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I wanted to figure out what the "Field of Pink and Gold" was actually referencing in this chapter if not the fat cat itself directly. The one and most abundant answer seems to be Mad Mew Mew (Pink) and Flowery (Gold) both being what the "Field of Pink and Yellow" was about.

And if the two of them were placed as a dichotomy that means that there should be a connection. And I think this here is it in the form of an old FRIEND theory that has gained a whole lot more sense in my eyes since then.

That being that FRIEND's Pink and Gold eyes represent two different concepts at the same time: VALUE and LOVE. Value in the sense of statistics and therefore the intricate knowledge of the world of Deltarune and Love in one's ability to form and understand the nature and power of bonds of love, family and friendship. And in this context Mew Mew and Flowey would be basically a Yin and Yang dichotomy of these two values.

Flowery would be rather obvious in how he constantly breaks and twists the mechanics of the game to his will as seen with all his maxed out Values/Stats and possesses deep knowledge of its mysteries.. While Mew Mew wholly lacks them on every level, despite her nature as a secret boss (which only emphasizes its absence).

And Mad Mew Mew in turn is a boss fight all about Love, her battle's mechanic is literally showering her with love until we get to go on a date with her and the main gist of her story is about her learning to accept the love of others but also love herself... Meanwhile Flowery's main struggle is that he fundamentally does not understand Love beyond a surface level.

He and the other flowers truly and genuinely love Asgore and want to repay him in his kindness... But do not understand his struggles, they do not understand why he cares about his work with his "conspiracy" and his family, if both make him experience "bad" emotions. Why doesn't Asgore just do "fun" things to feel "good" emotions? They are trying to make Asgore by giving him "happy" things and experiences without understanding what he truly wants... Because this is in the end, are just the dreams of a Flower.

In the Japanese translation, all the flower names are given as transliterations of their actual colours.

Aqua’s name is given as Turquoise rather than Aqua/Cyan (also different from the colour you can select upon vessel creation which is あおみどり, or aomidori meaning “blue-green” because we can’t get enough confusion between what is or isn’t blue in Deltarune), but everyone else still follows this naming convention… with two exceptions.

The first is Seth, who is instead named Morris in reference to their namesake and design inspiration from Illusion of Gaia.

(They are the purple one in case it’s not obvious)

The other here is Pink, where her name is rendered as もも, or Momo (meaning “Peach”)

I also found this a little interesting considering that this one actually makes it to Kris’s ch5 title (whereas their original title “Blue Rose” was translated w/ Ao), and this choice seems to be a less common term than transliteration ピンク for pink, but theres a couple of things I think explains this well.

First is the obvious - Pink, as the Secret Boss and a different type of Lightner/Darkner blur than the Plantners, gets a name that stands out more while still fitting into the plant theme.

And the second is the real kicker: