I'm Wing Gaster, the Royal Scientist — Pixelated Gaster introducing himself as Wing Gaster, the royal scientist, in an Undertale-style scene.

I'm Wing Gaster, the Royal Scientist

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Published November 2, 2026

A line from the 2016 Undertale fan game Undertale: Battle Mode in which W.D. Gaster introduces himself before the player shoves him down a hole. Years after the game's release, fans turned the awkward introduction and abrupt defeat into a running Undertale joke, and by late 2023 X and Reddit users were spreading screenshots and voice-overed edits of the scene.

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Overview

I'm Wing Gaster, the Royal Scientist refers to a scripted introduction line delivered by a version of W.D. Gaster, called "Wing Gaster," in the Undertale fan game Undertale: Battle Mode by GameJolt user yosheDev1. In the scene, Gaster announces himself to the player, then gets shoved down a hole seconds later, which fans later recut as a joke about how little dignity the character gets2.

The meme typically takes two shapes. One is the static screenshot of Gaster's name box and dialogue, often reposted on Reddit or X with a sarcastic caption treating the fan game moment as if it were canon3. The other is a short video edit that acts out the line in a dub voice and then cuts to Gaster plummeting, with YouTubers like Beethovenus and dominicfox101 making popular versions in late 2023 and early 202445.

Origin & Background

Platform
GameJolt (source), X / Reddit (viral spread)
Creator
yosheDev
Date
2016

On November 22nd, 2016, GameJolt user yosheDev released Undertale: Battle Mode, a fan game of custom Undertale-style boss fights1. One of those fights opens with the character Wing Gaster introducing himself as the Royal Scientist, after which the player pushes him down a hole and the battle ends. The scene went mostly unnoticed outside the game's own audience for years, even as the project's GameJolt page kept racking up views.

The wider internet first saw the line through a YouTube playthrough posted on June 28th, 2019 by Merg, where the Wing Gaster encounter appears around the 12:21 mark6. The clip is the one most meme edits later cite as a source for the voice line and the push animation.

How It Spread

The meme took off in late 2023 on Reddit and X. On September 2nd, 2023, u/hollow_masterblock posted a screenshot of the scene with an added speech bubble to /r/Deltarune, captioned "this scene was fucking crazy in chapter 6," and picked up more than 500 upvotes3. Later that month, on September 25th, X user @coltonscoolMAIN included the screenshot in a thread of "fucked up deltarune edit" images, where it got over 1,600 likes7.

Two months later, on November 25th, X user @twtyouzrs0le replied to a post claiming Gaster's first name is "WindDing" by posting the same screenshot, which collected more than 440 likes8. On December 26th, YouTuber Beethovenus uploaded a voice-overed edit where Gaster reads the line and then falls off the cliff, drawing over 99,100 views in two months4. On December 31st, X user @Agrimmora wrote a widely liked post complaining that the fan game ends with you fighting the creators' self-inserts, which got over 3,300 likes9.

The scene kept getting reworked into 2024. On January 18th, 2024, YouTuber dominicfox101 posted a reanimation of Beethovenus' video that passed 40,000 views in a month5. The same day, Redditor u/ERR0RakaDeadK4t posted a /r/Undertale meme titled "Wing Shop" that referenced the scene and collected over 2,400 upvotes10.

Timeline

2016-11-22

GameJolt user yosheDev releases Undertale: Battle Mode, which contains the Wing Gaster boss fight.

2019-06-28

YouTuber Merg uploads a playthrough showing the Wing Gaster scene at 12:21.

2023-09-02

Redditor u/hollow_masterblock posts the screenshot to /r/Deltarune with a chapter 6 caption.

2023-09-25

X user @coltonscoolMAIN shares the screenshot in a Deltarune edit thread.

2023-11-25

X user @twtyouzrs0le uses the screenshot to answer a post about Gaster's first name.

2023-12-26

YouTuber Beethovenus posts a voice-overed edit of the scene with Gaster being pushed off.

2024-01-18

Dominicfox101 posts a reanimation of the Beethovenus edit; u/ERR0RakaDeadK4t posts the "Wing Shop" meme to /r/Undertale.

How to Use This Meme

Posters typically share either a cropped screenshot of Gaster's name tag and dialogue box or a short edit that plays the voice line before cutting to the push. The common convention is to treat the awkward fan game moment as if it were a serious Undertale lore reveal, often by captioning it as a scene from a real chapter of Deltarune or by pairing it with a post that misstates Gaster's name.

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