History GenderBender / LiveActionTV

** There is a second time they are in each other's bodys lasts for the latter half of episode 14. [[spoiler: During this switch, Choi 'oska' Woo Young and Lim Jong Su discover the transformation.]]

* ''Series/SecretGarden'': This is a major plot device of this Korean drama series, in which it turns out that [[spoiler: the female lead's dead father]] engineered a body swap between her and her soulmate, as a part of an elaborate plan to [[spoiler: heal her from grief caused by his death, which was caused saving the soulmate's life]]. This is a complex love story with many different plot elements beyond the GenderBender switch, which occurs three times over the 20 episodes, each iteration powerfully shifting the complex dynamics between them and with those around them. They first [[spoiler: drink the wine]] mid episode 5.
** The first switch is from the end of episode 5 through the end of episode 8.
** There is a second switch that lasts for the latter half of episode 14. [[spoiler: During this switch, Choi 'oska' Woo Young and Lim Jong Su discover the transformation.]]
** The third and final switch occurs over the first half of episode 18 [[spoiler: when Kim Joo Won sacrifices his life so Gil Ra Im can have one.]]
* In ''Series/SecretGardenThailand'' (2019) there is something in the water. This Thai remake of the Korean television series ''Series/SecretGarden'' (see above) has a CEO and a stuntwoman have their bodies switched after they are given a bottle of water "to go" at a restaurant in Japan. This is a complex love story with plotlines beyond the GenderBender trope. The gender switch happens three times after they [[spoiler: drink the water]] at the end of episode 6.
** The first switch lasts from the beginning of episode 7 through episode 11.
** The second switch that occurs for the last half of episode 17.
** The third switch lasts the last half of episode 19, [[spoiler: when Thanat sacrifices his own life so that Vina can have one.]]

* ''Series/{{Misfits}}'': In "Vegas Baby!" (season 3 episode 1), [[spoiler:Curtis]] gains the ability to change genders. This lasts until [[spoiler:his death in season 4 episode 4 (unnamed)]].

* ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}'': Parodied. Agent Trent Hauser used to be married to an attractive female agent whom he worked with on a mission. She later got a sex change that transformed her into an overweight guy. Cue UnresolvedSexualTension between the two. S/he wasn't even originally a woman, apparently [[RaceLift having once been a black man]].

** Belgium as ''Louis Louise'' - 199 episodes

** Turkey as ''Ece'', 26 episodes
*** The show was cancelled mid-season due to poor ratings.
** Portugal as ''Ele é Ela'' (“He is She”) - 28 episodes
*** The transformation was due to a chemical potion rather than witchcraft.

* In ''Series/{{Lalola}}'', a 150 episode Argentine {{Telenovela}}, "Lalo", a successful magazine editor who is also a macho, insensitive [[TheCasanova ladies man]] is cursed by a witch hired by a [[WomanScorned jilted ex-girlfriend]] and transformed into a beautiful woman. The rest of the series is the protagonist now calling himself "Lola" with the help of his female best friend who knows his/her secret facing the challenges of being a woman in the workplace while also trying to find the witch to reverse the spell. Another complication is one of Facundo, a handsome NiceGuy single father of a young girl falls in love with "Lola".[[spoiler:It is later revealed the curse was a FreakyFridayFlip with Lola's body originally inhabited by Daniela, a DistaffCounterpart of Lalo who slept with the best friend of her fiance. In the final episode, Lola meets Daniela who is now inhabiting Lalo's body and has enjoyed freely having sex with many partners of both genders whereas before as a woman she was [[SlutShaming judged]]. There is one last chance to turn back into Lalo during a Lunar eclipse or the switch is permanent but Lola, who by now is in love with Facundo and realizing he/she is happier as a woman returns to him.]] This popular series has been licensed and remade in 12 countries, all of which are based on this same trope, though they sometimes vary on details.

** Turkey as ''Ece'' ("Queen"), 26 episodes

** Turkey as ''Ece'' ("queen"), 26 episodes

** Vietnam as ''Cô nàng bất đắc dĩ'' ("Unavoidable Girl") - 100 episodes

** Portugal as ''Ele é Ela'' (“He is She”) - 28 episodes
*** The transformation was due to a chemical potion rather than witchcraft.

