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-->'''Bubbles:''' Mayor, what are you doing in our house? I'm not in your house, you're in my body. Hmmmmm! ''(beat; cue SpitTake then faints)''

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-->'''Bubbles:''' Mayor, what are you doing in our house? Oh. I'm not in your house, you're in my body. Hmmmmm! ''(beat; cue SpitTake then faints)''



-->'''Bubbles:''' Mayor, what are you doing over at our house? Oh, I'm not in your house, you're in my body. ''(continues brushing until her eyes pop open and does a SpitTake)''

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-->'''Bubbles:''' Mayor, what are you doing over at our house? Oh, I'm not in your house, you're in my body. ''(continues brushing until her eyes pop open and does a SpitTake)''SpitTake then faints)''
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-->'''Bubbles:''' Mayor, what are you doing in our house. I'm not in your house, you're in my body. Oh. ''(beat; cue SpitTake)''

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-->'''Bubbles:''' Mayor, what are you doing in our house. house? I'm not in your house, you're in my body. Oh. Hmmmmm! ''(beat; cue SpitTake)''SpitTake then faints)''
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* VoicesAreMental: No matter whose body they are in, all characters retain their original voices.

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* VoicesAreMental: No matter whose body they are in, all characters retain their original voices. Justified as they're only swapping "outer layers".
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* BaldnessAngst: Bubbles hates being in the Mayor's body because of this. Blossom tries to pacify her with a combover.


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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Mojo manages to successfully restrain the girls and proceeds to brag about how impossible it is for them to break free. They painfully remind him that he forgot about their EyeBeams ability.
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: In response to Bubbles and the Narrator being switched.
* EvilLaugh: Being in the body of an old woman doesn't stop Mojo from doing this, after he steals a priceless vase.


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The seeming old woman has a hairdo that resembles Mojo's helmet.


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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: After being restored to her own body, Blossom checks to see if the same is true of Mojo. He blurts out that he is back to normal before realizing he could've at least tried to lie his way out of trouble. The girls quickly pummel him and send him to jail.


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* RapidFireNo: Once back in his own body, Mojo right before the girls wallop him.
* SoOnceAgainTheDayIsSaved: Courtesy of Bubbles, due to being switched with the Narrator.
* TemptingFate: In the end, the Professor remarks that everything is finally back to normal and everyone is where they're supposed to be.
-->'''Narrator:''' ''[in Bubbles's body]'' You said it, Professor! ''[gasps]''
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'''Original air date:''' 9/8/2000

'''Production code:''' PPG-303
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* NewBodyOldAbilities: no matter whose body they are in, the girls keep all of their superpowers. Likewise, Mojo, in the body of the old woman, still has his usual strength and agility while the old woman in Mojo’s body is still as frail as you expect an old lady like her to be. Handwaved by the Professor, who claims that his machine only switches the outer layers of things but not the inner, demonstrating as such with an apple that has the inside of an orange and an orange with the inside of an apple.

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* NewBodyOldAbilities: no No matter whose body they are in, the girls keep all of their superpowers. Likewise, Mojo, in the body of the old woman, still has his usual strength and agility while the old woman in Mojo’s body is still as frail as you expect an old lady like her to be. Handwaved by the Professor, who claims that his machine only switches the outer layers of things but not the inner, demonstrating as such with an apple that has the inside of an orange and an orange with the inside of an apple.
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* VoicesAreMental: No matter whose body they are in, all characters retain their original voices.

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* VoicesAreMental: No matter whose body they are in, all characters retain their original voices.voices.
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* AnimalSuperHero: the professors’ first attempt to restore everyone back to normal puts the girls in the bodies of a Cobra, a dog and a caterpillar.

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* AnimalSuperHero: the professors’ The Professor's first attempt to restore everyone back to normal puts the girls in the bodies of a Cobra, a dog and a caterpillar.
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* NotQuiteBackToNormal: The episode ends with everyone back in their own bodies... except for Bubbles and the Narrator.

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* {{Irony}}: the second attempt to restore everyone ends with Mojo trapped in the body of a fish, and the girls in the bodies of a cook, a fisherman and an Inuit respectively.

