Kris is not human
This is a dumb theory, but help me out. This is purely from two observations. There are also some Mother 3 spoilers here.
Berdly says, "Lend a floppy ear?"
And Tenna's flashback where Kris arguably looks like they have horns.
People have brushed it off with them wearing a "horns headband," or their hair was messy, but taken at face value, they do look like horns.
In Mother 3, it is revealed that the citizens of Tazmily had their memories removed and stored on the egg of light. In Deltarune, you receive an egg from The Forgotten Man. There is also a theme of being forgotten around characters like Onionsan (who may have been killed, but also may have been FORGOTTEN).
Touching the egg of light in Mother 3 can restore lost memories, but can also give amnesia. The people of Tazmily also had their memories altered.
How does this fit in with Deltarune? People have already theorized that Kris is not the human hero of legend, but they stop short at not calling Kris a human at all.
People around town do refer to Kris as a human, so I'm not saying they're not a human by omission, but maybe their memories were also altered. Kris could also be a human fanatic and people indulge them by pretending they're one.
Maybe Berdly somehow saw through the illusion and actually sees the real Kris: A goat monster that's the actual child of Toriel and Asgore.
I don't know why else he would say the floppy ear line. Trolling? Pretending Kris is like the rest of their family, aka indulging in their desire to be a goat monster? Maybe a common saying in monsterkind?
What do you think? Is there anywhere else in the game which seems kinda sus about this?
Posted Aug 5, 2026, 1:36 PM UTC