Undertale: The Musical: The Series (remastered)

Undertale: The Musical: The Series is a British-American musical drama streaming television series created for Disney+ 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 assigned by their elite theatre school to direct a musical in West End. However, after complaints of various actors/actresses who claimed that they were groomed by disqualified actor, Derrick, he came into the theatre to crash the show as a way to seek revenge along with his sidekick, Paul.

Premise
Season 1 is set in a fictionalised West End theatre from June up to September 2020, 14-year-old directors, Zoe Tria and Raphael Lau are set to produce a new musical for West End by a fictional performing arts college, West End College. Based on their favourite video game, Toby Fox. However, Derrick was disqualified by Zoe after receiving numerous complaints from actors, actresses and singers who wanted to audition. 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 14-year-old actress, singer and aspiring director who is the daughter of immigrant parents from the Philippines and a devout Christian. Her mother and her aunt have been working with West End since 1989 on Miss Saigon where her mother (who portrayed Kim) met her father who happened to be one of the understudies. An aspiring director and a student of West End College, Zoe tries her best to make the show one of the best shows on West End along with her eventual boyfriend, Raphael.

Raphael Lau as Raphael Lau, a 14-year-old actor, singer and aspiring director who is the son of immigrant parents from Hong Kong. Both of his parents were originally understudies for the Australian and the West End productions of Les Miserables in the 1990s. With the help of his eventual girlfriend, Zoe, they aim to make one of the best musicals on West End.

Dream as Clay/Dream, a 21-year-old blob who also happened to be an actor from Orlando, Florida, United States. He portrays Flowey in the West End version of Undertale.

Sapnap as Nick/Sapnap, a 19-year-old actor and singer originally from Texas, United States but lived in Orlando, Florida, United States. He portrays Mad Dummy in the West End version of Undertale. He is Karl's boyfriend.

DropsByPonk as Ponk, a genderfluid (uses any pronouns) 20-year-old actor who was originally from South Africa but is currently living in the United Kingdom. He portrays Doggo from Undertale.

BadBoyHalo as Darryl Noveschoch/BadBoyHalo, a 25-year-old actor and singer from Florida, United States. He portrays Greater Dog from Undertale. He is Skeppy's boyfriend.

Tommyinnit as Tommy Simons/TommyInnit, a 16-year-old actor, singer and musician originally from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom but had moved to Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom. He portrays Frisk in the West End version of Undertale. He suffers from low blood pressure.

Tubbo as Toby Smith/Tubbo, a 16-year-old actor, singer and musician originally from Bognor Regis, West Sussex, United Kingdom. He portrays Asriel in the West End version of Undertale. He suffers from dyslexia as well as migraines and hemiplegic cluster headaches. He is adopted by Mathew Baynton and Ben Willbond since he was 13.

Fundy as Floris/Fundy, a 20-year-old actor, singer and musician originally from Amsterdam, Netherlands. He portrays Dogamy from Undertale. He has poliosis.

Purpled as Grayson/Purpled, a 16-year-old actor originally from Virginia, United States. He portrays Monster Kid from Undertale.

Will Gold as Wilbur Soot, a 24-year-old actor, singer and musician originally from Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom. He portrays Napstablook on the West End version of Undertale. He has a condition that weakens his taste as well as suffering from aphantasia and Hashimoto's.

Eret as Alistair/Eret, an openly bisexual genderfluid (uses any prounous) 21-year-old actor from Los Angeles, California United States who uses any pronouns. They portray Mettaton on the West End version of Undertale. They suffer from ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia, generalised anxiety disorder and depression.

Nihachu as Niki Nihachu, a vegetarian pansexual (or bisexual because it's easy for her to explain) 18-year-old actress, musician and singer originally from Berlin, Germany but had since moved to Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom. She portrays Dogaressa on the West End version of Undertale and the voice of one of the echo flowers. She is Cara's girlfriend.

Quackity as Alex Malonando/Quackity, a 19-year-old actor, singer and musician from Mexico but lived in Los Angeles, California, United States. He portrays Papyrus on the West End version of Undertale.

Karl Jacobs as Karl Jacobs, a 22-year-old actor and singer originally from Greenville, North Carolina, United States. He portrays Sans on the West End version of Undertale. He is Nick's boyfriend.

