it's a small detail, but my friend pointed out how martlet is kinda special among undertale characters for recognizing that ur a kid and consciously trying to take it easy on u so many of the characters in the main game either didn't know that u were a child or didn't care, and even in this game characters like ceroba force u into difficult situations despite them being the adults who are meant to be responsible martlet saying, as u ATTACK her, "but... you're just a kid" was a really powerful moment for that reason
Martlet is like Papyrus, a powerful royal guard way too kind for their own good. Martlet's difference is that she's able to drop that kindness when she needs to.
I wonder how hard Papyrus fight would be if he was like Martlet, if Undyne says he's strong, and she is one of the main bosses in the geno route, i wonder what he would be like.
@@indie_gamer7Seeing how Sans is able to create a decently difficult fight with the same core components (fast-moving attacks, blue attacks, blue soul), probably extremely strong. Even in the base game, he’s strong; his fight is the only one that lets you bypass it entirely if you fail enough times, I’m pretty sure. If any of this is wrong then sorry that's my bad I haven't played undertale in a while.
@@Sailforseen1997 not to forget... Papyrus is the one monster that cotains his true strength the most, this is based on how enemies work... the ones that move the most are the one that are putting in their all... while the ones that move the least are holding back and as you may see in Papyrus' battle sprite... HE'S A GOD DAMN STATUE and he can still control his attacks to the point that he cannot kill you and spell out words AND A GIANT FUCKING BONE... we know that Flowey experimented with resets before... and he may have seen Papyrus actually trying... GOD I wanna see Flowey's face when he got yeeted from The Ruins to New Home and back over and over and over
@@Asr1el_Dreemurr at the end of the day that's just a theory, and the simple answer could be toby forgot/didnt want to give him different battle sprites.
@@kyokonull First time? That’s an accident. Second? Well you need to make sure that it wasn’t some mechanical failure. Third? That’s obviously a warning shot, no harm intended. FOUR?! That’s murder.
Honestly marlet is harder than sans because they had to add a new feature to marlet's fight just so that it is more possible to win *_and it is still hard_*
Pacifist Martlet: This is easy (constantly using ACT) Wait, how long is this fight again? Neutral Martlet: Here we go (Demolishes Martlet) Genocide Martlet: No more jokes (Gets demolished but eventually finishes) Is that all... *ZENITH MARTLET:* (multiple flashbacks of Sans)
Martlet's pacifist theme is called "Protocol", where she's being forced to fight you. Martlet's genocide theme is called "Apprehension", where she wants to kill you.
@@themustardman219Turn it around. Undertale fans have looked everything for depth and it isn’t their fault. Toby made the game have a lot of depth, same as this. But i doubt this is so deep
Martlet is really not to be underestimated. She looks cute and innocent. But she can definitely kick some ass when she's serious like holy hell she's strong.
bro what are you saying we almost killed her and in second fight she used steroids 🗿I beated the first fight on my second try and she just escaped. JUSTİCE IS HERE.
But imagine the willpower it would take to inject yourself with a drug that you KNOW will kill you. Martlet single-handedly becomes an anime protagonist.
@@Chadtf2player are we still here, just to suffer? Every night, I can feel my leg… my arm… even my fingers… The body I’ve lost… the comrades I’ve lost… won’t stop hurting… it’s like they’re all still here… you feel it too, don’t you?”
I love how Protocol is toned down because shes following protocol, but Apprehension she throws the book out to try to seek justice. (I feel like if she only pulled all her punches/played her wildcards here geneocide route wouldve been really different)
Martlet is basically a love letter to Undertale AND Deltarune! She somewhat reminds me of Papyrus (especially this theme), has attacks like Jevil and Sans, doesn't die in one hit like Undyne the Undying, and the cleverness of Alphys (knowing to run at the end of the battle)! I LOVE IT!!
@@samirdarielbarinas9423she probably predates Berdly though. I’m guessing a lot of her early stuff like final design was made in 2017 (which is crazy).
I love how *offended* this song feels, as though it’s telling you just how much Martlet didn’t want to believe humans were bad, how much you’ve utterly crushed that hope, how much she honestly hates you for it, how much she wants to put you up to her own sense of Justice. She doesn’t retreat just to save her own feathers, she STALKS you. Secretly still holding onto that shattered hope that humans have good in them. Secretly judging your behavior, until you see her again and she lets you know how vile you’re being.
It feels hypocritical honestly, monsters are in support of and participate in killing humans for their souls and martlet never hated them. Her own mentor murdered a child that fought back after monsters were trying to kill her then has the gull to say humans were cruel and merciless. Clovers retaliation didn’t just come out of the blue.
chujin wasn't the one who killed integrity, it was axis- chujin just sent axis to get them, i doubt he was expecting the child to die, according to the tape behind his grave plus, i don't think i'd be happy either if someone attacked a person my kid was around ;-; i hope none of this comes off as rude- if it does i apologize 😓
@@wihtepanter73ita99 1. It wouldn’t stop at five. Not only do they want to make it six and seven once asgore got the souls he’d destroy humanity. 2. If 20 attackers killed 10 children, that doesn’t mean it would only justify killing 10 of the attackers. War isn’t equal, it’s whoever overcomes the other. Unfortunately when monsters killed those innocent children they lost their right to be victims to retaliation.
