In REPO u play as the cheeky buggers ur essentially minions of an old supremacist warlord but we will get to that later

the cheeky buggers are self canibalising horrible pieces of shet that kill there friends and loot innocent monsters homes in the name of ur warlock patron shame on you

ACTUALLY IM ASHAMED OF U FOR EVEN PLAIYNG THIS GAME IT IS A BAD INFLENCE ON UR MIND CAUSE U ARE STEALING

pov ur roman empoerour julois ceazar and u die and then u get reincarnated as a fokiININn cringe emoji deviant art creepypasta OC

that is this character and what they are htye hav no limbs so they make the cheeky buggers to steal shiEETET for them and u mass the control pane lwith ur FACE and that is why you look so FOKINGING grostesque and teeth tyign cause all u do all day is mash ur face in agony

instra of lord jungabloob u should giv hakurei shrine roughly 15,000 yen fro mstealing in gam objects




YOU IDIDOTO UA USIDOOY U CHEEEKY BUGGER FOOL FOOLISHNESS U STOLE FROM HER SHE IS COMIN FOR U SHE CANNOT BREAK IN BUT WILL SEND THE GAUNLET OF TEROR NONONONONON

AHHH NOO NONO IT IS

Sans (/sænz/[2]) is the older[1] brother of Papyrus and a major character in Undertale. He first appears in Snowdin Forest after the protagonist exits the Ruins. Sans is the deuteragonist of the Neutral and True Pacifist routes, in which he keeps an eye on the protagonist throughout the game. He is also the final boss of the Genocide Route in Last Corridor from New Home.


AHHHHHH NONOONONONONNOONONONONONO RUN

AYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAA



THEY ARE CHASING YOU

GETO UT O F THERE
NO YOU MUST RUN


OH NO HE TURNS UR SOUL BLUE


CONFRONTRATION CONFRONTATION

THIS IS HOW TO DEAL WITH SANS



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Sans

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The easiest enemy. Can only deal 1 damage.
Character Information
Also known as

sans the skeleton (Himself)
LAZY BONES (Papyrus)
Sansy (Drunk Bun)
Smiley Trashbag (Flowey)

First Appearance
Snowdin Forest
Relationships

Papyrus (younger brother)[1]
Toriel (close friend)
Alphys (friend)

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Sans
Battle Information

i'm sans.
sans the skeleton.

Sans introducing himself.

Sans (/sænz/[2]) is the older[1] brother of Papyrus and a major character in Undertale. He first appears in Snowdin Forest after the protagonist exits the Ruins. Sans is the deuteragonist of the Neutral and True Pacifist routes, in which he keeps an eye on the protagonist throughout the game. He is also the final boss of the Genocide Route in Last Corridor from New Home.
Contents

1 Profile
1.1 Appearance
1.2 Personality
2 Main Story
2.1 Neutral Route
2.1.1 Judgement
2.1.2 Endings
2.2 True Pacifist Route
2.2.1 Epilogue
2.3 Genocide Route
3 In Battle
4 Relationships
4.1 The Protagonist
4.2 Papyrus
4.3 Toriel
4.4 Alphys
4.5 W. D. Gaster
5 Dialogue
6 Gallery
7 Trivia
8 See Also
9 References

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Profile
Appearance

Sans appears as a relatively short and paunchy skeleton, with mitten-like hands. Sans is always seen with a wide, toothy-grin on his face. Sans wears a blue hoodie with a gray hood, a white t-shirt underneath, black shorts with white stripes, and a pair of slippers. He has white dots for pupils in his black eye sockets that disappear when he is serious or angered. When Sans uses telekinesis, his left eye flashes light blue and yellow (the colors for patience and justice) while his right pupil vanishes.
Personality

Sans is lazy, often sleeping on the job and taking breaks. His laziness is a combination of fatalism and apathy, as he is aware of timeline resets. Conversely, he suggests that this knowledge could be "a poor excuse for being lazy."[3]
Waterfall location Sans telescope

Sans's fake telescope.

He enjoys being mischievous. Sans primarily acts this way towards those he is in good terms with. His antics range from an assortment of illogical, juvenile, and slightly inconvenient pranks. Examples include Sans "selling fried snow," using whoopee cushions, sharing an unscrewed ketchup bottle, and eye paint on a telescope. He is not above utilizing his teleportation or other magic for practical jokes either.[4] Sans is also fond of making the occasional low-brow puns. He enjoys making others laugh in general, as he also performs at the MTT Resort as a comedian.[5][6]

Despite Sans being apathetic towards his own life, he is considerate to those he cares for. For example, Sans is a regular at Grillby's, and the monsters and Royal Guard dogs treat him kindly. Sans has informed Big Mouth about "all kinds of incredible foods," yet Big Mouth comments that "he always orders the worst burger off the menu." Although Sans hates making promises, he respects Toriel's request to watch out for any humans.[7] Even if the protagonist killed people that were close to him, Sans refrains from broaching the topic until the Last Corridor. In a Neutral Route ending where Papyrus or Toriel is alive, Sans omits the protagonist's slaughter to either of them.

