Papyrus

### Soul Color

Virtue: Orange (Bravery; has a high level of Kindness as well)Flaw: Yellow (Mercy) [25]

### Favorite Sandwich

Calzones, meatball subs, anything with tomato sauce and melted cheese [51]

### Favorite Poptart Flavor

S'more [61]

Papyrus is a skeleton who was formerly a sentry beneath Mt. Ebott. He is known to be very understanding and kind, and has avoided battles using pure kindness and in some cases, his royal guard training for self defense.

Papyrus is also autistic. His great knowledge in a few specific areas, difficulty lying and detecting sarcasm, and picky eating habits are some of his symptoms [7]. He is very intelligent but also prone to overlooking the obvious [48]. He also inherited a love of organization and tidiness from his father [60].

## Abilities

### Known Spells

Summoning magic (bones, gaster blasters [11])

Attack Augmentation (blue)

Gravity Magic (gravity well, telekinesis)

Healing (rejuvenation) [27]

Monster Cooking

Cat's Grace (innate) [21] - He inherited his acrobatic ability from Hermann [30].

Magic Eye

### Physical Techniques and Qualities

**Extensive combat training -** Undyne taught him how to suplex a person [28], among other things.

**Royal Guard Captain Level Restraint -** [18] Papyrus seems weaker than Undyne due to the phenomenal restraint he always shows [3].

Master-class de-escalation

Skeleton Physiology

**Requires only 1 hour of sleep each day -** Interestingly, neither Hermann nor Gaster needed so little sleep, but Papyrus's sleep cycle manifested anyways. He spends most of the night reading or playing on Asriel's DS after borrowing it [50].

4th-Wall Lean - This allows for an enhanced level of awareness of the comic's medium and has no in-universe reason; Trash Queen simply thinks it's fun [64].

### Skills

Cooking - His specialty is pasta [55], though cooking improved significantly after Toriel told him he should taste his food as he makes it [8] and has memorized every single type of pasta that exists [35].

**Singing -** Papyrus can carry a tune, and make up for technical deficiencies with enthusiasm [59].

### Last Seen Stats

\***The Great Papyrus**

**ATK:** 8

**DEF:** 2

\*How did he get here so fast?

## History

### Pre-AFAC

Papyrus was still a baby when Blake accidentally killed Hermann, ultimately never knowing her. Following this, Gaster threw himself into his work, trying to revive her, neglecting his sons. Despite this he managed to find the time to teach Papyrus to use Gaster Blasters [11]\* (This information conflicts with a December 19th, 2019 ask stating Sans taught him. Clarification is needed.[here]). Thus, Papyrus was primarily raised by his brother. He was never given "The Talk", and as such learned what he only knows about sex from to fan fiction, which he never admits to reading [19].

After Gaster fell into the CORE, Papyrus retained his ability to use Gaster Blasters, but without any idea how he learned it, he convinced himself that he invented the technique [11]. Another consequence of Gaster's fall was that because of his relation to them, Sans and Papyrus stopped using their last names due to everyone forgetting them[5]. Due to Gaster's lack of involvement in Papyrus's life, when Gaster fell, Papyrus assumed his other biological parent was some unknown monster they had never met, easily forgetting all about his father [54].

During the time Flowey controlled the Reset Button, he was able to stop Flowey from hurting someone several times, leading to the flower choosing to exploit his loneliness to befriend and manipulate him [63].

Upon encountering Frisk, he concluded they were an adult because they showed such an understanding of puzzles that they couldn't be a child [48]. Not wanting to kill Frisk, Papyrus held back in his fight to capture them in Snowdin [29], though he would have used a gaster blaster against them near the end of their fight had the Annoying Dog not stolen it. He only considered using it because nothing else was working [38].

Upon moving to the Surface and learning what the average adult human looked like, he was very embarrassed [49].

The rest of the story follows the plot of Undertale.

### Red Echoes

Papyrus's first appearance is in the photo he took of the group after they left The Underground.

His first formal appearance is when Frisk receives questions about him and Sans, and they sit down on the couch to answer them. The askers express their affection for Papyrus and he is overjoyed, but when the askers ask if his spaghetti is actually edible now, he gets upset. When several askers ask how a monster baby is made, Papyrus gets upset and tries to stop the question from being answered.

Papyrus tells the askers how children love him, but adults don't seem to like him very much along with how other members of the cast are perceived. When Sans pulls Gaster out of the void, Papyrus is shocked and wonders who he is.

