# Help identifying a "body swap/sharing" movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782 "2017-12-18T17:43:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/1 "2017-12-18T17:43:51Z")
Obscure scene I am thinking of, but a scene in a (comedy?) movie in which a person enters the other’s body (not sexual). The scene shows them actually “jumping into” the other person’s body. It isn’t Creepshow or Men in Black. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/2 "2017-12-18T17:47:13Z")
Ghost? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/3 "2017-12-18T17:47:58Z")
> [@phungi](#): > > Obscure scene I am thinking of, but a scene in a (comedy?) movie in which a person enters the other’s body (not sexual). The scene shows them actually “jumping into” the other person’s body. It isn’t Creepshow or Men in Black. > > Thoughts? Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey? Check out 0:15 or so in the clip [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5tNmsf-pgE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5tNmsf-pgE) ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/4 "2017-12-18T17:51:10Z")
It wasn’t Ghost, and it was definitely similar to the Bill and Ted clip ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/5 "2017-12-18T19:04:55Z")
_The Frightners_ with Michael Jaifhox? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/6 "2017-12-18T19:29:10Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > _The Frightners_ with Michael Jaifhox? … Michael J. Fox! Took me a while. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/7 "2017-12-18T20:30:56Z")
Being John Malkovich? ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/8 "2017-12-18T20:39:29Z")
Heart and Souls with Robert Downey Jr.? ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/9 "2017-12-18T20:57:28Z")
You couldn’t be mistaking a scene from The Matrix as a body swap movie could you? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/10 "2017-12-18T21:05:04Z")
There was some sort of body swapping in the live-action _Scooby-Doo_ movie, wasn’t there? ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/11 "2017-12-18T21:58:04Z")
thanks thus far, need to look up some of these suggestions on YouTube ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/12 "2017-12-18T22:23:06Z")
Did this happen in Wonder Man? Was the movie in black & white, with Danny Kaye? ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/13 "2017-12-19T04:46:24Z")
Wes Craven’s Shocker? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/14 "2017-12-19T04:59:54Z")
Do you have idea of the time frame it may have from? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/15 "2017-12-19T07:06:35Z")
Doesn’t it happen in _Beetlejuice_? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/16 "2017-12-19T11:43:00Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Do you have idea of the time frame it may have from? Or _anything,_ really, to narrow it down? Man jumping into a woman? Woman jumping into a man? White? Black? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/17 "2017-12-19T12:46:10Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Doesn’t it happen in _Beetlejuice_? They also jump in the line, and shake their body in time. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/18 "2017-12-19T13:03:55Z")
sorry, all… thanks for the replies… not sure of the answer, thinking 80’s/90’s but that is quite vague. thought it was Creepshow, but it’s not. Happy to let this fade into obscurity, like my memory… ---
**Author:** ![Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@Maggie\_the\_Ocelot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maggie_the_Ocelot)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/19 "2017-12-19T15:42:50Z")
I’m also thinking Beetlejuice. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782/20 "2017-12-19T15:48:39Z")
Here’s a real stretch: an episode of “That '70s Show,” had Fes dealing with a conundrum via the angels on the shoulder meme; one was Batman, the other, the Riddler. After the angels taunted each other for a bit, they both “slid” into Fes’s head and duked it out in there (with accompanying sound effects). It looked a lot like the Bill and Ted effect. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-body-swap-sharing-movie/804782.md?page=2)