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A body swap is a storytelling device seen in a variety of fiction, most often in TV

shows and movies, in which two people (or beings) exchange minds and end up in
each others' bodies. Alternatively, their minds may stay where they are as their bodies
adjust.

There are two distinct types of body swapping. Switches caused by magic items such
as amulets, heartfelt wishes, or just strange quirks of the universe typically reverse
after the subjects have expanded their world views, gained a new appreciation for
each others' troubles by literally "walking in another's shoes" and/or caused sufficient
amounts of farce. Notable examples include the books Vice Versa (1882), [1] Freaky
Friday (1972) [2] as well as the film versions of both.

Switches accomplished by technology, exempting gadgets advanced sufficiently to

appear as magic, are the fare of mad scientists. Body-swapping devices are
characterized by highly experimental status, straps, helmets with complicated cables
that run to a central system and a tendency to direly malfunction before their effects
can be reversed. Those without such means may resort to brain transplants. Such
experiments can have overtones of horror; evil mad scientists seldom use willing test
subjects.

The 1989 film Identity Crisis parodies the body-swap films by having its two
characters share the same body, switching between personalities whenever struck, hit,
or smacked. [3] The 1984 film All of Me also portrays two characters sharing one
body - in this case Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin. [4]

On the internet, many amateur authors write and share body swap stories with one
another. Fictionmania is a website publishing and archiving transgender fiction, much
of it focusing on male-to-female body swaps. [5]

Contents
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• 1 Science
• 2 Appearances in Media
o 2.1 List of movies with body swaps
o 2.2 List of TV shows with body swaps
o 2.3 List of video games with body swaps
o 2.4 List of graphic novels/manga with body swaps
o 2.5 List of novels with body swaps
o 2.6 List of short stories with body swaps
 • 3 See also

• 4 References

[edit] Science
While swapping bodies remains fictional as of 2008, scientific research points to the
possibility of head transplants, whole-body transplants, or mind transfers somewhere
in the future.

In 1973 a group of scientists from Case Western Reserve University School of

Medicine in Cleveland Ohio, led by Dr. Robert White, a neurosurgeon inspired by the
work of Vladimir Demikhov, transplanted the head of one monkey onto another
monkey's body.[6] [7] The animal was still able to smell, taste, hear, and see.[8] The
animal survived for eight days after the operation, even at times attempting to bite
some of the staff. [9] In 2001 the operation was successfully repeated again on a
monkey by the aforementioned Dr. White. [10]

In 2002, other head transplants were also conducted in Japan involving rats.[11]
Unlike the head transplants performed by Dr. White, however, these head transplants
involved grafting one rat's head onto the body of another rat that kept its head. Thus
the rat ended up with two heads.

[edit] Appearances in Media

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[edit] List of movies with body swaps

• 18 Again (1988) George Burns and his grandson. [12] [13]

• A Saintly Switch (1999) (TV) NFL Quarterback and his wife. [14]
• Alison's Birthday Young girl and old crone.
• Body Switch Old scientist and teenage boy.
• Dame Tu Cuerpo Football team coach and young female ex-model.
• Dating the Enemy Boyfriend and Girlfriend [15]
• Dogmatic A man and his dog.
• Dream a Little Dream Elderly man and young teenager.
• Every Dog Has His Date A man and his dog.
• Freaky Friday Mother and daughter. Note that Disney has produced several
different versions (1976, 1995, and 2003) [16] [17] [18] [19]
• Help, I'm a Boy Boy and girl. [20]
• The Hot Chick Clive (Rob Schneider) and Jessica (Rachel McAdams) [21]
[22]
• Scooby-Doo Shaggy, Fred, Daphne and Velma accidentally swap their minds
in one scene.
 • The Immortalizer Mad scientist swaps rich elderly people with young kidnap
victims.
• It's a Boy Girl Thing Male teen and neighbor girl. [23] [24]
• Just Follow Law Supervisor and Subordinate.
• Like Father Like Son Father and son.
• Mulholland Drive Several or all of the characters are portrayed with other's
names.
• Pon un Hombre en tu Vida Male sports coach and female singer. [25]
• Prelude to a Kiss Bride and mysterious old man. [26] [27]
• Sex, Drugs, and Natalie Portman Male teen and neighbor girl. [28]
• Shrek the Third Donkey and Puss in Boots
• The Skeleton Key - Voodoo horror movie starring Kate Hudson.
• Soowitch Man and woman. [29]
• Vice Versa Father and son.
• Wish Upon a Star Girl and her sister.
• Xchange Multiple sci-fi bodyswaps.