When the askers ask Papyrus how he feels about Gaster, he expresses that he didn't even know he had a dad and that he feels bad about forgetting him.

The askers ask Papyrus if he'd want to go on a date with Mettaton. He indirectly tells them that he's afraid of rejection and that Mettaton is still in Japan anyway, and Mettaton gets back with Undyne and Alphys immediately after he says this.

An asker manages to convince Frisk, Sans, and Papyrus to put paper bags over their heads. When Gaster asks about it, Papyrus tries to dodge the question.

Papyrus's next appearance is in one of Gaster's flashbacks, watching Mettaton reveal his EX form on television.

Papyrus appears in another flashback from the Genocide Run getting his head cut off.

Papyrus accompanies the rest of the cast to Mt. Ebott and witnesses Chara running Toriel through with bones. After Gaster teleports the others to Waterfall, Papyrus shoots a warning shot at Chara before the cast surrounds them

When Chara falls over and starts holding Sans hostage, Papyrus is distraught. When Frisk recounts the Genocide Run, Papyrus is shocked along with everyone else. Following Sans casting Chara out of his body, Chara throws a knife into Sans's abdomen, seemingly killing him and Papyrus catches him as he falls over. He pleads with Sans to wake up before unleashing a barrage of attacks at Chara while screaming at them. When Sans reveals that he isn't dead, Papyrus looks furious, but instead scolds him while crying.

### Sweet Dreams and Nicecreams

Papyrus's first appearance in the arc is in his room reading a book after the events of Red Echoes. When Sans gets distraught after the askers wake him up from a "sexy burger dream", an asker summons Papyrus along with Toriel, Hermann, and Gaster. When Gaster is wearing Hermann, she makes an innuendo that Papyrus doesn't get.

Following Goopster's arrival, the askers summon Papyrus to make spaghetti and he eagerly accepts.

After Goopster nearly kills Toriel and Flowey realizes he has feelings again, Papyrus takes Flowey for a ride in his car. Flowey reveals that he was once Asriel and Papyrus is shocked. He later accidentally hits Jason with his car and texts Aidrian that he's going to take him to the hospital. He awkwardly watches over Jason after he gets high from the nicecream Flowey force fed him while Jason insists his legs are broken while standing. Aidrian shows up and Papyrus attempts to greet her, but Aidrian immediately attacks him. He fails miserably at flirting with Aidrian at an asker's suggestion and she almost punches him in the face before Sans throws her through a wall.

Papyrus, Sans, and Flowey teleport back and Papyrus realizes that he still has Jason's phone when Aidrian tells him he left the keys to his car in the ignition and offers to meet to trade [4].

### Extra Dark Chocolate

Debatably, Papyrus's first appearance is in one of Sans's dreams where he takes the form of a space ship.

Papyrus's first appearance as a skeleton in this arc is once again appearing to make spaghetti at an asker's request. When Hermann is caught interfering with MWSIH's timeline, Papyrus comforts her by telling her MWSIH might get an even better ending than they did because of her actions.

Papyrus's next appearance is in a flashback to when Mettaton, Sans, Papyrus, and Napstablook went to an arcade and a thug was hitting on him. Papyrus stopped him by talking with him and got him to open up and reveal all his insecurities within an hour.

Papyrus is seen watching Alphys's security tapes with most of the cast and eating popcorn. Frisk recounts their date with him with such shockingly poor phrasing that Aidrian tries to kill him. Papyrus escapes by jumping out the window just as Mettaton and Napstablook arrive and after some intense pressure from the askers, he asks Mettaton out on a date before joining everyone in screaming. Mettaton accepts and they agree to figure out what they'll do later. Papyrus helps Mettaton, Frisk, and Monster Kid make the cake.

After Undyne and Alphys return with Maverick, he puts on eyeliner and intimidates Maverick into spilling who he really is.

### ¡Eclipse Total!

Papyrus's first appearance in this arc begins with him scolding Sans for being a slob. An asker questions whether or not Sans liking Toriel is still relevant and Papyrus and Sans have a talk about Sans's fear of rejection.

His final appearance is on a date with Mettaton at Muffet's Tuffet finishing a story about how Undyne doesn't like lime flavored pudding. He and Mettaton discuss the reason Mettaton didn't ask him out and Papyrus expresses thanks that he didn't take as long as Sans to express his feelings, claiming that it will be a hundred years before he asks her out while Sans and Toriel go on their date in the background.

