The Anomaly

The Anomaly (also known as "The Player") is the being that controls The Human during most of the time in Undertale. Whether the player decides to do Genocide, Neutral, or Pacifist, The Human herself/himself cannot refuse it. Only during some instances does The Human ever refuse it. They are shown to be canonical by the end of the Genocide route when Chara is talking directly to them when they re-open the game and when Sans mentions them in battle.

The Anomaly
UndertaleDeltarune “ You and I are not the same, are we? There is a reason you continue to destroy it. You. You are wracked with a perverted sentimentality. „ ~ Chara to The Anomaly Vessel NamingBase VesselSOUL “ ARE YOU THERE? ARE WE CONNECTED? EXCELLENT. TRULY EXCELLENT. NOW. WE MAY BEGIN. FIRST. YOU MUST CREATE A VESSEL. „ “ OF COURSE. OF COURSE. OF COURSE THEY ARE THE SAME. „ ~ The Voice in the Vessel Creation System if the player entity chooses to name itself and it's Vessel the same thing. “ YOUR ANSWERS. YOUR WONDERFUL CREATION. Will now be discarded. No one can choose who they are in this world. „
Origin
Origin	Undertale/Deltarune
Creator	Toby Fox
First Appearance	Undertale
Characteristics
Species	Likely Human
Gender	Varies
Pronouns	Varies
Sexuality	Varies
Age	Varies
Birthday	Varies
Height	Varies
Weight	Varies
Ethnicity	Varies
Status	Alive
Alignment	True Neutral
Archetype	False God, Protector
Occupation	Varies
Time Period	201X
Language	Varies
Combat Style	Possession
Homeworld	Earth
Relationships
Affiliations	The Human, Chara, Kris
Enemies	Monster and Humankind, Kris

Background

This dropdown contains the synopsis of The Anomaly’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Before the game begins, the player is prompted to name the first human, who is not the main character. The connection between the protagonist and that fallen human is only fully explained during the epilogue of the True Pacifist Route, and more vaguely in the Genocide Route. Throughout most of the game, characters refer to the protagonist simply as "human" or "child." Flowey is the only character who calls the protagonist by the chosen name, and this happens in both the Genocide and True Pacifist routes. Asriel also uses the name in the True Lab tapes and before the final battle. The protagonist's Level of Violence is tied to the number of monsters killed, and higher LV makes it easier to harm others. Both LV and EXP are shown under the chosen name in the stats menu. At the end of the Genocide Route, the protagonist no longer needs a SOUL to attack. The player loses control as the protagonist automatically kills Asgore and Flowey, and the bullet board does not appear during either fight. The fallen human then speaks directly to the player, breaking the fourth wall in a way that could be addressed to either the player or the protagonist. The player usually directs the protagonist's actions, but there are moments in the Neutral and Genocide routes where control is temporarily taken away. In the Neutral Route, the protagonist acts on their own in several scenes: they take Toriel's hand without being prompted, allow her to lead them to the guest room, and let her guide them back upstairs if they try to enter the basement without asking for the exit. During Sans's introduction, the protagonist crosses the bridge on their own, and later hides behind a lamp when told. They also follow Papyrus to his house, try to catch the Annoying Dog, and follow Undyne during her cooking lesson. In the Throne Room, the protagonist walks forward alone, alerting Asgore. Before fighting Flowey X, the protagonist steps forward as if to challenge him. In the Genocide Route, the protagonist refuses to hide behind the lamp, ignores Papyrus during puzzles, and walks forward constantly during his confrontation, which Papyrus notices. They turn and approach Monster Kid aggressively before fighting Undyne the Undying, and Mettaton notices their eagerness to fight. During Sans's judgement, the protagonist steps forward to provoke him. After Sans dodges the player's final attack, the protagonist lands the killing blow on their own, dealing massive damage. In the Throne Room, they force a fight with Asgore without player input.

Name Meaning

"The Anomaly" comes from Sans noting there's a massive anomaly in the time-space continuum.

Personality

• Dependent on the Anomaly: Within the work of Undertale the Anomaly could either be a kind soul that truly wants to save the world, a sadistic killer that wishes to destroy everything, or one with morbid curiosity to see everything possible that the Undertale world has to offer.

Appearance

The Anomaly makes no real physical appearance as they're the player does it would be based off whatever player is playing.

