Hope

Hope is the 9th and final episode of the second season of Glitchtale. A trailer was released on June 25th, 2021, and the full episode premiered on December 3rd, 2021.

WARNING: This page contains spoilers for the episode HOPE.

Plot
The episode begins with Ronan telling Undyne he wants to go check on Rave, since he wasn't responding after Kumuzilla was destroyed. He uses his magic to propel them both off the buidling, joking about how they are even. Undyne decides to head to the school, and Ronan asks her to tell Hugo that he his okay, and his son has always worried about him, but trails off before explaining why. Ronan finds Rave, and Rave assures him that they are all okay. and he tells Raven to charge the Kindness arnicite.

Ronan shares his concerns about Rave's and the other wizards' conditions, and Rave explains that he had to power the Avalon. Ronan, shocked, realizes what happened when Undyne threw her spear. Rave explains that a good leader needs to make sacrifices, and that he wouldn't expect Ronan to understand. He tells Ronan that Undyne knew what the risk was if attack hit them, and she understood the need to make sacrifices, and tells Ronan to thank her on his behalf. Ronan persists about Rave's state, irritating Rave; he insists that he is fine, and before Ronan can respond he is cut off by the large explosion following HATE's awakening after Gaster killed Bête Noire. Behind them, a Kumuling transforms into a blob of HATE; sensing Rave's dual traits, attempts to stab him. Raven attempts to shield Rave but the blob shatters it immediately, with Ronan pushing Rave out of the way, and the HATE covering his soul. The HATE, puppeteering Ronan's body, sends powerful bullets at the group, shattering another one of Raven's shields. Tobias attempts to restrain Ronan, but the HATE snaps Ronan's arm, and Rave commands Tobias to release him. Raven asks him for orders, but Rave is at a loss of what to do.

Inside of Ronan's mind, he awakens into an illusion created by HATE's newfound Fear abilities. Ronan sits by his wife, Zoe Phenix, who sits in a hospital bed. The fake Zoe asks him what's wrong, and that him being cute is distracting. Ronan, initially happy to see his wife, realizes what is happening in the real world and attempts to leave; the fake Zoe quickly becomes demented, reminding Ronan what happened when he left her the last time, her skin melting and revealing her skeleton, revealing Ronan's guilt that Zoe died as soon as he left the room. Ronan screams that he'll stay, and "Zoe" tells him that she will stay alive as long as he doesn't leave her, and she makes Ronan promise that he will stay.

In the real world, Ronan destroys the debris Rave is hiding behind. Raven gives him the charged arnicite, and he tells her and Tobias to make a run for it as Rave attempts to contain Ronan. Ronan attacks, and Rave manages to successfully block the attack, though the shield shatters. Ronan charges another attack with HATE, and it tears through the shield and Rave's body. Rave looks up at Ronan, and apologizes to Noah that he failed. Inside his mind, Ronan apologizes to his wife, and attempts to leave, but due to his guilt, the HATE is able to restrain him. Ronan attempts to blast Rave, but Raven erects a shield, the force blasting Ronan back, and Rave notices that the HATE lost some control of his friend's body. Ronan attempts to escape from the HATE once more, but the now demonic Zoe stabs him the back, letting HATE regain full control. Rave realizes how to help Ronan, but everyone freezes when Hugo and Undyne appear, the former crying for his father. Ronan, with minimal hesitation, attempts to blast his son, and Undyne throws herself in front of the boy. Rave remembers his brother's dying words, and with the last of his strength and magic, hits Ronan's hand, causing him to misfire, and headbutts Ronan, momentarily knocking him out, and removing the HATE from his body. However, the HATE had consumed most of Ronan's magic, and attempts to strike them, swelling in size. Undyne, gathering the last of her DETERMINATION, throws a spear and destroys the blob. Ronan awakens, only to find Raven and Tobias, desperately trying to heal Rave. While Tobias tells Raven that Rave does not have enough energy for them to use to heal them, Raven shows that she is using her own energy to heal him instead. She then reassures a shocked Ronan that he is not at fault, and asks Undyne to carry Rave, and they all head to the hospital.

