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Papyrus

From The Codex
YOU'RE BLUE NOW. THAT'S MY ATTACK! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!!!
~ Papyrus
Papyrus' Theme
Bonetrousle

Background

Papyrus is the brother of Sans and a major character in Undertale. His main motive is to capture a human so he can become a member of the Royal Guard, and finally have friends and popularity.

Papyrus is a flamboyant skeleton who presents a confident, charismatic image of himself. He works hard and, despite his brash personality, is kind at heart. He is optimistic and innocent even when the protagonist beheads him in a Genocide Route. He is also occasionally oblivious and nonobservant, but can be cunning at times, as seen when he uses reverse psychology to trick Undyne into befriending the protagonist.

Papyrus believes in others just as much as he believes in himself. He has so much faith in his abilities that he waited outside of Undyne's house all night and begged her to accept him into the Royal Guard. Seeing his persistence, Undyne offered to train him but instead gave him cooking lessons.

He cooks spaghetti in his spare time, though many characters seem to think that he is not very good at it. One of the reasons for this is because Papyrus never ate spaghetti himself to complete the chef's guidebook to cooking by tasting their creation before serving. He, therefore, cooks spaghetti only because everyone else loves to eat it, indicating he does not play favorites. He loves puzzles and japes, as shown in the numerous puzzles he prepares for the protagonist as well as his collection of "complex tomes about puzzle creation." Though advanced puzzles may seem cerebral, Papyrus also enjoys children's books and is somewhat childish with the decoration of his room. He also collects action figures.

Papyrus also watches Mettaton's TV shows, and admires Mettaton so much that he would move to Hotland, a region that he hates.

General Information

Name: Papyrus

Origin: Undertale

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: The Great Papyrus

Species: Monster

State of Being: Regular

Occupation: Royal Guard Member in Training, Sentry Guard

Affiliations: Underground

Enemies: Humans (Formerly in True Pacifist Route)

Status: Alive in True Pacifist Route and some Neutral Routes, Deceased in some Neutral Routes and Genocide Route (Is killed by Frisk in some of the neutral routes and the genocide route)

Alignment: Neutral Good (The nicest character in the game, completely unwilling to kill Frisk, even accidentally. Even when Frisk commits genocide and slashes Payprus, he states that he still believes in Frisk, and was even willing to spare them during the genocide fight. Constantly tries to help Frisk from Undyne during waterfall while also helping Undyne at the same time. Isn't aware that taking the human SOUL to Asgore will result in the humans deaths either, thus showing he isn't for killing)

Codex Statistics

Grade: A

Tier: At least 10-A, possibly Higher, Far Higher with Special Attack

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: At least Peak Human level, possibly Higher (Can harm Frisk, who is comparable to Chara who survived the fall from the top of the mountain. Remarked by Undyne as strong), Far Higher with Special Attack (Stated that if he used his special attack Frisk would have been "blasted to")

Durability: At least Peak Human level, possibly Higher

Striking Strength: At least Peak Human Class, possibly Higher

Lifting Strength: Unknown

Travel Speed: Athletic Human (Trains and can pull off 100 laps for jogging exercise)

Attack Speed: Transonic (Can tag Frisk)

Reaction Speed: Transonic

Stamina: Very High (Daily goes through all of his traps and puzzles in Snowdin to re-calibrate them without showing any real signs of tiring)

Range: Standard Melee, Tens of Meters with Magic

Intelligence: Below Average Intelligence (Naturally naive, doesn't know what the sun is)


Powers and Techniques

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Incoporeal Aspects (Monsters physiologies show they are mostly made of magic, noting that humans have a "physical form"[1], along with having their SOUL directly attuned to their body[2]), Magic (All monsters are made of magic, being able to do things like make "bullet-patter cards" with their magic[3]), Personal Domain & Battlefield Removal (When one encounters a monster they get into a fight, a FIGHT is an encounter in a monster's personal domain allowing them to fight humans, this has various rules such as turn-based combat), Creation (Monsters can make weapons, clothes and even food from magic), Limited Spatial Manipulation (Monsters can at times influence the battle box), Transmutation & Healing (Monsters can turn their attacks into healing projectiles), Absorption (Monsters and humans can absorb the SOUL as long as the person isn’t the same species as them), Danmaku (Shown here), Soul Manipulation & Essence Manipulation ( All attacks in Undertale are to the SOUL).


Resistance to Physical Attacks (All monsters bodies are attuned to their SOUL thus only attacks that can affect their SOUL can affect them[4]), Soul Manipulation & Essence Manipulation ( Can take hits to the SOUL)


Notable Techniques

  • Blue Mode: Papyrus has the ability to turn his opponent's soul blue, a trait he shares with his brother. This makes him able to ground his opponents, removing their ability to fly around.
  • Bone Attacks: Papyrus will send numerous bones at his opponent in varying patterns and speeds. He will also often throw in unique structures and blue bones, which can only be avoided by remaining perfectly still.
  • Special Attack: An unknown attack by Papyrus that he implied would have defeated Frisk.

Other

Standard Tactics: Papyrus would try to catch the opponent through various puzzles, after all of those fail, he will eventually opt to battle the opponent, using bone attacks against them, along with Blue Mode.

Weaknesses: Too kindhearted to truly hurt someone, leaving himself off-guard. Undyne even remarks that this is why she can't make him a royal guards member. All monsters are weak to an attack with killing intent behind it and if a monster doesn't want to fight, they are weakened greatly[5].

Battle Records

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References

  1. While monsters are mostly made of magic, human beings are mostly made of water.
    Humans, with their physical forms, are far stronger than us.
    But they will never know the joy of expressing themselves through magic.
    They’ll never get a bullet-pattern birthday card...
  2. Because they are made of magic, monsters’ bodies are attuned to their SOUL.
    If a monster doesn’t want to fight, its defenses will weaken.
    And the crueler the intentions of our enemies, the more their attacks will hurt us.
    Therefore, if a being with a powerful SOUL struck with the desire to kill...
    Um, let’s end the chapter here...
  3. While monsters are mostly made of magic, human beings are mostly made of water.
    Humans, with their physical forms, are far stronger than us.
    But they will never know the joy of expressing themselves through magic.
    They’ll never get a bullet-pattern birthday card...
  4. Because they are made of magic, monsters’ bodies are attuned to their SOUL.
    If a monster doesn’t want to fight, its defenses will weaken.
    And the crueler the intentions of our enemies, the more their attacks will hurt us.
    Therefore, if a being with a powerful SOUL struck with the desire to kill...
    Um, let’s end the chapter here...
  5. Because they are made of magic, monsters’ bodies are attuned to their SOUL.
    If a monster doesn’t want to fight, its defenses will weaken.
    And the crueler the intentions of our enemies, the more their attacks will hurt us.
    Therefore, if a being with a powerful SOUL struck with the desire to kill...
    Um, let’s end the chapter here...