More Possible References and Inspirations in Undertale 

"Aster is the font that sans snores in" Never have I been so blessed with knowledge of what font people snore in

Battle Against a True Hero also used the trumpet from Touhou. Same goes for Spear of Justice.

OKAY SO A BIG ONE WITH TOUHOU THAT NO ONE SEEMS TO NOTICE in asriel dreemurr's final battle, he attacks you with rainbow light beams and stars this is *extremely* similar to marisa kirisame's shot types and spell cards (most notably in touhou 8) like stardust reverie, non directional laser, and of course master spark asriel's big attack where the laser fills up the screen is exactly like marisa's spell card, final spark

Waterfall is based on Land of Wind and Shade, and where the muffet battle says "Muffet pours you a cup of spiders" is a reference to Paradox space "Vrisky business" ( a Homestuck side comic ) where Vriska asks Equius for a cup of spiders.

Sooooooo, did anybody mention how Undertale had many similarities with Touhou: Subterranean Animism ? Both start out with the human protagonist falling into a hole and discovering an hidden capital underground filled with monsters that were chased from the overworld because of their fearful powers. The human protagonist then crosses a bridge and wanders upon a snowy town filled with lively people. Later, they head off for a strange palace, home of the ruler of the underworld/Hell's manager. They then try to stop the final boss who seeks to destroy the entire world after fusing with the humans' souls/Eating a sun God. And both game have two siblings characters with one of them being the hardest boss in their respective games. (Sans/Koishi)

So, in [S] WHEEEEEEEEEE, Flowey's laugh can be heard.

Here's a few touhou references you may like: Asgore has Remilia Scarlet Spear Asgore also have some of the attacks from Remilia and Patchouli Knowledge (some of which are one to one) Asriel's attacks are one big Shoutout for Marisa Kirisame and her battle in Imperishable Night Undyne summons and tools her spear in the same way as Remilia.

In response to the Yume Nikki part, I think that Frisk's design could've been slightly inspired by Madotsuki, since they both have the black-lines-as-eyes thing going, as well as rarely changing their facial expressions and normal behavior, even in the more dangerous parts of both games. Another thing I'd like to say is that Chara could've been partially inspired by Monoe (Also from Yume Nikki), since they both have rather similar smiles, and also that they're two of the few characters in both games to somewhat resemble their protagonist (Chara to Frisk, and Monoe to Madotsuki). I'd also say that Napstablook resembles more like the purple ghosts in the Forest World, rather than Kyuu-Kyuu Kan.

Holy crap, the video crashed right at the part with Gaster.

I have a Tumblr post about a little discovery I've made today: The Yellow Soul part of "Your Best Nightmare" has a background leitmotif that can be heard in "Terezi's Theme", which was also made by Toby for the Homestuck album Alterniabound. And Terezi is known for her interest in law and bringing justice.

Asriel's appearence and title is basically sariel from touhou 1 His atacks are basically Marisa kirisame from touhou 8 His ultimate form is marisa's boss sprite in touhou 3. And his ultimate form's atack is basically Benben's Hope-you-like-lasers-coming-from-nowhere bullshit from touhou 14. Not saying as fact but just a thought.

I'm not sure if this has been said already, but I believe that after sparing Toriel Flowey says "Clever. Verrrrrrrry clever." It's probably a reference to Whitney in Portal 2, where he says the exact same thing while trying to kill you.

Homestuck had a couple more references, mostly Sans' and Undyne's personalities and how they almost directly correlate with Gamzee (laid-back and chill with ridiculous power underneath) and Vriska (brash and headstrong, yet with a hidden soft side).

Has no one mentioned that "Patient" (a homestuck song by toby) is a remix of "The Doctor" (yet another homestuck-related song) and that "Another Medium" (the overworld theme for Hotland) is a remix of it?