At the arena, a squad of Kindness wizards arrive, healing Muffet and Grillby. Isabelle watches a group of wizards failing to heal Mettaton. The head healer states that if they don't try something soon, the robot will die.

Outside, in the middle of the demolished fighting area, Toriel, healing Asgore, begins to break down, speaking to him about her motives for leaving the kingdom behind and remaining alone in the Ruins. She states that she couldn’t recognize her own broken emotions, and instead resolved to reside next to Chara, promising to never leave him again, regardless of what was necessary to do so, including allowing the six human children to continue into the Underground. Toriel concludes by stating to Asgore that Bete was wrong about her emotions, as the entire time, she had truly only despised herself, rather than him.

As Asgore regains enough strength for sight and speech, Toriel explains that she understands if he hates her, stating that she had remained hopeless for an extremely great duration, following the conclusion to the war, and had only recently truly understood his emotions, and how he had done everything in pursuit of his kingdom’s betterment.

As Toriel continues to apologize, Asgore speaks to her, stating that nothing could ever shatter their bond together, and apologizes himself for his own actions at the time, stating that he had lost everything that meant the most to him. Toriel quickly responds, stating that Asgore lacks a need to apologize, but is quickly interrupted, as Asgore states that he had never stopped loving her, either. He explains that he’s aware the scars of the past may take a long time to heal, but that he still wishes to be Toriel’s friend to help her through her own. Toriel only smiles, surprised that Asgore isn’t angry with her, to which he responds that he never was and is only happy that they, at last, were able to make up.

The two are then interrupted as an arriving Kindness traited calls from the sidelines, offering assistance. The scene transitions to Mettaton waking up, as the humans around him applaud a traitless man’s efforts in saving him. The man explains that, due to Mettaton’s composition, he is capable of being powered by magical electricity, and that although the solution is merely temporary, it will be sufficient to supply the robot long enough to receive proper reconstruction.

As Isabelle watches Mettaton with relief, the other humans prepare to assist the others within the area. However, before they are able to act, HATE awakens from a distance, causing the sky to become pink and the arena to rumble. Outside, Toriel and Asgore watch, concerned, although unafraid. Asgore states that, regardless of the world’s fate, he’s glad that the two can face it together. Toriel, however, dissuades his concerns, stating that she believes Chara and Asriel can save them.

Meanwhile, within the streets, Chara and Asriel stand together against the opposing HATE. As both sides await a move from the other, Asriel notices the condition of a terrified Papyrus, still holding Gaster, and alerts Chara of the situation. Chara tells Asriel to evacuate them from the area. Asriel, however, argues against leaving Chara alone, causing his brother to turn away from HATE to respond.

The creature immediately recognizes its opportunity and instantly dashing forward, slashing an Inverted Perseverance claw towards an unsuspecting Chara. However, at the last moment, Papyrus activates his telekinesis, pulling Chara away from the claw just in time. Asriel quickly acts, subsequently summoning a fireball and blasting HATE down the street. He quickly agrees with Chara to evacuate the skeletons, adding that he’ll return to his brother immediately after.

As the two brothers agree with the plan, Asriel utilizes a star platform to lift the skeletons away. Chara stands against the opposing creature alone as it materializes a Fear-charged claw. It then thrusts it toward the Determination human. Chara retaliates by summoning a large shield between the two, which is quickly penetrated by the relentless claw. As the weapon’s fingertips begin to grow brighter, Chara suspects a follow-up attack. He subsequently erupts the shield, detaching the claw from HATE just in time for it to explode in the air.

HATE, advancing towards Chara, splits its lower-body to form legs, standing once again against its foe. Chara expresses his worry, recognizing that HATE’s power is already overwhelmingly destructive, and realizes that he lacks any knowledge of its full power. Before he can form a plan, HATE plunges a tentacle within the ground, activating Special Hell. The child barely reacts fast enough, summoning a shield to endure the blast. Chara quickly realizes that the current fighting environment is unsuitable, stating that a larger area is necessary to unleash his full capabilities. Chara quickly begins to sprint down another street as the creature erratically leaps across buildings from behind in pursuit.

