DELTARUNE / The Bizarre Lore Provided By Poppup

hello my name is jaru today I'm talking about deltarune there will be Major Spoilers for both deltarune and undertale so please play them both before watching this today we're talking about the bizarre and fascinating lore provided by one particular enemy in the dark world as you likely guessed from the thumbnail this video is gonna have everything from Shipping fodder to World building to Supernatural Theory crafting so I'm quite certain there will be something in here for everyone if you enjoyed this video consider supporting me on patreon as this is but the first of many deltarune videos you'll be receiving in 2023 this is pop-up it's a bizarre dolphin-like enemy who is supposedly a reference to some pet training game from the 90s pop-up is the physical embodiment of pop-up ads and whether intentional or not it provides some fascinating insights into our main characters through the ads that it shows us you see if you choose to click on the ads as Chris Susie Rouse a or Noel you'll get a number of different lines about what kind of ads they are drawn to now you may be thinking it specifically says that they accidentally click on those ads surely that means it doesn't reflect their characters however as you read through these the evidence supports the notion that even the ones they accidentally click on are still relevant take the Susie ads for example one of hers is Susie he accidentally clicked on a picture of a stake it wasn't actually an ad just a static image of a steak this line is a clear reference to Susie being hungry pretty much all the time likely as a consequence of her not being fed by her family furthermore it starts to paint a picture of Susie not being particularly capable when it comes to using computers and technology which is very in line with her established personality as such even though she clicked on this ad by accident it still gives us some accurate insight into her character and thus I believe that all of these lines can be used to give us some further understanding of the personalities and desires of our heroes we've got four protagonists to look at so let's start with the ones with the least interesting pop-up ads and work our way towards the more interesting ones we can start with Susie since I've already revealed one of her the stake line is definitely the most interesting of the bunch as it further hints at her likely unpleasant home life I don't have much to say on this aspect of her character as of now but it definitely adds some depth and tragedy to Susie that I appreciate it the next pop-up line is Susie accidentally clicked on an ad featuring a flaming eggplant holding a chainsaw this one is likely just meant to be a representation of Susie as she is also purple also wields power over some sort of Dark Flame and she likes violent things like chainsaws unfortunately I don't think there's much more to read into this line beyond that the third and final pop-up for Susie simply reads Susie missed clicking on an ad and ended up clicking on the word processor it got a virus somehow much like the stake line this seems to just be further emphasizing how Susie is not very good with computers overall Susie's pop-ups don't tell us much about her character that we didn't already know but that's to be expected Susie has the fewest secrets and Mysteries attached to her and is very much meant to be a character that we can reliably understand we don't always know for certain what Chris and rousse really want but Susie is an open book which is appreciated speaking of Rouse a let's take a look at his pop-up lines as they are both interesting and dubious in terms of their lore relevance first up is this pop-up which reads rousse move to click on an ad with a bunny on it teaching you how to make friends and accidentally clicked on an ad of a machine gun that appeared over it of course on the surface this is a pretty basic and silly line rousse wants to have friends so he tries to click on an ad about making friends but instead he clicks on a gun ad as Rouse say having a gun was a fairly popular meme in the immediate aftermath of chapter 1's release it's clear that this is Toby Fox demonstrating his awareness of the internet culture surrounding his game and that's fun and all but it does put me in a difficult spot if we have the context of internet memes then rousse clicking on an ad for a gun doesn't tell us anything as it seems like it's just a joke however without that context the average player is left to wonder if this is hinting at some hitherto undiscovered aspect of Rel sei's personality does he have a dark side that is actually very interested in tools of death and violence like Firearms is this indicative of some deeper aspect to his character You could argue this is just a joke but Toby is known to write his characters in such a way that even if you don't get the reference you you can still understand the essence of the concept pop-up as a character is one massive reference that you really have no business understanding and even it's jumbled up dialogue is actually butchered Japanese obviously your average American is not supposed to get that but the comedy of it speaking some mangled version of normal language is still clear even to those who don't know Japanese by contrast this line about roussei clicking on a gun ad could be seen as strangely dark and mysterious to those who aren't in the know about the meme