YMMV / Underverse

• Alternative Character Interpretation:
  • Is Ink a remorseless sociopath who toyed with the lives of millions purely for his own, selfish desires and never actually cared about his friends, Cross included? Or is he just a Broken Bird, who, faced with the possible destruction of his home and being forgotten, simply was in a desperate situation, where it was easy for XGaster to manipulate him and who feels he has come too far to stop everything now?
  • How much of XGaster's descend into madness was actually him going Drunk with Power from being able to overwrite and how much was him finally breaking under the pressure of his own perfectionist attitude, born of an initially noble desire to make a perfect world for his sons?
  • Was X-Event Chara's desire to seek revenge by rebuilding their world justified? Why is creating one world with the best of the others suitable to strike revenge at XGaster's mistreatment of him during the events of X-Tale? Was it because they were forced to be stuffed under Cross and followed his idea of rebuilding their world, or was it due to sheer manipulation on XGaster's behalf that he would so kindly want to rebuild his own AU only for his idea to be taken over by XGaster?
• Awesome Art: Jakei's art style really brings the characters to life. Not to mention her amazing fight scenes, which regularly feature an Amazing Technicolor Battlefield.
  • The fight scenes of 0.6 in particular deserve mention. They are fluid, dynamic, and slick as hell, rivaling (and in some cases surpassing) a lot of professional animation. And it was all done by ONE PERSON! Jakei has really come far since she started the series.
• Awesome Music: Plenty of Stereohead Studios and NyxTheShield tracks for Underverse are awesome, especially this theme for X-Event Chara. It should be noted that Nyx also makes tracks for Glitchtale.
• Designated Evil: X-Event Chara is made to be one, with the extent of his damage being seen in Underverse 0.3 Part 2.
• Designated Hero: Ink, who, while fighting for the side of good, is a Chaotic Neutral who fights for his own personal interests and is friends with the main antagonist, Cross. Turns out, Ink intentionally played the hero so that the other Sanses would help him play out his and XGaster's "game" for a little while longer.
• Diagnosed by the Audience: Ink was - and still is - interpreted by the audience as having a mental or neurological disorder in some way, such as Antisocial personality disorder or even autism in a rare few occasions. In addition, several people view him drinking his paints as a form of medication. Jakei has gone on record saying that she did not write the character with such intentions and that it's pointless to assign such issues to somebody who is The Soulless.
• Draco in Leather Pants: Believe it or not XGaster of all people gets his fair share of apologists and defenders as well. Said defenders often portray him as at heart a good father who merely lost himself trying to do a good thing for his sons. Those people tend to overlook that he canonically expressed nothing but hatred for his children post XTALE IV and has no regrets for his severe abuse of the Overwrite-button.
• Friendly Fandoms:
  • With Glitchtale due to the similar tones and the fact that the creators are friends in real life.
  • With another Undertale AU known as Epictale; Cross and Epic Sans are portrayed as best friends in fanfiction and fanart, and there are several crossovers (usually comics) the two AUs, especially by their creators.
• Harsher in Hindsight: The truce between Error and Ink was established in light of the recent destruction of alternate universes done on behalf of their creators. This becomes more alarming when you've taken into account various fan projects made for Undertale either being cancelled or outright deleted from history.
• It Was His Sled: Given the heavy nature of this series and the reliance on knowledge from the other alternate universes that were used in Underverse/XTale, it's hard not to find something spoiler related to Underverse nowadays.
• Jerkass Woobie: X-Event Chara is introduced as a sociopath who carries no qualms about hurting and manipulating others, especially in 0.3. Then his backstory is revealed, showing that he Used to Be a Sweet Kid before XGaster gradually drove him and his brother Frisk into insanity and forcibly made him a part of the X-Event. It is also implied by his speech to Underswap Sans in 0.3 Part 2 and Nightmare's speech to him in 0.4 that for all the bad things he does, the good in him never truly went away and he is still holding back. While it doesn't completely excuse his horrible actions, it can make one feel bad for him, especially when he temporarily dies at the end of 0.4.
• Memetic Loser: Poor, poor Cross. With most of his screen time spent serving as a pawn to and being suckered by much more powerful characters, is it any wonder he's become the fandom's Buttmonkey? His overly serious demeanor and almost comically edgy design don't really help.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • Smug X-Gaster Dance / X-Mug ^Explanation  Jakei announced official merchandise for Underverse, with the first piece of merchandise being a Mug with Chibified X-Gaster faces adorning the sides. Not only was this mug so adorable and ridiculous, but the video also featured a Chibified Dancing X-Gaster to promote the merch. The dancing Chibi X-Gaster alone led to a couple humorous edits.
  • Internet Season 2 ^Explanation A joke video by Jakei was released showing several comments misspelling Underverse, including one titled Internet Session 2. Naturally this lead to a lot of memes about awaiting Internet Season 2.