Goals

• Dependent on the route:
  • Free mosnters from the Undeground (Succeeded).
  • Destroy all monsters (Succeeded).
  • Simply escape the Undeground (Succeeded).

Relationships

Chara

Chara and The Anomaly's interactions mostly come from the genocide route. Their warped idea of The Anomaly is that they're a "partner" that they will be together with forever. Even if the Anomaly refuses to accept destroying the world they will simply note they were not the one in control and destroy everything.

The only way to get back to the world is to offer Chara their soul. Which makes it where they will always take over and ruin a true pacifist ending.

The Human

It isn't fully known if The Human is even aware of the Anomaly's existence or not, as even Flowey begs the Anomaly to not do a true reset and just let The Human be happy and live their life.

Unlike Kris too, The Human seems to not mind the control done over them, even when it requires them to do ridiculous things like flirt with Toriel and then call them mom afterwards.

Kris Dreemurr

Kris is a polar opposite to The Human as they will act on their own multiple times. Their overall do not seem to like The Anomaly, and that dislike is furthered during a weird route. Outright kicking them while in a trash can for things they've done.

General Information

Name: Varies (Chara is a direct avatar of The Anomaly, their name is what The Anomaly's name is)

Other Names: The Anomaly, The Player

Origin: Undertale/Deltarune

First Appearance: Undertale

Latest Appearance: Deltarune Chapter 5

Company: N/A

Creator: Toby Fox

Actor: N/A

Gender: Varies

Assigned Gender: Varies

Sexuality: Varies

Pronouns: Varies

Handedness: Varies

Age: Varies

Birthday: Varies

Time Period: 201X

Timeline: Undertale & Deltarune Timeline

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Varies

Story Role: Enigmatic Figure

Legacy: Local Legacy (Very few people are aware of the Anomaly's existence)

Influence Event Influence (Depending on the choices the Anomaly makes with The Human, they can either save the entire underground or destroy everything)

Language: Varies

Ethnicity: Varies

Religion: Varies

Classification: Anomaly in the time-space continuum

Species: Likely Human

State of Being: Anomaly (Directly noted by Sans to be to be an anomaly)

Physiology: Humanoid Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: Varies

Combat Style: Possession (As it cannot interact otherwise)

Affiliations: The Human (The Anomaly possesses and controls the human through their journey), Chara (Their warped idea of The Anomaly is that they're a "partner" that they will be together with forever), Kris Dreemurr

Enemies: Monster and Humankind (In the genocide route and upon reaching the absolute. Noted that everything Chara had was a result of The Anomaly, thus they're the ones that made The Human the enemy of both humans and monsters, shown further as they can choose yes in Chara's plan to destroy the world and commit suffering in the next), Kris Dreemurr

Height: Varies

Weight: Varies

Status: Alive

Alignment: True Neutral (The Anomaly will choose any path that they want to see how the outcomes may go, regardless of their choices they will never truly feel any impact from them)

Protection Level: Cosmic Protector (Can go the pacifist route where they help stop the likes from Flowey the Flower of getting control over the timeline)

Threat Level: Cosmic Threat (Can got he genocide route where they destroy everyhting and reach the absolute, destorying the world with Chara)

Potential

• Type(s) of Potential: Variable Potential
• Level of Potential: Variable
• Description: Each Anomaly is different in their skills and the choices they can do.
• Limitations: Dependent on the Anomaly.

Archetype: False God / Protector

Codex Statistics

Grade: S

Tier: Unknown-D. Can ignore conventional durability with True Reset

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Attack Potency: Unknown: True level physically (Exists in a similar state of existence to The Annoying Dog. Beyond UT reality and can only interact with the reality of UT through creating an avatar/SOUL). Can ignore conventional durability with True Reset (Through the usage of a true reset, The Anomaly can erase everything through resetting everything ripping everyone from the timeline. Stated by Sans that they are "consuming timelines")

Durability: Unknown: True level

Striking Strength: Unknown: True Class

Lifting Strength: Unknown: True Class

Travel Speed: Average Human Speed while possessing The Human, Unknown: True level without possession (Unable to interact with Undertale reality without a host)

