Why 'Body Swap' Episodes Are OVERHATED

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  • @TheAlphaJayShow
    @TheAlphaJayShow  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +81

    What is your favorite Body Swap episode?
    Join the Discord ✨🐼 - discord.gg/5yCaw8nW

    • @maxmeidl4909
      @maxmeidl4909 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Trading faces

    • @olleselin
      @olleselin 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "Freaky Spy-Day"

    • @casualcraftman1599
      @casualcraftman1599 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Farscape episode Out of Their Minds (season 2 episode 9)
      "Uhuh, that's all right, we do that sort of thing all the time here on Moya. I just peed in the maintenance bay." Rygel XVI

    • @Christian-ky9xk
      @Christian-ky9xk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A little bit of pizzaz

    • @TheAllSeeingEye2468
      @TheAllSeeingEye2468 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@TheAlphaJayShow Lilo and stitch swaper

  • @maxmeidl4909
    @maxmeidl4909 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1127

    You REALLY have to give Carl, Sheen, and Libby credit for going out of their way to waste HOURS of their lives to sort through all of Jimmy and Cindy's personalities and put them back into their correct minds. Those three are the most dedicated friends Jimmy and Cindy could ever have.

    • @TheAlphaJayShow
      @TheAlphaJayShow  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +171

      True friends

    • @maxmeidl4909
      @maxmeidl4909 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +124

      @@TheAlphaJayShow and friends that DON’T disappear as the show goes on (looking at YOU, fairly oddparents)

    • @TheAllSeeingEye2468
      @TheAllSeeingEye2468 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Cept for the last part

    • @ChristalJ
      @ChristalJ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      @@maxmeidl4909 Friends that actually have stories and presence in the show. I think Fairly Odd Parents thrives when they do more for their characters. I get tired of Timmy lol. That’s why Jimmy Neutron is the better show. They don’t only focus on Jimmy.

    • @maxmeidl4909
      @maxmeidl4909 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@ChristalJ valid point

  • @Truck-kun11
    @Truck-kun11 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1048

    I will always prefer it when characters who switch bodies don't switch the voices as not only does it make more sense (it's not like they switched vocal cords) but it's also super fun to have the Voice Actors have to play another character and imitate each other's mannerisms and style.

    • @PeterGriffin11
      @PeterGriffin11 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +67

      Jimmy Neutron did that.

    • @Brewart2012
      @Brewart2012 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      And The Replacements an underrated Disney cartoon from the mid-late 2000s

    • @amesstarline5482
      @amesstarline5482 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

      Kamp Koral, Sonic Boom, and I Am Weasel all did this- which is neat.

    • @cyberz55
      @cyberz55 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Alvinnn!! and the chipmunks did that too, which is pretty cool

    • @TheAlphaJayShow
      @TheAlphaJayShow  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +100

      Sonic Boom does this well

  • @elizaripper
    @elizaripper 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +328

    The only episode I can recall that somewhat addressed the male to female swap issue was Gravity Falls. It had Mabel and Dipper appropriately freaking out for several minutes, including throwing up and rocking back forth in a corner for a bit, and had Mabel subjected to an unwanted lecture on male puberty.

  • @aspebb
    @aspebb 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +321

    One thing I always hated about most body swap episodes was the fact that their vocal cords also swapped. From an "out of universe" perspective I understand why, but it always bugged me a little.

    • @Emz_yelevele
      @Emz_yelevele 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

      I can only excuse this when the episode features a moment where they get swapped back and forth rapidly, like in Gravity Falls. Why? Because the joke is that they swap really quickly, and it's hard to get the joke without cues that they're actually swapping. If the voices stood the same the joke at the end would be mega confusing and might not land at all, thus the voice swap was necessary for the joke to work, since the characters didn't have time to establish they've swapped through personality or anything. But otherwise.. I'd prefer no voice swapping as well.

    • @aduckofsomesort
      @aduckofsomesort 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I don’t think the vocal cords are actually swapped it is solely for viewers

    • @aduckofsomesort
      @aduckofsomesort 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I will say that Phineas and Ferb seems to be an exception to that

    • @jbcatz5
      @jbcatz5 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Voice actors having to portray another character via body swapping can be very fun because it is another character for them to convey for voice and verbal tics.

    • @aspebb
      @aspebb 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@aduckofsomesort That's what I meant when I said - I understand why from an "out of universe" perspective. It's done for the audience.

  • @FredBloxworth
    @FredBloxworth 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +348

    It’s amazing when the characters’ voices stay in their respective bodies after the body swap and the voice actors have to do different voice inflections to imitate each other. I also like it when the characters’ body language changes after the body swap.

    • @ProJohnson
      @ProJohnson 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@FredBloxworth fr tho

    • @tami7992
      @tami7992 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Same, unfortunately that's tge minority of body swap episodes...

  • @maxmeidl4909
    @maxmeidl4909 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +467

    Carl: Extreme disklike of girls who dislike boys who dislike girls who dislike show-offy boys who dislike...
    Sheen: TOO CONFUSING! STORE THAT ONE AWAY!

    • @EHH246
      @EHH246 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +96

      @@maxmeidl4909 “We gave Jimmy rapturous enjoyment of mustard. Let’s give Cindy whistling.”

