Reigen Arataka and Sans squared off in Tumblr Sexyman poll for fans

Let it be known that the day of Thursday Sept. 8 was perhaps one of the most delirious days on the internet, and not just for the reason you’d think. Sans the Indie Darling’s skeleton-like character UntertaleHe won the Tumblr Sexyman pollReigen Arataka from the anime Mob Psycho 100. This contest generated a lot of memes and fan art, which filled platforms such as Twitter and Tumblr.

To reach the top, Sans had to conquer a “who would win” style bracket hosted on a Twitter account called Tumblr Sexyman OTD. The competition was stacked, with beloved characters from across media franchises — Wheatley from Portal 2C, Almond Cookiesookie Run: KindgomRaymond and Jeremy from Animal Crossing.

While the bracket ended technically on Wednesday night, the fans enjoyed celebrating the next day. Each day, fans would vote on their favorite “Tumblr Sexyman,” which is a term for character with a dedicated online fan following often expressed in the form of fan art and memes.

UntertaleSans is an amusing character. His name comes from Comic Sans which is the font used to write his dialog boxes. Although he’s long been the stuff of memes everywhere, he wasn’t a shoe-in, because he squared off against the bumbling mentor and sexy salaryman Reigen Aratka from the anime Mob Psycho 100. Reigen won the both the The and the Reigen Award just days earlier. ultimate DILF pollHe also won the twink poll which put him in an excellent position to win Tumblr Sexyman.

In the end it was a very close race, Sans winning Reigen by less then 1%.

Reigen fans and Sans fandoms went insane, and Twitter as well as Tumblr were filled with hilarious memes and art of Sans and the other characters in the bracket. Untertale.

The same day fans were celebrating Sans’ win, the Queen of England died, so fans quickly ended up making memes combining the two events in what made for a delirious mashup that capitalized on fandom and a major historical event.

If all this wasn’t enough, Untertale creator Toby Fox, who generally doesn’t acknowledge the massive spotlight of his game’s fandom, came forward and wrote a brief entry of fanfic about the two characters to commemorate the event. (Or, as one fan pointed out, maybe it’s not fanfic and is actually canonFox, the creator of, is the answer. Untertale.)

Regardless of whether it’s canon or not, it’s a genuine delight to see Fox recognize the fandom that’s still alive and kicking long after the game was first released back in 2015.