Freaky Friday Flip: Difference between revisions

 

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* The episode "Girlz, Tenshin!" ("Trading Faces" in the English dub) of ''[[Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z]]'' has this happen to the three girls courtesy of Fuzzy Lumpkins, resulting in each girl having to pretend to be the other.

* ''[[Kochikame]]'' has a rare [[Double Subversion]]. Ryotsu wishes he could swap his body with his rich, handsome and skillful underling [[Non-Idle Rich|Nakagawa]]. The next day there's an accident that involves Ryotsu and Nakagawa banging their heads. All seems set for a Freaky Friday Flip Episode...{{spoiler|except it's not. The [[Genre Savvy]] Ryotsu '''tried to make it look as if the Freaky Friday Flip had really happened, hid Nakagawa's body in a secret medical facility and assumed his identity, power and fortune''', knowing that everyone would automatically believe such a strange event. Then later the trope is played straight when the resident [[Mad Scientist]] tries to "restore" Ryotsu and Nakagawa to their original bodies, with a machine that explodes and produces a CHAIN FREAKY FRIDAY FLIP (Terai with Nakagawa, Nakagawa with the Chief, the Chief with Akimoto, Akimoto with Ryotsu, Ryotsu with a nearby cat, the cat with the [[Mad Scientist]] and the [[Mad Scientist]] with Terai)}}. Yeah. Ryotsu comments that Nakagawa's life is not easy, but the aesop is never really delivered.

** It might be worth noting in this example, their voices don't switch, although their accents do.

*** In the American version, which doesn't include accents, the voices DO switch.

* ''[[Pokémon Ranger and The Temple of The Sea]]''. The newly hatched Pokémon Manaphy does this twice: switching Team Rocket's minds among the three of them, and switching the minds of Ash Ketchum and Jack Walker (the eponymous Pokémon Ranger).

* ''[[Crayon Shin-chan]]'' did a child/parent switch between Shin and Misae ("Mitzi" in FUNimation's [[Gag Dub]]) and they didn't even switch voices (Goes for the dub as well). Much [[Hilarity Ensues]], including Misae doing the beloved ass dance.

* In ''[[Sket Dance]]'' on the school trip Bossun and Himeko accidentally drink some pills that switch their minds. What makes it hilarious is that Himeko (in Bossun's body) insists that Bossun ''must not touch any intimate part'' of her body (which he now possesses). Which means that all delicate operations on that original body of her (like wiping the ass or, what a horror, ''bathing'') should be done by Himeko herself (who is now in ''Bossun's'' body, remember!). This leads to some scenes which, taken out of context, would be considered very perverse.

* Episode 13 of [[Miracle Girls]] has a swap between ''identical twins''. The trope is played utterly straight, with each of them having to pretend to be the one whose body she's in, even though they could just pull a [[Twin Switch]] using a couple of wigs and look exactly like themselves anyway.

 

* The best-known [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] example would be the tragic flip of Psylocke and Chinese assassin Kwannon. The latter had been rendered braindead after a fall, and when Psylocke turned up amnesiac in China, Kwannon's lover Matsuo saw a chance to restore his girlfriend and turned to the villain Spiral for help. However, Spiral—being Spiral—decided that switching the women's minds would be far more entertaining, and gave both women certain aspects of the other. As a result, Psylocke got Kwannon's martial arts skills while Kwannon's mutant empathic power was given a boost by Psylocke's superior telepathy. This is one of the few examples of the flip being permanent, due to the extant of Spiral's tampering with the women's minds and genetic makeup. Kwannon later joined the X-Men herself as Revanche, but would later commit suicide after contracting the Legacy Virus (aka Mutant AIDS).

** ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' character Emma Frost was rather fond of this one. While still a full-time villain she swapped bodies with [[Storm]] as part of an [[Grand Theft Me|evil plot]]; years later, just before her [[Heel Face Turn|switch to heroism]], she accidentally swapped bodies with Iceman, and then proceeded to fuel his (already significant) insecurities by using his powers far more effectively than he ever had. She also tried to commit suicide while in his body, but she never mentions that—and considering she's not above using her telepathic powers to make you vomit uncontrollably whenever you hear the word "broccoli", you probably shouldn't either.

* This trope is common in [[Fanfic]]s. For example [[Big Name Fan|Cassandra Claire]]'s (in)famous [[Draco in Leather Pants|"Draco Trilogy"]] started by body-swapping [[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]] and Draco in a Polyjuice accident.

* The unknown, yet ever-amusing ''[[Wicked (theatre)|Wicked]]'' fic [[Fan Fic/Elphie Why Is Boq In My Body|"Elphie, why is Boq in my body?"]] is about six best friends (with kissing benefits) who switch bodies every time they kiss. Along the way, there's hot landlords, waiters, and snide homophobes to be dealt with. Unadulterated chaos, but awesome.

* In the "has-an-iffy-first-chapter-but-overall-good-fic" ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3791056/1/The_Switch_Glitch The Switch Glitch]'', a magic e-mail chain letter causes an eccentric ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' fangirl to swap bodies with Edward Elric himself (for the first quarter of the fic at least). [[Hilarity Ensues|Need I say it?]]

* Episode Nine of ''[[Demyx Time]]'', with the two leads. Done surprisingly well for a live-action fan production.

** [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6883247/1/ Another Glee fic] in which Rachel and Kurt swap bodies and utter ''[[Hilarity Ensues]]''.

* Playing the "learning experience" part of this trope to the hilt is [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5844006/1/A_Mile_in_His_Shoes this] ''[[One Piece]]'' fic, "A Mile in His Shoes," where Zoro and Sanji's rather opposite approaches to romance are contrasted to the benefit of both.

