User:PeridotThePerky/Blog:Why Alphys May Be One of the Most Important Monsters in Undertale

So... Alphys. The adorkable royal scientist who guides you through Hotlands. How could she be one of the most important monsters in Undertale? Before I get into this, we all must recognize that the MOST important character in the game, besides Frisk, is Asriel. Why? Without him, there'd be no Flowey, no breaking the barrier, Chara would be totally useless, and Toriel and Asgore would've had no reason to split up. You get what I'm saying?

So why is Alphys almost as important to the story as Asriel is? First, we need to think: Who do most people associate with Alphys?

Undyne!

Okay, you're technically correct, but who after Undyne?

Mettaton?

Yup! These two characters are both met at around the same time, in Alphys' lab. They also are the characters who stay with you through Hotland, which is probably the longest stretch of the game. Alphys created Mettaton to show off to Asgore. "A robot with a SOUL." But later we learn that Mettaton wasn't really a robot, he was a ghost put into a robot. (We will refer to this ghost as "Happstablook" since that's Papyrus' headcanon and Papyrus is always right.) Technically, Mettaton isn't the most important character in the overall game, as he pretty much disappears after his fight, except for that little bit with him telling Undyne and Alphys to kiss. But remember: Without Alphys, Mettaton would just be Happstablook, a regular ghost who tends to a snail farm with their brother, Napstablook.

Okay, so Alphys created Mettaton, but what else? Who is the first monster we meet in the game?

Flowey, of course! Flowey the flower!

We all know that Flowey/ Asriel (for the sake of this blog post, I'm counting the two as one character) is IMMENSELY important to the plot, he introduces you to the Underground, scares the hell out of you, is a big troll, and all the reasons I stated in the first paragraph. Alphys also created Flowey by accident after injecting Determination into the first flower that bloomed in Asgore's garden, which contained a bit of Asriel's dust. Without Alphys, Asriel would just be some dead kid who died for a sad reason. Pretty much no relevance to the plot whatsoever. I mean, what's the point of telling that long a FEELSY story about Chara and Asriel if they weren't relevant to the plot? (If I left anything out below, PLEASE tell me!)

If Asriel was never a Flower, he could've never taken almost every SOUL in the Underground, become Asriel again, break the barrier, and free all monsters. Also, we would've never learned Frisk's name. Again, Asriel would've never been Flowey without Alphys. And, of course, she makes the amalgamates, who aren't super important to the plot, but they're worth noting.

But what about Toriel and Asgore? Without them, Asriel would've never been born in the first place!

Yes, you are definitely correct, but if there was Toriel and Asgore, but no Alphys, Asriel, again, would just be some poor kid who had a bad ending. In fact, let's see how the game would be without certain characters.

Toriel: Nobody would save you from Flowey, no pie, no Asriel. Probably the most important after Frisk, Asriel, Chara, and Alphys.

Sans: Snowdin would be boring, there would be nobody to judge your actions at the end, genocide run would be a LOT easier.

Papyrus: THE WHOLE GAME WOULD BE BORING.

Undyne: Waterfall would be boring, Alphys would probably be a bit more depressed than she already is. (But if your headcanon is that Undyne saved Alphys from suicide, then... Undyne's VERY important. But if that's true, I'm pretty sure she saved Alphys after the amalgamates/ Flowey incident.)

Mettaton: Hotlands would be boring, Alphys' character would be boring and get less development.

Asgore: No king, no Asriel, and even if somehow Asriel could still be there without him, there would be no omega Flowey.

Asriel: *look at first paragraph*

Frisk: Most important character. There would be no game without them! (But they're not a monster, so they don't count.)

Chara: Also super important. Asriel would've never died. Everybody would be happy. Genocide ending would be boring. (Also a human, so they don't count.)

Alphys: *look at the rest of my blog post*

Also, she get's a whole area, the True Laboratory, DEDICATED to her. That whole area is there so we can learn about Alphys and a bit about Flowey. Or rather, we learn about Alphys and her creations. The only other characters that have an area dedicated specifically to that person are Undyne and Toriel, but we don't learn a lot about each of those charcters until after we pass through those areas and besides, most of the Ruins has nothing to do with Toriel. Plus, Alphys already guides you through Hotlands!

And this might not count, but I think it's worth noting: Alphys' shows up very consistently after meeting her. I mean, most of the characters are the main focus of one area, then kinda disappear until the end. (I guess Undyne shows up at the Alphys date, but still, we don't see her a lot after Waterfall.) The only two characters who consistently show up are Alphys and Sans, but Alphys to a bigger extent. Sans shows up occasionally to say hi or stack hot dogs and hot cats on your head, but it's not much interaction. ESPECIALLY if you've killed Papyrus, he won't see you after Snowdin until you reach the Judgement Hall. Alphys? If we do a True Pacifist run, she's with us throughout Hotlands, she's not there in the King's Castle, but that's a fairly small area, and you can skip that area until the end in True Pacifst, there's her date right afterwards, then there's the True Lab, and then she's there at the end of the game. In True Pacifist, we learn about her almost the entire time after we get to Hotlands.

And what about Alphys in the genocide run? Okay, yeah, she doesn't appear at all, but that doesn't stop us from learning about her. She heroically evacuates all of the remaining monsters left in the Underground, sends out Mettaton to stop you, and we can only imagine what she felt like after we kill Undyne. She was probably watching the whole time, yet she still had the strength to save everyone else. And she still created Mettaton and Flowey!

And that concludes my very long blog post. I hope this inspires some Alphys appreciation, because she's either my second or third favorite characters. (I can't decide where to put Papyrus.) If you liked this, I plan on doing some more character analyses if you guys liked this! Chara? Check. Alphys? Check. Next up, Undyne!