@@wihtepanter73ita99 Are we seriously going to follow Martlet's BULLSHIT logic here? "Ohhh it's okayy guyszz they only killed A FEEW innocent childwwen" and the dozens i killed? They tried to kill me first. A lot of people seems to think that this route is Only about avenging the 5 children but that's clearly not the case. Clover doesn't even know the other humans died before entering Steamworks. The monsters are getting killed because they are attacking me with lethal intent. +Support and participate in Asgore's child murder policy. This is what the No Mercy route is about. RETRIBUTION.
This is a pretty interesting fight. Talking with Flowey in Snowdin, he suggests that "you're just acting in self defense". (not that you should ever take him at his word) But then you pick a fight with Martlet, and that completely falls apart. You have to shoot first, several times, while she makes it completely clear that she's just trying to help. Just like Papyrus, she's the point where it becomes impossible to justify a no mercy run. How's that for "justice"?
I love how every final boss has a differently colored battle box. For instance, the Pacifist final boss [insert spoiler here] has a red battle box to show they are truly against the goodness you put forth, while the Neutral final boss [again, the name is a spoiler] has a grey battle box to show your actions have led to a middle ground where it’s kind of your fault you’re being murderized, and the Genocide final boss, Martlet (the one whose soundtrack you’re listening to right now) has a lukewarm-good blue battle box to show she isn’t the enemy of good, she’s just YOUR enemy. Great consistency!
@@snatchymarx That's fair. I didn't actually realize this was the wrong OST until now. However, it's a pretty long paragraph I typed anyway, so I doubt anyone who hasn't played the game will actually read it anyway.
"Okay is she gonna be the papyrus? The undyne the undying? Surely not the sans?" "Okay she's definitely not papyrus." "OKAY SHE'S DEFINITELY UNDYNE" "OKAY SHE'S DEFINITELY UNDYNE AND SANS AND ALSO WORSE THAN BOTH OF THEM COMBINED HELP"
Fun Fact: If you Act Apologize, then attack she immediately starts attacking. Honestly I didn’t realize how much those 4 free hits mattered, at least at my skill range it was difficult!
Little did I know, this boss is actually the hardest for me now, no clue why. On my first run Ceroba and Zenith Martlet made this look like a total joke, but now I can first-try both of those bosses but not this one??? "HOW THE TABLES TURN."
@@galak-two-ya this same phenomenon happened with me and spamton neo. the first time i beat him it took 3 hours and the normal spamton fight only took a few minutes, but last time i played normal spamton took like 5 attempts and neo was first try.
This is the best version of Martlet's theme in my opinion. Even better than her Zenith form themes. Its so powerful, so badass & dramatic. 0:37 - 1:03 this will also be my favourite part of Martlet's themes. It's so beautiful.
for Martlet alone, might agree, but Retribution has something more. That song isn't just Martlet fighting, it's the both of them fighting for what they think it's just having both reached their limit. Martlet has fallen down, and Clover has (probably) no items left. The picture of the fight in my head with the song is way more epic than this will ever be.
mfs just starting a geno playthrough be like 'noooo I don't wanna kill bird mom' me, who has put myself through the hell of beating her at the end: 'trust me, you will'
She's similar to Papyrus in a way most people don't mention: you fight a much harder version of her as the Final Boss, like how Sans is a harder Papyrus fight.
I like the fact that,in geno,martlet(on the first encounter) is the only enemy that don't atacks you immeadiately. She tanks 3 shots before even thinking that clover killed the snowdin people (she's also the only boss that clover spares not only 1 time,but twice) Martlet on geno be like: "it's the snowdin attack all over again..."
I believe this song doesn't include the Enemy Retreating motif because it always (excluding Dalv's lack of a genocide theme) appears only when the enemy you're fighting is going to die. Trial by Fury and END OF THE LINE_ both follow this pattern. Martlet survives here though, and therefore Enemy Retreating doesn't appear. This also explains the lack of said motif in Remedy, and its appearance in Retribution.
Maybe the absence of the enemy retreating motif in Dalv's genocide battle (or any change in the soundtrack of said battle) has something to do with the fact that you can do a genocide run without killing him
Nobody gives credit to this song. "It's about the feeling of the battle" this and "Martlet did as much as she could" that. But why is this song overlooked? You could argue it's because it's just a metal remix of Protocol. But come on, remixes can go a LONG way. This song sounds absolutely amazing and people need to give it more attention.
when martlet threw the book away and i heard that guitar screech in the intro i thought to myself "oh shit she dropped her nice act" "...Oh Shit She Dropped Her Nice Act."
Martlet (with 4 bullet wounds) “Wait, are you why everyone’s evacuating? Are you trying to kill me!?” Clover (Blinded by JUSTICE) “finally you notice, YES!” Martlet “Oh…guess I better do my job then.” (puts her heart and SOUL into fighting) Clover “Oh shi-“ (is buried under waves of feathers)
Probably my favourite song in the entire OST. can’t explain why I think it beats my other two favourites (AFTERLIFE and a mothers love, ofc) it’s just a way more powerful Protocol with lots more at stake, and having finished the pacifist ending in one sitting before hearing this song made it hit that much harder, yknow?
Maybe how it sounds so aggressive and expresses like the feeling of realizing how the route won't be easy and how some enemies aren't going to give up easily?
I really like the change in instruments, it completely changes the tone of the atmosphere! plus, at 0:51, it’s SO good! the little break of tension with the bells and then contrast of guitar is a symphony for the ears! it gives it a much more dramatic and intense feeling when the player is fighting martlet! well done to the artists who made this banger!
