# "I'm My Own Child" type movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-my-own-child-type-movies/493108 "2009-04-14T20:19:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-my-own-child-type-movies/493108/21 "2009-04-17T09:06:32Z")
> [@rjk](#): > > No age changes, but no body-switch list would be complete without [_Topper_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033190/) (1940), made from the 1931 book by Thorne Smith. A bickering couple magically exchange bodies, and hilarity ensues. I think you mean _Turnabout._ _Topper_ was about ghosts. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-my-own-child-type-movies/493108/22 "2009-04-17T09:36:54Z")
What about the movie where the protagonist would have “blackouts” as a kid, which turned out to be his adult self somehow going back in time to try and change some bad things that happened. As a recall the key theme was one where he was trying to stop the pedo father of his childhood sweetheart from making a movie of them? ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-my-own-child-type-movies/493108/23 "2009-04-17T11:18:33Z")
> [@bengangmo](#): > > What about the movie where the protagonist would have “blackouts” as a kid, which turned out to be his adult self somehow going back in time to try and change some bad things that happened. > > As a recall the key theme was one where he was trying to stop the pedo father of his childhood sweetheart from making a movie of them? The Butterfly Effect. Interesting concept, but would have been a better movie with somebody else besides Ashton Kutcher. It’s hard to take Michael Kelso seriously. ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-my-own-child-type-movies/493108/24 "2009-04-17T11:23:10Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > Not quite the same thing, but Peggy Sue Got Married has adult Kathleen Turner going back and reliving high school. God, is there any more perfect encapsulation of the notion of Hell on Earth? \ ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-my-own-child-type-movies/493108/25 "2009-04-17T12:10:41Z")
The episode of Quantum Leap where Sam becomes himself, aged 16 or 17. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-my-own-child-type-movies/493108/26 "2009-04-17T12:34:21Z")
The TV Series _Second Chance_ (later retitled _Boys Will Be Boys_] had a loser who goes back in time to help his 17 year old self. The boy was played by Matthew Perry. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2009, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-my-own-child-type-movies/493108/27 "2009-04-18T01:56:12Z")
In _Never Been Kissed_, Drew Barrymore’s character goes back to high school to do an undercover story for a newspaper. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-my-own-child-type-movies/493108.md?page=1)