nochocolate:

(undertale spoilers)

Details about The Great Papyrus for anyone who wants to present his greatness as accurately as possible. 

Note: This does not take the demo or reward tier video into consideration. We will be using the final game (including unused sprites) and 3D Render for reference. There are inconsistencies between the two, so sprites will usually take priority.

Color:

• white skull 
• interestingly enough, the rest of his skeleton is black
  
• this is seen in overworld sprite and render
• battle sprites have white skeleton, but a black skeleton would be hard to see with the background
• he’s not wearing sleeves, as seen by the distinction of the ulna and radius bones of his arms
• 3D render has solid arms, likely because distinct bones would make the arms fragile
• is his skeleton painted black?
• black eye sockets and black eyebrow ridges
• his eyes are comically different sized, usually with his left eye being the smaller one
• white battle armor with yellow cuffs on sleeves and bottom
• red-orange cape
• many mistake his cape for a scarf, but you can tell its a cape from the back
• red-orange gloves with yellow cuffs
• red-orange boots with black straps
• blue shorts(?) with yellow trim

Design / Face:

• has wacky expressions with googly eyes or anime eyes
  

• eyebrow ridges sometimes disappear during these  
  

• when looking in one direction, the black of his eye sockets shifts
• can cry tears and blush 
  
• corners of mouth are usually upright, but they can go down to be flat with the top of mouth and that’s the lowest they go
  
• nasal cavity opening is triangular shaped with a slight pinch at the bottom
  
• his whole face is used when expressing emotions

Design / Body:

• tall and lanky figure aside from the battle armor
  
• battle armor makes his upper body much wider than hips
• shoulder length is at least twice the width of hips
• always seen with gloves on, no matter what outfit
• if called in Hotland after exiting Alphys’ lab, he mentions “I’m always wearing gloves…” when talking about knowing Hotland like the back of his hand
• right glove appears to have a separate opening for the index finger, but not for the other fingers
• this is seen in both 3D render and unused battle sprite
• appears to be right-handed

Soul / Magic:

• only uses blue and white attacks
• contrary to popular fancanon, he never uses orange attacks or magic
• turns the soul blue without any visible magic, attack, or action
• if captured on purpose before the blue bones attack, the next time Papyrus is fought, the multiple blue bones attack is never used
• every fight after the first starts right away with a blue soul; no attack needed
• has a (possibly non-bone) attack that could blast you (likely the Gaster Blaster)
• during his fight, he sometimes “prepares a non-bone attack and then spends a minute fixing his mistake”
• if spared in genocide route and inquired about his box of bones, he mentions that had he used his special attack, “you surely would have been blasted to…”
• is the only monster that has shown complete control of magic/attacks to not deal damage when opponent’s HP drops to 1

• has a white upside-down soul, as all other monsters 
  

• remember, only six colored souls were seen after Asriel destroyed the barrier

Please remember this is only a reference for those who want to present Papyrus as close to canon as possible. It is not meant to hinder your creativity.