I don't wanna be the type of person who ruins peoples fun but making a character design "Tobycore" doesn't mean you can just throw out basic character design principles and color theory. I'm not gonna point fingers at any posts that may have brought this to my mind but god its annoying to see...
October 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I don't wanna be the type of person who ruins peoples fun but making a character design "Tobycore" doesn't mean you can just throw out basic character design principles and color theory. I'm not gonna point fingers at any posts that may have brought this to my mind but god its annoying to see...
People saying the Tenna design isn't "tobycore" are stupid because it's quite literally from Toby Fox.
April 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
People saying the Tenna design isn't "tobycore" are stupid because it's quite literally from Toby Fox.
a tobycore female character gotta have a few expressions that range from bewildered to crazed looking especially if it was actually designed by him n not someone else in the team
August 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
a tobycore female character gotta have a few expressions that range from bewildered to crazed looking especially if it was actually designed by him n not someone else in the team
Don't worry it's very tobycore.
*looks at the SOUL sprites*
*looks at the SOUL sprites*
October 22, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Don't worry it's very tobycore.
*looks at the SOUL sprites*
*looks at the SOUL sprites*
"Tobycore" was basically this label used to brand fanworks as "true" to Toby's style/vision/etc, while mocking those that deviated by preset ideas of what's faithful to Toby's approach to art, music, and storytelling.
June 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"Tobycore" was basically this label used to brand fanworks as "true" to Toby's style/vision/etc, while mocking those that deviated by preset ideas of what's faithful to Toby's approach to art, music, and storytelling.
|| we dont need to be tobycore we just need to enjoy it and if you are doing that then it all comes naturally.
August 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
|| we dont need to be tobycore we just need to enjoy it and if you are doing that then it all comes naturally.
toby is possibly the most tobycore guy ever nobody does it like he does
I tried to draw a roast chicken but I forgot what it looked like.
November 16, 2024 at 1:31 AM
toby is possibly the most tobycore guy ever nobody does it like he does
tobycore swap papyrus designs
January 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
tobycore swap papyrus designs
"tobycore, utsc, alternate timeline, ts!underswap ripoff, reclaimed, better storyshift, swapspinshiftfe-"
August 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
"tobycore, utsc, alternate timeline, ts!underswap ripoff, reclaimed, better storyshift, swapspinshiftfe-"
Like I don't mean it in a tobycore sense I just mean Toby isn't forgetful when it comes to story and knows to change things to better fit the narrative, why do people think he altered that one Weird Route scene multiple times
July 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Like I don't mean it in a tobycore sense I just mean Toby isn't forgetful when it comes to story and knows to change things to better fit the narrative, why do people think he altered that one Weird Route scene multiple times
there's sooo many times where toby writes something very deliberately and the fans are just like "haha classic toby, just throwing in whatever he wants with no meaning because it's funny! tobycore toby moment! also this one tumblr shitpost about toy story WILL be integral to the story just trust me"
berdly's character arc is just as interesting as the main trio of lighteners. he's written to be hateable but not to the point where you'd actually kill him. which is why the snowgrave route is so... chilling. but deltarune fans famously cannot read!
April 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
there's sooo many times where toby writes something very deliberately and the fans are just like "haha classic toby, just throwing in whatever he wants with no meaning because it's funny! tobycore toby moment! also this one tumblr shitpost about toy story WILL be integral to the story just trust me"
This is really why the "Pine is Tobycore" crap is such a bummer because like. No? I don't believe or subscribe to the idea that anything UTDR needs to strictly adhere to Toby's style or whatever, I'm not even sure where that came from
Pretty much all of my favorite projects are differently styled...
Pretty much all of my favorite projects are differently styled...
June 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This is really why the "Pine is Tobycore" crap is such a bummer because like. No? I don't believe or subscribe to the idea that anything UTDR needs to strictly adhere to Toby's style or whatever, I'm not even sure where that came from
Pretty much all of my favorite projects are differently styled...
