WARNING: Unmarked Undertale spoilers below.
Endertale
is an Undertale AU comic created by TC-96.
It follows the daily life of Frisk three years after they achieved a perfect pacifist ending which not only freed the monsters, but also brought Asriel back as well.
With monsters and humans getting along better than ever and Frisk living a happy life as a member of the Dreemurr family, life is sweet.
But not everyone is happy with this ending...
Provides examples of:
- All for Nothing: Chara's vendetta against Frisk proves to be pointless in the end, when Frisk reveals that the reset button was broken long ago, meaning they couldn't reset the timeline even if they wanted to.
- Amicably Divorced: Toriel and Asgore haven't gotten back together, but are okay with co-parenting Frisk and Asriel.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Frisk and Asriel are good guys now, sure. But they've done some pretty horrible stuff before the perfect pacifist ending and Frisk can still be really damn scary if you push them too hard.
- Big Bad: Chara, being Frisk's Enemy Within.
- Blatant Lies:
- Frisk's frequent claims that they're just fine and that nothing is wrong with them. None of their friends and family actually believe them, but they can't manage to get them to tell the truth.
- Chara angrily denies being sad about no one acknowledging them, due to them being trapped in Frisk's mind… while simultaneously crying their eyes out. They realize it shortly after and go silent.
- Bloodless Carnage: Averted. The comic can be incredibly graphic and brutal at times. The inherent softness of the artstyle makes it even more jarring to see.
- Bully Hunter: When Chara was alive, Asgore describes them as having a strong sense of duty to stand up for what was right, accompanied by an illustration of them angrily shoving a rabbit monster who had been teasing Asriel. Unfortunately, they're not like this anymore in the present, wanting to reset the timeline and take away everyone's happy ending so they can "finish what they started".
- Creepy Child: The most obvious example would be Chara, but given the things they've done (and will do), Frisk and Asriel can be counted as this as well.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Frisk and Asriel vs Sans, Papyrus, and Undyne, though they come very close to winning.
- As a much sadder example, Frisk vs Ryan later on in the comic. Poor kid barely has a chance to understand what's going on before Frisk wipes the floor with him.
- Chara vs Frisk in the loading screen. Chara manages to dispose of Frisk in relatively short time with the help of their toxic DT. Though one could argue that Frisk wasn't exactly in a condition to fight back after roughly three days without sleep and the constant mental torture Chara's been putting them through.
- Dark and Troubled Past:
- Frisk has done at least one Genocide Run in the past, an action which haunts them to this day. it's implied they also didn't have the best life before falling into the Underground.
- Chara is implied to have had this, as they were very closed-off and cold when the Dreemurrs found them and only gradually opened up after Asriel befriended them.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Chara inflicting a nigh-constant Mind Rape on Frisk in order to punish them for their genocide run. Even though what Frisk did in that run was horrible, it is later on revealed that Chara was the one who suggested it in the first place. Plus, there's really no reason for Chara to be so hard on Frisk, after they already repented and gave everyone, even Asriel, a happy ending.
- Enemy Within: Chara is still very much alive in this comic and very insistent on Frisk using their reset powers to start another genocide run.
- Evil Only Has to Win Once: Lampshaded by Frisk. Should Chara actually manage to get Frisk to reset, they'd win. The current timeline would be wiped from existence and no one would even remember Frisk.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Chara is rather obviously jealous of Frisk's happy ending, with their intervention often coming at times when Frisk is having fun with their friends. They also get incredibly angry when Asriel calls Frisk his best friend and mentally call him a traitor for doing so. When they believe Papyrus is still trying to reach out to Frisk, they blow up at him and demand to know why Frisk is so beloved despite having done so many horrible things.
- Hidden Depths: Considering what game we're talking about here, it's not much of a surprise that there's way more to a lot of the characters (especially Chara and Frisk) then you'd guess at first glance.
- Hypocrite. Chara is hell-bent on making Frisk suffer for going on a killing spree in a past timeline, yet they seem to have no actual issue with murder. In fact, they're frequently trying to pressure Frisk into just resetting and repeating the Genocide Run so they can finish what they started. Frisk actually calls them out on this in their "The Reason You Suck" Speech.
- Manipulative Bastard: Chara frequently tries to get Frisk to reset the timeline by trying to convince them that the current timeline is corrupted, along with their friends, despite there being no evidence of this being the case.
- Mood Whiplash: The comic starts off relatively light-hearted after the prologue, with Frisk and Asriel engaging in a hearty game of "Capture the Flag" with Papyrus, Sans, and Undyne. Then it takes a turn for the worst when Chara makes Frisk hallucinate, reminding them and the reader that they're still here and still very keen on getting that reset.
- Never My Fault:
- Chara accuses Frisk of wanting to simply forget the murders and atrocities they committed in the Genocide Run and using their current happy life with Toriel and Asriel to achieve this.
- Ironically, Chara themselves showcases this attitude pretty heavily. The Genocide Run was their idea and they suggested it when Frisk was at their most desperate after countless failed tries to save Asriel. While Frisk did go along with it, Chara still proposed and took part in it themselves, if the flashback of Flowey's death is anything to go by.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Just as it looks like Papyrus has succeeded in talking Chara down and there might be a chance to resolve the conflict peacefully, Sans arrives at the scene and immediately attacks Chara, rendering everyone's efforts null and void.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Chara dishes those out to Frisk almost every time they appear. Frisk finally turns it around on them after finally getting fed up with Chara's Never My Fault attitude.
- Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory: Chara, Asriel, and Frisk have the ability to remember what happened after a Reset or a Load.
- Wham Line:
- "Sheesh, Asriel still can't stop falling out of the bed, huh? He can be such a baby, huh? Partner..."note
- "I wasn't actually talking to Frisk. I was talking to you, other human." note
- Wham Shot:
- Frisk sucker-punching Ryan after he goes too far with one of his harsh remarks.
- Chara stopping Frisk from pressing the CONTINUE button with toxic DT.
- Frisk demonstrating that the reset button's been destroyed, which sends Chara into a breakdown as they realize that their efforts to turn Frisk have been pointless.
