Talk:Mettaton/@comment-27036811-20160322222852/@comment-27620479-20160325210419

Probably. Alphys' computer is accessing some kind of puzzle in Snowdin, and the colored tile maze makes the most sense. It is her invention, it takes an unexpected pattern, and I believe there is some kind of narration about that the Mettaton-shaped machine that supposedly activates it doesn't actually work.

If Alphys could enlist Mettaton to act as a malfunctioning robot, it isn't too much of a stretch to assume that she could ask him to help the human. Also, Mettaton skips explaining the maze in Hotland, because he knows that Papyrus have already done that.