sans.

There was once a similar piece sent by an old friend I never got to see again; so I wrote my own take on it in honor of it.

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Original Sans references by Temmie Chang.
Undertale by Toby Fox.

[Music: "Reminiscence."] - Alminum
[Voice Acting] - Djsmell
[Background Help] - KimiRoku

[Japanese Captions] - Yuki
[Korean Captions] - Gamemon
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[Newgrounds Mirror]

To those wondering where I've been, I've been really busy with education-related stuff.
Also, I've been really hammer focused on longer term projects and working on my animation and writing skills.
... so I hope you enjoy this video :D

[JBUG]

Listen to the song and support the people who helped out.. in the description! <3

[krisonthefamilycomputer]

i like how accurate this is, sans isn’t crying at all like in most works, hes just severely disappointed, the tone of dread is still there yet its done the same way canon undertale handled it, the animation is charming and the atmosphere of melancholy is present aswell, i really love when the ut fandom occasionally makes such a beautiful fanwork, something as canon as this is something i havent even seen in a long time and i most definitely appreciate it, you truly did sans’ character justice.

[PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

You did a good job of representing Sans' "all lowercase" way of speaking. Fans often forget just how monotone the guy is. He's the equivalent of that friend who only ever responds to texts with "lol" or "k".

[imnightmare]

This animation made me remember once again how deep Sans as a character is, and how misunderstood he usually is. What I'm talking about specifically is how he reacts to the death of his own brother, Papyrus. And this animation perfectly reflects that situation. In most fanon Undertale content, upon seeing his brother's demise, Sans has an emotional outburst, crying and throwing a fit, and instantly declaring vengeance against the killer. It's definitely how most characters would react to seeing their brother die. However... Sans really isn't like most other characters.

The way Sans reacts to it in the animation is much closer to how the canon Sans would have acted. He's just taking a calm, quiet walk through Snowdin, thinking to himself, and taking in everything around him. But it's only when he walks a little further, he spots something. The dust of someone that meant everything to him. And, instead of falling to his knees and crying, he just stands there, silently mourning the loss of his brother. Sans, being as levelheaded as he is, instantly takes it at face value. He doesn't try to deny it in any way. And he certainly doesn't run off to tell anyone about it. He instead reflects on the situation, pondering that in another timeline, Papyrus is alive and well.

He just continues to stand there, trying to come to any kind of proper conclusion, but he just can't. He's in too much pain to do that. Eventually, he walks away, accepting the fact that his brother is gone. And the part that hits me the hardest in the animation is as Sans is walking away, he sees a brief hallucination of Papyrus. But he immediately dismisses it, knowing that his mind was just playing tricks on him. And with that, he is shrouded in complete loneliness.

I think one of the most relatable parts of Sans as a character is that while he may come off as extroverted when he's around other people, he keeps to himself. Sans loves to entertain others with his bad puns, but deep down, the true Sans is an enigma. He knows so much more than he's supposed to, and yet he doesn't tell anyone. Papyrus is the only person to pick up on this, saying that 'SANS NEVER TELLS ANYONE ANYTHING!', which shows how secretive Sans really is. He doesn't tell anyone else what he's going through, even his own brother. Most of the other characters know Sans as the goofy prankster, but only Sans truly knows how he is when he's alone.

Through small breadcrumbs left in the game, it's so clear that Sans went through some kind of horrible incident, but whatever happened to him is an absolute mystery. Because no matter how much Sans is suffering, he refuses to tell anyone else about what he's going through. Because that's just the type of person Sans is. He lies not out of malice, but because he doesn't want to trouble anyone else. Many Undertale characters are open with who they truly are, but not Sans. There's an entire side of him that he keeps locked away. And no, I'm not talking about the side of him where he's all powerful and he has a glowing eye. No, I'm talking about who Sans truly is deep down. The part of him that had ambitions. The part of him that didn't give up yet.

"just give up. i did."

[pro_bacon_tord]

Bro...THIS IS Accurate
This is the canon sans i know

Judging on how empty his residence was..

Hes not crying, hes just disappointed on why the player did this

The cold interpretation makes it more cold than the usual "weird fandom sans"



J-bug, This is art and cold.

Edit:i like how sans knows dust and snows difference lol.

[FlowerMcBoi]

Seeing Sans talking about life is very...peculiar and somewhat meaningful

[divineshrek]

Seeing Sans kinda just. . .casually accepting and shrugging off Papyrus's death is somewhat. . .chilling. . .and yet strangely in character for him in a way

[CableSpark]

It's obvious how much effort you put into making this accurate to Toby's vision of the character and the world itself, both artistically and narratively, I hope people start doing more stuff like this to show how Undertale's fanbase has matured over the years.

