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The following is a list of body swap appearances in general media.

List of movies with body swaps

English Title Original Title Country Directed by Year At the Internet Movie Database Sinopsis
“All Of Me” “All Of Me” United States Carl Reiner 1984 “All Of Me” Female client into attorney, then into a jar of water, then into his buddy musician, then into her stablekeeper's daughter, the daughter finally into one of her horses.
“13 Going on 30” “13 Going on 30” United States Gary Winick 2004 “13 Going on 30”
“17 Again” “17 Again” United States Burr Steers 2009 “17 Again”
“Seventeen Again” “Seventeen Again” United States Jeffrey W. Byrd 2000 “Seventeen Again”
“18 Again!” “18 Again!” United States Paul Andrew Flaherty 1988 “18 Again!” George Burns and his grandson.
“Like Father Like Son” “Like Father Like Son” United States Rod Daniel 1987 “Like Father Like Son” Father and son.
“Vice Versa” “Vice Versa” United States Brian Gilbert 1988 “Vice Versa” Father and son.
“A Saintly Switch” “A Saintly Switch” United States Peter Bogdanovich 1999 “A Saintly Switch” National Football League quarterback and his wife.
“Alison’s Birthday” “Alison’s Birthday” Australia Ian Coughlan 1981 “Alison’s Birthday” Young girl and old crone.
“All Screwed Up” “All Screwed Up” United States Neil Stephens 2009 “All Screwed Up” Jock and a girl science nerd.
“Body Switch” “Farligt venskab” Denmark Jorn Faurschou 1995 “Body Switch” Old scientist and teenage boy.
“Freaky Friday” “Freaky Friday” United States Gary Nelson 1976 “Freaky Friday” Mother and daughter.
“Freaky Friday” “Freaky Friday” United States Melanie Joy Mayron 1995 “Freaky Friday” Mother and daughter.
“Freaky Friday” “Freaky Friday” United States Mark Stephen Waters 2003 “Freaky Friday” Mother and daughter.
“Give Me Your Body”
 “Dame tu cuerpo” Mexico Rafael Montero 2003 “Dame Tu Cuerpo” Football team coach and young female ex-model.
“Day Watch” «Дневной дозор» / “Dnevnoy dozor” Russia Timur Bekmambetov 2006 “Day Watch” Anton and Olga.
“Dating the Enemy” “Dating the Enemy” Australia Megan Simpson Huberman 1996 “Dating the Enemy” Boyfriend and girlfriend.
“It’s a Boy Girl Thing” “It’s a Boy Girl Thing” United Kingdom,
Canada,
United States		 Nick Hurran 2006 “It’s a Boy Girl Thing” Teen neighbors.
“Happiness” «Щастье» / “Shaste” Russia Tatyana Lvovna Detkina,
Yevgeniy Nicolaevich Zvezdakov		 2007 —
“Switch” “Switch” United States Blake Edwards 1991 “Switch” A promiscuous man (Perry Firestone King) is murdered by his lovers and reincarnated as a beautiful woman (Ellen Rona Barkin).
“Switch” “Switch” France Frederick Schoendoerffer 2011 “Switch” (1),
“Switch” (2)
“Sister Switch” “Sister Switch” United States Torrance Colvin 2009 “Sister Switch” Sisters: Ashleigh Cole and Taylor Cole.
“Wish Upon a Star” “Wish Upon a Star” United States Blair Treu 1996 “Wish Upon a Star” Sisters.
“Soul Mate” “L’anima gemella” Italy Sergio Rubini 2002 “Soul Mate”
“The Hot Chick” “The Hot Chick” United States Tom Brady 2002 “The Hot Chick” Clive (Robert Michael “Rob” Schneider) and Jessica (Rachel Anne McAdams).
“Two Struck by Lightning” “Zwei vom Blitz getroffen” Germany Kaspar Heidelbach 2000 “Two Struck by Lightning”
“Lovey-Dovey” «Любовь-морковь» / “Lubov-morkov” Russia Alexander Olegovich Strizhenov 2007 “Lovey-Dovey”
“Lovey-Dovey 2” «Любовь-морковь 2» / “Lubov-morkov 2” Russia Maxim Gelievich Pezhemskiy 2008 “Lovey-Dovey 2”
“Lovey-Dovey 3” «Любовь-морковь 3» / “Lubov-morkov 3” Russia Sergey Vladimirovich Ginzburg 2011 “Lovey-Dovey 3”
“To Dream Harmlessly” «Мечтать не вредно» / “Mechtat ne vredno” Russia Yevgeniy Alexandrovich Lavrentiev 2005 “To Dream Harmlessly”
“32 December” «32 декабря» / “32 dekabrya” Russia Alexander Alexandrovich Muratov 2004 “32 December”
“A Tale of Lost Times” «Сказка о потерянном времени» / “Skazka o poteryannom vremeni” Soviet Union Alexander Lukich Ptushko 1964 “A Tale of Lost Times”
“If I Were Him” “Si j’étais lui” France Philip Triboit 2002 “If I Were Him”
“If I Were Her” “Si j’étais elle” Belgium,
France		 Stephen Clavier 2004 “If I Were Her”
“The Secret” “Si j’étais toi” France Vincent Perez 2007 “The Secret”
“Give Me My Skin” “Rendez-moi ma peau…” France Patrick Schulmann 1980 “Give Me My Skin”
“Death Becomes Her” “Death Becomes Her” United States Robert Lee Zemeckis 1992 “Death Becomes Her”
“Back to the Future” “Back to the Future” United States Robert Lee Zemeckis 1985 “Back to the Future”
“Back to the Future Part II” “Back to the Future Part II” United States Robert Lee Zemeckis 1989 “Back to the Future Part II”
“Back to the Future Part III” “Back to the Future Part III” United States Robert Lee Zemeckis 1990 “Back to the Future Part III”

