Undertale: The Musical: The Series

Undertale: The Musical: The Series is a British-American musical drama streaming television series created for BBC iPlayer and Netflix by Toby Fox, inspired by his successful game, Undertale. Set in a fictionalised West End theatre, the series follows 2 teenage directors named Zoe and Raphael who were called to direct a musical in West End. However, after Zoe's cousin, Annika, was disqualified, she went after Zoe and the rest of the cast because she wanted a lead role.

Premise
Season 1 is set in a fictionalised West End theatre, 15-year-old directors, Zoe Tria and Raphael Lau are set to produce a new musical for West End. Based on their favourite video game, Toby Fox. However, Zoe's cousin, Annika, also auditioned for the musical out of everyone that would now be in the cast. The cast learn how to get along with each other and eventually became close friends while Annika ruins everything. This season focuses on the cast performing Undertale's Pacifist route although Zoe stated that the Genocide route is set before the Pacifist.

Main
Zoe Tria as Zoe Tria, a 15-year-old West End director. Born to immigrant parents from the Philippines, her prodigal skills in many different arts result in her becoming a director. She, along with her best friend, Raphael, are in charge of directing their musical, Undertale the Musical. She eventually became Raphael's girlfriend.

Raphael Lau as Raphael Lau, a 15-year-old West End director and Zoe's best friend. He was born to immigrant parents from Hong Kong and like Zoe, is a prodigy. He and Zoe are in charge of directing their musical, Undertale the Musical. He eventually became Zoe's boyfriend.

Annika Osias as Annika Osias, Zoe's 12-year-old cousin originally from the Philippines who moved to the United Kingdom. She wears an iconic bow, similar to JoJo Siwa. Due to Annika's spoiled personality, Zoe gave her the role as one of the monsters in Undertale which made her upset. It got to the point where Zoe's aunt have to call her off. Until Zoe had to kick her cousin out of the theatre for good.

Tommyinnit as Thomas 'Tommy' Simons, a 17-year-old veteran West End actor originally from Nottingham, East Midlands. He was given the lead role as Frisk, a role Annika originally wants. Annika often calls him 'gay' due to her thinking that Frisk is a girl while Zoe stated that Frisk can be either gender. It is stated that he suffers from low blood pressure.

Jack Manifold as Jack Manifold, an 18-year-old veteran West End actor originally from Mansfield, East Midlands. He was given the lead role as Chara. Annika hated him and also called him various insults like 'gay,' 'baldy' and 'cancer kid.'

Stuffed Dream Blob as Dream (voiced by Clay), a 21-year-old blob who is expected to be a lot taller than the rest of the cast. Despite this, Zoe and Raphael gave him the role as Flowey.

Captain Puffy as Caroline 'Cara,' a 22-year-old colourblind Broadway actress from New York in the United States. She relocated to the United Kingdom due to her theatre wanting to transfer her. She is given the role of Toriel, due to her motherly nature. She eventually became Niki's girlfriend.

Will Gold as Wilbur Soot, a 24-year-old musician from Brighton. He originally auditioned for the musical for fun until he got the role as Napstablook, one of the monsters and the Echo Flowers. This became his West End debut in which he's nervous about before he became more confident as his character.

Ranboo as Ranboo, a 17-year-old American West End actor who auditioned for the musical due to being a fan of Undertale. He got the role as Sans in which both Raphael and Annika disapprove of due to his height. However, Raphael grew to accept him while Annika would keep on giving him insults. He became the eventual boyfriend of Toby.

Quackity as Alexis 'Alex,' a 20-year-old Mexican West End veteran actor. He got the role of Papyrus in which Annika disapproves of due to his small height. But due to Zoe being shorter, she defended Alex because she chose him for the role due to having a similar personality to Papyrus. He became George's boyfriend.

Purpled as Grayson, a 17-year-old American from Virginia. He made his theatrical debut in the musical as Monster Kid, one of the monsters, Frisk's understudy and the Echo Flowers. He was originally Tommy's rival before they grew to accept each other like many other members of the cast.

Niki Nihachu as Niki, a 19-year-old German-British West End veteran actress and musician. She got the role of Undyne partially due to being tough despite her soft voice. She acts as a big sister to Tommy and Toby and is Cara's girlfriend.

Georgenotfound as George Davidson, a 24-year-old British colourblind West End actor. He got the role as the Pacifist Anomaly. He became Alex's boyfriend.