although you could easily counter this by saying that the inherent comedy of rousse wielding a gun is still clear to the player even if you don't know about the meme regardless now you see what I meant when I said Rel sei's pop-up ads are rather dubious in terms of their lore relevance let's look at some of his other lines and see if they're any more helpful next is is this pop-up which says Rouse say accidentally clicked on an ad for lighteners for darkness in your area and was mortified he deleted the browser shortcut on the desktop entirely but immediately felt guilty because he thought he had quote deleted the entire internet now this line is fascinating for a couple of reasons the fact that rousse wants friends especially Lightner friends and yet is mortified by this specific ad makes it extremely clear that this ad was referencing the sketchy dating ads that you see on various websites these ads are typically very uh let's just say inappropriate in nature which makes this reaction from Rouse a completely understandable as him being seen clicking on such an ad by his two Lightner friends would absolutely be mortifying that said this last bit about him deleting the internet is a little confusing as rouseay normally demonstrates an unusual quantity of knowledge regarding how technology Works case in point he theorized that spampton was a corrupted program and made a joke about putting the darkness into sleep mode as such him being ignorant enough to think he deleted the internet seems a little out of character the only way I can rationalize this is that this line is meant to show that rousse has some knowledge of computers and Technology otherwise he wouldn't even know how to delete a shortcut like this but he also has clear limitations to that knowledge of course this could just be a case of Toby Fox sacrificing logic in the name of making a joke but before we get ahead of ourselves we need to revisit the first part of this line as this bit about lighteners for darkness in your area is actually really interesting the Romantic nature of this ad seems to potentially be implying that roussei is actually attracted to one or more lighteners even the fact that he was so mortified seems to imply that he has a sufficient understanding of what this ad is implying that he could imagine and be embarrassed by it which could be read as proof that he feels this way why be embarrassed about something that doesn't apply to you also as we'll see with Noel later on these romance oriented ads tend to be pretty accurate depictions of the characters and their desires so this definitely raises some questions about what exactly Rouse say feels towards Chris and Susie while I'm sure the shippers aren't frothing at the mouth of this interpretation I also find it interesting within the context of my rousse theory as if Rouse say really is some special entity who is halfway between a darkener and a lightener than him having romantic feelings for a Lightner would make sense especially if he already has memories inherited from asriel as Azrael himself is heavily implied to have had romantic interests of his own needless to say this is a fascinating little foray into romantic territory and it's certainly not going to be the last we see in these ads the third and final Rouse say pop-up reads as follows rouseay tried to click on an ad with a castle on it but it was actually an ad for a company that demolishes buildings with Bazookas again this is really just a reimagining of the gun meme from earlier roussei tries to click on something we already associate with him but he instead clicks on something absurdly violent and destructive is this just a meaningless joke is this indicative that he's resentful of his role as the prince of a kingdom is this hinting at a secret desire to engage in violence and destruction it's obviously impossible to say Rouse a is a very fascinating character but with memes getting involved here it's much harder to filter the lore from the jokes thankfully these next characters are much more direct with the meaning behind their ads next is Noel and boy do her ads tell a story first is the most infamous of these ads which reads Noel clicked on a link for hot female Santas in your area this is hello hilarious of course but it's also kinda interesting to dissect I believe this is a case of the advertisement algorithm taking note of two different aspects of Noel's personality and mashing them together which we've actually seen demonstrated before in the form of queen queen filled Noel's room with stuff from her internet search history but there were clearly some misunderstandings most notably Noel is looking for her sister December holiday but Queen did not comprehend this and instead gave her a calendar filled with December 25th because that's the date of the biggest December holiday in a similar algorithm mishap I think this line from pop-up is mashing together two things that Noel has shown interest in the first is obviously Christmas as Chris Christmas is a pretty big deal to the holiday family and as for the hot female part well I think her interest in Susie explains this one well enough there's a reason Queen put an epic female statue in her bedroom the pop-up algorithm simply combined her interest in Christmas with her interest in women to hilarious results but it only gets more interesting from here next is this line Noel clicked on a link for creepy game glitch compilations at the