Undertale's Monsters Aren't Really Monsters?! The Bizarre Truth! Undertale Theory | UNDERLAB 

Maybe humans are just evolved monsters too... now there's food for thought! What do you think? Check out Toriel's Genocide Theme: No One's left! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SAlXi3IjbFE.html

Well what could they be... hmmmm Maybe they are all king Mels in costumes!

Toby Fox made monsters as monsters,so of course they're monsters

Toriel is a goat Lion Edit: everything checks out. The claws, fangs and Asgores giant golden mane.

What if the talking rock is a snail hiding from torial.

I think that the thing hiding between Froggit’s legs is it’s baby.

It really depends on what the definition of a "monster" is, given the many different kinds and families of monsters there are in the tiny stretch of the underground that frisk travels. the only thing that truly sets them apart from a human, or a regular object/animal, yet shared by all monsters is the fact that their bodies are mostly magic, and their souls are weak and non-colored accordingly. Before the big war, there was likely some mystical way to check a soul since humans also wielded magic during that time. while most monsters look very distinctly different than a human, the ones that look like regular things would be hard to find and thus trap underground without some spell or way to see their soul, and the more humanoid monsters would maybe even be able to disguise themselves to look human, thus needing to be soul-checked.

I'm preeeeetty sure monsters are monster, I mean, other wise why would they turn into dust? And why the war? And why the upside down soul? The is a LOT of evidence that the monsters are monsters.

Alright, I'm very confused as to why my comment just vanished... guess I'll just type it again, though maybe with a different wording. I feel like this Theory is rather flawed, as it relies on comparing the UNDERTALE reality to our own reality's standards. While we in *this* reality wouldn't consider some of the characters as "monsters", the use of the word doesn't seem to share the same meaning in *their* reality. In the past you've had theories pertaining only to UNDERTALE's lore and "laws of physics" if you will, but intertwining the laws of the two realities -- in my opinion -- has little value when trying to speak about only one of them. They *are* clearly different realities, after all. Not much of a "Bizarre Truth" when you think about it. But hey, that's why we have theories, right? To figure all this stuff out?

1:46 the river person says "humans, monsters, flowers... tra-la-la"

The player just happened to land in the underground during one of Undyne's cosplay parties XD

If the monsters are trying to blend in and be hidden, why do they pop out and attack you? Why would they expose the selfs if they evolved to hide from humans and them surprise one?

3:35 - Yeah, they're undead. | 6:14 - Meet the sushi chef's nightmare! | 7:28 - Dr. Alphys probably got the idea from Ghost in the Shell, what can you expect from that reptilian otaku?!

I think ghosts are another category creatures. And i think undertale true monsters are living spells like Silverlay from Estories comic on Deviant Art.

dogtroid was a reference to metroid

This would imply that Alphys is an evolved lizard, and that Undyne is a strangely evolved fish. I don't even know how high Alphys's IQ is.

I think, in the reality if the game, "monsters" as a term encompasses the unmbrella of anything decidedly non-human and sentient. So a talking rock that can feel and speak could be a monster. Much like Geodude isn't just a magic rock in pokemon, it's an organism.

1:52 - HOLD IT RIGHT THERE- Flowers ARE alive. Flowey in question just talks.

This theory is utterly ridiculous. Saying they aren't monsters because they simply aren't "monsterous" according to how we would normally use that word, is quite illogical. Maybe it's just the name of their race, not the fact that they are scary or anything. This theory pretty much ignores the entire lore of the game! There'd be no point for Toby to make this true. Come on, Underlab you can do better than this!

The mushroom in tem village is a type of monster called, “myconids” so they’re legit.

