Hometown Butcher

Hometown Butcher is a fan-coined label for a mysterious Deltarune: Chapter 5 NPC—often called Normal NPC or the Striped Bird—whom players suspect killed or processed the absent lake character Onionsan. After Onionsan vanishes following optional Chapter 2 encounters, Chapter 5's Hometown festival introduces the figure running a takoyaki stand; when Susie eats the free octopus balls, she remarks they taste like raw onion, sparking murder-mystery jokes across X, TikTok, and YouTube.

Theory threads tie the NPC's grayscale palette, sparse dialogue, and Gaster-follower parallels to a darker lore bit riding the post–June 24 Chapter 5 release wave alongside Pirate Gaster edits and Flower Man covers. Know Your Meme opened a submission page July 4, 2026, documenting fan art, vanity animations, and dialogue compilations as a named micro-fad rather than a single exploitable image.

onionsantheory.com can host a spoiler-gated evidence board—lake song clips, takoyaki dialogue, Onionsan disappearance timeline—with artist credit rules and links to Toby Fox's official channels instead of re-hosting OST files.

deltarunebutcher.com fits a fan-theory wiki with Normal NPC dialogue transcripts, striped-bird sprite references, and weekly "butcher or red herring" polls that keep speculation in-fiction.

takoyakitheory.com works as a recipe-meets-meme vertical: real takoyaki tutorials beside meme caption cards, export presets for vertical theory videos, and etiquette for not harassing voice actors over unconfirmed lore.