List of TV episodes with body swaps

Freefonix — Lady Lux and BB

  • Fullmetal Alchemist — Dante has lived for hundreds of years by continually switching bodies with others.
  • Futurama: Benders Game — The Professor uses a machine that puts his brain and voice in the body of a monkey and vice versa.
  • Futurama: "The Prisoner of Benda" - various characters use a mind-swapping machine to switch bodies, but the machine doesn't allow two people who have already switched bodies to switch back with each other. Fortunately a mathematical proof (dubbed the Futurama theorem) is found showing that it is possible for them to all return to their original bodies by bringing two additional characters into the body-swapping loop.
  • Garfield and Friends: "The Idol of ID" — Garfield and Odie; Jon and a Gypsy.
  • The Garfield Show: "Freaky Monday" - Garfield and Odie because of a alien.
  • Genie in the House: "Out of Our Minds" — Philip Norton and Emma Norton, father and daughter.
  • Gilligan's Island: "The Friendly Physician" (originally aired 4/7/1966) — A mad scientist lands on the island and takes the castaways to his castle on a nearby island to perform mind-swapping experiments on them. The castaways are locked in a dungeon and trapped in the wrong bodies thanks to the mind-swapping machine.
  • Girls Bravo: "Bravo at the Pool!" — Fukuyama, with the inadvertent help of Lisa's magic, switches bodies with Yukinari, later with Kirie and Miharu.
  • Intergalactic Kitchen: "Take me to your Larder" — When an alien removes the Kitchenaut's brains and Snoo unsuccessfully tries to put their brains back, everyone in the kitchen swaps bodies as follows: Kirk and Kirstie, Robin in Jay's body, Jay in Fleur's body and Fleur in Robin's body. At one point, Kirstie and Snoo share Kirk's body.
  • Jackie Chan Adventures"sheep in sheep out" — Jackie Chan and Jade.
  • Jimmy Two-Shoes: "Monster Mutt" — Beezie and Cerby; Jimmy and Heloise.
  • Johnny Test: "Papa Johnny" - Susan and Mary switch Johnny and Hugh's Brains later Susan and her Mom.
  • Jumanji — A weird ball of light kept switching things, first seen with Peter and his sister Judy and then with Alan and VanPelt in the episode "Who am I?". It also switched animals such as giraffes with snakes and turtles with rabbits.
  • Justice League Unlimited: "The Great Brain Robbery" — the Flash and Lex Luthor swap bodies due to a combination of a spell cast by Doctor Fate and a mental scan being carried out by Luthor on Gorilla Grodd.
  • Kappa Mikey: "Manic Monday" — Lily and Mitsuki.
  • Keroro Gunso: "Keroro, Turn Once and Switch Bodies, De Arimasu!" — Keroro and Natsumi with ordinary-looking gashapon machine that swaps Keroro and Natsumi's bodies.
  • Kim Possible: "Mind Games" — an accident swaps Kim and Ron; series villain Doctor Drakken had previously used the machine to transfer himself into the body of a soldier guarding a vital piece of technology that he sought to steal.
  • Kochikame: 313 "I'm Reiko and I'm Ryuou-chan?!" — Ryotsu and Reiko.
  • Krypto the Superdog "Dog-Gone Kevin" — Krypto and Kevin Whitney, in a red kryptonite incident.
  • Lilo & Stitch: The Series: "Swapper" - An experiment causes the gang and two villains to swap bodies.
  • Lizzie McGuire: "Those Freaky McGuires" — Matt and Lizzie after saying, 'I'll stay out of your life'.
  • Lloyd in Space: "Lloyd Changes His Mind" — Lloyd and his sister.
  • Mahou Sentai Magiranger: "Contrary Brother and Sister" / "The Gorgon's Garden" - Kai Ozu and his sister Houka Ozu, zapped by a foe, switch bodies and lose their ability to morph.
  • Mamotte! Lollipop: "Nina is Zero and Zero is Nina!"
  • Medium:"Bring your daughter to work day" Allison Dubois and her daughter Bridgette switch bodies because of a homeless person.
  • Mega Man: "Bot Transfer" — Mega Man and Snake Man.
  • The Mighty B!: "Hen And Bappy" — Ben and Happy because of magic tacos; later Bessie and Hippie
  • Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: "Switching Places" — Squat sabotages a machine invented by Billy, causing the latter to temporarily switch bodies with Kimberly. The episode involves each ranger teaching a class and using the Ranger Powers specific to the body they are in.
  • Murder Princess — After nearly falling to their death, a proper princess and a notorious bounty hunter swap bodies. The show follows the adventures of the bounty hunter now princess.
