si re, si re si mi si mi
Shyren, after humming once
Shyren (/ˈʃaɪrən/) is the sixth miniboss in Undertale. The protagonist can encounter Shyren nearby Waterfall's piano puzzle.
Profile[]
Appearance[]
Shyren is a fish-like monster, ashamed of her scary face and poor singing abilities. She fights with her back turned to the protagonist. Her "body" is a separate entity from her while her "head" is her entire body.
Personality[]
Shyren is shy, as she tries to avoid encountering the protagonist and becomes quiet if they ask her to smile. Due to being tone deaf, Shyren is insecure about herself and her song, but the protagonist can hum songs to encourage her to sing. Despite being tone deaf and having no fingers, she is passionate in music, singing, performing, and playing the piano. Prior to Undertale, Shyren once took piano lessons from Undyne.[1]
Main Story[]
Shyren had originally relied on her sister speaking in her stead until her sister went missing. She shortly after became a recluse. Shyren was previously friends with Mettaton and Napstablook, and liked the notion of performing with them.[2]
True Pacifist Route[]
In the True Pacifist Route Epilogue, Shyren is reunited with her missing sister, who has transformed into an Amalgamate. During the ending credits sequence, she becomes a backup singer for Mettaton, joining Napstablook and Burgerpants on tour.
In Battle[]
Attacks[]
- Shyren attacks with music notes from her head. These get faster and more ample every time she is hummed to.
Strategy[]
- To spare Shyren, she must be Hummed to at least once.
Quotes[]
- .... .... toot .... [Neutral]
- .... .... hum hum [Neutral]
- si re, si re si mi si mi [Hum #1]
- Si Fa Si Fa So Fa So Mi Re Re [Hum #2]
- Mi So Mi So Mi Si Mi La Si So [Hum #3]
- (aggressive tooting) [Hum #4]
- (final toot) [Hum #5]
Flavor Text[]
- Tone deaf. She's too ashamed to sing her deadly song. [Check]
- A talented singer, with a little help. [After Hum #1]
- That's Shyren. She's your band-mate. [After Hum #2+]
- Shyren hides in the corner but somehow encounters you anyway. [Encounter]
- Shyren hums very faintly. [Neutral]
- Shyren pretends to be a pop idol. [Neutral]
- Shyren taps a little beat with her fins. [Neutral]
- Shyren thinks about doing karaoke by herself. [Neutral]
- Smells like music. [Neutral]
- You hum a funky tune. Shyren follows your melody. [Hum #1]
- You hum a sad song. Shyren follows your melody. [Hum #1]
- You hum a jazz ballad. Shyren follows your melody. [Hum #1]
- [Hum #2]
- You hum some more. Monsters are drawn to the music.
- Suddenly, it's a concert...
- You hum some more. The seats are sold out. You feel like a rock star. [Hum #3]
- [Hum #4]
- You hum some more. But the constant attention...
- The tours... The groupies... It's all...
- Shyren seems much more comfortable singing along. [After Hum #1]
- Sans is selling tickets made of toilet paper. [After Hum #2]
- A hooded figure watches the commotion from afar. [After Hum #2, if Papyrus had been killed]
- The crowd tosses clothing. It's a storm of socks. [After Hum #3]
- Shyren thinks about her future. [After Hum #4]
- [Hum #5]
- You and Shyren have come so far, but it's time.
- You both have your own journeys to embark on.
- You hum a farewell song.
- [Smile/Smile after Hum #1]
- You smile. You ask to see Shyren's smile, too.
- Shyren gets quieter. In the corner, Aaron nods his head approvingly.
- You keep smiling. But nothing happened. [Smile #2+/Smile #2+ after Hum #1]
- [Smile after Hum #2+]
- You give a darling smile and a little wink.
- The crowd goes wild!
- You wave your arms wildly. You are now vulnerable to electric attacks. [Conduct/Conduct after Hum #1]
- You wave your arms wildly. The crowd eats it up. [Conduct after Hum #2+]
- Shyren's voice gets raspy. [Low HP]
Trivia[]
- Shyren's name is a combination of shy and siren.
- Naming the Fallen Child "Shyren" during the name selection prompts the response "...?".
- Shyren is always encountered even if the kill counter in the area is depleted.
- Shyren is only the small fish atop the apparent body, which in turn is her talent agent.
- On the official Undertale Tumblr, Sans suggests doing research about Shyren's lower body, then immediately disregards the notion.[3]
- Shyren sometimes utters the phrase "Si-Re Si-Re, Si-Mi Si-Mi" during battle, which may be a reference to "Si-Re Si-Mi" by Franco Godi.
- The words that Shyren says seem to be the solfège scale from re to si. Although sol is usually spelled with an "l", Shyren uses the variant two-letter spelling; this may be to keep the two-letter sequence going.
- If Shyren is hummed to 5 times, Knight Knight can be put to sleep one turn earlier than normal.[4]
- Undyne also wonders about Shyren's song.[5]
- Shyren's song is mentioned in a unique encounter with Woshua and Aaron at the SAVE Point near Blook Acres.[6]
- Shyren is one of the monster species making up the Amalgamate Lemon Bread; specifically, Lemon Bread is spared by humming, an ACT adopted specifically from Shyren, and Lemon Bread appears to have Shyren's agent as her main body, giving her a similar overall figure to Shyren's.
- Both of Shyren's True Pacifist Ending Credits epilogue texts allude to her constant interest in performing:
- Shyren's default white text is "Taking Piano Lessons Again," as Undyne used to teach her.
- Shyren's yellow text, "Released Her First Single 'When You Say Goodbye It's Like Magical Bullets Are Slowly Flying Out Of Your Mouth And Hitting Me' " is a joke on Shyren's attacks.
- If Shyren was the only monster killed, Undyne acknowledges this atop the crag in Waterfall.[7]
- Incidentally, Shyren and Snowdrake are the only non-Snowdin Canine Unit characters that Undyne can mention during her monologue if only one of the monsters was killed.
References[]
- ↑ Oh yeah, Shyren lives around here.
I used to give her piano lessons.
She was really talented... for someone with no fingers.
One day, she stopped coming to her lessons, though... - Undyne - ↑ Dear Diary: Shyren's sister "fell down" recently.
It's sad. Without her sister to speak for her...
She's become more reclusive than ever.
So I reached out to her, and told her...
That she, Blooky, and I should all perform together sometime.
She seemed to like that idea. - Napstablook's Cousin's diary in Blook Acres. - ↑ anyway, here's the important info: uhhh… about shyren's lower body. doing some research might help you. but i won't blame you if you dont. they say those without blame should cast the first stone. but… my stone's covered in sprinkles. so, actually, keep doing whatever you want, kid. - undertale on Tumblr, October 05, 2015.
- ↑ You sing Shyren's song.
Knight Knight starts to look sleepy... - Narration - ↑ How did her song go again...? - Undyne, if called again in Shyren's area.
- ↑ Woshua: .. what the HECK is that music?
Aaron: I-I DUNNO, DUDE BUT IT'S SPOOKIN ME OUT ; )
Woshua: ... this is worse than Shyren.
Aaron: No way, Shyren is way less scary ; ) - Woshua and Aaron if one of Napstablook's songs is playing. - ↑ Shyren, who was just learning to sing...
was dead, because of the whims of a single human? - Undyne, if only Shyren was killed