He is also observant; Sans reads the protagonist's expressions and can often tell when they have already done certain tasks, as when SAVING and reloading. Though Sans is usually agreeable, he can become eerily serious to emphasize a subject. Regardless of the human being partially or wholly merciful, Sans tells them that if "the old lady" (confirmed in the True Pacifist Route to be Toriel) had not made him promise to protect them, "(they'd) be dead where (they) stand." During the Genocide Route, he does everything in his power to kill the protagonist, even faking mercy.

Sans may have a scientific background. Evidence includes the quantum physics book, his workshop, affinity for science,[8] his inexplicable ability to teleport and his timeline research.[9]

Sans has implied he once longed and searched for a life that he cannot go back to as he "gave up trying to go back a long time ago". As a Lost Soul, he tells the protagonist that "you'll never see 'em again." Although what Sans is trying to return to is vague.
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Neutral Route

heheh... the old whoopee cushion in the hand trick.
it's ALWAYS funny.

Sans

Sans screenshot stalking

Sans's first appearance in Snowdin Forest.

Sans introduces himself to the protagonist in Snowdin Forest after he initially appears as a silhouette. He explains that he has no interest in capturing humans, but that his brother, Papyrus, does.[10] Then, Sans hides the protagonist behind a lamp whose shape is very conveniently identical to the protagonist's. Papyrus rushes onscreen, and the brothers discuss Sans's laziness and the importance of puzzle upkeep.[11][12] Sans appears multiple times throughout Snowdin Forest, observing and commentating on the puzzles but not engaging in any japery, except for the word search.

Before Papyrus's battle, Sans is absent in Snowdin Town. He appears briefly to play trombone during the date/hangout with Papyrus but does not appear again until the Last Corridor if the protagonist kills Papyrus.
Premoniton soundtrack

A spotlight falls on the protagonist and Sans as "Premonition" plays.

After entering Waterfall, Sans is found manning a sentry station and asks the protagonist if they want to take a break with him. If the protagonist agrees, he takes them to Grillby's via a "shortcut." The patrons warmly greet Sans, and he proceeds to treat the protagonist to a burger or fries. After some dialogue, a spotlight falls on him and the protagonist and time appears to stop as Sans tells the protagonist that a flower has been talking to Papyrus.[13] Sans believes that someone is tricking Papyrus with an Echo Flower when the flower in question is Flowey.[14] Sans can be seen again in Waterfall and pranks the protagonist with a red-eye telescope. Later, if Papyrus was killed, "a hooded figure" watches Shyren's battle. However, if Papyrus was spared, Sans sells concert tickets made of toilet paper, implying the other figure was Sans as well.
Sans screenshot head dogs

Sans telling the protagonist the limit of head dogs.

The protagonist passes him sleeping at a sentry post in Hotland if the protagonist flees from Undyne. Undyne notices him sleeping and berates him mid-chase. Sans does not appear in this spot if Undyne was killed, even if Papyrus was spared.

Later, Sans sells Hot Dogs in Hotland for 30G. If the protagonist attempts to buy a Hot Dog

I HATE HATEH ETAH ETHATE FYCKIG NG HATE THIS PEICE OF HSIT I AHTE THIS PEICEO F SHTITTI SO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ MUCH I HATE THIS EPEICE OF SHETIIS I HATE ITT OAO I FOKAAOTIN IN ATE IT


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Sans's sprite in the Dog Shrine from the Xbox One version.
Sans's sprite in the Dog Shrine from the Xbox One version.
Sans's Steam Trading Card.
Sans's Steam Trading Card.
Sans's speech if the protagonist earned no EXP.
Sans's speech if the protagonist earned no EXP.
Sans as a Lost Soul.
Sans as a Lost Soul.
Sans's death on the Genocide Route.
Sans's death on the Genocide Route.
Sans's official tarot card as Major Arcana XX, "Judgement".
Sans's official tarot card as Major Arcana XX, "Judgement".
Sans, as seen in Grillby's tarot card.
Sans, as seen in Grillby's tarot card.
Sans Inaction Figure sold on Fangamer.
Sans Inaction Figure sold on Fangamer.
Sans plush sold on Fangamer.
Sans plush sold on Fangamer.
Sans Nendoroid sold on Fangamer.
Sans Nendoroid sold on Fangamer.
Bonus group postcard made by Gigi D.G. for Fangamer.
Bonus group postcard made by Gigi D.G. for Fangamer.
Artwork from Undertale's 5th anniversary.
Artwork from Undertale's 5th anniversary.
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Trivia