time of chapter 2 this line didn't really make much sense to us as we didn't have the necessary context to understand her interest in such things but thanks to the spamton sweepstakes and Noel's various blogs we now know that Noel is keenly interested in all things weird and creepy in video games as such this line from pop-up was actually some pretty massive foreshadowing for the content of the spampton sweepstakes which is very cool however the Noel pop-up ad that I found to be the most interesting was the third one which reads Noel misclicked on a link to buy how to draw dragons now we know that Noel is attracted to Susie and we know that the character on the cover of this book is an immodestly dressed purple lady so Noel's interest in such a thing is hardly unexpected and at first glance you would be forgiven for thinking this goes no deeper than that however I've now realized that this is hinting at another character's interests as well I'm talking about asriel the only other person to show and above average interest in this very book tell me dear viewers why would asriel renowned Goody Two-Shoes failed to return this book to the library for years on end I had never really put much thought into the meaning behind this but the implication given by Chris is pretty blatant quote how to draw dragons is at the bottom of the drawer the purple character on the cover is dressed immodestly your brother will never return this book there's really only one way to interpret this Chris is implying that the immodest nature of the Purple Dragon Lady is the precise reason that asriel won't return the book this in turn implies that asriel has a type and that type is purple draconic and female to be clear this isn't saying that asriel is interested in Susie all evidence says that Susie moved to town very recently and asriel likely has no idea she even exists however we do know that monsters have their own subspecies so if there's one Purple Dragon Lady then there's bound to be others that Azrael could have encountered and maybe even dated if so then it's possible asriel was looking up that type of lady on the internet why do I suggest this well if you assume Azrael has in fact been looking up purple dragon ladies on the internet then Susie's reaction to asriel's room in Queen's Mansion suddenly makes a lot more sense upon looking into this room which should be filled with the physical manifestation nations of asriel's internet search history Susie says this Chris whose room is this huh your brother man you better hope I'd never meet him yeah that takes on a totally different connotation now it doesn't it and Chris's refusal to look into this room can now also be read as Chris simply not wanting to look at their older brother's dubious search history I should say this is all just speculation of course and I'm not saying I believe this is the definitive interpretation but it does showcase how much more lore and characterization can be found even in the lines that seem pretty simple like these this in turn brings us to the most interesting character in this pop-up ad discussion Chris all three of Chris's ads are fascinating but we'll start with the one that has the least drama attached to it you unconsciously click 6 on a pop-up ad about monsters for humans in your area the fact that this ad even exists a very interesting picture of the world of deltarune and Chris as a character this pretty much confirms that relationships between monsters and humans not only occur but occur frequently enough to Warrant clickbaity ads that cater to this specific demographic that in and of itself is a very interesting direction for Toby to take his setting and completely reframes the dynamic between the two species in undertale the relationship between humans and monsters was so strained that the idea of them even just being friends was practically impossible so this aspect of the universe was never explored then again Frisk can flirt with toriel go on a date with Papa virus and on a similar date with Alphas so I suppose this isn't a completely new concept but before now you could argue that it was just the adults humoring a silly kid and not really indicative of anything more but Delta room seems intent on changing all that beyond the pure World building this ad provides it also tells us something pretty important about Chris based off their search history the algorithm believes that Chris is interested in dating monsters considering monsters are the only people Chris gets to interact with that adds up and given their seemingly negative reaction to seeing other humans this is a pretty logical direction for a developing teenager to go however it also means that we now know that romance is in fact on Chris his mind and I think it's pretty clear who they may have their eyes on upon making Chris drink Susie tea this specific interaction occurs Chris upon drinking the tea proceeds to look at Susie in such a way that it flusters her she yells stop looking at me and rousse thinking to himself comments they seem into it this is the only flavor of tea that Chris gives a visibly positive reaction to if that weren't enough Susie is one of the only characters to successfully make Chris smile later in this very chapter and in the prologue story on noelle's blog Susie is also the only person to successfully make Chris laugh and when Susie asks Chris who they would take to the festival Noel or rousse Chris sounds confused no matter