Noelle

I guess I didn't mind being scared if it meant...
Someone would comfort me.

Noelle to Kris, Chapter 2

Noelle Holiday (JP: ノエル・ホリデー) is one of the main characters of Deltarune. She is one of Kris's classmates, as well as their neighbor and childhood friend. Noelle is kind-hearted and timid, and gradually learns to stand up for herself in later Chapters. She lives on the northwest side of Hometown with Carol, and routinely visits Rudy in the hospital. Noelle gains a major role in Chapter 2, and gains a recurring role in Chapter 4 onwards. In Cyber City, she temporarily joins the party and wields a ring in encounters.

Noelle becomes the deuteragonist on the Weird Route, where she is manipulated by the player through Kris to become obsessed with the idea of becoming stronger.

Profile

Appearance

Noelle is a teenage, reindeer-like monster with short brown fur. The top of her head has two three-pronged, rounded velvet antlers, two deer ears on the side, and thick, long golden blonde hair. Her face has large eyes with eyelashes, freckles on her cheeks, a snout with a red nose and buck teeth. She has paws with furry fingers, a short raised brown tail with a white underside, and black hooves for feet.

Her clothes consist of a red and green checkered V-neck sweater with black sleeves, which is over a white button-up shirt, and a black skirt. Noelle's outfit resembles traditional private school female uniforms. This fashion choice is often associated with the prestige of such institutions, making her stand out from her more casually-dressed peers, and could be an early hint at her family's wealth.

Noelle's red nose is likely a reference to the Christmas story Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, while her red and green sweater is associated with Christmas colors. Reindeer are often associated with Christmas, such as Santa's reindeer.

In the Dark World, Noelle's hair is pale blonde and her fur has a slight pink tint. She wears a long white hooded cloak with long wide sleeves, always with the hood down. Unlike her Light World appearance, where she smiles by default, she has a neutral, unsmiling expression in the Dark World.

Personality

Noelle is friendly and cheerful, often seen smiling and laughing. She is considerate, helping Alphys retrieve chalk and Berdly and Kris with studying and homework. Her speech mannerisms are very polite in the Japanese localization.

Noelle cowering while crossing traffic

Noelle is also very timid, easily flustered, unassertive, and sometimes has trouble voicing her thoughts. She apologizes often, and stays quiet about her feelings, such as her crush on Susie or her frustration with Berdly. Her father describes her as "defenseless" and scared of everything, including horror movies, bugs, and Santa Claus. She becomes braver from her adventures in the Cyber World, standing up to Queen near the end of Chapter 2, losing her fear of mice, and angrily shaking Berdly when he admits his attraction to Susie (later fantasizing about doing it again). She shows even more fearlessness in the Weird Route, at least temporarily. After returning to the Light World, she directly asks Susie about her tail, and is no longer flustered nor afraid when around Susie.

She likes feeling scared since she associates fear with being comforted. This is likely the reason why she seems attracted to the idea of Susie bullying her. She nostalgically recalls Kris's scary childhood pranks on her, and enjoys Susie's good-natured scaring of her in Chapter 4.

Although coming from an affluent family, Noelle remains humble and generous to her friends. When she invites Kris and Susie to her house to study in Chapter 4, she describes it quite modestly despite its size. On the festival in Chapter 5, when Kris attempts to buy a $13 cinnamon roll from QC, which Susie considers expensive, Noelle offers to pay for it instead.

Berdly, who is the top of their class in terms of grades, considers Noelle smarter than him. She was nearly first place in a spelling bee she participated in as a child and is a member of their school's cross country team.

She considers herself "weird". She has also expressed a desire to adopt what she and Susie jokingly considered "a severed hand" as a pet.

Interests

Like her parents, Noelle seems fond of Christmas and makes many references to the holiday, including calling Kris "Krismas" like her parents do and using Christmas-themed pencils.

Along with Berdly and Susie, she enjoys playing video games like the Dragon Blazers and Blood Crushers series. She compares the Cyber World to video games, and likes eerie video game glitches. She seems familiar with meme culture, believing Susie made a pop culture reference.

Noelle appears to dislike meat and enjoy eating lettuce, and has decreased healing from Darkburgers. This is likely due to real-life reindeer being herbivores.

Noelle has an interest in the Angel or some aspects of it, as she frequently wears the small angel wings from her childhood, and enjoys the idea of having large angel wings and flying.

Speech pattern

Noelle speaks in a polite manner, often ending sentences with a "fahaha". She often uses minced oaths and colourful phrases such as "excheese me". Noelle also tends to get flustered and stutter, especially in Susie's presence. At times, Noelle mumbles, which can occasionally be represented with the tinynoelle font, or be in parentheses.

Etymology

"Noelle" is presumably a pun on Noël, a given name which is French for "Christmas". The rest of her family also have names associated with Christmas. Her name could have also potentially been chosen simply due to its association with Christmas.

Main story

History

Noelle grew up in Hometown with her mother and father, and was very close with her older sister, Dess. As a child, Noelle and her sister became friends with her neighbors Kris and Asriel. The four of them would often explore the forest around the graveyard together. At an unspecified point, she had also dressed up as the Angel for the Holiday Pageant.

