YMMV / Undertale the Musical

• Accidental Innuendo:
  • One of Alphys's first mentions of Undyne is in this rather... weird line: "Sometimes when I watch anime, and I feel like I need to do something with my hands, I doodle pictures of Undyne in my notes, and...". Yeah... Probably unintentional, but still rather jarring.
  • During Hopes and Dreams, one of Asriel's lyrics is "Chara, you'll be mine!" One of the top comments then asked "Is he trying to date her?" (Note while the initial comment on the video referred to Chara as "her", Chara's gender in the musical itself is left ambiguous regardless.)
• Awesome Art: Just about every piece of art for the musical. But when Man on the Internet decides to shitpost, well... See Stylistic Suck.
  • Special mention goes to MEGALOVANIA's art, which is incredibly detailed, moreso than most other songs.
  • Another special mention goes to "Dark, Darker, Yet Darker", as at one point the Fallen is basically flung through several dimensions with different art styles before landing on Frisk's sprite from the game proper—which then shatters into pixels.
• Awesome Music: The entire thing.
  • "Fallen Down" is a very gentle, soothing melody, almost like a lullaby, which fits Toriel perfectly.
  • "Spear of Justice" is downright epic, thanks mainly to Undyne's gorgeous, powerful voice.
  • "Death by Glamour" is a fun, catchy Crowd Song that keeps the tension high.
  • "Bergentrückung" takes the already-emotional battle with Asgore and escalates it into something truly epic.
  • "Power of "NEO"" from the Genocide Package, which takes the fanmade IKARUS Remix and turns Mettaton NEO into an Adaptational Badass, with his now heavily synthesized voice providing blood-pumping vocals that borrow from "Spear of Justice" and slightly from "Bergentrückung".
  • "MEGALOVANIA" captures the mood of the Sans fight: an epic and intense finale, while also melancholy as Sans contemplates both his and your lives.
  • Dark, Darker, Yet Darker is an epic Grand Finale to send off the Genocide Package with a bang, and boy it does so.
  • Bonus tracks from Deltarune the (not) Musical:
    • "Field Of Hopes And Dreams" is a beautiful duet(?) between Kris and Ralsei, with Kris expressing their fears over their lack of agency and Ralsei trying to support them and keep their spirits up.
    • "The World Revolving" fits Jevil to a tee, being chaotic, complete with a dark reprise of "Don't Forget" from the actual game, with binaural audio to top it off to mimic the effect of the singers circling around you. Oh, and then there's the numerous references to "Entry Number 17".
    • "Chaos King" is a spectacularly epic Villain Song, with lyrics in contrast to "Bergentrückung", portraying a truly vile and unrepentant antagonist who shows no hesitation, and Alex Beckham's booming voice is a sound to behold.
    • BIG SHOT somehow manages to be even more insane than the Juno Songs version, giving Spamton two voice actors (Juno and Tom Previte) in one fast-paced, chaotic, Reference Overdosed song. Naturally, it fits Spamton perfectly.
    • "Attack of the Killer Queen" perfectly fits Queen's personality as a non-malicious villain who seeks to enslave the Lightners for selfless purposes, along with her signature sense of humor and casual attiude, and Lulu Grey has a beautifully regal voice & even manages to hold notes for incredibly long times.
• Broken Base:
  • Over the remade "Bonetrousle." Some liked the new one with original lyrics, as it fit the story better than the old version. Others, however, would rather they have kept that old version, the repurposed "Papyrus Makes a Mixtape."
  • Over the presence of Flowey in "Spider Dance." Some felt it did well to show that Flowey is still the villain, while others felt it strayed too far from the game.
  • The release of the "Genocide Package". Some people are glad they're finally going to do MEGALOVANIA, others think they should have stuck to their guns and declined. And others have seen the video explaining that they planned to all along, just not as part of the main musical.
• Cant Unhear It:
  • Many of the comments from viewers have been about this trope, saying that the actor's version of a certain character is now the only way they'll ever be able to hear this character from now on. Undyne, Papyrus, and Mettaton, especially, get this a lot.
  • After watching the musical, just try and listen to any of the songs from the game itself without hearing the lyrics in your head.
• Crosses the Line Twice: Some of the humor in Is That Disbelief Papyrus? has this, what with Sans talking about human zoos, hyperinflation in Germany and polio all while Papyrus keeps being skeptical of these facts and while a bad midi conversion of "Disbelief Papyrus'" theme plays in the background.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: See how many examples reference Gaster? He shows up in one song.
• Genius Bonus: "The call of the void", name-dropped by Gaster at the end of "Dark, Darker, Yet Darker", is the translated term (the original is the French "L'appel du vide") for the desire to do something self-destructive, such as jumping off of a cliff or driving into traffic, even if you don't actually want to die.
• Harsher in Hindsight: One of Gaster's lines is "You will break, you will quake/at the things I know". In Deltarune, it's implied that Gaster was the one who caused Jevil and Spamton to Go Mad from the Revelation. Fittingly, the "The World Revolving" from Deltarune the (not) Musical has many references to "Entry Number 17", as if to reference this.