I have 2 suggestions if thats ok! Even if there isnt much reaserch (too lazy for me) but here it is: Why DID the 5 humans follow the path to the underground? What is this about? you ask Well then, i have a theory! A G- kidding, so the theory is based about "why did the other 5 human souls fall into the underground?" So i say that all of them were friends in the village (not chara cuz that was decades before) so when the second human soul fell (paitence) and died their closest friend knew that both of them knew about the rumour so when paitence fell and never returned, the close friend (bravery) was brave enough to go and find them, ending in the same fait, next comes perseverance , integritys honesty was her downfall because she told perseverance about what happened to paitence and bravery, perse wanted to know and she was interested about the monsters, so down she fell....sadly to be killed off by undyne or possibly even gerson (im guessing paitence died via flowey because she waited for the friendliness pelletes or she died of starvation thanks to toriel telling her to wait at the room and that bravery died fighting sans because toriel didnt give him the promise yet) integrity felt sad and blamed herself for perces death...so i guess you know what she did, survivng but later being killed by A) undyne B) gerson or C) she drowned when undyne or a monster knocked her into the rivers of waterfall, next was kindess, she didnt mean to fall....but justice was ready to jump down and serve the monsters some good justice but kindess stepped in and fell down, dragging justice with her, they died together, i dont know how but i hope you like this first theory! The second one is that all the souls are related (or at least chara and frisk) So to put this short, bravery is paitences brother, justice is kindess's brother, integrity is perseverance's sister and chara and frisk are sisters, hope you use these two theory's!

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OODLY NOODLY IN THE HOUSE BOIS

That would be amazing!

dogtroid was meant for an Easter egg if you beat the game in a certain time limit you would see a dog in a bikini this is a reference to metroid, sadly toby cut it from the final release

*MIND BLOWN*

Hello Underlab again. hmmm pretty interesting theory you have here and it is kinda fresh so. 1. You based it off in real life which of course wouldn't fit seeing as our standards of what a monster is and what a monster in UT standards are very different. 2. You said that some monsters are possessed objects from the surface, But there is proof of why everything is a monster in the Underground, Remember that alphys said all monsters don't have physical forms which in turn debunks your idea of sans and papyrus being human skellingtons since when you kill them they turn to dust therefore making them human. 3. Sure we may not be able to kill nabsta or mad dummy since they are ghosts and frisk can't hit ghosts since they are incorporeal, we can take a look at the first dummy in the ruins since mad dummy says that the first dummy we encounter is his cousin and if we do kill the first dummy it turns to dust therefore we can assume that mad dummy and nabsta if they are able to be damaged they will turn to dust. Overall this was a pretty nice concept for a theory and a bizzare one for sure but maybe next time atleast make some sense out of it?

Why don’t the dogs bleed when you cut them? Why do they all turn to dust upon death except Mettaton?

Then it’s gonna be HumanTale!!!!!

Duude these theories are getting too far...

Maybe the plants could be monsters created by experiments by Gaster or Alphies.

I have an idea that's sort of an opposite of the idea you proposed. Perhaps certain monsters were simply once animals or items that were in areas so heavily filled with magic that they ended up evolving at a much faster rate, which could explain why many things detail Humans as being unable to use magic yet a large part of Underground history is the 7 mages that sealed them under Mt. Ebbot, those magicians were simply around magic for such a constant amount of time that it became a permanent part of their soul

Undertales monsters are just animals but the definition of a monster is a creature with a monsters soul not a creature with a monsterous appearance

Before when the monsters were sealed away some humans could of had children with the monsters explaining a lot of the human like monsters in undertale

When you run out of ideas

The theory idea i had for months is now gone, why underlab... Now people will think im copying. I WOULD HAD PUBLISHED IT MONTHS AGO IF IT WERENT FOR SCHOOL GOD DAMMIT.

my child what's with that funny look? -_-

if humans are involved monsters...then why gaster is the most intelligent thing in the universe ??? (sorry about my bad inglish)

no, dogtroid is a mixture of "dogsong", referring to its base leitmotif, and metroid, due to when it was supposed to play.

here's a theory for ya why asgore killed the humans i mean some of the fallen humans could have started genocide too in the process of the war

I see that no-one ever wonder why the cave that underneath Mt.Ebbot is soooooo big? And had many trees grow without sunlight, lava, snow, sea and raining from somewhere? I think normal caves aren't that big and had those kind of things. And the bunny lady who sells things, if we talk to her she told us that after the monsters decided to leave the runis some of the monsters likes the cold so they decided to camp there and it bacame snowdin town. So there is already those un-natural stuffs. And how did the humans know which cave is the best place to sent them? I think they planed it from the beginning? So they make a huge cave for them to live down there for the rest of their lives... I don't know that is possible. Maybe... Just guessing though.. Edit: opps I didn't mean to be that long Sorry..😐

"When even plants talk-" Vegetoid: plants can't talk dummy

Good job explaining a theory!

