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| “ | Despite everything, it's still you. | „ |
| ~ The narrator (assumed to be Chara) explaining the Player's actions. |
| “ | No matter the struggles or hardships you faced... you strived to do the right thing. you refused to hurt anyone. even when you ran away, you did it with a smile. You never gained LOVE, but you gained love. | „ |
| ~ Sans, judging Frisk's actions with no EXP gained. |
Frisk is the main protagonist of the 2015 indie-game Undertale. After climbing Mount Ebott, they fell into the Underground and now they must make their way out to escape from there. Although a heroic character on the True Pacifist and most Neutral Routes, they can become the game's protagonist-villain if the player decides to go for the Genocide Route and exterminate monsterkind.
Appearance[]
Frisk is a young human child whose age, gender and ethnicity are unknown. They have brown hair with a bit of bangs. Frisk also has a blank expression, though the game sometimes describes they are making other expressions. They wear a striped light magenta and blue shirt, blue pants, and brown shoes.
Personality[]
Throughout the game, Frisk is portrayed as a "silent protagonist". Depending on how the player wants to play and the choices they make, they can be good or evil. If they choose to be merciful and pacifistic, Frisk will act caring and friendly to the monsters in the underground, and these good deeds can lead them to becoming friends with all the monsters in there, including those who are willing to kill Frisk.
As a pacifist, Frisk not only cares about just escaping from the underground, but also appears to care about developing a friendship with everyone they encounter, talking and hanging out with them and solving their problems, even if that slows down their progress to leave the underground.
Story[]
The game starts with Frisk falling into the Underground. After waking up from their fall, they come across a flower named Flowey who greets them and introduces himself to Frisk. Flowey explains to Frisk how LV (LOVE) works and proceeds to share some "love" with them by telling them to catch his "Friendliness Pellets". Frisk can either accept these or avoid them, either result in Flowey chuckling evilly (or grinning menacingly) and revealing his true colors as he attempts to kill them by revealing the pellets are bullets, only for a female monster to intervene and rescue Frisk.
The Ruins[]
Toriel hugging Frisk before letting them leave the Ruins
Toriel introduces herself to Frisk as the caretaker of the Ruins and guides them there. She gives Frisk a cell phone to call her if they need help in solving some puzzles which will lead them to Toriel's house. Once there, Toriel treats Frisk as her child, giving them a room with toys, serving them pie and helping them with whatever they're doing. If Frisk asks Toriel for how to leave the Ruins, she will attempt to destroy the only door to the rest of underground and refuses to let them leave unless they prove they are strong enough to survive. Should Frisk spare Toriel instead of fight her, she will try to make them realize that what she is doing is for their safety, only to understand how unhappy they would be in the Ruins should Frisk be disallowed from leaving. She lets Frisk leave, but not without giving them a hug. If instead defeated through violence, Toriel will either warn Frisk about a monster named Asgore and how they can't let him succeed in his plan (if simply fought like a normal enemy), or call Frisk out by accusing them of being no better than the monsters outside the Ruins (if the player keeps sparing Toriel long enough to reach the stage where she can be spared, only to kill her anyway).
Snowdin[]
Papyrus gives Frisk another puzzle to solve.
As Frisk continues their journey, they meet Sans, and later Papyrus, two skeleton brothers who make puzzles for Frisk to solve them and proceed. Following his dreams of becoming a royal guard, Papyrus battles Frisk near the end of Snowdin to capture and bring them to Undyne, a battle which he loses after Frisk either kills him or spares him by showing kindness (and optionally flirting). If spared, a depressed Papyrus lets Frisk leave, but not before offering the human a chance to come visit his house for either a date or a friendly hangout, depending on the player's choices. If you visit his house, Frisk can explore the house as they see fit (excluding Sans's room), until they go to Papyrus' room to start the date/hangout. The date/hangout will always succeed as Papyrus interprets everything as a sign of attraction/friendship, and "realises" Frisk cares too much about him for their own good, and decides to let them leave, before giving them his phone number to keep contact.
Waterfall[]
Frisk gives Undyne a glass of water
In Waterfall, Frisk is chased by Undyne, the leader of the Royal Guard, who tries to kill Frisk and give their soul to Asgore so he can break the barrier and thus bring back freedom to the monsters again. However, despite her skills, her goal is constantly foiled by either Frisk escaping from her or the Monster Kid interrupting during the chase. Once Frisk is near the entrance to Hotland, Undyne will waiting to tell the protagonist about what she thinks about humans; Her dialogue will change depending on the player actions. A battle between Frisk and Undyne starts in which Undyne can't be spared through normal means, forcing Frisk to either kill her or flee from the battle, the latter resulting in Undyne chasing them again through Hotland until they get near to the Lab. Undyne will be defeated because of the temperature there and Frisk has the options to give her a glass of water or not. If they do, then Undyne will get up and leave.
Hotland[]
Frisk meets Alphys and Mettaton too.
Frisk finds the Lab and meets Alphys, a scientist lizard-like monster who was spying on them since Frisk left the ruins. She tells Frisk how they grew to care for them after seeing them adventure, but the conversation is interrupted by Mettaton, Alphys' robot and a celebrity well known in the underground. Mettaton then puts Frisk in a quiz, but Alphys, knowing about Mettaton's intentions, doesn't hesitate in helping Frisk to solve each question, save for one about whom she is in love with (where every option is a correct one, for one reason or another). When the quiz is finally solved, Mettaton leaves, but won't rest until he kills Frisk in order to take their soul. Alphys worries about Frisk with Mettaton on the loose and offers to help them to get to the CORE by hacking the system of lasers and activating new routes for them. She also updates Frisk's phone and adds her number phone to it. However, Mettaton appears every moment to stop Frisk by putting them in different situations and obstacles while involving his own TV show and audience.
