About

Lancer is a character from the indie video game Deltarune created by Toby Fox. He is originally the game's primary antagonist before joining the player's team.

Origin

Lancer appears in Deltarune, released October 31st, 2018, as the game's primary antagonist and looks to impede the player's progress to the Dark Fountain in Card Castle.^[1] Initially he appears in silhouette before revealing his face. He appears hostile to the player but over the course of the narrative warms up to the player and their party while looking for genuine friendship (gameplay shown below).

Spread

The character quickly became popular with fans, inspiring fan art and parodies, particularly of the character's face after joining the player's team near the end of the game. One particularly notable strand of parody compares Lancer's face to that of Handsome Squidward. For example, Tumblr user sirartwork drew the character as Handsome Squidward, gaining over 2,800 notes (shown below, left). Twitter user @alltria posted a GIF of Lancer being hit by a door and turning handsome, much in the same way Handsome Squidward became handsome in Spongebob Squarepants (shown below, right).

Fans also parodied Lancer by pairing it with Voldo's stride which some people also call it the "Chad Stride" from SoulCalibur turning Lancer into Chad Lancer. For example, Tumblr user Slan-gyker posted a GIF of several Lancer models walking with the animation (shown below, left). User radicalapollo made a SoulCalibur VI Custom Character parody of Lancer's stride, gaining over 3,500 notes (shown below, right).

Theme Remixes

Lancer's music also grew popular among fans of the game. An extended version of the character's theme was posted to YouTube the day the game was released by user Funny Fox, gaining over 220,000 views (shown below).

Popular remixes of the theme include an edit by Nick Nitro that gained over 147,000 views (shown below, left) and a remix by Noteblock that gained over 60,000 views (shown below, right).

Various Examples

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