Drew like a dark, effed up version of the Protocol haha. Just a glimpse into my dark reality. A full stare into my twisted perspective would make most simply go insane lmao
You might have forgotten Starlo, who lost the gunfight and one-shot outside battle Possible reasons for the rest managing to tank a few hits (with spoilers) can be because: 1. Clover not having enough Determination as Frisk (Can be said for Dalv and Martlet) 2. Dalv recognising you being a threat while Toriel thought you were completely innocent 3. Ceroba being a monster that can potentially be stronger than Asgore (Geno Flowey Dialogue) 4. Bullets against Lids 5. Bird the undying Man, the game is really good at managing canon-like ways to not one-shot opponents; props to the team Edit: Martin→Martlet
@user-xk3go6fh6g yeah, plus I don't think they were outright using savagery compared to undertales genocide Where it feels like we're essentially slicing through entire bodies We literally see clover spare martlet because he recognizes that SHE holds justice in her.
@@fed3758 I partially agree with this; Clover's motive is mostly because due to them believing that their acts lead to helping humanity (in both Pacifist and Genocide), and it makes sense that in genocide they're killing monsters due to their sense of justice... at least at the beginning. However Clover gradually becomes more savage and ruthless through the genocide run, with examples including them acting more hostile against Martlet at their encounter in Dunes and attacking robots that have nothing to do with earning EXP (with flowey mentioning this in-game) later on before fighting Axis. It seems clear that after the Martlet fight, Clover's ruthlessness and twisted sense of justice matches the savagery and corrupt feelings of Determination which Genocide Frisk has, with Clover repeatedly shooting Flowey and one-shotting Asgore just like Frisk did after Sans. So I would say that having a proper motive and the lack of savagery would be a factor up until the Ceroba fight but it's hard to say from that point onwards
1:04 Every other genocide boss fight theme has some variation of the Enemy Retreating motif. I wonder if this descending sequence of notes is Apprehension's variation of the motif?
I think enemy retreating isn't in this song because it is the first one where violence isn't justified at all. Every single other boss sort of threatens you at first, and you might be able to justify doing so, however Martlet tanks 3 hits before realising that you're the one who's been attacking everyone in Snowdin, and she only attacks you on the fourth. There is no way to justify what you're doing here, so enemy retreating's motif doesn't play here.
I believe this song doesn't include the Enemy Retreating motif because it always (excluding Dalv's lack of a genocide theme) appears only when the enemy you're fighting is going to die. Trial by Fury and END OF THE LINE_ both follow this pattern. Martlet survives here though, and therefore Enemy Retreating doesn't appear. This also explains the lack of said motif in Remedy, and its appearence in Retribution.
1:17 is probably my favorite part! Not only is the instrument stellar (the windchime/crystal xylophone or whatever it is), and just overall sounds INCREDIBLE with the nice drums and the off and on electric guitar, but it also gives off that "cold" vibe of both snowdin, and how cold clover is in this route! (sorry if not everything I said was too comprehensible, I am by no means a music expert :) )
This song technically has a double meaning. In this fight, she's trying to apprehend you for your crimes, but she's also apprehensive because she can't imagine a child like you being the dangerous force that's torn its way through the underground. Of course she's nervous!
You know, during Pacifist, Martlet lets herself on as weak. But during the "justice" route, she is kinda hard. Even this first battle is rather difficult.
I think geno Frisk would still have to fight Starlo, Ceroba and Axis. Unless Frisk gets a gun Starlo would last as long as Dalv, Ceroba would take more damage from Frisk than Clover but wouldn't be one shot unless caught of guard (which has a very slim chance of happening) and Axis has that damned lid, though Frisk could potentionally break it with enough hits, leaving Axis vulnerable
Martlet trying is enough to scare us. I'd like to remind everyone that Papyrus was supposedly strong enough to impress Undyne, who can suplex boulders for the heck of it. If this is the WEAKEST the Royal Guard has to offer, then holy crap I don't want to know what Papyrus is like when he is actually trying.
I’m well aware of Disbelief, and as I said earlier, I don’t want to know what Papyrus is like when he is actually trying. (I couldn’t even get past phase 1)
I like Marlette she really is like papyrus and sans combined, she’s kind goofy and a little dimwitted, but she knows when to drop the kindness and laziness and get serious
it's a small detail, but my friend pointed out how martlet is kinda special among undertale characters for recognizing that ur a kid and consciously trying to take it easy on u
so many of the characters in the main game either didn't know that u were a child or didn't care, and even in this game characters like ceroba force u into difficult situations despite them being the adults who are meant to be responsible
martlet saying, as u ATTACK her, "but... you're just a kid" was a really powerful moment for that reason
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ceroba basically doesn't cares if you die.
@@OlgaZuccati She does, she want's your soul tho
@@OlgaZuccati Ceroba cared about Clover, she admits it herself but she needs their soul to complete Chujin's work
And then you have starlo who knows you're a kid but still wants to buy you a real fucking gun
Martlet is like Papyrus, a powerful royal guard way too kind for their own good. Martlet's difference is that she's able to drop that kindness when she needs to.
I wonder how hard Papyrus fight would be if he was like Martlet, if Undyne says he's strong, and she is one of the main bosses in the geno route, i wonder what he would be like.
@@indie_gamer7Seeing how Sans is able to create a decently difficult fight with the same core components (fast-moving attacks, blue attacks, blue soul), probably extremely strong. Even in the base game, he’s strong; his fight is the only one that lets you bypass it entirely if you fail enough times, I’m pretty sure.
