CARNAGE on STAGE

>       *"BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T FOLLOW MY **ดอกไม้**..." - Carnage*
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## Origin

   CARNAGE on STAGE is the name of a theoretical official soundtrack for Dusttrustbelief, owned by Flan. The track was intended for a hypothetical phase 3, which was meant to mimic that of Dusttrust Pre-leak's *Slaughter in the Spotlight*. Both the vibes the name gives off and its structure were inspired by *Slaughter in the Spotlight*. CARNAGE on STAGE was never made into a legitimate track, and never was; it was simply artwork drawn by Ghosty and, later, animated by Flan. Ghosty drew the piece of pixel art years before it would see a resurgence and be animated by Flan in Clickteam. Said pixel art was fanmade content Ghosty made for Flan's Dusttrustbelief, as previously mentioned.

Eventually, CARNAGE, on, and STAGE would become names for multiple characters found in the original artwork. They were likely first used as names by Ghosty, but it's slightly unclear as to who coined this usage. Papyrus, who is to the left of the image, was given the name CARNAGE; the Gaster Blasters, who can be found on the top-left and top-right of the artwork, were both given the name on, and all Blasters presumably share this name; and Dusttale Sans, who is to the right of the image, was given the name STAGE. The punctuation of the names comes from how they were written in the artwork, with CARNAGE and STAGE being in only uppercase letters due to those words in the track title intentionally mimicking Papyrus' text quirk in UNDERTALE, and on being in only lowercase letters due to that word intentionally mimicking Sans' typing quirk in UNDERTALE. The orange, blue, and white bones found on the bottom-left, middle, and right of the artwork were not named. It is currently unknown whether or not there was any intention of naming them at all. The bones on the top and bottom of the hypothetical track title were also unnamed, only translated into text whenever the track name was to be written in a message like so:

=------   ------=

    CARNAGE

           on

       STAGE

=------   ------=

CARNAGE on STAGE are usually referred to as a group in order to refer to the original artwork as a whole.

As previously mentioned, CARNAGE on STAGE would see a resurgence years after its original creation. This original creation was entirely unironic, but the resurgence was entirely founded in irony. Ghosty had been discussing the original artwork and was embarrassed by it, which prompted Flan to hastily find said image in he and Ghosty's direct messages and send it. This effectively revived CARNAGE on STAGE, and Ghosty embraced it after some time. The comedic irony in it all would peak when Flan would animate CARNAGE, on, and STAGE in Clickteam, and especially would peak when Reubzzz72 shared this animation around with humorously formal credit to Ghosty for the spritework and Flan for the animation. The irony would also evolve tenfold when CARNAGE on STAGE was shown off in front of hundreds of users in the official DUSTTRUST Discord server. Flan's animation of the image was posted at a rapid pace by all, including staff members. Members of the Sex Club participated as well, of course. Reubzzz72 was apologetic for the trouble they had caused, though, and privately apologized to one of the server's moderators.

Multiple variations of the original CARNAGE on STAGE image were created during this basically-raid on the DUSTTRUST server, including two variations: ICE on STAGE, which depicts CARNAGE frozen in a giant block of ice; STAGE with a cold blue color palette with ice around his facial features; and on, who was simply re-textured to the same color palette that STAGE took on with no further edits. The track name and bones surrounding it were edited in the same fashion as on. The second variation that was created during the pseudo-raid was RAPTY on STAGE. Unlike ICE on STAGE, which was not animated, RAPTY on STAGE was an animated GIF file. The head of Mr. Rapty, also known as Doxin Webster, had been put in the place of CARNAGE and STAGE's heads. In the GIF, Rapty had a smug look about him, and he wore his black gaming headset. RAPTY on STAGE was, chronologically, the second variant of CARNAGE on STAGE during the DUSTTRUST pseudo-raid, with ICE on STAGE being the first.

## Appearances

CARNAGE, on, and STAGE appeared a multitude of times during the Journey to Indonesia. All instances in which they appeared can be found here, inside of the Journey to Indonesia Recap document written by Reubzzz72. It is the most credible and in-depth source of information regarding the Journey to Indonesia.

* CARNAGE, on, and STAGE initially appear when Ghosty rallies them up before the whole Sex Club embarks on the journey.
* CARNAGE and STAGE slightly help Ghosty fend off Boo, defending Reubzzz72 as he drives them in his Testostetruck
* STAGE appears on his own inside of Spamton's pocket dimension, where he is placed by Reubzzz72 to help Spamton fight Dusttale Sans (Dusttale Sans is NOT STAGE). STAGE defeats Dusttale Sans here.
* CARNAGE, on, and STAGE all contribute to the Sex Club's outside raid of Indonesia's capitol building during the rising action of the event. This is where CARNAGE says "*I'VE BEEN HOPING FOR A CARNAGE FOR A LONG TIME."*
* STAGE twerks at the enemies during the above outside raid, dealing massive damage.
* When Boo fights the Sex Club for a third time at Indonesia's capitol building, STAGE is murdered by him. CARNAGE becomes enraged, Kiwi to fight harder. CARNAGE is later defeated by Boo as well.
* During the above event, on summons hundreds of clones of itself to fight.
* Ghosty revives CARNAGE and STAGE through the power of the Carnage Emeralds when the Sex Club raids the inside of the Indonesian capitol building. This is where STAGE says "it feels good to be back", and CARNAGE responds "*YOU SAID THAT TWICE!"*
* STAGE busts down the door to the throne room of the Indonesian capitol building.
* CARNAGE once again becomes vengeful for his brother when Crowned Bob uses telekinetic powers to slam STAGE against the walls of the capitol building's throne room, killing him.
* The above murder was caused by STAGE landing the first blow on Crowned Bob.
* CARNAGE, on, and STAGE are mentioned in the credits of the Journey to Indonesia Recap document.

CARNAGE also appears in the RZ Funkin: VS. Reubz.exe document, written entirely by Reubzzz72, during the "Carnage Reubz over Secret Histories Tails Week".

* CARNAGE breaks into Trumpy Bear's facility during the second song in the week, Rage (Twisted RZmix), angry and ready to defeat Carnage Reubz alongside the Sex Club and Pico. "I HAVE COME TO CARNAGE YOU, REUBZ," and "THIS IS *NOT* COOL," are lines CARNAGE states during his introduction here. Near the song's ending, he says “WE KNOW YOU, REUBEN. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO WIELD THE POWER OF CARNAGE, on, OR STAGE. COME TO YOUR SENSES. THIS ENDS NOW!”
* In the final above quote, on and STAGE are mentioned, although they do not show up in Rage (Twisted RZmix).
* During Sextuple Struggle (ENCORE), CARNAGE and STAGE can be found dead, either at the hands of Reubz.exe or Carnage Reubz.
* As Carnage Reubz's segment ends in Sextuple Struggle (ENCORE), on blasts him with a powerful laser from afar.

## Trivia

* There is an official showcase of CARNAGE entering Super Carnage mode when harnessing the power of the Carnage Emeralds. It is shown here, in an edit/artwork created by Ghosty.
* There is an official showcase of CARNAGE before truly becoming CARNAGE, presumably during the events of Dusttrustbelief. This artwork was created by Ghosty and was titled "pre-carnage". It was simply created as a Papyrus sprite, but when Ghosty posted it to the RZ!Archive, it was given its new name and purpose.
* Ghosty has shown spontaneous interest in remaking his original CARNAGE on STAGE spritework. There have only been snippets released of this. All snippets are serious besides on, which was made as a total joke. A first and second remake of CARNAGE's head are public, and two remakes of STAGE's right eye are public as well.