According to Rudy, she has a fear of humans hiding under her bed. This was made worse (or caused) by Kris's repeated attempts to scare her when they were younger, including at least one time they hid under her bed.

According to one of Tenna's reminisces, Noelle and her family would also spend time at the Dreemurr residence to watch the specials with the Dreemurrs. One day, however, an unspecified tragedy occurred, and it is implied that Dess either died or went missing. A short time after, Noelle attended a spelling bee, and refused to spell the word "December", causing Berdly to win.

At an unspecified point, Noelle often accidentally forgets the key to her home. Thus, she would often stay at the Dreemurr residence. Kris would also often assist Noelle by helping her break into her own room.

Chapter 1

Noelle greeting Kris in class

Noelle is first seen in Alphys's classroom, where she cheerfully greets Kris when spoken to. When she realizes that they do not have a partner for the upcoming school project, Noelle offers to include Kris in a group of three with Berdly, much to his protests. When Susie enters the classroom and is quickly sent away to retrieve some chalk, Noelle attempts to reassure Kris.

After Kris returns from Card Kingdom, Noelle can be found in the hospital visiting her bedridden father, where they converse about Dragon Blazers III, Susie, and Berdly. Afterwards, she relocates to the front of her house gate, locked out due to having forgotten her key. Kris can proceed to talk to her about Susie, which transfers via Chapter 1 Completion FILE.

Chapter 2

Noelle finding Kris and Susie near the school closet

The next day, Noelle attempts to volunteer to read in class, only for Berdly to interrupt her and volunteer instead. After class, Noelle finds Kris and Susie in front of the school closet, and invites them to study at the library with her and Berdly. Susie awkwardly accepts. If Kris talked to Noelle about Susie in Chapter 1, Noelle nervously gifts Susie a lunchbox of chalk before running off.

It is later revealed that Noelle had fallen into the computer lab's new Dark World. Alone, she pleads for help before she is captured by Queen, who intends to have Noelle become her "willing peon", and possibly roboticize Noelle's face. Despite being relocated a few times in Cyber Field, Noelle appears in a blue roller coaster, having been persuaded by Queen to impede the party. Instead, Noelle focuses on Susie and compliments her roller coaster. She is promptly replaced by Berdly. Offscreen, Noelle escapes and attempts to hide from Queen.

Noelle in her first battle, confused

Later, Kris finds Noelle in Cyber City, and she joins Kris's party to hide from Queen and Berdly's antics. In the city, Noelle becomes fascinated with the Dark World and correlates it to Dragon Blazers, gradually overcomes her fear of mice, and becomes nostalgic about her childhood. When Noelle and Kris reuinite with Susie and Ralsei, she eventually gets captured by Queen and sent to her own room in Queen's Mansion.

In her customized room, Noelle muses about the world she is in until Susie rescues her. She is convinced by Susie that the Cyber World is a dream, and the two become closer friends on a nearby Ferris wheel. Post ride, Noelle is left with Berdly as Susie rejoins Kris and Ralsei, and becomes bewildered by Berdly admitting his newfound crush on Susie. Enraged, Noelle, promptly starts shaking Berdly while repeatedly screaming "WHAT?" in his face.

Berdly and Noelle are recaptured by Queen off-screen, who attempts to persuade Noelle to become the new Knight. After the party fights GIGA Queen, Queen threatens Susie in attempt to force Noelle to make a Dark Fountain, but Noelle stands up to Queen and refuses. Queen responds to this by asking Noelle to choose for herself whether she wants to stay in the Dark World or the Light World. Noelle and Berdly each consider maintaining the Cyber World before Ralsei reminds them of the prophecy — in particular, a portion regarding the Roaring. Hearing this, they decide against making a new Fountain, and Queen allows Kris to seal the library Fountain, after which everybody wakes up in the computer lab. However, Noelle still appears to believe that the Dark World was all a dream.

Noelle again visits her father in the hospital afterward, and can be visited by Kris and Susie.

Chapter 3

Before the battle with Tenna, a flashback scene occurs with the Holiday and Dreemurr families watching TV together at the Dreemurr residence. Each member disappears one-by-one, with Noelle being the fourth disappearance after Dess, Carol, and Asgore.

Chapter 4

Noelle accepts Susie's request to study at her house

Noelle appears at the beginning of Chapter 4, where she sings in the church choir. After Kris learns from Noelle that her mother keeps everything important at home, Susie asks Noelle to study at her house as an excuse to go there and look for the shelter code. Noelle begins to say that she would have to ask her mother, but she quickly changes her mind and agrees to let them come. She is confused when Kris and Susie celebrate with a high-five, then asks if she should invite Berdly, becoming even more confused when Susie declines.

When Kris and Susie arrive at Noelle's House, Noelle is shocked to find Susie holding a rose, and is quickly made disappointed and confused when Susie eats it. When the trio sits down to study, they are quickly interrupted by a phone call from Berdly, who invites Noelle to go to the festival with him. Noelle reluctantly agrees to "be [his] Player 2", but Susie snatches her phone and shouts at Berdly, declaring that Noelle is not going to the festival with him. Susie then proceeds to throw Noelle's phone, which both of them use as an excuse to get Kris to leave them alone together.

