Sans

Sans is a major character in the game, Undertale, and is a resident of Snowdin, living in the same house as his brother Papyrus. Throughout the game, he stalks Frisk to see what she is up to and is the one to judge the player based on the decisions they made in the game.

## Backstory

Sans the skeleton was born in 1992. He was created by W.D. Gaster in his lab underground along with his brother, Papyrus, who was made 3 years later. He remained in the underground lab for most of his childhood except when he went to school in the capital. He had to move out one day because his father, Gaster, accidentally deleted himself from the world. He and Papyrus moved to Gaster's old house and created a new life there.

Nothing new seemed to happen, and events began repeating themselves over and over again. Sans realized he must be stuck in a time loop because of someone resetting repeatedly, so he gave up and resorted to doing little to nothing. One day, he encountered a door at the end of the forest. Sans thought it was a good place to practice knock-knock jokes, so he did. Nearly every day he returned to the door and practiced alone, but one day something different happened. After Sans started his joke, a woman on the other side responded with "who's there". Sans was shocked to hear another voice on the other side but finished the joke anyway. The woman on the other side started bawling with laughter, and Sans, for the first time in a while, felt happy.

Months went by and he and the woman's friendship grew stronger, though sometimes it felt like they were getting nowhere due to the strange time loop. Despite that, Sans tried his best to keep their relationship going. One day, the woman asked him to keep a promise for her, she told him to protect any humans that fall into the underground. Sans hates to keep promises, but he made an exception for his friend.

A human eventually did show up, she came through the same door the woman resided behind. Sans remembered his promise and always kept an eye on her to make sure she didn't truly die. Over time, he grew fond of the human and made small attempts to befriend her. Eventually, he invited to have dinner with her at a restaurant, and he discussed her advice and even told her about the promise he made to the woman. After that hangout ended, Sans overlooked her until they met again in a hallway within Castle Dreemurr. He told her that she had a good heart and would possibly be the savior of monsterkind. But he was very, very wrong. Little did he know that there was a particular person who would control her.

She reset the timeline, just like how that other someone did.

When Sans finally met her again, she seemed different, more distant, and quiet. Sans knew something was up, and he was right because she had begun to kill every monster in the underground, from his own brother Papyrus, all the way to Mettaton. The two eventually met in the same hallway as last time, but this time Sans was not there to judge her, he was there to fight her. They fought for what felt like forever because every time Sans killed her, she reset and started over.

Eventually, the kid started faltering her attacks, and Sans noticed this, so he offered to spare her and hug it out. She soon stopped fighting and fell into his bony embrace, when suddenly, Sans summoned several bones and stabbed them all right through her stomach, killing her. A ghost rose from her body that was not her own, it was another human in control of her. Sans told the human that if they were truly friends, she would reset the game and kill no one. The ghost screamed and reset, but only to fight Sans again. The skeleton ended up becoming too tired to fight anymore, so he fell asleep on his turn, believing nothing could harm him.

He was so wrong, somehow the human's soul was powerful enough to attack him on his turn and kill him in one slice. He dragged himself away from the scene, calling out to Papyrus as he drew his last breath.

All was nothing, but then, all was something.

Sans appeared again, back in his bed alive and well. Papyrus could be heard screaming about how Sans wasn't awake yet, exactly how he did the last two times he met the human. This is when Sans realized the kid reset the timeline, so he quickly got out and went into the Snowdin woods to see the human. When the human showed up again, Sans introduced himself the same way he always had, and the human repeated the actions she always had done, except, the human seemed more timid and scared. Sans remembered their battle, so that was his conclusion as to why she was acting that way.

The kid traveled through the underground as she did before, befriending all monsters she met. Eventually, she and Sans were face to face once more in the restaurant, talking about the same things as last time. The skeleton then mentioned how he would have killed her if he had not made that promise to the woman, and that's when the little girl started to cry. This was different from last time, so it took Sans off guard. He quickly apologized for that statement and asked if she was okay. She responded by telling him about a girl named Chara, who motivated her to kill and destroy. Sans remembered seeing another child appear from the human's body, and so he connected those two together, believing they were the same person. When the human calmed down, she left the restaurant to continue her journey.

The two soon met again in the same hall they fought in the last timeline, Sans judged her and let her through, knowing that the same mistake wouldn't happen again. Sans then observed her from a distance as she fought King Asgore until he gave in and begged for death. The kid shook her head, not wanting to when suddenly another monster of the same species as Asgore came in and shoved the king away to console the human. More monsters, including Papyrus, had begun to arrive and that's when Sans decided to step out of the background and join the crowd.

He had begun talking to the kid when the Asgore-like monster stated how she recognized his voice. After she said those words Sans realized he recognized her's too. The skeleton quickly realized that she was the woman that he was telling knock-knock jokes to at the door in Snowdin woods, and she soon figured that out too. She told him her name, which was Toriel, and he did the same. They chatted for a while before all that happiness that Sans was feeling was replaced by dread, as a small yellow flower had arrived the entrapped everyone within his vines.