[DeepDishInk]

1:22 I love how you depicted him here. He's visually smiling, but you can really tell he isn't. This whole thing represents Sans so well. His character is on point. Bravo!!

[RexGaming]

I love how canonically accurate this representation of Sans is, most people forget Sans is the type of guy to not do anything about a situation if the damage is already done. Also im impressed by Sans being able to difference between Snow and Dust not even a scientist would notice that by just looks.

[CommunistDogSupremacy]

You really did justice to the character here
Between all the details, my favourite must be the unalterable smile. People forget that Sans is a skeleton, and even though he can somehow close his eyesockets, his smile will always be permanent.
He express so much, yet nothing, because of the empty hole inside of him. He doesn't even care anymore, there is no point to get mad. At least he can see a poetic side to the situation.

[im_terminallyonline]

I can't fathom how much I love this. This has already been said many times before, but Sans' personality here is portrayed so well it's almost canonical. Even though you can slightly feel the pain in his voice, his apathy prevents him from displaying any sort of visual reaction, which is so much more like his canon self than the fandoms interpretation. This is just my take on the animation, but I feel like the death of his brother is the moment when Sans realized, at some point, when there's nobody else left, he's gonna have no choice but to stop you. You'd better be proud of yourself, because this is unironically one of the best Undertale fan animations I've ever watched.

[CosmicTornado]

I don’t think I’ve seen anyone animate this take on Sans’ perspective of Papyrus’ death in a Genocide run before. People usually do the angry interpretation that was alluded to by his threat to the player just before they enter Snowdin.

But I think this interpretation is by far the most accurate. Sans is capable of mustering up emotions like anger, sadness, and pure hatred, but his nihilism always dissolves those emotions before he can act on them. The reason why he’s the final boss of a Genocide run is entirely because there’s no one left who is capable of stopping the player. He “can’t afford to not care anymore”.

Sans’ melancholic nature is brought upon by his nihilism and knowledge of different timelines, as well as his understanding of who controls when they start and stop. Maybe he didn’t fight Frisk right away because he was a coward- maybe he thought it was pointless because the player could endlessly retry, but without a doubt Sans didn’t try because he just couldn’t muster up the emotions required to care to.

This soliloquy perfectly encapsulates how I think Sans went about his brother’s death in the Genocide run. “Why didn’t Sans stop the player before Undyne?” “Why did it take Sans so long before he stopped the player?” The answer is as simple as “he thought it was pointless to even try”. He finally mustered up enough emotion to care when he finally understood that he could no longer afford not to.

Great animation. Great writing. This is art.

[dwerical]

Man this is so amazing. Sans' narration on the environment around him is so accurate to his character. It's also amusing just how he was able to distinguish the dust from the snow.

[nessthecomic]

It’s rare to see anyone portray him as accurately as this

[matti.]

Sans' character here is on-point. He's not angsting over what happened, just...accepting it. After all, it doesn't matter, can't do anything about it. Everything could reset now and he wouldn't even know it, heck, this might not even be the first time this happens so whatever.

Despite what the fandom says, Sans is a very lowkey character. In many ways, he's just a guy

[Snowynr]

i really like how canon accurate this is, he diding get angry, started crying or whatever sans does in fanon representations, he just accepted it and moved on. This looks very official, the artstyle makes it so good, the music, the ambience, the loneliness everything about it, its beautiful. Its just something i havent seen from the undertale community in a while, its full of fanon representations, horror, and cringey aus, now this is something id like to see every time i look for undertale fanmade stuff, makes me shed a tear honestly of how beautiful this was, just everything about it is so good its unbelievable good job j bug and everyone who worked on this

[juhaibuha]

"maybe another version of me is out there having fun." That got me so emotional. 😭

[cirnocool]

people often forget how Sans was truly made.
they make him become some kind of ''hero''.
Sans is not a brave hearted hero, he is a monotone and apathetic guy.
it's a shame how the fandom just portrays characters the wrong way.

[puppetwraith]

I really love how sans is portrayed here. I think a lot of people forget WHY he even fights you on Genocide in the first place. You can kill everyone in the underground except a random froggit, and he won't care because he finds it hard to care about anything. And most of his depression comes from finding out about the "reset anomaly" through his research. He only fights you because he thinks the world might be destroyed permanently if he doesn't. (and he's right, luckily Chara does have some mercy towards us in Genocide). Every main character has so much to them in this game, if you just look a little deeper!