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W. D. Gaster

Undertale/W. D. Gaster



W. D. Gaster was the royal scientist before Alphys, responsible for creating the CORE. Gaster's Followers relay various explanations as to what happened to Gaster. One iteration says that he "fell into his creation," another says that "his experiments went wrong," and the last one says he "shattered across time and space." Characters such as the River Person and Gaster's Followers hint at his existence. Similar to Sans and Papyrus, he speaks in a typeface different from the other characters.

W. D. Gaster
Origin
Origin Undertale/Deltarune
Creator Toby Fox
First Appearance Undertale
Characteristics
Species Monster (formerly)
Gender Male
Pronouns He/Him
Sexuality Unknown
Age Unknown
Birthday Unknown
Height Unknown
Weight Unknown
Ethnicity Unknown
Status Other
Alignment Unknown
Archetype Mysterious Being
Occupation Former Royal Scientist
Time Period 201X
Language Wing Dings
Combat Style Unknown
Homeworld Earth
Relationships
Affiliations Underground (Formerly)
Enemies Humans (Formerly)

General Information

Name: W. D. Gaster (The "W. D." likely stands for the "Wing Dings" font)

Origin: Undertale/Deltarune

First Appearance: Undertale

Latest Appearance: Deltarune

Company: N/A

Creator: Toby Fox

Sexuality: Unknown

Pronouns: He/Him

Handedness: Unknown

Actor: N/A

Gender: Male

Age: Unknown

Birthday: Unknown

Time Period: 201X[1]

Timeline: Undertale & Deltarune Timeline

Homeworld: Earth

Residence: Shattered Across Space-Time[2]

Story Role: Mysterious Entity

Legacy: Unknown Legacy (Barely anyone knows of Asgore's previous royal scientist)

Influence: Event Influence (W. D. Gaster was the one that made the core)

Language: Wing Dings (Shown in Entry 17[3])

Ethnicity: Unknown

Religion: N/A

Classification: The Man Who Speaks in Hands, Mystery Man, Impossibility

Species: Monster (formerly)

State of Being: Nonexistence (The mere act of acknowledging his existence or saying his name causes one to be erased or all of reality to reset. Even for the brief moments he can enter reality merely acknowledging him causes him to be completely erased)

Physiology: Monster Physiology

In-Universe Creator: Unknown

Occupation: Former Royal Scientist

Combat Style: Unknown

Affiliations: Underground (Formerly)

Enemies: Humans (Formerly)

Height: Unknown

Weight: Unknown

Status: Other (The mere act of acknowledging his existence or saying his name causes one to be erased[4] or all of reality to reset[5]. Even for the brief moments he can enter reality merely acknowledging him causes him to be completely erased[6]. He is shattered across space-time[7] being everywhere and nowhere[8])

Alignment: Unknown (Gaster has not made himself present enough to show his morals, the only known thing about him is his want to escape from the void and that he was initially the doctor helping monsterkind with the core)

Potential

  • Type(s) of Potential: No Potential
  • Level of Potential: None
  • Description: As Gaster is currently shattered across time and space.
  • Limitations: He is unable to interact with reality properly.

Archetype: Mysterious Being

Codex Statistics

Grade: A

Tier: 11-C within the void, Unknown-D within reality. Can ignore conventional durability if one acknowledges his name/existence

Cardinality: None within the void, Finite within reality. Finite with his avatars inserted into reality

Dimensionality: Devoid

Attack Potency: Absolute Zero within the void (Gaster is shattered across space-time[9] being everywhere and nowhere[10]. The mere act of acknowledging his existence or saying his name causes one to be erased[11] or all of reality to reset[12]), Unknown: True level within reality (Has no noticeable way of interacting in his true form with reality and has no feat, he does have an in-game stat of 66666, however, it is unknown where this puts him, implied to have some part in creating Deltarune). Can ignore conventional durability if one acknowledges his name/existence (Naming yourself Gaster[13] causes the entire game to be reset[14])

Durability: Absolute Zero within the void, Unknown: True level within reality

Striking Strength: Absolute Zero within the void, Unknown: True Class within reality

Lifting Strength: Absolute Zero within the void, Unknown: True Class within reality

Travel Speed: Absolute Zero within the void, Unknown: Undefinable within reality

Attack Speed: Absolute Zero within the void, Unknown: Undefinable within reality

Reaction Speed: Absolute Zero within the void, Unknown: Undefinable within reality

Stamina: Limitless

Range: Unknown physically, Universal with his existence acknowledged (Naming yourself Gaster causes the entire game to be reset[15])