During the entire time he was trapped, many memories from his past had begun flooding back and blocking out his view of the outside world. Every single one of those memories was negative. Visions of his father's death, resetting timelines, dying to the human in Asgore's castle, and the feeling of emptiness all swam around his mind. Then within the blink of an eye, all the visions vanished and were replaced by a cave exit with bright light emitting from it. The human did it, she saved monsterkind.

Everyone cheered for Frisk (he finally learned her name) and Sans got to spend more time with Toriel, and they quickly bonded over their love of puns. When they arrived at the surface, Sans finally got to see the sun for the first time, and it was one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen. The future seemed bright and, for the first time, Sans was excited for what was to come.

## Appearances

### Undertale

* Sans is your buddy throughout Undertale if you are playing pacifist. He reveals a lot of stuff about himself if you are nice to him and the other monsters.
* If you do neutral, he mostly avoids you, especially if you killed Papyrus.
* In genocide, you never see him until the end, which is when he tries to stop your genocide route by fighting you.

### Post-Undertale

* Sans lives in the temporary big house with all the other main characters. He shares a room with Papyrus.

* It is hinted during the story that he had grown close to Toriel and that he even may have feelings for her.
* Sans also helps Frisk with her problems of having weird dreams of a strange voice calling to her.
* Frisk and Papyrus also try to get Sans to confess to Toriel, which never works.
* The source of the voice turns out to be W.D. Gaster being possessed by Chara. Sans fights Charster's physical form, while Frisk enters their mind to fight Chara.
* After Charster is defeated, Chara disappears and Sans reunites with his father.
* Sans also finally confesses to Toriel, putting lots of weight off his shoulders. Toriel then confesses to having feelings too, and they officially start dating.

### Race

Sans was added to Race May 13th, 2020, and has been in a total of 20 Race games.

* 5/13/20- He got 11th place
* 6/7/20- He got 8th place
* 7/16/20- He got 23rd place
* 8/6/20- He got 11th place
* 9/24/20- He got 28th place
* 11/20/20- He got 14th place
* 12/25/20- He got 11th place
* 1/31/21- He got 4th place
* 7/10/21- He got 20th place
* 7/22/21- He got 3rd place
* 8/6/21- He was forgotten and his placement is unknown
* 8/9/21- He got 32nd place
* 10/2/21- He got 26th place
* 1/16/22- He got 8th place
* 3/18/22- He got 42nd place
* 6/21/22- He got 44th place
* 9/17/22- He got 14th place
* 12/17/22- He got 17th place
* 2/26/23- He got 32nd place
* 5/26/23- He got 33rd place

### Scratch Projects

**Sans-** Just a poorly drawn Sans head with the feature of modifying his "ehehehe" voice.

**Gaster and His Sons-** Sans is rubbed on the head by Gaster.

**BLOOM - MEME --** Sans shows up along with Papyrus on the left side looking upset at Gaster's fate, then looks depressed.

**Novocaine | > MEME < |-** A shadowy Sans appears behind Gaster alongside a shadowy Papyrus.

**Bendy, Projectionist, Luna Loud, Dart-** Sam attempts to get Sans to join her band but he falls asleep in the middle of their conversation.

**Average Sans Fan vs Average Undertale Enjoyer-** Sans is depicted as the raging loser on the left.

**Random Winner Movie 2-** Sans is one of the players who has to avoid the evil dot.

**A sound from the scratch library (UNFINISHED)-** An unfinished project that shows a certain audio sounds like Sans when slowed down.

**Characters talk then fade out of existence-** Sans is the first character to fade away.

**Ask/Talk to my OCs-** Sans makes a small appearance in Divini's answer of whether she knows him.

## Gallery

### 2020

Sans's Hunger Games iconA chart describing Sans and Toriel's relationshipSans saw something unpleasantSoriel kissSans is upset with the FandomSans' unused death icon in The Hunger GamesSans showing his dad the surfaceSans is one of the player's victims in Moontale's genocide routeSans smoking weedSans writes the "don't forget" message on a picture Papyrus drewSans' photo for the family treeSans and his extended familySans and his extended family but with a twistSans and Toriel danceToriel kisses Sans and he blushesToriel kisses Sans while riding on a roller coaster with Papyrus, Frisk, Gaster, and UndyneSans if Gaster could help him in his genocide battleSans and Aang stare at each other in the dark
### 2021

Sans and his alternatives travel across dimensions in search of more SansesMoonfrog's old bannerSans and Toriel hanging out in Asgore's gardenSans admires Toriel from a distanceSans breaks the 4th wall and stares at youSans is among the glowing eyesSans is one among many with disturbingly small eyes
### 2022

Skeleton family thenSkeleton family nowSans makes the "curious" faceMoonfrog's new bannerSans Funny Spotify redrawSans answers Papyrus's questions with "yes" to compliment Toriel
### 2023

Sans's new Hunger Games iconSans's Hunger Games death iconSteven Universe vs. Hitler panel redraw meme

## Videos

Among Us (with plushies and paper cutout characters)Among Us 2Among Us 3Among Us 4Among Us 5 (Part 1)