Attack Speed: Transonic while possessing The Human, Unknown: True level

Reaction Speed: Transonic while possessing The Human, Unknown: True level

Stamina: Unknown

Range: Unknown physically, Universal with True Reset (Through the usage of a true reset, The Anomaly can erase everything through resetting everything ripping everyone from the timeline. Stated by Sans that they are "consuming timelines")

Intelligence: Unknown Intelligence

Knowledge: Unknown level

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Powers and Techniques

Innate AbilitiesWith Determination

• Possession (Possess The Human)
• Avatar Creation (Chara is made based off whatever the Anomaly decides to name themself)
• Reality Separation (Exists outside of Undertale, requiring an avatar to interact with it. As they are naturally outside of Undertale's reality, they are not affected by the true reset which rips one from the timeline)
• Negation (Can reset on a scale to where Asriel Dreemurr cannot remember the reset, where even Flowey is able to remember resets regularly)
• Information Manipulation & Hacking (Can mess with the code of Undertale)

The Anomaly possesses Determination capable of doing a True Reset, giving them Standard Determination & Filled With Determination:

Standard DeterminationFilled With Determination

These are the natural applications of determination users that they pertain even when one with greater determination exists.

• Sheer Will (Determination is the extraction from the human SOULs that give them the strength to persist after death, the will to keep living, the resolve to change fate. The act of sparing in Undertale is defined as an aura of peaceful determination exuding from one's body and causing any enemy questioning the desire to fight to give up though this can only be done after an enemy is fully convinced)
• Existence Continuity
  • Reset Awareness: Determination users can remember resets.
• Limited Nullification
  • Power Nullification: A determination user can have their desires override other determination users desires for the world making them unable to do things like SAVE. However, this is only in reference to abilities that require a strong desire over the world to work.

These are determination users filled with determination, having the greatest amount compared to anyone else being at their strongest mentally and physically during this, where their desires for the world override other determination users.

• Sheer Will
• Reality Warping (Determination is described as the power to re-shape the world purely by their own determination and the ability to play God. Flowey attempting to take his own life instead wanted to live and due to this he kept reviving back to his previous "save point")
  • Time Travel & Timeline Hopping (Travels back to a specific point in time while hopping through timelines)
  • Save and Load
    • Memory Retention & Checkpoint-Based: Determination users have the ability to "SAVE", where they keep full memories of the previous encounters they've had.
  • Resurrection
    • Self-Resurrection
      • Resurrection of the Deceased: Determination users of this scale have it where even if they meet someone that makes them unable to use their SAVE File they will still refuse death itself getting all of their health back.
  • Subjective Reality & Creation (SAVE points are the manifestation of one's own determination. The Human can create “last dream” to heal themself)
  • Possible Fate Manipulation (Determination gives the user the ability to change fate itself, and events to allow them to live even outside of merely time traveling. Examples include Papyrus' special attack suddenly taken over by the dog, and Papyrus states that if special attack was used the human would've of died, Undyne's failure to capture The Human on multiple occasions due to Monster Kid bothering her or she uses random tactics such as letting a bridge's fall kill the human and not check to see if they died herself, and Napstablook showing up out of nowhere to save The Human during Mad Dummy)
  • Statistics Amplification (The Human used determination to continuously amplify themselves to have damage reduced from attacks)
• Users of this level of Determination can perform a True Reset which can do the following:
  • Reality Warping (The True Reset is a power allowing one to set everything back to a blank and neutral state where no one remembers anything even characters that can remember regular resets)
    • Erasure
      • Existence Erasure: Flowey notes that the True Reset has the power to erase EVERYTHING, to the point that it even erases the memories of those that could remember standard resets like Flowey.
    • Time Manipulation (The true reset rips everyone from the timeline and sends them back before any of the events of Undertale ever happened)
    • Information Manipulation & Data Manipulation (A true reset thoroughly erases all information in one’s file, resetting it back to 0. Chara with the true reset set a permanent flag that cannot be removed without non-canon hacking)

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Equipment

The Human

The Human being under the possession of The Anomaly is directly noted by Flowey himself when he tells the Anomaly they have the power to rip everyone from the timeline and reset all progress back to 0, with him begging them to just let the human be happy and live their life. The Human is effectively their only way of interacting with the Undertale reality.

Chara

Chara is a direct avatar of The Anomaly, their name is what The Anomaly's name is.

Kris

Kris is the host The Anomaly uses in Deltarune, unlikely the previous two host, Kris actively fights against The Anomaly's control.