If any of this is wrong then sorry that's my bad I haven't played undertale in a while.
@@Sailforseen1997 No you're right, not only that but Papyrus pulls a bunch of "tricks up his sleeve" attacks in his fight aswell.
@@Sailforseen1997 not to forget... Papyrus is the one monster that cotains his true strength the most, this is based on how enemies work... the ones that move the most are the one that are putting in their all... while the ones that move the least are holding back and as you may see in Papyrus' battle sprite... HE'S A GOD DAMN STATUE and he can still control his attacks to the point that he cannot kill you and spell out words AND A GIANT FUCKING BONE... we know that Flowey experimented with resets before... and he may have seen Papyrus actually trying... GOD I wanna see Flowey's face when he got yeeted from The Ruins to New Home and back over and over and over
@@Asr1el_Dreemurr at the end of the day that's just a theory, and the simple answer could be toby forgot/didnt want to give him different battle sprites.
“oh thank god she didn’t die in one hit”
“oh god she didn’t die in one hit”
Phew, this fight was gonna be too easy.
CRAP IT'S TOO HARD NOW IT'S TOO HARD
This isnt the last you will see of her
"oh god she didn't die"
@@Lilypadcorp Isn't that what the OP already said?
@@PoyoPowerPlant it's referring to the fact that she doesn't die in the battle at all, not that she doesn't die in one hit
Martlet: *gets shot 4 times*
“Wait, you’re trying to kill me?!”
Birds aren't smart as humans
now now give her some credit. she figured it out in three. it just took the fourth to confirm her suspicions
@@kyokonull First time? That’s an accident. Second? Well you need to make sure that it wasn’t some mechanical failure. Third? That’s obviously a warning shot, no harm intended. FOUR?! That’s murder.
@@Skidoodle18 LOL
It is A BB gun tho
Pacifist players: Aw, look at her, shes trying her hardest.
Genocide players: Oh god, she's trying her hardest!
She literally purged my entire healing items pocket
Same, she was hell to fight in genocide yet shes still my favorite charscter
@@TheTrueJevil Agree and absolutely true,lol
Zenith Of All Monsters
After a couple attempts i no hit it, somehow(i did genocide first)
Trying to kill a blue bird with ice
SNOWGRAVE!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!
@@mightymorphin2472 relatable
This is a spell Clover knows
No, use a rock since two birds can be killed with one stone. With the rock, you can eliminate her twice!
@@Maannnn...I loaded my gun with rocks.
...it didn't work.
“She didn’t get oneshot😄”
“She didn’t get oneshot😨”
why didn't she? it's a good game...
@@Kapnohuxi_folium this is comedy gold💀
@@Kapnohuxi_foliumlol
@@Kapnohuxi_foliumPlus it's not that expensive
The characters don't feel soulless like other games i played as well
Smartest character in Undertale, deciding to run when it's necessary lmao
Don't forget Gerson, he's basically invincibe inside his shop.
>smartest
>realised that clover is killing monsters only after 4th shot
Don't forget Sans too, the only one that knows to not stand there and let a child hit you
@@MordenTheCoolestJumpluff Thats called abusing game mechanics
Sans does same but still
That means Joseph Joestar solos UT
That one wing circle really is "we have Sans at home"
That one feather tornado really is "we have Jevil at home"
I see you likely saw Shayys stream
Honestly marlet is harder than sans because they had to add a new feature to marlet's fight just so that it is more possible to win
*_and it is still hard_*
@@Whenpigfly666I STEAL PEOPLE'S ATTACKS SOMETIMES!
Pacifist Martlet: This is easy (constantly using ACT)
Wait, how long is this fight again?
Neutral Martlet: Here we go (Demolishes Martlet)
Genocide Martlet: No more jokes
(Gets demolished but eventually finishes) Is that all...
*ZENITH MARTLET:* (multiple flashbacks of Sans)
Martlet's pacifist theme is called "Protocol", where she's being forced to fight you.
Martlet's genocide theme is called "Apprehension", where she wants to kill you.
She don't want to kill you, she just wants to apprehend you
@@Twatylor shhh
@@qeccilecciu sh
@@Twatylor she certainly killed me
Okay what if I called the soundtrack of protocol/apprehension like alternative ost name
Vs. Martlet
"Apprehend" : To arrest someone, likely for a crime.
"Apprehensive" : Anxious or fearful that something bad will happen.
I love this game.
Yes, truly a clever word play!
You're overthinking it
@@greg2477h with the amount of thought put into the game, I do believe they are simply thinking it. Not everything is extremely shallow
@@themustardman219Turn it around. Undertale fans have looked everything for depth and it isn’t their fault. Toby made the game have a lot of depth, same as this. But i doubt this is so deep
even if it's not intended, can't we just appreciate the cool wordplay we've discovered in the name ourselves?
"What do you mean Disbelief? I never believed in you at all"
Except she did
Martlet is really not to be underestimated. She looks cute and innocent. But she can definitely kick some ass when she's serious like holy hell she's strong.
bro what are you saying we almost killed her and in second fight she used steroids 🗿I beated the first fight on my second try and she just escaped. JUSTİCE IS HERE.
But imagine the willpower it would take to inject yourself with a drug that you KNOW will kill you.
Martlet single-handedly becomes an anime protagonist.
