Pirate Gaster

2026viral videotrending

Published August 3, 2026

Pirate Gaster is a Deltarune fan art trend that recasts the cryptic W.D. Gaster as a pirate captain with a crew of obscure game characters. It started on X/Twitter in late June 2026 through a viral video by user drit__ and spread across TikTok and YouTube over the following weeks.

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Overview

Pirate Gaster is a fan-made character concept and video trend built around the cryptic Deltarune figure W.D. Gaster, who fans reimagine as a pirate captain with a crew drawn from other obscure game characters1. The crew typically includes the Roaring Knight, Normal NPC as a shoulder parrot, Friend, Aqua and other figures tied to fan theories about the shelter beneath Deltarune's map6.

The trend blends actual game material, especially the "Pirate Dojo" track from Deltarune: Chapter 5, with speculative theories that surfaced after that chapter's release6. Artists put Gaster in tricorn hats and coats while his crew fills pirate-crew roles, connecting to a separate fan theory that Normal NPC butchered the ocean character Onion for the takoyaki sold at the Festival6.

Origin & Background

Platform
X/Twitter (viral spread on TikTok and YouTube)
Creator
drit__
Date
2026

The trend started with a June 27, 2026 X/Twitter video from user drit__, showing Kris, Susie and Noelle stumbling onto a pirate ship crewed by Gaster along with Normal NPC, Friend, Aqua and the Roaring Knight1. The clip used the "Pirate Dojo" music from Deltarune: Chapter 5 as its backing track and pulled in over 3.6 million views, 53,000 likes and 10,000 retweets in ten days6.

After the post blew up, drit__ wrote lyrics for "Pirate Dojo" describing Gaster's pirate transformation, which prompted a June 30, 2026 sea shanty cover by X user DrakeTheroux that reached 2.9 million views and 36,000 likes in a week2.

How It Spread

The DrakeTheroux shanty cover became the go-to audio for a wave of animation memes on TikTok and YouTube. On July 1, 2026, X artist LeanaLeabian posted their own Pirate Gaster illustration, which pulled over 400,000 views, 12,000 likes and 1,800 retweets in six days4.

TikTok caught on the next day when ge.adelade uploaded an animation meme set to the Pirate Gaster song on July 2, 2026, hitting 38,900 likes and 300 comments in five days3. YouTube animator Origami Yume Nikki dropped a fan animation titled "Pirate Gaster [DELTARUNE 3D Animation]" that same day, reaching 30,000 views, 2,100 likes and 100 comments over five days5.

Pirate Gaster also became a running joke about Deltarune fans losing their grip while waiting for new content, with posters framing the elaborate crew mythology as proof that the fandom can still spiral into theory-crafting even after fresh chapter releases6.

How to Use This Meme

Fan artists typically draw Gaster in a tricorn hat and pirate coat, surrounded by a crew pulled from Deltarune's obscure supporting cast. Common conventions include placing Normal NPC as a shoulder parrot, adding the Roaring Knight and Friend to the crew, and using either the "Pirate Dojo" track or DrakeTheroux's shanty cover as the audio for animation memes2.

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