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SmashBits gives the Roaring Knight a very unserious reception

Kris turns a Deltarune warning into a recurring voice gag in the busiest of seven new uploads.

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“Take the Roaring Knight Seriously!”

SmashBits Animations has a simple answer to requests for a more serious Roaring Knight: let Ralsei explain the stakes, then have Kris interrupt with the silliest possible delivery.

In "Take the Roaring Knight Seriously!", Ralsei warns that Lightners and Darkners will die. Kris keeps returning to the phrase "the Roaring" in an ominous, wobbling voice, even while falling backward. This is an animated Deltarune parody, and the contrast is the whole joke: an approaching catastrophe meets someone determined to keep doing the bit.

The short has reached roughly 250,000 views, making it the week's most-watched new upload. Viewers are repeating the delivery in the comments, while others wonder whether Kris's refusal to take the Knight seriously could suggest a personal connection. That's their reading of the gag, not a revelation from the game.

Repeated lines became something of a theme across the seven uploads. Every "HELLO!" in If Deltarune was Realistic came close to the Roaring Knight video's audience, with Every "NOELLE!" in If Deltarune was Realistic also gathering a substantial audience. The newer "Beefage" currently has the strongest daily momentum, followed by the Knight compilation and Kris Having Emotional Walls.

The channel added about 10,000 subscribers over the week, and daily views are running above their usual level. Among nearby animation channels, Her Story had a particularly large week, while Aphmau Diaries and Animators VS Games saw no subscriber increase. For SmashBits, the distinctive thread is how much mileage Deltarune's dialogue supplies: sometimes a whole upload can turn on how one word sounds.

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What viewers say

The roaring knight is the only serious character in the finale episode
@Megamus643See it on YouTube
It truly was, a roaring
@ДокторденчикSee it on YouTube
Applying this to the canon makes it look like Kris can't take it seriously cause they likely know the Knight personally and they're more goofy behind the scenes.
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