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* ''Film/JumanjiWelcomeToTheJungle'': Referenced [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]] when the main characters get [[TheGameComesToLife trapped inside the Jumanji game world]] and Bethany, a teenage girl, gets the body of a male character. Offscreen, she's fascinated by the new anatomy:

* [[spoiler:Dante]] in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime version]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' attempts to seduce her ex, [[spoiler: Hohenheim]], in this manner, [[spoiler: after taking over the body of Lyra, her beautiful maid and student]]. And [when that doesn't work, she turns to [spoiler:his son Edward]]. Or rather, she tried to [[spoiler:preemptively seduce him by making him fall in love with Rose, the girl whose body she was planning on stealing next.]]

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. A variation when Sisko checks out Dax's new body, her symbiote having {{Body Surf}}ed from Sisko's mentor, the "Old Man" Curzon, to Jadzia who is played by Creator/TerryFarrell.

* [[spoiler:Dante]] in [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 anime version]] of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' attempts to seduce her ex, [[spoiler: Hohenheim]], in this manner, [[spoiler: after taking over the body of Lyra, her beautiful maid and student]].
** And [[spoiler:his son Edward]]. Or rather, she tried to [[spoiler:preemptively seduce him by making him fall in love with Rose, the girl whose body she was planning on stealing next.]]

* ''Series/QuantumLeap'' has a few more male versions. The "Evil Leaper" does this at one point; also, Sam looks appreciatively in a mirror when he is handsome hitman Frankie. Parodied in the ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' satire "Quandary Heap," when "Dam" can't see who's leaped into and asks he the Al parody to tell him - he thinks asks "Dam" how he feels about a big muscular guy with a tattoo and rugged beard, "Dam" likes it... but that describes who the ''woman'' who's he's leaped into is going to marry.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. A variation when Sisko checks out Dax's new body, her symbiote having Body Surf}}ed from Sisko's mentor, the "Old Man" Curzon, to Jadzia who is played by Creator/TerryFarrell.

** In one episode, the VillainOfTheWeek's contraption is something that allowed people to change their physical attributes by switching their own with someone else's. A really hideous older lady tries it out with Alex, and then walks away, checking out her new reflection in a mirror.
** In another, the VillainOfTheWeek runs an agency that kidnaps supermodels and uses a contraption that switches her body parts with other women's. First we see Clover's long, slender legs replaced with stout, muscular legs complete with wide-childbearing hips; then the brace-faced owner of the large legs gets her freckled complexion and frizzy red hair switched with Alex's sleek, raven bob and Sam's peaches-and-cream complexion and smile. Guess who walks off with a smug smile?

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E1NewEarth "New Earth"]], Cassandra does it to both Rose:

::: ... and, in a rare example with a male body (but no undoing of anything), the Doctor. Which [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmUThdIIq-g leads to]] the following memorable line.

** And once again to Phoebe in "[[Recap/CharmedS5E10YTuMummyTambien Y Tu Mummy Tambien]]", when a hideous demon cast a spell to switch bodies with her, who had always envied the attractiveness of others, and vanquish other demon's who threaten her livelihood. Immediately after her soul replaces Phoebe's she makes out with her office's appointed shrink, is caught by Piper twirling in front of a mirror and switches into a more [[BedlahBabe revealing and tighter outfit]].

* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In "[[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS4E16WhoAreYou Who Are You?]], after body-swapping with Buffy, one of the first things Faith does is take a [[BathtubScene long bath]] just to check out her "new home", including doing a BathKick while groping her leg. Later on, she also acts flirtatious toward any male in sight. (Not that she didn't do similar things in her old body.) In the original script, it's implied she's actually fondling herself underwater]].

* In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', the goddess Ishtar possesses [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Rin Tohsaka]] in order to be summoned as a Servant, though according to her it's more like she's [[SplitPersonalityMerge 70% Ishtar and 30% Rin]]. Ishtar says besides Rin's small breasts, she's gorgeous, and shows off by wearing a skimpy outfit.

* After body-swapping with ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', one of the first things Faith does is take a long bath just to check out her "new home"; later, she acts flirtatious toward any male in sight. (Not that she didn't do similar things in her old body.) In the original script, it's implied she's actually fondling herself underwater.