Sans's name alludes to the typeface in which he speaks in: Comic Sans. This is a reference to Helvetica, a webcomic about a skeleton named after a font.
In Japanese phonetics, Sans's name is homophonous with the name of the Sanzu River, a boundary between death and the afterlife in Buddhist lore which, like Sans, judges all who cross it for their deeds. The Sanzu River is also a recurring locale in the Touhou series, from which Toby drew inspiration for Undertale's bullet hell battles.
If the player attempts to name the fallen human "Sans," the game responds with "nope." and prevents the name from being used.
Sans's character was inspired by the characters Zacharie and The Judge from the game OFF.[45] Both Sans and Zacharie are "reliable, friendly, and humorous" while maintaining a sense of mystery, and Sans and The Judge share in game events inflicted by the player, while both being "judges."

Sans overworld stool chup

Sans drinking ketchup.

Sans's text sound originates from a small clip of SpongeBob SquarePants from the S2 episode 'Something Smells', where Patrick Star says "Maybe it's the way you're dressed".[46]
Sans appears to be left-handed. Evidence includes:
Greeting the protagonist with a handshake using his left hand.
Holding and drinking a ketchup bottle with his left hand while dining at Grillby's.
Steering a tricycle using his left hand in the True Pacifist Credits.
Manipulating gravity with his left hand in his battle.
Sans speaks in all lowercase, not even capitalizing names[47] or sentence starters, with a few exceptions,[48] such as the initial beginning of his judgements and other more typical changes to his speaking style that serve to emphasize. This may be a representation of how lazy he is.
Despite not seeming to directly remember events, his knowledge of facial expressions related to time travel is unexplained.
In a deleted tweet, Toby Fox said that Papyrus would use the term "Aniki," a Japanese slang used for older brothers or superiors. There are a multitude of interpretations for this as it does not give a clear answer.[49] However, in the official Japanese translation released in 2017, Papyrus refers to Sans as "Nii-chan", a somewhat immature way of addressing one's older brother.
In Legends of Localization Book 3: UNDERTALE, it's stated that during the translation of Undertale to Japanese, rather than make a blind guess, the translator consulted with Toby for details. Thus, through the translation process, it was definitively revealed that Sans is the older brother and Papyrus is the younger brother.[50]
When the Fun Value is between 40 and 45, Sans calls the protagonist in Snowdin Forest to ask if their fridge is running.[51]
There was a glitch in version 1.0 in which Sans would walk up off the screen at Grillby's when he took the protagonist there. His dialogue still appeared normally.[52]
Sans's face sprite in his lines differs slightly from his battle sprite's face. When he speaks in the overworld, the top of his head is slightly larger and his mouth is less wide.
Sans's line "on days like these, kids like you... Should be burning in hell." could possibly be a reference to a line said by Captain Strong in EarthBound, which goes "At times like this, kids like you should be playing Nintendo games."
In addition, the first part of this quote is a direct reference to a quote of Asgore's on the Neutral Route.[53]
Another line of his, "geeettttttt dunked on!!!", could possibly be a reference to Homestuck, Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, and by extension, the Barkley Shut Up and Jam! series by Accolade Gaiden is a fangame of, due to Homestuck, the comic MEGALOVANIA was used in before Undertale, referencing the Chaos Dunk from Gaiden and additionally, the basketball theme and catchphrases involving the sport being the primary and only major connection between the unofficial and official Barkley games.

Sans overworld dangerous

spr_sans_dangerous_0

There are two unused overworld sprites of Sans in the game files, one showing him with his pupils (spr_sans_dangerous_0) and one showing him holding an ice cream.
In the 2023 summer edition of the Undertale / Deltarune newsletter, Toby Fox revealed that the ice cream sprite was meant for a special scene before Sans's judgement if he was reached fast enough, in which he would slowly eat the ice cream for a full minute accompanied by silly music.

Sans battle clenched fists

Sans also has an unused pose for his battle graphics, similar to his shrugging pose, but with clenched hands.
In the 5th Anniversary Alarm Clock text, Undyne was talking about a hockey game everyone had played against her. Once Sans scored a goal, he went over to Alphys and did a "finger-pointy arm-crossy dance," implied to be the Fortnite emote Dance Moves, more commonly known as the Default Dance.
Sans makes an appearance alongside Papyrus at the end of the Undertale Demo if the protagonist gained no EXP.
Sans makes cameo appearances and comments in Papyrus's Interviews for the

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