  • Anything that involves both Underverse and Glitchtale in general is bound to be in meme territory.^Explanation Many fans of Underverse and Glitchtale have begged for Jael Peñaloza and Camila Cuevas, the creators of both series respectively, to do a crossover of the two series. This usually formulates to joke videos by Jakei herself featuring the two series, usually uploaded on April Fools Day.
  • Underverse is an anime.^Explanation Fans have taken notice of Jakei's increasingly Animesque style, and over time literally everything from the soundtrack to the battle sequences to the openings borrow heavily from typical anime tropes and conventions. This lead to fans joking that Underverse is an anime. Best seen in XTALE 5, where Chara complains that "they're not in an anime", and literally every other comment is people asking if he's sure about that.
  • Owowrite ^Explanation Most likely inspired by the OwO expression XGaster has in promotional and side material, this bastardization of the word Overwrite oftenly appears in comedic content.
• Moment of Awesome: (placing this here in case it gets deleted)
• Moral Event Horizon:
  • XGaster killing XTale Asgore and XTale Sans in the second timeline, the respective favorites of X-Event Chara and X-Event Frisk, because there was, in his own words, "too much happiness". This is arguably the first truly evil act he commits and shows his growing Lack of Empathy. He briefly, keyword briefly, considers that he may have gone too far, but ultimately decides that he was justified and that evolution requires sacrifice.
  • Ink betraying the main cast in 0.4. Not only is it revealed that everything they did was just part of some sick game he was playing with XGaster, he lets XGaster straight up kill them without showing even a lick of remorse for having lied to and used the people who considered him their friend.
• Paranoia Fuel: The overwrite button makes XGaster nigh omnipotent. He could show up anywhere at any moment and do whatever he wanted and none of the characters would be able to stop him. Even worse? It's implied several times in the show that XGaster is aware of the fourth wall.
• Shocking Moments: The Season 2 Opening provides a few huge moments such as XGaster riding X-Tale's version of Omega Flowey, the confirmed appearances of Geno, Fatal Error and Fresh Ink, and the heavy implication that Frisk and XTale Chara are to be the protagonists of the season.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic:
  • X-Event Chara, for the majority of season 1. While what he and his brother went through under XGaster is undeniably traumatic and horrible, it still makes no excuse for a lot of X-Event Chara's actions, like torturing innocent people and destroying worlds purely For the Evulz. In fact, one could say that this makes him out to be a huge Hypocrite, as the atrocities he's committing are the very actions he originally despised and wanted to punish XGaster for.
  • Ink after his betrayal of the main cast in 0.4. In XTALE 0 he claims to have done what he did because XGaster's "game" is the only way for him to feel emotions despite his soullessness, lamenting the slow destruction of the Doodle Sphere. But honestly, it's pretty hard to feel bad for him after he just admitted an episode earlier that he manipulated dozens of people and led them to their doom for nothing but silly fun.
• Viewer Gender Confusion: For the longest time, many were unsure of X-Event Chara and X-Event Frisk's real genders. Jakei has since confirmed that the two siblings are both boys.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
  • Outertale Sans would've been a nice character to join the main cast, but he is seemingly killed by Killer before he even gets to meet Underswap Sans and Underfell!Sans.
  • Underswap Sans and Underfell Sans are killed by XGaster, also wasting two more lovable and well-known characters. Time will tell if their deaths are permanent or if they will somehow be brought back.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Some people believe that this series has gone this way, suggesting that it could have more potential with its Mega Crossover premise had it not focused entirely on the Sanses of the AUs. Downplayed, as the story is pretty full with them already and the series could easily fit in other characters for future seasons.
• The Woobie:
  • X-Chara and X-Frisk spent their whole lives suffering under an all-powerful abusive father, who saw them as little more than lab-rats. Timeline after timeline they had to watch him manipulate their friends and family with nothing they said or did being able to stop him. When they finally manage to pull a fast one on him, their plans are foiled by their former best friend Cross. X-Frisk ends up dead and X-Chara is forced to share his killer's body. And come season 2, they're right back to where they started: Under their father's thumb, with no power of their own and all of their former allies under his control.
  • Cross got caught up in the fight between the X-event and their father against his will and had to learn that everything he knew was a lie. When he attempted to get back control by becoming the new X-event, he destroyed his world and got stuck with X-Chara, the person mostly responsible for his Sanity Slippage. Season 1 sees him desperately trying and ultimately failing to save his world, only for X-Chara to take over his body after he loses his soul. And even though XGaster revives him and offers him a place in his inner circle at the end of 0.4 the damage is done.
  • Main timeline-Sans. He has his soul stolen, is dragged all across the multiverse to get it back, has to watch all of his new friends die, the person he put his reluctant trust in betrays him and in the end he becomes a battered Shell-Shocked Veteran who just wants it all to end already.

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