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Other

Standard Tactics: The Anomaly is a wildcard who will either possess a host, or do actions such as starting and stopping timelines as noted by Sans.

Weaknesses

• Determination Weaknesses: A determination user can have their desires override other determination users desires for the world making them unable to do things like SAVE. Humans ability to persist after death can be used against them, such as sealing their SOULs in containers. Sans' plan to deal with a determination user is to get them to give up, either through boring them or making them hit an unreachable point.
• Unique Weaknesses: Needs a host in order to interact with the Undertale and Deltarune realities.

Explanations

Monster Check Stats

Monster's check stats are quite dubious for a couple of reasons:

• Monsters like Glyde give off the implication that monsters are the ones listing their statistics.
• Mad Dummy has a defense stat listed of -40 but notes because they're a ghost physical attacks will fail. One could say the -40 comes from the fact that the dummy's body is that weak, however, the regular Dummy's check stats just has their DEF as 0, there's really no reason why the Mad Dummy should have far lower DEF stats especially during a pacifist route.
• Characters like Napstablook have a defense stat listed but you actually aren't lowering his HP he was just lowering it for you to be nice.
• Toriel's stats are listed at 80 ATK and 80 DEF, the same as Asgore's stats. Yet in one of the endings Unydne with her strength as stated by Sans literally threw Toriel out of the castle. Despite Undyne's stats being 7 ATK and 0 DEF. This would also imply characters like Papyrus are stronger then her as he has an 8 ATK and 2 DEF, and while she does admit Papyrus is pretty tough, it's never really implied to be that Papyrus is stronger then Undyne. Royal Guard members are also shown to have higher stats then her through this logic.
• Undyne the Undying has stats of 99 ATK and 99 DEF yet due to Mettaton's Invulnerable Body, they have a defense stat of 999.

On top of these, genocide route has the check stats differ too with confusing changes, while the human's killing intent is a reason behind this, some characters have their defense stats raise such as Papyrus'. There's also inconsistencies even in these routes, for example The Human at a level 3 killing intent one-shots Toriel yet The Human at level 13 can still only chip damage Asgore.

It should also be noted, the argument that Toriel sent Asgore flying with her fire, has an issue it was an off guard hit which it has been shown off-guard/betrayal kills can one-shot monsters as they lowered their guard.

Magic vs. Physicality

Monsters are mostly made of magic while human beings are mostly made of water making humans with their physical forms far stronger then them. However humans have lost the ability to use magic by proxy.

Monsters bodies being made of magic has their body physically attuned to their SOUL. Due to this, monsters that don't want to fight have their defenses weaken and one with more killing intent and crueller intentions will inflict more damage on them. This is due to a monsters SOUL being made of love, hope, and compassion.

Monsters bodies being made of magic also makes it where they do not possess enough physical matter to take concentrations of determination.

In the Undertale 10th Anniversary Livestream Gerson reveals that humanity once had magic too but creating the barrier that separated humans and monsters caused them to use up all their magic.

Misconceptions

The Anomaly doesn't exist/The Anomaly is Frisk

This is an argument that queestions the existence of the Anomaly in Undertale, claiming anytime a character is talking about The Anomaly they're either referring to Frisk or that the character doesn't exist at all.

This is incorrect for one major scene that introduces the concept of the true reset, where Flowey outright notes they are the one last threat with the power to erase everything. Flowey even differentiaties Frisk from the "YOU" figure he's referring too. It also cannot be Chara for one important reason, when Chara appears in the genocide route, they note that the anomaly's power awakened them from death noting that their "human soul", their "determination" was not theirs but instead the Anomaly's. While some try to argue that Chara was speaking to Frisk during this cutscene, this does not make sense as Chara directly speaks again once the game is re-opened noting how the anomaly wants to go back to the world they've destroyed. This directly is the same as when one re-opens the game after completing a true pacifist playthrough and has Flowey talk directly to them. Thus The Anomaly is a figure that completely exists within Undertale and is a representation of the player. There's even lines that allude to them, such as Flowey calling out the possibility of someone watching the genocide route.

In Deltarune the Anomaly has a choice of telling Sans it's great to see him again despite Kris and Sans never meeting before. This would only make sense if The Anomaly had prior knowledge from another game, which would be Undertale.

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