History Main / SwitchingPOV

* This is one of ''Roleplay/NoPixel'''s draws. It's possible to watch one character's POV through a livestream or VOD via Website/{{Twitch}} or [[Website/{{Facebook}} Facebook Gaming]], then switch to another character's POV of the same event.

The most obvious way to do this is stato switch from Jack being "I" to Sally being "I," as even if they're both in the scene, it's clear whom the focus is on. A book can also pull this off with third-person limited (you see both as "s/he", but you're only inside one's head at a time). Primarily a literature trope, but a duet or film can also work. You just need narration of some sort.

* ''Fanfic/{{HarryPotterAndTheBoilingIsles}}'' : Except for a few chapters that only follow the perspective of one character, after chapter three we get viewpoints from multiple characters in each chapter, but most frequently its either Harry's or Luz's perspective.

* ''Fanfic/{{HarryPotterAndTheBoilingIsles}}'': Except for a few chapters that only follow the perspective of one character, after chapter three we get viewpoints from multiple characters in each chapter, but most frequently its either Harry's or Luz's perspective.

* "Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheBoilingIsles": Except for a few chapters that only follow the perspective of one character, after chapter three we get viewpoints from multiple characters in each chapter, but most frequently its either Harry's or Luz's perspective.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1DNtxOO0DI&t=28s The extended Season 2 trailer]] confirms that Armand joins the interview, with Daniel stating to his audio recorder, "Session ten, the vampire Louis and the vampire Armand."

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': In "[[Recap/InterviewWithTheVampire2022S1E4TheRuthlessPursuitOfBloodWithAllA ...The Ruthless Pursuit of Blood with All a Child's Demanding]]", the {{Flashback}} scenes are from Claudia's perspective instead of Louis de Pointe du Lac's because Daniel Molloy reads passages from her diary. For the rest of Season 1, Daniel gets a combination of Louis and Claudia's viewpoints.

** Every chapter in the ''Literature/{{Thrawn}}'' and ''Literature/ThrawnAscendancy'' trilogies is narrated from the POV of whoever is near Thrawn at the time, and [[NonPOVProtagonist never Thrawn himself]].

The most obvious way to do this is to switch from Jack being "I" to Sally being "I," as even if they're both in the scene, it's clear whom the focus is on. A book can also pull this off with third-person limited (you see both as "s/he", but you're only inside one's head at a time). Primarily a literature trope, but a duet or film can also work. You just need narration of some sort.

* ''Literature/StarWarsHonorAmongThieves'' is in third-person limited narration from Han Solo's point of view, except for Chapter 6. As Han searches for Rebel spy Scarlet Hark in the guise of an Imperial officer, every interaction he has with one of the locals is shown from the other's point of view, as they are intimidated, charmed, and/or exasperated by this oddly scruffy lieutenant. Scarlet's own POV is shown when he finally finds her.

* ''Literature/StarWarsThrawnAscendancyChaosRising'' is narrated from the POV of whoever is near Thrawn at the time, and [[NonPOVProtagonist never Thrawn himself]].

A switching PointOfView is closely related to, but distinct from, RotatingProtagonist. Rather than an omniscient third-person narrator showing us Jack, then Sally, then [[DayInTheLimelight Pauline]], as we would with a RotatingProtagonist, we see the story from Jack's perspective, then Sally's, then Pauline's. Can be very useful if the POV is third-person limited or first-person, as this can give us information we otherwise wouldn't have -- for instance, we could find out that Pauline's motivations are genuinely good or she really did kill that guy, something neither Jack nor Sally would know.

* ''VideoGame/WildCats1995'', the NES adaptation of the cartoon, have players alternating between the three heroes, Spartan, Maul and Warblade, each of them taking up a segment of a stage before being switched over. The final stage however ''does'' allow the player to choose one of the trio to play as, right up to the FinalBoss.

* The FPS ''VideoGame/DUSK12'' have you in control of two characters, the SuperSoldier Gorin and Special Forces Operative Lieutenant Andrey. As the former you kick ass exclusively using your bare hands, can trigger your SuperSpeed to move in BulletTime and OneHitKill enemies, and have telekinetic abilities allowing you to PsychicStrangle foes for good measure, while as the latter you just shoot enemies like every other FPS ever made.

* ''Literature/TheVazulaChronicles'': Merletta narrates odd-numbered chapters and Heath narrates even-numbered chapters, both in the third person limited.

* ''Literature/{{Anathema}}'' follows the stories of Mascot, Dancer, and Radiant. The narration stays with one of the protagonists for a while (between 5 and eight chapters at a time), until it switches to another. Additionally, some of the interlude chapters are told from the point of view of other characters.

[[MultipleNarrativeModes Switching from first person (I) to second (you) or third (s/he) would also work.]] Obviously, this is quite useful if one character falls unconscious or ill, or is simply not where the author needs the story to be.

* In ''Literature/TreasureIsland'', the point of view switches from Jim to the doctor while the former is unconscious.

* ''One of These Days Earthquake in Ligon'' by Creator/KirBulychev has a cast of ''ten'' somewhat unreliable narrators with different agendas. Alternating with fictious news articles, telegrams, dossiers, fragments from real and fictious books.