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Canon Ueenderswap Research
Canon Ueenderswap Research
By Demirramon
Fanonswap made a total mess of Underswap, and with Morty trying to avoid anything related
to Underswap, there’s no one to give proper answers to many unanswered questions.
This is intended to be a list of actual Underswap facts to separate it from fanonswap, with
evidence from Morty itself and nobody else.
This will be really extensive and won’t omit details, even if they are small and seem
pointless. If you just want to know which characters swap and how do the swaps affect them,
go to the research's summary.
Let’s start with the first time Underswap was mentioned ever.
OK SO, I thought what if there’s an AU in which the bros personalities are (somewhat) swapped???
let’s call it, uh, underswap? bc honestly one thing i love more than. passive chubby pun skeletons is
HYPERACTIVE chubby pun skeletons that love to make tacos and share them with his brother
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With this post alone, we can see how bad the fanon version of Underswap sans ended up.
Those are the main points that the fandom got completely wrong:
➢ Sans wears the same kind of blue (or a really similar one) that he wears in the
original Undertale design, not light blue.
➢ He still has the blue soul and blue bones powers, not an “orange attack”.
➢ His age doesn’t seem to change at all. He’s not a child.
➢ His personality is not completely swapped with Papyrus. He still likes puns, for
example, he doesn’t hate them (neither does Papyrus in canon Undertale, anyways).
➢ His eyes are not stars.
➢ The name “Blueberry” is not mentioned at all.
✔ When you first meet him, he would use a mask with glasses and a nose.
✔ He slouches over Sans to not look too tall compared to him.
✔ He might wear hoodies with “indirect text posts” on it, similar to those from Zazzle.
✔ He smokes.
✖ He’s not smoking weed. This is stupid, why do people assume that anyways?
[[ Give me Underswap!Napstablook and Mettaton in which Blook is the best DJ/Radio Host in the
underground and Mettaton is a shy ghosty who sits in his house and writes romance stories. ]]
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wow that’s really cool!! i kind of wanted to swap their main traits but not everything literally, ex.
papyrus is more into practical jokes than puns and sans likes riddles instead of puzzles. i also thought
it would be fun if sans was into mexican food instead of pastas ex. he enjoys making taco’s/burrito’s.
as for the swaps here’s the ones i had in mind/that have been suggested for now:
toriel (the ‘ruthless’ leader of the underground screwed up and killed the humans)
swapped with
asgore (escaped former king tend to fallen humans makes them cakes, was disgusted by toriels
actions and left her)
mettaton (shy ghost that hides in his house dreaming of becoming a famous star one day/ tends to
his diaries ussually)
swapped with
napstablook (number 1 radio DJ in the underground, his body designed by undyne has retractible
turntables to mix some sweet jams)
i don't know about the other minor characters but this is it for now!! this rant has been long enough…
*cough*
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✔ The swaps won’t completely switch the personality, some stuff will change.
✔ Papyrus is more into pranks than puns.
✔ Sans likes riddles more than puzzles.
✔ Sans is not just into tacos, but also likes to prepare mexican food like burritos.
✔ Undyne and Alphys are swapped. She doesn’t have an eyepatch anymore.
✔ Alphys wields a huge battle axe, and her armor is dino skull themed. She has scars
vertically across her left eye instead of an eyepatch.
✔ Toriel and Asgore are swapped. She’s the one who killed the humans.
✖ It says that Asgore bakes cakes instead of pies, but that gets discarded later.
✔ Mettaton is a shy ghost who dreams of becoming a famous star someday and writes
a lot of diaries about his fantasies.
✔ Napstablook is a radio DJ. His body has retractable turntables to mix music.
First drawing of Underswap Alphys
✔ Alphys is bigger and stronger, and her weapon is a huge axe. Her armor is gray and
a dark shade of green
Note: there’s a problem with this drawing. The scarred eye was supposed to be the left one,
as stated in a previous post and corrected in a future one.
✔ Papyrus is the one who has knowledge about resets in this universe.
Yup!
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✔ Papyrus will be the final boss of the genocide run.
Yes.
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✔ Papyrus will sell corndogs instead of hotdogs.
I think that would be the most logical yes, but they both don’t really have a lot of personality so it
wouldn’t really change a lot though.
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Also talked about it in this post
✔ Frisk and Chara are swapped. Chara is the player.
✖ Mettaton’s ghost is not pink, unlike a large part of the fandom depicts him. The whole
picture has a pink-ish color.
✖ Napstablook’s robot form doesn’t seem to have a blue color scheme on their screen.
ー Asgore, like canon Toriel, bakes cakes instead of making Tea like canon Asgore
(That gets discussed a little later, though)
Flowey and Temmie
* (You feel…something.)
so @inklite and I were discussing character swaps… I don’t even want to think about what Omega
Temmie looks like.