[edit] List of TV shows with body swaps

• 2 Stupid Dogs-In the episode both the dogs might have swtched their bodies or
their personalities.
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius - Jimmy and Cindy in the
episode "Trading Faces".
• American Dragon: Jake Long - "Switcheroo" - Jake and Haley switched
bodies due to a magic mirror, then later Huntsboy #88 and #89 switch because
of the mirror as well.
• Angel - Carpe Noctem- Angel and Marcus because of a spell.
• Ben 10 - "A Change of Face" - Charmcaster and Gwen, then later Ben and
Gwen.
• Big Wolf on Campus - In an episode which features a body jumper named
Alice, who switches bodies with Lori, then the face-eater that Merton had on
his public-access television show.
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Faith swaps bodies with Buffy using a magical
device in the episode "Who Are You?". Also, In an earlier episode, "Witch", a
dark witch switches bodies with her daughter Amy to relive her cheerleading
glory days.
• Charmed - Phoebe and Paige, Piper and the Zen Master in the episode "Enter
the Demon". Phoebe and Amara in the episode "Freaky Phoebe". Piper and
Leo in the episode "The Lost Picture Show".
• Code Lyoko - "A Fine Mess" - Yumi Ishiyama and Odd Della Robbia due to
the error in the materialisation program.
• Danny Phantom - "Splitting Images"- Danny and ghost nerd Sidney
Poindexter switch bodies when Poindexter possesses Danny and kicks the
latter out.
• Darkwing Duck - "Trading Faces"- Darkwing and Gosalyn, also Launchpad
and Honker due to Darkwing's computer gone haywire.
• Dragon Ball Z - Ginyu has the power to switch bodies with people at will. He
switches bodies with Goku in order to become more powerful, but is quickly
conned into switching bodies with a frog.
• The Edwin J. Hill Social Club - "Versa Vice" - George and Drew swap bodies
after forgetting to return the movie Vice Versa to the video store. They must
learn to be each other before midnight, which means Drew has to go on a date
with George's girlfriend and Drew has to fight zombies.
• Eerie, Indiana - "No Brain, No Gain" - Simon Holmes's mind is transferred
into the Brainalyzer and replaced by Charles "Chappy" Furnell, saying that he
would gladly go through puberty again (by not abandoning Simon's body)
until his rightful body is found. Then Chappy is transferred to his own body.
Then his wife shows up and the Brainalyzer discharges, leaving it Marshall in
the woman's body, Chappy back into Simon's body, Simon in Chappy's body
and the woman in Marshall's body.
• 8 Simple Rules - "Freaky Friday" - Grandpa and C.J., Bridget and her mother,
Rory and his hamster.
• El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera: - "These Freaky Riveras" - Manny
and Frida swapped their bodies and look at their mirrors. Then, Grandpapi and
Rodolfo.
• Family Guy- "Lois Kills Stewie"- Peter and Lois shortly switch bodies due to
one of Stewie's inventions.
• Farscape - The Moya crew swap bodies twice due to the effects of an alien
weapon in the episode "Out of Their Minds."
• Fullmetal Alchemist - The character of Dante has lived for hundreds of years
by continually switching bodies with others.
• Gilligan's Island - "The Friendly Physician" - 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
(originally aired 4/7/1966).
• Garfield and friends-Though the episode fair exchange does not have a body
switch episode it shows both garfield and jons heads in different bodies in a
dream
• Intergalactic Kitchen - 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. This happens in the
episode "Take me to your Larder" when an alien removes the Kitchenaut's
brains and Snoo unsuccessfully tries to put their brains back.
• Jackie Chan Adventures - Jackie Chan and Jade.
• Justice League Unlimited - the Flash and Lex Luthor swap bodies due to a
combination of a spell cast by Doctor Fate and a mental scan getting carried
out by Luthor on Gorilla Grodd in the episode, "The Great Brain Robbery".
• Kappa Mikey-Lili and Mitsuki swap bodys in the episode "Manic Monday"
• Kim Possible - Kim and Ron swap bodies due to an accident in the episode
"Mind Games".
• Krypto the Superdog - Krypto and Kevin Whitney swap bodies in a red
kryptonite incident in "Dog-Gone Kevin".
• Lilo & Stitch: The Series - "Swapper" - An experiment causes various
characters to swap bodies.
• Lizzie McGuire - Matt and Lizzie, "Those Freaky McGuires"
• Lloyd in Space - Lloyd and his Sister in the episode "Lloyd Changes His
Mind".
 • 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.
• Mahou Sentai Magiranger - Kai Ozu and his sister Houka Ozu are zapped by
one of their foes which causes them to switch bodies with each other while
losing their ability to morph in the episode(s) "Contrary Brother and Sister"
and continued in "The Gorgon's Garden".
• Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers - Squat sabotages a machine invented by
Billy, causing the latter to temporarily switch bodies with Kimberly in the
episode Switching Places. The episode involves each ranger teaching a class
and using the Ranger Powers specific to the body they are in.
• Papa to Musume no Nanokakan (パパと娘の七日間) - Kawahara father and
daughter.　
• Pepper Ann - Pepper Ann and Lydia
• Phil of the Future - In the episode "Neander Phil", Phil and Curtis switch their
personalities and bodies due to a malfunctioning gadget. In "Versa Day", Phil
and Pim are forced to switch bodies by Lloyd.
• 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. - Wootox switched bodies with Sky so that the rangers
would chase Sky instead of him in the episode "Recognition", similar to the
adaptation of the episode "Fake Blue" in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger.
• Red Dwarf - In the Series 3 episode "Body Swap", Rimmer and Lister.
• Smallville - Clark and Lionel swap bodies using a Kryptonian artifact in the
episode "Transference".
• Strange Days at Blake Holsey High - Lucas (played by Michael Seater) and
Vaughn (played by Robert Clark) switch bodies accidentally in the episode
"Brainwaves". While in Lucas's body, Vaughn experiences Lucas' asthma and
Lucas, in Vaughn's body, discovers Vaughn's closeted dyslexia.
• Stargate Atlantis - Rodney and Lt Laura Cadman share Rodneys body in the
episode Duet after they're released from a crashed Wraith Dart.
• Stargate SG-1 - At least four episodes to date have dealt with body swapping.
• Star Trek - "Turnabout Intruder" - Kirk and Dr. Janice Lester. William Shatner
performs like a hysterical woman for the better part of an hour.[30]
• 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.
• TaleSpin - Baloo and Kit Cloudkicker, and later Rebecca Cunningham and
Don Karnage, switch bodies due to a magical idol in the episode "A Baloo
Switcheroo."
• Teen Titans - In the episode "Switched", Starfire and Raven swap bodies
during a confrontation with the Puppet King.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Splinter (aka Hamato Yoshi) and Shredder
(aka Oroku Saki) in "The Big Switcheroo"

