The influence of the Anomaly can be either benevolent or malevolent in this run. However, if the Anomaly had done a genocide run before, the ending will be made sour by Chara who shows that they can possess Frisk at any time due to the Anomaly having sold Frisk's soul, regardless of how many Pacifist Runs they done. However, at the end of a pacifist run, it is possible to reset back to when Frisk fell into the underground, which by that point even Flowey no longer wants to do. In a pacifist run, the Anomaly is a benevolent influence on Frisk who guides them through the underground, being helped by Chara who gives them advice on the best course of action. However, both are powerless against indirect influences as the Anomaly can edit the games files to alter the world as they see fit. The only beings capable of challenging the Anomaly directly are those who have reached maximum LOVE, such as Chara (who gained their LOVE through murder) and Flowey (who gained his LOVE by absorbing human souls). While the Anomaly has been mistaken as Chara and Frisk by Flowey and Chara respectively, it's unknown what Frisk knows and Sans isn't aware that the Anomaly is only a recent appearance and that it was Flowey who first caused the timeline anomalies. There are only a handful of beings in Undertale that are aware of the Anomaly's influence and none of them know all of the details. The only ones who are immune are those who reach maximum LOVE, such as Chara and Asriel. Most of the time, when the Anomaly resets time, only Frisk and Flowey are fully aware of the resets while everyone else has only vague recollections but under certain conditions even Frisk and Flowey can be made to forget. At any moment the Anomaly can turn back time to the point where Frisk fell into the Underground, the only ones capable of overriding this power being Flowey after absorbing human souls and Chara after the latter reaches maximum LOVE (Level of Violence). In any playthrough, the player is the one controlling Frisk and the being who makes every decision.
Seeing as they are the player, their alignment depends on what route they take.Īs Undertale is a game that's very big on meta-commentary, the player themselves is just as much a character as anyone else inside the game, and the most powerful being in the context of the game as well. They are simply the player, and in-universe they serve as a driving force throughout the game, aiding Frisk on their journey throughout the Underground and manipulating the Underground itself. The Anomaly is the overarching protagonist of Toby Fox's Undertale and Deltarune. ~ Chara to the player if they succeed in a second Genocide run. Let us send this world back into the abyss. Should you choose to create this world once more. I cannot understand these feelings any more. You are wracked with a perverted sentimentality. There is a reason you continue to destroy it. There is a reason you continue to recreate this world.
You and I are not the same, are we? This SOUL resonates with a strange feeling. ~ Sans describing the Anomaly's amoral motives.īut. absolutely NO benefit to persevering whatsoever. you're, uh, very determined, aren't you? you'll never give up, even if there's, uh.