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== [[Literature]] ==
* The story of ''[[The Prince and Thethe Pauper]]'' starts with a pair of identical people swapping outfits and going back to fill each others' role for a while... longer than either wants, it turns out. Oh, and while the prince is busy being a pauper, his daddy dies...
* 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 [[Time Scout (Literature)|Time Scout]] book Skeeter poses as Armstrong to lure out a bad guy. That's because Armstrong isn't expendable; Skeeter is.
 
== [[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 ''[[Black AdderBlackadder]]'', the nincompoop Prince George swaps places with scheming butler Mr Blackadder to avoid being killed by the Duke of Wellington. The [[Hilarity Ensues|predictable occurs]].
{{quote| '''George:''' It's just like that story, "The Prince and the Porpoise".<br />
'''Blackadder:''' "...and the ''Pauper''", sir.<br />
'''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 Onon the Farm]] however, Martha's new role consisted of playing checkers, while Jonathan did all the things she'd normally do on a visit to Metropolis (shopping, cooking, ironing Clark's cape...)
* ''[[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 Byby 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 ''[[Charmed (TV)|Charmed]]'' Piper and Leo ended up switching powers for a day because of unborn Wyatt. Piper had to orb all over the place being a whitelighter while Leo had to cope with exploding powers as well as suffering from pregnancy symptoms.
* In ''[[MASH]]'', the 4077th decided to duplicate a British tradition of the officers and enlisted men switching places on Boxing Day (December 26th). Potter suspects that Klinger isn't assigning him normal assistant duties, which is true - in order to make the duties ''normal'', he would also be sending Potter to Seoul to get oats for the Colonel's horse, among other things.
* 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.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In one episode of ''[[Dilbert (Animationanimation)|Dilbert]]'', he swapped roles with a guard. At the end after failing to do the job he swapped roles with Ratbert.
* 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 PartnersPartner's a Monkey]]'' episode "Le Switcheroo," the animal school's counselor Mr. Mandrill had the grouchy gym teacher Coach Gills and the [[Fish Out of Water|lone human student]] Adam Lyon trade places for a day when both began complaining to the principal about each other. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity Ensued]] when the entire school somehow fell for their [[Paper-Thin Disguise|Paper Thin Disguises]] (Adam wore Coach Gills's bow in his hair and Coach Gills wore one of Adam's shirts below her fish bowl), but both learned the [[An Aesop|Aesop]] Mr. Mandrill was aiming for and gained new respect for one another.
* An episode of ''[[American Dad (Animation)|American Dad]]'' had Stan and Roger swapping roles after Stan got frustrated with Roger acting like his concerns (running out of cookies to eat while watching [[Daytime Drama Queen|soap operas]]) are a big deal. Roger quickly gets stressed out with actual work, accidentally hits Francine, and the neighbors mistakenly get the idea that Stan is beating her (not at all helped by the fact that, to do Roger's "job", he lazes about the house all day in underwear and a bathrobe and lets his hygiene slide).
* ''[[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]].
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