#i think we'll get more context to Spamton's history and learn about whatever Tenna did to Mike...maybe even meet Mike too

[starleska]

so many televisions...but who is Tenna, and who is Mike?! here's what we know (with some speculation) 📺

from left-to-right, we have all of the television sets which seem relevant to Deltarune Chapter 3. these are: 📺 the leaked border image graphic of a snail-like TV-headed character likely from Deltarune Chapter 3 📺 Toriel's television set crossed out by Spamton in a hidden gif on deltarune.com, with the url d_a_m_n_y_o_u_t_e_n_n_a 📺 Toriel's television set in the daytime during Deltarune Chapter 2 📺 Toriel's television set during the night-time after everyone has fallen asleep at the end of Deltarune Chapter 2 📺 Toriel's television set after Kris creates a Dark Fountain and is swallowed by it at the end of Deltarune Chapter 2 there are two (presumed) upcoming characters in Deltarune who could be any of these televisions: Mike and Tenna.

Mike is a character referenced by Spamton NEO, and from his dialogue lines, it seems that Mike may have been Spamton's friend or recorded for him in the past. creation-wise, Mike is probably a reference to this Big Shot soda commercial from 1997 starring Mike Ditka, presumed by many to have partly inspired Spamton and his 'BIG SHOT' catchphrase/theme. we can also see a hidden reference to Mike on the d_a_m_n_y_o_u_t_e_n_n_a page: if you press ctrl+f and type 'Mike', or simply highlight all the text on the screen, you should see it at the bottom of Spamton's rant. Tenna is another character referenced by Spamton, but with a great deal more wrath. it's clear from the above page that Spamton despises Tenna, calling him a '[Boob tube]' and saying that everything is his fault. as we know that the next chapter is going to have a television-themed antagonist, we assume that 'Tenna' is a play on a 'television antenna', and 'Mike' is a play on 'microphone'. in Deltarune Chapter 2, Spamton gives you several interesting bits of dialogue while in his shop, starting with:

the 'easel' in question is most likely Swatch, who describes Spamton as having been a regular at the Colour Cafe and highly valued. adding to the intrigue, 'CRTs' stands for 'Cathode-Ray Tubes': an older type of television/computer monitor display that was prominent before LCD and plasma screens. now if Spamton has negative feelings towards CRTs, he has negative feelings towards televisions...and the most likely candidate for being a television is (ann)Tenna, not Mike 👀

we have a few little extra bits corroborating Tenna as the television-headed character's identity. after you defeat Spamton NEO and return to the Trash Zone, you can talk to the Addisons who give us more background on Spamton's past as a 'big shot'. they mention how he was always bragging about TV deals, and when he was evicted, Spamton left a phone hanging off the receiver...but all that could be heard was 'garbage noise'. many fans have attributed 'garbage noise' to Gaster...but i believe it could actually refer to the sound of television static, which we see playing in Spamton's eyes when he remembers Mike. based on this reaction, it's a fair guess that Tenna hurt Mike in some way. okay, so if Tenna is the big bad and not Mike...and the big bad is the TV-head...what's up with the differing appearances between the snail-eyed figure and the larger TV-head? take a look at the snail guy...and then look at Spamton and the Addisons. they share a few features, don't they? especially the long nose and pointed mouth! it's implied that Spamton and the Addisons are the same 'species', with Spamton being a variation who perhaps deteriorated over time. i believe that the snail guy is Tenna, but a different version of him. we haven't seen a full view of what the larger, purple TV-head looks like, but as a television, who's to say he isn't capable of 'possessing' multiple forms? if he is still partially stuck in Spamton's head in the form of 'garbage noise', wouldn't it be interesting if Tenna moved from one, more Addison-like form, to another, larger, more powerful one? many real-world objects have larger-than-life applications in the Dark World, and i think Tenna will have more than one form, and can likely move between screens, or even people. that's why Spamton specifically has Toriel's television crossed out. and of course, the final, silly bit of evidence that we have: both snails and televisions have (an)Tenna(e), don't they? 😉