History Webcomic / SWAPEnsemble

** This is Vincent's CrushBlush. The blush is much lighter than his skin.

* EliminatedFromTheRace: From Day 14 onwards, the structure changes to a blend of this and VotedOffTheIsland. The contestants gain points based on their performance in the challenge, then the audience votes in favor of a product of that challenge. The contestant who has the least points by the next Practice Room segment is eliminated.

* {{Facepalm}}: Caroline is prone to this when the contestants agitate her. Some contestants also do this when they are up for elimination.

* FirstNameBasis: Most people are on a first-name basis. Some of the older contestants refer to the adults like this to emphasize that the age gap isn't that large.

** After Caroline goes TotallyRadical for the practice of Day 7, Harry does this to Claire.

* MentalTimeTravel: Philyra {{Implie|dTrope}}s this when she mentions having collected votes from her younger brother's marching band in the year 123, five years before SWAP Ensemble even happens.

* ThePratfall: Claire falls like this twice in Day 11. First, Angelo sits next to her, and she keeps scooting away until she's sitting on air, then she falls when she tries to go any farther. Next, she jumps in the air during the competition, causing her to fall and miss the final notes.

* TeensAreShort: Well, early adolescents are short. Save for the abnormally tall Troy and Turie, all of the middle school kids are under five feet tall.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: In Day 8, Team Takeover suffers from this. Troy, the leader, ignores everyone else to try to make their tower the tallest. Everyone else is yelling at him to slow down and/or telling the rest of the team to focus on making the tower stable. In the end, they lose because their tower falls over.

* TotallyRadical: Caroline attempts this before and during practice in Day 7. It does not end well for anybody.

* VotedOffTheIsland: The contestant with the most votes has to go to The Practice Room, but such contestants are allowed to watch or help out in competitions. Midway through the contest, the structure changes to a blend of this and EliminatedFromTheRace. The final week is an inversion, as the structure strictly becomes vote-to-save.

A lot of the boys are small, nerdy, and interested in feminine articles of clothing. Vincent has a bow and long hair. Alfred always wears skirts. Angelo and Braeden sometimes wear fancy earrings.

** In 2022, a joke page was released when Claire and Paris were supposed to present their drawings in Day 21. Paris drew a [[VideoGame/AmongUs crewmate]], to which Claire responded with an uncharacteristic "What the actual [[PrecisionFStrike HECK]]?!". A brief voting period followed to influence Philyra's immunity pick.

* PrecisionFStrike: In a work where even GoshDangItToHeck isn't used, Vincent's BigShutUp stands out even more. So does Claire's uncharacteristic use of "heck" in a joke page.

* NonconformistDyedHair: Inverted with the percussionists, who dye their hair to fit in with their fellow MagicMusic users since they lack a natural hair stripe. Zigzagged with Paris, who's naturally a DarkSkinnedBlonde but initially dyes his hair to a reasonable black before changing to bright red mid-season.

** Vincent wears a hood to hide his TraumaticHaircut; he later borrows Paris's NiceHat, which is less concealing.

* NoDressCode: Zig-zagged. There is an apparent lack of a shoulder taboo for both genders, and the bustier girls would show a bit of cleavage in anything that isn't a crewneck. [[WhoWearsShortShorts Short shorts]] magically go past the fingertips. It's possible that the dress code only applies during school hours, as all the characters have jackets to cover up. Characters always change to practical clothes when the challenge calls for it, and a lab dress code is strictly enforced for the challenge in Day 9.

* PrecisionFStrike: In a work where even GoshDangItToHeck isn't used, Vincent's BigShutUp stands out even more.
* PunchCatch: When Trudy tries to punch Vincent for stating that she doesn't have enough votes to rejoin, Vincent catches her fist in both of his hands.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Once Cassie discovers that Caroline is manipulating the music, everyone joins in on the chaos. Even the emotionless Flo, the quiet Patrick, the antic-hating Claire, and the refined Corbin participate.

* PeopleOfHairColor: Music benders tend to resemble their primary instruments, which are races in this world. The brass are light-skinned and blonde with silver streaks, the woodwinds are tan with black hair and silver or blonde streaks, and the strings are dark-skinned and brunette with black streaks. In addition, Braeden has dark red bassoon-colored hair, Guilla the guitarist has ginger hair in contrast with the four-stringed instruments, and the flutes have silver hair with no SkunkStripe. The percussionists and non-music-benders look like ordinary humans with no pre-defined special characteristics.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: The red-eyed students may be either major trolls or jerks. Either way, the other contestants may regret being in their presence so much.

* SkunkStripe: Most of the contestants have two hair colors in this fashion, though only woodwinds play it straight while the others invert it. Cassie and Gretta dye lighter streaks into their hair to fit in.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are twenty contestants and four adults on the group cover. Three of the adults will come on and off the comic, and any eliminated contestants are lucky to have more than a single appearance and spoken line. Starting on Day 9, more characters get introduced every Day, with the exception of Day 15.

* MulticoloredHair: Cyrissa, Gretta, Cassie, and Paris dye their hair with more shades than the usual SkunkStripe.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: As the comic goes on, more features change. The first two days were not lined with ink. Everyone had narrower eyes. Trudy did not have a BeautyMark, and Corbin did not have an IdiotHair. Gretta was shorter than Guilla and Cedric. Claire did not mind when people outside of her friend group called her by her first name, though she rarely spoke with such people anyway.

* FictionalCurrency: Currency appears as red bills called "C".
* FirstNameBasis: Most people are on a first name basis. Some contestants refer to the adults like this.

* VotedOffTheIsland: The contestant with the most votes has to go to The Practice Room, but such contestants are allowed to watch or help out in competitions. Midway through the contest, the structure changes to a blend of this and EliminatedFromTheRace.

[[caption-width-right:350:SWAP it up![[note]]Top to bottom by letter: S: [[BigBeautifulWoman Connie Basette]], Cedric Violon, [[WholesomeCrossdresser Alfred Violon]], [[GenkiGirl Guilla Tarah]], Vincent Linette, Paris Forte. W (left): Bessie Inez, [[LongHairedPrettyBoy Braeden Sound]], [[{{Keet}} Angelo Cors]], [[NoSenseOfHumor Claire Inez]], Harry Boisen, [[TheQuietOne Patrick Tempo]]. W (right): [[GentleGiant Turie Bassa]], [[JerkJock Troy Bonsen]], [[TheNapoleon Trudy Pratte]], [[SharpDressedMan Corbin Harmony]], [[EmotionlessGirl Flo Tempo]]. A: [[GameShowHost Caroline Doctrina]], [[AuthorAvatar Philyra Illagan]], [[DarthWiki/TheEighthGradeWars Tierney Cabalbag]], [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Samuel O'Flannigan]]. P: [[GirlNextDoor Cassie Clara]], [[TheFashionista Cyrissa Bales]], Gretta Bashford.[[/note]]]]

* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: A lot of the boys are small, nerdy, and interested in feminine articles of clothing. Vincent has a bow and long hair. Alfred always wears skirts. Angelo and Braeden sometimes wear fancy earrings.