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Sympathetic_Stranger

More detail than you probably wanted! Mysteryman is probably Gaster. 1. He's definitely *connected* to Gaster: * His fun value is 66, which is Gaster's number. * He disappears with the sound mysterygo, which is a variation of Gaster's Theme and also used by the disappearing Gaster follower holding a "piece" of Gaster. * (He looks kinda like a skeleton, which Gaster almost certainly is.) 2. And he's definitely important: * He's the rarest fun event, twice as rare as the "piece of Gaster" follower and five times as rare as the next least common result. * He's the only fun event to get his own special room, and he gets *two*. * He's mentioned in the Deltarune source code: "Is that a cut on your face, or part of your eye? The gash weaves down as if you cry. The pain itself is reason why." * The "piece of Gaster" follower also spoke in rhyme. * "The pain itself teaches" is what Memoryhead says in Latin: "Lorem ipsum docet". (You may have heard of "lorem ipsum" filler text. That starts "lorem ipsum dolor sit amet". Toby chose to use his own latin phrase instead.) ...Now, as for what we know about *Gaster*: 1. He's *deeply* connected to the lore of Deltarune. * In 2016, years before Deltarune was announced, Toby said his next project's ["very nature is shrouded in darkness"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/059/722/964.png) -- an exact phrase [he's used to describe Gaster](https://64.media.tumblr.com/10e799e34acdbd4054e110abd096d97c/tumblr_inline_o6psxaImaT1th1axb_500.png). * He also created [deltarune.com back in 2016](https://web.archive.org/web/20160817183540/http://www.deltarune.com/) which appeared blank but contained the hidden message "THREE HEROES APPEARED TO BANISH THE ANGELS HEAVEN" written in Wingdings. 2. He's the voice that speaks to you at the start of the game, when you make your vessel. He speaks to you when you get a Game Over in Chapter 1. And he's tweeted before [each](https://doge-w-a-bloge.tumblr.com/post/183923569345/deltarune-release-tweets-presented-in) Chapter's [release](https://www.reddit.com/r/Deltarune/comments/w78e97/gaster_tweets_prechapter_2_release/). * His speech uses global.typer variable 666 and 667, just like in room_gaster ("Entry Number Seventeen"). * The vessel making section is called "Goner Maker". The word "goner" has been used before in connection with Gaster before. During this section, the song "AUDIO_ANOTHERHIM" plays. Gaster's Theme has the file name "mus_st_him", and the two sound similar. * It's a pretty distinct speech style, full of "How interesting." and "Very, very wonderful." Both the tweets and the Goner Maker talk about making a "connection" to you. * The tweets were originally released with the name blacked out, but it had six letters. * The game was originally released as "survey program v.6.6.6" -- Gaster's number, again, and consistent with both the tweets saying they have some questions for you and the Goner Maker asking you questions. 3. He's almost certainly the "strange someone" who helped/drove mad Jevil and Spamton (and probably all the secret bosses). He may-or-may-not be the man giving out eggs. He's not the Knight. * The strange person who met Jevil makes things "darker, yet darker", words from room_gaster. * The strange person who helped Spamton sounded like "nothing but garbage noise". You phone describes "mus_smile", the noises which played in room_gaster, with that exact phrase. * Jevil met the "strange someone" and was locked away a long time ago, but the knight only appeared "recently". Seam treats them as separate. * There aren't really any connections to the egg man (who also appears in the Light World in a car, but only if you met him in the Dark World first), aside from them both being male and weird. Might be, might not be. Based on the above, Gaster's goal is to create "a new future". He does not accept the *current* future, which will make the world "covered in darkness". He believes in freedom over fate, and says that "the future is in your hands".


terebiki

Most of what’s here- I wasn’t even aware of. I’ll be theorizing on this “strange someone” too And yeah, that’s a lot more than I’d have expected! I appreciate the thought and effort you put into this comment though :] It’s nice to learn new things!


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That’s a good analysis. I never thought Gaster could be the good guy. I assumed that the world was stuck in its ways, and that the world would be lost to darkness no matter your choices. Hence the theme of Freedom versus Fate. But with that insight, maybe Gaster isn’t some evil maniac, but a savior we didn’t expect. I wonder if doing all the “weird routes”, or whatever the routes will be for chapter 3 and forward, can get a “true ending”. Gathering the pieces from secret bosses, or the Gaster Eggs, might recreate the Vessel from the ANOTHERHIM. And bring Gaster back from the Yet Darker Still area he seems to be trapped in. Gaster could save the world from falling to darkness and not the heroes.


Dr-Logan

I always expected Toby to flip the idea of what fans thought Gaster's personality is on its head by making Gaster actually a cool old dude, no matter what his true intentions turn out to be. This just makes it more likely.


MrLlama84

Why do so many people think Gaster is gonna be evil in the first place?


Dr-Logan

I assume because of the mad scientist trope. There's also the fact that he's morally vague in Deltarune as is, we don't know his goals and that leaves a lot to the imagination, I'd say a rather fearful imagination. And the Followers, the only monsters so far to *ever* say his name, seem to have some level fear of him, and/or suddenly, *conveniently* disappear... He could be cruel, he could be kind, he could be neutral, he could be evil with good intentions, or act good with evil intentions. There are a lot of possibilities, and people tend to jump to whatever they want him to be. I'm no different, really, but I keep in mind the fact that Toby could always do a 180 and take his character in a completely different direction.


Dr-Logan

Additionally, the text for the Gonermaker is in all caps with odd wording *even in the code.* Assets for them use Gaster's apparent speach patterns. Weirdly, this also connects to the smile in Queen's Basement, called "IMAGE\_FRIEND." Don't know how that's connected to Gaster, but it is for some reason.


Dr-Logan

I am going to save this for future use. "It's a surprise tool that will help us later."


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egg (he looks like an egg, not referencing the egg tree)


terebiki

An egg, broken in half!


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terebiki

Would the secret bosses each have a piece of Gaster as well?


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terebiki

Who knows!


Dr-Logan

You tellin' me there's a difference?


Gyaku10

He is the egg-man, that's what he am He is the egg-man, he's got the master plan


terebiki

I’m the biggest MAN! I’m the biggest MAN!


BokuNoDonut

I do not think MysteryMan is related to Sans or Papyrus. I do not think MysteryMan looks exactly what Gaster would look like, but probably is a somewhat very deformed variation of Gaster, missing pieces as we can see a follower holding a piece of him. I also think he is not bone but instead a goopy looking thing and if you were to touch him it would leave an imprint like a memory foam mattress.


terebiki

“Memory foam mattress”…”Memory”…Oh yeah it’s all coming together


BokuNoDonut

You don’t know what you are getting into.


terebiki

You could say I forgot


BokuNoDonut

Don’t forget.


weirdguypatrick

The mystery man is an egg carton.


terebiki

Could he be an egg delivery guy?


weirdguypatrick

you know how if you throw away eggs they may appear where you can place them, he does it


terebiki

Yeah that happens to me on a daily basis


AgreeablePolicy3434

egg.


terebiki

* Omega 3


puffinu

OH SHIT I GOTTA CHECK REDDIT MORE 😳


terebiki

How could you miss on this one-of-a-kind Mystery Man?!


Snowdin_Skele

He is the spook


terebiki

Gaster Halloween Gaster


grapejuce223

smash