### The Most Fabulous Place on Earth

Papyrus's first appearance is at Monster Land covered in children while standing in line for the Ferris wheel with Undyne and Alphys, but is not shown again in this scene once they start talking with Miu about Mew Mew Kissey Cutie. At some point during the trip, he and Noah meet [23].

Papyrus's next appearance is in the VIP booth with Alphys, Mettaton, Undyne, and four of the human children watching Diary of an Underground Superstar.

His final appearance is accompanying the others in the VIP box and Toriel backstage to check on Burgerpants.

### Drop Down Town

Papyrus is first seen this arc supervising Chara and Asriel playing Skyrim while playing a Phoenix Wright game. When Frisk comes into their room and explains what happened, he talks about Flowers and tells them everything will be fine. Frisk starts crying after Chara misspeaks and he rushes them to Asgore for counselling.

He and the group go to The Pit's locker room and ask for Flowers, but learn she has already gone home.

He is later seen in a photo tacked to a cork-board speaking with Freja and Valorie about how to convince Undyne to let him into the Royal Guard [20]. Freja suggests challenging her to a duel for the position [24].

In the pre-show before Aidrian's match with Flowers, Papyrus rides in on Greg's horse as El Papi Grande and publicly challenges Undyne. She comes down and tells him he gets one chance before throwing him across the ring before he's ready. Papyrus proves that he is just as skilled as Undyne [3], and she loses, causing Papyrus to become captain of the new Royal Guard. He then delivers a speech about how humans and monsters should be friends, ending in a threat to any and all monster town criminals.

This arc is currently unfinished.

## Relationships

Semi Seriff Gaster- Paternal Grandfather [40]

Century Gothic - Paternal Grandmother [40]

Salsa Hermann - Maternal Grandmother [41]

Boatmaster - Maternal Grandparent [41]

W.D. Gaster- Father

A.R. Hermann- Mother

Sans- Older [39] Brother

Mettaton- Boyfriend

## Trivia

* The license plate on his 1978 Mustang convertible [2] says "RADSK3L" [1].
* He is proud of the fact the only monster in the main cast that has a driver's license [6].
* He refuses to give himself hair because he thinks he looks better bald, it takes more energy to keep it going in a fight, and that being bald is more aerodynamic [12]. Should he choose to give himself any, he gains a mullet afro [13].
* His wrestling name, El Papi Grande, was suggested by Hermann [14].
* Papyrus will tell you Homestuck is bad for several reasons, but still read the whole thing [22].
* He likely doesn't know how to have sex [19].
* Papyrus has occasionally used the excuse of being the Mascot of Monsters to invite himself to events he wouldn't normally be allowed at [35].
* Papyrus hates being left out [35].
* When playing Among Us, Papyrus is excellent at tasks, always getting done first. However, he finds being an imposter stressful because he has trouble telling blatant lies. Usually, he has to make particularly unskillful [34] attempts by omitting the truth [32] [33].
* Papyrus tends to like campier versions of Batman [36].
* He always wants to be told immediately if he's offending someone [37].
* He has above average intelligence [43].
* He is perfectly fine with Undyne being a highly respected lower guardsman and will respect her opinions on policy [44].
* The healing he did on himself during his fight with Undyne was a surface patch and wasn't extensive enough to avoid a splitting headache and he will require extensive rest and healing after everything is over [47].
* He likes using caps lock because it makes his words look bigger [53].
* Papyrus's drink of choice is warm milk [56].
* Papyrus doesn't mind spicy food but doesn't seek it out [57].
* Papyrus seems to have gotten all the strong genes from his parents and wound up stronger than both of them combined [58].
* He is a mark [62].