I think they're just evolved versions of already existing animals that have gained a way of using magic The dreemurrs-evolved goats Skele bros-reanimated corpses Undyne-evolved fish boi

7:20 the footage shows the butterscotch pie being eaten against a tsundereplane. My mind broke a little.

Well I'm not really sure! I never thought about this really, it's kind of crazy, but it is a unique and interesting, I mean there is alot of ideas what monsters are, and it is interesting that they also have a sort of soul, or how would you see (Possessed objects) I'm not really sure about Napstablook, and in 2015 my thought when seeing (Sans, Papyrus) is how were they born, and how are they monsters if they're literally the human skeleton, but with voices, that is it I guess.

Papyrus' pet rock must've wandered in the ruins and interacted with Frisk down there. The very rock he has could just be a rock... covered in sprinkles.

Here's the thing: in Undertale, anything with a monster SOUL is a monster

4:02: something you will never unsee (sans’s pants blend way too well with the background)

OBJECTION!!!

A flower that has come to life, huh? Sounds... Dangerous?

Dude what about monster kid want is he

About Froggit, I Think Froggit Is Secretly A Cat. Why? Because Froggit Says "Meow" From Time To Time.

2:38 That’s CHARA translating the Frog’s speech? Did you forget that Chara is actually the narrator in this game?

"A flower that's come to life"... So every flower then? ;)

I think what are considered monsters in Undertale is that they turn to dust when they die (The amalgamates are just monsters that are injected with determination, and Undyne does turn to dust)

Undyne blushes slightly once in Undertale (pacifist) when she needs you to deliver her letter

Of course they are not monsters, they are SHAPESHIFTING REPTILIANS! 8)

I think that, since Monsters are made of magic, they can look like whatever they want.

I thought the definition of monster was when something is either little known of, like the big foot, or an object/creature being changed scientificly/evolutionry.

I dont get the points of these pizza cubes

*[sees Toriel's head fall off in the start]* _ohmcshizzlesandwthdidijustsay_

Theory: Is Mettaton The Purple Soul (Perseverance)? When Fighting Mettaton EX, You See A Soul In His/Her Chest. It Is Purple The Color Of Perseverance. So Could Like In Earthbound Where They Put Their Souls In Robots, Be Another Inspiration From It Because Undertale Was Heavily Inspired By Earthbound?

The human in the genocide route... Acts like a monster tho

Dogtroid was meant to be a track that went along with a cut feature within Undertale: if you beat the game within a certain amount of time, you'd get to see The Annoying Dog in a bikini, not unlike Samus in Metroid. Dogtroid has nothing to do with robotic dog suits.

I have a theory of froggits. They are frogs that are wearing a frog shaped cloak and thats why you can see a face in between the legs

Underlab you should make a video of how Undyne got her determination in the genocide battle

But the enemies/bosses all turn to dust (except the mad dummy and metteton), therefore they HAVE to be monsters, unless there is some kind of unidentified species that also turns to dust after death.

Froggit can’t talk the speech is in parentheses Frisk just speaks frog

You know I suppose when there's magic literally everywhere around you all of the time, magic is bound to become a part of your own evolutionary traits, it may even be how Human magicians once existed yet many things in Undertale dictate Humans being unable to harness magic, the majority of Humans likely just didn't have enough magic around them for it to become a permanent staple of their soul

"Monster" is very loosely defined in Undertale. For all we know, a Monster could just be anything that posesses Monster Magic. On the genocide run, you activate fights under Chara's partial influence, but only near monsters. And Toby implies that a Fight in Undertale is different than just a representation of a physical, real world fight by coloring them differently. This difference could possibly be because of the presence of a Monster. That just leaves the Question of where Monster Magic comes from. But it could come from the Monster Souls, something Flowey used to have.

I'll try to not be mistaken for a rock... again.

Toriel: What’s That Funny Look? Frisk -_-

???: OOOH NOOOO! *Mettaton appears* Mettaton: I wasn't in this video! Me: Mettaton leave I have something to say. Mettaton: OHHH NOO! Me: *Pushes Mettaton away* Me: Okay. I think Sans is the.. Mettaton: Justice soul? Me: Yes... How'd you know? Mettaton: *Silent* I... kind of murdered them..? Me: ... Moooving on.. I thing Papyrus is the kindness soul.

