# New movie/TV game: replace the similar characters **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666 "2005-10-03T23:46:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [October 4, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/21 "2005-10-04T14:56:14Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > What about Karen? Phoebe or George (they are both whining sex addicts. If George had money, he would be Karen). ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/22 "2005-10-04T15:03:21Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Phoebe or George (they are both whining sex addicts. If George had money, he would be Karen). ROFLMAOSCOK 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/23 "2005-10-04T15:10:10Z")
Replace Robocop with the Terminator Replace Captain Janeway ( Voyager ) with Susan Ivanova ( Babylon 5 ) Replace Mr Spock with Data, and visa-versa Replace Odo ( Deep Space Nine ) with the T-1000 from Terminator 2 ( both liquid ) Replace the T-1000 with Inque from the Batman Beyond cartoon ( both shapechanging assassins ) Replace Luke Skywalker with Samurai Jack ( both noble swordfighters ) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/24 "2005-10-04T15:32:17Z")
Replace Bart Simpson with Eric Cartman Replace cast of Sex in the City with cast of Desperate Housewives Replace Det. Bensen with Det. Lacey Replace Battlestar Galactica Six with Tripping the Rift Six Replace Krusty the Clown with Obnoxio the Clown Replace the Borg with the Cybermen ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/25 "2005-10-04T15:42:36Z")
Replace Marge Simpson with June Cleaver Replace Wesley Crusher with _anybody_ 😃 but really: replace Wesley with the kid from Lost in Space Replace Marvin with C-3PO ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/26 "2005-10-04T16:38:21Z")
Swap Garfield and Sebastian ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/27 "2005-10-04T19:27:30Z")
Swap Jim Anderson for Dan Conner ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/28 "2005-10-04T19:43:22Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > Replace the Borg with the Cybermen But what about Seven of Nine? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/29 "2005-10-04T21:07:53Z")
Swap Josh (the Wonder Years) with Screech Swap Principal Sneider (Buffy) with Principal Woodman (Kotter) ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/30 "2005-10-04T22:01:20Z")
Swap Homer Simpson with Fred MacMurray’s character from _My Three Sons_ Swap Brett Butler’s Grace with Donna Reed Swap Capt. Kirk for Capt. Binghamton (_McHale’s Navy_) Swap Beaver Cleaver for Christopher Titus\* \*I could do this all day. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/31 "2005-10-04T22:18:50Z")
**anyrosep** , may I call your attention to: > [@](#): > > **How many times should I include my signature in a thread?** > Once per thread should be sufficient for people to admire the pearl of wisdom included in your signature. If you post multiple times in a thread it is recommended that you only include the signature in one of your posts. It’s post #13 in the [FAQ - guidelines for Posting at the SDMB](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=106617) thread in ATMB. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/32 "2005-10-04T22:24:38Z")
**All in the Family** : Replace Edith “dingbat” Bunker with Marie Barron from _Everybody Loves Raymond_. **Everybody Loves Raymond** : Replace Marie Barron with Livia Soprano from _the Sopranoes_. **the Sopranoes** : Replace Livia Soprano with Endora from _Bewitched_. **Bewitched** : Replace Endora with Edith “dingbat” Bunker. **Seinfeld** : Replace George Costanza with Larry David from "Curb Your Enthus…wait, that wouldn’t change a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/33 "2005-10-04T22:40:12Z")
Gilligan’s Island: Replace the Professor with Professor Frink and the Skipper with Zap Brannigan Lost in Space: Replace the Robot with Bender Star Trek: Replace Dr. McCoy with Dr. Szell (from _Marathon Man_) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/34 "2005-10-04T23:00:23Z")
swap Wolverine for Fezzig (Princess Bride) Swap Dan Fielding for Denny Crane Swap Remmington Steele for James Bo… oh wait, isn’t that how he got the job in the first place? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/35 "2005-10-04T23:45:06Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > Gilligan’s Island: > > Replace the Professor with Professor Frink and the Skipper with Zap Brannigan > > Lost in Space: > > Replace the Robot with Bender > > Star Trek: > > Replace Dr. McCoy with Dr. Szell (from _Marathon Man_) I like the first two suggestions, but… Replace Dr. McCoy with Dr. Zoidberg. _“Damnit, Jim, I’m a doctor, not a cephalopod! Woo-woo-woo!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/36 "2005-10-04T23:47:42Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I like the first two suggestions, but… > > Replace Dr. McCoy with Dr. Zoidberg. > > _“Damnit, Jim, I’m a doctor, not a cephalopod! Woo-woo-woo!”_ Maybe Dr. Szell would be better in the alternate Spock-with-a-goatee universe. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/37 "2005-10-04T23:48:56Z")
Swap Mr French with Geoffrey I don’t know if this qualifies, but replace Judge Judy (or Mulian, or Wapner, or any of them) with Harold T Stone ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/38 "2005-10-04T23:51:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Replace cast of Sex in the City with cast of Desperate Housewives what about swapping the Sex and the City girls for the cast of Golden Girls ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/39 "2005-10-05T00:20:14Z")
Replace Marshal Matt Dillon (“Gunsmoke”) with Marshal Sam McCloud (“McCloud”). It will be fun to see how McCloud and Chester get along. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666/40 "2005-10-05T01:04:27Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > ah yes, but who would be in charge? Roddenberry’s disciples (sp?) or Joss? On _his_ ship, _Mal_ is in charge. Duh. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-movie-tv-game-replace-the-similar-characters/324666.md?page=3)