Undertale
Video Game • 2015 Report
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JacksonRat
A horse-mermaid type monster can by killed by the player ingame, but it is optional and discouraged.
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Yes
140
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ajwilmot2023
You can choose to kill a variety of dogs in the game, but it is not recommended as the good ending" of the game involves sparing every creature you run into
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60
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Abryn5
Various animals can be killed.
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Boop
You are all extremely confused about what dog fighting is. Dog fighting is when humans force dogs to fight for amusement, not being attacked by dogs.
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Moominland
Froggit attacks include swarms of flies
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Alrite_Stoodeos
You can kill animals like dogs, goats, spiders, frogs, deer, fish, turtles, horses and birds.
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EndogenyIsContented
There is a very difficult-to-find monster encounter which is very dragon-like (and described by his creator as a "butterdragon"). Like other monster encounters, it is possible but not required or recommended to kill him.
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NickShutter
There are monster characters resembling other animals - for example, one is a deer - that can be killed.
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Yes
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45
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Abryn5
A monster in the game's short Hard Mode has snakes on its body.
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Yes
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3
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EmilyMuscolina
There is a spider monster, Muffet, who bakes with spiders. In her battle, spider's aid her. If you spare her or eat one of her treats, she's friendly to you.
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40
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64
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EndogenyIsContented
There is a monster encounter where your adversary is a cat-like creature. Like all monster encounters in this game, it is possible (but not required or recommended) to kill her. Additionally, there is an anthropomorphic cat creature who acts as a shopkeeper and cannot be fought. In the worst possible ending, the entire world is destroyed, killing all remaining monsters including the cat shopkeeper.
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Yes
16
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49
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PigDoodles
That’s not what gaslighting is.
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Yes
85
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2
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giwake
In several points of the game, the player can find cameras that are implied to be recording them. Additionally, after exiting the Ruins, there is a short sequence where a character stalks the player which may be triggering to some.
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YepItsLap
one of the characters becomes a parental figure of some sort to the player, and it's up to you whether you commit domestic violence or not
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Yes
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volpiaanicci
There are no graphic depictions of child abuse, but there are heavy implications of child abuse in some routes.
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EmilyMuscolina
There is a disabled dog named Doggo. He smokes dog biscuits.
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AspieBean
There’s a dog who “smokes dog biscuits,” but this is purely for comedic effect and it’s never listed as addiction.
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theradicalace
There is one NPC in Grillby's known as "Drunk Bun" who could be seen as an alcoholic.
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EntropyEmissary
In the game's Pacifist route, there is a scene near to the end where 6 characters are visibly restrained with thorns.
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112
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RowanOakley
At one point, you, playing as a character that is presumably a child, can go on a 'date' with Papyrus, but Papyrus either doesn't understand the implications of what a date is or he does and has no actual romantic/sexual intent. Still, worth noting.
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Yes
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53
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TheLightestShadow
There's potential implications to both shaving and cutting, but nothing explicit
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BluelsABitConfused
Addressing the one above
Mettaton does not have a tooth knocked out, he's biting his lip in order to keep his composure and not cry out
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Yes
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MisterBeret
Not of humans, but the spider treats are said to be made "by spiders, for spiders, of spiders"
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aidensings
I suppose if you count decapitation, then yes.
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EndogenyIsContented
When on the "no mercy" path, after killing one boss his head becomes detached from his body while his body is reduced to dust. His head becomes dust separately. This is commonly interpreted (and regularly depicted in fan material) as being the result of the player crushing his head under their foot.
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Yes
4
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EmilyMuscolina
In the true pacifist route, Undyne's house burns down. The house is shaped like a fish so it comedically shows it; the windows of the house are eyes, so there are flames in it and "tears."
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StrongFish91
Yes there's a coffin, but the person in it was not buried alive.
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Yes
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Liatai
There is one character who wears an eyepatch, and a few monsters are based on eyes. No violence is done to eyes unless you perpetrate it, however.
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Yes
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DoesTheMonsterDie
The creation of the Amalgamates is assumed to be torture, but they and their families seem to be fine with being mixed with several other people.
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mossyrain9609
When sans is tired from fighting, I believe he is shown trying to catch his breath.
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EntropyEmissary
Offscreen, but a major character is able to have a heatstroke depending on the player's actions. Whether a seizure specifically took place is unclear, but may be implied as she "can barely move" according to another character.
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Yes
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62
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Micaela
I... I mean... you can kill a skeleton...
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Yes
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blahbruhmah
There’s multiple people that fall from a large heights, but none of them die
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beatriz.caimi99
Is one of the plot points but is not graphically showed
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Yes
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ALPHYS
There is a hint that a character named Alphys commits suicide when you kill Undyne or Mettaton
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WinterCoffin
When the playable child character is taken in by a motherly goat creature who intends to keep you as her own. She is disappointed when you leave, but understands that you are not her child.
Your character resembles the first human child that this motherly goat creature adopted. So implied kidnapping?
Additionally a silly skeleton creature “captures” you after he defeats you in battle. You are put into a room with dog supplies and a fence, but can easily escape through the bars to continue your journey.
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EmilyMuscolina
The parents of Asriel Dreamer, Toriel and Asgore, can be killed by the protagonist. When they are killed, they have slashes across themselves and turn into dust. However it is your choice if they die or not.
