So, the amalgamates. Monsters melted together forming some sort of abominations who are sure to give people nightmares the first time through. The first one we meet upon entering the True Lab is the one we’re gonna talk about here.

The memoryheads.

Now, why them? Well.. Because no matter how I try to look at them, I can’t see them as amalgamates.

When seeing an amalgamate, the first question you tend to ask yourself is “what monsters are they made of?” as this will be needed to know how to spare them.

Now, I must ask you this: What monster are the memoryheads made out of? Because, sure, looking at them, we can kind of … See some faces melted together, and things melted together does sounds like an amalgamate but… That’s the only thing they have in common.

Also pay attention to how they are spared: You need to use your cell, and then refuse to join them. Isn’t that strange? Usually, to spare amalgamates, you have to do actions that remind them of who they were before. But here? It is actions that we never had to do before.

I would also like to point out what happens if you try to attack them:

First of all, that’s creepy. Second of all, no monster ever does that. They are the only ones who do.

When hitting other amalgamates, you tend to miss. But not… Like this. Not with creepy messages appearing in red.

The messages are the following, by the way:

Don’t worry about it.



Absorbed



I’m lovin’ it.



But it didn’t work.



nope



FAILURE



MISS



It’s strange, it’s creepy, and it’s something never seen before, and that never repeats in the future.

It is also interesting to point out that in the very end of the True Lab, you are surrounded by the amalgamates encountered before. Counting the memoryheads, you encounter 5 enemies in the True Lab, however…

Only 4 amalgamates are present on this cutscene.

The memoryheads are also never seen outside of the one battle we have against them, while we do meet every amalgamate in the different zones, spending time with their loved ones when going through the underground again after finishing the true lab.

So, the question is: Who are the memoryheads?

The answer is simple: They are parts of Gaster.

So, let us look at the actions we can have with the memoryheads again, shall we? We have CHECK, CELL, STAT and ITEM. Cell is the right answer as it will make you take out your cell and hear voices through the receiver. Check will prompt the flavor text to say “no data available”, Stat will actually give you the monster’s stat, and Item will prompt them to put a piece of themselves in your inventory.

Isn’t that last one very strange? And it sounds familiar.

Very familiar.

Wasn’t Gaster scattered through time and space, and didn’t one of his follower have a piece of him?

Interesting indeed.

Those memoryheads can break themselves into pieces that they can give to you… Just like how Gaster seems to have been “broken into pieces” as one of his followers holds a piece of him.

What about the other actions? Because “no data available” is the very first and only time that the flavor text has nothing to say about a monster, it is the first time that there is no available data about a monster. Which is frankly surprising, because it is able to comment even on the other amalgamates…

But it wouldn’t be surprising, for the flavor text, to not have anything to say about someone like Gaster, who doesn’t exactly exist to begin with, wouldn’t it?

The fact that it quite literally does not have a name until you hear voice through the Cell’s receiver is also quite strange, isn’t it?

What the flavor text does know, however, is that the memoryheads “smell like batteries”, which is interesting, if we think of Gaster’s story. You know, former royal scientist, created the core, who is a gigantic machine who pretty much produces magical electricity, “fell into his creation” (implies the core)… Maybe someone who fell into such thing would indeed smell like batteries to a kid.

Another thing I’d like to point out is what its attack look like, because, seriously…

That face… doesn’t it remind you of a very special someone?

You can’t tell me there is no resemblance.

And if it is indeed Gaster, the fact that they invite you to join them is… Interesting, to say the least.

The literally only thing that goes against this theories? They do not speak in wingdings. Otherwise, it all fits.