History FreakyFridayFlip / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/YourAndMySecret'' adds a GenderBender twist, featuring a MasculineGirlFeminineBoy duo who are accidentally transplanted into each other's bodies when an experiment by the girl's MadScientist grandfather goes wrong. Most readers ''hated'' it, either because of the fact that [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy it presents the girl-turned-boy as an abusive figure who steals the boy's life whilst the boy-turned-girl suffers constant humiliation and loneliness, all of which is presented as comedy]], or because [[AudienceAlienatingPremise they were told what happens in the story before they read it]].

* Played out several times in ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'', usually with Nobita trading places with Shizuka. Needless to say, it turns out that Nobi is [[LoserArchetype just as big a loser]] no matter whose body he's wearing. Worse still, Shizuka decides she actually ''likes'' being a boy and refuses to give Nobita his body back. She only relents around bathtime, when she suddenly realizes exactly what Nobi will see whenever "he" removes "her" clothing.

* Done twice in ''Manga/FairyTail''

* Episodes 9 and 10 of ''LightNovel/HaiyoreNyarkoSan'' throws in the GenderBender variant when protagonists Mahiro and Nyarko get swapped by alien technology. Nyarko, a LovableSexManiac who's now in the body of the guy she's been trying to bed since she first met him, immediately dashes off to the bathroom for some...[[ADateWithRosiePalms private time]]; needless to say, Mahiro is livid.

* This is the premise of ''Manga/InsideMari'', in which the protagonist, Isao, changes places with his crush, Mari. [[DeConstruction This is something that proves to be an utterly terrifying experience for him]]. However, as the story progresses the trope is subverted, with the characters' theory becoming GrandTheftMe when they try to meet the person in Isao's body [[spoiler:and realize it's ''still'' Isao]].

* ''{{Manga/Kochikame}}'' has a rare DoubleSubversion. Ryotsu wishes he could swap his body with his rich, handsome and skillful underling [[NonIdleRich Nakagawa]]. The next day there's an accident that involves Ryotsu and Nakagawa banging their heads. All seems set for a Freaky Friday Flip Episode...[[spoiler:except it's not. Ryotsu '''tried to make it look as if the Freaky Friday Flip had really happened, hid Nakagawa's body in a secret medical facility and assumed his identity, power and fortune''', knowing that everyone would automatically believe such a strange event. Then later the trope is played straight when the resident MadScientist tries to "restore" Ryotsu and Nakagawa to their original bodies, with a machine that explodes and produces a CHAIN FREAKY FRIDAY FLIP (Terai with Nakagawa, Nakagawa with the Chief, the Chief with Akimoto, Akimoto with Ryotsu, Ryotsu with a nearby cat, the cat with the MadScientist and the MadScientist with Terai)]]. Yeah. Ryotsu comments that Nakagawa's life is not easy, but the aesop is never really delivered.

* Volume 6 of ''NaishoNoTsubomi'' is centered on a girl named Tsubomi who winds up stuck swapping bodies with Sora, a boy from her class, any time they both yawn.

* The episode "Girlz, Tenshin!" ("Trading Faces" in the English dub) of ''Anime/DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ'' has this happen to the three girls courtesy of Fuzzy Lumpkins, resulting in each girl having to pretend to be the other.

* The main premise of ''Manhwa/QuantumMistake'' is the body switch of Woo-Soo Choi, a studious boy, and Kang Too-Jee, a delinquent who is a master fighter.

* ''Manga/AsatteNoHoukou'' does this with a twist. The characters switch ages rather than bodies, and they do it in order to learn more about themselves, rather than to learn about each other.
** It probably derives from that ''Manga/SailorMoon'' Dream Arc part where Usagi and Chibi-Usa switch ages.

