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sinedelta

This sprite's filename is IMAGE\_FRIEND. It's impossible for it to be Spamton, but I... don't know who the “FRIEND” would be.


Responsible_Fee_2306

mike was spamtons friend at one point


_pascal__

Wait wasn't Mike a tv?


Competitive_Swan266

That smile actually inspired moat final fan made Mike battles


eddthe9th

i thought it was the smile at the end of chapter two


[deleted]

Well IMAGE_FRIEND has eyes and the tv only has a mouth


Competitive_Swan266

It's both the t.v inspires his normal form and friend inspires his final form


_pascal__

Oooh. I didn't knew that ._.


Competitive_Swan266

For example that popular one with the giant TV and the eyes being the antennas


sinedelta

No, we don't actually know that.


_pascal__

Well it's the more famous idea of "Mike" so i tought...


Mimikyu666

The only reason we have the name Mike is because spamton said it in two lines of dialogue, and we often assume Mike is a TV head because a smile very similar to that appeared over the TV at the end of ch 2


[deleted]

Yeah, besides the one line in the shop and the one line in the kill end of the normal route spamton neo fight, we can only assume that he's the chapter 3 person because jevil mentions a queen. Mike could potentially be a pun on microphone, but other than that we don't really have a good idea on the appearance besides the smile on the TV hinting towards that.


axolotlbird

Spamton does say "Don't believe everything you hear on TV" which, if Mike is a TV, would imply Mike lied to Spamton at some point (and will lie to Kris in Chapter 3). Otherwise it just kinda comes out of nowhere


[deleted]

Well the [[See on TV!]] Part *is* in brackets, which implies it could just be something random he says


axolotlbird

Yeah, but the way I've always seen it is the parts in brackets are lines of speech that for one reason or another get censored and replaced with something else either because of Mike or the Knight. The full line is "WE DON'T NEED [[MIKE]]!!! ... ... Mike... KRIS!!! DON'T BELIEVE [[Anything You See On TV!]] THE MAN'S A CRIMINAL, I TELL YOU!! A CRIMINAL!! " Which to me sounds like he was trying to say "Don't believe anything Mike says! The man's a criminal, I tell you!! A criminal!!"


[deleted]

Fellow aro ace detected, [loading file DIALOGUE]


sinedelta

It's “famous” because it was in one of the early fake “leaks.” Someone made it up. Fan assumptions are not always cortect.


Nerdorama09

A similar smile appears in the TV static in the last shot of the chapter. Both of those combined to inspire some Mike fan designs.


Snoo-37712

Fr Mike TeeVee from Charlie and the chocolate factory


wikibell12

Dude, that's what I was gonna say!


FaCe_CrazyKid05

He said Mike was *on* tv And spamton is an email but doesn’t look like one in the dark world


imhugury

there are monitors in the computer lab


marsgreekgod

He was ON tv. He also could be one. But we don't know


curlyMilitia

I see people say that IMAGE\_FRIEND is Mike all the time, usually under the argument that Spamton being there is impossible. But at the same time, why the fuck *would* Mike - a TV-based Darkner in most people's interpretations - be in the Cyber World, let alone the basement, let alone the basement? Leaving aside the fact that we don't know if a Dark World exists or not before its Fountain (it's ambiguous, hence me ignoring the 'Kris' Fountain made after Cyber World's closed' aspect), we still know that in order to move things between Dark Worlds the Darkners have to be actively moved in and out. The only exception is Ralsei - who is already special and weird, and would make no sense for the Chapter 3 boss to just randomly share the trait of. If it's Mike, then how does he get in? Does the Knight just break into Kris' house, steal their TV, and just dip it in and out of the computer lab door just to be a dick? Is Mike actually secretly another Ralsei completely out of nowhere? Or is it just a teaser/something not too think too hard about? If the latter, then why can't the same just be said for Spamton, or for it not meaning anything at all?


sinedelta

I think you're confusing fan interpretations with what's actually in game. Ignore all the theories about Mike being the TV in Kris's house. Ignore all the people jumping to conclusions about chapter 3. Focus on what's actually confirmed: Spamton knows Mike. So either Mike is from Cyber World or he has some way of getting there from wherever else he might be. The second possibility isn't too out-there: King, Seam, and Jevil know Queen (Seam says that she's “returned” so she's visited them in the past), and Tasque Manager and Spamton know Jevil. So apparently it's possible for at least certain Darkners to travel between worlds. (This could also explain whatever Ralsei does...) *If* you think Mike isn't from Cyber World, then that doesn't stop him from being there.


curlyMilitia

For the record, I should say that I don't think Mike's actually a Chapter 3 character nor that he will have any relevance. But yes, you are right on the part about Jevil and Queen, so thinking on it, it's not too absurd, but I still find it unlikely for Doylist reasons.