which of these options you pick implying that neither of those options are ones that Chris would actually choose if they were in control that just leaves the Susie option and the ellipses option if you say Susie Chris doesn't sound confused meaning they really would prefer to go with Susie and given her facial expression I think Chris said this with some emotion even the ellipses option seems to hint at what Chris would prefer as if you say nothing they instead just stare intensely at Susie weirding her out in a similar way to how they did when drinking Susie tea as such if Chris really is interested in Monsters Susie is pretty much the only option they've shown any meaningful interest in naturally this means that Chris is healed a whopping 120 HP when drinking Susie tea which is much more than any other option of course Noel is healed for 400 HP when drinking Susie tea but that makes sense Noel is downright obsessed with Susie to the point that Queen felt Justified putting a statue of her in Noel's bedroom and the majority of Noel's lines tie into this Crush in one way or another you could even argue that Noel has an unhealthy obsession with Susie as even in her blog talking about how cruelly Susie treated Chris she still ends it with her being thirsty for Susie as usual implying that even Susie acting awfully isn't enough to push Noel away but back on topic in terms of Chris as a character they seem to genuinely have feelings for Susie and whether these feelings are platonic or romantic they definitely exist and we can conclude all that and connect all these dots thanks to this one random line from pop-up but now with the light-hearted stuff out of the way we can move on to the drama the second ad Chris clicks on says you unconsciously clicked on an ad for a video about making knives out of spaghetti combined with this line from Chris's room in Queen's mansion in which they apparently looked up Jello knife and this all seems to paint a disturbing picture of Chris as being somewhat obsessed not only with knives in general but with the act of creating knives as I've explained in a previous video this Jello knife item is likely in reference to a viral YouTube video in which a Man created a functional knife out of jello on its own it was a bizarre peculiarity to see associated with Chris but with this pop-up ad we now have two instances of Chris researching very similar things and that implies a more significant Trend than I had previously realized of course this could be another hot female Santa situation where Chris isn't actually interested in creating knives from food instead they may have simply looked up how to make jello or how to make spaghetti and then on another occasion they did some research into knives just as pop-up combined Noel's romantic interests with her love of Christmas it could be that these algorithms are combining Chris's cooking interests which we know they have with their love of knives either way this does further emphasize that Chris doesn't just use knives for various things they seem to have an active interest in the knives themselves why this is the case is up for interpretation but no matter what it doesn't look good for Chris this segues nicely into the third and final pop-up ad that Chris clicks on which reads you unconsciously clicked on a pop-up about demon summoning classes for teens this Line opens up a nightmarish can of worms as there are so many Avenues of discussion we have to bring up here firstly we know that Chris has a history with the occult as caddy explicitly states that she and Chris studied it together as such it's seems highly likely that Chris at least considered summoning a demon at some point with them doing enough Research into the idea that they're being shown a pop-up ad about it whether they actually attempted such a thing is unclear but it seems like a very valid possibility this in turn brings us to the two main questions we have to ask did Chris successfully summon a demon and perhaps more importantly why did they attempt such a thing with regards to the first question this is both a fascinating possibility and a completely pointless topic to discuss you see demons have always been a concept within Toby Fox's work but they've also been given basically no lore regarding what they are how they function and what relevance they have in the stories of undertale and Delta root I'm not exaggerating when I say that demons have less lore in these games than gaster which is saying a lot in undertale we're given a single line from Cara where they call themselves a demon and then in the code of the game we find five variables labeled demon A B C D and X the first four of these are assigned this text which reads greetings you have made yourself completely clear understood I your humble servant will follow you to the utmost in my opinion this text sounds like we're hearing one side of a conversation with this demon character responding to instructions from their Master whoever that is and then there's demon X which is also so sorta assign some text but unlike the other demons demon X is featured in the code that governs the part of the game where you name the Fallen child there's a lot of text in this code that governs which names will earn responses from various undertale characters but demon X isn't linked into any of this their line is found at the very top of the code and it simply consists of an ellipses in parentheses as if they're