    • @TheAlphaJayShow
      @TheAlphaJayShow  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

      Goated scene

    • @TheAllSeeingEye2468
      @TheAllSeeingEye2468 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I do wonder who's ball that was

    • @maxmeidl4909
      @maxmeidl4909 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

      @@TheAllSeeingEye2468 That was probably jimmy’s (only HE would over complicate it into such an endless stream like that within his own mind)

    • @andrewgarfield9898
      @andrewgarfield9898 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      💀💀🤣

  • @astro101warrior8
    @astro101warrior8 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +407

    Disney is so obsessed with this trope that almost every Disney show has a body swap episode. That and remaking Freaky Friday a few time.

    • @blueraccoon1088
      @blueraccoon1088 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Place your bets if D+ made a show?

    • @Kymanbitch
      @Kymanbitch 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There was a body swap marathon on Disney channel called freaky freakend

    • @geoffreyrichards6079
      @geoffreyrichards6079 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      I have to wonder if Disney’s original “Freaky Friday” from 1976 was the one that popularized this whole trend. Sure, it existed beforehand, but it seemed to explode in the ‘80s onwards.

    • @DrSmart20
      @DrSmart20 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I'm still mad Disney+ doesn't have the 90s freaky Friday

    • @SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario
      @SonicXtreme99akaCreeperMario 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Again, not a remake, it’s a sequel

  • @MillysUniverse
    @MillysUniverse 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +190

    Not only did Teen Titans show cover topics in awesome ways, when Starfire and Raven are meditating, talking, and so on you can see their similarities and differences. Starfire’s fingers - during meditation- are open and not in a closed fist, a sign she is expressive and wears her emotions on her sleeves, as Raven’s is in a fist to show she is closed off, for many reasons why she has to be due to her powers, but also how Raven talked with Starfire at the final part about wanting to go to the mall with Starfire, a thing involving social interaction that we all know she doesn’t particularly like. Gods, I love Teen Titans.

  • @Benjawin6671
    @Benjawin6671 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +139

    Sonic Boom did it the best when they keep their voices. It never made sense that when 2 characters swapped bodies they also swapped voices and seeing it done like this made it much better than any of them I've seen before.

    • @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho
      @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      “Ow! Eggman threw a pie at me!”

    • @Angninjin22
      @Angninjin22 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What I like is that Robotnik really got into the role lol, even being kind enough to not interrupt the schedules of the activities( "Amy and I are gonna see that thing, guess I'll have to destroy them tomorrow")

  • @ArtisticHH57
    @ArtisticHH57 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    Looking back on Johnny test, I realize it is 100% the opposite of Phineas and Ferb. The former has likable protagonists and the best kind-spirited humor ever to be put on TV and two brothers who drive their sister crazy with inventions (somewhat unintentionally), and the latter has a bratty main character, somewhat cynical humor and two older sisters who very obviously drive their brother crazy with inventions.

  • @deshawnedwards6412
    @deshawnedwards6412 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +123

    You should check out the Craig of the Creek episode literally called "Body Swap", it's also a body swap episode but because CotC is a somewhat down to Earth, slice of life cartoon where the any bigger than life situations mostly stem from the kids imagination they're not actually switching body but instead switching clothes which is the equivalent of switching body.

  • @foxpokemonforever4775
    @foxpokemonforever4775 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    My favourite body swap episodes are the ones where the voices don’t swap with the characters, like we see in Sonic Boom. It’s a personal storytelling pet peeve of mine that the voices swap along with the characters, even if it’s so people don’t get confused over who’s who. Plus, when the voices don’t swap, it gives the VAs the chance to play around with the voice they usually do, and gives you a look at “how would X sound like if they talked like Y?” If you can tell who’s who just based on cadence and word choice, you know you’ve got strong characters!

    • @garg4531
      @garg4531 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly. It’s so much fun to watch and it makes so much more sense too

  • @Punchingummy
    @Punchingummy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +87

    A teenage girl?
    PUTS ON FADORA
    Perry the teenage girl!

  • @SketchBud
    @SketchBud 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +62

    Critics nowadays often criticize a show or movie for using common tropes, like the 'Liar Reveal' or 'Body Swap'. However, I strongly believe that it's how these tropes are executed that makes a film or TV episode enjoyable to watch.
    And with Pixar's upcoming films "Elio" and "Hoppers" in their production pipeline, I'm certain that these movies will provide a unique twist to their storylines.

  • @TheCommenterDragon
    @TheCommenterDragon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +158

    And to think the whole body swapping trope in media has been going on even long before movies like Freaky Friday were made.

    • @aduckofsomesort
      @aduckofsomesort 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Freaky Friday is from 1976

    • @TheCommenterDragon
      @TheCommenterDragon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@aduckofsomesort I know that. I'm just saying that every time a show has a body switching episode, People compare it to Freaky Friday since it's a body switching movie.
      But people don't realize that body swapping started even before that movie even existed.

    • @aduckofsomesort
      @aduckofsomesort 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheCommenterDragon what pieces of media did body swapping prior to 1976? Was it a prevalent trope before 1976?