• Heartwarming in Hindsight: Following the release of fellow fanwork Undertale Yellow, many viewers returning to Your Best Nightmare noted that the Yellow Soul's extended solo was made all the more meaningful with Clover's story in mind. Becomes funnier given that Undertale Yellow also became the one exception to the rule of no songs for fanworks.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • The thumbnail for the Genocide Package's "Power of NEO" (the battle with Mettaton NEO) has the caption "4 left", as part of a countdown to the "Megalovania" lyric video. In the final battle of the Weird Route of Chapter 2 of Deltarune, Spamton NEO ^note whose body is nearly identical to Mettaton NEO's and is in fact implied to have hijacked the abandoned design that alternate-universe Mettaton made for his NEO body, while calling Kris out for betraying him, says "I TOLD YOU [4 Left]".^note Spamton has a similar role to Chara in the Weird Route, counting down the number of monsters the player needs to kill. It just so happened that the example he gave to Kris in the battle happened to also be the exact words on the thumbnail for the Mettaton NEO lyric video, which in turn was also a reference to Chara's countdown.
  • Deltarune the (not) Musical's version of "Chaos King" has the line "Strike the earth, let darkness rise!". The second chapter of Deltarune reveals that this is exactly how Dark Fountains are made.
• Just Here for Godzilla: A positive example. The covers for the boss songs vastly exceed the rest of the musical in terms of popularity, but they also ended up netting the show some much needed exposure - meaning that songs that would otherwise be ignored gained attention just by virtue of being made by the same people.
• Magnificent Bastard:
  • Mettaton here manages to be about as magnificent as he is in the original game. Being the egotistical yet charismatic robot celebrity he is, Mettaton helps Alphys befriend the human by pretending to be a murderous machine to make Alphys look like the hero. Eventually growing sick of the act, Mettaton tries to kill Frisk for real and take their SOUL for the whole Underground to see, intending to save the humans from King Asgore's potential genocide while also becoming a celebrity on the Surface in the process. In the Genocide Package, Mettaton has a bit of Adaptational Heroism as after he transforms into his NEO form, he puts up an actual fight with Chara instead of dying instantly. As they fight, Mettaton makes it clear that he will do whatever it takes to keep the monsters safe, even if it means making a Heroic Sacrifice.
  • W.D. Gaster is the former royal scientist of the Underground who watched the human's every move throughout the Underground from the Void. After they killed his two sons, Gaster would return to the physical world to confront Chara to stop their genocidal rampage, fighting them across time and space before eventually tricking them into stabbing themself. After trapping Chara in the Void, he would use their DETERMINATION to end the war between humans and monsters, resetting reality itself by changing the past for the better. In this new timeline, Gaster would have the SOUL create a vessel, only to discard it as he believed that choices didn't matter in this world, indirectly leading to the SOUL becoming part of Kris. At some point, he would speak to Spamton and drive him mad, telling him that he's "alone" which would lead him to become the mad businessman he is now. It is also implied that he may indeed be the mysterious Knight, creating several fountains that could have led to the destruction of the Balance between Light and Dark.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • Frisk is a giraffe. Further mutated into "Giraffes don't exist".
  • [X] ON, UNDYNE!
  • Flowey sounds like/is Spongebob.
  • Frisk's reaction to [X]: -_-. Frisk's reaction to being called Chara: "That is not my name!"
  • "Mettaton, no!" "METTATON, YES!"
  • Not that Undertale the Musical. ^Explanation This Undertale the Musical shares its name with a different Undertale fanvideo also called Undertale the Musical, AKA Story of Undertale, which has a much worse reputation. Many memes compare the two, often making fun of the latter. It's also common to post Story of Undertale's lyrics whenever this Undertale the Musical is mentioned.
• Most Wonderful Sound: The human SOULs' part in "Your Best Nightmare", partly for being gorgeous in its own right and partly for providing some welcome relief from Omega Flowey.
• Narm Charm: Mettaton NEO's last words "I guess you don't want to join my fanclub?" were widely considered Narm in the original game, especially compared to the other boss' tragic death scenes on the Genocide route. In the musical, his voice actor manages to make the line genuinely sound both sad and awesome.
• One-Scene Wonder:
  • The six human SOULs don't even get a full song, only getting the last part of "Your Best Nightmare", but they proceed to completely steal the show with what little time they get.
  • Gaster only turns up as an Unexpected Character for one song on the Genocide package, but he's so memorable, creepy, and awesome that he leaves a huge impact.
• Special Effects Failure: Some of the changes the musical make can end up being painful if you're watching it at a high enough resolution. You can tell when the game's text diverges from the game because it will suddenly get thicker and blurry from obvious photoshopping (This is the most blatantly noticeable with Sans's dialogue), same with characters showing up in places they don't belong (like Alphys actively escorting Frisk through Hotland). That said, while it's pretty obvious, how badly it detracts from the experience varies from person to person.
• Tough Act to Follow: The fact "But Nobody Came" came out after the long anticipated and highly praised "Megalovania" means it had a lot to live up to. True to the source material... it doesn't. On the other hand, "Entry Number Seventeen," featuring none other than W.D. Gaster himself, definitely does.
• Unexpected Character:
  • 'But Nobody Came' has been released, the Genocide package is done with, right? Nope. A week afterwards, Man on the Internet released Dark, Darker, Yet Darker, starring W.D. Gaster. Suffice it to say, no one was expecting that.
  • The release of Dummy was another. At that point both branches of Undertale: The Musical had been out for months, and the Dummy was Adapted Out of the proper musical for valid reasons. So seeing them get the chance to have the spotlight caught people off guard.
  • Although it had been foreshadowed a bit beforehand (Alex being notably open to covering the game on social media and later doing a few livestreams of it), Decibat getting his own lyricized version of "Fever Pitch" was quite a surprise, signaling that his game would also get covers despite being a fanwork.

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