ok lets take a break from writing about cringe (affectionate) bad time route and go back to something an anon asked. spamton and tenna's first meeting!
When Spamton first comes to Waterfall, he becomes acquaintances, of a sort, with Napstablook. Honestly, it's less that and more that he tries to ingratiate himself with Waterfall's biggest pushover, and Napstablook isn't too bothered by his behavior, so they get along alright.
One day, when Spamton is talking about his efforts scavenging the trash in Waterfall, and how so many places are already picked pretty clean, Napstablook mentions that there's an area they know that hasn't been touched in some time, if at all. They lead Spamton through a series of holes in the echo flower foliage that most monsters would not notice, let alone fit through. Fortunately, Spamton is small enough to get through to the other side, where there's a pool that reflects the ceiling stars just so, lighting up the area.
Spamton asks how Napstablook found this place, noting that he wouldn't think the bright and shiny place would be their style. Napstablook is silent for a moment and abruptly disappears without answering. Spamton shrugs it off and looks around, seeing that, true to their word, the trash around here seems to have been untouched for at least decades. He finds all sorts of things, including the most impressive pull, a whole-ass CRT TV.
Sure, the screen is cracked too badly to re-sell, and replacing a screen on one of those TVs is not exactly doable, but the components under the hood could fetch a pretty penny. He takes the back off of the TV to inspect, and when he tries to pull the wires free, they seem to be stuck on something under the base of the TV. He uncovers more in the pile, finding old and tattered pieces of cloth on some sort of large structure that the wires appear to run into. It's when he uncovers an arm that he realizes he is dealing with an actual monster.
He takes a moment to think hard about it, then reluctantly concludes that he's not willing to scavenge a monster for parts to sell. And since they doesn't seem to be falling to dust even when their head was taken apart, Spamton thinks hard again before deciding he might as well take another look inside the head. He sees one of the wires seems to have been knocked loose, and he reconnects it. As he does, a lot of noise emerges from the CRT head and the arm he uncovered uses a hand to grab him.
"Hey Mamma- What the- Who the- ...R-r-r-rat! Eek!"
...Spamton immediately regrets his uncharacteristic decision to do the right thing for once. He tries to explain, but the monster just keeps yelling in a panic, gripping him tight like a squeaky toy. After a few minutes of this, Spamton gets fed up and decides that, if he's a rat anyway, he might as well bite the hand that's holding him. He does, the monster pulls away, and Spamton quickly slams the back of the TV head back in its place, hopping off of the pile while his patient-turned-attacker is stunned. He grabs a few of the other items he'd gotten from the trash and makes his way to the hole he came in from. He mutters, as he leaves,
All is the same as normal as you continue on the route. Muffet has a single extra line about a strange old man who tried to lead some of her younger spiders away back near the entrance to Hotland. After killing Muffet, the player must double back through Hotland to one of the jumping vents puzzles. One of the directions leads to a corner where Tenna is lifting Monster Kid, pointing them offscreen.
*Yo, lemme go! I've gotta go back and stop that human! Undyne-
*I-I-I know, kid, but look at the little kids over there. They need a ~champ~ like you who can help them through the tunnels, right?
*Oh. I mean, I guess I don't want the really little kids to get lost...
*Thanks, ~kiddo.~
He reaches offscreen, apparently putting them on a platform out of reach. Tenna sighs a 'phew' and says to himself that he'd better get back home ASAP, or Spammy will blow a fuse. He turns around and sees the human.
*N-n-no wait-
And a fight is initiated.
He has a blank face besides the cracks forming his nose and does not speak. If you CHECK, the description says "*Show's over." Sparing or flubbing the attack just stalls the fight. All you can do is hit him. When you do, you reduce his health bar by about half and slice off one of his arms. When you do so, he defies the typical conventions and jumps away in the direction of the offscreen area, leaving behind his arm and ending the battle prematurely.
The potential source of EXP got away, unfortunately, but there's a silver lining. Or rather, gold. The human is able to get a look at the dropped arm and obtain a ring from the finger. You can put it on if you like, but it has no stats, so it is definitely a downgrade. Then, more backtracking, you must go all the way back to the BIG SHOP with it.
Spamton will greet you as usual.
*WELCOME WELCOME TO THE [shop at the end of ]
If you are wearing the ring, his face will fall.
*why are you wearing that
*...
If it is in your inventory, you can instead choose the sell option and select the ring.
Either way, after reacting with wide eyes and ellipses he will burst into crazed laughter. He will offer to fill your inventory with "[half-price salami]" (an exclusive item with decent healing) for no gold cost in return for the ring, but whether you say yes or no he won't react any further. Either way, you are now on the route. Keep in mind that this is your last chance to enter the BIG SHOP, so be sure to exhaust any dialogue and buy all desired items before leaving.
Once you've done this, just resume the bad time route through Hotland. There won't be any deviation from the norm until you get to the Mettaton NEO fight. If you fail to meet the conditions for the route, you will not come across the Secret Boss and will instead fight Mettaton NEO, who says humanity will survive as normal.
If, on the other hand, you do stay on the route, you will come across Mettaton. He will start his spiel, but halfway through, before he can transform he will be interrupted by a white circle projectile. which knocks him offscreen with an '-OH!' There's a laugh.
*Thank you for the assistance, [HUNK OF JUNK]. But perhaps it would be best to leave this fight to the [BIG SHOTS].
The thing that comes out... resembles Spamton somewhat. It has his face, at least. And yet, it is different. It has wings like the angel of the Deltarune, and it has multiple cannon-like arms. It is big, taking up a large part of the screen. And as it laughs and initiates the battle, you can see the six human souls and/or heart-shaped objects appear as well.
The secret boss of the Bad Time Route is Omega Spamton.
Regular UT spamtenna... Tenna missing Spamton while he's out on a mail route
In honor of Deltarune Chapter 5 release… I’m gonna do some requests! (All these requests were submitted before ch5 came out, so no spoilers are in here! Just a lot of Spamtenna.)