    • @aduckofsomesort
      @aduckofsomesort 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheCommenterDragon I don’t know why my comment was deleted, I asked how common the trope was prior to 1976 and what specific medias that displayed the body swap trope prior to 1976.

    • @kittymcgeeky8853
      @kittymcgeeky8853 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@aduckofsomesort So to confirm, body swapping as a concept most likely originated back in 1689, in a book by John Locke: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
      Transformation (1830)
      Avatar (1856)
      The Gentleman in Black (opera from 1870)
      Vice Versa: A Lesson to Fathers (1882, you could make the argument that Freaky Friday is a more modern, gender-swapped version of this story)
      An Exhange of Souls (1911)
      The Eye of Envy (1917)
      The Master Mind of Mars (1928)
      Turnabout (1931)
      Laughing Gas (1936)
      The Shadow Out of Time (1936)
      The Thing on the Doorstep (1937)
      The Victorian Chaise-Longue (1953)
      The Greeneyed Elephant (1960)
      These all predate Freaky Friday in terms of being a book and its first movie adaptation. There's apparently a lot more too, but they don't have Wikipedia articles to explain much about them.

  • @MiraculousHolder365
    @MiraculousHolder365 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    You're right about the Danny Phantom episode, sometimes you have to fight back if provoked too much.

    • @BrowniePembroke
      @BrowniePembroke 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@MiraculousHolder365 especially if other solutions have been tried and nothing came from it

  • @wafflethyeah
    @wafflethyeah 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +118

    A hour and a half long video dissecting one of my all time favorite tropes? Well I know how I'm spending my Saturday night

    • @TheAlphaJayShow
      @TheAlphaJayShow  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Hah, thank you for the support

    • @Emz_yelevele
      @Emz_yelevele 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@TheAlphaJayShow THIS COMMENT IS LESS THAN A HOUR AGO??? I THOUGHT I WAS WATCHING AN OLD VIDEO!!
      Also I absolutely enjoyed the video and binge watched it at 1 am! :D

    • @Raelynn-nl5rd
      @Raelynn-nl5rd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@TheAlphaJayShow I was thinking that's something you could do on this channel: Dissecting our favorite/ Common Tropes in Media.

  • @NoCreepersPeepers
    @NoCreepersPeepers 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +112

    Jay, you forgot that Futurama had a body swap episode where Farnsworth trade bodies with Amy then Bender, Amy trade bodies with the professor then Leela did the same inside professor, Bender disguises as Amy, Fry and Zoidberg switch bodies, etc. etc.

    • @Hecuba107
      @Hecuba107 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I’m afraid we need to use… MATH

    • @skyliner114
      @skyliner114 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      genuinely thought that would be the final example of the trope here 😢

    • @psychomanatee3459
      @psychomanatee3459 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      They literally invented a formula just for the bit 😭

    • @dragoon1090
      @dragoon1090 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      And the one with the borax kid.

    • @garg4531
      @garg4531 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@dragoon1090That was more genders than bodies

  • @t1rkb841
    @t1rkb841 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Fun Fact: Trollhunters Rise of the Titans used the body swap trope as a plot device as a way to delay the inevitable
    the trope is cut short after the arcane order breaks the spell, and this doesnt count since its a movie

  • @DragonNinjaAnimations
    @DragonNinjaAnimations 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +39

    I really think the body swap between Celestia and Luna from MLP deserved a spot on this list. Luna might have fumbled the bag at Celestia's job, getting school field trips cancelled and spreading panic about timber wolves, but Celestia nearly DESTROYS Starlight's psyche when she has difficulty intervening with her Nightmare.
    Edit: it might not be a FULL body swap, but a part of themselves was swapped and that's good enough for me.

    • @scottsepter
      @scottsepter 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      I don't know if that really counts though since they don't switch bodies, they just switch roles

    • @PhantomAarantula
      @PhantomAarantula 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      That's not a body swap, just a role reversal. Friendship is Magic's only real body swap episode is She Talks to Angel.

    • @FrazzleFox1901
      @FrazzleFox1901 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Jay can only tell you what he has seen

  • @vision4860
    @vision4860 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    51:46 It wasn't a lack of space that led to that last trait being deleted, it was Sheen's exasperation at the wording.
    Also some people get tripped up at the length of it, but the main thing you need to decode it is at the beginning - "extreme dislike of *girls* who..."
    If the trait belonged to Jimmy, it shows that the reason he dislikes Cindy is because she calls him out for being a showoff, but also that deep down he KNOWS he's a showoff.
    If the trait belonged to Cindy, it shows that despite thinking Jimmy is a showoff, she dislikes herself for disliking him because of it.
    Either one is an interesting character detail that shows a deep insecurity.

  • @deshawnedwards6412
    @deshawnedwards6412 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

    I like Body Swap episode in cartoon, they're one of my favorite trope if they're done right. My favorite kind are the one where you have the VA voicing the other character and you can hare their voice vome out of the mouth of the other character.

  • @Planag7
    @Planag7 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    I will always like that Futurama episode where they had to invent a formula in order to fix the solution at the end of the episode xD

  • @walpoleandworcester
    @walpoleandworcester 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    I liked that one Jackie Chan Adventures episode where all their chi got swapped but the characters would imitate how each other would talk! Made for an even funnier scenario.