ZUNpets in both Spear Of Justice and Battle Against A True Hero, that is all

One thing I really noticed was the yellow flower, featured both in Toriel's home and other places in Undertale, in mother 3 sunflowers play a role relating to Hinawa and certain scenes. Also Flowey's sprite resembles the flowers found in Magicant in Earthbound. Asriel is called crybaby a couple times, and while the striped shirt of Frisk has already been mentioned in regards to Ness, it's notable that in Mother 3 Lucas is also called a crybaby more than a few times, and wear a striped shirt just like Asriel does. The dog in Undertale is said to be Toby Fox' "avatar", in Earthbound there's a dog in a drug store apparently possessed by the game designers. This one I've seen being talked about a lot, but Mt. Ebott is a reference to Mt. Itoi from Mother 1, where the mountain is named after the maker of the game. Ebott is Toby mirrored and edited a bit

Glad you covered more Homestuck... But yeah, I think there might be more. One example is that Snowdin is similar to Jade Harley's medium, both are covered in snow and they both have an obsession with Christmas... Also Waterfall (or wetland (idk, I should replay Undertale)) looks a lot like John Eggberts medium, has lots of glowing mushrooms, and has inhabitants that want to see real stars but cannot die to something blocking the sky... I've heard of some more, but I can't recall them.

You missed the thing i was counting on! Floweys theme song sounds an awful lot like the FUN song from spongebob

I know super paper Mario was in the last one but I found another connection between characters that was interesting Asgore and Count Bleck are very similar for many reasons 1: They're both villains who redeem themselves in the end 2: Neither of them actually want to be evil, but do bad things because they feel they have to. Bleck feels like he has to destroy all worlds to fulfill a prophecy, and Asgore feels that killing the humans and destroying humanity is the only way to truly free monsterkind, even though he feels no true disdain for humans. 3: They were both tipped off by the loss of a loved one. In Bleck's case, it was Timpani, and with Asgore, it was his son, Asriel. 4: They were both betrayed by someone they once trusted, Bleck with Dimentio, and Asgore with Asriel (at the time, Flowey) 5: They were both rejected by their spouses for being evil, and were forgiven in the end (In Asgore's case, kind of. Toriel's still a little pissed)

moar homestuck stuff. did u know that the intro to another medium comes directly from an unused homestuck song by toby fox named patient? it was a remix of a song called doctor. another medium also uses the same soundfont as patient. have fun with video 3 lel. (Yes I wanted to comment this way because why not)

I think Frisk/Chara share a point with Calliope/Caliborn cause the 2 pairs have one body with two different personnality Frisk/Calliope are kind and make friends while Chara/Caliborn are ruthless killers.for those who don't know this is a homestuck reference

It's pronounced with a long 8 sound, as Vriska's typing quirk. B's can be 8s and the eight sound (ate) is replaced by 8. So killed by break spider. And Vriska uses Br8k often...

4:55 he actually looks like the amalgamate thing at the bed in the true lab

Similarities between Undertale and Touhou Frisk and Chara have very similar designs to Satori Komeiji and Koishi Komeiji from Touhou 11, even their abilities match, Frisk can save, and if s/he dies s/he remembers the dialouge, kind of similar to Satori's mind reading ability. As for Chara, she can be described as a maniac, which fits Koishi's personality, not only that, but Koishi can manipulate the subconcious mind, making you move at her will without you realizing, similar to how Chara takes control of Frisk at times. Koishi is also unnoticable, unless she specifically allows someone to notice her. Similar to how Chara goes along with Frisk unnoticed for the most part. Another one from Touhou 11, Muffet is a spider who lives in a cave. In Touhou 11, Yamame Kurodani is a spider who lives in a cave. In Snowdin bridge, (The one after you fight Greater Dog) Papyrus becomes jealous, and rejects not being able to activate the trap due to him being peauciful, similar to the bridge princess/guardian Parsee Mizuhashi, driven insane by jealousy The Former Capital of The Blazing Hell and Snowdin are very similar in design In The Former Capital, Theres a youkai named Yuugi Hoshiguma being extremely strong, enough to destroy buildings with a punch, similar to Undyne (maybe Undyne isn't as strong but she lifts boulders) Patchouli Knowledge's Princess Undine, and Satori's spellcard in Touhou 11 with Marisa B characters, are both names Princess Undine The Earth Spirit Palace from Touhou 11 has the same design as the Judgement Hall except its tiled with purple and reddish colors Asgore's Theme is very similar in beats along with the melody to Sepette for the Dead Princess (and the bass is the same but slowed down a small bit) Asriel's Design (Toriel's too) is very similar to Sariel from Touhou 1 (Similar name too) Marisa Kirisame's attacks are very similar to Asriel's (I don't know which Touhou game it was) The Core in Undertale is a weaker version of the Nuclear Fusion Reactor from Touhou 10.5 and 12.3, and the Nuclear Furnace where Utsuho Reiuji fight happens as the final boss in Touhou 11 Sans's Gaster Blasters look like the vengeful spirits Rin Kaenbyou uses Photoshop Flowey's WARNING screen is similar to Utsuho Reiuji's WARNING before an attack that creates a star or features nuclear fusion and they are both the final boss, excluding the extra stage boss, which would convert to Asriel in Undertale Tsunderplane's hat is very similar to Yukari Yakumo's hat as listed in the video The music similarities between Hartmann's Youkai Girl from Touhou 11 and Kindness soul's part in Your Best Nightmare The music similarities between Bad apple, and Justice soul's part in Your Best Nightmare Both Touhou 11 and Undertale take place in a place called Underground Sakuya Izayoi (Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion) says the paradise should definitely be warm to Chen in Touhou 7 [A bad omen cat] which is the passive aggressive form of "should be burning in hell" as sans says it (Sakuya probably didn't say hell in order to be mannered expected from a maid, which is also the reason she doesn't kill Marisa and Reimu instantly by speeding time up with a bouncing knife in it) Sakuya Izayoi has very close ties to Remilia similar to sans's bonds to Toriel and Asgore Sans' ability to stop time and manipulate space is also a similarity between Sakuya and sans. Alphys is a scientist who is very shy, Nitori Kawashiro is an engineer who is very shy (similar, and Nitori's power is water manipulation, and Alphys can control electricity a bit, and water is conductive, although this may just be a coincidence) I will add more if I find more.