JustaMinx as Rebecca 'Becca,' a 24-year-old pansexual American Broadway actress. She got the role as the Genocide Anomaly. She has borderline personality disorder.

Hannahxxrose as Hannah, a 21-year-old American actress who recently transferred from off-Broadway productions to West End. Due to her being shy and awkward, she was given the role of Alphys. Annika came to dislike her due to her love of roses. She is Sam's girlfriend.

Eret as Eret, a non-binary 22-year-old American non-binary actor from Los Angeles, California who had managed to make their West End debut as Mettaton and one of the monsters. While they enjoy their role, Annika gave them homophobic insults. However, they just ignore her and works on getting better as an actor.

Pokimane as Imane Anys, a 25-year-old Canadian actress of Moroccan descent who is Muffet's last minute replacement after Alyssa is not present during the first day of rehearsals. She originally auditioned for Muffet but Alyssa took the role after the audition. She also became one of the monsters. However, Zoe gave her the role of Muffet after Alyssa was not present and kept her role as one of the monsters.

Philza as Phil Watson, a 33-year-old British veteran actor from Newcastle Upon Tyne. He got the role as Asgore and is a father figure towards the entire cast. He is also the oldest member of the ensemble and the entire cast of Undertale.

Tubbo as Toby Smith, a 17-year-old British veteran actor and self-taught musician from Brighton. He got the role as Asriel after showing that he has a high vocal range. He is Tommy's best friend and Ranboo's boyfriend. Despite being a veteran actor, he is shown to have an introverted behaviour prior to joining the cast as he starts to become more open. He suffers from dyslexia.

Recurring
Mathew Baynton as Matthew 'Matt' Smith, the stage manager and is Ben's husband and Toby's father. Without counting the directors, he is the youngest crew member in the theatre.

Ben Willbond as Ben Peabody, the head of the tech crew and is Matt's husband and Toby's father. Due to his age, his hair started becoming grey making him the only known person in the crew to start to age.

Martha Howe-Douglas as Martha Peabody, the props and costumes manager and Ben's younger sister and Toby's eventual aunt. Asides from the directors, she is the only woman in the crew.

Callahan as Callahan, a mute 24-year-old actor of unknown nationality who plays one of the monsters of the musical.

Sapnap as Nicholas 'Nick,' a 20-year-old American actor from Texas who made his West End debut as one of the monsters in the musical, Flowey's understudy and the Echo Flowers. He is Karl's eventual boyfriend.

Awesamdude as Sam Nook, a 24-year-old American actor from Texas who made his West End debut as one of the humans in the musical. He is Hannah's boyfriend.

ItsAlyssa as Alyssa, an American woman in her early 20s from Florida who originally got the role as Muffet. However, after she didn't turn up for practise, she was replaced by Imane. She and Annika joined forces in order to go around the theatre and spread lies.

DropsByPonk as Ponk, a 21-year-old South African-British actor originally from Johannesburg who got the role as one of the monsters and the Echo Flowers in the musical.

BadBoyHalo as Darryl Noveschosch, a 26-year-old American actor originally from Florida who got the role as one of the humans in the musical. He is Zak's eventual boyfriend.

Fundy as Floris, a 21-year-old Dutch actor who got the role as one of the humans in the musical.

Punz as Luke, a 24-year-old American actor originally from Boston, Massachusetts who got the role as one of the monsters and the Echo Flowers in the musical.

Jschlatt as Jonathan 'Jschlatt' Schlatt, a 21-year-old American actor originally from Texas who got the role as one of the humans in the musical.

Skeppy as Zak Ahmed, a 21-year-old American actor originally from Florida who got the role as one of the humans in the musical. He is of Middle Eastern (Arab) descent and is Darryl's eventual boyfriend.

Karl Jacobs as Karl Jacobs, a 22-year-old American actor originally from North Carolina who got the role as one of the monsters and the Echo Flowers in the musical. He is Nick's eventual boyfriend despite being asexual.

HBomb as Liam Heneghan, a 27-year-old American actor originally from Illinois who got the role as one of the monsters and the Echo Flowers in the musical.

Technoblade as Technoblade, a 21-year-old American actor originally from San Francisco, California who got the role as one of the humans in the musical but wasn't present in practise. He teamed up with Alyssa and Annika to take down the theatre production for good.