  • My Friends Tigger and Pooh: "The Tiglet and Pigger Switcher-Roo" — Tigger in Piglet's body calls himself "Pigger", while Piglet in Tigger's body calls himself "Tiglet".
  • My Hero:"Brain Drain" Piers, Tyler, and Janet all accidentally switch bodies. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that that Ella and Stanley also switched bodies.
  • Naruto - Orochimaru switches bodies every three years.
  • Night Gallery: in the season 1 episode "The Housekeeper", an occultist hires a homely housekeeper to switch bodies with his wealthy wife.
  • Papa to Musume no Nanokakan (パパと娘の七日間) — Kawahara father and daughter.
  • The Penguins of Madagascar: "Roger Dodger"- Rico switched brains with Roger the Gator.
  • Pepper Ann — Pepper Ann and Lydia
  • Phil of the Future: "Neander Phil" — Phil and Curtis switch their personalities and bodies due to a malfunctioning gadget.
  • Phil of the Future: "Versa Day" — Lloyd forces Phil and Pim to switch bodies.
  • Phineas and Ferb: "Does this Duckbill make me look fat?" — Phineas and Ferb make a teleportation device, but it ends up switching Candace and Perry's bodies. Candace realized this almost immediately, whereas Perry doesn't realize it until Major Monogram commented him on being disguised as a teenage girl.
  • The Pirates of Dark Water: "The Soul Stealer" — Ren and Bloth; Niddler and Konk.
  • Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea — Team Rocket, then Ash, and Jackie due to Manaphy's Heart Swap.
  • Power Rangers: S.P.D.: "Recognition" — Wootox switched bodies with Sky so that the rangers would chase Sky instead of him; similar to the adaptation of the episode "Fake Blue" in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger.
  • The Powerpuff Girls: "Criss Cross Crisis" — Many different characters switch bodies due to a malfunction in Professor Utonium's experiment.
  • Powerpuff Girls Z: "Trading Faces" - The girls switch bodies during a battle with Fuzzy Lumpkins.
  • Quantum Leap — Sam Beckett body-swaps with random people in history, leaping to various points in time to change the course of their lives (Although various episodes suggest that he retains his body in these leaps and merely generates an 'aura' that causes those around him to perceive him as the person he has replaced)
  • Red Dwarf: "Bodyswap" — Rimmer and Lister; Rimmer and the Cat.
  • The Replacements: Agent K and The Father
  • Robotboy (separate episodes) — Robotboy and Gus; Robotboy and Protoboy; Gus and a pigeon.
  • Sabrina: The Animated Series: "Generation Zap" — Sabrina and Entach
  • The Secret World Of Alex Mack: "The Switch" — Alex and Barbara.
  • Smallville: "Transference" — Clark and Lionel, using a Kryptonian artifact.
  • Spongebob Squarepants: "The Algae's Always Greener" — Plankton and Mr.Krabs switch lives, to see what it's like from each other's point of view and part of Plankton's evil plan.
  • Star Trek: "Turnabout Intruder" — Kirk and Dr. Janice Lester. William Shatner performs like a hysterical woman for the better part of an hour.[1]
  • Star Trek: Voyager: "Vis à Vis" — An alien has the ability to swap bodies and does so, first with Tom Paris, then with Captain Janeway.
  • Stargate Atlantis: "Duet" — Rodney and Lt Laura Cadman share Rodney's body after they're released from a crashed Wraith Dart.
  • Stargate SG-1 — At least four episodes to date have dealt with body swapping. Two among these are "Fragile Balance" and "Holiday."
  • Strange Days at Blake Holsey High: "Brainwaves" — Lucas and Vaughn switch bodies accidentally. While in Lucas's body, Vaughn experiences Lucas' asthma and Lucas, in Vaughn's body, discovers Vaughn's closeted dyslexia.
  • Sugar Sugar Rune: "The Contrary Macaroon Pandemonium!?" — Chocolat and Vanilla after eating special biscuits.
  • Super Gals: "Ran-pyon♥Dizzy→Becomes Sayo!?" — Ran and Sayo.
  • Switched!: episode 6 — Jiang Xin Yu and Xin Hui switch identities (not voices).
  • Supernatural: Episode 5x12, "Swap Meat" - A teenager casts a spell that switches his body with Sam's.
  • TaleSpin: "A Baloo Switcheroo" — Baloo and Kit Cloudkicker, and later Rebecca Cunningham and Don Karnage, switch bodies due to a magical idol.