I agree with the cute part, and the ass kicking part, and every part, but mostly the cute part, she's pretty cute
@@alpha_rexXit hurt me to do genocide, mostly because I knew I'd had to kill Martlet
@@TheTrueJevil I never even made it to martlet, I gave up at axis but the attack I was stuck on was his last attack
“Oh…”
“OH SHE WAS HOLDING BACK IN PACIFIST!”
Why?
@@Chadtf2player are we still here, just to suffer? Every night, I can feel my leg… my arm… even my fingers… The body I’ve lost… the comrades I’ve lost… won’t stop hurting… it’s like they’re all still here… you feel it too, don’t you?”
@@Chadtf2playerplay the game
I love how when i first did pacifist i was like "oh she kinda like papyrus"
And when i did genocide i was like "oh god shes both sans and papyrus" 😭
I mean, she sleeps at the post too, that's a red flag
@@raidarthegunwizard4520 I didn't realize that until now 😅
She is sans, papyrus and jevil
HOLY COW YOUR RIGHT
no wonder shes the snowdin character
"Martlet looks through the Royal Guard manual for first aid procedures"
Girl you literally threw that thing away
nah she has a second one :)
@@ShadTSand a third one :)
@@Alan-rh7fh and a fourth one :)
@@ShadTS and a fifth one :)
@@Alan-rh7fhand a sixth one :)
I love martlets character.
Shes a silly goober like papyrus, but the main detail is she can easily drop said silliness.
Yea shes like a mix between papyrus and sans
I love how Protocol is toned down because shes following protocol, but Apprehension she throws the book out to try to seek justice. (I feel like if she only pulled all her punches/played her wildcards here geneocide route wouldve been really different)
That animation of her tossing the manual away is pretty badass
Martlet is basically a love letter to Undertale AND Deltarune! She somewhat reminds me of Papyrus (especially this theme), has attacks like Jevil and Sans, doesn't die in one hit like Undyne the Undying, and the cleverness of Alphys (knowing to run at the end of the battle)! I LOVE IT!!
Also, she looks a LOT like berdly
@@samirdarielbarinas9423 How the heck did I forget that? 🤣
@@samirdarielbarinas9423she probably predates Berdly though. I’m guessing a lot of her early stuff like final design was made in 2017 (which is crazy).
Nah bro, she just perform a "tactical retreat"
@@akakamaz7382 Yeahh, how could I be such a foal (intentional misspell)?!
I love how *offended* this song feels, as though it’s telling you just how much Martlet didn’t want to believe humans were bad, how much you’ve utterly crushed that hope, how much she honestly hates you for it, how much she wants to put you up to her own sense of Justice.
She doesn’t retreat just to save her own feathers, she STALKS you. Secretly still holding onto that shattered hope that humans have good in them. Secretly judging your behavior, until you see her again and she lets you know how vile you’re being.
It feels hypocritical honestly, monsters are in support of and participate in killing humans for their souls and martlet never hated them. Her own mentor murdered a child that fought back after monsters were trying to kill her then has the gull to say humans were cruel and merciless. Clovers retaliation didn’t just come out of the blue.
chujin wasn't the one who killed integrity, it was axis-
chujin just sent axis to get them, i doubt he was expecting the child to die, according to the tape behind his grave
plus, i don't think i'd be happy either if someone attacked a person my kid was around ;-;
i hope none of this comes off as rude- if it does i apologize 😓
@@legalza0843 they took five clover took dozens
@@wihtepanter73ita99
1. It wouldn’t stop at five. Not only do they want to make it six and seven once asgore got the souls he’d destroy humanity.
2. If 20 attackers killed 10 children, that doesn’t mean it would only justify killing 10 of the attackers. War isn’t equal, it’s whoever overcomes the other. Unfortunately when monsters killed those innocent children they lost their right to be victims to retaliation.
@@wihtepanter73ita99
Are we seriously going to follow Martlet's BULLSHIT logic here?
"Ohhh it's okayy guyszz they only killed A FEEW innocent childwwen" and the dozens i killed? They tried to kill me first. A lot of people seems to think that this route is Only about avenging the 5 children but that's clearly not the case. Clover doesn't even know the other humans died before entering Steamworks. The monsters are getting killed because they are attacking me with lethal intent. +Support and participate in Asgore's child murder policy. This is what the No Mercy route is about. RETRIBUTION.
This is a pretty interesting fight. Talking with Flowey in Snowdin, he suggests that "you're just acting in self defense". (not that you should ever take him at his word) But then you pick a fight with Martlet, and that completely falls apart. You have to shoot first, several times, while she makes it completely clear that she's just trying to help. Just like Papyrus, she's the point where it becomes impossible to justify a no mercy run. How's that for "justice"?
Clover: (Successfully saves human souls at the end)
@@Idazmi7 killing if not entire then a major part of underground. It's like killing an entire nation because they have a few foreign hostages.
I love how every final boss has a differently colored battle box. For instance, the Pacifist final boss [insert spoiler here] has a red battle box to show they are truly against the goodness you put forth, while the Neutral final boss [again, the name is a spoiler] has a grey battle box to show your actions have led to a middle ground where it’s kind of your fault you’re being murderized, and the Genocide final boss, Martlet (the one whose soundtrack you’re listening to right now) has a lukewarm-good blue battle box to show she isn’t the enemy of good, she’s just YOUR enemy. Great consistency!
I feel the need to tell you that this isnt martlets final boss theme its for the first encounter so that might still be kind of a spoiler
@@snatchymarx That's fair. I didn't actually realize this was the wrong OST until now. However, it's a pretty long paragraph I typed anyway, so I doubt anyone who hasn't played the game will actually read it anyway.