** Peru as ''Lalola'' - 145 episodes

** Greece as ''Lola'' - 202 episodes

** Philippines as ''Lalola'' - 85 episodes
** United States as ''Eva Adams'' (2009) - 1 episode
*** A pilot was made, but never picked up

* In ''Series/{{Lalola}}'', a 150 episode Argentine {{Telenovela}}, "Lalo", a successful magazine editor who is also a macho, insensitive [[TheCasanova ladies man]] is cursed by a witch hired by a [[WomanScorned jilted ex-girlfriend]] and transformed into a beautiful woman. The rest of the series is the protagonist now calling himself "Lola" with the help of his female best friend who knows his/her secret facing the challenges of being a woman in the workplace while also trying to find the witch to reverse the spell. Another complication is one of Facundo, a handsome NiceGuy single father of a young girl falls in love with "Lola".[[spoiler:It is later revealed the curse was a FreakyFridayFlip with Lola's body originally inhabited by Daniela, a DistaffCounterpart of Lalo who slept with the best friend of her fiance. In the final episode, Lola meets Daniela who is now inhabiting Lalo's body and has enjoyed freely having sex with many partners of both genders whereas before as a woman she was [[SlutShaming judged]]. There is one last chance to turn back into Lalo during a Lunar eclipse or the switch is permanent but Lola, who by now is in love with Facundo and realizing he/she is happier as a woman returns to him.]] This popular series has been licensed and remade in 12 countries:

** Portugal as Ele é Ela (“He is She”) - 28 episodes

** Chile as Lola - 276 episodes

** Peru as LaLola - 145 episodes
** Spain as Lalola - 160 episodes
** Belgium as LouisLouise - 199 episodes
** Greece as Lola - 202 episodes
** Turkey as Ece (queen), 26 episodes

** Russia as Margosha - 240 episodes
** India as Bhaskar Bharti - 120 episodes
** Vietnam as Cô nàng bất đắc dĩ (Unavoidable Girl) - 100 episodes
*** The show was originally to have 150 episodes like the Argentine versiion, but ultimately concluded at 100.
** Indonesia as Pejantan Cantik (Beautiful Stud) - 15 episodes
** Philippines as LaLola - 85 episodes

* In ''Series/{{Lalola}}'', a 150 episode {{Telenovela}}, "Lalo", a successful magazine editor who is also a macho, insensitive [[TheCasanova ladies man]] is cursed by a witch hired by a [[WomanScorned jilted ex-girlfriend]] and transformed into a beautiful woman. The rest of the series is the protagonist now calling himself "Lola" with the help of his female best friend who knows his/her secret facing the challenges of being a woman in the workplace while also trying to find the witch to reverse the spell. Another complication is one of Facundo, a handsome NiceGuy single father of a young girl falls in love with "Lola".[[spoiler:It is later revealed the curse was a FreakyFridayFlip with Lola's body originally inhabited by Daniela, a DistaffCounterpart of Lalo who slept with the best friend of her fiance. In the final episode, Lola meets Daniela who is now inhabiting Lalo's body and has enjoyed freely having sex with many partners of both genders whereas before as a woman she was [[SlutShaming judged]]. There is one last chance to turn back into Lalo during a Lunar eclipse or the switch is permanent but Lola, who by now is in love with Facundo and realizing he/she is happier as a woman returns to him.]] This popular series has been licensed and remade in 12 countries:

* In ''Series/{{Lalola}}'', a 160 episode {{Telenovela}}, "Lalo", a successful magazine editor who is also a macho, insensitive [[TheCasanova ladies man]] is cursed by a witch hired by a [[WomanScorned jilted ex-girlfriend]] and transformed into a beautiful woman. The rest of the series is the protagonist now calling himself "Lola" with the help of his female best friend who knows his/her secret facing the challenges of being a woman in the workplace while also trying to find the witch to reverse the spell. Another complication is one of Facundo, a handsome NiceGuy single father of a young girl falls in love with "Lola".[[spoiler:It is later revealed the curse was a FreakyFridayFlip with Lola's body originally inhabited by Daniela, a DistaffCounterpart of Lalo who slept with the best friend of her fiance. In the final episode, Lola meets Daniela who is now inhabiting Lalo's body and has enjoyed freely having sex with many partners of both genders whereas before as a woman she was [[SlutShaming judged]]. There is one last chance to turn back into Lalo during a Lunar eclipse or the switch is permanent but Lola, who by now is in love with Facundo and realizing he/she is happier as a woman returns to him.]]