* Volume 6 of NaishoNoTsubomi is centered on a girl named Tsubomi who winds up stuck swapping bodies with Sora, a boy from her class, any time they both yawn.
* In a chapter of the manga ''OgenkiClinic'', [[LovableSexManiac Doctor Ogekuri]] and [[HospitalHottie Nurse Tatase]] switch minds as a result of ''very good sex''. This being {{Hentai}}, they explore their new bodies quite thoroughly. [[spoiler:And later, Dr.-Ogekuri-in-Tatase's-body gets switched with... a horse. [[{{Squick}} Don't ask.]]]]

* ''Manga/ShishunkiBitterChange'' starts with Yuuta and Yui switching bodies when they fall out of a tree together. Unfortunately for them, the change is pretty much permanent, so they live out each other's middle school and high school lives while trying to figure out a solution. [[spoiler: The original webcomic version ended without one, as Yui-as-Yuuta kills himself in despair while Yuuta-as-Yui has to deal with the fallout. The manga on the other hand, does finally allow them to switch back to their original bodies, but because it only happened when Yuuta's body gets hit by a truck and leaves him hospitalized, Yui prays for them to switch back if it means saving Yuuta, essentially make the body swap permanent.]]

* ''Manga/ShishunkiBitterChange'' starts with Yuuta and Yui switching bodies when they fall out of a tree together. Unfortunately for them, the change is pretty much permanent, so they live out each other's middle school and high school lives while trying to figure out a solution. [[spoiler: The original webcomic version ended without one, as Yui-as-Yuuta kills himself in despair while Yuuta-as-Yui has to deal with the fallout. The manga on the other hand, does finally allow them to switch back to their original bodies, but because it only happened when Yuuta's body gets hit by a truck and leaves him hospitalized, Yui prays for them switch back if it means saving Yuuta, essentially make the body swap permanent.]]

* ''Manga/ShishunkiBitterChange'' starts with Yuuta and Yui switching bodies when they fall out of a tree together. Unfortunately for them, the change is pretty much permanent, so they live out each other's middle school and high school lives while trying to figure out a solution. [[spoiler: The original webcomic version ended without one, as Yui-as-Yuuta kills himself in despair while Yuuta-as-Yui has to deal with the fallout.]]

* In a chapter of the manga ''OgenkiClinic'', [[LovableSexManiac Doctor Ogekuri]] and [[HelloNurse Nurse Tatase]] switch minds as a result of ''very good sex''. This being {{Hentai}}, they explore their new bodies quite thoroughly. [[spoiler:And later, Dr.-Ogekuri-in-Tatase's-body gets switched with... a horse. [[{{Squick}} Don't ask.]]]]

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo'', to prevent Diavolo from obtaining the Stand Arrow, [[spoiler:Polnareff]] imbue his Stand with the Arrow causing it to evolve and causes its ability to make people and animals near each other to swap bodies.

* In ''Anime/HareGuu'', Guu does this to Haré and Dr. Clive as a "birthday present". They both use the body's voices when speaking, but use their own voices when thinking.

* ''Manga/ShinsukiBitterChange'' starts with Yuuta and Yui switching bodies when they fall out of a tree together. Unfortunately for them, the change is pretty much permanent, so they live out each other's middle school and high school lives while trying to figure out a solution. [[spoiler: The original webcomic version ended without one, as Yui-as-Yuuta kills himself in despair while Yuuta-as-Yui has to deal with the fallout.]]

* In ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', "Vento Auro", this makes up the Climax, thanks to [[spoiler:Silver Chariot Requiem]]'s ability doing this to ''everyone in Rome''.
* In the last episode of the anime of ''{{LightNovel/Kampfer}}'' the entrails animals switch bodies with their respective owners. The stuffed animals resolve that "Life... is fabulous!"
* In ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'', Kyōsuke is able to switch with his cute little boy cousin Kazuya by knocking heads, apparently due to their nature as espers. Kazuya (in Kyōsuke's body) tries to settle Kyōsuke's love problems, but five-year-olds are ill-equipped at handling teenage romance. This happens at least three times in the manga, including an instance where Kazuya switches Kyōsuke with a cat! The cat body-swap is expanded in the third OVA, including a scene where Kyōsuke ([[ItMakesSenseInContext as a fish]]) gets caught in [[MarshmallowHell Madoka's cleavage]]. In another episode Kyosuke accidentally switch bodies with a idol singer.