Responsible_Fee_2306

🤓


foxrobee

Me-me-mettaton? No, impossible i still havent fuckin gotten past the sexy version of you, also i know its not him dont fucking cancel me i will bully you


NegativeIQRedditor

“Excuse me…. Yes you, with the striped shirt. Can you do something about your friend…..? Yes, your friend… The one behind you, with the creepy smile.” “Hmmm? Where’d your friend go?”


CranberryJuiceGuy

Wait, are these files in the game or you referencing earthbound?


NegativeIQRedditor

This was a room you'd only be able to reach by hacking in Undertale, in the Waterfall area.


sinedelta

That “friend with the creepy smile” is likely Chara, but it could also be Flowey. This character seems to be a Darkner, so would not exist in the Light World of Undertale.


No-Average-8147

Maybe jevil


Trollcker

WAIT the room that looks like water fall in undertale that isn't accessible unless you hack, what if that face is the friend with the creepy smile???


sinedelta

The “friend with the creepy smile” is most likely Chara, but also could be Flowey. Not a Darkner. And the room doesn't require hacking, just editing your save file. Same as Entry Number Seventeen.


biomseed

Pick FRIENDS in the talk options in spamton’s shop. Everything will make sense.


sinedelta

I know the dialogue. I just don't know what Mike would be doing watching you in the basement. Edit: He's more plausible than Spamton, at least.


Terra_Marc

The friend could be Spamton because Spamton refers to you as a friend


sinedelta

Like I said. It's impossible to be him — he tells you that he can't go to the Mansion Basement himself because THE MEN INSIDE WOULD-- If he's capable of getting there to *watch* Kris, then he doesn't actually need Kris and wasn't in any danger from Swatch & co.


RaMpEdUp98

Yeah but Spank tong is in the disk


Terra_Marc

Pretty sure when you see FRIEND you are looking for the Empty Disk


crystal_meloetta12

True that it cant rlly be spamton, but the eye colors do kinda match


mymonnn_

You do realize that Spamton is Kris's FRIEND, right?


sinedelta

*You* do realize that the whole point of Kris being there is because Spamton can't, right?


Beaver_Da_Best

what smile? there isn’t a smile! you’re crazy.


Jobob_TNT

⛽💡


Mackoman25

Fuelbulbing


Beaver_Da_Best

yes, it’s fuelbulbing. it isn’t anything else. if you think it’s something else, you’re making it up.


Mackoman25

What do you mean fuelbulbing? I never said anything of the sort. Honestly, people will lie about anything these days


Beaver_Da_Best

why would you accuse me, a complete stranger, of saying you said “fuelbulbing”? i must be honest, i did no such thing.


Mackoman25

How dare you accuse me of accusing you! I’ll have you know that I haven’t used the internet in the past 5 hours, and therefore wouldn’t have been able to accuse you of anything, which I didn’t.


Beaver_Da_Best

sir did you just frame me of framing you of framing me? that is truly diabolical! i’ll have you know i don’t even know what this “internet” you refer to is!


Mackoman25

I do beg your pardon, did you possibly try to pin the blame on me for pinning the blame on you for pinning the blame on me for pinning the blame on you? Preposterous! I’ve never even communicated with a person before in my life!


Beaver_Da_Best

сэр? я даже не говорю по-английски! как я мог совершить такой ужасный, коварный, дьявольский поступок? тебе должно быть стыдно.


ClonedGamer001

You actually tricked me into thinking that was a real word you son of a bitch


Hazard-Matthews

Petroleum illuminating


QrowBarr

I AM NOT CRAZY! I am not crazy! I know there's a smile hidden in there, there at the left side of the screen. As if I could ever make such a mistake - NEVER! I just couldn't prove it! It disappeared for a split second, it's never mentioned again anywhere else. You think this is something? You think this is bad? This? This chicanery? He's done worse! That cut Queen attack! Are you telling me that an attack just happens to have that face again like that? No! He orchestrated it! TOBY!


cowsrock45

…So you were always like this?


