Summary[]
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, a white t-shirt underneath, black shorts with white stripes, and a pair of slippers. He has white dots in 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.
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."
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 teleporting or other magic for practical jokes either. 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.
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. 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. 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" 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, workshop, his relationship to Alphys, affinity for science, his inexplicable ability to teleport and his timeline research.
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.
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. Then, Sans hides the protagonist behind a lamp whose shape is identical to the protagonist's. Papyrus rushes onscreen, and the brothers discuss Sans's laziness and the importance of puzzle upkeep. 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.
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. Sans believes that someone is tricking Papyrus with an Echo Flower when the flower in question is Flowey. 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.
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 when their inventory is full, he stacks a maximum of 30 Hot Dogs on their head for free.
Further on, Sans waits outside of the MTT Resort and asks the protagonist if they want to grab a bite to eat. He escorts the protagonist inside via "shortcut" and talks about a woman he has befriended that shares his affinity for puns. He tells the protagonist that this woman made him promise to protect any human that left the Ruins and that, if she had not said anything, the protagonist would be "dead where [they] stand." He dismisses this as a joke immediately and says that he has done a great job protecting the protagonist. If the protagonist has not died before, Sans takes credit for their success. If the protagonist has died, Sans questions the validity of his statement. Before leaving, he tells the protagonist to take care of themself because someone really cares about them.
Powers and Stats[]
Tier: 10-B | 9-B | Low 1-C | 0 | Unknown
Name: Sans
Origin: Undertale
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown
Classification: Skeleton, Sentry, likely a Scientist (hinted at through workshop), Professional Prankster
Powers and Abilities:
Inorganic Physiology (Every monster in the game is stated to be made of magic), Non-Physical Interaction (Magic is shown to be capable of harming ghosts, as shown in the Mad Dummy fight where magic attacks are the only way to harm him as opposed to physical attacks), Soul Manipulation (Although not demonstrated, they should be able to injure the soul through damaging the body with their regular attacks, like any monster) and Absorption (If a monster defeats a human they can take its SOUL), Magic, Resistance to SOUL Manipulation (Can take SOUL attacks as physical ones) and Radiation Manipulation (Gamerblood Energy Drink, an energy drink containing radioactive waste, is considered a normal product in the Underground), Teleportation, Genius Intelligence
All Previous, Superhuman Strength & Durability, Bone Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement & Intangible Attacks (Blue Attacks makes Frisk Stop)
All Previous, Superhuman Speed, Gravity Manipulation (Could Throw Frisk on Different Gravities), BFR (Makes Frisk go to the center of the arena), Danmaku, Beyond Dimensional Existence (Explained on the AP)
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Energy Manipulation, Acrobatics, Forcefield Creation, Fire Manipulation, Weapon Mastery, Light Manipulation, Explosion Manipulation, Holming Attack
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Danmaku
Attack Potency: Average Human Level (Doesn't Show Anything Above Normal Humans/Monster) | Wall Level (Should Scale to his Durability) | Low Complex Multiversal (He Knows everything who happened Before an Reset, and considering that Resets Concept is Going Back Time and the concept of going back time is people doesn't know anything about it, so he transcending resets, so transcending time, who already get him into 4D. he put Frisk on the center of the screen, putting frisk on a different space, also transcending Space, then turning him into 5D) | Boundless (Defeated Galleem and Darkhon at the same time, and they are both on the same power, both destroyed every character of any nintendo game, including Kirby, Marvel Characters, Featherine etc) | Unknown (He Only have positions on the game archivies)
Speed: Average Human | Average Human | FTL+ (He could Dodge Frisk Attacks, Thing that Mettaton Can't do, Mettaton should process At Least 10,5 Petaflops per second, who is 10,5 Quadrillions of Calcs per second, witch is 10,5 calcs per Fentoseconds, witch is 10,5 times the Speed of light | Immensurable (Can tag Kirby, who avoided beams from Galeem's, which can reach alternate space-times and seperate time periods) | Superhuman (Comparable to Boyfriend, who dodged pico's fireshot)
Lifting Strength: Unknown | Unknown | At Least Class 25 (Should be Far Superior to Papyrus, who could lift a L-A-R-G-E bone) | Class M (Comparable to King Dee Dee Dee, who can swing his hammer at such force) | Class 5 to Class 10 (Comparable to Boyfriend)
Striking Strength: Average Human Level (Doesn't Show Anything Above Normal Humans/Monster) | Wall Level (Should Scale to his Durability) | Low Complex Multiversal (He Knows everything who happened Before an Reset, and considering that Resets Concept is Going Back Time and the concept of going back time is people doesn't know anything about it, so he transcending resets, so transcending time, who already get him into 4D. he put Frisk on the center of the screen, putting frisk on a different space, also transcending Space, then turning him into 5D) | Boundless (Defeated Galleem and Darkhon at the same time, and they are both on the same power, both destroyed every character of any nintendo game, including Kirby, Marvel Characters, Featherine etc) | Unknown (He Only have positions on the game archivies)
Durability: Average Human Level | Wall Level (Survive being Crushed by Flowey) | Low Complex Multiversal | Boundless | Unknown
Stamina: Superhuman (He is made of Magic) | Superhuman | Superhuman | Superhuman (Can Fight with 7 enemies without seems tires) | Peak Human (Comparable to Boyfriend)
Range: Standart Meele Range | Extended Meele Range | Universal (Light Range) | Tens of Kilometers with Projectiles | Extended Meele Range to Several Meters (Notes)
Standard Equipment: None Notable
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (While Sans is lazy, he's shown to be a genius, both in a tactical and scientific sense, if his workshop is any indication. He was shown to somehow run reports analyzing alternate timelines, as well as built what was likely some sort of time machine, and also has 4th wall awareness) | Extraordinary Genius | Extraordinary Genius, higher in Battle | Extraordinary Genius (Comparable to other enemies like Steve)
Weaknesses: Incredibly lazy, won't fight unless necessary (only fought in the genocide route, where he believes you to be a threat to all other timelines). If Monsters are not determined to kill their foe, and is facing against a foe with a strong SOUL and has murderous intent, their defenses will weaken
Key: Neutral Route | Pacifist Route | Genocide Route | Super Smash Bros | Friday Night Funkin'
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