* A TV series ''[[Series/GoodbyeCharlie Goodbye Charlie (1985)]]'' was planned starring Suzanne Sommers and John Davidson, a TV adaptation of the 1964 movie. Only the pilot aired. In this version, the womanizer Charlie died in a hang glider accident rather than being shot by a jealous husband.

** The BigBad of Season 5 (from episode 4 to 22) [[spoiler: regularly transformed between the evil female demon Glorificus aka Glory (Clare Kramer) and the nice male medic Ben Wilkinson (Charlie Weber). Ben first appears in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E4OutOfMyMind Out Of My Mind]]" (episode 4). Glory first appears in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E5NoPlaceLikeHome No Place Like Home]]" (episode 5), and it is revealed that the two are the same in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E13BloodTies Blood Ties]]" (episode 13).]]

** The BigBad of Season 5 (from episode 4 to 22) [[spoiler: regularly transformed between the evil female demon Glorificus aka Glory (Clare Kramer) and the nice male medic Ben Wilkinson (Charlie Weber). Ben first appears in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E4OutOfMyMind Out Of My Mind]]". Glory first appears in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E5NoPlaceLikeHome No Place Like Home]]", and it is revealed that the two are the same in "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E13BloodTies Blood Ties]]"]]

* ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'': We have a strange version of this trope in the ''Series/{{Elseworlds|2018}}'' crossover between three [[Creator/TheCW CW]] series. Deegan has rewritten reality so that he is Superman. However, Kara soon realizes that technically he is not actually Superman, but rather a male version of herself, based on the scans that the AMAZO robot took of her. This is because she is from Earth-38, and the Book of Destiny that Deegan used to rewrite reality only contains information on things from Earth-1. Kara mocks him for being too scared to just go all the way and become her. The three different series and episodes are:

** The BigBad of Season 5 (from episode 5 to 22) [[spoiler: regularly transformed between the evil female demon Glory and the nice male medic Ben.]]

** In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E13TheKillerInMe The Killer in Me]]" (season 7 episode 13), Willow is briefly cursed with a {{Glamour}} that changes her into a double of Warren [[note]](the man responsible for the death of her first girlfriend, Tara)[[/note]]. The curse also causes [[TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody Warren's personality to gradually override Willow's own]] -- and eventually influences her to try to re-create his attack on her friends.

* ''Series/LoveAndDestiny'': In episode 2 Jiuchen, returns to heaven after 50,000 years on ice to find his subordinate Shisan still caring for his home, but he is shocked to see how much Shisan (a female immortal) has changed. [[spoiler: Later in the episode we learn Shisan used to have a beard, and that Shisan was a merman, one of Jiuchen's generals. It isn't until episode 7 that we learn that merfolk are born genderless and remain so when young. Shisan became male at first. But, then some time after Jiuchen went on ice, Shisan became enamored with Siming (Lord of Dipper of South, in charge of life and the fate of the human realm). So, Shisan took human female form in hopes of winning Siming's heart. Siming did not react well.]]

* ''Series/LoveAndDestiny'': In episode 2 Jiuchen, returns to heaven after 50,000 years on ice to find his subordinate Shisan still caring for his home, but he is shocked to see how much Shisan (a female immortal) has changed. [[spoiler: later in the episode we learn Shisan used to have a beard. Shisan was a merman and one of Jiuchen's generals. It isn't until episode 7 that we learn that merfolk are genderless when young. Shisan became male
at first. But, then some time after Jiuchen went on ice, Shisan became enamored with Siming (Lord of Dipper of South, in charge of life and the fate of the human realm). So, Shisan took human female form in hopes of winning Siming's heart. Siming did not react well.]]