Raphael once switched bodies with a cab driver in a rather humorous season 4
episode.

• Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger - Wojon Seijin Jinche switched bodies with Hoji
to escape deletion in hope that the other four Dekarangers would delete Hoji
instead in the episode "Fake Blue". 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..
• 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.
• Yvon of the Yukon - Tommy and Yvon swap bodies with a wish that was
accidentally granted while they were near the Aurora Borealis in the episode
"The Siamese Twits".

[edit] List of video games with body swaps

• Geist - You are forced to take the form of a ghost and switch from body to
body.
• Chrono Cross - Serge and Lynx due to the Dragon Tear.
• Pitfall: The Lost Expedition - The title character gets body switched by each of
three animal spirits in the boss levels.
• 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.
• Avenging Spirit - The entire game focuses around switching bodies in order to
fight your way through the levels.
• Various Dragon Ball Z games - Captain Ginyu in some games has the power
to switch bodies with the opponent.

[edit] List of graphic novels/manga with body swaps

• Instant Teen: Just Add Nuts - Natsumi and Asuma in volume 2.

• Urusei Yatsura - Ataru and Ten in chapter 72.
• Your and My secret - Uehara and Momoi.

[edit] List of novels with body swaps

• The Identity Matrix - Jack Chalker.

• Laughing Gas - P. G. Wodehouse
• The Tale of the Body Thief - Lestat de Lioncourt and Raglan James. [31]
• Turnabout by Thorne Smith - Tim and Sally Willows. [32] [33]
• I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein
• The Barking Ghost by R. L. Stine
• Freaky Friday the book by Mary Rodgers
• The Toilet Of DoomBy Michael lawrence