I don’t really think...

underlab! in megalovania, you can hear gaster theme! AWESOME

Sans and Papyrus being fossilized in dust and magic could be the answer

I gotta congratulate you. I can't think of anyone else who can milk a game as much as you have. (Not saying this as an insult or compliment, just making an observation.)

make a video about which exact year undertale occurs

maybe the underworld is just a huge comicon convention

If monsters are evolved animals or simply ghosts that poses inanimated objects, How they were able to get something we know as magic?.

Patience = Toriel, RUINS. Patience died in the Ruins. Also where you meet Toriel. Bravery = ...I haven't thought of anyone else except for Sans and Gaster. Integrity = Undyne, WATERFALL. My little theory is that Undyne died, and she regrets being not armed with the right equipment. Now she hangs out with Perseverance or Alphys, just like they did when they weren't monsters. Perseverance = Alphys, HOTLAND. Because of their perseverance, they lived. I mean, Perseverance was most likely interested in science, just like Alphys. And, Alphys definetly persevered through many hard times with her experiments right? Kindness = Okay, now I have no idea whatsoever. My hands are really tired now, I'm just gonna take a break and never try to theorize in the comments section ever again.

I never believed they were monsters the second I realized they disappear leaving behind only dust when they die. Due to the facts that they are mostly made of magic, they express themselves through their magic, their strength is strongly influenced by their willpower, their bodies disappear upon death, and the fate of their souls (aside from disappearing) are unknown: I believe they are in fact spirits. Surely a monster would still be a physical being. It was very clear to me early on that they are actually spirits but Toby Fox for whatever reason wanted them to be called monsters. Why Toby Fox decided they should be called monsters when they are so similar to interpretations of spirits in animistic beliefs I could not tell you. Oh yeah also in animism it is sometimes interpreted that humans have much stronger power within them than spirits but are unable to tap into it with ease like spirits can. Seeing as how we know little of the origins of monsters I always had the idea that perhaps monsters in their world is an unnatural phenomenon caused by (what else) science. The fact that determination, something perfectly natural for a living intelligent creature to have, causes harmful effects to monsters could be proof enough that monsters are not natural. The fact that monsters were so dangerous to humans is obviously why they were trapped underground in the first place. If they were a result of science then it is likely they were sent their because they were thought to be unstable by the humans. The way they are accepted so easily in the pacifist ending tells me that either humans don't remember them or they think of monsters are not as dangerous as previously thought. I also think that Sans telling you about exp and lv were lies. Lying about exp and lv to humans who are about to face Asgore could be a means of getting in their head to make them question their otherwise justified actions and making it easy for Asgore to defeat the now discouraged human who feels bad about fighting now. As for the whole Chara thing on the genocide route, I guess Toby Fox doesn't believe in self-defense. If I could change the end of the genocide route to Frisk managing to get Asgore's soul, killing Flowey, and getting out of the underground back home to try and live the rest of her life forgetting that horrible place where freaky creatures say nice things while trying to murder you I would. I like my ending to the genocide route much much better than Toby fox's. Basically I think the monsters are actually spirits and the genocide route has its morals messed up.

What happened to alphys in the genocide route

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It could just be Halloween every day for them and the normal people got annoyed and put them underground

SANS TAKE OFF YOUR SKULL THIS INSTANT sans: wut

How about the theory about how will LOVE work with humans like killing humans?

*don't worry, alphys. you are still a monster.

a way a monstr is determined is if they turn to dust at death or have an upside down soul

papyrus is a living skeleton that talks so papyrus is a monster.

Some of them aren’t even monsters. THEY ARE ANIMALS

I kind of define “monster” as a magical creature in undertale

It's a fair theory but it Also makes zero sense

Hey underlab I have a good idea what ya could do Why does Asgore like flowers?

If they weren't monsters than how does papyrus' head fall off when you kill him and when his body disappears he is still alive?

Monster are not really monsters? Wha-what 's next? Humans are not really humans?

it's been nearly 3 years since the games release if people haven't played and need to be warned of spoilers it's they're fault

One small issue Why do they turn to dust when killed?

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