* ''Series/LoveAndDestiny'': In episode 2 Jiuchen, returns to heaven after 50,000 years on ice to find his subordinate Shisan still caring for his home, but he is shocked to see how much Shisan (a female immortal) has changed. [[spoiler: later in the episode we learn Shisan used to have a beard. Shisan was a merman and one of Jiuchen's generals. Some 500 years after joining Jiuchen's service, Shisan became enamored with Siming (Lord of Dipper of South, in charge of life and the fate of the human realm), so took human female form in hopes of winning Siming's heart.]]

* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': In "If Boys Were Girls" (season 4 episode 10) Lois, tired of her three boys constantly arguing, imagines them as girls instead, in a world where everything's better and they give her unconditional love. Malcolm, Reese, and Dewy (Frakie Muniz, Justin Berfiledl, Eric Per Sullivan) become Mallory, Renee, and Daisy (Lisa Folles, Mimi Paley, Jennette Mc Curdy). But, she realizes by the end of the episode that girls would be bad in different ways -- bitchy and keeping all their secrets from her -- and that her boys love her in their own genuine way. (The episode is also funny to watch to see Hal in a fatsuit and Francis, the eldest son, as a girl -- unlike the other three, Christopher Masterson actually played the female version of himself.)

* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': In "If Boys Were Girls" (season 4 episode 10) Lois, tired of her three boys constantly arguing, imagines them as girls instead, in a world where everything's better and they give her unconditional love. Malcolm, Reese, and Dewy (Frakie Muniz, Justin Berfiledl, Eric Per Sullivan) become Mallory, Renee, and Daisy (Lisa Folles, Mimi Paley, Jennette McCurdy). But, she realizes by the end of the episode that girls would be bad in different ways -- bitchy and keeping all their secrets from her -- and that her boys love her in their own genuine way. (The episode is also funny to watch to see Hal in a fatsuit and Francis, the eldest son, as a girl -- unlike the other three, Christopher Masterson actually played the female version of himself.)

* ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'': In "If Boys Were Girls" (season 4 episode 10) Lois, tired of her three boys constantly arguing, imagines them as girls instead, in a world where everything's better and they give her unconditional love. But she realizes by the end of the episode that girls would be bad in different ways -- bitchy and keeping all their secrets from her -- and that her boys love her in their own genuine way. (The episode is also funny to watch to see Hal in a fatsuit and Francis, the eldest son, as a girl -- unlike the other three, Christopher Masterson actually played the female version of himself.)

* ''[[Series/FantasyIsland Fantasy Island (1977)]]'' has the episode "The Big Switch / The Hooker's Holiday" (season 7, episode 2) in which a wife wants her husband to experience what it is like to be a woman. Rourke sees to it that both of them get a learning experience from the fantasy by swapping their bodies. Part of the time the audience is subjected to VoicesAreMental, with each of them retaining their own voice even in the body of the other. Rourke explains that this is only between the two of them, and their voices will match their bodies to the rest of the world. The audience only hears the voice mis-match when the two are alone together, or with just Rourke or Lawrence.
* ''[[Series/FantasyIsland Fantasy Island (1998)]]'' has the episode "Estrogen" (season 1, episode 6), in which a man asks Mr. Rourke to give him a better understanding of women. Guess [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpPAFWNhuvQ what happens]].
* ''[[Series/FantasyIsland Fantasy Island (2021)]]'' has the episode "His and Hers / The Heartbreak Hotel" (season 1, episode 2) in which a couple want an ultimate adventure together which they hope will rekindle their romantic life. This fantasy winds up swapping their bodies.

* ''Series/EarthFinalConflict'': "[[Recap/EarthFinalConflictS5E8BoonesAssassin Boon's Assassin]]" (season 5 episode 8) has the [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Atavus]] turn a revived Taelon (Taelons are a OneGenderRace descended from the Atavus) into a female Atavus. [[BigBad Howlyn]] even asks Zo'or how he (the masculine pronoun is traditionally used to refer to any Taelon due to humanity's male-dominated culture) would feel as a female. Zo'or doesn't care as long as he survives. After the transformation, ''she'' absolutely delights in being a female and a sexual being. One of the first things she does is have sex with a human... before sucking out his life force. Howlyn is not amused. For reference, Zo'or was always played by a woman, so the choice of sex as an Atavus was easy in RealLife. Of course, for the most part, Zo'or still acts like the same obnoxious {{Jerkass}} he/she always was.