  • @DonLatinoFreak
    @DonLatinoFreak 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +38

    I think it was not mentioned but Justice League Unlimited had a very fun body swap episode between The Flash and Luthor. It was kinda random as it happened by accident. Luthor almost wrecked the entire Justice League and the Watchtover as a speedster, meanwhile Flash had to play dumb and pretend to be Luthor or else the Legion of Doom would have him executed. It had a few memorable quotes to boot.

    • @loonytunescrazy
      @loonytunescrazy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Lex- I have no idea who this is great episode

    • @ISBuckley8
      @ISBuckley8 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It works on multiple levels since Michael Rosenbaum who voiced Flash in the show had already been playing Lex Luthor on Smallville, so in a way, he got to reprise his role as the character

  • @JueTheRoux
    @JueTheRoux 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    59:33 The rare Chloe defender here: She is smart, she's just overtrusting, naive, and wears kinda rose-tinted glasses for people she likes, to the point where she trusts someone more than logic would allow. She trusted that Timmy, her best friend, would do what she wanted him to do in her body, which was eat just enough burgers to win. She didn't anticipate that he'd go out of his way to vastly overeat. Timmy straight up ate like four times the amount that he should have at the competition and kept eating after the fact too. She expected him to eat hamburgers, not to eat 17 pounds of it. After all, he doesn't really eat like that when he's in his own body, so can you blame her for thinking that he'd eat like a normal human being?

    • @TheAlphaJayShow
      @TheAlphaJayShow  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      > She trusted that Timmy, her best friend, would do what she wanted him to do in her body, which was eat just enough burgers to win.
      Then she doesn't know her best friend. Please point to me a season where Timmy has ever been that considerate about anyone beyond himself?

    • @JueTheRoux
      @JueTheRoux 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      @@TheAlphaJayShow If I remember correctly, he saved Cosmo and Chloe from the share bears. Also didn't all the kids, including Timmy, hate the squirrelly scout trip but were sticking it out for his dad? (Genuine question, I haven't seen that episode in a while). Even in this episode, it was for selfish reasons but Timmy was helping Chloe out. They're more rare than they should be because I admit season 10 as a whole isn't great, but Timmy can still be a good kid, and Chloe's rose tinted glasses only see his helpfulness and not the selfishness behind it.

  • @shadowm2k7
    @shadowm2k7 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    i always imagine someone body swapping with me and then immediately screaming in pain, doubling over & falling to the floor still screaming and then I'm just like "yep, that's the chronic back pain i've been talking about for the last 17 years that you didn't believe"

  • @joypawz7654
    @joypawz7654 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Love it when the voice actors in bodyswap episodes try to sound like the other character! Idk if this counts but in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure the whole world body swaps (CORRECTION! Only those in the vicinity of Chariot Requiem!) and there I think Trish's VA Lizzie Freeman does an awesome job at it! (I think Mista's VA did already too) She especially stood out to me :>

    • @scottsepter
      @scottsepter 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think it only affects those within the vicinity of chariot requiem

    • @joypawz7654
      @joypawz7654 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@scottsepter Oop you're right I forgor lmao let me fix that lol

    • @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho
      @EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Then again, Lizzie Freeman is a treasure no matter what she’s doing voice work for

    • @joypawz7654
      @joypawz7654 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@EternityKingdomsHeadHoncho VERY TRUE! Love her voice acting :3 She's so good at what she does

    • @CarbonMonoxideBag
      @CarbonMonoxideBag 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      jjba made the weird funny

  • @TheAllSeeingEye2468
    @TheAllSeeingEye2468 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +99

    The one thing they never address in body swap eps is when a male and female body swap is the bathroom situation Especially the ones that last more then a day. It's a completely different world of experience

    • @justinbuergi9867
      @justinbuergi9867 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      I recall one show doing it but I can’t remember which one (Kim possible?)
      But yeah, that’s gotta be a freaking weird thing for a person to go through especially if we’re talking teens or kids who barely understand the differences in biology and now have to experience it first hand.
      That’s gotta be awkward
      Best bet is to keep your eyes closed use a lot of toilet paper

    • @TheAllSeeingEye2468
      @TheAllSeeingEye2468 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      ​@@justinbuergi9867The movie Jumanji welcome to the jungle did bring that up although technically that wasn't really a body swap more like body implantation with Jack Black's character

    • @dollmaker6599
      @dollmaker6599 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@TheAllSeeingEye2468 To Love Ru did it

    • @Dalton_Boardman2000
      @Dalton_Boardman2000 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Male character gets a period in female character's body and female character is just like "Yeah, you just gotta live with that."
      Honestly it sounds like an extremely intimate experience that realistically could completely change how these specific characters view eachother. Imagine FC telling MC how to use a tampon. Gross yeah but a good execution would make it an interesting take on this cliche.