NiNtEnDoMaStEr640

There is no smile in the basement and there is no war in Ba Sing Se.


Beaver_Da_Best

And there is no NiNtEnDoMaStEr640 (:


flairethewuf

And there’s no tooth fairy nor easter bunny


Cioss21

no smile anywhere, you loco, man


wikibell12

It took me a while to find it, it's very faint but it is near the bottom of the circle.


Beaver_Da_Best

pal! i told you, there’s nothing there. you’re making stuff up.


Reaperliwiathan

Its the teacup elevator taunting you


Turibi

That darn elevator, took a chunk of my sanity


nosrep_ecnatsixe

I did it first try because I play way too much Super Hexagon but still I got beat up way worse than I thought I would


Loges1025

I don’t even play Super Hexagon and got it first try


[deleted]

Could just be a weird easter egg to freak people out.


my_alt_59935

Sounds like something Toby would do


OhHello969

it's something toby did. gaster was never real, he just some dude that gives a middle finger and teleports away


Casver_W

This cannot possibly be Spamton himself. Perhaps a result of Kris's imagination because the place feels haunted? or maybe it's someone else \[Mike\]?. Spamton is unable to access the basement by himself and also has a different smile.


Cymb_

If mike was just some random smile, I feel like his mystery would be anti climatic. I think this is just some random creepy smile that Toby put in as an Easter egg


_pascal__

But then how did spamton get to Kris in the first place?


TurtleyTea

the disk


_pascal__

The disk what? It teleported him there somehow?


TurtleyTea

he is in the disc


_pascal__

Oh ._. Ok, thank you for specifing


sermatheus

What did you think was the transfer?


_pascal__

I'm sorry but the last time i played Deltarune was 2 months ago! T_T


sermatheus

Eh. It is okay


wikibell12

Same. Might try find that smile now tho


Relevant_Chemical_

You've got bad memory then because I've never played the game and remembered that perfectly


ButthoIeTickler

🗿


Relevant_Chemical_

Cool profile picture 👍


sermatheus

Thanks.


Relevant_Chemical_

Where did you get it from?


wikibell12

I agree, Relevant\_Chemical\_, but what is it? I've never seen it before.


Relevant_Chemical_

A Dark Latex from the game Changed, if I'm recognizing it correctly.


MrSpiffy123

That's Tom. Let him do his thing, he's not hurting anyone


cubo_embaralhado

...yet


Legendary_Pinecone

Nah you're thinking of Jerry. We all know how those 2 get mixed up


GeostronomyLover101

Mike Wazowski ​ ​ ​ ​ Bottom Text


Logan_The_Mad

Many speculate that it will be the main (or secret) antagonist of the next chapter. Outside of theory crafting and red string boards, that's all we can safely guess, I think?


Gfdgsgxgzgdrc

Originally, the roller coaster battle with Berdly was meant to have barricades that would attempt to stop you from hitting him. It's likely that this mechanic would have been used for the Spamton NEO fight as well, which also takes place on a roller coaster-esque track. In the files, there are barricades with a Spamton-like face on them (the same face seen in the basement), which most likely would have been used for this fight. However, [this mechanic was scrapped](https://tcrf.net/Proto:Deltarune/Chapter_1_%26_2_Demo_(2021)/Unused_Graphics#Berdly.27s_Coaster_Battle). My theory is that the developers decided to repurpose the face in another part of the game. As such, I doubt that face is meant to have significance beyond making the area seem even creepier, it's just a scrapped sprite that they decided to include in a different location.


seventyeight_moose

Shpookey


Megagamer788

Looks similar to the smile seen on the TV, but there are chances of it being the knight


sinedelta

They're completely different smiles. The TV smile is even and orderly — FRIEND is... chaotic-looking and uneven.


Competitive_Swan266

So TV is tasque manager and friend is jevil got it


Megagamer788

I said it looks similar, not the exactly the same


Putnam3145

the only similarity is that they're both smiles


[deleted]

Josh


jeff_away

I always think its gonna be the cat from Alice in Wonderland


[deleted]

It’s my demons


DragonFairyX

It could be Mike. It's called IMAGE_FRIEND in the files and Spamton said he had a friend called Mike. He also is possibly connected to Gaster as everything Gaster related has *IMAGE_* in its sprite name.


