TS!Underswap

* To know more, see: TS!Underswap Wiki

For other versions of Underswap, see Underswap (disambiguation).

TS!Underswap
Created by Team Switched
Author/s	Team Switched Official TSUnderswap Official @TSwitched
Date Published	March 28, 2016 (Initially Posted) December 23, 2020 (Demo Released)
Link/s	Website Gamejolt YouTube Discord
Type	Switch Up
Tone	Semi-Serious
Medium	Animation Game
Status	Active

TS!Underswap or Team Switched Underswap is a take on Underswap made by Team Switched that doesn't swap personalities, but instead keeps and expands on them. Due to characters retaining their personalities, and their actions affecting the world around them, roles are handled very differently from traditional Underswap takes. For instance, many characters are present in areas their counterparts were not in Undertale, as an example, Bugerpant appears in Ruined Home, while Nice Cream Guy doesn't appear until Snowdin in Undertale. The roles themselves are handled quite differently for both major and minor characters. This will result in the plot progression of TS!Underswap greatly diverging from Undertale's, with entirely new event sequences.

On December 23, 2020, an official demo was released for the TS!Underswap fan-game. It can be downloaded on their GameJolt page.

Character Changes

Created by Alpa Treppy

Undertale Characters

• The Protagonist role is filled by Chara, a human child and the main protagonist who falls into the Underground after climbing Mt. Ebott for unknown reasons.
• The Empty One role is filled by Temmie, a seemingly-ditzy dog/cat monster who attacks Chara when they first meet in the Underground.
• The Caretaker role is filled by Asgore, a goat monster who acts as the caretaker of Ruined Home, saving Chara near the start of the game from Temmie's attack.
• The Inactive role is filled by the Mad Dummy, a ghost who lives inside a training dummy and acts as the unwilling tutorial enemy for Chara in the fangame. A vindictive monster who lashes out against everything around them.
• The Recluse role is filled by Mettacrit (Mettaton), a ghost who blocks Chara's way in Ruined Home and acts as a miniboss. He's the star of Ruined Home, adored by the many monsters who dwell within.
• The Repetitive Vendor role is filled by Bugerpant (Burgerpants). His name is misspelled, but he's contractually obligated to say it's actually his name. He also appears in Ruined Home.
• The Judge role is filled by Papyrus, a laid-back but talented skeleton who first meets Chara upon their entry into Starlight Isles, supervising Sans's antics throughout the region.
• The Ambitious role is filled by Sans, a science enthusiast and vigilante "hero" who seeks to capture Chara throughout Starlight Isles. When on duty he goes by the name of "Crossbones". Out of the Crossbone Persona, he is the same as his Undertale counterpart.
• The Restaurant Owner role is filled by Muffet, the leader of the Spider Scouts. They hold bake sales to raise funds for spiders in Stardust Woods.
• The Captain of the Guard role is filled by Alphys, the Admiral of the Royal Navy, who coordinates her soldiers from behind the scenes and inspires monsterkind with her speeches.
• The Idoliser role is filled by Asriel, an aspiring artist who goes by the pseudonym "A.S. Dreamer." He is the creator of the official Crossbones Comics.
• The Enraged role is filled by the Tutorial Dummy.
• The Chaotic Villager role is filled by Flowey, a friendly flower who also seems to be rivals with Temmie.
• The Transport role is filled by W.D Gaster.
• The Royal Scientist role is filled by Undyne, the Royal Scientist and creator of Napstablook's robot body, who is determined to set monsterkind free and has her robotic anti-human taskforce on standby at all time.
• The Celebrity role is filled by Ser Scratchalot (Napstablook), the Underground's polite and posh top musician and DJ.
• The Outrageous Vendor role is filled by Grillby.
• The Blockade role is filled by Bratty and Catty.
• The Trash Vendors role is filled by RG01 and RG02.
• The Oppressed Vendor role is filled by Nice Cream Guy.
• The Monarch role is filled by Toriel, who is a beacon of hope for monsterkind, despite few having seen her in person due to her isolation.
• The Soulless Angel role is filled by Monster Kid.
• The Fallen role is filled by Frisk.
• The Forgotten Scientist role is filled by River Person.

Added Characters

• In Ruined Home there is a trio of monsters called "The Greasers".
• Flara is a blue fire elemental who works at Grillby's and is Bugerpant's friend and coworker.
• Koffin-K is a new miniboss in Starlight Isles, and Crossbones's arch nemesis. His personality is a mix of The Snatcher from A Hat in Time and Antasma from Mario & Luigi Dream Team.
• Harry and Larry (Also know as the Boogiemen) are a duo of goofy henchmen that serve under Count Koffin-K as their spooky servant.
• Bertha Bloom is a bee monster that runs the Bloomin Buzz shop in Starstruck Village replacing QC from Undertale as the Bravery Shopkeeper.
• Sgt Splosion is a one eyed bomb headed Navy Sergeant who works for Admiral Alphys in capturing humans.
• Spep is the mascot of Team Switched, based on early concept art of Undertale's Papyrus. He also appears in UnderswAAAp, an April Fools game developed by Team Switched.

