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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Just One of the Guys
AwesomeWonder — 11 years ago(July 21, 2014 11:28 AM)
That played a switch in roles. Like, " Just One of the Girls" seems like a spin-off of "Just one of the Boys," starring Corey Haim. Seems like they did this a lot in the 80's for ideas for humor. lol Like an exchange for a boy being a girl/girl being a boy, or dad entering sons body/dad entering sons body, there was some movie with Fred savage called "Vice Versa" like this, or "Ladybugs" with Rodney Dangerfield, where Jonathan Brandis plays a girl to play on a soccer team. Then, there was one movie called "Soul Man" where a white guy tries to be a black man, I forget the reason. Good 80's and early 90's.
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NDPaschke — 11 years ago(January 03, 2015 07:35 PM)
Awesome 90s movie based on switched roles, Little Sister. http://www.imdb.com/board/10104741/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
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werecow2003 — 9 years ago(April 27, 2016 11:16 AM)
Yeah, it's a common trope, and not just in the 80s & 90s Off the top of my head:
First, you got the supernatural body swapping movies, like:
18 Again (grandfather/grandson)
Freaky Friday (and the remakes - mother/daughter)
Vice Versa (father/son)
It's a boy/girl thing (boy/girl)
The Change-Up (friends)
The Hot Chick (boy/girl)
Dating the enemy (boyfriend/girlfriend)
Dream a Little Dream (boy/man)
Wish Upon a Star (sisters)
Prelude to a kiss (man/woman)
and then there are similar movies that swap characters for their younger/older selves like
17 Again
13 going on 30
Big
and then some drag movies like
Tootsie
Mrs. Doubtfire
She's the man
Just one of the guys
Just one of the girls (Anything for love)
Ladybugs
Sorority Boys
and finally, there are other, non-supernatural swaps, like
Trading Places (rich/poor)
Soul Man (black/white)
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marvelass — 9 years ago(January 01, 2017 01:13 PM)
That played a switch in roles. Like, " Just One of the Girls" seems like a spin-off of "Just one of the Boys," starring Corey Haim.
More like the other way around.
Just One of the Guys
was released in 1985 and
Just One of the Girls
was a 1993 direct-to-video, originally titled
Anything for Love
.
Re gender-bender movies: There's also 2002's
Juwanna Mann
, about a disgraced NBA all-star who infiltrates the WNBA incognito, in order to get another chance to play professionally.
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