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{{quote|''We've secretly replaced Akane Tendo from '''[[Ranma ½]]''' with Akane Kasuga from '''[[Kimagure Orange Road]]'''. Let's see who notices.''}}
A '''Folgers Crossover''' is one of the more unusual means by which a [[Fan Fiction]] author can choose to implement a [[Crossover]]—rather than have the casts of two different shows meet, just swap a character from one with a character from the other and let [[Hilarity Ensues|hilarity ensue]]. It can be a physical transposition, or a [[Freaky Friday Flip|purely mental exchange]]—and for extra bonus fun and maximum initial confusion, have the characters share the same first name. Or <s>worse</s> better, be the ''same character from [[Alternate Continuity|two different continuities]]''.
The result is often a [[Trapped in Another World]] story, in which both casts may find themselves working to return the visitor to their own world/timeline/universe and get their missing compatriot back. Meanwhile, the experience may provide enlightening insights for the displaced characters, not only into themeselves and their relationships with the rest of the cast, but also into the personalities and histories of the people they know.
Very often played for laughs when the characters involved have radically different personalities.
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* Another ''Evangelion'' example -- ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6692889/1/Castling Castling]'' by Andew J. Talon explores what happens when canon Shinji trades places with a confident, well-adjusted Shinji from another timeline while fighting Leliel.
* The ''[[Ranma ½]]'' fic ''[https://www.fanfics.dev/1998-05/messages/19980503-%5bFFML%5d%20Goddess%20of%20My%20Harmful%20Deeds-806.html Goddess of My Harmful Deeds]'' by [[Richard Lawson]] offers a chance for both recovery and redemption to the Akane of the infamous ''[[The Bitter End]]'' by James "Zen" Bateman via the device of a brief exchange of minds between her and the Akane native to Lawson's ''[[Thy Inward Love]]'' series.
* Towards the end of the epic ''[[Ranma ½]]''-centric [[Mega Crossover]] ''[[A Tale of Two Wallets]]'' by Jim Bader, [[Ah! My Goddess|Peorth]] arranges a timeline comparison between the [[Alternate Universe]] of the story (in which Nabiki is happily engaged to both Ranma and Shampoo) and a scratch copy of the canon ''Ranma ½'' timeline, to fine-tune the destiny of the former. Unfortunately, their Nabikis get swapped in the process, leaving the canon moneygrubber in a universe where her counterpart has given such behavior up and has two devoted lovers (among many other changes), and said counterpart finds herself in a universe where Ranma distrusts her (and Shampoo), and is engaged to Akane.
* In Dogbertcarroll's ''Lex Marks The Spot'', a [[DC Comics]]/''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' crossover, Xander Harris and Lex Luther get mindswitched into each other's body, across universes. Xander decides to use Lex's resources to do good while acting like an eccentric supervillain, just to troll the Justice League. Meanwhile, Luthor is consuming everything he can find about Superman and discovering just how close to [[Stupid Evil]] he's been for years.
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