Annoying Tem

Annoying Tem
GENERAL
Undertale
Deltarune
Character	Temmie
Character	Annoying Dog
Canonical?	Fanon
Status of Relationship	Never Met
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Non-binary

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Annoying Tem is the non-binary ship between the Annoying Dog and Temmie from the Undertale fandom.

Canon

Undertale

Temmie and Annoying Dog are not shown to know each other in-game. While Temmies only appear in Temmie Village (with the exception of the one Temmie fought in Waterfall shortly before entering the village), the Annoying Dog does not appear in this location, although it does appear in various other locations.

They are both quadrupedal creatures with white fur, who are known for acting silly. Their antics tend to annoy the main cast, though unlike the Annoying Dog, Temmie is never shown to directly interact with them, Undyne merely mentions that nobody would want to visit Temmie Village if the child calls her on the phone in that area. They both are shown to be smarter than they are letting on, the Annoying Dog is capable of programming, while Temmie is shown to speak in coherent sentences as a running gag.

At the Tem Shop, Temmie is shown to like Dog Residue, which is left behind by the Annoying Dog in the Artifact Room. In the Nintendo Switch version of Undertale, visiting the room unlocks a border called "Super Dog, Hoi", which features the Annoying Dog. The name of the border includes the word "Hoi", which is a greeting commonly used by Temmies. Temmie also has a photo of the Annoying Dog in her shop implying they may know each other. If the player manages to keep the Annoying Dog in their inventory when reaching Temmie Village (which is only possible through hacking), it can be sold to the Tem Shopkeeper. Besides being the only time these two could interact, Temmie will pay the highest price in the game for the Dog when the player haggles with her for it, implying that Temmie regards the dog as extremely valuable.

Deltarune

Like in Undertale, the Annoying Dog and Temmie never interact. Both are present, although their roles are not very notable. Temmie appears as one of Kris' classmates while the Annoying Dog is working on a video game in the library.

Fanon

People like to pair Temmie and Annoying Dog because they are both animals, and are quite similar (Temmie being a sort of dog-cat hybrid). Another reason is that both characters are based on people who were involved in creating Undertale (the Annoying Dog represents main creator Toby Fox while Temmie represents artist Temmie Chang). Both are also associated with the Dogsong leitmotif. Though some fans do ship the real people the characters are meant to represent, most shipping between them is focused on them as characters in the game.

It is not as popular as many of the ships involving Frisk and Chara. It doesn't have major rival ships as the Annoying Dog and Temmie are both rare in shipping.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

Dog/Temmie tag on AO3

Trivia

• Temmie & Annoying Dog are both used as cameo characters/characters meant to represent a person in the game’s development team, Temmie Chang (one of the main artists who worked on the game) and Tody Fox (creator of the game).
• Although the ship is non-binary, it is commonly seen as a het ship (Temmie: female, Annoying Dog: male) due to the creators' genders.
• There was a misconception that unlocking the "Super Dog, Hoi" border was by visiting Temmie Village.