly headcanoned as a trans woman. The "closeted trans girl" interpretation of Berdly further stems from longtime jokes in the trans community about dudebro gamers who are fascinated by "beautiful gamer girls" and constantly play as female characters before eventually realizing that ''they'' were the beautiful gamer girls all along.
213	** It's also common to headcanon Spamton as a trans man, due to him wanting to transfer himself into a different body, and refusing to be put into the mannequin that looks just like him but wearing a dress.
214	** A fair amount of people interpret Noelle as transgender; this likely stems from her already being a confirmed LGBT+ character ([[LipstickLesbian having a crush on Susie]]) and the fact that, despite being a female reindeer, she has antlers during the same time of year as her father.[[note]]Male and female reindeers have different antler cycles -- males shed them in winter, while females shed them in spring.[[/note]]
215	* UglyCute:
216	** Lancer is hardly what you'd consider traditionally cute; he has crooked teeth and his eyes are rarely visible (and when they are, he's [[https://66.media.tumblr.com/827407218a555aba15460b9418fb119e/tumblr_inline_phh87sfMd31w8rk4h_540.png not making a very cute face]], either). But he's still quite {{adorkable}}, being a CheerfulChild implied to be yearning for affection and approval, which makes him endearing to many fans. Not to mention, the way his tongue hangs out of his mouth may bring to mind either a puppy or a child making a raspberry.
217	** Despite (or maybe even because of) their FacialHorror, there's a large number of fans who see Seam this way. Being an anthropomorphic cat toy probably doesn't hurt them either.
218	* UnexpectedCharacter:
219	** While it's hinted that Berdly plays a role in Chapter 2 when Noelle asks Susie and Kris if they want to study with her ''and'' Berdly, not many expected his abrupt Dark World introduction.
220	** Of all the monster characters to return from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', very few were expecting ''Onionsan'' to return, especially given how [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment bizarre]] their original appearance in ''Undertale'' was.
221	* UnnecessaryMakeover: Some fans felt disappointed when Ralsei took off his hat, revealing his goat face, having gotten used to him as a cute, spider-like black furball. [[TheUntwist Though given the name...]] The beginning of Chapter 2 has a LeaningOnTheFourthWall moment regarding this, where Susie will indirectly state how she liked Ralsei's appearance better when he had his hat on. However, some people did quickly warm up to hatless Ralsei due to his variety of new sprites and various portrait expressions, which range from adorable to hilarious (and even some genuinely serious ones) with much greater variety than his old look ever had.
222	* UnfortunateCharacterDesign: King wields a spade on a chain that comes out of a mouth right above his crotch. Alternatively, since the mouth is placed where his belly button would be, the spade tongue could be seen as [[{{Squick}} his umbilical cord]].
223	* UnpopularPopularCharacter: Pretty much nobody InUniverse likes or can stand Rouxls Kaard due to his misplaced confidence, [[DirtyCoward cowardice]], and general obnoxiousness. The main exception is Lancer, who treats him as a surrogate father, as well as him having at least a couple admirers in the the first chapter. By the second chapter, however, Rouxls Kaard has become TheFriendNobodyLikes and a ButtMonkey to boot, with nobody in the Cyber World taking him seriously. Among fans, though, he's an EnsembleDarkhorse due to both his hilarious incompetence and being a ParentalSubstitute for Lancer.
224	* ViewerGenderConfusion:
225	** Kris was very widely mistaken for male when Chapter 1 was first released. This likely comes down to Kris' androgynous design [[MenAreGenericWomenAreSpecial being taken as a male design]] (even down to the name "Kris"), as well as their status as a ContrastingSequelProtagonist to ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'''s Frisk, who was moreso just a person to control without much character in their own right (and fell victim to gender debates because of it) whereas ''Deltarune'' make sure you know you're playing as an actual character this time. However, just like Frisk, Kris is consistently referred to with they/them pronouns in-game; this confusion has died down significantly since Chapter 2's release due to a [[FandomEnragingMisconception large pushback forming against it]].
226	** Due to Susie's sprite in her introduction having her wearing ragged clothing, fitting her being TheBully, not having many feminine features, her hair going past her eyes and her overall resemblance to [[Music/TheRamones Joey Ramone]], many initially confused Susie to be a long-haired guy.
227	** Due to Ralsei wearing pastel green robes with a heart on them, a reddish-pinkish scarf, an interest in baking, and his face being rather feminine-looking after he takes off his hat, some players confuse him for being a girl. The latter even had an analysis video made by [=YouTuber=] Treesicle, which got the same traction of humiliation as Game Theory's "Sans is Ness" video in the fandom.
228	** K_K is sometimes mistaken for female due to his chest speakers being mistaken for a pair of breasts.
229	** Swatch is not referred to with any pronouns in-game as of Chapter 2's release, which resulted in fans referring to him with they/them pronouns until Spamton referred to him with he/him pronouns [[https://twitter.com/Fangamer/status/1571363913543061505 in a question on Fangamer's Spamton Q&A]] a whole year after Chapter 2's release.
230	* ViewerPronunciationConfusion: Many fans who are unaware of Rouxls Kaard's "rules card" pun pronounce his name with an audible "x". This was later referenced in Chapter 2, as when he explains the rules of his battle he mentions offhandedly that [[PronouncingMyNameForYou "Rouxls" is pronounced "rules"]].
231	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: It's rated T and is intended for folks who are familiar with the game's [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} predecessor]], which was rated [=E10+=] and ran into [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids the exact opposite trope]] for its darker content, but its colorful and quirky cast of cartoony characters can lead to players being caught very much off guard by the RuderAndCruder dialogue compared to ''Undertale'' and the occasional {{Surprisingly Creepy Moment}}s. This isn't even getting into the new level of creepy with the hidden [[WhamEpisode Weird Route]]…
232	* TheWoobie: [[Woobie/{{Deltarune}} Has its own page.]]
233	[[/folder]]

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