History Series / Swingtown

* MsFanservice: Trina, who appears in a bathing suit in nearly all episodes.

* BlackSheep: rightfully or not, Laurie considers herself to be this.

* {{Envy}}: Rick's defining personality trait.

* {{Foil}}: Most obviously - Trina and Janet. Trina is liberal, worldly, artsy and supposedly FunPersonified, while Janet is conservative, homely, very practical and kind of a wet blanket. They also apply as a pretty classic example of LightFeminineDarkFeminine, with prim {{Housewife}} Janet as light and BareYourMidriff Trina as dark.

* ShesGotLegs: fanservice queen Trina.

* AmbiguouslyBi: the show never goes into detail into what goes on betwee people of the same sex in the group sex scenarios, and focuses only on what happens between the men and the women. It is however obvious that Susan and Trina are very attracted to each other.

Swingtown takes place in the suburbs of Chicago at 1976, when the Millers leave their old lower middle class neighborhood, and move into a new home in a more affluent, liberal suburb. The parents, [[Creator/MollyParker Susan]] and [[Creator/JackDavenport Bruce]], befriend next door neighbors, swingers [[Creator/LanaParrilla Trina ]] and Tom, who maintain an open marriage and encourage them to follow suit. In the meanwhile, the Millers attempt to hold on to their old friends - Roger and Janet, who lead a far more conservative life style. Meanwhile, teenage daughter Laurie is HotForTeacher, and naive BJ falls for his TroubledButCute next door neighbor Samanatha, to the chagrin of his best friend Rick, who is also Roger and Janet's son.

* InSeriesNickname: [[UnfortunateName BJ]] actually stands for Bruce Junior.

* IWasQuiteAFashionVictim: what Trina says when looking at her high school graduation photo from [[the early 60's TheSixties]], complete with {{{Ojou}} curls and white lace. One can only imagine how a few years later she would look on her teased hairstyle and very very shiny dresses.

** This is basically the only genre of music form the time featured in the show, with the exception of Laurie teasingDoug for his love of ProgrssiveRock, which apparently her mother shares.

* Fun personified: Tom, though he has some more somber, sensitive moments.
* theGenerationGap: A discussed trope. Interestingly, the swingers experience it twice as parents - in contrast to their own parents, and in the still large gap between them and their children. this most evident in Laurie's and Bruce's relationship.

** Even moresoe in her friendship with Harry Reems. Yes, [[Film/Lovelace the Harry Reems.]]

* WiseBeyondHerYears: Samantha, who takes care of her alcoholic mother. Laurie would like to think of herself as this, though it's up for debate.
* YourCheatingHeart: the very term is open for interpretation in a place where pretty much everyone is in an open relationship. However, Tom's indiscretion with Bobby in Tokyo definitely qualifies. A discussed trope.

* {{Adorkable}}: Roger, who has a "sexy fish out of water" vibe to him in every party.

* IWasQuiteTheFashionVictim: what Trina says when looking at her high school graduation photo from [[the early 60's TheSixties]], complete with {{{Ojou}} curls and white lace. One can only imagine how a few years later she would look on her teased hairstyle and very very shiny dresses.

* ChickMagnet: Roger, though he is distinctly [[ObliviouslyBeautiful oblivious]] to it.

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Swingtown takes place in the suburbs of Chicago at 1976, when the Millers leave their old lower middle class neighborhood, and move into a new home in a more affluent, liberal suburb. The parents, [[Creator/MollyParker Susan]] and [[Creator/JackDavenport Bruce]], befriend next door neighbors, swingers [[Creator/LanaParrilla]] Trina and Tom, who maintain an open marriage and encourage them to follow suit. In the meanwhile, the Millers attempt to hold on to their old friends - Roger and Janet, who lead a far more conservative life style. Meanwhile, teenage daughter Laurie is HotForTeacher, and naive BJ falls for his TroubledButCute next door neighbor Samanatha, to the chagrin of his best friend Rick, who is also Roger and Janet's son.

* {{Foil}}: Most obviously - Trina and Janet. Trina is liberal, worldly, artsy and supposedly FunPersonified, while Janet is conservative, homely, very practical and kind of a wet blanket. They also apply as a pretty classic example of LightFeminineDarkFeminine, with prim Janet as light and BareMyMidriff Trina as dark.

* ConfusedEyebrow: Roger pulls this off more than once when with the Deckers.

* ExtremeDoormat: Laurie seems to think of Susan as one, and she does shows some aspects of the trope, though she sheds them via ChartererDevelopment.

* ShipTorpedo: Rick for Sam and BJ. To a lesser degree, both Tom and Roger intervene against Bruce's trysts with Melinda.

* SopaboxSadie: Laurie is a classic example. Sylvia is a grown up version of the trope.

* TomboyishNickname: Sam.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Laurie and Susan. Laurie also qualifies as a TankTopTomboy.

* BewareOfTheNiceOnes: Susan and her son, BJ, share this trait. They are both very flexible and mellow, until someone pushes their respective BerserkButtons - for Susan it's selfishness, for BJ, it's anyone who tries to hurt Sam.

* BackhandCompliment: Janet, oh Janet.

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* AmbigouslyBi: the show never goes into detail into what goes on betwee people of the same sex in the group sex scenarios, and focuses only on what happens between the men and the women. It is however obvious that Susan and Trina are very attracted to each other.