The cracks around HATE’s face enlarge drastically, subsequently shattering like a shell, revealing a roaring being of Determination underneath. The being quickly charges a blast of Inverted Justice magic and launches it toward Chara, who narrowly dodges the attack. As the Determination human momentarily attempts to rest, HATE activates an Inverted Integrity attack, using a downward gravitational force upon Chara and harshly slamming him into the ground. As the human struggles against this force, HATE summons a large Inverted Integrity platform and punches it next to Chara with extreme force. Chara is able to summon a spherical shield around himself in time, but the Determination human is launched through the city barrier, crashing in the canyon where Frisk had once fought Bete.

As the HATE leaps towards him, Chara prepares to attack, summoning his blade and charging towards the attacker. As the creature slashes at Chara, the latter swerves underneath, cleanly slicing his blade within HATE’s arm. The creature rapidly slides to the other side of the canyon, immediately summoning an Inverted Patience string, and lashes at Chara, who summons a shield to defend, then latches onto the tendril in order to be thrown directly behind HATE.

Charging all of his Determination and Animosity together, Chara stabs HATE in the chest, activating Special Hell within its body, which brutally erupts it. Following this, Chara, exhausted, lays in the canyon as the sky returns to a natural night. However, moments later, the creature, dawning an even more stable form, rips itself from Chara’s crater and summons a greatsword formed from pure Determination. A red soul becomes apparent within the being as cracks begin to rip across its chest, revealing such. Chara, afraid, summons his weapon and activates his Animosity once more.

As HATE thrusts its blade forward, Chara slams against it, quickly maneuvering to slice HATE across the side of its head. As he prepares a second attack, HATE’s arm grabs Chara’s sword and crushes it. Before the human is able to react, HATE’s leg strikes out, momentarily flipping Chara upside-down. As HATE strikes Chara with his large sword, the human summons a shield to absorb the blow. Regardless, the force sends Chara flying across the canyon, ultimately being caught by an arriving Asriel. The two brothers quickly give each other a look of relief, before refocusing on the enemy.

As HATE awaits an attack, Chara and Asriel summon their blades, quickly launching themselves towards the creature. However, HATE is easily able to deflect the brothers’ attacks, sending Chara launching into the air from blocking an attack. The creature then leaps upwards above him, charging an attack that ultimately shatters his damaged shield and sends him crashing into the ground. HATE charges downwards with its greatsword to finish him, but Asriel manages to rapidly dash across the canyon to grab Chara and pull him away just in time.

HATE, with its sword remaining within the ground, concentrates energy across the floor of the canyon, forcing Asriel to blast himself and Chara into the air. HATE quickly charges towards the two, forcing Asriel to defend. Letting go of his brother, Asriel summons his saber and charges towards HATE, only to be completely deflected and vertically slashed across the body. As Chara stares in horror, HATE pulls back its sword and proceeds to rip it into Asriel’s chest.

As Asriel stares in horror at his state, and slowly begins to dust, he remembers how he had attempted to save Chara from Bete previously, ultimately meeting the identical fate of failure. He realizes, at this point, he still had yet to accomplish anything since. Suddenly, Asriel’s soul shatters as Chara’s Determination fades, causing his Animosity to begin consuming him.

However, as Asriel is about to dust, his soul refuses death. Activating his true potential, Asriel shatters HATE’s greatsword as his body then transforms into a variant of his God of Hyperdeath form. Before the opposing creature is able to react, Asriel grabs its face and charges an attack, blasting it towards the other end of the canyon. HATE rams into the ground, but immediately leaps back up, slamming its fists into Asriel’s. As the two wrestle for power, Asriel is able to push HATE’s right arm away, which is then dismembered by a Determination slash unleashed by an Animosity-boosted Chara. Before HATE is able to retaliate, Asriel dashes behind it, utilizing his saber to slam it into the canyon ground.

The two brothers then reunite on the ground, steadily awaiting HATE’s next move. As the creature once again stands, it dashes towards the brothers, attempting to attack with its greatsword. However, Chara and Asriel, utilizing a knife and saber, respectively, slam against HATE’s blade, effectively restraining it. Chara blasts HATE back by charging an explosion within his knife, and Asriel immediately reacts in coordination, propelling a saber towards HATE, who narrowly avoids it. However, Chara acts quickly, dashing behind HATE and catching Asriel’s weapon.