## References

[2] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/141911425187/what-kind-of-car-is-papyrus-driving
[3] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/142638969462/so-if-mtt-is-pan-whats-pap-i-get-a-sort-of
[4] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/146384088632/euh-how-aidrian-will-start-papyrus-car-i-know
[5] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/163160899717/do-sans-and-papyrus-have-last-names
[6] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/151595666242/i-dont-think-anyone-has-asked-this-yet-but-what
[7] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/155735692737/hey-tq-since-youre-both-the-creator-of-this
[8] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/160592078207/was-papyrus-spaghetti-always-good-in-this
[9] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/169858664997/now-i-am-torturing-myself-trying-to-pronounce
[10] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/177944270427/what-pokemon-starters-would-the-main-cast-choose
[11] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/178303479317/if-papyrus-picked-up-his-abilities-by-watching
[12] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/179017824087/two-things-one-why-doesnt-papy-use-hair-two-i
[13] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/179017846662/what-kind-of-hair-would-the-great-papyrus-have
[14] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/183645324812/the-big-daddy-did-hermann-suggest-that
[15] http://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/183658781317/tq-just-curious-what-are-the-afac-characters
[16] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/184407169652/what-is-everyones-phobias
[17] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/185189113732/which-is-literally-the-plot-of-steven
[18] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/187401099597/papyrus-is-incredibly-powerful-with-magic-while-at
[19] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/187426047322/maybe-you-could-have-papyrus-as-a-romantic-ace-as
[20] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/187894646147/why-was-papyrus-meeting-valorie-and-freja-asking
[21] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/188575063052/sorry-if-this-has-been-asked-before-but-whats-the
[22] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/188840001857/who-in-the-cast-has-read-homestuck-and-what-is
[23] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/189273475792/wait-how-did-noah-know-who-paps-was-he-was-at
[24] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/189273391067/so-when-we-saw-the-picture-of-papyrus-talking-to
[25] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/151492291557/no-one-seems-to-have-asked-so-i-will-papyrus
[26] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/190388510862/was-undyne-surprised-by-papyrus-strength-did
[27] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/144549225172/so-papyrus-has-healing-powers-i-never-knew
[28] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/618535105892384768/where-did-papyrus-learn-to-suplex-like-that
[29] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/619894161939791872/how-strong-is-papy-now-it-feels-like-he-was
[30] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/623151639739678720/did-papyrus-get-his-acrobatic-ability-from-hermann
[31] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/623618710949806081/howd-papyruss-stint-as-the-mascot-of-the-kingdom
[32] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/633587619586015232/just-because-its-big-rn-is-among-us-a-thing-in
[33] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/633624880714334208/did-you-know-among-is-is-on-mobile-they-all-have
[34] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/633624731815460864/please-tell-me-they-pretend-to-believe-papyrus
[35] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/634916559255683072/what-were-the-monsters-reactions-to-certain-types
[36] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/635783122787745792/that-wasominous-but-i-have-a-question-do-any
[37] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/635836356096081920/so-during-halloween-do-most-monsters-really-care
[38] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/154671414042/wait-i-just-remembered-i-saw-paps-summon-a-gaster
[39] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/637701272239308800/ok-dumb-question-thats-probably-been-answered
[40] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/638110770427789312/sogaster-perents
[41] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/638379822217920512/well-semi-sucks-what-about-hermanns-parents
[42] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/160612504147/recently-got-back-into-fire-emblem-awakening-and
[43] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/639330482061033472/iq-short-for-intelligence-quotient-is-a-measure
[44] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/639442038057828352/ngl-i-always-thought-that-when-papyrus-won-he
[45] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/640050942482546688/what-were-everyones-first-words
[46] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/640426368609435648/i-dont-know-if-this-has-been-asked-but-whats
[47] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/640615035406811136/would-a-skeleton-take-less-time-to-repair-minor
[48] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/651637941617229824/wait-then-how-did-paps-mistake-frisk-for-an-adult
[49] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/651720957546889216/isnt-it-mentioned-that-frisk-is-the-first-human
[50] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/652318541999210496/has-papyrus-finally-been-getting-sleep
[51] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/655185195301011456/what-is-everyones-favourite-sandwiches-thats
[52] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/655237954294382592/wait-have-answered-the-most-important-question
[53] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/657109413481644032/is-a-skeleton-required-to-write-in-whichever-case
[54] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/659159329217413120/so-did-papyrus-actually-forget-he-had-a-father-and
[55] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/660672387307683840/whos-the-best-cook-not-baker-we-know-toriel
[56] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/661199975344226304/how-dozs-the-crew-drink-their-coffeeteahot
[57] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/661226952145911808/ooooo-while-were-on-the-topic-of-food-how-much
[58] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/661985080864096256/so-what-exactly-makes-papyrus-a-close-match-for
[59] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/671062437447991296/how-good-is-papyrus-at-singing
[60] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/678715335466270720/personally-i-think-papyrus-would-flounder-in-an
[61] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/685907858687246336/whats-everyones-favorite-poptart-flavors
[62] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/692459170402828288/so-is-papyrus-a-mark
[63] https://askfriskandcompany.tumblr.com/post/697955652834869248/why-did-flowey-use-only-two-vines-to-subdue