Comic Relief and Toby Fox - An Undertale + Deltarune video essay

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Lauren the Flute

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Published on August 21, 2023 4:00:10 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coX9G9cpMxg

Game:

Undertale (2015)

Duration: 31:40

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Hello! I did it! I have posted a video essay. TOBY FOX IS VERY GOOD AT BOTH COMEDY AND DRAMA, AND ESPECIALLY AT DEFTLY SWITCHING AT PRECISELY THE RIGHT MOMENT FOR MAXIMUM EFFECT, IN THIS ESSAY I WILL

I really love these games so very much. I've never made this kind of video before, and I am absolutely positive that once it's posted I will notice eleventy billion mistakes in it, but please cut me some slack. I am merely a very enthusiastic hobbyist who overthinks everything and not a True Video Essay Professional. So I'm calling it "good enough" and letting it loose on the world. If this goes well, I may make more videos, about Undertale and Deltarune and also all sorts of other games! I think my next idea might be a Dark Souls one for variety's sake.

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MUSIC:
Other than the original soundtrack, I included a few of my own unreleased Undertale and Deltarune covers; they will hopefully go on this channel relatively soon! I also included some of my absolute favorite Undertale covers by some of my good friends, and yes, that's my flute playing on Laura's brilliant Asgore cover, arguably my favorite Undertale fan version ever made.

"The Last Soul" (ASGORE) by Laura Platt
"Dogsong Elevator Mix" by Laura Platt and David Russell
https://www.youtube.com/@LauraPlatt
https://lauraplatt.bandcamp.com/

"Undertale Variations" by Doug Perry
https://www.youtube.com/@DrumUltimA
https://www.twitch.tv/drumultima

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Preamble
0:11 Introduction - who I am
1:18 "Comic Relief and Toby Fox"
4:27 Disclaimer
6:27 Defining "comic relief"
7:37 Example 1: Sans (Undertale)
11:59 Example 2: Dogsong (Undertale)
14:31 Example 3: Ferris Wheel (Deltarune Ch 2)
17:20 Deftly switching between humor and drama
19:38 Example 4: Butts Pie (Undertale)
22:11 Example 5: Lancer's Dad (Deltarune Ch 1)
25:47 Example 6: BIG SHOT (Deltarune Ch 2)
27:09 The answer is compassion
29:46 In conclusion
30:28 Outro!

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