Asriel then summons a star within HATE’s arm, effectively trapping it. As Chara leaps upwards, intending to slash HATE’s head, it twists itself away and causes his blade to sever its other arm. Freed, the creature quickly twists around, reforming its left arm, and materializing its greatsword again, slamming Chara away. However, Asriel charges toward HATE with a charged Chaos Buster, ducking under a slash intended for his head, and blasts the creature away. As HATE once again stands and reforms its body, Asriel summons an enormous star attack above the creature. It quickly reacts, charging towards the magical formation with its sword, only for Chara to slam through the decoy attack, knife aimed toward HATE. The creature reacts instinctively, only allowing Chara to penetrate its hand, and ultimately be blasted back to the ground, once again.

However, this time, as HATE reaches the canyon floor, it is immediately ripped away toward a summoned Hyper Goner, manifesting all of Asriel’s magic within one structure. HATE, unable to escape the force, latches itself directly outside the jaws of the attack, desperately clinging for life. However, Chara utilizes all of his remaining magic as well to summon a massive quantity of Determination slashes. Directing the attacks forward, the powerful concentration slams HATE into the Hyper Goner, resulting in an enormous explosion across the entire canyon.

As Chara and Asriel awake, the two notice HATE sitting within the center of the canyon, finally and slowly disintegrating from all the accumulated damage. However, before the creature fully ceases to physically exist once again, it charges at and attempts to take Asriel down with it. However, Chara instinctively reacts, firmly standing in front of his brother, acting as a shield to save him. HATE, however, halts its attack upon this sight, merely watching the ground, somberly, before shattering apart.

Chara and Asriel stare together, momentarily perplexed, before chuckling in pure relief. Collapsing to the ground from immense exhaustion, the two agree to rest before returning to the city. As the two lay upon the canyon floor, Chara thanks Asriel for being his brother and the two Dreemurrs cry happily together.

Three days later, Rave awakens within a hospital bed. Sitting up, he sees a preoccupied Ronan, who quickly notices him. After being notified of the city’s survival and ongoing reconstruction, Rave endures immediate guilt for sleeping through everything as district leader, stating that the city requires his presence. Ronan disagrees, however, stating that he had already handled most of Rave’s matters, and requests that he continues to rest.

Rave responds by questioning Ronan’s presence, quickly realizing that he had remained next to him the entire time, waiting for him to awaken. Ronan answers quickly, stating that he hadn’t minded doing so and that Rave required someone to watch over him. Rave, still not understanding, states that others, such as Raven and Tobias, could’ve done that instead. However, he quickly realizes that Ronan had felt the responsibility to do so, due to his guilt of causing the mayhem within the park. Ronan, mutually understanding Rave’s thoughts, merely responds that he’s glad his friend is well.

Following this, Ronan exits Rave’s room to request a nurse. However, as Rave continues to lay in bed, he catches a glimpse of his mother, Grace Rutrow, stepping throughout the hospital. Desiring to speak with her, Rave exits his room, and follows Grace, the latter quickly noticing his presence. She immediately directs her orders to Rave, stating that he’ll be revoking his position as district leader. Her son, clearly agitated, responds that he has already accepted leadership, and handled the situation. Grace, however, belittles Rave for his numerous failures throughout the plan, stating that excessive death and destruction were consequences of his incompetence.

As Rave retaliates, Grace screams in anger that his plan had almost killed himself, causing her son to lose his will to argue against her. Meanwhile, as Grace continues to belittle Rave for his inaction, stating both him and Jessica as incompetent, unreputable leaders, Ronan notices the commotion, quietly entering the hallway. Ultimately, Grace concludes her speech by stating that Rave only possesses the position of district leader because nobody else qualified remains, adding that Noah was only the person who truly deserved the seat, deeply wounding Rave.

However, before Grace is able to leave, a furious Ronan steps forward, protectively in front of Rave, and begins to scold his mother, stating that her son had been successful in protecting many from death. Grace calmly responds, stating that the situation had only become of astronomical danger due to Rave’s incapability. Ronan retaliates, stating that Grace hadn’t seen anything that her son had done, adding that Rave had saved everyone’s lives singlehandedly. Grace attempts to combat this argument, only to be interrupted once again by Ronan, who proclaims Rave’s intense care towards his people and district, going on to state that he would much rather have him as their leader than someone like her, and that her perception of a strong leader is inaccurate.