    • @Stuffimations
      @Stuffimations 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@justinbuergi9867 the show Jessie did a body swap episode and well they didn't make it a point but when they swapped back they did say something about swapping before going to the bathroom

  • @EngineerRiff
    @EngineerRiff 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +125

    Mr Enter pointed this out, and I agree with him that one thing I really don’t like is when they change voices too

    • @paulienuti8031
      @paulienuti8031 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I don’t mind it

    • @anonymouslucario285
      @anonymouslucario285 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Does it ruin your enjoyment of the episode?

    • @paulienuti8031
      @paulienuti8031 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@anonymouslucario285 no

    • @TehEpikPixelgamer
      @TehEpikPixelgamer 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@paulienuti8031same tbh it has never bothered me and imo it makes the episode a lot more funnier

    • @Hecuba107
      @Hecuba107 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Except for Soos in Waddles’s body

  • @jennybrown7834
    @jennybrown7834 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    I love bodyswap episodes its a great way for the characters to understand eachover without any over the top steven universe/hey Arnold therapist type speeches

  • @andalilbitqueer
    @andalilbitqueer 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    I'm legitimately surprised The New Lars wasn't mentioned, it's probably one of the more criticized episodes of Steven Universe, and that says a lot.

    • @Da_rare_pongping
      @Da_rare_pongping 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      If I remember correctly I’m pretty sure Steven only goes in Lars’s body and Lars doesn’t go into Steven’s but idk I might be wrong

  • @сільськаприбахана
    @сільськаприбахана 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Okay, I'm officially mad at that Danny Phantom episode, because WHAT THE HELL
    Because I was the child who was bullied - and I did exactly NOTHING to them, I didn't had physical means to get back on them in any way
    The only thing I could do is being verbally mean
    And why the hell I would *want* to treat politely person who actively insulting me?!

  • @KSubsforBenk
    @KSubsforBenk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    Sad *Ben 10* body swap episode did not made the cut.
    In the episode Gwen swaps with the Villain and later with Ben.

  • @thediamonddragon1369
    @thediamonddragon1369 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I love this video it finally gives a thoroughly explanation to a troupe that seems "cliché" and overused, and shows how expansive the troupe actually is with the many different ways you can do it.

  • @joseph-pf5fr
    @joseph-pf5fr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    The puppet king also comes back in the race episode and it's ridiculous he ever comes back at all since he never gets a stand alone episode again at any point;the control freak even lampshades it at one point

  • @lasseehrenreich5502
    @lasseehrenreich5502 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Luz A Neurodivergent Queen THE IS THE BEST description OF HER

    • @fritzy8318
      @fritzy8318 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The is the. *this is the.

    • @lasseehrenreich5502
      @lasseehrenreich5502 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@fritzy8318 English is not my first language

  • @0MidnighttheDragon0
    @0MidnighttheDragon0 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    *immidiately pauses once Moon Girl is mentioned to say this*
    OH THANK YOU FINALLY SOMEBODY ELSE WHO IS SINGING THE PRAISES OF THIS UNDERLOVED SHOW

  • @dubsman693
    @dubsman693 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I really liked this video for exploring so many aspects of Body swapping episodes and how its not just self explanatory in the name

  • @FrazzleFox1901
    @FrazzleFox1901 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Well done again, Jay, and I have to say. Body swapping episodes aren’t the kind that I enjoy. Sometimes, it’s like a lesson that how people live a harder life than you. But sometimes, it’s just for fun.

  • @kennydarmawan13
    @kennydarmawan13 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    To me, an element rarely tackled with this story plot is the idea of what happens when the body swap involves multiple incompatible people who don't have good chemistry together.
    In the Chikn Nuggit Parody Show episode, Stop and Swap, we see Fwench Fwy (as Iscream) and Iscream (as Cofi) kissing. Which shocks Chikn (as Cheezborger) and Chee (as Fwench Fwy) since the duo aren't the best of friends.
    Plus, I enjoy how bodyswaps tackle with an individual's powers. The fact that Cheezborger had access (but bad at it) to Fwench Fwy's powers hits the spot too.

  • @hippyhopohskippydop5792
    @hippyhopohskippydop5792 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    45:49 OMG THE SNAPINGGGG

  • @Yoriichisungod
    @Yoriichisungod หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Give the editors a raise for helping out with this movie

  • @00-Myself-00
    @00-Myself-00 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    All the body Swaps
    Status:
    PowerPuffs Girls- 0:50
    Family Guy- 3:54
    Chowder- 8:04
    Phineas and Ferb- 10:40
    Garfield Show- 13:50
    Owl House- 17:22
    Reputation:
    90s Show (idk the name)- 21:57
    Kim Possible- 26:07
    Danny Phantom- 29:52
    Inside Job- 37:27
    Velma- 40:45
    Jonny Test- 45:07
    Jimmy Neutro- 49:17
    Personality:
    Rick and Morty- 52:56
    Fairly OddParents- 57:21
    Sonic Boom- 1:01:57
    Gravity Falls- 1:06:11
    Moon Girl- 1:11:51
    TEEN TITANS- 1:18:20
    This didn’t take that long just like the comment no need to thank me

    • @jericoy.
      @jericoy. 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thank you for sharing the stamps and that 90's Show is Sabrina the Teenage Witch, I think

  • @linneaglas1598
    @linneaglas1598 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I'm so happy to see the Moon girl and the Devil Dinosaur show did the body swapping just like in the comics.