This has been pointed out before, but the Judge from OFF shares a lot of similarities with Sans in a genocide run. They both disappear for the rest of the game after their brother is killed by you, and they both only attempt to stop you when all is nearly lost. They also both know something that they probably shouldn't know. The Judge somehow knows that the Batter is only a puppet for the player, and Sans realizes Frisk/Chara has control of the timeline. The Batter also shares similarities with Frisk during a genocide route. They both hardly talk and are obsessed with killing or purifying everything in their path. In both games areas that you visit undergo similar changes. They become very nearly devoid of life with creepy music playing in the background. In both games you also get special encounters if you return to an area you've already been to. Toby Fox getting inspiration from Off would make sense because he would want to model his indie RPG game after another successful indie RPG game.

you forgot that gaster's theme sounds almost identical to 'who are you' from final fantasy 7.

Here some few more touhou reference , Your Best Nightmare - The Soul of kindness Based on Hartman Youkai Girl (from Touhou 11, Subterrainian Animism). Next is, Your Best Nightmare - The Soul of Justice - based on Bad apple!!! (From touhou 4, Lotus Land Story)

This gave me goosebumps good work on the video

one thing is that the song in hotland, another medium, is actually a reference to the homestuck theme, the medium.

Uboa is WAY creepier then Gaster...

I guess someone pointed it out already but Waterfall really looks like another land from Homestuck, the land of Wind and Shade. It even has the glowing mushrooms. Plus, deep in the land there is a piano/organ in the way to Typheus' palat where the character (John) has to play a certain song in order to clean out the land's sky. It somehow reminds me pf the piano puzzle in Waterfall. (this is just a theory though)

Oh damn! That was really cool! I love it when games have references in it that people can try and figure out :P

Two possible inspirations that I caught: 1. The song "Once Upon a Time" sounds somewhat similar to the opening theme from Final Fantasy. 2. "Bonetrousle" sounds very similar to the classical piece "Hungarian Dance No. 5".

After checking Loox it reads that his family name is Eyewalker. So Loox full name is Loox Eyewalker a reference to Luke Skywalker.

AWESOME VIDEO DUDE! -xUndertalex 4k Subscribers

BR8K = break. Vriska replaces words that sound like "eight" with 8. Made me laugh though xD It's kind of difficult getting used to their typing quirks. Gr8 video, dude! A lot of HS refs :D

leg so hot....hot hot leg......leg so hot.....you can fry an egg

Erm, Hotland plays Another Medium in the background, and the Land of Heat and Clockwork is *another medium*

Awesome video!

