Sans

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Sans
Sans's sprite from Undertale.
Universe	Undertale
Debut	Undertale (2015)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Deltarune: Chapter 1 (2018)
Console/platform of origin	Microsoft Windows, Apple OS X
Species	Skeleton
Gender	Male
Place of origin	Snowdin
Created by	Toby Fox

Sans (サンズ, Sans) is a character from Undertale who is represented in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate via a Mii Fighter costume and a DLC music track.

Origin

Sans is a skeleton who lives in the frosty town of Snowdin, alongside his brother Papyrus, underneath the surface of the Earth. The player character, Frisk, first encounters him after leaving the Ruins. He is seen tagging along with Papyrus as the latter attempts to capture Frisk, but consistently fails. After befriending Papyrus, Frisk has the option to visit his and Sans's house. At first, Sans appears to be a laid-back, flippant character; he has a fondness for practical jokes and speaks in an all-lowercase font resembling Comic Sans MS. However, as the game progresses, it becomes clear that Sans is more self-aware than he lets on.

In an average playthrough of the game, Sans is encountered in the Last Corridor late in the story. Here, Sans "judges" the player (distinct from Frisk), revealing that experience points and levels are directly linked to how willing they are to inflict pain and death on others. His speech will change depending on the course of action that the player takes throughout the game, with special dialogue if they killed Papyrus. He also reveals that he is aware of the game's saving and loading mechanics, and encourages the player to do the right thing.

If the "Genocide" route is taken, meaning every other monster is killed, Sans engages the player in battle as a last-ditch effort to stop them. In this fight, he uses highly unpredictable and speedy attacks, typically utilizing "Gaster Blasters" (laser guns that resemble skulls). He also avoids all of the player's attacks until the very end, where he decides to simply not attack, thus never ending his turn in the battle. The player can attack him after he falls asleep, however, and he is defeated in a single hit. He then crawls away, dying off-screen.

At the end of an average playthrough, Sans phones the player and informs them about the end result of their actions, dependent on which boss monsters were killed. In the "pacifist" route, meaning every monster is spared from defeat, Sans is one of the monsters whose soul is absorbed by Flowey, and the player must battle him and Papyrus, along with the rest of the boss monsters, to free them. Sans then joins the rest of the now-freed monsters on the surface world.

In Deltarune: Chapter 1, Sans makes a cameo appearance as the player character Kris's next door neighbor, now owning and operating a grocery store.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

The Sans Mii costume in Ultimate.

Sans appears as a downloadable Mii Fighter costume as part of Wave 3 for Ultimate, with one of his Gaster Blasters as the arm cannon. Along with the costume, a new remix of Sans' boss theme, MEGALOVANIA, was added as one of the "Other" music tracks.

Trivia

• When Sans's costume was revealed, he is shown standing in a black background with PictoChat 2's textbox below it. This is referencing the battle GUI in Undertale.
• In Sans' costume trailer, he is seen fighting a yellow Piranha Plant, which references Flowey, another character from Undertale.
  • Another reference in said costume trailer is that he dodges a Villager's up tilt, and then a female Villager's Killing Edge swipe. These two Villagers reference Frisk and Chara respectively.

External links

• Article on the Undertale Wiki.