Summary
Papyrus is the brother of Sans and a major character in UNDERTALE. His main motive is to capture a human so he can become a member of the Royal Guard, and finally have friends and popularity. He always brags about his ability to cook spaghetti, althought his favourite food is the oatmeal with dinosaur eggs. He's both one of Undyne's best friends and her pupil, other than being a flamboyant skeleton who presents a confident, charismatic image of himself. He works hard and, despite his brash personality, is kind at heart, as he believes in others just as much as he believes in himself, to the point of wanting to befriend Frisk despite he was supposed to capture him at start.
Powers and Stats
Dimensionality: 3D
Threat Level: Wolf+
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Weapon Mastery, Expert in Hand to Hand Combat, Longevity (Monsters can live thousands of years), Inorganic Physiology (Type 1), Magic, Non-Physical Interaction, SOUL Manipulation, Absorption, Fusionism and Transformation (Monsters in UNDERTALE are made of magic like Humans are made of water, allowing them to use magic-based attacks even as physical ones. Said magic can be used to attack both the SOUL and body, and was shown to even be able to damage Mad Dummy, who is a non-physical spirit that couldn't be harmed from Frisk due to them lacking magic on their own. If a monster defeats a human, they can absorb the latter's SOUL, transforming in "a horrible beast with unfathomable power". Should be able to merge their SOUL with the one they've absorbed like Asriel and Chara did), Statistics Amplification (The more he kills, the more his LOVE increases, raising his STATs), Danmaku, Creation and Unconventional Intangibility (Type 4: Can create a huge amount of bones of various shapes and sizes to use against the opponent, with some of them being blue attacks, which phase through the opponent without damaging them only if they don't move while they're hit from it. Papyrus has shown to be able to manipulate and combine the different types of bones he creates as he wants to in order to make various types of attacks), Gravity Manipulation (Implied to increase the gravity of the opponent from making their SOUL Blue, since when they're in this state, jumping is noticeably harder, and thus dodging his attacks as well), Limited Toon Force (Can walk while defying the laws of physics), Resistance to Heat Manipulation (Monsters could travel across the Underground to reach the New Home, meaning that they went through Hotland without being affected from the immense temperatures, which are high enough to evaporate water along with the cup containing it in a short time), Radiation Manipulation (The Gamerblood Energy Drink, which is made of radioactive waste, is considered a regular energy drink for the monsters in the Underground) and SOUL Manipulation (Can take SOUL Attacks as physical ones, due to their SOUL being strong as their material body), Possibly to Poison Manipulation (Comparable to other monsters who can stay indefinitely in the CORE, which is likely filled of Ozone) and Extreme Cold (Can stay indefinitely at Snowdin, where the ice can resist Hotland's temperatures without melting, with Undyne pointing out at how cold it is, though this can be just a background inconsistency, thus just a product of Game Mechanics)
Physical Strength: Small Building Level Striking Strength with Class 10 Lifting Strength (His regular attack is this heavy)
Attack Potency: Small Building (Is the strongest monster at Snowdin, surpassing the likes of Greater Dog, Gyftrot, Dogamy and Dogaressa with his ATK value of 20. Shouldn't be too weaker than Mettaton, as Undyne herself said that Papyrus is a pretty tough monster to face), likely higher with Special Attack (Claimed that if Frisk was hit from his Special Attack, they surely wouldn't survive it)
Durability: Small Building (Equal to his ATK as he has 20 DEF. Broke through a window without any sign of harm)
Speed: Human travel speed with Massively Hypersonic combat speed and reactions (Not too much behind Undyne)
Intelligence: Average
Stamina: High
Range: Melee, Tens of meters with attacks
Weakness: He's too nice and pure, to the point he ended with wanting to befriend Frisk when he was supposed to capture them. His bones can be blue attacks, which deal no damage if the opponent stands still when hit. If a monster faces a being with an extremely high murderous intent, and the monster doesn't want to fight back, it will extremely weaken.
Arsenal
Standard Equipment: None notable, thought he can create bones.
Noteworthy Techniques and Abilities
- Blue SOUL: Papyrus has the ability to turn his opponent's SOUL blue,, which makes him able to to ground his opponents. However, his mastery over this power is limited comparated to his brother's.
- Bone Attacks: Papyrus will send numerous bones at his opponent in varying patterns and speeds. He will also often throw in unique structures and blue attacks as well.
Quotes
| — Papyrus' usual laugh |
| — Papyrus' before trying to capture Frisk |
| — Papyrus' offering his MERCY to Frisk |
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Notes
Statistics scaling is canon to UNDERTALE due to it being acknowledged in lore, and thus can be used to determine the actual ratings of the characters. However, it should be noted that due to it being not linear in nature given the various feats attributed to the values, Moldsmal not being one-shotted from a LV 2 Chara despite having 0 as DEF and Snowdrake's Mother dealing regular damage despite her having literally negative ATK, the scaling shouldn't be taken linearly, but just used to determine who is stronger between the characters.