Spoiler heres the name of the bosses:
Cebora: red
Flowey: grey
Martlet: blue
@@teamok1025 That's quite informative, thanks for the addition mate!
love "murderized", that should be a word.
"There's no way she will be Sans!"
*that one attack appears*
"Omg she's sans"
"She can't do anything"
*That one attack appears*
"OMYGOSH SHE CAN DO EVERYTHING"
I have a feeling that she is Sans, Berdly and Papyrus all mixed into one avian puzzle loving bird who is part of the Royal Guard.
"Okay is she gonna be the papyrus? The undyne the undying? Surely not the sans?"
"Okay she's definitely not papyrus."
"OKAY SHE'S DEFINITELY UNDYNE"
"OKAY SHE'S DEFINITELY UNDYNE AND SANS AND ALSO WORSE THAN BOTH OF THEM COMBINED HELP"
@@xbirdshorts5075 I forgot Undyne lol
Reason why you should not trust Martlet:
She's being courteous and giving you the first attack.
To make it fair
She did the Jevil attack omg
Mommy Toriel???? 🥹
not only jevil attack but also sans!!!??
@@AtemVandetta23 ikr !
If she wasn't my favorite character, I'd sue her in a heartbeat!
@@TheTrueJevil you stole her line tho
Fun Fact: If you Act Apologize, then attack she immediately starts attacking.
Honestly I didn’t realize how much those 4 free hits mattered, at least at my skill range it was difficult!
When I first fought this boss, I was like "Oh God this is hard."
Little did I know, it gets much, MUCH, worse.
Little did I know, this boss is actually the hardest for me now, no clue why. On my first run Ceroba and Zenith Martlet made this look like a total joke, but now I can first-try both of those bosses but not this one???
"HOW THE TABLES TURN."
@@galak-two-ya this same phenomenon happened with me and spamton neo. the first time i beat him it took 3 hours and the normal spamton fight only took a few minutes, but last time i played normal spamton took like 5 attempts and neo was first try.
İts not that bad
This is the best version of Martlet's theme in my opinion. Even better than her Zenith form themes. Its so powerful, so badass & dramatic.
0:37 - 1:03 this will also be my favourite part of Martlet's themes. It's so beautiful.
for Martlet alone, might agree, but Retribution has something more. That song isn't just Martlet fighting, it's the both of them fighting for what they think it's just having both reached their limit. Martlet has fallen down, and Clover has (probably) no items left. The picture of the fight in my head with the song is way more epic than this will ever be.
The person playing electric guitar is having way to much fun
It’s most likely midi, so no one probably played an electric guitar
@@MusuemBucket🤓
@@okilob6631 I could honestly care less
@@MusuemBucket best comeback ever
"oh no... i don't wanna kill her..."
"wait... she didn't die?"
"oh god she didn't die-"
"OH GOD I'M DYING -"
Lmao
mfs just starting a geno playthrough be like 'noooo I don't wanna kill bird mom'
me, who has put myself through the hell of beating her at the end: 'trust me, you will'
the “I’m dying part” got me when I read it 😂
True
Put this in the doom II difficulty menu
The fact that she has the required five braincells to flee from an unwinnable battle is crazy.
I love how she throws the book like "fuck it"
martlet after realizing the person trying to shoot her is surprisingly the murderer shes heard about
She's similar to Papyrus in a way most people don't mention: you fight a much harder version of her as the Final Boss, like how Sans is a harder Papyrus fight.
I love this song and Vs Susie from DR for the same reason: those winding guitars perfectly communicate the tone of the scene they're in.
Back the bird girlfailure into a corner.. And she will become even more powerful than ever before
martlet really is a girlfailure huh… you have opened my eyes
r/im14andthisisdeep
@@thecrazybee1907 what
@@PhilAndMind the difference is that said girlfailiure injected herself with determination sooo
@@i_eat_flies Even without it she's pretty tough, especially for how early you encounter her the first time
I like the fact that,in geno,martlet(on the first encounter) is the only enemy that don't atacks you immeadiately. She tanks 3 shots before even thinking that clover killed the snowdin people (she's also the only boss that clover spares not only 1 time,but twice)
Martlet on geno be like: "it's the snowdin attack all over again..."
This is the fight that made me realize things were going to be a little different this time.
You mean Dalv not dying in 1 hit wasn't already a red flag?
I believe this song doesn't include the Enemy Retreating motif because it always (excluding Dalv's lack of a genocide theme) appears only when the enemy you're fighting is going to die. Trial by Fury and END OF THE LINE_ both follow this pattern. Martlet survives here though, and therefore Enemy Retreating doesn't appear. This also explains the lack of said motif in Remedy, and its appearance in Retribution.
Maybe the absence of the enemy retreating motif in Dalv's genocide battle (or any change in the soundtrack of said battle) has something to do with the fact that you can do a genocide run without killing him
seeing her throw the handbook, put up a fist and start dealing harder than before attacks was a jumpscare
I SLAUGHTERED TWO WHOLE FUCKING REGIONS OF THE UNDERGROUND FOR THIS BANGER TO PLAY
Nobody gives credit to this song. "It's about the feeling of the battle" this and "Martlet did as much as she could" that. But why is this song overlooked? You could argue it's because it's just a metal remix of Protocol. But come on, remixes can go a LONG way. This song sounds absolutely amazing and people need to give it more attention.