  • @josephdavis9234
    @josephdavis9234 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The examples in this video were all specifically animated body swaps, but I just wanted to give a shout out to the body swap episode from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Gellar and Dushku do a great job playing each other's roles, and it's a wonderful exploration of Faith's character.

  • @McCraeTheMediaLover
    @McCraeTheMediaLover 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I feel Carpet Diem was probably my least-favorite of the body swap episodes,because while the premise of a carpet causing people to switch bodies was good,it just got ruined with Dipper and Mabel arguing and fighting and caring more about fighting over the key for the room than the situation they were in. It would’ve been better written if they took out the room fight plot and had Dipper and Mabel learning to be and act like each other while both in different bodies,while keeping the carpet body swap premise.

    • @ellielovegood6307
      @ellielovegood6307 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@McCraeTheMediaLover I get what you mean but I also did like them pretending to be each other to sabotage their chances for the room and Stan having enough of it

    • @McCraeTheMediaLover
      @McCraeTheMediaLover 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ellielovegood6307 I wished the writers would’ve had done that if they had them pretend to be each other the right way if they learn to be like what’s like to be each other and if they chose to deal with this carpet body swap situation instead of fighting over a dumb room.

  • @ArendAlphaEagle
    @ArendAlphaEagle 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The funny thing is that Phineas and Ferb did the body swap thing TWICE. Season 4's "Mind Swap" has the two stepbrothers being tricked into swapping them and their friends' bodies with those of alien prisoner convicts. With the alien convicts roaming around Danville in the kids' bodies, and the kids stuck in alien prison with a limited timeframe, it becomes a race against the clock (with prison escape movie references) to fix the mind-swapping machine from the prison (as it got destroyed by a warden earlier), get the alien convicts back in the backyard and have their bodies swapped back. Also, Doofenshmirtz has a date at a square dance festival.
    It's a REALLY weird episode.

  • @asian.draper6324
    @asian.draper6324 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is one of the BEST videos you’ve made this year. Well done Alpha Jay 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I really enjoyed this video.

  • @jfinitiproductions4115
    @jfinitiproductions4115 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I have to be honest, 'Generation Zap' fits more into the body swap trope for Sabrina than 'Witch Switch' does. 'Witch Switch,' to me, feels more like a 'be me for a day' episode than a body swap episode. 'Generation Zap' actually shows body swapping between Sabrina and Enchantra, the head of the Witches' Council, and them seeing what have to deal with in their lives. This is my opinion on that.
    Also, I'm surprised you didn't include 'She Talks to Angel,' from MLP:FiM as that involves also body swapping with Fluttershy and her pet bunny, Angel.

  • @L30CON3J0GONNER
    @L30CON3J0GONNER หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sorry for my bad English but I'm from Mexico. I have a gumbal theory that I can't stop thinking about. Thobias (that is, the colored one) already knew about the void (that is, the entity that controlled the series and where everything forgotten was). I saw everything gumbal and I realized that Thobias always wanted to appear in the series, he even wanted to be a protagonist, it's as if he knew how the void worked. In the chapter where my theory was reinforced is the chapter where the series changes completely to make a series from the 80s. Also, as always I knew when the most important thing in the series was going to happen. Well, my theory is very crazy but thank you if you read it.

  • @aka_miso
    @aka_miso 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I never knew these were hated I remember loving every single obligatory bodyswap/genderswap episode that always got made in every cartoon as a kid. It would bum me out when it would end and I remember wishing that one of those episodes could happen to me.

  • @brianbelson9834
    @brianbelson9834 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Honestly can’t believe I watched this entire episode but I’m glad I did,I was hesitant to subscribe because I didn’t think I would watch as many videos but consider me a fan! This video was quite enjoyable and extrospective.

  • @leelanzini
    @leelanzini 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Oh boy is there a lot of body swap animes too. “Ranma 1/2” is a big one and it’s amazing

  • @Furbunzz
    @Furbunzz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I'm so glad I'm early for a video about body swaps!

  • @FunAngelo2005
    @FunAngelo2005 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    They took "walking in somebody else's shoes" to a whole knew level

  • @Rediffythwons
    @Rediffythwons 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Cant you believe you would forget the body swap between THE GREAT CAPTAIN GINYU and Goku

  • @CatsRul85
    @CatsRul85 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Sometimes I dont mind in bodyswaps if they "voice" swap at least if its done more in a sense like if its a multi/group swap and you sant to make it easier for the audience to tell who is who and if its not acknowledged in show one can assume that well obviously their voices havent actually changed and it's just for us- that said it is always a lot of fun when Vas get to play around and try to immitate each other and am all for it.

  • @Sandy-ik1ic
    @Sandy-ik1ic 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    In defense of Season 3 Chowder, I started rewatching that show a couple weeks ago and real talk, Chowder is very consistently a dimwitted little hellion that sows the seeds of chaos everywhere he walks. In nearly every episode, I was watching Chowder do some dumb shit he was told not to do and ruin everything. Shit had me rolling my eyes every five seconds. I still love the show to death though, so don't get me wrong. Chowder's antics are what make it entertaining. But now I understand why my mom hated watching Chowder with me when I was a kid lol

  • @animefan25
    @animefan25 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Where would "The Great Brain Robbery" from Justice League Unlimited fall in based on those categories?