I'm so glad you included Yume Nikki references in this video. So many people have no idea that Gaster is inspired by Uboa. Yume Nikki is amazing! It's celebrating its 12 anniversary this year; please play it!

You forget again ;^; Undertale have inspirations based in OFF a rpg maked by Mortis Ghost

U forgot troll face photoshop flowey

this channel is awesome keep it up I subriced

Thanks for making another!!

Actually, Undertale came before We Bear Bears. So Ice Bear was inspired by Ice Wolf.

The theme that plays when you lose to Omega Flowey is a speeded up version of the regular game over music!

You have 1995 subs! Only need 5 more for 2000! Keep up the great work!

I'm a little surprised the video didn't mention this. The words "but no one came" come up a few different times in Undertale, usually with some emotional weight attached. It comes up in the final battle with Flowey after Flowey mockingly suggests that you call for help, and during the backstory of the fallen child when you're going through New Home. In Earthbound, some enemies can call for help to summon more enemies to the field, but if it doesn't work, the text box will say "But no one came."

also you forgot waterfall and snowdin also resembling homestuck lands

Another little tidbit that wasn't mentioned in this video (nor the previous one), is the fact that there's a line in the Genocide Route that may be a reference to Ib, a freeware horror game made by Kouri. Now, the explanation for this contains spoilers for both the Genocide Route in Undertale and Ib, so stop reading if you don't wanna be spoiled. We good? Good. In Undertale's Genocide Route, whenever you "fight" against Monster Kid, the flavor text says "In my way." In Ib, the character Mary says this exact same line several times over while repeatedly stabbing a mannequin head (which bleeds, I might add) after she finds out that the character Garry discovered she is actually a painting instead of a human.

The fact that there's steak in general, though this is a stretch, might be a reference to the default favourite food item in Earthbound, which is Steak. Again, this could be a stretch, but i think it was worth mentioning.

Holy I love this,this reminded me about Cucumber Quest I need to watch that later.

Well... i have a theory Chara is based on Sucre (better known as Sugar) of the indie rpg OFF... They both has an insane personality and they both talk formally... Also Sucre has a power called Parfait eu Chocolate (Chocolate Parfait) and when she dies she drop an item called Grand Chocolater... and Chara likes chocolate very much too. Other thing is Chara and Sucre has a similar design (Sorry if i has a basic english, i speak spanish...)

11:57 Dimentio and Bowser hit the dislike button on that part

in undertale genocide run , when you first meet mettaton he will say some stuff about you wanting to kill him and then says T-O-O-B-A-D the same " too bad " message is said in earthbound Ness' mother when you are with pokey and pokey refuses to eat steak with you .

Coming back to look at this, I now see Homestuck. I saw this video before I read Homestuck, now I ended act 5 act 1. THIS IS FEELS FOR ME.

Pronounced brake Thats the characters typing quick Eight sounds and b’s are replaced by 8 (not the b on this one tho)

7:50 mettaton x's theme is called death by glamour. Not ow yes

I love how its inspired. it gives credits that other games are good too. :>

muffet makes me think of aranea, a spider inspired character in homestuck which is often saw behind a stand, paying characters to hear her exposing the lore. like this 9:49

Previous video link is broken... tumblr one too

Sans and Papyrus reminds me of Squarewave and Sawtooth from Homestuck

This was interesting and I quite enjoyed it. I can see how you would make that mistake with the horse man, y'know, equine ---> horse.

yesss more homestuck mentions

Touhou is not an anime :'/

I guess you could say that the last video had a SKELE-ton of comments. ;)

A PERFECT 15 MINUTES!!! WOW! INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!

The manly bandana is also an item in mother 3 and the words nobody came around used in earthbound when an enemy calls for help but nobody comes, and in undertale when you kill every monster in an area

