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* AdaptionDyeJob: Elle, who had curly red hair in the book is played by the blonde Peyton List for the movie.
* RaceLift: Sassy Gaines who was a white blonde girl in the books is played by the mixed Kiana Madeira in the books.
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* VoicesAreNotMental: When Ellie and Jack switch bodies, their voices don't, but they do have each other's thoughts.
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* VoicesAreNotMental: When Ellie and Jack switch bodies, their voices don't, but they do have each other's thoughts.thoughts.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Ellie continues clinging to her friendship with Sassy for old times sake despite how Sassy constantly belittles and insults her.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Ellie continues clinging to her friendship with Sassy for old times sake despite how Sassy constantly belittles and insults her.
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* AbusiveParent: Jack's "father" is Satan!
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* AbusiveParent: Jack's "father" father is Satan!pretty much {{Satan}} in human form.
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* EurekaMoment: Ellie and Jack when they realize how better each other's life is which is the key to switching back, and they rush to make it just in time.
* FreakyFridayFlip: The main premise of the movie. Bonus Points for making it a gender swap as well.
* FreakyFridayFlip: The main premise of the movie. Bonus Points for making it a gender swap as well.
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* EurekaMoment: Ellie and Jack when they realize how better each other's life is is, which is the key to switching back, and they rush to make it just in time.
* FreakyFridayFlip: The main premise of the movie. Bonus Points for making it a [[GenderBender genderswap swap]] as well.
* FreakyFridayFlip: The main premise of the movie. Bonus Points for making it a [[GenderBender gender
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: Aspen to Sassy, who becomes crueler to Elle under under influence.
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* AlphaBitch: Aspen, the fashionable new girl from New York who mocks Elle for being a “freak” and alienates her from Sassy.
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* JerkJock: Porter, who bullies Jack for being the Coach’s son. Jack’s dad and brothers also qualify.
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As a bit of trivia, both List and Bertrand would reunite in another teen-oriented comedy-drama, albeit one a lot less family-friendly than Disney's efforts: ''Film/TheKarateKid'''s {{Netflix}}-based revival, ''Series/CobraKai''.
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As a bit of trivia, both List and Bertrand would reunite in another teen-oriented comedy-drama, albeit one a lot less family-friendly than Disney's efforts: ''Film/TheKarateKid'''s {{Netflix}}-based Creator/{{Netflix}}-based revival, ''Series/CobraKai''.
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As a bit of trivia, both List and Bertrand would reunite in another teen-oriented comedy-drama: comedy-drama, albeit one a lot less family-friendly than Disney's efforts: ''Film/TheKarateKid'''s {{Netflix}}-based revival, ''Series/CobraKai''.
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''The Swap'' is a 2016 Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie. The film is based on the young adult novel of the same name written by Megan Shull, and is written by Charlie Shahnaian and Shari Simpson and directed by Jay Karas. It stars Peyton List and Jacob Bertrand.
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''The Swap'' is a 2016 Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie. The film is based on the young adult novel of the same name written by Megan Shull, and is written by Charlie Shahnaian and Shari Simpson and directed by Jay Karas. It stars Peyton List Creator/PeytonRList and Jacob Bertrand.
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* SecretIdentity: Ellie and Jack want to keep their body swap hidden from their family and friends.
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High school Sophomores Ellie O'Brien (List) and Jack Malloy (Bertrand) have been going through tough times with their families, and both have big events coming up that weekend -- Ellie's rhythmic gymnastics tournament, and Jack's hockey tryouts. When meeting up in the nurse's office, they get in a texting argument culminating in them wishing they had each other's lives, which results in them switching bodies. It isn't long for the two to realize their phones are really magical totems sent down by their ancestors which are powered by emotion, and they work to balance each other's lifestyle while simultaneously finding a way to switch back.
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High school Sophomores Ellie O'Brien (List) and Jack Malloy (Bertrand) have been going through tough times with their families, and both have big events coming up that weekend -- Ellie's rhythmic gymnastics tournament, and Jack's hockey tryouts. When meeting up in the nurse's office, they get in a texting argument culminating in them wishing they had each other's lives, which results in them switching bodies. It isn't long for the two to realize their phones are really magical totems sent down by their ancestors which are powered by emotion, and they work to balance each other's lifestyle and keep their body swap a secret, while simultaneously finding a way to switch back.
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* BookEnds: Ellie and Jack's body swap occurs when they "wish their lives were so much better". To swap back, they have to end their texts with "My life is so much better."
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High school Sophomores Ellie O'Brien (List) and Jack Malloy (Bertrand) have been going through tough times with their families, and both have big events coming up that weekend -- Ellie's rhythmic gymnastics tournament, and Jack's hockey tryouts. When meeting up in the nurse's office, they get in a texting argument culminating in them wishing they had each other's lives, which results in them switching bodies and experiencing each other's lives. It isn't long for the two to realize their phones are really magic totems sent down by their ancestors which are powered by emotion, and they work to balance each other's lifestyle while simultaneously finding a way to switch back.
