Alphys

What? Wh-what am I watching on my phone?
It's schoolwork, of course.
A... animated schoolwork... and...
H-hey, Kris, have you chosen a partner yet?

Alphys to Kris, Chapter 1

Alphys (JP: アルフィー) is a returning character in Deltarune. Prior to the game, Alphys replaced Gerson as a teacher in school, where she teaches Kris's class in Hometown.

Profile

Appearance

Alphys is a yellow lizard-like monster with buck teeth. She wears square glasses, a dark green jacket, a red tie, a light green shirt, and brown pants.

Personality

Alphys is shy and often stutters when talking. She seems to lack self-confidence and occasionally makes self-deprecating jokes. Alphys is implied to be a recluse, often eating in the dark by herself and being advised by Undyne to make more friends.

Alphys's interests include watching anime, her favorite being "Mew Mew Kissy Cutie 2" because of its dark storyline and mature themes. She also likes "the Symptons" sitcom series, video games, and reading superhero comics. It is suggested through her classroom's desktop wallpaper that she has an interest in muscular heroes. Additionally, Alphys writes anonymous reviews for shows that interest her, seen on the Teen Zone bulletin board in the library. Given the opportunity, she will readily and hastily explain one of her interests.

Main story

History

Alphys moved to Hometown some time before the start of Deltarune. After Gerson's passing, she got a job as a school teacher and currently teaches a class of nine students. Despite having been in town for a while, Alphys hasn't made many connections, and only seems to be close to members of the Dreemurr family. She started a habit of putting out her leftover milk in a saucer in one of the alleyways close to the apartments.

Chapter 1

Alphys is first seen in her classroom, discussing a group project when Kris arrives late. She reexplains the project to Kris and encourages them to find a partner, then waits and watches a "Mew Mew" on her phone while they ask around. When Noelle asks if Kris can be paired with her and Berdly, Susie barges in and interrupts her. Susie questions if she is late, which Alphys nervously denies and then assigns Kris to be Susie's partner for the group project.

As she attempts to write the assignment on the board, she realizes there is no chalk. Alphys comments that it is the third time the chalk has gone missing, and that she cannot start class without some. She tries to coax the students to return it, but does not receive a response. Partially listening to Noelle's suggestion, she requests that Susie retrieve some from the supply closet, and asks Kris to follow her to ensure she finds the chalk and stays out of trouble. While Kris and Susie are in the hallway, Alphys continues teaching.

After Kris and Susie return from the Dark World, Kris can find Alphys in the alley between the northeast apartment buildings. When Alphys notices Kris, she admits that she was worried when they did not return to class, and states that they are not in trouble. Kris can then ask Alphys about the milk saucer, which she explains is for a cat she named "MewMew", though she admits she has never seen who drinks the milk. They can also talk about chalk, and the well-kept flowers in the nearby trash cans. If Alphys talks with Kris, she will not be worried about them disappearing the day before in Chapter 2. If Chapter 2 is started without using a Chapter 1 Completion FILE, by default Kris does visit Alphys.

Kris can also interact with Undyne and Sans to ask them about Alphys. Undyne comments that she does not know Alphys at all, though she will tackle her if she did something illegal. Sans describes one of Alphys's shopping visits, where she wore sunglasses and pajamas and bought a large amount of instant noodles, though he notes that their relationship is purely business.

Chapter 2

Alphys expresses surprise that Kris arrives for class later than Susie, before instructing the class to do some reading. Once Kris wakes up, she remarks that Kris slept through the entire class, which is unusual, as she typically notices them sleeping only through the start. Alphys then wishes them good luck and that they rest well.

If Kris does not visit Alphys in Chapter 1, she has different dialogue at the start of Chapter 2. She expresses that she was worried after they "disappeared yesterday". After class, Alphys asks where Kris and Susie went, and receives no response. Alphys's dialogue implies she assumes Susie "troubled" them.

Kris can choose to interact with Alphys again, causing her to question if they lost sleep over being Susie's partner. If they state that their sleep quality increased, Alphys assumes that this is good, initially reasoning that they talked with Asriel online before remembering that the internet is having an outage. If Kris replies that they lost sleep, Alphys notes the lack of "negative intonation" in their response, and offers to share a FPS podcast for them to listen to.

After exiting Castle Town, Kris obtains the "trash orb", and they can venture to the school's hallway to overhear Alphys and Toriel conversing. Toriel inquires about Kris's performance, and if they have been "up to anything strange". Alphys states that Kris has been doing great, and is one of her "favorite students". Just as Toriel asks if Kris has been acting strange, Alphys notices Kris balancing the orb of items on their head. She turns back to Toriel and simply responds that Kris is normal. Depending if Kris has overheard this conversation, they can use their Cell Phone in the hallway to inform Toriel that they made a "trash orb" or are "normal", and try to hand their phone to Alphys so she can explain instead.

After returning from the Cyber World, Kris and Susie can explore Hometown and find Alphys southwest, west of the Police Station with a beaten bike. Susie stops following Kris when they are close enough to Alphys, as she does not want to be "banned from outside of school".

When talking to Alphys, she explains that she had a bike accident at the Police Station. Kris can talk with her to learn of her opinion of the police and Carol, or explain their project progress. If "See ya" is chosen, Alphys belatedly realizes there is no school tomorrow.