Nothing is confirmed here, but it’s seen for the first time how there might be a village full of
floweys.
yes! exactly!
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✔ While keeping their original fonts (obviously), Sans will talk in caps and papyrus
always in lowercase.
STMPWYFS or Megalovania?
Wait... so would that alt. version of "Megalovania" play when you fought Sans, or
would "Song That Might Play When You Fight Sans" play?
Song that might play when you fight was my original choice for him, because it’s so cute and upbeat.
But that mix of megalovania was pretty sweet too
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✔ Since the beginning, Morty intended to use a STMPWYFS variation for Underswap
Sans’ fight.
✖ Even if he says he liked a megalovania mix they sent to him, that doesn’t make it his
theme.
✖ Passive megalovania can fuck off.
... However, there seems to be an archived version of the blog right here.
- mod popcorn
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i mean, yeah
- mod popcorn
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It looked like Catty and Bratty were going to swap their clothes at first, but that stopped
making sense since this newer post:
ok but lik e wHAT IF BRATTY AND CATTY WERE SWAPPED WITH THOSE TWO GAY ROYAL GUARDS
-mod popcorn
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Has anyone came up with the Underswap headcanon of Royal Guard 1 and 2/Catty and Bratty swap? I could
totally see it.
yes i believe theres been an ask about that! i really like that idea
-mod popcorn
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I’ll run it through with my better half and see what they think.
-mod Robbo
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✔ Alpha Alphys seems to be the name of “Alphys the undying” for Underswap’s
genocide run.
naaaaaaaaaaw
In this universe, puzzles are Sans thing, not Paps. But, I do think that Paps and Gorey would bond over a larger
variety of jokes rather than just puns.
-mod Robbo
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✔ Instead of puns, as they’re still something of Sans, Asgore and Papyrus would tell
each other a wide variety of jokes.
Grillby
Muffet is swapped with Grillby right? Does that mean Grillby raises money for the flames in Hotland and a Spider
won't forget you remembered?
👍👍👍
Made by flames, for flames, of flames, with flames!
-mod Robbo
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✔ Grillby will try to raise money for the flames and sell fire-based food.
Napsta’s arms
If Mettaton loves his legs in the original canon, would Napstablook in this au love his ARMS instead? (Mettaton:
Time to bring out the big guns! Underswap!Blooky: *loving pats his own arm* Got it~)
-mod Robbo
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So NSB loses his legs in th fight?? " who even needs legs anyway, w arms like these //does a kickflip position
with one arm
p much, my friend
-mod Robbo
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✔ Napsta will like their arms just like Mettaton liked his legs.
weve had a few asks suggesting asriel/monsterkid so i think that might be really interesting…
-mod popcorn
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✔ Asriel and Monster Kid are swapped. There’s no explanation of how yet, though.
-mod popcorn
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I just realised, if Muffet's the one that lives in Snowdin and has a business there (I can just imagine her tiny spider
waiters) and that's where you're taken instead of Grillby's....would that mean that Papyrus would be drinking
chocolate sauce or confectionry glaze or maple syrup or something like that? Somehow I find it hilarious that
despite the image he projects, Underswap Papayrus has a sweet tooth
at first i swapped the condiment to mayonaisse but on second thought honey would suit him better considering
muffets is a cafe and not a bar, so honey it is!
- mod popcorn
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✔ At first, Papyrus was going to drink mayonnaise instead of Ketchup, but they think
honey would fit Muffet’s better.
i think it would be more hilarious if their stats just stayed the same
-mod popcorn
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So role swap you say? So that means that Papyrus is still much cleaner than Sans huh. And Sans is still much
more powerful, in a poisonous hp way. But that also means that Papyrus uses his attacks smarter and harder,
even more creatively.
more or less!
-mod popcorn
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that was also my original intend yes! :) i didnt want to swap the personalities completely because that would take
all the fun out of it, instead they still keep glimmers of their ‘old’ personality
-mod popcorn
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Do the characters retain some aspects of their respective UT counterparts' personalities (like Papyrus enjoying
brain-training activities or Asgore being forgiving af)?
correctomundo, my friend. This isn’t a perfect personality swap, they all have some variation. Toriel is seen as
stern motherly figure to all monsters. Asgore is more loved by the monsters in the ruins (cuz he’s extra sweet).
Mettablook is keep all their glamour, but his very very shy, so it’s more pastel. Also some probably don’t make
much sense undertale wise but came into fruitation because we love it, ie fuck boy Napstaton (he has all of
Mettaton’s intense popstar power and over dramatism). But even then, Napstaton does have his blook moments,
instead of a company required break he just “ain’t feelin’ it right now” and just takes a moment to rest before
getting back into the groove.
