What IS Sans?!
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Was MatPat actually right about Sans being Ness?
Was Matt Pat right about Sans? For years he was mocked by the community for his infamous Sans' Nest theory. However, with the release of Deltarune Chapter 5, Sans is once again back in the spotlight, and it seems to imply that Matt may have been onto something all those years ago. Hello, internets! Welcome to Game Theory, the show that has a lot more to say about Deltarune chapter 5. If you missed our last video, we mostly covered the main route of the game, talking about Chris's father Asgore, his involvement in the old dark world, how the dark world is what turned Death into the night, and how that's forecasting the potential fate of Susie, as she too is beginning to spend a little too much time in the dark world.
However, during that last video, I said this. Now I don't have time to do a deep dive into the weird roots or the connections it has with Sands and Gesta right now. Well Well, now I do have time for it. And it turns out we may have been more right about Sands than anyone ever suspected. Deltarun just didn't exist to give us the full answer. And it's all because of the alternate route that you can take in Deltarune, which has been dubbed the Snow Grave. Or weird route. This route started all the way back in chapter two, where Chris can take their childhood friend Noelle through the city and start pushing them to become more violent towards the monsters. In each subsequent chapter, we've been given the choice to continue this path, continuing to manipulate Noelle and force her to become stronger, leading to a little red dot appearing on the screen that says thank you.
We previously theorized that this is Noelle's. Soul growing, similar to the soul Chris holds within their chest. It's her heart and her will to make decisions that has grown. We believe the goal of this was to make Noelle the second hero of the prophecy instead of Susie, as we see the image of a girl in a robe with a heart that says love finds its way to the girl. Love being levels of violence, a measure used in Undertale. But as I've alluded to, the connections to Undertale. Don't stop there. Because even though chapter 5's weird root is super short, Chris and Noelle's actions as well as Sans' appearance confirm so much about the foundation of Deltarune, its future chapters, and how Sans ties everything together.
All will be revealed as we follow the trail of breadcrumbs that's being left for us, loyal theorists. I just hope you don't mind getting a little wet. If you've taken the weird root Weird route thus far. At the start of the chapter, instead of Chris waking up early to go to the festival, Chris sleeps in. Having missed the whole festival, Susie takes Chris to meet Noelle because Noelle wanted to speak with them. Noelle is acting very different here. She talks about how she has changed. Since Desappeared, she just kind of carried on. But Chris has shown her a new way. The free will that we, the player, have been forcing upon her. Noelle grabs Chris by the hand and says, Says to go somewhere no one has ever been before.
As you near the edge of the lake, you continue to say proceed. Noelle and Chris walk deeper and deeper. You continue to select proceed. And as it looks like the screen is whiting out, Chris and Noelle slowly drown. Suddenly, screen goes black and text appears that says insert chapter 7, side B. And that's it.
That's the end of chapter five. We skipped over the entirety of the chapter, and even chapter six! You don't even get to go to the dark world and hang out with my boy Flowery.
But despite the weird route being so short, the limited interactions you do have reveal a lot. In this route, the festival has already ended, but there is one character still standing around waiting for you, Sans. In both routes, when you find him, Sans asks Suzy to draw her friends on a punch card. In the normal route, she doesn't specify who she draws, but based on the fact that Noelle is standing right there, it would make sense for Suzy to be drawing Noelle in this image alongside herself, Chris, and Ralse.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Was MatPat actually right about Sans being Ness?
0:00–4:39
2
How does the “Weird Root” (Snow Grave) route reveal Sans’ hidden role?
4:39–8:22
3
What does Sans’ bread and breadcrumb mechanic hint at in Deltarune?
8:22–12:53
4
How do the punch‑card drawings connect Sans to Undertale’s secret lab?
12:53–16:32