The Funny Bones

(undertale spoilers)

Contrary to popular belief and the first impression Papyrus gives us in Snowdin, Papyrus may not actually hate puns. In fact, he says even more puns than Sans!

We hope you find this comprehensive post of the skeleton brothers’ puns to be ribeting. If not that, at least it’ll be a rib-tickler!

San’s Snowdin Station

It’s easy to get distracted by Sans’ puns, given how the game even highlights and zooms in on him when he delivers them: “skele-ton” and “down to the bone.” However, Papyrus makes two puns of his own: “YOU LAZYBONES!!” and “PUT A LITTLE MORE, "BACKBONE“ INTO IT!!!!”

(More punbearable content under the cut.)

Electricity Maze

For this electricity maze, the pun is: “QUITE SHOCKING!!!”

Electricity Maze (Genocide Route Only)



Still rolling with the electricity theme, the pun is: “CULTURE SHOCK.”

Lesser Dog’s Station

The pun here is a dog-related one: “PUPULARITY CONTEST.”

Slippery Ice

Considering the ice, the puns are: “COOL TECHNIQUE” and “I’M COLD OUT”.

Incidental Music

While not a spoken pun, the musical instrument of choice – the trombone – speaks volumes.

Ketchup Prank

A classic pun from Sans: “bone appetit.”

Papyrus’ Fight (Genocide Only - Spare)



This pun was a surprising one: “LET BYBONES BE BYBONES.”

Garbage Dump



A fitting pun for the garbage dump: “DOWN IN THE DUMPS!!!”

Musical Poster (With Undyne)

With the talk about barbecue and kabobs, Papyrus throws a pun in here: “BONES AS KABONE SKEWERS!”

After MTT Musical

Another classic pun: “BONE-A-FIDE”.

Sans’ Hot Dog Stand (30 hot dogs)

While the second one might be a stretch, here are two more puns from Sans: “frank” and “head-dogs”.

Muffet’s Lair (After Fight & With Undyne)

A pun from each skeleton here: “to surf the web” and “FANGS”.

R3 Elevator

One of the best puns, regarding Papyrus’ sentry station: “CARDBOARDHYDRATES!”

Although everyone thinks of Sans as the punmaster, Papyrus proves to be just as punderful as Sans, if not more! Really makes you think twice about how Papyrus actually feels about puns.



If we missed any puns made by either skeleton, please let us know where can we find them!