Location Changes

In TS!Underswap, the areas' seasonal representations swap.

• The Ruins (Autumn) is replaced with Ruined Home (Spring).
  • Ruined Home also includes a variety of sub-locations, including: The Sewers and The City of Old.
• Snowdin (Winter) is replaced with Starlight Isles (Summer).
  • Starlight Isles also includes a variety of sub-locations, including: Stardust Woods, Starstruck Village, Koffin Keep.
• Waterfall (Spring) is replaced with Crystal Springs (Autumn).
• Hotland (Summer) is replaced with Boreal Bluffs (Winter).
• The CORE is replaced with The NEXUS.
• New Home is replaced with The City of New.

Additional Changes

• Characters like Crossbones, Mettacrit, Koffin-K and Mad Dummy will have new voice blips from them.
• A new item called "The Journal" will allow the player to access info about previously encountered monsters.
• Many mechanics from Deltarune also make their way into this Fangame.
  • One such example is the overworld dodging segments.
  • Another being the asterisk mini portraits with characters like The Ruined Knights and The Dogi.

Gallery

Public cast designs - Created by Team Switched

Temmie Sprite Reference - Created by Team Switched

Asgore Sprite Reference - Created by Team Switched

Mad Dummy Sprite Reference - Created by Team Switched

Mettacrit Sprite Reference - Created by Team Switched

Bugerpant Sprite Reference - Created by Team Switched

Greasers Sprite Reference - Created by Team Switched

Papyrus Sprite Reference - Created by Team Switched

Sans Sprite Reference - Created by Team Switched

Crossbones Sprite Reference - Created by Team Switched

Koffin-K Sprite Reference - Created by Team Switched

Asriel Sprite reference -Created by Team Switched

Alphys Sprite reference- Created by Team Switched.

Undyne sprite reference - Created by Team Switched.

Ser Scratchalot Sprite Reference - Created by Team Switched.

Trivia

• Sans had been redesigned many times.
  • His first major design resembles classic Underswap Sans.
  • His second major design resembled his first, but had some differences--a white "X" replacing the Starman symbol, black athletic shorts with white stripes, and a torn space-themed blanket as a cape.
    • Like how the Starman symbol on Papyrus's battle body in Undertale references EarthBound, the "X" on this design iteration referenced the game OFF by Mortis Ghost.
  • His third major design was a complete overhaul, sporting a blue mask, cape, and jacket.
  • His fourth and final major design is a modified iteration of the previous one--most notably, his jacket is replaced with a blue hoodie emblazoned with a white crossbones.
  • There are various other design concepts that were ultimately scrapped in favor of the main iterations. While some have been shown off in the official Discord, not all of them have been.
  • These former designed costumes appeared in Crossbones secret lair/Punishment Shack as former costumes for Crossbones during Sans's hangout.
• Alphys was originally designed as a samurai as seen in her concept art sheet. The Waterfall replacement was also going to resemble edo japan.
• Bugerpant's misspelled name was a typo that the developers made canon.
• After Chara falls and gets up their eyes begin to glow red. This is a reference to Kris from Deltarune.
• It is a meme throughout the TS!Underswap fanbase to act like Sans and Crossbones aren't the same person, in a similar fashion to Rookie/Bowser in Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga and Mr. L/Luigi in Super Paper Mario.
• Papyrus's Hoodie is suppose to resemble his battle body. It is inspired by artwork by lead-namari.
• Prior to its major reboot phase, each of the locations of TS!Underswap had names "opposite" of Undertale's--for instance, "Sunnedout" (now Starlight Isles) and "Snowdin", as well as "Coldsea" (now Boreal Bluffs) and "Hotland."
  • An official name was never completely given, or decided on, for TS!Underswap's Waterfall replacement prior to its major reboot phase--currently, it has been named "Crystal Springs."
  • Coldsea was the last of the location names to be updated, having been changed in late November 2019 for consistency reasons. The new name reflects the intended geographical features.
• While many people accuse TS!Underswap from copying Inverted Fate, this is not the case, and Dorked and Team Switched are on good terms with each other. However there are some very distinct similarities to both AUs.
  • Both of their Papyruses are Inventors.
  • Both of their Mad Dummies are recurring antagonists.
  • Both of their Undynes are encountering the protagonist to fight them.
• Ser Scratchalot is a non-binary character.
• It is one of the AUs that will be set to appear in Deltatraveler. (As possibly hinted by an empty door frame that appears north of Starstruck Village).