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Contrast with [[Prince and Pauper]], [[Decoy Leader]] and [[Emergency Impersonation]]. Compare with [[Freaky Friday Flip]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
* One scene in the first episode of the anime ''[[Palm Town]]'' and in the manga has Nurse Alice telling Dr. George and his wife Jane that one patient is complaining of a headache and another wants onion soup...but the former wants ''Jane'' to examine him and the latter wants ''George'' to make the soup. (In a slight subversion, George is an excellent chef in addition to being a doctor, and it's not hard to imagine Jane having the better bedside manner.)
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== [[Literature]] ==
* The story of ''[[The Prince and
* In the children's book ''Bea and Mr. Jones'', the titular characters (father and daughter) switch jobs, with Bea taking over her father's job in advertising, and Mr. Jones going back to kindergarten. They end up enjoying their new jobs so much that they decide to keep the new arrangement.
* In the final [[
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* The episode of ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' where Lucy and Ethel get jobs at the candy factory may be the most well-known example (thanks to the infamous conveyor belt scene).
* Jerry and Kramer swap roles in ''[[Seinfeld]]'' after exchanging apartments, resulting in a laid-back, sarcastic Kramer and a jumpy, wacky Jerry.
* In the third series of ''[[
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'''Blackadder:''' "...and the ''Pauper''", sir.
'''George:''' Oh, yes! "The Prince and the Porpoise and the Pauper". }}
* The ''[[Lois and Clark]]'' episode "Chi of Steel" (which juggled [[Two Lines, No Waiting|three gender-equality storylines]]) used this in the C-plot, with Martha and Jonathan swapping places. Since they weren't [[Down
* ''[[My Family]]'' featured an episode in which Susan and Janey swap roles, with Susan as a single woman (and Ben trying to win her heart all over again) and Janey driven insane by the pressures of running a home and family.
* ''[[Leverage]]'' had an episode where Sophie wanted to be the boss for once, and the entire team wound up switching jobs out of their normal specialties temporarily. After some [[Hilarity Ensues|events]] they eventually decided [[Status Quo Is God|to go back to their original roles.]]
* The parent-child version features in an episode of ''[[Step
* On an episode of ''[[Dinosaurs]]'', Robbie switched places with his father Earl as alpha male and family provider. He did it for the right to make decisions, but pretty soon the responsibility got too much for him. [[Reset Button|By the end of the episode, Robbie steps down from the alpha male position.]]
* In ''[[
* In ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[White Collar]]'', Neal and Peter pose as each other to encourage a witness to talk. It gets out of hand quickly.
* ''[[American Pickers]]'' had Danielle go out picking while Frank watches the shop. Danielle hated how dirty picking really is and Frank is not very good at getting picking leads.
* ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' does this at least twice, once with the parents changing roles and once with Greg and Marcia swapping scout troops.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In one episode of ''[[Dilbert (
* Occurred between Plankton and Mr. Krabs in the [[SpongeBob]] episode ''The Algae's Always Greener'', though it really only affected Plankton in the end.
** In another episode, Plankton and Mr. Krabs posed as each other to settle a bet of who would win if they had reversed roles.
* ''[[Rocket Power]]'': Trying to prove which of their chosen sports requires more talent, Reggie Rocket and Cleo swap events at Winter Fest, with Reggie ice dancing and Cleo playing on her ice hockey team. Subverted in the fact that they're ''both'' good and not only win their respective events, but impressed the other.
* The ''[[Maryoku Yummy]]'' episode "Now You're Cooking!" had Omoshi and Maryoku switching jobs, mostly because Omoshi was annoyed that Ooka bragged that Maryoku, the best wishsitter, would also be a great cook.
* In the ''[[My Gym
* An episode of ''[[
* ''[[Family Guy]]'' did the "kids and parents" version recently. Peter and Lois broke down after a couple days in high school while Chris did so well that Peter was fired and replaced by him. It seemed to be saying that "high school is hell" up until Chris got promoted and the additional workload drove him to alcoholism.
* Done with Skipper and King Julien in an episode of ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]''. In a strange variant of this trope, Julien earns Skipper's praise for successfully handling that episode's mission (even if by accident), but at the end of the episode, they're back to being [[Friendly Enemy]].
* ''[[The Fairly
** Another episode included Timmy wishing to be Cosmo and Wanda's fairy godparents, to prove that being a kid was harder than being a godparent. It quickly spirals out of control with Cosmo and Wanda having to tag in being the visible Timmy, along with curfew and Vicky, and Timmy constantly fails many times of getting magic down (he spent an entire night trying to turn into a goldfish with ''gills'').
** Timmy and his Mom once swapped roles. For most of the episode, Timmy seemed to be the only one regretting it but she eventually revealed she also wanted to undo the swap.
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