Antfrost as Antfrost, an openly gay 22-year-old actor originally from Virginia, United States. He portrays Bob on the West End version of Undertale. He is Velvet's boyfriend.

Philza as Phil Watson/Philza, a 32-year-old actor originally from Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom. He portrays Asgore on the West End version of Undertale. Being one of the only married couple of the cast, he is the husband of Kristin.

Misstrixtin as Kristin Watson/Misstrixtin, an actress around Philza's age (or younger) currently living in Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom with Philza. She portrays Toriel on the West End version of Undertale. Being one of the only married couple of the cast, she is the wife of Philza.

ConnorEatsPants as Connor/ConnorEatsPants, a 22-year-old actor originally from Austin, Texas, United States. He is portrays Burgerpants on the West End version of Undertale.

Foolish Gamers as Noah Brown/Foolish Gamers, a 22-year-old actor originally from Columbus, Ohio, United States. He portrays River Person on the West End version of Undertale Undertale.

Hannahxxrose as Hannah/Hannahxxrose, a 20-year-old actress originally from Chicago, Illinois, United States. She portrays Undyne on the West End version of Undertale.

TinaKitten as Tina Kenyon/TinaKitten, a 22-year-old actress originally from South Korea but lived in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. She portrays Alphys on the West End version of Undertale.

Aimsey as Aimee/Aimsey, a genderfluid (uses any pronouns) and bisexual 18-year-old actress originally from Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. They portray Temmie Chang and Kindness on the West End version of Undertale.

Snifferish as Cassie Ann/Snifferish, a non-binary (uses they/she pronouns) and bisexual 17-year-old actress originally from the United States and is on the asexual spectrum. They portray Genocide Anomaly on the West End version of Undertale.

Billzo as Bill Hope/Billzo, a bisexual 16-year-old actor originally from the United Kingdom. He portrays Pacifist Anomaly on the West End version of Undertale. He's dyslexic and suffers from type 1 diabetes.

Badlinu as Freddie Hackett/Badlinu, an 17-year-old actor and musician originally from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom. He portrays Chara on the West End version of Undertale.

Corpse Husband as Corpse Husband, a 23-year-old actor and musician originally from San Diego, California, United States. He portrays W.D Gaster on the West End version of Undertale. He is chronically ill suffering from fibromyalgia, sleep apnea, chronic insomnia, GERD and an eye disease.

JustaMinx as Becca/JustaMinx, an asexual 23-year-old actress originally from Ireland but lives between Los Angeles, California, United States and Brighton, East Sussex, England. She portrays Muffet on the West End version of Undertale. She has borderline personality disorder.

Michael Garza as Derrick, a 21-year-old actor originally from the United States. He was originally going to take the role as Frisk but was disqualified after Zoe and Raphael learned that he was a child groomer so they had to disqualify him for the sake of protecting the minors in the cast. Because of that, he had to find ways to get into the show to seek revenge. He is loosely based on Jikishi, a Dream SMP member who was permanently banned due to sexual abuse allegations.

Froy Gutierrez as Paul, a 20-year-old actor, singer and musician originally from the United States. He couldn't tolerate what Derrick had done yet was forced to join him to seek revenge on Zoe and Raphael. It is later revealed that he was a spy loyal to the cast because of how controlling Derrick is and that he didn't want to be loyal to a groomer. He is loosely based on Pocket.

Mathew Baynton as Mathew Baynton, a 39-year-old former actor, singer and musician and current stage manager. He was good friends with Zoe's mum due to their chemistry together while in Miss Saigon and was considered an uncle to her as he portrayed Chris in the musical. He is openly gay and married to Ben Willbond, the head of the tech crew and adopted Toby when he was 13.

Martha Howe-Douglas as Martha Howe-Douglas, a 40-year-old former actress and singer and current costume manager and makeup artist. She was also good friends with Zoe's mum as they were also co-stars in Miss Saigon (where she portrayed Ellen) and Les Miserables (where she portrayed Fantine). She is married to Larry Rickard.

Jim Howick as Jim Howick, a 41-year-old former actor and singer and current stage manager. He is Mat's coworker when it comes to stage management and is also in charge of selling the tickets in the theatre.

Alice Lowe as Alice Lowe, a 43-year-old former actress and singer and current makeup artist and wig and hair manager. She was formerly the understudy of Eponine and portrayed Cosette from Les Miserables.

