DELTARUNE and the Fourth Wall || THE DEVICE THEORY [PART 1: SURVEY_PROGRAM]

a simple theory video about DELTARUNE, turned into an existential disaster of an analysis. join me as i seek to answer how DELTARUNE may be using the fourth wall to further its message and themes, through examining how UNDERTALE did it, applying it to both demos of DELTARUNE so far and exploring the many secrets, easter eggs, and oddities contained within, as well as making my best attempt at a character analysis of The Man HIMself Gaster along the way.
i promise you, there's a solid theory in here somewhere...

CHAPTERS:
0:00 0 - intro
11:47 I - UNDERTALE
31:25 II - SURVEY_PROGRAM
1:33:51 Part 1 end

PART 1: N/A
PART 2:    • DELTARUNE and the Fourth Wall || THE ...  
PART 3:    • DELTARUNE and the Fourth Wall  || THE...  

UNDERTALE/DELTARUNE:
undertale.com
deltarune.com

mollystars:
-other channel: ‪@molly__m‬
-twitter:   / m0llystars  
-tumblr:   / m0llystars  
-bandcamp: https://mollystars.bandcamp.com/

a particular thank you to:
‪@HalfBreadChaos‬
Space Core
DELTARUNE/UNDERTALE Wikis
The Cutting Room Floor
DELTARUNE theorist community as a whole. u are all utterly insane. i lov y'all

music used (in order):
18 Carat Affair - Microinequities
Nightmargin - Phosphor
Omori - Calm
Toby Fox - ANOTHER HIM
Hideki Okugawa - Killing Moon
Toby Fox - Uwa!! So Temperate♫
Toby Fox - Ghost Fight
Toby Fox - Amalgam
Toby Fox - Snowy
Toby Fox - Hotel
Toby Fox - Premonition
Toby Fox - Chill
Toby Fox - Gaster's Theme
Toby Fox - smile.ogg
Toby Fox - Small Shock (Genocide Ver.)
Toby Fox - ANOTHER HIM (again)
   • Toby Fox - ANOTHER HIM { mollystars N...  
Toby Fox - Hip Shop
Toby Fox - Quiet Autumn
Toby Fox - Cliffs
Toby Fox - The Door
Toby Fox - Thrash Machine
Nightmargin - Someplace I Know
Toby Fox - Empty Town
Toby Fox - Cliffs (again)
Toby Fox - Before the Story
Nightmargin - A God's Machine
Nightmargin - On Little Cat Feet
Toby Fox - Hip Shop (again)
Toby Fox - Vs. Lancer
Toby Fox - April 2012
Toby Fox - Darkness Falls
Toby Fox - Weird Birds
Toby Fox - man.ogg
Toby Fox - Card Castle
Toby Fox - The Circus
Toby Fox - Lantern
Toby Fox - THE WORLD REVOLVING
Toby Fox - The Circus (in-game ver.)
Toby Fox - Lantern
Nightmargin - The Prophecy
BAKGROUND - THANKS FOR PLAYING
100 gecs - dumbest girl alive
Toby Fox - THE HOLY
Toby Fox - You Can Always Come Home
Toby Fox - Don't Forget
Toby Fox - Dogcheck (DELTARUNE)

videos/sources used or mentioned aside from my footage (order of first usage):
-source of the quotes i put up when talking about the fourth wall: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_...
-Imscared - A Pixelated Nightmare (Full Game) (The Librarian)
-UNDERTALE (Full Genocide Run, No Commentary) (Lil'Alien)
-Undertale: Flowey on Saving Toriel after restarting your save file (Rynny Ryn)
-Undertale: Reset Conversations (stormoftara)
-Undertale - All Neutral Endings (Piecemeal)
-What was so good about UNDERTALE, anyway? (A mildly deranged retrospective) (Andrew Cunningham)
-Undertale: River Man - Beware The Man Who Speaks In Hands... (NMGames)
-Undertale - Release Trailer - Nintendo Switch (Nintendo of America)
-Undertale - Mad Mew Mew (Full Boss Fight) - SPOILERS for Switch version (Todd Christiansen)
-UNDERTALE Sans' Room Easter Egg + Secret Workshop (LaidesMan)
-Undertale - Clam Goner (Faxz)
-source for talking about the Japanese translation of the Goner Maker: https://suzyundertale.tumblr.com/post...
-UNDERTALE 6th Anniversary So We Play DELTARUNE Chapter 1 For Some Reason - LIVE! (Fangamer)
-source for talking about UNDERTALE'S UI:   / 1360297285159186432  
-LV is not LOVE in Deltarune (HalfBreadChaos)
-Why Does Kris have a Save File in Deltarune? (HalfBreadChaos)
-Is Skies Forever Blue Foreshadowing for Deltarune? (HalfBreadChaos)
-Deltarune Chapter 2 - Gameover Screen and "Give up" (Alsart Savience)
-DELTARUNE / Spamton Character Analysis / A Nuanced Tragedy (JaruJaruJ)