Pretty much all of my favorite projects are differently styled...
the whole "tobycore" thing is such a prevalent mindset in the community but it's kind of toxic, almost every major moment in undertale AND deltarune work because they're either heavy subversions of classic rpg tropes or they're actively breaking the rules of what you thought possible!!
June 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
the whole "tobycore" thing is such a prevalent mindset in the community but it's kind of toxic, almost every major moment in undertale AND deltarune work because they're either heavy subversions of classic rpg tropes or they're actively breaking the rules of what you thought possible!!
and the art style too is at least for a direct prequel off a little? it has a ton of very very splendid art but for Undertale and toby’s style it feels off. I normally hate the idea of “not tobycore enough” but as a direct prequel it feels slightly jarring, that is also what I know most of it tho
January 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
and the art style too is at least for a direct prequel off a little? it has a ton of very very splendid art but for Undertale and toby’s style it feels off. I normally hate the idea of “not tobycore enough” but as a direct prequel it feels slightly jarring, that is also what I know most of it tho
i feel the term tobycore is an extension of that and i hate it so much for that reason. why do some people still think that undertale looked bad the game is genuinely beautiful a lot of the time???
its so weird i genuinely don't get it
its so weird i genuinely don't get it
July 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
i feel the term tobycore is an extension of that and i hate it so much for that reason. why do some people still think that undertale looked bad the game is genuinely beautiful a lot of the time???
its so weird i genuinely don't get it
its so weird i genuinely don't get it
GOD I’M SO GLAD “TOBYCORE” IS DEAD.
June 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
GOD I’M SO GLAD “TOBYCORE” IS DEAD.
tobycore vs mcpig's vision
June 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
tobycore vs mcpig's vision
I was looking through my sprite program to clean out a bunch of stuff, and I found an old unused design for FLORALSHUFFLE (3rd image). This was gonna be the Tasque Manager swapped with Clover I believe? Her name was Lynxin Leader. Read the Alt text for better context. #Deltarune #Deltaswap
September 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I was looking through my sprite program to clean out a bunch of stuff, and I found an old unused design for FLORALSHUFFLE (3rd image). This was gonna be the Tasque Manager swapped with Clover I believe? Her name was Lynxin Leader. Read the Alt text for better context. #Deltarune #Deltaswap
@shadowkristal.bsky.social fixed your tenna. added a bit more "tobycore" "soul" to the design
December 7, 2024 at 3:56 AM
@shadowkristal.bsky.social fixed your tenna. added a bit more "tobycore" "soul" to the design
i NEVER MADE THIS CONNECTION UNTIL NOW, HIGH ROLLER IS SO TOBYCORE
January 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
i NEVER MADE THIS CONNECTION UNTIL NOW, HIGH ROLLER IS SO TOBYCORE
the thing is though, artstyles change over time. that may have been minecraft two decades ago, but it’s slowly changing
it’s like how people complain that deltarune isn’t “tobycore” despite just. having better sprites
it’s like how people complain that deltarune isn’t “tobycore” despite just. having better sprites
April 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
the thing is though, artstyles change over time. that may have been minecraft two decades ago, but it’s slowly changing
it’s like how people complain that deltarune isn’t “tobycore” despite just. having better sprites
it’s like how people complain that deltarune isn’t “tobycore” despite just. having better sprites
This is not very Tobycore. I very much disapprove. I am very very much triggered.
May 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is not very Tobycore. I very much disapprove. I am very very much triggered.
I do think takes tend to focus more on the art and music rather than the writing, but I don't think an au being "not tobycore enough" is really a mark against it in any way.
November 25, 2024 at 2:43 AM
I do think takes tend to focus more on the art and music rather than the writing, but I don't think an au being "not tobycore enough" is really a mark against it in any way.
MASSIVE style change (was done with Tobycore) but Tunnelquest is almost done. Sandbag drawing by @zoeoftheapocalypse.bsky.social then sized down by me. #undertale #underswap #undertaleau
July 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
MASSIVE style change (was done with Tobycore) but Tunnelquest is almost done. Sandbag drawing by @zoeoftheapocalypse.bsky.social then sized down by me. #undertale #underswap #undertaleau