** Occurred in episode 3x09, 'Coyote Piper', where Piper is possessed by an ancient evil spirit (one of several over the show's run). After modelling in front of the mirror in what's almost a dominatrix outfit, the spirit knocks Piper's husband Leo unconsciousness, then goes to Piper's High School Reunion she was holding at her club, and proceeds to do a sexy table-dance for the all men (and a few of the women) present on top of the bar. Barefoot. For about 5 minutes.
** The same happens to Phoebe who is possessed by the spirit of a deceased convict, who can't help admiring her new body's beauty.
** And once again to Phoebe when a hideous demon cast a spell to switch bodies with her, who had always envied the attractiveness of others, and vanquish other demon's who threaten her livelihood. Immediately after her soul replaces Phoebe's she makes out with her office's appointed shrink, is caught by Piper twirling in front of a mirror and switches into a more revealing and tighter outfit.

* A non-villainous example occurs in ''{{Series/Dollhouse}}'' when Margaret (a middle-aged woman) is uploaded into Echo's younger body. She briefly feels her own breasts and jokes to Adelle about how they're now "pointing at the sky".
* Quite an entertaining scene in a ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode in which all the main characters switch bodies, and John in Aeryn's body starts examining it rather closely. Of course, Aeryn in someone else's body walks in. He tries to excuse himself by saying "I'm a guy!", and Aeryn threatens to break his legs (never mind that they're hers) if he checks out anything else. The really funny part comes at the end of the episode where, when John apologizes, Aeryn implies she, too, experimented. [[ADateWithRosiePalms In a rather hands-on manner]].

** A rare male version happens when Lionel Luthor body-swaps with Clark.
** A more traditional example occurs when a gang of ancient evil witches possess the three lead females. The reaction of the witch who gets Lois is, "I'm ''gorgeous''! ''Look'' at these!"

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', after being placed under a spell that causes her to turn human (rather than to stone) during the day, [[BigBad Demona]] takes a moment to preen outrageously when revealing this fact to Elisa. Considering how much Demona despises humans (and her reaction to having the spell placed on her in an earlier episode was initially one of rage and horror) this mostly seems to have been a way to mock Elisa rather than taking genuine pleasure in her new body, however attractive it may be.

* In ''Film/GetOut'', Chris meets Logan King, the black husband of a much older white woman, and the fact that Logan twirls around to show himself off to a group of friends at a party is taken as an indicator that something is very wrong. [[spoiler:In fact, this is the central idea of TheConspiracy - a cult of well-off white people who “appreciate” blackness and want to claim it for themselves by hijacking black bodies and [[AndIMustScream suppressing the true person’s consciousness.]]]]

%%* ''Film/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'': Dana's possession by Zuul.

* Played for laughs in ''Manga/OnePiece'' when Bon Clay transforms into Nami and flashes Luffy, Usopp and Chopper. Nami was not amused. It happens again to her when she [[spoiler: and [[LoveableSexManiac Sanji]] [[FreakyFridayFlip switch bodies]]. [[HilarityEnsues Sanji takes great enjoyment of this]].]]

The result of combining GrandTheftMe with EvilIsSexy. Any villain who possesses the body of the heroine (or any female, really) is contractually required to spend time posing in front of mirrors, wearing [[{{Stripperiffic}} scanty clothing]], and sometimes even [[ManIFeelLikeAWoman groping herself]]. This often occurs when the villain in question is herself female and has been without a normal body -- or at least an attractive one -- for an extended period of time.

* In the last ''Anime/RanmaOneHalf'' OAV, a vengeful doll spirit swaps bodies with Akane and then tries to seduce/kill Ranma.
** The manga also featured a mirror spirit who, upon taking Ranma's female form, immediately barges out of the house in a tiny cocktail dress, ready to get it on with the next attractive guy she can find.
** In a bizarre instance of self-awareness, when female Ranma (posing as "Ranko") is forced to go bra-shopping with Nodoka and Akane, she gives up and tries on a few bras, posing to herself in the mirror and nodding appreciatively. [[WeirdnessMagnet Naturally]], this is when the sales attendant at the store chooses to trip and send hot tea flying into Ranma's booth.

