History Main / LegoBodyParts

* The Pinies from the Blog/AskPinyTwilight blog can detach their body parts, though some of them [[FloatingLimbs don't seeem connected in the first place]].

* in ''Literature/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.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azbxt9oWRDw This commercial]] for Old Spice has an employee switch heads with his significantly older boss in a [[RetractableAppendages very]] [[LosingYourHead unusual]] [[BodyHorror way]].

Compare EasilyDetachableRobotParts.

* ''Ninja Wars'' has this happen as a plot point for two girls who have their heads constantly switched around to each other's bodies.
* ''Film/LooneyTunesBackInAction'' has an assortment of all four heroes' and the primary villain's body parts switched around when they are [[TeleFrag teleported to Acme industry with a Teleportation Accident result]].

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi9Uj3ZQxvw This scene]] in the UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} movie ''Jai Maa Durga Shakti''.

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'': In [[DreamSequence Jon's Dream Sequence]] many characters heads get switched around; first his head with Garfield's, then Odie's with a Teddy Bear's, Then Odie's with Garfield's, then Garfield's with the Teddy Bear's, then back to the first one but now with Odie's head switched with the Teddy Bear's and lastly Him, Garfield and Odie's head switched around.
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* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' 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"(via illusion) to their original bodies.
* Happens to ''Webcomic/CommanderKitty'' after a TeleporterAccident. His head, arms, legs, and torso are scattered around the room, but his tail is swapped with Fluffy's.

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

* It... May have happened in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJYP5Bh7uQU "With My X-Ray Eyes" song]] in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "No More Bunny Buisness". Starting at 0:08 and ending at 0:10.

* ''WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard'' has Peck and Freddie switch mouths in the episode "A Catfish Called Eddie" after chewing defective Pizza Gum, which explodes.

* Transplants of any body part subvert this trope because the donor gets nothing in return.
** There are plans, along with excessive preparations and research, to transplant the head of a terminally ill man onto the body of a (then recently) deceased man to save the first man's life. This would be a historical first and, if successful, a major breakthrough in transplant science/medicine.

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* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6ez_QlAUx0 This variation]] of the Levi's Twisted to Fit Ad features one of the guys and the woman primarily feature switching head for her to enter the Men's Restroom.

* In stage magic, some variations of the SawAWomanInHalf trick play on this.

* Mr. Potato Head.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi9Uj3ZQxvw This scene]] in the UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}} movie Jai Maa Durga Shakti.

* In ''OnePiece'', Trafalgar Law's [[SuperpowerLottery Devil Fruit power]] enables him to change around other people's limbs without killing them. If he's feeling nice, he'll replace them with other people's body parts. if he isn't, you might end up with [[BodyHorror a bomb where your head used to be]].

* 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. Toys/LEGOThemes featuring larger constructed humanoid entities like ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'' and ''Toys/HeroFactory'' play it straight with ease, and in many pre-Creator/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.

* 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 ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'' and ''Toys/HeroFactory'' play it straight with ease, and in many pre-Creator/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.

* Natalie and her dog switch heads in ''Film/MarsAttacks''.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has this happen once where Robot Devil trades his musician's hands with Fry.

* 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-Creator/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.

* It... May have happened in the "''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJYP5Bh7uQU With My X-Ray Eyes Song]]''" in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "No More Bunny Buisness". Starting at 0:08 and ending at 0:10.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDalesRescueRangers'', Prof. Nimnul invents a device that allows him to travel via phone lines. When Zipper lands on him as he's about to travel, they wind up with their heads on each other's bodies. Later, the same thing happens with Chip & Monterey Jack, and Dale with Gadget. In the end, they manage to get themselves back to normal, then Zipper uses Nimnul's device to send him to the police.

* Theatre/CrissAngelBelieve has [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5gK2MxGR0M this]].

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

* Happens in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr8Jjiw6w2Q Bristol ad]].
* This trope happens multiple times in a commercial about [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijE_-oFmjqg Cefalex]].

* Two people actually go as far as to switch heads despite one being in somewhere in North or Central America while the other is in Japan the commercial can be seen [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_qwd3_EAPU&feature=channel_video_title here]].