Swatchton

Swatchton
Animation by @unikhroma on tumblr
GENERAL
Deltarune
Character	Swatch
Character	Spamton
Canonical?	Fanon
Status of Relationship	Former Allies
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Non-binary
Also Known As	SpamSwatch

Swatchton is the slash ship between Spamton and Swatch from the Deltarune fandom.

Canon

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Spamton and Swatch are implied to have met during Spamton's "big shot" era when he was living in Queen's mansion, where Swatch runs the Colour Cafe. During this period, the stranger who helped Spamton rise to power abandoned him, causing his sales to go down. He became obsessed with an artifact in the basement, the machine he eventually uses to become Spamton NEO. If you talk to Swatch about the basement, he reveals that the robot was the embodiment of a lightner's dream that he helped to create, as the representation of a digital art program.

Swatch seems to hold bitterness towards Spamton, referring to him as "that crooked salesman", and remarks that it was a pity, "to think he was once a valued customer". More dialogue reveals that Spamton's iconic pink and yellow glasses and monochrome suit are a failed attempt to impersonate Swatch in order to sneak into the basement and gain access to the NEO robot. Swatch sells Big Shot Bowties in his store, which were originally Spamton's merchandise, but they have the brand name cut off. During the Spamton Sweepstakes Twitter Q&A, Spamton says "TO THINK HE ONCE PRETENDED TO [be my fr13nd NOW]! THERE TO [always listen to a] [shoulder to cry on]. BUT IN THE END HE ONLY [always listen to a] [Smoking Hot @$$ NOW]!!!" In simpler terms, Spamton used to think of Swatch as a good friend, but in the end Swatch was more loyal to Queen. In contrast, Swatch only refers to Spamton as a valued customer, suggesting that these feelings were mostly one sided and that Swatch probably acted that way out of professionalism.

Fanon

Swatchton quickly became a popular ship in the fandom, despite them never shown to interact on-screen. It is the most popular ship for both characters and currently the fifth-most popular romantic ship for the fandom overall. The ship is often seen as a direct companion piece to Seavil, given how similar their stories and character dynamics are, but KingKaard also became a popular side-ship for both. It is mainly rivalled by Spamvil.

Although Spamton turns into the dealmaker glasses in canon, a popular fanon trope is of Swatch finding Spamton in a dumpster in Castle Town after the events of chapter 2 and deciding to look after him. This usually involves a lot of fluff and slow burn until they admit their feelings for one another. Other fan content portrays their relationship during Spamton's big shot era, usually with Spamton visiting the Colour Cafe a lot because he has a crush on Swatch, despite this not really being canon. Though many also like to depict their history as messy, mainly due to a misunderstanding leading many to think that Swatch was the one who threw Spamton into the acid river under Queen's orders (the idea that Spamton was shrunk in the acid river comes from the dialogue of Spamton describing himself as the "[It Burns! Ow! Stop! Help Me! It Burns!] Guy", but the official Japanese translation provides further context that Spamton's eyes were burned by a flashing light, not acid).

Many like to depict Swatch as shorter than the Swatchlings despite being their superior, likely inspired by Spamton's overworld sprite being shorter than the Addisons, as it gives them something to bond over.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

Spamton/Swatch tag on AO3

TUMBLR

swatchton tag on Tumblr