Undyne, who was involved in the accident, bought a Box of Heart Candy from Sans's grocery store and entrusts Kris with giving it to Alphys. If they choose to give the Box of Heart Candy to Alphys, she tries to refuse it, before they clarify that it is from the police. However, Kris did not remove Undyne's threatening note on the box, leaving Alphys confused.

If Kris visits the graveyard, Alvin mentions that Alphys replaced Gerson as a school teacher.

Upon inspecting the saucer in the alleyway, Susie comments how it magically refreshes with milk overnight, implying that she is the one who drinks it.

Chapter 4

In Chapter 4, Alphys can be talked to in the church, saying she wants to go over and get herself some juice, but she sees Susie there and does not want her to make fun of her 25% red, 75% yellow juice combination. Kris makes it, and has the option of either giving it to Alphys or drinking it in front of her. No matter which is chosen, she will ask Kris if they wanted to ask her something. They are able to talk about Undyne or the shelter, with the former being optional. If Kris talks about Undyne, Alphys will mention that Undyne invited her to visit the church to make friends with people, and that her absence is awkward as a result. She expresses concern over being unable to contact Undyne.

When Kris brings up the shelter, she questions why they would want to enter. Kris has two options; "Architectural history research" and "Put hay inside new house for Susie". The former has her call Kris's desire to enter the shelter "very up and beyond", while the latter has her think Susie would simply eat the hay like a horse, before thinking that they should not talk seriously about the topic. Regardless of which is chosen, she warns them not to go in by themselves, since it is a place where people only go in an emergency. The shelter being closed ever since she moved to the town has her wondering if whatever is inside might be worse. She suggests Kris ask Undyne or the mayor to chaperone them, as they are the only two people she has seen around there. She then asks Kris to either tell Undyne to call or text her back, or to simply find out if Undyne hates Alphys, as the former has not answered her calls.

If the shelter is brought up again, she asks Kris to forget about the hay if "Put hay inside new house for Susie" was the chosen reason for entering the shelter.

Relationships

Kris

Kris is one of the students in Alphys's class. Alphys is supportive towards Kris, and is willing to aid them with homework. While she is aware that Kris often slept in class, Alphys does not punish Kris, and often emphasizes that they are not in trouble. When Kris mentions the chalk in Chapter 1, she forgives them and instead attempts to offer her "home-made DVD collection of the Symptons". It is implied that Alphys has noticed that Kris has been acting unusual for some time prior to Deltarune.

Toriel

Toriel is Alphys's friend and her coworker in the school. It is implied she checks in with Alphys frequently, as Alphys's wallpaper is slightly altered in Chapter 2. Alphys often talks about Susie with Toriel, and has mentioned Susie's chalk consuming tendencies to her. However, Alphys is seemingly avoidant on admitting when Kris is doing something unusual, such as when she notices them balancing a "trash orb" on their head.

Asgore

Alphys has received many flowers from Asgore whenever he asks her about how Kris is performing in school. The two are implied to be friends, as Alphys has loaned some superhero comics to him, and they have a shared interest in Mew Mew Kissy Cutie 2. Additionally, Alphys comments that Asgore reminds her of a superhero.

Susie

Susie is one of the students in Alphys's class. Alphys is scared of Susie and afraid of disciplining her, even avoiding getting a drink in church because she assumes Susie would mock her for it. While Susie is not hostile toward Alphys, she does not respond well to Alphys's teaching style and has a habit of being late to class and eating Alphys's chalk. Susie avoids Alphys outside of school as she assumes Alphys dislikes her.

Undyne

Alphys and Undyne are relative strangers, and, prior to the events of Deltarune, do not seem to know each other. However, after accepting a gift from Undyne in Chapter 2 and being invited to the church from her prior to Chapter 4, Alphys grows concerned about her when she goes missing.

Outside of Deltarune

Main article: Alphys

Alphys first appeared in Undertale, where she was hired by Asgore to be the Royal Scientist. She lives in Hotland, though she often visits the garbage dump to collect anime and comic books. Alphys tends to be passionate in her interests, and often tries her best to be supportive in Undertale. Unlike in Deltarune, Alphys is good friends with Undyne and, depending on the protagonist's actions, may end up in a romantic relationship with her.

Undertale's iteration of Alphys has similar interests to Deltarune's, with a few slight differences; in Undertale, Alphys particularly enjoys Japanese media, such as anime, while in Deltarune, she is more interested in American media like superhero movies and shows like "The Symptons". Furthermore, while Undertale's Alphys dislikes Mew Mew 2 - believing it to ruin Mew Mew's characterization from Mew Mew Kissy Cutie 1 - Deltarune's Alphys appreciates Mew Mew 2 for its more mature themes.

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Trivia

• Alphys's name is one of the names that prompts a unique response from the voice in the introduction during Chapter 1.
• After Alphys states that the entire class will be in trouble if the chalk is not found, she faces toward Susie.
• Alphys's cat's name, "MewMew", references Alphys's favorite anime, Mew Mew Kissy Cutie 2.
• In Deltarune, unlike in Undertale, Alphys has square glasses, inspired by Homestuck character John Egbert.
• The Chapter 2 narration for checking Alphys's beaten bike mentions that it "might give a honk of despair". While it does not, this references the rusted bike in Undertale's garbage dump.
• In Chapter 4, Alphys asks for 25% red and 75% yellow juice. If one were to make a color that was 25% red and 75% yellow, the color would be identical to Alphys's skin tone.