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High school Sophomores Ellie O'Brien (List) and Jack Malloy (Bertrand) have been going through tough times with their families, and both have big events coming up that weekend -- Ellie's rhythmic gymnastics tournament, and Jack's hockey tryouts. When meeting up in the nurse's office, they get in a texting argument culminating in them wishing they had each other's lives, which results in them switching bodies and experiencing each other's lives. bodies. It isn't long for the two to realize their phones are really magic magical totems sent down by their ancestors which are powered by emotion, and they work to balance each other's lifestyle while simultaneously finding a way to switch back.
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High school Sophomores Ellie O'Brien (List) and Jack Malloy (Bertrand) have been going through tough times with their families, and both have big events coming up that weekend -- Ellie's rhythmic gymnastics tournament, and Jack's hockey tryouts. When meeting up in the nurse's office, they get in a texting argument culminating in them wishing they had each other's lives, which results in them switching bodies and experiencing each other's lives. It isn't long for the two to realize their phones are really magic totems sent down by their ancestors which are powered by emotion, and they work to balance each other's lifestyle while simultaneously finding a way to switch back.
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''The Swap'' is a 2016 Disney Channel Original Movie. The film is based on the young adult novel of the same name written by Megan Shull, and is written by Charlie Shahnaian and Shari Simpson and directed by Jay Karas. It stars Peyton List and Jacob Bertrand.
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''The Swap'' is a 2016 Disney Channel Creator/DisneyChannel Original Movie. The film is based on the young adult novel of the same name written by Megan Shull, and is written by Charlie Shahnaian and Shari Simpson and directed by Jay Karas. It stars Peyton List and Jacob Bertrand.
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* CelestialDeadline: Ellie's old phone (and the totem) will lose its service at 12:00 noon on her gymnastics show and Jack's hockey game, which will render it inaffective.
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* CelestialDeadline: Ellie's old phone (and the totem) will lose its service at 12:00 noon on her gymnastics show and Jack's hockey game, which will render it inaffective.ineffective.
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Given by [[spoiler: Jack(in Ellie's body)to Sassy for how she's been treating Ellie]]
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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Given by [[spoiler: Jack(in Jack (in Ellie's body)to body) to Sassy for how she's been treating Ellie]]Ellie.]]
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* CelestialDeadline: Ellie's old phone (and the totem) will lose its service at 12:00 noon on her gymnastics show and Jack's hockey game, which will render it inaffective.
* EurekaMoment: Ellie and Jack when they realize how better each other's life is which is the key to switching back, and they rush to make it just in time.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The second half of the movie becomes this after Ellie’s Mom assigns her a new phone. She and Jack have to switch back before Ellie’s current phone loses its service [[CelestialDeadline at noon]] on Ellie’s gymnastics show and Jack’s hockey game, or they’ll be stuck in each other’s bodies forever.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The second half of the movie becomes this after Ellie’s Mom Ellie's mom assigns her a new phone. She and Jack have to switch back before Ellie’s current phone loses its service [[CelestialDeadline at noon]] on Ellie’s gymnastics show and Jack’s hockey game, or they’ll be stuck in each other’s bodies forever.
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* BookEnds: Ellie and Jack's FreakyFridayFlip is caused when they texted they wished they had each other's lives to be better. To swap back, they texted that their lives are much better now.
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* PowerPerversionPotential: Sticking a heterosexual teenager in a body of the opposite gender, three guesses what's most likely to happen. Actually subtly addressed by Disney for once. Jack in particular shows great respect to Ellie's body, wearing a bathing suit in the bath tub and reassuring Ellie he was "raised to be a gentleman" after he has to go to Ellie's physical exam. Maybe a bit of gender stereotyping there, but I'll take what I can get.
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* PowerPerversionPotential: Sticking a heterosexual teenager in a body of the opposite gender, three guesses what's most likely to happen. Actually subtly addressed by Disney for once. Jack in particular shows great respect to Ellie's body, wearing a bathing suit in the bath tub and reassuring Ellie he was "raised to be a gentleman" after he has to go to Ellie's physical exam. Maybe a bit of gender stereotyping there, but I'll take what I can get.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The second half of the movie becomes this after Ellie’s Mom assigns her a new phone. She and Jack have to switch back before Ellie’s current phone loses its service [[CelestialDeadline at noon]] on Ellie’s gymnastics show and Jack’s hockey game, or they’lol be stuck in each other’s bodies forever.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The second half of the movie becomes this after Ellie’s Mom assigns her a new phone. She and Jack have to switch back before Ellie’s current phone loses its service [[CelestialDeadline at noon]] on Ellie’s gymnastics show and Jack’s hockey game, or they’lol they’ll be stuck in each other’s bodies forever.