  • @devineggins4
    @devineggins4 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    ….man them animators were going crazy drawing Miss Bellum in Blossom’s clothes weren’t they?

  • @salomeheredia9885
    @salomeheredia9885 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dude I dunno if that one alien is best being or worst being for deciding switching bodies as the best solution XD glad the pup had a nice day

  • @tiffany2527
    @tiffany2527 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    This was a great video. The Jimmy Neutron one was hilarious, and the Teen Titans one was deep. Btw, can you review The Fair Bears from FOP?

  • @kailiahmoon
    @kailiahmoon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Someday Mixels will have a body swap plot. Or I could make one instead

    • @FrazzleFox1901
      @FrazzleFox1901 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They can’t make any promises

    • @kailiahmoon
      @kailiahmoon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@FrazzleFox1901 Agreed

    • @FrazzleFox1901
      @FrazzleFox1901 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kailiahmoon We just might be in luck. I heard there's a petition to help bring the Mixels back

  • @mintyaquagreen1675
    @mintyaquagreen1675 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    You really should try a power swap episode next.

  • @Dalton_Boardman2000
    @Dalton_Boardman2000 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    To be fair Brian saved Stewie's sanity there.

  • @Kilvieo
    @Kilvieo 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    0:47 Powder Puff Girls
    3:45 Family Guy
    8:04 Chowder
    10:41 Phineas & Ferb
    13:50 The Garfield Show
    17:24 The Owl House
    21:58 Sabrina
    26:09 Kim Possible
    29:59 Danny Phantom
    37:27 Inside Job
    40:46 Velma
    45:07 Johnny Test
    49:17 Jimmy Neutron
    53:00 Rick and Morty
    57:20 Fairly Odd Parents
    1:01:58 Sonic Boom
    1:06:11 Gravity Falls
    1:11:13 Moon Girl
    1:18:20 Teen Titans

  • @TeruteruBozusama
    @TeruteruBozusama 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I didn't like it when I was younger as as the dub directors missed the memo so the character had the same voice in the other body (it /can/ work, but they acted the exact same as before). Dropping dubs and seeing it done well and the voice actors acting completely different is a lot of fun. Yes, it's kind of a cliché, but if done well, it's a lot of fun.

  • @ilan_profile
    @ilan_profile 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is the type of content I love to watch, really appreciate this themed cartoon videos!!

  • @tyreehopkins9195
    @tyreehopkins9195 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Yooooo!! I was just watching your stuff today and you upload while I'm in the middle of catching up your content. S-tier creator!

  • @pessimisticprofessorfarnsw3241
    @pessimisticprofessorfarnsw3241 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Lois opening the door with no hands haunts me.

  • @ormarrsclaw.9857
    @ormarrsclaw.9857 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Took me 2 days to watch this. I'm glad you used the all time best Body swap episode at the end.

  • @SaddieMoon
    @SaddieMoon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    One thing I always found weird about body swap episodes is when the voices also swap.
    It doesn’t make much sense to me how their voice changes if it’s only their minds that swapped. Not to mention that nobody noticed.
    I know why this is done, so we can recognize who is in whose body and not to be taken seriously. But I think the character changing their hairstyle manually is fine enough. And if you have well written enough characters or just have two different characters swapping, you wouldn’t need to know who’s who is talking.

  • @OfficialGl1tchy
    @OfficialGl1tchy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s great knowing other people love body swap episodes. It’s one of my favorites to see a character act like another due to some curse or radioactivity.

    • @OfficialGl1tchy
      @OfficialGl1tchy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Btw my favorite episode has got to be the Jessie swap.

  • @CartoonFan18
    @CartoonFan18 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Phineas and Ferb actually had another body swap episode.

  • @Hypercube2017
    @Hypercube2017 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    13:30 Ferb came for her *_life_* right there...

  • @nessmarsh
    @nessmarsh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love body swap episodes so much, they're my favorite type of episode

  • @jonathanstern5537
    @jonathanstern5537 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Even though these videos take a long time to watch, I really enjoy them. Here are a few more ideas.
    1. Bully episodes; episodes that focus on the bully or have the protagonist turn into a bully.
    2. Out of time episodes; episodes that take place in a different era than the show normally does.
    3. Anthology episodes; an episode of episodic or serialized show that is comprised of several shorter stories instead of a typical episode.

    • @nicholassims9837
      @nicholassims9837 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For the first one would Fistful of Ed count as it was all unintenonly?

  • @Ravenbloom57868
    @Ravenbloom57868 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    To be honest I’m glad that Steven Universe episode The New Lars was not in the categories like it, barely counts as a body swap episode because we only see Steven go into Lars‘s body, but Lars did not go in the Steven’s body

  • @cutelilscrafty
    @cutelilscrafty 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Putting Checkers in S tier on your tier list is absolutely the right choice. They have the best fries.

  • @Stratoblast
    @Stratoblast 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dr.Doof: You wouldn't hit a girl, would you Jack Horner?
    Jack: Yeah. In the face, Watch!

