Napstablook

Napstablook is a melancholic ghost monster and musician who lives in Waterfall. You first find Napstablook blocking your path in the the Ruins, pretending to be asleep.

Flavour text
* This monster doesn't seem to have a sense of humor...

Quotes

 * [After selecting Check:] "oh, i'm REAL funny."
 * [After selecting Flirt:] "i'd just weigh you down."
 * [After selecting Threat:] "go ahead, do it."
 * [After selecting Cheer once:] "heh..."
 * [After selecting Cheer twice:] "heh... heh..."

Attacks

 * Napstablook starts crying, the tears falling straight down.
 * Napstablook starts crying long, wiggly tears that change direction upon approaching the walls, eventually falling back down towards you once they are above you.
 * Harmless grey text says "REALLY NOT FEELIN UP TO IT RIGHT NOW. SORRY."
 * After selecting the ACT 'Cheer' Napstablook shows your their "Dapper blook" trick; they start crying again, but the tears move upwards to form a top hat on their head. They then stop the battle.

Second Encounter


When fighting the Mad Dummy, Napstablook interrupts the fight by crying on them until they run away. Napstablook welcomes you into their house, which is just east of Undyne's. From this point on, Napstablook wears headphones. In their house, you can listen to their music, and they will tell you they are working on a mix CD. You can also try to eat a ghost sandwich with them, but after you are unable to eat it, Napstablook suggests that the two of you lie on the floor together, and that this is a family tradition. They have three playable CDs, Spooktune, Spookwave and Ghouliday.

East of Napstablook's house is a snail farm owned by their family. Here, you can participate in a snail race by encouraging your snail as it crawls across the track, but too much encouragement can hinder it.

Trivia

 * If you deplete their health, Napstablook will inform you that you can't defeat them due to their incorporeal state and that they were just pretending to be damaged. You will win the battle, losing an experience point.
 * Napstablook is only ever referred to throughout the game as "they", implying they identify neither as male nor female (not that ghosts themselves have no genders, as some other ghosts throughout the game are gendered.)
 * Due to dialogue from the Mad Dummy, it is implied Napstablook's tears feel like or are composed of acid rain.
 * If you activate any one of Napstablook's CDs, they will continue playing once you leave their house. If you move southwards into the area with the SAVE star, you can trigger a special, humorous encounter with Aaron and Woshua (only once per reset).
 * In Napstablook's home, the CD "Spookwave" is a reference to the music genre Vaporwave.

WARNING: LATE-GAME OPTIONAL QUEST SPOILERS AHEAD
 * Napstablook has a cousin who helped run the snail farm, but they went off on their own. This cousin is later found out to be Mettaton. Their story is expanded upon if you enter the house next to Napstablook's, which can be unlocked with the Mystery Key, purchasable from Bratty and Catty.