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* {{Irony}}: the The second attempt to restore everyone ends with Mojo trapped in the body of a fish, and the girls Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup in the bodies of a cook, a fisherman and an Inuit respectively. respectively.
--> '''Mojo:''' [[LampshadeHanging Unbelievable!]]
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* FreezeFrameBonus: When the Professor is repeatedly pulling the lever trying to get everyone back in their original bodies, Ms. Bellum turns into [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]] for a moment.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: When the Professor is repeatedly pulling the lever trying to get everyone back in their original bodies, Ms. Bellum turns into [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]] for a moment. Also counts as CompanyCrossReferences.
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* CreatorCameo: According to the script, during the rapid-fire body-switching montage, Professor Utonium, Ms. Bellum, and the Mayor briefly turn into Paul Rudish, Craig [=McCracken,=] and Don Shank.
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* ThereWillBeToiletPaper: In the Professor's body, Buttercup's jaw is covered with little bits of bandages after shaving his PermaStubble.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: When the Professor is rapidly pulling the lever trying to get everyone back in their original bodies, one of the girls turns into [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]] for a moment.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: When the Professor is rapidly repeatedly pulling the lever trying to get everyone back in their original bodies, one of the girls Ms. Bellum turns into [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]] for a moment.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: When the Professor is rapidly pulling the lever trying to get everyone back in their original bodies, one of the girls turns into [[WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory Dexter]] for a moment.
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* MirrorReveal: Blossom finds out that she's in Miss Bellum's body when Buttercup (in the Professor's body) holds a mirror up to her. Afterward, Bubbles, in the Mayor's body, walks over to the bathroom mirror and has this hilarious DoubleTake.
-->'''Bubbles:''' Mayor, what are you doing in our house. I'm not in your house, you're in my body. Oh. ''(beat; cue SpitTake)''
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* CulturalCrossReference: [[Anime/MyNeighborTotoro Totoro]] is among the body-swapped people seen at the bank.
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* {{Troll}}: When the Professor's invention finally puts everyone back in their own bodies (after rapid-fire cycling through several more swaps and going "Nope!" with each one), he pauses and cheerfully says "Nope!", then grins devilishly to himself after the Mayor and Ms. Bellum stop him from re-scrambling everyone again.
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* AdBreakDoubleTake: Before and after the commercial break, Mojo Jojo (in the old lady's body) says, "A priceless vase, and I have taken it for myself without paying!"
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* PlotHole: It's explicitly shown the body-switching doesn't change anyone's location, because it's actually the bodies that are changed, not the minds. Inexplicably, the people who switched bodies with Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins, and the Gangrene Gang are all located in said villains' usual residences, even treating them as if they were their own homes.

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* PlotHole: It's explicitly shown the body-switching doesn't change anyone's location, because it's the process is actually the bodies that are changed, changing bodies, not moving around the minds. Inexplicably, the people who switched bodies with Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins, and the Gangrene Gang are all located in said villains' usual residences, even treating them as if they were their own homes.
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* PostWakeUpRealization: Happens three times in succession, in which the girls realize that [[FreakyFridayFlip they've gained new bodies]] thanks to the Professor's latest invention gone wrong.
** As the Professor goes to wake up Buttercup, she gets up to tell him to quit bothering her. She goes back under her covers, then goes into a DoubleTake to see that the Professor has her body and that she has his.
** As Buttercup has a meltdown, Blossom rises to tell her to shut up, unaware that she now has Miss Bellum's body. She finds this out when Buttercup produces a hand mirror for her to look into.
** Finally, Bubbles finds out she's in The Mayor's body when she gets out of bed, half-asleep, and sees her reflection in the bathroom mirror while brushing her teeth. And even then, she doesn't realize it at first and believes she's seeing the real Mayor.
-->'''Bubbles:''' Mayor, what are you doing over at our house? Oh, I'm not in your house, you're in my body. ''(continues brushing until her eyes pop open and does a SpitTake)''
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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} shows up briefly in the fight near the end.

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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} shows up briefly in the fight near the end.end, albeit unnamed.
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* LawyerFriendlyCameo: ComicStrip/{{Popeye}} shows up briefly in the fight near the end.

