River Person



The River Person is a hooded figure who provides transportation services to Snowdin, Waterfall, and Hotland on their wooden boat for the Underground. The protagonist can request a ride to any of the locations above if the protagonist reaches Hotland on any route.

During the trip, they have a list of messages they can say at random, often being a hint to a secret or an allusion to something in the game, or just something cute. At least one hint – the hint to finding Temmie Village – is specifically scripted to occur.

With No Known Special Meanings

 * Tra la la. The waters are wild today. That's [bad/good] luck...
 * Tra la la. Eat a mushroom everyday. Why? Then I know you're listening to me...
 * Tra la la. What's inside an acorn? It's really just a mystery.
 * Tra la la. Dancing on a boat is danger. But good exercise...
 * Ah,
 * Tra la la. Why don't you sing with me. Tra la la.
 * Tra la la. Uh oh. Suddenly, feeling tropical...
 * Tra la la. Hmmm... I should have worn a few more pairs of pants today.
 * Tra la la. Hmmm... I should have worn a few million more pairs of pants today.
 * Tra la la. Tri li li. Tre le le.
 * Tra la la. The water is very [dry/wet] today.
 * Tra la la. What's my name?... It doesn't really matter...

Trivia

 * Sometimes their boat has the face of a dog and runs on top of the water. This is possibly a reference to Mother 3 when Lucas rides his Running Table.
 * The River Person is likely based on Charon, the ferryman of the River Styx in the Greek Mythology.
 * The River Person's gender is not decided, as they even dismiss it as not mattering. However, their sprite name is spr_riverman, hinting that their gender may be male (or at least was intended to be, as the dialogue for the character could have been made after the sprite was named).

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