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* TransformationSequence: Ellie and Jack switching bodies occurs this way.
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* TransformationSequence: Ellie and Jack switching bodies occurs this way.way.
* VoicesAreNotMental: When Ellie and Jack switch bodies, their voices don't, but they do have each other's thoughts.
* VoicesAreNotMental: When Ellie and Jack switch bodies, their voices don't, but they do have each other's thoughts.
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* AbusiveParent:Jack's "father" is Satan!
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* AbusiveParent:Jack's AbusiveParent: Jack's "father" is Satan!
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* DaddysGirl: What Ellie seems to have been, before the divorce.
* DisappearedDad: Ellie's parents are divorced, and she lives with her mom and her dad appears to be mostly out of the picture.
* DaddysGirl: What Ellie seems to have been, before the divorce.
* DisappearedDad: Ellie's parents are divorced, and she lives with her mom and her dad appears to be mostly out of the picture.
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* MissingMom: Jack's mother died a year before the beginning of the movie, and it's clearly still having a major impact on his relationship with his father.
* MyBelovedSmother: Ellie's mother, Summer, seems to be very overprotective of her only child.
* OnlyChildSyndrome: Ellie has no siblings shown in the movie, which is probably why her mom is so protective of her.
* MyBelovedSmother: Ellie's mother, Summer, seems to be very overprotective of her only child.
* OnlyChildSyndrome: Ellie has no siblings shown in the movie, which is probably why her mom is so protective of her.
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'''Jack:''' Hmm?????\\Uh...huh?????\\
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!! This movie provides examples of:
* PinkGirlBlueBoy: The scene where Ellie and Jack are switching bodies is presented as Ellie being enveloped in a blue tornado as Jack gets enveloped in a pink one.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: The second half of the movie becomes this after Ellie’s Mom assigns her a new phone. She and Jack have to switch back before Ellie’s current phone loses its service [[CelestialDeadline at noon]] on Ellie’s gymnastics show and Jack’s hockey game, or they’lol be stuck in each other’s bodies forever.
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* TickleTorture: Jack (in Ellie's body) has to endure this while getting her foot scrubbed with the pumice stone at the salon with her mother. Summer appears rather shocked as her "daughter" pleads to the technician for mercy, as if Ellie doesn't normally react this way during a pedicure.
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* TickleTorture: Jack (in Ellie's body) has to endure this while getting her foot scrubbed with the pumice stone at the salon with her mother. Summer appears rather shocked as her "daughter" pleads to the technician for mercy, as if Ellie doesn't normally react this way during a pedicure.pedicure.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The first trailer plays up all the texting scenes, most of which don’t occur until the end of the movie. Another trailer spoils the scene where Ellie and Jack manage to switch back their bodies.
* TransformationSequence: Ellie and Jack switching bodies occurs this way.
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The first trailer plays up all the texting scenes, most of which don’t occur until the end of the movie. Another trailer spoils the scene where Ellie and Jack manage to switch back their bodies.
* TransformationSequence: Ellie and Jack switching bodies occurs this way.
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** Later done again by [[spoiler: Ellie (in Jack's body) to Jack's Dad and, by extension her own Dad for the way both of them treat their families.]]
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** Later done again by [[spoiler: Ellie (in Jack's body) to Jack's Dad and, by extension her own Dad for the way both of them treat their families.]]]]
* TickleTorture: Jack (in Ellie's body) has to endure this while getting her foot scrubbed with the pumice stone at the salon with her mother. Summer appears rather shocked as her "daughter" pleads to the technician for mercy, as if Ellie doesn't normally react this way during a pedicure.
* TickleTorture: Jack (in Ellie's body) has to endure this while getting her foot scrubbed with the pumice stone at the salon with her mother. Summer appears rather shocked as her "daughter" pleads to the technician for mercy, as if Ellie doesn't normally react this way during a pedicure.
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** Later done again by [[ spoiler: Ellie (in Jack's body) to Jack's Dad and, by extension her own Dad for the way both of them treat their families.]]
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* BeCarefulWhatYouSay: Apparently, this covers text messages to.
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler: Almost happens by the end, but is quickly averted by Jack and Ellie. Clearly they have no intentions of ever going through that again.]]
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler: Almost happens by the end, but is quickly averted by Jack and Ellie. Clearly they have no intentions of ever going through that again.]]
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* AnAesop: Don't make assumptions about what other people or other genders go through. There is always more going on than you are prepared to deal with.
** [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Be Careful What You Wish For]]
* CurseEscapeClause: Sort of, though the body swap isn't really a curse. Apparently, the only way out is to make peace in the life you get and the one you left behind.