also here are some that I THİNK MİGHT be true ( NOT %100) 1.When you encounter the character LESSER DOG in snowdin pet him and his head will grow.I think this is a reference to the LONG CAT MEME. 2.BURGERPANTS AND SQUİDWARD (DO I EVEN NEED TO EXPLAİN????) 3 GERSON is the main vendor of the WATERFALL area.His design looks like Koopas from SUPER MARİO BROS series 4.GLYDE is a hidden boss in the MYSTERİOUS DOOR ROOM. his design resembles a mystical turtle.If you didn't know there is A mystical turtle that carries a giant city on it's shell.One of the most interesting thing about him is that he doesn't explain anything about himself so does GLYDE 5.UNDYNE is also based on mystical stuff.She is based on and named after Undine. they are somewhat mermaids.???? 6.The first miniboss in MOTHER 3 is NEGATİVE MAN and the first miniboss in UNDERTALE is NAPSTABLOOK. In case you don't know both cracters are pathetic.narrow and kinda crys alot 7.MONSTER KİD was designed by MAGNOLİA PORTER.And it resembles the POKEMON Scraggy; both are very similar. 8.WHİMSUN AND LUİGİ are kinda the same.Both are scared of everything whims alot and gets serious in the end 9.TORİEL is like MOM to every human that has fallen down!!!.And I think I'm the only one who thinks that she resembles Kiriko Aoi from the anime GODANNAR.Heack they both even wear glasse!!! 10.Am I the only one who got the joke between TSUNDERplane and THUNDERplane ??? REALLY?? 11.snooPİNG AS usuall I SEE !!! 12.For the botH FNAF and UNDERTALE FANS :Mettaton is the same way is FREDDY FAZBEAR .HOW you might ask.Well Freddy is able to move thanks to the ghost kid possessing him.and mettaton is able to move thanks to HAPPSTABLOOK(READ THE DİARYS İN METTATONS HOUSE)Both became very popular and have many fans.Heck they both hold their microphone in the same hand!!!! 14. İN one of theminigames in FNAF4 the fredbear plush that follows you around becomes a flower.A YELLOW FLOWER I MİGHT ADD. heck they bot even have the leafs the same way as FLOWEY 15.PAPYRUS AND SKELETHOR NYEH HEH HEHEHEH!!! 16. FİNAL STARMAN AND FİNAL FROGGİT 17. ZE abondon Quiche in the waterfall is based on some twitter posts made by TOBY FOX..... 18. the green signs in hotland doors are the same AS İLLUMİNATİ SİGNS. DUN DUN DUN !!!!! THATS ALL I CAN FİND. WİLL YOU MAKE A PART 3 PLASE ALSO WHO İS HYPED ABOUT FNAF SISTER LOCATION( ZE NEW FNAF GAME)

Oh my god I'm first?

this game is just one big breautiful patchwork of many great works while being quite original as well! i've started reading Cucumber quest and playing Earthbound, now i gotta check out all the others like Homestuck, Ava's Demon, Yume Nikki. i didn't realize when i got into Undertale it would get me into so many other things i barely know where to start!

Other little references I found: When migrating towards Hotland from Waterfall, you pass a sign with its words moving right to left reading "Welcome to Hotland." In Earthbound, Ness & Co. enter Lumine Hall with a similar sign design that reads Ness' thoughts. Next, during the genocide run in Undertale, you have to keep fighting enemies in the area to receive the message "But nobody came." In Earthbound (as well as Mother 1 and 3), the enemy can randomly call for help to fight Ninten/Ness/Lucas & Co. but if said enemy fails, the text shows "[enemy name] called for help. But nobody came."

I also noticed that one of the heart stages (I forgot which one it was) from Flowey started off with some tune that sounded JUST like Bad Apple.

12:48 i agree. noisemaster's theme maybe a prototype for both of mettaton's battle themes

A few songs from UT are based off of Doctor from Homestuck (She's Playing the Piano, Alphys and Another Medium(which is likely based off of the name of a HS album named Medium)) Burgentruckung is based off of Snow Pollen, part of ruins with toy knife is likely based off of Derse, Waterfall is likely based off of Land of Wind and Shade, Snowdin is possibly based off of Land of Frost and Frogs the place where you fight Sans is a possible reference to Prospit. Also there is a possible reference to Harleboss in A Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans at the beginnings of both songs

11:45 1. I don't remember if you mentioned it but as I'm informed Noisemaster's theme was composed by Toby Fox (Not 100% but that's what I heard!) 2. Noisemaster's theme hides the Gasters Leitmotif at the Mettaton Leitmotif Part and also the Ghost Fight/Dummy! Theme at the begining. 3. Wow! What a coincidence! I learned about Noisemaster's theme yesterday and now I heard it again in this video!