  • The Sarah Silverman Program In the episode "A Fairly Attractive Mind" Brian and Steve switch bodies because of a magic dragon phone. Its later revealed Brian's dad had switched bodies with a Chinese prostitute thirty years ago.
  • Teen Titans: "Switched" — Starfire and Raven swap bodies during a confrontation with the Puppet King.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles featured two episodes dealing with the subject. In "The Old Switcheroo", an accident in a cybertech laboratory causes Shredder and Splinter to switch bodies. This switch leads to much confusion before it's restored. In "Raphael Drives 'em Wild", a mind altering device causes Raphael to switch minds with a New York City taxi driver.
  • 3rd Rock from the Sun: "Two-faced Dick" - After three years, Sally's forgotten request for gender reassignment is granted and she changes bodies with Dick.
  • Thundarr The Barbarian: "Island of the Body Snatchers" — The Evil Witch of the island is under a curse that prevents her body from leaving the island, so she swaps with Ariel.
  • The Tick: "Tick vs Science" — Professor Cromedome and Chairface Chippendale steal a body-changing machine and use it to swap Tick with Arthur. Eventually, The Tick, Arthur, Carmalita, Dr. Vahtoss, Professor Cromedome, Chairface Chippendale, Tongue Tongue and A Zebra each switch bodies with one another, eventually having Chippendale inside Tick's body to take over the world before being stopped by Maneuver 14Z.
  • Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger: "Fake Blue" — Wojon Seijin Jinche switched bodies with Hoji to escape deletion in hope that the other four Dekarangers would delete Hoji instead. His plan backfired when "Hoji" called Ban partner when the real Hoji would have replied with "Don't call me partner." This was adapted into Power Rangers: S.P.D..
  • Totally Spies :"Totally switched"-Clover and Jerry swap personalities.
  • Turnabout - This TV series starring Sharon Gless and John Schuck lasted six episodes in 1979. Tough sportswriter Sam and cosmetics exec Penny are a married couple who find themselves inhabiting each other's bodies thanks to a magic statue. They try to live the lives of each other and keep their body-switching a secret, while trying to discover the statue's method of switching them back to normal.
  • 2 Stupid Dogs — both the dogs might have switched their bodies or their personalities.
  • Urusei Yatsura: "Beware the Earmuffs!" — Ataru and Ten buy some earmuffs that causes their bodies and souls to switch to whenever they're put on.
  • Warehouse 13 : "Merge With Caution"-Pete and Myka's attempt to have a normal weekend is ruined when they are affected by an artifact that causes them to switch bodies. Elsewhere, Claudia and Artie have a mission of their own.
  • Wizards of Waverly Place: "Quinceañera" — The family prepares for Alex's quinceañera, a traditional celebration to mark her 15th birthday, but she doesn't want to wear the customary frilly ball gown and casts a spell to swap bodies with her mom, who never had a quinceañera of her own. Justin and Max also switch bodies with their dance instructors, and at the beginning of the episode Alex practices the body-switching spell on her and her dad.
  • Wizards of Waverly Place: "Family Game Night" — Alex with Harper, later the spell backfires mixing a variety of switching spells and causes Alex to get Harper's brain to combined with her brain.
  • The X-Files: "Dreamland" — Mulder and Morris Fletcher.
  • Xena: Warrior Princess — Callisto works with Ares, god of war, to invade Xena's dreams and switch bodies with Xena, so that she is free and Xena is trapped in Tartarus. But Xena persuades Hades to let her return to earth, although still trapped in Callisto's body, where she defeats Callisto and sends her back to Tartarus. Xena remains trapped in Callisto's body for one episode before Ares restores them to their normal selves.
  • Yogi's Treasure Hunt: "Beswitched Buddha'd and Bewildered" — Yogi Bear and Boo Boo; Huckleberry Hound and Quick Draw McGraw; Snooper and Blabber; Ranger Smith and Snagglepuss; Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy; later Dick Dastardly and Muttley.
  • Yvon of the Yukon: "The Siamese Twits" — Tommy and Yvon swap bodies with a wish that was accidentally granted while they were near the Aurora Borealis.
  • Kampfer: Kampfer and there Entails animals
  • The Emperor's New School: Yzma and Kronk

