BAD MEMORY THEORY (Deltarune)
*Deltarune and Undertale Spoilers*
It’s crazy how fast people find secrets in these games. I watched a video on youtube of a Deltarune player receiving an egg from a man behind a tree (possibly ‘Gaster’). The egg can be carried to Asgore’s shop in the light world, and put in the fridge (If you drop it, it says “what egg?” as if it doesn’t exist). When the player checks the fridge again, they’ll find that instead of an egg and the pickle jar, there are now two eggs. Apparently the egg will persist into new save games.
This got me thinking about how the enemy in Undertale, Memoryhead. This enemy is found with the amalgamates, but isn’t made up of recognizable monsters like the rest of them. It’s interesting is that It’s bullets are Gaster-like faces. Memory head also says “Lorem ipsum docet”(meaning something like teaching through pain). But it’s more important that Memoryhead can put a ‘piece of itself’ into your inventory- the item being called ‘bad memory’. When consumed normally, this item damages the player slightly. However, if the player has less than 3 HP, this item is a full heal.
As we know, all 3 Gaster followers will recall a ‘bad memory’ related to Gaster (Clam girl hints towards meeting Susie in Deltarune). One of the Gaster Followers is holding a round oval object with a face (mentioned to be a ‘piece of Gaster’)- what if that’s ‘an egg’? Rather, what if the ‘egg’ is a ‘bad memory’? The pickle jar turning into another egg- is that what happens to things that come into contact with the ‘egg’ for too long?
Now let’s discuss Goner Kid. Goner kid talks about how they are afraid of not existing, and tells the player to forget them. If the other Gaster Followers recite ‘bad memories’, maybe the player is meant to forget ‘these memories’.
Finally, this brings us to the message in the song of Deltarune’s credits, as well as hidden in Sans’ lab with the picture of 3 smiling people. “Don’t forget (I’m with you in the dark)”. Only in the dark/ only with low HP can the player be fully healed. So there is something to be learned from this painful memory that can lead to great healing later on in Deltarune’s story. Because pain is our favorite food- as the survey would say.
Maybe I’m like that English teacher that loves metaphors too much? It’s a fun idea anyway, haha! Only time will tell as we wait for the rest of Toby’s story. : )