The CORE[]
Frisk faces Mettaton for the last time.
After dealing with Mettaton several times, Frisk enters the Core and deals with plenty of bounty hunters appearing everywhere. It's not until they are about to get to the elevator and are stopped by the last obstacle, Mettaton, that he reveals that all this time, Alphys planned everything since they met in the Lab and everything Mettaton did in order to trap Frisk were just fake threats so Alphys could be the heroine and save the human from him, as she was just helping them because she wanted to be part of their adventure. However, this doesn't stop Mettaton from revealing his true motive towards Frisk and traps him in a door to engage them without Alphys. Mettaton reveals that he wants to kill Frisk so he can get their soul and escape to the surface, thus preventing Asgore from starting a new war against humans so Mettaton can become a superstar there. Alphys calls the protagonist and gives them the instruction to flip the switch on Mettaton's back to make him vulnerable, which also reveals Mettaton's true form, Mettaton EX.
Mettaton starts the final battle. To defeat him by ways other than violence, Frisk must raise the ratings of the show as much as possible, and Mettaton will lose his arms and legs by small attacks. Afterwards, Mettaton is convinced that this has been the best episode of his show and starts to receive calls from fans, the first being Napstablook, his own cousin, who is happy to know that it is thanks to Mettaton's show the people of the underground can find a source of entertainment. Then Mettaton starts to receive calls from many of his fans, with each of those motivational calls making Mettaton realize how valuable he is to the underground. He decides to stay and let Frisk get to Asgore's castle, stating he believes in Frisk being able to defeat Asgore, before finally deactivating. Alphys enters the room and checks on Mettaton, only to reveal that he simply ran out of battery power. She tells Frisk Mettaton is going to be ok and apologizes for not telling them before about her plans before they proceed to the elevator to New Home.
New Home[]
Upon reaching New Home, Frisk will encounter monsters they fought in the past as they tell them an old story about the war between Humans and Monsters and the tragedy of the Dreemurr Family. As Frisk proceeds forward, the player learns more about the main reason the monsters were sealed on Mt. Ebott by the humans and Asgore's obsession with breaking the Barrier so he can restart the war again. Afterwards, they find Asgore's house and look for a key to open a padlock. Further forward, Frisk enters the throne room and meets Asgore Dreemurr. He initially thinks it's someone else, but then realizes it's a human. Knowing what's next, Asgore goes to the barrier where he and Frisk can fight. Asgore proceeds to start the battle, saying it was great to meet Frisk and gives a farewell to them because Asgore knew he had to kill the last human to break the barrier. When fighting Asgore, it's impossible to spare him, because prior to the battle, he destroys the MERCY button, perhaps because after all the misdeeds he caused (such as killing the children to get their souls), he didn't want to be pardoned. However, once Asgore is depleted to low health, a cracked MERCY button appears, and the player has the option to kill him or spare him. Even if he is spared, Flowey will interfere and kill him anyway.
When Frisk finally defeats Asgore, he expresses his agony over everything he did before Frisk first fell into the underground. A pitiful Asgore only asks to see his wife and his son once again. Frisk has two options of sparing or killing Asgore, if the player chooses to spare him, he gets confused over being shown mercy despite everything he has put Frisk through, but becomes happy telling them he can be their father and look after him with his wife as a family in the underground. However, bullets appear from nowhere and kill Asgore quickly. Flowey reveals himself as the murderer of Asgore and takes the souls from him.
Frisk soon enters a fight with Flowey, who turns into Photoshop Flowey. Eventually the fight will end with Frisk freeing the six human souls from Flowey's control. In return, the souls help Frisk in finishing off Flowey and destroying his Photoshop form.
Frisk then has the luxury of deciding Flowey's fate. If Flowey is killed, Flowey, smiling triumphantly, laughs that he knew Frisk had the potential to kill. Flowey then dies, turning into a normal, wilted flower. If Frisk spares him, however, Flowey tries to convince Frisk to kill him, only to be refused death. Ultimately, Flowey breaks down crying that he can't understand why Frisk is being so nice. Broken and defeated, Flowey flees, and Frisk presumably leaves the underground - However, given that they don't have a monster SOUL, which is required to cross it, it remains unknown what happened.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- Naming the fallen human "Frisk" initiates Hard Mode.
- If the player opts for a Genocide run, Frisk will change from a good and caring child into a merciless serial killer by the player's actions, who kills anyone on sight.
- Frisk may have earned their English name from the term "frisky".
- Toby Fox said that he kept Frisk's gender ambiguous on purpose so that the player can choose it, due to Frisk's role as a blank slate who the player can project onto.
- It is unknown how old Frisk is; they are usually referred to as "kid", which means they are not a teen, but they are also said to not like toys, and that at least the monsters expect that they know how to write at their age. Frisk is likely between 9 and 13 years old.
- (If Toby fox ever makes a sequel sometime soon and uses how many years it's been since the original released Frisk would probably be 16-20)
- The word "frisk" can mean "to skip or leap playfully; to frolic".
External Links[]
- Frisk on the Villains Wiki
- Frisk on the Undertale Wiki
- Frisk on the Inconsistently Admirable Wiki
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