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Yes
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ajwilmot2023
Though there is a ghost name Napstablook, he is a comical character and does not attempt to be scary in any way throughout the game
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Yes
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60
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NickShutter
A figure can be seen behind a shower curtain, but pulling it back reveals that nothing was there.
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Yes
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dimensionalMystery
A ghost possesses a training dummy but I'm like 99% sure the dummy wasn't sentient before that?
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Yes
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EndogenyIsContented
In the short Hard Mode, there is a special monster encounter with a clown face and described as a "messed-up clownbug".
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dimensionalMystery
After leaving the Ruins (all routes), a door clicks and Sans' shadow appears behind a tree
The elevator to the True Lab (Pacifist route) suddenly falls and a siren plays
Neither are exactly scary but they made me jump lmao
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callmesalticidae
There are whoopie cushions, however.
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doesthedogdielogin
there is a slashing sound when a character is killed that resembles the sound of being slashed by a sword or blade
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anonamus
Not on-screen, but there are references to injections in the lab notes of one character experimenting on other people.
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Yes
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AspieBean
No, although there’s a lab that could look like one.
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Yes
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NickShutter
Portions of Alphys' lab are reminiscent of a hospital.
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Yes
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Micaela
Yes, someone slowly dies by poisoning themselves in the backstory.
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Yes
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sevendollarsofbeans
A character says she had thoughts of “doing something cowardly” during the true pacifist route but she doesn’t go into more detail than that
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StrongFish91
Not explicitly, but you can make the argument that one character in particular does.
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Boop
You are all extremely confused about what body dysmorphia is. Body dysmorphia is not body horror. Body dysmorphia is not gender dysphoria. Body dysmorphia is when a person (usually anorexic) perceives their body to be different(usually larger) than it actually is.
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Someone404
Alphys has problems with anxiety
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Yes
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DoesTheMonsterDie
A monster dog amalgamate approaches you in a narrow hallway. They become placid after several pets.
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23
Yes
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Brittany Collins
There is one successful and two attempted suicides in the backstory. Furthermore, two characters can commit suicide during the game, one implied and the other on-screen (though non-graphic). Both of them survive in the pacifist route.
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StrongFish91
Technically no. A character who intends to do so is stopped before they can attempt though.
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DottyBlackheart26
Papyrus is definitely autism-coded as he has many typically autistic traits, but he is not abused or mistreated unless by the player on a Genocide run or a No Mercy run. Even then, it’s not autism-specific since it isn’t mentioned and Papyrus has not been canonically confirmed as autistic. Being autistic myself, I think he definitely is, but that’s beside the point.
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Yes
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dimensionalMystery
The elevators shake a little bit but I don't think it's enough to count?
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Yes
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Jadespade
The last fight of a Neutral run and Pacifist run can have strobe effects.
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Yes
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sevendollarsofbeans
The fourth wall is broken a lot the more you play the game, with some characters addressing you the player and not the character you play as
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Yes
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RowanOakley
No, but be wary; characters that use they/them pronouns in canon are often given a binary gender in fanworks, and this is a common point of contention.
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Ember360
Not in the game, but the fandom does have issues with infantilizing an autistic-coded character
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probablyapineapple
it's more of a "rectangle in a dress" joke. also, in one of the endings, he gives his dress to a character that is implied to be transfeminine.
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RowanOakley
No, overall no one ever comments on anyone else's weight. However, one of the secret bosses, So Sorry, is known for being a character designed by a fat fetish artist.
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Yes
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RowanOakley
This game is known for being extremely LGBT-positive. There are two gay couples who are treated as normal by the narrative.
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Yes
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DottyBlackheart26
Who said yes??
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Brittany Collins
There are multiple LGBT characters who *can* die but they all survive in a pacifist playthrough.
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Yes
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KatanaNovaCat
Nothing stronger than a character being offhandedly described as "sexy".
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2
Yes
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asdfghkl
Only in the fandom
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EntropyEmissary
In the final area of one of the game's main routes, you can learn a male child character was repeatedly manipulated by a family member using the phrase "big kids don't cry", a tactic they presumably used to invalidate his emotions so he would not resist them. The manipulator was of the same age as the child, and the scene can be easily avoided by not watching the cassette tapes, but the lasting consequence is still evident as he states he still views himself as a "crybaby" later on the route.
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Yes
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mistersandman
Undyne’s house burns down, but she goes to stay with Papyrus and Sans.
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49
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blahbruhmah
It really only depends on what route you play, if you do a genocide Route then of cause there’s not a happy ending, there’s a fair amount of what one would call neutral endings though
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Ember360
You can find a Santa costume in one character's room and a "thank you" letter addressed to Santa in another. These aren't directly spoiling it, tho
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Yes
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Yes
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DoesTheMonsterDie
You have the option to kill a plane shaped enemy. Their death animation shows them crashing to the ground. This is more comical than anything and the only fatality is the plane monster.
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Yes
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AntiTerf
The main character can use an empty gun as a weapon but it isn't really shown as any different than using other weapons. There's also cartoonish guns in one fight
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charcolor
there is eye gore shown toward the very end of the genocide route. there is another instance of possible blood in the genocide route, but considering the character it happens to, it could just be ketchup.
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MiloticMiku
In the final fight in the neutral route, one of the attacks is shaped like a nuclear bomb.
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