Talk:Boss Monster/@comment-73.180.3.113-20150927074154

I don't think anyone but Toriel and Asgore are actually boss monsters.

This is evident because, as we are told by the turtle, Boss Monsters only age when their children do. As neither Toriel or Asgore have children any longer, they are exceedingly old. They are the only ones, besides the turtle, who readily recognizes humans. We know that Asgore was still king and ruling when Undyne was a child.

Muffet seems a bit ambiguous, as best. There's no clear evidence one way or the oter. The same can be said of Papyrus, doubly so as he has no soul that perists after death (like Toriel and Asgore do, if you so choose ot kill them.) Undyne should be unconfirmed. In the Genocide run she just kinda "melts" due to, presumably, being a monster imbued with great Determination, but there's no soul.

So.. I think only Asgore and Toriel can be called true Boss Monsters for sure, as they are the only two with souls that persist after death. The rest are either ambiguous, or turn to dust immediately.