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': [[spoiler: Empress Marianne does this when she enters C's World, doing a little posing, spinning, and curtsying. Slightly different from the normal application of this trope, as she wasn't testing out a new body, but getting used ''to her old one'', since she's been using a young girl as a SoulJar for a long time, and only in C's World can her detached spirit manifest its true form. Did I mention she's very hot and...did this to her son, Lelouch?]]
* Played for laughs in ''OnePiece'' when Bon Clay transforms into Nami and flashes Luffy, Usopp and Chopper. Nami was not amused. It happens again to her when she [[spoiler: and [[LoveableSexManiac Sanji]] [[FreakyFridayFlip switch bodies]]. [[HilarityEnsues Sanji takes great enjoyment of this]].]]
* Dio Brando from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' steals [[spoiler:Jonathan Joestar]]'s body in order to "live gorgeously forever." He then proceeds to spend a significant amount of time in said body wearing suggestive outfits (or just hanging around shirtless), feeling himself up, [[TheCasanova and having a crazy amount of sex]].
* In the last episode of ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', the first thing that Excel does when she finds herself in the body of her partner Hyatt is to feel herself up while naked... [[FanDisservice And she promptly starts coughing up enormous amounts of blood and shriveling up into a mummy.]]

* An issue of ''ComicBook/SpiderGirl'', complete with mirror.
-->'''Araña:''' What do you think of my sexy new body, Miguel?

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* A downplayed and male example in ''Film/{{Selfless}}'': After being put in the body of a younger man, Damien's montage of learning to adjust to the new body is intercut with a scene of him slowly walking to a mirror and admiring his new, youthful appearance.
* ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'': A non-evil example. Jenna at one point squeezes her adult body's breasts, calling them "incredible".
* A minor example in ''Film/LemonTreePassage''. When [[spoiler:Maya]] is possessed by the ghost, the ghost comments on how stupid [[spoiler:Maya]]'s name is, but then adds that the body does have nice legs.
* ''Film/AllCheerleadersDie'': When [[spoiler:Hannah]] finds herself in [[spoiler:Martha]]'s body, it isn't long before she starts flaunting her form in a way that the conservative [[spoiler:Martha]] never did.

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'':

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler "Let's Kill Hitler"]]: River Song immediately rushes out of the room to find a mirror. On discovering that she's got a great ass, River is delighted, declaring that she's going to wear lots of [[PaintedOnPants jodhpurs]] from now on.

* Mettaton from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' (minus the GrandTheftMe part) when he turned into the flamboyant [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots Mettaton EX]] after an [[SuperMode upgrade]], just in time for the premiere of his new TV show. During the fight against him, he constantly dances and poses [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Jojo]]-style, even when [[OnlyAFleshWound he loses his limbs]].
** There's also an inversion from Alphys, the creator of his EX body, when she mentions in her diary that she kept "[getting] really sweaty" [[DistractedByTheSexy for some reason]] when she was building it.

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* Seen above: ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has [[spoiler:the Other]] doing this to Agatha, starting around [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060123 here]] and continuing intermittently through the end of Volume 6. (Consider that this is a [[spoiler:mother *ahem* appreciating her ''daughter's'' body]] and [[BrainBleach wince]]. Judging from his expression, Tarvek agrees.)
* When Torg and Zoe switch bodies in a ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' [[http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=030622 filler arc]], Torg shows off Zoe's body to the entire Internet via webcam. Zoe, upon getting her own body back and looking in her closet: "Care to explain why none of my clothes have been worn?" This filler arc was ''[[AuthorAppeal also]]'' done by Creator/PhilFoglio.

* Claudine Renko AKA [[spoiler: Ms. Sinister]] does this prematurely in the second arc of ComicBook/{{X 23}}'s solo series. After capturing X-23, intending to [[GrandTheftMe steal her body]] in hopes that her HealingFactor will [[spoiler: prevent Mr. Sinister (whose personality is dormant in her body though periodically surfaces to take control)]] from permanently asserting himself and taking control of her, Renko expresses satisfaction that she'll be receiving a very attractive new body in return. Fortunately for Laura, [[spoiler: ''Mr.'' Sinister transfers his consciousness to her body first, but she ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome kicks him out]]'' and Renko is badly wounded during the resulting fight]].

* In ''Literature/SecondApocalypse'', Aurang gets to do this once.
* Aran'gar, alias [[spoiler:Halima, alias Balthamel]], from ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', a formerly male Forsaken who was reincarnated into a female body. S/he puts her cleavage to good use.

* In ''[[Literature/TheVampireChronicles Tale of the Body Thief]]'', after trading bodies with Raglan, Lestat is equal parts disoriented and enchanted to have a living body again, particularly a young, attractive, and hormone-charged one -- at least until he has to take a leak for the first time in 200 years.