  • @ryanwilkins2233
    @ryanwilkins2233 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    We call these the a mile in my shoes episodes.

  • @davidzea-smith1417
    @davidzea-smith1417 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I clicked on this, not expecting this to be almost an hour and half long.
    Kudos to editors, and I hope to see more Sonic on this channel one day.

  • @Djkingtrollex
    @Djkingtrollex 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Also in the final episode of Trolls the beat goes on "Switcher ruby" Poppy and Branch switched too, and it helped them appreciate each other.

  • @Dalton_Boardman2000
    @Dalton_Boardman2000 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    1:01:05 Hey cool, a Danny Phantom reference. Possibly the single one cool thing in the last few seasons.

  • @Artist_Unbound
    @Artist_Unbound 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ohhh, I love this style of videos. Focusing on Tv Tropes, and looking at a widespread of different cartoons. I wonder what the next one will be.

  • @PantheWarrior-Bear
    @PantheWarrior-Bear 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved this, it gives me more appreciation for body-swap episodes 😁

  • @Eddieavina123
    @Eddieavina123 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love your video Alpha Jay and keep up the great work

  • @gabrielribeiro-mills8716
    @gabrielribeiro-mills8716 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I never would have thought that you would talk about body swap episodes. Earlier on, I was planning on watching some as well.

  • @billybobjoe-gv7jx
    @billybobjoe-gv7jx 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “Everybody can extract caffeine, but if you judge a fish by it's ability to make caffeine, it will live it's whole life in caffeine, because caffeine, caffeine caffeine."

  • @_paperartist
    @_paperartist 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    8:38 THIS LAUGH I CAN'T-

  • @bsperoz
    @bsperoz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    12:06 I understand giving heartburn City and diarrhea city Ds, but what's so bad about Pizza Hut? 😂

    • @pbfloyd13
      @pbfloyd13 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For the quality it is now their Pizza is way too expensive it's barely a step above Little Ceasers yet 2x the price.

  • @Universeofmany
    @Universeofmany 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's actually common in the Phandom for Poindexter to find out the truth about the Danny and Dash situation and have a full personal crisis because he went against his very core, followed by some kind of comeuppance for Dash and/or Poindexter doing some kind of repentance in the future (such as a story where Izuku is the reincarnation of Danny and Poindexter makes sure, 100%, that Bakugo IS bullying Izuku and responds to finding out that this is the case by giving Bakugo a taste of exactly what he's put Izuku through, fixing the whole issue because Bakugo got scared straight).
    Also, another fun "bodies swap, voices don't" episode is from "Transformers Rescue Bots", with the episode in question coming from the cast messing around backstage, pretending to be each other's characters. And all the swaps have some kind of dynamic that makes the swap either meaningful, hilarious or both.

  • @alextalbain9269
    @alextalbain9269 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fairy tail's body swap episode did the same thing with the voices as sonic boom. It's a really good episode.

  • @Mr.ZDF.Animates
    @Mr.ZDF.Animates 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Okay, I’m just gonna point this out, in S3 EP14 of Steven Universe, Steven swaps into Lars’ body, the cause of Steven waking up in Lars’ body, then causing Steven making Lars a “New” version of himself, making Lars a happier and more kinder version of himself, but Steven tries to make Lars “confess” to Sadie from him in Lars’ body, but ultimately fails and Steven then tells Sadie that he is in Lars’ body they both go to the temple, Lars’ parents follow thinking he’s robbing the house, but then Steven wakes Lars up then causing them to swap, Lars freaks out then the episode cuts to the next day, Steven apologizes and give Lars a card then the episode ends. (Yes I did right this full ahh essay)

  • @trenellcameron
    @trenellcameron 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I agree about what you said about Danny Phantom. Look, I'll admit, Danny's actions were very morally questionable, but it's only after Dash did something to him 1st to provoke him. And even if Danny were to be the actual bully, it still wouldn't make what Poindexter did to him any less wrong.
    Really, having been a bully victim myself growing up, rewatching this episode years later irritates me. I mean, someone is harassing you nonstop, your response is to fight back to get them to back off, but *you're* the one who gets in trouble. I mean, depending on the circumstances, you feel like fighting back is the only solution.

    • @nicholassims9837
      @nicholassims9837 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      FOP had the similar issue with Timmy and Vicky in Switch Glitch their Splitting Images.

  • @DanilegoPlays
    @DanilegoPlays 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That Jimmy Neutron episode is so iconic!
    And this concept happens in an arc of Jojo part 5 as well

  • @RanterInShades
    @RanterInShades 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    HOLD UP... nothing about the Futurama body swap episode?? In my opinion, that's the best one. In addition to the different swaps being really engaging, it even has an original mathematical formula.

  • @megabatman487
    @megabatman487 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A bit out of this channels demographic and more on the anime side. One of my favorite body swaps in animation would be the arc The Requiem Quietly Plays from Golden Wind. As it's pretty much more than a body swap as not only the main characters get swapped, but everyone around the Stand. So it's a chaotic mess for everyone. The Dub version has the actors imitating their peers similar to Sonic and Eggman in this video