watching in silence as you name the Fallen child and hilariously that is all of the known demon lore I mean technically there is also this NPC who's labeled Red Demon in the code but I'm inclined to think that's just shorthand for them being a species of monsters who superficially resemble a stereotypical demon I don't think they are actually tied into the rest of this background demon lore although that is just an assumption on my part regardless to say our understanding of demons in this universe is limited is a gross understatement so while Chris summoning a demon could be pretty significant we really have no idea what it means for the story I know that some people will automatically conclude that Chris did summon a demon and that this demon was Cara and Cara is then the one who possessed Chris I personally don't agree with that interpretation mostly because it would be too easy of an explanation it's like oh man if Chris summoned a Damon and Cara is a demon and they both got red eyes then maybe Cara possessed Chris I mean it just feels too obvious and perhaps more importantly I don't think that reveal would be particularly compelling or shocking it's a lot more interesting if Chris is possessed by an actual character and not just this weird thing from the end of the genocide route but that is of course just my opinion and you are free to interpret this information however you please that said before we wrap up I will go ahead and give my reading of these demon summoning Shenanigans and explain how I personally think it factors into this narrative as my returning viewers likely suspect this all fits quite nicely into my asriel theory for those not in the know I've theorized that the one possessing Chris is asriel and that he died a tragic death as a consequence of Chris's actions as a result Chris has spent weeks if not months trying to find any conceivable way to resurrect their brother this includes researching Magic on the internet learning about the occult with caddy reading old mysterious books that they keep under their desk and as of chapter 2 creating a dark fountain in their own home if Chris is willing to create dark fountains despite where I'll say warning that it could Doom the world then this paints a pretty clear picture of Chris's state of mind they would do anything no matter how dangerous if they thought it would save their brother and I suspect that also included attempting to summon a demon if they're willing to risk the entire world then making a deal with the Devil is hardly out of character I'm going to go ahead and say that I think Chris absolutely attempted to conjure a demon and while I'm uncertain regarding whether they succeeded I can confidently predict why they tried to do it which is probably the best strength of my theory you can theorize all sorts of reasons for why Chris would summon a demon or create a world-threatening dark Fountain but most explanations would come across as rather contrived purely because it's such a dangerous act you only resort to doing something like this if you are in a truly dire situation and I can imagine view situations more dire than resurrecting the brother that you caused the death of any lower Stakes would either come across as absurd or require you to depict Chris as a willful villain and in this story neither of which are options that I'm inclined to go with as such I think all this demon business was just one of many desperate pleas from a child trying to undo their terrible mistake and with that we've reached the end of the video this one was a little on the short side admittedly but better to have short content than no content pop-up provided some very interesting character insights and I can't wait to see what you guys in the comments have to say about it I'm sure you'll mostly be interested in the shipping implications but I personally found the topic of demons to be the most intriguing purely because it's such a mysterious and unexplored aspect of Toby Fox's World regardless I hope you guys enjoyed my first deltarune video of 2023 my sincere thanks go out to my patrons for continuing to financially support me and this channel a special shout out goes to e-roll Hannah brown mold brain and suit number one and a very special shout out goes to AR and animates for being the only one to support me on the rousse tier and of course we always have to give a huge shout out to Captain Apec the only mad lad willing and able to support me on the spamctin tier my deepest thanks go out to all of you for supporting me in this way as it really does go a long way towards relieving my financial woes which also helps me focus on making content for you all and also just to be clear while I am extremely grateful for the donations of my larger contributors I'm appreciative for every dollar that anyone sends my way I know that plenty of you out there would happily throw money in my way if you could afford it and I just want you to know that just your viewership is more than enough support for me giving me money 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Channel: JaruJaruJ

Views: 125,585

Keywords: DELTARUNE, UNDERTALE, Kris, Dess, December, Holiday, Noelle, Skies Forever Blue, Toby Fox, Theory, Determination, Magic, Gaster, Asriel, Death, Soul, Ralsei, Susie, Poppup, Female, Santa, Demons, Monsters, Fin Fin, Bizarre, Lore

Id: C996KpecwUI

Length: 36min 17sec (2177 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 13 2023