Not knowing that her running away was the intended end result was actual suffering
So many attempts trying to kill her.
So
*M a n y.*
It's not over yet. It will come
As soon as I heard that guitar kick in I knew Clover was about to get folded
This boss fight is CRAZY. This is Papyrus, but she drops that Papyrus act and actually hands a fight in.
The best part is: she doesn’t die here :)
that one attack where 3 feathers spin around you. i hate it so much
I don't even think it's no-hittable, those feathers are MADD hard to avoid istg
Idk what you guys are talking about, it’s pretty easy to no hit, just be patient
@@sharpstealz858 I no-hit the feathers ONCE and never managed to again.
Nkio onshoet?
It's pretty easy if you understand how it works
Remember: Like sans, Martlet also sleeps on her post. And that's the red flag
Martlet is basically Papyrus and Sans combined at this point.
when martlet threw the book away and i heard that guitar screech in the intro i thought to myself
"oh shit she dropped her nice act"
"...Oh Shit She Dropped Her Nice Act."
Getting my ass wrecked by twitter: The Game
Martlet (with 4 bullet wounds) “Wait, are you why everyone’s evacuating? Are you trying to kill me!?”
Clover (Blinded by JUSTICE) “finally you notice, YES!”
Martlet “Oh…guess I better do my job then.” (puts her heart and SOUL into fighting)
Clover “Oh shi-“ (is buried under waves of feathers)
Stupid thing is that it took literally 4 shots she has skin like bulletproof vest
@@Nines-qo2ow it was a toy pellet gun.
@@crowsenpai5625loaded with coffee beans or icicles
@@swapswaped ice pellets. You got to use ice when killing blue bird monsters.
@@crowsenpai5625 only berdly dies from ice lol
I'm addicted to 1:29 the guitar is just... Wow...
Everybody gangsta till the birb doesn't die
Probably my favourite song in the entire OST. can’t explain why I think it beats my other two favourites (AFTERLIFE and a mothers love, ofc) it’s just a way more powerful Protocol with lots more at stake, and having finished the pacifist ending in one sitting before hearing this song made it hit that much harder, yknow?
Fr tho Afterlife is so good and I don’t know why
agreed
Maybe how it sounds so aggressive and expresses like the feeling of realizing how the route won't be easy and how some enemies aren't going to give up easily?
I really like the change in instruments, it completely changes the tone of the atmosphere! plus, at 0:51, it’s SO good! the little break of tension with the bells and then contrast of guitar is a symphony for the ears! it gives it a much more dramatic and intense feeling when the player is fighting martlet! well done to the artists who made this banger!
Drew like a dark, effed up version of the Protocol haha. Just a glimpse into my dark reality. A full stare into my twisted perspective would make most simply go insane lmao
* Realising she's just as bad as all the other murderous creatures by protecting them.
* You feel Justified.
(spoiler warning)
fun fact: in genocide the only entity that gets canonically one-shot is asgore at the end
I think it's because clovers attacks aren't outright savagery, they believe in what they do
Its not like frisk
You might have forgotten Starlo, who lost the gunfight and one-shot outside battle
Possible reasons for the rest managing to tank a few hits (with spoilers) can be because:
1. Clover not having enough Determination as Frisk (Can be said for Dalv and Martlet)
2. Dalv recognising you being a threat while Toriel thought you were completely innocent
3. Ceroba being a monster that can potentially be stronger than Asgore (Geno Flowey Dialogue)
4. Bullets against Lids
5. Bird the undying
Man, the game is really good at managing canon-like ways to not one-shot opponents; props to the team
Edit: Martin→Martlet
@user-xk3go6fh6g yeah, plus I don't think they were outright using savagery compared to undertales genocide
Where it feels like we're essentially slicing through entire bodies
We literally see clover spare martlet because he recognizes that SHE holds justice in her.
@@fed3758 I partially agree with this; Clover's motive is mostly because due to them believing that their acts lead to helping humanity (in both Pacifist and Genocide), and it makes sense that in genocide they're killing monsters due to their sense of justice... at least at the beginning.
However Clover gradually becomes more savage and ruthless through the genocide run, with examples including them acting more hostile against Martlet at their encounter in Dunes and attacking robots that have nothing to do with earning EXP (with flowey mentioning this in-game) later on before fighting Axis. It seems clear that after the Martlet fight, Clover's ruthlessness and twisted sense of justice matches the savagery and corrupt feelings of Determination which Genocide Frisk has, with Clover repeatedly shooting Flowey and one-shotting Asgore just like Frisk did after Sans.
So I would say that having a proper motive and the lack of savagery would be a factor up until the Ceroba fight but it's hard to say from that point onwards
And technically axis since the first time you actually hit him and not the pot he gets obliterated
🐦❗️
TWITTER ATTACKS
OMG THE GUITAR
Can we all just appreciate that this bird doesn't realize you're there to kill her until she's struck 4 times in a row?
She pulls a Senator Armstrong card
1:04 Every other genocide boss fight theme has some variation of the Enemy Retreating motif.
I wonder if this descending sequence of notes is Apprehension's variation of the motif?
I had the same thought. alternatively, it could just be that this one doesn't have it, and they just, y'know...saved it for her other one.
i mean Remedy doesnt have it
maybe Protocol remixes are just immune to the motif lol
@@JustANewHunterwhen you say it like that, Retribution seems like if Enemy Retreating was a boss theme
I think enemy retreating isn't in this song because it is the first one where violence isn't justified at all. Every single other boss sort of threatens you at first, and you might be able to justify doing so, however Martlet tanks 3 hits before realising that you're the one who's been attacking everyone in Snowdin, and she only attacks you on the fourth. There is no way to justify what you're doing here, so enemy retreating's motif doesn't play here.
