MEGALOVANIA

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***MEGALOVANIA*** is the 100th track in the *Undertale* Soundtrack. It is a fast-paced song which plays during the final battle against Sans on the Genocide Route.

## History

"Megalovania" was originally composed for Toby Fox's hack of *EarthBound* known as "Radiation's Halloween Hack" which was a submission to Starmen.Net's 2008 Halloween Funfest. The original song from the *EarthBound* Halloween Hack can be found here.

"Radiation's Halloween Hack" was about an alternate universe of *EarthBound* where the chosen four never returned, or simply put "bad rom hack with swears." According to "The Making of Radiation's Halloween Hack," the track "Megalomania" from *Live A Live* was originally planned to be used as the game's final boss theme instead. Toby Fox never got around to it, so he "yelled whatever [he] felt like into a microphone and copied it down," thus creating "Megalovania." Toby Fox has also hinted that Megalovania was also inspired by the SFC/SNES version of "Gadobadorrer" from *Brandish 2: The Planet Buster*, where the hack's protagonist originated from.

This song would later be reused for the webcomic *Homestuck*, as "MeGaLoVania" on the Homestuck Vol. 6: Heir Transparent album with guitars from *Joren "Tensei" de Bruin*. This version makes a brief appearance in the Trickster Mode of "[S] Past Karkat: Wake up." and then makes a full appearance in "[S] Wake." This track's leitmotif can also be heard in other Homestuck songs. A few of the songs in the AlterniaBound album, such as "The Blind Prophet" by Toby Fox, "She's a Sp8der,"and "FIDUSPAWN, GO!" all contain the leitmotif. A song in a later album, "Ascend," also contains the leitmotif. Another version of the song by Toby Fox dubbed "Brodylovania" went unused in Homestuck's soundtrack.

After its appearance in *Undertale*, a remix of the Undertale version appeared in *Super Smash Bros. Ultimate* as paid DLC with the Sans Outfit for $0.75 released on September 4, 2019. This version also briefly features the leitmotifs of Heartache and Bonetrousle.

## Trivia

* The word "*Megalovania*" is a combination of "*Megalomania*" and "*Transylvania*".
	+ "*Megalomania*" is the boss theme from the game *Live A Live*, which served as an inspiration for "*Megalovania*." Though Megalovania doesn't directly quote Megalomania's melody, it has a similar feeling and structure. In real life, megalomania is the delusion of being vastly more important and powerful than one really is.
	+ The word Transylvania was jammed into the name to give it a feeling reminiscent of Halloween.
* Toby Fox's mother calls MEGALOVANIA 'MEGALAVEGALA'.
* According to an interview with Toby Fox, this was one of the six songs originally composed for other projects. The other five were *Fallen Down*, *Heartache*, *Nyeh Heh Heh!*, *Bonetrousle*, and *Another Medium*.
* Toby Fox has composed a 'sequel' to Megalovania dubbed *Megalo Strike Back* which was composed for the I Miss You - EarthBound 2012 album.
* Toby Fox has stated that *Megalovania - Clash with a Doctor*, the version found in the MOTHER fangame "Cognitive Dissonance" (CogDis), was not made by him on his Twitter account.
* The original version of Megalovania was in the key of A in a minor blues scale, whereas the version found in *Undertale* is a pitched up, slightly faster and modified version in the key of D minor.
* It is the first Super Smash Bros. song to be released with a Mii Fighter.