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* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** In the new series episode "New Earth", Cassandra does it to both Rose:
--->'''Cassandra''': It's like living inside a bouncy castle!
::: ... and, in a rare example with a male body (but no undoing of anything), the Doctor. Which [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmUThdIIq-g leads to]] the following memorable line.
--->'''Cassandra''': Goodness me, I'm a man. Yum. So many parts. And hardly used.
** River Song immediately rushes out of the room to find a mirror. On discovering that she's got a great ass, River is delighted, declaring that she's going to wear lots of [[PaintedOnPants jodhpurs]] from now on.
** In the [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Big Finish]] ''Series/DoctorWho'' audio "Cradle of the Snake", Tegan gets possessed by the Mara, which then decides to dress in skimpy black and flirt heavily with Nyssa.
* Quite an entertaining scene in a ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' episode in which all the main characters switch bodies, and John in Aeryn's body starts examining it rather closely. Of course, Aeryn in someone else's body walks in. He tries to excuse himself by saying "I'm a guy!", and Aeryn threatens to break his legs (never mind that they're hers) if he checks out anything else. The really funny part comes at the end of the episode where, when John apologizes, Aeryn implies she, too, experimented. [[ADateWithRosiePalms In a rather hands-on manner]].

-->'''Richie''': Wait, wait, wait, wait. Let me get this straight. You have taken the ancient wisdom of Buddhism and perverted it into a dastardly scheme whereby you take over the brain of a supermodel just so as you can get a quick ogle at her norks?
-->'''Eddie''': Yep! That's about the size of it!
-->'''Richie''': It's a bloody good plan, isn't it! Yeah, hey, it's got a lot going for it, this Buddhism thing! I think I'll come back as Dannii Minogue. Yeah! Yeah, and I'll get myself a job as a topless go-go dancer in a bar full of mirrors!

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'':
** A rare male version happens when Lionel Luthor body-swaps with Clark.
** A more traditional example occurs when a gang of ancient evil witches possess the three lead females. The reaction of the witch who gets Lois is, "I'm ''gorgeous''! ''Look'' at these!"
* This tends to happen to Sam a lot in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. Meg's reaction to being in his body is to dramatically flex her muscles; she then spends the entire episode enjoying her handsome new body, "fine packaging" and all. It then happens to Sam ''two more times'' in season five, once with a teenager who wanted Sam's life, and once with [[spoiler:Lucifer]]
* ''Series/QuantumLeap'' has a few more male versions. The "Evil Leaper" does this at one point; also, Sam looks appreciatively in a mirror when he is handsome hitman Frankie. Parodied in the ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' satire "Quandary Heap," when "Dam" can't see who's leaped into and asks he the Al parody to tell him - he thinks asks "Dam" how he feels about a big muscular guy with a tattoo and rugged beard, "Dam" likes it... but that describes who the ''woman'' who's he's leaped into is going to marry.

** Occurred in episode 3x09, 'Coyote Piper', where Piper is possessed by an ancient evil spirit (one of several over the shows' run). After modelling in front of the mirror in what's almost a dominatrix outfit, the spirit knocks Piper's husband Leo unconsciousness, then goes to Piper's High School Reunion she was holding at her club, and proceeds to do a sexy table-dance for the all men (and a few of the women) present on top of the bar. Barefoot. For about 5 minutes.

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* Seen above: ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has [[spoiler:the Other]] doing this to Agatha, starting around [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060123 here]] and continuing intermittently through the end of Volume 6. (Consider that this is a [[spoiler: mother *ahem* appreciating her ''daughter's body'']] and [[BrainBleach wince]]. Judging from his expression, Tarvek agrees.)

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', after being placed under a spell that causes her to turn human (rather than to stone) during the day, [[BigBad Demona]] takes a moment to preen outrageously when revealing this fact to Elisa. Considering how much Demona despises humans (and her reaction to having the spell placed on her in an earlier episode was initially one of rage and horror) this mostly seems to have been a way to mock Elisa rather than taking genuine pleasure in her new body, however attractive it may be.
* In a FreakyFridayFlip episode of ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'', Rebecca and Don Karnage end up swapping bodies after encountering an idol. After the swap, Karnage notes that he looks fabulous.

* Seen in [[http://twokinds.keenspot.com/comic/380/ this]] strip from ''Webcomic/{{TwoKinds}}''.

* A minor example in ''Film/LemonTreePassage. When [[spoiler:Maya]] is possessed by the ghost, the ghost comments on how stupid [[spoiler:Maya]]'s name is, but then adds that the body does have nice legs.

* ''Film/ThirteenGoingOnThirty'': A non-evil example. Jenna at one point squeezes her adult body's breasts, calling them "incredible"

->"Ahh...it's been so long since I've had a body. Eat your hearts out, ladies!"