[deleted]

Interestingly, the filename is IMAGE\_FRIEND. Not spr\_friend, not spr\_image, but IMAGE\_FRIEND. This follows the naming scheme of files relating to the gonermaker / Vessel creation sequence, or, more accurately, files connected to what we presume to be gaster. (DEVICE\_CONTACT, DEVICE\_GONERMAKER, IMAGE\_LOGO, AUDIO\_INTRONOISE, etc. Instead of normal naming conventions, its all caps and uses DEVICE instead of obj, IMAGE instead of spr, AUDIO instead of something like snd or mus, etc.) ​ { Edit: As an aside, the Chapter 1 file select menu before you beat it (the green one) is also named in this fashion- DEVICE\_MENU. } Also interestingly, while it appears to have the same eyes as Spamton, it's actually wrong- the eyes are the wrong way around. Spamton NEO also has the incorrect eyes (Note that all other instances of Spamton in normal form have the regular sprites. Spamton NEO, including the super big giga sprite used for the \[\[Power Of NEO\]\] \[\[Final Chaos\]\] attack, has incorrect eyes.)I'm not sure what the eyes being wrong actually means, though..? It seems intentional, but I'm not sure what it would mean.


[deleted]

Flipped sprite


rPeanutButter

he's just a happy little friend :D


Local-moss-eater

People are going to say it's Mike but idc about it


SebastianHorowskii

smiler from backrooms


o0Infiniti0o

This freaked me out pretty bad when I first saw it lmao


JW0EWEY

I have no clue but I thank you for bringing it up, I haven't heard anyone talk about it until now.


TiredReaperGirl

Oh. You're welcome.


Khadath_

Backrooms Smiler


Eternal-Warmth

Reminds me of the Onion, who you can beFriend.


SuperdaveOZY

Anxiety Demon.


Huge_General3630

representation of people who went insane after the teacup ride


Gru-some

idk who or what it could be but it _does_ remind me a bit of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland


izurk

where is goku


biomseed

Oh, nothing much. Just a IMAGE_FRIEND.


nosrep_ecnatsixe

Everyone’s been asking that question, as of chapter 2 there’s no canon answer


Karikevinmike3

I think it is Mike 😨


Sage_Nomad

Yeah I’ve seen it the first time I went there, but when the teacup ride was apparent so it seemed like someone was sitting there with such a creepy smile. It scared the shit out of me ngl lol


obamaperson28

I saw this the first time I played and it fucked me up bc I had no idea what it was but I definitely saw it


SamJaz

We don't know yet and anyone why says they do know is a liar


musfevtur

OOH HELL NAH


braindeadtunabread

the eyes are pink and yellow, the color of spamtons glasses.


FaCe_CrazyKid05

It can’t be though, at this point in the game spamton is in a disk on the player


ZPD710

I predict that the face will be the secret boss of Chapter 3.


[deleted]

**Plot twist:** it's Gaster.


PeysPlayz

Unless I’m colorblind, those are spamtons eyes


Isaburl

Is that a backrooms smiler?- 0, 0


SuburbanCelestia

I believe it's the secret boss for chapter 3. Since the thing you are 'fetching' for Spamton is in kris's brother's computer. (since it was implied that his computer is open and has a angelic figure in the screen) So it would be reasonable to think that the next secret boss sees you while you access your brothers computer.


Putnam3145

> Since the thing you are 'fetching' for Spamton is in kris's brother's computer. (since it was implied that his computer is open and has a angelic figure in the screen) you think that Mettaton NEO's body, which Mettaton explicitly designed in Undertale, was made by Asriel? God of hyperdeath and NEO have similar elements to their design, but Spamton NEO's got Mettaton NEO's body (look at him leggy)


sunny_41

KRIS RUN ITS THE SMILER FROM THE BACKROOMS


Robotik_MC

It’s an easter egg. It’s a reference to Alice in Wonderland


porpleshift_official

i thought this was gon na be another goku bait n switch


sussyamongusred

Mika wazouski


[deleted]

Everybody: MEIKE!!!!!


jevil___

It's me giving people false hope of mike


annknk

WAIT A SECOND. File's called "IMAGE_FRIEND" Monster kid asks in undertale abt A friend with a creepy smile... maybe it is gaster.


