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A lot of comedy comes from switching around expectations. This trope is about a specific kind, where roles are reversed. But unlike [[Freaky Friday Flip]], [[Prince and Pauper]], and [[Swapped Roles]], no explanation or justification is given, and it's as though this situation was always this way. The comedy is more about the absurdity of it all, than what happens to the characters.
 
Let's say hypothetically, a [[Princess]], wearing with [[Pimped -Out Dress]], [[Requisite Royal Regalia|tiara]] and [[Pretty in Mink|ermine]] [[Pimped -Out Cape|cape]], walks down a hallway one way, while her servant, in a French maid outfit, walks the other way, carrying some food. The princess bumps into the maid, causing the food to fall on the maid. The ''princess'' begs for forgiveness and tries to wipe off the maid's dress, while the maid hysterically snaps at the princess for being clumsy, and complains about how much her dress cost.
 
Occasionally used for drama, where the situation is meant to be thought-provoking instead of funny.
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[[Super Trope]] of [[Gender Flip]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
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** The Pythons did this a lot. They had one sketch where a woman let an encyclopedia salesman into her home because he said that he was a burglar.
*** Though that could have also been a [[Take That]] toward door-to-door salesmen: "I'd rather be robbed than suffer through your spiel!"
** As well as one sketch about a world where ''everyone'' is [[Superman]], but one of them is secretly... ''[[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Awesome?|THE BICYCLE REPAIRMAN!]]''
** [[Overly Long Gag|Also]], "the Baby Snatchers"... {{spoiler|gangs of men dressed up as babies who kidnap adults}}.
* ''[[You Can't Do That On Television]]''
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