It's always so funny to see people complaining about "why is Spamton so present in fanart? Why is he always with Tenna? Why is Tenna's most famous ship with Spamton?? There are so many other characters in Deltarune! Why do people love him?"
First of all...
Draw and write it yourself then! People aren't going to stop just because you, some random person on the internet, don't like it. You sound like a spoiled child.
Second, I'm sorry but it's so fucking obvious that Toby Fox LOVES Spamton. There was the Spamton Sweepstakes, Spamton Q&A, Spamton has been the mascot of two charity campaigns. And it's also obvious that Toby Fox also loves spamtenna and them being a couple is important to the story, just like alphyne is. If you don't like this, then you're playing the wrong game lol
And Spamton is simply interesting in SO many different ways! He's not just a spam. He knows how to draw. He has hobbies, a personality outside of his function of being a spam. He actually goes against the function of being a spam, he tried to be honest and have good products (unlike the Addisons btw). He tried to be much more than that, he tried to get married (the ring in the sweepstakes) and even had a daughter (Pipis). He tried to help people who were struggling like him, trusting this person even knowing the danger (Tenna).
He was one of the first darkners to discover how oppressive and wrong the darkner mentality is, and he's against it. He shares the same opinion as our heroes Susie and Kris about it.
Spamton canonically belongs to several marginalized groups. He is openly (and much more proudly than his partner, btw) queer. He clearly has mental disorders, and explicitly canonically has physical disabilities. He glitches, where he lives too, is called a "corrupted program," literally can't speak normally like he used to, has had religious psychosis, has PTSD, has panic attacks, and his reaction is to run away without thinking. He is shorter than other Addisons (and characters offend him with ableist tones about it twice). He is canonically disabled, both physically and mentally.
He is homeless and without medical care. For years. Due to government negligence (Queen and Swatch), and lack of help from those who should be his friends (Addisons and Tenna). They all failed Spamton and bear responsibility for Spamton's precarious state; some bear more responsibility than others, but they all share it.
Spamton is the uncomfortable truth that shows that silly and funny characters like Queen and Tenna can do horrible things (and even be abusive too). Spamton shows the classism that people in the fandom didn't even know they had within themselves.
Spamton has many mysteries and possible theories surrounding him. He is heavily connected to Gaster and FRIEND. He knows a lot and even tried to tell us about the Roaring Knight in his shop.
Like Chara, Spamton will only help us with the non pacifist route if we kill everyone first. No one is left alive. They are two mentally unstable characters who can be influenced by our actions. This route is about the two of them not breaking the cycle of abuse and convincing them that this is the way it has to be done. And guess who else Toby Fox loves? Our little chocolate Chara! Toby even confirmed that they're the last person to be saved.
Spamton also has religious trauma and religious psychosis. He would spend hours praying to NEO before being evicted.
Spamton is canonically a survivor. It's quite obvious that Spamton didn't consent to having his body completely altered and turned into a puppet. He had all his autonomy taken away from him. He was neglected. He was physically abused. There are texts that implicitly mention prostitution and being beaten for money.
Spamton has the theme of being non conforming, against prophecy and fate; but also the theme of classicism and prejudice against homeless people; themes about disability and injustice, being neglected and abandoned, to be resilient, to not give up.
Spamton is such an amazing character when you don't take as absolute truth what some privileged classist characters (who victimize themselves while they vilifying and/or victim blame him) think of him
Also, he's simply very funny!
And last but not least, cry harder lmao