Laurence Rickard as Larry Rickard, a 45-year-old former actor and singer and current props manager. He was good friends with Zoe's mum and he also happened to be the former understudy for Chris (who was portrayed by Mat) from Miss Saigon and portrayed Marius from Les Miserables. He is married to Martha Howe-Douglas.

Simon Farnaby as Simon Farnaby, a 47-year-old former actor and singer and current director alongside Zoe and Raphael. He's rarely at work due to directing other stage projects.

Ben Willbond as Ben Willbond, a 47-year-old former actor and singer and current head of the tech crew. He formerly portrayed Jean Valjean from Les Miserables. He is openly gay and married Mat as well as adopting Toby when he was 13.

Recurring
GeorgeNotFound as George Davidson/GeorgeNotFound, a 23-year-old colourblind actor and musician originally from London, United Kingdom but lived in Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom. He is the understudy for Flowey in the West End version of Undertale, one of the echo flowers and Integrity.

Callahan as Callahan, a 23-year-old mute actor of unknown nationality (presumably American). He is part of the ensemble and doesn't have singing or speaking lines.

Awesamdude as Sam/Awesamdude, a colourblind 24-year-old actor originally from Texas, United States. He is part of the ensemble in the West End version of Undertale and is the voice of one of the echo flowers.

Punz as Luke/Punz, a 23-year-old actor originally from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He is the understudy for Sans from Undertale.

Jschlatt as Jschlatt, a 21-year-old actor originally from Austin, Texas, United States and is a devout Catholic. He is the understudy for Asgore from Undertale.

Skeppy as Zak Ahmed/Skeppy, a 20-year-old actor from Clearwater, Florida, United States. He is the understudy for Mad Dummy from Undertale and is the voice of one of the echo flowers and portrays Bravery.

Jack Manifold as Jack Manifold, a 18-year-old actor and singer originally from East Midlands, United Kingdom before moving to Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom. He is the understudy for Chara from Undertale and portrays Justice.

CaptainPuffy as Cara/CaptainPuffy, a colourblind and openly bisexual 22-year-old actress and singer originally from New York City, New York, United States. She is the understudy for Toriel from Undertale, the voice of one of the echo flowers and Patience. She is Niki's girlfriend.

Ranboo as Ranboo, a 16-year-old actor, musician and singer originally from San Francisco, California, United States. He is the understudy for Napstablook from Undertale.

Slimecicle as Charlie Dalgleish/Slimecicle, a 22-year-old actor and singer originally from Vermont, United States. He is part of the ensemble on the West End version of Undertale.

Michaelmcchill as Michael Fulton/Michaelmcchill, a 24-year-old actor and singer originally from Indiana, United States. He is the understudy for Asgore from Undertale.

Eryn as Eryn, a bisexual 16-year-old actor presumably from Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, United Kingdom. He is the understudy for Frisk from Undertale.

BoomerNA as Dylan/BoomerNA, a genderfluid (uses he/they) colourblind 19-year-old actor and singer originally from Farwell, Michigan, United States. He is part of the ensemble on the West End version of Undertale.

Highkeyhateme as Oli Briggs/Highkeyhateme, an 18-year-old actor originally from Sussex, England, United Kingdom. He is the understudy for Asriel from Undertale as well as portraying the God of Hyperdeath version of Undertale.

Beautie as Beau/Beautie_, a 15-year-old actress originally from Scotland, United Kingdom. She is part of the ensemble from the West End version of Undertale, the voice of one of the echo flowers and Perseverance.

CG5 as Charles Green/CG5, a 21-year-old musician and singer originally from Phoenix, Arizona, United States. He is the main music producer for the songs from Undertale as well as the technician. He is supposedly autistic and suffers from scoliosis. Along with Wilbur Soot, CG5 also composes the soundtrack for the series.

Dangthatsalongname as Scott Major/Dangthatsalongname, a gay 25-year-old actor originally from Scotland but lived in Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom. He is the understudy for W.D Gaster from Undertale.

VelvetIsCake as VelvetIsCake, a 20-year-old actor originally from the United States. He is the understudy for Bob from Undertale. He is Ant's boyfriend.

5up as 5up, a asexual biromantic 20-year-old actor originally from Pheonix, Arizona, United States but moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. He is part of the ensemble on the West End version of Undertale.

a6d as Xem/a6d, a 19-year-old actor and musician originally from Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. He is part of the ensemble of the West End version of Undertale.