I believe this song doesn't include the Enemy Retreating motif because it always (excluding Dalv's lack of a genocide theme) appears only when the enemy you're fighting is going to die. Trial by Fury and END OF THE LINE_ both follow this pattern. Martlet survives here though, and therefore Enemy Retreating doesn't appear. This also explains the lack of said motif in Remedy, and its appearence in Retribution.
First monster in the entire underground to flee mid-battle when they realize they cant beat the murderous child
The song that plays when everyone calls Geno route the route where you play as Geno from the hit game Super Mario RPG
You can play geno in Super Mario RPG? I didn't know that
YOU KIDS ARE REALLY KEEPING UP
IT'S A SIMPLE NUMBERS' GAME.
WHEN YOUR HP REACHES ZERO, YOU LOSE!
1:17 is probably my favorite part! Not only is the instrument stellar (the windchime/crystal xylophone or whatever it is), and just overall sounds INCREDIBLE with the nice drums and the off and on electric guitar, but it also gives off that "cold" vibe of both snowdin, and how cold clover is in this route! (sorry if not everything I said was too comprehensible, I am by no means a music expert :) )
This song technically has a double meaning. In this fight, she's trying to apprehend you for your crimes, but she's also apprehensive because she can't imagine a child like you being the dangerous force that's torn its way through the underground. Of course she's nervous!
It's now confirmed that Martlet is my favorite character
YOU'RE WATCHING BIRD UP, THE WORST SHOW ON TELEVISION
BIRD UP!!!
(eeee erah)
I'm so sorry but my ability to hear this and not immediately think of Opilia Bird from Garten of Banban has been taken away from me
Giant Kulu-Ya-Ku intensifies
who would expect a bird that ruined a bridge to become this strong and become the final boss later
She might be pure of heart
But she's not papyrus
Why does this sounds better than the last encounter
Ikr, I like her final Genocide themes but this honestly sounds more like a final boss theme than the actual Genocide final boss theme.
UTY will drop the hardest guitar riffs like its nothing
Protocol
The Cooler Protocol
Nobody:
Martlet in all playthroughs: *RANDOM BULLS@&@ GO!!!*
So Martlet was the smart one. She chose to run away.
Oh, but that means we're going to have to fight her again.
You know, during Pacifist, Martlet lets herself on as weak. But during the "justice" route, she is kinda hard. Even this first battle is rather difficult.
Man martlet is like "u killed everything except axis, nah ur good"
so glad clover isn't pumped up with determination unlike frisk in their geno run means you actually get to have fights like this lol
I think geno Frisk would still have to fight Starlo, Ceroba and Axis. Unless Frisk gets a gun Starlo would last as long as Dalv, Ceroba would take more damage from Frisk than Clover but wouldn't be one shot unless caught of guard (which has a very slim chance of happening) and Axis has that damned lid, though Frisk could potentionally break it with enough hits, leaving Axis vulnerable
Martlet trying is enough to scare us.
I'd like to remind everyone that Papyrus was supposedly strong enough to impress Undyne, who can suplex boulders for the heck of it.
If this is the WEAKEST the Royal Guard has to offer, then holy crap I don't want to know what Papyrus is like when he is actually trying.
They have a fan made battle called Disbelief Papyrus. it basically shows what would happen if Papyrus was trying.
I’m well aware of Disbelief, and as I said earlier, I don’t want to know what Papyrus is like when he is actually trying. (I couldn’t even get past phase 1)
I swear at 0:15 you can hear Melee Falco dying in the background
The fact that I can aswell
That sound you hear plays at multiple points around the song, I hear I too but I haven't played melee admittedly
This is really good
Going through pacifist then genocide and getting hit with the realization that this chick wasn’t even trying to actually protect clover
Never understood why people like protocol better. This is my favorite undertale yellow song.
Nothing like a 4 A.M. pixel art session whilst I listen to electric guitar bird music
When a child messes with a Royal Guardswoman
That title clearly meant more back in the day.
I unironically died to Martlet
Yeah so I was a little caught off guard..
I died repeatedly. You're not alone.
the strangest part, geno was my first route. and i only died on Ceroba and cyan Martlet
I should’ve known something was up when I saw her sleeping at a guard post in pacifist…
Marlet se esfuerza al máximo
Pacifista: 🥰
Genocida: 💀
literally no one talks about how dang good 0:38 is, i wish Remedy had it
If I had a nickel for every time I killed a dorky blue bird in an Undertale game, i’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but-
And you did it in the cold twice...
i was not expecting much from this fight but the rearranged protocol into a truely intense track is a great feat for sure.
I was kinda surprised that the fight was actually harder than I thought it would be. She got that dawg in her
I like Marlette she really is like papyrus and sans combined, she’s kind goofy and a little dimwitted, but she knows when to drop the kindness and laziness and get serious
marlette is my favorite character aside from florey
I don't know why but this has the same energy as the Grass Skirt Chase heavy metal cover
Underrated compared to remedy
Me: *No-hitting*
Martlet: *Pulls out the sans attack*
Me: Son of a bi-
This is the most afraid anyone has been of a bluebird.
who knew bird mom can do sick riffs on the guitar
The bird
The guitarist had a *BLAST* with this one