Intelligence: At least Supergenius Intelligence (Created The Core which which turns thermal heat into magical electricity and serves as a power plant for the entire Underground[16]. Stated by one of his followers that it took Asgore a long time to find a replacement due to how smart Gaster was[17], another follower notes Gaster's brilliance was irreplaceable[18] with this he should then be far more intelligent then Alphys. Hacked into the CORE, even overriding Mettaton's hacking in the process[19], could figured out a highly complicated math problem in a couple of seconds, correctly guessed the number of flies in a jar with a glance, and perfectly guessed the number of n’s in Mettaton’s name in a situation where the number of n’s was rapidly growing[20], while it was all being asked in a row. Now that he's shattered across space-time he likely has higher intelligence then even before)

Powers and Techniques





Other

Standard Tactics: Gaster seemingly sends in his followers or an avatar to briefly interact with reality while he listens in one situations from outside of reality.

Weaknesses

Explanations

W. D. Gaster's Form is confirmed in the Tarot Cards

Toby has noted the tarot cards are non-canon. However it's been a consistent thing that the form fo mysteryman is removed afterwards in any Undertale merch. Though this does not confirm this is indeed Gaster as Toby has already noted none of the merch is canon.

Higher LOVE = Higher Strength

This comes from the fact that one's health and stats increase when their LV goes up.

However, EXP and LV do not function how they do in a typical RPG.

EXP is an acronym for execution points[41] which is a way of quantifying the pain one inflicts on others[41]. When one kills someone, they gain EXP and when they gain enough EXP, their LOVE increases[41]. With LOVE standing for "Level of Violence" which measures the capcity of someone to hurt another[41]. The more one kills, the easier it becomes to distance themself[41]. The more they distance themself the less they will hurt and the more easily they can bring themself to hurt others[41].

In essence this means that LV is not a measure of how much stronger one has grown in terms of physical stats, but how more willing one is to hurt others.

On top of this, the reason monsters become more easy to kill and hurt the higher one's LV is due to monsters weakening when they don't want to fight[31] and one with more killing intent and crueller intentions will inflict more damage on them[31].

Thus higher LV does not actually increase one's strenght in the way it does in typical RPGs.

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References

  1. ↑ Undertale Intro
  2. ↑ Undertale Gaster Follower (R2)
  3. ↑ Undertale Entry 17
  4. ↑ Undertale Gaster Follower (R2)
  5. ↑ Undertale Name Screen Naming Yourself Gaster
  6. ↑ Undertale Gaster Room
  7. ↑ Undertale Gaster Follower (R2)
  8. ↑ Undertale Gaster Follower (L2)
  9. ↑ Undertale Gaster Follower (R2)
  10. ↑ Undertale Gaster Follower (L2)
  11. ↑ Undertale Gaster Follower (R2)
  12. ↑ Undertale Name Screen Naming Yourself Gaster
  13. ↑ Undertale Name Screen Naming Yourself Gaster
  14. ↑ Undertale Name Screen Naming Yourself Gaster
  15. ↑ Undertale Name Screen Naming Yourself Gaster
  16. ↑ Undertale Alphys Explaining the Core
  17. ↑ Undertale Gaster Follower (L3)
  18. ↑ Undertale Gaster Follower (L2)
  19. ↑ Undertale Mettaton Date Escape
  20. ↑ Undertale Mettaton Oh My Love Scene
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Undertale Library Blue Book
  22. ↑ Undertale Genocide Route Sans Boss Fight
  23. ↑ Undertale Asriel Dreemurr Fight
  24. ↑ Undertale Toriel's Tutorial
  25. ↑ Undertale Genocide Route Sans Fight
  26. ↑ Undertale Lesser Dog Battle
  27. ↑ Undertale Aaron Battle
  28. ↑ Undertale Vegitoid Battle
  29. ↑ Undertale Waterfall Plauqes "If a monster defeats a human, they can take its SOUL. A monster with a huamn SOUL... A horrible beast with unfathomable power."
  30. ↑ Undertale Route Genocide Sans Fight
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Undertale Library Orange Book
  32. ↑ Undertale Gaster Follower (L2)
  33. ↑ Undertale Gaster Follower (R2)
  34. ↑ Undertale Gaster Follower (L2)
  35. ↑ Undertale Gaster Follower (R2)
  36. ↑ Undertale Name Screen Naming Yourself Gaster
  37. ↑ Undertale Gaster Room
  38. ↑ Undertale Gaster Room
  39. ↑ Undertale Trying to use the Phone Around Gaster Followers
  40. ↑ 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...
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 41.4 41.5 Undertale Sans Judgement

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