IlluminaHD as Kye/IlluminaHD, a bisexual 21-year-old actor originally from Alberta, Canada. He is part of the ensemble on the West End version of Undertale. He is of European and Indigenous descent.

JustVurb as Arran Willis/JustVurb, a 22-year-old actor originally from Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom. He is part of the ensemble from the West End version of Undertale.

Krtzyy as Dave Kratz/Krtzyy, a pansexual 21-year-old actor originally from the United States. He is part of the ensemble in the West End version of Undertale.

Spifey as Geo Anderson/Spifey, a 22-year-old actor originally from Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom. He is part of the ensemble on the West End version of Undertale.

Tapl as Harvey Lee/TapL, a 19-year-old actor originally from the Philippines but lived in Marina Del Rey, California, United States. He is part of the ensemble in the West End version of Undertale. Similar to Zoe, his parents were originally in musical theatre participating in their local productions of Miss Saigon, Les Miserables and West Side Story.

Wisp as Kit/Wisp, a young actor in his late teens or early 20s originally from the United Kingdom. He is part of the ensemble of the West End version of Undertale.

Zelk as Jake/Zelk, a 21-year-old actor originally from Michigan, United States. He is part of the ensemble of the West End version of Undertale.

McYum as Jared West/McYum, a 16-year-old actor originally from England, United Kingdom. He is the understudy for Monster Kid from Undertale.

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 mostly a British and American cast. 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 Alex and George, Eret being a non-binary character, Mat and Ben, Nick and Karl and Darryl and more. The series also includes gay parenting like Toby's fathers, Matt and Ben as well as cross-sex roles where Tommy and Freddie play Frisk and Chara, who are both genderless in the game. The series also includes single-parenting where Derrick's mother was a single mother and that his father married another woman leading to Paul.

The series is also inclusive of diversity. Racial diversity includes POC characters like Zoe and Harvey being Filipino, Raphael being Chinese, Alex, Derrick and Paul being Mexican, Zak being Arab, Eryn and Ponk being black and Tina being Korean. Neurodiversity coming from characters including Dream with ADHD, Toby with dyslexia, Eret with dyslexia, dyspraxia, generalized anxiety disorder and depression, Becca with borderline personality disorder and more. 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, Sam, George and Karl's colourblindness and more.

The series also talks about sexual assault and abuse which led to the series being rated PG as well as sensitive topics about mental health.

Casting
The cast mainly includes gaming Youtubers as Undertale characters. To prevent controversy, Jikishi and Pocket weren't added to the cast but were replaced by actors portraying the characters loosely based on them.

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. Along with that comes songs from various Broadway and Disney musicals.

Release
Every episode is released weekly on Disney+ since the 1st of June 2021.

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
 * This series is a Dream SMP AU crossover with other MCYTs and original characters portraying musical theatre
 * In fact, the Dream SMP lore resembles musical theatre
 * The first episode, Auditioning For Undertale, is the longest episode as well as having the most songs out of all episodes with 54 songs
 * The episode with the least amount of songs is Joining Tech with only one song
 * There are many movies and musicals referenced in the series such as:
 * Hamilton
 * Moana
 * Miss Saigon
 * The Little Mermaid
 * Les Miserables
 * Anastasia
 * The Hunchback of Notre Dame
 * The Prince of Egypt
 * Encanto
 * Tarzan
 * Beauty and the Beast
 * Rent
 * Tick, Tick... Boom
 * Frozen
 * Brother Bear
 * Hercules
 * Treasure Planet
 * West Side Story
 * Thumbelina
 * Brother Bear and Treasure Planet are also the only mentioned films in the series that doesn't have musical numbers
 * The series' main theme is nostalgia
 * This is based on Undertale's popularity due to nostalgia
 * The revived popularity of Minecraft is also the reason why the series' theme is nostalgia
 * Broadway, West End and Disney musicals are also known to be nostalgic
 * The 90s and 2000s inspired clothing worn by the characters fits the nostalgic atmosphere of the series
 * Because the series is an adaptation of the Undertale: Tales Of The Underground which was released on Netflix (transferred to Disney+ in 2021) and Hulu (US only), certain scenes like Undyne and Alphys dating and the Papyrus battle in the Pacifist route were cut
 * Despite the Undyne and Alphys date being cut, LGBTQ+ representation still remains in the series