Grace, defeated, silently exits the hospital. As Ronan turns to face his friend, Rave, the latter is exhausted and collapses into his arms. As Ronan carries his friend back towards his room, he states that he’ll be willing to assist Rave through all of his matters as district leader, promising to forever act as his friend, to which Rave warmly agrees.

Meanwhile, in another room, Gaster awakens in a bed. Sitting upwards, he watches a resting Papyrus, who also quickly awakens and notices Gaster conscious. As Papyrus states that he now feels far more energized than previously, Gaster immediately apologizes for his past actions, stating that he had hurt his son, despite possessing the responsibility of protecting him. Papyrus, however, dismisses the apology, stating that many issues arose due to his incompetence involving his own lack of violent intent, and explains that, if he had been more willing to inflict harm upon his enemies, Sans could’ve lived longer.

As Gaster listens to Papyrus’ words, he experiences a memory from his past, regarding an incident in which he had once attempted to utilize violence to solve his problems, ending incredibly unsuccessful. Accepting his responsibility as a father, Gaster speaks up to Papyrus, stating that everything he had done had only ensured the safety and wellbeing of others, adding that his kindness had allowed Sans a final opportunity to see their family together.

Gaster continues by explaining that, although Papyrus does not possess exceptional power, his true strength derives from his voice of reason, and that he would always be present to assist his friends and family whenever necessary. He adds that Papyrus had been the single reason that Gaster had managed to escape his darkness. Gaster concludes himself by stating that he’s proud of who Papyrus has become, requesting for his son to never change his ways. Papyrus, overwhelmed by emotion, subsequently rushes to tearfully hug Gaster, who willingly accepts.

Much later, at a house near the outskirts of the city, Asgore is visiting the home for dinner and seats himself at a table with Toriel, who humbly allows him to visit any time. Meanwhile, Chara concludes a call with Ronan, who is supposedly attempting to recruit Chara for the district’s new Wizard Council. Toriel compliments her adoptive son, stating that he has grown significantly, and questions if he intends to consider the man’s offer. While Chara initially portrays unease, Asriel reassures him, promising that they’ll make the world a better place.

Hours later, as Chara and Asriel gaze at the night sky, alone, Chara expresses his nervousness regarding the future, stating that he had never expected for him and monsterkind to be living happily together, once again. Portraying immense guilt for his past actions, Chara questions if he deserves an optimistic fate. Asriel responds readily, stating that if he believes Chara deserves a greater future, his brother should believe so as well, to which Chara uneasily accepts.

Asriel expresses his optimism for the future, stating that he and Chara could live happily, however they wish. Although Chara’s unease persists, he agrees, stating that, for the first time in an extremely long while, he, at last, possesses hope.

As the credits roll, a multitude of scenes, taking place across a significant time period, are presented, including lighthearted interactions between many characters. Ultimately, however, the credits focus on the constitutional ceremony of the district’s Wizard Council, consisting of Hugo, Robin, Seth, Zachary, Lily, Abigail, and a currently unknown traitless girl. Following the children’s official enlistment, the scene shows Chara and Asriel both being at the ceremony, and then concludes upon a close view of Chara’s heart locket, displaying a portion of the Deltarune.

Following this, an after-credits scene is presented. Gaster, within a room, alone, appears to be suffering from mental insanity. As he looks up, terrified, towards the room’s mirror, a monstrous figure begins to form behind him, clutching his shoulders as the mirror begins to crack. Within the final moments of the scene, a physically uncomposed creature resembling Gaster, presently wracked with insanity, is shown to be glitching above him.

Notable Information

 * Camila revealed a photo of Bête Noire saying "Did you really hate him that much?" referring to the Hate episode.
 * An official soundtrack for the episode, named "Hatred Horror", was released by NyxtheShield.
 * Camila made a speedpaint of Chara fighting HATE.
 * HATE, in its third phase, has its own determination soul and powers. These abilities are not from previous hosts, but are its own abilities.
 * In HATE's third phase, it can only use its own powers, not the powers of its past hosts.