While Kris is absent, the player, controlling the SOUL, can find Noelle talking to Susie about Blood Crushers 2 after hearing a sound from the basement. The two agree to watch the whole Blood Crushers series together, then start watching something on Noelle's phone until the player turns the power off. Noelle quickly blames Kris for the power outage, then goes to fix the breaker with Susie. While in the basement, the two talk about video games, the "severed hand" and Kris, until they are alerted to the presence of the SOUL beneath an angel doll. Noelle traps the SOUL under the doll and takes it upstairs, where she and Susie speculate about what is under the doll. Upon concluding that it is either a mouse or a severed hand, they decide to keep it as a pet. Noelle then leaves after accidentally mentioning her "dream" and Susie follows her.

Noelle blushes as Susie vows to take her to the festival

They return to discover that the SOUL has escaped and hear sounds coming from Dess's room. They follow the sounds but, upon finding the room empty, they sit down and begin talking again. They continue talking about Noelle's dream, and Noelle says that she found it strange that Ralsei looks similar to Asriel, as well as that Kris was acting strange. They continue talking about Kris, unaware that they are hiding in the closet, although Susie eventually has to get up to cover for Kris, who is making too much noise while scuffling with the SOUL.

Noelle is shocked when Susie unknowingly picks up Dess's guitar, but she quickly suggests that she play it instead of putting it back. They go back downstairs to play the guitar, and Susie accidentally invites Noelle to go to the festival with her. However, they are quickly interrupted by the arrival of Asgore, who says that Noelle's mother is just about to return home. Carol, upon entering the house, takes the guitar back from Susie before kicking her and Asgore out of the house, but not before Susie announces that she is taking Noelle to the festival. Noelle quickly enters the kitchen to be scolded by Carol, and she is not seen again for the rest of the Chapter.

Chapter 5

Noelle attending Hometown's festival alongside Kris and Susie

Noelle finds Susie and Kris at school, and the two let Kris guide them around the festival. Throughout the segment, Noelle can participate in various activities such as riding the ferris wheel with Susie or Kris. Noelle suggests visiting the beach once they are done with the Festival, but the group must first purchase ice cream from Sans. On the way to the beach, they encounter Berdly, who either asks Noelle to be his pity date or expects her, Kris and Susie to compete for his love, depending on the player's choices in Chapter 4. She rejects him, saying that while he is a good friend she doesn't want to be his date. Afterward, he resolves to be her "wingman".

Once they have arrived at the beach, Noelle and Susie begin to chat at a picnic table while Kris stays unmoving, possibly asleep. Noelle confesses her love to Susie, who carries her out into the lake as the two share a heartfelt moment. Noelle confesses that she had been considering running away and felt unhappy at home, but after meeting Susie she decided that she wanted to stay. Susie decides to get some more ice cream, and while she is gone Noelle receives a call from Carol telling her that Rudy fell down sometime during the festival. Noelle becomes upset and leaves in a hurry, asking Kris to tell Susie the reason she left.

At the end of the Chapter, Susie suggests to Kris that they should tell Noelle about the Dark World. In the post credits sequence, Susie, Ralsei, and Lancer are shown decorating Castle Town festively and preparing a room for her.

Weird Route

Main article: Weird Route

Noelle confused at Kris backtracking

On the Weird Route, Kris uses their time with Noelle in Cyber City to make her "stronger" through freezing the area's Darkners with her IceShock spell. Noelle is then pressured into stealing the FreezeRing from a shopkeeper, causing her to become more ambivalent towards violence, subsequently beginning to think Kris is doing this for her own good. After an appropriate number of enemies is frozen, Kris and Noelle head back to the dog dumpster to purchase the ThornRing from Spamton.

Eventually, Kris and Noelle encounter Berdly, whom Noelle initially does not recognize. Berdly, worried for Noelle's well-being, engages the two in a battle, and the player forces Noelle to use SnowGrave, a fatal spell she claims she does not know. Once cast, Berdly is frozen solid and entombed in an opaque ice prism. Following this, Noelle leaves the party in a depressed daze and does not appear again until the player calls upon her during the battle against Spamton NEO. While she is not shown on-screen, she is directly implied to finish off Spamton with an ice spell.

In the Light World, Noelle questions her time in the Cyber World and wonders out loud if it was really a dream as Susie claims. Especially if Kris and Susie visit Rudy at the hospital, where the player can tell Noelle that it was not a dream.

Noelle scared by Kris's behavior

Following Chapter 3's events, Noelle was comforted by Kris when her efforts to fall asleep failed and had a thorn removed from her finger. After inviting Kris to study at her house, she talks to them about these events in a private conversation, only for the player to reveal themselves through Kris and confirm that the events in the Cyber World were not a dream. Kris then brandishes the thorn from earlier in the night. Recognizing it as the ThornRing, Noelle attempts to will herself to fight back, but Kris subsequently forces the thorn back onto her finger.

As per her mother's phone call with Kris at the end of Chapter 4, Noelle looks forward to meeting up with Kris at the Festival the following day.

