History Main / SwapTeleportation

* ''LetsPlay/AfterlifeSMP'': Players with the Vampire origin are able to swap places with other entities. While it initially seems like a fun gimmick, but by combining that with another ability of the origin, the high jump, [[spoiler:Scott sets a couple of his fellow players up to [[LethalHarmlessPowers fall to their deaths]]]].
* ''LetsPlay/WitchCraftSMP'': An acquired ability of Illusionary Witches is to switch places with another player within a certain radius, even when in the air.

* ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'': For a time, Captain Mar-Vell was trapped in the Negative Zone, and could only leave when Rick Jones struck together a pair of "Nega-Bands" he wore on his wrists, causing the two to switch places.

* The preferred form of transportation in '''Spanner's Galaxy''' -- but it can only be performed by swapping the position of sapient beings. This is known as ''castling'', and it's considered polite to ask permission first.

* ''Literature/InterestingTimes'': Teleportation is an experimental and ''very'' dangerous spell. Since the Disc, and everyone on it, is constantly revolving around its axis, teleportation needs to account for the spin or otherwise the target ends up splattered on a wall or spread across the countryside. Therefore, it requires that the subject be swapped with a counterweight of similar weight to balance out [[InertiaIsACruelMistress the momentum of the trip]]. {{Exploited|Trope}} when Rincewind gets teleported away from the BigBad, leaving in his place a small cannon with a lit fuse...
** Rincewind has questions concerning whether this ''entirely'' solves the TeleFrag problem:

*** Similarly, ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' has the Paladin spell ''king's castle'', which swaps the caster with a nearby ally

* In ''Film/{{Stargate}}'', the device that transports people from Anubis's ship to the inside of the pyramid works this way, swapping whatever is inside the shipboard device for whatever is inside the remote device. If only part of you is inside the rings when it activates, well...

** The Goa'uld ring devices, which turn out to be appropriated Ancient tech like most of their stuff. They appear to be a set of five miniature stargates that descend or ascend around the objects to be transported and they swap place with whatever's at the other end:
*** ''Film/{{Stargate}}'': PortalCut type WeaponizedTeleportation of a section of someone's body: [[spoiler:when Jack uses the rings to cut Anubis's head off, also saving Daniel and Sha're who are about to be tortured by Ra on the other end.]]
*** ''Series/StargateSG1'': They're used relatively frequently when the Goa'uld appear. Sometimes in Ancient ruins (such as Avalon) and Ori ships as well.

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* ''Videogame/XCom2: War of the Chosen'': The Templar is a [[PsychicPowers Psionic]] MagicKnight with two abilities that can do this; Invert allows them to switch places with an enemy, and Exchange lets them switch places with one of their squadmates.

In ''Film/{{Stargate}}'', the device that transports people from Anubis's ship to the inside of the pyramid works this way, swapping whatever is inside the shipboard device for whatever is inside the remote device. If only part of you is inside the rings when it activates, well...

* ''VideoGame/ShotgunKingTheFinalCheckmate'': Castle, a rare (and [[ThatOneDisadvantage dangerous]]) white card, allows the White King to swap places with a Rook whenever he would take damage, with the Rook [[TakingTheBullet taking damage instead]]. If you're vertically/horizontally lined up with the King when that happens, and the Rook survives the attack, you will be [[GameOver checkmated on the spot]], ending your run unless you have [[OneUp Black Mist]] to save you.

In ''Film/{{Stargate}}'', the device that transports people from Anubis's ship to the inside of the pyramid works this way, swapping whatever is inside the shipboard device for whatever is inside the remote device. In the film climax, the heroes use this to simultaneously kill Anubis's chief guard (only his ''upper'' body is inside the transported volume) and transport a nuclear bomb aboard Anubis's ship seconds before it detonates.

* In ''Literature/FineStructure'', teleportation works by swapping two areas of space. The very first teleportation experiment results in Anne Poole being sealed in a coal seam. The consquences only get worse from there -- later, four scientists are simultaneously killed. Finally, an entire building is teleported underground, and ''teleportation is excised from the fabric of the universe.''

* ''VideoGame/ShotgunKingTheFinalCheckmate'': One of the cards that White's forces can get is Castle, which allows the White King to swap places with a Rook whenever your Black King manages to shoot him, and the Rook [[TakingTheBullet takes damage instead]]. It's considered a dangerous card because if you are vertically/horizontally lined up with the King when that happens and the Rook survives the attack, it will immediately [[GameOver checkmate you]]!

* Mr Mxyzptlk once banished ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Shazam}} to another universe but had to replace them with two locals. Unlucky for Mxy, one of them turned out to be Hippy The Marvel Bunny.

* ''VideoGame/ShotgunKingTheFinalCheckmate'': One of the cards that White's forces can get is Castle, which allows the White King to swap places with a Rook whenever your Black King manages to shoot him, and the Rook [[TakingTheBullet takes damage instead]]. It's considered a dangerous card because if you vertically/horizontally lined up with the King when that happens and the Rook survives the attack, it will immediately [[GameOver checkmate you]]!

* ''VideoGame/ShotgunKingTheFinalCheckmate'': One of the cards that White's forces can get is Castle, which allows the White King to swap places with a Rook whenever your Black King manages to shoot him, and the Rook [[TakingTheBullet takes damage instead]]. It's considered a dangerous card because if you were in an vertical/horizontal line with the King when that happens and the Rook survives the attack, it will immediately [[GameOver checkmate you]]!

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* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': Trickster can swap-teleport himself or anything within the range of his senses with any other person or object within the range of his senses. The closer the two people/objects are in shape/size/volume, the easier and faster he can do it.
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* ''ComicBook/CaptainMarVell'': For a time, Captain Mar-Vell was trapped in the Negative Zone, and could only leave when Rick Jones struck together a pair of "Nega-Bands" he wore on his wrists, causing the two to switch places.

* Captain Mithrun from ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' is an expert in weaponising this form of teleportation. The first time we see him fight, he's able to turn a group of thugs into partial statues with just a touch, making it look like he's using a [[TakenForGranite petrification]] spell until we see the victims stuck in the walls and celing of the room and realise he's teleporting them into the stonework. Later chapters show he can use it in a much more gruesome way when he doesn't have to worry about keeping his opponent alive, that being to swap smaller objects with parts of their body in order to dismember them.

*** Similarly, ''TabletopGame/Pathfinder'' has the Paladin spell ''king's castle'', which swaps the caster with a nearby ally

* From ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen:'' Aoi Todo's signature move, Boogie-Woogie, is that. By clapping his hands, he can swap the locations of two things that have enough cursed energy in them (Humans, curses and some objects).
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': The power Amenotejikara, achieves this by swapping the positions of any two objects in the user's field of vision.