Is gaster really who we think he is?

[Jorclai]

is he really spr_mysteryman0?

[Weeblebeeb]

?

[filler text]

He really is a mystery man. Luumminati cenfiredmed

[Surreal]

This is stupid.

[Weeblebeeb]

Originally posted by Surreal:

This is stupid.

[scott chegg]

My theory is that Gaster created Sans and Papyrus and that broken machine in Sans' back workshop is the machine Gaster made to create them or the machine that gives Sans the ability to teleport

[Absolution]

There's no evidence that the sprite people refer to as Gaster, actually is. Zero.

Personally, I leave Gaster as a subject the hell alone. You're not going to find any answers, only increasingly annoying questions.

[GooglyMoogly!]

Gaster is the programmer, or the game itself. He was present during the creation of the game's central driving conflict, but then was banished once the world didn't need him anymore

He represents how the coding and developer him or herself goes invisible once their game reaches the audience. It's not about them anymore, but the world and the player's interaction with that world

[Not_Shrigs]

Gaster was a tall goat skeleton

[Soleil]

Originally posted by Absolution:

There's no evidence that the sprite people refer to as Gaster, actually is. Zero.

Not true. There are many hints that link the Mystery Man to Gaster.

In the game's files, there's an enemy called Gaster (that can't be encountered) whose stats are all 6666's. The "fun" value required to even encounter the door to the Mystery Man is 66. Also, all "fun" events in the 60's have some relationship to Gaster, as they are the Gaster Follower events and the Sound Test room (with Gaster's Theme).

Furthermore, in the official Undertale Tarot Cards, the Gaster card uses the Mystery Man's design.

[Absolution]

...there's Tarot cards?
Hmm.

[Foster]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S8vOSUQpuU

You saying that just reminded me of this guy.

[Soleil]

Originally posted by Absolution:

...there's Tarot cards?
Hmm.

Yep, for the official merchandise on Fangamer.
http://www.fangamer.com/products/undertale-tarot-cards

Here's the entire collection.
http://dogbomber.tumblr.com/post/132310526044/here-it-is-the-full-set-of-undertale-tarot-cards

To be fair, since most of the artwork is done by fan artists, the designs for certain characters are ambiguous, there's stuff like Sans's slippers being portrayed in several color types, and Papyrus's arm bones being white or black or black sleeves.

Even though the game heavily hints at Mystery Man = Gaster and this particular artist chose for Gaster's design to be Mystery Man's, it can still be open to interpretation.

[That Guy]

Well, there's no confirmation yet that Mistery Man = Gaster, but....for now we just go on with it until Toby confirms if Gaster = Mistery man or not

[SandDollar11]

Originally posted by Sansy_gamer729:

is he really spr_mysteryman0?

The term itself may refer to an unwanted sprite (or character for this matter) in the game, like if Gaster was going to be a character, but then the idea was scrapped by Toby Fox.

[SandDollar11]

Originally posted by BoReece1335:

he is related to sans / pap eiather a 3rd bro or a parent or somthing

lol kinda reminds me of the Strider family