Noelle awaiting Kris at the lake

After spending the Festival day with Susie, Noelle awaits Kris at the beach. Kris, who has awoken in the evening, is able to explore the Festival with Susie before they, alone, meet Noelle as she overlooks the river. She tells Kris that since the disappearance of Dess, she has felt like her life is being watched through glass and she has always played the role of "Noelle" while Kris has found a way to break free from their role and is influencing her somewhere nobody should go, and reluctantly admits she wants it to continue before telling them she wants to do something "crazy" with them. She tells Kris to take her hands and keep telling her to press onward as they march through the lake to the other side.

The player is given the option to direct Noelle to "Proceed" repeatedly as the two of them sink deeper into the lake. The other choice, to "Stop," is rejected by Noelle, and instead the two continue onward until the "Stop" option disappears entirely, being replaced by another "Proceed" option. Noelle continually and frantically insists they keep going further into the lake until they both disappear underwater.

As Kris and Noelle submerge themselves into to the lake, the screen begins to shake and the audio becomes distorted. The dialogue box's accent color becomes red in lieu of the usual white, and Noelle's facial expressions become increasingly depraved. The screen also begins to fade to white, but this effect is reset every time the "Proceed" option is selected. At the climax of the scene, the option must be selected once per second in order to avoid the screen fading to white completely.

Following this, a screen showing "Insert Chapter 7 Side B" appears, and the game cuts back to the chapter select menu. The Dark World segment is skipped, and ostensibly no completion data is created for Chapter 5. However, in the files, a new completion file with the suffix "_b" can be seen, indicating that the continuation of the Weird Route will be via an unusual means.

However, if the player refuses to select either "Proceed" option and simply waits when presented with the option and allows the screen to fade to white, then Noelle remarks that "nothing changed" and that the things that she felt and experienced were all just her getting "carried away" and "just a dream." This puts the player back on the normal route with only a few miniscule changes present once the Dark World is entered.

Relationships

Rudy

For Rudy's perspective, see Rudy § Noelle.

Noelle often visits her father at the hospital

Rudy is Noelle's father. Noelle has an incredibly close and loving relationship with her father. The two often play video games together, with Dragon Blazers III being one that Noelle is waiting to complete with him. She regularly visits Rudy in the hospital, though he wishes that he could be around to protect her. She seems upset when Rudy asks her not to wait for him to beat Dragon Blazers III in Chapter 1, implying she worries greatly about his health, but is quickly cheered up when he instead requests that she bring it to the hospital. She does so in Chapter 2.

Kris

For Kris's perspective, see Kris § Noelle.

Since the Dreemurr and Holiday families were very close and Noelle and Kris were lifelong neighbors, they spent much time together as kids, sometimes with their older siblings.

Noelle reminisces about a prank Kris pulled on her

During their childhood, Kris had a reputation for scaring her with pranks, including encouraging in her a fear of humans under her bed (which she seems to have gotten over). These pranks seemed to terrify her to the point she considered being nearly killed by a laser in Chapter 2 as one of their silly pranks and playfully reciprocates it, which made Kris feel hurt. Dess has reprimanded and punished Kris for their pranking of Noelle.

After Dess's disappearance, the two began to grow apart, and Noelle spent more time studying with Berdly. Despite this, they continue to be on good terms. She is one of the only classmates who makes efforts to be considerate towards them, as shown in the beginning of Chapter 1 where she offers a pencil to Kris and offers letting them join her group for their school project. She also frequently helps Kris with their homework, even preparing in advance to help.

Due to their childhood, they share a deep familiarity with each other, with Noelle feeling that she and Kris know each other better than anyone else. She expresses herself more openly with Kris than with others, like yelling at them with a smile when they pull pranks on her. She believes they are the only person who knows how "weird" she is. When taking a pencil from her bedroom's homework desk, they do so out of habit and Noelle does not react, presumably used to it. Noelle also plays along with Kris playfully acting like a dog in Chapter 2.

Despite this, Noelle is uncertain whether they are friends, instead referring to them as their longtime neighbor, and (if the SOUL lingers in Dess's closet in Chapter 4) tells Susie they were not very close but ended up seeing each other due to being neighbors. If Kris tells an Addison in Chapter 2 that they are "just friends", she feels relief.

She seems to be one of the few who notices a change in Kris's behavior during the events of the game (when the player controls them). According to Noelle, they seemed to want to talk to her but their voice sounded "odd", like it was "on a speaker". She considers the voice they have when visiting her SOUL-less in the Weird Route as much more familiar.

While traversing Cyber City together, Noelle reminisces about their childhood and opening up to Kris, slowly rekindling their friendship. In Chapter 4, Noelle is surprised when Kris compliments her singing and mentions that she misses hearing them play the piano.

Weird Route

Pursuing the Weird Route puts a considerable strain on Noelle and Kris's relationship.

In Chapter 2's Weird Route, Noelle becomes increasingly scared of Kris, having noticed Kris's voice sounding different. She even considers harming them at one point, before convincing herself she wants to become stronger with Kris's help. After waking up in the Light World, Noelle believes the events from the Cyber World were merely a dream. However, if visited at the hospital, she becomes genuinely terrified when Kris corners her and realizes she was not dreaming.

In Chapter 4's Weird Route, Noelle is focused on Kris rather than Susie when she invites them to her house, and asks Kris to speak with her in private once there. She reveals that Kris visited her during the previous night, comforted her, and apologized, before removing a thorn from her finger. Noelle mentions feeling relieved when she heard Kris's regular voice. She seems grateful and comforted by Kris's visit. However, if the Weird Route is continued at this point, she becomes shocked and terrified when the player reveals themselves, as Kris is forced to re-equip the ThornRing on her.