NineTailedTanuki

...I saw the same smile on the TV screen at the end of Chapter 2.


Putnam3145

it's the same as long as you ignore that the only way they look the same is that they're both smiles


withercrash

The backrooms


0mega_Flowey

It’s smiler and you have traveled to the back rooms


Nivelacker_rtx_off

A smiler


MinerDiner

It's definitely not this "mike" dude. Who ever says says it is, is wrong


Great-Lawfulness3386

Same smile at the end of chapter


Setherract

It’s a backrooms smiler


_NoIdeaForName_

He is from the backrooms


TheSugoma

It’s a smiler from the Backrooms


RaKszySky

Majkel


NutellinhaBR

Spamton is Watching You :)


EQGallade

That is a creature that has escaped the Backrooms.


Minecraftsalot9843

its a smiler from the backrooms, its so obvious smh


TadeuszekPL

OH NO YOU ARE NOT TURNING US INTO THE NIER COMMUNITY I AM NOT BELIVING THAT IS REAL


Popcorn57252

Y'know, the inspiration of this game is that Toby had a literal fever dream in (I think) college. I'm almost completely convinced that 2/3rds of the random BS in this game isn't going to lead anywhere. And I'm not saying that in a bad way; I'm just being honest. Perhaps... just maybe... the smile means nothing. We can absolutely look for what it might mean, but we musn't disregard the fact that this game is essnentially based off of a dream. We all know that dreams don't make sense, and aren't finished products. What I'm saying is Deltarune might be one massive r/thomastheplankengine


EJGoods_Studios

Wait... SMILERS?? BACKROOMS COLLAB CONFIRMED!????


Oddly__Strange

Smiler from backrooms


ShootingMan1439

hes going to rape you


Broad_Appearance6896

I think it’s supposed to be spamton but idk


yes_man_yes2655

I mean, it looks like a smiler, highly unlikely toby intended it to be that but, it’s eerily familiar to the smilers


Enderguyc

This smile also appears at the end of chapter 2 on TV


blockMath_2048

Oh, that’s just Mike


DexterTr-

Thats probably mike


Rosenthepal78

i always thought that it was just some weird stylized version of spamton stalking us through the basement and didnt give it any thought


AdMiserable7262

Mike maybe?


Some_Hat-Wearing_Kid

His name is Kevin :)


Le_Faux_Jap

You must be new here ...


[deleted]

short answer is we dont know but there are some theories based on the evidence only from the first two chapter


Equivalent_Ad_9209

Joe


DeppressedSwedishGuy

Its unknown, but if this has anything at all to do with lore, we can observe that: \- its the same \*smile\* as the tv \- the eyes are the same color as spamtons glasses \- its not spamton (hes in the harddrive/in his shop)


DELTA_HORNET

WAIT THIS IS WHERE ALL THAT MIKE FAN ART COMES FROM?! Interesting


G3nl3y_0c1d3

Mike.


CreepsyMC

At first I wasn't really scared of this place but this genuinely made me freak out and now I hate this place


Prof-Fluffy

Whatever it is, just remember that its eyes are two different colors, so while it’s not Spamton, keep in mind those two different eyes for a future character.


Yol0Vibe18

It's the deltarune hehehe in the dark version


_TheImpostorAmongUs_

That's Eriv


gross_gremlin

His name is Bob, and he is an Astral being beyond human comprehension that likes bagels.


Papyrus_Semi

Nobody knows, but common consensus is apparently that it's somehow Mike. Or maybe that's only true for Mike's Big Showdown, I don't know.


thepianoturtle

mike


Jonah_Rivera_Luciano

That’s Mike The TV Man


MIKEY_VEE123youandME

Good question!


Stephen3Ahn

It took me 5 tries to survive the death elevator And beat spamton neo on my first try


Spamton-G-Spamton69

hello? can anyone hear me? help.


BoomBlade101

Happy :D


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH-

WHAT?!? IVE NEVER NOTICED THIS! (Also it looks like spamton with the eyes)


redheadsonamyfan

Mike.


One_Cheetah2342

M i k e ?


Bucket_On_Head

His grin reminds me of the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderlan


NotBrady2

Spam tong🥹🥹🥹


YeunaLee

Mike?


TBMSH

The eyes are pink and yellow, might be Spamton


LiLFluuh

oh lord