In the Omega Flowey battle in Undertale, Flowey say "Mommy! Daddy! Somebody help!", This is familiar to Earthbound final battle (Not Halloween Hack) ,Porky, who say a line familiar to Omega Flowey. He's say "Why not you call your mommy, Ness! Say, "Mommy! Daddy! I'm so frightened! I think I'm gonna wet my pants!". Porky and Flowey were saying in familiar line about mommy and daddy.

Mettaton EX form and appearance is somewhat reminiscent to 80-90s Japanese pop star Kohiruimaki Koharu, especially how she used to style herself, seen in 'Together' and 'Party'. That hairstyle, outfit and perhaps dance move. This came to me watching Frankjavcee's How to Make Vaportrap video, the tune and clip featuring her in that TDK ad reminds me so much of Mettaton EX.

well i was listening to the Cherubim album for homestuck the song "The Lordling" and in it at some point has flowey's laugh it's cool that the same laugh would be used for undertale.

5:15 That vine video nailed it. From Spongebob ''encouraging'' Gary to Frisk spamming [Z].

When you use the punch card with the tough glove, not only do you ORA, but when it says "your hands are burning" it could possible be a reference to what Jonathan says before he uses the SUNLIGHT YELLOW OVERDRIVE and the picture of his hands burning along with it

Great how you mentioned William Kage.

The song Uwa so temperamental is very similar to a melody heard in most versions of dearly beloved from the kingdom hearts series.

glad I subed after watching the original vid

I never played Dragon Quest, so I would've never thought that Battle Against a True Hero was recorded with the Dragon Quest sound font.

I still find it really cool that multiple parts of the Flowey fight have motif’s from touhou

Snail race reminds me of that part toward the end of Mother 3 where you have to play a bunch of stupid games with Porky Jr, but you aren't allowed to win. If you win, you have to restart, similar to if you mash Z in Thundersnail you will lag far behind.

Holy crap, I didn't even know about the ORA reference! I guess that solidifies the earlier references, huh

2:49 CONGRATULATIONS YOU SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME

4:19 That's why I thought I've seen gasters face before

Had no idea hiimdaisy went on to do anything else! I gotta read cucumber quest now.

Sans’s secret lab has a picture with Sans with 3 other people. With Earthbound’s ending, it has a photo of Ness, with Paula ( 1 ) Jeff ( 2 ) and Poo ( 3 ) so that photo in Sans’s Lab could be that exact photo:

The wind noises that can be heard when the player and Asgore are near the barrier is Giygas breathing slightly slowed down.

good vid spartan

The intro to the Hive Swap Act 1 song (Which was also composed by Toby Fox) called "Half-Harley Manor" sounds a lot like the intro to "Ruins" from Undertale

In alphys' lab where theres a cat poster has a greenish-olive eye color which is also the blood color of Nepeta, a character in Homestuck.

There is also the possible inspiration of Undyne to the sea dwelling trolls in homestuck as they are both humanoids that feature fish like features ( fin like ears and sharp fish fangs) specifically I see a lot of similarities between Undyne and Eridan Ampora as they are both fishes who are hell bent on killing off a certain group of people (Undyne to the humans as to Eridan to the land dwelling trolls) also undynes primary attack is throwing blue spears, just like how Eridan fires blue harpoons from his harpoon gun..

Definitely wasn’t the first to find this, but Papyrus’s overworld sprite and early concept resembles Dedan’ from Off. Toby directly says it in the official Undertale art book. Neat fact tho.

There are a few more I found (well alot of other people also found these i bet) I was looking through the Earthbound Soundfonts and I found a soundfont called "M.D. Seeger", now, I played the sound font and apparently, it makes that sound you hear when "THE BATTLE AGAINST GYIGAS" appears in the title screen, the similar one used in the Megalo Strikes Back at the intro. In Earthbound, there's a Police Man (well technically the captain of the police men) In Onett who, when you need to get past the blockade blocking the way to Twoson, says this quote: "At times like this, kids like you, should be playing Nintendo Games" and compare that to: "On days like these, kids like you, should be burning in hell"

I don't remember if you have brought his up in any of these videos, but on the date with alphys, her being thrown into a trashcan could be a reference to Dr. Andonuts in earthbound/Mother 3, as in mother 3, he is found hiding in a trashcan is a similar pose to alphys's