At the end of Chapter 4, Carol tells Kris that Noelle looks forward to seeing them at the festival, possibly taking them as her date.

In Chapter 5, Kris has missed the festival as they slept through the day. When they eventually meet Noelle by the lake, her demeanor has shifted completely since their last encounter. Noelle appears elated as she talks about how Kris "actually changed" and "found out how to stop being Kris", describing this as "INTERESTING" and how being around them is changing her as well. She says that, as long as Kris tells her to, she can do anything, before proposing to reach the other side of the lake with them. She then takes Kris's hands as they sink into the lake together.

Susie

For Susie's perspective, see Susie § Noelle.

Prior to Deltarune, Noelle developed a crush on Susie, and kept being curious about her. On Susie's first day in class, Noelle had loaned Susie one of her candy cane pencils. The two did not converse with each other much afterwards, as Noelle was too nervous around her. Noelle has a tendency to often think about Susie, and is implied to have observed Susie a moderate amount, as she can ask about Susie's tail. Noelle also thinks positively of Susie despite her reputation in school.

In Chapter 1, Noelle tries to find opportunities to spend time with Susie, such as asking Alphys if she and Susie could go fetch chalk together. If Kris tries to converse with her about Susie, Noelle becomes interested in the topic, and can complain about Kris refusing to answer her.

In Chapter 2, Noelle's fondness for Susie causes her to acknowledge Susie first from the rest of the party. She blushes and flees when giving a lunchbox of chalk to Susie, and is quick to compliment Susie's roller coaster. The two of them become more comfortable with each other on the Ferris wheel, where Noelle admits admiring Susie for her rebellious nature. Noelle also catches a glimpse of Susie's tail wagging, though continues to assume Cyber World is a dream when Susie deflects.

Susie playfully scares Noelle

In Chapter 4, the two of them grow much closer, and learn a lot about their respective personalities and interests. Noelle agrees to a study session with Susie and Kris at her house, eager to spend more time with Susie. After opening her house's gate, she becomes flustered when she mistakenly assumes Susie was giving a flower to her.

While in Noelle's House, Noelle and Susie discover that they enjoy the same media, such as Blood Crushers, the skateboard game, and a horror webseries that Noelle introduces Susie to. Noelle also laughs when Susie plays some small pranks on her. In Dess's room, the two discuss Noelle's "dream", with Noelle instead reminiscing about her childhood, and commenting about Susie having a tail in her dream. By the end of the hang out, Noelle becomes surprised when Susie states she would take her to the festival.

Berdly

For Berdly's perspective, see Berdly § Noelle.

Berdly is Noelle's friend and school partner, often studying with her. The two of them have a somewhat unequal relationship, as Berdly rarely takes Noelle's feelings into consideration, assuming he knows what is best for her, and also has a habit of unintentionally taking advantage of her inability to say no. Despite his air of superiority however, Berdly cares about Noelle. While Berdly is often dismissive of her in the company of others, Noelle mentions that he has always been nice to her in private. Noelle in turn cares for Berdly, as she heavily supports him through studying and doing school work together.

Noelle shaking Berdly

In the Cyber World, Berdly and Noelle get into conflict, as he unsuccessfully tries to build a perfect world with the help of Queen, which leads to Noelle avoiding and eventually battling him. Berdly also reveals that he assumes Noelle only helps him because she has a crush on him. Berdly then ends up telling Noelle he does not return this perceived crush, asking her not to be jealous as he fell for Susie instead, which makes Noelle react violently, pulling his shirt. Upon returning to the Light World, both of them assume these events to be part of a dream, causing the Dark World to not affect their current relationship.

In Chapter 4, Berdly calls Noelle to ask her to be his date to the festival the next day, still believing she has a crush on him. Noelle unhappily agrees to go with him, before Susie points out that Noelle does not want to, and rejects Berdly on her behalf. If Berdly injured his arm during Chapter 2, Noelle gifts him flowers for his hospital room, which Berdly sees as confirmation for her having a crush on him.

On the Weird Route, Berdly is shown to be more protective of Noelle, recognizing Kris as a threat, while she snaps out of her trance and begs Berdly to run away. After defeating Berdly with the SnowGrave spell, Noelle becomes despondent and wanders off; an interaction in Chapter 4 reveals that she could not sleep afterwards, partially because she was worried about Berdly's well-being.

Catti

For Catti's perspective, see Catti § Noelle.

Catti is a friend of Noelle's, being the one who taught her protection spells and even showed her occult findings. They have played video games and watched horror movies together on occasion, though Noelle dislikes watching movies with Catti due to her tendency to over-analyze. Catti also enjoys receiving headpats from Noelle. Catti worries about Noelle, having recently noticed that her friend has "slipped into the darkness" and feels that Susie might hurt her in the future.

In Chapter 4, Catti seems increasingly concerned that Noelle is spending time with Susie, demanding that the two stop interacting. When Susie refuses, Catti says that she will not speak to her or Kris anymore and threatens to hex them.

Jockington

For Jockington's perspective, see Jockington § Noelle.