(Rollie Ollie Pollie): big babies/ollie switches with spot and the babies switches with the parents.

List of video games with body swaps

  • Avenging Spirit - The entire game focuses around switching bodies to fight your way through the levels.
  • Chrono Cross - Serge and Lynx due to the Dragon Tear.
  • Dragon Ball Z games - Captain Ginyu in some games has the power to switch bodies with the opponent.
  • Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - The Twilight Town chapter. After battling the Creepy Steeple boss, the boss and Mario swap bodies until Mario can defeat the boss with the help of Vivian.
  • Pitfall: The Lost Expedition - The title character gets body-switched by each of three animal spirits in the boss levels.
  • Ragnarok - It is possible to obtain and read a scroll of "Switch bodies", which will cause you to switch bodies with the most powerful being on the level.
  • Super Smash Bros. Brawl - After throwing a Poké Ball, there is a chance that Manaphy will come out and swap the bodies of you and your opponents.
  • Tales of Rebirth - The character Agarte has the Force of Moon, which forces her to switch bodies with other characters, including Claire, multiple times.
  • Under the Skin - You have to change body in body with disguise, to Completed goals.
  • Whacked! - if you get a red button, you temporarily swap bodies with your opponents.
  • Digimon rumble arena 2 sometimes you swap bodies with your opponent

List of graphic novels and manga with body swaps

List of novels with body swaps

List of short stories with body swaps

See also

References

  1. ^ http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Turnabout_Intruder
  2. ^ http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780064400466/Freaky_Friday/index.aspx
  3. ^ http://www.annerice.com/bs_b_theTaleOfTheBodyThief.htm
  4. ^ http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/thorne-smith/turnabout.htm
  5. ^ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/smith/turnbout/turn-00.htm
  6. ^ http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=DoyCapt.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=3&division=div1
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