** Zig-zagged in [[Recap/DoctorWhos28E1NewEarth "New Earth"]] (season 28/2 episode 1): the villainous Cassandra (Zoë Wanamaker), a UsefulNotes/{{trans|gender}} woman from the future (who surgically altered her body so often in the pursuit of beauty and immortality that only her eyes and a flap of skin remain), tries to stave off her death by [[BodySnatcher transferring her consciousness]] into Rose Tyler. The Doctor quickly sees through the ruse, and orders Cassandra to leave Rose's body; she complies -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1convDWA_tE by transferring herself]] into ''his'' body. Cassandra (and the audience) are amused as she revels in her handsome figure and new "parts" ("And hardly ''used!''") with Creator/DavidTennant hamming it up like a campy Austin Powers (while Creator/BilliePiper [[{{Corpsing}} is unable to keep her composure]]). Circumstances force Cassandra to abandon the Doctor's body, however, and she spends the rest of the episode [[BodySurf jumping]] between Rose and several other female hosts before settling on the body of Chip, her male servant (and the only voluntary host of the episode).

*** The first on-screen Time Lord example is Missy, the BigBad of the revival's eighth series (seasons 34/8 - 36/10), who is revealed to be a female incarnation of the Master. The trope is notably shown in a very positive way, and the character happily identifies and presents as female, without any kind of angst about the change (despite their previous male incarnations being somewhat disdainful of women).
*** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent "Hell Bent"]] (season 35/9 episode 12), the commander of Gallifrey's armed forces, a white man, regenerates into a black woman, commenting afterward that her previous self had been her only male incarnation to date. The trope is again shown in a positive way, with no angst over the change.

** In the Creator/TomBaker-era story [[Recap/DoctorWhoS14E2TheHandOfFear "The Hand of Fear"]] (season 14 episode 2), the Kastrian Eldrad regenerates from a single hand into a female body, apparently based on Sarah Jane's. Upon being injected with a deadly poison, she regenerates, into a male body. The Doctor is surprised, and Eldrad calls him out on his confusion, saying he should know all about regeneration and its possibility for changing gender (making this the first implication in the series that regeneration could produce a sex change).
** Zig-zagged in [[Recap/DoctorWhos28E1NewEarth "New Earth"]] (season 28/2 episode 1): the villainous Cassandra, a UsefulNotes/{{trans|gender}} woman from the future (who surgically altered her body so often in the pursuit of beauty and immortality that only her eyes and a flap of skin remain), tries to stave off her death by [[BodySnatcher transferring her consciousness]] into Rose Tyler. The Doctor quickly sees through the ruse, and orders Cassandra to leave Rose's body; she complies -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1convDWA_tE by transferring herself]] into ''his'' body. Cassandra (and the audience) are amused as she revels in her handsome figure and new "parts" ("And hardly ''used!''") with Creator/DavidTennant hamming it up like a campy Austin Powers (while Creator/BilliePiper [[{{Corpsing}} is unable to keep her composure]]). Circumstances force Cassandra to abandon the Doctor's body, however, and she spends the rest of the episode [[BodySurf jumping]] between Rose and several other female hosts before settling on the body of Chip, her male servant (and the only voluntary host of the episode).
** At the end of Part 1 of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E17E18TheEndOfTime "The End of Time"]] (season 30/4 episode 18), the Master uses an AppliedPhlebotinum machine [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UszT_L4QWII to rewrite the genetic code of every human on Earth]] (save for Wilf and Donna), changing the world's population into [[MesACrowd clones of himself]] -- the women included. Which would be terrifying, if it weren't for the hilariously OTT resulting scenes, including an [[EvilGrin evilly-grinning]] Master clone in a [[PinkIsFeminine pretty pink dress]] and an entire White House press pool of Masters (many of them in female clothing) hopping and applauding excitedly for their duplicate (who's just overridden UsefulNotes/BarackObama).