* The ''[[Beyblade]]'' fanfiction ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3742152/1/10_Miles_In_Your_Shoes 10 Miles In Your Shoes]'' brilliantly pulls this off, where Kai and Tyson explores each others life, in a very in-character way.

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2667351/1/Trading_places Here's a Nick crossover] where Spongebob swaps with [[The Wild Thornberries|Eliza Thronberry's older sister Debbie]].

 

* The 1999 made for TV [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132666/ Wonderful World of Disney] movie (boy, Disney sure likes to use this gimmick a lot) [[wikipedia:A Saintly Switch|A Saintly Switch]] finds David Alan Grier and Vivica A. Fox switching bodies.

* ''[[The Change Up]]'' - family man switches bodies with bachelor.

 

 

== Literature ==

* Used in F. Anstey's 1882 novel ''[[Vice Versa]]'' to swap a father and son, making it [[Older Than Radio]]. This may have inspired Mary Rodger's 1972 novel.

* In Marghanita Laski's novel ''[[The Victorian Chaise Longue]]'', a modern woman buys a Victorian couch at a bargain price because it has an old dried bloodstain that can't be removed. Falling asleep on the couch, she wakens on the same couch in Victorian times, inhabiting the body of the couch's original owner. The couch is now new and unstained, and the woman suspects (correctly) that her impending death will cause the bloodstain.

* Happens to two of the protagonists of [[Esther Friesner]]'s ''[[Harpy High]]''; since one of them has a physically abusive father, the other one acquires a little more understanding than he wanted.

* In [[Diana Wynne Jones]]' book ''[[The Ogre Downstairs]]'', a mystical chemistry set leads (among other things) to two kids in a recently blended family switching bodies for a day. This is the first step towards the two sets of children actually getting along. The swap is discovered after two ''not himself'' situations

** The sequel, ''[[Summer Switch]]'', swaps the other members of that family, the father Bill and the son Ben (a.k.a. Ape Face).

* Anton and Olga switch minds in ''[[Night Watch|The Night Watch]]'' as part of a plan to draw out a plot by the Day Watch.

* In the ''[[Goosebumps]]'' book "Why I'm Afraid of Bees", Gary, the main character, stumble upon a ''service'' that switches you with whoever you want. however, he accidently ends up in the body of a bee. [[Hilarity Ensues|Horror ensues]].

* The entire premise of the kids' series ''Katie Kazoo Switcheroo'' is this trope. She switches bodies with other characters partway through each story, thanks to a magic wind.

 

== Live-Action TV ==

* The [[Gender Bender]] version shows up in ''[[The Dragon Doctors]]'' when Mori's Spell Gun explodes.

* ''[[PvP (webcomic)|Pv P]]'' did this with Brent and Skull.

* In ''[[Girly]]'', there is an arc where many primary and secondary characters get switched around due to a "fist-powered" ray.

* In ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' a [http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=030622 filler storyline] by [[Phil Foglio]] has Torg and Zoe switch bodies, but unable to remember anything that [[Showing Off the New Body|happened]] during the bodyswap once it's reversed.

** Tedd and Grace [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-05-14 emulated this] via [[Shapeshifting|transformation]] into each other's forms. After all, Grace ''studied'' Tedd...

{{quote|'''Grace''': [http://www.egscomics.com/?date{{=}}2006-08-07 ...and couples switching bodies is #37 on your list of weird things you like.]}}

* ''[[Wright As Rayne]]'' has a one-sided version of this. Vigilante Alex Rayne is forced to inhabit the body of teenage girl Dorothy Wright, but Wright's mind is in some kind of stasis.

* Joked about in ''[[Questionable Content]]'', where Hannelore thinks this is happening because she dreamed about it.

* In ''[[Off White]],'' the humans want to transfer the [[It Makes Sense in Context|white spirit wolf's spirit into a human body to bring back the balance that was lost when the human white spirit disappeared.]] It must be a wolf because the only thing they have to go by is an old legend that pairs wolves and man together as being created at the same time.

* In [[Tales Of Gnosis College]], Willie and the lady professor he does work study for achieve a temporary and apparently accidental Freaky Friday Flip through an experiment with hypnosis and drugs. It leads to a torrid example of [[Professionals Do It on Desks]].

 

== Web Original ==

* ''[[Tale Spin]]'' has an example of the adult/child switch in the episode "A Baloo Switcheroo", with Baloo and Kit getting zapped by an ancient totem; later in the episode, Rebecca and Don Karnage do the protagonist/antagonist switch.

** Then after they switch back at the end of the episode, two of Don Karnage's lackeys have ended up switching.

* ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'' has a double adult/child switch, swapping Darkwing with Gosalyn and Launchpad with Honker. In addition to trading voices, the switched characters also trade eye shape and color.

** This one does deal with the voice issue; at one point to help fool J. Gander Hooter (Darkwing's occasional [[Da Chief]]), Darkwing (in Gosalyn's body) sits in Gosalyn's lap (from Darkwing's body) and uses his voice to talk to him. Earlier, they pass it off as Darkwing imitating a little girl's voice.

* ''[[Robotboy]]'' does this first with Robotboy and Gus when the latter gets electrocuted reaching into the former's head during a tune-up, then with Gus and a dove by minor villain Felonious Hexx for revenge on what he did in a previous episode. In the latter case it's actually an improvement because [[Fridge Logic|the dove does Gus' schoolwork better]] and Gus genuinely enjoys life as a dove.

* In an episode of ''[[Chowder]]'' the titular character subjects himself, Mung Daal, Truffles, and Schnitzel to this after attempting to [[Too Dumb to Live|cram an entire container of a certain ingredient into a dish]]. At the end they're in their proper bodies except for Mung who somehow has switched with his [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]] Endive.

 

== Real Life ==

 

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