Jockington and Noelle appear to be on friendly terms, with both of them being the current members of Hometown's Cross Country Team. Jockington does not seem as bothered by Noelle interacting with Susie as Catti is, but he tells Kris and Susie that if they hurt Catti, they will be "up a Ball without a Court".

Carol

For Carol's perspective, see Carol § Noelle.

Carol is Noelle's mother. Although Noelle seems to love her mother, she is not as close with Carol as she is with Rudy, and she is against bothering Carol while she is working. Rudy says that Noelle's mother is "hard on her", which is likely a factor in this. When Carol returns home to find Noelle with Susie, she angrily orders her to go to the kitchen, suggesting that their relationship may be somewhat tenuous. Noelle also avoids talking to her mother to ask her for a key, mentioning that "She doesn't like it when I bother her when she's working".

Dess

Dess is Noelle's older sister. She is described to have been protective of Noelle, punishing Kris when they played pranks on her and comforting her when Noelle got scared. They used to hang out a lot with the Dreemurr siblings, exploring the forest around the graveyard at one point. Both sets of siblings also attended church, built angel dolls together, and were active musically.

Noelle misses her sister, as she mentions her frequently and her room in Queen's Mansion hints at Internet searches for her sister's name. A flashback shows Noelle being unable to spell "December", implying that she could not do so due to being heavily affected by Dess's disappearance. Noelle also avoids going into Dess's room and touching her belongings, potentially either out of mourning or respect, though Susie helps convince her to ease up on those principles.

Asriel

Asriel and Noelle seem to have been friends and have a good relationship with each other. At one point in Chapter 2, Noelle recalls that she explored the forest behind the graveyard along with Asriel, Kris and Dess back when they were kids and found nothing interesting. She also recalls crying when she got scared and Dess wiping away her tears with Asriel's jacket.

Queen

For Queen's perspective, see Queen § Noelle.

Queen and Noelle meet during Chapter 2. Through the entirety of it, Queen treats Noelle like a daughter, calling her things like "Sweetie", "Honey", and "Gravy". Throughout the Chapter, Queen attempts to force Noelle to become her peon, with Noelle hiding or disguising herself to avoid her. This conflict culminates after the GIGA Queen fight, with Queen threatening to kill the Lightners, causing Noelle to snap and angrily tell her off. Afterward, Queen expresses regret for her actions and explains that she just wanted to see Noelle happy. At the end of the Chapter, she is shown to understand Noelle better and says goodbye to her and the rest of the main characters.

Outside of Deltarune

Spamton Sweepstakes

During the Spamton Sweepstakes 2022 event, pages were added to the official Deltarune website. There are a total of 10 different non-canon hidden anecdotes that revolve around Noelle, and which take place prior to Deltarune.

deltarune.com/icee/ is one of Noelle's "recent sightings" posts when she was young. Dess, Kris, and Asriel are featured as well. Noelle went down to eat some leftover pizza, but failed to find the light switch. Noelle screamed when she saw ICE-E on a box seemingly wink at her. After Asriel's suggestion, the four of them leave to bury it in the graveyard. When Noelle expressed her fears of a zombie coming out of the ground, Kris turned around with the box on their face, causing Noelle to scream again.

Noelle's blog

For general information, see Spamton Sweepstakes § Noelle's blog.

Noelle's blog icon

It was revealed in the Sweepstakes that Noelle has an online blog with "holidaygirl1225" as her username. It is dedicated to "game secrets, glitches, and theories". She also writes about non-game related content, some of which are private posts or can only be seen by friends. Much of it focuses on Dragon Blazers and Cat Petterz, both of which are mentioned in Deltarune Chapter 1 and 2. The majority of these links were revealed through the Sweepstakes' rewards.

Dragon Blazers blog posts

These three posts revolve around Dragon Blazers, or is related to the post. In Deltarune, Dragon Blazers III is the current game Noelle is playing. Noelle admits she was waiting at the Ice Palace to complete it with Rudy.

In deltarune.com/code/, Noelle notices the official Dragon Blazers website has new links, alluding to the Sweepstakes' link maze. She jokes that the developers had "too much fruitcake" due to the confusing nature of the links.

In deltarune.com/code/comments/, Berdly compliments Noelle's post and asks if he can be an admin or a moderator. After he receives prank calls, she suggests his username should not have his phone number. Noelle also apologizes that she cannot give him privileges, as she claims her computer is "bugged". She locks the post for normal users since Berdly's "personal information" is visible. Underneath, "sports" (implied to be Jockington) comments, and Noelle greets him and suggests that he plays Dragon Blazers.

In deltarune.com/icepalace_glaceir/, Noelle writes about a softlock she stumbled upon in Dragon Blazers as a child by being stubborn. When she found a unique door, she screamed and accidentally pulled her controller hard enough to unplug the console. Noelle had to suppress her crying in case her mother heard her. After discovering the door, she was able to consistently return to it if she concentrates. However, the door is locked, and Noelle could not find the key for it. In the post, she asks if anyone can let her know how to open the door.

Cat Petterz/Cat Petters blog posts

These four blog posts are associated with "Cat Petterz/Cat Petters".

