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* ''{{Doraemon}}'' has one device that swaps body parts of two persons. [[BookDumb Nobita]] initially uses it to swap his head with Shizuka, thinking he will inherit her brain and become smarter. It doesn't work, and [ItGotWorse it gets even worse]] as everybodythen starts [[ButtMonkey forcing]] their unwanted body parts into him.

* ''{{Doraemon}}'' has one device that swaps body parts of two persons. [[BookDumb Nobita]] initially uses it to swap his head with Shizuka, thinking he will inherit her brain and become smarter. It doesn't work, and [ItGotWorse it gets even worse]] as everybody now starts forcing their unwanted body parts into him.

* In CriminalMinds the unsub of the week who is a skilled surgeon thinks he can do this by cutting two peoples legs and switching them with the other. It didn't really work as much as he likes to believe it did.

* JohnnyBravo switched heads with a boy in one episode.

* Happens at one point in the Yasunari Kawabata's novel "One Arm" where the protagonist switches his [[LivingApart girlfriend's detached right arm]] with his own and then switches back to his own arm later.

* The Fireys from ''{{Labyrinth}}'' can swap heads.

* Happens at one point in the Yasunari Kawabata's story "One Arm" where the protagonist switches his [[LivingApart girlfriend's detached right arm]] with his own and then switches back to his own arm later.

* Happens at one point in the Yasunari Kawabata's story "One Arm" where the protagonist switches his [[Living Apart girlfriend's detached right arm]] with his own and then switches back to his own arm later.

* Courage, Muriel, and Eustace all [[LosingYourHead lose their heads]] in the ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' episode "Windmill Vandals," then swap them by accident.

* Zubs and Coach B from ''HomestarRunner''.

* Though construction toy brand {{LEGO}} is the TropeNamer, [[RealityIsUnrealistic it's actually not all that easy]] to rearrange parts of LEGO minifigures - aside from their legs and hat, they're intended to be pretty difficult to dismantle without really trying. Of course it can still be done, more so nowadays since they started packaging heads separate from bodies, but it's not as easy to accomplish as you'd think. LEGOThemes featuring larger constructed humanoid entities like ''{{BIONICLE}}'' and ''HeroFactory'' play it straight with ease, and in many pre-TravellersTales LEGO video games this is exactly how designing playable minifigure characters tends to work. Also, it's rare that this trope in its conventional meaning comes into play in any LEGO theme's ExcusePlot.

* The novel ''[[Literature/{{Retief}} Retief's War]]'' by KeithLaumer has a particularly literal version: the natives of the planet Quopp are all biological robots with interchangeable parts, which they frequently trade with or steal from each other.

* in ''ArtemisFowl: The Lost Colony'', one of Artemis' eyes is swapped with one of Holly's eyes after they travel in time magically. Holly uses magic to adjust for resuling difference in size.

* The SCPFoundation has [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-291 SCP-291]], which is an anomalous machine specifically designed to do this.

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* ''[[EightBitTheater 8-Bit Theater]]'' has Black Mage and Thief have their heads swap in [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/10/21/episode-344-face-off/ here]] and [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/10/28/episode-347-they-switched-heads-not-bodies/ here]] where both their heads get placed back to their original bodies.

* [[Literature/LandOfOz Ozma of Oz]] has Princess Langwidere who switches heads like clothing putting on a different head every day. [[hottip:*:Possibly Subverted though due to the possibility of the headless body not getting anything in return.]]

* Played Straight in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjbII5xqG8s this commercial]][[DJHero for DJ Hero 2]]. [[spoiler: Especially in the End where the White and Black DJ swap heads.]]

* Happens in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BRWkpIhURo&feature=channel_video_title this advert for Renault Cars] where 3 drivers swap heads.