** In a {{Filler}} episode, several characters switch bodies at once: man-beast Natsu with ChivalrousPervert Loke; chronic stripper Gray with TheChick Lucy; and Erza, the strongest main character, swaps with Happy, the SeriesMascot. Erza spends the whole episode switching between cranky, freaking out, and depressed; Lucy also has to foil several of Gray's attempts to strip; ahey can't control each other's magic, leading to Lucy drooling ice and Loke spitting out fire while trying to ask out different girls. Happy is pretty much the only one of them to enjoy being in a new body, constantly playing with boobs and experimenting with outfit transformations. [[spoiler:By the end, Lucy and Gray manage to change back, but not only do the other characters remain switched, virtually everyone else in the guild ends up switched as well, with a resolution that doesn't come until in between episodes.]]

** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': As it turns out, [[spoiler:Goku Black is the result of this trope. In an alternate timeline, [[BigBad Zamasu]] made a wish to have Goku's body. A body swap occured, and Zamasu gained Goku's love for battle and [[WorthyOpponent strong enemies]]]].

** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': As it turns out, Goku Black [[spoiler: is the result of this trope. In an alternate timeline, [[BigBad Zamasu]] made a wish to have Goku's body. A body swap occured, and Zamasu gained Goku's love for battle and [[WorthyOpponent strong enemies]]]].

* Done in one of the ''Manga/FairyTail'' {{Filler}} episodes. Natsu, the man-beast, swaps with ChivalrousPervert Loke. Gray, who [[InnocentFanserviceGirl subconsciously strips]], swaps with TheChick Lucy. Erza, [[BigGood the strongest main character]], swaps with Happy, the blue cat who can sprout wings. Naturally, Erza spends the whole episode switching between cranky, freaking out, and depressed. Lucy also has to foil several attempts of Gray's to strip. And they can't control each other's magic, leading to Lucy drooling ice and Loke spitting out fire while trying to ask out different girls. Happy is pretty much the only one of them to enjoy being in the new body, constantly playing with boobs and experimenting with outfit transformations. [[spoiler:By the end, Lucy and Gray manage to change back... but not only are the OTHER main characters switched, everyone in the guild ends up switched as well!]]
* In Chapter 517 of ''Manga/FairyTail'', [[spoiler: Irene enchants herself into Wendy's body so she can use Wendy's powers to take down Erza and experience having a body with no dragonification...only to realize that Wendy had enchanted herself into Irene's body so she can use Irene's separation enchantment to force Irene out of her original body.]]

* In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'', "Vento Auro", this makes up the Climax, thanks to [[spoiler:Silver Chariot Requiem]]'s ability doing this to ''everyone in Rome''.

* ''Manga/YourAndMySecret'' adds a GenderBender twist.

* In ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'', the body swap is the result of a rather explosive curry cooked by a [[LethalChef girl with truly dangerous cooking skills]].

* In the manga ''Manga/SwapSwap'', two schoolgirls realize they can switch bodies by [[YuriGenre kissing]].

* In ''All Around Type Moon'' Kohaku uses a device for make Saber, Arcueid and Shiki swap bodies. Taken up to the eleven when more members of the Type Moon series appear and Kohaku "reverses" the body swap.

* ''Manga/HungryMarie'' is quite an unusual example, being combined with SharingABody. The spirit of the male protagonist Taiga ends up in the body of dead French princess Marie-Thérèse Charlotte… and when they're hungry, it switches to Marie's spirit in Taiga's body. When they're full again, they switch back.