-mod Robbo
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🗙 The original idea of Underswap was never a full personality swap. In fact, the core
idea is more similar to Team Switched’s Underswap than what we know as
Fanonswap.
Overpriced Muffet’s
what about an underswapped grillby and muffet? Grillbz would prolly have lots of food stands scattered around,
but instead of being overpriced, his wares are WAY TOO HOT, and Muffet would be the chill cafe lady but has
these horrible spider stuff for menu
Anon, please
the Muffet/grillby swap is already established, you can even see it in the line up pic.
Also, we think they’d pretty much occupy each other’s rolls without too much variation. Like naw, Grillbz will only
have the two Fire backsales, and it second one is horrendously over priced.
But the fire food being burning hot and Muffet’s spider pastries are things I’ve been thinking about for a while.
-mod Robbo
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WOWIE!!!
Think Sans would say something like "WOWZERS!" instead of "WOWIE!"?
Quite possibly!
-mod Robbo
Toriel
how much does toriel change in this au?
sheee basically takes over asgores role, but shes more guilt ridden about it. and instead of being nice shes more
ruthless and emotionless when facing you in the final battle.
-mod popcorn
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✔ Toriel won’t be as nice as Asgore. She’ll be more ruthless and emotionless instead of
showing how bad she feels about it.
The magnificent Sans
does sans refer to himself as 'sans the great' like how papyrus does it in canon or is it something else like the
'sensational sans' or something like that?
i like the ‘supreme sans’ or the ‘magnificent sans’ but almost anything will do
-mod popcorn
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✔ Sans, instead of calling himself “great” like Papyrus did, would use names like “The
Supreme” or “Magnificent”.
yes, mettas probably shy about his writing and or acting. and yes
-mod popcorn
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cute!
-mod popcorn
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Onionsan
I gotta ask, who does Onionsan swap with in this AU?
-mod popcorn
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✔ Onionsan and the bird that carries you over a disproportionately large gap swap.
Flames trapped in the ruins
the flames trapped in the ruins can escape, but they don't want to damage the snowy ecosystem don't even get
the poor embers started on waterfall
*grillby says they’ll get hurt if they try to escape the ruins into the snow! with enough funds he can get them a
heated limo…
-mod popcorn
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✔ The flames are trapped in the ruins because the weather of Snowin would still hurt
them because it’s too cold, even if they are flames.
✔ They might, also, be scared of destroying the ecosystem, but mainly they would get
hurt.
-mod popcorn
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✔ Asgore would offer tea to the fallen humans, and Toriel would offer a slice of pie
before noticing you are a human.
-mod popcorn
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✔ Undyne thinks Mew Mew Kissy Cutie 2 is better than the original.
Aaron and Shyren
what if shyren and aaron were swapped lmao
they are ;)
-mod popcorn
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✔ Aaron and Shyren seem to be swapped, but they don’t explain how.
Anime is real?
Does Undyne still have her anime complex? Like, is she aware it's not real, or does thinking the mad world of
human magic princesses and sword-robots help her drive to get out of the Underground?
shes aware that its not real but a girl can dream right?
-mod popcorn
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Papyrus bleeds?
so... does pap "bleed" in this au like sans does in canon, or did that not change??
yeah he does
-mod popcorn
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✔ Papyrus would also bleed when hit in the last fight. However, it shouldn’t be red, as
he doesn’t drink ketchup.
yes
- mod popcorn
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probably stuffed animals in general, maybe the doll ended up there by accident
-mod popcorn
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-mod robbo
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Alphys’ axes
If Alphys replaces Undyne's spear with an axe, what would the bullet/arrow things become?
-mod popcorn
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✔ In Alphys’ fight, instead of arrows-bullets we will have rotating axes (same with the
chase, probably.
River Person and Gaster
who would swap with riverperson
listen a lot of these characters are just enigmas with no real character traits and underswap wasn’t originally
gonna add all of em.
-mod Robbo
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They said that there, but they changed their mind later.
For the person who asked about swapping riverperson, I personally swap them with Gaster. Just me?
-mod popcorn
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don’t tell Pops I said this but Undyne is a REAL manime and giant robot anime (and revolutionary girl Utena) fan
;p
-mod Robbo
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Looks like the Ruins’ Dummy and Mad Dummy are swapped, as opposed to what they said
here and here.
✔ Mad Dummy and Ruins’ Dummy are swapped.
✔ You fight Mad Dummy in the tutorial.
cigarette
-mod popcorn
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he’d probably collect scifi figurines (and spaceships yeah) and other snipets
-mod popcorn
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