Antfrost as Antfrost 'Ant,' a 22-year-old American actor originally from Virginia who got the role as one of the humans in the musical.

ConnorEatsPants as Connor, a 21-year-old American actor originally from Texas who got the role as one of the monsters and the Echo Flowers in the musical.

Vikkstar123 as Vikram "Vik" Singh Barn, a 25-year-old British actor of Indian descent originally from London who got the role as one of the monsters and the Echo Flowers in the musical.

LazarBeam as Lannan Eacott, a 26-year-old Australian actor originally from New South Wales who got the role as one of the humans in the musical.

Foolish Gamers as Noah Brown, a 22-year-old American actor originally from Columbus, Ohio who got the role as one of the humans in the musical.

Slimecicle as Charlie Dalgleish, a 22-year-old American actor originally from Vermont who got the role as one of the monsters and the Echo Flowers in the musical.

Michaelmcchill as Michael Fulton, a 24-year-old American actor who got the role as one of the monsters and the Echo Flowers in the musical.

Development
It was announced that Toby Fox, the series' creator and showrunner would make an Undertale-based series inspired by the format of Disney+ series, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. Zoe Tria and Raphael Lau stepped up starring as the directors in the series. Tria decided that the Undertale-based series should be a West End musical but with both a British and American cast. With the exception of Pokimane and LazarBeam being Canadian and Australian respectively. The cast mainly consists of Minecraft and gaming Youtubers.

Writing
Fox, Tria and Lau drew inspiration from various theatre-themed Tik Tok skits. Specifically one about a girl in a blue wig in a Beauty and the Beast musical who ruined everything and was kicked out. Tria and Lau also decided on a musical-inspired series due to drawing inspiration from their experience in school musicals.

The series is inclusive of LGBTQ representation, with various LGBT couples and characters such as Cara and Niki, Ranboo and Toby, Alex and George, Eret being a non-binary character, Matt and Ben, Nick and Karl and Darryl and Zak. The series also includes gay parenting like Toby's fathers, Matt and Ben as well as cross-sex roles where Tommy and Jack play Frisk and Chara, who are both genderless in the game. The series also includes single-parenting where Matt mentioned in an episode that he had to raise Toby alone prior to meeting and dating Ben while Toby was still young.

The series is also inclusive of diversity. Racial diversity includes POC characters like Zoe and Annika being Filipino, Raphael being Chinese, Alex being Mexican, Zak being Arab and Vikk being Indian. Neurodiversity coming from characters including Dream and Technoblade with ADHD, Toby with dyslexia, Eret with dyslexia, dyspraxia, generalized anxiety disorder and depression and Becca with borderline personality disorder. The series is also diverse with characters with other disabilities like Raphael's lactose intolerance, Tommy's low blood pressure, Cara's colourblindness, asthma and lactose intolerance, Wilbur's hypogeusia and aphantasia and Sam, George and Karl's colourblindness.

Casting
The cast mainly includes gaming Youtubers as Undertale characters. While Zoe was searching for a younger girl who could play the role of the mean girl who'd ruin everything, her cousin, Annika, stuck up for the role.

Filming
The series is entirely filmed in West End's Playhouse Theatre in 2020. The series has 2 camera set-ups, the single-camera set-up is used for performances consisting of a handheld camera. This is to add shaking and zooming effects when the characters are performing or rehearsing. The multi-camera set-up is used for when the characters are off performance.

Music
The music consists of songs from the Undertale soundtrack and some original songs from various Undertale Youtubers such as Man on the Internet, Lemon Light Productions and Echo Flower Productions. 2 songs are not original or part of the Undertale soundtrack such as Ghost of You and Never Be Alone.

Release
Every episode is released weekly on Netflix since the 1st of June 2021 and on BBC iPlayer a month later.

Trivia

 * Dream's character is portrayed by a CGI version of a Dream plush toy
 * Zoe and Raphael revealed that many stage managers have always disqualify them due to their heights
 * This is mainly because Zoe is 5 ft 1 and Raphael is 5 ft 3
 * In the series, Zoe's character doesn't know how to speak Tagalog, this is based on her actress also not being able to know how to speak Tagalog
 * Alyssa not being present during the first rehearsals is a reference to Alyssa not being active (or possibly unwhitelisted) in the Dream SMP