Does Flowey Have a SOUL?

Flowey, the main antagonist in the popular video game Undertale, does not have a SOUL in the classical sense, as he is a soulless resurrection of Asriel Dreemurr, a young monster prince who was killed by humans, and his existence is a result of determination being injected into a flower that contained Asriel’s dust. The lack of a SOUL has significant implications for Flowey’s character, as it prevents him from feeling love and compassion, and instead leads to a range of complex and intriguing behaviors that drive the plot of Undertale.

Understanding Flowey’s Existence

To better understand Flowey’s existence and the implications of his lack of a SOUL, it is essential to examine the game’s storyline and the events that led to his creation.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Why Does Flowey Have No Soul?

Flowey was already Asriel, and when Asriel died, his dust spread onto a flower, which Dr. Alphys later injected with determination, giving the flower sentience, but since monster dust contains the essence of a monster, the flower had all the memories of Asriel, but lacked a SOUL.

2. Does Flowey Have Emotions?

Flowey is able to feel emotions, he had them since he woke up, and he exhibits them all throughout the game – fear, sadness, anger, and glee, but what he lacks is the ability to feel love and compassion due to his soulless existence.

3. Why is Flowey Scared of Chara?

Flowey is scared of Chara because he realized he wasn’t exempt from Chara’s genocide, he finally saw the terrible reality he was in, right in front of a genocidal mass murderer.

4. What Powers Does Flowey Have?

Flowey has the ability to summon Venus fly-traps, create bombs with his original counterpart’s face on them, and make plants into finger guns that shoot fingers.

5. Why Does Flowey Turn Evil?

Flowey was the way he was because he was living through the resets, he didn’t stop at a happy ending, he kept going and going until he wasn’t content with happy endings, he wanted to see just exactly what he could do.

6. Is Flowey Stronger Than Sans?

Flowey nearly wins because of save-spamming, but he’s theoretically beatable, The God of Hyperdeath is literally indestructible, the only way to win against him at all is to emotionally drive him to the point of a mental breakdown.

7. Can Flowey Be Beaten?

After the protagonist completes all of the human SOUL segments, the human SOULs fully heal them and drop Photoshop Flowey’s DF to 0, when Flowey loses all of his HP, he abuses his powers over SAVE files, but is ultimately betrayed and defeated by the human SOULs and weakened to his original state.

8. Does Killing Flowey Ruin a True Pacifist Run?

Killing Flowey at the end does not count against your Pacifist playthrough.

9. Why Does Flowey Cry?

Photoshop Flowey “cries” when he is damaged beyond half his health, the face Flowey makes after recovering all his HP by loading File 3 is a reference to the “Troll Face“, a recurring meme used around the internet to signify when someone has been “trolled” online or in other forms of media.

10. Is Omega Flowey Scary?

The appearance of Omega Flowey in the Neutral Run can be considered frightening and disturbing to some.

11. Is Flowey Depressed?

Flowey is the ultimate embodiment of depression in Undertale, Flowey lacking a full SOUL prevents him from feeling anything, from feeling true emotion.

12. What Disorder Does Flowey Have?

Flowey the flower exhibits many traits that are commonly associated with psychopathy, such as a lack of empathy, a disregard for the well-being of others, and a willingness to manipulate and deceive in order to achieve his goals.

13. Can Flowey Feel Fear?

Obviously Flowey is sadistic, but does express fear in the genocidal route, but when Flowey absorbed the souls and became Asriel, he definitely felt love and compassion, and the fallout from never feeling it for so long.

14. Can You Lose the Flowey Fight?

Flowey’s attacks cycle between an all out assault and a short battle against one of the six Souls, dying at any point will cause the game to quit, but at the end of each cycle you’ll hit a checkpoint so if you die you can at least resume the battle where you left off.

15. Should I Give Flowey Mercy?

The only way to spare him is to quit the game and reset, he realized that he’s not apart from the other monsters, he knows he will be killed, so he really means it when he pleads for mercy, but if you’re going for all endings you have to kill him for genocide route and soulless True Pacifist.