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* PlotHole: It's explicitly shown the body-switching doesn't change anyone's location, because it's actually the bodies that are changed, not the minds. Inexplicably, the people who switched bodies with Mojo Jojo, Fuzzy Lumpkins, and the Gangrene Gang are all located in said villains' usual residences, even treating them as if they were their own homes.
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* PowersAsPrograms: no matter whose body they are in, the girls keep all of their superpowers. Likewise, Mojo, in the body of the old woman, still has his usual strength and agility while the old woman in Mojo’s body is still as frail as you expect an old lady like her to be. Handwaved by the Professor, who claims that his machine only switches the outer layers of things but not the inner, demonstrating as such with an apple that has the inside of an orange and an orange with the inside of an apple.

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* PowersAsPrograms: NewBodyOldAbilities: no matter whose body they are in, the girls keep all of their superpowers. Likewise, Mojo, in the body of the old woman, still has his usual strength and agility while the old woman in Mojo’s body is still as frail as you expect an old lady like her to be. Handwaved by the Professor, who claims that his machine only switches the outer layers of things but not the inner, demonstrating as such with an apple that has the inside of an orange and an orange with the inside of an apple.
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* PowersAsPrograms: no matter whose body they are in, the girls keep all of their superpowers. Likewise, Mojo, in the body of the old woman, still has his usual strength and agility while the old woman in Mojo’s body is still as frail as you expect an old lady like her to be. Handwaved by the Professor, who claims that his machine only switches the outer layers of things but not the inner.

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* PowersAsPrograms: no matter whose body they are in, the girls keep all of their superpowers. Likewise, Mojo, in the body of the old woman, still has his usual strength and agility while the old woman in Mojo’s body is still as frail as you expect an old lady like her to be. Handwaved by the Professor, who claims that his machine only switches the outer layers of things but not the inner.inner, demonstrating as such with an apple that has the inside of an orange and an orange with the inside of an apple.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Mojo's reaction after the girls fry him with their eye beams is to say, "Ow. Oh. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Ooh, ow."
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* FreakyFridayFlip: Up to Eleven, since everyone in Townsville (and possibly the world) switches bodies due to the professors’ machine. The trope name even gets lampshaded in the form of an advertisement for a film called “freakin’ Friday”.

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* FreakyFridayFlip: Up to Eleven, since everyone in Townsville (and possibly the world) switches bodies due to the professors’ Professor's machine. The trope name even gets lampshaded in the form of an advertisement for a film called “freakin’ “Freakin’ Friday”.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: said word for word by the professor after he accidently causes the massive body swap.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: said Said word for word by the professor Professor after he accidently accidentally causes the massive body swap.
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One of Professor Utonium's failed experiments causes everyone in the city to switch bodies. He must find a solution whilst the girls (in different bodies) fight Mojo Jojo, in the body of an old woman.

!! Criss Cross Crisis provides examples of:
*AnimalSuperHero: the professors’ first attempt to restore everyone back to normal puts the girls in the bodies of a Cobra, a dog and a caterpillar.
*AshFace: Mojo (in his old woman body) when the girls fry him with their eye beams.
*EvilOldFolks: Mojo becomes this because he switches bodies with an old woman.
*FreakyFridayFlip: Up to Eleven, since everyone in Townsville (and possibly the world) switches bodies due to the professors’ machine. The trope name even gets lampshaded in the form of an advertisement for a film called “freakin’ Friday”.
*{{Irony}}: the second attempt to restore everyone ends with Mojo trapped in the body of a fish, and the girls in the bodies of a cook, a fisherman and an Inuit respectively.
*MyGodWhatHaveIDone: said word for word by the professor after he accidently causes the massive body swap.
*PowersAsPrograms: no matter whose body they are in, the girls keep all of their superpowers. Likewise, Mojo, in the body of the old woman, still has his usual strength and agility while the old woman in Mojo’s body is still as frail as you expect an old lady like her to be. Handwaved by the Professor, who claims that his machine only switches the outer layers of things but not the inner.
*VoicesAreMental: No matter whose body they are in, all characters retain their original voices.

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