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Possible candidates

The following are possible candidates for addition to this list, based on their inclusion in the now-deleted Category:Body switching movies (see CFD):

-- Black Falcon (talk) 00:17, 1 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Source Code is more like an avatar or one-way swap as the target's soul is explained where it goes. For The Skin I Live In, that is more a face/body transplant, also one-way. Vice Versa is in the list. -AngusWOOF (talk) 16:54, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Drop Dead Diva

I know it's a series and not just an episode, but that seems like all the more reason to include it somehow. 68.98.42.168 (talk) 10:47, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This is more an incarnation or possession than a swap, as one of the characters is dead. -AngusWOOF (talk) 05:20, 4 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Later episodes in the season affirm that Jane, who was body swapped at the beginning of the series, is able to come back by swapping with a new person, so this can go back on the list. -AngusWOOF (talk) 20:11, 23 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Body jumping

The following were removed from the list as it involves more Spirit possession, one-sided transfers (target does not swap back to source, or is already dead), incarnation or avatar rather than a true swap:

Possessions
One-way transfers
  • Memory Run (aka Synapse) (1995 film) - an arms dealer's mind is transferred to the body of a murder victim.
  • The Hit Girl - placed in new body
  • Day Watch - body hopping
  • Power Rangers Samurai: "Trading Places" — Not really a body swap. A Nighlok named Switchbeast uses his powers to transfer people's souls into various objects. But when he gets Jayden, Mia, Kevin, and Antonio. Mike and Emily try to figure out how to stop him. - added to list. The character assumes the inanimate object's likeness such as the statue gnome's pose
  • Mantra (comics) Lukasz a warrior man for centuries is put in the body of a woman Eden Blake.
  • Self/less and Advantageous - the new body is a clone-grown one.[1]
  • The Mephisto Waltz (1971): Satanic ritual moves soul to new body, but nothing is said about the target's soul. The original body is then left for dead.
  • Heaven Can Wait (1978 film) – The main character moves soul to a new body, but nothing is said about the target's soul. The original body is cremated.
  • All of Me – Two spirits share one body, each controlling a half. per the Pajiba article "She’s able to control his right side leading to all manner of comedic shenanigans, but her body is an empty shell devoid of both life and Martin."
Transformations
  • The Almighty Johnsons: Season 2, Episode 5 — "A Damn Fine Woman" - transformation
  • Seventeen Again (2000 film) - With the help of magic soap, two siblings magically turn their separated grandparents into their seventeen-year-old selves. transformation like the Big movie
  • The Hitchhiker: "Petty Thieves" - Mickey and Pearl have sex and "become like one guy". After Pearl dies, Mickey discovers he is transforming into her.


Quantum leap style body hopping / role-playing
  • Quantum Leap — Sam Beckett jumps into 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)
  • The Jersey - A jersey enables a teen to live from the perspective of that NFL player
  • Cupid (Russian: Купидон): Episode 30 — Victoria and Arina switched bodies by Cupid (Quantum Leap style transformation).
  • The Dead Zone: Season 3, Episode 10 — "Instinct"; Season 5, Episode 7 — "Symmetry"; Season 2, Episode 5 — "Precipitate" : Quantum Leap style transformations of Johnn Smith.
  • A Walk in My shoes - Car accident puts teacher is placed in body of troubled student's mother, does not say what happens to the mother during this time.
  • Me Again (2012 film) - pastor views his life from the perspectives of his friends and family
  • 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. - they don't really swap bodies, just their life situation
Incarnations / Avatars
Brain transplants
Disguises

Shows to be confirmed

These shows need further detailing and episode specified before considering them back on the main list:

Category:Body swapping in fiction

I think this would be a good category; however I'm not sure how Quantum Leap would be classified; given Quantum Leap style is its own section of body swaps. Perhaps possession in fiction and brain transplant in fiction would be sub categories of this? CensoredScribe (talk) 15:21, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest "Body hopping in fiction" for a more encompassing category which would include possessions and transmigrations and body swaps. If body swap is a more appropriate title then we'd need to include a new section for the one-ways and temporary sharing ones. -AngusWOOF (talk) 15:41, 16 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

TV episodes with body swaps

I have a question to ask one of the admins, should I have the Power Rangers series in alphabetical order or series order? -----User:72.74.142.35 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.74.142.35 (talk) 16:09, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If it's among the different series (1st column) then alpha order is fine. I liked that the second column uses episode order in case they bring in to show some continuity, like ah there they pull that gimmick again, just in a different way. If it's a minor storyline as with Buffy (e.g. they get body swapped but then they get it fixed an episode or two later) , it can be combined into one entry. If one of the major characters (Klaus in American Dad) swaps or it's a series that's about body swapping / being body swapped (Turnabout) then it goes on the top list. Hope that makes sense. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 16:27, 5 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fix My Mistake on The TV Episodes With Body Swaps Section. Get Rid of Most of The Extra Gray Space. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.49.73.83 (talk) 17:51, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Gray Space

How do you get rid of most of the gray space — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.49.73.83 (talk) 19:44, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Why are there two articles?

Why is there a Wikipedia article titled "Body swap" which includes a list of body-swap uses in media and also a different Wikipedia article titled "Body swap appearances in media"? What determines whether a particular body-swap story goes into the one list, the other, neither, or both lists?2604:2000:C682:B600:ACAC:C7A:13ED:B560 (talk) 14:30, 14 July 2016 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson[reply]

  1. ^ http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/19/8998735/self-less-advantageous-seconds-body-swapping-science-fiction
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