Gigi was a very fetching Mal.
Mal: You know, you ain't quite right. River: It's the popular theory.
'Objects In Space'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
Mikey - Feb 16, 2006 12:24:14 pm PST #7939 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
Mr. Broom - Feb 16, 2006 4:34:43 pm PST #7940 of 10001
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Farscape already did that episode.So did SG-1.
Betsy HP - Feb 16, 2006 5:31:10 pm PST #7941 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
It's called "the body-swap episode". It's a genre classic. Everybody has to do it at least once.
Nutty - Feb 16, 2006 6:06:27 pm PST #7942 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
By that logic, Farscape did it twice. Once with actual "Actor A plays Character B while still looking like A" and then again with "Actor A plays Character B in full costume and make-up of B, which is actually pretty freaky looking."
The former? Funny. The latter? Uncanny valley material. Like recognizing someone, until you get up close and realizing you don't know that person at all.
dcp - Feb 16, 2006 6:14:01 pm PST #7943 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
"Body Swap" at the TV Tropes Wiki: [link]
sumi - Feb 16, 2006 6:40:22 pm PST #7944 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Fuffy-Baith was the best one, I think.
Kalshane - Feb 16, 2006 7:10:59 pm PST #7945 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I loved the X-Files episode "Small Potatoes" but that wasn't an actual swap, so I suppose it doesn't count. I'm trying to think of one that truly blew me away, but I can't at the moment.
Wolfram - Feb 16, 2006 7:17:59 pm PST #7946 of 10001
Visilurking
Although not technically a body swap, I still smile thinking about the "Kenny Rogers Roasters" Seinfeld episode.
aurelia - Feb 17, 2006 2:08:40 am PST #7947 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I loved the X-Files episode "Small Potatoes" but that wasn't an actual swap, so I suppose it doesn't count. I'm trying to think of one that truly blew me away, but I can't at the moment.
"Dreamland" was the actual body-swap episode for the X-Files. It's how Mulder got his waterbed!
Frankenbuddha - Feb 17, 2006 4:13:40 am PST #7948 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
By that logic, Farscape did it twice.
Or three times if you count two sets of switches in one episode.
Plus the "Won't Get Fooled Again/John Quixote" type episodes where you've got characters showing up as someone completely new.