History FreakyFridayFlip / LiveActionTV

* In the ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode titled "Out of Their Minds," everyone on the ship switched bodies twice. This episode was somewhat atypical in that they actually mentioned (and showed) the characters taking the totally logical step of [[ManIFeelLikeAWoman getting acquainted]] with their new ''equipment''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fD7Uah_QUY Oh momma!]] This episode is also notable for their solution to the problem of remembering who is in what body -- printing name tags with their real faces and wearing them around their necks. After the second body-switch happens, there's a few moments of them trading nametags. Especially notable for the acting. The actors, even the puppeteers and voice actors, nailed each other's vocal inflections and body movements impressively, all the more impressive considering that some characters (notably, Pilot and Rygel) aren't shaped at all like the other characters played by human actors.
* Happens in an OutOfGenreExperience promo for Series 3 of ''Series/FatherTed''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Al107Xebw]]
* Arguably the darkest example in television, the ''Series/FearItself'' episode "Family Man" features a loving, church-going husband and father who swaps bodies with a sadistic serial killer after a car accident. Jailed for the other man's crimes (which include torturing, raping, and killing at least 26 people), he watches helplessly as a monster takes over his life and family. Our protagonist finally [[spoiler:escapes from jail and manages to return to his own body... only to learn that the killer has butchered his wife and son, leaving only his young daughter (who was presumably raped) alive -- and fingering him for the crime.]] [[CruelTwistEnding It's a finish so depressing that it rivals anything]] on ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'' {{revival}}.
* ''Series/GilligansIsland'', "The Friendly Physician". A mad scientist swaps the minds of our castaways into different bodies. Gilligan is switched with Mr. Howell, the Skipper with Mrs. Howell, the Professor with Mary Ann, and Ginger with the mad scientist's assistant Igor. Strange for live-action is that the voices of the inhabitants stick with the transfer and are dubbed in.

** "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E24TurnaboutIntruder Turnabout Intruder]]", the final episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', had Kirk's vengeful and delusional ex-girlfriend (... one of ''[[GirlOfTheWeek how many]]''?) pull the switch on him with some [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum Imported]] (er, archaeological, rather) [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum Alien Phlebotinum]] and then try to kill her own (frail) body before the effect wore off so that it'd stick. Didn't work.

* The annual ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' crossover ''Series/{{Elseworlds}}'' starts with [[Series/{{Arrow}} Oliver Queen]] and [[Series/TheFlash2014 Barry Allen]] having swapped lives ''and'' identities, while still keeping their physical bodies. Barry lampshades that this makes it more like ''Series/QuantumLeap''. The one responsible for this is a PsychoPsychologist named John Deegan, who gets a hold of a [[RealityWarper reality-warping book]] and in trying to make himself a superhero, he just caused Oliver and Barry to switch places.

* On ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'', the Big Giant Head swaps Dick and Sally for one episode. Even though the behaviour changes among the two visitors, many other characters remain oblivious to the change (including Harry). However, Don was able to detect Sally's mind by intuition, but was pulled back into Reality when he turned.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "Street of Shadows", the [[JustifiedCriminal desperate homeless man]] Steve Cranston breaks into the millionaire Frederick Perry's house in order to rob him. When Perry discovers him, Steve tries to reason with him but Perry shoots him. The next morning, Steve wakes up in Perry's bed to find that the two of them have swapped lives and identities but have kept their physical bodies. For instance, Steve looks in the mirror and sees his own reflection and his image has replaced Perry's on photographs and his driving license. When he confronts his wife Elaine and daughter Lisa at Mercy Hospital, they recognize him only as the man who shot their husband and father and put him in a coma. Steve uses the opportunity of being Perry to save the 8th Street homeless shelter where he and his family live by buying out its mortgage and to have the charges against him dropped. After he does so, he and Perry switch back.

** One MonsterOfTheWeek in ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' had this as his ability. He used this ability to put people's souls into random objects. He was defeated by the green and yellow rangers, who managed to use this ability against him, by switching his body with that of the green ranger, forcing the monster to tell them how to reverse the effects of this ability. Otherwise, the green ranger would use the monster's ability to turn the monster into a soccerball This episode is also adapted in ''Power Rangers Samurai'', as mentioned under the ''Power Rangers'' entry above.
** An episode of ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' involved a Zangyack general using his powers to swap Don and Luka's bodies. Luka uses this as an excuse to try out boy's clothing, save some girls, and act cool, while Don has to run away from some men [[spoiler: that want Luka to work for them as a jeweler]]. The villains also plan to use this; [[spoiler: having Sgormins swap bodies with the leaders of the world and ally their countries--and eventually, the world -- with the Zangyack Empire.]]