In deltarune.com/catpetterz/, Noelle mentions Cat Petterz 2, which she enjoyed modifying for new pets when she was young. However, due to mod incompatibilities, she would receive error messages about incompatible pets, causing the game to freeze and the music to glitch out. This scared Noelle, causing her to punish her pets and discard eggs to avoid this text. The next line links to the below post.

In deltarune.com/egg/, Noelle details an oddity that occurred she tried to get the ultimate cat in the game. She suddenly received a "SPECIAL" white egg, which she had never seen or heard of before. This egg never hatched, causing Noelle to believe it was a glitch. Noelle tried to get rid of it, but was unable to move it or throw it away, and it only made a "weird sound". She tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game, but the egg remained. After a few hours of freaking out, Noelle began raising the egg as a pet. The next day, she loaded the game, only to find the egg "left home due to happiness". She notes this is the opposite of what usually happens in the game. Noelle also mentions that the egg had a name, though she could not remember it. At the end of the post, Noelle asks if someone had seen an egg similar to this.

In deltarune.com/bluecircle/, Noelle writes about another oddity that had occurred when she was routinely checking spam mail. Noelle received one that consisted of only letters and numbers. She applied the string in this email to Cat Petterz 2 as a mod. This caused a single blue circle to appear. This pet's animations never worked, and it never moved aside from glitching out. Most of her pets hated it, with a few exceptions, and the pet's stats are noted to have been atrocious. Suddenly, the circle began multiplying to the point where the game crashed, causing nothing but "Congratulations!" messages to appear. As a result, she was forced to erase all of her pets.

In deltarune.com/rain/, Noelle writes about rainy days, and a day where it rained so much that her mom cancelled school. Due to this, her friend, who is implied to be Catti, was able to visit.

Noelle admits that she enjoys playing the minigames from Cat Petters during rainy days, one of which was named "JONGLER". She reminisces how she loved these games when she was young, and shares a cat rarities guide named "b.txt" that she had made back then. Noelle also notes that she had seen a cat that lowered points. She assumes that Kris may have seen it before, though she believes she may not get a straight answer. As a small fact, she comments that these minigames also return in Cat Petters The RPG.

In a side-note, when Noelle told Catti that she was playing Cat Petters, Catti visited under the assumption that she would be petted.

Her guide alludes to /rarecats/, which features cats of varying rarities. Like /rain/, it is a Silence link that was added on May 9, 2025.

Private blog posts

These two are private posts that only Noelle's friends can see. Noelle writes about Kris and Susie.

In deltarune.com/kris_dreemurr_kris/, Noelle reminisces that Kris used to visit and play every day. They would suddenly excuse themselves to "get a snack", and play the piano. When Noelle would come over to watch, however, Kris would stop playing. Noelle then chose to stay on the couch to listen, and sometimes ended up falling asleep. She admits she is not sure of their friendship, though considers Kris playing the piano a "concert just for [her]".

In deltarune.com/the_n3w3st_g1rl_g1rl/, Noelle recalls a day where she watched Susie bully Kris, and wonders why they do not tell Toriel about this. On that day, she stayed after school to help Alphys clean up, including searching for "mysteriously missing supplies". Afterwards, Noelle decides to stay behind to watch out for Kris. She stays out of sight via "Holiday family ninja style" to see what Susie would do.

When Susie grabbed Kris by their hair, she wanted to do something, but froze. After Kris's unknown comment, Noelle jumped into her locker, fretful that Susie may find her. Once Susie left, Noelle was relieved and spoke out loud, and Kris suddenly opens her locker. Noelle tries to stutter out a hello, but Kris closes her door and leaves. At the end of the post, Noelle comments that she ordered apple-scented shampoo, hoping that wearing it would cause Susie to not bother Kris as much.

Newsletter

In ISSUE 5 - Winter 2024 of the Newsletter, three random Valentine's Day cards were included in the email version of the Newsletter. Noelle only has a single common Valentines card. She expresses "Happy Holidays" to the recipient, from her family. The red hearts border is also decorated with Christmas lights.

Snowman from the Holiday 2024 Newsletter

The ISSUE 8 - Holiday 2024 of the Newsletter has a branch-antlered snowman sprite, which links to Snow, the /snowman/ URL. It is implied to be a letter about a young Noelle her sister, Dess. Even though she is smaller than Kris, she mentions how Dess would always help her win snow angel contests by ensuring she has the biggest wings. Noelle also wishes that it would snow whenever she wanted.

Undertale

Noelle is occasionally referenced in Undertale and its external canon. In the game's Xbox port, Sans references her and Dess in secret dialogue in the Dog Casino, revealing they live in Snowdin Town.

UNDERTALE Alarm Clock

In the Winter UNDERTALE Alarm Clock, Asgore references her in his excerpt, mentioning her peeking shyly around the corner in Rudy's cottage, before mentioning his happiness at her and her sister getting to grow up in the sunlight, mentioning Noelle's kind face and believing she will make many new friends.

An early version of the Winter Alarm Clock dialogue, released for Undertale's 2nd Anniversary, also mentions Noelle, along with her mother. This dialogue shows a less shy version of her, as she greeted Asgore instead of peeking around a corner, and Dess is not mentioned.