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* FreakyFridayFlip: The main premise of the movie. Bonus Points for making it a gender swap as well.
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler: Almost happensby at the end, but is quickly averted by Jack and Ellie. Clearly they have no intentions of ever going through that again.]]
** [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor Be Careful What You Wish For]]
* CurseEscapeClause: Sort of, though the body swap isn't really a curse. Apparently, the only way out is to make peace in the life you get and the one you left behind.
* BeCarefulWhatYouSay: Apparently, this covers text messages
* FreakyFridayFlip: The main premise of the movie. Bonus Points for making it a gender swap as well.
* HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler: Almost happens
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* PlatonicLifePartners: [[spoiler: Jack and Ellie seem to turn out this way by the end of the movie. Given how their parents are getting along, they may end up as family. Comes as a bit of a surprise though given who's telling the story. Disney has a long and proud history of pairing their leads up romantically.]]
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* PlatonicLifePartners: [[spoiler: Jack and Ellie seem to turn out this way by the end of the movie. Given how their parents are getting along, they may end up as family. Comes as a bit of a surprise though given who's telling the story. Disney has a long and proud history of pairing their leads up romantically.]]
* PowerPerversionPotential: Sticking a heterosexual teenager in a body of the opposite gender, three guesses what's most likely to happen. Actually subtly addressed by Disney for once. Jack in particular shows great respect to Ellie's body, wearing a bathing suit in the bath tub and reassuring Ellie he was "raised to be a gentleman" after he has to go to Ellie's physical exam. Maybe a bit of gender stereotyping there, but I'll take what I can get.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Given by [[spoiler: Jack(in Ellie's body)to Sassy for how she's been treating Ellie]]
** Later done again by [[ spoiler: Ellie (in Jack's body) to Jack's Dad and, by extension her own Dad for the way both of them treat their families.]]
* PowerPerversionPotential: Sticking a heterosexual teenager in a body of the opposite gender, three guesses what's most likely to happen. Actually subtly addressed by Disney for once. Jack in particular shows great respect to Ellie's body, wearing a bathing suit in the bath tub and reassuring Ellie he was "raised to be a gentleman" after he has to go to Ellie's physical exam. Maybe a bit of gender stereotyping there, but I'll take what I can get.
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Given by [[spoiler: Jack(in Ellie's body)to Sassy for how she's been treating Ellie]]
** Later done again by [[ spoiler: Ellie (in Jack's body) to Jack's Dad and, by extension her own Dad for the way both of them treat their families.]]
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*BeCarefulWhatYouSay: Apparently, this covers text messages to.
*HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler: Almost happens by the end, but is quickly averted by Jack and Ellie. Clearly they have no intentions of ever going through that again.]]
*HiddenDepths: To both sides of the gender equation. There's more to being a guy or a girl than either Jack or Ellie realize. That may have more to do with the individuals involved, but the various gender dynamics and expectation do play a key role.
*PlatonicLifePartners: [[spoiler: Jack and Ellie seem to turn out this way by the end of the movie. Given how their parents are getting along, they may end up as family. Comes as a bit of a surprise though given who's telling the story. Disney has a long and proud history of pairing their leads up romantically.]]
*BeCarefulWhatYouSay: Apparently, this covers text messages to.
*HereWeGoAgain: [[spoiler: Almost happens by the end, but is quickly averted by Jack and Ellie. Clearly they have no intentions of ever going through that again.]]
*HiddenDepths: To both sides of the gender equation. There's more to being a guy or a girl than either Jack or Ellie realize. That may have more to do with the individuals involved, but the various gender dynamics and expectation do play a key role.
*PlatonicLifePartners: [[spoiler: Jack and Ellie seem to turn out this way by the end of the movie. Given how their parents are getting along, they may end up as family. Comes as a bit of a surprise though given who's telling the story. Disney has a long and proud history of pairing their leads up romantically.]]
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'''Jack:''' Don't think, I know.\\
'''Ellie:''' Puh-leeze!\\
'''Jack:''' Seriously, you ever had to "man up"?\\
'''Ellie:''' You ever had to change clothes for Skirt Day?\\
'''Jack:''' Hmm?????\\
'''Ellie:''' Exactly. I wish I had your life, mine would be so much better.\\
'''Jack:''' For reals? Take it. Then I'd get yours. I wouldn't mess that one up.\\
'''Both:''' Deal!
'''Jack:''' Don't think, I know.\\
'''Ellie:''' Puh-leeze!\\
'''Jack:''' Seriously, you ever had to "man up"?\\
'''Ellie:''' You ever had to change clothes for Skirt Day?\\
'''Jack:''' Hmm?????\\
'''Ellie:''' Exactly. I wish I had your life, mine would be so much better.\\
'''Jack:''' For reals? Take it. Then I'd get yours. I wouldn't mess that one up.\\
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