Zeus disguised himself as Artemis in order to get close enough to Callisto that she could not escape when he turned himself into male form again, and raped her. It may be merely used as means of disguise: appearing as a woman allows a man to enter situations from which men are forbidden, and vice versa.
Fiction that makes use of such shape-shifting tends to invoke themes not normally found in other shapeshifting fiction. Such experiments can have overtones of horror evil mad scientists seldom use willing test subjects.Ī particularly noteworthy aspect of shapeshifting is where the person changes sex, from female to male, or vice versa. Those without such means may resort to brain transplants. Body-swapping devices are characterized by highly experimental status, straps, helmets with complicated cables that run to a central system and a tendency to direly malfunction before their effects can be reversed. Switches accomplished by technology, exempting gadgets advanced sufficiently to appear as magic, are the fare of mad scientists. Notable examples include the books Vice Versa (1882) and the recent films It's a Boy Girl Thing and Freaky Friday. Switches caused by magic items such as amulets, heartfelt wishes or just strange quirks of the universe typically reverse after the subjects have expanded their world views, gained a new appreciation for each others' troubles by literally "walking in another's shoes" and/or caused sufficient amounts of farce. There are two distinct types of body swapping. Alternatively, their minds may stay where they are as their bodies adjust.
#Body swap fiction tv#
Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst HaeckelĪ body swap is a storytelling device seen in a variety of fiction, most often in TV shows and movies, in which two people (or beings) exchange minds and end up in each others' bodies.
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