UNDERTALE 10th Anniversary Stream

Noelle as seen behind the decorated tree at the center of Snowdin Town

In the UNDERTALE 10th Anniversary Stream, a young Noelle appears behind the decorated tree at Snowdin Town. The appearance of her Undertale counterpart matches the silhouette of her younger self during the DECEMBER puzzle, Berdly's recollection of the spelling bee in Chapter 2, and Tenna's flashback reminisce of the Dreemurrs and Holidays watching shows in Chapter 3.

In battle

Title

Main article: Title § Noelle

Noelle's title in the POWER stats menu changes based on the player's choices and Weird Route progress, some of which involve using her spells.

Stats

Main article: Stats

LV	HP	Attack	Defense	Magic	Guts
1, 2	90-170	3-8	1	11-16	0

Noelle's special stat slots are "Coldness" and "Boldness", with the former's tally being based on the times IceShock was used, and the latter influenced on the route and plot progress.

Spells

Main article: Spell § Noelle

Noelle casting a spell

Noelle can MAGIC, and has an ice-themed mix of attack and support spells.

When casting a spell, Noelle crouches, then stands up and raises her hands, with white sparkles coming out from her hands.

Name	TP	Effect	Availability
Heal Prayer	32%	Heals one ally	Any
Sleep Mist	32%	Removes any Tired enemy in an encounter	Any
IceShock	16%	Damages and Freezes one enemy	Any
SnowGrave	200%	Deals high damage	Versus Berdly in Weird Route

N-Action

Main article: Encounter § Action

Noelle's standard ACT

N-Action costs 0% TP, and functions similarly to Kris's ACT command, where Noelle often performs a different described ACT from Kris. It is selected through her MAGIC menu and is performed independently from Kris's ACT command.

Gallery

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  Noelle's outfit for attending church
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  Party menu portrait
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  Battle menu portrait
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  In battle (normal)
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  In battle (Weird Route)
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  In battle (scared), or being scared out of battle
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  Battle intro animation (normal), or being scared of mice out of battle
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  Battle intro animation (Weird Route)
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  Battle victory animation (normal)
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  Battle victory animation (Weird Route)
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  Hurt (normal)
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  Hurt (Weird Route)
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  Down in battle
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  Attacking (normal)
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  Attacking (Weird Route), using a spell, or SPAREing
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  Using SnowGrave on Berdly
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  Preparing to ACT; unused
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  ACTing
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  Using an item
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  Defending (normal)
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  Defending (Weird Route after getting FreezeRing)
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  Noelle's nurse outfit from "TakeCareX" versus Virovirokun
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  A silhouette of a younger Noelle during Berdly's spelling bee flashback
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  Noelle facing away in Chapter 5's Weird Route
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  An unused Noelle sprite meant for the Winter 2022 Newsletter
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  Toby Fox's concept art of Noelle from 2014 through 2015
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  Temmie Chang's concept art of Noelle in different outfits
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  Noelle's LINE sticker

Trivia

• Noelle's name is one of the names that prompts a unique response from the voice in the introduction during Chapter 1.
• In addition to the strong Christmas theming of her name and design:
  • Noelle offers Kris a candy-cane pencil and "one with lights on it", both of which are associated with Christmas.
  • Noelle can use ice-based magic against enemies in the Dark World; ice and winter are associated with Christmas.
  • Noelle's laugh is occasionally written as "fahaha" which resembles the chorus of "Deck the Halls", a Christmas carol.
• Noelle puts a box with a robotic-looking face painted on it on her head to hide her face from Queen in Cyber City, referencing Queen's threats to roboticize Noelle's face.
• When walking behind a building during the "December" segment, only blue or yellow silhouettes can be seen of Kris and Noelle. When Noelle walks behind one of the buildings, her silhouette appears to be a younger version of herself, possibly because she is reminiscing about her childhood.
• After Noelle obtains the FreezeRing on the Weird Route, several of her battle animations change, specifically the animations for defending, attacking, being hurt, and entering/winning a battle.
• Noelle appears to be a vegetarian, or possibly a vegan. She refuses to eat several meat-based items such as the Darkburger, and her fridge is shown to be stocked exclusively with vegetables. Additionally, she refuses to eat "octopus" when it is offered to her, describing herself as a "soy milk and cookies type of girl". However, her quote for the ExecBuffet implies that she regularly eats caviar, which would make her an ovo vegetarian.
• In Chapter 4 Noelle mentions how her mother would not let her "go Grimdark". While the concept of Grimdark itself originates from Warhammer 40,000, the specific wording "go Grimdark" references Grimdarkness in Homestuck, a specific state where a person is "off the deep end", with their skin turning darker.

Version history

Game edition	Version tag	Changes
Chapter 1 Demo	Initial	Noelle's face sprite had longer hair that was cut off by the bottom of the frame and a wider chin. From Chapter 2 onwards, her hair and chin were tweaked to match her overworld sprite.
Chapter 1&2 Demo	v1.05	Fixed a bug where Noelle would retain her SnowGrave spell if Berdly was spared in his Cyber City battle. Defeating him with IceShock or melee attacks still allows her to retain the spell, however.
	v1.08	Fixed a bug where using Noelle's IceShock on one enemy and sparing the other would cause the encounter to respawn, allowing grinding for infinite AT/Magic.